Heather Mills' dumped from 'The View' after snubbing Walters
May 26, 2007
Campaigner Heather Mills’ name has been deleted from the week-long guest slot on the morning show ‘The View’, after she allegedly snubbed the program’s host Barbara Walters by not turning up for an interview.
Former ‘Beatle’ Sir Paul McCartney’s estranged wife was to appear on the show to talk about her time on the hit reality dancing show ‘Dancing with the Stars’.
However, she did not turn up for the interview, and became a subject of Walters’ anger.
A close fiend of Mills’ said that she skipped the show because she had to look after her daughter Beatrice.
But Walters was so angry about the snubbing at the hands of Mills that she decided not to work with her.
"When I brought up that maybe everything she had said was not totally true, a whole other side of her came out," the Mirror quoted her as saying.
Labels: 'The View', Heather Mills, Walters
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 23:57,
Brad Pitt ‘loves being a dad’
It seems that Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt is enjoying parental bliss to the fullest.
In a recent interview with the pregnant Myleene Klass at Cannes, Pitt poured his heart out about the delight and joys of parenthood.
"Have you have had your first scan yet? They're mind-blowing. Get ready to change no end of dirty diapers. I love being a dad - it's the best thing that ever happened to me,” the Mirror quoted Pitt, as saying.
Meanwhile Pitt and girlfriend Angelina Jolie made it clear that everything is fine between them, and that they are not on the verge of a break-up.
The couple made an appearance at a press conference in Cannes for A Mighty Heart, a movie about murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, and were seen constantly flirting with each other on stage.
Angelina dismissed rumors that the pair were about to split and said that they have come to Cannes to enjoy the prestigious film festival as a family.
Labels: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 23:45,
Jerry Hall 'furious' at thought of Mills getting huge fortune fr\om divorce
Supermodel/actress Jerry Hall has hit out at Sir Paul McCartney’s estranged wife Heather Mills at the thought of her getting huge sums of money from her divorce from the former Beatle.
The supermodel insisted that she gets ‘furious’ reading about the whopping amount of money Mills might get as part of the divorce settlement.
"I do get really furious when I read about Paul McCartney and Heather and much money she is getting...23 years and four children!” The Independent quoted Mills, as saying.
Tabloids claim that if the couple did eventually divorce, it could lead to the UK's biggest ever divorce settlement.
Some estimate that Mills could receive 200 million dollars, that is a quarter of Paul McCartney's wealth.
Hall was married to Mick Jagger and she received 20 million dollars and a 10million dollar apartment in London's Richmond after she split from ‘The Rolling Stones’ singer in 1999.
Labels: Heather Mills, Jerry Hall
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 23:31,
Did Britney and Ryan Phillippe get cozy in a L.A. bathroom?
Pop diva Britney Spears and actor Ryan Phillippe’s reps are trying to shun National Enquirer magazine’s claims that the two got cozy with each other.
The magazine claimed that Spears and Phillippe hooked up in a bathroom at L.A. hot spot Les Deux last week.
According to a source, the ‘Oops I Did It Again’ singer followed the actor to the washroom after Phillippe stopped by her table.
The two were reportedly caught kissing after the singer’s bodyguards went inside the bathroom.
"Busted in the door and found Britney and Ryan groping and kissing,” New York Daily quoted the source, as saying.
"Britney had her arms around him,” the source added.
Earlier, there have been rumors that Spears is eyeing Reese Witherspoon’s ex these days.
Labels: BRITNEY SPEARS, Ryan Phillippe
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 23:14,
Jessica Alba: ‘I love challenging authority’
May 25, 2007
Jessica Alba — ranked No. 2 on this year’s “Hot 100” list by Maxim magazine — has a rebellious side.
“I love challenging authority,” the 26-year-old actress tells InStyle in its June issue, on newsstands Friday. “It probably wasn’t easy being my parents.
The second somebody says ‘no’ to me is the second I’m going to jump up and say ‘yes!”’
Alba, whose screen credits include “Sin City” and “Into the Blue,” reprises her role as Susan Storm/Invisible Woman in “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” set for release June 15.
“My experience in this business is that if people think you’re going to put people in seats because you have a fan base, it’s more important than anything,” she says.
She’s finally “getting to play characters and dive into things and not just be sort of this version of ‘this girl,’ ” says Alba, who found she was typecast as “some kind of little tart.”
