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• Anderson Cooper: “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be…”
• First photos of Naomi Watts as Princess Diana: does she pull it off?
• Christina Hendricks in Paris at the Versace show: busted (ha) or beautiful?
• Katie Holmes “was convinced” that Tom would give Suri to Sea Org
• Lindsay Lohan celebrated her 26th birthday at a club, with some booze
• Alec Baldwin wants to stab, “gut & kill” TMZ’s Harvey Levin. Of course.
• Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes relationship retrospective, a photo assumption
• Mila Kunis: “That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi”
• Blake Lively’s first ad for Gucci perfume: beautiful or too nose-job-y?
• Rupert Murdoch tweets about Scientology, says it’s ‘creepy’ & a ‘very weird cult’

Anderson Cooper: “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be…” Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:06 AM PDT GAH. Anderson Cooper just made me cry. More importantly, Anderson Cooper has finally come out and said (written) what we've all known for years: he's gay. He's in a relationship (or he was the last time I checked). Anderson "came out" in a wonderful open letter-type thing to The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan. Sullivan writes a simple preface to Anderson's letter, pointing out that it's become the new "thing" for gay public figures and celebrities to come out in very low-key ways, with little fanfare or public reaction. Sullivan says he asked for Anderson's feedback and Anderson sent an email response, and gave Sullivan permission to publish it- this is what Coop wrote: Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I’ve thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to. But I’ve also wanted to retain some privacy for professional reasons. Since I started as a reporter in war zones 20 years ago, I’ve often found myself in some very dangerous places. For my safety and the safety of those I work with, I try to blend in as much as possible, and prefer to stick to my job of telling other people's stories, and not my own. I have found that sometimes the less an interview subject knows about me, the better I can safely and effectively do my job as a journalist. I’ve always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly. As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn’t matter. I've stuck to those principles for my entire professional career, even when I've been directly asked "the gay question," which happens occasionally. I did not address my sexual orientation in the memoir I wrote several years ago because it was a book focused on war, disasters, loss and survival. I didn’t set out to write about other aspects of my life. Recently, however, I've begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It's become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something – something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true. I've also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand. The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud. I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect world, I don’t think it’s anyone else’s business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted. I'm not an activist, but I am a human being and I don’t give that up by being a journalist. Since my early days as a reporter, I have worked hard to accurately and fairly portray gay and lesbian people in the media – and to fairly and accurately portray those who for whatever reason disapprove of them. It is not part of my job to push an agenda, but rather to be relentlessly honest in everything I see, say and do. I've never wanted to be any kind of reporter other than a good one, and I do not desire to promote any cause other than the truth. Being a journalist, traveling to remote places, trying to understand people from all walks of life, telling their stories, has been the greatest joy of my professional career, and I hope to continue doing it for a long time to come. But while I feel very blessed to have had so many opportunities as a journalist, I am also blessed far beyond having a great career. I love, and I am loved. In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God's greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life. I appreciate your asking me to weigh in on this, and I would be happy for you to share my thoughts with your readers. I still consider myself a reserved person and I hope this doesn't mean an end to a small amount of personal space. But I do think visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter's shield of privacy. [Via The Daily Beast] It's beautiful, isn't it? I like the way Anderson explains himself, and truly, everyone knew that he was gay already, so it's not like this is some super-shocker. All that was left was HOW Coop "came out" and I think this is a lovely way to do it. Well done Coop! Photos courtesy of WENN & PCN.

