Posted Aug 20th 2008 6:01AM by TMZ Staff
Almost as ubiquitous as golden boy Michael Phelps has been his mom, Debbie.
But nowhere to be seen (or heard) has been Phelps' dad, Fred, who tells the New York Post that he hasn't even talked to his son since he left for the Olympics. Turns out that Ma and Pa Phelps divorced when Michael was nine, and has been "in and out" of Michael's life.
"I'm very proud of him and all he's done," says Fred. "This is not about me, it's about him."
Best Man on LiLo -- Lez Is More
The ever-classy Calum Best -- the guy who dated Lindsay Lohan before she headed to Promises rehab -- wonders, naturally, whether he was the one who disabused her of the need for male companionship.
"I hope I didn't turn her," Calum tells
Life & Style. Best and LiLo were at the same Effen vodka event at Apple Lounge in L.A. last week, but they didn't talk. He insists he's still friendly with Lindz and tells the mag, "She's better than she was, because at one point she was in a bad way." Profound, that.
One thing he won't do: "Arm-wrestle her girlfriend."
Avril's Not Clean Enough, Says Malaysia
So no go for Avril Lavigne in Malaysia.
The government there has given the official ax to her concert, claiming the country doesn't want "our people, our teenagers, influenced by [Avril's] performance. We want clean artists, artists that are good role models." Seems that the timing of the concert -- just before Malaysia's independence day -- worked against Avril.
The promoter and Av can request a new date for the concert.
Party Favors: "Sopranos" Water as Thick as Blood ... Rodman Puts Himself in the Basement
TMZ spies spotted Meadow and AJ Soprano -- Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler, that is -- "arm-in-arm" at Butter drinking only Evian water. Tony would be so glad. ... Dennis Rodman's rehab is going so well: He spent the other night in a private wine cellar at Philippe Miami with a gaggle of models, we hear.
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Posted Aug 19th 2008 6:30AM by TMZ Staff
Alex Rodriguez sure hasn't wasted any time getting in some batting practice with some female friends in Miami and NYC.
And one of his new ballgirls, reports the New York Post, looks a lot like a young version of his estranged wife, Cynthia. They were spotted getting "cozy" -- if not exactly rounding the bases – at a South Beach eatery, but A-Rod referred to the woman as "an old friend."
Meanwhile, in New York, A-Rod played the field with a "tall Asian beauty" at Soho House and seemed in "great spirits." And yes, each sentence you just read contained some reference to baseball. You're welcome.
Speidi Wants to Infest Your TV for Years
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt want everyone to know they're not going anywhere, LC or no LC.
The couple told Ryan Seacrest on KIIS-FM yesterday that LC might be "tired" of doing "The Hills" after four seasons, but they're more than ready to do it until season 10. Feel free to take a bathroom break, folks. Back? So: Heidi also has a new single out called "Overdosin'." She said it, not us.
And how about this gem, from Montag: "We're not even remotely sick of [the show]."
Spitzer Girl's Mom is "Far Hotter" than Ash
Looks like Eliot Spitzer hired the wrong Dupre.
Ashley and Mama were at a Jersey restaurant, report Rush & Molloy, and Mama was "far hotter" than the younger Dupre. Of course, one observer noted, hilariously, that she "looked like tacky threw up all over her." And this didn't stop one potential Don John from approaching the Dupre duo and asking, "I've got $300 – you got 15 minutes?"
Which ended with him getting a drink poured on his head –- not a figure of speech.
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Posted Aug 18th 2008 6:32AM by TMZ Staff
They were the original LiRo –- and now Courtenay Semel wants the world to know all about her fling with Lindsay Lohan.
This probably isn't any surprise to anyone who reads TMZ – after all, we've seen Lindz and Courtenay out plenty of times, and Semel herself has been tete-a-tete with Tila Tequila recently. But a "pal" tells the News of the World Court and LiLo were "very passionate," but Lindsay was afraid of being found out.
Of course, Lohan was just spotted with a guy – no, not Sam – over the weekend.
Jacko's Jacking His Own Jacko Bros
We told you last week how Tito Jackson is being sued for not paying back a loan from some random English guy.
