And this year’s best celebrity dad is…..not Tom Cruise apparently, I wonder why.  No, Bob Geldof is top celebrity dad this year.  You may know Irish born Geldof from his punk band Boomtown Rats years, as the lead in Pink Floyd’s The Wall, or by his Live 8 African charity project.

Geldof took the lead from several other big time, mainly British, dad names, taking second place is David Beckham- which just goes to show you that you can cheat on your wife with the nanny and still be the 2nd best celebrity dad.

Here is the Official Top Ten Celebrity Dads List:

• #1:  Bob Geldof
• #2:  David Beckham
• #3:  Jamie Oliver
• #4:  Jonathan Ross
• #5:  Johnny Depp (he’s a little higher in my ranking book, but then the Depp always is)
• #6:  Freddie Flintoff
• #7:  Chris Martin (until his kids start liking steak)
• #8:  Brad Pitt (is he really even a dad yet?)
• #9:  Jude Law
• #10:  Paul McCartney (Stella!)

Hmmmm…. Best celebrity dad….  I’m going to have to go with Michael Jackson.  He’s just so giving.

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Before hitting Namibia last week, Angelina Jolie & love partner Brad Pitt stopped to take a quick shop at a Parisian boutique. What did they buy, you ask? Why it appears as if the couple may be expecting a little girl to come their way soon. People, as always, informs us that Jolie & Pitt stocked up on baby stuff including dresses, socks, a bonnet & a layette.

According to the People informer he overheard Jolie saying, “We think it’s a girl, but we’re not 100% certain.”

Earlier in the pregnancy Brad’s sister Julie went on a shopping spree in Missouri nabbing all little girls clothing for the couple. So, unless the master couple of misdirection pull the wool over our eyes once again, it looks like they just might probably maybe more than likely be the proud parents of Wookey the baby girl chimp, I mean the proud parents of a little girl.

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Brad Pitt has hired three construction crews for his home in Hollywood Hills in an effort to make sure the renovations are complete before (girlfriend?) Angelina Jolie gives birth to his love child.  The crews will be working around the clock until the job is done meaning that the noise and constant traffic might wear on Pitt’s neighbor’s nerves.

But the sensitive Pitt has already thought of that and is planning a cocktail party when the work is done & he’s settled in.  One neighbor claims the actor insisted that the work to be done after dark should only consist of painting and other quiet jobs to ensure neighborhood happiness. 

Brad has owned the Hills house for over nine years, but had to give it up when he wed Jennifer Aniston, she never liked the place.  Ahhh, that should make Brad pleased- having the baby he’s always wanted & shacking up at his old bachelor pad.

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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie & kids arrived by a private jet in Namibia last Tuesday giving the gossip-sphere fodder & wondering if Angelina will give birth in Africa. An MSN Entertainment insider, however, states “The point of the trip is to spend some quality time together before the birth. The kids are with them, but there’s a nanny to occupy them when Brad and Ange want to concentrate on each other.”

Pitt & Jolie are staying at a secluded Namibian beach resort surrounded by tight security. The famous couple have rented out the entire Swakopmund Hotel & Entertainment Centre, which conveniently enough just happens to have an on-site doctor and small hospital on the property. It would make sense for Jolie to give birth in Africa, an insider shared with the Daily Mirror, “Angelina is passionate about Africa and thinks the idea of her and Brad’s child having an African passport is really cool.” It might be a stretch for Brad, though, who has been very protective of the pregnant Jolie and wishes her to be in a more well-equipped hospital.

What interests me is, who will get the first photo of Bradelina’s baby. People magazine reportedly dropped half a million dollars into Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti charity in exchange for photographing a very pregnant Jolie. You know that is a great system, you know that paparazzi are going to steak you out in order to get the prized pic, why not offer the photos yourselves in exchange for a donation to a charity you feel passionate about? I like it, good job to Jolie & Pitt. I take my hat off in your general direction.

Brad Pitt’s publicist commented on offers for photographs of the baby saying, “We’re getting offers.” Estimates on what the coveted image cold bring in range from at least $1 million to a wide-mouthed $5 million. Hmmm. What about the ‘Bloggers-R-Us’ charity. Think they’d go for it?