First photos of Naomi Watts as Princess Diana: does she pull it off? Posted: 02 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT Here are the first photos (that I've seen) of Naomi Watts in character as Princess Diana, filming Caught In Flight. Thoughts? I've been staring at these photos for about ten minutes now, trying to form an opinion. I will say this – I knew immediately what the photos were when I first glanced at them. I knew it was an actress playing Princess Diana. So… that's something, right? It's good that the hair and makeup people are good enough that the Diana character is instantly recognizable, and that Naomi is doing a good "Diana-Eyes-Downcast" look. But… just a cursory glance through the pics, and you realize that it's just Naomi Watts in an especially busted Diana wig. I'm sorry, Diana didn't really do the "double Farrah" hair either – she did the "wings" sure, but was it ever double-paneled? Anyway, I'm a bit worried about this movie. Thankfully, they haven't screwed up the casting, like, I don't know, hiring Nicole Kidman to play a 19-year-old Lady Diana Spencer or something along those lines. Jessica Chastain was originally cast as Diana (Diana circa 1995-96), but Jessica had scheduling problems and Naomi took over the role. Caught In Flight is about Diana's last great love affair/relationship, the quiet, years-long relationship she had with a Pakistani doctor named Hasnat Kahn. Kahn had broken things off with Diana just a few months before her death – many believe Diana was just seeing Dodi Fayed as a way to make Hahn jealous. There are some reports that claim that this film is about Diana "stalking" Kahn, which… I don't know. She was in love with him, they had a relationship for several years, and she was (reportedly) heartbroken when he ended things. I don't know. I wish they were making a different Diana movie, because this one seems kind of rough. Photos courtesy of WENN.

Christina Hendricks in Paris at the Versace show: busted (ha) or beautiful? Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:45 AM PDT What with the Canadian holiday and the TomKat-divorce-gossip-vacuum, there aren't a lot of stories today, so I thought you might enjoy some photos from Paris Fashion Week. A surprising amount of A-list and B-list people came to Paris for the Versace Fall/Winter (or the Spring/Summer 2013, different people are labeling it differently) event yesterday, and these are some of the selected pics that I enjoyed. Just assume that everyone is wearing Versace. I love Pierce Brosnan. He's still so handsome! Jessica Alba in perforated black leather. She looks pretty, but I feel like something is "off". What is it? Mila Jovovich has a nice figure, but that dress does her no favors. Love Elizabeth Banks. Love everything about her. Titsy McGinge rides again. With Christina, it's all about proportions, angles and cuts. This is just unflattering on her. I barely recognized Matthew Morrison without his cherubic curls. He definitely looks like he's trying to butch it up. Does it work? Lea Michele has a boyfriend. She wants you to know that. Cory looks nice here, but he's just incidental to Lea's pose-harding. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Katie Holmes “was convinced” that Tom would give Suri to Sea Org Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:33 AM PDT I hope you guys are prepared – this Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes thing is going to be even bigger (gossip-wise) than Tom and Nicole's divorce. Why is that? Because Katie left. Because Katie saw her chance and she plotted and she surprised us all. Back when Nicole and Tom split, it was widely assumed (correctly, I believe) that Tom was dumping Nicole, and that Tom was the one to "surprise" Nicole with the divorce filing. Anyway, as Bedhead discussed over the weekend, Katie Holmes (reportedly) felt as if she was being followed, monitered and spied on by CoS. When Bedhead discussed it yesterday, TMZ had already tried to get someone at CoS to comment, but they hadn't at the time. Now, finally, the CoS is finally realizing that they need to do some due diligence on some of these reports. Gary Soter, the lawyer for the CoS told TMZ that the CoS "is not following Katie or conducting surveillance on her in the wake of her divorce with Tom Cruise." Bullsh-t. Considering Katie had "Xenu handlers" almost as soon as she met Tom, you better believe that she was being spied on, and you better believe that the Church was keeping tabs on her while she was away from Tom. Still, it was smart of Katie and her team to release the "I'm being followed" story so early, because now the paparazzi will be extra diligent in trying to get shots of the people "following" her. Meanwhile, TMZ and Radar both continue to have stories about "what really happened" and "the final straw" in the marriage. How's this for a final straw? TOM WAS ALWAYS CRAZY. And the whole thing was just a contract anyway. This morning's "last straw" story is "Tom wanted to give Suri to Sea Org." YIKES. The final straw in Katie Holmes’ decision to file