Cele|bitchy

Adam Levine on Jennifer Love Hewitt wanting to date him: “that was aggressive”
Nicole Kidman & Colin Firth in Edinburgh: adorable or too matchy-matchy?
Lindsay Lohan was 6 hours late for ‘Glee’, and she was unprepared, cracked-out
Johnny Depp spent $50K on his son’s 10th b-day, didn’t invite Vanessa Paradis
Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr. are expecting their 2nd child
Casper Smart’s family is urging him to marry J.Lo so they’ll get a piece of the pie
George Clooney & Stacy Keibler are still together & they’ll be in DC this weekend
Gwyneth Paltrow: “I never understand why mothers judge other mothers”
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia take opposite sides in Melissa Etheridge’s custody battle
Is Duchess Kate being stage-managed by her Kris Jenner-like mother?

Adam Levine on Jennifer Love Hewitt wanting to date him: “that was aggressive”

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:13 AM PDT

When Jennifer Love Hewitt declared on Ellen earlier this month that she was hoping to date the newly-single Adam Levine, a lot of us shook our heads. Conventional wisdom (which isn’t always right, but still) dictates that you play it cool when you want a guy to like you and somehow get his interest without making it clear that you’re dying to date him. I don’t believe that women should never ask men out, I just think that asking a famous guy out on a national television show is kind of recipe for rejection. Well that’s pretty much what happened, unsurprisingly. Levine previously called Love Hewitt’s admission “very flattering and very sweet” with the subtext being that he wouldn’t take her up on it. Well Levine was on Ellen today and when Ellen pressed him on the issue he said “no” without using that word. Slick playas like Adam know just how to slide out of something without hitting you over the head with it. Here’s what happened, thanks to US Weekly:

“I heard about that. That was aggressive,” Levine joked on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thursday. “It was really sweet and flattering. Beautiful life, you know, when a beautiful woman says nice things about you.”

When host Ellen DeGenres, 54, offered to set them up, Levine laughed and said, “I’m cool.” The musician, after all, is still recovering from his recent breakup with Sports Illustrated model Anne Vyalitsyna.

While one source previously told Us Weekly that Levine was “blindsided” and “heartbroken” by his breakup with Vyalitsyna, another explained that he “wasn’t ready” to marry her. Levine further explained his hesitancy to settle down in Paper’s May issue.

“I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it I want to know it,” he said. “I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I’m not just going to leap into it, because that’s not good for anybody.”

[From US Weekly]

I like how Levine was like “woah that was aggressive,” and then recovered nicely by throwing some compliments in there and going with the “flattering” angle again. He knows what he’s doing. In terms of the “study marriage” stuff he said in that other interview, sure. That’s guy code for “no way am I getting tied down.” I bet that even if he finds THE model who doesn’t put up with his crap and drives him crazy, he’ll knock her up before he marries her. He just seems like the type who isn’t about to make it official no matter what.

Love Hewitt hopefully won’t be too heartbroken. She’s probably hooking up with her co-star Colin Egglesfield now, and is over her infatuation with Adam. At least until Colin realizes that she leaked the news of their romance to the press. Or maybe he’s the type to eat up the publicity. He normally doesn’t get much.

Here’s Love Hewitt with her bff Rebecca Field at a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit on 4-22-12. credit: GG/FameFlynet Pictures. She’s also seen out on 4-18 in LA outside a TV studio. (Fuschia jacket.) Credit: Greg Tidwell, PacificCoastNews.com

Nicole Kidman & Colin Firth in Edinburgh: adorable or too matchy-matchy?

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Here are some photos of Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman at the Edinburgh photocall for The Railway Man, which will kick off filming in Scotland on April 30. Oddly enough, the stars of the movie have been sent out to do some press ahead of filming, and it sounds kind of assbackwards, but I can deal with that if it means seeing some new photos of Colin Firth looking quite shaggable in jeans. The film is a wartime drama; as such, its subject matter sounds incredibly heavy and involves Firth’s character, who is a victim of the Death Railway of WWII and sets out to find those who tortured him. Here’s some information on the movie from the press conference:

[T]he movie’s still gearing up, which Firth alluded to in typically articulate fashion when asked about his approach to the role. “I haven’t started it yet, so I don't know how I’m approaching it,” he explained. “What you usually do is watch the film when it’s made and then you can tell the press conference that you intended it that way.”

