AP - Michael Jackson has refinanced Neverland ranch in time to save his famed California spread from a public auction that was scheduled for later this month.
AP - "I kinda like that it's separate. It's not something that I really want to be part of a reality television show. It's a career I want beyond my 15 minutes." — Lauren Conrad on why her first fashion show won't be shown on MTV's "The Hills." The 22-year-old designer/reality star debuted her new line at Mercedes-Benz L.A. Fashion Week this week.
AP - Britney Spears is relishing her new role on "How I Met Your Mother."
Melissa Joan Hart has given birth to a boy in Los Angeles. The former Sabrina The Teenage Witch star and her rocker husband Mark Wilkerson welcomed Braydon Hart Wilkerson into the world at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.


Comedian Larry The Cable Guy has become the unlikely face of weight loss company NutriSystem. The star, real name Dan Whitney, has lost 50 pounds using the NutriSystem program, and he is so pleased with the results he's decided to help promote the firm in a series of print and TV advertisements.


Charlie Sheen has joined the ranks of Hollywood's hunks who have signed on to help sell Hanes underwear. Kevin Bacon, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt have all appeared in recent TV and print ads for the firm.


Jodie Foster still dreams of the simple life as a coffee shop assistant because she fears she has missed out on too much. While many people dream of fame and fortune, the star dreams of life at a ski lodge Starbucks.


Natalie Portman wishes she'd never visited a psychic after the medium told her to "stay away from water." The 26-year-old actress has been left paranoid after she was recently told her life will take an abrupt turn at 34.


GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - Attorneys in the wrongful-death lawsuit against John Ritter doctors gave jurors drastically different views Wednesday on whether anything could have been done to save the actor on the night he died.


Music superstar Mariah Carey will join host Jonah Hill as musical guest on the March 15 episode of "Saturday Night Live." This is the fourth consecutive episode of the show in its unprecedented four-in-a-row return to the air.


Here's what's funny about writer-director Michael Haneke ''Funny Games,'' a nearly identical English-language remake of his own 1997 thriller set in Austria: Haneke wants to condemn Hollywood pop culture for reveling in gratuitous, graphic violence, and he intentionally places the most brutal acts of his sadistic hostage drama just outside the frame.


"Singer" Ashlee Simpson has confessed an operation to change the shape of her nose has not made her any prettier.


Rocker John Mayer is desperate to find a wife - but fears life in the public eye will decrease his chances of meeting her. The guitarist, 30, is concerned tabloid tales of his past romances with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jessica Simpson may prevent him from marrying the perfect woman.


Shooting on the set of Holocaust drama The Reader has started up again for the first time since Nicole Kidman quit the film. The movie shut down last year after Kidman was forced to drop out because of her pregnancy.


Beverly Hills, 90210 star Tori Spelling knew it was time to have a good hard look at her first marriage when she cheated on her then-husband with her new man the first night they met. The actress was married to writer/actor Charlie Shanian when she met Dean McDermott and fell madly in love with the Open Range star.


The father of troubled soul star Amy Winehouse blames his affair with a colleague for the star's addiction to lethal drugs. The Back To Black hit-maker checked into a rehab clinic in London earlier this year after a video showing the singer allegedly taking a variety of illegal substances was passed on to British newspaper The Sun.


LAS VEGAS (AP) - The last thing the martial-arts fans behind ''Kung Fu Panda'' wanted to do was make fun of the genre they were re-imagining for the animated world.


Veteran singer Van Morrison lived up to his fastidious reputation at a gig in Austin, Texas on Wednesday - when he reportedly banned the sale of alcohol during his set and chastised cellphone users.


Justin Timberlake Fergie and Foo Fighters will go head-to-head at the 2008 MTV Australia Awards. The artists will battle it out in the Music Video of the Year Category with 50 Cent, Delta Goodrem and Timbaland.


Michael Jackson has refinanced Neverland ranch in time to save it from a public auction that was scheduled for later this month.


Pop star Britney Spears has reportedly been offered a staggering $4 million to perform just one song - to a group of rich sheikhs in Dubai.


Lisa Marie Presley has an extra special reason for gaining baby weight while pregnant - she is expecting twins. The daughter of rock 'n' roll king Elvis Presley is four-and-a-half months pregnant with her third and fourth kids - her first with fourth husband Michael Lockwood.


Actress Hayden Panettiere has vowed she'll never fall victim to the trappings of fame like her peers Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears - because she prefers quiet nights in to wild Hollywood parties.


Actress Rachel Bilson can add fashion designer to her resume - she's launching her own line with fashion brand DKNY.


Oscar-winner Charlize Theron treats her acting career as one big therapy session, to help her deal with demons from her past. The actress suffered a traumatic youth - when she was 15 years old she witnessed her mother shoot dead her abusive father in self-defense.


Patrick Swayze is prepared to do anything, go the distance, fight the good fight - even undergoing painful chemotherapy - in his battle against life-threatening pancreas cancer. Well, everything BUT give up his 3-pack-a-day cigarette habit?
Gorgeous actress Kate Beckinsale does have a tendency to say a lot of stupid things now and again. And again. And yet again. Her latest claim is that she looked like a troll as a teenager and hasn't managed to shed the heaps of insecurities the horror of looking in a mirror must have brought down on her psyche.

