Thursday, January 12, 2012

Cele|bitchy

Cele|bitchy


Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison’s Funny or Die skit with Jason Alexander

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:20 AM PST

I just saw this on D-Listed and all I can say is “what the hell?” I’m getting flashbacks to when Heidi Montag did a Funny or Die commercial in which she basically played herself, but advocated for consumer protection. In Montag’s case she did a faux PSA and it worked. It wasn’t particularly funny, but it was watchable. Here we have Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison playing themselves on a fake talkshow run by Jason Alexander. It’s just like all of their other talkshow appearances in that she plays the Lolita sexpot and her RL husband Doug is the “straight” man (although that’s up to question). There’s nothing particularly funny or unique about this bit. I had a hard time watching the whole thing and Jason Alexander is just lame. He hits on Courtney and smacks Doug across the face as some kind of couple’s therapy. This isn’t amusing to me at all.

If you’re a big Seinfeld or Jason Alexander fan (I never was) you might enjoy this, like Emily did over at Evil Beet. She thinks that Courtney and Doug are up for mocking themselves, but I don’t see it that way at all. I think that Courtney and Doug are up for any and all publicity they can get, and they’ll take it where they can. Remember, they’re still trying to get some sort of reality show that isn’t happening for them. Courtney’s mom spoke to E! about this skit and she said that her daughter and son-in-law weren’t offended. Of course they weren’t:

“They were not at all offended,” she told E! News. “Courtney is so funny, and with her sense of humor, and Doug’s too, they are able to be confident in who they are as people. They can take something and like it and laugh and be OK with it. They were the first ones to think it’s a funny thing.

“If someone spends the day with Courtney and Doug, they would win them over. They’re able to rise above everything. With Courtney, it flows off her back like water off a duck’s back. She’s so secure, she can take anything and look at the funny side. Criticism does not get her down at all.”

During the webisode, Clay tries to help the couple “fortify” their relationship with a couple exercises, including trying to see the quality of Stodden’s heart by taking pictures of her breasts with a new app on his iPhone (you see where this is going), and showing Hutchison how to express his love for Courtney.

[From E! Online]

I thought it was funnier when Courtney and Doug showed off their little dogs on Australian TV. They were happier and more hopeful back then. Now they’re just kind of resigned to being punchlines, which is as it should be.

This has me nostalgic for Heidi and Spencer’s brief stab at fame. They were famous for nothing and they staged ridiculous photo ops and planted stories in the tabloids, but they made sense. Like Paris Hilton, Heidi and Spencer seem almost quaint compared to some of the people that have hit the scene lately. It’s a slippery slope in the tabloid media.

‘Friends with Kids’ trailer: half the ‘Bridesmaids’ cast, half the charm?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:10 AM PST

After the raging financial and critical success of Bridesmaids, Universal is obviously keen to develop a sequel even if Kristin Wiig isn’t on board, which she reportedly isn’t for the forseeable future. Melissa McCarthy has stepped up to declare that a Wiig-less sequel is a terrible idea, and she’s correct. Still, that doesn’t mean that Universal is above capitalizing upon a striking-hot iron, even if it results in certain disaster.

In the meantime, half of the cast of Bridesmaids appears in an upcoming movie, Friends with Kids, which now has a new trailer. The movie is written, produced, and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jesica Stein), who is known best around these parts as “Jon Hamm’s girlfriend.” Westfeldt also stars in the film, which also stars Adam Scott and features Hamm along with Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Edward Burns, and Megan Fox. The story is basically that Westfeldt and Scott’s characters are thirtysomething BFFs who aren’t into each other romantically but decide to have a kid together and pursue future relationships with other people. Yeah, we already know where this is going, right? Here’s the movie’s official synopsis anyway:

Friends With Kids is a daring and poignant ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group observe the effect that kids have had on their friends’ relationships and wonder if there’s a better way. They decide to have a kid together – and date other people.

