Give us some dirt! Truth is highly inconsequential. Make it up if you have to, but give up the goods on everyone - from celebrities to online journalists.

The nastier, the better. But if you must share happy news, we can take that, too. And twist it into something nasty.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Answers

Robyn picks her nose.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Which wouldn't be that bad but the two hour fetish tape of her doing so was a little much.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

That wasn't a fetish tape. It was an instructional video. Jeez.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

I'm always dying to know what really went down with celeb break ups. From to Tom and Nicole to Carson and Tara, I need the skinny.

It's been four years, and I'm still wondering what happened between Brad and Gwyneth. Did he get a good look at her in broad daylight?

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

I think Gwyneth is a man, or was a man. I'm not saying that I don't think that she's pretty or whatever. I'm just saying that she has man face. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't she have man hands too?

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Well, that explains why Ben Affleck liked her.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

I'm always dying to know what really went down with celeb break ups. From to Tom and Nicole to Carson and Tara, I need the skinny.

Well, it's because Tom's gay and Tara fell in love with Ashton Kutchner, right?

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Is Tara Reid even an actual celebrity? What exactly has she ever done except Carson?

Hell, I'm sure she broke up with Carson because he is a freaky fat guy who hangs out with teenagers all day and paints a few of his nails black to look "cool." His BSB haircut can't be helping either.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Not to sidetrack the gossip, but it just occurred to me how many "chubby" men have worked at Mtv, and I cannot think of a single woman who broke 110 pounds.

For that matter, I can't think of a single man on Mtv with a chubby I'd want to see. Except Dweezil, but he's special.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

You shouldn't have had that threeway with Kurt Loder and Chris Connelly then, now, Robyn.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Look who's talking! Do I have to tell everyone about your night of passion with Kennedy? And how you stalked Alan Hunter for 3 long years?

Those guys meant nothing to me. My heart belongs to J. J. Jackson. Forever.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Kennedy and I were just two crazy drunken Republicans experimenting. It hardly counts.

And I did not stalk Alan Hunter. I just moved into the bushes outside his house for a while.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Some tabloid at the market today said that Jennifer Aniston was caught having a lesbian affair and claimed to have photographic proof.

I buy it. He's gay, she's gay, they get married to further their careers. Worked for Tom and Nicole.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

I believe she macks down with a girl in an upcoming Melissa Etheridge video, or something.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Ah, but see, you have to open the tabloid.

The story purported that Brad was "enraged" over Jennifer's recent lesbian *roles*. The photos were from the video she made for Melissa Etheridge with Melissa's gilfriend, Tammy Lynn Michaels.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

I can't see any woman turning down Brad for Tammy Lynn.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Man, could I feel like more of a big fat dope right now?

No I could not.

The only thing that is consoling me is that AB linked to me. Woo!

Um, let's see, better gossip that isn't so dumb-ass.

I got nothing. I remain a dumb-ass dope.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

I'm really curious about what, precisely, went down between Tom & Nicole. I don't buy Nic's whole wide-eyed, "I have no idea what happened, Oprah! One minute, he's my loving, 100% straight husband, and the next, I'm being served with divorce papers!" line of publicity, and Tom's harsh & cryptic "Nicole knows exactly why we're getting a divorce" line makes me verrrry suspicious. I've heard Nicole was involved for years with Jane Campion (dir. of The Piano, among other movies), but I haven't heard of any recent infidelities on either side, though.

As for Carson & Tara, I heard she fell for Kelso after she found out about Carson skanking it up w/exotic dancers and felt that there were trust issues that couldn't be fixed. Prior to landing Carson, she was in The Big Lebowski (in which she uttered the famous line, "I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars") and American Pie as the girl who had never so much as "double-clicked [her] mouse." Ahem.

I'd really like to know who the father of Jodie Foster's kids is. Anyone? Russell Crowe is an obvious choice, but I'm thinking it's either a family friend or an anonymous sperm donor.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Tara's bounced back from Carson with someone she calls her "Wall Street guy." Can someone explain to me why men find her so attractive? I can't get past the raccoon eyes and non existent waist. However, I (grudgingly) have to give her props for dumping The Tool.

And poor Mariah Carey for suffering an "emotional and physical breakdown." Is it a coincidence that it happened right before "Glitter" arrives in theaters? Sounds like something J. Ho would do.

-- Anonymous, August 01, 2001

Is it just me, or did Mariah's whole "emotional and physical breakdown" thing reek of some habit or other that got a teensy bit out of control?

I read that she posted a long, rambly statement on her official site, something about never being allowed to be her true self or let her guard down.

On second thought, maybe she is just being a brat. Good ol' Miss Carey, always so inscrutable.

As far as Tom goes, I almost don't care what the terms of his breakup with Nicole were--she'd have to have done something really, really awful to deserve the humiliation of his gadding about town with that little Spanish girl. (And I do mean little. She stands a couple of inches shorter than Tom himself, and how many adults in this world are actually shorter than Tom Cruise?)

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Well, those Oompa-Loompas are pretty tiny.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

As are the Smurfs. And the Snorks, but I don't think those count since they live underwater.

This Saturday Morning Cartoon flashback brought to you by Schoolhouse Rock, because knowlege is power.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Mike! Lawrence and I watched "America Rocks" in DC. And The Smoker loaned me his copy of Schoolhouse Rock Rocks.

