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American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino (scheduled on Jeff and Jer next week) is already getting sick of two aspects of celebrity. It seems she's getting gouged for manicures and pedicures and her ex boyfriend is talking to the press. Barrino says she's used to paying 25 bucks for her nails and last week a girl came to the hotel and did them and it cost 240 bucks and they didn't even soak her feet.

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No More Wire Hangers!

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When you have the most fabulous clothes in the world at your fingertips, obviously you're not going to store them on just any old hangers from the dry cleaners, right? Turns out some stars are more, well, passionate about their closet accessories than others. Enter Devon Rifkin, president of Hangers.com, who counts Jennifer Lopez and Kimora Lee Simmons among his clients. Some stars even dole out the big bucks for their businesses: Hangers.com supplies the Elton John Store at Caesars Palace Las Vegas and P. Diddy' s Sean John boutiques. The hangers are such a hit that Rifkin tells us he's become used to getting frantic phone calls from celebs' personal assistants: "They call with hanger emergencies, and hope that we have things in stock and can ship same day. It's like we're over-nighting a liver or something."

 

Price of Fame = Expensive Hangers :D

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Although she?s the new face of Curvation Lingerie, Queen Latifah admits she doesn?t always wear their sexy skivvies. "I often go to bed in my birthday suit," the 34-year-old actress-rapper tells Insider. "But I like teddies and cute little undies that match. I like a sexy bra and panty set, or little shorts." So has she ever gotten racy underthings from her significant others? "I have," she says. "It?s always an adventure. Because as far as guys are concerned, they never mind seeing a woman in lingerie even if it looks crazy on her."

 

 

Price of Fame = Telling people what you sleep in?!?! :huh:

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The Answer Bitch

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Q: Do most celebrities have bodyguards with them 24/7? Is it really that dangerous to be famous?

Cara Benik, Manalapan, New Jersey

 

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A: Nicole's bodyguard really should take his own advice.

 

You naively assume stars hire bodyguards to protect their dazzling bodies. Nonsense. Most bodyguards spend their days deflecting autograph seekers, not killer stalkers.

 

This B!tch has interviewed many a bodyguard , most of whom say that, sure, stars face the occasional threat, but most of the time, the heavies are really there to repel the people that buy their clients' movie tickets or line up for days to see their concerts.

 

Bodyguards have other talents, too. Just ask the folks trying to cover that Michael Jackson festival o' justice up in Santa Barbara. Jackson's goons, aside from shielding their client from poisonous questions like "How are you holding up?" also make their hay covering up official camera lenses, doing their best to prevent journalists from taking any footage.

 

Some bodyguards even double as, you guessed it, spiritual advisers. Take one of Nicole Richie's protectors, photographed in February wearing a T-shirt that says, "Trust no bitches."

 

What else does a Hollywood heavy do? Glad you asked.

 

When Kirsten Dunst flies to London this month to premiere Spider-Man 2, she'll have a bodyguard to protect her and "wine and dine the star every night in plush restaurants," according to the Glasgow Daily Record.

 

And to answer your question, Cara, yes. Ex-bricklayer Malcolm Connelly, the 42-year-old bodyguard in question, will indeed squire Dunst around the clock.

 

"When I'm working with a star, I will be with them 24/7. The only time I leave is when they go to bed," he told the paper. "I will escort Kirsten Dunst everywhere, from the moment she gets up until she goes to bed. I will take her to restaurants, escort her to interviews and drive her about town."

 

But the neatest bodyguard trick of all may be making a camera disappear.

 

In January, 19-year-old Anthony Fitzgerald spotted Prince skulking through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, dressed all in black.

 

"I went over and took a picture," Fitzgerald told the Star-Tribune and, later, the local cops. "I turned around, and right in front of my face was his bodyguard, who said, 'What the hell do you think you're doing?'

 

"He snatched the camera out of my hands and got on [an airport cart], and they drove off."

 

The college kid later sued Prince for damages. And Prince, racked by what seems to be quite the Napoleon complex, sued back, on the lame premise that Fitzgerald violated copyright law.

 

As a lawyer later pointed out to the Star-Trib, "you can't copyright yourself."

 

Ironically, now that fans have labeled Prince the Purple Jerk, he may need bodyguards more than ever.

 

I cry him a river.

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Guest Naran

The idea of a 5'10" woman weighing only 110 lbs has bugged me ever since I read it a few days ago. Then I started looking a the arms of the female stars and while the men may differ, I say "Gross!" They have no muscle which I assume is true of the rest of their bods as well. Why have all that length and no strength? Philosophically, from a feminist perspective, I find this unattractive and from a physical stance, too. I sure wouldn't have the hots for a skinny man with no form and no ability to carry the groceries. (To clarify, there are many "skinny" men out there who are gorgeous. They have muscle so weigh an appropriate amount.)

