AP - George Stevens Jr. knew he created something special in 1978 when he saw the audience at the Kennedy Center react to old black-and-white footage of Marian Anderson singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
AP - Jack Nicholson says he drew on his own experience in the hospital for his new film, "The Bucket List."
Rapper Kanye West has put his Beverly Hills mansion on the market, suggesting he and bride-to-be Alexis Pfifer are looking to start married life in early 2008 in a new home.


Jessica Simpson new film Blonde Ambition made less than $400 when it opened in eight Texas theatres on Friday. The movie, which also stars fellow Texan Luke Wilson, was saved from the straight-to-DVD tag by film bosses at Nu Image and Millennium Films, who decided to give it a limited Christmas run.


CHICAGO (AP) - A woman who snapped photos of R. Kelly in a courtroom with her cell phone has pleaded guilty to contempt of court after spending the weekend in jail.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - For Carson Daly the phrase ''the show must go on'' has taken on a whole new significance.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shawn ''Jay-Z'' Carter said Monday that he will leave his post as president of Universal Music Group's Def Jam Records label after his contract expires this year.


Pregnant pop superstar Christina Aguilera jumped at the chance to buy Ozzy Osbourne's Los Angeles mansion after falling in love with his kitchen - on TV.


A childhood Christmas was ruined for Chevy Chase when robbers struck and stole all his presents. The comedy star is still haunted by the festive nightmare, more than 50 years on.


Chicago rapper Yung Berg has been charged in Florida for smoking cannabis. The arrest took place on the set of the video for singer Ray J 's new single Sexy Can I, which features Yung Berg's vocals.


Funnyman Rowan Atkinson escaped without citation after reversing his rented SUV into a parked car during a Christmas trip to Aspen, Colorado last week.


Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is using teenager Jamie-Lynn Spears' pregnancy shocker as a talking point on the campaign trail. The Republican Baptist minister, the former Arkansas Governor, stunned his supporters when he took a moment to discuss Spears' dilemma at a recent rally in Iowa.


Brad Pitt is laughing off the threat of another natural disaster hitting his adopted New Orleans, Louisiana because he's not uprooting. The actor, partner Angelina Jolie and their four kids moved to New Orleans earlier this year as Pitt embarked on an ambitious project to rehome the victims of Hurricane Katrina.


Nicole Kidman has publicly credited her father for helping her through her darkest days following her marriage split from Tom Cruise. The Aussie actress has revealed her 2001 divorce helped bring her closer to her father Anthony, a devout Catholic.


Someday, we're probably going to look back at ''There Will Be Blood,'' Paul Thomas Anderson's epic about greed, lies, manipulation and insanity, and call it his masterpiece.


A former boyfriend of rapper Lil' Kim is facing the death penalty over claims he ordered the execution of an alleged drug-trafficking rival.


Katie Holmes is the new Audrey Hepburn, according to actress Diane Keaton. The Annie Hall star will appear alongside Tom Cruise's wife in 2008 movie Mad Money, and she insists 29-year-old Holmes has the grace and charisma to become the world's next great humanitarian icon.


Pamela Anderson filed for divorce from new husband Rick Salomon after she was caught "cozying up to" magician Criss Angel, according to reports.


Actress Susan Sarandon has been ordered to boycott a jewelery store over its links to "illegal West Bank settlements".


Actress Diane Kruger is spending the Christmas holidays in Germany - because her mother threatened to disown her if she didn't come home.


Ex-B2K star Raz B has accused the band's former manager Chris Stokes of child molestation. Raz B - real name DeMario Thorton - makes the shocking revelations in a new internet video, in which he and his older brother, Ricardo, claim to have suffered at the hands of Stokes during their early teens.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jack Nicholson says he drew on his own experience in the hospital for his new film, ''The Bucket List.''


Troubled singer Britney Spears illusive behavior could lead her to commit suicide, a Beverly Hills analyst and addiction expert has warned.Marty Brenner said that the 26-year-old star is living in...

