Showbiz Roundup: Shhh, did you hear?
It’s a new year and a time for break-ups and engagements in the world of celebrity so here is a round up of who split and who’s getting hitched!
It’s a new year and a time for break-ups and engagements in the world of celebrity so here is a round up of who split and who’s getting hitched!
$10,000 is small change to Lindsay
Lindsay Lohan’s latest vacation in Hawaii took a turn for the worse after her $5,000 Chanel bag was stolen from her car. Lindsay was at a party in Laie, Oahu and when she returned to her car after a couple of hours, the bag was gone. It wasn’t bad enough that it was such an expensive designer bag but it also contained her passport, probation documents and $10,000 in cash! Lindsay claims she was sober that night, saying she accidentally left her purse in the car – but who forgets a purse containing $10,000 and their passport if they are sober!? Luckily her handbag turned up the next morning minus the cash but at least she got her documents back. Which was just as well as she is due back in court on Wednesday for another probation hearing and somehow we don’t think that the judge would have been too understanding if she missed another of her court dates.
There’s A New Cougar In Town!
There has been a lot of wondering and guessing about whether newly separated Jennifer Lopez had found love again and it seems the rumours are true! The 42-year-old singer jetted out to Hawaii to spend Thanksgiving with her family and she brought back-up dancer Casper Smart to join the family festivities. J.Lo was seen cuddling up to her 24-year old toyboy and resting her head on his chest as well as frolicking on the beach with him. ‘He seemed very protective towards her, it was quite sweet,’ an onlooker told the Mail On Sunday. ‘He seemed like the older one, they seemed if not love, well, very happy to be together.’
Madge Is One Tough Mum!
It must be hard enough to be the daughter of one of the most famous women in the world but when your mother is also a helicopter mum who oversees everything you do, it must be even harder. Lourdes Ciccone Leon is a confident 14-year old girl but living in the shadow of mum Madonna can’t be easy. The 53-year-old singer has revealed in the past that she didn’t allow her daughter to watch TV and while Madge’s dress sense has been risque over the years, she has had strict rules about how her daughter dresses. Lourdes revealed what she is and isn’t allowed to wear to school saying: ‘no too low V-neck and I’m not allowed to wear shorts unless I wear tights with them.’ While Madge helped her progeny launch a fashion label at the tender age of 13, she still oversees a lot of what her daughter is up to. ‘I proofread her blogs and edit them and give her a hard time when I think she’s being a lazy writer,’ Madonna said. She also revealed that like any teenage girl, Lourdes is into her fashion but that her job as a mum is to ‘stand in the background and watch,’ – when she is not proofreading and editing, telling her what to wear and stopping her watch TV that is!
Not Just A Sugar Daddy But A Father Figure Too
Italian model Elisabetta Canalis, who is best known for dating George Clooney, has revealed just what it was like to go out with the Oscar winner in a book about love. She contributed the insights to Italian journalist Bruno Vespa’s new book Questo Amore (This Love). She said that heartthrob Clooney, 50, was ‘the person who valued my feminine side the most’ and ‘also one of the best people I have met from a charitable point of view. George is a real gentleman even in his private life. I was very much respected both as a woman and partner.’
The 33-year-old also cleared up the rumours that it was her desire for marriage and children that eventually drove a wedge between the two. ‘George and I never spoke of marriage nor of having kids,’ she says. ‘I don’t put limits to the possibility of having them, but neither George nor I had ever envisaged having kids together. The end of the relationship was not caused by a marriage issue, but instead by our personal needs.’ But not all her comments were complimentary. ‘He has been a special for me, and very important, just as a father would be. Between us there was more of a father-daughter relationship. I was unable to clarify this up ’til now.’ Just what is she implying…
Chris says being married to Gwyneth Is Like Winning The Lottery
Putting rumours of relationship troubles to rest, Coldplay’s Chris Martin has spoken for the first time about his marriage to actress Gwyneth Paltrow saying being married to the Oscar winner is ‘like winning the lottery’. The notoriously private singer and musician, 34, was talking to Anthony Mason for CBS Sunday Profile when he was asked about his relationship. When the presenter asked Chris if it was true that his relationship with Gwyneth, 39, was his first serious relationship, he replied ‘That’s right. I’m in it.’ When Anthony said that it was pretty unusual that Chris hadn’t had any serious relationships and noticed that it was a big leap to then go out with Gwyneth, Chris replied ‘It’s a big leap? What, from being a loser, to going out with an Oscar winner? It’s a giant leap. Let’s face it; it’s like winning the lottery, I was happy to make it,’ he said laughing. But he then clammed up about his private life saying ‘we still just try to keep that whole thing quiet.’
Is The Age Of The Cougar Over?
