Wacky pop star Michael Jackson was spotted being wheeled around a Las Vegas bookstore in a wheelchair.
Photos of a pyjama-clad Michael Jackson being carted around in a wheelchair while on a shopping spree have renewed fears over the erstwhile star's health.
The
Thriller
singer was snapped earlier this week wearing his favourite pyjamas, a rasta wig and trademark surgeon's mask while being
a Las Vegas bookshop by his minder.
Wacko on wheels
Jackson, who has battled with a series of health problems over the years, is rumoured to be suffering from debilitating back problems - hence the new set of wheels.
The paparazzo who snapped Jacko told the
New York Daily News
"he looks really frail. His skin was peeling and he looks so thin and gaunt".
While a fellow-shopper at the Vegas bookshop tells British tabloid
: "There are constant rumours of a Michael Jackson comeback but it was shocking to see that in reality he is a shadow of his former self.
"He seemed too weak even to get out of the chair to cross the road himself. He stayed in the store for two hours and wheeled himself around in the chair the whole time.
"The skin on his hands was peeling, almost like a snake's. He kept his mask on all the time. His security man was at his side and nobody approached him. It is really sad."
Another source says Wacko often hops in a wheelchair when he feels he's too weak to walk.
"He has days when he is fine but others when he feels listless and too weak to walk. Then he calls for the wheelchair.
"Usually on those days he also refuses to get dressed, spending all day in his pyjamas."
To be perfectly honest, we're so over Jacko's freakery. He's past the point of no return.
Actually, the wheelchair could well be just another of his legendary props. Surely you all remember the infamous
he supposedly frequented in a futile bid for self-preservation?
And if the white gloved one wants to pull the
routine, then jolly good for him.
Not sure about the wig, though...
Elevator music
I wonder what Lindsay Lohan makes of her little sister Ali's new single...
After all, big sis is supposedly working on her own repertoire of elevator-bound music, and her naughty sibling beat her to the big reveal.
Anyway, Ali's masterpiece is called
All The Way Around
.
Instant classic. Verdict?
Blogger's briefs
The latest on this week's headline-hogging celebrity sinners and winners.
Kravitz finger-points
Lenny Kravitz is reportedly blaming his former manager for his rumoured involvement in the
.
Kravitz hit the headlines last week over allegations he was romantically linked with Rodriguez's missus Cynthia, and was instrumental in the baseball star's love-split.
The aggrieved singer now blames former manager Guy Oseary for dragging him into the stink.
A source close to the star claims Oseary used the scandal as a tool to promote his biggest client (Madonna)'s upcoming tour.
"Lenny looked like he was going to throw up. Lenny said, 'I worked so hard to clean up my image and now I'm gonna get dragged into this'," claims the mole.
Kravitz reportedly fired Oseary's booty last week.
I'm not surprised. You don't poop in your own back yard, Oseary.
Meanwhile...
A-Rod had supposedly been smitten with rumoured playmate Madonna for months.
reports that A-Rod told a pal, "She's my f****** soulmate, dude."
Mate, who are you kidding? Madge has no soul.
Wino's greatest hits
Amy Winehouse continues to wallop any unfortunate soul who happens to cross her path.
For the third time this month, Wino allegedly
three times in the face in a London pub this week.
The "victim" said: "It really stung. I couldn't believe it. I hadn't said anything to her or touched her."
Wino had supposedly been downing tequila shots and "looked as if she was in another world".
Cheap shot
Will Smith's latest flick
Hancock
has upset gay rights campaigners.
Bigwigs at The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) claim a scene in the flick takes a "cheap, unfunny shot at gay people".
I've not seen the film, but there's apparently a scene involving Smith where he disses superhero images, saying: "Homo. Homo in red. Norwegian Homo."
GLAAD says "the slur sends a message that it's okay to discriminate against gay people."
No comment as yet from the film's studio, Columbia Pictures.
