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In her big interview with Oprah, Kim Kardashian defended her relationship with rapper Kanye West, saying the courtship is no publicity stunt. "It's your heart you're playing with," Kim said. "I couldn't sacrifice my heart for a publicity stunt." The two have known each other for years and Kim said she doesn't know why it took so long for them to get together. I think we've always had an attraction to each other, but we've always been in other relationships or it wasn't the right timing." Kim must be referring to her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries as one of those "other relationships." Speaking of marriage, Kim said she has no imminent wedding plans with Kanye . . . at least not for this season of Keeping with the Kardashians.
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In concerns over DNA theft, Madonna reportedly has a team of DNA exterminators tasked with sterilizing her dressing room and entire backstage area after every show to thwart any would-be "genetic thieves." A concert promoter told the Winnipeg Free Press that everything is wiped down so as to not even leave a single strand of Madonna's hair. What is Madge so worried about? Someone swiping her DNA and creating a Jurassic Park-like Madonna sanctuary? A herd of Madonnas? We'd pay to see that.
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Most women celebrate their 40th birthday with dinner at Olive Garden or a girl's night out but Jenny McCarthy is celebrating turning 40 with a new Playboy pictorial. People posted a preview of the magazine cover featuring a very exposed McCarthy, who turns 40 in a few months. "I'm really proud of it," McCarthy said of her new Playboy cover, calling the pictures "gorgeous" and "classy." This is McCarthy's seventh nude pictorial for the men's magazine. She was Playmate of the Year in 1994.
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To honor the third anniversary of the death of her father, Michael Jackson, Paris Jackson posted a photo of him kissing wife Debbie Rowe, who bore two children for Jackson, Paris and Michael Joseph Jackson, 15. Paris also tweeted a message to her father: "RIP Michael Jackson .. Dad you will forever be in my heart <3 i love you"
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Kris Humphries is now alleging that Kim Kardashian was cheating on him with current boyfriend Kanye West. Humphries reportedly knew Kim was hooking up with West because the rapper was mysteriously absent from their big wedding even though mom Kris Jenner refers to West as a "close family friend." Humphries reportedly told his ex, Myla Sinanaj, "if [Kanye] is such a close friend, why wasn't he invited to the wedding?" TMZ reports Kris told Myla he "felt played" and was genuinely devastated when he heard about Kim and West dating.
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Ashton Kutcher and fellow That '70s Show co-star Mila Kunis were caught definitely not dating. Despite both sides saying they're not hooking up and are just "friends," the two have been spotted having romantic dinners together, leaving and arriving together in the same car. The two have been rumored to be secretly dating for months. Pretending to be friends could be the best acting either one of them has done in awhile.
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Octomom Nadya Suleman said she was bullied by a Virgin America flight crew. Suleman and her manager said they were forced to change seats, never got their drinks, and heard the crew laughing at them. Suleman's manager said she was kicked out of the bathroom by a flight attendant for no apparent reason. Suleman said she plans to file a report with the airline and plans to never fly Virgin again. The point of the flight? Suleman was headed to do press for her recent porn video.
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Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was admitted into an L.A. hospital on Saturday after suffering a "mild heart attack." Trebek, 71, is expected to fully recover and be back on the game show when production begins in July. Trebek previously suffered a heart attack in 2007. Last year, he snapped his Achilles' tendon when he chased down a burglar who had broken into his hotel room.
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And in an apparent attempt to cause a car crash, Jessica Simpson went for a stroll revealing her post-pregnancy cleavage. Simpson tweeted the photo along with the caption: "Just taking a walk around the block... Street legal???"
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Max Page, the 7-year-old star of the popular Volkswagen "Dark Vader" Super Bowl commercial, underwent open heart surgery to replace his pulmonary valve on Thursday at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. Doctors say the two-hour surgery went without a hitch and that Max is recovering "very well." He's expected to stay in the hospital for the next two weeks. In addition to the VW spot, Max has acting credits on The Young and the Restless and Prime Suspect. Max was born with the congenital heart defect Tetralogy of Fallot. His family is encouraging fans to make donations in his name to the hospital's Children's Fund.
