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Archive for November, 2007

deppWhen Johnny Depp’s 8-year-old daughter Lily-Rose was hospitalized after contracting the deadly E.coli bacterial infection earlier this year, the actor considering retiring from acting. Johnny said: “I wasn’t sure if I would be able to come back. My kids and my girl - nothing else matters in life. My kids are very grounded, not monster-like at all. We keep discipline under control.”

timberlakeJustin Timberlake was “pissed off” when he and girlfriend Jessica Biel were refused a private session with famous psychic medium John Edward.

The two are in Australia where Justin is on tour, and they went to Sydney to see TV clairvoyant Edward seeking a private audience so they could chat with spirits of their favorite dead people to see how things are going on the “other side”.

jake gyllenhaalHaving tired of playing gay cowboy roles, sweet boyfriend roles, and disaffected marine roles, Jake Gyllenhaal is gonna try on something a little more butch: the life of rough, tough pro football star quarterback Joe Namath. That’s right. The QB that wore PANTYHOSE.

federlineWho’s Your Daddy? Kevin Federline has come 7th iin a list of what is being touted as the ‘50 Most Influential Men under 45′. The ex-husband of Britney Spears, scored in the top 10 along with the late Anna Nicole Smith’s lover Larry Birkhead in a category dubbed ‘The Good Fathers’ in the list compiled by Details magazine. Incredibly, Harry Potter scored lowly, coming in at 42.

richieNicole Richie has reportedly decided to “mend her issues” with her biological parents who will soon be grandparents. ‘The Simple Life’ star was legally adopted by Lionel Richieand his wife when she was nine and now wants a relationship with her father, percussionist Peter Escovedo, and her mother, who has been identified only as a backstage assistant on Lionel’s 1980 world tour. “Of course, you just want to heal any wounds before I become a mother myself,” Nicole says.

lohanDuring her recent family holiday in New York, Lindsay Lohan was hanging out with friends again and having a few drinks. Has she already fallen off the wagon?

“For Lindsay, her real problem was drugs, not alcohol,” a source told the NY Daily News. “In the past, it wasn’t the drinking that was the problem — it was the heavy drug use. The drug use was way more intense than her party drinking. As long as she isn’t doing drugs, she’s OK.”

marie osmondSources are telling gossip giant TMZ that Marie Osmond’s fainting spell live on “Dancing With the Stars” was totally fake. Marie had just finished a high energy Samba routine when she suddenly fell in a heap (but did it lady-like!) on the floor next to host Tom Bergeron and her dance partner Jonathan Roberts while awaiting the score. The sources are saying the whole bit was a publicity stunt.

fordHarrison Ford says he is getting sick of the growing number of ‘Star Wars’ fans camping near his home. The Indiana Jones actor played the anti-hero Han Solo in the hit franchise back in the 70s and 80s. He claims he is hounded by a group of the movie fans praying to him as the spiritual leader of their ‘Jediism’ religion outside his Wyoming home.

natalie portmanSo Natalie Portman is shocked - SHOCKED! - that nude photos of her from a scene in a film have being posted online. Whoa. Who would do such a thing! The “Darjeeling Limited” actress appeared naked in the film’s prequel short “Hotel Chevalier”.

She told the London Observer: ‘The thing is - and maybe I’ve brought it on myself by talking about nudity so much - it’s still the thing that people talk about more than the short. And that’s the thing that makes me think maybe I shouldn’t have done it.”

jackson 5Jermaine Jackson announced on BBC 6 Music yesterday that The Jackson 5 are going to reunite for a tour - including their superstar brother Michael Jackson. Concert dates have been discussed apparently and could take place in 2008.

“Michael will be involved,” Jermaine confirmed. “We feel we have to do it one more time. We owe that to the fans and to the public. ”