AP - Ray Charles is back in his hometown. Albany unveiled a revolving, lighted bronze statue of Charles on Friday in the middle of a new downtown plaza that bears the R&B legend's name.
Reuters - Ang Lee steamy "Lust, Caution" trotted off as the big winner on Saturday at the 2007 Golden Horse awards, the most coveted Chinese-language film prizes, picking up seven honors including best director and best film.
"I don't like the beach. I prefer a nice, muddy lake. The best thing is when you step in the lake and the mud squishes between your toes. It's awesome." Reese Witherspoon on her perfect day off.


Johnny Depp will star as real-life Chicago, Illinois mobster John Dillinger in acclaimed director Michael Mann's upcoming gangster movie "Public Enemies."


Cities burned. Students marched. Idealism flourished. Drugs flowed. A nation mourned its slain leaders. It was a year both tragic and galvanizing. But was 1968 truly as revolutionary as it felt? Did its fury and pain propel us forward?


A judge has issued a warrant for Daniel Baldwin’s arrest after the actor failed to appear at a court hearing on Friday. The 47-year-old was due to be at Los Angeles County Superior Court at 10 a.m. to discuss his probation progress after he was found guilty of having a cocaine ingesting device on his person and of being under the influence last year.


A U.S. judge has dismissed a musician's claim Kid Rock copied a hit track from him. Troy Landry alleged the rap/rocker's song "Somebody's Gotta Feel This" was a rip-off of tunes he released on a 1994 album.


Angelina Jolie would have never adopted her Ethiopian daughter Zahara if she'd known her mother was alive, according to the actress' brother.


Katherine Heigl has defended labeling her smash hit movie Knocked Up "sexist", insisting the comedy was the "best filming experience of my career."


The former head of security at Death Row Records has again denied allegations he was involved in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur


Rapper Bow Wow was rushed to the hospital on Thursday night after a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 20-year-old star was suffering from "a combination of exhaustion and stress" but is expected to make a full recovery.


