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Taken 2 star Liam Neeson appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in a fuzzy pink bathrobe and a pair of very pink skivvies. The reason? Ellen had kidnapped his daughter... Wait, that's our new elevator pitch. Neeson was actually on the show to help support breast cancer research and the stunt helped raise $20,000 after the, er, healthy 60-year-old actor dropped trou and took his place in an impromtu dunk tank. A lucky audience member helped.
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Hollywood Headlines
We've known it was coming for awhile, but the era of TomKat is officially over. On Monday, a New York judge signed off on the final judgment in the divorce of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
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There's lots of buzz about Natalie Portman going nude for a Dior Lipcolor ad, but in reality, the photo is very tasteful and rather tame. Portman looks gorgeous, but it's a little reminiscent of the far more provocative Calvin Klein Obsession ads from the 1990s that featured Kate Moss.
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Though she died over thirty years ago, the death certificate of Natalie Wood has just been amended by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The cause of death has been changed from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors." The LA County Sheriff's office reopened the investigation into Woods death last year.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
We thought things were turning around for Lindsay Lohan. Recently off probation, Lohan started to line up acting gigs like playing Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie and a guest spot on Glee, but now there are reports Lohan is causing trouble at William McKinley High School. Lohan was so late for her second day on the Glee set that production sent a car to the Chateau Marmont hotel to pick her up. "Lindsay was a total nightmare yesterday," one insider told E! News. "She was three hours late in the morning, and when she did finally arrive, she just didn't want to be there. She did not want to work. She had not memorized her lines, and she kept disappearing so no one could find her." And Us Weekly reports that in addition to showing up late, Lohan has made a list of demands. "One of her demands has to do with her trailer size," said a source. "The cast is already worked to death and then she puts everything behind. She is a diva!" Dot Marie Jones, who plays Coach Shannon Beiste on the show, tweeted her frustration about a certain cast member's tardiness. "Gonna be a long day!! Some ppl show up late and just throw a wrench in things. Not cool! I'd rather be an hour early (I was) than 5 minutes late." She has since deleted the tweet. Of course, a rep for Lohan blamed her tardiness on a mix-up about her call time and said claims of problems on the set are "utter B.S." "This is a classic example of people trying to bash Lindsay," said the rep. "She busted her ass yesterday and is back on set again today."
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Seems not everyone is a fan of Kimye. Jay Z reportedly wants nothing to do with Kanye West's new girlfriend, Kim Kardashian. According to MediaTakeOut.com, Jay Z and Beyonce refused to even be in the same room as Kim K at a dinner thrown by Knicks player Carmelo Anthony on Monday. One insider said Jay Z and Beyonce waited outside in their car until Kim and Kanye left the part. "Beyonce doesn't want to be in the same [photo] shot with [Kim Kardashian]," said the source. Apparently, Jay Z's contempt for Kim is nothing new. He has already forbidden Kim from joining them on tour.
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Looks like Buffy the Vampire Slayer is going to be a mom again. Us Weekly reports Sarah Michelle Gellar is pregnant with her second child. Gellar has a two-year-old daughter, Charlotte Grace, with husband Freddie Prinze Jr. "She and Freddie are thrilled," a friend of the pair says. "They're amazing parents."
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Speaking of motherhood, looks like being pregnant is having a positive affect on Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi. "I guess [pregnancy] just made me more mature," the Jersey Shore star told reporters while promoting her new MTV show Snooki & JWoww, which will follow Polizzi during her first trimester. In addition to giving up tanning, Snooki has also given up another vice. "It's different because now I'm not drinking," Polizzi said. "I'm usually partying and going to clubs but pregnancy made me grow up a lot." Maybe the kid has a chance after all.
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And in literary news, watch Ellen read parts of the erotic bestseller 50 Shades of Grey.
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The Lorax co-stars Zac Efron and Taylor Swift appeared on Ellen yesterday to promote the upcoming Dr. Seuss movie. While they definitely brought on the cute, true to Ellen DeGeneres form, things got "weird."
After denying any rumors of dating (multiple times), discussing the animated movie, and even talking about Swift's cats, the duo serenaded DeGeneres with their own special version of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks." With lyrics like "every single time I come on this show it's really weird, really weird, all because of Ellen" the host couldn't help but laugh .
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The Internet loves a good freak out video — add a celebrity and it's sure to rack up the views. This is exactly what happened when, on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres show, Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) shared her love for sloths along with a clip.
For Bell's 31st birthday last summer, funnyman Dax Shepard surprised his wife with a special gift. Bell, an avid lover of sloths, knew what the gift was before even seeing it and was overcome with joy. And tears. As she told Ellen:
My entire life had been waiting for this moment where I would get to interact — I'm serious — with a sloth.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Seal is using nationally syndicated talk shows as therapy over the "shock" of getting served divorce papers by Heidi Klum, first telling Ellen DeGeneres and then Tavis Smiley that, basically, these things happen.
