Lindsay Lohan’s model sister, Ali, would like to be called by her full name, Aliana Lohan, now that she’s turned 18. It sounds more mature. That’s her reasoning. Whatever name you call her by, she’s now a legal adult, and the family feted Aliana with a birthday celebration at Beaumarchais restaurant in NYC December 21. Lindsay, along with a group of her friends, mom, Dina, and younger brothers Cody and Michael Jr. – also celebrating his 24th birthday BTW – honored Ali/Aliana. “It’s clear Lindsay and Michael Jr. are very close. They were talking a lot. Michael had his arm around her. She seemed to be confiding in him,” an eyewitness said. She also went outside to smoke cigarettes with her mom at one point. Later on that night, Playboy cover girl Lindsay “ordered a bunch of glasses of champagne for the table and switched to drinking that,” says a source. Yay. Later, Ali Lohan and her new face snapped photos on Lindsay’s camera before her older sister got up to ask the restaurant staff to prepare a cake. Although Aliana has been called an anorexic waif , she doesn’t seem to be watching what she eats. Adds the eyewitness, she wolfed down the whole meal! We hope it stayed down. Not to be cynical, but just saying. [Photo: WENN.com]
Count on the city of New York to catch random acts of silliness on video. Check out this guy reciting “Ni&&as in Paris” on the NYC subway. Dude is going HAM!!! LOL!!
Hey I’m Grace from New York and September 8th & November 17th were the best days of my life. On September 8th, my two other friends and I heard Justin was gonna be in NYC so we decided to try to meet him. He was at the store Dolce and Gabbana, so we found it. As we were walking to the store we see Alfredo Flores going into the store . We start running for our lives, but we didn’t catch up to him. Then we waited in a line for an hour to go into the store, girls were running out of the store screaming “I met Justin! I met him!” So me and my friends got really happy. When we got in, he was doing an interview so they said he couldn’t meet anyone, and that we should just leave. After being pushed in the small store with many girls, I see a little girl walk out with an IPhone, and I look at the picture and she is with Justin, so we stayed. There was a stage at the front of the store, so we decided to go to the stage, but all of the sudden we see Scooter Braun and we talked to him and he remembered my friend from a Tinychat! I got a picture with him! He was so nice! We asked if we could meet Justin, he told us he wished he could let us, but the security guards won’t let him, but he said to stay because Justin was coming! We were right next to the stage, but somehow we got the the back of the stage, which we weren’t aloud to be, but we stayed. Then Asher Roth came out and we got to meet him and talk to him! He was so sweet! After waiting for so long, we saw Justin walk down the stairs with his crew coming towards us! I got to touch his jacket and stand right behind him while he was saying Thank You! Then I turn to my right, and I see Alfredo and talked to him and got a picture with him! And Scooter, Kenny and Usher were right in front of us! Then Kenny turned around and said, “Girls, I will let you stay back here, but you just have to stay quiet!” And then he touched my shoulder and said, “I understand you guys are happy, and we want you too be! But don’t cry!” They were so sweet! If you look at this video you can see us behind Justin! Then Justin left, and we were so happy! We didn’t think he was coming back, so we left. As we were outside, I turn and see Ryan Good and Ashley Benson! We got to take a picture with them! It was an amazing night! Then, we heard Justin was coming to NYC for Pencils of Promise , so we went again. We stood outside in the cold and drizzle for an hour, waiting for Justin. The guards told us he wasn’t coming, but we knew he would stand us up. There was about 15 girls, so it was a small group. We all saw Justin taking photos at the walkway, and he started coming towards us. I was in the front and he started shaking everyones hands in the front! I looked him and the eyes and he shook my hand with both his hands! Luckily I was taking a video and got a shot of our hands! His hands were so warm! It was amazing! Never say Never…because dreams do come true! – @graceebeliebs Excerpt from: Hey I’m Grace from New York and September 8th &…
A fan of Kris Humphries approached Jonathan Cheban on the street in New York City yesterday and tossed flour in his face, and we know what you’re thinking: Kris Humphries has fans?!? TMZ has a photo of the incident , as well as a quote from someone on the scene, who overheard the flour-thrower yell: “This is for Kris Humphries!” Humphries and Cheban – Kim Kardashian’s BFF and the star of Spin Crowd – have never gotten along well. The latter has accused the former of referring to him as “gay,” a charge Kris denies and one he has reportedly considered legal action over. A rep for the NBA free agent says his client “would never condone hateful and unacceptable behavior like that to anyone, in any situation.” [Photos: WENN.com]
