Thursday, February 10, 2011

Cele|bitchy

Cele|bitchy


Mother Crackhead says it’s “all good” because “God has a big plan”

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:42 AM PST

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Dina Lohan has just told PopEater that she's not worried about her cracked out daughter because it is "All good. God has a big plan.” Stop shuddering for a second and let that sink in. Dina Lohan believes in God, and she thinks God is on her side and Lindsay's side. Is that it? Or is this some "let go and let God" junk? Or is Mother Crackhead telling us "Yes, God's plan is to make sure my crackhead daughter doesn't kill somebody, and that's why His Plan is to send her to prison." Of course not.

Anyway, TMZ is still Crack Central in this ongoing, years-long debacle. They've got a million stories up, which I'm just going to summarize:

*Lindsay allegedly wants a plea deal. The judge has set a hearing for February 23, "so the lawyers can talk plea bargain." TMZ says that Lindsay is only interested in a plea bargain that would have her doing ZERO jail or prison time, while the prosecutor definitely wants jail time. Also, TMZ says that in a quirk of California penal codes, Lindsay can crack hustle a plea deal without jail time out of the judge directly, and cut the prosecutor out of the equation. Why has that never been shown on The Closer? Anyway, if Lindsay gets away with no jail/prison time, she would likely see her probation extended for another year. And that's the last time! Just kidding, she gets another million "chances".

*The jeweler that Lindsay heisted from was almost a victim of a cracked-out heist previously. Apparently, Lindsay had previously "forgot" that she was wearing one of their diamond earrings and she almost walked out wearing one. According to TMZ, this is good for Lindsay, because it proves she's just absentminded. Or, you know, she gets cracked out of her skull and goes jewelry shopping and "forgets" to pay for junk.

*There are inconsistencies in the jeweler's story versus the police report. And Mother Crackhead's Divine Crack Plan must involve fellating Harvey Levin, because the "positive spin" on being a cracked out, kleptomaniac, narcissistic hustler is getting old.

*One last thing - we finally know what the whole "flower mystery" was. Lindsay sent flowers to the jeweler herself, as a way to "be nice" and "apologize" for "returning the necklace late." Oh, I wonder what the note said. I bet it was a threat, right? Crackhead psychopath.

Update by CB: Here’s a video from that genius animation studio out of Hong Kong on Lindsay.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Is Chelsea Clinton’s six-month marriage already in tatters?

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:04 AM PST

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CB and I were divided about whether anyone would be interested in all of the Chelsea Clinton gossip that's been happening over the past few weeks. Last week (or the week before, whatever), the Enquirer seemed to start things off when they claimed that just a few months in, Chelsea's marriage was in tatters:

CHELSEA CLINTON’s new husband walked out on her after a knock-down, drag-out fight over starting a family, sources say, and now the former first daughter wants an annulment!

Just six months after marrying into the Clinton clan, Marc Mezvinsky has quit his cushy Wall Street job to be a ski bum in Wyoming, leaving a devastated Chelsea behind in their New York apartment, insiders say.

"Marc has us ALL worried. I think he's clearly undergoing a crisis," said Marc's first cousin, Andrea Mezvinsky. "He's known Chelsea for a long time, but I think he's having trouble coping with the pressure of being in the spotlight."

Now Chelsea, 30, is begging her parents - ex-president Bill and Secretary of State Hillary - to straighten out her marital mess, sources say.

“Chelsea has asked her mother and dad if they could help her get an annulment,” a close source told The ENQUIRER. “She’s heartbroken, but she isn’t afraid to end the marriage. She regrets now that she ever married Marc.”

[From The National Enquirer]

Of course there was a denial - straight to People Magazine. A family friend of told People, “The happy couple are happy. Any report suggesting there is trouble in the marriage is absolutely false.” BUT - People ended up confirming certain points of the Enquirer's reporting - Marc quit his job and he's now spending his "free time" skiing in Wyoming while Chelsea pursues her PhD at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. People notes that Chelsea "is visiting him there when she can" and "A rep for Chelsea declined to comment." Interesting…

And now Star Magazine has put the drama on their cover this week! According to Jezebel's tabloid-round-up, an insider tells Star: “Marc made a mistake getting married because he simply wasn’t ready… He pretty much told her he does not see kids in his future.” And Chelsea is “dying to be a mom.” Chelsea and Marc have known each other for decades, and whoops, Marc is already back in New York with Chelsea because they were together at the AmFar event last night. Marc looks sheepish. Like Bubba threatened him with a bat. So… a big to do over nothing?

