"According to press reports, expect guest judges Rebecca Romijn, Eva Longoria and Lindsay Lohan — but don’t expect to see much of regular judges Nina Garcia and Michael Kors. Sources close to the production say the two only make a handful of appearances, and that Garcia and Kors appear in even fewer episodes together. The show also had to use a stand-in for the real Los Angeles Mood Fabrics. The New York Garment District fabric shop that provides contestants with materials does have a West Coast outpost, but sources said the Los Angeles Mood Fabrics was an hour away from the shoot sites. So the crew filmed some of the scenes at a fake “Mood” storefront at a different shop." [WWD]
Blind Items are like the James Joyce of gossip. They're challenging, but with hard work comes great rewards.
Today's blind item from Gatecrasher is intriguing and easy, which is it to say we asked for help to figure it out:
Which model-turned-actress, who is on her second actor husband, relaxes between shoots with a bong made from an enormous two-liter plastic soda bottle?
We put the clues in bold in case you're retarded.
Cindy Crawford was sort of an actress, but her second husband is a restaurateur. Tyra Banks is also sort of an actress, but no matter what Us Weekly claims, reality TV stars aren't real celebrities. Plus, Tyra Banks doesn't have a straight man in her life.
So who is this model-actress who allegedly smokes pot Ithaca College style? CONTINUED »
• What's more depressing: that people want to keep their hunting gun by their bed or that some couples can't share and are ordering two of these shot gun racks?
• We didn't mean to mock Rebecca Romijn twice in one day, but she looks so much like a certain drag queen we couldn't resist.
Rebecca Romijn Stamos O'Connell apparently isn't so much into the unrehearsed ad-lib. The supermodel turned X-Men lust object is back on the talk show circuit, ostensibly promoting some boring new project her marital bliss.
And never one to under-prepare, O'Connell came equipped with the perfect wedding anecdote, complete with zany (and totally spontaneous!) hand gestures! Personally, we think she told it beautifully. Both last night on Letterman and this morning on Regis & Kelly. Although we personal thought the cutesy-slash-impromptu hand gesticulations looked a bit sharper the second time around.
• Steven Spielberg is done making movies with Tom Cruise, according to word spreading from his camp. Which might be fine for Tommy Boy, since he'll be busy trying to convert Oprah to Scientology.
• For those of you going through catfight withdrawal since Fashion Week ended, don't fret: Tyra "Real Boobs" Banks and Karrine Steffans are filling the void. Steffans fired the first shot with claims of their binding trait: bedding Hollywood's hottest men. But what's different about the duo? TyTy has two shows, Karrine has, uh, none.
• Brad Pitt doesn't appreciate his staffers running their mouths to magazines, which explains his firing of Kristin Hahn, an exec at his production company (with ex Jennifer Aniston) for talking to Vanity Fair about their relationship.
• Perhaps Brooke Shields and Britney Spears should have a chat. The poptart is said to be suffering through postpartum depression, which is the medical term for "we're making this up to get linkage." Either way, we're sure Tom Cruise already has some vitamin supplements on the way.
• Despite his $15 million annual salary, Dr. Phil is offering just $7 an hour (and no benefits) to transcribers for his talk show. Well, at least he's not calling the gig an "internship" and offering exactly zero dollars.
• Justin Timberlake sucks at acting? That's the word coming out of his new flic Edison, which screened in Toronto recently and didn't exactly wow the audience.
• After splitting with John Stamos just 17 months ago, Rebecca Romijn is ready for another trip down the aisle, this time with Jerry O'Connell.
• First she cuts her blonde hair shorter, now Lindsay Lohan is back to red and facing her freckles once again? What's next, she's gaining weight?
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