Friday, July 3rd, 2009
It’s finally official! Michael Jackson’s memorial service will be held Tuesday at L.A.’s Staples Center and also broadcast live on television and live-streamed on the web. The official time has not been announced, but earlier reports claimed the festivities would begin at 10 AM.
Tickets will be given away, not sold, through a random drawing of 8,750 names — a breath of fresh air to those who have been sickened by the leeches making money off of Jackson during every phase of his life. People may register for the drawing at Staplescenter.com. Each winner will receive two tickets and no one without a ticket will be admitted to the venue.
Police have already begun to secure the area around the Staples Center with barricades, and a Los Angeles City Councilwoman recommended that fans without a ticket watch the memorial on TV. We’ll see how that plays out … [Photo: AFP]
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Multi-talented Rihanna yesterday showed off another skill and turned tattoo artist. The singer spent time in an East Village tattoo parlor last night apparently etching small designs — thought to be umbrellas, ho ho — onto willing fans. Rihanna’s a big fan of the body art and recently added another design to her personal collection.
But website TMZ reckons the star could be in trouble after violating the law regarding tattoo artists. “Only licensed tattoo artists can administer tattoos in the city according to the City’s Health Code. We are sending someone down to follow up on this,” the NYC health department said. [Photo: Splash News Online]
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Hang on, didn’t she celebrate this already? Still, Lindsay Lohan took the opportunity to celebrate her actual 23rd birthday AGAIN by showing off the fact she is totally back with Samantha Ronson. The on-off-on-off-on-off-oh-God-we’re-getting-dizzy-now pair took in a civilized lunch in Malibu yesterday — and not a public row, or broken window was in sight. Perhaps the seventeenth (approximately) time will be the charm for these two? [Photo: Splash News Online]
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Despite recent claims that neither she nor Michael Jackson are biologically related to them, Debbie Rowe is to seek custody of her children Prince Michael and Paris. The former nurse, who gave up custody of the children to Jackson a number of years ago, said that she was “stepping up” to take charge of the kids, which also could include youngest child Blanket.
“She is going to be pursuing custody of the children. Frankly, she won’t have to fight for them. She is the children’s biological mother. She loves her children,” her former attorney Ivan Finsilver said.
Rowe will have to contest Jackson’s will, which stated that his mother Katherine, or friend Diana Ross, should take care of his three children. [Photo: Splash News Online]
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Remember the old Nicole Richie from The Simple Life days? We barely do either! Since giving birth to adorable Harlow Madden, her first child with Joel Madden, Richie has evolved and is now a style icon, doting mom and designer. With her latest venture, she gets to combine all three of those passions; she will be designing a line of maternity clothes for A Pea In The Pod.
Richie wrote in her blog, “Pea in the Pod and I joined to create a capsule collection of maternity wear that will be available in stores this summer. Last weekend I shot some images for the campaign with one of my favorite photographers, James White. I’m really excited for you all to see the new collection.”
Richie is pregnant with her second child. The maternity line and her new baby are both due some time at the end of the summer. [Photo: FilmMagic]
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Porn star Ron Jeremy and Moonlite Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof stopped by The FABlife to give us a behind-the-scenes look at the sex industry. In this episode, Ron dishes on when Charlie Sheen paid for his hook-up - and he thought she actually really liked him - woops! Check back daily for new Sex Talk With Libby episodes.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
In an interview with the Associated Press recently, Gwyneth Paltrow not only spoke fluent Spanish for the entire thing, but she gushed about how amazing she, uh, we mean Spain, is. Not the first time Gwynnie has gushed about an adopted home, a few years ago she compared America to the UK and said, “The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.”
When asked about her love for Spain, Paltrow said: “It is so different from the United States. It seemed to have a history, and the buildings are years and years and years old. Here in the United States an old building is about 17 (years old), and over there it’s from 500 B.C., it’s incredible.” We think that’s great and technically we agree Spain is a beautiful, historic place, it’s just that, when Gwyneth says it, doesn’t it just sound kind of condescending? Here are a few more things that made our stomachs turn.
1. Gwyneth launched a Spanish-language version of her website, GOOP.com.
2. Gwyneth speaks to her children in Spanish at home (big whoop, we learned how to count to 20 in Spanish from Sesame Street).
3. Gwyneth would love to take an acting role in Spanish. Hey, if Penelope Cruz can keep getting work in English, anything es posible.
4. Gwyneth is writing a cookbook on Spanish-influenced cuisine.
Oh, por favor. We used to think Paltrow was cool but lately it’s all gotten to be too much. Makes us want to have at our old Rosetta Stone tapes so we can say with proper inflection, “Hey lady, don’t forget about Shallow Hal! That was you in that fat suit.” [Photo: WireImage]
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
It’s hard not to gawk at Halle Berry and her stunning clan. The Oscar-winner, her partner Gabriel Aubrey, and their daughter Nahla were spotted recently heading to a flight at LAX, looking low-key and casual yet still completely gorgeous. We think this fabulous family gives the Brangelina posse a run for their ‘Best Gene Pool” crowns, eh? [Photo: Splash News Online]
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard is not only claiming that doctors kept M.J. pumped full of pain killers, but says the singer had a secret girlfriend (who was of legal age). “I never witnessed him actually taking drugs but I knew they were there,” says British martial arts expert Matt Fiddles. He believes that M.J. was addicted to pain killers prescribed to the star by doctors. “We went to great efforts to keep the doctors away,” reveals the bodyguard. “But as soon as we said anything and it got back to Michael, Michael would have a screaming fit that we were interfering with his private life…As far as I’m concerned they have Michael’s blood on their hands.”
TMZ is also reporting that the DEA is assisting the LAPD in investigating possible doctors who may have prescribed Michael with drugs illegally. According to the site, Jackson may have used various aliases to score the prescription drugs, which may have included Demerol and the powerful anesthetic Propofol.
Fiddles also insists that Michael had “someone special” in his life, a secret girlfriend that no fans knew existed. “I’m not going to name who she is,” said Fiddles, “but I think the family were aware that there was someone special in his life who he loved and adored and had his ups and downs with. I don’t know how long they’ve been a couple. I know she’s been with him for some time in different capacities but… it’s up to her if she wants it to come out or the family to speak about this very private information.”
He adds, “He was such a gentle man. He was never built for superstardom as far as I’m concerned.” [Photo: GettyImages]