“Because obviously, if you have a womanly figure, you’re not allowed to have a brain or any idea of the world whatsoever. You just have to be hot and use your body to get ahead.”
But that body helped win her countless male fans, and, in turn, increased her value to movie producers and casting directors.
“I had womanly curves at a young age,” says Alba, who starred as a mean high school student in 1999’s “Never Been Kissed.” “Usually kid actors are a few years older than the roles they play. I was two or three years younger.”
“Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” a Twentieth Century Fox release, also stars Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis.
Labels: Jessica Alba
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 22:08,
Jolie, Pitt promote Pearl film at Cannes
Actress ‘very, very nervous to get it right’ as wife of slain journalist
“For me, so much of why this film was important to do is because I highly doubt there is anybody in this room who has more reason to hold hate inside herself than Mariane, and she doesn’t,” Jolie told reporters Monday at the Cannes Film Festival.
“She is a very compassionate, thoughtful person who looks to dialogue to change things, to make things better. ... That is, I think, a lesson for all of us,” the 31-year-old actress said.
She was more than five months’ pregnant at the time. Their son, Adam, was born a few months later.
Jolie’s character breaks down only once in the movie — near the end — when she learns of her husband’s death.
“I was very, very nervous to get it right,” Jolie said of her role.
Pearl said her friendship with Jolie grew over the course of the project.
“I think about the fact that my son will see the film one day, and this is a great moment of pain for me,” Pearl said. “And this role was played by somebody who loves me, and it means a lot to me.”
“I remember being six months pregnant and thinking, ‘I can’t imagine at this time not having the father with me ... and being concerned about his life, and trying to eat and trying to remember to get some sleep and trying to take a deep breath and physically even just moving around,”’ she said.
“So as a woman, it just made me so much more connected to her and aware of her.”
Pearl was captured by Islamic militants in January 2002. Despite worldwide pleas for his release, he was beheaded nine days later; video of the killing was posted on the Internet.
Dan Futterman plays Pearl in Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Vantage film.
Labels: 'A Mighty Heart', Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Cannes
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 21:18,
Jolie plans film hiatus to be with family
Angelina Jolie says she plans to take a year off from filmmaking to spend more time with her partner, Brad Pitt, and their children.
“We’re getting work out of the way at the moment,” said the 31-year-old actress, who has been shooting the thriller “Wanted” in Prague, Czech Republic.
After that, she said, “I take two months off, then I work for two months. Then I take a year off.”
Jolie and Pitt, 43, have four children: 5-year-old Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia; Pax Thien, 3, from Vietnam; 2-year-old Zahara, from Ethiopia; and daughter Shiloh, who was born to the couple last May 27.
She told a Vietnamese newspaper in March that she would stay at home to help Pax adjust to his new life. “I have four children and caring for them is the most important thing for me at the moment,” the Ho Chi Minh City Law newspaper quoted her as saying.
The celebrity supercouple are in Cannes to promote the Michael Winterbottom-directed “A Mighty Heart,” in which Jolie plays Mariane Pearl, widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Pearl was abducted by Islamic militants while researching a story in Pakistan in 2002 and later beheaded.
Pitt is a producer on the movie, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Jolie has drawn praise for her portrayal of Mariane Pearl, a strong woman put under unbearable pressure.
The two women are friends, and Jolie said she felt a responsibility to get the depiction right.
Jolie, who has visited Pakistan three times as a United Nations goodwill ambassador, said she hopes to return to do more humanitarian work.
“I have a deep love for that part of the world, and I’m saddened to see that every day it seems to be breaking more and more apart,” she told a small group of reporters Tuesday at a cabana overlooking the Mediterranean near Cannes.
Jolie said “A Mighty Heart,” which was shot in India and Pakistan, had made her “even more determined to go to those areas and spend time with those people and look for great relationships across the world and look for different truths and try to understand deeper.”
The actress said Daniel Pearl’s grisly fate had made her think about the risks of traveling to troubled parts of the world — but it wouldn’t stop her.
“I don’t want to live inside a box,” she said. “I will be smart, but I will lead a very bold life and I will learn about the world.”
Labels: 'A Mighty Heart', Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Cannes
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 21:12,
Oprah ‘stunned’ to learn dad writing a book
Winfrey told Daily News that she laughed when she heard about the book
Oprah Winfrey said she was “stunned” to learn her father plans to write a book about her.