Filed under: Wacky and Weird Meet the man who has officially replaced Carlton as the king of corny! Ain't gonna hurt nobody!Christopher Reid aka Kid from the popular '90s duo Kid 'n Play, was at the Green door last, hyper-izzling his lingo with random buddy Bill Maher. The...
Filed under: Hot Bodies, Becks and Posh, Full Throttle Fashion What do you get when you mix a pound of makeup, maayjah cleavage and some high end couture? You get the fabulous Spice Girls Holler!TMZ has obtained exclusive backstage pics of the reunited girl power troop at the recent Victoria's Secret runway...
Filed under: Star Catcher Saucy "Entourage" actress Debi Mazar has her plans locked down for the holidays; she and hubby Gabriele Corcos are gonna "sleep, have sex and drink." Don't forget to wrap the presents!Also in L.A: Nick's chick Vanessa Minnillo found someone to show...
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started Britney Spears did not call the paps for a photo op, says MSNBC. A photog sent out a release announcing that she was given the high honor of snapping Brit with the boys. The pink-wigged wonder was hoping for some extra points in the Mom of the Year...
Filed under: TV, Wacky and Weird Do not cross the Donald. He has evil powers over Manhattan real estate.Or so it seemed when Carolyn Kepcher Donald's ex-right-hand-betch in "The Apprentice," plowed through a big ol' Big Apple pothole and got herself not one, but two flat tires....
Filed under: Paris Hilton Alex Vaggo who?! Paris Hilton and Stavros Niarchos got reacquainted with each other in Miami Beach Thursday night. Looks like the two are back to their slobbering-all-over each other ways!Paris, who was thought to be dating pizza boy-turned-model...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, TV Nothin' cures the early December lip-plumpin' lawsuit blues like a little afternoon jog in L.A. Yup, that's super-skinny Teri Hatcher channeling old-school Nicole Richie as she somehow manages to run with weights without collapsing.Teri's strenuous...
Filed under: Star Catcher A fan in NYC finally caught Harry Connick, Jr. yesterday, after trying for 20 years to get a photo with him -- looks like he may have to wait 20 more, as Connick completely blew him off! Also in New York -- a bundled up Madonna, bubbly bantering...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Britney Spears Though she certainly has the ability to buy whatever she wants, for some reason, Britney Spears decided to steal a disposable lighter from a gas station last night -- and brag about to the cameras! The popwreck spent most of her day driving the...
The headmistress of an exclusive British talent school where POSH SPICE Victoria Beckham honed her skills is still hoping the singer will honour a commitment to return and hand out prizes.Betty Laine, who runs the Laine Theatre Arts College in Surrey, keeps a treasured photo of the Spice Girl on a desk in her office
DANNII MINOGUE has laughed off suggestions she is dating Simon Cowell - but she admits she has formed a ’special relationship’ with the music mogul.The singer - who was recruited by Cowell to join the judging panel for U.K.reality show The X Factor - sparked speculation of a romance with the 48-year-old after several British
LATEST: Talks between striking screenwriters and Hollywood producers have broken down in Los Angeles - leaving the future of hit shows 24, GREY’S ANATOMY and Desperate Housewives at a standstill.Now in its fifth week, the strike has closed down dozens of popular American TV shows and delayed production on movies. And with no sign of
Cindy Crawford prefers her current body shape to the toned and sculpted look she had as a top supermodel - because she has struggled to attain her current physique.The brunette beauty made women around the world envious of her slim size during her reign as catwalk queen in the early 1990s - but a decade
American comedian Jerry Seinfeld is sick of people asking him "Where’s Kramer?" - the oddball character in his hit comedy SEINFELD.The 53-year-old funnyman - currently in the U.K. promoting his animated movie Bee Movie - admits he’s bored of being asked questions about his fictional sidekick in the hit U.S. comedy, which ended almost a
Rising star Ellen Page was ostracised in her native Nova Scotia after she shaved her head for a film role.The Oscar-tipped Juno star went bald for a part she played in harrowing 2005 movie Mouth To Mouth, which she shot in Europe, and she couldn’t believe the reactions she got when she returned home.She explains
SIR Paul McCartney has found one positive amid the turmoil of his divorce with estranged wife HEATHER MILLS - he has learned the gift of "patience".The 65-year-old has been embroiled in bitter divorce negotiations with the ex-model, who launched a string of scathing attacks on the former Beatle last month (Nov07), and is now facing
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has received an honorary award from director MARTIN SCORSESE at the opening of the seventh Marrakesh Film Festival in Morocco.Scorsese lavished praise on the 33-year-old as he presented him with a Golden Star Award on Friday (07Dec07), paying tribute to him for "always working till he breaks through the psychological depth of
French actress MARION COTILLARD was surprised by how well-behaved Russell Crowe was on the set of their 2006 movie A GOOD YEAR - because she’d been warned of his volatile reputation.Cotillard found the Australian superstar, who was infamously placed on probation after throwing a telephone at a hotel employee in 2005, to be extremely easy-going.She
British singer Lily Allen has a phobia of getting booed on stage - believing she is the "uncoolest" person on earth. The Smile hitmaker, 22, has never actually been booed on stage, and puts her bizarre paranoia down to growing up in the shadow of her famous father, actor Keith Allen.She says, "I actually do
Actress Eva Mendes has joined animal lovers like PAMELA ANDERSON and ALICIA SILVERSTONE by becoming the latest star to pose nude in protest at the fur trade.The Hitch star was approached by People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) after she was photographed wearing a real fur wrap - and was so inspired by
Troubled star Amy Winehouse has given up her tickets to see one of the biggest events in the history of British boxing - so she can remain near her incarcerated husband BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL.The singer - who also pulled out of an appearance on U.K. talk show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (7Dec07) - had a
Celine Dion performs techno cover versions of her most famous song on request from her six-year-old son.Rene-Charles insists his superstar mother joins him for the bizarre recitals of Titanic song My Heart Will Go On.She explains, "A couple of weeks ago, he took his keyboard and goes, ‘Mom, do you want to sing?’ This is
Filed under: Celebs Caught on Tape Britney Spears celebrated her 26th birthday last weekend -- but Paris Hilton jacked some of the spotlight by leaving at the same time! Look at me, y'all!...
A heart... a home... the nerve...  oh sorry - we thought we were in Oz for a second there.  This IS Brit we're talking about after all!   Celeb Warship has the goods:      According to the slightly-unreliable OK! Magazine, Britney Spears’ plans for the New Year include a total body makeover. No, she isn’t going to stop drinking calorie-laden Starbucks drinks, she’s just going the classy route and getting $81,000 worth of plastic surgery.   “She’s always worrying about what she looks like,” one friend of the “Toxic” songtress reveals to OK!. “She checks pictures of herself on the Internet every night and...