Well, turns out Michael might not be shelling out lots of coin that he owes the rest of the Jackson 5. The New York Post says that he owes Jermaine, Tito, Marlon, and Jackie $840K in royalties from their hits. (That's all?) The brothers Jacko are due at an awards show Sept. 4, but Mike's not likely to show.
Wino –- Back to Wack
It seemed like a minor miracle when Amy Winehouse got back in the saddle for a festival gig in the UK.
But it was the same-y Amy that we all know late night over the weekend, as she careened from misery to marvelous, reports the Daily Mail, in two performances at the V festival. One day she was booed, the next she shined –- but the last anyone saw of her, she was tossing glasses at innocent bystanders and going generally ... well, Winehouse.
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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 Aug 14th 2008 6:12AM by TMZ Staff
OK, all together now: Madonna is not, repeat not, adding another African baby to her Kabbalabrood.
The tabs were poppin' yesterday that Madge had become mama to a little girl from Malawi, a three-year-old girl named Mercy James. A Malawian adoption minister was quoted in a Brit paper saying that Madge's people were visiting the girl. "Madonna has not made an attempt to adopt this baby earlier this year or now," said Madonna's mouthpiece to Us.
But let's review – didn't she say the same thing about David Banda way back when? We'd keep an eye on this one.
So Was It Jen Who Dropped the Ax?
Not since the Warren Commission have there been so many conspiracy theories bandied about.
And if it wasn't the dog Norman that broke up Jen Aniston and John Mayer, then perhaps it was Jen that pulled the trigger on the pairing. "She finds him funny, sexy, and very talented," says an Aniston pal to the
Chicago Sun-Times. But in the end, Jen wanted "stability and loyalty" in a relationship, and so it had to end with JM.
Yesterday, we tried to suss out how Johnnifer went to the dogs.
K-Fed Feasting His Eyes on a New Brit
It worked out pretty well for him the first time, so could Kevin Federline be hunting for another Britney?
Federleeze was at Coco de Ville the other night, reports the
New York Post, and was caught "staring at Brittny Gastineau while she was waiting in line for the bathroom" – always the most attractive image of a woman. But even after the vowel-challenged sublebrity did her thing, K-Fed "wouldn't stop checking her out, up and down."
Too bad for the Fedz: Apparently she wasn't interested.
Party Favors: Someone Actually Wants Affleck's Sweaty Suit ... Southfork Ranch Revived ... Julia Child Was a Spy
Somewhere, clearly, the economy is not in the crapper: A guy with way too much money bought the suit that Ben Affleck wore in "Daredevil" for $60,000 on
LiveAuctioneers.com. No word on whether the stench of suckiness was removed from the suit before sale. ... J.R., Sue Ellen, Bobby, and the rest of the Ewing clan will be getting together in November for a reunion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the show. ... Julia Child worked for the OSS, as we all know, and in her application for the job, as newly-released files reveal, she was worried about her "impulsiveness."
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Posted Aug 13th 2008 6:05AM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears is finally talking again after jumping off the crazazy train, and the big news -– she's getting back to her roots in the, uh, inner city.
BS tells OK! that her new album, slated to hit stores in six to nine months, is "more urban," and she's writing music every day at the "piano in this living room." But Brit doesn't want her boys involved in the biz, because she wants them to "have a more normal childhood."
And she also tells the mag that she was "shocked" by her lil' sister's pregnancy: "The baby was having a baby."
Fergie Fools 'Em -- Hot Buttered Soul
So Fergie was at Butter the other night, and she had tongues wagging when all she drank was water, TMZ spies say.
No, no -- not that Fergie. Yeah, we realize that Fergie -- Stacy -- might be preggers blah blah blah. This was Ferg as in the Duchess of York Ferg, who was out and about at Butter on Monday -- and all she quaffed all night long was Evian water.
We're told she hardly
evah goes out -- hence the shock and awe.
Mistress Sis – Baby Looks Like John
The sister of the woman who bagged John Edwards says the purported love child looks like the philandering Senator.
"I've seen the pictures of the baby – she looks like John Edwards," says Roxanne Druck to ET. "She's got his eyes and jaw line and lips." At least, says Roxanne, the kid's got Rielle Hunter's nose. "I'm very ashamed my sister had an affair with such a public man," says the sister.
