Monday, July 4, 2011

Cele|bitchy

Cele|bitchy


Duchess Kate, super-slim in blue Erdem: gorgeous or tacky?

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:31 AM PDT

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More Duchess of Cambridge fashion! More blue! More lace! More weight loss! For Sunday's trip to Quebec, Kate wore this Erdem dress for the majority of the day - it's the "Jacquenta" dress, and I guess we're just establishing that this rich blue color is Kate's signature. It could totally be worse - I love blue, and the overwhelming majority of women look good in several shades of blue. As much as I'd like to see Kate mix it up, color-wise, the blue is working for her. I do dislike this dress, though. I'm confused by the lace detailing on the shoulders, and while I appreciate that Kate had the dress tailored for her slim figure, there are several shots of her where she looks less "slim" and more "emaciated".

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And here are some additional photos from Kate and Will's cooking experience a few days ago, where they both wore chef's jackets. WAITY WITH A KNIFE. She's having fun with it, but those photos are hilarious.

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Finally, here is Kate in a Joseph dress that is totally bland. It looks like a beach coverup!

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Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

Charlene Wittstock tried to run away “three times” from her “arranged marriage”

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:58 AM PDT

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Commenters seem to be of two minds on the issue of Charlene Wittstock, now Her Serene Highness, Princess Charlene of Monaco. Some commenters feel really sorry for Charlene, because it's beginning to look like she was forced, medieval-style, into a marriage that she was desperately trying to escape. Those commenters think Charlene's existence must be quite desperate and depressing, especially considering her first "royal duty" seems to be awaiting a paternity test on some kid that her new husband supposedly fathered while he was technically "with" her. On the other side, there are many commenters who feel no pity for Charlene - after all, she's a princess now, she never has to do real work again, she's got public sympathy on her side, and she basically just has to produce an heir and then she gets to just live her life. I come down somewhere in between the two sides - I feel for her, I think she's probably having a really bad time with it, but at the end of the day, she did make the choice to marry him. She could have found a way out, I think. Not to say that she didn't try and try and try again to do a runner - according to new reports out of France, Charlene tried to escape THREE TIMES. Seriously, this poor girl.

The new Princess Charlene of Monaco tried to flee home to South Africa three times before her 'arranged marriage' to Prince Albert, it was alleged yesterday. The former Charlene Wittstock, 33, reportedly made her first escape attempt when she travelled to Paris in May to try on her wedding dress. During the visit, she 'took refuge' in her country's embassy in the French capital, sources in Monaco said.

The allegations, which are surprising considering she went ahead with the wedding on Saturday, emerged in the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. It went on to report that later in May, Charlene made a second apparent attempt to escape during the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Then, last week, royal officials are said to have confiscated her passport en route to Nice airport via the helicopter service that runs between the Mediterranean principality and France. She was then persuaded to go on with the marriage.

'Several sources have confirmed that an arrangement was reached between the future bride and groom,' reported Le Journal du Dimanche.

Sources said the Monaco palace had hoped the glitzy wedding – attended by a host of celebrities and European royalty – would 'overshadow' new claims about secret children fathered by Albert. Instead, Charlene was in floods of tears at one point, while her 53-year-old husband looked on impassively.

Meanwhile, the reception that followed provoked ridicule with tacky features such as a giant wedding cake that towered over the couple and a mirrored dance floor. Among the guests were Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, actor Roger Moore and Topshop boss Sir Philip Green and his wife, Tina. Tomorrow the couple are due to fly to South Africa on honeymoon, presenting Charlene with her best chance yet of 'escaping' Monaco.

If an 'arrangement' has been reached, however, it may be that Charlene's principal aim will be to produce a legitimate heir for Albert in return for a multi-millionaire lifestyle. The prince is due to undergo DNA tests because of claims that he has fathered a third, and possibly even a fourth, love child. He already has a six-year-old son named Alexandre through Togolese former air hostess Nicole Coste, and a 19-year-old daughter, Jazmin, with Tamara Rotolo, an American estate agent. Both illegitimate children were kept away from Albert's wedding to avoid 'media exposure', a palace official told Le Journal du Dimanche.

But he also revealed that one of Charlene's first duties in her new role would be to stand by Albert during another scandal related to his chequered private life.

