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Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy issue isn’t selling: “No one has bought it”
Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa files for divorce after Kobe’s alleged infidelities
Helen Mirren shows off her 66-year-old hourglass figure in Berlin: sexy & amazing?
Scarlett Johansson complains about ‘ScarJo’ moniker: “It’s a laziness”

Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy issue isn’t selling: “No one has bought it”

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 08:37 AM PST

I just went looking for all of those "leaked" images from Lindsay Lohan's Playboy pictorial, and I found that almost every site had gotten a take-down notice, probably accompanied with threats from lawyers. So I won't link to the "leaked" pictorial – we all remember what it looked like, right? The surprisingly good boobs, the Photoshopped "pointy" ass, the general sketchiness and budget-ness of the images. We remember. How could we forget? Anyway, it seems that once everyone looked at the photos, no one really cared enough to seek them out again in the form of the actual magazine. Yes, LL's Playboy isn't selling. Which is kind of awesome.

Amidst the holiday melee, shoppers aren't rushing to pick up their copy of the much-talked about Lindsay Lohan issue of Playboy this week.

It was one thing to see Lohan's nude Playboy spread when it was leaked on the Internet last week. It's another experience entirely to see the 10 pages of photos in person in the magazine, which hit newsstands Friday.

But not many consumers are paying for that experience. In fact, interest seems low in seeing Lohan's intensely air-brushed impersonation of Marilyn Monroe in glossy print. Fox411 spent Friday morning trolling the shelves of newsstands and gas stations from New York to Philadelphia only to be confronted with the same reality at each: Lohan's glassy-eyed stare peaking above the backs of more family friendly fare, with no one staring back or making a purchase.

"No one has bought it," was the resounding answer to our query at each stop.

It shouldn't come as a surprise. Once the photos were leaked, the response to the spread, for which Playboy paid a reported $1 million, were lukewarm across the board.

"I’m not surprised at all. Despite Playboy’s hype, there was nothing particularly shocking or new about this shoot. While these shots may have been slightly closer to full frontal than Lindsay’s previous shots, they weren’t actually full frontal; there was also nothing particularly new about Lindsay dressing up as Marilyn Monroe," says Lux Alptraum, editor of Fleshbot.com.

"I thought the shots were really boring and didn’t really live up to the promises Playboy had made,” Alptraum added. “If they’d actually gotten full frontal shots of Lindsay, or come up with a fresher, more interesting concept, there might have been more demand for the photos."

In an exclusive interview with E! News Hugh Hefner himself admitted that he originally had doubts about including Lohan in the magazine and putting her on the cover.

"It really came as a surprise to me,” Hefner told E! “I kind of had mixed emotions about it initially, and then it turned into something bigger than life. “I wasn’t quite sure where she was at in her life, obviously. It depends on whether it’s Tuesday or Thursday.”

The Lohan pictorial was leaked online last week after a hacker found the pictures on a shared computer server. The leak spooked the magazine, which decided to move up their publication date and release the pictures on their own site to try to maximize sales in the wake of the leak.

“Because of the interest & the Internet leak, we’re releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early,” Hef himself tweeted. Playboy reportedly printed thousands of extra copies of the magazine in anticipation of a rush on it.

The entire roll-out for the Lohan Playboy spread has been mired in disaster. After a travel snafu this week, Lohan was unable to make it back from a Hawaiian vacation in order to do her single interview for the shoot with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. And now that the magazine has hit newsstands without a ton of fan fare, it appears Lohan won't be giving any interviews about the spread.

Playboy did not return e-mails for comment on the pace of sales since the issue hit stands.

[From Fox News]

Hef said, "I wasn’t quite sure where she was at in her life, obviously. It depends on whether it’s Tuesday or Thursday." He continued, "It depends on whether she needs money, or if she's just come back from an international call girl tour. It depends on how much coke she snorted during the all-nighter. It depends on whether she's been main-lining moonshine."

But really, I'm just thankful that the public response to the pictorial was "meh." It really was a disaster of a photo shoot, which makes sense, because LL is a disaster of a crackie. Now, if Playboy publishes the un-Photoshopped images at some point… those might sell. Just because people like to be grossed out.