Meanwhile, reports are swirling Edwards was involved with Hunter well before he's admitting.
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Posted Aug 12th 2008 5:10AM by TMZ Staff
It's not just John McCain who's trashing Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
Even Barack Obama's daughters are still totally "down" on the crazazytrains, even though Paris went after their dad's opponent and Britney's keeping her weave intact, finally. "Malia is the first one to change [the channel] if something suddenly comes on that she thinks is inappropriate," says Barack to Marie Claire, whom he spoke to before Celebutardgate.
Awhile back, the Obama daughters had called everything to do with the mediawhores "yuck."
Brad to Pitt: Get Your Own Name, Mate
Next step: Get in on that whole Angelina thing.
An Olympian boxer from Oz whose name is actually Brad Pitt wants the "Fight Club" star to know something: "I've always been Brad," he tells
People. "Let him change his name." Pitt is 20 years younger than that other Brad, and he's in medal contention in Beijing.
"Mate, I've been living with that other bloke's name for years, it doesn't worry me at all," he tells a local paper.
Shanna Takes Cheese Out of Cali Pageant
When she's not tussling with Kim K, Shanna Moakler's got a new gig –- redoing the Miss California USA pageant.
TMZ hears that Shanna could be completely revamping the professional vampfest, removing all the cheesy nonsense that usually infests these events and "maximizing" the prize package. It's all to get a
Miss California to be the next Miss USA -– which hasn't happened since 1992.
Shanna, of course, was Miss USA back in 1995, competing from New York state.
Party Favors: Shia's Hand Won't Be Lopped Off ... DJ Ditches Deadly Times Sq Club ... Hot Lixx Hulahan Wins Air Guitar Crown
Shia LaBeouf might actually keep his hand, says Isabel Lucas, his co-star and pal who was in his truck when it crashed recently. It's "healing," she tells Access Hollywood. ... TMZ hears that club big DJ Short-e is the latest act to bail on Spotlight Live, the huge Times Square club where a young Queens woman was killed by a barback last week. ... Following in the footsteps of such air-guitar legends as David "C-Diddy" Jung, the air-winner of the 2008 Cuervo Black US Air Guitar Championship was Hot Lixx Hulahan (that's a guy), who nearly gave up a thumb winning his crown.
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Posted Aug 11th 2008 6:26AM by TMZ Staff
Madonna is getting paid by Alex Rodriguez –- and the timing couldn't be any more, ahem, convenient.
The stray-Rod is actually making a donation to Madge's charity, Raising Malawi, reports Rush & Molloy, to the tune of "at least $500,000." Even though he's going to be shelling out big time to wife Cynthia in their divorce case, he's apparently in a giving mood. Of course, the charity's director says it's a "private thing."
Reps didn't comment.
Bernie -- Intensive for Days
Bernie Mac's condition was much more serious – and he was in the ICU – for much longer than anyone was letting on.
The late comedian, who died early Saturday morning, was admitted to the hospital July 24, a week before his admittance actually was announced.
People reports that he had to be put on a ventilator as soon as he got there, and he contracted a second strain of pneumonia while he was there.
Though what eventually felled him wasn't directly related to his chronic sarcoidosis, the condition severely compromised his immune system.
Other Woman Slams Edwards' Wife
John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter didn't like the look of Elizabeth Edwards from the very beginning -- or her energy.
She told a Newsweek reporter that Elizabeth didn't "give off good energy" and that she "didn't make eye contact with me" when they met. (Ya think?) Hunter and Edwards already were involved when the two met, but it's unclear whether Elizabeth knew anything.
Hunter apparently thought that John Edwards was a leader on the order of Gandhi.
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Posted Aug 8th 2008 6:29AM by TMZ Staff
Everybody knows that Jay-Z got hitched to Beyonce -- so why won't they just go and admit it?
"I think it's really a part of your life that you gotta keep to yourself," he tells Vibe. "You have to have something sacred to you and the people around you." So he's not saying he's not married ... but he isn't saying he is.