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>> Can I get a witness <<

"Is that a yes to oral, miss?"

 

80s drugs might be back but 80s-style wild sex

isn't. Male celebrities are rushing to get a

Sex Witness in their entourage thanks to

high-profile cases like R Kelly and Kobe Bryant.

Celebrities are moving to only having one-night

stands or groupie sex with a witness in the

room to verify that whatever sexual acts are

performed are done without coercion. Mike

Tyson pioneered this trend (following his

well-documented troubles) and careful/worried

men, particularly rappers, are following

in his footsteps.

 

Imagine if this was the case through rock

history? "Excuse me Madam, can you confirm

that you agree to the insertion of this

fish into your snatch?"

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BRIDAL SUIT GETS TO THE POINT

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WEDDING couture queen Vera Wang's clients are walking on pins and needles ? literally. Two women have filed a lawsuit claiming they had to undergo surgery after pins punctured their feet while they were trying on Wang's wedding gowns. Lawyer Max D. Leifer, who is representing perforated plaintiffs Melissa Brennan and Alexandra Harwin, told PAGE SIX's Tom Sykes : "In each case, a needle got into their foot and a part of it broke off and traveled into the foot. They needed surgery and were on crutches for six weeks." Leifer said each woman is seeking about $75,000 from Wang, and they sued because Wang's insurers had taken a "negative attitude" toward their injuries. Wang is apparently taking pains to make sure none of the city's other affianced social types get speared. Spies at her Madison Avenue boutique report a "big sign" now in the fitting rooms asks customers to wear shoes while trying on gowns. Wang, who has designed frocks for Uma Thurman, Sharon Stone and Mariah Carey, didn't return calls.

 

Price of fame = everyone sues you. :rolleyes:

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Young Slams Lecherous Beatty

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Actress Sean Young claims she was forced out of her role in 1990 film Dick Tracy - after rebuffing the advances of leading man Warren Beatty. The Wall Street beauty, 44, was cast in the role of Beatty's love interest Tess Trueheart in the comic book adaptation, but was replaced by actress Glenne Headley after she turned Warren down. She fumes, "In the seven days we worked together, he just made advances. I was unresponsive and kept joking, 'Ha ha - what a ladies' man you are.' But I made it very clear to him that I wasn't interested." At the time, the then-single Beatty said via his spokesperson, "I made a mistake casting Sean Young in the part and I felt very badly about it." He went on to enjoy a short-lived romance with his other love interest Madonna, who played the vampish Breathless Mahoney.

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people.comFeet FirstOkay, so you're a celebrity, and you're going to the VH1 Save the Music benefit Friday night in the Hamptons (to be hosted by Ashanti ). Do you wear the comfy flip-flops, or the sexy stilettos that look hot but kill your feet? No worries: There will be a ? get this ? shoe valet to hold your heels while you party in new flip-flops provided by Target. You can recover your heels from the valet before you leave, if you haven't had too many mojitos. We couldn't make this stuff up.

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ON THE WITNESS STAND: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas expected to be called today to testify in the preliminary hearing for stalker Dawnette R. Knight.

 

STEP OFF: Justin Timberlake obtaining a restraining order against an L.A.-based photographer who allegedly stalked him

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COMBS' OVERBOARD BOAT BILL

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SEAN "P. Diddy" Combs' vacation in Ibiza got off to a rocky start. Combs, who was renting a yacht named "Tommy" with Andre Harrell and Vikram Chatwal , had just sailed into Ibiza from St. Tropez the other day when he got into a battle with the broker who rented him the boat. "The broker shows up at like 6 p.m. and gave Puffy this outrageous bill," our spy said. "Puffy always looks at every nickel and dime on a bill, and he saw he was being overcharged an outrageous amount for stuff like liquor and other incidentals. He was furious and started screaming he was being robbed." The fight got heated and Combs ended up calling the local police to get the complaint on record. "Six cops go on board and take everyone's statement, and at like 3 a.m., Puffy, Andre and Vikram take their stuff and move off the boat," our source said. Combs left the yacht shouting, "I'm not an idiot, I know when I'm being robbed ? I'll rent another boat!" The three are now staying in a rented villa in Ibiza. A rep for Combs said: "Puff was unhappy with the services . . . and some of the money has been refunded."

 

I bet getting over charged is a common problem.

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The Answer Bitch

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Q: Who exactly makes up a star's entourage?