Behind the scenes, TMZ reports that for two weeks Klum had been secretly shopping around LA looking for the best defense lawyer, while the Post's Page Six says Seal had been looking to move out "for weeks" prior to the announcement. At issue seems to be Seal's volcanic temper that became too much for Klum to take, especially around their four children.
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Days after Tracy Morgan was rushed to the hospital after suffering from altitude sickness at Sundance, Kevin Federline was rushed to the hospital after suffering "heart pain" while shooting reality TV show "Excess Baggage" in Australia. Speculation is it's KFed's excess baggage — he is 6', 235 pounds — was a leading factor in the incident.
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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong, whose husband Russell committed suicide last year, is terrified she might get axed from the show because she needs a job and doesn't have any other source of income. Kim Richards is not expected to return next season due to her addiction battle, and Camille Grammer is also probably out as she pursues other reality TV opportunities.
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Whitney Houston, who has regularly battled an addiction to crack, is flat broke. Radar reports her $100 million fortune is completely gone and that she recently called a friend asking to borrow $100.
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The Super Bowl is set, with the New York Giants and New England Patriots set for a SB XLII rematch on February 5, and now the Puppy Bowl lineup has been announced, which includes 15-week-old Jack Russell/pug mix Baskin and 12-week-old pitbull Anthony.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Cinema lost one of its biggest fans with the death of Kim Jong-Il over the weekend. The North Korean dictator, ruthlessly parodied in 2004's Team America: World Police, owned 20,000 movies and claimed to have seen every Oscar Best Picture winner. His favorite actress was Elizabeth Taylor, his favorite actor was Sean Connery, and his two favorite movies were Friday the 13th and Rambo.
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Speaking of Elizabeth Taylor, her jewelry auction had $116 million in sales, with Taylor admirer Kim Kardashian scooping up three Lorraine Schwartz bangles, paying $64,900 for the jade bracelets. In other, creepier auction news, Liz BFF Michael Jackson's belongings continue to be sold, with the rug that was under the bed he died in going for $15,360, far exceeding the $400-$600 estimate.
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Hugh Hefner tweeted that the Lindsay Lohan issue of Playboy is breaking sales records, although CNN called a dozen newsstands in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta Sunday and found just one that is sold out of the issue.
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Kobe Bryant's wife filed for divorce on Friday, apparently finally pushed over the edge by his repeated infidelity. It's rumored Bryant is linked to Kim Kardashian best friend Carla DiBello.
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Ellen DeGeneres has purchased Brad Pitt's 4,000-square-foot Malibu home for $12 million. She and wife Portia de Rossi are downsizing, having put their 15,000-square-foot manse on the market last month for $49 million.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
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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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
A rep for Gossip Girl Blake Lively says the nude pics of the star that hit the web yesterday are "100% fake," that "she's never taken nude photos of herself," and she'll "pursue legal action" against any site that republishes them. OK then. Meanwhile, it's increasingly obvious that Lively has succumbed to Leonardo DiCaprio's weeks-long wining and dining and they're now a couple.
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After last week's Maui PDA-fest, we're definitely not ready to deal with this Twitter pic of Justin Bieber giving Selena Gomez a foot massage.
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Echoing what this column's been saying for weeks, Andre Dimino, president of the Italian-American group UNICO, calls Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi "our worst ever export and [she] is an embarrassment for Italian Americans and our whole country." In Italy, Snooki posed in a neck brace the day after rear-ending a Florentine cop car.
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Britain's Daily Mail reports Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child was obsessed with watching Terminator 2 when he was growing up, but had no idea he was watching his dad.
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Cassandra Sanchez, the passenger on singer Sean Kingston's out-of-control jet ski has no plans to press charges and says, "Sean is a good guy." Kingston remains in critical condition after crashing the watercraft into a Miami bridge tressel.
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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have put their Beverly Hills compound on the market for $60 million. Given that they bought the 12,000-square-foot property in 2007, at the height of the real estate bubble, for just $29 million, we wish them luck.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown: Fast Friday Edition
Kate Middleton kept it real yesterday, pushing around an empty shopping cart at a Waitrose supermarket in Anglesey, Wales.
RELATED: Suffering wedding withdrawal? We've got encore showings of our "Royal Wedding Highlights" running this weekend.
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The Australian teen who threw eggs at Justin Bieber while he performed in Syndey has been charged with breaking and entering, trespassing, and malicious damage.
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Robert Pattinson thinks Betty White is one of the sexiest women in America.
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$7M doesn't buy you much house in Palo Alto as Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates.
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Nicolas Cage won't be charged with domestic abuse and disturbing the peace after his latest booze-fueled outburst in New Orleans last month.
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Kirstie Alley tells Ellen DeGeneres she used to have sex for two hours a day.
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Charlie Sheen is toying with the idea of taking his "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour to Europe and Australia, with all proceeds going to the Torpedoes Against Tornadoes Foundation Sheen has set up to aid Alabama tornado victims.
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Lindsay Lohan is smoking in a hot new photo shoot for BLANK magazine.
Posted 05.06.11 by reelz