There are big laughs and unexpected emotional truths as this unconventional “experiment” leads everyone in the group to question the nature of friendship, family and, finally, true love.

And here’s the trailer for the Friends with Kids:

The movie looks charming enough (for a matinee viewing) but, unfortunately, the trailer renders the entire plot utterly predictable, and I think a YouTube commenter said it best: “Well i have literally seen the entire film. good job. Now i dont have to waste my money.” Still, this looks like an okay way to pass a few hours for fans of the talent involved. Jon Hamm also sat down with Collider to talk about what Westfeldt went through to make this movie and how he helped her as much as possible:

On Getting Friends with Kids Made: “It was tough. Part of it was a little bit self imposed because we wanted to make this movie this year. Normally you go, ‘Well, we will make it when we can make it. We will make it when we get the money, and then we get the thing, and then we will cast it. We will see how long that takes and then we will make it.’ But we were like, ‘We are going to make it in this chunk of time because of my schedule and the schedules of other people that we wanted to be in it.’ So we kind of did it ass backwards where we were like, ‘We are going to do it in this number of time! What do you we need?’ and it was like, ‘Well, you need money, people, and cameras.’ And it was just like, ‘Okay. We have twenty minutes to get all of that together!’ So we set ourselves up to fail miserably. But due to Jen’s incredible hard work, diligence, effort, talent, and charm we were able to call in favors and basically move mountains and do the impossible to get this done, and we did. We shot it in 24 days and we shot it in one of the worst winters that New York has see in 30 some odd years with snow every couple of weeks. We were digging out grip trucks and the lenses had frozen over and we were like, ‘Okay. Well, let’s get a hair dryer on the lens and we will dig up the truck while we are defrosting the lens and then we will be fine. Hopefully the trains will be running by then and we can get some PAs and people up here.’ So it was a challenge. It was a tremendous challenge, but it was exciting in that way that independent film can be. It was like, ‘Well, no one else is going to do it. So we have to do it.’ That was kind of my capacity. Obviously, Jen had her plate very full with directing, starring, producing, and writing the film. So my job was to take out as much from her backpack so that she could stand up straight and share the load a little bit, and hopefully I did.”

[From Collider]

Wasn’t that, for lack of a better word, sweet of Jon to do everything humanly possible to help his girlfriend get this movie made? It sounds like he really believes in her abilities too instead of just helping out the chick he’s sleeping with on a long term basis. Basically, he sounds like the perfect boyfriend.

Oh yes, and I almost forgot to talk about Megan Fox, who is shaking things up by not only playing a hooker in The Dictator but also by playing “the new girlfriend” in this movie. Poor Megan is going to have to fight to get anywhere else in Hollywood, and I’m afraid she just doesn’t have the skills to do it. Friends with Kids opens March 9th.

Movie stills courtest of Collider

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Jennifer Garner looks ready to pop, free of scandal and controversy

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST

There's not really much of a story with these photos, I just thought they were cute pics, and we haven't talked about Jennifer Garner in a while. I'm including new photos of Jennifer doing some grocery shopping yesterday, seemingly solo and doing almost everything herself. I'm also including photos of Ben and Jen from a few days ago, when they were spotted looking lovey-dovey coming out of a doctor's appointment.

Even though Garner and The Dimple Parade have been photographed regularly the past few months, I really do feel like this has been her most low-key pregnancy. Jennifer and Ben Affleck seem tighter than ever – there hasn't been a scandal for them in a while, although I still think there's something more to the stories about his gambling. Still, they weathered the speculation well, and at this point, it kind of seems like their marriage is even stronger today than it was one year ago, or two years ago. Ben even seems happier to see the paparazzi around! I suspect that Jennifer really is pregnant with a boy, Ben's long-awaited son.

I totally forget if Jennifer ever confirmed when the baby is due. I suspect it's coming up very soon, right? Look at that belly. No pillowy pregnancy for Jennifer. And it just blows me away how much cuter her style is when she's pregnant.

Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN.
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Rooney Mara had a boyfriend this whole time, and he’s Ted Danson’s stepson

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:16 AM PST

Did you know that Rooney Mara has had a boyfriend this whole time? I'm sure someone knew that, but I didn't. Her boyfriend, Charlie McDowell, hasn't been on her arm at any of her big press events. She hasn't discussed him in interviews. These are the first photos of them together in months, and even then, they're candids, out and about in NYC and arriving at LAX yesterday. Even more stunning? Charlie McDowell has famous parents – he's the son of Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell. WTF?!?! Mary and Malcolm were together? They had a KID together? How do I have no knowledge of this? E! News put together a "getting to know… Roony Mara's boyfriend" piece that I found interesting:

Lizbeth Salander doesn’t loath all men. Rooney Mara, whose performance as the troubled yet super-fierce hacker in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is winning rave reviews, has recently been spotted out and about—and smooching—a guy by the name of Charlie McDowell.

And, because Mara is a rising movie star, Vogue cover girl, fashion plate, Golden Globe nominee, etc., we wanted to know way more about the fellow on her arm. You know, make sure he’s up to snuff.

Here are five things we learned:

1. He’s Got a Big, Fancy Family: If not exactly royalty, he’s at least acting gentry, or something like that. Dad is multifaceted British thesp Malcolm McDowell (Charlie’s full name is Charles Malcolm McDowell), mom is Mary Steenburgen and sis is Sons of Anarchy actress Lily McDowell. Subsequently, his stepdad is Ted Danson. Malcolm had three more kids with current wife Kelley, so Charlie’s got three half-siblings. Hey, Rooney gets it. Her sis is American Horror Story star Kate Mara and her parents are both scions of storied NFL-team power players.

2. When in Rome…: McDowell was born in L.A. and headed right into showbiz after studying film at Chapman University. The 28-year-old has written, directed and produced short films, toured with Ben Harper making a concert film, manned a camera at sporting events, served as a production assistant (and had a small role) on Curb Your Enthusiasm and was a consultant on the Ken Burns documentary series Baseball. Now McDowell, who became a directing fellow at the American Film Institute in 2005, has his own company, Cloudbreak Productions. He directed Danson and Lolita Davidovich in his 2007 short, Bye Bye Benjamin.

3. He’s Adaptable: Mara is a born-and-raised New Yorker, and the majority of her and McDowell’s photo ops have come on the streets of Manahattan, and one in Stockholm. Aw, what a good boyfriend, traveling around with her like that! Award season is heating up, though, and we’ll be keeping an eye out for McDowell when Best Actress nominee Mara hits the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

4. He’s No Playboy (That We Know Of): McDowell’s most recent high-profile flame was Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth and, before that, he was linked to Haylie Duff. That’s about all the news he’s made on the romance front.

5. It’s a Miracle He Doesn’t Have Nightmares: In an interview focused on his famous father he gave when he was about 21, McDowell said that his dad dressed him up as Alex from A Clockwork Orange when he was about 6 years old—though he never dressed as the brainwashed nutter for Halloween. “I think I would scare the crap out of people,” McDowell said. “I’ve put on a bowler hat a few times and I almost scared myself! [My dad and I] look a lot alike.”

[From E! News]

That's it in a nutshell. Ted Danson's step-son is dating an heiress/actress who badmouths everyone and everything that came before David Fincher. I wonder how Charlie feels about that? Considering his conquests include Haylie Duff, he's probably happy that he's scored a soon-to-be A-lister, I guess. Now, does this change the idea I have of Rooney and David Fincher and their somewhat creepy relationship? Not really. I still think Rooney and Fincher were (or are) boning.

Photos courtesy of Fame & Pacific Coast News.
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Hot Guy People’s Choice: Matt Bomer, Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson & more!

