• Clay Aiken takes the best pictures. [ICYDK]
• Lindsay Lohan feels like a caged animal. Uh, she's just now figuring this out? [PS]
• Kristin Cavallari is practicing karate so she can stay in shape for her illustrious career. [HT]
• Christina Aguilera and Paris Hilton sink their claws into Prince William. [DListed]
• Christie Brinkley's ex Peter Cook has a sex tape. Doesn't everybody? [Yeeeah]
• Bruce Willis is planning to marry a baby Demi Moore. [INO]
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Ack, no! Barack Obama, after all that ScarJo nonsense, one would hope that you would have learned not to allow B+ celebrities to market themselves via your campaign.
So why is professional chucklehead Ashton Kutcher and his cougar wife Demi Moore in a viral video (ugh) for Vote for Change, the registration initiative that you started?
File this under: Icky. Rumer Willis recently confessed to having posters of now-stepdad Ashton Kutcher covering her bedroom walls when she was a teenager.
It was strange when mom [Demi Moore] started seeing Ashton in 2003. I was 15 and he was a real heartthrob — I had pictures of him on my wall! I remember mom saying her new 'friend' was going to hang out with us. I said, 'What's his name?' And she goes, 'Ashton.'
And I said, 'Whoa - Ashton Kutcher?' I freaked out a bit and blushed. When he came round, though, it wasn't awkward. I realized I'd never seen my mother happier. It was like watching two 16-year-olds going to the prom!
That's probably because, at the time, Ashton was young enough to attend high school prom. Demi, on the other hand, still looked exactly the same, thanks to a lot of plastic surgery and botox.
Dubai government developer Nakheel hopes to sell a penthouse in Donald Trump's towers on Dubai's first artificial island for more than $30m, which would smash the emirate's record for its most expensive apartment.
The two towers of the Trump International Hotel & Tower, scheduled for completion in 2011, will form the gateway to Palm Jumeirah, the offshore development that will host a permanent residence for the Cirque du Soleil and the retired QE2 cruise liner, along with hotels, apartments and villas.
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Mr Trump has reserved one of the development's 399 residences for himself. The project has already received bids as high as $3,270 a sq ft in pre-sales before yesterday's launch. The $1.1bn development, a joint venture with Nakheel, is the US magnate's first foray into the Middle East.
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DOWNGRADE "Blogger Emily Brill spotted Gossip Girl’s Chase Crawford and celebridaughter Rumer Willis out partying together Thursday night (they were also seen flirting at a GQ party last December). … Is Bruce and Demi's edgy spawn just the rebound Chace needs to get over wholesome ex-girlfriend Carrie Underwood?"
• Demi Moore has a great new beauty treatment: Allowing leeches to prey on her. Which works out nicely, since she's with Ashton Kutcher. [PS]
• Amy Winehouse cleaned up her act! Just kidding, she looks like hell. [DListed]
• Priscilla Presley's face is all messed up because it was injected with "silicone used to lubricate auto parts." We're going to pretend that's also what happened to Jocelyn Wildenstein. [TMZ]
• Genealogists believe Hillary Clinton is related to Angelina Jolie and Barack Obama is related to Brad Pitt. You know who else they say Barack is related to? George Bush. [Yahoo]
• Britney knows talent when she sees it: American Idol contestant Kristy Lee Cook, this season's Sanjaya, was signed to Spears' label many years ago and was even mentored by the pop star. We can see that worked out. [INO]
• Denise Richards legally dropped Sheen as her last name; still no word on what she did with her dignity. [Us]
Forbes released a list of Hollywood's most influential couples — and we have some issues with it.
Who shouldn't be on the list: Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo. Seriously? The only thing that couple influences is our desire to vomit. And then there's Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz, who we thought broke up three years ago.
Who should be on the list: Britney Spears and frappuccinos. If those two don't go the distance, there's no hope for any of us.
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Ashton Kutcher celebrated his 30th birthday at Gemma in New York City, where he continued with his years-long Punk'd episode in which he dates Demi Moore.
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Queen of Pilates Madonna partnered with Gucci last night to host a UNICEF charity dinner and auction. Celebrities came out in droves to wear Gucci clothing, fatten themselves on rich cuisine ("tart of goat cheese, foraged mushrooms, truffled mashed potatoes") and bid on extravagant leisure opportunities, all for the benefit of those who can't afford such luxuries.
