Stars who have "deals" with gossip sites or the tabloids

I'm convinced the Kardashians must have some sort of deal with TMZ; at least one of them is featured on the site EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Seacrest and Harvey go waaaaay back, apparently.

Someone with dirt on Seacrest should go to the Daily Mail. I doubt they have any "deals".

Judging by the frequency with which they (inexplicably) appear - like daily - in the Daily Fail, both Reese Witherspoon and Naomi Watts are paying them big bucks (or pounds).

Back in the old days, some of the real holier-than-thou pieces of shit always were penning inspirational essays for the Enquirer: Pat Boone, Art Linkletter, Billy Graham, Michael Landon, etc. I always wondered what the tabs had on them.

I suspect dirt on Seacrest would also involve dirt on Cowell, and I don't see the DM touching that one.

[quote]Someone with dirt on Seacrest should go to the Daily Mail.

What kind of dirt would there be on Mr. Bland? He's totally blah and probably doesn't do anything shocking. I think he learned well from his mentor - Merv Griffin. Merv was a good interviewer but never got involved in outrageous activities.

The kartrashitans obviously, with all the big gossip and tabloid sites'.

Didn't one of her fellow Houswives out Vanderdump as having a deal with the tabloids? I'm sure Andy feeds them for his shows.

A ton of the fauxcalites and the Daily Mail - the Deleveignes, Guido Palermo, etc.

So obviously planted it's a joke - even compared to the other tabs.

I know that there was a huge scandal that was kept out of the papers, say, 35 years ago, about Bill Cosby.

We have no idea what you could be talking about, OP.

Why, the thought!

I am sure Lainey gets paid for nice write ups.

Celebitchy is basically a PR board for all the Kartrashian clan members, as they have multiple daily posts on all their inane doings. They are also being paid by Brangelina for good PR. Trailer park website for all Midwestern fat housewives. I am sure Kaiser looks like mama June.

Don't know about Dlisted. Michael K shits on everybody.

Daily Fail posts anything that gets them web traffic.

I think Dita con Terse paid Perez to promote her

Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner

Daily Mail are obviously on Kardashian payroll. Kim went to a Daily mail yacht party in Cannes a few years back. That cemented my thoughts on their relationship. Don't how true it is, but Mr 'I don't like to be photographed' Leonardo Dicaprio may have a deal with U.S weekly. A lot of the stuff about him and Rihanna are coming from them. He has also used them to announce breaks ups and refute things as well.

In the months following her arrest I swear Reese Witherspoon had "candid" pictures of her on Just Jared practically every day. Her outfit and hair were always on point and she always had a big smile for the camera. I think it was to remind us of her American Sweetheart persona and to make the public forget about her drunken "Do you know who I am?" moment.

In short: all of them probably do to a certain extent. Even the celebrities who complain about privacy are usually doing it on the front cover of a magazine in which they're half naked. Their careers depend in large part on publicity.

[quote]I'm convinced the Kardashians must have some sort of deal with TMZ; at least one of them is featured on the site EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

This is exactly right. The K-Trash call and let the photographers know where and when.

I'm convinced it's not just celebrities, but sometimes channels like E! and Bravo leak stories to drum up publicity for their shows.

I don't think it's much of secret that even publicity shy celebs will tip off where they'll be at a certain time to the paps and get photographed. It seems like a deal they have to be left alone otherwise. Allegedly British tabloids have huge vaults where they keep files on major celebs and they use them to trade for interviews etc. Makes sense.

Seacrest doesn't have sex because it would mess up his hair.

I don't know if there are deals attached but publicists feed stories to such outlets all the time just to keep that person in the news.

This is the only way to explain Jennifer Aniston in the tabloids constantly.

R22 also their stock in trade is to sell gossip of a big star in exchange to some bullshit "sighting" or picture of one of their c list clients.

Brands will submit these kind of things too. So, say, Rebecca Minkoff pays a pseudo celeb to wear something of hers to get "papped", then, in the side column of Star, Us or whatever, it will say, "X, sporting a Rebecca Minkoff bag, on her way to the Coffee Bean."

R18 Yeah. Totally agree. Those celebs that act like their obsessive about their privacy are often the worst ones. See Justin Timberlake selling wedding pics to People magazine. Leo DiCaprio having US Weekly on tap.

LeAnn Rimes

Nikki Reed is always in the magazines for no reason

Stacy Keibler must have gotten a deal to go along with her bearding arrangement. She was in the tabs even after she broke up with Clooney.

Taylor Swift owns this thread. You can tell who's in the tank for her, too. For example, Lainey carries items about Taylor Swift several times a week and usually defends her or gushes about her clothes or her "music."

Ironically, Taylor was photo'd with Kanye and Kim in Paris, or London for fashion week, and Lainey made sure to ignore it and instead show photos of Taylor with others.

Taylor also has a close relationship with Us Weekly. They're practically her house publication. She has the best marketing team around. They use their marketing budget to pay tabloids and gossip blogs, saying it's to promote her albums. That's how it's explained.

With people like Jessica Alba and Jennifer Garner, it's important to keep their name in the public eye so they can continue to land endorsements, stay "viable" between jobs, or promote a new business venture. Gwen Stefani does it too. Just about everyone you see on a regular basis pays to be seen.

Paris Hilton's and Kim Kardashian's sex tapes would've been meaningless if they weren't famous. In order to get famous, they paid a LOT of money to publicists, and gossip blogs. Paris used to call paparazzi to follow her around. Probably still does, but no one cares. She's over. Kim landed Kanye so she is very much not over. Unfortunately. But she regularly notifies the paps.

As for Taylor and some others, they have their own staff person take photos of them, and then sell them to blogs or Tabloids. Tabloids are lazy. They send them stuff with the caption or news story already written. That's how those "secret" acts of charity get "leaked."

Nice breakdown of Swifty r28 What about other heavy hitters like Beyonce, and Rihanna? Any idea which tabloids and blogs they have deals with?

There was actually a documentary I saw from North Korea about America's celebrity culture. A lot of people will dismiss the documentary just because of its origin, but it used Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and others as examples of celebrities who publicly damn the press and paparazzi but who have deals with them to take pictures of them wherever they are.

[quote]She has the best marketing team around.

She also has a team to write her songs. Her name goes on the songs but she pays her lyricist and composer very well to keep producing new songs.

r3, are you kidding - the Kuntdashians have GOT to have a deal with Dailymail. There are at least 10-12 articles a day on that site of these talentless, idiotic, deadbeat wastes of space.

US celeb press can't say anything on Timberlake without his publicist first making changes & approving it. The threat for violations is no access to Princess JT ever again.

He's about as high up as it gets but I'm sure other comparably big stars have similar set-ups.

Kardashians have Daily Mail, Huffington Post and TMZ as their main publicity sites. HP Entertainment section is almost as bad as the Daily Mail. E! always has something about the group but always closes the comments section. Don't know if they do that when they post the thread or if they allow comments but they're so bad they don't want to show them.

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Rihanna doesn't like to court too much publicity. She mostly tries to avoid it, but she's made peace with the necessary evil of being famous. Lately she's been trying to control her imaging better. So there is some orchestration involved but not too much.

Obviously there are paparrazzi shots of her coming and going to various restaurants, or getting in or out of her car, but she tries to limit it. She is really interested in building her brand as a serious fashion icon.

But RiRi is a hot young thing with a very "active" social life, and it's not cool to tell too much. She learned a lot from her entire Chris Brown episode. She can't stop the paps but she can "channel" the attention.

