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Hot Girl Friday: The Lady Biscuit Chronicles
Russell Brand was always a sex machine
Mila Kunis: “I love doing comedies, they’re just as hard as dramas”
Tara Reid’s Big Lebowski 2 Fail
Sofia Vergara’s bangs trauma: totally awful, or she can do no wrong?
Jon Hamm erotica: “I’m very loyal, I’ve never strayed & never wanted to”
Prince Harry’s ex Chelsey Davy is trying to be his date to the royal wedding
Halle Berry plants stories of Gabriel Aubry’s alleged racism, abuse & neglect
Kate Hudson’s co-star jokes that Kate needs a paternity test - funny or inappropriate?
Lady Gaga’s cocaine escapades, plus: a preview of her Vogue cover!

Hot Girl Friday: The Lady Biscuit Chronicles

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST

From The Desk of Monica Bellucci:

Hello, darlings! My dear friend Clive Owen said I should drop you a line this week for your inaugural Hot Girl Friday. You have given me so much pleasure by making me your headlining Hot Lady, naughty girls. Italian biscuits for everybody!

I sincerely hope you enjoy these ladies as much as I do. I like to imagine them engaging in a ménage à trois with myself and my lover, Vincent Cassel. Perhaps there is a whip involved. Perhaps there is only whipped cream and strawberries. Perhaps…

I hope you don't think it's dreadfully un-feminist to spend a little time ogling hot biscuits the same way we ogle hot dongs every other week. Life is to be embraced, and who says we can't appreciate beautiful women the same way we appreciate beautiful men? Now, since I'm not as well-versed in these spectacular biscuit-and-dongathons as Clive seems to be, I will only say that this is a test - if it goes well, I will hopefully be writing you more letters and I will go in greater detail about that time I spent the night with Clive and his very tipsy wife. I do think poor Clive felt he was being ignored. It was a lovely evening.

Ciao,
Monica

Rachel Weisz. I love Rachel. I think she's a wonderful actress and a stunningly beautiful woman. Now, I used to think she was kind of overrated, but the tipping point for me was her Oscar-winning role in a completely underrated film, The Constant Gardener. She barely wore any makeup, and she had one of the most memorable pregnant nude scenes in film history. Basically, after that, I thought she was hardcore and I loved it. CB thinks that my love for Rachel means that I'm hot for mega-bitches, though. Sure. I'll own that.

Sofia Vergara. I mean… everybody wants to motorboat her, right? She's magnificent. Physically, she's absolutely gorgeous with that killer body, and then to top it off, she's self-aware and hilarious. For a special treat, I'm adding an older appearance she did on Jay Leno's show (or Sofia calls him, "Hay"). She was the second guest… the first guest was Gerard Butler, and they had already met before Leno. It was hilarious.

Angelina Jolie. Yeah, I would. I know many of you hate her, and I know many of you would hit it as well. So sue me, I have a type. Dark-haired busty bitches. There are worse things. Enjoy.

Aishwarya Rai. You knew I'd have to include her, right? Aishwarya Rai is one of Indian's biggest (and hottest) exports, although most of her career has been spent in Bollywood films. While I'm not exactly "hot" for her, I've seen her in interviews, and I find her personality adorable. She seems like a sweetheart. And yes, she's unbelievably gorgeous.

Katie Cassidy (By CB) This gorgeous 24 year-old made the short-lived and generally awful Melrose Place reboot watchable, and that’s really saying something. Cassidy can act her ass off, and she’s got the bitch role down with enough vulnerability to add nuance to her character. Unfortunately she sometimes dresses like she could use a good stylist, but when she’s dressed well she’s flawless. She’s on Gossip Girl now and I sense a long career for this one.

Emily Blunt (By CB) The new Mrs. John Krasinski just exudes casual confidence, even when she’s dressed completely fug, which is often. She’s lovely and talented and Krasinski is a lucky man. With dark or light hair, she’s beautiful. She’s like the hot funny friend you end up making out with after a few drinks. Not that that’s ever happened to me.

