Friends of Tobey Maguire continue to worry about his addiction to gambling, especially high-stakes poker. In the wake of his $80,000 settlement with the bankruptcy trustee in the Bradley Ruderman case, sources tell me that Maguire's pals want him to get counseling to cure him of his heavy gambling activities.The Ruderman case is about a hedge fund manager who is serving a 10 year sentence in federal prison for him bilking investors of millions in a Ponzi scheme, including using investor funds to pay off his gambling debts.
Maguire was one of several celebrity poker pals of Ruderman's that won a lot of cash from him in high-stakes poker games in L.A. over the past few years.
Maguire actually won $311,000 from Ruderman.
Congrats to Anne Hathaway on her engagement to actor and jewelry designer Adam Shulman, her boyfriend of the past three years. The couple began dating shortly after her relationship with Raffaelo Follieri collapsed. Follieri pleaded guilty to fraud for pretended to be a big investment guy, including being the real estate advisor to the Vatican.
I've learned the long-touted "Gotti" gangster film, starring John Travolta, looks like it won't be happening anytime soon due to its financing collapsing. A big part of the problem was the huge salary Travolta was demanding to play the title role as famous "Dapper Don," John Gotti.
The gowns worn by Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Belle Willis at a fancy debutante ball in Paris last weekend have been widely criticized on Twitter and the web, especially Rumer's.
Finall, after Chaz Bono told Howard Stern he thinks fellow Dancing With the Stars competitors David Arquette, Carson Kressley and winner J.T. Martinez should do a male version of The View, Chaz has started to get offers from producers interested in them taping a pilot for a possible talk show.