It seems to be the end of the road for the marriage of Demi Moore, 48, and her husband of six years Ashton Kutcher, 33. The couple, who have weathered rumours about the state of their relationship for a while now, really got tongues wagging after they spent their wedding anniversary apart. While Demi was in New York to promote her film Five with Jennifer Aniston, hubby Ashton was living it up in San Diego spending the weekend partying with former That 70s Show co-star Danny Masterson. But it wasn’t his antics with Danny or that Demi and Ashton spent the weekend apart that really got people talking, it was the fact that he apparently spent the night with pretty blonde Sara Leal.
The couple have both put messages on their twitter accounts alluding to the gossip with Ashton tweeting: ‘When you ASSUME to know that which you know nothing of you make an ASS out of U and ME,’ while Demi more cryptically tweeted a picture of herself looking strained with her eyes closed and the caption ‘I see through you…’. In the meantime party girl Sara has gone to ground and hired a media lawyer apparently to shop her story around. This isn’t the first time there have been rumours about infidelity on Ashton’s behalf. Last year Brittney Jones claimed that she enjoyed a fling with the actor at the couple’s Hollywood home saying that he told her that he and Demi had an open marriage. A source close to the couple have said that they received ‘counseling from Kabbalah over the summer to try to fix their marriage,’ and they were pictured coming out of a Kabbalah centre this past weekend. So far however there has been no official word from their reps.
Scarlett’s Naked Ambition and Mila Gets Her Sexyback!
Phone hacking is not just happening in the UK, now Hollywood’s hottest have had their mobile phone’s hacked though this time it wasn’t for their messages it was for photos. It was reported last week that pictures of a naked Scarlett Johansson that were taken on a camera phone were circulating on the internet. The actress has admitted taking the pictures of herself posing naked on a bed and also from behind in a mirror. ‘The highly personal and private photographs at issue capture our client self-posing in her own home in a state of undress and/or topless,’ her lawyer Marty Singer said in a statement. And Scarlett is not the only one who has had phone picture unwittingly shared. Friends With Benefits star Mila Kunis also had pictures from her hacked mobile shared with out permission. The photos are of her costar Justin Timberlake was a little incriminating. They showed the singer turned actor posing with pink panties on his head, lying on a bed shirtless and one of, ahem, a private member! A source close to Justin however has been quick to say that he has never sent Mila a picture of his penis. Other stars reportedly targeted include Jessica Alba, Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus.
Madge Splashes The Cash On Toyboy and New Look
Madonna has got tongues wagging at the premiere of her new film W.E. at the Venice Film Festival and this time it is not about the film itself. The singer turned director, 53, had a notably smoother and puffy face as she faced the photographers in Italy causing onlookers to speculate on what treatments Madge has had this time to try and hold back the hands of time. Although she has denied surgery saying: ‘I am what I am. And I don’t like the idea of someone putting you to sleep then taking knives to you,’ many people believe that she has had fillers, botox and dermabrasion to achieve her line-free complexion.
Meanwhile Madge has been spending big to win over toyboy lover Brahim Zaibat’s family. Just before going to the festival the Material Girl took Brahim, his mum and five of his cousin’s on a week long holiday and the five-star Hotel Du Cap in Cap d’Antibes, France. ‘Madonna went all out to impress Brahim’s mum and his cousins,’ a source revealed. ‘She told them all to order whatever they liked – which they couldn’t believe as the bill for one meal alone came to more than a thousand pounds.’ Let’s hope they appreciated her generosity!
Victoria Serious About Post-Baby Diet
Victoria and David Beckham are obviously thrilled at the arrival at new daughter Harper and the family time they are having at their beach-side house in Malibu but Victoria is certainly not sitting back and relaxing. The mum of four is getting in shape for her fashionista return at New York fashion week next month. Victoria, 37, knows that she will be the centre of attention when she unveils her latest collection on September 11 and she wants to look her best. ‘Victoria has locked herself away at her Malibu holiday home where she has imposed a strict food regime,’ a well-placed source has revealed. ‘She has instructed her chef to do a no-carb, no-sugar diet of just green vegetables and low-fat proteins.’ It’s not as though the Spice Girl piled on the weight while she was pregnant, she remained very svelte, hardly showing until the final stages. Sources in LA revealed that she turned to super stylist Rachel Zoe for advice on how to remain slim during pregnancy. ‘Rachel has a reputation for helping her Hollywood friends maintain their size-zero frames, and thinks of herself as quite an expert when it comes to keeping trim and healthy during pregnancy,’ said a friend of Rachel’s. ‘She had her first baby, Skylar, on March 23 and gained hardly any extra weight Victoria has been eagerly listening to her advice and they have become firm friends.’ Lets hope she doesn’t take the advice too far!
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