Tom Cruise made light of his infamous 2005 Today show spat with Matt Lauer at a Friday roast for the talk show host.
“Matt and I talk two, three, four times a day,” Cruise, 46, joked during the Friar Club Roast at the New York Hilton Hotel. The actor then started with the zingers.
“You’re the one who told me to talk about Katie Holmes on Oprah!”
(Cruise underwent scrutiny after he jumped on Winfrey’s sofa as he gushed about Holmes.)
Cruise also jokingly blamed Lauer for Katie Couric decision to leave the Today show to go to CBS. The actor also made fun of Lauer’s day job.
“I get to go from international locations to movie sets to more international locations to movie sets. You have found happiness doing the same thing every day.
You sit on a couch all day and interview the car from Knight Rider and cook radishes with Rachael Ray!”
Before he stepped off stage, he snipped, “I can’t believe I flew all the way out here…lose my number, you glib putz.”
“Why don’t you sit down?” Lauer shot back. “We’ll get you a booster seat!”
Not a bad skit — surprisingly humorous, considering Tom is a complete freak of nature. It was probably just Lauer.
source: Tom Cruise Roasts Today’s Matt Lauer, Calls Him a “Glib Putz” [us]
The naught nanny case has turned into mayhem for Rob Lowe. The woman, Jessica Gibson, claimed that Lowe and his wife sexually harassed her has gone to People with her story. So far it is all pretty much finger pointing and accusations, but Gibson is hauling out the big guns and letting her attorney, Gloria Allred, do her talking. (You might remember Allred as defending Amber Frey in the Peterson case.)
“Jessica has nothing to hide, and we wonder if Mr. Lowe will take that position as well,” attorney Gloria Allred, who has a May 19 date to depose the former Brat Packer, said of her client – who on April 14 filed suit accusing both Rob, 41, and Sheryl Lowe, 46, of sexual harassment and behavior that was “offensive, insulting, unwelcome, mean, perverted, crude and lascivious.”
Team Lowe has answered the allegations by trying to discredit the Jessica. The defense is trying to find a fellow employee to confirm any of her allegations according to Stanton “Larry” Stein. Larry is representing the Lowes in the battle. So far only one fellow worker has confirmed that there was “mutual flirting going on between her and Rob, but she never mentioned sexual harassment.” Her friend also reportedly call her a “party girl” that tends to have a penchant for older men.
Gee…she whored her story to the Today show and now People. This bitch must have beer flavored nipples.
Source: Rob Lowe Nanny’s PEOPLE Photo Shoot [People]
Rob Lowe’s former nanny filed a lawsuit Monday claiming the actor repeatedly exposed himself and inappropriately touched her.
Jessica Gibson, 24, worked for Lowe and his wife, Sheryl, off and on for seven years, according to an 18-page document filed Monday in a Santa Barbara, Calif. court. Gibson quit on Feb. 24.
Lowe, 44, the lawsuit further alleges, “placed his hand inside Gibson’s pants” several times from about Sept. 2005 to around Jan. 2008. The actor also allegedly grabbed her buttocks without her consent around Dec. 2007, according to the filing.
In a statement read on Tuesday’s Today show – while Gibson was being interviewed with her attorney Gloria Allred – the Lowes’ attorney, Stanton “Larry” Stein, said: “Ms. Gibson’s older sister worked for the Lowes for 7 years. Ms. Gibson worked for the Lowes on and off for 7 years. She left at least 2 times, to pursue other jobs, and returned each time asking for more hours. She sent 2 emails the day after she left, both saying she loved the Lowes and her leaving had nothing to do with them but her heart wasn’t into being a nanny anymore.
“This is totally inconsistent with her latest allegations,” Stein added. “An investigation of dozens of present and former employees has failed to find one single person to verify her allegations. The allegations in the complaint are simply untrue.”
Allred then replied: “We don’t think so.”
Asked why she returned to work in the household, Gibson answered, “I love the children. I needed the job. I thought it would get better, and I was scared.”
In her legal papers, Gibson also made harassment claims against Sheryl, 46, claiming Lowe’s wife would walk around the house naked, make vulgar comments, and would discuss her sex life with Lowe to the nanny.
