Styles & Scenes

Britney lacks support at the Teen Choice Awards

Will someone please tell Britney Spears that she's no Heidi Klum?

Britney - pregnant with her 'Irish twin' - turned up Sunday to support hubby Kevin Federline at the Teen Choice Awards.

But she forgot an essential maternity tool - a dependable bra - and wore a pink chiffon minidress that could barely contain her lactation devices. And the short frock revealed far too much enlarged thigh.

As all style-conscious pregnant women know, it's a pair of still-shapely legs or an increased bustline, never reveal both at once.

Britney introduced her ersatz rapper, saying "This show has been very good to me and my career over the years. I'm hoping it will be as good to our next performer."

K-Fed proceeded to prance around the stage, dancing, grabbing his... bling, and singing "Lose Control" from his new album. After watching Fed's not-so-fancy footwork, one has to wonder, "He was one of Britney's backup dancers? How is that possible?" If you missed it, click here to see Kevin get down in flames.

According to USA Today, Fox network lost control and bleeped him many times for language that was not TV-PC. Even "American Idol" Paula Abdul, who praises anyone who can carry a tune in a bucket, wasn't impressed with K-Fed's vocal abilities. 

No sign of Brit and Kev's infant son, Tater Tot.  Brit must have left him at home with a suitable sitter. Or maybe the little lad was waiting in his parent's idling limo. Let's just hope they cracked the window.

I hear the expectant mother stopped by the Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat during the show. What caught her eye? A big stuffed Hello Kitty and a My Scene Fab Faces doll wearing a pink satin gown, white fur and diamond necklace.

It's unlikely those pink girly playthings are for little Tater Tot. So is it possible that Britney and Kevin's next joint project might be a baby girl? Your thoughts?

Photo Credits: Britney Spears needs to put away the spaghetti straps for a while.
WireImage/Kevin Mazur

Photo Credits: Britney picks out a suspiciously estrogen-loaded toy at the Teen Choice Celebrity Retreat. Get ready for a little sister, Tater Tot.
WireImage/Mark Sullivan

Every dog has it's wedding day

Rumors are swirling about the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes pre-nup that will guarantee Katie $3 million a year and a Montecito mansion, if she stays married to the Scientologist star for ten years. After ten years, community property laws take over and she gets half his everything. But better ask Nicole Kidman how that ten year bit works, Kate. Remember Nic got the boot just before the big fat pay-off. 

Anyway, it’s refreshing to hear about one Hollywood couple who didn’t need no stinkin’ prenup and had a small, sweet ceremony at a friend's beach house with just one paparazzi.

The bitch - I mean, the bride -  Emma Ball, was radiant in a white chiffon gown adorned with white roses. The handsome stud - sorry, groom - was Bob Bernholtz-Williams and the couple tied the leash - sorry, knot - last week.

Darn, you figured it out. Yup, they’re dogs.

Bob belongs to Andrea Bernholtz, president of Rock & Republic, the hot and hip denim company. And Emma belongs to Michael Ball,  Rock and Republic CEO and head designer. Irony Alert: Katie is a fan of R&R jeans and sat in the front row at a recent runway show.

Doggie nuptial details: There was a 3-tier wedding cake from Three Dog Bakery, the place that did Pamela Anderson’s dog’s wedding cake. Party favors included cool stuff like Chewy Vuitton furry purses and I-Paws squeaky toys. After the ceremony, the couple was whisked off on a motorcycle that read “Just Married.”

No info on the honeymoon because word is Emma is already one month pregnant.

Wow. That is like so Hollywood.

Photo Credit: Studly Bob and his blushing bride Emma before exchanging tender butt sniffs at their beachfront wedding ceremony. Photo courtesy of Think PR.

Jennifer Lopez gets miniaturized at the WIF awards

Producer Lauren Schuler Donner had a few words of wisdom for the gals at Women In Film's 2006 Cyrstal and Lucy Awards. Don't be bitter!

