Month: August 2006

Jennifer Love Hewitt Mariska Hargitay

WORTH A SECOND LOOK

It took the Emmys to make us realize what hot guys these two actresses have nabbed for themselves. Has Mariska Hargitay’s husband Peter Hermann gotten better looking, or is this the first close look we’ve taken? Peter’s an actor who appeared on Sex and the City. And Jennifer Love Hewitt’s latest boyfriend Ross McCall looks like a keeper. He’s an actor from Scotland who has an interesting background – when he was 10 he played young Freddie Mercury in “The Miracle” Queen video.

By Janet / August 31, 2006

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Lucille Ball Real Estate Tom Cruise

ODD PAIRING

Who would have guessed Lucille Ball was a big fan of Tom Cruise! Tom’s ties to Paramount are deeper than we realized. Years ago, after Risky Business was released, Lucille Ball and her husband Gary Morton produced Tom’s next film, “All The Right Moves.” The Mortons and Cruise were considered an odd pairing at that time in Hollywood, but Lucy liked Tom and once described him as “a clean cut all American kid.” Eventually, Tom moved his offices into the enormous Lucille Ball building at Paramount and by the time he left last week, he was occupying the entire structure. So he must be feeling some sentimental twinges.

By Janet / August 31, 2006

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OJ Simpson What do you think of that

Big Year

In 1997 we were hearing a lot about OJ – like how Dionne Warwick offered him the use of her summer home in Switzerland so he could get away and make the decision about where he wanted to live and with who. We also heard OJ said he wasn’t worried about money – overheard talking to a pal, he told them that there were two different rich “bitches” from Beverly Hills who wanted to marry him. Is it possible that we heard it wrong?

By Ben Pollock / August 31, 2006

PIRATES IN REDONDO BEACH

Redondo Beach was up for grabs last week when Pirates of the Caribbean lowered their anchor there to film scenes for Pirates III. Actually the location boat was out in the ocean but the beach town was loaded with equipment trucks, huge trailers, and looky-loos. Everybody wanted a glimpse of Johnny Depp. And they got one. Each night after filming wrapped, Johnny showed up in the parking lot of Captain Kidd’s fish restaurant where he posed for endless pictures with children and signed autographs. A restaurant employee was amazed “He was SO nice to everyone and spent hours with his fans.” No sign of Orlando Bloom.

By Janet / August 30, 2006

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Breakups Cameron Diaz Justin Timberlake

UNRAVELLING

As readers know, we still insist that Justin Timberlake’s romance with Cameron Diaz is doomed. Justin really cares for Cameron, so he tried to negotiate a clean and friendly split a few months ago. He wanted to be free to have fun on the road when his tour started in the fall. Cameron flatly refused to end their romance and convinced him to spend the summer with her. NOW we hear Cameron was absent from Justin’s NY listening party at G-Spa , although she WAS on the east coast. According to PerezHilton.com Justin made it clear on an upcoming Ellen show that he has NO marriage plans. This romance is unravelling – slowly and surely – wait and see!

By Janet / August 30, 2006

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Emmys

NO CLOSE-UPS PLEASE!

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening are Hollywood royalty by anybody’s standards and people seem to love seeing them out in public together. When it comes to dealing with fans they are quite different. At the Emmys, Annette was bombarded by fans asking to be photographed with her. She graciously and patiently said yes to everyone. On the other hand, Warren said NO to everyone. Annette just shrugged off her husband’s stubborness with “That’s just the way he is.” Actually, Warren is super self -conscous about LIGHTING. Whenever he does an interview or appearance he has elaborate flattering lighting arranged to his specification. He doesn’t want to look old. Some joke that the highly political Warren will never run for office simply because he couldn’t control his lighting all the time.

By Janet / August 30, 2006

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Jessica Simpson John Mayer

WATCH OUT JESSICA!

We feel it’s our duty to warn newly divorced and vulnerable Jessica Simpson to proceed with caution in her budding romance with John Mayer. Although he’s not a social climber like Kristin Cavallari, few people realize what a potent casanova the soulful singer is. Those big tender brown eyes hide the same predatory tendancies Warren Beatty was once noted for. He KNOWS what women want. Girls who SWOON over his love songs don’t exactly put up a fight, so John’s batting average is alarming high. Let’s hope Jessica keeps her wits about her and keeps an eye out for warning signs.

By Janet / August 30, 2006

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Lucky

Here I am at the Lucky magazine party at the cool shop Milk on 3rd Street. Michael Milkin is showing me a dress – his daughter owns the place.

By Janet / August 30, 2006

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Prince

HIS MYSTERY WOMAN

He’s still in the throes of divorce, but Prince is in the mood for love. He’s been seen around Minneapolis in his purple convertible with a “mystery woman.” ” She’s petite and pretty with long dark hair, like ALL of his girlfriends. He likes to parade his little “Princesses” around like trophies. Of course they rarely speak – HE does the talking. ” according to C.J. – the Minneapolis Star Tribune gossipist . Last Friday, Prince, clad in a flamboyant shirt, jeans and heels, descended upon the private LA after hours club Xenii ( they LOVE him there and everything is always comped.) He and his petite brunette date and bodyguards got a desirable table but only ordered bottled water. And of course his softspoken female companion didn’t order tequila shots – she sipped water too. It’s HIS way or no way.

By Janet / August 29, 2006

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Harry Nilsson JCH Recommends

A FASHIONABLE WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE

The American Cinematheque screened the documentary “Who Is Harry Nilsson?” last week and we can’t get it out of our mind. Nilsson was a haunting singer/ musician in the 60’s and 70’s who was so cool the Beatles were fans of his. (His song “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” was the theme for the movie Midnight Cowboy.) The documentary has amazing footage of Harry and John Lennon and Ringo and his various famous friends, thirty or forty years ago. Lotsa drugs and booze. Some of my favorite movie moments featured his record producer Richard Perry flaunting astonishing early 70’s clothes – skintight velvet or plaid jackets with pagoda shoulders, shirts with huge dog ear collars, and tiny V neck sweaters with platform shoes. If you love this musical era like we do- see this film.

By Janet / August 29, 2006

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