Did Jessica Simpson's Greedy Dad Get Taken?

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PageSix is reporting that publishing industry insiders are "snickering at the deal Jessica Simpson's manager/father, Joe Simpson, made with OK! magazine." It seems Jessica landed the important premiere U.S. issue and got $200,000 for it ... but wait!

It seems the insiders are 'splaining that the $200 grand was a PACKAGE DEAL in which the "Dukes" star is committed to 6 more covers as well as hosting the magazine's Sept. 20 launch party in New York City.

"The deal also precludes Jessica from giving any other magazines major features until all the covers are done, which will be in like two years. So basically, Joe sold his daughter out for $200,000," the insider said. Another source said Jessica may be getting a $100,000 bonus for the party appearance.

Expect Jessica to continue to be on the covers of tabloid and weekly rags relentlessly, but until she gets the OK! commitment out of the way, other US magazines will have to wait ... and OK! could option to draw out this exclusive right for a looooong time. Doesn't sound like a killer deal to me, Papa Joe ...

Meet Jaret, The Newest Wannabe Hilton

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On Tuesday night, "I Want to Be a Hilton" limped to its finale and, in no surprise to anyone, awarded a one-year lifestyle of the rich and famous to Jaret, 26, the phone salesman and teacher from Texas.

Jaret's "sophisticated redneck" manners were a sure lock to woo and smooze Paris' mom, Kathy Hilton, the hostess of the show. Plus, he's also easy on the eyes with those classy male model checkbones. He's not bad looking, except when he wore those awful glasses, and he looked really hot at the photo shoot. Maybe he should be a male model. But in the end, he shouldn't have had any worries - there was no way in hell his final opponent, the ambitious annoying Jackaay, was going to win and "be a Hilton."

A third finalist, Vanessa, got the boot early in the show which left the final pair to square off in a public speaking bit, where they had to write and deliver a speech in front of a small group of mama Hilton's society friends. Jackaay, 25, the "trailer park Barbie" from Illinois, told them of her desire to graduate from a blue-collar life to the good life. Oooooo, that's hot! But it's back to the construction site - or where ever - tomorrow for Jackaay.

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It's Not Drugs or Anorexia, Says Skinny Lindsay Lohan

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Teen star Lindsay Lohan has vowed to stay away from drugs, after smoking ganja once and hating it. The 19-year-old star of "Herbie: Fully Loaded" says, "I'm not going to deny the fact that I've tried pot. I hated it. But never cocaine."

"I've seen my father (Michael Lohan) and I've seen how it messes families up. If I hadn't had experienced that, I may have gone down a different route. But I've literally seen how it tore my parents apart."

She told a reporter that her excessive weight loss was due to a hectic work schedule: "I am not anorexic trust me - my mother would kill me if I did anything stupid. When I was doing 'Herbie: Fully Loaded', I was working a lot and pushing myself. I got sick and ended up in hospital because I wasn't taking care of myself. I was eating, but I was eating junk food and not working out or being healthy."

Skinny Lindsay may look totally buzzed in some of those club photos but this is not a girl with pot munchies. And "eating junk food" and "not working out" aren't believable excuses for an average size girl to lose 25 lbs in two months. Blow and laxies maybe ...

Reese Witherspoon Wears The Same Sweat Suit Everyday

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Legally Blonde actress Reese Witherspoon likes to surf the internet late at night to visit chat rooms and read what people think of her.

She told Britain's Daily Express that she is sometimes hurt by the comments she reads. "It hurts my feelings sometimes though, because I get comments like, 'She looks weird', 'I hate her movies' and 'She stinks'".

"Oh God, it feels terrible. Everyone is entitled to their opinion though I think I should just move on," said the wife of gorgeous Ryan Phillippe.

She says she is also a self-confessed slob, normal as everyone else, and can't understand the media's facination with her. "I can't believe that someone is so interested in all the pictures of me at the grocery store. It's like everyday I'm wearing the same sweat suit. It's like: 'Is this really interesting? And to whom?' But if that makes people feel: 'Hey, she's a slob like me,' then I am all for it I am a slob like everybody else!"

Cast Hints that "Lost" Second Season Will Be Wild

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Kristin Veitch of eonline! is reporting that the first few episodes of the new "Lost" season will be all that the show's fans hope it will be: "I think between the end of the first season and the start of the second there's about 35 seconds. So, you're right in the midst of the action," Dominic Monaghan told her.

Jorge Garcia (Big Hurley) says that "The great thing about it is, you learn a little bit about what's in the hatch, and as you go through the first few episodes, more comes together, and you realize that it's a much more significant thing than it was at the start of the show. It's a really cool reveal."

"Lost" producer Damon Lindelof says he's nervous about what the fans will think of the hatch revelations: "Basically, we were like, 'Are we crazy? Should we do this? Is the network gonna let us do this?'"

"And everybody's been tremendously onboard with it. A lot of people might think it's weird, and a lot of people might hate it," Lindelof said. "But we think it's really, really cool, and we had to execute it and take it seriously because we did not want to go into the hatch and just find another hatch or some maps or, like, a toilet."
, For diehard "Lost" fanatics, the show will have its own magazine featuring exclusive material, including cast interviews, news and reports direct from the island. The first issue, with Evangeline Lilly and Matthew Fox on the cover, will be published October 2005.

And the complete first season of "Lost" will be released on DVD box set on September 6th. It'll be choked full of extras too, just enough to tide you over until the season begins September 21.

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No Ozzy, No OzzFEST!

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The Prince of Darkness is said to be ailing from acid reflux, respiratory problems and voice strains and the OzzFest show scheduled for this week in Wisconsin has been rescheduled for September. As promoter Randy Levy told the Minneapolis Star Tribune, "You can't do OzzFest without Ozzy."

