July 2010 Archives

OMFG. The dazed, haggard Britney Spears of old apparently emerged yesterday in L.A. Wow. How we missed crazy pants ... and the fact that she doesn't wear any.

Okay, she's technically got shorts on - and a bra, oddly enough - but come on. Those things would probably be too big on her sons (who we hope never read this).

Check out Britney below, with a bodyguard trying to steer her in the right direction, looking either irate, confused or just out to lunch. Starbucks in hand, natch.

The knee-high socks are a great touch ...

Britney Spears lets her emotions (and body parts) hang out.

Britney's patterned bra and colorful, cute underwear sure caught people’s attention, but not as much as her unflattering facial expressions and growls of frustration.

Once again mired in controversy about her child-rearing and her relationship woes, Britney’s odd behavior and frazzled appearance point to continued inner turmoil.

Earlier in the week, social workers made a visit to her home as part of an investigation launched amid allegations by a former bodyguard that she abused her kids.

Is she able to keep it together? Is she stable enough to handle life without her dad's supervision? The Britney Spears pictures below don't make a strong case ...

[Photos: Fame Pictures]

She probably won't celebrate in the same way as fellow birthday girl Lindsay Lohan, but Ashley Tisdale turns 25 years old today.

One of our favorite young stars, The Tis got her big break when she landed the role of Sharpay Evans in High School Musical. She anchored all three of those successful big screen hits alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron.

Never one to seek out attention via any of the typical antics of stars her age, Tisdale is in a serious relationship with Scott Speer. She seems like a very nice person, unless you ask Trace Cyrus for his point of view.

In the fall, Ashley will star in a new CW series titled Hellcats. We wish her the best of luck with it and encourage readers to send in birthday wishes now!

Seven months pregnant and nearing her wedding day, Bethenny Frankel almost lost it completely this week.

But then Jason Hoppy came through for her and viewers of Bethenny Getting Married were treated to a happy ending. The entire episode is recapped below by our THG correspondent...

Yay!  Our Bethenny is back!  I found her to be the Bethenny we knew and loved from RHONY:  witty, sassy, a little neurotic, but mostly lovable.  Gone is the shrieking diva from last week who scared me half to death. 

One of tonight’s funniest scenes was when Bethenny tried to squeeze into the dress she had picked out only days earlier for her bridal shower.  She is expanding quickly this late in her pregnancy and things don’t fit from one day to the next.  Her large boobs seem to be the problem more so than her baby bump.  The dress is so tight she can’t even move her arms. 

After freaking out and trying on every other dress in her closet, she ends up wearing a top as a dress and it is ridiculously short.  “If I had a tampon in the string would be longer than this dress,” she says.  This is the kind of line Bethenny delivers in her unique deadpan that endears her to us so much.

We see a similar situation later when Bethenny goes for a fitting of her lovely wedding dress.  “I’m seven and a half months pregnant.  I’m growing by the minute.  I wake up every day and I don’t know what’s going to happen.  And I’m eating like I’m going to the electric chair so I don’t know if I can fit into my underwear much less my wedding dress,” she says. 

I love it because so many women can relate to this particular issue, pregnant or not.  Who among us doesn’t hold her breath and say a little prayer when trying on a beloved item of clothing that has sat abandoned in a closet for months?  You could see that familiar look of terrified anticipation passing over Bethenny’s face as the women around her zipped up her dress. 

But let’s be honest here:  Bethenny seven months pregnant is a hell of a lot more toned and fit than any of us will ever be even when not pregnant. 

Though Bethenny did seem more relaxed overall in this episode, she was still a bit of a pill to Shawn, the beleaguered wedding planner.  She berates him over the phone about choosing the perfect cake. He heaves a mighty sigh as their phone conversation ends.  Then he high-tails it to Jersey to sample some cake because evidently Jersey is the only place that can pop out a wedding cake with a week’s notice.   “You never want to make her unhappy,” says Shawn about Bethenny.  “It’s like pregnancy hormones and it’s like scary.” 