"I was monumentally ugly until I was about 15," she quips, "so I still have that mindset." Yeah, Kate, sure.
Madonna isn't worried about her younger rivals.

The 'Material Girl' singer - who turns 50 in August - doesn't feel threatened by pop stars who are half her age because she enjoys competition.
Naomi Watts had to breastfeed her seven-month-old son Alexander to keep him quiet on a 14-hour flight.

The 'Eastern Promises' star - who is engaged to actor Liev Schreiber - revealed her unsettled son started crying as soon as they boarded the plane to go to Los Angeles from Sydney, Australia, so she was forced to whip out her boob to soothe him.
Sir Michael Caine says the secret to a lasting relationship is "separate bathrooms."

The Oscar-winning actor - who has been married to wife Shakira for 35 years - believes having your own space is vital to wedded bliss.
Melissa Joan Hart is a mom again. She and husband Mark Wilkerson welcomed their second child, a son, into the world on Wednesday.

Braydon Hart Wilkerson was born at 3 pm in Los Angeles, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz, according to the couples rep.
Nicky Hilton is not starving herself. According to Paris Hilton's younger sister, rumors that she has eating disorders are not true and that the media is just publishing photos from "unflattering" angles to make it look that she has.

The 24-year-old fashion designer says, "There's no truth to any starvation, eating disorders, rumors."
Jennifer Aniston has been cozying up to her co-star Owen Wilson.

Jennifer and Owen are said to have become inseparable while filming 'Marley and Me' and are openly flirting with each other on the Miami set.
Ivanka Trump has no personal manicurist for her wax figure because she doesn't even have one.

The 27-year-old daughter of real estate mogul Donald Trump didn't send someone to change her wax figure's nail color every week in Madame Tussauds in New York, as she doesn't have her statue "yet," a spokesperson from the museum says.
Britney Spears hates her life. The troubled pop star has reportedly divulged to her friends that she is bored of being stuck at home after dad Jamie prohibited her from going out to hang out.

Jamie, Britney's conservator, had apparently told the "Toxic" singer to stay away from nightclubs or hang out with the paparazzi. However, the tabloid princess is finding the restrictions too confining.
Owen Wilson has charged a photographer for taking his picture, it has been claimed. The comedian, who had just resume working after his attempted suicide, has reportedly caused a scene when he attacked a shutterbug at a Miami party.

Photographer Manny Hernandez had decided to take the 39-year-old actor's picture when Wilson confronted him. He said after he took the shots, the "Wedding Crasher" actor charged at him and started screaming hysterically for the pictures.
Paul McCartney proudly declares he is a vegetarian. In a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ad campaign entitled "I Am A Vegetarian," the Beatles legend has strike a pose and dishes why he decided to stop eating meat.

In the ad, the 65-year-old rock royalty states:
Priscilla Presley is excited about the "little one." The ex-wife of the King of Rock & Roll talks about the upcoming addition to the Presley family and her daughter's current clash with the media.

The 62-year-old actress, who is set to compete in "Dancing With The Stars" beginning March 17, says, "We are all excited about a little one. All of our kids are grown up, so this is really exciting news for all of us."
Sara Cox is "doing very well" after giving birth to her son.

The Radio 1 DJ is thrilled after delivering a healthy 7lbs 12ozs baby boy, who she has called Isaac, on Monday. This is Sara's first child with her advertising executive partner Ben Cyzer.
Samantha Morton was left "petrified" when a childhood friend started stalking her.

The 30-year-old actress revealed in court Tuesday she was bombarded with threatening phone calls, letters and texts, in which he declared his love for her as well as making chilling references to her death.
Kate Beckinsale says she still feels ugly.

The 'Pearl Harbor' actress - who is regularly voted one of the most beautiful women in the world - claims she was unattractive in her teenage years and hasn't managed to shed her insecurities.
Patrick Swayze mom has spoken about her son's cancer. Patsy, 81, has expressed her grief over the "Ghost" actor's diagnosis with cancer saying it breaks her heart to know her son is suffering.

She tells National Enquirer, "He doesn't deserve to get this. He just doesn't deserve it. He's got such a big heart. He's been such a good and generous and thoughtful person."
Sugababes star Amelle Berrabah is set to marry.

The singer's boyfriend Freddie Fuller - who was attacked by a machete-wielding assailant during a night out last December - is determined to tie the knot with Amelle after she helped save his life.
Victoria Beckham wants more friends in the U.S. Although the soccer mom has A-list friends in Los Angeles on the likes of Katie Holmes and Jada Pinkett Smith, she is still feeling a bit down.

A source says, "Apart from David [her soccer husband] and her mom, she has no one she can trust to talk to."
Valerie Bertinelli denies Eddie Van Halen is in rehab. The "One Day At A Time" actress has rebuffed reports that her rocker ex-husband is in a rehabilitation facility, but refused to disclose his condition.

The 47-year-old current Jenny Craig weight-loss program spokesperson says, "The reports about him being in rehab are wrong. Eddie is sober. He's being proactive about his illness."
The Who star Roger Daltrey has revealed he couldn't handle taking drugs.

The singer experimented with various mind-altering substances during the band's early days in the 60s, but says every drug left him incapable of making music.
Tori Spelling the daughter of the late Aaron Spelling, has just released a tell-all book about her life, the rumors, her family struggles, and living her life under the Hollywood microscope. Her book 'sTori Telling' has finally given Spelling the chance to tell her side of the story.