for divorce was that she was convinced Tom Cruise was going to send 6-year-old Suri away to a hardcore Scientology organization known as Sea Organization … sources connected with Katie tell TMZ. Sea Org, as it is known, is where the highest levels of Scientology are taught and kids as young as five can be sent to live there … without their parents — and our sources say Tom is a big fan. Our sources say Katie and Tom had been arguing over Suri’s indoctrination into Scientology — and we’re told the Sea Org was the flashpoint. The Sea Org has been often compared to a boot camp and several ex-Scientologists (including Oscar winner Paul Haggis) have been outspoken against its military-like conditions. The Freewinds, the massive Scientology boat that was the location of Cruise’s infamous birthday party in 2004, is entirely staffed by Sea Org members. According to the official Scientology website, members of Sea Org sign “a one-billion-year pledge to symbolize their eternal commitment to the religion and it is still signed by all members today.” Katie herself has first-hand knowledge of the Sea Org. When Holmes and Cruise first hooked up in 2005, Jessica Feshbach, a prominent Scientologist who had been with the Sea Org since 1994, was transferred and became Katie’s assistant/Scientology chaperone. Feshbach, in one of Katie’s first interviews after getting together with Cruise, was described by a writer for W magazine as “cold-eyed” and “a third-wheel.” In the end … we’re told Katie felt the only way to save Suri from being shipped off to Sea Org was to file for divorce and seek sole legal custody. [From TMZ] I think this sounds like a perfectly reasonable "last straw". As do all of the other "last straw" stories. That's the point – these stories are all fruit from the poisonous tree of "Tom Cruise is cray, Scientology is cray, and you shouldn't have anything to do with them." Also – Bedhead sent me this story yesterday. It's a discussion with a legal expert who says Xenu will definitely be one of the issues that the family court considers when deciding who gets custody of Suri. It's an interesting piece, and I think Katie will be really lucky if she gets to divorce Tom in New York City, where the court system won't be so easily influenced by CoS and Hollywood power. Radar also has a great story which makes it sound like Katie's parents have been "gathering information" on "the iron grip" CoS has on Tom Cruise's personal and professional life. Katie's such a smart girl, isn't she? UPDATE: Oooooh. People Mag has put all of this on a “special report” cover - go here to see. Katie’s dad sounds AWESOME. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Lindsay Lohan celebrated her 26th birthday at a club, with some booze Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:04 AM PDT Happy birthday, Lindsay Lohan. The Cracken turns 26 years old today. Can you believe it? Can you believe she survived her 25th year? Her 24th? Her 23rd? Lindsay's crack shenanigans make it feel like dog years, right? I can't believe she's ONLY 26. She looks 40-something. And she has the liver of a 60-year-old alcoholic, I can guarantee. So, how did Lindsay celebrate her Birthday Eve (because crackies celebrate things like "birthday's eve")? She went to a club with her "friends". And she did NOT drink! If you believe that. Party time for Lindsay Lohan! The Liz & Dick actress let loose during her birthday bash at West Hollywood nightclub Bootsy Bellows early Sunday. The party took place one day ahead of her 26th birthday, which she celebrates on Monday. A little after midnight, the actress, clad in a tight pink minidress, hit up the hotspot with a group of her close friends. “She sat at her table close to the DJ,” a witness tells Us Weekly. “[Up-and-coming group] Speakerz was there and performed several songs for Lindsey. She was loving them and looked happy and carefree as she danced all around with her friends.” Later, the star was presented with cake and Sprinkles Cupcakes, and the whole room broke out singing “Happy Birthday.” “There was a ton of alcohol at Lindsey’s table, however she didn’t appear to be drinking,” the witness adds. Perhaps it’s good that the headline-making actress is laying low, especially after her scary June 15 incident where she was treated for exhaustion. [From Us Weekly] Yes, I'm sure she just sipped from a water bottle all evening. In between trips to the bathroom to do some lines. Because it's super-important that we all know that she wasn't drinking!!! So, what will "26" mean for Lindsay Lohan? Probably not much in the way of career achievements or anything. Probably a lot of the same old BS from her. Speaking of, remember that completely gross and inappropriate photo shoot Crackie did with Terry Richardson last week? Well, she pissed off a ton of people – especially some high-profile advocacy groups, like Hopeline (suicide prevention) and The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence both issued statements about Lindsay being so dumb and crackie – you can read them here. Photos courtesy of WENN, Terry's Diary.

