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Posted Aug 15th 2008 6:58AM by TMZ Staff
Kids (and parents) can be so cruel.
Rumer Willis says that she's been carrying her name around like a tumor her whole life – literally. The Demi-spawn tells the New York Post that kids in school would serenade her with, "Rumer, Rumer with a big hairy tumor." Meanwhile, sisters Scout and Tallulah had "cute nicknames" says Willis.
Which is more than can be said about their given names.
More Succumb to Bitemarks in the Turks
Who knew that the Turks & Caicos would become tussle central?
A couple weeks ago it was Blonsky v. Golden. Now, it goes all the way up top -– to the premier's office. The New York Daily News reports that there was a violent confrontation at Premier Michael Misick's office, and it involved Misick and wife LisaRaye, the actress. They were both treated for bite marks at local hospital.
The preem's rep tells
MediaTakeOut that LisaRaye and her peeps ransacked his house and assaulted him; LisaRaye's people say there was "shoving," and Lisa got bit on the shoulder.
Ellen and Portia Make It Legal
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are making it official and tying the knot this weekend in Cali.
Taking advantage of the California's Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage, the couple say they're planning to get hitched in a "small intimate" ceremony with just close friends and family, reports Us. "It's something that we've wanted to do ... we are very, very excited," said Ellen on her show.
"Planning a wedding is very stressful. It's crazy," says Ellen. "My gardener is now invited."
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Posted Jul 21st 2008 6:19AM by TMZ Staff
Turns out that Cynthia Rodriguez might be the heaviest hitter in the Rod-House after all.
So say his pals, who tell Rush & Molloy that C is an emotionally abusive wife who was the real brainwasher, letting Alex see other women and forcing him to un-brown himself. In fact, C-Rod wouldn't even let A-Rod eat Spanish food and tried to whitewash his Dominican heritage.
All the headgames were finally too much for A-Rod, who has been asking for big D for a year.
Brit Walking, Talking, Recording
Britney Spears is closer to normal human function than she's been in years –- so much so that her hotshot lawyer is calling her progress "astonishing."
For one, she's "definitely" in the studio, pumping out a new record, says FOX News, and that it will be out by mid-December. It's being billed as a "follow-up" to the floppy "Blackout," with many of the same producers and writers ... but without the MTV VMAs meltdown and subsequent head-shaving.
Meanwhile, Brit was out and about last night at an autism event, and her hottie disso-queen lawyer Laura Wasser remarked that was doing very well.
Party Favors: Bette B Goode Goes Toe-to-Er-Toe for Air G Finals ... Lance – Dancing with the Married?
Who knew that air guitar could be such a hazard to one's health? We're told that Bette B Goode literally lost a toe at last weekend's Cuervo Black Air Guitar championship, but will be back for the finals August 8th, one piggy short. ... Lance Bass has gotten all hot 'n' heavy with a male trainer, but the workout guy's got a little secret – he's married to a woman, according to the New York Post.
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Posted Jul 7th 2008 12:01AM by TMZ Staff
At last, Madonna speaks about A-Rod – and says she's no homewrecker.
She tells People that she is "not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez" and has "nothing to do" with his split from wife Cynthia. Madge even went so far as to disclaim any role in A-Rod's involvement in Kabbalah, what she calls his "spiritual path."
Oh, and by the way: Madonna says she's not getting divorced from Guy Ritchie.
Usher –- Mama's Boy Once More
Usher could be climbing back into the womb, sort of.
Rush & Molloy reports that Usher is "quietly talking" with his mom about making her his manager again. Apparently he's "livid" that music bigshot Benny Medina –- whom he hired to replace the mom, controversially –- couldn't deliver big sales for his latest album, which only sold 433,000 in his first week, far less than his last CD.
The final straw might've been the big numbers that Lil' Wayne did –- and that Usher did not.
Party Favors: Diddy Too Popular for His Own Good ... Keith Urban "Very, Very" Pregnant
P. Diddy hosted a big Ciroc Vodka soiree at Lily Pond in the Hamptons, but it was so crowded that he had to go in the back door, says the New York Post. ... Keith Urban played in Nashville Saturday, and he spilled the beans on his baby to come, calling his wife "very, very, very, very, VERY pregnant."
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Posted Jul 6th 2008 5:55AM by TMZ Staff
To paraphrase that much-maligned Led Zeppelin album, Alex Rodriguez has been going in through the back door when he wants to see Madonna.
