An exuberant Amy Winehouse was in full PDA mode yesterday while out shopping in New York’s SoHo district with fiance Blake Fielder-Civil.
Rocking a Tiffany engagement ring, the British import was almost unaware of her surroundings as she threw her head back and locked lips with her beau in the middle of a busy New York street.
Ain’t love grand?
Hugh Grant ditched his trademark self-deprecating charm to show off his more serious side this week by supporting the Darfur peace campaign. The British import joined fellow thespians Thandie Newton and Matt Damon, along with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler, in filming ads designed to draw attention to the fighting in Sudan.
The images show celebrities smashing symbolic hourglasses, conveying the message that time is running out for refugees in the African region. Forty-six-year-old Hugh also signed a statement along with George Clooney, Mia Farrow and Mick Jagger, calling for action from the international community.
It’s nice to see Hugh making headlines for something other than attacking a photographer with a tub of baked beans.
Angelina Jolie and Mariane Pearl, widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl recently sat down with Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive for an exclusive interview at Angelina’s home.
Mariane says a magazine interview with Angelina sparked the widow to send the actress a note suggesting a playdate to include Pearl’s son Adam and Jolie’s son Maddox.
Angie says she recalls “being really nervous, thinking, ‘She’s such an intelligent European woman — what are we going to do together?’ So we went to this serious, European, existential play — it seemed like the right thing (and it was supposed to be OK for kids). But Adam and Mad got antsy, and finally halfway through, to each other’s relief, we were both like, ‘Do you want to get out of here?’”
Pearl says she met with Brad Pitt about making ‘A Mighty Heart’ before the actor became involved with Angelina. “I wasn’t even sure I wanted to do a movie,” Pearl tells Glamour. “But when I met Brad — well, out of all the studios, he was the only one who had actually read the book!”
After 12 years, ‘Die Hard’’s John McClane is set to return to the big screen on June 27.
Megawatt star Bruce Willis tells the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair: “A lot of the physical stuff that they had me doing was still, let’s say, low-tech. I don’t bounce as well off the concrete floors as I used to. … I’m glad I didn’t wait a couple more years to do this.”
Life has changed a great deal for Bruce since the last ‘Die Hard.’ After 11 years of marriage and three children, he and Demi Moore split up in 1998 and were divorced in 2000. Demi married Ashton Kutcher in 2005, and Bruce was among the wedding guests.
He refers to the Moore-Kutchers as his “extended family,” according to Vanity Fair, which has photos of the group on vacation in Turks and Caicos, where he has a home. “It’s hard for people to understand,” he says, “but we go on holidays together. We still raise our kids together. … Demi is the mother of my children and Ashton is the stepfather of my children. I’m thrilled that Ashton turned out to be such a great guy. I love Demi, and I know she loves me.”
There’s no surer sign that things are going sour than at last night’s New Jersey Nets/Toronto Raptors game when Bruce became the focal point of the entertainment.
Bruce, who had already dropped a rather graphic expletive during an in-game interview on TSN when he signed off with his “Yipee-ki-yay” tag line from his ‘Die Hard’ movies, attracted serious interest from photo buffs as he left his courtside seat.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the token neoconservative nut on ABC’s ‘The View,’ is pregnant with her second child and is due in November.
The 29-year-old reality contestant-turned-television host will announce her baby news on the show today.
She and her NFL Quarterback hubby Tim Hasselbeck will celebrate their five-year anniversary in July.
Congratulations…I guess.
A book being shopped to publishers this week finds Anna Nicole Smith — via a series of never-printed interviews she gave journalist Joyce Wagner back in 1996, at which point she was fresh out of rehab and bankrupt by an ex-nanny’s harassment suit — chronicling a childhood of parental and sexual abuse, as well as her intimate encounters with husband J. Howard Marshall.
In a snippet played for the New York Daily News‘ Rush & Molloy, Anna recalls how when she returned from running away from home at age 12, mom Virgie Arthur “started beating the s— out of me… kicking me with her boot,” and in another instance “hit me with her [deputy sheriff's] nightstick.” Anna also recounts sexual abuse, though Wagner isn’t previewing any details on that.
As for her and J. Howard’s sexcapades, Anna says, “He could not exactly satisfy me, which is to be expected, but he was very satisfied himself.” (Well, duh.) “He satisfied me in other ways. He cared about me… never looked down at me.”
Call me a sap but I love me a good love story. As twisted as this one may be.
The New York Post is reporting that loud-mouth comedienne Roseanne Barr is the leading contender to fill Rosie O’Donnell’s spacious chair on ‘The View.’
A source close to the show said, “She’s a piece of work, she’s a character, she says what’s on her mind and she’s funny.” Another ABC staffer added, “They’re missing strong personalities on that show, and that’s what they’re going to need if they want to keep it going.”
Rosanne’s reps, meanwhile, say she hasn’t been approached by the show.
Other contenders mentioned as possible replacements include Joan Rivers (awful), Whoopi Goldberg (no longer funny), Kathie Lee Gifford (does the world really need more Cody and Cassidy stories?) and Connie Chung (you know, the once respected news reporter.)
If you ask me, it should be a battle between Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho and Ross the Intern. Youth is so underrated.
David and Victoria Beckham have finally found their dream Los Angeles home and now fadedyouthblog.com can offer you a first look!
After looking at nearly 40 properties in Beverly Hills, Posh settled on a six-bedroom “trophy estate”, priced at $23 million.
Set in a 13 000-square-foot plot, the Italian-style mansion will be the Beckham’s base when David and the gang move to LA. The modern interior features a mixture of hardwood and slate floors with six fireplaces. And there should be no squabbles about who gets to use the shower first - the house has nine bathrooms.
The lavish property also boasts views of the ocean, a swimming pool and fountain as well as a three-car garage. Privacy will not be a problem for the couple as it’s surrounded by tall hedges and accessed by huge iron gates.
And as you may have guessed, Casa Beckham is mere steps from the institution that houses BFFs Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
Proving that the quickest way to look like you’ve lost 10 pounds is by hanging around a couple of fat chicks, Christina Applegate looked like a piece of extra lean cut turkey in what was otherwise a high calorie human sandwich in the waters of Hawaii yesterday.
Britney Spears may be working hard on changing her post-pregnancy body but it appears her trademark bad style is standing resolute. As illustrated by these photos of the recently rehabbed pop princess shopping in L.A., it’s clear Brit has no plans on straying far from what has become her trademark look — a silly hat, acrylic wig, sheer top, torn fishnets and cowboy boots. Ugh, those boots….
