AP - Heirs of the late actor Steve McQueen have gone to court to stop an apparel manufacturer from using the King of Cool's name and likeness to promote its products without their consent.
AP - This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of Brad Pitt and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.
Carmen Electra is ready to settle down and start a family.

The former 'Baywatch' star has confessed she is madly in love with her Korn guitarist boyfriend Rob Patterson, who she only began dating last month, and is desperate to have his child.
Courteney Cox has asked her celebrity friends to help her raise $1 million for charity in just two weeks.

The actress and her husband David Arquette want to raise as much money as possible for the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation as the child of one of Courteney''s pals suffers from the skin condition.
Demi Moore has revealed the secret to her youthful looks, and it involves leeches. The "Striptease" star says that she uses the blood-sucking leeches to optimize her health.

Speaking to David Letterman on his late night show, the 45-year-old actress explains, "I feel like I've always been someone looking for the cutting edge of things that optimize your health and healing. I was in Austria doing a cleanse and part of the treatment was leech therapy."
Eva Longoria is denying she's pregnant yet again, but this time she's blaming pal Victoria Beckham for the rumors.

The "Desperate Housewives" star says the latest pregnancy rumor started when she had been seen sporting what seemed to be a baby bump after she stepped out of a restaurant while wearing Posh Spice's jeans. She explains that the British singer gave her several pairs of jeans from her "dVb" line but were so tight that it make her "gut hang over."
Bruce Willis is opening his first wine bar.

The 'Die Hard' actor is a partner in New York venue Bowery Wine Co., which is set to open its doors in the trendy East Village this weekend.
Gwyneth Paltrow has been appointed an ambassador for Save the Children.

The 'Se7en' actress will play an active role in helping reduce the number of children dying from preventable diseases around the world. Gwyneth, 35, will serve as an ambassador for the charity for three years.
Reuters - The presidential candidates may have star qualities -- and they also have stars in their families, according to a genealogical study linking Hillary Clinton to Angelina Jolie and Barack Obama to Brad Pitt
Happy Birthday to "Atonement" star Keira Knightley (1985), "Just Friends" star Amy Smart (1976), Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha (1968), country star Kenny Chesney (1968), "Dirty Dancing" actress Jennifer Grey (1960), television host Leeza Gibbons (1957), "Jiminy Glick" actor Martin Short (1950), R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass (1950),


British soul star Corinne Bailey RAE signed up as the face of anti-drugs campaign just months before her husband died of a suspected overdose.The body of saxophonist Jason Rae, 31, was discovered in a flat in Leeds, England on Saturday (22Mar08).And Bailey Rae, 29, was fronting West Yorkshire Police’s 3 Minute Wonders songwriting contest -
Late BEATLES legend John Lennon turned down a career as an actor - branding the profession "silly".Lennon starred in a variety of movies throughout his career, including A Hard Day’s Night and Help! along with his Beatles bandmates.And Richard Lester, who directed both movies, found that Lennon was a natural in front of the camera
Rapper TIMBALAND has vowed to give British pop band SUGABABES a musical makeover after he was introduced to the group while working with MADONNA and JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. The Apologize hitmaker met the girlband when he was producing Madonna’s latest single with Timberlake at a London recording studio and got chatting to the singers during meal
Renee Zellweger is happy without a fixed abode - insisting she doesn’t need a home to feel settled.The Bridget Jones star recently sold her house in California and put all of her possessions into storage, because she felt her life as a movie star meant she didn’t spend enough time there to justify the hefty
Pregnant British reality TV star Kerry Katona has been admitted to hospital over fears she may have contracted a life-threatening illness.The 27-year-old - who is pregnant with her fourth child - was rushed to an emergency room in Macclesfield, England, on Monday (24Mar08) to be tested for suspected pre-eclampsia, which can be fatal to both
Heather Mills is reportedly planning on hiring a firm of accountants to investigate her estranged husband’s fortune in a bid to land a larger divorce settlement.The former glamour model won $33 million (£16.5 million) cash and assets worth $15.6 million (£7.8 million) last Monday (17Mar08) following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former
Demi Moore and BRUCE WILLIS’ 16-year-old daughter SCOUT has embarked on an unconventional spring break - she’s carrying out charity work in Central America.While teenagers across the U.S. are living it up at traditional sun-kissed hotspots, and her elder sister Rumer is enjoying the Hollywood party scene, Scout is building houses in poverty-stricken parts of
Salma Hayek has chosen not to baptise her baby girl after clashing with her own parents’ religious beliefs when she was a child.The actress’ producer pal Felipe Fernandez del Paso recently spent Easter with the Frida star and has confirmed little Valentina Paloma won’t be christened.He tells PeopleEnEspanol.com, "The little girl is about to turn
Amy Winehouse is reportedly considering going back into rehab - fearing life in London holds "too much temptation".The Back To Black star was admitted to a clinic in January (08) to finally kick her drug addiction - but checked out after just two weeks.Winehouse has since been photographed looking distinctly unhealthy; she came down with
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes....oh, whoops. Jamie Lynn Spears and her baby's daddy are reportedly engaged!  Do you think it's true? Here's Dotspotter community member Glamourous007 with the scoop:   Jamie Lynn Spears is reportedly set to marry her longtime boyfriend and unborn baby’s father, Casey Aldridge.   The 16-year-old has been spotted showing off a diamond band to friends and family in her hometown of Kentwood, La., and to relatives in Mississippi.   A source close to the Spears family tells People.com, “She’s got an engagement ring. She’s been showing it off, talking about it.” A representative for Spears was...

