Friday, December 31, 2010

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Mark Wahlberg went on a USO tour to Afghanistan

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:50 AM PST

48801, CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN - Sunday December 19, 2010. MARK WAR-LBERG - ACTOR GIVES SALUTE TO THE TROOPS WITH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN.  Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg gave soldiers a Christmas present - with a surprise trip to Afghanistan. Wahlberg, 39, met hundreds of American troops during a visit to Camp Leatherneck on December 19. The actor, who once played a US Marine in the movie 'Three Kings', posed for photos with dozens of troops. He also gave the men and women a viewing of his latest film 'The Fighter', in which he stars as boxer Micky Ward. A spokesman for the US Marines said more than 100 soldiers waited in line to meet him.  Photograph:  U.S. Marine Corps, Supplied by PacificCoastNews.com. , USA: +1  Disclaimer: BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fees charged by BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News are for its services only, and do not, nor are they intended to convey to the user any Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to identify and to hold BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News harmless from any claims, demands or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material.

Mark Wahlberg has spent several days just before the holidays in Afghaniston, doing a USO tour of the United States Marine Corps base located in Helmand Province, Camp Leatherneck. These are some of the great photos, and you can see more here at the USO's site. According to the USO site, Mark screened The Fighter for the servicemen and women, he toured the 443 acre camp, and he spent days meeting Marines, taking photos, eating with the troops, and even meeting wounded soldiers. It's all pretty awesome, and some of the photos brought a tear to my eye. Gah! All I need is some schmaltzy patriotism to get me going. Show me a photo of a little girl holding an American flag, waving to someone in uniform, and I'm balling.

But of course there is another side to it - Mark is promoting The Fighter, which he not only stars in, but produces. He wants the film to make money, and he wants, at the very least, to get Christian Bale an Oscar. Mark would probably also like an Oscar nomination for himself, and maybe Amy Adams too. So there is a dose of "Look, Academy voters, I spent the holidays on a USO tour!" BUT - the awesomeness of Mark spending all of this time in Afghanistan rather than on some beach far outweighs any personal or professional benefit he gets. Plus, I'm sure the troops loved meeting him. I know many of you seem to think he's a tool, but - just my opinion - he's maturing into one of the nicest and most professional dudes out there.

Go here to find out more about the USO, and go here to donate.

48801, CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN - Sunday December 19, 2010. MARK WAR-LBERG - ACTOR GIVES SALUTE TO THE TROOPS WITH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN.  Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg gave soldiers a Christmas present - with a surprise trip to Afghanistan. Wahlberg, 39, met hundreds of American troops during a visit to Camp Leatherneck on December 19. The actor, who once played a US Marine in the movie 'Three Kings', posed for photos with dozens of troops. He also gave the men and women a viewing of his latest film 'The Fighter', in which he stars as boxer Micky Ward. A spokesman for the US Marines said more than 100 soldiers waited in line to meet him.  Photograph:  U.S. Marine Corps, Supplied by PacificCoastNews.com. , USA: +1  Disclaimer: BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fees charged by BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News are for its services only, and do not, nor are they intended to convey to the user any Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to identify and to hold BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News harmless from any claims, demands or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material.

48801, CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN - Sunday December 19, 2010. MARK WAR-LBERG - ACTOR GIVES SALUTE TO THE TROOPS WITH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN.  Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg gave soldiers a Christmas present - with a surprise trip to Afghanistan. Wahlberg, 39, met hundreds of American troops during a visit to Camp Leatherneck on December 19. The actor, who once played a US Marine in the movie 'Three Kings', posed for photos with dozens of troops. He also gave the men and women a viewing of his latest film 'The Fighter', in which he stars as boxer Micky Ward. A spokesman for the US Marines said more than 100 soldiers waited in line to meet him.  Photograph:  U.S. Marine Corps, Supplied by PacificCoastNews.com. , USA: +1  Disclaimer: BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fees charged by BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News are for its services only, and do not, nor are they intended to convey to the user any Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to identify and to hold BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News harmless from any claims, demands or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material.

48801, CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN - Sunday December 19, 2010. MARK WAR-LBERG - ACTOR GIVES SALUTE TO THE TROOPS WITH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN.  Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg gave soldiers a Christmas present - with a surprise trip to Afghanistan. Wahlberg, 39, met hundreds of American troops during a visit to Camp Leatherneck on December 19. The actor, who once played a US Marine in the movie 'Three Kings', posed for photos with dozens of troops. He also gave the men and women a viewing of his latest film 'The Fighter', in which he stars as boxer Micky Ward. A spokesman for the US Marines said more than 100 soldiers waited in line to meet him.  Photograph:  U.S. Marine Corps, Supplied by PacificCoastNews.com. , USA: +1  Disclaimer: BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fees charged by BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News are for its services only, and do not, nor are they intended to convey to the user any Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to identify and to hold BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News harmless from any claims, demands or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material.