As he says this his eyes roll in together so hard it almost seems like his head might implode.  He likes the red velvet cake and has worked hard to make the cream cheese frosting cream-cheesy enough for Miss Beth.  Hopefully she’ll like it because if she doesn’t we can expect her not only to “rip his dick off” but also to mount his head on a stake at the wedding.  Good luck, Shawn.

Elsewhere, Bethenny is trying to decide on the wedding reception menu as Jason is glued to March Madness on the boob tube.  Seeing him happy and relaxed while she is so stressed makes her head just about blow off.   “BEEF TARTARE?  BEEF TARTARE?!” she shrieks in his direction.  “I know it’s March Madness,” she says to Jason.  “If you want to see March Madness, you’ll see a pregnant woman light her friggin’ hair on fire and go crazy right now.”

Jason isn’t sure what to do because she acts like she wants his help but really she just wants to make all the decisions herself because she thinks only she can make the right decisions.  This is as obvious to him as it is to us, oh, and to Shawn too, of course.  “You can’t hang over my head all the things that you take on.  That’s your choice,” Jason says.

Bethenny then reaches a level 10 nuclear freak-out as Jason continues to recline and chillax on the couch.  Her voice gets louder by the second until Jason and Cookie the dog are cringing.  Then Jason asks, “Are we getting married for us or are we getting married for the production?  That’s what I want to know.”  It makes me wonder how he felt about signing up for this reality show in the first place.

Later, in an attempt to be more helpful and less lump-like, Jason surprises Bethenny with a trip to City Hall to get a marriage license.  To me this seems like sort of a lame surprise but, whatever, it made Bethenny pretty happy.  He also agrees to a honeymoon to St. Bart’s. 

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Lindsay Denise Lohan was born 24 years ago today in New York City.

Even before she got her big break in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at age 11, she was a successful child model destined for psychological problems stardom.

Lohan's career exploded from 2003-2005 thanks to lead roles in Freaky Friday, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded, along with two relatively successful pop albums.

However, to quote her Wikipedia bio, "her career was interrupted in 2007 as two DUI incidents and three visits to rehabilitation facilities led to several lost movie deals."

Yup, that's pretty much where we stand today. Happy birthday, Linds!

Lindsay Lohan turns 24 today - and not in rehab or jail!

Despite more than one warning from people close to her that she is going to die imminently given her lifestyle, the troubled actress has defied the odds.

Sure, she's getting sued about once a week, and had to be freed on $100,000 bail twice in as many months, but relatively speaking, she's doing really well lately!

We wish her the very best on this special day, which we're sure she will enjoy, ankle monitor be damned. Might as well live it up before the day of reckoning Tuesday.

That probation hearing could spell big trouble for her.

Click to enlarge some of these Lindsay Lohan pictures we pulled together as a little birthday tribute and leave a comment for the struggling star with your wishes!

Sorry, people.

Don't expect to see The Bachelor's Vienna Girardi pose nude in Playboy, despite rumors about a deal in the works between the magazine and reality star.

While she allegedly told Star she is posing in Playboy for $250,000, a Playboy rep says: "We are not in negotiations with her and have not made an offer."

After Playboy publicly denied a deal, Girardi, who floated the idea in the same interview where she said Jake wouldn't put out, quickly changed her tune.

"Really Playboy?!" she Twittered. "Something else I didn't know about myself. It's just another rumor." Another one that you started, Vienna. Nice try.

It's not like Vienna Girardi topless photos would be unprecedented. Nor would pics of her with a face full of man parts, like this Spring Break gem TMZ uncovered.

Meanwhile, shirtless scenes of Vienna's ex-fiance are the most you'll ever see of the 32-year-old pilot. Don't look for Jake Pavelka nude in Playgirl either.

It's not like that magazine isn't interested, though, openly lobbying for The Bachelor star, who may or may not like girls, to bare all for big bucks.

"Jake is not doing Playgirl - never considered it, never will," his rep said.

