Posted May 9th 2008 6:42AM by TMZ Staff
With the R. Kelly kiddie-porn trial about to begin, a new bombshell has dropped – an aide for Kells may have paid off a woman for the return of a potentially incriminating tape. Only problem is: the woman in question is still going to testify against him anyway.
The Chicago Sun-Times says that the Atlanta woman was paid by an aide to give back a tape of herself and the alleged victim in a three-way with R. This witness is extremely important to the prosecution because the alleged victim is expected to testify that she isn't the underage girl in another videotape.
The trial starts later this morning.
Mischa –- Pics Smell Cottage Cheesey
Mischa Barton, or her rep anyway, is claiming that those shots – you know the ones – were aggressively Photoshopped and made her look more Babwa than Barton.
Though she was mum when we caught up with her, Mischa's rep Lisa Perkins tells
Rush & Molloy that the snaps were "doctored" and though Mischa's "not perfect," the culprit has "given a 22-year-old woman the legs and bottom of an 80-year-old." There are definitely hotter 80-year-olds.
Perkins lays the blame on notorious Aussie snapster Jamie Fawcett, whom Barton blamed for taking the topless shots of her. Fawcett has denied any wrongdoing.
Uma and Cosmetics Giant Won't Make Up
Lancome – the big French makeup firm – is suing Uma Thurman back, saying that she can't sue them for using old Lancome ads on Asian web sites and Canadian billboards.
Uma was pissed that Lancome was using her face on their ads long after she stopped being a spokesface. "Look at the huge free benefit Lancome gets from using her," says her lawyer Bert Fields. And she wanted to sue – but Lancome says it didn't "knowingly or intentionally" use Uma's face.
Uma wanted $1 million for Lancome's eff-up.
Party Favors: Nick Hogan's Open Plea: Risky ... Jess Alba's Got a New Way to Punk the Paps ... Marie Osmond Says Billy Ray's to Blame for Miley Mess
As TMZ first reported yesterday, Nick Hogan's throwing himself on the mercy of the court today, a strategy that legal experts are calling unusual and "extremely risky." We'll be there to see what happens. ... We hear that Jessica Alba got a
chocolat-colored nursing cover from L.A.'s
Bebe Au Lait at her baby shower. Yeah,
cute. But she could end up using it for something very dear to her heart indeed – as a shield from the paparazzi. ... Marie Osmond – who knows from being a young starlet – tells
People that MIley Cyrus' dad should've known better than to leave MiCy alone on a photo shoot.
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Posted May 8th 2008 6:35AM by TMZ Staff
Denise Richards thinks that no matter what she does on her reality show with her kids, she's going to get the shaft. And she's probably right.
"If I have my kids on my show, I'm exploiting them," she tells Redbook. Yep. "If I don't, people will think I'm not a hands-on mom." Not so much, actually. But "that's why it's very important to me that the girls are part of it." Also, who really cares about Denise Richards by herself anyway?
Charlie's fiancée Brooke Mueller doesn't think it's a very good idea: "It's exploitative and not good," she told Usmagazine a while back. Denise's show debuts Memorial Day.
Andy Gives Marla Unconditional Discharge
Ladies, get in line: "Bachelor" Andy Baldwin has dumped Marla Maples.
Baldwin gave Marla her walking papers after he moved to Washington, D.C. to take a job with Navy Medicine and the long distance "wasn't working" for the couple, according to
Usmagazine.com. The pair – he was 13 years her junior – met last year and spent New Year's together.
Just in time for spring.
Rather Blathers: I Can't Get a Job!
Dan Rather just won't stop suing CBS, now alleging that by throwing him under the bus, they've stopped him from getting a new job.
In an amended complaint to his $70 million suit against CBS, Rather charges that CNN, ABC, NBC, FOX, and even Nat Geo wouldn't hire him because he had too much baggage – all because CBS hung him out to dry after the Air National Guard scandal. He's been toiling for something called HDNet in the meantime.