“I was upset. I won’t say devastated, but I was stunned,” Winfrey told New York’s Daily News in a story published Tuesday.
“I would have preferred to have known my father was working on this. It would have been a nice gesture, a courtesy,” she said.
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 20:55,
Keira Knightley wins damages over weight slur
The Daily Mail had run a story with a picture of her in a bikini, headlined: “If Pictures Like This One of Keira Carried a Health Warning, My Darling Daughter Might Have Lived.”
“The article could be interpreted to have asserted that the claimant bore personal responsibility for causing the tragic death of Sophie Mazurek, a 19-year-old, who battled with anorexia,” Knightley’s lawyer Simon Smith told the High Court.
He added the story could be taken to mean that the actress had set out to lose an excessive amount of weight by failing to eat properly and by over-exercising inappropriately because she wanted to become unnaturally thin.
Three days earlier the paper had published an article under the headline “It’s Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Keira Knightley” in which it referred to her denial that she suffered from anorexia.
Smith told the judge, Justice David Eady, that Knightley accepted that she had undergone weight training for roles in action films and that this had involved muscle toning which did alter physical appearance.
“The claimant is not a fitness fanatic, as she considers it more important and has spoken of her opinion of the need to be healthy and happy,” he said.
“The claimant found the suggestions all the more offensive as she has freely admitted publicly in the past that a member of her family suffered from anorexia and she is well aware of the devastating effects eating disorders can have.”
Kate Wilson, lawyer for the paper’s publishers Associated Newspapers, said they apologized for the distress and embarrassment caused by the article and accepted that the actress bore no responsibility for Mazurek’s death.
Knightley’s mother, Sharman Macdonald, who was in court, said afterwards that her daughter was adding another $6,000 to the award and donating the money to a charity called BEAT which helps people with eating and mental disorders.
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Labels: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End', Jhonny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 20:36,
Jordin Sparks is ‘a normal, quirky 17-year-old’
Attention, Brad Pitt: “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks has a crush on you.
“He’s just really cute,” Sparks, 17, said Friday, hastening to note that she doesn’t know the actor. Pitt is currently involved with an older woman, Angelina Jolie.
Two days after besting beatboxer Blake Lewis in the TV talent contest, Sparks took part in a teleconference in which she was grilled about everything from her favorite star to what she thought her earning power would be.
“I don’t know. I’m just looking forward to doing the best that I can do,” the teenage diplomat replied.
Sparks, the youngest “Idol” in the Fox show’s six seasons, is making the rounds of TV shows in Los Angeles and New York before she returns home to Glendale, Ariz., later next week for a break.
“It’s been pretty crazy,” she said, sounding hoarse but still as upbeat as the average teenager. Which is what she is, Sparks said.
“I’m just a normal, quirky 17-year-old,” she said. Her biggest moments before “American Idol” were getting rid of her braces and gaining her driver’s license.
‘Hollywood needs to get over it’How will she stay grounded, resisting entertainment industry pressures that can include an extreme emphasis on weight?
“Oh, that super-thin stuff — Hollywood needs to get over it,” she said lightly.
Asked what she’ll sing on the “American Idol” concert tour with other finalists, she wasn’t ready with an answer. But she probably won’t focus too much on Lewis’ specialty of beatbox sound-effects.
“He’s tried to teach me but I’m really horrible at it,” Sparks said.
In a separate teleconference Friday, Lewis, 25, of Bothell, Wash., was asked if he thought the contest might be permanently more hip because of him.
“I can only hope that it keeps the contemporary edge,” he said, including when it comes to the recording artists brought in to advise contestants.
This season, golden oldies singer Barry Gibb and Peter Noone were among those playing “Idol” mentor.
When it came to his choice of songs, Lewis said he stayed true to the music he’s been making for years, with influences including ’80s dance tunes and hip-hop. He deliberately picked one song, Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know” to show he was more than a beatboxer.
He was using “my ‘strategery,’ as George Bush would say,” Lewis said, becoming perhaps the first “Idol” contestant to crack a politically aware joke.
He admires candor, Lewis said a few moments later, responding to a question about the on-air support he got from “The View” hosts Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. (O’Donnell left the show Friday after a dustup with Hasselbeck.)
“I love Rosie O’Donnell. She just says whatever she wants,” he said, adding that’s his style as well. “I’m pretty honest and blunt and sometimes a little tactless.”
© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
Labels: American Idol, Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Simon Cowell
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 19:35,
Rosie’s ‘View’ won’t be the same without her
Meow. The reign of Rosie is over.
I guess we should have expected that a woman who would take the day off to celebrate her life partner’s 40th birthday — when she basically only has to work about an hour a day — would be the same kind of gal who would have the courage of her convictions and leave that gig purportedly over the sparring match beamed around the world.
Two days after her heated debate with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck comes word that Rosie O’Donnell is leaving “The View.” Her sudden departure from the morning chat fest she had anchored since last September comes three weeks ahead of her planned exit.
She said she didn’t want to fight with Hasselbeck any more and now she won’t have to — at least not on TV.
The Disney statement read: “We had hoped that Rosie would be with us until the end of her contract three weeks from now, but Rosie has informed us that she would like an early leave. Therefore, we part ways, thank her for her tremendous contribution to ‘The View’ and wish her well.”
While it is less surprising than the “take this job and shove it” exodus of her predecessor, Star Jones Reynolds, it’s just as jarring.
Apparently neither Rosie or Star got the memo about daytime TV.
Everyone is supposed to play nice. You’re supposed to save all the drama for the soaps!
But you can bet that all the stay-at-home moms, all the college students packing up for the summer and those of us on the left coast who wanted to sleep late but got tipped off about a knock-down, drag-out fight on “The View” from friends on the East Coast, were totally appreciative to be ringside for Rosie vs. Elisabeth, Round 625.
I’d rather watch a good verbal beat down than Mayweather vs. De La Hoya any day.
Labels: Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O’Donnell, The View
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 18:55,
Jessica Simpson Changed Hair Color to Impress John Mayer
Singer and actress Jessica Simpson dyed her iconic blonde locks to brown for boyfriend John Mayer.
Usmagazine.com reports, Simpson made a dramatic change from a cornsilk blonde color to brown hair do last February at the behest of Mayer who prefers darker hair.
"John told Jessica that she has to change," says a source. “He didn’t want to be dating this ‘blonde bimbo.’”
Jessica recently has switched back to her blonde hair do but insists it’s for her role in her new film Major Movie Star.
“I'm on my way to being blonde for the movie,” Simpson told at the Cannes Film Festival.
“I think I do have a little bit more fun as a blonde,” she told. “People take me a little too seriously when I'm a brunette. They think I'm trying to be dark and mysterious, when really I'm not."
Labels: Jessica Simpson, John Mayer
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 18:37,
Lindsey Lohan to Record a New Album
Singer and actress Lindsay Lohan is going to record a new album this summer.
Lohan will collaborate with Maverick Records and CEO Guy Oseary on the album and says will have an “urban pop” sound.
“We'll start in probably June or July and take four months,” Lohan told.
Lohan’s last album A Little More Personal was released in 2005.
Labels: Lindsey Lohan
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 18:21,
Pamela Anderson will be at Brunei Prince's birthday bash too
Pamela Anderson will be one of the celebrity guests who will be helping Brunei’s Prince Azim celebrate turning 25.
The royal, who is reportedly throwing a 2 million pounds birthday bash, will be flying in the mum-of-two on a private jet to the UK to join the party.
Prince Azim is the son of the Sultan of Brunei, and is fourth in line to the throne.
His 200 VIP guest list also includes celebs like Jerry Hall, Olivia Newton-John, Faye Dunaway, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss.
However the star attraction of the party, apart from the birthday boy himself, will certainly be Michael Jackson, who has been paid a whopping 5 million pounds just to turn up.
A source close to the Prince revealed that the royal didn’t mind paying Jacko just to show up, for the singer was his ‘all-time idol’.
"Absolutely no expense is being spared for his party - Michael Jackson is his all-time idol and he said he'd pay whatever it took to get him over," the Mirror quoted the pal, as saying.
"Even though Michael won't be performing, the very fact that he'll be in this stately home mingling with all of the Prince's pals makes it worth every penny to Azim," the source said.
Not only will these guests get to enjoy a lavish bash, but will also come away with gift bags worth tens of thousands of pounds, stuffed with diamond jewellery, top-end Bose electrical goods, iPods and 400 pound tubs of Creme De La Mer face creams.
Labels: Brunei Prince, Pamela Anderson
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 18:06,
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Leave Cannes Unhappy
Angelina Jolie and partner Brad Pitt left the Cannes Festival disappointed after a luke warm response from the crowd at the premier of Ocean’s 13.
