Oh Carmen Electra. You really want people to respect you for something other than your career as a Baywatch babe, but most people don't even respect you for that. Actually, most people don't even remember you enough not to respect you, so guess there's that. So why take a gamble on relevance by appearing in Disaster Movie with Kim Kardashian and referring to yourself in third person during interviews?
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No word on whether producers will smartly send this film is straight to DVD, but Disaster Movie, the new flick starring Kim Kardashian, Carmen Electra, and Vanessa Minnillo, is sure to perform as well as its title suggests. [HT]
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Carmen Electra's exercise video, Aerobic Striptease: In the Bedroom, features a passel of movements with sexual connotations.
Where was Carmen Electra at last night's Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party in Los Angeles? Her rep at PMK-HBH tells us "she was traveling back from Europe," which might be true. But also: Carmen is a mainstay at Us Weekly events (she is, of course, best friends with Ken Baker), and her no-show at the event has rankled some. Though her absence among Sarah Michelle Gellar and Nick Cannon at the event might not have been noticed anyhow: Ever since New York Fashion Week, when she would only let WireImage shoot her at the 2(x)ist show, photogs on both coasts haven't taken kindly to her.
• OJ Simpson cites racism as the reason for his being booted from an upscale Kentucky steakhouse. "Yeah, racism," sniffed the maitre d'. "That and double homicide."
• Because pee-wee violence suddenly becomes okay when it's set to the music of System of a Down.
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler admits she "hated every moment" of pop stardom. Don't worry, Jamie. So did we.
• Chapter 2 from Carmen Electra's guide to being sexy: "Breast implants are an Ugly Girl's best friend."
• As Paris Hilton said herself, "I don't read things, I just sign them." Which explains the grammatically sound, eloquent plea she's just released—through her attorney, of course.
First off, kudos to Us Weekly, who managed to score actual celebrities for Thursday night's Hot Hollywood party in L.A. Remember when Star editorial director Bonnie Fuller tried lining up a few notables for her book party and forgot that her magazine might have insulted them and enraged their handlers?
But there's Lindsay Lohan, Ciara, Rose McGowan, Ashley Simpson, David Arquette, Ali Larter, Justin Chambers, and Lauren Conrad. (Okay, that last one doesn't count.)
Also making appearances? Ryan Seacrest and Carmen Electra, of course, otherwise known as the best friends of Us's online chief Ken Baker, who's holding the mic, next to Brandi Williams. Not that we're implying there's anything less than sanitary about this synergy of personal and business interests, of course. The way Ryan makes his entrance on the American Idol stage is certainly worthy of style recognition, as is the way Carmen moves those bottles of NV.
It must've been because Ken Baker wasn't there to save her! Carmen Electra, strolling the catwalk at Max Factor's fashion show at Social Hollywood in L.A., took one for the team — as did Days of Our Lives star Alison Sweeney. An insider tells us that the genius organizers behind the show waxed the runway, giving Carmen and Alison more than enough reason to snatch their appearance fee. Max Factor (disclosure: an advertiser), meanwhile, scores enough free publicity to make more than a decent ROI.
• J. Lo contemplates following in her father's Scientology footsteps, possibly in hopes of attributing Gigli and Jersey Girl to evil Xenu.
• Eva Longoria apparently mistook the SAG awards for a Statue of Liberty inspired toga party.
• Friends rally behind Isaiah Washington, claiming he's an equal-opportunity asshole.
• Carmen Electra and Joan Jett possibly having crazy lesbian boinkfests?
• Us Weekly bravely proclaims Ugly Betty to be "beautiful," before returning to their regularly scheduled superficial program.
• And in sad news today, Angelina Jolie just announced that her mother, Merchaline Bertrand, has finally lost her battle with cancer.
