Reuters - The normally taciturn Bob Dylan was moved to words on Thursday night when a young Brazilian woman rushed on stage and hugged him during a concert in Sao Paulo.
Actor Dennis Hopper and some star-studded pals are revving up ahead of an epic motorcycle journey from the USA to Mexico. Hopper and other members of the Guggenheim Motorcycle club take off from San Diego, California on Monday, heading for La Paz on the coast of Baja California, more than 700 miles to the south.


Anne Heche is set to shock fans by flashing her flesh in new movie comedy Spread - and she's currently negotiating just how much she'll bare. The former Ally McBeal star admits "there's a lot of" nudity in the film, in which she stars alongside Ashton Kutcher and Laura Linney.


Burlesque icon Dita Von Teese has been asked to help find three stunning Americans for the fabled Crazy Horse Paris cabaret troupe. The former wife of rocker Marilyn Manson will judge upcoming auditions at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Another hard-partying Hilton may be cruising closer to jail. Paris Hilton 18-year-old brother was charged Thursday with four misdemeanor counts stemming from his Feb. 12 arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Barron Nicholas Hilton's charges include driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and being an unlicensed driver.


Britney Spears has sparked new rumors she is expecting her on/off boyfriend Adnan Ghalib's baby after she was seen sporting a bulging belly while out shopping in Los Angeles. The pop star has been dogged by reports she is pregnant with her third child since the couple were spotted buying pregnancy tests in January.


ShredOrDie.com, a collaboration of the Or Die Networks and skateboarding icon Tony Hawk features action sports videos with an emphasis on the skate, snow, surf, BMX, motorcross sports culture. Under the creative direction of Tony, ShredOrDie delivers hand-picked action sports video content and functions as a video community for top athletes,


Rapper Snoop Dogg must reach a settlement with his former label Priority Records within the next three weeks - or the unpaid royalties case will go to trial, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled. The Signs hit-maker - real name Cordozar Calvin Broadus - filed suit against the label in 2006, accusing Priority Records of failing to pay up $2 million in outstanding royalties.


Hollywood actor Bruce Willis was introduced to a strong African strain of marijuana by rapper Rick Ross, according to the hip-hop star himself. The Hustlin' MC admits he enjoys nothing better than hanging out with a fellow celebrity and smoking his drug of choice. And Ross boasts Die Hard star Willis is his biggest conquest to date.


Patrick Swayze has been ordered by his doctors to quit smoking or risk losing his battle against pancreatic cancer. Reports the Dirty Dancing star was suffering from the disease surfaced on Wednesday and were later confirmed by his publicist.


MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Fergie, Sheryl Crow Santana and Aretha Franklin are among the big names slated for this spring's 32nd annual Beale Street Music Festival.


Troubled Grease star Jeff Conaway is planning a second stint on hard-hitting reality show Celebrity Rehab, despite quitting the program days before completing his televised treatment. The actor - who played Kenickie in the iconic 1978 musical movie - was struggling with severe cocaine, painkiller and alcohol addictions when he signed up to appear with other fallen stars on psychologist Dr. Drew Pinsky's TV experiment.


Rocker Ringo Starr is sick of the adulation he receives for being part of the The Beatles - because he wants to be known for his other musical achievements too.


Former Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland has confirmed reports she's had breast implants. Rowland fueled speculation she'd had a boob job when photographers caught the now-busty singer on the beach in Miami, Florida last month, wearing the same purple bikini that made her look flat-chested in August 2007.


"Singer" Ashlee Simpson has hit out at reports she was drunk during a radio interview on Tuesday, blaming her slurred speech on "bad energy". Two days after Simpson's representative claimed the star was "simply just tired" during an appearance on Washington, D.C.'s Hot 99.5 Kane In The Morning show, Simpson, herself, has now defended her conduct in a post on her MySpace.com webpage.


A Los Angeles court commissioner has ruled that Britney Spears dad can draw $2,500-a-week from his daughter's accounts - as conservator of her affairs.


Former Northern Exposure star Janine Turner has written a book profiling historic women who managed to juggle a career with single motherhood. The 45-year-old, who is herself a single mom, wants Holding Her Head High to encourage women raising children by themselves to have the confidence to not worry too much.


Jennifer Aniston is living rent free at Gloria Estefan's Miami, Florida palatial estate while she films new movie Marley & Me.


Eddie Van Halen's ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli has reassured Van Halen fans the guitarist "sounds terrific" despite his current medical concerns. Actress Bertinelli contacted her former husband immediately after rumors the one-time alcoholic had returned to rehab began to circulate earlier this week.


NEW YORK (AP) - Sorry, ''Seinfeld'' fans. NBC and Jerry Seinfeld shot down a New York Post report Friday that the comic was in talks with the network about a new sitcom. The report, citing no sources, said Seinfeld would play himself in a New York series similar to ''Curb Your Enthusiasm.''


Ever had one of those days when nothing went your way? This was the Dude's life. At least during the now cult classic "The Big Lebowski." In Joel and Ethan Coen's unforgettable and oft-quoted tale of mistaken identity, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is beaten by a pair of idiot thugs who have mistaken him for the other Jeffrey Lebowski: the "Big" Lebowski (David Huddleston), a local millionaire.


Lisa Marie Presley is "overjoyed" to be expecting a child with husband Michael Lockwood. The 40-year-old daughter of late rock legend Elvis Presley has two teenage children from her previous marriage to Danny Keogh - Riley, 18, and 15-year-old Benjamin - but this is her first with Lockwood.


The cast members of the original The Fast and the Furious movie have signed up to reprise their roles in the fourth installment of the street racing franchise.


Colin Firth says the "quintessential Englishman" is a myth.

The 47-year-old actor - who played English gentleman Mr. Darcy in 'Pride and Prejudice' - thinks the stereotypical character portrayed by himself and other British actors like Hugh Grant doesn't exist in real life.
Daniel Radcliffe wants two ex-SAS soldiers to guard his beloved dogs.

