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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Hollywood A-listers like DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, Barbra Streisand, Salma Hayek, Tobey Maguire, and Jack Black attended a $40,000-a-plate fundraiser for President Obama Thursday night at George Clooney's home, raising a record-breaking $15M for the president's re-election campaign. "We raised a lot of money because everybody loves George," he said. "They like me, they love him. And rightfully so."
Remember Obama's 2008 "Hope" campaign poster? Turns out it was taken from a photo of Obama sitting next to Clooney. "This is the first time that George Clooney has ever been Photoshopped out of a picture," he said. "Never happened before, will never happen again."
But not every celeb is pro-Obama. While signing autographs for fans in New York, Beach Boys singer Bruce Johnston called Obama an "a**hole," adding, "Unless you're interested in never having any money and being socialized." Should we expect a "Help Us Romney" cover?
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Still trying to think of something to get Mom for Mother's Day? Justin Bieber penned a song for his mom. The 18-year-old released the song "Turn to You" and is using the proceeds to raise money for single moms in need. Bieber's mom, Pattie Mallette, became pregnant with him at 18 and raised him on her own. "You worked two jobs, to keep a roof above our heads, you chose a life for me no you never gave up, I admire you, for the strength you’ve instilled in me," Bieber sings on the track. Try topping that with a Hallmark card.
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Rihanna unfollowed ex Chris Brown after the singer tweeted lyrics from a song with Kayne West: "Don't f—k with my old bitch." Though he didn't mention Rihanna by name, most assumed it was her. Rihanna, who had collaborated with Brown on two songs in February, unfollowed him on the social network, and in return he did the same. "Assumptions!" Brown tweeted on Thursday. "I didn't say any names so if u took offense to it then its something you feel guilty about." Will she unfriended him on Facebook? That's when we'll know she's serious.
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Sorry ladies, looks like the rumors are true. Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes were seen holding hands on the streets of New York. On Thursday, they were photographed after enjoying a leisurely lunch at Panya Bakery in the East Village. The two are rumored to have been dating for eight months.
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And in sour milk news, we still can't stop talking about that Time cover showing a mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son. Kindergarten is going to be hard for this kid.
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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."
Posted 04.30.12 by Chris -
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It has long been suspected, but People magazine has finally made it official: Beyoncé Knowles is the Most Beautiful Woman of 2012. The full list of 100 beauties will be available when the magazine hits newsstands on Friday, but so far People has revealed that the list will include Christina Hendricks, Madeline Stowe, Miranda Lambert, Kate Middleton, and Charlize Theron.
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Yesterday, the Kardashians signed a $40M deal with E! to extend their reality shows another three years. That deal only applies to existing shows; if new shows are created for the family, Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kris, Bruce, Kendall, Kylie, and/or Rob could be looking at even more money. In other news, mass layoffs affected over 100,000 Americans last month.***
Last night, President Barack Obama took on some new duties. The President appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to slow jam the news, discuss Secret Service "knuckleheads," and be declared the "POTUS with the most-est." Election season can be pretty fun sometimes.
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Supermodel and reality show host Heidi Klum went nude for a new Astor cosmetics ad. The beauty donned only head-to-toe body paint that took 12 hours to complete. That's longer than the time allotted to complete a whole outfit for most Project Runway challenges.
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Last weekend, Alfonso Ribeiro led a 'Carlton Dance' flash mob in LA. According to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor's Twitter page, it was the world's largest simultaneous flash mob, with the same moves being performed by participants in over 300 countries.
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And last, in we'd-rather-not-have-to-report-this news, Chris Brown has become an amateur pit bull breeder. What's next, a duet with Michael Vick?
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Whitney Houston's body has arrived at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, NJ, after being flown from LA on Tyler Perry's private jet. RadarOnline reports that management at the Beverly Hilton asked the LA County Coroner to delay removing her body until after Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party, because it would've been "insensitive for the van to be driven out with her body as limos were pulling away with the A-list guests."
