The Gossip Cheat Sheet: Break Ups, Engagements, and (Alleged) Sex Tapes

April 9, 2010 5:00 pm     Posted in Buzz  Caitlin Corsetti g+ page

Rest your head in my bosom, Eddie

There has been a lot of relationship news this week, and for once it’s not ALL about Sandra/Jesse and Elin/Tiger. I can’t tell you how relieved I am to read stories about other celebs! (And to let a few days go by without some other mistresses stepping forward. Perhaps it’s over??) Not that I wanted to hear about Tiki Barber cheating on his pregnant (with twins) wife with an NBC intern…. in her dorm room. What is wrong with these men?!


By Caitlin Corsetti

If you’ve been too busy to keep up with the celebrity gossip or just too annoyed with Hollywood dirtballs to care, here is the lowdown on some of the biggest gossip of the week.

1. Rumor has it Ed Westwick and Gossip Girl co-star Jessica Szhor split yesterday. Apparently Jess was getting frisky with one of Ed’s good friends, Marco Minuto. She was flirting it up during her birthday, and they went back to the same hotel all while Ed was filming in Europe. Ed allegedly broke it off when he heard the news and is really upset about the whole thing. HOWEVER, recent reports from the Gossip Girl peeps say “the story has no merit.” Don’t worry Ed, if this is true, all of CC will comfort you, you sexy man!

2. Michael Lohan proposes to Jon Gosselin’s ex-girlfriend, Kate Major, this week and they are really excited about it. So excited, in fact, that they have been pumping this story into the tabloids and Tweeting it every chance they get. The couple also might be trying for a baby and, according to Michael, they “practice at least four times a night.” Ew, no wonder Lindsay wanted to vomit when she heard the news. Seriously though, we don’t need anymore Lohans running around.

3. Earlier this week, rumors were flying that a very explicit sex tape was being shopped around of Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. Since the news of Jesse’s infidelities broke, Sandra hasn’t said one word publicly, but she spoke out against this latest rumor saying, “There is no sex tape. There never has been one and there never will be one.” Jesse’s rep also confirmed that there is no tape. Rumors of divorce are still floating around, but no one has confirmed or denied it. Good news for Sandy: Jesse James’ show “Jesse James Is A Dead Man” has been canceled, and he was voted the “Most Hated Man in America” by Entertainment Weekly. Way to go, America!

4. I guess we can’t talk about the aforementioned news without discussing Tiger Woods. He’s baaaack…. on the course on hawking Nike goods. Tiger was apparently really overwhelmed with the welcoming response he got at the Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia. I guess he forgot about the guy who flew a banner over the golf course saying, “Tiger: Did you mean bootyism?” Har har. His latest Nike golf commercial also aired this week, and many people aren’t really sure what to make of it. (I, however, find it creepy.) But, love him or hate him, the man brings in some stellar ratings. I even watched a bit of golf to see what he’d do next.

5. Bruce Beresford-Redman, a producer on Survivor, is a suspect in the death of his wife Monica. Her body was found in a sewer in Cancun while the couple was vacationing. He reported her missing on Tuesday after she left the resort on Monday and never came back. This is really sad, and hopefully we’ll hear more about this soon.

Stuff that isn’t that important and you shouldn’t care about

1. Zac Efron was pulled over this week and given a ticket for an illegal turn! Finally, a star actually gets in trouble for something they did wrong! I don’t know how many times I’ve seen celebs catching a break because they’re famous. Oh and Zac, get a haircut.

2. The Parents Television Council has their panties in a twist over the fact that Glee is considered a “family-friendly” program. They think it should be revoked of this title because of recreational drug use, sexual themes with high school students, and lying and manipulation in the plot. Really PTC? You better stay away from Glee, you hear me?! Unless you want to be chased out of town by Madonna-singing, pitchfork-wielding, angry Gleeks.

3. Jessica Simpson is featured on the cover of Marie Claire magazine “without makeup.” I call BS on this one. While she doesn’t look perfect, she is clearly wearing a lip tint of some sort, her brows are filled in, and she has a nice flush to her cheeks. She doesn’t wake up looking like that, trust me. Nice try though; you would have fooled me if I wasn’t a beauty guru.

5. True Blood is coming. To commemorate this occasion, here is blood-sucking hottie Andrew Skarsgard.

One Comment on "The Gossip Cheat Sheet: Break Ups, Engagements, and (Alleged) Sex Tapes"

  1. Danilo says:
    Thu, 9th Aug 20127:55 pm 

    I thought the coemarciml was interesting on several levels.For Tiger, it certainly emphasized his commitment to returning to his Buddhist philosophy. The retrospection and the communication with his deceased father. So some will say this confirms his promise to work on his personal issues. If you put any credence to the internet traffic about how Elin viewed the ad, it was not so positive. Some reports indicate that she was already upset at his early return to golf and was not happy with the ad. It may be the event that pushes her toward filing for divorce. So time will only tell whether this was a good move for Tiger personally.For Nike, it has certainly generated a lot of buzz. Some say that imitation is the highest form of compliment. If so, Nike definitely has a lot of compliments. Internet tracking firms are reporting that there are more than a million more views of parodies of the ad than the ad itself. So from a memorable marketing ad it clearly was successful. The second part, however, is Nike’s image better or worse now than before the ad? For me personally, it is worse for two reasons. First, if it is true that Elin was not happy about this ad, and thought it was in poor taste, then to me that shows that Nike was only concerned about rebuilding Tiger’s and Nike’s image and not helping him truly restore his relationship with his family. Second, the ad came across very new age to me and so left a bad taste in my mouth for Nike as pushing an agenda that I don’t believe in.I recognize I may be in the minority so again, time will only tell if this was a good marketing move for Nike.

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