Rihanna's PR team is getting a lot better at the "let's make a deal" approach. Which is what Beyonce and JayZ use. By the way. If you think these celebrities really post on Instagram I have a bridge I can sell you.

I had to LOL at the Daily Mail comment about the Kardashians. Yes. At least two, or three, or four, or more stories every damned day. And there are so many of them! Kendall wants to distance herself from the rest and build up her modeling career.

Kylie has serious issues, and even got cosmetic surgery to look more like Kim, who's her idol. The two younger girls get along fine with the three older ones, but Kendall is smart. She's a runway model and getting legitimate endorsement deals with Chanel, etc. She is definitely not part of the trashiness.

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[quote]Rihanna doesn't like to court too much publicity

Right when she literally for months invited photogs to take pics of her and Brown. I wouldn't be surprised if she and Brown completely staged the beating.

Perez Hilton covers the Kardashians every single day. There's obviously a payoff going on - no one cares about those disgusting pig women.

I agree that they're trash, but somebody must care or they wouldn't be writing about them 27/7.

First who gives a crap about the Daily Mail. Second how could you have not mentioned Mario Lopez and the nearly endless mentions of Oprah, Jennifer Lope and Eva Longoria.

If one has a project even 6 months away, they begin the campaign immediately.

I don't think a major movie or TV star that has no problem landing role "courts" the press. They don't notify the paps of their every movement.

Paps will follow the real mover and shakers on their own.These big stars grant interviews to Vanity Fair, Vogue, Harper's Bizarre, etc... to coincide with their latest premiere.

Stars who are treading water after minor success, stars trying for a comeback or stars out of favor go out and try and be seen and photographed. They use it as a marketing tool.

And then you the horrific Kardashians who orchestrate every single step of their day around being seen and photographed. They alert the paps on everything. These fools have zero talent or career. Their entire life is built on overexposure.

The "Real Housewives" are everywhere

R40 is right. Why would Ryan Seacrest sign them up for E! for 3 years @ $100 Million if they were not in demand? Why would they gain entrée to the fashion world at the highest levels? Gossip all you want, guess at some backstory all you like, but that engine just keeps chugging along, so someone is watching them and buying what they sell.

Also Taylor Swift and Gossip Cop. Obviously

I think just about everyone on JustJared has a deal with that site because he puts unknowns on his site all the time.

R36 is joking, right?

The Kuntrashians have a deal with Lucifer.

Please allow me to introduce myself, r48; I'm a man of wealth and taste.

Jessica "I am a serious actress" Chastain has a deal with JustJared. They were the first one to break the news on her dating that Italian guy as an exclusive. There are tons of her photos walking and basically doing nothing else like Kardashians on this site, besides Jared was photographed with her and her boyfriend many times, gushing how classy and perfect they are. Right.

For a long time I wondered if the stories about Bruce's gender identity were orchestrated by Kris because she was angry about the divorce.

I thought that there was a general consensus that the media (including gossip sites) would only "out" individuals if privately they hooked up with members of their own gender and publicly they were sponsoring or voting for legislation (or being gay and working for an anti gay legislator) that is anti gay.

Then the tabloids, gossip sites & main stream media "outed" Bruce as transgender and for months he's been ridiculed by comedians and his transition has been discussed endlessly and it's presented as fact. However Bruce has never said a word about or issued a statement about the endless reports.

Why is it suddenly OK to "out" Bruce and present it as fact?

Why do these same gossip sites and tabloids refrain from "outing" so many other prominent celebrities who have not yet come out publicly but have no problem "outing" Bruce? It's quite repulsive and instead of condemning the media's abhorrent behaviour, GLAAD & other LGBT rights groups are silent.

Tori Spelling for sure. Just saw a "paparazzi" shot of her in US Weekly where she's being a hands-on mother, teaching her daughter how to ride her bike…all the while in full hair and makeup.

R51, the difference is that Bruce's transition was VISIBLE

R53 And the often public behavior of closeted celebrities in WeHo is visible as well...

If anyone remembers that Courtney Stodden creature, she would call the paps. One time she even had a cousin or other relative in a suit pretending to be her bodyguard. Fortunately, her 15 minutes of fame came and went.

R54, the difference is that people could see Bruce's transformation on the TV show he chose to be on.

The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK or "KarTRASHian Central" have multiple stories on their website every day. Whatever nonsense this family is doing, they'll try to make a story and pictorial about it. They even had Kim leaning back in the stylist chair to get her hair touched up at a Paris salon. Yeah, that's truly world breaking news!!!

R42 Needs a reality check. Most of the big A list heavy hitters that you may think dont 'need' to court the press, do court the press. Brad Piit and the Mrs exploited her cancer problems and parlayed that as a prop to help promote world world war z. When the Pitts wants to be seen, we get the happy family photo ops. David and Victoria still use the press like they are still fame hungry pretenders. Leo DiCap plays the privacy card all the time. But why does he maintain US weekly on a retainer, leaking stories about the rihanna romance but denying the romance at the same time? Same with Ben Affleck. We wouldn't be sold on his family man image, if there were no convenient pap pics regularly of his happy family life. Both Ben and Leo are repped by the same PR force by the way.

Without the courting of the press/tabloids we wouldn't care about these people like Hollywood needs us to care for them. Manufactured images are moulded via the press. That shouldn't be forgotten

I think you miss what the op was trying to say r38 I'll start by saying you need to up your meds if you think that beating was staged. People need to look a little past the obvious. Not all publicity is good. That shit tainted both artists. Chris can't shake the violent asshole tag, because it just so happens he still is a violent asshole. Rihanna already was a huge star at the time of the beating but that beating almost defined her. Actually in many ways it still does. Not cool when you are trying to promote the image of an independent bad bitch.

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I agree r45 about Taylor and gossip cop. I was reading gossip cop yesterday and there was a story about Cokehead Cara Delevingne being a two faced bitch about Taylor, and so Taylor's boo Karlie Kloss called Cara out. No idea if it's true but gossip cop refuted it. They cited someone from Cara d's camp saying the story was 'false'. So I guess we can add Cara to the list using gossip cop too

R60 Chris is a massive star in what sense? He has a list name recognition because he continually fucks up. He will be forever marred by almost killing his ex girlfriend. Hardly something to celebrate. He is currently struggling to sell out his arena dates, album with tyga sold very poorly. Last two albums are struggling to be certified gold. If anyone could benefit from a complete image overhaul, media training and decent press relationships that could convert into positive press, it would be this fallen rnb star.

Which celebs have deals with Lainey?

Totally agree with R58.

To r50 I wonder how just jared became the go to pr shill? He looks about 20 years old.

I've heard stories from people in the business, that Demi Lovato's greedy mother has deals with several gossip sites and also occasionally sells blind items. Back when, Lovato was dealing with drug issues, the mother tried to have a couple of gossip sites blame Demi's drug use on other actresses that hung out with Demi.

Thanks r66 Any other gossip you can share with us? Which blind item sites did Demi's mom pass info to? Actually it's interesting no one mentioned the benefit of blind items until you did. I would imagine those sites would be useful in getting a particular message and image across for some celebs.

Here is how it works...Perez Hilton and others get paid by c and d list celebs to do stories on them. Ever wonder why Kat Graham or Nya RIvera is all over these sites? When one of them get something damaging, they call PR folk and say "I have so and so shooting up or doing coke etc..."and they blackmail the celebs into doing articles and profiles etc.

