The scoopmeisters at Vanity Fair report that the game - which a little Internet research reveals involves "cards" and "betting" - is quite the hot activity in Hollywood these days, so much so that it nearly rivals firing talent agents and wrangling freebies out of starstruck manufacturers.
Among the top bold-faced names hooked on the card game: Ben Affleck, Tobey Maguire, former Mrs. Tom Cruise Mimi Rogers, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Woods and Gabe Kaplan, whose name we include mainly because we don't want to be the only ones with the Welcome Back, Kotter theme song in our heads all day. And because he has pocketed $1 million in tournament winnings. Up your nose with a rubber hose, Ron Palillo. advertisement
But one celeb you definitely want at your game: writer-producer Mitch Glazer.
"You can generally tell when Mitch has a good hand, says Anjelica Huston, "because his nipples visibly harden."
15 more minutes of fame
How can reality-TV has-beens claw their way back into the spotlight, at least for a few fleeting moments?
Survey says: Go on Family Feud.
The game show will host Survivor and American Idol alums, USA Today reports. Next week will feature Survivors Richard Hatch, Susan Hawk, Rupert Boneham, Ethan Zohn, Rudy Boesch, Jon "Johnny Fairplay" Dalton, Jenna Morasca, Shii Ann Huang, Tijuana Bradley and Christa Hastie. Former Idol singers, who hit the Feud charts the week of May 2, include Diana DeGarmo, Kimberley Locke, A.J. Gil, Julia DeMato, Rickey Smith, Amy Adams, Jon Peter Lewis, George Huff, Vanessa Olivarez and Matt Rogers.
Warning: Jolie up ahead
If Matt Damon has a girlfriend, she may want to spare herself the trouble and leave now.
Damon is set to star with long-term-relationship terminator Angelina Jolie in the Robert De Niro-directed The Good Shepherd, Variety reports.
Bright crystal ball
Medium is living large.
The NBC midseason drama, starring Patricia Arquette as a housewife who uses her paranormal gifts to help solve crimes, will be back for a second season, USA Today reports. Since its Jan. 3 debut, the show, based on the life of Valley resident Allison DuBois, has improved ratings in the sought-after 18-49 demographic in that time slot and averages 15.7 million total viewers. Medium also will add three episodes this spring, bringing its total to 16.
Not resting on his laurels
We're not big joiners here at the People Command Center, but if there were a Don Cheadle fan club, we'd run for president. All right, more likely a job with an impressive title but no actual work involved, but we still think he's an OK guy.
That's because when other Oscars nominees learned of their good fortune in the comfort of their own homes, Cheadle found out he was on the best-actor list while meeting with African refugees from the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
The New York Post reports that Cheadle was touring with several members of Congress and Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroic story was the basis for Cheadle's Hotel Rwanda.
"When we heard this wonderful and exciting message, Don and I were landing at the N'Djamena Airport (in Chad) from Darfur, another forgotten humanitarian catastrophe," Rusesabagina tells the Post. "Everybody jumped."
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