Things must be serious between Renee and that boyfriend of hers, Bradley Cooper.  She’s gearing up for the latest installment of Bridget Jones, which usually includes eating a ton of food so that she can get “fat”.

However, this time she’ll be eschewing instead of chewing and wearing a fat suit instead.  I guess she’ll have the frumpy body with that tiny little head.  That won’t look strange at all.

Britain’s Reveal magazine also indicates that Renee was worried about the effect of gaining and losing 30 lbs.  It’s true:  as you get older, it gets more and more difficult to shed the ol’ Krispy Kremes, though I’m looking at these pics of Renee and feel like she could gain 20 or 30 lbs. and still look just fine.

Yesterday, I told you about Mackenzie Phillips interview with Oprah which is sitting on my DVR waiting for me.  As I mentioned, Mackenzie admits to having sex with her father.  I was unclear as to the circumstances, but reading about today’s interview has cleared up any fuzziness that I may have been experiencing.

Mackenzie told the audience that she had sex with her father starting at the age of 19 — she told Oprah that it was “an abuse of power”.  The night before her wedding, she got totally high with her dad and passed out.  When she woke up, her father was having sex with her.  And this sexual relationship continued for ten years!  At one point, her father even suggested that they move to Fiji where father-daughter affairs are apparently more accepted.

Then there’s the matter of truth.  Is Mackenzie lying about all this to sell books?  John Phillips wife at the time of this alleged “affair” thinks so.  According to Genevieve Waite, John was “incapable, no matter how drunk or drugged he was, of having such a relationship with his own child.”  Another of Mackenzie’s step-mothers also thinks she’s lying.  Michelle Phillips, co-founder of Mamas and Papas had this to say:  “I think it’s unconscionable that Oprah would let her do her show. I have every reason to believe it’s untrue. Oprah should be more judicious about who she has on her show.”  She does have some family support, though.  Chynna Phillips, half-sister to Mac and daughter of Michelle, claims that she was told about the inappropriate union back in 1997.  She told Us of her reaction:  “Somebody could have dropped a piano on my head and I probably wouldn’t have felt it.  But I knew it was true. I mean, who in their right mind would make such a claim if it wasn’t true?”

After a decade of having sex with her dad, Phillips became pregnant.  She says she doesn’t know who the father was, but she had an abortion that John paid for.  After that, she never had sex with him again.

Phillips concluded by saying, “I can’t be the only one this has happened to.  Someone needs to put a face on consensual incest.”

Have any of you seen those commercials for Latisse?  It’s this prescription cream that you put on your eyelashes and it promises to grow your lashes.  Brooke Shields is their spokesperson and I want to grab her by the shoulders and ask if she’s ever heard of mascara.

Funny or Die sent over this video starring Molly Sims, Andrea Savage and Rachel Harris that spoofs the ads.  The language is NSFW and it’s actually a little gross, so if you’re eating lunch or have especially dainty sensibilities, don’t watch!

John Travolta appeared in a Bahamian courtroom today and testified in the extortion trial of an EMT and a former senator who tried to extort $25M from the Travolta family following the death of Jett Travolta.

With wife Kelly Preston in the courtroom, Travolta recounted the details of what happened on the day Jett died.  A nanny alerted Kelly and John that Jett was ill.  They went downstairs to discover a caretaker doing chest compressions on their son.  Travolta immediately aided in the CPR, but to no avail.

Travolta also testified that Jett was autistic and suffered from seizures every five to 10 days.  After suffering a seizure, he’d typically sleep for 12 hours.

Finally, the truth comes out!  Though the reference to autism was indicated on Jett’s medical documents, this is the first time John Travolta has openly and verbally admitted this.  I didn’t think Scientologists even recognized autism.  I’ve tried to research this, but the most I can gather is that Scientologists believe mental illnesses and disorders are psychosomatic and can be dealt with through spiritual healing.

It’s too late now, but I can’t help but wonder if there was a medication that could have helped to control this kid’s seizure disorder.  Many of you know that I feel strongly about the topic of Autism Spectrum Disorders.  It feels really easy to blame the Travolta’s for not acknowledging their son’s condition, but what good does blame do now?  Their son is gone.  And that is so. Sad.

I give a lot of credit to Grey’s Anatomy Ellen Pompeo and her husband, music producer Chris Ivery for keeping this a secret for so long!  Their spokesperson released a statement today announcing the birth of their daughter, Stella Luna Pompeo Ivery.  She was born on September 15th and that’s all they’ve released in the way of details.

Congratulations to the (hopefully!) happy couple!

Pictures in the gallery were taken of Ellen the week she gave birth.  She really looked great right up until the end!

Have I mentioned how glad I am that Whitney Houston is back on the scene?  Sure, her voice is shot, but hopefully with vocal training it can be restored.  Other than the iconic voice, — and yes, Whitney Houston has earned the term “iconic”.  Are you listening, Mischa? — the singer is also just brutally straightforward.  That’s why, I’m really hopeful that there’s some truth to The National Enquirer article that claims Houston called Oprah out for being a liar.

Insiders say bad blood has been simmering between the superstars for years over Whitney’s struggle with drugs – and their secret feud exploded off camera when the pop diva angrily blasted Oprah as a liar!

“Whitney knew Oprah’s show could help her clean up her tarnished image after years of drug use and her troubled marriage to Bobby Brown – and Oprah knew the interview could help her sagging TV ratings,” says an insider.

“But Whitney felt Oprah needed her more than she needed Oprah. Whitney was contacted by various media outlets vying for the ‘big get’ interview with her during her comeback campaign.”

Whitney, 46, had her pick of the litter, but chose Oprah because she wanted to appeal to her viewers and knew that if Oprah pushed her too far during the interview

she was going to push back and expose some of Oprah’s own secrets!

“Whitney will never forget that when she was down and out, Oprah wanted NOTHING to do with her,” an insider told The ENQUIRER.

And THAT pissed-off Whitney to no end . . .

The online article doesn’t get into the specifics that led to the outburst — gotta save something for the print edition! — but I definitely felt that Whitney was a little snippy with Oprah during that interview last week.

Oprah’s ratings continue to slip despite high-profile interviews such as Houston’s and today’s sit-down with Mackenzie Phillips.  She’s getting rid of that live Friday format in an effort to shake things up.  Getting rid of the panel discussions means that she canned Mark Conseulos, thus removing my one last reason for watching.