Shia LaBeouf transforms Esquire essay into apology
Shia LaBeouf had a quarrel with
Alec Baldwin — something about “creative differences” over a Broadway play called Orphans.
The details don’t matter. What matters is that Shia apologized to Alec and, this being 2013, made sure the whole world saw his eloquent, graceful, earnest apology email.
Big mistake. Dave Itzkoff of the New York Times was the first to notice that most of that eloquent, graceful, etc. text had been copied, slightly edited, from a 2009 Esquire essay by Tom Chiarella. What a jerk.
No comment from LaBeouf, but Chiarella says “it actually makes me happy that my words were some succor to the kid.” Funny how a murder charge can mess up your business life: Thierry Mugler has scrapped its ads for the male perfume A*Men featuring “blade runner” Oscar Pistor
ius. As reported this week, Nike and eyewear manufacturer Oakley also suspended their contracts with him.
Shoe king Manolo Blahnik will win few celebrity customers with his rant in Interview magazine about the personality deficit of modern leading ladies:
“I don’t even know Amanda Seyfried or whatever — they’re all the same! I try to remember — the only one I remember is Julia Roberts because she’s particular. Anne Hathaway ... pretty? Yes. Wonderful actress? Yes. But, I mean, I don’t even remember her.”
It’s a divorce for actors Josh Bro- lin and Diane Lane, after eight years of marriage.
You’ll recall he was arrested wandering the streets knee-walkin’ drunk in January. I wonder how the two events are related.
He’s 45. She’s 48.
I’m starting to suspect Prince Harry is serious about his friend Cressida Bonas: he just took her on a ski vacation to Switzerland.
Nameless Insider told E! Online that this is just a protracted fling, but I wonder; they’ve been seeing each other since last summer. On the other hand, his Vegas caper last fall doesn’t signal an enduring relationship.
Slim blond Cressida — isn’t that a classic Sloane Ranger name? — has a classier look than Harry’s last flame, South African Chelsy Davy. Cressida’s mum, Lady Mary Curzon, a prominent 1960s party animal in London, is an heiress. Cressida is studying contemporary dance.
Bottom line: Who really believes Harry is ready to settle down?
She’s 24. He’s 28.
Remember Paris Hilton? Ten years ago you couldn’t avoid her, but it seems she has settled down. She’s dating a guy 11 years younger, Spanish model River Viiperi, and since a 2011 cocaine bust she has stayed out of the headlines.
Maybe that’s why her income has dwindled. Radar Online says Paris, who once made $750,000 to show up at a party in Las Vegas or the like, commanded a mere $250,000 as hostess of her own birthday party in Lake Tahoe. Mind you, she does earn maybe $10 million a year from her perfumes, handbags and other product lines. And then there’s the trust fund …
She turned 32 on Sunday.