| Paul McCartney is getting married with no pre-nup again Posted: 16 Sep 2011 08:14 AM PDT 
It's been reported all week, and now it looks like it's really going to happen - Paul McCartney is set to marry for the third time. His third wife will be American Nancy Shevell, a 51-year-old, once-divorced businesswoman. According to earlier reports, Nancy and Paul plan to tie the knot in "a small, intimate, elegant, classic wedding” in Sussex, England, and then they'll throw a big wedding reception in New York "later on". But! Paul and Nancy just posted a wedding notice in London, so all of those reports might be crap: Paul McCartney is one step closer to saying “I do!” The former Beatle and his bride-to-be, New York City businesswoman Nancy Shevell, have posted a notice announcing their intention to marry in London. Known as a banns, the notice was filed by the couple in person at the Old Marylebone Town Hall in London this week and posted on Wednesday. The venue — that has four rooms that can seat 20-100 guests — is the same one that McCartney, 69, chose to wed his late wife Linda in 1969. Paul and Linda’s daughter, Mary, also chose the venue to get hitched last year. “It will be a small, intimate wedding,” a source tells Us Weekly of McCartney’s wedding to Shevell, 51, which will be his third. “It’s going to be very elegant and classic.” Following a 16-day waiting period, McCartney and Shevell — who announced their engagement in April — can legally tie the knot on or after September 30.
[From Us Weekly] So it's not happening this weekend, alas. This will be Paul's third marriage, after his first marriage to Linda, who died in 1998, and his second marriage to Heather Mills, which ended in divorce in 2002. Heather reported got a $35 million payoff/settlement, which she blew through very quickly, reportedly. As for Nancy… she's supposed to be very wealthy on her own, and Paul is showering her with gifts too. Her engagement ring cost $650,000, and Paul is so convinced that Nancy isn't interested in his money that he's reportedly eschewed a prenup: [Paul McCartney is] reportedly rebuffing a prenuptial agreement. Shevell's own wealth is only part of the reason McCartney is eschewing a prenup, Popeater's Rob Shuter told ABCNews.com. "Paul is saying, 'This girl is not Heather,'" he said. "She's a very, very different lady than Heather Mills," Shuter said. "She's incredibly wealthy and successful in her own right."
[From ABC News] We'll see. I mean, it's obvious that Nancy isn't a Heather Mills-type, but who knows? So far, Nancy has seemed discreet and elegant, and I suspect she'll be the perfect trophy wife/companion to Paul. Since I have Showtime, I keep watching the documentary Paul did called The Love You Make, all about Paul putting together the 9/11 concert back in 2001. Paul's general character surprised me - he comes across as a very nice man, of course, but what surprised me was his incredible focus, and his incredible memory. You'd think that with all of the drugs he took in 1960s, he wouldn't be able to remember anything from that period, but the word "encyclopedic" kept popping up in my mind while I watched him. Anyway, I get the feeling that Paul just wants a woman who will be his friend, someone he can talk to, and be his companion at this point. I hope Nancy is good to him. 
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| Brad Pitt backtracks: “It is not that Jen was dull, but…” Posted: 16 Sep 2011 08:09 AM PDT 
There are a lot of people (Anistonloonies) who are still upset about Brad Pitt's interview in this Sunday's Parade Magazine. It seems that SEVEN YEARS LATER, Brad still isn't allowed to talk about HIS issues in his marriage to Jennifer Aniston and why he's so much happier and more fulfilled in his partnership with Angelina Jolie. I have many theories as to why Brad said what he said and why Aniston's fan girls are screaming and yelling about his comments. But that's a conversation for another time, and I think the 400+ comments on that post are evidence enough that The Unholy, Uncool, Bermuda Triangle of Tabloid Ridiculousness is still obscenely relevant. To review, these are the relevant quotes from Brad: "I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony. I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself," he continues. "I think that my marriage had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't." "I put much more emphasis on being a satisfied man. I'm satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much. A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. … That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all." "One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom," he tells Parade. "She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her."