One unnamed editor said, “We’ll promote your charity, we’ll throw an auction for your charity. We’ll do articles on it in our magazine, we’ll have our staff go volunteer in Africa or Haiti or wherever.” That’s pretty cutely desperate. I wouldn’t mind a trip to Africa, send me!

But another undisclosed editor stated, “People’s going to get the picture and there’s nothing we can do about it.” Poor kid. All’s well that ends well. A charity will receive at least $1 million extra dollars and we will all soon see the Jolie-Pitt baby.

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Angelina Jolie has confided in a close pal, her first mistake, how she truly feels about her love partner Brad Pitt’s ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston.  The first cat paw punch has been thrown, retaliation at hand?  Jolie’s friend Tonya Hart is quoted in  Star magazine saying the actress was enraged by Aniston’s behavior on The Oprah Winfrey Show last September claiming that she was “milking” her split with Pitt, let’s call it “Pitting”.

The Oprah appearance “friend” Hart is referring to is the September 19th, 2005 20th anniversary episode which was the first TV interview Aniston gave after her marital breakup with Brad Pitt.  During the interview Aniston stated that she did want to have kids, she was ready to start dating again and that what she was looking forward to most after the Brad-years was, “I love the unknown.  I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing”.  Aniston went on to further discuss her marriage with Pitt and what she had learned from it. 

When Oprah tried to get Angelina Jolie to appear on the show soon after the Aniston interview, Jolie cut ties with Winfrey stating she wanted nothing to do with Oprah or the show.

Tonya Hart claims Jolie said, “Oh my God, it makes me want to throw up!  She shot her mouth off and Oprah took it all in.  The audience took it all in.  They were all against Brad and me from that moment on. She wanted people to feel sorry for her that her marriage was down the pan. Brad and I couldn’t defend ourselves.”  Sounds like Jolie is “Jenning” the situation.

Hart adds, “Angie told Oprah she was extremely upset with her and wanted nothing to do with the show, even though Oprah said, ‘Don’t bear a grudge against me (or I will eat you when you least expect it).’”

I was beginning to wonder if there was even going to be a bat of the eye between these two vixens.  But now it’s on.  Watch out, another cat fight ahead. 

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The Simple Life star Nicole Richie is having a case of celebself-innerflection which is my new word for celebrities looking inward and reflecting.  You like it?  Richie has a lot on her plate these days:  a big nose to look at, drifting away in the wind due to her diminishing body weight and listening to her ex-pal Paris Hilton diss her in the news every other day.

Let’s tackle the nose first, it might be a long climb getting there, but we’ll make it.  Nicole Richie is considering having plastic surgery on the thing she calls her nose.  She has apparently taken inspiration from the famous nostrils of Kristy Hume.

“If I could change anything about myself it would be my nose, I hate it.  I’d get a nose done like Kristy Hume’s; she has my kind of nose but smaller.  I see really good nose jobs in LA, but it’s a big decision.”

Richie is right about one thing, it is a ‘big’ decision, for the nose that is.  The daughter of Lionel Richie is dealing with something quite opposite regarding her body weight, she appears to be loosing pounds by the hour, growing smaller.  The incredible large-nosed shrinking woman?  One minute the dress fits, the next minute she’s blowing away in the wind without it.  But she doesn’t appreciate the thin accusations by the media and her friends.

“Am I thin?  Yes, no doubt about it.  But to say I’m on the verge of death is just untrue.  My family gets really upset to see people writing these lies about their child.”  And if you don’t want to hear Lionel sing 24-7, you had better watch the hell out.

Understandable.  But if Calista Flockhart looks like a buxom, voluptuous and shapely woman compared to you, I think I might consider a few extra milkshakes.

The Simple Life co-star and ex-pal Paris Hilton is even weighing in on Richie’s thin appearance, “That’s not normal.  I can’t believe it.  She looks horrible.  It’s really sad.

I’m not sure we can trust the place that Paris is coming from since the hotel heiress has vowed to “never speak with her (Richie) again- ever” despite the upcoming The Simple Life 4:  Till Death Do Us Part series, although it looks like they will not have to film any scenes together.  It does beg the question if the two can work together for the fifth season of Simple Life, which both are under contract for.  But, I’ve always liked a good little cat fight and maybe it will really be till death do us part.  Meow!

