E! News is reporting that famed illusionist Criss Angel and former Hugh Hefner girlfriend Holly Madison were spied shopping for rings together in Las Vegas, NV on Xmas Eve. According to the E! report, Criss asked Holly if she would marry him right there in the jewelry shop and she did not give him an answer and only stared back at him in silence before a growing crowd of gawkers forced the pair to run off ringless:

Will there be a double wedding at the Playboy Mansion this summer? Just three days after Girls Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson announced that she and Hank Baskett will get hitched at Hugh Hefner’s famed estate on June 27, fellow costar Holly Madison was spotted looking at rings in Las Vegas with her Mindfreak boyfriend, Criss Angel. An eyewitness tells me Madison and Angel hit Berger & Son Fine Jewelers in the Fashion Show mall at about 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. “They were looking at one ring and Criss said, ‘Would you marry me?’ ” our spy reports. “Holly didn’t say anything. She just looked at him.” But then the couple saw that a crowd was beginning to form in front of the store, so they quickly took off. “Criss handed the ring back to the sales guy and said, ‘Thanks,’ ” the spy said. Reps for Madison and Angel say we shouldn’t go looking for their wedding registry just yet. “Criss bought Holly a ring for her birthday,” Madison’s rep said. “It’s a flower ring” … Meanwhile, I’m told Madison and Angel’s families met for the first time last week when they celebrated Christmas together in Vegas.

Interesting … I’m most entertained by the overheard bit where Criss asked Holly if she would marry him and she just stared at him in silence. LOL, I really would’ve loved to have seen that. Criss and Holly have been quite a hot item for the past few months … I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually did end up gettin’ hitched at some point in the future … but it looks like they won’t be heading down the aisle any time soon. Ah well, better luck next proposal, Criss.

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Yesterday we saw a few fairly sexy pics of aging fashion designer Giorgio Armani showing off what his mama gave him while rockin’ the speedo on the beaches of St. Bart’s this week and today we get to see a couple pics of another aging fashion designer, Donatella Versace, looking anything but sexy in her two-piece bikini as she vacays in St. Bart’s … the words “emaciated” and “leathery” come to mind … behold:

As one of the world’s top designers, Donatella Versace creates fashion, not follow it. But as the Italian designer approaches her mid-fifties, she appears to be have found inspiration for her over-tanned, wrinkly appearance. After showing off her gaunt, mahogany body on a Caribbean beach yesterday, Donatella is looking increasingly like ‘tanorexic’ pensioner Magda from the 1998 movie There’s Something About Mary.

Both Donatella and Magda have matching dark tans, wrinkled skin, bleach blonde hair and have a penchant for wearing full make-up in the sun. In the classic gross-out comedy, veteran actress Lin Shaye played the sun-obsessed next door neighbour of Cameron Diaz’s character Mary. In the movie, bleach-blonde Magda spends her day out drinking and tanning on the balcony holding a reflector under her chin to get the maximum exposure to the sun’s rays. Mother-of-two Donatella, 53, is currently spending the Christmas and New Year period on the island of St Barts. After what has been yet another busy year for the fashion designer, the stress of running one of the world’s top labels appears to be taking its toll on Donatella. As she walked along the beach in her purple string bikini, her skin seemed a leathery shade of brown, as it sagged around the knees, arms and stomach, suggesting she has lost weight recently.

Yeesh … any state of undress is not a good look for poor Donatella. I don’t really see the appeal of such a leathery looking tan. Yeah, I could really do without having to see any more photos of Ms. Versace on such display … where’s Giorgio Armani when you need him?

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It looks like Charles Barkley ain’t the only celeb spending some of the last hours of 2008 in police custody after being arrested. Matt Dillon got popped by the po po last night after he was clocked driving at 106mph in a 65mph zone while rocketing thru Vermont on Interstate 91. I guess when you’re busted going 41 miles over the speed limit in Vermont, you have to get mugshotted:

Vermont State Police say actor Matt Dillon has been cited for speeding on an interstate highway. Dillon was charged with excessive speed after he was pulled over by a trooper on Interstate 91 in Newbury on Tuesday night. The 44-year-old actor was allegedly traveling at a speed of 106 miles per hour. The posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour. Dillon is set to appear in court on Jan. 21.

Er, well, on the plus side … he wasn’t drunk driving. That is not to say that speeding is any less dangerous than drunk driving but I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all engaged in a little bit of speeding from time to time. I can’t say that I’ve never felt the need to go 40+ miles over the speed limit but mebbe Dillon had someplace to be, like, really quickly. There are still a little over 12 hours left of 2008 here in the US … plenty of time for another celeb to get in one last arrest before we get to 2009.

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Yesterday we saw a photo of David Beckham showing off a new tattoo of a Biblical saying written in Hebrew that was added to his ever-expanding armsleeve tattoo but what was not known was that there was another new tattoo hiding elsewhere on his arm. Here is another new pic of Becks on the soccer field training with his temporary new soccer team AC Milan in Dubai this week … in this pic you can see a tattoo of some kind of bird that has been inked inside his left arm near the pit:

The latest pictures also show a wing-shaped tattoo on the inside of his upper left arm. It is unclear exactly what the design is but it could be a cherub which would match the one he has in the same spot on his right arm.

