Brigitte Bardot turned 75 and told London’s Daily Mail that what she REALLY wants for her birthday is for Sophia Loren, also 75, to stop wearing fur. The two actresses were both sexy icons in the swinging sixties. Bardot retired at 39 in 1973 and became a reclusive animal activist, while Loren continued to act and raised a family. In the 90’s Bardot publicly scolded Sophia for posing for fur ads but never got a response.
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We always think it’s silly when celebrities pull out their cell phones and start taking photos of paparazzi to “get even.” Laurence Fishburne was relaxing in a Beverly Hills park with his shoes off when he noticed that he was being photographed. Fishburne, who replaced William Petersen on CSI, stalked and directed his anger at one paparazzi who couldn’t help but laugh. Actually Fishburne should be flattered by the attention – he’s no Rob Pattinson, after all.
Kanye West made a fool of himself again Saturday night at Common’s benefit concert at The Palladium in Hollywood. Here’s the story: Kanye arrived minutes before he was set to go onstage as the last act of a star-studded charity show. Besides Common, Nas, Ludacris, Mos Def, De La Soul, Heavy D, Queen Latifah, and other acts had delighted the crowd. They were all relaxing in the green room when Kanye walked in and noticed a guy eating chicken. He took offense and blurted petulantly “Why wasn’t I offered chicken? It’s NOT FAIR– you want me to perform for free – everyone is eating – WHY AM I NOT EATING!” A waiter apologized and pointed out “You didn’t ask for chicken!” Well, I’m ASKING NOW!! Other celebrities watched Kanye’s loud chicken tantrum in total shock. His girlfriend Amber Rose just stepped back and let him rant. The waiter rushed him a plate of chicken and Kanye literally took ONE bite and dumped it before he grabbed the mic and went onstage, leaving everyone shaking their heads.
Rosanna Arquette and her daughter Zoe, 15, shopped the Malibu flea market together. Zoe’s dad is hip restaurateur John Sidel, and she’s already developing her own style and has an eye on show business. Rosanna, you may or may not remember, was the object of Paul McCartney’s affection after his divorce. The age difference between them proved to be too much.
We keep asking ourselves: What is going on in Lamar Odom’s head? Why is this successful wealthy athlete getting involved with the Kardashian family? This is a man who has been a frequent visitor and acting like a happy family with his longtime girlfriend and former fiancee Liza Morales and their two children in New York. For years he dodged getting married to Liza and, according to Radar online, when Liza heard about his sudden wedding to Khloe Kardashian she threw out all his clothes. (Fortunately a tall doorman from the building across the street rescued the stuff from the trash – it included size 15 shoes and custom made clothes.) The E! channel is supposedly paying a million dollars for the wedding and OK magazine bought the exclusive scoop for $300,000. Lamar doesn’t get any of it. WHY, WHY, WHY is he marrying this questionable girl after four weeks of knowing her? We can only imagine that he’s a glutton for publicity and enjoying all the attention.
This exceptionally attractive woman walking briskly in Central Park is not just another model or actress on Gossip Girl– she happens to be Queen Rania of Jordan. College educated Rania is the wife of King Abdullah II and they have four children. We were happy to learn she is an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, and that women in Jordan are NOT forced to wear head coverings.
Before they left New York together, Brad Pitt spent some quality time with his oldest son and took Maddox to Times Square for a special treat – to play video games. Maddox looked really happy and they both got a huge kick out of the racing car game. Nice father and son memories.
Little did Mischa Barton suspect, as she walked to the set of her series “The Beautiful Life” to get her hair and makeup done, that this would be one of the last times she’d be reporting for work. After the show drew a dismal audience of a million viewers on Wednesday, the CW decided to cut their losses and cancelled the show. (We found it corny and so predictable is was embarrassing.) So far there are no plans to air remaining completed episodes. Too bad- we have a feeling Mischa really needed this job.
Tatum O’Neal took her son Sean out for dinner at Mr Chow on September 23 – his 22nd birthday. They had a good time but when they left in separate cars we were reminded that Tatum’s ex John McEnroe has had custody of their three kids since 1998. Fortunately, it appears that Tatum and Sean are still close.
When LaToya Jackson was in New York recently she popped into Henri Bendel and was browsing with a man she’s often seen with – identified as her ‘business partner” (hopefully not another Jack Gordon.) She noticed a brand new display of DEOS crystal earphone covers (what every girl needs!) and just HAD to have a pair of her own. Her companion approved and she immediately pounced on the $100 emerald green swarovski crystal covers for her iPhone. Actually it was a sensible purchase because the covers also come studded with diamonds at a much higher price. Salesclerks agreed that LaToya looked “like a porcelain doll” was very sweet to everyone.