“Carrie Fisher once told me that resentment is like drinking a poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

Darn good advice. Not sure who gave the producer ("Constantine," "Bulworth," "Free Willy," "You've Got Mail") the slapstick notion to knock her glass award off the podium, but it was definitely a high point of the evening. "Superman Returns" producer/director Bryan Singer picked up the shattered pieces and Schuler Donner's very human nervousness got empathetic chuckles.

Other winners – song writer Diane Warren, cinematographer Maryse Alberti, Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis, Maria Bello and Jennifer Lopez – also won Crystals and Lucys for the “endurance and excellence" of their work in film and television.

Past Crystal winners include Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Bette Davis, Jane Fonda, Jodi Foster.

So...Jennifer Lopez?  Okay, there’s “Out of Sight,” Blood and Wine,” maybe even “Anaconda.”

But then there's “Monster-in-Law,” "Gigli" and (shudder) “Jersey Girl?”

Still, as hostess Edie Falco noted, “She's the only woman in the room who can open a movie and a concert tour.”

Contrary to the baby rumors (which she laughed off), Lopez didn’t look preggers with a long wavy ponytail and a black Max Mara frock, mingling in the Century Plaza ballroom with “Desperate Housewives” Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, Camryn Manheim, Angela Basset, Jean Smart (“24”), and Leah Remini.

Not only did Jenny NOT look like she had a fetus-on-board, she looked surprisingly slender. But that may have been because she wasn't always glued to the side of her skeletal hubby Marc Anthony.

Next to 6-footer Geena Davis, La Lopez looked - how can we put this - positively petite.

Photo Credits: It's all about perspective. Jennifer Lopez looks itty-bitty when paired with Tower of Power Geena Davis at the 2006 WIF Lucy and Crystal Awards.
WireImage/Lester Cohen

Angelina's awards season appearance

Dying for a glimpse of an expectant Angelina Jolie and that proud papa-to-be Brad Pitt?

You and everyone else hoping to attend the upcoming black-tie, invite-only “Circle of Passion” gala, to be held on Feb. 26 at Astra West in West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center.

The “Circle of Hope” event was initially skedded to be held in L.A. last year but was postponed and now appears on Hollywood's already-packed awards season calendar.

Jolie will be the special honoree at the formal gala which will raise funds and awareness for musicians Sheila E. and Lynn Mabry's Elevate Hope Foundation (EHF).

But she's not "confirmed," says a benefit spokesman. Bummer! She may be "supplying a video acceptance or someone else may accept the award on her behalf," explained Astrid Merget from event planner Luna Llena Productions. Like Brad?

Angela Bassett is set to host and performers/presenters include: Jamie Foxx, Sharon Stone, Nikka Costa and Prince's old flames, Wendy and Lisa.

Attending event co-chairs include Arthel Neville, Patti LaBelle, Rick and Kathy Hilton and Randy Jackson.

To celebrate the opening of his new Los Angeles fashion house, designer Lloyd Klein will show a retrospective of vintage pieces and a sneak peek at his 2006 couture line modeled by celebrities such as Natasha Henstridge, Janice Dickinson, Lucy Lawless, Vanessa Williams, Lisa Raya, Courtney Peldon and Bai Ling. Now there's a name that's a sure-fire assurance of an A-list event.

In case Jolie does show up, wonder if Klein will design a special maternity dress for her? Or perhaps the St. John fashion company will supply Jolie, their new highly paid spokesmodel, with a made-to-order mother of a gown?

Photo: Angelina Jolie keeps her bump under wraps on the Dominican Republic set of “The Good Shepherd” with costar Robert DeNiro on Jan. 12, 2006.
(James Devaney / WireImage)

Catherine Deneuve's beautiful new role

Kicking off the packed pre-Golden Globe weekend, Krista Smith, Vanity Fair’s Wicked Witch of the West Coast, threw a petite bash for MAC cosmetics’ new Beauty Icon — legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve — at the Chateau Marmont Friday night.