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In the wake of Houston's death, concern for her 18-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina was so high — it was reported on Monday that she was suicidal — that even President Obama was praying for her, as White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said yesterday, "I know that his thoughts and prayers are with her family, especially her daughter." Father Bobby Brown told People that she is recovering with his family, including her siblings.
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Kate Upton's Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover leaked on Monday, and the New York Times examines Upton's unorthodox path to supermodel stardom, which all started with this YouTube video of her doing the "Dougie" at a Los Angeles Clippers game.
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Hugh Hefner says he's very disappointed that his son Marston Hefner allegedly beat up his Playmate girlfriend Claire Sinclair, which prompted her to get a 3-day restraining order against him.
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TMZ reports Lindsay Lohan has not paid her 2010 tax bill of $140,203, a year after being late paying Uncle Sam $93,701 for 2009.
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Talk show host Glenn Beck finally started a cause we can all get behind, ranting against George Lucas and saying he should be "tried for movie crimes" for what he's done to the Star Wars franchise and for producing Red Tails.
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Madonna says she's nervous about her Super Bowl performance, but Sir Elton John offered her some simple advice that will likely rekindle their ongoing feud: "Make sure you lip-sync good." Meanwhile, pictures of the stage at Lucas Oil Field have emerged — she'll sing "Vogue" — and it may need to be structurally reinforced now that the Material Girl will be joined by LMFAO, Cee-Lo Green, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj.
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Newt Gingrich is trailing Mitt Romney by 14 points as the Florida polls open today, and now he's being sued by a member of Survivor for playing "Eye of the Tiger," the Grammy-winning song from 1982's Rocky III.
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American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe was so impressed by Barack Obama's singing of the first line of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" that he's pitching the Prez to appear on the show and sing a duet with Green.
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Alec Baldwin is demonstrating the benefits of dating a yoga instructor, having dropped 30 pounds after quitting sugar and taking up Pilates, spinning, and, of course, yoga.
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In relationship news, Italian model Elisabetta Canalis appears to have traded down — way down — going from George Clooney to Jackass star Steve-O, and People reports Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana are official after being spotted together often at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Demi Moore was either doing whip-its or popping Adderall before suffering a seizure that led to her hospitalization, according to TMZ and RadarOnline. Now she'll seek treatment for anorexia and substance abuse.
Earlier Ashton Kutcher didn't seem too concerned about his wife's crisis, as he fist pumped at a Bruno Mars concert in Brazil, but a source tells People Ashton is deeply concerned for Demi" and he's arrived back in LA.
The LA Police says that the 911 call that brought paramedics to Moore's home won't be released until next week. When it is, though, the call will be edited to remove medical and drug details — changes that comply with federal medical privacy rules.
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Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter, died of an apparent heart attack on Thursday. Along with the hit '70s sitcom, Hegyes also starred in the detective series Cagney & Lacey and guest-starred on a number of other TV show. Epstein was 60.
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Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who recently announced she has Type 2 Diabetes, is pictured "practically unhinging her jaw" eating a burger on a Caribbean cruise.
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Russell Brand is already seeing a variety of women at his new bachelor pad and trashing Katy Perry to them.
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Since Barack Obama sang the first line of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" at a fundraiser on January 20th, download sales of the song spiked 490% according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stopped by the White House to meet with Barack and Michelle Obama so Jolie could talk to the prez about her work on preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women. Meanwhile, the First Couple have a busy movie-watching weekend lined up as they've requested a copy of the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady and are also screening Red Tails with stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard in attendance.
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Ashton Kutcher is nearly unrecognizable after a haircut and shave, while Demi Moore is rumored to be dating 26-year-old personal trainer and model Blake Corl-Baietti.
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In other hair-related news, Robert Pattinson shaved off possibly Hollywood's most famous locks, but the shaved look did not work for Jake Gyllenhaal as he was reportedly rejected by Minka Kelly before reuniting with Derek Jeter.
