July 2006 Gossip Archive (Page 9)

God knows why, but Nicole Richie is planning to follow father Lionel, along with former best friend Paris Hilton, and begin a music career.

Can she sing? Who the hell knows. But it's not as if that's mattered in the music biz for a long, long time. You think Britney Spears is the subject of worldwide fascination because of her singing chops? And does the ho-train pictured here have any redeeming worth?

Anyway, Nicole has revealed that she's working on her first album at the moment and has already recorded six tracks.

"Right now I'm just writing and recording. The way that a record goes, you sing up to 20 or 30 songs and then pick your favourite 10. I'm about six songs in," she told the Daily Record.

"The songs are about what's going on in my life, growing up and becoming a woman. They are about realising what's great and what's so wonderful about life and being on this earth and living the way that I live," she added.

Good Lord. It's not known whether her dad is helping her in the studio or when the album will be released. Or whether she has consumed food since mid-March, or whether she will be hating on Paris on the CD, and whether anyone will actually be dumb enough to pay money for this garbage.

Surviving on bugs and coconuts? No problem for Richard Hatch.

Getting by on bread and water? The initial winner of Survivor will soon find out if that's something he can handle.

Hatch has been sent to a federal prison in Oklahoma to serves a 51-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the debut season American's favorite reality show.

Originally, Hatch was being held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts; reasons for the transfer were not given.

Reasons why he strode around the CBS island naked all the time were also kept quiet.

The 45-year old was conviced by a federal jury in January of failing to pay taxes on the Survivor prize and other income. He was sentenced in May to 51 months in prison by a judge who said the reality TV star had lied repeatedly on the witness stand.

He would prefer to serve his sentence near family in Rhode Island or in Florida, said his lawyer, Michael Minns.

"He should be in a camp," Minns said. "The camps are the most comfortable of the uncomfortable. They are still jails, but they get to see the sky and be outside. It's bad for Richard, who is an outdoor person."

That is too bad for Richard. Perhaps he should have thought about how prisons were mostly indoors when he broke the law.

An 18-year-old from Puerto Rico, who hopes to someday star in U.S. and Latin American films, was crowned Sunday night as Miss Universe 2006.

Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza shared a tear-filled, emotional hug with runner-up, Kurara Chibana of Japan, moments before the winner was announced. Upon hearing that she won it all, Rivera held her hands to her mouth in amazement.

Then, of course, she fainted.

Fortunately, Miss Universe did not miss much, quickly recovering after being given liquids, according to Miss Universe spokeswoman Esther Swan. Rivera, who was wearing a dress made entirely of metal chains, had been standing under hot stage lights for some time when she began to topple over. Someone caught her as she fell.

"I always had faith and confidence in myself, but I never knew I was going to win," Rivera, speaking in Spanish from the stage, said.

Rivera hails from the coastal town of Salinas. She says she will continue the pageant's mission of promoting awareness and education about AIDS and HIV.

"I want to tell those people there's always problems in life, but there's always possibilities to improve things," she said.

Miss USA Tara Conner, who was vying to become the first U.S. winner since Brook Lee in 1997, was the contest's fourth runner-up. Also finishing in the top five were second runner-up Lauriane Gillieron of Switzerland and third runner-up Lourdes Arevalos of Paraguay.

The Gossip's verdict on Ms. Rivera Mendoza? Not bad, although we aren't exactly sure why Heidi Klum and/or Molly Sims were not among the participants. Shame.

Is another George Michael sex scandal brewing?

Several British papers are reporting that Michael was seen emerging from the bushes of a London park last Tuesday -- and they are saying this was following an alleged sexual tryst with another man, who goes by the name Norman Kirtland.

Police reportedly have no plans to investigate, but the alleged encounter nevertheless conjures up memories of 1998, when Michael was caught by an undercover police officer (allegedly) trying to have sex in a California public bathroom.

The timing is intriguing as well, for the latest alleged incident comes as Michael plans to marry his longtime partner, Kenny Goss. The two have said they will marry later this year, and Goss is said to be supporting Michael despite the alleged reports. Goss insists that Michael only wants his sex, not yours, and both say that you gotta have faith... in the legal system.