The 'Harry Potter' star - who has been assigned a security team after receiving a death threat - wants the specially trained men to walk his Border Collies Binka and Nugget because he is petrified they will be kidnapped and killed by his crazed stalker.
Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts is desperate to have a nose job.

The flame-haired singer is so unhappy with the "bump" in her nose she is considering going under the surgeon's knife to have it removed, but admits she might not have the courage.
Lionel Richie loves Joel Madden. Speaking to Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show, the crooner superstar says he approves of his adoptive daughter Nicole's fiancé and baby daddy.

Richie says, "This guy is so in tune with Nicole - I love him to death. I couldn't ask for a better guy!"
Naomi Watts lost her baby weight by breastfeeding.

The actress, who gave birth to her first son Alexander last July, quickly regained her pre-pregnancy figure by nursing her newborn son and getting a personal trainer.
Lily Allen is extending an olive branch to Cheryl Cole The "Smile" singer has admitted through her TV show "Lily Allen and Friends" that she only used to hate the Girls Aloud singer because she's beautiful but now she feels sorry for her situation.

Cole has been making headlines lately because of her situation with her cheating husband Ashley.
Nicollette Sheridan has posed naked for a charity campaign.

The 'Desperate Housewives' beauty appears in a poster for London Fog - whose proceeds benefit Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp - but the majority of her modesty is protected by long-term lover Michael Bolton.
Noel Gallagher has taken up a new hobby - shooting.

The Oasis star was introduced to the country pursuit while in Los Angeles - where he is recording the band's new album with brother Liam - and has been stocking up an arsenal of various firearms to take back to the UK.
Jennifer Aniston is dating the key grip on her new movie 'Traveling', it has been claimed.

The former 'Friends' star - who split from husband Brad Pitt in 2005 after five years of marriage - was recently linked to her 'Traveling' co-star Aaron Eckhart, but it has now been revealed she has found love with another worker on the set, Brian Bourma.
Bruce Willis was introduced to African cannabis by rapper Rick Ross.

The hip-hop star claimed he used to smoke the illegal drug with the 'Die Hard 4.0' actor during an interview on 'The Ramiro and Pebbles Morning Show' on Boston's JAM'N 94.5 FM radio station yesterday.
Snoop Dogg don't like Oprah Winfrey no more. The rapper and now reality TV star bashed the queen of talk for accusing him of being a misogynist.

Last year during one of the talk show's episodes, Oprah had said Snoop perpetuates women negatively through hip-hop. The rapper is riled because he wasn't even invited as a guest to defend himself.
Johnny Depp is holding open auditions to find screenwriters for his latest movie.

The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star will play surrealist painter Salvador Dali in new film 'Dali' and is keen to get the right script, regardless of who it comes from.
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt creates drama for The Hills. In the sneak preview of the upcoming season of the MTV reality show, the couple gave the audience a glimpse on the tension the two have.

Montag says on the clip: "When we get back to L.A., I need you to move out. I gave up everything for you! I'm not the one who wanted to see other people!"
Kelly Rowland had a breast implant and is proud of it. The former Destiny's Child singer says her new look makes her "feel complete."

The "Dilemma" singer speaks up about her new enhanced look saying she went from size A cup to a B cup late last year. Although she has admitted to the breast augmentation surgery, she has denied she did it to compete with former co-member Beyonce Knowles.
Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of music legend Elvis Presley is pregnant. The singer is pregnant with her third child, although it will be the first child for Presley and husband Michael Lockwood.

Presley, 40, is said to be overjoyed. She and husband Lockwood, 46, a guitarist and music producer, were married in Japan in January of 2006.
In a newly published interview, Michelle Williams admits that she suffers from a permanent sense of loss. This interview was given before the tragic death of her ex-partner, Heath Ledger.

The 27-year-old actress confessed to Elle magazine that she has "hyperaware" personality.
Brooke Burke is a mom again. Burke, host of "Rock Star: Supernova," gave birth to a son Wednesday and both mom and baby are doing well.

Burke's fiancé David Charvet is the baby's father. The couple also have a one year old daughter together named Rain.
Two days before Heath Ledger passed away, Michelle Williams spoke frankly about her painful breakup in an interview with Elle Magazine. She talked about feeling out of place and without a purpose after they broke up. If that was how she felt when she was just estranged from him, it must have been awful when he passed so unexpectedly:

At the time, she was still mourning their breakup. "I didn't know where to go" after their 2007 split, she says in the magazine's April issue. "I couldn't imagine any place in the world that was gonna feel good to me."

Williams, 27, dove into work on several films, because "when I have too much free time, that's when things start to get a little messy."
She may think she's too old to play nude scenes, but actress Catherine Zeta Jones can clearly show the young starlets a thing or too about style.

The glamorous Welsh-born star, 38, showed off her classic Park Avenue princess style at the opening of Elizabeth Arden's new flagship store on ritzy Fifth Avenue, New York.

Dressed tight-fitting halternecked cocktail dress and diamante embellished stilettos, the actress had clearly taken pointers from Fifth Avenue's high maintenance ladies who love to shop.

Catherine was at a soiree to celebrate the opening of the company's stunning new store.
When it comes to all the pomp and circumstance in Hollywood, Uma Thurman usually tries to steer clear. But at the Wings Worldquest 2008 Women of Discovery Awards Gala last night, she was front row and center.

The "Kill Bill" babe pulled off a conservative-yet-sexy look that kept the flashbulbs flashing, sporting a black pants suit with a little hint of cleavage beneath her beaded necklace.