'The truth of the rumour is that Albert faces paternity tests following a claim by at least one former lover,' said the source. None of Albert's illegitimate brood will have a claim to the throne.

The official said: 'Albert will not have an official heir until Princess Charlene bears him one.'

There was not enough time to organise DNA tests before the wedding, but the source said they would go ahead in the next few days.

The French magazine Public has attributed 'two new illegitimate children' to Albert. One is said to be the 18-month-old son of an Italian woman who is preparing to tell all. Others, including Voici magazine, have suggested Miss Coste could have had a second baby by Albert – an idea that gained credibility last week when the 40-year-old beauty was pictured in Monte Carlo.

[From The Mail]

So… this thing is a mess. Does any Monaco royal family scholar want to educate us - can Charlene get a divorce? If she does, will it be a huge mess? Probably. My hope is that even with the mess, she leaves Albert. But my expectation is that she'll pop out one kid (maybe two) and then move to Paris or London or Cape Town or Johannesburg and live a completely separate life away from Albert - with her children. I can see the reasoning behind it - just a few hellish years, and then the good life, away from Albert and the house of Grimaldi.

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Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

Naomi Campbell, Karl Lagerfeld & more photos from the Monaco wedding

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:57 AM PDT

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Since people seem to have a new interest in Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert, I thought I'd do some additional photos from the Monaco wedding on Saturday. The whole affair wasn't half as glamorous and A-list as they thought it was, but a decent amount of royals came out, and there were some "celebrities" like Karl Lagerfeld up there, judging us all. I think Karl designed Charlene's reception gown, the tiered affair with the more flattering neckline. Karl has also taken Charlene under his decrepit wing, so there's that too.

I keep reading that my lover Gerard Butler was invited, but there are no photos of him in Monaco, and I tend to think he was in California over the whole weekend. So, instead, I give you Roger Moore. Now, I like Roger Moore. He's a tireless UNICEF ambassador and by all accounts, a lovely man. But he looks like DEATH. He makes Karl Lagerfeld look like the picture of health.

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Here's Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her husband/consort, Prince Daniel. They seem happy and stable, but why isn't she knocked up?! They were married more than a year ago. Gotta produce those royal heirs. I tend to think Victoria is too underdressed for the wedding, but Daniel looks nice.

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Don't ask me what Charlotte Casiraghi is wearing. It's hideous, and inappropriate for a girl older than 12. She's so beautiful, but I want to yell at her until she stands up straight and stops making faces. She's like the Kristen Stewart of Monaco.

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And here's Charlotte with her mother, Princess Caroline, and Caroline's oldest son Andrea, who looks nice with a haircut. Caroline wanted Andrea to get the crown - she was positioning him for that before this whole Charlene disaster. Perhaps Caroline will get her way in the end.

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And finally, here's Naomi Campbell and her married lover. This is what Naomi wore for the church wedding, but for the reception, Naomi totally changed into a white gown, of course. And if you want to criticize her for wearing white, she'll beat the hell out of you.

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Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

‘Transformers’ positively kills ‘Larry Crowne’ at the box office, Julia Roberts who?

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:54 AM PDT

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It was never a question of what movie would end up in the #1 position at the box office over the holiday weekend but only how high the numbers would go. In this case, Transformers: Dark of the Moon made $97.4 million for a five-day total of $162.1 million over the lengthy holiday weekend; in doing so, T3 has effectively broken the Independence Day weekend record that was previously held by the likes of Spider-Man 2, which (consequently) is now only semi-memorable for the moment when Kirsten Dunst nipped out while screaming for Tobey Maguire to rescue her damsel-in-distress self from certain demise.

Of course, Transformers 3 was exactly the type of mindless movie that everyone hoped it would be, and it even threw in a few anti-Megan Fox jokes for the benefit of all fans of The Oral History of Michael Bay; that is, if there are any Bay fans at all who don’t just go for the explosions. Certainly, Bay had a hand in the fact that Sam Witwicky’s (Shia LeBeouf) pet robots made explicit mention that his ex-girlfriend, Michaela (Fox), was super mean to them, which resulted in the robots’ declaration that they’re incredibly happy that she was no longer present in their lives (and, by extension, the franchise’s third installment). Yeah, keep stoking that fire, Bay, and stroking your own dong in the process.