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Gwyneth Paltrow has given birth to a baby boy, the second child for Paltrow & husband Coldplay rocker Chris Martin. The actress welcomed the boy into the world at an unknown location over the weekend. Paltrow had been hoping to give birth to her son using the underwater method, but rumors abound that the delivery had to be hastened by Caesarean section.

And the name is….. It looks like Mortimer is out, poor old Uncle Morty Spielberg. Paltrow & Martin have named their son Moses. Which kinda makes sense in a way. From what Paltrow said on Oprah, she likes the idea of Old Testament namesakes as well as the fact that she is a direct descendent of David HaLevi Segal, the 17th century patriarch from Krakow who was one in the line of the revered Paltrowich dynasty which gave the world another 33 rabbis and that’s a lot of rabbis.

The name Moses has other significance for Paltrow & Martin. Right before their secret wedding ceremony in December 2003, Martin wrote a song for his sweetheart Gwyneth entitled “Moses”. The lyrics to the song include, “Like Moses has power over the sea so you’ve got power over me….You’re a refuge, somewhere I can go. You’re air that, air that I can breathe, ’cause you’re my golden opportunity.” Martin has told fans that this song is the one he most enjoys performing. Now, that’s pretty sweet.

BABY WATCH APRIL 2006:

• Gwyneth & Chris baby- check.
• Angelina & Brad baby- still waiting on the little tyke.
• Katie & Tom baby- geez, she’s definitely going to pop soon, still waiting on the little Xenu to come out crawling and shouting orders.
• Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale- looking for the baby in June, anyone else feel the little one will be born wearing a small red pleather number?

In response to original baby names everywhere let’s review some famous baby names:

• Moon Unit, Ahmet, Diva & Dweezil: Frank & Gail Zappa’s offspring
• Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q Hewson: Son of goofy Bono & Ali Hewson
• Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, Pixie, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily: All daughters of TV presenter Paula Yates
• Dandelion Pallenberg: Keith Richards & Anita Pallenberg’s daughter
• And who can forget the Phoenix family who produced the late River, Joaquin, Rain, Summer & Liberty.

All in all, it’s a crazy baby-naming world out there and I’m not sure what I will bat when it’s my turn. Maybe Sookiepie Wallabee Shananana?

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After learning of a college drinking game related to the show 24, Kiefer Sutherland is making students everywhere call the shots.  Apparently there’s a drinking game peaking up its head in college towns, every time you hear Sutherland’s character Jack Bauer say, “Damn it!”, you down your shot.  But now that Kiefer knows about this little game, you had better watch out.

Sutherland reveals that once he heard about the “Damn It!” game he said it as many times as he could, including one episode of 24 where he said it three times in succession.

“Boom, boom, boom, and that was just one scene.  By the end (of the episode) there had to be 14 ‘Damn its’.  I could just see all these college kids going, ‘Oh f**k!’”

What a prankster, that Kiefer is.  Sutherland has a bit of a problem with drinking himself, I guess after putting down the coke, you better have a backup.  He says he drinks to unwind, but with the occasional blackout and loss of memory he understands this is not a “clever” way to live.

“It’s selfish and self-absorbed and it’s a dangerous thing, thinking that if you work really hard, you should be able to reward yourself by going out and getting s**tfaced.  I should be able to wake up in the morning without going, ‘Oh no!  Where’s my boot?’ or ‘Where am I?’”

Too true.  But come on, when did actors start working really hard?

“It’s not a very clever way to live,” Sutherland went on to state.  “And I don’t want to live like that, but it’s the kind of trade you have to make.”

The coke or the booze?  The coke or the booze?  Damn It! 

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A Massachusetts prison officer is looking at hard time disciplinary action after he showed a Brokeback Mountain screening for jailed felons in Norfolk last Thursday, two days after the film was released on DVD.  His bosses took immediate action, deeming that the movie was inappropriate for a prison setting- should have gone for the Shawshank Redemption I guess.

You know, I think Brokeback would be an appropriate film for a prison setting. It presents a gay relationship filled with sweet romance, gentle affection and love.  Don’t we really need more of that in prisons?  Aren’t we all just sick of the wham-bam-thank-you-mam gay relationships in the dark corners of our prisons?

