Our astute friend Stephen Saban at The Wow Report discovered a treasure trove of old celebrity photographs from sometime around the 50’s and 60’s, and we have never seen this one of Elizabeth Taylor looking concerned about her daughter Liza Todd on the set of some movie. Poor Liza inherited more of her father’s looks (Mike Todd) than her mother’s, but she grew up to be an artist and sculptor and now lives in upstate New York, far from Hollywood.
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For awhile, it seemed like Ashlee Simpson had everything her sister Jessica wanted. She married a musician and had a baby, she had plastic surgery to pretty up her face, and she was very SLIM. Jessica gained weight and lost boyfriends. But while Ashlee was looking great, Jessica ‘s businesses became incredibly successful. She’s raking in fifty million dollars a year in licensing deals and the offers keep pouring in. Ashlee can’t get an endorsement deal to save her life. She’s started envying Jessica again….
Mischa Barton always looks surprised when the paparazzi swarm around her but what can she expect when she drives around in that huge blue vintage Cadillac? She’s hard to miss. Mischa seems to have a hard time getting work, but in fact she makes a lot of movies – it’s just that they often go straight to DVD. But she still gets paid.
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KISS musician Gene Simmons’ son Nick does take after his dad in some ways. You’ve seen him on A&E’s “Gene Simmons: Family Jewels.” He’s pictured here leaving a Hollywood club (yes, he is 21) with a beautiful blonde and looks very pleased with himself. Nick is not just a party animal – he is attending Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
We haven’t thought about Alain Delon for decades, but we were reminded by The Huffington Post that Delon celebrated his 75th birthday on November 8. During the 60’s and 70’s Delon was the French version of Johnny Depp. Not only was he drop dead gorgeous, but he had great European style. Envious men everywhere used to insist he was gay, but his many affairs and marriages and children cast doubt on that notion. We do recall seeing him sitting in a cafe at the height of his fame and we were stunned by his extravagant beauty.
Anderson Cooper got quite a jolt when he opened up New York magazine’s home design issue featuring his mother Gloria Vanderbilt’s apartment. There was a photo of her at home posing next to a life size cardboard cutout of her son! He later told Daily Intel, “I was unaware that she had a life size cutout of me! I’m not sure how she got it, I’m not entirely thrilled that she has it, but what are you going to do?” When your mother is Gloria Vanderbilt, it’s clear that she does whatever she wants.
The crazier a rock star is, the more fun it is to meet their mom. Even Lady Gaga has a mother to answer to and there’s more than a slight resemblance. Gaga’s mother Cynthia Germanotta is in the UK with her daughter and has joined her for several cities of her European tour. Both have a penchant for sunglasses. We can just imagine mom warning Gaga to “Be careful walking in those gigantic platforms or you’ll fall over and break your neck!”
In the not-so-distant past, Levi Johnston (the mouthy father of Bristol Palin’s baby Tripp) was referred to by the Palin family as “Mr Hollywood” because he was scrambling for a show business career. The worm has turned. Encouraged by her reception on “Dancing With The Stars,” Bristol Palin has acquired an agent and not only is SHE going Hollywood, but she had her two year old Tripp sign with her agent also. No more Alaska, she plans to STAY in sunny Los Angeles!
Joan Collins loves the 80’s revival in fashion – these poofy shoulders are something Dynasty’s Alexis Carrington would have adored. We hear that Joan is eager to be back on TV and she’s hustling to sell a series about two aging actors (her and Robert Wagner to be exact ) who run a hotel in Hollywood and give advice to young actors starting out. With those shoulders she’s bound to talk someone into producing it.
Readers at this site were the first to know that Lindsay Lohan was calling her wealthy friends from Betty Ford and begging them for money because she is, despite denials, broke. Looks like nobody wanted to invest in her future because now she’s begging the people at Betty Ford to give her the discount they give to “indigents.” That’s less than $10,000 for the full treatment. So far, no decision from the center. (Does that mean she’ll be washing dishes?)