Just the flavor of the week ...

[Photo courtesy of ONTD]
Lindsay Lohan finally had enough with those paps following around and blew up at them the other day, as she made her way through Malibu Country Mart to her car. Later that day, she was filmed partying on a balcony in Malibu, where she also snuggled up alongside twenty-five year old Harry Morton, owner of the Pink Taco restaurant chain, then offering the paps Gatorade and beer. Watch the mayhem with your own eyes here and here.

The NY Post reports that Kelly Clarkson has gotten her own flavor of Vitamin Water under one condition -- that she lose some weight. The brand is "all about fitness and health" and deems Clarkson ... not the perfect model of fitness and health, so she's been put on a strict diet in preparation of the flavor's unveiling. Terrible.

Seems like Kristin Cavallari's hair extensions are back. Not that you really were keeping count. But she was photographed on the beach recently, look fit, as ever. Kristin was also reportedly invited to and attended Lindsay Lohan's 20th birthday party with beau Brody Jenner. Interesting.

And SPOILER ALERT. Sort of. Seems like Heidi Montag and The Hills boyfriend Jordan are no longer together. She may be seeing a guy named Beau right now, but who really knows?

Coupledom in Hollywood

That's right ... why have we not jumped on TomKat for this yet!? It's been nearly three months since baby Suri was born and we have seen n'er a photograph of her. Us Weekly points out every detail of this strange-ness for us: A source says Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show her off to fellow Scientologists John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Lisa Marie Presley. Even good pals Will and Jada Pinkett Smith supposedly have not met her, despite repeated calls to Cruise. “Every time, it’s a different excuse: He’s busy or Kate’s not feeling well,” says a source. ‘[The Smiths] think it’s so weird.”

Soon after the baby was born, photo agency WireImage approached multiple outlets (including Us) with the news that it would be offering pictures of Suri for auction. Days later, on May 11, before official bidding was even underway, the agency sent out an e-mail declaring that “the baby shoot is on hold for now. There is no additional info as to when this may happen or if it will even happen at all.”

Can we go back to the pillow theory now?

Speaking of conspiracies, here's the "truth" behind the Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie feud, according to Faded Youth: The first season of the show was a hit and soon Nicole decided she wanted a raise. Instead of consulting Paris , she went straight to producers and asked for more money. Paris was OUTRAGED that her friend "went behind her back" and asked for the same salary as hers ... She considered Nicole a traitor and tried to get her kicked off the show and replaced by her new best friend Kimberly Stewart. But producers felt Nicole was the funny one and she was essential to the show's success. That REALLY infuriated Paris. Their feud only made the show MORE popular. Interestingly enough, not long ago, Paris was seen walking out of Nicole's West Hollywood condo. A secret meeting?

Aww, are Paris and Nicole secretly getting back together? There's hope yet for Nick and Jessica!

... and speaking of Jessica, Perez Hilton is spreading rumors about there being a potential little something going on between newly single Zach Braff and Jessica Simpson. They were seen hanging out this past week in NYC, but ... come on. Just ... no.

Too much, too soon.

Everyone's been talking about Keira Knightley's snarky response to anorexia rumors. She disspelled the rumors at a recent press conference for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, following her appearance at the London premiere of the movie to which she showed up looking particularly thin. She had this to say: "[The press] said to me yesterday 'How does it feel to be called anorexic?' and I had no idea that I was ... I'm not saying there aren't people in the film industry that suffer from it, because I am sure that there are. But I'm quite sure I don't have it." [Photo courtesy of the AP]

Wonder what Lindsay Lohan did for her twentieth birthday this past Sunday? Well it just so happens that Life & Style magazine paid for the $100,000 bash in return for rights to photos of her party. A whole slew of celebs showed up to the Malibu bash, and LiLo DJ'ed alongside gal pal Samantha Ronson and Dustin Hoffman's son, Jake.

Lindsay appears on the cover of British GQ this month, in which she boasts, "I think I'm more sexual than my friends. More comfortable in my skin. I'm a sexual person -- definitely ... Women are sexy. I think a woman's body is so much more sensual than a man's. I'm not saying strip off all your clothes but there are certain photos I like people taking of me where I'm comfortable ... As long as it's tasteful and not cheap or whore-ish I mean - why not?" Ahem. She goes on to say, "I don't know if I could be monogamous. I don't want to be with just one person. Redheads are more passionate and more sensual than other girls."

By the way, her Kabbalah name is "Rose." DeWitt Bukater, right?

Who knew that Avril Lavigne and fiance Deryck Whibley were set to marry on August 26th of this year!? Well you can forget that, because they're itching to get hitched and have reportedly moved the date up. Rumor has it that Avril had her bridal shower this past Saturday.

We all know where Paris Hilton learned to do ... what she does. But boobie-flashing aside, it seems like she may have learned how to be a little racist (or just oblivious) from her momma, Kathy. Page Six reported that at a party in East Hampton on Saturday night, an excited Kathy approached Star Jones and offered her warm wishes -- and assumed the man sitting beside her was her husband, Al Reynolds. When told that she had said, "Great to see you, Al!" to NBC's Bryant Gumbel, she replied, "My poor eyes are going at the age of 44."

Looks like Lauren Conrad's never going to let Kristin Cavallari off the hook. She told the Philadelphia Inquirer that she was an obvious choice for a Laguna Beach spin-off, and made a jab at Kristin while she was at it: "If you think about it, I don't know who else they would have picked ... There were only a few main people - Talan [Torriero], who wants to, like, marry a movie star, and he's already tried, and Steven [Colletti] does, like, VJ'ing stuff for MTV, so he's already on TV, and Kristin [Cavallari] is trying to act and hook up with every star she can. They're all so involved in the Hollywood and I'm not so much. They want it to be a show about a regular person. As much as it can be." LC needs to get over it like she got over Stephen.

Lastly, Alexis Bledel and Milo Ventimiglia have broken it off after rumors of verbal abuse on his part circulated the internet. The two dated for ... a really long time.

Happy July 4th!

Sorry, sorry for not updating these past few days -- my internet has been incredibly spotty.

Everyone's on holiday mode, including the celebs, because nothing interesting's been going on. The whole Jamie Lynn Spears story may arguably be the most interesting.

Last year we heard that Jamie Lynn had big sis Britney confront one of JL's co-stars on Zoey 101, and even made the poor girl (Alexa Nikolas) cry. Well now we're hearing that Alexa's character Nicole has been written off the show -- through a bad accident. According to the NY Post, "So far Nickelodeon and the Spears have managed to keep this quiet ... Nicole is a big fan favorite and they are keeping it from the kiddies for as long as they can. But Alexa hasn't worked since the big blowup with Britney." Ouch. Even barefooted and pregnant, Britney is working her magic!

Orlando Bloom said that he and co-star Johnny Depp probably didn't make the best impression on St. Vincent's Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The two had no idea the PM would be at the airport to greet them and had a red wine sesh during the flight: "We just got loaded on the plane. I mean we were wasted drunk. He [Depp] loves really good red wine ... We get off the plane and they rolled out the red carpet and the Prime Minister of St Vincent was there to meet us ... Johnny stumbles over to him and hugs him ... and almost sticks his tongue down his throat, I'm, like, falling around picking up things ... Nobody told us. It was just one of those moments." Oops.

Ashlee Simpson will be the new face and body of Victoria Secret's PINK line. Annnd she's moving in with guitarist-boyfriend Braxton Olita. Now she can frolick around the house with Braxton in her PINK sweats. Know what I'm sayin'?

Last but not least, when did Lindsay Lohan's brother Michael lose that weight and get -- dare I say -- hot? Girls (and guys), he's eighteen going on nineteen, so it's alright to drool a little bit. [Photo courtesy of locationlohan.com]

Happy Independence Day, Americans!

Isn't it weird, isn't it strange?

More on that Lindsay Lohan-Harry of McFly story. He seems to be pretty furious with her for not showing up to the UK premiere of Just My Luck, just like she cancelled on the UK last summer for the premiere of Herbie Fully Loaded. Harry had this to say: "She didn't call to say she wasn't coming or give us a reason why ... It's the second time she's ignored London and people will be annoyed with her. I don't know if she still has a problem with me. I don't care really. I'm so over the whole me-and-Lindsay thing. She's an idiot." I'm glad a celebrity finally shares my sentiments. But since when did Harry Judd represent all of England!? [Photo courtesy of lohanonline.com]

I can't keep track of which men Lindsay's hooking up with week-to-week anymore. But this week, it seems to be none other than Star Wars' Hayden Christensen. Merle Ginsberg, who interviewed her for the Harper's Bazaar story, said that she was engaged in flirtatious text messaging with a "young Hollywood heartthrob" who was later revealed to be Hayden. Merle wrote in her story that He keeps staring her down and text-messaging her flirtatiously from just a few feet away. Lohan is flush. "It's hard to think right now," she says. "Sorry, but it's really distracting." She supposedly "made a beeline" for him as soon as the interview was dunzo.

