My goodness! In the wake of Radar's scoop that Jennifer Aniston went on a flirty, hair-touchy date with Lindsay Lohan's ex, 29-year-old Pink Taco dude Harry Morton, there has been a number of strategic leaks about Aniston's "dates". I don't know if any of this is true, but I do know that someone out there is pushing the "Aniston is juggling lots of different men" story pretty hard. So, first there was Harry Morton - that was on Wednesday, I believe. Here's a vintage photo of Harry when he was with Lindsay Lohan:
And now it looks like Aniston had another date with another dude on Thursday night. Two dates with two guys in two days? Oh, Aniston. I mean, good for her…? Anyway, TMZ announced that she went out with Cougar Town actor Josh Hopkins Thursday night - they even have photos of the two of them in his car, Aniston riding shotgun (hopefully that wasn't the only thing she was riding). TMZ has the photo and story here - Aniston and Hopkins went to Madeo, which I believe is the same place Ashton Kutcher was allegedly screwing around on Demi Moore, correct? BUT! E! News claims that Aniston was in fact with Christopher Gartin, the divorced father who she maybe homewrecked.
Jennifer Aniston is not one to be photographed with Lindsay Lohan’s leftovers and let the story sit around too long. After dining with LiLo ex Harry Morton Wednesday at The Sunset Tower Hotel, Jen was papped last night having a romantic dinner date at Madeo in West Hollywood with another familiar gentleman.
So who’s the guy? None other than rumored boyfriend (’tho we just think more-than-friend) Chris Gartin. Jen and Chris enjoyed a three-hour dinner at Madeo, where onlookers tell us they very much looked like a couple.
“They were on a date,” says a fellow diner. “She was all cozied up to him and they were talking closely and laughing.”
Our source says the two arrived at about 7:30 p.m. and sat at a table secluded from the main dining area. When they left around 10:30 p.m., our source says the two covered themselves with a sheet in their chauffeured car to avoid the snaps of the 15-plus paparazzi waiting outside.
But this isn’t the first time these two have been spotted out together. Chris, 42, and Aniston, 41, were seen on two dinner dates earlier this summer, one at Soho House West Hollywood and another at Jen’s favorite hang, Sunset Tower, in July.
So what exactly do we know about Gartin? Well, he’s also a friend of David Arquette and Courteney Cox, and he’s got a True Blood connection (so Jen, we may really be getting on board with your latest fling choice). So what’s up with these two? We asked Gartin’s rep, and have yet to hear word one. However, back in July, Chris’ rep told E!, “No comment.”
We don’t think these two are bf-gf status yet, but he’s cute Jen, no harm in a last minute summer fling!
But if TMZ has a photo of her leaving with the CougarTown dude, does that mean the Gartin stuff is all bullsh-t? I don't know. I really don't. Here are photos of Josh Hopkins and Christopher Gartin:
There's yet another story about a dude that Aniston may or may not have boned - remember those stories about her and SNL's Jason Sudeikis? There were allegedly seeing each other several months ago, although Aniston's rep denied it and Jason told GQ"she should be so lucky" to date him. Well, Jason got some Aniston questions in his Vanity Fair profile, and he had some interesting stuff to say - the full Vanity Fair piece is here, and it's totally worth a read, but here are the relevant highlights:
Jason on "older women" (the interviewer's words) treating him differently when he has a mustache: "They responded to it more. I don't have any specific stories about it, like Helen Mirren hitting on me or anything. But they just looked at me differently. And younger girls definitely didn't like it. It was really interesting getting to know people for the first time when I had the mustache. Jennifer Aniston only knew me with a mustache, so when I saw her again after I shaved it, like a month or so later at a screening, it was surreal. A mustache really defines your face."
You're working on Horrible Bosses right now with Aniston and Jason Bateman. Word is that it's going to be rated R, and it's a hard R. Does everyone in the cast get naked in this thing? I don't even know. There must be some nudity, but I don't know who it is. I guess we'll all find out at the Cannes premiere. I know who everybody's hoping it is.
You can't confirm or deny Aniston's nudity? I can't. All I can tell you is that I won't be naked. It's in my nudity riders. I'm only allowed to show the middle of my dick.
A hilariously bad joke about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: "No, [I don't have anything] too bad [on my body]. It'd be hilarious, though, if I had something like what that guy had tattooed on his stomach in Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Did you read that book? I forget what his tattoo said, but it was something awful like "I'm a pig and a rapist." But, come on, how bad can that be, really? I mean yeah, he has that tattoo for the rest of his life, but all he has to do is add “JKLOL” at the bottom and everybody will think it was just a joke.
If the tabloids are to be believed, you've apparently been juggling steamy affairs with Jennifer Aniston and January Jones. Is that something you even pay attention to? I completely pay attention when I'm sleeping with someone. It's one of the things I'm known for. I'm always super focused on it. Knowing their name, knowing if something's working. You will never hear otherwise.