Sage advice
Jane Seymour should be afraid, very afraid...
See, she's dispensed some rather honest, but ultimately insulting,
for pregnant star Angelina Jolie.
Seymour, in a recent interview with
OK!
Magazine, said:
"My advice to her is to put some weight on.
"I think she needs to keep putting on weight so she can feed those babies. I don't think she should think twice. She hasn't put on enough weight."
Seymour, a mother of six, has popped out twins herself, and added:
"I nearly died having the twins.
"I had preeclampsia, which is toxemia, and I had to have an emergency C-section and I almost lost my life. So my advice to her [Jolie] is to listen to your doctors and if they say bed rest and they say blood pressure cuff every hour and they say whatever medication they say, you should take it very seriously."
Lock your doors, Medicine Woman, Brangelina has probably already released the foot soldiers. Handbags at the ready, ladies!
Brangelina ban
Word has it that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will only entertain selling pictures of their twins to a magazine that promises to never use the 'Brangelina' moniker ever again.
Read all about it
.
Brangelina. Brangelina. Brangelina. Brangelina. Brangelina. Brangelina. Brangelina. Is this annoying yet, Brangelina?
Blind items
Guess the celebutards...
*
"Which striking female singer has fuelled growing speculation about her sexuality by having the word "woman" suggestively tattooed in a rather intimate area?"
*
"Which autocratic fashion designer dropped out of sight for several months last year after a face-lift went wrong? The surgeon cut a nerve in his neck, and he needed rehabilitation to move his face properly."
*
"Which portly pop star got so hammered before a recent gig, he ended up slurring his way through songs? A bucket was also placed next to the stage."
Quotables
"Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes."
- Coldplay frontman Chris Martin
Way too much reality
Celebrity wannabee Brigitte Nielsen has gone under the knife. Again.
The reality TV regular had the first of several procedures done live on air this week.
The former wife of Sylvester Stallone is having a whopping $150,000 worth of nip/tucking done for German reality TV show
From Old To New
.
Nielsen says: "I know I will be breaking a taboo. It's time things change. I feel 30 and want to look that way again."
Once the surgeons have had their wicked way with her, Nielsen says she plans to pose naked for
Playboy
. Again.
I'm panting as I type this. Can't wait.
Big Tom
One of Welsh womaniser Tom Jones's former flames has crawled out of the woodwork and blabbed to the press about their sexual encounter.
Actress Cassandra Peterson, creator of horror movie
Elvira, Mistress of The Dark
, says she
to the legendary lothario, and needed medical care afterwards.
Eugh.
She tells
Blender
magazine: "Tom seemed gentlemanly and nice, so when he was jumping on me... I thought, 'Well, if I'm ever gonna do this, it might as well be with Tom Jones'.
"It was painful and horrible."
Peterson claims she needed six stitches to her unmentionables after their marathon sex session. Sorry.
She adds, "I thought for sure we were gonna run away together and get married. I went backstage to see him the next night, but he was with his two background singers... and was all over them. I was disgusted."
Oh, the manimal!
Retro Friday
Just because...it's Friday!
Fast gossip
If it's celebrity sin, it's in.
Megan Fox
is not single:
Grace Jones
is a corporate cannibal hurricane:
Madonna
's lips are ubiquitous:
Amy Winehouse
needs a shave:
Madonna
throws
Britney
a bone:
Chris Martin
loves
Apple
, okay!
Some chick punched
Paris Hilton
:
Is
Mary-Kate Olsen
headed to rehab again?
Selma Blair
is dull:
Which
supermodel
has lost the battle with the dreaded cellulite?
Lindsay Lohan
and
Samantha Ronson
get serious:
Denise Richards
gets booted from her Hood:
It's
Jamie Lynn Spears
' baby, y'all:
Kate Moss
still hearts
Pete Doherty
:
Angelina Jolie
's secret weight loss:
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Dobbyn feels his musicality has been affected, but remains in good spirits.