E!'s Kristin recently ran into Taylor Cole and Morgan Souders of Laguna Beach's second season and got the newest dish. She and Talan were sent to Puerto Vallarta and told her to tell fans that they were late for their flight when being bombarded for autographs. And Talan's girlfriend is (for certain) Nicole of the Pussycat Dolls. Kristin said, and I quote: "Apparently, she and Talan are far more serious than people realize. I guess they've been together for quite a while, and he even went home with her for Easter! They bought a dog together and gave it a Hawaiian name Taylor couldn't pronounce. It starts with a P, she said!"

Other than that, Taylor reports that Lo and L.C. had a falling out (who hasn't had one with L.C. since the end of the second season!?) , that she and Morgan S. are the only ones who enrolled in college and are still enrolled ... and that the two of them love watching The Hills to keep up with Lauren and Jason. That's kind of sad now, isn't it?

P.S. Talan and Aaron Carter are friends. Weird?

Star-Crossed

For some reason or another, tonight's biggest news seems to be that both Jessica Simpson and Kristin Cavallari lost the role of Lucy Ewing in the film version of Dallas to Jesse McCartney's girlfriend and David Cassidy's daughter, Katie Cassidy. [Photo courtesy of Yahoo! Movies]

According to TMZ.com, Ashlee Simpson turned down a $4 million offer to pose for Playboy. Yay?

Lindsay Lohan flew her fashion stylist from Los Angeles to New York City and paid for the flight, the hotel and everything, but Lindsay decided to extend her stay. But Nate Newell, the stylist, had had enough -- he couldn't take her constant partying any longer and flew back him with the financial aid of his friends. Lindsay supposedly texted her friends saying that "[Nate] is dead to me." She also reportedly asked for a reimbursement for the expenses.

Apparently Lohan has crossed the line at last.

For a certain friend of mine, Josh Groban and longtime girlfriend January Jones have split for the meantime (or are "taking a break", to be exact), but his rep says "They remain friends."

Hilary Duff stirred up some controversy last week when her interview with ELLE magazine offended the Washington Post because she'd called boyfriend Joel Madden's hometown "pretty ghetto." She clears her name -- somewhat -- by clarifying on her AOL blog: "I want to set the record straight. I have never called Waldorf 'ghetto.' If a journalist has printed that, they might have me relaying a story Joel told me about when he moved to Baltimore when he was 18 and had no money. The place he was living was pretty ghetto. The journalist must have found out where Joel spent his childhood and took my words out of context. I didn't say Waldorf was 'ghetto.' The place he moved to in Baltimore was. Joel loves where he grew up, and is taking me there in a month to show me around and he only has great things to say about his home town and the nice people." Nice save, Hil.

And in the current issue of Seventeen, Lauren Conrad says that she "didn't even like dating until [she] met Jason." She really makes Jason Wahler look like a sweetheart: "... when I get mad, I kind of just don't talk. And he's more of a talk-about-your-feelings guy, so he'll sit me down. It's really funny, 'cause he' be like, 'Okay, what's bothering you? What can we do to fix it?' So he's helping me a lot. It's better to process problems and then let them go." According to Lauren, he's her shopping buddy too: "He's so good about it ... Jason actualy helps pick stuff, like, 'This would look really nice on you.' or if I try on a dress and I'm like, 'I'm getting it!' he's like, 'Put it back -- you'll never wear that.'" And he bought her a dress that she really liked that he told her not to buy, for Easter. Wow, what happened to J Wahl, and where can I get one?

The Pop World has resurrected itself. Hallelujah!

Stars are blind

Okay interesting news is sparse tonight ... so please bear with me.

Star Jones Reynolds, according to Access Hollywood, is set to announce her departure from The View this week. I can't wait!

Twenty-three year-old Ryan Cabrera was spotted recently with seventeen-year-old Lisa Marie Presley's model daughter Riley Keough at Disneyland on Sunday. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Pharrel wants to record a duet with Emma Watson!? What??? The two met at the O2 Wireless Festival where he told her he's her number one fan. Weird ...

Lauren Conrad introduced the All-American Rejects at an American Eagle Outfitters "party" last Saturday. You can see the video here.

Just a random video of Paris Hilton shaking her lil groove thang to her song "Stars Are Blind." She's such a little white girl ...

Celebs spill

Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys has decided to leave the group, at the ripe old age of thirty-three. (Or thirty-four, since his birth year is constantly being questioned, but whatever.) The Backstreet Boys released this statement:
Earlier this year, after much soul searching, Kevin Richardson came to us and told us that he had decided to leave the group and pursue other interests. He gave his blessing to continue the music without him.
We have no intention of replacing Kevin, and the door will always be open for him to return to the Backstreet Boys. We wish him the all the best in his future endeavors.
This weekend we are returning to the studio to begin the follow-up to Never Gone, and will see you later this year with a new album.

And like every good musical artist, Kevin has a MySpace of his own, on which he wrote:
Hey everybody, sorry it has been so long since I've updated you. I've been very busy. I know there are alot of rumors floating around about my status with BSB. After thirteen years of what can only be described as a dream come true, I have decided to leave the Backstreet Boys. It was a very tough decision for me but one that was necessary in order for me to move on with the next chapter of my life. Howard, Brian, Alex, and Nick will always be my little brothers and will continue to have my utmost love and support. I want to thank you all for the beautiful memories we have shared together and look forward to including you in the next phase of my life. I wish my brothers continued success and look forward to their new album. Peace and love, Kevin Richardson

As a painfully loyal Backstreet Boys fan, I am shocked but ... not all that surprised.

British boy band McFly, who appears in Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan is dishing about her. It was rumored while the film was in production that Lohan had had a fling with McFly's Harry. Now Harry is stepping up and airing his laundry: "It's weird ... I've spent a year denying it, but now I'm supplying it: I did spend the night with her. She still isn't admitting it. She said in one magazine interview, 'I didn't touch him, but my friend did.'" Danny of McFly said that "There was so much sexual tension ... She is so fit and she has a very scary presence, a real star aura about her. I don't think she ever became approachable. No one wanted to look stupid in front of her, so we all stopped making immature jokes. Of course, I wanted to get off with her. And I thought she fancied me at first. She invited us all out for a meal with her family. And she asked for my phone number." [Photo courtesy of popjustice.co.uk]

Well who cares about Danny, really. Harry went on to say that "We sat together during the meal and she chatted to me about [a] girl I'd been out with. She asked if I'd ever been out with an older woman, and I said I'd once dated a 30-year-old. After the meal we all went on to a club in a limo. She said, 'Harry, you're sitting next to me.' Later she introduced me to a few people as her boyfriend. Then she said, 'Kiss me.' I was really nervous, I can tell you, because she's so super successful and talented. I thought, 'This is awesome.' Then she invited me back to her hotel: I left at eight the next morning." A couple nights later, they bumped into each other at a party: "I was chatting to Jude Law and Sean Penn. Lindsay ignored me a evening. Then, at the end of the night, she asked me to go back to her hote again. I said I was tired and declined. The last time I saw her was at the Hollywood premiere of the film. She gave me a kiss on the cheek; we exchanged a few words."

Hmm. If Lindsay stopped introducing random guys as boyfriends, maybe she wouldn't be in the tabloids for her various relationships as much. She also has bad taste ... everyone knows Doug's the cute one ...

More UK news ... Jesse Metcalfe's current girlfriend, butterface Nadine Coyle of UK girl group Girls Aloud is thinking of quitting the band and moving to Los Angeles to be with her boy toy. "I am head-over-heels in love with him ... I won't let this moment go. I have to follow my heart." Wonderful. Just what I wanted to hear. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

... Annnd Perez Hilton had a run-in with the scary Lohan Mom, Dina: One night, Lindsay Lohan's mother was like, "don't you write sh*t about me. I'm friends with Tommy Mottola!" I'm like, "Whoooaaa! you're friends with Tommy Mottola! Oh mah gawd!" So, I just loved that she said that. You know, like, "oOoo, I've got mafia connections". And that's what she was saying. Like, Tommy Mottola is a loser. His label is a failure. Casablanca - like, Lindsay's on there. Yeah, you notice how I never talk about her album. I talk about Paris' album cause I've heard the whole thing and it's actually really good. I don't think I've ever mentioned Lindsay and her music. It's kind of crappy. Or maybe because Paris Hilton is dumb enough to kiss your ass. But if it's true, Dina needs to get her head out of high school. Not surprised Lindsay turned out the way she did.

Save the Celebs!

So we've heard about the girl who begged people to donate to her "cause" -- her cause being ... being in a deepload of credit card debt. Well now your favorite Saturday-morning nerd, Dustin "Screech Powers" Diamond is calling out for help. He wants you to help him save his house. It's a pretty nifty site for someone who is near-homeless ...

P. Diddy and his people are complaining about Lindsay Lohan and her rude behavior at Butter last Friday. According to thesuperficial.com, she left her seat to argue with Paris Hilton over Starchos Niarchos and upon returning to her seat, found that Diddy and Company had allowed themselves to share with Lindz. A witness said that "There were only like six tables ... Everyone was sharing, but Lindsay refused and began mixing it up with Puffy. His bodyguards came over and picked Lindsay up to get her out." Diddy's people admitted that "Lindsay was being so loud and obnoxious. His security became concerned and came over to escort her away."