Starmagazine.com reports, Angelina and Brad arrived together at the premier of the Ocean’s 13 but walked separately on the red carpet.
The couple remained in the theater with other cast members through the screening of the movie which received weak cheering and light clapping from the crowd at the end.
"It feels like the script is running thin after all these years. People were very polite, mostly because the movie will make a lot of money, but the cinephiles at Cannes were not very happy with the lackluster movie," said Gary Sangha a producer.
The disappointment was evident in their looks when Brad and Angelina walked into the restaurant Le Baoli for the official after party.
Angelina looked uncomfortable, "It was loud and smoky in there and Angelina was very uncomfortable. She kept pestering Brad, 'Let's go! Let's go!' and he finally convinced her to have one drink but then relented and took his wife home," said a partygoer.
The disappointed cast including Matt Damon, accompanied by him wife Lucy, and George Clooney left within 20 minutes of arriving.
"George invited everyone back to his yacht to party and have some dinner, but everyone said their goodbyes and went to their separate yachts. They didn't know when they would see each other again. They just finished the one and only junket for the film and the director already announced that there will not be another Ocean's movie," said a source at the after party.
Labels: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Cannes
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 17:52,
Britney Spears hits the drink
Pop tart Britney Spears chartered a powerboat and sailed into the rough seas from Marina del Rey for a two hour cruise Thursday (24 May 2007)
Accompanied by her friend Allie two bodyguards, both sons and a nanny Britney cheerily waved at the photogs.
Once the cruise was underway she doffed her clothes to reveal a halter neck pink polka-dotted bikini with fluorescent green piping detail. Her boobs appear to have shrunk considerably perhaps due to her weight loss.
Before disembarking she donned a captain's hat and a pink wrap-around. Sipping a cup of coffee she walked back to her waiting car.
Earlier this week acerbic American Idol judge Simon Cowell speaking to MTV repeated his earlier unsolicited advise to Spears
"… go home to your family, lock the door, don't go out with your stupid friends, have some home-cooked food. Get a sense of reality. ... And then say to yourself, 'There's more good in my life than bad. I'm still a rich, talented girl and now I want to get my career back on track.' End of story." ...
Hopefully, one of Britney's stupid friends will read out the advise to the pop tart who appears to be going back to a lifestyle reminiscent of her pre-rehab days.
Labels: BRITNEY SPEARS
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 17:31,
Britney's life is 'a huge fantasy'
Kevin Federline's Ex, Shar Jackson, says Britney's marriage with him hurt a lot of innocent people including him.
I knew Kevin would get to be Kevin again and have his life. Britney's whole life is not realistic; it's a huge fantasy. And not everybody wants that fantasy."
Being an Ex of Britney's husband was difficult Jackson, 30, told USA Today. Life was much easier once they separated.
"When they were together, somebody was always at my door with a camera wanting to know what I thought. Once they separated, nobody had to ask me anymore about something Britney did. That made life easier for me and my kids. There were a lot of innocent people affected by their relationship," she said.
Her two preteens with her former high school boyfriend were regularly grilled for gossip at school, even by teachers.
"They've had to change schools twice."
Jackson serves as an expert on ABC's reality series Ex-Wives Club (Monday, 9 p.m. ET/PT) along with Donald Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples and Angie Everhart who was engaged to Sylvester Stallone and married to George Hamilton's son, Ashley.
Labels: BRITNEY SPEARS, Kevin Federline
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 17:21,
Natalie Portman plays a 'futurist electronic ghost' in McCartney's new video
Sir Paul McCartney has roped in Natalie Portman to star in his new music video.
Portman, who is a good friend of McCartney’s daughter Stella, makes an appearance as a ghost in the video for "Dance Tonight.”
The video of ‘Dance Tonight’, a track from McCartney's new studio album, "Memory Almost Full,” was launched on May 23 on You Tube.
"I rang her up and said 'Hey, I'm Stella's dad!' She had a bit of time off as she was between films so it was great,” People quoted McCartney, as saying.
Portman plays a "futurist electronic ghost" who dances to the sound of McCartney's mandolin.
"Memory Almost Full," McCartney's 21st solo album, will be released on June 5 in the United States.
Labels: 'futurist electronic ghost', Jesse McCartney, Natalie Portman
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 17:14,
'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' set to break box office records
The third and possibly final installment of Pirates of the Caribbean is set for its US premier and looks like the film is already on its way of breaking box office records.