CBS says it will be filing "an appropriate motion to dismiss."
Party Favors: Winehouse Out on Bail ... Babwa Beats ScientoloTom on "Oprah" ... MK Still Batty About Heath
Amy Winehouse was released from bail after spending yet more time in a London jail following her arrest on drugs charges in London. ... Barbara Walters' appearance on "Oprah" beat out Tom Cruise's superhyped non-couch-assaulting two-parter in the ratings. ... Mary-Kate Olsen is being tortured anew with grief over her pal Heath Ledger's death with all the hype for the new "Batman" flick, says the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Posted May 7th 2008 7:18AM by TMZ Staff
Maybe it's what LRH prescribes, but Suri Cruise is too old to be drinking from a bottle, say doctors – medical doctors.
Suri was spotted yesterday slurping a bottle as she and Scientolomom Katie Holmes strolled Madison Avenue, but Usmagazine.com talked to some pediatricians who say that the two-year-old should've been drinking from a sippy cup already. Most babies are weaned off a bottle by 18 months.
Given her parents' insistence on keeping her under the stairs – this could explain a lot.
Babwa Covered Star's Fat Ass
Star Jones thought everyone would believe that her rapid weight-loss back when was the result of good habits – and she made Barbara Walters and the rest of "The View" girls lie for her.
Baba Wawa tells Oprah Winfrey that she "had to lie on the set everyday ... She was our colleague and she really did not want us to out her. We cared about her, and we thought we owed her." And here comes the bitch-zinger: "Well, we knew it wasn't portion control and Pilates."
Rihanna and Chris B. Finally Just Saying So
Rihanna at least is finally acknowledging that she and Chris Brown are an item, after months of playing annoyingly and needlessly coy.
"We've always been friends," she tells
Elle. "But we're very close now." The pair have been spotted making out in a Jamaica pool and TMZ caught up with them getting tattoos together in NYC. As for that other persistent rumor about Rihanna – that she hooked up with her boss Jay-Z – she says, "I get asked about it all the time and I'm like, 'You're asking, but you know the answer.'"
Party Favors: Spitzer Can Find Mo' Hos to Swallow – in Private ... Rich Kids Get Kanye to Help Them Do Something Worthwhile ... Playboy Mag Hot for Bikini Teacher
Ah, technology. Disgraced guv'nor Eliot Spitzer is getting the chance to get all his girls in one online place.
Ckrush.net is offering Client No. 9 the opportunity to create his own private social networking site for all of his, ahem, pals -- all for the same amount he paid for Kristen. ... A bunch of kids in Boca Raton enlisted Kanye West, Rihanna, and N.E.R.D. to raise money for For Darfur, their charity that is helping alleviate the suffering of refugees in Sudan. They held their big benefit show last night in
Miami, reports the Miami Herald. ... Playboy is angling for Tiffany Shepherd, the Port St. Lucie teacher who got fired for working on a charter fishing boat that offers trips with topless and bikini-clad women, reports the Palm Beach Post.
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Posted May 6th 2008 6:48AM by TMZ Staff
Uma Thurman's accused stalker might actually welcome a night –- or a few hundred –- in jail, because he could actually get a good night's sleep.
That's because the New York Post snapped Jack Jordan bunking on a loading dock in New York last night, huddled in a sleeping bag. When a reporter told him it was a nice night to sleep outside, he snapped, "I disagree." Most people hardly even noticed.
The verdict in the trial is expected this morning.
Cristian -– One-Armed Championship Bandit
If a woman with one leg could dance, surely a guy with one arm can do it – at least that's what Cristian de la Fuente thinks.
"I'm going to try to go all the way. If I get to the finals, then I'm a winner for me," he tells
People. Cristian's partner Cheryl Burke is having to choreograph tango and mambo moves for the show that will disguise his arm injury.
Babwa Punches Big Hole in Ozone
For such a petite lady, Barbara Walters sure has a big footprint – a carbon footprint, that is.