[From Parade] I still don't understand why people (Anistonloonies) think Brad was making this all about Jennifer. His words were chosen with surprising care, and talk about his own "pathetic" feelings. However, Brad must have figured out that his comments were creating a backlash amongst *some* people. So he issued a carefully-worded back-track: “It grieves me that this was interpreted this way. Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself — and that, I am responsible for,” Pitt said in the statement.
[From Reuters] …And now I respect Brad less because he defended Aniston's "not dull" honor. He should have just let the comments stay out there, without any hedging. Granted, I think he's just clarifying something that I already felt - it wasn't an attack on Aniston, but just his description of where HE was emotionally at a certain point in time. …Or is Brad's hedge so carefully worded that it's just going to add more fuel to the Anistonloonie flame-war? If you really parse it, "The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself — and that, I am responsible for" - that's not really a denial that Aniston is dull and uninteresting (and vapid and superficial, IMO), Brad is just saying that calling Aniston dull was not his original intention. It's not a specific denial that she is, in fact, dull. Of course, the whole "Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend" part is sure to appease the Anistonloonies somewhat. Go ahead and yell at me. Just know that personally, I wish Brad would shop giving a crap about his ex-wife and her fanbase. I wish he would just step up and really voice a passionate defense of Angelina, beyond the fact that she's the mother of his six children. Even though the Parade comments were from Brad, talking about HIS issues, so many people dragged Angelina into their scorching insults like she was the one who made the remarks - and that always happens. I'd like to see Brad step in just once and act as a human shield for all of the crap that's thrown on Angelina. I thought that the Parade interview was a step in the right direction, but with this new hedge, I'm kind of pissed at Brad. 
Photos courtesy of Parade, WENN.
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| Linnocent is a drink-throwing, bystander-punching crackhead Posted: 16 Sep 2011 08:05 AM PDT 
As many of you pointed out on yesterday's Linnocent post, Linnocent was a drunken, cracked-out mess at a party for V Magazine on Wednesday night. The basic gist of the story was that photographer Jasper Rischen was photographing inside the event, as he had been hired to do by V Magazine, probably for a feature in the magazine's next issue. When Rischen took a photo of or near The Cracken and Mother Crackhead, Linnocent threw a cocktail at Rischen. He tweeted all about it, writing, "Wow. Lindsay Lohan is as trashy as they always say. She threw drinks and glasses to me as we tried to take a shot for @vmagazine." And then he called her a C-U-Next-Tuesday. Then, responding to a Linnocent defender, he tweeted: "Youre right, sorry for the c-word. But I’ve never seen such a hostile group in a club before than Lindsay and her friends…I used to always like the girl, without having met, and thought the press overreacted. But she’s simply looking for trouble." Then he just went all out after getting some nasty tweets, and he put this photo up with the message, "This is when LiLo just threw her drink at me and @CPXSanders. Don’t her friends look lovely": 
Mother Crackhead just sits there, looking at Linnocent like a puppy looks at another puppy who has just snorted a big line of coke. My absolute favorite thing in the world is this report from New York Magazine about the incident. I adore the added insult of Linnocent "sucker-punching" a bystander. "MOVE THAT PERSON, I'M LINDSAY LOHAN." Lindsay Lohan continued on her path of Fashion Week mayhem at last night’s V Magazine Black and White Ball at the Top of the Standard. The crowd (which included Alexander Wang, Carine Roitfeld, and Rachel Zoe) seemed to be in good spirits, when Lohan, without warning, rose from a banquette in a sunken section of the club (where she was sitting with her swashbuckling compatriot from Cynthia Rowley’s show) and sent a drink — still in its glass — sailing over the wall and directly at a cocktail waitress. After the waitress cleaned herself up, she told The Cut that the soaking had been a case of poor aim. After tossing the glass, Lohan yelled to the waitress, "Not you, him!" indicating a nearby man in a white T-shirt. From there Lohan, accompanied by Rowley and the ill-mannered pirate, nibbled on French fries (she threw those, too) and refused to speak to reporters. She then moved her group to another section of the bar, sucker-punching a seemingly innocent bystander as she walked past. Just when it seemed things couldn't get stranger, the lights came on and the music went off. "She's bleeding!" yelled a man at the bar. Medics surrounded a brunette woman, lying with her black sheer-stocking-ed legs elevated on a white leather couch, adjacent to where Lohan had been sitting. When they lifted her up to place her on a stretcher, the back of her black dress was soaked in blood. Broken glass, a security guard confirmed after she had been rolled out. By then, the crowd had thinned out.
