Paris Hates Reading, Cameron Caught Cheating?

Us Weekly reports that pop star JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE is set to make a cool $1 million dollars for one night's work. British billionaire PHILIP GREEN "“ owner of the UK's largest privately owned retailer -- is flying the former "˜NSYNC singer to the South of France to perform at his son's bar mitzvah. According to US magazine, the 24-year-old pop superstar will probably be lip-synching and dancing at the million-dollar gig, because he recently had surgery to remove nodules in his throat.

"We don't think he'll be singing live due to his throat problem; he may mime," a source explained.

THE "˜DESPERATE WIVES' NEW BOY TOYS
May 14, 2005

Sexy EVA LONGORIA reportedly has found new love in young male model SEAN FARIS. The "Desperate Housewives" star was spotted kissing 23-year-old Faris at a recent awards show.

The 30-year-old vixen has been romantically linked to pop star J.C. CHASEZ, basketball ace TONY PARKER, and actor MARIO LOPEZ, among others, since her divorce from "General Hospital" actor TYLER CHRISTOPHER became final earlier this year.

A spokeswoman for Faris says, "They are close." Longoria was recently voted number 1 in Maxim's annual 100 sexiest women awards.

Meanwhile, fellow "Desperate Housewives" star TERI HATCHER also has a new man in her life. Hatcher has been romantically linked former basketball star JOHN "˜The Spider' SALLEY.

The brunette actress reportedly was spotted outside an LA nightclub canoodling with the ex-Detroit Piston, who is one of the hosts of "˜Best Damn Sports Show Period'.

PARIS HATES READING May 13, 2005

According to blonde bombshell PAMELA ANDERSON, hotel heiress PARIS HILTON threw a tantrum in a restaurant because nobody would read the menu to her.

British website FemaleFirst reports that the spoiled socialite was dining out with Anderson when she suddenly flew into a furious rage as no one was reading the contents to her.

Anderson recalled, "Last time I met her we were in a restaurant together - she slammed the menu down and screamed, 'I hate reading! Someone tell me what's on the menu!' I mean, I'm blonde but c'mon."

Reading is fundamental, kids!

BRITNEY SPEAKS CANDIDLY
May 13, 2005

Pop princess BRITNEY SPEARS tells The Glasgow Daily Record that nothing was more painful than her split from former boyfriend JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE -- who she believed was her Mr. Right.

"The most painful thing I have ever experienced was that break-up," she openly admitted. "We were together so long and I had this vision. You think you're going to spend the rest of your life together."

As for her the current man in her life, husband KEVIN FEDERLINE, the singer claimed being married hasn't all been smooth sailing, but boasted, "He's the sexiest man alive. No one knows the half of what he can do. He's brilliant. It's the best thing, just having somebody that always has your back no matter what. No matter what goes wrong, somebody is there for you."

In another recent interview, the pregnant pop star has warned fans they will never see her looking sexy again -- because as a wife she "doesn't care" what she looks like.

Since meeting her husband last April, Spears has dumped her sexy image and is routinely seen wearing baggy tracksuits and sporting un-kept hair and no make-up.

Spears confesses, "I think I'll always have a weight problem. I love junk food and occasionally will still splurge, but normally I just eat sensibly.

"I don't look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, I'm the most beautiful girl in the world. Look at me.' I see my imperfections, I see my flaws, I just don't care.

"I walk out of my house in my pyjamas, with no make-up on and I just don't care because that's how I feel more comfortable."

"If you want me to wear a fancy dress to go to Starbucks, then you are completely wrong. After I got married I was one of those people who let themselves go a little bit."

DID CAMERON CHEAT?
May 12, 2005

The Sun is reporting that actress CAMERON DIAZ cheated on boyfriend JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE with TV producer SHANE NICKERSON -- who she works with on the MTV show Trippin'. The story is apparently backed up by a grainy photo of Cameron and Shane hugging.

A witness tells the British newspaper, "Cameron wrapped her arms around the guy and started kissing him on the mouth. They stood kissing for a good three minutes." Diaz's publicist furiously denied any romance, insisting, "Shane Nickerson is a friend of Cameron's and a valued associate who works with her on her MTV show."

"They do not have any sort of romantic relationship whatsoever."

Diaz has stormed back against tabloids. According to the BBC, Diaz has filed a lawsuit against The Sun newspaper over the story.

MINDY MCCREADY ASSAULTED BY EX-LOVER
May 12, 2005

TV tabloid show "˜Celebrity Justice' reports that country music beauty MINDY MCCREADY was left beaten and bloody after she was brutally assaulted in her own home, allegedly by an ex-boyfriend. Graphic pictures were taken by a friend of Mindy's shortly after she was taken to a Nashville area hospital on Sunday.

McCready told a Nashville News channel that she'd been abused by the boyfriend for a year and a half. "I could've lost my life," she said. "I could've lost everything and it's just not worth it."

McCready shot to fame with her 1996 hit "Ten Thousand Angels." At one point she was engaged to marry to actor DEAN CAIN. But shortly before the planned nuptials, McCready and Cain called it quits.

Sources say that's around the time McCready first met WILLIAM PATRICK MCKNIGHT, a struggling country singer. McKnight, who was married at the time, went by the nickname "Billy."

Mindy started dating Billy after he divorced in 2004. She dumped him about two weeks ago. Mindy's spokesperson said, "He (Billy) wasn't going to let her go on without him."

In Nashville Police affidavits, cops claim Billy followed Mindy into her garage as she came home early Sunday morning. He allegedly warned her, "I am going to kill you. You are not going to be out with other guys." Then, the documents report, Billy beat Mindy and tried to strangle her.