Babwa is going on a big 25-city tour to flog her memoir, "Audition," and
Rush & Molloy says that she'll be traveling with a hair and makeup entourage on a private plane – which she'll be shelling out for by herself. But her rep notes that with her crazy schedule, Walters has no choice.
Party Favors: Spoiled Brat Demands $$ From Lohan for Borrowing Fur ... Dept. of Duh: Mariah Does Pre-Nup ... Britney Gets Her Some Doogie
The
New York Post reports that Lindsay Lohan may have walked out of New York's 1 Oak with another woman's $11,000 fur coat, which eventually got returned. Of course, it took place, oh, 4 months ago. ... Mariah Carey got a pre-nup with Nick Cannon. As she told a pal, according to
FOX News, "Anyone who thinks we didn't have a prenup is smoking something." ...
Us says that on Britney Spears' next installment of "How I Met Your Mother," she ditches Josh Radnor's character and hooks up with Neil Patrick Harris – and they wear matching powder blue sweaters. That's TV, folks.
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Posted May 5th 2008 6:51AM by TMZ Staff
It was pretty much just like any other baby shower: a bunch of women, gifts, catered eats –- oh, and sheriff's deputies posted at the gate.
That's how Jamie Lynn Spears got showered Saturday in Kentwood, reports People, which also says there were paps in choppers overhead. There were about 30 guests invited, and Jamie Lynn "opened every gift" from them, sitting in a circle with everyone else.
Back in March, J-L had registered for stuff at Babies "R" Us.
Rocket on Mindy Mac –- "Utterly False"
Roger Clemens is either the greatest parser of accusation since Bill Clinton or he's digging himself a deep, perjury-filled hole.
In the
Houston Chronicle, Clemens says he has "apologized" to his family for his mistakes – but he wouldn't say what he was sorry for. At the same time, he also says that his relationship with countrymess Mindy McCready has been "twisted and distorted far beyond reality" and is "utterly false."
Mindy said last week that she couldn't refute any of the public reporting on their relationship.
Taylor Hicks – Archuleta's the Next Wayne Newton
David's dad is not going to like this: Ex-"Idol" champ Taylor Hicks says that David Archuleta reminds him of a young Wayne Newton. As in "Danke Schoen" Wayne Newton.
Hicks –- whose career path has had about the same trajectory as a lead-filled balloon since he was on "Idol" – tells the
Louisville Courier-Journal that David A. is "a young entertainer" and says there could be "ample opportunities" for him.
Taylor says he will be putting out a DVD of his pre-"Idol" performances and will be doing tours in Asia and Italy.
Party Favors: Gayle Says O and Ray Are OK ... "Idols" Get "Love" in Vegas ... Hasselbeck Embraces Her Big Bottom
Oprah BFF Gayle King says that there's no feud between O and protégé Rachael Ray. "I know that's not true," said King on Ray's TV show last week. ... The "AI" top four – mobbed in the airport -- got the royal treatment from Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman and then went to hear "Love," the Beatles-Cirque du Soleil mashup, says
Vegas Confidential. ... Joy Behar might call her a skinny white bitch, but Elisabeth Hasselbeck tells Fitness magazine she's come to terms with what she thinks is her big butt: "I've got some curves, I've got a bubble butt, but I don't mind."
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Posted May 4th 2008 7:30AM by TMZ Staff
Disney may want to keep Miley locked up after photogate, but loosened the chains this weekends in Orlando.
Mickey let the grounded teen loose in his Magic Kingdom to perform at the Disney Channel Games concert, which will air in July. Miley is keeping a low profile and apologized again for revealing too much skin with a come-hither look in Vanity Fair magazine according to People. The teeny-bopper thanked all her fans who stood out in the pouring rain last night for their support and praying for her during this difficult time.
Diddy Ready for the Casting Couch
It hasn't taken Diddy long to go all Hollywood. The king of all things has his mind set on an acting career and says he will start from the bottom and work his way up. The Hip Hop mogul and entrepreneur got his star on the Hollywood walk of fame this week and now thinks he can become the next Bruce Willis (via
People).