[From New York Magazine] Yep. Sounds about right. Don't you imagine that this is what it's like to party with Linnocent every night? Every night, crack drama and thrown glasses and blood everywhere and camera flashes. So, so… ugh. She's just ridiculous. Oh, and here’s Page Six’s version of events: It was a bloodbath at the Top of the Standard when a Fashion Week partygoer fell on broken glass minutes after Lindsay Lohan pitched a drink at a photographer. A female guest at the V magazine party in the hotel's Boom Boom Room on Wednesday night fell onto a table as Carine Roitfeld, Mario Testino, Linda Evangelista, Mary-Kate Olsen, Courtney Love, Alexander Wang, Rose McGowan and Usher partied on. Multiple witnesses told us that the woman fell from a flight of steps near Lohan's table. Her tumble caused glass to shatter and cut her arm. A witness told us: "There was so much blood spurting, it was like a horror movie. The party was packed and blood was spurting onto people's clothes. Paramedics were called, but they took more than 20 minutes to get there, and a friend held the girl's arm to try to stop the bleeding." The music was turned down and the lights were turned on as staffers tended to the unidentified victim, whom we're told is OK. Lohan, partying with her mom, Dina caused a stir moments before by throwing a drink at a guest who tried to get a picture. Photographer Jaspin Rischen said on Twitter: "Wow. Lindsay Lohan is as trashy as they always say. She threw drinks and glasses to me as we tried to take a shot for @vmagazine. [bleep]" But a Lohan rep said, "Lindsay did not throw anything at anyone, plain and simple. Making up stories about Lindsay has become a pastime for many people." Lohan then headed to the Electric Room at the Dream Downtown. Once there, she threw a drink at photographer Todd Eberle, which landed on his laptop. Eberle confirmed the incident, telling us with sarcasm, "I'm thrilled to be a part of Ms. Lohan's colorful history!"
[From Page Six] OMG. "Lindsay did not throw anything at anyone, plain and simple. Making up stories about Lindsay has become a pastime for many people." EVERYBODY SAW HER. Everybody saw her throw the glass. But who are you going to believe, The Cracken or the lying eyes of more than a dozen less-cracked-out witness? And in case you get the impression that Linnocent was simply not in the mood for ANY photos, you're wrong. She posed by a zebra, looking especially crackie, at the same party. 
Photos courtesy of Fame.
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| January Jones gives birth to son, Xander Dane Jones Posted: 16 Sep 2011 07:59 AM PDT 
The best living blind item of the year has come to its logical fruition. January Jones gave birth on Tuesday to a healthy baby boy. She named her son Xander Dane Jones. Xander because… she got knocked up while doing X-Men: First Class, so she thought she'd give her baby an X-name? If she'd gotten pregnant by someone on the set of Mad Men, she'd probably have named the kid Maddox or Madison or MadMenlina. So let's get through the basics first: And baby makes two. Mad Men star January Jones welcomed her first child on Tuesday, her rep confirms to PEOPLE. Son Xander Dane Jones and the new mom are “doing great,” the rep says. Jones, 33, chose to keep the sex of her baby under wraps, remarking “it’s going to be a surprise for me” during a June interview. The actress announced the pregnancy in April. A source told PEOPLE at the time, “She's really looking forward to this new chapter in her life as a single mom.”
[From People] Congrats to January and little Xander, and may they stay happy and healthy for a long time. January was spotted and photographed on a nearly daily basis, mostly coming in and going out of prenatal yoga, so I bet the birth was probably pretty easy for her. Now, shall we talk about paternity? Why not? I feel like January is acknowledging that she got knocked up by *someone* on X-Men: First Class because she chose this odd X-name. In the past, I guessed everyone from James McAvoy to Michael Fassbender to Olivier Platt (I still have my fingers crossed for Platt) to Kevin Bacon. But really, the father is ALLEGEDLY Matthew Vaughn. That's what all of the theorizing and pondering and blind items and reports led up to: Matthew Vaughn ALLEGEDLY cheated on his wife Claudia Schiffer and ALLEGEDLY got January pregnant with her little X-baby. I seriously hope Vaughn is shelling out some hush money too. Allegedly. 
