Jessica Simpson, in an interview with Glamour magazine, said she artificially plumped up her lips with the protein-based gel Restylane, supposedly safer than traditional collagen. “I had that Restylane stuff. It looked fake to me. I didn’t like that. But … it went away in, like, four months. My lips are back to what they were. Thank God!”
George Clooney and his “Oceans 13” co-star Ellen Barkin are getting cozier by the minute, according to the Daily Mirror. The London tabloid reports Clooney, 45, and the recently divorced Barkin, 52, have been inseparable. A spy told the Mirror: “George has been a shoulder to cry on for Ellen – he’s helping her get over the divorce” from billionaire Revlon owner Ron Perelman. Barkin shouldn’t have much to cry about – she reportedly collected a nearly $20 million divorce settlement early this year.
Leonardo DiCaprio is just learning the game of golf. But the actor may give it up after encountering a bobcat on the 15th green while playing with Jack Nicholson on a Los Angeles course. A source told the Daily Mirror that DiCaprio “was getting some pointers from Jack when a bobcat appeared. Jack told him to run like hell. They jumped in their golf cart and fled.”
Talk is not cheap; just ask Paris Hilton. The actress-singer-heiress requested more than $650,000 to appear on Charlotte Church’s new British TV talk show, the Welsh singer told a U.K. radio show. “We asked Paris to be on the program because I could (ridicule her) and not feel at all bad about it – she’s such a complete airhead,” Church said. “But she demanded a ridiculous amount of money – like the price of a big house just to say a few stupid things. She’s hardly going to announce anything world-changing, is she? It’s absolutely pathetic, isn’t it?”
Angelina Jolie is not afraid to take on Oprah Winfrey. The talk-show queen asked Jolie to promote a girls school Winfrey is opening in Africa. Jolie shockingly refused, skynews.com’s Sandro Monetti reported, possibly as a payback for Winfrey publicly siding with Jennifer Aniston after Brad Pitt left her.
Speaking of Jolie, Jon Voight’s latest attempt to get back in the good graces of his daughter failed miserably. The two reportedly have not spoken to each another in four years, and after a recent interview in Britain, it may be another four years. Voight wished his grandson Maddox a happy birthday, saying, “Five years old – it’s a big one! You’re going to be a young man, and I send my love out to you.” Then, trying to send wishes to granddaughter Zahara, Voight stumbled: “And send my love to … uh … Shakira … and Shahira.”
Nick Nolte reportedly was chased out of a Croatian tourist bar by waiters when the actor forgot to pay his tab, according to Deutsche Presse Agentur. Globus magazine quoted several cafe employees in the Dubrovnik resort saying “Nolte drank 40 liters of wine and a significant amount of whiskey during his four-day stay.” Nolte quickly settled his bill when the waiter stopped him, though. Probably didn’t want another of those wacky police mug shots.
“South Park” co-creator Matt Stone claims, perhaps jokingly, that former Iraq President Saddam Hussein was forced to watch the “South Park” movie in jail. Stone told the Sun: “I have it on pretty good information from the Marines on detail in Iraq that they showed him the movie. That’s really adding insult to injury. I bet that made him really happy.” Hussein is portrayed as Satan’s gay lover in “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut,” which was banned in Iraq.
