John Galliano attends court in Paris today to face accusations of hurling anti-Semitic slurs at customers of the La Perle cafe. The former head designer of Dior faces charges of public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity in France.

The disgraced designer’s lawyer, Aurelian Hamelle, told the court Galliano lost control because of substance abuse and “acted in a manner that was not his normal demeanour because he was ill.”

Geraldine Bloch, a 35 year-old art curator for the Arab World Institute, claims to have been subjected to the tirade that lasted about 45 minutes at the Parisian cafe in February.

In today’s trial, two other separate incidents: one in October of 2010 and the infamous cell phone video of Galliano saying “I love Hitler” to the two women recording him, are thought will be brought in as evidence against the designer.

Galliano denies saying the things Bloch has accused him of and says he was the target of their (Bloch’s companion Philippe Virgitti) hatred. The designer, who’s counter-suing for defamation said the pair unleashed their

“verbal harassment and an unprovoked assault when an individual tried to hit me with a chair having taken violent exception to my look and my clothing.”

Galliano has an uphill battle – explaining away that video as a result of his alcohol abuse and then attempting to prove Bloch and Virgitti were the harassers.

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Giving us a bold fashion or beauty statement on the red carpet is de rigueur for Evan Rachel Wood and the actress didn’t disappoint, bringing a bit of zing to the premiere of True Blood season 4.

The HBO event, held at the ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, gave Wood the perfect opportunity to show off her brand new pixie cut to the world.

The 23 year-old chose a gray menswear inspired vest and pants combo from Dolce & Gabbana. She completed the look with red suspenders and her new short hair cut! Love it!!

Wood, who plays the lesbian vampire queen Sophie-Anne, spoke to Esquire about her fascination with gender-bending:

“I grew up in love with David Bowie,” Wood said. “So I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls … I’m into androgyny in general.”

This new look is perfect for her.

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Paris Hilton and Cy Waits have called it quits on their just-over-a-year-long relationship.

Hilton, 30, confirmed the rumored split while promoting her reality show The World According to Paris, on Lopez Tonight after showing a clip where the two get into a fight and she slaps him.

“We’re not together anymore,” Hilton told host, George Lopez. “I love him, and we remain really good friends … I just feel like the relationship ran its’ course.”

Paris attended the I ‘Heart’ Ronson/JCPenney event last night in Hollywood (following her Lopez appearance) and said she will remain friends with the 35 year-old Las Vegas club promoter.

“My family knows him. He’s such a great guy and always treated me so well and he’s like one of my closest friends,” she said.

The socialite began dating Waits shortly after breaking up Doug Reinhardt in April of 2010 and the two were busted together in Las Vegas in August of 2010; Waits for driving under the influence and Hilton for drug possession.

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Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, June 22nd, including:

1936 – Kris Kristofferson, actor
1943 – Brit Hume, news anchor
1948 – Todd Rundgren, musician
1949 – Meryl Streep, actress
1949 – Lindsay Wagner, actress
1952 – Graham Greene, actor
1953 – Cyndi Lauper, singer
1958 – Bruce Campbell, actor
1960 – Erin Brokovich, environmental activist
1960 – Tracy Pollan, actress
1962 – Stephen Chow, director
1964 – Amy Brenneman, actress
1964 – Dan Brown, author
1965 – Uwe Boll, director
1973 – Carson Daly, talk show host
1974 – Donald Faison, actor
1978 – Jai Rodriguez, television fashion commentator

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Miley Cyrus took a break from the Australian leg of her ‘Gypsy Heart’ tour to get in a little shopping with her honey, Liam Hemsworth.  Actually, Miley shopped and Liam waited:  the plight of men all over the world.  Miley scooped up some pillows and cushions at Ganapati, a store specializing in Tibetan and Nepalese goods.

Miley Cyrus:  So Sexy & ‘So Undercover’ PHOTOS

The store owner, Sarala Manandhar, said that seeing Miley walk into her shop was the “shock of her life,” and that her daughters would be “so gutted” that they were at school when the pop star visited.

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Christina Aguilera and her naked bum grace the cover of W‘s July 2011 issue.  She’s got a bouquet of roses and a flimsy scarf covering her front bits.  A whoooole lot of crimped hair completes her cover look.   One part Lady Godiva, one part… hmmmm, Stevie Nicks?   You’ll have to ask stylist Giovanna Battaglia to be sure.

Christina gets honest (and pehaps a little defensive) in her interview.

On her divorce from Jordan Bratman: “It got to a point where our life at home was reminding me of my own childhood. I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home. I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say. That goes against everything I sing on my records. I have to be myself.”