“This is a classic he said/she said dispute,” says Patrick Fraioli, an L.A. employment attorney, who’s not involved in the case. “If Rob Lowe is without fault, he’s got reason to fight to the bitter end – but in a trial, both sides will likely be dragged through the mud.”
On April 7, the Brothers & Sisters star wrote on the Huffington Post that “a former employee is demanding my wife, Sheryl, and I pay her 1.5 million dollars by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles.”
Later that day, Lowe preemptively filed a lawsuit against Gibson, along with two other former employees, for breach of confidentiality agreements and spreading lies about the couple.
A hearing date has yet to be set. Allred said on Today that she is “looking forward to litigation.”
So the nanny wasn’t smart enough to use her cell phone to record Lowe sticking his hand down her pants? The dumb broad — she could have been shopping a sex tape.
What Others said:
Dlisted says, “First of all, is there only one f#cking lawyer in this country?”
The Superficial says, “Though somewhere in the middle is probably the truth which is that Rob Lowe touched himself and invited the nanny to watch - along with the neighbors, some Shriners and his Brothers & Sisters costar Sally Field, who would’ve loved to stopped by, but never knows what to bring to these things. A deli tray or is this more of a light dessert affair?”
Girls Talkin Smack says, “Lies lies, everywhere lies. Well you know with this one, the truth will definitely come out. It’s just a matter of WHEN.”
source: Former Nanny: Rob Lowe Exposed Himself to Me [people]
Called an “emergency protective order,” it is enforced for five business days. Officers did it to “stabilize the situation,” confirmed Kevin Federline’s attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan.
Kaplan, who did not request the restraining order, declined to say whether he would seek to extend it.
“The person it’s placed upon would have to stay approximately 100 feet from the other person, or face arrest,” says LAPD spokesman Mike Lopez, who could not confirm the restraining order on Spears. “In most cases, it’s issued by officers when there’s the possibility of imminent and immediate danger to the victim.”
Added Kaplan: “Kevin doesn’t want to keep his kids from being involved in [Spears's] life. But foremost is that the kids be in an environment of structure [and] stability. The next goal is to get things to a point where both parents are able to participate fully in their [children's] lives.”
On Jan. 4, Spears, 26, was stripped of all visitation rights with sons Preston, 2, and Jayden, 1, pending the ex-couple’s next custody hearing on Jan. 14.
On another note, a Spears family rep has gone on the Today Show to make a statement, mostly about Dr. Phil:
Kyla Ebbert, a halfway decent looking college chick who was made famous for dressing like a tramp on a Southwest Airlines flight, has cashed in: She’s posing nude for Playboy.
A 23-year-old college student who was told by a Southwest Airlines employee that her outfit was too revealing to fly is wearing even less on Playboy’s Web site.
Kyla Ebbert appears in a series of pictures — some in lingerie, some nude — under the heading, “Legs in the Air.”
“They’re very tastefully done,” Ebbert told The Associated Press on Thursday. “I don’t see anything wrong with the female body.”
Playboy contacted Ebbert’s attorney to pitch the idea of posing. After “a little bit of talking” to convince her mother, Ebbert agreed. She said her boyfriend supported her decision, but “the most hesitant one was my dad.”
On its Web site, Playboy says Ebbert “was too sexy for Southwest Airlines, but she’s perfect for Playboy.”
Ebbert said she was paid “less than six figures” to pose, but wouldn’t give the specific amount.
A Southwest Airlines Co. employee pulled Ebbert off a flight this summer and forced her to adjust her outfit of a tank top, sweater and miniskirt before getting back on the plane.
Ebbert ripped the airline in appearances on NBC’s “The Today Show” and “The Dr. Phil Show,” during which she wore the outfit. Southwest officials said they don’t have a dress code but don’t want customers’ attire to offend other passengers.
Ebbert said she was offended that Southwest tried to turn the dustup to its advantage by promoting a fare sale in honor of miniskirts. Southwest apologized to Ebbert, but she said she found the double-entendre-laced message unacceptable. “They used my name in an ad campaign without asking permission,” she said. “I thought I’d been slapped in the face.”
