Paul Newman has 'weeks to live', Jennifer Aniston's 'trout pout' mystery

Veteran actor

Paul Newman

has completed chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer and told his family he wants to die at home, according to reports.

The movie legend was

recently pictured

leaving the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York in a wheelchair, looking thin and frail.

Reports now say that Newman, 83, has only weeks to live and is at home with wife Joanne Woodward and his family as he prepares to die.

Last wish

A close family friend tells Britain's

Daily Mail

: "He didn't want to die in the hospital. Joanne and his daughters are beside themselves with grief."

The

Road to Perdition

star has reportedly spent the past few weeks sorting out his personal affairs, and his decision to die at home has caused friction between family members.

"He gave a prized car - a Ferrari with his racing number, 82, on it - to a long-time pal.

"The sudden move angered his children," said the source. "It's especially hard for them to come to grips with what's going on.

"The word they've been given is that he has only a few weeks to live."

News reports that Newman, who has been nominated for ten Oscars during his illustrious career, was terminally ill surfaced earlier this year.

But the actor has so far declined to comment on his health, apart from releasing a statement saying he is "doing nicely".

It was revealed last month that Newman, who has three children, had been laying the groundwork for his oldest child, Nell, to take over his salad dressing company.

No word as yet from Newman's spokesperson, but given the star's silence so far, I doubt we'll hear anything until the bitter end.

Sad news all around today. Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes...

Best wishes to Newman and his family.

And now for something completely different...

She's off on one...

Lisa Marie Presley

is not amused with

Marie Claire

magazine.

Presley granted the magazine an exclusive interview, complete with

pregnancy shots

, etc.

The celebuspawn is apparently far from happy with the end result.

She rants in a recent blog posting: "I gave a 3 hour heart felt interview and what became of it was Quotes that were usually about something else entirely in the conversation, grossly simplified and taken way out of context and sprinkled randomly and erroneously throughout the 2 pages.

"If you want it (magazine) for the photos then great but I am not behind the article at all."

The big leak

Pink

's new song

So What

has leaked online:

Pink's

response

to the leak.

And here's Pink pictured on a

ride-on lawnmower

as she made her way down Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles during filming of the video.

Hey, big boy

Sean Penn

says he was convinced that his co-star in new biopic

Milk

was hugely blessed under the bonnet.

Let me explain.

James Franco

- Penn's onscreen gay lover in the upcoming film about San Francisco's first gay Mayor Harvey Milk - reportedly wore a prosthetic penis for naked scenes while filming the flick.

The

Spider-Man

actor popped on the phallus for a number of scenes, including one involving him stripping to his bare essentials in a swimming pool.

Penn supposedly had a serious case of envy and was duped into believing Franco's extension was real.

Franco says, "This scene went on for a long time, like half the day, and it's getting old... and I go over to Sean and I guess he didn't know that I was wearing a prosthetic.

"I go, 'Sean, you're such a great actor but you wouldn't do a scene like this if they asked you; you wouldn't dive into a pool naked.'

"And he said... 'Well James, if I was built like you, I would.'

"A couple of weeks later we did this scene, where we're both dancing and we're naked, and we both have prosthetic penises. He finally put it together that I'm wearing, like, the

Boogie Nights

prosthetic."

Fire in the sky

Paging alien fancier

Robbie Williams

...the mother ship has come for you, mate.

Paris doing...

...what

Paris

does best.

It's no secret that

Paris Hilton

will go to the opening of anything...fridges, envelopes...

Well, the heirhead will soon be attending the opening of something a bit closer to home.

Hilton is reportedly

opening a club in Vegas

. She tells

In Touch

: "I'm in talks right now. I think I found a really good space."

The heirhead also says she's already come up with a name for the club, but it's so profound and witty, she's keeping it to herself for now.

"I can't tell anyone," she says. "It's not trademarked yet!"

If you read between the lines, someone's obviously keen on exploiting the Hilton name and making megabucks as a result. Hurrah!

Trout pout?

Everyone's talking about...whether

Jennifer Aniston

has had her lips tinkered with.

Rumours began swirling over the weekend when pictures of Brad Pitt's ex surfaced, with the former

Friends

star's

upper lip looking demonstrably swollen

.

