LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears has obtained a restraining order against former pal Osama "Sam" Lutfi and one-time boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, court records show.


LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney wants Bridget Jones' diary. Allen Michel told a judge in Los Angeles on Friday that he wants Renee Zellweger to turn over her diary, give a deposition


COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The owner and operator of a private jet that crashed last year, killing four people, is suing the South Carolina airport, the plane's manufacturer and a tire company.


Country singer Taylor Swift has slashed the ticket prices of her upcoming tour to help fans cope with the world's struggling economy.


Denzel Washington has been named America's favorite movie star for the third year in a row.


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Under the category "How Ironic," someone is trying to subpoena Renee Zellweger diary.Follow us here. The "Bridget Jones' Diary" star was filming "Cinderella Man" back in 2005, when Russell Crowe stopped the filming dead in its tracks because he...

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Filed under: Britney Spears Check out alleged co-conspirator Adnan Ghalib, sporting his soul patch, last Thursday in Hollywood, the day before Britney's conservators got a restraining order against him and his buddy Sam Lutfi. We broke the story, Adnan and Sam allegedly tried...

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Filed under: Talk Sports, Shaq Attack

First the staged moon landing ... now this!In perhaps the greatest, longest running publicity stunt since the inception of the WWF, Shaquille O'Neal tells ESPN, "I always did love Kobe. It was all marketing."That's right Lakers fans, that whole kooky...

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Nick Lachey is speaking out on the controversy surrounding his ex-wife Jessica Simpson weight. "I think it's ridiculous that people are making such a big deal about it," Nick told "The Insider" on Friday night at the Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic party in Tampa, Florida. "As I said earlier I wish her nothing but the best," Nick continued, and offered words of support for his ex. "I hope she doesn't get down on this because it's not worth it." Photos surfaced earlier this week picturing Jessica looking curvier than usual. Jessica and Nick married in 2002, starred in an MTV reality show, "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica," and later divorced in 2006.

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AP - A prosecutor on Friday urged an appellate court to reject a motion by fugitive director Roman Polanski lawyer to disqualify the entire Los Angeles Superior Court bench from the rape case.
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Happy Birthday to *NSync member Justin Timberlake (1981), "Arrested Development" actress Portia de Rossi (1973), British actress/singer Minnie Driver (1970), Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman (1964), British singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole (1961),


Filed under: Wacky & Weird Meredith Vieira and our cameraman both had booty on their minds in Tampa -- but while she was thinkin' pirates, he was thinkin' strip clubs....

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Despite having the #1 song in the country, tickets to a Kelly Clarkson concert are being knocked down by 50% and all you have to do to get them is ... fly to the Bahamas and pay for four nights of hotel accommodations!Even resort hotels like the...

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E! Online - Who wants to bet someone cried?
AP - A prosecutor on Friday urged an appellate court to reject a motion by fugitive director Roman Polanski lawyer to disqualify the entire Los Angeles Superior Court bench from the notorious rape case.
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In the battle of Balki Bartokomous vs. a 68-year-old gazebo -- advantage Balki."Perfect Strangers" star Bronson Pinchot won a court battle back in October to have the landmark removed from his property -- and on Friday it was torn from the ground....

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Filed under: Paris Hilton Paris Hilton and Benji Madden may have broken up, but it looks as if a drunken Super Bowl party could play cupid this weekend.Both Paris and Benji are confirmed guests at a Tampa party tonight -- and we all know Paris is notorious for hooking up with...

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First up, it's Gwen Stefani with baby boy Zuma at the playground. Then, Camila Alves goes shopping with baby Levi in Beverly Hills. Next up, Kimora Lee shows off her baby bump at the premiere of boyfriend Djimon Hounsou’s new movie ‘Push.' And, Lara dishes about interviewing Jessica Simpson! Watch "The Insider" on TV for all the latest news and daily gossip.

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E! Online - Last week, Kimora Lee Simmons gained a baby daddy. This week, she's losing a husband.
AP - "Batman Forever" star Val Kilmer will reign as celebrity king when the Krewe of Bacchus parade rolls through New Orleans on Feb. 22, two days before Mardi Gras.
Reuters - Country singer Taylor Swift the top-selling singer of 2008, will headline a tour for the first time as she crosses the U.S. and Canada for six months, her record label said on Friday.
E! Online - A script for the Sex and the City sequel isn't even written yet, but one thing that we probably won't be witnessing again is something as dramatic as Carrie being left at the altar.
Reuters - Paul McCartney will headline the opening day of the Coachella music festival in California this spring, the singer's Web site said on Friday.
Reuters - Actor Robert De Niro's Nobu restaurant chain will settle a lawsuit over tips with waiters and staff at three of his New York establishments for $2.5 million, according to court papers filed on Friday.
AP - If you're looking for some good red-carpet dish, this is good company: Actors Viola Davis Rosemarie DeWitt, Richard Jenkins, Melissa Leo and Michael Shannon, who, collectively, have likely walked down miles of arrivals lines over the last few months.
E! Online - Here's hoping Kanye West eases up on the all-caps for his next writing venture.
AP - Britney Spears has obtained a restraining order against former pal Osama "Sam" Lutfi and one-time boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, court records show.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — "Batman Forever" star Val Kilmer will reign as celebrity king when the Krewe of Bacchus parade rolls through New Orleans on Feb. 22, two days before Mardi Gras.


