TaleSpin: From The Access News Desk (6/29/07)

by George Larrimore & Shelly Aguilar

COLD FEAR IN LONDON: American News Networks went all out this morning with coverage of the threat from a gasoline and metal junk bomb planted in the back of a parked car in Central London.It didn’t go off but the fearful reaction is palpable, with a major concert scheduled at Wembley Stadium on Sunday in tribute to the late Princess Di. It would have been her 46th birthday.We bet the stars are more than a little nervous and the security will be more than a little bit tighter. Elton John, Duran Duran, Fergie, Joss Stone, Nelly and Rod Stewart are set to perform.

ALLEGED WOES: “Is Lindsay facing jail time?” That’s one of the questions flying around among Promo Writers the last couple of days. Everybody’s all a-twitter over Lindsay’s legal troubles because it’s being breathlessly reported that she allegedly had cocaine in her system when her car crushed a shrub on Sunset. It was allegedly in her car so are you surprised it was allegedly in her system? And they’ve been saying she’s about to be hauled into court. The DA’S office told us it ain’t happening today, probably not next week. And maybe not at all unless the Beverly Hills PD’s case is strong. And before you get all crazy, remember the charge (if there turns out to be one) will be a misdemeanor. Meanwhile, LL is staying overtime in rehab and not giving anybody any more ammo to work with. Smart handling.

MAUI WOWIE: Paris didn’t stay long in LA after the Larry King interview on Wednesday night, departing pretty quick for R&R in Hawaii. And too fast for anybody to ask any follow-up questions. For example; she denied emphatically to Larry that she’d ever taken drugs. But on Access Hollywood yesterday we showed some of the numerous photos/videos on the internet in which The Heiress seems to be partaking. Paris now has two publicists and we called both more than once but got no response. One was said to be “out of town.” Maybe he’s having a strategy planning session with The Heiress in Maui.

BAD BLOOD: You see the video and/or still pics of Britney after yesterday’s alleged showdown with her mom? An angry Britney may have presented Lynne with a stay-away-from-my-kids letter while Lynne was on a set with Britney’s kid sister. Supposedly (and that’s a lot like “allegedly”) Brit heard from the paparazzi where Lynne was, and drove there. But what if it was Brit who let the paparazzi know where and when she was going? However it got worked out, there appears to be a couple of “takes” of the scene so the guerilla shooters got more than one angle.

OUR KIND OF JUSTICE: Usually we have to keep track of our own court cases but yesterday we got a news release (basically an invitation) to cover a courtroom showdown between Zsa Zsa Gabor’s daughter (who married into the Hilton family) and Zsa’s husband, Prince Frederic Von Anhalt. Constance Francesca Hilton is accused of fraud (a charge she denies) but the high point of the day was her walking to her car shouting that The Prince is a gigolo. That’s a word you don’t hear much any more.

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