THE DARK SHADOWS OF ACTOR JOHNNY DEPP

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 Johnny Depp

Vanessa Paradis

In the new issue of Us Weekly, which looks at how Johnny Depp, unable to save his relationship with longtime love Vanessa Paradis, is seeking the comfort of his sexy costar, Amber Heard. On June 19, his publicist released a statement confirming what had been rumored for months: The Dark Shadows star, 49, and his partner of 14 years, French singer Vanessa Paradis, 39, had ended their relationship. As Depp’s relationship crumbled, the lonely former lothario — who romanced Winona Ryder and Kate Moss in the 1990s — turned to women for comfort. Published reports have linked him to Shadows costar Eva Green, 32, and his publicist, Robin Baum, 48. And sources confirm to Us he wooed both an extra on 2011’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and his Rum Diary costar Amber Heard, 26. Says a source of Heard, who has been hooking up with Depp for months, “He’s smitten by her.” It wasn’t until they began promoting the 2011 movie that a romance sparked. “They started sleeping together during the press tour,” says a Heard source. Though Depp was technically split from Paradis during those years, she didn’t appreciate his dalliances. One source who overheard a fight between the pair at a hotel in 2010 says Paradis screamed at him about another woman. “She was shouting at him,” says the witness. “She said, ‘If I see her, I’ll drown her!’

However, Depp and Paradis are determined to remain amicable for their children. And though he is spending time with Heard, Depp is mourning the collapse of his family. “It’s heartbreaking for all of them,” says the Depp pal. “Their loved ones are just trying to be there for them at this horrible time.”

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Jennifer Lawrence

JOHN & JENNIFER: Flirty Night Together!

Mayer charms Lawrence at a kooky Medieval Times party

John Mayer

Joust what he needed? John Mayer held court with Jennifer Lawrence during an outing to the L.A. theme restaurant Medieval Times June 16. “They were playful and nudging shoulders,” says a source, adding that in their party of 20, the Hunger Games star, 21 — who arrived minus her boyfriend, Nicholas Hoult — “was the only one listening to him!” The unattached singer, 34, notorious for his wooing skills with It girls (think Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson), “kept telling the waitress to get her more beers as a joke — implying that he wanted to get her drunk,” adds a Times staffer, who notes the actress stuck to only two. “She laughed about it.” Good thing her beau of two years also has a sense of humor. “Nick thinks her flirting was funny,” says a pal of the actor, 22. “He trusts Jennifer. She gets hit on all the time because they are separated a lot, but they’re still in love.”

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Joins Kim’s Show

John Travolta has some competition! Oprah Winfrey, 58, forged a big bond with Kim Kardashian and family during her recent sitdown interview on OWN. “She and Khloé especially hit it off. Khloé had her dying laughing,” says the source. “It meant so much because she loves Oprah!” The talk show mogul was so enamored with the clan that she agreed to appear on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, says the source: “Oprah signed the release!” (A Winfrey rep confirms that she will appear on the E! show.)

Anna Paquin And Stephen Moyer

ANNA & STEPHEN: Expecting Twin Babies!

What’s in the water on the set of True Blood? Hot Stuff has learned that Anna Paquin, 29, and her husband of nearly two years, Stephen Moyer, 42, are expecting a double delivery in the fall! “I’m so excited for them,” the couple’s costar Sam Trammell — father to 11-month-old twins Winston and Gus with girlfriend Missy Yager — tells Hot Stuff. “We sent them a special gift. It’s so interesting that True Blood has become, like, the ‘twins’ show.” And though Moyer has two children, Lilac, 10, and Billy, 12, from a previous relationship, he’s been listening intently to Trammell’s advice on the ins and outs of raising multiples. “It’s harder, having twins, but it’s all we know. So we’re trying to impart some decent wisdom,” Trammell adds. “I told them to hold on tight!”

Jason Segel

Jason’s Playing Dad

He already won over Michelle Williams. Now Jason Segel is focusing on her daughter, Matilda, 6. “Jason is obsessed with Michelle and wants to be a father figure to Matilda,” says a source close to the actor, 32, who has been dating the Take This Waltz star, 31, for more than five months. “He’s been doing all sorts of ‘dad stuff’ with her, like drawing and playing music. They’ve been spending time together whenever possible.”

Kelly Osbourne

Kelly & Matthew: Officially in Love

 

She’s known for her wit, and Kelly Osbourne met her match in Matthew Mosshart. “He’s a little goofy, so their humor works well together,” says a pal of the vegan chef, 28. She needs that with the sad news of her brother Jack’s multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and the source adds Kelly said she and her guy are ready to help at a moment’s notice. Mosshart has also won over her friends, says the pal, and “he’s fallen for her hard.” The E! host, 27, clearly feels the same. “I’m in love!” she tweeted June 20.