Good for her.

While flying over Germany, Paris Hilton made her helicopter pilot stop so she could go pee. Britain's More magazine reported that "She gave the farmer a bit of a shock. Her bouncers even blocked the farm door so the family couldn't go inside their own house while she was using the loo." The magazine went on to say that The 'House of Wax' star then allegedly spent another ten minutes on the startled farmer's porch, so she could smoke a cigarette. The unnamed farmer said: "She was cold as a fish, and cursed about the weather."

Pregnancy rumors abound: recent photos show Reese Witherspoon and Nicky Hilton sporting hefty bumps. Or is it that they had a little too much to eat the night before? [Photo of Nicky Hilton courtesy of ONTD]

And Justin Timberlake dumped Cameron Diaz after a weekend with the boys in Vegas -- when Cameron "went chasing after him. She was just too clingy." Justin, do the right thing. Save Britney!

What's the deal with this pop life and when's it gonna fade out?

Seems like 2006 is the year for the comeback of pop music. Here's the line-up:
Christina Aguilera's newest single, "Ain't No Other Man" has already been tearing up the charts, and her album "Back to Basics" is set to hit record stores on August 15th.
Jessica Simpson's new album is due out sometime in August, but his first single, "A Public Affair" has not hit radio yet.
Justin Timberlake's new album, as I reported yesterday, will be released on September 12th. His first single off of the album, "SexyBack" goes to radio July 7th.
Even JC Chasez (of *N Sync fame, if you've forgotten) is making a second attempt at a solo career. His first single, "Until Yesterday" is expected to be released to radio in August, with his album following in the fall.

Us Weekly is reporting that Mandy Moore and Zach Braff are dunzo ... An insider said that "There was no drama. They were ready ... Mandy was very young when they got together and she wanted to see what's out there, now that she's a woman." And as for Zach, he "was mature and realized it was time to let her do that." The couple was together for a year and a half. Mandy Moore responded on her official site by saying "I am so overwhelmed by the absurdity of rumors and how on earth they could possibly get started ... I am so saddened that people stretch as far as they do in attempting to spread gossip that, at the end of the day, is just downright hurtful. I know rumors and falsities will continue to exist and its the world we live in...but c'mon people.. If you're gonna spread trash and gossip, there should be a line drawn on issues that you just don't go near!" Hmm ... wonder how it's hurtful. Does she enjoy being portrayed as a indifferent bitch? [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Keira Knightley prefers British men to American men: "U.K. guys – well, the ones that I know – don't take as much stock in their appearance ... Ask an American guy what his beauty regime is, and he'll tell you. Ask a Brit, and he'll say, 'Er … Guinness?' I like that." I wonder how many American guys she really knows.

And according to OverheardinNY.com, Lindsay Lohan was overheard saying to a production assistant, "Oh my God! Don't talk to me like I'm some kind of normal person." Maybe that's her way of admitting she's actually an alien?

PimplyBack, FutureBomb/DiscordantSounds

I think the funniest news today is that Justin Timberlake's new album is said to be titled "FutureSex/LoveSounds" and his first single off of the album is titled "SexyBack." I don't think I'm going to ever let him live that one down, but then again, I don't think I ever have, simply for being a member of *N Sync.

Lindsay Lohan news, as ever. Page Six revealed that her bodyguards regularly ask "young ladies" to find somewhere else to sit because Lindsay's afraid of being overshadowed by prettier, younger things. Oy oy oy. Just nineteen and already feeling old ... that's Hollywood for ya.

Similarly, MSN is saying that Lindsay may be doing a duet with Madonna, of all people. They became fast friends over their Kabbalah faith and are even planning a trip to Israel together after Madonna's tour ends. A source said, "They're helping each other. Madonna is giving Lindsay advice on her music career and Lindsay wants to work on film with Madonna."

Perez Hilton reports that Paris Hilton has a thing for hockey players. According to him, she was spotted getting cozy lately with Jose Theodore of the Colorado Avalanche. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

More on Kristin Cavallari's new hairstyle (not that anyone cares!): "I wanted a new look for the summer," she told Life & Style. Jonathan Hanousek, who created Kristin's new 'style, said that "We went shorter than we initially planned. She said that if she didn't like it, we'd just throw in a few extensions ... It's much more sophisticated than her long California surfer-girl hair. People are going to see her in a different light now." I'm not so sure about that. He added that "She's not afraid to take risks."

Dr-ah-maaa ...

So apparently I missed out on the time when Lindsay Lohan told Interview magazine that she was looking to move to London to be with "a musician named Jamie." Well, in any case, it seems like it won't be happening soon: she was seen spotted with Jared Leto on June 1st in L.A. and with Colin Farrell the next night. One friend told In Touch that "She really wants to date Colin," while another said, "Lindsay's not serious with anyone. She's with someone new every day." I'll believe the second comment.

And while Brandon Davis formally made up with LiLo by taking her out to dinner at Koi, she and Paris Hilton haven't exacty made up. An "insider" said that "Paris doesn't like her." That's really too bad. But you know I'd pay to see the two head to head.

Apparently Kristin Cavallari was on E! News talking about having taken out her extensions and cutting her hair. She also mentioned two new film role offers, neither of which she can talk about yet. Looks like K. Cav may just survive past her fifteen minutes after all ...

The film Stephen Colletti is working on that I mentioned last week is titled Normal Adolescent Behavior and is currently filming on Rhode Island. This is one with Amber Tamblyn. [Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

Click here for a video of Jason Wahler and Heidi Montag of The Hills, chilling and, er, getting cosy, outside of L.A. nightclub Shag.


[Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]
If you ever wondered what some of the "insides" of Laguna Beach High School looked like, here's a photo of LC's little sister Breanna Conrad and a friend on the last day of school for the year.

Lauren Conrad told TV Guide that Stephen and Dieter, along with Talan were all at the Teen Vogue party at which she was supposed to guard the precious pillows. She made big bucks meeting all her fans and signing autographs: "For a while, we did appearances where you sign autographs for a couple of hours and that pays really well. I saved up from doing stuff like that." And she adds fuel to the Kristin fire by saying that "She, like, lies in interviews, but other than that.... [Laughs] We just don't like each other." So I guess Kristin lied when she extended an olive branch to Lauren too, huh? Boo.

And according to Lauren, who also spoke to Us Weekly, dating outside of the Laguna bubble just doesn't work: "Our friends from Laguna who try to date people outside it, it doesn't really work. Jason and I really understand each other." Hmm. Does this mean that I shouldn't give up hope on Stephen and Kristin?

Double-yoo-tee-eff.

Double-yoo-tee-eff. Lindsay Lohan is crowding my city and polluting my air. Not only that, but rumors have it that her newest victim is none other than Tristan and Isolde sex object James Franco. No no no no no. You'd think he'd know better. I hope it's not true.

So, yar, the funny but big news is that Brandon Davis has checked himself into rehab for alcohol and cocaine abuse. A friend told In Touch that Brandon "can't believe those words [towards Lindsay Lohan] came out of his mouth and realized it was the drugs talking." Nuh uh. I totally believe he knew what was coming out of his mouth. However, just hours before he checked himself in, he was seen walking around Los Angeles in a "Team Fire Crotch" shirt. Awesome. He is rehabbing at Passages in Malibu, CA if anyone cares enough to sendgifts*stalk* him. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Alex Murrel's, better known as "Alex M" to Laguna Beach fans, official website just went up and is featuring clips of two songs titled "Best Friend" (her first single) and "Come True."

Who knew Joshua Jackson was dating ex-model Diane Kruger!?

Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green's girlfriend (although questionable at this point) Lindsay Lohan's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen co-star and sometime-bitch, admitted again that she and Lohan did not get along during the shoot in 2003: "No, we didn't get along. I'm not going to lie and bullshit you. We didn't get along. We weren't best friends. At the same time, I was seventeen and she was sixteen ... (Pause) But I really don't want to say too much about it." I love it.

Don't assume that just because Hilary Duff is legal and dating twenty-seven year-old Joel Madden that, well ... "It's harder having a boyfriend who's older because people just assume. But [virginity] is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn't mean I haven't thought about sex, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in."

Moving on

Trying to get back into the swing of things, so updates may not be consistent for a little while ...


[Photo courtesy of PerezHilton.com]
Nick Lachey and MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo have been photographed getting cosy this past weekend in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Ooh la la.

Orlando Bloom was seen "snacking" on Claire Danes' neck at a party in England on Saturday night. A witness said that "He was kissing her neck and grinding against her ... He didn't seem to care who saw it." Whoa whoa whoa. Poor Kate Bosworth ...

Not particularly big news (and kind of old), but Kristin Cavallari has chopped off her long locks after she flirted with the new look. But now her hair is shorter-than-we've-ever-seen, coming in a few inches above her shoulders. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Another cast quote on the legitimacy of Laguna Beach: The Real O.C. -- this time it's from Stephen Colletti: "The basic story is true, the relationships did happen, but the paths you see them take on the show aren't the exact paths they take." Other news on Stephen: he's been added to the MTV VJ line-up this summer, and he seems to have a role in a film in which Amber Tamblyn is also in. Hmm ...

