By Sheri

IS MILEY CYRUS DATING DOUGLAS BOOTH?

It seems that even before Miley Cyrus’ breakup with Liam Hemsworth got through the grapevine, she’s been seen around town in a “flirty” way with Douglas Booth. Now, the Waterford, Michigan bartender who saw them together, along with their other two Laughing Out Loud costars, Tanz Watson and Ashley Greene, did say “the flirting was very respectful” in that there was no kissing. But he also said “I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, they were flirting so much.”

The big problem with this is that Douglas Booth is reportedly in a 3 year relationship meaning he has a serious girlfriend. If this is true, I bet he doesn’t have one anymore if the girlfriend finds out what this bartender said about Booth: “For his part, he seemed to be eating up all the attention” paid to him by Cyrus who was “falling all over him.”(I have to ask why does this bartender care so much?)

At the same time, there’s no buzz yet about why Miley Cyrus and The Last Song costar, Liam Hemsworth, broke up. Guess they hit a sour note? Not funny. There were also rumors that Miley was dating Adam Sevani so who knows? Hey come on, remember the idiotic rumors about Miley Cyrus dating Justin Bieber? She only had dinner with the guy and joked he was so cute and small to put in her pocket like a key chain I think she said. Oh maybe I’m just making up that part, who cares?

But it apparently wasn’t only the Michigan bartender who noticed flirting vibes between Douglas Booth and Miley Cyrus, they’ve been spotted all cozy in public together at a few other places.It’s would seem that they don’t care who sees them or who thinks what about the two of them, doesn’t it?

By Sheri

JOHN HAMM WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THE 2010 EMMYS

I got to see the new Mad Men episode plus watch the show win its 3rd Prime Time Emmy for Best Drama Series last night. John Hamm, who of course is soooo dreammyyy as the dashing Don Draper – and as himself – attended with his girlfriend, Jennifer Westfeldt. That’s them together in the photo above on the red carpet – both dressed to the max in Armani. Her dress is a delicate, water-colored silk with lace and Swarovski crystals!

Have you ever seen any man look better in a bow tie than John Hamm? (Did anyone else notice those sparkling blue eyes during the Emmys when the camera found him in it? Of course it found him, smart camera!) Yeah, well, in case my crush isn’t blatantly obvious enough, before I move away from this topic can I just say the Mad Men episode last night had a beautifully bare-chested Don Draper in nothing but boxer shorts. (Swoon. Faint.)

All hotness aside, this is as interesting a main character as there can ever be in a drama, don’t you think? It’s not just the looks and all that really. It’s always something more. I mean, he doesn’t have to say anything, we can always seem to know what Draper is thinking and feeling.  I find it realistic cuz isn’t he supposed to be the intense, quiet type of character?

And of course the whole cast is amazing! It was so great to see both an episode of the show and the cast of Mad Men last night. I think most of them were up on the Emmy stage at LA’s Nokia Theater to win their 3rd Best Drama award, weren’t they? I just know Don Draper/John Hamm was there, sigh…I’m sooooo pathetic!

By Sheri

ANGELINA JOLIE NOW A DIRECTOR, WRITER AND PRODUCER

Recently, Angelina Jolie traveled to Sarajevo to direct her first film, as yet untitled, but said to be written by the mom of 6. (Come on, did she really write it all or is it just like she added so much direction and production input, she earned writing creds?) The picture is a love story about a Serbian (oops almost wrote suburban lol) man and a Bosnian woman during the 1992 – 1995 Bosnian war. Jolie was also in Sarajevo in her official capacity as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help refugees.

If there’s anyone who can superbly combine Hollywood super-stardom with saving the world, it’s Angelina Jolie. But the hot actress (yes, but I still like  non-homewrecker Jennifer Aniston better), now turned director, writer and producer, insists that “This film is a love story, not a political statement.” Jolie, who won’t be acting in the movie, (gee why not, maybe she can do make up and costumes too) did want to hire local actors. “I would like to involve as many local people as possible and learn as much as I can,” she said.

Angelina will be working on the film along with Graham King who is the “GK” in the GK Films behind the project. Graham King is business partners with Tim Headington. Although filmed in Sarajevo, the movie with be in English and is said to have a low budget of $15 million.