Here are some photos of LL doing some "Christmas shopping" at Yves Saint Laurent on Friday:

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa files for divorce after Kobe’s alleged infidelities

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 08:26 AM PST

Don't make me talk about sports or athletes. I'm completely out of my depth when it comes to athlete gossip and the like – I just don't pay attention to any of it. But! I did pay attention in 2003, when Kobe Bryant was accused of rape, and I remember the press conference he gave with his wife Vanessa and I remember the purple diamond ring – the so-called "apology ring" – the one Kobe gave Vanessa two seconds after he claimed that he didn't rape a 19-year-old hotel employee, he just had sex with her. Vanessa stuck by him them, but for a lot of people, Kobe was no longer the golden boy of basketball. So what's going to happen now that Vanessa has filed for divorce, and it's looking like Kobe is about to be Tiger Wood'd?

Kobe Bryant, it seems, is soon to be a free agent. The Los Angeles Lakers star’s wife of 10 years, Vanessa, filed for divorce Friday in Orange County, Calif., a source confirms to PEOPLE. Vanessa cites irreconcilable differences, and is seeking spousal support and shared custody of their two daughters, Natalia Diamante Bryant, 8, and Gianna Maria-Onore, 5.

Bryant, 33, and his soon-to-be ex-wife, 29, married in April 2001, when Bryant was just 22 and she was 18.

The couple released a statement to The Insider’s Kevin Frazier saying, “The couple say “We ask that in the interest of our young children and in light of the upcoming holiday season, the public respect our privacy during this most difficult time.”

In 2003, they weathered a public scandal after Bryant was charged with allegedly raping a 19-year-old Colorado resort employee. The charges were eventually dropped after the accuser refused to testify. The case settled out of court.

Just days after Bryant was charged, his wife was seen sporting an 8-carat purple diamond ring worth about $4 million, which many interpreted as a apologetic gesture to her.

“I sit here in front of you guys, furious at myself, disgusted at myself for making the mistake of adultery,” Bryant said in a press conference in July of that year. “And I love my wife with all my heart.”

[From People]

Apparently, Kobe doesn't have a prenup – although I don't think it would matter because "10 years" is the magic number in California, isn't it? After 10 years, everything is community property and Vanessa automatically gets half? TMZ reports that Kobe has already moved out their "sprawling" Newport Coast mansion and Vanessa is staying put. For why? Why is Kobe acting guilty? Because he likely is guilty of a lot of Tiger Woods-style whorin'. TMZ also reports:

Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa caught the NBA star “very recently” in the latest act of infidelity, and that is why she filed for divorce … sources directly connected with the couple tell TMZ.

Our sources would not tell us how Vanessa caught Kobe, but we do know it was NOT through text messages a la Tiger Woods.

We’re told Vanessa had caught Kobe with “multiple women” over the years … but his latest affair was the straw that broke the camel’s back … and she felt she needed to finally end the marriage.

What’s ironic … is that Vanessa still loves Kobe — but she just can’t stand his infidelities anymore.

[From TMZ]

Radar is more specific – their sources claim that Kobe has been having an affair with one of Kim Kardashian's close friends, a girl named Carla DiBello. Carla is also a producer on Keeping Up With the Kardashians too. You can read more about her here – she actually does NOT sound like "just some bimbo" and Carla and Kobe have allegedly been "close" for the past few years. So… it's interesting.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Helen Mirren shows off her 66-year-old hourglass figure in Berlin: sexy & amazing?

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 08:04 AM PST

Here are some photos of Helen Mirren and her crazy awesome figure in Berlin, Germany. Helen attended a charity gala for Ein Herz fur Kinder (A Heart for Children). Look at her body. Bitch is 66 years old, and her body is a million times more bangin' than mine. Of course, I would never have the confidence to pull off a dress that made my boobs look like missiles. Sexy missiles, but missiles nonetheless. Seriously, this is just one of those dresses that only someone like Helen could pull off – her little waist, those boobs, that confidence. Is it any wonder that Helen was recently named "the most stylish woman over 50"? I think that's a good title for her, actually. She is stylish and sexy, and she shows women that confidence at any age is the best accessory. Hawt.

The Mail saw these photos, and they were reminded of those now-iconic photos of Helen in a red bikini in Italy several years ago. Helen spoke about what those bikini photos meant to her – "The bloody photograph was a lie because I don’t actually look like that and I know that it’s going to haunt me forever and I’ll be forever trying to bury it unsuccessfully." Oh, Helen. Such false modesty. Your body is bangin', just admit it.