Spelling, 34, delves into all of the stories surrounding her tabloid life including: past plastic surgery, lavish childhood birthday parties and her on-going feud with her mother, Candy Spelling.
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started It looks like lil' Jamie Lynn Spears is going to be raising her little man in K-wood rather than subject him to H-wood and the crazy media cauldron his aunt Brit subjected J.J. and Sean to.A source tells MSNBC that J-Lynn is building a nursery in...
Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?! Towards the end of "Growing Pains," Ashley Johnson was added to the cast to play rapidly-aging youngest daughter, Christine Seaver. Guess what she looks like now!...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird One man bid $40,100 for one "meet and greet" with Scarlett Johansson at a film premiere. Sure, the money goes to charity, but that same amount of cash could buy 40 dates with Gov. Eliot Spitzer's hot hooker -- and she's a sure thing!Talk about more...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, American Idol TMZ spoke with Ramiele Malubay Spanish teacher at Zephyrhills High School, who distinctly remembers something that could knock Rammy off "American Idol" -- she's extremely allergic to peanuts!This could be vital information for fellow "Idol"...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird Shanna Moakler says she believes in anything that is "empowering to women."Of course, the former Playmate said this while signing pictures of her spread eagle, another even showing her on her knees scrubbing dishes in her panties. Gloria Steinem must...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice She may be the Queen of Soul, but Aretha Franklin is fighting to keep her Detroit palace. Aretha says a mistake by her lawyer over $445 in 2005 taxes and late fees caused her $700,000 mansion to slip into foreclosure. According to court documents,...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson Michael Jackson has pulled some financial strings to save Neverland ranch from public auction just six days before it was supposed to go down. An auction date had been set for March 19 because Jacko owed $24.5 million on the 2,500-acre spread...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Fashion Police, Full Throttle Fashion Wearing a Tempestt Bledsoe "Cosby Show" weave and a "Flashdance" inspired t-shirt dress mess, Raven-Symone had the nerve to show up to an L.A. fashion show this week -- one wrong move away from flashing her Britney.Doesn't she know wearing your vadge...
Veteran singer Van Morrison lived up to his fastidious reputation at a gig in Austin, Texas on Wednesday (12Mar08) - when he reportedly banned the sale of alcohol during his set and chastised cellphone users.The Brown Eyed Girl star’s rare live appearance drew a massive crowd to the La Zona Rosa at the South By
REM frontman MICHAEL STIPE paid an emotional tribute to tragic Heath Ledger before launching into one of the actor’s favourite songs.The band dedicated their track Until The Day Is Done to Ledger in front of a packed crowd at Stubb’s Barbeque during their stint at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest festival on Wednesday (12Mar08).A visibly
Crooner Harry Connick JR. was forced to make last-minute changes to a recent concert in China after coming up against the communist country’s cultural restrictions on foreign performers.The singer mistakenly submitted an old set list to Chinese authorities in order to secure a performance permit before the Shanghai show on Sunday (09Mar08).Officials were adamant he
Rocker Bryan Adams never wanted to be a singer - and only took up the vocal calling when no one else in his earliest band would. The 48-year-old desperately wanted to be a guitarist as a teenager, but admits he never considered stepping in front of a microphone until he was forced to.He recalls, "I
Bryan Adams once tried to impress a passing hitchhiker - by playing her one of his unreleased songs.The singer was travelling with his songwriting partner, drummer Jim Vallance, when they picked up a drifter and played their song Don’t Turn Me Away for her.He recalls, "I remember finishing a song and Jim and I were
LATEST: Moviemakers have confirmed the HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS adaptation will be split into two separate full-length films - a decision approved by author J.K. Rowling Director David Yates, who helmed the fifth and six movies in the boy wizard franchise, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan finds his status as an icon in his home country "embarrassing".The actor has been honoured by columnist and film critic Anil Dharker, who has named him one of India’s top 20 icons in his new book, Icons: Men & Women Who Shaped Today’s India.But Bachchan insists he has trouble accepting such
Actress Tori Spelling longs for a little girl to add to her growing family because she wants to develop the special mother/daughter bond she lacked in her own upbringing.The pregnant Beverly Hills, 90210 star hopes her unborn baby is a girl so she can lavish the love she craved as a child on the tot.But
Reuters - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is expected to find out on Monday how much of his fortune he must hand over to estranged wife Heather Mills when a judge rules on their acrimonious and highly public divorce.
Charlize Theron loves playing ugly characters.

The South African actress - who donned prosthetics to win an Oscar for her portrayal of prostitute Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster' in 2004 - thinks looking beautiful on the big screen is not important.
Britney Spears kids could grow up at the other side of the country. The "Toxic" singer's sons might leave Los Angeles for New York if their father Kevin Federline gets a Broadway role.

Spears' former husband is in talks of making his stage debut in the Broadway production of "Legally Blonde" and that would mean transferring from sunny California to the Big Apple. And since he has their sons' full physical and legal custody, it is very likely that he would take them with him, miles away from the pop star.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are planning to marry in an "intimate" ceremony this summer.

Angelina, who is rumored to be expecting twins, will wed Brad in front of close family and friends after she gives birth.
David and Victoria Beckham want to quit Los Angeles, it has been claimed.

