Where do we begin to tell the story of how fabulously rich people live, play, work, make nice and act up? We begin right here of course, in the GBB.
You know things are bad when your momma has to get involved.
NY Giant Michael Strahan's mother and father came to the defense of their boy one day after his estranged wife, Jean, hinted to reporters that he may have found an "alternative" to women with his friend Dr. Ian Smith.
Momma and Poppa Strahan told the NY Daily News that their quarterback-smashing son is not gay and they would know if he were. But he's not, so there. Mikey called NY radio personality Wendy Williams to say, once again, that he's not gay, according to the NY Post. He said his divorce has been so nasty that he's never getting married again. He declined to answer questions about the reported new woman in his life, "America's Next Top Model" winner Eva Pigford, saying it's nobody's business who he's with.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ian's wife, Triste Lieteau, who's a doctor and a lawyer, said her man is not gay.
The soon-to-be-ex-Mrs. Strahan is trying to backtrack from the mess she made by saying by "alternative" she meant Michael turned from being a happily married man to a crazed skirt chaser.
Girl, please! You know that is not what you meant.
Speaking of rumors, LL Cool J addresses the whispers about steroids and plastic surgery in the latest "Ebony" magazine.
Mr. Smith says he hasn't had any work done nor does he use steroids, so stop hating.
He says his hard work in the gym is why he has the types of pecs and abs that make women weak in the knees.
In the daily litigation roundup: Reese Witherspoon come on down. You're the next constant on "The Lawsuit Is Right."
Oscar-winning Reese is suing Star magazine, saying the tabloid made up a story about her being pregnant with her third child.
The article suggested that she didn't want to tell producers of her upcoming films about the alleged pregnancy.
Reese said the story made her look bad and unprofessional.
The "Walk the Line" star is seeking unspecified damages.
On the other end is actor/singer/comedian Jamie Foxx. Some guy named Michael. A. Johnson claims that Jamie's song "Heaven" from his "Unpredictable" album was taken from his song "One of God's Angels is AWOL."
In his handwritten suit filed in Michigan federal court, Michael is asking for $15 million each from Jamie, J-Records, Sony Records, BMG/Sony Entertainment and Face Production.
Sounds like somebody's good sense is AWOL.
Poor "American Idol" sweetheart Katharine McPhee reveals to People magazine that she has battled bulimia in the past, throwing up at one point seven times a day. She's better now, after getting help from an eating disorder clinic in L.A.
Not only is she featured in this week's People, she's on the next cover of Teen People.
Looks like ABC is discovering hip-hop. Mary J. Blige, the undisputed queen of hip-hop, is filming a spot on the alphabet network's soap "One Life to Live." Her appearance will air July 28 while new chart-topper Rihanna is set to guest-star on ABC's "All My Children" -- that one on July 25.
Since we're on the subject of music, rocker Phil Collins apparently has a new lady love because you know stars can't be alone for more than five minutes.
The lady is award-winning NYC anchorwoman Dana Tyler, according to the Page Six.
Phil, 55, just broke up with his third wife, Orianne, a few months ago (that's about five years in celebrity time) but recently has been seen hanging with Dana, who brought him by her station, WCBS-TV, this week.
He had planned to live in Switzerland, he said when announcing his separation from wife No. 3. But now he's buying a $3.85 million apartment on Central Park West.
One of Dana's colleagues says "she's beaming" over Phil.
Hey, we'd smile, too, if we got to hang out in a 2,876-square-foot apartment with three bedrooms, four baths, a dining room and a library.
Let's go from NYC to Oz, where native son Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, arrived yesterday for the nuptials of -- you guessed it -- Nicole and Keith (that would be Kidman and Urban, of course).
Nic's best girlfriend, actress Naomi Watts, arrived earlier to help host her girl's bachelorette party. Of course, in Australia it's called a hen party.
Keith's parents, Marianne and Bob, brother Shane and sister-in-law Jennifer and their kids are in town.
No sighting yet of Nicole's kids, Connor and Isabelle, but they're expected to be there.
While we're on the subject of couples, what's up with David Spade and Heather Locklear?
Their friends say the two are "just friends," but they have been spotted smooching a couple of times while out to dinner and walking together along the beach, where Heather was rubbing suntan lotion on David.
Hey, we have friends, and we kiss our friends. Actually, we just hug them.
But when it comes to slathering suntan lotion, we leave that alone.
When it comes to another twosome, we have sad news to report, or at least gossiper Janet Charlton does.
On her new Web site (www.janetcharltonshollywood.com), she says Justin Timberlake has kicked Cameron Diaz to the curb after three years because he's going on a world tour and doesn't want to be tied down.
Translation: He's going to have thousands of women throwing themselves at him in every city, and he might want to catch a few.
Cameron, 33, is said to be devastated.
Girl, cry two tears, fling your hair and move on.
First Published: June 22, 2006, 4:00 a.m.
