Not since reports of Richard Gere’s hi-jinx with a gerbil, or the one about Rod Stewart and a stomach pump, has the Rat Pack been more amused by a story.
“Justin Bieber Bribes Chris Johnson in Syphilis Cover Up” blare the internet headlines.
No. Really! It’s one of the top 10 most searched-for phrases on Google right now… not to mention on all the social networking sites.
The Rat has no idea how it started, but it’s absolutely hilarious to think that anybody would believe such obvious fiction… unless, of course, you really can get an STD from the toilet seat, because that’s the only way the Biebster’s going to get anything other than a bad case of diaper rash.
You gotta hand it to the mouthpieces at CNN. The network’s journalists are allegedly trained to spot spin from a mile away. But the CNN flacks sure suck at trying to hide their own ducks & dodges.
After a weekend filled with reports that the network had found someone to replace Larry King (British TV personality and former tabloid journalist Piers Morgan), the network’s information control freaks spent Monday spinning like petite tattoo-covered tarts perched atop the peen of Jesse James.
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If the rumor mill is to be believed — and The Rat loves a good rumor — “ex” now marks the spot 22-year-old Jesus Luz used to occupy in Madonna’s life.
And his replacement is none other than “Dancing with the Stars” stud Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who’s eight years Luz’s senior.
So the story goes, Madonna summoned Maksim to New York to audition for a new musical she’s doing. One thing led to another, and suddenly Jesus ascended to the heavens and out of Madonna’s life — at least for a while.
The Rat can’t imagine what Madonna sees in Maksim. Oh, wait. Yes it can.
Maybe you’ll be able to see it too — after the jump. FYI, the data you’ll see there is somewhat NSFW.
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The Rat has no way of knowing if the two babes pictured with British and American TV personality Piers Morgan are sisters. If so, Morgan might have more in common with Larry King than you think.
Regardless, word out of the Time-Warner building in New York is that Morgan might be ascending the throne currently occupied by King.
It’s also possible, according to the TV news grapevine, that the panel member on both “Britain’s Got Talent,” and “America’s Got Talent” could be taking over the slot soon to be vacated by ratings killer Campbell Brown.
Brown has already announced that she wants to leave CNN once a replacement is found.
King has just one year left on his current TV deal, with no renewal talks in sight.
The group known as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is in the habit of issuing “calls to action” whenever something doesn’t sit well with its militantly gay powers that be.
They’ve complained about Will Smith’s in-character use of the word “homo” (in “Hancock”).
They’ve bitched about South Park’s use of the word “fag” in an episode that was about re-branding the word itself to mean something else.
They also protested the Snapple Beverage Company’s sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh’s old TV show.
Why, then, are they silent on the issue of Elton John accepting a reported seven-figure paycheck from anti-gay rights hate speech pioneer Rush Limbaugh to perform at the radio talker’s fourth marriage last weekend?
The Rat Pack thinks it’s a valid question. Unfortunately, nobody at GLAAD is answering our questions about their silence on this matter.
Therefore, we’re rounding up like-minded rodents everywhere, and asking that they contact GLAAD to let me know how unhappy they are with the organization’s lack of action.
It’s our own “Call to Action” against GLAAD.
We encourage you to e-mail the group’s media mouthpieces and voice your concern over their deafening silence on this matter. We at www.RumorRat.com have already done so.
Here are the e-mail addresses you’ll need:
- ferraro@glaad.org
- creager@glaad.org
- bass@glaad.org
The GLBT members of the Rat Pack thank you.
And so does New York newspaper columnist Michael Musto.
His comments from Keith Olberman’s “Countdown”… after the jump.
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Apparently Kim Kardashian’s people — and her imagination — are hard at work trying to convince the rumor mill that she’s the “actress” who’ll replace Angelina Jolie as the new Lara Croft.
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Some website called “Global Grind” is reporting that “Kim has wanted to play a far more comic-strip version of Lara, which would be shot in 3D and aimed at a teen audience.”
The Rat Pack would sooner believe that Perez Hilton will replace George Clooney in the next installment of the “Oceans” franchise.
Ed Limato, flanked by clients Denzel Washington and Mel Gibson at a 2007 screening of "American Gangster"
Rumor Rat has learned exclusively that Hollywood super-agent Ed Limato, has been admitted to Cedars Sinai Hospital for the second time in recent weeks.
A Rat at Cedars tells The Big Cheese that Limato’s condition is serious, but wouldn’t elaborate.
Limato has represented some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Liam Neeson and Denzel Washington, just to name a few.
In 2007, Limato won a bitter legal battle allowing him to leave his job as co-President of International Creative Management (ICM) talent agency before his contract expired.
He later joined William Morris as a V.P.
Popeater contributor Rob Shuter should change the title of his column from “Naughty but Nice,” to “Naughty but Not True.”
He was way off the mark with recent reports of Kate Gosselin’s half-million dollar Dancing with the Stars paycheck.
The Rat’s source at DWTS tells us that Kate got paid the same as every other cast member.
The “stars” each get an up-front guarantee of $125,000. That sum covers three weeks of work, including the first & second weeks of the competition, and a return to the set for the week of the finale.
If they’re lucky enough to survive more than the first two weeks of the show, they get an additional $20,000 per extra week of appearances.
Since Kate was involved in the show for only the first five weeks, that would put her total take at $185,000… NOT, as Shuter reported, a half million dollars.
The Rat has espoken!
We’re just sayin’. Read the statement from John Travolta’s website.
Where exactly does it say that Kelly Preston is pregnant?
She’s 47 years old. Granted women of that age or even older can have children in this age of advanced fertility procedures.
But don’t you find that the wording leaves a lot of wiggle room?
Surrogate? Private adoption? Getting a new goldfish? It could be any of the above.
Sure. Laugh at The Rat now – but be ready to read “we todja so” in the not so distant future.
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