‘Any time I get a chance to expand and broaden the reach of hip-hop is a great thing,’ Jay says of February 6 and 7 shows. By Rob Markman Jay-Z attends the United Way Of New York & Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation Press Conference on Thursday Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/ FilmMagic First he went from Marcy to Madison Square; now Jay-Z is going from Crooklyn to Carnegie Hall. On February 6 and 7, Hov will play the famed Carnegie Hall — and it’s all for a great cause. “Any time I get a chance to expand and broaden the reach of hip-hop is a great thing for me on a personal level,” Jay said after announcing the shows Thursday (December 8). “When we were looking at hip-hop, we were just happy to play club dates,” Jay told MTV News. “And then Run-DMC started doing arenas, and you’re like, ‘Man, this is possible,’ and it just keeps going further and further.” With the pair of shows — which will be held at Carnegie’s Stern Auditorium — Jay aims to raise millions of dollars for the United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation in an effort to put low-income NYC students in a position to attend college. Shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday, Hov — as well as top brass from Carnegie Hall, the United Way and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation — gathered in Carnegie to announce the concert and talk about their fundraising efforts. Tickets for the dates will be sold privately and priced at a premium rate, fetching anywhere from $500 to $2,500 to raise a significant pot of money for the charity. Regular fans aren’t completely shut out, though. On January 30, a number of reasonably priced tickets will go on sale to the public. The publicly sold seats are being released so close to the concert date in hopes of curtailing scalping. After the press conference, Jigga sat down with MTV News to explain his motivation. “We’re not just doing a show for the sake of it,” Hov said. “For all these years, [the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation has] been really grassroots. My mom has been getting on the bus herself and taking kids to orientation and doing this work by herself. Now … we’re building this thing out.” Jay hasn’t determined how his Carnegie set will look, if he will bring out any guests during his shows or how many times he will perform “N—as in Paris,” but all those questions will be eventually be answered. “We have to do a rendition of ‘N—as in Paris’ in Carnegie Hall; it just has to go down,” Jay said, laughing after being posed the question. “I ain’t think about that. That’ll be great.” Related Photos Kanye, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj Let Loose At 2011 Victoria’s Secret Show Related Artists Jay-Z
In case you needed another reason to love Justin Bieber… The singer granted a special birthday wish to a special young woman last month, sources tell The New York Daily News , arranging to meet Tyler Ann Zadroga prior to his appearance on The Today Show . Tyler is the 10-year old daughter of James Zadroga, the first NYPD officer to die of respiratory disease as the result of his work at Ground Zero on 9/11. “He made her day,” says Tyler grandmother, Linda Zadroga, told the newspaper, adding that she and her granddaughter also say in a VIP section during Justin’s November 23 performance on Today and, as a result: “I’ve got Justin Bieber’s Christmas album playing all over the house.” This act actually represents the second time Bieber has met the daughter of a 9/11 victim. In June, President Obama actually reached out to arrange a similar meeting between the artist and a young fan.
Olympic snowboarding god Shaun White may be in some serious hot water if photos taken of him laying (half) pipe at a hotel party in 2009 have made their way online. Dude is not clothed and not not having sex in them. Several party goers managed to snap photos of White ‘s naked romp with some girl, but his people managed to erase all the pics … or so they had thought. At least two of the pics have surfaced, though, one in which Shaun is making out with a hot blonde gal in front of other people, clothed, and another in which Shaun appears to be getting it in missionary style, grinning at the camera, totally nude. Oh, and the ginger carpet matches the drapes, apparently. The seller is looking for a serious payday, but so far has not found a buyer … which doesn’t really shock us to be honest. The Olympics were almost two years ago now, and when was the last time you thought about Shaun White? He’s awesome at snowboarding, but we’re just saying.
