MADONNA INVESTS IN JESUS: The Queen of Pop hires an English tutor for model.
“Express Yourself” singer Madonna is reportedly paying over $1,000 a week for a private tutor to help Portuguese-speaking model Jesus Luz express himself in her native tongue – English…with a British twang. English $1000/week. British twang = priceless. Seems this Kaballist really believes in Jesus. He should thank his Lucky Star! SPIDEY BABY: Tobey Maguire and jewelry designer wife Jennifer Meyer welcome son to family. Tobey Maguire and his wife of two years, Jennifer Meyer, welcomed their second child on Friday May 7th. “I can confirm the Maguires had a baby boy today, and the family is healthy and happy,” says rep of the Maguires. Older sister Ruby Sweetheart is 2½. No word on the little-fellas name yet. Any ideas Topaz Six-pack, maybe CONAN NETWORKS WITH NBC STARS: On a schmoozey Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of NBC Universal (and Jennifer Meyer’s father – congrats on the grandson), hosted a casual “Welcome to Los Angeles” get together for Conan O’Brien on Saturday, May 9th at his Malibu beach home. A source says that the brunch, complete with quiche, omelet bars and mimosas, was chock full of cast-members from ER, 30 Rock, Heroes, Will & Grace and other NBC television shows. Tables with umbrellas and chairs were set up in the backyard leading out to the Pacific Ocean. Let’s hope Conan brought his SPF-Albino sun block! JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WENT THERE ON SNL: JT discussed sexual relations with Ms. Spears. The 28-year old Sexyback singer kinda admitted to having sex with Brit-Brit back in the day. On Saturday night the pop star performed a skit disguised as immigrant Cornelius Timberlake – a fictitious ancestor of his – who could predict the future. It went like this: Finally, I can sleep now! REIKI NOT REHAB FOR PAULA ABDUL: American Idol judge disputes Ladies’ Home Journal statements. Paul Abdul says that her words were taken out of context in her revealing Ladies’ Home Journal cover story claiming she checked herself into La Costa Resort and Spa to wean herself off of addictive painkillers. “I want to make it perfectly clear to everyone that I have never been addicted to or abused drugs in my life,” Abdul’s statement says. “I have never been drunk. I have never entered a rehab or detox treatment center. I spent time hiking, bicycling, doing yoga and enjoying the spa. As anyone who has visited the La Costa Resort knows, it is a luxury hotel, not a rehab facility.”
On Detroit’s, WKQI radio station, Abdul insisted she checked into the spa “to chill out and get massages and maybe a manicure and pedicure.”