Fast Chat: Jake Gyllenhaal
Dec. 26, 2005 - Jan 2, 2006 issue
Source: Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com

- Jake Gyllenhaal is Hollywood’s sexiest man…despite what the editors at People say. The actor took a break from his heartthrob duties to speak with Ramin Setoodeh.

RS: In “Jarhead,” you played a Marine. Is it time for us to get out of Iraq?
JG: Honestly, I’m feeling more like maybe we should.

RS: “Brokeback Mountain” is a breakthrough movie. Why do you think people oppose gay marriage?
JG: I don’t think I could give you a coherent reason. Ultimately, the movie is about the struggle of love…with a new way of looking at it. Whether it will change minds is not something you can know in the present moment.

RS: I’ve seen your butt at least twice this year.
JG: I respect that people are interested in that. I’m flattered by it. But I hope there are more important things in the stories that they’re moved by.

RS: You costarred with Jennifer Aniston in “The Good Girl.” What’s your take on her breakup with Brad?
JG: Are you kidding me? It’s none of my business. They’re both wonderful people.

RS: According to our informal office pool, you…not Matthew McConaughey?…should’ve been People’s sexiest man.
JG: You’re pinning me against him? I have no hard feelings. But I’ll challenge Matthew McConaughey in the kitchen any time.

Longoria Plans To File Charges Against Traffic Cop
December 29, 2005 11:00 a.m. EST
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Source: All Headline News

Los Angeles, CA (AHN) — Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria plans to file charges against the Texan traffic cop who ticketed her boyfriend, San Antonio Spur Tony Parker, on Christmas Eve.

She claims the officer’s behavior was uncalled for when he pulled her and the hoopster over for impeding traffic. Not shockingly, the cop is currently under investigation for misconduct.

Longoria was apparently shocked and appalled after the officer accused her of making derogatory racial comments about him. He quoted Longoria as saying, “He’s Mexican, he probably just wants an autograph.”

Actor Brad Renfro Busted In Police Sting
Monday Dec 26, 2005 8:00am EST
By Stephen M. Silverman
Source: People.com

Former child actor Brad Renfro was arrested Thursday in a Los Angeles Skid Row police sting that netted 14 other people, say authorities.

Renfro, who starred in 1994’s The Client when he was 12, is now 23. He was charged with a felony count of attempting to possess heroin and freed on $10,000 bail Friday. He is scheduled for arraignment on Dec. 30, reports the Associated Press.

Renfro’s other credits include Tom and Huck, Ghost World, Deuces Wild and The Jacket.”He was contrite about being arrested and he readily acknowledged that he had a drug problem,” police Lt. Paul Vernon said at a news conference.

If convicted, Renfro could evade prison thanks to a 2000 law requires that first- and second-time nonviolent drug offenders be ordered to treatment programs instead, said Jane Robison, a district attorney’s spokeswoman.

This is not Renfro’s first brush with the law. His most recent previous encounter was on Nov. 24, when he was charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence and two counts of driving with a suspended license, said city attorney’s spokesman Frank Mateljan.

MARTHA WINNER IN LATE SWITCH
December 23, 2005 –
Source: Page Six

KIDS say the darnedest things! A 6-year-old girl’s candid outburst forced producers of “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart” to change the winner right before the live NBC broadcast of the season finale.

On-set insiders say the granddaughter of Charles Koppelman, a top adviser to Stewart and a judge on the show, innocently revealed the winner to a room full of stunned contestants just before Wednesday night’s live broadcast, sending the producers into crisis control.

Judges Martha Stewart, daughter Alexis, and Koppelman, chairman of Martha Stewart Omnimedia, were about to select a winner between finalists Bethenny Frankel and Dawna Stone when the cute child’s blurt-out ruined the surprise.

Sources say producers then changed the script, which originally called for Frankel to be declared the winner.

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Roger Partied On Strike Night
December 22, 2005
Source: Page Six

WHILE countless ordinary New Yorkers were trudging home from work in the bitter cold Tuesday night due to the transit strike, Transport Workers Union boss Roger Toussaint and his chaos-causing labor cronies were living the high life at an upscale uptown eatery.

Toussaint and his comrades were in a jubilant mood at chichi Harlem Grill, an elegant supper club on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard with gleaming candelabras, antique mirrors and live jazz.

A spywitness tells PAGE SIX’s Fernando Gil: “[Toussaint and his party] were there for at least 2 1/2 hours. People kept coming and going all night, but there must have been at least six people at their table at all times.

“They were drinking, eating and joking,” the witness relates. “At one point, the owner or manager of the restaurant came over to make sure they’d been taken care of. I heard a man in their group say, ‘Do you think they’re all going to stay home tomorrow?’…and people at the table laughed.”

