Misc. Celebrity Gossip

[christina126]

I thought I'd start a thread for gossip articles that maybe don't deserve threads of their own.

Pink has been left devastated after her pet bulldog drowned in her swimming pool.

The singer found her beloved pooch Elvis lifelessly floating in the pool when she returned to her Los Angeles mansion after going out for an hour.

Pink - who shares the home with her motocross racer husband Carey Hart - desperately tried to revive her pet but it was too late.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Elvis was like a child to Pink and Carey. She is completely devastated."

Elvis was given to the 27-year-old singer by her close friend Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of late rock 'n' roll legend Elvis.

It is believed the dog would often swim in the pool and had never got into any difficulty before.

Source: Female First

 

[christina126]

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oprah Winfrey tops the new Forbes list of "The 20 Richest Women in Entertainment," with an estimated $1.5 billion in amassed earnings over her career, followed by J.K. Rowling and Martha Stewart, with $1 billion and $638 million, respectively.

To make the list, available at www.forbes.com/womenstars, these working female megastars needed a minimum net worth of $45 million amassed over the course of their careers.

Forbes' 20 Richest Women In Entertainment:

1) Oprah Winfrey $1.5B
2) J.K. Rowling $ 1B
3) Martha Stewart $638M
4) Madonna $325M
5) Celine Dion $250M
6) Mariah Carey $225M
7) Janet Jackson $150M
Julia Roberts $140M
9) Jennifer Lopez $110M
10) Jennifer Aniston $110M
11) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen $100M
12) Britney Spears $100M
13) Judge Judy (Sheindlin) $ 95M
14) Sandra Bullock $ 85M
15) Cameron Diaz $ 75M
16) Gisele Bundchen $ 70M
17) Ellen DeGeneres $ 65M
18) Nicole Kidman $ 60M
19) Christina Aguilera $ 60M
20) Renee Zellweger $ 45M

Source: E!

 

[Trista]

Ah yes. Judge Judy. She definitely earned her worth with the people she has to deal with...

 

[style_savy]

Oh my goodness! That's terrible! I don't know what I would ever do if my dog drowned thank god he's scared shitless of water.

 

[lunabella]

why does judge judy have so much money?

 

[Zen]

Oprah was once pregnat?

http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/spotlight/38432/index.html

 

[jml2]

Source: E!

wow interesting list of richest women. I didn't expect some people to be poorer than certain others (Nicole Kidman is low on list), and didn't expect some of them to be as rich as they are.
I'm so envious of JK Rowling

 

[kissmesweet]

Maybe we should get this pinned... a mod can do that, right? That is, if they agree to this.

 

[christina126]

Mandy Moore Says She Struggled with Depression
Tim Nudd

Just weeks after her ex-boyfriend, Zach Braff, admitted suffering from mild depression, Mandy Moore has revealed she also struggles with the blues.

"A few months ago I felt really low, really sad – depressed for no reason," the singer and actress tells Jane magazine in its February issue. "I'm a very positive person, and I've always been glass-half-full. So it was like someone flipped a switch in me."

Moore, 22, and Braff, 31, split last year. Moore says the separation did not trigger her depression, but may have exacerbated it. "The breakup added to what I was going through, but it's not the complete reason," she says. "It definitely doesn't help if you're already in that place."

Moore does not speculate on what else might have caused her depression, but says it prompted some serious introspection.

"I've been going through this really crazy time in my life," she tells Jane. "I'm asking myself life-altering questions, like 'Who am I? Where do I fit in this world? What am I doing? What do I want to do? Am I living to my full potential?' "

Professionally, Moore has been working on new songs – spending lots of time at the remote Allaire Studios in Woodstock, N.Y., which has suited her ruminative mood. "Writing has been really therapeutic," she says. "These little nuggets that have come up over the past eight months have made me look at things in a different way."

But one thing that doesn't appear to have changed is her outlook on relationships. Moore, who enjoyed lengthy romances with actor Wilmer Valderrama and tennis player Andy Roddick before Braff, says she is still uncomfortable with the whole dating scene – though she has been recently linked to Adam "DJ A.M." Goldstein.

"I've tried dating a bit, and I don't like it," she says. "I know I should be putting myself out there. But I don't really think it's for me. That's not to say I'm ready to jump back into a relationship anytime soon. I'm definitely not looking. But it'd be fun to have a crush."

source

 

[kissmesweet]

Modie! Can we pin this before it gets lost again...?

