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Belle de Jour is really... a scientist with a PhD? Hey, Spiderman was really a photojournalist.
The jig is up. Belle de Jour, the former prostitute behind the popular column "Diary of a London Call Girl" and TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" is really British research scientist Dr. Brooke Magnanti, 34. Dr. Magnanti gave the oldest reason for turning to the oldest profession -- to pay for her PhD. Lemondrop: Text Message Analysis Leads to PhD
She came forward now allegedly out of fear that an ex-boyfriend might out her. Not even her literary agent knew who she really was.
"It was time. I've felt so much guardedness and paranoia about remaining anonymous recently," … Read More
Comedian and not-lesbian enjoying connubial bliss, and you're not.
Russell Brand and Katy Perry's two-month-old relationship is going strong, and they've been spending the past few days showing all of Europe how in love they are. Russell performed his stand-up show, Scandalous, at the Royal Albert Hall last night, and afterward put on a bit of a PDA session (an encore, if you will) with Katy for photographers. Yes, we get it, you like fornicating with each other.
Russell, who famously went to rehab to deal with his drug and sex addictions several years ago, said recently of his relationship, "I've been really happy in the last … Read More
Erin Andrews' peeping tom talk on Oprah reminds us of the celeb who've dodged delusional suitors.
According to Oprah.com, this summer Erin Andrews' peeping tom video attracted 300 million searches before her attorneys finally demanded its removal. She told Oprah the digusting deed made her feel like a "stalking victim."
While we all have our Hollywood crushes, stalking violates the boundaries of reality. Here's YourTango's Celebrity Love list of the rich famous who recently have dealt with being pursued by fans who actually thought they had a chance at romance. (Worth noting is that the more serious cases are women, and all of them were unmarried when the creepers came creeping.)
Chris Brown and Rihanna planning some QT outside of court's jurisdiction.
Just last week we heard Chris Brown tell Larry King that he was "definitely" still in love with Rihanna. Celebrity Love: Highlights Of Chris Brown On Larry King Live
That shocker came weeks after a California court sentenced Chris to hard community labor, domestic violence counseling, five years of probation and a restraint from coming into contact with his ex whom he was found guilty of beating last February.
Rihanna must have seen the Larry King interview too. According to MSNBC via the UK's Star, the two … Read More
Kristen Stewart is 'unattainable,' current People says, but Rob's been after her for two years.
The latest issue of People magazine provides fierce insight into the "loves-her-loves-her-not" saga between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
According to People, he loves her.
The article explains that while Robert "plays girls" and is perceived to be a serious ladies' man, Kristen's unattainability is what attracts him to her. He has said she was essentially the reason he signed on to do Twilight and that there was a "certain chemistry" that sparked between them the first time they met two years ago. He has tried to generate romantic interest in other girls (Nikki … Read More
Samantha Burke and DNA confirm she is Jude's big secret, and she jumped through hoops to tell Jude.
Yesterday after Jude Law's rep announced that an ex-girlfriend had told Jude he was fathering her baby, we reported that speculations swirled around the possibility that the mother was Kayleen McAdams. Kayleen is a 27-year-old makeup artist and actress Rachel McAdams' little sister.
Jude's publicist did not comment for us on Kayleen's role in the matter, but last night our friends at TMZ reported that a different woman has stepped forward to confirm that she is the baby's mother.
The new woman is 24-year-old Samantha Burke, an aspiring actress and model from Pensacola, Florida. Reports … Read More
Jude law will be Dad times five in the fall. We think we know who the mom is.
Jude Law, 36, is making controversial headlines for the third week in a row. Yesterday reports exploded that the actor who's recently been linked to Cameron Diaz and who allegedly hit a photographer last week—and who whines about how closely the media follows his love life—is expecting his fourth child. The baby is expected to arrive in less than two months, and the secret mother may be Kayleen McAdams, makeup artist and little sis of actress Rachel McAdams, according to speculation on various websites, including Gawker.com and OkMagazine.com. Reportedly Rachel is pissed.
While Kayleen is … Read More
Cammie lives out ultimate '90s fantasy week.
Cameron Diaz has been making the most of her trip to London, negotiating for a role in The Green Hornet, seeing some sights…and spending quality time with both Leonardo DiCaprio and Jude Law. On behalf of those who have fantasized on more than one occasion about being naked with both of them, Miss Diaz, we salute you.
Cameron recently ended a year-long relationship with model Paul Sculfor (who previously dated Jennifer Aniston, if you're getting your whiteboard ready for stirring round of Celebrity Shagging Flowcharts), and after flying in on Saturday spent some quality time with … Read More
Gwyneth Paltrow, guru of relationships, doles out love advice (and raises eyebrows).
At YourTango's Celebrity Love we are so caught up in chasing love-life developments of the stars that only recently have we checked out GOOP.com, that Gwyneth Paltrow website where she tells us what we have to do to be more like her. Gwyneth Paltrow GOOPing Up Her Marriage?
Last week we heard buzz about Gwyneth using GOOP to promote some juice diet that seriously cleaned her out. So it's only natural that this week, she follows by offering love advice. We visited the site this morning, … Read More
Judge speeds up papers, while rep says Amy is "healthy" and "ready to move on."
This morning a Family Court judge in London granted a preliminary stage of divorce that will be finalized in just six weeks to 25-year-old tortured soul singer Amy Winehouse and her jailhouse hubby Blake Fielder-Civil.
OK! reported this development that puts to rest a breakup saga that has occupied almost all of their two-year marriage, during most of which Blake was in jail. The couple wed in May 2007 in Miami, and a month later Amy admitted in an interview that when she was drinking, she sometimes acted violently toward her husband. In July 2008 from his … Read More