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Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started TMZ just spotted 16-year-old Barron Hilton out with big sister Paris at clubs where he's distinctly underage -- and now it looks like he's picked up her penchant for her pal Britney's late-night hotel runs.Barron took galpal Skye Peters -- daughter...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Will Smith is slamming a Scottish paper -- after one of its reporters twisted a quote he gave about Adolf Hitler in an interview -- and kicked up an unnecessary Internet s**tstorm.Smith called the The Daily Record's quote "an awful and disgusting...
Filed under: The Hills, We're Just Sayin', Reality TV It's uncanny! Heidi is becoming Morgan Fairchild -- one part at a time! The new nose, the boobs, the lacquered hair -- she's looking nearly as fake as "The Hills."It's only a matter of time until we can't tell them apart at all. We're just sayin'......
Filed under: Britney Spears The woman who worked for Britney Spears for ten years has moved on from playing lackey to BritBrit to playing lackey to ... the Jonas Brothers. Gimme more teen superstars!What's more, reports the New York Daily News, Felicia Culotta -- aka Fe -- has...
Filed under: Movies It's all good in the hood between Will Smith and the Jews. Oy, it was giving us such a pain already!The Anti-Defamation League just issued a statement to TMZ, saying that they "welcome and accept" Smith's statement that Hitler was a "vicious killer"...
Brad Pitt is getting into the Christmas spirit via his children.

The father of four, who is celebrating the festive season in his adopted home of New Orleans with partner Angelina Jolie, revealed to "Live With Regis And Kelly" that he will be encouraging his boyhood traditions to his children over Christmas.
High fives! Borat will not be performed again.

The man behind Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen, has revealed that he will not be bringing his Kazakhstan journalist to the screen again.
Posh has already stolen our innocence and sense of decorum by subjecting us to personal information about her husband's equipment, her own undergarments, and their sex life.  Hollywood Grind reports on a theft of a more material matter:   While performing in Germany Victoria Beckham had $11,500 worth of shoes, clothes, and jewelry stolen. A source said:   "Victoria’s post-show high was ruined when she noticed stuff had been nicked. All the other girls’ dressing rooms were untouched, but somebody had clearly been rifling through Victoria’s possessions. She was very upset. Fashion means everything to her. She keeps all her old outfits in storage."...

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Never having been pregnant or given birth ourselves, we probably shouldn't talk, but this story from blogger Celebrity Body Gossip  (aka Dotspotter SkinnyCelebNews) makes us go "hmmmmmmmm."   Christina Aguilera is expected to deliver her first baby on January 10. She has scheduled a cesarean section, as she has opted to avoid the pain of a natural child birth.   The singer - who is expecting her first child with her music executive husband Jordan Bratman - has allegedly decided to go for the operation like many celebrities before her because she is too posh to push.   A source close to the star told The New York Post: “Christina has a C-section scheduled for...

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Happy Birthday to Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich (1963), 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto (1978), St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith (1954), Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk (1947), "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh (1945), comedian Alan King (1927; d. 2004), and actor/comedian Steve Allen (1921; d. 2000).
Is it hot in here or is it just this video, courtesy of Anything Hollywood?      Pussycat Dolls Maxim magazine Photo Shoot video. Pussycat Dolls can sing, dance & most important of all strip! On a slow day of celebrity news. Let’s look at Pussycat Dolls sexy video. Merry Christmas!   Watch video of Pussycat Dolls Maxim magazine Photo shoot!   GET MORE SEXY STUFF FROM THE Pussycat Dolls HERE!

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Did Dallas fans, or perhaps Terrell Owens, really drive Jessica Simpson from the stands? Celebrity Trashcan knows:   It appears that Jessica Simpson may have got the memo about not being wanted at anymore Dallas Cowboys games. No one spotted her at this week’s Carolina Panthers game but her beau Tony Romo hinted that indeed his girl was in the audience.   “I know she saw all of that tonight,” Romo said after the game. “She was at the game tonight, so I don’t know.”   The “all of that” he is referring to had to do with all the Jessica Simpson posters that taunted him throughout the game. It seems that the Carolina Panthers’ fans...