R36 Riri does court the press. I do believe her pr team aren't as effective as say, Justin Timberlake or Beyonce's team. I know that might sound a stupid thing to say since Riri is a big star, but I don't see a strong or clear strategy in the cultivating of her media presence. I couldn't even begin to speculate about what blogs and magazines she has on her payroll. It wasn't until this Leonardo thing that I saw that there is a passivity about her pr method. It's like her team allows for any and everything to be said about her. And they never ever counter any of the more negative things circulating. She would actually do well to learn from Leo, in that regard. His approach to the press, and his image is circumspect and meticulous.

[63] Jake Gyllenhaal. Idk if it's a "deal", more like she would like to fuck him, but she's always pimping him up and writing nice stuff about him & saying he's definitely straight.

A writer for Huffington Post was fired 2 years ago for accepting money from Beyonce's PR team in exchange for writing daily fluff pieces about her.

It seems pretty obvious that Perez Hilton started making the big bucks when he started keeping actors in the closet. I don't blame him.

They all will trade one piece of gossip for another or to protect a bigger star. For instance in the old days studios would out one actor to save another from being outed.

They will also cut deals to protect actors. Notice how all the stories about Zac Effron and drugs dried up?

Every time I (pathetically) check the Daily Mail site, there's an article about one of Rod Stewart's kids, usually Kimberley. Nobody gives a shit about Kimberley Stewart. Nobody!

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Not really a star but Nick Kroll has deals with all sorts of major and minor publications.

He writes big checks or offers jobs with his dad's companies, if they hype his projects of those of certain comedians( who he sees as assets to his advancement.)

His whole relationship with Amy Poeler is fake.

Interesting, R76. Truth be told, I've been a little skeptical of Nick and Amy's relationship because I always thought Nick was gay. (Also, am I the only one who got a vibe from Will Arnett?)

Before I had a clue, R74, I thought it was so cute to see pictures of Kimberley out with her daughter, getting coffee, groceries, and being a little family. Now I'm like "Oh, she called the paps for this...now it's not so cute."

Tiger Woods made a "trade" with The Enquirer BEFORE mistressgate

Which sites are trustfull nowadays to get good gossip stuff?

None anymore, not like they used to be. They were some old sites but they're gone now.

But over here we here are never surprised when someone comes out.

I suspect that Wendy Williams is paid off by a few celebs as well. I'll give her credit for being one of the few media personas not in the the Kardashians' pockets.

R81 No way. She just has to be careful with the legalities of what she says. Wendy has outted people!

How about BlindGossip? They've been rather revealing.

R81 Most definitely. Z listers like Tori Spelling and Kendra and Hank pay Wendy good money, me thinks.

R73 Yes. I noticed that. What ever happened to that strange incident when he got 'attacked' by a vagrant in an area in LA notorious for drugging/drug deals?

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R83 After Blind Gossip release those false alarm about Jonas brothers sex tape or Jonas Brothers fake pregnancy (everyone and their mother can see the girl is Kevin Jonas blood) I stopped believing their bullshit

The Karwhorians have Mike(from TMZ) on their payroll. He is the one they call to get free press.

I've heard that about Nick Kroll too, R76.

R73, thanks for the reminder about Zac Efron, I had forgotten all about that incident & now that you mention it, that story disappeared rather quickly. A quick google search turned up this post from E a few days ago - he's looking pretty bloated in the face to me.

I always wonder about arrangements when I see "candid" photos of celebs who don't usually get papped. Christian Bale has been featured in the Daily Mail more than usual over the past few months, and not in connection to any particular movie project. He has a new baby, and I wonder if the photo ops are done in exchange for keeping his family out of the press.

I noticed that about Bale as well. Years of no pap or tabloid coverage and then a recent spike. Wouldn't surprise me if he has an arrangement in place, some of the photo ops seem planned.

Witherspoon absolutely has a deal with the LA paps, there were candids of her daily in the run up to awards season, sometimes with Toth and the kids. It's trailed off a bit now but picking up as she readies her new lifestyle project.

Witchspoon will play an US soldier killed in Afghanistan next.

Those repugs fund all those right wing movies now after the success of Sniper.

[quote]After Blind Gossip release those false alarm about Jonas brothers sex tape or Jonas Brothers fake pregnancy (everyone and their mother can see the girl is Kevin Jonas blood) I stopped believing their bullshit

Yeah, that story was hard for me to buy. Some people called BS on it right away.

R77 Nick is gay. Amy and Nick have a business arrangement. He is a silent partner in her UCB venture. Other ventures too.

My guess is she wanted to look happy so Will Arnett's happiness didn't make her look like she's hurt.

Enter platonic friend, Nick Kroll.

This way he gets a beard in the bargain and she gets to look like she's out and about - Not mourning Arnett. He also gets to see his profile rise some.

These folks don't need deals. Their awful self centered lifestyles provide enough fodder for all of the rags.

The outlets that have the most obvious deals with minor celebs are many.

Daily Mail is one of the worst, but nearly every publication can have a hungry freelancer sneak in stories. For the right price, every publication(including NYT and New Yorker)will agree to hype Z listers.

Nick Kroll has elevated this to an art. He even has NPR and PBS, on board.

Effron is at CAA, right? They will clean your shit up. You could be photographed in the Days Inn on Skid Row with two dead hookers and covered in blow and they will make it go away. People like Ray Donovan do exist in LA and they are on the payrolls of the big agencies. Make no mistake Effron is still using.

There are fixer law firms such as Lavely and Singer(Cosby,Kardashians,Travolta, Brian Singer r clients.)

There are also fixer companies like the Kroll group. When any celebrity or celebrity wannabe gets into trouble,or just wants to raise their profile these firms get a call. Before you know it they are being "damage controlled" or assisted in tons of other ways. They have deals with minor and major publications, and if law suits arise, with judges in L.A and NY.

In some cases( Paulley Perette) they have cops and prosecutors on their payroll.

talking about gossip site, do people still visit Perez Hilton? I checked his site a few times, I can't believe how few readers' comments under the articles. It's a stark contrast to its heyday, he could get tons of comments almost instantly on every post, now it will be a huge success if he can get more than 10 comments for an entry. My conclusion is he lost his readers to TMZ, US weekly etc which have far more active interactions from readers.

No one goes to Perez anymore. He is a mouthpiece for celebrities now. He doesn't break any news or tries to provide any actual gossip. TMZ stole his crown. But even TMZ has places it won't go.

Personally I do not mind the staged photo ops as much as I do being constantly inundated by "stories" reporting on every move made by faux-celebrities.

Harvey Levin and Kris Jenner are bffs. Oh and once the divorce is final look for Kris to go back to Kris Kardashian/

Harvey Levin says he doesn't believe in outing....you wonder what gay dirt he is suppressing

Without us, men in Hollywood would have real problems with their images.

R97 Wasn't Leo DiCap with CAA back when he was pretty? Whoever it was, they pulled a genius move by having a young client with a 'sexuality issue. Not soon after, the tabloids were overwhelmed, rather conveniently with stories about the exploits of Leo's 'pussy posse'.

Back to Zac, in 2009 when he wasn't so bloated and prettier than he is now, he was spending quite a bit of time with Leo. The media called it a bromance. Wonder if their time together was spent sexing and drugging? Lol

R105 Yeah it's really uncommon and hard to find to have a star with a sexuality issue.

JGL definitely has an arrangement with a paparazzi agency to take pictures of him when he is out with his wife (who supposedly doesn't like this attention, lol).