48801, CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN - Sunday December 19, 2010. MARK WAR-LBERG - ACTOR GIVES SALUTE TO THE TROOPS WITH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN.  Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg gave soldiers a Christmas present - with a surprise trip to Afghanistan. Wahlberg, 39, met hundreds of American troops during a visit to Camp Leatherneck on December 19. The actor, who once played a US Marine in the movie 'Three Kings', posed for photos with dozens of troops. He also gave the men and women a viewing of his latest film 'The Fighter', in which he stars as boxer Micky Ward. A spokesman for the US Marines said more than 100 soldiers waited in line to meet him.  Photograph:  U.S. Marine Corps, Supplied by PacificCoastNews.com. , USA: +1  Disclaimer: BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fees charged by BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News are for its services only, and do not, nor are they intended to convey to the user any Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to identify and to hold BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News harmless from any claims, demands or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material.

48801, CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN - Sunday December 19, 2010. MARK WAR-LBERG - ACTOR GIVES SALUTE TO THE TROOPS WITH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN.  Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg gave soldiers a Christmas present - with a surprise trip to Afghanistan. Wahlberg, 39, met hundreds of American troops during a visit to Camp Leatherneck on December 19. The actor, who once played a US Marine in the movie 'Three Kings', posed for photos with dozens of troops. He also gave the men and women a viewing of his latest film 'The Fighter', in which he stars as boxer Micky Ward. A spokesman for the US Marines said more than 100 soldiers waited in line to meet him.  Photograph:  U.S. Marine Corps, Supplied by PacificCoastNews.com. , USA: +1  Disclaimer: BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fees charged by BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News are for its services only, and do not, nor are they intended to convey to the user any Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to identify and to hold BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News harmless from any claims, demands or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material.

48801, CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN - Sunday December 19, 2010. MARK WAR-LBERG - ACTOR GIVES SALUTE TO THE TROOPS WITH VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN.  Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg gave soldiers a Christmas present - with a surprise trip to Afghanistan. Wahlberg, 39, met hundreds of American troops during a visit to Camp Leatherneck on December 19. The actor, who once played a US Marine in the movie 'Three Kings', posed for photos with dozens of troops. He also gave the men and women a viewing of his latest film 'The Fighter', in which he stars as boxer Micky Ward. A spokesman for the US Marines said more than 100 soldiers waited in line to meet him.  Photograph:  U.S. Marine Corps, Supplied by PacificCoastNews.com. , USA: +1  Disclaimer: BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fees charged by BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News are for its services only, and do not, nor are they intended to convey to the user any Copyright or License in the material. By publishing this material, the user expressly agrees to identify and to hold BWP Media Inc and their brand Pacific Coast News harmless from any claims, demands or causes of action arising out of or connected in any way with user's publication of the material.

Hot Guy Friday: Our Official Top Ten Hot Guys of 2010

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:41 AM PST

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This is our year-in review of hot guys, and it is in no way scientific or comprehensive. It is just CB and I emailing a few times with names, and our patron saint Tom Ford up there giving us the half-smirk of approval. Also, this is only a top-ten list of who we consider "the dudes who had the best year". CB and I are trying to reformat HGF so in the year to come, it isn't so time-consuming for us. We're thinking about doing this kind of "top guys of the week" list format from here on out, that way we would have some kind of limit to the featured men, so it's not just one huge, random list. You will still be able to request men, and requests will still be honored, just not all at once. And again, there is absolutely no science to HGF, other than "What photos Kaiser wants to use/can find".

So, let's begin, shall we? These are our Top Ten Men of 2010:

10. David Gandy - He actually did have a good year, but he makes the list just because this was the first year I actually saw photos of him, put a name to a face, and made him my beloved Forever Dong. Gandy's modeling career reached new heights this year, as he became the most popular male model in Britain, and was even in competition for "Best Model of Year" at the British Fashion Awards, the only male model in a group of women. His contract with Dolce & Gabbana was extended, and he's still the "face" of several Dolce campaigns. He's even appearing in Dolce commercials in America now! He also appeared on Jonathan Ross's show, his first major television appearance, and earned himself even more fans with his easy-going nature and humility:

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9. Christian Bale - (By CB) Bale showed us a softer side this year when he earnestly tried to give some decent interviews to promote The Fighter and seemed like he was trying to bring it down a notch. He’s considered the frontrunner in the Best Supporting Actor category at this year’s Academy Awards. This guy has a well documented anger management problem, and some obvious issues that go along with that, but he’s also an incredibly talented actor and is easy on the eyes when he’s not pin thin. This may be the year Bale played the Hollywood game well enough to earn that statue.

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8. Leonardo DiCaprio - Leo had another really great year, and once again, he doesn't get the same kind of respect for it. Is it because of his dirt-lip? Is it because he doesn't have a lot of personal, private drama that plays out in public? Is it because he's figured out how to play the Hollywood game so well that it looks effortless? I tend to think it's the dirt-lip thing. Between Shutter Island and Inception (both number one films), Leo made Hollywood a lot of money this year - the two films grossed something insane, like more than $400 million domestically, not even internationally. BUT - Leo and Inception are being shut out of awards, probably because science fiction doesn't get a lot of love. Still, you've got to hand it to Leo.

