All That Glamour And Gossip

By now, I’m sure we’re started to get slightly sick of hearing about Michael Phelps. I’m getting slightly sick of writing about him, but when starlets get involved, I have to step in. Hollywood’s been a-knocking ever since the swim giant won a record 14 career Olympic gold medals.

He nabbed a $1.7 mil book deal, shot a cameo for Entourage yesterday, will host SNL, will present at the VMAs next week, will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show season premiere along with other Olympians, blah blah blah…

But we really want to know about are the ladies in his life (and not his mom and sisters). Obviously, Michael can snag almost any lady now (except for swimmer Amanda Beard who thinks he’s “ew”) so it only makes sense the ladies of Hollywood would chase after him. 

The forerunner? Why, Lindsay Lohan of course. Samantha who?

London’s Daily Mirror tabloid claims that the party girl has been text stalking the athlete, “begging for a date.” Apparently Michael is smart enough to ignore her texts and even finds humor in the whole situation. He should be forewarned that he will run into LiLo next week at the VMAs.

However, Phelps is responding to Carrie Underwood’s texts. According to The National Enquirer - so please take with a grain of salt - the two will go on a non-eating date. Huh? Doesn’t Michael consume like a trillion calories a day?

Anyways, enough with the Aquaman! Where’s Aaron Peirsol?

It’s been a slow gossip week, with seemingly most of Hollywood at the Democratic National Convention, which is turning out to be more star studded than the Cannes Film Festival. 

Bloggers have added another celeb to its baby bump watch - Jessica Biel. I somehow doubt it, but who knows anymore?

Olympic gold medalist and golden boy Michael Phelps to host the season premiere of SNL on Sept. 13th. Only time will tell how well-tuned his comedic chops are.

Unfortunately, Britney Spears will not be performing at the upcoming VMAs, according to her manager.

American Idol has added a fourth, female judge to its panel. Great, expect more theatrics from Paula Abdul in an attempt to get attention. 

Rihanna supposedly hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio this weekend at L.A. hotspot Villa and then visited his house. Uh, I don’t wanna know, I just don’t.

Photo: Just Jared

Much to my excitement, the new cast of Dancing with the Stars was announced this morning on Good Morning America. 

The contestants on the seventh season include: Lance Bass, Kim Kardashian, Toni Braxton, Brooke Burke, Susan Lucci, recent Olympic medalist Misty May-Treanor, and the show’s youngest and oldest competitors ever - Cody Linley, 18, and Cloris Leachman, 82.

Honestly, I can’t really see Kim Kardash dancing the foxtrot or the samba or the ballroom…or really anything except simply shakin’ what her mama gave her.

Check out the season premiere Sept. 22 on ABC. Who’s your money on?

Photo: Eonline

Ahh! I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it! 

Adorable couple Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling have seemingly reunited this week. McGosling broke up last year after dating for three years since their hit film The Notebook. 

They were seen together again last month when Rachel showed up to support Ryan’s DJ debut at a Hollywood club. This week the duo were also spotted having dinner with friends in Toronto earlier this week. The above photo was then snapped yesterday as they shared breakfast and kisses together. Aww!

Photo: People

The stork left out one delivery yesterday!

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale welcomed their second little bundle of blue joy this afternoon. Just when we thought the baby names were crawling back towards normalcy, baby Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale pops out. He joins older brother Kingston, 2. What a cute family!

Can’t you just see the celeb designer starting a baby clothing line called Zuma?

PS - Guess who Kingston was hanging out with at the park yesterday? 

Photo: People

The stork was bu-bu-buusy today!

First off, Ricky Martin’s been living la vida loca (sorry, couldn’t resist). The singer recently became the proud father of twin boys, born via a surrogate. The babies are already under Ricky’s care and he has taken the rest of the year off to care for his new sons.

Angie Harmon and hubby Jason Sehorn are expecting their third child to add to their existing brood of girls.