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Soccer star David Beckham says he was "starstruck" when he met musician Stevie Wonder, and tells his wife that he wanted to take a picture with the music great.

The 32-year-old husband of Posh Spice tells BBC Radio that he is also in awe of Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali. He says that Wonder's "Superstition" is also his favorite song.
AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew in to the Egyptian city of Luxor on Tuesday aboard a private jet accompanied by his new love, ex-supermodel Carla Bruni to spend Christmas on the banks of the Nile.
AP - The Christmas season brought Martha Stewart one fond memory of her stay in a West Virginia prison.
AFP - David Beckham said on Tuesday he was "starstruck" when he met Stevie Wonder, and told his wife that he wanted to take a picture with the music legend.
Pop culture superstar Fergie has joined an already stellar line-up of guest artists for the 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson Thriller, the world's biggest selling album of all time.


British actress Anna Friel is struggling to come to terms with spending Christmas in California - because the climate is too hot. The Pushing Daisies star has relocated to Los Angeles with Harry Potter actor David Thewlis and she's bracing herself for a warm, humid festive season away from England.


Will Smith has been forced to give up his beach holiday plans for Christmas - because his wife wants to head for the snow. The Men In Black star was hoping to spend the holidays in the Jamaican sun, but actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith likes the big freeze.


French actress Juliette Binoche favorite Christmas memories come from the days where she and her sister would read Shakespeare aloud - because they were too poor to give gifts.


Nicolas Cage will be spending the holidays in Bath, England, because he has always dreamed of a Dickensian Christmas.


Ashlee Simpson can expect to hear the pitter-patter of tiny feet on Christmas Day - her rocker boyfriend has bought her a puppy. Fall Out Boy star Pete Wentz has revealed he's giving his girl a pet dog as a gift.


Movie star Denzel Washington risks the holiday travel rush every year so he and his family can spend Christmas night in the Caribbean.


Actor Jude Law and ex-wife Sadie Frost will spend an unconventional Christmas in Cuba - learning to dance the Salsa. The couple will take their children Rafferty, 11, Iris, seven and Rudy, five, plus Frost's son from a previous relationship, Finlay, 17, to Havana where they will learn the South American dance moves.


Britney Spears has topped a new internet poll to find the celebrity on top of Santa's 'naughty list' this Christmas. More than 1,000 kids polled by E-Poll Market Research felt troubled mom Spears deserved nothing but a lump of coal in her Christmas stocking - with Paris Hilton a distant second.


Actor Brad Pitt is hoping to net adopted sons Maddox and Pax a unique Christmas present - private soccer lessons with David Beckham. Pitt is hoping Beckham will treat LA Galaxy fans Maddox and Pax to a game of soccer in the new year.


The oddest Christmas gift Beyonce Knowles ever received was a set of "rhinestone studded pedicure toe spacers."

Irving Berlin's festive favorite White Christmas is the most recorded holiday song, with over 500 official versions in dozens of languages.


"We spend every Christmas in Maine and just hope and pray for snow." Actress Kelly Preston on the Travolta family's Christmas plans.


American Idol judge Simon Cowell will escape London's cold snap by treating his mother to a trip in the sun this Christmas. The music mogul will whisk his beloved mom and long-term partner Terri Seymour off to the Caribbean for a long break.


Soccer star David Beckham has splashed out $1,500 on a fashion tome for his Spice Girl wife Victoria. The expensive Christmas present, Valentino Garavani: First Name in Fashion, has been personally signed by the designer.


Johnny Depp kid wants to be a pop star. The Pirates of the Caribbean star's 7-year-old daughter, Lily Rose, is eager to have her own career in the music industry.

The young girl says she wants to follow her parents' footsteps. Depp and partner, Vanessa Paradis, had both been linked to music.
Posh Spice was robbed off her posh clothes. Victoria Beckham was upset when her designer stuff had been stolen from her dressing room during the Spice Girls concert in Germany, The Sunday Mirror reported.

