Samantha Ronson shelled out nearly $22,000 for a Cartier diamond ring for presumed girlfriend Lindsay Lohan on Monday.
Ronson bought the ring as a birthday gift for Lindsay.
“Sam took Lindsay shopping to celebrate her 22nd birthday,” a source told UK’s The Mirror newspaper. “Although Lindsay is the major breadwinner, Sam has her own money and is very proud.”
“It’s not an engagement ring - simply a token of her commitment,” the source said.
Lohan and her gal pal have been inseparable since the two were caught kissing on Diddy’s yacht in Cannes in May.
Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are set to tie the knot – a year after he tried to kill himself when she dumped him.
Kate is thought to have called off the affair, blaming Owen’s lack of commitment.
Owen and Kate originally met while filming the comedy You, Me and Dupree and is thought to have dated him during her six-month separation from now ex-husband and Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson.
It is thought the devastated actor slashed his wrists and took an overdose of pills after his ex-lover was pictured cuddling her new boyfriend comedian Dax Shephard.
Now seven months on from Owen’s reported suicide bid, the pair are back together and are set to wed next year. I’m happy to see these two back together and happy.
source: Owen Wilson to wed Kate Hudson - a year after he ‘tried to kill himself’ when she dumped him [daily mail]
Tom Cruise isn’t shy about his commitment to Scientology – Katie Holmes reportedly signed a contract to guarantee her faith before their marriage and his children are raised as Scientologists – but a video that surfaced online has revealed the true extent of his beliefs.
The clip, hosted on YouTube and Google Video, featured a 9-minute speech by Cruise as the actor recently accepted the Freedom Medal of Valor award at an International Association of Scientologists event.
Yesterday, Radar, Huffington Post, Gawker and Celebitchy posted the video, but it was taken down. No doubt this will be taken down too. If it is, we have the transcript after the jump!
Tom Cruise: …I think it’s a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist, and it’s something that you have to earn because a Scientologist does… has the ability to create new and better realities and improve conditions. Being a Scientologist, you look at someone and know absolutely that you can help them.
“Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident… you know you have to do something about it because you know you’re the only one that can really help.
“But that’s what drives me… I know that we have an opportunity to really help… effectively change people’s lives and I am dedicated to that. I am absolutely, uncompromisingly dedicated to that.
“We have a responsibility.
“We are the authorities on getting people off drugs, we are the authorities on the mind, we are the authorities on improving conditions… we can rehabilitate criminals.
“…We can bring peace and unite cultures…
“Traveling the world and meeting the people that I’ve met, talking with these leaders in various fields, they want help and they are depending on people who know and who can be effective and do it and that’s us. That is our responsibility to do that.
“It is the time now. Now is the time… Being a Scientologist, people are turning to you, so you better know it, you better know it and if you don’t, go and learn it, but don’t pretend you know it. It’s like we’re here to help.
“If you’re a Scientologist, you see life, you see things the way they are, in all its glory, all of its complexity and the more you know as a Scientologist, you don’t become overwhelmed by it.
“Look, I wish the world was a different place. I’d like to go on vacation and go and romp and play and just do that, you know what I mean. That’s what I want it to be. There’s times I’d like to do that, but I can’t because I know I have to do something about it.
“I have to do it because I can’t live with myself if I don’t, and that really is it.
“So it’s our responsibility to educate, create the new reality. We have that responsibility to say, ‘Hey, this is the way it should be done because we do it this way and people are actually getting better.’
“And let’s get it done. Let’s really get it done and have enough love and compassion and toughness that you’re really going to do it and do it right.
“I have to tell you something – it is rough and tumble, and it’s wild and wooly, and it’s a blast, it’s a blast, it really is fun because, dammit, there is nothing better than the going out there and fighting the fight and suddenly you see things are better.
“I want to know that I’ve done everything I could everyday, and I think about those people out there who are depending on us. I think about that and it does make me feel that we’ve got more work. I need more help, get those spectators either in the playing field or out of the arena. Really, that’s how I feel about it.
“I do what I can, and I do it the way I do everything. [laughs] There’s nothing part-of-the way for me.”
Lance Armstrong (36) and Ashley Olsen (21)’s new romance takes them on a well-traveled Hollywood path. Here’s how other celebrity couples have handled a decade-plus difference:
Marilyn Manson (38) and Evan Rachel Wood (20): After splitting with wife Dita Von Teese, rocker Marilyn Manson took up with actress Evan Rachel Wood, 18 years his junior. Manson told Rolling Stone that Wood, “was a real catalyst to help me realize that I wasn’t delivering the message that I always stood for.” And Wood seems defiant about the seemingly bizarre match, telling GQ, “I have blond hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?”