For those unaware, The Railway Man is a true story adapted from Eric Lomax’s best-selling book. According to the official blurb, “Eric Lomax (Firth) was one of thousands of Allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during World War II. Years later, still haunted by memories of brutality and torture, he met a beautiful woman on a train. Patti (Kidman) was determined to rid Eric of his demons. With the help of a wartime colleague, she set up a mission back to the Bridge on the River Kwai where Eric would confront his tormentor, Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada, who was absent).”

Describing it as a story about mental trauma following the atrocities of war, Firth went on to describe the character he'll be playing as someone who is “searching for a way home.” Firth described the real Lomax and Patti as “incredibly engaging” and said that the 92-year-old former is “far more agile than I am.”

Interesting, Kidman’s Patti will be more of a focus in the film than the book, and Kidman claimed that she was still “polishing” her English accent. Irvine plays the young Colin Firth, and laughed “You find yourself looking in the mirror going ‘Am I quite up to that?’” (Firth retorted, “Nobody remembers what Colin Firth looks like!”).

[From Empire Online]

Uh, I have to respectfully disagree with Colin there because everybody remembers what Colin Firth looks like. Still, it’s nice that he’s still got his humility intact even after winning his Best Actor Oscar. Now let’s look at these photos a bit closer, shall we? These two have got the black sweater/vaguely distressed jeans look down to a science. They’re so preppy and matchy-matchy! Colin looks very distinguished with his bit of grey because, you know, men can get away with that. Obviously, Nicole’s been hitting the Botox again and looks a wee bit shiny but not entirely immobile. I love her pincurls though.

Both Nicole and Colin kept alternately looking down at something while the cameras snapped away. Was it because of something in Colin’s pants? That’s my theory.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Lindsay Lohan was 6 hours late for ‘Glee’, and she was unprepared, cracked-out

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 08:13 AM PDT

At this point, I don't even have words for the cracktastrophe known only as The Cracken. Yesterday, we discussed the early reports that Lindsay had simply shown up LATE for her first day of work in something like five years. (Incidentally, I'm not counting "cracked-out model" as "work" – I'm only talking about work as an actress.) Although Team Crack tried to sugarcoat Lindsay Lohan's tardiness and unprofessionalism, the truth is even worse than originally assumed. Us Weekly reports (exclusively) that Lindsay showed up SIX HOURS LATE. Not six minutes. Not an hour. SIX HOURS. F&#^$*(#

Looks like Lindsay Lohan is already viewed as an outcast at McKinley High. Filming her May 15 guest appearance as a judge at the annual Nationals performance episode, Lohan, 25, angered Glee’s cast and crew when she showed up six hours late to shoot her scenes Wednesday.

“She came to set with a million demands and was not prepared to work,” a source tells Us Weekly of Lohan, who will appear alongside Rex Lee and Perez Hilton in the episode.

Among Lohan’s megawatt demands for her guest starring role: A pimped out trailer! “One of her demands has to do with her trailer size,” hints the insider. “The cast is already worked to death and then she puts everything behind. She is a diva!”

One of the irate cast members was none other than Dot Marie Jones, who plays Coach Beiste on the FOX series.

“Gonna be a long day!! Some ppl show up late and just throw a wrench in things. Not cool!” Jones tweeted [and later deleted]. “I’d rather be an hour early (I was) than 5 minutes late.”

[From Us Weekly]

So… basically, Lindsay only had to work for two days, and she threw a huge diva temper tantrum about her trailer, AND she showed up six hours late AND she was unprepared. Oh, but it gets worse. After the initial reports of her tardiness on Wednesday, LL's rep Steve Honig couldn't even manage to lie for her, only confirming to E! News, "I am on the set with Lindsay right now, and everything is going well and on schedule." Except that everything was a cracktastrophe, as usual. E! News got the scoop that the Cracken was "incredibly late" – so late, in fact, that production had to "send a car to the Chateau Marmont to pick her up and bring her to set." Wait, I thought she wasn't living at the Marmont anymore? Another crack lie?!?