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:17 AM PST

I'm not saying there is a dearth of good, sexy men in Hollywood. I'm just saying that not many of those good guys showed up for last night's People's Choice Awards. Of course, there were some nice surprises. Like… Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay, both of whom are two of my favorite people on television. Matt Bomer keeps getting so much attention and acclaim, all of it well-deserved. He's beautiful, he's talented, he's funny, and he seems like a really nice, humble guy. But I wish Tim DeKay would get noticed more – he's sexy in the way Harrison Ford used to be sexy. He seems like a normal, attractive, casually-sexy dude that you would run into at the hardware shop. I'm just saying… I would rather go to bed with Tim. And I would rather just stare at Matt Bomer forever and ever.

Since I didn't watch but a few minutes of the awards show, I have no idea why Ewan McGregor was there. For why? Not that I'm complaining. He's always so lovely to look at.

Here's Zachary Levi. With a fauxhawk. I don't get it. But I never did. For those of you who get hot for Levi, you know that Michael Fassbender exists, right? The Fassdong is not a myth! It is a reality. Stop liking dumb dudes with dumb hairstyles.

Here's Ian Somerhalder. He's always been much, much too pretty for my tastes. His pretty overwhelms me and ultimately leaves me cold.

Neil Patrick Harris is so adorable, and obviously, he's a vampire. He's 38 years old and he looks 25. I purposefully didn't choose a photo of NPH with his partner David, because I think David has a bitchy face, and he ruins Neil for me a little bit.

David Boreanaz… how quickly you lost the hot once I found out you were a skeevy cheater who used to bone Rachel Uchitel. That can never be unseen.

Nathan Fillion is super-cute, but does anyone else think that Castle has just gotten awful this season? I haven't even been watching it lately. I'll come back if the writing gets better, just because I love Nathan (and Seamus Dever!).

Liam Neeson was at the People's Choice Awards, but he didn't pose on the red carpet, so we don't have any pics of him from the event. Fortunately, he also went to the premiere of The Grey last night, so here's a nice photo. He's so… swoon-worthy. I love him.

Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN.
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Kelly Osbourne versus Jennifer Lawrence: whose stylist hated her more?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:35 AM PST

The only thing that joins Kelly Osbourne and Jennifer Lawrence in my mind is that they both looked super-rough at last night's People's Choice Awards. I mean, I get it. It's JUST the People's Choice. No one is bringing their style A-game. But when making an appearance on a red carpet, I would really love it if celebrities would dress is a way where I would never have to use the phrase "wrath of God." That's what I thought when I saw Jennifer Lawrence – who is ordinarily a beautiful, stunning young woman. She has a great, athletic body and a gorgeous face. I have no idea why she chose to present herself this way. The Viktor & Rolf dress is… well, maybe someone will like it, but I think it's hideous, and it looks uncomfortable. But what's worse is Jennifer's styling and makeup. She looks like a half-dead zombie. Much, much too dark. It's not "sophisticated" it's just too dark.

Meanwhile, I have no idea what Kelly Osbourne was trying to do here. I don't think she knows either, and she doesn't look pleased with her result. The dress is Honor – color blocking can be cute, but not with off-white and orange, and not on Kelly Osbourne. The only nice thing I can say is that I like the fit of the dress – if it was all one color, and that color was lavender or red, it would have been really interesting. But the worst part might be Kelly's hair? I think she was aiming for violet, but in photos, it just reads as old-lady grey. The length is good – imagine this cut and style, but in a shade of honey-brown with some red highlights. Wouldn't she look so much better like that?