The 33-year-old fashion icon lost two pair of shoes, worth approximately $11,500 each, along with Spice Girls costumes, including jackets and jewelery.
Will Smith is fuming over his Hitler . The 'I Am Legend' actor says that he was misinterpreted when he said he viewed German leader Adolf Hitler as an essentially "good person."

"It speaks to the dangerous power of an ignorant person with a pen. I am incensed and infuriated to have to respond to such ludicrous misinterpretation," Smith said.
A woman who took R. Kelly pictures in a courtroom with her cell phone has pleaded guilty to contempt of court after spending time in jail.

Jean Johnson, 49, called herself R. Kelly "biggest fan." Yet the woman was sentenced to five days in jail after her guilty plea Monday; she was released after Judge Vincent Gaughan gave her credit for the days she had already spent in custody. Her cell phone was also ordered destroyed.
Vegetarian Victoria Beckham was shocked after she received a turkey stuffed with skincare products as a Christmas gift from celebrity skin doctor Dr. Neetu Nirdosh.

The odd present was intended to help the 33-year-old Posh Spice fight the effects of the Spice Girls' world tour and air travel. Mrs. David Beckham didn't seem to love it; she was far from being impressed.
Even though she just learned that her company's being sued by a luxury jeweler, Heidi Klum isn't about to let a little lawsuit get in the way of her holiday family fun...
They're juggling jet set lives and three kids but Victoria and David Beckham aren't too busy to blog for the holidays.

"As the festive season is upon us, I want to wish everyone a very merry (and of course fashionable) Christmas and a Happy New Year," Victoria posted Friday...
The interest aroused by actor Daniel Craig when playing Bond while wearing THOSE trunks may have irked him somewhat - but it appears the Bond star has a soft spot for them after all...
One of Lindsay Lohan former boyfriend, Riley Giles has claimed that the actress is a "nymphomaniac" and has replaced her drug addiction for sex addiction. Lindsay and snowboarder Giles met while hey were both in rehab at the Cirque Lodge facility in Utah in August this year and split up when the actress returned to Los Angeles...
Amy Winehouse was a rags to riches success and she retained her value of frugality. She enquired into the cost of getting a Kabbalah woven red thread bracelet and sulked when she learnt that it cost a minimum of £18. Amy thought that it was cool whe she saw a girl on the street wearing one...
It seems to be the day for Will Smith news. In Saturday's Daily Record, Smith discussed his feelings about the good in people, but stirred up some controversy with his thoughts on Hitler...
While most were out shopping, Jennifer Love Hewitt and fiance Ross McCall took time out of their Christmas schedule to help out at the Los Angeles Mission in downtown LA...
R&B/Pop Celebrity Mariah Carey was spotted with her new puppy outside of her parent's jewelry store in Aspen, Colorado over the weekend, just in time for Christmas. Mariah Carey reportedly spent five hours inside the Joan Boyce store and when as she left, the singer posed for the paparazzi...
Model Elle Macpherson clearly isn't the shy type as she stripped off in a beach car park to indulge in a spot of her favourite sport - surfing. The model known as 'The Body' arrived at the beach rather sparingly dressed in a bottom-skimming sweater and fashionable Ugg boots after heading back to Oz to be with friends and family...
Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli seem to still be going strong - as they were spotted out for some last minute Christmas shopping on Sunday (December 23)...
Filed under: Holidaze, Hot Bodies The always beautiful Jennifer Love Hewitt spent Christmas Eve feeding the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission in downtown L.A. Grilled, skinless chicken is very low in calories.See Also To All the Haters: Jennifer Loves Her Body! Name That...
Filed under: Holidaze 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Thirty Mile Zone, not a celebrity was stirring; just a couple of Jewish guys. TMZ spotted Garry Shandling and Larry David out last night. That's it. Merry Christmas!See Also Larry David --...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice In the irony to end all ironies, a woman was sentenced to five days in jail for snapping a pic of R. Kelly in court (big no-no!). Meanwhile, he hasn't even gone to trial yet over child porn charges -- and it's been over five years. Objection!Jean...