What else…? Sources say "Lindsay was a total nightmare" on Wednesday: "She was three hours late in the morning, and when she did finally arrive, she just didn’t want to be there. She did not want to work. She had not memorized her lines, and she kept disappearing so no one could find her.” The cast started calling her "That Girl" and a source says "She has rubbed them all up the wrong way by being so disrespectful of everyone else’s schedule.” Poor Steve Honig had to defend LL yet again, claiming the tardiness was a "misunderstanding" about her call time. Honig then threw LL a giant pity party because all of these stories are "a classic example of people trying to bash Lindsay. She busted her ass yesterday and is back on set again today.” Dear Steve Honig: your client is a crackhead. It’s not our fault.

One more Cracken story – she wants to get back with Leonardo DiCaprio, according to In Touch Weekly. Leo and Lindsay allegedly hooked up a few times back in 2008-09, but he doesn't want anything to do with her these days:

Lindsay Lohan, 25, has been accused of not being in touch with reality on occasion, and this may just prove it. Lohan has been pursuing Leonardo DiCaprio, 37, nonstop over the last few weeks for both business and pleasure, according to a source.

"She has been texting Leo constantly, asking him to get together," says the insider. "They used to hook up a long time ago, and she wants to get back together with him. She also hopes that he will get her some auditions as well."

Shockingly (or not so), he is not interested.

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Such a mess. But don't pity her. She thrives on pity. In Lindsay's mind, she's a cracked-out martyr. In reality, she's just a violent addict and an unprofessional a–hole.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet and PCN.

Johnny Depp spent $50K on his son’s 10th b-day, didn’t invite Vanessa Paradis

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 08:12 AM PDT

A few weeks ago, there were some photos floating around of Johnny Depp performing on stage with Marilyn Manson – you can see some of the photos here. I think Raccoon McPantless was at that gig too. Anyway, the gig was billed as just some kind of weird thing, a stunt for the Revolver Golden God Awards. Marilyn and Johnny are tight – Johnny might even have a cameo appearance on Marilyn's next album. So… they're friendly. Friendly enough for Marilyn to perform at Johnny's son's birthday party? Weird, right? In Touch Weekly claims that for Jack Depp's 10th birthday, Johnny treated him to a big rock n roll extravaganza with a big price tag:

Johnny Depp is possibly the coolest dad in the world, and he proved it once and for all when he threw a wild birthday bash for his 10-year-old son, Jack, at SLS in LA on April 7. An insider says Depp, 48, shelled out more than $50,000 to entertain 500 friends in a ballroom that was turned into a giant arcade. And if that wasn't quite enough, Marilyn Manson and Aerosmith also performed!

"It was crazy – especially for someone who was turning 10!" says the source. One person not there? Jack's mom, Vanessa Paradis.

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Is that what 10-year-olds are into? Marilyn Manson and Aerosmith? Wouldn't a 10-year-old be more interested in Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez or…? I don't even know. Rihanna? Katy Perry? It sounds more like Johnny threw himself a big party and it just happened to be his son's birthday. It also sounds like Johnny is balls-deep into his mid-life crisis. I wonder if Vanessa was pissed about her 10-year-old's birthday party?

Oh, did you want to see the first promotional image from The Lone Ranger? Here you go. I don't really have any comment on it. Nice bird.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN, header courtesy of Alice Cooper's Twitter.

Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr. are expecting their 2nd child

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 08:11 AM PDT

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are an exceedingly private couple and, therefore, a relative anomaly where Hollywood “in your face” romances are the general rule. Just to find some red carpet photos of the two together, I had to dig way back to the 2007 UK premiere of Hairspray, which was nearly five years ago. So it’s no wonder that people started assuming that Sarah and Freddie were on the rocks when she attended this year’s Golden Globes alone (and despite myself, I still love that tye-dyed blue dress she wore) and without her engagement ring. Since Sarah and Freddie basically ignored the rumors, the tabloids had no choice but to elaborate further with details that Freddie was allegedly tired of Mr. Mom duty and that Sarah was pissed. Well we can officially put those stories to rest now because Sarah and Freddie have announced that they are expecting their second child together!

