Friday, July 6, 2012

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Cele|bitchy


Katie Holmes, legal and PR genius, makes another solo outing to Whole Foods

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:33 AM PDT

Here are some new photos of Katie Holmes making yet another trip to Whole Foods in Chelsea, today, Friday. I'm surprised Katie didn't bring Suri! I hope Katie left Suri with someone she trusts, like a family member or ten burly bodyguards. Or all of the above. I have to give Katie so much credit here – she's playing the media so, so well. Some celebrity women in her position would choose to hide out, parceling out the public appearances and candid photo ops gradually. Katie has been photographed nearly every day this week, hasn't she? And these are not undercover outings either – it's almost like she's inviting dozens of paparazzi to document her movements. It's protection for her, of course, because we're worried about her and we want to see her out and about. But it's also got an old-fashioned reason too: these photos help sell Katie's version of events. She lives in New York. She's a hands-on mom. She's going to fight for custody in New York because she's a single mom in the city, doing her best. All while Tom is a workaholic who is more interested in E-meters than his daughter.

Bedhead covered many of the latest developments and stories from the past 24 hours, but there are a few "breaking news" pieces that I wanted to get to. In convenient bullet points:

*Radar says Katie will be at a family law courthouse on July 17 for her first divorce hearing, and at that hearing Katie will "formally request temporary child support" from Tom Cruise. A source says, "Katie's legal team will be requesting temporary child support to cover living expenses and the added security she has hired since her split from Tom. Tom’s Los Angeles lawyers have officially been given notice. Tom’s New York lawyer will appear and it’s undetermined at this time if Tom will be in court also because he is currently shooting a movie. His lawyer could also petition the judge for a temporary visitation order at that time. Katie will be in court and ready to testify at the hearing if needed." Haha, Tom is probably going to have to pay for all of the extra security Katie hired to protect herself against his crazy cult. LOL.

*Radar also claims that Tom can't legally file for divorce in California because "it is not possible to file in separate states at the same time." OMG, Katie is a legal genius!!!! A source says Tom will have no choice but to fight this thing (at least initially) in NYC: "Tom will have to file a formal response to Katie’s divorce petition in New York, and he is going to submit a motion to have the case dismissed because he believes it isn’t the proper venue. Tom is hopeful that New York will do the right thing and allow him to file in California."

*Sources say Katie is amazingly prepared: "Katie has gotten top notch legal advice because the case will remain in New York for the near future. Important issues coming up include temporary child support. Katie clearly has the upper hand in the proceedings at this point. It can’t be emphasized enough that she took these extraordinary measures to protect her daughter, Suri."

*TMZ has a story about Tom's long-standing "control" of Katie, which started when they first got together. TMZ reports: "Tom Cruise controlled Katie Holmes like a puppetmaster … making every major and even minor decision in her personal and professional life … and in the end, she felt like she couldn’t breathe without his permission … this according to sources close to the actress." Tom allegedly (or not so much) executed an "Art Kill" when Katie was promoting Thank You For Smoking back in 2005, and he wouldn't let producers use any images of Katie being romantic or sexy with Aaron Eckhart. Then Tom wouldn't allow Katie to make promotional flights with the cast of Batman Begins – instead, Tom made Katie fly in his private jet. Allegedly, Morgan Freeman was "disgusted" by the situation, although as one Tom-centric source says, “Wow, Tom offered her his private jet. How terrible for Katie.” Basically, as soon as Katie and Ton got together, he was manhandling her career and it wasn't good.

Meanwhile, everyone seems to be waiting for Nicole Kidman to say something about this situation, although it seems more likely that Nicole is trying really hard to simply stay out of it. In my mind, she's sympathetic towards Katie but Nicole has her own agenda and her crazy history with Tom and with CoS rivals Katie's. A source tells Fox News, "Nicole won't talk, wants her privacy, wants to be left out of this and they (she and Cruise) don't speak much. Communication between her and Tom is very limited. Nicole really does not want to be dragged into this or say anything to anyone. At some point though, she will probably be forced to say something, and she will most likely support Tom for the sake of their children." See? Team Kidman is already softening the field so that Nicole won't get hit too hard when she's forced to come out and defend Tom. In the past few years, more and more information has come out about what CoS did to Nicole, and how they manipulated Connor and Bella, and how they might have even orchestrated Tom and Nicole's divorce after Tom "left the Scientology fold".

