Scoop for the Week of Dec. 10


© Apryl Duncan

Billion Dollar Bottom Line You've heard the back end buzz about Jennifer Lopez. Looks like she's pretty proud of her precious posterior. She recently took out a billion dollar insurance policy on her assets. Since Jennifer does a lot of her own stunts, she wanted to make sure she was protected in case anything ever happened. And while she's not the first celebrity to insure body parts, $1 billion is believed to be the biggest celebrity premium. Other stars who've insured their person include: Betty Grable who took out a $1 million policy on her legs, Marlene Dietrich who shelled out $1 million to cover her voice. Fred Astaire insured his legs for $75,000 each and his wrists and arms for $20,000. Marilyn Monroe's body was insured by several film studios. Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart has a $1 million policy for each of her legs. And rocker Bruce Springsteen has insured his vocal cords for $6 million. Does the song, You're So Vane come to mind?

Priestley's Pileup You heard it here just last week that Jason Priestley and his wife, Ashlee Peterson, have separated. Jason seemed to be taking the news in stride until just last weekend when he crashed his car and was jailed on suspicion of felony drunk driving. He says he was driving home from a concert when he lost control of his Porsche trying to avoid hitting a deer. The vehicle struck a utility pole and a parked car. While Jason wasn't injured, an unidentified passenger suffered a broken arm. Jason denied that he'd been drinking. He said, "I think they do that to everybody...especially if you're a celebrity in this town." Ashlee, Mrs. Priestley, might just turn this separation into a permanent one...no word on if that unidentified passenger was male or female.

And speaking of divorce, the honeymoon's over for Charmed star Alyssa Milano. She filed for divorce from her husband of 11 months. Alyssa cited irreconcilable differences in paperwork and the two have been separated since Nov. 20. Maybe Alyssa and Jason should hook up. His marriage only lasted 10 months.

Lords Is No Loser Traci Lords, best known as a former porn star, has won nearly $130,000 in a judgment against an adult video distributor. The distributor sold her only legal-age pornographic movie without permission. Traci made dozens of X-rated movies between the ages of 14 and 17. She only made one movie just days after she turned 18 called Traci, I Love You. She said, "I made a mistake. That's a long time ago. I've been waiting for my

   

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