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US WEEKLY ON CHRIS BROWN AND DRAKE FETE

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Chris Brown and Drake's Fight:

Rihanna "Loves the Drama"

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Drake

Makes her feel like she's the only girl in the world!

Chris Brown

After Chris Brown and Drake -- or at least their entourages -- sparked a violent brawl between their entourages at a downtown NYC club early Thursday, it was widely assumed that the fight was over one very special lady: Rihanna, Brown's ex and Drake's pal, collaborator, and rumored hook-up. Although the "We Found Love" singer had been spotted out and about in NYC earlier in the week, she wasn't at W.i.P. (where fellow stars like Mary J. Blige, Neyo, Maxwell and others were spotted Thursday evening) when a massive fight broke out between Brown and Drake's respective posses. But she definitely heard about it, a source tells Us Weekly. Rihanna "loves this!" the source says. "Men fighting over her? Are you kidding? Of course. [She] loves the drama."

Brown, 23, tweeted a photo of a serious gash on his chin after a bystander (said to be a member of Drake's entourage) threw a bottle at him during the melee. ("Chris and Drake never got in each other's faces," an observer says. "It was entourage versus entourage, never Drake versus Chris.")

Rihanna "got text messages from everybody telling her what happened right after it went down," the source explains. "She just laughed. She's spoken to both of them and just thinks it's crazy. She's glad she wasn't there though!"

Rihanna

As previously reported by Us, the chart-topping singer, 24, has been secretly hooking up with abusive ex Brown for over a year -- and has been romantically linked to Drake, 25, in the past.

"She wants to be friends with both of them," the source explains.

For his part, "Take Care" rapper Drake denied "any wrongdoing" at W.i.P. in a Thursday statement to Us. "He was on his way out of the club when the altercation began. He did not engage in any activity which resulted in injury to person or damage to property," his rep said.



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SECRETS OF BACHELORETTE EMILY MAYNARD

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The Bachelorette’s Emily Maynard

The cover story of the new issue of Us Weekly reveals shocking secrets about The Bachelorette’s Emily Maynard. She has earned a reputation as the drama-free, girl-next-door. Insiders say Maynard can have a bit of an attitude and is feuding with the family of her dead fiancé, race car driver Ricky Hendrick. What’s more, Maynard underwent plas­tic surgery before appearing on TV and hopes to land a rich husband. “She sur­rounds herself with money and social status,” says a source. Us investigates the side of Maynard that the cameras don’t show.

She has a temper: Maynard has admitted that her relationship post-The Bachelor with Brad Womack was marred by “knock-down, drag-out fights.” After the two split in June 2011 and she was tapped to be the Bachelor­ette, “she got difficult,” says a show source. “She knew she was the star, so she be­came a bit of a diva.” That attitude rears its head in the episode airing June 11. Maynard goes off the rails when she learns that con­testant Kalon McMahon, 27, referred to her daughter as “baggage.”

She’s at odds with [daughter] Ricki’s grandparents: As Us previously reported, Hen­drick’s parents are “livid” Maynard decided to do a second round. “When Em­ily went on The Bachelor, they weren’t pleased, but they supported her,” says a family source. “Now they’re not speaking.”

She likes the finer things in life: “Emily is a bit of a social climber,” says a Maynard source. “She has dated some heavy hitters, and she started to get a bad reputation around town. She’s well-liked now, but it did take a while.” After Hendrick died in 2004 (he was worth a re­ported $15 million at the time), Maynard dated coun­try singers Jake Owen, 30, and Jerrod Niemann, 32, and was also linked to race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., 37, in early 2006.

She had plastic surgery: Sources say she went under the knife prior to taping Womack’s season in 2010, and now has breast implants, veneers and likely a nose job. One source be­lieves Maynard is inse­cure after developing Bell’s palsy as a teen.

ADAM LEVINE: DATING ANNE’S PAL

Adam Levine

The rocker’s new girl “always had a crush”

Revenge romance! two months ago, Adam Levine, 33, was blindsided by Anne Vyalitsyna when she dumped him via a press statement. Now the Voice star has found love again — with her friend Behati Prinsloo! “Behati always had a crush on Adam,” a source tells Hot Stuff of the Namibian model, 23. “And she was a little jealous of Anne.” The Victoria’s Secret Angels “are good friends,” says a source. “Not best — but close enough.” And now, perhaps, not at all: Vyalitsyna stopped following Prinsloo on Twitter! But the be­trayed Russian beauty, 26, has soothed her wounds with a new man: A source says she’s been “flirting and texting” with True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård, 35. “Anne’s been traveling, so they haven’t been able to see each other,” says the insider. “But she’s his type!”

