Cele|bitchy

Giuliana Rancic claims she’s unsure whether her baby will be on her reality show or not
Rob Pattinson worried he wasn’t right for ‘Cosmopolis’: “It gave me balls”
Johnny Depp denies split with Vanessa Paradis: “The rumors are not true”
Peter Dinklage smolders on the cover of Rolling Stone
Lindsay Lohan’s crackface at the A&E upfronts: the worst it’s ever been?
Tom Cruise goes shirtless & tattooed on the cover of W mag: hot or gross?
Beyonce on her post-baby body: “There are no secrets. Discipline.”
John Travolta’s lawyers providing sketchy “evidence” to contradict the first masseur
When Christina Aguilera gets mad: ‘the people in makeup act like a pit crew & rush in’
Halle Berry tells off paps: these people stalk a child’s school every day

Giuliana Rancic claims she’s unsure whether her baby will be on her reality show or not

Posted: 10 May 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Giuliana Rancic and her husband Bill have shared their entire journey trying to conceive a baby. From their two rounds of unsuccessful IVF, to Giuliana’s cancer diagnosis, to her double mastectomy and reconstruction, to the happy news that they’re expecting via gestational carrier, it’s all been shown on their Style reality show, and used to promote the show in interviews. They even recorded a video message for their future baby and shared it with the public – before they even knew they were having a baby. This is how “open” this couple is, although I believe it’s more about marketing their personal lives. That’s ok, that’s their job as reality stars and I do believe they’ve helped a lot of people by sharing their story. So you’ll excuse me if I call bullsh*t on this claim by Giuliana Rancic that she’s not yet sure whether she’s going to put her soon-to-be-born baby on television. Wasn’t that the whole point of all the lead up? Here’s what she told E!

As for her bundle of joy, Rancic won’t reveal the gender but did say that she has started picking out baby names. “It’s not going to be a Hollywood-type, weird name that people can’t pronounce,” she said. “I think it will be traditional but not used frequently.”

Rancic also has to decide whether her baby will be featured on her reality show Giuliana & Bill. “We’ve thought about that,” she said. “It’s definitely come up in conversation, and it’s this sort of thing where I think we just need to have the baby first and then figure out is this going to work or not.”

[From E! Online]

Maybe I’m being too influenced by E!’s take on Giuliana’s comments, and she’s just saying that it might be a crazy time for them and they’re not sure if they can continue filming right after their baby comes home. I tend to think that they don’t have to think twice about it, and that this is what they’ve been waiting for all along, so of course the child is going to grow up on television. This is what they do, they put their lives on TV and their kid(s) are going to be on TV too. I would like to be wrong, I would like for Giuliana and Bill to put the kibosh on their show and say that they want to focus on their child and on giving him or her a nice, normal life outside of television. Wouldn’t that be something, for a couple to give up fame and cash for the baby they’ve waited and hoped for for years? Yeah, that’s not going to happen.

Here’s Giuliana at an event to raise money for prostate and breast cancer research on 5-9-12. She looks unwell, but that may be because we’re not used to seeing her with her hair pulled back. I am not a fan of her see through dress, but her shoes are kind of cute. I would wear them. Giuliana and Bill are shown at the E! upfronts on 4-30-12. Credit: FameFlynet, Inc.

Rob Pattinson worried he wasn’t right for ‘Cosmopolis’: “It gave me balls”

Posted: 10 May 2012 09:27 AM PDT

Robert Pattinson covers the latest, Cannes-themed issue of Premiere magazine, and for everyone who’s ever rooted for the guy to shed his sparkly, vampire skin, this is a photoshoot to appreciate. (WARNING: One of the shots is fairly graphic in terms of violence, so I’ve placed it below the text of this story.) The Premiere feature gears itself towards promoting Cosmopolis. Since I’m one of those annoying people who reads books once they find out a movie adaptation is in the works, I’m going to go on record saying that I’ve got no idea how even David Cronenberg will deal with the book’s controversial ending or how well it will go over in theaters. Of course, the scenarios depicted within this photoshoot are not directly lifted from the book itself but carry the same surreal feel as the project as a whole.

