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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
There's a new Kardashian in the world. Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to daughter Penelope Scotland Disick early Sunday at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. This is the second child for Kourtney and boyfriend Scott Disick (the two have a 2-year-old son, Mason). E! reports that the 33-year-old had an all-natural birth. Penelope weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces. So will viewers get to watch Penelope's birth? "I don't know," Kourtney said on the Tonight Show a few weeks ago. "We're gonna film it again ourselves, and honestly, my experience last time was so peaceful and calm and everything you don't see in the movies. And I really wanted to share that with people so they knew it doesn't have to be a crazy screaming session."
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In honor of her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, which is set against the Bosnian War, actor-director Angelina Jolie became an honorary citizen of the Bosnian city. The tearful Jolie accepted the honor at the country's Sarajevo Film Festival on Saturday. "This means so much to me. My heart is in this city," she said. Jolie arrived at the event with three of her children on a private plane.
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There was very sad news for Usher and his estranged wife over the weekend. The singer's 11-year-old stepson, Kyle, was declared brain dead after being accidentally struck with a jetski. The boy was in an inner tube on a lake in Atlanta when a jetskier hit him, striking him in the head and knocking him unconscious. Doctors later said that Kyle had registered no brain activity since being admitted to the hospital. Currently Usher and Tameka Foster are in the middle of a bitter divorce battle but despite the feud Usher chartered a plane for Tameka, who was out of town, so she could be by her son's side. No decision has yet been made as to whether or not take Kyle off life support.
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Actor Ernest Borgnine passed away Sunday of renal failure at the age of 95. The legendary actor had more than 200 credits to his name, most recently starring in 2010's Red. Borgnine earned a Best Actor Oscar for his role in 1955's Marty He was best known for playing the title officer in the 1960s TV comedy McHale's Navy. In 2011 he received the Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actor's Guild. “Heck, I’m just a character actor for God sakes. I’m no big star,” he told Deadline at the time. Borgnine's wife and children were at his side when he passed away.
watch our coverage of Borgnine's passing >> Posted 07.09.12 by Chris -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
While Charlie Sheen's radio and talk show appearances have slowed to a crawl, he's breaking news on his Twitter feed — now with 1.53 million followers — saying the "the title of my book has finally been delivered thru vast and extensive Lunar channels," and it's going to be called "Apocalypse Me."
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A release date for George Clooney's political thriller The Ides of March has been set for October 14, right in the Oscar-release sweet spot. We'll be able to see but not smell Clooney as plans for his own fragrance fell through after the actor demanded a multi-year deal worth more than $30 million.
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Nearly two weeks after it was revealed Mariah Carey was paid $1 million to sing four songs at a Gaddafi family New Year's Eve bash in St. Barts, she's finally come clean, saying she was "naïve" and feels "horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess." Interestingly, unlike Nelly Furtado and Beyonce, who have donated their payments to charity, Carey says she'll record a song for her upcoming album Save the Day and give those proceeds to charity. Still silent on the Gaddafi concert scandal is Usher, who also performed at the same St. Barts bash as Beyonce, according to WikiLeaks.
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While rumors of a Sean Penn-Scarlett Johansson romance heat up, ScarJo ex Ryan Reynolds is in South Africa hanging out with what looks to be Twiggy.
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Elizabeth Hurley has been cast in NBC's Wonder Woman reboot. Hurley will play the villain, in a outfits that surely will incorporate her signature plunging necklines.
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One day before the 20th anniversary of the LA riots, Rodney King was pulled over by Los Angeles police and cited for driving with an expired license, but not beaten.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
It's another win — and a big one — for Charlie Sheen as he set a Guiness Record for the fastest Twitter user to 1 million followers, reaching the milestone in just 25 hours and 17 minutes. Sheen's Twitter bio reads "Born Small ... Now Huge ... Winning ... Bring it ... (unemployed winner)."
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Sheen's soon-to-be ex Brooke Mueller is demanding that his "goddesses" — porn star Bree Olson and pot mag bikini model Natalie Kenly — submit to drug tests when he is given access to their children again. Sheen's response? Bring it! He passed another drug test yesterday and said he would match Mueller "test for test."
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Days after Gisele Bundchen showed her stuff for V Magazine, Britney Spears has done the same — time for us to get a subscription! — while Megan Fox's recent shoot for Emporio Armani lingerie suggests she might be on the Gisele diet.
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All hail Beyonce. When asked for a comment on what she did with Gaddafi-family concert money, a Beyonce spokesperson told The Huffington Post that once the star learned that payment for a 2009 New Year's Eve show on St. Barts came from Gaddafi, she donated the money to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund. On Tuesday Nelly Furtado said she would donate her $1M payment for a Gaddafi concert to charity. Mariah Carey and Usher have both performed for the Gaddafi clan at St. Barts New Year's Eve parties but so far have been silent, and did not return Huffington Post's calls for comment.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
After flubbing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, passing out at Jeremy Renner's 40th birthday party, and threatening to fire anyone who suggests she needs help, Christina Aguilera is going Sheen, arrested last night for public intoxication while her boyfriend Matthew Rutler was arrested for DUI.
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While Lindsay Lohan allegedly steals really crappy-looking $2,500 necklaces, Oscar co-host Anne Hathaway was paid $750,000 to wear Tiffany & Co. jewelry for the event, while Gwenyth Paltrow earned $500,000 to wear earrings, a brooch, and ring from Louis Vuitton for her performance of "Coming Home." Helena Bonham Carter, on the other hand, wore charms from a pair of Flip Out flip-flops given away at the Four Seasons hotel.
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Canadian pop star Nelly Furtado tweeted that she's donating $1M of "Qaddafi clan" money to charity. She was paid one million dollars by the family for a 45-minute show in Italy in 2007. No word yet from Mariah Carey, who was paid $1M by the Gaddafi regime for singing four songs at a 2009 New Year's Eve party in St. Barts, nor from Beyonce or Usher, both of whom were paid undisclosed sums — our guess, $1M — by Saif Gaddafi for the 2010 St. Barts New Year's bash.
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Renee Zellweger is set to reprise her role as Bridget Jones for the third Bridget Jones movie, but only after "she found out she wouldn't have to get fat." Reigning Best Actor Colin Firth is also interested in starring in the sequel.
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No fat for supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who showed off her abs — and her spine — during a shoot for V Magazine.
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LATEST CHARLIE SHEEN QUOTES
* Called his current life with his twin boys and two 24-year-old girlfriends "a polygamy story."
* Said he and his girlfriends "win so radically in our underwear before our first cup of coffee, it's scary. People say it's lonely at the top, but I sure like the view."
* Called Hugh Hefner "an amateur."
Also don't miss: A picture of Sheen with twin boys Bob and Max, alongside his "goddesses," porn star Bree Olson and pot magazine bikini model Natalie Kenly.
Posted 03.01.11 by reelz