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kevin Smith says Seth Rogen made him into a productive stoner

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST

Kevin Smith has lost 65 pounds, but as we heard yesterday he’s still wearing the same “Puck U” hockey jersey he’s had on for literally months (and I think I used the term “literally” correctly there) along with the same high water jeans. He gained weight, lost weight yet refused to change his clothes at all because he thought he would be somehow inauthentic. (At least that’s what I took away from his comments.) Smith was super talkative on the Joy Behar show this week, and he was a little more subdued but still very animated on MTV News. He told MTV’s Josh Horowitz that Seth Rogen turned him on to smoking pot about two years ago when they were making “Zach and Miri Make a Porno” and that it was the best thing that has ever happened to him in five years, because it made him more productive. Maybe that’s why he gained all that weight in the first place though. Here’s more:

“One of the most talented people I worked with in my life was Seth Rogen,” Smith explained to MTV News during our live-stream interview on Tuesday. “I got so much from him. He re-energized me in a weird way. I became a stoner because of Seth Rogen.”

Up until that point, Smith said he’d only gotten high a handful of times. But on the “Zack and Miri” set, he marveled at how Rogen — whom he called “a functioning stoner” — could toke up and not only make it to work on time but have “brilliant ideas” and be “constantly writing [and] productive.” So on the last day of shooting, Smith finally gave into Rogen’s request to smoke pot.

“I went up to him and was like, ‘How about we go to the editing room tonight, watch some cut footage, and maybe share a joint?’” Smith recalled. “He goes, ‘Finally!’ And it was awesome. We sat back, watched some footage and sat there smoking. And I loved who I was. I loved how the inhibition dropped away and I loved just being honest.”

Smith said the last two years of his life have been his most productive, including finishing two films and launching a podcast network on the Web, all thanks to the power of the herb.

“That dude gave me the greatest gift I’ve had in the last five years,” Smith said. “The moment I start smoking, I start working. … That way, no one could ever take it away from you. No one could ever say, ‘You fat, lazy piece of sh– stoner!”

[From MTV News via Popeater]

I really hate smoking pot because it makes me overanalyze everything and come up with these pseudo intellectual theories that I realize are complete bullsh*t when I’m sober. Like I doubt I could accomplish anything that was even marginally worthwhile if I was stoned all the time. Some people do ok with it and find that it fuels creativity though. I guess if you tie any habit into working it can make you more productive if you’re not completely blotto.

I realize that I’ve read all this press about Kevin Smith but have no idea what he’s promoting - so I looked it up and he has a horror movie scheduled for wide release in October called Red State with Melissa Leo. He’s doing a tour nationwide with it starting in March, though. He also has a hockey film scheduled for 2012 called Hit Somebody that he says is his final film as a director. It will include cameos from “everybody” he says, and he told MTV that he hopes that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will be in it as well. Why is he hanging up his hat when he just turned 40? He’s had some crap movies but he’s also put out some uniquely funny and enjoyable films. He should keep at it and maybe put the joint down. (I know I sound like a mom!)

Kevin Smith is shown on 7/23/10. (He’s not wearing the hockey shirt) and 8/10/10. (There it is!) Credit: PRPhotos and WENN. Seth Rogen is shown on 1/7/11 on The Today Show.

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Did Jude Law dump Sienna Miller because she was screwing around on him?

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST

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Haha, The Daily Mail has an EPIC story about Jude Law and Sienna Miller's breakup, and it is one of the funniest things I've read all week. It's like the Mail had all of their sources just waiting in the wings for the split, and then those sources just went crazy spilling every dirty detail. So, what caused such a blonde, beautiful couple to breakup for the millionth time? Apparently, their relationship had "descended into heated arguments over everything from her dogs (too messy) to his relationship with his ex-wife and the mother of his three children, Sadie Frost (too harmonious)." Oh, and that's not all:

There is even talk that 29-year-old Sienna found her 38-year-old beau's ­preference for staying in 'really rather boring', and there are rumours that she has been on dates. Whatever the reasons for the split, friends on both sides insist that it is final.