No word on when Diddy will hit the casting couch, but he is ready to work hard and is willing to adjust to the laid back LA lifestyle of leaving work at 6p and closing the clubs at 2a. Always a gentleman, Mr. Combs says he will respect the strict schedule that is followed in tinsel town and focus on improving his acting technique.
Hillary and Bill Go Coco-Nuts
Who said Hillary is a nutcracker? She may be running for leader of the free world, and have an impressive list of career accomplishments, but there are some things Senator Clinton just can't do.
The mom that could be president told
Momlogic.com about her battle with a difficult coconut. Apparently Chelsea wanted to try a coconut when she was 4-years-old, and Hill tried to grant her daughter's wish. The Senator managed to find a coconut in Arkansas, but couldn't crack it when she finally got it home. Even hubby Bill, a Rhodes Scholar, was at a loss. With 50 years of education between her and the former prez, Hillary confessed neither one of them could figure out how to break open that nut.
Party Favors: Tom Gives David a Big Birthday Package
Tom Cruise is a good friend to have. He threw a surprise wine tasting birthday party for his brofriend David Beckham and a few of their closest friends according to the
Sunday Mirror. Tom and his growing posse jet-setted to Napa Valley where they had a tour of a friend's vineyard and dinner prepared by a private chef. The L.A. Galaxy may not be winning, but at least the Beckhams are in the friend category.
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Posted May 3rd 2008 6:00AM by TMZ Staff
Mariah Carey did in fact get married to Nick Cannon, so says a clergyman for something called the National Church of God in the Caribbean – which definitely makes this nuptial seem all the more legit.
Bishop Clifford Petty tells People that he presided over the wedding of Mimi and Nick and specified that he didn't give a sermon. Ok, that clears everything up. Meanwhile, it seems that the couple did get a marriage license in the Bahamas, which means, according to a local official, "It's still a valid marriage even if it's not filed. Anywhere in the world."
Also, Mariah was supposed to be on "The View" Monday. Guess not: we've confirmed that she's not scheduled to appear.
Was That Really Ashley Dupre at Marquee?
Everybody in NYC is buzzing that Ashley Dupre stepped out at Marquee the other night for her 23rd birthday party. But our spies tell us that the happy hooker-alike in the crowd there was about as real as Eliot Spitzer's devotion to his wife.
We heard just like everyone else that Client 9's favorite girl was at Marquee, but when we checked her out there, it wasn't her. There was also buzz that Colin Farrell was at the same club, but it wasn't Colin – just a guy who looks a lot like him and gets his comp on at clubs as a result.
Amy's Bond Number -- No, No, No
Slightly less controversial than Mariah Carey's wedding is the notion that Amy Winehouse is going to do the next 007 song.
Well, her producer, Mark Ronson, says that it just isn't going to happen. She's given up working on it, and Ronson says that it would take "some miracle of science" to finish it. The original Britwreck is "not ready to record any music," he tells
Sky News.
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Posted May 2nd 2008 6:40AM by TMZ Staff
Even the Carey and Cannon families are sparring over the truth about Mariah and Nick's supposed wedding. Would someone just settle this s**t already?
Exhibit A: Mariah's nephew says not very cryptically on his Facebook page, as Us reports, that "what you may or may not have read or heard is not true," even though he says he was in the Bahamas. Exhibit B: Nick's fam "confirms" the "news," claiming that he told them he's married. Meanwhile, People says that the ring Mimi's been sporting isn't the same sparkler that Nick gave Selita Ebanks.
TMZ told you yesterday that there are preparations for a big event somewhere in the Bahamas ... in the future.
Usher – I Will Not Pimp Out My Baby
Unlike Brangelina, J. Lo, and Scientolofam before them, Usher Raymond says he won't be selling snaps of his kid for money.
