Thursday, October 22, 2009

 

 

T.R. KNIGHT has broken up with Mark Cornelsen . . . his boyfriend of about two years. A source says, quote, "It's amicable. It was just a normal breakup. It just ran its course." --Knight is 36 years old . . . Cornelsen is a mere 20.

 

There have been rumors lately that ROSIE O'DONNELL and her wife, Kelli Carpenter, are on the verge of breaking up. Well, those rumors may not have been too far off the mark. --Rosie says they're having problems . . . but she's not ready to admit it's over. She tells "USA Today", quote, "Kelli and I love each other very much and we are working on our issues. Those are the only words I am ever going to say. Ever. And that is something that has been agreed upon by all parties." --Rosie and Kelli have four children together, who range in age from 6 to 14. And Rosie says they're the priority, no matter what. --She says, quote, "[The kids] are, by far, a priority. But everything's fine and everybody's good and we're still both raising them together. We will both continue to parent them and we're friendly and everything's all right." --Meanwhile, RadarOnline.com claims that Kelli already MOVED OUT of the family's Manhattan condo months ago. --And they claim she left because she could no longer deal with Rosie's MOOD SWINGS.

 

And the Joe Simpson Award for creepiest dad goes to . . . MITCH WINEHOUSE. --Mitch was discussing his daughter AMY and her recently-purchased breasts the other day, and he said, quote, "[She's] fantastic. Her boobs are great as well. I shouldn't have said that, should I? She looks absolutely fantastic."

 

 

I think we can safely file this one under Sex Tapes Nobody Wants to See: The "National Enquirer" says there might be a video of DAVID LETTERMAN making sweet love to a much younger female staffer. --The coitus was supposedly recorded unbeknownst to Dave by a surveillance camera in his own "Late Show" studio.

 

LINDSAY LOHAN'S face appears to have aged about 40 years OVERNIGHT. "Us Weekly" has put together a slideshow depicting how her looks have changed over the last 10 years. Click here to see the progession:

 

 

A mistrial was declared yesterday in the JOHN TRAVOLTA extortion case . . . which means the whole thing has to start all over again with a new jury. --The cause of the mistrial was potential JUROR MISCONDUCT. --We don't really have the details yet, but the mistrial was called shortly after the case was sent to the jury. --It was apparently triggered by a member of the Bahamian parliament announcing during a televised speech yesterday that one of the defendants had been acquitted. --The defendant in question was Pleasant Bridgewater, who is a former senator. --So what's the connection??? Officially, we don't know. But since the jury hadn't announced a verdict yet, some are speculating that one of the jurors LEAKED the information.

 

 

HULK HOGAN almost didn't survive his divorce from his wife LINDA. --Of course it didn't help that Linda had shacked up with a 19-year-old kid. --In his new book, "My Life Outside the Ring", Hulk says he was in such a funk that he almost KILLED HIMSELF. --He writes, quote, "There were times when I thought that a whole bottle of pills would go down easy." --It got so bad that Hulk even put a loaded gun to his head. He says, quote, "Then I noticed the gun in my hand. I was careless with it. I kept my finger pressed right to that trigger . . . and if I moved that finger an inch in the right direction I would have blown my brains out." --Hulk says he got his head straight by turning to Christ . . . and LAILA ALI. --Hulk believes that a phone call to Laila following that incident really helped him turn things around. (--Hulk and Laila co-hosted the new version of "American Gladiators" last year.) --Laila says she doesn't remember that particular call . . . but she says, quote, "I think that was just divine intervention." --She adds, quote, "I do remember working with Hulk and he was going through a hard time, going through a divorce with his wife. I did call him from time to time when we were shooting the show for whatever reason and I did offer him lots of words of inspiration and support." --Laila also recommended Hulk go to her church in Los Angeles. She says, quote, "He loved it. He kept going. I remember I ran into him there."

 

Indecisive "Bachelor" jerk JASON MESNICK . . . the dude who dumped MELISSA RYCROFT on last season's live "After the Final Rose" special . . . has popped the question to his Plan B, MOLLY MALANEY.--There's no word on a wedding date yet.

 

TMZ reports that Jon Gosselin demands $12,000-an-hour to be interviewed. A Tampa, Florida DJ told the site he contacted Jon's rep, hoping to book him as a guest co-host for his morning show. The DJ had offered two first class tickets, limo service and a "first class" hotel room, but Jon wanted more. The rep explained that Jon needed an "appearance fee…in the 10-12K range."