Note

Hey everyone ... sorry for the delay, but I'm still trying to get over my jet lag in addition to working 9-5. But I should have the time and energy to update by the end of this week.

True or False?

A couple of weeks or so ago, I reported that Evan Rachel Wood and Ed Norton were seen canoodling around New York City together. Well, guess that's gone up in flames, because Evan publicly announced that she is with Billy Elliott star, Jamie Bell: "I think it's obvious [that we're dating], so I'm not really going to say anything ... We've made a public appearance together so that's why it's obvious. It's kind of pointless to deny it ... I think Jamie is awesome. And it's even better when you know him because he's just a completely different person on screen." The two met while filming Green Day's video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends." [Photo courtesy of Yahoo! Movies]

Lionel Richie has been telling people that daughter Nicole and Adam Goldberg are set to marry again -- and he'll be providing the entertainment. But rumor has it they recently split. Who's telling the truth?

If anyone has a clue who Courtney Peldon is, I have some strange, strange news for you. She confirmed at the premiere of HBO documentary Dealing in Dogs that she is engaged to Crispin Glover. Erf!?

A pedestrian caught Brandon Davis outside Hyde in Hollywood and had some choice words for Brandon regarding Lindsay Lohan, though she called her a "stupid little girl." You can watch the video (and Brandon's reaction to it) here. I love the ridiculous "glare" he gives her, although it wasn't the most mature thing she could've done.

The teaser trailer for Talan Torriero's film debut Driftwood can be found here. It looks ... er, crappy. Or, at the very least, poorly edited.

The National Enquirer is saying that Kristin Cavallari has been bad-mouthing Jessica Simpson. A "friend" of hers told the tabloid that Kristin thinks Jessica Simpson is pathetic and delusional because she is wearing her wedding ring on her necklace and that Jessica should move on because Nick is "soooo over Jessica." Patrons in a restaurant overheard Kris trash-talking when she was more than a little loud at dindin with the mother. She was overheard calling Jessica a terrible actress. I wouldn't be surprised if this were true, but let's hope not.

Lauren Conrad appeared on Last Call With Carson Daly on May 19th, but you can catch it here if you missed it. She previews a clip from her upcoming show, The Hills. Similarly, she will be a guest on MTV's TRL on May 31st, the day The Hills premieres. Check your local listings for precise times.

Lastly, if you feel like vegging out in front of the television this weekend, you have a perfect excuse -- a fourteen hour marathon of Laguna Beach! On Saturday, the 27th, you can relive all the drama on MTV, starting at 8am. Eastern time, I'd assume, but again, check your local listings. And enjoy.

Updates will be spotty, if at all existent, between now and mid-June. Finals and a bit of traveling before I return to the good ole US of A, you see. Enjoy the premiere of The Hills -- I'm going to have SO much to catch up on when I return!

... and now The Real Real O.C.

Massive Laguna Beach update.

Lauren Conrad describes to People magazine the differences between Laguna Beach and The Hills: "On Laguna, the girls would fight with their boyfriends ... Now we fight with out bosses. The drama on this show is real problems, like, [am I] going to get fired." She adds that "I'm not very good at paying bills ... I always like, forget, and they just keep adding up." "When [Laguna Beach] ended, it was kind of like, weird, going back to no cameras ... it's sort of normal for me." Apparently, "[Jason Wahler and Lauren are] pretty serious now ... He recently moved into my apartment. We used to go out a lot, but we don't really anymore. We're homebodies -- we watch movies on the couch." Hmm. Does that mean Heidi Montag's out of her apartment? Aww ... And she's still giving Kristin Cavallari the cold shoulder, despite KCav's many peace offerings through the press: "Kristin and I have been to the same events, but we don't necessarily say hi ... She's getting what she wanted [attention]. I don't want to be in [magazines] every week, going to clubs. I just want to be in the fashion industry and I want to find a job that I really like." [Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

Lauren tells M magazine that "You'll see me...working! I'll be working at a magazine while going to school. There'll be more drama, but it won't be just a rumor being spread about me. Now it will be a big assignment at work and a final exam in the same week." Finally. A glimpse into the academic lives of our favorite beach bums. That will make me college students across the nation feel a helluva lot better. I know I will.

Babyfaced Stephen Colletti reveals that he wasn't always such a stud-muffin: "I was in the sixth grade, and I went to science camp one summer. We were doing science tests at the river, and I walked over to this girl and sat down beside her. I had a banana, and she had two banana peels next to her. I just wanted to talk to her, so my pick-up line was, 'You like bananas, too!' Things were good, but when we got back from the trip, I found out that she had a boyfriend. So she denied me!" Ouch. Science camp!? Explains the socks-with-shorts thing.

Alex Murrel gave M magazine the "scoop" on her new album: "It's all about the cycle of love. 'Best Friend is my first single, and it's about having a guy friend, and then having feelings for him. But you don't want to ruin the friendship. It's not about anyone from Laguna Beach, but it's definitely happened to me before!"

Here's a video of Kristin and a friend having a good time at a Lakers game.

In other news, Ashlee Simpson is a witty little one. Star reports that when her boyfriend Braxton Olita left her to use the men's room at a recent Dodgers game, she found herself bombarded with questions such as, "Why did your sister Jessica dump Nick?" ... "Did she cheat on him?" She called security, who arrived just as Braxton returned with a bag of peanuts. She declined his offer for the savory snack, saying, "No thanks. I've had all the nuts I need for one night!"

Lindsay Lohan can't seem to decide which Greek shipping heir (and Paris Hilton leftover) she wants -- Paris Latsis or Stavros Niarchos. I guess she really wanted her revenge on Hilton, because she was spotted with Nacho Man at New York City's Butter on Monday night, where they openly "kissed and held hands". A spy told The Daily News that "Lindsay went back with him that night to his hotel room ... He was staying at Soho House, but her room was crosstown at the Mercer."

And lastly, hopefully to tie loose strings together, Mischa Barton did an interview with Newsweek, putting rumors to rest. "It was the producers' [idea to kill Marissa off]. But I really think it's best to do movies now. I was also thinking of spending a month in London, living there and taking a course in acting." When the journalist commented that her voice was deeper than it seemed on television, she said, "I have a general transatlantic accent, I suppose. I'm nothing like my character. Are you kidding? I was born in London, raised in New York. She's crazy. I don't understand how anybody could be like her." Uh ... that doesn't even begin to make sense or correlate directly to his comment, but okay. Lastly, she hopes that Marissa won't be coming back in any otherworldly dream sequences: "That would be cheesy ... I was really excited that I get to die, to be honest. I've done pretty much everything else with the character. It was better than one of those lame farewells."

The Real O.C.

[Photo courtesy of teenangel87 on YouTube]
So now that the finale's aired and Marissa Cooper's death has been made known pretty much to every corner of Cyberspace, the backlash and speculation have begun.

Did Mischa Barton want off The O.C. or not? The show's creator, Josh Schwartz "revealed" in an interview with TV Guide following Thursday's show that "We didn't have a strained relationship. Mischa's never exhibited any kind of vindictive behavior before, so it would seem out of character. But I don't really know ... No, she never said that [she wanted to leave the show]. She was always 100 percent professional and ready to go and ready to work for the show and support the show. She was never misbehaving or "sicking out" or any of those kinds of rumors that were out there."

The real reason Marissa had to go, according to Josh, is "if you go back to the pilot episode of the show, tragedy is in the DNA of Marissa's character. When you first see her in the pilot, she's passed out drunk in the driveway of her house. Her dad's losing all of his money, and her boyfriend is cheating on her. This is a girl who attracted that kind of tragedy. And Ryan and Marissa, while they had some good times, were never really a happily ever-after couple. They were always the star-crossed lovers. So as we looked down the barrel at the end of the season, it just felt like that's where the show was pushing us. The show kind of paints you in a certain direction. And it was the kind of thing that will drive us into next season as the kind of cataclysmic event that will force some people to leave and some people will not be able to leave. It has a huge effect in terms of how it drives into next season."

And according to another source, the five different endings involved several different deaths to several different characters. If what Josh is saying is true (and, conversely, the rumor that different deaths were filmed), how did Mischa know Marissa was the one to die? I doubt that different characters' deaths were filmed, especially since when asked about how Mischa took the news of Marissa's death, Josh said: "She took it in stride. She handled it professionally and continued to do great work. However she felt about it personally, she was never anything but a professional when she was on set." I think Josh is just being sweet and diplomatic about the whole thing. It's pretty unwise to kill off one of the main characters of the show unless circumstances are especially extenuating. Regardless, Marissa's dead now (unless the fan uprising causes the show to reconsider the storyline and has her rise from the dead sort of à la Trey). Then again, the official episode guide sums up the conclusion of the episode with: "The car explodes and Ryan lays Marissa down on the pavement and rouses her. He tells her he’s going to get help, but she begs him to stay. And then she dies." Sweet.

