Sideshow: Elizabeth and Cate Edwards speak out
John Edwards' estranged wife, Elizabeth, and their daughter Cate, 28, are doing the media rounds to chat about the former vice presidential candidate's infidelity.
John Edwards
' estranged wife,
Elizabeth
, and their daughter
Cate
, 28, are doing the media rounds to chat about the former vice presidential candidate's infidelity.
Elizabeth, 60, who discusses the end of her 32-year marriage in her book Resilience, will hawk the paperback issue Wednesday on Today.
In an essay for People, Cate, who clerks for a federal judge in Washington, addresses her mom's courage and her fight with cancer.
"There are the things she taught without words," she writes, "how to continue to live your life on your own terms when it somehow becomes savaged by people you never invited into it."
Mel vs. Oksana . . .
Oksana Grigorieva
, 40, who allegedly shattered
Mel Gibson
's 30-year marriage to
Robyn Denise Moore
, has taken out a restraining order against Mel, claiming he's been violent with her, TMZ says. She reportedly demands he stay away from her and their 7-month-old girl,
Lucia
. Mel has countersued for access to Lucia. No comment from either party. The report can't be verified since the court filings are under seal because they involve a minor.
Tidbits 'n' pieces
Deadline Hollywood says that,
mere days after
Guillermo del Toro
quit the job,
Lord of the Rings
guru
Peter Jackson
is in talks to direct the two-film cycle based on
The Hobbit
. No official announcement yet. . . .
James Cameron
's
Avatar
bagged 10 prizes at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films' Saturn Awards Thursday night in Burbank, Calif. . . .
Tori Spelling
, 35, tells Out mag that "it was pretty surreal" to chat with the ghost of late thesp
Farrah Fawcett
. Tori used a psychic to connect with her late dad,
Aaron
, but apparently he dialed the wrong number. . . . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 135 new boldfacers to join, including
Mo'Nique
,
Adam Sandler
,
Vera Farmiga
, and
Bono
. The newbies get to help pick future Oscar winners. . . .
Ne-Yo
, 30, tells EbonyJet.com he and gf
Monyetta Shaw
are expecting their first baby. . . .
Alicia Keys
told fans Friday at a Manhattan show she is five months pregnant with bf
Swizz Beatz
's baby.