We're still so confused -- Beyonce was spotted wearing what looked like a wedding ring the other night, and we were there when they had what looked like their wedding ceremony in Tribeca.
Morgan Freeman Thanks Elvis for Health
Morgan Freeman finally walked out of the hospital after his frightening car crash – and he was grateful to Elvis Presley for coming out in one piece.
OK, so that's because the trauma center at the Memphis hospital where he spent the last few days is named after the King, but still. "I'm doing very well," says Freeman to People. "I thank the staff at 'Elvis Presley' and many many thanks to my many well-wishers."
Freeman and his wife are in the process of getting a divorce.
Dennis Hopper Farts on His Own Flick
So if -- and that's a big if -- you go see "Swing Vote" this weekend, you'll be seeing a lot less of Dennis Hopper than originally shot.
That's what Hopper says, to Rush & Molloy: "I got cut out of that movie," says Hopper. "My subplot was completely cut ... It was important to the development of my character, and it's missing." Hopper plays a Dem presidential candidate in the election "comedy."
Disney didn't comment, nor did Kevin Costner, nor did the director.
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Posted Aug 7th 2008 4:03AM by TMZ Staff
Usher is falling back into the cradle –- of his mom as his manager.
Looks like Usher is rehiring his mama Jonetta Patton as his manager, reports Us, and cutting ties with music big Benny Medina. Rumors swirled Usher was PO'd that his latest album did middling numbers and cut the cord with Benny – only to reattach the umbilical one to his mom, who had been his manager until last year.
Back then, the speculation was he ditched his mom because she and wife Tameka Foster didn't get along.
Sienna's No Wrecker of Homes
Sienna Miller is looking like the villainous vixen in the breakup of Balthazar Getty's marriage – but she would never have hooked up with him if he was still with his wife.
At least that's what her pals tell the New York Post. "She and Balthazar met through friends and he was already separated from his wife," says one "close associate." Apparently Getty has already been "sleeping on friends' couches for six months" before he and Miller got together.
We told you Balthazar's been trying to get wife Rosetta – mother of his four kids – back, but Bal and Sienna are apparently still hanging out together.
Britney -- Not Stripping for Tarantino
It was probably wishful thinking, but that rumor that Britney Spears would be on the big screen playing a "murderous lesbian stripper" in Quentin Tarantino's next flick? Not true.
Her peeps have put the kibosh on the rumors, which had Spears getting down for Q in his remake of the cult classic "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" The part, according to the whispers, would have involved Brit killing her BF, making out with girls and taking her clothes off.
Good thing for that conservatorship, is all we can say.
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Posted Aug 6th 2008 6:15AM by TMZ Staff
So the "Hills" house where Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge live is inflaming their neighbors -- and it's one reality TV sublebrity in particular that's crying foul.
The L.A. Times reports that Steven Antin – the guy who produces the "Pussycat Dolls" – is the one blowing the whistle on Chez Conridge the loudest, and he's even trying to cash in on it. A city official says he's trying to pitch a reality show about what a pain in the ass living next door to the "Hills" house is.
L.C. says Antin -- and the rest of her neighbors -- are making a mountain out of a mole-"Hills" and that she tries to be "respectful and conscientious."
McCain Pimps Out Cindy for Topless Title
So Sen. John McCain was at the big Sturgis bike rally in South Dakota, and he joked he "encouraged" blondebot wife Cindy to compete in the rally's "beauty contest."
Of course, as ABC News points out, McCain may not have known he was talking about a contest where biker chicks routinely doff their tops – and even sometimes their bottoms. (Don't think about that too long.) "I told her with a little luck, she could be the only woman to serve as both the First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip," said McCain.
Nothing ever good came from combining First Lady and buffalo chips in the same sentence.
Jenna J –- Preggers at Last?
Jenna Jameson has been trying to get knocked up for ages –- and it might just have happened.
So says the
New York Post, which speculates that JJ and Tito Ortiz are expecting. "She had a bunch of meetings and things planned for Fashion Week," says a source, "but she's postponed everything" to get ready for her pregnancy. Jenna had a miscarriage and had difficulty getting preggers in vitro.
Neither Jenna's nor Tito's rep had comment.
