Helping stars help others

May 13, 2010

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So many gorgeous ladies, so little time! Palling around with the likes of the Kardashian sisters and former Girls Next Door stars Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison, Todd Michael Krim may seem like a playboy – but he’s actually a philanthropist. As the founder of Reality Cares (realitycares.org), he’s been helping stars give back and raise money for nonprofits since 2004. “One of my goals in starting Reality Cares was to take the spotlight naturally given to celebrities, and allow them an opportunity to shine that light elsewhere,” Todd tells In Touch. What’s up next for the mover and shaker? On June 7, Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo and Reality Cares will host an event at The Brownstone in Paterson, N.J., to bring awareness and financial support to Project Ladybug (projectladybug.org). You can listen to Todd’s radio show by visiting latalkradio.com.

Oprah Welcomes The Cast of The Twiiiiilight Saga!


Within a few minutes of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner taking the stage on The Oprah Winfrey Show today, the host compared the group to The Beatles.

While anyone born before 1960 is likely rolling over in his/her grave right now, listen (below) to the response these stars received on the talk show. Defeaning does not begin to describe it.

Once the screams died down, Oprah started to grill the Eclipse cast. She had to ask Robert and Kristen about their relationship, of course, which prompted the following exchange (and subsequent, ridiculous tabloid cover):

Pattinson: Kristen’s pregnant.
Stewart: He really loves to shock people because he thinks it’s funny. No, we’ve actually had this conversation. He’s having the baby.

Oh, those two.

As for what Lautner is looking for in a woman, he told the adoring audience: “Loyalty. “Honesty. Really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.”

Stewart was asked about the character of Bella Swan and said: “I can also completely relate to the fact that she’s totally awkward, but that she owns it and she’s not going to say anything she doesn’t mean.”

Other topics touched on during an interesting hour of television:

  • How Taylor bulked up for his role as Jacob by eating beef patties all day.
  • How Rob wanted to be a rapper when he was 14.
  • How Kristen REALLY likes her cat.
  • What it’s like to be part of this franchise, as relayed by Pattinson: “It’s not really about you. So, it never really goes to your head and you can kind of participate in it. It’s about the fans themselves. A lot of people, they just like doing Twilight-related things.”

Check out more from the cast below.

In Touch Exclusive: Sex and the City 2 Exclusive: “One happy surprise after another”

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As any Sex and the City fan knows, the clothes help tell the story, so who better to give the scoop on the new movie than famed costume designer Patricia Field? “I’m very, very happy,” Patricia tells In Touch of the finished product. “I give it an A and I don’t give As out very often. It was different than any other movie I’ve seen lately. I could call it ‘Sex and the City musical.’ It’s just one happy surprise after another. It was visually beautiful.” A lot of that is thanks to Patricia, who also helped design an exclusive bottle for SKYY Vodka based on Sex and the City style – but there’s one part she wants nothing to do with. “I did not do the movie poster – that’s why it didn’t look like it should,” she reveals. “I guess they didn’t want to pay my price!”

Don’t miss this week’s In Touch for all the secrets from the movie, and read on for more of Patricia’s backstage dish – including rumors of tension, one star’s body image troubles, which rumored cameo didn’t make the movie and whether they’ll make another sequel.

For more click here.

Heidi Montag calls the cops on her mom!

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Heidi Montag has isolated herself from many of her former Hills friends — and now, it looks like her family is next to go. Instead of greeting her mother, Darlene, when she arrived unannounced at Heidi’s LA home on May 13, the reality star called the police to turn her away. The mother-daughter duo famously clashed when the blonde paid a visit to her Colorado hometown after undergoing a shocking 10 plastic surgeries. Heidi, who friends tell In Touch has been acting vacant and strange, also cut ties with her older sibling, Holly. “I don’t talk to my sister,” Holly recently told In Touch, adding that she also ceased communicating with Heidi’s controversial husband, Spencer Pratt. And as In Touch previously reported, Spencer has been more controlling lately than ever. “He’s cutting her off from the world,” an insider tells In Touch. “It’s like he brainwashed her.”

Idol’s Mike: “I had to do this for my family”

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He got the judges’ coveted “save” earlier in the season, but sadly, America chose not to keep Michael “Big Mike” Lynche for the Top 3. “As far as the save goes, I think it speaks to who you are as a professional and says to America, ‘Think about this again. This person has showed us something to take another look at,’” says Michael, who is proud he was able to continue for as long as he did. “The Top 4 is not a bad place to be.” After the nearly 37 million votes were counted, he was sent home to his family. Of course, viewers first fell in love with Mike in the early rounds, when the show highlighted him missing the birth of his first child while auditioning. “You can’t say anything is worth missing that time,” Mike said after the show. “But it gives my family a chance in the future. Of course, I didn’t want to miss it, but this is something I had to do for the family.”

Next week, the final three (Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze and Casey James) hit the stage to vie for a place in the coin toss that will determine who performs first at the show’s finale, and who will be the next American Idol.

For more with Big Mike, click here.

Michelle McGee: Men Will Spread Their Seed


The Michelle McGee PR tour continues.

Relentlessly milking her infamous status as Jesse James’ mistress for every cent it’s worth, “Bombshell” is featured in the new issue of Steppin’ Out magazine.

