Jennifer Lopez
Morning Memo: Samantha Ronson Threatened with Bad PR; Suri Cruise Needs Friends; Taylor Momsen "Naturally" Thin
Samantha Ronson's former lawyer, Martin Garbus, is threatening to sue her for nonpayment. He wrote "Please don't force me to do it ... The blogs will pick it up." [NYDN]
In more fun news, Ms. Ronson's girlfriend, Lindsay Lohan, will dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween! [Full Disclosure]
Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen assured worried reporters that she is "naturally thin." [US Weekly]
Suri Cruise reportedly gets abnormally excited when she sees kids her own age because she's had "not a lot of socialization." [P6]
Family drama: Photographer Bruce Weber is suing his girlfriend's cousin, the actress Anna Thomson, over money he provided for the care of Thomson's dying mother, shoe designer Beth Levine. read more »
Morning Memo: Peter Cook Speaks Out; Hawaiian Tropic Zone Gets Sued; Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Probably Back On
In a killed profile for Elle by Kevin Sessums (the piece is now available on Tina Brown's Daily Beast), Jennifer Lopez is described as "weepy and fragile" and "flu-ridden." She also discusses potentially sending her children to Scientology school and her postpartum insecurity. [P6]
Michelle Rodriguez woke up her fellow guests at Florida's Mayfair Hotel by banging the door knocker to her room and screaming at her female "roommate." [R&M]
Female employees of Hawaiian Tropic Zone are suing parent company Riese for $600 million over charges of physical and sexual harassment and rape. [NYP via Grub Street]
Christie Brinkley's ex-husband, Peter Cook, is finally sharing his side of the story in an upcoming interview with Barbara Walters. His explanation for having an affair with his then 18-year-old assistant? "I was seeking a connection I could not find in my own marriage...I wanted a little acknowledgment, a little attention, a little thank you every now and then for my efforts, for the amount of time I took to care for her and my family, for the wealth I was building." [NYDN] read more »
Morning Memo: Secret Stylists for Sarah Palin; Obama Rebuffs Lindsay Lohan; Barbra Streisand's More Fun on Morphine
Sarah Palin's people "do not want the American public to know that [she] is using stylists or that she is paying for expensive clothes this early in the campaign." We definitely did not know. [P6]
The Obama campaign rebuffed newly minted political blogger Lindsay Lohan's offer to host "a series of events for younger voters," reportedly saying that she is "not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be positive for us." [TMZ]
Socialite and jewelry designer Genevieve Jones is dating Oscar de la Renta's 24-year-old son Moises. [Paper]
Jennifer Lopez threw husband Marc Anthony a surprise "1940's Cuban nightclub themed" birthday party at the Bowery Hotel the same day she finished fifth in the "celebrity women's category" (which apparently exists!) in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon. [People] read more »
Mayhem at Marc Jacobs! J. Lo, Jay-Z Take It In Stride
At 8:30 p.m. on Monday, September 8, the bi-annual paparazzi bloodbath had already started outside the Marc Jacobs show. Gawkers and cameramen lined Lexington Avenue, which was clogged with town cars, while security guards admitted guests to the Lexington Avenue Armory, a sign that the designer intended to start on time-at 9 p.m. (who could forget the show a year ago, when attendees appearing at the appointed hour were told to "get a drink and come back?").
Inside, the flashbulbs were blinding, accompanied by desperate shouts every time a Kelly Osborne, or a Kim Raver from Lipstick Jungle, or a J. Lo, or a freshly shorn and dyed and pixie-ish Victoria Beckham arrived.