The pair, who moved with their three children to the U.S. city when soccer star David signed a contract with team Los Angeles Galaxy, are said to be "disillusioned" with life Stateside.
Sir Anthony Hopkins based his most famous character Hannibal Lecter on a tarantula and a crocodile.

The screen legend - who won an Oscar for his portrayal of the cannibalistic serial killer in 'The Silence of the Lambs' - revealed his animal inspiration to Jim Carrey.
A woman called Billie Jean has claimed she is Michael Jackson wife. A seemingly reproduction of the hit 1983 song, the woman has trespassed at the King of Pop's Neverland ranch and told guards she is his wife.

The security staff turned 60-year-old Billie Jean Jackson from the property after the guards refused to believe she is indeed the wife of the legendary musician, and therefore, the property also belongs to her. Billie Jean was caught climbing the fence to get into the ranch.
Jennifer Aniston is desperate for a baby-daddy. Reports claims that the former "Friends" star is seriously looking for someone to father her child and has her eyes set on two men in particular.

According to insiders, the 39-year-old actress has focused her search on co-star Owen Wilson and her rumored lover Brian Bourma, a film set worker.
Angelina Jolie has taken out Maddox for a private plane ride. The rumored pregnant with twins actress piloted a plane with her eldest son in an airfield in Smithville, Texas Tuesday.

The "Tomb Raider" star, although unconfirmed, is said to be expecting, yet that didn't stop her from enjoying a flight with her 6-year-old adoptee from Cambodia. Partner Brad Pitt is currently filming new movie "Tree of Life" in the area.
Reuters - No matter the movie, Robert Downey Jr. is incapable of turning in an uninteresting performance.
Oscar winner Tilda Swinton arrives in Sevilla, Spain with her boyfriend, Sandro Kopp, to shoot Limits of Control directed by Jim Jarmusch.

Tilda, 47, and Sandro, 30, first met during filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in New Zealand in 2004.

The couple made a public appearance together back in January during the 2008 BAFTA Awards. When Tilda accepted the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress, she was accompanied by Sandro, rather than John Byrne, her longtime partner and father of her ten-year-old twins.

When asked about the relationship among Sandro, John and herself, Tilda said, "We are all the best of pals."
Scarlett Johansson is very much smitten with her breast, and singing praises in the honor of her boobs.

The sexy starlet who has won the admiration of Natalie Portman and Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl admitted that she "loves her boobs"

The actress revealed to the media, "I would never have a boob job. I get compliments about them but I have my parents to thank for them."

"I think they could win awards, you know!"
On a trip to the States, Kate Moss was escorted on over to the celebrity popular Waverly Inn for a late night bite to eat in New York City on Tuesday (March 11).

Meanwhile, the 34-year-old supermodel is topping the headlines - as nude photographs of herself and Gisele Bundchen are set to be auctioned off at Christie's with an estimated price tag of three million dollars.

According to press reports, "The collection includes nude portraits of supermodels Kate Moss and Gisele Bundchen, and an image of Brigitte Bardot. Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn are among the photographers whose work is featured."
She's a mega-watt music superstar and a newly honored member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And yet, despite still being able to command arenas with her irreverent charm and sexy dance beats, Madonna admits she suffers from terrible stage fright.

The iconic singer has opened up in the new issue of Dazed and Confused, admitting to having panic attacks during concert performances.

In the interview, Madonna says:

"I have moments where I feel incredibly invincible and know that I have the audience in my hand---I know that everything is absolutely perfect. And then I have panic attacks where I feel like everyone is breathing my air and I cannot live up to everybody's expectations and I just might die on stage.
Actress Melissa Joan HART and her musician hubby MARK WILKERSON are now the parents of two boys -- their son BRAYDON was born this morning, according to People magazine.

Hart's rep tells People that little Braydon weighed in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces when he arrived at 3 p.m. today.

The former child star known for her turns on such shows as Nickelodeon's "Clarissa Explains it All," and ABC's "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" married Wilkerson in 2003; the couple also has a 2-year-old son named MASON.
According to recent news, Victoria Beckham is getting into men's trousers after launching plans for a new line of denim jeans. Victoria Beckham was busy taking in a little of her own fashion in Toronto while attending a preview of the dVb Collection at Holt Renfrew on Bloor Street on feb 26. Victoria Beckham admits she has always been a huge fan of jeans on men and also said she's using husband David as her muse. The fashion icon's Japanese denim jeans will retail for more than 200 USD!
Every time Jennifer Aniston makes a new movie, the tabloids fall all over themselves, rushing to link her with whatever male lead she is working with. And when she's not making a movie, Jennifer is rumored to be madly in love with someone new every week. Since Christmas alone, she's been linked to Jason Lewis, Orlando Bloom, and a grip from her new movie "Traveling." Oh, and somewhere in there she was supposedly hooking up with ex Vince Vaughn, too. Now, Star Magazine claims that Jennifer and her "Marley and Me" co-star Owen Wilson are having fun together- on and off the set.
Priscilla Presley may be gearing up for the sixth season of Dancing With the Stars ? but she's also excited about another milestone in her life: becoming a grandmother again.

"We are all excited about a little one," Presley, 62, tells Access Hollywood in an interview set to air beginning March 12. "All of our kids are grown up, so this is really exciting news for all of us."