Demi Moore (44) and Ashton Kutcher (29): When Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher started dating in 2003, they were the most unexpected and fascinating couple in Hollywood. After two years of marriage, the novelty has worn off, but the love is still going strong. Kutcher says of Moore, “She’s my best friend, my everything.” And Moore has hinted that she’d like to have children with her strapping young hubby. “Once you hit three [children] and you’re outnumbered, it’s really like, ‘What’s the difference between three or four or five?’”
Warren Beatty (70) and Annette Bening (49): Annette Bening is more than just an award-winning actress — she’s the woman who tamed notorious Hollywood bachelor Warren Beatty. The couple, who have been married since 1992 and have four kids together, provide each other “proper perspective” on Tinseltown’s highs and lows, Bening has said. That was never more true than when Beatty accepted the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Golden Globe, telling the audience, “It isn’t easy being humble when you’re married to Annette Bening.”
Angelina Jolie (32) and Billy Bob Thornton (52): Angelina and Billy Bob’s 2000-2003 marriage is best remembered for the extreme displays of affection that earned criticism from even her estranged father Jon Voight (”So much exhibitionism!”). But while Billy Bob still seems to hold a torch for Jolie (he has said that his ex “is an amazing, sexy person who happens to be beautiful”), the global do-gooder has moved on. Of her current beau (and father of her children) Brad Pitt, Jolie says “Brad is the first man to understand me.”
Justin Timberlake (26) and Cameron Diaz (35): In hindsight, when Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz both professed their fear of commitment on Ellen DeGeneres’s show, we should have known the relationship was doomed. While Timberlake told the host that any wedding was a good “15 years” off, Diaz confided, “I’m a commitment-phobe… don’t want to [get married].” Since their January split, both have found more age-appropriate hookups: Timberlake is dating actress Jessica Biel, 25, and Diaz has been spotted with actor Bradley Cooper, 32.
Lily Allen left a message for her fans on her blog about the comments she made about President George Bush at the V Festival. She said this wasn’t the first time she had talked about the President and it had nothing to do with her recent troubles with getting a US working visa.
“I just want all my fans to know this, I have called george bush a c**t at pretty much every show i have played over the past year , that is because I think he is one and i stand by that,” she said.
Lily Continued: “You can make up your own mind as to whether you agree with me or not , thats just how i feel . Just because i hate george bush doesnt mean I hate America, quite the opposite , I think the US is a great place and I am really sad that I cant be there for my commitments scheduled for the near future . what i said about George Bush this weekend bears no relation to what happened a couple of weeks ago with my visa , that is an issue with the US immigration service.”
Wow, I’m glad we got that cleared up, because for a minute I was still on the fence about her true feelings. Somewhere, the Dixie Chicks must be feeling a little vindication.
Source: “Lily Allen Defends V Festival Rants” [femalefirst]
Jessica Alba recently broke up with Cash Warren after two years of Hollywood bliss. We knew that, but now we know the reason - it’s because he was scared of commitment.
A friend tells the New York Daily News, “He wasn’t ready for marriage, and Jessica is. It’s simple as that. It’s kind of cold that the press is saying she was just finished with him, because it isn’t like that. Seeing Eva get married made Jessica wistful. That was the reason Jessica seemed to be in a terrible mood in Paris.”
A million men are screaming “you jackass!” in unison.
Amy Winehouse has canceled so many shows recently that bookies are now placing odds on whether she’ll show up to her concerts. In the last month or so, Amy has cancelled performances at Oxygen in Dublin, T in Scotland, Summer Pops in Liverpool, and a show in St. Peolten with the Beastie Boys, The Prodigy and The Roots. Exhaustion is the most cited reason, but the night of the Liverpool show she was spotted drinking in a North London pub.
William Hill – one of the countries biggest bookmakers– is currently offering odds of 1/2 on Winehouse fulfilling her commitment to appear at the Eden Sessions at the Eden Project in Cornwall on July 17th.
A spokesperson for William Hill said: “Amy has cancelled too many gigs for us not to give out odds. The concert is next week so she’ll have to sort herself out for that and I can’t see it happening,” reports NME.”
The Sun is running a “Wino Watch” to keep tabs of Amy’s partying and comparing it to canceled shows.
She then partied backstage into the wee hours with SADIE FROST and JACK OSBOURNE. But my snaps show her the next day, clearly feeling unwell. Amy held her tum as she dashed to use a cafe toilet.
