Tom Cruise Gets Wooden Clogs in Amsterdam

Actor Tom Cruise was in Amsterdam for a few hours, promoting his new film Lions For Lambs, where reporters gave him three pairs of wooden clogs as a joke for Cruise, his wife Katie and daughter Suri


Cruise, sans Katie and Suri, was at Europe's Cinema Expo movie-distributors' convention where he presented a five minute clip from the movie starring Cruise as a congressman. Other cast members of the movie include Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.

Cruise, who spent an hour signing autographs and talking with reporters, told he was happy about his close friends the Beckhams moving to Los Angeles this summer.

"I'm very happy about that," he told Thursday.
Cruise and Katie were at David Beckham’s last game in Spain and celebrated his team's final win.
He told reporters that “[Beckhams] already are” big Hollywood stars.

At the Expo Cruise also talked about his next movie that he is producing through his United Artists banner with partner Paula Wagner.

"It is a very powerful film in a very crucial moment in history about the resistance in Germany against the Nazi regime. [Count Claus Schenk Von Stauffenberg] had incredible integrity ... a real hero. I have great admiration for him and what they tried to do," Cruise said.

The movie titled Valkyrie hit a few snags with the German government that was resolved recently and is scheduled to begin shooting in July.

Spice Girls return will be more successful than Take That, says Mel C

After confirming the Spice Girls reunion, band member Melanie Chisholm has claimed that the vivacious five’s return to the charts will be far better than their recently reformed counterparts Take That.

Sporty Spice said that she is confident about the girl group's comeback being more successful than that of their male pop rivals, because of their past success around the world.

"One thing that's different with the Spice Girls is that we were truly global,” The Guardian quoted Mel C, as saying.

"We are going to America. Take That never did,” she said.

The all-girls band, which split in 2001, announced on June 28 that they will reunite for an 11-date world tour spanning eight countries, starting with a December 7 performance in Los Angeles, California.

Chris Benoit's doctor's shady past revealed

Late WWE superstar Chris Benoit’s family doctor’s license to practice medicine was temporarily suspended in 2001 for “reasons related to competence or character”, if reports are to be believed.


Dr. Phil C. Astin, who saw the wrestler hours before he killed his wife and seven-year-old son, had his license suspended for three months, and was fined 500 dollars by the Georgia State Medical Board.

The doctor’s shady past came to light when the police raided his office early Thursday morning, in connection with Benoit investigation.

Officials seized medical records, but say that they did not make any arrests, reports TMZ.
Dr. Astin has admitted that he prescribed testosterone to Benoit in the past, but declined to reveal what he had prescribed to the wrestler on the fateful day.

Records from the Georgia State Board of Medical Examiners reveal that Dr. Astin's father had also run into trouble with the state medical board, after he was found guilty of engaging in "unprofessional conduct" in 1992 by over-prescribing a plethora of pills including amphetamines, antidepressants, tranquillizers, and narcotics to various patients.

The medical board had suspended his license for 30 days, put him on probation for five years, and fined him 2000 dollars. His license was reinstated in 1997, following the completion of his sentence.

Dr. Astin was unavailable for comment.

Paris Hilton may sue her lawyer

The heiress who recently told CNN's Larry King that she believed her crime did not fit the jail sentence handed out to her is now putting the heat on her lawyer for not defending her competently in the DUI case.

The heiress who recently told CNN's Larry King that she believed her crime did not fit the jail sentence handed out to her is now putting the heat on her lawyer for not defending her competently in the DUI case.

A source close to the Hilton family told MSNB that Paris is "furious" with the lawyer and the Hiltons are contemplating legal action.

"The way this case was handled was a disaster," the source says. "Nobody goes to jail for DUI that long. It was all the lawyer's fault and we're looking into what recourse we have."

Hilton's rep denies the story, saying "There is no truth to this item."

No ban on Tom Cruise filming 'Valkyrie' at military sites

Tom Cruise is welcome to shoot his World War II film ‘Valkyrie’ at government locations in Germany, say officials.

Reports had earlier said that the Scientology wary country had banned Cruise from filming the thriller at German military sites due to his religion.

However, now reports say that the only problem to Cruise shooting at the primary location - Bendlerblock- was not his affiliation to Scientology, but the fact that the building also houses part of the German Ministry of Defense.

‘Valkyrie’ is about Count Claus Schenk Von Stauffenberg, the Second World War hero, who led the Operation Valkyrie assassination plot that tried to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944.

Stauffenberg planted a bomb in a briefcase near Hitler at his military headquarters in Rastenburg on July 20, 1944, but while the bomb exploded and killed several officers, Hitler himself narrowly escaped death, thanks to a large oak table in the room that saved him.

Stauffenberg was caught and executed that night at Bendlerblock, as were 7,000 other sympathizers.

Dirk Kuehnau, head of the Bundesanstalt fuer Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA), the company in charge of government buildings, insisted that director Bryan Singer and the cast would be welcome to film at the site once they have acquired the right permit.

"In this country, we have constitutionally guaranteed rights. Articles four and five of the constitution protect freedom of faith and creed and freedom of expression. I don't think those rights would be denied a film actor," Variety quoted Kuehnau, as saying.

He adding that getting a permit should be no problem as long as filming does not interfere with government business.

Cruise talked up the project at length at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.

"It is a very powerful film in a very crucial moment in history about the resistance in Germany against the Nazi regime. This man had incredible integrity ... a real hero. I have great admiration for him and what they tried to do," Cruise said.

Apart from acting in the movie, Cruise will also be producing it through his United Artists banner, that he floated along with partner Paula Wagner.

The film is scheduled to begin shooting in July.

Michael Jackson slams 'defamatory and malicious' reports

Former king of pop Michael Jackson has decided to clear up all the false reports which were published recently, including ones that stated that he is on medication and believes that his brother Randy stole money from him.

