Patrick Dempsey appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show yesterday and, yes, the conversation turned to actress Brooke Smith's recent axing from ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
Some suspect ABC gave Smith the boot because her on-screen lesbian relationship was getting a bit too serious. Dempsey gave no credence to those rumors — not because they're not true, but because network executives told him what to say:
Awww, actor Dustin Milligan's an absolutely contrite doll!
Milligan, whom some of you may recognize as the heartthrob Ethan on 90210, once recorded some sort of video in which he described Elvis as the "king of homos," which obviously isn't true. Everyone knows that's Elton.
Anyway, Milligan's given the joke some thought and now feels totally bad about it, so he's written another blog apologizing to all the gays and straights and everyone in-between:
Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono have had their squabbles in the past, but the musical legends are in agreement about one thing: author Philip Norman's gone too far.
Norman's new book, John Lennon: The Life, claims Lennon wanted to have sex with both his own mother and McCartney. And Ono and McCartney are pissed:
Oooo, girl! The claws come out in Sunday's New York Times magazine, in which Yves Saint Laurent creative director Stefano Pilati rips his predecessor, Tom Ford.
Of course, the fashion world's always kneeling down for Ford, who would do it himself if he knew how. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the ceaseless praise doesn't necessarily make him the best designer. Not in Pilati's eyes, at least:
Everyone, listen up!
This is a warning: if you see a lactating Demi Moore coming your way, you must either run or prepare to get wet.
Christopher Ciccone, brother of Madonna and lover of the media teet, claims the acclaimed actress once shot her breast milk at him and his lesbian friends at a party.
His lawyers, however, wouldn't let him include that unverifiable (bullshit?) tale in his recent tell-all:
The time has come! Ellen DeGeneres and lady love Portia de Rossi will reportedly tie the knot this weekend:
We know, we know, we're a bit late in bringing you Intern Anastasia's latest "Here Is New York," but we've got a great explanation - um, well… Okay, we don't have any explanation, so, without further ado, here's Anastasia's take on Ryan McGinley's latest pictorial exploration, I Know Where The Summer Goes” at Team Gallery.
You know who else is a tabloid winner this week? Brit's ex, Kevin Federline. The father of the year shows up in practically every mag this week due to his 30th birthday disaster and a special "Look, I'm a good guy!" exclusive.
Also this week: Heidi continues her Us Weekly "exclusive" reign, Katie' eating disorder finally catches up to her and OK! tries to be like Life & Style. Don't ask us why. CONTINUED »
Our gay brother Queerty didn't get any video, but they've obtained plenty of Perez Hilton and Jonathan Jaxson's naughty transcript. Plus a bit of NSFW pictorial action. Enjoy!
Which high-profile fashion editor misplaced this book? He must be worried about the end of Times…
Whoever says octogenarians don't know how to party has never been to former Time managing editor Jim Gaines book party. We have and, let us tell you, it's quite a "time."
Gaines and his well-preserved pals gathered at - where else? - Elaine's last night to celebrate Gaines' new tome, For Liberty and Glory. A riveting look at George Washington's friendship with the Marquis de Lafayette, Gaines told us he hopes his book will "remind Americans how much we owe the French." Trés intriguing.
Even more intriguing, the cast of characters who showed up to fete Gaines. And by "intriguing" we mean "Who are these people?"
To spice things up, we pretended to know the hunky Tad Smith, CEO of Reed Business Information, publisher of Variety. After introducing ourselves, Smith made us swear all his comments would be off the record. "What?!" we said. "You mean we can't tell the world you think [redacted]?" Shame …
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Sometimes, the gossip pages end up straight in the trash. Other times, they chronicle former celebrities who enjoy rummaging through the trash. And occasionally, they contain a quote so brilliant, so insightful, it's almost hard to believe it came from the lips of a tabloid fixture (or, in this case, a hip hop artist).
Exhibit A: Kanye West's witticism in today's Rush & Molloy column.
Kanye West wants to know if Sienna Miller is single. "That's a white girl I would take to the mosque," the rapper writes in his Fashion Beatdowns column for Complex magazine's April/May issue. West contemplates Miller's relationship status after he weighs in on her ex Jude Law 's outfit: "That sweater with the black sequins on it is incredible."
Hell yeah, Kanye! We'd take Sienna to the mosque, too. Just make sure she doesn't accidentally forget her pants that day, okay?
Today is a very New York Times kind of day around here. Earlier, we came across a gossip item featuring Pinch in a Jefferson Airplane tee, encouraging his fellow gym goers to get high before working out. And now the Times is dissecting their new favorite topic. Yup, you guessed it: gossip.
It's great when the Gray Lady climbs to keep up with the trends of the industry … we're not surprised PBS is encouraging their writers to just give up and blog already. They just know so much about blogs and gossip and websites! They can even manage to put together whole columns about this crazy Internet land.