(Lisa Marie Presley, 40, recently announced her pregnancy to PEOPLE.)

Presley also empathizes with her pregnant daughter's recent struggles with Britain's Daily Mail, which published photographs and articles suggesting Lisa Marie has an "unhealthy appetite" and "has gained weight like her father Elvis." Presley has subsequently sued the paper.
She may have taken her time before deciding to marry Rhys Ifans But it seems Sienna Miller isn't wasting any time when it comes to choosing where to exchange her vows.

The couple have their hearts set on hiring a private beach resort for a week on the island of Isla Mujeres, eight miles off the coast of Cancun, Mexico.

A source said: "This is the perfect location for Sienna to have her big day. This particular resort is literally in the middle of nowhere, so the only people to witness their wedding will be close friends and family. "They fell in love with Mexico the first time they went there - so it makes sense for her to choose it as a location for her wedding."

The pair have always seemed rather an unlikely pairing. Yet pretty actress Sienna Miller and her unkempt boyfriend Rhys Ifans certainly seem to have a lot in common.
Kate Beckinsale says she still feels ugly.

The "Pearl Harbor" actress - who is regularly voted one of the most beautiful women in the world - claims she was unattractive in her teenage years and hasn't managed to shed her insecurities.

She said: "I was monumentally ugly until I was about 15 so I still have that mindset."

This is not the first time Kate has spoken out about her looks.

The "Underworld" star - who is married to director Len Wiseman - says she was so concerned about her attractiveness while growing up, she convinced herself no boy would ever be interested in her.

She added: "I grew up feeling and looking like an ugly duckling and that was such a huge part of my self-image. I could not even accept boys paying me attention."

Even though, Kate - who has a nine-year-old daughter, Lily, from a previous relationship - has blossomed into a beautiful woman, she sometimes feels so unattractive she won't leave the house.
Happy Birthday to singing/songwriting twins Natalie and Nicole Albino of Nina Sky (1986), "Alpha Dog" actor Emile Hirsch (1985), "The Ring" actress Rachael Bella (1984), "That 70s Show" actor Danny Masterson (1976), "Red Eye" star Cillian Murphy (1974), Disturbed lead singer David Draiman (1973), actress Annabeth Gish (1971), U2 bassist Adam Clayton (1960),


Singer Ashlee Simpson has confessed an operation to change the shape of her nose has not made her any prettier.The 23-year-old insists she hated her image before undergoing a rhinoplasty operation to correct her misshapen nose in 2006.But Simpson admits the surgery has not improved her looks.She tells Usmagazine, "(Plastic surgery) is something that everybody
Rocker John Mayer is desperate to find a wife - but fears life in the public eye will decrease his chances of meeting her.The guitarist, 30, is concerned tabloid tales of his past romances with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jessica Simpson may prevent him from marrying the perfect woman.He says, "(If) I go up to
Veteran actor/director Robert Redford worries a drought that is set to last into the next century will kill off the Colorado River that flows through the U.S. Southwest.Environmentalist Redford, who narrates new IMAX documentary Grand Canyon Adventure: River At Risk 3D, is concerned about water conservation as the Colorado provides water to 27 million people
Shooting on the set of Holocaust drama THE READER has started up again for the first time since Nicole Kidman quit the film.The movie shut down last year (07) after Kidman was forced to drop out because of her pregnancy.Kate Winslet has replaced the Aussie actress, who was playing a concentration camp guard in the
Justin Timberlake FERGIE and FOO FIGHTERS will go head-to-head at the 2008 MTV Australia Awards.The artists will battle it out in the Music Video of the Year Category with 50 Cent, Delta Goodrem and Timbaland.Timberlake and Foo Fighters will also compete to win the Live Performer Award alongside Lupe Fiasco and Juliette & the Licks.Goodrem
Hollywood actor JASON ISSACS loved working with Matt Damon on new movie GREEN ZONE - especially during their fight scenes.The 44-year-old admits he took great pleasure in covering the Bourne Ultimatum star in bruise on the set of director Paul Greengrass’ new film.He says, "Matt Damon is one of the loveliest men I ever hope
BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 star Tori Spelling knew it was time to have a good hard look at her first marriage when she cheated on her then-husband with her new man the first night they met.The actress was married to writer/actor Charlie Shanian when she met Dean McDermott and fell madly in love with the Open
Musical siblings MICHAEL and Janet Jackson are moving to the English countryside to escape the constant media spotlight.According to older brother Tito, 54, the pair have been looking for a U.K hideaway and have found a home in Devon.He says, "My family love the wonderful countryside and friendly people. "Michael likes North Devon, too, as
The father of troubled soul star Amy Winehouse blames his affair with a colleague for the star’s addiction to lethal drugs.The Back To Black hitmaker checked into a rehab clinic in London earlier this year (Jan08) after a video showing the singer allegedly taking a variety of illegal substances was passed on to British newspaper
Britney Spears hotly anticipated new music video for Break The Ice premieres tonight.  Shock of shocks, there is no body-gyrating whatsoever. Not real bodies, anyway. The video is animated! Why do you think? Because maybe she kinda sorta isn't in the most fabulous of physical conditions? Because she is trying to re-invent herself? Good thing we have one of our favorites blogs, All Celebrity Gossip, to tell us more.     Britney Spears will be unveiling her latest music video: “Break the Ice” today on blackoutball.com at 6:30PM EST.   And it's also a tad bit interesting. To view the video you would need to discover and enter the 2 correct passwords....