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Did anyone else hear Zooey Deschanel voice in that shower scene in Elf and say to themselves, "God, she should have an album!" Well, I certainly did....and Zooey listened! Here's EvilBeet with the news on Zooey's new career move:   God, I love Zooey Deschanel She’s just the absolute coolest. I’ll watch anything with her in it.   Anyway, it turns out she just teamed up with singer-songwriter M. Ward to release an album under the band name “She and Him.” The album’s called Volume 1. I’m listening to it right now on my Rhapsody player. It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect from Zooey — folksy, fun, and just way...

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For the sake of you gossipers being informed, I'm going to post this photographic evidence of Priscilla Presley new look. We love her either way. Hello, she married the King. Mamapop has some strong opinions though...what do you think?   Consider this post to be your PSA of the day, ladies: If one of your friends hosts an "injection party" where an unlicensed doctor from Argentina offers to pump your face with an illegal, non-FDA approved "miracle injection" he smuggled into the country for the bargain price of $500 a shot, claim you left your wallet at home, offer to go get it, and then RUN AWAY AND NEVER TALK TO THOSE CRAZY BITCHES AGAIN.   (And here I...

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E! Online - Priscilla Presley is 62. She dances like she's 32. She married Elvis Presley when she was almost 22. And her face…Well, that number is still subject to interpretation.  
Reuters - Hugh Jackman who plays the mutant Wolverine in the "X-Men" action movies, is pairing with Virgin Comics to create a comic book series called "Nowhere Man," Virgin said on Tuesday.
AFP - Spanish scriptwriter Rafael Azcona, who wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film "Belle Epoque" starring Penelope Cruz died Monday at the age of 81, Spanish media reported.
Reuters - Steve McQueen estate sued a clothing company on Tuesday, alleging the unauthorized use of the late film star's image and name as part of its Steve McQueen Celebration" line of fashion and accessories.
Reuters - Ryan Phillippe gained Hollywood fame and won fans with his piercing blue eyes and good looks in the 1990s, but the actor says he has never been interested in being just another pretty face in the movies.
Reuters - Sheryl Crow recent claim that she would be working with Fleetwood Mac surprised a lot of people -- including the members of the classic rock group.
AFP - The pregnant 16-year-old sister of troubled pop star Britney Spears is engaged, it was reported Tuesday.
AP - The judge who presided over Phil Spector first murder trial has rejected a defense motion to disqualify him from the retrial because of alleged prejudice against the legendary rock music producer
Reuters - It's hardly a secret that, when it comes to creating characters and impersonating celebrities, there's no one better than Tracey Ullman It takes a village just to hold all of them.
AP - Sara Evans who finalized a bitter divorce last year, is engaged to former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker.
AP - Magician Penn Jillette and tennis champ Monica Seles were the first stars eliminated from the sixth season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." Each came into Tuesday's results show in last place.
After spoofing disaster films in Airplane!, police shows in The Naked Gun, and Hollywood horrors in Scary Movie 3 and 4, producer David Zucker sets his satirical sights on the superhero genre with this anarchic comedy lampooning everything from Spider-Man to X-Men and Superman Returns. Shortly after being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly... Contiinue Summary

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An overweight man leaves his fiancée on their wedding day, only to realize years later that she's the one and only woman of his dreams in a romantic comedy that reunites Big Nothing co-stars Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer this time with Schimmer in the director's chair. It's not easy to win back a woman after leaving her at the alter... Continue Summary

