Hayden Panettiere No More Greats Once upon a time in Hollywood, most stars had a specialty. They focused on that specialty. They were great at their specialty. Like Tom Hanks isn’t recording a rap song and launching his own line of lawnmowers, you know what I mean? Nowadays in showbiz, quality control is the By Lainey • Jul 16, 2008 03:52 am
Parent Pimps Meet Honor OK! Magazine paid $1.5 for the first exclusive rights to Jessica Alba’s baby and follow up photos later on. So here’s Jessica with Honor on the cover of the new issue. No offence to all you moms out there but really, this baby obsession is out of By Lainey • Jul 16, 2008 03:18 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Helen Mirren > Nicole Kidman Helen Mirren is 63. Over 20 years older than Nicole Kidman but sexier, fresher, more beautiful, more real, much, much warmer, and yes… even younger. Helen Mirren is hottest bitch ever! Nicole Kidman is frozen! This is Helen on holiday with her husband Taylor Hackford, wearing the sh*t out By Lainey • Jul 16, 2008 03:04 am
Ebola Victims Ronaldo avoids infection! Football fans are rejoicing everywhere as Cristiano Ronaldo narrowly avoided Ebola Paris Hilton contamination last night at Villa. Could the most potent virus in Hollywood be weakening? Or will this rejection only make her more vicious? Fortunately for Ronaldo, he escaped unscathed despite her best efforts. Because as soon as By Lainey • Jul 16, 2008 02:55 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Stay-at-home dad Katie Holmes was on set at Eli Stone yesterday to shoot a cameo – the Tom Cruise brought Little Sci to visit mom at work. And also to check up on her, making sure there’s no secret getaway plan. After all, Johnny Lee Miller was once married to Angelina Jolie. By Lainey • Jul 16, 2008 02:50 am
Famewhores Intro for Jul 16, 2008 Dear Gossips, A big deal was made the other day that Granny Freeze Nicole Kidman would not be selling her baby photos. So was it an honourable decision – that somehow the photo-opp loving Gran would suddenly be picture shy? Or was it more case of no one caring? Word is, By Lainey • Jul 16, 2008 02:23 am
Goodbye Grissom Ausiello is confirming that Gil Grissom is leaving the lab. William Petersen will remain involved with the show but his days as a regular are over… and this is not a sabbatical. My friend Michelle will be crushed. She thinks he’s a sexy bitch, a stone engraved membert of By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 08:35 am
Parent Pimps Jailbait Bradshaw She’s not quite Emmy Rossum – is it right to hate someone so young? – but she’s almost there… Disney’s most profitable virgin, Miley Cyrus, wants to become her generation’s Carrie Bradshaw, revealing to TV Guide that she’d “love to do a younger, cleaner version of Sex By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 07:51 am
Clown The Fox and her Bag Said it before – to me she’s just a Blender girl. One of those ubiquitous skanks staring back at you, open mouthed, from the pages of a soft core skin rag, always wet and ready to go. This is Megan Fox carrying a bag on her back last night at By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 05:08 am
Victoria Beckham Becks and the Ordinary She said it herself – in the new issue of Allure, Victoria Beckham’s self description: I’m not out-of-the-ordinary-looking at all – I’m incredibly ordinary. As you can see, I’m a normal-looking girl, and I just make the best of what I have. The best? Is orange and emaciated By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 03:57 am
Girlcrushes Maggie > Katie Thank Xenu that Tom Cruise would not give his permission. Thank Xenu he’s a f&cking idiot. Because The Dark Knight with Katie Holmes in it would not have been the same film. Maggie Gyllenhaal is so much better. Maggie has a brain. Maggie also has style… This By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 03:38 am
Quiveration The Knight’s Lips Christian Bale and his wife Sibi last night at the premiere – look at him touching his lips. Touch my lips too! He does have a lip thing, non? Like a lisp… much more pronounced as the Batman than as Bruce Wayne. The Batman… must be that I’m a comic By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 03:17 am
Gary Oldman Gotham’s Black Carpet Star-studded attendance last night on The Dark Knight black carpet including Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart – both quivering! – and also Naomi Watts who arrived with boyfriend and baby-father Liev Schreiber though both slipped inside right away. Michelle Williams, as expected, was not there. But it has nothing to do with By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 03:12 am
Intro for Jul 15, 2008 Dear Gossips, There was a fire in Vancouver yesterday resulting in blackouts across much of downtown. Something about the server being affected…which accounts for intermittent access to the site. Was at a screening for The Dark Knight on Monday morning. Scroll down to yesterday’s column, see below for By Lainey • Jul 15, 2008 03:04 am
Quiveration Bonus Knight Tonight is the NYC premiere of The Dark Knight. Bonus Bale photos – Christian and his wife Sibi walking around the city surrounded by fans and photographers. It is a very rare sighting. They are intensely private, little is known about him off camera. But I’ve spoken with him before By Lainey • Jul 14, 2008 10:35 am
Quiveration The Week of The Dark Knight Just got back from a screening of The Dark Knight (IMAX). Will not bother reviewing it since you can read any number of reviews about Heath Ledger’s brilliance anywhere on the web with one quick click. Just see it. That’s all. Focusing instead on commentary that film critics By Lainey • Jul 14, 2008 10:32 am