Anna Nicole Smith may be pregnant and conceived the child with the help of a friend, a source told the New York Daily News’ Ben Widdicombe. “Anna’s freaking out because she got pregnant by this guy, who’s now saying, ‘I want money and access to the kid,”‘ an insider tolds Widdicombe. Smith, 38, who won a Supreme Court judgment this week allowing her to pursue part of her deceased Texas husband’s $1.6 billion estate, has a 20-year-old son, Daniel, with Billy Smith, whom she married in 1985 and divorced in 1987.
Keith Richards has been released from a New Zealand hospital after suffering a concussion after falling out of a palm tree in Fiji. The Rolling Stones guitarist, 62, faces surgery for a brain hemorrhage, according to The Sun. Richards still suffer headaches and doctors have diagnosed bleeding in the brain. The London tabloid reports doctors will have to drill a hole in his skull to drain the blood.
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn have purchased a $12 million Chicago mansion, the Daily Mirror reported. The new residence in Vaughn’s hometown is on 7 1/2 acres and has nine bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and a garage for six cars, the Mirror reported.
Keri Russell, co-star in the Tom Cruise blockbuster “Mission: Impossible III” and former Highlands Ranch resident, dreams of leaving show biz. “I just want to make a lot of money, buy a house and then quit,” Russell told the London Independent.
Did Lindsay Lohan cause the split between Paris Hilton and Stavros Niarchos? Just hours after Hilton headed to Australia, Niarchos was spotted “sipping cocktails and dirty dancing” at the Los Angeles club Element with Lohan, according to Life & Style. “Lindsay was all over Stavros,” a bartender told the mag. Hilton, meanwhile, may be soothing her broken heart with former Southern Cal quarterback Matt Leinart.
Canadian actress Mary Jo Eustace is shopping a tell-all book that will reveal, among other things, her then-husband Dean McDermott and Tori Spelling had an affair only months after he and Eustace adopted a baby girl. The New York Post reports Eustace’s proposed book tentatively is titled “My Husband Left Me for Tori Spelling.” McDermott, 38, Eustace’s actor-husband of 12 years, met Spelling when they were shooting the Lifetime flick “Mind Over Murder.” Spelling was married to actor Charlie Shanian at the time.
Avril Lavigne wants to marry her musician boyfriend Der-
yck Whibley in Beverly Hills on Aug. 26, Star magazine reports. But Lavigne’s family are advising to her wait. “They caution her about young marriage with two words: Britney Spears! That really gets Avril’s motor running,” a friend told Star.
Dame Edna’s alter ego, Barry Humphries, slugged a photographer who chased him outside a Sydney, Australia, restaurant Wednesday, his publicist said. Humphries, 72, struck celebrity freelance photographer Malcolm Ladd, 54, his publicist Suzie Howie admitted. “I can confirm to you that Barry did hit him,” Howie said. “But at least he didn’t throw a phone,” referring to Russell Crowe’s trouble with a New York hotel clerk last year. Ladd said he was weighing whether to file charges.