Well, it's a long long way to the capital city, a long long wait while I sit in committee . . .

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

I crossed over to the dark side today by visiting Mariah Carey's web site.

She calls her friends and fans "lambs."

Wtf?

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Lambs=sheep!

Don't be sheep! Fight the power of buying what the recording industry feeds you! Support live and local music!

Ahem.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Writergirl,

I have that Schoolhouse Rock Rocks, and it rocks! My favorite song is Mr. Morton. Check it out for sure.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

The Smoker and I danced to "Mr. Morton" at a con. At the time I had no idea where the song came from. Now . . . [drifts off into smoofy reverie]

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

I have used Mr. Morton from SR Rocks on a mix tape or two, and it is the best. I stole that cd from my friend Jesse, and have never regretted it.

Also, I know the band Man or Astroman who appear on that cd. Went to high school with the singer.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Is it because my computer has been down all day that I am missing a major point on the Tom and Nicole thing? I thought they broke up because she got preggers (then miscarried) and his boys don't swim. That's why they adopted, right? so then who knocked her up?

That would be a good reason for *me* to live my wife, Jane Campion or not.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

But P, Nicole's people were adamant that the baby was in fact, Tom's. You're going to disbelieve a Hollywood publicist?

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Ha! Yeah! if they sampled his DNA and then created a test-tube baby, maybe.

Mimi Rogers said the same thing. I wouldn't trust a Hollywood publicist, but two ex-wives? The shit MUST be true.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Al, my ex would beg you to introduce him to Man or Astro-Man.

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Al - I went to college with the guitarist's little sister.

Full of celebs, Agnes Scott is.

I thought that the whole Tom/Nicole thing had to do with Nicole's skeptical attitude about Scientology.

Don't y'all wanna talk about Scientology??

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2001

Last time I was in L.A. we ate in this place right across from the Scientology Celebrity Center. It's open to the public for lunch, but we didn't want to spend our meal taking tests.

Then again, maybe Tom was in there posing for photos with his "girlfriend" Penelope.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

There's actually a place called the "Scientology Celebrity Center" in LA? I thought that was a joke!

Speaking of celebrities, during my days as a L of L, I have grown far to enamored of the Today Show. Why do they always have Al do the food segments? Is it because he's a big guy? Is that why Solidette always interviews the minorities, and Katie always interviews the mothers? Should I get back to reading Middlemarch before I waste the rest of my morning deconstructing the Today Show and wondering if Ringo Starr ever gets sick and tired of singing the same (I hesitate to say "tired") songs over and over? And why don't they do more with Hoda Kotbe? I love her.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Here are all the various rumors I've heard about Nicole and Tom.

1) He's gay, she's gay, sham marriage all the way, hence the adopted children; there never was a miscarriage, it's all a lie to cover up their gayness; they are divorcing because they only agreed to be married for X number of years.

2) He's gay, she always knew it but married him to further her career. Kids were adopted. She got pregnant from an affair with one of the following: Ewan McGregor, Russell Crowe, unknown other guy. Tom finds out she's pregant, tells her it's over, she miscarries from stress and immediately plays victim to save her career.

3) No one is gay, they were in love, couldn't have kids, adopted kids. After many years she gets pregnant & miscarries but since Tom has been told he's sterile he *thinks* she had an affair and leaves even though she didn't and denies it over and over.

4) No one is gay, the baby is his and he always knew it. Now that they are having a biological child Nicole can't take the Scientology anymore, wants the kids raised Catholic as she was, he refuses, the stress causes a miscarriage and the marriage just falls apart. He plays the adultry angle to try to get around giving her half of all that he has.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Oh yes, the Scientology Celebrity Center is real. And it's big and beautiful and I could've had lunch with Danny Masterson.

As Tom seems like a huge asshole, I'd go with 4. Buuuuut, the whole Cruise/Cruz thing looks like SUCH a sham, so I still tend to think he's gay.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

I vote for #4, too. Tom Cruise is getting way eccentric these days. I tend to side with Nicole on this one.

In other celeb news...Whitney Houston re-upped her contract with Arista Records for a staggering $100 million. Too bad most of that will go up her nose. I can't stand that beeyotch.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

oh yes, I heard that as well. She's now the highest paid entertainer, behind crazy Mariah.

In other news (not) Jenna Bush was seen (gasp!) smoking a cigarette at a party in Hollywood. And Leo was there, so it must've been shady.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Ben Affleck is in rehab - Promises is the name of it, in Malibu, CA, so he might be sharing a threeway with Paula Poundstone and RDowney Jr. who are staying there as well right now. Officially, he isn't an alcoholic, but wants instead to simply to cut down on his drinking a little bit and thought spending thousands of dollars a day on rehab was the best way to do this. Because yeah, when you aren't an alcoholic, of course you need rehab to do this, you can't just not stock up on beer for the weekend, like a normal person.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Oh my poor, sweet drunk-ass Ben.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Ben Affleck is in rehab

Damn girl, you're a quick one!

They profiled that Promises place back when Downey was re-arrested over the holidays. It's like, $20,000 a day, or something insane like that.