Taraji P Henson (By CB) When Taraji was getting all that press in 2009 for her Oscar nomination for Benjamin Button I was like “wow, she’s hot,” and it wasn’t like she was trying much either. This woman is surely sexy when she rolls out of bed, and when she puts on a stylish dress and some amazing shoes she takes it to another level. She almost always gets it right, she changes her hairstyle frequently and she’s fashion-forward without taking it too far. We haven’t seen much of her lately and I’d really like that to change.

Uma Thurman (By CB) I remember when statuesque Uma was the woman every man wanted and every woman wanted to be. It wasn’t that long ago, and she remains one of the sexiest women in Hollywood. I love how she hasn’t clung to some past ideal and has just gone about her business, being Uma, staying eccentric and remaining naturally gorgeous.

Heidi Klum (By CB) Say what you will about Heidi - she has mom hair, her fashion can be atrocious, and she has a tendency to be everywhere - she’s just very comfortable with herself and she owns her sexuality. Her boobs are natural, she’s got legs that go on forever, and for a hugely popular supermodel/personality, she’s very down to earth. Plus she strikes me as a bossy bitch in the bedroom. I love that.

Emma Thompson. What can you even say about Emma Thompson? She's magnificent. She's brilliant. She's hilarious. She's self-deprecating. She's obscenely talented, as a writer and as an actress. And she's beautiful. I love that she isn't jacking her face with Botox. I love that she is without ego, and will gladly put on wigs and moles and fake noses and horrible makeup for Nanny McPhee. I love her activism. I love her husband. I love her daughter Gaia. It's just… love. I would marry her in a heartbeat. And something tells me that if she ever sees this, she would absolutely love being our Hot Biscuit Dessert.

Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN, the Los Angeles Times, and the domestic and international additions of Vogue, GQ, Esquire, Allure, FHM, Maxim and Vanity Fair.

Russell Brand was always a sex machine

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:43 AM PST

Todd at IDLITW has this photo up (he got it from COED Magazine) - apparently, it's Russell Brand in high school. I guess this was before Rusty was a sex machine, because I do not see this kid getting laid that often, if ever. CB thinks the image might be Photoshopped, but I guess I'm buying the idea that this is one of Rusty's long-lost early photos.

In other Russell Brand news, he was recently discussing his part in the remake of Arthur, and his relationship with his leading lady, Jennifer Garner. I thought that Garner was playing the Liza Minnelli role, but CB pointed out that Jen is playing Susan, the fiancée. Anyway, Rusty is complimenting Garner… I think…? He makes everything sound so dirty.

Russell Brand is one lucky guy. Aside from being married to Katy Perry, he gets to make out with Jennifer Garner and share a bed with Helen Mirren in his latest film, Arthur. In it, Brand plays a wealthy guy who woos lots of beauties, including Garner, whom he likens to a “fairy princess.”

So what was it like kissing his leading lady?

“There’s a brand of red-velvet cake; her mouth is made of that,” he tells NextMovie.com. “She smashes you in the mouth [in] those kissing scenes. If I was Ben Affleck, man, I’d be pissed off.”

Brand also shares some sexy scenes with screen legend Mirren, who, as it turns out, also has a naughty side.

“I was in bed with her and she was reading me one of those bedtime stories,” Brand says. “And she did a dirty version of it. She was like, ‘Toad took Frog and mounted him from behind and amounted him smoothly with a rhythmic pace.’ ”

[From People]

Love the part about Mirren. You know she and Russell are hot together - and I hate that no one is picking up on it and running some huge "Helen Mirren cheats on husband with much younger married man, is The Cougar Supreme" story. It's ageism, I swear. If Helen and Rusty were closer in age, the tabloids would be all over it.

Header courtesy of IDLITW, additional pics by WENN.

Mila Kunis: “I love doing comedies, they’re just as hard as dramas”

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:07 AM PST

Is anyone else mildly depressed that Mila Kunis has now been pushed out of the awards season? I enjoyed seeing her on red carpets so much, and it wasn't even about the clothes. I liked seeing her because she's fun, she doesn't take it too seriously, and she was finally getting some attention after years of being a really cool and talented girl. Now everything is about NATALIE PORTMAN, forever, all the time. Mila didn't end up with an Oscar nomination, and I doubt she'll end up going to the Oscars. Unless she gets invited as a presenter, in which case… I hope she goes. And I hope she takes a bunch of attention away from Natalie. Just because.

