DAILY GOSSIP: March 6, 2011 by Michael Freidson
It wouldn’t be a gossip column without some news about Charlie Sheen. The tiger-blooded (former?) star of “Two and a Half Men” webcast his own talk show on Ustream.tv Saturday night. Called “Sheen’s Korner,” the program featured Sheen in a porkpie hat, sitting in front of a microphone and rambling on for an hour. “You're either in Sheen's corner or you're with the trolls,” he said, saying hello to his children and showing off his new tattoo that said: “Winning.” Appropriately, fart noises accompanied some of the program.
Speaking of Sheen, one of his “goddesses,” Bree Olsen, aka the porn star, left him, according to TMZ, but then returned. “She came back, my bad all good. Love her with the three parts of my heart,” said the winner Sheen.
TMZ also reports that Mel Gibson, also known as “The Wackiest Man in Hollywood other than Charlie Sheen,” had to pay $300,000 in fees for his ex’s lawyers. Oksana Grigorieva is suing Gibson for custody of their child, and the website estimates the case has cost Grigorieva $3 million so far for legal support.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco is furious with his label, Atlantic Records, who he says called his album “The Cool” and single “Superstar” a flop, even though they sold millions, according to the Guardian. He says he was angriest when the label replaced his verses on “Nothing on You” with ones written by B.o.B. "That was the tipping point," he told The Guardian. "It was less about the bruised ego but more the audacity of it. It was mentally destructive. I say it with certain laissez-faire now because I'm past it, but back then, hearin' that shit, it fucked me up. I was super-depressed, lightly suicidal, at moments medium suicidal – and if not suicidal, willing to just walk away from it all completely."
Lindsay: caught on camera. According to PerezHilton, La Lohan can be seen stealing a necklace from a Venice Beach, California, jewellery story in footage shot by the store’s security camera. The TV show Entertainment Tonight bought the clip, which would embarrass the actress publically were she not shamed on a daily basis.
Be careful next time you ask for a celeb’s autograph. On a video posted on her Facebook page, Ke$ha, the 24-year-old singer behind hits like “Tik Tok,” fulfils a fan’s request for a signature by giving him what looks like a dollar sign tattoo. “I’ll come over there after I tattoo this guy,” she tells other fans, who start to cheer. Then she does in a room and gets to work. “Are we in heaven right now? Ke$ha heaven?” asks the fan. “This is fun. It’s like I’m in prison.”
If you’re a Royal Watcher, you’ve no doubt been wondering who’s going to design the wedding rings for Prince William and Kate Middleton. People.com guesses they’ll be from Clogau Gold, a company with a mine in Dolgellau, North Wales. A statement on the company’s website says: "As much as we would delight in this tradition being continued with Prince William and Miss Middleton's wedding jewelry, and also for many generations to come, the Palace, understandably, are simply not in a position to confirm. Consequently, it is the case that we will have to wait until the wedding day, on Friday 29th April, or shortly thereafter, until there is an official response on the subject from the Palace or the newlyweds themselves." Oh, the suspense.