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Robin Gibb, one of the last Bee Gees members, died Sunday at the age of 62 after a long battle with battle with cancer. Robin's twin Maurice died of intestinal surgery complications in 2003. The Bee Gee's Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling soundtrack album of all time until surpassed by Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard. The record topped the charts for 24 straight weeks when released in 1978. Gibb leaves behind brother Barry, wife Dwina, and three children.
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Whitney Houston was awarded the Millennium Award at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards Through tears, daughter Bobbi Kristina told the crowd. "I just wanna say thank you to everyone who supported us through it all — not just when it was good, but when it was bad too..." TMZ reports there was drama behind the scenes because the award show only wanted Bobbi to accept the award, but sister-in-law Pat Houston, who was Whitney's manager, reportedly demanded to be on stage with Bobbi.
John Legend and Jordin Sparks performed a Houston tribute at the BMAs. Houston's final song, a duet with Sparks that she recorded just four days before her death, has just been released. The song is from the upcoming movie Sparkle.
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Nick Stahl has been found. The Terminator 3 actor, reported missing by his wife. last week, has checked himself into rehab. While the couple has been separated since January, Rose Stahl told TMZ "she is not even thinking about divorce right now — she is just glad he is safe."
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"Now this is the story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down..." Everyone knows those are the opening lyrics for the theme song to the '90s classic The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Even 16 years after the show was on the air, Will Smith proved he still knew the song when he rapped it on Britain's The Graham Norton Show. The YouTube clip has already amassed 1.4M hits.
This was Smith's second viral hit from the weekend with the first being a video of Smith slapping a Ukrainian journalist who tried to kiss him on the lips at the Russian premiere of Men in Black 3. After backhanding the reporter, Smith told reporters, "He's lucky I didn't sucker punch him!"
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Even since being cast to play Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie, Lindsay Lohan has reportedly been obsessed with the legendary actress. Over the weekend, photos hit the web of Lohan trying on Taylor-inspired outfits, including a green dress that resembled the famous the Valentino dress Taylor was photographed in. The Lifetime movie Liz and Dick is scheduled to start shooting next month.
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And in Justin Bieber news, the Biebs has released the track list for his upcoming album Believe. Don't act like you're not going to buy it.
Posted 05.21.12 by Chris 
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Sacha Baron Cohen nearly became the victim of his own antics today in Cannes. The actor almost fell off a camel during a publicity stunt to promote his movie, The Dictator, while at the Cannes Film Festival. The actor had planned to ride a camel through the city's famous Croisette promenade, but nearly tumbled backward when he tried to mount the animal. Luckily, he was caught and continued with his camel ride through Cannes.
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Nick Stahl, best known for playing John Connor in Terminator 3, has been reported missing, says TMZ. On Monday, the actor's wife, Rose Stahl, filed a missing person's report with the L.A.P.D. saying she had last seen him May 9th. The actor has been separated from his wife since January, and in February she filed court papers expressing that she was concerned that Nick was using drugs and that she wanted visitations with his daughter to be supervised. His wife is now reportedly concerned that drug use has something to do with the actor's disappearance.
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Singer/dancer/actress Jennifer Lopez was just named the number 1 celebrity on Forbes' list of 100 Most Powerful Celebrities. She was followed by Oprah Winfrey in the number two spot, with Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga rounding out the top 5.
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In other J.Lo news, she was awfully coy about whether she would return to American Idol next season in a recent interview with Ellen DeGeneres. Lopez said, "I really do enjoy it" but continued that she also misses "doing other things. It really does lock you down." Sounds like someone is in contract negotiations. Also, it's interesting to note that in 2009, before Lopez was an idol judge, she didn't even make the Forbes 100 list. Just sayin'.
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In yet more Idol-related news, Ryan Seacrest just spent around $49 million for DeGeneres' Beverly Hills estate. The Idol host's new digs include a 9,200-square-foot main house, as well as 3 guest houses on 2.87 acres.
Posted 05.16.12 by Mandy