If the film does good at the box office, then I wonder if Angelina Jolie will be doing more directing, producing and writing? I guess if she wants to, she will. (You know I just had a flashback of how amazingly good she was as an actress in Girl, Interrupted. It was supposed to be Winona Ryder’s vehicle, and I guess it still was, but Angelina Jolie became a power actress after that — deservedly so!)

Next up, Jolie is set to act with Johnny Depp in the upcoming GK Films thriller, The Tourist. (Depp and Jolie? Great cheekbones of the world unite!)

By Sheri

LEO WAS CUT WITH

A WINE GLASS & INUNDATED

WITH CRAZY LETTERS

These are the times when you don’t wish you were an A list actor making mega bucks. For superstar, Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s been a rough week. He had not 1, but 2, nutcase women that attacked him – 1 with a wine glass, the other with creepy letters have to go to court. Luckily he didn’t have to be there in the courtroom to get some much deserved justice.

Livia Bistriceanu, who was delusional in that she thought she was Leonardo DiCaprio’s wife carrying his child named Jesus (I swear I’m not making this up!) wrote the star letter after letter. Understandably, DiCaprio was more than a little freaked out by this. I mean, you know, poor woman, but you don’t really know how far someone who isn’t living in reality is going to go, do you? Ms. Livia was given a court order to be no closer to Leonardo DiCaprio than 100 yards.

In an incident from 2005 at a Hollywood party (five years ago — Paris Hilton and Rick Solomon) DiCaprio attended, a woman named Aretha Wilson, felt the need to slash him with a broken wine glass for some reason. Supposedly it had something to do with one of DiCaprio’s friends she was seeing or something. Leo did his best to calm the aggressive woman, but to no avail.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s neck and face were injured – he needed like 17 stitches! Wilson, age 40 and a former model, is facing 7 years in the slammer for her assault on the star. She’s also said to have smashed a bottle on her ex-boyfriend’s head in 2006. (Hmmm sounds like she attended the Naomi Campbell school of modeling!)

It’s probably a safe bet that Leonardo DiCaprio was more than happy not to have to attend either one of these court cases! Best wishes to him and heartfelt hopes that the crazies will stay away!

By Sheri

JULIE CHEN WILL BE ON CBS DAILY, “THE TALK”

Imagine a new, daily parenting show with a bunch of women hosts that’s like The View, but hopefully a lot less annoying. Well, that’s the premise of the hour long, The Talk, that CBS has scheduled to replace the demise of the long running serial, As The World Turns. I’m intrigued because the idea for the show is said to be Sara Gilbert’s (Darlene Conner from the Roseanne sitcom) and she specifically wanted Julie Chen. I think these two alone will be way more interesting than any of the women on The View (Joy Behar being the exception! Love her!) Anyway, as if Julie Chen and Sara Gilbert aren’t enough, Celebrity Apprentice alums, Sharon Osbourne and Holly Robinson Peete will join them.
(There are two others too, but frankly I don’t give a damn!)

I’ve only seen Julie Chen on Big Brother (glued to that show!) but she’s apparently been on CBS’ The Early Show for like 8 years. Chen’s a stepmom to 3 older kids, but her son, Charlie, will be turning 1 year old in September. I just find her so intriguing on Big Brother because she’s always so controlled, yet somehow really awesome. I don’t think too many people can pull that combo off well!

That particular blend has earned Julie Chen the nickname “Chenbot.” What’s really cool is that it doesn’t faze her in the least. She owned it, which impresses the hell out of me for some reason (guess I’m not all that hard to impress!). But come on, she’s actually said “I am the Chenbot” and she knows the reason why. It’s her “precise on-air style” she’ll tell you.

Go Julie Chen! I don’t want the Summer to end, but at least when it does and the chill of fall is faintly in the air I’ll have The Talk to look forward to!

By Sheri

BRITNEY PAYS BACK MEL GIBSON

Well there’s someone who appreciates Mel Gibson’s phone calls – Britney Spears. She and Gibson have been exchanging late night telephone calls recently. Apparently Mel’s been confiding in Britney that he’s worried his career is over (hopefully it is!) It seems it’s just like the story of the mouse who pulls the thorn from the lion’s paw and the grateful lion says he will pay back the mouse… Only Britney Spears is the Lion and Mel Gibson is the Mouse (yeah, The Mouse Who Roared!!!)

