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August 27th, 2009 / Author: Valerie NomeHow Stars Spend Super Bowl Sunday
February 1st, 2009
Celebrities love the Super Bowl.
Inkheart star Brendan Fraser tells me he can’t get enough “buffalo wings and suds” while Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively calls out “nachos and hot dogs” as her favorite indulgences during the big game.
This will be Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel’s first Super Bowl. Will he watch? “I guess I will, if you want me to,” he tells me. What will he eat? “I love my popcorn, and a good hot dog,” he tells me. “A big, fat, juicy hot dog because I’m a slumdog. Oh, that was bad.”
How will Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stern spend the big day?
“I will get out my Terrible Towel, and that’s something a Pittsburgher would know,” Beth Ostrosky Stern tells me. “It’s a Pittsburgh thing. It’s towel that has the Pittsburgh Steelers on it. In 1981, we were all waving our Terrible Towels. Howard and I will be watching it up on the big TV, and I’ll probably make turkey chili.”
America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker won’t be tuning in to watch the big game. “I don’t watch the Super Bowl,” he tells me. “I’m an Englishman. I’m a soccer fan.”
However, Gone Country star Justin Guarini will be watching. “My favorite Super Bowl snack is either a Philly cheese steak, if I can get my hands on one, or a nice Philly pretzel with mustard – French’s mustard,” the season one American Idol runner-up tells me. “It’s a little piece of home because I travel so much. I’ll take every little piece of home I can get.”
Fellow Gone Country star Richard Grieco will order pizza. “It came from it was easy to do back when we were kids, and it’s always been my favorite since then.”
What are his Super Bowl traditions?
“Well, I usually go for one thing, but if I don’t go, I usually watch it by myself because I don’t want any outside interference when I’m concentrating on the game,” Richard says.
Of course, Super Bowl Sunday is a big day for the former 21 Jump Street star. “I watch football every Thursday night, every Saturday, every Sunday, every Monday night. Then I watch NFL Network when I go to sleep, or ESPN when I go to sleep.”
Their Gone Country costar Taylor Dayne adds, “I’ll lay out a table and make sure we have some beer in the house. There’s been everything from nachos to tons and tons.”
Ciara says, “I look forward to inviting some friends and just sitting down and watching the game.”
Does Saturday Night Live star – and Bride Wars writer – Casey Wilson have any traditions?
“Oh man, I don’t. Yeah, sadly. It sounds like a dumb girl – yeah, I don’t know anything about football. But the truth of that matter is I don’t.”
Keyshia Cole seconds that thought. “I am not into football. Usually I might take my dogs Lyric, Lola and Gizmo to get groomed … or maybe clean up.”
Cassie is more traditional. “I’m usually at home with my family eating junk food,” she tells me.
Enjoy your Super Bowl Sunday, everyone!
Spotted!
September 17th, 2008
Cameron Diaz at the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in L.A.
New dad David Spade at Apple in L.A.
Rob Lowe at the Audi Best Buddies Challenge at Hearst Castle.
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw having lunch at Gibson’s Steakhouse in Chicago.
Jamie Foxx buying lots of ladies drinks at Tao in Vegas.
Emmy Rossum downloading the Style.com fashion application on her iPhone at the Style.com iPhone trailer in NYC.
Sharon Stone at Shine on Sierra Leone’s Casino Royale Fundraising event in LA.
Katy Perry and Perez Hilton rocked out all night together at the sneak preview of new Las Vegas hot spot LAVO. DJ Reach played a best of Madonna set at their request. Katy jumped up and danced on top of the DJ booth when Reach threw on her hit song "I Kissed A Girl," mouthing the words and pumping her fist in front of the packed crowd.
Diddy flying from the Etalk/Moodswing 360 party in Toronto to Shrine at MGM Grand at Foxwoods for his Black and White party which he attended with Cassie and her family.
Benicio del Toro requesting Cuban music be played at the 360 Vodka after party for Che at Greenhouse in Toronto.
Stars Celebrate Valentine’s Day
February 14th, 2008
Celebs love to be loved just as much as everyone else.