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Casey Anthony now claims she may have gotten pregnant with daughter Caylee at a party in 2004 where she was date raped and "blacked out" after being served a spiked drink. Jose Baez, Anthony's attorney who helped the "Tot Mom" beat a murder rap, has decided to remove himself from her legal team after Anthony's odd video diaries surfaced last week.
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California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher ripped the Kardashians claiming "They don't give a damn about the American people" after allegations made by Star magazine said their clothing line is manufactured in child slave labor sweat shops in China. The Kardashians say there is no truth to the story and are preparing to sue Star for the "libelous" claims.
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In related news, Kris Humphries made his New Jersey Nets debut Wednesday night against the Knicks in Madison Square Garden and was mercilessly booed when he took the floor (video). When he was on the bench the crowd chanted "We want Humphries" so they could boo and heckle him some more.
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Matt Damon has slammed Barack Obama, telling Elle he would prefer a "one-term president with some balls" to what he believes the prez has been since his election. For his part, Obama took First Dog Bo shopping at PetSmart to pick up treats and a large bone, while Sarah Palin is criticizing the Obama's Bo-themed Christmas card because it emphasizes a dog instead of traditions like "family, faith, and freedom."
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Jersey Shore's Jenni "JWOWW" Farley looks to have invented the solution to bikini lines with a new bikini line that uses a silicon-based adhesive in place of straps. Does silicon stick to silicon?
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Where are they now? The Blair Witch Project star Heather Donahue quit Hollywood shortly after the hit movie to grow medical marijuana, and has written a book entitled "GrowGirl: How My Life After The Blair Witch Project Went to Pot" about the experience that will be released next month.
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Stained and rotted teeth are the least of Lindsay Lohan's problems as the prosecutor in her shoplifting case will recommend jail for the star at a hearing later this morning, claiming that getting fired from her gig at the Downtown Women's Center is a violation of her probation. That will be up to judge Stephanie Sautner to decide, but she's already ordered probation officials to reassign Lohan to morgue duty.
Meanwhile, estranged father Michael Lohan isn't doing his daughter any favors by telling Radar that LiLo needs to enter a long term rehab facility immediately. "Between pictures of her with bad people and her teeth, it is quite evident that her problems have not been addressed or conquered."
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Taylor Armstrong is so broken up over husband Russell's suicide in August that she's dating fellow Bravo reality TV star Matt Nordgren. The 28-year-old former University of Texas quarterback is a star on Most Eligible Dallas. Armstrong is 40.
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Michelle Obama tells iVillage that husband Barack doesn't like his daughters Sasha and Malia watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians, but the First Lady is cool with it if they learn from the show, saying, "if they're learning the right lessons, like, that was crazy, then I'm like, okay."
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have revealed the backs of twins Moroccan and Monroe, with Moroccan in what looks to be a white dress, and Monroe in a camel hair suit. The couple will presumably show the twins' faces this Friday on 20/20.
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Former Queer Eye star Carson Kressley was the latest to get the boot from Dancing with the Stars to loud boos from the audience.
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Where were you when you heard Steve Jobs died? The death of the tech icon has created an outpouring of mourning from Bill Gates to President Barack Obama and even lead to a takeover of Apple's home page. Meanwhile, sales for the first authorized biography of Jobs increased 42,000% since Apple announced his death. Walter Isaacson's book Steve Jobs is scheduled for publication November 21.
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A woman claiming to be a participant in Ashton Kutcher's post-club hot tub party says he and Sara Leal "definitely hooked up. There was definitely sex involved."
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US women's soccer team goalie Hope Solo, who was nearly eliminated from Dancing With the Stars this week, posed completely nude for ESPN The Magazine but said ESPN was "professional" and kept a very small set. "I was naked in front of 8 people."
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Jennifer Aniston turns 43 early next year but tells Elle that there's no desperation to have a baby. "If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. I'm at peace with whatever the plan is."
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Finally, Sarah Palin has ended nearly three years of speculation and decided not to run for president "after much prayer and serious consideration."
Posted 10.06.11 by reelz