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The Week in Gossip: Operation Winehouse

Friday, January 16th, 2009

They tried to make me go to a health spa, and I just crawled, crawled, crawled…Amy Winehouse, who is supposed to be detoxing at the Le Sport Spa in the Caribbean, is keeping a low profile—so to speak. Winehouse is so hard-up for a drink that she’s getting on all fours, crawling up to tables, and stealing drinks from other guests—which leads me to our quote of the week: A source at the resort told The Sun that they keep catching Winehouse “crawling past bars, or hiding behind chairs. She grabs guests’ drinks and runs off, like a squirrel with a nut.”

Question: Who packs an empty (but very real) grenade into his carry-on luggage? Answer: Johnny Jackass. LAX security officers noticed a suspicious-looking explosive in Johnny Knoxville’s bag yesterday and pulled him aside for investigation. No explosives were in tow, but a legit grenade was definitely on board. Ha. Ha. Ha. Knoxville was given a citation and promptly released to go make his flight. Special treatment much? [UPDATE: Knoxville says a wardrobe assistant had put the prop in his suitcase.]

Wanna see Ryan Seacrest get the cold shoulder from Brangelina at the Golden Globes? Pop some popcorn. This is good! (And in less important news: Kate Winslet was a big winner, taking home two globes. Slumdog Millionaire went all Michael Phelps on us too, with four globes. “30 Rock” kicked ass, as usual. And then there was Mickey Rourke.) For more serious coverage of the Globes, click here.

Who’s itching for a little more attention before the cool kid comes to town? I’ll give you one guess.

Spears and Poehler and Duff, Oh My! Sarah Jessica Parker reportedly wants Brit-Brit to partake in the Sex and the City movie sequel. Perhaps we should remind SJP that Brit’s last trip to the box office was for a little whoop-dee-doo called “Crossroads,” which proved to be a total flop. In small screen news, Amy Poehler will star in a new “Office”-inspired sitcom on NBC. The sitcom will follow the ins-and-outs of small-town government bureaucrats. Hmm. Finding humor in the incompetence of our government officials and administrators? Sounds more like the “Twilight Zone” to me! And here’s the real kicker: Hillary Duff will star in a new legal sitcom on NBC. Yes, that’s right—a legal sitcom. Duff will play a young lawyer in a Doogie Howser-ish sort of role. The name of the series? “Barely Legal.” And no, it’s not a porno.

TOP GUN OF THE WEEK: Chelsey B. “Sully” Sullenberger III, the “Hero of the Hudson.” Can I get a “W00t! W00t!” for the pilot who kept calm and kicked ass when his plane lost both of its go-go-gadget engines yesterday? Sully’s four decades of experience saved 155 lives, including that of an infant’s, when he managed to execute an impromptu landing in the Hudson River.  Bad. Ass.

And finally — Beyoncé, is that YOU? . . .

The Week in Gossip: What’s Berry, Berry Sexy?

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Esquire mag named its “sexiest woman alive” and the big, bad Halle Berry made the cut. No surprise there. And yes—I know, I know—the whole “sexiest woman” thing is a bit objectifying, but let’s keep in mind that Berry is over 40 and just had a baby. Her making the top of the list is progress, no?

“To the left, to the left”? More like—to the altar, to the altar. It’s official: Beyoncé and Jay-Z tied the knot last Saturday in a hush-hush ceremony. Only forty guests attended, but the couple didn’t skimp on the frills—70,000 white orchids were reportedly flown in from Thailand for the affair. Wait, what economic crisis?

Hugh Hef’s main squeeze (or one of them) called it quits this week. Holly Madison reported that she and Hef are no longer ooh-la-la. And it’s about damn time! According to the Playboy mogul, Holly wants to settle down and have kids and, uh, well, . . . Hef’s not up to the challenge. So to speak.

Quote of the Week: “Sarah Palin can’t come to my party. Sarah Palin can’t come to my show. It’s nothing personal.” Got any idea which music icon put the punch to the Palin during a concert this week?

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