June 17, 2005 |
IT'S OFFICIAL!
Couch owners are on high alert this morning amid news that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are engaged. At a news conference in Paris Friday morning, Cruise confirmed that he popped the question to his scuba-diving partner just hours earlier, high atop the Eiffel Tower. "Today is a magnificent day for me," he said. "I'm engaged to a magnificent woman." No wedding date has been set: "We haven't discussed that," Cruise added, "one step at a time." Yeah, the last thing they want to do is rush things. |
BATMAN RETURNS
Batman Begins earned a solid, if not spectacular, $15 million on its first day in theaters Wednesday. Hollywood is hoping the Caped Crusader can reverse the box office's 16-week downturn. |
THE HAPPIEST LOSER
Bo Bice claims he was relieved that Carrie Underwood took home the American Idol crown instead of him. "People ask me, 'What were you thinking while you stood there waiting for them to announce the winner?'" the Southern rocker tells Rolling Stone. His answer? "Please, God, don't let me win this thing... The label "American Idol" was not for me. I'm not a pop person. It would have been harder to play my kind of music if I had won." Sounds like someone's a little bitter. |
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES
Michael Jackson's family is throwing a party this weekend to thank the singer's most loyal fans for their support during the trial. The bash will be held at a casino near Neverland Ranch, although it's not known if Jacko himself will attend. He is, however, confirmed for the after party at Chuck E. Cheese's. |
LOTSA DE CASHA
Here's a shocker: Oprah Winfrey is filthy rich. With an estimated annual salary of $225 million, the talk-show queen has topped Forbes magazine's 2005 celebrity power list. Winfrey supplants Mel "Moneybags" Gibson, who fell from first to third this year behind Tiger Woods. Rounding out the Top 10 were George Lucas, Shaquille O'Neal, Steven Spielberg, Johnny Depp, Madonna, Elton John and Tom Cruise. |
LET THERE BE PEACE
This won't be awkward at all: Angelina Jolie's (alleged) current and former lovers will soon be working together. Per Variety, Billy Bob Thornton will star in and Brad Pitt will produce a big-screen adaptation of the book Peace Like a River, which revolves around a family that gets into a deadly spat with some neighborhood thugs. No director is attached, but I hear Jennifer Aniston is interested. |
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