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| April 1, 2007 |
| Eminem’s Ex Up To Old Tricks |
Kim Mathers won’t shut up. Even when a judge ordered her to, she refused to quit talking trash about her ex-husband and father of her child, rapper Eminem.
As reported previously by The Gossip Girls, the multi-platinum wordsmith from Detroit clashed with his ex-wife on Monday in court. The warring couple came to an agreement to quit slandering each other in front of their 11-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade.
Eminem filed a motion to ban Kimberly from slandering him in public after she discussed their sex life and his penis size on local radio station Wkqi-FM last month. Despite the court rejecting Eminem’s request for a total ban on Kimberly’s negative comments about him, the pair did agree to stay silent in front of their daughter.
Following the agreement, Kimberly resumed bashing her ex on New York’s Hot 97 radio station this week, saying, “How many songs has he done about me? How many interviews has he done where he’s talking about freedom of speech? I do a couple of interviews and he’s crying like a little girl...”
So much for handling this like adults. |
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| George Clooney’s Million Dollar Challenge |
George Clooney is rarely upset. He keeps his cool in a demeanor that would make Ghandi proud. But something has the actor stirring these days. So much so that he has offered a ransom to anyone who can prove him wrong.
Clooney personally responded Thursday to rumors circulated by two gossip Web sites. The Oscar winner sent a note to Radaronline.com and Defamer.com. Both sites alleged this week that Clooney was responsible for releasing outtakes from the movie “I (Heart) Huckabees” that show director David O. Russell yelling at actress Lily Tomlin.
Both reports made note that Clooney, who fought with Russell during the filming of “Three Kings”, is currently in cahoots with Ed Tise, who also worked on “Huckabees.”
“Contrary to popular opinion, neither the sound man, Ed Tise, nor yours truly sent in the David O. Russell tape,” Clooney wrote in the note released by his publicist, Stan Rosenfield. “I saw it when we were working on `Ocean’s 12,’ and there have been quite a few copies traveling around town for the last couple of years. Any rumor that either of us put it on the Internet is simply false. And I’d offer a million bucks to anyone who would prove otherwise.”
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Here’s your chance to grab a million bucks of Clooney’s money. |
| posted by viraks @ 7:08:00 AM |
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| Wesley Snipes Welcomes New Son |
Wesley Snipes and his wife Nakyung ‘Nikki’ Park welcomed their new son Alimayu Moa-T this past Monday. It is the second child for the couple.
Snipes’ rep said that both the mother and baby are doing fine. The specifics of the newborn have not yet been released.
Wesley and Nikki have a daughter Iset, who was born in 2001. Wesley also has a son Jelani Asar, who was born in 1988, from his previous marriage to April Snipes. The ‘Money Train’ actor married April in 1985, before they divorced in 1990.
Wesley and Nikki - who married in March 2003 - spend a lot of their time in Nikki’s home country, with Wesley calling Korea his “second home”.
The actor has recently completed filming ‘The Shooter’, where he stars as an ex-CIA agent who is asked to assassinate a terrorist, only to discover his former employer has set him up.
Congrats Nikki and Wesley. That’s gotta be one cute boy! |
| posted by viraks @ 7:07:00 AM |
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| Usher Announces Engagement |
Usher has decided that the time has come to settle down. The R&B star is engaged to marry his longtime girlfriend, wardrobe stylist Tameka Foster, Usher spokeswoman Simone Smalls said on Friday.
The announcement ends speculation that Usher had popped the question, as Foster has been photographed recently with a diamond ring on her finger.
Usher has decided that the time has come to settle down. The R&B star is engaged to marry his longtime girlfriend, wardrobe stylist Tameka Foster, Usher spokeswoman Simone Smalls said on Friday.
The announcement ends speculation that Usher had popped the question, as Foster has been photographed recently with a diamond ring on her finger.
The 28-year-old musician turned actor, whose full name is Usher Raymond, said he could be walking down the aisle before the end of the year.
His 2004 Grammy win for “Confessions” for best contemporary R&B album also netted him another Grammy for “Yeah,” for best rapped/sung record.
Crossing over to acting, in 2005 he starred in “In the Mix,” playing a young man who becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a mob boss, and in 2006 he starred in the musical “Chicago” on Broadway. |
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| Beyonce Dodges Lawsuit |
Beyonce Knowles plays a secret agent in “Austin Power’s Goldmember.” Looks like her “Foxy Cleopatra” skills came in handy in the real world as well. Knowles has been saved from a $1.5 million lawsuit, and she couldn’t be happier.
