Source: evilbeetgossip.com

Oh, oh, oh!

Nothing could make me happier!

There’s going to be another OJ trial.

After four hours of deliberating, Justice of the Peace Joseph Bonaventure has decided that O.J. Simpson, along with two other co-defendants, will stand trial for twelve criminal counts associated with armed robbery. The counts include robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy, kidnapping and burglary.

The other three co-defendants in the case have all testified against O.J. and have accepted plea deals. Simpson has plead not guilty.

Seriously, can you guys believe we get another OJ Simpson trial????

Maybe they’ll get it right this time!

Source: evilbeetgossip.com

Marie’s 16-year-old son, Michael, is in rehab. The devout Mormon released the following statement:

“My son Michael is an amazing young man, shown through his courage in facing his issues. As his mother, I couldn’t be more proud of him. The press and public has always been kind and gracious in the past and I know they will continue to respect our privacy during this time.”

You know what?

I think this is awesome. I love that Marie’s not just burying her head in the sand and hoping her son’s problems will miraculously go away; she’s recognizing them, she’s talking about them, and she’s helping her son get better.

Way to go, Marie!

Source: www.celebitchy.com

I wasn’t sure if I should file this under the “Good Celebrity” tag or not. I could go either way. Pam Anderson will be serving a wholesome vegetarian meal to homeless people in Las Vegas this Thanksgiving. I guess that’s a good celebrity. A few people have pointed out that introducing homeless people to a “healthier lifestyle” (as Pam puts it) implies that the homeless have a lot of say in what they choose to eat, which they generally don’t. It’s not like most of them say, “Do I want to go to McDonald’s, or do I want to go to Whole Foods today?” and they’re just choosing the wrong one. They want to put food in their stomachs, and implying they’re doing something wrong or unethical by doing that is a little holier-than-thou. But I appreciate that Pam is probably coming from a place of trying to do something nice for others, so I’m just going to assume good intent.

Let’s forget for a moment what a trainwreck Pamela Anderson has been lately and focus on her work with PETA. Pammy will be serving vegetarian dishes all night on Thanksgiving at an unnamed homeless centre in Las Vegas.

PETA spokesman Michael McGraw says, “We want to keep the venue a secret because it’s really just for Pam and those she’s serving. It’s not for fans and autograph seekers. The dinner itself will be a feast – Gardein’s Veggie Stuffed Turkey Roast With Wild Rice and Cranberries. It’s a delicious faux turkey. Pam, who has been vegetarian since she was a teenager, is thrilled to serve up the health benefits of a meatless diet.”

Anderson adds, “The holiday season can be especially hard for those who find themselves homeless, and it’s murder on turkeys. With so many healthy and delicious options nowadays, it’s easy to have a holiday meal that gives even turkeys something to be thankful for.”

[From Hollyscoop]

Well I hope everyone likes it. I have a vegetarian friend who refused to eat Tofurky because she says it tastes like crap, and I’ve heard the sentiment echoed elsewhere. Let’s hope “Gardein’s Veggie Stuffed Turkey Roast” tastes a little better. I would think that on the couple holidays a year that homeless people get to have a decent meal, they’d at least like something that tastes good, instead of some rich person telling them what they should be eating. Now I feel like I should fly to Vegas with a bushel of turkeys to rescue Thanksgiving from Pamela Anderson/PETA’s clutches. I kid, I kid. Broccoli-based turkey is awesome, I’m sure.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Gardein’ Protein’s “new nutrition-packed Veggie Turkey Breast With Wild Rice and Cranberry Stuffing.” It doesn’t look bad.

Source: evilbeetgossip.com

No sibling rivalry here!

Samantha Ronson’s sister, designer Charlotte Ronson, shows off her goods at a benefit trunk show at her NYC flagship show.

I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with these girls. I just am. So you guys have to deal with that. Sorry.

Source: www.celebitchy.com

Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” is supposed to be someone who was the biggest change-maker of the last twelve months. It used to be “Man of the Year,” which changed to “Person of the Year,” and last year wasn’t even a specific person at all, just “You.” I found that kind of lazy, but whatever. Liz Smith wrote an article about the Person of the Year symposium which was held last week. Many – if not most – of the suggestions were for things rather than people. There was a big push for “The Environment” and green things in general, including some discussion of Al Gore, who seems to be a legitimate contender if Time wants to still have a person, but talk a lot about a subject.

Someone suggested Britney Spears, which sounds ridiculous. But no one ever said the person of the year had to be known for doing GOOD things. Case in point: Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), and Newt Gingrich (1995). Now I’m not comparing Britney Spears to Hitler, the point is just that the person is someone who’s made a big impact, for better or worse. And Liz Smith makes a pretty good argument for Britney/celebrity crazed people in general. Plus, it’d be funny. And that doesn’t count for as much as it should with Time.

