1. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!… So here’s the story: Marcia Cross hires a catering company to remove garbage from her Los Angeles home. While doing so, the company stumbles upon 200 “sexy” photos of Marcia, some of which show her showering outside. Marcia wants the pics, which she says she trashed by accident, back. The company argues she gave up the rights to the images when she tossed them out with yesterday’s garbage. What WILL Marcia do? The firm’s owner, who is being represented by agent David Hans Schmidt, has offered to sell them back to her. He also tells the New York Daily News, “And yes, the carpet does match the curtains.” Ouch, that’s rough. The moral of the story? Blow off the need to strip for the lens–naked pics always end up in the wrong hands. (View Marcia’s G-rated celeb flip book)
2. And the split that’s rocking Hollywood… This week, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe announced a split after seven years of marriage. We figured something was up back in May when Reese lashed out at reports suggesting her marriage was in trouble (In Hollywood, where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire). Meanwhile, publicists for a little-know actress named Abbie Cornish are refuting reports Reese decided to end her marriage to Ryan after reading a “saucy” note on her hubby’s BlackBerry from his Stop Loss co-star.
3. Tsk Tsk, Vanity Fair… Brad Pitt is reportedly furious that a photograph of him taken by artist Robert Wilson last year has wound up on the cover of an issue of December’s Vanity Fair. Brad agreed to be in Wilson’s avant-garde video art project in September and signed a legal release at the time for the still and video images taken in the shoot, but had no idea they would ever be used for a magazine cover. A rep for VF said Brad agreed to allow Wilson to use images from that sitting in connection with any publicity on the video project, so it’s Fair game. Because we know VF is really interested in Wilson’s avant-garde video art, NOT Brad.
4. Can it get any worse? Um, yes… Anna Nicole Smith was hospitalized with pneumonia this week at the same Bahamas medical center where her 20-year-old son Daniel died in September. This comes on the heels of reports she wrongfully established residency in the Bahamas to escape drug testing and paternity questions surrounding her spanking new baby girl.
5. That’s such a cop-out… Nicole Kidman is cancelling appearances to promote her new movie Fur so she won’t have to answer questions about her country hubby Keith Urban, whose currently in rehab in Nashville for alcohol abuse treatment. Come on, Nic—do you really think the press would pry into your personal life and exploit the sordid details on Internet Web site and glossy rags? Please.
6. She don’t lie, cocaine… Kate Moss has been named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards–just a year after the Daily Mirror published pics of her snorting cocaine in a London recording studio. The awards panel called Kate “one of the most prolific models in the industry. She has now been modeling for over 15 years and remains at the top of her game.” And if your day is done, but you just got to run on… We think it was the coke scandal that made her all cool again.
7. Jingoism, egotism, Donald Trump… The Donald put up a massive American flag outside his Mar-a-Lago Club resort in Palm Beach, Florida, but he never got a building permit and Landmarks Preservation Commission approval for the oversize flag and pole. They want it removed because it’s 15 times larger than local zoning laws allow. But The Donald is fighting it. “How can you regulate a flag? How can you regulate patriotism? I’m an American,” he told the New York Daily News. “You don’t need a permit for an American flag.” Apparently, you do if it’s an 80-foot flag pole to display his 15-by-25-foot flag. We thinks The Donald is desperately missing the spotlight.
8. Brooke is coming undone… Brooke Shields has become close friends with Tom Cruise’s baby momma, Katie Holmes. And this after he publicly slammed her for using antidepressants to treat her postpartum depression? Brooke tells Access Hollywood she and Katie love Grey’s Anatomy and even watched the series’ premiere together in Brooke’s living room. That means she bought Tom’s big August apology. We still think it was disingenuous and ill-timed, but what do we know.
9. Dream on, Diddy… Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs said his dream is to play suave movie super spy James Bond. Like that’ll ever happen. First of all, he’s way too young. And second of all, he’s not British. Granted, we were moved by Diddy’s performance in Monster’s Ball and appreciated the balls it took for him to hit Broadway in Raisin in the Sun. And he is suave and all, so he gets our vote.
10. Ladies! Seamen, twelve o’clock!… We don’t know if she meant sailors either, but OK! magazine reports exclusively that a studio source has confirmed that the long-postponed Sex and the City movie is back on track. At this point, maybe it’s not such a good idea. While fans of the show may be interested in catching up with Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda, we’re not so sure they’ll want to see the sexual antics of soon-to-be old slut Samantha.
