DAILY GOSSIP: July 28, 2011 by Ned Ehrbar
After two years together, “True Blood” star Alexander Skarsgard has reportedly split from girlfriend Kate Bosworth, according to Us Weekly. "It was very mutual," a source says. "And it happened a while ago." Skarsgard definitely seemed single while hitting the party circuit at San Diego Comic-Con last weekend, where sources say he got flirty with a brunette before leaving with her. “He’s single, and he is loving the attention,” the source says.
Carey Mulligan and her Mumford and Sons boyfriend, Marcus Mumford, are reportedly engaged, according to the Sun. “Carey looked like the cat who had got the cream. She was wearing a beautiful ring and didn't seem to mind who saw it,” says a source who spotted the two at a party at a country estate in southwest England. "They were stuck to each other like glue. She was doing most of the talking and he was hanging on her every word."
Amy Winehouse’s family are hoping for something positive to come out of their daughter’s death and have announced plans to start the Amy Winehouse Foundation, according to the Daily Mail. Her dad, Mitch Winehouse, says news of her death brought him the idea almost immediately. "Straight away I said I wanted an Amy Winehouse Foundation, something to help the things she loved — children, horses — but also to help those struggling with substance abuse," Mitch said at her funeral Tuesday.
Despite the rough two years Demi Lovato has had — including a stint in rehab and announcing she’d suffered from addiction and eating disorders — the Disney star says she’s much more comfortable with fans looking up to her now. “Kids used to tell me, 'You're my role model.' And I'd want to shake them and be like, 'Why?'” Lovato says, according to Hollyscoop. “I finally feel like I can inspire people. I can be proud of it.”
After calling off her engagement to Hugh Hefner less than a week before their wedding, Crystal Harris is now spilling secrets about the couple’s time in the bedroom. "[It lasted] like, two seconds," Harris tells Howard Stern in an interview on his satellite radio show. "Then I was just over it. I was like, 'Ahh.' I was over it. I just, like, walked away. I'm not turned on by Hef. Sorry."
Alexander McQueen certainly wanted to make sure his canine companions were looked after. The late British designer reportedly left a decent chunk of his $26 million estate to his three dogs and two animal charities, according to the Associated Press. McQueen’s will included $82,000 for the care of his three dogs and $164,000 for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and the Blue Cross, an abandoned animal charity.