What a cheap hack. Pretty gross, too.

Apparently under the impression people care what she thinks, Michelle McGee before she became a mistress, she believed “if a man cheats it’s horrible.”

But now? “I think men are made to spread their seed. Women need to accept that. You need to know that men are not meant to be with one woman.”

Class act, this one.

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Michelle “Bombshell” McGee attempts to act classy.

“I think you can totally love your spouse and sleep with other women,” says the Nazi with colored friends. “That urge will always be there if you’re a man.”

“I believe you can love your wife 100 percent and still stray.”

The lady also says she feels bad for Sandra Bullock. Sure.

“It should be a happy time in her life,” Michelle says. “She shouldn’t be worried about this. She should be enjoying her time with her baby and celebrating. So I do feel bad about all this. I’d like to sit down and talk to her over lunch.”

Mmm. Don’t know if we’d hold our breath or wait by the phone.

As for Jesse James, she says she doesn’t buy rumors that he had a sex addiction problem, claiming that “It’s just an easy way to explain why you cheated.”

Okay, we’ll give her that. Sorry, Jesse and Tiger Woods.

Miley Cyrus Video: Actually Safe for Work!


This just in: Miley Cyrus doesn’t only lap dance on tape!

On the heels of her controversial video with Adam Shankman, Cyrus has filmed a a new promo for the 2010 Much Music Video Awards.

They air on June 20 and will feature performances by Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Miley herself.

We’ve also uncovered a few shots of Cyrus taken during the filming of this video. Again, they aren’t as racy as past pictures of the 17-year old singer, but they’ll have to suffice…

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Spencer Pratt Calls Cops on Darlene Egelhoff; Heidi Montag’s “Psycho” Mom Forced Off Premises


On The Hills Tuesday night, Spencer Pratt threatened to call the cops on Holly Montag if his wife’s sister didn’t leave his property. Idle threat? Apparently not!

Police were dispatched to Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag’s home just hours ago after the couple called for help, saying Heidi’s mother was refusing to leave.

Heidi confirmed this to TMZ: “My mom just showed up to the house unannounced … after what she did to me on national TV, I have no desire to see her.”

Montag is referring to a recent episode of The Hills in which Darlene Egelhoff said point blank that she did not approve of her daughter’s plastic surgeries.

This week, Spencer claimed Darlene “tried to rape Heidi emotionally” and called her “just a vagina” who brought Heidi into the world, but is not special.

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Heidi Montag is done with her mom’s emotional abuse!

Heidi notified her personal security team when her mom showed up “pounding on the door.” Darlene spoke with the police but has now left the premises.

She continues, “Her showing up is completely out of line and psychotic. I’m getting a restraining order against her.” No arrests were made in the incident.

Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Leffew said:

“Officers arrived on the scene and advised the mother that since her daughter is an adult, she doesn’t have to speak to [the mom] if she doesn’t want to. The mother said ‘fine, no problem’ and left. There were no citations or arrests.”

Heidi Montag promises this isn’t the end of all the drama: “I made it very clear that I want nothing to do with her in my life right now,” she tells People.

“I’m sick to my stomach she would even do something like this. She needs to stay away from me. I’m planning on getting a restraining order against her.”

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Heidi Montag’s mom, Darlene Egelhoff, isn’t smiling right now.

We Just Feel Bad for Tila Tequila


At this point, we just feel sorry for Tila Tequila.

Sure, we could refer to her as a pathological liar for inventing a pregnancy.

We could mock her for claiming that God is her BFF.

We could, once again, call her out for exploiting the death of her ex-girlfriend, Casey Johnson.

We could say many disparaging things about this poor woman… but to what end? We simply pity Tila by now, as she put on a concert to celebrate the launch of her new EP, Welcome To The Darkside, last night – and the most famous person to show up for it was former American Idol contestant Trenyce.

Plus, she wore the following outfits at the event. They speak, tragically, for themselves…

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D.A. to Drop Charges Against Tito Ortiz


Tito Ortiz will not be prosecuted for the recent domestic incident with Jenna Jameson that resulted in a 911 call and more than a few heated, conflicting words.

The Orange County District Attorney’s office says it will not bring charges against Ortiz for the pair’s blowup in April that left Jenna in bandages and him in jail.

The reason for the case being dropped: “Insufficient corroboration.” 

Basically, Jameson, the only witness, took back her allegations, leaving no evidence with which to prosecute Ortiz. She also let him move back in. Done deal.

Ortiz was hauled away by cops on the morning of April 26 after they received a 911 call from Jameson’s dad. Tito was arrested and charged with assault.

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Tito Ortiz is off the hook and back with Jenna Jameson.

A teary Jenna Jameson, her arm wrapped in gauze, initially told reporters she planned on pressing charges and an emergency protective order was issued.

Ortiz countered with allegations that Jenna was abusing painkillers and he was just trying to help. Jenna came up with drug test results proving she’s clean.

About a week later, things cooled off a bit, with the former porn queen recanting the assault claims and explaining the incident in full, saddening detail.

By Mother’s Day weekend, Jameson, Ortiz and the couple’s twins were all living together again, posing for photos and looking cute. There you go.