And believe it or not, despite her distinctive looks, Uma has been mistaken for other actresses by her fans. She recently told press, "I used to get mistaken for Jodie Foster all the time and I was mistaken for Gwyneth Paltrow the other day. I let them know I'm not who they've mistaken me for. Usually, they're really hoping that you're that other person. Then they follow up by asking who you are and to list your film credits. You've got your groceries in your hand, or you're sitting with a friend having dinner, and they ask: 'What have you been in?' I tell them to Google me and let me get back to my dinner."
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started Ashlee Simpson says she wasn't actually drunk during a recent radio interview, and blamed her slurred words and giggle fits on her busy schedule.On her MySpace blog, Ash says that it was "very upsetting to hear that people are saying that I was...
Filed under: Baby Watch Just the other day, TMZ spotted Scientolostar Lisa Marie Presley, 40, out looking awfully big. And now she's confirmed exactly why. On her MySpace blog, Presley announced that she's pregnant (this will be her third child, first with her fourth...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, John Mayer One photographer decided to make himself the celebrity last night -- trying to upstage John Mayer with gifts to cure Athlete's Foot.John still came off looking pretty damn good despite the douchebaggery of the pap, even grabbing the guy's camera and...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Mamas Wearing fins, snorkel and a skimpy bathing t-shirt and shorts, rocker mom Melissa Etheridge waddled on the beach in Hawaii on Thursday.Melissa looked happy as a clam, spending the day in the sun with her four children and wife Tammy Lynn...
Filed under: Britney Spears TMZ has learned Britney Spears conservators are ballistic over the legal bills she is being asked to pay in her custody fight -- bills totaling more than a million bucks for a five-month period.Sources tells us the conservators have filed documents...
Alec Baldwin slams youngest brother Stephen's same-sex marriage remark. The award-winning actor took offense at his Born Again Christian brother's on gay marriages, which he said on Howard Stern's radio show.

Stephen had told Stern: "I don't believe that gay marriage is in line with God's word, which is found in the Bible, and the bible says that gay marriage is not acceptable."
Demi Moore says the age gap between her and husband Ashton Kutcher never worried her.

The Hollywood star - who, at 45, is 15 years older than Ashton - can't understand why people were so shocked by their romance.
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are planning to adopt a puppy.

The couple - who started dating after meeting on the set of 'He's Just Not That Into You' last year - plan to show their commitment to one another by rescuing an unwanted pooch.
Bruce Willis wants to move out of Los Angeles and move in to a $60 million flat in London. Reports say that the Hollywood action star has been eyeing an apartment in Park Lane to have a place to stay.

The 52-year-old actor, who is in London with girlfriend Emma Heming, is said to be looking for a luxurious place in the city for investment purposes as well.
Cynthia Nixon is in a "fantastic relationship" with her lesbian lover.

The 'Sex and the City' actress - who has two children, 11-year-old Samantha and Charles, six, from her relationship with Danny Mozes - loves raising her family with Christine Marinoni, the New York activist she has been dating for four years.
While they've taken a short while getting situated in their temporary home of Miami, Florida, Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson have hit the set to film their new movie, Marley & Me.

Spotted out on a Florida highway preparing to shoot the scene this morning, Jen and Owen are hoping to deliver a little box office gold with their latest endeavor.

An onlooker describing the scene tells, "It looked like the two were struggling with fixing a flat tire for some time before a couple of friendly highway patrol men stop to help."
Lisa Marie Presley is pregnant with her third child and due in the fall, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.

"The couple are incredibly overjoyed," the rep says.

This is the first child for Presley, 40, and her husband, guitarist and music producer Michael Lockwood, 46, who were married in Japan in January 2006.

Presley has two children, daughter Riley, 18, and son Benjamin, 15, with ex-husband Danny Keough.
Scarlett Johansson is moving in with her actor boyfriend Ryan Reynolds, it has been claimed. The "Lost in Translation" actress, who has been dating Ryan for almost a year, is said to be currently transferring her belongings to Ryan's Los Angeles home - against her mother's wishes.

A source said: "Scarlett feels she is ready to move in with Ryan and thinks he is the perfect man for her, but her mother thinks she is too young to settle down and is worried she is rushing into things."

Scarlett's representative is yet to on reports the actress has set up home with Ryan.
With her Dirrty image behind, Christina Aguelera has again turned to Old Hollywood for inspiration.

The singer has channelled "Hitchcock Heroines", including the likes of The Birds leading lady Tippi Hedren, Rear Window star Grace Kelly and North by Northwest's Eva Marie Saint, in a new campaign for Stephen Webster jewellery line.

With her peroxide-blonde coiffed hair, lashings of lipstick and doe-eyes, the star, who gave birth to her first child Max in January, is at her glamorous best in the new advertisements.
It looks like fighting the Taliban does have its advantages!

After spending 10 weeks in Afghanistan, 23-year old Prince Harry is heating things up again with his on again/off again girlfriend, Chelsy Davy.

In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the pair was spotted together for the first time in six months leaving the London birthday party of Harry's pal and former soldier.

Britain's The Sun is reporting that the couple was overheard laughing and joking inside the party as Bob Marley records played. At one point, Harry burst out with "happy birthday" before he and Chelsy, 22, left the party together at 4 a.m.
Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes go on another double date at master chef Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse in Beverly Hills on Wednesday.

This time, Tom, 45, and Katie, 29, dined with Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker, 46, and his wife Keisha, 35.

Just last week, TomKat went on a double date with Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett.
Nicollette Sheridan has posed naked for a charity campaign.

The 'Desperate Housewives' beauty appears in a poster for London Fog - whose proceeds benefit Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp - but the majority of her modesty is protected by long-term lover Michael Bolton.

The 'When a Man Loves a Woman' singer is pictured wrapping his overcoat around Nicollette, concealing everything except her butt.

The campaign was shot by Davis Factor and appears in the April issue of several fashion magazines.