Alec Baldwin wants to stab, “gut & kill” TMZ’s Harvey Levin. Of course. Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:40 AM PDT RAGE MONSTER COVER VANITY FAIR. RAGE MONSTER THREATEN EVERYBODY. That pretty much sums it up, actually. What's up with Alec Baldwin lately? It feels like he's been everywhere, like he's trying to get some extra attention for something. He brought Hilaria to Cannes and they walked every carpet. Then they took their love to the New York City streets, where Alec left bruised, battered and spit-upon paparazzi in his enraged wake. And now Alec and Hilaria are one – they were married over the weekend. How does all of this equal a Vanity Fair cover? Why does Alec get more attention when he acts like a famewhore and assaults everybody? Why is he still so VIOLENT? Here are the highlights from Alec's VF piece: "I thought, I'm probably never going to meet somebody like this again, and so I decided I would get married," Alec Baldwin, newly hitched (as of this past weekend) to Hilaria Thomas, tells Vanity Fair national editor Todd S. Purdum in our August cover story. "And I am getting married—which is kind of mind-blowing to me." Baldwin met the yoga instructor early last year at a Manhattan vegan restaurant called Pure Food and Wine, and, although she caught his eye, Thomas apparently wasn't quite sure who he was. She is, Baldwin tells Purdum proudly, the sort of person who has never seen an episode of 30 Rock. Baldwin professes a strong desire to go into politics: "I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do," he says. "And I don't know if I will." Looking at Obama, he imagines the president saying to himself, "'Wow, this isn't what I thought it was going to be.' You've got to put up with all this sh-t." Baldwin continues, "If I want to run, run for what? You have to stop and ask a lot of whys. Run for the glory? Run to complete some missing piece of myself? I can keep doing what I'm doing for a living now and be perfectly happy." Baldwin, who recently got into an altercation with a Daily News photographer, is the first to admit he's had a volatile past, acknowledging that he often "gave the Heisman" to people in Hollywood, sometimes "unreasonably" and "childishly." When Purdum asks Baldwin where he thinks his anger comes from, the actor launches into a long description of the perversity of the industry he works in: "You know, Hollywood does draw some very strange characters, and then the power of Hollywood and what they can do with it becomes like a blood sport to them." Then he returned to the frustrations and injustices of his child-custody case. He outlined vivid fantasies of the gruesome ways in which he might have murdered his wife's lawyer ("with a baseball bat") or Harvey Levin, the TMZ producer who posted the embarrassing voice mail Baldwin left for his daughter: "I wanted to stick a knife in him and gut him and kill him and I wanted him to die breathing his last breath looking into my eyes. Baldwin's friend and 30 Rock co-star Tina Fey describes what she's dubbed his "Irish Negotiating Technique," which, as she sees it, usually boils down to his saying, "They offered me more money and I told them to go f–k themselves." Lorne Michaels, a longtime friend and one of the producers of 30 Rock, puts it this way: "Most people find a way to get to do the thing that is better for them. He doesn't." But Baldwin has come to have a more philosophical approach to his anger. "You have to let that go," he concludes. "Enough time—I mean, it does heal wounds." He's in a better place, for instance, in his famously nasty relationship with ex-wife Kim Basinger: they speak "from time to time" about their daughter, and he describes the contact as "cordial." Baldwin tells Purdum that he'd recently asked Mel Gibson to come on his radio podcast—but not in order to discuss Gibson's drunken anti-Semitic outbursts or his rages against his ex-girlfriend. "I said, 'Mel, this isn't about regurgitating. You're one of the greatest movie stars of your generation and you were one of the most successful directors in this business and you won the Academy Award. And the only thing I want to ask you about the travails in your life is: What did you learn?'" As far as his own learning is concerned, Baldwin details a number of positive lifestyle changes that Thomas has helped him stick to, including maintaining a no-sugar diet since