CREEPY ACTOR FACING MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT "Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard allegedly assaulted composer Tex Allen in a backstage beatdown as they worked together on Broadway's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' last winter, according to a lawsuit. Now Allen, a jazz pianist and the brother of Debbie Allen - who directed the play - is demanding $5 million for his alleged fat lip, according to court papers. Allen claims the alleged assault ruined his music playing. The suit alleges that Howard confronted Allen … during a Jan. 24 rehearsal … and punched him repeatedly in the face and head. The suit does not divulge the reason for the fight."
RIP "Terrence Howard is mourning the death of his mother, the Hustle & Flow star's rep tells People in a statement. 'Terrence Howard's mother, Anita Williams, has sadly passed away after a long battle with cancer,' the statement says."
Known to leer at the ladies from time to time (read: all the time), Terrence Howard is of course hanging around at New York's Fashion Week. A reporter from the New York Daily News witnessed him exhibiting some odd behavior at the Fashion Rocks event — more leering, pretending to bite a male friend's nipple, etc. — and then had an even odder conversation with him.
Actor and demanding ladies man Terrence Howard is now also a singer, and he's already made a video for his debut single, a soft little number entitled "Sanctuary." Ambitious probably describes the project best, what with the violin strains and delicate French horn blares. At one point, Howard even grabs a maestro's baton and conducts his sound stage full of backing musicians, most of whom are ostensibly much more talented than himself. Weird!
Check it out for yourself and see if you can explain what's up with all the hats.
Fun fact: I'm pretty sure that one time, years ago, when I lived in LA, I got drunk on 40s with the drummer in this video and helped him protect his girlfriend's honor in a minor scuffle with a bunch of meatheads wearing shirts that read, "Show me your tits."
Terrence Howard caused a bit of behind-the-scenes drama at the ALMA awards this weekend when he went way off script while he was presenting an award with Mexican actress Angelica Vale (the original Ugly Betty). He was apparently so taken with her that he thought it was appropriate to ignore the teleprompter and kick game on stage in front of television cameras and a live, celebrity audience.
Terrence Howard has been kind enough to supply People with a sneak preview of his album, Terrence Howard – Me and the Band of Kings, which he described as an “urban country” album. “Music has always been the road that leads to where I’m headed," Howard said. "Film is my vocation, my 9 to 5. In the movies, I’m doing what somebody else is asking me to do. Music is my own personal form of expression. My responsibility, like the sun’s, is to shine. Even if the planet is covered with clouds, I must say what I have to say.” During my listening session, I was distracted by visions of floating baby wipes and clean, celibate women, so you’re going to have to let me know your opinion.
• Lindsay Lohan "acting" on last night's season finale of Ugly Betty. [BWE]
• Daisy, Rock of Love 2 runner-up and argument against plastic surgery, has upgraded from Bret Michaels to Dave Navarro. Kind of. [DListed]
• Eva Mendes' rehab stint may have been part of the process of researching for a role. Sure. [INO]
• Terrence Howard needs to adopt Britney, Paris and Lindsay. [SH]
• Miley Cyrus is such a little slut. [OceanUp]
• Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson kissed at a party in Cannes. Not sure why everyone is acting surprised. [People]
The late dictator reportedly needed at his disposal a number of baby wipes, just like the demanding Hustle & Flow star.
…Hussein was a germiphobe with a fondness for baby wipes and a compulsion to wash his hands, according to George Piro, the Arabic-speaking FBI agent who gained the dictator's trust and secretly debriefed him for seven months before his trial and execution. In his book, "The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack" (due Nov. 13), Ronald Kessler reports Piro spent five to seven hours a day with the Iraqi tyrant."If Saddam had enough baby wipes, he would use them to clean food like apples before he ate them," Kessler told Page Six. "Piro realized that, as a way of manipulating him, he could control how many baby wipes Saddam received."
Rubbing down his apples with baby wipes? How precious! Too bad his cleansing of the Kurds wasn't so cute.
Kim Kardashian has reportedly taken up with yet another African American actor, only this gentleman flouts the CW in favor of consistently good, Oscar nominated films. Kudos to both of them! Now, what's the baby wipe budget for this union?
People in Hollywood say stupid nonsense all the time. Be they actors, producers, directors, musicians or just well-connected hangers-on, the daft and misguided flock to La La Land, where they proceed to spew an abundance of shit so massive it could fertilize Idaho. But as ridiculous as most of these soundbytes tend to be, they are almost never frightening. Today, however, I read something legitimately eerie. These are excerpts from Hustle & Flow star Terrence Howard's recent Elle interview:
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• Let the "plenty of milk" jokes begin. [DListed]
• Tori give birth to a baby and a staggering inheritance. [ASL]
• Leo meeting the ex Israeli PM. [JJ]
• Jenna Jameson finally looking as unhealthy physically as she definitely is mentally. [TMZ]
• Constantly repressing negative emotions in order to please the public is an important skill to hone. Good job, Sanjaya. [Jossip]
• Terrence Howard mistaking nauseating torture techniques with dirty talk. [NYP]
• Winnie! [INO]
Seeing Christina Aguilera perform is spectacular, but hearing Rachel Ray explain how to make gaspacho: priceless. And that she did last night at the Entertainment Weekly Must List party. The guest list was hot (New York humidity'll getcha). Here's some MollyGood exclusive pictures from the event. I'm willing to bet that Terrence Howard and Gilbert Gottfried don't often run in the same circles. Everyone was beautiful and well-behaved. Hell, even Robert Downey Jr. looked startled at his own sobreity. Also, Neil Patrick Harris doesn't so much go by 'Doogie' anymore, who knew?
After the CFDA Awards was Diddy's after party, where Jeremy Piven shoved his mug into just about every shot the camera took. After the after party (but before the hotel lobby) Piven took his formerly lovable antics to Bungalow 8 to throw down with some ruffians, well, Stephen Dorff at least. Page Six recounts their awkwardly-too-old-to-be-doing-this-but-at-least-it's-not-Axl-and-Tommy-again dude scuffle:
Piven, a well-known swordsman who once made out with four different women in 10 minutes in front of a Page Six reporter, had just gotten done telling our spy how he wanted to "score with chicks," when Dorff - who was in "Blade" and "Cecil B. DeMented" - cut the bathroom line in front of him.
According to our source, the altercation was "very high school."
Piven: "Yo, what are you doing? You know you don't need to cut the line!"
Dorff: "I can do what I want!"
Piven: "No, you can't!"
Dorff: "Yes, I can!"
Piven: "You're a has-been!"
Dorff: "At least I am a movie star - you're only on TV! Cable TV!"
Unbeknownst to Dorff, Jeremy Piven was rubber and he himself was glue, thereby enacting the dreaded bounce-stick volley that ultimately crowned Piven the winner of the argument.
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