Source: Tila Tequila-Casey Johnson Relationship a Complete Sham, PR Stunt

January 13, 2010


We hope you’re sitting down. This may come as a shock, but sources close to Casey Johnson say her relationship with Tila Tequila was just a huge publicity stunt.

This came from Casey’s own mouth in the weeks before her tragic death last week, according to two of the late Johnson & Johnson heiress’ friends cited by TMZ.

The friends came forward today and said that they each received separate calls from Casey Johnson saying her engagement to Tila Tequila was “all for show.”

Casey told them she met her only three days before the infamous engagement video and made it very clear to both that she and Tila were not together.

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May Casey Johnson rest in peace. May Tila Tequila go away forever.

Oddly enough, one of the friends even says Tila was in the room when Casey made the calls. We don’t know if this makes Tila’s recent actions better or worse.

The publicity whore has been Twittering up a storm, effectively play the grieving victim, elicit sympathy and milking Johnson’s death for everything it’s worth.

Fake mourning your fake fiancee for a 16th minute of fame? Even pretending to be on suicide watch? That’s a new low, even for the lowest form of life on earth.

Tila is now saying she wants custody of Casey’s daughter too. Not that she was ever married to Johnson or has legal standing … but why let that stop you?

Kate Gosselin: Going to Work!


Free of her hideous reverse mullet and even more revolting husband, Kate Gosselin is set to return to TV later this year in a brand new TLC series of her very own.

According to reports, Kate will be “trying different jobs and tasks and showing how she performs in different environments” on the upcoming as-yet-untitled show.

Hmm. Pretty sure that was the synopsis of New York Goes to Work.

Only Tiffany Pollard is more entertaining. Who wants to see a grating nag work at McDonalds? Don’t you have to have some appeal to make that worth watching?

Sorry, but no hair extensions can alter that personality.

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This is what we imagine Kate’s new show will be like.

TLC has not confirmed plans for the show, which sources say is slated to start in late spring or early summer, but is in talks to put Kate back on TV for some reason.

Plans for a Kate Gosselin talk show, conceptualized as a new take on The View for working moms, were mercifully scrapped last month after execs weren’t thrilled.

Lost’s Josh Holloway is a survivor

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Look no further — Lost’s sixth and final season of marooned mayhem will surface again on February 2, and this time, answers are guaranteed. Star castaway Josh Holloway says that while the memories he has from working on the hit ABC show will last forever, the long, salty hair will have to go. And as any plane-wrecked, island-stranded person might reflect, he wasn’t sure if his character, rough-around-the-edges Sawyer, would make it, so survival was the aim. “When I read the pilot,” Josh tells In Touch, he thought Sawyer might be too hard to like. “I’ve got to figure out how to stay alive. Because unless he’s got another dimension, he’s going to be killed quickly.” Thankfully, in this case, nice guys do finish last!

Come Party with Rachel Uchitel!


Friday, January 29 is a special day. It marks the 35th birthday of Rachel Uchitel, the very first Tiger Woods mistress (well, the first we learned of) – and you’re invited!

What, did you expect a quiet night in?

The Manhattan club promoter will be partying with friends and “Celebrity DJs” at the club 251PB in Palm Beach, Florida, where she’s been staying since early December.

On the invite, Rachel Uchitel is trumpeted as a “Celebrity Socialite.” Guess it’s better than “Celebrity adulterer” or “Tiger Woods’ Crazy, Ambien-Driven Sex Fiend” …

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Come party with “celebrity socialite” Rachel Uchitel!

Reports of Tiger’s affair with Rachel allegedly led to an epic fight with Elin Woods November 27 and the car crash that exposed Tiger’s tawdry tales to the world.

Asked about her alleged romantic involvement with Woods, Rachel Uchitel has never commented – reportedly because she’s gotten big bucks to keep quiet about it.

