

Mother knows best: "My daughter is living a true love story," Carla Bruni's mother, Marisa Borini, tells France's Le Parisien for its front page Sunday, about the ex-supermodel's relationship with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. ... Earlier this month, Borini told Italian news outlets that her daughter had received a marital proposal from Sarkozy – with a New Year's acceptance deadline. ...To say the couple's rapid romance has been a coup de foudre (stroke of lightning) is an understatement. The 52-year-old Sarkozy, divorced from his second wife Cecilia in mid-October, has been inseparable from Bruni, 39, since Nov. 23, when he met the former supermodel-turned-singer-songwriter at a Paris dinner party. [people]
However, Kidman's Australian publicist yesterday denied the reports, saying it was simply a rumour made up over the silly season.
The Daily Mail's respected entertainment editor, Baz Bamigboye, reported the Oscar-winning actor, 40, and her husband, Keith Urban, broke the news to their families over the holidays after Kidman finished work on Baz Luhrmann's epic romantic adventure film Australia on December 21.
Kidman's spokeswoman said: "It is incorrect. She must have had about 30 babies by now. She's in Australia making a film and her family are in Australia. She's happily ensconced away somewhere having a few days' break. As far as we're concerned it's another rumour out of London."
But one of Kidman's friends said it was "conceivable" the actor was almost three months pregnant. "She did have a small baby bump a month ago, so it would be reasonable she'd now be three months and telling her friends and family," the friend said. [Courier-Mail]
Nicole Kidman and her husband of 18 months are expecting their first baby, the Daily Mail can reveal. The Oscar-winning actress and Keith Urban, the country and western singer she calls the "love of my life", broke the news to their families over the Christmas holiday.
The 40-year-old Australian star had already spoken of "winding down" her film-making activities as much as possible next year. The baby, whose expected arrival date has not yet been revealed, will be the actress's first natural child. She adopted Isabella, 14, and twelve-year-old Conor during her first marriage to Tom Cruise.
Miss Kidman was stunned when he filed for divorce in 2001. Shortly after they split, she revealed that she had suffered an ectopic pregnanacy and a miscarriage during the marriage.
Miss Kidman spent her Christmas holiday in Syndey, after finshing work on Baz Lurhmann's epic romantic adventure film Australia on December 21. She is due to film The Reader with Ralph Fiennes and British director Stephen Daldry in Berlin next month, but has no more cinema work planned after that.
"I just want to spend as much time as possible with my husband," she told the Daily Mail. Earlier this month the actress also dismissed the idea of returning to the stage next year. "It wouldn't fit in with the logistics and dynamics of my family", she said - a remark given extra meaning by the news of her pregnancy.
Also when the Daily Mail visited the set of Australia in Sydney earlier in December the actress was shooting scenes in a long ball gown,so again, much could be kept out of view. In between takes on set Nicole took to a bed in one of the studio's dressing room's complaining that she felt 'constantly tired.' [The Daily Mail]
Holmes...has been moving more and more into the role of mother to stepchildren Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13. "They call me Mom," she tells Parade. As Us Weekly reports...this coincides with 40-year-old Kidman's confession on a British TV show that her two kids with Tom Cruise no longer "call me Mummy." "It's Mum or sometimes Nicole. I'm like, 'Hey!'" she said. (Kidman's rep tells Us she was only "joking around.") "Isabella especially took to [Katie] right away," a source close to the family tells Us. Adding to the tension is the fact that Cruise is raising his children as Scientologists, something the Catholic-raised Kidman is "not cool with," an insider tells Us. [us weekly]Where does he get off raising them as Scientologists when their mother doesn't agree with the teachings? She should take his ass to court.