In response to a flurry of published reports, the singer’s spokeswoman, Raymone Bain, issued a statement on June 28 branding the reports as “untrue, defamatory and malicious in nature."

Among the allegations denied by Bain was that Jackson was confined to his bed, or relying on any sort of medication, "including painkillers."

"Mr. Jackson is not bedridden nor on any type of medication…including painkillers," E! News quoted Bain, as saying.

"In fact, Mr. Jackson is doing very well, and conducted a meeting with his advisors yesterday, which included former Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti and Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. among others," she added.

Bain also refuted assumptions that Jackson has doubts that his older brother Randy has been stealing from his bank account behind his back.

"Mr. Jackson does not believe that his brother Randy Jackson has stolen monies from him, nor does he believe that Randy, or any of his family members, would ever steal from him,” she said.
Bain also cleared up rumors about Jackson’s reported departure from Las Vegas.

"Mr. Jackson has not 'left' Las Vegas nor is he being 'evicted' from his residence in Las Vegas. He decided not to exercise the option to purchase the house. Period,” she said.

Bain said that there was never any press release issued in regards to a European tour, and added, "Despite reports to the contrary, Mr. Jackson is currently in the studio putting finishing touches on his music."

Finally, Bain deem any reports that Jackson is either losing or selling his precious share in the Sony/ATV catalogue "ludicrous" and "without merit."

She indicated Jackson's attorneys would be dealing with the individuals responsible for spreading falsehoods about the singer.

Bain also denied that Jackson has lost or sold his share of the ATV/Sony partnership, and says that any reports to the contrary are "ludicrous, without merit, and are being written without sufficient personal financial information to make such an unwarranted pronouncement."

Jennifer Aniston Bored With Her 'Boy-Toy'

Actress Jennifer Aniston has been keeping it casual with her 'boy-toy' model Paul Sculfor and chose to party alone with her friends all last week.

The actress was spotted socializing with friends at one of her favorite L.A.-area hot-spots, Nobu, Sunset Tower Hotel and a Police concert, four nights in one week without Paul, reports Usmagazine.com.

“Jen and Paul continue to see each other, but it is not serious,” a source on Jennifer, 38, told. “She remains cautious of anyone she meets.”

Paul, who has been seen with Jennifer for a month, has no plans of moving in with her, confirmed an insider on Jennifer saying that the rumors are simply “not true.”

Sculfor’s rep tells, “Paul will not be answering any questions about his relationship with Jennifer.”

Although a friend of the Jennifer's revealed that Sculfor is totally smitten by Aniston, and is pulling out all the stops while wooing her.

Aniston also loves all the attention her new beau is showering on her, the friend tells.
Maybe the wary former Friends star is just sugared-out with the loving.

Maria Sharapova's biggest dream is be a Bond girl

Tennis ace Maria Sharapova’s biggest dream is to be a Bond girl, a friend has revealed.

The 6ft 2in Russian blonde is an ardent fan of 007 films and thinks that she would be perfect partner to current Bond Daniel Craig.

“But her biggest dream is to be a Bond girl. She’s always talking about it,” The Sun quoted the friend, as saying.

“Maria loves the James Bond films and all the glamour associated with the role. And with her Russian blood, she thinks she would be perfect,” the friend added.

And her ambition to become a Bond girl comes from her favorite hobby, which is spying.
“I’m really good at manipulating people. And I’m great at spying — I should have been Sherlock Holmes,” Sharapova was quoted, as saying.

Recently, Sharapova, who wowed Wimbledon crowds by knocking out Yung Jan-Chan on June 26, revealed on her website that if given a choice, she would pick Daniel Craig as her dream tennis partner.

She also divulged that her second favorite dream doubles partner would be Russian leader President Vladimir Putin, who is a former KGB officer.

Spooky twist in Chris Benoit tragedy investigations

Hours before authorities discovered the bodies of Chris, Nancy and their 7-year-old-son Daniel Mondaty, someone altered Chris' page on Wikipedia to say the wrestler missed a match two days earlier because of his wife's death.

A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer used to edit the page was registered in Stamford, Conn.
The World Wrestling Entertainment is based there.

It is possible for a computer to be physically located at a place different from where its IP address is registered. It is even possible for a computer savvy person to remote into a computer located on a different continent and then make a change . However, the information could still serve as a useful lead for investigators.

The double murder and suicide took place in suburban Atlanta.

Lindsay Lohan Had Cocaine In Her System During Car Crash Last Month

Lindsay Lohan had been drinking and had cocaine in her system when she crashed her car last month.

The 'Mean Girls' star was found to be twice over the California drink-drive limit and had traces of cocaine in her bloodstream at the time of the crash in Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard on May 26, according to a toxicology report.

Police could now present the new evidence to the Los Angeles District Attorney.

The police report filed at the time of the crash noted a "usable amount" of cocaine in Lohan's Mercedes Benz and the actress was later arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

The 20-year-old star, who is not yet old enough to legally drink in the US, fled the scene and was later taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Police officers then arrested her a few days later.

Soon after the incident, Lohan checked into rehab at Malibu's Promises Centre, where she recently opted for an extended care programme.

Lohan's lawyer Blair Berk said: "It's highly inappropriate for me to discuss a pending case. It is extremely unprofessional for law enforcement to do it."

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Criss Angel explains Diaz dedication

Illusionist Criss Angel has explained why he dedicated his latest stunt to Hollywood star Cameron Diaz.

According to People magazine, the 'Mindfreak' star praised Diaz after escaping from a concrete block suspended over Times Square.

Angel said to the crowd, who had gathered to watch his stunt: "I'd like to dedicate this to my girl Trouble, aka Cameron. I love you, baby."

When asked about the comment later, the illusionist told the magazine: "I just said that because everyone was hounding me about it and at the end of the day I got it out there, so my professional life is there, my personal life is here."