Sources report that Woods paid Rachel Uchitel, who the golfer was smitten with and might still be, upwards of $3 million to stay quiet about their steamy affair.

Ask her about that January 29 at Club 251PB! Guess her seven-figure payout doesn’t prevent her from cashing in on her notoriety … just explaining why she’s notorious.

Book: John Edwards and Bill Clinton are Cheaters; Harry Reid is a Racist; Sarah Palin is Not Smart


The 2008 U.S. presidential election is over and done with, but a new book called Game Change by New York Magazine‘s John Heilemann and Time‘s Mark Halperin has stirred up a lot of interesting gossip about the most recent White House race.

While not providing that much truly new or startling, the book has offered tremendous fodder for national political conversation. Some of the broached topics:

  • That Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) referred to Barack Obama as “light-skinned” and having “no Negro dialect unless he wanted to.”
  • That the affair between John Edwards and Rielle Hunter, his campaign videographer, was known about and kept quiet by three of his aides early.
  • That John Edwards is a delusional egomaniac whose aides called his wife Elizabeth “an abusive, intrusive, paranoid, condescending crazy woman.”

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  • That former President Bill Clinton was involved in an affair in 2006 that many thought would derail Hillary Clinton’s 2008 run for the presidency. The woman is not named in the book, but it wouldn’t be Bill’s first cheating rumor.
  • That Clinton offended Ted Kennedy deeply while trying to win his endorsement for his wife’s campaign by saying the following about then-candidate Obama: “A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.”

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  • That John McCain’s vetting of Sarah Palin was so woefully inadequate that no one from his campaign even interviewed her husband or opponents.
  • That Sarah Palin believed Saddam Hussein to be behind the attacks on 9/11, and did not understand that North and South Korea were separate.
  • That Palin is a mentally unstable person prone to wild mood swings, and was hopelessly lost in a “catatonic stupor” at one point in the campaign.

True? We may never know. But we certainly can debate – and agree that Edwards and Palin create the most entertaining reading material.

George’s love for Elisabetta is no joke!

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Things may be heating up between George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis, but the actor is sparing the Italian bombshell from his signature practical jokes. “I can’t do it to her! I’ll get hit!” George told In Touch of laying off the pranks for his girlfriend at the 2010 National Board of Review awards gala in New York on January 12. Elisabetta, who has been super-serious with George since meeting him in Rome last summer, should count herself lucky – the sneaky star once put a vulgar bumper sticker on close pal Brad Pitt‘s car, causing an unknowing Brad to get more than a few honks as he drove through busy LA. Despite looking smitten with his brunette beauty at the A-list soiree, George remained mum on what he loves best about Elisabetta. “I can’t tell you that,” he laughed, arm in arm with his sexy main squeeze.

More details about Simon’s exit

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He’s sorry, but he’s not moving to the next round! Simon Cowell just announced that the ninth season of American Idol will be his last. But he’s not leaving Hollywood. Instead, he’ll focus on judging an American version of the famed British reality show The X Factor. So why is he really leaving? “I’ve made a commitment to staying on [X Factor] in the U.K., and I didn’t think it was right, also, for me to do two shows in America,” Simon says. But he promises that American Idol will survive: “Idol, even though it’s not my show, it’s still very close to me… I genuinely believe — I’ve said this all along – that this show could last 10, 20 years. So I’m confident that it will continue to be the No. 1 show.” And when it comes to how another song-driven competition show in America will work, he says it’s all about the talent. “[On X Factor] The age range is likely to go as low as 14 and could actually go lower than that. There is no upper age limit on this show. You can literally be 100 years old,” explains Simon, before adding with a laugh, “So [former Idol judge] Paula [Abdul] could audition.”

Heidi Montag: Plastic Surgery Addict


She may be only 23, but The Hills’ Heidi Montag is already closing in on that many plastic surgeries. While that sounds like an exaggeration, but it’s really not.

