Roseanne Barr backtracks on Brangelina 'evil spawn' rant, Voight fights back

Angelina Jolie has been branded "evil spawn" by comedienne Roseanne Barr. Photo / AP

Days after tragic comic

Roseanne Barr

took to her keyboard and blogged lyrical about "evil spawn"

Angelina Jolie

, the bitter star appears to be backtracking.

Barr posted a vicious and personal attack on "evil" Jolie, her "vacuous" partner

Brad Pitt

and estranged father

Jon Voight

on her

website

this week, accusing them of courting publicity for their philanthropy.

In her spiteful attack, she said: "jon voight

your evil spawn angelina jolie

and her

vacuous hubby brad pitt

make about forty million dollars a year in

violent psychopathic movies

and give away three of it to starving children trying to look as if they give a c**p about humanity as they

spit out more dunces

that will consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more."

But now it appears as though the former sitcom queen is trying to soften the blow her harsh words undoubtedly inflicted.

In a recent post entitled 'I do not know Brangelina', Barr says:

"[I] do not mean to

personally impugn them

as they

might be good people

in the flesh, but the media's images of them are smelly and vile, and I must always attack the media's representation of what is good or cool."

The petulant one goes on to slate bloggers and the media.

"

Those who inhabit the media world of glamour and entertainment and fashion and gossip are horrid people

who have

no talent

of any kind, and yet think of themselves as tastemakers," she spouted.

Jolie's father Voight was also implicated in Barr's public outpouring, and he hasn't taken the news well. He's hit back with the following bitchslap:

"Answer to Roseanne Barr's Rant:

We can never be surprised at what vile evil comes from the mouth of a confessed victim of child abuse at the hands of her own parents.

Her parents responded to the accusation by going on the air and slating she is a psychopathic liar and her sister agreed.

Her defaming of our National Anthem in 1990 gave us insight into who she is and what she is capable of saying and doing.

My allegiance to Senator McCain becomes stronger with any assault that tries to deter my loyalty to him.

I can only pray that good people see her for what she is (sick of mind).

- Jon Voight"

Click

here

to see a screen-grab of Voight's retort.

So both sides are spitting tacks.

What do you think? Were Roseanne Barr's words a bridge too far?

No boob job

Has heirhead

Paris Hilton

had an op up on top? Nay, says she.

Hilton whines through her well-oiled mouthpiece that her pumped-up front is all down to "a prototype from her Paris Hilton 'push-up' bra line".

The mouth adds: "Paris has never had plastic surgery."

Wedding portrait

The first photo from

Ellen DeGeneres

and

Portia de Rossi

's wedding has debuted online.

The

picture

of sweet.

Enjoy.

Pants man

I've just witnessed the new

Garrett Neff Calvin Klein underwear advert

. Yes, you know what's coming...

...a completely gratuitous link to some guy candy.

Hotness be

here

(slightly NSFW)

Yes, I'm cheap, shallow and transparent - but only on Thursdays.

Quote of the day

"What can I say? I'm the luckiest girl in the world. She's officially off the market. No one else gets her. And now she'll cook and clean for me."

- Ellen DeGeneres on her recent marriage to Portia de Rossi.

Ghostly ghastly

Just when you thought Hollywood couldn't stoop any lower, along comes news of yet another totally unnecessary movie re-make - or "re-imagining" as the euphemism goes.

The

Hollywood Reporter

claims that MGM has a re-imagining of classic 80s flick

Poltergeist

in the works.

The original's a classic. Stop flick-fiddling, guys!

You know you're in a bad way...

...when former wild child

Kelly Osbourne

thinks you're whack, and feels all shades of sympathy for your sorry a$.

The ever-eloquent Osbourne spawn has declared that

Peaches Geldof

's recent quickie Las Vegas wedding was a "cry for help".

She says: "It's all a bit sad to be honest with you.

"If she loves him then good for her, but if it was done for attention, it's a bit sad.

"I did stuff like that when I was 19 as well, like get a tattoo because it p**sed my mum off.

"It's just a great big cry for help and, if anything, people need to stop talking about her badly and, you know, maybe all she needs is a hug."

Yis, a big fat squeeze is all it'll take to extract those evil toxins from her soul. Hurrah! Hand the girl a Nobel prize.

Heidi Montag Overdosin'

Montag has released yet another musical masterpiece. This latest ear basher is called

Overdosin'

, and yes, it's the first thing that popped into my mind after listening to it.

It's a little bit poo, babe.

She says the song is about "when you fall in love with someone... and you're just overdosing off of their love."

Yeah, but no.

Your Wino fix

Just incase you've got the shakes and you're in dire need of some

Wino

, cop a load of this.

Amy Winehouse

is better known as a comedy performer these days, as opposed to her musical prowess.

Here's another rather

shambolic performance

by the soul mess at last weekend's

V festival

in the UK.

OMG

Right, enough.

This has gone way, way beyond a joke,

Amy Winehouse

. You

look like

something that just staggered from a tomb, love.

Those

rehab rumours

better ring true.

Ego talk

Jennifer Aniston

's ex

John Mayer

has been branded "immature" for blabbing to media about his split from the former

Friends

actress.

Mayer has talked to anyone who'll listen about his separation, including a magazine reporter. He said: "I ended a relationship to be alone, because I don't want to waste somebody's time if something's not right."

And now a chap called Lee Kane, author of

How to Be a Professional Bachelor

, has piped up and explained Mayer's comments as "a pride and ego thing".

He adds: "I think it makes him temporarily feel better. He's either hurt or has gotten hurt - otherwise he wouldn't have gone out of his way in talking to the media."

Told you so.

Blind items

You guess the celebutards.

"Which

hunk in a summer movie

is a violent,

closeted homosexual

? The heartthrob snuck into his ex's apartment a few months ago and raped him so violently, the ex ended up in the hospital - and the actor paid him $500,000 to keep his mouth shut."

Page Six

"Which

oft-photographed socialite

is being

forced to get a job

by her parents? She looks rich but is really broke, and is now looking for modeling gigs."

NYP

Fast gossip

Lovin' la linky loca...

Rumer Willis

is NOT a Lesbian:

GH

Heath Ledger

's last co-stars donate salary to his daughter:

HBW

Shia LaBeouf

reports for duty:

Pink is the New Blog

Dita von Teese

and her sexy wonderbra:

popbytes

Michael Jackson

is screening his calls:

GB

Fergie

annoys her bandmates. They hate her:

FH

Get a haircut,

hippie

:

CW

Matthew McConaughy

hangs ten without baby Levi:

SL

Lindsay Lohan

's

Nylon

photoshoot.....what say you?

CDL

Kate Beckinsale

avoids a pap money shot:

I'm Not Obsessed

Ellen DeGeneres

' wedding arrivals:

CP

Heidi Montag

releases another single:

CS

Hayden Panettiere

bans her mom from selling her undies on the internet:

ICYDK

Audience calls

Tyra Banks

a phony:

HB

Eva Longoria

can't decide what to wear:

Socialite Life

Suri Cruise

is such a doll:

SOMG

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