Like I’ve mentioned before, this movie is a huge break for Sparkles, but he seems to hold his own in the trailer. The fact that Cronenberg cast him as warped billionaire Eric Packer speaks volumes, and while I still don’t know how Rob will pull off his latest announced role as the soldier/interrogator who captured Saddam Hussein, it’s obvious that the guy is already benefiting from Cronenberg’s endorsement. In this Premiere story, Rob admits that he had a hard time believing Cronenberg really wanted him, and Rob doubted that he was good enough for the role. Now Rob says he has gained “balls” from the whole experience:

Even hunky vampires sometimes struggle with self-confidence.

In a new interview Premiere magazine’s special Cannes-themed issue, Robert Pattinson opens up about how filming David Cronenberg’s sex-and-violence filled Cosmopolis helped give him the confidence he needed to tackle heavier roles.

“Filming Cosmopolis with David changed something in me,” the Twilight star, 25, tells the magazine. “It gave me balls.”

Prior to signing on to star in the dark drama–based on the Don DeLillo novel of the same name, about a billionaire who nearly loses everything (including his mind) in the span of one day–Pattinson admits he “spent time doubting myself. As soon as I read a script that I liked, I was working myself up, asking myself if I was good enough.”

But now?

“I tell myself: ‘F— it! If they want to hire you, go!’” the actor exclaims.

For his part, Cronenberg says he never doubted Pattinson’s leading-man abilities.

“Yes I found him interesting in Twilight . . . I saw him in Little Ashes and Remember Me, and I am convinced that he could be my Eric Packer,” the acclaimed, gritty director told Italy’s Cinerepublic last month. “It is a heavy role, he appears in each scene and I do not think I’ve ever done a movie before where the actor is always on the screen. The choice of an actor is a matter of intuition, there are no rules or instructions.”

[From Us Weekly]

I ran portions of the interview through Google Translate, and most of the text is actually Premiere talking to David Cronenberg. Interestingly enough, Cronenberg states his belief that Rob could go on to have a career like Johnny Depp. I think this sounds plausible but only “in reverse” — as in Johnny started out with amazing, cutting-edge projects but has largely devolved into a franchise robot. In contrast, Rob has been somewhat handicapped for his role as Edward Cullen yet has the potential to produce much more compelling work. It will be a struggle for Rob to ever be taken seriously by many people, but Cronenberg’s endorsement might speed up the process.

It’s strange how I find myself rooting for Rob even though he really doesn’t need the acting work. In fact, he’s made so much money playing Edward that he could immediately retire, never work another day again, and still live a life of luxury. Does anyone else slightly fear that Rob’s newfound “balls” might eventually cause him to lose his self-deprecating edge and make him less fun during interviews? I hope that never happens because at this point, loving the RPattz is just so easy to do.

UPDATE: Vulture has more quotes, including the following gem from Rob.

“I’ve been doing movies for eight years and I’ve been criticized often and all of a sudden, this teaser is released and everyone is excited,” Pattinson laughs. “‘It looks great! His acting is good in it!’ It’s ridiculous! I’d like to ask a question to those people who think I just started acting well: What do you think I was doing in Twilight? Do they think it’s how I act naturally? No, I had to make decisions as an actor. I find it funny when I read stuff like, ‘Will Cosmopolis finally prove that he can act?’ What does that even mean?”

[From Vulture]

The man has a point, and I think he’s made some great post-Twilight choices in roles. We’ll see what happens when this movie comes out!

Photos courtesy of Premiere magazine

Johnny Depp denies split with Vanessa Paradis: “The rumors are not true”

Posted: 10 May 2012 08:50 AM PDT

If you were Johnny Depp, arguably one of the richest, most beloved and most famous actors in the world, would you spend your time confirming or denying your relationship status to the UK tabloid The Sun? No disrespect to the Rupert Murdoch tabloid – I often read The Sun online and pick up stories – but I think less of any A-list celebrity who gives away their exclusive to a rag like The Sun. Allegedly, that's exactly what happened though. At last night's UK premiere of Dark Shadows, Johnny spoke to The Sun's red carpet reporter, and he answered the "Are you and Vanessa Paradis over?" question. Johnny's reply: "The rumors are not true. They are absolutely not true… No matter what I say about this, people believe the opposite. I can't say enough about it not being over."