The

Daily Mail

claims that Aniston has had her lips "re-engineered" to give her a fuller pout.

Decide for yourselves by looking at some before and after piccies

here

and

here

A snitch tells the

Mail

: "It seems obvious she had some work done. (Her lips have a) stiff, unnatural pucker that just didn't fit the rest of her face."

Oh, trout schmout. Who cares if she's harpooned her lips. Actually...is she trying to mimic

Jolie

with her swollen suckers?

Rumour official

Are network bosses about to pull the plug on

Denise Richards

' reality TV show D

enise Richards: It's Complicated

?

This on-set source seems to think so:

"The numbers started out pretty good - just over 1.5 million tuned into the premiere episode. But the audience has dropped off. Denise has turned into an unappealing reality star. Viewers were disgusted that a mother of two young girls would use such foul language."

Lethal Weapon 5

Head for the hills, here comes another wicked rumour...

Mel Gibson

and

Danny Glover

are rumoured to be pairing up to star in a fifth

Lethal Weapon

movie.

I know, we need another installment in the Weapon series about as much as a hole in the head, but I guess the boys are strapped for cash and need to pay their mortgages. Have mercy.

A snitch tells British tabloid the

Daily Star

, "

Lethal Weapon 5

is a go. Mel and Danny are back. The script is fabulous!"

If ever there was an adage that befits the Weapon series, it's this one: "Once is cute, twice is annoying!"

Everyone's talking about...

...this video of a religious service gone bat****

I don't remember Sunday school ever being so...animated. The real action kicks in at about 1min 5 sec mark. Genius.

I'll have what they're having...

Virgin' on the ridiculous

A blog reportedly written by

Madonna

's brother,

Christopher Ciccone

, made its merry way online late last week.

The blog, which contained language and references to naughty bits that made this blogger blush, was supposedly launched by Ciccone so he could snitch about Madge's exploits - specifically the things he couldn't include in his book for legal reasons.

Well, the blog has since vanished - probably because it was about as fake as a $3 bill.

Anyway, the gossip demon within me refuses to acknowledge that the blog's content was a big fat lie....so here's a snippet from one of the blog's 'lighter' moments:

"Critics have always been harsh on Madonna but not as harsh as they were in 1993. During that year, editorials appeared in almost every news outlet all over the world declaring that "Madonna is over." The backlash started with her book Erotica and her album, Sex.

We are rehearsing the song Erotica when Liz Rosenberg walks in and informs Madonna that they need to talk. They go into a room and all of us suddenly hear Madonna cry like a baby. "My tour is selling, "Rain" is a hit and they are still saying this about me!" she shouts. Liz and her then walk out the door as Madonna keeps crying, "Why am I being punished?"

I walk in Liz's office and see an article by US Magazine called "Immaterial Girl" which has to be the most nasty article ever written about Madonna. It reads like it has been written by a jealous 12 year old and has quotes from several industry insiders about the supposed end of her career. It was written by some unknown writer (Jamie something) who was never heard of again after the article. Madonna and her team know how to stop people's careers, especially when they try to stop hers."

911

Wanna hear the 911 call of some chick reporting

Shia LaBeouf

's car crash last month?

Here you go

This just in

*

Amy Winehouse

's incarcerated hubby

Blake Fielder-Civil

might be free

before the end of this year - but only if he manages to stay clean (drug-free) and behave himself in jail. Likelihood of an early release? Big fat zero. Meanwhile, on Wino watch...the toxic one is apparently talking to herself and chatting to a guardian angel, while sending psychic messages to Blaaaaaaaake!

Fast gossip

Bite-sized and bijou...

Kate Hudson

, is that you?

AIW

Robert Downey Jr

does

Rolling Stone

:

DS

Celeb plastic surgery

shockers!

PB

Emma Watson

is dating an older man. Scandal!

ICYDK

Scarlet Johansson

loves sex scenes:

Popoholic

Hayden Panettiere

is a tightwad:

HM!

Katie Holmes

heads for Broadway:

Just Jared

Dixie Chicks

divorce:

HW

Elton John

's help is not enthusiastic:

A Socialite's Life

Levi McConaughey

is already on the red carpet:

CB

NKOTB

announce album track list:

SOW

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