Anyway, Mila is the cover girl for this week's Los Angeles Times Magazine. I like the photos a lot, and my only quibble is with the enormous hairpiece they attached in back. It's looks horrible! But Mila is still so, so pretty. Here are a couple of excerpts from the interview:

On her career: “I was very lucky to have a show for eight years. Now I can sit back and think about what I want.”

On making comedies: “I love doing comedies. They're just as hard, if not harder, to make work, compared with a drama. You work 17 hours a day, and you have to try to make things different and funny and relatable onscreen all at the same time.”

Black Swan director Darren Aronofksy on working with Mila: "She'll try anything . . . [Mila is] very, very playful—really willing to experiment.”

[From Pop Sugar]

While I have high hopes for Mila, I don't think the best career move for her is this dumb-looking rom-com with Justin Timberlake. Also not a good career move: sleeping with Justin Timberlake. You're too good for that, girl! Try to get some Joseph Gordon Levitt or something.

Photos courtesy of Got Celeb.

Tara Reid’s Big Lebowski 2 Fail

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:42 AM PST

I read a few days ago that Tara Reid said that a Big Lebowski sequel was coming out and that she was attached. (She had a minor role in the original 1998 movie.) I told my husband about it as he’s a huge fan of The Dude, and he was happy to hear that it was in the works. Alas, the film’s creators, the infamous Coen brothers, said they don’t have any plans to make a sequel but they’ll “Watch it when it comes out. Especially if Tara’s in it.” It’s enough to make you feel sorry for Tara, whose rep tried to explain that she heard Jeff Bridges say another Lebowski film was coming - only Bridges never said that.

In the mid-to-late-90’s, Tara Reid made her name playing dumb blondes. If she has any complaints about type casting, this may not help.

Speaking at a Comedy Club benefit show, Reid gave an interviewer some updates about her career, including one very curious coming attraction:

“I have a movie coming out called ‘The Fields,’” she said. “I have another one coming out that I produced with my brother, called ‘The Irishman.’ And we’ll be doing ‘American Pie 4′ this year and ‘Big Lebowski 2′ this year.”

‘Lebowski’ writers and directors Joel and Ethan Coen sometimes work in mysterious ways, but there had never been any mention about definitely doing a follow up to their 1998 cult hit with Jeff Bridges, even as they promoted their new, Oscar-nominated film with The Dude himself, ‘True Grit.’ So what did they have to say when they heard Tara’s news?

“I’m glad she’s working on it,” Ethan laughed in an interview with Austin360.com. But do he and his brother have plans to work on it? “Well, we don’t but we’ll watch it when it comes out,” he said. Joel added, “Especially if Tara’s in it.”

For her part, Reid’s reps wrote to Entertainment Weekly, saying, “She heard Jeff Bridges say that he wanted to make ‘Big Lebowski 2′ and have all the original cast members in it, so she may have misspoke, thinking that included her based on what Jeff said.”

Perhaps she was referring to a July interview in which Bridges said that he and the Coens had spoken about it, but nothing was planned.

[From Huffington Post]

American Pie 4. I thought that franchise died with that American Wedding threequel in 2003, but I guess that was wishful thinking. (There’s also the even worse Band Camp spinoffs, with four direct-to-DVD movies with a new cast.) Given Tara’s record of thinking every successful film she had a bit part in is coming back, she could be incorrect. Sadly, IMDB does have a listing for this trainwreck, due out in 2012 and also starring Alyson Hannigan (she can do better!) and Chris Owen, that evil-looking kid who was in the other American Pie movies. Jason Biggs isn’t listed on IMDB for the film, which surprises me because it’s not like he’s doing anything else. Wikipedia has him starring in it, though.