But Josh is a little unhappy about one thing -- Mischa's revelation of the secret ending to Access Hollywood, which was aired the night of the season finale: "It was unfortunate," he said. "I don't really know what happened. It was definitely unfortunate, and I don't think Access Hollywood really handled it that well either."

IMDB reports that O.C. fans are no happier at Mischa. Oh well, seems like she had the last laugh.

Stupid Girls

Hmm. Somehow I managed to watch the season finale of The O.C. and was kind of disappointed with the anti-climaticness of the ending. That shot of the car on its back was a second too long and the death wasn't very convincing. Granted it was inevitable that she was going to die, Ryan could've easily stepped on the brakes really suddenly, and Volchok would've -- could've -- tumbled down the mountainside himself. Too bad. Still, I got a little more than teary-eyed knowing that she won't be back next season.

Laguna Beach's Casey Reinart has a part in Head Automatica's video for "Graduation Day." Lauren Conrad makes the cover of the very magazine she interned for -- Teen Vogue. Apparently, Kristin Cavallari has her eye on Stavros Niarchos. Star reports that her friends have said that “Kristin would die if she were photographed with someone who’s not famous, rich or hot!” Too bad Lindsay Lohan was seen snogging him at Bungalow 8 last night/early this morning.

Angel Carter announced on her and Alex Murrel's CoSpace (ha, new word I made up) that Alex's album is to release on August 30th, and her single "Best Friend" goes to radio in three weeks.

That is all. I feel sick. Don't ever attempt to bake Chewy Brownies if it calls for 1/2 part sugar, 1/3 butter and 1/6 part flour. That's my tip of the day.

Hollywood Biatches

Sorry for the blip on the updating map last night. It's finals period. So trust me, I feel your pain -- and then some.

Anyway, here are some juicy bits of gossip (Paul McCartney marriage troubles aside. Because I'm not sure we care that much about Paul McCartney, as big a deal as my mom thought it was when she shouted into the phone today that he and Heather were calling it quits) ...

Paris Hilton made an official statement to her favorite whore, Perez Hilton, about the whole calling Lindsay Lohan a "fire crotch" thing: "The only thing I want to underscore is the person making the statements was not Paris Hilton," her PR said. "It is unfair to characterize Brandon [Davis]'s statements as being reflective of Paris' feelings about Lindsay. We're dealing with two different people. It was Brandon who was speaking, of course there are moments when Paris was laughing, but she never said anything. Brandon was speaking for himself not for her. Personally," he adds, "I found the incident unnecessary." [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

But what about Paris' whispering into Brandon's ear, followed by Brandon's belligerence? And her telling him after the whole schpeal that she loved him? (Check out the newest video, where all this and more goes down, here.) "Paris uses her cell phone as a defensive tool. Many times when you see her photographed in a crowd situation, she puts it up to her ear so she doesn't have to speak. In the cacophony and din of screaming, nobody could have had a telephone conversation. Reporters were asking her questions about Lindsay that she did not want to answer, so she put her cell phone up to her ear. Brandon was not speaking for Paris. Period." Um, no. She clearly had someone on the line and wanted that person to hear what was going on. Bitch.

In watching that unfortunate (but hilarious) video -- by the way, Brandon really crossed the line when he called Lindsay poor, I think -- I came across this hilarious Blind Date-style paparazzi vid of Mischa Barton trying to hail a cab in New York City. You know it ain't easy, especially when Mischa can't even get one.

Nicole Richie and Adam Goldberg are off again, or so Star reports.

The Jessica and Nick breakup may be the best thing's that's ever happened to Nick Lachey -- other than having met Jessica, of course. His album debuted at number two on the Billboard charts.

Howard Stern made another greasy man look every greasier when he got John Stamos to spill the beans on his previous relationships. Apparently, he and Denise Richards are "really good friends and when she was going through her divorce, I was there for her." And by there for her, he means, it was "just kind of a fast thing" even though "she was going through a hard time." Nice guy. Heather Locklear? "I met her one time and we got really drunk and she asked me to go up to her room with her. But I was a kid and she was getting me plastered, we were playing quarters and by the end I couldn’t even hit the quarter on the table. So she said why don’t you come up to my room in a few minutes, I’m going to take a shower, and I was like yeah, you know, I’m going to do this. The next thing I remember, I woke up with barf all over my room and security was pounding on the door because I had to get to the show. I was in my own room, I just missed the whole thing!" Um, a kid. I think he was probably in his late twenties ... Teri Hatcher!? "I actually saw her the other night, we were at that Ryan Seacrest thing and she came out and kept trying to kiss me in front of all of the cameras." Oh, poor thing. You are just a tool in a girl's manipulative plot. But really. There were some things I really didn't know. Like the barf part.

SPOILER ALERT
According to a post on Oh No They Didn't!, Mischa Barton has confirmed to Access Hollywood that her character Marissa Cooper will die tonight on The O.C.. However, it seems unclear how the season will ultimately end, as creator Josh Schwartz is said to have filmed five different endings and kept his choice a secret. And lastly, Willa Holland, little sister to the soon-to-be-late Marissa, is joining the cast as a permanent fixture in Newport Beach. Yay, hotter hottie to replace hottie! Even if she is only fifteen.

And to answer my own question: Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan. It's a real toughie for me, since I dislike them for very different reasons.

Paris banks on her faux-ditziness and coos in that annoying baby voice; she's the head of the Young Hollywood cheerleading squad and thinks she has a right to be. She is not particularly attractive and not particularly talented. She has the sex appeal of a camel on bad days and a man on good ones. She seems to covet the spotlight and will step over people to stay in it -- including former best friends. It's annoying how overconfident she represents herself to be because under her chiselled features, I'm sure she has a slew of self-esteem issues. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so immature to people she doesn't like. The bottom line, though, is that for everything that she's known for, we really don't know all that much about the real Paris Hilton, and maybe that's why everyone's still so fascinated.

Lindsay, on the other hand, comes across as quite intelligent and surprisingly honest for someone in her circumstances. But for someone so acute, she sure can be dumb -- playing to Young Hollywood's high school game and giving into YH's very own mean girl, Paris. From being shut out and dissed by the likes of Paris and Nicky to sleeping with every other guy in Hollywood, it's pretty apparent that she just really wants everyone to like her. But she can be mean about it too -- she's a fiesty redhead after all, and all these years in the industry have molded her into a defensive little bitch. She namedrops a helluva lot and blurts out what she's not supposed to (can you say Karl Lagerfeld?). It's doubtless that she's talented and has her own brand of ... er, sexiness, though at times she seems a little awkward and childlike.

Damn, I made Lindsay sound better than I wanted her to. Nooo ... don't feel sorry for her! Her mom's a looney!

Er ... I guess ... Team Lindsay? I honestly look at them as two different types of celebrities and am fascinated by the two in very distinct ways. Paris I only really "like" when she displays emotion or does something surprisingly nice or surprisingly human. She's pretty much an ice queen to me on normal days. I "like" Lindsay when she does interviews, because she gets down to business and seems to really think about the questions and give honest answers. And she's pretty eloquent. But she makes far more blunders than Paris does, so she's an easier target. And that doesn't at all make me feel bad for her.

That's all. That was waaaayyy too drawn out.

Lovers and Haters

I hear many a teenybopper heart breaking. Okay, maybe not, because he was "The Little One" who looked like Mary-Kate and Ashley. But Zac Hanson ("The Little One") is set to marry longtime girlfriend Kathryn Tucker sometime next month in Atlanta, Georgia. The announcement appeared in The Tuscaloosa News, and said: Becky and Tom Tucker of Newnan, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter Kathryn Rebecca Tucker of Newnan, to Zachary Walker Hanson of Tulsa, Okla., son of Diana and Walker Hanson of Tulsa. The wedding will be held in June in Atlanta. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Ruth and Ira Tucker of Northport and Rozene Copas and the late Gordon Cooper of Woodville. She is a 2002 graduate of Northgate High School and attends Georgia State University, where she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in finance. The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Jane and Clyde Lawyer of Tulsa, and the ate Bea and Clarke Hanson of Tulsa. He is a member of the band Hanson and co-founder/CEO of the record label 3CG Records.

You probably didn't care, but now you know.

Sources are saying that Nicole Richie, who was photographed leaving a plastic surgeon's office on Tuesday, was on the market for a rhinoplasty. But "insiders" say that the surgeon "thought that Nicole had body dysmorphic disorder, and it's a policy that surgeons can not perform surgery on people with that disorder." Maybe she was visiting Ashlee Simpson?

In Touch is reporting that, just days after Brody Jenner was spotted canoodling with her, Kristin Cavallari is secretly dating Sean Stewart,
brother of Kim. If this is true, that's two Stewarts for two Laguna kids -- who had previously hooked up with one another. How incestuous. [Photo courtesy of lime-light.org]

Kristin made Maxim's Hot 100 list, coming in at an impressive number twenty-three. She beat out the likes of Kate Moss, Mandy Moore, Natalie Portman, Sienna Miller and, thank goodness, Paris Hilton.