Michael, 43, released a statement insisting the stories are not true. The singer, who has sold an estimated 80 million records over the course of his career, also made headlines in February when he was arrested on suspicion of drug possession after being found slumped in his car at the corner of a busy London intersection.

Look! See, Oprah Winfrey is not gay, as evidenced by this photo of her with long-time boyfriend, Stedman Graham.

The pair made an apperance on the red carpet at the Starry Night Benefit celebrating Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in Malibu on Saturday night.

Not present and/or groping the talk show goddess? Best friend, Gayle King; finally - once and for all - putting to rest all that nonsense about Oprah and Gayle being lovers.

Expect an article about it from the duo sometime next month.

Forget waiting around for the Emmy Awards. Television critics gathered over the weekend and dished out praise for a slew of shows and actors.

The most rewarded show at the 22nd annucal Television critics Association Awards was NBC's The Office. It earned a trophy for top comedy series, while Steve Carell was rightfully honoroed as leading comedic performer. He's quite funny.

The Gossip also approved of the program of the year winner, Grey's Anatomy. We'd like Meredith to whine less and Izzie to get naked more, but we're still glued to the screen every week.

Somehow, the Emmys snubbed Lost - but these critics found a way to award TV's most intriguing, well-written hour. It won its second consecutive award for best drama, while Hugh Laurie was the best dramatic actor for his role in House.

While not an official category this year, we'd imagine Oprah Winfrey would've won the award for least gay celebrity. Maybe next year!

THIS is how all charity events should be organized:

Get a series of beautiful women together. Have them strip down to their birthday suits. And sell the dresses from their perfect bodies.

In other words, Jane magazine has the right idea. The publication is raising money by auctioning off clothes of famous celebs such as Heidi Klum. Known as The Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, the name is apt.

The charity is run through donated attire. Frickin gorgeous actresses, singers, models, etc. put up dresses for the public to bid on in support of various children's organizations. Below is a picture of Klum and Nicky Hilton (the driven, attractive sister) at the Jane Magazine Naked party in honor of this event.

Her former Mickey Mouse Club buddy, Britney Spears, used to be very, very hot. As she's transformed herself into a perpetually pregant airhead with REALLY awful taste in men, however, Brit's looks have gone down the toilet faster than post-meal food from the stomach of Lindsay Lohan.

Christina Aguilera has had the opposite fate, fortunately for men across the world. As shown here in our second instance of Classic Celebrity Pictures, X-tina has changed with the times - but managed to maintain that beautiful, sexy, my-goodness-we-need-new-pants look:

People, come on, Oprah Winfrey is not gay. Neither is best friend, Gayle King.

The duo - who made this issue incredibly public in the first place with an article in O magazine - probably now wishes it would die. Instead, pundits and PR gurus are alive and kicking with criticism.

"There must be a billion people who would have never even suspected it," says publicity legend Bobby Zarem. "This brings attention to something that the average person never thought about. It's a huge, huge mistake."

But we can't emphasize this enough: it's NOT a gay mistake. Oprah and Gayle and not lovers, okay?!?

"When did we reach the place where celebrities feel the need to announce this?" asked MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.

In response, Oprah are also announced that she and Olbermann are not dating.

This news is gonna gonna help Nick Lachey receive votes in our survey.

The former boy band member and Jessica Simpson lackee has been named one of the wussiest artists in music, according to Blender magazine. Sadly, Lachey couldn't even earn the number-one spot in this poll. He had to settle for second behind James Taylor.

Here's the publication's justification for such a ranking:

Granted, if we'd been dumped by Jessica Simpson, we'd probably be pretty bummed, too. But Lachey's new D-I-V-O-R-C-E album wallows in so much misery and self-pity it makes Morrissey sound like the Pussycat Dolls.

"There's only so many tears that you can cry," the ex-Newlywed sobs on one track. Let's hope he's right - for everyone's sake.

The Gossip is sure of one thing: Derek Jeter only shed tears of World Series rings!