Poor sweet, pretty, dumb Ben.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Apparently, Liz Taylor has fallen for Jeff Goldblum. You read that right. Jeff Goldblum. Now, I think he's cute & all, in a geeky sort of way, but I'm sure I speak for a majority of sentient beings when I say "What the fuuuuuuck?" Actually, my shock & surprise is more on Jeff's side than Liz's. Jeffy, what the hell are you doing, squiring around that crazy dame? The world has gone mad. Mad, I tell you!

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Can someone explain to me what luscious Luke Wilson sees in Gwyneth Paltrow? As if life isn't unfair enough.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Oh, now you're deliberately trying to make me cry. All Wilson brothers are off-limits to Gwyneth and others of her coltish, starlety, Calvin Klein-clad ilk.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2001

Did anyone see Nicole on Letterman a couple nights ago? He made this whole speech to Paul Shaffer (or however you spell it) before she came out (pun intended) that he wasn't going to talk about her divorce and that it was nobody's business but her own. Then she walks out, sits down, and the first thing out of his mouth is "You look great. How's the divorce going?" and she looked really uncomfortable and shifted around in her chair a lot. And he kept pestering her and apologizing for pestering her and telling her how fantastic she looked and then she points to her shoes and says "Well, I can wear heels now." I was in serious need of CPR, it was that funny. And then she asked to move on from the conversation because "there are children involved," which I think was a respectable thing to say but then they talked about her vacation to Fiji (where Mr. Crowe was "coincidentally" visiting at the same time) and all the scuba diving she did and the different kinds of fish she saw and she actually seemed a little stoned at this point because she just *kept on* talking about the friggin' sharks and coral and everything and acted very kind of loose and giggly.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2001

Also, Ben Affleck's father is a recovering alcoholic. Ben has been very public about how difficult his dad's struggle was and how proud Ben is of his dad's recovery. What a kick in the head to have it happen to him, too.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2001

Apparently, Liz Taylor has fallen for Jeff Goldblum. You read that right. Jeff Goldblum.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

And, the fuck? I adore Jeff Goldblum. He is one of my secret boyfriends (along with Martin Donovan). Good god, though - Liz Taylor? I can't find the words.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2001

And here I thought Liz was saving herself for Mr. Jackson.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2001

Speaking of the Celebrity Center, there is a Scientology center near my apartment. They are always on the street offering personality tests and movie passes. I usually humiliate Alison with my answers to them. Last night, as I said "Gosh, I'm just too busy to join a cult right now" and went on my merry way, I wondered- did I just miss my big opportunity to make it in Hollywood?

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

My favorite Scientology moment was when L. Ron Travolta (tm someone) thanked L. Ron Hubbard when accepting a Golden Globe for one of his horrible movies. He also quoted the moron.

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

If I were planning to do anything entertainment related, I would hie my ass to the nearest Scientology building and pay the registration fee. That has got to be the best way to get a career yet. How else would Tea Leoni have not only gotten several chances to have a TV show, but gotten to marry David Duchovny, too?

Naked Hannah, I'm talking to you, Miss Screenwriter Los Angeles 2001.

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

I know! I should hie myself on over there after work- that way I can join up here and not look like I'm just joining in LA for work.

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

Tea Leoni is a Scientologist?

Did you hear about T.V. Guide's Young Hollywood Couples Issue? They're havign trouble getting it out because they keep breaking up. (Tara and Carson, for one.)

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

HannahB, I heard that yesterday on the TV Guide channel.

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

I just read on E! that Stephen King and John Mellencamp are writing a musical together. What?

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

What, "Jack and Diane Get Hit By a Van"?

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

How long does everyone give SMG and Freddie Prinze before their inevitable breakup? And why do all of his movies suck rocks?

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

What, "Jack and Diane Get Hit By a Van"?

Oh my god. HHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHA!

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2001

Oh, T. I'm so glad someone found that funny. I was cracking myself up about it all afternoon, and then worried no one else found it at all humorous.

Because I'm a big dork who laughs at her own jokes. A lot.

-- Anonymous, August 08, 2001

Anne Heche is asking People magazine to pay for her wedding. Which is a)tacky and b)hard for me to believe- I mean, do that many people really want to see the exclusive photos?

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001

Who is she marrying?

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001

Are you serious? Maybe she's still paying off Ellen for the publicity boost being a "lesbian" gave her.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001

Anne Heche is marrying Coleman "Coley" Laffoon, a filmmaking type (director of photography? cinematographer? assistant director? who cares?) she met on the set of If These Walls Could Talk 2. I can't believe she's trying to get People to pay for her wedding. That is so trashy.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001

Y'all gotta see this site, found and posted by Sars.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001

The A List rules. It's like a celebrity decoder ring.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001

Oh my god, WriterGirl. Thank you.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001

Okay. Why are some people labeled as "FOD" and some are just said to be "closeted gay" or just "gay." (Same for bisexual vs. bi____.)

Some of it's clearly wrong, and the feud list?

Backstreet Boys vs. *NSync. Um, duh?

But the Tori Amos one made me laugh - "needs to get over herself."

-- Anonymous, August 14, 2001

I wish there was a way to contact the A-List guy. I saw some things that were wrong, and some things that weren't included, but should have been. And if he wants information on politicians, I have got some diiiiirt.

-- Anonymous, August 14, 2001

Um, we want dirt on politicians!

