One of the up sides of celebrity life is getting to meet new people.  One of the down sides is that some of them turn out to be a bit, um, strange:

The disturbing correspondences have reportedly included one letter mentioning “how to bomb” and others full of threatening language and “weird gibberish,” the Spears source said.

The threats have become so severe, that the Spears camp is reportedly going to give the mail to law enforcement.

“A lot of it was disturbing stalker kind of stuff,” the source told E!. “But to be safe her security team is turning it all over to the police and FBI.”

A rep for the LAPD told E! that a specific investigation has not been launched into the disturbing mail, but they, “have been looking at allegations that have cropped up in the past couple of months.”

The concerning letters and packages have reportedly been sent to multiple addresses linked to Spears.

This is ridiculous.  There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for people to engage in this kind of illegal activity.  I certainly hope that they find and punish whoever is behind this.

I would, however, like to point out that Brit hasn’t had regular bodyguards for a while now, not until her father took over as conservator.  You see, Britney, as much as you may not like people telling you what to do, it’s reasons like this that you must have a security detail.  Like it or not, it comes with the celebrity territory.

It all sounds a bit smarmy to me.

When I first read this, I thought it had to be a joke or a case of shoddy reporting. It is being said that the Dirty Dancing star has allegedly been given a particularly grim cancer diagnosis:

In a shocking world exclusive, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has uncovered the devastating news that the beloved Hollywood actor and dancer was diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other organs. […]

For the past month, Patrick, 55, has been traveling to Stanford University’s prestigious cancer center in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, but his doctors are no longer optimistic that the treatments will be successful. […]

He received three doses of chemotherapy and the tumor shrank, but less than his doctors had hoped for — and Patrick was told he should prepare for the end.

“He was told he could have two more treatments, but his cancer was not responding. In short - they held out little hope for a cure,” said an insider.

The man who danced into the hearts of audiences worldwide in the 1980s in Dirty Dancing and then broke them in the poignant love story Ghost in the early ’90s has lost more than 20 pounds in the past few weeks and is restricted to a liquid diet because he has trouble keeping down solid food, added the insider.

“It’s time to start praying for a miracle.”

This is the National Enquirer we’re dealing with, so it’s about 50/50, and I’m still holding out hope that this story is a gross misrepresentation of the facts. Patrick’s publicist has not yet issued a statement on the matter. Perez has this to say on his site:

However, a very good source just told us the following:

“Patrick has been at rehearsals for a new cheer leading movie at century city studio frequently lately, and he definitely does not look like he has 5 more weeks of life left…im not sure of his medical condition(s), but if he is gravely ill, he is hiding it very well.”

UPDATE: Sadly, it appears that the rumors of Patrick Swayze having pancreatic cancer are true. Here’s the statement from Patrick’s spokesperson:

“Actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. Patrick’s physician Dr. George Fisher states, ‘Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.’ Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family.”

We will keep Patrick in our thoughts and prayers!

Posh looks like she smells something really bad in that circle of friends.  The abbreviated Spice Girls tour came to an emotional end last night in Toronto as Mel C, Mel B, Geri, Emma, and Victoria bid farewell to their fans:

The Spice Girls ended their much-hyped reunion tour in emotional scenes, with groups members hugging and kissing at their final show in Toronto last night.

The tour ground to a premature halt following their performance in the north American city, amid speculation that the fivesome were at war again, and had suffered flagging ticket sales.

It was an emotional farewell, with Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Geri Mel C gathering at the end for a group hug and individual embraces throughout the show.

When the tour was announced, the girls said they would be traveling to five continents, but they seem to have only made it to two.  They’re blaming family commitments for the premature ending and pulling out of going to Sydney, Beijing, Cape Town, and Buenos Aires:

A spokesman for the band insisted the dates could be fulfilled at a later stage and the women had not ruled out reuniting again.

Victoria Beckham said: “We have children who need to go back to school and we have always said our families are our priorities, so we want to thank all of our fans.

“Sorry we didn’t get to see everybody. We had a great time.”  

You know, I’ve been wondering about that…obviously the babies are pretty portable and they don’t have much of a schedule, but what about the older kids?  I know Posh’s kids are old enough to be in school, and so is Scary’s oldest daughter.  Do they just yank the kids out of school to go jetting around the world, or do they bring tutors?

But there are other, less publicized reasons as well.  From the start this reunion has been plagued with rumors of infighting between the girls.  For their final concert in Toronto, they all flew in separately and it was rumored that they were all staying in different hotels.  Mel C wants to return to her solo career (she was the most reluctant of the girls to reunite, mainly because she is the one with the most to lose).  And Posh wants to get back to designing whatever it is that she designs.

