Hook Ups and Break Ups
Robert Wagner, Stanwyck had May-December affair
Gossipwise this is an oldie but a goodie. Robert Wagner reveals in his new memoir, “Pieces of My Heart” that he had a four-year love affair with Barbara Stanwyck.
Wagner, then 22, met his lady love, then 45, on the set of “Titanic” (1953) and the two managed to keep their romance hidden for years. Only close friends such as Nancy Sinatra and Spencer Tracy (busy with an affair of his own with Katharine Hepburn) knew.
Wagner says in the book that work and the May-December aspect of their relationship killed any future. Stanwyck ended it.
“I would always have been Mr. Stanwyck,” wrote Wagner, now 78. “and we both knew it.”
Wagner’s book hit shelves today.
Sharon Stone loses physical custody of son
As Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger have attested, stars are no strangers to custody suits. And now Sharon Stone is among them.
According to minutes from a Sept. 12 hearing, Stone lost physical custody of her son, Roan, 8, to her ex-husband, Phil Bronstein, court papers show.
A Superior Court judge found that the boy, who is living with his father in the Bay Area and goes to school there, will stay with Bronstein unless Stone relocates to San Francisco or Bronstein decides to move.
“The court does not find that (a) move away is in child’s best interest,” say the minutes. “(Bronstein) can provide a more structured continuity, stable, secure, and consistent home that child, Roan, needs.”
Stone can still have access to her son and the judge ordered that ther phone number be programmed into Roan’s cell phone (yeah, 8-year-old with a cell phone, that’s some stellar parenting already) and home phone.
The duo had joint custody following a 2004 divorce.
Nick and Selena, sittin’ in a tree – but not k-i-s-s-i-n-g
When I was 16, I was just happy to get the ‘rents car keys for the night. Nick Jonas, however, marked his birthday by renting out Dodger Stadium last Wednesday. He and his brothers, Kevin and Joe, were joined by 15 friends for the $30,000 party, according to E! Online.
He’s trying to making 16 awful sweet by securing the company of fellow Disney hottie Selena Gomez. The two were spotted last Sunday at Osteria La Buca, a fancy schmancy Italian place near Paramount Studios (I was at work eating Olive Garden. Good to have some perspective…)
No chaperones, but no making out either. A few days later she was chatting with her boytoy at Van Nuys airport on her webcam.
Looks like Hollywood High School has a new king and queen…
Aniston and Butler hooking up?
Jennifer Aniston is back in Beverly Hills today (as seen at left), but she was spotted in Toronto last week with Scottish actor Gerard Butler. Just a few weeks after her split from musician John Mayer, Aniston and the “300″ actor were spotted at a hotel bar during the Toronto International Film Festival, in deep conversation together.
A fellow partygoer at the city’s Park Hyatt Roof Lounge saw the two together at a late night bash after the screening of “Management,” Aniston’s new film.
An eyewitness told InTouch Weekly: “They immediately made eye contact. They had instant chemistry.”
Another of the partygoers claimed the two acted awful familiar with each other. The onlooker said: “It didn’t take Gerard and Jen long to gravitate to one another. When they came together, it was all hugs and smiles. … She was playing with her hair and acting coy. At one point, Gerard had his hand on her thigh and was whispering in her ear.”
After spending most of the evening together, the pair left at the same time, with drinkers noticing Butler, 38, rubbing Aniston’s shoulder and kissing her on the head.
I have to say, Gerard Butler and his lovely, lovely abs are a more than suitable replacement for Mr. Jolie.
Click here for more photos of Aniston lusting over Butler… uh, out and about in Beverly Hills.
Mills won’t sell out – to McCartney
Reports are buzzing the net that Heather Mills has put her $6.4 million country English mansion up for sale and her ex-hubby, Sir Paul McCartney put in an offer, reportedly because their four-year-old daughter Beatrice loves spending time there.
The one-legged leach has, however refused, so says British newspaper The People: “Heather put it on the market three weeks ago but she didn’t initially let Paul know what she was planning. When he found out, he offered to buy it off her, because Bea loves it there …But she was having none of it and said, ‘You’re trying to take my house’. Heather was furious. Heather knows Paul is just trying to be nice. But it seems she won’t sell it out of spite.”
Jennifer Hudson gets engaged
I think Jennifer Hudson may have gotten her birthday wish.
The “American Idol” alum’s boyfriend, David Otunga, asked her to marry him during while celebrating the actress-singer’s birthday in Los Angeles on Friday, her publicist said Monday.
No wedding date is set yet.
Hudson, who took home an Oscar for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in “Dreamgirls,” and will appear in the upcoming “The Secret Life of Bees.” Her debut solo album will hit stores Sept. 30.
Otunga appeared as a contestant nicknamed “Punk” on the VH1 reality dating show “I Love New York 2.”