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7. Alex Skarsgard - (By CB) This svelte swede won our hearts (nether regions) in 2010 with his smoldering performances on True Blood, his earnest interviews, and his willingness to go naked for his craft for extended periods of time. He lost a lot of points for dating that insect creature, but is too fine a specimen to pass up despite his obvious shortcomings when it comes to the opposite sex. Look for Skarsgard in two major films coming out next year.

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6. Anthony Mackie - Mackie might seem like an odd choice, but he really has become an increasingly household name - if your household is made up of directors, producers and casting directors. Even though he didn't personally get nominated for an Oscar for his performance in The Hurt Locker, he (jointly with Jeremy Renner), got a lot of attention when The Hurt Locker won Best Picture and Best Director. Mackie went from a barely-known character actor to an in-demand cusp-of-A-lister. He currently has six films in various stages of production, and we'll be seeing much more of him in the years to come. Oh, and there are rumors that he and Leighton Meester could be on… which would be incredibly cute.

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5. Ben Affleck & Matt Damon - (By CB) I remember 1997 when these adorable guys won the Oscar and gave one of the most memorable and enthusiastic acceptance speeches. (In my lovelorn estimation.) They’ve since matured to become admirable family men and strong forces in the entertainment business. 2010 marked Affleck’s well received second turn as a director, with critically and commercially successful The Town. Damon worked tirelessly in film and still managed to spoof himself whenever possible (including a hilarious turn on 30 Rock) and work daddy duty with four girls, including a newborn. I would love to see these two take home separate Oscars this year.

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4. James Franco - (By CB) Franco manages to balance a hefty academic career with nonstop work, promotion, and even a foray into modern art. He’s a renaissance man with a real joy for life. This year saw him accepted into Yale for a Ph.D program, earning a hosting spot at the Oscars, opening his own art exhibition, starring on General Hospital, and in several films. He has at least five movies coming out next year and has shown no sign of stopping. Plus, he’s said to be incredibly approachable and kind to fans. This was Franco’s year.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Actor James Franco attends a portrait session for '127 Hours' during the 54th BFI London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 28, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 25: Actor James Franco speaks onstage during the 14th annual Hollywood Awards Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 25, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Hollywood Awards)

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3. Colin Firth - This was the year that Colin Firth became The Actor. In his early days, he was a hearthrob, he was Mr. Darcy, he was the dude with the sideburns and the wet white shirt. But earlier this year, Colin got his first Oscar nomination for A Single Man, a film that barely got wide release, so most people saw it through rentals this year. In that film, Colin all of a sudden became The Actor. The actor of his generation that people will remember and talk about. The actor who will always work, and who will always do interesting work. Then, if his groundbreaking and career-redefining turn in A Single Man wasn't enough, he ends the year with The King's Speech. Firth is considered the leading contender for the Oscar for The King's Speech, and if he wins it, it will just be the icing on a spectacular cake. Oh, and he turned 50 years old this year. And he celebrated it with his wife (his first and only) and their two sons.

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2. Ryan Gosling - Sigh… what can you even say about Ryan Gosling? He had two films out this year, his first in several years. While All Good Things is sinking without a trace, Ryan's work in Blue Valentine will likely score him his second Best Actor Oscar nomination, solidifying him as one of the few "great" actors of up-and-coming generation. He turned 30 years old this year too. Oh, and he's really hot. And I like the way he talks about the female orgasm like it's not a mystery to him. Too bad he’s slipping Blake Lively his Gosdong. BOO.

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1. Jon Hamm. The Hamm has to be Number One. You know why? Because The Hamm goes commando, just for the hell of it. Because The Hamm got the shaft when People Magazine named Douchey McGerbil Ryan Reynolds as their Sexiest Man Alive. Because The Hamm continues to bring the shiz on Mad Men, four season and counting. Because The Hamm needs to win more awards, NOW. Because one of the greatest moments of television history was seeing Don Draper in a suit and sunglasses standing on the New York street while Mick Jagger belts out "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Because The Hamm also rocked in The Town, proving that he can play a steely, hard-ass law-enforcement type. Because The Hamm is a gentleman and a feminist who talks about women and relationships and gender equality like a fully-functioning adult. Because The Hamm doesn't screw around on his girlfriend of more than a decade. And mostly because of the commando thing. The Hamm Dong Returns in 2011!

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Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN, Vogue, Gotham Magazine, New York Magazine, Alexander Skarsgard’s fansite, Jon Hamm’s fansite, Vanity Fair, GQ, Details, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Google Images.

Kim Kardashian’s new hair: the Armenian Bo Derek, or is it just fug?

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:37 AM PST

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Kim Kardashian changed her hair. Alert the media! Eh. Anyway, these are photos of Kim Kardashian out and about in LA yesterday. Her new hair is… Bo Derek-esque cornrows. Now, I used to think Kim was very pretty - before she seriously jacked her face to the point where she now looks like a cat (kat). But even with her old, pretty face, this hair would not work. At all.