Chris Brown's concubine/side chick, Karuche tran has a deal with TMZ and Daily Mail. It's just far too obvious. Since the news broke that he has fathered a child with some other woman, Karuche has been a regular fixture on the daily mail side bar of shame. Not only that I believe, she and her best friend former popstar, Christina Milian have been leaking stories to TMZ about Chris fathering the child. TMZ have run non stop coverage on Karueche as well.

N(50) I agree with you.

Jessica Chastain and her PR team= masters of deals.

R108, I agree that there is way too much coverage of that woman. Who the fuck is she, anyway?

Who the f is Jamie Chung? I see her literally all over the rags but I have no idea who she is. All I have ever seen her described as "former reality star." And she's always at the Rebecca Minkoff/Rebecca Taykor type shows that fill their front rows with C listers.

Also, Life & Style seems to bethe easiest of the magazines to buy your way into. Girls I know personally who would never havea prayer of getting in the other magazines make it into L&S's who wore it better on a semi-regular basis.

Angela Lansbury

Jamie Chung is a perfect example, R111. Olivia Palermo is another one whose career as a fashionista has been made with paparazzi shots routinely featured on the Dailymail. I'm probably being cynical but I feel like her marriage to male model Johannes Huebl is PR-based, too. I'm just going to say it...he pings.

R57, How about the endless fake smiles for the camera of supposed celebs "caught" making coffee runs?

These arrangements are as old as the hills. Studios used to make deals with Hedda and Louella to cover up whatever their stars were doing. Now it's agents, PR firms and management companies who make those deals. They will throw lesser stars to the wolves in order to protect bigger stars - also an old practice.

Reese and Taylor have their own "preferred" paps, as do others. Witherchin always looks pissed when a pap she doesn't control takes her picture. The Kuntrashians have their personal paps and definitely get a cut of whatever the paps get for all those photos. They also either have someone choose which photos run or have a general deal that no awkward photos get published. Beyonce has the same deal. She was livid when those godawful Superbowl pictures got out.

I think it was Elizabeth Taylor who said that the "big star" rule is to get a story and some photos in the news/tabs/whatever every six months. That keeps someone in the public eye but doesn't create any "fatigue" or overexposure with the public.

"Olivia Palermo is another one whose career as a fashionista has been made with paparazzi shots routinely featured on the Dailymail."

Alexa Chung is another one of those famous-for-no-reason "fashion icons"

R116 well at least Alexa Chung once hosted a show on MTV. What the hell has Palermo ever done to remotely entertain the masses?

It's the biggest joke ever.

R113 oh for sure their marriage is such a business arrangement it's nauseating.

And they were "fixed up" by Daniel Benedict of all people. No words.

Kylie Jenner and Tyga

Palermo has a deal in place as do many b-list 'starlets' and models. The brunette VS model for example who lives in LA with the cute toddlers used to be papped and in the Fail 2 or 3 times a DAY; that's slowed a bit lately but she's still active.

The poster stating that Witherspoon has favored paps and reacts differently to other photogs is spot on. She's with CAA (married to an agent) and they are in big with the major media/tab outlets and all the pap agencies, big on image control for their clients. Kevin Huvane is Stephen's brother (the latter a very powerful Hwood pr maven) so that synergy is key for them.

Kate Hudson has got to have one with the daily fail. She's in it practically everyday for nothing more than blowing her nose. I've lost count the number of times they've said she's stunning. Whatever floats your boat I guess

Gwen Stefani is featured in the Daily Mail on almost a daily basis. I wonder when she will start to bleach her youngest son's hair. Celebitchy has extremely sycophantic commenters, especially for the Jolie-Pitts. I can only conclude that some of these "fans" are being paid.

Kate Bosworth - another manufactured "fashion icon"

I had to look up Daniel Benedict, R118, and he looks like a blond version of Johannes, yet we're supposed to believe Johannes is straight. I love seeing the "candid" pictures of him and Olivia in St. Bart's, which the Dailymail runs every January. They always make sure to get the making-out-on-the-beach shots. Please, no one is following you to St. Bart's without a paycheck.

[quote] Brad Piit and the Mrs exploited her cancer problems and parlayed that as a prop to help promote world world war z

You think the Mrs was able to plan a number of serious surgeries (which I believe were over the course of several months) and was also able to plan her recoveries from each surgery so that it would all conveniently coincide with the release date of a film which had its release date continually changed over the course of 2 years?

YOU are the one who's daft.

What filmgoers seeing a zombie film give a fuck about someone's breast surgery?

More Kate Hudson photos in the Daily Fail today. Of her with Chris Martin insinuating the two are dating. Maybe they are.

Martin's going for a dumb, second-generation Hollywood blonde with an eating disorder, a drug problem and a shitty, neurotic personality?

Quelle surprise.

Jennifer Lawrence was too good for him.

R124 not to mention following them to Dumbo to watch her...walk her dog.

With people like that, I have to wonder...with all the paps and publicists they pay, do they end up paying more out then they actually earn (between "day rates," freebies, "capsule collections," etc. I doubt their modeling gigs for Vogue Yugoslavia lay much at all).

R125 - anything that keeps them in the news (and God knows they are the two biggest media whores around) reminds people they have a new movie out.

R29, you still don't get how implausible your conspiracy theory is which is pretty funny. People this big are never out of the news no matter what they did and didn't do - the tabloids would just make something up if there was nothing. They report on the tiniest of things and regurgitate old news just to put them in headlines.

Yes r130 the tabs make stuff up but you're naïve if you don't realize how much backroom dealing goes on between celebs, their people (agents, pr), the paps and pap agencies and media outlets (tabs mags and blogs). Money exchanges hands all the time.

it's not so much about simply appearing in headlines as it's about controlling the message and output. They want to maintain some control over the process. The paps and outlets who deal are given enhanced or guaranteed access so it works for everyone.

They do report on Brangelina a lot. The paps also rarely get photos of them that Brangelina and their team don't want them to have. Anytime we see them out and about with their kids they planned and orchestrated it that way.

I have no idea about the timing of her fake non-breast-cancer circus and what it represented. I do know that I don't believe for one second that her mastectomy was anything other than an attention-seeking, neurotic, self-destructive act on her part. She is not some brave example of womanhood. She's a drug-addled, personality-disordered, anorexic child hoarder and a huge phony.

R22 I'm with you on the Gwen Stefani comment. Seems like every day she's at a staged playground with her kids. Like she doesn't have a swing set at her mansion.

R131 then I guess The National Enquirer must not be in the loop where the stars can negotiate backroom deals, the Enquirer don't waste their pages publishing who bought a latte on what day, they seem to focus exclusively on negative dirt, and if they can't find any, they will make up some. So I can only image celebrities must hate Enquirer to death.

talking about Daily Mail, another staple is Hilary Duff, they have all the tidbits about her whereabouts like people are really interested in her.

r134 the NE, Globe and Star mag (as well as others) are traditional tabs where normal people expect to see made-up dreck. Celebs don't get in a tizzy over something said in Life & Style (not major celebs). Think more along the lines of People, Us mag, Hello! and Radar online as well as the popular celeb blogs. People in particular has become a celeb pr organ in recent years.

r132 think about how much a secret the mastectomy was, how no one knew about it until Jolie herself announced it with a huge splash in the NYT. That was major modern-day media control of celebrity message and image right there. Textbook case.

They trade access (limited it is) to themselves and their kids for control over bigger coverage and events such as her surgery and their wedding, which was also a big bomb drop when it happened.

