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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Critics agree that the 11th season of American Idol, which aired on Wednesday, features an unusually high level of talent compared to previous seasons, but it was overshadowed by 63-year-old judge Steven Tyler hitting on 15-year-old Shannon Magrane in front of her dad, '80s St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Karl Magrane. After meeting the extended Magrane family, Tyler joked with the former hurler about the weather in Boston during the summer, calling it “hot, humid, and happening — just like your daughter.”
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In related age-difference news, fellow Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, 42, may want to keep 24-year-old Casper Smart off Twitter after JLo's boytoy posted eye-rollingly corny comments about age difference such as, "Age, status, 'n opinions of others are irrelevant. Our hearts are endless and our souls infinite," and "Ages are mere reminders of the hours logged on this earth and the precious time remaining," and "Close your ears and open your hearts; Love and be happy."
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After telling Men's Journal he would've overpowered the terrorists on Flight 93 and landed the plane safely, but not before leaving "a lot of blood in that first-class cabin," Mark Wahlberg has apologized in a statement to TMZ that read, "To suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible."
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His relationship troubles may be on the cover of People magazine, but Johnny Depp can take some measure of comfort that he's America's favorite actor for the 2nd year in a row, according to a Harris poll.
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Some stars without makeup look significantly worse. In the case of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, who posted a pic of her makeup-free mug on Twitter, she looks significantly better.
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Justin Timberlake is engaged to Jessica Biel, popping the question over the holidays. The couple split in 2011, with Timberlake reportedly sowing some wild oats with Mila Kunis, Olivia Munn, and Olivia Wilde, while Biel did the same with Gerard Butler.
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Zooey Deschanel has filed for divorce from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and the divorce docs shed a close light on Deschanel's finances. Zooey
— makes an average of $95,000 a month
— spends and average $22,550 a month (including $2K on clothes)
— has $1,578,000 in the bank
— has an additional $1,645,000 in stocks, bonds, etc.
— has real and personal property valued at $693,300
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Marc Anthony, clearly fed up with all the media attention ex Jennifer Lopez is getting with new boy-toy Casper Smart, posted a pic on Facebook smooching with 24-year-old Venezuelan model Shannon de Lima.
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Tiger Woods' ex Elin Nordegren has bulldozed a $12 million North Palm Beach, Florida house to make way for her dream home. Nordegren struck a $100 million divorce settlement with Woods last year.
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Casey Anthony has surfaced in a strange and awkward video posted on Facebook that she recorded in October, sporting a completely new look with dark-rimmed glasses and a blonde bob.
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Speaking of blonde bobs, perhaps Cameron Diaz has been influenced by Anthony as she debuted her new hairstyle while on vacation in Hawaii.
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Lindsay Lohan blew off an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' show to promote her Playboy pictorial, but found time to attend a Jay Z concert with sis Ali at Staples Center Tuesday night.
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It's reported Marc Anthony is "going nuts" over ex Jennifer Lopez's relationship with 24-year-old boy-toy Casper Smart. Is it because Smart is now driving the former couple's pimped out Bentley?
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Donald Trump is pulling out of moderating the Republican presidential debate because he's not happy with the GOP field and wants to leave the door open for a run. It's either that, or the fact that Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachmann said they would not participate.
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Chuck Lorre has broken his silence over the Charlie Sheen situation earlier this year, saying he nearly quit the show telling CBS "I can't work with a guy who has decided that he hates my guts."
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In NFL news, Olympic gold medal skier Lindsay Vonn denies rumors she's dating Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow, while out-of-work wide receiver Terrell Owens is being labeled a "dead-beat dad" by three women who have simultaneously filed court papers for unpaid child support totaling $35,000.
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Richard Dean Anderson, better known as the guy who played MacGyver, looks completely befuddled after his car broke down in Malibu on Tuesday.
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Planned or not, the first trailer for the motherhood-advice-book-cum-romcom-movie, What to Expect When You Are Expecting, is now out, and we finally get an idea as to how the best-selling advice book has been converted to the big screen — it hasn't.
