By Sheri

HERE’S HOW PARIS PACKS FOR THE WORLD CUP

Looking at the photo of Paris Hilton all packed and ready to attend the FIFA World Cup soccer match in South Africa last week, it’s all so old school like how wealthy women used to prepare for a long cruise on the Titanic – steamer trunks, floral dresses and big hats. The only telltale, and tarty, sign of the times is her up-dress flash as she poses with her luggage.

When Hilton actually got to the World Cup, she managed to get accused of possession of marijuana. Being Paris though, she also managed to get out of it by sweetly charming everyone and convincing them of her innocence. If anyone knows that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, it’s Paris Hilton. Of course she doesn’t want flies, she only wants everything she does want and she knows how to be extra sweet and extra helpful to people so how can they resist her charms?

On Friday, July 2, Paris chirped on her Twitter page: “I was not charged or arrested, cause I didn’t do anything. I was assisting the police with the investigation and answering their questions. Everyone was super nice and friendly to me. I love South Africa.” Let’s face it, the girl has the skills to avoid any ills!

There was reportedly a court hearing for the pot possession charges at midnight of all times. Hilton’s pal, former Playboy playmate, Jennifer Rovero, fessed up to owning the marijuana. She paid about $130 US to avoid jail time and instead is forbidden to return to South Africa for 2 years.

By the way, the South African World Cup sure attracted a lot of celebs, didn’t it? Well, money plus time equals world travel! Not only were American ex president Bill Clinton and rock god extraordinaire Mick Jagger World Cup seatmates, Paris was spotted hanging out with Leonardo DiCaprio in Johannesburg.

By Sheri

BRITNEY SPEARS’ NEW CLOTHING LINE FOR CANDIES OUT TODAY

It’s the best of times and the worst of times for Britney Spears today. July 1, 2010 marks the availability of the fashion line she designed for the Candies brand. The collection is being advertised in a series of ads featuring Spears wearing her designs.

The collection, that includes jeans, jackets, mini skirts and mini dresses, is ready for sale in Kohl’s stores. There shouldn’t be any reason that Britney’s line won’t sell, sell, sell to her targeted back to school crowd. (The fact that the dresses and skirts barely cover one’s ass(ets) shouldn’t stop them from selling – hopefully girls will wear the jeans underneath!)

As if to purposely put a damper on things, Spear’s former body guard, Fernando Flores, has chosen this time to make some shocking child abuse allegations against Britney. According to Flores, she beat one of her two sons with a belt and fed them both foods they’re allergic to which caused them to have reactions. Child services agencies will be investigating the allegations, but come on! If Flores was so concerned about the kids, why would he wait to report these things?

Could it not have something to do with the sexual harassment charges Fernando Flores filed against Britney Spears recently? Flores said he felt pressured to quit, which he did, because Spears’ wanted to sleep with him. (Something about his charges combined with waiting about reporting the alleged child abuse just doesn’t add up somehow.)

Fernando commented to the press that Britney would call him into her bedroom and would walk around naked. However, he also said she would walk around the house naked yelling at the staff and apparently no one else is suing for sexual harassment! Judging by the things Britney wears, or doesn’t, the girl probably just doesn’t like wearing too many clothes…

By Sheri

MEL GIBSON,54, & HIS ‘BABY MAMA”, 40

In the ‘there’s a switch’ department, Mel Gibson filed a restraining order against his former girlfriend and ‘baby mama’, Russian musician/singer, Oksana Grigorieva. According to Radar Online, who first broke the story, Gibson filed the restraining order on Thursday, June 24 in the Los Angeles Supreme Court. Well either she’s a wacko psycho or he’s full of it and just trying to beat her to the punch as far as filing restraining orders go. The case is sealed and so far at least, no details have been leaked.

Before becoming involved with Oksana Grigorieva, Mel Gibson had been married to Robyn Moore for about 30 years. Moore filed for divorce in April 2009 citing irreconcilable differences. Mel and Oksana’s relationship barely lasted a year. It did result in the birth of Mel’s 8th child who is 7 months old. The baby, a girl named Lucia, puts Mel’s kid count at 2 daughters and 6 sons. Oksana has one other child, a son with ex-boyfriend, actor Timothy Dalton.