I personally think it’s rather ironic that Posh is the one who said she wanted to show her boys that “mummy” used to be a pop star, a famous person in her own right, and then at the height of the tour basically said, “Oh, you know that pop star thing?  Yeah, I’m so not that any more.  I design clothes now.  I’ve moved on.”

My opinion on why they quit?  I think they found out it was just too hard.  Let’s face it, these are women in their thirties now.  While that isn’t old by any stretch, all of them except Mel C now have children and families to look after…and just traveling from one spot to another is hard enough with kids, let alone taking them on a tour.  And as all of us who are of a “certain age” know, even if you’re in the best of shape, as you get older your body doesn’t quite want to do the things it did when it was ten years younger.  The last time these “girls” were on tour, they were single young twentysomethings with no kids, commitments, or bunions.  I think they looked at the past with rose-coloured glasses…but then got a rude awakening.

Oh, and they made enough money.  Time to call it a show!  Bye, everyone!  Tip your waitresses!  Drive safely!

[images removed…People was not happy] 

Or even as much as the dearly deceased Anna Nicole Smith’s.  While Anna’s babydaddy took home a cool $1.7M for photos of the wonky-eyed Dannielynn (don’t be hatin’ on me, she’s adorable, and the eye can be fixed) and Jennifer Lopez and hubby Marc Anthony have reportedly pocketed an embarrassing $6M for photos of their twins, Christina has allegedly had to be content with a paltry $1.5M and no boost in sales of the magazine which paid it:

After giving birth to her son, Max, Christina Aguilera threw a tantrum, according to a source close to the pop star, and fired her day-to-day manager, one of her assistants and her publicity firm BWR.

Christina was quite possibly peeved that the photos of her son did nothing to improve the newsstand sales of the People magazine. Maybe she was jealous that she only pocketed $1.5 million for the tot shots — less than the $1.7 million paid for photos of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn.

Regardless, X-tina went bananas. “She went crazy,” says an astonished source. While BWR also reps J.Lo, the source said, the firm wasn’t part of the team that secured Friday’s $6 million payout for photos of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s twins.

I can tell you why sales of People didn’t skyrocket when Christina’s photo was on the cover…it’s because we don’t care.  Zing!

Not only that, but babymama Nicole Richie is also said to be unhappy that nobody wants to pay top dollar for pictures of little Harlow, who by this point has outgrown her prime photo-selling newborn stage and is getting a bit long in the gum for picture-shopping:

New mom Nicole Richie is also showing symptoms of PPP [postpartum panic], but she is sparing her beleaguered publicists at BWR, placing all the pressure on her longtime manager Benny Medina to find her the biggest possible baby-pix payday.

A source close to the action said Richie is acting “cheap” and trying to wring every cent she can out of the deal.

Okay.  Let’s get something straight here.  I had the cutest newborns ever birthed, and you so-called starlets will just have to settle for second best.

But seriously.  I reiterate my statement that I will personally donate $100 to the charity of choice (even something as frivolous as the “Save The Manolos Foundation”) of any celebrity who comes outside, asks the assembled press if they’d like a shot of the baby, and then come outside and stand for a few minutes with said baby (probably best behind a fence, definitely best with a bodyguard or two) so that some photos can be taken.  Or if they will use the digital camera to snap some candid photos of Junior, run off some copies on the computer, and pass them out to the pap horde assembled outside.  No muss, no fuss, no fanfare, no zillion-dollar payouts, and most importantly…no pimping of the child to mass media.

What are these people going to do with that money, anyway?  Is Christina planning on opening an inner-city mother and child wellness center?  Will Nicole donate her money (all of it) to the Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation?  Will any other pregnant starlet donate all their money to any charitable organization…without press and fanfare, without even letting anyone know that they got paid to begin with?

After all, a newborn is a newborn is a newborn.  Some have more hair than others, some have lighter skin and some have darker skin, some are chubbier and some are leaner, but basically…they all look the same.  Little wrinkly things with floppy necks that drool and poop and sleep.  Look at that photo of Christina and baby Max.  Sure, Max is a cutie, but the photo is all about Christina, with her perfectly coiffed hair, Photoshopped skin, and come-hither gaze.  If it wasn’t, then she would look like the rest of us when we posed with our newborns for pics…with baggy, bloodshot eyes, spotty skin, no makeup, hair that hasn’t been washed since before we went into labor, an old comfy bathrobe tossed on over a nursing gown with two big wet spots on the front, and a big goofy smile on our face because we have the most precious thing in the world in our hands.

Certain starlets would do well to remember that you can’t put a price on a baby.

Just when I do a post saying that Brit seems to be more together than in recent months, she goes and pulls something like this.  From flashing her nethers to the bad weave, it was vintage Britney when she went out for sushi last night.