Told of Ebbert’s spread on the Playboy Web site, Southwest spokeswoman Beth Harbin said, “We wish her all the best.”
Ebbert worked at a Hooters in San Diego but said wants to become an attorney, and doesn’t think posing nude should get in the way of her professional aspirations. “This was beautiful and classy. I don’t see why it would affect a professional position,” she said. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”
Nothin says “professional” or “classy” like posing for Playboy under the title “Legs in the Air,” unless maybe it’s selling beer and chicken wings a tight orange shorts.
From the Playboy pictorial:
There are two questions Kyla Ebbert is asked constantly after nearly being kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight because the airline staff thought her outfit was too revealing. The first: Were you wearing panties under your skirt? The second: Has Playboy contacted you?
The answer, to both, is yes. And when Playboy asked her to pose, Kyla’s answer also was, “Yes.”
Below are some promotional photos from the shoot.
Unfortunately, if you want to see the nude photos and an “exclusive video,” you’ll have to join the Playboy Cyber Club. Or wait for somebody to steal the images and post them online, which should happen in 3, 2, . . . [Update: Tada!]
Bonus, a shot of Kyla acting professional and classy from MySpace or some such:
Source: “‘Too sexy for Southwest’ passenger poses nude for Playboy” (AP/AJC) and “Legs in the Air - Kyla Ebbert Pictorial” (Playboy)
Anna Nicole Smith boy toys Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern yesterday branded a woman who claimed they’re gay lovers a liar and a “loser” with a grudge against them.
The assertion by aspiring singer/actress Jackie Hatten that Smith’s guys made homosexual whoopee comes in a sensational tell-all book by TV journalist Rita Cosby.
If it isn’t cut from “Blonde Ambition” before it hits the stands, Birkhead and Stern vow to sue the former MSNBC reporter.
Hatten says she watched Birkhead and Stern go at it, but a furious Birkhead told the Daily News: “Jackie Hatten has never met me and she hasn’t even seen Anna since 2001.
“She isn’t a credible source,” Birkhead said. “Hatten tried to come to the Bahamas to see Anna last year and Anna wouldn’t let her. And Jackie’s brother went to jail for stalking Anna. This book is coming from the losers club because they all have axes to grind.”
Mark Hatten is in a California prison for threatening Smith. During the paternity battle over Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn, he also claimed to be the baby’s father.
Jackie Hatten, a former pro volleyball player, previously has accused Stern of feeding Smith drugs that contributed to her demise.
“I’ve witnessed Howard give her Vicodin, Valium, morphine, Demerol. … Shall I go on? I mean it’s too much for someone to take over a period of time,” she told CNN’s Larry King in February.
She also claimed Birkhead and Smith were “madly in love” after meeting on a blind date. “They were trying to have babies the first day they met in my bed, okay? I have pictures of them in my bed together.”
Stern’s lawyer Lin Wood sent a blistering letter to Cosby over the weekend warning, “Hatten is not a credible or reliable source.”
Wood later told The News: “The coverage of the tragic deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and her son, Daniel, has been permeated by false, sensationalized accusations. Ms. Cosby’s book … has taken the coverage to a disgusting new low for which she will be held legally accountable.”
Dlisted says, “I want to know who has this damn videotape?! Rita needs to give us the goods. As frightening as it probably is, I want to see it! If there’s a shot to the face involved, I think I would die.”
Hollywood Offender says, “Honestly, I don’t know what to make of this. I mean, I can kinda see them being into each other, afterall, Anna lived a crazy life and was known to be into some kinky stuff.”
At the Miss Teen USA pageant, Miss South Carolina Lauren Caitlin, who amazingly came in third after she butchered this answer, just could not come up with a reason why 1/5 of Americans can’t find America on a map. Well, duh - it’s because the don’t have maps! Miss South Carolina might be included in that 1/5.
Her answer transcribed:
“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.”
OMG.
UPDATE:People reports that Miss South Carolina Teen USA, Lauren Caitlin Upton, will get a chance to redo her answer on tomorrow’s Today Show.
Lauren said, “I didn’t do anything wrong. I wasn’t expecting [the question]. I lost my train of thought.” She added she “completely misunderstood” the question.
