KIM Kardashian says people are surprised by how skinny she is in real life.
The Dancing With the Stars competitor -- who is currently dating American football player Reggie Bush -- insists her famously large behind makes fans think she is curvy all over.
She said, "I look a lot bigger on TV. When I meet people, the first thing they say is, 'Wow, you're so much smaller than I thought'. I look about 15 lbs heavier. I'm only 115 lbs, and everyone thinks I'm like 130 or 140. It's bizarre. I'm a US size 2!"
Kim, 27, also said she hopes appearing on DWTS will help her tone up.
She added, "I'm going to probably have kids soon, so I want to have the perfect body before then.
"I've lost a few pounds - nothing too crazy yet, but I heard you really start to lose weight when the show starts."
However, the former Keeping Up with the Kardashians star admits she is not expecting to lose a drastic amount of weight, because she could never entirely curb her junk food cravings.
She said, "I know that I'm not a stick-skinny girl, and I don't want to be or try to be. And I love to eat. Cooking is a big part of my life. "When you're putting that much time into perfecting something, you don't want to just eat a cheeseburger. I've been eating better."
Dating for over a year and engaged for four months, actress Scarlett Johansson, 23, and Ryan Reynolds, 31, tied the knot on Saturday night in a very quiet ceremony outside Vancouver, Canada, People magazine reported.
While details about the wedding are scarce, sources close to the couple confirmed the news for People, as did Reynolds' publicist. An insider was quoted by Usmagazine.com as saying the event took place at a remote wilderness resort near Vancouver. Guests included Scarlett's mother, Melanie Sloan, and her brother, Adrian Johansson.
The pair started dating in February 2007, just two months after Reynolds ended his five year relationship, and two year engagement, with Alanis Morrisette. Scarlett previously dated Josh Hartnett for two years after meeting him on the set of "The Black Dahlia."
They confirmed their engagement in May, when Johansson showed off the $30,000 rock given to her by her beau on the red carpet at the Met Costume Ball Gala. However, when asked about possible wedding plans, Scarlett said she "hadn’t even thought about it yet," but that "I’m a private person, so I’m sure it will be as private as possible." Speaking about falling in love, the actress told Cosmopolitan that, "You don't always meet the right person at the right time."
Those recent rumors about Scarlett and Ryan having trouble and not heading down the aisle now seem fueled by the lack of information more than anything else.
Reynolds has three films coming out next year according to IMDB, "The Proposal," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," and "Adventureland." He’s also working on another film in pre-production, "Paperland," while Johansson has "He’s Just Not That Into You," due for release in February of next year, and is due to work on one more film. She also expressed her desires to direct in the future.
Eva Longoria Parker is used to red carpets — but not being the star of the event. That all changed Tuesday night at the Hollywood premiere of her comedy Over Her Dead Body (in theaters Friday). She started the evening relatively calm, but as her car approached the craziness outside the Cinerama Dome, some nerves kicked in. USA TODAY was along for the ride.
At the actress's Hollywood Hills mansion, Kenny Paves, hairstylist to such stars as Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Simpson, arrives to put the finishing touches on the style he created earlier in the day at his salon. Longoria Parker explains that her father, Enrique, an Army engineer, didn't like the short, curly hairstyle she wore to Sunday's Screen Actor's Guild Awards, so now it's straight and sleek.