While Sheryl Crow, Keyshia Cole, Cassie and Christy Turlington will be working, newly engaged KT Tunstall is celebrating the day in Scotland. “We’ll be checking out wedding venues,” she tells me.
“I’m gonna…,” George Clooney, who is dating Sarah Larson, jokes.
“This is going to be my first Valentine’s Day in three years on my own,” Jesse McCartney tells me. “It just might be me on my couch this year. And the TV.”
“I’ll be ordering room service,” Rachel Bilson says. “I’ll be in a hotel room here. Hahaha.” As for his plans, her boyfriend Hayden Christensen says “nothing right now.”
Ryan Reynolds, whose movie Definitely, Maybe opens today, says, “My plan is to run out with 150 of my closest friends and see Definitely, Maybe.” Costar Rachel Weisz says she hopes to go out to dinner. “It’s very hard to get the kids together,” she says. “It’s very sad. I might stay in.”
“The best Valentine’s Day – or the ones I always liked – is when my boyfriend would remember it was Valentine’s Day,” Vanessa Carlton tells me. “That was always a plus.”
Cupid’s arrow certainly puts Brody Jenner in a good mood.
“Usually my mom is my Valentine but this year, yes, I’m going to have a girlfriend,” Brody tells me. “Honestly, it’s been a long time since I actually celebrated Valentine’s Day.”
Selma Blair will be single this VDay. “I’m going to sleep,” she laughs. Gossip Girl’s Dreama Walker tells me she has a date with Ben – and Jerry. (Ha ha) “Dublin Mudslide, definitely.”
How did the stars spend their most memorable Valentine’s Days?
"Last Valentine’s Day I had a show, but afterwards I hung out with my boyfriend and all my friends and their boyfriends," Colbie Caillat tells me. "We went to dinner." (She has a new boyfriend this year.)
“We went for a balloon ride,” Phil Donahue, who is married to Marlo Thomas, tells me.
Naomi Judd remembers, “We went for a ride in our ’56 T-bird, and it’s got those bucket seats. It doesn’t have bucket seats – it has a bench seat. So we put the top down and rode around the countryside with my arm around him, so we can get up snuggly.”
Half the battle is knowing what interests you – and what doesn’t.
Emily Mortimer and hubby Alessandro Nivola know what they’re not going to do. “Not go out and sit in a restaurant with 25 other couples looking into each other’s eyes,” she tells me. “It’s terribly embarrassing.”
And sometimes it’s about a different kind of love.
Gone Country host and country singer John Rich tells me, “My grandmother’s birthday is on Valentine’s Day, so it’s always cool to celebrate her birthday. My grandmother makes all my stage clothes. She’ll be 77 this year. I wear rhinestone jeans and rhinestone shirts – all these crazy outfits. I’ve had big artists come up to me and say ‘man, where’d you get that?’ I’m like ‘oh, my Granny Rich made that.’ She’s a real part of my career and my imaging. Her birthday’s on Valentine’s Day, so I always load her up with a bunch of flowers. She has a little alteration shop in Tennessee. It’s always cool on Valentine’s Day to take care of Granny Rich.”
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
Cassie Enjoys The Single Life
February 10th, 2008
Girls just want to have fun, so Step Up 2 The Streets star Cassie doesn’t mind living the single life.
“You can do whatever you want,” the 21-year-old Me & U singer, who is putting the finishing touches on a summer release, tells me.
Potential boyfriends should be honest, have a sense of humor and the ability to have fun.
“I always want to date somebody, but I’m pretty busy,” she says.
They should also enjoy traveling.
“Miami was fun,” she tells me. “I like to go out, chill on the beach and just be relaxed.”
Step Up 2 The Streets is in theaters on February 14 — Valentine’s Day.
How The Stars Spend Super Bowl Sunday
February 3rd, 2008
Football’s biggest night is a great time to whoop it up.
Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively tells me she’s going to chow down while she watches the Super Bowl live in Phoenix.
“The more fattening, the better,” she laughs. “Nachos, hot dogs, whatever they have. I’ve never been to the Super Bowl.”
She’s not alone in pigging out.
