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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Prince William told Katie Couric in an interview that aired Tuesday night that he is "very keen to have a family." His younger brother, Harry, echoed his sentiments and revealed that he too wants marriage and a family but is waiting for "the right person, someone who’s willing to take on the job." We're pretty sure he'll be successful in his quest, seeing as there are undoubtedly many young ladies who would be interested in the position.
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American Idol winner Phillip Phillips was forced to postpone kidney surgery yesterday. The singer has a congenital kidney condition and has already undergone eight surgeries because of it. The surgery on Tuesday was canceled because Phillips had a high fever due to a sinus infection.
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Looks like it's a good time to be a lawyer. There's a ton of celebrity-involved lawsuits in the news. Singer and songwriter Mary J. Blige's charity is being hit with two lawsuits. The Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now is accused of not paying its bills. Thirty musicians who performed at a benefit concert last year are claiming their checks bounced, and TD Bank is suing over a $250,000 loan that has gone into default.
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Tattoo artist Kat Von D is being sued by State Farm over a house fire. The fire happened back in 2010 and the insurance company paid out over $900,000 in damages. Now State Farm is saying the money wasn't owed because the fire was Von D's fault; it was started by lit candles that were left unattended.
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The band No Doubt is taking a video game company to court. The band members claim that Activision Publishing Inc. misled them about how their likenesses would be used in the game "Band Hero." According to the lawsuit, the game turns the band into "a virtual karaoke circus act."
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In what is the strangest celeb lawsuit news of the day, Ray J is being sued by L.A. stylist Marc Littlejohn over some clothing that was left in Whitney Houston's hotel room. Littlejohn is claiming that Ray J had borrowed some clothing for a Grammy-related event and then left the clothes in Houston's room the night before she died. According to the lawsuit, the clothes have not been seen since and the stylist has not been paid the $2,880 to cover the cost of the garments.
Posted 05.30.12 by Mandy -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
We knew she could do it. Nearly five years since her two DUI arrests, multiple rehab stints, and five trips to jail, Lindsay Lohan is off formal probation. Lilo has satisfied her probation terms and is no longer required to appear in court or report to a probation officer. Since November, the actress has completed more than 50 days of community service at the L.A. County morgue. Lohan is still on informal probation for her necklace theft case until May 2014. If she were to fall back into her old law-breaking ways, the judge could sentence her to 245 days in jail. But we have hope for Lohan. She's on the verge of a comeback career. Hot off her Saturday Night Live gig (that while didn't have critics cheering, did give the show some of its best ratings for the season), Lohan just booked a spot on Glee and has signed on to play Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming Lifetime movie, Liz and Dick.
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Everyone wants their hands on George Zimmerman, the man who fatally shot teen Trayvon Martin — everyone, including Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey said Zimmerman is at the top of her list for people she would like to interview. Nothing boosts ratings like a nationwide racial controversy. In seems Spike Lee also wanted Zimmerman too but instead chased two old people away from their home. The director has settled with the elderly couple whose address he erroneously posted on his Twitter account. Lee thought he was tweeting Zimmerman's address but instead tweeted the address of a senior Florida couple, who have been unable to return to their home out of fear they would be attacked. Lee has since apologized for the tweet. The couple's lawyer said their claim with Lee has been fully resolved and that the director called them personally and gave them a very heartfelt apology. "He agreed to compensate them for their loss and the disruption to their lives," said Lee's lawyer.
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Staff at the Today show are "shocked" that Katie Couric is guest hosting on Good Morning America all next week. "There were a lot of jaws dropping all over the place," said one staffer. "Then there was a lot of sniping." Couric, of course, was the co-host of Today for 15 years before leaving to anchor the CBS evening news. Producers at Today are worried that Couric's appearance on GMA could end Today's 800-week streak of being the top-rated morning show. Yes, that's 800 straight weeks — more than 15 years. Couric isn't setting her alarm early permanently though. She's set to host her afternoon talk show, Katie, starting this September.