But here’s my question…is the bump under her tight dress due to home cookin’?  Or…home cookin’ of a different kind?

What do you think?  Bad posture…weird camera angle…strange shadow…or bump?  She was toting around her ciggies last night, but then she’s never let a little thing like a possible (or definite) fetus stop her from that.

I don’t know.  The past several days she’s been photographed in jeans, which is what I would wear if I were at the beginning of my cycle.  It’s only been the past day or two that she’s been pictured in dresses, minus underwears.  So maybe it’s nothing more than gas.  I only mention it because of the custody hearing today, and the undisputed fact that the last thing Britney needs right now is to be pregnant.

There’s a hearing in the custody case later today.  We’ll keep you posted if there’s any news.

There was a list a while back that nominated Denise Richards as the Worst Bond Girl Ever in The World Is Not Enough, and I can’t say as I disagree that her performance, if you want to call it that, was a disaster.  “Thumbody’s tampered wit da baaaaaaawmb!”  She reminded me of Duck Dodgers.  But I have to say that now, Daniel Craig has stolen her crown.

When asked about the possibility of Amy Winehouse singing the theme song for the new Bond movie, here was his reply:

“Why is everybody ramming (the name) Amy Winehouse out,” said the actor. “It’s just way, way off that.”

“Everyone’s speculating about it but we’ve got other things to deal with- there’s no point in writing the song for a movie when we haven’t got a movie,” Craig exclusively told us.

Give diva a chocolate, already, it helps with PMS.  You don’t just throw these movies together on the spur of the moment, Danny boy…you have to plan ahead a bit.

He’s the reason I stopped watching Bond films after Die Another Day.  Would somebody just kick precious flower in the nutsack already and get it over with?  He’d probably sulk off crying.  Stir some chocolate milk in his martini glass.

Through the magic of sleight of hand and CGI, Heath Ledger’s final movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is scheduled to continue shooting:

Despite earlier reports that the director might shelve the $30 million production, Gilliam, whom [co-star Christopher] Plummer describes as “terribly saddened” by Ledger’s death is “trying to work out at this moment how to continue on. Fortunately, because the film deals with magic, there is a way, perhaps, of turning Heath into other people and then, using stills and I think they call it CGI…

“Terry was a very good friend [of Heath’s],” adds Plummer. “He very wants to go on with the movie, and I can very much understand why. Because he wants to dedicate it to Heath, of course.”

Plummer goes on to say that Heath possibly contracted walking pneumonia while on set due to the combination of rigorous shooting schedule and nasty weather:

Confirming earlier reports that Ledger hadnt been feeling well on set, Plummer says, “we all caught colds because we were shooting outside on horrible, damp nights. But Heath’s went on and I don’t think he dealt with it immediately with the antibiotics.…I think what he did have was the walking pneumonia.”

On top of that, “He was saying all the time, ‘dammit, I can’t sleep’…and he was taking all these pills [to help him].”

As well as the damp cold and lack of sleep, Plummer describes the shoot as rigorous. “We had to shoot every second we were out there…there was hardly any time to go into the tent or the car to keep warm. We just kept shooting…boom, boom, boom…there was no pause. It was very, very hard work.”

The cynic in me wants to think that perhaps the reason for the continuation of filming is because of two reasons…one, that there would be a ton of money down the toilet if the film were to be shelved now; and two, because it was his last role, that is almost certain to bring in big bucks at the box office and in DVD sales.  But the other part of me wants firmly to believe that it is being done in the spirit of friendship and out of a respect for the actor and his talent.  I suspect, however, that it is some combination of all those things.

And I can’t say as I blame the people behind the movie for wanting to make some money.  After all, movies nowadays, especially one such as this, are multimillion dollar projects.  To shelve a project for sentimentality’s sake doesn’t make fiscal sense.  Plus, I personally think that if one puts so much of oneself into a role, that one would want the show to go on, no matter what happened.

I think it would be a nice tribute if they can believably pull it off.

Oh, and the reports that Johnny Depp was going to step into the role?  Probably not so, because they are saying that he’s been in no official talks and he is currently working on another movie.

I was ready to dismiss this, but it does seem like something Brit would do in her current mental state.  Of course, if you told me that she walked out of her house wearing only the whipped cream from her Frap, those ugly brown boots, and with her hair twisted into a swirl, I’d probably just say, “What, she forgot to get it affogato style?”

So welcome to the debut of a new category here at GlossLip, called, “You Can’t Fix Stupid”.  Rumors are circulating that on November 18, Brit dropped trou in the middle of a Hustler adult store because she wasn’t allowed to try on a pair of naughty knickers:

Spears loaded up on naughty skivvies and headed to the fitting rooms. But store employees “told her they don’t allow people to try on underwear,” a source at the scene says. “She was really upset.”