Hole in the Wall provides children with cancer and other serious illnesses a camping experience, and offers support to their families and healthcare providers.
AP - The judge in O.J. Simpson armed robbery case is weighing whether to drop any charges against the former football star and whether two co-defendants should be tried separately.
Rocker Ringo Starr is sick of the adulation he receives for being part of the THE BEATLES - because he wants to be known for his other musical achievements too.The Photograph singer, 67, hates that he is constantly referred to as a member of the Fab Four, and wishes people would put less emphasis on
SPICE GIRL Victoria Beckham has scored her biggest fashion achievement so far she’s landed her first cover of Vogue magazine.The singer and fashion icon poses for a series of stylish pictures with photographer Nick Knight depicting her as a glamorous Hollywood screen siren.And 33-year-old Posh Spice added her own touch of glitz to the shoot
Patrick Swayze has been ordered by his doctors to quit smoking or risk losing his battle against pancreatic cancer.Reports the Dirty Dancing star was suffering from the disease surfaced on Wednesday (05Mar08) and were later confirmed by his publicist.But the actor, who is reported to have been diagnosed with the illness in January (08), has
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has dismissed rumours she is to produce a special fashion line for Dolce & Gabbana.The Brazilian beauty, who is the face of the label’s perfume, The One, was alleged to be working on an exclusive collection of clothes and accessories for the Italian fashion house for the self-titled Bundchen By Dolce &
Troubled GREASE star Jeff Conaway is planning a second stint on hard-hitting U.S. reality show CELEBRITY REHAB, despite quitting the programme days before completing his televised treatment.The actor - who played Kenickie in the iconic 1978 musical movie - was struggling with severe cocaine, painkiller and alcohol addictions when he signed up to appear with
Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly set to welcome a stepfather into his life - his manager mother has found love again with her school sweetheart.The Titanic star’s mum, Irmelin, lost touch with Klaus Teigeler in the 1950s when she moved to the U.S. with her parents, while he remained in their native Germany.But the pair reconnected
Britney Spears has sparked new rumours she is expecting her on/off boyfriend ADNAN GHALIB’s baby after she was seen sporting a bulging belly while out shopping in Los Angeles.The pop star has been dogged by reports she is pregnant with her third child since the couple were spotted buying pregnancy tests in January (08).Last week
Hollywood actor Will Smith and his wife JADA PINKETT SMITH have been tapped to host NELSON MANDELA’s 90th birthday celebrations in London this summer (08).The former president of South Africa is to celebrate his special day with a big charity concert at the capital’s Hyde Park on 27 June - and he’s called on the
Hollywood actor Bruce Willis was introduced to a strong African strain of marijuana by rapper RICK ROSS, according to the hip-hop star himself.The Hustlin’ MC admits he enjoys nothing better than hanging out with a fellow celebrity and smoking his drug of choice.And Ross boasts Die Hard star Willis is his biggest conquest to date.When
Rapper Snoop Dogg must reach a settlement with his former label Priority Records within the next three weeks - or the unpaid royalties case will go to trial, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled.The Signs hitmaker - real name Cordozar Calvin Broadus - filed suit against the label in 2006, accusing Priority Records
Here is the first of many exclusive ANTM interviews on Dotspotter! As we told you last week, we will be featuring an interview with the weeks’ eliminated model from cycle 10 of ANTM every Thursday after Wednesday nights’ episode!     Wisconsin hostess, Allison, was the unlucky one last night, as Tyra sent her (cat) walking after just two short weeks on the show, reducing the pool of twelve girls to eleven. For Dotspotter, Allison addressed claims that she exaggerated her modeling “experience”, her struggle with anorexia, and that infamous scene with the Barbie dolls. (If you love ANTM, you know what I’m talking about!)   When asked to elaborate...

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Perhaps staying out of the spotlight altogether might be a better “choice”? Celebrity Mound fills us in on Dina Lohan’s now infamous statement:   With Lindsay Lohan’s whirlwind rinse cycle year of rehab, arrest, rehab, arrest, rehab… the Lohan family has seen it all. And now we can, too. LiLo’s little sister, Ali, and mom, Dina, are going to document the day-by-day happenings in their showbiz family’s life on a new reality show for E!, tentatively titled Living Lohan.   Dina, 45, tells PageSix.com that they decided to do a reality show because, “… we have no choice. Tabloids and reality shows are not going away. If they know who...

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See! The girls on “The Hills” can read and write! Lauren Conrad is to be an author, says popcrunch. Please, oh please, let this be true!     Lauren Conrad is writing a tell-all about the behind-the-scenes act on the set of her her MTV hit The Hills as well as the antics of Hollywood’s young elite.   “A chapter got leaked to Kristin,” a friend of Lauren’s tells OK! Magazine. “It talks about her ‘sleeping around Laguna’ and stealing Stephen Colletti.”   Lauren, who is using a pseudonym to dish all, has even spilled some unflattering facts about Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. A fact L.C denied to Paris’ face at...

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Perhaps this is true, perhaps it’s not…but “Naomi Campbell” and “Furious” in the same sentence feels about right, does it not? The supermodel is reportedly left fuming after claims that the Brazilian hospital where she was recently treated has leaked details of her stay there.  Awesome Dotspotter user carnitas gives us the scoop:     Supermodel Naomi Campbell was reportedly furious after finding that news of her stay in a Brazilian hospital to have a cyst removed had been leaked to the media. With no cleaning ladies within electronic-device-chucking-range of her hospital bed; Campbell was forced to take out her rage on hospital staff:...

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The lineup that took P.O.D. to multiple platinum success with The Fundamental Elements of Southtown and Satellite (featuring "Youth of a Nation," "Alive," "Boom," and "Satellite") is back to reclaim their place atop The Rock scene with their Columbia Records debut,


Happy Birthday to "That 70s Show" actress Laura Prepon (1980), "The Constant Gardener" Oscar-winner (Best Actress) Rachel Weisz (1971), annoying comedienne Wanda Sykes (1964), "The Young Ones" actor Rik Mayall (1958), "Malcolm In The Middle" actor Bryan Cranston (1956), Isley Brother Ernie Isley (1952),


Reuters - Music mogul Clive Davis, who helped launch stars like Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys, said singers should focus on what they do best and not feel pressured to write their own songs.
AP - Being Britney Spears father is now a paying gig — through most of the summer, at least. A court has ordered the troubled pop star's estate to pay James Spears' $2,500 in weekly compensation and authorized him to lease a car. On Wednesday, his authority to handle his daughter's affairs, which was scheduled to expire March 10, was extended until July 31.
Britney Spears is treating her sons like dolls. According to reports, the pop singer sees her children as dress-up dolls rather than her kids.

