Ice-T and his dame, Nicole CoCo Austin, were photograped at Dana Tana’s in Los Angeles yesterday.
More disturbing then her boob job scar has got to be her ginormous jowels. She probably had surgery on that too. How else would she be able to fit Ice-T’s two-digit penis in her mouth. This way she can unhinge her jaw and swallow it like a snake.
Gender-bending 80s singer and DJ Boy George, 47, was denied a visa to the US as he awaits trial in England on false imprisonment charges. George planned to tour the US this summer and will have to stay put in the UK instead. George has been denied a visa due to a pending trial for false imprisonment charges.
In April, 2007 Norwegian prostitute Auden Carlson, 28, met George on Gaydar.com and agreed to come over to his London place to pose for erotic photos at a rate of $800. Carlson says that George and another guy took photos of him in fetish gear, and when the other guy left George handcuffed him to a hook on the wall, menacingly brandished sex toys and said “now you’ll get what you deserve.” Carlson escaped and called the cops, and it’s unclear if he got what George said he deserved, if he escaped unscathed, and/or if he got the cash he was promised for the photo session.
George will be tried for that case in Britain on November 22. He also has a criminal record in the states after he pled guilty to cocaine possession in NY. Police found 13 bags of the stuff when responding to a burglary call at his place in October, 2005. George said the drugs weren’t his and that a lot of people were in and out of his apartment, but he eventually copped a plea in exchange for community service and a stint in rehab.
Now he’s talking about his inability to enter the US and perform. The flamboyant singer appeared on The Today Show this morning wearing a bright red hat with green applique bugs and full makeup including shimmering green eyeshadow, bronze lipstick and giant penciled-on eyebrows.
Here’s a partial transcript of George’s appearance on the Today Show this morning.
Meredith Viera: “24 concert dates starting today, you’ve got to be frustrated, being denied this visa.”
Boy George: “I’m feeling very upbeat at the moment. Yes it’s disappointing because of the fans. A lot of people have bought airline tickets, so I’m disappointed for them, but it doesn’t happen it will happen in the new year…
I will come back… but I’d love to come now obviously.”
Boy George: I got “so much love” during community service in America
George confirmed to Meredith that he won’t be able to come to the US until he’s faced trial in the UK, and mentioned his community service, saying “I came and swept the streets of New York and did a great job, and as far as my problems in America are concerned I feel like I did a great job… paid my dues.”
George spoke of the love he received from the people who saw him pushing a broom, saying “When I came to my community service I got so much love everyday… apart from the press thing… I was surprised
by how much affection I received… I didn’t feel humiliated I thought it was a great experience.”
Meredith Viera asked him if he’s angry that he’s being accused of false imprisonment and he said “Anger.. what good is that going to do me?”
George says he’s touring in the UK in October and there’s no reason to get upset because he doesn’t have a visa.
Boy George: “The happiest I’ve ever been”
Meredith asked him about a recent statement on his website that he’s happy and getting his life together and George said “I’m sober, I’ve put my head back on the right way… I’m the happiest I’ve been possibly in a long time.”
George said he’s not going to get upset or “have a hissy fit” and that “there’s no point.”
Boy George is shown at the opening of the RS Lounge Club on 6/11/08, thanks to WENN.
It seemed like the Bill Murray divorce was on the verge of getting super ugly. First, his wife Jennifer came out swinging, calling the actor an abusive, drug-addicted alcoholic. Then, Bill shot back the Jennifer was a drunk and a pill popper who wasn’t so nice to their kids. Just when things looked like they were going to escalate to something of Richards/Sheen proportions, the couple quietly settled their divorce.
A month after after his wife sued him for divorce in a shocking filing alleging abuse and infidelity, Bill Murray and Jennifer Butler Murray have worked out an agreement to end their marriage.
According to court documents dated June 13 and obtained by TMZ.com, Butler Murray, 42, has been granted primary custody of their four children and will keep the couple’s homes in Hemet, Calif. and Sullivan’s Island, S.C. Bill Murray, 57, must pay child support and will keep other property in California, New York and Massachusetts.
Bill Murray must also pay Jennifer a lump sum. The Murrays signed a prenuptial agreement in which Bill would pay his wife $7 million in a divorce, and, according to court documents, it is still valid.
In May, Butler Murray filed for divorce on the grounds of drug addiction, physical abuse, adultery and abandonment. She also requested a restraining order against her husband.
According to Butler Murray, she felt forced to move with their children to a new home as a result of the actor’s alcohol, marijuana and sex addictions, among other reasons. According to a newspaper report, the filing said that Murray once “hit his wife in the face and then told her she was ‘lucky he didn’t kill her.”
At the time, the actor’s lawyer, John McDougall, said only: “I can say that Bill Murray is deeply saddened by the break-up of his marriage to Jennifer. They remain loving parents, committed to the best interest of their children.”