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One of the things we love most about Tina Fey is the way she calls 'em like she sees 'em -and takes no prisoners!    This story from Mama Pop illustrates our point exactly:   Who, this Paula?  Why, whatever do you mean, Tina?   In the most recent Playboy, wherein Tina Fey is not naked, she talks about Paula Abdul 2005 SNL host gig.  She says Paula was "awful" and "disastrous in the way she generally appears to be."  She said she thought, "I gotta prop this lady up and get her on TV."  Well, hey, Bravo did it, am I right?   Tina is so good at the telling tales out of school.  Last year she talked incredible...

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What else can we say but WOW!  Check out this video clip from the VS Fashion Show.  Hot doesn't even begin to describe it!   One of our favorite bloggers, Anything Hollywood, shared this with us and says:     You simply can’t miss this - it’s just too gorgeous!   GET MORE ON Heidi Klum HERE!

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Happy Birthday to "Lost" co-stars Ian Somerhalder (1978) and Dominic Monaghan (1976), NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick (1975), New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina (1968), Irish singer Sinead O'Connor (1966), "Desperate Housewife" Teri Hatcher (1964), political pundit Ann Coulter (1961), Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen (1957), "8 Mile" actress Kim Basinger (1953),


May-December relationships are nothing new in Hollywood!  Maple Juice has the scoop on the latest: Rumor has it that 21 yr old actress Ashley Olsen is now dating 36 yr old actor Josh Lucas Apparently witnesses caught a glimpse of the hot couple getting cozy at the opening of New York’s New Museum.   A source said:   They were meant to be watching one of the acts but they were cuddling up instead. She was all over him.”   Lucas is that hottie in “Sweet Home Alabama” but probably best known for his roles in “Poseidon” and ” A beautiful Mind“.   Most recently Olsen was linked to Lance Armstrong after the pair were spotted...

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AP - A San Francisco lawyer says he will represent Phil Spector in his retrial on a murder charge and that he could not be ready to proceed until September.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Angelina Jolie help is being sought by a left-wing Filipino farmers group that wants to call attention to thousands of rural people who have been displaced by increased military operations.


Troubled pop star Britney Spears will be replaced by a body double in her nude photo shoot for Blender magazine, reports claim.

Reports say that the magazine thinks the 26-year-old singer is "too out of shape" and plans to replace her body with a double in a shoot that will recreate one of the last photos taken of Marilyn Monroe.
Pregnant Jennifer Lopez had been seen shopping for baby things and picked up matching pink and blue rompers igniting speculations that she is having twins. It has been rumored that she is carrying twins but she had not confirm it.

Meanwhile, sources say that the nursery in J.Lo and husband Marc Anthony's New York home had been set up two years in advance. She had supervised the construction of the nursery after she had moved in his home.
Controversial radio host Don Imus returns to the airwaves but he is not toning down.

Eighteen months after he was fired for making racial and sexual remarks about a women's basketball team, the shock jock has been given the mic once again. This may lead listeners to think that he has mellowed his offensive but Imus told Barbara Walters on his TV show that listeners should not expect a gentler and kinder version.
Katherine Heigl clarifies her "a little bit sexist" opinion of her movie Knocked Up to People magazine.

After bashing the hit comedy movie, 29-year-old Heigl clarifies her remarks saying that she's saddened that it has become the focus of her experience with the movie.
Jennifer Love Hewitt's outburst has been getting support from her peers.

Hewitt berated the media on her website for criticizing her bikini pictures. She says she is content with her figure but the unflattering she received will put young girls under more pressure to diet.
Reports surface that Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are getting married this weekend. The couple apparently wanted to be married secretly but accidentally let it slip.

They will be wed in the Bahamas, a source told FOXNews.com.
Ex-Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney states that music helps him get through the painful divorce he's in.

The 65-year-old legend is currently in a divorce battle with Heather Mills. He says that his music heals him from the pain.
Robbie Williams will join Take That's reunion. At least that's his mother has hinted.

"On the question of him doing something with them, I feel that will happen. It would be something he wanted to do," his mother, Jan, says.
Sienna Miller wins her invasion of privacy lawsuit against two British newspapers after they published nude pictures of the "Factory Girl" star while shooting a movie.