HOW TO HOOK GEORGE

 George Clooney

Patti Stanger schooled Stacy Keibler on seal­ing the deal with her love of 10 months, George Clooney! The Millionaire Matchmaker, 51, took Keibler, 32, aside at the Simon G. Jewelry Summer Soiree in Las Vegas June 2. “She gave Stacy a big tip,” a source tells Hot Stuff. “She said that George needs to propose within a year of them being together. Other­wise, she won’t have as strong a chance.”

MK’S OLDER MAN

 Mary-Kate Olsen

What’s 17 years? Not enough of an age difference to stop Mary-Kate Olsen, 26, from dating 43-year-old Olivier Sarkozy! “She’s constantly complaining about boys not being mature enough for her,” says a pal of the designer, who has been seeing the divorced half brother of French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy for more than a month. “She really likes the guy.” Indeed, says a witness who saw the two on a May 28 date at NYC eatery Jewel Bako: “She was all over him!”

UMA THURMAN: INSIDE HER BABY BASH

Uma Thurman

Ethan Hawke

Flowers? check. cookies? yep. pink elephants? Well, OK. Uma Thurman’s baby shower, hosted by her half sister, Taya, at the sibling’s NYC pad on May 31, “had a pink elephant theme,” a source tells Hot Stuff. About 25 guests — including the actress’ Smash costars (and real-life couple) Debra Messing, 43, and Will Chase, 41, along with the baby’s father, French financier Arki Busson, 49 — were served treats shaped like the animal. Besides the fete’s decor, the other elephant in the room was the name of Thur­man’s baby girl, due in late July (the star, 42, has a daughter, Maya, 13, and a son, Levon, 10, with Ethan Hawke, 41). “No one said what the baby will be called,” the source says. It will just have to be a surprise — much like the pregnancy itself! “Uma was definitely not planning on having another kid,” the source says. “But she’s over the moon about it.”

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REESE WITHERSPOON DEVASTATED OVER DAD

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 Teresa Giudice

The new issue of Us Weekly, which looks at how The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice has been humiliated by her husband, Joe Guidice, and what might happen if he is incarcerated. Among his offenses: drunken onscreen outbursts, a DWI arrest, an $11 million bankruptcy filing (which he later rescinded) and, most recently, an indictment for using a false ID to obtain a driver’s license. The latter charge could land him in prison for 10 years. All the while, published reports of his alleged infidelity have plagued her. “Teresa puts on blinders when it comes to Joe,” says a Giudice source. “It’s difficult for her to accept he’s such a scumbag.”

Multiple sources tell Us that the cookbook author and entrepreneur is already planning her next moves should her husband of 12 years be locked up: namely, land a spinoff show and pen a memoir about life as a single mom to Gia, 11, Gabriella, 6, Milania, 5, and Audriana, 2. “I don’t know if she’ll actually leave him if he goes to jail,” says a second Giudice insider. “But she knows everyone will see her as a victim and she’ll get her own show.” Teresa is no dummy when it comes to her career. She is slowly becoming more comfortable letting Joe look like a bad guy if it means creating compassion for her plight. Adds another source, “If Joe goes to jail, there will be sympathy for her, and she’ll get a spinoff show about life as a single mom. She’ll do a book deal, too: My Life Without Joe or something like that.”

Chace Crawford

Also included below are this week’s Hot Stuff items which include the scoop on Chace Crawford going after Erin Andrews, Sean Penn and Petra Nemcova’s rekindled romance, Reese Witherspoon’s family crisis, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new UK pad.

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Chace Goes After Erin

Score one for Chace Crawford! A source tells Hot Stuff the Gossip Girl star, 26, has been out “a couple times” with ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews, 34. “They’re getting to know each other,” says the insider. Indeed, at a May 8 Purity Vodka–sponsored NYC bash, “they talked the entire party,” says a witness. Two days later, the duo dined à deux at NYC’s Scalinatella. Says an insider, “Chace likes that she’s independent and already established.” Still, an Andrews pal cautions, “she only sees him as a friend.”

