July 2006 Gossip Archive (Page 2)

TMZ, which broke the Mel Gibson drunk driving scandal Friday, is reporting that the actor was stopped two previous times for driving recklessly in Malibu -- but was allowed to leave without a ticket or arrest.

Gibson was arrested on Friday for suspicion of driving under the influence on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, driving 87 miles an hour. The deputy who arrested Gibson, James Mee, was ordered to sanitize his arrest report to make it appear as if Gibson's arrest was "without incident." But, as we known, the report states Gibson was abusive, violent and vulgar, and even attempted to escape authorities.

Now, TMZ has learned that three years ago, Gibson was driving 74 miles an hour on the Pacific Coast Highway, one mile from his house, when he was pulled over by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy. Sources say Gibson avoided eye contact during the traffic stop, and while the deputy was suspicious of Gibson's sobriety, he let him leave.

Then, last year, Gibson was stopped again, after driving 64 miles an hour on the Pacific Coast Highway (where the speed limit is 45). Sources say he was on his cell phone the entire time he was detained by the deputy, and ultimately was let go without a citation.

As for this Friday's arrest, TMZ has confirmed that the deputy was ordered by superiors to re-write the arrest report and eliminate all references to Gibson's bad conduct and anti-Semitic remarks. Sources say Gibson told the arresting deputy that he was leaving home just after 2 a.m. and heading to his brother's house. The arresting deputy found a bottle of tequila in the car, 3/4 full, in a brown paper bag.

Gibson told the deputy that the bottle wasn't his but that he'd "had a little bit."

The actor, who issued a statement over the weekend suggesting he was not of sound mind when he uttered the anti-Semitic tirade and engaged in abusive behavior, was drunk but in control of his senses. At one point, Gibson was "jumping like a monkey" on a steel cage and told the arresting deputy, "I'm not going to hurt you physically. I'm gonna hurt you. I'm gonna make you lose."

Deputies at the Sheriff's station were star struck by Gibson, and a number of them went to Gibson's holding cell to get a look at him. Sadly for the deputies, a mounted camera in the station shows them fawning over Gibson, and some of the officers who were caught on tape have been warned that they might be subject to discipline.

It's unlikely the Paul McCartney/Heather Mills divorce will end well.

Although Sir Paul initially had no worries that Heather married him for money, fears have arisen that the former sex slave has become a gold digger after she declined a 30 million pound settlement in exchange for a quick divorce.

Heather initially suggested she would agree to a "quick and painless" divorce to avoid getting embroiled in a public battle for the sake of their daughter, Beatrice, but has evidently changed her mind.

In related news, "quick and painless" runs counter to the ways Mills preferred her bedroom shanningans.

A supposedly close friend of McCartney's told The Sunday Mirror: "Paul is a reasonable guy who doesn't like confrontation. He wanted to keep the divorce quick and amicable for the sake of Beatrice - but feels Heather is being difficult and trying to drag things outs."

"In his eyes they had agreed they wanted to make the divorce quick and painless and a settlement was virtually in place - but then Heather started getting unreasonable because she wanted more money."

Hey, Paul, don't say Kanye West didn't warn you.

A source close counters. She says no settlement was offered, let alone refused: "There has been no financial offer … she is outraged by the suggestion she's a money-grabber."

An ass grabber, though? Well, there's can't be much to deny there.

"Paul has always been tight with his money towards her. She was having to pay the mortgage on their home where she was based until a few months ago. She even went on chat shows to raise money to pay staff, people like her secretary. This is likely to form part of her counter-claim," the friend said.

Well, then. Looks like we can look forward to many twists and turns in this divorce case.

Another friend of McCartney's thinks the issue isn't money, but prestige:

"Heather loves being Lady McCartney. It has given her power and influence ... For example, she's met many of the major world leaders … and has become a world famous celebrity on the back of it. And she is terrified that when she returns to being plain Heather Mills all that will be lost."

Have no worries, Heather. Based on certain photos the universe has seen, you'll never be plain again.

You can't eat just one Pringle - and you can't just make one movie with Scarlett Johansson. Most of us are familiar with the former, while one famous actor is emphasizing the latter.

Hugh Jackman, who met Johansson while filiming the latest Woody Allen movie, Scoop, would love to make another film with the Reebok beauty. He'd prefer it to be a musical.

"She's just very funny, very quick and she's a pure delight. I have to say she's an amazing singer. We used to sing a lot off camera," Wolverine said.

He would know. Reportedly, the pair amused each other during down time by cranking out show tunes. Jackman has won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy From Oz.

"She's particularly amazing for a young girl, loves the old standards - Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, Ella Fitzgerald, Sinatra; that kind of era," Jackman said.

Such overwhelming musical props from such an established source should help Johannson feel better about her second place finisher as the world's best kisser. The Gossip would love to find out if that ranking is deserved, but can maybe look forward to a musical collaboration in the meantime.

"We also talked about doing a movie musical together. So hopefully that'll happen one day," added Jackman.

Hey, anorexic kids, here's a fun game to try at home or on the beach: find a similarly slight friend, stand by side by side and see if anyone walking by can actually see you.

Check out Nicole Richie and new pal, Mischa Barton, to get an idea of how it goes:

Extra points are rewarded to those that can locate boobs on Barton.

After being blasted by a movie executive (and not in the horizontal way she's used to), Lindsay Lohan does have one supporter at least: her mom, Dina.

The woman responsible for spawning the sludge of the earth said: "there is only so much a child can take." She seemed to be mum on Lindsay, however.

