ENTERTAINMENT
May 28, 2011 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Amy Winehouse is trying to dry out - yet again. The troubled warbler has checked into exclusive London rehab the Priory. Does she get frequent-flier miles each time she's in? Better to have loved . . . Pop-culture children Justin Bieber , 17, and Selena Gomez , 18, "were spotted embracing in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday during their romantic getaway" in Hawaii, People says. In the grown-up world, Maria Shriver discussed her disastrous marriage over lunch in Beverly Hills with Bono , 51, says London's Daily Mail in a creepy report that includes a series of photos showing in detail every time the pair had the tiniest physical contact.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 18, 2011 | By Howard Gensler
ENDING WEEKS OF SPECULATION and catty comments about how thin she's gotten, Demi Moore, 49, told the Associated Press yesterday that she is ending her marriage to 33-year-old Ashton Kutcher. The couple wed in September 2005. "It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life," she said in a statement.
NEWS
January 3, 2013
IF THE MAYANS, Nostradamus and every crackpot evangelist can predict the end of the world, Tattle, with help from Lady Tattle (see sidebar), should be able to predict celebrity shenanigans for the coming year, right? We, at least, have a chance of being correct. And, on the plus side, if we're wrong, you won't end up with a cellar full of canned goods and Bushmaster rifles. So here goes: * One Direction will rename itself New Direction when Harry Styles officially runs off with Taylor Swift . The joke will be on Harry, however, as Taylor will already have moved on. * Lindsay Lohan will get arrested.
NEWS
November 14, 2012 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Here's yet another incentive not to get drunk near a Vegas wedding chapel: Janeane Garofalo says she recently discovered she's been married for 20 years . Seems she and Big Bang Theory producer Rob Cohen got drunk one night and got married as a lark. They thought that since they were kidding around, it wouldn't be legal. Doh! Cohen's lawyer found out the truth after Cohen got engaged to fellow TV producer Jill Leiderman . Needless to say, Garofalo and Cohen got a quickie divorce.
NEWS
May 1, 2012 | Howard Gensler
LIKE EVERYTHING else in our celebrity-saturated society, the White House Correspondents Dinner has become a red-carpet affair. Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan were invited, courtesy of Fox's Greta Van Susteren, and other news stations, magazines and news services now bring so many celebrities to the event, it's a wonder there's room for any journalists. For example, Politico invited Charlize Theron and Eva Longoria. Newsweek/The Daily Beast brought in Reese Witherspoon and Viola Davis.
ENTERTAINMENT
August 22, 2011 | By Dan Gross
EVEN SCOTTISH zombies read the Daily News . A People's Paper newspaper box is one of the Philadelphia props in "World War Z," the Brad Pitt zombie thriller that is now filming in Glasgow, Scotland. "World War Z" is based on a book set in Philadelphia that centers on a zombie apocalypse. The movie was considering shooting here, which also helped fuel the rumor that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are buying a house in, and/or moving to, Blue Bell that we told you about in June.
NEWS
December 25, 2012 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
A petition calling on the government to deport Piers Morgan for voicing antigun views had amassed more than 47,000 signatures Monday, three days after it was posted on the White House's petition website by Infowars.com. Morgan has called for stricter gun-control laws in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., and called a gun advocate who appeared on his CNN show an "unbelievably stupid man. " The petition demands that Morgan, a foreign national, "be deported immediately for his effort to undermine the Bill of Rights" and for using his TV show "to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens.
NEWS
November 16, 2012
THERE WILL BE NO rebound relations for Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. Sources close to the Disney starlet say that another woman was definitely involved in the split. To prove her point, Gomez has blocked Bieber from "her phone numbers and other communication devices," according to TMZ, although the site also notes Gomez is still following Bieber on Twitter. TMZ doesn't get it, but every girl likes to check up on her man, even if she's kicked him to the curb. Lemon, linked Liz Lemon of "30 Rock" - played by Upper Darby's own Tina Fey - is getting hitched.
NEWS
February 8, 2013 | By Howard Gensler
WHETHER you're interested in celebrity silliness or a career in public relations, the following is a perfectly planted gossip item. According to Life & Style magazine - in an exclusive conversation with an unnamed friend of Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber - the reason Selena broke up with the Beebs is because he cheated on her. Duh. With Rihanna . Huh? That's right, Rihanna. You can stop laughing now. It has "devastated" Selena, the friend tells Life & Style . "It really cut like a knife because it happened in February of 2011, when Selena and Justin had been dating for months and were falling in love.
NEWS
September 23, 2011 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
To paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald , a genius is someone who can hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time, who can flourish even when in the grips of paradox. Thus, we present the paradoxical title of a new celeb memoir, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story . It can't be believed yet it's true! Such is the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger , who will release his memoirs next year. Anonymous Source tells People the tome is sadly only a selective, tell-some-but-not-all confession.