Her new single is called “I’ll Do It.” The lyrics suggest that she is referring to something sexual, but these words could also describe her take on any operation.

Nose. Lips. Boobs. Done, done and done. That was before she decided to go under the knife and have a staggering 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day.

“For the past three years, I’ve thought about what to have done,” Heidi tells People, which features the plastic princess on its cover. “I’m beyond obsessed.”

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Has she gone too far? Depends on the paychecks, right Heidi?

If nothing else, Heidi Montag has at least been fully open about all the operations she’s had to turn herself into a generic, bleach-blonde Hollywood bimbo.

But on November 20, Montag took her transformation to a new level. Keeping her family in the dark, she continued her journey to become “the best me.”

Pretty soon, “the best her” will resemble Michael Jackson at this rate. Seriously, if she thinks this is what she needs to become a pop star, God help us …

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Heidi Montag then and now. Then wasn’t even that long ago.

Who Should Replace Simon Cowell on American Idol?


Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol after this season.

This news is very sad for those of us who appreciate Simon’s sarcasm, wit, honesty and entertainment value as a whole. But it also offers an opportunity for Idol to truly branch out.

Sure, Ellen DeGeneres as a judge (starting February 9) is a departure from the show’s typical, music-driven basis for selecting its panelists. However, we’re talking about change fans can truly believe in…

… which brings us to our first proposed replacement for Cowell. He, along with many of the options below, might not seem equipped for the job. But hear us out, and then let us know who you wanna see sit in Simon’s seat in 2011:

Barack Obama: As someone who once got 66,882,230 votes in a single day, he’s the only guy more popular than the show. Or at least better known. Plus, can you imagine the criticism? “Look … Kris … You possess a terrific talent, but at the end of the day, Adam possesses the kind of change that can bring the music world together.”

Nelson from The Simpsons: Really, how much more analysis do 90 percent of the performances need than a simple: “HA-ha!”

Donald Trump: Every critique of his will be the absolute BEST!

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OBAMA, TRUMP, WOODS OR SOMEONE ELSE? WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE?

Gilbert Arenas. Pros: Will bring hip vibe, comic relief to the panel. Cons: May pull piece on a contestant after a crappy performance, as a “joke” of course.

Tiger Woods: He has a lot of free time these days and knows a lot about young talent. Just keep him away from the female contestants.

Carson Daly: If only he actually existed.

Simon Cow: He’ll be moo-ved by the ballads each week and will always udder praise. Oh, wait, sorry, we thought we were writing jokes for Jay Leno.

Shaq on Vanessa Lopez: Shut Dat B!tch Up!


Vanessa Lopez, the woman filing a harassment lawsuit against NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, claims the Diesel sent a menacing text message to a friend.

The quote: “Dis is da numba shut dat bitch up!”

Lopez, who claims to have been in a five-year relationship with Shaq, says it went sour after Vanessa missed her period and Shaq lashed out at her.

The Cleveland Cavaliers center allegedly reacted angrily, accusing her of sleeping with another guy, prompting Lopez to end the relationship, she says.

But then Shaq’s family got involved.

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Vanessa Lopez is playing a little legal hack-a-Shaq.

Fearing for her safety, Vanessa Lopez claims Shaq’s 6’6″ and 6’8″ sisters made verbal and physical threats against her. Besides his large, powerful, wealthy family, Lopez feared Shaq’s law enforcement connections and  right to bear arms.

She also says the big fella hacked into her voice mail and text messages, using sophisticated software, and made harassing phone calls to her.

Another woman, Dominica Westling, has reportedly been romantically linked to O’Neal, who is in the process of divorcing wife Shaunie, as well.

Vanessa Lopez is no saint herself, having had shady past run-ins with three other NBA “boyfriends” – Kenyon Martin, Delonte West and JJ Redick.

All three of those relationships ended contentiously. She doesn’t strike us as a serial money- and fame-grubbing NBA groupie by any means.