The truth is out there ...

Boring day ...

Zach Braff denied the engagement rumors (to Mandy Moore) on his blog recently. What's going on!? Who should we trust!? I thought he told a reporter on the red carpet of one of the recent awards shows that they were engaged? Whatever.

Paris Hilton has hired Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin (Blow Out's Jonathan Antin's sister) to be her choreographer (presumably for her upcoming album). 'Cause she hella needs to learn some moves, yo!

A photo of Ryan and Rachel from last week, just for good measure. He looks different. In a bad way. Like he got plain-er. Oh well, they'd still make hot babies. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Skype is doing a promotion for their online telephony (that word bothers me a lot) system -- they want you to bid on one of ten ten minute phone conversations with the likes of Rachel Bilson and Kristin Cavallari, among others. The bidding starts tomorrow here, if you're interested. As for me, I'm going to sit back and watch because I cannot for the life of me decide whether I'd rather talk to The O.C. or the real O.C. for ten minutes.

It's in the way that I want you tonight ...

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Watch out, Paris Hilton's single and on the search for fresh meat -- The Sun reports that at a post-Brit Awards party, she preyed on soccer player Frank Lampard. She was said to have followed him across a string of London venues before getting his number, though he is engaged to his girlfriend.

Although the funniest thing is the way in which Paris is trying to reach out to her potential audience in the UK: she told Contact Music that her "main influences are the Babyshambles (sic), Keane and Madonna. I wanted to meet Pete Doherty when I was in the UK for the Brits but he wasn't at any of the parties." Maybe he was trying to avoid you. Because you don't even know the name of one of your "main influences."

The New York Times quoted Kristin Cavallari on the Hotel Gansevoort club G Spa and Lounge today, but their intern didn't do his or her job in fact-checking and the article went to print with her name misspelled: "I love the music," said Kristin Cavalleri, a star of "Laguna Beach." "I've been to Marquee and Bungalow 8," she said, dropping the names of two of New York's most famous clubs. "This is more intimate, smaller, and more upbeat than Bungalow."

And Alex Murrel announced on her MySpace last night that both her debut album and the Laguna Beach Season Two DVD set will be released on June 13th. So ... now you know. (It's Mike's super-short show!)

Which team are YOU on?

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New interview with Kristin Cavallari from TVGuide.com. Nothing new, but a few "heartfelt" moments from "Laguna's Biatch":
TVGuide.com: There are some heart-tugging moments in the premiere. Was it extra-rewarding for you to be a part of bringing joy to Alexis' life?
Cavallari: Oh, yes. That's why I did this show, because it really touches you and it's so emotional, but in a good way. It opened my eyes to a lot and made me realize how fortunate I am.
TVGuide.com: Good answer. Is this the sort of career stepping stone you had in mind after Laguna Beach?
Cavallari: Oh, yeah. I want to parlay this whole hosting thing into acting.
TVGuide.com: Were other opportunities presented to you?
Cavallari: Yeah, there were, but I thought this one would be the best. This appealed to me the most, and I wanted to be a part of it.
TVGuide.com: With Season 3 of Laguna nearing, there have been complaints from locals — even though enrollment at the high school has increased as people came to town seeking stardom. Do you recall any adverse reactions to your presence in town?
Cavallari: The only negative is sometimes we'd be filming and some people would drive by and be like, "F--- MTV!" But that only happened twice, maybe. There wasn't a lot of negative feedback.
TVGuide.com: Lastly, what is Kristin's recipe for a good party?
Cavallari: Having all of your good and really close friends and family, and good music.
TVGuide.com: Is having the cops show up a sign of success?
Cavallari: That's a sign of a good high-school party! [Laughs]

... she co-hosted ET on MTV this morning, which will reair at 8:30am tomorrow. Host Ryan Devlin also brought out the latest issue of Jane magazine, in which Lauren Conrad is featured. Apparently, she reiterated in the clip that she and Kristin are really enemies and that their worst fights were off-camera. Devlin is said to have mentioned that Kristin will be back as co-host again next week.

And it's pretty much a known fact that Get This Party Started died an early death. Oh well, it definitely wasn't going over to the new WB-UPN supernetwork next year anyway ...

Birthdays and Bashing

A certain comrade of mine informed me that today is, in fact, Paris Hilton's twenty-fifth birthday. One is inclined to wonder how much longer she intends to continue her partying ways. Especially since rumors that boyfriend Stavros Niarchos has left her are growing ever-strong. Even Paris' publicist couldn't give a completely affirmative statement, giving a weary "I believe Paris and Stavros are still a couple." It's been a rough week for the socialite. Maybe she should avoid drama tonight by kissing her early 20s goodbye with a nice chick flick and a pair of fuzzy slippers.

But chances are, she won't be. She reportedly had a little (too much?) absinthe at London's club Kaberet Prophecy and slipped into the DJ box to announce that she was "celebrating [her] birthday and Prince is in the house, so I want to play his new single because he's hot." At which point Prince headed for the exit.

But just you (and I) make fun, because The Chicago Sun-Times is saying good things about her upcoming album. Or, rather, that they've been hearing that it's "surprisingly good." I don't know what that means exactly, since no one takes her seriously and anything remotely decent would be considered good when it comes to Paris Hilton.

This news is now a few days old, but apparently Lauren "LC" Conrad didn't have very nice things to say about her fellow Laguna Beach cast members at a recent appearance she and Stephen Colletti made at the University of South Carolina. According to Laguna Beach Hookup, she mentioned that she and Lo have lost touch, that neither she nor Lo had originally been chosen to be on the show at all, but the crew caught the two struggling with a car alarm in the school parking lot and thought they were funny. She said she "hates Jessica, Alex Murrel and Casey (to which Stephen apparently chimed in and agreed)." She may be getting her own line of clothing, after having spoken to a couple of designers. [Lauren and Jason canoodling it up, front row at NY's Fashion Week. Photo courtesy of Getty Images]

Stephen revealed that he never wears underwear and is dating "a sixteen-year-old eleventh grader" (who everyone is assuming to be Hayden Panetierre) -- she's an actress, he said, and "very mature." He mentioned that he had been dating Ashley Bashioum but the two were, sadly, no longer. Both said, strangely enough, that they had never really hung out with Talan Torriero.

The Kristin Cavallari guest appearance on Veronica Mars has been moved to March 8th, her show Get This Party Started has already been put on hiatus and ... oh yeah. Do I even need to mention that Lauren said that she really does hate Kristin? Even after Kristin extended an olive branch by calling her a "nice girl"? Hmm. Who's the bitch now?

You're no fun.

After winning two awards at the Brit Awards last night, Coldplay announced that they will be taking a break. "It's going to be a few years before you see us again ... People are fed up with us -- and so are we."

According toIn Touch, Lindsay Lohan and Kimberly Stewart are in the midst of a catfight. Here's the weekly's incredibly solid evidence for it: At the Tab Energy party on February 2 at Drive-in Studios in New York, fellow partygoers couldn’t help but notice the tension between the two women. “Lindsay and Kimberly were sitting on the same side of the room but they totally ignored each other,” says one onlooker. "They didn’t even acknowledge each other’s presence. Lindsay just kept to herself for the most part, and Kimberly spent time with pals, but neither would even say hello. They used to be friends, but no more.” Hmm. Then Lohan and I must be in a catfight too.

The Daily News spotted Lohan and her mom (presumably before the dinner at Bette) at the Hotel Gansevoort in the meatpacking district, "watching naked women slut it up in ... the hot tub. All tuckered out from that maternal quality time, Lohan took frequent trips to the bathroom with Nicky Hilton." Beautiful bond they've got there. Leave Ma all alone with the scary strippers while you do a line or two in the powder room. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Well, maybe Ma was a little traumatized by the strippers, because Page Six is reporting that Dina is getting tired of her daughter's partying ways. On Friday, the two were spotting fighting over Lindsay's partying at the after-show dinner at Bette for Karl Lagerfeld's new fashion line. "Dina was very open about it," a source shared. "She's getting tired of sitting at Bungalow 8 until 5 in the morning." ... Lohan's rep denied there was a fight: "Whoever told you this is someone who is trying to stir the pot." I'm starting to hate "Lohan's rep" as much as I hate her.

Mischa Barton has terrible luck with phones. She's complained about losing them time and time again. This time, bad luck struck her and her Sidekick over a pool. She was dancing on a makeshift dance floor over a pool, says Contact Music, when the floor gave way and sent the partiers into the water. It is reported that she not only destroyed her Sidekick, but ruined her Chanel jacket in the process.

Apparently Nicole Richie's campaign to spread the Diet Dr. Pepper love on Valentine's Day was not well-received. Only a "few dozen sodas were given out in total. More passersby wondered what was going on than actually lined up for a sample, and one heckler drew boos and giggles by shouting, 'She's ugly!' as he walked on by." Well ... it was New York. Nobody ain't gonna stop for nothin' on a Tuesday morning.

Lastly, some hopeful news for the glitterati out there. Nicole and ex-fiance Adam Goldstein were spotted at Il Sole in Los Angeles, holding hands. Of course, his rep had to go and ruin the romance by adding that "(The dinner) doesn't mean they're back together. The two remain friends."