Spears, who was finally allowed to see 1-year-old Jayden James and 2-year-old Sean Preston, is apparently confusing her kids with her actions. She acts as if she is dressing her boys for "show and tell."
LATEST: Singer Ashlee Simpson has hit out at reports she was drunk during a radio interview on Tuesday (04Mar08), blaming her slurred speech on "bad energy".Two days after Simpson’s representative claimed the star was "simply just tired" during an appearance on Washington, D.C.’s Hot 99.5 Kane In The Morning show, Simpson, herself, has now defended
Spice Girls star MELANIE CHISHOLM has laughed off ongoing reports the members of the pop supergroup have all fallen out, insisting the quintet are closer than ever.Sporty Spice claims the group tried to complete their recent reunion tour as planned, but motherhood and other commitments got in the way and led to the reformed Wannabe
EDDIE VAN HALEN’s ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli has reassured VAN HALEN fans the guitarist "sounds terrific" despite his current medical concerns.Actress Bertinelli contacted her former husband immediately after rumours the one-time alcoholic had returned to rehab began to circulate earlier this week (beg03Mar08).And now she’s stepped forward to let fans know the 53-year-old virtuoso is in
Emma Thompson threatened to quit her upcoming movie BRIDESHEAD REVISITED after learning the film’s producers had ordered her co-star HAYLEY ATWELL to lose weight.The Oscar winner was so outraged when she found out Atwell was under instructions to lose a few pounds before shooting began on the movie, she demanded producers accept her size -
Actor DOMINIC MONAGHAN is staging an exhibition of his photographs in Los Angeles next week (begs10Mar08).Among Monaghan’s favourite photos will be shots of his Lost co-stars Matthew Fox, Josh Holloway and Jorge Garcia and his The Lord Of The Rings co-stars Elijah Wood and Sir Ian McKellen.The Happy Accidents exhibition will be held at Hamilton-Selway
LATEST: Former BEVERLY HILLS 90210 star Gabrielle Carteris is set to shock TV viewers in America by airing home video footage of her battling paralysis.The 47-year-old actress was left partly paralysed after a choking scene in 2006 movie Past Tense went too far, and left her with no feeling in parts of her body and
Actress HELEN HUNT’s directorial debut THEN SHE FOUND ME has been selected to open the American Film Institute festival in Dallas, Texas later this month (Mar07).Irish actor Stuart Townsend’s first filmmaking venture, Battle In Seattle, will close the 10-day celebration in April (08), and his longtime girlfriend Charlize Theron who stars in his film, will
Former NORTHERN EXPOSURE star Janine Turner has written a book profiling historic women who managed to juggle a career with single motherhood.The 45-year-old, who is herself a single mum, wants Holding Her Head High to encourage women raising children by themselves to have the confidence to not worry too much.Turner explains, "I’m a single mom
Jennifer Aniston is living rent free at GLORIA ESTEFAN’s Miami, Florida palatial estate while she films new movie MARLEY & ME.Estefan `rents’ out guest houses on her $10 million (GBP5 million) Star Island retreat, and the former Friends star is living in the one where the Latina pop superstar’s late mother once lived.An insider tells
Victoria Beckham has a new fashionable friend after promising feather-loving designer CHRISTIAN SIRIANO she’ll always be available to wear his clothes.Siriano won $100,000 (£50,000) as the victor of stylish reality TV show Project Runway, and Beckham was among the judges who handed him the big prize.The 21-year-old beat out 14 other wannabe designers to win
Former DESTINY’S CHILD star Kelly Rowland has confirmed reports she’s had breast implants.Rowland fuelled speculation she’d had a boob job when photographers caught the now-busty singer on the beach in Miami, Florida last month (Feb08), wearing the same purple bikini that made her look flat-chested in August 2007.And now Rowland has admitted she decided to
Reese Witherspoon had to scrap a motorcycle-riding scene in new movie PENELOPE, because she was too short to reach the scooter’s foot-rest.The Oscar winner was left red-faced when her feet were left swinging, even after props workers had strapped wooden blocks to her feet.In the end, director Mark Palansky abandoned plans for Witherspoon to ride
Amy Winehouse bacterial infection wasjust a cover up! The marks on her chick were actually made from acigarette she pulled of on her chick, DELIBERATELY! Here's the proof! Just a few days ago I've postedsomething about the crackhead Amy Winehouse who was reported to havesome sort of bacterial infection, also known as impetigo, amy'sspokesperson said, but it seems that's just a cover up on Amy'smental problems! Believe me she's one crazy bitch, who actually useda cigarette on her chick, as she was annoyed by , The Sun relates:“The troubled star was with pals when she was asked THREE TIMES bystaff to put out her Marlboro Light because of the smoking ban. Asshe received her final warning, Amy stared straight into thewaitress's eyes and pushed the burning tip of the fag into her ownface. A source at the diner said: She hardly flinched becauseshe was so high. The whole place was open-mouthed in horror. Amy tried to conceal the wound with foundation - but it has nowapparently become infected, causing the swelling on hercheek....Amy's spokesperson said at the weekend that the singer wassuffering from impetigo, explaining the rash on her left cheek. Butthe real reason for the mark on her face is the cigarette incident -once again highlighting Amy's self-harm problems. Now that's afucked up thing to do! I really don't give a f*** about this retard,but seriously now, she's undoubtedly having mental witch mighteventually take control over her life! Oops i forgot, Amy Winehouselife is already a total mess, so it can't get any worst then that!Pathetic...
Petra Nemcova is probably the mostwanted – hottest - impossible to touch – lesbian and sexiestmodel in the world! Seriously she's more then a sex goddess! She's outrages! Who am i talking about?Petra Nemcova of course is the number one model in the world, andfrankly i can't think of any other blond girl who's actually bothsexual and feminine without having to need any make up at all! Thathas something to do with charisma I guess! I don't know what's wrongwith me today... in any other day I'd appreciate her forms –especially her long legs and juicy boobs – but not today! Sureshe's got a perfect body, but do not underestimate her angelic faceeither! If I'm about to make a guess I'd say there are probably lessthen 100 women in the world that could brag with the qualities thatPetra Nemcova has pulled together! There might be some photoshop hereand there, but seriously there's not a single person on this planetthat is 100% happy with the way he looks! Anyway talking is cheap –while writing is not – so i'll say stop to my big mouth, and justlet you boys admire Petra Nemcova She's got to be the sexiest modelin the world... she's a sex goddess – at least in my fantasies thatis!
Yet another proof of Kim Kardashianincredible boobs! Words are meaningless! There are some celebrities in thisworld that no matter what they're wearing or where they're beingphotographed you can't get anything bad to talk about them! I don'tknow why I said that or who am i pointing to, but i do know that KimKardashian's boobs are marvelous! I might add Jessica Simpson, CarmenElectra or Jordan price, as the girls with the best looking “pupies”in the showbiz! Anyway i shall get back on my beloved Kim Kardashian She's my favorite celebrity-whore ever! I have always loved big bootygirls, especially those with sex tapes crawling over the Internet –and as may already know, Kim Karadashian has more then just one! I'mmore then sure that, intelligence is not Kim's strongest point, butthat's so not important when your boobs can barely get into a D cupbra – that explains why Kim hates bras! Long story short, here'sKim Kardashian showing off her giants on the set of “Encourage”!Njoy freaks!
E! Online - Ashlee Simpson may have been newly tattooed, but she certainly wasn't tipsy during a radio interview this week. 
AP - Performers at this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will include Kanye West Chris Rock, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.
Reuters - Britney Spears father will retain control over the troubled pop star's personal and business affairs until July 31, a court spokesman said on Thursday.
AP - "I was horribly awkward, tall and scrawny, with frizzy, crazy hair and terrible acne. But it didn't matter even remotely on stage: There, no one's looking at your skin. I just spent a little extra time making sure everything was covered up." — Elizabeth Mitchell who portrays the enigmatic Dr. Juliet Burke on "Lost," on how theater helped her weather an ugly-duckling adolescence.
AFP - Britney Spears father will retain broad control of the troubled pop singer's financial and business affairs until at least July 31, court sources told AFP Thursday.
AP - Being Britney Spears father is now a paying gig — through most of the summer, at least. A court has ordered the troubled pop star's estate to pay James Spears' $2,500 in weekly compensation and authorized him to lease a car. On Wednesday, his authority to handle his daughter's affairs, which was scheduled to expire March 10, was extended until July 31.
AP - When producer Stephen C. Byrd was casting his all-black revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," he approached James Earl Jones for the role of Big Daddy. Jones told Byrd that he always wanted to portray the Mississippi patriarch, a pivotal part previously played on Broadway by Burl Ives, Fred Gwynne, Charles Durning and Ned Beatty.
Reuters - British actor Jason Statham has come a long way since selling after-shave and cheap jewelry on London street corners. Today, he earns millions as one of the hottest action stars in Hollywood.
Reuters - Whitney Houston will release her first album of original material since 2002 later this year, BMG Label Group chairman/CEO Clive Davis said Thursday.
AP - Bruce Springsteen plans to raise some money for the restoration of the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank.
AP - Whoopi Goldberg says her friend Patrick Swayze — who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — is the reason why she won an Oscar for "Ghost."
AP - Fergie, Sheryl Crow Santana and Aretha Franklin are among the big names slated for this spring's 32nd annual Beale Street Music Festival.
AP - Kelly Rowland has gotten a little more bustylicious. Rowland, who sang "Bootylicious" with Beyonce in the group Destiny's Child, tells People magazine in its March 17 issue that she had plastic surgery last October to bring her "from an A-cup to a B-cup."
NEW YORK (AP) - Whoopi Goldberg says her friend Patrick Swayze - who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - is the reason why she won an Oscar for ''Ghost.'' ''When I won my Academy Award, the only person I really thanked was Patrick,'' Goldberg recalled Thursday on ABC daytime talk show ''The View.''