Um … no … this newfound tattoo does not look like a cherub to me, it looks more like some sort of game hen or small chicken. It’s pretty impossible to tell what the hell it is from just this photo so we’ll have to wait until we get a better look at it in order to determine what it is. Until then, I’m gonna go with Cornish game hen … I mean, it’s possible, right?

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In recent days, new reports have come out that suggest that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are on the verge of divorce after folks started noticing that the pair were spending an awful lot of time apart. When J. Lo stopped wearing her wedding ring, the speculation intensified … one report even went to far as to claim the couple were planning to end their 4 year marriage on Valentine’s Day this coming February. In spite of these reports (or perhaps, because of these reports), LopAnthony have reportedly jetted off together to ring in the New Year together in Puerto Rico. Additionally, a rep for J. Lo has publicly denied the VD report:

So much for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s big Valentine’s Day demise. (Or so we’re being led to believe…) In the face of reports that the duo have been fighting and are headed for a split, E! News has learned exclusively that J.Lo and her hubby are spending a few days together in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two days ago, Lopez and Anthony met up with friends and family for dinner at Marmalade, a trendy, upscale restaurant in the old-town section of San Juan. “Jennifer and Marc looked very happy, so it is hard for me to believe the rumors that their marriage is in trouble,” the eatery’s general manager, Trace Donaldson, tells E! News. “They were laughing and seemed to be having a great time.” The couple were joined by a group that included Lopez’s sister, Lynda. On Monday, the Out of Sight star’s rep denied to E! a New York Daily News report that had the seemingly cozy couple planning to announce their breakup right after Anthony’s Feb. 14 show at Madison Square Garden. “There is no merit to the article,” the rep said. Lopez was spotted Dec. 26 boarding a private flight straight to Puerto Rico out of Van Nuys Airport.

The only thing that looked suspicious to me was all that time that the couple were spending apart. There were quite a few high profile events that J. Lo attended all by herself … so either Marc decided to stay home with the kiddies or the pair were not interested in going out together. I think it’s also kinda telling when a celeb decides to go out in public not wearing their wedding ring — especially when it’s big a honkin’ diamond ring that would be noticed if it wasn’t worn. But, all of this is clearly speculation … tho, I didn’t think that Madonna and Guy Ritchie were so close to dunzoness near the end of their relationship and, well, look at them now. I suspect that the couple will stay together well beyond Valentine’s Day … even IF they are trying to plan a good time to break up, they most assuredly will not do so on VD.

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Well … he almost made it thru the year without getting arrested … former basketball star and proposed candidate for Governor of Alabama in 2014 Charles Barkley got busted on suspicion of driving while under the impairment of alcohol when he ran a stop sign in the Old Town section of Scottsdale, AZ in the wee hours this morning. Police suspected that he was loaded and hauled him over to a mobile police unit for a blood alcohol test … and, natch, TMZ was there to get it all on film … here is his lovely sweaty mugshot:

Charles Barkley was arrested early Wednesday in Arizona on charges of driving while impaired. Police say they noticed Barkley, 45, running a stop sign in the Old Town section of Scottsdale at about 1:30 a.m. Officers pulled Barkley over, took him to a nearby mobile command post, and administered a blood test after declining to submit to a breath test, according to Gilbert, Ariz., police Lt. Eric Shuhandler. Barkley was issued a citation for driving while impaired and released pending the results, which normally takes about a week, Shuhandler said. “He was very nice and professional,” Shuhandler said, adding he entire arrest process took place without incident, and Barkley was civil and cooperative throughout. For a first offense, someone found guilty of the charge Barkley faces might expect between one to 10 days in jail, the suspension of driving privileges for 90 days, and a fine of $1,000 or more, Shuhandler said. Barkley, who gained notoriety for a quick temper and blunt language during his years as an NBA player, represented the United States in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. In October, he announced that he would be a candidate for governor of his home state of Alabama in 2014.

Er … yeah, I wouldn’t necessarily count on that gubernatorial bid in 2014 just yet … then again, folks have a funny way of forgetting things like this and/or end up electing politicians with questionable morals into office anyway. I’m not sure what the hell I was thinking but I was under the impression that the celeb busts were finished for the year … I guess I should’ve known that there was time for at least one more celeb bust. After the jump, check out a photo of Barkley being escorted out of the mobile police unit where he was processed this morning …

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Last month we learned that Justin Gaston, underwear model and older manfriend to poplet Miley Cyrus, was chosen to appear in a new ad campaign for Roberto Cavalli and it turns out that the ad has already been shot … AND it also features supermodel Kate Moss! This is, by far, the biggest modeling gig that Gaston has been able to score in his short modeling career … there’s just one minor problem — you can barely see him in the ad:

Yeah, apparently Justin wasn’t really needed for anything other than a face down body for Kate Moss to lay on. Hmmm … doesn’t sound very glamorous, does it? You can’t even seen an arm. I sincerely hope, for Justin’s sake, there are more Cavalli ads to come cuz … if this is all he got, then he got robbed.

Additionally, Teen Vogue magazine managed to uncover an old modeling Polaroid photo of Justin Gaston back in his early modeling days. In fact, he looks about as young in the pic as the girlfriend he is reportedly romancing these days. After the jump, check it out …

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