DITA Von Teese kicked off Oscar week at an intimate launch of the book “Cloak & Dagger Butterfly” by London socialite and photographer Amanda Eliasch. The femme fatale stripped down during separate performances at Eli asch’s Hollywood estate, wooing the crowd with her signature “martini glass” rou tine. Von Teese laughed about a comment she recently made to a British tabloid that she went celibate after split ting from Marilyn Manson and said, “I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that I’ve had sex by now.” She added, “I’m just really enjoying being single.”

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Even if Mickey Rourke goes the distance and wins an Oscar tomorrow night, what more can he possibly say?

Not that he’d exactly been holding back at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs, but the 56-year-old comeback kid outdid himself Saturday while accepting the trophy for Best Male Lead at the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, where his star vehicle, The Wrestler, won a leading three honors, including Best Feature and Best Cinematography.

Part paean to Eric Roberts (”the f—kin’ man”), part elegy for his dog Loki, part ramble and all tailor-made for pay cable, Rourke’s speech at the notoriously quirky beachside kudosfest either scared the crap out of the Motion Picture Academy or, as The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky noted backstage, could prove to be the best possible thing for the Oscar’s declining ratings.

“Like I got, he deserves a second chance,” Rourke said of Roberts, who eventually yelled, “Accept your award!” at the man onstage.

“I just got done talking to the Santa Monica Police Department,” Rourke continued. “They gave me a bed to sleep in 10 years ago. And I thank them—I asked them for two pillows, they told me to f–k off. But anyway, thank you, Darren Aronofsky, for believing in me…I’ve told people in the past that directors like [him] come around every 25 years…He is one tough son of a bitch and he don’t like it when I say that ’cause he goes, ‘Mickey, you’ll scare all the other actors away from me.’ But Darren, you know what, if they ain’t got the balls to bring it, then f–k ‘em, you know.”

He then forgets costar Marisa Tomei’s name—but gives her quite the shout-out anyway—and thanks the WWE and Vince McMahon for being so supportive while their film exposed the seedier side of pro wrestling–”like steroids and the cocaine and the bangin’ the girl…in the bathroom.”

And there was more, but there were other awards handed out, too.

“I had a good time up there,” beanie-topped presenter Philip Seymour Hoffman said backstage. “He had a lot to say.”

“Who can follow that?” agreed Tom McCarthy, onstage to accept his Best Director award for The Visitor.

Other major winners with Oscar aspirations were Milk, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Frozen River, which swept the remaining acting categories with respective trophies for Best Supporting Male James Franco, Best Supporting Female Penélope Cruz and Best Female Lead Melissa Leo.

Both Cruz and Leo, who beat out Anne Hathaway today, have shots at Oscar gold tomorrow.

“They told me here it’s important to say whatever you want and to swear—a lot. So I’ll stick to my character in the movie,” said a radiant Cruz, clad in a ruffly brown Alaïa dress.

“I’m always surprised when I hear my name,” she told reporters backstage. “If I win [tomorrow] I want to be surprised. I don’t want to expect it. If I don’t win, I want to have a great night.”

But first, she had a great day at the Spirit Awards, held as always in a big white tent on the beach in Santa Monica, Calif., where the vibe is more scarves and leggings than Harry Winston and Chanel and films that cost as little as $500,000 to make get credit where credit is due.

That’s how we roll here at the Spirit Awards,” quipped host Steve Coogan. “Who needs the Oscars, that world of back-slapping, that orgy of self-congratulation for the beautiufl people?

I look around me toay and I see people who are beautiful on the inside. At least, I hope you are. Nature can’t be that cruel.”

Best Foreign-Language Film honors went to festival darling The Class, the first French film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes since 1987, while Best Documentary was handed to Man on Wire, about Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers.

Sorry to spoil the ending for you, but Petit was in the audience today to cheer on director James Marsh.

Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black won for Best First Screenplay and Woody Allen won for zillionth Best Screenplay for Vicky Christina Barcelona.

Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut, Synechdoche , New York, was also a two-timer, snagging its helmer a Best First Feature award and receiving the second annual Robert Altman Award, which honors Altmanesque ensemble work.

Also among those chillaxin’ by the beach today were Justin Bateman, Ellen Page, Aaron Eckhart, Jon Hamm, Blair Underwood, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Monaghan, Laura Dern, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ben Kingsley, Claire Danes, John C. Reilly, Thomas Hayden Church, Andie MacDowell, Emile Hirsch, Cameron Diaz, John Waters, Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton, whom Coogan duly thanked for saving his old hair and loaning it to Rourke to use in The Wrestler.
Here’s the complete list of winners from the 2009 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards:

• Best Feature: The Wrestler
• Male Lead: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
• Female Lead: Melissa Leo, Frozen River
• Supporting Male: James Franco, Milk
• Supporting Female: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Director: Tom McCarthy, The Visitor
• Screenplay: Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• First Feature: Charlie Kaufman, Synechdoche, New York
• First Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Cinematography: Maryse Alberti, The Wrestler
Documentary: Man on Wire
Foreign-Language Film: The Class
Producers Award: Heather Rae, Frozen River and Ibid
John Cassavetes Award: In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Someone to Watch Award: Lynn Shelton, My Effortless Brilliance
Truer Than Fiction Award: Margaret Brown, The Order of Myths
Robert Altman Award: Synechdoche, New York

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Here they go again! Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden are expecting another child, barely a year after the arrival of daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden last Jan. 11.

In a message on the Web site of Good Charlotte, the band he fronts, Madden, 29, wrote, “I am so happy to tell everyone that Harlow is going to be a big sister! God has truly blessed my family. Hope [you’re] all feeling as good as i am right now.” Madden’s message is titled “Better than winning an OSCAR!”