According to movietickets.com, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End advanced ticket sales are much higher than opening weekends of both Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Spider-Man 3.
The movie will have to face competition from Spider-Man 3 and Shrek 3, which opened last week with 121.6 million dollars.
According to Exhibitor Relations box-office analyst Jeff Bock, people have been eagerly waiting for the movie’s release, and predicted that other flicks would not stand a chance in front of it.
"It's definitely going to be the highest grossing Memorial Day weekend of all time," E! Online quoted Bock, as saying.
"I think this is the one that people were waiting for the most. Spider-Man definitely had the build-up, but I think there's something to be said for a box office that's really on fire. I think Pirates does have the edge there—but we're also talking about theaters playing it back to back to back,” he said.
The movie is also getting positive reviews – unlike the second movie in the trilogy.
According to Variety's Brian Lowry, actor Johnny Depp’s character is the biggest ‘asset’ of the movie.
"Depp's fey, morally challenged buccaneer remains a kick and the pic's biggest asset," Lowry wrote.
Chicago Tribune’s Michael Wilmington insisted that the flick is ‘delightfully imaginative’.
"The movie is almost too much, it is also subversively off-track and delightfully imaginative,” Wilmington wrote.
The movie is helmed by Gore Verbinski, director of the previous films, and the cast includes returnees Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Tom Hollander and Naomie Harris.
Labels: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End', Jhonny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 16:59,
Michelangelo brings out Jessica Simpson's philosophical side
Jessica Simpson has been getting in touch with her philosophical side after reading a book about Michelangelo.
And, as she tells fans, she has learnt a lot from the book, the greatest message being that she has to learn how to find strength in her fears.
The singer/actress, who recently broke up with beau John Mayer, tells fans on her personal website that she’s finally realized that she ignores her fears too often, and as a result has nothing to challenge her.
"Sometimes we are all so afraid to be honest with ourselves because we know that honesty will lead us somewhere off the path of the life we've mapped out in our minds," Us Weekly quoted her, as stating.
“In my life, I ignore my fears too often, but then I'm left with nothing to challenge the best of me. I just remain cowering from my true identity. There is no discovery," she adds.
However, Simpson plans to turn over a new leaf, and is also urging fans to do the same by facing their fears and overcoming them.
Labels: Jessica Simpson, Michelangelo, philosophical
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 16:49,
Schwarzenegger likens his action takes to Paris Hilton's sex tape
Arnold Schwarzenegger may not be stepping-in in his capacity as California governor to help Paris Hilton, but he certainly knows every inch of her.
The Terminator star, who said that he had not been formally asked to help save Hilton from jail, hinted that he had seen the hotel heiress infamous sex tape – ‘One Night in Paris’.
“I’ve seen all her films. Obviously, we both do action movies,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.
Hilton recently got a reprieve when her 45-day sentence was slashed to 23 days.
A judge decided earlier this month that the socialite, who was found guilty of violating terms of probation by driving on a suspended license, ‘will do her full time, minus 22 days because of a state jail policy encouraging good inmate behavior’.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department spokesperson Steve Whitmore had revealed at the time that the decision was reached after considering the judge's written orders, the nature of her offense, and the socialite’s lack of a criminal history
“The public can expect that the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department will make the best decision for everyone involved. We will treat [Hilton] as we would any other. That's our goal,” People magazine quoted Whitmore, as saying at the time.
The ‘Simple Life' star will begin her jail sentence on June 5.
Labels: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paris Hilton
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 16:42,
Mischa Barton and Silvstedt's 'bitchfest' at Cannes film fest!
Actresses/models Mischa Barton and Victoria Silvstedt had a vocal slugfest at De Grisogono party which left ‘The O.C.’ actress red-faced.
According to a source the pals fell out due to Silvstedt’s ‘whining’, as the two argued about giving company to each other.
"Mischa was fed up of Victoria's whining and was telling her to move on. But Victoria completely lost it,” the Mirror quoted the source, as saying.
Silvstedt yelled at Barton, complaining that she is ignoring her.
"Where the hell are you going now? Why do you keep walking away from me?” Silvstedt said.
Barton shouted back at the Swedish model saying that their intentions were different, so there was no need to keep sticking to each other all the time.
"We're not even going in the same direction. We're not going to the same place,” Barton said.
