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RUSSELL SIMMONS IS IMPRESSED WITH ASHLEY DUPRE’S TALENT

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Tommy Hilfiger might ban Eliot Spitzer call girl Ashley Dupre from his parties, but Russell Simmons has taken her under his wing and he’s “mentoring” her career. (Friends suspect there’s more than “mentoring” going on, but that’s a matter of opinion.) For whatever reason, Simmons, after meeting Ashley in a yoga class, has decided to help her develop a singing career. So he says. Not only that, but he’s trying to sell an Ashley Dupre reality show to either E! or MTV where he has connections.

Monday, September 21, 2009
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VICTORIA BECKHAM: COMFORT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT

One might think that skin tight leather and sky high stilettos would be rather uncomfortable on a long airplane flight, but that doesn’t apply to Victoria Beckham, pictured above at Heathrow. We’re never surprised by her travel garb since we learned that she always takes a set of sweats and comfy shoes to wear during her flight and changes back into her fancy clothes before she lands. Hence, you never see a wrinkle.

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Monday, September 21, 2009
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CLIVE OWEN LOOKS AWFULLY ACCESSIBLE

Imagine walking down the street in New York, minding your own business and bumping into CLIVE OWEN! It could happen. Certainly he’s high on our list of people we ‘d love to bump into – up there with Rob Pattinson. Clive was seen on the street in Soho, looking like he’s in the middle of a movie.

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Monday, September 21, 2009
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DAVID HASSELHOFF HAS TALENT FOR MAKING UP EXCUSES

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It’s ironic how David Hasselhoff’s kids try so hard to get him to ADMIT he’s an alcoholic, but he just continues to deny everything. He was hospitalized yet AGAIN Sunday when his 17 year old long suffering daughter Hayley blew the whistle on him. Apparently the “America’s Got >Talent” judge was out of control after guzzling vodka and Hayley called her mom who alerted 911. Her poor-excuse-for-a-father was rushed to the hospital, dried out, and released the next day, as usual. This time he came up with an excuse that he mixed ear infection medication with anabuse and got dizzy. Sure.

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Monday, September 21, 2009
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QUEEN LATIFAH’S GIRLFRIEND HAD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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It’s nice to be Queen Latifah’s girlfriend. The Queen rented a private room at Nobu in West Hollywood and held a private dinner party for around thirty people to celebrate her very personal trainer Jeanette Jenkins’ birthday. Outside the restaurant, a fully loaded shiny black Prius was waiting to surprise Jeanette. That’s a step in the right direction – two years ago Latifah gave Jeanette a new Range Rover.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009
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ENTOURAGE’S REX LEE CONTEMPLATES EMMY FREEBIES

There seems to be a lot of guilt involved in gifting suites nowadays, so the “givers” are sweetening the deal by donating to charities. The London Hotel featured a pre-Emmys gifting suite and celebrities like Rex Lee (who plays the long –suffering Lloyd on “Entourage”) were invited to fill up a designer bag with luxury items to be auctioned off for the charity of his choice. Nice, but we’re guessing those celebs didn’t walk away empty handed.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009
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MORE OF ANDREW DICE CLAY TO LOVE

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It looks like Andrew Dice Clay is buying his clothes at the same place as Kevin Federline – in the XXXL department. Both guys seem to think that huge hip hop clothes can camouflage weight gain. Unfortunately, the camera doesn’t lie.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009
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MARILYN MANSON CAN’T SEE WHERE HE’S GOING

Like a kid on Halloween, Marilyn Manson has to be reminded to watch where’s he’s going when he’s wearing a mask. After his concert in Toronto he had an accident when he got off his bus in front of the Four Seasons Hotel. Lately he’s been wearing this blue fishnet “mask” (with sunglasses, no less) and right after this photo was taken he walked smack into the bus mirror and banged his face, much to the amusement of his girlfriend Isani Phillips. He didn’t think it was so funny.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009
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LEONARD COHEN: HE’S STILL OUR MAN

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We’re relieved to report that Leonard Cohen, 75, is out of the hospital and able to continue performing on tour. On Friday he fainted onstage in Valencia, Spain, and was hospitalized with stomach complaints. He was released a day later and his next concert is scheduled in Barcelona on Monday. We saw Leonard’s excellent show in Los Angeles and were amazed by his rigorous two and a half hour performance. He is active onstage almost the entire time. His energy was impressive, but the lengthy tour might be catching up with him. He’ll be back in the USA at Sunrise, Florida on October 17.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009
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MATT DAMON GIVES HIS ALL, BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH

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Had we realized that Steven Soderbergh directed “The Informant!” we would have lowered our expectations. As a rule we find most of his work to be ABOUT men and FOR men, like the Oceans movies and Che. Females are just window dressing, and usually the men featured aren’t all that interesting. With the exception of “Erin Brockovich”, we never found his movies to be particularly engaging, and most of them are downright boring. In spite of Matt Damon’s very determined performance, this movie, which features a large group of mostly unattractive businessmen, is dull and repetitious, and we had to fight to stay awake.

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Friday, September 18, 2009
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