MAG55:: Gallery of Celebrity Gossips: 07/01/2007

Jul 30, 2007

Tom Cruise's cinema plans have Colorado neighbors up in arms

Actor Tom Cruise is being criticized by his neighbors over plans to rent out a local cinema for his own use.

The Mission Impossible actor, who owns a mansion in Telluride, upset his Colorado neighbors after he revealed that he wanted to rent the movie place for 1000 dollars.

The 45-year-old is looking forward to enjoy the cinema experience with wife actress Katie Holmes and daughter Suri at his own leisure.

However, this has locals up in arms, reveals a source.

“It's the only cinema in town. It's particularly crazy as he can get hold of any film he likes and watch it alone at home,” a source told the Daily Mail.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie teach their kids to bowl

At the conclusion of their French holiday, Brad Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie spent time Monday in a local bowling alley.

Before departing from the western Charente/Dordogne region of France where they were for ten days, they took command of “Le Palace Vert”, the nation’s tiniest amusement park for families, along with pal Mariane Pearl and son.

Proprietor of “Le Palace Vert” Patrick Bernard informed People that as soon as they came, the couple, Pearl and the four kids (Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Adam Pearl) went straight to the lanes.

According to Bernard, Pitt was very hands-on with the kids and was supportive of them whenever they struck down a pin.

He said, “At one point though, because the children don’t have the strength to always get the ball down the lane, it sometimes stops. Brad thought he’d go down the lane to push it along. He slipped and fell on his back hard.”

The actor was alright, but Mrs. Bernard felt dismayed at having missed the opportunity to give Brad Pitt mouth-to-mouth.

The Mr. and Mrs. Smith star displayed his skill at air hockey while Jolie accompanied Pearl, whom she played in A Mighty Heart.

Bernard points out that, “Brad was particularly good at it.” “He and the three boys played two-a-side teams against one another for almost an hour.”

He elaborates by saying, “With only two lanes we’re certainly the smallest bowling in France, so we’re still having trouble realizing we spent Monday afternoon with the most famous couple in the world.”

At the end of their visit, the two stars gave the Bernards a cordial thank-you uttered partially in French, and then autographed a Livre d’Or with a message to the couple’s 15-year-old girl.

Just before the trip to the bowling center, Pitt also created some drama in the bouncy castle when the family had a day-long outing at Massignac’s Aventure-Parc.

Seems like this down-to-earth Hollywood couple knows how to have fun and avoid the crowds at the same time! Hats off to the pair.

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Jessica Alba Dumps Boyfriend Cash Warren

Alba and Warren met on the sets of the Fantastic Four in 2005. Warren was at the time assistant to director Tim Story.

Alba, who is promoting her latest Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer called Warren on July 22 and told him, "I'm not in love with you anymore."

A source tells the breakup "happened...almost out of nowhere,” reports US magazine."[Cash] thinks it's for another guy but doesn't know....he's totally devastated. But it was all her."

Warren, 28, was named the "Luckiest Bastard" of 2007 at Spike TV’s first annual Guy's Choice Awards for dating Alba.

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Hilary Duff leaves young fan in tears

Hilary Duff recently left a young fan in tears after she refused to give her an autograph.

It all began when Duff, her sister Haylie and their parents were enjoying some quiet family time in Texas last week.

The family was dining at the Pier 36 Seafood and Oyster bar and as soon as word got out that Duff was there, two 9-year-old girls arrived carrying posters and T-shirts and hoping for autographs.

As Hilary and her family was leaving the place after dinner she was stopped by the owner who asked her to sign a menu card. While Hilary obliged her, she turned down the 9-year old little girl, leaving her in tears.

"On their way out, the owner asked if Hilary would sign a menu for her daughter and she did," the New York Daily News quoted an insider, as saying.

"[Hilary] said, 'I don't really get to spend a lot of time with my family; sorry' and walked out the door. She made one of the little girls cry," the insider added.

A rep for Duff could not be reached for comment.

Lindsay Lohan bets to make Becks fall for her

It seems that Victoria Beckham will have to keep a close watch on hubby David Beckham, for Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan has set her eyes on the football star.

According to reports, the Mean Girls star has a 25,000 pound bet with her socialite pals that she can charm the former England captain.

Knowing that Posh will be gone on tour with the Spice Girls this winter, the troubled starlet has set herself a deadline of December, convinced that Becks will fall for her.

"Lindsay and her pals have been talking about the Beckhams' arrival non-stop,” The Sun quoted a source, as saying.

"They all reckon David is gorgeous and Lindsay set the challenge to get stuck in. The rich girls all want to meet Becks,” the source added.

Angelina Jolie hooked to 'The Office'

Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed that she is a huge fan of the British television series 'The Office'.

The Tomb Raider star divulged that she is hooked to the hit British sitcom, and is even planning to set up a house in Europe to be closer to Britain.

Jolie also said that the country was a better base for her frequent travels round the world.
“When I was in England I loved The Office. But I think I’m with everybody on that one,” The Sun quoted her, as saying.

Meanwhile Jolie and Brad Pitt recently took their children for a surprise trip to a French amusement park, following the wrapping of the actress's latest film 'Wanted.’

Employees of the Aventure-Parc in Massignac said they were flabbergasted when the Hollywood couple appeared with Maddox, Pax-Thien and Zahara.

"We're a small little town, we're not used to having celebrities. We don't get French celebrities, so it's completely crazy to find yourself standing with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the most chased-after couple in the world in front of you. Completely crazy,” an employye said.