Let's cut to the chase. Why did you break Jennifer Aniston's heart? (Very seriously.) I don't know, I don't know. Bad manners maybe? (Laughs.) You know the worst part? Even joking about it gets taken out of context. It's such a weird thing to even speak about. I make what I think is clearly a joke and then some people… (Sighs.) I don't know, it's hard. I guess it just proves that not everybody has the same sense of humor as I do. I try not to be too worried about it.
Because of all the media scrutiny, are you more protective of your relationship with January Jones? I don't know what there is to be protective about. We're dating, she's great. I'm very happy with everything.
January plays Betty Draper on Mad Men. At least until recently, your Saturday Night Live castmate Fred Armisen was married to Elisabeth Moss, who's also on Mad Men. What's the deal with all the sexual chemistry between S.N.L. and Mad Men? I feel like it all started with 30 Rock, when Jon Hamm dated Liz Lemon. That trail was blazed long ago, long before I met January.
That's a very diplomatic way of putting it. (Laughs.)I don't know, man. It's just a mess. It's like an orgy made in Entertainment Weekly heaven.
What does it all MEAN? Eh. Here's my interpretation of it: Jason and Jennifer had some sexual chemistry and they went on a date and nothing came of it, and Jason moved on to January Jones who he is very happy with. And now when he gets questions about Aniston, he doesn't really know what to say, but he tries to be a gentleman and ends up making awkward jokes. That's how I interpret it, but I'm sure there will be other takes. Also: Jason confirms something that warmed my heart: both times Jon Hamm hosted SNL, My Hamm gave each person their own bottle of Maker's Mark. Isn't that sweet?
These are some new photos of Lindsay Lohan making a paparazzi-friendly visit to a movie theatre last night. Isn't this what everyone does? Wander around pantless, wearing sunglasses, and head to the movie theatre after calling the paparazzi? At night? Right? And maybe on the way to the theatre, you can hit a few babies. Speaking of, we have some addendums to the "Lindsay Lohan hit a baby while driving like a crackhead in her Maserati" story. Radar's initial story yesterday had Lindsay being too cracked-out to look both ways before turning on a red, then hitting a baby in a stroller before driving off without even getting out of her Maserati. Then, later Friday, TMZ put up their version of what happened:
An eyewitness to the alleged Lindsay Lohan “hit-and-run” tells TMZ … the photogs who sold the after-the-fact video are lying. The eyewitness — a photographer — says Lindsay was leaving her apartment building Wednesday (not yesterday) and was turning onto Holloway Drive with a green light. The photog says Lindsay “ever-so-slightly tapped the stroller — like 1 mile an hour.”
The photog says Lindsay pulled over, asked the nanny pushing the stroller if everything was okay and was told everyone and everything was fine, so she drove off.
The story conflicts with the photogs who shot video after the incident. One of them — Brayan Jaime — told TMZ … Lindsay ran a red light and called the impact “a major hit” … causing 3 wheels on the stroller to leave the ground. Jaime says Lindsay fled the scene.
So far … no one has gone to the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Department to file a report.
So when Lindsay told Radar "I have no idea what you're talking about" she was IN FACT LYING?!?!? You don't say. So Lindsay knew exactly what Radar was talking about and now she and Mother Crackhead Dina are sitting around, thinking up fun stories for TMZ to print. Notice that even with TMZ's flourishes, it doesn't change the fact that A) Lindsay hit a motherf-cking baby and B) She didn't even get out of her car to "check" on the baby or the nanny, and instead ended up driving off. Also: I love the inclusion in TMZ's story that the light was green. Like just because Lindsay might have had the technical right-of-way, that means it's totally okay that she clipped a baby.
Anyway, Radar one-upped TMZ's story with yet another one:
Lindsay Lohan 'saw' the woman and child crossing the road before she clipped the stroller with her car, according to another eyewitness. After RadarOnline.com first reported that the troubled star had hit the stroller with her high powered car, Lohan denied any knowledge, saying "I don't know what you are talking about."
But now, another onlooker has come forward to confirm the event and says Lohan saw the woman and child crossing the road, but did not bother to stop.
"I pulled up next to Lindsay after I saw her knock the stroller," said Austin Visschedyk, a photographer who was on the scene. “I said; Whoa, what the f*** are you doing?”
Lohan was momentarily speechless, according to Austin, before she replied: "Well, I saw them, but they didn't move out of the way."
RadarOnline.com had the exclusive interview with the first eyewitness, Brayan Jaime who described the chain of events.
“There was a woman pushing a kid in the stroller, maybe a two or three-year-old, crossing the street,” he said. “Lindsay took the red light and hit the stroller. It wasn’t super hard, but she made impact and hit them. Lindsay pulled to the right, stopped for two seconds, and then just kept going."
