Elliot Mintz is that little man that always follows around Paris Hilton, trying to clean up her messes. He is always denying her ho bag ways and I’m guessing he gets paid quite a lot to do it. After Paris’s little fight with Shanna Moakler he came out with this statement,

“I can’t say for certain why this happened, but Moakler is known to be upset by rumors that Paris is dating Travis Barker,” Mintz said. “Those rumors are not true. They are not dating.”

Ok, so they are not dating. But according to the pic above they are doing something. Maybe they are just “friends with benefits?” They recently took a little trip to Amsterdam together where I’m guessing they just, you know, looked at art.

Here is another awesome Elliot Mintz lie. When Paris was caught with that baggie of leafy green stuff (ie WEED) here was Elliot’s statement,

I just want to get something clear,” said publicist Elliot Mintz. “Paris Hilton rolls her own tobacco cigarettes. It was tobacco.”

I feel sorry for this guy. Paris is a public relations nightmare. Deny Deny Deny.

Here is a pic of Lindsay Lohan from the premiere of “Bobby.” If you look closely, you can see that there is something white up her nose. I’m speculating this isn’t a camera trick and you can judge for yourself.
Enjoy!

Thanks [DListed] for the pic!

Since, let’s be honest, most of you aren’t going to hear about it if we don’t write about it on gossip blogs (hey, I’m one of you), Saddam Hussein (remember him?), was sentenced to death by hanging this weekend.

In other news shaping your world, The Bachelor found $50K of Salma Hayek’s jewelry in a taxi cab.

In what was probably the most exciting day of the year for the cops in the wealthy L.A. beach town of Manhattan Beach, Hilary Duff’s most devoted stalker was arrested at a Residence Inn on Friday. Maksim Miakovsky, an 18-year-old Russian emigrant, was booked on charges of making criminal threats and stalking.

A private investigator from Sunset Protective Services had contacted Miakovsky earlier in the day, and he’d stated he intended to kill Duff on Sunday, at an event she planned to attend. According to the court papers Duff filed last month, Miakovsky had come to the U.S. “for the sole purpose of meeting and becoming romantically involved with Ms. Duff.” Apparently, when that failed, he decided to kill her instead. It’s always so refreshing to see people coming to America in passionate pursuit of a dream. We take it for granted sometimes.

Oh thank heavens. Aaron Carter and Jack Osbourne are feuding. And here I was worried it was going to be another slow news week. [AllieIsWired]

Heather Locklear and David Spade left Mr. Chow’s in the same car, so, as a responsible journalist, I must assume they are dating again. [SplashNews]

YouTube quickly pulled the video of the Kanye West tirade at the MTV Europe VMAs, but Google doesn’t own iFilm yet. Boo-yah. [iFilm]

Daniel Craig is getting rave reviews as the new 007, but it seems he has a bit of a potty mouth. This link also has the long version of the Casino Royale trailer. [The Bosh]

If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend Shanna Moakler’s Las Vegas divorce party in person, you can experience all the emotional health and maturity in these pictures. I hope you get a good, hearty laugh out of them, like I’m sure her children will. [ICYDK]

Don’t stock up on Vaseline just yet — it’s only a rumor thus far — but there is, allegedly, a Scarlett Johansson sex tape in existence, and someone is trying to sell it. [Eluid]

Paris and Nicole pose for their very first pictures as a reunited couple. Nicole’s dyed her hair dark brown — it actually looks nice — and, I could be dreaming, but, based on several pictures I’ve seen of her from this weekend, it looks like she may actually be putting on some weight. Way to go, Nicole! [Rappy's]

After a few days, well…lets be honest…a few years of speculation by the general public, Neil Patrick Harris has come out of the closet. This is a great thing, especially for his boyfriend who probably wasn’t pleased to hear his lover denying his sexuality when they are in a pretty “known” relationship throghout the theatre community.

Neil made his statement about an hour ago to People.Com,

“The public eye has always been kind to me, and until recently I have been able to live a pretty normal life. Now it seems there is speculation and interest in my private life and relationships. So, rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love.”

I hate to do this because she is looking sooooo much better but Courtney Love really missed it here. The mismatching prints, the too-short skirt, the oddly mismatching bag and shoes. I give her props for getting sober but now she needs to hire a stylist and come out with a killer new album. I hope that she soon will be voted most improved.

Apparently old pussy can’t cook that well. Comedian Chris Rock has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly 10 years, Malaak Compton-Rock. The couple have two daughters together. Rumors of Rock’s infidelity have been lingering for about as long as his marriage, so this doesn’t come as a huge surprise. Rock’s rep had no comment.

Thanks to the guys at Bossip for the heads-up.

We talk a lot of shit about Lindsay Lohan around here, but this song, “Beautiful Life,” from her latest album, A Little More Personal, is honestly my favorite song to listen to when I’m really sad. It always cheers me up a little. So, as Slow News Week draws to its grinding, painful close, I thought I’d share it with you all.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgSgSS_Z7-M]

This is my contribution to slow news week. Tori Amos sings “Taxi Ride” live on Oxygen. I love this song. I love Tori. At least half of you are gay, so I know you do, too. Enjoy.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNBOZiWAVJc]

Slowest. News week. Ever. So, celeb gossip bloggers have taken to their favorite slow-news-week activity: posting outtakes and best-takes from celeb photo shoots. Check out some of my favorites, and pray that someone finally snaps that pic of Paris Hilton doing what she does best in the bathroom at Hyde next week.

Shakira at the Latin Grammys [Teddy and Moo]

Kristen Bell in Giant magazine. [HGW]

Paris Hilton in Seventeen. [MollyGood]

Celeb candids [celebrity nation]

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony at a Latin Recording Academy event. [YBNBY]

Brangelina and Maddox in India. [Hollyscoop]

Grey’s star Ellen Pompeo on Friends, Kate Walsh by Roberto D’Este [HGW, more]

And, finally, a celeb nipple slip compilation video. [Celebrity Pictorials]

Tom Cruise will be bringing his special brand of crazy to United Artists, parent company MGM announced Thursday. Cruise and his longtime producing partner, Paula Wagner, have taken a “substantial minority stake” in the company, where Wagner will serve as CEO and Cruise will have the authority to greenlight and star in the big-screen adaptations of every L. Ron Hubbard novel John Travolta missed.

“You’ve got the studios accusing talent of driving up the cost of doing business and the talent accusing the studios of being political bureaucracies,” says MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan. “We think if we can create a talent-friendly studio, owned by artists, then we can come up with a new financial model.”

Cruise was booted in August from his former home at Paramount, after Viacom crypt-keeper Sumner Redstone insisted Cruise’s off-screen antics were hurting the bottom line on his movies. His arrival at UA marks a return to the artist-run business model on which the studio was originally founded.