Thursday, Jul 24, 2008
What am I bid for De Niro's kidney stone? Elton John recovers from bad day. Plus: What's up with Destiny's Child?
Dec 7, 2001 | Liz Hurley's taste in men has now gone from bad to worse to worse still.
Hugh Grant's predilection for prostitutes was one thing, and Stephen Bing's attempt to weasel out of responsibility for the unborn child she insists belongs to him is something more despicable still (prompting even Grant to label Bing a "real jerk," according to the U.K. Sun). But now, it seems, the actress/model may have gotten herself into something downright abusive.
In what may be an attempt to help us all feel less sorry for her, Hurley has apparently revealed to Movieline that she has a new, post-Bing beau, whom she describes as "an American I'm very fond of."
But she's afraid to say more. "He would be mortified if I talked about him in the press," she tells the magazine. "I'd probably get strangled."
Strangled?
Don't worry, Hurley reassures, "He's not a mobster. He's not an ex-president. None of the above."
Very comforting, Liz. Very comforting indeed.
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Jed, move away from there!
"We're all riding on the same spaceship / Ain't it time we start to get along."
-- A few lyrics from "Spaceship," a new rock 'n' roll ditty by 93-year-old Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies."
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Stone soup
The ultimate collectible: Robert De Niro's kidney stone, passed in a Los Angeles hospital in 1981.
A U.K. TV channel hopes to raise $5,000 by auctioning off the 1-centimeter-wide stone, the provenance of which is still being authenticated.
"It's a real gem, very weird, yes," a spokesman for the channel told Ananova.com. "It's a very weird item for someone to want."
De Niro's agent, Stan Rosenfield, apparently concurs. "We know Mr. De Niro passed a stone in 1981," he told the U.K. Web site. "Whether this is the stone is debatable."
Well, it does look a little like him.
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