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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Kim Kardashian refers to herself as Blue Ivy Carter’s “auntie” & Beyonce is pissed

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Earlier this week, everyone was talking about the situation at the BET Awards, with Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Beyonce all in attendance, with Kim and Bey sitting as far apart as they could, and with some sources pointing out that it seemed like Beyonce was "throwing shade" at Kim. We didn't have access to the photos and I really didn't think it was some huge deal, but if you go here, Hollywood Life discusses some of what went down. According to sources, Beyonce barely even glanced at Kim during the show and Jay-Z was even icing Kim a bit. But… Kim and Beyonce did pose for some photos backstage. My take: Beyonce doesn't "hate" Kim and Beyonce may even enjoy Kim's company a little bit, but Beyonce does think she's "above" Kim. Which she is. And Kim is desperate for the association and desperate to be liked by her boyfriend's friends. Which brings me to this interesting story from The Enquirer:

Kim Kardashian is desperate to become BFFs with Beyonce – and she's spoiling the singer's baby to get super-close, say sources.

Kim splurged on a $5000 diamond-studded baby bracelet for Beyonce and Jay-Z's 6-month-old daughter Blue Ivy. But Kim presumptuously personalized the trinket with the engraving "Love Auntie Kim."

And now Beyonce is suspicious that Kim is trying to buy her friendship, confide insiders.

"They have been friends for five minutes, but already Kim is trying to force herself into Beyonce's life," says a source. After Kim bought Blue Ivy the pink-and-white-diamond-studded bracelet, Beyonce was moved by the lavish gesture, but then she became suspicious of the grandiose "Auntie Kim" engraving.

"She thought it was over the top, considering she's known Kim personally for such a short time. Despite Kim's sex tape and bad marriages, Beyonce had been warming to her based on her charming demeanor and romance with Kanye, who's a good friend. But she certainly doesn't consider Kim family in any way, shape or form. And for Kim to suggest that closeness in a present for Blue Ivy really put Beyonce off."

Beyonce and Kim have been spending time together during the "Watch the Throne" tour, but Beyonce is beginning to feel uncomfortable, according to the source.

"She believes Kim is trying to buy her friendship through her daughter, and she's cooling to their friendship. Right now, Beyonce is on her guard. She's keeping her distance until she feels more trusting of Kim."

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

Considering Blue Ivy had about $100,000 worth of diamonds and sapphires when she was just a newborn, I don't think Beyonce minds that famewhores are giving her baby some jewels. No, I think Beyonce minds the "Auntie Kim" engraving which, yes, is completely inappropriate and presumptuous. That would have set off my radar too. Of course, I'm pretty ice-cold about those things. Sometimes when I'm writing a note to my mom, I won't even put "Love, ~~" on there. Because I'm COLD AS ICE. You just don't claim to be an "Auntie" to your boyfriend's best friend's baby. Especially when you're just a dumb famewhore.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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Brad Pitt’s mom Jane is pro-Mitt Romney, anti-choice & anti-gay marriage

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:01 AM PDT

Brad Pitt has been talking about his personal politics more and more as he gets older. Brad's a pretty solid liberal Democrat, and he seems to have made gay rights one of his most vocal causes, and he spoken about his support of Pres. Obama many times. Brad has also alluded to his childhood in a conservative household, in a conservative part of the mid-West. I always assumed that Brad was overselling the notion of coming from a Republican family considering how he turned out, but as it turns out, not so much. Not only is Brad's brother Doug a Republican (Doug might run for office in Missouri at some point too), but Brad's mom Jane is also a conservative Republican too. Jane Pitt just wrote a letter to the editor in The Springfield News-Leader defending Mitt Romney and calling Obama "a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage”. Obama supports the killing of same-sex marriage? Bless her dangling participle.

