Latest Gossip From Around the World
Latest Gossip From Around the World
Lucky. Us. Ryan Reynolds scored the cover of Entertainment Weekly's Summer Must List issue and the photo shoot included some seriously smoking shirtless shots of the man. Ryan still might be most well known for his ab-tacular role of Van Wilder, but with his X-Men: Origins movie coming up and The Proposal out this weekend, we might just have to consider him an all-around leading man. An all-around leading man with a six pack we love to look at and a sense of humor that makes us swoon. Here's highlights from the article:
Angelina Jolie touched down in Washington, DC today accompanied by her two older sons Pax and Maddox. The actress is in town ahead of World Refugee Day, though her meeting with Hillary Clinton was canceled after the Secretary of State fell and broke her elbow needing surgery.
Angelina is still appearing on Anderson Cooped 360 tonight to discuss her work with the UNHCR and World Refugee Day - the Jolie-Pitt's recent donation of $1 million is only the latest gesture from the couple toward the cause that means so much to them.
Neil Patrick Harris and his boyfriend David Burtka have signed on to a surrogacy service, and are now sorting through potential surrogates to carry their baby, a source is now telling Star Magazine. According to the source, Neil and David are using the same surrogacy service - Growing Generations - as Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. Which is weird, because Star Magazine also had the scoop on SJP’s babies before she officially announced the babies, too. Methinks the mysterious “source” is someone working at Growing Generations. They should get on that, because it’s a gross violation of privacy. That being said, I feel pretty good that this report is probably true:
It’s more like How I Met Your Fathers! TV star Neil Patrick Harris and his partner of five years, actor David Burtka, are currently in the process of selecting a surrogate mother to carry their baby, Star has learned exclusively.
The couple is using the same agency, Growing Generations, in L.A., that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick turned to for their twin girls, due in July.
After going through a rigorous screening process, “Neil and David were so relieved and excited once they were approved,” says the source. “Now they have so many surrogate profiles to go through to find the right woman to carry their child.”
“Neil and David can’t wait to hold their baby; they don’t care if it’s a boy or a girl. They just want a healthy child,” says the source.
[From Star Magazine]
Star Magazine is billing this as “Neil Patrick Harris is expecting a baby NOW” when he and his boyfriend haven’t even selected the surrogate they want to use. Am I wrong is believing this report? Last year, Neil told OK! That he was hoping California’s Prop 8 was passed, but he personally had no urge to get married. He did say he definitely wanted to be a father, and he told OK!, “I think I’d make a good dad.” I hope this report is true, and if it is, congratulations to Neil and David!
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka are shown on 6/7/09, 1/23/09, 10/18/08 and 4/17/08. Credit: PRPhotos.com
Last year’s American Idol runner up David Archuleta made headlines for the fact that he was so talented at the young age of 17 and also because his father, Jeff, was said to be so controlling and pushy that he was banned from the set of American Idol. A year later and Archuleta’s dad is making headlines for entirely different bad behavior. Jeff Archuleta got caught up in a police raid of a local massage parlor in which he admitted to cops to receiving sexual favors from prostitutes:
The father of American Idol runner-up David Archuleta was charged with soliciting a massage parlor prostitute, stemming from a raid in January.
David Archuleta, a seventh season fan favorite, lost to David Cook. He released his first album in late 2008.
Jeff Archuleta pleaded no contest and paid a $582 fine after being busted at the Queens of Reiki on Jan. 14 in Midvale, Utah.
During the raid, Midvale officers found one client receiving services, according to news reports.
“Two of our detectives went back to that room to stop the activity,” Midvale Police Sgt. John Salazar told news outlets. “Inside they found a female masseuse and male client. At that time an interview ensued and the male client admitted to receiving sexual gratification from the masseuse.”
Jeff Archuleta, 41, was that male client, according to court documents.
But his lawyer Eric Bauer told NBC4 in Midvale that he was there getting legitimate massage therapy for his back.
[From US Weekly]
David Archuleta’s parents filed for divorce back in 2002, but reconciled when David won the $100k top prize in Star Search at the time. It looks like the money, and focus on David’s career, helped keep them together. You wonder how much longer Mrs. Archuleta is going to stick around now that the whole world knows her husband is visiting seedy massage parlors. Yeah right he was getting treatment for his back. That’s why cops read you your Miranda rights - so you get a chance to think for a minute, maybe consult a lawyer, and not admit that you’re guilty. It possible that there was no denying it, though, if the police walked in at a critical moment.
Update: Here’s a better description of what went down, from Radar Online:
In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Detective Sgt. John Salazar of the Midvale Police Department explained that the investigation began with a call from a concerned citizen. A doctor who was renting a building for his practice had sublet some of the suites to what he thought was a legitimate massage business. When he noticed that the masseuse “therapists” were arriving in rather scanty outfits, he asked the cops to check it out.
“After determining that no business license had been issued for whatever was going on in there, I sent in an undercover officer to put eyes on,” Det. Sgt. Salazar said. “The next day, five officers, including myself, went in to shut them down.”
At the time of the raid, only one client was there. “He was just finishing up in suite number one. I sent two of the officers in and the male was on his stomach on the table with a masseuse in lace underwear.”
That client was Jeff Archuleta. “We read him his Miranda rights twice. The second time because he said he didn’t understand them the first,” said Salazar. “During the questioning, he said he’d found the place on Craig’s List. He was asked if he’d received any sexual services and he said he had.”
Archuleta was cited and released. He was not subject to a mug shot. The massage parlor never re-opened.
Erik Bauer, the attorney now representing Archuleta now claims this was the one and only time his client had ever been to the massage parlor and he only went for a back problem. Sexual contact, said the attorney, did not occur.
[FromRadar Online]
It looks like Archuleta should have called that attorney before he blabbed to police.
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz brought Bronx to the Sea Cliffs exhibit at the LA Zoo yesterday. The little guy is a star already with his own set of fans to pose with while his famous parents watched on. The family of three has had some fun together recently thanks to their biggest comedian Bronx, which is perfect timing while Pete has a break before heading out on tour again next month and Ash gears up for Melrose Place.