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Ebay is full of great finds....discarded antiques, practically new technological equipment, the last hypercolor shirt ever made and...A list celebrities? That's right! As of tomorrow, a date with Scarlett Johansson will be auctioned off on Ebay! Grab your Paypal, pal....  Here's more from awesome blog, Young Hollywood:       Scarlett Johansson has sparked a bidding frenzy on auction website eBay.com after offering fans the chance to accompany her to a future movie premiere.   More than 161 people have bid on the date, with over a million interested parties visiting the site.   The top bid has reached $38,200. The 10-day auction ends on Wednesday...

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Oh, Eliot. What were you thinking? Spitzer's "Call Girl" speaks out and thank goodness we have Dotspotter user celebritymound to fill us in on what she said! The alleged prostitute known as “Kristen” in the New York governor sex scandal is a 22-year-old New Jersey native from a broken home who now worries what people will think of her, according to a newspaper report.   “I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster,” the woman, identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre, tellss the New York Times. “This has been a very difficult time. It is complicated.”   Dupre has not been charged in the case.   According to her MySpace page,...

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First Paris Hilton and now Kevin Federline Broadway certainly is...uhhhh...expanding their horizons? Dotspotter user drift82 gives us the scoop:     If you thought Nicole Richie mulling an offer to appear on Broadway was a sign of the apocalypse (or at least Broadway abandoning all standards), get this:   Kevin Federline may soon make his debut.   A source says Britney Spears’ ex-husband may be heading to New York City in September to make his Broadway debut in Legally Blonde, the Tony-nominated musical adaptation of the hit film starring Reese Witherspoon.   “He’s so excited!” a source close to K-Fed tells Us Weekly.   Why...

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AP - Attorneys in the wrongful-death lawsuit against John Ritter doctors gave jurors drastically different views Wednesday on whether anything could have been done to save the actor on the night he died.
Natalie Portman wishes she’d never visited a psychic - after the medium told her to "stay away from water".The 26-year-old actress has been left paranoid after she was recently told her life will take an abrupt turn at 34.She says, "He (psychic) told me that my whole life will change when I’m 34 and that
MADONNA’s new Africa awareness documentary was directed and filmed by her personal gardener.The pop superstar rewarded green-fingered multi-tasker Nathan Rissman by asking him to take charge of her new movie I Am Because We Are.She explains, "He used to be my gardener… He’s a brilliant, lovely guy one of those guys who came into my
Jodie Foster still dreams of the simple life as a coffee shop assistant because she fears she has missed out on too much.While many people dream of fame and fortune, The Silence Of The Lambs star dreams of life at a ski lodge Starbucks.The 45-year-old star tells U.S. publication Parade, "Sometimes I think, ‘What the
Legendary rocker BOB DYLAN twice tried to sneak into tapings of AMERICAN IDOL in disguise, according to the talent show’s co-judge Paula Abdul The Hurricane singer donned a fake beard in a bid to try and go unnoticed during the recording of the reality TV hit’s fourth season in 2005 - but Abdul spotted him.The Straight
Charlie Sheen has joined the ranks of Hollywood’s hunks who have signed on to help sell Hanes underwear.Kevin Bacon, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt have all appeared in recent TV and print ads for the U.S. firm.Like Bacon and Oscar winner Gooding Jr., Sheen, 42, will team up with sports great Michael Jordan
E! Online - Should the whole singing thing not work out for Heidi Montag at least she'll have other career choices to fall back on.
E! Online - Heather Locklear is apparently fine, despite some confusion as to the contrary.
AP - Helen Hunt is an Oscar winner (for "As Good As It Gets") and a four-time Emmy winner (for "Mad About You"). Now she has a new title to add to her esteemed collection: filmmaker.
Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears releases a music video on Wednesday that features the troubled singer as an animated superhero in a futuristic world.
AP - Prince Charles and wife Camilla joined a group of Rastafarian musicians Wednesday for a drum session outside the old home of reggae great Bob Marley.
AP - "Saturday Night Live" has replaced a flu-ridden Janet Jackson with another diva: Mariah Carey Carey, 37, will fill in for Jackson on the March 15 "SNL" telecast, NBC announced Wednesday.
AP - Billy Crystal came prepared. Black maple bat in hand, the New York Yankees newcomer brought a well-worn glove with his name neatly stitched on the side, too.
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Holocaust memorial on Wednesday posthumously recognized a prominent Spanish diplomat, who was actress Helena Bonham Carter's grandfather, for his role in saving hundreds of Jews during World War II.


TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Billy Crystal came prepared. Black maple bat in hand, the New York Yankees newcomer brought a well-worn glove with his name neatly stitched on the side, too. The hitting and fielding part, the comedian felt confident about. It was the drug test that had him worried.


Pop star Geri Halliwell has stunned the family of a young British girl after helping her to recover from a coma by singing. The Spice Girl paid a surprise visit to the hospital bedside of 14-year-old Jessica Knight, who had slipped into a coma after being horrifically attacked while walking home in Manchester, England in January.


Superbad star Jonah Hill was brought back down to earth after the success of the comedy smash hit - when Scarlett Johansson snubbed him during a night out.


