Yesterday was a very popular day at the Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch here in the Los Angeles, CA area as celebs of varying degrees of stature came out to pick up pumpkins with and for their children. Here are a few pics of some of the celebs that made their way out to the pumpkin patch yesterday to do some picking:

The celebs are getting a late start at the pumpkin patch this year. Last Halloween Lindsay Lohan started her pumpkin picking much earlier in the month of October than the celebs this year. Even still, yesterday seemed to be THE day that folks like Tobey Maguire, Marcia Cross, Tori Spelling and Nicole Sullivan decided to snatch up their Halloween pumpkins. See, celebs are just like you and me. Sure, they may have the help do all the messy pumpkin carving for them but they are the ones to do the actual manual labor of picking out the perfect pumpkins for their children. Amazing, isn’t it?

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Last night’s episode of 90210, you know — the one that revealed the identity of Kelly Taylor’s babydaddy, featured a very prominent shout-out to Tori Spelling’s character Donna Martin (and the famous Donna Martin Graduates episode of BH, 90210) in the early part of the ep. It sounded so natural to have Kelly Taylor and Brenda Walsh talking about Donna Martin as if no time had passed, as if all was right with the world (Brenda also revealed that Donna has a baby … tho it wasn’t specified if she had that child with her husband David Silver). I feel that there is hope that Tori Spelling might still be brought on the show … in fact, Tori Spelling herself is still hoping that she might be able to, one day, return to the role that made her a star:

At the Silverspoons Pink Party Luncheon in recognition of breast cancer awareness, OK! caught up with Tori Spelling as she tried on the New Balance pink sneaker designed especially for breast cancer awareness month. Tori was happy to talk about upcoming projects, revealing she’s still holding out for a role on the new 90210. “Yeah, well see. I’m a big believer in what’s meant to be will be, so if it’s meant to be it will work out,” she says. “I watched it and I think it’s so cute. The new cast is so cute.”

My money says that last night’s Donna Martin shout-out is a clue that producers will eventually bring her back on the show again. My guess is that she will, indeed, return … most probably after Shannen Doherty’s 4 eps have aired. I would love to have Kelly, Brenda and Donna all together again on screen but … at this point, I’ll take what I can get. After the jump, check out video of Kelly and Brenda talking about Donna in the cafeteria of West Beverly High School … (more…)

Tori Spelling and her hubby Dean McDermott were on hand at the Avalon hotel in Beverly Hills, CA on Thursday night to celebrate the success of her memoir sTORItelling. You may recall this memoir angered a few people in Hollywood — not the least of which was Tori’s former Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Shannen Doherty who claimed that Tori outright lied in the tome about their BH, 90210 days — which lead to big sales at the cash register. So, natch, Tori is planning another book:

What’s life like for a new mom in 90210? Tori Spelling is ready to dish. The actress, 35, is reportedly planning a new book – tentatively titled Mommywood, which will focus on her life as a Hollywood princess-turned-parent, according to publishers Simon & Schuster. Spelling’s debut effort this year, sTORI Telling, spent seven weeks on The New York Times best-seller list – and included accounts of her ill-starred first wedding, her father Aaron’s death and the roller-coaster relationship with her mother, Candy. The new book, already listed on Amazon.com and scheduled to hit the shelves in April 2009, is expected to focus on the birth and growing pains of 1-year-old son Liam and newborn Stella.

I think it’s wise that Tori keeps the focus on her family and off the Hollywood folk themselves … to be honest, I contend that her book prolly had something to do with her getting axed from appearing on 90210. Think about it, producers were prolly desperate to get Shannen Doherty on the show after they already secured both Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling. Once Shannen started bargaining, I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned into a “me or her” scenario … Shannen got in, Tori got cut. Now, this is ALL conjecture on my part … but it makes sense. To think that the producers wouldn’t or couldn’t pay Tori Spelling as much as they are paying Shannen and Jennie is absurd. But … you never know. In any event, Tori seems pleased with her book success and I guess that’s all well and good for her … but I bet she’d much prefer the limelight that Shannen and Jennie are enjoying right now from their connection to the very hot 90210.