So says the New York Daily News, which reports that A-Rod has been using the building's back elevator, the service shaft. "Her apartment spans the whole floor, so he used the back entrance around the corner and the back elevator," says one source in the building. "Almost no one ever saw him until, one day, he showed up in the lobby."
Meanwhile, Cynthia Rodriguez' mom says she's not mad at him, she's "sad for him."
Christie Lolita's Dad – Maxima-lly Mad
It was the car that Peter Cook helped buy for Diana Bianchi that pushed her stepdad to confront Porny Pete ... and eventually split up his marriage to Christie Brinkley.
Brian Platt tells the New York Post that he confronted Cook at a produce stand in the Hamptons, and then on a park bench, about his affair with Diana, and was particularly upset about the $15,000 Cook gave to her as a down payment on a Nissan Maxima. But Cook didn't think he'd done anything wrong.
"I believe he thought he didn't have to respect me or anyone else," says Pratt, who spilled the beans directly to Christie.
Clooney's Ex Already Diva-ing Out
George Clooney's ex-girlfriend is already ditching gigs in Las Vegas – and her 15 minutes aren't even up, yet.
Larson was one of the featured "celebs" at the opening of the Christian Audigier nightclub at Treasure Island, but she didn't show. Her rep didn't tell Vegas Confidential why she didn't make her appearance, but Nick Cannon, Jaime Pressly, and Johnny Hallyday managed to light up the carpet.
Also a no-show: Michael Jackson.
Party Favors: Andrew Firestone Bachelor No More ... Bindi Irwin Gets All Dolled Up
Bachelor Andrew Firestone officially wed Ivana Bozilovic in Los Olivos yesterday, reports Us. They'd dated for two years. ... Bindi Irwin is getting her own doll, replete with pigtails, hiking boots, and even binoculars. It also says, "Crikey." Seriously.
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Posted Jul 4th 2008 7:40AM by TMZ Staff
Madonna is using "mind control" through the power of Kabbalah to mesmerize A-Rod into making him her boytoy, according to friends of his wife.
"I don't recognize the man he's become," Cynthia Rodriguez told a pal, according to the New York Daily News. "I feel like Madonna is using mind control over him. ... Today he's very cold and calculating." Still, say pals, Cynthia is still in love with the slugger.
Reps of all the involved parties deny any Yankee panky happens to manage Madonna, A-Rod, and Kravitz.
Granny Sells Brit-Brit Out
If only they had the "Gimme More" VMA outfit: Seven pieces of Britney Spears' clothing, including a Mickey Mouse T-shirt that she gave to her grandma back when, are going up for auction.
And get this: that one tee, signed by Mickey co-stars Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Keri Russell, is expected to fetch between $15,000 and $20,000 when online auctioneers Gotta Have It! sell it off as part of their Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction. Britfans can also bid on outfits from the "Drive Me Crazy" tour and a Pepsi X-mas ad.
How the T-shirt got from grams to the auction is unclear happens to manage Madonna, A-Rod, and Kravitz.
Katie Price -– Not a Bad Mama After All
TMZ has seen Katie Price – aka Jordan, the Brit Pam Anderson – carrying her baby around with suspicious sores ... but don't call her a bad mother.
Price and her husband Peter Andre just accepted "substantial damages" and a public apology at London's high court yesterday from the News of the World tabloid after the paper, according to the court, falsely claimed they were uncaring parents. The tab had alleged that the couple were reckless parents based on an interview with their ex-nanny.
The damages are going to charity and to a trust fund for their kids happens to manage Madonna, A-Rod, and Kravitz.
Party Favors, Birthday Edition: New Edition Turns 25!!! ... Tom Cruise Turns 46!!! ... U.S.A. Turns 232!!!
Believe it or not, New Edition – yes, the birthplace of Bobby Brown and Bell Biv Devoe – turns 25 this year, and JET magazine says that they will be touring in September, with or without Bobby Brown. ... Scientolofreak Tom Cruise turns 46 today, and Us says he'll be spending the birthday in his compound in Telluride. ... And we were glad to hear that besides Taylor Hicks singing for the masses in DC tonight, Huey Lewis and the News will be doing their thing. I wanna new album!
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Posted Jun 30th 2008 6:28AM by TMZ Staff
Guy Ritchie's mum is calling bulls*** on Madge divorce rumors.
