• Great moments from the 2008 Olympics. [CityRag]
• Paula Abdul totally hates the new American Idol judge. [INO]
• The greatest love of Brad Pitt's life: George Clooney. [PS]
• Rihanna and Chris Brown are moving in together. We're going to continue not caring. [DListed]
• Pete Doherty desperately tries to stay in the spotlight by selling out Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse. [Yeeeah]
• Jennifer Aniston is sporting a new ring. OMG! Alert the media! [ICYDK]
Brad Pitt doesn't want to be known for his boyish good looks, successful movie career or relationship with Saint Angelina — turns out what he really wants to do is take pictures. No, seriously. He wants to be a professional photographer. W magazine is on board with his childhood fantasy and has decided to allow Brad to shoot Angie and the kids for the November issue.
This is Pitt's inaugural turn creating a cover, although photography has been a longtime hobby of his. Not only did he appear on the March 2007 cover of Interview wielding a camera, Jolie reportedly gave him a Littman 45 single camera as a birthday gift.
Well by all means — if he's photographed holding a camera and was given a fancy one for his birthday, then he must be good.
STOP THE PRESSES! "Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston could reunite at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, when the exes are debuting their new flicks just two days apart."
• The Katie Holmes look is hitting stores. [INO]
• Suri Cruise: Still adorable, still on the bottle, still the second coming of Xenu. [PS]
• Jennifer Aniston wants to have John Mayer's children and "can't wait for Brad Pitt to see pictures of her holding her own baby." All the right reasons. [DListed]
• Jenna Jameson is pregnant. God help us all. [Yeeeah]
• Rihanna and Chris Brown may or may not be dating and now they may or may not be engaged. [ICYDK]
• Introducing the newest problem faced by our youth: Puppy Gangs. [CityRag]
• We need to print this drunken celebrity collage so we can frame it to hang in the living room. [CityRag]
• The cast of Grey's Anatomy is back to filming. That includes Katherine Heigl, unfortunately. [PS]
• The models who hand out the Emmy Awards will be clothed in Lauren Conrad's line. This has officially gotten out of hand. [INO]
• Two girls kissing has lost its shock value thanks to Madonna and Britney (not to mention drunken college girls), but we give Aubrey O'Day an A for effort. [DListed]
• 50 Cent got his son back with a minimum amount of drama. [ICYDK]
• The Brangelina Wonder Twins were not conceived via in vitro fertilization. Thank goodness that was cleared up. [Yeeeah]
Here's more pictures of the Wonder Twins, Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt. They look (predictably) like babies, but the main stars of the photos are the other kids, who — we'll admit it — are too adorable for words.
Visit People.com for the pics.
Uh oh! Despite the fact that both magazines paid millions and millions of dollars for "exclusive" rights to photographs of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's new set of twins, the Los Angeles Times thinks Hello's spread has bested People's in terms of cuteness and intimacy.
And the award for most overhyped baby pictures of the year goes to People magazine, which had a countdown on its Web site over the weekend in anticipation of this glimpse at the new Brangelina twins. But don't worry if the cover doesn't satisfy your thirst for Knox and Vivienne — this week's issue will feature 19 pages of the babies and America's golden couple. Guess the mag has to get its money's worth.
• Elisabeth Hasslebeck comes off looking dumber than ever. [INO]
• Larry King fans have too much time on their hands. [CityRag]
• Why this Sunday will be more blessed than usual. [DListed]
• Christina Aguilera couldn't stay away from that obnoxious red lipstick. [PS]
• Adam Sandler runs errands in the same outfit he wore to his movie premiere, which lets you know how much he cares about You Don't Mess with the Zohan. [ICYDK]
• Miley Cyrus' handlers need to tell her to just stop talking. [Yeeeah]
AND THE WINNER IS… "People magazine has drummed up the winning bid for the first pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s twins — Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. It is rumored that the winning bid is between $10 million and $15 million."
You're aware that Bono is a self-indulgent, hypocritical Muppet, right? If not, do read up about how the Nobel-nominated singer and his band ran away with their publishing empire to the Netherlands in order to avoid the tax laws of Ireland and keep their many millions of dollars away from social welfare programs.
When you're done with that, laugh hard at how much sense it makes that the "benevolent" rock star is now the godfather of Brad and Angelina's new twins, who have sparked protests in Nice for being of more interest to the local government than murders.
