HOOKING UP: Kim Kardashian’s sister Khloe is temporarily taking the lime light away from her sister. The reality TV star met Los Angeles Laker’s Lamar Odom at a club in August and wham!, the two of them became an item. Hooking up with a jock in that family seems to be the thing to do. So Khloe knew the drill well. Her stepdad, Bruce Jenner was an Olympic champion and her sister Kim’s boyfriend Reggie Bush plays for the Saints. The family all seen together in one of the new trendy spots on Sunset Blvd.
GIRL ON THE PROWL: Miley Cyrus has discovered that, for an “A” list girl, the world is a smorgasbord of tasty hunks. The teen star who captivated no less a male than Nick Jonas and Justin Gaston, both in less than a year, has been seen with her recent co-star Australian Liam Hemsworth. What started out to be a working relationship seems to have gone a step further. It looks like he might have gotten rid of his ex-girlfriend Laura Griffin after meeting Miley. With Miley’s big career she says there’s no time for a huge relationship, “For now there is no dude.” There’s always a young star by her side.
A MOGUL IN THE MAKING?: The lovely Emma Watson spent her “gap year” productively. The Harry Potter star who is soon to begin her university studies at Brown University in Rhode Island spent the traditional English year before high school and before University designing an entire ‘summer wardrobe’ for teen girls. The nineteen-year-old star says, “I wanted to produce a younger type because I knew it was something I could use to make a difference.”
BEATING HER FEAR: Megan Fox, the incredible, beautiful Transformers star is giving Britney Spears credit for helping her get over the fear of flying. She says because she listens to the pop star’s songs while she’s in the air, she’s convinced she won’t die. The twenty-three year-old insists the “Toxic” singer’s hits ease her morbid fears. Three years ago this fear came over her and since she’s become a big star she knows she has to fight it. Megan has Britney in her corner.
RELATIONSHIP ALERT: Jessica Biel is going to have to watch herself a little closer if she doesn’t want to destroy her relationship with Justin Timberlake. When the two of them go out to dinner and the hunk orders cheese or dessert, she makes fun of his decisions. It’s well known that she’s very fitness conscious and we’re sure she’s very caring. Someone ought to tell her that kind of humor once in a while is OK, but a steady of it can kill any man’s ardor.
SUPREME PARENT: The gorgeous Jada Pinkett Smith understands the pitfalls to growing up as the children of famous parents and is determined to prevent her kids, eleven year-old Jaden and eight year-old Willow from being sucked into the “Hollywood brat” syndrome. The star explains that, “I have sat my kids down and told them, ‘Do not be disrespectful to anybody. Always treat people the way you want to be treated.’ I try always to figure out what they need and make sure I give them that.”
MOM IS HAPPY: Hunky Nick Cannon is thrilled that his mother is happy with his choice of wife. The MC for America’s Got Talent says his mom had been tough on most of the girls he’d brought home in the past. It was for that reason that delayed bring Mariah Carey back to meet his mom. He laughs, “A couple of my ex-girlfriends got restraining orders against Mom. But she and Mariah get along wonderfully. If she thinks a girlfriend is disrespecting me, she pulls out all the ex-gang member moves on them. I don’t need a bodyguard, I’ve got a bodymomma!”
NOT BAILING OUT: Sir Michael Caine has given up on his idea to leave the U.K. The international mega star had been all ready to pack up and move out but decided that he just couldn’t bear to leave his grandson Taylor and soon-to-arrive twin grandchildren, too. The father of two girls says, “Being a granddad is my best role yet! I never had a son, so Taylor is like having a son and a grandson – a double whammy! He even looks like me. And, with two more on the way, I just can’t walk out on them.”
CUDDLE TIME: Newly weds Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, who met on the set of Step Up 2: The Streets, have found a reason to spend more nights at home. The couple are writing their own musical film as a team. The bride says, “It will definitely involve dancing and romance. I can’t tell any more right now. I just hope everybody loves it.”
PUDGE: Super hunk Matt Damon says his new hit movie The Informant was the most fun he’s ever had on a movie set. And the reason? He had to pile on the thirty extra pounds the character required, “It was very, very easy to gain the weight. It was a whole lot of fun, too, probably the funnest time I have ever had working. I just age everything in sight. It was absolute heaven and I didn’t have to go to the gym after work!”
MOM’S GUILT: Thirty-six year old Rebecca Romijn is the mother of eight month old twins, Dolly and Charlie. The first time mom says she loves her two, but definitely does not want any more. And that’s because she gets a terrible case of “Mother’s guilt” every time her career forces her to leave them. The beauty explains, “I feel like any stretch of time I spend away from them, I’m missing out on their little miracles. You watch them stare at their hand for an hour, take a three hour nap and when they wake up they can suddenly do something they’ve never done before – like wave.”
SIR MICK’S WISDOM: Sixty-six year-old Mick Jagger, who was notorious for his unbridled partying in his youth, now moderates his behavior, or at least he’s claiming that he does. The father of seven may be feeling the weight of parenthood, as he says, “You can’t give in to temptation all your life – you’d never get anything finished.” Before you think he’s turned over a whole new leaf, he quickly adds, “But, it’s absolutely no fun at all unless you give in to temptation some of the time. If you never give in, you’re going to be really boring and dull.”
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN GOTHAM: It may be a while before Julia Roberts returns to New York. The star was shooting a scene with her co-star James Franco when a furry giant rat with glittering beady eyes ran over her feet. The startled beauty was so traumatized she screamed and could not quiet down until Franco swore that the interloper had headed for the tall timber. Her shrieks brought the crew running from all points to defend their star.
A GREAT PAIR: Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise are a movie duo to make a producer’s mouth water. Each has had a number of blockbuster films and they’ve even worked successfully together before in the hit Vanilla Sky. Now, the hot rumor out of Hollywood is that the pair are set to work together again on a spy thriller set to begin very soon. It could be just the kick both their careers need to get them back into top form.
TOO MUCH?: Scarlett Johansson and hubby Ryan Reynolds have both portrayed characters with super powers. As good actors, each did a lot of research for their parts, but that’s now contributing to a problem. The star who portrayed Black Widow in Iron Man 2 says their home is awash in comic books and that’s begun to bug her. Scarlett says she’s about ready to have a draconian clean-out of her home, “We have quite a few stacks of comic books and they’re taking up a lot of space.” But since both stars are set to reprise their roles, cleaning up their resource material might not be a good idea just yet.
WAIT FOR THE PAYBACK: Matt Damon and Brad Pitt had better walk very carefully and keep a vigilant lookout. They’ve both received promises of dire retribution from long time pal and jokester George Clooney. The pair were at the Venice Film Festival and “outed” George Clooney as being not only gay, but soon to wed his long time boyfriend. They were so convincing that during an interview an Italian reporter stripped and professed his undying love for Clooney who was totally taken aback. In the long history of these guys’ practical jokes against each other, this one must surely take the cake. And, aren’t you glad Clooney isn’t looking to get even with you?