"I am livid that people talk about my child," Usher tells the
New York Post, and says he won't sell the lil' guy out. The proof? He has already posed, for no money, with his kid for a Father's Day cover for Essence.
As for his supposedly tempestuous marriage, Usher says he stands by Tameka Foster "as a man loving my wife and being there for my child."
Baba Wawa's Bad Girl Past
Not that you wanted to think about Barbara Walters doin' the dirty this early in the morning, but she's flinging the sheets off an affair she had with a married Senator back in the '70s.
She'll be telling Oprah next week that she had a steamy affair with Sen. Edward Brooke, the first elected black Senator. But the affair was kept tightly under wraps because both Walters and Brooke knew that it could ruin their careers. Walters wasn't married at the time, and Brooke later divorced.
Party Favors: Michael Jackson Cookin' Something in Vegas? ... Mindy Mac Back to Work
Vegas Confidential says that Wacko Jacko could be in talks with a "local hotel boss" who wants to do something "major" with the King of Slop. He moved to Vegas last year. ... Countrywreck Mindy McCready is going back to work on a new album after blabbing to the New York Daily News about her affair with Roger Clemens. "The first day as really difficult for her," says someone quoted as her "management consultant."
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Posted May 1st 2008 6:54AM by TMZ Staff
"CSI" star Gary Dourdan was probably plenty shocked when cops found him asleep in his car -– with coke, smack, and E allegedly in the whip, as TMZ first reported -– but his CSI peeps say it wasn't any surprise to them.
"We have been worried about Gary for some time," a "key member" of the production team tells the Chicago Sun-Times. "It's just a shame that he wasn't able to get the help he needs before this happened." Oddly enough, the "CSI" broadcast the night we reported Dourdan's arrest featured his character taking prescription drugs.
Dourdan has an upcoming court date on narcotics charges.
Justin Chambers Finally Gets Some Sleep
TMZ first reported that Justin Chambers checked himself into UCLA for a "sleep disorder" earlier this year, and we'd seen him a few times since – looking more than a little sleep-deprived.
It looks like he's finally getting there, as he tells Us. "I'm doing really good – I'm actually sleeping!" Chambers chalks up his improved shut-eye to – wait for it – Bikram yoga. "It is where you sit in a 104-degree room, and you stretch for an hour and a half ... I swear by it – it's incredible."
Bush Lamely Clowns Jess Simpson
When George W. Bush is using you in a bad political joke, it's time for a little career makeover.
That's Jessica Simpson's plight – the President thought he'd inject a little humor into the White House ceremony celebrating the New York Giants yesterday. "We're going to send Jessica Simpson to the Democrat National Convention," he told the Giants, who were visiting.
In case you missed the funny: Jess was blamed for zapping BF Tony Romo of his mojo when the Dallas Cowboys lost to the New York Giants in the playoffs.
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Posted Apr 30th 2008 7:00AM by TMZ Staff
Not what you think, but awesome nonetheless: Lindsay Lohan is recording tracks for her new album with none other than Snoop Dogg – and she's going to be on Motown Records? Does Mary Wilson know about this?
Fox News reports that Lindz has in fact dropped a song for the new disc with his Snoopness, and "insiders" say it sounds "amazing." Timbaland and Pharrell are also helping to produce tracks for the album, which is apparently going to be released on Motown Records, because Lohan definitely fits the race bill there.
Lil' sis Ali is also already in the studio – the one at the age-appropriate Palms Hotel in Vegas.
Cher Was "So Crazy" for Tom, World Explodes
What in the name of Xenu is going on here? Cher's decided to rip the sheets off a romance that probably would've been best left covered: A fling with Tom Cruise. Shudder.
The diva tells Oprah, according to
Vegas Confidential, on an upcoming show that she and Cruise had a "long date" when he was 23 and she was 39, and that she "lived in his apartment" in New York. Cher even says that Tom was "a shy boy" when they hooked up.
"He was so wonderful ... And he was so, like, different," says Cher.