Anyway, it appears that is going to the gym (or coming from the gym) in these photos. You know why? Because when she spent two months in NYC, she didn't work out at all. And the tabloids made note of it!

After spending two months in New York City to film Kourtney and Kim take Manhattan, Kim returned to Los Angeles 10 pounds heavier. With her hectic schedule, not only did Kim indulge but without a trainer to push her, she also skipped regular workouts. She and Kourtney would “eat nuts and hot dogs from street vendors every day,” Kim tells Life & Style. “It was crazy. We had no time to stop and eat well or even look for healthy food. We just had to grab what we could as we ran past the food carts.”

Since then, she’s been on a mission and in just two weeks, the 5-foot-2 bombshell is back to a size 2! She’s committed to daily workouts with either her long-time trainer, Gunnar Peterson, or what she calls her early-morning “rise and grinds” at Barry’s Bootcamp. “I’m doing vigorous workouts all the time,” Kim told Life & Style at the Borders in Century City, Calif., between signing copies of Kardashian Konfidential. “I work out with Gunnar — mostly weights. Then I do boot camp. I alternate every day. One day trainer, one day boot camp.”

Kim also been eating portion controlled meals from Sunfare, a gourmet-meal delivery service that Britney Spears, Eva Longoria and other celebs also rely on. “It’s the only diet I can stick to,” Kim tells Life & Style. “It makes me eat healthy because the food [breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks] is at my house when I wake up.”

[From Life & Style]

Eh, I still don't believe she is now or ever was a size two. I'm not criticizing her for being voluptuous, at all. I like her figure. It's a very lovely, old-fashioned hour-glass figure. But the bitch is not a size two.

Also - bitches, stop bringing your Hermes Birkin bags to the gym! That's not the place for them!!

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Photos courtesy of Fame.

LeAnn Rimes shows off her new boob job in Mexico

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:10 AM PST

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These are photos of LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian on vacation in Mexico yesterday. There are probably going to be lots of photos of LeAnn in a bikini, because I've already seen several groups, and she's wearing different bikinis in each. She's showing off. Speaking of, I've been seeing the comments about LeAnn Rimes' alleged boob job, and I hear you. I had a twinge of wonderment when I saw LeAnn is that Christmas bustier - her bust looked slightly larger, but I passed it off on the bustier. Now I completely agree - she got her natural boobs (probably barely a B-cup) enlarged to a C or D-cup. Also, she's lost quite a bit of weight over the past year, which only makes the new boob job look even more like they're bolted on to her skeletal frame.

Many of you already did the investigative work and determined that LeAnn had probably gotten her boobs done shortly after Thanksgiving, when she and Eddie seemed to be uncharacteristically low-key for a few weeks. They were barely pap'd (meaning that LeAnn wasn't calling them), and then suddenly, her new boobs get the press rollout with some Twit-pics and now bikini photos. So LeAnn isn't pregnant, she just got some new boobs for Eddie. Oh, LeAnn. You can get all the C-cups you want, he's still going to cheat on you.

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Photos courtesy of Bauer-Griffin.

Camille Grammer rejects Kelsey’s $30 mil offer; not getting prenup with 4th wife

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:04 AM PST

HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 08: Camille Grammer arrives at TV Guide Magazine's '2010 Hot List' Party on November 8, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
The NY Post reports that Kelsey Grammer initially offered his estranged wife Camille $30 million as a divorce settlement, but that she’s holding out for $50 million, and substantial child support and alimony. Of course she is. It’s expected that Camille will get the $50 million and everything she’s asking for.

Meanwhile The Post may have a good explanation for why Kelsey is so eager to marry his 29 year-old flight attendant fiance, Kayte Walsh. They report that his rep denies that he’s marrying her because she needs a visa to stay in the US. Many of you have speculated that she’s pregnant again, but this visa angle should have occurred to me. Kelsey is said to be marrying Kayte without a prenup, because “he knows she’s the one and wouldn’t insult her by asking her to sign a pre-nup.” The dumb bastard.

Kelsey Grammer’s soon to be ex-wife, Camille Donatacci, rejected an estimated $30 million divorce offer from the “Frasier” star because he wasn’t offering alimony or child support, a source told us.
Friends say Donatacci demanded the $50 million she’s now expected to get from him as well as spousal and child support for their two children, Mason, 9, and Jude, 6.

Our source says she was sick of Grammer, 55, parading around his new British gal pal, Kayte Walsh, 29. A source close to Camille said, “She rejected an offer from Kelsey just before Christmas. He wasn’t offering child support or alimony, and told her through his lawyers that she’d get enough in the settlement.

“Because there is no prenup, Camille was certain she’d get up to $50 million, because she’s a partner in his TV company and entitled to half the money he made from shows, including ‘Frasier,’ while they were married.

“She has accepted their marriage is over and that he wants to marry Kayte in January. Camille wants it all over, too. But what she can’t accept is how he’s parading around Kayte, who looks like the cat who swallowed the canary. Their public make-out sessions are really insensitive because of their kids.”