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HMMMMMM … so Monday there was a lot of hubbub going around concerning the news that Tori Spelling decided to pull out of appearing on The CW’s Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off show because, it was reported, she was not being paid as much as the other BH, 90210 alums Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were being paid. Then yesterday we heard from both Jennie and Shannen about the “controversy” — Jennie saying she was “bummed” that Tori pulled out, Shannen just happy anyone asked her for comment. AND NOW TODAY, we learn that Extra TV talked to Tori Spelling herself about all of this 90210 hoopla and she is making it seem as if her return to the show isn’t as dire as we were led to believe … she, apparently, still hopes to make an appearance on the show “later in the season”:

Even though Donna Martin aka Tori Spelling isn’t in the 90210 spin-off premiere, it’s still possible that she could return to West Beverly High School. Despite recent reports that Spelling is no longer in talks at this time to appear in the series, two weeks ago Spelling told “Extra” that, “I was supposed to be in the pilot and then I had Stella [daughter] when they went back into production so it didn’t work out, but I’m hoping [to return] later in the season.”

Waitaminute … depending on when this interview took place and when Tori decided to “pull out” of the show, it’s not entirely clear what is going on. It still feels to me that all of the off-screen drama is meant to generate further hype for the new 90210. Again, I maintain that Tori Spelling will eventually reprise her role as Donna Martin on the new show. My money says it’s gonna happen … some way, some how. Any takers?

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After Deadline Hollywood posted a story online alleging that Tori Spelling is feeling unloved by the folks producing the Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off (who are reportedly paying both Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth more money to appear on the show then they offered Tori), US Weekly is reporting that Tori Spelling has pulled out of appearing on 90210 altogether. HMMM … could someone be playing hardball in the hopes of securing more moolah?

Tori Spelling has changed her mind about returning to Beverly Hills, 90210 as Donna Martin. “At this time, there are no plans for Tori to appear in the 90210 spinoff,” her rep tells Usmagazine.com. (A rep for The CW told concurred: “The CW has no deal with Tori Spelling to appear on 90210 at this time.”) The confirmation comes after DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reported Monday that Spelling, 35, pulled out after learning that co-stars Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were earning $35,000-$50,000 per episode compared to Spelling’s $10,000-$20,000 per episode salary. “She thought she deserved parity, and she’s got a point,” an insider told DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com

Now this is a risky move on Tori’s part. On the one hand, I can understand why she wouldn’t want to work for less money than her roughly equal co-stars are getting but if she pushes too far then she won’t get anything. I’m very surprised that the producers of the show are so willing to discount Tori Spelling … of the ladies, she is the one main character of the show that stayed with BH, 90210 til the very end. It seems really shitty that they would treat her like this, especially when she was so loyal to the original show (both Shannen and Jennie left the show years before the series ended I stand corrected, apparently Jennie stayed on ’til the end as well … but it doesn’t change my point). It just doesn’t make sense to me … why would the show want to shoot itself in the foot before it even gets off the ground?

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Here are a few pics from the Monkey-themed first birthday party that Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott threw for their first born child Liam Aaron a few weeks ago, which will be featured on the couple’s reality TV show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood premiering on Oxygen tonight at 10pm. Liam’s party was attended by a few celebrity friends including Loni Anderson, Denise Richards, Carmen Electra and Zachary Quinto … check out the pics:

As you can see in the photos, the party took place before Tori gave birth to her second child Stella Doreen on June 10th but these pics from Liam’s birthday party have never been seen before. Tori planned the fête herself and I understand that no expense was spared to ensure that the party was as phat as possible … hello, the monkey birthday cake is bigger than Liam is — and he’s a big boy! Now that we know that Tori Spelling will eventually be returning to 90210 as Donna Martin on the new CW TV show later on this Fall, my interest in her has been renewed. I’ve been hearing from a few Pink readers that Tori and Dean’s show on Oxygen is pretty good (and you wouldn’t believe how big a Tori Spelling fan my friend Mike is) so I think I’ll be tuning in this season so see what’s up … if only to see how much of that ginormous cake gets eaten.

[Photo credit: Michael Williams, Oxygen Media Photo]