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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Jennifer Lopez gives her boy toy a 10,000 a week allowance

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:47 AM PST


Jennifer Lopez’s 24 year-old backup dancer boyfriend doesn’t make enough money to keep her in the style that she’s accustomed to, so she’s remedied that. Star Magazine [via Jezebel] is reporting that she gives him a very generous $10,000 a week allowance. Some of that he spends on her, of course, and the rest he presumably gets to keep. So the little twerp is making over a half million a year just to screw J.Lo, drive her around in the Bentley she’s either lending or leasing him, buy her some presents and accompany her on vacations. I doubt she expects him to pay for accommodations out of that $10k a week. Insanely nice work if you can get it, and how again did this kid land the job? Just by being in the right place at the right time, for the woman who can’t stand to be alone for a minute. Here’s the story:

Jennifer Lopez has a kept man! She hated having to whip out her credit card every time she went to dinner with 24-year-old dancer Casper Smart, and it “bummed her out” that Casper had to borrow money from her to buy her a Christmas present. So Jenny from The Block started giving the kid an allowance a “stipend” of $10,000 a week. According to a source, “She thought $10K was a nice round number.” Apparently Casper is “learning to live like a star,” flying on private jets and staying in luxury hotels. Now that he’s getting paid, “Jen is hoping Casper won’t think twice about buying presents for her kids of whisking her off for a surprise weekend getaway,” the source spills. “She can take care of herself just fine, but she’s old-fashioned when it comes to wanting the man to take charge.” Plus! He needs new clothes for events and stuff. Just think of her as Richard Gere and Casper as Julia Roberts, going “woo woo woo” at a polo game. Which means Jenny gets to snap a jewelry box on Casper’s fingers! Fun! But seriously, being a rich forty-something lady and gleefully supporting your much-younger house boy boyfriend is what America is all about, right?

[Details from Star, writeup at Jezebel]

How is that “old fashioned” to give a “boyfriend” that much money and then sit back and pretend that they’re paying for everything? Bedhead pointed me to this story in the Post that suggests that Madonna might be doing the same thing with her much-younger boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat. Brahim was seen paying the bill at a restaurant with Madonna, which may mean that she gave him a credit card that she pays off for him. It’s probably cheaper than just giving the kid a hefty allowance. I guess it’s less embarrassing for these ladies to try and keep up the illusion that they don’t have kept men. It should be embarrassing enough that they’re dating them in the first place.

J.Lo and Casper are shown outside a jewelry store on 12-18-11. Credit: Fame

Beyonce’s controversial delivery was investigated by NY Health Dept.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:26 AM PST

I don't really want to talk about the scandals and conspiracies involved with Beyonce's (real or alleged) delivery of baby Blue Ivy at Lenox Hill Hospital. And yet… there are still tons of stories, and the scandal keeps growing by the day. After reports of multiple "peasant" parents being denied access to the prenatal unit at Lenox Hill – and denied access to their own newborn children while Beyonce and Jay were in the house – reports now indicate that the situation around baby Blue's birth is being investigated by the New York City Health Department. (UPDATE: TMZ reports that the investigation is over? O RLY?) Plus, the hospital is conducted their own in-house review of everything that went down. What will they find? Will they find that Beyonce and Jay spread around more than $1 million within the hospital to keep everyone quiet? Or will they find that Bey and Jay shelled out a large chunk of change for a temporary remodel of eight hospital rooms? That's what Us Weekly claims:

Sweet suites! To prep for the birth of their daughter Blue Ivy, Beyonce and Jay-Z didn’t just build a deluxe nursery at their Tribeca home — they had two private, over-the-top suites built at NYCs Lenox Hill Hospital for the express purpose of Blue’s arrival.

“A month ago, [workers] tore down 6-8 rooms and turned them into 2 suites,” a Lenox Hill Hospital source tells Us Weekly. Beyonce, 30, and husband Jay-Z, 42, “paid to have it constructed just for them.”

Featuring “mahogany walls” and other posh accents, the “amazing” suites sat empty for about a month until Blue Ivy’s Jan. 7 birth. “You’d want to live in there!” the hospital source gushes.

Officials for the hospital shot down rumors that the superstar couple caused turmoil at the hospital — and that some patients and families were temporarily denied access to the NICU to accommodate the VIPs on the premises.

No word yet on what’s to become of the suites now that Beyonce and Blue have departed.

Now that little Blue Ivy is at home at her parents’ palatial Tribeca home, she’ll kick back a $3,5000 NurseryWorks VETRO Lucite crib.