The 25-year-old actress sued The Sun and News of the World and a photo agency that supplied that photos from the set of her movie Hippie Hippie Shake after they were printed in October. The judge favored her cause and awarded her $75,000.
R and B singer and Broadway actor Usher has been tapped to star in the revival of Golden Boy.

The classical play is about a pianist who quit music to become a boxer, a role made famous by Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1960s. This is the 29-year-old's return to the New York stage from 2006.
She may be posh now but back in her schooldays, Victoria Beckham was an outcast.

The fashionista Spice Girls member reveals to Elle magazine that she was miserable at school. She had been excluded from the crowd and bullied by classmates.
Filed under: TV, Beauty In the '70s, Joyce DeWitt -- and her black liquid eyeliner -- became famous for playing florist Janet Wood on "Three's Company." Guess what she looks like now!...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, 24 After a little more than 24 hours, Kiefer Sutherland is adapting well to life behind bars. We're told he woke up around 8:00 AM this morning and ate his prison-issue breakfast. After that, he is scheduled for laundry duty. "We had a pretty busy night...
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Music Wrecktacular rocker Amy Winehouse grabbed six Grammy nominations yesterday -- and a whole lotta smackdown from comedian George Lopez Oh, no, no, no!After announcing the nominees for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Lopez called out the rehab-resistant...
Filed under: Music What bouncer in their right freakin' mind is gonna to tell Suge Knight he can't get into a club?! Perhaps they should be reminded of what he allegedly did to Vanilla Ice ?Bouncers at Les Deux must have "les balls" -- because they turned away Suge and...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Jessica Simpson got the National Guard to help her through the airport, Keira Knightley got this bruiser, but Kate Moss had to settle for a totally random stranger for security assistance.Arriving at JFK airport last night, the model-mess had an...
Filed under: Britney Spears We're Just Sayin', Critters Now your pussy can look just like Britney. Oh so purr-ty in pink.We're just sayin'... var tag = new FlashTag('/media/tmz_tmobile_gallery.swf', 450, 417, '8,0,0,0'); tag.addFlashVar('permalink', 'stars_who_look_like_their_dogs'); ...
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Hot Bodies The latest incarnation of Tara Reid was spotted walking along the docks of Sydney harbor on Friday, dressed to the 69s in Jenna Jameson drag!The orange, busty, low-cut, thigh-highed and stilettoed 32-year-old former actress looks about ready to...
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Music, Becks and Posh The Spice Girls like to show love to their fans -- but only when they are on stage!At Mel C.'s acoustic show in L.A. on Thursday, pouty-faced Spice moms Mel B and Victoria Beckham arrived, alongside their respective husbands/handlers, with no time...
Filed under: Hot Bodies Is he drinking out of the fountain of eternal youth?! Frankie Muniz was seen leaving the gym yesterday, and he still looks like little Malcolm. Life's unfair!Frankie, 22, did flash his mini-guns for our cameras, but unfortunately, he has the muscles...
Filed under: Music, Nurse! Rapper Bow Wow (he's not lil' anymore, people!) was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital Thursday night after a performance there.According to a statement issued by his record label, the 20-year-old is suffering from "stress and exhaustion." They also...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice Actress Vivica A. Fox has pleaded no contest to DUI.The charges stem from an incident last March, when cops pulled over the "Booty Call" star on a California highway. According to police, she failed a field sobriety test and blew over the legal limit...
Filed under: Beauty, George Clooney Celine Balitran -- the French law student who became famous for dating George Clooney around ten years ago and then disappeared back into obscurity -- was spotted alive and well on Thursday. Who the hell breaks up with Clooney?!The 33-year-old beauty...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice We had such high hopes. *sigh* L.A. County Superior Court Judge Scott Millington has just issued a no bail bench warrant for Daniel Baldwin for his failure to appear at a progress report hearing that was scheduled for 10:00 AM this morning.We're...
Phil Spector has found a new lawyer to defend him at his retrial for the murder of actress LANA CLARKSON - but the attorney says he may not be ready to go to court until September 2008.Doron Weinberg told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler on Friday (07Dec07) that he needs five months