When asked about the possibility of romance, Angel said: "She's an amazing person and I wish her the best with her 'Shrek' tour right now, and I'm not going to discuss Cameron anymore."

Diaz is to star in new horror film

Cameron Diaz is to star in a new horror film which will be directed by 'Donnie Darko' director Richard Kelly.

Variety reports that 'The Box' is based on the Richard Matheson short story 'Button, Button' and has been adapted for the screen by Kelly.

In the film Diaz's character is given a mysterious box by a stranger and told that certain things will happen if she presses certain buttons on it.

'The Box' is due to begin shooting in the autumn.

Diaz's new film, 'Shrek the Third', opens in Irish cinemas today.

Read the review of 'Shrek the Third' here.

K-Fed Up with Brit's Antics

by Gina Serpe

Kevin Federline isn't going away easily.

Sources close to Britney Spears' estranged ex tell E! News that the "America's Most Hated" rapper has refused to sign off on divorce papers because he is concerned for the well-being of their two children amid reports that the rehabbed Spears has been making the nightlife scene.

"It's not about the money," the source said of Federline's refusal to sign on the dotted line. "It's about her partying. It's her partying ways that is forcing Kevin to put his foot down."

His balking keeps the couple legally bound, despite both parties having reached a "global divorce settlement on all issues of their marriage," including custody of their sons, in March.

Under the terms of the agreement, Spears and Federline would continue to share joint legal and physical custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James, with the majority of the children's week spent with Spears.

However, Fresno's finest rapper now wants to revise the divorce document to make it possible for him to minimize Spears' access to the kids should she again bottom out to head-shaving proportions of self-destruction.

Spears has yet to comment on Federline, but she seems to be taking care of one problematic relation at a time.

The comeback-minded popster made quite a show of handing over some kind of document to her mother, Lynne, Thursday.

The delivery was dutifully chronicled by paparazzi, but no one is saying definitively what was in the missive.

Some reports have pegged the mystery paper as a restraining order seeking to limit Lynne Spears' interaction with her grandchildren. Mother and daughter have had a rocky relationship since Britney entered rehab (the younger Spears apparently blames her mother for forcing the issue).

"It was a love letter," Lynne Spears told an X17 cameraman of the document handed over by her daughter. "She did not serve me."

It must have been an important love letter—the former pop star drove roughly 30 miles to Valencia to deliver it to her mom, who was accompanying her other daughter, Jamie Lynn, to the set of her Nickelodeon show, Zoey 101.

Another photo agency, Splash News, reports that Spears made the journey out to Valencia only after conferring with paparazzi camped outside her own home. The "Toxic" singer asked the photographers if they knew the whereabouts of her mother and sister.

Meanwhile, TMZ reports the mail call was actually a letter from an out-of-state lawyer requesting that Lynne keep away from the Federline boys should she be on any medications that would impair her grandmotherly judgment

Lohan's Dad: Lindsay Hooked on OxyContin

Lindsay Lohan's estranged father says she suffers from multiple addictions, including alcohol and the painkiller OxyContin, the Web site E! Online reported Wednesday.

The 20-year-old actress checked into rehab Monday following a weekend that included crashing her Mercedes, being arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and being photographed slumped in the passenger seat of a friend's car. This is her second rehab stint this year.

"I spoke to the people treating Lindsay, because I wanted to make sure she was getting the right care," Michael Lohan told E! Online. "And I'm satisfied they are doing the right thing for her, helping her detox from the painkillers and things. That's a very important step."

Lindsay Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, did not immediately return an after-hours call and e-mail from The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Michael Lohan was released from a New York state prison in March after serving almost two years for driving while intoxicated and other charges. He said he is studying to become a drug-rehab counselor with the faith-based organization Teen Challenge.

Before entering rehab, the actress was scheduled to start work this week on "Poor Things," a comedy featuring Shirley MacLaine, who is also a producer on the movie. MacLaine and co-producer Rob Hickman said in a statement Wednesday that Lohan still wants to work on the project.

"We are trying to rearrange the shooting schedule to facilitate her working at the end of the shoot to coincide with the completion of her rehabilitation," the statement said.

In other events swirling around Lohan, who turns 21 on July 2, authorities who have been conducting undercover operations at trendy celebrity watering holes in recent weeks are seeking to find out if she was served alcohol before her weekend car crash.

California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control investigators also want to know if Lohan or others were served after hours, agency spokesman John Carr said.

Harrry Potter VII: Defenders of secrets, unite!

They have waited two long years, and now they have only 24 days to go. As the diehard fans of Harry Potter count the minutes until they can get their hands on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment in the monumentally successful series by J. K. Rowling, they are engaging in a frenzy of speculation and rumor-mongering about what will happen to their beloved characters.


Predictions are flying across the Web and out of bookstores, where titles like "Mugglenet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7," "The End of Harry Potter?" and "The Great Snape Debate" spew theories about who will die, who will get together with whom, and who is really good or evil.

At the same time, with little more than three weeks to go before "Deathly Hallows" goes on sale at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, some people claiming to have actual knowledge of the book's plot are posting ostensible spoilers online. At one site, for instance, what appears to be a page from a manuscript appears, showing one paragraph outlined in red, suggesting that one of the most morally enigmatic characters in the series dies in the final book, with a few bars from the chorus of "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora playing on an endless loop in the background.

And just last week, a self-proclaimed hacker calling himself Gabriel The Leaky Cauldron (leakynews.com), the site's hosts have posted a policy on spoilers: "DON'T DO IT."

"We just don't want someone taking what J. K. Rowling has earned away from her, which is the right to tell us where these mysteries end," said Melissa Anelli, the Leaky Cauldron's Webmaster, in a telephone interview. "She's worked really hard for 17 years on this series, and it's about time she reaps the satisfaction of bringing the culmination of her story to the fans herself."

In a posting dated May 14 on Rowling's own Web site, jkrowling.com, the author thanks Anelli for The Leaky Cauldron's spoiler policy, and added her own plea: "I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure they will share with him without knowing where they are going," she wrote.