A dusty-rose J. Mendel dress arrives. "This was inspired by old Hollywood — flowy, light and romantic," she says. The shoes: gem-accented metallic Christian Louboutins. "I'm trying to channel old movie stars whose movies did well." FIND MORE STORIES IN: Texas | Seattle | New Orleans | God | Army | San Antonio Spurs | Desperate Housewives | Valentine | Jennifer Lopez | Jessica Simpson | Good | Henry | Hollywood Hills | Felicity Huffman | Sentinel | Ella | Michael Bolton | Mario Lopez | Parkers | Brenda Strong | Eva Longoria Parker | J. Mendel | Cinerama Dome | Enrique | Screen Actor | Christian Louboutins | Over Her Dead Body 6:40. Enrique and wife Ella, a special-education teacher, are in town from Texas and are awed as their daughter descends the staircase, all done up for her big night. "It's very exciting," says Enrique. "And we're very proud of her," adds her mother, wearing a new outfit of her own. Hubby Tony Parker is "as we speak, playing in Seattle," Longoria Parker says. "He has seen the movie so many times already and sent me a beautiful text message today saying, 'Good luck. Have fun.' And that I'm 'a star.' " (The couple will be reunited Friday in Texas, where wives of the San Antonio Spurs will all go see the film. For Valentine's Day, the Parkers will either be in New Orleans, if he lands a place on the All-Star team, or overseas for a romantic trip. "We don't give each other gifts for Valentine's," she explains. "We do gestures — like dinner, a card or massage.")
Longoria Parker climbs into her spacious SUV with black-tinted windows as the chauffeur closes the door behind her. She explains that her first big studio movie, 2006's The Sentinel, had no premiere, so "this is my first real premiere. I never saw one of my movies with an audience. This is the first time I'm going to hear people react to the scenes and laugh — and I'm so nervous. I hope people find it funny."
The SUV pulls up to a mass of waiting photographers, reporters and fans. "Oh, my God," she says. "Look at all of them." Waiting on the red carpet are Desperate Housewives co-stars Felicity Huffman, with husband William H. Macy; Nicollette Sheridan, with fiancé Michael Bolton; and Brenda Strong. Also there is friend Mario Lopez, who says he is "very, very excited for her." Where are the other Desperate Housewives? Longoria Parker explains: "Marcia (Cross) couldn't come because she has been away from her babies three nights in a row and wanted to put them down to sleep tonight, which I totally understand. I can't wait to have that problem." And Teri Hatcher? "I don't know where she is." 8 p.m. The movie begins. Longoria Parker plays a bridezilla who is killed on her wedding day in the opening scene when an ice sculpture falls on her head. "Yes, I get crushed by an angel," she says with a laugh. "I go to heaven, and there begins the plot." Her character's ghost haunts the new love interest (Lake Bell) of her fiancé, Henry (Paul Rudd). Longoria Parker has joked that if she were to die, she would haunt her husband. And she's not joking. "Seriously, I will never let him go," she stresses. "I tell him, 'I'd just lay next to you and stare at you — not much different than I do now.'" And if he were to predecease her? "I would want him to haunt me as well. I truly believe in soul mates and true love that extends beyond this life."
A fiercely independent actress who refuses to be pressed into a conventional mode or typecast, Eva Mendes was studying marketing in the late '90s when an agent stumbled across her photo while perusing Mendes's neighbor's portfolio. Soon appearing in an Aerosmith video and making her film debut in Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, Mendes worked her way through the gamut of aspiring actors to appear in such high-profile films as Urban Legends: Final Cut and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Dropping out of school soon after being randomly discovered by an agent, Mendes appeared in a few made-for-television productions and hammed it up with Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan in A Night at the Roxbury before being cast in a prominent role in Urban Legends: Final Cut. Working against typecasting despite her teen horror resumé, Mendes next took roles in Exit Wounds, Training Day, and All About the Benjamins. Mendes next began work on a children's book titled Crazy Leggs Beshee in which she wanted to introduce art, history, vocabulary, and values to children in a fun and easily comprehendable medium.
In 2003, Mendes' career took off, with the actress taking on large roles in an ecclectic quartet of high-profile films. In 2 Fast 2 Furious she played a customs agent working with Paul Walker to bring down a Miami drug cartel. Out of Time found her reteaming with Training Day costar Denzel Washington. Flexing her comedic chops, Mendes was the love interest of half a pair of conjoined twins in the Farrelly brothers' Stuck on You. And in Once Upon a Time in Mexico she played another government agent, this time opposite Johnny Depp.