The next time Tara has to inflate her project schedule she should just come up with random movies no one has heard about. It must have been a tough few years for her. IMDB has no credits for her in 2008 or 2009 and the last film she did was something in 2008 called Vipers. Check out the DVD cover.

Here’s Tara out at Paris Fashion week with her boyfriend, Michael Lillelund, on 1/26/11 and at a Golden Globe viewing party on 1/17/11. She was invited to fashion week? Also, does her boyfriend look straight to you? Maybe he’s just very pretty. Credit: WENN and Fame Pictures

Sofia Vergara’s bangs trauma: totally awful, or she can do no wrong?

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:37 AM PST

I don't mind telling you that Sofia Vergara is featured in today's first-ever Hot Girl Friday. I love her. I think she's gorgeous and hilarious and I want to see more of her. These are new photos of Sofia walking to the set of New Year's Eve - I like the idea that Sofia got a part in the film, an ensemble romantic-comedy that's going to be just like Valentine's Day, only set on New Year's Eve. It's probably a smart career move for Sofia - jumping from a hit sitcom to a supporting part in a romantic comedy. She won't have to carry the film by herself, but it's still a high-profile acting gig. Here's what I don't like: her bangs trauma hair. And that costume with the white jacket! How dated is this total look? Is Sofia going to get some kind of "hot girl" makeover in the film? I hope so. Because they've just made a gorgeous woman look frumpy and ten years older.

Another reason I think I'm going to hate this movie: Katherine Heigl. She was cast in the role meant for Halle Berry… meaning Halle and Dame Heigl are interchangeable, I guess. And look how much better Katherine's hair is! Ugh.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Jon Hamm erotica: “I’m very loyal, I’ve never strayed & never wanted to”

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:17 AM PST

There are few things I love more than a new Jon Hamm interview. He's just so… lovely. So smart, so funny, so nice. It shouldn't happen this way - a guy this handsome shouldn't be as sweet as he is. Maybe it's because he got famous later in life, and maybe it's because he didn't have everything handed to him on a silver platter before he was ready for it. All I know is that the man is worthy of a million swoons. Anyway, The Hamm has a new interview in The Daily Mail. He and Elisabeth Moss are promoting the fourth season of Mad Men in England now, because England is only getting the last season now. Most of the interview is stuff The Hamm has already talked about, but there are some good moments. The full piece is here, and here are some of the highlights:

On being one of 11 actors up for the part of Don Draper: 'I was the complete outsider', he recalls. 'They'd said they wanted a sharp, stylish character to just play himself, and I thought I was too much of a nerd — and so did everyone else'.

On being so handsome: 'I am coming up to my 40th birthday, and I don't let myself forget that for 15 years after I left school I struggled to make a living. So what's happening to me now is very nice.'

On his struggles: 'I've been a barman, a waiter, a teacher, and I even helped out on a soft porn movie — as a set dresser, not a performer, I hasten to add — because I'd do everything I could to make enough money to pay the rent. Thank goodness I had some understanding landladies. There are certain dark nights of the soul, when you say: "Good god, I've got to get a job". But there has to be some kind of confidence in every actor that makes them get up in the morning, because it's an incredibly difficult life to choose, if you don't have success early. I came out to Hollywood from St Louis when I was 25, which was already late. I found myself immersed in a huge city where thousands of people looked like me. I hoped I would be picked out of this group and I would do what I could to make money. My attitude was that I didn't want to be this person that just keeps striving for years. It was a scramble, though. At that time, the cool look for guys on TV was to look like a teenager. I have never looked like a teenager. So at 26, I was auditioning to play the father of one!'

On the breakthrough: 'I decided that if nothing much was happening by the time I was 30, then I'd go and do something else. In the end, I was 28 when the work started coming in regularly. I waited on my last table when I was 29. It still took a long time after that to feel secure, though. I got Mad Men when I was 36, and that was only because the show's creator, Matthew Weiner, who also did The Sopranos, championed me for some reason. I'd read the script, loved the part. Luckily, I'd developed a certain resilience and I'd had so many knock-backs over the years. So it wasn't going to be the end of the world if I didn't get it — I'd have simply dried my tears and gone for the next audition.'