-- Anonymous, August 14, 2001

Post it in the Get In The Closet thread, T, and we'll all pretend we don't know who posted it.

-- Anonymous, August 14, 2001

I'm sorry, but Tara Reid? Anorexic skank. Saw American Pie 2 lasts night and that girl has gotten SO skinny, it's disgusting. The bags under her eyes were about to jump off the screen and beat me up.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 2001

Agreed, Hannah. Miss Reid is completely ridiculous. Could she have been more cardboard-like in that movie? Sigh. She showed such promise in The Big Lebowski, and now it's come to this: anorexic skankiness and a broken engagement from Carcinoma Daly.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 2001

Is Carson Daly even a real person? I mean, have any of you actually met him? 'Cause, ya gotta believe he bears a striking resemblance to Disney's Hall-Of-Presidents Lincoln cyborg. Really-- throw some trendy-ass threads on Pimpbot 16, sand off the chin wart, and swap the stovepipe for the BSB cut.

Really. It's just eerie... i thought i saw wires.

~er

-- Anonymous, August 16, 2001

I believe that CArson Daly will be the next host of "Later" on NBC. Thank god I'm asleep long before that show airs.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

See, I sort of feel bad for ole Carson. You know it pains him to talk about NSync all day. He's best friends with Kid Rock and Papa Roach! He's really HARD CORE. That's why he wears black fingernail polish.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Ted's Blind Item from EOnline!

It's story time. Here's a tawdry tale fer all my little dirt devotees. You may need a wash 'n' rinse yerself after this raunchy rift.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young lady who aspired to be an actor on the silver screen. She also fancied the foxy frat boys at a nearby college campus.

The gorgeous gal would spend quality time with the collegiate cuties--each and every one of 'em, to be exact. The vampy vixen enjoyed performing in front of the brawny boys, if you catch my kank-ee drift.

A few years (and many a man) later, this big easy becomes a small-screen sweetie playing quite the opposite koinda role. Her angelic character--and adoring fans--would be appalled by her quondam kinks.

I bet our gutsy gal hopes the brotherhood pledged to keep their celeb sweetheart within the family, doncha agree?

ooooh, a famous frat slut? Who could it be? (I'm really terrible at these, unfortunately.)

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Well, it's a TV girl. And big easy--from New Orleans? Who's that girl who's on that Angel show?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

The 3WA posters also seem to like Charisma Carpenter, even though she's not from New Orleans. And Cordelia isn't exactly an angel.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Vampy Vixen, though. Hmm.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Why is it a TV girl?

Because if it isn't, I'm voting for Renee Zellweger.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Because it says "small-screen sweetie", so I figured that was TV. Why Renee Zellweger?

What about the "koinda" thing? What does it MEAN, y'all?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I was thinking it might be that one girl from Charmed, Holly Marie? But she's been acting for a while. Hmm. I'm just trying to think who plays an angelic character.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I think "big easy" means "big tramp" in this case.

Maybe the Sabrina girl?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I'm vetoing Renee Zellweger. She was at Texas not too long before me, and the Greek community would have still been telling stories if she had been a house slut. They still tell stories about Matthew McConaughey (supposedly he wasn't hygienically challenged then, but was a dick to all the pledges - more so than the usual active) - hell, the party pic place still has fraternity photos of him.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

My other argument against Charisma Carpenter is I don't think anyone would be terribly shocked to find out she had a sordid past -- I mean, you don't go posing in fishnets and nothing beneath them in Maxim if you're trying to look "angelic." I like the Melissa Joan Hart guess. Brandy would be even funnier.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I don't think it's Melissa Joan Hart. I wouldn't call Sabrina an "angelic" character - she's a witch. I think there would've been witch-like clues. Hmm. Maybe someone on 7th Heaven? Jessica Biel? But she's only like 19.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

And Jessica Biel posed topless in Gear.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Everyone knows Jessica Biel is a ho. And that her new movie will just absolutely suck.

I'm guessing it's someone a in their late twenties. I can't think of anyone from New Orleans except Britney Spears (and she's actually from Kentwood).

If he hadn't said "small-screen" I would have guessed Cameron Diaz, because you just know that girl's been rode hard and put away wet.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I am now doubled over in shock, because "ridden/rode hard and put away wet" is very much a Smokerphrase, and not one I would have ever expected from T's mouth (or fingers).

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Oh, and Brandy would be a hoot. But it can't be someone who's been in the industry since youth - they wouldn't be able to ho around frat houses that easily.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

"Rode hard and put up wet." I love you, T. The only other person's mouth I've ever heard that come out of is my dad's.

I still think the New Orleans--koinda thing has something to do with it. Gah! I wanna knoooow!

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Yeah, definitely not Renee... I went to high school with her, and she totally wasn't the whore-y type.

Besides, I'd think "small screen" would mean television... so...

Agh. I have no clue.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I agree that the 'big easy' is some sort of clue. As is "angelic character" and "gutsy gal." Then I noticed "wash-n-rinse" up top, and thought maybe it was someone who's done ads for hair stuff. AH!! What about SJP? No. Wait. Carrie Bradshaw is not even remotely angelic. Well, fuck. I have no clue.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Katie Holmes does hair ads. How old is she, anyway?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

And it says "dirt" devotees, then wash 'n' rinse...so maybe, laundry detergent instead of hair products?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I think Katie Holmes is a damn fine guess. Joey is both angelic and gutsy, and she's been in enough movies to be an aspiring silver screen star, but she's for sure more of a tv star, and she does ads for hair color.

