Jennifer Hudson: Mom-To-Be?
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- Gossipeuse Janet Charlton claims Jennifer Hudson is knocked up. JHud is currently on tour; her fiancé, “Punk” from I Love New York, is training to become a professional wrestler. [Janet Charlton’s Hollywood]
- Amy Winehouse‘s horribly burned leg is due to a scalding pasta water incident. They tried to make me cook fusilli… [The Sun]
- Rihanna went out clubbing in L.A. and danced and flirted with basketball star Baron Davis. Apparently the DJ said something like Chris Brown should get his ass kicked; the whole crowd cheered — Rihanna included. [Gatecrasher]
- Will Madonna bring Mercy home? Three judges on Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal will decide on May 4. [The Sun]
- Michelle Rodriguez is a pretty awesome bridesmaid! She broke up a bachelorette party yelling that the stripper was “fat and had a small dick.” Then when the dude wanted a lady from the bridal party to kneel for him, Michelle said: “That’s bullshit. He should be kneeling for her; this is a bachelorette party.” Next? “As the stripper began gyrating and pushing his crotch into the bride-to-be’s face, Rodriguez yelled, ‘This is the kind of thing that brings out the bisexual in me.’ She left in a huff.” [Page Six]
- Poor Ann Curry is being sent to both Iraq and Afghanistan war zones. Sarah Haskins was right; the Today show is trying to kill her. [AP]
- Lady GaGa has a new boyfriend and his name is Speedy. Of course. [In Touch]
- Jennifer Garner has been seeing a sex counselor, so she can learn to please her man. A source says: “Ben’s great, but he can be very insecure. He likes Jen to play the devoted wife all the time.” So Jen sees Dr. Holly Hein for tips of keeping the romance alive and dealing with Ben’s “need for attention.” “Jennifer doesn’t want to lose him. She’s in this for the long haul.” [Star]
- Here’s video of Jen Garner and Matthew McConaughey eating cupcakes while promoting Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past. Warning: It’s incredibly dull. [E!]
- The mother and stepmother of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali had a “catfight” in the street yesterday. In Mumbai, India. And there are pictures in this UK paper. Seriously, what the hell is going on with this poor child? [The Sun]
- Now that singing sensation Susan Boyle is suddenly famous, she has purchased a new fence to surround her house and get some goddamn privacy. [The Sun]
- Susan Boyle‘s former singing teacher is worried the overnight sensation will damage her voice. [Telegraph]
- Simon Cowell on Susan Boyle: “It had been a long day in Scotland. We’d seen no talent at all. All I knew about her was a name on a sheet of paper. She came out and she looked a bit odd, and the dress looked odd. I gave her five seconds at most. But then she started singing, and within two seconds everything changed.” [NY Times]
- Is Paula Abdul going to get up out of her judge’s chair and perform on American Idol? She’s been dropping hints! [LA Times]
- An “insider” says John “The Player” Mayer has been “recording in a studio and coming on to almost every woman in the vicinity.” Plus! He “goes on and on… about how clingy and needy Jen is.” Apparently The Player claims Jen Aniston was super emotionally dependent, which is maybe what an immature commitmentphobe might say, so who knows. [MSNBC]
- The US Army is on Twitter — clearly they have nothing better to do — and they want to knock Ashton Kutcher out of the top spot. We’re still at war, right? [NY Daily News]
- There is “intense puppy-proofing” going on at the White House, thanks to Bo Obama. [NY Daily News]
- Girls, you know you better watch out: Lauryn Hill will headline the Stockholm Jazz Festival in July. [Yahoo News via AP]
- Debra Messing will be back at NBC with an untitled comedy; the plot? She’ll play a laid-off CEO who “is as ill-prepared to be a full-time wife and mother as her husband is to provide for the family.” Hilar! [Yahoo News via Reuters]
- A snapshot for the ages: M.I.A., Kanye West, Aziz Ansari and Zoe Kravitz. [The Life Files]
- David Blaine has worked his magic on French model Alizee Guinochet; they’re engaged. [Page Six]
- How much would you pay to have lunch with Rosie O’Donnell and Star Jones? Proceeds go to charity… [Page Six]
- Oksana Pochepa, who still claims she is the mystery girl in Mel Gibson‘s life, keeps a sex diary “with ratings for all her men.” This is a combo of slut-shaming and possible lies; kudos to the paper for keeping it classy! [The Sun]
