Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick Caught Nearly Touching in Public!The pair were spotted at a crowded concert — standing right next to each other! Plus, Lindsay Lohan trapped in the Bowery Hotel with Samantha Ronson, Guy Oseary selling another Madonna book, and more, in our daily gossip roundup.
Awkward! ‘Cosmo’ Honorees Realize They Are All One Degree of SexarationLike at any media party, the room at yesterday’s lunch at Cipriani for Cosmo’s “fun, fearless” men awards was full of people who had all slept with the same person. “We know the common thread,” Dane Cook told USA Today. “We realize.” Cook, who used to date Jessica Simpson, was speaking of fellow honorees John Mayer, who also dated Simpson, and Tony Romo, who is currently dating her. Creepy! No wonder lady went to Kuwait this week. “Along the red carpet, I was asked about twenty times what makes a fun and fearless male,” Romo said, awkwardly. “I didn’t really have an answer, but then I got to thinking…Dane Cook…John Mayer… If you dig Jessica Simpson, I guess you get to do this.” Then rapper Common, awesomely, accepted his award by saying, “Thank you for this award. I haven’t hooked up with Jessica Simpson, but I still earned it.”
Jessica Simpson’s Boyfriends Meet in New York [HuffPo]
‘Justice League’ Movie Cast As Cheaply As PossibleRemember back when the Justice League of America movie was first announced, and all the casting gossip focused on big names like Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Laurence Fishburne, Scarlett Johansson, Mel Gibson, and Bruce Willis? Well, those actors were too expensive.
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Catherine Z-J Gets the ‘No Way’ From Rob MarshallCatherine Zeta-Jones won’t star in the movie adaptation of Broadway musical Nine because the director wouldn’t beef up her role. Eight staffers have left CBS’ The Early Show because they can’t stand working with hotheaded senior exec producer Shelley Ross. Paris Hilton thinks the guys in New York are “so much better” than the ones in L.A. Since divorcing his wife, George Soros has been hanging out with young girls in their twenties at his home in Southampton. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad and ex-socialite (and ex-wife of Jets owner Woody Johnson) Sale Johnson may be getting married today. Anna Wintour controlled the seating arrangements at the $50,000-a-table 7th on Sale event at the Lexington Armory. (Speaking of Anna, Tim Burton says that Johnny Depp based the haircut of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on hers.)