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame.
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| Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux are pap’d in NYC leaving “their apartment” Posted: 16 Sep 2011 07:59 AM PDT 
COINCIDENCE?!? Probably. On the same day that Brad Pitt's "OMG, Jennifer Aniston is such a dull bitch" comments (except he didn't really say that, but whatevs), Jennifer Aniston stepped out with her man friend Justin Theroux in New York City, headed out to eat at Il Mulino. Pacific Coast News notes that they were "spotted leaving their apartment in NYC." Hm, THEIR apartment? You mean the apartment that Jennifer Aniston bought when Justin was still with his girlfriend of 14 years? That apartment? Whether this coupled-up outing was a strategic photo op or whether they just got pap'd as they were going about their business, I don't know. I have noticed that the photo-ops with Jen and Justin have simmered down in the past month or so - they've still been photographed together, but it hasn't been happening with such frequency. So… I don't know. I think they're for real, though. I think Jennifer and Justin are loved up, and they seem happy. Should I say anything about Jennifer's outfit? No. I should not. I will say that it looks like she might need to go up a size in bras…? I feel like her boobs are exploding out of that see-through blouse. Also: Aniston was at Bloomingdale's last night to support twin sisters Nina and Clare Hallworth, who were launching their Hoyle Jackson line. According to USA Today, "The twins have styled the actress for more than 15 years." Seriously? Like, styled her… wardrobes for film and television? Because on the red carpet, I don't think she's ever worn their stuff. Maybe they're costumers, though. PS… You know how I have a thing for great profiles? Justin Theroux has a GREAT profile. His profile is better than his full-on face. 
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.
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| Uma Thurman in Calvin Klein for NYFW: bumpy, fug or cute? Posted: 16 Sep 2011 07:57 AM PDT 
I haven't written anything about Uma Thurman since her giant fashion show at the Cannes Film Festival in May. I swear, she was two seconds away from letting Jude Law get her pregnant. Ha! Like any woman can "allow" Jude to knock her up. It just happens! He looks at you and BAM - you're pregnant. Anyway, these are new photos of Uma at the Calvin Klein show during NYFW yesterday. I'm assuming the dress is Calvin Klein, but I don't know about the jacket. Now, as I've been mistaken many times before, I don't know what to say about the phantom bump I'm seeing on Uma's mid-section in these photos. In some pics, I swear she looks knocked up. In others, you can see that the dress just isn't flattering, I think? Anyway, since I've made the Bump Watch mistake on Uma before, I'm not calling it this time. I don't think she's pregnant. I think it's just a weird dress and the fact that Uma eats real food. And beyond the weird bunching at the waist, how ugly are the shoulders on this dress? 
By the way, if you want to see some really terrible/awesome photos of Uma, go here to INF Daily. Uma even has a pack of cigarettes tucked into her bra. CLASSY. Last thing - Uma's ex-husband Ethan Hawke has an interview in the new issue of Details. It's a great piece all-around, and I might write about it later. Go here to read it for now - but there's one part I wanted to excerpt: DETAILS: You and Uma Thurman divorced in 2004. Were there benefits to marrying another actor?
Ethan Hawke: The upside is that they relate to all your problems. The downside is both partners can put their professional ambition at the forefront. For two people who are used to getting what they want, to being idolized by the opposite sex, you can’t expect them to naturally figure out how to be in this enlightened state and create a home. Uma and I were, like, 26 when we met. We were both, like, little stars of our world. I think we did a damn fine job of trying to love each other and raise our two kids.
[From Details] That's an interesting take on their marriage, considering it was widely rumored that HE was screwing around with various women. They were both too full of themselves to make the marriage work! I eagerly await 400+ comments about how rude and disrespectful Ethan is being to Uma. 
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame.