Steve Carell was left red-faced during a TV appearance on Tuesday - because he was wearing the same clothes as he was in footage that aired on the show. The funnyman was midway through an interview on the Today Show when a clip of him in a studio voicing his character in new animated movie Horton Hears A Who was screened.


NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Performers at this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will include Kanye West Chris Rock, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.


NEW YORK (AP) - If not for the absence of an all-important ''o,'' Julianna Margulies might never have considered doing ''Canterbury's Law.'' On this new Fox legal drama, she plays Elizabeth Canterbury, a fiery defense attorney who, after hours, is falling apart.


What came first, The X-Men or Heroes? Wait, a quick check has informed me that X-Men came about 40 years before Heroes. Well, that solves one mystery. Oh but wait, there's more. What if the X-Men got royally ticked off at the Heroes people and decided it was time for a major beat down?


Television. It's a compelling medium in itself - but also frequently acts as a launching pad for actors chasing big screen dreams. To think that full-fledged movie stars like Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston George Clooney, and Katherine Heigl all got their big breaks on television shows. So, who should the next TV-turned-movie star be? Here's our Top 10 List to get you thinking.


Rap superstar Snoop Dogg is set to step into the wrestling ring with two scantily clad female fighters at this year's WWE WrestleMania spectacular. Snoop has been signed up as a ring announcer for a BunnyMania match between two Playboy bunnies at the event in Orlando, Florida this month.


