Celebrity Gossip
Dont look now, but Darva Conger, that zany Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? blonde bride, has a new boob job. Spies tell me she looks younger than when she made all that stink on TV with Rick Rockwell, but she has also gained a few pounds. Now, get this the gal who showed off her girlish charms in Playboy, plans to take the marriage plunge again, this time to paramedic Jim Arellano, whom she met at St. Francis Medical Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., where she works as a nurse. Not only is she flashing a big smile these days, shes also flashing a new engagement ring a 1.3-carat princess-cut diamond set in platinum, which is, incidentally, much smaller than the 3-carat, $35,000 rock that TV hubby to be Rockwell gave her when she decided to marry him.
They say Jason Priestly has finally decided to face up to his longtime alcohol problem and checked himself into Promises, the detox center for the stars. Reportedly, hes attending daily 12-step meetings, participating in group therapy, eating healthy, exercising and reading scripts.
 Betcha didnt know Sissy Spacek was so attached to her dog, Fife, that the poochs paw print appears as a witness signature on her marriage certificate.
Gulp Mel Gibson has found his fountain of youth elixir, but those who have sampled it, say you might have second thoughts about drinking it. The concoction is made of avocado, olive oil and raw eggs. Mel sez it looks like pond scum but it gives him a high.
Burt Reynolds sez hell never marry again. Theyre lots of rumors floating around Hollywood why he said that, but the best one I heard is he has never quite gotten over his romance with Dinah Shore.
 Leave it to Kathie Lee Gifford to make a big noise after a year-and-a-half hiatus. Shes playing a bloody murderer in a violent new stage play at the Helen Hayes Theater in NY. First, she gleefully shoots her husband in cold blood. Then she puts an extra bullet in his head for good measure. Then she cuts off his thumbs with an electric carving knife. Friends of the former Regis sidekick say she may be sending a message to hubby Frank Gifford. And Frank, they say, hasnt been so antsy since he got caught with that sweet young thing in a hotel room.
 Talk about your big spender big and sexy Anna Nicole Smith has won a court battle that makes her worth something like $440,000 per pound or 135 times her weight in gold. The 5-foot-10 busty blonde, who tips the scales at 200 pounds, was awarded $88-million in legal damages from the son of her late hubby, Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall. (A judge ruled E. Pierce Marshall, the ol dudes son, interfered with Smiths attempt to claim part of the $400-million fortune her husband left behind, and awarded her the weighty sum).
 Shame, shameThat topless photo of Friends star Jennifer Aniston has, reportedly driven her to tears and caused husband, Brad Pitt, to shout a few cuss words in the process. The revealing pic shows the sitcom cutie lounging in a lawn chair, wearing nothing but a grin and a pair of tiny blue panties as she works on her tan. The shocking snapshot, taken about three years ago, is causing Jen to lose sleep because shes fearful from now on, her acting efforts wont be taken seriously. (The nudenik shot bugs Jen because shes never appeared topless in any film or TV show).
Howd you like to be that lucky Fed Ex guy who showed up at Kim Delaneys pad in Malibu to make a delivery, only to be greeted at the door by the sexy actress in a brief bikini? According to the version I heard, the dude never blinked an eye, he just handed Kim the parcel and asked her to sign for it. The troubled Philly actress, who was sentenced to probation and a safe driving course recently after pleading no contest to reckless driving, evidently wanted to prove she still had that ol mojo which she used to exhibit rather recklessly on NYPD Blue.
Theres a 32-year-old swinger named Shelley Hiestand who is standing some of Hollywoods film crowd on its ear, after appearing in a group sex scene in one movie, one TV series with two more skinflicks coming up. What I heard was that producers wanted the sex orgies to look real, and most actors arent very believable, so they hired a real-life swinger. (They say the sex scenes were supposed to be simulated, but sexy Shelley got all carried away. Reportedly, the real actors rose to the occasion).
 A member of the in crowd hanging out at the Grand Hotel in Monte Carlo, overheard Rod Stewarts ex, Rachel Hunter, talking trash with a group of galpals. She said Rods leggy photographer companion, Penny Lancaster, looked more like a man than a woman.
 At the age of 61, Raquel Welch is now saying she suddenly understood what sex was all about when she had a crush on Elvis.
A clerk refused Britney Spears credit card the other day when she went on a shopping spree at Barneys in NY. The pop princess tried to pay for her stuff with a second card, and got turned down again. Had it not been for her bodyguard, she would have walked out the door empty-handed and almost bare-breasted.
You can give the boobie prize to Golden Hawn. Seems her daughter Kate Hudson appeared topless in an upcoming comedy film and was worried about how her boobs would look. So, she called mom for a little uplifting support. Said Goldie: Honey, youve got such small breasts, who cares?
For the time being, Tom Cruises significant other (Penelope) still spells her last name C-r-u-z.
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