Greg Walker of Icon Entertainment was suing the bootylicious singer and her mom Tina for $1.5 million. He claimed that they did not pay his commission for arranging the $15 million deal for their House of Dereon fashion line.
Unfortunately for Walker, the judge did not see things the same way. Despite his measly $110,000 earnings for the deal, Walker will not receive any more money from the Knowles. Justice Herman Cahn tossed out the case in the absence of any evidence of a written contract.
Beyonce is now freed up to worry about a Hepatitis A scare. Apparently, at a Sports Illustrated party in Hollywood, there was a cook that was infected with the virus. Her spokesperson Alan Nierob said: “Thank goodness neither one of us ate. According to the health department, she wasn’t at risk.”
They keep lobbing them up, and Beyonce keeps knocking them out of the park. |
| posted by viraks @ 7:03:00 AM |
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| Paris Hilton Headed to the Slammer? |
Wherever she goes, trouble always seems to follow Paris Hilton. Sex tapes, drunken partying, even a debut album that flopped. Geez, if this chick wasn’t rich, she’d have nothing going for her. You can add another problem to the aforementioned list: possible jail time.
City prosecutors said yesterday (March 29) that they will petition a judge to revoke Miss Hilton’s probation in her reckless driving case. This decision could lead to jail time, being that the probation was a replacement for time in the joint.
The decision followed an investigation into whether the hotel heiress and reality star violated terms of her probation by driving last month with a suspended license.
“We’re confident we have sufficient evidence to prove that her license was suspended and that she had knowledge of that suspension,” said Nick Velasquez, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office. He declined to elaborate on the evidence, citing an ongoing investigation.
Hilton could face up to 90 days in jail if a judge finds she violated her probation, Velasquez said. A hearing was set for April 17, but Hilton is not required to attend.
In January, Hilton pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving stemming from a Sept. 7 arrest in Hollywood and was sentenced to 36 months’ probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.
Hilton was pulled over on Sunset Boulevard on Feb. 28. Police said they saw her blue Bentley Continental GTC speeding with its headlights off. She was ticketed for misdemeanor driving with a suspended license.
One thing is for sure about this case… Paris will keep it interesting and fashionable. Maybe they can make a reality show out of how Paris decorates her jail cell. |
| posted by viraks @ 7:01:00 AM |
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| Sarah Michelle Gellar: Buffy To Batman |
Sarah Michelle Gellar is rumored to be set to join the Batman Begins franchise, according to recent reports.
The Buffy actress is said to be in the midst of negotiations to join Christian Bale and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Batman: The Dark Knight. Gellar and Gyllehaal will help fill the void left by the absence of Katie Holmes.
The Buffy turned Batwoman rumor started with a posting from an independent filmmaker who wrote, “I had been talking back and forth with one of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s reps about a role in a new film I start shooting in May.”
“They expressed a morsel of interest… Unfortunately, on Wednesday we were informed that she wouldn’t be able to do it; because there might be a clash with Batman.” |
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| Beckhams Having Trouble Finding L.A. Home |
Victoria and David Beckham are still looking for a home in California – because the couple refuse to overpay for a house whose price has been raised simply because the famous pair is interested.
"It's pretty hard to keep identities secret when you are interested in multimillion-dollar mansions," a source close to the pair tells PEOPLE. "Once sellers find out who's interested in buying, the prices skyrocket. It's ridiculous."
As a result, says the source. "Victoria and David have still not decided on a house for when they move to L.A. ... They refuse to pay above the odds just because they are famous."
In January it was announced that the Beckhams would move to California after the former English soccer captain, 31, signed a lucrative five-year deal with the L.A. Galaxy.
Since then Victoria, the former Posh Spice, 32, has made several trips to the west coast to check on possible homes for themselves and private schools for sons Brooklyn, 8, Romeo, 4 and Cruz, 2.
Although schools have been narrowed down, the family is struggling to find a suitable mansion. "They will definitely buy in or around Beverly Hills. It makes sense for them," says the source. "But they will not pay an excess purely because of who they are. They are careful with their money."
Reps for the couple were not immediately available for comment.