R134, the Enquirer does negotiate with people to kill negative stories. Ask Tiger Woods and Bill Cosby

TMZ held the now infamous videos of a very young 14 year old Justin Bieber singing racist jokes over the head of him and his management for years even though they denied it and said they didn't release it because of his age.

It was widely assumed in the media industry that TMZ blackmailed Justin's handlers for years and thus he was the first true superstar to appear on their set for a "exclusive" sit down interview when all they were known for at the time was reporting on B and D List celebrities.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that an arrangement was made between Justin's handlers and TMZ so that only TMZ had "exclusive" pictures and videos and knew where he was at all times no matter where in the world he was at the time.

Over the years TMZ has been the shrine/anti-shrine site for Justin Bieber and has made them a lot of money and in return Justin is featured constantly on their site so he gets intense media exposure.

If there was ever a true symbiotic relationship between a celebrity and a gossip site it is TMZ and Justin Bieber without a doubt.

Chris Evans. He's got a movie to promote. Nothing says see my movie, like leaking dating rumors. Just in the last few weeks, he has been linked to two broads.

First one is some tacky big chested "model". She is best known for her posing in Nuts Magazine, lol. He took her to Disneyland. Her friends have been blabbing to the media saying he's really into her!

And just like that, he has now been confirmed to be dating Phil Collins' daughter, Lily. They really like eachother, and are having lots and lots of fun.

Lily Collins bearded for Lautner and Efron

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r138 gets it, great post. Spot on re Bieber and TMZ.

I've always had a theory that Scientology has the Enquirer on speed dial each time one of their celeb members threatens to leave (primarily Tammy Cruise, Travolta, and Kirstie). They just pull out their secret files and exchange the info for a cash payout.

Kathy Griffin inferred on Howard Stern today, without saying her name, that Kris Jenner has the tabloids, TMZ and Radar Online on her payroll and she's usually the inside "source" for many E! related news items

That Chris Evans dating PR stunt has to do with Avengers coming out. Downey just cranks it up with his child charity stuff. I wonder what Hemsworth, Scarjo and Renner will do to promote the biggest movie of 2015.

r145, I could easily believe that

R145, I figured that.

[quote]I know that there was a huge scandal that was kept out of the papers, say, 35 years ago, about Bill Cosby.

How do you know this?

It's true, BTW, as I have first-hand knowledge of it.

I was at a party and met a woman who was a tabloid reporter. Jokingly, at first, I said "I've got a story for you about Bill Cosby." I happened to know about his philandering and I knew that at that moment he was sequestered with one of girlfriends. I knew where they were and who the girlfriend was. She, the reporter, jumped on it. After contacting her editor I was offered a sum of money that I couldn't turn down. So I spilled. A few days later she told me the story had been killed. I was told they contacted Cosby for comment on a story they were going to print. But then, suddenly after talking to Cosby or his reps there was no longer a story.

Funny that Chris Marin has no problems being photographed with Kate Hudson but there were literally zero pics of him and JLaw. Judging from how close the pics are, I am sure they were staged. I guess doing staged photo-op with a presumed love interest is always better when that person is a family friend and everybody agrees to the rules of the PR stunt.

Is JLaw now going back to Hoult?

Martin is wearing a U of Louisville hat in the photos with Hudson on the beach. Has to be Lawrence's.

He switches to a different hat in other photos, but wore the one with the Cardinals logo when lounging with KH when he knew he'd really be papped. That my friends is deliberate covert messaging.

r149, I believe you. I think that the juiciest celebrity gossip is usually "killed" or traded for other info. I know that Rock Hudson was protected this way - the secrets of other stars were "traded" for magazines keeping quiet about his homosexuality.

A good recent example that has come out is that TMZ did that with Bieber, R152 -

There was a story about how Harvey Levin has a "vault" where he keeps the most damaging dirt on celebrities (in the apparent belief that it is more valuable to use this stuff as "leverage" than it is to leak it)

Jennifer Garner. I suspect she's a raging bitch in real life, like Witherspoon without the career.

It would be interesting to know who has insider info about Harvey Levin. He's great about spilling on the celebs. I wonder how much info about him is used to blackmail him.

R146 They've already started.

Hemsworth's family is always in the news. His wife is always posting pictures on her Instagram, which is always in Daily Fail.

Scarjo has been pimping her happy family around too. No social media for her. She gets papped out on family runs to the store and such. Renner is getting divorced. His soon to be ex is doing nothing but trashing him. She's fighing him on everything in the prenup. I'm sure he's still playing the "I will fight for my kid" card.

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Hi JLaw!

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Oh I am not aware of those Hemsworth and ScarJo pap runs. I hardly visit the Daily Fail - too much Witchsoon, Kartrashian and other trashy celebs and I really don't want to contribute to their popularity by clicking on those pics.

Hemsworth just got a twitter account. Being with Marvel is not just a job but a life submission.

Chris Evans is so gay. This would be at least the third guy Collins bearded for, so I wonder if she's gay also unless the bearding is only about the easy PR boost, since she's the product of nepotism.

Chris Martin and Kate Hudson are a perfect match if they really are fucking. The Jennifer Lawrence shit was strictly PR, so the fangurls can peace out with their bullshit theories.

So which Avengers are hooking up?

Renner with Downey or Downey with Evans. They start filming the new billion dollar blockbuster soon. I would love to be a fly on the wall on that set.

Renner and Evans.

LeAnn Rimes has a deal with a photographer for 'candid' pictures.

He even went on her honeymoon with them. That was real dedication to fame-whoriness on her part.

Everyone pays for it now. If someone is getting bad publicity, they are the ones not paying.

Liv Tyler and Dakota Fanning are also all over the Daily Mail. So, is it that the Daily Mail is the only one willing to buy and publish the photos(Just Jared doesn't as often) or is that they(and other celebrities/their publicists) have paps they work with that in turn work with the Daily Mail? Liv Tyler was married to a Brit, so I don't know if that is part of the reason they have or believe others have a remained interest in her.

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R163, I wonder how many "candid" vacation the beach photos are staged

R167 All of the

I often wondered how TMZ was able to get exclusive pictures and videos of Justin Bieber throughout the years and always had world exclusive stories.

I always assumed that either they had something over him or was paying off someone in his close circle for information and photos such as when they had the exclusive pictures of him holding a joint or pictures of him naked holding a guitar in front of him while he greeted his grandmother of all things.

Last year for example TMZ seemed to be his personal defense team with story after story refuting the Miami D.U.I. charges he was facing and discrediting the arresting officer with bringing up his misconduct record which they somehow obtained.

There is no doubt that TMZ was instrumental last year in helping to shatter the case that the D.A. had against Justin Bieber. Hmmm I wonder if Roy Black who was Justin's lead attorney at the time and Harvey had an "arrangement"?

All publicity is paid for. If you see a celeb constantly in the mags, or constantly on ET, Extra, AH, you KNOW they are buying the coverage. Not even the biggest stars should be on those shows or in mags that much. Yet, they would have Jessica S on every single day. Every. Single. Day. I did a experiment one time to see just how much they covered her. Mind you, she hasn't done ANYTHING of importance in over a decade. Everything she does is Z list at best. Yet for 3 weeks that I counted (back in 2013?), she was on every single day on ET, Extra and AH. Yet she is Z list. I don't watch these shows anymore because it is ridiculous how they cover the same Z listers.

Did Aaron Rodgers and Olivia Munn pay a pap to take those kissing pictures?