Takei, partner vow to live long and prosper together
George Takei and his longtime partner, Brad Altman, are embarking on a new enterprise: marriage.
Takei, 71, and Altman, 54, exchanged vows Sunday in a multicultural ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum.
After two decades together, the two had an eclectic ceremony that featured a Buddhist priest, Native American wedding bands, a Japanese Koto harp and a bagpipe procession.
No Star Trek uniforms for the cultured couple – they donned white dinner jackets with black pants. The couple entered to the Broadway song “One Singular Sensation” from “A Chorus Line” and stepped into a circle of yellow roses and lilies for a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
The ceremony was performed by a Buddhist priest.
Altman said that he had called Takei many things during their relationship – “life partner, significant other” – but that their marriage represented “a dream come true for me.”
“I can add ‘my husband’ to the list of things I call you,” he said.
Takei called his longtime partner an “organized, detail-obsessed, punctuality-driven control freak.”
“I’m easygoing with details, so we’re a good fit … I vow to care for you as you’ve cared for me … and to love you as my husband and the only man in my life,” Takei said as he held Altman’s hands.
The priest then pronounced them “spouses for life.”
The newlyweds exited to bagpipe music.
At the reception, guests dined on Asian/Baja Californian fusion cuisine and took home Japanese tea-ceremony treats in boxes printed with the phrase: “May sweet equality live long and prosper.”
Takei said he and Altman chose to make their wedding public – and have been outspoken gay-rights advocates for years – for the sake of democracy.
“We have a relationship that’s been stronger and longer-lived than some of our straight friends, and yet we were not equal,” Takei told The Associated Press before the ceremony. “What this does is give us that dignity; (it’s) being part of the American system and being whole. We’re making the American system whole as well, as America is becoming more equal.”
He and Altman were among the first couples to receive a marriage license in West Hollywood when the state began granting licenses to gay couples on June 17.
“Star Trek” stars Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols served as best man and best lady, and the guest list featured Hollywood executives, local and national government officials and the couple’s relatives from around the world.
The “Star Trek” star and his manager intend to honeymoon in Argentina and Peru.
Sarah Silverman thanks Jimmy for ‘f*cking Matt Damon’
Kathy Griffin wasn’t the only comedienne cracking jokes at the podium during the Creative Arts Emmies. Sarah Silverman picked up a statue for best original music and lyrics for “I’m F*cking Matt Damon.” The song also won for best picture-editing.
In her speech, Silverman said, “Thanks to the person for whom this whole video was made: Jimmy Kimmel, who broke my heart – ohhh, who’ll always have a place in my heart.”
Kimmel and Silverman split up in July after five years together.
She added: “Let’s be honest, Matt Damon had very little to do with this being popular.”
In her speech Saturday, Silverman also thanked her cowriters and joked, “this makes all the, ‘Hey, I’m f*cking Matt Damon, too,’ totally worth it.”
The primetime Emmys air Sept. 21 on ABC
View the video below (the opening banter with Kimmel is a little ominous…):
Lindsay Lohan engaged?
Rumors of a LiLo wedding are flying. During her DJ gig earlier this week, lady love Samantha Ronson told clubbers, “By the end of this year, my love will be Mrs. Ronson.”
She continued: “Tonight shows the power of a woman – to underestimate that is to underestimate the world.”
In addition to matching tattoos (stars), Lohan has been sporting a heart-shaped ring and many are speculating it’s an engagement ring.
Lohan recently told Marie Claire magazine of the relationship: “I’m really happy. She’s a great person. And she’s a great influence on people around her. But I think that anything that’s change [in] my life is because of me. I’ve gone through it, and I’ve learned to deal with it and I’ve made the decision to move forward.”
Tara Reid is un-engaged
Actually, that implies she was at some point. The actress was rumored to be engaged to wed Julien Jarmoune, but Reid denies such rumors in a Thursday blog post:
Yet again another rumor. No.. I am not engaged and Julien does not own J & Company. I have been hard at work launching MANTRA and Julien launched his own denim line called Black Orchid.
I am about to leave to NY on Saturday to shoot the campaign for MANTRA. I am so excited! Can’t wait for all of you guys to see the photos!
Xoxo
Tara
It only takes a spark
But there is no fire going between teen queen Miley Cyrus and “Hannah Montana” co-star Cody Linley (who appears in a recurring role as her on-screen love interest. Yet.
Last week, Cyrus and Linley were identified leaving Linley’s apartment late one night. Perez Hilton reports that the 18-year-old maybe boyfriend is claiming nothing happened.
Cody told Life and Style magazine: “She came over, and Miley, my roommate and I all painted. We splatter-painted. … “Right now we’re just very close friends.”
He added. “We’re very, very close, and there is a connection. … Yeah, I think that’s all I can say.”
Hope Linley’s loose lips didn’t sink his ship.