Jane Pitt calls the president “a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage” just months after her son reveals his support of Obama in a THR cover story.

An anti-gay letter urging Christians to vote for Mitt Romney that was printed today in The Springfield News-Leader has been confirmed by the newspaper as having been penned by Jane Pitt, mother of Brad Pitt.

The verification comes amid some confusion, as the Missouri newspaper first printed an editor’s note denying any relation between the letter writer and movie star. That was later replaced with a second editor’s note, reading, “To clear up earlier confusion, the News-Leader has verified the letter writer is the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt.”

The letter — itself a response to another opinion piece in the newspaper justifying Christians’ rights to refuse to vote for Romney because he is a Mormon — identifies Mrs. Pitt as “a Christian [who differs] with the Mormon religion.”

But, Pitt continues, “any Christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality just because he is a Mormon.”

Pitt goes on to write that “any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney's opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright's church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage.”

Along with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt has long been an outspoken champion of gay rights. Pitt once told Ellen DeGeneres, “I've said that we would not be getting married until everyone in this country had the right to get married.” The two nevertheless announced their engagement in April, after seven years and six children together.

In January, Pitt said of his mother in a cover profile in The Hollywood Reporter, “She’s very, very loving — very open, genuine, and it’s hilarious because she always gets painted in the tabloids as a she-devil. There’s not an ounce of malice in her. She wants everyone to be happy.”

In the same story, the Moneyball star revealed his own support of Obama in the upcoming presidential election.

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

OMG YIKES. Jane Pitt sounds like a fire-breathing conservative. Not just a "Hey, I want my favorite billionaire to have lower taxes" kind of Republican. She's mixing it up with “Barack Hussein" and "baby-killing." Yikes. I mean… we are not our parents' keepers. My late father had some political views that I found embarrassing, like an undying affection for Ronald Reagan (although my dad loved Obama and voted for him too). Do I think we should judge Brad because of his mom's views? Not really. And Jane Pitt is entitled to think and vote however she wants too. I'm merely surprised that she's so… arch-conservative. I had no idea.

Oh, and by the way – I don't think Angelina has ever spoken out on gay rights, has she? Brad does all the talking and all of the donatin'. Angelina's personal politics have always been a question mark – likely by design, because with her UNHCR work, she has to work with conservatives and liberals. I've always suspected her personal politics are more neoconservative (for foreign policy) and libertarian (for domestic policy). It's perfectly possible that Angelina and Jane have more in common politically than you think. And don't come at me with "Jane hates Angelina, Jane loves Jennifer and this is why." That's bullsh-t.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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Katie Holmes & Suri enjoy a real playdate; Katie could ‘blow Scientology wide open’

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:58 AM PDT

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Another day, another huge info dump on the Katie Holmes-Tom Cruise divorce situation. There’s a lot of stuff here, and I’m going to try and move through it as quickly as possible with a tabloid roundup at the end of this post. Ready?

First up — these photos of Katie, who is clearly enjoying her newfound freedom quite a bit, and now Suri is sharing in the wealth. After that ice-cream trip from a few evenings ago, Katie set up a playdate with a few of her new-old, non-Scientologist friends, and the ladies took their kids out for lunch and to the Children’s Museum in New York City. Look, Suri has friends! Real ones, not Scientologists. And they’re age-appropriate friends too. I’m overjoyed for the kiddo, who reportedly described the outing as “the best day ever,” according to Us Weekly:

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Since filing for divorce from Tom Cruise on June 28, Katie Holmes has been focusing her attention on their daughter, Suri Cruise, 6. The mother-daughter duo stepped out together Thursday with Holmes’ two friends and their two children for a lunch date at Alice’s Tea Cup in NYC.

Once they made it inside the whimsical restaurant after being swarmed by photographers, Holmes was able to relax. A witness tells Us Weekly the 33-year-old actress enjoyed french fries and ketchup at the kid-friendly restaurant — which offers fairy wings for children to wear during their meal. Suri played dress-up and shopped at the gift store before leaving.

