SELLING ILLUSION

And Now For Some Eye Candy: Katie Holmes’ Shills For H. Stern

Staff

OH, LA LA! LOOK AT SULTRY KATIE HOLMES’ SUGGESTING THAT YOU TOO, CAN LOOK FABULOUS. Especially if you wear the right jewelry.

Tom Cruise’s better half appears provocatively in print ads running in Israel for the jeweler H. Stern. The ads depict the actress wearing a come-hither stare, a tiny bikini and tasteful jewels. And she’s killing it. Salivate over a few more shots inside.

CHEW ON THIS

The Personalities Of Obesity

By Elizabeth C.

PUT THE JUDGMENT DOWN WHILE YOU’RE EATING WITH YOUR FAT FRIENDS: The Wall Street Journal has an articleabout personality traits and habits that contribute to obesity.

Journal columnist Melinda Beck highlight several studies that found a host of personality traits that contribute to to why people pack on pounds. Poor maternal relations, deadlines, perfectionism, neuroticism, sleep deprivation — even selflessness all contribute to individuals collecting body fat and keeping it, according to the artice.

Dilettante James Franco Sells First Novel To Amazon

By Cory Fosco

AMAZON WILL PUBLISH James Franco’s first novel, Actors Anonymous, a semi-fictionalized story about his life as an actor. The book will be the third by the inveterate student who received his MFA from Columbia University in 2010 and is enrolled in Yale University’s English Ph.D. program.

UNMOORED

Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills: Snakes On A Boat

By Trisha B.

WE WEREN’T FOOLED WHEN BRAVO PRODUCERS tried to make us think Russell did the deed last week by injecting a sudden call from Taylor followed by a double gasp from Lisa and Kyle. Since that drama is still to come there’s not much Taylor this week.

We’re still in the paradise that is Lanai, Hawaii, where the living is easy. Adrienne and Paul, holding hands, walk along a rusty colored, rocky trail that leads to the edge of a large cliff. They kiss while standing on the tip and both think about how romantic the moment is. Then they talk about weeds and snakes.

STARGAZING

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Destiny’s Child: What Blue Ivy’s Horoscope Says About Her

By Elizabeth C.

OYE, SO WE KNOW JAY-Z ISN’T KIDDING WHEN HE ALLUDES TO THE ”THRONE.” Jigga man’s really letting his entitlement fly now that the child of destiny’s child’s arrived.

A new rap song, $1.3 million spent to turn a hospital wing into a private party, celebrity shout-outs on Twitter. And all to celebrate the arrival of Blue Ivy, whose name is also speculated to further glorify hip hop’s reigning couple.

No Longer Meatballs: Jersey Shore‘s Guidettes Go Glamorous

By Karen Malmquist

IS IT JUST ME OR ARE THE JERSEY SHORE GIRLS getting hotter?

With season five debuting last Thursday, the guidettes have been working the publicity machine in interviews, events, and even on Twitter, looking like more polished, glamorous versions of their former selves.

Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Burials & Excavations

By Karen Malmquist

ON SUNDAY’S Real Housewives Of Atlanta, Cynthia finally takes a look at what everyone already knows is her weird marriage to Peter. Phaedra turns the afterlife into a family business, Kandi tests her country chops, and we are thismuch closer to a NeNe- Kim face-off!

GOSSIP TO GO GO

Love Celebrity Style: Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Drew Barrymore & Zooey Deschanel

By Elizabeth C.

AS KATY PERRY AND RUSSELL BRAND STEP OFF THE marriage merry-go-round, celebrity replacements have stepped forward to feed our need for fodder. Justin Timberlake’s grams has confirmed: the singer-turned-actor popped the question to on-and-off love Jessica Biehl over the holidays.

DIFFERENT STROKES

Backlash Against Elin Nordegren For Razing $12 Million House

By Elizabeth C.

FOR THE BILLIONTH TIME, THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND ME. Latest case in point: Elin Nordegren’s razing of a $12 million dollar house in North Palm Beach, Florida.

Tiger’s ex purchased the 9,000 square foot home after pocketing a rumored $100 million from her divorce. And reports are she’s planning to build her “dream” house on the lot. But she might consider building it behind steel walls because the masses are fuming after seeing the massive home she tore down. A short story on Yahoo has generated 37,600 comments in 15 hours, many of them from 99 percenters seething at the obvious wastefulness.

FLAMMABLE MATERIAL

Alert The Authorities: Arsonist Ricky Gervais Is Unleashed

By Elizabeth C.

PUT THE FIREHOUSE ON STANDBY: RICKY GERVAIS WILL BE INCENDIARY as host of the upcoming Golden Globes.

The cutthroat comic tells Matt Lauer that he’s contractually permitted to be no holds barred for this year’s awards ceremony, which airs Sunday, Jan. 15.