Despite conflicting reports that Lohan was going a mere one-mile-an-hour when the incident took place, Jaime says she was going substantially faster.
"She was going at least 10-15 miles per hour," said Jaime. "It wasn't one mile an hour, that's for sure."
In fact, Lohan – who caused the four-wheeled stroller to tip up onto one wheel – even scared a man standing 10 feet away.
"There was a guy standing on the corner who jumped back when it happened," recalled Austin. "He was clearly scared."
Lohan was driving the Maserati she picked up the day she was released from rehab. But according to sources, she has now returned the car following the accident which happened Wednesday afternoon.
Yep. I believe Radar's sources. Just for that one quote alone, attributed to Lindsay: "Well, I saw them, but they didn't move out of the way." That sounds exactly like her, doesn't it? Those sound like her crack thoughts and her crack words to me. Lindsay makes her own cracked-out right-of-way. Everyone must move to let the crackhead through. Seriously. People of Los Angeles: why are you still driving? You need to stay at home while this crackhead is on the streets. Although it is interesting that she returned the Maserati, isn’t it?
The best fight at the U.S. Open EVER. [Dlisted] Emma Watson says Twilight is "selling sex" - unlike Harry Potter, which is just selling reading, chastity and ZOMG WITCHCRAFT. [Celebuzz] Stephen Moyer is auctioning off his dong sock. [PopBytes] Keanu Reeves on his birthday, looking cute. [LaineyGossip] Famous whore Rachel Uchitel just bought a $2 million NYC apartment. [LimeLife] Bar Refaeli slams 15-year-old starving models. [Celebslam] Read this & tell me: is Jessica Alba being a bitch to Michelle Rodriguez? [A Socialite Life] Virginity billboards (as part of film promotion) piss off locals. [Agent Bedhead] Cheryl Cole/Tweedy is now officially single. [The Blemish] Oksana Grigorieva allegedly wants more child support. [Celebrity Baby Scoop] Jessica Alba pulls out all of the stops to promote Machete. [Pop Sugar] Bedhead's career assessment of Kiefer Sutherland. [Pajiba] Am I the only one trying to read Karissa Shannon's panties? [I Don't Like You In That Way] Katy Perry stops jacking from Betty Page, gets pretty highlights. [Evil Beet] These Posh Beckham photos are really weird. Her head looks strange. [INFDaily] Jennifer Lopez is "the key to reenergizing American Idol." Hm. [Crazy Days and Nights]
Sofia Coppola has a new film called Somewhere that is currently premiering at the Venice Film Festival. It stars Stephen "I Coulda Been Something" Dorff and Dakota Fanning's little sister Elle as father and daughter. I admit that I know who Elle is because she guest starred on a really good and really disturbing episode of Law & Order: SVU. She was the little girl who started a fire to get her new mommy to love her, remember? Terrifying. Anyway, she used to be so, so tiny and now she's all long and coltish and so pretty! But you can tell this isn't some fame-hungry "child performer." Much like Dakota, Elle doesn't seem to be totally down with "celebrity." Look at her face - that's the face of a young girl who is having fun having her picture taken, because it doesn't happen that often. That is not the face of a Lohan, you know? And she seems sweetly awkward, yet she has a poise that comes from not being coached into self-consciousness. She's wearing Doc Martens too.
And is it just me or does Stephen Dorff still have… something? I don't know… I feel weird admitting that I find him hot.
But he is hot, isn't he? Remember when it was Dorff and Christian Slater and both of them were supposed to become, like, the next Jack Nicholson? And neither of them did. But it's nice that Dorff is still getting work.
As for Sofia's movie… well… um… try not to cry at the trailer, okay? Because I welled up, and now I feel extremely guilty. Also: Benicio del Toro is in it, although he's not in the trailer.
Have I ever mentioned that I love you loony bitches? True, the Brangelina-Aniston Bermuda Triangle stuff gets the most play generally, but some of you are completely crazy for other celebrities, to the point of stalker-fabulousness. Note: I'm not glamorizing stalking, I just admire someone who feels the same way about a celebrity that I feel about, say, Gerard Butler. Which is to say, I need to know Gerard's whereabouts and the daily state of his scruff. Anyway, a very nice commenter and reader named Sunshine sent in this beautifully transcribed Us Weekly piece about Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth. Reports early this week - from Sweden - had some of us believing that Kate had dumped Alex because she was tired of waiting around for him and she wanted him to put a ring on it. Now Us Weekly is claiming that Kate and Alex are still together, but that she might be cheating on him:
True Betrayal? Kate Bosworth may be dating True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgard, 34, but a source close to the actress, 27, says she recently turned up the heat with a former flame!
In August, while home in Massachussetts visiting her family, “Kate made out with her high school boyfriend,” says a pal.