A prison spokesperson states that the decision to reprimand the unnamed officer for airing the film had nothing to do with the film’s gay plot, “It was the graphic nature of sexually explicit scenes.”

I guess they do want the whole dark corner thing to continue…..

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TheSuperficial broke the news today about a marriage united in drug use and bad hair.  The tabloid-ridden off-and-on-again couple Pete Doherty & Kate Moss are to marry later this very year, I guess Morrissey will forgo the ceremony.  Hopefully they’re sterile by now and will not reproduce, I’m afraid Doherty & Moss’s parenting skills would be worse than the infamous Courtney Love. 

“Kate Moss and Pete Doherty are planning to marry later this year, with Doherty telling The Sun::

“We are going to marry. It’s going to happen at a Scottish castle somewhere between September and November. A posh Scottish castle. That’s going to be so cool.”

Additionally, the Daily Star is reporting that Kate is paying $20,000 to help get Pete’s teeth fixed after years of smoking, drinking and poor personal hygiene have destroyed them. A source says:

“The only way to save their romance is to save his teeth. Pete suffers from terrible halitosis because he rarely brushes his teeth. But he’s terrified of losing her so he’s agreed to see the dentist.”

I’ve decided to bump Pete Doherty up from part-time homeless man to personal hero. Anybody that can be arrested every other week for the past year, get beaten up by his girlfriend, and look generally disgusting while still managing to trick a supermodel into marrying him must be some sort of mind manipulation God. I’m afraid to be in the same room as him in the off chance he works his voodoo and I end up naked in a dumpster.”

I think being naked in front of Pete Doherty would be like being naked in front of a rabbit.  They would be curious as to just what is going on, but wouldn’t exactly know what to do.

Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is gaining momentum in her plans to open her all-male stud farm in the Nevada desert.  A former soap star has signed on to become the face and body of the brothel, after gaining permission from his open-minded girlfriend.

Fleiss plans to open the house of men next year in the city of Pahrump, near Sin City Las Vegas.  That’s cute have a little rump in Pahrump, compliments of the Fleiss.  The madam already has her prize bull on hand, former Another World star Les Brandt has agreed to be her star pupil.

“I love to love women, I always have,” states Brandt. ”I’ve loved women for free so far, so why not get paid to do something that I really enjoy and am good at.”  Well, he thinks pretty highly of himself.  And you can too, for $250 per hour.

Heidi picked Les Brandt to front her first male brother after “interviewing” over 3,000 “applicants”.  Brandt admits he had to get the OK from his current girlfriend before taking the plunge on this sexual adventure.

“We sat down and talked about it, and she said it wouldn’t be a problem as long as I took the proper precautions.  She knows it’s only a job.”

Only a job…  I see.  I can only say that my husband better not be getting any ideas, I’m not a good sharer.

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Kate Beckinsale has joined the race in those who are vying for the role of Wonder Woman in Joss Whedon’s upcoming comic book film.  According to JoBlo, the British actress is already in negotiations with Whedon for the part and will start filming in September.

Sounds like bad news for Buffy The Vampire Slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter & teen queen Lindsay Lohan who were all hoping to land the role which was played on TV by the sexy Lynda Carter. 

Charisma Carpenter went so far as to put off having another baby in hopes that she would be Whedon’s Wonder Woman.

“I’d like to (have another baby) eventually, but I want Wonder Woman right now.  I’m not holding my breath (that’s good, I hear that leads to some problems), but I’m crossing my fingers and toes and praying (it seems that it would be difficult to walk around like that).”

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The revered, by some anyway, Miss America pageant is set to be morphed into a seven episode reality show.  For the 85-year-old competition, this will be a first and you’ll get to be a part of it. 

Miss America contestants will live together and be a part of the reality TV experience.  Finding Miss America will be a whole new animal than the original pageant.  Not only will we see private interactions, nervous breakdowns and all the crazy preparation, we will be able to cast our vote for our favorite pick.  The show will air next January, so we have lots and lots of time to build up that Miss America anticipation.

Since the pageant only started as a promotional gimmick by a hurting-for-funds Atlantic City hotel owner, I guess we can’t get too upset that the beauty show has taken this realistic turn.

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