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[HMG] – Never one to let the grass grow over her feet, Rachel Weisz has just signed to join Daniel Craig and Naomi Watts in a spooky new thriller called ‘Dream House.’

The 39-year old Londoner, whom you’ll currently find at your local theater in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones,’ joined Daniel and Naomi in Toronto last Sunday to start work on the film.

The story revolves on a couple who move from the noise and grime of New York to a lovely new home in New England, only to find it was the scene of murder in which a mother and both of her children were killed.

Rachel plays a neighbor who knew all the victims.

Variety says there’s no date for release yet, but it should be ready to debut by Spring of next year.

Meantime, Rachel keeps pretty busy. After ‘Bones’ her next film is ‘The Whistleblower’ – an independent production in which she plays a woman who discovered her fellow UN peacekeepers were having sex with underage girls, and the UN’s own bosses had covered it up.

And the worst part of that is, it’s a true story…

[HMG] – The entertainment business is all about numbers, but Barbara Streisand wants us to believe she’s above being bought.

Now 67, the Brooklyn-born diva has rejected an offer of $100-million to play a show on the Las Vegas strip for three years.

“After Celine Dion left Vegas, no one has been able to replace her. Bette Milder failed, Cher is trying, only Barbra is guaranteed to succeed,” an insider told Popeater. “She’s an international star and the only performer that could make people flock to Vegas year after year.”

Celine’s sell-out show closed in 2008. 62-year old Bette then moved in, and her show ‘The Showgirl Must Go On,’ at the famed Caesars Palace was a disaster – Between December ‘08 and January of ‘09 only one of the five shows was more than half-full. A few weeks later the whole over-priced mess was no more.

Meanwhile, Barbara’s position as one of very few performers to win a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy, plus having sold over 140-million disks in an unbroken 47-year career could have made her a hit.

“Money has never been a deciding factor in her career.” says a snitch. “She plans on touring again this summer instead,”

So it’s a sad loss for Bab’s fans, but a big win for ‘Cirque Du So-Lame’ – Now they might sell some tickets…

[HMG] – If you’re a fan of Ellen or American Idol, or both, Ellen’s wife, Portia De Rossi has created a book you might need to browse;

Born ‘Amanda Rogers’ in Victoria, Australia, the now re-branded De Rossi, 37, claims the so-far untitled book will be an ‘emotional tell-all,’ starting in 1997 when her career began, through her battle with anorexia, her sexuality and falling in love with Ellen.

“It will deal with all the secrets that nearly killed me,” De Rossi, told Australian gay-rights magazine, The Advocate. “I abused my body. I had bulimia. I would use (diet drug) fen-phen. I wanted to talk about all that, but I can’t without talking about my sexuality. You can’t really talk about one without the other, it felt like two stories.”

And getting her book deal was so corny and easy, it sounds like a B-movie:

“My mother thought I would be a writer. When I started writing notes to Ellen, she said, ‘You should be a writer.’”

So De Rossi jotted down half-a-dozen anecdotes, her agents shopped those to publishers, she had a deal in three weeks – and no clue what to write.

De Rossi also told the scribes how wonderful life is since she and new ‘American Idol’ judge Ellen got married in 2008.

“Happiness is a choice,” says De Rossi. “Being honest with who you are, and being able to show people you can be successful, and happy in a good marriage. Ellen’s so helpful to me. I think I help her too. I keep her focused on what the big picture is. I think that’s what a good couple do for each other.”

Her wedding to Ellen was a feature in ‘People,’ who spent pages gushing over every detail. Then came an hour with Oprah, titled, “Ellen DeGeneres and Her Wife, Portia de Rossi.” It’s up for a GLAAD Award – against Ellen’s  own show.

“Being on Oprah was a very surreal moment,” she now recalls. “To go from being closeted and afraid to talk about my sexuality, to sitting with my wife, talking about our wedding and see most of the audience crying. Even Oprah was crying.” she recalls. “You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re afraid, you can’t think there’s no room for you to do something good with your life.”

The book’s in production, but no publication date yet. And when this allegedly wonderful writer can summon four words for a title we’ll keep you informed.

Photo: Advocate

[HMG] – Jennifer Aniston has a new movie debuting on March 19, and it co-stars Gerard Butler. Keep that in mind and the following story can then be seen for what it so clearly is.

As we told you on Sunday, Jennifer celebrated her 41st birthday in Cabo San Lucas last weekend and – surprise, surprise – Gerard was on hand to blow out the candles, and help stir the press.