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz outside Toast Restaurant

Seen in this recent photograph, Ashlee and beau Pete are outside in the valet parking area of Toast restaurant waiting for Pete’s car to arrive.

The pair had lunch and then were observed laughing as Pete picked his teeth. Dude, that’s what toothpicks are for, or haven’t you heard?

According to Us magazine, the couple are not engaged and Ashlee is definitely not pregnant.

Online rumors floated that Pete popped the question just before his Live Earth performance on July 17th due to her condition, and Ashlee wanted to keep it hush-hush because of the unfavorable publicity that accompanied sister Jessica Simpson’s marriage to Nick Lachey.

If they ever actually marry, maybe Ash can teach him some table manners. We can only hope.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie leave France

Seen in this recent photo, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie carry what looks like baby Shiloh in the car seat up the steps of their airplane, departing Charente, France.

Seen in this recent photo, Brad and Angelina carry what looks like baby Shiloh in the car seat up the steps of their airplane. They are leaving Champniers Airport in Charente, France, where they have spent the past few days on holiday with their children.

Just a few days ago, the glam pair took the kids minus Shiloh to a local children’s amusement park in France’s Charente-Limousin area. The park, named Aventure-Parc located in Massignac is a three-acre facility that offers rope swings, tree-climbing and many other outdoor pursuits.

According to one of the employees who told People, “We don’t get French celebrities, so it’s completely crazy to find yourself standing with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the most chased-after couple in the world in front of you.”

The staff was surprised to observe a Mercedes van with dark windows driving up to the park and the famous pair disembarking with three of their children, Pax Thien, Zahara and Maddox.

While they offered to let the family go without paying the admission price of 5 Euros, Brangelina would hear none of it. Jolie recently returned a parcel of tee shirts from a major British clothing label, politely refusing the complimentary gift. The family were at the park for an hour, testing out the bouncy castle, obstacle course and other features in their playground.

Angelina recently finished lensing her movie Wanted in Prague.
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OK! Magazine Will Publish Britney Spears Uncensored

Britney Spears' 'tell-all' interview with OK! magazine will be published uncensored showing her bizarre emotional tirade with accompanying photo that could cost her her career and possibly her sons.

The editor-in-chief Sarah Ivens for the magazine said, "OK! Magazine spent a heartbreaking day with Britney Spears and witnessed first-hand an emotional cry for help that will leave you shocked and sad. This week, on newsstands Friday, the truth will be told," reports Tmz.com.

Britney's behavior during the interview was "nothing less than a meltdown,". She was

"completely out of it" during the photo shoot that turned out to be devastating and "so bad" that it could "kill her career."

Spears, who was paranoid at one point and feared the ceiling was about to cave in on her, was photographed with her eyes rolled back in her head at one point making her look half dead.
The troubled mother of two is amidst a custody battle with estranged husband Kevin Federline who is determined to prove her unfit to mother the former couple’s sons, Sean Preston, 2 and Jayden James, 1.

Spears, who last month cut out her mother from her life for conspiring with Federline, has been seen doing erratic things such as frolicking by the beach without any clothes on.

American paparazzi already driving David Beckham crazy

David Beckham’s belief that the media’s obsession with him and wife Victoria would lessen once they moved to the US has been shattered.

The high-profile couple were a favorite paparazzi target while in the UK and Becks believed that once they moved to LA the attention would wane as there are other famous celebs in the city.

Unfortunately for the soccer ace, those dreams have been shattered with the realization that he and his wife are a bigger target for the paparazzi in the US.

This has also made Becks an anxious man, for now he’s constantly worried about the safety of his family.

"It's definitely over the top here in L.A. In London, if we'd go out to dinner there would be four or five cars following us," USA today quoted him, as saying.

"The other night we had 47 (cars of paparazzi following us). No joke. I get nervous. They run red lights and you're just waiting for accidents to happen," he added.

Natalie Portman warns websites against using her fake nude pictures

Actress Natalie Portman has warned websites that they will be facing her wrath if they fake her in a bare all scene in ‘Goya's Ghost’ which was shot by her body double.

The 26-year-old revealed that there was a ‘nude scene’ in the flick in which she does appear but which has mostly been shot on someone else.

The Golden Globe-winning actress warned that she will be ‘really angry’ if websites cropped her face on the naked body.

"There's a long shot of a nude woman," she tells Movies.com's Jeanne Wolf. But, sadly, it's not me. ... You do see some parts of me unclothed, but if they end up on Web sites making it look like I'm nude, I'm going to be really, really angry,” New York Daily quoted Portman, as telling Movies.com.

The actress plays Alicia, a victim of the Spanish Inquisition in the film.

Britney Spears mobbed by Photogs

Singer Britney Spears got caught in a photog-frenzy as she made her way into a clothing store in Beverley Hills today and had the cops called at the scene.

Spears’ bodyguard pushed and shoved to keep the horde away from the Toxic singer as she walked from her car to the Lisa Kline store with her assistant, reports Tmz.com.

The LAPD was called to assist with the chaos that soon calmed down. No report of injuries were filed at the scene that left Spears' bodyguard with a torn shirt and minor damages to the store front.

Sources tell the erratic mother of two was completely unperturbed by the incident.

Britney Spears buys a $6.55 million dollar house?

Britney, who has been looking at properties since the beginning of this month, when she ran foul of Child Protective Services, may have found what she was looking.

