The Travolta family made their first official red carpet appearance since the death of their son and brother Jett.  The occasion?  The premiere of Old Dogs starring … the whole family!  Specifically, it’s an acting debut for John and Kelly’s daughter, Ella Bleu — it was her night.

Also there:  Robin Williams with his very grown up looking daughter Zelda, Billy “Yes, I’m Still Alive” Idol, a virtually unrecognizable Joey Lawrence, and Lori Loughlin who was sporting the pointiest chin I’ve ever seen.  Were chin implants this summer’s designer dog carrier?

Oftentimes I’ll put up a heading that makes you wonder what the article is truly about.  Not today.  Today is a day for blatant statements.

Colin Firth is the star of an upcoming film titled The Single Man.  This is Tom Ford’s — yes, designer Tom Ford — directorial debut and he’s responsible for Trailer #1.  The Weinstein Company is responsible for trailer #2 in which they basically threw visual bleach over the entire preview.  It tells a completely different story of the film; almost all references to homosexuality have been replaced by movie critic quotes.  People who only ever see the second trailer are going to be in for a big surprise when they get to the theater.

Are we still living in a day and age where we have to protect the public from two men kissing?  What the fuck is wrong with Hollywood and how did Tom Ford, a gay man, allow this to happen to his movie?

My boyfriend, James Franco, is filming several episodes of General Hospital. Frankly, he didn’t discuss it with me beforehand, but you know, I support his artistic choices and I’m pretty sure he has a good reason for doing it. Beside, you know, can’t hurt to bring in a little extra cash t0 redecorate our home in the South of France that we bought together last summer. Love you, James. You look so great.

That’s the problem with famewhores: They will team up with you to try and gain relevance and stab you in the back once it benefits them. Trust me, I deal with it all the time. There’s paparazzi parked outside my house right now. I mean, can’t a girl just walk her dog or get a damn latte without being inundated by flashbulbs and TLC and everyone wanting to know if I’m dating James Franco again? God! Fame is so crazy and fickle!

ANYWAY! TLC’s lawsuit against Jon Gosselin and they’re pulling out all the stops. The other day Jon’s trashy girlfriend Haily Glassman got her subpoena and today Michael Lohan got his. Oh, this is going to be more delicious than a number six value meal from Wendy’s. I can already feel it in my bones!

Michael’s input is important because two knuckle heads had been scheming together on some plans for endorsements, book deals. Michael said that he knew something was fishy with Jon, because he’d vacillate on his ability to get involved with such projects due to his TLC contract.

Lohan also quickly copped to the fact that Jon had taken cash money (aka not documented) for several appearances and gigs that were also in breach of his contract. Sounds like these two were really close, huh?

The lady we’ve been talking about a lot lately (not Kate Gosselin, thank bejeezus), Rihanna stepped out on stage last night at Jay-Z’s LA show and shocked everyone in the audience by not just shutting it down, but performing her new single “Hard” for the first time. The performance was powerful, and even though I am a fairweather Rih fan, I happened to think she killed it. The video quality is crappy, so I’m sure you’ll mainly be listening more than watching, but what do you think of the new single? I thinks she sounds strong and the message of this song is exactly the kinda track you wanna come out with post break-up.

Levi Johnston, seller of pistachios, taker of nudie pics and former fiance of Bristol Palin is now taking action to gain joint custody of his son, Tripp. Levi feels that the family is making it so hard to see his son that he really has no choice but the take the Palin family to court.

This is probably not such a wise move considering his upcoming issue of Playgirl has been in the news daily since it was announced, and he’s done the kind of press tour to smack talk his ex’s family that normally only an A-list actor would do to promote their summer blockbuster.

What seems so obvious about this whole thing is that Levi was, in fact, spending time with Tripp when he spoke about it on the Tyra Banks show almost a year ago. It seems like as soon as Levi started to make a public image for himself, he didn’t decide to skulk off in ot the distance like an ex-Real World castmate who just wants a normal life. Instead, he jumped at the chance to do what he could to stay in the spotlight and in the process of doing so, alienated the family that technically has control over how much he gets to see his baby boy. I’m just sayin’ Levi, maybe if you took a break from all the spotlight hogging, you’d maybe even get to give your son a Christmas present face-to-face.