While the romance was restarted once before — following their break-up after Jude's affair with his children's nanny in 2005 — friends say this time there is 'absolutely no chance whatsoever' of the couple getting back together, however much their publicists may talk about the split being 'amicable'. The separation has come as a shock to many — Jude gave Sienna a diamond ring and a grand piano for Christmas, and there was even talk — later denied — she'd asked her designer sister Savannah to sketch her dress ahead of a possible summer wedding.

Jude and Sienna were planning a permanent move into the £8 million London mansion they were renovating, though the Mail has learned that the property was bought by Jude alone in November. His birth name, David Law, is on the title deeds. Sienna is now back in her bachelor-girl pad a few miles away with dogs Porgy and Bess for company.

Perhaps it says something about Sienna — who prides herself on being a free-spirit, and who once dated James Bond actor Daniel Craig — that no sooner was the news out of the couple's split than rumours began to emerge about her and a young actor. Currently in rehearsals for the play Flare Path, by Terence Rattigan, Sienna has struck up a friendship with her co-star Joe Armstrong — the son of character actor Alun — who is best known for his role as Allan a Dale in the BBC's recent Robin Hood series. There is also talk that she has become friendly with another man.

However, a friend of Sienna's spoke wearily about the 'constant ­speculation' and added: 'There is no other party involved. There is absolutely no truth in the rumours about Joe Armstrong.' Jude's agents, meanwhile, declined to comment. So why then did Sienna, known in some circles as 'Serial Miller' because of her occasionally scandalous private life, fail to make a go of it with Jude? People who know her say that, although she is a 'sweet girl', she and Jude were never the perfect match. Some describe her as being 'in love with being in love'. There may be something in this, for she once said: 'I find all that slightly destructive, but mad, love alluring.'

Apparently his parents — theatre agents who are now offering their son a bolthole at their home in France — were relieved when Sienna exited stage left, taking her dramas with her.

The 'Sadie question' seems to have been the cause of disagreements between the couple. A few weeks after the reunion, Jude and Sienna had a holiday in the Caribbean with his three children — aged between eight and 14 — by Sadie Frost. Sadie had been advised that if she wanted to join him, she could pay for her own trip. This led to Sienna feeling that her preferences were at last being put above Sadie's.

Just a few weeks later, Sienna crossed swords with Sadie in spectacular fashion, after Sienna took Jude's daughter for a haircut. Sadie returned from a weekend with their two boys and was enraged to discover the youngster's curls had gone. She tartly tweeted: 'I think ya should get ya own child and then cut their hair.' In this argument, I'm told Jude backed his ex-wife and asked Sienna to apologise. In the circumstances, perhaps there wasn't room in Jude's life for a romance with someone as high-maintenance as Sienna.

A friend of Jude said: 'He has been comparing her with Sadie and telling her all about how wonderful Sadie is, and about Sadie's detox diet and how great she's looking and feeling.'

Jude spent Christmas Day with his ex-wife, after which Sadie tweeted: 'Daddy Law, Mumma Frost, and the 4 baby bears all ate, drank, sang, and were merry — a good year for us!'

How awkward this must have made Sienna feel. Let's not forget that for several months during her first ­relationship with Jude, she was such a persona non grata with Sadie that she wasn't even permitted over the doorstep of Sadie's house.

And more recently, Sienna has complained to friends that Law had become 'boring' — not sharing her free-spirited nature when it comes to partying. Jude is said to have been busy overseeing the work on the house, which he likes to keep tidy, and has found Sienna and her dogs intolerably messy and chaotic. The couple were observed apparently arguing on holiday in south Italy last summer, after accusations she was flirting with the locals. Maybe Jude should have been jealous; Sienna certainly has a track record when it comes to romance.

[From The Daily Mail]

Yep. Sienna is a drama queen who uses sex to get attention. It's like she's 16 years old, forever. The Mail even throws in a quote from a source close to Kate Moss, calling Sienna a "nuisance". Damn, Kate Moss better hide her fiancé! Seriously, though, I'll totally buy that Sienna already has a jumpoff. That's her M.O. The girl always has a man because… I guess she just can’t be alone. Sienna Solo is not enough drama. And it sounds like Jude was simply tired of the drama. Also: Victory for Sadie Frost! The Original Crazy Mrs. Jude Law got hers, didn't she?