Paramount’s latest Transformers: Dark Of The Moon is the giant #1 movie after opening with some 3D-only nighttime sneaks on Tuesday ($5.5M), followed by a full release into 4,013 theaters on Wednesday ($37.7M) and Thursday ($21.4M). Now Friday brings in a big $32.8M, and Saturday $34M. As of Friday, that’s still -24% behind 2009’s Transformers 2 ($98M vs $128M) despite TF3’s higher 3D ticket prices. Michael Bay’s robot actioner should near $100M domestic this three-day weekend, and $180M through the Fourth of July. “We expected to start behind the last one,” a Paramount exec tells me. “This one has an ‘A’ CinemaScore and better reviews, so it should play to a better multiple.”

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon could break these July 4th holiday box office records: 3-DAY RECORD (bettering Spider-Man 2’s $88.2M); 4-DAY RECORD (bettering Spider-Man 2’s $115.8M), 5-DAY RECORD (bettering Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s $157.6M).

[From Deadline]

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In second place was Cars 2, which added an additional $25.1 million for a total of $116.0 million after two weekend. In third place (and also in its second weekend) was Bad Teacher, which paired Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake in a raunchy R-rated comedy with $14.1 million for a total of $59.5 million. Besides the latest Tranformers flick, there were two other openers this weekend. One of them, Larry Crowne, landed in fourth place with a measly $13.0 million, which is positively abysmal considering that the movie starred two A-listers, Tom Hanks and Julia “Bitchface” Roberts (perhaps she’ll have slightly better luck with that ill-fated Snow White reboot). In fifth place, Monte Carlo took in merely $7.6 million, which solidifies the fact that getting one’s toes rubbed by Justin Bieber has done absolutely nothing for Selena Gomez’s big-time Hollywood feature film career.

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Movie stills/posters courtesy of AllMoviePhoto

Pippa Middleton’s Uptradey act lives on, she went out with her ex again

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:15 AM PDT

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Oh, Pippa. The more you try to make me interested in your crazy love life, the less interested I become in your little Uptradey act. Just days after Pippa made a big, public splash at Wimbledon with her seemingly on-again (or never-broke-up-again) boyfriend Alex Loudon, Pippa was back at Wimbledon on Friday… with her ex, George Percy, the future Duke of Northumberland. Percy is the chap in the blue button-down shirt, the one sitting beside Pippa who is being blocked by other people in these photos. You might recognize him from the photos of his and Pippa's Madrid jaunt, or from their night out a few weeks ago, where Pippa went to his apartment after dinner, and left the next morning, doing a duchess-y walk of shame.

Pippa Middleton wasn't about to let her sister Kate steal all the limelight. While the Duchess of Cambridge was causing a huge buzz on a royal visit to Canada, Pippa turned heads at Wimbledon when she descended on Centre Court again, this time to watch the men's semi-finals.

Intriguingly, she wasn't with her boyfriend Alex Loudon, who she took to SW19 on Wednesday. This time the 27-year-old was accompanied by former flame George Percy.

There has been some speculation recently that their romance has been rekindled, especially since the pair jetted off to Madrid earlier this month and were spotted together at the Queen’s tournament.

George Percy is Earl Percy, heir to one of the richest and grandest dukedoms in the land, the Duchy of Northumberland. The ancient pile he will inherit, Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, is home to Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, is known as the 'Windsor of the North' and the family are regarded locally in Border country as their royalty.

Pippa is also a kind of royalty - Her Royal Hotness. And she swapped the sizzling fitted red number from the Hobbs NW3 range that she wore on Wednesday for a sizzling knitted black number by Tania, a trendy brown handbag and a large pair of sunglasses.

Pippa was clearly in a great mood, and was all smiles as she first watched Novak Djokovic’s clash with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and then Andy Murray's showdown with Rafael Nadal.

[From The Mail]

So, what does this mean? Theories: One, Pippa and Alex Loudon are still "on" but Pippa gets to spend time with George Percy for whatever reason, and Alex doesn't care. Two, Pippa is openly dating both George and Alex, because the girl likes some diversity. Three, Alex thinks he's the only one, and he thinks that Pippa is merely "friends" with her ex, and that he has nothing to worry about. I don't know which is true, but I do know - I feel it in my heart - that Pippa is pushing this Percy thing, HARD. She wants to be a duchess. And she's being quite bold about it. That's our Uptradey!

