Justin Timberlake says he may be going a little bit country soon. The Memphis, Tenn., native told USA Today he longs to go back to his Tennessee roots. “I’ve had a good share of the spotlight. I don’t feel I need too much of it right now. I want to write country music, because I grew up in Tennessee, and soul music.”
Eva Longoria is trying to help her fiancé win an NBA championship – so there will be no sex until her July 7 wedding to Spurs guard Tony Parker. That’s what the “Desperate Housewives” star said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last week. “Luckily, we’re getting married after the playoffs and then we need to consummate the marriage. I scheduled it that way.”
Amid rumors that Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan may be reuniting, British model and socialite Jasmine Lennard told the Daily Express she has her eye on the “Notting Hill” actor. “He is really sexy,” Lennard told the British newspaper. “I really fancy him. There’s something about him. He’s really gorgeous, and I think the characters he plays make him really attractive too.” Khan and Grant split in February after dating for three years. But the couple was spotted together in April, sparking rumors of a reunion. Lennard seems unconvinced, noting, “My uncle knows (Grant), so maybe I’ll get him to put in a word.”
Jessica Simpson, the redhead, had another blond moment Monday night. The actress-singer got into the wrong car outside her New York hotel after posing for photographers. Simpson jumped into a black SUV and her hairdresser Ken Paves realized her mistake, snagging Simpson and leading her into a limousine in front of the SUV as they headed to the Costume Institute Gala, TMZ.com reported.
Happy Mother’s Day. Usher revealed he has dumped his mother, Jonetta Patton, as his manager.The five-time Grammy Award-winning singer says the split is amicable. Usher, 28, has been managed by his mother since his debut album was released in 1994. Usher recently announced his engagement to long-term girlfriend and stylist Tameka Foster and he says it is time to cut the apron strings. “It means I now get to have my mother strictly as my mother with no added pressure,” he told the Associated Press. “At this time in my life, I am simply more interested in building the strength of my family. And in order to do that, I feel it’s best to separate my business life from my personal life.”
Russell Simmons usually knows a winner when he sees one. After all he’s had quite a career as a singer, rap mogul and fashion guru. But Simmons is backing Democratic candidate … Dennis Kucinich? Simmons told CNBC host Donny Deutsch he is is supporting the former Cleveland mayor because “my concern for Mother Earth and everything in it is a very real one. Not only the environment but also the animals and the struggle to fight world poverty and the poverty here in America.”
Don’t make Paris Hilton comparisons to “Big Love” actress Chloe Sevigny. According to World Entertainment News Network, an attempt to compliment Sevigny by saying she is sexier than Hilton backfired. “Well, I don’t find trashy sexy, so I’ll try to take that as a compliment,” she said. Sevigny is starting to grow on us.
Austin Powers fans rejoice. Mike Myers, whose “Shrek the Third” ogre cartoon hits theaters May 18, assures us that a fourth spy spoof is on the way. “You just want to make sure it’s good,” the Canadian comic insists, suggesting it will be quite a long time before it shows up. “We have not seen the last of Austin Powers. We’re developing a fourth, entirely from Dr. Evil’s point of view.”
