Hollywood stars Ben Stiller and icon Jack Nicholson are taking on Tom Hanks as all the Hollywood stars pick sides in the battle between the two leading acting unions. Actors are threatening to have walkouts at the end of this month if talks between the unions and major film studios fail to resolve a dispute over pay and working conditions. Hanks recently signed an e-mail petition urging members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to accept a “solid deal” offered by studio heads. But fellow Hollywood actors Stiller and Nicholson are encouraging AFTRA members to turn down the proposal after siding with rival union, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), whose members are negotiating a separate contract. Stiller and Nicholson are set to appear in print ads today that urge union members to reject the proposal – siding instead with SAG, which claims the contract would set a precedent that could potentially harm their negotiating power with movie studio bosses.The ad was signed by the pair and states: “We are not finished… We believe there are issues that are at the heart of every actor’s career that remain unresolved by AFTRA.” The current contract for both unions will expire on Monday. Among negotiating points for both unions are daily minimum compensation for actors and DVD and Internet fees. AFTRA bosses have warned that turning down their proposed deal with the studios could spark a strike similar to the The Writers Guild of America strike, which brought Hollywood to a standstill from November (07) until February (08), and cost the California economy a projected 37,700 jobs and $2.1 billion in lost output, according to reports

Horny gossip spinster Liz Smith had unwittingly curried favor with Tom Cruise by appearing on an episode of Fox News Channel’s gossip-for-conservatives show Lips & Ears, in which she opined that misunderstood Nazis: Just The Nice Ones-vehicle Valkyrie should be “accepted in the same way World War II movies by Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood and Francis Ford Coppola.” (The actor has a staff combing the airwaves 24-hours a day for Cruise-positive messages; both Smith and Lips & Ears have now been slid into the Allies column.) What followed was a candid chat with the actor on everything from his crumbling UA dominion, to his comedic turn as a Harvey Weinstein-type in Tropic Thunder, to his billion-year war bride Katie Holmes bruise-inducing preparations for her Broadway debut:

‘I LOVE Paula Wagner, but she wants to produce elsewhere and in her own venue, and I don’t intend to stand in her way. I’ll say this of her leaving United Artists – whatever Paula wants is what I want her to have! And I hope we’ll continue working together on future projects.”

So spoke Tom Cruise on the phone with me this week. He added, cryptically: “I don’t run United Artists; I just own it.”

I’m not usually one for gossip, but apparently Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen have told close friends they plan to get married in a private ceremony in Costa Rica, according to the gossip magazine In Touch.

”They’re not going the traditional route,” an insider told In Touch.  “There will be no engagement, just a small wedding in mid-March.”

So are Gisele and Tom Brady really going to get married? It would seem so.

It also begs the question: Is Gisele the right girl for Tom? Is Tom “worthy enough” for Gisele?

According to Celebitchy, Brandon “Greasy Bear” Davis is quite an act.  Apparently Brandon’s mom called up a pal, Tom Arnold, when she thought her dear boy was in a spot of trouble at a Beverly Hills hotel.  I guess they thought Davis was locked in his room & couldn’t figure out how to unlock the door?

Tom rushed over to the hotel, wielding a baseball bat, to assist Paris Hilton’s BFF in his time of need; only a scared young woman in the room alone.  How odd.  Here’s the scoop from none other than your favorite Enquirer:

“Wielding a baseball bat, Tom Arnold rushed to the rescue of bad boy Brandon Davis – after the billionaire heir’s worried mom begged Tom to save her troubled son.

[He] stormed into the ritzy Beverly Hills Hotel lobby on Jan 9, waving a bat and demanding: “Where’s Brandon Davis’ room?…”

His mom, socialite Nancy Davis, and Arnold are close pals – and she asked Arnold to rescue Brandon when she thought he was at the hotel with some rough companions.

“Tom charged into the hotel and told security he’d received a call that Brandon, who has a history of drug problems, was ‘pretty messed up and was with multiple guys who could be dangerous’ in a room there,” said a source.

“Security ran up to the room with Tom, expecting a big showdown. But by the time they got there, all they found was a frightened young girl.””

What a funny tale.  Now if it was only true, then we would really have something.

You tell me- Do you believe what the National Enquirer prints?

Tobey Maguire was outside Il Sole on Saturday, where a Spidey-Man fan approached him asking for a photograph with him. Maguire ignored him and slammed the door in the poor man’s face. The guy said, “thanks a lot, you’re a nice guy.” Click here to see the video.

