"I meant no disrespect to Ms. Jennifer Garnerwhen I met her at the Oscars and apologize if I made her uncomfortable." — Gary Busey, apologizing for awkwardly embracing Garner on the red carpet at the Oscars last month.
"To some extent she is her own worst enemy. She has an explosive and volatile character." — Hugh Bennett, a British judge, in his ruling on Heather Mills' bitter divorce from Paul McCartney. Bennett awarded Mills a $48.6 million settlement after her four-year marriage to the former Beatle, and said her $250 million claim "is and was unreasonable, indeed exorbitant."
"He was a sweet, warm, bright and funny man who was interested in everything from football to opera, films, music, literature, people and most of all his family whom he adored and to whom I send my thoughts and love. I shall miss him hugely." — Jude Law, in a statement following the death of Anthony Minghella. The Oscar-winning filmmaker died of a hemorrhage Tuesday at age 54.
"The story is a lie. It is beyond ridiculous and completely false. Neither (the late rapper Notorious B.I.G.) nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during or after it happened. ... I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story." — Sean "Diddy" Combs, denying a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance.
"It's a dichotomy, I understand. I understand that people think I am a ditzy moron." — Mariah Carey, on how her indisputable talent clashes with her sexed-up image as a "ditz."
"I fully plan to, like, bring an iPod in my sport jacket and run the headsets up to where they can't see it into my ears so I won't even hear half of it. But I will tell you right now: I'm not going to invite my mom or anything like that. I have a feeling it's gonna be way over the edge for someone like that to be there." — Matt Lauer, on preparing to be humiliated when "Today" show colleagueAl Roker roasts him at the Friars Club later this year.
"I hadn't planned on mentioning this. But I still have stitches and you'll no doubt notice them. ... Don't want you to think I got into a fistfight with Charlie Rose." — CNN's Anderson Cooper, blogging about minor surgery he had this week to remove a cancerous mole from underneath his left eye.
"It was a no-brainer. I heard George (Clooney) was making a movie and I said, 'When?' If he had asked me to make peanut-butter sandwiches for the catering, I would have said, 'Crunchy or smooth?'" — Renee Zellweger, telling In Style magazine about taking a role in Clooney's new film "Leatherheads."