As it happens, Deneuve’s not-terribly-revealing “Proust Questionnaire” does not appear in the current issue of VF:  What is your greatest fear? “War.” What do you consider the most overrated virtue? “Beauty.” Who or what is the greatest love of your life? “Nature.” What is it that you most dislike? “Insects.”

Perhaps someone should tell Madame that nature simply wouldn’t exist without a few bugs.

Deneuve’s complex interior life is apparently no match for the current issue's cover story on a bikini-bare Lindsay Lohan. Yet another sign (including the recent Paris Hilton and Jennifer Aniston covers) that the once-respected cultural journal is desperately trying to capture the illusive and illiterate Us Weekly, Star and In Touch readership.

Le Femme de L'heure (the VF party invite specified 8-9 P.M.) sat perched on a low chair in the corner of the crowded sixth floor penthouse party, smoking an incredibly skinny cigarette and wearing a be-jeweled black Lanvin suit.

She greeted fans and Hollywood fashion icons such as PR fashion power house Marilyn Heston, super-stylist Rachel Zoe, Phillip Bloch, star of the new “Style Me” makeover show, and a prettily pregnant Mira Sorvino. VF editor Graydon Carter and that handsome hotelier Andre Balazs were hobnobbing on the party's patio overlooking the Sunset Strip. But within the anointed hour, Deneuve slipped away to a private dinner in the Chateau’s lobby restaurant.

“She only wears YSL and Lanvin,” whispered a top M.A.C. exec, hinting that Deneuve will undoubtedly wear one of the two when she presents an award at Monday's Golden Globes.

The acclaimed actress follows the very high heels of Liza Minnelli and Diana Ross as M.A.C Icon spokesmodel and posed for photos at the WeHo store Friday morning. She was also very involved with the line, actually personally designing the colorful Harlequin powder compact covers. “The compact cases are usually black but the print and the green and violet colors were Catherine’s idea,” marveled a MAC makeup artist.

Genius. Pure genius.

Photo: Catherine Deneuve displays her latest work of beauty, MAC cosmetics’ "Beauty Icon" cosmetic line, at the boutique on Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood.
(Jeff Vespa / WireImage)

Brad and Angelina's great expectations

Although nominated for favorite onscreen chemistry, those sexy "Mr. and Mrs Smith" stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt didn’t show up at the People’s Choice Awards Tuesday night.

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn won the category for “The Wedding Crashers,” in case you care, and only Wilson showed up.

But turns out Brad and Angie had way better chemistry than Wilson and Vaughn.

According to People magazine's just released report, Jolie is indeed pregnant with Pitt’s child and is expecting this summer. The mag sez she told a charity worker in the Dominican Republic, where she's filming “The Good Shepherd,” the story of the CIA as told through the eyes of one of its founders James Wilson (played by Pitt’s “Ocean’s 11” pal Matt Damon. Jolie plays Wilson’s wive, Clover.

People reports that both star’s camps have confirmed the baby news, which certainly explains the actress' recently reported fainting spells and those tummy-hiding tops she’s been wearing, including the black cashmere poncho she sported at the December special screening of “Munich” in Beverly Hills.

It also explains why  St. John rushed to shoot Jolie's new ad campaign for the fashion house in Miami Beach last winter, before she started to show.  Wonder if they're planning a maternity line now?

Seems like only yesterday -- okay, last year -- that the two stars were staunchly denying reports of their on-set romance, claiming to be just friends, which of course, no one really believed anyway.

Sadly, this baby news means Jolie may skip the big 2006 awards season. Unless, of course, Marc Bouwer, who designed Jolie's classic white satin halter gown for the 77th Annual Academy Awards, is whipping up a sexy maternity frock for our favorite film femme fatale.   

Photo Credit: Angelina Jolie, caught in a pregnant pose on the set of "The Good Shepherd," filming on location in New York on Dec. 6, 2005.
(James Devaney/WireImage)