"Dancing's" Karina and Mario Still Mambo-ing
Karina Smirnoff says that she and Mario Lopez might be going through "ups and downs" but that they are "totally fine."
She's not moving out, she tells
Us, but oddly she tells the mag that they would be the first to know if she did. (Really? Before Mario? Interesting.) And if this isn't a violins-backed, passionate proclamation of love, we don't know what is: "[Mario] is a great guy, and I support him 100 percent, I know he supports me."
Who said romance was dead?
Party Favors: Tatyana Wants "Dancing" for the Buff ... Kathy Griffin Got Canned on "Hannah"? ... Edie Kept Cancer Under Wraps
Tatyana Ali – yep, lil' Ashley Banks on "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" – tells
CYInterview.com that she'd be perfect for "Dancing with the Stars": "Everybody comes out totally buff ... I love to dance. I think it'd be fun." ... Kathy Griffin tells EW that she thinks she got axed from a spot on "Hannah Montana" when she said "Suck it, Jesus" on national TV. Mouse House says it was a casting decision. ... Edie Falco tells Health magazine that she kept her breast cancer in 2003 completely secret from her co-stars on "The Sopranos" because she couldn't deal with all the questions. Sounds a little like Tony.
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Posted Apr 29th 2008 7:25AM by TMZ Staff
We won't be seeing much of Miley Cyrus for a little while after Leibogate – at least until her corporate parents at Disney decide it's safe to let her back on the streets.
So says a "high-ranking Disney employee" cited by the New York Post, who claims, "You won't be seeing her for a while. The company is keeping her away from events ... They're trying to keep her contained." Let's see how long that lasts.
Vanity Fair magazine, meanwhile, is awaiting a rabid rush on its June issue when it rolls out tomorrow.
LC Loves McCain Just Like Heidi?
This could have far-reaching electoral implications: Looks like the girls of "The Hills" are firmly on the side of the GOP.
New York magazine reports that at the White House Correspondents' dinner over the weekend, Lauren Conrad let her political allegiances slip during Craig Ferguson's speech. When Craig asked, very rhetorically, "Should I vote for the Republicans?" LC went nuts, clapping "wildly." But when Ferguson went the other way, so did LC, wrinkling her nose.
Apparently, she also didn't appreciate a jab at George Bush. They are O.C. girls, after all.
Mindy Mac -- Yep, I Was With the Rocket
Mindy McCready has gone ahead and confirmed the rumors reported yesterday that she and Roger Clemens had a long-term affair.
"Yes, I have known Roger Clemens for a long time," said McCready, reading from a statement she gave to the New York
Daily News, which broke the story. She said she couldn't refute anything in the Daily News' story, which alleged that Clemens and McCready first met when the singer was 15, and that Clemens even helped Mindy through her legal troubles of the last 4 years.
Party Favors: Uma Takes Stand Against Stalker Today ... Matt McConaughey's B.O. Gets the Axe ... Dept. of All Well in the World: Chesney Cleared to Perform
Uma Thurman is scheduled to testify against alleged stalker Jack Jordan in court today, after her brother told the court yesterday of an extremely creepy phone conversation he had with Jordan. Even his lawyer called him "creepy." ... Matthew McConaughey has long been known as one of the celebuverse's smelliest creatures, and AXE has decided enough is enough. They've sent him a one-year supply of something they're calling the Bullet, a pocket-sized bodyspray. Probably not quite enough, but it's a start. ... Kenny Chesney has been given the green light from doctors to continue his Poets & Pirates tour after injuring his foot last Saturday night in Columbia, S.C.
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Posted Apr 28th 2008 7:44AM by TMZ Staff
Miley Cyrus just can't decide whether she wants to be squeaky clean or a saucy seductress – and today's she's protesting a bit too much, again.
Snaps of the "Hannah Montana" star in Vanity Fair mag caused a big stir – especially one of her with her back exposed, suggesting toplessness. Well, she now tells People she's "embarrassed" by the photos and claims that she was hoodwinked by the great Annie Leibovitz: "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic.'"