Attempts to spoil the ending are not new, of course. Four years ago, before the publication of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the fifth book in the series, The Daily News bought a copy of the book at a Brooklyn health food store four days before publication and ran a graphic image showing two pages of the book. Rowling sued The Daily News for $100 million, and the suit was settled out of court.

Hosts of MuggleNet.com, another of the biggest Potter fan sites, learned about the death of Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, a few weeks before "Order of the Phoenix" was published, when someone sent in some scanned pages pilfered from a manuscript. And before "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth book in the series, was published two years ago, someone reportedly working on a Malaysian military base e-mailed a summary, the first page of every chapter and the whole final chapter to The Leaky Cauldron, revealing that Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, the boarding school where Harry and his friends train in wizardry, dies at the end of the book.

"There are usually a few people who get their hands on a book and get some rush in spoiling the details for us," said Emerson Spartz, MuggleNet's founder and Web master. "They get some sick satisfaction that they're sticking it to the man."

At least one cynical fan sees the current crop of spoilers as a ruse by the publishers to increase sales.

"I think it was a ploy by someone inside to get more hype about the book and get more money off of it," Joy Viceroy, 16, said of last week's Gabriel incident. Viceroy, an avid fan of the series who has read each book multiple times, was waiting in line on Saturday at a public library branch near Cleveland to board the Harry Potter Knight Bus, a purple triple-decker brought in by Scholastic, Rowling's United States publisher, to stoke up prepublication fervor.said he had broken into the computers of Bloomsbury, the series's British publisher, and discovered the identities of two characters killed at the end of the book, though the claim was widely discounted.

While fans take endless delight in spinning their own theories, bringing Talmudic fervor to the analysis of clues dropped throughout the previous books and in interviews with Rowling, they tend to oppose spoilers violently.

Hilton interview boosts CNN ratings

Paris Hilton's post-jail appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live" drew about 3.2 million viewers, nearly triple the show's average audience.

Hilton's first TV chat since her release from jail aired Wednesday and gave King's show its best ratings of the year to date for a regularly scheduled telecast, CNN said Thursday.
The program has been drawing about 1.1 million daily viewers.

Hilton, who spent about 23 days in custody before she was released Tuesday, told King that the jail experience prompted her to re-evaluate the role of partying in her life and that she intended to continue her "journey" of self-discovery.

She also wants to raise money for worthy causes including "for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis."

Hilton said the media has exaggerated her party-girl image and told King she's never taken drugs and does not have a drinking problem.

She was jailed after driving with a suspended license in violation of her probation on alcohol-related reckless driving charges.

The hour-long interview was scheduled to be aired again at 8 p.m. EDT Friday, followed by a King interview with filmmaker Michael Moore ("Sicko").

The Spice Girls: That Soul-Destroying Comeback In Full

The Spice Girls are something of an anachronism - after all, if anyone wants to be entertained by five not especially pretty women clumping around a stage like a gang of age-worn hookers now, they can just go and see The Pussycat Dolls.

But that didn't stop the Spice Girls from confirming the one thing that the whole world already knew yesterday - the Spice Girls have reunited. At the end of the year all five of the Spice Girls - Lardy Spice, Stupidly Fake-Breasted Spice, Annoying Spice, Annoying Spice and Baby Spice - will get together for world tour that will last just over a month, take in 11 cities in eight different countries, see a Christmas-friendly Spice Girls Greatest Hits album released to accompany it and earn the Spice Girls a reported £10 million each. With that sort of money in their pockets, the Spice Girls could then be able to retire forever. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on our part.

This time yesterday we were pretty sure that the Spice Girls were reforming, but now it's a solid gold fact. For some reason the Spice Girls are putting their phenomenally successful solo careers - that's doing reality TV shows, doing reality TV shows, writing rubbish-sounding kid's books, having Axel Foley's baby and being miserable in layman's terms - on the back-burner to concentrate on what made them famous in the first place. Which we believe to be shouting "girl power!" every three seconds and agreeing to sponsor everything from fizzy drinks to newly-launched television channels.

The Spice Girls reunion has been long-rumoured - it didn't happen for Live 8, it didn't happen for their tenth anniversary, it didn't happen when Nelson Mandela asked them, it didn't happen for some other nondescript reason and it didn't happen for Princess Diana's weird concert - but yesterday all five of the Spice Girls showed up in a roped-off cinema at the O2 arena in London to tell the world the exact thing it had been dreading; the Spice Girls are getting back together in a matter of months. E! Online reports:

"We are girl power," said Halliwell, 34. "It doesn't matter how old you are, 5 or 65." Of why now was the right time to reunite, Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, told reporters, "I think for us it was about celebrating the past, enjoying each other and it's about our fans. It was kind of now or never." "We are going to celebrate the past," echoed "Posh" Beckham, 33, easily the most famous Spice alum. Brown, 32, concurred, adding, "We wanted to have some fun and be together again for a while."

The fact that each of the Spice Girls will earn £10 million for the tour, which amounts to just under £1 million for every night they play, isn't important, you see. Because the Spice Girls want to celebrate the past. When we want to celebrate the past we watch old episodes of Benji, Zax And The Alien Prince on YouTube and have long discussions about Tab Clear with our Care Bears, but the Spice Girls just happen to want to do it in a way that makes them insanely wealthy in the process. Between December 7 and January 24 the reformed Spice Girls will play dates in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, London, Cologne, Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires before going their separate ways again.

The Spice Girls are clearly expecting a lot of demand for these new shows, as ticket allocation will be decided by a lottery system. But that's assuming that the Spice Girls will sell-out each of their venues, which might be a lot to ask. After all, even the young fans who were left standing by the Spice Girls in 2000 when their rubbish last album was released will have had seven years to let their collection of Spice Girl action figures collect dust in the attic and are now just as likely to cringe at the sight of five barely-dressed women in their mid-thirties huddled around a Union Jack trying to recapture old glories as everyone else.

