Ah yes, Paris Hilton sure does enjoy giving us something to laugh about, no? I mean, she provides comedic entertainment for the masses every time she buys another dog or opens her mouth. And though her personal life has been a little boring since her breakup with Benji Madden became official, she’s now offered us something else to laugh over. Here she is being spotted in Sydney at the famous A lister Bondi Beach where her new joined at the hip BFF Brittany Flickinger spend New Years Eve with her. And during this time it seems that rumors are leaking out that she and George Clooney are an item. Oh yes, laugh all you will, but sources are saying that George Clooney and Paris Hilton were spotted…together….for an intimate evening at a Hollywood nightspot just recently. I am trying to figure out where the confusion is as to why this rumor would start. Perhaps Paris started it trying to fuel a duel with her longtime rival Phoebe Price, who has made no secret about the fact that she hearts Georgie boy in a very big way. Or perhaps George Clooney did make some grotesquely misguided and probably alcohol fuelled error in judgement and stumble into the same type of bar that Paris Hilton would, and the story exploded from there. Or perhaps Clooney was just looking at a picture of Paris in a tabloid and someone noted that this must mean they are in love. I don’t know what circumstances there have to be in order for this rumor to be true, but they probably involve ice skating in hell. Yet folks from the Whiskey Bar at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Hollywood say differently.
Paris and George sat and talked together for ages. They didn’t seem to be aware of anyone else in the room.
And it sounds like the same source is sticking to the story by going even farther to say that the pair were spotted the next evening as well, at a dinner together in Hollywood along with director Ridley Scott and of course, Brittany Flickinger. Ok, whatever. Shortly after these supposed ‘dates’ was when Paris and Brittany fled to Sydney where Paris’s shopping sprees were described as ‘psycho’. In one store she reportedly spent approximately $122 a minute at the Wayne Cooper boutique, but she said she did it all for the greater good of the Australian economy. Okay, if Paris Hilton can give me an accurate definition of the word ‘economy’ THEN and only THEN will I buy the George Clooney thing.
Well, it has been an exciting close to 2008 for the Spears family as the family got together in New Orleans to celebrate the New Year and celebrate the family news. Newsworthy items of the Spears family at this point include a new marriage amongst them and a new boyfriend for Britney Spears. But oh no, before you make assumptions, it is not little Jamie Lynn and what’s his name that got hitched. No, it was Britney’s lesser known sibling, the one that actually shies away from the spotlight that got married. Britney’s 31 year old brother Bryan married 36 year old Graciella Sanchez, who happens to be Jamie Lynn’s manager. As long as they are keeping it all in the family. Yes, the happy couple got married in New Orleans with Britney, Jamie Lynn, and the whole family present. And later in the day, on New Year’s Eve, Britney hosted a small dinner party for her family to celebrate the union. It was at this point that she introduced the Spears clan to her latest amour, a man by the name of Sandip Soparrkar who hails from India and is an Indian choreographer. And we don’t know too much about this or him other than this actually, but it seems Sandip, and his Indian influence has had quite the effect on Britney. He flew in from India especially for this dinner, and for the party Britney was wearing a red and gold sari that had been a Christmas present especially from him. They saw in the New Year together, and with the family, and there seemed to have been a lot of hand holding and kissing. And I do believe the term ‘besotted’ was used on Britney’s behalf, so we know one reason why she has such a beautiful smile on her face these days. Ah yes, things are looking up for our Britney, and dare we say, almost normal? Let’s hope that smile sticks around for a while.
Kirstin Dunst is seen here giggling her way out of the Bardot nightclub the other night as she left the trendy West Hollywood nightspot with some unidentified man. And as per usual, Kirstin is not making any major attempts to look like the Hollywood It Girl that she so desperately wants to be. And this is just one shot of many of Kirstin looking less than a beautiful self, which is why many people have her on the Trainwreck List. Between a stint of rehab for something we’re not sure of *cough* alcoholism, her chronic partying, and her general laissez faire attitude, Kirstin has definitely been on a downhill slope lately. And it seems every time we get a peek of her, she looks worse. She’s either dishevelled and greasy looking like she is here, or she’s dressed in attire from Mary Poppins closet, or she just looks horribly let go. And what happened here, besides the excessive drinking I mean? This used to be a pretty girl, she could glam it all up for the photo shoots, but lately she’s been looking like some crazy bus lady or something. And even worse, she doesn’t care. Not that she really needed to say that out loud, we can all tell by looking at her she doesn’t give a hoot about her appearance. But she says she’s not worried if she appears on the worst dressed lists because she likes to dress the way she dresses, I guess Mary Poppins is her signature look then?
I don’t have the energy to care if people criticise the way I look. I’m over getting dressed up, although it’s fun sometimes - like when my younger brother Christian and I got ready together to go to the Oscars.