Hollywood just isn't Hollywood without a rep to ruin all the fun.

Denial, denial

People.com features another unsatisfying and boring Kristin Cavallari interview. What makes a good party: "A good guest list -- and music is always very important. ... I like '80s music. It's music you can dance to." On beau Brody Jenner: "It's been hard because I've been traveling so much and we don't see each other that often. But when we do, we're really boring – we go to dinner and rent movies. Like today, we're gonna go to the Apple store. We're just really regular people, we just do normal stuff."

On other Laguna Beach cast members:
Stephen Colletti: "He's a sweetheart. He puts other people before himself."
Lauren Conrad: "What I know of her, we're just very different people."
Jason Wahler: "Hilarious. He's a really funny guy."
Jessica Smith: "Dorky, but in a good way. She's the kind of girl you can be in your pajamas with all day and eat food and just laugh with."
Talan Torriero: "There are a lot of different sides to his personality. He can be very funny or very sweet or he can be like Mr. Cool."

For the rest of the mundane, interview, click here. [Photo OBVIOUSLY courtesy of PerezHilton.com. What an idiot.]

TomKat deny their break up. As they would, according to their evil world-dominating plan ... or, just Tom's. 'Cause look: In Touch is confident about their newest claims that Tom was acting like a crazy person at a recent Kanye West concert in Los Angeles: The “Mission Impossible” star “dangled off a nine-foot-high balcony” at the concert ... He then complained “All these people are making me crazy. It’s too much!’” and, as onlookers “gasped in disbelief” he “climbed up cables to get away from the crowds." ... “He asked us what religion we were,” a source told ITW. “He told us that Scientology changed his life and his fiancée’s life, and it could change ours, too.” What a sad man.

Jake Gyllenhaal has a "major crush" on Ziyi Zhang, says Star. But language barriers and busy schedules are keeping them apart. Aw, that's too bad.

That restraining order Brian Quintana was filing against Paris Hilton went through. According to some, it's keeping her from partying in certain places because "Paris' posse was calling around to see which parties were jumping. But everywhere they called, I was there ahead of her," Quintana says (quite possibly with an evil laugh and a pinky to his mouth). Paris' people deny it, just as they deny the reasons behind the now instated restraining order: "Wherever she did or didn't go, it didn't have anything to do with that order." But wait -- so she did make racial remarks against him?

PETA activists threw flour at Paris last night in London as she made her way to a London Fashion Week after party. It's about time. Next time make it slimy!

This just in

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise -- DUNZO???

From ONTD:
Life & Style has learned exclusively that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have agreed to call off their wedding — and, ultimately, to split.

Multiple insiders confirmed the story to Life & Style, with one longtime friend of Tom’s saying: “Their relationship is basically over.” Another friend adds: “They both agreed that the marriage wouldn’t work and they wanted to end it before they learned to hate each other.”

The insiders say that Tom, 43, and Katie, 27, plan to keep up the charade of a romance until after their baby’s birth this spring. In the meantime, the couple will live in his Beverly Hills home — though sleeping in separate bedrooms — through the summer. Then, presumably, they’ll announce a separation — but Tom plans to buy Katie a home nearby so he can visit his child whenever he wishes.

“They’ll share custody,” says the friend, who claims the couple are drawing up a legal document to provide for Katie’s and the baby’s financial well-being for life. “Tom will set up Katie and the baby,” adds the pal.

Celebrities share the love

Jessica Simpson and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine unofficially make it official, Perez Hilton tells us: Our little moles tell us that Simpson's publicist and Levine's rep have confirmed their courtship to the tabs - after denying it for the longest time. However, they "confirmed" off the record and will not be releasing an official statement. Shady much? [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Keira Knightley has an unusual complaint -- she's sick and tired of Orlando Bloom flirting on set! Star says that she has said that he's always telling her how much he loves his girlfriend Kate Bosworth, but winks at the next girl who walks by ... "I think all this swashbuckling pirate business has gone to his head," Knightley reportedly said. Charming guy he is.

Laguna Beach's Stephen Colletti is set to make an appearance at MTV's TRL Awards, which is set to air on February 25th at noon.

This is what happens when you have too much money: It seems that hotel heiress Paris Hilton misses her pet pooches so much when she has to leave the US that she is now planning to hire a dog when she visits the UK for the upcoming Brit Awards. Paris is not only planning to hire a long-haired Chihuahua to accompany her to the London bash, but will also be bringing the dog a selection of accessories from her own canine designer clothing range. How long till the poor rented Chihuahua makes a run for it and has Paris making sad faces for the media, in a search for Tinkerbell the Second?

Laguna roundup.

Stephen, doing what he does best.
[Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]
Happy 20th Birthday to Stephen Colletti, and Happy Belated 19th Birthday to Taylor Cole (it was yesterday).

For the next two months (to the day!), I can bask in the gloriousness of being the same age as Stephen. Ha.

And photos of Alex Hooser's new brown locks:

[Photos courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]
Tomorrow, there will be a double-tv-whammy for Kristin Cavallari: she'll be a guest on The Tyra Banks Show at 3pm, then Get This Party Started from 8 to 10pm on UPN. I think it's either a rebroadcast of last week's premiere episode, or a rebroadcast and a new episode. Then, on Wednesday night at 9pm, she's supposed to appear on Veronica Mars, but the UPN website states otherwise.

Paris Hilton pisses Robert Redford off -- he says she's ruining his brainchild, the Sundance Film Festival. He told Newsweek: “I think the festival is close to being out of control. To the outside world, it’s a big fat market where you have people like Paris Hilton going to parties. Now, she doesn’t have anything to do with anything.” Tell it like it is!

Star magazine says that Wilmer Valderrama's a little worried about Lindsay Lohan: ... Valderrama was concerned when he heard about Lindsay Lohan's latest mishap in London, where the 19-year-old got 10 stitches in a teacup related accident at Bryan Adams' home in London. "He told me, 'Now you know why it [was] so hard to stay with her," Wilmer's friend revealed. "He thinks the girl is out of control, and it's only a matter of time before she goes too far." Wait, wait. So ... it was so hard to stay with her because she's a klutz? Or because she's always in the hospital. I don't get it, Star. Your quotations form logical fallacies!

And some ... interesting news for Gilmore Girls fans ... after rumors of last season being the last, there's talk of next season being the last for the show. Show creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino may leave the show to someone else next season: The Palladinos are making plans for a cliffhanger ending to this season (wedding? no wedding?) and for the show to run without them in the fall, just in case. And Lauren Graham says that she had a very difficult time accepting this season's plot twist: "It wasn't my favorite ... I struggled with the idea that this character, being the parent, would go so far as to stop speaking to her daughter and not make more of an effort ... We had it in bits and pieces, but it was hard for me to justify—that I wouldn't try harder, that I wouldn't reach out more, that I could stand to be away from her for that long." But Graham wouldn't mind stepping away from Gilmore Girls: "Getting the language perfect requires a number of takes that you might not have on another show ... It's just a lot of work—13, 14 hours door to door. I've missed weddings, I've missed babies being born. I'm not complaining, because of what it has brought me, but I would be ready for a different balance."

Mother Teresa Turns In Grave

So I'm sure that you've heard by now that the Britney Spears spot on Will and Grace is still on. And that the Olympic gold medal just doesn't like Michelle Kwan. But have you heard about Paul Walker?


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... and how hot he still is, after all of these years at a screening and Q&A for upcoming film Running Scared. That man just refuses to age. And thank God for it!

Star is hinting that political dissention may have had to do with the Lance Armstrong-Sheryl Crow split: "Sheryl said Lance didn't just support Bush, - he'd go off and fight if the president asked him too." And Sheryl is a Bush-whacker. But In Touch says that he's had an extended case of cold feet and has been trying to call it off four times since September. That's too bad.

Some people are idiots. Or very clever marketing geniuses. Famed director T. Rajeevnath is looking for someone to play the role of Mother Teresa and has contacted Paris Hilton about it. He was impressed when he read a report sometime ago in which the hotel heiress said she had refused to pose nude in Playboy magazine. Wow. How saintly of her.

That said, Paris is an idiot. But that you've known for quite a while now.
According to The Daily Star, she believes that a "special passport" is required to get into London. Even from other parts of England. "We've told her over and over again that she doesn't need one and that there's no such thing as a special London passport but she just won't listen," an aide told the Daily Star. "Her boyfriend Stavros Niarchos has told her she needs one -- and Paris believes everything he tells her." Dude, he's trying so hard to get rid of her ...