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. are expanding their family! The Ringer actress is pregnant with her second child, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm. “She and Freddie are thrilled,” a friend of the pair says. “They’re amazing parents.”

The couple met while filming the 1997 horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer and began dating three years later. They tied the knot in Mexico on September 1, 2002, and welcomed daughter Charlotte Grace in September 2009.

Gellar, 35, recently told Us that Prinze, 36, had been enjoying his one-on-one time with Charlotte as she filmed the first season of The CW’s Ringer.

“He loves it. We fight over who gets to stay home,” Gellar said of her stay-at-home husband. “You’d think it would be the opposite, that the parents would be like, ‘No, I’ll go to work!’ but he’s like, ‘You stayed home for two years! It’s my turn!’”

“He and Charlotte have too much fun,” Gellar added. “I’m jealous!”

Family comes first for the couple, who both grew up in the spotlight. “They still have date nights all the time and have a normal life,” an insider tells Us. “They both came of age in Hollywood and love working, but their home life is more important to them.”

[From Us Weekly]

This is great news for the couple. Charlotte is now a 3-year-old, so she’ll probably be prepared in time to hit “big sister” mode like a champ by the time the new baby is born. I’m glad all those rumors of relationship trouble were just that. If Freddie had a problem being Mr. Mom, there’s virtually no way he’d have any part in creating another little kidlet that would need his doting attention. Besides, I think he loves the Mr. Mom stuff, and it’s nice to see a guy who thoroughly enjoys those duties. Child-rearing isn’t easy, and when a woman finds a guy who enjoys it, he’s definitely a keeper. Congrats to Sarah and Freddie!

Photos courtesy of WENN

Casper Smart’s family is urging him to marry J.Lo so they’ll get a piece of the pie

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Like the Ellen and Portia story I just covered, I find this Enquirer story believable. It’s got an angle that we wouldn’t normally consider when it comes to a 25 year-old backup dancer being given a half a million a year to hang out with his older wealthy girlfriend – his family. Yesterday we heard that Lopez was hoping to marry “supportive,” “devoted” Smart just as soon as her divorce from Marc Anthony is final this October. A source told US that Smart “exists only for her.” Of course he does, this is the sweetest, highest-paying job he’s ever had!

So allegedly Casper’s family is encouraging him to marry J.Lo, because they’re hoping to get a piece of that pie. At least that’s what I got from this story. Here’s more:

“Some people in [Casper's] family are dirt poor and feel like they’re being ignored,” said a family source. “J.Lo has made sure that when she and Casper have been on trips together, most recently to Acapulco, he’s brought back presents for his mom, his twin sisters, some cousins and a few other people.

“The people who have been left out are jealous, and it’s created a big family feud.”

According to the source, one of Casper’s aunts is even flying in from Australia to try ad get in on the “family lottery”!

While those in the anti-Jennifer camp have accused of her using the 25 year-old backup dancer to make her.. ex jealous, those on Team J.Lo are pushing Casper to pop the question!

“They want him to propose before she changes her mind,” said the source.

The family insider said Casper, who has only been dating the 42 year-old [singer] for a little more than six months, has fallen “head over heels in love.” And he already has the engagement ring – a gold heirloom that belonged to his grandmother.

“She passed away about 12 years ago and her ring has tremendous sentimental value to Casper,” said the insider. “He believes that Jennifer will be touched by it, even though he doesn’t have the type of money that Marc Anthony had to impress her with expensive jewelry…

“Caster is trying to keep momentum in the relationship going and is hinting at throwing her a private party in August,” said the source. “Of course, his family members all want their invites!”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, May 7, 2012, author Belinda Robinson]

Someone needs to talk some sense into me, because the part about Smart getting his grandmother’s ring to propose sounded really sweet and romantic to me. I have such a weakness for proposal and romantic wedding stories. He’s surely head over heels for her too. And I don’t have a problem with the roles being reversed and a rich lady dating a guy who is struggling. (Relatively. I mean he probably made a good amount of money prior to landing J.Lo.)