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After serving his tour of duty in Iraq, a young American soldier who is ordered to return to the front lines as part of the military's controversial stop-loss opts instead to go AWOL in a thought-provoking military drama directed by Kimberly Peirce Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Philippe) is a decorated Iraq War veteran who once served his country... Continue Summary

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Director Robert Luketic adapts Ben Mezrich's best-seller -Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions to tell the true-life tale of six genius students who used their brains to beat considerable odds. Laurence Fishburne stars as the Sin City security chief who catches on to the group and makes it his mission to expose their lucrative blackjack scam.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Simon Pegg won't be beaming up any differences for his take on starship Enterprise's chief engineer ''Scotty'' in the upcoming ''Star Trek'' film. ''I am playing 'Scotty,' but James Doohan is 'Scotty,''' Pegg told The Associated Press at the ''Run Fatboy Run'' premiere afterparty at Les Deux nightclub Monday night.


Teen actress Jamie Lynn Spears is reportedly set to marry her longtime boyfriend and unborn baby's father Casey Aldridge. The 16-year-old has been spotted showing off a diamond band to friends and family in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, and to relatives in Mississippi.


Demi Moore traveled to Austria to undergo a bloodsucking leech treatment in a bid to stay young and healthy. The 45-year-old actress admits she is constantly searching for "the cutting edge in health and healing" and subjected herself to the wacky therapy session during a recent stay at a European spa.


Celebrated DJ Mark Ronson upset Hollywood superstar Charlize Theron at a recent party - after he snubbed her requests to play reggae music.


Actor Jared Leto has vowed never to fatten-up for a movie role again, after he piled on 60 pounds to play John Lennon's killer - and ended up in a wheelchair. Leto is still suffering the side effects of "gorging and force-feeding" himself for the role of Mark Chapman in Chapter 27, and he fears he will never regain his once-fit physique.


Elvis Presley ex-wife Priscilla is reportedly undergoing corrective surgery for a botched cosmetic procedure she had done in 2003. The socialite and actress, who is among the celebrities taking part in the current season of Dancing With The Stars, was a client of Dr. Daniel Serrano,


Marilyn Manson has won a court bid to keep details of his financial affairs private as part of his ongoing legal battle with former band mate Madonna Wayne Gacy. Gacy sued the shock rocker for breach of contract last August, claiming Manson - real name Brian Warner - poured the group's money into financing his drug habit,


"Hollywood's Not America" – the lead single from Capitol Music Group recording artist Ferras' (pronounced Fer-AHSS) debut album, Aliens & Rainbows – rockets onto the Hot AC radio chart at #33, marking the highest debut for a career-opening single by a solo male artist since John Mayer in 2002.


Rockers Slash and Alice Cooper are to be honored at the fourth annual MusiCares gala in May. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash will receive the MusiCares From The Heart Award, while Cooper will be honored with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award.


Kevin Spacey boosted his income while researching new gambling movie 21 by teaming up with real-life mathematics wizards. The Oscar winner plays a mentor to a team of geniuses in the film, which is based on a real-life, get-rich-quick plot staged by Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) whiz kids in Las Vegas.


Writing the new Muppets movie is a dream come true for funnyman Jason Segel - he grew up wanting to be Kermit The Frog. The actor/writer begged Disney bosses to let him pen the new film, and when they initially turned him down he wowed them with his knowledge of the lovable puppet stars.


"I don't have a model's body. But I'm not one of those crazy girls who think that they're fat... I can rock this body." Heroes star Hayden Panettiere is happy with what she's got.


Few singers know as many paths to the heart as Van Morrison The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has spent most of the past five decades seeking and discovering new inroads to that spiritual core.


Natalie Portman recently reflected on some of the regrets in her young life, and topping the list was missing out on childhood activities like making mud pies. The 26-year-old star began professional acting at 11, when she played orphan Mathilda in 'Léon'. She now regrets starting work so young because she had to grow up too quickly.
Fugly untalented Rumer Willis did a modeling spread recently but she needs to have the camera pull back a lot further (How about Cleveland?) in order to make herself look in the least bit sexy and alluring.

The Hollywood offspring of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore has neither her mother's beauty or her father's megastar appeal to pull off a career in singing, acting or modeling.
Plastic faced Priscilla Presley is reportedly undergoing corrective surgery for a botched cosmetic procedure she had done in 2003 by a hack doctor.