On where he is now: 'Now it's so nice not to have to worry about how I'm going to pay my bills. And that's a problem I've had for far longer than I haven't had it. There was a spell when I was struggling, when I was up for some big roles. I was looking at crazy money, and I'd think wow! I wouldn't have to go everywhere by roller-blade or bus. I'd get so wound up thinking what I could do if I got the part, that I'd forget to learn my lines, so when it came to the audition I'd be an utter failure. Then Mad Men happened and it's rewarding; it feels like I've earned it'.

Basing Don Draper on his father: Hamm's inspiration for his role, he says, was his father, Dan, who ran the family trucking business. 'My mother had died of cancer when I was ten. I was 20 and still in college when Dad died. He had diabetes and had been in poor health for some time. That could have unmoored me, taken over my life, but people rallied around me. Dad was smart and fun, but also rather sad. After he died I recall opening his closet and there were 40 suits, every colour. He had two jewellery boxes full of watches and cuff links. He'd been a big shot around town, and was well-connected, but he'd probably been unfulfilled in many ways. And when I was looking through the Mad Men script for clues to Don Draper's character, I realised that my Dad was that guy. On the exterior, he's got everything under control. But inside, he's desperately dancing to keep up'.

Jon Hamm on the sexual politics of Mad Men: 'Men ruled the roost and women played a subservient role [in the 1960s]. Working wives were a rarity, because their place was in the home, bringing up the kids. The women who did work were treated as second class citizens, because it was a male-dominated society. That was a fact of life then. But it wouldn't be tolerated today, and that's quite right in my book. Everyone smoked and drank all day. There were no rules, no health concerns, no political correctness. People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful, white male. The show is a curious phenomenon, I suppose, given my character's moral turpitude. People like to watch other people doing this, relieved that they don't have to deal with the consequences — there is a vicarious thrill. It is exciting, watching people do bad things, and they kind of root for them to get away with it. All Mad Men is doing is reflecting those times, but for some reason a chord has been struck with the viewers. I've never treated any women as badly as Don Draper treats them, with his lies, his affairs, his sexism and chauvinism, and I'd hate anyone to think I was like him'.

On marriage: 'Marriage doesn't mean anything to me. It's more for their families than for the two partners, so I'm not gravitating towards it. I'm very loyal, I've never strayed, and never wanted to. I don't need to be married, because I feel married.'

Elisabeth Moss on Draper/Hamm. 'Don's prehistoric, but Jon is a very modern man', she tells me. 'He's polite, chivalrous, opens doors for me, even brings coffee for me off set, and I get very much spoilt by him'.

There is speculation that a major affair between Don and Peggy is being written into future episodes of Mad Men. If this is true, neither is saying directly.

'It's a very easy path to take,' says Elisabeth, 'but I think their relationship is more interesting because they haven't fallen into bed.'

Says Hamm, 'An affair? Huh! Even Don Draper has standards.' And then he realises what he's saying. 'Oh no, he doesn't — that's the point of him.'

[From The Daily Mail]

Sigh… he's never strayed, he abhors chauvinism and he's so, so pretty. Can Jon Hamm be any more perfect? Oh, I really hope Peggy and Don don't have an affair. They're so much better as-is, which is some kind of strange father/daughter, mentor/mentee, BFF, sexual tension-filled, soul mate thing.

By the way, Gawker had an interesting piece yesterday - they excerpted a television critic's anti-Mad Men piece, and asked "How Can Someone Hate Mad Men?" Seriously, I want to know! How can someone hate Mad Men?!?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Prince Harry’s ex Chelsey Davy is trying to be his date to the royal wedding

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:47 AM PST

While Kate Middleton and Prince William's breakups over the years always had the vibe of "Waity Katy fails to get the ring," Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy's on-again/off-again relationship always seemed more genuine. As in, Chelsy and Harry were genuinely crazy and passionate about each other, but both had other crap going on, and Chelsy wasn't some spineless dishrag, waiting around for Harry to make up his mind. They split last year, and it seemed like it was finally over between them. But now Chelsy is telling friends that she plans to move back to London, and there are even rumors that she's going to be Harry's date to Kate and William's wedding. Anything for a royal invite, eh?