Van Cleef & Arpels filed suit against the Project Runway host in Manhattan's federal court last week, claiming that her jewelry line ripped off their clover design. The papers claim that the designs created by Heidi Klum GmbH and Mouawad USA are so similar to Van Cleef & Arpels's vintage Alhambra line, they create "confusion in the marketplace." ...The luxury jewelry house is suing Klum, 34, for copyright infringement and asks for damages in excess of $25,000. Designer Pascal Mouawad, head of Mouawad USA, dismisses the claim, telling PEOPLE: "We believe this claim has no merit. It's clear that shapes like clovers, hearts, crosses, etc, are universal symbols and are commonly used in jewelry." He adds, "Heidi has been wearing her pieces on Project Runway and we've seen them become quite popular. The clover has always been in fashion and you can see that many other luxury jewelry houses have their own interpretations of this wonderful shape such as Louis Vuitton and Chopard. " [people]
Divorce papers have been filed in Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn's separation – with the actor and actress both filing papers on separate occasions.
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Penn's divorce papers list Nov. 30 as the date of their separation. Wright's petition, filed Dec. 21, say they separated Dec. 1. Both list "irreconcilable differences" as the reason and ask for joint legal and physical custody of their two teenagers, Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 16.
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Penn and Wright were married in April 1996. [people]
Mischa Barton has been arrested for DUI, possession of illegal narcotics and driving without a valid license, according to a police report obtained by Usmagazine.com. The actress, 21, was pulled over early around 3 a.m. this morning in West Hollywood, Web site Hollyscoop.com first reported. She is still in custody, TMZ.com reports, and is being held on $10,000 bail. [us weekly]
They are known to bring good luck in the new year, but one Black-Eyed Pea got lucky early. After 3 years of dating, Fergie and Josh Duhamel are engaged, his rep confirms to PEOPLE. "Fergie called a lot of her girlfriends today to tell them the news," a source close to the singer told PEOPLE. "She said they don't know what kind of wedding they want yet, but that she is the happiest girl on earth."...Fergie was seen sporting a diamond ring on her all-important digit back in November, during the American Music Awards, but her rep denied the engagement rumors then. [people]
Paris Hilton's future bank account has just taken an enormous hit – on account of her grandfather. Barron Hilton, the 80-year-old son of the founder of the worldwide hotel chain that carries the family name, has earmarked 97 percent of his vast fortune – nearly $2.3 billion – to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, to help the homeless with housing, find safe water in developing countries and assist other good causes around the world... To Barron's heirs – who include Paris – will go the remaining three percent: some $69 million, which is said to be taxable. According to calculations by New York's Daily News, Paris, who once foresaw a $100 million inheritance, is now likely looking at $5 million. [people]
Ever the optimist concerning the Spears family, Dr. Phil McGraw commends matriarch Lynne Spears – despite the current controversy regarding her 16-year old daughter's pregnancy. "We know the Spears family, particularly the parents," he tells PEOPLE at Adrienne Maloof and Dr. 90210 Phil Nassif's holiday party in Beverly Hills on Saturday. "An asset that Britney and Jamie Lynn both have is a great and dedicated mother." [people]
Comedy Central’s pair of popular news satirists, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, will return to their television shows on Jan. 7, two months after production was suspended because of a writers’ strike.Mr. Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” and Mr. Colbert, host of “The Colbert Report,” will have to improvise their monologues and interviews without the help of their writing staffs.
In a statement, Comedy Central said, “We continue to hold out hope for a swift resolution to the current stalemate that will enable the shows to be complete again.”
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Both hosts are Writers Guild of America members. The guild, in a statement, accused Comedy Central of forcing the two hosts back to work and reiterated that the studios should resume negotiations to reach a settlement in the strike.
In a statement, the two hosts said they would prefer to return to work with their writers. “If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence,” they stated.