Petra Nemcova

PETRA AND SEAN: Rekindled Romance

Sean Penn

Take two! After a weeks-long fling in February 2008, Sean Penn and Petra Nemcova are giving it another go. On May 10, a witness saw the pair “holding hands” during U2 frontman Bono’s star-filled 52nd birthday bash at NYC’s the Spotted Pig. After Penn, 51, and the Czech model, 32, mingled with revelers — including Gwyneth Paltrow and Jay-Z — “they left together,” adds a second onlooker. It’s Penn’s first high-profile hookup since Scarlett Johansson, 27, with whom he split after four months in June 2011. And the Oscar winner’s quite the rebound for Nemcova, who announced April 11 she had called off her engagement to British actor Jamie Belman, 26. Explains a source, “Petra started going on dates with Sean right after the split.”

Reese Witherspoon

REESE’S FAMILY CRISIS: ‘Devastated’ Over Her Dad

Witherspoon goes to court for parents’ bizarre bigamy case

Home, sweet home? Hardly. On May 9, Reese Witherspoon raced to Nashville after her mother, Betty, 63, filed a suit against her husband of 42 years, John, 70 — from whom she separated in 1996 — claiming that he committed bigamy by marrying Patricia “Tricianne” Taylor, 60, in January. In court papers seeking to annul that union, Betty wrote that after reading about his nuptials in a local paper, she confronted John and he “said he didn’t know who Tricianne Taylor was.” She asserts that he suffers from early-onset dementia. Betty — who says she and John split due to his “alcoholism, infidelity, overspending and hoarding” — also claims Taylor persuaded John to change his will. Five-months-pregnant Reese, 36, appeared with both parents at a May 11 hearing, at which Betty requested conservatorship over John. “Reese is devastated,” a source tells Hot Stuff. “She wants her mom protected and her dad to get help.”

Angelina and Brad: Their Pricey U.K. Pad

Jolly good move! Brad Pitt, 48, and Angelina Jolie, 36, are shelling out $24,000 a month to rent a mansion on the posh Wentworth Estate in Surrey, England, where, a source says, they will be based “for the next 15 months” as they make movies in the U.K. “It looks like the White House!” gushes an insider of the palatial property. “And it’s perfect because they’re still close to Miraval, their home in France.”

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THE SHOCKING GUN RIDE OF PIPPA MIDDLETON

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Attached please find the cover story from the new issue of Us Weekly, which looks at Pippa Middleton’s shocking ride in Paris. After partying at a raucous, raunchy bash in Paris until 5 a.m., Middleton took a spin with three pals in a convertible on Saturday when photographers snapped the foursome -- and, in a bizarre turn of events, the driver of the car took out what appeared to be a semi-automatic pistol and aimed it at the photographer. Sitting in the passenger seat, Middleton laughed. Nobody's laughing now. As revealed in the new Us Weekly, Middleton will be questioned by French authorities about the gun-waving incident and faces nearly $6000 in fines and even jail time if convicted.



The royal in-laws are not pleased. "This is embarrassing for them," a royal source says. Including big sister Duchess Kate. Her sibling's surprising photo "has put Kate in a very difficult position," the source adds. The mystery man pointing the gun in question, meanwhile, has finally been identified: He's Romain Rabillard, a 36-year-old French attorney, who ironically represents German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. The single Rabillard parties with a crowd of chic Parisians, including wealthy clothing designer Viscount Arthur de Soultrait -- Middleton's pal, whose wild 30th birthday bash she attended Friday evening.

Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt

Also featured in the new issue is the inside story on Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s decision to make their kids’ marriage wish for Mom and Dad come true. On a recent spring day, Brad Pitt gathered the children — Maddox, 10, Pax, 8, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 5, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 3 — to watch as he gave Angelina Jolie, 36, a special gift: an engagement ring they’d had a hand in designing just for her. Pitt skipped the tradition of getting down on one knee, per a source, and merely presented the ring as a token of his unwavering love. “Angelina cried and smiled,” says the confidant of the actress. “And everyone hugged once she put it on. She went around and showed it to each of the kids.” The engagement fulfills one of Pitt’s long-held dreams — and the confidant gives all credit to the pair’s oldest child for making it happen. “Maddox wanted them to have a wedding,” says the source. “He was the most vocal in pushing for it.” His insistence ultimately gave Pitt, 48, the leverage he needed. “Brad pleaded and said that everything else in the kids’ lives is not normal,” says the confidant. “He added that they travel constantly, they are always in different houses and different schools. They needed to give the kids one thing in their life that is normal, and they are asking for this. He said they should do it for them.”



