MTV released their VMA promo ads featuring host Russell Brand and Britney Spears. Somehow, Britney managed to come off saner than Russell. I’m not sure how that’s possible.

The show airs on September 7.

• Brooke Hogan attempts humor, fails miserably. [TB]
• Rolling Stone Magazine is shrinking. [RR]
• Tori Spelling reportedly dropped out of the “90210″ spin-off. [SOW]
• Matthew McConaughey has plans for his son’s placenta. [DH]
• Police arrested Hayden Panettiere’s father for allegedly battering her mother. [CS]
• Hugh Hefner has a new, dark-haired fake girlfriend. [BB]
• Carla Bruni is more than just France’s First Lady. [AIW]
• Tara Reid is a reality show reject. [CNW]
• Lil Wayne’s daughter may have died in a car accident, but no one is totally certain. [CB]
• Oh hey, Lindsay Lohan’s boobs. [DR]
• Tom Cruise made a cameo appearance in “Tropical Thunder,” but he had a few specific requests regarding his character. [DL]
• Lynne Spears put out a new book. [FH]
• Katie Holmes scored a new pair of mom jeans. [WIMB]
• I have no clue what George Bush is attempting here. [HMG]
• I love this song so much. [PB]
• Did you check out “Pineapple Express” this weekend? Did you get high afterwards? [PJ]
• Lily Allen is still bra-less. [BST]
• The top five amazingly embarrassing corporate songs. [HT]
• Random, lifeless Mischa Barton appearance. [IDWYL]
• Breaking news: Polish food is awesome. [RF]

 

According to Page Six, Julia Stiles is a total asshole.

Stiles and her beau of more than two years, artist Jonathan Kramer, have split over “irreconcilable differences.” The breakup may have left the actress in a foul mood; a spy says Stiles got worked up the other day at Café Frida, on Columbus Avenue, when some nearby diners started taking snapshots of themselves. Stiles assumed they were snapping her, and as they left, she waved to them and said, “Bye, guys, glad you got your picture!” A rep for Stiles said, “Julia was trying to get out of the way of the picture. She wasn’t being sarcastic.”

So, wait… Julia Stiles is still alive? Is she still making movies with Freddie Prinze, Jr., or did that shit end in the 1990’s?

 

Tila Tequila continued her very-public relationship with Courtenay Semel. The Myspace whore and the daughter of Yahoo CEO Terry Semel put their new relationship on display at LA club Coco de Ville.

Our spy saw the Sapphic sisters “giving each other lap dances and sneaking in kisses in the corner.” Semel, fresh off her split from Band-Aid heiress Casey Johnson, is flaunting her reality-star fling. A source told us, “Tila is great and totally fun. Court is having a good time with her, but it definitely isn’t anything serious.”

I guess that means we shouldn’t rule out Shot at Love 3?

 

Although she’s spent the last few years denying she has an eating disorder, Rachel Zoe gave Harper’s Bazaar a look at her daily eating routine, and it wasn’t pretty. The celebrity stylist apparently consumes air for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

“It’s not that I don’t eat. I eat,” Zoe tells Harper’s Bazaar. But when asked if she eats lunch, she replies, “Truth? I don’t. I’m not a lady who lunches; it’s a lull in the day.” Zoe also describes her daily diet: “When I’m on downtime like on vacation . . . I take care of myself. But when it’s me working on my own, it’s 7 p.m. and I’ve had coffee and a grapefruit.”

Well, thank God her eating habits haven’t affected her youthful good looks.

 

Rumors circulated last week that Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson inked tiny matching hearts on their left hands. Sam’s mother, Ann Dexter-Jones, decided to do some investigating, and learned the couple’s tattoos are unrelated.

“They are not matching or related. I checked,” Ann Dexter-Jones, told Page Six. The lovebirds were spotted this week both inked with small, black heart tattoos on their hands, in between their thumbs and index fingers. In June, the two were spotted at Mark Mahoney’s Shamrock Tattoos in West Hollywood.

In addition to the mystery black hearts, Lindsay now has a red star tattooed on her right hand, in the same spot as the heart. Sam has matching red stars going down the back of her right arm.

Kids are so complicated nowadays with their bro-tats.

Source

 

If the old adage “death comes in threes” stands correct, Samuel L. Jackson should consider laying low for a while. Over the weekend, two of Sam’s co-stars died: Bernie Mac died on Saturday, and Isaac Hayes passed away on Sunday.

Bernie and Sam star in the comedy as two legendary soul singers who reunited to perform at the Apollo Theater. Isaac played himself.

The film is scheduled for release on November 14; no word yet if losing half the cast will affect the premiere.