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Lady Gaga’s Testino/Vogue photo shoot: ridiculous or strangely beautiful?

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:06 AM PST

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Last week, we had a preview of Lady Gaga's Vogue cover, and now we have the full Mario Testino photoshoot. In every shot, Gaga is wearing some variation of this stupid wig! I hate the tiny bangs trauma, and… well, it's Gaga, so I can't make the argument for Gaga needing to know what flatters her face. She doesn't care what flatters her face. She only cares about Being High Art. The full Gaga interview is here, in Vogue. First, I wanted to put up the beginning of the piece, in which Gaga makes her entrance:

She is an hour late. Suddenly the curtains part and Lady Gaga makes her entrance, mincing into the room holding a porcelain teacup and saucer in one hand and a wineglass for me in the other. (Like fainting on command or dropping a glove, the long-lost art of making an entrance, which Gaga seems to have single-handedly revived, is a remarkably effective way to shift the conversation.) "I don't like the idea of you having to drink wine out of a plastic cup," she says as she makes her way toward me, one tiny step at a time. She proffers her powdered cheeks for a kiss-kiss as a bottle of Sancerre is opened, which she insists on serving to me herself. "Pouring your own wine is bad luck," she says.

She is still in her day look: a slinky black-and-white striped dress—a gown, really—with a four-foot train and shoes that—do I even need mention?—make her feet look as if they are screwed on backward. The heels bring her nearly up to my height of six feet. (She is five feet one.) She has a Bride of Frankenstein updo, with a brooch perched on top. Gaga glances down at the bowl of candy on the coffee table in front of us, shoots me a look over the top of her granny glasses, and deadpans, "What, the Mars bars aren't doing it for you?" I have eaten three of them, I tell her, and she apologizes profusely for making me wait. She then asks an assistant to bring us a proper spread, which arrives moments later and consists of enough filet mignon to feed twelve people.

Lady Gaga may be behaving as if she were a member of Marie Antoinette's coterie—the powdered wig, the binding costume, the impeccable courtliness—but it's a far cry from what I witnessed the night before. After catching her performance, I was ushered backstage to her dressing room and found a scene that seemed entirely unhinged. Gaga herself looked like a lunatic: Barefoot, still covered in fake blood, mascara running down her face, she was careening around the room in a robe made of red feathers like a cross between Alice Cooper and Big Bird. There were dancers running in and out, mixing and spilling drinks, and a peanut gallery of strangely bedazzled gay men sitting on the sofas singing "Adelaide's Lament," from Guys and Dolls, which Gaga joined in on when she wasn't bouncing off the walls.

Gaga stumbled up to me to say hello and then introduced me to the guy she was hanging all over: a tall, boyishly cute heavy metal–looking dude with a mullet, wearing a sleeveless black leather vest. "This is Luc," she said proudly. "He's my boyfriend." He looked down at her for a moment, and a knowing grin crossed his face. "OK, Bette Midler," he said. Moments later I was ushered out of the room by Wendi Morris, Gaga's road manager—in an effort, it seemed to me, to protect Gaga from herself. As I was walking through the curtains I looked back, and Gaga was in Luc's lap. "Jonathan, wait," she whined like a teenage girl in need of attention. "Don't you want to stay and ask me some questions?" Obvious to everyone but herself: not the time for an interview.

[From Vogue]

She's completely deranged. I love her. Here are more highlights:

Gaga on being exhausted: "Let's call a spade a spade here," she says. "I am really f-cking tired. I am at that last mile of the marathon when your fingers and your toes are numb and you can't feel your body, and I am just going on adrenaline. But in the overarching objective of my life, I am really only at mile two. I try to keep that in mind."

Gaga on being self-confident: "I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece." Still showing no false modesty, Lady Gaga says of herself now, "Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer. I am a talented entertainer. I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry. I consider myself to be one of the greatest songwriters. I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do." Big words from someone who's only been around for three years. "I think it's OK to be confident in yourself," she says.

