ERIC CLAPTON WALKS AMONG US
Eric Clapton is appearing at the Staples Center this week and we’re wondering if he’ll make another appearance at a West Hollywood laundromat that he visited last time he was in LA. Locals doing their Friday laundry at The Washing Machine on 3rd Street at Sweetzer a few months ago were surprised when a Porsche pulled up and rock legend Eric Clapton nonchalantly got out with a bag of dirty clothes. He happily did two loads, and according to witnesses, he returned the following weekend and did it again. Why would a rock superstar do his OWN laundry? Locals have been puzzled ever since. But they’re hoping he’ll be back.
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Boy crazy (and man-crazy) Lindsay Lohan forgets all obligations when she’s in the presence of a hottie like Jude Law. Lindsay had a magazine cover shoot scheduled in LA Sunday with a top fashion photographer and she blew it off. Racks of designer clothing had been assembled, a location paid for, and top stylists, makeup and hair people were booked for the expensive shoot. Lindsay was a no-show, and it was a total loss. She disappointed a lot of people. Why? She was busy in New York batting her fake eyelashes at Jude Law! She couldn’t resist staying out all night Saturday hanging with Jude and his friends – THAT was way more important than getting on a plane and showing up for her appointment. Some girls don’t know how LUCKY they are.
We are enthralled by the article in the Phoenix New Times about the Native American from an Arizona reservation who claims Anna Nicole Smith is the MOTHER of his five year old son Marshall Black Deer Soto! Johnny Soto claims he met Anna in 2001 and they had a torrid affair while she was vacationing alone at Paradise Valley’s Sanctuary Resort and Spa. He has quite a story: Soto says he was working as a maintenance man at the resort and sex-crazed Anna took a shine to him and continually called to have him fix things in her room. Eventually she seduced him and they began a three week sex marathon. Soto called in sick and Anna ordered room service so they rarely left their townhouse. Soto claims she begged him to do a naked wardance with feathers from a dress stuck in his baseball cap. He described her as having “scarlet fever” ( when an Anglo falls for a Native American) After four weeks, according to Soto, Anna knew she had to return to LA for work, but she discovered she was pregnant. She feared the controlling Howard Stern would want her to get an abortion. So she started stuffing herself and packed on ten pounds to disguise her condition. She left declaring that she loved Soto and would return as soon as possible. Right before she took off she popped some Vicodins “for the flight.” Anna started flying Soto in for visits and put him up at the Safari Inn Motel on Olive Avenue, not far from Burbank airport. Anna kept packing on the pounds to keep Stern from “flipping out” and she kept her pregnancy a secret from him until the last months. The baby was born in secrecy at Providence Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank, and since E was about to start filming her show, Anna granted custody to Soto. She flew them in on weekends and sent Soto $10,000 a month. She developed post-partum depression and slid heavily into drugs. Soto monitered visits. The monthly payments stopped when Anna died. To back up his story, Soto has a stack of papers: a birth certificate with Anna’s name on it, flight records, bank deposits, phone records, love notes, etc as evidence. If this story isn’t an utterly brilliant and well researched spoof, move over Danielynn, there’s another contender for that fortune!
Good luck to the Bahamian Atlantis Paradise Resort that is suing Brandon Davis for bouncing checks in the casino there in January. There’s little chance of them collecting the $75,000 he owes them, according to a friend of Brandon’s. Remember, a few years back Brandon was sued by the Hard Rock Hotel for $250,000 in unpaid gambling debts and he weaseled out of THAT by claiming he was underage. Since wealthy grandpa Marvin Davis died, the family has fallen on hard times and will no longer bail out errant grandchildren. Besides having credit card problems, Brandon moved in with Paris Hilton and he has no car. Those high roller days seem far behind him.
,Will Ryan Philippe turn into a party animal? He’s gradually working his way back into the Hollywood club scene, and while he tries to keep a low profile, it’s evident he hasn’t forgotten how to flirt with pretty women. He was really in the mood for female companionship the other night at Teddy’s. He and Jesse Bradford were together and they were calling women over to their table all night. There were lots of numbers exchanged and at the end of the evening they took off for an after-party at Jesse’s house. Ryan walked out with THREE blondes described as “Jaime Presley types.”