The daily dish... a spicy serving of celebrity news
Just friends? …
Taylor Swift says that Joe Jonas is just a friend. But the Jonas Brothers cutie fueled all those “Are they an item?” rumors when he turned up at the country star’s concert earlier this week.
Hiding among a group of people, Jonas, 19, arrived at the Rascal Flatts concert in the West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre five minutes before Swift, 18, took the stage.
“I spotted Joe quickly, but he was trying to hide from the crowds by tucking in between a few people,” says Mishelle Rivera, assistant promotions director for a Miami radio station.
Rivera and her friends saw Jonas near the soundboard — next to Swift’s dad — ready to watch Taylor, who sparkled in a sleeveless turquoise sequin dress and cowboy boots.
Stork report …
It’s Love, Angel, Music, and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who has given birth to a boy.
Zuma Nesta Rock weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces when he was born Thursday afternoon, according to publicist Dave Tomberlin.
“Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy,” he said in a statement.
The pop star and fashionista already has one son, Kingston, with her husband, rocker Gavin Rossdale. Rossdale also has a teenage daughter with fashion designer
Pearl Lowe. Meanwhile, singer Melanie
Chisholm says she is expecting, which will make her the last of the former Spice Girls to become a mother.
The 34-year-old singer known as “Sporty Spice” in the British pop group announced the news Friday on her Web site. She is often referred to as “Mel C.”
She says the baby’s father is Thomas Starr, her partner for six years.
Emmy roster …
The stars of “Desperate Housewives,” snubbed by the Emmy nominators this time around, will get a moment in the ceremony’s spotlight anyway.
Marcia Cross, Dana Delany, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria Parker and Nicollette Sheridan were on the first list of presenters announced Thursday by the TV academy. The actresses will join together to hand out a trophy at the Sept. 21 ceremony airing on ABC.
Nominations or no nominations, the houswives’ ABC drama remains popular with viewers, and the Emmys could use a ratings boost: Last year’s ceremony posted its second-smallest audience on record, just under 13 million.
Other pairings: Emmy nominees Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) and Hugh Laurie (“House”) will present separately, and Tina Fey (“30 Rock”) and Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live”) will team up. Fey and Poehler worked together on “SNL” and co-starred in the movie “Baby Mama.”
Celebrity birthdays …
Sunday: Steve Guttenberg is 50. Dave Chappelle is 35.
Monday: Sean Connery is 78. Regis Philbin is 77. Elvis Costello is
54. Rachael Ray is 40. Tuesday: Branford Marsalis is
48. Macaulay Culkin is 28. Wednesday: Tuesday Weld is
65. Alexa Vega is 20. Thursday: Shania Twain is 43.
Jack Black is 39. LeAnn Rimes is 26. Friday: Michael Jackson is 50.
John Hensley is 31. Next Saturday: Kitty Wells is
89. Cameron Diaz is 36.
