Category: Gossip (Page 28 of 50)

Naveen Andrews enjoys his summer “break”

August 3, 2006 / Deb Medsker

Oops, he did it again: “Lost” star Naveen Andrews, apparently not entirely clear on the definition of a monogamous relationship, was caught on film in Manhattan Beach performing mouth-to-mouth on an unidentified blonde woman who was not his longtime girlfriend Barbara Hershey (and who was also not, for the record, in any danger of drowning).

This is not the first such indiscretion for Andrews, who made headlines back in January for fathering a child during a brief period when he and Hershey had been “on a break.”

Here’s hoping Hershey wasn’t paying too much attention during those torture scenes last season…or Naveen (whose rep insists “Naveen and Barbara are still together”) may have a rather uncomfortable homecoming in his future.

Actors, Actresses, Gossip, Lost

Don’t say that Jessica Simpson doesn’t know her core strengths

August 2, 2006 / David Medsker

Huzzah to Donna Da Iguana for introducing us to The Superficial. It’s just like Defamer, only less chatty. And, like Defamer, they love the rack. I know, I know, who doesn’t? Especially Jessica Simpson’s, when it’s popping through her dress?

“Man, have you tried that sudoku game? It’s HARD.”

For a larger look, click here. To see the gallery, click here.

Actresses, Gossip, News

Mum’s the word on Mel

August 2, 2006 / Will Harris

For the most part, anyway…though lord knows the replies to Buffybot’s post are exceptions to THAT rule!

Ahem.

Anyway, L.A. Times columnist Patrick Goldstein…I’ll pause to let the anti-semitics out there go ahead and register the man’s last name and get their slings and arrows in order…has cheered Amy Pascal, chairwoman of Sony Pictures, for being pretty much the only one to offer any sort of negative comment about our man Mel’s drunken stupidity the other night, though he admits that she didn’t exactly get nasty about it; she just said she found it “incredibly disappointing that somebody of his stature would speak out that way, especially at this sensitive time.” But, otherwise, almost no one’s offering any criticism; they’re just keeping their mouths shut.

Not Disney production chief Oren Aviv, though. He told Slate’s Kim Masters – and I’m sure this is nothing to do with the fact that Aviv’s studio is releasing Gibson’s “Apocalypto” in December – that “we all make mistakes, and I’ve accepted his apology to what was a regrettable situation.”

In his column, Goldstein muses that “only when you’re in business with someone in Hollywood do you get to describe a man who’s made vicious anti-Semitic slurs as being in a ‘regrettable situation.’ When Masters reminded Aviv that he had stopped talking to director Michael Mann because he’d been rude and disrespectful during the making of a film at Disney, Aviv demurred: ‘It’s behind us. He’s a talented director, and I respect his body of work.’ This is how Hollywood works. The only morality in this town that really means anything is the bottom line.”

Actors, External Entertainment, External Movies, Gossip, News

“She’ll need 200 raindrops on roses, a couple dozen whiskers on kittens…

August 1, 2006 / Deb Medsker

“…a few bright copper kettles, and some warm woolen mittens. Oh, and don’t forget the brown paper packages tied up with strings: Woody Allen forgot those once, and she ripped him a new one, but good.”

Scarlett Johansson has backed out of a commitment to play Maria Von Trapp in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s production of “The Sound of Music,” set to open in London’s West End this November. Sources from Weber’s camp say the starlet’s excessive demands were the dealbreaker:

“Her people were not ‘pro’ the idea. It became clear that it wasn’t going to work because the demands were so ridiculous,” Lloyd Webber was quoted as saying in The Times newspaper.
He said Johansson’s representatives “couldn’t understand why she would want to appear in the West End for $18,500 a week when she could be earning $10 million for a movie.”
It was annoying because she really wanted to do it,” Lloyd Webber was quoted as saying.
Publicist Marcel Parisbeau said it was a busy work schedule and not pay demands that sank the actress’ chance to play the role made famous by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film version of the musical.
“It is true that there were some discussions regarding Scarlett and the production of ‘The Sound of Music.’ But Mr. Webber’s statement regarding the demands is extremely exaggerated,” Parisbeau said in a statement. “Her management team was simply asking for terms that an actress of her stature would ask for.”

Interestingly, in the absence of Miss Scarlett, Weber has turned to a different sure-fire source for drawing attention to his revival: He plans to cast his leading lady via a reality-TV competition called (what else?) “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?”

Start working on that audition tape now.

Actresses, Gossip, News

Mel Gibson: Friend to the booze, not so much the Jews

July 31, 2006 / Deb Medsker

Word to the wise: If you’re a major Hollywood star and recovering alcoholic who has just been pulled over and tagged with a DUI, it’s probably not a good idea to resist arrest. It’s probably an even worse idea to go on an expletive-fueled rant that includes blaming the Jews for every war since the dawn of time (pretty sure they weren’t involved in that Hundred Years’ War thing, for starters…).

Especially if you have already been roundly criticized for anti-Semitism. And super-double-extra-specially if you had been planning to make a miniseries about the Holocaust one of your next projects. We’re just sayin’.