Spanish actress Penelope Cruz wants to fulfill her childhood dream - by adopting a huge brood of children. The Sahara star has always been desperate for a big family, but admits she is enjoying her jet-setting career too much to consider becoming a mom just yet.


Michelle Williams' best pal Busy Philipps is pregnant with her first child. The 29-year-old actress and her writer husband Marc Silverstein are expecting their new arrival this summer and Philipps loves every minute of her pregnancy.


Soul star Amy Winehouse multiple Grammy nods have boosted sales of her sophomore album Back to Black - winning her a place in the U.K.'s Top Ten best-selling albums of the 21st century.


Clueless star Alicia Silverstone is laughing off reports she pulled out of a role in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother after learning she'd be appearing opposite Britney Spears


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Playing America's second president in HBO's ''John Adams'' was quite the hands-on experience for Paul Giamatti On a break from his governmental duties at his Massachusetts farm, Adams shows his son, John Quincy, the finer points of working with manure - manually.


AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Helen Hunt is an Oscar winner (for ''As Good As It Gets'') and a four-time Emmy winner (for ''Mad About You''). Now she has a new title to add to her esteemed collection: filmmaker. Hunt directed her first feature, ''Then She Found Me,'' which played at the South by Southwest film festival ahead of its April 25 theatrical release.


Paul McCartney has spoken out in disgust at Australia's plans to thin the population of a large number of kangaroos. The former Beatle has added his support to a campaign by Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA!), who are desperate to halt the proposed killing of 500 of the marsupials near the country's capital, Canberra.


Ray J has dubbed ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian a hypocrite for complaining when their sex tape leaked onto the internet - and then use it to build a TV career. The R&B star, the brother of singer/actress Brandy Norwood, is determined to break the mould and achieve fame without relying on the publicity the scandalous video brought him.


Scarlett Johansson has sparked a bidding frenzy on auction website eBay.com after offering fans the chance to accompany her to a future movie premiere. More than 161 people have bid on the date, with over a million interested parties visiting the site.


Staunch Republican Dennis Hopper is considering switching sides in the upcoming presidential race after Democrat Barack Obama took time to honor his late mother. Hopper's wife Victoria Duffy is a huge Obama fan and insisted her husband was with her at a rally when the senator announced his bid to run for The White House.


Country star Dolly Parton has been forced to pull out of an upcoming appearance at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Texas after suffering continuing back problems caused by her large breasts.


Beyonce Knowles designer mum TINA sparked fears for her health on Tuesday night when an ambulance was called to the singer/actress' trailer on the set of Cadillac Records.


Actress Tori Spelling has finally admitted to having a boob job. The 34-year-old, who has also had surgery on her nose, has revealed she had the breast augmentation to put an end to speculation about the size of her chest.


Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx has paid tribute to the addiction expert he credits for saving his life after learning of his pal's death. The bass player issued a statement on Tuesday after hearing of the passing of revered California counsellor Bob Timmons.


Police have confirmed the "armed intruders" arrested at Kate Hudson New York City home on Tuesday were student filmmakers shooting a project at the building.


Actress Portia de Rossi has signed up to pay tribute to a murdered homosexual in a new public service announcement TV ad, just days after her partner Ellen DeGeneres tearfully honored the gay teen.


Pregnant actress Tori Spelling has launched another attack on her mother in her new book, claiming she cheated on her dying dad. The former Beverly Hills, 90210 star and her mother Candi fell out over TV mogul Aaron Spelling's will, but recently reconciled after the actress gave birth to her first child last year.


Rocker Gene Simmons made a Kiss superfan's dreams come true on Tuesday - by presenting him with a table lamp. Simmons made a surprise appearance on Rachael Ray's show to present a fan called Alex with the rare gift - a Kiss-themed lamp.


Jim Carrey shocked fans on David Letterman's late night talk show on Monday, when he showed up in a bathrobe and then stripped naked. The comedian performed a skit pretending he'd forgotten about the switch to daylight saving time on Saturday night, and was being massaged in his hotel, when he should have been on the show.