After Jolie’s two failed marriages, admits a source, “I don’t think she figured that she would be getting married again.” Now, Jolie just sees the exchange of vows as “formalizing the agreement they already have,” says the confidant. “It’s no big deal to her.” As for Jennifer Aniston’s reaction to the engagement news, Pitt’s former wife knows everyone is wondering how she’s taking it. “She hates it being brought up because she really doesn’t care,” says a pal of Aniston, 43. “She feels Angelina can have him. She just wants to move on.”



Also included below are this week’s Hot Stuff items which include the scoop on Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds moving in together, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel looking at wedding venues in Italy, Charlize Theron’s second date with Alexander Skarsgård, and Tom Cruise winning over the cast and crew of Oblivion with smoothies and cappuccino.

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Ryan Reynolds

BLAKE AND RYAN: Moving in Together!


Lively and Reynolds want an “out of the city” sanctuary



Serena is heading to the suburbs! An insider tells Hot Stuff that Gossip Girl star Blake Lively and boyfriend of six months Ryan Reynolds want to live together and “have been looking around different areas of Connecticut” for a house. The couple had domesticity on the brain April 12, when they strolled through the upscale town of New Canaan (located an hour away from NYC). “They checked out a lot of home decor stores,” says an onlooker of the pair, who peeked inside china boutique the Whitney Shop and jewelry store Pennyweights. Adds a second insider, “They love getting out of the city and appreciate a slower pace.” And though Lively, 24 — who ended her five-month dalliance with Leonardo DiCaprio, 37, in September — and the Safe House actor, 35, haven’t signed on the dotted line, they are already well practiced at playing house. Reynolds put the L.A.-area home he shared with ex-wife Scarlett Johansson, 27, on the market in February and now spends much of his time at Lively’s pad in NYC. “Ryan is practically living with her already,” says one insider. “When he’s at her apartment, it feels like home.”

JT AND JESSICA: Wedding in Italy?



That’s amore! With their big day set for this summer, Jessica Biel, 30, and Justin Timberlake, 31, just spent five days in Italy — and toured at least one wedding venue. On April 10, the two hit Rome, where they shared dinner at Dal Bolognese and “held hands across the table,” a witness tells Hot Stuff. After the meal, the pair strolled back to their hotel and “stopped along the way for a cuddle,” says a local. Next, it was off to Naples, then a private boat tour along the island of Capri. Last stop? Bernalda, where they checked out wedding venue Palazzo Margherita (Sofia Coppola got hitched there last year). Local mayor Leonardo Chiruzzi tells Us, “We haven’t had a request for a wedding, but we’d happily help them out!”

Charlize Theron

Charlize’s Sexy Second Date



Has Charlize Theron found her Prince Charming? The Snow White and the Huntsman actress, 36, who adopted son Jackson in March, went on a second date with True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård, 35, on April 6 at West Hollywood’s Soho House. Though the duo — who hung out March 3 at the area’s Gym Sportsbar — were with a group, “she rested her head on his shoulder and they looked very couple-y,” says an onlooker. Explains a Theron source, “It isn’t serious. And no, he has not met the baby!”

Tom Cruise

Smoothie Operator



Cheers to Tom Cruise! A source tells Hot Stuff that the actor, 49, won over the cast and crew on the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, set of his 2013 sci-fi flick Oblivion when he had a self-serve smoothie and cappuccino bar installed. “There’s a big sign that reads COURTESY OF MR. TOM CRUISE,” says a source on the production. “The free drinks have made him the most popular person!”


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MICHELLE WILLIAMS MOVED ON AFTER HEATH

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Michelle Williams

The new issue of Us Weekly, which looks at how Michelle Williams never moved on after losing Heath Ledger four years ago— until she fell for Jason Segel. After years of platonic friendship, the two have turned up the heat, meeting up for several intimate dates in New York and L.A. Says a Segel source, “Romantically, this kind of happened overnight!” Says another source, “Jason is supersweet. He makes Michelle laugh and feel good about herself.” On the surface, the demure mom and the freewheeling bachelor seem like a head-scratching coupling, but a Segel insider says, “He has made an effort to clean up his act. Jason has been trying to be more of a grown-up lately. He is taking care of himself more, exercising, eating right and dressing better. Basically, not acting like a frat boy anymore.” According to another Segel source, “He’s super into Michelle, and it just really seems like he doesn’t want to mess this up.”