PLUS, she's from Toledo, and while her friends were at school at Ohio State she was often, often visiting them at school and partying. This was about 2 years ago.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

She had just graduated high school when Dawson's Creek started. I think she was Class of '97. It's not a bad guess, but that's very, very young to be doing the USC football team, so to speak.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Wait, I did a college football team by the time I was 14. You're saying that's too young?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Hannah... do you do detergent commercials?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

Out of nowhere I vote Lauren Graham, aka Lorelei Gilmore. Lorelei isn't exactly an angel but she's Family Friendly and she's ceretainly old enough. Plus she just seems like the kind of girl who would have tons of fun with the football and only LATER realize she was being a big ole ho bag.

Or Deborah Messinger of Will & Grace. Also older, Grace is kind of the good girl of the show and she suddenly exploded all over the place even though she was on Ned & Stacy before.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

And Debra Messing does hair commercials. Anyone know where she's from?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I did briefly think Debra Messing, especially after last night's Will and Grace (where she talks about what a "good girl" she is). She went to Brandeis, which gives her a number of college campuses to choose from. But she apparently met her husband in college. Hmmm.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

I think it's Claire Danes.

She was "Angel"-a on My So Called Life. She's at Harvard (I believe) and started out on TV.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2001

Claire Danes is at Yale, which has no fraternities, and she started playing Angela when she was 14, so . . . ewww.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2001

This could sort of be classified as journaller gossip, I guess if you imagined the website.

So, I came out of the journal closet to the boy I mentioned here, and was trying to help him distinguish between Anna Beth, Hannah Beth, and Naked Hannah...

And he says, "One big supersite would solve the confusion - 'MaryBethChowsNakedHannahSometimes.com'..."

clazy! I raughing all day.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2001

Okay, that's gross. But funny.

I no chow no one!

Unless you rucky.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2001

AB and WG - that's a phrase I picked up from Chris. He picked it up from his boss, actually. It's one of my favorite things to say, but it's seldom appropriate.

Maybe it is that Joey chick. But then, in the back of my mind, I also though about Lauren Graham.

Angie Harmon also crossed my mind, although she was more bad-ass than angelic on L&O. She did do a lot of Neutrogena ads, and she was the Nutmeg Girl for that Natural Instincts, or whatever, hair dye. And she grew up in the same neighborhood as Southern Methodist University while they had a football team.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2001

T, knowing who C's boss is, I'm not surprised. Vaguely revolted, but not at all surprised.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2001

Why why WHY does Tara Reid have to be such a skank? Mark McGrath? Wha'? WHY? Hate.

-- Anonymous, August 21, 2001

Dear Ted: Your Blind Vice for last week just has to be Renée Zellweger. I know she's a Texas ex, and there's a huge Greek community here. Am I right?   Rayma Baran

Dear Rayma: Baby, you're right as Hell-Ay rain--as in, warm but rather off. Think on a smaller scale than your home state, and you just might get the homey pic.

Well, that doesn't really give us anymore clues. Does it? Smaller scale would mean Louisiana, right?

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

"Vampy vixen," "gutsy gal," "gorgeous gal," "small-town sweetie" -- is this how Ted normally writes, or is he trying to tell us to look for alliteration? Which would be another clue in favor of Charisma Carpenter.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Sorry, small-screen sweetie.

And what's with "homey pic"?

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Well, that doesn't really give us anymore clues. Does it? Smaller scale would mean Louisiana, right?

Hmmm... my thought was "think somewhere in Texas." Like - Austin, though not Renee, or up at SMU... which would indicate the Angie Harmon theory, which breaks my heart. If Renee is warm, but slightly off, then wouldn't it have to be Texas?

Maybe I'm being Texocentric though...

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

What about that beautiful girl on Dark Angel or whatever that show is called? What's her name? Jessica something?

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

I think Angie Harmon is a good bet, but I don't get the "angel" thing and was she ever in any movies?

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Rode hard and put up wet didn't originally mean what it sounds like. It refers to horses, y'all.

Oh, and Yale DOES have fraternities. Witness GWB, Deke and Yale alum.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

I thought Yale didn't have frats because of the college system . . . I just took a look at their website, and I stand corrected.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

I'm thinking Austin is out... I mean, does anyone REALLY sleep with the Greek guys there? Hahaheheeehoohooooo...

Oh, wait. Except for uh, me. But just that one. Hey, he was cute. And I was a freshman. Plus, he asked me to his Christmas formal, so I got another use out of my prom dress before hightailing it away from him. So it's all good, right?

Ahem.

Please dear Lord don't let it be my Angie.

I've been thinking about that Dark Angel gal, myself, but I don't know anything about her or her background.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

The Dark Angel gal, Jessica Alba, is like 19 or 20. She was barely 18 when she auditioned for that show. I don't think she's been to college or had the time to do that many guys prior to getting the show.

What football teams does Angie Harmon's fiancee play for? Would that give us any clues?

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Harmon's husband plays for the NY Giants, I believe.

I just don't see it as her, because didn't she just fall into action? She got Baywatch Nights, and has never been in any movies. Right?

