Oprah Slammed With Mile High Lawsuit

One of Oprah’s flight attendants wants monetary revenge for not having sex. Christina Hendricks got married. Jail makes Roman Polanski sad. And Blago and Trump’s hair wars will be television gold. Welcome to today’s gossip roundup!

• There’s high-flying drama in the house of Oprah. One of the talk show queen’s personal flight attendants filed a lawsuit in which she claims she was inappropriately fired over bunk “mile high” claims. Other attendants, including Gayle King’s daughter, claimed that Corrine Gehrls and pilot Terry Pansing had sex during a flight, but both parties denied it — and passed a lie detector test. Still, Oprah refused to give them their jobs back and now Gehrls wants $US75,000, which she could find in Oprah’s couch. [Us]

• Irritatingly cute singer Michael Buble has found a new lady love — his music video vixen, Luisana Lopilato. She speaks little English. Score! [Page Six]

• Prison’s taking its toll on Roman Polanski, whose lawyer says he’s “depressed”. And that depression will no doubt deepen if he’s extradited. [THR]

• Penelope Cruz won’t say if she’s pregnant, but she wore a loose-fitting dress, which in Hollywood code means she is. If only all of life’s big announcements were so easy. [Showbiz Spy]

• Emmy Rossum, who’s reportedly sleeping with Counting Crows front man Adam Duritz, says she understands why “chicks dig him”, which is funny, because we can’t imagine why… [People]

• Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, fancies himself an artist. [Page Six]

• Kourtney Kardashian’s unborn child will be a boy. [NYDN]

• Dannii Minogue, Kylie’s less famous and less talented singer, made an off-hand remark about an X Factor star’s sexuality, apologised profusely, but people still want her head. [The Sun]

• Late reality star Jade Goody’s ex-husband, Jeff Brazier, vowed never to let her widower, Jack Tweed, see Goody’s children again because he’s a no good drinker with anger problems. Fair enough. [Daily Mail]