What’s especially weird about Mel filing a restraining order against Oksana is that when the pair broke up they announced they would stay friends. That soon changed to strictly co-parents and now, well, the restraining order relationship. By the way, I still can’t stand Gibson because of his proven antisemitic behavior – especially because he wasn’t sincere about his apology for it…

In the case of the relationship with Oksana, I hope Mel can work things out with her for the sake of all of their children.

By Sheri

AL GORE INVESTIGATED FOR “UNWANTED SEXUAL CONTACT”

Al and Tipper Gore, Married May 19, 1970

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Al Gore, went from a Tennessee senator to Vice President of the United States to a Nobel Prize winner for his environmental work. He also had a long and seemingly successful marriage to Tipper (Aggh. What a name for a woman; it sound’s like a horse’s name!) The Gores shocked many people on the 1^st of this month when they announced their separation. You had to wonder if it was about an affair or something like that.

Well, ‘something like that’ came to light recently when allegations of “unwanted sexual contact” were made against Al Gore by a publicly unnamed masseuse. The alleged incident took place in October of 2006 at the posh Hotel Lucia in Portland, Oregon. Al Gore, age 62, checked in as “Mr. Stone,” and requested a massage. The masseuse, a 54 year old woman, said she was told the massage was to be for a “VIP client.”

According to the masseuse, Gore repeatedly behaved inappropriately toward her in a sexual manner. She said she massaged his stomach and he grabbed her hand to go lower (okay I don’t have to spell it out.) The masseuse said even after she refused to do that he started caressing her several times. The only really fishy thing to me is why this Portland woman approached authorities to handle the case in January 2009 when it occurred in October 2006. Portland police have found “insufficient evidence” to support the woman’s claims, but honestly, without a videotape, how is she supposed to prove something like that – especially when she waited so long to formally complain.

Shortly after the incident she alleged, the woman refused to be interviewed about it by police detectives. Twice in December 2006 she canceled appointments with detectives and her lawyer did the same thing again in January 2007. No wonder when she approached the police in January 2009 things didn’t really get off the ground. I don’t know what she expected but certainly the Gores’ marriage ended because of the allegations. Still, the fault wouldn’t be hers, but rather Mr. Gore’s, or should I say, “Mr. Stone’s!”

By Sheri

LINDSAY LOHAN’S SCRAMtabulous FASHION

Usually, I’d have to say that the luscious lush, Lindsay Lohan, is a great dresser. And well, a lot of that is charging up her credit cards to a 600K debt to buy the creme de la creme of fashion off of Paris runways, but yeah typically the girl looks good. But, in the photo above taken several weeks ago when she got her SCRAM ankle monitor, she looks more like a mess. The almost knee high suede-like tan boots worn with black gym shorts and a raggy looking top that’s seen better days looks strange.

But, then, having to wear a SCRAM ankle monitor at all times is strange and I guess she just wanted big boots to cover it up. Not only has Lindsay complained that the monitor is too tight, she also can’t get a spray tan. Apparently, the chemicals in the tanning spray confuse the SCRAM alcohol sensor. Ah well, that’s life on the G list, Lindsay!

You know though, I actually think Lindsay Lohan’s choice to play another LL – porn star icon Linda Lovelace – may end up jump starting her career. No matter what you say about Lilo, I’ll argue to the death that the girl can act. She’s a really good actress, actually. Too bad about the drinking and the downward spiral. I really wish she would go on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Yes, it’s one of my favorite shows (oh confessions, confessions) but come on, if Mackenzie Philips can get sober so can our Lilo!

Unfortunately, Lindsay seems to have a real stubborn streak that makes her downright impossible to help or so it appears.One thing that’s, so far at least, going right for her is that a former assistant named Eleanor is refusing to dish for cash. According to The New York Post, Lohan’s former assistant was offered as much as $50,000 to dish the dirt, give the goods, spill the scoop (okay, I’ll stop already!) on her former boss. When asked why she wouldn’t, it wasn’t about Lindsay though, rather Eleanor mentioned that she’d never be able to be trusted, or hired, as a celeh assistant again.

