Paris Hilton’s burger commercial, as she would say, is “hot.” Too hot, apparently for the burger chain Carl’s Jr. website. Users barraged the site to see the swimsuit-clad Hilton doused in suds washing a Bentley, crashing the website for four hours, TeenHollywood.com reported. Meanwhile, the 30-second commercial touting Carl’s Jr.’s jalapeño-laden “Spicy BBQ Six-Dollar Burger,” drew scorn from a media watchdog group. “This commercial is basically soft-core porn,” Melissa Caldwell, research director for the Los Angeles-based Parents Television Council, told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s inappropriate for television.”
Bill Clinton booked a table for 18 recently at Michelin-rated Agata e Romeo in Rome recently but had to cancel.
Owner Romeo Caraccio had a dinner worth nearly $2,000 made for the former president and his guests, and according to the London Evening-Standard, he wants Clinton to pay.
“When Mr. Caraccio called (Clinton’s) security guard to find out what was happening, he just said ‘change of plan,”‘ a restaurant staffer told the newspaper. A U.S. embassy spokesman said, “there is nothing we can do.”
Celebrity pregnancy cravings courtesy of Cindy Adams of the New York Post:
Denise Richards craved French toast. Cate Blanchett, sardines; Jodie Foster, Baskin Robbins Rocky Road ice cream; Kelly Preston, Spam; Brooke Shields, nutmeg; Catherine Zeta-Jones, Marmite and Branston Pickles (British relishes); Debra Messing, Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal.
Chef Mario Batali’s commencement address at Rutgers recently urged graduates to do something fun before they were up to their (expletive) in responsibilities, the New York Post reported.
Al Franken, at a recent press gala, to embattled New York Times reporter Judith Miller: “Judy, maybe you can find some WMDs in your salad.”
Sharon Stone stuck movie producers with a nearly $800 restaurant tab, the Sun reported. Filming “Basic Instinct II” in London, Stone refused dinner at a restaurant at the famed 30 St. Mary Axe building, also known as the “The Gherkin” or “The Cigar” because of its unusual shape. Stone instead ordered a Chinese meal for her family. An insider told the Sun the group left quite a mess: “The room was well and truly trashed.”
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
