Well this isn’t great news to break while you’re expecting a new baby: a new book claims that John Travolta has cheated on Kelly Preston repeatedly with men throughout their nineteen-year marriage. The book is entitled “You’ll Never Spa In This Town Again” so take these claims with a grain of salt scrub, we guess, because the author, Robert Randolph, says that Travolta’s indiscretions are the stuff of legend. Says Randolph “John Travolta has been cheating on Kelly for years! And when the details emerge, he’s gonna make Tiger Woods look like a boy scout.” Well, that can’t be good.
The Travolta gay rumors have persisted for years, as have the rumors that Scientology is just a brainwashing attempt to “turn” people in denial straight, and Travolta is level five Thetan or whatever - basically he’s a black belt in Scientology. But a book about a secret gay spa subculture (seriously!) which brazenly makes accusations against someone as famous as Travolta is big. One thing making this rumor appear more fact than fiction: a photo that the National Enquirer has of Travolta kissing another man. No word on whether Travolta will sue over the allegations like fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise did when he was accused of having a gay affair a few years ago, but one this is for sure: if this story’s true, our minds will apparently not be the only things that have been blown.
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Elin Nordegren's surprising tell-all on the cover of last week's PEOPLE magazine had everyone in a tizzy, and not just because she opened up about her philandering ex, Tiger Woods. The magazine was so confident it would be a huge seller, they even ...
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He’s not wasting any time is he? Now that Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren are divorced, it’s time to get on with business for him. You know…to start pursuing all his other interests. Play the field while playing some golf, so to speak.
Ergo, Tiger has splurged on a new bachelor pad in downtown Manhattan. And he’s already moved in, as of last weekend. It seems he’s making himself quite at home too, because apparently, witnesses have already spotted him “introducing himself as the new neighbor.” Yes Tiger, like you need an introduction. Wonder who he was introducing himself to? And was she a blond, brunette or redhead?
Did you hear that? That’s the sound of Rachel Uchitel rushing to New York.
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There’s no denying that showbiz has more tools than a Home Depot full of Hummer-owners, and last Friday The Short List crew used them to build you a house of hilarity. The experts did a pretty good job as they counted down the Ten Biggest Celebrity Tools, but we feel that they cut their list with a bit too many douche-bags and not enough tools. (Yes, there’s a difference!) So here to put things right once more, The Shorter List brings you a few extra tools who have screwed, banged, nailed, drilled, greased and wrenched their way to infamy. Don’t forget your hard hat.
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5. Vince The Sham-Wow Guy
Once upon a time, Vince Shlomi was a man with nothing but a rag, a camcorder, and a dream. A dream that someday…he would have enough money to pay people for sex. After re-branding his rag as the “Sham-Wow” and making the most abrasive commercial of all time, that dream came true. But the dream turned into a nightmare one night in Miami when a hooker he hired bit his tongue. We’re pretty sure that kind of kink costs extra, but Vince apparently wasn’t digging it and a fist-fight ensued. By the looks of the mug shot, the hooker won. No charges were filed against him, but it’s a cautionary tale for anyone who tries to con the world with their crappy products (come on guys, “sham” is right in the name).
Dexter + Moe from The Simpsons + Felt Towel = Informercial Demon
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4. Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen is kind of like a hammer that has been dipped in pure gold: worth far too much money, and at the end of the day is still just a tool that hits stuff. We’re sure he doesn’t mind our saying so, as his new $1.3 million-an-episode salary has him half-grimacing all the way to the bank. That’s when he’s not busy chasing his wife around with a knife and serving jail sentences so short that he tells his driver to leave the car running.
The Many Moods of Charlie Sheen
Look at that range! If that’s not worth $1.3 million an episode, we don’t know what is.
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3. Jimmy Fallon
For years the media has been trying to brainwash us into believing that Jimmy Fallon is funny/popular/cool. But let’s look at the evidence. If he’s that good, why have all of his movies bombed? And can you remember any of the characters he did on Saturday Night Live? OK, there was that lame news anchor character who always laughed at his own jokes. What was his name again? Oh yeah: Jimmy Fallon. Yet the-powers-that-be keep rewarding his public failures with larger and larger gigs, including hosting duties at the Emmys. The fact that he has his own network show while Conan O’Brien does not is proof that there is no logic, justice or god in Hollywood.