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And in we-agree news, in a new interview Rolling Stone named Jennifer Lawrence the "coolest chick in Hollywood."
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
In what is sure to set off a fresh wave of death threats against her, Selena Gomez got all huggy with seemingly indifferent beau Justin Bieber at last night's Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Dallas.
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Dancing With the Stars finalists Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy neither confirm nor deny rumors that they're dating, but Maks gave a strong hint at a dancing exhibition on Sunday night saying, "Once in a while someone comes along in your life who changes how you see it. And for me, that's Kirstie Alley."
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After leaving the CBS Evening News in shambles, there's speculation Katie Couric's move to a daytime slot on ABC might take down General Hospital.
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It's reported 5-year-old Suri Cruise has an Imelda Marcos-like shoe collection with a retail value of $150K, and that as she gets older she insists on heels. Bunions by age 10?
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Fellas, Snooki is back on the market. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and beau Jionni LaValle have split after an 8-month relationship.
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Tiger Woods won't play in the U.S. Open later this month at Congressional due to lingering knee and Achillies injuries. It will be the first major he's missed since 1995.
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A much fuller-figured Christina Aguilera looks to have had a Jessica Simpson moment in high-waisted hot pants while performing on The Voice.
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Khloe Kardashian let a nipple slip on Fox and Friends and, learning of it on Twitter, tweeted, "Ha! Is it weird that I love it?! Who knew nipples were so special?"
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
While Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take the stage this morning at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to announce iCloud, Lion, and iOS 5, the Associated Press is busy interviewing top Hollywood studio and record label execs to update his obituary.
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Match.com is no match for the set of X-Men: First Class as co-stars Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult are dating, as are Zoe Kravitz and Michael Fassbender. Earlier it was rumored the father of January Jones's baby is director Matthew Vaughn.
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Season 4 of Jersey Shore — the one that was just shot in Italy — premieres on August 4th, while Season 5 is set to tape in New Jersey this month, which is apparently unbeknownst to the cast, who have booked extremely lucrative appearances over the summer.
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People says Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez are over. US Weekly says they're still together. Which celebrity gossip magazine to believe?! Either way, Diaz is doing her best to keep up her image, telling Britain's News of the World, "Sex is my favorite sport. I am always in the mood."
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Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis address romance rumors at last night's MTV Movie Awards by groping each other.
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Later today it's expected Katie Couric will announce plans to jump to ABC to do a daytime talk show, the same day Scott Pelley takes over her duties as the host of the CBS Evening News.
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Twilight star Nikki Reed and American Idol contestant Paul McDonald are tying the knot, after just three months of dating.
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The U.K.'s Daily Mail wonders what the heck happened to Goodfellas' Ray Liotta. Now we are too.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown: Happy Rapture Edition
Just in time for tomorrow's planned Rapture, Beyonce's new video for "Run the World (Girls)" looks like it was shot in the post-apocalyptic Bartertown from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
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Speaking of the apocalypse, E! Online has come up with a list of 10 things they'll miss that includes The Royal Baby and the Breaking Dawn movies.
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According to RadarOnline, Arnold Schwarzenegger did not voluntarily tell Maria Shriver about his love child — as Arnold has led people to believe — and confessed only after a suspecting Shriver confronted Mildred Baena, who broke down and spilled the beans.
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Schwarzenegger's big-screen comeback is on hold — including his anticipated return to the Terminator franchise — while the former governor focuses "on personal matters."
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Former Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danielle Staub was paid $25K for a strip video, but has quit her 3-year pole-dancing contract to seek mental help from Dr. Drew, and is now being sued by Scores Gentleman's Club for $375K for breach.
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Dressed in a gown and accessorized with pearls, Crystal the Hangover 2 monkey stole the show last night at the movie's red carpet premiere.