 

[christina126]

Here's a good one:


Anne Heche has split from her cameraman husband Coley Laffoon, the star's rep confirms to PEOPLE.

The couple "have decided to separate after five years of marriage," the actress's rep said in a statement Wednesday. "They have requested that they be allowed their privacy at this time."

Laffoon, 33, and Heche, 37, wed in 2001, and have a 4-year-old son, Homer.

Entertainment Tonight has reported that the Men in Trees actress is romantically involved with her costar, James Tupper. Heche's rep had no comment on the relationship. Tupper split from his wife in November, according to ET. His rep had no comment when reached by PEOPLE.

Heche dated Ellen DeGeneres for several years before the couple broke up in 2000. In 2001, she published an autobiography, Call Me Crazy, in which she detailed her struggles with mental illness.

In October, Heche told PEOPLE she was happy in her married life. "You hopefully have a journey where you can get healthy and find love, and fortunately I did," she said.



I love Men in Trees and I love them as an on-screen couple, but if its true about them in real life then its a pretty crappy situation. Feel bad for their spouses. But you can't deny that they have chemistry!

 

[peacelover142002]

Actress Nicole Kidman was rushed to the hospital Wednesday night after being involved in a car accident on the set of her latest film, The Invasion, in downtown Los Angeles.

At the time of the incident, the actress was filming a scene in which she’s driving a Jaguar, trying to escape zombie-like characters hanging off the hood.

The vehicle was being towed by a rig in order to give the appearance that the actress was really driving.

At around 11 p.m., the stunt driver operating the rig skidded while taking a corner at roughly 45 mph, causing Kidman's car to hit a poll and knock over a garbage can.

Both the actress and her costar, 10-year-old Jackson Bond, who was riding in the front passenger seat, were wearing seat belts.

Members of the crew immediately wrapped a blanket around Kidman and paramedics arrived to check the actress for injuries.

Kidman, 39, was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in an SUV, and was released within two hours.

Sources tell Us that the actress was in shock and took a long break, but eventually resumed filming later that night.

Her husband Keith Urban, 39, and 11-year-old son, Connor Cruise, were said to be on-set at the time of the accident.

Kidman's rep was unavailable for comment.

usmagazine.com


Was anybody else reading this thinking, "What about the kid?" I can just imagine everyone rushing Nicole Kidman to the hospital and leaving the kid crushed under the pole. "We must save Nicole Kidman!"

 

[BohemianBeauty22]

Actually, yeah that was my first thought after reading the article....well what about the child?! I hope all was all right though.

 

[christina126]

Sally Feild dating 27 year old co-star

According to a setside source and Star magazine Sally Field is dating 'Brothers and Sisters' co-star David Annabelle (Justin)

"Not only does Sally play his mom on the hit ABC show, the icon is 33 years older than David, 27!" The two singletons are often in the corner, talking and joshing each other, and they seem to have developed their own inside jokes" says the source. "Just because Sally is mature doesn't mean she still isn't sexy. Her youthful exuberance makes her seem like she's 30 years younger. She's still a very attractive woman."

 

[LoveLetter]

According to a setside source and Star magazine Sally Field is dating 'Brothers and Sisters' co-star David Annabelle (Justin)

"Not only does Sally play his mom on the hit ABC show, the icon is 33 years older than David, 27!" The two singletons are often in the corner, talking and joshing each other, and they seem to have developed their own inside jokes" says the source. "Just because Sally is mature doesn't mean she still isn't sexy. Her youthful exuberance makes her seem like she's 30 years younger. She's still a very attractive woman."

WHAT? Dating Justin? Sally doesn't look like she is 30 years younger at all. Her Boniva commercial...

 

[BohemianBeauty22]

The Brady Bunch...doo de doo.....

 

[@~PinkCouture~@]

I just saw on TV (Access Hollywood, I think...if not, it was ET) that Charlize Theron might play Anna Nicole Smith in a movie. I actually think Melanie Griffith would be a better choice.

 

[xmodel citizen]

Wow, if that Sally Fields one is true, she's lucky! He's a hottie.

 

[novella]

^^ I completely agree. I have to say that Sally Field looks pretty good for her age.

