November 2006 Archives

They're young. They're single (so long, Jake Gyllenhaal; try eating, Kate Bosworth) and they're attractive.

So the question really isn't whether or not Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom are dating - it's what took these Elizabethtown co-stars so long?

Sources spotted the pair last week all over each other in the L.A. hotel Chateau Marmont.

"Kate and Orlando are definitely more than just good friends now ... They were kissing and cuddling in the corner of the lobby bar and didn't seem to care who saw them. They even stayed past closing time because they were enjoying each other's company," said this totally reliable anonymous person.

Bloom, of course, had been rumored to have swung with Penelope Cruz for awhile, but that talk has died down.

If this story is true, though, The Hollywood Gossip would like to throw our support behind Dunst and Bloom (aka Doom?). It's nice to see some people getting together just as others - such as Nicole Richie and Rachel Zoe - are breaking up.

It all started innocently enough.

Clay Aiken co-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly Friday morning. We assume the American Idol runner-up was simpy playing around when he stuck his hand over the mouth of Kelly Ripa - but Kelly saw nothing funny about the incident.

Our gal responded: "I don't know where that hand has been!"

It was a seemingly innocuous remark, especially coming from the (beautiful) mouth of a mother of three kids during cold and flu season.

Tell that to Rosie O'Donnell, however. Reviewing the incident on The View today, Rosie claimed:

"To me that was a homophobic remark ... If that was a straight man, if that was a cute man, if that was a guy that she didn't question his sexuality, she would have said a different thing. I was very offended by that ... I guarantee, if that was Mario Lopez, she would not have said the same thing."

Such an absurd statement prompted Ripa to call into the show to defend herself, saying she has no fear of gays.

"You have to be more responsible," she told Rosie. "Not everybody is homophobic."

Amen, Kel! We're sure Lindsay Lohan isn't. She'd probably take it from any guy.

At T.H. Gossip, thinking up Celebrity Look-Alikes is one of our favorite pastimes. Another is thinking of new synonyms for "slut" when writing blogs about the luscious Lindsay Lohan, a.k.a., The Hollywood Harlot.

But we're here once again to talk about the former. Our dead-ringer pairs run the gamut from the virtually indistinguishable (Will Ferrell and Chad Smith) to the eerily similar (Suri Cruise and Bjork) to the absurdly inaccurate, yet still funny (Tom Cruise and Kim Jong Il).

This one falls into the first of those three categories. If Las Vegas star Josh Duhamel (right), appeared on Jackass as a body double for the insane stuntman and actor, Johnny Knoxville, would anyone be the wiser? At least before his group of rowdies poured hot sauce down his pants or pushed him off a pier in a shopping cart?

Nicole Richie is taking out the trash.

Not literally, of course. People who don't eat generally don't accumulate much garbage, such as food boxes and wrappers and things. In that sense, people with eating disorders are lucky! Nicole is certainly getting rid of unneeded waste in the metaphorical sense, however, having axed personal stylist Rachel Zoe, a confidant who looks nearly as skeletal and emaciated as the Simple Life "actress" herself.

The reason? Richie, 25, "wanted to surround herself with positive people and influences," an insider says.

Um, Nicole? You're friends with Paris Hilton. Just saying.

Apparently that didn't include the controversial fashionista, 35, who has long been accused of promoting unhealthy body images. Her client roster includes a pair of 20-year-old stick-figures, Mischa Barton and Lindsay Lohan.

"Nicole didn't trust Rachel anymore," a Richie pal says. "Zoe didn't take the news well."

Zoe's rep denies this, adding that the split was amicable. We're not sure who to believe. But we are sure these Nicole Richie pics are friggin' gross.

In her place, Richie has hired Cristina Ehrlich, who has dressed the likes of Jessica Biel and Penelope Cruz. Hmm. We're sure she has a great resume, this Ehrlich person, but we do prefer Jessica Biel topless and in the bathroom sink. Just saying.

And we thought the marathon TomKat kiss was dramatic.

It turns out the biggest diva of the Italian wedding last weekend was not the beautiful, brainwashed bride in the $340 thong. It was Jennifer Lopez!

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes kindly arranged for a private plane to bring some of their more famous friends to Italy for their wedding. But a source says the first thing J.Lo did was send her assistant to secure seats by laying her belongings on all the best ones.

Lopez also flew her hairstylist, Ken Pavés, into Rome just to do her hair for the big day. The singer then made sure all eyes were on her at a group dinner on Thursday night.

"The November 16 welcome dinner was supposed to be casual. But J.Lo, of course, wore a gown. So much for casual," a source said.

And the special treatment didn't stop there. At 2:33 a.m. in the wee hours after the wedding, Lopez had a waiter sneak doggie bags to her and husband Marc Anthony on their way out.

What a hoe. Who invites Jennifer Lopez to a wedding, anyway? Or wants to see Jennifer Lopez ever in their life? But THG digresses.

In other news, Us Weekly is releasing a commemorative TomKat wedding edition (see below). It'll have some great TomKat pictures, but it seems like an awful lot of work for a union that won't last until 2009.