“I’m usually at home with my family, eating junk food,” Cassie tells me. This year, she’ll be in L.A. promoting her movie Step Up 2 but she considered going to Phoenix.
“I don’t know much about football,” Gossip Girl’s Dreama Walker tells me. “I think my friends and I are going to rent out boxes and maybe see if we can win some money.” Still, if it doesn’t involve her favorite team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, she says, “I don’t really have anything to do with it.”
Some gals couldn’t care less about the game.
“I’m performing Super Bowl Sunday," Keyshia Cole, who is part of the Valerie Gallery, tells me. "They’re having a private party for the NFL players, but I’m sorry, I am not into football. Usually I might take my dogs Lyric, Lola and Gizmo to get groomed … or maybe clean up.”
How do the players get ready for football’s biggest night?
While the New York Giants’ Amani Toomer tells me “I try to relax as much as possible” before the big game, his teammates are more serious.
“I’m just trying to take care of my body, making sure that when the game rolls around, I’m in the best shape I can be in,” Michael Strahan tells me.
“These guys are a very good football team,” Brandon Jacobs tells me. “We know we’re going to have our work cut out for us, so right now we’re getting our game plan on.”
Good luck to the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. May the best team win.
Brody, Ivanka, John, Cassie Give Props To Pepsi
January 30th, 2008
Sports and showbiz mix during the Pepsi Stuff Launch Party held at NYC’s Pacha.
While New York Giants players Michael Strahan, Amani Toomer and Brandon Jacobs laugh off celeb romance questions, Ivanka Trump takes off her coat.
“So cold!” she says. “I just came from the office. I’m that girl who is fixing myself up a bit in the bathroom.” Her must-haves? “Purpose facial soap, and in the office, Pepsi.”
Here is Brody Jenner, who tells reporters he thinks Nicole Richie will be a great mother, and now we’ve got Cassie, who is stunning in a cut-to-the-belly-button top and oversized shiny black boots.
How does she keep her fab figure? “I try to eat healthy and take care of myself,” she tells me. “I dance and rehearse and rehearse and rehearse with my choreographer.”
John Legend and I catch up for the first time since I saw him perform at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival in May. “That was beautiful,” he tells me. “Great beach, great water. It was fun.”
Next up is Gossip Girl’s Dreama Walker, who helps a pal fix her hair. “Will you get my friend in here, please?” she pleads with a photographer. “Her name is Jo.”
How is she spending her time off during the writers’ strike?
“I’m really bored,” Dreama says. “I’ve done a lot of shopping. Just relaxing. My friend and I were thinking about taking a trip to Europe. There’s really nothing to do, but thank God there’s auditions for plays and movies. I have an off-Broadway play coming up, which is good. That will keep me occupied for a little while.”
Meanwhile, Prince Charming is whisked upstairs to the VIP section, where he’s waited on hand-and-foot. He tells me Kobe sliders, Hawaiian chicken, scallops and Glenlivet Scotch are being served, and Ivanka shyly says ‘hi, how are you?’ to him.
Ivanka is the greatest. Every single member of the Trump family is super-sweet including Donald, Ivanka, Donald Jr., Vanessa, Melania and Ivana. They’ve got the perfect blend of brains and beauty – and serious spunk! The Donald reminds me of my uncle, I see him so often — seriously.
Cassie & Diddy: Are They or Aren’t They?
September 19th, 2007
One night out partying with the boss might not raise eyebrows, but two? That’s gonna get the rumor mill spinning.
First, Diddy and his R&B-singing protégé Cassie made the scene at Manhattan hot spot Marquee on Sept. 14 with a late Friday night party. And then, at Tuesday night’s GQ party at NYC’s Cedar Lake, there they were, together again — leading some insiders to whisper about a possible more-than-professional relationship.
But a friend of the hip-hop entrepreneur tells OK!, “Diddy is just her mentor; they aren’t dating.” The friend also adds that the "Me & U" singer has been dating Ryan Leslie since she was 18. Now 21, Cassie and Ryan are making beautiful music together as he joins her on her song "Sometimes."