What we seem to be in for, based on the first trailer, is an ensemble comedy featuring pregnant women and clueless men. Starring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, and Elizabeth Banks, among many others, the movie deigns to be "a look at the lives of five couples as they prepare to become parents."
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Kim Kardashian was in the audience to watch brother Rob score a perfect 30 on Dancing With the Stars and assume front-runner status for the coveted mirrorball trophy.
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Justin Bieber took a DNA test last Friday and now it's baby mama accuser Mariah Yeater's turn to submit one from son Tristyn to see if there's a match. The Biebs did not look concerned as he left an IHOP with Selena Gomez Monday morning.
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The Fiat 500 is quickly becoming known as "The JLo Car," even dancing with it at the American Music Awards. Jennifer Lopez's performance with the sporty new number has been called "shameless," but apparently paid her a 7-figure sum.
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Please make it stop! One week after stripping her top off at the Sao Paulo music and arts festival in Brazil, Courtney Love let her nipple slip at the kid pic Hugo premiere in NYC.
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Demi Moore has reportedly headed for Hawaii for some "soul searching" after spending the last few days throwing Ashton Kutcher's possessions out of their Beverly Hills home while he's been staying at LA's Mondrian Hotel.
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Designer Carolina Herrera, who designed Bella's wedding dress in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 plans to sell copies of them at her CHNY boutiques next year. No quantity or price has been set. If you can't wait until then, or don't have the thousands they're likely to cost, Alfred Angelo has a Twilight-approved replica for just $799.
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Those Power Balance bracelets you see around? Yeah, they don't work. The company has reached a $57.4 million settlement to compensate all those who were misled into buying the product and will close its doors.
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Justin Timberlake kept his word and attended the Marine Corps ball on Saturday with Corporal Kelsey DeSantis, who asked him on the date on YouTube in July. "JT," as DeSantis called him, later wrote on his web site, "Last night changed my life and I will never forget it." Mila Kunis, who was also asked out to a Marine Ball on YouTube, still plans on attending this Saturday.
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The judge who set the lowball, unsecured bail for accused child abuser Jerry Sandusky was a volunteer at his charitable foundation, The Second Mile. Meanwhile, on Saturday Night Live the Devil himself was so disgusted by the Penn State scandal that he quit as Satan and decided to go back to his old job as a customer service rep for Time-Warner Cable.
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Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper must not have worked out because the 42-year-old JLo is now linked to 24-year-old boy toy/backup singer Casper Smart.
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Kendall Jenner, whose half sister is Kim Kardashian, received a $90,000 2012 Land Rover for her 16th birthday. KK could not be in attendance because she's still shooting Tyler Perry's Marriage Counselor in Atlanta.
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Chelsea Clinton has been hired as a correspondent by NBC News, the New York Times is reporting. She'll be assigned to the "Making a Difference" series that airs on “NBC Nightly News.”
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Ex porn star Sasha Grey caused a stir last week when she read to first and third-grade students at a California elementary school, but is unrepentant and plans on continuing to read to kids.
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Bill O'Reilly's new book on the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln — Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever — is so filled with inaccuracies that its sale has been banned at the Ford Theater gift shop.
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Brad Pitt has announced that he's going to quit acting in three years, when he turns 50.
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Justin Bieber categorically denied paternity charges against him this morning on NBC's Today show, saying he's "never met" accuser Mariah Yeater. In addition to death threats from Beliebers, Yeater could face statutory rape charges since Bieber was just 16 at the time of the alleged encounter. Meanwhile pictures of Yeater have emerged and it's fair to say she's a weird one.
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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries still talk and text despite their impending divorce, while Humphries is "getting through it" by working out at his favorite Minnesota gym, sans wedding ring.
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Jennifer Lopez fired her manager for suggesting she lose weight.
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In an interview with GQ, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi says Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is "already broke," and that the outfit she wore for her "realest" interview yet cost just $50. Snooks, we believe you!
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Drew Barrymore is by far the most overpaid Hollywood star, according to Forbes, returning just 40 cents for every dollar studios spend on her. #2 is Eddie Murphy at $2.70, followed by Will Ferrell ($3.50), Reese Witherspoon ($3.55), and Denzel Washington ($4.25).