I don’t know, is it just me or is it a bad sign when your fondest Oscar memory is getting ready for it with your little brother? But if she doesn’t care, then she doesn’t care, she thinks being fun is better than being beautiful and she would rather entertain people. And what does the future hold for Kirstin? Well, she wants to be a mom soon, guess Hollywood’s new baby trend is something she may just latch onto, and as far as her career? She ‘has no career goals’. Inspiring isn’t it? Most actresses in her league are you know, on the Oscar hunt, or looking for a great script, or *whatever*. But not Kristin. She just wants to be fun and entertaining. I am not sure where I read that she was a fun girl, oh wait a second, I didn’t, that’s just something she’s decided for herself. But there is no question that she certainly is entertaining. It is a LOT of fun to make fun of this one.
Britney Spears is seen here performing on Good Morning America a few weeks ago at the Big Apple Circus Tent at the Lincoln Center in New York City. At the time of the performance, Britney was celebrating her 27th birthday, and had a lot to look forward to and celebrate in her 27th year. Yes, this is one comeback that was predicted well, but still had many nay sayers wondering if it was possible for her to get her act together so quickly. And as we can see, she proved many many people wrong. And with the New Years passing, Britney has, like many of us, stopped to smell the roses per se and think about what changes she would like to see in the coming year. Yes, even the pretty people aren’t completely happy and make their own resolutions to make things a little better for themselves. Britney’s biggest concerns as she creates resolutions this year? She first wants to work in her nail biting habit. Perhaps she needs to only change her manicure colors from colors like ‘Orange you Sexy’ and her yummy nails may maintain perfect form for that one. But even Britney falls amongst the crowd of folks that say that New Year’s resolutions may seem a little pointless, she always breaks them and says the follow through is very hard. I guess she will just have to visit her manicurist more often. But if she were to get serious and change one thing it would be her constant worrying.
I would like to stop worrying so much, because I worry all the time. And to learn how to be happier, just in general. I have to learn to take things not so seriously.
Ah yes, when one is on mood stabilizers it is very difficult to learn how to be happier, but as we can see she is making some good progress there. But is a more relaxed and carefree Britney Spears really the way to go? Perhaps she is doing better by being a little stressed, a little too much of a perfectionist, and the like, because as we can see, worrying a bit has gotten her quite a bit of success off her latest album alone. And as we HAVE seen, a carefree and relaxed Britney has some potential eyebrow raising. We have seen the carefree Britney and it history proves that with her, it is a slippery slope between taking things not too seriously, and leaving the house without her pants. But Britney vows to change, and if we were to make our own predictions, I would guess that she also has her children and more time with them at the top of her priority list this year, and we will probably see this happen somewhere down the line. I also expect that she will attain a strong enough grasp on her basic life skills to fire her conservator money gauging father and take control of her own finances at some point as well. At this point, the climb up is about the same distance as the spiral down for her, but she’s doing well, and well, worried and manicure mess or not, she’s clearly doing something right.
Jennifer Aniston is seen here clapping her hands with glee as she works the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Marley and Me’. And by the looks of it, Jennifer has much to clap about as she headed into this holiday season with the world at her fingertips. With a new movie releasing on Christmas Day, and one that is already topping the charts, a *sort of* love interest or companion on the horizon, and a slew of new work coming out this year, Jennifer certainly does have a lot to be merry about. And with her sometime boyfriend Player Mayer four time zones away, Jennifer decided to spend her holidays with her extended family the Cox-Arquettes. Jennifer joined best friend Courteney Cox, her husband David, and their four year old daughter Coco for a Christmas Eve feast Beverly Hills style at Mastro’s Steakhouse. And if you are interested in what Jennifer ate this holiday season, People will let you update your Jennifer Aniston food diary accordingly:
Jen usually gets steak, but she asked for fish instead and she ended up getting the sole and vegetables. Jen also had some white wine with her fish, while the rest of the table enjoyed steak.
Sadly, boyfriend John Mayer wasn’t around to watch his girlfriend eat fish, as he was in Connecticut enjoying Christmas East Coast style with his family. But he did manage to fly back to Los Angeles for December 26 to see Jennifer, and it is likely that he will ring in the New Year with her. In the meantime, Jennifer can count her piles of money, as her latest film ‘Marley and Me’ has already raked in almost $52 million at the box office over the holiday weekend, and even beat out Brad Pitt on this one. Yep, seems the good people like Jennifer more, as her ex husbands ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ only brought in a mere $38 million over the same time frame. Not only did ‘Marley and Me’ beat out Benjamin Button, but also ranked for a Christmas Day box office record making more than $5 million on opening day over the previous record holder ‘Ali’. Not too bad. So yes, though her love life may be a little uncertain at best at times, Jennifer is doing very, very well on all other accounts. Definitely a lot to clap for!
Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson are seen here leaving Bardot nightclub, and it looks like the two have had somewhat of a rough night. Or perhaps the girls are just feeling the weight of the holiday season and a very public relationship. Yes, even big time celebrities can fend off stress during the holidays, and we know that Lindsay has had her share of it what with more public feuding with her father Michael Lohan, and the discovery of a half and illegitimate sibling. All of these things are quite possibly wreaking havoc with Lindsay’s emotional state. And the stress from all of it may be coming into play with her relationship. Lindsay went public about the fact that she wasn’t spending the holidays with her family for the first time ever, but it sounds as if even this factor may have been cause for concern over the holidays. All reports on the Sam and Lindsay holiday season are anything but favourable at this point, with a few reports surfacing that broken dishes and loud voices were all part of the Sam/Lilo holiday season. Yes, dish breaking screaming matches seemed to be on the holiday agenda for Sam and Lilo, and these reports are coming from their Hollywood Hills neighbours. The Sunday morning before Christmas, Lindsay was overheard using her outdoor voice against her girlfriend Sam Ronson, and though exact wording was not heard, one report is that the phrase ‘You never say you love me’ was among the screaming echoes. Followed by the scream fest, glass was heard to break, and Samantha was then overheard yelling ‘If you’re gonna break things, get out of my house’. And, to add fuel to the fire, this was the same day that Samantha was seen popping into the hospital emergency room on the advice of her mother. The girls must have smoothed things over, as Lindsay visited Sam at the hospital, and later in the week were spotted shopping in L.A. together….possibly on the lookout for some plastic dishware. And though the tides may have settled for the girls, family woes are still at the top of Lindsay’s mind, as Daddy Lohan, Michael, has fuelled his online fight with his daughter by publishing a website called ‘The Real Story with Michael Lohan’. Natrually, his debut post has since been removed, but the website is designed to document his conspiracy theory on how Samantha is taking advantage of Lindsay.
“Was it me who jumped out of a DJ booth and punched Lindsay when she was with Calum Best?” he writes. “Did I drive Lindsay around for hours in L.A. until she fell asleep and before I ran low on gas only to call the paps and sell pictures to them?” I’m going to guess the answer is either “no” or “zzzzz.”
Such loving fatherly words, no? And it’s funny how Daddy Lohan just doesn’t quite *get* the fact that every time he is publishing thoughts on his famous daughter Lindsay, he is media feeding himself and cashing in on her fame as well. When do we think he will get it? uh….I imagine he’ll be ice skating in hell before that happens.
Lindsay Lohan was spotted here looking a bit worse for wear as she follows girlfriend Samantha Ronson out of Bardot in LA. The pair were on a night out with Sam’s DJ and music producer brother, Mark. And looks like the happy couple were blowing off some steam after having just returned from Phoenix, Arizona where the pair were mobbed by a crazed fan who was arrested after pushing past a nightclub security guard and tried to grab at Lilo. Phoenix resident Daniel Patrick Combs, 38, lunged at Lohan outside Jackrabbit Lounge in Scottsdale, Arizona and scared her out of her wits, but was very quickly arrested for the incident. So Lilo may have been bending the arm a little here to unwind as she looks like she’s been heavy into the partying. Or she may have been unwinding over the recent announcement that she has publicly acknowledged her half sister. And true to form, Lindsay’s public announcement came through her MySpace blog where she wrote:
“My father just let my family and [me] know, amongst other [things] that he had another child after my little sister Aliana. Or maybe he had it before Aliana?? Either way, he cheated on my mother and that really sucks.”
And of course Daddy responded right away, but no, not to her, to People Magazine of course. He sent them an email strongly denying Lindsay’s claim and even slammed his own daughter by saying
“there is a ‘99% chance that that MySpace message was actually written by her girlfriend Samantha Ronson.
What father DOES that?? Maybe the dirty cheating father who doesn’t want to ‘look bad’ in public, yet to me, he just seems to make his hole bigger by slamming his own daughter that way. Lindsay however is handling her dad situation with as much grace as she can, and I applaud her for that. She acknowledged in the same blog post that people go through a lot in life, and that these things just make us stronger. She says ‘we actually take what it is we have learned from our mistakes and teach ourselves what NOT to do in the future.’ Pretty grown up for a former bad girl, huh? We just hope that she can follow her own advice. Lindsay also talked about in the same post how she was spending the holidays with her girlfriend, Sam Ronson, and that this was the first holiday season she was spending away from home. She sent wishes from her blog to her family in New York, Aliana, Cody, Michael and her mom and grandmother. And I suppose the battle with her dad will continue until one of them just lets it go and agrees to disagree. Not something I imagine will ever happen. But what will be interesting to see is what happens with this new half sibling? A new pop star in the making set to cash in on the Lohan name? Wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened in Tinseltown.