The former head of security at Death Row Records has again denied allegations he was involved in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur Reggie Wright Jr. disputes claims made by the hip-hop superstar’s former bodyguard Kevin Hackie he conspired with Death Row boss Marion ‘Suge’ Knight to arrange Shakur’s murder.Former police officer Hackie recently offered Wright
Rapper Bow Wow was rushed to hospital on Thursday (06Dec07) night after a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.The 20-year-old star was suffering from "a combination of exhaustion and stress", but is expected to make a full recovery Bow Wow who is on tour with Chris Brown and Sean Kingston, was forced to cancel his concert appearance in
LATEST: Actress Vivica A. FOX has been sentenced to three years’ probation and fined $400 (£200) after pleading guilty to drink-driving on Friday (07Dec07).Judge Stephen Pfaler also ordered Fox to enter a 90-day alcohol education program during a hearing in a Van Nuys, California court.The Kill Bill star was not in court and entered her
LATEST: Actress Katherine Heigl has defended labelling her smash hit movie KNOCKED UP "sexist", insisting the comedy was the "best filming experience of my career".The film, in which Heigl plays a TV journalist who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand with Seth Rogen’s unemployed slob, was a massive hit earlier this year (07) and helped
HAIRSPRAY star Brittany Snow has split up with her longterm drummer boyfriend.Snow and Michael Johnson had been dating for three years but have now separated after the actress decided she needs to concentrate more on her career.A source tells American magazine In Touch, "Brittany really cares about him but can’t focus on a relationship now."Movie
LATEST: MADONNA has dismissed reports her final Warner Bros studio album will be called LICORICE.The pop superstar’s broadcaster friend Larry Lick played two new tracks, Candy Shop and The Beat Goes On, from her upcoming disc on his Sirius Satellite Radio show OutQ on Thursday (06Dec07).Lick then went on to claim the new disc is
Reality TV star Kelly Osbourne is dating TRASH FASHION rocker BAM BAM.The 23-year-old daughter of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy and music mogul Sharon only recently started romancing the British musician.An insider tells American magazine In Touch, "Kelly and Bam Bam have only been dating for a week, but they are really into each other and
Angelina Jolie would have never adopted her Ethiopian daughter ZAHARA if she’d known her mother was alive, according to the actress’ brother.James Haven insists his superstar sister was unaware Zahara’s birth mother Mentewab Dawit Lebiso was still alive when she adopted the child in 2005 because paperwork stated the girl was an orphan.And Jolie would
A U.S. judge has dismissed a musician’s claim Kid Rock copied a hit track from him.Troy Landry alleged the rap/rocker’s song Somebody’s Gotta Feel This was a rip-off of tunes he released on a 1994 album.But U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon has ruled in favour of Kid Rock stating, "The works are not
Celebrity News: Lindsay Lohan has zero taste in fashion but thankfully forher, she’s got the best BOOBS ever! Okay so you may think I’m a hypocrite for saying thatLindsay Lohan is ugly, but don’t judge me, I’m not the one with the bigmosquito glasses, dressed up like a granny, she is! And would you rather likefor me to say that she was voted the most idiotic celebrity ever because of heractions – in second place came Britney Spears… wonder why dind’t they share thefirst prize anyway? Then shut up and keep reading… or just skip to the partwhere you can actually take advantage of Lindsay Lohan’s boobs – well sort of… becauseyou all know I’m not going to post indecent pics of hers! So to make this asshort as possible, Lindsay Lohan has zero taste in fashion, but thanks to herfanbags she is making her way through the crazy world of our beloved celebs!One day her boobs will be history, and that my friend is going to mark the dawnof Lindsay Lohan’s legend  -  I think I’m gonna cry now… or maybe not!
Reuters - Actress Vivica A. Fox pleaded no contest on Friday to drunken driving and must serve three years probation and complete an alcohol education program, an official said.
AP - Vivica A. Fox on Friday became the latest celebrity to enter a plea deal with prosecutors to settle a drunken driving case, authorities said.
AP - A judge has issued an arrest warrant for Daniel Baldwin after the actor failed to appear in court to give a progress report on his drug rehabilitation.
Elton John has been given a rare honor by the Maori community for his continued loyalty to the Polynesian people of New Zealand. The Rocket Man singer, 60, was presented with a specially made bird-feather cloak - called a Korowai


NEW YORK (AP) - Madonna has sued the people who run her luxury co-op building overlooking Central Park, complaining they won't let her buy a neighbor's apartment.


