July 2006 Archives

First, Leah Remini. Now, Jada Pinkett Smith. The list of people who claim to have seen Suri Cruise has reached a whopping two.

She's one of the sweetest babies I've ever met in my life," Pinkett Smith said, according to hollyscoop.com. "She's an absolute beauty and she's Daddy's little girl."

Come on now. Doesn't anyone else find it interesting how these supposedly close friends of Tom Cruise are saying how great the baby is and blah blah blah, yet for some reason, there are no pictures of them visiting TomKat?

With photographers taking up residence in the bushes, for God's sake, how would freaking Will and Jada Pinkett Smith go unnoticed visiting Cruise's mansion? This is getting awfully weird, indeed.

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Did Dave Navarro cheat on Carmen Electra? And did the part-time Pussycat Doll even care?

Such burning questions are at the heart of what appears to be a very amicable divorce so far. After all, Electra and Navarro are still living in the same Beverly Hills home.

Reports state that Dave met actress Sarah Howard in January at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where he approached the actress at a poker event.

"They hung out that night and hooked up," a source close to Howard said.

Well, then. Only one issue seems to remain: who the heck is Sarah Howard?!?

Equally bafflinf would be Electra's apparent reaction. A friend said:

"I think Carmen figured out Dave was fooling around, but she didn't make it an issue. "If she was angry, she would've booted

Because Electra is so gosh darn cool? Understanding? Was cheating on Navarro, as well? We may never know, but Christie Brinkley could learn a thing or two about forgiveness from Carm.

Who says you need to accomplish anything in order to receive an honor? Sometimes, just being born to the most beautiful parents on earth is enough.

Just ask Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.

The eight-week old has received a tribute once reserved for Oscar winners and world leaders: her own wax figure.

Yes, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has been immortalized at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York City in the museum's first-ever wax infant replica. Suri Cruise will join her as soon as that baby is discovered.

The figure, which took two weeks to construct, naps perpetually beneath the loving, eerie gaze of her wax parents in a jungle-themed nursery in honor of the family's African roots.

"Even though she's just a few months old, Shiloh is already an iconic figure in world popular culture," said Madame Tussauds general manager Janine DiGioacchino.

To honor Shiloh's parents' commitment to charity, while the exhibit lasts Madame Tussauds will give $1 to UNICEF for every Pitt-Jolie family photo that visitors buy.

"We are proud to follow Angelina's and Brad's good example by donating to UNICEF â€" an organization dedicated to preserving children's rights around the world," DiGioacchino says.

We can't argue with that. We just wonder when Maddox is gonna snap. The kid is frickin cute!

Partying, acting and having your every whim and desire waited on by a team of of professional supports can be tiresome. Heck, it can be downright exhausting.

No wonder Lindsay Lohan was therefore hospitalized Wednesday in Los Angeles. The minute was suffering from exhaustion, an epidemic which only seems to plague those in the entertainment world that weigh under 100 pounds. We wonder why that is.

The actress was in the area filiming Georgie Rule when the episide took place early Wednesday morning. It's unconfirmed whether the stress of having her Blackberry password stolen, the sight of her 16-inch waist or lack of a soul were to blame for the incident.

"She was overheated and dehydrated," Lohan's rep, Leslie Sloane-Zelnick said. "She was filming in 105-degree weather for 12 hours."

Lohan's will to simply appear on set must be admired - although anyone that watches Entourage knows how well movie sets are catered and how pampered stars are. Why didn't the boom mic guy suffer a similar fate?

A friend of the actress told People that prior to her hospitalization, Lohan was at the Chateau Marmont and then the nightclub Guy's. The Gossip can't believe that. Lohan has a friend?!?

Another friend claimed the waste of oxygen had been "shooting in 120 degree weather. She told me it was hotter than when she was shooting in the Herbie (Fully Loaded) fire suit."

Gosh, we didn't think it could get any hotter than that. Construction workers everywhere should take time out of their day and say a prayer for this spoiled skank.

The 20-year-old was given a Vitamin B shot, which we can only assume she threw up later in the hospital bathroom. She's expected to return to the set Thursday, according her rep.

"She is fine," Sloane-Zelnick said.

That's too bad.

Awww. Brangelina takes Cutest Baby in Hollywood, Maddox, on a trip to Malibu. Little Zahara and Shiloh were left at home as their parents flew off to Malibu with one of their three tots ...

Nick Lachey broke loose from Vanessa Minnillo lap dances long enough to talk about his excitement of children recently.

