Simon Says: Simon Cowell is telling friends, at 50, time is of the essence and he wants kids, now. So, despite no wedding date set, Simon and his fiance are trying to get pregnant, now! … Every Sunday in Palos Verdes, California, a whole bunch of soccer nut celebrities from Great Britain and Australia get together to play soccer, Jude Law, Simon Baker, Rod Stewart, Sting, etc. Simon Cowell even stopped by years ago and Simon and Sting did not hit it off. In fact they hated each other and still do. Sting calls Idol and X-Factor, glorified karaoke. Simon calls Sting a no talent idiot. Don‘t invite them to the same party.

TV News: Producers say that Pamela Anderson is already acting the Diva on DWTS – dictating what she wants in her dressing room, a clothes allowance, and on, and on, and the show hasn‘t even started. … I told you about Dustin Hoffman starring in his own TV series on HBO, called, Lucky, now he has a co-star, Nick Nolte, who plays an ex con, recovering drunk, with a gambling problem. Big stretch huh?

Odds and Ends: Betty White will be hosting SNL before the end of the year and she‘ll sing too. … A California Republican Congressman wants to know where Obama is smoking – saying that it is illegal to smoke on Federal property and that includes the White House and the White House grounds. … Get ready for a tell all book on Wacko by his bodyguards. … Next big 3-D movie – In the Beginning, all about Adam and Eve.

This is funny. A Sober, Russell Brand got into an argument with his fiance, Katy Perry. As the argument got louder, Katy blurted out, I liked you better when you were a drunk! Where upon Russell shot out, I liked you better when I WAS drunk!

Final Oscar Nuggets: Jeff Bridges was telling people there will be a sequel of Crazy Horse. … At a big after-party, loser, drug abuser and wife beater, Tom Sizemore left with Tiger Wood’s #8 concubine, porn star Joslyn James. … Funniest line of the night: Nicole Ricci asking people on the Red Carpet, inside the Kodak and at parties, Is Paris here? – Oh that’s right, Paris wasn’t invited! Paris had once told Nicole she’d never work in this town again, that she was going to ruin Nicole. … Backstage, Javier Bardem screamed at the official Academy Photographer and Academy officials told security to throw Bardem out – and they did! … Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin like working with each other so much that may do a movie together, about two recently divorced dudes who head out on a coast to coast road trip, robbing banks as they go. It’s a comedy.

Odds and Ends: Saturday I’m going to a private concert at the 29 Palms Marine Corps Base. It’s a concert for Marines shipping out to Iraq and Afghanistan, the entertainment supplied by Gary Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band. … Mariah Carey is pregnant and acting strange. Two weeks ago she was 2 hours late for her own concert in Vegas. She cries for no reason and her rider called for health food and no booze – that’s a first. … Today’s the day the new Hawaii 5-0 starts shooting in Honolulu. If it is a hit, like the first 5-0, Magnum PI or even Lost it means $100 million in new income for the state.

Today’s report is all about the Oscars. I was on the phone all day yesterday and more and more voters of the Academy are telling me, Hurt Locker will be the big winner Sunday – and even the odds are baring that out:

Best Picture Odds: Hurt Locker 1-2, Avatar 2-1

Best Director Odds: Kathryn Bigelow for Hurt Locker 1-2, James Cameron for Avatar 2-1

With that said, here are my final picks for the Oscars:

Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Bastards

Best Supporting Actress – Monique for Precious

Best Actor – Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart

Best Actress – Meryl Streep for Julie and Julia

Best Director – James Cameron should win for Avatar, Kathryn Bigelow may win

Best Picture – Avatar should win, Hurt Locker may win.

One other thing that plays into this, James Cameron is a jerk. A lot of voters refuse to vote for him or his movies for that reason! Some people believe that while Avatar is revolutionary film making, that doesn’t mean it was the best directed or the best movie. I disagree. We’ll see Sunday night.

Love This Nugget: Best Actress Oscar nominee, Maggie Gyllenhaal did an interview by cell phone this week – while driving 4 kids to school, she’s in a school car pool!

Oscars: Best Director and Best Picture predictions.

I’m hearing more and more buzz that, Hurt Locker is going to be the big surprise. Some say it will win Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow and win Best Picture. Sorry, I don’t buy it!

Best Director – James Cameron (should win and will win) for Avatar.

Best Picture – (For the first time there are 10 nominees, but only 4 have any chance to win and they are: Hurt Locker, Avatar, Inglorious Bastards and Precious.) Avatar (should win and will win.) 

Oscar News: The stage at the Kodak is huge, and the stairs go straight up. A stage manager tells me women wearing high heels could go flying! Lindsey Lohan, all 3 Kardahians, Paris Hilton and Kobe Bryant requested Oscar tickets but were denied. 

Tigergate: A close friend of Elin says, Elin will stay with Tiger. … Rachel Uchitel just signed a hefty contract as a reporter for the Extra TV show. Gee, I wonder if she would have gotten the gig if she wasn’t Tiger‘s concubine? 