Now, just the sheer fact that it's from The Sun is enough to make my side-eye twitch. But People Magazine is running the story too, linking to The Sun's story. People Mag, as you may remember, was the publication that legitimized all of the other tabloid reports about Vanessa and Johnny's relationship trouble. People declared them "all but officially finished." So how does People Mag handle this?

Four months after PEOPLE reported that Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’s relationship was all but finished, Depp on Wednesday denied that he and his partner of 14 years had split.

“The rumors are not true. They are absolutely not true,” the actor, 48, said on the red carpet for the London premiere of Dark Shadows, according to U.K.’s Sun.

Still, conspicuously absent from the premiere was Paradis, who has not been seen publicly with Depp since reports about trouble between them. She also has not shared a red carpet with him in at least a year and a half.

In January, Paradis was alone at the premiere of her own movie, Café de Flore. At the time, Paradis, 39 – a French singer, model and actress, and mother of two children with Depp – was evasive when asked about a split.

This is the first time Depp has publicly addressed the matter.

“No matter what I say about this, people believe the opposite,” Depp said at Wednesday’s premiere. “I can’t say enough about it not being over.”

Also quoted by the Mirror, Depp reportedly said of the rumors, “There’s no truth anymore. It doesn’t matter what I say to you right now, it doesn’t make any difference.”

[From People]

I believe that Depp's publicist/manager gave People Mag the go-ahead nod on the January cover story about Depp and Paradis's split. I think Vanessa and Johnny were having huge problems, and they probably took a break, or a time-out, or maybe they just split for good. I think Johnny has been in the midst of a mid-life crisis – complete with other woman and lots of booze – for more than a year. I also think there's a strong possibility that Vanessa told Johnny to go and figure his sh-t out and come back to her. Maybe that's what we're seeing now – Johnny and Vanessa have worked out some kind of arrangement where they're "together" for their kids but both are exploring other relationships. Whatever. That's just how I read it.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Peter Dinklage smolders on the cover of Rolling Stone

Posted: 10 May 2012 08:36 AM PDT

The upcoming issue of Rolling Stone is a big one for the magazine. In a new interview, singer Tom Gabel of Against Me! becomes the first major musician to come out as transgender. Tom is starting the transition from male to female, and she explains that her wife is supportive of the process. It’s a big step, and I like how Rolling Stone handles it in the preview they’ve released online.

Rolling Stone also features “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage on the cover, and I believe it’s the first time they’ve had a little person on their cover. (It may be the first time a little person has been featured on any major magazine cover.) Somehow Dinklage looks sexier than usual here. This is a guy who just oozes confidence and charisma, and it shows even in still photos. I’m kind of awed by this image and hope it’s a high seller for RS. Dinklage has the honor of following President Obama on the cover of the magazine. This issue is out Friday, according to Pajiba.

We don’t yet have any interview excerpts, and hopefully they’ll come out soon as I’m really looking forward to reading it. Sidenote (and mild spoiler for last week’s GOT): how sexy did Tyrion look smacking the hell out of little Prince Joffrey on “Game of Thrones” this week? I hope his character stays the smartest and most scheming, and that he keeps coming out the victor every week. We expect him to. I also root for the Starks, and maybe there’s some way for the Starks to win the war but for Tyrion to continue to have a place of power. Joffrey and his dimwit mom Queen Cersei can bite it.

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Header image via Pajiba. Dinklage is shown out alone in NY on 4-12-12, with his wife, Erica Schmidt, on 2-13-12, and with his baby daughter in a sling on 2-13-12. Photo credit: WENN and FameFlynet

Lindsay Lohan’s crackface at the A&E upfronts: the worst it’s ever been?