It was revealed today that she is expected to return to the UK in time for the Royal Wedding in April. And it looks like Chelsy Davy is wasting no time ensuring she looks her very best for her reunion with ex-boyfriend Prince Harry. The 25-year-old was spotted working up a sweat during a beach front run in Cape Town. Looking toned and trim, the Zimbabwe-born beauty pounded the pavement in a tiny pair of jogging shorts and a white vest.

The Mail On Sunday’s Katie Nicholl revealed today that friends of Chelsy’s are expecting her to attend the April 29 nuptials as Harry’s date.

She is currently on a gap year after completing her post-graduate law studies and has spent the last six months travelling around Africa.

'Chelsy has had a great six months out but she only intended to have a year off from her legal training and then she plans to move back to London, where she has a flat in Belgravia,' said a chum. 'She still has a job offer at lawyers Allen & Overy and plans to start there in September.'

Brainy Chelsy was offered a post at the law firm last year after completing her legal practice course, but she put the job on hold to go travelling. After trekking around Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mauritius, Chelsy hopes to visit Australia next, but after that she will return to the UK to focus on building her career.

'If she's back in the UK the chances are she will be back with Harry,' added another friend. 'They are still fond of each other and are always leaving sweet messages for each other on Facebook.'

Meanwhile, a mole reports that Chelsy has been spending most of her time with her friend and former flatmate Alayne Moseley.

'There's talk that they are together,' said the source. 'But if anything Alayne is a stop-gap. Chelsy's real love is Harry, who's desperately missed her while she's been travelling. We have never ruled out a reconciliation.'

[From The Daily Mail]

It makes me think less of Chelsy. I was so proud of her not waiting waiting around for Harry. But, in Chelsy's defense, Harry has always seemed genuinely crazy about her, and the sex must be really, really hot. If Harry was drunk dialing you, begging you to come to London and whispering "the ginger dong misses you," would you be able to resist? I wouldn't. Chelsy is stronger than all of us.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Halle Berry plants stories of Gabriel Aubry’s alleged racism, abuse & neglect

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:16 AM PST

Of course there are more Halle Berry/Gabriel Aubry baby drama stories this morning. Of course. Yesterday, we heard about Kim Kardashian being the tipping point in Halle and Gabe's tenuous custodial arrangement, with Halle freaking out about the idea that Nahla could be around a cat-faced famewhore. We also heard the back and forth about Gabe's alleged racism, Halle's verbal and written abuse (including Halle emailing Gabe "Thanks for the donation") and how Gabe thinks Halle is just obsessed with playing the victim. This morning, we have a special treat: three pro-Halle pieces being shoved down our throats. First, TMZ has yet another story about Gabe's alleged racism. According to sources, Gab "went nuts" whenever anyone referred to Nahla as "black": "Sources connected with the former couple tell TMZ … whenever Gabriel would read a story about Nahla that referred to her as 'Black,' he would go off, insisting his baby was white. We’re told Gabriel would tell Halle and others they should demand a “retraction” when such references were made regarding his daughter."

In addition to that piece leaked by Team Berry, People Magazine ran a more detailed story about how Halle fears for Nahla's safety because Nahla freaked out a few times:

The custody war between Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry publicly ignited this week – but several sources close to Berry tell PEOPLE that the real trouble began brewing around Christmas.

Berry became alarmed, say the sources, when the couple’s 2½-year-old daughter Nahla became hysterical after Aubry came to pick her up for a visit a few days before the holiday.

“She was crying and kicking and screaming,” claims one source. “She was hanging onto her mother’s legs so she didn’t have to go.”

According to the source, when Berry tried to calm down her daughter, Aubry grew impatient. “He got Nahla and forced her into the car,” adds the source, who says that Berry was extremely upset by the incident and that things between the exes – who had at one point been on friendly terms – immediately disintegrated.