Adds the source: “She looked out of it. There was nothing going on behind her eyes.”

At that point, Spears threw a fit, and took off her own underwear before trying on a pair of boyshorts (with “Barely Legal’ stitched across the rear end) in the middle of the store while 15 other customers looked on.

An eyewitness tells Us, “The employees kept saying ‘Don’t change out here!’ She’s just like, ‘Well, I couldn’t take them in the fitting room!’ It was like dealing with a child.”

Oh my gosh.  It’s scary that I totally understand the reasoning behind her actions.  If you can’t take the panties into the dressing room, how else are you going to see if they fit, y’all?  Wedgies seriously hurt!

But that’s not all.  It would seem that she still has this thing for fake hair:

Spears’ tantrum only continued. “The staff told her she had to pay, and she rolled her eyes, but paid with a credit card,” the source tells Us. As payback, “on her way out, she went up to a mannequin, snatched the wig off the head, and stole it!”

Now that takes balls…to act like a thirteen-year-old at Hot Topic, when you’re almost twenty-six years old.  If this is true, my wig panties hat is off to her!

You know what else takes balls?  Buying panties that proclaim you’re “Barely Legal”.  Brit has been legal for more years than she’d like to admit.

In other Brit news, do you like the new hairstyle she’s rockin’?  She reminds me of a troll doll.  You know, those short little nakie dolls where you’re supposed to rub their tummy and they bring you luck?  Just like Brit…only with her, you rub her tummy and she belches up a Frap burp.  Those things can burn if you’ve got enough chocolate in them.

Okay, this has GOT to be Brit playing a joke on her best friends the paparazzi.  But apparently she told X17 that she IS pregnant…and the daddy is none other than Kevin Federline!

Britney wants to know who the hell started rumors about her being pregnant with music producer JR Rotem’s baby ’cause SHE’S telling X17 she’s pregnant with Kevin’s twins, y’all!!!

There was just too much pap chaos as Britney attempted to do some shopping last night at Target and at Barnes & Noble so she called in the cops! But Sam was by her side, holding her hand, always there for her, looking fondly at Brit (you see where I’m going with this, people? :).

But seriously, folks, Sam told me yesterday “It’s a lie,” when I asked about the JR report.

I really don’t see this as happening.  Well, I can see Brit totally going after Kevin, but I can’t see him returning the favor.

Or…could it be true?  What do you think?

It’s too horrible to contemplate.  I can’t type any more.  My fingers are threatening to jump off and throw themselves in traffic if I write anything else about it.

Oh, and here are your tax dollars at work, escorting Brit back to her car after she created a mob scene at the store.  Can’t she have someone do that for her?  Don’t they have things like catalogs and the Internet out there in LaLa Land?  Why does she have to go out on these silly little errands Every. Single. Day. when she knows it is just going to create mass hysteria?

I don’t watch Dancing With The Stars, even though I like to see ballroom dancing (Strictly Ballroom is one of my favorite movies), but I kind of kept up on this competition because of one man: Helio. That’s right, the two-time Indy 500 winner won the dancing competition, and all that was missing was a fence for him to climb.

So why isn’t the champ celebrating with his fiancee? Well, it could be because his fiancee is no longer his fiancee:

“I haven’t talked to him in two months,” [Aliette] Vazquez said. “I am devastated.”

While Vazquez, a Cuban fashion designer, did not give a reason for calling off the engagement, she hinted that the nuptials nixing was a long time coming.

“I came out for the first episode of Dancing and haven’t seen him since,” she said.

Castroneves himself confirmed the split.

“I can confirm that Aliette Vazquez and I have called off our engagement and are no longer together,” he said. “At this time, I would prefer to keep my private life private.”

The former couple had already pushed back their wedding to 2008, for which Heilo cited his busy schedule of auto racing and dancing, while apparently the kiss in the above photo is a ’stage kiss’ done as part of the dance routine.

But, there are rumors that there is more than just dancing between Helio and his dance partner, Julianne Hough:

Castroneves told entertainment news show “Extra” on Wednesday that he has split from his fiancée, Aliette Vazquez. There’s speculation that the breakup may have been caused by a budding romance between Castroneves and his “Dancing With the Stars” partner, Julianne Hough. The two shared a kiss on Tuesday night’s show.

“It was the beginning of something,” Castroneves told “Extra,” “[but] it [the relationship] was beyond that point. It was time to let go.”

He had just been on the television show The View talking about his win, and about dancing at his wedding. But after the show, he indicated that the interview was about the dancing, not his personal life, and he preferred not to talk about that with the chatty ladies on the show.

So hmm. It could very well be that they are just platonic friends, but maybe Julianne taught Helio more than just how to ball change.