Another slow Saturday

Not much of interest to report today ... someone mentioned Kristin Cavallari in passing in a fashion article: I can't complain about the celebrity sightings. Over the course of two days I saw Debra Messing, Nicole Richie, Serena Williams, Kristin Cavalleri from Laguna Beach (with really bad hair extensions, sadly) as well as Aida Turturro and Illeana Douglas. Funny, because 1) she made fun of Casey for her terrible hair extensions and 2) shouldn't her hair have grown out by now? I honestly think it's her real hair! [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

And it's back to Lindsay Lohan and her men. This time it's Joaquin Phoenix, who reportedly called her after he had his car accident (ha!). According to Star magazine, "She was one of the first people Joaquin says he called. She was in tears with him on the phone as he explained how shaken up he was ... Lindsay offered to fly back to L.A. to be by his side, but Joaquin said he was going to be a big boy about it. But I think this incident has made him and Lindsay closer than either of them expected to be." Sigh, when will this nonsense stop?

P.S. The trailer for Talan Torriero's film debut in Driftwood is up. You can check it out here.

Freaky Friday

Alright, here are the details from MSN:
In Touch says the sociable starlet [Lindsay Lohan], 19, has been "quietly seeing" prolific troubadour Ryan Adams, 31, who has a reputation for banishing audience members who call out requests for "Summer of '69" and other ditties made famous by the craggy-faced Canadian crooner ...
According to the magazine, the teen queen also "hooked up" recently with Benicio Del Toro, 38. Seems the scruffy Oscar winner was out celebrating the birthday of unsteady squeeze Sara Foster when he connected with Lindsay. The age-challenged pair then spent "hours canoodling" before making a beeline for the Mercer Hotel, says the mag ...
Meanwhile, Lindsay's mom continues to defend her hospitalization-prone little girl as she rehashes the Vanity Fair bulimia debate with Newsday.
"Lindsay's fine. She's a 19-year-old girl. The writer twisted some of her words," Dina Lohan tells the paper. "[Lindsay] had said 'I wasn't eating right,' and this interviewer ... everyone has to be labeled, so they tried to label her. Well, it's not about labels. It's about being honest. Lindsay is honest and open ... If Lindsay had a problem, she wouldn't be coming out with four movies in a year." [Photo courtesy of Ryan Adams Online]

Whatever.

Designer Karl Lagerfeld slammed Lohan's claims that she was the new Chanel girl; he said that he prefers "sophisticated icons" like "Nicole Kidman and that generation."

Ouch.

Nicole Kidman and best friend Naomi Watts are said to have had a falling out. Now that Naomi has reached Nicole's level in Hollywood, the two have been going for the same roles, which has caused some tension between the friends. Naomi's pub denied the claims and said that the two are closer than ever.

Orlando Bloom is supposedly prepping to propose to on-and-off girlfriend Kate Bosworth this Valentine's Day. A Daily Star source said that "He has been out and about looking at diamond rings and it's thought he'll go down on one knee and pop the question."

... annnnd Paris Hilton, after having more or less begged to take part in the BRIT awards (which she is being paid 100,000 pounds for), is now reportedly threatening to pull out unless a jacuzzi is installed in her dressing room. Isn't that what the hotel's for?

The fine line between fact and fiction.

The biggest and most shocking rumor of the day is that Mandy Moore is pregnant with Zach Braff's baby! According to In Touch, sources say that she is already four months along and sported a bump at the Scrubs 100th Episode party last month. Both parties refused to comment, but a friend of Mandy's said that Mandy revealed the secret to her and Braff did confirm the engagement. Their wedding date is set for April 7th, 2007, meaning their hypothetical child would be out of wedlock. Meaning ... Mandy's a bad Catholic and their child's gonna be weird looking. [That dress is flowy for a reason, isn't it? Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Tom Cruise wants Katie Holmes to take time off to stay at home and be a mother. He reportedly told a friend, "I've got Katie tucked away, so no one will get to us until my child is born -- and I want them to ... I said [Katie's] life from now on was going to be about being a mother. I'm not giving her the chance to turn into another Nicole." Sick. Sick, sick, sick.

Is Christina Ricci coming between Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz? Life and Style magazine says that Ricci is "head over heels for Justin" and Cameron demanded to know if he was sleeping with his co-star (of Black Snake Moan). According to an insider, Justin denied and angrily asked Cameron, "Can't I have a friend other than you?" And it certainly doesn't help that Christina dumped then-boyfriend Adam Goldberg immediately following the filming of Black Snake Moan, does it?

Second shocker of the day -- Lindsay Lohan is dating Ryan Adams!? Honestly, rumors have her dating someone new every two weeks. I don't even think she has time enough to be seen with enough men for these rumors to start up. Her people must be paying someone to start these stupid rumors. In any case, her rep said, "She's not dating either of these wonderful men." Gawd, they must be having a ball with this one.

Lindsay's mom needs to go away -- now. She spoke up about her daughter's weight to Star: "We're really skinny. They used to call me 'Olive Oyl' when I was little," Dina reasoned. "We have quick metabolisms." Lindsay's mother adds that her youngest daughter Ali, 12, is also subject to taunts about her weight. "She goes to school, and they're like, 'Are you bulimic?' It's hurtful," Dina said. Don't even drag your twelve-year-old daughter into this. Don't promote another daughter through the woes of another daughter [Ali is currently recording an album in New York City]. Don't even compare a twelve-year-old's body to a nineteen-year-old's. Sheesh. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

And Lindsay showed up late, halfway through the Marc Jacobs fashion show on Monday -- and asked to be escorted to her seat. A Daily News spy said, "They just looked at her and said, 'No way. There's a fashion show going on!'" According to model Gemma Ward, the Marc Jacobs show was held up in the fall because of Lohan as well: "We are all ready at 8, but the audience isn't. We must all wait for Lindsay Lohan and the few journalists who haven't arrived yet."

So Nicole Richie is in "secret talks" to open a nightclub of her own after seeing how lucrative it can be following ex-fiance DJ AM's opening of LAX. Not so secret anymore ...

Hilary Duff gets defensive in her new Cosmopolitan feature article. When asked about the eating disorder rumors, she said, "Look at me. You can see that I'm healthy. I did lose weight but I don't know how much. I never got on the scale before. When you get older, you lose your baby fat." That sounds hauntingly familiar ... like Britney on her "breast implants" and Lohan on her weight loss and her "breast implants" ... And Hil claims to have "a potty mouth." Hmm ... I'd like to witness that. [Photo courtesy of oh-hilary.com]

And when did this become a fact? Nick Lachey's new girlfriend is former Miss Kentucky Elizabeth Arnold? How many women have they seen him with since the separation? How many of them did they say he was dating? How many of them is he really dating? And how many people are still saying that Jessica wants him back?

I spy ...

I know I said I wouldn't trust Oh No They Didn't for up-to-date news anymore, but some ONTD readers had encounters with the celeb-kind and they were relevant, so I thought it'd be interesting to share them:
A girl who works at Ruby's Diner (yumm!) in Laguna Beach said that Jessica Smith stopped by on Sunday night: She was cute and humble. She was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans and had two little boys with her. She ordered chicken fingers and stayed on her sidekick most of the time. She was really sweet and left a 6-dollar tip on her 12-dollar bill. I must say she was much more of a pleasure to serve than the whole cast of Season One two summers ago. Season three was filming a few days ago on our Patio, and we get constant calls from tourists asking if the “movie stars” are going to be at the restaurant that day. There is also a flower shop right next to Ruby's called Bill's Flowers. MTV knew his flower shop didn't sell corsages...but they set up cameras and gave Bill a microphone and had the boys come to buy the corsages on tape just so they could get their disappointed reactions. [Jessica with Syrus of The Real World Boston. Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

Another ONTD reader shared this about hottie James Franco: So I was at The Mint (a club) recently and a girl named Marla Sokoloff was there performing. Anyway, Marla is a fairly known actress ... But most importantly- she used to date James Franco. She had quite a few bitter songs she dedicated to her ex aka James. She made it clear that James cheated on her over and over BUT she then said "he hooked up with his blonde co-star." So my only guess is James and Sophia Myles hooked up while filming Tristan & Isolde.
Recently, James has also been seen with Ashley Hartman and Jennifer Decker. Also a Marla fan told me (after the show) that Marla said: "If you want to hook up with James, get a part in one of his movies. He loves his co-stars."

... or it could've been Kirsten Dunst ...

Paris Hilton has been slapped with a restraining order after she apparently harassed events planner Brian Quintana with racial slurs and threatening phone calls. Quintana complained that she'd called him a "lazy Mexican" and was also paranoid that he was trying to convince Starchos to leave her for MK Olsen. I'm not the least bit surprised.

Kristin Cavallari has been everywhere. She did an interview with Alloy.com recently and she covered these juicy bits: she thinks that this is "such a men's world" and that "women should have more power, stand up for themselves more, and say how they feel." If she were a cartoon character, she'd be Cinderella "because she knows what it's like to have nothing, so when she became beautiful and got the guy, then she really appreciated it. I feel like I went through the same thing." She still speaks highly of ex-boyfriend Stephen Colletti -- she chooses to call him a "prince" over a "frog": "he's a great guy. But I have a boyfriend right now, Brody Jenner, and he's a prince for sure." And it's no surprise that if she had to be stuck in an elevator with someone, it'd be Johnny Depp. Check out the entire interview here.