I do take issue with the fact that he doesn’t seem to bring much to the table. He just turned 25! I don’t know if I could even go on a date with a guy under 30 and take him seriously, and I’m not even 40 yet. Guys just strike me as so immature at that age. This is what Jennifer wants, though. She wants a guy who will dote on her and be available for her all the time, because she’s incapable of being alone. Once the flush of new love wears off what is left? Maybe that’s why Lopez is hoping she can have a baby with him, sadly.

As for this guy’s family, of course they want some cash if they’re struggling. That’s how it works when someone comes onto a lot of money suddenly.

Casper and J.Lo are shown in Rio on 2-20-12. Credit: Honopix, PacificCoastNews.com. They’re also shown out in Beverly Hills on 3-23-12. Credit: FameFlynet Pictures

George Clooney & Stacy Keibler are still together & they’ll be in DC this weekend

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:43 AM PDT

These are some new photos of George Clooney and Stacy Keibler last night in LA. They went out to dinner with Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. So, what can we determine from these pics? Stacy gets along with George's BFFs, Cindy and Rande. Stacy and George are still together. George is enough of a gentleman to open Stacy's car door for her. And Stacy and George still make eye contact, which is a good sign. It's always a bad sign when George can't even force himself to make eye contact with one of his pieces. Still, I swear Stacy looks a little bit nervous and scared. Like, "Will this be the night he tells me to pack my bags? Is this the night where he orders a car service for me and I ask why and he says, 'Baby, you know why'?" Poor Stacy.

George and Stacy are due at the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend, although their invitations are probably a bit tarnished now that every crackhead and famewhore is coming. Of course, what does Stacy care? She doesn't. While George and the men talk politics, Stacy will be staring off into space, thinking about puppies and butterflies.

As I mentioned in today's Brangelina post, Star Magazine has a funny fake story about Brad calling up George after he proposed to Angelina, and Brad's enthusiasm was contagious. So, obviously, George has decided to go twinsies with Brad and George is going to propose to Stacy! The whole piece isn't worth transcribing, but there are a few highlights I wanted to mention. Apparently, George loves that "Stacy's like one of the guys and puts no pressure on him." So George has decided to propose and he's already planning yet another "double wedding" with Brangelina. Obviously, Angelina isn't happy about this because she kind of hates Stacy and Angelina refuses to get to know any of George's pieces-of-the-month. Ridiculous.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Gwyneth Paltrow: “I never understand why mothers judge other mothers”

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:10 AM PDT

If I happen to agree with Gwyneth Paltrow on an important topic, can I still find her insufferable? More importantly, can Gwyneth Paltrow, with her history of being insufferable and judgy, really expect me to buy her argument that mothers are simply too judgy of other mothers? This is my dilemma today. Us Weekly has some transcribed excerpts of Gwyneth's new interview on Lifetime's new show, The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet. Sidenote: Amanda de Cadenet is an English rock-star-wife and "personality" – you can read her Wiki here. Anyway, Goop is the first guest on this new show, and they ended up talking about postpartum depression and how judgment-laden mothers are of other mothers. It's the new "trend" in parenting: judging other people's parenting skills, whether it's breastfeeding or diet or even how you style a child's hair. Do I hate the "mothers judging mothers" thing? Yep. Do I think Gwyneth is absolutely full of it because she will judge you and anyone else with one upturned nose? Yep.

Shortly after giving birth to her son Moses in April 2006, Gwyneth Paltrow suffered from postpartum depression.

“I couldn’t connect with my son the way that I had with my daughter [Apple, now 7] and I couldn’t understand why,” she said on Thursday’s premiere episode of Lifetime’s The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet. “I couldn’t connect to anyone. I felt like a zombie. I felt very detached.”

Paltrow, 39, continued: “I just didn’t know what was wrong with me. I couldn’t figure it out. It never occurred to me. My husband [Chris Martin, 35] actually said, ‘Something’s wrong. I think you have postnatal depression.’ I was mortified. ‘No I don’t!’ And then I started researching what it was and the symptoms and I was like, ‘Oh, yes I do.’”

