It’s only been five months since his passing, but Heath Ledger continues to be missed.  Thursday night’s Australians in Film 2008 Breakthrough Awards not only honored the actor, but also announced the formation of the Heath Ledger Scholarship Fund.  Dotspotter star blogger, nyzombie, has the story:   It’s been five months since Heath Ledger’s shocking death at age 28. But the young actor was still very much on the minds of his colleagues at Thursday night’s Australians in Film 2008 Breakthrough Awards in Beverly Hills. The emotional highlight of the evening came when Gregor Jordan – who became good friends with Ledger after directing him in...

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AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche five-year marriage to Coleman Laffoon is officially over, but not without a pinch to her pocketbook.
Happy Birthday to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" actor Jordan Fry (1993), Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova (1981), Philadelphia 76er Allen Iverson (1975), New Zealand actor Karl Urban (1972),


Congrats to Vin Diesel   The Fast and the Furious actor quietly welcomed his first child back in April and has finally shared this exciting news with us all.  Dotspotter blogger, CelebsandBubs, has the scoop:   Vin Diesel and his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez, have quietly become parents of a baby girl, his rep tells PEOPLE. Diesel, 40, and Jimenez welcomed their first child on April 2.   YOU CAN FIND ALL THE LATEST CELEBRITY BABY NEWS AT THIS LINK!

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It seems that Miley Cyrus is taking a page out of the Britney Spears handbook of life.  Rumor has it that the 15 year old starlet is dating her 22 year old back-up dancer.  What’s next, Miley?  Dotspotter blogger, superstar, has the deets:   Knock knock, anyone home at the Cyrus house?  Are Billy Ray and Tish going to continue to let 15-year-old Miley become the next young trainwreck?  Are they too busy "managing" her, that they don't see the trouble that she seems to be getting herself into?  The teen sensation has had many risque photos leaked onto the internet and yet her Myspace page is still up and she obviously still has access to her...

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AP - SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and singer Justin Timberlake may not be qualified to play in the U.S. Open, but both proved they could break 100 Friday on Torrey Pines' South Course.
Hunky actor GILLES MARINI’s naked shower scene in Sex and THE CITY: THE MOVIE came as a shock to his wife - because he never told her he was baring all in the film.Marini plays the neighbour of Kim Cattrall’s Samantha Jones character in the hit film and he thought it would be fun not
Former FRIENDS star David Schwimmer is to further his love of British culture by directing the Los Angeles studio segments of hit sitcom LITTLE BRITAIN’s U.S. spin-off.The Run Fat Boy Run director, who fell in love with London life while acting onstage there, will take charge of segments for the six-episode transplant of the cult
THE ITALIAN JOB director is taking on TONY SOPRANO in a battle to portray tragic soul man MARVIN GAYE on the big screen F. Gary Gray has just signed on to direct the biopic Marvin, which will go head to head with actor James Gandolfini’s Sexual Healing, which will star Rent’s Jesse L. Martin as the
Fans of cult TV show Buffy the VAMPIRE SLAYER are studying the series as part of a three-day academic conference at Henderson State University in Arkansas, which began on Friday (06Jun08).Among the 90 papers discussed as part of philosophy professor Kevin Durand’s weekend course are Buffy and Feminism and Hero’s Journey, Heroine’s Return: Buffy, Eurydice
LATEST: JACK BLACK blames his wife for his Angelina Jolie slip up at the Cannes Film Festival - because she told him the actress was expecting twins just before he joined her for a major TV interview.The portly funnyman admits he was blindsided by his wife Tanya Haden’s Jolie news and decided to repeat it
Janet Jackson has another album flop on her hands - bosses at her record label have ceased promoting DISCIPLINE and there are no more single releases planned.Jackson, who once broke chart records with seven U.S. top five hits from one album - Rhythm Nation 1812, has scored only one hit from her new release, Feedback.And
LATEST: Actress Anne Heche has won her battle to reduce child support payments to her ex-husband.The former Ally McBeal star pleaded poverty in court last month (May08), blaming the cancellation of TV series Men In Trees for her inability to pay child support.The star was granted a reprieve in the monthly payments of $14,978 (£7,489)
AP - Vin Diesel is a dad. Diesel, star of "The Pacifier" and "The Chronicles of Riddick," and his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez, welcomed a baby girl in Los Angeles on April 2, his representative, Meredith O'Sullivan, said in an e-mail Friday.
Reuters - Ed McMahon the longtime sidekick to U.S. talk show host Johnny Carson, has blamed the possible foreclosure of his Beverly Hills mansion on a "perfect storm" of problems facing Americans caught in the housing downturn.
Reuters - R&B singer Alicia Keys is enjoying a successful worldwide tour, a chart-topping album and will act in an upcoming movie, but it might not have happened, she said, were it not for a near breakdown two years ago.
AP - Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as The Rock "
Jack Black crazy rock duo Tenacious D are to use their Metallica support shows in England as a platform to honor their heroes The Who.


