Is Halle Berry planning on an upcoming wedding? The actress was seen at Sweet Lady Jane bakery in Los Angeles recently and took home a portfolio of lavish wedding cakes, janetcharltonshollywood.com reported. The website claimed Berry asked several questions, including “How far ahead of time do I need to place an order?” Berry, who has been dating Canadian model Gabriel Aubry for several months, was sporting a large diamond ring on her engagement finger.
Justin Timberlake reportedly has broken up with his longtime girlfriend Cameron Diaz, but the former ‘NSync singer isn’t lonely. E! Online’s Ted Casablanca reports Timberlake is shooting a sultry music video with Scarlett Johansson. Casablanca wrote workers on the set of “What Goes Around … Comes Around” had to sign letters promising not to reveal anything about the shoot.
You think that alleged Britney Spears meltdown on New Year’s Eve was bad? The New York Post’s Cindy Adams reports Jive Records execs are not thrilled with the first five tracks on the pop star’s new CD. Reps deny Spears passed out at Pure nightclub in Las Vegas, claiming she was just tired from long nights laying down tracks for the CD. Larry Rudolph, Spears’ original manager, is repping her again and said from a vacation in Mexico: “I don’t know where your information came from, but I can only tell you we’re in the middle of recording an album. And you can quote me on that.”
Hilary Duff’s break-up with rocker boyfriend Joel Madden may have because of her Barbie Doll deal. Mattel may have been concerned with Duff’s relationship with the Good Charlotte punk rocker, janetcharltonshollywood.com reported. The Barbie makers brought up the subject of making a “boyfriend” doll for Duff and the image of a tattooed pierced rocker doll nixed the promotion. Duff soon after gave Madden the boot. Meanwhile, Madden’s twin brother Benji got engaged to his girlfriend, Australian actress Sophie Monk, the Daily Telegraph reported. A rep for Monk, a former pop singer, confirmed Madden proposed over the Christmas holiday.
Jessica Simpson had a hard time hiding her relationship with singer John Mayer. The couple arrived at the Hudson Hotel in New York arm in arm around 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, the New York Daily News reported. Simpson tried to sit on a couch in the lobby and slid to the floor. Polite rapper Q-Tip helped her up. Simpson also incessantly tugged at her date’s pants and hands until he gave her a long smooch.
Two of Kate Moss’ best friends were caught planning an “intervention” for the supermodel, the Daily Mirror reported. After several reports – all denied by Moss’ rep – that she and troubled British rocker Pete Doherty secretly married in Thailand, hairdresser James Brown and actress Davinia Taylor met at London restaurant The Ivy. In an animated discussion, the two were overheard calling Moss and Doherty’s relationship “madness.” A customer told the Mirror: “(Taylor) said that Kate had been through a lot and wondered if Pete was really the right one for her because of all his baggage.”
Julia Roberts’ rep confirmed a New York Post report that she is expecting her third child with husband Danny Moder. The couple, who wed in 2002, are parents to 2-year-old twins Phinnaeus Walter and Hazel Patricia.
