you didnt hear it from me...by nikkib
issue no. 12 on popbytes
Don't you miss Scientologists? Everyone I know is sick of Kabbalah. And
almost everyone I know is sick of Paris Hilton this week. It seems as
though we're split into two camps - those who think it's a
publicity stunt and those who think Nick really did it. In case you're
one of the few who haven't been keeping up with the brouhaha this week,
click here for the pictures and below you'll find the he said/she said
versions of the story. The one good thing that came out of all of this
is that I found a fun new site! PopstarInsider.com is a hoot! I found
myself reading more than I thought I would and longing to join the girls
on a celebrity hunt.
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Now, before we head into the Paris/Nick crap, I need to tell you about
my new celebrity boyfriend,
Adrian Grenier. He's one of the stars of
HBO's new series, 'Entourage.' It airs after 'Six Feet Under' on Sunday
nights and it's great. Besides hunky Adrian,
Kevin Dillon is amazingly
funny in it. Check it out!
The Truth According to Paris's Camp
A bruised and battered Paris Hilton is telling pals ex-boyfriend Nick
Carter hit her, leaving the ugly marks on her face and arms. In photos,
Hilton has an obviously swollen lip and bruises up and down both arms.
She has said the bruising came in Los Angeles Monday evening, after she
and Carter joined pal Amanda Demme at the Argyle Hotel, where Demme
throws a weekly party. 'They were dirty dancing together,' said one
Argyle spy. 'They were very lovey-dovey, staring into each other's eyes.
We all thought they were back together.' But after Hilton and the
ex-Backstreet Boy left the Argyle to party at another club, Joseph's,
the mood turned sour. 'Nick wanted to leave, Paris didn't,' said a
Hilton pal, adding, 'Nick forced Paris to leave, he made her get in a
cab with him.' Hilton alleges to friends Carter later lost his temper.
Friends say Hilton is 'scared to death.' The pal added: 'He has major
anger-management issues...We have seen bruises on her before and
asked her about them. She has always denied it - until now.' Another
Paris pal added, 'Nick made his bed, now he has to lie in it.' A friend
of her sister, Nicky Hilton, confirmed to yet another source that both
Nicky and Paris claim the person responsible for Paris' bruises is
Carter. Hilton's rep, Tracy Shaffer, declined comment. Carter's lawyer,
Marty Singer, fiercely denied Carter had anything to do with the bruises
on Hilton, claiming Hilton is spreading rumors because she's angry with
the pop star. 'Even though they broke up, they spent Monday night
together, and Paris left Nick's house Tuesday morning happy,' Singer
said. 'This is all because Paris was upset by what Nick told People
magazine.' Singer also claimed that Hilton had been scheduled for a
photo shoot Tuesday with celebrity shutterbug David LaChapelle. 'It was
going to be an S&M shoot,' the lawyer said. Carter told his side of the
breakup story to People, while Hilton told her side to a rival magazine,
Us Weekly. Hilton gave no indication that violence contributed to the
breakup. Hilton said, 'I need time alone,' before revealing that she
broke up with Carter in a phone call. Hilton did say her friends weren't
happy with her relationship. 'Nicole [Richie] will be happy. She didn't
like me with Nick,' Hilton said. The magazine quoted a friend of Hilton
saying: 'Nick was very jealous of Paris and her career. He'd get mad at
all the attention she got.' Singer fumed: 'This is reciprocity. On
Tuesday, he drove her to a business meeting and she called him later
that night to see if he wanted to go out with her to some event. He said
no! They had a big argument Thursday after People hit the newsstands
because she was upset because he [had told the magazine] about her name
tattooed on him. In our opinion, it's clearly retaliation.' When told of
Singer's claims, Shaffer snapped, 'No comment!' Meanwhile, Hilton has
tried to maintain her busy social schedule. On Wednesday, Hilton hit
another L.A. club, Concorde, with sister Nicky and actors Lindsay Lohan
and Wilmer Valderrama. Hilton flew to New York yesterday to join her
family in Southampton to attend a benefit for her recently deceased
grandmother. - {
nypost.com}
Nick's story
Nick Carter broke down in tears during a reunion with his Backstreet Boy
bandmates in Los Angeles on Friday - after he was quizzed over ex-lover
Paris Hilton's shocking bruises. The hitmaker has rubbished speculation
that he was responsible for Hilton's injuries, which were discovered
after she was spotted with a swollen lip and bruised arms at Hollywood's
Concord Club last Wednesday. The couple split on July 22 following a
seven month romance which many believed would end in marriage. Carter
struggled to regain his composure as he and bandmates AJ McLean, Howie
Dorough and Kevin Richardson worked on new material at a recording
studio. He finally snapped after a passer-by berated him over the
alleged incident. He ran to his car and was photographed sobbing with
his head in his hands. One onlooker tells website Popstarinsider.Com:
'Suddenly it got very intense. I won't go there with what happened, but
the situation was sad. Next things we knew, Nick was in his car crying.
