Sideshow: Another loss for Janet Jackson?
Two weeks after the sudden death of her brother, Michael, Janet "Miss You Much" Jackson, 43, is suffering from more heartbreak: Us Weekly says the "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" warbler and her music exec bf of seven years, Jermaine Dupri, 36, have split up. What satanic force could possibly have cleaved that single heart in twain? An anon source says they mixed biz with pleasure when JD produced some of JJ's tracks. So?
Two weeks after the sudden death of her brother,
Michael,
Janet
"Miss You Much"
Jackson
, 43, is suffering from more heartbreak: Us Weekly says the "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" warbler and her music exec bf of seven years,
Jermaine Dupri
, 36, have split up. What satanic force could possibly have cleaved that single heart in twain? An anon source says they mixed biz with pleasure when JD produced some of JJ's tracks.
So?
No comment yet from either side.
LaToya dedicates 'Home' to MJ
MJ's other sis,
LaToya
, who wrote the tune "Home" to celebrate her family, will release it July 28 on iTunes as a tribute to MJ. Sales will benefit AIDS Project LA, which MJ supported.
Mischa remains hospitalized
Mischa Barton
's rep said yesterday that the lovely
St. Trinian's
star remained hospitalized after police removed her from her home Wednesday, but would not elaborate. Rumors are rampant: The New York Post says Barton was involuntarily checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. under a statute that allows individuals to be held for 72 hours if they are a danger to themselves or others. It's the same law that put
Britney Spears
in the same psych unit in '08.
'Potter' math lesson
Variety says that Harry Potter VI, which made $104 mil domestically and overseas in its first 24 hours, amassed an additional $21.9 mil in the U. S. on Thursday, giving it a preliminary 48-hour total of $125.9 million. (Overseas numbers have yet to come in.)
It's hard to find a Goodman
Variety also says
Roseanne
star and
Coen Brothers
regular
John Goodman
stars in
The Station
, a Fox comedy pilot made by
Ben Stiller
's company. John is a CIA agent tasked with installing a new dictator in Latin America.
Gosselin's new pad
Jon Gosselin
and
Hailey Glassman
are "the real deal," says Hollyscoop.com, citing an anon source. "They have crazy chemistry." Adds the source: "they're official," though
not
engaged. (Huh?) Meanwhile, Jon has acquired a 2BR bachelor pad on New York's Upper West Side. (No room for eight kids, but plenty for chicks.) The Huffington Post says 2BR pads in Jon's building go for $4,800 to $5,000 a month.
Ivana: Ivanka's man rocks!
Ivana Trump
yesterday told People she's "thrilled about
Ivanka
's engagement" to New York Observer's
Jared Kushner
. They "make a fantastic couple," she said.
Tidbits 'n' pieces
CBS yesterday said
Jorja Fox's
CSI
character, Sara, who left two years ago, would guest-star in the show's Sept. 24 season debut and other episodes.
The epitome of manliness, Russell Crowe, 44, said yesterday he was in talks to return as manly sea Capt. Jack Aubrey in a Master & Commander sequel.
Madonna paid tribute at a show in Italy to the two men who died Thursday in Marseilles when a stage being built for her Sunday show collapsed. "I ask you for a moment to stop and think of the people who have lost their lives," she said. Sunday's show has been canceled.