But even if the Spice Girls comeback tour is a failure the lottery system will remain in place. It's just you'll be vying for a spot watching the girls creak through Spice Up Your Life in the Maidstone branch of Jumpin' Jaks.

Britney Spears and mother end feud after secret meeting

Britney Spears and her family appear to have sorted out their differences after a clandestine meeting at a palatial Bel Air mansion Sunday (10 Jun 2007).

Britney Spears has apparently forgiven her family for what she termed as "forcing her into a hell called rehab."

Britney, arrived first for the meeting in her black Mercedes escorted by her bodyguards.

Her mother followed 20 minutes later driving Britney's old Range Rover, accompanied by her youngest daughter Jamie Lynne and Jamie's boyfriend.

The venue was one of the Malouf brothers' mega expensive Bel Air mansions.

When all parties departed approximately 1 hour later they looked in good spirits.

Lately, relations between Britney and her mother had become extremely strained. According to rumors, Britney refused to see her mother on Mother's Day, even though Lynne was sick with pneumonia.

Following her recovery, Lynne had been scheduled for what was believed to be a tell-all about her famous daughter on the television show "The View." However, she pulled out of the show at the last minute.

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Jennifer Aniston's new man a friend of Victoria Beckham

Paul Sculfor, who was recently identified as Aniston's new boyfriend, was spotted enjoying a night in LA with Victoria Beckham and fellow Spice Girl Mel B.

Victoria is a friend of Maria Louise Featherstone, a woman Paul dated while they all lived in Essex, reports Mirror.

Paul and Victoria remained friends even after he split with Maria and went on to date other high profile women.

Jennifer, 38, got to meet Paul after her best friend Courtney Cox's husband, David Arquette, gave her phone number to Paul.

"Jen met Paul at a party last winter, while she was still with Vince. He came over all suave and charming, though and called her several weeks ago, after she had split up with Vince," a close friend of Jennifer was quoted as saying by Mirror.

"She remembered him right away. She was warned by David that he was a fame seeker and she should be wary of him but she is really attracted to him.

"What she likes is that he is the opposite of Vince. He's physically in shape like she is. He's dignified and gentlemanly in the only way that Englishmen can be but it's still early days and she's not taking it too seriously yet."

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Angelina Jolie Says Brad Pitt is An Extraordinary Man

Actress Angelina Jolie says partner Brad Pitt devotes all his time into the happiness of her and their family.

Daily Mirror writes Angelina credits Brad for helping her cope with the grief of losing her mother.

"When my mother died Brad held her hand and helped me through all the stages of dealing with someone dying," Angelina says. "After the funeral Brad brought everyone back to the house and asked questions about our mom. He focused on all the love and all the joy we were fortunate enough to have had. He is an extraordinary man."

Angelina lost her mother Marcheline Bertrand, 56, to cancer in January.

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Posh: Men Don't Fancy Me

British Singer Victoria Beckham, ‘Posh Spice’, thinks that she is not the kind of woman that men fancy.

The Former Spice Girls member thinks that men are not in awe of her, and said that the proof lies in the fact that she has never been in the list of women who feature in men’s magazines.

"I've never been one of these girls that does FHM (men's magazine) that all the men fancy,” she said.

She added that she is that type of girl, who girls would love to hang out with to have some fun.
"I'm the girl that the girls want to go shopping with and have a laugh with - that's what I'm all about,” she added.

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Pierce Brosnan Not as Nimble as Colin Firth

Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is having difficulties keeping up with co-star Colin Firth on the set of new musical Mamma Mia.

The 54-year old actor is apprehensive that his dance moves are not up to the mark, and is finding the film's dance routines particularly tough.

"Colin's a lot more nimble than me, it's going to be a real battle. I'm just concentrating on getting it right,” Brosnan said.

Meanwhile Brosnan and his wife Keely have donated 100,000 dollars to a school close to their home on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

The couple gave the money to charity Hawaii 3R's which will replace an unsafe playground at an elementary school in Kauai.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's New Adoption Rumors

Rumors that the Jolie-Pitt family will be adding a new member soon may be a bit too premature tells Angelina Jolie.

Rumors have been abuzz for the past few weeks that Jolie and partner Brad Pitt will soon be adopting a boy from the Czech Republic where the actress is filming her new movie ‘Wanted’.

However, Jolie insists that she is definitely wants more kids, she and Brad have their hands full with their brood of four for the moment.

"We have a big family now and we're trying to make sure they are all well adjusted first. We will have more children, but now we're still getting everyone together," the Mirror quoted her, as saying.

Jolie, in an interview with the paper also revealed that the next time there’s another addition to the family, it might be when Maddox, 5, Pax, 3, Zahara, 2, and Shiloh, 1, are all a bit older so that she and Brad can give the new kids individual time too.

"We love having children and there are some kids we want to help through school and other kids involved in our lives as well. In our home it is about making sure everyone has individual time, and right now all four of them have daily, very special individual time and we never want to have so many children we can't do that," she says.

"When they get older and if it starts to feel like we can fit more in, that's how we're going to gauge how many we have," she added.

Jolie also laughs off reports that she and Brad, who fell in love while working on their 2005 movie Mr and Mrs Smith, are on the rocks.

"I am a very lucky woman. I have a beautiful family and Brad is a supportive friend and a great father. And he is very romantic. We talk very deeply about how we feel," she says.

"We're very similar. We support each other and back each other as parents. There is no divide," she adds.

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Jolie's after more kids

HOLLYWOOD starts Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt want their family to include at least 11 children, according to the crusading actress.

"It fluctuates between seven and 13 or 14,'' she told US talk show host Jon Stewart, when asked how many more children the pair wanted to have.