Odds and Ends: WalMart wants to carry a Jersey Shore clothing line – including Jersey Shore Sunglasses, sportswear and bathing suits. … Paul McCartney is 67 and planning his Summer Tour, mainly in Europe. But Paul says he hopes to tour every year till he’s 80. … Naomi Campbell had been seeing a hypnotist to help control her anger, then she lost it and went off on that Limo driver. Guess it didn‘t work. … Dustin Hoffman is going to star in a weekly TV series called, Lucky, on HBO! Dustin plays a career criminal who just gets out of prison. … Simon Cowell wants to get married soon, because he wants babies.

Oscar News: Some of the presenters for Sunday’s show include:

Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Kathy Bates, Barbra Streisand, Charlize Theron, and John Travolta. … New York City Cabelvision and ABC TV are feuding and there is a better than 50-50 chance the Oscars will not be seen in New York City. … Today my Best Actor and Best Actress predictions:

Best Actor – (There’s talk of Jeremy Renner for Hurt Locker being the dark horse and there’s still George Clooney buzz. But for me) Jeff Bridges should win and will win for Crazy Heart.

Best Actress – (This is a tough, Sandra Bullock is the sentimental favorite for Blind Side. I think Precious star, Gabourey Sidibe should win.) Meryl Streep will win for Julie and Julia.

Other Movie News: Martin Lawrence is going to the house one more time. Big Mama’s House – the third of the franchise. … They are going to remake Arthur, which originally starred Dudley Moore. This time around it will star Russell Brand.

Odds and Ends: Abigail Breslen and Dakota Fanning fought each other for the same, prime, part on Broadway. Abigail Breslin got the part. She’ll play Helen Keller on the Great White Way. … While everybody said Carly Simon’s famous song, You’re So Vain was about David Geffen – I knew that was sheep dip! Decades ago, Warren Beatty told me Carly said she wrote it about him.

The Oscars are Sunday. Everyday this week, my predictions. Remember last year I was 6 for 6 – Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director and Best Picture. Today, Best supporting actor and actress. Easy call:

Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Waltz (should win and will win) for Inglorious Bastards.

Best Supporting Actress – (Maggie Gyllenhaal was great in Crazy Heart, but) Monique (should win and she will win) for Precious.

TV News: You’ve probably heard that this year’s Barbara Walters Oscar Special will be her last. Here‘s why. Barbara said that when she started the annual show her guests included people like John Wayne, Betty Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Regan and Jimmy Stewart. She‘s been getting a lot less famous guests over the years. When she was asked if she wanted the Jersey Shore cast that was it. … I kid you not, Simon Cowell tells friends, he can’t stand Ellen – and tells friends his X Factor, next year, will end American Idol. Did you know his fiance comes from Afghanistan – her family is so poor, 15 family members live in the same 4 room house.

Odds and Ends: I was in Hollywood over the weekend, having a Pinks hot dog, and stopped by the Grauman’s Chinese Theater and was reminded what pranksters Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are. Their shoe-prints and Ocean’s 11 producer Jerry Weintraub’s shoe-prints are there. Weintraub put his 7 ½ shoe-print in first, then Pitt, Clooney and Damon put their shoe-prints – but the 3 jokers were wearing size 18 shoes, making Weintraub’s shoe-prints look rather silly. … Elin Woods is furious that Obama and Clinton called Tiger, to see how he was doing. How HE was doing!

Movie Review: Cop Out with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan is not a great movie. But, I laughed out loud and that’s enough for me! A slapstick-comedy, cop-buddy movie! (Rated PG-13) – (2 Hours) – (2 ½ Stars). 

Movie News: It’s a green light for a new Superman movie! Warner Brothers has hired David Goyer to write the script, entitled Man Of Steel! No stars attached. It will hit theaters July 4^th, 2013. 

Tigergate: Is it true, that Tiger is being treated in rehab for Vicodin and Ambien addiction, more than sexual addiction? There is also talk that Tiger may have been involved in Doctor Shopping, so his Vicodin and Ambien habit could be hidden. And is it true, everyday Tiger’s high priced Crisis Management team meets to strategize their next move? A, a buyer with this countries biggest Sporting goods store, tells me that it was common for women to buy Tiger Woods hats, T-shirts and other stuff for their boyfriends and husbands. But that buying has stopped – completely! Women don’t buy anything with Tiger’s name on it! 

TV Review: You’ll see Johnny Depp as you’ve never seen him before on Sunday night’s, 48 Hours, when he speaks out for three teenagers who, according to Depp, were wrongly convicted of murder. The case is about the so-called Satanic killings of three boys in Arkansas. According to Depp, Ozzie Osborn, Eddie Vedder and other Hollywood stars, there was zero evidence linking the teens to the murders, that happened in 1993. … Rehearsals for the Academy Awards start tomorrow. The show is a week from Sunday and I’ll be there for you – on the Red Carpet, inside the show and at all the parties!