 

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty was busted for drugs for what is likely the 2,925th time over the weekend, this time for possession of crack cocaine.

Cops spotted Kate Moss' fiance driving erratically near his home in East London, pulled over the Jaguar and arrested Doherty and two buddies.

They've all been released on bail, but will have to report back in December -- conveniently enough, when Doherty is already due for sentencing on five drug charges he pleaded guilty to back in August.

Running down the list of Doherty's drug offenses is like compiling a list of the twists and turns in the ever-evolving PeteMoss romance.

What we're getting at is there are simply too many coke-snorting and dry-humping news items to possibly cover in space we're allotted here.

So just take our word for it when we say he is a crazy motherf*%ker and she's an anorexic waif who likes to go at it with him in public. That's right, you don't have to buy magazines to catch a glimpse of Kate Moss nude.

Justin Timberlake says he might get married ... in 15 years.

Perhaps his girlfriend will be ready to bear him some children by then.

Indeed, Cameron Diaz doesn't seem any more anxious than her dancing man to settle down and have a family. The couple may be bringing SexyBack, but they won't be taking any children home in the near future.

"I think everybody wants at some point to have that responsibility and involvement. But not at the moment," Diaz, 34, told reporters Sunday while promoting her new movie, The Holiday, in Los Angeles.

Asked if she was worried about the commitment, the actress said: "Yeah, exactly, the commitment! I don't even want a dog. I don't. My cat just died, and I don't want a cat."

Really, Cam? Not even the one owned by Paris Hilton? We fear for its safety if no one steps in.

Meanwhile, Diaz doesn't want any gifts for Christmas. She'll be sponsoring a family for the holidays instead.

Sounds like the beautiful actress would make a great mother in that case. We'd just feel sorry for the kid - because you know other children will be spreading sexy Cameron Diaz pictures around the hallways at school.

And that could be really embarrassing for JT, Jr.

As is the case with most weddings, TomKat sealed its nuptials with a kiss.

Three long, awkward minutes later, Tom Cruise finally released his bride from his locked lips. Katie Holmes hasn't been heard from since.

Ok, that's not true. But the ever-lasting make out session did inspire Good Morning America to think back to other well-known neckings. Here are a few:

MOST INFAMOUS KISS: Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley proved their love at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards. Tongues were shown, bodies were groped, viewers lost their appetities for days. And the couple divorced two years later.

BIGGEST SURPRISE KISS: Adrian Brody tried to channel his inner sexual chocolate with Halle Berry at the 2003 Oscars. It was awkward.

BEST KISS-OFF: Without question, it's Britney Spears' recent dumping of Kevin Federline.

The only thing K-Fed should be be puckering up for these days is some alone time with memories of a time where people at least knew him as the husband of someone famous.

 
Sorry, Mel Gibson, you've lost another one.

In light of her impending wedding to uber Jew, Sacha Baron Cohen, actress Isla Fisher has officially converted to Judaism.

"He always makes me laugh. He's the funniest guy in the world!" Fisher said of the man who has made Borat a household, hilarious name.

To fans, Isla Fisher is probably best known for her crazed role in Wedding Crashers. Therefore, we can only assume that co-stars such as Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn join rabbis across the world in wishing this couple well.

While no date is set for the ceremony, a source says: "They will get married soon." Fisher has even learned to cook traditional Jewish meals, assuring she may grow as thin as Nicole Richie.

That was a bad-tasting-Jewish-food joke.

The all-star cast of the upcoming movie, Dreamgirls, appeared on Oprah Winfrey yesterday.

Leading the way was Eddie Murphy, who said working on the film helped him deal with the painful end of his 12-year marriage because he could simply remain in character.

"I don't want to make it seem like I was Joe Actor," he said. "I was going through a big divorce then. ... It was really good because I had all that going on ... (but filming) would take me to a different place emotionally."

The Nutty Professor and Shrek star separated from his wife Nicole in 2005. Since about that time, Murphy has been dating singer Melanie Brown, aka Scary Spice of the Spice Girls.

The other stars of Dreamgirls also appeared on Oprah. Beyoncé Knowles, the film's lead, told Winfrey she lost 20 pounds for the role of Deena Jones (modeled loosely on Diana Ross) without being asked.

"I figured, in the '60s, Twiggy was the hot model, and Diana and Cher and all the legends were thinner than I am," she said. "So I decided I wanted to lose weight and make a physical transformation. And it was difficult because I love food. I love to eat. I did a fast â€" a master cleanse for 14 days. Everybody was eating Krispy Kremes around me. I was grouchy, but I did it, and I lost the weight."

Winfrey also welcomed former American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson, who stars in the film as well. Hudson was criticized by Simon Cowell on the FOX show, but Cowell backtracked on Monday.

"I feel my criticism has probably had a significant part in your career, because the buzz on you is huge," Cowell told Hudson in a taped message. "I feel we had a very small part in what's happened in your life, and please thank me when you get your Oscar."