Earlier, she told her driver to pull over as she gagged. Later she was spotted slumped at the counter of a takeaway.
Hardly the way to battle that exhaustion, eh, Amy?
Yesterday Amy jetted out to Holland. Well, I hope it’s a sign she’s fit and well – and ready to entertain her paying fans.”
There’s no way I’d go to a show of hers now, and I was thinking about it. What a pain in the ass it would be to buy the ticket, pay Ticketmaster an arm and a leg for the pleasure of them selling it to you, fight traffic and pay for a parking space downtown where your car has a 43% chance of getting broken into, walk a few blocks to the show … and then nothing. No thanks, Amy.
Bette Midler will replace Celine Dion as the headliner at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, officials announced Thursday, answering the lingering question of who would be chosen to step into some big shoes and the 4,100-seat Colosseum, which Dion virtually sold out for what will be a nearly five-year run by December.
Dion’s show, “A New Day,” has grossed more than $500 million since it began in March 2003, producers said. The Grammy award-winning singer announced in January that she would end her run at the end of the year in the $95 million theater.
Midler said the venue was intimidating but exciting.
“I’m looking forward to it, but also I’m terrified because it’s huge,” she told The Associated Press by telephone. “That’s giving me the vapors.”
“At the same time, they also give you a lot of toys to play with. They give you the lifts and you can fly people in, you can fly them out. There’s all this wing space and hydraulics and stuff, and the dressing rooms are staggering. It should be an opera house somewhere in the Black Forest.”
Midler, 61, said she agreed to a two-year contract to work 100 shows a year, performing five nights a week for 20 weeks beginning Feb. 20.
The schedule is less grueling than Dion’s, who performed 160 shows per year.
“That’s really what made me decide it was going to be fun,” Midler said. “I have a child in school and I have a lot of commitments here in New York City. I like the idea of being able to come and go.”
With Elton John continuing his 50 shows a year through 2008, there will be room for a third Colosseum performer, said John Meglen, the president of Concerts West, an AEG Live company that books talent for Caesars.
“We will probably have one additional artist, which we’ll announce later,” Meglen said. He would not comment on widespread speculation that Cher also will be signed to perform.
Meglen said the Colosseum will go dark after Dion’s last show Dec. 15 until Midler begins.
Midler said she hasn’t decided what her 90-minute show will look and sound like.
“I think it’ll be my usual outrageous, flamboyant, over-the-top show,” she said.
“I have tremendous background singers and I always have a great band,” she added. “If I get lucky, I’ll have semi-nudes. I love showgirls and I love feathers and sequins, so I’m hoping there’ll be plenty of that.”
Pham Quang Sang (pictured on the left below) was born November 2003 and now he has been adopted by Angelina Jolie. She has changed his name to Pax Thien Jolie. His name means Peaceful Sky – Pax is peace in Latin and Thien is sky in Vietnamese.
Angelina had to sign the adoption papers alone, because of their adoption laws regarding unmarried couples. (kills the secret marriage rumors)
Angelina’s rep confirms that she was arrived in Vietnam yesterday and the adoption became official today. Maddox has joined Angie to welcome the new sibling. The three will stay in Vietnam for another week until the boy’s passport is ready.
Brad Pitt was unable to go due to his filming commitments in Los Angeles.
Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are reportedly getting spliced this summer - because the Ally McBeal actress wants to formalise her relationship with the TV host. The couple are said to be planning a lavish civil union ceremony for friends and family at their California home in June, when 49-year-old Ellen’s chat show is off air.
‘Portia demanded that Ellen marry her,’ a source told the National Enquirer. ‘After lots of talk and plenty of hints, Portia finally confronted Ellen right after the Oscars about making a commitment. ‘They’re still discussing a honeymoon location, but at this point Portia would just be happy at home enjoying their estate. Ellen is very happy too. All her dreams are coming true.’
Before getting together with Portia, 34, Ellen dated actress Anne Heche, 37, for three years. After they went their separate ways, Anne married cameraman Coley Laffoon in 2001 and had a son but they split up this year.
So, her previous long-term lesbian relationship resulted in her partner going straight? Not sure what to make of that, to be honest.
More photos of the gay, er happy, couple:
Hat tip to Joy at poponthepop. She cites Female First as her source but I can’t find the story on their site.
Big shocker here. High-as-a-kite Howard is the Executor of Anna’s Will.