Paparazzi are nearly always tipped off by star's agents. It's their deal with the Devil and a way of controlling how they're perceived by the public. Let's face it though, most people who gravitate towards the entertainment industry are either full-blown narcissists or have narcissistic tendencies. They need to be seen to know they exist.

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It's kinda sad that there is enough audience for this. I can't think of a time where trash culture was as popular as it is now.

R165 She's also just had another baby with another Brit who just happens to the best mate of David Beckham. Maybe that's why they're interested in her. God knows they do love a Beckham story.

r151 Martin's hat isn't a coincidence. Why would he have a Cardinals hat? Like he hangs around Louisville all the time lol.

It's JLaw's. I don't think he'd have it or wear it if she wasn't still around.

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Don't be silly, nobody but some trailer park dude is going to touch JLaw after she stuck out her butt like a cow in those cheep porn pics that EVERYBODY from Moscow to Buenos Aires saw.

whatcha got against double wides r176?

R176, please, since when are naked photos a turn off?

Mine look like this ..

Hers look like this .. Okay!

That's the first photo of Jennifer Lawrence, I've seen.

Benedict Cumberbatch. Biggest PR team going right now. He's a con man. Cliche character.

I'd just like to say how FUCKING ANNOYING this un-removable pop-up ad is!

Cumberbitch has got to be infuriated he didn't get the Oscar after getting married and everything. And all the films he has lined up are popcorn or playing 2nd fiddle to Mr. Box Office Poison Depp. He has to be shitting himself. No more Oscar noms for him.

Just Jared seems like a PR site

R185, Just Jared has the most bizarre Jolie-Pitt fans. They seem mentally unhinged. I can't tolerate reading that site anymore.

^ Yeah, their comment section is a joke

Sometimes I think I love you

Ah just a little to much

You drive me crazy lady

With you're thrilling touch

[quote]Just Jared has the most bizarre Jolie-Pitt fans. They seem mentally unhinged. I can't tolerate reading that site anymore.

There must be some poor folks in a shady third world country who get paid 2 cents a post.

Didn't Just Jared start a sign in deal to try to rid itself of all the psychos?

Why must we demand to know how the sausage is made? Will we really enjoy it more if we know EVERYTHING that goes into it? If it's delicious sausage, or harmless entertainment, please, spare me the tawdry details of your daily life. I'm sorry, miss, but I have problems of my own.

R25 cast your pathetic fan boy delusions to one side. There is always attention heaped on brangelina but brad had much at stake with that movie. The reviews were average to bad, and early predictions said the film would tank. Not only was the timing impeccable for Angie's open letter about her health, but it aided there being feverish expectations when she would be seen in public again. When was she seen in public after letter was published? At brad's film premier, of course. Heightened visibility is a PR's dream. Brad promoted like anything. Turning up at local screenings all over the country, as well. He was a man on a mission. Did Angie concoct her health issues? Nope. Never said that. Was the issue EXPLOITED to maximize publicity? Damn right it was. Paid off too. There were articles in may 2013 reporting how Wwz could be the biggest flop in the history of film? But in the end it grossed $540 million worldwide.

Not everything your faves do in Hollywood is honorable. Deal with it

"Not everything your faves do in Hollywood is honorable. Deal with it"

Too true. It took me a long time to realize and accept that, too. I'm sure there are kind, hard-working, decent people in Hollywood, but when you start going down the rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes dirt you realize just how filthy Hollywood can be.

The amount of subterfuge that goes on in Hollywood regarding the personal lives of celebs is astounding. It's not just bearding arrangements to cover gay lives, its done to cover straight sexual relationships too that they don't want uncovered.

They are obsessed with control in this day of omniscient social media and Every Joe with a Cellphone. They can't control their images like they used to so use every means available to misdirect.

Do you have any specific details of such subterfuge? R194

R192, no one saw WWZ because of Angelina Jolie's health issues. It's a ridiculous theory. Hell, she's not even in the movie. The tracking for WWZ was always very strong in most quadrants. Articles to the contrary are another matter and simply did not pay attention to the tracking - they seemed more bent on making headlines like Big Star Pitt's WWZ Will Bomb rather than accurate reporting. They hated it when their dire predictions ended up dead wrong.

Pitt going to theaters for early showings was sort of a novel funny approach and is being copied by others now. But none of that accounts for the very, very healthy world wide box office the movie ended up making.

Jolie's article about her surgeries exploited her health issue to the benefit of a lot of people. There have been numerous factual articles about its effect.

I wonder if Bradley and Suki had some kind of a deal, the media was pimping that "romance" to the high heavens

[quote]I wonder if Bradley and Suki had some kind of a deal

?? She was a contract gf, likely contract beard. That was obvious from space.

Two years and the contract's up. I wonder who didn't want to renew.

r63 Lainey has to be on the dole for Jake Gyllenhaal. Same with Sam Taylor Johnson and Aaron Taylor Johnson. Celebitchy has to be paid by Cumberbatch and Hiddleston's people. No way are those interesting enough to warrant almost daily coverage.

R199 Cumberbatch and Hiddleston have very intense dedicated fans. There aren't tons of them, but they will read every post about thier man. They will vote in online polls ten of thousands of times. These guys are great click bait for a blog even if they aren't all that popular with the general puplic.

^ The Twilight stars are also "clickbait" even though most people don't care about them

Does anyone in the industry know who receives the money for the tabloid articles and pictures? In other words, do the celebs pay the tabloid or do they share the money made from the online ads or magazines sold? Do those reality stars receive money for the daily strolls in and out of stores and airports?

Lainey used to have interesting posts but lately it's all just shilling for lame celebs, yawn.

Celebitchy is housewife and trailer park trash central.

Another vote for the Kartrashicunts.

I do a drive by reading of Yahoo news each day & damn if there aren't at least 3 stories on different Kartrashicunts, every time.

The Obamas. Why do you think we never read about their kids, or their relatives, or any of their activities before either Barry or Moosh were married?

There is something odd about Lainey's support for Jakey. Almost every other gossip blogger says he's gay but her. Don't know what inside line she would have. She's not on the dole for the T-Js, she just loves them like she loves Goop who she also shills all the time.

Celebitchy features Cumberbatch because his insane fraufans congregate there and post for hours about him. It's clickbait all the way.

r202 the celebs often share the payment for pap photos that are sold to the media. They are also often paid for product placement in photos sold: holding various brands of drinks, water, wearing certain shoes or bags.

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R63 What do you make of Lainey's reporting on DiCaprio? It confuses me a bit. She throws shade about his appearance. Made jokes that Rihanna could never be seriously into him because he would be a lousy lay. Lol. At the same time, she covers him a great deal. Plus I've notice though she throws her little jabs, she follows the 'Leo model chaser/ horn dog' narrative. Which is strange only, because years ago, she loved to make sly remarks about Leo liking men and his relationship with bestie, Lukas.

i think Lainey is a shill paid to influence certain opinions of celebrities. I used to think she had some sort of inside scoop - but now believe shes just good at manipulating. Of course all celeb gossip sites are probably the same bs.

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I suspect Leo's people pay off Lainey and Dlisted to make it appear that he actually has sex with the models his posse hires en masse (and no doubt never touches).

Somebody who has to have an arrangement with the Daily Mail is Naomi Watts. Every frigging day there are pap shots of her (where obviously she has posed). What the hell?