[From Us Weekly]

Dear God. How f–king wasteful! They tore apart six to eight perfectly adequate rooms so that Blue Ivy could enter the world in her own VIP suite? And no one was allowed in there for a month? How does the hospital justify this kind of thing to its board? If it was just about sprucing up an existing suite or something, it would be a meh story. But taken with the stories of Bey and Jay's complete disregard for all of the "peasants" in the hospital, and now the idea that part of the prenatal wing was under construction just for THE BIRTH OF A PILLOW, the whole thing is just insane. TMZ has photos of the VIP birthing suite that Bey and Jay had constructed – you can see it here. TMZ says it includes “4 flat screen TV’s, state of the art electronics, a kitchenette, nice art, mahogany walls and plush furnishings.” Sources tell TMZ, “the suite was not constructed specifically for Beyonce, but it was always intended that Beyonce would be the first patient to use it.” WTF?

Anyway, there are even more Blue Ivy stories. She's already the biggest little princess ever. Even the eventual child of Duchess Kate and Prince William will not roll in the kind of luxury that Blue Ivy is getting. This is what has been allegedly stacked up for Blue – the list is worth more than $1.5 million, and includes:

*A "fantasy" crib fit for Cinderella – a coach-like crib from PoshTots, for which her her parents paid nearly $20,000.

*A solid-gold, handmade horse from Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka that Jay-Z bought for $600,000. (This has been denied in some outlets.)

*A $15,000 highchair dripping with Swarovski crystals.

*A $285 Jean-Paul Gaultier dress.

*A $30,000 windmill playhouse.

*A trunk full of children’s books, a present from Oprah.

[Via The NY Post & The NYDN]

I can't even. You know she's just going to be pooping, sleeping and nursing for the first three months or so, right?

These are all photos from a trip Bey and Jay took to Paris in late April of last year. Bey would have been almost two months along in her pregnancy. Maybe that was why her face looked so jacked?

Photos courtesy of Fame.
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Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie met with Pres. Obama in the Oval Office

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:23 AM PST

As you may remember, in 2009, Us Weekly (and other tabloids) claimed that Angelina Jolie totally hated President Obama. The reasoning was vague, but the gist was that Angelina is more conservative than anyone realizes and she's a chip off of the ol' block (the ol' block being her crazy father). I bring this up because yesterday, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were invited to the White House, and they accepted. They apparently met Pres. Obama in the Oval Office - you can see some long-distance photos here, shot through the Oval's windows by photographers on the lawn. Angelina was wearing a black pencil skirt and a black turtleneck, and she looked pleased. Brad was wearing a suit and tie, and he looked hero-worship-y. Brad's met Obama before – they discussed NOLA back in 2009. This is the first time Obama and Angelina have ever met, though. And apparently, it was a brief meeting – Obama was on his way to Chicago. Oh, here's video! I like the guy saying, "Hey, that's BRAD PITT!"

According to the Associated Press, Brangelina "dropped by" the White House (for real? I would think they were officially invited, right?) so that Angelina and Pres. Obama could discuss Angelina's "work on preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women." The night before, Angelina and Brad had done the red carpet for a screening of In the Land of Blood and Honesy at the Holocaust Museum (which, if you've never been to, you should really go – it's a really comprehensive museum). While on the carpet, Angelina got a few questions about Obama and whether or not she hated him. When asked about the report that she hated the president, Angelina said, "Reported by who? By Us Weekly? You gotta read better papers!"

After Tuesday's screening, People Magazine reports that Brangelina went out to dinner with some Washington power players, including Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama's senior advisors. And Angelina even ate some solids! She had roast chicken, which sounds so good to me right now.

Following the Washington, D.C., premiere of her new film, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie joined partner Brad Pitt for a celebratory dinner at Charlie Palmer Steak.

