The woman whom fugitive director Roman Polanski raped more than 30 years ago appeared Tuesday at the premiere of a documentary about the notorious attack. Samantha Geimer, who was just 13 when Polanski sexually assaulted her in Jack Nicholson's Hollywood home, told Fox News that, were she able to say one thing to Polanski, she would tell him, "I’ll bet you wish you never met me."
After being convicted of statutory rape, Polanski, who was then 44, fled to Europe to avoid jail time. He's since not set foot in America and won an Oscar.
• Brother blog Queerty has a huge story about the inner tumult of the DNC and it's booming leader, Howard Dean. Check it out, voters. [Queerty]
• ""I like boys — a lot. I'm boy crazy." -Cameron Diaz, who is 35 [PS]
• Mariah Carey in so much pink. Who still buys her records? If it's you, please explain why in the comments. [HT]
• Because she's unemployable, Lindsay Lohan has taken to just dying her hair from brown to blond to red all day long. [INO]
• Reese Witherspoon volunteered some time in New Orleans yesterday. No jokes about that. [ICYDK]
• Lara Flynn Boyle: A sad reminder of what Jack Nicholson leaves in his wake. [Yeeeah]
• Can you tell apart the real person from their wax statue? Of course you can! It's easy, but people on the Internet like to pretend it's not to be mean. Play along! [CityRag]
STRIKE TWO? "…the big disappointment, and I hate to say it, was [Jon] Stewart. When he last hosted in 2006, he made a great anti-host for the Oscars, slipping in bits and remarks that sent up the conventions of the awards show itself, making him an ally of the TV audience rather than a sycophant to the stars. This time, he was just an Oscar host–sometimes a funny one, but a pretty conventional one, whose routine was loaded up with kiss-up softballs about how hot Colin Farrell is, what range Cate Blanchett has and what a tomcat Jack Nicholson is. (Not to be morbid, but how will they even have an Oscars when hosts can no longer make Jack Nicholson jokes?)"
If there's anyone who knows how to win over the ladies, it's Jack Nicholson. He even shared some of his Casanova secrets, for every drunken tool out there who has given up on slipping girls roofies but still wants to come across as a charming and classy guy:
[Jack] admits women expect him to be a smooth-talker — so he catches them off guard with insults.
He says, 'You walk up to someone you like and you're feeling relaxed, they think, "Oh, here comes the shark" and you say to them, "When did you get pregnant?" You will have somebody off balance after that particular line.'
And the Hollywood veteran admits that despite reaching 70, he is still pursuing women: 'It's not just one romance, you want a lot more.'
Here's a better way to catch someone off guard, Jack: Appear to be sober. Crazy, right? They won't know what hit 'em.
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SECRETS, SECRETS… "Jack Nicholson says he cautioned Heath Ledger before his fellow Joker actor’s death. The movie legend was dining [in London] last night when a snapper told him about Heath’s passing. Jack, in town to promote new movie The Bucket List, replied 'I warned him' then later said 'I told him so'."
• Sacha Baron Cohen stuffed his crotch for Sweeney Todd. No idea why. [Queerty]
• "In my lifetime, from World War II on, life got freer and freer until herpes, then AIDS. That was the end, ask any bar owner. Things moved to the right." [DListed]
• The Gossip Girl boy is gossiping with girls at a basketball game. Oh boy! [PS]
• Most of the hookers we've seen in New York have "hooker flip flops with holes in the soles" and "hooker crippling drug addictions," not leather "hooker boots." [HT]
• No makeup. That's what we like to see. [INO]
• Madonna's new album will not be titled Licorice. What a relief, huh? [ICYDK]
• For her babies, Jennifer Lopez wants a bunch of impractical stuff that's absurdly expensive. How incongruous with the miracle of life. [Yeeeah]
• People write all over this city, and, when it's not racist, it can be really great. [CityRag]
She got in her car and she drove real far. And she drove all night and then she saw a light. And it came right down and landed on the ground and out came a man from Mars. She tried to run but he had a gun, and he shot her dead and ate her head. Then she replaced it with Jack Nicholson's. Raaaaaaaapture.
The best unsubstantiated rumor of the day comes to us from today's Page Six:
Jack Nicholson has been drinking a lot - and we mean a lot - of water lately due to a serious case of dry mouth. A friend of the legendary actor told us, "Jack's saliva glands stopped working, so he has to continually drink water to swallow anything."
Listen, if you were making short work of meaty, leviathan sandwiches, you'd be thirsty, too.