Other sources close to Berry, 44, say a similar episode played out several subsequent times, including one incident in which Nahla appeared “traumatized,” according to a Berry source, after a visit with her father. They claim such episodes led Berry to fear for Nahla’s well-being.

A rep for Berry had no comment on the claims.

Public Fight
In subsequent days, Aubry, 35, has rebutted his ex’s claims, saying that he was “disappointed in Halle’s decision to falsely malign him publicly.”

Adds a source close to Aubry: “Those who know Gabriel well fortunately don’t believe a thing about what is being said.”

The drama appears far from over. On Wednesday, Berry – who earlier in the day was spotted with her boyfriend Olivier Martinez and Nahla – paid a visit to her family law attorney Neal Raymond Hersh in Beverly Hills.

“This is a very difficult time for Gabriel,” says the Aubry source. “He doesn’t need this right now.”

[From People]

Then, if that wasn't enough, People Magazine ran another pro-Halle piece, all about why Halle pulled out of the production of New Year's Eve:

According to a source close to Berry, [Halle's] movie contract included compensation for Aubry to accompany her and Nahla to New York City for about two weeks of filming. But when Aubry decided not to go, says the source, Berry was forced to abruptly pull out of the film. She has since been replaced by Katherine Heigl.

Berry, 44, who has a nanny, currently shares custody of Nahla with Aubry. She pulled out of the New Line production not because she wouldn’t have childcare help but because she was concerned about leaving Nahla in L.A. while she filmed in N.Y.C., claims the source.

“When Gabriel refused to go, that became a factor in her decision to pull out of the film because she didn’t feel right leaving Nahla,” says the source. “No job is that important to Halle. Nahla comes first.”

The bitter custody battle is a far cry from the exes’ arrangement of only last summer, when Aubry accompanied Berry and Nahla to South Africa while the Oscar winner filmed her upcoming thriller, Dark Tide.

On Monday, Berry’s rep issued a statement to PEOPLE, stating that the actress had dropped out of New Year’s Eve to focus on her “serious concerns” about Nahla’s well-being while in Aubry’s care.

The next day, Aubry, 35, countered with his own statement, in which he alluded to her withdrawal from New Year’s Eve. “While Gabriel is disappointed in Halle’s decision to falsely malign him publicly and for her own purposes, he refuses to be pulled into her dispute over a canceled film production,” a rep for the model stated.

[From People]

All of it reeks of Halle's spin, but the last one is really interesting to me. It sounds like Gabriel put his foot down and said that he wasn’t going to fly all over God's green earth just to make everything more convenient for Halle and her schedule, and it sounds like THAT more than anything else was the tipping point. Halle didn't get what she wanted, and like a child, she's throwing a huge temper tantrum. Actually, a childish "temper tantrum" explains quite a bit of what's happening in this on-going saga, and if I read many more of this planted Team Halle reports, I'm going to be fully on Team Gabe. I know I said I wasn't going to pick sides, but it's getting to the point where I might have to follow my golden rule of gossip: If someone is trying this hard to convince you of something, you know the opposite is true. When Halle and her team continue to plant this anti-Gabe stories day after day after day, it all ricochets back onto her.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kate Hudson’s co-star jokes that Kate needs a paternity test - funny or inappropriate?

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:13 AM PST

When Kate Hudson was filming her latest POS romcom with Colin Egglesfield last spring there were definite rumors that the two were hitting it. Those stories seemed to be based on how cozy they looked while filming scenes showing their characters’ romance, so we didn’t put a lot of stock in it at the time.

Egglesfield recently “joked” that Kate got pregnant right around the time they were working together, so she should get a paternity test for the baby. At first he sounded like a complete jackass to me for saying that, like if he f*cked her, he shouldn’t say it, if he didn’t f*ck her, he shouldn’t say it because it will spark rumors that he did. Then he recovered by saying that Kate’s boyfriend was around and they weren’t really hanging out off set. He was probably just making an offhand comment in response to a question about how Kate got pregnant around that time and it sounds bad when taken out of context. I’ll try to give him the benefit of the doubt because he was such fine mancandy on that terrible Melrose Place reboot and he very gamely endured a romance with Ashlee Simpson’s character. That must have taken true fortitude.