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Lainey's just run two pretty damaging blind items about Tom Hardy, an actor she absolutely adores. Of course she made excuses for him, but still. She's also run blinds about Leo liking men, the last very recently. She has to be careful what she says openly on her blog, but the truth is in her blind items. It might not be the exact truth, but the essence of her stories are correct.

To be clear, I cannot stand the bitch for many reasons. But she has decent sources.

What was the most recent blind about Leo, R213?

I think Lainey shills for the celbs that give her exclusive pap pics and exclusive interviews. She may also receive payment for favorable articles.

I doubt she is more reliable than any other gossip source. They are all in bed with each another. Celebs, agents, PR people, studios - it's all a game of media manipulation and status.

R215 - I've no doubt about any of that. She's the only one I know to have been right, and that's the only reason I'm willing to (kind of) defend her. But I wouldn't be surprised if the truthful blinds were deliberate plants by rivals or to get a particular version of events out there. It happens.

R216, what was she right about?

Offhand I know she blinded the Arnett/Poehler split a few weeks before they went public. She recently got Mandy Moore and Ryan A's split too, although I think she hinted a third party that hasn't come out yet.

She was the first to blind Goop and her Glee producer side piece as an item long before she split from Martin. She actually hinted outright it caused his divorce. Of course they're now an item.

The recent Tom Hardy-Inarritu bit from The Revenant set seems to hold some water.

r218, she wasn't the first one to break some of those stories

She didn't break any news about Hardy on The Revenant. Crew members posted extensively about their hatred of Inarritu on reddit. There's a link on here somewhere. Maybe she gets all her "scoops" from reddit.

Maybe not The Revenant on set drama, there's been stuff about that for months. But she got Arnett and Poehler weeks before they announced and also Moore-Adams, although the latter were spending a lot of time apart before the split and had prior probs so not exactly a full crystal ball moment. She had the deets though.

She absolutely was the first re Goop and the Glee guy. This was 2 or 3 years ago and no one knew who he was or that they'd hooked up.

Also forgot about Leo D and Bieber both doing Miranda Kerr, this was later kinda proven when Orly Bloom went after Biebs at a bar after he made snide comments about nailing her.

Also blinded Blake Lively driving colleagues crazy in her conception run up (this right before she got pregnant) and vaguely about Mendes and Gosling having issues trying for a baby for a while before they got there.

The biggest bits she blinded imo – not proven – are Matt Damon and his Cuban male lover and Clooney’s love for rough sex and S&M which supposedly really caused his bad back.

She interestingly paired up Affleck and Olga Kurylenko during To the Wonder and was the first to blind Bale and Hathaway on the last Batman. IIRC she said Affleck’s fling really put a dent in his marriage to Garner and that he had to call in a bunch of industry favors to buy Olga off. Either she’s made these bits up out of whole cloth or she has inside sources, there's no in between. She was pretty adamant about both stories and dropped hints for a long time.

Bale and Hathaway? Give me a break. They are both asexual.

[quote]^ The Twilight stars are also "clickbait" even though most people don't care about them

Yup, clickbait helps those sites and they know cast members from popular franchise movie series or certain TV shows draw in the clicks. Twilight series had some hardcore fans that followed every single cast member in the media.

With teen TV shows, many people on those shows have deals with gossip sites. Some of the Glee cast members had deals with gossip sites, in the early seasons. Those deals ended when Glee was losing viewers. Someone in this thread mentioned Naya Rivera having deals with gossip sites. Dianna Agron was another one with gossip deal sites for awhile.

Is Goop really an item with this Glee producer? Maybe they are just a decoy for Goop hooking up with somebody else, something she really wants to keep away from the public.

Just like Chris Martin and JLaw were just a PR couple because she had a movie out and he was promoting his new album.

I am sure Lainey also writes bogus blinds to distract from real stuff thats happening.

R217 - The one about JGL and Michael Pitt is true. I know that for a fact (I'm the JGL source btw). It wasn't anywhere near as dramatic as she made it out to be though: JGL dumped Michael over his drug problem. I've talked about this a few times on the Michael Pitt thread.

There was the Arnett/Poehler divorce as well. She was right about Paz de la Huerta dropping bloody tissues on the floor when she was having her period on the set of Boardwalk Empire (although Lainey claimed she pulled out a tampon - this is what I mean about the details not being quite right). She was right about Miranda Kerr boning Bieber, and she revealed that way before Orlando Bloom tried to punch him out.

So yes, I think her sources are, on occasion, good. I don't doubt she's a shill and she certainly comes across as an ignorant asshole. But out of all the gossip blogs out there, she's the most spot-on.

R226 Do you know anything if it's true Leo DiCap has a penchant for pretty black men?

I agree R211. I thought dlisted would be savvy enough to not drink the Kool aid about Leo's manwhore rep. But since you mention it, it is very possible Leo has shills even for the smaller/niche blogs. I don't know how true this is, but few years ago someone supposedly close to Leo's team said Lukas Haas often visits Lipstick alley and feeds back what is said back to Leo. I laughed my ass off. Although thinking about it further, celebs are obviously insanely vain. Leo has had very popular appreciation threads on lsa for ages now. So if Lukas/leo has google alerts, they would know that.

R213 Can you link or tell me what the recent Lainey Leo blind item was about, please?

A lot of the teen and "Young Hollywood" set must have deals with that 'JustJared' guy Jared Eng. Not only does he basically hang around all these "stars" as if they are his best friends (and plasters that all over his social media, naturally)...his site basically writes up whatever the star's PR team wants. Whatever image they want to project, that's what will be on his site. Whatever juicy shit others sites are bringing up, he will never do. He'll plaster whatever relationship these stars are having as if it's completely real all over his site. I guess he just stays on the celeb (and PR team's) good side so he has access to them, and he can be "besties" with them (and no doubt he's collecting a check from them). So yeah, that JustJared guy definitely is a PR shill for these young stars.

R227 - I don't know anything specifically about that, just that Leo has slept with guys before.

R228 - I've linked to the blind below (it was actually from July last year, so not as recent as I thought). She revealed it several times to be Leo.

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Lainey has some really good sources and her blinds are usually on point, but oh does she try to cover up for some of her faves. It's so obvious.

Like someone said before, trying to link Kristen Stewart with Nicholas Hoult was just embarrassing. Especially since by this point Kristen had ceased to give a damn and was photographed in pretty compromising positions with her "gal pal" Alice.

Not to mention how for the last few months or so, she's been on a quest to make Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams happen despite the fact that it seems like Rachel doesn't seem interested in bearding for anyone since while all the hooplas was going on about her visiting Jake on set and what not, she was also photographed making out with her real boyfriend. That totally blew on Lainey's face. Since Ruth Wilson seems poised be Jake's next beard, I wonder what Lainey's gonna do about that since she kept posting about how her sources kept telling her that even though they had a lot of chemistry on stage, that off stage their relationship was more brother-sister than romantic. Funnily enough Ruth Wilson said the same in an interview, about the two of them being more like brother and sister, only for them to be "spotted" vacationing in Mexico a day after... hmmmmm.

R232 - That's exactly what frustrates me about Lainey. She makes herself look like a fucking idiot whenever she tows the party line. Sure, there's a game here and if she wants to keep the access she has then she has to play by the rules, but still.

The Kristen Stewart/Nicholas Hoult thing was specially silly, because I believe Lainey was well aware of Stewart's leanings at that time.

Celebrity Gossip is like a buffet!