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Track Palin, the 22-year-old son of Sarah Palin, has married his high school sweetheart at a small ceremony in Hatcher Pass, Alaska.
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Sarah Palin bête noire Katie Couric signed off CBS Evening News for the last time on Thursday night. Scott Pelley takes over the job starting June 6.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Tina Fey has met her match in the Sarah Palin lookalike competition as Julianne Moore debuted her version of the former vice presidential candidate for HBO's Game Change. Meanwhile, yesterday the real-life Sarah Palin mocked her nemesis/departing CBS news anchor Katie Couric for leaving newsreading to focus on "multi-dimentional storytelling," saying, "Yeah, and I hear that she wants to now engage in more 'multi-dimensional story telling' versus I guess just the 'straight on, read into the, that teleprompter screen story telling." Previously Palin read local sports news from a teleprompter for KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska.
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As has been previously reported, Prince William will not wear a wedding band once he's married to Kate Middleton, and in keeping with their modern approach to marriage — or perhaps in exchange — Middleton will not vow to "obey" the prince, but instead promise to "love, comfort, honor and keep" him. The official wedding program has been released with pictures and all the vow details.
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Jessica Alba turns 30 today and in celebration you can choose either Pop Sugar's Jessica Alba Bikini Gallery or Radar Online's Jessica Alba Bikini Gallery. Last near Alba became nearly as famous for her bad acting as for her bikini body, winning four "Worst Supporting Actress" Razzies for her roles in The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete, and Valentine's Day.
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After winning over the crowd in Houston on Tuesday, Charlie Sheen stunk up the American Airlines Center in Dallas last night with fans leaving "by the dozens," but not before heckling him. Many tickets were given away for free. Sheen only has four performances left before "The Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour is put out of its misery.
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The real-life mother of boxer Mickey Ward, portrayed in The Fighter by Melissa Leo, died yesterday after being pulled from life support. Alice Ward, 79, had suffered a massive heart attack in January. Leo, of course, won a Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as the family matriarch.
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Bon Jovi #2 Richie Sambora has checked into rehab for alcohol abuse. By our count this is the third rehab trip for the guitarist after visits in 2007 and 2009.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Lindsay Lohan sounded contrite during her interview with Jay Leno that aired last night saying, "I've made a lot of poor decisions and I'm dealing with the consequences." Indeed. In addition to the 120 hours of morgue duty, LiLo will do 360 hours of community service at the Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles, a facility that provides permanent housing for homeless women.
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After a string of poorly reviewed "Violent Torpedo of Truth" performances, Charlie Sheen had no problems last night in Houston, with Chronicle critic Ken Hoffman calling Sheen "self-effacing, outrageous, filthy dirty and hilarious," and "had the wild crowd in his palms." Meanwhile, 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan is not amused, calling Sheen an "a**hole" and saying, "Charlie Sheen ain't funny to me. I think that's a train wreck and I feel bad for his two little kids because they're the bodies being pulled out of the train wreck."
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As royal wedding planners took a dry run yesterday, Buckingham Palace is up in arms over Kate Middleton's sister Pippa's plans as the professional party planner will turn the palace throne room — site of the reception — into a discotheque complete with mirror balls.
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The Aflac duck has its quack back and it's 36-year-old Dan McKeague of Hugo, Minnesota, who beat out 12,500 applicants for the job vacated by comedian Gilbert Gottfried who was fired after making some incredibly tasteless and unfunny jokes on Twitter after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
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Over the weekend Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were flown back to the Caribbean (St. Thomas, V.I.) to re-shoot the final sex (we think) scenes for the final Twilight movie, with Stewart in a tiny bikini with the top down.
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Final pieces of HBO's 2008 election movie Game Change are falling into place as CSI's Larry Sullivan has been cast as Sarah Palin chief of staff Chris Edwards, while Melissa Farman will play Bristol Palin.