The year 2004 saw no signs of Mendes slowing down, with the Cuban-American beauty starring as the ex-girlfriend of Luke Wilson in The Wendell Baker Story, a film Wilson co-wrote with brother Owen Wilson and co-directed with sibling Andrew Wilson. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Eva Longoria grabbed some food — you know, because she's not pregnant, just fat — with her onscreen husband Ricardo Chavira between takes on the set of Desperate Housewives earlier this week. Ever since the season finale flash forward, we've been eagerly anticipating tonight's premiere, and now it's just a few hours away!
From Susan's new man to Gaby's new hair and wardrobe, we're sure the ladies of Wisteria Lane will give us plenty to talk about tomorrow morning.
Paul Newman and Robert Redford meet their fate under a hail of bullets in the climatic last scene of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
One of my all time favorite films is Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid ~ the ultimate male bonding film. Paul Newman and Robert Redford were magnificent together because they shared and played off each others same sly and irreverant sense of humor.
Paul Newman died of cancer yesterday at 83 years old but I will always remember him as Butch Cassidy turning to his buddy Robert Redford ( The Sundance Kid ) as they watched a relentless posse closing in on them as they perched in hiding high up on a cliff ~ overlooking a surging river below them. " Who are those guys " Butch exclaims as they get ready to jump into the river far below them.
Iranians are not known for their love of American pop culture or movie stars, but this weekend they're mourning Paul Newman.
A major state newspaper took the unusual step of printing a front-page story about Newman's death. Government dailies traditionally trumpet the Islamic Republic's staunch anti-American stance and ignore Western culture.
More liberal independent newspapers also ran front-page articles on the iconic American actor.
The headline in one read, "The end of the last classic star." Another paper mourned, "The end of the blue-eyed kid."
Paul Newman, a humble and talented person. He will forever be in our hearts.
News of Paul Newman's death Friday left fans and admirers with a feeling of abrupt loss this weekend, wondering how a figure of grace who always had been close at hand -- whether onscreen in one of his 50-plus film roles or, in a late-career twist, smiling down from bottles of salad dressing on supermarket shelves -- was suddenly gone.
Barbara Walters shares a moment with actor Paul Newman before buckling into his race car.
ABC's Barbara Walters had one of the last extended conversations with the blue-eyed titan, catching up with Newman last fall at Limerock Racetrack in Lakeville, Conn., where the film star went on weekends to indulge his passion for auto racing.
"There's something exhilarating about it," Newman, 82 at the time, told Walters. "I don't plan to be winning a lot of races, but it's fun to just get in the car, and it's very relaxing actually."
In the interview, Newman told Walters that he would no longer work as an actor -- despite having been nominated for an Academy Award for his role alongside Tom Hanks in "Road to Perdition" just five years earlier.
"I simply cannot remember lines, and maybe it's become psychological, or whatever," Newman said. "Doesn't make any difference. Because once your confidence goes, you're working at maybe 50 percent of your potential."
The two went on to talk about Newman's philosophy of life, his long marriage to actress Joanne Woodward, his opinion on his own looks and what his epitaph would be. A transcript of the interview, beginning with Newman's take on his early years in the business,
Newman: I certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies.
Walters: What did you expect? What were you going to do?
Newman: I thought I would probably become a teacher.
Walters: Then you were discovered and the rest is history.
Newman: I don't know that it's history. It's there.
Walters: Do you miss acting?
Newman: Yes.
Walters: You do?
Newman: Very much.
Walters: You're a very modest person. There's always been about you a kind of laid back, easy-going, don't-take-credit-for-it person. Do you know what I'm talking about?
A B-Roll shot of Eva Longoria and Tony Parker as they walk the red carpet for the EA Sport NBA Live 09 Game Launch which Tony hosted. Boohoo on Jamie Foxx, he didn't want to walk the carpet or do press.
Britney Spears is suddenly hot again — though we have no idea why. We can only attribute it to a.) less frequent mentions of Kevin Federline and b.) less frequent live signing. Nevertheless, Ms. Spears has done a commendable job in using her fame to help others and her resurrection in the spotlight can only mean good things for charity fundraising.