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Despite crashing her rented Porsche into the back of a semi on the Pacific Coast Highway and despite her history of DUI, police did not collect a blood sample from Lindsay Lohan, reports RadarOnline. The actress did submit to a portable breathalyzer test along with other field sobriety tests, with police concluding she wasn't under the influence. Reportedly, the officers also told Lohan she's lucky to be alive and that her seat belt saved her life.
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Oprah Winfrey asked the question we've all been asking: Why did Kim Kardashian leave her marriage after just 72 days? Everyone will hear that answer when the interview with Kim and the entire Kardashian clan airs this weekend on Oprah's Next Chapter. On her Facebook page, Winfrey said Kim's answer "leveled me." Winfrey admits she has never met the Kardashians before or seen the show, but said she wants to know why this family has become a cultural phenomenon. Oprah, when you find out, let us know, OK? For those who can't wait, here's a preview of the interview.
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Katy Perry made a surprise appearance at the L.A. screening of her new 3-D concert movie, Katy Perry: Part of Me.***
There are rumors that Kourtney Kardashian has given birth to her second child after she posted a cryptic tweet — "Chick-fil-A and a water birth. No big deal."
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Miley Cryus is shooting down rumors she cheated on fiancé Liam Hemsworth with her best friend.
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Jake Gyllenhaal secretly hooked up with Minka Kelly after she broke up with Yankees slugger Derek Jeter.
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Add Charlize Theron to the list of actresses who've shaved their head for a role. A rep confirmed the buzz cut to People, which has so far been hidden under a series of hats. Theron will play Furiosa in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road, which starts shooting next month in Africa.
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While Kim Kardashian and the rest of her clan are talking to Oprah Winfrey for the next episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter", her ex is talking to the FBI. Kris Humphries, understandably a bit jaded toward women these days, wasted no time reporting an alleged extortion by his new ex, Myla Sinanaj.
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A bruised Lady Gaga tweeted a photo of herself along with thanks to fans after she was accidentally hit in the head with a pole during a performance in New Zealand, suffering a concusion: "Thank you so much for all the thoughtful messages. I feel a bit woozy but a little better everyday. Very happy to be in beautiful Australia."
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American Idol champ and country crooner Carrie Underwood has come out in support of gay marriage, telling The Independent, "I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love."
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Mexico is the latest country to battle Bieber Fever. Hundreds of thousands of tweens braved the rain and each other to fill Mexico City's historic plaza for Justin Bieber's latest free concert.
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Ann Rutherford, best known for playing the youngest of the three O'Hara sisters in Gone with the Wind, has died at 94. Rutherford also stared in 11 movies in the Andy Hardy series, starting with 1938's You're Only Young Once.
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This should come as no surprise: Casey Anthony is the most hated person in America, according to a New York Post poll. But what is surprising is that Kim Kardashian is hated more than Jerry Sandusky and Bermie Mandoff. That's right, people hate Kim K. more than a child molester and a multi-billion dollar ponzi schemer. Rounding out the list were liberal documentarian Michael Moore, disgraced politician John Edwards, O.J. Simpson, Mel Gibson, Tiger Woods, and Paris Hilton. Glad things are looking up for Paris.
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Speaking of Kim K., she's starting to appreciate her private life: "I've kind of tried to adjust my life to have a little more private life. My life is very public and so I get that, but if you can choose to have a little bit of a private life I would choose that over other things now, where I probably wouldn't have before." We can only imagine Kim said this with an entire camera crew present and while tweeting to her 14M followers.
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Seems Lindsay Lohan can't stay out of the headlines. While filming a scene for her Lifetime Elizabeth Taylor biopic, Liz & Dick, the young starlet had a "wardrobe malfunction." During an on-screen struggle with actor Grant Bowler, Lohan's little sundress proved to be no match for her curves. But it's not like we haven't seen the actress' assets before. Last year, Lohan famously posed nude for Playboy.
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Scout Willis, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's 20-year-old daughter, was arrested in New York City for drinking in public and giving police a fake ID. According to police, Scout was drinking a beer in Union Square on Monday night when she was approached by an officer. Scout was booked for criminal impersonation and for having an open container. She was released this morning without bail.