On Sunday, after lunch, Britney spent around 40 minutes looking at an eight bathroom 8,370 square foot Mediterranean style mansion set on 3.1 acres in the mega expensive area of Pacific Palisades Britney. Apparently she was impressed with what she saw because she dispatched her bodyguard and the real estate agents on an errand, leaving her alone in the house with her two sons.

To the amazement of the photogs outside the property, the guard and the real estate agent picked up the open house and for sale signs and put it in the car belonging to Britney's bodyguards before driving off.

Britney did not waste the one hour she had to wait for them to come back, opting to take a swim in the pool with her. She could be heard playing airplane, chasing them around the pool area and spraying the waiting photographers with water.

When the guard and the real estate agents returned they brought some paperwork along and Britney stayed on for another hour before leaving with a huge smile on her face looking mighty pleased with herself.

That, however, didn’t stop her from giving the one finger salute to one motorist that cut her up on her way home.

The house was designed and built by actor Ray Liotta in 1992 and was recently remodeled. Its price was reduced from $6.8 million to $6.5 million.

Kate Moss worried sick over missing video diary tapes

Kate Moss is a worried woman these days, and the reason behind her anxiety is two tapes from her video diaries made with ex- lover Pete Doherty that have gone missing.

Moss and Doherty captured hours of footage on a camcorder that included special occasions, antics on the tour bus and even what went on at home.

They even filmed themselves while on holiday in Ibiza earlier this year, as well as the Glastonbury Festival.

However, after the two broke up following revelations that Doherty had cheated on her, Moss destroyed six of the eight tapes.

A source now reveals that the missing two tapes have her really anxious, for she’s worried about the way Doherty might use them.

“There are still some bits and pieces floating about of Pete with Kate. She has got rid of most of it. Six out of eight tapes have been destroyed. But she wanted to bury the lot before he could humiliate her by selling them or putting them on the internet,” the Sun quoted the source, as saying.

“It was fine when they were together. Kate thought it was romantic — all a bit John Lennon and Yoko Ono. But Kate could then obviously decide with Pete what was going to be made public. Now, with the remaining two tapes, she has no say.

“Pete could do what he wants with them. And we all know what Pete can do when he’s desperate for a bob or two. In one of the clips they put online Kate is wearing just knickers and a see-through nightgown as Pete sings to her. If they made that public, just think what could be on the tapes they held back,” the source added.

Robbie Williams plans star-studded album with Timberlake, Freebass

English singer Robbie Williams has a star-studded album in the pipeline, which he is planning to record in collaboration with the present prince of pop Justin Timberlake.

The ‘Rudebox’ singer has also approached supergroup Freebass which comprises of three bass players: Andy Rourke of The Smiths fame, Peter Hook from New Order and Joy Division, and Gary "Mani" Mounfield who formerly played for The Stone Roses and is a part of Primal Scream currently.

Mark Ronson, William Orbit and Soul Mekanik, too, have made to the list of celebrities who are being lined up for the project.

“He wants to work with the best from different genres to create a great album,” British tabloid The Sun quoted a source as saying.

The newspaper report also suggests that Williams and his ‘Angels’ co-writer Guy Chambers have buried the hatchet, and they wish to work together once again.

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise watch David Beckham debut for L.A. Galaxy

Katie Holmes, attired in a virginal white deep v-neck dress wearing open toed high heeled pumps, along with 1-year-old daughter Suri Cruise in a pink dress watched David Beckham debut for L.A. Galaxy playing against Chelsea Saturday 21 Jul 2007.

Mother and daughter looked happy, despite the absence of father Tom Cruise who is currently on the sets of his new film Valkyrie in Germany, as they watched the game at the Home Depot Center in Carson sitting in a private box with Victoria Beckham.

Katie held on to Suri for the entire duration of the match and did not put her down for one minute as her mother-in-law looked on.

David Beckham drew in the crowds and the home depot center was sold out. Thousands of fans sat around in the baking heat just to catch a glimpse of the football superstar. David took to the pitch for only 13 minutes because of a hurt ankle but the fans cheered every time he touched the ball.

Kate Moss brands Pete Doherty 'The Slug'

It seems that Kate Moss has finally realized the true persona of her ex-lover Pete Doherty.

After chucking him out of the house and getting rid of his belongings, the supermodel has branded the Babyshambles frontman ‘The Slug.’

According to pals, Moss chose the nickname because of the junkie rocker’s habit of leaving a trail of nasty substances wherever he went.

The scornful comment marks the final collapse for their troubled relationship, which ended after Doherty slept with a South African model.

"Pete's disgusting. He looks like a slug, acts like a slug and always leaves a trail of mess behind him,” the News of the World quoted a friend of Moss’ as saying.

Pals of the 33-year-old British beauty now maintain that there's no chance of a reunion between the pair.

"She wants nothing to do with Pete. We all think it's great news. She's ditched his rock 'n' roll lifestyle and has started looking after herself again,” the friend said.

Jail Time for Nicole Richie

Celebutante and reality-TV star Nicole Richie was sentenced yesterday to 90 hours in jail and fined $2,048 after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of drugs.

Presiding Superior Court Commissioner Steven K. Lubell told Richie, 25, she was lucky nobody was killed when she drove the wrong way on a Burbank, Calif., freeway early on Dec. 11. When police found her Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicle parked in a carpool lane, Richie said she had smoked marijuana and taken Vicodin before getting behind the wheel.

The co-star of "The Simple Life" was also given three years' probation and ordered to complete a second-offender drug and alcohol program by Feb. 20 as part of a plea agreement, the Associated Press reports. A prior conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol from 2003 had made Richie eligible for a sentence of 90 days to a year in jail.