Tigergate: The day before Tiger made his statement, Tiger’s PR firm suggested that they take a family picture of Tiger, Elin, the 2 kids and the dog, all smiling like nothing was wrong. Elin said absolutly not – she was in no mood to mug for the cameras like Ozzie and Harriett. … Tiger has been a spokesperson for several Proctor & Gamble products. But, after sending out a questionnaire to major stockholders, don’t expect P&G to sign Tiger to any endorsement deals anytime soon. Ninety percent of the responders said they would be against ever using Tiger again.

News on Michael Jackson: The Jackson brothers have been bugging Janet, so much, about doing some concerts with them, she may get a restraining order, forcing them to leave her alone. … How about this! Dr. Conrad Murray will soon file a formal claim against Michael Jackson’s estate! Dr. Murray says Michael owes him $570000 for services rendered, that was never paid! Yeah, but you killed him. May 26th is the tentative date Dr. Murray will go to trial!

Movie News: The Coen Brothers remake of True Grit is getting a lot of buzz. Especially, red hot, Jeff Bridges, who plays John Wayne’s old part! Other cast members include Josh Brolin, and Matt Damon. Speaking of Matt Damon, not only is he doing True Grit and another Bourne franchise, he has also signed on to play Robert Kennedy in the Robert Kennedy biopic.

Odds and Ends: It is official. There is going to be a Spiderman Musical on Broadway and U2’s The Edge has secured the lead. … Believe it or not, (and I am on the not side) Paula Abdul says she hasn’t watched a single American Idol show this season. Right. … Bill Clinton must be OK after his heart scare. He played the Cascata Golf Course the other day in Vegas and shot his best score ever – 88.

No surprise Charley Sheen is in rehab. He was out of control and everybody from friends, to the network, begged him to go. 

Tiger Woods Nugget: Is it true that Tiger had a pimp? Tiger paid an old buddy, based in Las Vegas, to scout out hot women he could quietly hook-up with, while being discreet? Yes, it is true! 

Love Nuggets: Robert Pattinson and Twilight co-star, Kristen Stewart are dating and they are very serious. Take it to the bank. … Latest target of serial dater, John Mayer, is Charlize Theron. 

Movie News: There will be an Avitar sequel, a Die Hard 5 and a Mission Impossible 4. 

Odds and Ends: Sandra Bullock and hubby Jessie James are best friends with Cesar Milan – the Dog Whisperer, so no surprise that, when Sandra and Jessie heard that Cesar’s favorite dog, a 16 year old Pitt Bull named Daddy, died, they sent Cesar flowers and condolences. … Last week President Obama was in Las Vegas for a speech and staying at the Bellagio. Around 10 PM, he wanted to have a workout, so he went down to the gym with his secret service men and worked out, along side of 10-15 shocked hotel guests, lifting weights using treadmills, but absolutely no pictures were allowed. … Speaking of Vegas, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Over 42 years ago, Elvis Presley went out on Priscilla, with Ann Margret. It happened while Elvis was working in Vegas and. Priscilla has never forgotten. Recently Priscilla went into a Vegas restaurant, saw Ann Margret and stormed right out. Now that’s holding a grudge.

Tigergate: On Friday, Tiger said he was headed back to the Sex Rehab. Well if so, it’s not the one in Mississippi he had been attending. Tiger’s plane, with Elin, landed at Sky Harbor in Phoenix. And what was Tiger’s pal Brian Bell doing sitting in the front row Friday? Bell was instrumental as the go- between for Tiger and several of Tiger’s concubines. Arranging for them to meet after Tiger pointed them out – arraigning air and hotel for rendezvous and lying to Elin about where Tiger was! So again, what was he doing there?

Michael Jackson News: The Captain EO movie is back at Disney World and Disneyland, redone in Super 3D. … On a more serious note, the Jackson family has requested the LA DA up the charges from involuntary manslaughter, to 2nd degree murder against Dr. Murray. That will not happen. … This is very eerie – the night before Jackson’s death, Dr. Murray was with him at the Staples Center watching the rehearsals. Michael introduced Murray as his doctor and always added, he’s the only person in the world I trust my life to!

What is the deal with Lady Gaga? She was in London over the weekend and acting very weird – screaming at her limo driver for no reason, she took off her clothes while shooting the Q Magazine cover, and, at the Mayfair Hotel Bar, she kept going to stranger’s tables and talking gibberish. It was like she was on drugs!

Movie News: Pee Wee Herman is currently shooting the new Pee Wee’s Playhouse movie. Early buzz is that it is fabulous! … And, Pee Wee is also staring in a bizarre movie called, Nailed with Jessica Biel, Josh Brolin, Kirsty Alley, and many others. The movie is about woman with a nail in her head that goes to Washington DC and falls in love with a US Senator.