he was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. He also scrupulously avoids alcohol. As a young actor in L.A., Baldwin tells Purdum, he used to drive around with an open bottle of Sauvignon Blanc on ice, even though his father became a non-drinker after struggling with his own alcohol use and cautioned his children that "if we drank excessively or we took drugs or were ever caught with illegal drugs he was going to kick our ass." A cop pulled him over one scary night: "I don't remember how high I was and what I was high on," Baldwin admits, but the incident helped his father's message finally hit home. At dinner after the Philharmonic with Purdum, Baldwin declines a glass of wine. "Of course I miss it," he says. [From Vanity Fair] What I got from that: 1) Tina Fey continues to be awesome because the only part that made me giggle was "Irish Negotiating Technique"; 2) Alec Baldwin is a crazy rage monster WHILE SOBER; 3) Hilaria Thomas literally has NO IDEA what she just got herself into; and 4) Alec Baldwin is full of hate, rage, violence and nastiness, and like most hyper-aggressive bullies, Alec thinks he's the one deserving of all of the pity. Ugh. I mean, I'll still watch 30 Rock, but for the love of God, I'm beginning to really despise Alec. Photos courtesy of Vanity Fair.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes relationship retrospective, a photo assumption Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT I just spent way too long looking at photos of Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and their daughter, Suri. Other than the creepy cult angle, the thing that makes this relationship so interesting is the fact that we saw it all play out for the cameras, from beginning to (presumed) end. We feel like we know these people, or at least whatever they wanted us to know about them, and there was plenty. There are tons of photos of them together, except for the past few months where they’re few and far between. If you play photo assumption, you can almost see the trajectory of their relationship. Just join me for a moment, with the caveat that this is a very superficial look into their relationship. 2005: The Beginning Do you remember how these two used to act in public? I do, it was cringe-inducing, from couch jumping to hanging all over each other. They looked genuinely happy and in love, you have to give them that. We know Katie isn’t that skilled an actress. Family Time, late 2005 to 2006 Katie and Tom used to attend sports games for his kids, Isabella and Connor, and they seemed to invite the paps every single time. They did attend some games after Suri was born, but after late 2006 their focus changed, or maybe the kids just stopped playing as many sports. Suri’s unveiling, September 2006 Suri was (allegedly) born on April 18th, 2006. She was unveiled in a huge spread in Vanity Fair’s October issue, which came out in early September. There was plenty of speculation about why and how Suri was kept from the paparazzi for so long after her birth. Tom later told Oprah in a May, 2008 interview at his Telluride estate that they were holed up at home with the baby for the first few months after she was born. He also revealed at the time that he had renamed Katie “Kate.” Wedding in Italy, November 18, 2006 Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes married in a lavish Scientology ceremony in Bracciano, Italy in November, 2006. There was speculation at the time that the wedding would not be legally binding, but I think that the recent divorce filing proves that it was. This also marked one of the first times that Suri was seen in a candid photo op, one of many to come. 2007, Katie gets her groove back 2007 saw the emergence of Katie Holmes’ heels. She ditched the flats after she married Tom and began to show a taller, more independent side. In late 2007, she got a daring pageboy haircut. 2007, Suri becomes a star Tom and Katie eased Suri into public life with photo ops in Berlin in August and in London in December. She was such a cute little thing and looked like she was hamming it up for the cameras from the start. 2008: Happy Family. In 2008, Katie and Tom look like a happily married couple settled into an easy groove with each other. In these photos, they seem to radiate how content they are. 2009: Stress and traveling By late 2009, there were photos of the family looking tired and stressed, even when they were posing for candid photo ops. 2010: Something’s changed Look at Katie’s face in these event photos compared to how she used to look at Tom. She looks tired and worn out, and like she’s trying to force it for the cameras. 