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Gossip Roundup: Couric Is Fine, OK? Back Off!

Jessica · 01/19/06 11:18AM

• Katie Couric hires crisis manager Matthew Hiltzik to manage her "charity endeavors." Though this can't possibly have anything to do with Couric's rumored talks with CBS, we're having a hard time imagining what sort of charity work necessitates a crisis flack. [Page Six]
• Is George Clooney possibly banging Teri Hatcher? More importantly, is he feeding her after they finish? [Scoop]
• We can't even feign interest in Ted Kennedy's purported love child. Maybe it's because we can't fathom how the now-grown son — who resembles Kevin Federline — would ever blend in at the family compounds. [R&M]
• Not long after Sean Lennon looked for a date through the romantic artistry of Page Six, Rachel Hunter tells the column that she's looking for a good man. Since when did a gossip column become Nerve.com? [Page Six]
• Asbestos at the Waldorf! Quick, protect the salads! [Lowdown]

Gossip Roundup: Naomi Watts Makes 'VF' Party Quasi-Interesting

Jessica · 01/17/06 11:47AM

Vanity Fair decides that its pre-Golden Globes party is the new VF Oscar Party, particularly because Naomi Watts showed up without beau Liev Schreiber and was overheard asking for "nice, single guys." Doesn't that TOTALLY make you want to go subscribe to the magazine? [Page Six]
• Bobby Brown has been heard saying that he and Whitney Houston are getting divorce. While Brown is no catch, we're thinking he's probably tired of carting his wife in and out of rehab while manually relieving her of her constipation. [Lowdown (2nd item)]
• Michael Jackson can molest all the kiddies he wants, but when he starts molesting kittens and puppies, PETA's got to get involved. [Scoop]
• Halle Berry wants to get knocked up ASAP, Brittany Murphy gets engaged to some random coffee-fetcher, Andie MacDowell is wedding a used-car salesman, and the logic of the universe just totally crapped itself. [R&M]
• Page Six finally catches on to Vincent Gallo's website (baby steps!), in which he writes about his sperm in the third person. [Page Six]

Gawker Stalker: Kevin Connolly, Nicky Hiltons Very Own David Copperfield

Jessica · 01/12/06 04:20PM

In this edition of Gawker Stalker: Kevin Connolly performs a cheap parlor trick with Jeremy Piven at Suede, La Lohan, La Moss, Nicole Kidman, Katie Couric, Bob Woodruff, Meryl Streep, Elijah Wood, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab, Moby, Sandra Bernhard, Anna Paquin, Mike Myers, Jane Fonda, Patricia Wettig and Ken Olin, Ron Rifkin, Victor Garber, Michael Kors, Malcolm Gladwell, Betsey Johnson, John Lithgow, Ruth Reichl, Tony Danza, BD Wong, Bobby Flay, Andrew Shue, Ice T, Gavin Degraw, and Wayne from the Wonder Years.

Britney Spears Inexplicably Tops Mr. Blackwell's Worst-Dressed List

Jessica · 01/11/06 09:03AM

Since 1960, catty queen Richard Blackwell has been cataloguing the sartorial missteps of celebrities, compiling lists that everyone reveres just because. This year is no different, and so we seek comfort in the familiarity of Mr. Blackwell's beautifully bitchy poetry:

Gawker Stalker: Liza Minnelli, Paging Ms. Manners

Jessica · 01/10/06 02:00PM

In this edition of the Stalk: Liza Minnelli, Luke Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Anderson Cooper, Peter Dinklage and Ann Magnuson, Josh Hartnett, Tim Robbins, Jimmy Fallon, The Donald and Melania, Reese Witherspoon, Mira Sorvino, Jon Corzine, Larry and Mrs. David, Pierce Brosnan, Keanu Reeves, Elijah Wood, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Marc Jacobs, Will Arnett, Richard Gere and Carrie Lowell, Lena Olin, Ryan Adams, Heather Graham, Kevin Connolly, Ed Burns and Christy Turlington, Tom Cavanaugh, Keri Russell, Chris Parnell, Jon Bon Jovi, and Rachael Ray

Gawker Stalker: Ryan Gosling Meets Rachel McAdams Parents, or Vice-Versa

Jessica · 01/03/06 03:00PM

In this inaugural Gawker Stalker installment of 2006: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, Scarlett and Hartnett do Minnesota, Scarlett and Hartnett do the East Village, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman, Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany, Luke Wilson, Natalie Portman, UN Ambassador John Bolton, Juliette Lewis, Topher Grace, Peter Dinklage, Heather Graham, Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture, Jack Osborne, Kathleen Turner, Christy Turlington and Ed Burns, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, Jordana Brewster, Stevie Van Zant, John Legend, Patrick Dempsey, and Roger Toussaint.

The Stupid Nepotism of New Fame

Jessica · 12/14/05 10:05AM

It's amazing what constitutes "celebrity" these days. The floodgates have opened now more than ever, and it seems that anyone can be a celebrity so long as they're related to a an already-confirmed celebrity. Ali Lohan, the lazy little sister of Lindsay, is a great example, having now made an official appearance at a celebrity charity event.

Give the Gift of Lizzie

Jesse · 11/18/05 09:23AM

It's the annual dilemma we all have: What to get for that special PR girl (or reckless driver) on our Christmas list?

Gawker Stalker: Michael Weston: A Case Study in Mind-Numbing Quasi-Celebrity Minutiae

Jessica · 11/14/05 03:10PM

In this edition: A reader with far too much time on his hands sends in a detailed transcript of his interaction with Six Feet Under alum Michael Weston, the triumphant return of Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, John Cusack and Arianna Huffington, Billy Bob Thorton, Cynthia Nixon, Paul Bettany, Nic Cage, Kyra Sedgewick, Nicole Richie, Naomi Campbell, Nicky Hilton, Tinsley Mortimer, Brandon Davis, Alek Wek, Tim Robbins, Lauren Graham, Christina Applegate, Robert Downey Jr, Rachel Leigh Cook, Chloe Sevigny, Jason Lewis, Gisele, Lauren Ambrose, Anne Hathaway, Mandy Moore, lingering doubt over Tara Subkoff, Paul Giamatti, Gabriel Byrne, Jim McGreevey, Sofia Coppola, Caroline Winberg, Yao Ming and Patrick Ewing, Steven Van Zandt, Ed Koch, Chris Cornell, Ariel Foxman, Trey from the OC, Leonard Nimoy, Heidi Klum impregnator Flavio Briatore, and Dan Hedaya.

Mazel Tov, Various Other 20-or-30-Something Jewish New Yorkers!

Jesse · 11/08/05 05:30PM

Oh, but it's not just blogent Kate Lee. (Get it? "Blogent," combining "blog" and "agent"? Nah, we didn't think so either. Oh well.) Plenty of other random Jews you either know or know of or wish you knew or wish you didn't know of have their bar and bat mitzvah pictures in Bar Mitzvah Disco.