And Williams could use a true romance. She and Ledger split in 2007 — four and a half months before he overdosed on a combination of prescription drugs — largely because of his escalating drug use, per sources. Still, his passing “took a huge toll on her,” says a Ledger friend. “It was an extremely dark period in her life. She is a romantic and always felt partly responsible for not being able to help Heath. It’s weighed on her a lot.” But while Williams is basking in this new romance, can the pairing last? “Jason can be a bit of a playboy,” says a Segel source. “The only way this will work is if he completely devotes himself to Michelle.” For now, Williams is choosing to remain cautiously optimistic about the Five-Year Engagement star. “She doesn’t want to repeat the same mistakes she made with Heath,” says the Ledger source. “She wants a good guy who will give her a stable family life.”



Also included below are this week’s Hot Stuff items which include the scoop on a Saturday Night Live cast exodus, Victoria Beckham ordering a plate of lettuce, Adam Levine being blindsided by his split with Anne Vyalitsyna, and Aubrey O’Day’s feud with Arsenio Hall.

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Andy Samberg

SNL CAST: Mass Exodus!



No joke: two sources tell Hot Stuff that several Saturday Night Live players are ready to move on. “Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis are all leaving after the end of the season,” says one insider. “It will be a huge blow to the show. Without Andy’s video shorts and Kristen saving every skit, they’ll need help!” And though a rep for Wiig, 38, and Sudeikis, 36, refutes this — telling Us, “No decisions are made until the season is over” — an insider says the timing is right, especially for the Bridesmaids star. “Kristen was talking about leaving a while ago,” says a Wiig pal. “With her movie success, it’s no surprise.”

Victoria Beckham

Posh Eats a Plate of Lettuce


Hold the fries — and the burger, bun and tomato! For a March meal at Il Pastaio in Beverly Hills (known for its risotto), Victoria Beckham ordered . . . lettuce! A fellow diner tells Hot Stuff, “All I saw her eat was a plate of arugula — not even any salad dressing!” Call it a green plate special for the lithe mom of four, 37, who’s a regular at the restaurant. Says an insider, “She orders like that all the time!”

Adam Levine

ADAM LEVINE: Blindsided by the Split

The singer was stunned when Anne V ended their romance


Adam Levine is, well, in misery. After his Sports Illustrated swimsuit-model girlfriend of two years, Anne Vyalitsyna, dumped him, she announced it to the world April 2 without giving him a heads-up. “It was a cheap shot,” says a pal. “Anne didn’t want it to look like he broke up with her.” The Maroon 5 crooner, 33 — who was home in L.A. when she broke up with him from NYC — “was blindsided,” says a Levine friend. “Adam’s heartbroken. He wasn’t even sure they were really broken up.” The insider adds that as recently as late March, “he thought they were together!” Though the Voice star was leveled by the surprise, friends of the couple saw the split coming. “Anne said he didn’t pay her enough attention,” says a pal of the model, 26, who hung out in Miami in late March while Levine worked in Costa Rica. Another gripe: He wouldn’t put a ring on it. “As a woman, you get to a point where you want to get married,” adds an insider. “Adam wasn’t ready to take that step.” Vyalitsyna, it seems, is now on the hunt for someone who will. Says a source of the model — seen partying at NYC’s Darby April 1 — “She’s telling people she wants to meet guys!”

Aubrey O’Day

Aubrey Fires Back

Aubrey O’Day is fired — up! After the pop singer took sole credit for her team’s big win on The Celebrity Apprentice on April 1, Arsenio Hall, 56, lashed out at her. “I guess it’s flattering that I upset him so much,” the singer, 28, tells Hot Stuff of Hall, who later referred to “her stank ass” and told teammates, “I googled her and a naked picture with a gut popped up. . . . F—k her!” O’Day, who dramatically fled the boardroom after Hall’s rant, adds that he is just warming up. “Arsenio gets worse in the next episode, when he calls me a whore,” she reveals. “He doesn’t want strong women to have too much of a voice. Typical in this industry.”

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HUMILIATED KIM KARDASHIAN'S DIVORCE HELL

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The cover story of the new issue of Us Weekly is all about a humiliated Kim Kardashian’s divorce hell and how she is continually held back as she tries to move on.
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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian’s di­vorce from Kris Humphries has so far taken more than twice as long as their 72‑day marriage — all part of the New Jersey Nets player’s game plan to break the prenup and make Kim pay dearly, say sources. Yet no matter what he throws at her, Kim, 31, has remained silent. As she tells Us, “Out of respect for everyone involved, I’d rather not talk about it any­more. I’m so ready, emo­tionally, for this chapter to be over. I want to leave it in my past so I can start fresh.” But the damage has already been done. Bash­ing their wedding debacle has become sport for Kim’s Hollywood peers, like Mad Men’s Jon Hamm and The Hunger Games’ Jennifer Lawrence. And Kim’s friends blame Humphries for keeping the divorce — and his name — in the news. Says one pal, “He’s doing this to humili­ate her, plain and simple. Kris wants to hurt her.”