Richie, who's rumored to be pregnant but has not confirmed it, entered the Glendale, Calif., courthouse on the arm of her boyfriend, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, wearing a loose-fitting black dress and spike heels.

Lubell said it would be up to the state Department of Motor Vehicles whether to suspend Richie's driver's license. She must serve her sentence before Sept. 28 and may elect whether to do so in either a city or county jail.

Jul 26, 2007

Hilary Duff happy being single in wait for 'Mr Right'

After a series of relationships and break-ups, actress/singer Hilary Duff prefers to be in the single's lane until she gets her Mr. Right.

The 19-year-old revealed that she has not met someone who ‘excites’ her and would rather be alone and get to know herself better, than jump for any guy who comes first.

"Obviously, I haven't jumped into a relationship, and I haven't met someone that really excites me. I would rather be alone and learn about myself,” People quoted Duff, as telling Ryan Seacrest during KIIS-FM radio show.

The ‘With Love’ singer who split from ‘Good Charlotte’ singer Joel Madden in November last year, insisted that although she would love to have a ‘great boyfriend’ in future, but being all by herself made her feel independent and she could focus on her work more.

"It has not been the easiest thing to do but it has been the thing that has made me feel like a really independent girl. I would love to have a great boyfriend, but right now is not the time and I can work and whatever."

When asked how she feels seeing her ex with socialite Nicole Richie, Duff insisted that it affected her, but that was natural as everyone has to deal with it.

"When you break up with someone, you have to deal with the fact that you are going to see them with someone else. It affected me, of course,” she said.

As for whether her sis was dating ‘Princes of Malibu’ actor Brody Jenner as reported by websites, Duff replied she would kill Haylie if she did so.

"I would kill her! He's dated a lot of people that we know, and that is kind of awkward,” Duff added.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie treat children to adventure park visit in France

The world's most keenly followed couple surprised the staff at a small town adventure park in France's Charente-Limousin region when Pitt and Jolie made a surprise visit along with Maddox, 5, Pax-Thien, 3, and Zahara, 2.

On an overcast day with hardly any visitors, six employees of the Aventure-Parc in Massignac Park were having their lunch on a picnic table Monday, 16 Jul 2007, when Hollywood's most famous family drove in unannounced in a blacked-out Mercedes

"We're a small little town, we're not used to having celebrities," an employee said, according to People

We don't get French celebrities, so it's completely crazy to find yourself standing with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the most chased-after couple in the world in front of you," said the employee and then repeated, "Completely crazy."

The bowled over staff offered to waive the 5 € entry fee but Jolie and Pitt would have none of it.
The three-acre park, which is typically visited by 100-150 people in a day, features tree-climbing, rope swings and other outdoor activities for kids

Brad and Jolie spent nearly an hour at the park and used the playground area that includes a children's obstacle course and a bouncy castle.

To see Brad Pitt knocking around in a bouncy castle with his children [and] screaming like wild animals was like a hallucination," said park operator Benjamin Gautier.

Before visiting France, Jolie wrapped up filming of her new film Wanted in Prague.

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Katharine McPhee Morphs Into Sex-Kitten

American Idol runner-up, Katharine McPhee, who lately has abandoned her girl-next-door appeal and morphed into a hot celebrity by gracing the covers of Stuff magazine’s August issue, will soon make her studio acting debut in a Columbia Pictures/ Happy Madison comedy.

McPhee, so far the sexiest American Idol contestant, revealed her wild side to the magazine posing in hardly any clothes.

“There are different sides of me. On American Idol, people saw the side that is very professional and put together. But there’s this other side of me that’s outgoing, energetic, and wild—and did really stupid things in college,” told McPhee.

McPhee, who was persuaded by her 42-year-old boyfriend Nick Cokas, to try out for American Idol, says she prefers older men for their wisdom.

“When I turned 21, I thought it was a good age to explore. You’re no longer a teenager, so it’s OK [to date older guys]. I gravitated toward them, and I love them. They’re just wiser, and they’re less about themselves and more about you.”

On her obsessions McPhee tells, “For me, with men, I will fixate on something. I'll say, 'I'm obsessed with your chin.' I'll kiss his chin and munch on it, and I think that makes people feel good."

The sultry songstress has also inked a deal for a part in the The Last Caller, a dark romantic-comedy independent film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Britney Spears' 'Get Back' to her babies day

After filming her first music video in years, Thursday, 20 Jul 2007, for her new single 'Get Back,' Britney took the day off today to spend time with her two sons Sean Preston, 1 year and 10 months, and Jayden James, all of 10 months.

The recently rehabbed pop star, who feels she should not have been rehabbed and has fired her staff and even family for letting her be, took Sean and James for a boat ride in Marina Del Rey, Ca.

The pop princess spent over an hour with her young tykes going around the marina.
There was the customary show of flesh and undergarments.

Paris Hilton's sex tape to be re-released with never before seen footage

It seems that socialite Paris Hilton's famous sex tape '1 night in Paris' is set to be re-released under a different name and in a 'collectible prison packaging'.

The tape, which features the former jailbird and her ex-beau Rick Salomon, will also have a one-hour footage that has never been seen before, reports TMZ.

The sex video first surfaced in the late 2003 and the hotel heiress sued Salomon for leaking the clip.

But, the Simple Life star is said to have settled for an out of court settlement of 40,000 dollars, a part of which she planned to donate to charity.

