While discussing his newest game-show project for ABC, Opportunity Knocks, famed cougar's cub Ashton Kutcher suddenly blanked on a question that will undoubtedly anger Demi when it runs in the NYT:
While Mr. Kutcher said he fared well, he proved, at least in an interview with a reporter, that he was capable of being stumped. Asked, for purposes of fact checking, to spell the name of Ms. Moore’s youngest daughter with Bruce Willis, Mr. Kutcher confessed he was suddenly drawing a blank.
For the record, it is T-a-l-l-u-l-a-h.
To be fair dude, Ashton is producing a TV show, not like a Louisiana-themed spelling contest. Still, you just know he can spell Rumer's name perfectly.
Side Note: How often during the day does Bruce Willis grin and bear it "for the sake of the kids" while this chucklehead sleeps with his ex-wife and parties with his daughters? Where is John McClane when you need him, right?
God, Rumer Willis is the weirdest. Let's just forget about how she looks for a moment though, and focus on the important stuff, like how well she is using her daddy issues to get ahead in the industry:
And while most 20-year-olds want nothing to do with their parents, Rumer loves hanging out with hers — particularly stepdad Ashton Kutcher…."He definitely is a father-slash-older brother figure, but at the same time I can go out (to bars) with him and have an amazing time.’ ”
The same goes for her dad, Bruce. “I walked in [to a club] once and my friends were like, ‘Your dad’s over there.’ He was sitting with some girls. I just laughed. I was like, ‘Dad, she’s not cute,’ ” she says. “Everyone is scared of him because he seems so badass, but he’s a goofball. He’s like a 17-year-old kid.”
No, sorry. Dad's are not supposed to be your friends, who you go out and drink with when you're underage (Rumer is 20), or who you see at clubs, hitting on girls your age. That speaks both of irresponsibly parenting and step-parenting, as well as a bad grasp on how to successfully exploit your child-of-celebs status.
Rumer? Don't overstep your bounds and go all Mildred Pierce on Demi. She seems like your best hope for a responsible parental figure. Even if she may have body dimorphic disorder.
Your daily dose of schadenfreude: A bartender at Socialista, the bar Ashton Kutchner had his 30th birthday, has hepatitis A.
The disease is spread through food and water, which means A-listers like Bruce Willis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Kutcher and Demi Moore could have been exposed to the A-version of the hepatitis.
After a vaccine, everyone should be okay. And after this small scare, they can go back to their carefree life of adoration and riches.
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• Leelee Sobieski wears underwear because she's a class act. Hollywood Tuna puts a can of tuna fish over vag because they are too.
• Maroon 5 the David Sedaris circa Me Talk Pretty One Day of the modern music, performs on TRL. Related, last night at a gym at 23rd & Park, we overheard two girls talking about the spinning classes in Syracuse. We were left to contemplate whether they were actual people or just living stereotypes.
• Britney Spears has multiple personalities? Definitely maybe. Whatever, can we got off suicide watch? It's kind of depressing.
• Stars are just like us: Here's a picture of Bruce Willis picking something up. Gravity gets us all.
• On the other hand, Amy Winehouse stops by McDonalds, coked out of her mind, and after attending her husband's hearing today, which was nothing like our morning.
• Clay Aiken is creepy looking. Just saying the facts.
Congratulations, Rumer Willis. The spawn of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis will be Miss Golden Globe 2008.
While it might not seem like a big deal that Rumer Willis will be handing “you’re probably going to win the Oscar” awards, E! insists that it is. And if E! doesn’t know about these things, who would?
• Vivica A. Fox didn't just wake up one morning, pound a few drinks and decide to get behind the wheel. Racism made her do it!
• Bruce Willis apparently enjoys flirting with twenty-something model types while his daughter, Rumer watches. Kinky!
• Usher knocks up his fiancee, Tameka Foster. Naturally, Usher's mom, and ex-manager (thanks to Foster!) must be understandably thrilled.
• Despite being physically attractive and sounding like a phone sex operator, Ivanka Trump may nonetheless have some trouble finding a suitor willing to accept The Donald as an inlaw.
• Brittany Murphy claims she and her ex-boyfriend are being stalked by a mysterious kidnapper who occasionally moonlights as a U.S. immigration authorities worker.
• Brooklyn State Assembly member apparently refuses to accept his big, gay son.
• Rose McGowan heats up the cover of Arena magazine. That chick is like leave-your-wife-on-the-set-of-Grindhouse hot!
• Angelina Jolie finds it easier to talk when she's naked.
• Bruce Willis confesses he used to smoke weed. Which still doesn't explain why he grossly makes out with Courtney Love whenever he's drunk.
• In spite of all her efforts, Britney Spears truly is as dumb as a coaster.
• The more Cameron Diaz's illusionist boyfriend has to say, the more we wish he'd just make himself disappear with a wave of his magic wand.
• Paris Hilton thinks Sarah Silverman is a heinous bitch. And, for once, we totally agree!
• Also, Paris' less famous (but equally unempoyed!) brother gets mugged near Penn Station while the bouncers from Stereo point at him and laugh.
• Cuba Gooding Jr. saved a guy's life, then sent himself to bed without dinner.
• After a long-term relationship with beer-bellied Vince Vaughn, whoever would have pegged Jennifer Aniston for a modelizer?