On her fans: "I am quite literally chest open, exposed, open-heart surgery every night on that stage, bleeding for my fans and my music. It's so funny when people say, 'It's amazing to see how hard you work.' We're supposed to work hard! I have the world at my fingertips. I am not going to saunter around the stage doing pelvic thrusts and lip-synching. That's not at all why I am in this. I don't feel spiritually connected to anyone in Hollywood makeup and a gown with diamond earrings on. I am just a different breed. I want to be your cool older sister who you feel really connected with, who you feel understands you and refuses to judge anything about you because she's been there."

On expectations: "Because as an artist and as a performer, the person that they look up to to create this space of freedom and escapism, I want to give my fans nothing less than the greatest album of the decade. I don't want to give them something trendy. I want to give them the future."

On influences: Gaga herself is very open about her influences. "It's not a secret that I have been inspired by tons of people," she says, "David Bowie and Prince being the most paramount in terms of live performance." She also seems to have made peace with the fact that she is compared to—or, less charitably, accused of ripping off—nearly every artist of the last 50 years. "I could go on and on about all of the people I have been compared to—from Madonna to Grace Jones to Debbie Harry to Elton John to Marilyn Manson to Yoko Ono—but at a certain point you have to realize that what they are saying is that I am cut from the cloth of performer, that I am like all of those people in spirit." She takes a bite of filet mignon and says with her mouth full, "She was born this way."

[From Vogue]

Okay, I was going to try to excerpt the best parts, but I just realized the whole article is really, really long and I need to move on to other stuff! So, you know, if you love Gaga, feel free to read the whole thing. If you don't feel like it, just know that she talks a lot about her new album and gay rights and immigration and that kind of stuff. I guess. I stopped reading halfway through. I love some Gaga, but only in small, bite-sized pieces.

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Photos courtesy of Mario Testino/Vogue. Slideshow here.

Dianna Agron in Vivienne Westwood: gorgeous or zzzzz…?

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:33 AM PST

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These are photos from last night's premiere of I Am Number Four, a film I couldn't care less about. I guess it's supposed to be the new X-Men/Twilight thing? Meh. I probably don't care about it much because although there is some decent gossip surrounding this junk, the celebrities involved barely register at all. Anyway, Dianna Agron (who I always think is "Diana Argon" when spelling her name) is one of the stars of the film. You may know her as — in Glee (whatever). She's pretty, but bland. She wore this Vivienne Westwood number that… well, I would have enjoyed it on Helena Bonham Carter. On an average-pretty blonde Glee girl, the whole effect is just… oatmeal.

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And here's her boyfriend, Alex Pettyfer, the star of I Am Number Four. In my mind, he's like the Budget Sparkles. And according to Lainey, he's also a total jag. Meh.

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Here's the trailer for I Am Number Four:

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Vanessa Hudgens is all naked neediness & desperation in Details

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:08 AM PST

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Ordinarily, I barely have an opinion on Vanessa Hudgens. She doesn't seem too great, nor does she seem horrible and tacky. She's just sort of there, most of the time. I think that she and Zac Efron are probably still seeing each other casually, and that the whole breakup drama was mostly to shake up both of their images. They both want to be accepted as "adult" actors, up for "adult" roles. So… Zac grows a literal beard and hangs out with whatever vagina will have him, and Vanessa does some photo shoots in her panties, trying to sex it up. The header photo is from a new photo shoot Vanessa did with Details (slideshow here) - it makes me feel like a Dateline Predator. She just still seems so young. Ugh.

Anyway, as I was saying, on a normal day, I don't hate or love Vanessa. But after reading her Details interview, I kind of think the chick needs to settle down. She's a Disney product after all, and in this new interview, she's name-dropping Quentin Tarantino and Michael Caine. For real.

Vanessa Hudgens appears in the March issue of Details magazine and its clear this starlet, best known for a puppy-love romance with Zac Efron, has finally shed her squeaky-clean image. Hudgens can be seen in this month's Sucker Punch, a Zack Snyder film in which she plays a gun-toting asylum inmate, but right now she can be seen as an all-grown-up sex symbol!

Vanessa fidgets a lot at the beginning of the interview but says "I'm not nervous, I'm excited. I get excited. I'm, like, a very hyper energetic, crazy type of crazy. I have a lot going on. Always. I'll dance on a table sober."

On training for this month's Sucker Punch: "We trained with Navy Seals. We were machines, You could NOT f—k with us."