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Ashton Kutcher attended Bill Clinton's Decade of Difference concert with his wedding ring but without wife Demi Moore, as a moving truck was spotted outside the couple's house days earlier. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga made everyone feel uncomfortable, singing Bad Romance to Bill and Hillary, telling the former president "I love you and your hot wife," and then dropping an F-bomb.
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Sources say Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lopez are "casually dating," but don't tell that to JLo as she shielded her face from paparazzi like she was doing a perp walk after the couple was spotted on a date Saturday night.
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Scarlett Johansson has hinted at the reasons her marriage to Ryan Reynolds may have failed, telling the German magazine GALA that she could be "overcritical - with myself and with other people. And I don't compromise... I pass judgment on people quite quickly."
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ABC has paved the way for Minka Kelly to reunite with Derek Jeter by cancelling Charlie's Angels. (Jeter's Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs two weeks ago.) Critics were harsh on the show — and Kelly in particular — with THR writing, "It’s beyond heinous. It contains some of the worst acting of the last decade on network television, much of it by Minka Kelly."
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Neal Schon dropped more than $10K on lingerie for "groupie slut" Michaele Salahi. The Journey guitarist bought her 42 bras and 38 panties at Rodeo Drive's La Perla boutique, totaling $10,496.55 (with tax).
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Finally, PBS's Seasame Street YouTube channel was hacked on Sunday with Bert and Ernie getting replaced by — you guessed it — porn.
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Cyndi Lauper did her best Christina Aguilera impersonation at the U.S. Open, mumbling the words to the National Anthem before the semifinal match between Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki. Williams won that match then lost the final to Samantha Stoser, but not before calling the chair umpire a hater and a loser in an ugly outburst.
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The American Psychiatric Association says it's OK to let your kids watch Chaz Bono perform on Dancing With the Stars because it will not make them want to have a sex change operation. SpongeBob SquarePants is another story as psychologists at the University of Virginia have determined that even watching a few minutes of the show can impair little kids' thinking.
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Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper become Hollywood's biggest power couple as they shared a romantic dinner at Per Se in NYC on Saturday. Meanwhile, George Clooney and former wrestler Stacy Keibler went public, doing the party scene at the Toronto Film Festival.
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The New York Post reports that disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner is going to have a "little Weiner" as he and wife Huma Abedin are expecting a baby boy.
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Finally, Spartacus: Blood and Sand actor Andy Whitfield died on Sunday after an 18-month battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 39.
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Cher is striking back at transphobic critics of Chaz Bono — many of whom are upset about her transgender offspring being part of DWTS — tweeting "Chaz is Being Viciously Attacked on Blogs & Message boards about being on DWTS! This is Still America right?" Chaz replied with "Thanks for all your support mom. The haters are just motivating me to work harder and stay on DWTS as long as I possibly can."
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After nearly two weeks of deliberation since Russell Armstrong's suicide, Bravo execs have decided not to postpone next week's premiere of Season 2 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and that "re-editing of the episodes is still underway." Meanwhile, RadarOnline reports Taylor Armstrong is struggling with her finances since her husband's death and that "Taylor's salary from the Bravo reality show was not as lucrative as they wanted people to think." This may mean no more $60,000 birthday parties for her 5-year-old daughter Kennedy.
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Mel Gibson had a smile on his face in the Los Angeles County Courthouse yesterday after he finalized a settlement with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva that will pay her just $750,000 over a four-year period. The deal comes a year after Grigorieva said she wanted to "see where the chips might fall" and turned down a $15 million offer from Gibson.
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Since the news of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's split hit in July we've only heard her side of the story. But now in an interview with ABC News' John Quinones, Anthony brushes off claims of infidelity and takes the high road saying, "These things happen. It was a decision we made jointly."
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In baby news, Iron Man Robert Downey Jr.'s wife Susan is pregnant with the couple's first child, and Alyssa Milano gave birth to a baby boy yesterday already wants more, telling E! she'll be more pregnant than not in the next few years.
Posted 09.01.11 by reelz