Loving the Celebrity Gossip

Amongst the usual standard celebrity gossip, today we have:

• Jennifer Aniston commenting on how "uncool" (seriously, she could have used another turn of phrase - I would like her to start throwing some expletives in, now that she's dating a muso) Angelina Jolie was for saying her relationship with Brad Pitt started on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith (like everyone didn't already know) and how much she couldn't wait to go to work. Aniston and Pitt were still married at the time of filming and screening - how awkward would the premiere have been! Personally, I agree with Jennifer Aniston (except I'd use expletives). Cheating is so not cool - you cheating on your partner, your new partner cheating on their partner to be with you, or your partner cheating on you. Either way, someone's gonna get hurt. Can't we all just get along, and be grown ups about the fact that we don't want to be with the person we're with? Is it that hard to be single for a while?
• I love that Vogue just led with the "uncool" quote - Vogue has been losing the battle against its competitors of late. Perhaps Ms Wintour decided it was time to let loose with some gossip amidst the super practical $500 Christmas presents.
• In the same interview, Aniston basically admits to being in love with John Mayer: "Love just shows up and you go, 'Oh, wow, this is going to be a hayride and a half.'"
• Speaking of cheaters, Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty split up.
• Madonna is i.n.s.a.n.e. and the biggest control freak ever. Check out her "list" that Guy Ritchie had to agree to stick to so he could see his kids (apparently)

1. the children be able to talk to Madonna by phone three or four times a day at times set by her;
2. the couple's separation not be discussed with the children (fair enough);
3. the children be prevented from looking at newspapers, magazines, TV or DVDs (WTF?! she may be a superstar, but she cannot control current affairs!);
4. they must only eat macrobiotic, vegetarian food with no processed or refined food (yuck yuck yuck);
5. any water they drink, even if used to dilute organic juice (naturally), had to be Kabbalah water;
6. they only wear clothes sent by Madonna, but if something had to be bought, it should not contain man-made fibres;
7. they should not be bought any toys that are "spiritually or ethically unsound" (what does that mean? Is Monopoly ethically unsound? Rampant capitalism??);
8. their hands must be regularly cleaned with disinfectant;
9. they must not to be photographed while with Ritchie or see his friends, particularly female ones;
10. at bedtime, Ritchie must only read The English Roses, a series of children's books written by Madonna about "the five most fab young lasses in London" (I wouldn't be surprised if these boys turned out flaming hot gay - no probably with that, but I wonder how control Queen Madge would feel).

meanwhile... it's a bit of a turnoff that he was so utterly under the thumb of Ms Ciccone. But... we all make mistakes. Bring on the lawyers.

• Aussie film (starring supermodel Gemma Ward) has taken out not only a whopping 11 AFI awards, it recently also won Best Children's Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. I haven't seen it yet, it's on my to-do-real-soon list. And now I have loads more free time since the end of Buffy.

• Kristy Hinze is prepping for her wedding to a much older man, internet and property billionaire Jim Clarke. 35 years her senior. Wowowow!
• George W. Bush calls Bill Clinton up and says: "'Bill, I'm getting ready to meet with the new president and I remember how gracious you were to me. And I hope I can be as gracious to president-elect Obama as you were to me."