Rachel Uchitel who?! For the first time in more than two years, Sunday marked the return of the Tiger Woods we used to talk about, with the golfer draining a birdie putt on the final hole to win and fist-pumping in his trademark red and black ensemble. Tiger rallied to win the Chevron World Challenge with this dramatic effort: Tiger Woods Wins Chevron World Challenge He went 749 days and 26 tournaments without winning as he tried to repair a golf game that used to be the best in the world, as well as his formerly impeccable image following one of the most (if not the most) celebrity scandals in history. The drought is over now. How does it feel for the 35-year-old? “It feels great,” he said. “Kind of hard for me to elaborate beyond that. I know that it’s been awhile, but for some reason, it feels like it hasn’t. I think I was screaming something. But it was just that I won the golf tournament. I pulled it off with one down, two to go.” The rest of the golf world had better look out in 2012.
The second, scripted episode of Kourtney & Kim Take New York aired last night on E!, and was most notable for the return of Khloe Kardashian, sage relationship kounselor. It’s all relative, of course, and kompared to Kim’s BS marriage to Kris Humphries, and Kourt’s ongoing problems with that douche Scott Disick, Khloe comes off like roses. What advice did the visiting sister have for her siblings? THG breaks down last night’s drama plus-minus style as we look for more signs of Kim’s 72-day flame out: That didn’t take long. Upon learning that Kim and Kris haven’t even lived together, she tells her to go to Minnesota to visit him. Good advice, even if it was a lost cause. Plus 10 . Khloe tells Kourt to let Scott go if she doesn’t have feelings for him. Normally, a no-brainer, but she gets a lot of mileage out of him getting her pregnant every few years. Wash . Kourtney heads to Scott’s parents’ house in the Hamptons, not knowing if Scott is even gonna show up. We imagine the enormous camera crew following him knows. Minus 15 . Khloe has the nerve to wake Kim up when she’s, like, so tired! Oh, STFU Kim, no one cares. Tired from what, staging fake relationships, shilling for useless crap and being the human equivalent of watching paint dry on reality TV? Minus 90 . Kim calls Khloe “an ugly little troll” in a scathing email. BURN. Plus 3 . How bad to you want to punch Scott Disick ? Minus 6 because we can’t. Khloe offered to have the big sit-down with Scott on Kourtney’s behalf. Always a good sign of communication in a relationship – sending your rep/older sister. Minus 20 . Scott and Kourtney decide they’re gonna make it work! Aww! Plus 13 because we are happy for Mason’s sake, but Minus 25 because this was clearly all just filler. Mason. Such a cutie! Plus 7 . As we saw on the Season 2 premiere , Kim and Kris pretend to be lame husband and wife for most of the weekend, which goes alright, until their living situation comes up. Life, getting in the way of forced reality TV unions. Don’t you hate that? Plus 10 . He doesn’t want to move back to New York (?!) and walks away. Plus 23 . Kim accuses him of “only caring about basketball.” He’s an NBA player! Say what you will about pro athletes, they actually have to show up and play, rather than just put on makeup, read scripts or get tagged by Ray J for money. Minus 40 . “You don’t want me to resent you, do you?” Kris says. Too late. Plus 9 . “It’s tough to see my wife crying.” – Kris. “I need a husband.” – Kim. The story editors are pulling out all the pity party cliches this week, good to see. Plus 7 . When they show up in NYC, they have ASTONISHINGLY decided to crash with Kourtney and Scott again rather than get their own place! They’re multi-millionaires! It’s like they’re trying to make their marriage a total failure ASAP. Minus 50 . Kourtney: “The Hump is back.” Good nickname. Plus 18 . Meanwhile, after the troll email $h!t is tense. “I’m so annoyed with Khloe that I’d rather ignore her altogether,” Kim notes. Conflict resolution at its best. Minus 5 . EPISODE TOTAL: -151 . SEASON TOTAL: -210.