Of course, being so veddy veddy British, when Lady Amber Leighton slams reports of her son's marriage's imminent demise, what does she label it? "Total tosh." Adds Lady Leighton: "There's no conversation about divorce because there is no divorce." As you wish, your Ladyship.
Reports had swirled that Guy was coming over to NYC to smooth things over –- and that hasn't happened, yet.
Will Smith – No Scientoloschool Here!
The fancy new school in a fancy L.A. suburb founded by Will Smith is still getting heat for possibly teaching as much L. Ron Hubbard as F. Scott Fitzgerald.
But Will is hancocking all the speculation, in the
L.A. Times, even though some of its teachers are Scientologists, and even though it will use teaching methods developed by LRH. Honchos at New Village Academy say that the school has no religious affiliation, and that faculty won't be pushing any Dianetical agenda.
But critics say that "study technology" is a Scientolomethod that New Village will use – but isn't recognized as useful by anyone.
More Vixens Prepare to Cook Peter
The young woman who rocked Christie Brinkley's marriage is apparently getting well-armed as she prepares to testify in Christie's upcoming divorce trial.
Diana Bianchi ate breakfast with lawyer Rosemarie Arnold, reports the New York Post, at East Hampton's Maidstone Arms on Sunday, prepping to talk about her affair with Peter Cook. She's been subpoenaed and will have to blab even though she reportedly got paid $300K for her silence by Cook.
Carri Lyn Ciamarra, a fitness model who said she had a "relationship" with Cook after he split with Christie, is also expected to testify Wednesday.
Party Favors: Will Shaq Still Make Player's Club? ... Diddy And Kim Get Close ... Larry's Wife Killing King-Sized Pain?
Golf legend Gary Player was in NYC to unveil his plans for the next Celebrity Pro-Am Invitational presented by tony golf-estate The Cliffs ... but no word whether Shaquille O'Neal, once a celeb duffer, will be back again. ... Diddy and Lil' Kim were hanging tight at the SRC/Steve Rifkind after-party for the BET Awards last week, amongst Fergie, Ryan Phillippe and Nelly. We hear that some poor saps had to pay as much as $2000 to get into the auction. ... Rush & Molloy report that Shawn King is in rehab for painkillers – and what's behind her addiction are some tough times with husband Larry.
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Posted May 19th 2008 6:35AM by TMZ Staff
Kenny Chesney was the big winner – yet again – at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Vegas last night, but even he thinks it's kind of a sham, all because the fans are involved in the voting.
In a snipe he's going to be regretting for a loooong time, Chesney said the Academy had turned the "Entertainer of the Year" category, the one he's won four times, "into a sweepstakes to see who can push people's buttons the hardest on the Internet. ... "It really diminishes the integrity of the music."
For the record, Chesney thanked the fans for voting for him anyway: "Long before I had a hit record, the fans always came to the shows."
Bush Leaks – The Wedding Singer Did It!
So how did the world come to know that George W. Bush teared up during his toast to just-wedded First Twin Jenna and that Grams quoted the Bible at last weekend's nuptials?
The First Family, report
Rush & Molloy, thinks it was the wedding singer, a guy by the name of Tyrone Smith, aka Super T. They allege that he took pictures and sent text messages from the Crawford, Tex. event, even though cell phones and cameras were strictly forbidden.
Smith says that's about as true as WMDs in Iraq: "No I didn't take any pictures or anything. [Security] went through everybody."
Ashley O's Boy Bartha Bad News?
Ashley Olsen has been stepping out with "National Treasure" star Justin Bartha, but her pals are more than a little concerned, given some stories from his past.
Apparently, according to the
New York Post, Bartha had more than a little turmoil with ex-GF Lydia Hearst. "He didn't take it well," says a source of his breakup from Hearst, and ended up screaming at her and calling her "a bitch" at an Oscar party.
Lydia's peeps say there are "no hard feelings between Lydia and Justin" and Bartha's reps didn't return calls from the Post.