In February of 2009, Gibson “reached out” to Spears during one of her scandals. Gibson appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show saying that Spears was “a nice kid” who succumbed to drugs. Mel Gibson said: “She’s lining up to be stoned. I just thought ‘Is anyone reaching out to her?” So, I just called her. She’s doing great now.” This was during the time after his earlier scandals when he was doing what he could to adjust his image. (The guy can be really charming, but if you look close you can see the crazy eyes!)

It was Britney’s father who did a lot at that time to get her back on track. I wonder if Mel Gibson’s parents are still alive or if any of his relatives – even back in Australia could “reach out” to him and get him to check in to get some professional mental help. I wish Mel Gibson would be on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew which is the only thing I’d ever watch him in again anyway. Drew could tackle Gibson’s addiction to racist, sexist, threatening, panting phone rants!

Anyway, I guess Britney feels obligated to help Gibson as he helped her, but really just phone calls like that isn’t the help this loony tune ranting sicko needs!

By Sheri

MICHAEL LOHAN:  SHAMELESS MEDIA HOG OR DOMESTIC ABUSER?

Oh man! You know how psychologists always say that if kids who are starving for attention can’t get the positive kind, they’ll go for the negative? Well, Michael Lohan may have Peter Pan Syndrome (among other problems!) because he just can’t stop trying for as much media attention as humanly possible. Even his past partner in (starved for media attention) crime, Jon Gosselin, seems to have stopped begging for a talk show or interviews or the chance to publicly dis Kate ever single chance he could!

But Michael Lohan never stopped. I was almost (I said almost!) even starting to think that his primary motive was caring about his daughter, Lindsay Lohan, as he brought her water in court when no one else would and called out “We love you, Lindsay” as she was cuffed and ready to be taken to her jail cell. But very, very soon after that…which was just after appearing on every talk show he could (with his lawyer, Lisa Bloom, WTF did he need a lawyer for other than to add more drama?) to talk about his daughter going to jail…

Michael Lohan is in the news right away again in a story that his fiance, Kate Major, was now his ex-fiance because she was charging him with domestic abuse. According to Major, Lohan threw a shoe at her which caused her to hit her head on a wall and he pushed her off her chair, then kicked her when she was on the floor. (Oh Lordy! WTF?)

Kate Major insists that Michael Lohan then said “I am going to go back to jail because I’m going to kill you.” Whether he’s a bad domestic abuser or doing it to try to get more media attention by trying to pull a fake Mel Gibson and then be faced with jail to keep being tied to his daughter for media fame, it doesn’t matter cuz either way, the guy’s a total jerk!!!

What is wrong with this Kate Major? She dated Jon Gosselin then gets engaged to Michael Lohan? BTW, Major was pissed when Gosselin denied he ever dated her. “Jon is a liar!”  Major insisted. “I would love Jon to take a lie detector test.” Yeah, well I would love for Kate Major to take a jerk detector test to help her figure out why she keeps dating total losers like Jon Gosselin and Michael Lohan!

(BTW, on the off chance that anyone gives a flyin’ damn, Michael Lohan’s court date for the domestic violence harassment charge is set for August 18 in Southampton, New York.)

By Sheri

WILL SMITH, JADA PINKETT-SMITH & TOM CRUISE
AT WEST L.A.’S SADDLE RANCH CHOP HOUSE

(WTF — DID TOM AND JADA SPLIT AN OUTFIT???)

Photo: Kmm/X17 Online

If you’re gonna make a sort of a Western love story movie and you want to try out a bunch of actors at a table script reading, then it stands to reason you’d want to take them to a Western-themed restaurant in West Los Angeles with a goofy name like The Saddle Ranch Chop House, doesn’t it? Well, if you’re Will Smith, then apparently it makes perfect sense cuz that’s just what he did recently.

Smith’s production company, Overbrook Productions, had a slew of actors at the eatery as a part of casting for the upcoming film, Paper Wings. The movie’s about a romance between a rodeo star and a wannabe country singer. The rumor so far is that Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are up for the lead roles, but that’s only a rumor. (Another one is that Will Smith is starting to get into Scientology…)

Among the other actors at the Saddle Ranch table read were Reese Witherspoon and Tom Arnold. (Can you imagine them together in the leads? Oh no, that’s just all wrong!) Maybe Tom Arnold is being considered for a supporting role… It’s interesting that another ex-Roseanne sitcommer, Johnny Galecki (David) was at the read too. (Love him!) So was Jenna Elfman  (not from Roseanne, but had her own sitcom, Dharma and Greg).

