Angelina Spends Close To $20,000 On A Valentine's Tree For Brad; Holly Robinson-Peete Thinks John Mayer Needs To "Drop The Frat Boy Act"

By Hortense Smith | February 13, 2010 | 3:30pm

Celebrities Dirt Bag

As a token of her affection, Angelina Jolie decided to spend $18,500 on a 200-year-old olive tree, which she gave to Brad Pitt for Valentine’s Day. How long before the tabloids dub the tree “Jen’s Weeping Willow?” [NYDN]
And for some reason, the Daily Mail has broken the Brad-Angelina-Jen triangle into a boxing match of sorts and declared Jennifer Aniston, “the Golden Girl,” the winner over Angelina Jolie, “The Dark Destroyer.” This really happened. In 2010. [DailyMail]
Holly Robinson-Peete says that after she read John Mayer‘s entire Playboy interview, she was no longer flattered by the soundbite sent to her by a friend, wherein Mayer called her “gorgeous”: “I was disgusted and offended. Especially when I started reading his surrounding comments. In the whole body of the article, there wasn’t anything that wasn’t offensive. … It was beyond inappropriate. It’s crucial for African American women to understand that I would never knowingly gush about such a compliment had I had any clue that it was bookended by these racially denigrating comments about black women. I feel disgusted by it. I went from flattered to flat-out pissed.” [People]
Mayer has apparently already reached out to Robinson-Peete to apologize, though she says he really just needs to take responsibility for what he said, and that it’s “time for him to really just drop the frat boy act.” [People]
Lady Gaga is set to dedicate her performance at the Brit Awards on Tuesday to Alexander McQueen. “It’s horrible news,” Gaga says of McQueen’s death, “He was a big influence on a lot of my outfits but far more important than that he was a really lovely guy with a good heart. I am still in shock and I just can’t believe how sad it all is.” [TheSun]
Jennifer Garner‘s Valentine’s Day advice: “Write a quick note or pick flowers or pick the grass out of your backyard and show up with it with a sweet smile … You don’t have to spend a lot of money, just be sweet.” [People]
The Parents Television Council is none too pleased at the idea that Howard Stern might replace Simon Cowell on American Idol, and apparently they believe that kids should be protected from Stern’s potty mouth. Will somebody please think of the children!?! [TheSun]
Meanwhile, Danielle Hayes, who had been given a ticket to Hollywood on Idol, was kicked off the show due to being on probation for drunk driving. [EW]
Madonna is set to appear on The Marriage Ref in order to “sit on a celebrity panel to determine the winner of the family feud.” Do you think she’ll just teach people to say, “I’m not your bitch, don’t hang your shit on me?” [People]
Ricky Gervais will be joining her on the Jerry Seinfeld-produced show: “Jerry’s doing a new comedy show about marriage guidance and he wants me to be involved. I pointed out that my ambition was to one day be nearly as good as him. It was amazing.” [TheSun]
Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and Eva Longoria are set to appear on the celebrity panel, as well. [Reuters]
Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted partying with six women for two nights in a row last week. [TheSun]
DiCaprio tells Esquire that he regrets that he never approached “his hero,” River Phoenix, when he had the chance: “When I was eighteen, River Phoenix was far and away my hero. Think of all those early great performances – My Own Private Idaho, Stand by Me. I always wanted to meet him. One night, I was at this Halloween party, and he passed me. He was beyond pale – he looked white. Before I got a chance to say hello, he was gone, driving off to the Viper Room, where he fell over and died.” [DailyExpress]
“No, I’ll never do a nude scene. I can act sexy and wear sexy clothes but I can’t go naked. I think I was always very uncomfortable about the way my body developed, and I remember my grandmother would freak out and throw a towel over me if she saw me wearing just a bra and panties. I come from a very Catholic family so it wasn’t seen as a good thing to flaunt yourself like that. I can handle being sexy with clothes on but not with them off.”-Jessica Alba [ShowbizSpy]
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren are reportedly living in separate homes. [RadarOnline]
For those who are dying to know: Robert Pattinson apparently wears boxers. [TMZ]
Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine was spotted out with model Anne Vyalitsyna: “It was Anne V who really caught his eye, and they looked like they were getting pretty close by the end of the night,” says a source. [PageSix]
AbFab’s Joanna Lumley is set to co-star with David Hyde Pierce on Broadway in a revival of La Bete. [DailyExpress]
“I don’t mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I love Lady Gaga and the performance of sexuality. The mysterious, the artistic and the slightly perverse. I’m interested in all that.”- Helen Mirren [TimesOnline]
Katy Perry says she loves her “voluptuous body,” and doesn’t feel the pressure to change it: “I don’t feel pressure, no, as I know I’m kind of voluptuous and I’ve always been that way. Saying that, I’m young and metabolism is on my side and my schedule is so crazy that I lose weight from the intensity of it. But if you ask me that question in five or six years and I’ll probably have a different answer for you.” [ShowbizSpy]
“We’re living in such a nanny age now. Everyone’s so coddled and we’ve lost strength. I come from Wales, and it’s a strong, butch society. People didn’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves and they just got on with it. That’s my credo, ‘Get on with it.’ I don’t waste time being soft. I’m not cold, but I don’t like wasting my time with naysayers. Life’s too short.”-Anthony Hopkins [ShowbizSpy]