[From The NY Post]

You know that Camille doesn’t give a whit about her kids and barely ever sees them. She has four nannies that work in shifts so that she’s never responsible for caring for them. And if Kelsey’s “public makeout sessions” with Kayte bother her, what’s her excuse for carrying on with that Nick guy back when she thought that Kelsey was still her loyal husband? Nick even went to Vegas to be with her when Kelsey wasn’t there and she called him her “rent-a-husband.”

I’m torn about this, because I do feel if Camille ran Kelsey’s businesses with him and supported him through his sobriety she deserves her share. $30 million is astronomical though, and considering what a nasty opportunistic person Camille is, I would love to see her get a taste of life on five figures a year.

Here’s a clip of Camille with Nick. (It only plays for US visitors, sorry about that!)

And Camille doing a lap dance for Adrienne’s husband:

LOS ANGELES - OCT 11: Camille Grammer arrives at the Real Housewives of Beverly Hlls Premiere Party at Trousdale.Theatre on October 11, 2010 in West Hollywood, CA Photo via Newscom

NEW YORK - JUNE 13: Actor Kelsey Grammer attends the after party following the 64th Annual Tony Awards at Rockefeller Center on June 13, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh attend the after party for the New York premiere of Blue Valentine hosted by Quintessentially at Boom Boom Room on December 7, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

Former Playmate on group sex with Hef, stifling life in the mansion

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:48 AM PST

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The Daily Mail has published excerpts from a tell all memoir by former Playmate Izabella St James, who lived at the Playboy mansion starting in 2002, at the same time that the original Girls Next Door were there. I read the highlights at the Huffington Post, and was struck by how similar St. James’ account of her life at the mansion was to an earlier tell all I’d read, with Playmate Jill Ann Spaulding. I thought the Daily Mail was rehashing that story in light of Hefner’s engagement, but they’re not. Those details were given by two separate Playmates, and are backed up by some of the details in Kendra Wilkinson’s memoir about how Hef had regularly scheduled sex parties in which women would hop on and off him (without a condom) while porn played in the background.

St. James’ story is consistent with other accounts, although see may focus more on how restrictive, stifling and dirty it was at the mansion while she was there. Here are the highlights from the Huffington Post, and compare them to this account from a former Playmate. The details of Hef’s Wednesday and Friday sex sessions are very similar. James’ memoir Bunny Tales came out in 2006, so you may have heard some of this before.

On the mess the dogs made in the house:
“They weren’t house-trained and would just do their business on the bedroom carpet. Late at night, or in the early hours of the morning - if any of us visited Hef’s bedroom - we’d almost always end up standing in dog mess. Everything in the Mansion felt old and stale, and Archie the house dog would regularly relieve himself on the hallway curtains, adding a powerful whiff of urine to the general scent of decay.”

On how bad the decor and accommodations were
“Each ­bedroom had mismatched, random pieces of furniture. It was as if someone had gone to a charity shop and bought the basics for each room. Although we all did our best to decorate our rooms and make them homely, the mattresses on our beds were ­disgusting — old, worn and stained. The sheets were past their best, too.

“Eventually I persuaded Hef to pay for a new mattress and bed linen — but I had to turn in every single receipt before I was reimbursed.

“Hef also eventually permitted us to have the rooms painted and recarpeted. But for some reason he insisted on creamy, white-coloured carpets. He liked the girlfriends' rooms to look very girly, all white carpet and pink walls. It looked great at first, but with two dogs (most of the girlfriends had pets that lived in their rooms — I had two pugs), butlers delivering food, dirty shoes and occasional spillages, the carpet was grey and stained in a matter of months.”

On the Playmates’ weekly allowance
“Every Friday morning we had to go to Hef’s room, wait while he picked up all the dog poo off the carpet - and then ask for our allowance: a thousand dollars counted out in crisp hundred-dollar bills from a safe in one of his bookcases. We all hated this process. Hef would always use the occasion to bring up anything he wasn’t happy about in the relationship. Most of the complaints were about the lack of harmony among the girlfriends - or your lack of sexual participation in the ‘parties’ he held in his bedroom.”

“If we'd been out of town for any reason and missed one of the official "going out" nights [When Hefner liked to parade his girls at nightclubs] he wouldn't want to give us the allowance. He used it as a weapon.”

Freedom of a kind came on Wednesdays and Fridays, the official nights out, which were the prelude to the twice-weekly sex parties in Hefner's bedroom.

On her curfew
“Strictest of all was the curfew. Everyone had to be on the Mansion grounds by 9pm every night — unless we were out with Hef at a club or a function. People honestly did not believe us when we told them we had a curfew at the wild and crazy Playboy Mansion.”

On sex with Hef
“I wanted to see if this experienced King of Sexdom knew anything the rest of us did not. But he just lay there like a dead fish. We often wondered why he did it at all. He must know deep down that it is just a show. But he is trying to live out this fantasy he has been selling to people since 1954.”