Vanity Fair shoots back in the New York Times, saying that her parents and handlers were in the studio the whole time.
Mindy McCready –- Roger's Underage Ballgirl?
Country trainwreck Mindy McCready might be a brand new pain in the ass for Roger Clemens, if a report claiming a relationship between the pitcher and the singer -– starting when she was 15 – turns out to be true.
The
New York Daily News is reporting that McCready met Clemens when she was 15, and for the next ten years, the pair spent plenty of time together, with McCready coming to games and sitting behind home plate when the Rocket pitched. The allegations may hurt Clemens' cause in his defamation suit against ex-trainer Brian McNamee.
Clemens' lawyer admitted that the pair had a relationship but that it wasn't sexual.
Jessica Can Buy Friends – for $300
Whoever thought that Jessica Simpson would start losing celeb cred to her sister Ashlee, all because of a new nose and a bun in the oven? Even Joe Simpson gets on TMZ more than Jess does.
But one entertainment branding company,
CKrush, wants Jess to reclaim her fame and show little sister who rules the Simpson family. Jessica can create her own "personal social network site" for $300, and CKrush says that this could help jump-start her career.
Hey – when your boyfriend, little sister, dad, and mom are getting more ink than you, anything will do.
Party Favors: Chace Crawford, So 2007 ... Clayken's Wackjob Fan ... Are We Witnessing the Birth of Mayniston?
Chace Crawford might be the Southern pretty boy du jour, but TMZ hears that "Leatherheads'"
Trey Moore is about to be plugged into said title. He's a Cosmo hot bachelor, blah blah blah – and how long until some ridiculous scandal involving an ex-boybander? Stay tuned. ... Clay Aiken has a fan who really really likes him.
Gatecrasher says that this fan has seen "Spamalot" more than 40 times, gets to the stage door every morning at 9:30 am, and calls him the "Savior." ... Jen Aniston and John Mayer? They were just spotted having lunch and dinner in Miami, reports
Us, and it looked like they were "definitely" on a date.
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Posted Apr 27th 2008 6:57AM by TMZ Staff
Britain's adopted daughter has found herself a renaissance man.
It turns out that Madonna's gardener doesn't just like to get dirty fooling around in Madonna's garden. The Material Girl says Nathan Rissman is a talented bloke who can garden, wire her house and fix things. Nathan even acted as a manny for Madonna's two offspring and captured their family memories in impressive home movies, according to Mo.
The "Like a Virgin" mother was so impressed with her gardener's eye for filmmaking that she hired him to direct her latest project, a documentary on HIV/AIDS in the African Country of Malawi according to People. That's some promotion.
Cameron Takes a Hit of Laughter
It's only been a few weeks since Cameron Diaz's father died from pneumonia and she is keeping a low profile, spending time with her family.
Ms. Diaz was scheduled to promote her new flick, "What Happens in Vegas," but has bailed on the media tour, understandably so. While she couldn't meet the press, Cameron did send a handwritten note that her co-star, Ashton Kutcher read (via
People). She said she is really proud of the movie and thankful for everyone's support over the past few weeks. Cameron must really believe in the power of her latest film -- she arranged for a private family screening so everyone could get a good dose of laughter.
Party Favors: Heidi and Spencer Go to Washington After All
Celebutards Spencer & Heidi thought they were A-Listers and too cool for the White House Correspondents dinner when MSNBC allegedly refused to shell out cash for their hotel and airline tickets. Disaster was averted. Fortune Magazine picked up the tab so the couple could attend the star studded annual DC event, according to
Perez.
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Posted Apr 26th 2008 3:27AM by TMZ Staff
After just eight short months of marriage, vertically-challenged Gary Coleman is heading to "Divorce Court" (via MSNBC). Whatcha talking about Gary?