A few weeks ago, Maguire smacked a fan’s camera to the ground when he snuck up on him, and attempted to snap a shot of the two of them together.

Tila Tequila has like a million friends on MySpace. We wonder how well she knows them all. Regardless, this model has used that popularity to pose for Playboy and Penthouse. She’s also starred in the aptly named MTV reality dating show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. It will be back for a third season after the first two winners conveniently didn’t work out.

This vixen plays for both teams if you know what we mean. We are saying she’ll make love to a man or a woman. She’s also taken credit for the legality of gay marriage in California because her reality show made people comfortable with same-sex relationships.

Makes perfect sense to us.

GOSSIP GIRL is going back to the beginning as The CW Network begins airing the show all over again starting Monday, January 28 with the Gossip Girl Revealed 90-minute special.  During the special, the cast of Gossip Girl will take you behind the scenes then it’s on to the full, un-cut pilot!

Listen in on conversations with TV’s hottest cast, including Blake Lively (“Serena van der Woodsen”), Leighton Meester (“Blair Waldorf”), Penn Badgley (“Dan Humphrey”), Chace Crawford (“Nate Archibald”), Taylor Momsen (“Jenny Humphrey”), Ed Westwick (“Chuck Bass”), Kelly Rutherford (“Lily van der Woodsen”), Matthew Settle (“Rufus Humphrey”) and Jessica Szohr (“Vanessa”). Additional bonus material includes never-before-seen footage from the series, profiles of the players and the wannabes in the GOSSIP GIRL world, featurettes on the GOSSIP GIRL fashion and music, and much more.

In the following weeks, The CW will air all of the GOSSIP GIRL episodes in consecutive order every Monday.

It’s being reported that Lindsay Lohan tried committing suicide before her accident last weekend. Lohan’s father has also told media that his daughter is hooked on Oxycontin. Since the accident Lindsay has been dumped as co-DJ for a Reebok launch event..among other things. Speaking of bad girls losing deals due to bad behavior, Paris Hilton has been dumped from a book that highlights the world’s top heiresses..

Tammy Faye Baker has been battling colon cancer and doctors have decided to stop treatment. Meanwhile The Globe gossip rag has sunk to a new low and published what they call her ‘last pics’ even though she is still alive..

Brittany Murphy married Factory Girl executive producer and writer Simon Monjack after only four months. And he sounds like a great catch. He’s had two warrants for his arrest in Virginia for alleged credit-card theft and fraud; an unpaid $6,087 legal bill, and a $502,910 judgment against him by a British investment firm. The moron also gave a former fiancee an engagement ring that he said was a diamond but was instead a cubic zirconia. But that didn’t happen this time with Brittany, she bought her own..

Spring fever is in full effect! The stars are out in full force showing off their bods in super short skirts, and bikinis..reality stars are loving Hawaii..and some are just grabbing a pizza to go. Other celebs have been breaking up with their significant others and some are just saying they did.

The game of “Gossip” is not only a fun parlor game for children, but it is a good sociological demonstration of what happens to information when it is passed by word of mouth.

Very simply, the players are lined up in a row or a circle. The first person is given a sentence or perhaps several sentences written on a piece of paper. He or she commits the information to memory and then sets the paper aside. He “whispers” the information, as well as he can remember it to the next person in line. This person does the same, passing the information down the line until it reaches the end. The last person reveals what he has been told to all assembled. The first person then reads the paper.

There are typically no prizes or winners associated with this game, but the results are often quite hilarious. It is recommended for more than six players and generally requires children of school age with minimal communication skills.

I know I’m not the only one out there who waited in HUGE lines this past weekend to catch the premiere of the amazingly clever and the darker than ever batman movie, The Dark Knight. Obviously not, because the latest in the series broke records in the U.S. with an opening weekend of $155.3 million. And I have a feeling that the number will keep on rising in the weeks to come.

As for batman, now that’s a different story. Christian Bale appears to be going through a slightly darker time. The actor is denying allegations, after being arrested, that he assaulted both his mother and sister. Calling the matter “deeply personal,” the actor is denying all allegations, cooperating and asking the media to respect his privacy. Bale made his first appearance since the claims were outed with wife Sibi at the movie’s premiere in Barcelona.