Lapse: (Noun) A weak or careless decline from previously high standards."He left the table to go chain-smoke outside," a fellow diner reports. "He was outside for, like, 20 minutes." Looked like Ms. Prince may not have been too thrilled about Federline's disappearance.
Says the source, "He was talking to some other girls outside, and when he finally came back to the table, his girlfriend looked angry and they started to argue." (Source)
Lead Foot: (Noun) A person with a tendency to drive fast.Our source relates that, "Foster refused to sign a waiver to appear on the show, so the camera crew ceased filming and returned to the police car. But she grew quite agitated and angry, and kept insisting to the police officers that the radar gun must have made a mistake. She maintained to the officers that she was only going 30 mph at the time they pulled her over, and she kept interrupting and complaining that the process was taking too long."
During Foster's histrionics, the officer made a call to get his supervisor to the scene, "which just further annoyed her," according to our spy. "Despite her numerous requests otherwise, the cops still issued her a citation." (Source)
Ladies' Man: (Noun) A man who enjoys spending time and flirting with women.Joe Jonas is the biggest flirt of the Jonas Brothers, Kevin Jonas revealed on the CBS' The Early Show Tuesday. "He's a ladies' man," Kevin said while promoting the Bros' new 3D concert flick, out Feb. 27. "Girls love him!" (Source)
Loophole: (Noun) An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules.When asked if he really meant that he and his brothers would be saving themselves for marriage, youngest brother Nick clarifies, "No. That was a personal statement made under personal circumstances...but we wear these rings and they're a constant reminder to us about living a life with values." (Source)
Lunatic: (Noun) A mentally ill person.“I am asking everyone out their [sic] to intervene in every way possible to help Lindsay, and quite possibly, save her life. Help this wonderful, good hearted and gifted young lady to see what SamMANtha is doing to her and how she is destroying her life. Help her to see that ever since SaMANtha came into her life, nothing good has come of it. As a matter of fact, Lindsay hasn't used her gifts like she did before meeting SaMANtha.” (Source)
Lies: (Noun) Intentionally false statements."I've only done it (had sex) with a couple of people. People make up stories, but mostly I just kiss. I think it's important to play hard to get. Nobody wants the fake Prada bag; they want the brand new bag that no one can get and is the most expensive. If you give it up to a guy he won't respect you; he'll want you much more if he can't have you." (Source)
Last Resort: (Noun) An expedient adopted only in desperation.Wentz blogged earlier this month that "like every celeb couple, we were offered mounds and mounds of money by mags, from here to Guam, to pimp out the baby. We just don't want to go down that road with him.
"We are not placing judgment on those that do, as they often use the money in a very charitable way," he said. "However, we have made the decision to not sell Bronx's baby pictures right now." (Source)
Lying A-Holes: (Noun) Deceptive, lying despicable people who are full of lies.A Los Angeles Superior Court official said Tuesday that MTV was recently granted permission to shoot in a courtroom in Beverly Hills, but it was done after hours — and that's not one of their judges sitting on the bench in "The Hills" footage.
A check of marriage records last week did not reveal any filings by Pratt or Montag in Los Angeles County, although the couple could get married in any county in California as well as opt for a confidential license. Officials at two courthouses in neighboring Orange County said they have not received requests from MTV to film in their facilities.
"In my mind, it's as legal as the ring on my finger," Pratt told Us Weekly. (Source)
Liar: (Noun) A person who tells lies."I would start with the breasts," the new dad (son Bronx Mowgli was born three weeks ago) tells E!'s Daily 10.
"Ashlee is the kind of person that understands me in a way that other human beings don't understand each other," he says. "I would say that we fit together kind of like Lego pieces, and that's how we're able to communicate." (Source)
Lying A-Holes: (Noun) Deceptive, lying despicable people who are full of lies.
Liberation: (Verb) Set someone free from a situation, esp. imprisonment or slavery, in which their liberty is severely restricted.Kidman, who is now married to country star Keith Urban, tells the December issue of Glamour magazine, "I felt I became a star only by association. I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and be seen and not heard." (Source)
Lazy: (Adjective) Showing a lack of effort or care.
Legal: (Adjective) Being the age of consent permitted by law.Efron kept it causal in a T-shirt and jacket while Hudgens, 19, who "helped plan the party," a source says, donned a colorful mini-dress. Guests arrived with wrapped gifts, including bottles of liquor for the actor, who can now legally drink alcohol. (Source)
Low Blow: (Noun) An illegal blow that strikes below an opponent's waist."I don't really understand kabbalah as a religion," Ritchie told Extra at the Toronto International Film Festival last month. Ritchie continued: "I don't think it's a religion as far as I'm aware." (Source)
Liability: (Noun) The state of being responsible for something."I came out of Idol with a lack of self-confidence," McKibbin tells the new issue of Us Weekly. "I think I had my first solo in school when I was 5, and I got more as I got older: That's the biggest compliment in choir. I had never been told I wasn't good enough. Having to hear it for so many weeks from Simon Cowell killed me inside. I couldn't get the s--t he had said to me out of my head."
She continued: "It drove me deeper into my depression. I wouldn't say that this was Simon's fault. It just added to the addict that I already was." (Source)