Pop star-turned-restaurateur Justin Timberlake is expanding his eatery empire with a second New York City hotspot.


Blind soul legend Stevie Wonder is calling on technology firms to make gadgets more accessible for people with sight disabilities.


New CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star Laurence Fishburne has tipped his actress wife Gina Torres to join him on the TV drama - five years after she guest starred on the show.


Paul McCartney will make his first-ever U.S. music festival appearance headlining this year's Coachella.


NEW YORK (AP) — The Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with Sunday's New York Times, Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal with Wal-Mart.


NEW YORK (AP) — Bart Simpson is known for prank calls, but Nancy Cartwright who provides Bart's voice on "The Simpsons," has been heard this week in a phone message


Danny DeVito is hailing a cab all the way to the movies - he wants his hit TV show Taxi to be revamped as a reunion film. The actor, who played bad-tempered boss Louie DiPalma in the beloved sitcom,


Ozzy Osbourne has sent his hellraising daughter Kelly to the tough boot-camp-style rehab clinic where he kicked his addictions to alcohol and drugs. The 24-year-old checked into the Hazelden


Evan Rachel Wood has lashed out at her The Wrestler co-star Mickey Rourke for fueling reports the pair are dating. The young actress, who plays Rourke's daughter in the film, admits she feels "disrespected"


Ok Magazine is claiming that Katie Holmes is pregnant with her second child already. Their proof? It's because hubby Tom Cruise was photographed by paparazzi outside of the Ivy restaurant holding his hand over Kate's belly in that paternal kind of way. Hey, it's not like the Cruiser has ever done anything weird or creepy before.

Kate, who is 30, and Tom, 46, have a two-year-old daughter, Suri, so it would be about time to have another one. Kate's rep, of course, denies the actress is pregnant.
Renee Zellweger has a crush on a U.S. president. The unlucky-in-love actress has confessed her dream man is the 39th leader of America Jimmy Carter, now 84, because he pens his own verse.

She said: "I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it. He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."
Guy Ritchie flirted with two women during a recent night out. The British director - who announced he was separating from wife Madonna last year - and Jude Law, who stars in Guy's new movie "Sherlock Holmes," spent Wednesday evening at London hotspot Soho House, where they were spotted deep in conversation with the women.

A source said: "They were all in a tight group in the corner. Guy was drinking beer, and seemed like he was in a good mood. He didn't look distressed about Madonna at all."
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The dude's hair already looks like a million bucks -- and now the evil game show host from "Slumdog Millionaire" is making sure everybody in Hollywood knows he's frickin' rich, bitches. Anil Kapoor -- aka Indian Regis -- was on a mission to flex his...

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Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, Hot Mamas

This is Rebecca Romijn ONE MONTH -- 33 days to be exact -- after giving birth to twin girls. Here's someone with amazing mom genes.See Also O'Connell Reveals His Inner Warrior Princess...

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Filed under: We're Just Sayin'

Here's Josh Hartnett jogging in TriBeCa on Thursday (left) -- and a sketch of the Unabomber, aka Ted Kaczynski, (right). Allegedly, neither of them is Suri Cruise's biological father.We're just sayin'.See Also Blagojevich's Killer Hair...

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Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!

Before marrying country crooner Clint Black, singer/actress Lisa Hartman -- and her severe haircut -- became famous for starring on the '80s TV series "Knots Landing." Guess what she looks like now!...

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Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Michael Jackson Nurse! Michael Jackson went on a safari yesterday ... to a Beverly Hills skin clinic.See Also The Weirdest Thing About Jacko ......

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Tonight on TMZ TV -- we get a rare sighting of Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli in the wild, Ashton and Demi stop going wild on their next door neighbors, and the Queen on the Scene is one wild and crazy broad.Check your local listings....

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A giant shoe erected in honor of the Iraqi reporter who hurled footwear at former President George W. Bush went up yesterday ... and was promptly taken down today. The huge sculpture, made of fiberglass and copper, was erected at an orphanage in the...

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Filed under: Jessica Alba We gave Jessica Alba a chance to end that whole Sweden debacle once and for all -- but, like Switzerland, this time, she stayed out of it.See Also Jessica Alba Was Right ... We Were Wrong Alba -- The Ditz Confused on Switzerland...

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Filed under: Talk Sports, The Rich Life

Financially-challenged stars MC Hammer & Ed McMahon are finally making bank ... pimpin' for Cash4Gold.com during the Super Bowl.The cash-strapped duo will appear in a Super Bowl spot showing peeps how they can make ends meet by selling some of their...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV Toni Collette performance in "The United States of Tara" didn't exactly bring the house down -- but it may have caused a roof to collapse.The owner of a BBQ joint in the San Fernando Valley is suing the makers of the Showtime show, claiming a day's...

