NEWS
February 6, 2012 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Although Demi Moore has not been spotted since a health crisis in January sent her to the hospital, People has confirmed she is in treatment. According to a source close to the situation, the actress is in a facility and not at home in Los Angeles, as some have speculated. "She's on total lockdown and only talking to a small group of people," a source tells E!, adding that the actress is being treated for addiction and an eating disorder. On Friday, Moore's youngest daughter, Tallulah , celebrated her 18th birthday at dad Bruce Willis ' Beverly Hills home along with her sister, Rumer . Look out, South Jersey Snooki and Jwoww haven't lost faith in the Garden State just because Hoboken rejected them - they're still determined to find a New Jersey location for their new spin-off show.
NEWS
January 24, 2012 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Heidi Klum has confirmed it to People. So it must be true, alas. She and Seal will divorce after almost seven years of bledded wiss. A statement from the couple says, sadly, that "we have grown apart. " That confirms TMZ reports over the weekend. She's been out of the house a lot, here and in Germany, doing her TV thing, and he's been out a lot, touring behind his CD Soul 2 - he was to tape Ellen DeGeneres ' show on Monday. Gosh, those two used to renew their vows every year at a special party.
SPORTS
January 24, 2012 | BY TOM MAHON, mahont@phillynews.com
WE DON'T KNOW if Kobe Bryant uttered the traditional words "for better or worse," when he wed soon-to-be ex-wife Vanessa. But if so, he couldn't have imagined "worse" could be this bad. According to the Los Angeles Times, Vanessa Bryant - who filed for divorce from the former Lower Merion star last month - just received three mansions worth more than $18 million as part of a pending settlement. The Times cited experts as saying that's only a small portion of the $75 million - not counting spousal and child support - she is expected to receive when the divorce is final.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 14, 2012 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Hollywood titan Gene Hackman , 81, was recovering nicely Friday after being hit by a car while walking his bike. The Oscar-winner, who has been featured in 100 films including The Conversation and Unforgiven , was on a bicycle outing in the Florida Keys when the accident occurred, reports TMZ. "Gene was airlifted to the hospital for routine tests," his rep tells E!News. "Everything is fine and Gene is on his way home now with a few bumps and bruises. " Paula Deen has diabetes?
NEWS
December 12, 2011 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Lindsay Lohan 's Marilyn Monroe -ish Playboy pictorial should not be interpreted as yet another example of how The Man 's phallocentric hegemony crushes innocence. Nor is it a cynical ploy for attention by a star turned tabloid punch line. It's an act of empowerment, baby. "Sex and sexuality are a part of nature, and I go along with nature," Lohan, 25, tells the mag. "It's a very male-dominated world . . . so knowing yourself and being comfortable with your body is an important thing.
NEWS
November 18, 2011 | By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
Mariah Laci Yeater , the California woman who claimed Justin Bieber was her baby Tristyn 's father, made it all up. So says TMZ, which has obtained text messages sent by Yeater to a friend in which she identifies an ex-bf named Robbie as the father. The recipient of Yeater's text has asked TMZ to withhold his name. In one text, Yeater promises that the friend will get a cut of the money she would wrangle out of Bieber. Justin Bieber's lawyer, Howard Weitzman , tells TMZ, "This information proves Mariah Yeater fabricated the story.
SPORTS
July 26, 2011 | BY TOM MAHON, mahont@phillynews.com
Athletes and Twitter. It's a train wreck waiting to happen. For some reason, sports professionals, both men and women, turn into twits when they tweet. The latest example is ex-NBA star Steve Francis who - according to a police report obtained by TMZ - allegedly groped 20-year-old Shauna Simien in Texas in May of 2010. The police report indicated that Simien filed a complaint immediately after the alleged incident. The woman told TMZ that she is a singer who had signed with Francis' record label and was meeting with him on the day of the alleged assault.
NEWS
July 20, 2011
SHE HASN'T been separated for even a week and already Jennifer Lopez has become a wedding singer. Make that a wedding singer whose fee is a million bucks. TMZ.com reports that Jennifer was scheduled to perform before 300 guests at a Ukrainian wedding last night. Given that she was supposed to hit the stage at 11:30 p.m., no one was expecting the audience to be too sober. TMZ says the World Health Organization has rated Ukraine as No. 1 in the world for alcohol consumption among youth.
NEWS
June 10, 2011 | By Peter Mucha, Inquirer Staff Writer
"Nails" won't rot in jail. At least, that's what TMZ, the gossip website, is reporting. Lenny Dykstra, a main man as the Phillies took the Macho Row-d to the World Series in 1993, has been begging his rich celeb friends to bail him out. Literally. He was tossed in the clink this week on 23 felony counts, including grand theft auto and drug charges, and he needs $50,000 - 10 percent of the $500,000 bail - to get released. Unless he wins an appeal today to have the amount reduced.
ENTERTAINMENT
May 25, 2011 | By Howard Gensler
IT'S TAKEN a week but TMZ.com has finally figured out how the Los Angeles Times beat them on the Arnold Schwarzenegger babydaddy story - Maria Shriver 's peeps tipped them off. TMZ says members of Team Maria sang like canaries because she was so angry at her lunkhead husband. Unnamed Maria friends said that when she found out that Arnold had done the Millie Diddle with longtime housekeeper Mildred Patty Baena and was the father of the maid's son, she went "hysterical" and wanted to call a news conference.