The 26-year-old recently stripped down to her knickers for artist Daniel Maltzman. The painting — which looks to pay homage to the pre-meltdown days — will be sold to raise money for charity in an eBay auction. All of the cash will go towards The Promises Foundation, an organization which helps low-income moms and their children.
Bidding for the autographed 4ft by 5ft unframed work of art is currently at just over $13,000 — with a final price above $15K expected by the closing hammer at 3pm EST. We would recommend consulting your significant other before throwing down a bid.
Rumors are flying fast and furiously today that Britney Spears is seriously considering remarrying her ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Now, granted, she’s made a lot of progress these past few months: she’s lost a lot of weight, she’s stopped appearing drunk and without panties in public, and she even showed up at the 2008 VMAs looking pretty good, especially considering her performance at the 2007 VMA’s. However, even with all that progress, I don’t know if it’s such a good idea to get back with a guy who didn’t really seem to be helpful in keeping her on the straight and narrow.
Regardless, Kevin and Britney are going together to couples counseling, and as part of their therapy, they are going on formal dates together. Which for them, would maybe be a trip to the KwikEMart. And in order to facilitate all this new togetherness, she’s selling her home for $7.9 million in order to get a place closer to Kevin so they can share better custody of the kiddos. The property is described as an “exquisite gated Italian Renaissance-inspired villa with three garages and a grand entrancefoyer” (source), so if you have some extra change, well, you know what to do.
Anyway, I’ll keep track of this story and see what happens. What do you think of Kevin and Britney getting back together?
Things get steamy in Britney Spears' new music video for "Womanizer."
The singer shot it yesterday at Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant and Elevate Lounge in Los Angeles.
One witness tells Usmagazine.com it features plenty of "erotic" choreography. (According to a leaked copy of the single, lyrics include: "Boy don’t try to front / I know just what gets you off.")
In one scene, Spears (who wears tight, black leather pants and fake tattoos on her arms in the video) lies on a kitchen counter and later straddles and makes out with a man dressed in business suit.
The scene continues with Spears sucking on cherries or dangling them around her mouth, all while straddling and crawling all over the man, the witness says.
All the hot and heavy action didn't seem to faze Spears.
"She seems to be all business," the witness told Us. "She'd just do one thing after another and then on to the next."
Spears worked up a sweat — her black bob wig was rubbing off on her forehead, says the witness — and an appetite.
She recently transformed herself into a political blogger on her MySpace page, and now Lindsay Lohan has announced that she has suspended her relationship with Samantha Ronson so she can focus on the bailout plan for Wall Street. She wrote it about it in her blog this morning:
"At this time of tragedy in our nation, I could no longer continue to prance around with Samantha for the paparazzi. I have to focus exclusively on Wall Street's financial troubles. I also call on Ellen DeGeneres to suspend her relationship with Portia de Rossi so the nation can shift their attention to the financial bailout package."
Miley Cyrus has also made an announcement regarding the crisis on Wall Street. She says she will suspend her plans to shoot racy photos of herself that were supposed to be posted on the internet.
Just as Lindsay Lohan appears back on track - happy and healthy in a relationship with Samanta Ronson - a celebrity gossip tabloid is intent on bring the actress down.
According to Star, the formerly promiscuous skank is heading toward another drug and alcohol-driven breakdown.
"Lindsay's been drinking, doing cocaine and causing all-around mayhem for the past few months," an source told the magazine. "She quit going to Alcoholics Anonymous and has absolutely never taken recovery seriously. She's gotten progressively worse, and everyone in her life is really scared."
Lohan didn't take this affront lying down.
On her personal MySpace page, Lindsay called the allegations "ridiculous," adding: "According to [Star], I am one busy girl."
"American Idol" singer Clay Aiken tiptoed out of the closet this week into a world where American gay and lesbian celebrities are thriving, but still awaiting the company of an A-list star.