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• Ummmmmm…so is he racist? And to whom did he sell his soul to get that fucking voice. [BWE]
• That's what people get for trusting labels. [DListed]
• Ditch the bra, babe; your breasts are harder than Chinese algebra. [HT]
• Which one is Stepford Spice? [ICYDK]
• "Rat Face" is pejorative, right? [Yeeeah]
• Jack Burton or Jack? Too close to call. [CityRag]
Maybe it's just because Jack Nicholson's portrayal was so good it seems blasphemous to replace him, but does anyone else think Heath Ledger's Joker will be more like a kid on Halloween than a deranged, psychotic villain?
Another one after the jump.
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• Since he can't screw them he's taken to screwing with them. [DListed]
• Brooke Burke in another bikini. I wonder if she has warm ones for the winter. [HT]
• Don't you dare say anything about Giada, you cruel harlots! [Glitterati]
• Christian Bale promises Heath Ledger will be doing a "different" Joker. Which just means worse than Jack Nicholson. [ICYDK]
• George Michael being a vanguard in the gay community and refusing to get an HIV test. And the band plays on! [Yeeeah]
• "Oh, drugs drugs! Then, yes!" [CityRag]
• Doing it while Nicholson's alive is bad enough, but this is almost sacrilege. [DListed]
• Beyonce is over down under. [SH]
• Live from New York, it's Scarlett Joansson's breasts! [HT]
• "Oh, this is my floor length dog walking gown." [Yeeeah]
• A day late, but not too late. [CityRag]
• New pics of Suri. [ICYDK]
• Yeltsin's dead! [NYT]
• Gene Simmons showing how ugly it is to be ashamed of growing old. [DListed]
• Guess Paris isn't as racist as we all thought. [MT]
• Nicole popping Adderall. Probably not to cope with her heavy course load. [TheBosh]
• Natalie Portman nude scene ruined by the fact that she's being tortured throughout. Well, at least I certainly hope it's ruined for you. [Egotastic]
• Does Jack Nicholson really use a chamber pot? [Jossip]
• Julia Roberts adding a third to the clan. [ICYDK]
• Brit's aunt begs her to return to Louisiana to clean up her life. Because nothing says clean living like drive through daiquiri stands. [Glitterati]
• Mischa Barton is the number two best dressed. And no, that's not when the only contenders are female teenage leads from the original OC cast. [PopSugar]
• Oh, that Hiro Nakamura, his face leaves infinite caption possibilities. [Bastardly]
• Kevin Federline should probably just become a professional wrestler. Well, he's certainly got the build. [People]
• Mel Gibson loves his DUI like a precious gift from a Christian God. [DListed]
• All Jake Gyllenhaal wants for his birthday/Hannukah/Christmas is a tea set and some socks. [Defamer]
• First of all, "Will It Blend" is my favorite game ever. Second of all, I want that blender. [Egotastic]
• Lara Flynn Boyle and Jack Nicholson broke-up long enough ago that she's already married? [INO]
• For me, Black Christmas is the worst trailer of the year, but that's because I'm a pathetic guppy. [Celebitchy]
• Look who needs the Manny now. Rrrawwr. [Celebitchy]
• Paris Hilton: Smart enough to know she's an idiot. Wrap your mind around that. [Faded Youth]
• Dane Cook will not not not say that he never didn't kiss Jessica Simpson. Also, it's opposite day. [PopSugar]
• Geez Ashlee Simpson, what's with the make-up to look more plastic. [Yeeeah]
• Justin was laying the SmackyDown because the paps tried to run over his lady. The rage makes more sense now. [Jossip]
• Breaking! Victoria's Secret models know how to read. [A Socialite's Life]
• Jack Nicholson wants to have sex with your daughter. And your grandmother. And you. [Us Weekly]
• DMX has an illegitimate child because he was raped. Yup, you read that right. [DListed]
• Stephen Baldwin needs to lay off the Jesus Juice. And by Jesus Juice, I mean fake tanner. [CityRag]
• Wait, I'm confused, is Steven Tyler dating Lisa Marie Presley? [DrunkenStepfather]
This picture may be from about a year ago, but I'm sure we can agree that there's no 'wrong' time to ponder this photo of Jack Nicholson walking down the street sporting an open trenchcoat and a racially incongrous strap-on. Pervert or movie role? You decide.
Well, you can't really decide–the answer is movie role. The device is a prop used for a sex scene in his upcoming movie The Departed. Though, this doesn't really account for why Nicholson looks like he is just walking down the street like that. Hey, maybe he errs a bit of the pervert side after all.
Anyone speak what appears to be German? I typed the text into a translator and got compete gibberish in return. I assume that what is written is actual words. Apparently it has something to do with Leonardo DiCaprio (who is also in the film), and until I know exactly what, my mind will be pleasantly residing in the gutter.
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