Jolie and Pitt, arguably Hollywood's most glamorous couple, are already raising four children - their daughter Shiloh and three adopted tots: Cambodian son Maddox, five; Vietnamese son Pax Thien, three; and Ethiopian daughter Zahara, two.

"Wow, I'll tell you this: I admire that, because two is kicking my ass,'' said Stewart, to laughs from the audience.

Jolie admitted that her representatives were responsible for recent demands that journalists sign an agreement not to ask her personal questions before interviewing her.

"It was excessive and I wouldn't have put it out there,'' she said.

Meanwhile, Jolie won over Manhattan the night before at the screening of A Mighty Heart, when she wore a vintage 1940s silk velvet wrap dress, procured at a Los Angeles vintage shop for US$26 (A$31).

The money went to her feet - Jolie's Christian Louboutin open-toed, crystal-heel pumps cost about US$800 (A$964).

Oprah, Brad, Madonna Have the Power; Paris Doesn't

They may both be billionaires, but this year Oprah Winfrey has it up on George Lucas as far as this force is concerned.

The multimedia maven topped Forbes' 2007 list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, a status achieved not only by her nine-figure earnings but also via Internet ubiquity, press clippings, magazine covers, shout-outs on TV and radio and the other "popularity metrics" that factor into Forbes' analysis, based on the past 12 months.

Lucas, while a power player last year, is nowhere to be found on the new list, despite being one of the richest people in Hollywood with a net worth of $3.6 billion, per Forbes. Apparently he generated less buzz than Winfrey, whose yearly pay is estimated at $260 million, bringing her net worth to about $1.5 billion. The talk show host (and so much more) also had the biggest Web and TV presence, according to Forbes.

Last year's A-list He-Man, Tom Cruise, slipped from the top spot to number eight, with his overall paycheck totaling a mere $31 million. Really, after the tabloid-crazy year that was, his number of press clippings had nowhere to go but down.

Golf superstar Tiger Woods is the top-ranking athlete in the bunch and, considering he generates headlines every time he picks up a club and pulls in about $100 million a year, is sitting pretty right below Winfrey at number two on the list, despite having only the 16th-highest Web presence.

Madonna, although her pay is only a piddling $72 million these days, received the most press out of all the celebrities listed, had the second-biggest Internet showing, and came in at number three. (Ranked on her biceps alone, she would have been number one, of course.)

Rounding out the top five were the Rolling Stones, whose Bigger Bang tour was the highest-grossing musical act in North America last year (and Keith Richards helped on the press side with that malarkey about snorting his dad's ashes), and Brad Pitt, 25th on the pay scale with $35 million but ninth in press, thanks to his roles in Babel and Ocean's Thirteen and his tabloid-friendly cohabitation with Angelina Jolie (14th place).

Meanwhile, the lower-profile (in certain ways) Johnny Depp banked more booty in a single year, $92 million, than any actor in history, thanks to his stake in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and landed at number six.

Elton John earned $53 million, put out a greatest-hits album in April and celebrated his 60th birthday with a star-studded concert at Madison Square Garden—enough for seventh place; recently unretired rapper and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z makes his debut on the list at number nine; and the always-influential (and rich) Steven Spielberg, who produced Clint Eastwood's twin critical darlings, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, and is working on a fourth Indiana Jones pic closes out the top 10.

Other fresh faces this year include the cast of Grey's Anatomy, which as a whole banked $33 million and scrubbed into 12th place; boy-bander turned jack of all trades Justin Timberlake, 34th place; George Clooney, somehow not on this list before but now on it in 40th place; Harry Potter players Daniel Radcliffe, also the top-ranking child star with $15 million, and Emma Watson; Dakota Fanning, the second-biggest underage earner with $4 million; and Heroes cheerleader Hayden Panettiere, who may not be able to regenerate in real life, but is the 98th most powerful celebrity.

Gone since last year are, among others, Paris Hilton (um, did this list include press from the past two weeks?), Nicole Richie, the now 21-year-old Olsen twins, Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Springsteen, the cast of The Sopranos (obviously this list doesn't factor in the past few days), Peter Jackson, Paul McCartney and Law & Order mastermind Dick Wolf. Other notable boldfaced types who made the list in the past but were MIA this year: Britney Spears (who topped Forbes' 2002 rundown) and Lindsay Lohan.

Tops in their field were:

The king of snark, TV personality Simon Cowell, whose small-screen presence and $45 million paycheck helped him achieve 21st place

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld (42nd place), still powerful on DVD and in syndication with $60 million
Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen, 53rd, who proves that she's more than a pretty face—she's a pretty face with $33 million

Celebrity chef Rachael Ray, whose 30-Minute Meal juggernaut helped her burst through that glass ceiling with $16 million and land in 66th place

Jerry Bruckheimer, who does, in fact, produce everything on CBS—or enough, at least, to make $120 million and rank 39th

Here's a recap of the top 10 from Forbes' 2007 list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities:

1. Oprah Winfrey, $260 million

2. Tiger Woods, $100 million


3. Madonna, $72 million


4. Rolling Stones, $88 million


5. Brad Pitt, $35 million


6. Johnny Depp, $92 million


7. Elton John, $53 million


8. Tom Cruise, $31 million


9. Jay-Z, $83 million


10. Steven Spielberg, $110 million

(Check out the complete list, as well as the complete list of drop-offs, here.)

Jolie in overdrive to make peace with the paparazzi

It seems that Angelina Jolie has launched an operation to fix her heavy-handed treatment of journalists attending the New York premiere of new film, ‘A Mighty Heart.’

After FoxNews.com reported that Jolie tried to forbid the Fox network from the red carpet of the new film and forced reporters to sign lengthy contracts before speaking with her, the actress has now blamed her advisers for her haughty behaviour.

The contracts, which reporters had to sign to catch a few sound bites from the actress, specified that the journos were not allowed to "ask Ms. Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships."

They also insisted, "The interview may only be used to promote the picture . . . The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie."