Without writers, “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report,” which are shown weeknights at 11 p.m. and at 11:30 p.m. and serve as important shows for Comedy Central, are likely to lean on unscripted interview segments. Booking guests may not be easy because some entertainers and presidential candidates have refused to cross picket lines. [nyt]
Bilbo Baggins is finally progressing on his most fraught journey — landing a leading role on the big screen. After three years of legal wrangling and public sniping, director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached an agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings blockbuster trilogy that made nearly $3 billion at the box office and earned 17 Oscars. The Hobbit is Tolkien's most accessible and popular book, a fairy tale about the reluctant adventurer Baggins, who embarks on a trip with 13 dwarves and the wizard Gandalf. Jackson, who directed the Rings trilogy and inherited creative stewardship of Tolkien's massive fan base, will serve as executive producer for The Hobbit with his wife, Fran Walsh. A director and screenwriter will be chosen in the New Year, when Jackson and Walsh meet with the studio heads. MGM, which owns the distribution rights to The Hobbit, will co-finance and co-distribute. [time]
Britney Spears's 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant. Nickelodeon, which carries her TV show Zoey 101, said in a statement: "We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being." Spears and her mother confirmed the pregnancy to OK! magazine, saying she was 12 weeks along and the father is Jamie Lynn's longtime boyfriend Casey Aldridge. Aldridge's mother confirmed it to TMZ.com. "It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," Jamie Lynn told OK!, according to the Associated Press. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he." Spears told the magazine that after confirming the pregnancy with a home test and a subsequent doctor's visit, she told only one friend – then waited two weeks before telling anybody else, including her parents. "I needed to work out what I would do for myself before I let anyone's opinion affect my decision," she told the magazine. "Then I told my parents and my friends. I was scared, but I had to do what was right for me." [people]
British singer Lily Allen is pregnant with her first child, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.
The 22-year-old "Smile" singer has been dating the Chemical Brothers' Ed Simons, 37, since September. "As the pregnancy is at a very, very early stage, the couple ask that you respect their privacy," her rep said in a statement. "The couple will be making no further comment but they are obviously both thrilled by the news."
Allen, whose 2006 debut album, Alright, Still, sold nearly 2 million copies, recently talked about her desire to step out of the limelight and start a family.
"Maybe I could retire at 25. I'm only going to do one more album, she told Britain's Sunday Times in November.
"It's a great job, but it doesn't leave time for what's important. Like having a family," she added. "I'd like to live in the country and have a walled garden, and chickens and pigs."
Despite the pregnancy news--first reported by Britain's The Sun--Allen's rep said, "Lily's new album will be released as planned next year." [People]
hey all, want to thank everyone for their support. i cut my eye ufc training for my upcoming j.k. livin comedy THE GRACKLE where i play a barfight for hire. it was a clean cut, clean stitched, already lookin good, just got another funny story to tell my kids one day...The grackle's gonna have a lot of scars, but he gets sewn up by a vet, I'm glad I got to go to a real doctor. thanks again, in the mean time and all times, just keep livin, mcconaughey
ELAINE: did something happened?
GEORGE: Tony.. took a bit of a tumble
ELAINE: his face, did something happen to his face?
KRAMER: well it all depends on what you mean by.. happen
GEORGE: he..he's alive
KRAMER: yeah
ELAINE: what happened to his face, tell me, what happened to his face
...
ELAINE: so huh, what did the doctors say?
TONY: the said huh.. they said I'm coming along
(Tony's face is covered by bandages)
ELAINE: but what else did they say
TONY: well, they said huh Tony, try to keep it clean
ELAINE: yeah.. no I mean did they get into stuff like a.. long jagged scars or.. gross deformities, major skin grafts, stuff like that
TONY: I really don't remember, I was kinda out of it for the 1st couple of days, I was on a lot of medications, it was kinda like haze, it's pretty cool
ELAINE: huh (smiles) but huh, in this medicated haze, in this woozy state, um do you recall the words.. radical reconstructive surgery being uttered?
TONY: I don't know, I don't know
ELAINE: think Tony, think!
TONY: I'm drawing a blank, babe
...
ELAINE: he's supposed to get the bandages off on Sunday.. what if?
JERRY: what?
ELAINE: you know (acts like a monster)
JERRY: oh you're afraid he might look like Zippy the pinhead
ELAINE: yeah I mean, I mean what is my obligation here, you know we were just dating, it was probably gonna be over in a couple of weeks anyway
JERRY: oh I though you didn't care about his looks
ELAINE: I lied
JERRY: aha
ELAINE: are you kidding, he's a mimbo I know that.. but he's my mimbo, you know even if he is a hideous freak maybe, maybe I can learn to love him, maybe in some final irony (Jerry is looking the other way), I'll learn what love really is.