Holmes made Suri’s day by buying her a star wand, book and feather headband. “Suri was extremely happy,” an onlooker told Us. “She was looking at everything behind the counter and literally said, ‘This is the best day ever!’”

Earlier in the day, Holmes and Suri visited the Children’s Museum of the Arts in Manhattan. The Jack and Jill star has stayed quiet on her split from Cruise, 50, after five years of marriage, but seems rather unaffected and has been keeping busy in the Big Apple.

[From Us Weekly]

Yay, Suri enjoyed the hell out of herself with some actual playmates! This is such a marked change from how Suri spent last summer, and the happy mommy-daughter day is tempered only by news that Katie will be bringing Holmes & Yang to Fashion Week for the very first time this September to premiere the Spring 2013 line. Maybe without Tom’s influence, the line won’t be so busted? Let’s not hold our breath on that one.

In other news, Tom’s camp is now attempting to spin the reason for the divorce by telling TMZ that Katie was, like, totally into Scientology and that her people are only leaking anti-CO$ news to hurt Tom. Because he’s just so sensitive, you see. There’s also a newly revealed photo from TMZ that claims to show Tom and Katie’s last supper as a couple in Iceland on June 16. She looks miserable; he looks clueless.

Meanwhile, the Hollywood Reporter has published a four-page article that contains a wealth of information — primarily concerning the CO$ angle of this story — including claims that “Katie was monitored as if she lived under the Stasi,” which gives credence to our story from last August that Katie’s world was full of surveillance and control. The article also discloses how critics of the CO$ are marvelling at Katie’s bold moves in the divorce thus far with remarks like “Katie could blow Scientology wide open,” “what Katie is doing is going to drive a wedge in a door that Scientology was trying to keep closed,” and “Katie ambushed Tom Cruise and in so doing outwitted some of the most controlling people on Earth.” There’s a lot of good stuff in the article (and I do suggest reading the whole thing), including more about Rupert Murdoch’s impact on the discussion as a whole, but I’m excerpting my favorite part, which is a statement from Jenna Miscavige Hill (the niece of CO$ head David Miscavige), who voices her support for Katie as well:

Holmes appears more aggressive and fearless than those who have taken steps to distance themselves from the church or have “blown” — Scientology parlance for leaving the church — according to one-time key members of the church who have left, many after years of soul searching, and endured what they claim was often harassment, intimidation and being cut off from their families.

Even Jenna Miscavige Hill, David Miscavige’s niece, who left the church in 2005, issued a statement Tuesday in support of Holmes and any concern she has over her daughter’s involvement in the church.

“My experience in growing up in Scientology is that it is both mentally and at times physically abusive,” Jenna said. “I was allowed to see my parents only once a week at best — sometimes not for years. We got a lousy education from unqualified teachers, forced labor, long hours, forced confessions, being held in rooms, not to mention the mental anguish of trying to figure out all of the conflicting information they force upon you as a young child. … As a mother myself, I offer my support to Katie and wish for her all the strength she will need to do what is best for her and her daughter.”

[From Hollywood Reporter]

The article also features many important points from ex-high-ranking Scientologist Marty Rathbun, who claims that he witnessed Isabella and Connor Cruise being turned against Nicole Kidman by Tommy Davis, head of the Celebrity Centre. Rathbun claims that those poor children were scheduled for daily sessions with Davis, who repeatedly told them Nicole was a sociopath, and the staff at the Cruise household were also instructed to help out with this nasty chore as well. How despicable.

Now onto this week’s tabloids. As expected, the Holmes-Cruise divorce was center stage in all three major publications this week, but they’re all at a disadvantage over the daily-updated entertainment blogs and websites. A few interesting tidbits can be shaken out though:

* Star takes the stance of describing how controlling Tom was as a husband and how “Katie first saw Tom’s control as love — but that changed.” Star also says that Katie has been unhappy “for the longest time” with no one to vent towards because “Tom had taken to having their home phones and her cell phone and email monitored.” Katie also supposedly decided last Christmas that she wanted out of the marriage, and she was able to manage some quiet meetings with her lawyer as well as — surprise — Sandra Bullock, who is all too familiar with getting out of a bad marriage.