"My daughter is a wonderful child," Dina said to People magazine, saying of the attention paid to what has transpired between Lohan and Robinson: "This is too much."

Looks like the dude receiving oral pleasure from Dina's child felt the same way. Enough already!

Despite her daughter returning to work, still sucking big time and the issue appearing to be setlled, Dina continued to rant against Robinson in an interview set to air Monday on TV's Access Hollywood:

"Maybe he has personal issues with whomever, and it came out with my child. I don't know him. I can't judge him. I don't think it was a smart thing to do to a young girl," Dina said.

That young girl loves smoking pot!

Dina blamed the exhaustion incident on the fact that "the set was 105 degrees ... And she has bronchial asthma â€" so any extreme heat or cold, she can't breathe." Also, Lindsay "was wearing winter clothes and she was telling people, 'I need water, I need water.' And they just want to get the shot, want to get the shot."

Those selfish bastards! Fortunately, the scene called for Lohan's character to faint of heat exhaustion.

Speaking to Access, Dina refused to shut the hell up:"I'm a mother and will do what I need to do to protect my child. … She's a human being. There was one day when she was late, and they (director Garry Marshall and costar Jane Fonda) worked the schedule around her. Garry, Jane, everybody loves her."

Not Paris Hilton.

Robinson defended his letter, stating he was "just trying to get the movie made. I did what I felt I needed to do on behalf of the movie and on behalf of her, too. I wanted to set some limits."

How's this for a limit?!?

Dina made the following statement in her interview "She will win an Academy Award for this picture. ... Justice!"

And Kevin Federline will win a Grammy ... Legitimacy!

The blogging aficionados at TMZ.com have alerted the Gossip to the fact that Mel Gibson apparently went on a rampage Friday after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, and that the Los Angeles police may have tried to cover up the extent of the actor's tirade.

According to the report filed by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Gibson freaked after being pulled over on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif., and told he was going to be detained for drunk driving. The actor began swearing uncontrollably. Racial epithets were apparently thrown around like Paris Hilton at an all-night fraternity party.

"My life is f--ked," the Passion of the Christ director reportedly said.

Worried that Gibson might become violent, the deputy on the scene, James Mee, told the actor he would not be handcuffed as long as he cooperated. As the two stood next to the hood of the patrol car, the deputy asked Gibson to get inside, at which point Mel proclaimed "I'm not going to get in your car," and bolted to his own vehicle. The deputy quickly subdued Gibson, cuffed him and put him inside the patrol car.

The deputy taped the entire exchange between himself and Gibson, from the time of the traffic stop to the time Gibson was put in the patrol car, and that the tape fully corroborates the written report obtained by TMZ.

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Hey, fellas, wanna ogle Paris Hilton, but not sure where to find the waste of space? (Hint: Try the bathroom stall, on her knees.) You don't need a blow up doll to satisfy this unusual urge anymore.

Try a lookalike! Natalie Reid (pictured) looks very much like our favorite "fart in a mitten." The real Paris even invited the fake Paris to the real Paris' house for an evening of debating alternative fuel uses in America.

Or giggling and purging.

"She invited me to her house in West Hollywood, and we hung out. She was totally in shock, like staring at me and taking a lot of pictures," Reid tells Playboy in its September issue.

That's right, you can glimpe Hilton naked in the upcoming issue ... sort of. Then again, Paris did go all R. Kelly on us and make a sex tape. Who hasn't seen her nude? Who wants to see her nude?

This is digusting.

Those optimistic that a call girl could find perpetual happiness with a Beatle can finally give up hope: Paul McCartney has officially filed for divorce from Heather Mills.

The reasons given by Sir Paul? He blamed his estranged wife for the split, saying her behavior was unreasonable and argumentative, The Sun and The Daily Mirror reported. The sex photos may not have helped.

Mills' spokesman, Phil Hall, said she was unhappy about the reports.

"Heather's going to be filing her own counterclaims about matters both in this country and America," Hall said in a statement.

"She does not feel the need to repudiate claims that she may be headstrong or feisty. She is hugely disappointed that matters of such a confidential nature should be aired in public and feels it is inappropriate to speak about such delicate matters when a child is involved."

Mills, however, may get the last laugh - or, should we say, the last dollar. McCartney does not have a prenuptial agreement to protect his estimated $1.5 billion fortune. He's hired lawyer Fiona Shackleton, who represented Prince Charles in his divorce from Princess Diana.

McCartney was even photographed Friday without his wedding ring, so all hope appears lost. The lesson, as always: don't marry someone who hates fur. Or has been in like a million orgies.

We're already shown you pictures of Ashlee Simpson now ... and Ashlee Simpson then. See any obvious differences? Smell any, perhaps?

While Jessica's younger sister has denied having a nose job, the evidence is rather stark. Even if we're to take the sex slave of Braxton Olita at her word, however, what about that chin?

Take a look and decide for yourself:

The Gossip has a new role model: Morgan Creek CEO, James Robinson.

After Lindsay Lohan was hospitalized for being exhausted, overdosed and downright pathetic, Robinson issued the following statement:

To date, your actions on Georgia Rule have been discourteous, irresponsible and unprofessional ... You have acted like a spoiled child and in doing so have alienated many of your coworkers and endangered the quality of this picture.

Robinson added that Lohan - and her stupid tattos - have caused "hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage" to the movie's production.

Wham! Zap! Pow! Amen! And you can't blame Paris Hilton this time, Lindsay.