1. Bring it on, Katie… Look out! Katie Holmes gripes about tabloid gossip eating away at her in the October issue of Vanity Fair. “To see how someone as caring and good as Tom is–to see how things just get so twisted and turned around. I mean, where does it come from?” Um, maybe it was your baby daddy attacking Brooke Shields for treating her post partum depression with drugs? Or calling Matt Lauer “glib” on national TV? Just a hunch.
2. Jessica’s body isn’t a wonderland… Rumors sprouted last week that John Mayer and Jessica Simpson were an item. So what? Jessica‘s camp hooks her up publicly every chance the get—Remember Johnny Knoxville and Dane Cook? But it was apparently a big deal to Jessica, who fired her longtime publicist Rob Shuter over it. Mayer, on the other hand, posted a message on his Web site after the Jessica story broke, reading: “Really enjoying this song,” above a picture for Public Enemy’s hit “Don’t Believe the Hype.” Nice diss.
3. Cindy retracts statement that made her cool… Cindy Crawford was branded a hero by regular women everywhere when she said she owed the quality of her skin to her cosmetic surgeon. After all, no one’s born that way, right? We were hoodwinked! Cindy is now fuming at French magazine Gala’s claims, insisting she never made the statements attributed to her in the article. That’s a shame.
4. Nadine bitch slaps America… Jesse Metcalfe recently recorded four demos during a trip to the U.K., and now aspires to be a rock star (we hear he sounds like Bon Jovi). But don’t look for Jesse to duet with his gal pal, Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle, who insists a duet with him would be “cheesy.” She adds: “It might work better in the U.S. than here.” Ouch! We heard that one from across the pond.
5. Jessica won it fair and square… Jessica Simpson won a Crossfire convertible at last week’s MTV Video Music Awards after stars were invited to pick a key from a large bowl on stage. If their pick started the convertible, they drove it home. Jessica picked the right key but now the court of public opinion thinks she should donate it to charity. Guess Jess didn’t read eligibility portion of the rules and regulations, which states celebs are never eligible to participate or to win any prize.
6. Hey Jude, don’t be a prude… Jude Law is apparently still seething over Oscar host Chris Rock’s remarks during last year’s telecast. “Who is Jude Law? Why’s he in every movie I have seen for the last four years?” Chris proclaimed. “Even in the movies he’s not in, if you look in the credits he made cupcakes or something.” Jude said the remarks became personal, which made his friends “livid.” Anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Grudges just aren’t cute.
7. No time for the old in-out, Paris… By that we mean fast-food chain In-N-Out, where Paris Hilton was headed for a burger when she was pulled over by police for suspected drunk driving. Paris called in to Ryan Seacrest’s Los Angeles radio show to explain what really happened that night, saying, “I had one margarita, and I was starving ’cause I had not ate all day. I was on my way to In-N-Out, which is probably three blocks away, and I’m in my SLR, which is a little fast, so maybe I was speeding a little bit and I got pulled over.” Yeah, we’re sure that was it.
8. Poor Finch…. Heather Locklear and David Spade are reportedly taking a break from their six-month relationship. But we knew it was too good to be true, so we’re not surprised the romance lasted a Hollywood Minute. A source close to David tells People magazine the break “was a mutual decision.” Of course it was.
9. Tori! Tori! Tori!… Tori Spelling‘s ex-husband, Charlie Shanian, is going public with his feelings about the actress and the break-up of his marriage on a new syndicated self-help TV show, Dr. Keith Ablow. And we want dirt, none of that it was mutual and we’re still close friends crap. The doc’s exclusive interview with Charlie airs on Sept. 14.
10. Martha’s Everyday 6-qt Nonstick Stockpot calls the kettle black… “Donald is out of control. By the time he’s finished, he will have fired everyone around him and there will be nobody left. And poor Donald will be sitting there on his little pedestal all by himself. He needs to be careful!” That’s Martha Stewart trashing Donald Trump on Access Hollywood. Martha is apparently giddy now that Donald has fired his Apprentice sidekick Carolyn Kepcher, replacing her as the most evil entity on TV.