[From The Daily Mail via The Huffington Post]

So for $52,000 cash a year, presumably tax free, free rent, free chef-prepared food and free plastic surgery on their birthdays, these live-in Playmates had to be home at 9pm every night, go out with Hefner twice a week and have unprotected sex with him twice a week. Their living conditions weren’t the cleanest because they had little dogs that they didn’t clean up after. They dealt with older furniture and the residue from countless tramps accumulated over decades. I remember watching “Girls Next Door” and thinking that the mansion looked small, cramped and old so this isn’t surprising.

Is Hef giving up his lifestyle with a house full of kept completely inappropriately younger women (the twins were just 19 when they took up with him last year) now that he’s engaged to a woman 60 years his junior? I doubt it.

People has a photo of Hef’s fiance Crystal Harris’ ring and it’s not huge or anything. He probably saved the money over a few weeks from paring down the women he paid to stay in his house.

42828, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - Wednesday July 21 2010. Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner almost takes a tumble as he leaves Mr Chow's in Beverly Hills sandwiched between two blondes - one of which is his current girlfriend Crystal Harris, 24 (turquoise dress). Mr Hefner, 84, revealed in a recent interview that he believed women are sex objects , but doesn't believe that it is a negative label. He told the Herald Sun newsapaper in Australia; I still think, incidentally, that women are sex objects. It's not all they are, but if they weren't sex objects, if there weren't genders attracted to one another, there wouldn't be another generation . Photograph:  Josephine Santos, PacificCoastNews.com

LAS VEGAS - MAY 15: (L-R) Model Hope Dworaczyk, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and his girlfriend, December 2009 Playboy Playmate of the Month Crystal Harris, arrive at a party introducing Dworaczyk as the 2010 Playboy Playmate of the Year at the Rain Nightclub inside the Palms Casino Resort May 15, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

34894, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Tuesday October 13 2009. Hugh Hefner and latest girlfriend Crystal Harris at the 2009 Fox Reality Channel Really Awards at the Music Box in LA. Photograph: © Hellmuth Dominguez, PacificCoastNews.com

HOLLYWOOD - APRIL 22: Playboy Magazine owner Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris arrives at the TCM Classic Film Festival's gala opening night world premiere of the newly restored film 'A Star Is Born' at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on April 22, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Marc Anthony owes $3.4 million in back taxes

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:47 AM PST

Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony arrive on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 7, 2010.  UPI/Phil McCarten Photo via Newscom

I’ve always had the impression that Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez lived way about their means. They’re obviously multimillionaires but you hear a lot about their life of excess with multiple mansions and lavish parties. Anthony owed about $2.5 million in back taxes to New York state in 2007 after he failed to file returns for four years in a row. When these two received a reported $6 million for their first photo spread with the twins (in People) they didn’t seem to donate any of it to charity, because if they did you know we would have heard about it. I assumed back that that Anthony and Lopez used the twin photo money to pay off their tax debt.

Now Anthony is in trouble with the IRS again, and owes a total of $3.4 million in federal and state taxes.

New York authorities filed a demand for $1.8 million in back taxes against Marc Anthony on March 29, 2010 in Nassau County, Long Island. Just three months earlier, a federal tax lien for $1.6 million was placed on the same property owned by the I Need To Know singer.

It’s unclear if Anthony has settled the debt and requests for comment from his lawyer and manager were not returned.

Facing debt in excess of $3.4 million, it’s the latest tax trouble for the mult-millionaire musician, 41, who married J.Lo in 2004.

In 2007, he was ordered to pay $2.5 million in back taxes, after ignoring the tax man for four years.

Anthony claimed it was the fault of his business management company and ultimately paid the fine, however, his financial team plead guilty to a series of tax felonies.

[From Radar]

So if Anthony already got busted in 2007 for failing to pay taxes, you think he would wise up and hire someone decent to manage his money and ensure that his taxes got paid. He can’t just blame other people for it this time.

The Huffington Post points us to a 2008 article in People Magazine that estimated that Jennifer Lopez makes about $20 million a year from her fashion and merchandising deals while Anthony brings home about $11 million. Lopez’s American Idol contract is said to be worth about $12 million.

The Lopez-Anthonys just bought a a new $10 million estate in the Hollywood Hills. It is 17,129 square feet and has nine bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a media room, recording studio and guest houses. They also own two mansions next to each other in Long Island and a condo in Miami. How can they be bothered to pay taxes when they have so many mansions, staff, cars and luxury goods to maintain?

Jennifer Lopez (L) and her husband Marc Anthony appear at a news conference to announce The Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony collections in partnership with Kohl's department stores at The London West Hollywood Hotel in West Hollywood, California, on November 18, 2010. Kohl's will be the ovider of the contemporary lifestyle brands in the U.S. and it will be available nationwide in Fall 2011, beginning with women's and men's apparel and accessories.  UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

Jennifer Lopez (R) and her husband Marc Anthony appear at a news conference to announce The Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony collections in partnership with Kohl's department stores at The London West Hollywood Hotel in West Hollywood, California, on November 18, 2010. Kohl's will be the ovider of the contemporary lifestyle brands in the U.S. and it will be available nationwide in Fall 2011, beginning with women's and men's apparel and accessories.  UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

Jennifer Lopez (R) and her husband Marc Anthony appear at a news conference to announce The Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony collections in partnership with Kohl's department stores at The London West Hollywood Hotel in West Hollywood, California, on November 18, 2010. Kohl's will be the ovider of the contemporary lifestyle brands in the U.S. and it will be available nationwide in Fall 2011, beginning with women's and men's apparel and accessories.  UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

LAS VEGAS - NOVEMBER 11: Singers Marc Anthony (L) and Jennifer Lopez in audience during the 11th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on November 11, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for LARAS)

Is Matt Bellamy trying to dump Kate Hudson after seven months together?