The publicity whore is appearing before Judge Lynn Toler on TV's "Divorce Court" to hash out his matrimonial problems before they rise out of his reach. The 40-year-old has-been says he's sick of always being the bad guy and wants his voice heard. Gary's 22-year-old missus says her little man has a hot temper and bangs his head against a wall when he doesn't get his way. That explains a lot!
Gary doesn't help matters when he goes MIA in the middle of the night. His wife says she doesn't know who he's visiting in the early morning hours, considering her hubby has no friends. Gary isn't shy about his lack of friendships and says he can't trust anyone in Hollywood and doesn't need any BFFs.
Clay Ain't Aiken to Come Out
Is he or isn't he? Clay Aiken says, "Nobody cares."
The rumor mill has been smoking ever since Clay walked off the American Idol stage and into a hit music career. Clay says he doesn't think anyone should slap their sexuality in anyone else's face-and that all he wants to do is sing (via
Us).
Despite his attempt for a private, personal life, a few gays have come out on the World Wide Web, alleging they got a measure of the man himself. The hot ironed star says it's difficult dealing with all the scrutiny, but has learned to not let it bother him. You go
girl, man!
Hilary Duff Goes Back to School
"90210" Part 2 is registering students and former Disney Brat Hilary Duff is being considered for admission, according to
E! Hilary was sent a script and is up for the role of the principal's daughter, Annie Mills, an awkward theater brat who wants to fit in with the "anti-cool" crowd.
If the spin-off is anything like the vintage original, then there will be a lot of guy drama and girl fights-not much of a stretch for Hil. No word yet if the recovering teeny-bopper will ink a deal.
Party Favors: Lauren Conrad Sex Tape Fo-Real? ... Carrie Underwood Cracks
California's resident douche, Spencer Pratt, tells
Tyra Banks on Tuesday that Lauren Conrad definitely, 1000%, did the nasty on camera. When pressed if he ever saw the infamous sex tape featuring the celeb wanna-be, Spencer was non-committal and said he would "rather throw up". ... All those country lyrics can get to a girl. Carrie Underwood broke down while singing one of her songs, a la Kellie Pickler, according to
People. Apparently, she got caught up in the moment looking back on all her success-or maybe she's having boy problems.
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Lindsay Lohan is getting worried for little sis Ali – she thinks the new pimp-out reality show momma Dina's doing with Ali could be big trouble. And LiLo knows toxic.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that, according to "a longtime Lindsay associate and friend," Lindz is worried that the show has the potential to be "really toxic" – sound like code for Britney? – and that Ali's life could end up as effed up as hers.
As TMZ told you last week, Lindsay's been battling her own demons because her wackadoodle parents won't stop squabbling.
Cover the Couches: Tom Returns to Oprah
This should be fun, or at least funny: Tom Cruise is returning to Oprah. And this time, at least half the show will be outside the studio, presumably to limit the chances that any couch-pummeling hijinks will occur.
The show is meant to celebrate the Scientolofreak's first role in "Risky Business" 25 years ago, and he will do one part in-studio, and one part at his Telluride mountain retreat, as MSNBC first reported. Unclear if there are any couches in that house, or if the Bride of LRH and the Scientolotot will appear.
Miley Not a Slut, Just a Diva, Says Disney Star
Miley Cyrus got a little support yesterday from one of her stablemates in the Disney fold: Brenda Song tells
People that what MiCy does in her personal life is ok by her.
"She brushes everything off with a smile. She is truly a diva – in a very good way!" says Song. And how is being a diva ever a good thing? TMZ discovered that Song had a little saucy moment of her own when a snap of her showed up in a backpages sex ad in an L.A. paper.
Party Favors: Heidi -- No, Not That One -- Going to See Dr. Drew ... Jacko Actually Working?
Heidi Fleiss will be the next trainwreck to get some help from Dr. Drew Pinsky, reports
Radar. She's trying to wean herself off addictions to meth, Vike, and bad PR. ... Michael Jackson is recording tracks with Akon and RedOne, which can only lead to very strange and unpleasant results. "Smack It," anyone?
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