However, later in an interview, Hilton denied accepting money from the sale of the tape.

Britney Spears shoots video for new song 'Get Back'

Britney spent most of Thursday filming a video with her dancers, in a warehouse in downtown LA, for her first new song in years titled 'Get Back'. While at it, the exuberant pop star also gave trailing paps a glimpse of her panties, black in the morning and white in the afternoon.

For the morning shoot the Britster was attired in a shorter than short black dress that by not making any serious attempt to hide her black panties made them look like a part of the ensemble, giving a whole new dimension to fashion world's endearing and enduring Little Black Dress.

After the morning shoot Britney and her dancers broke for lunch at a home in the Hollywood Hills and spent most of the afternoon there before heading back to the warehouse to continue filming the music video. This time Britney was attired in an equally short carrot pink satin dress and as the photo above reveals, she was wearing a white panty!

The pop star has been in high spirits lately. On Wednesday she stunned paparazzi trailing her by impulsively doffing her clothes and taking a dip in the sea in her underwear, which she was thankfully wearing.

Britney Spears Helping K-Fed Get a Record Deal?

Pop artist Britney Spears’ divorce from ex Kevin Federline has turned bitter over the custody and money issues so what better way to get a monkey off her back than to get it a job.

Spears was seen signing some papers which contained Kevin Federline name referred to as ‘artist’, reports X17online.com.

The mother of two was seen at the Bel-Air Bar & Grill Wednesday where she spent more than two hours talking and signing papers with reps of the business deal.

The papers, reportedly, don't appear to be at all related to the divorce or pertaining to her financial assets.

Kevin, who had once before tried to launch a music career but had failed, was later that day seen walking into Edmonds Entertainment, a music, film and television production/management company in Hollywood.

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Kim Kardashian To Strip For Playboy

Socialite and Paris Hilton's BFF, Kim Kardashian has dropped the coy act and posed, possibly nude, for men’s magazine Playboy.

The daughter of O.J. Simpson's lawyer Robert Kardashian, Kim sprung into tabloid radar when a graphic sex tape that depicts Kardashian and her ex-boyfriend Ray J performing various sexual acts was obtained by Vivid Video.

“Confidence is really sexy,” Kim told Extra.

The stunning brunette is rumored to be dating NFL player Reggie Bush and was seen locking lips with him at lunch in Los Angeles this month.

David Beckham More Popular Than Victoria In the US?

Soccer star David Beckham has bagged himself a 13-part weekly reality series that will premiere next Wednesday on the FOX Soccer Channel.

David Beckham's arrival is a tremendous milestone in U.S. soccer history," said FOX rep David Sternberg, reports People. "[The series] will provide an insider's look at his performance with the Los Angeles Galaxy."

Beckham’s ‘Posh’ wife former Spice Girl, Victoria was the first of the two to get a TV show in America. Posh’s Victoria Beckham: Coming to America, originally a reality series but later condensed into a one-hour special on NBC, did miserably last week. Only 5 million viewer tuned in to watch the show which got a zero-star review from The New York Post.

Beckham’s highly anticipated Saturday debut for the Galaxy is shaky at the moment due to a left ankle injury.

"Everybody in Los Angeles and around the world wants to see him make his debut," Galaxy president Alexi Lalas tells the Britain's The Times.

Britney Spears Making Her Next Music Video

Pop singer Britney Spears is gearing up for a comeback after a long hiatus from her singing career and has begun shooting for her latest music video Thursday.

Criscilla Crossland a backup dancer for Britney during her House of Blues "M+M's" mini tour wrote in her Myspace.com page that Spears is shooting her first music video in two years.

"BRITNEY SPEARS MUSIC VIDEO" which stated "SO...YES...TODAYS THE DAY!!! WERE SHOOTN MISS BRITS 1ST VIDEO OFF HER NEW ALBUM....CANT TELL U DETAILS BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS ITS GOING TO BE HOTTTT!” Crossland wrote the entry.

Spears' last album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative was released in 2004 which was followed by remixes of her previous hits.

Criss Angel regrets making public declaration of love for Diaz

Illusionist Criss Angel has revealed that he regrets making a public declaration about his love for actress Cameron Diaz.

The Mindfreak star, whose public avowal about loving Diaz landed him in trouble with his ex-wife, said that in future, he will be careful about how to separate the professional from the personal.

"I am a loving person... I come from a Greek family. I tell everyone I love them,” Sun quoted him, as saying.

"Cameron is a friend and I love her like that. It was taken out of context... I'll have to understand how to separate the professional from the personal,” he added.

Angel declared his love for Diaz after a New York cement block stunt recently, which was filmed for his TV show Mindfreak.

The public declaration upset his ex, Joanne, enough to file divorce papers naming Diaz as the “other woman” responsible for their split.

Lindsay Lohan's SCRAM wearing scam?

US Magazine tackles reports that Lindsay Lohan's SCRAM alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet was a scam.

The freckled beauty proudly wore the SCRAM alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet, as a sober statement to the world. The sober statement was dashed after Lindsay Lohan had a relapse on Tuesday sparking rumors that SCRAM was a scam

"Throughout this period, I have received timely and accurate reports from the testing companies," Lohan's lawyer, Blair Berk, said in a statement after her client was arrested Tuesday morning for DUI, possession of cocaine and driving with a suspended license.

"Unfortunately, late yesterday I was informed that Lindsay had relapsed. The bracelet has now been removed."