It was announced yesterday that Mischa Barton will be the "new face of bebe beginning this summer."
The founder and chairman of the women's clothing brand Manny Mashouf said, "Mischa is a great talent with beauty, intelligence, and a street smart sensibility. She exudes a sexy modern style which perfectly personifies the bebe woman ... bebe's new Runway Collection is directional and epitomizes a reborn sense of Hollywood glamour interpreted in a modern manner -- perfect for the red carpet -- and perfect for someone like Mischa whose style is so influential and elegant." Mischa is so not bebe, but maybe bebe's actually going for Hollywood glamour. [Photo courtesy of celebweb.org]

Lindsay Lohan's being a little whiny brat again these days: she was spotted at Charlotte Ronson's show at the National Arts Club Sunday night, and told a Daily News spy that "I can't sit down 'cause I have ADD." When asked about the Upper West Side traffic jams the filming of Chapter 27 caused, she said, "Don't blame me, blame Jared Leto." What a namedropper.

She also dropped James Frey's name a couple of times to Us Weekly: when she met Frey at a store signing, she said, "I started shaking ... I always keep ['A Million Little Pieces'] with me." Is that her Bible?

Air them out!

Kind of off Glitteratini's radar, but Madonna and Mariah are said to be having a bit of a spat over the Grammy Awards airing tomorrow night. Mariah "really wanted to open the show with her choir-backed rendition of 'We Belong Together.'" But so did Madonna -- with a song from her "Confessions on A Dancefloor." Only problem was, Madonna's album wasn't nominated for nothin' whereas Mariah was nominated for eight Grammys. Well, Madge threatened not to turn up to the show if she wasn't the one to kickstart the show. Well, well, well. "The producers noted that Madge is a five-time winner" to Mariah's two. Now Mariah's steaming mad -- she was also mad "last summer when Madonna stole the show at Live 8." For some reason this whole thing reminded me of the LC-Kristin war. Madonna = Kristin, Mariah = LC. Poor, helpless Mariah ...

On a Detroit radio station this morning, Kristin Cavallari called in to clear up some rumors about herself and Laguna Beach. Apparently, she said that "arch nemesis" Lauren Conrad was a nice girl, and that she'll be watching The Hills because it looks like a good show. She also went on to say that she helped pay for her BMW, but MTV paid for part of it as well. She held a hostessing job at Salt Creek Grille in Laguna Beach the entire time she was being filmed. Ah, if fans had only known! Kristin was spotted yesterday at several shows at New York City's Fashion Week. [Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

Busta Rhymes did an interview with hip-hop station Power 106 and revealed that "he sexed Nicole Richie". Oh, okay.


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The cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue features a nude Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley -- forming a sharp contrast to the dark and tan Tom Ford, who stepped into the shot after actress Rachel McAdams declined to take part in the shoot. The issue will hit newsstands tomorrow.

Reports are saying that Paris Hilton has bought half of one of her favorite nightclubs in London, England -- The Collection ... or rather, it was a gift to her from her parents (what isn't!?). It is said that it is a favorite hangout of Prince William's. A source told The Daily Mirror that "This is just the start for Paris, and her family would like her to make more investments in London bars." Sure, when she doesn't know diddly-squat about London, like the fact that it's in the United Kingdom, for example.

Believe it or not ...

E! is reporting a "tiff" between Jessica Simpson and Mary-Kate Olsen. Apparently Jessica slid into MK's empty (by that I mean MK was alone) booth at Privilege in Los Angeles and was told that she was not welcome. Oh well. I don't really believe this story, but even if it were true, we shouldn't be assuming that all stars are going to embrace one another just because they're all ... stars. Hardly a reason for a "tiff."

... this story is equally, if not more, improbable. Contact Music says that Mischa Barton turned down an offer to star alongside Paris Hilton on The Simple Life. She reportedly said, "I'm managing to stay close to both, but working with one of them would tip the balance." Um, doesn't she have another job ... like, a more important one? And why would they even approach her!? She doesn't have that sort of ditzy image The Simple Life needs. Really, I think Kimberly Stewart would've been perfect for it.



According to user carawhs17 on The Real O.C. boards, Lauren Conrad and boyfriend Jason Wahler were spotted at the Nicole Romano fashion show yesterday in New York City. She added, "LC and Jason were not shy about the PDAs and Lauren shamelessly sifted through her gift bag before the show!" How cute ...

And Heidi Montag and boyfriend Jordan Eubanks were present, too. Both will join Lauren in The Hills later this year.

The new Teen People article on Kristin Cavallari isn't that revealing ... she talks a lot about boyfriend Brody Jenner (though they are rumored to have either broken up or broken up and gotten back together) and how he is helping her break down walls that she's built up, how great of a guy he is, blahblahblah ... she's a Buddhist like her dad, how she rebelled: "In eighth grade, I pierced my own [ear] cartilage and belly button and [later] dyed my hair black. I would sneak off at night and skip school. I kept getting in trouble", how Talan Torriero introduced her to Brody, and how she ultimately wants to be "the next Rachel McAdams".

Oh yeah, and how people in Laguna began calling her a slut when she first arrived, and how she lost her virginity six weeks into her relationship with a junior (Trey?). She says of herself, "It's fun to be sexy, but it's weird because I think I'm such a dork." Um, yeah, a dork who gets her way with guys! And she still doesn't have a credit card, apparently. Brody must be picking up the tab after her. [Photos courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

P.S. Thanks for the input!

Sunday ...

... is somewhere dead in Hollywood ;).

So I'm going to take the opportunity to ask you guys which celebs you'd like to see covered more frequently here, or just what you'd like to see more of in general. I was reading back on some of my earlier posts, and something that I miss about this whole thing is concentrating only on a couple of stories each day and delving deeper into them rather than just making note of them. I'll play around with the format/content over the next couple of weeks, so leave me some feedback!

Otherwise, Kristin Cavallari's new show Get This Party Started premieres on UPN on Tuesday, at 9pm EST. I've heard that since she's gotten her MySpace, she hasn't been the friendliest towards fans online. A little immature, even. Her current greeting of "f*ck off" bears no indication of hostility whatsoever ...

Public Displays of Embarrassment

... as a followup to reports on Paris Hilton's goods being distributed amongst tabloid magazines between the U.S. and the U.K. -- her lawyers are now doing what they can to protect their client. Her spokesperson, Elliot Mintz said, "The possibility that many people would be reading her journal is really disquieting. She's feeling a combination of anger, certainly confusion, and just tremendous sadness ... She has gone through her share of public embarrassment," Mintz said. "This becomes yet another one of those moments." That's his way of saying "She's a freakin' dumbass who never learns because she doesn't have to" without getting fired.

Ner ner. Lindsay Lohan's big mouth has finally gotten her into trouble. Apparently she bragged about partying at a bunch of 21+ bars and clubs in the recent Vanity Fair article and suffered the consequences when she was kicked out of the Hudson Hotel's bar during a cast and crew member hangout sesh (presumably for Chapter 27). Hmm. Too bad I just dreamt last night that La Lohan and another scenester (whose face I can't remember right now ... I think she was blonde. She may have been Nicky Hilton) helped me get past the velvet rope. Oh well. I turn twenty-one a whole fifteen months before La Lohan, so I shall go chill at the Hudson Hotel bar and rub it in her face. Even if she never knows about it. [Photo courtesy of celebweb.org]

The Goods on the Hilton Sisters

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According to New York's Daily News, British and U.S. tabloids are "lining up" to dish out the moolah to buy up secret diaries, tapes, computers and photos that Paris Hilton left in a Los Angeles warehouse. Apparently, Paris didn't pay rent for her locker, so someone bought the goods for a mere $2,775!

... and some terrible friend of Nicky Hilton's has given up her phone number or inadvertently leaked it. I'm not going to be the bearer of gifts tonight, but since she is no longer in favor here (nor was she really ... ever), I will lead you in the direction of said number. Go ahead and call, see what happens ... I'll be the first to admit that I'm not going to do it because I wouldn't know what to say if she actually picked up. Hmm ... maybe "You're the fat pig."

Break up to make up that's all we do ...

UK's Glamour magazine is helping spread rumors that Mandy Moore and boyfriend Zach Braff got engaged a couple weeks ago. Braff presented Moore with a $450,000 4-carat princess-cut diamond ring. If this proves to be true, they are planning to wed next April. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Glamour also reported that Drew Lachey thinks that 98 Degrees may get back together: "It's definitely a possibility. We haven't ruled it out. It's just a matter of the music industry being ready for pop music again. It's not quite in that phase right now. Music is cyclical, so we have to wait 'til it comes back around."

According to the very same magazine, Angelina Jolie told The Globe -- an American tabloid (really!? I've never heard of it, but I'm not exactly a huge supporter of American tabloids) -- that "[Brad Pitt and I] will never marry ... Brad is going through a divorce and I've been divorced twice, so it's not something we're considering." Despite the fact that rumors have been circulating that they've tried to book a wedding for this month on Lake Como in Italy.