Amruta G., Chicago

 

 

A.B. Replies: The peeps. Mah boyz. Da crew. One's posse. The homies thats keep me real. Those with whom we be transportin'. And Shannen Doherty's stylist. (Oh, I'm serious--read on.)

 

Los Angeles has two requirements for its residents: jury duty and posse service. When we aren't working, Mystic Tanning, rendering verdicts or discussing projects we have in development, we're making others appear as important as we wish we were, so everybody gets an entourage and nobody gets mistaken for, well, a nobody.

 

For example, on Tuesdays I transport with the Baja Fresh cashier posse. Starting in November, I've been assigned to roll deep with the lady who owns that Dutch knitting shop up on Beverly.

 

Celebrity entourages, particularly of the hip-hop variety, have a similarly insipid membership, no matter where they're based. Up to 75 percent of hip-hop posses seem to be wannabe MCs or road managers--gofers spotted by a rapper during some slammin' session at the studio, twentysomethings hungry for the chance to be subservient to that guy who posed with a porn star named Sinnamon Love on last month's cover of Fish 'n' Grits.

 

"Say you're a friend of a friend, or a relative of a friend of a musician," posits Wass Stevens, a bouncer at New York celebrity haunts Hero and Marquis. "If you rub the celebrity the right way, literally or figuratively, you might be able to join that posse. Celebrities love to have their egos stroked nonstop."

 

On the acting side, both famous people and Shannen Doherty tend to drag along beautifiers and other professional handlers to their club outings.

 

"Shannen showed up at Hero last night with seven people," Stevens tells this B!tch on, let's see here, July 27. "Even she's not just running around with her girlfriends. One person was her manager, I think, because she was organizing everything.

 

"And then there was another person who had to be her stylist, because he was so incredibly flamboyant and was always fixing Shannen's sweater."

 

Experts tell this B!tch that entourages can include any and all combinations of the following:

 

? Security thugs

? Agents

? Managers

? Attorneys

? Bandmates

? MC protégés

? Backup dancers

? Producers

? Stylists

? Publicists

? Childhood friends

? Unemployed relatives

? Girlfriends

? Girlfriends of the girlfriends, who may, if the star is lucky, be sleeping with the previously mentioned girlfriends, but, either way, will soon be sleeping with the star if they wish to remain in the crew

? Car watchers.

 

Like this B!tch could make that last one up.

 

Stevens says that new members of an entourage are often assigned to stay outside and make sure the double-parked, gold rim-spinning, stardust-frosted leviathan SUV doesn't get towed. Celebrities don't do valet parking, see, in case the ladies start to mob the homies and everybody needs to make a clean getaway and whatnot.

 

How many hangers-on can fit in a posse? Well, if your name is Diddy (and it isn't, Mr. Combs), and you have a motorcade, the possibilities can give the little people a good case of the blind staggers.

 

"That man rolls deep," intones Seth Harris, general manager of the New York club Suede. "Sometimes he comes in here with 25 people, and I have to tell him I can handle maybe eight of them and two security guards.

 

"He understands."

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Another celebrity marriage bites the dust: according to ESPN.com, NBA basketball player Rick Fox has filed for divorce from his wife, Vanessa Williams.ESPN news servicesI don't think this is any surprise to the blind item readers on this site; rumors that he was seeing other women have been floating around for at least a year.

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Zap2It.com gossipHOW DID WE MISS THIS?Always amazed that Zap2it isn't completely on top of every story, I anxiously peruse The Weekly World News to see what we miss. This time, it's the headline of the 50-foot tapeworm diet that is sweeping Hollywood.Stars in Beverly Hills ingest these tapeworm larvae in raw pork, beef and fish at trendy restaurants and dieters lose up to 73 pounds in eight days while a huge parasite gobbles up their food from the inside.Somehow, no celeb would go on the record for that story.

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:o Talk about self promotion!

 

 

 

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Mantlepiecing

How to win friends in Hollywood

 

Jon Peters, elderly producer, hairdresser

and former shagger of Catherine Zeta-Jones

is the inventor of Mantlepiecing.

 

Jon used to carry small framed pictures of

himself to Hollywood house parties.

When no-one was looking he'd place one on

the piano/mantlepiece of the host alongside

the other famous faces.

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Ted C. of E!

 

.... Also, I hear David and Mary-Kate--not exactly bookworm dorks, ya know--were, uh, blessed, you could say, by the admissions departments at their chosen institutions of higher learning. Family bank accounts had absolutely nothing to do with the acceptances....