Posted: 10 May 2012 05:17 AM PDT

It is WAY too early in the morning to be assaulted by these Lindsay Lohan photos, I know. I couldn't help it. If this is the crack-face I have to look at this morning, so do you. These are pics of the Cracken at the A&E upfronts last night. I'm guessing this was a "job" for her – maybe something to do with the Elizabeth Taylor movie for Lifetime? You know what I think is weird/funny/sad? Lindsay always pulls this stunt. She'll go along, gradually improving her "look" for a month or two, then she'll finally get a chance to walk a red carpet, and BAM! CRACKFACE. She did it at the AmFar gala a few months ago too. She looked like death warmed over during her Today Show interview back in March (when she claimed she was a "homebody"), and since then, she seemed like she was trying to look a bit more "cleaned up." So, is this her pattern? Is this how she gets attention? Every three months, she walks a red carpet and makes sure she's the most busted looking crackie there, so she can get all of the attention?

Honestly, I don't think the Cracken even thinks that far ahead. And you know she's a delusional monster too, so she probably thinks she's looks awesome here. Just a few things I'd like to note:

*Her slug lips look WORSE when she tries to close her mouth.

*NEVER wear orange-coral lipstick when you have A) ginger hair, B) slug lips and C) a filthy crack face.

*NEVER wear white-silver eye shadow. Ever.

*Remember how everyone was like "Oh, thank God she went back to the ginge." Well, look at those ratty extensions! This just proves her hair can look just as awful when she's back to being a ginger.

*She looks like a Marx brother with those chola brows.

*Is the makeup on her forehead DARKER than the makeup on the lower part of her face?

That's all I've got. CB wanted me to mention that there are some promotional images of LL on Glee floating around – you can see some here. I think next week's episode will be Lohan's appearance as a "judge". Allegedly, Glee cut her part down significantly when they realized how crackie she is, and they didn't want to have to deal with her six-hours-late dumbass.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.

Tom Cruise goes shirtless & tattooed on the cover of W mag: hot or gross?

Posted: 10 May 2012 04:40 AM PDT

Honestly, I have dreamed of this moment for various (and completely professional) reasons, but I’m afraid that there is no appropriate reaction to the materialization of the above image. So let’s just talk about it in very casual terms. Tom Cruise covers the June issue of W magazine to promote his role as Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages, which we’ve already seen many glimpses of within its gloriously painful and truly awful trailers. In the past, I haven’t been terribly kind towards Tom’s portrayal of this washed-up rock star, but part of my own reaction is due to the fact that Tom appears to be trying much too hard. Stacee Jaxx is supposed to be a very ironic character, but it seems like Tom is taking the role much too seriously. Perhaps I’m misinterpreting things, so I’ll postpone final judgment on that note until after the film arrives in theaters.

So how about this W magazine cover? Underneath all of that eyeliner, Tom’s eyes look incredibly dead (perhaps Xenu stole them). And those tattoos? There is a gun pointed at his wang. And those chicks? There are two blondes fawning over him. I don’t know if we’re supposed to believe this character is the real deal or if we’re supposed to laugh. As for the inevitable interview, there is only the barest (much like Tom’s chest) excerpt (so far) with which we can play:

“I knew we had to push the sexuality because of the nature of the character and the songs. He’s singing, ‘I want to know what love is.’”

[From W magazine]

Oh that crazy Tom. He’s always pushing the artistic envelope and always so serious with the dancing and singing 10 hours per day to prepare for the role. But seriously, Tom is a 49-year-old man. If this were a woman, some people would call her pathetic for flaunting her body in such an unironic manner. So should we give Tom a free pass?

Photos courtesy of W mag and AllMoviePhoto

Beyonce on her post-baby body: “There are no secrets. Discipline.”

