September 2008 Gossip Archive (Page 9)

A couple of swingin' singles, Drew Barrymore and Chace Crawford of Gossip Girl fame, are now dating, Perez Hilton is reporting this morning.

"It's early on but they're definitely dating," an insider said.

The pair hit up the Saturday Night Live after-party together this past weekend, and were out and about again on Monday night!

Drew Barrymore and Chace Crawford were at the Kings of Leon concert in New York City and they made no attempt at hiding their relationship.

Multiple eyewitnesses say they were making out in plain view!

Chace's last relationship of note was with Carrie Underwood, but they broke up via text message. Like, OMG. Drew broke up with Justin Long in July.

UPDATE: Now Us Weekly is reporting that she actually made out with Ed Westwick - Chace's BFF and Gossip Girl co-star. Apparently Crawford was there, as they go everywhere together, but Drew was all over Ed. Nice work, Perez. Jackass.

R&B star Ciara would like to set the record straight about the photo spread she shot for the October issue of Vibe magazine: She was not nude.

EDITOR'S NOTE: It's fairly obvious that she is. See below.

Ciara says she is very upset by the magazine's depiction of her - rumors on the Internets have suggested that the singer was not nude during the photo shoot but instead wearing underwear, which Vibe allegedly airbrushed out.

"I walked into the Vibe photo shoot very excited about making an artistic expression," Ciara said. "And when I saw the photos, I was a little bothered because the photos appear as if I was nude, when in reality I wasn't nude."

EXHIBIT A: The non-nude Ciara nude picture in question.

Vibe Editor in Chief Danyel Smith responded that not only was Ciara nude, the entire idea behind the spread was the singer's, not the magazine's.

"Almost any photo you see on the cover of Vibe or any magazine is airbrushed [to some degree]," he said. "What I was thinking of doing, actually, was releasing the untouched photos online so people can see what the hullabaloo is about."

Here's hoping!

No, not personally - but Lynne Spears is miffed that people vilified pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears, then praised the knocked up Bristol Palin.

This wasn't just the hypocritical reaction of idiots like Bill O'Reilly, either. Most of the general public had a "totally different reaction" to the teen pregnancies of Jamie Lynn and Bristol, Lynne said in an interview with Newsweek.

"It's as if [Sarah Palin] became celebrated," Lynne said.

"I mean, the mother was celebrated for this... Every woman in the world applauded her strength and convictions and poor Jamie Lynn, you saw how she was crucified - everybody did, firsthand. I just feel like it's been a very hypocritical situation."

We'd have to agree.

In December, Jamie Lynn Spears, then 16, announced her pregnancy. She got engaged to Casey Aldridge and gave birth to daughter Maddie Briann in June at age 17.

In August, Sarah Palin, the Alaska Governor and Republican V.P. candidate, revealed that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, is expecting and engaged to Levi Johnston.

"Do I promote teen sex? Of course not," Lynne said. "Do I promote teen pregnancy? Of course not. But when it happens, you deal with it and you do the best you can do."

Is Dominique Arganese following in the sex tape-laden footsteps of Ranae Shrider?

According to reports, this Canadian model is somehow dating diminutive actor Verne Troyer. The two have been spotted together in Las Vegas, looking cozy and "in love," a source says.

Based on the photo below, Arganese appears to be more of a fan of Sarah Palin than Troyer. After all, if she likes holding big guns, how can she be happy holding something so little in bed?

Dominique Arganese doesn't speak English very well. Maybe that explains how she was convinced to date Verne Troyer.

Even comedian Jeffrey Ross must have realized that his opening night performance on Dancing with the Stars was no laughing matter. Dude earned 12 total points from the judges.

Actually, we take it back; that's hilarious. It was also enough to send Ross home as the first celebrity eliminated this season.

As for the dozen remaining couples, here's a rundown of their dances and combined scores from last night:

• Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer (Quickstep): 21
• Misty May-Treanor & Maksim Chmerkovskiy (Mambo): 21
• Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke (Mambo): 21
• Brooke Burke & Derek Hough (Quickstep): 26
• Cloris Leachman & Corky Ballas (Mambo): 16
• Toni Braxton & Alec Mazo (Quickstep): 23
• Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson (Quickstep): 22
• Ted McGinley & Inna Brayer (Mambo): 19
• Cody Linley & Julianne Hough (Quickstep): 23
• Rocco Dispirito & Karina Smirnoff (Mambo): 21
• Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani (Quickstep): 22
• Kim Kardashian & Mark Ballas (Mambo): 18

Click on the following photos from opening week on Dancing with the Stars for larger versions of these celebs trying to hoof it up:

Lauren Conrad certainly has her share of detractors who say she only has a fashion line because she's famous from MTV's Laguna Beach and The Hills.

Well, it's a bottom line business, and her contemporary collection is apparently selling up a storm, according to fashion mag Women's Wear Daily.

“The sell-throughs have been fantastic,” said Frank Doroff, vice chairman at Bloomingdales.

"We got it in and sold out immediately. We can’t get the merchandise on the floor fast enough. It is, by far and away, the best-selling celebrity fashion line we have. It’s been so much better than I thought it would be.”

Lauren Conrad at this past Sunday's Emmy Awards.

Executives at MTV Networks, which backs the Lauren Conrad brand, creatively titled The Lauren Conrad Collection, projected it would reach around $2 million in wholesale volume during its first year at retail. Way to go LC!

You can get a piece of Britney Spears.

Sort of. The star's six-bedroom, six-bathroom Studio City, Calif., home is now officially the market with an asking price of $7.9 million.

An "exquisite gated Italian Renaissance-inspired villa," the 7,500-square-foot home has three garages and a "grand entrance foyer."

The listing goes on to say that "if the walls of this magical home could talk, they would say some pretty inane things." Just kidding.

Britney Spears has lived in the hilltop home for less than two years – and had to leave there twice early this year to be forcibly hospitalized.

Her father Jamie Spears, who remains in legal control of his daughter until December 31, sought permission from a court in June to sell the home.

"Having more privacy and wide open spaces for her to raise her boys has been a goal for some time," a source close to Spears previously said.

The singer is rumored to be eyeing a new home about an hour's drive north of Los Angeles in Calabasas, Calif., a more quiet community.

Now that Lindsay Lohan is officially out of the closet, other celebrities appear to turning the knob, as well.

“Yes, I’m gay,” Clay Aiken says on the cover of the latest People Magazine. “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things.”

The former American Idol winner graces the publication's cover, cradling newborn son Parker. In May, Aiken announced that he had given his sperm by artificial insemination to best friend Jaymes Foster. Together, they are raising the adorable tyke.

This isn't exactly breaking celebrity news at this point.

But Lindsay Lohan confirmed her relationship with Samantha Ronson for the first time during a radio interview last night.

Asked by Loveline co-host Ted Stryker how long she's been "going out" with Ronson, Lohan laughed and responded: "A very long time."

And there you go, folks.

On last night's episode of The Hills, Stephanie Pratt pulled a major no-no by dating her friend Lauren Conrad's ex. Brody Jenner told LC that Stephanie has ulterior motives, but it was Doug Reinhardt who initiated the date in the first place.

That said, we've just gotta know ...

Whose side are you on?