"They don't want to get stuck in bidding wars. One mansion recently went up by millions once the owner found out the Beckhams were interested," says the source. "The problem, is they need a big house."
Wherever they land will be recorded for TV cameras, since Victoria has signed to star in a six-part, NBC reality show that will coincide with the family's move to L.A.
"They have a lot of work to do before David finishes playing soccer in Spain," says the source. "Their house in Madrid needs to be sold before they move in July." |
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| Balthazar Getty, Wife Rosetta Expecting Baby No. 4 |
Brothers & Sisters actor Balthazar Getty and his wife, Rosetta, are expecting their fourth child together, PEOPLE has confirmed.
"They're thrilled to be adding to their brood," says a rep for Getty. The couple are already parents to son Cassius Paul, 6, and daughters Grace, 5, and Violet, 3.
"I love kids. I love having a big family," Getty told PEOPLE at the recent William S. Paley Television Festival in LA. "I think the more the merrier – big happy home of, you know, little punks running around."
Getty, 32, plays loyal son Tommy on the ABC drama. He also has a band, Ringside, whose concerts attract a large celebrity following in Los Angeles.
Rosetta, 37, owns a children's fashion line, Rosetta Millington (her maiden name), and launched a high-end women's line, Riser Goodwyn, this year. |
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| Ashlee Simpson Gives John & Jessica a Thumbs Up |
Eight months into his relationship with Jessica Simpson, John Mayer has passed an important hurdle: Simpson's younger sister Ashlee approves of him.
"Ashlee loves John," a Simpson pal tells PEOPLE in its new issue. "She thinks he is great for her. More importantly, Jess is happy."
Ashlee isn't the only one in a positive mood. "John seems very smitten," says another Simpson pal.
Just back from a romantic trip to Rome, Mayer and Simpson have been making the amore last back in L.A., with kisses over lunch, nuzzles at a James Morrison concert and hand-in-hand strolls.
On March 20, Simpson, 26, and Mayer, 29, happily snapped pictures with fans at a gig of Mayer's bandmate David Ryan Harris at the Hotel Cafe. And catching Morrison's show at the Roxy, "They were smooching throughout," says a fellow concertgoer.
Afterwards, over cocktails at Parc restaurant with Ashlee, 22, "They were holding hands and laughing constantly," says an onlooker. "Jessica looks really comfortable with him."
Friends say Simpson is relishing this romance, which is low-key compared to her time with ex-husband Nick Lachey. "When she was with Nick, she was really under her family's thumb," says a friend. "This is a relationship that is all hers."
Observes another pal, Christina Milian, who was in Simpson's "Public Affair" video: "Clearly this is a relationship that's not for the cameras. It's not about celebrity. It seems like they truly have an attraction to each other, and they're both clearly very talented as well." |
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| Marie Osmond Getting Divorced |
Marie Osmond and her husband of more than 20 years are getting divorced, they announced Friday.
"Though our marriage is ending, we continue to have a very amicable relationship," Osmond and husband Brian Blosil, a record producer, said in a joint statement. "Our marriage has always been a faithful one, and neither of us is assigning fault for the divorce."
Osmond, 47, and Blosil, 54, were married in 1986, and have raised eight children, including five adopted children and a son from Osmond's first marriage. The couple separated for several months in 1998 but reconciled.
"Our children, as always, are our top priority and in our deep love for them we will continue to jointly fulfill our roles as active parents in their daily lives," they said in the statement.
Last summer, Osmond was hospitalized for a bad reaction to medication but denied tabloid reports she had attempted suicide.
She has been candid about her emotional struggles in the past. In 2001, she published a book, Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression, about her struggle with the disease after the birth of her child, Matthew.
And in 2005, after Tom Cruise lashed out at Brooke Shields for using anti-depressants after the birth of her daughter, Osmond told PEOPLE, "When Tom becomes a woman and has a baby and has postpartum, then he can become an expert." |
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| Elisabeth Hasslebeck: No Feud with Rosie |
Elisabeth Hasslebeck has her own view about Rosie O'Donnell – she's a pal.
"Everyone's always thinking Ro and I don't get along, we're 'enemies,' " The View's youngest – and most conservative – star, 29, tells PEOPLE for its new issue. "Politically, we're rivals. That is clear. However, we are personally friends. We are on e-mail all day long with each other."