Troubled singer Amy Winehouse is "psyched" about her nomination for six gongs at the upcoming 50th annual Grammy Awards. Music producer Mark Ronson, who produced much of the singer's 2006 album Back To Black,


Yoko Ono is urging fans of the late John Lennon to display an anti-war poster in their hometown to mark the 27th anniversary of the Beatle's death.


R&B star Usher has been lined up to star in a Broadway revival of classical play Golden Boy. The singer proved he can cut it on the New York stage playing Billy Flynn in 2006, and he is now in talks to take on the role made famous by Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1960s - about a pianist who quits music to become a boxer.


Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has credited his close connection with the family of John Bonham for the band's upcoming reunion. The rockers' December 10 comeback show at London's O2 Arena will feature the late drummer's son Jason in their first full concert since their final show with his father in 1980.


The British record company that handles David Bowie Billy Idol, Blondie and Leonard Cohen's back catalogues is up for sale for a staggering $300 million.


Legendary director William Friedkin is following in the footsteps of Quentin Tarantino - he's directed an episode of hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.


British movie tough guy Jason Statham gave up drinking while shooting the Death Race 2000 remake in Canada because he wanted to be at his very best on set. Ever the professional, the star was sober for four months.


Actor Jason Lee feels uneasy every time he has to attend an event in Beverly Hills - because he was once arrested there for illegally skateboarding. The Alvin and the Chipmunks star was a budding skateboard superstar when police caught him playing in a parking lot at night.


Josh Groban holiday album, Noel (released Oct 9) is now Double Platinum & still hanging on to the #1 chart position again this week with 500,000+ copies sold! Josh will be making lots of Holiday TV appearances which kicked off with Oprah on her 'Favorite Things' show Nov. 20.


Former The Dukes Of Hazzard star John Schneider is the latest celebrity to join the cast of Broadway hit "Chicago." The actor will play dancing lawyer Billy Flynn for a nine-week limited engagement beginning in January.


The Office star Rainn Wilson is in negotiations to provide the voice of the sarcastic sports car Kitt in a new Knight Rider movie.


"Splat Pack" horror filmmaker, Rob Zombie (The Devil's Rejects, House of 1,000 Corpses) re-imagination of the original slasher film Halloween makes it mark as a 2-disc Unrated Director's Cut DVD December 18 from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Vivica A. Fox on Friday became the latest celebrity to enter a plea deal with prosecutors to settle a drunken driving case, authorities said.


In a poll conducted by Empire magazine, Angelina Jolie has been named the Sexiest Movie Star ever. The Tomb Raider actress topped the list because of her "pneumatic figure, feline eyes and lips that could have been stung by several hives of bees". Another Amazon, Natalie Portman finished second for "making baldness sexy" for her role in 'V for Vendetta'.
R&B and crunk singer Mary J. Blige is considering a career cross-over to movies if it's right. The Without You singer has auditioned for a couple of small roles, but is in no rush to make her big-screen debut because she wants it to be perfect.