A leading celebrity skin expert has urged Amy Winehouse to seek a second opinion for her swollen cheek, fearing she has something far worse than impetigo. A spokeswoman for the "Rehab" singer on Monday revealed the British star's swelling is the result of the highly contagious skin disease, and the 24-year-old is on antibiotics.


Director Brian De Palma has attacked the U.S. government and the media for fooling the American public into believing the Iraq war has the full support of the armed forces fighting there.


Kevin Federline ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson has dubbed the star's recent weight gain "daddy weight" - putting it down to him gaining full custody of his kids with ex-wife Britney Spears. Federline was granted full physical custody of two-year-old Sean Preston and one-year-old Jayden James last year after Spears failed to adhere to court-ordered medical tests.


Black Eyed Peas star Fergie isn't content with conquering the pop world - she wants to crack Hollywood and be a full-time mother too. The singer - real name Stacey Ferguson - got engaged to actor Josh Duhamel in December, and the pair plan to settle down, get married and have kids.


Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Thompson is recovering from a head injury sustained after he was hit by a car with the help of veteran rocker Tom Petty


Ashlee Simpson has announced some very important dates! Her new single, "Little Miss Obsessive," which features Tom Higgenson of Plain White T's, will be digitally released on March 11. Then, her full-length album, "Bittersweet World," hits stores and will be available digitally on April 22.


Jay-Z was there. Jade Puget (AFI) was there. Tokio Hotel was definitely there along with hundreds of screaming girls! Now you can be there too!

Tokio Hotel has posted live video from their first ever U.S. show at the Roxy in Hollywood on their official Imeem page.


Country singer Mindy McCready cringes every time she recalls her tearful interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show last year - because she swore undying love to the boyfriend who almost beat her to death.


Delta Goodrem has entered the Australian Recording Industry's (ARIA) record books - after becoming the first artist to win 12 Number One Chart Awards. The "Lost Without You" singer landed two gongs at the ceremony on Thursday, which honors Australian recording artists who score number one hits on their home territory in the previous year.


Veteran hellraiser Jack Nicholson was once kicked out of a Rolling Stones concert after he spearheaded a stage invasion. The Shining star was ejected from the performance over fears he was trying to draw more attention to himself than the legendary musicians.


"I think, as a female, that I'd be offended if he hadn't (flirted with me). Knowing his reputation, I don't know if my pride could handle it if Gene Simmons hadn't at least tried to flirt with me." Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka was expecting womanizing KISS rocker Gene Simmons to make a pass her The Apprentice.


Definition of a MILF, a mother I'd like to… well, everybody knows what it stands for. In the Real World there are only a handful of MILFs dropping their kids off at daycare on their way to the salon, or bringing their babies to Gymboree in their dressed down attire of Juicy sweat suits.


Ashlee Simpson has denied the rumors that she was still drunk from the night before in an interview that she gave on Tuesday morning for a radio show. Simpson appeared on Washington's Hot 95.5 Kane In the Morning Show, where she was reportedly slurring her words and sounding disoriented.

Simpson also appeared to have trouble speaking and forgot the lyrics to a song off her new album. She also got a very large tattoo the night before on the inside of her wrist.
Ah! Finally some good news about Britney! It looks like Britney Spears has been teaching dance classes to kids for several weeks and is getting great reviews from the kids. She has been teaching kids in the age range of 4-9 at the Millennium Dance Studio in North Hollywood.

One of the kids, Elissa Bouganim, who is five-years-old and has taken three classes from the pop star, told People magazine, "I like Britney. Today, first we were dancing slow, and then faster and faster...Then we did the fish-move and lots of other fun things."
Angelina Jolie just didn't want to hurt Jennifer Aniston. According to the "Tomb Raider" star's brother James Haven, his sister only thought of the "Friends" actress' feelings and that's why she didn't attend the pre-Oscars party where she was supposed to meet her rival.

