Gossip Morning
- Jamie Spears, Britney’s father, will maintain control over his daughter’s affairs because a judge has ruled that she is not competent. Oh, and her estate is worth 40 million dollars.
- Lindsay Lohan gives a p.r.-perfect interview to Glamour Magazine about life after rehab. Among the highlights: she likes staying home now, and it hard to be around certain friends because they have “gone down a different path.” Gag me.
- Ellen Page wears something other than black to some red carpet event. She still won’t really smile, though.
- Patrick Swayze spent the weekend at Stanford Medical Center to be treated for a “gastrointestinal procedure.” He is now resting comfortably at home, I am happy to report.
Gossip Morning
- Britney Spears is extending her stay at UCLA Medical Center for 14 days, unless she protests the hold.
- What Spears is protesting is her father’s control over her estate, which he acquired on Friday.
- Michelle Williams releases a very sad public statement. Really.
- Singer Lily Allen was dumped by her boyfriend two weeks after having a miscarriage. The couple had recently returned from a $6000 a night vacation in the Maldives.
Gossip Morning
- Britney Spears has been hospitalized again for psychiatric evaluation. Last night, her shrink called an ambulance. The ambulance was followed by her mother, beau, and a significant police escort. Spears is said to be suffering from a bipolar disorder. For more info, go here and here.
- Okay, so apparently it is totally true that Angelina Jolie is pregnant. So is 24’s Potato Face Mary Lynn Rajskub. And so is Ethan Hawke Ethan Hawke’s girlfriend, Uma Thurman’s former nanny. Small world!
- Page Six has more on Heath Ledger’s history of drug problems.
Gossip Morning
- Gwen Stefani is 13 weeks pregnant with her second child. This is good news, as she had good clothes and was fun to watch when she was pregnant the first time.
- Kevin Federline’s lawyer is going back to court to get Britney Spears to pay another 500k in legal bills.
- Click here to read Us Weekly’s take on Michelle William’s purported attempt to get Heath Ledger into rehab in 2006.
Gossip Morning
- Britney Spears is so powerful fucked she’s stimulating a whole economy all by herself. I’m not kidding!
- Michelle Williams’s next movie, Blue Valentine, is on hold until she is ready to go back to work. The drama also starring Ryan Gosling, was set to start production in late February.
- Lindsay Lohan was spotted drinking straight from the bottle again.
Gossip Morning
- Angelina Jolie did herself no favors in the celebrity gossip/pregnancy department by wearing to the SAG awards a long, flowy, strapless gown held up only by her ample bosoms. I’m just saying.
- Martie Maguire, of the Dixie Chicks, is pregnant with her third girl. She already has twins.
- A private memorial was held Sunday in LA for Heath Ledger. He will be buried in Perth, Australia.
- Prettiest dressed at the SAG Awards: Julie Christie, in a chic black suit; America Ferrera in Monique Lhuillier; Chandra Wilson in a slinky gold number; and Marion Cottilard in Nina Ricci. Worst dressed: Daniel Day Lewis.
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Gossip Morning
- Star Magazine is reporting that Angelina Jolie is pregnant with twins. Who knows. Tori Spelling is pregnant with her second child.
- Blind item: “What bad boy actor, who spent some time in rehab not too long ago, was openly doing cocaine in the back seat of his chauffeur-driven car while in Sundance for the film festival? Get over your vice! And Shower!”
- Amy Winehouse officially entered rehab, for now.
- Reality pays. Lauren Conrad of The Hills has bought a 2.5 million dollar house.
Gossip Morning
- A “rolled” 20 dollar bill found in Heath Ledger’s Soho loft has tested negative for narcotic substances. So far, all drugs found in his apartment have been varieties of anti-anxiety and sleeping medications. Most pill bottles were full. A preliminary autopsy failed to determine the cause of death, but foul play has been ruled out and his death is being called accidental.
- Michelle Williams and daughter Matilda have arrived in New York from Sweden.
- Reasons for Eddie Murphy’s split from “wife” Tracey Edmonds two weeks after their “wedding” are emerging. Page Six reports it wasn’t over a prenup but because Murphy wanted his mother to come on their honeymoon, among other things.
- Yesterday, Britney Spears showed up to court for a hearing she had requested, but she left before it started. No visitation rights remain in place.
Gossip Mourning
Heath Ledger is dead. He was 28. He reportedly had a history of drug abuse, and was suffering from pneumonia at the time of his death. He was found Tuesday afternoon by his housekeeper and a massage therapist. He was naked, in bed, and there were anti-anxiety pills near his body. Michelle Williams, on her way back to New York from filming in Sweden, is said to be devastated by his death. They have a daughter, Matilda, who is 2. There is more to the story here, here, here, here, and here.
Gossip Morning/Oscar Morning
- Oscar noms are in, though there may not be any Oscar show. Juno was nominated for best picture, Jason Reitman for best director, Diablo Cody for best original screenplay, and Ellen Page for best actress. Other best picture nominations include No Country for Old Men, Atonement, Michael Clayton, and There Will Be Blood. For a complete list of nominations, go here.
- Amy Winehouse continues her flagrant downward spiral. Now she’s been taped smoking crack, ecstasy, and coke this past weekend.
- Despite a rumor to the contrary, Reese Witherspoon is not engaged to Jake Gyllenhaal.
- The split between Britney Spears and her pap boyfriend comes down to a muddled agreement with Britney and another pap organization who pays to photograph her every move, according to Perez Hilton and others. Spears guru/friend/creep Sam Lufti didn’t like the disruption of a new player, worrying that he and Spears would lose money.