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| Joe Manganiello and his fiance break up, he’s spotted out with Rose McGowan Posted: 16 Sep 2011 07:50 AM PDT 
Kaiser sent me this lead yesterday and I just kind of shrugged and ignored it for a while. Joe Manganiello used to be a crush of mine, until he opened his mouth and words fell out, pretty much. He’s hot enough on True Blood and is super beefy and all, but after reading his “25 Things You Don’t Know About” I was completely over him. If you don’t remember it or missed it, you should read it for a laugh. It was worse than Scott Disick’s 25 Things, truly, and included diddies like “I shaved my head twice and got my front teeth pulled out for stage roles in college,” “I won third place in a chess tournament when I was 6,” and “I made the junior Olympic volleyball team when I was 16.” So after that I found him self-obsessed, braggy and dull. His appearances on True Blood this season kind of brought it home for me, and his “acting” seems wooden and one dimensional.
Anyway Joe broke up with his fiance, and for some of you that might be good news. I don’t care if he’s single, but I wouldn’t want to spent a half hour talking to him either. (Screwing him, maybe, but only if I was very drunk.) Oh and he was spotted out chatting up Rose McGowan. She’s perfect for him. True Blood’s Joe Mangeniello and fiancee Audra Marie have called it quits, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly. “It’s totally over,” one pal says. Adds another insider: “It was a long time coming. They’ll both be better off for it.” Manganiello’s rep does not comment on his personal life. After about a year and a half of dating, the hunky star, 34, and the model-actress announced their engagement in October 2010; he popped the question during a vacation in Italy. At the time, Manganiello gushed to E! News of his love: “I always dreamed of finding someone who is beautiful and sweet, equal parts. And I did. From there she’s just unbelievably understanding and compassionate and patient from all the craziness that comes from this job and lifestyle.” But by spring 2011, a source close to the actor noted he “refused” to set a wedding date. “He [went] completely quiet about discussing wedding details,” the source said. As his then bride-to-be forged ahead with choosing her wedding dress, her bridal party and even her gift registry, “He [was] clearly having reservations.” Manganellio hasn’t exactly gone into hiding in the wake of the split. On Monday Sept. 12, he hit the W Hotels’ Fashion Next bash for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week — where he and actress Rose McGowan sat and chatted together for a while and sipped champagne. “I was surprised how long they chatted for,” an onlooker says.
[From US Weekly] At least he said sweet things about his girlfriend while they were together, that’s something. I used to be a fangirl, judging from this earlier article I wrote about his engagement. So I decided to watch some random interviews with him to see if I was judging him too harshly. In this interview, the one below, he seems decent and funny. In anther interview he’s flirting with the interviewer and seems really full of himself. In the decent interview he’s in his hometown of Pittsburgh with his fiance, Audra. Around 2:30 she comes on and he talks about how he proposed in Italy. She shows her ring around 3:40. She seems to bring out the best in him, so I guess it’s sad. He’s probably thrilled to be able to play the field now though. You know he thinks he’s hot sh*t, unlike Alex Skarsgard, who remains somewhat humble about his ethereally good looks. Joe and Audra (who just split up) describe how they met around 3:40. It was at the Superbowl in 2009. He actually loved True Blood and werewolves well before he was offered the part of Alcide.
Joe and Audra are shown in the header in April of this year and in the other photos in January. Credit: WENN.com  |
| Evan Rachel Wood talks George Clooney, Marilyn Manson & Jamie Bell Posted: 16 Sep 2011 07:39 AM PDT 
Evan Rachel Wood has a very interesting interview in the new issue of Marie Claire (the one with Reese on the cover). ERW is promoting The Ides of March, which comes out very soon. I know some of you don't like her, but… she's growing on me. I think she was thrown into a level of fame at a very young age, and she's grown up to be a relatively well-adjusted young woman. Part of my high opinion of her comes from her sheer talent - she's one of the few actresses in their early 20s making a serious mark. I could see Evan as an Oscar contender at some point (very soon). Anyway, here are some highlights from Marie Claire's piece: George Clooney the actor or George Clooney the director — which do you prefer?
He’s amazing as both. Quite honestly, I wish every movie I worked on was a George Clooney movie — him directing, that is. It was a stupid amount of fun. How so?