• Bruce Willis credits Will Smith with helping him to accept ex-wife Demi Moore's relationship with Ashton Kutcher. In exchange, Willis conveniently agrees to forget about the time a gangly, lean-muscled Smith tried to convince us he was Mohammad Ali.
• In between getting fake engaged and showing off her "straight off the rack" rack, The Hills' Heidi Montag has also found ample time to stalk former bestie Lauren Conrad.
• There's nothing quite like hearing Diane Sawyer muse about McG's "life-size" male nudes on a lazy Thursday afternoon.
• Time omits George W. Bush from this year's list of "100 Most Influential People In The World." However, Tyra Banks, Simon Fuller and Sascha Baron Cohen all still manage to make the cut.
• Screech has a nervous breakdown. Of the televised variety, of course.
• Cindy Adams defends Alec Baldwin, says his ex (Kim Basinger) has "a tenuous hold on reality." Kind of like a certain aging gossip columnist we know!
• And this just in, from Onion sports: "Manny Ramirez asks Red Sox if he can work from home." Fatty.
• Bruce Willis steers the yacht while his famous wife suck face with her younger, hotter move star hubby. Isn't Hollywood funny?
• Fort Lauderdale gays are instructed there's no parking in the Red Zone.
PERENNIAL lover Bruce Willis, who leaves no moan unturned, turned his attention-deficit disorder to Courtney Love. He's 52, she's 42, and whenever was his birthday they discovered one another and are now sort of seeing one another. Set your clocks.
–Cindy Adams, making us vomit a little bit in our mouths with yesterday's column.
• John Travolta and his Scientologist publicist Paul Bloch insist the actor is promoting Hairspray on Good Morning America simply because they asked first. It's has nothing to do with the Today show (where he castmates are appearing) and that Tom Cruise interview. Nothing.
• J. Lo's camp denies any notion of a split with Marc Anthony.
• Willa Ford set to play the rich, big-breasted blonde who recently died.
• Joe Francis indicted on two counts of tax evasion. Apparently the $3.78 million spent on his home in Punta Mita, Mexico, was not a valid business expense.
• Pink is suffering from the Dixie Chick's effect.
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Haven't picked up Jody 'Babydol' Gibson's book yet? Well, fortunately for you, she's given out a couple of free previews and here's what she had to say:
On Bruce Willis:
He was well-endowed "hottie" who liked to party with five girls at once.
On Ben Affleck:
He was coked up out of his mind, only wanted one girl at a time. (Prude!)
On Heidi Fleiss:
She had sex with a German Shepherd. Seriously.
Plus, Tommy Lasorda is bad in the sack, and Sly Stallone got it on in Planet Hollywood. And so on, and so forth.
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When you're done talking about Hollywood "It" madam Heidi Fleiss, it's time to turn your attention to Jody "Babydol" Gibson, the "California Dreamin'" prostitution chieftess whose 2000 arrest threatened to unleash the celebrity names in her clientele. But those names never surfaced, since all publicly available evidence in the case had the identities of the johns redacted. That was then.
But now, after all of Gibson's appeals have expired, her trick book has been unsealed — and the names of Bruce Willis, Tommy Lasorda, Last Action Hero producer Steven Roth, former Texas lieutenant governor Ben Barnes (who claimed to have helped the sitting president enter the Air National Guard to avoid Vietnam service), and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones are all in the public record.
It's also worth mentioning: Gibson has a book, Secrets of a Hollywood SuperMadam, that comes out on Thursday. It also names the names.
Naturally, everyone is denying any affiliation with Babydol. (Well, except Jones, where officially it's a "maybe.") Through his attorney Marty Singer, Bruce Willis says he's never met the woman. Lasorda's camp is aghast Gibson would "accuse" him of such behavior. And Roth – who didn't exactly deny it – answered the phone with a "Is that right?" and hung up.
As for Barnes? He directed all questions to the White House.
• Courtney Love takes to the internet with an anonymous screenname…and still can't find herself a date. And here you thought online dating was just for losers and crazies!
• Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady possibly dating? Possibly to make beautiful, beautiful babies together??
• Hugh Hefner congratulates Pam Anderson on divorcing Kid Rock; Pam continues to fuel rumors that Borat was responsible for the split.
• In their continuing effort to befriend new and easily persuadable celebs, Tom and Katie spent the Globes after-party whispering conspiratorially with J.Lo and Marc Antony.
• Drew Barrymore grossly made out with Bruce Willis at Prince's Golden Globes after-party, giving hope to men over 50 everywhere.
• Bruce Willis has a ton of ideas. He swears. [R&M]
• A day in the life of Lindsay Lohan never complete without a trip to the hospital. This time it wasn't exhaustion or asthma, though … just her being a klutz and/or drunk. [Access Hollywood]
• Nicole Richie holds food up to her face, paparazzi takes pictures. Let's just be grateful they don't follow her into the bathroom to see it come up the other way. [Mollygood]
• John Mayer prefers his publicity stunts to include thousands of voicemails from strangers … as opposed to rumors that he's dating the most undatable girl in Hollywood. [NYM]
• Even in Ben Affleck's world, the idea of him winning a "Best Actor" award is completely inconceivable. [Us]
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