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Yesterday Katie Couric made it official that she's leaving CBS, and in a statement CBS seemed pretty happy to see her go. "There's a lot to be proud of during Katie Couric's time at Evening News. CBS News, like Katie herself, is looking forward to the next chapter." Ouch!
Posted 04.27.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Maksim Chmerkovskiy dropped Kirstie Alley on last night's Dancing With the Stars, but the couple recovered nicely to score in the middle of the pack. The chivalrous Chmerkovskiy blamed the accident on a "charlie horse," not the fact that his partner outweighs him by at least 10 pounds.
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Rihanna's hit single "S&M" is clearly autobiographical, as she tells Rolling Stone that she's into the rough stuff. "Being submissive in the bedroom is really fun. You get to be a little lady, to have somebody be macho and in charge of your s**t. That's fun to me...I like to be spanked. Being tied up is fun. I like to keep it spontaneous. Sometimes whips and chains can be overly planned – you gotta stop, get the whip from the drawer downstairs. I'd rather have him use his hands."
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As the New York Daily News speculates on the top five possible replacements for Katie Couric's anchor chair at the CBS Evening News, TMZ reports 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley is the choice of CBS chairman Jeff Fager to turn around the flagging broadcast.
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Sean Hayes, best known as the guy from Will and Grace, has joined Will Sasso as a stooge in the Farrely brothers Three Stooges movie. (The role of Moe is still up for grabs.) The pic was originally set to star A-listers Sean Penn as Larry, Jim Carrey as Curly, and Benicio del Toro as Moe.
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Former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff still has it, as the 58 year-old star is dating 31 year-old Welsh model/factory worker and Pamela Anderson lookalike Hayley Roberts.
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Jane Fonda has weighed in on The Kennedys miniseries on her blog, calling it "pretty good," and praising the performance of Katie Holmes as Jackie. "Kate does Jackie really well, I think. It's interesting. I knew the Kennedys and never knew that Jackie wanted a divorce before Jack ran for president. Didn't realize the extent to which father Joe ran the show. Talk about patriarchy! In that family it was quintessential!"
Be sure to tune into ReelzChannel TV tonight at 8ET and 8PT for the third episode of The Kennedys.
Posted 04.05.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Charlie Sheen's "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour looked like a plain old bomb when it launched in Detroit on Saturday night, as the actor was nearly booed off stage in an atmosphere described as "that of a professional wrestling match." Audience member Natasha Sutton of Rochester, Michigan, described the show more simply to People saying "It was all crap."
After the show, someone on Team Sheen suggested driving the tour bus straight back to Los Angeles, but Sheen said "F**k that," and stayed up until 4:30 AM reworking the format for last night's Chicago performance that began and ended with a standing ovation.
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RadarOnline.com reports that while Lindsay Lohan lost out to Amy Adams in the role of Lois Lane in the Superman reboot, she is still being considered for a spot in the pic, possibly as a villain. Meanwhile, LiLo has been offered the role of Charles Manson victim Sharon Tate in Eyes of a Dream.
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Katie Couric plans to leave the CBS Evening News anchor desk and is expected to launch a syndicated talk show. Last week the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" saw its lowest-rated first quarter among total viewers and adults 25-54 since at least 1992 — as far back as Nielsen's records for the program go.
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Justin Timberlake was seen on a date a with soon-to-be-divorced Olivia Wilde, dancing and drinking vodka all night at the Roxbury (in Hollywood) until they left together at 3 AM. Since breaking up with longtime girlfriend Jessica Biel, Timberlake has been linked to Oliva Munn and Mila Kunis.
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Rutgers University parents are outraged after it was revealed Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was paid $32,000 to speak on campus last week, a sum $2 grand larger than what Toni Morrison will make for delivering the school's commencement address next month. Nester Delgado, 43, whose daughter is a freshman, said, "It's disgusting. Next year, is it going to be Jwoww or The Situation?"
Posted 04.04.11 by reelz