* The Enquirer discusses how “Katie was fed up with the sham marriage” and felt alone while Tom was always away. She was also tired of Tom boasting about their amazing closeness as a family (i.e., what she felt was “his web of lies“) when, in reality, he was never around. Katie was also allegedly very upset about recent on-set photos of Tom with his Oblivion co-star, Olga Kurylenko; the tabloid also regurgitates the story about Katie being devastated over that W mag shoot wherein (a disinterested) Tom frolicked with two blondes. Whatever.

* In Touch plays the “poor Tom” card a little bit by saying that the actor “really thought he and Katie would grow old together” but that Tom is also very “angry” and plans to “fight” Katie’s demand for full legal custody. Katie, meanwhile, wants Suri to start first grade this fall instead of having Scientology-based homeschooling. In an amusing tidbit, IT also claims that Katie grew increasingly weary of Tom being gone for weeks and then swooping in for weekend-long photo ops as part of the tail end of a movie’s promotion. I can’t say I blame Katie at all for getting tired of that nonsense.

Now for more photos of Suri With Friends! Aside from the intrusive paps, Suri looked to be enjoying the act of interacting with children her own age.

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Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

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Vanessa Paradis is “mending her broken heart” with Lenny Kravitz, allegedly

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:56 AM PDT

All we've been talking about for the past week is the Katie Holmes-Tom Cruise divorce. Okay, it's not ALL we've been discussing, but other "important" gossip stories have definitely been pushed to the wayside. Are you wondering what's going on with Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis? You're in luck! The Enquirer has two interesting stories, both of them centering around how Vanessa Paradis is dealing. First up: Vanessa is "mending her broken heart" with Kravitz dong. God, I hope this is true:

In the wake of her split with Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis is mending her broken heart with help from her ex-beau Lenny Kravitz. Vanessa dated Kravitz back in the early 1990s, but they stayed in touch during her 14 years with Depp, sources say.

"Before Vanessa met Johnny, Lenny was the love of her life," a family friend told The Enquirer. "Although their romance didn't last long, they remained close friends over the years and she didn't hesitate to call him."

After Vanessa and Johnny split, Vanessa leaned on Kravitz, with sources claiming, "Vanessa has been calling Lenny over the past few months while she and Johnny have been on the rocks. She needed to talk to someone who would understand and not make any judgments. She knew Lenny would be there for her, and he told Vanessa to reach out to him whenever she felt low. Vanessa usually calls Lenny in tears, but by the time they hang up an hour or two later, she's in much better spirits and even laughing."

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

You know who else Lenny soothed right after a bad breakup? Nicole Kidman! Do you remember that? Lenny and Nicole dated in 2003 – it was a "summer romance" that extended through the better part of a year. Lenny sure goes in for the kill when a woman is good and vulnerable, huh?

Meanwhile, the other Depp-Paradis story is kind of blah – it's all about Vanessa being "absolutely distraught" upon realizing how far Johnny's affair with Amber Heard had gone. Vanessa knew something was up between Amber and Johnny during their promotion of The Rum Diary (when Johnny and Amber were photographed looking very friendly), but sources say "Vanessa can't believe that Amber was most likely in the picture as far back as 2009" – which is when Johnny was filming The Rum Diary. Vanessa feels like "Johnny walked out on their family" and "she'll never forgive him." Oh, and Vanessa allegedly sent Amber a message through their respective management teams – Vanessa ordered Amber to stay away from children Lily-Rose and Jack. Vanessa "doesn't want them anywhere near Amber… she's told Johnny her wishes, but rumors are flying that Johnny's so obsessed with Amber that she gets away with murder. He's even fired two of his assistants in the past four months for not keeping up with her demands."

Oh, and beyond that, some of you Johnny-Amber deniers had a field day with those photos last week of Amber having a photo-op with her (ex?) girlfriend Taysa van Ree. The Enquirer says that the photo-op wasn't about romance – "Amber couldn't wait to tell Tasya all about Johnny!"