Party Favors: Everyman Ron Paul is a Millionaire! ... Dept. of And They Said It Wouldn't Last: Woz and Griffin ... AshleyMadison.com Takes Teacher Down
Ron Paul, the GOP candidate who is such a big backer of the little guy, isn't so lil' when it comes to his wallet. In tax filings pored over by the
L.A. Times, seems that Paul has financial holdings totaling over $5 million. ... Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Kathy Griffin –- beauty and the geek, or something like it – are kaput, which Griffin found out when Woz's secretary called to tell her he was married., say Rush & Molloy. ... Controversial extramarital dating site
ashleymadison.com is supposed to bring unfaithful married people together -- not get them fired. But that's what happened to a Connecticut school teacher after she won a radio-show "Hottest Wife" contest sponsored by the site. Well, at least now she has more time to cheat!
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Posted Apr 23rd 2008 7:35AM by TMZ Staff
Well they must not be paying her by the word: Miley Cyrus just inked a deal to write her *choke, gag* memoirs – for what's being called a "seven-figure" deal.
15-year-old Miley will recount the portion of her life for which she has been a sentient human being for the Disney Book Group. MC says she hopes to "motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together." Yawn, but if those saucy snaps are any indication, Volume Two should be a hell of a lot hotter.
Miley made $18.5 million last year.
Eli's Honeymoon Audible Picked Off
So Eli Manning thought he'd be so clever and QB-sneak off to a "secret" location in Mexico with his bride. Didn't work.
The New York
Daily News reports that Eli and Abby MacGrew were supposed to hang out at their Cabo wedding resort for a few days – but abruptly shipped off to a place they thought they could be alone. Someone forgot to tell the paparazzi, who still got shots of them getting all unnecessary roughness ... with some reading material, especially Abby's book on Darfur.
"Gossip" Gay -- Biggest. Anticlimax. Ever.
So you thought that the big outing of a character on "Gossip Girl" was going to be, like, an art-maybe-imitating-life-type thing involving Chace Crawford?
Not so much. Kelly Rutherford, who plays Blake Lively's mom on the show, blabbed to
Us about who would be outed this season – and it's (watch out, spoiler ...) her son, Eric, played by Connor Paolo. Apparently he's a troubled type, and it's not the only thing he's dealing with. But you knew that already.
Party Favors: Kanye and Fiancee – Not Really Finished? ... Pacino Got $9 Mil for Terrible Fake Tan ... Kid Forces Grandma to Go Gangsta
Kanye West and his fiancée Alexis Phifer may have told the world that they're history as a couple, but the
Chicago Sun-Times says that it might not quite be curtains. A close friend says, "I'm not convinced they are truly, totally over." ... The
L.A. Times takes Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro to task for the string of perfunctory paydays they've been pumping out recently – like Pacino's "88 Minutes," for which he got paid $9 million. ... A Florida teen made his borderline senile grandma act in a gangsta rap video, holding a semiautomatic pistol, and he's been arrested for it, reports the
Palm Beach Post.
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Posted Apr 18th 2008 6:58AM by TMZ Staff
Prepare to throw up a little in your mouth: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's wedding may be televised.
Speidi will follow in the idiot blonde footsteps of Jess Simpson and Nick Lachey for MTV, reports the New York Post, and may do their own "Newlyweds"-type show. They want cameras to follow them through the whole pre-nup process, and "all the drama that would be part of their wedding plans." And definitely no L.C.
That taste in your mouth? Not going away.
Posh Pissed on by Kitson Owner?
When we spotted Posh at Kitson the other day, causing a minor riot, it turns out she might've been getting read the riot act by Kitson's owner.
Fraser Ross tells
FOX News that the visit was an emergency trip to set her straight about why her jeans line DVB Style isn't selling. "I told her that she needed to grow up and realize that you can't just have a line and not support it," says Ross. "She ... seems to think she's too good to support the people who support her." Reee-owwww.
Dr. Jan Pulls a Fast One
TMZ told you about Dr. Jan Adams reputedly nailing a Palm Beach socialite, and now he's gotten nailed himself – for some fast moves of his own.
The
Palm Beach Post reports that the West family's favorite plastic surgeon got a "big, fat ticket" for speeding, driving a "brand-spanking-new Lexus" 50 in a 35 mph zone, according to court records. He's apparently taken cover in Palm Beach, staying far away from the sniping crowds in L.A.
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Posted Mar 25th 2007 3:04AM by TMZ Staff
Baldy Britney Spears made her first post-rehab public appearance this weekend when she stepped out to take a dance class and have dinner with her girlfriends, reports People. She was spotted Friday evening at Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood taking two hour-long hip-hop dance classes.