He just surrounds himself with really great, smart, laid-back funny people with good energy. He loved to keep the camera rolling when we didn’t know it was on. I’m pretty sure he has me dancing to Justin Bieber on film. We were playing around and joking with Ryan [Gosling] off-camera and started doing this dance. It got really quiet, then George poked his head around the corner and said, “Enjoy the DVD!” Are you saying you’re a Justin Bieber fan?
Yes, that I am. I saw the movie [Never Say Never], and that’s what did it. I ended up seeing it three times — in the theaters. One of those times was the director’s cut, I’m not even kidding. I got obsessed with the kid. It’s going to be weird if I ever meet him. He’s brought so much joy to my life. In Ides of March you join an enviable group of ladies who’ve gotten to make out with Ryan Gosling. Is it really as great as we all imagine?
Yeah, it was awesome. We had fun. Ryan’s amazing because he has this way about him that’s incredibly attractive, not just in a sexy way but he’s smart, he’s cool, he’s talented, he’s really creative, and he has this mysterious quality to him that drives people crazy. So yeah, it wasn’t a hard day at work. Your character is very sexually forward for an intern.
I swear to God I was channeling George a little bit in those moments. He has a very calm, quiet, direct way about him, and I think that’s what he wanted for the character. Just very in control. Let’s talk about Broadway’s Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark. You were supposed to play Mary Jane under the direction of your friend Julie Taymor. Has it been hard to watch her get dragged through the mud?
I don’t think it’s fair from where I’m standing, but I don’t know the whole story since I wasn’t there. I’d been attached to it for years, and I was missing out on jobs because I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I finally just had to say, 'I’ve got to take a job!’ But Julie’s vision is amazing and the things about her in the show are incredible. Visually, it’s brilliant. When you were with Marilyn Manson, did you actually call him Marilyn?
No, I called him Manson. Or just Babe. Did you ever say, 'Hey, babe, maybe all eyes can be on me for once — can’t I be the one to stand out?’
No. I think that would be impossible to do anyway. I don’t like eyes on me, so I was fine giving that up. Are you glad you didn’t go through with the marriage?
I am glad — for both of us. We both have a lot more growing to do. I don’t think it would’ve been right, but I am glad that we were engaged. I think we needed to make a statement to each other that it was legit. So that was good. Since then you’ve come out as being bisexual.
Yeah, that’s a big part of who I am, and it always has been for as long as I can remember. I can’t say I’m one way or the other because I’ve honestly fallen in love with a man and I’ve honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don’t know how you label that, it’s just how it is. Have you had a serious relationship with a woman?
Yes. And it was wonderful. I mean, it was terrifying at first. Not because I thought it was wrong but just because I was intimidated by women. It’s a totally different arena! The approach is completely different than it is with a man but I finally let myself say, “You’ve got to go for this. It’s in you and it’s not going away.” And it was wonderful. You were photographed seeing the show with your ex Jamie Bell. Does that mean you two are back on?
I mean, I’ve got his initial tattooed on my ankle, so… You’ve got a lot of tattoos, though!
Yeah, I seriously have to count sometimes. I think I want to get the one on my ankle removed because it’s huge! It’s technically my first tattoo, which is always the worst one. It’s like the first pancake. The bad news is you can’t throw it out.
[From Marie Claire] There's some Angelina Jolie happening here, right? It's not just my imagination? The tattoos, the inappropriate relationships, the bisexuality, the confessional interviews… it's very Jolie. About being with Jamie Bell - they were just recently pap'd together in Venice Beach. I like Jamie a lot (he's in the Fassbender Jane Eyre!), but they both look kind of crackie in this photo. Hopefully Jamie is a nice boy, though. Nicer than Marilyn Manson, in any case. 
Photos courtesy of WENN, PCN and Marie Claire.