Meanwhile, Princess Charlene of Monaco received an award at this gala, although I don't have any photos of her – you can see some here. She probably saw Helen on the red carpet and was like, "Yeah, I can't compete."

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Scarlett Johansson complains about ‘ScarJo’ moniker: “It’s a laziness”

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 07:31 AM PST

Last week, I was bitching to Agent Bedhead about Scarlett Johansson. My complaint was about how boring and full of herself Scarlett has become (or perhaps always was), and how Scarlett's promotional blitz for We Bought A Zoo is really bringing out a side of Scarlett that I dislike. In previous years, I've defended Scarlett – I always thought she was a better actress than people gave her credit for, and I liked the career path that she was carving out. And then something went haywire. Marriage to Ryan Reynolds, a break from film work to do a play, all of the Black Widow crap… and then Sean Penn. Somewhere along the line, Scarlett became kind of insufferable to me. Her latest interview to support We Bought A Zoo adds another level of eye-rolling. First, keep in mind – Scarlett's role in this film is SUPPORTING. Just like in Iron Man 2. And just like Iron Man 2, Scarlett is doing the publicity tour like she's the star – she's overselling it. But perhaps that's because in Scarlett's mind, she's just like Daniel Day-Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Seriously.

ScarJo on the "ScarJo" moniker: “It’s a laziness. People can’t actually say the whole name? It’s just bizarre.” She tries shorthand sobriquets on other stars. How come Daniel Day-Lewis isn’t subjected to “like, ‘DaDay’? So Cate Blanchett is not, like, ‘CaBla’? Why is that? Why do I have to get stuck? If I hear somebody say that, I know I don’t know them at all."

She's not the ingénue anymore: “The roles that are really available for young women most of the time are the ingénue, the other woman, the girlfriend of someone, and as I’ve gotten older, it’s nice to be able to move into territory where the characters that I’m playing and looking at are women who are established,” she says, man or no. “It’s nice to be kind of transitioning into that phase of my career.”

Public exposures: “The hardest part is actually going through whatever hardship you’re facing. Going through it in public is the added unfortunate thing. There’s nothing you can do about that.” Except avoid it. “One of the best things I learned this year was to not read any tabloid, gossipy, you know, garbage. It really keeps you on the straight and narrow. And while some of it kind of leaks in occasionally, it’s really nice to not know what crazy stories” are circulating. Mention recent rumored romances —Kieran Culkin, Kate Moss’s ex Jefferson Hack — “and I’m like, ‘What? Really? When did that come out?’ It’s just nice to have kind of a blinder up in that regard. It helps keep you sane. I can’t follow all that stuff. It’s too exhausting.” And she doesn’t waste her time correcting the record. “Unless it’s something that’s violently awful, I think it’s better to just let it go. You just have to kind of let it slide. Otherwise, you’re, like, in the midst of it, like a frenzy.”

Being in NYC: “What do I have to lose? It’s not like I get attacked by hordes of angry fans.”

She doesn't take the subway though: “For me, it’s like, I used up all my subway tokens. It’s a privilege to not have to take the subway. I like the subway. It gets you places fast, but I’d rather hail a cab. Or walk.”

Potentially playing Marilyn Monroe: “There’s a lot there to explore, and I like to watch other people do it, but I have no interest” in joining the Monroe biopic brigade. “It’s lovely to be compared to somebody as sort of effervescent and charming and fragile and I think kind of an underrated actor, really,” Johansson says. And “you know, beautiful and everything. But it’s never been one for me.”

[From USA Today]

I know everyone is talking about the whole "Don't call me ScarJo, you would never do that to Cate Blanchett" part of the interview, but can we just talk about the BITCH PLEASE-ness of the Marilyn section?!? As in BITCH PLEASE if you don't want to be Marilyn Monroe than why are you always being styled as Marilyn Monroe in photo shoot after photo shoot? It would be one thing if it was just a one-off, but Scarlett is ALWAYS doing the Marilyn thing. Plus, ScarJo (YEAH I SAID IT) makes it sound like the producers of My Week With Marilyn came to her first and she turned them down, thus Michelle Williams was cast. Which didn't happen.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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