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

I KNOW it's about horses - sheesh! ; )

Prior to Baywatch Nights, Angie did a lot of modeling. And, as a very nice, but allegedly coke-snorting member of the Highland Park High School drill team while she was also doing a lot of modeling, she would be the type to have the opportunity to make the SMU frat house rounds.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

The Smoker, good Texan that he is, explained to me the etymology of "rode hard and put away wet." I then pointed out to him that, non- Texan that I am, I have so far only heard it used to describe women.

Anyway. I don't see Angie Harmon's fans being "shocked" to hear of a less-than-saintly past.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Another way of looking at it is this:

"Rode hard and put away wet" is best used to describe a woman who is "wilder than a peach orchard boar".

If that clears it up at all. Which it probably doesn't.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Wait - could that be the same woman who is as usless as tits on a boarhog?

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Y'all, that "rode hard" expression is older than all of us combined. And it, if you will pardon my frankness, means nothing more than "That woman looks like she has been around the block, and then back around it the other way without first stopping to take a shower."

Now see, isn't mine more creatiive? I hate the rode hard thing. My family says it all the time.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

See, I always interpreted to mean that she was uh, put away, you know, wet.

But this off topic! Unless you say like AB or someone put away wet, you move on!

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

I'm just saying that the first time I heard the expression was in reading Black Beauty at the age of 8. Not that it didn't long ago take on a new meaning.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

I love that phrase. I always just say "She looks like she's been drug down 20 miles of bad road", to describe someone who looks like they've been used hard by life.

Y'all, I feel a country music song coming on me out of this thread.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001

Could I please get some more information on the Jeff Goldblum- Elizabeth Taylor pairing? Like, has this in any way been substantiated? Could they possibly actually have sex? And how does Michael Jackson fit into this scenario?

-- Anonymous, August 24, 2001

So, it looks like old JLo got hitched.

http://entertainment.msn.com/news/eonline/100101_marriage.asp

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001

Is it me, or does Mr. JLo seem particularly devoid of personality?

-- Anonymous, October 03, 2001

Um, ya. You are right. That Cris Judd man-puppet does seem to be missing a few brain cells, and it seems awfully fishy that he is marrying J. Ho so soon after she broke up with Puffy...who is another total idiot. Think she got knocked up?

-- Anonymous, October 06, 2001

The Frat Gal from the South is actually supposed to be Donna Douglas, who palyed Ellie Mae Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies...

If you're a Blind Item fan, look at http://members.aol.com/agcgossipqueen/mainpage.html - a recap of all the various BIs w/ guesses...

-- Anonymous, November 16, 2001

Y'all. Y'ALL!

Dig this.

Littl e Winona. Arrested for shoplifting.

-- Anonymous, December 13, 2001

Oh, you left out the best part - arrested for grand larceny AND for possession of prescription drugs without a prescription.

Funny, funny, funny.

-- Anonymous, December 13, 2001

And not just shoplifting. Shoplifiting from SAKS. I love it.

-- Anonymous, December 13, 2001

SAKS in BEVERLY HILLS!

-- Anonymous, December 14, 2001

Yes, because even if you are a star and have a high-priced Hollywood lawyer who can get you out of anything...

everyone know that shoplifting from Neiman's would be just too tacky for words.

-- Anonymous, December 14, 2001

It just makes it more ridiculous. Like if she was shopping from the Dollar Store you could say she was crazy on the Oxycontin, but from Saks? It's just weirder.

-- Anonymous, December 14, 2001

Her lawyers claim she had reciepts and was just carrying items between departments. Which is the lamest defense ever because if she HAD them why didn't she SHOW them at which point the guards would be all, "SO sorry, Ms. Ryder!" But she was arrested and seen on videotape removing the security tags.

Y'all, shoplifting and presciption drugs. This goes so far to explain why her next film is an Adam Sandler movie.

-- Anonymous, December 14, 2001

I would bet money that she has done this before, and the stores knew about it but never busted her on it, because she was a celebrity - being able to say she shopped there is good advertising. And now, not so much a celebrity, so they let security catch her this time.

-- Anonymous, December 15, 2001

I thought she was crazy with the Vike?

There seem to be a few issues up in the air here -- for instance, the police said she had the security-tag-remover thingy on her, but her lawyer staunchly denies that. Uh, either she had it or she didn't. Why would the police lie on her like that? I agree, I bet she's done this a million times before and her manager or somebody has always arranged to pay for the stuff later and bailed her out. And Saks just got sick and tired of it finally.

Do you suppose Johnny Depp taught her this bad behavior?

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

Oh come on, every criminal case has two sides to it. Maybe the police/Saks security are telling the truth. Maybe the defense attorney is telling the truth. Someone is lying or it is a misunderstanding.

Maybe it was an overzealous fan who happened to be a security guard. You never know.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

Sorry, but I doubt Saks would risk the sure-fire high-profile civil suit if they didn't have her dead to rights.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

http://www.salon.com/people/wire/2001/12/17/green/index.html

So the question is: Is this a prank? If not, I feel really bad for her. She deserves a berak.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

Oh, and if you don't feel like going to the link, it says that Tom Green filed for divorce from Drew Barrymore cited irreconcilable differences.

Perhaps her role in that move cursed her.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

If it's a prank this time, it won't be eventually. Because

1.) Who in the world could be married to HIM? Six months??? She deserves a medal.