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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears We've learned Britney Spears conservators have just obtained a restraining order against Sam Lutfi and Adnan Ghalib. Britney's lawyers went to court this morning to obtain the injunction.A source close to the conservatorship tells TMZ Britney asked...

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Filed under: Britney Spears TMZ has just obtained declarations from Jamie Spears and others in the latest Britney Spears case -- Britney's lawyer says Sam Lutfi had inserted himself and tried peddling false and hurtful info about Jamie, Britney and others in her family. Sam...

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Fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski has found a cunning way to shoot his new movie in the U.S. and U.K. without landing in jail - he is building giant replicas in a German film studio.The Polish-born director has lived in Paris, France for the past 32 years since fleeing America, after he was convicted, in 1977,
Cartoon hero HE-MAN is to be brought to life on the big screen in a new movie.Warner Bros has joined forces with action filmmaker Joel Silver and Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson to create a live action version of the 1980s series.Masters of the Universe will tell the story of a prince who transforms
Indian actress FREIDA PINTO gave American TV viewers a treat on Wednesday (28Jan09) when she danced across a talk show stage in an impromptu Bollywood-inspired performance.The Slumdog Millionaire star, 24, gave Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson a quick lesson during an appearance on his programme to promote the Oscar-nominated film.And Pinto admitted she’d already
New CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION star Laurence Fishburne has tipped his actress wife GINA TORRES to join him on the U.S. TV drama - five years after she guest starred on the show.Fishburne joined the crime series’ cast in October (08), marked by the departure of the show’s longtime cast member, William Petersen.And the actor,
SIR Paul McCartney will make his first-ever U.S. music festival appearance headlining this year’s (09) Coachella.The former Beatle has received top billing at the three-day fest, and will be joined by rockers The Killers and Amy Winehouse, who are scheduled to kick off the event’s second night.Winehouse has not played a show in the U.S.
Pop star-turned-restaurateur Justin Timberlake is expanding his eaterie empire with a second New York City hotspot.The Tennessee-born singer opened BBQ restaurant/bar Southern Hospitality on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 2007.It quickly became a hit among locals and Timberlake’s fans flocked to check out his take on southern favourites like chicken wings, pulled pork, and macaroni
Amy Winehouse is not too tearful about the burglary at her London home - because she has her most prized possession, a special guitar, with her on vacation in the Caribbean.The Rehab hitmaker has been enjoying a sunshine break in St. Lucia since December (08), but while the star has been working on her tan,
Country singer Taylor Swift has slashed the ticket prices of her upcoming tour to help fans cope with the world’s struggling economy.Swift, 19, will kick off her first headlining tour later this year (Apr09), taking on 52 cities in the U.S. and Canada over six months, with American Idol star Kellie Pickler serving as the
Showbiz pals of COLUMBO star Peter Falk are backing his wife’s fight for the right to care for the actor as he battles Alzheimer’s disease.Last month (Dec08), Falk’s adopted daughter, Catherine Falk, filed papers claiming her father has dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and can no longer care for himself. Catherine is asking the court to
British rockers KASABIAN are backing a campaign to save a music venue in their hometown.Frontman Tom Meighan has promised to add his and his bandmates’ names to a petition hoping to keep Leicester, England hotspot The Charlotte open, after its owners were forced into administration.Meighan told a local newspaper, "If we can help, we will.
Fans of director JOHN CARPENTER’s horror movie THE THING are in for a treat - plans are afoot for a prequel.Studio bosses at Universal have revealed they are working on a new movie with screenwriter Ronald D. Moore, the man behind the relaunch of sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica, to explain how the shape-shifting alien came
Actor Justin Long was left squirming for answers on ELLEN DEGENERES’ talk show this week (ends30Jan09) when the comedienne cornered him into addressing the status of his relationship with ex-girlfriend DREW BARRYMORE.The pair, who split last July (08) after one year together, both star in new movie He’s Just Not That Into You.And DeGeneres made
Britney Spears has reportedly secured a restraining order to protect her from her former manager SAM LUTFI and ex-boyfriend ADNAN GHALIB.The singer sent her lawyers to a California courthouse on Friday (30Jan09) to petition for the order, after telling her conservators - who include her father Jamie - she was afraid of them both, according
Goldie Hawn is plotting a movie comeback and wants to star alongside her A-lister daughter KATE HUDSON.Hawn has been in acting retirement since finishing her last movie, 2002 comedy The Banger Sisters.But sources claim she is ready to return to the big screen at the age of 63, and wants her 29-year-old daughter as a
Actor Denzel Washington has been named America’s favourite movie star for the third year in a row.The Training Day Oscar winner triumphed over Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, who came in at two, and the late John Wayne and Hitch star Will Smith, who are tied in third place on The Harris Poll.Indiana Jones action hero