gambling

Christina Ricci – “Gambling Rules, OK?”

10:45AM Jess McGuire | Apparently Christina Ricci is in the throes of a new love affair. No, we’re not talking about her Aussie beau Kick Gurry, but rather her deep passion for a punt. The Penelope star has confessed she is “obsessed” with all forms of betting, including having a punt on the gee-gees and the footy – a habit she picked up during her trip Down Under this summer. “I’ve learned to love gambling. I was in Australia for a few months and gambling is like a national pastime there. Now I even put on a few football bets and I’m kind of obsessed and into it. Gambling is pretty good,” she said. We can now add “Sitting at Souths Rugby League Club with Russell Crowe chatting about the evils of pokies” to our list of places Christina Ricci is unlikely to be found any time soon. More »

Today In Hollywood Power-Player Non-Scandals

5:23AM Defamer Hollywood | With the headlines recently being dominated by depressing stories of high-profile Hollywood executives succumbing to their personal demons and sacrificing their jobs, Page Six decides to zig where others have zagged, noting that a long-brewing LAT investigation involving Universal’s Ron Meyer’s love of high-stakes poker seems (at least for now) to be a scandal non-starter: RON Meyer, the longtime head of Universal Studios, was an avid gambler who lost substantial sums playing high-stakes poker, sources say. But a 10-month investigation into Meyer’s wagering by Los Angeles Times reporter Kim Christensen has evidently hit a dead end. “Christensen has interviewed dozens of people, and been to Las Vegas and back many times, but the paper hasn’t printed one word,” said one insider. [...] More »