Spears has worked and collaborated with Millennium Dance Complex instructors in the past on videos, but her attendance, says hip-hop instructor Darrien Herring, was shocking. "I had no idea she was coming," he said, who had high praise for the pop princess. She looked "fantastic," and "did the choreography really well," he said. "In fact, she came in and nailed it."
Spears, clad in a dark brown wig, later met up with three girlfriends at SHU Sushi House Unico in Bel Air. And though she's been known to take pops at the paparazzi, Spears was all smiles for photographers as she headed home around 11:30 PM.
Naomi Now Nice?
Perhaps cleaning toilets is the key to a kinder, gentler Naomi: The
New York Daily News spoke with one of Naomi Campbell's fellow community service workers, who reported that the model-slash-sanitation worker was "a pleasure to work with." The man declined being identified and was coy about why he was assigned community service, but was seen carrying Naomi's bags all week, and on Friday, left the work site with Naomi. "She's a wonderful and impressive businesswoman," said the mystery man, speaking outside his posh Battery Park City address, and noting that "we had a good time, but got a lot of work done."
Paul Hangs With Post-Heather Hottie
While Heather Mills dances with the stars, soon-to-be-ex hubby Paul McCartney is getting hot and heavy with a new squeeze. The beleaguered Beatle has been spotted a lot lately with Sabrina Guinness, of, yes, the Guinness Stout beer empire. Guinness, 52, was spotted recently with McCartney, his daughter Stella and her husband Alasdhair Willis. McCartney told Brit rag the Daily Mail that "I realize everyone wants to see me with a new bird right now and that's very flattering. We enjoy each other's company." The politically progressive McCartney then added that he and Guinness woo each other by talking about "stuff like the environment and Al Gore, things like that."
Party Favors...Elton Enjoys 60th Birthday Bash...Piven on Nobu's No-List...Snoop Denied Travel Visa.
Sir Elton John celebrated the big 6-0 in New York this weekend with a birthday bash fit for only the Rocket Man himself. More than 500 A-list friends including Donatella Versace, Bette Midler and Rod Stewart, joined Elton and husband David Furnish at the aptly named St. John of the Divine Church, the world's largest gothic cathedral. ... According to the New York Daily News "Entourage's" Jeremy Piven has been warned to stay away from the Japanese Nobu restaurant chain after bad behavior at Nobu's Aspen, Colorado, outpost. A source tells NYDN columnist Ben Widdicombe that Piven not only tipped poorly, but also made a nasty comment to the manager after being dissatisfied with the table he was given. Piven denies the flap. ... Rapper Snoop Dogg's reps report that the rapper has been denied a British visa, and will be unable to join his buddy P. Diddy on tour there. Reps say the rapper is "mystified" by the decision, and officials refuse to comment, though some speculate it may have something to do with Snoop's involvement in a skirmish at London's Heathrow Airport last April.
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Posted Mar 24th 2007 3:04AM by TMZ Staff
Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother Virgie Arthur is in hot water over alleged unpaid legal bills. She's been summoned to the Bahamas once more because her former attorney Jamal Davis claims she hasn't coughed up the money she owes him.
Davis, who says he helped Arthur obtain an order to keep Dannielynn in the Bahamas while paternity is being determined, told Entertainment Tonight, "We represented her to the best of our abilities. We managed to avoid the child being removed from the Bahamas up until the point of time that we stopped representing her and we haven't received payment for our time and devotion spent on this matter."
"We're just exercising our right as any creditor would do to recover our fees. It's unfortunate we have to take this route," he said.
In other Anna news, on Monday the results of her autopsy will be released.
Troubled Tara's Reign Ends
After a tumultuous reign, former boozer beauty queen Tara Conner passed her Miss USA crown on to Miss Tennessee, Rachel Smith, last night. Conner was almost prematurely dethroned in December, after allegations of wild partying and heavy drinking emerged. It was only after a heartfelt plea to pageant boss Donald Trump and a stint in rehab that Conner was allowed to keep her crown.
Now that it's all over, she told
People magazine that, "the reign of Tara was miraculous. Literally, because I got sober during it, and that's the most important thing."
The Donald, too, seems satisfied. "We're very happy with Tara, very proud, and hopefully she will have set the example for many people that have problems with drugs and alcohol."
Conner offered her successor some advice. "Be yourself and put your own flavor on the title" -- just as long as that flavor isn't whiskey, vodka or beer.