I saw this on Yahoo and I thought it was interesting:

Smith death a case study at law schools

Anna Nicole Smith never finished high school, but the strange twists of the model's life _ and now her death _ are helping teach lessons at law schools around the country.

Even before her death last month, Smith was a case study for students of estate law. Her lengthy, widely publicized court feud with the family of her late husband, Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, over his estate landed them in at least one widely used textbook, "Wills, Trusts and Estates."

Now, because of a poorly drafted will and the courtroom fights over her burial and custody of her infant daughter, law professors are finding her troubles can again serve as an example to students.

Professors say that over the past month they have answered questions about court proceedings in the case or have used Smith to illustrate an issue in class. Some have even distributed and discussed copies of her will.

"The students were asking right away _ 'When are we going to talk about Anna Nicole Smith?'" said Susan French, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She assigned Smith's will as reading material and discussed it in class.

French and other professors said Smith's case brings up good points for discussion and touches on issues covered by their classes.

For example, what happens if children are born after a will is written, as Smith's infant daughter was? What happens if a beneficiary dies before the will's creator, as Smith's son did?

One clause, in which Smith appears to disinherit future spouses and children, is particularly intriguing for law classes. It's something a man would write if he might have illegitimate children, professors said. Why would it be in Smith's will? Was she an egg donor? Did she give a baby up for adoption? Or, was it just language carelessly copied from a template?

Smith's will also illustrates one common flaw, that many wills don't include a contingency plan, said Stephen Urice, a professor of trusts and estates at the University of Miami.

Urice's students also read Smith's will and discussed its flaws in class.

"It was enormously helpful," student Lou Mandarini of the classroom critiquing of Smith's will.

Unlike Smith's case, fresh from the headlines, most classroom examples seem divorced from daily events, said Sean Carney, a law student at the University of California, Davis.

"Even though the cases we read about come from the real world they come bound in a big fat book," Carney said.

Two professors who expect to confront Smith's case again are New York University's Robert Sitkoff and Northwestern University's James Lindgren, editors of "Wills, Trusts and Estates," in which Smith previously served as an example.

Sitkoff is teaching the subject at Harvard this semester, and received e-mails from students asking questions about Smith even before he brought her up in class. Lindgren was surprised when a class of international students also expressed interest.

Smith will likely remain in their book's next edition, both said, partly because students enjoy cases with recognizable participants.

"There can be contracts cases with Elvis. It does make it easier to teach," Lindgren said.

( source: http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070310:anna_nicole_smith_law_schools__ER:1 )

 

[novella]

Forrest Gump II?

It’s been thirteen years since Forrest Gump first ran into theaters, and now it looks like America’s favorite chocolate loving mental deficient may be back for a sequel. Forrest Gump II isn’t a new idea, Paramount has been kicking it around since the original movie made a bajillion dollars, and in 2001 they even hired Forrest Gump writer Eric Roth to pen a sequel screenplay.

An absolutely reliable, unfortunately anonymous source, contacted me tonight with the latest scoop on Forrest’s impending return. It seems that old 2001 Eric Roth screenplay is being dragged out of development hell for another look by Gump producers Steve Tisch and Wendy Finerman. Remember that the first Forrest Gump movie was based on a novel by Winston Groom. Roth’s sequel script was based on Groom’s followup novel, “Gump & Co”. “Gump & Co” takes place several years after “Forrest Gump” and finds Forrest’s shrimping business failed and Jenny dead, leaving Forrest a single unemployed father. As you’d expect, Gump still stumbles through more important historical events. In this case it’s a cavalcade of history from the 80s and 90s. He even meets Tom Hanks.

So, why didn’t Paramount make this five years ago when Roth first wrote the script? Apparently the project got bogged down in a big legal tiff between Groom, the book’s original author, and the studio. Groom claimed he wasn’t properly paid for Forrest Gump, and so refused to sell them the sequel rights to his other book. Evidently they’ve now worked it out.

The truly important question here is whether or not Tom Hanks will return. Our source says Finerman and Tisch are talking to him, but there’s nothing definitive yet. It is however likely that Gary Sinise will be back as Forrest’s battle damaged buddy Lt. Dan. If Tom can’t be talked into it, will they replace him? Word is they want this in theaters within the next couple of years, so while it’s possible, let’s hope they’re smart enough to scrap it if he’s not interested. No one does a better potty dance.

( source: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Forrest-Gump-Gets-A-Sequel-4626.html )

^ WHY?!