Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Robert Downey Jr.: Off the Wagon?

The Crazy Days and Nights blog has an interesting (and obvious) blind item today: To me, this one was a little heartbreaking to hear. This once troubled actor who has peaked and valleyed between A and C list his entire career depending on his drug use was thought to be clean and enjoying some big success once again. However, it is just that success that may have caused his most recent slip. Oh, he slipped alright. Twice is what I hear. Separate nights. The question is going to be whether it was truly just a sli...

Perhaps Perez Hilton Should Go to Business School

Perez launched a new service on Wednesday: Gossip on the Go, where you can pay $5/month to use your cell phone minutes to hear Perez call and tell you about news that he's going to report on his blog like 20 minutes later. There are a few kinks in this business plan, and even the loyal readers of his site managed to figure them out. Namely: no one's going to pay shit for something they can get for free. On the other hand, it probably costs him very little to do, so if anyone's stupid enough to sign up, it's all profit. But I think the (predictable!) backlash he's getting from it cancels out any pecuniary gain. After his Hot Topic fiasco, he should have waited a little while before launching another dubious business enterprise. />Perez launched a new service on Wednesday: Gossip on the Go, where you can pay $5/month to use your cell phone minutes to hear Perez call and tell you about news that he's going to report on his blog like 20 minutes later. There are a few kinks in this business plan, and even the loyal readers of his site managed to figure them out. Namely: no one's going to pay shit for something they can get for free. On the other hand, it probably costs him very little to do, so if anyone's stupid en...

The Gays: They’re Just Like Us!

They get divorced! Comedian Matt Lucas and his husband -- the couple were married in Britain a year and a half ago -- have announced that they're now divorcing, making this the first gay celebrity divorce in the history of gossip! WOO HOO! We don't get many firsts around here these days. Also, this gives me hope that I could one day be reporting on the Lindsay Lohan/Samantha Ronson divorce. Oh please please please let it happen!...

Burger King Is Selling a $200 Burger

I WANT ONE!!! Burger King has added a $200 burger to the menu of select stores. So what's on it? Premium, prohibitively priced, Japanese-style Wagyu, flame-grilled, garnished with Italian truffles, Spanish cured ham, aged balsamic vinegar, Champagne onions and popped onto a saffron- and truffle-dusted bun. The total cost of ingredients alone is $80. BK is donating the proceeds to charity. Oh, Burger King, I understand if you can't give me your special credit card, but at least donate one of t...

Still, Nicole???

What's with Nicole and these dresses? After wearing a long printed dress to the Crystal + Lucy Awards on Tuesday night, Nicole wore something very similar to the Cartier Love Charity Bracelet launch party on Wednesday night. I guess she's trying to start a new trend. Also there: Eva Mendes, Fergie, Djimon Honsou and Kimora Lee, Joel and Benji Madden, Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri, Emmy Rossum, Bridget Moynahan, Chloe Sevigny, and Perry Farrell. Photos are ...

“They’re Still Bigger Than Sarah Jessica’s”

Brittany Snow poses with Matthew Broderick on the red carpet for a screening of Finding Amanda in NYC. Speaking of Brittany Snow, remember that clip I posted awhile back of Brittany Snow beating some guy in the balls from an indie flick called On the Doll? Well the director sent me another clip. This one's of Brittany cutting off her teacher's nuts. I have no idea what this film is about, but the teasers sure are fun. And I know a lot of you were offended by the first clip, and I know...

Quotables

"I remained an extremely conservative, well-controlled woman who refused to be intimate with anyone until she found the person with whom she wanted to spend her life. I've never been with any other man." Anne Rice, author of the very sexual Interview with the Vampire novels, about her husband of 41 years, Stan Rice, who passed away in 2002. Anne also wrote several pornographic novels under a pseudonym. Oh, Anne. They don't make 'em like you anymore. ...

Sex and the Surgery

Page Six is reporting that, soon after the SatC movie premiered in NYC, both Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon had a little work done. "Cynthia had a breast augmentation and soon after, Kristin had the varicose veins on her legs removed," said an insider. "They both made sure they did it on the quietest day of the week." The folks at Page Six point out that Kristin Davis usually does wear long hems. Nixon's rep denied the surgery, and Davis' rep had no comment. ...

Stephen and the Amazing Technicolor Spice Girls Tattoo

I have been looking for an excuse to run the photo of Stephen's full-color Spice Girls tattoo on this blog forever. There were two problems: I didn't have an excuse, and I didn't have a photo. I now have a photo. So I'm making up an excuse. Tonight, for the first time since my "vacation" started, I actually had a chance to go out and party with my friends. I met up with Stephen and Rebecca, two of my best friends from high school, at Zen 32, our old sushi hangout. Stephen -- if you hadn't alrea...

Ali Lohan Is a Troll

Lindsay's Mini-Me is reportedly the director's top choice for the lead role in a remake of 1986's Troll. "She was great [in her audition]," says the director, John Carl Buechler. "The camera loves her. She's a really good actress ... I am personally going to fight for her." You know, it's actually kind of cool to watch this all happen. Gossip has been really slow lately, and I blame that in part on the upcoming U.S. election, but I think we're also just seeing a little lull while gossip's cast members change shifts. Paris an...