After a famously wild childhood, Richie, 27, credited the birth of daughter Harlow for leading her to a more tranquil life at home with Madden. “She gives life a whole new meaning,” Richie told PEOPLE in a coverstory featuring stunning photos of the blissful family.

Reps for Madden and Richie did not immediately return calls for comment.

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SNEAK PEAK BEHIND THE OSCARS!!!!

Hey Guys!!! Hope you’re all having an awesome day. While most of you (I’m sure) are out and about getting tipsy or on your way there, I’ve been in the middle of madness also known as Hollywood!! I’ve spent all afternoon at the Kodak Theater getting high off Oscar fumes in preparation for tomorrow’s big show!!!
Let me say this- The Security on the Red-Carpet is probably tighter than it is at The White House— Nobody is slipping through!! That’s why I was as covert as possible in taking a couple quick pics of the Carpet and how it looks without all the smoke and mirrors.
(note from Enty: Adrianna almost got kicked out for taking photos. That’s how much she wanted to do this for everyone)

Fortunately for my co-host, Mark Istook and me, our position is perched high above the mayhem on a platform. It’s designed for interviews and demos throughout the show. You guys, there is going to be some SERIOUSLY HOT eye candy during our 3 hour broadcast– guys and girls, alike!!! Stay tuned!!! The show is on TV Guide Channel and runs from 3p-6p Eastern time. Keisha Whittaker will be discussing the good and bad fashion wise for not only my portion of the broadcast, but also when Joey and Lisa do their thing later.
PREDICTIONS FOR TOMORROW SHOW:

1- By now you’ve probably heard that Presenters were asked NOT to walk the Red-Carpet in an attempt to draw more attention to the actual show. I’ve heard from different sources that many Presenters will in fact show up and walk the Carpet because they want to be seen looking all dolled up, and have been asked to by the designers.

2- We’ve heard that some of the people presenting this year (though it hasn’t officially been announced) are Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Aniston (in tow with BF John Mayer) Also, word on the street is that Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens will show up and be part of one big musical performance in the show.

3- Despite Robert Downey Jr.’s nomination for Best Supporting Actor, he will not be attending the show–reason unknown.

4- Now on to Winners…Let’s see how many of these I nail:

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn in “Milk”
Should be and potentially could be Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (Deservedly so)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz in “Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona” (Such a sexy flick)

BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST MOVIE: “Slumdog Millionaire”

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KIEFER Sutherland (above) revealed himself as a heckler the other night. Atlanta-born guitarist and singer Michael Daves was playing at the Rockwood Music Hall on the Lower East Side when a guy in the audience started screaming, “You mother[bleep]er!” Daves shot back, “I’ll take that as a compliment.” The heckler then bellowed, “You mother[bleep]er - you’re the man!” Daves looked closer and realized the party animal razzing him was Sutherland. “No, you’re the man!” Daves retorted. Both then screamed in unison to the crowd, “We are the men!”

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Michael Jackson is to launch a spectacular 30-date comeback at London’s O2 arena this summer.

The 50-year-old star has been in secret talks with organisers for months in a desperate bid to revive his career after recent personal problems.
In one of the most lucrative music deals ever, the cash-strapped singer is reportedly on the verge of securing £1.5million-a-night to perform.

Sources close to the negotiations have dismissed rumours of recent ill health and say a deal is weeks from being announced.

The residency at the 20,000-seat arena will eclipse the longest run of 21 shows at the arena by U.S. singer Prince in 2007.

Jackson is said to favour London over a U.S. venue because he still enjoys huge popularity across Europe.

Organisers AEGLive have already earmarked July for his first performance and are confident he will attract fans from across the world.

Ticket prices are tipped to exceed the record of £500 set by Barbara Streisand’s comeback concerts in 2007. It will be the first time Jackson has performed a run of concerts in England since the History tour in 1997.

A source said: ‘It will be the greatest comeback in the history of pop and there would be no problem selling out the O2 every night.

No-one is concerned about his reputation and people don’t feel it is a risk. Organisers are confident people will come from all over the world to see him.

‘There have been rumours about his health but that is not an issue. He is capable of doing all the shows.’

Another said: ‘Bringing a star like Michael Jackson to the O2 is not simple. But things have really progressed and it is on the verge of being tied up.’

Jackson has sold more than 750 million records during his career and is one of the most successful musicians of all time having won 13 Grammy awards and achieving 13 number one singles.

But despite his success, he has been hit by rumours of financial troubles. He has already sold his Neverland mansion and in April he is selling off 2,000 personal items at an auction, although aides say the sale is not motivated by cash-problems.

However, it is understood the singer has accrued debts of more than £150 million due to reckless spending and is desperately trying to recoup some of his losses.

In December his lawyers reached an out of court settlement with Bahraini, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Bin Isa Khalifa after he allegedly reneged on a recording deal.

Reports that he is suffering from a lung disease have been strenuously denied by Jackson’s spokesman who dismissed the allegations as ‘total fabrication’ in January.

They added: ‘Mr Jackson is in fine health and finalising negotiations with a major entertainment company and television network for both a world tour and a series of specials and appearances.’

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90210’s Jessica Lowndes aka Adrianna was seen yesterday filming a scene in a wedding dress which makes me wonder who the knockedup teen is going to have a shot gun wedding with? Who do you think she will walk down to aisle to say I do to?

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Only AnnaLynne McCord could go out in just a T-Shirt and vest and make it work! I would never be able to go out in that look without a skirt or shorts at least, so I admire her for being able to do it and do it so well!!! BTW I also really like the ensemble!

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