My own [vote] would be for Time again to go with a universal and not necessarily happy phenomenon… I think this year it could well cite the cataclysmic confusion, stress, worry and resulting triviality of this time affected by instant technology. There is no downtime anymore from the worship of celebrity and trash. People always wanted to be famous and to know others who were famous. But now we have a super examination of celebrity 24/7 and there is no optimism or expectation except of the next scandal. Technology in instant messaging, bloviating opinion and the Internet’s sprawling speed and ubiquity have forced real changes this last year.

Editor Rick Stengel told us that Britney Spears was one of the people who’d been suggested. Well, as horrible as that may seem, she and her many partners in celebrity, plus the money-making paparazzi, the likes of Harvey Levin’s TMZ, YouTube, MySpace could all be looked upon as an accelerating “happening.” People mad to be famous for 15 minutes and to worship others who are famous, are also affected by constantly changing methods of quick communication. They use this as a way to forget the world’s worrisome, important and serious issues.

Instant Technology for people gone “celebrity mad” is my choice as the biggest change-maker of 2007.

[From the Baltimore Sun]

It’s hard for me to tell if we really are that much more celebrity crazed than we used to be, since I do this for a living. I’m inundated with it all day long, but I can’t really tell if the rest of the world is. There are certainly still a lot of times when I’ll mention some celebrity happening and the person I’m with has no idea what I’m talking about. But more and more, when I tell people what I do, they’re much more up to date and current on gossip than I’d expect. When I mention an important trial or Barack Obama’s fantastic job on Meet the Press, I tend to be greeted with a much louder silence than when I mention Britney’s latest drug problems.

We’re experiencing an interesting shift in terms of knowledge and discussion about current events. Someone on NPR yesterday was saying that it can be directly related to the war and the economy: when people are stressed, they need to escape and have lighter things to worry about. If that’s the case, then who would ever have guessed that George Bush’s policies could be so great for Britney’s career?

Source: evilbeetgossip.com

KT Tunstall was scheduled to perform on Leno and Carson Daly today.

Since both appearances were canceled as a result of the strike, she’s heading down to the Burbank lot today to play a free show and support the writers.

2 pm today (Wednseday) at 3000 W. Alameda.

Source: www.celebitchy.com

Cindy Adams really does a number on Heather Mills in today’s New York Post. Not that it’s particularly hard to go off on Heather Mills – she practically hands you the insults. It’s much more challenging not to make fun of her. Does that mean I’m going to take the high road? Not at all. The high road isn’t any fun. Plus Heather Mills has the self-awareness of a cow, and really needs to be brought down a peg. Now considering that she’s the most hated woman in the U.K. and still seems to have no idea why that is, I’m pretty sure I won’t be the one that finally gets through to her. But maybe Cindy Adams will.

Heather has decided to write a book, and Cindy Adams received a copy of the rough draft. She didn’t say who sent it, but I can only assume it was someone on Mills’ team who somehow thought it would help. Sadly pretty much everything Heather does thinking it will help only hurts her more. The book is titled, “The Unsinkable Heather Mills.” Doesn’t that already make you want to punch her in the face? I mean you probably already wanted to punch her in the face, but doesn’t that make you want to do it twice?

From the rough draft in my hands, its 17 chapters include headings like “Hitting the Floor,” “The Streets of London,” “In Front of the Cameras,” “The Real Heather Mills,” “Chris Versus Paul,” “Playing Hardball.” Opening chapter “Hitting the Stars” reports she did “Dancing With the Stars” to show how this “scandalous” Brit looked “bloody good” and could “blot out all the hateful sneering faces. . . . She had flown to America to get past the ugly tabloid headlines back home that said ‘Heather the hooker’ and ‘Bisexual Heather sold body to Arabs.’ ”

Next, her boyfriend Peter overdoses on heroin. She herself sleeps on the streets. She worked for a jeweler. She stole from the jeweler. She’s arrested. Then come paragraphs on the sex trade, naked photos, endless lying, pleasuring Arabs, being kept. Then comes her craze for status, socializing with her betters, “wanting that power for herself” and her “hope to find a rich and powerful man of her own.”

Next we get her marriage and “the speed at which Heather ended the marriage” because she found another guy. Then another guy. And another. And so on until The Tragic Accident. The narrative then osmoses into her realizing the key to power and, thus, selling that horrifying story of losing her leg for the highest newspaper bid. It included this woman Doing It in her hospital bed. It was about losing a leg but the sex being as incredible as ever. Resolved to use this newfound power, she said, “And I’ll flirt with anyone.”