2011: Katie’s over it Maybe I’m reading too much into photos, but Katie was practically pulling away from Tom at some points. In many candids she looked tired and wan. 2012: Katie’s escape is near Do you think Katie had already hatched her escape plan at this point? Is that why she’s got a twinkle in her eye again? That’s my theory. Look at her, she’s up to something. Photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

Mila Kunis: “That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi” Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:25 AM PDT First thing – let's get to these weird photos. Continuing their "seriously, y'all, we're just friends except it looks like we're seriously dating" thing, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher were spotted out together, having lunch with friends at the Soho House in West Hollywood. There really aren't that many good shots of them, but you get the gist of it. They were in the same car. They sat together. Ashton looked like he was sniffing Mila's hair at one point. That's about it. Now, in addition to that, Mila appears on the covers of Elle UK and Glamour Magazine's August issues. The Glamour photo shoot is particularly bad – not that Mila looks bad in the photos, but the style and set pieces seem weird. As for the Elle UK cover – Mila's face looks gorgeous. The dress looks like the losing piece on a Project Runway challenge. Go ahead and yell!! You know I'm right. Glamour put some of Mila's interview online (go here to read it), and here are some highlights: Mila on dating sites: "One of my really good friends met her fiance on an OkCupid-style website. OkCupid's really popular–all my girlfriends have joined. I love those sites. I go on and I pick the guys for my friends. I think it's great… It's online shopping! We all get together with our laptops and have a glass of wine. Then we message the guy." Mila wishes she could date online: "If I didn't do what I do, I would do Internet dating instead of going out to bars. In two seconds I would. It makes so much more sense." What would happen is she did date online: "No. Because, ultimately, what's going to happen? I show up to coffee.… I'm OK in my personal life. I've never dated. I can say this honestly: I don't know what it's like to date. But also, how am I going to date? I'm not in one state long enough." Babies: "This isn't the right time for me to have one, but I do want a family. I'd rather be in love and have a baby than have a movie." When asked if she fundraises for Obama: "More like street-art-based stuff in Los Angeles that I can't talk about…because I'm pretty sure it's illegal… I'd rather do that. I don't need attention for it. What I truly believe in I will do privately." Being linked to Ashton Kutcher: "Ninety-nine percent of it is bulls–t. That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi. Printing lies, making accusations, it's just bullying." Losing weight for Black Swan, and gaining it back: "This is my normal body. It's not 98 pounds. God, I'm probably 25 pounds heavier in muscle mass and weight at this point. What was crazy was, when I was shooting Black Swan, everyone was like, 'Gosh, you're really too skinny.' Then my weight started bouncing back and they're like, 'She looked better when she was anorexic-looking.' You can't please anyone! It was just for work. I didn't do it because I had issues. Now this is my normal weight that I started out with. [When I was 25 pounds lighter, I felt] flat, flat, flat. [She gestures to her chest and hips.] There was no shape, no form, nothing, nothing." [From Glamour] Do you really think what we're doing is "bullying"? Not really. But then again, I don't think that "90%" of this stuff is completely made up either. Especially in Mila's case – I understand that she doesn't want to answer questions about Ashton. That's fine. But find a more dignified way of saying "No comment" or "None of your business," as opposed to "LIAR! BULLY! CRAZY!!" I mean, there are tons of photos of Ashton and Mila on dates for months and months. The jig is up. Photos courtesy of Glamour's slideshow and The Fashion Spot.