"I'm really a plus one," said bewildered painter John Currin, taking in the scene with wife Rachel Feinstein, an artist and friend of Mr. Jacobs'. "People are better looking," he added, appraising the difference between art and fashion parties. "There's a lot more money, I think, and better-looking women." read more »
Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson Respond to Papa Lohan; David Duchovny's in Rehab (But It's Not What You Think)
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have responded to Michael Lohan's public comments about Ms. Ronson's supposed tell-all book via their MySpace celebrity blog. [MySpace via Daily Intel]
A Gossip Girl script for the upcoming season has leaked! Click through at your own risk. [Gawker]
At the DNC, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) asked staff to introduce her to Jennifer Lopez. Meanwhile, Jessica Alba is over there drinking something called a "Dirty Delegate" martini. [NY Daily News] read more »
At Jennifer Lopez Event, Rufus Wainwright Muses On Gay Politics
DENVER—Wednesday afternoon at the Denver Art Museum, Jennifer Lopez, Capitol File and Viacom honored Marian Wright Edelman for her work with the Children's Defense Fund. Before the awards presentation began, the Daily Transom spied the singer Rufus Wainwright, wearing a plaid blazer, striped T-shirt and sandals.
"I'm gay and out and proud, but in saying that I feel that the gay community could be a little more engaged," Mr. Wainwright said. "You can even spell it out. E-N-G-A-Y." Har!
"I guess one of the reasons I'm so vocal is to get some of my community out there because especially gay men-and those are the only ones I can really speak for-they tend to get a little into the lush life and the dance, the DJs, the disco music, and it's fun and everything, but unfortunately I'm a huge pessimist right now. read more »
Maid in Manhattan Made for TV?
Ah, yet another sign that the networks are running out of fresh ideas: on the heels of the news that we might be treated to a small screen treatment of the 1987 film The Witches of Eastwick comes the announcement that ABC will be adapting the JLo flick Maid of Manhattan for a television pilot. Don't expect Ms. Lopez to star--she's far beyond that, though she is involved on the creative end, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Writer Chad Hodge has really connected with the idea, telling the Reporter: "I imagine being a writer in Hollywood is often very similar to being a maid in Manhattan," he said. Really? Cuz we don't. More after the jump: read more »
Morning Memo: Simmons Robbed; Runway Renovated
A suitcase filled with $15,000 worth of Russell Simmons jewelry was reportedly stolen when one of Mr. Simmons' employees left it in the hallway of a Bleecker Street building for about 30 minutes. [P6]
Heidi Klum says that Project Runway will get a facelift on Lifetime that will include more catch phrases and a "Hollywood flair." [Forbes via The Cut]
Jennifer Lopez stopped by Obama's offices to talk about "matters close to her heart." [People read more »
Lopez: I'm Pregnant, Maybe With Twins
Jennifer Lopez announced that she is most-definitely-without-a-doubt-one-hundred- percent-sure that she’s pregnant—maybe even with twins. When Ms. Lopez, 38, made her announcement to a crowd yesterday in Miami, where she and her husband, Marc Anthony, 39, were wrapping up their El Cantante tour, Mr. Anthony was allegedly stunned. “I didn’t know she was going to talk,” he told the audience after she let the cat out of the bag. He then leaned over to plant a smooch on his spouse’s belly.
“This is a special time in our lives … And we waited until the last show to tell you,” Ms. Lopez said.
The Day in Gossip: George Clooney Boogies With Darjeeling Set; No Free Ride for J. Lo!
Having recovered from his motorcycle accident, George Clooney parties in Litchfield, Conn. with Bill Murray, Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman. This, after he unwraps at Lollipop. [Page Six]
After Jennifer Lopez ordered private car service for everyone and their mother while in New York for the premier of El Cantante, the pregnant star is fighting the limo company over her $16,000 bill. [Page Six]
Jay-Z regrets talk of retirement, now working on music for Denzel Washington’s new film American Gangster. [Rush & Malloy: 2nd item]
Devil Wears Prada producer Wendy Finerman lands in posh digs a few floors away from Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer. [Page Six]
Ron Burkle—a billionaire!—sues Anne Hathaway’s Italian boyfriend while unintentionally buying up lots of Catholic soil. [Rush & Malloy: 1st item]
In a post-Bar Rafaeli world, Leonardo DiCaprio seeks fresh model meat in the shadow of a weird love-rectangle. [Page Six]
Faye Dunaway walks around Chelsea “wearing one disposable clear plastic glove on her right hand.” [Gatecrasher: 3rd item]
What About Ben? Damon and Lopez Hit Paydirt
What a terrible weekend for Ben Affleck.