As for the gossip reports that O'Donnell's on-air remarks to Hasselbeck have caused the younger star to cry backstage, Hasselbeck shrugs off the stories, saying, "Under these blonde highlights I consider myself a pretty tough person. So don't cry for me, Argentina."
Hasselbeck is equally magnanimous when it comes to the prospect of having more children. "If I could have five kids right now, I'd love that!" she says. "But you realize quickly in life that you're not totally in charge."
Still, speaking for herself as well as for her husband, New York Giants Quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, also 29 – the pair are parents to a 2-year-old daughter, Grace – Hasselbeck says, "We're just trying to be patient, and hopefully in the next year or so I'll be sharing some good news."
Not that she has an issue with getting pregnant again. "I just need to get to a place where my body is ready to have another child. I think I'm the only TV person who's trying to put on 10 lbs.!" |
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| Justin Timberlake Named Favorite Male Singer at Kids Choice |
Justin Timberlake vowed to "break the slime barrier" at Saturday's 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards – and the show's host sure did deliver the green goo.
Timberlake, who won the award for favorite male singer, was slimed both at the beginning and end of the show.
During the opening number, Timberlake, dressed in a tuxedo and an orange scarf, sang: "You'll never get a drop of slime on old J.T." – but was soon covered with it.
Other stars who got drenched with the green stuff included Mandy Moore, Tobey Maguire, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, Chris Tucker, and Jackie Chan. Even Nicole Kidman got slightly slimed when she accepted the award for the animated movie Happy Feet. (The actress, who voiced a character in the film, was there on behalf of the film's director, George Miller.)
The show, which featured performances by Gwen Stefani and Maroon 5, also featured a 23-story bungee jump into a giant vat of green slime.
Early in raucous show, Charlotte's Web star Dakota Fanning won for favorite female movie star and the Black Eyed Peas won for favorite musical group.
"I consider all of you my friends!" said Fanning, who was presented with the award by Blades of Glory stars Will Ferrell and John Heder.
Other awards went to Ben Stiller, who took home the night's top honor, the Wannabe Award, Adam Sandler for favorite male film actor and American Idol for favorite the TV show. Idol judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul were on hand to accept the award.
Sandler, who won for favorite male movie star in 2003 and 2005 as well, accepted the award while speaking in his Happy Gilmore and thanked the crowd "for not making fun of me for talking like this every speech I do."
As for the biggest burp – Timberlake gave up the title after he was challenged by the entire 12,000 person crowd to a burp-off. With the help of some special effects, everyone in the at Pauley Pavilion burped at once, and defeated the singer.
At the end of the show, Timberlake, with the help of Vince Vaughn, used a "detonator" to release a giant surge of slime that came up through the floor, spraying much of the audience and the actors. |
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| World music awards are announced |
The winners of the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music have been announced at a ceremony in London.
Malian singer and guitarist Ali Farka Toure took album of the year with Savane while Somali hip-hop artist K'naan won best newcomer.
French vocalist Camille came out top in the Europe category while Lebanese singer Ghade Shbeir winning the Middle East and North Africa section.
The poll-winners concert will be at the Barbican on 27 May.
Other winners were Debashish Bhattacharya (Asia/Pacific), Gogol Bordello (Americas), Gotan Project (Club Global) and Maurice El Medioni & Roberto Rodriguez (Culture Crossing).
The winners were revealed on BBC Radio 3's World Routes which was broadcast from the Pigalle Club.
The event which saw performances from Mahmoud Ahmed - winner in the Africa category - and Arto Tuncboyaçiyan who won of the 2006 Audience Award with the Armenian Navy Band. |
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| REM to unveil new album in summer |
US rock band REM will unveil material from their new album at a series of concerts in Dublin.
The shows, in July at the Olympia Theatre, will be the first time in a decade the band has played new songs live before they appeared on an album.
Recording is expected to begin in the coming months with bassist Mike Mills hinting it may have a more "uptempo" feel than 2004's Around the Sun.
The as-yet-untitled album is expected out before the end of the year.
'Great start'
Mills told Billboard magazine earlier in March at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction that most of the music was written but the lyrics were still being worked on.
Singer Michael Stipe told the band's website: "Returning to Dublin for our live rehearsal this summer provides the great start we need for our next album's work.
"I intend to hit the ground running."