Bonus Points:
Jimmy Fallon being given the prestigious “Tiger Woods Seal of Tool-Dom.”
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2. David Blaine
Whether hanging from a box in London or standing on a pole in New York, “illusionist” David Blaine has made a name for himself by performing feats that we all could probably do if we weren’t busy living our lives. The man is able to survive for fantastic periods without food or water, yet he has been hospitalized several times for lack of attention. Perhaps his greatest trick was convincing both Madonna and Fiona Apple to date him. Nothing gets a woman hot like pulling a quarter out of her ear.
More Bonus Points:
David Blaine being given the honorary key to Trump Tool-Town.
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1. Michael Lohan
The fact that Michael Lohan was left off of The Short List broadcast makes us wonder if he has incriminating pictures of someone on the staff. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s pulled that, right Kate Major? Seriously, this is the man who taught Lindsay everything she knows! The lessons started early, with Mike spending most of Lindsay’s formative years serving a prison sentence for insider trading. This absence is probably the high point of his parental life.
He’s done it all, from cheating on his wife and getting his mistress pregnant, to assault and DUI charges. He’s even shared a fiance with Co-Ultra-Douche Jon Gosselin, creating a Tool Supernova of epic proportions. So you’d think when Lindsay started making some of the same mistakes, he’d be the first person she could turn to for sympathy and advice, right? Nope. He decided to call his rehab-bound daughter from a bar to “make her jealous.” Michael Lohan, we at the Shorter List salute you. It just so happens that our salute is a middle finger.
Douche-Lord: There Can Be Only One.
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In this day of celebrity entourages and PR protection, it's rare for a star to make a false statement. But Hollywood is nowhere near perfect, and every so often its peeps will make an off-color comment or reveal more than they intended to. We keep ...
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After months of remaining silent, Elin Nordegren's team contacted PEOPLE magazine for a one-time interview so the now ex-wife of troubled golfer Tiger Woods could finally tell her side of the story.
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On the same day Elin Nordegren's one and only interview about Tiger Woods' infidelity scandal hit the web, the famous golfer also opened up to the media about the end of his marriage, the sadness he feels and playing golf through the pain.
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Elin Nordegren has had a rough year but remained silent throughout her entire complicated separation from Tiger Woods. Now that their divorce is final, though, she has granted People Magazine an exclusive interview which she says will be her first and only public discussion of her personal life.
Nordegren tells People “I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children.” But what about the details we’ve been dying to know about? How was she so obvlivious to all of Tiger’s cheating? What about the Thanksgiving car accident? Details, girlfriend! Well, she delivers, albeit very diplomatically.
Of the cheating, she explains “I’m so embarrassed that I never suspected - not a one. For the past 3 1/2 years, when all this was going on, I was home a lot more with pregnancies, then the children and my school.” (Nordegren has been in college working toward a degree in physchology.) And hitting Tiger’s car with a golf club? “There was never any violence inside or outside our home,” she says. “The speculation that I would have used a golf club to hit him is just truly ridiculous.” The magazine and full interview come out on Friday.
And while she doesn’t get into specifics, Nordegren just has this to say about her settlement “Money can’t buy happiness or put my family back together.” But it can get you the hell out of Orlando, girl. Take that money and run.
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Tiger Woods' cheated wife, Elin Nordegren, is finally having her say, telling PEOPLE she was "blindsided" and "embarrassed" by the philandering golfer's many mistresses.
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Court documents from their just-finalized divorce reveal the couple worked out a settlement over a month ago
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Now that Tiger Woods' divorce is finalized, his ex-wife, Elin, plans to drop the name Woods for her maiden name, Nordegren, and disappear from public view.
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Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren officially divorced Monday, nine months after a middle-of-the-night car crash outside of his Florida home set off shocking revelations that golf's biggest star had been cheating on his wife with at least 15 ...
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You hadn’t forgotten about Tiger Woods‘ infidelities and general Ambien-induced man-whoring, had you? It’s been a while since we’ve reported on them, but today they’re has been one tiny update to the story: Tiger and his wife Elin have divorced. We knew it was coming, and we knew Elin’s settlement would be huge, but it’s finally official as of today.
A statement on tigerwoods.com reads “Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods confirmed today that they have divorced. Judgment was entered today in Bay County (Florida) Circuit Court dissolving the marriage. The Judgment provides for shared parenting of their two children.” The statement continues “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future. While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us.”