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:44 AM PST

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 18: Musician Matthew Bellamy and actress Kate Hudson attend ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For Elle Magazine)

Kate Hudson has been loved up with Muse's Matthew Bellamy for much of the year. She jumped on him a couple of months after Alex Rodriguez dumped her, and, much like she does in every single relationship, Kate fell head over heels and began parading Matt around immediately. Well… maybe that's unfair. They haven't walked any red carpets together, and I've been feeling - especially in the past few months - that Kate is trying to keep this relationship slightly private. I think that because there's aren't a lot of recent photos of the two of them, but there may be another reason for that. According to Star Magazine, Matt is a little bit over Kate. To the point where he's asked for a "break".

Kate Hudson and her beau of seven months, Matthew Bellamy, were joined at the hip for most of the summer. But now the Muse vocalist is giving her a bit of the cold shoulder. Although the two have jet-setted together in Italy, England and New York, "He specifically asked Kate not to join him while he toured in Australia in early December," an insider reveals.

"Matthew said he needed to focus while he was on the road, and Kate didn't take that well. She thought everything was fine."

Matthew tried to assure Kate, who spent her in time in LA with pals while the rocker was away, that he just wants a break, not a breakup.

"He explained that he needs a breather because he feels they jumped into things way too fast and that he does love her," says the insider. "But Kate's afraid he's already checked out of the relationship."

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Yeah, it sounds like he's trying to dump her. As soon as a guy starts saying junk like "I do love you, and that's why I think we should spend less time together" he's trying to find a way to dump you. Of course, we are talking about Kate Hudson, the woman who introduces one-night-stands to her parents and her son. I’m not trying to slut-shame her, I’m just saying that in general, Kate might want to take it down a notch. She tends to go overboard, so maybe it's nothing.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCEOBER 18: Musician Matthew Bellamy and actress Kate Hudson attend ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For Elle Magazine)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 18: Musician Matthew Bellamy (L) and actress Kate Hudson attend ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For Elle Magazine)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 18: Musician Matthew Bellamy and actress Kate Hudson attend ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For Elle Magazine)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 18: Honoree Kate Hudson and musician Matt Bellamy attend ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For Elle Magazine)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 18: Actress Kate Hudson (L) and musician Matthew Bellamy attend ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For Elle Magazine)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 18: Honoree Kate Hudson and musician Matthew Bellamy attend ELLE's 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at The Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For Elle Magazine)

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie take a tour of St. John’s Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:27 AM PST

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Just after celebrating Christmas in Namibia (with Empress Zahara's magnificent shank-eye), the Jolie-Pitt family made their way to Missouri for the new year. That's where Brad's entire family lives - his parents, his brother Doug and his sister Julie, and all of their families. A few days ago, Angelina and the girls were spotted at a Springfield Barnes & Noble (photo here) and a K-Mart. Radar reports that they were only in town a few days before they flew to yet another destination (unknown). But before they left, Brad and Angelina took a tour of the St. John's Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center, the center which Brad and Angelina helped fund through their foundation (photo here):

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on the move again.

On Wednesday, just days after celebrating the holidays in Namibia, Africa, the couple made an impromptu stop at the St. John's Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center in Springfield, Mo., the town where Pitt grew up.

“They called a little bit ahead, about an hour ahead, and requested to tour the pediatric center,” hospital spokesperson Cora Scott said Thursday. “They stayed about 45 minutes. It was a very nice visit.”

Last year, Pitt and Jolie, along with Pitt’s brother and sister and their families, donated $1 million to St. John’s Foundation for Community Health and dedicated the pediatric cancer center to Pitt’s mother, Jane.

“Jane Pitt is a gem in our community,” Scott said. “She’s a very wonderful woman who cares so very much about the well being of children.”

During the visit Wednesday, the Hollywood couple were accompanied by Pitt’s parents and his brother Doug.

According to Scott, Pitt and Jolie didn’t mention their New Year Eve’s plans, but for now it seems that the couple and their six kids are spending time with their extended family.

[From People]

That was nice of them. I like how focused they are on drawing attention to local Missouri charities as well as international charities. I think part of it is that Brad's brother Doug is some big deal in Missouri… there were even rumors that Doug was considering a run for public office, which would be interesting. Anyway, happy New Year to the Jolie-Pitts. May they bring us more gossip in 2011.

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Did Bill Clinton really tell Hillary that she needs to go to a “fat farm”?

