How the hell did I miss this? Reports are now running rampant that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy have split, after dating for a very long, pear-assed year. Apparently this gossip has been circulating quietly most of the day, and all sources seem to be using this piece from Extra. Now, Extra is not even close to being a reliable source in the vein of People Magazine or something. But they make an interesting case:

Rumors have been circling for weeks that the “Ghost Whisperer” and her comic BF have called it quits — and “Extra” sources are saying it is true.

A source close to the pair says that Hewitt and Kennedy were supposed to attend an event together last week, but Kennedy arrived solo. He was also not present at Hewitt’s 31st birthday celebration last month. Lisa Stanley broke the news on KEarth 101, and “Extra” confirmed.

The two started dating at the beginning of 2009. No comment from their reps at this time.

[From Extra]

Eh. I’ve been wondering this whole time why Jennifer Love Hewitt would stay with a dude who calls her Pear-Ass on a semi-regular basis, but I have no idea if Love was the one to do the dumping. She’s usually the one to get dumped, isn’t she? I mean, that’s her deal, right? She starts dating someone strange, they get engaged after a few dates, they stay engaged forever and then the dude dumps her. That didn’t really happen (allegedly) here, because Jamie seemed to avoid engagement like the plague. Way to break the cycle, Jamie!

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Here is Amanda Seyfried’s spread in April’s Esquire Magazine - she’s one of their “Women We Love”. As for me, I don’t love Amanda. I don’t hate her either. I go back and forth between thinking she’s a cutie with a long career ahead of her, or she’s just a pretty moron who won’t be getting parts very much longer. I really don’t know. In LaineyGossip’s Oscar wrap-up, they mentioned that Amanda was kind a big fail at red carpet interviews. Apparently, when Ryan Seacrest asked why she was leaving Big Love, she told him “I wasn’t working as much as I wanted to, so…” So? You’re a working actress on an acclaimed show! Produced by Tom Hanks! You think she could manage to not sound so snotty?

I hate to say it, but Amanda didn’t come across very well in the short Esquire interview either. Of course, the dude writing about her was about to rub one out (seriously, read the whole piece), so maybe Amanda was creeped out:

Amanda on her diet: “”I’m on a raw-food diet,” she declares, raising her brows to make her eyes even bigger. “It’s intense. And sort of awful. Yesterday for lunch? Spinach. Just spinach. Spinach and some seeds.”

On getting her Australian shepherd puppy: “It’s so predictable. I just left him and I already want to run back and see him. Most of the time I just want to go home and throw the dog a stick. Can anything be more obvious than throwing a stick? I need to be needed. I understand that the need is never with the dog.”

On what kind of girl she is: “I would always tell somebody if they had sh-t on their face. Especially if it’s really feces. Well, I’m a BFF. I play a BFF. It’s what I do. I have an actual necklace from Jennifer’s Body that says BFF. That’s my role right there.”

On moving from Los Angeles to New York: “I sacrificed six years in L. A. I did my job out here. I made the contacts and did the work I had to do. But I came here at eighteen. I’m out of here at twenty-four, and I feel lucky it wasn’t longer.”

On photography: “I learned a long time ago that photographs are not theater. This is not acting. It’s pretending. I pretend I’m looking at a man who is looking right at me, a man who sees me as exceptionally clever and adventurous.”

[From Esquire]

Once again, could she try not to sound so snotty? “I sacrificed six years in L. A…” Really? Being a working actress in a sea of thousands of girls who would kill to have a fraction of your workload is a “sacrifice”?

The girl’s got a terrific figure though. I’ll give her that.

Amanda in Esquire, courtesy of Esquire online.

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CB sent me this story yesterday, but after the E-Trade debacle (which has a new chapter that I’ll to in a moment), I was slightly Lohan-ed out. Which brings me to a conversation point: the banning of Lindsay on this site. CB and I have talked about it, and the truth is, Lindsay is still totally gossip-worthy, as evidenced by how many hits we consistently get on Lohan posts. She’s a hot mess, yes, but she’s also crazy and arrogant and delusional, and even though it might make me a bad person, I find that I enjoy writing about her shenanigans. She doesn’t have the sheer tragedy of Britney Spears - Lindsay’s downfall isn’t about some chemical imbalance or anything, Lindsay’s problem is The Cult of Entitlement, you know? No one telling her “no”, no one telling her “you can’t pull this sh-t and still have a career.” Except people did say that to Lindsay, and she was too coked up to listen.

Anyway, the first story is that Lindsay was on a UK talk show with Alan Carr, and Carr asked her a bunch of “uncomfortable questions”. Like, “Are you Arthur or you Martha now? Are you back on the c-ck?” I’ll give Lindsay credit for looking genuinely embarrassed:

Meanwhile, in Lindsay’s-only-problem-is-her-childhood-milkaholism news, Lawyers for both “sides” are speaking out. Mostly, it’s Lindsay’s sketchy lawyer doing the talking, but E-Trade did release a short statement to Esquire: “While E*TRADE doesn’t typically comment on pending litigation, we felt it appropriate given the high level of interest in the E*TRADE Baby. With the E*TRADE Baby, our advertising campaign is meant to be witty and memorable, while effectively communicating the powerful investing tools and services offered by E*TRADE. We believe the claims are without merit and we intend to defend ourselves vigorously in this case.” Lindsay’s lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, had much more to say:

Lindsay Lohan’s case against E*Trade is heating up, with both sides trading barbs, denials and accusations over a TV ad about a “milk-a-holic” baby named Lindsay. Since being filed in New York on Monday, the lawsuit has raised more than a few eyebrows. Stephanie Ovadia, Lohan’s lawyer at the forefront of the lawsuit, tells PopEater that skeptics need to look at the “totality of the commercial, taking into account name and characterization.”