On working with Michael Caine for the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth: "He's uh-mazing. Not only is he uh-mazingly, stupidly talented, but he still kind of hits on me. All the time. If it was anybody else, I'd be like 'Who the hell do you think you are?' But because its Michael Caine, I'm like, 'Sock it to me more, baby, come on!' Throughout this whole movie we’re trudging through the jungle. So, of course, we’re sweating. I can’t tell you how much time is spent putting oil on my chest. And Evian. Spraying Evian bottles on my chest and my arms and my forehead, but mostly my chest. Just to look like I’m sweating. But your boobs don’t really sweat, cleavage doesn’t sweat. So it’s kind of funny. But Michael’s always telling the makeup artists that he’ll take over and do it. I. Frickin’. Love. Him.”

About Zac Efron, she says the following in a hurt but hopeful way: "We're still friends. Who knows what the future will bring. We're figuring this out."

On talking to Quentin Tarantino at a post-Oscar party: "….probably after a few drinks I told him 'We've gotta do soemthing together.' … "Slowly, I've gained balls. I used to be very shy. Nothing has happened with Tarantino yet, but I definitely tried to plant my seed. Hopefully he won't look back and think, 'Oh my God. That crazy bitch."

[From Details]

Wow, she really wants to crossover into more adult movies, right? Tarantino, Michael Caine, posing in her panties. I know I sound like an old fart, but isn't there another way for a child star-turned-young lady to successfully crossover? How about some acting lessons, a few years off to work with some great charity, and then maybe come back without being so full of need and desperation?

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Photos courtesy of Details - slideshow here. Additional pics by WENN.

NY Congressman resigns after sending shirtless pic to woman from Craigslist

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:51 AM PST

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When compared to other Congressional scandals, this one is almost quaint. A married Republican Congressman from New York, Chris Lee, sent some flirty messages to a woman on Craigslist in which he misrepresented his age and marital status and eventually sent her a shirtless photo. It’s like a scandal from the MySpace era! The guy didn’t even bother to use a fake name or anonymous e-mail address and the woman who received the messages googled him, figured out he was a married member of Congress and sent all the evidence to Gawker. Three hours later, Lee resigned from Congress, admitting he’d “made profound mistakes.” I’m sure the shirtless stuff was the tip of the iceberg, but it’s not like he was laundering money or screwing interns. (That we know of.)

Rep. Christopher Lee is a married Republican congressman serving the 26th District of New York. But when he trolls Craigslist’s “Women Seeking Men” forum, he’s Christopher Lee, “divorced” “lobbyist” and “fit fun classy guy.” One object of his flirtation told us her story.

On the morning of Friday, January 14, a single 34-year-old woman put an ad in the “Women for Men” section of Craigslist personals. “Will someone prove to me not all CL men look like toads?” she asked, inviting “financially & emotionally secure” men to reply.

That afternoon, a man named Christopher Lee replied. He used a Gmail account that Rep. Christopher Lee has since confirmed to be his own. (It’s the same Gmail account that was associated with Lee’s personal Facebook account, which the Congressman deleted when we started asking questions.)

By email, Lee identified himself as a 39-year-old divorced lobbyist and sent a PG picture to the woman from the ad. (In fact, Lee is married and has one son with his wife. He’s also 46.)

By modern day standards, the conversation was relatively banal: No prostitutes, escorts, or madams were involved. Just good old fashioned lying and an apparent willingness to cheat on one’s wife.

The woman says she cut off contact when she searched for Lee online and concluded he’d lied about his age, occupation, and marital status. Then she forwarded us the correspondence.

Yesterday, we reached out to Rep. Lee, whose support for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and vote to reject federal abortion funding suggests a certain comfort with publicly scrutinizing others’ sex lives.

A spokesman for the Congressman confirmed that the email address belonged to Lee, and that he had deleted his Facebook account because our initial inquiry had him fretting about “privacy.”

[From Gawker, which has the texts]

Lee initially tried to use the “I was hacked” defense, popular among public figures busted for bad behavior, but it’s safe to assume that was a bogus excuse now that he’s resigned. What a lame way to throw away a government career. At least get laid or get a free apartment out of the deal.

Image credit: Gawker.