Posted: 10 May 2012 04:35 AM PDT

I still can't get over Beyonce's Givenchy gown at the Met Gala. It's been days and I'm still thinking about this hideousness. How did the House of Givenchy allow Beyonce to walk out with this dress? Did they send it to her, all "Girl, this dress will look AMAZING on you"? Or did Beyonce make the call? Was she all "THIS is the dress, y'all, these feathers are going to steal the damn show!" I tend to believe Bey made the call and the Givenchy people were secretly horrified. Although… they designed this crap, not Beyonce. They should be ashamed of themselves. Anyway, while Beyonce was on the Met Gala carpet, she only granted one interview, to Entertainment Tonight. In the piece, Beyonce confirms that she wants more kids (pillows?):

Blue Ivy Carter may not be a “Single Lady” forever. At the Met Gala in New York City Monday, new mom Beyonce Knowles, 30, said she and husband Jay-Z, 42, have talked about expanding their brood. “I definitely want to have more,” Knowles told Entertainment Tonight. “I don’t know how many. God knows. I don’t know yet.”

Just don’t expect a pregnancy announcement in the near future. “I don’t know about soon!” Knowles giggled.

The singer — who is currently rehearsing for a special three-night engagement over Memorial Day Weekend at Revel Beach’s Ovation Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey — added that she has “such a full life. I feel like now I know the reason that I was born.”

Knowles said she’s “been working really hard” to get her post-baby back. “There are no secrets. [It takes] discipline!”

She’s not kidding. The 16-time Grammy Award winner works out five days a week with trainer Marco Borges. “We do cardio and plyometric moves like lunges and jumps on and off a bench,” the pro recently told Us Weekly.

Knowles, who is 5-foot-9, avoids processed fare and sticks to whole foods like vegetables and grilled meats. “You don’t have to eat only celery sticks,” Borges advised. “Be sensible and exercise constantly.”

[From Us Weekly]

I giggled when Beyonce said "there are no secrets" to how she got her body back after the baby. Girl, keep trying to convince us. I love that she keeps trying. And don't you love how the stories about her workouts keep changing? She says one thing to People Magazine, her trainer says another thing to Us Weekly, then Beyonce mentions to ET that she hasn't been working out that much… except for "dancing, eight hours, nine hours a day." Hahahaha. Wait, is she serious?

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

John Travolta’s lawyers providing sketchy “evidence” to contradict the first masseur

Posted: 10 May 2012 04:33 AM PDT

I'm already pretty tired of this John Travolta scandal/lawsuit. Maybe it will get interesting in the weeks and months to come, but for now, at this moment, it just makes me really sad. I'm sad for John Travolta and his sad, sweaty, pathetic need to grope, harass and assault masseurs. I'm sad for the masseurs who were just trying to do their jobs, only to be physically abused by a powerful Hollywood type. I'm sad that the Church of Scientology can't simply let Travolta be who he is naturally. I'm sad for Travolta's lawyers, who seem to be releasing more and more "evidence" of Travolta's innocence, only to have said "evidence" blow up in their faces like a sweaty, pathetic Travolta-happy-ending. As I said before, I enjoy a good, gossipy "Travolta has gay spa sex" story. But those stories always involved Travolta doing things with consenting adults ("adults" = lithe, dark young men). The current round of stories are ASSAULTS.

So, here are today's stories. As I mentioned yesterday, you really need to go to TMZ and look at the photos and receipts Travolta's lawyers have provided to "prove" that Travolta wasn't even in LA for the first masseur's assault. Travolta's lawyer, Marty Singer, says: "On the date when plaintiff claims John met him, John was not in California and it can be proved that he was on the East Coast. My client was in New York on January 15. We have flight and hotel records." Except… the only proof offered so far are the photos and the receipt, neither of which prove anything. The photos are absolutely ridiculous – they are the most awkward Photoshopped images I've seen in a while, and besides that, how do those photos "prove" Travolta was in NYC on the day in question? TMZ says Travolta's people claim the photos are time-stamped – which is basically like saying, "Because I said so." As for the Mr. Chow's receipt – it's unsigned. And it's dated for late in the evening. Which means that Travolta could have been in LA to assault the masseur in the morning, then flown to NYC for a meal later in the day.