The former ‘Friends’ actress rented a 4-bedroom villa for a mere $9,000-a- night at the Palmilla resort in Cabo, while Gerard was in a one-bedroom ‘Casita’ [it means 'cottage,' or in this case a kennel] nearby.

“Jen invited 50 of her close friends to celebrate her birthday, and Gerard was one,” a source tells the Post. “She was staying at a villa that has a 12-strong staff and Gerard had his own one-bedroom villa, but he joined Jen for the celebrations. They looked very friendly, but not overly flirty in public.”

But with the movie’s debut so close, the details do not end with that – Chapter two begins thus:

“On Saturday, the staff lit 65 candles for her on the terrace, before a Mariachi band sang ‘Happy Birthday’ in Spanish and she was presented with a dark-chocolate cake decorated with her star sign, Aquarius.”

Also there for this press-friendly performance were Sheryl Crow, Courteney Cox and actor Jason Bateman.

And just to be sure your brain turns to jello so you’ll go see the film, the source also outlined Jen’s other role as a benevolent saint – Instead of gifts, she asked all her guests to donate to ‘Friends of El Faro,’ a charity which helps children at the ‘Casa Hogar Sion orphanage in Tijuana.

The Bounty Hunter bows March 19. And if Gerard is still even a dot on her radar after that date, I’ll be amazed…

[HMG] – MTV’s endless self-serving drumbeating about Jersey Shore reaches a new level today with the news that Snooki, one of the two-legged spores who comprise the show’s cast has a boyfriend.

The ‘guido’ in question is Emilio Antonio, and both Snooki and MTV’s hype machine are deeply in love with the guy.

“He’s a bodybuilder and works at the gym,” she told Radar. “He is just like my typical guido – a juicehead with a good personality.”

And you can bet this [alleged] connection will now become MTV’s latest bait to hook more viewers for the brainless vaudeville this show represents.

“I am really excited to like show the public who he is,” Snooki continues. “He’s banging. We’re the sexiest couple I’ve ever seen, so I’m excited for everybody to see that,” the 21-year old gushed.

First she tried to hook up with Mike Sorrentino, then it was a sex tape, then ‘nude self-portraits’ – None of which ever emerged. The odds that this is yet another stunt to build ratings are therefore depressingly large.

On the upside, MTV may finally be getting as tired of these half-wits as we are – The cast have been charging up to $7500 a night for personal appearances – despite signing contracts worth $180,000 each for next season. And their bosses now want that to stop.

They’ve ordered the cast to limit their appearances at bars and clubs or face heavy fines; Perhaps even a lawsuit.

As you might expect from a group whose total IQ would resemble a shoe size, most are ignoring these orders and cashing in before their ‘fame’ flames out and they have to work for a living.

“MTV has said they can only do two appearances a week, and that all gigs must be approved,”says a source. “They’ve threatened the cast will be fined if they flout the rules — but some don’t care and are earning as much as they can.”

An MTV source says the network is merely concerned the ‘brand’ could be tarnished if the cast go on “pimping themselves”

“We have to put controls in place to protect the brand – we don’t want these kids at every bar in the country,” they said. “They have to get permission prior to doing an appearance — we don’t want one of them in a topless bar. Pauly D’s fan-base is about 85% women, aged between 12 and 21 – We have to protect that.”

Yes, and all the money they can make from that group.

And Michael Schweiger, the agent who reps all the cast except Snooki, seems to agree; “It’s a hell of a ride right now. Rather than let it run out of control, there have to be rules put in place.”

Okay, Rule #1 – No-one whose fingers and toes outnumber their brain-cells can be on TV. Let’s start with that…

(HMG) – Kate Gosselin, finally gave in to the fact that she hated her seven-thousand dollar extensions and chopped them all off the other day, but not before immortalizing them on the cover of her new book. following two New York Times bestsellers “Multiple Blessings” and “Eight Little Faces,” People reports that Kate’s new book I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family, comes out on April 13th. The book features Kate’s prayers and excerpts from her journal and tracks her three year journey from obscurity to television fame. I Just Want You to Know will also include eight individual letters to her children. Kate explains:

“Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised. I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally. I don’t want them to grow up and wonder; I want them to know without a shadow of a doubt how much I love them and how much every sacrifice made was worth it for them.”

The now single mother of eight, got divorced from ex Jon Gosselin in December 2009.

P.S. on the extensions, Kate was photographed leaving the NYC hair salon of stylist Ted Gibson Feb. 5 after getting four inches trimmed off her hair.