2.) Her marital record isn't so hot thus far.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

HE's leaving HER? Damn. I'll marry you, Drew.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

Aidan, I'm with you on the number 1, but HE'S the one who filed. This just makes me hate him more.

I just watched her Revealed with Jules Asner on E! and she seemed so happy. Finally.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

That makes me so sad. No matter how much he irritated the world, she seemed so happy with him. I hate to sound like a big sucker, but I thought that they were the real thing.

I watched the 'Revealed' piece the other night, too. Adore DB.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

Wah! Usually I'm chock full of evil, cackling schadenfreude when celebrities break up, but this makes me really sad. Drew seems like such a nice girl, and they seemed so genuinely happy & adorable. Sigh. If it is a prank, it's a horribly mean and sucky one. You can do better than that, Drew!

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

I never liked Tom Green...ever since I saw em on SNL, I just disapproved of it. feeeh. she can do better than that.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

Drew Barrymore should marry George Clooney. I'm just saying. . .

I heard on the radio this morning that Winona Ryder is well known at celebrity spots for this shoplifting thing. One hotel owner said that she steals from them every time she stays. Not just the towels and robes most people take but vases and apparently paintings off the wall once. The same report said that John Lennon was also a known shoplifter.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2001

Guys, she wasn't shoplifting, she was researching!

Shoplifting Winona Says It Was Research

And if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell ya!

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2001

And now she's going to Promises?! Oh lord.

But see, even though I hate Tom Green, I know that Drew loved him and she finally seemed happy. It makes me sad. Poor, sad Drew.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2001

I wonder what Nonny's going to be researching at Promises?

And is that the cheesiest name for a rehab place evah or what?

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2001

And is that the cheesiest name for a rehab place evah or what?

Not if you imagine the staff ministering to their celebrity patients muttering, "Promises, promises." or "Promises, my ass!" Maybe it's named after Robert Downey, Jr., King of "I Promise I'll Shape Up This Time".

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2001

sometimes when a client is caught with illegal drugs, getting the client to go to rehab is a way to get out of going to jail. The judge merely puts the client on probation and judicially orders the client to stay in rehab. IF the client fucks up rehab, it is a violation of probation and the person goes to jail.

Methinks those drugs were illegal after all.

-- Anonymous, December 18, 2001

Why haven't Drew's people commented?

-- Anonymous, December 19, 2001

Looks like Mariah might have another breakdown. Virgin Records dropped her ass.

Come on people, I need gossip.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2002

Any woman who changes her outfits fifty million times and gets in a bathtub with a negligee and towel around her body on national tv is still pretty damn certified to me.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2002

I just want to know how on earth she made the front page of the New York Times.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Now, before we start feeling bad about little Mariah and sending her body glitter care packages, keep in mind that she received a $28 million settlement to dissolve the contract she had with EMI/Virgin.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Indeed. Save the pity for Thalia, who's made all the sacrifices Mariah has and seen none of the benefits so far.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Oh, I feel nothing but contempt and disdain for Mariah. Especially after seeing her Crib. Please.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Did anyone else think she looked chunky when she sang at the Fashion Awards thing last fall?

Heh, I could talk smack about Mariah "I screech in 2 octaves" Carey ALL DAY LONG.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2002

Even though no one knew they were back together, it looks as though Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey got engaged.

Anyone think it's a coincidence that his band is "on hold" and her career is (albeit slowly) gaining momentum?

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

I didn't even know they had been un-together. Somehow, the news of their engagement (or, indeed, any news about Lachey-Simpson) was met with resounding yawns in this household. They are so Justin-Britney Lite: He's all soulful singer guy, she's all working that headspinning virgin-whore axis, and they're both all boring.

The impending nuptials that hold me in thrall to their insane over-the-topness are those of Liza Minelli and her intended. Groomsmen include Michael and Tito Jackson, and there are, like, eight bridesmaids of varying levels of celebrity. Apparently, a number of Liza's friends have begged her not to marry this dude, but she's doing it anyway. It's a romance made in National Enquirer Heaven! I give them 8 months, tops.

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

sophie, your last post made me laugh.

I just want Liza to be happy! Can't she be happy, just one time? Is this guy gay? Because she has a habit of marrying gay men, just like her sweet mother did, may she eternally rest in peace.

Michael and Tito!

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Well, it just wouldn't be the same without Tito, y'all.

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

This, of course, coming right on the heels of Brandy's shotgun wedding. Brandy! Who knew?

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Brandy? Not me.

Poor crazy Liza.

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

No, Brandy has been married for over a year. The news is that she's knocked up:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&u=/ap/2 0020222/ap_en_mu/brandy_2

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Brandy Who?

I watched the Last Days of Judy Garland again the other day, and I cried. My sweet Judy - they just sucked you dry.

Ok, speaking of Liza, have you guys ever seen the movie "Stepping Out" or something like that? She's teaching tap dancing? Loved that movie. She was marvelous.

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Hi Sara! Thanks for the correction. I'd just heard about the wedding so I'd assumed it just happened.

Have y'all been lucky enough to hear the story of Gloria Trevi? Short summary: Mexican pop singer with ice-dance-crazy outfits and a deep husky voice -- I saw her perform "Con Los Ojos Cerrados" one day on television and thought, man can she hold a stage. At the height of her career, she and her (older, male) manager get arrested in Brazil for abduction and corruption of a minor -- essentially alleging that she was helping her manager run a sex-slave ring.