So the masseurs' lawyer, Okorie Okorocha fought back against Singer's claims and the "evidence" provided to TMZ: "The credit card receipt that Mr. Travolta says proves he was in New York City has a time stamp of 11:38 p.m., our complaint clearly says the assault occurred in the morning of January 16. This credit card receipt proves absolutely nothing, and it doesn’t account for the day of January 16. My client was sexually assaulted at 10 a.m. Travolta could make it to New York on horseback in that time.” Oh, and Travolta's lawyers are now saying that they have the flight records that Travolta flew to NYC the night before the alleged LA assault. Sure.

So the first masseur – the first one to file a lawsuit – has issued a statement to Radar- it's a lengthy piece which you can read in it's entirety here. The basic gist:

"As the unidentified masseur in the John Travolta case I have an opinion that I wanted to share. I don’t think anyone should form any opinion about Mr. Travolta, his family, his council, myself, John Doe #2, and our counsel. Instead, I would urge everyone to understand that guilt or innocence in our Justice System is decided by our court system. Too often these matters are decided by swaying public opinion through elements that would never be considered in an actual court case.

For instance, a photograph, a restaurant receipt, testimony, and other things that may or may not constitute proof have strict guidelines that must be followed. A fine example is the amazing number of guilty people that escape their crimes due to the mishandling of evidence. Is it disappointing, of course it is, but it is a price we must pay in order to have a justice system that runs in a constitutional manner.

In consideration of that, I ask the public to not judge anyone, and allow all parties to work things out in a respectful and dignified manner, and if these matters do go to court than only that final decision past appeals, etc should be considered a definitive statement on ‘guilt’ or ‘innocence’. Despite the circus that celebrity matters seem to spiral into, we should grant all parties involved a wait-and-see attitude, and wait for either the official decision of a judge and jury, or the possibility of a dignified discussion between people who are not pit bulls, or aces, or anything, but are actually officers of the court (lawyers) who have sworn an oath to protect the justice system from losing its blind lady of justice with scales and replacing her with the days of Salem Witch Hunts.

[Via Radar]

I don't really know what to make of that. Is he angling because he got the date wrong? Or is he just trying to be nice because he knows he has "proof" and he's about to take Travolta down?

Incidentally – why haven't Travolta's lawyers started attacking the credibility of the second masseur's story? The second incident went down in Georgia, and there's more "proof" that John was in Atlanta when the second masseur says everything went down. The second victim also has copies of the emails he sent to his employers after Travolta allegedly assaulted him. And can I just say? I think the second dude should also sue the hotel/resort he works for – they were complicit in his assault.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

When Christina Aguilera gets mad: ‘the people in makeup act like a pit crew & rush in’

Posted: 10 May 2012 04:31 AM PDT

Yesterday we learned all about Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine’s ongoing feud, which those of you who watch “The Voice” have known about for some time. The show had its finale on Tuesday night, and the drama between two of the judges has overshadowed most of the news about the winner. “The Voice” earns excellent ratings and is going to continue on for a third season, of course. This has at least one of the other two judges, Cee Lo Green, worried about how this is all going to play out when half the panel members can’t get along. I think he’s half-confirming that those stories we heard about shouting and name-calling backstage are true. Aguilera and Levine aren’t just yelling at each other when the cameras are rolling. Here’s more:

“It’s getting a little old and a little inconvenient for everyone,” Green, 37, told Us Weekly of the bitterness between Aguilera, 31, and Levine, 33, which came to a head on Monday’s show when Aguilera slammed Levine’s singer Tony Lucca over a “derogatory” cover of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems.”

Although Green tells Us he was only peripherally aware of the brouhaha that went on behind the scenes regarding Lucca’s song choice, the coach wants the negativity to end — and fast.

“Adam hasn’t come to me and spoken to me [about his issues] and neither has Christina. But whatever it is, I’m hoping that we can get over it,” Green admits. “It’s not something that we should carry over into season three. I want the integrity of the show intact.”