Matt Damon’s The Bourne Ultimatum grossed roughly $71 million over the weekend—grabbing a little under $1 million in Manhattan alone—and Jennifer Lopez’s El Cantante, in which she stars along side her husband Marc Antony, opened in New York City with a $34,342 per screen average, finishing right behind The Simpsons Movie in total gross and nabbing the number 3 slot on our chart. (How’s that sequel of Daredevil coming, Ben? Oh, it’s not?) read more »
J-Lo Glows
Jennifer Lopez must have learned something from working with people like Ralph Fiennes and Jane Fonda. read more »
The Land Time Forgot
Unhealthy Relationship With Ring
No offense to all of the other blushing brides out there, but it's nicer than any other ring I've ever seen ... ever. Sometimes I'll just have stare-a-thons on the subway, or more embarassingly, when I'm out to lunch with someone and catch a glimpse of it as I pick up my glass of water. And then I just can't stop looking at it--from different angles--in different lights--it's all very sad, I know. But the more I tell myself I need to stop looking, the more I look. And then when that doesn't work, I start to play this game and tell myself that I'm NOT allowed to look even for one tiny second or ELSE...and then I do.
Almost exactly like my ring, only slightly larger.
Of course, I have no idea if this pink diamond thing is even doable (i.e. do I need to be J. Lo to afford it?). Time to take another trip down to the jewelry district to see our "diamond guy" Israel and find out. read more »
ASME: Is Good Cover Design Dead?
Making the list are some predictable choices: Saul Steinberg's "View of the World from 9th Avenue," in The New Yorker; George Lois' Andy Warhol drowning in Campbell's soup for Esquire, and... surprises!
But less well-publicized was ASME's Worst 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years. Twenty of the selected covers were of the cast of Desperate Housewives in various configurations. The remaining 20 are listed below:
Vanity Fair, September 2005 (Paris Hilton Wearing White Her Way!).Tie: Rolling Stone, November 27, 2003 (Housewife of the Year: Jessica Simpson); January 17, 1985 (The Secret Life of Hall and Oates).
New York, August 16, 2004 (Defending Joel Steinberg). Spin, September 2000 (Creed Confess Their Sins).Tie: TIME, July 5, 1999 (Cruise & Kidman Like You've Never Seen Them); January 24, 2000 (The Big Deal: How The AOL-Time Warner Merger Happened).
Esquire, December 1995 (Jim Carrey Feels No Pain). The New Yorker, January 31, 1994 (AKA, 'Anthropomorphic Hassidic Bull with Horns').Eleven-Way Tie: GQ, February 1998 (Big Ben: Ben Affleck Bellies Up to Stardom); Details, July 1999 (Ben Affleck: Armageddon's Rocket Man); Premiere, August 1999 (Ben Affleck Kicks Asteroid!); Vanity Fair, October 1999 (Ben Affleck: Gwyneth, Girl Talk, And the Whole Matt Thing); Talk, October 2000 (Ben Affleck: "People say I should live like a rock star"); People, February 21, 2000 (The Real Ben Affleck); GQ, May 2001 (Ben Affleck's Journey To Manhood); Details, April 2002 (Ben Affleck's True Hollywood Story); US Weekly, August 12, 2002 (J.Lo & Ben's Hot New Love); People, August 12, 2002 (J.Lo & Ben Affleck's Red-Hot Romance); US Weekly, November 4, 2002 (J.Lo & Ben Wedding on the Way?). read more »
—Matt HaberJ. Lo Is Good! In Lasse’s Western