Well, I don’t know what snapped them out of it, but I’m glad. With four kids to think about, these two were heading to a bad place, and once the name calling starts, it’s hard to take those things back. It looks like Jennifer is going to get a nice little settlement for herself and the children are going to be provided for- that’s really the best case scenario in a divorce, isn’t it? If the allegations are true about Bill, I hope he gets some help. I still think he’s a fantastic actor and hate to see him getting this kind of publicity.
On a side note, I’d also like to point out how easy it is to settle a divorce financially when there is a pre-nup involved. Too bad Paul McCartney didn’t take that advice.
Two sports legends are taking the plunge this weekend. Tennis player Chris Evert and golfer Greg Norman are getting married on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The couple have had a bit of wedding drama it seems – at the very last minute they decided to change the location of the ceremony – seemingly to keep the paparazzi at bay.
Australian golfer Norman and American tennis star Evert, both 53, were expected to tie the knot at a sunset ceremony on a private beach on Paradise Island. But the couple, who are reported to have sold the wedding rights, have switched to a nearby fenced off area, to avoid media attention.
A host of celebrities are expected to attend the lavish wedding, including former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr., singer Gwen Stefani and her husband Gavin Rossdale, Kenny Loggins and comedian Chevy Chase. Other famous faces who have been invited include tennis players Lleyton Hewitt, Anna Kournikova, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Navratilova and Ms Evert’s former fiancé Jimmy Connors.
Both Norman, whose nickname is The Great White Shark, and Evert have been married before. She has two ex-husbands, while the acrimonious disintegration of Norman’s marriage to his first wife Laura Andrassy made the headlines in 2006.
Well if you’ve got Loggins there, you know you’re made in the shade. You don’t need anything else at that wedding; no décor, gourmet food, nothing. You’ve got Kenny.
Greg Norman had quite the acrimonious legal battle with his ex-wife Laura Andrassy. According to the Daily Mail, he canceled her credit cards and changed the locks on their $36 million mansion. But she eventually got a $100 million settlement.
The Daily Mail asked her for a comment (which I’m sure she was thrilled about) and she responded, “‘I have no wishes for them except to say they deserve each other.’” Ouch. Hopefully the next round will go better for the both of them.
Here’s a file photo of Greg Norman and Chris Evert, along with the One & Only Ocean Club, where may or may not tie the knot depending on their final location change. Images thanks to Splash.
Mel Gibson has twin sons who turn 26 this year, Edward and Christian, who both have stints in rehab. Ed was out of rehab late last year for an alcohol and cocaine addiction, and Christian got a DUI in 2006 and checked into rehab in late January of this year. Mel, who has also has a well publicized DUI under his belt, has recently befriended pop singer Britney Spears, 26. Britney has spent time at Mel’s estate in Costa Rica and has been seen out to dinner with him and his family.
While some speculated that Mel wanted to help Britney with her personal problems, and others wondered if he was trying to convert her to his unique brand of Catholicism, Mel may have had another motivation for spending time with Britney. The National Enquirer reports that Mel tried to set Britney up with the less messed-up twin her age, Edward, but that Britney wasn’t having that. Mel’s son Edward is working his recovery program and the Enquirer says Mel believed he would be a good influence on her.
[Mel Gibson] believed his son Edward - who was in rehab last year for cocaine and alcohol addition - had turned his life around and could help Britney do the same, an insider told The Enquirer.
“Mel felt Ed would be a great influence on Brit, and if the relationship turned to romance, all the better,” said the insider.
So Gibson arranged a meeting between the pair at Britney’s home in the Hollywood Hills last March, said the source.
“He sincerely believed that his son could help Britney stay on the straight and narrow and that they might hit it off as a couple as well,” the insider explained.
But Britney, 26, gave the cold shoulder to Mel and Edward…
“She hid from them most of the night,” revealed the insider. “Mel and his son spent most of the evening talking to her bodyguards.”
There must have been no hard feelings between Britney and Mel after she tried to avoid the set up with one of his sons. She was seen at his Costa Rican getaway in mid-May. Britney also brought along a man with whom she’s been romantically linked in the past, agent Jason Trawick. Maybe Britney and Jason were already dating at that point and she wasn’t open to meeting Mel’s son or maybe she just wasn’t interested in the guy. Can you imagine thinking it’s a good idea to set up Britney Spears with a member of your family, though? At that point it had only been two months since she had that big melt down and was hospitalized.
In related news, OK! Magazine reports that Britney and Kevin had a “secret meeting” with their lawyers over the custody of their two boys. It is thought they are working to avoid having to go to trial to hash out custody issues. The talks were said to be unsuccessful, though, with neither of them willing to compromise. Britney went back home and then had a massage at the Ritz Carlton.