"I'd like to believe I'll have a family and have kids of my own," Lachey told Extra. "For me, it's what I look forward to more than anything else."

As for whether that future family includes Minnillo, Lachey would only say: "She's a great friend. I'll leave it at that."

A REALLY great friend, considering how often Lachey is seen running into her building - and failing to live up to the qualities of Derek Jeter.

Lachey did sound cautious in the interview. Shocking considering how his life bare when he and his now ex-wife, Jessica Simpson, starred in their MTV's Newlyweds, On that topic, and relationships in general, he said:

"That's the one thing I learned, that's a part of my life I'm going to keep private from now on, and we'll leave it up to everyone's imagination."

The former boy band singer also did not comment on the revelation that Lance Bass is gay - but he did offer support for Simpson's new album, "A Public Affair." It hits stores August 29.

"I'm a huge fan of hers, I always have been," he says. "I wish her nothing but the best with everything she does in life including her singing career. She deserves every bit of success she's had."

Nick sounds like a good guy. But is he a hot guy, compared with Dane Cook? Let us know!

Let's hope this is one piece of Hollywood gossip that become a Tinseltown truth:

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence is hoping to cast Zach Braff in a new installment of the Fletch movie series. He makes an ideal bumbling doctor, why not a clueless detective in a role perfected by Chevy Chase?

Lawrence has inked a deal with the Weinstein Co. to bring the character back to the big screen. Regarding Braff, Lawrence told Reuters:

" [He's] perfect for the role. I'm going to use all my pull trying to make him do it."

We'd love to see Braff accept and then everyone can forget the fact that he was totally snubbed for an Emmy Award nomination!

With a new album to promote - and a long-standing relationship with the new host - Jessica Simpson will appear on the first episode of The View with Rosie O'Donnel on September 5.

"Rosie herself reached out to Jessica," a source close to Simpson told People magazine.

The pair have been friends - JUST friends, despite O'Donnell's sexual orientation, Jessica's single status and the insinuation by Oprah that all female pals must defend their relationships - since The Rosie O'Donnell Show, which aired from 1996-2002.

"When Jessica was just starting out, none of the big shows were interested in her, but Rosie took a chance on her and Jessica never forgot it," says the source.

It wasn't just a break that O'Donnell provided, but encouragement. Rumor has it that Rosie went backstage after a show and told Jessica, 'You're gonna be a star.'

The View appearance will just follow the release of Simpson's new album, A Public Affair, which hits stores only a week before, on Aug. 29.

For those who live under a rock or lost a bet and can only read Lindsay Lohan news, O'Donnell will be assuming Meredith Vieira's former chair on the ABC daytime gabfest, while Vieira becomes the new cohost of NBC's Today show, taking over for Katie Couric.

Got all that?

In what can only be described as "painfully obvious" and "on par with Paris Hilton admitting she really is an overused human condom," Lance Bass has revealed that he's gay.

The former 'N Sync member recently opened up to People magazine.

"I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything," said Bass, referring to bandmates Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake.

Rumors of whether or not Joey Fatone would wanna be overpowered by Lance were not confirmed.

"I didn't know: Could that be the end of 'N Sync? So I had that weight on me of like, ‘Wow, if I ever let anyone know, it's bad.' So I just never did," he said, speaking about his sexual orientation for the first time with PEOPLE.

After years of keeping his personal life private, Bass, 27, is publicly revealing what he first shared with his friends, then his shocked family. We assume they were shocked because they never actually spoke with Lance or looked at him.

Longtime pal and Jessica Simpson video cohort, actress Christina Applegate, said: "I've always accepted him as who he is. It's about his own serenity at this point."

Having pursued acting, producing and, oddly enough, space flight after 'N Sync went on hiatus in 2002, Bass now is looking ahead to new beginnings. He's in a "very stable" relationship with model-actor-Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl, 32, and is developing an Odd Couple-inspired sitcom pilot with Fatone in which his character will be gay.

"The thing is, I'm not ashamed â€" that's the one thing I want to say," he explained of his decision to come out. "I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy."

The Gossip is all for being true to yourself. That's why we hope Kevin Federline admits to his useless white trashness soon. We're here for you, Kev.

They're a couple of cuties. They can act. They were both born in 1969, and both are rather thin. Yes, the Gossip's first pair of Celebrity Look-Alikes are peas in a pod. Or something. Behold, Academy Award-winner Renee Zellweger (left) and Ellen Pompeo, star of the ABC hit series Grey's Anatomy. Got a better picture that showcases their likeness? Or a suggestion for future editions of this feature? Drop us a line!