I wonder if most actors think table reads are easier than on stage auditions? I guess it wouldn’t make much difference… or would it? Would any actors like to comment and prove me wrong? Go ahead — make my day!

Anyway, Paper Wings sounds like it could be good… I’d probably watch it. Now that I’ve boycotted all Mel Gibson films, I’ve got some openings in my movie watching schedule!

By Sheri

JESSICA SIMPSON AND ERIC JOHNSON IN ITALY

What a way to spend your 30th birthday – all low-key and lovey-dovey with your new boyfriend in Italy as well as in the company of a few old friends. That’s how Jessica Simpson did it as she turned the big 3 Oh on Saturday, July 10. Her friends and sweetie, Eric Johnson, surprised Simpson with a cake and the tone for the Italian trip was laid back just the way Jessica wanted it. She had commented to press that she wanted to get away to Italy to relax and apparently it was mission accomplished.

I guess she needed a break from filming the second season of her reality show, The Price Of Beauty. (I have to fess up that I haven’t seen the show yet. The one time I had the chance to catch it I passed on it for something else and I can’t even remember what!) Hey, though, I admire the woman! I’ve seen the way she stands up for herself and admire her for the way she handled the “chubby” remarks she so rudely received.  People can just be so judgmental and just mental..

Simpson’s fallen for another footballer this time, so hopefully the romance will end better than it did with Tony Romo. Interestingly, Romo broke up with Jessica on her birthday last year and now here she is on her birthday this year with a new football guy.

Eric Johnson, 30, hasn’t actually played football officially since 2008 due to an ankle injury the free agent suffered. Johnson’s played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints. Apparently the word on the street is that Johnson is a nice guy who won’t hurt Jessica… (hopefully, he won’t embarrass her by announcing she’s “sexual napalm” either like that ass clown John Mayer did!)

By Sheri

MEL TELLS OKSANA: “I WILL BURY YOU IN THE ROSE GARDEN”

Sooner or later the truth leaks out. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, it’s on a tape recording. This is the case now as the mystery of Mel Gibson’s filing of a restraining order against his ex girlfriend and baby mama, Oksana Grigoreiva, recently now makes sense. He was likely trying to make it appear that she was the one out of control, but (thank God!) it seems he underestimated her intelligence and guts as Oksana taped some of Mel’s threatening, racist, sexist rants to her! (Good for her!)

After an alleged January 6, 2010 incident in which Oksana Grigoreiva claims that Mel Gibson struck her twice in the face while she was holding their infant daughter, Lucia, Oksana decided (brilliantly!) to tape record at least one of Mel’s tirades against her. Some of the voiced tape recordings were recently released to the media.

Oksana asks Mel “What kind of man hits a woman twice while she’s carrying a baby in her arms?” To this, Mel replies: “You f***ing deserved it!”

And there we go, admission of guilt right there. But Mel doesn’t stop there. He attacks Oksana for dressing too provocatively (well you left your wife of 30 years for her so you must have  liked the way she dressed, stupid Mel) telling her: “You look like a f***ing pig in heat and if you get raped by a pack of niggers (oh this is terrible and ignorant! What a loser!), it will be your fault.” (Oh and he also uses the terrible term “wetback” on these tapes to insult Hispanics!)

And still the Mel rants on…

“I am going to come and burn the f***ing house down, but you will blow me first.” (Oh what a romantic sweet talker.)

and on…

“I will bury you in the rose garden.” (Just creepy)

I’m embarrassed to think I used to have a celeb crush on the guy back in 1990 in Bird On A Wire. Well, ever since the DUI and his antisemetic drunken ramblings about Jews starting all the wars (ignorant AND *so* ironically wrong!) I’ve boycotted all his movies – no more watching reruns of Lethal Weapon 1,2,3 et al.

I wish everyone would boycott his movies!!!! (On the positive side, famed Hollywood agency, William Morris, just dropped their representation of Mel Gibson like a hot potato! (Yay W & M!!!) (W & M wanted to dump Mel after the antisemetic stuff, but kept him on after he publicly apologized. I don’t think that’s gonna help him this time!)

P.S. — Smartie that Oksana is, she’s stashed away pics from Mel’s alleged Jan.6 beating of her. The photos, which show Oksana with black eyes and missing front teeth, should soon surface… (I wish OJ’s ex, Nicole Brown Simpson’s beating photos would have been made public a lot sooner too!!!!)