Apparently Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, our two top story-makers here, got into a spat at Hyde nightclub on Friday night. TMZ says there was a lot of trash talking (what the two know how to do best). Paris' rep, Elliot Mintz, says that "Lindsay approached [Paris'] table and at that moment Paris felt she was being interrupted and didn't wish to speak to Lindsay ... A couple of words were exchanged and Lindsay went back to her table ... I can understand how other patrons in the club could have thought it had been a bigger deal than it actually was." But TMZ thinks it's because Lindsay's been namedropping and Paris didn't want Lindsay to use her name to further her career. Here's a video of the Hiltons and Brandon Davis joking about poor Ms. Lohan.

Okay, poll. Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan? And why. Go!

Just Her Luck

News travels fast. So does Lindsay Lohan. She reportedly spent last night at Paris Latsis' place in Beverly Hills. Yes, that's Latsis, not Hilton. That would make the second Hilton-ex she's been ... er, hanging out with. The two are planning to meet up at the Cannes Film Festival later this week. Last week it was that Jamie Burke dude, now Latsis? She can run all she wants from guy to guy, but she can't hide!


[Photo courtesy of PosterWire.com]
After a professional shoot for Just My Luck, the studio thought a paparazzi shot of Lindsay taken over a year ago was more appropriate. Everyone unanimously agreed that it also suited the film's tagline "Everything changed in the wink of an eye." Too bad it didn't help the movie at the box office.

Entertainment Weekly reports that Just My Luck came in at number four in this weekend's results, with "a weak $5.5 mil. Lohan has only ever starred in six movies, and 'Just My Luck' ranking last among them in the opening week, trailing the feeble $9.4 million that 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' earned in 2004."

Other happenings in our little world ...

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell gave birth to a baby girl last night in London and did not allow the father to be present.

Britney Spears has been avidly working on her next album, although her rep is hesitant to name even a tentative release date. Her (and it seems hubby K Fed's) producer, Jonathan Rotem said of the new material: it's "in the vein of [Rihanna's] 'S.O.S.' " And she raps! "Not rap rap, but talk rap," Rotem had to clarify.

Happy Mother's Day

[Photos courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]
Happy Mother's Day! Here's a photo of Kristin Cavallari and her mother, Judith, out to din din. It also looks like she and Brody Jenner are back on -- again. Will this turn into another Stephen-Kristin saga of on-and-offness? Only time will tell ... The video that corresponds to the Kristin and Brody photo can be found here.

Lauren Conrad recently visited Carson Daly on his show Last Call. The episode is said to air on May 19th, but check your local listings for the exact time. His show is a late, late one -- at least in New York it is. If you haven't seen it for yourself yet, check out the new trailer for The Hills. It looks juicy ...

More rumors are circulating that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have wed in Nambia, but their reps are denying the story. Life & Style said specifically that they "were part of a traditional Himba wedding ceremony." A source was quoted in The National Ledger as having said that the marriage wouldn't have been legal by U.S. standards, so they'd have to get married again in the U.S. anyway. Good to know.

Lindsay Lohan's mom Dina lashed out against rumors that she's a "party mom": "The first misconception people have of me, which is really funny, is that I go out with my teenage child ... It's completely untrue. We will go to dinners together and events, of course, but I don't go out with my daughter when she's going out with her college friends. It's just silly." O-tay. I believe you.

At last, Mandy Moore comments on the whole Wilmer Valderrama-Howard Stern schpeal. She tells ELLE in the current issue that she thought what Wilmer said was "utterly tacky, not even true, and it hurt my feelings because I like him ..." If you've already forgotten what was said, it went along the lines of ... hmm ... ELLE wraps it up in a nice euphemism: "she was deflowered by celebrity lothario Wilmer Valderrama." Many wonder at whether she'll ever return to singing after making a small name for herself on the big screen. Well, she wants to: "I don't know. It's depressing. Maybe it will come out this year? Maybe next? I think my label is expecting a poppier, mainstream-type thing from me. It's been so long since I was singing 'Candy' and driving in a green Beetle. But I know there's so much of, like, middle America that still thinks of me that way."

That's way harsh, Mandy. Even people in middle America go to the movies and visit the record store every once in a while ...

Scandalous.

Okay, so this dumb story made headline news on Yahoo!: Paris Hilton, who made an appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo to promote her new video game "Paris Hilton's Jewel Jam," introduced it as "Diamondquest" instead. Oops. "Sorry I'm late," she said. "I'm really excited to have my new video game, 'Diamondquest.' Thank you all for coming, and you can download the game." Okay, so she's dumb. Is that all? This isn't news.

Lindsay Lohan's people are being fined for "hiring a request company ... to jack TRL for Lindsay … Guys this is a no win situation how should I respond...there is no airplay we have been pursuing…” And that is a direct quote from an alleged memo. Whoa. Universal Music Group is being fined 12 million big ones ... apparently, the same tactic was used to promote Dream way back when.


[Photo courtesy of ONTD]
It's said that Tom Cruise didn't invite Katie's family to see baby Suri until he was back home in Los Angeles so he could "monitor the baby's first visit with her maternal grandparents." Suri was born on April 17th, and it was not until May 4 -- two and a half weeks later -- that Grandma Kathleen and Grandpa Martin got to get a glimpse of her. But guess what? All of Tom's immediate family -- mother and sisters -- were there for the delivery. Wonderful.

SPOILER ALERT. If you don't want to your season finale of The O.C. to be ruined, don't read!

According to Just Jared, the recent encoded TV Guide spoiler was decoded. A devoted fan revealed, "Your O.C. teaser last week was very clever. I think the secret words are 'Peter Callaghan', which means that Sandy is the one hovering near death. 'Peter Callaghan' was the character 'Peter Gallagher' played in my favorite movie While You Were Sleeping ..."

Hmm. That's tragic. What are they going to do with Mischa?

No bravery, no sympathy.

Tim Rice-Oxley of the British band Keane had this to say about Paris Hilton, after having appeared on Saturday Night Live when Paris hosted last year: "I basically have three enduring memories of that experience. First, her stupid little dog kept running into our dressing room and we kept on booting it out, and second, she had a man, a security guard, whose only job was to carry her dog around. The other one was that she was completely unable to pronounce the name of our band. They had to dress-rehearse, like, six times: 'Ladies and gentlemen, Keanie!' Just on and on. I mean, there's no reason she should know who we are, but it's not that difficult ... And at the end, when we had the big sort of group hug, in my attempt to be kind of cool about the thing, I trod on her foot." I would like to extend my personal gratitude to this man for representin'.

Christina Aguilera announced that her next album will be titled "Back to Basics" and will be released on August 15th. It's a "modern take on vintage jazz, soul and blues from the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s" and features "Ain't No Other Man," her first single, which she will premiere at the MTV Movie Awards on June 8th. I prefer Christina to Britney, but this just brings me back to Britney premiering "I'm A Slave For You" at the MTV Video Music Awards. I can't help it!

And some Laguna news, at last. Alex Murrel's MySpace is reporting a June 13th release of the Season Two DVD set, as well as her debut album, although Lauren Conrad's site is still reporting a July 25th release of the set. Lauren's website has been revamped to prepare for the premiere of The Hills. It looks just as sketchy as it did before. Boo.

I don't normally do this, but these are just too cute to pass up. Some photos of the delightfully good-looking Stephen Colletti with girlfriend Hayden Panettiere, courtesy of the stalkers at The Real O.C. boards ;).

Jessica Simpson's "longtime" personal assistant and best friend CaCee Cobb has quit. She celebrated with Jessica at Morton's in Los Angeles, where Jessica is said to have toasted, "You are my best friend. I will be your best friend forever." Hmm. Unless she's a hundred percent sure of that, I think she meant, "I hope I will be your best friend forever."

Billy Bush, host of Access Hollywood, recently blogged about Lindsay Lohan. He said that, "She came, the interview went decently, and I left realizing this about her: She is very tainted by press interviews and now instinctively feels like everybody's out to get her. She's been through a lot for a 19-year-old... one who made almost 8 million dollars for her current film, 'Just My Luck.' One step towards getting press people to lay off might be to keep them in the dark about how much money you're making - it only makes you less real and harder to truly accept." Mmm. No. Still no sympathy here, although I completely agree with him.

Seriously ... who isn't against Lindsay these days? When she appeared on TRL several days ago, her poor publicist Leslie Sloane Zelnick threw a fit backstage just moments before Lindsay was to appear on camera, demanding to switch VJ Vanessa Minnillo for Damien Fahey. Unfortunately, the show went on with Vanessa hosting -- with supposedly awkward conversation, "unwelcome mic jabbing" and "Lindsay's accusatory tone." And unfortunately for Ms. Sloane Zelnick, she represents both women.

The tumultuous life of Lindsay Lohan.

