Justin Timberlake is known for spending time on the fairway, so it should come as no surprise that he’s hoping to hit a hole in one with a new golf memoir.

According to the New York Observer, in June, a literary agent sent book editors a Timberlake-penned golf book proposal.

Though the agent and a rep for the pop singer wouldn’t comment on the project to the magazine, the Observer reports the book is expected to be a memoir of Timberlake’s time on the green and his experiences playing with various competitors.

The “Cry Me A River” singer has had plenty of golfing experience. He regularly is captured by photographers zooming around various golf courses or competing in celebrity tournaments.

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For the most part I have stopped posting entire layouts from magazine shoots, but when it is interesting or imaginative like this one with Cameron Diaz and V Magazine, I think it is worth posting the entire spread. Definitely inspired by True Blue from Madonna.

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I know I have a pretty much zero tolerance policy when it comes to posting Lindsay Lohan on the site. The only exceptions are of course when something truly awful happens to her and we can all smile. Not awful like died, but awful like her fame and money might be screeching to a halt kind of awful.

A chemist in Florida is suing Lindsay, Lorit Simon and the company Sevin Nyne because allegedly they stole her spray tan formula. Before I get started with this, can I just say that if that is what Lindsay has been wearing on her skin I am not so sure I would be jumping to the front of the line saying, “I invented it.”

Of course Lindsay claimed along with Lorit that the two of them spent years inventing it. Lorit, the woman who air brushes people for a living and Lindsay, the woman who says, “duh,” as much as Homer says “doh.” Most of the time when you read about people saying an idea for a movie was theirs or a song sounds the same are just blowing smoke and will almost always lose.

In this case though, these don’t appear to be idle threats. Lindsay and company are being sued for for breach of contract, theft of trade secrets, civil conspiracy, intentional interference with contractual relations and deceptive and unfair trade practices.

Now, I haven’t seen the papers filed in the suit. It is interesting though that Lindsay was sued individually. If she actually had to pay out of her own pocket to defend this suit rather than as an employee of the corporation, a lawsuit like this could run through whatever money Lindsay has very quickly. The legal fees in defending something like this will be incredibly high and I am not sure she has the funds to defend it as an individual.

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The New York Daily News has an interesting piece today where they talk about how, with the exception of Kelly Bensimon that all the Real Housewives of New York are holding out for more money before they will agree to shoot another season. Kelly has already signed on and so I say keep her. Forget everyone else. Last season they were paid about $10K for the entire run. It is a pittance for a real actor but they are not real actors. Plus I am sure they made a significant amount more than that by appearing at events and hosting things. The problem with those gigs is they actually require some modicum of effort and work and why do that when someone will just pay you to follow them around.

I remember back in the day when Law & Order had finished its first season and they started replacing all the main characters. I was pissed but watched anyway. You know what? It was still a pretty good show. I don’t know about you, but I am guessing that in New York there are plenty of “Real Housewives” who would love a chance to be on television for a few months and get their 15 minutes and will be happy with whatever they are paid. The Real World has managed to shuttle casts and cities for 20+ years and no one seems to mind. You will always have your favorite years or cities or people, but if you have good editing and good personalities it doesn’t matter who you put on the air.

I think part of the problem we have seen with some of these reality stars is that after the first couple of seasons they think of themselves as actors or stars rather than people who were no different than anyone else and just got picked by a producer when others didn’t. There are plenty of people around and I think the more producers do switch up casts the better it will be for all of us. These reality stars we can’t stand seeing will not get the traction or staying power to really force themselves upon us. It will be like a Bachelor winner or loser who is only viable until the next season starts.

I know you will miss your favorites, but you can find new people to love or hate and the good thing is once their season is over, their time in the public eye will for the most part also be over. Unless of course they do some type of reunion competition shows. That could be fun.

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Sometimes pictures do actually tell the whole story, but since some of you are stuck in offices behind firewalls which don’t allow for pictures, let me describe the action for you so you don’t have to wait until you get home or find a more lenient employer.

In our first picture we see a portly Russell Crowe with a full grey beard attempt to tell a Wimbledon guard that he shouldn’t be sitting with people who make less than him, and instead should be in the section reserved for people befitting his status.

The second picture shows Russell being lectured by the guard who is also in the Royal Navy about how to behave while at the match and to sit down like every other person in the stadium.
The third picture shows Russell turning back to the guard and throwing out the “don’t you know who I am? I will get you fired line.” He does it with his hands in his pockets and has been completely frustrated while what looks like Joshua Jackson looks on amused.
Finally in our last picture we see a disgusted Russell Crowe sitting amongst Woody Allen who looks about a thousand years old and also Ralph Lauren who looks quite good.

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Drinking and driving is always stupid. However if you are at the edge of whether or not you think you are able to drive, the 4th of July is probably not the best day to try and accomplish that task. Joyce DeWitt, who played Janet on the long running show Three’s Company was arrested on Saturday afternoon for suspicion of DUI.

Yes, you read that right. It was the afternoon. Not that I wasn’t drunk by mid-afternoon on Saturday either, but I didn’t get in a car either. Oh, and unlike Joyce I didn’t try and drive past a police barricade either. That is a sure fire way to get pulled over. “Hmmm. That looks like a DUI checkpoint. Why don’t I drive right around that and see what happens?”

You get pulled over is what happens. Joyce was sent to jail where she posted bail in the amount of $5,000.

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I am not going to judge the friendship of Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor. Their friendship is between them and obviously there was a lot of love between the two. Shortly after Michael was found dead, Dame Elizabeth released a statement where she talked about Michael and her love for him. She was so emotional about it that several tabloids went ahead and made the claim that she was on suicide watch because she couldn’t handle the grief or pain.

Umm, have they met Elizabeth Taylor? This is a woman who has been in constant pain since she was a teenager. She is 77 years old now and Michael is not the first person she has known who has died. Liz Taylor is one tough person. I’m sure she was grief stricken but this isn’t a woman who is going to commit suicide over it. Please.

Well adding fuel to the tabloid reports, Elizabeth tweeted about an upcoming hospital visit this week. I know she isn’t the one doing the actual tweeting but she knows what it is and I can tell she loves it.

“I wanted you my friends to know that I’m going into the hospital Wednesday or Thursday to complete a test I was in the middle of.”

And then to show you that Liz is Liz and doesn’t take crap from anyone she added this tweet a little later.

“Although my grief over Michael could not be any deeper, I am not on suicide watch as some of the cheaper ‘rags’ would have you believe.”

I love this lady.

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Diana Ross and Michael Jackson no doubt shared a very special relationship dating back to his childhood years, but it seems the songstress was served quite the surprise last week when it was revealed Jacko named her as a secondary caregiver in his will. The late King of Pop specified that he wanted Ross to be given custody of his three children should his first choice, mother Katherine, be unable to do so.

Diana’s 20-year-son Evan Ross and his girlfriend were overheard discussing the issue at Diddy’s Fourth of July White Party presented by Starbucks Ice-cream in Los Angeles on Saturday. According to what they told friends, Ms. Ross had “no idea” Jackson had named her in the will and wasn’t too thrilled about being put in such a position of responsibility.

A rep for Ross did not respond for comment.

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