Well, according to the paparazzo, she most definitely did.

See, what was sold to us as a “Lohan-esque” paparazzi chase may actually be nothing more than a failed slow motion mouse hunt:

Scarlett Johansson’s claims of getting caught up in a traffic accident while trying to escape the paparazzi have been challenged by a photographer who witnessed the crash. […]

[Mario] Toruno, who saw the accident unfold as he sat at stoplights nearby, says: “When she was driving in to the parking lot, she was going very, very slow - maybe about 15 miles per hour - and she started veering to the left.

“It was almost like when you drop something on the car floor and you try to pick it up. Or she could’ve been busy talking with the two friends she had in her car. I couldn’t see what was going on inside of the car, but from the outside I could see that she wasn’t at all being chased when she hit the other lady’s car. […]

“I’m guessing that because she veered to the left, she was unable to see the other car - the only other vehicle at the parking lot entrance at that time - from her blindside. That’s when she slowly slammed into the other car. […]

“I’m sure Disneyland has video cameras at its entrance to prove that this is what happened. To be honest, we’d have been happier snapping pictures of Scarlett on the rides with her friends.

I hate it when good-hearted, non-stalking paparazzo are disappointed. C’mon you guys, there will be other Disneyland field trips. Promise.

Now wipe away those tears.

[image via just jared]

I know we’re supposed to hate our cable companies, but Comcast is really trying hard to stay one step ahead of the competition:

LaChania Govan made dozens of phone calls to the cable company to complain about service, but she said she was never rude.

So the Elgin, Ill., woman was shocked when her bill came and had the insult printed where her name should be.

Instead of her name, the bill had the “b” word printed on it.

Wednesday, Comcast said it fired two employees for the incident and also issued an apology to Govan.

“We are appalled by this treatment of our customer and want to extend our sincerest apologies” to LaChania Govan, the company said Wednesday in a statement. “This is not the way Comcast does business.”

Comcast officials offered Govan two months of free cable to try to make amends.

But she’s canceled her Comcast account, anyway.

Good for her. DirecTV must love this.

Yes, that’s right, people love the dude.

Well okay, umm, that’s if you ignore the fact that 44% hate Owen Wilson and all his peacock-nosed ‘Frat Pack’ buddies.

I gotta be honest, I don’t see what all the fuss is about with this blond, shaggy-haired yoga fucker and his shlocky comedy posse.

What am I missing here?

Is it the fame, fortune and dashing good looks, eh, some other redeeming quality I don’t know about?

But this being Hollywood and all, he probably never will:

It seems that Saw is turning into a horror for Cary Elwes‘ bank account.

The blood-soaked movie, which also starred Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover and Monica Potter, was made for just $1.2 million but grossed a whopping $102.9 million worldwide and has been a solid seller on DVD. Elwes says he’s gotten peanuts for his efforts while his costars have made millions, and he’s taken his beef to the courts. […]

Elwes claims he was promised “favored nations” status among the cast and was guaranteed at least 1 percent of the producers’ net profits. He also alleges that, during a September 2004 press junket for the film, producer Mark Burg told Elwes he “would make more money [on Saw] than he had ever made before.”

Alas, he has not. Elwes says he only received a salary of $2,587.20 for his work on the film followed by a $53,275 bonus. […]

The suit claims that Glover is getting 2 percent of gross profits, while Potter has banked more than $250,000 in additional compensation.

Lawyers for the defendants aren’t buying Elwes’ argument. Attorney Martin D. Singer told the Los Angeles Times that the suit “clearly has no merit” and points out that Elwes was never forced to make the movie.

Another actor gets to ride the Hollywood “net profit” donkey.

Giddy up, Cary!

He sure is. If you think you can use 50 Cent’s “good looks, ‘gangsta’ image and hard knocks success story” for free to peddle crappy cars you’ve got another thing coming:

Back in the day when young drug dealer 50 Cent had a beef, he’d settle it gangsta style. But the old days are long gone and now rapper Curtis Jackson has trademark attorneys do his dirty work for him. In the below complaint filed Friday in Pennsylvania federal court, 50 accuses a Philadelphia area car dealer of using a newspaper ad with a picture of him and the tagline “JUST LIKE 50 SAYS!” to shill Dodge Magnums. The 30-year-old artist, who is described in the filing as “known for his good looks, ‘gangsta’ image and hard knocks success story” is seeking more than $1 million for the trademark hijacking.