Though the 31-year-old actress is currently 17 weeks along with Muse rocker Matthew Bellamy’s baby, her Something Borrowed costar Colin Egglesfield joked that he may actually be the child’s father.

“[She got pregnant] right around the time when we were working together, so they might want to do a DNA test when that baby comes out,” he joked at Wednesday’s Children Awaiting Parents bash in Hollywood.

Kidding aside, the 37-year-old actor tells UsMagazine.com he had a blast playing Hudson’s fiance in the upcoming flick — even if they didn’t exactly become BFFs when cameras stopped rolling.

“We had a lot of fun on the set, but at the end of the working day it’s not like we were hanging out as friends,” he explained. “John [Krasinski] had his fiancee, Ginny [Goodwin] had her fiance, Kate’s got her baby-daddy. After spending 14 hours a day with each other, it’s like, ‘I love you ,but get out of my face!’”

[From US Weekly]

The guy probably didn’t mean it that way, but it was a dumb thing to say and smacks of a douche move even if he was trying to make a joke.

This film “Something Borrowed” is out on May 6 in the US. There’s no trailer available yet that I could find, but the movie poster looks really bad.

Kate Hudson was seen out in London last night with her boyfriend, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy. He looks annoyed by the paparazzi, but I have to say she’s gorgeous! I love her coat and those shoes are so cute. She must have been cold, though. She won’t be wearing heels for long.

Movie poster via ComingSoon.net. Recent photos credit: WENN.com

Lady Gaga’s cocaine escapades, plus: a preview of her Vogue cover!

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:07 AM PST

Above is a twit-pic of Lady Gaga's March cover of Vogue Magazine, shot by Mario Testino (courtesy of The Fashion Spot). While I'm still suffering from Gaga exhaustion after the past year's All Gaga, All The Time media blitz, I have to say, I am looking forward to seeing what Gaga and Vogue created together. So this is just a taste! Vogue probably won't be releasing any of their Gaga editorial for another week or so.

In other Gaga news, there's a substantial story in this week's Star Magazine, all about whether or not Gaga is still abusing cocaine, and whether her alleged coke binges fuel her “creativity.” Creativity being more meat dresses.

Riding high on cocaine and alcohol during a rare night off in NYC, Lady Gaga was in a jovial mood, belting out sonfs on the street and chattering a million miles a minute.

"She was totally out of it," says an eyewitness. "She her shoe caught in a grate, and she fell in the path of a cab that almost ran her over!"

While she narrowly dodged disaster that time, Lady Gaga is knowingly throwing herself directly in danger's path with her out-of-control drugging and drinking, warns a close family friend: "She's getting too heavily into cocaine," says the pal, claiming Gaga is snorting it more and more frequently. "Stefani used to be so happy and full of life, but lately I'm shocked by how much she has changed - she has gone completely off the deep end!"

Gaga has previously admitted to "occasional" cocaine use, but she's relying heavily on coke to give her the bump in creativity that she thinks it sparks, explains the friend. "She has this crazy room in her house that's solely dedicated to getting high and writing songs. She sits with drawing charcoal in there for hours and just writes all over the walls… Then she'll have people come in and repaint it, and then she'll start all over again."

"The idea for her meat costume was the result of a coke-fueled binge that she went on… she thinks doing drugs helps her as an artist, but it's really gone too far. She needs help now! I told her I was worried about her," says the friend, "And her reaction was to instantly put up a wall and not listen to anybody's advice. She thinks, 'I am this big person now.'"

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

I could honestly see how the meat dress seemed like it could be a good idea when you're blitzed out of your skull. It makes sense, right? And when you think of Gaga, is it so much of a stretch to think that she dedicates one room her "crazy room"? Unfortunately (or fortunately), a rep at Gaga's label tells Gossip Cop: "This is complete bullsh*t." And Gaga's personal spokeswoman calls Star's story "ridiculous."

Additional photos courtesy of WENN.

Friday, February 4, 2011

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