Celebrities

September 05, 2008

It's the Disney Channel, but it sounds like something from 'Gossip Girl'

Gomez Twist magazine does its best to keep the Selena Gomez-Miley Cyrus "feud" alive with this item in which Dallas' Gomez, left, star of Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place, hints that a song on her new album is about a boyfriend (Nick Jonas, maybe?) and his inability to get over his ex (Nick's ex Miley Cyrus, maybe)? (Photo: Disney Channel/Craig Sjodin from Star-Telegram archvies)

--Robert Philpot

August 27, 2008

TMI from Matthew McConaughey's mom

Kay McConaughey, Matt's mom, has a new book, I Amaze Myself that tells a whole lot about the McConaughey clan -- so much that I'm just going to let you click the link to the US piece if you want to find out, because it's kinda lurid. Brace yourself.

--Robert Philpot

August 26, 2008

Gold-medal winner has brassy publicist

Liukin E! Online has a not-so-complimentary item about North Texas' Nastia Liukin, the gold-medal-winning Olympics gymnast. Yeah, I've dealt with a couple of publicists like this. (Warning: Strong language in comments)

The photo here is by Star-Telegram staff photographer Tom Pennington, from Liukin's homecoming at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport last week. Looks like things went better then. North Texas is friendlier than Hollywood.

--Robert Philpot

August 21, 2008

Bet she was a hollaback girl this time

Gwen Stefani has given birth to Zuma, her second child with singer Gavin Rossdale, E! Online reports.

--Robert Philpot

Buy Matthew McConaughey's bike

Not just any bike -- McConaughey is auctioning off his custom-made 2007 Knockout Motorcycle Co. Commemorative Texas Longhorn Themed Bobber Motorcycle.

--Robert Philpot

Angie, baby

Harmon --Access Hollywood reports that Dallas' Angie Harmon is pregnant with her third child. Here she is with hubby Jason Sehorn, who had something to do with this. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg from Star-Telegram archives)

Speaking of former Dallas-Fort Worth folk and pregnancies, the Orlando Sentinel reports that former KTVT/Channel 11 morning anchor Shannon Hori, who is now in Miami, is expecting twins.

-- Robert Philpot

August 20, 2008

Ricky Martin is a dad

Suddenly, Livin' La Vida Loca takes on a new meaning: Martin is the father of twins born -- stop if you've heard this -- via a surrogate mother, The Associated Press reports.

--Robert Philpot

August 18, 2008

Cancer who?

Good news for Christina Applegate: Less than a month after her breast-cancer diagnosis, she tells ABC News she's cancer-free. The Samantha Who? star will talk more about it on Tuesday's Good Morning America (7 a.m., WFAA/Channel 8)

--Robert Philpot

The Jonas Brothers lay down some wax

Wax figures, that is. Check the linked pic from E! Online and play the game we like to play sometimes in our Friday Blab! page feature: Wax or Real?

--Robert Philpot

Verdict: You're goin' down!

Ventura Jesse Ventura is in negotiations to host daytime TV's 2,673rd court show, Television Week reports. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt from Star-Telegram archives)

--Robert Philpot

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