Winehouse Whines About Lohan
Brit singer and new tabloid princess Amy Winehouse is making frenemies with Lindsay Lohan. Lohan was recently seen purchasing a Winehouse CD, and Winehouse, whose star is rising thanks to a song called "Rehab," recently told Giant magazine that she's worried about Lohan. "I want to coddle that girl. I really want to hug her," she said. She then goes on to poke a little fun at Lohan, adding that "I saw pictures of her coming out of the doctor's [office], and she's crying. She's holding papers in her hand, like, 'Oh, it's a note from my liver saying, "Dear Lindsay, I've gone to Vegas!" Winehouse is no teetotaler herself -- she has quite a rep for putting in booze-fueled performances, and in recent weeks she's canceled several concerts, allegedly for alcohol-related reasons. Maybe Winehouse should stick to singing, and leave the stand-up schtick to the pros.
Party Favors...Eva Offers Support to Jesse...DiCaprio and Winslet to Reunite
Elfin Eva Longoria threw support to her rehabbing "Desperate Housewives" castmate and on-screen boy toy Jesse Metcalfe. Longoria called Metcalfe, who is battling alcoholism, "the most put-together young actor you'll ever meet," adding that "he wants to be responsible and do the right thing. That's a brave thing and I support him 100 percent." ... Titanic stars Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet will reunite on the big screen in a film adaptation of the Richard Yates novel "Revolutionary Road." Winslet's hubby Sam Mendes will direct.
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Posted Mar 18th 2007 3:06AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey sang, danced and celebrated with the kids of the Seven Fountains Primary School on Friday, a new school for poor South Africans funded by Oprah's Angel Network charity.
The $1.6 million school has 25 classrooms, a computer center and two sports fields, and serves around a thousand students -- nearly 800 more than her other South African school, Oprah's Leadership Academy for Girls.
Oprah's has received both praise and some heat on that project -- a $40 million school with 28 classrooms which only serves around 150 girls -- since it opened in January.
No word on whether the talk show queen ever plans on opening a school for disadvantaged kids -- of which there are many -- in the U.S.
Naomi – Leave the Manolos at Home
Tomorrow, convicted cell phone thrower Naomi Campbell starts her five-day community service stint with the New York Department of Sanitation. She'll be mopping floors across the Big Apple as punishment for her attack on maid Ana Scolavino. Any tips for Naomi on her big day? Sanitation boss Albert Durell told the
New York Daily News that he hopes that she'll "know not to come in high heels or anything like that. "Sneakers and blue jeans are a good idea. Wearing Manolos is not."
Eager to prove she's over pelting others with BlackBerries, Campbell says that the clothes she wears while performing community service will be auctioned for charity. We'd rather have the Manolos, Naomi.
Mills Could Be "Screwed" Says Rival Dancer
When "Dancing with the Stars" returns for its fourth season tomorrow night, all eyes will be on one-legged contestant Heather Mills -- including those of her fellow dancers. The
New York Post talked to some of her competitors, who are equally in awe of Mills' moxie and prosthetic limb. "If I weren't on this show, I'd so be watching it," said DWTS fellow dancer and model citizen Paulina Porizkova. "Who wouldn't want to watch Heather Mills dance?"
"Stars" creator Conrad Green says that the judges should treat Mills like everybody else, but that she can't be penalized for things she clearly can't do, like, point her prosthetic toe.
Adds Porizkova, of the soon-to-be-ex-Mrs. Paul McCartney, who is Public Enemy No. 1 in her native England, "If she comes on and shows how warm and wonderful and gracious she is, the people are just going to go for her. However, if she doesn't, she's screwed."
Party Favors...Felicity Huffman Makes Jessica Alba Cry...Elton John Banned...David Duchovny returns to TV
Jessica Alba told Page Six that she recently took an acting class with married actors Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy. "Felicity was very hard on me," she said, adding that Huffman made her cry, "because I didn't prepare a scene right, or I didn't talk loud enough." ... Elton John is banned from playing the Plymouth Jazz Festival on the Carribean island of Tobago because he's gay. The archdeacon of the island told the London Standard that "his visit to the island can open the country to be tempted towards pursuing his lifestyle." Or pursuing platform boots. ... "X-Files" fans rejoice! Agent Mulder aka actor David Duchovny is set to appear in a new untitled comedy for Showtime this summer.
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