Now, she hasn't been tried yet, because she hasn't been sent to Mexico yet, because she just had a baby. Under Brazilian law, if you have a child in Brazil, that child is a Brazilian citizen, and you, the parent, cannot be extradited. So Gloria Trevi is claiming she was raped by a guard while in prison, and others are saying that she smuggled sperm in to impregnate herself. Smuggled sperm! Y'all, Mariah has neither the brains nor the initiative nor the chutzpah to match this woman.

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Was she the "Mexican Madonna" who, with that creepy manager, opened a bunch of dancing schools for little girls to become tiny CARBON COPIES of her??? I saw them on America's Most Wanted!!! Apparently the schools were the fronts for that sex slave ring. And now with the smuggled sperm! Did I accidentally read the plot synopsis of a Mexican soap opera?

I love how 75 guards volunteered to be DNA tested. Why is THAT necessary?

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

To disprove her claim that she got raped by a guard. Apparently so many crooks were having babies in Brazil that the law has been changed. So if the Brazilian and Mexican authorities can prove that she deliberately got pregnant, she can still be extradited regardless of the baby's citizenship.

I have to say, poor baby.

But yes, this is the "Mexican Madonna", though I think it's a bad description. (I would say Paulina Rubio is the Mexican Madonna and not, as she was once described by those bastards on Entertainment Tonight, the Mexican Pamela Anderson.)

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Smuggled sperm. THAT is the glory that gossip columns are made of.

Ooh! I have good gossip. I forgot about it. A friend of a friend used to temp at E! at the front desk. She said Steve Kmetco is just the nicest guy ever. He had a birthday a little while back and invited JUST the peons up to his office for cake. But she also said that Jules is a raving bitch. She had the manager of receiving and shipping FIRED for not delivering her flowers to her dressing room (on Valentine's Day when I'm sure there were tons and tons of floral deliveries) despite the "no delivery of shipments" rule and despite the several calls placed to both Jules and her assistent, letting them know about the delivery. She had this woman FIRED y'all. Revealed for sure.

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Are you talking Jules Asner? Because if so, she's dating Steven Soderbergh. They will never EVER fire her. If anything, she'll buy the network.

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Noooooooo! None must touch my precious Stephen, ever-virgin artiste to all but me and my wicked ways!

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Jules gets to date Soderbergh and Nomar? Why that bitch be takin' all my men?

-- Anonymous, February 23, 2002

Denise Rich is throwing Liza's wedding shower, y'all.

And apparently the Russians said no to Lance Bass in space, dangit.

-- Anonymous, February 25, 2002

Page Six (I think) had a blind item about a current SNL cast member with a major coke problem that had his coworkers all worried. Which one do y'all think it is?

-- Anonymous, June 04, 2002

Kattan. He looks like a big coke head.

-- Anonymous, June 04, 2002

Darrell Hammond.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 2002

I thought Horatio Sanchez.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 2002

I think Horatio's last name is Sanz. My vote is for Kattan.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 2002

See, I heard that Kattan is not the coke whore...actually, it's Mango.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 2002

And Horatio as Gobi, kills me every time.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 2002

What about Tracy Morgan?

"Rocket. I'm building a rocket!"

-- Anonymous, June 05, 2002

Here's some news guys. I just read that J.Lo's marriage to Cris Judd is on the rocks. I think this could mean a second divorce for her. Check out www.pagesix.com for more details.

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2002

Noooo! J.Lo! She's been in every single magazine on the stands lately talking about how he is the man that saved her from herself or whatever.

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2002

You know what makes me the most upset about that story? I just read the other day that she spend five thousand dollars on her hair-do for their wedding.

Y'all. $5k to have your hair pulled back? You know I love J.Lo, but she needs to ackrite, you know what I mean?

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2002

If paying $5000 to have your hair done ain't ackinrite, I don't know what is, girl.

And I can say that because I cut my own hair.

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2002

Y'all, they're not just rocky, they've actually separated:

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,260520~10~0~jloandcris,00.html

Apparently Cris's Party Machine was chugging along a little too smoothly, and JLo just wasn't having it. I just want her and her $5,000 hair to be happy.

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2002

I heard that Omar once had to cheat on an on-line karaoke contest. Word has it that Al wasn't able to step up to the plate, either.

Of course, neither of those are as big a deal as Hannah, who doesn't know her 'hold on' from her 'release me'.

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2002

What? Bitch, please. If I'd cheated, I would have at least arranged it so I won the damn thing.

You need to put the Red in Fred. As in, mind that stop sign, fool.

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2002

Wow. Omar is mad. You better take it back, Red Fred.

I, on the other hand, am karaoke perfect in every way.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2002

Omar, you better watch your language. One of those random hip hop posters might try to explain you.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2002

You guys are funny as shit. There are some really good postings here. I found this site by trying to find out what is Hoda Kotbe's ethnicity. She's Egyptian. I thought she was a black with good hair. My bad.

-- Anonymous, June 30, 2002

tara reid

-- Anonymous, August 02, 2002

Don't dis Cris Kattan. I adore him. I'm infatuated.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 2002