Speaking of Brad Pitt, he wants a piece of the gay love story film success that Brokeback Mountain has achieved. "Brad has asked his people to find him a script to play a gay man. He wants it to be a story that appeals to both men and women and he wants it to be the edgiest work he's done ... He's seen the critical acclaim that Brokeback Mountain has won and he wants a piece of it. Brad knows it would be seen as shocking to take on a gay role because he's seen as such a heartthrob. But he has never shied away from taking on controversial films, and he has often chosen to do smaller, more challenging movies, rather than go for the big box-office smash." How irritating. Homosexuality's not a trend!

According to Us Weekly, Sophia Bush has gotten herself a new man ... Austin Nichols of Wimbledon and The Day After Tomorrow. Although I always get him mixed up with that dude from the London Mary-Kate and Ashley movie ...

... and after all that exposure in the media about her new love, Kelly Clarkson and Graham Colton have broken up. But they remain the best of friends.

Someone on the net is claiming that they've uncovered some of the goods that made up the missing pages of Lindsay Lohan's diary. According to Gawker, the juicy bits include:
- Lindsay had just taken a “©” [Lohan for “blow”?] and felt a little dizzy.
- She wonders whether or not she wants Jared Leto …
- There are issues with Leto's, um, member being a bit too large; sex is suffering. Lindsay likens the size conflict to the feeling of squeezing into tiny Jimmy Choos.
- She cites that she is sitting at the bar downing a Blood Mary.
- LiLo mentions she has a bad cough she can’t get rid of.
- Lindsay writes that she and her mother got tats that day: a heart on Lindsay’s hand and a star for mom’s wrist– apparently matching LiLo’s existing star tattoo.
- Her sister Lauren called somebody “Hitler”– this merits a swastika illustration in the margin.
- Lindsay recounts that she had a ball at the Kate Spade sale, and our little rich girl is still excited about sale prices.

What I think is this story's bogus. She doesn't have a sister named Lauren. Although everyone in Laguna Beach does ...

Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari talks a little bit about her self-image in this month's Teen People: "I've seen so many friends go through eating disorders. It's so sad, because you feel helpless ... My weight does fluctuate but I'm find with how I am. I'm not as this as Lindsay [Lohan]. Looking healthy is so much sexier than anorexic skinny." According to her, she won't be appearing in the Al Pacino film 88 Minutes because of scheduling conflicts, and she shares stylist Tamara Rappa with Paris Hilton. According to TeenPeople.com, the magazine article will feature the real reason she and Stephen split and talk about her losing her virginity. I love Kristin, but I think she needs to hire an interview coach. She gives away too much information. [Photo courtesy of TeenPeople.com]

Child stars in trouble

I'm sorry for disappointing yesterday! But if I had written, the highlights would've included Britney Spears' guest appearance on Will and Grace and more evidence proving Paris Hilton is dumb.

... but the good news is there's loads of juiciness in store for us today!

I last reported that Jodie Sweetin, "Stephanie Tanner" of beloved family sitcom Full House, was addicted to meth. Now she has spoken out to ABC: Two years ago, she was unemployed and bored and began simply by experimenting. Soon, she was using meth everyday. She said she "was living a total double life ... I was married to a police offer -- we are going through a divorce right -- he had no idea." She tells ABC that she's been clean since March of last year and that she wants to "make movies, TV series, wherever the career takes me. I really hope this isn't the last people hear of me. In fact, I would like to make this a footnote in my career, not the end."

... not exactly celebrity news, but seventeen-year-old Carly Patterson, who is best known for having won three medals in gymnastics at the 2004 Olympics, was taken to the emergency room over the weekend for alcohol poisoning. She wasn't charged for underage drinking. [Photo courtesy of Carly's official site]

Page Six is reporting that Scott Sartiano, club owner extraordinaire and noted player, was seen cuddling with Kristin Cavallari at his restaurant Butter. A spy said, "They held hands and he made sure no other guys talked to her." But Sartiano's rep said, "They are not dating -- only acquaintances." ... I should hope so. Brody's ... better.

Hilary Duff, a diva? An insider reports that when she recently performed in London, Ontario, she "refused to enter her dressing room until the couches matched the walls ... She also didn't let anyone [hear] her soundtracks. Nobody but her crew could go near them ..." Hmm. I think a little food would cure the 'tude.

... this has got to be a joke: Nicky Hilton said of Mischa Barton at Saturday night's party for manager Benny Medina's birthday, "What is that fat pig doing here?" She then allegedly went on to call Shaquille O'Neal a ... midget? And made fun of Stephen Hawking for dancing poorly. If this is true, I've finally discovered someone more distasteful than Paris Hilton.

My sources tell me that today is Lauren Conrad's twentieth birthday, so many birthday wishes to her!

Drama Queens

Things never seem to calm down in Lindsay Lohan's world. She landed herself in the hospital again for slipping on singer/photographer Bryan Adams's staircase in London, after, as mother Dina informs us, having taken a shower and lotioning up. I don't even want to know what she was doing with him ... [Photo courtesy of lohanimages.com]

And she had her diary returned to her after she lost it partying at the Maritime Hotel. It was returned, yes, but with pages missing. Apparently a "friend" did the ripping, and the ripped included entries about Jared Leto and an "AL" who people are assuming to be Adam Levine of Maroon 5. Man, if I got my hands on that thing ... I don't know what I'd do with myself. Ebay it!!!

Laguna Beach, according to reports, is now available for download for those who own video iPods. I wonder if they have season two up yet ...

A Laguna Beach story editor claims that the entire LC-Stephen-Kristin triangle was fabricated. According to Reality Blurred, LC and Stephen, he says, were platonic friends, so the producers played Cupid through montage. LC “would say things about [Stephen] as a friend,” says the editor. “[LC] said, ‘I just love this guy.’ All you have to do is cut to a shot of the girl, and suddenly she’s jealous and grimacing." Tsk tsk, selling the show out like that! I'd still beg to differ -- not that I know any better. But there must've been some truth to the situation ... otherwise Stephen and Lauren wouldn't have been talking about their first kiss over dinner in San Francisco, right? (Right?)

A new video of Kristin Cavallari out with friends in late August has popped up on the internet, if you want to check that out. And apparently she was on Regis and Kelly this morning.

And poo, Katie Holmes can't wear her dream wedding dress afterall -- because she's too big to fit into her mom's old one. I guess she'll just have to fall back on the one Tom's having made for her. When's the witch baby coming out!?

Happy Getting Older

According to Contact Music, Mischa Barton's about to officially become a U.S. citizen. Naturally, she had to pass a test to be granted citizenship (one that eighty percent of my eleventh grade AP American History class failed) -- but perhaps she's more brainy than we give credit for (although her mom Nuala never fails to remind the press that she's been offered a spot at Yale University), because she said, "I was really nervous about it because they make it sound so difficult. It turns out they are like, 'What colors are the American flag?'" She'll be sworn in a February 2006 ceremony. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Furthermore, Mischa's recent jaunt to Paris for Couture Week was actually a surprise birthday present from boyfriend Cisco Adler!

In Touch reveals that Nicole Richie has gotten so thin that she's been shopping in the children's department at Fred Segal. "Nicole has a difficult time buying clothes now that she's so thin. Even size 0 seems to be too big," a friend shares. There's only one way to solve that and still be dressed fabulously, Nicole. Gain weight.

Socialite and sometime actress Bijou Phillips is just another star who's a little miffed with Lindsay Lohan. Phillips dated Sean Lennon for four years and was overheard shouting at Teddy's in Los Angeles, "Lindsay Lohan, dating Sean? How could he! How could he stand to be with her?" Dina Lohan, mom extraordinaire, tells Star People, "Sean is a really good friend of hers. More power to them. I'm not going to say they're dating, or not dating." I'm growing to dislike Dina more and more each day ...

Kristin Cavallari tells Teen People that she's tried cocaine: "It was fun for, like, 20 minutes, but the next day, I just didn't feel good about myself ... It's a dirty drug. I find people who do coke to be very shady, that they're doing it makes them lie about things. I wouldn't want to date someone who's into it." Instead, she's dating drug-free Brody Jenner ... which she calls her "first mature relationship." "With Stephen [Colletti], it was like high school fun." That is, except for when he two-timed her with fellow "Laguna Beach" star Lauren "LC" Conrad. "I saw what happened when I watched the season-one DVD," Cavallari said. "I cried for days." This, of course, didn't stop Cavallari from doing something similar to Lindsay Lohan, who she says flipped out when she walked in on Talan Torriero and her in bed together. "She was never nice to me until the story about the fight came out," Cavallari said. "But she was so nice once that went public."

Cult favorite Silent Bob director Kevin Smith had a few things to say about Miss Paris Hilton at a recent industry party at the Sundance Film Festival: "[Hilton] is just like, 'Where's there a camera? I'm there. Where's my little dog? In two years, nobody's going to remember that name; mark my words. But to be fair, two years from now, nobody's gonna remember mine either." God, I hope.

Jennifer Aniston's po'd at English chef Jamie Oliver!? She's "furious" that he's agreed to cater Brangelina's wedding, even though Aniston and Oliver are close friends. Geez, Jen hasn't taken anything relating to this Brangelina thing well. She needs a massage or something ...