Nick Lachey, whose album drops today in the U.S., appears on Access Hollywood and opens up about his marriage/divorce: "I don't think I could ever hate her," he said of Jessica Simpson. "I think it was more of a hate of the situation ... I don't think I could say that I've completely let go, but I think it's a process that you have to go through in this." On whether he's looking to marry again in the future, Lachey said, "For me, a phase was certainly going through that emotion saying, 'I just can't imagine doing this again.' ... But for me, I'm a romantic heart ... I don't want to be a 'serial marrier,' but at the same time, I just can't imagine not being married again." He knocked down rumors of having a steady gal: "My girlie has been my work, which has been a real blessing through this." Yes. There really is no need for him to "open up about his marriage" on TV -- his album is chock full of depressing odes to his former marriage.

Jake Gyllenhaal is, for the time being, dispelling rumors of being gay -- he is now dating Gretchen Bleiler, an Olympic snowboarder. According to Us Weekly heir relationship is serious enough that Bleiler is moving from Colorado to Los Angeles for him. Jakey's people said when asked for comment, "Thank you for inquiring but we do not comment on his personal life." Read: Thank you for not asking us if he's gay or not.

The National Enquirer finally has something nice to say about someone! Too bad it's Lindsay Lohan. It reports that she's heading to Africa to help AIDS and poverty victims for the ONE campaign. The magazine quoted an insider as saying, "Lindsay truly does feel for those who are suffering from AIDS and who are poor -- and genuinely feels she needs to pay something back to the world for the fortunate life she's led ... At the same time, she wants to be taken seriously as a person, and she's well aware of her image as a fluffy party girl. She sees working in Africa as a means to shed her 'naughty girl' reputation." There's always a catch ... [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

When Lindsay appeared on Today, Matt Lauer brought up the Vanity Fair article -- and her dabbling in drugs. LiLo slammed the claims by saying, "I don't believe that was ever brought up. Yeah, everything's fine." Hmm ... are the drugs causing short-term memory loss already?

The paparazzi caught Lohan and model-musician James Burke sharing a moment on Sunday in New York City. People says, "The 20-year-old Burke was most recently linked to Lohan pal Kate Moss, with whom he took a ski vacation in January." Any bets on how long this one will last?

LL's mother Dina is being sued for fraud after signing a music deal with Antonio Almeida for Lindsay in 2002, with which Lindsay cut half an album with Emilio Estefan -- before she signed a deal with Tommy Mottola's Casablanca Records. Oops. I remember when I used to read Lindsay's online journal on her official site -- when she actually updated her official site -- and she boasted about her five or six record deal with Estefan. I guess that all went down the drain when Aaron Carter two-timed on her and Duff and blew her to mega superstardom.

Cheaters

Chad Michael Murray wasn't allowed to attend his 18-year-old fiancée Kenzie Dalton's prom. Her school has a policy against admitting guests over the age of twenty, although they can petition to get in. Murray wasn't. So instead, he threw her and her friends an afterparty, where he unravelled a present for her -- a brand new Mercedes-Benz. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

Pete Doherty has sunken to even lower depths of depravity? Apparently, he sold his phone to a stranger to get some money to buy drugs with. Funny thing is, he forgot to delete all the juicy info, like texts Kate Moss has been sending him where she calls him "my only love" and supposedly begs him to give heroin up so they can spend the summer together at her home in the Cotswolds. Messages from fans and photos of him partying were also left on the phone. Smart one he is.

American Idol winner Carrie Underwood picked up a BA in Mass Communications from Northeastern State University this past Saturday. She was only three credits away from graduating when she left to be on American Idol.

Britney Spears' acting coach is blabbing about her lack of talent ("an untalented, self-focused wannabe," to be precise): "Britney's no better or worse than an newcomer to acting. The big difference is, she's into shortcuts. She kept telling me to skip elements of the course she believed weren't necessary ... It was clear she really hadn't understood the concept of any of them. She came across as a spoilt child in the body of a young woman, who's not used to being told no." He must really have it in for her, because he added, "I can imagine her ruining a televised drama by suddenly staring straight into camera and either winking, shaking her boobs or blowing a bubble of gum. But not all at the same time -- that would be asking far too much of her." Not like we couldn't tell from those early Mickey Mouse Club days that she couldn't act ...

Is Jesse Metcalfe pulling a John Tucker? The title character of John Tucker Must Die has reportedly been seen with three girls of late, though he is supposedly steadily dating UK band Girls Aloud's Nadine Coyle. But he's been seen around town with model Laura Shields and John Tucker costar Brittany Snow: "Jesse and Brittany attended the opening ... together and were later seen acting cozy at a club. [They] were acting every inch a couple as they posed for the cameras and then later on they were gazing into each other's eyes." A case of being too in character?

Life & Style is saying that Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz are set to marry on Oahu, Hawaii soon. Yay.

My favorite story of the day -- David and Victoria Beckham invited royals Charles and Camilla to their pre-World Cup party at -- get this -- Beckingham Palace, but were declined. No kidding!

Out with the old, in with the new.

[Photo courtesy of AshleeSimpson.net]
Rumors have been floating around for a while now, but I didn't want to say anything until I saw it with my own eyes: Ashlee Simpson has gotten a nose job. She appeared for her first official event yesterday at SunFest in West Palm Beach, Florida. From the event's photos, it looks like she also lost herself a little bit of weight. I'm a little disappointed in her, not the least of reasons being that her nose was distinctive and was what made her look different.

Laguna Beach's Alexandra Murrel is now living with Angel Carter, sister to Nick and Aaron Carter, as well as former roommate Brittany. No word on Alex Hooser, though. Seems like Hooser was nixed -- hopefully no hard feelings? Alex M and Angel have combined forces and created a MySpace account to celebrate their newfound bff-ness, and you can add them here. Angel adds that the Carter family reality show will premiere on October 26th on E!, although it's probably too early to confirm anything of the sort. [Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

According to unnamed sources, it looks like Mischa Barton's heading out from The O.C.: "Mischa is definitely going. She hasn't been happy for a while and producers think its best she leaves. It is the perfect end to the current series." The show's creator, Josh Schwartz, has been hinting at the death of a major character for sometime now -- fans may have assumed it was Johnny -- but now people are speculating that Marissa may take her alcohol and drug problems to another level and overdose to the point of no return ... another good reason to bring Willa Holland back as Marissa's little sister Kaitlin.

Lindsay Lohan gets on another star's hit list -- because of a guy. At Los Angeles' new hotspot Shag, Cameron Diaz asked Lindsay to stop smoking in the shared VIP section. Star magazine concedes that it wasn't so much about the nasty habit, but about Jared Leto, Diaz's ex-fiance.

And according to Perez Hilton (who I would not trust with real-life matters), Nicole Richie confronted him at a Coffee Bean this morning, asking him, "Do I really have zombie hands? ... Call me anorexic to my face." Perez didn't go into much detail, saying that they "had a nice little convo and hugged it out. It felt good." I'll bet it did.

Gawd, I wish some celebrity would just give him a bitch slap and stop playing so nice with him. Nicole should've been the one ...

Curvy is the new skinny.

So the new thing in Hollywood is to put on the pounds.

Lindsay Lohan's trying to do it too. She tells The Mirror that her stick-thing look doesn't suit her and wants to put on a few pounds: "You want to be called sexy, and you want to have tits and an ass ... I like food. I eat all types of things. I'd never be able to do the no carbs and no sugar thing. I just ordered a peanut and jelly sandwich. I like McDonald's and I love sushi. I do good stir-frys, but the meal I cooked the other night was grilled chicken parmesan, sauteed spinach and mashed potatoes."

We love the new Lohan news -- Page Six reported recently that at the annual Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this past Monday, Mary-Kate Olsen "looked like she wanted to die when she saw Lindsay. She hung back and refused to get close … She clearly did not want to be near Lindsay and made an effort to not get close. It was odd ... Lindsay always e-mails her. She is always trying to find out from others who she is dating - MK thinks she's creepy." Oh, roll loving memories of high school ...

Evan Rachel Wood is dating her co-star of Down in the Valley,Ed Norton!!! The two were spotted dining and canoodling around New York City by the people at Gawker. [Photo courtesy of ONTD]

MTV has finally put up a site for The Hills, but the site notes the premiere as May 31st, at 10pm EST instead of the previously announced May 24th. Click here to check it out.

The Paris Hilton drama ensues. Stavros Niarchos is dumb enough to want to get back with her -- according to the photographers at TMZ, he arrived at her house around 1am on Monday morning and spent an hour crying and ringing her doorbell. Around 2, she finally let him in -- and he began screaming, "Take me back ... I give you everything!" Matt Leinart's name was said to be mentioned. Finally, Paris told him to "Take it easy" and to "Go home and get some sleep." Wow, she almost seems to have a heart.

And celebrities.com reports that when Paris was asked about Matt Leinart, she gave a coy smile and thought for a moment before replying, "I'm single!"

Yeah, whatever.

Vanity Fair digs up the dirt.