I was about to cry too!' Hilton has refused to confirm Carter's
explanation that she received the injuries during an S&M photo shoot. - {
imdb.com}
If I were Tara, I would be showing those boobs off, too. They're pretty good.
Tara Reid is once again tipsily terrorizing the streets of New York.
Pedestrians on Houston Street got an eyeful earlier this week when Reid,
a passenger in a black Range Rover, decided to give everyone an
impromptu peep show. 'Tara was wearing a green dress and leaning out the
window of the Range Rover with her new [breasts exposed], screaming her
head off,' laughed our spy. The next day a hungover Reid jetted off to
Sardinia to join some socialite pals on vacation. Reid's rep confirmed
she was in Sardinia. - {
PageSix.com}
Hey Johnny Knoxville, wanna party?!
Kate Moss' kissing buddy Johnny Knoxville claims their intimate behavior
together is the supermodel's 'way of partying.' The 'Jackass' star, 33,
has been spotted canoodling with the British beauty in London and New
York, while his wife of seven years Melanie looks after their 6-year-old
daughter Madison. Knoxville explains of his liaison with Moss, 'Kate and
I are great friends. We partied a lot when I was in London. 'That's
Kate's way of partying.' - {The Daily Dish,
SFGate.com}
Ok, this really pisses me off.
American Media seems to be backing off its bombshell claim that
Mary-Kate Olsen was treated in a Utah clinic for cocaine addiction. Both
Star magazine and the National Enquirer reported last month that
Mary-Kate had checked into Cirque Lodge for cocaine, not an eating
disorder. But the tabs are singing a different tune this week after some
cooperation from the Olsen camp. Star's cover features a photo of the
twins smiling aboard a private plane. The shot was provided to Star by
Olsen's handlers after Star threatened to run a less-than-flattering
shot of Mary-Kate, says Olsen spokesman Michael Pagnotta. 'We felt it
was in Mary-Kate's interest to have as good a picture as we could
provide,' he said. 'Our lawyers came into an agreement with their
lawyers.' Star's accompanying story does not mention cocaine, instead
reporting that Mary-Kate was in treatment for anorexia. But AMI
mouthpiece Stu Zakim claims the weeklies are standing by their coke
claims. 'The cocaine story is still true, but it was old news,' he
explained. 'She was always being treated for anorexia and cocaine.'
(This despite Star's headline, 'It's Not Anorexia - It's Drugs!')
Pagnotta hinted that AMI backed down under pressure by the Olsens'
lawyers: 'The cocaine stories were false, and it was pointed out
internally. We made the best out of what was not an easy situation.' - {
PageSix.com}
American Media tops my 'Lame-o List' this week.
A source told The Scoop a while back that, because of the threat of a
lawsuit, the Star no longer publishes info about Jennifer Lopez without
her permission - an allegation that the tab denied. Now the source tells
us that the ban extends to the Star's sister publications, including the
National Enquirer. In fact, the moratorium forced The Enquirer in its
current issue to refer to J. Lo's ex-hubby Cris Judd as the guy 'who
used to be married to singer Marc Anthony's new wife.' - {The Scoop,
msnbc.com}
TOM CRUISE IS A HETEROSEXUAL MAN.
Tom Cruise wants to get hitched again. 'I am the guy that is going to
get married again. I will never give up on that,' the 'Collateral' star
declared while promoting the movie in Los Angeles. 'I will never be done
with love, never, ever.' What's more, the star, who was married to Mimi
Rogers and Nicole Kidman, revealed his gender preference. 'I love
relationships,' Cruise proclaimed. 'I love women.' - {The Scoop,
msnbc.com}
Vincent Gallo really creeps me outbut at the same time I kind of dig him.
