A new book from one of Tom Cruise’s former star Scientology students reveals that the actor had him talk to inanimate objects. “You tell the ashtray, ‘Sit in the chair,’ then you actually go over and put the ashtray in the chair. Then you tell the ashtray, ‘Thank you,’” the Xenu deflector claims of Tom’s teaching. In other news, Jennifer Aniston had a few glasses of wine and supposedly called up Brad Pitt at 2 a.m. last summer—and they’re still feeling the aftershocks. And there may be trouble for Britney Spears and boyfriend/manager Jason Trawick—he’s reportedly been texting his former girlfriend, and a source says she’s hooked up with a backup dancer. Britney’s protégé Miley Cyrus has problems of her own after fans found out she reads the lyrics and locations for her tour off a teleprompter, and one Kentucky concertgoer said parents were so outraged they left the concert with their children. The magazine also reports after his World Series win, Alex Rodriguez is set to pop the question to Kate Hudson. “He’s already planning his proposal, the setting, music and mood,” an insider says. And Gisele Bündchen has reportedly asked ex-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio’s mom to be her baby’s godmother, though the child’s father is her current husband, Tom Brady.
The five-year triangle of love and war between Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Jennifer Aniston continues as a new unauthorized book, Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reports Angelina was recently taking crystal meth. The author also claims that Angelina planted instigating stories in the media about Brad and Jen back in 2005 and that the couple has “broken up so may times it would make your head spin.” Drama continues to follow fallen starlet Lindsay Lohan, who recently failed to seduce Twilight star Kellan Lutz at Crown Bar and Balthazar Getty at Voyeur. Fellow clubgoer Ryan Phillippe helped block a Getty/Lohan love connection: “Ryan joined in, yelling, ‘I’ve been there! Don’t do it!’” a witness says. Sandra Bullock and husband Jesse James are battling his ex-wife, former porn star Janine Lindemulder, for full custody of his 5-year-old daughter Sunny. James’ ex-wife lost custody of her daughter when she was imprisoned for tax evasion on March 10.
More news from the world of Brangelina: Angelina Jolie is allegedly arranging to adopt a baby girl she met in Syria—without Brad Pitt’s approval. “There will be fireworks when he finds out what she’s done,” a source reveals. “This will be a real slap in the face.” Jennifer Lopez is finally back on the map—but not in a good way. New details have emerged about her alleged sex tape with first husband, Ojani Noa. He claims to have more than 11 hours of footage of the pop star “in [a] revealing lack of clothing, and in sexual situations,” and now Jenny from the Block wants $10 million in damages. After last week’s shocking news about Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson calling it quits, OK! now says the couple reunited to promote New Moon and looked “happy to see each other.” Maybe their acting chops have been underestimated? And to satisfy your daily craving for cuteness, trendsetters the Beckhams are the proud new owners of a pair of micro-pigs, which can cost over $1,000 a pop.
Angelina Jolie takes a bashing this week as the magazine analyzes the discrepancies in what she says versus what she does, claiming she’s not the “saintly, giving supermom” she’s made herself out to be. She’s accused of getting Botox, forcing her family to “practically live in airports,” using nannies, and selling photos of her babies to Hello! Levi Johnston exclusively tells Life & Style that he has no problem with his upcoming Playgirl spread gaining him a new group of fans. “If I’m a gay icon, so be it. I guess it’s a compliment,” the Alaskan baby daddy says. Beyoncé and Jay-Z may have a difficult time concealing the next step in their relationship, as a Gotham magazine insider says the “Empire State of Mind” rapper “said yes” to having children. Another source adds that Beyoncé “believes she’s left a strong enough mark on the business that taking a year or two off for a baby wouldn’t hurt her career.”
Angelina Jolie has dropped to 104 pounds, giving Brad Pitt “the scare of his life.” The actress reportedly collapsed upon hearing he was in a motorcycle accident recently. Though the stories have lately claimed the couple is on the outs, a source says, “Brad is determined to break Angie’s self-destructive cycle once and for all.” Mariah Carey has reportedly gained more than 40 pounds in the past year and husband Nick Cannon is asking her to change her diet of “mac ‘n’ cheese, fried chicken, caviar, surf & turf, and flutes of Champagne.” Jon Gosselin’s former lover and nanny Stephanie Santoro is claiming a girl was paid to have sex with the father of eight and record it on a secret camera. The Enquirer also reports David Letterman’s wife has kicked him out of their house in New York's Westchester County, forcing him to stay in his luxury loft in Lower Manhattan. And the tabloid also reports Billy Joel and Shania Twain have bonded over their divorces and ignited a romance.
Though the magazine says Jennifer Aniston has given her friends and staffers permission to speak off-the-record in an upcoming unauthorized tell-all book about Angelina Jolie, another on-the-outs A-list couple takes the spotlight away from Brangelina for a moment. inTouch claims Katie Holmes is happier without Tom Cruise as she films The Romantics in New York. “Katie is at her wits’ end with Tom,” a longtime friend says. “Not being around him right now is easier for her.” In their third dual cover, Kourtney Kardashian and Kendra Wilkinson speak to inTouch about their impending births. While Kourtney wonders if it’s “allowed” for all of her sisters to be godmothers, Kendra refers to being pregnant as having “an alien in your belly.” The former Girls Next Door star says she is scared of the epidural, but plans to get one anyway. “I am doing drugs—a lot of drugs,” she says. And for all you fashionistas out there—the magazine deems “Hershey’s Kisses-inspired dresses” the next trend.
People takes a hard news route this week, covering the victims of the Fort Hood massacre and six stories of missing children whose disappearances are being investigated after Jaycee Dugard was found alive. The magazine also profiles Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Alicia Keys, who raised $20 million to fight AIDS in Africa with her charity Keep a Child Alive. In lighter news, People marvels over Demi Moore’s “fabulous at 47” look in a new W magazine spread. “It’s like she has a magic wand for youth,” says her style Rachel Zoe. “She’s got the magic thing,” said Ashton Kutcher. But all that “magic” doesn’t equal plastic surgery—sources tell People Demi hasn’t had any work done. And Mariah Carey commented on going without makeup for her new movie Precious, saying it was liberating, but “it humiliated me.”