Well, something DID happen to his face... but gosh darn it, I bet the boy's gonna be just fine:
Matthew McConaughey ended up getting stitches after cutting his face while training for his role as a fighter in an upcoming movie. The actor's rep confirms to PEOPLE that McConaughey, 38, was injured while training for his role in The Grackle, a comedy in which he plays a brawler-for-hire. Photos of McConaughey with bandages on his face were posted Monday on the Web site X17. [people]
Pamela Anderson filed for divorce from third hubby Rick Salomon after just two months of marriage -- but she may have changed her mind. The former “Baywatch” star cited “irreconcilable differences” in court papers filed Friday, CelebTV.com reported. But it looks as if the couple is trying to reconcile those differences after all. The actress posted a brief note on her Web site Monday: "P.S. We're working things out." [ny daily news]
British actor Hugh Grant stunned diners at a London restaurant recently when he romped with a mystery woman and a male pal in full view of the public. The star, 47, was enjoying a night out at Japanese restaurant Roka last Thursday with his friends, when the incident occurred. In photographs printed in the British tabloid the Daily Mirror on Friday, Grant can be seen kissing the woman while his pal caresses the inside of her thigh. Eyewitness Hannah Crow says, "It was disgusting. Hugh and the girl were completely going for it. It was brazen. But he didn't seem to care. Weirdly, the other guy tried to appear as if he wasn't doing anything. I've never seen anything like it. It wasn't normal ..."They sat on the sofa next to us with the girl in the middle. Soon, Hugh started snogging her full-on. Meanwhile the other guy was touching the girl's thigh. It was like Hugh accepted it. ... Hugh put his fingers in her mouth. She was sucking his fingers." [san fran chron]Dang...
RUPERT Everett, one of Hollywood’s favourite British luvvies, has bitten the hand that feeds him with an outspoken attack on some of the biggest names in movies. He savages Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Robert Redford, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton as “parodies of themselves”. But Everett...reserves his sharpest venom for George Clooney and his Ocean’s series of crime capers. ... Everett, 48, claimed the cult of celebrity was “devaluing the currency” of good acting. Everett, himself no stranger to playing the prima donna, said: “Clooney thinks that, provided he does films which are politically committed, he’s allowed to do Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13. But the Ocean’s movies are a cancer to world culture. They’re destroying us. “People in America can’t think about Iraq now – all they care about is Jennifer Lopez’s bottom. We are responsible for the blob-i-sation of the world by entertainment. “[Clooney] is not the brightest spark on the boulevard. He’ll be president one day. Mark my words, if he’s straight, he’ll be president.”... He said: “Our world is terribly promiscuous. The other day I saw a film called Because I Said So with Diane Keaton, and I thought, here’s one of the women we loved most in 1970s cinema, debasing and humiliating herself in this load of trash.” He added: “It’s just part of the huge amount of product that’s put out now that’s really bad. And it’s our fault. We’re all responsible for how the culture is. You can’t draw a distinction between the celebrity nonsense on television and the major players in the film industry: De Niro, Redford, Keaton, Allen, Pacino. “They’re all tragic parodies of themselves. Al Pacino looks like a mad old freak now. I say, give it a rest, or go and do some serious stuff.” [times online/uk]
"I just sent out my elaborate, four-step Christmas card," ... "I did it again this year." ... "There is the card," she says, "which I bought at Target, and a special insert-card, which has a little personal message to everybody. It has a special ribbon that I have to tie on. Then, there's the return address label that's Christmas-y and the Christmas stamp." Fischer adds, "I have to write in green and red ink. It's crazy town – crazy town. Martha Stewart would be proud." [people]
Singer VICTORIA BECKHAM has slammed claims husband DAVID manhood has been digitally enhanced in his provocative new advertisement for Giorgio Armani. The new promotional campaign, which was unveiled on Monday (10Dec07) after the soccer star was named as the new face of Emporio Armani underwear, features the L.A. Galaxy player lying seductively across a bed, proudly showing off a bulging groin - which fans speculated was computer-altered. But the Spice Girl insists what's pictured in the pair of white briefs is all his. She says, "I'm proud I still have a really good sex life with David. He is very much in proportion. He does have a huge one, though. He does. You can see it in the advert. It is all his. It is like a tractor exhaust pipe!" [Contact Music]
“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” --Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
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