Hollywood Dirt

Opening today (Wednesday September 1st) is the new thriller The American, starring George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli and Thelka Reuten. The film follows an assassin who's trying to get away from death and retires to the Italian countryside, taking one last job from a mysterious contact: to build a weapon. When he meets the woman of his dreams, he starts to become careless but doesn't realize that danger is catching up with him.

The American is rated R and has a running time of 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was...

Bristol Palin signed on to Dancing With the Stars because wanted to break away from her Levi Johnston-centered life in Alaska. The 19-year-old single mom told Good Morning America, "Um, I was excited to jump on board and be a part of something that was positive and fun . . . Leave the drama behind and get out of there for a while, just be in California. . . "

Bristol hinted after Monday night's cast reveal that her famous mother might be in attendance for some of performances and said during Tuesday morning's...

MEL GIBSON SCANDAL WON'T AFFECT HIS CAREER? Surprisingly, the implosion of Mel Gibson's personal life might not be the end of his movie career. A 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll found that more than three quarters of Americans said they would not be affected by audiotapes of Mel ranting at estranged ex-girlfriend, when deciding whether to see one of his films. When asked if they were less likely to buy a ticket for a Gibson movie after hearing the tapes, 76 percent of Americans -- including 80 percent of men and 72...

Sandra Bullock is clearly not interested in the gossip surrounding her public divorce from Jesse James. In her first television interview since the split, Sandra didn't acknowledge her ex-husband, choosing instead to focus on the new man in her life: son Louis.

Regarding motherhood, Sandra said of her new life, "It naturally shifts. It just shifted the first day I met him and it was like he'd been there the whole time, yet everything was different, you know? Louis's got the stage."

Sandra downplayed the...

Michael Jackson's former Las Vegas landlord is suing the MJ estate. According to TMZ.com, Aner Iglesias has claimed that he never received $234,000 for damage that the singer allegedly caused to the home during his stay from 2008 to 2009.

The landlord had previously filed a creditor's claim with the Estate, but he said that the administrators blew him off, so he decided to file the suit.

According to the docs filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Jackson allegedly damaged the exterior and interior of the home...

Mel B and her hubby Stephen Belafonte were spotted having dinner in L.A -- just one day after reports said that they were headed for a divorce, According to Theybf.com, the two were spotted out at Katsuya on Sunday night (August 29th) after the UK Mirror reported that Stephen is ready to call off the marriage. According to newspaper, Stephen has allegedly spoken to lawyers about a divorce -- and friends close to the couple have said that the relationship has been on the rocks for months.

A friend of Mel's has...

Lea Michele apparently isn't going out of her way to disprove the "diva" reports that have been floating around over the past year. HollywoodLife.com reports that on her way out of an Emmy afterparty, the Glee star grabbed her boyfriend Theo Stockman's hand and said, "Oh my God, I totally need bodyguards. Ugh!"

That wasn't the only gossip HollywoodLife noted at the parties:

Although it was reported that she's dating her Parenthood co-star Peter Berg, Lauren Graham appeared to be rekindling her romance with...

Sandra Bullock is still an optimist, despite a trying year that included her public divorce from Jesse James. In an interview airing on Today this morning, Sandra told Matt Lauer, "I think everything works out the way the universe wants it to work out."

She commented on the "long, long process" of adopting her now-seven-month-old son Louis, explaining that the baby "was always mine. It wasn't like I felt someone was going to take him away. But it was nice to have someone say, 'I think you're a fit parent.'"

Sandra...

Paris Hilton was charged with felony cocaine possession in connection with her Las Vegas arrest last weekend. TMZ.com reports that the heiress is facing prosecution for possession of a controlled substance -- .8 grams of cocaine. If found guilty, she could be sentenced to a maximum four years behind bars.

Paris keeps changing her story about how the drug wound up there -- but she's continuing to deflect the blame. TMZ reported that at first Paris told police that she'd borrowed the purse from a friend, but now...

Lorne Michaels is reportedly pumping new blood into the Saturday Night Live cast. The New York Post reports that Taran Killam, best known from Scrubs, and two young comedians from Chicago -- Paul Brittain and Vanessa Bayer -- have been signed to the cast, suggesting that some veterans won't be returning.

Will Forte has already confirmed his exit and the Post claims that Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis and Kenan Thompson are among those who have yet to hear their fate on the show.

Killam is the...

The cast of Glee is reportedly upset -- but not because they lost the Emmy for Best Comedy Series. The New York Post reports that some of the principal cast members are furious that they're not getting their fair share of money for the profitable show soundtracks.

After the latest record, Glee: The Music -- Journey to Regionals reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart in June, Mark Salling said he'd seen "not a dime" of royalty payments from Sony Music. Co-star Corey Montieth said during a radio interview, "I...

The latest cast of Dancing With the Stars was no secret. Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke confirmed during Monday night's (August 30th) Bachelor Pad that Bristol Palin and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino will be among the contestants competing on the reality show's 11th season, which kicks off on September 20th.

The complete cast is as follows:

Brandy, singer

Jennifer Grey, actress, Dirty Dancing

Margaret Cho, comedienne, actress

Audrina Patridge, reality star, The Hills

Florence Henderson, actress, The Brady...