Britney is shown shopping at Fred Segal with her bodyguards on Tuesday, 6/24, thanks to WENN.
Once every 123,383,384 days Paris Hilton thinks about someone besides herself. Okay I know the math doesn’t really work out there, but you get my point. It’s a damn rare occasion. Paris recently donated some cash to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles – I know! Shocking, right? The once-in-a-lifetime occasion of Paris being kind and thinking about other people has finally come! Well, no. Because the first thing she did after that was issue a glowing press release.
“I am so happy and fortunate to announce my support for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles,” Hilton said in a statement. “The children I have met through my [involvement] at Childrens Hospital have truly touched my heart.”
The 27-year-old celebutante started volunteering at the hospital following her release from jail after serving 23 days for DUI. Proceeds from the August launch of her eponymous clothing line at the West Hollywood boutique Kitson also went to the kids, some of whom were at the party to fete the arrival of Hilton’s collection of relatively affordable casual wear.
“The fabulous new hospital facilities at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will provide a caring, healing environment for children and their families for many years to come,” she continued, “and I am proud to make a donation and lend my name to the fundraising effort to help children who are facing terribly serious illnesses.”
Yeah, so her involvement was court ordered. Obviously it wasn’t court ordered that Paris donate money, but I’m guessing she probably hasn’t done a whole lot with the hospital from the time her forced volunteer work ended and the time she gave them some cash.
E! gloriously notes that philanthropy runs in Paris’ genes. Her grandfather Barron Hilton was named as the No. 1 giver of 2007 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. His father, Hilton founder Conrad, left the bulk of his estate to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (which was later contested). Barron has publicly stated that 97 percent of his multibillion dollars will go to the foundation – with the remaining three percent being divvied up by his eight children and many, many grandchildren, of which Paris is one.
Something tells me Paris’ good deed has less to do with her the more dignified members of her family and their long history of philanthropy, and more to do with the person she cares most about: Paris Hilton.
Here’s Paris running errands in Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles yesterday. Don’t you sashay around like this on your way to pick up some clothes? Images thanks to WENN.
Michael Lohan dropped a bomb on his family – he has a secret love child. Michael claims the girl, now 13, was conceived when he and now ex-wife Dina were separated, thus implying that he wasn’t cheating on her. This is the first I’ve heard of an earlier separation. Michael’s definitely not talking about the separation that eventually led to divorce – he and Dina have 14-year-old daughter Ali and 12-year-old son Cody.
Linds’ father, Michael Lohan, has admitted to OK! that, while married — but at the time separated — to now-ex-wife Dina Lohan, he had a relationship with another woman which resulted in a pregnancy. In a statement to OK!, Michael says, “Years later [the woman] contacted me, convincing me that I was the only person she was with and that she had my child.”
In fact, OK! has seen letters Michael wrote to the girl’s mother where he says that his secret daughter “is beginning to look a lot like Linds, with a mix of [younger brother] Cody, believe it or not.” He also sent his daughter a photograph of himself while he was still in Collins Correctional Facility which he signed “Love Daddy.”
Michael’s secret daughter has had many conversations with her dad, the girl’s mother tells OK!. He even called her for her 13th birthday on June 12. But he has never visited her or provided financial support. “It’s time for Michael to take responsibility,” the girl’s mother tells OK!
Can you imagine finding out that Lindsay Lohan is your sister? I would throw up so hard. This poor girl has obviously known for a little while, since Michael got out of prison a little over a year ago. Though he never specifies how long ago the girls’ mother contacted him, so who knows how long this girl has had to grow up knowing she’s genetically linked to the Lohan clan.
I have to wonder if the other Lohan children were informed before Michael dialed up OK! You’d think Dina would have used it against him publicly by now, had she known. So I’m guessing this is brand new information for most of them. I can only imagine what the first family picnic will look like. I imagine it’ll involve fried chicken, alcohol, and tears.
Here’s Lindsay Lohan on the set of her upcoming new film ‘Labor Pains’ in Los Angeles yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.
Coldplay’s fourth album, “Viva La Vida” premiered at number one on the Billboard chart and is getting high praise from critics and fans. The band was on The Today Show this morning and performed for a huge crowd.
Chris Martin: “Ryan Seacrest designed our outfits”
When asked by Ann Curry how they achieved such success, lead singer Chris Martin quipped “Well, we took on a big team of financial advisers and marketers and stylists and Ryan Seacrest designed our outfits… No no what we tried to do is make everything as homemade as possible.”
Drummer Will Champion “It’s a nice gesture” to give away music
Meredith Viera asked why they started giving away their music and doing free concerts and drummer Will Champion explained “We’d been away for a while and we didn’t expect anyone to have to pay for our music without any encouragement, so we think it’s a nice gesture. ‘Here you go, have it for free.’”