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Just as we were about to give up on Twitter as a useful tool of communication, none other than Bill Murray comes to the rescue. In May, the actor tweeted: "20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs.Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please don't let Kevin Bacon die." We can't verify that the account is Murray's official Twitter page but we're sure even if it's not, the real Murray would agree.
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Justin Bieber can take down a paparazzo but not a glass wall. Between songs during a concert in Paris, the Biebs ran into a wall of glass. A disoriented Bieber went back on stage and finished his set, but then passed out cold for 15 seconds as he walked to his dressing room, reports TMZ. Thankfully, a doctor said though Bieber suffered a concussion he'll be fine. Apparently, Bieber has an issue with glass surfaces. In 2012, Bieber walked into a glass revolving door. Maybe he just got distracted by his own reflection?
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Are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West moving in together? Both have reportedly discreetly listed their homes for sale. Kim has her Beverly Hills home on the market for $5M and Kanye has his L.A. crib listed. Sources close to the couple confirm both are selling so they can live together. To celebrate hitting 2 million followers on Instagram, Kim posted a photo of her in a leather thong and knee-high boots. Like she doesn't get enough attention already.
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Finally some good news for Matthew Fox. The civil suit by Heather Bormann, the Cleveland bus driver who accused the Lost star of punching her in the chest and groin during an August 2011 incident, has been dropped. The woman's attorney told E! News that he withdrew Bormann's suit after she failed to pay his attorney fees. The news of the dropped lawsuit couldn't come at a better time for Fox, who was arrested for a DUI three weeks ago in Oregon, and just this week Fox's former Lost co-star Dominic Monaghan accused Fox of beating women. We'll never look at Fox the same and neither will you have seeing this recent photo of him as an MMA-fighting serial killer in the upcoming Alex Cross.
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And in breastfeeding news, Alanis Morissettesaid she's willing to breastfeed her son until he's six.
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians will soon have a new guest star — Kanye West. In an interview with E! News (hmm, wonder how they landed that?), Kim Kardashian said boyfriend West will make a few appearances on her reality show. But don't expect them to be as open as her sister and brother-in-law. "I'm not going to be taking a bubble bath and drinking champagne or on a sex swing [on camera] like Khloé and Lamar do," Kim said. The seventh season, yes the seventh season, of Keeping Up with the Kardashians premieres this Sunday on E!
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The lawyer for one of the masseurs claiming sexual assault by John Travolta is dropping out, according to RadarOnline.com. Attorney Okorie Okorocha says, "I'm going to file a dismissal of John Doe #1's lawsuit on Tuesday morning, without prejudice. I could no longer represent him because he was speaking to the media against my advice, and it made no sense to me. I don't think that John Doe will be pursuing the lawsuit."
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Just weeks after collecting his high school diploma, Justin Bieber will soon collect his first Oscar... for his perfume (yes, there are perfume awards). The Fragrance Foundation, which calls itself the Oscars of perfume world, is awarding the Biebs the Elizabeth Taylor Fragrance Celebrity of the Year award for his fragrance Someday, which broke records (yes, there are perfume records) when it grossed $3 million in just three weeks at Macy’s. Proceeds from the perfume benefited Pencils of Promise, a charity organization that helps build schools all over the world.
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At the premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting, current J.Lo boy toy Casper Smart talked about how their relationship began: "It just really spontaneously happened. The chemistry was there. You can't fight it." But are there kids in couple's future? "In the future... Yes, when I'm ready and when the time is right." Should we look forward to the book/movie What To Expect When Your Much Younger Boyfriend Wants to Have Kids?
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And in maternal news, Snooki tweeted a photo showing off her baby bump. The reality star is now five months pregnant.
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John Travolta's massage problems won't go away. After several "John Does" have filed lawsuits against the actor, claiming Travolta propositioned them for sex, the Daily News has a story out today that says Travolta's "inappropriate behavior" got him banned for awhile from the swanky Peninsula Hotel. According to a former hotel masseur, "Travolta would always request a man for his massage, but after a while no one would take him because of his inappropriate behavior." But Travolta's attorney said the actor was never banned and all of these allegations are nonsense. "If he was banned, do you think he'd ever go back?" asked the attorney.