According to Victoria Beckham, the Spice Girls were never going to get back together: "Geri has stopped working so hard now she's pregnant so we've been able to spend more time together ... She came to stay at my house and I've been looking after her a bit. Geri looks amazing, pregnancy suits her. She's feeling really good and is very happy ... We weren't plotting a reunion. I haven't got that many friends so it was lovely to spend time with Geri." Thanks for crushing my dreams, bitch.

Britney Spears has been seeing psychic Ed Cayce who reveals to the Daily Star that "Britney's fascinated by the Hindu concept that we are all reborn as different people or animals, depending on how good or bad we were in our previous lives ... Britney says she had flashbacks of being a Shetland sheepdog. And she reckons her bossiness is a by-product of her days pushing sheep around." Hahahahaha.

Happy Birthday to Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. He turns twenty-six today. (He's getting old ...) I believe it's also Alex Murrel's nineteenth birthday today, so Happy Birthday to her as well.

More tomorrow.

It's late, so I'm just going to post what's time sensitive.

Laguna Beach favorite Kristin Cavallari will grace the cover of March's Teen People magazine. This weekend's ET on MTV goes behind-the-scenes at her photo shoot for the magazine, where she says "It's cool to get all glamorous. I don't get to do this often, so its like playing dress up. This is so much fun. Every time I get to do a photo shoot, it's just more and more fun." She continues, "Now that 'Laguna Beach' is over, I definitely don't have all the drama in my life ... Hollywood is a bit faster. It's a lot more going on." If any of you L.A. residents want to do a little stalking, she reveals that she spends a lot of time at "Nobu -- which is in Malibu. I like sushi, it's my favorite food. And the Coffee Bean, which is right next to it, because I love coffee." And because beau Brody Jenner lives in Malibu too. "For Valentine's Day we're trying to go to Tahiti for two weeks. Brody's very romantic." But above all, romantic boyfriend or not, she's grateful: "I definitely realize that I'm living this amazing Hollywood dream. I've always wanted to do this, so I'm so fortunate and so lucky." ET on MTV will air twice this weekend, once on Saturday at 10:30am and again on Sunday at 11am. [Photo courtesy of Kristin's MySpace]

Let's get retarded in here.

More and more rumors have been flying recently about a possible Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen, er, connection. A Daily Star spy reports: "Sienna and Hayden aren't doing a very good job of keeping their flirtations a secret ... Everybody has been talking about it for a while and after the cast party on Monday they were acting like more than good friends. The party was just getting going when someone brought out the restaurant's karaoke player - Sienna was on to it in a flash. She started jokily serenading Hayden before begging him to join her on stage - and it wasn't long before he complied. They'd had a fair few drinks by this time and their flirting was obvious to everyone." I guess sometimes we just have to remember that Sienna's only twenty-four. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

JT a moocher? The New York Post reports that Justin Timberlake, was trying to freeload off of the free goodies area at the Sundance Film Festival recently. He tried to get two $30,000 pairs of platinum and diamond aviator sunglasses but was turned down and left with only one pair.

Some sex scenes from Katie Holmes' film Thank You For Smoking have magically disappeared, and people aren't hesitating to point their fingers at Tom Cruise. Insiders are speculating, says MSN.com, that Cruise was so uncomfortable with his "amazing" and "extraordinary" fiancée's revealing on-screen frolicking that he demanded some snipping. Apparently even the director, Jason Reitman, did not know about the editing that went on between its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and Sundance: "We were sitting there in shock ... And I turned to other people who had worked on the film, and we were completely confused. But the audience didn't seem to notice or care." Perhaps they spent the duration of the film pondering the stretching and un-stretching abilities of Katie's bump?

Colin Farrell gives away his secret to irresistibility: his natural odor. He said, "Women tend to think I am adorable or damn cute. Women go for my natural odour!" Yeah, well, ya gotta let those pheromones do their thang.

Paris Hilton nearly fell over a balcony at the W Lounge at Sundance, according to Robin Leach. Other eyewitnesses reported that if she hadn't been pulled back when she had, she would've fallen twenty-five feet "to the hard ice-and-packed ground below." Oh, would it have happened!

Well, I guess it's only 11am over there ...

... but that's really no excuse for there being next-to-no juicy gossip today. Tell Hollywood to get out of their PJs and stroll down Robertson and fall flat on their faces. Better yet, give Lohan another Benz she's sure to mess up.

Anyway, this is all I've got:

Alex Murrel and Alex Hooser of Laguna Beach reportedly each got a star tattoo last night.

A waitress resembling Lindsay Lohan at the Sundance Film Festival was accidentally invited to the gift lounge (and obviously nice enough to out herself). Unless it was another gift-bagger who did it.

Avril Lavigne, who recently signed with Ford Models' Special Projects, showed up at couture week's Chanel show on Monday. According to a Chanel pub, she's always wanted to meet Karl Lagerfeld. Why oh why do I find that incredibly difficult to believe? I think I met Karl Lagerfeld once, when I was in a cafe in Paris ... does that count for dishy news?

Haute Couture, Paris-style.

So scratch the Friends news from yesterday. I knew it was too good to be true ...

In stranger television news, however, is the merging of UPN and the WB! The chief exec of CBS Corp, which owns both stations, says the new network will be called The CW and both UPN and the WB will be shut down. The network "will air 30 hours of programming seven days a week aimed in part at young audiences." Er, I hope they mean thirty hours of programming a week, because I hate to break it to ya, uber-network, but there are only twenty-four hours in a day!

(They better keep Gilmore Girls ... This does not bode well for Kristin Cavallari's yet-to-premiere show Get This Party Started ...)

Speaking of KCavi, Gawker listed its first Kristin sighting: Around 2AM, Kristin Cavalleri from Laguna Beach was at Duvet’s gay party. She was with some short, bitchy, rude queeny guy who does not know how to operate a camera. I went up to her and said, “Are you that girl from that show?” She said, “Yes.” Then I asked her if she was a fag. She laughed. She was sweet, and is hot in real life. She said she was here for work (her new show). It's Cavallari, dammit, Cavallari!



Sigh. Paris Hilton is ruining the Sundance Film Festival. Trashing it, as we speak. She showed up to throw a coupla parties and mooch off of the freebies. Annoying. I think Bai Ling showed up to one of them a coupla nights ago. Wonder if Paris thought the Asian version of her was hot in person. Laguna's own J. Wahl was there too, and posed with Lizzie Grubman. Good times, man. Good times. [Photo courtesy of Laguna Beach Online]

Photos of a very happy Danny and Melinda from The Real World: Austin turned up on the net a couple of days ago ... I'm breaking one of man's number one rules and questioning whether she's pregnant or not. And why she posed with alcohol if she is. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Things past and things to come ... Lindsay Lohan will appear on the cover of March's Allure and will make huge headlines confessing to things for publicity's sake, top model Daria Werbowy makes the cover of Time's Style and Design spring fashion issue, Phoebe Philo steps down from designer position at Chloe, it's Fashion Week in Paris and Paris Hilton is too drunk to care, and yes, there was once a time when sixteen-year-old Hayden Panettiere was famous for something other than partying with Paris Hilton. Read: Disney movies. Oh, and rejoice, it's Mischa Barton's twentieth birthday.

Marriages, breakups, hookups.

At last, some interesting news, since I skipped out on yesterday's:

If you were a Friends fan, you're in luck (and you probably already know about this). The six stars of the television sitcom have agreed to film four double episodes for $5 million a piece. That'll be awkward, though ... a sort of random "Where Are They Now?" sort of approach? Or a holiday special here and there? I guess we'll have to see ...

According to the UK's Sunday Mirror, it's over for Jude Law and Sienna Miller. He dropped her like she was hot. According to the Mirror, Law will be moving back in with his ex-wife Sadie Frost. Well, I guess that's not the whole story. The plan was for his family to move in with him for a few weeks while he's in L.A. filming his new movie Holiday. Miller went "absolutely ballistic" and told him, "If that's what you are prepared to do, you should just go back to her". Be careful what you wish for ... oh well. It's too bad Frost has a little twenty-five year old of her own.

Rumors have it that everyone and their mother's getting married in the coming months ... including Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban and Brangelina, who are said to wed before Valentine's Day. La la la.

Turning now to Laguna Beach, recent video shot by paparazzi show Talan Torriero leaving LAX with a girl who looks not so much like LaLaine, and Stephen Colletti not just leaving Mood with a girl who looked not so much like Ashley Bashioum, but with a girl whose name is Hayden Panettiere. They were even holding hands at one point. Check it out for yourself here. [Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

In the current issue of Us Weekly, Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan admits that he has a bit of a crush on Laguna's Kristin Cavallari: "Kristin's probably really dumb, but I think she's really cute. I wouldn't mind dancing with her. I wouldn't talk to her, but I'd dance with her." When asked whether he would ever want to move to Laguna Beach to take part in the series (what a random question!), he responded, "I would probably run away from all of the cameras. I don't think I could make it work because she's from Laguna Beach. I think the people on that show are really weird. They're in a world that doesn't really exist." Hmm. You would've thought that with a coupla years of fame and fortune under his belt, he'd know better than to make sweeping generalizations about other celebrities ...