And maybe the girl isn’t as dumb as she sounded. She is described as a varsity athlete and student leader at Lexington High School, where she graduated in June with a 3.5 GPA.
Source: “ICYMI: Lobotomized Girl Scores Third Runner-Up in Miss Teen USA Pagaent” [Best Week Ever]
New York Magazine, in an article headlined “I have days when I’m like, ‘Oh my God, What did I do?’ KATIE COURIC’S IMPOSSIBLE YEAR”, reports that Katie Couric slapped an editor after he added the word ’sputum’ to the script.
“The stress has caused her to blow up at her staff for small infractions on the set,” charges NEW YORK magazine reporter Joe Hagan, in a story set for publication on Monday.
“During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested— ’sputum’ —and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him ‘over and over and over again’ on the arm, according to a source familiar with the scene. It had seemed like a joke at first, but it quickly became clear that she wasn’t kidding.”
Apparently Couric even admits this to the magazine, saying “I sort of slapped him around” after she got aggravated. But she says she has a good relationship with Cipriano. “We did ban the word sputum from all future broadcasts. It became kind of a joke.”
A CBS insider says Couric slapped the staffer in a playful manner: “Look, it wasn’t serious, whatsoever.”
Katie Couric has had a rough year, struggling with ratings after her switch to the CBS Evening News. I bet there was no slapping going on at the Today Show.
I’m sure this is more than you really want to see. If you are some sort of ‘sicko‘, the NSFW version is after the jump, below.
She was also on the Today Show yesterday, singing ‘Heart of Glass‘ with Debbie Harry. Clearly Debbie Harry’s voice is kaput, but the old broad can still kick it.
Dainty bows tattooed under each butt cheek? Why not! When you look this good in a bikini from behind it’s a gift! Hard-bodied Pink shows off her super-toned physique on a beach outside Sydney
This Barbados-born hip-hop princess grew up frolicking on the beach – and she still rules the sands! Rihanna, 19, is hot in a bedazzled black bikini- and even pulls off that dowdy cap! – while hanging in her native island country
No fair! Charlize, 31, is blessed with killer beauty and great gams – and he has an Oscar at home (for 2003’s Monster) to boot! The statuesque former model lights up the beach in Malibu while sporting a teeny-weeny print bikini.
Wow, that’s one lucky ogre! The star of the new hit film Shrek the Third hits the beach and shows off her supremely toned and ultra leggy 34-year-old bod in an adorable sherbet-striped bikini.
Her tubby hubby, John Travolta, ranks among the worst bods, but Kelly proves that opposites attract during a Hawaiian getaway. John’s a lucky, lucky guy!
It’s easy to see what attracted Justin Timberlake to his new love! The bootylicious ex-7th Heaven star, 23 – who was recently spotted visiting her new sweetie in London, where he’s launching his world tour – Is a vision in white while romping ton the beach in Hawaii!
All hat the Queen! Her best accessory? Confidence! In a flattering black one piece, Latifah, 37, proves that (a bit) bigger can be a whole lot better while vacationing in Hawaii.
How do you say hubba-hubba-haubba in Spanish? The Madrid-born stunner, 33, is muy caliente in a dark one-piece suit while frolicking in the surf on the celeb-fave Caribbean isle of St. Bart’s.
Now that’s much better, Kate! After shocking fans with her skeletal fram last fall, the Superman Returns star, 24, is positively pinupworthy – and absolutely gorgeous! – in a flower-print bikini and trendy white shades while in Maui.
You think she’s desperate? Fat chance! Nicollette is the TV housewife with the ridiculously hot figure! The 43-year-old (that’s not a typo!) rocks a colorful striped bikini while strolling in Malibu.
Now for the Hunky Hollywood Men – The Best Bods Go to …
Wolverine is looking kinda fierce! The X-Men star, 38, flaunts major muscles along with his swoon-inducing, screen-idol good looks on the beach in his native Australia.
Hey, Jude! We thought you were scrawny! Who knew that the dreamy and blue-eyed actor, 34, had such a rockin’, well-sculpted bod? Jude reveals just enough to prove he’s got the right stuff while on vacation at the beach on Britain’s Isles of Scilly.