The exes are no longer even on speaking terms, but that doesn’t stop Humphries from making sure Kim hears him. His routine: making increasingly bi­zarre legal demands that threaten to expose the Kar­dashian family, like report­edly requesting in Febru­ary that divorce hearings be televised. A Humphries source told Us at the time, “Kris and his lawyers are not opposed to having the divorce proceedings tele­vised. They have nothing to hide.”



“In my opinion, it’s a shakedown — like, Let me see what other coins I can shake out of her Louis Vuitton purse,” says Fox legal analyst Kimberly Guilfoyle. How about $7 million worth? A close source says Humphries floated that figure as a payoff to make him go away. His legal team, however, in­sists Humphries was of­fered that amount by Kim’s camp. Nonsense, says the Kardashian source. “Seven million? How about zero?”

Katy Perry

Also in this issue is a feature on Katy Perry’s rebound romance with a hot French model. It wasn’t just Perry’s electric-blue hair drawing stares. Traveling first-class from London to Paris on the Eurostar high-speed train March 19, the pop star cozied up to a dash­ing companion, French model Baptiste Giabiconi, 22. “They were chatting away,” an onlooker says of the pair, who shared magazines and sipped mineral water with a group of pals. “They looked very relaxed and happy.” That’s exactly the image she wants to project to her ex Russell Brand. Three months after the actor, 36, blindsided her with a divorce filing, sources say the singer, 27, is stepping out with Giabiconi partly in an effort to make Brand jealous. So when designer Karl Lagerfeld introduced her to the 6-foot-2 Giabiconi during Paris Fashion Week, Perry pounced. “She’s hot,” he said in a 2011 interview. “If I could make her di­vorce her husband, I’d marry her.”

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Michelle Williams

MICHELLE & JASON: SHE FINDS LOVE AGAIN

Williams and Segel try a long-distance romance

No more blue valentines for Michelle Williams! The demure three-time Oscar nominee has fallen for longtime pal Jason Segel. “They are smitten and very serious,” a source tells Hot Stuff of Segel, 32, and Williams, 31. (The actress split from Heath Ledger five months before his death in 2008.) The pair have known each other for years through Williams’ BFF, Segel’s Freaks & Geeks costar Busy Philipps, but their relation­ship only recently turned romantic. They dined à deux at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont February 27, then shared supper at West Hollywood’s Comme Ça March 16. After a stop at Frankie’s Spuntino in Brooklyn March 24, “he put his arm around her and made her laugh as they walked,” says a witness. Segel also has bonded with her daughter, Matilda, 6. On March 25, he and Williams took her for a ride on her scooter. Though they live on different coasts, the Brooklyn-based actress and the L.A. denizen are “trying to make it work. She hasn’t been this happy in a long time.”

Bradley Cooper

BRADLEY & ZOE: IT’S OVER


Bradley Cooper is single again. An insider tells Hot Stuff the actor, 37, and his Words costar Zoë Saldana recently ended their three-month romance. “They’re definitely no longer together,” says the source of the pair, who were first spotted kissing at a New Year’s Eve bash. Though the actress, 33, was seen hang­ing with Cooper’s mom, Gloria, in February, friends say she isn’t too crushed about the split. “She and Bradley weren’t superseri­ous at all,” says a pal.

Britney Spears

SIMON SAYS NO TO BRITNEY?


Don’t call us . . . we’ll call you! The X Factor creator Simon Cowell, 52, has seri­ous reservations about placing Britney Spears, 30, at the judges’ table — despite her keen interest. “He’s worried she won’t be able to deliver good advice,” says an insider of the oft-troubled, soft-spoken pop star. “And he’s afraid contestants won’t take her seriously.” Although Cowell told Us he was “flattered” by Spears’ desire to join the talent show, it isn’t likely to lead to an offer. Says the source, “He’ll probably go more in the direction of Mariah Carey or Janet Jackson.”