Filed under: Britney Spears Armed with Red Bull, a pack of smokes and "No Country for Old Men," Adnan Ghalib made it through the gates of Summit last night.Though all the evidence points towards a visit with Britney, TMZ has learned he's made other friends inside Summit. Keep...
Filed under: Denied! His brother is a runway icon, but even that couldn't help Greasy Bear get into an L.A. Fashion Week show last night. Brandon Davis was quickly denied -- and with a swat at TMZ's camera, it's easy to see he wasn't too proud about it.See Also ...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird TMZ was on Madonna patrol at the swanky Reebok Club in NYC when we got an unexpected surprise: Wendy Kaufman The Snapple Lady!She got a better reception than Madge, signing autographs and talking to paps. Kaufman was last seen on seasons 1 & 2 of...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird David Spade did not want to talk about Heather last nightTMZ tried to ask David how Heather Locklear is doing since her 911 scare over the weekend -- but he was too preoccupied whoring himself out for what looked like a lame publicity stunt.See...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Brad and Angelina Maddox joined Angelina and her conspicuously swelling belly for a joy ride yesterday -- as the den mother took the wheel of a small prop plane at a private airport in Austin, Texas.Flying an airplane? Perfectly safe for someone who's very not...
Filed under: TV, Beauty, Hot Bodies Answer the eternal question: Who's hotter? Ginger or Mary Ann? ... 74-year-old Ginger (Tina Louise) or 69-year-old Mary Ann (Dawn Wells)? See Also Mary Ann -- More Like Mary Jane! Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island": 'Memba Her?! ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice As TMZ reported yesterday, "Gilligan's Island" star Dawn Wells was busted with marijuana in her car, but it turns out the pot didn't even belong to her!Well's lawyer says a third party came forward and claimed full responsibility for the marijuana....
Sean Connery and his downstairs neighbor have been battling in (and out of ) court for years -- but it's their lawyers who appear to be doing all the dirty work!Connery and his Manhattan neighbor, Burton Sultan, have been suing each other over their...
Filed under: Star Catcher Goldie Hawn was caught at LAX with a serious case of bed-head ... which helped draw attention away from her oversized lips.Also in L.A.: Eva Longoria, Courteney Cox Arquette, Laura Dern and hubby Ben Harper went to the El Rey for Sheryl Crow's show,...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky and Weird A woman named Billie Jean Jackson was arrested for trespassing at Michael Jackson Neverland Ranch. We don't make this stuff up, folks.Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies were called to the house Monday night after Neverland's security detained...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Talk Sports Tom Brady needed some help blocking the paps last night as photogs kept blitzing him with questions about his rumored sex tape with Gisele Bundchen.The damn-fine couple was put on the defensive when asked about New York restaurant Phillippe allegedly...
Filed under: Gillian's Alerts, Heather Locklear TMZ has obtained the 911 call that sent paramedics racing to Heather Locklear house over the weekend.As TMZ first reported, paramedics arrived at Heather's house on Saturday after getting dispatched on a "suicide attempt" call. When they arrived...
LATEST: Reality TV star AUDRINA PARTRIDGE has denied reports she will join celebrated dance troupe the Pussycat Dolls onstage for a raunchy performance in Las Vegas later this month (Mar08).Partridge insists she will only introduce the burlesque revue girls and will not gyrate alongside them when they take the stage inside Pure nightclub at the
Reality TV star Heidi Montag is following in the footsteps of her THE HILLS rival LAUREN CONRAD by launching her own budget fashion line.Montag’s Heidiwood range includes dresses, jeans, bags and jewellery priced at under $60 (£30).The line will go on sale at U.S. store Anchor Blue from April (08).Montag admits her new line was
Model-turned-actress Carmen Electra is dating KORN rocker ROB PATTERSON.The Scary Movie star, who has previously been married to basketball wildman DENNIS RODMAN and JANE’S ADDICTION guitarist DAVE NAVARRO, admits she has a thing for men with "a little edge".She says, "I definitely have a type."Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)
MARILYN MONROE-obsessed MARIAH CAREY recently received a special gift from funnyman Adam Sandler - a replica of the movie icon’s ‘leaning board’.Sandler heard the pop superstar, who owns Monroe’s piano, was looking for a film prop similar to the one her heroine used for costume changes on movie sets - and realised he had one.The
LATEST: The man who made a hoax emergency call claiming Heather Locklear was a suicide risk told authorities he was a doctor concerned for her safety.Ventura County Fire Department sent two paramedic units to the actress’ Thousand Oaks, California home after receiving a 911 call on Saturday night (08Mar08).The phone call didn’t originate from Locklear’s
New parents Nicole Richie and JOEL MADDEN have bought a trendy Bowery condominium in New York for a cool $1 million (£500,000).The "low-key" two-bedroom apartment was bought to give the Los Angeles-based couple a residence on America’s east coast.A pal tells In Touch magazine, "Joel has wanted to live in New York for a while.
HEATH LEDGER’s closest Hollywood pals, including ex-partners Michelle Williams and NAOMI WATTS, have spoken out for the first time since his death in January (08).The pair joined forces with director Todd Haynes - who made Ledger’s movie I’m Not There - actors Sean Penn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, his agent Steve Alexander, and pal Ellen DeGeneres,
Actor James Gandolfini is recovering at home after undergoing abdominal surgery.The Sopranos star was operated on at St. Luke’s Roosevelt hospital in New York on Tuesday (11Mar08).A spokesperson for Gandolfini says, "(It was) a minor procedure. He is already home." As WENN went to press, no further details were available.Movie & Entertainment News provided by
American actress Melissa Joan HART has given birth to a boy in Los Angeles.The former Sabrina The Teenage Witch star and her rocker husband Mark Wilkerson welcomed Braydon Hart Wilkerson into the world at 3pm on Wednesday (12Mar08).Braydon weighed seven pounds and three ounces (3.26 kilograms).Hart and Wilkerson, who married in 2003, already have a
Actor Michael Pitt was so disturbed by his performance in ultra-violent new movie FUNNY GAMES he begged his mother not to see it.The Village star plays one half of a psycho double act which abuses and torments a husband and wife, played by Tim Roth and Naomi Watts, and their child in a remote holiday
Top U.S. comedian Larry The CABLE GUY has become the unlikely face of weightloss company NutriSystem.The star, real name Dan Whitney, has lost 50 pounds (22.7 kilograms) using the NutriSystem program, and he is so pleased with the results he’s decided to help promote the firm in a series of print and TV advertisements.In a