According to the Associate Press, McKnight has been formally charged with burglary and attempted murder and is being held on $130,000 bond. He is due to appear in a Nashville court on Thursday.

However, McCready isn't a complete angel with the law. The country star was arrested and charged last Friday with drunken driving in Nashville.

The singer was stopped after police said she was driving at a speed of 58 miles per hour in a 40 miles-per-hour zone.

Police officers smelled alcohol in the vehicle and that McCready, 28, performed poorly on field sobriety tests. McCready refused to take a breath alcohol test.

The singer was booked into the Nashville jail and freed on $3,500 bond Saturday morning.

IS ASHTON A QUICK TRIGGER?
May 12, 2005

According to the New York Daily News, actress DEMI MOORE let slip her complaint when discussing the pros and cons of dating younger men with pal, fashion designer CYNTHIA ROWLEY. Rowley "“ who's husband is 9 years younger "“ review that Moore privately confessed that her current 27-year-old boyfriend ASHTON KUTCHER is a little "fast" in bed.

"We talked about sex. It wasn't that graphic - it was just that sometimes it's faster with younger guys," confesses Rowley.

But Moore's spokesman insists Moore knows nothing of the raunchy talks.

He says, "I just heard from Demi. She has no recollection of this conversation with Cynthia Rowley, and she would never discuss something that intimate with a person she barely knows."

USHER STEALS XZIBIT'S FIANCEE?
May 13, 2005

After K-Sly Radio station reported that rapper XZIBIT and R&B star USHER took low blow jabs at each other during the MTV Europe Awards, where Usher remarked that he'll always get more chicks than Xzibit -- we now may know the source of the beef.

An insider tells 100.3 FM's gossip girl that the situation stemmed from Usher's girlfriend EISHIA BRIGHTWELL. Apparently, Xzibit was engaged to Eishia and it was broken off once Usher danced his way into the picture.

TOMMY LEE AND TARA REID ROMANCE?
May 13, 2005

Motley Crue drummer TOMMY LEE has been spotted romancing Hollywood star TARA REID.

The Wild badboy rocker and the "American Pie" actress were seen traveling together to his band's show in Colorado before heading to New York to spend time at the Hudson Hotel and the Butter nightclub.

Lee, the 42-year-old ex-husband of actresses PAMELA ANDERSON and HEATHER LOCKLEAR, has also been linked to Prince's ex-wife MAYTE GARCIA, while Reid was recently romantically linked to "Desperate Housewives" star JESSIE METCALFE.

KLUM SEALS THE DEAL ON BEACH
May 13, 2005

According to the New York Post, Supermodel HEIDI KLUM and her pop star SEAL secretly tied the knot on Tuesday (May 10), in a romantic wedding ceremony in Mexico.

Gossip columnists in New York claim the couple, who became engaged at Christmas, have been planning the beach bash for months. The pair are rumored to have invited 40 of their closest friends and family.

Klum is scheduled to give birth to the couple's child in September.

BRIT'S NOT ON XXX-TINA'S LIST May 12, 2005

Pop diva CHRISTINA AGUILERA says there's no chance BRITNEY SPEARS is getting an invite to her wedding "“ when she marries fiance JORDAN BRATMAN. Apparently this is in retaliation for being snubbed when her pop rival married dancer KEVIN FEDERLINE.

Contact Music reports that although the pair professes to be great friends, since their respective engagements relations appear to have become a little frosty. "There's no way she's getting an invite to my wedding," Aguilera is reported to have said. "She snubbed me so I'm going to snub her, too.

ZELLWEGER MARRIES
May 11, 2005

The Associate Press reports that "˜Bridget Jones' star RENEE ZELLWEGER finally got her man! The Oscar-winning actress tied the knot last night with country music singer KENNY CHESNEY.

The pair met back in January at the Concert Of Hope tsunami relief effort where Chesney, 37, was performing and Zellweger was answering phones. Despite their short five-month courting period, the couple's nuptials took place in the U.S. Virgin Islands in front of close friends and family. It's the first marriage for both stars. Zellweger has been in other high-profile relationships, including actor/comedian JIM CARREY, rocker JACK WHITE of the White Stripes and most recently Irish musician DAMIEN RICE.

MADONNA TURNS DOWN BRITNEY
May 12, 2005

Pop icon MADONNA reportedly has rejected pop princess BRITNEY SPEARS' request for her to be the godmother to her first child.

Spears was desperate for her superstar mentor to be religious guardian to her baby with husband KEVIN FEDERLINE when it is born later this year -- but Madonna is too busy for the responsibilities.

A source says, "Britney was so disappointed but told Madonna she understands."

APPLEGATE DUMPED PITT?
May 12, 2005

Actress CHRISTINA APPLEGATE still regrets taking BRAD PITT as her date to the 1989 MTV Movie Awards -- because the blonde beauty dumped him for somebody else at the special event.

Before Pitt became a huge international movie star, he and Applegate embarked on a romance, which ended abruptly when the actress's eye started to wander.

The former "˜Married with Children' star says, "I'm sorry, Brad! I knew this story was gonna surface at some point.

"We were really good friends when I was about 16, for a few years. We were just part of this group of people that hung out and we decided to sort of cross the friend line and we went to the MTV Movie Awards together. We kinda looked at each other and went, 'Hmmm, kinda cute, didn't really know that.'

"We went to the MTV Awards and I ditched him! I left him there and I felt really bad about it, I really, really do. I left with somebody else."