Even weeks before the anticipated Oscars Awards, reports surfaced that there is a very big possibility that Brad Pitt's ex-wife and his current partner will see each other face to face in public for the first time. However, the media excitement at the likely drama was quickly thwarted when the pregnant Jolie did not appear at the party.
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan So this is what that Lohan reality show is going to be like. Cut ... and that's a wrap.LiLo, AliLo, and DinaLo were joined by their pal Pete Doherty Samantha Ronson at the Spotted Pig. While Ali and Dina called it a (relatively) early night, Lindsay...
Filed under: Britney Spears A court commissioner has ruled that Jamie Spears can draw $2,500 a week from Britney's accounts as conservator of her affairs. It pays to be Britney's dad!TMZ has obtained the minute order from yesterday's conservatorship hearing. In it, the judge...
Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?! Mary Tyler Moore is famous for playing the quintessential single working woman on her self-titled '70s series,"The Mary Tyler Moore Show," as well as Dick Van Dyke's wife on the '60s series, "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Guess what she looks like now!...
Filed under: Hilary Duff What does a girl need to do to get a f***ing cab in New York City?Hilary Duff and her guy, hockey star Mike Comrie, had a splendid afternoon in SoHo -- until they needed a ride home. There were at least 20 cabs right there -- except they were all...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Baby Watch Pregnant with what appears to be a teenage witch, Melissa Joan Hart showed off her exploding baby bump while shopping in L.A. on Wednesday.Mel is due any day now. Shop 'til you pop!See Also Melissa Joan Hart -- Partying for Two...
Filed under: Reality TV Think Kat Von D is still bitter over her bitchtastic departure from "Miami Ink?" Just ask her -- we did.We caught up with the skin-scribbler at JFK yesterday, and when we asked her about the whole racist-signature fracas that TMZ first reported on...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Baby Watch, Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman showed off what semblance of a baby bump she has while working out with her trainer in L.A. on Wednesday.Nevermind Nicole, look at the bumps on her trainer's arms! Damn!See Also Nicole's Lips Pregnant Too! Nicole Pregnant --...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Amy Winehouse After a long night of clubbing, the weave known as Amy Winehouse stopped off to pick up her own biography. Even she can't wait to find out how her story ends!The Winoschnitzel made the 4:00 AM pitstop after hanging out with pals Mark Ronson and Kelly...
After P!nk tore up the stage with Steel Panther, Michael Rapaport had the unlucky task of following her up -- and he sucked!Singing Journey's always-butchered-at-karaoke song "Don't Stop Believin'," Rapaport fared even worse than Tony Romo,...
Filed under: TV Richard Belzer who plays a detective on "Law & Order: SVU," knows one sure way to make the world safe from (and for) celebridiots. Unfortunately, it would also put TMZ out of business.Wondering about the wheelchair? Eh, nothing to worry about. Just...
Filed under: TV, Entourage Kevin Connolly had an old fashioned douche-off a while back with the boombox-toting Bandarazzi (also known as A Cursive Memory). But now that their music video has come out, Kevin is washing his hands of his past douchebaggery!Even a broken clock is...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Baby Watch Hot mama Bridget Moynahan and her Tom Brady love child, John Edward Thomas, were snapped in Pacific Palisades on Wednesday.They seem like the happiest fatherless little family.See Also Brady's Ex -- Payback Is a Bitch...
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan The little girls of America know what they want in their role models: Beauty, talent, charisma ... and sobriety!One of Lindsay's youngest fans was totally stoked today outside NYC's Bar Pitti over getting her signature -- and the fact that LiLo...
Burlesque icon Dita Von TEESE has been asked to help find three stunning Americans for the fabled Crazy Horse Paris cabaret troupe.The former wife of rocker Marilyn Manson, Von Teese will judge upcoming auditions at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.Three winners will be chosen to fly to Paris, France and join the legendary international
PARIS HILTON’s night out in Hollywood with a bearded ‘guru’ last Saturday (01Mar08) was staged by PUNK’D star Ashton Kutcher for a new TV show, designed to exploit the media.Hilton made headlines around the world when she stepped out with an orange-robed, grey-haired ’shaman’ who proceeded to bless her and then encouraged her to donate
Beyonce Knowles is set to return to the big screen as one of the stars of a new stalker thriller.The pop superstar, who won acclaim for roles in Dreamgirls and Austin Powers In Goldmember, will play the wife of a successful businessman, who becomes the target of a stalker - played by Heroes stunner Ali
LATEST: LINDSAY LOHAN’s mother DINA has denied reports her daughter was approached by HUGH HEFNER to strip off for a photoshoot in his famous PLAYBOY magazine.It was widely reported last week (28Feb08) the mogul had asked the 21-year-old to re-create Marilyn Monroe’s famous nude swimming scene from 1962 movie Something’s Got To Give for the
Single star Jennifer Aniston is secretly dating a crewmember on her latest movie.The former Friends star was recently spotted leaving a party at pal Courteney Cox’s house accompanied by a hunky mystery man.OK! magazine claims her suitor is Brian Boruma, a grip on Traveling in Vancouver - which Aniston recently finished shooting in Canada.A source
Rocker STEVE MILLER and Lionel Richie are to be honoured for their songwriting skills at the American Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) 25th Annual Pop Music Awards in April (08).The hitmakers will be presented with the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award, which is presented to songwriters, composers, and artists who have achieved extraordinary
Lionel Richie was so knocked out by pop wannabe DAVID COOK’s rock version of HELLO on Tuesday night’s (04Mar08) AMERICAN IDOL, the soul man is planning to release the track as a single.Richie, who scored a massive hit with the power ballad in 1984, was stunned when he watched Cook performing the cover on U.S.
A Los Angeles court commissioner has ruled that BRITNEY SPEARS’ dad can draw $2,500 (£1,250)-a-week from his daughter’s accounts - as conservator of her affairs.According to TMZ.com, Jamie Spears was also given permission to lease a car in a court ruling on Wednesday (05Mar08), during which the pop star’s father was told he’d be allowed
Christina Ricci is ready and prepared to go under the knife to improve her looks, if the ageing process kicks in too early.The 28-year-old insists she is happy with her body thus far, but has no problem with cosmetic surgery - and loves the idea of being given strong medication to deal with the pain.Ricci
Rap superstar Snoop Dogg is set to step into the wrestling ring with two scantily clad female fighters at this year’s WWE WrestleMania spectacular.Snoop has been signed up as a ring announcer for a BunnyMania match between two Playboy bunnies at the event in Orlando, Florida this month (08).Musician John Legend is also on the
Broadway bosses want Paris Hilton and NICOLE RICHIE to star together in musical CHICAGO.Richie is already being touted for a stint on the New York stage, and has reportedly been offered a role in the Bob Fosse-created show.Now producers want to add her Simple Life co-star and best pal Paris to the line-up.A source tells
Anne Heche is set to shock fans by flashing her flesh in new movie comedy SPREAD - and she’s currently negotiating just how much she’ll bare.The former Ally McBeal star admits "there’s a lot of" nudity in the film, in which she stars alongside Ashton Kutcher and Laura Linney.She says, "They (producers) asked me, ‘Just
MY NAME IS EARL stars Jason Lee and JAIME PRESSLY escaped serious injury after two freak near-accidents occurred on the set of the hit U.S. TV show.Lee had to leap from a hospital gurney after it was accidentally launched at high speed at a 18-wheeler truck.On the same day last month (26Feb08), Pressly was almost
KEVIN FEDERLINE’s ex-girlfriend SHAR JACKSON has dubbed the star’s recent weight gain "daddy weight" - putting it down to him gaining full custody of his kids with ex-wife Britney Spears Federline was granted full physical custody of two-year-old Sean Preston and one-year-old Jayden James last year (07) after Spears failed to adhere to court-ordered medical tests.The
Veteran hellraiser Jack Nicholson was once kicked out of a ROLLING STONES concert after he spearheaded a stage invasion.The Shining star was ejected from the performance over fears he was trying to draw more attention to himself than the legendary musicians.But Nicholson doesn’t hold a grudge against the band, and now insists his stage invasion