Kravitz Joins Madonna in Ramming A-Rod Rumors
What a tangled web we weave when first we talk about Madonna’s men.
While the Queen of Pop, fresh off a happy and photo op-ready reunion with hubby Guy Ritchie, already took pains to disavow anything more than a platonic relationship between herself and Yankee star Alex Rodriguez, a blast from Madge’s past is joining in the denial act, this time concerning a rumored relationship with Rodriguez’s suddenly estranged wife.
“There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself,” Lenny Kravitz said in a statement today. “This is unequivocally 100 percent not true.”
The denial comes in the wake of a story in the New York Post claiming the fairer Rodriguez had no problem going Kravitz’s way and that the duo had spent the past four days getting cozy in Paris.
Cynthia is a friend and is here with Alex’s trainer [her baby’s godfather], his wife and their baby girl. She came here to escape from everything happening in New York City,” said Kravitz.
“I opened my home to her as a friend and I find it extrememly hurtful that I am now being referred to as an adulterer.”
It was reported by the New York Daily News this week that the Rodriguezes separated after five and a half years of marriage, and just three months after the birth of their second daughter.
As is the way with the pop-culture universe, all roads still manage to lead back to Madonna: She and Kravitz were rumored to be an item in the early ’90s, when the rocker wrote and produced her single, “Justify My Love.”
Zac Efron: Man in Black
Zac Efron: Man in Black
While his costar/girlfriend was busy out on the East Coast promoting her new album in New York City, Zac Efron was busy looking sexy back in Los Angeles, California.
Sporting a black t-shirt, dark skinny jeans, and a pair of vintage-looking brown leather lace-up shoes, the 20-year-old actor made his way around Beverly Hills.
And Efron was a good sport with the paparazzi, waving to them amicably as he passed by with a toothpick in his mouth.
Besides the third installment of his High School Musical franchise, Zac also has a couple other projects in the pipeline, including “Me and Orson Welles,” and “Seventeen Again.”
Madonna and Guy Ritchie: Everything’s Fine?
Madonna and Guy Ritchie: Everything’s Fine?
Despite all of the signs and rumors that their marriage is on its way out, Madonna and Guy Ritchie were spotted enjoying a romantic dinner out in New York City last night (July 1).
The “Ray of Light” singer and her “Snatch” director hubby held hands and appeared friendly as they arrived at Cesca Restaurant on the swanky Upper East Side of Manhattan.
And though neither of them were wearing their wedding rings, Madge’s publicist Liz Rosenberg insists that everything is on the up-and-up in their world.
“Madonna’s husband Guy arrived in New York last night to be with his wife and family (not in a last ditch attempt to save his marriage, which does not need saving). There are no plans for Madonna and Guy to divorce.”
As for the claims that the Material Girl is playing away with Alex Rodriguez, she said, “Madonna and Alex have the same manager, Guy Oseary. They have met. They know each other and Madonna took her kids to a Yankees game last week. There’s really not anything to comment on beyond that.”
Who’s the Celebrity Pooper Scooper?
Celebrities aren’t generally known for picking up after themselves, let alone their animals, so we have to tip our hats to this poop-scooping star who made a point of cleaning up after his dogthereby keeping the streets of New York City clean and giving his boldfaced bretheren a good name, at least for the time being.
So just who is this considerate actor?
It’s Elijah Wood.
The Lord of the Rings star and his girlfriend, Pamela Racine, took their Chihuahuas (one is out of frame) for a stroll after lunching at L’Orange Bleue Cafe in SoHo.
And while we’re totally on board with his plastic baggy campaign, we’d like to ask one more favor of Elijah: Pick up those leashes! It’s a concrete jungle out there, and if your dogs aren’t flattened by a taxi cab they’re likely to be squashed by a pack of stiletto-wielding fashionistas.