Aiken, 29, confirmed what most people in the music business have long believed when he told People magazine he was gay in an interview released on Wednesday.
The 2003 "Idol" runner-up joined popular television host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon, actor Neil Patrick Harris and others who have acknowledged their sexual orientation in recent years.
Hollywood has come a long way from the days when stars like Rock Hudson had to keep their sexuality a secret. But coming out can still be risky for a star even if it is no longer a career ender, Hollywood watchers said.
Actress Lindsay Lohan and British DJ Samantha Ronson have set tongues wagging for months about their friendship, but so far Lohan has dodged opportunities to clarify it. Lohan did acknowledge in a radio interview this week that the two had been "going out" for "a very long time," but did not provide details.
"Almost everyone who has come out has been happier because of it and in almost every case, it has helped their careers, " said Hollywood public relations expert Howard Bragman.
"However the fear is still there -- the fear of fans, and of studios. Coming out is easier in the music world and it is generally easier for women than men," said Bragman, founder of the Fifteen Minutes PR agency.
You can surely bet that Betty's back as the third season of Ugly Betty airs tonight on ABC. After two successful seasons, the cast of the series returns with the episode “The Manhattan Project.” This time, we'll be finding out just who Betty chooses: Henry, Gio or something else? Decisions will have to be made, and changes will affect almost everyone.
The answer to the question of what Betty (America Ferrera) will finally do with her life finally surfaces when she decides to head somewhere to think things over. During the last season's finale, Henry (Christopher Gorham) proposed to Betty while Gio (Freddy Rodriguez) asked her to go on a romantic trip to Rome with him. Betty's perplexity only leads her to go on a vacation of her own.
Meanwhile, Alexis (Rebecca Romjin) and Wilhelmina (Vanessa Williams) decide that the best way to promote the new issue of MODE is to go on TV. They appear on Live with Regis and Kelly, taking steps to ensure that the magazine is still on top. However, things aren't going as smoothly as they hope as Daniel (Eric Mabius) is forced to make changes of his own, all thanks to the manipulations of Wilhelmina.
A return that may or may not surprise fans is that of Lindsay Lohan's, who will be playing Kimmie once again this season. She works with Ignacio (Tony Plana) in his new job at a fast-food restaurant.
It seems as though the new season of Ugly Betty is off to a good start, with the show now being shot entirely in New York City. Fans have yet to see how the location change will affect the third season, which brings back the same exciting storyline and classic comic characters. But then, there's a new man in Betty's life as well. Actor and musician Val Emmich appears on the series as Jesse, a new recurring regular on Ugly Betty.
Below is a preview of “The Manhattan Project,” which airs tonight at 8pm on ABC. Ugly Betty's next episode, “Filing for the Enemy,” will be premiering next week at the same time.
Child actress Lindsay Lohan was already an experienced performer when she made her feature debut in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. Born in New York City, Lohan began modeling at age three. After appearing in numerous TV commercials, Lohan moved to series TV with a role on the soap operaAnother World from 1996 to 1997. Cast as The Parent Trap's scheming twin sisters after a six month search for just the right girl, Lohan succeeded in filling Hayley Mills' shoes, winning over audiences with her pert charm as both the Californian Hallie and the British-raised Annie. She subsequently starred in the Disney TV film Life-Size (2000). Subsequently cast in actress Bette Midler's short-lived sitcom Bette, Lohan took a turn as a teenage gossip columnist (Get a Clue[2002]) before turning up in yet another remake of a Disney classic, Freaky Friday (2003). Stepping into the shoes formerly filled by Jodie Foster, Lohan and co-star Jamie Lee Curtis brought a winning, new chemistry to the film that made it a sleeper summer hit.