He talked for about three hours after the film...i shit you not. in
that time, maybe ten questions were asked of him. despite claiming that
he's shy, he's a natural born storyteller and conversationalist. and oh
my gaw, does he have some INCREDIBLE stories to tell! he namedropped
everyone from Christina Aguilera to Richard Avedon; he told stories
about watching porn with Rick Rubin (his best friend!!!) and getting
'prescription' drugs for 'Noni' Ryder at a pharmacy in New Hampshire at
3:30 in the morning. he broke down the Roger Ebert battle for us (side
note: even though Gallo banned him from tonight's screening in Chicago,
the two are scheduled to go out to dinner together) and delighted in
telling us about the giant billboard on Sunset Boulevard that he
purchased WITH HIS OWN MONEY to promote the film...he even took us out
to his car afterwards to show us pictures of it that he had on his
laptop. he gossiped about Kirsten Dunst, revealed that Sage Stallone was
the winning bidder on EBay for his camera equipment, briefly preached
about the negative consequences of national health care and called Sean
Lennon 'the most talented musician alive today' (he tends to lay the
hyperbole on a little thick at times). - {
whatevs.org}
Does anyone out there still like Gwynnie?
Naming her baby Apple and using heated glass bottles to suck the toxins from her red-carpet-going
back are just a couple of the many quirks exhibited by New Age nutter
Gwyneth Paltrow, according to Star magazine. For one thing, she and
hubby Chris Martin purposefully bought their new $4.5 million London
home near three of her alternative-health gurus. Now, the mag tells us
her latest oddity: In addition to reportedly using the color-coded
rainbow diet to do her meal planning, she apparently practices a ritual
in which she sits nude in front of a mirror to observe how her body
reacts to the food. We've heard of watching your diet, but this is
ridiculous. - {Tab Fab,
Eonline.com}
Question for Russell Simmons: WHY?!?!?! (Have you seen the mugshot?)
The timing of Kimora Lee Simmons' arrest for charges including
possession of marijuana couldn't be better for her husband: hip-hop
impresario Russell Simmons is in the midst of promoting his new Court TV
series, 'Hip-Hop Justice.' The show, which examines whether law
enforcement unjustly targets rappers, is the perfect forum for Kimora's
story since she's claiming her innocence. 'I am always looking for new
material for my new show, but I didn't think my family would be
candidates,' she told AllHipHop.com. There might even be video of her
arrest. Because Kimora pulled over in front of her estate's gates, the
whole incident was filmed by surveillance cameras. Simmons did not
return calls. - {
PageSix.com}
Will and Jada separated?
As of press time, I haven't heard back from Jada's flackers, but the
point remains: The 32-year-old wife to international superstah Will was
without her wedding band at the press junket and premieres for Michael
Mann's Collateral. However, a spokesperson for Mr. S. could not have
been more helpful: 'They're still together,' sniffed the repper. 'He's
been in Europe for I, Robot.' Fab. Now that that's settled (yeah,
right), let's move on to another dangling derring-do sitch, one that
occurred during filming of I, Robot. Recall Will's semiscandalous shower
scene? He is, of course, completely nude (as most people are when
bathing). And in the side view the camera offers the audience, one of
Smith's legs is precisely placed in front of the other, so as to hide
Mr. S.'s procreative machinery. Tasteful. But hardly discreet is the
tawk from Robot set vets, who tell me the damn thing had to be strapped
to his thigh with duct tape, it was so cumbersome. And don't pretend for
one friggin' second you don't know to what I'm referring, 'kay? 'It was
in some kind of glove or sleeve,' elaborated Smith's press dude. 'And as
they say in Godzilla, it's not about the size. It was about privacy for
Will.' Well, if I were interested in privacy, I wouldn't be writing this
obnoxious missive, would I? 'Who taped Will's member to his leg?' I
asked, feeling it was-if anything-the obvious query. 'Was Jada on the
set that day?' 'I'll let your imagination answer that one, Ted,' replied
the rep. Not a good idea, I assure you. - {The Awful Truth,
eonline.com}
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