On her recent DUI arrest: “The police knew my recent history and wanted to jump on the bandwagon. I don’t mean to martyr myself, but I think I was a victim of celebrity. I don’t drive, I wasn’t driving, and I committed no crimes, but they put me in jail. They called me a ‘political hot potato.’ They said, ‘What are we going to do with this woman?’ I think they were bored that night.”

On her intention to persist in the music industry: “I would never go down without a fight.  I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.”

Now that’s an image I just didn’t need.    If you need more, read the whole interview here.   You can also see more of Christina’s photoshoot after the jump.

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Disney has announced that another Pixar animated film will be released on November 27, 2013, but hasn’t even given a hint as to what it might be.

Disney’s next Pixar pic is November 27, 2013. It’s an original project, not a sequel — and it doesn’t have a title yet. And that’s all Disney is saying.

Now don’t worry, this isn’t the next Pixar movie after Cars 2. No next summer’s Pixar release is called Brave, then the following summer (2013) it’s Monster’s University. So this mysterious new project will be the second Pixar release for 2013, I get the feeling after it’s been announced in the next few months it may get pushed to summer 2014, unless it’s a holiday themed movie. Only time (and Disney) will tell.

Source: Deadline

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The former lovers were reunited but only for the walk down the black carpet; Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake hit the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City for the premiere of their film Bad Teacher on Monday, June 20th.

Diaz, 38, was on-fire hot in her super-short, see-through Chanel knit dress. If there was ever any doubt, Cammy has killer legs!

The actress, who relished playing the super-sexy teacher, told MTV that her character Elizabeth was completely wrong for teaching.

“The wardrobe is really good. Elizabeth is a working girl, if you know what I mean,” she laughed. “So she has to look a certain way: She’s always either coming in from the night before or going out and she never wants to be mistaken as a teacher and she wears [Christian] Louboutins every day of her life and she just doesn’t belong in school.”

Timberlake, 30, opted for a black Simon Spurr suit with lapel detail for the premiere and said it wasn’t awkward working with his ex on screen.

“We think the world of each other,” Timberlake admitted. “[I] thought it could be a lot of fun and so, we just jumped in and did it.”

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Here’s the newest red band trailer for the upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less.

This movie looks like a lot of dirty humor and chaos, I hope it’s not just a parade of those elements. Hopefully the story is less predictable than it looks, I mean it looks way too similar to Pineapple Express in my opinion. Maybe it’s just the Danny McBride factor, but in any case it does look pretty funny. Aziz Ansari is hilarious, he definitely has his own unique delivery style. I’m betting this one won’t be great but definitely worth a few laughs.

Watch the NSFW trailer after the jump.

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It wasn’t long after Jackass star Ryan Dunn‘s death behind the wheel of his car was discovered, film critic Roger Ebert waded into twitter with a tweet that angered many of Dunn’s family, friends and fans .

“Friends don’t let jackasses drink and drive,” Ebert posted.

Whether the crash was indeed caused by alcohol or speed (or both) costar and friend Bam Margera was terribly angry in response.

“I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day and piece of sh** roger ebert has the gall to put in his 2 cents.” he tweeted. (Be warned – Bam’s page is totally uncensored and very adult oriented.)

“About a jackass drunk driving and his is one, f*** you! Millions of people are crying right now, shut your fat f****** mouth!”

Ebert’s Facebook page was littered with hateful and vile responses and was taken down briefly by “The Powers That Be” at Facebook but it has been restored this afternoon.

The 69 year-old film critic chose to address the twitter storm with his blog where he offers heartfelt condolences to Dunn’s family and friends but doesn’t back away from his original statement.

“To begin with, I offer my sympathy to Ryan Dunn’s family and friends, and to those of Zachary Hartwell, who also died in the crash. I mean that sincerely. It is tragic to lose a loved one. I also regret that my tweet about the event was considered cruel. It was not intended as cruel. It was intended as true,” is the beginning of Ebert’s blog.

I believe the point that he missed is simply the tweet was both true and cruel. They are not mutually exclusive.

Of course someone – a friend, family member, bartender, anyone who can – should stop someone from driving drunk. That point did not need to be made at that moment. It changes nothing and helps no one. It only caused controversy.

And while no one is sure yet what the cause of the accident was, Dunn and Hartwell’s family did not need to have salt rubbed into their wounds. The time of immediate, raw pain and grief isn’t going to change anyone’s mind.

And some could argue, perhaps those that need it most will be the most angered and tuned out to the message.

Not every single thing has to be said at that very moment. In some cases, time really is your friend.

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