The socialite, who is among the celebrities currently appearing on 'Dancing With The Stars', was a client of Daniel Serrano, who was jailed for injecting low-grade industrial silicone into people's faces, reports Tmz.com. The stuff is similar to what's used to lubricate auto parts.
Denise Richards has officially dropped the Sheen off her last name. Richards won a judgment on Friday which allowed her to legally change her surname back to Richards. The actress took the name when she wed Sheen back in 2002.

Richards' bitter divorce to actor Charlie Sheen was finalized in 2006. The couple has since been involved in a nasty custody battle over their two daughters, three-year-old Sam and two-year-old Lola.
Singer and actress, Brandy is responding to a legal claim filed by her former landscape gardener alleging that she did not pay her $3,576 bill. Brandy, whose real name is Brandy Norwood claims that she never received the bill because it was sent to the wrong address.

Raymond Soriano Landscape filed documents in the Los Angeles court claiming the star owed the company for unspecified "landscaping expenses" for work that the company completed at her property between July 2007 and February 2008.
Jamie Lynn Spears, who shocked her young fans not long ago by announcing she was pregnant at the tender age of 16, is now sporting an engagement ring. The former star of "Zoey 101" has been showing friends and family an engagement ring given to her by fiancé Casey Aldridge. Jamie Lynn the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears, has been showing her engagement ring to friends and family in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Amy Winehouse is being offered $700,000 to perform in "the weirdest club in the world." The Grammy Award-winning artist is close to signing the deal with the nightclub, Watt, that the boss says it's as "good as certain."

Aryan Tieleman confirms to the Dutch press that the "Rehab" singer's performance at the opening night of Watt's new Rotterdam venue is very promising.
Ashley Tisdale denies undergoing another nose job. The "High School Musical" star calls reports that she had a second rhinoplasty procedure "ridiculous."