• For $100k, you can have Paris Hilton host your New Year's Eve party. For half that, Carmen Electra. For half that, we're guessing you can have two Kevin Federlines. [Page Six]
• Britney Spears won't reveal second baby's actual name, angering more fans than her barefoot trips to the port-a-potty. [Scoop]
• Grey's Anatomy scrapped a girl fight scene following Patrick Dempsey and Isaiah Washington's spat after producers thought fans might confuse pretty young things in a row with homophobic slurs. [Planet Gossip]
• Wesley Snipes will remain in Namibia until December to finish shooting his movie and give the feds plenty of time to orchestrate a press-heavy encounter when he lands stateside. [R&M]
• Like a Men's Vogue cover, AskMen.com names George Clooney its No. 1 fella. [AskMen]
• Prosecutors consider filing charges against Snoop Dogg following his little "concealed weapon at the airport" incident. [AP]
• Borat, who? Sacha Baron Cohen is done with the controversy and moving on to his next role. [Variety]
Shock magazine is back, and this time they aren't stealing war photos for their covers. No, this issue is chock full of "shocking" celebrity photos. Nicole Richie throwing soda, Carmen Electra scratching her crotch and walking around with a sweaty butt … the really juicy celeb picks you show your boyfriend to prove that Jessica Simpson isn't really hot when her boobs are sagging. From their e-mail on why we should look at their magazine.
This issue is all about celebs behaving badly – you may have seen the pics before, but not with Shock's commentary on some of the biggest gaffes of 06.
We didn't actually think anyone's celeb commentary could beat Pink Is The New Blog's but Shock is sure going to try. Look, they even put their entire issue online. And (scandal!) it's not Shock U.
• 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]
• We thought it was Michael Jackson who gets blamed for doing weird things to random people … not the other way around. [Jam!]
• Daniel Powter doesn't care who he plays for, as long as their alive. He'll even play for Americans. [InsideDenver]
• Poor Carmen Electra. She couldn't find a better rebound guy than Jamie Foxx? [Page Six]
• We don't really need a huge explanation for why people love the Dixie Chicks so much … but it helps. [NYDN]
• How can we make fun of Luciano Pavarotti? We can't — we really just can't. We just thought you should know that he's planning on returning to tour after he undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer. [AP]
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 Navarroâ€, 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.
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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]
• Kate Moss realizes that when someone says she uses cocaine, she probably shouldn't sue them … since it's true and all. [3am]
• Has Andrew Krucoff been talking to George Clooney? [Page Six]
• Mayor Bloomberg is so freakin' c-o-o-l yo. And what is the totally coolest thing about New York hip-hop week? Busta Rhymes took his game to Miami. [NYDN]
• Gwyneth Paltrow's not quite done giving her baby those alcohol nutrients it needs. [Gatecrasher]
• The only thing that could complete Carmen Electra's feng-shui is a circus hoop. Honestly, we were expecting a sex swing, but that's pretty close. [Sun]
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.
• Boy George has returned to his roots: drug use. The sometimes Broadway star called police to report a burglary at his Little Italy pad but when the fuzz arrived, they only found five grams of coke. And Boy found himself in the clink, but that was before he fled to Britain. [Independent & NYDN]
• Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher told the press they were donating OK!'s $3 million check for their wedding pics to Habitat For Humanity, but the charity's bank account hasn't yet been filled up. [Lowdown]
• While Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are getting all the press for their gay cowboy hooking up, Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth are steaming up the same-sex screen just the same. So much so that Kevin got bumped from the Today show after producers learned his Where The Truth Lies got slapped with an NC-17 rating for their raunchy on-screen scenes. [Page Six]
• It might not be all Jude Law's fault, after all. Sienna Miller has some 'splainin' to do about her own affair with Layer Cake co-star Daniel Craig — and until she does, she's dead to Jude. [News of the World]
• Brad Pitt is going all Cameron Diaz on the paparazzi, ordering his security team to start snapping pics of overeager photogs should he need evidence when he takes them to court. [Page Six]
• Dennis Rodman's (third?) autobiography reveals Carmen Electra loved screaming the n-word during sex. But more importantly, that means Dennis actually had sex with a woman. [Lowdown]
• With Kate Moss off their roster indefinitely, Burberry is looking to Rachel Weisz to sizzle in their spring ad campaign. [R&M]
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