Actor Ryan Phillippe has gone public with his Abbie Cornish romance two years after the Aussie actress was accused of coming between the actor and his then-wife Reese Witherspoon.


Seann William Scott has honored his late father with a new tattoo.


Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson is set to follow in the footsteps of Salma Hayek and become an executive producer for a U.S. TV network.


Keira Knightley is in talks to play flower girl Eliza Doolittle in a My Fair Lady remake.


Fiery judge Sharon Osbourne has officially quit 'The X Factor' today citing as the reason that four years was long enough for her to do the show. Yet there are others who say Sharon's leaving is really over pay disputes. Or the fact that she just hates Danni Minogue's guts.
Troubled star and Hollywood offspring Tatum O'Neal stopped on the streets of New York City Wednesday and gave a heartfelt and impromptu press conference to paparazzi and journalists who quizzing her about her recent drug arrest. The 44-year-old actress told them, "Every day is a great day if I'm not using."
Actor Patrick Dempsey has some advice for his "Made of Honor" co-star Michelle Monaghan. The actress is pregnant with her first child.

Dempsey said he knew about the pregnancy before Monaghan went public with the news. According to People.com, the "Grey's Anatomy" actor said, "It was a big secret, and I wasn't allowed to tell anyone, but I knew Michelle was pregnant, and I am thrilled for her. She will be a great mom because she has a good head on her shoulders, a fine husband, and overall, she is a lovely woman."
Actor Vin Diesel and his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez, became first time parents in April. The news about the baby's birth is just now being released.

According to People.com, Diesel, 40, and Jimenez welcomed a baby girl into the world on April 2.
After months of speculation about Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish's relationship, the two stepped out together at the 2008 Australian in Film Breakthrough Awards. It was the first major event that they attended together as a couple.

Cornish was being honored at the awards with a Breakthrough Award. When her name was announced, Phillippe rubbed her back while she leaned against his shoulder. Throughout the evening the couple also held hands.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo Jennifer Aniston hates running errands.Cameras clicked the scowling actress at an upholstery store yesterday, obviously bored with her task at hand.Where's her assistant when she needs him?!?...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Yeah, he made millions off of "The Tonight Show," "Star Search," American Family Publishers," "Who Do You Trust," etc., yet Ed McMahon told Larry King last night he's broke as a joke. See Also For McMahon-sion, Heeeeere's Foreclosure...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice Urkel, he's not: "Family Matters" star Darius McCrary is one bad mamma jamma. According to his estranged girlfriend, self-proclaimed "Video Vixen" Karrine Steffans, he assaulted her on several occasions -- the most recent just yesterday when she says...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Adam Sandler watched the big game last night with one other big star, A-Rod. Oh yeah, lil' Rob Schneider was there too.See Also Adam Sandler Goes Limp...
Filed under: Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer All that action Johnny boy is getting from Jennifer Aniston isn't makin' him grin, at least in public. He's gone from jokester to stiff.He doesn't write, he doesn't call. Someone even called the cops yesterday. Careful, John. We don't want her...
Filed under: Music, Wacky and Weird, 50 Cent So you're at a gas station and you gotta GO -- but unlike Britney Spears, you ain't going near the grody bathrooms. What do you do? If you're 50 Cent you piss all over the sidewalk.50 and his boys were cruising in his sick Lambo in Queens the other...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Spencer Pratt couldn't help but brag about making $3 million a week -- likely a load of BS -- but instead of impressing, it only made him look like a bigger douche for leaving that $16 tip on a $783 bill!See Also Heidi & Spencer: Annoying AND...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice Evander Holyfield has pulled a Bill Clinton who famously translated the word "is". Evander now says there's a difference between being "broke" and "not liquid"."I'm not broke. I'm just not liquid," the ex-champ tells the Atlanta...
Filed under: Prez Election 2008 If being someone's friend means comparing then to a mentally unstable rabbit killer, then Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen and Hillary Clinton are BFF's.We grilled Cohen, who compared Hill to Glenn Close psychotic star turn in "Fatal Attraction." He sees...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Las Vegas may be the City of Sin -- but according to Gloria Allred, Bev Hills is the City of Shims, or women who dress in the "gender uniform of a male."Women looking like men? Not here.