She says, "It's my goal to do more acting if it works for me. I'm not trying to get into the film business just because I'm Mary J. Blige. I don't want to make a fool of myself with everybody laughing and talking about me like a dog. I want to get it right."
Britney Spears is reportedly threatening to leak a new Paris Hilton sex tape unless Paris stops snubbed Brit and her pals. The trainwreck sent the heiress a letter warning her that the video - which shows Paris in a lesbian romp with one of Britney's friends - would hit the innertubes unless her attitude changed. "The letter warns Paris that if she continues being rude to people, the footage will be leaked online," says an insider.
Daniel Craig prepares for his film scenes by ''jumping up and down.'' The Bond star has an unusual warm-up routine on set, his "Golden Compass" co-star Dakota Blue Richards has claimed...
Eva Mendes was supposed to wear prosthetic breasts in the comedy 'Stuck On You'. However, after the directors saw her topless, they re-wrote the script...
Angelina Jolie has topped Empireonline.com's poll of the top '100 Sexiest Movie Stars Ever.' More than 20,000 people visited the movie magazine's website to cast their votes. Jolie's partner, Brad Pitt, landed the number seven spot on the list. There's little dispute that they are one sexy couple...
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt hopes that stricter laws are being considered to protect them and their rights to privacy, because as a good parent he doesn't want their children getting photographed...
Vanessa Minnillo is bidding to become Daniel Craig's next Bond girl. The sexy U.S. TV presenter/actress, who is dating pop star Nick Lachey, is sick of bland and boring movie roles, and is desperate for an action part to sink her teeth into...
Her smouldering gaze and curled lip leaves no doubt that Lisa Marie Presley is every inch her father's daughter, but it now appears she's also inherited a few of Elvis' less appealing qualities...
Elton John has been given a rare honor by the Maori community for his continued loyalty to the Polynesian people of New Zealand. The Rocket Man singer, 60, was presented with a specially made bird-feather cloak - called a Korowai - by a member of the Ngati Te Whiti sub-tribe on Thursday night, following his concert in the city of New Plymouth...
Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett is the next celebrity ready to be a mom. She was showing off her growing baby bump recently went she had to be presenter at the L'Oreal Paris 2007 AFI Awards Dinner...
Randy Jones, the cowboy from the Village People, is claiming that he partook in some coke snorting with Kathy and Rick Hilton Their rock inhaling venture started when he reportedly met up with the Hilton's at the infamous Studio 54...
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were left shaken after shots were fired near their California home. The Hollywood couple's security team are reportedly on "high alert" after gunshots were fired at two parked vehicles - one of which was a camper van used by the team - outside their estate in Los Feliz, California at around 4am on November 27...
Sienna Miller and boyfriend Rhys Ifans appear to be very much in love and don't care who knows it.