Remember the Brandon Davis "Firecrotch Lindsay Lohan cums freckles" video? Wait what? "That was so last month," you say? Yeah, we know, but lets all clap for the Times and pat them on the back for their amazing discovery of the recently revamped TMZ. (You so know Gillian Sheldon's getting a huge bonus for this one!)
In a mere six months of operation, the site has ridden a wave of enthusiasm for online video, attracting links from other gossip sites with its run-and-gun sequences of stars acting stupid. The site covers music, movies, television and industry gossip. It supplies, with occasional glitches, photo essays, copious video and, as of yesterday, blogs.
And for the latest news about gossip, you know you can always count on the Times. "It's almost moving," the writer said, focusing the end of the article on TMZ's reader comments. Totally. Just like printing reader comments off a gossip blog is almost journalism.
TMZ.com Users Post Their Own Views of Gossip [Virginia Heffernan, New York Times]
It's a good thing we have Cindy Adams to break down the mysteries of the world for us. Who knew that people were gossiping so much? We're even gossiping about the gossips … which means we just needed to meta-fy this into gossiping about gossips who are gossiping about gossip.
GOSSIP. Everybody's bitching and moaning about gossip. There's even gossip about gossip editors like Bonnie Fuller. There's gossip about is Tom Cruise a he-she-or-it, will Angelina Jolie try to heal every leper colony in Africa, can it be someone's already stuffed Dick Cheney, anyone noticed that George Clooney has stopped gossiping about the gossip about him.
Gossip is actually a noble profession. Its root is the word "gospel." And the first four gossips? Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Pay attention, kiddies. Mother is talking The Bible here. Six days a week I'm actually doing holy work.
Did you hear that "kiddies?" Cindy Adams is actually a holy worker, and the bible is actually just one big book of rumors, gossip, and spin. Which leads us to wonder how much paparazzi sketches of Jesus and Mary Magdalene went for back in the day.
THE ETERNAL WISH FOR TASTY 'DISH' [Cindy Adams, New York Post]
Since nobody else is bringing the gossip, we decided to share this very gossipy gossip rumor, which has not been confirmed, verified, or checked in any way … but it's still very funny.
A tipster who claims to "work for a major movie studio in LA." let us in on a little Hollywood secret. It seems that there is a studio bidding war going on over a film titled, Lingerie Bowl The Movie. Apparently, Jessica Simpson is slotted to lead with co-star Jesscia Alba. And a bunch of football players and goofball leading male actors.
The concept would be that two stand-out college football players run into troubles following lifer after football with the law so in order to avoid a jail sentence they are sentenced to coach two Lingerie Football League teams, whoever gets their team to the Lingerie Bowl avoids jail. Names being considered for these two comedic actors who will play the Head Coaches role include Vince Vaugn, Owen Wilson and Johnny Knoxville.
The feature will also include prominent former and current NFL stars, some of the names being tossed around include Tom Brady, Lawrence 'LT' Taylor, Jim McMahon, William 'The Refrigerator' Perry, Joe Montana, Joe Nameth and
Ricky Williams.
Sounds a bit far-fetched to us, and we'd almost like to think this is a total farce. But, then again, we wouldn't but it past Miramax to be one of the bidders … or Jessica Simpson to star in another movie that requires her to jump around and not talk much.
Oh Boldface column, how we miss you so. Last night was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala, and we were forced to read the Daily News' coverage of it. The Daily News! And it was anything but glamorous. (Example: after referring to the event as "Met gala" they went on to describe Victoria "Posh" Bekham as "tan-tastic.")
This is the type of stuff we relayed on the New York Times' non-gossipy gossip column for. Eloquent descriptions of socialites and celebs as they strutted down the red carpet, wearing Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren. Boldface would have never called a fashion icon like Sarah Jessica Parker ridiculous, or have all the real celebs at the bottom of the column.
Who has ever had to go through Jessica Alba to get to Scarlett Johansson? And not a mention of Lydia Hearst (pictured) or Chloe Sevigny among them — it's a travesty!
Lindsay Lohan mugged in a Marchesa strapless, while Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen each arrived in long-sleeve Badgley Mischka gowns. Scarlett Johansson picked a pretty Stella McCartney sparkler, but Charlize Theron, having learned nothing from her Oscar gaffe, let John Galliano dress her in a tent once again.
We guess we're somewhat grateful they rememebered to cover the event in the first place. But void of witty banter and insider elitist remarks, the event feels cheapened, and we feel cheated out of our delusional visions of red carpet grandeur. Though the TV tray full of champagne, caviar we've been munching on while clad in Marc Jacobs pajamas are helping … just a little.
Stars toast Brit fashion at Met gala [Daily News]
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