By Sheri

MICHAEL JACKSON DIED JUNE 25, 2009

Exactly 1 year to the day after Michael Jackson’s death, his father, Joe Jackson, filed a lawsuit against Dr. Conrad Murray. On Friday, June 25, 2010, Joseph Jackson filed a wrongful death suit against his son’s doctor based on negligence. It’s been rumored that the lawsuit mentions a figure of about $75,000 for medical negligence. Obviously the choice to file the suit on the one year anniversary of Michael’s death was strategic on Joe ‘s part.

Doctor Murray is still denying he’s responsible for Michael Jackson’s untimely death at age 50 and has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. I don’t really understand this because well, voluntary manslaughter means killing someone on purpose and that’s very unlikely that Dr. Murray would do that. For one thing, apparently he was being paid very handsomely to be the superstar’s doc. But, involuntary manslaughter means killing someone by accident and if the cause of Micheal Jackson’s death is the drugs that Dr. Murray administered, well then that’s involuntary manslaughter isn’t it?

Ah let’s leave that to the law experts, but also let’s not forget that the drug, propofol, that Dr. Murray administered to Michael Jackson is an anesthetic designed for hospital use to knock patients right out before surgery. It’s so sad, and extremely creepy, that Michael Jackson had such problems sleeping that he hired this doctor to totally knock him out in this way on a regular basis apparently. Isn’t a doctor then to be held responsible for doing this? We’ll have to wait and see what the courts say… But…

I can see why Joe Jackson is suing Dr. Conrad Murray and why he chose the 1 year death anniversary date to file the lawsuit. I totally can’t see why he had the nerve to blame his wife and Michael’s mother, Katherine, for Michael’s death. In the British paper, News of the World, Joe said that If Katherine would have “went and been with Michael” his untimely death wouldn’t have happened. Oh well then, Joe, no need to sue Dr. Murray anymore?

By Sheri

ADAM IS STYLIN’ IT UP THE$E DAYS

After posting pictures of his new, half-shaved hairstyle online last week, Adam Lambert has expressed surprise that people are making such a big deal about it. (Okay, hello, people have always made a big deal about celebrities’ hair – Jennifer Aniston,  Farrah Fawcett, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Donald Trump) Good or bad, attractive or scary, people for some reason love to talk about people’s hairstyles or lack thereof.

From far away I think it looks like Adam is wearing a black cat on his head. One side is shaved, but the other more than makes up for it – it’s piled high with about quadruple Donald Trump’s comb over/orange cat on his head. Adam’s really gone for a variety of textures in his new ‘do since the middle is sort of a Mowhawk and the front section hangs down low on one side of his forehead like Rihanna’s. Well, ya know, Adam Lambert can carry it off.. He’s tryin’ to keep things fresh.

The purple suit is concert fabulous. He wore it recently at a performance in Toronto, Canada. Top hats and jackets with a lot of details such as jewels and fringe are his signature looks  as are the heavily made up smoky eyes. (Hey I think I rocked that look in the 80s — just kidding!)

Well, love or hate his music, at least he is being creative in his approach. I wanted him to win American Idol, but he’s doing really well despite not winning. It seems like this year’s second-placer, Crystal Bowersox, is doing well also. I just wonder where Adam Lambert can go next with his style after being so over the top, but something tells me that he won’t run out of creative ideas. He seems destined to be a rock god no matter what people say. Well, at 28, he still probably has a lot of years left to surprise us with new looks as well as, hopefully, new sounds!

By Sheri

TORI SPELLING PENS HER FEARS IN NEW BOOK

Tori Spelling is promoting her third book, the stupidly named, IMHO, “Uncharted Territori” (It’s like oh let’s find any word with “Tori” in it for the title – what’s next, V for Victori? Or a cookbook, Chicken Cacciatori?) Anyway, she looked great (other than appearing almost alarmingly too thin) in her yellow dress that matches the book’s cover when she appeared at the Warner Center’s Borders bookstore in NYC recently.