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| Mike Tindall has already been caught cheating on his wife Zara Phillips Posted: 16 Sep 2011 06:34 AM PDT 
Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall just got married this summer, back in July. It was the second "royal wedding" in the House of Windsor in 2011, but Zara and Mike didn't go all out like Kate Middleton and Prince William. No, Zara and Mike did their thing in Scotland, and reportedly, it was just one big liquor-soaked, lovefest party. Zara is the daughter of Princess Anne and Captain Phillips, by the way - she is the Queen's granddaughter, and reportedly, one of the Queen's favorite people. Mike is a rugby captain, and up until now, he's just seemed like a nice bloke. Not particularly deep or anything, but like a nice guy. My opinion of him is changing, though. There's a scandal brewing, and it involves Mike getting extra friendly with a random. You can see photos (video screencaps) here, at the Mail, and here's the basic gist: England rugby captain Mike Tindall, the newest ‘member’ of the extended Royal Family, DID cuddle a beautiful blonde in a nightclub - and there’s 12 embarrassing minutes of security camera footage to prove it. The CCTV clip emerged today as the England team rallied behind their captain and the boss of a nightclub softened his earlier denials of a ‘Tindall grope’ by admitting that it could have happened without him or his staff seeing it. The footage shows a buxom, long-haired blonde holding the back of Tindall’s shaven head and seemingly pulling his face down towards her bosom in the dim lighting of a New Zealand nightclub on a rowdy night out during the World Cup. She also has her lips very close to his head as he bows forward. Other parts of the video show Tindall with his left arm around the woman, who has her back to the camera, and they appear to be kissing. The footage was released by a man who claims to be a bouncer. Facing the camera as he ‘presents’ the video, he criticises the England captain for his ‘unbecoming’ behaviour, adding that he ‘felt’ for the Queen and Tindall’s bride of six weeks, Zara. The video shows Tindall talking animatedly with the blonde at the bar and she then has a drink before leaning forward to kiss Tindall. The pair are then joined by a brunette who also moves in very close to the rugby star, her hands running up and down the sides of his body. Outside the club, another security camera catches the couple embracing one another and later she is with a group, including Tindall, who leave the doorway and walk away out of sight of the camera. Alarm bells went off when the CCTV footage was posted on YouTube today by ‘pinksnz’ and shortly after word got around that it showed the newly-married captain in the arms of a party girl it was removed from the social networking site. But by then the evidence had been revealed. The England club management had issued a soft denial after claims of Tindall’s flirtatious behaviour were first aired, with a spokesman insisting that ‘like all the lads, he plays for England with a massive amount of passion and he was relaxing after a tough match’, against Argentina, which England won. Despite captaining England in their opening pool B victory, Tindall will not play in Sunday’s clash against Georgia in Dunedin, though it is unclear if he has been dropped or is merely being rested against weaker opposition. After Saturday’s game, the team made their way to the Altitude night club in the South Island lakeside town of Queenstown. Part of the night’s entertainment was a dwarf-racing competition in which a team of ‘little people’ raced across the bar with bungy cords around their waists to see who could complete the ‘course’ the fastest. Drinks flowed and, according to one Facebook post from Lewis Norman, the England players were ‘legends rocking it.’ The damaging video footage, which flies in the face of denials from the England team, its management, and the Altititude Club that anything untoward had gone on between Tindall and the mystery blonde woman, was introduced by a man who said he was a bouncer. In a gruff voice, he attacked Tindall for what he said was his ‘unbecoming behaviour’. The un-named man said that no-one was going to make a cent out of the video but he was posting it so that people could make up their own minds about what they saw and could pass their own judgement. ‘Mr Tindall,’ said the bouncer, interrupting the playing of the video showing Tindall and the blonde at the bar, ‘your behaviour was that of someone unbecoming, especially to someone such as the Queen and Zara Philips. I do feel for them. Mr Tindall, let me give you a word - in my country it means your word completely, you don’t break it for anyone. You gave your word to God, Queen and country.’ Miss Phillips – or Mrs Tindall as she now prefers to be known in private – declined to comment on the allegations yesterday. The former world champion three-day eventer, who has high hopes of representing her country in next year's Olympics, was competing in Ireland and will not return to the home the couple share in Cheltenham next week. But her spokesman confirmed that she would still travel as planned to New Zealand to see her husband mid-way through the tournament. Sources say she is expected in two weeks' time. The feisty 30-year-old has discussed the incident with Tindall in an emotional telephone call, although she is understood to be standing by him. 'Zara is like her mother – outspoken, fiery and very, very feisty. She adores Mike but won't take this lying down and will no doubt feel utterly humiliated by what has happened,' said a source. The couple decided to put off having a honeymoon for a year or more due to their respective sporting commitments, particularly this month's Rugby World Cup.