Gossip Morning
- Update on Gwyneth Paltrow: Not pregnant, just sick with stomach troubles, according to chef Mario Batali.
- Britney Spears may have filed a restraining order against her paparazzi beau. That didn’t stop her from inviting two new paps to her house for champagne this weekend.
- Chris Noth and longtime girlfriend Tara Wilson are new parents to baby Orion Christopher Noth.
- Kiefer Sutherland is out of jail after serving a 48-day sentence for a DUI.
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Gossip Morning
- From the NY Daily News: “Petit Tresor was the go-to baby boutique in L.A after the birth of Christina Aguilera’s son and Nicole Richie’s daughter. Grandpa Lionel Richie was so tickled, he bought five organic blankets in pink, a pink silk photo album, a silver heart rattle, and sheets embroidered with pink rosebuds. Paris Hilton sent Nicole a pink cashmere sweaters, bowls, My Blankee hooded towels, and a HuddyBuddy baby T-shirt that says “Play It Loud!” And Gwen Stefani bought pal Christina a diaper bag—for 1,200 bucks.”
- Katie Holmes is getting terrible reviews for Mad Money everywhere but Salon.
- The Associated Press is keeping a draft obituary on file for Britney Spears, you know, just in case.
- As part of her plea agreement for two DUI charges, Lindsay Lohan has to spend two days working in a morgue and two days working in an emergency room. This is supposed to teach her the consequences of certain actions.
Gossip Morning
- Tracey Ullman has a new TV show on Showtime, set to premiere in March. In State of the Union, Tracey will skewer some country’s celebrity-obsessed, 24-hour news culture with impersonations of Cameron Diaz, Renee Zellweger, Dina Lohan, David Beckham, and more. Along with Cody’s United States of Tara, Showtime is set to become the new all-American cable network. I am just waiting for Sleeper Cell: United States of Terror in the Union.
- Two weeks after their not-legal wedding in Bora Bora, Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds have split.
- The Sundance Film Festival starts today, and per usual, the gifts to those who have it all are staggering. Stars will receive iPhones, iPods, PlayStation gaming consoles, and jewelry, and a few will get a free trip to Portugal.
- Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are new best friends with Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld.
Gossip Morning
- Despite the fact that four major TV studios have now canceled their writers’ contracts, guaranteeing the end to this year’s TV season, the Oscars will go on. Click here for some vague contingency plans.
- Child actor and troubled adult Brad Renfro was found dead in his apartment after a night of drinking with friends. He was 25.
- Gwyneth Paltrow was briefly hospitalized on Monday at New York City’s Mt. Sinai Hospital for undisclosed reasons. Not so briefly, though, that there wasn’t time to for her to receive a delivery of organic “supplies.” She was released Tuesday. UPDATE: According the NY Daily News, Paltrow was seen entering the maternity wing at Mt. Sinai.
Gossip Morning
Katie Holmes is out and about in NYC promoting Mad Money. The only controversy is the one that didn’t happen. No one is asking her to talk about the new Andrew Morton bio of Tom Cruise in which Morton claims, among other things, that daughter Suri was conceived with the sperm of cult founder L. Ron Hubbard.
- Joel Madden gushes about Nicole and Harlow on his website.
- Britney Spears makes it to the courthouse but not into the actual courtroom. Does that count? Apparently not for much, as she still can’t see her kids for at least a month.
Gossip Morning
- Nicole Richie is no longer pregnant. On Friday, she gave birth to Harlow Winter Kate Madden. The name is pretty, but I keep wanting to call her Shalom or Harlot.
- Christina Aguilera also gave birth this weekend–to Max Liron Bratman on Saturday.
- Britney Spears has another custody hearing scheduled today and her virtual lawyers (still Trope and Trope) are telling her that if she doesn’t show, it’ll be bad, n’kay? She’ll have no help from the sheriff’s department getting there though. They are fed up and say Britney will have to make her own way through the media throng and find her own parking.
- Highlights of the non-Golden Globes: Jon Hamm won best actor in a TV drama, and Mad Men won best drama. Cate Blanchett won best supporting actress for I’m Not There, and Tina Fey won best actress in a TV comedy. No awards for Juno, despite three nominations. For a complete list, go here.
Gossip Morning
- Britney Spears is in New York Mexico with her paparazzo beau, who has been selling naked pictures of her. Fun times.
- Pamela Anderson, who is back to divorcing her quickie husband Rick Salomon, is pregnant. By him.
- I’m sorry, but it’s a really slow day in gossip. So here you go. Katie Holmes is happy for Nicole Kidman and Kidman’s pregnancy news.
Gossip Morning
- On Mr. Blackwell’s 2007 worst dressed list: Victoria Beckham, Amy Winehouse, Mary-Kate Olsen, Fergie, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Eva Green, Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, and Allison Arngrim.
- In the strike era of award shows, the People’s Choice Awards, already bad, got even worse last night with Queen Latifah reduced to announcing winners to no one and walking around an empty studio. Can’t wait for the Golden Globes press conference on Sunday!
- Clifford Streit, the former manager of Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell, is apparently shopping a tell-all about the early days of the television show. Revelations so far: tensions between SJP and Kim Catrall started because Catrall was so talented she stole too many scenes…
- Kate Winslet is taking over for Nicole Kidman in The Reader. Originally, the role was written for Winslet.
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