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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

LeAnn Rimes tweets about post-dinner ice cream & drumsticks

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:18 AM PDT

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Last night, LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian went out to eat at Nobu in Malibu, which is enough of a paparazzi hotspot where LeAnn knew she would be pap'd. And much like every time she's pap'd these days, LeAnn conveniently provided the "story" to go along with the photos. Shortly after getting pap'd, LeAnn got on her Twitter and captioned the experience: "Great dinner w/ our friends Troy, Elisa, Dave & Liz… I need ice cream!" Then she followed that up with "Drumsticks!!!!!" I don't understand? Did she look down at her own chicken-bone legs and, in an anorexic hallucination, decide that her own bones looked good enough to eat? Is that the meaning behind "Drumsticks!!!!!"? Of course not. LeAnn knows that the only interest people have in her at this point is talking about how unhealthy she looks. It's a constant cycle of photographing her increasingly skinny figure, and then when people say "Um, you don't look healthy," she starts squawking. Rinse and repeat, endlessly.

The reason Eddie and LeAnn look so tan and squinty is because they just back from vacation with Eddie's sons, Eddie's parents, LeAnn's parents, and another family. LeAnn blogged about the whole thing, because she's simply incapable of having a good time without letting everyone know about it. LeAnn wrote, “It was a very special week for us all… It takes a lot for us all to relax and shut off because we all have so many responsibilities, but for this one week, life was easy and perfect. This past week has taught us all in our family to make enjoying more time with each other the first priority in our lives. You never know what tomorrow may bring.” Um…sure. "You never know what tomorrow may bring"??? Eddie's already boning other chicks, right? Surprise! Now you know what tomorrow will bring, LeAnn.

UPDATE: Ah, yes, she might have been talking about those ice cream “drumsticks”. Sorry I wasn’t on top of that - I didn’t even know they still made those things.

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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

Is Gerard Butler looking too tanned and manorexic?

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:59 AM PDT

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Here are some new photos of Gerard Butler out and about last night in Malibu (giving an invisible woman a good spanking?). The photo agency says he's leaving a friend's party… and he's solo! Perhaps he's meeting up with his leggy brunette random later? Perhaps they left separately? It's odd to me that Gerard would simply go home alone. It's impossible, right? Especially now that he's looking so slim and tan and shag-tastic. Look at his hair!!! I've spent the holiday weekend thinking about David Gandy and how I'm so glad that we Americans aren't being oppressed by such gorgeous English dong, and now here's Gerard and his Scottish hotness. I could be oppressed by Gerard all day long. And then some.

Sidenote: I hate to say it, but I kind of miss his moobs. He was looking really unhealthy for a short while, but over the last year, he's really been slimming down and trying to find the hotness again. But now he looks too tan and manorexic. For my tastes.

In other Butler news, Ashley Greene and Jessica Biel are still trying to convince us that they're "dating" Gerard, not that he just hit it and quit it. Meanwhile, he's been spotted with a "mystery female" in Malibu. And no, I'm not in Malibu. Sigh…

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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

Linnocent parties with her family in Malibu for her 25th birthday

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 09:21 AM PDT

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These are photos of Linnocent leaving her birthday party last night. Can you believe this bitch is only 25 years old? With any other set of Linnocent photos from the past few years, I would suggest that she looks about twenty years older than her actual birth date, but even a veteran crackhead-watcher like me has to admit that Linnocent didn't look terrible for her birthday party. Cute little white dress, fresh tan, hair freshly bleached, crazy crack lips somewhat under control… not bad, Linnocent.

Linnocent celebrated her birthday in Malibu, at Geoffrey's, with Ali, Michael Jr and "a few friends". I don't know if Mother Crackhead was there or not, and it would surprise me if Dina wasn't. Isn't this the kind of thing that Dina loves to enable? "Have these ten tequila shots, it's your birthday! Go to the bathroom and do some birthday cocaine!"

According to Radar, Linnocent's crack-hustled part in that Gotti movie is going to have to wait - the whole film production has been pushed back until next year. Poor crackhead! All of that hustling and lying and drinking and smoking, and she doesn't have a job to start right away. Maybe she can use this time to fulfill her community service? She's got hundreds of hours to complete, and something tells me that Linnocent's is going to get tired of it in about a week.

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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

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