The catalyst? News that her ex Orlando Bloom had married-and was having a baby with-Miranda Kerr.
“She was feeling down,” an insider explains. “Her high school ex is comfortable. And he’s still smitten with her.”
Bosworth’s rep responds, “This is untrue. She is good friends with her high school boyfriend.”
[From Us Weekly, print edition]
Hm… so Bosworth's rep responded? Of course he/she did. What else does the rep have to do all day? It's not like Bosworth is some in-demand actress with tons of film press to do. She's just a professional girlfriend at this point, and a pretty lousy one at that, considering everybody thinks there's dumb drama in her relationship and she's the one f-cking it up. You know what’s funny though? Now all of you Skars-loonies know exactly what the Orly Bloom-loonies went through. You girls should get together for Hating Bosworth convention.
But I should let Sunshine let her loony flag fly:
I think this gives more credibility on why she dumped Alex. Once he found out, he was sure to dump her as he has stated in past interviews he can’t tolerate cheaters. It also puts a new light on their blowout screamfest at the Way Out West concert in which witnesses reported hearing her scream “Go F*ck yourself” to Alex. I didn’t think this girl could be any more hated but once Alex’s hardcore fans, especially the ones who felt he never should have gotten mixed up with her in the first place, get wind of this, they’ll be screaming for her bony head on a platter. (Figuratively speaking of course). Since she has a known track record for cheating, this story is not a surprise.
I love you, Sunshine! Here are some hot pics of Alex to make it all better:
Remember the months and months of horrible douchebaggery between Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno and NBC? Recap: when Conan O'Brien took over The Tonight Show, his ratings kind of sucked (they just weren't as good as Leno's, back in the day), so NBC jury-rigged a scheme to get Leno back at the Tonight Show, effectively cancelling his horrible 10 p.m. weeknight show (which also sucked in the ratings). Chaos ensued. In the end, Conan went to TBS, Leno went back to Tonight, and Jimmy Fallon is now Leno's "successor". Weird.
Anyway, the whole thing started because NBC was terrified of their sucky ratings for both 10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Local NBC affiliates were complaining, and something had to be done, for sure. But the solution might have been worse than the problem, because now Leno is tanking… kind of.
NBC might have summer’s most-watched show in “America’s Got Talent,” but the network’s late-night ratings aren’t so sunny. “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” is pulling a smaller number in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic than when Conan O’Brien hosted the show last year.
In fact, this summer is the lowest-rated “Tonight” on record, though such feats have become increasingly common on broadcast across the board.
Since the end of the broadcast season, Leno is averaging 3.8 million viewers and a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating. That’s a 12% improvement in total audience compared with O’Brien, though off 23% in the demo and down in both measurements compared with Leno’s performance two years ago. His percentages greatly improve if comparisons begin a few weeks deeper into the summer so “Tonight” is not facing O’Brien’s opening weeks hosting the show, though O’Brien is tops in the demo either way.
Even with the reduced rating, Leno is back to beating his top rival, CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman,” by a healthy 22% in both metrics. CBS touts that Letterman’s ratings are at least holding steady compared with last summer, when Letterman hit an all-time low of his own. Other late-night hosts have been showing stability too, with NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” CBS’ “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” maintaining their demo averages, and Fallon and Kimmel even sporting gains in total viewers.
Heading into the fall, NBC’s affiliates say that, if anything, they’re pleased about the schedule in general and late-night in particular. Last year, stations contended with the expected ratings decline of putting Leno at 10 p.m. and the uncertainty of O’Brien hosting “Tonight.”
Station managers are looking forward to having scripted dramas back in late primetime, which in turn should fuel audience momentum into late-night. There’s an expectation that it’s nearly impossible not to have a better story to tell advertisers in the fall, especially with NBC stocking up on dramas like high-concept series “The Event” and shows from top-shelf producers Dick Wolf (”Law & Order: Los Angeles”), Jerry Bruckheimer (”Chase”) and J.J. Abrams (”Undercovers”).
“There’s been a lot of NBC stations that have suffered significant declines in late prime, and that’s not going to happen with this lineup based on the estimates buyers are getting,” said Eric Lassberg, president and GM of NBC affiliate KXAN-TV Austin. “All evidence points to our ratings going up [at 10 p.m.].”
So, Leno is back to beating Letterman (sad), but Leno (and NBC) loses in the end because they aren't picking up any viewers under the age of 50 years old - you know, all of those viewers who might actually want to buy some of stuff being advertised during those all-important commercial breaks. NBC might get bragging rights for beating Letterman, but advertisers are going to be pulling out by the end of the year if Leno doesn't get a viewership that's anything less than geriatric.
Basically, Leno still sucks and it's okay to still hate him.
Oh, and you know what Conan is up to? He just announced the name of his new TBS show - “Conan”.
Leno on August 5, 2010. Credit: WENN.
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