Rivers back on the cutting edge with ‘Nip/ Tuck’
In a stroke of master casting, funny fashionista Joan Rivers will play herself in the second-season finale of “Nip/Tuck,” FX’s hit drama about a Miami plastic-surgery practice. “This is like John Gotti being on ‘The Sopranos,’ ” says creator-executive producer Ryan Murphy. “It’s the ultimate typecasting and the ultimate hot-button discussion topic.”
In the story line for the Oct. 5 episode, Rivers, 71 — who has done riffs on her own many nips and tucks — goes to Drs. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) on the sly to avoid the New York media.
She proposes “the mother of all plastic surgeries,” Murphy says.
Since the beginning, he says, “People have said to me, ‘When are you going to have Joan on?’ “
Rivers “really helped make plastic surgery a discussion point in American culture,” Murphy adds.
“Before her, the subject was cloaked in secrecy. She was the first to say, ‘Yeah, I had it. I loved it. So what?’ “
Better luck next time, Tink
Rest easy, America — Tinkerbell has been found.
After a weeklong disappearance, Paris Hilton‘s pet Chihuahua was returned on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. That means the hotel heiress can again dress the dog up in ridiculous outfits and parade it around on her “The Simple Life” Fox reality series.
But who’ll be the best boy, er, man?
In recent months, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake have been plagued by breakup speculation and nasty legal battles, which can mean only one thing: a wedding!
After a year together, Timberlake, 23, has popped the question to the 31-year-old Diaz, according to MSN.com. The ex-‘N Sync star is said to have first secured permission from her parents.
He certainly deserves it as least as much
Britney Spears, meanwhile, will “marry” a Keven Federline look-alike in the video for her cover of the Bobby Brown song “My Prerogative.”
Spears and fiance Federline, a dancer, are reportedly in talks to become MTV’s new “Newlyweds,” succeeding Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson.
Says Us Weekly: “Britney wants Kevin to be just as famous as she is.”
Like they say, the fifth time’s the charm
Nick Lachey‘s next TV gig is a guest role on “Charmed,” romancing his real-life high school crush, Alyssa Milano.
“The first day I came I said, ‘I’m just going … to tell you right now that your poster was hanging in my locker. Because you’re going to hear about it and I don’t want to be embarrassed later on,’ ” Lachey says.
As for what wife Jessica Simpson thinks, he adds: “I’m in the clear here because when she did ‘That ‘70s Show,’ she had to kiss Ashton (Kutcher). They did like five takes of the scene, so I got a free pass on the kiss thing!”
Hey, Joan, now Brad has implants, too
Brad Pitt‘s wax double at the famed Madame Tussauds in London has been given a strokeable silicone chest to go with a squeezable bottom, reports BBC Online.
Visitors are invited to feel his chest, which is said to be “springy” and lifelike, as well as his derriere.
A Tussauds spokeswoman said Pitt had not posed for the figure and they had not asked his permission. “I’m not sure how Brad feels about it,” she said.
The birthday bunch
Singer-actor Isaac Hayes is 62. News anchor Connie Chung is 58. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 56. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 52. Actor-director Peter Horton (“thirtysomething”) is 51. “Today” show weatherman Al Roker is 50. Actress Joan Allen is 48. Actor James Marsters (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 42. Rapper KRS-One is 39. Singer Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) is 34. Singer Monique Powell (Save Ferris) is 29.