Party Favors: Jerry Falwell – Pauper in Heaven? ... Michelle Williams Keeping Up with Jonze ... Yes, the Paris for Prez Campaign Has Begun
Jerry Falwell may have been the most prominent televangelist of his day, but he lost most of his fortune, say
Rush & Molloy, because of a bad $20 million investment in a "Christian community." ... Michelle Williams and Spike Jonze had an intimate dinner together at L.A.'s Little Dom's restaurant, reports
People, after some P.D.A. in Williams' Brooklyn nabe. ... The first – of no doubt many – Paris for Prez sites has popped up, at
VoteParis2008.com, and, naturally, they're selling a T-shirt saying "See you at the debate, bitches."
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Posted Aug 5th 2008 6:09AM by TMZ Staff
There are more details this morning on Morgan Freeman's scary crash –- and it looks like rain could be to blame.
A neighbor tells the Memphis Commercial-Appeal that he saw the car actually flip several times on the very narrow road made slick from heavy rain, and that the 1997 Nissan Maxima came to rest upright in a ditch eight inches deep with water. Freeman was initially unconscious, says the person who found him, but was talking with paramedics afterward.
According to witnesses, there were garden tools, "lots of recipes," herbs and spices found near the car. Freeman is still in the hospital being treated for a broken arm and other injuries.
Bianca Takes On "White Bitch" Blonsky
That crazazy bitchfight in a Caribbean airport between "Hairspray" and "America's Next Top Model" stars is still stewing – and blew up because of N-bombs.
"Top Model" Bianca Golden's mom Eleine remains in a Miami ICU with a broken nose and cracked skull, relatives tell the
New York Post, after allegedly being slugged by Nikki Blonsky's dad, Carl. Carl is still in a jail cell in the Turks & Caicos, and the family hasn't been able to pony up the $75K bail.
Bianca's fam claims that Nikki's crew dropped the N-word, and that one of Bianca's peeps said she wouldn't sit next to "any white bitch."
Sanjaya Really Makes the Girls Cry
Maybe the most shocking news of the morning: Sanjaya Malakar has a girlfriend. And he says she's actually "standing behind him."
He tells the
Hartford Courant that he's dating a girl "who's still in school" – high school, we're presuming – and that they'll be doing the long distance thing. He clears up some of the urban fables about him, but does reveal that he has a guinea pig named Miss McGillicuddy and that he just got a NYC pad.
Party Favors: Oprah Still the Queen ... Shaq Picks It Up at Reebok ... Da: Edward Mermelstein Knows Russians Are Coming
Yes, by any measure, Oprah makes more money than you do. A TV Guide survey reveals that she pulls in a ridiculous $384 mil per year –- more than ten times what David Letterman makes ($32 mil). ... TMZ spies spotted Shaquille O'Neal getting a taste of the Reebok Club last night playing ball with just random guys. ... If you didn't know, the Russians are coming: Uber lawyer-broker Edward Mermelstein celebrated another big closing with Russian clients at the luxe digs at 15 CPW with a dinner at Phillipe Chow.
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Posted Aug 4th 2008 6:15AM by TMZ Staff
The Feds want to grill Mary-Kate Olsen about the death of Heath Ledger, but she won't spill the beans – unless she gets protection.
Which brings up the question: What does she know? The New York Post says the celebutwin has "repeatedly rebuffed attempts" by Federal investigators to question her what happened on the day of Heath's death. She was one of the first people called after Ledger was found unconscious in his SoHo apartment.
Feds have spoken to everyone else connected to the death, including the mother of his daughter, Michelle Williams.
Gyllenspoon Sticks Fork in Wed Talk
Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon just want to make one thing perfectly clear: They're not getting married, despite what everyone's reporting.
"They are not engaged, getting married or any of the reports," say reps for the couple to
People. The reports are all just "lies," as if the former statement weren't emphatic enough. The couple was spotted recently in Paris with Reese's kids, and they've been together for more than a year.
Bernie Mac -- Still Laid Up
Is Bernie Mac's condition more serious that his peeps are letting on?