Nicole Richie admits to Vanity Fair in their upcoming issue that ""I know I'm too thin right now, so I wouldn't want any young girl looking at me and saying, 'That's what I want to look like ... I do know that they will, which is another reason I really do need to do something about it. I'm not happy with the way I look right now." The magazine's Leslie Bennetts added that Nicole "dealt with that by not eating and her weight went down, which she couldn't afford at that point." Apparently she's working alongside a doctor, a psychiatrist, a nutritionist and a trainer, and gets weighted once a week. But still -- Nicole tells the magazine that she doesn't believe she's anorexic. "I have gained weight since I was my thinnest."

I don't know what she thinks anorexia nervosa is if she thinks not eating isn't it. But who knows with Vanity Fair, with all the commotion that was made when Lindsay Lohan "admitted" that she had an eating disorder to it a while back ...

Ashlee Simpson opens up about her current boyfriend, band member Braxton Olita: "He's (Olita) the yin to my yang. People call him my little Buddha. When he comes around, everything changes... I'm more peaceful and chilled out. I honestly couldn't be more content ... We live day-to-day. Marriage is definitely not on my mind. There's a lot of growing up you do in your 20s, and I definitely want to wait until my late 20s or 30s or whenever the time is right."

Laguna Beach's Stephen Colletti spoke to Canada's National Post about life after Laguna: "I still talk to Trey and Dieter, but that's about it. I haven't heard from Lauren and I hardly talk to Kristin." Did he ever date Paris Hilton? "No. ... I met her and there were photos taken and I was thinking, 'This is gonna be bad.'" He hopes to have a career like Tom Cruise's (WHY!?) -- "Top Gun is one of my favourite movies. Days of Thunder? Classic." But for now, he's taking acting classes in L.A. and "honing the craft."

And Adam Brody never ceases to say funny things. For his first leading role, he stars as a "young writer who has an affair with an older neighbor" in The Land of Women. The older woman is played by none other than Meg Ryan and Brody was "grossed out" by his first sex scene: "I've done pre and post-sex scenes, but I've never done the sex scene. It was nutty ... It really was. I've done countless make-out scenes, but I've never insinuated or pantomimed sex ... I saw it and I covered my eyes. I don't want to see me doing that! It's not graphic, but I grossed myself out." [Photo courtesy of Rachel-Bilson.net]

P.S. How could I forget!? The word on the street is that Mischa Barton will be leaving The O.C. with the end of this season, but may appear as a guest star in future seasons. Gasp!

Ça c'est le pompon.

Paris Hilton takes the cake today in celebrity news. Or, "Ça c'est le pompon," as the French would say.


[Photo courtesy of TMZ]
I guess the biggest news of all is that she's been spotted around town with Kristin Cavallari's leftovers, former USC football star Matt Leinart. The pair were photographed shopping at The Grove in Los Angeles, with Paris sporting a brown wig.

Speculation on why Paris and Stavros Niarchos split has come down to ... no surprise here -- Lindsay Lohan. According to Life & Style magazine, Stavros was spotted “sipping cocktails and dirty dancing” at Element with Lindsay. A bartender told the magazine that “Lindsay was all over Stavros ... At one point, he had his hand up her skirt!” And three days later, Stavros was seen leaving her room at the Chateau Marmont.

But Nick Lachey wouldn't be able to tell you why Stavros was there in the first place -- he recently said during a radio interview that "I can safely say that I don't have any interest in Lindsay Lohan ... Nor do I understand anyone else that does." OUCH. But I couldn't agree more.

Back to Paris. She thinks "Smoking is sexy." And according to the source, Female First, she likes the way she looks when she lights up. "It's like so cool how you all smoke everywhere in the UK."

... turning now to TomKat. It's been reported that Katie Holmes' father, Martin Holmes complained about the fitness regime Katie is taking on to shed the weight she gained during her pregnancy: "My daughter needs rest, relaxation and recuperation. Katie is already doing exercises to build up her back and shoulders and I simply can't go along with what is happening." The so-called fitness instructor said that "Katie can and will do it. She has great motivation. She loves her fiance and was proud that Tom oversaw this programme ... He told her he wanted her to be the most beautiful bride ever. She was in tears when he said that." Kill me now.

And lastly, Tom and Katie have apparently signed a £22million prenup. (How much is that in U.S. dollars? Let's see ... $40.5 million. I'm just going to use pounds because I'm too lazy to convert all the figures. Just multiply the figure by two.) £8million has been put aside for Katie and Suri, whether TomKat marries or not. In addition to the 22 million pounds, if TomKat divorces Katie will receive an extra £14million. Maybe Katie's not as brainwashed as we all think she is. The couple is said to marry in July.

Oodles of gossip!

Follow-up on the Lindsay Lohan/Brett Ratner story: Page Six reported that Ratner gave Lohan the code to his house and told him to drop by whenever she well pleased. Well, when he didn't return any of his calls, she decided to take him up on his offer -- and found him in bed with model girlfriend Alina Puscau. Lindsay freaked out, as she has been known to do -- "They started screaming at each other and took the fight first into the living room and then out to the driveway while Brett hid in the bedroom ... Lindsay said she could get Alina deported and left. What she doesn't know is that Alina and Brett are so serious, he gave her a big diamond promise ring last November which she wears on her right hand. She doesn't care that he may cheat. She's got the big diamond ring." Ratner is quite the coward -- not telling Lindsay about his girlfriend, and hiding in his room.

Lindsay, who injured herself a short while back when she slipped on a staircase following a shower, has injured herself once again. "I was coming out of the shower yesterday morning and I slipped ... I have a hairline fracture in my foot. I can't wear heels though. That's the bad thing." And according to Zap2it.com, to prove that her injury wouldn't get the best of her, she "dropped to the floor at the end of her interview, crossed her bad ankleover the healthy one and did 12 push-ups." Okay, I know I said I wouldn't touch Lohan with a ten-foot pole, but that I wish I could've seen for myself. I might have even paid to see it.

Some sources have said that Jessica Simpson has announced that she and Dane Cook are a couple, but none of them are particularly reputable, so I'm going to leave it at that for now.

People is saying that Paris Hilton and Stavros Niarchos have finally called it quits.

E! recently announced that it is adding The Carters, a reality show featuring the infamous musical Carter family, as well as The Simple Life: Till Death Do Us Part, the last installment of the somewhat ill-fated show to its fall lineup. Carter versus Hilton, this should be fun ...

Kristin Cavallari has been chosen as one of Teen People's Top 25 Under 25. The issue should be on stands now.

The NY Post posted an article about The Hills today and revealed a few new "facts" about the show: it focuses on Lauren Conrad, of course, as well as her new pal Whitney (bottom, center). The creator of the show, Adam DiVello, said, "It's basically the Melrose Place to Laguna's Beverly Hills 90210." Er, okay. The producers took Lauren's suggestion to heart -- and cast one of her new neighbors, Audrina (top), a "luscious model/actress" as a series regular. But it was Heidi who instantly befriended Audrina after they met by the pool. Heidi told the producers, "Hey, there's this great girl in the building." Uh oh. Looks like LC's gonna be the Ugly Duckling of the group. That's what she gets for having such gorgeous friends ... [Photo courtesy of NYPost.com]

What the kids are up to ...

Since when did photographs of Lindsay Lohan and Brett Ratner leaving The Dime together constitute them being a couple? I must've missed something while I was gone, because that's what I've been hearing. Or, more correctly, that he's been cheating on her and that things have gone awry before they really ever went anywhere. Say what?

In promoting Laguna Beach in Canada recently, Stephen Colletti made some somewhat insightful comments about his experience with the show. "Having to deal with constant reminders of stuff that happened in high school, it's like, I've learned to deal with it really easily and so I think that's helped me grow up ... I think it's helped me to learn to be a lot more mature and ... be more smart about my actions." His advice for the Season Three cast is "Just don't try and be anybody you aren't ... I think the kids that you see in the show that come off looking bad or that just kind of are awkward to watch, you can tell when someone's not really being themself and it's like they're trying to act when they're not actors." He's currently with teen actress Hayden Panettiere -- when asked whether he was dating her, he smiled and said "My dating life is OK, I'll just say that." And on a potential romantic reunion with Kristin Cavallari, he said, "The answer is no ... It's funny because people are always asking about that. It's hard. It's overwhelming how much that question comes up." Gee, that kind of makes me sad.

Very dated photos, but I thought I'd put them out there for anyone who missed them: evidence Kristin and Nick Lachey were, at the very least, hanging out:

[Photo courtesy of The Laguna Beach Hook Up]

... and a few recent photos of Alex Murrel and Alex Hooser hanging out with the Carter twins (Aaron and Angel, Nick's younger siblings), courtesy of The Real O.C. boards:


... and an oldish but cute story: Mandy Moore was sort of horrified when she saw the headlines next to her face on the cover of this month's issue of Cosmopolitan magazine: "I'm very flattered to be on a magazine cover, but the horrifying part is my parent's have framed every magazine that I've ever been on from the beginning ... So there's a whole wall dedicated to that and it starts off with me at 14 and 'Mandy's favourite colour is pink!' and now Cosmo and my face and 'orgasms unlimited.' And my dad has to take it to the framer's to get it framed. It has nothing to do with me -- it's just an article [that appears in the magazine]!"