SHE’S GOT HIM IN HER SIGHTS: It’s difficult to imagine, but if Justin Timberlake were ever uncertain of his popularity, Tina Fey would happily reassure him. Fey whose startling turn on Saturday Night Live last year as Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin is now appearing on 30 Rock and is desperate to lasso Timberlake for her NBC blockbuster. Tina thinks he’s got “mad skills” and would love to have him.
EARLY LATIN LOVE: Benicio del Toro can’t think of a time he wasn’t interested in the fair sex. Way back in pre-school he remembers being very aware of his young classmates, “I remember liking girls when I was three or four. I didn’t try anything, but I was definitely interested!”
SAIL AWAY: Sean “Diddy” Combs can be generous with his fans. Sometimes, he’s more generous than he intended to be. Last week he was throwing bundles of dollar bills into the crowd at a show and he got just a bit too athletic. At the end of one cash toss, one of his diamond rings flew off his hand and sailed into the mass of an adoring throng. However much they liked the rap mogul, no one brought his ring back and somebody got a super sparkly $20,000 souvenir
METHOD ACTOR: Hunky Jesse Metcalfe sometimes gets too deeply into his character as the gardener John Rowland on Desperate Housewives. That can cause a moment’s embarrassment for any young actor. He admits, “In the first scene we ever had where Gabriella and John first made it together, we’d rehearsed the scene going all out. Then the director called, ‘OK, get out of the bed, we need to get it ready.’ I had to ask for a few minutes to calm down.”
ACTING FOR REAL: Shia LaBeouf has found that sometimes life can imitate art, instead of the other way around. He’s shooting the sequel, Wall Street 2, where he plays a young stock broker and he got so into his character that he’s begun playing the market for real. Before you get all worried for him, Shia’s already made more than $50,000 so far and plans to be a mega mogul in the future.
CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK: Christopher Reeve’s twenty-nine year old son Matthew is honoring his parents’ memory by running in the New York Marathon. His run will raise money for his dad’s Foundation. While he hopes his father would be proud, he laughs and says he can imagine him saying, “What’s happened to my son? Who’s this imposter?” Matt learned about giving back from his dad.
MIDLIFE CRISIS: Gorgeous Cameron Diaz has had a bit of a romantic rollercoaster these past several years. That may be the reason she’s come to the conclusion that, “I am certainly not sitting around fretting about where I’m going to be at. I’m not forty yet and don’t know what I’m going to want. I am just making the most out of the life I am living as I have been doing all along.” The blonde beauty seems to have been assessing her life and has decided, “As long as I’m happy making movies, I’ll keep that up. I can do anything I decide to so, I am free to pick up another career whenever I wish.”
WORRIED MOM: When Valerie Bertinelli’s ex-husband Eddie Van Halen invited their sixteen year old son Wolfgang to join his band, mom Valerie was worried. She’d not yet had “the birds and bees” talk with her teenager and was very worried about his being on the road and living the rock and roll life. So, she asked Van Halen to step up to bat, then she got worried about what the rocker might say. But the former TV megastar reports, “He’s a really terrific dad, he really is. He warned Wolfgang, ‘Be careful with your heart. When you do give it away, have patience and kindness.’”
UNRAVELING?: The Khloe Kardashian wedding to Lamar Odom has everybody gossiping and the one subject they’ve been talking about most is the pre-nuptial. It sounds like Khloe will have a non-stop shopping spree and if it doesn’t work out, she’ll also end up with a nice house and a nice car. There aren’t a lot of guys as generous as Odom. Now, her other four sisters will be looking to outdo Khloe
HER MAJESTY: Every girl grows up being called the princess of her father’s heart. Well, now Megan Fox has gone one better. The Transformers beauty is now officially a queen. The title Queen of the Geeks has been bestowed on the raven haired Fox during the Spike TV Scream TV 2009 Festival. The big do was held at the Greek Theatre last week and costumed fans of the fantasy, sci-fi and, horror genre were gathered in huge numbers to acclaim their favorites. Megan has it made, the guys flip over her and the women fantasize about her. After admitting she could go either way, she’s got a wider draw.
GO AWAY, GIRL: Not everybody is happy to have Madonna as a neighbor. The superstar, who has a beautiful home in New York City, has been sued by a neighbor. The unhappy local claims that the “Like A Virgin” singer has turned her home into a rehearsal space and blasts loud music at all hours. In fact, he claims Madonna and her invited guests repeatedly dance to unreasonably high-decibel amplified music, causing noise and vibrations through the walls, ceilings and radiators.”
BORING GUY: Gerard Butler, who sizzled on screen in 300, describes himself as “boring.” The hunk claims he’d much rather hang out around home with his buddies than go clubbing and getting into trouble. He declares, “It sounds really boring, but it’s true. I just want to go home and chill out with my friends. I’m actually boring really.” He was in a Beverly Hills hot spot recently and hit on three women lunching together and when he hit on them, they didn’t even notice.
WHO IS THAT?: There must be something wrong with the guys at UCLA. When the stunning Shakira took a class there, nobody recognized her. The gorgeous star admits that she disguised herself as a guy, but every day and nobody tumbled onto her presence? The Columbian beauty says, “I needed a break from being me. So I took a summer course, you know to switch gears. I wore a cap and carried a back pack, I looked like a boy.”
LOVE IN BLOOM: Twilight star Bonnie Wright admits that she thinks her co-star Robert Pattinson is, “...cute, but he’s just not my type.” The beauty, who’s also been linked to Zac Efron briefly, has been seen all over London with Harry Potter star Jamie Campbell Bower. They were seen at a gallery opening and only had eyes for each other. That was all the ammunition the gossips needed and now the streets are full of stories of their romance.
ON THE WAY?: Forty-five year old Courtney Cox Arquette has decided that it’s time to give her five year old daughter Coco a sibling. The “Cougar Town” star says that her biological clock is ‘ticking’ and she feels it’s a “now or never” moment, “If I was thirty-four, I’d wait another year. I’ll have Coco to help me. All three of us will help each other and we’ll be able to enjoy the new baby when he or she comes.”
SHE’S BEEN WARNED: Katy Perry’s been given a warning by Georgina Ballie. The English songbird is currently dating madcap comedian Russell Brand and has received a heads up from one of his legion of former girlfriends. Ballie, whose acting roots run deep in English theatre, says, “Everyone knows you don’t date Russell Brand seriously. I don’t think he’s capable of monogamy.”
MAKE BELIEVE: Eva Longoria Parker is finding it more and more difficult to shoot bedroom scenes with her TV husband Ricardo Cavira. She’s got no complaints about acting with him. It’s just that they’ve become such close friends that she now feels like they are siblings, and can kill a romantic moment faster than anything. Tony Parker’s gorgeous wife allows, “Ricardo and I hate kissing because he’s like my brother, besides I’m not a fan of love scenes, everybody knows that!”
DADDY DEPP: Johnny Depp hopes his two kids don’t follow in his footsteps and become actors. The Public Enemy star who has a ten year old daughter, Lily-Rose, and a seven year-old son Jack with French singer Vanessa Paradis is worried his children will get interested in his career and follow in his footsteps. He says, “One thing is certain, neither of them will ever get bored. I always show them my costumes and they love it. My children seem to take my job for granted.” Johnny’s family is the most important thing to him.
NOT FOR HER: Kelly Osbourne says she’ll never pose completely nude for any magazine. The reality TV star is scared that her dad metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne would see the snaps. Although she’s been asked a few times, she doesn’t think it’s right for her. She says, “I wouldn’t want my father or my brother Jack to open the magazine and see me naked.”