Lohan kicked off 2004 with her first big starring vehicle, the comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Met with mixed reviews and modest box-office receipts, the film didn't cross over from the teen audience the way Friday did. Only a mere two months later, Lohan proved she could carry a film. The Tina Fey-penned Mean Girls debuted at number one, recouping its budget and then some in its first week of release. The spotlight on the then-16-year-old Lohan changed almost overnight, as she quickly became a tabloid fixture: speculation on her body, her nightclubbing, her string of high-profile boyfriends, her incarcerated father, and her feuds with a variety of other young female celebrities became inescapable. Perhaps predictably, 2004 also saw Lohan branch out into the world of pop music with the album Speak; the supposedly confessional -- and similarly undistinguished -- A Little More Personal followed in 2005. All of the hullabaloo seemed to have little effect on her work, as she starred in Herbie: Fully Loaded for Disney -- suffering a bout of "exhaustion" on set -- before graduating to more adult fare with Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion. Playing a morose poetess, the young actress ably held her own against Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin when the film opened in 2006; around that time, her first shot at a "grown-up" romantic comedy, Just My Luck, opened to little notice from the public or critics. Undaunted, Lohan set to work on another grande-dame comedy, Georgia Rule, in which she played a wayward, risk-taking teenage girl who is hauled off to live with her stern grandmother (Jane Fonda) for the summer. Perhaps fittingly, Lohan's own tardy behavior on the Georgia Rule set prompted a very public memo from the film's backers, who claimed her late-night partying was endangering the shoot; a short stay in rehab followed in early 2007. For all the publicity generated by Lohan's wild-child routine, Georgia Rule tanked when it opened in May of that year, although many critics preferred Lohan's performance over those of her histrionic co-stars Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman. The actress' R-rated summer blitz continued with the thriller I Know Who Killed Me, just as her work in the widely panned Mark David Chapman biopic Chapter 27 made the festival rounds. This trifecta of flops was complemented by an increasingly erratic public image, as she found herself involved in two DUI arrests within two months' time that same summer. Both prompted stays in rehab, as well as mammoth media attention. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide.
News recap of Clay Aiken Coming out, Lindsay Lohan Coming out, speculation on who's next. Top Gun 2 starring Tom Cruise, David Hasselhoff, Val Kilmer, and more. David Lee Roth is crazy!
Nicole Ritchie could not hold back her tears after learning that her former fiancé celebrity spinner DJ AM, and ex Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, were injured in an appalling plane crash.
The two were hurt in a crash that killed four people. "My prayers are with them — they are two people I just have so much respect for," Fox News quoted Ritchie, as saying.
"I just think it''s amazing they survived; I hope everything goes OK," Nicole added.
While DJ AM’s family and close pals are devastated with the news, the music industry is also shaken by the plane crash news.
Plane crash survivors, Travis Barker and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) (the house band for the Video Music Awards’s earlier this month) are expected to make a full recovery, with the help and support of a close network of friends and family. The tragic LearJet 60 plane crash, which National Transportation Safety Board investigators believe was caused by a blown tire on the jet, killed four and left Blink-182 drummer and DJ AM in critical condition. Executive Director at the Joseph Center in Augusta, Ga., Dr. Mullins says that both men are recovering from extensive burns and are facing weeks of hospitalization to treat their injuries.
Mullins states that victims of severe trauma can have a difficult time coping with the after-math. However the encouragement and support the two men are getting from close friends, fans and family will certainly speed up the recovery.
MTV’s news site was quickly flooded with comments from well-wishers who were anxious for updates about the musicians’ conditions. Fans offered comforting words to the victims. One fan says; “I live right outside of Augusta, Georgia, and while I am very upset this had to happen, it couldn’t have happened in a better place. Our burn center is voted the best burn unit in the Southeast, so they are in the best hands.”
On Monday, Barker’s ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, issued a statement thanking everyone for the “outpouring of love and support we have received during this very difficult time.”
Singer Mandy Moore hopped a flight and visited ex-boyfriend Adam Goldstein at the Burn Center the day of the accident, Moore’s manager confirmed to PEOPLE. Barker’s ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, also rushed to the hospital as soon as she heard the news and stayed by his side.