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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Brad Pitt is a control-freak groomzilla & Angelina Jolie “just rolls her eyes”

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:55 AM PDT

Have you missed the weekly Brangelina news the past few weeks? The tabloids still have the odd Brangelina story, of course, but in the scope of the Depp-Paradis and the Cruise-Holmes splits, the tabloids have had their hands full playing catch-up on two of the under-reported troubled unions. Meanwhile, Brad and Angelina have never seemed more solid, right? And to think, many held up Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis as the kind of couple Brangelina should strive to be.

Perhaps a new day is dawning in the tabloid coverage of Brangelina, because this Enquirer story actually makes Brad seem like an anal-retentive, control-freak nutjob, and Angelina sounds like the easy-going one. The Enquirer claims Brad has turned into a "groomzilla" as he "obsesses" over every detail of his wedding to Angelina. Meanwhile, Angelina is working in London and she's all "Meh, tell me where to show up and which bridal sack dress to wear."

Brad Pitt has turned into a groomzilla! Pitt is driving his wife-to-be crazy by obsessing over "every last detail" of their wedding, say sources. "Brad is determined to throw a party no one will ever forget," revealed one insider. "He could leave the heavy lifting to a wedding planner, but he's too detail oriented."

The plan is to throw a large wedding party on August 11 at their $70 million French estate, Chateau Miraval, in front of hundreds of guests. In preparation for the big day, Brad has been making frequent trips between London (where Angie is filming her new movie) and their French home. He's met with local farmers about supplying produce for the menu and has also conducted taste tests with most of Europe's top chefs, even asking about where the mushrooms for a particular beef sauce are grown.

Brad is orchestrating everything from the wine list to the wedding outfits for their six kids to the logistics of flying in guests like George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood, added the source. Brad already has the kids going through dry runs of the ceremony.

"Angie just rolls her eyes," noted the insider. "She doesn't want any part of it. She told him, 'Just tell me what time to show up.'"

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

Will they actually get married on August 11th? Ugh. Maybe it's just the heatwave that my state is currently experiencing, but the last thing I would want to do is plan for a wedding in the dead middle of summer. Besides, I've always thought of Angelina as more of an autumn or winter bride. Something at the Chateau, obviously… but instead of everything summery, perhaps a "winter wonderland" theme? I’m seeing snow, a long-sleeved sack and some kind of magnificent wedding coat.

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Goop Collection’ for peasants: $200 jeans and a $90 t-shirt

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:25 AM PDT

I hadn't visited Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP site in more than a month. She's changed a lot of stuff! I used to try to check in once a week or so, usually to just skim this week's Goop-letter, but for whatever reason I've been avoiding it lately. Oh… I'm looking through the site now… she was on holiday from Goop. For like two whole months!!! She did a Goop-letter on July 1st, but the last Goop-letter before that was dated April 19th! Ah, so that's why I stopped Gooping. There was nothing to Goop. Because Gwyneth is a terrible blogger. In the hey-day of Goop, she really did strive to put out newsletters every week (with a month holiday in the summer). But this year she's really fallen behind on her Goop. Is her little novelty project getting boring? She should hire someone to Goop full-time. I think Mindy Kaling would probably want the job – and Mindy would do a better job of it, truly.

Anyway, we got a tip that Goop is now offering actual GOOP CLOTHES. Like, on Gwyneth's site, there's now a new category that's just for "The Goop Collection". The Goop Collection is pretty meager, but you can actually go on Goop and buy it on-site. So, what's in "The Goop Collection"? A pair of jeans. And a t-shirt. The cost for the Goop Ensemble? $290 plus shipping and handling. FOR REAL, PEASANTS. For $200-plus you can get your own Goop jeans (see here) – they're actually a nice-looking pair of jeans – AND you get a nice little note from Goop. Seriously. As for the t-shirt, it's really fug – go here to see it. It's a $90 white t-shirt with some ugly black piping on the shoulders and the sides. That's it. It doesn't even look flattering ON Goop.

So what does Goop's $290 outfit say about her? Why haven't you been paying attention before now? It says "Gwyneth Paltrow is completely out of touch with the peasantry, but she strives to condescend to them as often as possible." Basically, same old Goop.