The English soccer legend and admitted metrosexual, 32, proves that he’s the rare guy who can actually pull off a teeny Speedo-style swimsuit (unless of course, those are his undies!) Question: Did wife Posh have the privilege of oiling him up so nicely?
Best Bachelor: Andy Baldwin
The star of the Bachelor’s tenth season is a ripped-and-ready megahunk – no wonder so many women made fools of themselves on national TV! The 30-year-old licensed doctor and US Navy lieutenant is clearly a catch – in or out of uniform!
Eat your heart out, Al Roker! The Today show chatter, 49, and his surprisingly ripped abs are the talk of the town in the Hamptons. Plus, Matt gets extra points for having his adorable daughter, Romy, 3, in tow.
For Our Fave Couples … These Heavenly Bodies Attract!
Their romance is on-again, then off-again, then – what do you know! – back on! Although it’s tough to keep track of the couple’s status, the buff tattooed rocker, 44, and his blonde bombshell baby moma, 39, always look awesome when they strip down to hit the beach together, as they did recently in Maui it’s tradition – they even wore bathing suits to their 1995 wedding!
He’s a former model. And she’s, well, a former supermodel! But this hot couple looks like they could still rock the runway. The pair shows off their fit bods in the Bahamas.
Best Reality TV: Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt
Somebody’s proud of her new bod! And why not? The Hills beauty, 20, paid good money for it! Along with her equally fit manage/beau, Spencer Pratt, the recently augmented looker hit the beach in Malibu.
He’s an MTV-fave heartthrob; she’s a gorgeous former VJ. Together, the brand-new live-in couple sun, sip and show off their fantastic swimsuit shapes while boating in Cincinnati.
After more than 10 years of marriage and two children – and it’s rumored, a few cosmetic procedures a piece – Harry, 55, and Lisa, 43, are still one of the hottest couples on the beach in Malibu! We should all be sol lucky!
Finally Star reveals the Worst Beach Bods of 2007: Everyone out of the water! Scary sea creatures have washed up on shore!
Talk about letting it all hang out, well, down. We know the mom of two, 37, can afford a bikini top that offers a lot more support – and a lot less droop!
Let this be a lesson: Years of not caring for your body make you look scary in a bikini! Also, if you get gastric-band surgery – as Love, 42, reportedly did – splurge for the additional procedure of tighten saggy skin!
Kate, 28, looks so perfect when she’s wearing clothing! But the actress and single mom’s plunging blue bikini revealed a surprisingly saggy tummy during a Hawaiian vacation.
Where have you gone, Tony Manero? The one-time Saturday Night Fever heartthrob, now 53, looks like he ate him! Even worse than that flabby tummy? Unsightly man boobs that look like they could use a bikini top!
The former hard-bodied wrestling stud turned Hogan Knows Best patriarch, 53, has gone wrong in so many ways – not the least of which is squeezing himself into a neon-green slingshot suit that makes it touch to avoid noticing Hulk’s uh, hogans.
I can definitely feel your excitement emitting through my monitor. Beyonce, performing on the ‘Today Show‘ in NYC this morning, continued on with the ever present flashing of her bits and pieces.
“Jessica has nothing to hide, and we wonder if Mr. Lowe will take that position as well,” attorney Gloria Allred, who has a May 19 date to depose the former Brat Packer, said of her client – who on April 14 filed suit accusing both Rob, 41, and Sheryl Lowe, 46, of sexual harassment and behavior that was “offensive, insulting, unwelcome, mean, perverted, crude and lascivious.” 
Jessica Gibson, 24, worked for Lowe and his wife, Sheryl, off and on for seven years, according to an 18-page document filed Monday in a Santa Barbara, Calif. court. Gibson quit on Feb. 24.
Called an “emergency protective order,” it is enforced for five business days. Officers did it to “stabilize the situation,” confirmed Kevin Federline’s attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan. 
A 23-year-old college student who was told by a Southwest Airlines employee that her outfit was too revealing to fly is wearing even less on Playboy’s Web site.
Anna Nicole Smith boy toys Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern yesterday branded a woman who claimed they’re gay lovers a liar and a “loser” with a grudge against them.