Let’s also congratulate Sexiest Man Alive Matt Damon, who welcomed another daughter with wife Luciana. Gia Zavala joins older sisters Isabella, 2, and Alexia, 10 (Luciana’s daughter from pre-Matt). Way to be outnumbered!

The missus of Matt’s BFF has confirmed the obvious. ”It always makes me laugh when people say ‘Is she?’ ‘Isn’t she?’ It’s like eventually you will know, so just chill out for a minute,” Jennifer Garner told Access Hollywood.

She also said she and Ben Affleck are “so excited, obviously.”

In the spirit of the Olympics, let’s tie in celebrity with the famed games. I’m talking Hollywood celebrity, not Michael Phelps celebrity. Though I wouldn’t mind talking about the men’s swim team, but I digress…

Nicole Kidman called the Australian men’s sailing team to offer words of luck and encouragement before their race, only to be sent to voicemail by the receiver, team member Malcolm Page. 

“I ended up returning her call. She was very happy,” Page said. “She was very surprised that we do have a tradition of naming our boats after her movies and she’s just really stoked to be part of a team.” 

The Aussie and his partner named their boat The Australian after Nic’s upcoming movie. Previous boats were named Days of Thunder and Dead Calm. Hey, where’s Moulin Rouge? Anyway, the team won gold so seems like the charmed call worked.

David Beckham will make a “surprise” appearance during the closing ceremony festivities this Sunday in Beijing. A special performance will also commemorate the official handover of the Olympics to London for 2012. Leona Lewis is reported to sing a duet with a former Led Zeppelin guitarist. Wonder if there will be a Posh sighting…?

Our favorite dancing talk show host Ellen DeGeneres tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi this past weekend in their Beverly Hills home. 

Only 19 close friends and family gathered to celebrate the nuptials in an intimate setting. No other celebrities were in attendance. Both brides wore white Zac Posen and exchanged Neil Lane rings. 

The couple, together for almost four years, decided to wed after California legalized same sex marriage a few months ago (remember when Ellen got all teary while she announced it on her show?). 

Congrats to the happy couple! 

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Good girl Carrie Underwood revealed to Allure magazine that ex-boyfriend Tony Romo still dials her digits. Um, Carrie? You might not want Jessica Simpson hearing that.

“I don’t know,” she admitted. “The phone will ring and it’ll be him, and I’ll maybe not answer.”

At least the “Before He Cheats” singer knows not to mess with a man that’s taken (by a fellow blonde country star, no less). Carrie also lets on in the September issue about what caused - or did not cause - the breakup with pretty gossip boy Chace Crawford.

“We didn’t have a fight. No one cheated,” she says. “It plain didn’t work.”

PS - Doesn’t Carrie look like a cross between Hilary Duff and Madonna/Jennifer Lopez on the cover?

Well, we won’t say “I told you so.”

Sources reveal that that odd pairing of Johniston is kaput. That’s right, Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer have parted ways after four months of dating. 

“They had a great time together but they are just in different places in their lives right now,” one of the sources told People.com. 

A snitch to Us Weekly is on the same page: ”It is really a cooling-off, not this big, dramatic breakup. These are mature people who talk about things maturely. It’s just slowed down.”

Others speculate that Jen wants to start a family soon while her younger counterpart just isn’t ready (she’s 39 and he’s 30). Obviously he’s too busy lobbying, giving neighborhood tours, and hanging out with Pete Wentz. 

The break-up follows the media storm that tried to pit Jen against Angelina Jolie again. As the new Jolie-Pitt twins were revealed to the world in a $14 million cover for People, rival tabloids splashed cover headlines like “Finally Over Brad: Jen & John’s Backyard Ceremony” (OK! magazine) and “Having John’s Baby: Now It’s My Turn…As Brad and Angie’s twins wow the world, Jen will finally get what she’s always wanted too” (Star magazine). These reports came out a week ago.

Photos: People.com