Could the bracelet have stopped her from drinking?There are no sirens or whistles. If the bracelet detects alcohol, it automatically starts checking sweat every 30 minutes instead of every hour to make sure it has a more complete data set for the judge, and tries to find its home modem to transmit the data as its happening.

Could Lohan have just been wearing the bracelet for show, and not have it hooked up?"That's not possible," says Kathleen Brown, spokesperson for Alcohol Monitoring Systems, which manufactures SCRAM. "The service provider installs the bracelet, and would never install a bracelet that was just for show. The bracelets are always monitored."

Lohan was arrested with cocaine in her possession. Would the SCRAM have alerted monitors if she was taking drugs?No, Brown tells Us the SCRAM tests only for alcohol consumption, not for use of narcotics or other illegal substances.

Why would anyone wear one of these bracelets voluntarily?"Brownie points," says DUI lawyer Darren Kavinoky. "[It's] the best way she can prove she is trying to change. The court doesn't have to take her word for it. They have scientific proof." Of course, now that circumstances have changed, Lohan and her attorneys are under no obligation to share the updates with the court, Kavinoky tells Us.

Was Lindsay Actually Driving the Car?

Cops say that Lindsay Lohan was reeking of booze -- and had powder in her pocket -- when they arrested her on Tuesday for DUI, but was she actually driving the car she's accused of driving?

Her uncle, Chris Sullivan, tells the New York Post that she "may well not have been driving the car," and "hopefully the truth will come out." Sullivan calls Tarin Graham, Lindsay's former assistant embroiled in the incident, "a problem individual and Lindsay was trying to help her out," however, Sullivan offered no alternate explanation.

Meanwhile, former "Laguna Beach" star Jessica Smith -- herself a DUI chargee -- tells 24Sizzler.com that LiLo "deserves whatever punishment she gets," and that it would be "ridiculous" for Lohan to get special treatment. Speaking of treatment, Page Six conjures the curse of Cooperman -- Dori Cooperman, that is -- the New York socialite who's been conspicuously spotted partying with Tara Reid, Lizzie Grubman, and now Lindsay just before they got into various forms of trouble.

Jessica Alba splits from Cash Warren

Report claims she dumped him over the phone

Jessica Alba has reportedly dumped boyfriend Cash Warren – over the phone.

It's claimed the actress, 26, told the movie producer she 'didn't love him anymore' during an emotional telephone conversation last weekend.

To make the split easier, the Fantastic Four star is said to have sent an aide to the LA home she shared with Cash, 28, to help him pack up his belongings.

'The break-up happened almost out of nowhere,' a source tells Us Weekly.

'Cash thinks there could be another guy involved but doesn't know…he's totally devastated. But it was all her.'

Jessica's publicist is yet to comment on whether the two-and-a-half year romance has ended.

Alba to Warren: "I'm not in love with you anymore"

"Fantastic Four" star Jessica Alba is single again after ending the romance with longtime boyfriend, film producer Cash Warren, media reported Thursday.

Regularly voted into "hottest women in the world" lists, the 26-year-old brunette beauty dumped her 28-year-old beau over the phone this past weekend.

She reportedly called him and told him "I'm not in love with you anymore."

Warren is said to be distraught. A source told U.S. Weekly the split "happened almost out of nowhere," they said. "He's totally devastated."

Alba began dating Warren in 2005, when he was an assistant to director Tim Story on the set of "Fantastic Four."

The former couple was last seen together earlier this month at "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria's wedding in Paris, where Alba served as a bridesmaid.

OK! Plans to Publish Spears Interview

Britney Spears has spilled her story to OK! magazine.

In a statement to celebrity news Web site TMZ, OK!
Editor-in-Chief Sarah Ivens said the magazine had "spent a heartbreaking day with Britney Spears and witnessed first-hand an emotional cry for help that will leave you shocked and sad."

"This week, on newsstands Friday, the truth will be told," Ivens said.

The statement was posted Tuesday on TMZ's Web site. A day earlier, TMZ said it had "learned that Britney's self-arranged photo shoot and interview with OK! Magazine was a complete disaster" and that her behavior during the interview was "nothing less than a meltdown."

OK! publicist Brian Strong said the magazine wouldn't publish photos of Spears from the shoot due to legal reasons. He said OK! would deliver "a very real account" of its interview with the 25-year-old singer.

The Associated Press was attempting to locate a representative for Spears.

Earlier this month, Spears apologized for attacking a photographer's car with an umbrella in February, saying at the time she was preparing to try out for a movie part and got carried away.
The incident took place during the same period in which Spears shaved her head, got new tattoos and was seen partying hard in Los Angeles clubs.

Not long after, the erstwhile pop star, more recently derided as a pop tart for her highly public forays into midnight carousing, checked into a monthlong stay in rehab.

Spears filed for divorce from aspiring rapper Kevin Federline in November, just two months after giving birth to the couple's second child, Jayden James. Their older son, Sean Preston, was born in September 2005.

Source: http://www.tmz.com/

Disney Kicking the Habit

Mickey Mouse is taking on Joe Camel.

Two months after the Motion Picture Association of America adopted a new ratings policy targeting tobacco use in movies, the Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced it was banning smoking from all its family-oriented films and cutting back on the practice in its adult-themed divisions, Touchstone and Miramax.

In a letter sent to Democratic House Representative Edward Markey, Disney President and CEO Robert Iger laid out the company's revised guidelines in response to concerns that showing stars lighting up on the big screen is a threat to public health.

