Reese Witherspoon “broke down in tears” after hearing about a lingering kiss Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal shared at a recent awards ceremony, Woman’s Day magazine reports. Witherspoon, 31, has been dating Gyllenhaal for two months. She split with Ryan Phillippe after seven years of marriage last year. An insider said, “When Reese heard about (the kiss), she broke down in tears asking, ‘Why would he do that?”‘
The kiss may not mean much to Aniston. Us Weekly reports ex-boyfriend Vince Vaughn visited Aniston’s Hollywood Hills home April 21 and did not leave until 5 p.m. the next day. A Vaughn source said: “It’s no big deal if he stayed over. They are friends and can be friends with benefits.”
Jessica Simpson’s dad, Joe, wants a crack at running (ruining?) Britney Spears’ career, a source told the New York Daily News. The former Baptist minister tried to set up a meeting last weekend with Spears, the source said. Jessica’s rep Cindi Berger denies the report. Spears has made more than $100 million from records and endorsements, while sales of Jessica’s five albums have not approached those numbers. Meanwhile, In Touch magazine reports Spears, just out of an alcohol rehab stint, was seen tossing back “glasses of wine” at a friend’s Beverly Hills condo April 14. Spears also allegedly was spotted drinking more wine a day later and sake at Japanese restaurant Shu Sushi.
Melanie Brown was so upset by her breakup with Eddie Murphy she hired a Spanish voodoo priestess to cast spells to revive the relationship, a friend told Closer magazine. Murphy publicly ended their romance on Dutch TV in December. The former Spice Girl since giviung given birth to her daughter Angel on April 3 and listed Murphy as the father on the child’s birth certificate. Elizabeth Rodriguez told the British magazine, “Mel asked me to come along because she knew I had an interest in voodoo and could speak Spanish to help her communicate with Tabitha.”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, in the middle of shooting for the Showtime series “The Tudors,” has checked himself into an undisclosed rehab facility. His rep said Meyers is seeking treatment for alcohol abuse, E Online reported. Showtime already has ordered a second season of the series in which Meyers portrays British King Henry VIII after the April 1 premiere drew record numbers for the cable network. It is unclear if Meyers’ rehab stint would delay second-season filming in Dublin next month.
Kirsten Dunst told Jane magazine for its May issue: “I don’t ever want to date another actor again. This quote is probably going to come back in my face, but I know someone who has a great saying: ‘There are no actors, there are only actresses.’ Sometimes creative people can be very dark and destructive.” Dunst is dating British rocker Johnny Borrell of Razorlight.
Spinal Tap, the band from the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” will reunite for a London performance at the Live Earth concert July 7. Spinal Tap is composed of Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. Director Rob Reiner made the announcement before his new 15-minute film on the band’s reunion was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Wednesday.
One song on Paul McCartney’s new album has a thinly veiled dig at his estranged wife, Heather Mills, the Sun reported. One verse on “Mr. Bellamy” goes: “No one to tell me what to do, no one to hold my hand. … Nobody here to spoil the view, interfere with my plans.” The lyrics could kill Mills’ buzz from her run on “Dancing With the Stars.” She was eliminated from the ABC reality series, but was a fan favorite because she performed with one prosthetic leg. Mills lost her leg when she was hit by a police motorcycle in 1993.