Paltrow isn’t alone. Brooke Shields, Courteney Cox, Bryce Dallas Howard and Amanda Peet are just a handful of celebrities who’ve experienced similar symptoms, and as many as one in five women in the United States will suffer from postpartum depression.

“We think that it makes us bad mothers or we didn’t do it right, but it’s like, we’re all in this together,” Paltrow said. “I never understand why mothers judge other mothers, like, ‘What do you mean you didn’t breastfeed? What do you mean you didn’t do this?’ It’s like, ‘Can’t we all just be on each other’s side?’ It’s so hard anyway. Can’t we all help each other get through it? There’s a shame attached to it because if you say, ‘I had a baby and I couldn’t connect to the baby,’ it’s like, ‘What is wrong with you?’”

Though the Country Strong actress believes “you never totally get rid of it,” being open about her struggle with postpartum depression made it easier to cope.

“That’s why I talk about it, because even the awareness of it started to diminish it,” Paltrow explained. “Because I didn’t feel like I’m dying or I’m crazy — period. It’s like, ‘Oh, this is a thing. This is a real thing and these are the symptoms and I have them all.’”

[From Us Weekly]

I'm partly taking Gwyneth as face value – I think she means what she says about not wanting to judge or be judged about mothering choices. She means it in the moment, and that moment is right. But when she returns to her normal Goopy self, she will continue to judge you for feeding your children anything but organic food. She will judge you for not doing three postpartum juice-cleanses. She will judge you for not working out after you had the baby. What Goop is really saying that is that YOU shouldn't judge HER.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia take opposite sides in Melissa Etheridge’s custody battle

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:58 AM PDT

This is such an out there story that I think that it’s true, because it would require a very creative gossip monger to make it up. That’s not to say it’s necessarily accurate, just that if it’s made up that I’m giving props to the Enquirer’s Rick Egusquiza for this clever twist of a story.

You’ve probably heard about Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michael’s ongoing custody and partner support case. The latest developments, which you can read here, have Tammy asking for more than the $25k a month support she was getting. A lot of people find that amount outrageous and have called Tammy greedy, but at least one partner of a famous rich woman is on her side. The Enquirer reports that Porti de Rossi, Ellen DeGeneres’ wife, is siding with Tammy and thinks that Melissa is stiffing her on child support. Ellen of course sides with Melissa and feels that Tammy should be living fine on $25k a month. Ellen and Portia have been fighting so much about this, allegedly, that they’ve agreed to no longer bring up the topic. Uhoh, does this mean they’re having problems? (Like just about every other couple?)

Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi are at each other’s throats over their pal Melissa Etheridge’s ugly custody battle with her ex!

The talk-show host has sided with her longtime friend Melissa, sources say, while Portia sympathizes with the rocker’s ex, actress Tammy Lynn Micheals, who’s asked a judge to bump up her support payments.

“Ellen thinks Tammy is crazy and unrealistic for asking for more money,” a close source told The Enquirer. “Meanwhile, Portia thinks Melissa is being stingy with the mother of her kids. Portia feels that she can related to Tammy because she gave up her acting career for Melissa, and Portia pretty much did the same thing for Ellen.

The couple’s bickering escalated when Portia, 39, accused Ellen, 54, of not having any compassion for Tammy, said the source.

“Ellen fired back that there are plenty of divorced moms who get by on a lot less than Tammy does,” said the source. “The bottom line is that Ellen is sticking by Melissa, and Portia is rooting for Tammy. The two rarely fight, but this has completely divided them.

Emmy winner Ellen and Melissa, 50, are longtime friends…

For now, Ellen has called a truce, said the source, adding: “Ellen and Portia agreed to disagree and move on. They also made a pact- no more talk about their friends’ private lives if it affects their own relationship.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, May 7, 2012, author Rick Equsquiza]

I believe this. I can see Portia siding with Tammy because if we were talking about a straight married couple, especially in California, there would be no question about Tammy receiving half of Melissa’s income during their marriage along with substantial spousal and child support. Ellen, as the richer half of the couple, sees it differently of course. It’s her money, she earned it.