"We discourage depictions of cigarette smoking in Disney, Touchstone and Miramax Films," the Disney chief wrote. "In particular, we expect that depictions of cigarette smoking in future Disney branded films will be nonexistent."

Iger added that the media conglomerate will include anti-smoking public service announcements on all DVDs of future films that portray smoking. In addition, Disney will team up with theater owners to exhibit anti-smoking PSAs before screening such flicks.

However, while Iger and company sought to take a stand against the pervasiveness of cigarette smoking, calling it "a unique problem," he noted that such PSAs aren't intended to set a "precedent" for other issues.

Markey hailed Disney's move as "groundbreaking."

"I commend Bob Iger for this important commitment," the congressman said in a statement. "Now it's time for other media companies to similarly kick the habit and follow Disney's lead."
Such sentiments were seconded by anti-smoking activists, who've argued for years that Big Tobacco has used movies to push its products on teenagers, who are the most sought-after demographic among Hollywood studios.

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids called the move "a potentially important step in the right direction."

"Disney is the first company to agree not to depict smoking in its films," the organization's president, Matthew L Myers, told E! Online. "The key is going to be whether it rigorously reduces tobacco use in the movies distributed by Touchstone and Miramax."

He added that he would like to "Disney serve as a catalyst for action by all of the other major studios."

"Smoking ought to be minimized in all films and films that include smoking should be rated R," said Myers. The fact is no one goes to the movies to watch someone smoke. And no director with any creative skill needs to use smoking to make a point."

According to a 2007 study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences cited by the Website Smoke Free Movies, nonsmoking teens whose favorite stars frequently smoke are 16 times more likely to take up the activity and such portrayals account for 52 percent of adolescents who start smoking.

Additional research has found that between 1999 and 2006, three studios—Sony, Warner Bros. and Disney—accounted for a combined 58 percent of youth-aimed flicks featuring smoking. (Disney's share was roughly 18 percent.)

The survey indicated over 75 percent of all PG-13 movies and 36 percent of G and PG-rated films contained tobacco, while R films fared the worse, with 88 percent featuring onscreen smoking.

With nicotine naysayers putting increasing heat on Tinseltown to change its unhealthy ways, the MPAA took action in May, announcing that adult smoking would play a larger role in how a film's rating.

MPAA chairman Dan Glickman said the organization would caution parents through the use of such phrases as "glamorized smoking" and "pervasive smoking" in its descriptions.

But he rejected anti-tobacco lobbyists' demands that an automatic R rating be doled out to any movie that featured smoking, noting that the number of films that shows stars with a cigarette dangling from their lips has decreased from 60 percent to 52 percent in the last two years.

"Clearly, smoking is increasingly an unacceptable behavior in our society," Glickman said at the time. "There is broad awareness of smoking as a unique public health concern due to nicotine's highly addictive nature, and no parent wants their child to take up the habit. The appropriate response of the rating system is to give more information to parents on this issue."

Jul 24, 2007

Kevin Federline now eyes DJ career at radio station

Aspiring rap star Kevin Federline is now eying a career as a DJ, and he has already had an interaction with the program director at Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM for the purpose.

Sources have revealed that the 29-year-old dancer and father of four may soon become a part of the radio station’s production team.

"I know he's going to do some stuff at a station- he had an interview at KIIS...he's in talks to be a DJ on KIIS," Us Magazine quoted a source close to Federline as saying.

An insider at KIIS-FM has also confirmed the meeting between the dancer and the program director, but stressed that any discussions about Federline were “informal”.

"He really wants to be on radio. He's made that clear," said the insider.

Britney Spears Tells Her Entourage To Scram

Pop singer Britney Spears’ falling out with her mother Lynn has her on the edge and determined to take charge of her life, Britney has fired her whole entourage.

The singer fired her manager earlier this year after returning from rehab and accused him of coercing her into checking in for alcohol abuse.

Spears is taking over as her own business manager and publicist, reports X17online.com.

The mother of two has full-time signing contracts and is arranging business deals, including hosting the opening of the new LAX Nightclub in Las Vegas, to make her comeback after a long hiatus.

Tara Reid finally dons a bikini

Actress Tara Reid finally showed off her skin in a bikini after getting her warped figure rectified through plastic surgery.

The 31-year-old, who went out of shape with her stomach looking ‘irregular and bumpy’ after a breast surgery and liposuction went horribly wrong two years ago, donned a stunning orange-white bikini at an American football match while enjoying a beach party with friends in Malibu.

Nearly two years ago, Reid had a wardrobe malfunction when she inadvertently exposed her misshaped left breast after it popped out at rap star Diddy's 35th birthday party.

The American Pie star earlier admitted that her boob enhancement and liposuction conducted by an unnamed surgeon was ‘terrible’ and she'll forever be indebted to Dr Steven Svehlak for putting it right, and bringing back her self-confidence.

The actress revealed that she was very embarrassed earlier about her figure and the corrective surgery made her ‘feel like a girl’ again.

"I was embarrassed. I didn't want people to see what I really looked like...I had to keep it covered,” the Daily Mail quoted Reid, as saying.

"I feel like a girl again...I walk out of the shower now and it's like wow I'm back,” she said.

'German Ban won't affect Tom Cruise movie', says Bill Nighy

Actor Bill Nighy, who stars opposite Tom Cruise in ‘Valkyrie’, has claimed that banning shooting of the movie in German military locations will not affect the film ‘one bit’.

Germany's Defence Ministry denied permission in these places because they viewed Cruise’s Scientology belief as ‘a money making cult’.