But once the contract story broke, Jolie changed her course and swiftly went on a mission to save her image by talking frankly about wanting more children and helping a photographer who was following her.

She promoted her film on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" on June 14 and refuted that reporters were asked to sign any contracts.

"There was a memo that went out to ask people if they would sign it that said, `Don`t get into personal questions, focus on the movie,` and things like that... It was from my representative trying to be protective... but it was excessive, and I wouldn`t have put it out there,” the New York Post quoted Jolie, as telling Jon Stewart.

Jolie also tried to fix her virtuous image by giving James Ambler, a paparazzo who works for Splash and regularly follows the Jolie family on his bike, a lift in her car after he got a flat tire.

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Kelly Clarkson cancels concert tour

Kelly Clarkson is calling off her concert tour.

Her publicist issued a statement quoting promoter Michael Rapino saying "Ticket sales have not been what we anticipated." The statement says the Clarkson team is re-evaluating the size and scope of her show.

Clarkson, the original "American Idol," is apologizing to fans on her website.

She says, "The fact is that touring is just too much too soon."
But she promises to tour as soon as she can and tickets for the tour can be refunded at the point of purchase. She had booked a number of Canadian dates.

Clarkson's new album, "My December," is set for release July 24.
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Jessica Simpson does the 'Pussycat Dolls' routine in the bedroom!

Pop singer Jessica Simpson has credited the ‘Pussycat Dolls’ for her wild acts in the bedroom, claiming she implements the all-girls group’s raunchy movements during private moments.

The 26-year-old said that she loves the group’s dance, and that she reserves the moves for the ‘bedroom’.

“I love the way they dance. I do some of the moves myself but not in public - I keep that for the bedroom,” the Sun quoted her, as saying.

"I love watching them. I take notes and then keep them for those private moments,” she added.
Meanwhile, there is uncertainty over Simpson’s split with musician beau, John Mayer.

It is said that the two have been sharing an on and off relationship, but now the relationship has finally ended for good.

The couple broke up last month but started all over again after a lot of emailing and talking.

Cameron Diaz greets ex flame, Timberlake, with a smile

Running into your ex-beau, may not be something that any girl would want, but actress Cameron Diaz managed it really well when she met ex-flame Justin Timberlake recently in Germany.

Both Diaz and Timberlake have lent their voices for the Ogre film Shrek the third, and they happened to come face to face during the film’s photocall in Berlin.

As soon as she saw Timberlake, Diaz greeted him with a big smile and though the singer felt visibly awkward in the beginning, the two looked like old pals as they exchanged jokes, reports the Sun.

The former fashion model split with the singer in January this year, after almost four years of relationship.

Diaz is said to be in a relationship with ‘Mindfreak’ magician Criss Angel, who was involved with Brit actress Minnie Driver.

Timberlake has been linked to actress Jessica Biel, and the two have been spotted together on several occasions.

It is splitsville for Lindsay Lohan and Calum Best

Actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly dumped her beau, TV personality Calum Best, after the latter was photographed in ‘a drug-fueled romp’.

The Mean Girls star, who is in Malibu rehab clinic following her arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence on May 26, has not been returning Best’s calls since he arrived in America.

A source said that Lohan had been upset when she heard about his latest quest when she checked into rehab for the second time.

“Lindsay hasn't been returning any of his calls since he got to America. She knew Calum was no angel but she felt humiliated when she heard what he had been up to just as she checked herself into rehab,” a source told Sun.

The source added that her folks kept telling her that an association with Best will only damage her reputation.

The source said that the actress could not help, but accept how right her pals were when she saw the photographs of Best with the hookers.

“People close to her had been trying to tell her that dating Calum would bring down her image but she just wouldn't listen. That is until she saw the pictures of him with the hookers for her own eyes,” the source said.

Mariane praises Brad Pitt for keeping 'A Mighty Heart' about Pearl

Mariane Pearl has praised Brad Pitt for telling her slain husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s story in the movie adaptation of her book ‘A Mighty Heart’, and not using the film to espouse a certain political agenda.

Mariane reveals that she wasn’t sure about making the movie until she met actor Brad Pitt.
The 29-year-old wrote ‘The Mighty Heart’ which tells the full story of the life and brutal murder of her husband.

The movie version of the book stars Pitt’s girlfriend Angelina Jolie as Mariane and Dan Futterman as Daniel Pearl.

Mariane insisted that she was not sure about the movie until she gave the rights of the book to Pitt, who actually read her complete 2003 memoir and was interested in Pearl and not any politics related to terrorism.

"I wasn't even sure if I wanted to do a movie. Everybody was using terrorism for their own political agenda and, really, this is a story about Danny. But when I met Brad - well, out of all the studios, he was the only one who had actually read the book,” Contactmusic quoted Mariane, as saying.

Mariane revealed that it was only the ‘direct connection’ she felt with Pitt, and later Jolie, that convinced her that they were the right ones to make the movie.

"He was the only one who I had a conversation about what happened to Danny. And I could see that he wanted to have children and raise them in a world of tolerance. I don't think I could have done it if I didn't feel a direct connection to Brad and, then, Angie,” she said.

Pearl was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan while he was investigating the case of Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, and alleged links between Al Qaeda and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Mariane praises Brad Pitt for keeping 'A Mighty Heart' about Pearl

Mariane Pearl has praised Brad Pitt for telling her slain husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s story in the movie adaptation of her book ‘A Mighty Heart’, and not using the film to espouse a certain political agenda.

Mariane reveals that she wasn’t sure about making the movie until she met actor Brad Pitt.
The 29-year-old wrote ‘The Mighty Heart’ which tells the full story of the life and brutal murder of her husband.

The movie version of the book stars Pitt’s girlfriend Angelina Jolie as Mariane and Dan Futterman as Daniel Pearl.

