Monday, May 12, 2008
Zeta-Jones denies plastic surgery rumor; porn star and alleged Cruise-defamer Kyle Bradford is "sensual" and "honest." Plus: Liz Hurley figures out the Matthew Perry problem -- he was on drugs!
May 4, 2001 | If Catherine Zeta-Jones has a few wrinkles around her peepers, they're certainly not smile lines.
The actress is apparently not amused by claims in the U.K. Sun that she has had plastic surgery on her eyes, so she has dispatched her publicist, Cece Yorke, to dismiss said surgical allegations forthwith.
"She has gorgeous eyes," Yorke told Reuters, "and they are the same as they were."
According to the Sun, Zeta-Jones had a three-hour lid-lift operation at the L.A. office of Dr Frank Kamer, whom the paper calls an "eye specialist," on the morning of April 10.
"It will take about six weeks for her to recover," the source told the tab.
But Yorke says that in the last few days, Zeta-Jones "has been photographed all over the place and she looks the same to everyone else."
Something to take up with Dr. Kramer?
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What makes Prince Albert shake his can?
"I am a really massive fan of Chicago and Genesis."
-- Prince Albert of Monaco, letting the cat out of the bag about his musical tastes.
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Porn yesterday?
What do we know about male porn star Kyle Bradford (real name: Chad Slater) except for the fact that Tom Cruise is looking forward to seeing him in court?
Cruise, you most likely know by now, is bent on disproving Bradford's claim, published in a German magazine, that he and Cruise had an affair and that the discovery of said affair caused the breakup of Cruise's marriage to Nicole Kidman. Cruise insists he never even met the guy, let alone boffed him -- and is suing him for defamation ... for the obscene sum of $100 million.
Well, a visit to Bradford's Web site suggests that the original report might have been exaggerated.
"I have never been to France, I have never spoken with 'Actustar Magazine', and have never said any of the statements allegedly said by me," Bradford writes. "The things being reported internationally are totally untrue and very hurtful to all parties."
Whether or not this denial will satisfy Cruise is yet to be seen. If so, it was fun while it lasted. And while it lasted, we were able to glean a few details about the briefly famous porn star from a sweet little profile on ManNet.com, which bills itself as "Gay Erotica's Best Click!"
Here we learn that Bradford is 25, lives in Hollywood and looks a bit like Cruise himself. We also learn that he'd like to be taller, that Cruise and Brad Pitt are his favorite mainstream actors (Austin and Alex Powers are his favorite "porn performers") and that his "most humbling experience" was "When I met a famous actor -- who shall remain nameless -- and he wanted to wrestle with me."
Bradford also reveals that, although people often take him for a "cocky jockboy punk," he is really "sensitive and insecure at times." He also describes himself as "adventurous," "sensual" and ... "honest" -- though we're guessing Cruise might dispute the latter.
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She has her limits
"Definitely not. Not for $200 million ... Two Mummy movies is enough."
-- "The Mummy" star Rachel Weisz on how no amount of moolah could tempt her to do another "Mummy" sequel.
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Juicy bits
The word is no "Grease." Not for 'N Sync, anyway. Boy band member Lance Bass tells SonicNet that the band has finally faced its failure to secure the rights to the "Grease" name and characters in order to make "Grease 3." And the way Bass now sees it, this may be for the best. "I think if you had all five guys of 'N Sync, people really wouldn't take the movie seriously," he tells the music site. Not like the 'Npressive movies he and fellow 'N Sync-er Joey Fatone are currently working on.
Spare the Rod, spoil the marriage? Rod Stewart is waxing philosophical about commitment again. "I think the vows should be changed, because they've been in existence for 600 years, when people used to live until they were only 35. So they only had to be with each other for 12 years, then they would die anyway," Stewart reasons in Scotland's Daily Record. "But now, it's a big commitment because you're going to be with someone for 50 years. It's impossible. The vows should be written like a dog's license that has to be renewed every year." Of course, that's every seven years in dog years.
Looks like Matthew Perry has made a new friend. Liz Hurley says she and Perry had a rough time connecting while working on "Servicing Sara." But that all changed after his trip to rehab. "Now we realize why, because I guess he was disconnected to himself at that time," Hurley tells USA Today. "Now we sit around on the set all day and giggle and laugh playing silly games, and he's lovely!" Tee hee!
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