The comedian was in "very, very critical condition" according to a Chicago Sun-Times source over the weekend suffering from pneumonia. His rep said that he was "responding well" to treatment and would be released soon. As of late Sunday, B-Mac was still in the hospital and "in the same condition."
Smith says that the pneumonia was unrelated to Mac's chronic sarcoidosis, which has been in remission since 2005.
Party Favors: Nas Keeps It Private in Miami ... Dept. of Apocalypto: People Go to Gym for Wii
TMZ spies spotted Nas and his crew of eight strong at Phillipe Chow Miami, where we're told the rapper "insisted" on the private room all night long. ... You could buy a Wii for a couple hundred bucks, but why do that when you could pay $110/hour to use it at the gym: The New York Post says Gravity Fitness is doing Wii workouts.
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Posted Aug 1st 2008 6:12AM by TMZ Staff
For someone who starred in a flick called "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," Kate Hudson should know better.
But it seems that one sure way to get dumped – i.e., smother the guy – was her M.O. with Lance Armstrong, and that's why they're toast. The Chicago Sun-Times says that Lance felt K-Hud was "just too needy" and that she was "desperate, a woman who clearly can't be on her own ... at all times."
The pair split after a whirlwind romance that lasted ... just a little longer than ten days.
Fiddy –- Baby Mama "Kidnapped" My Boy!
50 Cent is ratcheting up his attacks on his son Marquise's mama, alleging that she's taken the boy hostage.
Fiddy and Shaniqua Tompkins have been at each other's throats ever since that fire that destroyed the house the rapper bought for Shaniqua and Marquise. But now Mr. Cent tells Sister 2 Sister magazine that Marquise has been kidnapped by Shaniqua.
He also tells the mag that he paid $60,000 to have a teacher home-school Marquise.
Jess -– Tony Appreciates My, Um, Talent
Maybe Tony Romo really has taken a few too many blows to the head.
Jessica Simpson tells Elle that Romo is different from the rest of the guys she's been with because he "appreciates my talent" and that they're "spiritually connected." She says that most of the guys she's been with were "captivated by my heart." Interesting definition of "heart."
She also dishes on John Mayer, whom she says "cherished our love."
Party Favors: Obama Has Will.I.Am, McCain Has John Rich ... Luke Russert Gets an NBC Gig ... Black Crowes After Gretchen Wilson
Bigshot country star
John Rich has penned a new song for Sen. John McCain called "Raisin' McCain," and it chronicles McCain's imprisonment in Vietnam and his refusal to be released early. ... Luke Russert will be doing his dad proud this summer, serving as a correspondent for NBC News during the network's coverage of the Dem and GOP conventions next month. ... The Black Crowes are going after country star Gretchen Wilson for using their tune "Jealous Again" in her song "Work Hard, Play Harder," which is being used by TNT in spots for "Saving Grace."
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Posted Jul 31st 2008 6:27AM by TMZ Staff
So we spotted Britney Spears in Cabo looking awfully cozy a few days ago with a mystery man.
It turns out it might be her bodyguard, reports the Sun, a guy named Lee who's a former Israeli soldier. He's worked for Brit for the past six months, says the tab, and one source says that the pair "hit it off immediately ... He is her perfect type.
As we reported yesterday, Britney's conservatorship will be up for discussion today in court ... but nothing's going to change.
Rosie Shuts It ... For a While
Rosie O'Donnell is going to keep quiet. Kind of.
The compulsive and prolific blogger says she's done tapping away in her lowercase haiku for awhile, taking a break for August "2 c if I can." As she admits to
People, "I'll take the month off and then see what it feels like to come back to it."
Interestingly, Ro says that the blog may have hurt her get new TV gigs: "Career-wise, something will be rumored or leaked and then I'll have 5,000 questions: "Is this true?' So I'm gonna stop for a while."
Kathy Griffin: I'm Done Cutting Myself
Speaking of funnywomen not indulging certain addictions, Kathy Griffin says she's not going to get any more plastic surgery.
And she's had plenty: She tells
Fitness mag that she's had a facelift, eye job and "all that stuff" five years ago. (We'll leave that to your imagination.) "What I found, though," she says, "was that it didn't help me one bit."
So now she's au naturelle – and says she's been "off the junk" for a whole five years.
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