And Lindsay Lohan’s girlfriend, DJ Samantha Ronson sent out a condolence message on her MySpace page to the families of the victims of the crash and good friend DJ AM and Travis Barker.
It looks like Lindsay Lohan might be about to become the lastest celebrity to lose everything.
The actress has allegedly been caught snorting cocaine, drinking heavily and with suspect cuts on her arms.
A source told Star magazine: "Lindsay has a very addictive personality, and her drugs of choice are cocaine and prescription pills.
"She has different dealers in LA and New York. Half the problem is that nobody says no to Lindsay."
It is not known what her girlfriend Samantha Ronson thinks about the situation. It is thought she is trying to support the actress and rumour has it she puts Lindsay to bed when she gets too drunk to walk.
The source believes that Lindsay might have harmed herself shortly before the MTV VMA Awards because she saw Samantha talking to another girl.
They explained: "Lindsay threw a tantrum and wanted to fight a girl who was talking to Sam.
"Lindsay has locked herself in the bathroom and cut herself in the past. Sam is aware of this and has hidden razors from Lindsay."
Should we believe the rumours? Only time will tell...
One of the first responders to a fiery South Carolina plane crash said Wednesday that a pair of musicians escaped the flaming wreckage by sliding down the wing.
"They said the plane went down. They didn't say how or if they knew," said Lt. Jason Shumpert of the South Congaree Police Department. "Once it went down, they were able to slide down the wing of the plane, and they jumped on each other to put fires on each other out and rolled around on the ground."
Shumpert said he didn't know until later that the two badly burned men were former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein. One of their doctors at a Georgia burn hospital said he expects them to fully recover from their second- and third-degree burns.
A video of the Friday night crash scene shot from Shumpert's police car shows an inferno next to the road, with screams ringing out above the din of sirens of ambulances and fire trucks. Shumpert said the screaming voice belonged to Barker, who was trembling and seemed to be in intense pain as he sat on the sidewalk, waiting for medical help to arrive.
"Travis, you could tell he was in pain," Shumpert said. "He just kept saying: 'That's my friends in the plane, that's my friends in the plane.'"
Pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Calif., died of smoke inhalation and burns within minutes of the crash. A South Carolina coroner has said Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif., and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles, close friends of the musicians, died on impact.
Barker, 32, was one of the more colorful members of the multiplatinum-selling punk rock band Blink-182. DJ AM is a popular DJ who was also a tabloid favorite for some celebrity romances.
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board have not said what caused the crash. A cockpit voice recorder revealed that crew members thought a tire blew and tried to abort the takeoff. The Learjet shot off the end of the runway, ripped through a fence and crossed a highway before coming to rest, engulfed in flames.
NTSB officials, who have recovered pieces of tire from the runway, planned to return to Washington on Thursday. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which made the tires, has said it is cooperating with the investigation.
A spokesman for a clothing company Barker owns said Tuesday the drummer had been through several surgeries and was trying to keep an upbeat attitude. Regardless of what caused the crash, Shumpert said both men are lucky to be alive.
"It was divine intervention that they got out," he said. "They should be commended for being able to get out and keep their heads together."
Britney Spears' madhouse is on the market. The six-bedroom Studio City home from which she was twice taken to be hospitalized is for sale for $7.9 million, People reports. It's an "exquisite gated Italian Renaissance-inspired villa," with six and half bathrooms, a pool and three garages.
Check out the Real Estalker for pictures. According to the blog, it's offered with select furnishings, accessories and artwork.
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed what the world has long surmised.
She's been dating Samantha Ronson "a very long time."
Monday, Lindsay told Loveline, the syndicated radio program, that she’s officially dating the 31-year-old DJ.
Which is news only because although the gal pals have appeared in public kissing and hugging for some time, they’ve been coy about publicly commenting about the nature of their friendship
"You guys, you and Samantha, have been going out for how long now?" DJ Ted Stryker asked. "Like, two years, one year, five months, two months?"
"For a very long time," Lohan said after laughing.