Our source reports that Toussaint, dressed smartly in a suit, chowed down on clay pot snapper. Others at his table devoured grilled salmon, rib-eye steaks and glasses of chardonnay. In an apparent sign of solidarity with the working man, they left a $30 tip on the surprisingly modest $152 check.

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Is Anna Wintour Satan?
by Maria Bustillos
Source: popula.com

There is reason enough to suspect that US Vogue editor Anna Wintour is in fact the cloven-footed demon known as Satan. For one thing, those sunglasses are very likely hiding glowing red eyeballs. For another, Wintour’s destructive powers are so immense as to raise a strong suspicion of supernatural origins.

After a long spell of editorial mayhem and bloodletting in the United Kingdom (where she was dubbed “Nuclear Wintour” by a perceptive press), our subject descended on the States in 1987, and proceeded to lay waste to House & Garden. Where once this venerable magazine published breathtaking pictorials of the Villa Medici as restored by Balthus, Wintour installed a small, second-rate celebrity merchandising hell; an adjunct, apparently, to her larger property below ground. In a devastating maneuver, Wintour even trashed House & Garden’s dignified black-and-white cover logo, replacing it with the inane initials, “HG”, widely supposed to stand for “How Gauche.” Despite a return to its original name, House & Garden has never recovered.

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According to wikihow.com, it’s this simple:

How to Become a Socialite

Everyone loves to hate them, but would kill to be one.

Steps

Become terribly fashionable and stylish. Buy designer clothes, and don’t be afraid of ridiculously high prices.
Be gorgeous. People will be envious of you, but will also want to be with you. This might also be expensive, but like a true socialite, act as if money is no object.

Party. Have them, host them, plan them, throw them, and attend them. Make yourself a necessary element to a successful party so you’ll always snag an invite. But please, be tasteful.

Create a catch phrase and a ‘fab’ vocabulary. Saying, “You look so devastating” (a la Bergdorf Blondes) is much better than saying “Wow, you look incredible”

Spend time at a hotel. Just get a room for the night, invite a few friends over. Claim you were just going crazy and needed a vacation. This will seem incredibly Upper East Side.

Have fun, and don’t forget a few socialite tantrums!

Tips

Don’t be the stereotypical, cliched socialite. You don’t have to be dumb and/or slutty to be a socialite.

Warnings

You might be accused of being a poseur. Just laugh it off and start a conversation about your lust over the newest Marc Jacobs’ bag.

Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote”.

Above Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote.

On the heels of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Golden Globe nomination for best actor in “Capote”, comes word that director Christopher Nolan is considering him for the role of The Penguin in the next installment of the newly reimagined Batman franchise.

The part is said to be a cameo and knowing how Nolan’s take on the Dark Knight is more of a reality based one, I suspect he won’t be relying on any prosthetic make up to aid in what will no doubt be a very creepy performance by Hoffman. This would be an inspired casting choice, I can’t imagine anyone who would fit the bill better…pun intended. Read more »

This story originally appeared in FemaleFirst, but below is Dlisted’s hysterical take on the same story:

Picture this: You are Donatella Versace, you are wearing some ugly frock that you sort-of designed, you love champagne, you love coke even more. You’ve invited that fag Elton John over to party. “Fuck the Pain Away” by Peaches comes on the radio and that’s your jam, so you head to the powder room to get a little powder.

Suddenly, the nastiest man you’ve ever seen blocks you. It’s Elton John and you’re confused, but you try and get around his fat arm. He blocks you and says there’s a jet waiting. You say “fabulous, let me get my bikini!” But it’s not going to St. Tropez, it’s going to Arizona. You hate Arizona, but that’s where REHAB is. Oh no, not rehab.This is a true story. Sad but true.Donatella said:

“On June 30 [2004] Elton was in my house in Milan, along with a few friends. I went to the bathroom to powder my nose and they blocked me. They told me there was a plane about to depart for Arizona. “I was shocked but I understood the time had come. I slipped into a tracksuit and … alone and with no make up, caught the plane.”

Please don’t take coke away from Donatella. She won’t be the same. I like her just the way she is. Coked up and with a penis!

You think this couple is happy? Sarah Jessica Parker on her husband Matthew Broderick.

“Both myself and my son are more accustomed to having him (Matthew Broderick) gone in the evenings, so when he’s actually home and he’s not working in the theatre, it’s honestly more of an adjustment to actually have him in the house interrupting our (routine).”

We should all be so lucky. From Yahoo! News

Pipe Problem Tied to Naked Man in Basement
Thu Dec 15, 6:03 PM ET

SPOKANE, Wash. - A plumbing problem at a Spokane home turned out to be a naked man. Police say a woman who thought she was having a problem with water pipes beneath the floor called the Water Department. Employees found the basement barricaded, and when they determined there was someone behind the door, they called police.

Police broke through the door, found the naked man and took him into custody. They searched the basement but found no clothing for the man. They also found that a pipe had been broken and repaired.
The 36-year-old was booked into jail for investigation of burglary.