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Tonight on TMZ TV, strap on your boots, it's gettin real wild out west! Jennifer Aniston yanked the clown out of John Mayer's rodeo, Redford and Newman ain't got nothin on Sam and LiLo, and what's chapped Gloria Allred's hide this time?Check your...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rob Lowe The former nanny Rob Lowe is suing wants the lawsuit thrown out, because she claims she never made a vow of silence and therefore could say anything she wanted against the Lowes.The court docs, filed yesterday in Santa Barbara County Superior Court,...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice Anne Heche and her ex husband Coleman Laffoon were in court today, sorting out their nuclear battle over child support. Heche claims she's close to broke, saying she's $364,000 in the hole!Outside court, Anne was more interested in how we're doing...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice Anne Heche has sealed the deal on her divorce war, and we know who's paying what.According to the order signed today, "the case is settled." Now the damage. Anne will pay Coley Laffoon $3,700 a month in child support. Sounds like a lot, but here's...
Starring in hit Broadway play CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF has left actor TERRENCE HOWARD depressed and swearing he’ll never return to the stage.The Iron Man insists that if he had known the theatre schedule was so tough he would never have signed up for the role in the beloved Tennessee Williams play.He claims
Actor Ryan Phillippe has gone public with his ABBIE CORNISH romance two years after the Aussie actress was accused of coming between the actor and his then-wife REESE WITHERSPOON.The Stop Loss film lovers were spotted holding hands at the 2008 Australian in Film Breakthrough Awards on Thursday (05Jun08).One guest tells People.com, "They were adorable. He
SEX AND THE CITY star CHRIS NOTH has been handpicked by Renee Zellweger to star in forthcoming movie MY ONE AND ONLY.The actor was personally recommended for the role by Zellweger, who plays a woman looking for a wealthy man to support her family.Britain’s Heat magazine reports that Noth will play her love interest, a
Dustin Hoffman turned a joke into an awkward moment on late night TV in America on Thursday night (05Jun08) when he repeated an ill-advised CHRIS ROCK joke.The Tootsie star was telling a gag about a travelling flea on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno when he made an aside about presidential wannabe John McCain’s age.But
Seann William SCOTT has honoured his late father with a new tattoo.The American Pie star was devastated when his dad passed away last year (07) and decided to pay tribute to him with a little skin art.And Scott insists the design represents a very important time in his personal growth.He adds, "My dad was dying
MADONNA is reportedly set to mark her 50th birthday by releasing a sequel to her infamous IN BED WITH MADONNA documentary next year (09).The Holiday hitmaker will produce the documentary with filmmaker Alex Keshishian, who directed the controversial 1991 movie, to celebrate her continued success in the music industry.And the film will act as a
Bob Dylan has offered his support to U.S. presidential wannabe BARRACK OBAMA in an interview with a London newspaper.The folk rock icon tells The Times he has become disillusioned about the state of America and feels Obama offers the country hope.Dylan states, "Right now America is in a state of upheaval. Poverty is demoralising. You
Keira Knightley is in talks to play flower girl ELIZA DOOLITTLE in a MY FAIR LADY remake.The British actress is the favourite to take Audrey Hepburn’s iconic role in the update of the 1964 musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s comedy of manners Pygmalion.The film will be produced by Duncan Kenworthy and theatre impresario Cameron
BRITNEY SPEARS’ former manager LARRY RUDOLPH has confirmed the star will be hitting the streets of London to shoot the promo for her upcoming single RADAR.The Toxic star is set to film the video in the British capital next week (beg09Jun08), and is determined to get her career back on track by taking a director’s
Hollywood actor Samuel L. JACKSON is set to follow in the footsteps of SALMA HAYEK and become an executive producer for a U.S. TV network.Hayek found success behind the scenes by executive producing hit show Ugly Betty and now Jackson has followed suit by signing a deal with CBS Paramount the studio behind the CSI:
Mary J BLIGE has cancelled what was to be her first Australasian tour, citing exhaustion.The weary R&B star, who is currently performing dates in Britain, will not be making the trip to Australia this weekend as planned, for shows that were billed to start in Perth on 10 June (08).Instead, the dates in Perth, Melbourne,
LATEST: Outspoken moviemaker SPIKE LEE has fuelled the war of words between himself Clint Eastwood by calling the Hollywood icon "an angry old man." Lee was upset when the Dirty Harry star used an interview in a British newspaper to attack the Malcolm X director over remarks he made about the lack of black actors