This was not the end, for as Barton was about to leave the party at the Hotel du Cap's Eden Roc nightclub, the former Playboy Playmate confronted her and abused her.
“There goes the b****! There goes the b****!' It was highly embarrassing,” the source quoted Silvstedt, as saying.
This was not the only incident that left the 21-year-old red-faced, as earlier this week she was embarrassed when she fell out of her top while leaving a London nightclub.
Labels: Cannes, Mischa Barton, Silvstedt
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 16:29,
Sexiest stars in Hollywood revealed
The results are in, and the sexiest stars in Hollywood have all been lined up in a poll by Life & Style Magazine.
According to the magazine, the celeb with the most Athletic bod happens to be ‘Stealth’ beauty, and Justin Timberlake’s current lady love Jessica Biel.
The best legs in Hollywood however, belong to Goldie Hawn’s actress daughter Kate Hudson.
The star with the ‘Shapeliest Shoulders’ is Jessica Alba, who likes to work her shoulders and back, as fitness pro Ramona Braganza, who does circuit training with Jess, tells Life & Style.
When it comes to the men, while Matthew McConaughey is the man with the ‘Perfect Pecs’, in Hollywood, actor and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ contestant Mario Lopez is the one with the ‘Most Chiseled Six-Pack’.
The list for the ‘Sexiest Stars Under the Sun’, as per Life & Style mag is:
Most Athletic Bod: Jessica Biel
Leanest Legs: Kate Hudson
Shapeliest Shoulders: Jessica Alba
Most Improved: Tara Reid
Perfect Pecs: Matthew Mcconaughey
Hottest In Hollywood: Lindsay Lohan
Sexiest Star Couple: Nick Lachey
Most Chiseled Six-Pack: Mario Lopez
Sleekest Frame: Kate Bosworth
Healthiest Curves: Heidi Montag
Labels: Hollywood, Sexiest stars
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 15:47,
Jackson gets paid millions just to party
May 24, 2007
The surgically altered performer, who hasn’t had a hit record in years, is reportedly getting $10 million to appear at a birthday party for a prince of Brunei — and he doesn’t even have to sing.
Jackson is getting the eight-figure fee for mingling with other guests at HRH Prince Azim of Brunei’s 25th birthday party in England this weekend. The royal is said to be spending a total of $14 million for the celebration.
“Absolutely no expense is being spared for [the prince’s] party,” a source told the London Mirror. “Michael Jackson is his all-time idol and he said he’d pay whatever it took to get him over.” Adds the source: “Even though Michael won’t be performing, the very fact that he’ll be in this stately home mingling with all of the Prince’s pals makes it worth every penny to Azim.”
Jackson will be joined at the event by 200 guests, including Pam Anderson, Naomi Campbell, Jerry Hall, Faye Dunaway and Kate Moss — and the word is that they’ll all receive thousands of dollars worth of pricey party favors, including diamond jewelry and electronic goodies. Crooner Dionne Warwick is also expected to appear, and is reportedly pocketing $500,000 for her efforts, but she’ll have to sing for her fee.
Jackson’s rep didn’t return The Scoop’s calls for comment on the story — or to find out how much he’d charge if he actually sang.
Labels: Brunei Prince, HRH Prince Azim, Michael Jackson
posted by Absent_MinDZ @ 18:36,
Orlando Bloom needs a break from movies
“It’s been an incredible ride,” said the 30-year-old, sprawled across a sofa at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. “And it’s been wonderful but I’m sort of psyched to do something completely different.”
Hence, he’s returning to the theater — the London stage, to be exact, to appear in David Storey’s play, “In Celebration.”
Inspired by movies and theater, as well as the street performers in his hometown of Canterbury, England, Bloom chose his career as a child.
“When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, ‘Wow, that’s cool,”’ he said.
He joined London’s National Youth Theatre and won a scholarship to train with the British Drama Academy. His learned his craft on the stage. But his first job after graduation made him a movie star: the brave elf Legolas in “Lord of the Rings.”
Since then, he’s become a heartthrob, one of People magazine’s “Hottest Bachelors” and “50 Most Beautiful.” At the “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” premiere at Disneyland recently, women and girls swooned as Bloom walked the red carpet. Some had painted their faces and T-shirts with “I love Orlando Bloom.”
He shrugs that off, saying his mother and sister tease him endlessly about his sex-symbol status — then stretching his arms overhead to