[From US Weekly]

Some of you floated the theory that this whole thing was staged for ratings, but I think that it’s genuine. Aguilera is a narcissistic diva who takes things personally because it’s all about her, and Levine is a jerk who enjoys pushing her buttons.

As for Aguilera’s issue with Levine’s contestant Tony Lucca, who was on The Mickey Mouse Club at the same time she was as a teen, one of their former co-stars told TMZ that XTina and the other young girls on the show were all “in love” with Tony, who was the “alpha male” on the show back then. So that might explain why she gave him such a hard time.

A source tells Hollywood Life that XTina is so difficult on the set, that the crew “hates her.” Hollywood Life has a ton of stories on this, including some exclusive quotes from Lucca that make it seem like he’s their insider source. The crew has supposedly worked out a whole system for dealing with XTina when she gets in a tizzy during rehearsals. This description cracked me the hell up.

“When things get heated — on and off set — the people in makeup have been told to go to Christina and work on her so she doesn't start complaining or yelling. If she starts carrying on and making a scene [with the other coaches], the people in makeup act like a pit crew and rush to her to keep her quiet.”

This is just what we’ve been hearing from the tabloids, so I don’t doubt it. Their source also claims that they doubt XTina will be around next season. I’m not so sure that’s true, though, when her antics get so much attention. There are plenty more stories on Hollywood Life about XTina, and I won’t bother to recap them all. You can read them here. It’s all about how she’s a nasty piece of work on set. Lucca claims he won’t even get into the same elevator with her she’s so unbearable.

As you probably already know, Christina not only wore a dress on the finale of The Voice that was so precariously low cut it looked like her boobs were about to pop out, she also wore what amounted to studded granny panties. Here are some photos of that, thanks to Hollywood Life.

Some photos credit: NBC

Halle Berry tells off paps: these people stalk a child’s school every day

Posted: 10 May 2012 04:27 AM PDT

Halle Berry was photographed angrily yelling and confronting a photographer outside her daughter’s school yesterday. I guess I don’t blame her. We all know that Halle stages happy family beach photo ops with Nahla’s bonus/replacement dad, Oliver Martinez. So she’ll use the paparazzi when they work in her favor and curse them out when they don’t. I still take her side, though, when it comes to protecting her kid. School should be off limits to paparazzi, and there was a law passed in California in 2009 that makes it illegal to “take and sell unauthorized photos of celebrities in ‘personal or familial activity.‘” A school pick-up outing would fall under that category, and Halle could have called the cops if she wanted to. According to E! online, she just told the guy off though. Here’s more:

The Oscar winner was picking up daughter Nahla from school in Beverly Hills when she was spotted—and duly photographed—shaking her fists at something (or someone) in the parking lot.

So, what had gotten Berry’s summery, turquoise maxidress-clad goat?

Would you believe the very person who captured her ire was also the one doing the irking?

“It is inappropriate for these people to stalk a child’s school everyday,” a source close to Berry tells E! News, “these people” being the paparazzi who chronicle an awful lot of Berry’s comings and goings.

“They pushed too far [today],” the source added. “Halle felt that her daughter was being threatened. Having words with someone who is stalking your family is not out of line.”

No one officially reported a pap-vs.-A-lister confrontation going down at the school, so it appears that Berry was able to collect her daughter without further incident and be on her way.

But this isn’t the first time that Berry’s movements have been plagued by unwanted attention. She filed a criminal complaint in 2008 against a photo agency that was circulating pictures the actress claims were taken of her and Nahla in their backyard rather than out and about.

[From E! Online]

You know I’m in no way a Halle Berry fan, but she has a right to bitch someone out whom she perceives as threatening her kid. The paparazzi scream all sorts of ridiculous things, to kids, to get their attention. They shouldn’t be allowed on school property. There’s a difference between photographing celebrities on Robertson Boulevard or out at the clubs and following them when they bring their kids to school. Especially if the paps are getting right up in little kids faces.

This is Halle Berry we’re talking about, though. Maybe she just got mad at something and wanted to blow off steam.