We’re glad, for Elin and the childrens’ sake, that this ordeal, which began last Thanksgiving, is over and they can get on with their life as private citizens. We only wish that Rachel Uchitel and the rest of Tiger’s harem would follow their lead.
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"We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future," he and his ex Elin announce Monday
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Any reader who has accidentally swallowed a penny this afternoon is encouraged to read the story below, as you will be barfing it back up in no time. As she continues her cross-country tour of reality TV rehab facilities, Tiger Wood’s former mistress Rachel Uchitel has reportedly discovered new love. According his wife, erstwhile kidnap victim Jeremy London has been recently canoodling with the professional mistress, whom he denies dating but admits is an “amazing, intelligent and sensitive person.”
Now we all know what you’re thinking: “barf.” But maybe to Rachel Uchitel, Jeremy London isn’t just a washed-up celeb addicted to fame and probably also drugs. He is…he’s…well, we have no idea what else he might be. Fun to have at parties? Still living off his Party of Five money?
Which brings us to the larger question: how can Rachel Uchitel downgrade between the past men in her life to Jeremy London that hard, that fast, and not get some sort of sexual whiplash? As humiliating as the Tiger Woods scandal was for everyone involved, at least we understood the whole “attractive, multi-quadrillionaire sports star” thing. You just know they were doing it on an ostrich-feather bed with 900 count Egyptian cotton sheets. On Tiger’s private jet. While flying over Dubai. And rumored fling David Boreanz? Well, we’ve been known to watch a Bones marathon or two, and let’s just say it’s not for the acting.
So, what does Jeremy London have that makes him so appealing to someone who has experienced such luxury? That one gross news boy cap? London probably doesn’t really even have a house anymore; he just sleeps on a dog bed on Dr. Drew’s patio. Which leaves us with only one possible solution: Rachel Uchitel has such terrible taste in men she literally cannot see the difference between Jeremy London and…any other man. Can that possible be true? Again, has she seen that newsboy cap? We guess we begrudgingly give the couple our blessing, and hope these two crazy kids can find room in their busy televised-rehab and marriage-destroying careers to make this thing work. Now if you excuse us, we have to take one million showers.
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So this whole six degrees of separation theory doesn’t apply for all of humanity. Because apparently, between slime balls, there’s only one degree. Case in point: Michael Lohan and Rachel Uchitel. And in true slime ball form, he’s thinking about suing her.
Michael supposedly helped Yuckitel with getting her fame whore on, including her upcoming stint on Celebrity Rehab. Who the hell would trust their “career” with Michael Lohan? She should be sued just for that alone. But to be fair, Rachel isn’t exactly known for her brains. Soooo, Papa Lohan introduced the man-eating Tiger to David Weintraub. Now this dude is supposed to be some sort of talent manager, but we seriously doubt that because he agreed to accept Rachel as a client. Scratch “talent” right off his business card.
He’s the one who got Uchitel on Celeb Rehab where she’s allegedly raking in $500,000. Now this is when it gets mangled: Michael gets a commission off the clients he gets Weintraub, who was supposed to get a 20 percent commission off of Uchitel, which he would have then shared with Lohan. But now Rachel’s apparently played both of them. Lohan said she made a payment installment of $60,000 but refused to pay anymore and gave the rest of the money to charity. And by “charity” she probably means “shoes.” To add insult to injury, she want’s the original payment back. We have no idea why, but this is Michael Lohan’s story.
No money for Weintraub means no money for Lohan. And the statements coming from both Uchitel and Weintraub seem to be telling Lohan to make like the crazy banana he is and split. Rachel’s lawyer, Gloria Allred’s statement basically translates to “F*ck off” reading, “Rachel has no agreement either in writing or otherwise with Michael Lohan. She is mystified as to why he believes he has any legal claim. She will not dignify his comments about her with any additional response. She has no further comment on this matter.”
Lohan’s giving her a week to pay up, else it’s off to courts. Please God, let this happen.
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It's hard to fathom a celeb news story with a longer shelf life will ever come along, and in recent years we've seen John Edwards knock up Rielle Hunter, Michael Jackson pass away, Tiger Woods completely implode and Britney Spears go bat$h!t insane.