Tom Cruise bid $100,000 for the opportunity to convert play sports with Alex Rodriguez and David Beckham, but was summarily outbid by more than 200 grand. "But how will he write a check with no fingers?" an insider heard Cruise whisper. The action star was then quiet for the remainder of the evening.
Later, an attendee paid $600,000 to take a dance class with Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow.
KABBAILING "Kaballah’s golden couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have fallen off the radar…'Ashton and Demi used to have an impeccable attendance record,' says one source with close ties to the Kabballah Centre in L.A. Another source close to the couple says it’s been 'months' since the two attended services or participated in the Shabbat dinner after Friday services. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that Kutcher was just last week spotted shopping on Robertson Blvd. without his trademark red string."
With a harshly-worded e-mail calling them "up their own arses," Simon Hammerstein, ballroom heir and owner of hip burlesque club The Box, makes it clear that couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are personas non grata at his establishment.
The message, sent to both the club's general manager and it's co-owner before somehow being leaked, outlines a plan for damage control after a Box server spilled a drink on the apparently loathsome couple.
"Fuck Ashton and Demi, they are so up their own arses . . . and they spend nothing…I can't stand those two, and I applaud whoever spilt a drink on them."
Proud as he may be of the drink spiller, Hammerstein is also a smart businessman who knows the help mustn't get too cocky. "…make sure you ream whoever did it," he adds at the end of the e-mail.
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We know these people enjoy pretending there are never awkward moments between the three of them, but there's no denying that this photo looks like the Bermuda Triangle of comfort.
After the jump, more from the Planet Hollywood Resort opening.
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Sometimes we think that we're too hard on the fashion industry. We consider that everyone within its clutches might not have their heads up their foie gras padded asses, drunk off champagne. And just when we're thinking of stopping by SoHo for a look around, some silkened puppet opens his mouth and we go scurrying back to the dive bars and thrift stores:
Designer Zac Posen told us: "So far, my most magical moment was with Demi Moore and Camilla Nickerson. We put Demi in a red siren dress that I made just for her. Demi looked gorgeous and was perfect in the dress. I remember that my T-shirt that day had holes in it that matched the clouds in the sky."
And then everyone feasted only on marshmallows! Purple ones! How whimsical!
Wearing an elegant black chiffon dress and perched on a pair of four-inch high Christian Louboutin heels, the 44-year-old actress revealed a complexion marked heavily with wrinkles.
Where once her skin was taut and smooth, she now sports pronounced crow's feet and deep set wrinkles.
God forbid! Now that we know how revolting she is (and we are), what can be done?
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Having given up hope on obtaining on the grand but elusive peace of her Eastern ancestors' Buddhism, Lucy Liu now turns to the faith of the chosen people for her guidance:
…Liu has been spotted reading "The First Hebrew Primer" between takes on the New York set of "Cashmere Mafia." The book is a guide to understanding biblical Hebrew.
Our backstage snitch says: "Lucy is so nice and friendly on the set and always knows her lines, so instead of studying the script, she reads her 'Hebrew Primer.'"
Speculation says Liu's friendship with magic believer and Kabbalah enthusiast Demi Moore may be the origin of this newfound interest in Hebrew. I say it was the recent spate of long weekends the Tribe enjoyed. And who can blame her? It was gorgeous out!
After the jump, more from the set of Cashmere Mafia.
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• So many feathers in the wind when the monkey gets old enough to strangle! [Queerty]
• So many diamonds! [DListed]
• So many early mistakes! [HT]
• So many surgeries! [ICYDK]
• So many beautiful, color coordinated women! [INO]
• So many embarrassing situations fueled by alcohol! [Yeeeah]
• So many sadness! [CityRag]
Sayeth the 44-year-old prime cut, "It's been a challenging few years, being the age I am. Almost to the point where I felt like, well, they don't know what to do with me. I am not 20. Not 30." Respondeth not one, not two, but four Daily Mail commenters, "should have spent her money on acting lessons."
After the jump, more from Fashion Week.
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• Something is afoot at Jossip, and that foot might be wearing heels. [Queerty]
• A stupid person is becoming famous by proxy right before your eyes. [DListed]
• Sorry, guy, but she looks fine. More than adequate, actually. [HT]
• Rehab is clearly good for your physique and mental state, but also bad for your lungs. [INO]
• After her VMA performance, Britney Spears reportedly lamented that she looked like "a fat pig." So, suicide watch, then? [Yeeeah]
• What a fashionable belief system, Demi. [CityRag]
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