Blah, blah, blah.

Saturdays are slow anyway -- I'm thinking of making this a Monday - Friday thing. What do you guys think?

On the set of Lindsay Lohan's current project Chapter 27 in which she acts alongside rumored ... er, lover Jared Leto, paparazzi detracted the stars from their performances -- because both claim to be method actors. Jared Leto, looking straight at our man, complained to a production assistant that because he’s a method actor, he couldn’t concentrate with the press around ... NYPD officers also related that Lindsay Lohan told them that she flubbed her lines because of us. Later, Lindsay smiled and waved to us from across the street. Publicity never hurt Lindsay ...

Anyway, Michael Lohan's at it again. This time he's trying to take care to censor himself -- he tells Star magazine that "I'm not able to talk to my daughter as much as I'd like to ... If all the rumors are true, and I don't know if they are, about the drug use, then yeah, rehab would be an option ... The time I've been in prison has been therapeutic for me, and maybe some kind of program would be good for her. I'd like to reach out to her, if I could." Sob.

Female First is saying that Keira Knightley used chips to bribe her way into a Golden Globes pre-party. Having shown up with only two invites but seven friends, her thought-processes went as such: "What's a girl to do? I gave the security guys my best smile and confessed that there were eight of us and only two tickets.
"They said to me, 'What else you got?' and I said, 'Well, we've got two packets of crisps,' and they said, 'OK, that'll do.' So we wafted into the poshest party of the night with two packets of ready salted." Man, those L.A. bouncers are easy!

Somewhat stale news, but UPN is currently developing a series for former *N Sync members Joey Fatone and Lance Bass. It's described to be a modern-day Odd Couple and is tentatively titled -- cough, cough -- Out of Sync. The network president says that it is a mix of comedy and reality and is due out this fall. If Lance doesn't decide to go to the moon. [Photo courtesy of canoe.ca]

Me Tarzan. Me hungry.

It's official! Kristin Cavallari's episode of Veronica Mars has been signed, sealed and delivered and is ready to roll! She plays closeted lesbian cheerleader Kylie, who turns to Veronica for help when "a blackmailer cracks into a private online bulletin board and threatens to publicly out her and other gay students at Neptune High". The episode will air on Wednesday, February 15th at 9pm on UPN. [Photo courtesy of JJB]

Cult-crush (I think I just made up a new "word") Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, of course!) and wife Lisa are expecting their second child! This year marks their tenth year as husband and wife, and their son Michael turns three at the end of this month.

Recent reports say that Angelina Jolie may give birth to not one, but two Brad-babies! Things have changed "like woah" -- in less than a year, she's gone from family of two to family of six! (Not technically, but the twins are a part of her now. In fact, she's just three people in one.)

And while I have yet to see said episode myself, Willa Holland made her debut on The O.C. last night as sister-gone-MIA, Kaitlin Cooper. Although she has already gained resistance for, uh, being a typical fourteen-year-old, she seems to have impressed many as the -- can it be said? -- crazier of the two Cooper sisters. However, Holland told TV Guide Online that she is nowhere near as crazy as her character: "... I hate to say it, and it kind of sucks for me to say it, but I haven't really done anything that bad. It's almost a sad thing, but I guess it's good — my parents probably thank the lord that I haven't caused too much trouble. I'm working so much now that I don't have too much time to be a worrisome teenager. I'm in this totally different world than everybody else is in now. I love my new world." Very eloquent, Willa. But critics are unconcerned. As Justin apparently warned Ryan last night, "Dude, be careful...she's.......like amazing."

TMZ.com has attained the full transcripts of Paris Hilton's deposition with Zeta Graff's lawyers (the woman who claimed a bunch of things went down at some club in New York City), and it reads like a light, trashy, airheaded novel. Here are some favorites:
- "I meet so many people. I don't even know some of my friends' names."
- "I would never say stalking. I'm not a dude. Like, I think a girl can only stalk a guy. She can't really stalk another girl."
- "I was in Europe for the whole summer, and all there is is, like, French - I didn't see anything because I wasn't in America."
- [Her Lawyer]: "Do you know how to spell his first name?"
Paris: "Just G-u-i, Gui . . . I've known him for a while."
- "[I told her] she is old and should stay at home with her child instead of being at nightclubs with young people. And just that - I just . . . What else did I say? Just that she is not cute at all."

And apparently, she was "reprimanded" for giving inconclusive answers such as "uh-huh" an "mm-hmm" ... worst yet, she blurted out once (presumably to defend her inability to answer yes/no questions), "I'm hungry."

Somebody! Maid! Imelda! Bring this girl a quesadilla!

Laguna Hook-ups

Laguna Beach. Considering that this is the girl he showed up with to the MTV New Year's Eve Party, it's no surprise to hear that they are in fact a couple ... Stephen Colletti and Ashley Bashioum, formerly of The Young and the Restless. She is three years older than Stephen. And the word on the street is that Talan Torriero is dating Lizzie McGuire's LaLaine (Miranda). Hmm ... it's a step up from Kimberly Stewart ... I want solid evidence. I won't believe it till I see it. [Fan photo of Stephen with Ashley courtesy of Pink is the New Blog]

... in less interesting Laguna news, Jessica Smith caved and got her nose pierced. Just like Taylor. Oh, and we (I ... I don't know why I always say "we") figured out who lives in a trailer park from the Laguna cast! It's Jeff Boyle, Jessica's date to Prom. And a photo of Kristin Cavallari from the TCA Winter Press Tour Party last night. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

According to Female First, Katie Holmes is due to give birth to Tom Cruise's baby next month. Friends, have we been keeping track? I know I haven't been ... but why does she look as big as she did two months ago? Well anyway, he bought his dear Kate £75,000 worth of Gucci, Versace, Galliano, D&G and Ben De Lisi dresses "to keep her sexy" through the last months of her pregnancy. Great. My mom would disapprove. She doesn't like men who try to control women.

Some random mish-mosh:

... Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick may be dating.

... Justin Timberlake's mom is telling everyone that Cameron Diaz is not pregnant.

... Lindsay Lohan was supposed to present an award at Monday night's Golden Globes. What happened?

... Paris Hilton peed all over the backseat of a taxi in Hawaii. Not surprising.

The tabloids are reporting that twenty-three year oldFull House's Jodie Sweetin (my favorite, poor middle-child Stephanie Tanner) is a recovering crystal meth addict! According to the sources, she's out of rehab now and clean -- but still, the addiction ruined her career and marriage (yes, she got married at twenty or something). This may be true, as John Stamos released a statement to Perez Hilton: "I love and support Jodie and I'm here for her in any way that she needs me." [Photo courtesy of JodieSweetin.net]

Rumor has it that Kate Moss was seen "giving Jack Osbourne's tonsils a thorough exam" at a Golden Globes afterparty at Teddy's on Monday night. New York's Daily News reports that Jessica Simpson, Natalie Portman and Kate Hudson all seemed horrified that thirty-two year old Moss "bumped and ground her waiflike charms into" twenty-year-old Osbourne. Sometimes, Jackie, a little weight loss goes a long way!

Let's play catch up.

Alright, so I'm going to devote this post to catching up.

According to Dina Lohan, Lindsay is on meds to get her un-addicted to smoking. According to Dina, "Lindsay smokes under a pack a day. She's addicted ... The doctor put her on an anti-smoking pill. God willing, it will work within a month." She adds, "Lindsay's on Advair (asthma medication). She can't be around dogs and cats and certain foods ... And when you're 19, you don't deal with that. I'm her mother and I tell her, 'You have to stick to it.'" Stick to it she will, since she recently got a tattoo on her wrist. that reads "BREATHE". A friend says, somewhat humorously, "It obviously has a double meaning ... It's about the asthma attack, but also a reminder to just slow down and enjoy life." It'll come in handy when she has love babies too.

... Speaking of which, after I last reported that LL was seen in the lap of Sean Lennon, reports have come out saying that it was a date. Which for Sean would be a good thing, because he recently moaned, "I'm completely alone and I'm completely miserable." Poor thing. Although, I've heard that new photos of her and Jared Leto have surfaced?

Meryl Streep offered to become Lindsay Lohan's mentor (for/on what!?) after the two worked together on A Prairie Home Companion. But not only do Lindsay's friends say she's too starstruck by Streep, but they say she's also misplaced the Oscar-winning actress' number and is too afraid to ask for it again. And it doesn't hurt that one of Streep's daughters is the same age as Lindsay and "made a big impression on Lindsay by treating her like the teenager she is and not a starlet". Oh well, big whoop. If LL came my way, I'd probably treat her like the teenager she is and steer clear. [Although ... Lindsay's lookin' really cute these days with her current hair color and her healthier weight. Too bad she'll be moving onto another hair color in no time ... Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Apparently Memoirs of a Geisha won't be playing in China -- at least not now. Why? People are pissed that three of the leading characters are played by Chinese actresses instead of Japanese ones. That's kind of silly, doncha think? A little offensive, yes, but think of all the money and glamour the stars will bring home, baby.