Blake Lively’s first ad for Gucci perfume: beautiful or too nose-job-y? Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:18 AM PDT I was surprised that more people weren't interested in Blake Lively's latest endorsement deal. Less than two weeks ago, the announcement came: Blake Lively got her second major endorsement gig. Her first was for Chanel (obviously!) – she represented (represents?) Chanel purses, and she was handpicked for the gig by none other than Karl Lagerfeld. Now Blake also represents a brand new perfume – Gucci Première. Blake got to call the shots too – she asked for ("demanded") Nicolas Winding Refn (director of Drive) to film the commercial. Which I can't wait to see, because it will be interesting to see if Blake is a better actress in a perfume commercial than she is in films and television. I'm starting to think of Blake like I used to think of Megan Fox – a glorified music video girl who just overshot her mark. That was all just some tangent, though. The header is the brand-new ad for the perfume. Thoughts? It's very…eh. I like the dress in the ad – too bad they're not trying to sell me the dress. Is the image striking? Not really. It just seems blah and basic. It's not Blake's fault, I don't think. She looks pretty, she's giving good face and face-reflection, although I think the face-reflection (full-on) is prettier than her profile. The weirdness of angle means that your eye (my eye) comes to rest on her profile… namely, her nose. Namely, her nose JOB. Remember vintage Blake and her perfectly fine (although slightly larger) nose? I'm sorry, but Blake's nose is man-made, and I'm not crazy about some (obviously) sculpted nose job being the centerpiece of a multi-million dollar ad campaign. I know I'm nit-picking, but all I did was stare at her fake nose for three full minutes when I first saw the ad. I'm also including some additional photos of Blake on Friday. I have those shoes in a different color. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Rupert Murdoch tweets about Scientology, says it’s ‘creepy’ & a ‘very weird cult’ Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:15 AM PDT I always forget that Rupert Murdoch is on Twitter. From what little I see of his feed, he's not some LeAnn Rimes-type, compulsive tweeter. Murdoch generally averages two to four tweets every other day or every three days. Perhaps his followers are supposed to treat these tweets like Murdoch gems, parceled out over time, like Rupe is the Oracle of Mt. Murdoch. The worst part? I think most of Murdoch's Twitter followers probably do see him that way. Like Warren Buffett is "the Oracle of Omaha," Murdoch-acolytes see him as "The Oracle of Fox". Murdoch is still struggling (though he won't admit it) after all of the hacking scandals came out over the course of a year, culminating in a legal and PR sh-tstorm rocked the halls of power in the UK, and changed the way the British tabloids operate. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't seem like Murdoch is sitting at home licking his wounds. Vanity Fair had a great piece (here) a few months ago about Murdoch's "internal investigation" into the hacking, in which he hired an outside investigator to basically comb through everything and turn over incriminating evidence to the police . And not just evidence – News Corp. is turning in its own employees to the authorities too. Basically, I think Rupert Murdoch is looking for a fight, and he's looking to change the subject. And he might have found his fight. On Sunday, Murdoch began tweeting random thoughts about David Cameron, Mitt Romney and then… he took on Tom Cruise. And Scientology. [Via Rupert Murdoch's Twitter] Whoa. Rupert Murdoch coming right out and calling the Church of Scientology a "cult"?! Xenu must have pissed in Rupe's cornflakes! Surprisingly, Rupert didn't delete the tweet or offer an apology. He followed it up with,“Watch Katie Holmes and Scientology story develop. Something creepy, maybe even evil, about these people.” And then, hours later, he tweeted: "Since Scientology tweet hundreds of attacks. Expect they will increase and get worse and maybe threatening. Still stick to my story." Do we have to give this one to Rupert? Though I loathe the man, I kind of like that he isn't backing down from his criticism of CoS. Of course, I still think this might be the best response: Photos courtesy of WENN.

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