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We can’t resist showing you this superglam shot of Felicity Huffman. That Bree character she played in our FAVORITE movie of last year, Transamerica, (It SHOULD have taken home the Oscar in our opinion) tends to stick in ones mind, and we need to be reminded that she can look really pretty too!
This bigtime hip hop mogul’s elegant and beautifully dressed wife was recently shopping at an upscale LA boutique. The exotic beauty made a number of tasteful purchases before she spotted HER HUSBAND’S MISTRESS across the store. The wife went berserk and she instantly became a ghetto-mouth screeching “You bitch – you’re just after his money!” ” I don’t NEED his money – I drive a Range Rover!” squawked the mistress. “Oh yeah” yapped the wife, swiveling her head “Well, I have a Mercedes and a $185000 watch on, bitch! I guess he wants OLD p—- now!” The mistress spat “I can see why he’s leaving YOUR skanky ass!” Before she stormed out, the wife yelled “If I wasn’t in this store I’d KICK your ass right now!” And we believe her.
Our esteemed colleague Perez Hilton has been gleefully documenting the close personal relationship of ‘N Sync bandboy Lance Bass and The Amazing Race’s openly gay winner Reichen Lehmkuhl -much to Lance’s aggravation. The two dudes go out of their way NOT to be photographed together – especially during their Provincetown vacation. We hear they actually have a good REASON for wanting to keep their male romance under cover – according to an insider, this power couple is shopping around a reality series about their lives – and the big selling point is Lance finally coming out of the closet! So whatever you do, don’t spoil the surprise!
Guess who’s back in town! Bobby Brown! Can Whitney be far behind? We haven’t seen Whitney since she reportedly fled a Malibu rehab. She was NOT happy when Bobby’s sister sold lascivious stories about her to the National Enquirer. The last time we saw Bobby , he was in Houston making a guest appearance with his old group New Edition. Unfortunately he no longer fit in with the smoothly choreographed group – his agitated , raunchy dance moves and shirt removal had the audience yelling for him to get offstage. But he turned up Sunday night around 10 PM in Hollywood – alone. He dropped into the ultracool Tokio restaurant and ordered a Stoli shot and a beer. He downed both within a minute and announced he was on his way to Popeye Chicken & Biscuits on the corner to get some takeout food . Bobby got several chicken dinners to go and disappeared into the night – leaving us to wonder, did he share them with Whitney?
Stand by for more Kathy Griffin gossip! First we must remind you that we are crazy about Kathy and our affection for her is in no way diluted by her juicy scandals. We’ve always considered her something of a “stand-up gossip” – as opposed to just a standup comic. We relate. Anyway, we just found out what happened to her two “main gays,” Tony and Dennis, who were prominently featured in the first season of “D-List.” We’ve heard the guys wrote jokes for Kathy to use on the red carpet and were inseparable buddies. In fact, we ran into the threesome at the Cher concert at the Hollywood Bowl last year and they were very chummy. But after the first season the guys got tired of not earning money and asked to be paid. They quickly learned that Kathy is the ONLY person paid on that show. And it wasn’t going to change. (As we told you, money is VERY important to Kathy. ) The guys didn’t want to do the second season free and the friendship was abruptly OVER.
Faye Dunaway, in full makeup, hopped out of a cream colored car on Wilshire Blvd, wearing a cream colored top and unfortunate high waisted cream slacks with a straw fedora. She dashed into, of all places, IHOP….. Reese Witherspoon , gleefully trying on costume jewelry at Barneys. She managed to pick out $20,000 worth before she was done….. Tobey Maguire’s pregnant fiancee, jewelry designer Jen Meyer, in a prenatal yoga class at Golden Bridge (No sign of Tobey- but he does take other yoga classes)….Patricia Heaton and Markie Post – not together- but both rockin’ out in the audience at a taping of “So You Think You Can Dance”….. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, holding hands like teenagers, wandering around the Brentwood Country Mart…
Lisa Rinna doesn’t mind DANCING with ordinary people, but sitting with them might be a bit too much. Lisa pulled her black BMW into the carwash not far from her shop, Belle Gray, in Sherman Oaks. You couldn’t help but notice her – she was wearing sweats with “Belle Gray” written on the butt. According to another customer, she took one look at the group of around ten people in the sitting area waiting for their, cars and decided NOT to join them. She chose to stand and watch her car go throught the cleaning process and kept her back to the others. Our witness was miffed “”Did she think she’s too A-list – too fancy to sit with the common people?” he ranted.
We choose to think Lisa simply might have gotten some odd vibes from our informer and decided to keep her distance. But Lisa honey, keep in mind, you’re being watched!
SOMETHING is definitely up with Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson again. Our friend, Just back from France, spotted them last week at Cinquante Cinq- Club 55- in St Tropez. It’s a very expensive and chi chi beach restaurant by day, that turns into a club at night. Our eyewitness told us they were having a quiet lunch – deep in conversation and very focused on each other. Until , that is, playful Pam noticed a kid having a birthday lunch nearby. She took a photo with the young boy and sat down and joined his table for a few minutes. The boy was dazed and happy. When she returned to Kid he looked pretty much the same.
Since we revealed that Kathy Griffin was PRETENDING to reconcile with her exhusband Matt Moline on her reality TV show My Life on the D-List , we’ve learned a LOT more! Way more than Kathy is likely to reveal on Larry King! Let’s backtrack. Last September while filming season one, Kathy learned from her bank that SOMEONE had been using her ATM card and draining one of her bank accounts.Money is VERY important to Kathy – friends consider her frugal. An investigation proved it was her own husband Matt. He had been quietly withdrawing $500 – the limit – every day for many months. What was Matt’s problem – was it drugs? Another woman? Gambling? None of the above. Kathy was so upset she sent the D-List cameras home and filed for divorce. “She’s not quite the victim she appears to be” revealed an insider. Apparently when Kathy married Matt she told him “I will never support you – you have to pay half the bills.”
Matt found himself caught up in Kathy’s busy schedule – she hates to travel alone and wanted him with her at all times. He had no time to run his computer business and couldn’t earn enough money to pay his bills. (When they went out to dinner, Kathy expected HIM to pay.) So he started robbing Peter to pay Paul. He took the money from Kathy and paid his bills and spent the rest on her!
The network wanted her married on the show and that’s why Matt returned for season two. It was all ACTING – they pretended everything was okay. Insiders feel the reason Kathy recently revealed Matt’s thievery was to boost her show RATINGS. He is described as “humiliated – a broken man.” Ironically Kathy hopes they can remain friends! It’s a real soap opera and we hope there’s a happy ending for both. Meanwhile, we’re not going to miss an episode of D-List.
A Network leak has informed us that Star Jones’ replacement on The View has been chosen. In fact , our source insists it was a done deal several months ago. Nobody’s admitting anything yet, but we hear that Bo Griffin, who has been described as the “Oprah of Radio,” is primed to step into Star’s Payless shoes. So who IS this woman, you might ask. Bo was a big Miami radio personality for years before she came to Hollywood to do TV shows including “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus,” which she hosted. For three years she was a roving reporter on Fox’s Good Day Live and then she left LA and took over The Morning Show on 98.9 FM in Greenville, South Carolina. Her popular show featured many of Oprah’s themes – relationships, self improvement etc. If our snitch is right and she relocates to New York, we wonder if Bo will have to close the Goddess dress shop she opened in Greenville . Coincidentally or not, she bears more than a passing physical resemblence to Star, but is said to be “much nicer.”