The Spice Girls are planning a new single and a tour -- yes, all five of them. Well, the ever-troublesome Geri Halliwell's pregnant at the moment, so she can't actually rehearse anything, but "she has been planning new outfits for the girls and new ideas for the show." Let's just hope she doesn't jump ship again because her baby's too cute or whatever.

Charlotte Church is rumored to be guest-starring in a future episode of The O.C. because she has entranced the poor creator, Josh Schwartz. Not only that, but Catherine Zeta-Jones is mesmerized too and has become fast friends with the dramatic chick. What would she play on The O.C.? The sole overweight, ugly Brit?

Another horror story: Tom Cruise reportedly gave his darling Kat[i]e a "DVD compendium of every movie he has acted in" for her 27th birthday. A source told The Daily Express that "Each was inscribed with a special handwritten love message to the future mother of his child." If I ever were to use the phrase "I think I just vomited a little in my mouth," oh, it'd be now.

P.S. I'm loving the comments you guys are leaving. I guess I hadn't seen the worst of the incriminating photos of Mariah when I wrote it, because when I saw them later, I had to agree. Yum, sausage!

Kill me now.

Sorry for the spotty updates -- Finals.

But here's something you folks should be interested in knowing: Teddy Geiger's video for "For You I Will (Confidence)", starring Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari is up at AOLMusic now. Here's a link for you guys to check it out at.

I haven't really been keeping up with American pop music (or any music for that matter), but the kid reminds me of a younger, less preppy version of John Mayer -- they've both got the chiseled cheekbones and bird faces.

Golden Globes 2006: The Aftermath

So ... how accurate was I last night? Let's review:
I guess incorrectly on two and half-incorrectly on two (one first choice did win and the other did not. I may as well say I guessed incorrectly on three, then). So, not bad for someone who hasn't seen a movie at the theaters since April!

Fashion roundup ... I felt like there were a lot of beautiful dresses and a lot of beautiful dresses gone wrong, and not so many in-between.

BEST DRESSED
1. Hilary Swank
Sexayy -- feels good to be single, don't it? "What is that dress?" Issac Mizrahi asked bewilderingly, pointing a weak finger at her chest. Although, the shoes left something to be desired.
2. Ellen Pompeo
She would've scored more points if her makeup hadn't been a little washed out and her hair hadn't turned on her.
3. Keira Knightley
4. Charlize Theron
5. Felicity Huffman

Honorable Mentions: Evangeline Lilly, Kate Beckinsale, Sandra Oh and Marcia Cross.

WORST DRESSED
1. Fergie
Sigh. I think she got confused and ended up at the wrong awards show.
2. Emma Thompson
The dress itself looked pretty. Or what I could see of it beneath the pink rabbit she had wrapped around herself and Colin Firth ...
3. Virginia Madsen
4. Scarlett Johannson
Trashy, not classy. And Mizrahi went straight for the chest. Straight for the chest.
5. Alanis Morissette
The haircolor was pleasing, and the dress was beautiful. Just not for her skintone.

Honorable Mentions: Natalie Portman (Sometimes she does so well. And then she pulls a "I've been in the business for over ten years but my mom still dresses me as if I were twelve." Those shoes just ... didn't go with the dress.), Mira Sorvino (She looked less like The Little Mermaid than the sardine that couldn't squeeze herself into the can.)

OTHER MENTIONABLES
For one, I'm shocked Mariah Carey didn't look ridiculous last night.
I also feel the need to defend my not having chosen certain people for the Best Dressed list ... Reese Witherspoon usually does no wrong, and she certainly didn't fall off the scale last night, but I thought she looked like an eleven-year-old boy. The dress didn't exactly flatter her figure and was perhaps a bit too cutesy. And Michelle Williams has been looking radiant since she's been pregnant. Last night was no exception -- so long as her shoes didn't poke through! What is up with stars and their poor pairing of shoes to dress?

[Photos courtesy of Getty Images and lime-light.org]

Golden Globes 2006

[Photo courtesy of Getty Images. The very first one. I hope there are better ones later.]

Breaking News: Keira Knightley looks gorgeous on the red carpet tonight. More so than usual, because lately I've been finding her just a smidgen irritating. But she is back in favor over here.

Hell, I'm just going to go ahead and show everyone that these award shows are rigged (or that I'm psychic). Mind you I haven't seen a single one of these films:

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Munich

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Motion Picture Drama
Rachel Weisz

SUPPORTING ACTOR - Motion Picture Drama
(I saw a photo of him with his statuette already, so) George Clooney

BEST ACTRESS - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Reese Witherspoon

BEST ACTOR - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Joaquin Phoenix

BEST ACTRESS - Motion Picture Drama
Felicity Huffman

BEST ACTOR - Motion Picture Drama
Toughie. I can't decide between the two Aussies. But probably Heath.

BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, although I can also envision Fernando Meirelles winning it.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
erm ... Tsotsi ... or Paradise Side

BEST PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Walk the Line

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA
Brokeback Mountain

Who are you guys betting on?

Now: Moms gone crazy.

So The Daily Star is claiming that Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, too, are expecting. Apparently Justin's stage mother of a mom Lynn Harless couldn't keep the news to herself and revealed it to her neighbors in Justin's hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

The New York Post reports that Lindsay Lohan's mom Dina was spotted partying alongside her daughter at Bungalow 8 in New York City. They were seen drinking and giggling with Dina's new boyfriend and Sean Lennon, whose lap Lindsay was said to be sitting in. The manager side of Dina came out in an alleged statement against the underaged drinking: "We had a late dinner and dropped by Bungalow to see a couple of friends. We were not drinking."

Why is Paris Hilton such a nutcase? The answer, at last. (WARNING: Partial nudity. Hell, I'll just tell you what it is. Photos of a seemingly drunk Kathy Hilton in a lacy see-through top, partying alongside daughter Nicky. What a role model.)

And in news not relating to mid-life crises, Disney Channel's Even Stevens star Christy Carlson Romano became engaged over the holidays to boyfriend Cal Thomas.

And who knew? Adam Brody is developing a television show about "a Los Angeles vampire detective" with Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman! Brody must be even more charming than he appears on-screen, because I can't think of other reasons Liman could've been stupid enough to buy that one.

Please say it ain't so.

Lots of juiciness today, I'm excited!

According to In Touch, Lionel Richie has finally become concerned about daughter Nicole's weight loss and has hired her an eating coach. The magazine quotes a friend as saying, "She's got to be under 90 pounds," and an onlooker (presumably from the pool of the hotel she stayed at) said that, "I didn't see her eat a thing all afternoon." In Touch adds that her friends and family are getting ready to stage an intervention. Good luck with that ... [Photo courtesy of celebweb.org]

Becoming Nicole Richie's friend obviously hasn't stirred any eating disorders in Mischa Barton -- according to FemaleFirst.co.uk (not always the most reliable source), Mischa has made a New Year's resolution "to start piling on the pounds," in addition to quitting smoking. The site also reports that Mischa's "on the verge of splitting from boyfriend Cisco Adler because of his possessive behaviour." Maybe Lionel paid Mischa to befriend Nicole?

Courtney Love was just a little wee bit peeved with Lindsay Lohan's Vanity Fair cover. She told a Page Six spy: "I did drugs, I told them and everyone else, and Vanity Fair didn't put me on the cover for it. It's such bull[bleep] and so ridiculous." We don't much like it either, Court, but that's just the way it flows.

Star magazine is reporting that American Idol's Fantasia Barrino and Kanye West are now a couple. She's been opening for him on tour. How do I book a gig opening for the Backstreet Boys?

Shocker of the day ... Us Weekly is saying that Kimberly Stewart's newest boy toy is ... (this makes me want to cry. Miguel, no not you too, Miguel) JESSE METCALFE. Unbelievable. This is almost as bad as her being with Talan. Almost.

And finally, a little Laguna Beach dish. Lauren Conrad speaks out about her relationship with Jason Wahler to The National Ledger: "We were dating for a while, but no one from MTV knew because we were trying to hide it. They found out and started filming us, and then we had a big fight on TV ... We broke up for about a month but ended up getting back together." When asked if any other "Laguna" friends will show up, she responds, "Maybe. We're trying to work it out right now.
Originally we weren't supposed to, but I'm still dating Jason so we're trying to figure out what to do with him."

Um, nix him!

In a Celebrity Living spread, Kristin Cavallari says of her relationship with Lauren Conrad, "They exaggerated it! I do not hate her!" She still keeps in touch with Stephen, Jason and Jessica ... I gave it some thought, and I think the reason she moved out of the place she shared with Alex Hooser is because her new gig as co-host on Get This Party Started requires her to travel across country. In fact, she spent her nineteenth birthday in Ohio. [Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

On beau Brody Jenner, she gushes, "Brody is the hottest guy in Hollywood! ... We are pretty boring. We typically go to dinner and rent a movie. But we love being together -- that's enough for us!" She goes on to say about her four month old relationship, "We go to long dinners and just talk and make out." Ah, rising star or not, she's still an American teenager.