January 2007 Archives

Okay, so in real life, Rainn Wilson isn't nearly as geeky as his character from The Office. In fact, judging by this recent picture from the Sundance Film Festival, he looks downright normal - maybe even a little cool.

But deep down, Wilson just can't rid himself of his inner suck-up, the part of him that will always identify with his Office alter ego, the neurotic and painfully annoying (yet hilarious) Dwight K. Schrute, and long for the approval of his supervisor at Dunder-Mifflin.

So it's no wonder that as he strums a tune on his guitar, Wilson can't help but dedicate it to his reason for living: his boss, Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell)...

If only Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) were around to see this pathetic display of ass-kissing and serenading. But she's probably at the reception desk.

How does one get over Jake Gyllenhaal?

If you're Spider-Man 3 star, Kirsten Dunst, you date every available hunk in Hollywood.

Originally, we reported on a blossoming relationship between Dunst and Orlando Bloom. But, yeah, that's over.

On January 6, she was spotted with The O.C.'s Adam Brody (who split with longtime love and co-star Rachel Bilson late last year) at L.A.-area club Hyde.

Meanwhile, Dunst's latest rendez-vous was with Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti. Yes, the same one who just split from Drew Barrymore. On January 22, the pair lunched at Joan's on Third in L.A.

Finally, a source told Us Weekly that Entourage star Adrian Grenier and Dunst hooked up on January 20.

Those are a lot of hot men and Dunst pal said the star is still reeling from her 2004 breakup Gyllenhaal.

"Kirsten has been lonely," said the source.

Who knows who is up next for the young actress. But Kevin Federline should keep his line open.

Okay, so we knew Ray J rear-ended Kim Kardashian in their infamous sex tape.

What we did not know until now is that Ray's sister, Brandy, rear-ended another car at 65 mph and caused a motorist's death.

TMZ has learned that Brandy, the R&B sensation, was involved in the fatal accident last month, and it appears to be her fault. It happened on December 30 on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that Brandy was cruising in her 2007 Land Rover at 65 mph and did not notice that the cars in front of her had slowed considerably. Brandy's vehicle struck a 2005 Toyota, which then hit a 1989 Toyota. The 2005 Toyota slid sideways and hit the center divider. As it came to a halt, it was struck by a 1988 Acura.

The driver of the 2005 Toyota was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in critical condition and died. Brandy, who joins Prison Break's Lane Garrison in the club of troubled stars responsible for fatal accidents over the past few months, was not injured and the driver of the Acura suffered moderate injuries. Janice Dickinson was also rammed recently, but that was in a different car crash, don't worry.

Poor Moesha. :(

Brandy was not placed under arrest and there was no evidence drugs or alcohol involved. Which is good, because as Nicole Richie has shown us recently, popping Vicodin and puffing the chronic to treat menstrual cramps doesn't result in good vehicular safety.

There are some celebrity sex tapes we cannot confirm the existence of.

Come on, Kim Kardashian come clean already. Pun, sort of intended.

But Keeley Hazell is proud enough of her body - and skills - to circulate a video of herself and a piece of man candy. After seeing the pictures below, we understand why.

You might wanna sit down for these, fellas. You also might wanna thank The Hollywood Gossip - between these pics and the Eva Longoria nude photos previously published, we're almost too kind.

It's still unclear if Heather Mills has received the divorce settlement we previously reported on.

But this much is apparent: Her sister may be as crazy as she is.

Indeed, Fiona Mills has launched a scathing attack on Paul McCartney and his alleged refusal to provide personal protection to his estranged wife and their daughter.

Fiona - who puts the good name of the princess in Shrek to shame - released a statement in which she claims her 39-year-old sister and niece Beatrice, 3, have received death threats - but have not been cared for like other members of the McCartney clan.

"The main reason that I am responding is that I am deeply concerned for the safety of my sister and her daughter," Fiona Mills writes on www.heathermills.org.

We assume she is yet to open a MySpace account is all.

"They are receiving death threats, not because she is getting a divorce, but because some of the British tabloids decided from day one that they wish to destroy her. ... Heather and Beatrice no longer receive the protection that would be afforded to any other member of the McCartney family facing such threats."

Maybe that's because Heather sucks. Or maybe the accusations toward Sir Paul aren't even true.

All we know is this: McCartney and Fiona should settle their differences like Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead. We'll even give the Beatles legend our Instant Messenger password if it'll help.

Rachael Ray, you never bite the hand that feeds you.

Especially when said hand belongs to Oprah Winfrey.

The talk show host allegedly made disparaging racial remarks about Winfrey during a dinner on December 3, 2005.

Ray, along with seven others, went to Houston's Restaurant in an L.A. shopping mall - and that's where the odd, racist bashing supposedly began.

Ray became "extremely loud and aggressive," sources told TMZ, when the issue of an Oprah portrait that sits in the lobby of Harpo Productions in Chicago came up.