PS… I would actually be interested in a cheaper t-shirt that said "To Goop Is To Live" or "GOOP There It Is" or "Goop: Because You're Not Worth It." Or "I Gooped and All I Got Was This Dumb $90 T-Shirt."

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Jennifer Aniston thinks Cameron Diaz is uncool for “stealing” her role in ‘Gambit’

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:23 AM PDT

When I first heard that the Coen Brothers were rewriting/remaking the old classic heist-comedy Gambit, I was actually kind of disappointed. The original film starred Michael Caine (back when he was one of the biggest movie stars on the planet) and Shirley MacLaine, both playing con artist characters. The 1966 film was completely flawed, of course – I believe at one point in the movie, MacLaine's character puts on brownface and pretends to be an Indian princess. But it a classic film of the 1960s, and considering the Coen Brothers were just coming off of another "remake" (True Grit), I was just disappointed. Fortunately, the Coens are just the writer/producers – they are not directing the film. And fortunately the studio did invest in an interesting cast for their remake – Colin Firth stars in the role originated by Caine, and Cameron Diaz plays the spunky American con artist originally played by MacLaine. Other cast members: Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci and Cloris Leachman. So… it sounds interesting.

This is the first time I'm hearing that Cameron wasn't the first choice for the part, though. If you're looking to hire an actress for a part that's part action-drama, part screwball comedy, who would go for? Wouldn't Cameron be near the top of your list, if not the very top? Pretty much. But not so, according to Star Magazine. Star claims that Aniston was originally up for the role, and that Aniston wanted the part very badly, but Cameron out-maneuvered her. Ha.

First Brad Pitt and now a coveted role? Poor Jennifer Aniston can't seem to hang on to anything! Aniston is furious that Cameron Diaz beat her out for a part in the upcoming Coen Brothers comedy Gambit.

"Jen believed that Cameron stole this part from her, plain and simple," says a source close to the A-list actress. "Jen spent the better part of five years campaigning for the role of PJ, a beautiful but nutty rodeo queen. But she took too long deliberating over the terms and in swooped Cam. Now Cam is getting rave reviews, and it's really bugging Jen."

The film centers around an art curator turned con man, played by Colin Firth, an actor Jen was desperate to work with. But Star's insider says that Jen's envy extends off camera as well.

"Jen is very insecure about her looks, but her sense of humor is the one thing that she can always fall back on when she's comparing herself to other women," says the spy. "When Brad left her, it always made her feel better when friends would say, 'Angelina's not funny, there is no way she can make him laugh the way you did.' But Cam has the looks, the body and the sense of humor."

Even worse for Aniston, Cam also seems to have beguiled Jen's boyfriend Justin Theroux!

"Cameron and Justin have been friends for years, and it really irks Jen because Justin always describes Cam as 'adorable' – which is the same word he often uses to describe Jen!" says the insider.

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Having seen the original film, I just don't think Aniston would have been right for the part. We bash her for a lot of stuff, and yes, she really doesn't have that much range as an actress (or any range, really). But I've always said that she's a deft comedienne – because she is. People forget that because she's made too many awful movies, but if you give her a good comedic script in an ensemble, and she'll shine. Sidenote: she really should go back to TV, right? Find some great writers, create a great show in which she can be the "star" but give her a solid ensemble to work with, and she would shine.

As for the potential Aniston-Diaz bitch-fight… my money's on Diaz. Bitch is scrappy.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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Kris Humphries’ ex, the one he tried to call a prostitute, is pregnant with his baby

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:21 AM PDT


We haven’t covered the ongoing news about Kris Humphries, because we got the impression that you didn’t care too much. From a gossip standpoint, there’s been some excellent dirt in this mess. But it’s Kris Humphries, it’s like gossiping about one of your distant cousins you barely think about, the one that’s slow and gets into trouble a lot. You gossip about him when you remember to, but nothing really surprises you when it comes to that guy.