The couple – joined by 12 others, including President Obama’s senior advisor Valerie Jarrett – opted for Palmer’s $35.12 prix fixe Restaurant Week menu, and started with chopped salads of romaine, endive, goat cheese, bacon, cranberry and red wine vinegar. For entrées, Pitt chose the coulotte steak with sweet potato purée and braised greens, while Jolie savored the roasted chicken breast with buttered new potatoes and marjoram jus. Pitt, who was recently injured during a fall, indulged in the dark chocolate pavé with milk chocolate ice cream for dessert, while Jolie passed on the sweets.

According to an onlooker, the party of 14 stayed at the restaurant for two hours, and was “extremely pleasant and gracious to both fans and the staff.”

[From People]

I suspect that it was Valerie Jarrett who got Angelina and Brad in to meet the president, right? It was less of a "drop by" and more of an invitation. I don't know why that's bugging me so much – I just don't think Angelina and Brad are so full of themselves that they think they can just "drop by" the White House unannounced. There has to security clearances and background checks and a White House staffer has to formally escort you wherever you go. Anyway, I’m sure this was only the first meeting in a long line of negotiations in which Pres. Obama will gradually hand over power to Empress Zahara.

Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN.
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Is Katy Perry getting over Russell Brand by hooking up with Tim Tebow?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:19 AM PST

Anyone ready for a new rumor about Katy Perry getting a new quickie boyfriend to get over her divorce Russell Brand? Well, here’s a really random one. Of course, it’s not entirely random because it would make total sense for Katy to date the dude in question — if it wasn’t merely two weeks after Russell filed divorce papers. Not even I can believe that Katy would move that fast.

Regardless of common sense, a new story (which originated in OK! Magazine) pushes the theory that Katy is now looking to get busy with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Like I said before, this match would ordinarily make a lot of sense. Both Katy and Tim both grew up in a very controlled religious environment (beyond football, Tebow’s also famous for being the inspiration behind the Tebow Bill, which is still pending but would allow homeschooled athletes to play for their district teams) and find themselves in the midst of inexplicable fame (yeah, I went there). Yes, this story is probably absolute nonsense, but it makes some sense in theory, so that’s probably why OK! is probably running with it. Naturally, Katy’s sketchy parents are said to approve of this newfound match as well.

Katy and Tim are scheduled to meet at her hometown church where she used to sing! Will it be love at first sight?

Katy Perry’s split from Russell Brand, 36, may still sting for the 27-year-old, but she’s wasting no time moving on and her parents – Keith and Mary Hudson – are 100 percent on her side. They’re even going as far as trying to set their daughter up with the Denver Broncos starting quarterback, Tim Tebow!

“[Katy's] mentioned on more than one occasion how much she likes Tim,” a source tells OK! magazine.”Katy’s mom firmly believes the best cure for heartache is to quickly fall in love again … In her mind, Tebow is the perfect guy for her daughter. He’s handsome, charming, intelligent and above all, a good Christian.”

Katy’s parents have gone as far as inviting Tim to speak at the church Katy used to sing at in Huntington Beach, Calif. Of course – when Katy will be there!

[From Hollywood Life]

Sure, I’ll believe that Katy will be the first one to move on, publicly at least. Who knows, Russell might already be shagging random babes, but he probably has at least enough decency to keep things under wraps for the immediate future. If and when Katy starts getting hot and heavy with a new guy, she’ll be shoving it down our collective throats.

However (and I could be wrong), I just cannot buy that Katy is moving on already. If she’s thinking about hooking up with Tebow to make Russell jealous, well, that won’t work at all. Look at what happened the last time she tried to call Russell’s bluff. He filed for divorce. And since Katy’s still reportedly looking to patch things up (she’s even supposedly called off her latest public appearance to that effect), this story just doesn’t wash … if for no other reason than that Tebow would (theoretically) be quite keen to start a family with any future lady love. And Katy don’t play that game, right?

Still, Tim Tebow is kind of cute. I’d probably go there if I was into sexual frustration.

Photos courtesy of Fame

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