ET is reporting that Anna Nicole Smith did, in fact, have a will. According to the show, it was written before the death of her son Daniel and the birth of daughter Dannielynn — and names Howard K. Stern as the executor. The document reportedly named Daniel as her sole heir, but now that she had a daughter, Dannielynn is, as of now, Anna’s closest next of kin.
A family law expert said the disposition will get sticky depending on what happens with the paternity suit and whether or not Anna and Howard’s Bahamian commitment ceremony is deemed legally binding by a probate court. One complex issue is that Howard cannot legally be the executor and a beneficiary of the will.
Anna’s complicated legal woes have followed her to the morgue.
People Magazine got the rights to the Anna Nicole Smith’s commitment ceremony photos. Frankly, they can have them. She looks horrible, sorry. Is that aloe all over her face? and… what’s with those incredibly large, fake eyelashes?
The real reason I am posting these pictures, is for the that adorable little girl they are holding! I just LOVE the babies!
The California company responsible for the successful “Girls Gone Wild” series of videos has pleaded guilty to violating a federal law designed to prevent the sexual exploitation of children, the Justice Department announced today. Mantra Films Inc. of Santa Monica pleaded guilty to charges that it failed to create and maintain age and identity documents for performers in sexually explicit films that it produced and distributed. The company also failed to label its DVDs and videotapes as required by federal law, the Justice Department said.
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The companies, founded and owned by Joseph Francis, agreed to pay $2.1 million in fines and restitution. Of that, $1.6 million is to be paid by Mantra and MRA, and $500,000 by Francis.
The case is believed to be the first to be filed under a federal law designed to prevent the sexual exploitation of children, the Justice Department said. “This case sends an important message about the Justice Department’s commitment to protecting children from all forms of sexual exploitation,” Assistant Atty. Gen. Alice S. Fisher said in a statement. “Today’s agreements ensure that “Girls Gone Wild” will comply with an important law designed to prevent the sexual exploitation of minors and puts other producers on notice that they must be in compliance as well.”
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The “Girls Gone Wild” series is based on young women exposing themselves during the frenzy of spring break and at other times in hot locales. There is binge drinking, hookups and frantic exhibitionism. By packaging and dispersing the videos, people close to Francis told the Los Angeles Times recently that the company does as much as $40 million a year in sales.
It’s far from clear how drunken teenage girls flashing their boobs at cameras for money while on a weeklong Florida orgy can be exploited by sloppy record keeping, but I’m sure the Justice Department wouldn’t be wasting time that could be spent protecting us from terrorists and hardened criminals if this weren’t really, really serious.
Well isn’t THAT the pot calling the kettle black? The picture below is of Kirsten and her Another Magazine Fall photo shoot.
The sexy Spiderman star romped all over the place with her Brokeback Mountain man — but now she sadly admits it couldn’t save their three-year relationship.
Kirsten, who plays the title role in new blockbuster Marie Antoinette, said: “Jake and I couldn’t last. He’s a stay-at-home boy and I’m an out-on-the-town girl. “We tried to spice things up — we had sex in cars, in the bathroom and even by the sea. The only place we didn’t have the guts to try was in a walkway in a hotel because we thought we might get kicked out if we were caught. “I’m so young, he’s so young and I just keep thinking now I need to be on my own.”
But Kirsten opened her heart to talk of her secret sadness at the break-up and her hopes for the future. “Jake was the love of my life,” she said. “He was, is and always will be. “Despite what has happened, though, I still have this whole fairytale vision in my head because I was brought up on movies and storybooks that say I’m going to find my soulmate, get married and have a perfect life. “Maybe one day that will be with Jake.”
“In Jake I believe I found that. He’s a dork. That’s what I love about him.
“But I felt that at the age of 22 I just wasn’t ready to settle for a long-term commitment. “I feel so young and there’s still so much to do and see. But I’m not seeing anyone else and as far as I know neither is he…” source
Owen and Kate originally met while filming the comedy You, Me and Dupree and is thought to have dated him during her six-month separation from now ex-husband and Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson. 
“I just want all my fans to know this, I have called george bush a c**t at pretty much every show i have played over the past year , that is because I think he is one and i stand by that,” she said.
A friend tells the New York Daily News, “He wasn’t ready for marriage, and Jessica is. It’s simple as that. It’s kind of cold that the press is saying she was just finished with him, because it isn’t like that. Seeing Eva get married made Jessica wistful. That was the reason Jessica seemed to be in a terrible mood in Paris.”
Dion’s show, “A New Day,” has grossed more than $500 million since it began in March 2003, producers said. The Grammy award-winning singer announced in January that she would end her run at the end of the year in the $95 million theater. 