As you know, Kris Humphries is in the drawn-out process of divorcing Kim Kardashian, which is sure to last exponentially longer than their marriage. His strategy has been to seem heartbroken, so that he can act like he truly loved Kim and she ditched him. As part of that, he can’t be publicly seen dating anyone prior to their divorce being finalized, only Kris made the mistake of dating a real famewhore who tried to call him on it publicly when he dumped her. There was a whole back-and-forth in the media with Kris and this woman he dated, Myla Sinanaj. Kris’ lawyer fired back at her claims that she was dating him, which she has evidence of including photos with Kris at the beach and courtside at one of his games. Kris claimed that Myla was trying to extort him, he allegedly got the FBI involved for some stupid reason, and it just got ridiculous. The last time we reported on this, Myla claimed that Kris’ lawyer had tried to intimidate her and get her fired by calling her job and claiming that she was a prostitute. No joke.

So guess what’s up now? The girl Kris called a prostitute because she had the audacity to tell the press she was dating him – is pregnant.

Kris Humphries may not be the sharpest tool, but he sure is potent, because TMZ has learned his ex-girlfriend, Myla Sinanaj is PREGNANT.

Sources directly connected with Myla tell us Myla confirmed Monday that she’s 3 months pregnant and says Kris is definitely the father.

This could be used in Kris’ divorce with Kim Kardashian, because Kris has claimed he was devastated by the break-up and suffered emotionally. This development further cements the fact that Kris moved on quickly.

We’re told Myla plans to have the baby but wants to raise it alone, because she believes Kris has betrayed her by talking crap about their relationship.

But here’s the rub … We’re told for the past 3 weeks, Kris and Myla have been communicating regularly.

Oh yeah, here’s the other rub — she hasn’t told Kris yet.

[From TMZ]

This story is so complicated it makes my head hurt a little, but I have to say it’s possible that this woman is just playing the pregnancy card to mess with Kris, or that she’s pregnant with another guy’s baby. It’s also possible she’s really pregnant with Kris’ baby, and Mr. Basketball is going to have to pay some hefty child support for the next 18 years. He should have wrapped it up.

As for what’s happening with Kris and Kim’s divorce, it depends on which side you believe. Kris’ deposition was last week. Radar is team Kris and claim that he’s making a solid case that their marriage was fraudulent on Kim’s part. TMZ is team Kim and they claim that Kris offered no evidence of fraud and is trying to play off his relationship with Myla as if she’s just a friend. A friend who’s pregnant with his baby I guess. You know she’s going to get herself papped once she starts showing too.

Jessica Simpson tweets photo of brunette Maxwell’s first 4th of July: adorable?

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:21 AM PDT

Jessica Simpson just tweeted this photo of herself, Eric Johnson and baby Maxwell on the 4th of July. The photo looks so perfect, my first thought was "Wow, is that the 'fireworks' backdrop at a professional photo studio?" But I think it's for real. Somebody just managed to take a beautiful photo of the Simpson-Johnson family. My thoughts, in no particular order:

*I like that Eric is holding the baby! I hope he turns out to be a great, low-key dad. My body language analysis of this photo – and previous photos of the couple – is that he actually does adore Jessica and he's happy with his new family.

*Jessica is so pretty without makeup. She doesn't need to wear a stitch of it and she's still radiant.

*Little Maxwell is a big baby! I love that Maxi is really looking more and more gingery and brunette as opposed to blonde. I have no doubt that when the baby gets a little bigger, her mom will be putting Sun-In in her hair, trying to make it blonder.

*Little Maxwell looks like her dad, right? Like, I can barely see any of Jessica in there. It's all Eric at this point.

Us Weekly has some nice quotes from "sources" close to the family – probably Papa Joe, but whatever. The quotes are nice. A source says, "Eric loves holding Maxwell — that is, when he can manage to get her away from Jessica… Everyone is marveling at what a natural Jessica is. She was born to be a mom.”

Last thing – there were rumors earlier this week that Jessica was going to launch a "bridal collection" to her very successful fashion line, but E! News says that rumor is false. I do think she's going to go ahead with a full-blown maternity line, though.

Photos courtesy of Jessica's Twitter.
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