Mariane insisted that she was not sure about the movie until she gave the rights of the book to Pitt, who actually read her complete 2003 memoir and was interested in Pearl and not any politics related to terrorism.

"I wasn't even sure if I wanted to do a movie. Everybody was using terrorism for their own political agenda and, really, this is a story about Danny. But when I met Brad - well, out of all the studios, he was the only one who had actually read the book,” Contactmusic quoted Mariane, as saying.

Mariane revealed that it was only the ‘direct connection’ she felt with Pitt, and later Jolie, that convinced her that they were the right ones to make the movie.

"He was the only one who I had a conversation about what happened to Danny. And I could see that he wanted to have children and raise them in a world of tolerance. I don't think I could have done it if I didn't feel a direct connection to Brad and, then, Angie,” she said.

Pearl was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan while he was investigating the case of Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, and alleged links between Al Qaeda and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Angelina Jolie joins Clinton, Condi as member in Council on Foreign Relations

Actress Angelina Jolie became an official member of the Council on Foreign Relations on Thursday.


The honor of being a member of the council has been conferred on Jolie for her invaluable contribution to the advancement of charitable works around the world.

She is now among former US Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, ABC's Diane Sawyer, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and journalist Tom Brokaw who comprise in the membership of the prestigious think tank.

Jolie, already a UN Goodwill Ambassador, was nominated and recommended for approval by the CFR membership earlier this year.

"Angelina Jolie is accomplished in her field and has demonstrated serious interest in issues such as Darfur, international education and refugees," People magazine quoted Lisa Shields, Vice President of communications at CFR, as saying.

"As such, her profile fits very well with other young professionals we've selected as the next generation of foreign policy leaders," she added.

In the recent publication of a magazine, Jolie has expressed her desire to be remembered for her humanitarian work, not as an actress.

"When I die, do I want to be remembered as an actress? No." Esquire quoted her as saying.
"I recently had a column published in a newspaper and at the end it didn't say I was an actress.
It said that I was a UN Goodwill Ambassador – that's all. And I was really proud," she added.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921. Through its membership, meetings, and studies, it has been called the most powerful agent of United States foreign policy outside the State Department.

Angelina Jolie Honored For Her Philanthropic Work

Actress Angelina Jolie was honored for her philanthropic work by joining the Council on Foreign Relations

People.com reports, the prestigious think tank officially approved Jolie's membership nomination Thursday.

"Angelina Jolie is accomplished in her field and has demonstrated serious interest in issues such as Darfur, international education and refugees," says Lisa Shields, vice president of communications at CFR. "As such, her profile fits very well with other young professionals we've selected as the next generation of foreign policy leaders."

Angelina was nominated for the CFR membership earlier this year. She is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador.

Among others affiliated to the CFR include presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, ABC's Diane Sawyer, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and journalist Tom Brokaw.

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George Clooney says Brad Pitt Hogs The Red Carpet

The Ocean’s Thirteen stars George Clooney says he doesn’t like to trail behind co-star Brad Pitt on the red carpet.

Speaking to Access Hollywood Clooney explained, “You walk behind him [and] they’re like, ‘Geor . . Ooooh! Brad Pitt!” “It’s not fun.”

At the Los Angeles premiere of Ocean’s Thirteen Clooney was way ahead of his younger competition, Brad on the fan and press line.

“I go in and I start the drinking right now and rest comfortably in there thinking ‘Oh I was the [red carpet] king,’” Clooney laughed.

Clooney was accompanied by his mother Nina Clooney at the Premiere.

“I forced her to come out,” Clooney told about his date.

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Clooney feels 'sorry' for young Hollywood stars like Lindsay and Paris

George Clooney is glad that he is not part of ‘young’ Hollywood any longer, for he feels that today’s young stars like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are just put under too much pressure.

Clooney, 46, also admits that he feels ‘sorry’ for famous youngsters like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, because of the constant media attention on them.

The actor insists that were he in their place or age, he would probably be a drug addict trying to deal with all the attention.

"If I were as famous as some of those kids who are on the magazines right now at 21 years old, I'd be shooting crack under my eyeball,” Clooney says in an interview in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine, on newsstands Monday..

"We are always going to be that society that slows down to look at the car wreck on the side of the road. I think we're just in one of those places right now, and it seems to be focused on younger kids Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan and people like that," he said.

And though Clooney is confident that today’s youngsters will learn to deal with the pressure and go on with their lives, he certainly would not want to swap places with any of them.

"They'll get through it, but I wouldn't want to be growing up around that," the actor insisted.

Clooney will now be seen soon on the big screen when his new movie Ocean’s Thirteen hits theaters on June 8 this year.

Beckham keeping left arm free for tattoo tribute to baby daughter

Victoria Beckham has revealed that fans of husband David Beckham won’t be seeing any more tattoos on his left arm, for he’s hoping to fill that space up with the names of their future kids.

Posh admitted that the rumors that Becks was keeping his arm free for the names of their future progeny are true.

"Yes it's true. I think David is keeping his arm free for - hopefully - the name, or names, of our daughter or any other children we have," the Daily Mail quoted Posh, as saying.

Victoria also revealed that the couple is hoping to add a girl to the family sometime in the future. For the moment however, they’re just a tad too busy with the move to LA.

"Of course we would absolutely love to have a little girl but at the moment our lives are so full.

So much is going on, we're just concentrating on now and the move to LA," she said.

"But if in a few years' time when Cruz is all grown up, and we're so blessed, then we can start thinking about having more children," she added.

And, the man who has tattooed Becks for the past seven years, also admits that the reports are true.

"David told me he has left his entire left arm for a daughter. He has been saving it in case they had a girl. It would be dedicated to the new baby," he said.

Malloy also claimed that far from hating the look, Posh is a big fan of her hubby’s tattoos.

"Victoria likes the tattoos, I know she likes them. When I did the (most recent) one she was there, she watched it all and she liked it," Malloy revealed.