Ann asked “Guy, you said it was the boldest and most confident record you’ve done. Would you say that?” [hands mike to guitarist Johnny Buckland]
Johnny got a little nervous, and said “Yeah, I dunno… We just had a great time in the studio recording it. We worked with incredible people… Brian Eno, who’s our hero.”
Bass player Guy Berryman added “I don’t think it really sounds like our last three records… there’s going to be a few surprises.” [audience screams when Guy starts talking]
Chris Martin: everyone wants to see our “handsome bass player”
Chris Martin joked “Most of the audience comes to see our handsome bass player, Guy. The music is secondary.”
Anne Curry concluded that “There’s something real authentic on this album and it reaches out deep into all of us.”
Here are the videos. The music starts in the first video at 2:40, and Chris Martin has a rough start and laughs during “Viva La Vida,” saying “I messed up the beginning but that’s ok.”
Interview and “Viva La Vida”
“Clocks”
“Lost”
“In My Place”
“42″
Thanks to WENN for these photos, many of which were taken during the live rehearsals.
Most actors seem to get really stressed when they become famous for perfectly portraying a certain role. They get all paranoid that they’re going to be pigeonholed and typecast forever more. So someone like Jennifer Aniston might do a really macabre horror movie after becoming super famous as Rachel in Friends, or Courtney Cox might do some softcore porn. You know, whatever it takes to remind us that they’re multifaceted and multitalented. Because who wants to be stuck playing the same old character or in the same type of show over and over again?
Well, Sarah Jessica Parker, for one. The actress is in talks to star in The Ivy Chronicles, a show about a single gal making her way in New York. All that’s missing are the shoes.
Taking Carrie Bradshaw to the big screen proved a shrewd move for Sarah Jessica Parker – the Sex and the City movie’s so far raked in more than $300 million – and now she’s eyeing the role of another single urban professional.
The star, 43, is in discussions with Warner Bros. about a screen version of novelist Karen Quinn’s The Ivy Chronicles, described by the Hollywood Reporter as an up-to-date take about class and the single woman in Manhattan – though unlike Bradshaw, title character Ivy Ames moves out of the Upper East Side after the double whammy of a job loss and a divorce.
She has to withdraw her children from their expensive private school, though they also provide her with a eureka moment: Ames starts a service to help women land their kids in upper-crust kindergartens.
So… Carrie Bradshaw in ten years? Obviously it’s not the exact same as Sex & the City, but it’s similar enough that you’d think Parker would be a little worried about getting stuck playing a New York single gal over and over again. Throw in a few pun-loving girlfriends and you’ve got yourself a guaranteed hit. Frankly it’s probably not a bad decision – Parker’s last few movies haven’t exactly seen critical and/or box office success. She might be wise to play this role until she’s a granny.
Here’s Sarah Jessica Parker leaving Rockefeller Plaza after an appearing on ‘The Today Show’ on May 29th. Images thanks to WENN.
The annual Jobbie Nooner — a daylong, booze-fueled bash on Lake St. Clair known as the Mardi Gras of the Midwest — is set for Friday, but it’s not clear who will clean up afterward. A drop in funding has forced the nonprofit We Are Here foundation to forego the Herculean task of picking up the trash that no doubt will be left behind this year.
“We barely have enough money to do our core business — the Lake St. Clair cleanup and the Clinton River log jam removal,” said Tom Cleaver, president of the foundation. “So, we’re not doing anything” with Gull Island.
The St. Clair Shores-based nonprofit had been tidying up after the annual party since 1999. Last year, the group couldn’t get out to clean up Gull Island until a month after the party finished, Cleaver said.
The unofficial Jobbie Nooner Web site asks partiers to pick up after themselves.
Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said Wednesday deputies with his office’s Marine Division will be out in full force patrolling the bash, held on and around Gull Island.
“Although (the Jobbie Nooner) is in the St. Clair County area, obviously we share the waterways,” he said. “We also like to support the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office and help them out.
“A lot of the boats there will come from marinas on our side of the lake.”
Friday’s Jobbie Nooner festivities are the first of two parties held over the summer. The other will be held on the second weekend of September.
The partying extends to Gull Island, a man-made land mass at the mouth of the St. Clair River’s south channel, about five miles east of Metro Beach Metropark.
The island was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which dumped clean, dredged materials onto the site from 1937 through the mid-1960s. The island is actually about 137 acres, but all but 4 acres are submerged.
Until recently, the We Are Here Foundation was leasing the island from the Army Corp of Engineers.
The lack of donations for the nonprofit prompted the group to terminate its lease of the island from the Army, Cleaver said.
A group of automotive designers known as “jobbies” started the shindig more than 20 years ago.
The autoworkers planned to celebrate a co-worker’s birthday by getting together on their boats, according to the unofficial Jobbie Nooner Web site. The group left work at lunchtime one Friday, known as “pulling a nooner.”