So basically, Vienna and Playgirl have a lot in common.

Between her great humanitarian work and bogus celebrity gossip items dominating headlines, it's been awhile since we've seen Angelina Jolie, you know, in a movie.

While an increasingly rare sight, the glitz and glamour of the red carpet sure suit the actress well, as she proved when she stepped out to promote her newest film.

Here's Angelina at the premiere of Salt ...

Angelina Jolie in all her A-list glory.

In Mexico with her four eldest kids to promote the summer action movie, she looked as fabulous as ever, leaving us hoping this is just the beginning.

She recently told Vanity Fair that she doesn't plan on acting much longer so that she can focus on family. An admirable sentiment, but we'd miss her!

How does her dress above compare to some of her previous red carpet fashion statements? Click to enlarge some Angelina Jolie pictures below ...

Jesse James says his ex-wife - the second one, not Sandra Bullock, who he officially divorced this week - poses a serious threat to his six-year-old daughter.

He's not a fan of Janine Lindemulder.

He filed explosive documents in his custody war with Janine, including emails in which she allegedly admits to drug use, prostitution, and extreme jealousy of Bullock.

The documents show emails Janine sent to Jesse's sister, Julie James England, from 2008-2009, which Jesse claims prove Janine is a threat to daughter Sunny.

Among the shocking items: Janine Lindemulder revealed how she agreed to spend one night with a man named Pete, who would in turn pay her $25,000.

Jesse's sister warns, "this [sic] is a form of prostitution."

Jesse James' relationship with his second ex-wife is a bit contentious.

Janine goes on to complain about her daughter's relationship with Sandra Bullock, stating "all [sic] Sunny talks about is Sandy, Sandy! WTF?!" Indeed.

After begging for Vicodin from Julie James - and being denied - she wrote, "I am so depressed, Sun is suffering, I can't even find the energy to play with her."

"It's 9:30 and I don't even know what she ate today," the porn star, who's currently out on parole, added. "Not being awake makes everything better."

Maybe it's not the worst thing in the world Jesse's moving to Texas so that Sunny and his two older kids (from his first ex) can stay close to Sandra.

Luckily for him, a male admirer got a good look at Heidi Klum's backside as the model made her way to a taping of Live with Regis & Kelly in New York Thursday.

Luckily for THG, we got a good look at him getting a good luck at the statuesque supermodel, who went out to greet fans. Ones in front of her, not behind her.

Nice work dude.

We know ... after four kids too! [Photo: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]

Sony Pictures has found someone to follow in the webbed footsteps of Tobey Maguire.

Little-known actor Andrew Garfield has won the coveted role, as the franchise is looking for a reboot. It will take us back to a time long before Peter Parker gained his special abilities.

Garfield was born in Los Angeles, but raised in England. He appeared in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and will co-star with Justin Timberlake in the upcoming Facebook-based film Social Network. He received a BAFTA in 2008 for his performance in Boy A.

Said director Marc Webb:

“Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor’s work understand his extraordinary talents. He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit, and humanity.”

What do you think? Can you picture Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man?

We mean this with all due respect, but perhaps Kristen Stewart should quit acting. She really doesn't seem to enjoy the spotlight, does she?

Aside from making inappropriate comments (such as comparing the paparazzi to rapists, which she quickly apologized for), the actress comes across as painfully awkward in interviews. It's refreshing, but it's also just strange.

Now, in an interview with British magazine Hello!, Stewart admits that she has serious fear of fame. Especially fame at the level she's achieved.

"I don't feel very comfortable on the red carpet," she said. "I look out there at a thousand people and I realize they could rush me and assassinate me. No security could protect me. Ostensibly they're fans, but I think about them turning on me."

Kristen says she "struggles to keep myself from crying" during public appearances and shows many signs of social anxiety disorder, a legitimate phobia that is triggered by perceived scrutiny from those around you.

There is good news for Stewart: at least she can go home and have Robert Pattinson hold her tightly every evening.