“I ignore all this stuff. And I don't think it will affect the cast one bit. Valkyrie is a heroic tale that deserves to be told,” New York Post quoted Nighy, as saying.

Cruise is set to play Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in the film, who planted a bomb in a briefcase near Hitler’s military headquarters in Rastenburg on July 20, 1944, but while the bomb exploded and killed several officers, Hitler 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.

Jennifer Aniston meets Brad Pitt's baby Shiloh, leaving Jolie livid

Brad Pitt has introduced his youngest child, one-year old Shiloh, to ex wife Jennifer Aniston, but ladylove Angelina Jolie reportedly wasn’t too pleased about the get together.

According to British magazine Heat, Pitt and Aniston, once Hollywood’s golden couple, met at the latter’s Malibu mansion for an ‘emotional’ lunch recently.

A source also revealed that Aniston thought that Brad’s youngest was just ‘adorable’.

"They met for just over an hour. It was very emotional. Jen held the baby and called her 'adorable,'" a source told the magazine.

The source added that the meeting also marked a new turn in Brad and Jennifer’s relationship.

"They are trying to be adult about the whole thing. Now that they have properly moved on, they can move towards building a friendship," the insider added.

However, according to another Brit mag Star, it seems that none too pleased with the reunion was Pitt’s current ladylove Angelina Jolie, who believes that Aniston is trying to drive a wedge between the couple.

"Angelina went totally ballistic. She rarely gets so angry. She was shouting so hard at Brad that the veins were bulging in her neck. She told him in no uncertain terms that they were finished if he took Shiloh anywhere near Jennifer again," a source told the mag.

The insider revealed that Brad had asked Jolie to come along for lunch, but the latter had refused.

"Angelina couldn't believe it. She asked Brad what the hell he thought he was doing, and why he was humiliating her like that. But Brad couldn't believe he was getting the third degree. He told Ange it was just a harmless lunch. Angelina told him, 'She, Jen, is just loving it. Can't you see?

She's in touch with your mom, too. She might as well move in with us,'" the insider said.

Pitt’s already rocky marriage to Aniston collapsed after he met Jolie on the sets of their 2005 film Mr and Mrs Smith. Shortly afterwards, the couple divorced and Brad moved in with Jolie and her kids Maddox and Zahara, whom he later adopted.

Soon afterwards came the news that Hollywood’s new power-couple were expecting a child of their own, and baby Shiloh joined the clan in July 2006.

In March this year the couple added to their family once again when Jolie adopted second son Pax from Vietnam.

Britney Spears To Host Opening Night For Celebrity Nightclub

Pop star and routine club hopper Britney Spears will host the opening night party at the latest celebrity club in Las Vegas’ Luxor Hotel.

The night club is a joint investment of multiple celebrities including Christina Aguilera, Nick Lachey, and Wilmer Valderrama.

The LAX will host the event on the night of its opening on August 31.

"Britney Spears will host the grand opening," a club rep said Tuesday, reports People.

Its not for certain if Britney will perform on the opening night but hopefully she won’t pass-out from being drunk this time.

Katie Holmes Leaves Cruise Home To Attend ‘HairSpray’ Premier

Actress Katie Holmes recently returned to New York to attend the movie Premier for
HairSpray leaving husband Tom Cruise in Germany to shooting his new film there.

Queen Latifah invited her co-star from Mad Money on the set of which Holmes and Latifah had become good pals.

Holmes stole the show at the red carpet at the premier of the all star cast movie wearing a black mini dress and stilettos, reports CBS.

"She's cool, man," Latifah said. "She's cool. I'm glad she came. Hopefully she will have a good time. I want everyone to go in there and enjoy the movie. I think they will."

John Travolta, also a cast member of the movie that is a remake of John Waters' 1988 comedy cult classic, is a close friend of the Cruises’ being a fellow scientologist. Travolta was also a guest at their wedding in November 2006.

The movie Premier of HairSpray, that also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, was presented by New Line Cinema at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, in New York City.

Cracks appear in Gisele Bundchen's relationship with Tom Brady?

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's ex, Bridget Moynahan, is due to give birth to their son on Friday, which ironically is current girlfriend, Gisele Bündchen’s 27th birthday. Is the stark reality of how the newborn will affect her life getting to Bündchen?

According to Page Six, Bündchen's past nonchalance about Moynahan's pregnancy may finally be cracking up.

Even though Brady's family is flying to Italy to spend time with the couple at the villa in Rome that Bündchen recently acquired, Bundchen is reportedly upset.

While staying at the Auberge du Soleil luxury spa resort in Napa valley recently she and Brady fought openly in front of hotel guest.

Bündchen, who is estimated to have accumulated a $150 million fortune, topped the recently announced Forbes 15 richest supermodels list for the year 2006.

Michael Jackson ordered to pay $256,000 in overdue fees to law firm

Singer Michael Jackson has been ordered to pay more than 256,000 dollars in overdue fees to a California law firm, court records have revealed.

Documents show that the former King of Pop must pay 216,837 dollars in fees and 39,177 dollars in interest to law firm of Ayscough and Marar after failing to reimburse them for their services following his 2005 child molestation case.

Ayscough and Marar sued Jackson on February 21, 2006 in Torrance Superior Court, near Los Angeles.

The case was moved to Los Angeles civil courthouse last year at the request of Jackson's lawyers, but last month a judge ruled in favor of the law firm.

It is believed Jackson's lawyers have agreed to pay the outstanding fees.

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