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:58 AM PST

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Now let me just say at the beginning that I found this National Enquirer story to be both extremely insulting, as well as genuinely amusing. Is it sexist? Sure. But it's also kind of funny. According to the Enquirer, Hillary Clinton has been stress eating like a madwoman, and she's put on quite a bit of weight just in the past five months or so. I'm putting photos up of Hillary in the past two months, and while it does look like she's put on a little weight, it's not the "40 pounds in 4 months" that the Enquirer claims. My guess is 15-20 pounds in 4 months. Stress eating is a bitch, and I can't even imagine Hillary's stress level as Secretary of State. So I'm giving her a pass, in general, one woman to another. Hillary, if you want to come over for some cookies, cream pies and cocktails, I'm here. If anything, the idea that Hillary is a stress eater who downs cream pies in between pouring over diplomatic cables makes me like her even more. But the truly funny part comes when the Enquirer tries to convince us that Bill Clinton doesn't like Hillary's weight gain. Um, who buys that? Bubba loves chubby girls. Always has, always will.

Super-busy HILLARY CLINTON has packed on 40 extra pounds - and she blew up at former tubby hubby when BILL suggested that she check into a fat farm!

In the past four months, the secretary of state has ballooned to a hefty 171 pounds while criss-crossing the globe on diplomatic missions and dealing with the WikiLeaks scandal, sources say. The 63-year-old politician has been binge eating instead of exercising, and ex-president Bill made the mistake of telling his 5-foot-7 wife that she was looking chunky, insiders say.

“With her nonstop workload, Hillary has ditched her regular gym schedule. She’s been eating rich, fatty foods while dining with heads of state around the globe - and it’s no wonder she’s gained 40 pounds in the last four months. Now she’s hit an all-time personal high of 171 pounds,” a Clinton friend told The ENQUIRER.

“Poor Hillary feels terrible about the way she looks, but she is so busy she isn’t making time for her own needs.”

Making things even worse is her husband of 35 years - who’s battled his own weight woes until becoming thinner recently. Bill pointed out that she needed to do something, sources say.

“When Hillary asked him how she looked, he told her, ‘You’re huge! You need to go to a fat farm!’ Then he made things worse by saying treadmills and stair climbers were fun,” a pal told The ENQUIRER. “Hillary exploded! She doesn't need anyone saying she needs to go to a fat farm!"

Pals say Hillary's biggest problem is her hectic travel schedule. Since July, she's traveled to Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Belgium, VietNam, Cambodia, and many more. She's also been under tremendous pressure over the damage done to the State Department by the WikiLeaks scandal.

"It's caused her to do something she's seldom done - binge eating," said a friend. "In weak moments, Hillary has been staying up late nursing her stresses by pounding down rich desserts like cream pies, doughnuts, and ice cream sundaes with whipped cream. Bill was a champion junk food eater in the old days, but since his heart surgeries, he's watched his diet and he's concerned about Hillary's weight gain."

A Clinton friend adds: "Bill was never more proud of the way Hillary looked than when they danced the night away at their daughter Chelsea's wedding in July. But since then, Hillary has piled on the pounds and doesn't need reminding how out of shape she is. She will decide when she can find the time to go to a high-end spa or a fat farm, not Bill. But it will be soon - Bill is determined to help her get her weight under control and has convinced her it's for her own good."

[From The National Enquirer, print edition & online edition]

Yeah. Bubba never told Hillary that she needed to go to a fat farm. First of all, if he did say that, Hillary would smack the crap out of him. Second of all, he didn't say it. He probably told her she never looked better. As I said, Bubba loves "a little extra" on his women. Oh, and my third point - I kind of don't buy that Hillary and Bubba even spend that much time together any more. Why would Bubba be monitoring Hillary's weight when he's probably flying all over on party jets with hookers? Just a thought.

Also… if Hillary is concerned about this, while she comes over for pies, cocktails and cookies, I'm going to share my wisdom about never wearing horizontal stripes.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Deplomatic Corps Holiday Reception at the State Department December 13, 2010 in Washington, DC. The State Departement was bruised by the release last month of some of the 250,000 diplomatic cables obtained by the whistleblower Web site Wikileaks.   UPI/Chip Somodevilla/POOL Photo via Newscom

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles as she joins the 2010 Kennedy Center honorees for their formal class photo following the formal Artist's Dinner at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 4, 2010, DC on Saturday, December 4, 2010.  UPI/Ron Sachs/Pool Photo via Newscom

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 29: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comments on the recent release of some 250,000 classified cables released by Wikileaks at the State Department November 29, 2010 in Washington, DC. Clinton refused to comment on specific reports included in the release of documents but said the disclosure of the sensitve cables was harmful to U.S. foreing policy and that the U.S. would take aggressive steps to hold accountable those responsible for the release. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak to reporters about the administration's Afghanistan-Pakistan annual review in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House December 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. According to a report released by the White House yesterday, NATO forces have made fragile progress against insurgents since U.S. President Barack Obama sent 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan last year, and he said that American forces can begin to withdraw on schedule in July. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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