• Jessica Simpson's father threatens Dallas Cowboys fans around the country: "She's coming to the games this year, so you better get ready. She's a fan from the beginning to the end." Or until she gets dumped. [PS]
• Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are considering asking Bono to be the godfather to the holy twins, which pretty much seals those kids' fate in rehab. [INO]
• Denise Richards is still campaigning to win the title of Most Vile Person Ever. [DListed]
• Lindsay Lohan was hit by a motorcycle over the weekend in NYC. There were no injuries, but father Michael still felt the urge to blab about it to every media outlet who would listen. [Yeeeah]
• Britney Spears is on vacation — but has yet to learn how to escape the paparazzi. [HT]
• Desperation: Madonna and Guy Ritchie will renew their wedding vows in a pathetic attempt to shoot down those pesky divorce rumors. [ICYDK]
• The latest D-list feud: Kim Kardashian vs. Shanna Moakler. Choose your side. [Yeeeah]
• Tila Tequila: "I'm shooting a commercial for safe sex. How ironic. Because I don't have that." [CityRag]
• Brooke Hogan claimed her dad was abusive, but now that she's mad at her mom she says she made it all up. Oooookay. [ICYDK]
• A fight broke out at Brad and Angelina's residence. [DListed]
• Mischa Barton was dropped by her agency. Wait, she had agents? [INO]
• This is quite possibly the ugliest dress we've seen in a while. [PS]
Brad Pitt’s loudmouthed attorneys at Lavely & Singer are, preemptively, trying to clamp down on a series of photos that “were surreptitiously taken of Mr. Pitt and his family as they engaged in familial activities on private property, namely, in the privacy of the estate in which they are presently residing in France and where they had a reasonable expectation of privacy.” Not content with issuing a cease and desist letter after the pictures’ publication, L&S want to make sure these photos never make it into the public eye. (Too late, as you’ll see.)
Supposedly, the publication of these photos — showing Pitt and wife Angelina Jolie with the kids — infringe not just on Pitt’s privacy rights in the State of California, but also in France!
Except, according to one understanding of the law, this is wrong. Oh, and also? In Touch already published the pics.
• Diddy takes to YouTube to announce his discovery that he has 10 fingers and 10 toes. [DListed]
• Rumor has it someone secretly filmed Madonna and A-Rod having sex. Too bad that person won't be able to enjoy all that money he's going to receive from behind bars. [INO]
• The paparazzi are still chasing around Ashley Dupre for reasons unknown. [HT]
• Why Drew Barrymore and Justin Long split: "Justin gently suggested to Drew that they both slow down on the drinking, and she didn’t take it well. Drew believes she has control over her drinking." We've heard that one before. [Yeeeah]
• Pictures of Brad and Angelina cuddling on a hospital roof — except they're so blurry it could be some random hobos off the street, for all we know. [PS]
• Lindsay Lohan's new line of leggings is already sold out? Really? Really? [ICYDK]
The birth of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s new twins — son Knox Leon and daughter Vivienne Marcheline — is not just the second coming of Jesus, but also the culmination of nine months (longer if you count the speculation period) of a gossip industry frenzy, where celebrity weeklies flew off the shelves with breathless reports about Brangelina’s coming spawn, tabloid entertainment shows drew ratings with each new “bump” report, and the gossip blogs recorded traffic spikes anytime they pasted their pages with Brangelina rants and raves. Everybody had an opinion. Everybody was a spectator. And everybody wanted in.
So now that Angelina finally gave birth, via C-section, in Nice, France, the matter of her pregnancy is all over with. And before we even get to figuring out which tabloid is spending the GDP of some small nations on scoring the first exclusive pictures of Knox and Vivienne (we suggest they split the two up, and sell each kid to separate magazines), there’s another matter to clear up.
NOW EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT IT "The world's most famous twins have arrived, finally! According to the Associated Press, Angelina Jolie's doctor confirmed the superstar gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, in Nice, France, ending a day of conflicting reports. 'Everything is going well,' Dr. Michael Sussman told AP. 'The mother, the babies, the father are doing marvelously well.'"
The endless race for the latest set of exclusive celebrity photos wraps another round, with OK! reportedly snapping up the first pictures of Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves’ son Levi Alves, adding to this week’s long-expected coup of Jamie Lynn Spears’ new daughter Maddie. Of course, this is just a small battle compared to the People v. OK! bidding war for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s new bundle of paydays.
And the price for the pics?
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