[From The Mail] So… it's not like Mike was boning this "buxom blonde" in the club, and no one is really saying anything about what happened after Mike left the club (like, did he go back to the hotel alone?), but still. Making out with some chick, motor boating her in the club, all while you're still a newlywed? Trashy. Bad form. That being said, I think the bouncer who "revealed" this information has a stick up his bum. Yes, Mike let down Queen and country! But mostly he just fooled around on his poor wife. Poor Z. 
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| Emily Deschanel plans hypnobirth, remains vegan during pregnancy Posted: 16 Sep 2011 06:32 AM PDT 
It seems like Emily Deschanel, 34, has been pregnant for an awfully long time. Like I even forgot that she was pregnant we haven’t heard from her in so long, and it seems like she was far along the last time we heard anything about her. The Bones star has a new interview in Fit Pregnancy, where she reveals her birth plan and how she’s been exercising and eating healthy during her first pregnancy. Emily last made headlines for revealing that she’s eating vegan during her pregnancy. She explained to Fit Pregnancy how she’s getting enough nutrients and protein, and it sounds like she has it all under control.
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We hear that your pregnancy is being written into the show
Yes, it will be revealed that I’m pregnant and that it is Booth’s child. So now we are living .together, trying to figure it all out - the couple thing, the parents thing - and how it will affect our working relationship. What has been most challenging for you?
The fatigue is the hardest part. We work 14 to 16 hour days and, for the first trimester, we weren’t telling people about the pregnancy, so it was hard. Now it’s just things like putting on shoes, getting up off the ground. It’s comical. You’re a committed vegan. Has keeping up that way of eating been a challenge?
I don’t think it’s any more challenging for me than for anyone else. You have to make sure you get all those essential nutrients. The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin b12, and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement. I’ve increased my protein intake with beans and brown rice, and shakes made with almond milk and hemp powder. The funny this is, I love kale and always used to put it in my breakfast shakes, but for some reason I can’t stand it right now. Any cravings?
Lemonade! I want it all the time. That and grapefruit. Those cravings I indulge. But I also crave chocolate all the time, and I try to ignore that. What kind of prenatal exercise do you do?
I’m still Spinning and doing yoga - right now it’s a prenatal yoga DVD I do at home - but I really love classes. I like the music and the motivation you get from the people in class with you. And I’m walking a lot these days. How do you plan to balance motherhood with your busy life?
I have no idea, but I’m lucky because I’ll have a nanny and I’ll also be able to bring the baby to work. Otherwise I’d never seen him or her. [The couple is not revealing the baby's gender before the birth? Will you breastfeed?
Absolutely, for a year, maybe longer. I'm a total hippie, so we will co-sleep and breastfeed. My mom breastfed me for more than a year, and I can't imagine doing it any other way. It's cheap and much better for the environment, and you don't have to lug all that stuff around. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but I'm determined, even if it's hard at first. What are your plans for the birth?
We've been taking HypnoBirthing classes, and I plan to do that. David will be with me, and also a doula.
[From Fit Pregnancy, print edition, via ONTD] I’ve mentioned before that I did a hypnobirth at a birth center. ONTD ran this story with the caption “Emily's doing a hypnobirth with only her husband and a doula!” but she didn’t say that, just that she would have a doula there. A doula doesn’t deliver the baby, their role is to be like a coach to the mom while the midwife or doctor does the delivery. We hired a doula when I had my son (my only kid). I assume Emily will be using a birth center, although she could be planning a homebirth (I didn’t use a birth center for some noble reason, I just fear hospitals and have had bad reactions to medication. Everyone should do their own thing when it comes to having their babies.) I will say that it was way harder than I thought it would be, but that I really didn’t need the doula. It was kind of a waste of money to hire her since there was a midwife and my husband was there with me. I’m not a huge Bones fan and don’t watch a lot of crime-type shows (like Kaiser!), but I get why people like Emily. She seems like a very nice person. She’s into natural living and is a vegan, but she’s not preachy about it at all and is even a little self deprecating. She even admits that she’ll have a nanny. I bet she’s due soon and we’ll be hearing about her new baby any day now! 
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