[From the New York Post]

Heather’s recounting of her history sounds thoroughly self-indulgent, just like everything else about her. This woman just cannot grasp the fact that people don’t care about her. You could argue that they do, because she’s still getting press, but I think the reason she gets it is that people are fascinated that someone could be so dense. Nothing the woman could say would make anyone feel sorry for her. And that seems to be what she wants – not understanding, or even to be liked, so much as pitied.

Fast-forward. She became noticed. Did TV. Modeled. Made some money. Entertained a chorus line of lovers. In ‘99 came “The Pride of Britain Awards” to those who’d showed bravery. She made a speech.

The book says she admits to being “bossy.” Convinced Paul “needed a strong woman to keep him on his toes,” we are treated to how she instructed Sir Paul The Beatle McCartney in how to sing a song. Heather began to take over. In interviews, she’d do the talking. They’d leave the studios being irritable. At each other’s throats.

[From the New York Post]

The best quote from the whole article is actually from Heather’s book. There’s no context given, but I’m assuming it was said in a self-pitying manner.

Page 209 tells us the U.K.’s David Letterman, talk-show host Jonathan Ross, has actually said, “Heather is a f – - -ing liar. I wouldn’t be surprised if we found out she’s actually got two legs.”

[From the New York Post]

That’s brilliant. From now on we’re calling her Heather “two legs” Mills. That quote is the greatest thing I’ve heard all month.

Source: theblemish.com

A pregnant Christina Aguilera showed up at the launch of Rock the Vote 2008 looking like this. Words escape me. They had the right idea of running away first, asking questions later.

Source: evilbeetgossip.com

Rumer Willis was selected as Miss Golden Globe 2008.

Um … have you actually seen her?

She just keeps getting more heinous.

Maybe they like her because her head looks like a globe. It’s free from that whole “oval” look that normal people have. That must be it.

Source: www.celebitchy.com

Shar Jackson and Kevin Federline have a weird relationship. And I mean weird mostly in a “good/unusual” sense. Kevin left Shar when she was pregnant to shack up with Britney Spears. Yet the two still remained in contact, and never really bashed each other publicly. While no one’s in love with K-Fed, and a lot of people doubt his motivations, he’s certainly the better parent when it comes to him and Britney. Maybe the fact that he and Shar managed to successfully co-parent their kids through all of that drama was indicative of his SLIGHTLY better-than-thought character. It certainly speaks highly of Shar that she was able to handle the situation. A lot of people point out that because K-Fed essentially made no money of his own, it was Britney who was paying his child support, so Shar had good reason to be nice about. I think that’s bull. Jackson did milk it a little bit for publicity, but nowhere near where she could have. Considering that the press will essentially cover ANY Britney story, Shar could have gotten a lot more press and made a lot more money than she did.

Since Spears and Federline have split up (and since Britney’s gone crazy) their sons Sean Preston and Jayden James have been spending the bulk of their time with K-Fed. Because he and Jackson are still close friends and spend a lot of time together, Jackson ends up looking out for Brit’s kids more than Britney likely does.

Embroiled in an ongoing custody battle with ex-wife Britney Spears, Kevin Federline nevertheless is trying to see that all four of his offspring get along, thanks to a helping hand from former girlfriend Shar Jackson. Jackson, 31, has two children – Kori, 5, and Kaleb, 3 – with Federline, 29, and says that she watches Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, who are Federline’s kids with Spears, 25.

“We definitely make sure the kids all bond together,” Jackson told reporters Tuesday night. “I mean, they’re siblings, they need each other.” Jackson also stresses that she and Federline strive to keep their family closely knit, despite whatever differences she and he might have. “We’re not together or anything but we’re definitely still a family unit,” says Jackson. “Honestly,” says Jackson, “we’re like the best of friends. Obviously, the relationship didn’t work out for a reason, and we’re cool with that. But we’re still a part of each other’s lives. And our children get to see two people who aren’t together but still have a great relationship, and I think that’s really important.”

[From People]

Shar also says that K-Fed is a good parent, and always has been. Not just to his high-profile kids with Britney, but to her two kids as well. Though I don’t remember ever seeing them or really hearing about them when he was married to Britney. But if nothing else, Federline doesn’t seem to try to pimp out his kids to the press. Jackson also says they get along well because they don’t talk about Britney or Federline’s custody battle. She said, “That would be a non-stop conversation, and we don’t even go there.” I think K-Fed should get the kids, then he and Shar should get married and live in d-list paradise. It’d be like Britney’s just desserts. She stole a guy from another woman, ended up having two of his kids, divorced him, went crazy, the guy went back to the girl with tons of the crazy woman’s money, and they lived happily ever after. Or star in a bunch of cheesy reality shows, whichever works best.