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Kim Kardashian spent Mother Day's dressed up as a younger, sexier version of her mom, Kris Jenner. The reality star did a photo shoot with Vogue Italia Sunday in LA, where she was sporting a short wig and a black leather outfit. She was then photographed making out with boyfriend Kanye West.
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Another couple caught making out were Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel. The two were photographed smooching at Saturday's L.A. Lakers game. This was the media-shy couple's second outing in a week after Monday's Met Gala in NYC. The two have yet to set a wedding date, though.
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Demi Lovato has officially signed on to be the next judge on The X Factor reports TMZ. She reportedly joins Britney Spears as the singing competition's newest addition. Spears is in New York ahead of the show's upfront presentation to advertisers, where Fox is expected to officially name her a judge.
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And in spoiler news, here are all the juicy details from last night's series finale of Desperate Housewives.
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At this weekend's White House Correspondents' Dinner President Barack Obama asked the question we've all been asking ourselves: "What is [Kim Kardashian] famous for, anyway?" Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan, both who were in attendance, were the butt of many of Obama's and host Jimmy Kimmel's jokes at the Washington, D.C. event. Here are some of our favorite jokes.
"Seriously, guys, what am I doing here?" Obama said. "I'm the President of the United States, and I'm opening for Jimmy Kimmel? Why am I telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian?"
"When you took office, the Kardashians had one reality show," Kimmel said to the President. "Now they have four. This is not a good trend."
Where is Sully Sullenberger? I met him outside," said Kimmel. "Sully, would you do us a favor? Would you mind driving Lindsay Lohan home? And make sure you don't run into a goose, especially a Grey Goose."
"If you are looking for the biggest threat to America right now, she is right there," said Kimmel. "Her name is Kim Kardashian. She was captured by Greta van Susteren and brought right to your doorstep."
"There are a lot of very big celebrities here with us tonight," Kimmel told the crowd. "Uggie is here. Uggie is the dog from the movie The Artist. Uggie is amazing. He can roll over on command. He's a Democrat."
"I guess Governor Romney is feeling pretty good about things because he took a few hours off the other day to see The Hunger Games," said Obama. "It's a movie about people who court wealthy sponsors and then brutally savage each other until only one contestant is left standing. I'm sure this was a really great change of pace for him."
Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner reportedly laughed off the jokes. Kardashian said her favorite part of the night was meeting Martha Stewart "It's always a fun night," she said.
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Speaking of the Kardashians... While the family recently signed a $40M contract to keep their reality show on the air for at least three more years, Khloe Kardashian and husband Lamar Odom are pulling the plug on their spinoff show, Khloe & Lamar. TMZ reports Lamar wants to focus on his fizzling NBA career rather than the reality show. Odom, who was traded from the L.A. Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks, was recently put on the inactive list after a lackluster season. Determined to make a comeback, Lamar is said to be moving back to L.A. but focusing full time on basketball, hiring trainers to help him get his game back. Now, if we could only figure out how to get Kim to cancel her show. Too bad she didn't stay together with her basketball player husband.
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Kate Middleton and Prince William celebrated their one-year anniversary at a low-key party with close friends on Saturday. The day before the couple attended the wedding of Middleton's college friend Hannah Gillingham. One year into their marriage, the press is now on royal baby bump watch, with everyone speculating when the couple will have their first child and heir to the throne.
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Boy band of the moment, The Wanted is not a fan of Christina Aguilera. During a radio interview the group trash talked the singer, calling her a bitch. "She's a total bitch," said member Tom Parker. "She might not be a bitch in real life, but to us, she was a total bitch. She just sat there and didn't speak to us. Wouldn't even look at us." The spat got started when Aguilera reportedly ignored the group during a recent appearance on The Voice. The band, however, seems to be a fan of American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez. Several members tweeted their admiration for Lopez. Jay McGuiness tweeted: "Jennifer Lopez it [sic] beautiful inside and out, everyone of us in love. Sexy, classy, funny, kind. Her new tune is a killer."
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And in gender equality news, Joe Manganiello said the hardest part about playing a male stripper in this summer's Magic Mike was wearing a thong. "We all had to suffer a bit for our craft."
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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.
Posted 04.27.12 by Chris