The couple strolled arm-in-arm down a north London street, with Sienna, braced against the cold London weather in a bizarre granny-style fur hat, flashing a very broad, satisfied grin...
Cash-strapped Tara Reid has reduced the amount of money she charges for promotional appearances to a mere $3,000. Reid previously charged $26,000 per event...
Katie Holmes has designed her family's Christmas card. The former "Dawson's Creek" star designed the burgundy, cream and brown festive card which will be sent out on behalf of her and husband Tom Cruise, their daughter Suri and Tom's two adopted children Bella and Connor with ex-wife Nicole Kidman...
Britney Spears is to be replaced by a body double for a nude magazine shoot as she is too ''out of shape.'' The 26-year-old "Gimme More" singer is baring all in a recreation of an iconic Marilyn Monroe photograph, but Blender magazine reportedly plan to swap her body with a more "in shape" model...
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan is known for going to the most fashionable shops and restaurants on both coasts, but yesterday, Miss Thing wanted her Mickey Deezy. TMZ caught Lohan on her way to serve her court-ordered community service at the American Red Cross,...
Filed under: Movies, Beauty, Natural Disasters Looking like William Shatner's surgically reassembled long lost twin, Hollywood legend Tony Curtis accepted the Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award in L.A. on Thursday. Twenty thousand leagues under the knife!It appears the 82-year-old "Spartacus"...
Filed under: TV, Beauty In the '70s, Joyce DeWitt -- and her black liquid eyeliner -- became famous for playing florist Janet Wood on "Three's Company." Guess what she looks like now!...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, 24 After a little more than 24 hours, Kiefer Sutherland is adapting well to life behind bars. We're told he woke up around 8:00 AM this morning and ate his prison-issue breakfast. After that, he is scheduled for laundry duty. "We had a pretty busy night...
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Music Wrecktacular rocker Amy Winehouse grabbed six Grammy nominations yesterday -- and a whole lotta smackdown from comedian George Lopez Oh, no, no, no!After announcing the nominees for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Lopez called out the rehab-resistant...
Filed under: Music What bouncer in their right freakin' mind is gonna to tell Suge Knight he can't get into a club?! Perhaps they should be reminded of what he allegedly did to Vanilla Ice ?Bouncers at Les Deux must have "les balls" -- because they turned away Suge and...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Jessica Simpson got the National Guard to help her through the airport, Keira Knightley got this bruiser, but Kate Moss had to settle for a totally random stranger for security assistance.Arriving at JFK airport last night, the model-mess had an...
Filed under: Britney Spears We're Just Sayin', Critters Now your pussy can look just like Britney. Oh so purr-ty in pink.We're just sayin'... var tag = new FlashTag('/media/tmz_tmobile_gallery.swf', 450, 417, '8,0,0,0'); tag.addFlashVar('permalink', 'stars_who_look_like_their_dogs'); ...
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Hot Bodies The latest incarnation of Tara Reid was spotted walking along the docks of Sydney harbor on Friday, dressed to the 69s in Jenna Jameson drag!The orange, busty, low-cut, thigh-highed and stilettoed 32-year-old former actress looks about ready to...
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Music, Becks and Posh The Spice Girls like to show love to their fans -- but only when they are on stage!At Mel C.'s acoustic show in L.A. on Thursday, pouty-faced Spice moms Mel B and Victoria Beckham arrived, alongside their respective husbands/handlers, with no time...
Filed under: Hot Bodies Is he drinking out of the fountain of eternal youth?! Frankie Muniz was seen leaving the gym yesterday, and he still looks like little Malcolm. Life's unfair!Frankie, 22, did flash his mini-guns for our cameras, but unfortunately, he has the muscles...
Filed under: Music, Nurse! Rapper Bow Wow (he's not lil' anymore, people!) was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital Thursday night after a performance there.According to a statement issued by his record label, the 20-year-old is suffering from "stress and exhaustion." They also...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice Actress Vivica A. Fox has pleaded no contest to DUI.The charges stem from an incident last March, when cops pulled over the "Booty Call" star on a California highway. According to police, she failed a field sobriety test and blew over the legal limit...
Filed under: Beauty, George Clooney Celine Balitran -- the French law student who became famous for dating George Clooney around ten years ago and then disappeared back into obscurity -- was spotted alive and well on Thursday. Who the hell breaks up with Clooney?!The 33-year-old beauty...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice We had such high hopes. *sigh* L.A. County Superior Court Judge Scott Millington has just issued a no bail bench warrant for Daniel Baldwin for his failure to appear at a progress report hearing that was scheduled for 10:00 AM this morning.We're...
LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has credited his close connection with the family of JOHN BONHAM for the band’s upcoming reunion.The rockers’ 10 December (07) comeback show at London’s O2 Arena will feature the late drummer’s son Jason in their first full concert since their final show with his father in 1980.And the singer insists
The British record company that handles David Bowie BILLY IDOL, BLONDIE and LEONARD COHEN’s back catalogues is up for sale for a staggering $300 million (£150 million).The independent Chrysalis Group, courted in the past by major labels including Warner Music, has hired an investment bank to help it attract a prominent buyer.Chrysalis’ publishing division manages
LATEST: Shock jock DON IMUS has no plans to tone down his radio show now he is back on the airwaves.The radio host returned to the mic this week (03Dec07), 18 months after he was sacked for making racially and sexually charged about a women’s basketball team.But Imus told U.S. presenter Barbara Walters on
Golf champion TIGER WOODS’ wife has been awarded "substantial" damages by an Irish magazine, after it printed fake nude photos of the Swedish model in the publication last year (06) Elin Nordegren filed a libel suit against The Dubliner magazine in November 2006 over the images printed in November 2006 of a naked woman - wrongly
British racing driver LEWIS HAMILTON has laughed off rumours of a romance with supermodel Naomi Campbell insisting they are more like siblings than lovers.The couple sparked reports last month (Nov07) after being seen at a gala dinner in London before leaving together to enjoy a meal at exclusive restaurant, China Tang in the capital’s Dorchester
Yoko Ono is urging fans of the late JOHN LENNON to display an anti-war poster in their hometown to mark the 27th anniversary of the BEATLE’s death.The poster - which reads War Is Over! If You Want It - Happy Christmas from John & Yoko - is being made available for download online and is
French actor MATHIEU AMALRIC has been unveiled as DANIEL CRAIG’s nemesis in the next BOND movie.The Diving Bell and the Butterfly star, 42, refused to reveal any more details about his villainous character in the Casino Royale follow-up, although Bond girl Eva Green has hinted that Amalric will be her character’s boyfriend.Shooting for Bond 22
Actress Sienna Miller has won an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against two British newspapers after they published nude photographs of the star taken while she was filming a movie.The Factory Girl beauty sued tabloids The Sun and News of the World, along with the photo agency that supplied the snaps from the set of
A host of movie stars including Sean Penn WOODY ALLEN, TIM ROBBINS and HOLLY HUNTER have pledged their support for striking members of the writing union by shooting a series of short films.The clips appear on the website Speechlesswithoutwriters.com, which is the brainchild of screenwriters George Hickenlooper and Alan Sereboff.Members of the Writers Guild of