REM, best known for their songs Losing My Religion and Everybody Hurts, have released 13 studio albums. |
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| Spears, K-Fed divorce reach settlement |
A week after emerging from a rehab center, pop star Britney Spears has reached a divorce settlement with her husband, former backup dancer Kevin Federline, a spokesman for his attorney said Friday.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
But a statement issued by Michael Sands, spokesman for Federline's lawyer, said, "The parties signed an agreement which was a global settlement on all issues of their marriage and child custody."
The couple have two sons together, 18-month-old Sean Preston, and 6-month-old Jayden James.
Celebrity Web site TMZ.com quoted unnamed sources as saying that Federline, who has tried to launch a new career as a singer, will receive $1 million as part of the settlement, and that the couple agreed to joint custody of their boys.
A source close to the couple told Reuters the $1 million figure was inaccurate but declined to say how much it really was.
The agreement, which is subject to final approval of a judge, was signed after a five-hour meeting between the couple and their lawyers Thursday in Los Angeles, Sands said.
Sands said a breakthrough in the talks came after Federline, 29, stepped away to smoke a cigarette, and Spears followed him outside. They had a 15-minute private conversation, then returned to the negotiating table, he said.
Spears, 25, who left a rehabilitation center last week after a month of treatment for undisclosed issues, filed for divorce from Federline in November.
The two married in September 2004, just eight months after she had wed a former high school sweetheart in Las Vegas in a spur-of-the-moment union that was quickly annulled.
Since her split last year from Federline, who has two children by a former girlfriend, Spears has made headlines for increasingly erratic behavior.
She checked into the Malibu treatment center on February 21 after shaving off her hair at a Los Angeles beauty salon.
The exact reasons for entering rehab were not made clear, but she was photographed making her way to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings outside the center during her stay there.
According to TMZ.com, Spears returned to the Hollywood club scene Thursday night after her settlement with Federline, paying a 30-minute visit to the Bridge Restaurant and Lounge.
Spears' singing career has remained virtually dormant since her marriage to Federline. She shot to fame as a teenager in 1999 and sold an estimated 70 million records. Her last album of new material, "In the Zone," was released in 2003. |
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| Singer's 'debauched' image not whole story |
First off, there's the diminutive singer's look: a black beehive of hair, mascara-drenched eyes, old-style sailor tattoos. It's part Dusty Springfield, part Morticia Addams.
Then, there's the 23-year-old's extraordinary voice, like Billie Holiday channeling the Shangri-Las.
The combination helped push Winehouse's second album, the soaring, Phil Spector-ish "Back to Black," to the top of the British charts and many critics' year-end best lists in 2006. It was released in the U.S. in mid-March. But her music is not the only thing about her that garners attention. Her high-voltage personality and reputation for heavy drinking and smoking, and blunt speaking, have landed her, time and again, in the pages of the tabloid press.
It's an image Winehouse's songs do nothing to dispel. "Back to Black" spawned the hit song "Rehab," with its autobiographical refrain: "They tried to make me go to rehab/I said no, no, no."
"I listen to a lot of '60s music, but society is different now," said Winehouse, fresh from winning a Brit Award as the year's best female British act. "I'm a young woman, and I'm going to write about what I know."
It's a winning formula -- "Back to Black" is a compelling combination of the retro and the risque.
Whereas Winehouse's first album, 2003's "Frank," drew on hip-hop and jazz, "Back to Black" turns for inspiration to the dense harmonies, soaring, orchestral arrangements and heart-on-sleeve emotion of early Motown and 1960s girl groups.
If the sound is shimmering, the lyrics are lacerating. "I told you I was trouble/You know that I'm no good," she sings on "You Know I'm No Good."
Winehouse says it's the unashamed emotionalism of the decades-old music that appeals to her.
"A lot of music now is trying to be cool and like, 'Yeah, I don't really care about you' -- a really blase attitude," she said. "I think it's much nicer to be in love, and throw yourself into it, and want to lie in the road for that person.
"It's like the difference between having a dance in the middle of the party and standing around the outside with a beer bottle trying to look cool."
She says the Shangri-Las -- the girl-group behind "Leader of the Pack" and other drama-drenched '60s singles -- "pretty much had a song for every stage of a relationship: being lonely, then finding someone, being in love with them, then breaking up with the boy, then crying about it. They've got a song for every occasion. Saw me through a fair few good and bad times, definitely." |
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