Ronson was initially chatting with Stryker at the TV Guide Emmy after-bash Sunday night. She'd been talking about her friends DJ AM and Travis Barker, who are recovering from severe burns following a plane crash in South Carolina, before she put Lohan on the phone.
Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane-Zelnik, told AP Monday that Lohan is not engaged to be married.
But with these two, you just never know. Months or years from now, we could find out that they've been engaged or married "for a very long time."
Charlize Theron has confessed that she had a drink backstage before appearing on NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno".
n fact, Leno, even arranged for a fresh margarita on stage for the stunning star when she sat down.
In a bid to promote her new film, " The Battle in Seattle ", the actress looked stunning on the show.
Leno and Charlize have had some good-natured fun experiences in the past. "You should be loose when you come out here," the New York Daily News quoted Leno, as saying.
On this, Charlize giggled and said that she and Leno had a tradition. "We're very original - we just get drunk," she said and offered him a sip of her margarita. I had some Ecstasy a minute ago. What do you like to do when you get a little loopie," he said.
"Apparently, I like to come on your show," said Charlize.
Later, Leno coaxed her into performing karaoke and then after a break, the duo finally got on to talking about the ‘ The Battle in Seattle’ , which she made with her long-time boyfriend Stuart Townsend.
"I'm here to tell you that the casting couch is alive and well," she joked of the struggle to get in the film.
Statement to the New York Post's Page Six, Lindsay Lohan excoriates her father.
"My father obviously needs to be on medication to control his moods. He is out of line...It's dangerous and scary as it reminds me of how he treated my mother and I my whole childhood. He needs to be stopped. This is yet another reason why we aren't speaking.
"I am in a great place in life. I have overcome a lot and have been able to learn how to enjoy and appreciate my life in every way possible...
"Samantha is not evil, I care for her very much and she's a wonderful girl. She loves me, as I do her."
The former teenage drama queen seemed to announce earlier this week that she and perpetual sidekick Samantha Ronson are dating and have been for "a very long time"—comments that produced a collective shrug from the tabloid-reading masses, who've suspected as much, and a big thumbs-down from her daddy dearest, Michael.
In an impromptu call to Dr. Drew's syndicated radio chat show, Loveline, on Monday, the 22-year-old actress was interrogated by cohost Ted Stryker.
"You guys, you and Samantha, have been going out for how long now?" asked Stryker. "Like two years, one year, five months, two months?"
"For a very long time," Lohan replied with a laugh.
The supposed confirmation occurred after Ronson talked to the Loveline crew during a brief break from spinning at TV Guide's Emmy afterparty. Ronson was offering her sympathies to pals DJ AM and Travis Barker, who were severely injured in a horrific plane crash on Saturday in South Carolina.
Ronson then handed the phone to Lohan.
Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, says that despite reports to the contrary, the Mean Girls star and the DJ are not engaged and had no plans to tie the knot.
But Michael Lohan didn't seem ready to accept any kind of relationship. Phoning the Yo on E! radio show, the elder Lohan offered his own spin. He said he didn't believe Lindsay actually fessed up to being romantically involved with Ronson during the call.
"They kind of asked her if she was dating [Samantha], and Lindsay eluded that question. Then [Stryker] led into another one and kind of tricked her into saying 'a long time,' " Michael said.
"Lindsay didn't call in, Samantha called in. She put her up to it, as far as I'm concerned," he added.
Ouch.
Admitting his open hostility toward Ronson, Michael said he wished for five minutes alone with the DJ to give her a piece of his mind.
"Samantha, if you really love her, love her like a friend and let her get back on her feet, and let her pursue the things in life that are really heartfelt," he mused. "And don't keep her from her family."
Michael Lohan said he feels Ronson has a dangerous hold on his daughter and tries to keep him at bay because he can "see right through her."
"You don't hear about the phone calls I get at four o'clock in the morning where [Lindsay is] crying to me on the phone, and Samantha in the background saying 'Get off the phone with your father,' " he said.