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REPORTS REESE WITHERSPOON PREGNANT

Reese Witherspoon

The new issue of Us Weekly, is revealing that Reese Witherspoon is pregnant! As multiple sources confirm to Us exclusively, the Oscar-winning actress is pregnant with her third child, and her first with second husband Jim Toth, who she wed last March at her $7 million ranch in Ojai, Calif. after over a year of dating. "Reese is right around 12 weeks," one source explains, adding that the This Means War star is "not planning to announce it." The baby-to-be will join older siblings Ava, 12, and Deacon, 8, Witherspoon's kids with first husband Ryan Phillippe, from whom she split in 2006 after 7 years of marriage. Pals of Witherspoon and high-powered CAA agent Toth, 41, aren't shocked by the happy news. "Reese and Jim have been trying to get pregnant," one pal says. And now that the A-list couple are breaking the news to a small circle of friends, their baby joy is obvious. "The timing is right," one source says. "She's so happy!"



Also in the new issue is an exclusive interview with Mob Wives’ Renee Graziano, who opens up how her ex-husband who she’s recently reconciled with, Hector “Junior” Pagan, 46, had flipped for the DEA, wearing a wire to nab her dad, after being charged with armed robbery and brandishing a weapon during a 2009 card-game stickup. Pagan is now reportedly in witness protection while Renee’s father, reputed Bonanno family crime boss Anthony “TG” Graziano, 71, is behind bars for charges including extortion, based on Pagan’s secret tapes of their conversation about collecting a loan-shark debt. (The story unfolds on VH1 March 25 and April 1 at 8 p.m.) “I thought Junior came back because he loved me,” says Renee. “Little did I know it was a big lie.” Of the aftermath she says, “ I was suicidal. January 27 was when I had my nervous breakdown. I couldn’t breathe, my body was shutting down and my anxiety was insane. I felt like I was going to die. I called my doctor and he called 911. I think I spent six days in the hospital. The girls from the show were there for me.”



Also included in this week’s Hot Stuff items which include the scoop on Wilmer Valderrama and Minka Kelly’s PDA, Miley Cyrus’s wild nights, Heidi Klum and Sandra Bullock’s friendship, and Jennifer Aniston sparing no expense on her new pad.

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Wilmer Valderrama

WILMER & MINKA: ‘Grinding’ on Dance Floor


The lothario strikes again. A source tells Hot Stuff that after months of crushing on her, Wilmer Valderrama has added Minka Kelly to his list of conquests. “They were kissing and grinding” at West Hollywood’s Greystone Manor Supperclub March 18, says an onlooker of the That ’70s Show alum, 32, and Derek Jeter’s onetime love, 31. While Valderrama (ex of Lindsay Lohan and Mandy Moore) has been squiring Kelly around town — to Disneyland in Anaheim on February 21 and L.A. eatery Pink Taco on March 15 — the two aren’t exclusive just yet. “I wouldn’t say they’re boyfriend and girlfriend,” says a Valderrama pal, “but he’s started ignoring calls from some of his other girls.”

Liam Hemsworth

Miley’s Bad Behavior



Girl gone wild! A source tells Hot Stuff that Miley Cyrus, 19, has been hitting the L.A. nightlife hard lately. “She gets pretty crazy,” says a source. “She’s always out in skimpy outfits and writhing on [boyfriend] Liam Hemsworth. Sometimes he looks embarrassed for her.” Another source says that the Hunger Games hottie, 22, “enjoys the fun-loving side of Miley, but he gets concerned too,” adding that it’s often Hemsworth who keeps her in check. Says the first source, “Liam’s always looking after her.”

Heidi Klum

Heidi & Sandra: BFFs



Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Single moms Heidi Klum, 38, and Sandra Bullock, 47, clearly had lots to talk about over dinner at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills on March 16. “They were there for hours,” says a witness of Bullock, who divorced ex Jesse James in June 2010, and Klum, who split from husband Seal in January. Before hopping in a car together post-dinner, “the girls had two shots of tequila each — and they high-fived both times!”

Jennifer Aniston

JENNIFER ANISTON: Decking Out Her House!



Money is no object when it comes to Aniston’s new digs.


Jennifer Aniston’s future sure looks bright! A source tells Hot Stuff that during a March 5 visit to NYC, “Jen picked out $20,000 worth of lights” at B4 It Was Cool, a high-end vintage lighting store, for her new 8,500-squarefoot, $21 million mansion in L.A.’s Bel Air. And 10 days later in West Hollywood, she and beau Justin Theroux browsed specialty furniture at the exclusive Melrose Project. While the actress, 43 — who earned $28 million between June 2010 and June 2011 — decides on decor, construction is under way on the house. “It needs several months of work, both interior and exterior,” says a source. Yet the move can’t come soon enough for the star and Theroux, 40, who have already outgrown their tiny Hollywood Hills rental. “They’re anxious to get out,” says the insider. “Their puppy [pit bull mix Sophie] needs more space, and Jen has been worried that the dog’s been messing up the place!”

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