Ka-Ching and Bling Bling!

At least that’s what Simon says:

[Simon] Cowell’s mobile rings every few minutes. Sometimes it’s his mother, Julie, calling from her home in Brighton to tick him off for being too rude during the first episode of the new series of The X Factor (The ITV show attracted 6.6 million viewers - 40 per cent of the audience - on Saturday night.) Sometimes, it’s a US TV network, asking whether he is ready to accept a $25 million offer to host his own chat show.

With another hit show under his belt and lucrative offers from Hollywood, Cowell has every reason to smile. So it is unusual to hear him dismiss the X-Factor as “culturally insane” and his own talents “crap”, then saying his career is “one bad move away from being totally f*****”. […]

“If you are in a show that is successful in America, everybody loves you. I get these offers all the time which are so tempting but I have to keep reminding myself that I would be rubbish at all of them and, if I did them, I’d make a complete arse of myself and my career would be over.”

Cowell has been offered the chance to host his own chat show by all the big US networks. One network offered him $25 million to do whatever he wanted, in any hour on the schedule. “I could have dressed up in women’s clothing and cavorted with barnyard animals and they would have said: ‘Great. We love it.’”

Sounds like Simon’s been meeting with NBC.

Hurray! It looks like the exorcism has finally worked. The evil has departed Martha Stewart’s body:

Martha Stewart promises to make you forget Donald Trump’s signature line when she stars in a new spinoff series, “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart,” this fall.

Showing off a sunnier persona, America’s most famous ex-con says she has come up with her own way of handing out televised pink slips - but you’ll have to watch to find out.

“What I really wanted to say is, ‘Your ass is grass!’” Stewart told Newsweek for its upcoming issue before letting out a very un-Martha-like laugh. […]

“Maybe it’s time to think of me a little differently,” Stewart said. “In the last two years, people have tried to make me a dour, miserable human being, and I’m not.”

She then proceeded to deny that her name was Martha Stewart and that she’d sold her soul to the devil for a cookie recipe and mediocre culinary skills.

Let this be a valuable lesson to all of us: Therapy can be your friend!

Look! It’s a bird. It’s a plane.

No, it’s Tubby, I mean Tobey, umm, hitting the Strip:

Actor Tobey Maguire has become the latest celebrity to purchase a home in gambling haven Las Vegas.

The 30-year-old actor recently purchased a $1.5 million, two bedroom apartment in Panorama Towers, which overlooks the Las Vegas Strip.

Well, this ought to kill those nasty gambling addiction rumors for once and for all. The guy’s obviously just an avid poker player.

Well, at least that’s what the tabloids want us gullible readers to believe:

Kirsten Dunst has sparked speculation she’s pregnant, after she was photographed with her on-off beau Jake Gyllenhaal looking at prenatal vitamins.

The “Spider-Man” beauty, 23, was seen studying a box of New Chapter Organics Perfect Prenatal dietary supplements at Hollywood’s Whole Foods market on Saturday.

According to In Touch Weekly, Gyllenhaal contributed to the effort by grilling an employee for more information about the product.

Call me crazy, but I think they were buying the vitamins for someone else. I mean, I just can’t see this happening.

Come on, someone please tell me that he did not knock this woman up.

Yes, it’s true. Tara Reid wants your love and I’m not talking about the kinda love that comes neatly wrapped inside a Trojan condom.

No, I’m talking about the real thing - you know - emotions and stuff:

When you think of American Pie and Van Wilder actress Tara Reid, you tend to think of wild partying.

But Tara would much rather you thought about her “good heart” than her rebellious boobs.

In fact, as she braces herself to turn 30, Tara’s mind is more on family than the fame game.

“I have so much love in my heart to give to someone one day,” she appeals to OK! magazine. “And I also want to be loved. I am crazy for kids.” […]

So what of being called a wildchild?

“I’m just like “shut up!” I’m no different to anyone else,” Tara maintains. “I have a good time with people and I make people happy.”

Translation: “I love random sex.”