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Britney's Used Chewing Gum Sold on eBay

Friday Sep 03, 2004 8:00am EST

By Stephen M. Silverman

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Britney Spears has found herself in a sticky situation ? her old chewing gum is being offered for sale on eBay, reports the Associated Press, noting that one fan paid as much as $14,000 for gum chewed and spat out by the pop princess, 22.

 

Mostly, the wads go for $5-$100: The entrepreneur offering the $14,000 gum bid against himself to drive up the price.

 

While no certificates of authenticity accompany the wads, says the news service, many postings on the online auction site include photos of a small piece of chewed gum, a copy of a ticket stub from the place of its discovery and what AP calls "a personal story of procurement," such as the one spat out in early August outside Spears's L.A. home ($26 being a recent bid).

 

A hopeful seller from London set an asking price of $53 for gum obtained at a 2000 Wembley Arena concert. "I have had this item for over three years and am only listing it because of the current interest in Ms. Spears's habit for discarding gum!" says the sales pitch.

 

Brian Johnson, 25, of Mississauga, Ontario, boasting that "You could take a DNA test to prove this is the real deal," put a $1,000 on his wad and obtained the gum while working backstage at a Toronto concert in April.

 

"While I was holding the camera, I saw her spit it out," Johnson said. "I thought it would be funny to bring the gum home and show some of my friends. They got a big laugh out of it."

 

Also for sale from Spears's litter-strewn path: Kleenex and cigarette butts, an allegedly used bath towel and a bar of soap. Its seller calls that last set "priceless."

 

 

How creapy would that be if it were your gum?? :blink:

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Baldwin Slams Movie Promotion

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Feisty actor Alec Baldwin has infuriated studio executives after bitterly slamming film-related promotional campaigns during an interview. The hunky actor is sick of speaking to journalists about The Last Shot - which centers on a government agent who poses as a Hollywood producer to catch mobsters - and stunned journalists by launching a scathing attack on the Screen Actor's Guild and the studio publicity departments for giving him too many movies to promote. He also accused film chiefs of blaming him if their film flops. He complained, "The problem is that most of the marketing that's done now means 'let's get the actor out there to charge up the hill and if you get shot to pieces you get shot to pieces'. Get out there and do Letterman, Good Morning America , these tiresome tedious rounds of promotional things to raise the awareness again in a very crowded marketplace to call attention to your film. It's a bad, bad situation when there are just so many movies out there right now, which is ridiculous. Actors are treated like suppositories that are inserted into cavities of the movie- going public."

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RENEE MISSES SNOW ACTION

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Movie star Renee Zellweger has been banned from one of her favorite winter pastimes -- because insurance bosses won't let her hit the slopes.

 

The actress' most famous character, Bridget Jones, hits the mountain for the upcoming "Bridget Jones's Diary" sequel, but Zellweger, a once keen skier and snowboarder, admits she hasn't had fun on the slopes for seven years.

 

She explains, "The insurance company on films won't let you do those things. They don't like you to do sports where you might break all your limbs and potentially your neck."

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"jetlag hair"

 

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Moonfrightening Cybill

 

As a wealthy private eye in cult TV series Moonlighting, Cybill Shepherd was one of the most glamorous stars of the 1980s.

 

But the former Vogue covergirl's looks turned heads for all the wrong reasons yesterday.

 

She appeared on GMTV in a red velvet hooded cape to hide her 'jetlag hair'.

 

Shepherd, 52, told presenter Fiona Phillips: 'I didn't have time to do my hair.

 

'If you'd like a laugh, I'll take it off in a bit but it's a little scary. I bought this cape last year and thought, "Some day I'm going to wear this every day of my life". So far, I've been in London for two days and I've worn it every day.'

 

True to her word, the actress removed the cape to reveal her blonde hair in a topknot.

 

She then took out her scrunchy and, with her hair standing on end, laughed: 'Would you like me to brush it now?'

 

To complete the bizarre ensemble, Shepherd wore a pink tracksuit top, tinted glasses and barely a trace of make-up.

*******

 

Jetlag hair after you've been there for two days? Someone please adjust Cybil's meds!

Edited by Endora

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Stiller: "I'm an 'A**hole' On Set"imdb.comBen Stiller admits he behaves like a "real a**hole" on film sets - because he's always trying to prove himself. The Zoolander star, 38, claims the movie business encourages egomaniacal behavior as there is a constant need to assert yourself in order to remain at the top. And Stiller acknowledges he sometimes lets the moment get the better of him. He explains, "Normally, people tend to shut off their ambitions and competitive thinking because it doesn't help them much in normal life. But in the movie business you've constantly got to prove yourself. So I can be a real a**hole on the set sometimes."

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