All stories that have piqued lasting interest, yes. None of those topics will likely be emblazoned across supermarket tabloid covers years later, however.
For Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, their place in celebrity gossip history is assured. Here are a couple of gems from this past week ...
TOTALLY TRUE: If NW and OK say so ...
According to OK, Brad recently reached out to Jen on the 10th anniversary of their wedding. We'd already heard Jen's stealing Brad Pitt - this confirms it!
Meanwhile, over in NW, whatever that is, we finally learn THE TRUTH about Brangelina. Considering none of what they say is true, that's an ironic headline.
Hey, at least these publications are making up new stuff. Just last month, a certain magazine actually rehashed the original Angelina hijacking of Brad.
If Angelina and Brad actually split, would we even believe it? Would we assume Jennifer Aniston were somehow involved? Would OK! wet itself with joy?
We may never know.
We've witnessed her "steal" a woman's husband.
We've heard about her scandalous old drug photos.
We've reported on her being blackballed by her family.
We've seen stories about her being a vindictive, jealous control freak who makes children cry and stages bogus happy family photo ops for positive PR.
At this point, what gossip hasn't been written about Angelia Jolie? That she's been committed to a mental institution? Nope, you can now add that to the list:
SHE'S INSANE!!! Probably not really ... but look at that photo!
According to the National Enquirer, Angelina Jolie’s notoriously crazy outbursts have flared up in spades in light of a new tell-all book about her dark, sordid past.
The tabloid, with already alleged a suicide attempt by Jolie late last year, says she's headed off to the loony bin after a meltdown that has left Brad Pitt in tears.
Somehow we suspect if Angelina were institutionalized, we'd have heard about it, or the National Enquirer wouldn't be the source of such a bombshell story.
Then again, we thought the same about John Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter, and Tiger Woods' dalliances with Rachel Uchitel, so you never really know ...
Tiger Woods just completed his worst tournament since turning pro back in 1996 this weekend. Has his golf game disappeared along with his cadre of mistresses?
Playing in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio, an event he has won a staggering seven times before, Tiges finished in a tie for 78th. Out of 80 players.
His score of 298 was 39 shots higher than the record score he shot 10 years ago at Firestone. He set a new low by making bogey or worse on 25 of 72 holes.
It's such an amazing fall from grace that Elin Woods may be in the running for Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year honors if it continues much longer.
To think, just one swing of a nine-iron tamed the world's best athlete ...
JUST DO IT BETTER: Tiger Woods and golf fans wish he would.
No one expected Tiger Woods to dominate as he did before revelations of his sexual escapades with Rachel Uchitel and 15-200 other women surfaced late last year.
But no one could have imagined this, either.
“He’s just not the regular Tiger we’re used to seeing,” said fellow pro Anthony Kim. “He’s obviously had a lot of stuff going on, and he’s dealing with that."
"That’s more important than golf. I think golf is an easy thing to do once your personal life is straightened out. I’m sure it’s going to happen soon for him.”
How soon? Will it coincide with the finalizing of his divorce or a judge shooting down Devon James' paternity suit against him? Not even Woods can say.
Hey, at least she went after a single guy for once.
Rachel Uchitel, the professional adulteress whose affair helped wreck Tiger Woods' home and nearly did the same to David Boreanaz, is back on the prowl.
Sadly, it looks like she struck out - with Jake Pavelka!
According to an inside source, Uchitel, who met Jake while he was on Dancing With the Stars and she was working as a correspondent for Extra, sent one of Pavelka’s closest friends an email asking to be set up with the newly-single ex-pilot.
Jake said thanks ... but no thanks.
Rachel Uchitel wanted a ride on the wings of love. Not to be.
The Bachelor star just parted ways with Vienna Girardi, his airhead final rose recipient on the show, ending their engagement in a public feud for the ages.
Allegations of infidelity, lies, doubts about Jake’s sexual orientation (he says he's not gay) and an explosive interview on The Bachelorette made for a memorably ugly split. No wonder he's not looking to date again just yet.
Still picking up the pieces after the Vienna debacle, the Dallas native wasn't interested in the Celebrity Rehab 4 alum’s advances: “Jake thinks she’s probably a ‘nice girl’ but isn’t looking to date anytime soon,” the source said.
A nice girl? Are we talking about the same Rachel Uchitel?