I have to say that I think she has many good qualities and loved both her shows, “Tori and Dean Inn Love” and “Tori and Dean; Home Sweet Hollywood” even though I loathed her Donna character on the original Beverly Hills 90210. In “Uncharted Territori,” Tori says she is worried that her husband, Dean, will “cheat.” In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, she explained “I’m a normal girl and I worry about that stuff. You know how girls are.”

Well, let’s get real. Dean was married (to Mary Jo Eustace, the former host of the tongue in cheek Canadian cooking show, What’s For Dinner) and had a child when he dumped his wife to be with Tori. She wouldn’t be “normal” (or sane) if she didn’t realize that he could do the same thing to her that he did to his first wife.

What I really like about Tori Spelling though is that she’s aware of how important fans and marketing are when you’re in show biz (not like scowl faced, frequent complainer, Kristen Stewart). When more fans than expected turned up at the NYC Borders book signing, Tori stayed to make sure she signed her books for all 500 people in line even if it meant skipping dinner (not what she needs!) and missing a book party.

She ended up getting to her party at about midnight – about an hour and a half after it was originally supposed to end. (I ‘m glad to hear she ordered pizza as soon as she got there and ate 3 pieces.)

By Sheri

THIS RACHEL IS ON A BREAK

Unlike Jennifer Aniston’s character, Rachel Green, on Friends who had a running storyline of adamantly denying that she and David Schwimmer’s character, Ross Geller, were ever on a break, real life engaged couple, Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen, are apparently really on one.

Bilson and Christensen announced their engagement in February 2009. In August of that year, Rachel was spotted not wearing her engagement ring in public. Her rep made a statement at the time that “The engagement is on; she just doesn’t always wear the ring.” (Okay ladies, if you say “yes” and the guy springs for a ring, wear it always. Every day. Period! Would Bilson not wear a wedding band daily when she’s married too? And you wonder why you’re on a break, Rachel!)

Well it was deju vu all over again when Bilson wasn’t wearing her engagement ring again very recently at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film, Take No Prisoners. But, this time, after Us Magazine reporters asked her how her wedding planning was going. Rachel held up her non-ringed hand and said “No, no plans.” To make things crystal clear, Bilson added “No nothing.”

Along with THQ, Rachel hosted a Take No Prisoners party at Los Angeles’ Standard Hotel on Wednesday, June 16. She attended the event alone. (A photo of her at the party is above. — Love the flowered top, hate the badly sewn skirt!)

It’s rumored that Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen have agreed to take a break for a month to decide if they still do want to get married. They are said to have started this relationship break about two weeks ago. Well, taking time to figure things out is certainly better than jumping into marriage and making a big deal about the wedding rather than considering the long commitment of the marriage! Good luck to them.

By Sheri

DID JODIE FOSTER SCRATCH AND BRUISE A TEENAGER?

Actress Jodie Foster, 47, best remembered as Clarice in Silence of the Lambs (okay, well that’s what I still remember her most in) is facing charges for an alleged attack on a 17 year boy at The Grove mall in Los Angeles on May 29. The Grove is a popular LA mall and Jodie was there with her sons, Charles, 11, and Christopher, 8, who reportedly were embarrassed by the incident (yeah well kids at that age are mortified by everything their parents do in public.)

The unnamed boy’s family and Foster’s rep are saying completely different accounts of what happened, much like a case on a TV court show. The 17 year old’s father is telling press that his son is a good boy (yeah all parents say that…) who was at The Grove with his girlfriend to see a movie when he spotted Foster. Since he was a huge fan of hers, the dad explains, the 17 year old began taking pictures of Jodie and her sons in the parking lot as they were leaving the mall. Then, apparently, a pissed off Jodie Foster grabbed the boy’s arm, poked him in the chest and called him a ‘slime ball.”

Jodie’s rep says Foster didn’t hurt the boy, who had followed the actress and her sons during the afternoon and didn’t just happen upon them. Foster’s rep says that the 17 year old carried a large camera bag with a telephoto lens and is, in fact, a professional paparrazo. (Okay yeah what guy going to the movies with his girlfriend brings all of that er um equipment? On the other hand, do the gossip mags hire underage photogs?)

Maybe, like the old saying goes during he said she said cases, the real truth of what really happened at the mall that afternoon lies somewhere in the middle…