" I thought dlisted would be savvy enough to not drink the Kool aid about Leo's manwhore rep"

IMHO D-Listed is as serious about Leo's manwhore rep as they are about Angelina's "sainthood". They usually manage to work the word "beard" into the latest story about him and a blonde model.

R232 Lainey is still pushing the Jeremy Renner is Straight line for a few years. Total PR tool. Now that he's divorcing his beard, Lainey all upset that Renner is so cheap to her VanDirty homegirl. Now she's pushing the Renner is Abusive line. apparently Renner's PR stopped sending her checks.

Is she still on Angelina's payroll? I remember when Angie was looking really ill a few years back. Every shot posted of her, Lainey would gush about how beautiful and put together poor Ang looked - when it was obvious the women was not well. It was then that I knew Lainey was either on the payroll or pandering for clicks. But I guess it's all business.

I've noticed that they like to put out that St Jolie doesn't have a publicist..

Lets also remember that until last year, Lainey was very adamant that Bradley Cooper was 100% straight. She posted a blind item that was very clearly about him last year, while he was filming American Sniper, saying he was hooking up with men during the shooting and then, at her annual smut party, one of her tidbits was a revelation about him being bisexual. It's very interesting because before that revelation, she was very dismissive of the gay rumors surrounding Bradley and swearing left and right that he was 100% hetero.

Wonder what went on there, what Bradley's people did to make her change her tune and if Renner is at risk of being exposed in a blind item after years of having her be adamant that he was a totally straight!

Gyllenhaal seems safe for now. She's all about trying to set him up with any female he appears in a picture with, plus she's still holding out for him and McAdams. Who knows, the promotions for that movie they did together is just around the corner and you know how Jake conveniently likes to hook up with his female co-stars whenever he has a new movie (or play as with Wilson - hope he gets that Tony nom!) to promote. Then again, McAdams doesn't strike me as the bearding type by the type of men she's been with. Besides Gosling, they aren't exactly lookers or Hollywood types...

The thing about Lainey is shes also a fan as well as a gossip source and you have to keep this in mind when following her. Sometimes the line gets blurred, people who don’t follow her can get it mixed up.

McAdams-Gyllenhaal for example; she never blinded that they were together, just stanned them hard and wished it to happen cause she loves Jake and is a big McAdams fan. Youd think she was hinting she knew something but it was just hard wishing. Did she actually blind Hoult and KStew as an item? That would be odd because Ray Charles could see they weren’t an item (and never will be obviously).

I believe it was one of her other blog writers who insisted Renner was straight.

The winner of this is Bill Cosby. He has always been openly available to the tabloids, going way back to the days where anyone in the world cared about what Cosby did.

Cosby's rapes are old news. The National Enquirer knew of them, but sat on them in exchange for access.

Lainey is fun fluff but writes like a raving lunatic sometimes. Truly, one can't possibly think it's not just smokes and mirrors most of the time. The exceptions, like truly unflattering deets, are the real blinds. Beyond that, who really knows whatever hanky panky goes on, and the context or intentions in pretty exaggerated realities of the business of make-believe?

And beards? Aren't they actually dotted and crossed, only when they've graduated to parading for pap photos? Why jump the gun on their every interface with colleagues of the opposite sex, like some perverse variation of bobbysoxers' hearts broken by their favorite idols (oh!no!) getting hitched? Actual hook-ups between anybody notable are seldom heard, until some time has passed.

If social media sightings contradict their mainstream media comments, consider the sources are mutual friends in the industry who (out of their on-going business/friendly dealings) add to the smokes and mirrors - only if you still consider the "st(d)ars" fuckable!

Truly, some of these guys are required to be quarantined from the general population with hands/genitals permanently glued to members of their own sex, to qualify for Not Bearding, Living The Absolute Truth FOR the Benefit of The Public Eye, according to gossip munchers!

Teresa Giudice, obvs

Isn't Lainey just some fanfrau?

[R149] Sorry I haven't been following this thread, so didn't reply sooner.

So, here's how I know: my mother's close friend was the mother-in-law of Cosby's agent. She told my mom that Bill Cosby gave the agent (Norman Brokaw-head of William Morris at one time) an expensive watch to thank him for keeping the story out of the tabloids.

My mother was sworn to secrecy, so she went to her grave without telling me what the horrible thing was, although I had heard rumors about cocaine use and assumed it was that.

It is interesting that you were involved with this story, and how missing pieces can come together on DL.

Could believe that about Cosby

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Kate Hudson is looking for a new baby daddy, and promoting her workout clothes. So she gets seen "working out" often.

R248, maybe she can have a kid with Jeremy Renner

Lol, R249. Only if his boyfriend approves.

Many don't have full-time deals with tabloids. Instead they come up with a big "gift" to the publisher when there's a hint of a story that could cause them problems.

Wonder if Kate Hudson will beat JLaw to Chris Martin. My money's on Hudson, she's a pro.

Seems there those who are very good at dropping out of sight when they want. Wonder if they also pay to be left alone?

Kate Hudson would date Hitler if she thought she could get some career mileage out of it

Whatever the deals actors and actresses make, the deals professional athletes make to stay off gay web sites must dwarf them.

[quote]Seems there those who are very good at dropping out of sight when they want. Wonder if they also pay to be left alone?

They do.

What does Selma Blair do these days? I mean besides getting papped every month. She sure knows how to pimp out that kid of hers.

R255, you are correct!

R256. Thanks. Almost seems like a form of blackmail.

R259 - It kind of is. Regardless of how I might feel about a celeb personally, nobody deserves to be stalked 24/7, and I've seen pap photographers sleeping outside of the houses of celebs before. Creepy shit.

On the other hand, making deals so photographers will show up to 'reveal' things that celebs want them to is self-serving and disingenuous if said celeb makes a big deal about being private.

R260 Really? Sleeping outside their houses? Totally creepy. You wound think that would violate vagrancy laws.

R261 - They sleep in their cars (my apologies, wasn't being clear).

Lainey is gonna be thrilled!

I guess promotion for Southpaw is starting. Poor Ruth Wilson. I guess she didn't sign the contract fast enough.

For five years Howard Stern had a weekly game with Mike Walker of the National Enquirer. I always wondered if this was some kind of deal to keep his name out of their paper.

The Kardashians...the show is tanking, and the public is getting tired of them already.

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Hello?

I'd like to talk to the troll please.

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BUMPITY BUMP-BUMP. This thread is a fascinating read about why I keep seeing certain people in certain publications over the last few years.

Leo plays the privacy card but he's paying people left right and centre for his image as a player.

Reese with her daily pics on the morning jog hmmmmmmm i always wondered about how the Daily Mail knew her running route and time of running.

And overnight style icon and front row fashionista Olivia Palermo gets papped in St Barths and Brooklyn with her doggie and gay model husband and apparently THEY ARE A PR arrangement too??? ... and who is Daniel Benedict? Johannes Huebel is gay? Wow. he's so hot i knew he couldn't be straight; not with that level of beauty and vanity.

You think paparazzi chase Jennifer Garner down on a daily basis like she's princess Diana or Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt?

Of course not, she has a deal and it's all set up and scripted.

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Definitely they Hilary Duff woman

Are there any stars who just cant seem to get anything covered up by the media?

[Quote] Definitely they Hilary Duff woman

Lol there were so many posts about her walking on ONTD.

[Quote] And overnight style icon and front row fashionista Olivia Palermo gets papped in St Barths and Brooklyn with her doggie and gay model husband and apparently THEY ARE A PR arrangement too???

Hearing that name makes me feel old.