- Perez Hilton went to Criss Angel‘s show in Las Vegas and Tweeted that it sucked; Criss Angel made and announcement from the stage, saying “We have the world’s biggest douchebag asshole in the house!” Now Cirque production company has apologized to Perez but Criss Angel has not. And writing gossip about Perez makes the brain ache. [LVR, LA Times]
- Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg will star in The Fighter, the tale of Boston boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward and his half-brother Dicky Eklund. [Variety]
- Russell Crowe was on Letterman talking about trying to save Steve Irwin‘s wildlife reserve — and block a mining operation — in Australia. [News.com.au]
- A lawsuit has been filed against Stephenie Meyer by a former friend who claims Meyer stole her vampire idea. But don’t worry, Twihards, it won’t halt production of New Moon. Sparkly vampires and Native American werewolves for everyone. [MSNBC Scoop]
- We’ve heard this before, but here it is again: Gossip Girl‘s Chace Crawford may replace Zac Efron in the Footloose remake. Possibly because he has the same sideswept haircut? [Mirror]
- This report claims Jessica Biel is so good at pole dancing in her new flick Powder Blue, she’s a “natural born stripper.” [NY Daily News]
- Amber Tamblyn says that since her new show The Unusuals is shot on location in New York, in between shoots, cast members hit local stores and shop: “No one goes back to their trailers.” [Yahoo News via AP]
- Uh-oh: The president of Oprah Winfrey‘s cable network — due to launch next year — resigned yesterday. [LA Times]
- Woody Allen refused to take park in an “I Love New York” ad campaign, maybe because NYC has so many American Apparels? [NY Daily News]
- With lyrics about suffering and chains, the new Depeche Mode album is “like one long infommercial for B&D.” But: “all this would seem creepy, instead of sexy, if the music weren’t so hot.” [NY Daily News]
- The Cure closed the Coachella festival, but organizers had to pull the plug on the band after 2 1/2 hours: “By the third encore, singer-guitarist Robert Smith informed the remaining audience that he was told he could do only one song but played three anyway. The final number, “Boys Don’t Cry,” turned into a sing-along as the video screen went dark and the sound system began to power down.” [Reuters]
- Blind item: “Which rehabbed actor is back on the sauce? He just can’t keep his hands off the booze when he’s in L.A.!” [Gatecrasher]
- “You get the financing together and I’ll work on the script… I would say [Elaine would] just be getting out of prison.” — Julia Louis-Dreyfus on doing a Seinfeld movie. [Daily Express]
- “I most admire Matt Damon and Michael J Fox. I just saw Rounders and it just reminds me. Matt Damon is someone who I want to be. I just want to make his smart choices.” — Zac Efron. [Mirror]
- “We definitely don’t receive a $100,000 to show up at nightclubs anymore. So that’s one huge life-changing difference. It makes me miss the old days, back when Paris Hilton and these fools were cashing in like a gold rush every year.” — Spencer Pratt, on how the economy is affecting his life. [LAist]
- “Go to an area where the unemployment rate is the best. Go into a field that you love, but at the same time, that has potential. So many people study the wrong things, they go into the wrong fields, and no matter what they do, it’s always going to be a battle throughout life. So find a great area, even if it means that you have to move your family. Find a great area, and a business that works.” — Donald Trump‘s advice for those fired or laid-off. [Time]
- “I lead such a boring life, nobody pays attention… and if somebody does take a picture, it’s like I’m eating a burrito, in my sweats, and my mouth is open. It’s just — I’m kind of a disgusting, boring person so nobody really pays attention!” — Anna Faris. [Mirror]
- “I don’t want to get bored, and I don’t want the audience to get bored.” — Simon Cowell, on whether next season is his last on American Idol. [NY Times]
- “I had to say it as if it was coming to me very easily. I had to research some of [the words] because the acting coach I worked with told me if I really understood what I was talking about, it would come through a little more true.” — Lauren Conrad, on her role on Family Guy, which required her to recite “a lot of facts and a lot of big words.” [WaPo]