Sideshow: Ricky Gervais accused of Hollywood-style makeover

September 03, 2010|By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
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Has Satan forced comedy genius Ricky Gervais to abandon those Quainte Olde Englysshe Wayes that make The Office creator so beloved?

Is Ricky "turning into Mr. Hollywood"?

So asks London tabloid the Daily Mail in a hand-wringing report that claims the once "staunchly British" Ricky has made a Faustian bargain to achieve Tinseltown fame.

The Mail says the 49-year-old writer-actor has abandoned his cuddly, round tummy for a "slimline look," has dyed his graying hair and beard, and has adopted a slicker, streamlined Lalaland coif.

Is this the same Ricky, asks the Mail, who previously attacked people who cave in to media pressure by turning to plastic surgery?

"Some things are not worth the risk," Ricky has said. "When someone's facial surgery goes wrong because they wanted plumper lips or a little nose, I think they're an idiot."

Oh, Ricky, is it all worth it?

Law & order: Special celebs unit

Clifford Harris Jr., 29, better known to hip-hopsters as Grammy-winning superhero T.I., and his wife, Tameka Cottle, were arrested Wednesday night in West Hollywood after police allegedly smelled pot smoke coming from their car during a traffic stop.

This isn't good for T.I., who is on three years' probation after being in prison on federal weapons charges. He was released just six months ago after serving seven months in a federal prison and three months in a halfway house.

Authorities let T.I. and Cottle go Thursday on $10,000 bail each.

Tennessee rapper Young Buck (David Darnell Brown) has filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, weeks after the Internal Revenue Service raided his Hendersonville, Tenn., home, seizing $164,000 in property.

The Tennessean newspaper says Buck, who reportedly owes the IRS more than $300,000, will have his monthly pay from Cashville Records docked by $12,500 over 60 months for a total of $750,000. Young's albums include the appropriately titled Straight Outta Cashville.

Francesca Spero, a 51-year-old former exec at Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records, has filed a $12 mil lawsuit against Diddy, claiming he's an ageist who fired her without cause and replaced her with a know-nothing chick 10 to 15 years younger. No comment from Diddy.

Dashing dashed hopes about Dashton

The twit-tersphere is abuzz a day after shocking allegations surfaced about the state of the Dashton union. "Ashton Kutcher Caught Cheating on Demi Moore!" !screams! Star mag!

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