The 22-year-old tells People magazine, "People are saying I had another nose job and I did not. That's ridiculous."
Filed under: Beauty Debra Messing shocked photogs yesterday when she emerged from a salon looking dramatically different ... and by different we mean hot! Her usually hippy/bag-ladyified look was replaced with a cute outfit, and the red locks couldn't have looked...
Filed under: Paris Hilton You Might Want to Rethink Paris Hilton and flavor of the week borefriend Benji Madden fondled a cheetah while visiting South Africa - Paris' most favoritest African country after West Africa.Too bad the couple didn't slather themselves in BBQ sauce before going in.See...
Filed under: Dancing with the Stars Cheryl Burke rightly took offense when TMZ asked if she'd ever get Botox.It wasn't meant as an insult though -- the photog was just following up on "Dancing" star Priscilla Presley's cosmetic nightmare story! Guess she didn't see the connection.See...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Mariah Carey Hot Bodies Fans lined up to see Mariah Carey last night in NYC -- instead they saw pizza after pizza get carried by.Carey eventually came out, and it's clear to see all that dough went straight to her boobs!See Also The Diva's Diva Glams Up Villa...
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds Broadway playwright Jeff Whitty is once again lashing out at Jay Leno -- this time for asking Ryan Phillippe to give his "gayest look" on the "Tonight Show."During an interview last week, Leno made light of Ryan's first acting role -- playing a gay...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird There's no way in hell Clint Eastwood would ever appear on "Dancing with the Stars" -- but our photog randomly asked anyway. He's 77!Despite the awkward question, Eastwood was still a class act.See Also Pap Eats Major Pavement Over Clint...
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Wacky and Weird Brandon Davis driver was seen spraying their SUV with air freshener last night. It could have also been disinfectant, not that that's really any better.See Also Brandon Davis is a "Scumbag"...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Nurse!, Gillian's Alerts The phony doc who injected Priscilla Presley with industrial-grade silicone used to lubricate auto parts had a scam that proved irresistible to Hollywood's elite.Someone who got injected by Daniel Serrano spoke with TMZ about getting lured in....
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?! In the '80s, Suzanne Vega became famous for her hit songs "Luka" and "Tom's Diner." Guess what she looks like now!...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Movies, Heath Ledger Gillian's Alerts There have been news reports that Heath Ledger left a grand total of $145,000 in his estate, and, as a result, his daughter might not be taken care of properly -- BOGUS!True, we know the will lists $145,000 in assets. But here's the deal. The will...
Filed under: Jessica Simpson We caught Jessica Simpson coming out of a Chili's in Encino this afternoon and asked her a ton of questions -- about Tony, Ashlee and Lane Garrison. But our guy missed the best question of all -- why is Jessica Simpson eating at a Chili's?...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Brad and Angelina, Prez Election 2008 This is one crazy family tree! The New England Historic Genealogical Society, the oldest and largest nonprofit genealogical organization in the country, has found a way to get Barack and Hillary together -- through lineage! They claim Barack Obama...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Gillian's Alerts Former Death Row recording artist Nate Dogg won't be packing heat for the next ten years!TMZ has learned Nate, who is Snoop Dogg cousin, pleaded guilty in Orange County, Calif. court on March 20 to aggravated trespassing and battery stemming from a...
LATEST: JOHN LENNON’s widow Yoko Ono has paid tribute to the man widely acknowledged as the ‘fifth BEATLE’, who died on Monday (24Mar08).Neil Aspinall had reportedly been receiving treatment for lung cancer in New York prior to his death In a statement, Ono says, "Neil was an important member of The Beatles family. John loved
BEN AFFLECK, GARTH BROOKS, REESE WITHERSPOON and Eva Mendes have joined forces to urge Americans to vote in a new TV ad.Cameras catch the quartet going about their normal lives while each talks about the importance of voting in the new DividedWeFail.org public service commercials.Country star Brooks changes a lightbulb, Mendes enjoys a coffee, Witherspoon
X-MEN star Hugh Jackman is set to go from comic book character to comic book creator after teaming up with screenwriter MARC GUGGENHEIM for a new sci-fi thriller.The Aussie actor, who plays Wolverine in the X-Men films and is currently reprising the hairy character in a spin-off movie, has developed a new series for Virgin
FLEETWOOD MAC star LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM has hit back at reports Sheryl Crow will become a member of the supergroup when it tours in 2009, insisting her announcement is a little premature.Buckingham has confirmed speculation the group is planning to record and tour next year (09), but adds the idea of adding bandmate Stevie Nicks’ pal
Nude shots of SPICE GIRL Geri Halliwell before she was famous have come back to haunt the new mum.The shots of the then-teenage wannabe, posing in nothing but fishnet stockings, will make their debut in America in the upcoming issue of porn magazine Hustler.The saucy photos, which were taken in the early 1990s, dogged Halliwell
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL star Ashley Tisdale has blasted medics who fuelled tabloid speculation she had undergone a second nose job, calling them "irresponsible".The actress/singer had surgery to correct a deviated septum and smooth out her nose late last year (Nov07) and she’s appalled by new U.S. reports that suggest she’s gone under the knife again.Tisdale
The estate of Steve McQueen has taken legal action against a clothing company for allegedly using the late actor’s image and name without permission.McQueen’s family filed its lawsuit in New York on Tuesday (25Mar08), accusing Clothing Company S.P.A. and its parent company Belstaff of the "willful and brazen unauthorised use of the name, image, signature
U2’s cover of HELTER SKELTER has topped a new online poll of reworked BEATLES songs.The Irish rockers’ rendition of the 1968 track beat Oasis’ cover of I Am The Walrus in the RollingStone.com poll.Joe Cocker’s With A Little Help From My Friends, Across The Universe by Fiona Apple and Aerosmith’s version of Come Together round
The producer of the upcoming ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES remake wants George Clooney to reprise his role from the film’s 1988 sequel.Clooney’s portrayal of Matt Stevens in Return Of The Killer Tomatoes was only his third movie role, and Doug Sarine hopes the star has such fond memories of his B-movie big break he’ll
Brad Pitt can trace his family tree back to BARACK OBAMA and ANGELINA JOLIE can follow hers to HILLARY CLINTON, according to a sensational new study.Obama is a distant cousin of Pitt’s, while his Democrat political opponent Clinton is related to the movie hunk’s girlfriend, according to researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society.The
SIR Mick Jagger and ERIC CLAPTON’s former supermodel girlfriend CARLA BRUNI’s naked body has been declared a "work of art" by New York auction house Christie’s.A naked portrait of the stunner, who recently became French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s new wife, will go under the hammer in April (08).The black and white shot, taken by Michael
KELLY OSBOURNE has lashed out at the Spice Girls for showing off their kids onstage.The outspoken reality TV star, whose own mother and father Sharon and Ozzy have often come under fire for their parenting skills, has offered her own family tips.The 23-year-old admits she admires Gwyneth Paltrow’s celebrity parenting, but the Spice Girls are
BRITNEY SPEARS has been handed a Lifetime Achievement award - for bad skin.The acne-prone pop star has been dishonoured with a Skinnies gong, presented annually by skincare expert Dr. Vail Reese on his Skinema.com website.Dr. Reese suggests Spears should seek advice from fellow star Will Smith who has been given this year’s (08) Action-packed Acne