Scarlett Johansson & Sean Penn are probably boning

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:42 AM PST

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I read a version of this story yesterday on Jezebel's tabloid round-up, but it barely registered because it sounded more like Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn had merely had a conversation at a party, and Us Weekly was trying to make that conversation into a full-blown affair. But Us Weekly just released their online version of the ScarJo/Sean hookup, and it does sound more compelling than I realized. After all, ScarJo likes an older man (Benicio del Toro and the elevator), and God knows that she's probably the #1 Hot Bachelorette these days, so she can have her pick of the litter. I think that's where she found Sean too - the litter pan.

That was fast. Just weeks after announcing her split with hubby Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson, 26, has a new leading man in her life — Academy-Award winning actor Sean Penn, 50!

A source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on stands now) that the duo began their fling in early January when she was staying at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont while filming We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon.

“Their first hook-up was in Scarlett’s Bungalow,” says the insider.

Nearly twice her age, the Milk star might seem an odd choice for Johansson, but the source points out that a common cause brought them together.

“Scarlett first reached to Sean when she was planning to visit Haiti with Oxfam,” says the source. “She knew Sean was living their in a tent and turned to him for advice.”

While the actress didn’t end up going on the trip, she did develop feelings for Penn (who split from wife Robin Wright after 14 years of marriage last August).

“Scarlett’s smitten with him,” the insider says.

For more on Johansson and Penn’s budding romance — including details on how they fooled partygoers at L.A.’s Sunset Tower Hotel in February — pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on stands now!

[From Us Weekly]

Yeah, I doubt ScarJo is "smitten". Girl probably just wants to get laid, well and often. Sean's good for a fling, I guess, although I think he's still technically dating some model chick. But, whatever. It's not like Sean has a reputation for being faithful. And ScarJo… well, Sean is probably a better pick than some of her other rebound hookup choices. I'd like to see her with someone really fun, though. God knows Sean isn't Mr. Fun Times.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

What’s next for inappropriately dressed smirking ‘hot lips’ Lohan?

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:20 AM PST

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Kaiser and I were tuned in yesterday afternoon to see if Lindsay Lohan would finally get her comeuppance, but as you know by now she was simply given yet another chance in a lifetime filled with wasted chances. When Lindsay realized she wasn’t going to jail at that point she smirked involuntarily and I’m sure everything the judge told her about how she was just like everyone else was completely lost to her, since it’s not at all true. Lindsay wore a short tight white dress and told TMZ that it signified her “innocence,” which goes to show that she thinks just like a murderous bisexual stock character. Justice may eventually come limping after Lindsay, though. Lohan has another court date on February 23 and faces charges both for stealing the necklace and for violating probation for the umpteenth time. Oh and she’s back on Twitter of course.

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She’s due back in court for Feb. 23. In addition to a maximum three years in prison for the theft charge, Lohan could be looking at jail time for possibly violating her probation from her 2007 DUI cases, which isn’t set to expire until Aug. 11.

Less than an hour after hitting the road, Lohan was checking her Twitter account, responding to a concerned-sounding tweet from Celebrity Rehab establisher Dr. Drew Pinsky. (Oddly, her first apparent tweet was a link to a photo of her and Kanye West, taken Feb. 4 at a dinner party for designer Giuseppe Zanotti, but that disappeared a few moments later.)

So what did the celebrity Twitterverse have to say about the embattled star.

“That lindsay lohan necklace is one crummy looking piece of jewelry for twenty five hundred. can barely see it,” quipped Howard Stern, a relative Twitter newcomer, having just signed up last week. “Felony grand theft? I would get an appraisal on that piece of junk.”

“I am mortified how @Lindsaylohan is getting attacked when she is so fragile and just establishing her sobriety. Not at all what she needs,” read the more serious tweet from Pinsky.

“@drdrew thank you for your support.. I appreciate it,” Lohan tweeted in response. And that post stayed put.

[From E! Online]

Is Lohan ever going to get serious jail time for her crimes, or will she continue to skate on the edge of the law, laughing, popping pills and pilfering things she thinks she should get for free? TMZ reports that it’s likely she’ll cop a plea that will allow her to avoid jail time. She just got more publicity for her latest crime than for anything she’s done professionally for years. If she wants to retain any sort of career she’s got a lot of work to do. Lindsay expects everything to come easy for her, though, and I doubt she’ll be able to make any sort of comeback. She’s just too entitled, too addicted, and too much of a narcissist.

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