New York Newsletter, June 2, 2006

Post-Jessica, there is a lot more left of Nick Lachey in the mojo department than his melancholy single suggests. "Like a hunger, like a burnin'" he's been romancing stylist Kim Kardashian, a raven-haired beauty whose step-brother just happens to be Brody Jenner. The 'Prince of Malibu' recently reconciled with fellow beach-bum/babe Kristin Cavalleri, who, it was rumored, was seen getting vixenish with Nick earlier this year. So, if each of the new couples were to marry, that would make Nick Kristin's brother-in-law/former hookup-twice-removed (via the new Hollywood nightclub, Shag). Sufficiently confused yet? Well, don't forget that:
1) Kristin used to live in the O.C.
2) Mischa Barton formely starred on The O.C. with Peter Gallagher
3) ...who starred in American Beauty with Annette Bening
4) ...who was nominated for an Oscar the same year as Sean Penn (2000)
5) ...who starred in the movie Mystic River with...
6) KEVIN BACON

And so the circle of semi-incestuous Hollywood life continues, all somehow leading back to the spiky-haired, Footloose dancing machine who, inevitably, is connected to it all.
*Photo Licensed: to Photorazzi

"I pledge allegiance to the bank accounts, of my baby's mama, Britney, and to the sports cars, of which paper do purchase..." This is the (fictional) mantra of our favorite playa' spouse turned comb-over cover boy, Kevin Federline, who recently traded the wife-beater and saggy shorts for Wall Street chic in a spread for Item magazine. It is not the first time K. Fed has cleaned up; we even went so far as to name him our weekly " Super Fox" after his Details article was released last year. But while that Kevin still had longish hair and his signature patch of scruff, this Kevin sports a Trump-inspired 'do, and gives off a creepy Pat Sajak meets Mister Rogers vibe. But don't worry, Kevin is totally recognizable once he opens his mouth for the interview, where, according to US Weekly, he says he'd like to be judged "an artist, a CEO, as somebody, not Britney Spears' husband." By CEO, he must mean creatively, empty, off-the-wall fool - a freeloader who insists that his kids will learn about real life by "work[ing] at Taco Bell, dammit!" We're surprised that he doesn't yearn for his spawn to be a Cheetos factory clerk. Hey, as long as you can dress the part of a top exec in photoshoots, maybe it's okay to strive for mediocrity in your everyday life.
*Photos credited to Hollywood Rag & Us Weekly

Call it post-traumatic disharmony disorder. 30 Seconds to Mars may be known for their horror flick-inspired performances (ummmm, Leto TOTALLY stole this fake blood shtick from Flaming Lips frontman, Wayne Coyne) and their generally "dark" stage antics (the kohl liner they sport means they're hardcore), but we're not sure that explains singer Jared Leto's stained attire. 30 Seconds' "extraterrestrial" sound may be best described as a cacophony of frantic guitar solos and singing/screaming that, we suspect, caused Leto's own ears to bleed.
*Photo credited to BombasticLuva

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