It's from the movie Beloved and shows Winfrey's back, enhanced with scars.

She's also wearing a skirt from the slavery era.

Back at the table, sources say Ray launched into attack mode:

"Why is she wearing slave drag? She obviously has problems being black."

And if that weren't weird enough, we also hear that she told the group how much she liked Jennifer Aniston ... before dissing her ex-other half.

Ray called Brad Pitt a "pussy boy."

She referred to Angelina Jolie as "a skanky, backdoor c**t."

Her reps, of course, deny all this happened.

But we just wanna say this if it did, Rachael: Just because you spell your name strangely doesn't give you the right to be racist and mean.

Actress Jennifer Connelly, who recently finished with her latest movie, Blood Diamond, in Mozambique, says that the experience has left a strong mark on her and her children. So much so that she might follow the lead of Brangelina and Madonna and adopt another child from that continent.

"I know my elder son is very concerned about global warming, about energy, about oil running out. In Mozambique I took him around schools and he understood why the children had no books, paper, or light bulbs. He was so shocked and outraged by it that he wrote a paper for his school," Jennifer Connelly told Britain's The Independent.

Connelly also visited a local orphanage while she was there, and after that, she and husband Paul Bettany have been considering adopting.

"We absolutely considered adopting," said the 36-year-old, who won an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind, in which she starred alongside Russell Crowe.

"We have a son who went through a separation of his parents, then a new stepfather and a new sibling. He's had a lot of change, so I really have to be sensitive to him. One of the kids I became close to was older than him."

It's good to see that there are celebrities who actually spend time with and cherish their children (Britney Spears: rolling in grave). Connelly also thanks her children for giving her balance:

"I think I can honestly say now that I never fitted in until after I had kids. I had no balance when I was in college because I was trying to figure out what was mine and where I wanted to be and where I felt safe. Suddenly the answer was the love I felt for my son."

If she adopted, that celebrity baby would join son Kai, 9, with photographer David Dugan and son Stellan, 3 1/2, with Bettany. In case you've forgotten what she looks like, here's an absurdly hot Jennifer Connelly picture.

Jennifer Aniston may or may not have gotten a boob job.

But there's no denying the fact that the beautiful actress has had her nose sliced and diced for the second time. In fact, she used the same plastic surgeon that operated on Ashlee Simpson and Cameron Diaz.

In the early morning hours of January 20, one day after taping a guest spot on pal Courteney Cox's new series Dirt, Aniston's driver dropped her off at a doctor's office in Beverly Hills.

The actress emerged four hours later, sporting fresh black-and-blue bruises along her right eyebrow and across the tip of her nose and upper lip.

She looked more beat up than a bleached Tyra Banks.

Aniston's rep confirms the operation.

"Jennifer had a procedure done to correct a deviated septum that was incorrectly done over 12 years ago," he told Us Weekly.

So, why would America's Sweetheart decide to fine-tune her look?

"Jen has hated her nose ever since her first nose job," a source close to the actress said. "She always said how lousy it was and that her nose was still too wide."

Will this bring Brad Pitt back into her arms? It's not likely.

Tom Brady recently suffered the second playoff loss of his career.

But it sounds as though his ex-girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan, is suffering from something more serious.

"She's depressed," says a friend. "We were worried about her before, but she's just gotten too thin. It's unhealthy ... She's spending all of her free time at the gym."

The reason for such malaise? Rumors that Brady has the hots for super model, Gisele Bundchen.

Reports in the Boston Herald that Gisele was hanging outside the Patriots' locker room after a game two weeks ago. These two may become hotter than Jessica Simpson and John Mayer.

Therefore, as the same Bridget buddy said: "If Gisele Bundchen were dating your ex-boyfriend, wouldn't you be depressed, too?"

It's hard to argue with that. Or with K-Fed's point that Britney Spears needs help. But anyway.

Moynahan's rep denied any problem with his client's weight.

"There has been no change in the actress' weight. She is happy and healthy."

Why post on MySpace when you can go back and forth over Instant Messenger?

Indeed, TMZ has somehow obtained the online transcript of a recent exchange between insane person, Anna Nicole Smith, and her probable baby's daddy, Larry Birkhead.

We've posted it below, replete with spelling errors that make Courtney Love look like an English professor. Enjoy:

Anna Nicole: quit trash me at the casino
Larry: not at a casino
Anna Nicole: go f**k my mom to
Anna Nicole: Yall are sick
Larry: show up for the test with the baby\
Anna Nicole: don't think so
Anna Nicole: u wish
Larry: everybody just want u to do right thing is all
Anna Nicole: in your dreams

So many questions to consider from this Internet chat: Are their screen names really as boring as "Anna Nicole" and "Larry?" Will Smith's lawyers successfully block the court-mandated paternity test?

Will we ever see Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern pictures? Will the baby have to change her name once Birkhead is announced at the father?

Is Anna Nicole Smith nuttier than Janice Dickinson?

Some things we may never find out.