The Enquirer pointed me to this interview that Tammy Lynn Michaels recently did with AfterElton.com. It’s from a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn’t seen it yet. Tammy defends her blogging about her split, and she says she doesn’t regret sharing the detail that she was tipped off to Melissa’s cheating when a box of dildos intended for Melissa and her girlfriend got delivered to her by mistake. I still think Tammy Lynn is an a-hole, just like Melissa. This interview didn’t change my opinion of her. I don’t feel that way about Ellen and Portia at all and I hope if they ever split they’ll keep the details under wraps. Hopefully things are fine with them, though. They just bought Brad Pitt’s Malibu mansion earlier this year.

Ellen and Portia are shown on 1-5-11 at a Covergirl event. Melissa and Tammy are shown in 2007. Credit: WENN.com

Is Duchess Kate being stage-managed by her Kris Jenner-like mother?

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:31 AM PDT

These are some new photos of Duchess Kate and Prince William doing their THIRD public event within a 24-hour period. Amazing! Kate and William attended the a fundraiser for London's Imperial War Museum. Kate wore this charcoal Amanda Wakeley dress, which retails for 450 pounds, and which (the Mail notes) Kate has in three different colors. She paired it with black Prada pumps! But the best part of this whole look is her hair. Look at how great she looks with her hair pulled back! This is positive reinforcement, y'all. We have to encourage her to start doing different things with her hair and when she does, we have to praise her. Her hair looks awesome here. You can see additional photos here. Here are some more of our pics:

In other Middleton news, the tabloids have some surprisingly negative stories this week. In Touch has a somewhat interesting piece about Kate and Pippa's changing relationship. Apparently, Pippa has always been a "hard partying" girl but Pippa's recent antics in Paris "pushed Kate over the edge." It seems that "behind palace walls," Kate is taking the heat for her sister, with a source claiming, "Kate's already so stressed about adjusting to her new life… she's tired of dealing with Pippa's issues on top of everything else."

But my favorite Middleton family story comes via The Enquirer. The Enquirer has a line on a new tell-all book about the Middletons, written by Nicholas Davies. Apparently, Kate and Pippa's mom, Carole Middleton, comes across as a Kris Jenner-style pimp-mother:

Royal confidante Nicholas Davies is releasing a new book later this year, and Davies claims that Carole Middleton and Kris Jenner are cut from the same cloth when it comes to "managing" their daughters' futures. Davies says that it was Carole who arranged William and Kate's whole romance!

Davies explains: "What Carole did to Kate was no different than the way that Kris stage-managed her daughter Kim Kardashian's life. It was Carole who made sure that Kate's entry into University of St. Andrews in Scotland would coincide with Prince Willian being there. And it was Carole who made sure that her daughter formed a relationship with the prince."

The plan worked to perfection for Kate! Davies added: "Carole has handled Kate's romance to William masterfully. Just like Kris Jenner, Carole is a brilliant businesswoman with beautiful daughters. I think Kris would be very proud of what Carole has managed to achieve."

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

To give Kate some credit, I think she definitely had her own plot to snag herself a prince, and it just so happened that Kate's plot and her mother's plot intersected. As for the Kardashian comparison… meh. Some people in the UK press deride the Middleton sisters as very much like the Bouvier sisters, Jacqueline (Kennedy) and Lee (Princess Lee Radziwill), and I think that comparison is much more apt and complimentary. Jackie and Lee came from a privileged, upper-middle-class family, and both actively sought out the highest echelons of society and power and culture, all through marriage. The Middletons ARE social-climbers – and in America, that upward mobility would be celebrated rather than derided. I don't think Kate and Pippa are being "forced" into anything by their controlling mother – but I do think Carole wanted Kate to marry William, and Carole made sure that Kate was comfortable and "clean" (PR-wise) for the nine years it took for William to propose. Don't forget – the Middletons bankrolled Kate's nine-year-wait completely. I've got to wonder if Carole would have been gung-ho about financing her daughter's lay-about lifestyle for nine years if Kate had simply been waiting for the gardener's son.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Cele|bitchy

Cele|bitchy

No comments:

Post a Comment