Dave Navarro tidily sums up his transition from rock star to adult film director as follows:
Rock and porn exist to break taboos. Rock used to have that rebellious ???up against the world??? creed . . . That doesn???t exist anymore in the music world – but it???s alive and well in the adult industry.??? He adds: ???It???s heartening to feel kin to a group of freewheeling individuals who don???t give a shit about approval.
We’d say something witty and dismissive, but frankly, we’re still in awe of Navarro’s ability to sound pompous and self-righteous in regards to shooting pornography.
Fortunately, our friends over at Mollygood aptly summarized our views on the subject, observing, “Nice try, doofus, but you videotape people fucking.”
• Vote for your favorite celebrity dancer: do you like the skanks, the prudes, or the crazy jazzercizers? [TMZ]
• You are not alone. Even baby kinkajous are really fucking sick of Paris Hilton. (That face totally says, “get your paws off me you diseased whore.”) [E!]
• Carmen Electra has finally filed for a divorce from Dave Navarro. It mucst have been his rebound gf Jenna Jameson that put her over the edge. [People]
• Victoria Beckham wants a baby girl so badly, she’ll do anything. Even eat. Which her baby girl will never be allowed to actually do. [Socialite Life]
• “Six hot Asian babes?” Is Page Six serious with this shit? Times like these, we long for the creative stylings of Fernando Gil. [Page Six]
Awww, readers. Do we tell you enough how much we heart you? We really, really do. We heart you almost as much as Dave Navarro hearts Carmen Electra.
Just sent in from our wonderful gossips around town, this stunning photo from latest issue of Star — which, to be fair went to press on Friday before the official announcement came, but is still just as fun.
And since Mark Coleman’s gone now, we have no idea who Joe Dolce’s gonna blame this one on.
Anyone have a copy of Star magazine laying around? It seems, though the mag was first to break the news online regarding Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro’s split, that the
… If you want something amusing, turn to page 15 of the new Star issue, with Katie/Tom/Suri on the cover, and enjoy the little box that has a picture of a heart with the heading ???????ON! Carmen Electra & Dave Navarro???????, a pic of the happy couple, and then Carmen telling Star she ???????would like to have a baby in 2008. It????????s a huge commitment, and I want to enjoy being married for a little bit first.
Hopefully now that Bonnie Fuller is done with her book, these little things won’t slip past her quite so easily.
Exclusive
When Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro officially announced their split on Monday, the celeb press was quick to pick up on the story and self-reference their own stories – which we’re unabashedly guilty of as well – about how they had hinted there was trouble all along. Except Us Weekly, which until Monday’s PR rep-delivered announcement hasn’t paid much mind at all to the growing chatter over trouble in Electraland. Now some insiders are saying Carmen got the royal treatment in Janice Min’s pages thanks to her relationship with Us Weekly West Coast Editor Ken Baker. Those two aren’t just good friends — last year they formed the brain tumor charity Head To Hollywood together, which gets plenty of play in the Wenner Media title.
Ken Baker, you’ll remember, is also fingered as the missing link between those suspicious photos of Ryan Seacrest and Teri Hatcher sucking face and Us Weekly’s ex-staffer hacking — and grand defender of Paris Hilton. Attempts to reach Baker for comment went unanswered.
Meanwhile, Us‘ coverage of Carmen and Dave amounted to little more than “marriage is great” soundbites, though Carmen’s headlining of various Head To Hollywood celebrity poker tournaments has generated plenty of press, even in the pages of OK! and Life & Style. While we won’t go so far to claim Baker had a steady hand in wrangling that coverage, it’s worth noting the June 3 poker tourney at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas did land in Us Weekly — as a “Entourage Hot Spot.” Not that the HBO show has filmed a single scene there.
The celeb gossip must be slowing down. Surely tired of asking “where’s Suri?” and chronicling Lindsay Lohan’s latest face to crotch shot, the news of Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro’s split has the tabloids doing backflips. Star happened to be the first glossy to break the dish this time around, and kindly points out how marriages which are chronicled on television have a better chance of flopping.
They married on Nov. 22, 2003. During their marriage, Carmen and Dave starred in their own MTV reality series, Til Death Do Us Part. And oddly enough their marriage endured the same fate as MTV reality couple Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey: Splitsville!
We had actually sort of forgotten that these two even existed, so we are less ecstatic over their fall from bliss than we were about Nick & Jessica’s … but if Carmen starts practicing the Jessica Simpson method of recooping (you know, bed hopping at the Chateaux Marmont) we could continue to feign interest for at least another month or so.
CARMEN AND DAVE TO SPLIT [Star]
The Opera Ball in Vienna is one of those events you find in mags like Elite Traveler or in Donald Trump’s day planner.
And because those Europeans are so crazy, the big news every year is waiting for business bigwig Richard Lugnar to announce his date. Apparently, he is notorious for toting crappy celebs to this uber classy event — Pamela Anderson and Geri Halliwell were former dates, if that’s any clue.
And this year’s lucky lady escort? Why, it’s Carmen Electra.
(Yes, Electra is still married to former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro, but he’s not making any money. Why not be some rich guy’s date to “the most prestigious event on Vienna’s society calendar?”)
Hey, our psychic told us that Paris Hilton will be available next year — just in case Lugnar’s reading and wants to start planning for a trashier top off to this year’s guest.