If you really want to know when E*Trade (or its ad agency, Grey Group) turned the corner and decided to model the boyfriend-stealing baby after Lohan, Ovadia asserts, all you need to do is look at the ad’s script. “This script is a very important piece,” she tells us. “Because, slowly, all of the pieces are fitting together to make one complete picture.”

That “piece” of the puzzle emerged this week via Esquire magazine, which happened to be embedded with Grey while they were crafting the baby ads. In the original script, dated Aug. 11 of last year, the “other woman/baby” character was named Deborah. In an updated draft six weeks later, the “bimbus” (which was eventually changed to “milk-a-holic”) was changed to Lindsay. Adding confusion to the mix, the name Deborah was still referred to later in the script, but scratched out for the new name.

As we previously reported, Lohan is suing the company for $100 million, insisting they modeled the baby after her. Ovadia insists that because of her stardom, Lohan now has single-name recognition among the general public.

Lohan believes that under New York state law, E*Trade was supposed to ask for her approval before using the name. They want the TV spot off the air and want $50 million in exemplary damages and another $50 million in compensatory damages.

[From PopEater]

Ugh. This lawyer sounds as bad as Lindsay, doesn’t she?

Lindsay in Paris on March 9 & 11, 2010. Credit: ANG/Fame Pictures.

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We might soon be seeing more of Britney Spears’ little sister, Jamie Lynn. The National Enquirer reports this week that Jamie Lynn intends to move to LA from Mississippi to live with Britney. This would also allow the former Zoey 101 star to revive her acting career, which was put on hold when she fell pregnant at 16. (I love how the Brits say that, “fell pregnant,” like it was an accident.) According to The Enquirer, this was all their mom Lynne’s idea, who hopes that Jamie Lynn will soon be working again. (And bringing in those paychecks to pay for Grandma’s plastic surgery.) Lynne also hopes to keep Jamie Lynn away from both Casey and a guy that she’s been dating, a 28 year-old businessman, of whom Lynn doesn’t approve. Oh I’m sure the industry types in LA will be much better for Jamie Lynn.

Teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears is leaving her native Louisiana and moving in with her big sister Britney in Los Angeles, the Enquirer has learned.

The move is part of mom Lynne Spears’ plan to revive her 18-year-old daughter’s acting career and separate her from her new boyfriend James Watson, insiders say.
Jamie Lynn started dating the 28-year-old businessman last December, but her mom disapproves of their 10-year age difference, revealed a source.

“Lynne is very unhappy about Jamie Lynn’s relationship with James. She thinks he’s too old for Jamie Lynn and has nothing to offer her,” the source told The Enquirer. “Lynne wants to see her daughter get back into show business.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, March 22, 2010]

So now Lynne is trying to control 18 year-old Jamie Lynn’s life. She admitted that she left a then 15 year-old Britney in the care of a friend and let her move to LA for her career. When Lynne was promoting her book, she also said that sshe thought Jamie Lynn was joking when she handed her a note that she was pregnant. Nothing was Lynne’s fault or responsibility and she reasoned that she couldn’t supervise Britney as a teen because she was teaching school and had two other children to care for. Now she wants to keep her 18 year-old daughter with a nearly two year old baby away from a guy because he’s ten years older than she is. Lynne thinks the best way to do that is to move Jamie Lynne to LA and back get her back in show business. What a piece of work this woman is. It’s good news at least for Britney as she’ll have her sister and niece with her. I wonder what’s next for Britney as she seems kind of lost when she’s not working.

Britney, Lynne, a bodyguard and her boys are shown outside a movie theater on 3/1/10. Jamie Lynn is shown at LAX airport returning to Mississippi on 2/10/10. That’s Maddie being carried. Credit: Fame Pictures

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While not nearly as attractive as the other sports personality on season 10 of Dancing with the Stars (call us, Erin Andrews!), Chad Ochocinco should make for an interesting, talkative contestant.

The attention-loving wide receiver has played for the Cincinnati Bengals throughout his NFL career. Will that experience translate to DWTS success, as it has for past athletes such as Apolo Anton Ohno?

Tune in on March 22 and find out. For now, get to know Ochocinco better via the profile below…

Birth name: Chad Javon Johnson
Professional partner: Cheryl Burke
Number of Pro Bowl selections: Six
Career receiving yards: 9,980
Best touchdown celebration: River dance/Pylon putt (tie)
Most used catchphrase: “Child, Please.”
Odds of winning: 25-1

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