Matt LeBlanc filed for divorce in March, perhaps because he had an affair with his “Joey” co-star Andrea Anders, People magazine reported.
LeBlanc left the Encino, Calif., home he shared with with his wife of three years, Melissa, in January.
Melissa accused LeBlanc of being involved with another woman, a friend told People, and the actor admitted she was right. LeBlanc filed for divorce on March 30. The couple have a 2-year-old daughter, Marina. Anders plays LeBlanc’s neighbor on “Joey.”
Indian film director T. Rajeevnath is making a movie about the late Mother Teresa, and he told the Indo-Asian News Service he wants Paris Hilton to audition for the part.
We’ll wait a second for you to catch your breath from all that laughing.
Rajeevnath, who has a massive résumé with two films under his belt (including “Aham,” his most recent project, according to imdb.com, in 1992), said a computer-generated image showed a close facial match between Hilton and Mother Teresa. No word on whether Hilton has a clue who Mother Teresa is.
Britney Spears’ recent guest appearance on “Will & Grace” has give the pop star the acting bug again, In Touch Weekly reported. One of the NBC comedy’s creators, Max Mutchnick, hopes to land a spot for Spears on one of his other shows in development or even a sitcom of her own. If all else fails, Britney can start charging for her free hip-hop classes for 7- to 12-year-olds at Malibu Academy of Dance.
Nicole Richie and former fiancé Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein still are an item, People magazine reported. Richie threw Goldstein a surprise 33rd-birthday party at Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Richie toasted her sweetheart at 1:30 a.m., grabbing the microphone and telling the crowd, “This is his eighth year of sobriety. I’m so proud of you. You’ve come so far and I love you so much.”
Gabrielle Union told “Entertainment Tonight” how Oprah Winfrey saved her life when she was raped at age 19. “Thank God for Oprah, because literally, her words helped me live,” Union said. “Oprah had a show about what to do in case you’re a victim of a violent crime, and immediately I went on autopilot; it was like Oprah was in my ear telling me what to do to stay alive.”
Union testified before Congress last week on the challenges of providing services to sexual-assault victims.
Can Mel Brooks capture lightning in the bottle twice? The famed director, who turned his 1968 film “The Producers” into a massive Broadway musical hit, is considering turning “Young Frankenstein” into a play. Brooks told “The Young Turks” Sirius satellite radio show he is planning a 2007 opening for the stage version of the 1974 hit movie that starred Gene Wilder.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall of the set of “One Tree Hill.” Co-star of the WB series Chad Michael Murray is engaged to crew member Kenzie Dalton, 18, People magazine reported on its website. Murray, 24, married “One Tree Hill” co-star Sophia Bush, 23, in April 2005. They split five months later and Bush has petitioned for an annulment.