So far this summer, Black Sabbath has missed four shows due to Ozzy's ills. Sabbath did their full headlining set in Clarkston, Michigan, but Ozzy warned the crowd early in the show, that "If my voice breaks up from time to time, it's not my fault. I'm sick, as you know, but I told the doctor to go f**k himself. I'm doing the best I can, babes." He also dropped his pants and mooned the audience in Detroit, so even if his voice was shot to shit, the rest of him was the same ol' godfather of metal. Long Live Ozzy.

So, metalheads, while you're waiting for the dark lord to get well ... and if you feel like saving the world today, jump over to whateverittakes.org and check out the charity wristbands ("Wank For Peace") designed and supported by Ozzy, Mastodon, Anthrax, Joss Stone, Him, Coldplay, David Bowie, Scissor Sisters, and Franz Fernandez.

Paris Imposter Plays "I Want to Be a Hilton" For Real

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While Paris Hilton is busy planning her Big Fat Greek Wedding to her Man Paris, there's a double out there who has been successfully passing herself off as the famous socialite and making diva-like demands at clubs and hotels around the world.

According to the New York Daily News, the hotel heiress has contacted authorities to stop the impostor who is allegedly using her name to live the not-so-simple life.

The Hilton wannabe has Paris' blonde locks, coy smile, constantly says "That's Hot," and even carries a Chihuahua pocket pet -- which she has probably named Tinkerbell, no doubt.

A source said, "this woman tried to check into the Four Seasons in Maui, where the Hiltons have stayed before. She was asking for upgrades. The hotel management got suspicious and called [Paris' parents] Rick and Kathy, who said Paris wasn't in Hawaii."

"The Hiltons got really worried when they heard someone had applied for a credit card in Paris' name. They're starting to wonder if there's more than one person pretending to be their daughter."

Jennifer Lopez Blames Her Fame For Her Sagging Career

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Huh? Jennifer Lopez claims her acting career is being ruined by her tabloid and weekly magazine fame and says it is preventing her from getting more serious movie roles.

J.Lo was in the news constantly a couple of years ago when she was engaged to Ben Affleck and is now married to singer Marc Anthony. She said of her fame: "In the beginning I was a blank slate. Then when I became famous I was being offered movies that I could star in but that's all. When I think I should be seeing the big directors, they don't even consider me. They see me as a sexy singer who is in the media too much."

No Jen, it's because your career is uneven and people focus on your shitty movies rather than the good ones. While "Out of Sight" was good and "Anaconda" was a hoot and even "Maid in Manhattan" had some great reviews, people still think of "Gigli" first when your name comes up. Actually, when you look at the list of films she's done, it's amazing that she's complaining at all. Girl, you've had a career most under-employed actresses would kill for!

Second Brat Camper Arrested This Summer

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Isaiah Alarcon, 17, featured in the "Brat Camp" reality TV show was charged for allegedly spray-painting racial slurs on the street in front of a home.

"Isaiah-Angry-Punk" is the second teenager from the show (which was shot last winter) to get in trouble with the law this summer, even though the 50-day program is known for its "success at teaching kids better behavior." Brat Camp is seen on Wednesday nights and is only part way through its run. We can guess the outcome: most of the kids didn't get rehabilitated and went back to being punks.
, According to the news report, Isaiah told sheriff's deputies on July 29 that he used spray paint to scrawl the slurs on the street outside a black preschool teacher's home. He's been charged with interfering with the exercise of civil rights and damaging property. A teenage friend of Alarcon also faces the same charges, plus a charge of conspiracy. Both boys told deputies they didn't mean to cause any harm with the graffiti. If convicted, they each could get up to two years in jail and a $15,000 fine.

In "Brat Camp" the snarling troubled teens are taught "discipline" (NOT!) at a 50-day wilderness camp in Oregon, which the show keeps referring to as a desert. And that's a geography lesson to most Americans who had no idea lushy foresty mountainy coastal Oregon had a "desert."

On the show, Nick "Tried to Stab Twin" is my favorite. No wait, Sean "Steals From Mom" is. Those are the discriptive tags given to all reality show participants to sum up their faults and problems in four words or less. But in last week's show, the hippie counselors, who give themselves names like "Mountain Wind" and "Big Bear," had a ceremony to stick stupid names on the kids like "Painted Butterfly." Forget the hippy names, their TV tags are the best! Sean-Steals-From-Mom. Nick-Tried-To-Stab-Twin. Isaiah-Angry-Punk. That's more revealing than a sick name like "Emerging Frog."

Derrick is the only really disturbing one to watch on the show, because he doesn't belong with the others. He's 14 and has ADD, a medical condition, so he's not a troubled teen. He stopped taking his medication because he thought it stunted his growth! He's smaller in size and has trouble keeping up with the others. You gotta feel sorry for the kid.

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Paparazzi Pinged at Britney's Baby Shower

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According to reports from L.A., a photographer named Brad Diaz was shot in the leg with a BB gun outside a home where Britney Spears was attending a bridal shower thrown in her honor.

It was unclear who fired the BB as the photographer was staking out the event at the Malibu home Saturday night. Paramedics came and bandaged the man's leg and took him to a hospital on a gurney in an ambulance to treat the wussy wound. Most of us yell "ouch, dammit!" when hit in the leg by a BB (I speak from experience ...Tony, you asshole!) and apply some ice maybe, but when there's a celebrity nearby - it's time to call the cops, an ambulance and the Associated Press.

"It could've been somebody driving by, walking by, we have no idea where it came from," said a police detective. The photographer was standing with 10 other paparazzi about 200 yards from the home's long driveway when he was pinged by the pellet.