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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Forbes has just released their list of the highest-paid celebrities under 30, and it's no surprise that Taylor Swift tops the list. The singer/songwriter made an estimated $57 million between May 2011 and May 2012. Justin Bieber is at number two on the list with $55 million, followed Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry.
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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is leaving American Idol and returning to his first love, rock and roll. The singer made a press statement announcing his decision to leave, and plugging Aerosmith's upcoming tour and album. Jennifer Lopez made an announcement soon after Tyler did, saying that she would be leaving the show as well. The singer and actress said "the time has come that I have to get back to doing the other things that I do."
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With Tyler and J.LO out, rumor is that Mariah Carey may be tapped as a new Idol judge. Though the 42-year-old songstress does have a thing for younger guys, we doubt she'll take on Steven Tyler's very important role on the show of saying inappropriate things to underage contestants.
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In a recent interview with the U.K. edition of Glamour magazine, Channing Tatum revealed that there may still be some magic left in Mike. When the actor was asked about the possibility of a Magic Mike 2, Tatum replied "Yes, yes and yes! We're working on the concept now. We want to flip the script and make it bigger."
Posted 07.13.12 by Mandy -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Heidi Klum and Seal have confirmed what TMZ first reported on Saturday, that they're separating. Klum is the one reportedly filing for divorce, with rumors that it was either Seal's hard partying or his temper that led to her decision to say auf wiedersehen.
Less than a year ago Klum made Seal sound like the best husband alive, telling Good Housekeeping in the May, 2011 issue "He's the most charming, loving, fun, gentlemanly, inspirational man I could have wished for. He always makes me feel I'm the only woman in the world."
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Nearly as shocking as the Klum-Seal split is news that the women on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are not friends off camera and only get together for the show.
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Kristin Cavallari is pregnant with Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler. The couple recently reunited after Cutler called off their engagement in July, but are back on and they recently bought a house in Tennessee.
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Steven Tyler is getting panned for his offbeat rendition of the National Anthem before the AFC Championship game, with Jezebel saying it sounded like "dying animals."
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Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa has acquired ownership of three Newport Beach houses worth an estimated $18.8 million, but it's likely just the beginning as the couple did not have a prenup and Vanessa could eventually end up with half of Bryant's $150 million fortune.
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Drew Peterson watched the Lifetime movie this Saturday in which Rob Lowe played the former Illinois police sergeant suspected of killing his ex-wife and offered up a review via his attorney: "He thought it was hysterical. He chuckled at all of the inaccuracies and things that never happened."
Posted 01.23.12 by reelz -
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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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Real estate site Zillow has conducted its annual Celebrity Neighbor Survey and 11% of Americans would like Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow to be living next door, followed by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their brood (10%), and Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux (9%). People Americans would least like to be neighbors with were Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian.
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Kim Kardashian's soon-to-be ex-husband Kris Humphries says he's OK with getting booed because it gives him "motivation." New Jersey Nets coach Avery Johnson is puzzled by the whole thing saying, "I'm trying to figure it out -- what did he do?" and is encouraging fans to keep booing him since he's played very well so far this season.
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Deion Sanders' wife Pilar found out Prime Time was divorcing her on TMZ.com.
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Tiger Woods' former mistress Rachel Uchitel tweeted pics of her new baby bump with new husband Matt Hahn.
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63-year-old Steven Tyler is engaged to 38-year-old Erin Brady. Tyler has been married twice previously.
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The National Film Registry has added another 25 movies to its collection of pics that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. The Oscar-winning Forrest Gump is the most prominent, followed by the 1991 thriller Silence of the Lambs and 1988's Stand and Deliver. A surprise entry has to be Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi, a movie he made for $7,000 while a film student at the University of Texas. See the full list here.
Posted 12.28.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Charlie Sheen's comeback is nearly complete as his sitcom Anger Management — loosely based on the 2003 Jack Nicholson–Adam Sandler movie — will air on FX starting next summer. It will be be paired with Two and a Half Men reruns, which the network recently acquired, and if the first 10 episodes are a success, another 90 will be ordered.
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It was believed Michael Lohan was in jail again yesterday after making harassing calls to ex-girlfriend Kate Major, but it turns out he was in the hospital under police supervision, being treated for falling 34 feet from a balcony onto a set of wooden high chairs (he was reportedly trying to escape from officers), which injured his foot and cut his mouth.
Meanwhile, Major has been served an eviction notice from her luxury Tampa condo because of all the negative publicity the complex is getting, plus the swarms of photographers.
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Samuel L. Jackson is the highest grossing actor of all time and has been at the top of the list in the Guinness Book of World Records since 2007. As of 2010, his filmography has collectively brought in more than $7.57 billion at the box office.
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Kate Middleton unwittingly revealed a 3-inch scar on the side of her head at a charity dinner on Wednesday, which the Duchess's office explained was the result of a childhood operation, but did not say exactly what for.
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Steven Tyler purposely revealed his bruised, cut, and toothless head on the Today show after falling in a shower in Paraguay.
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At the Michael Jackson trial yesterday dermatologist Arnold Klein told the jury that he injected Botox into Jackson's armpits and groin to reduce excessive sweating.
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In unrelated news, Justin Bieber's new Christmas album Under the Mistletoe is more "seductive" than previous recordings because "vocally, his balls have dropped" according to his manager Scooter Braun.
Posted 10.28.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Michael Lohan was back in jail just 12 hours since being released on Wednesday after he made harassing phone calls to ex-girlfriend Kate Major. When police officers arrived at his Tampa hotel to investigate, Lohan jumped from a third-floor balcony in an attempt to escape, but landed in a tree and complained that he broke his foot.
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TMZ is claiming MiLo's daughter Lindsay Lohan in fact agreed to go full frontal for her Playboy spread, contradicting earlier reports that it would be a "non-nude" pictorial. She was reportedly paid close to $1 million for the shoot and now has a chance to make another cool mil as sex toy company FleshLight has offered her the sum to take a mold of Lindsay's privates to produce "authentic" Lindsay Lohan sex toys.
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The New York Post first reported on Tuesday that J.Crew president and creative director Jenna Lyons, 43, left her husband for another woman, and this morning they revealed her identity as 38-year-old Courtney Crangi, who runs the business side of her brother Philip Crangi's hip celebrity jewelry business.
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Yesterday a British coroner confirmed what everyone already knew, that singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning, but officially labeled it the much more fun-sounding "death by misadventure."
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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler claims his face-damaging Paraguayan shower fall was not the result of a relapse into drugs and alcohol after he appeared on stage Wednesday sporting a big black eye.
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Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote her second book Confessions of a Guidette, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi told Kimmel she does not know who J.K. Rowling or Maya Angelou are. Polizzi was paid $32,000 to give the commencement address at Rutgers University earlier this year.
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Beavis and Butt-head fans are rejoicing as the show returns to MTV tonight at 10PM ET.
Posted 10.27.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Chaz Bono was booted from Dancing with the Stars last night after performing a tango to a track from Phantom of the Opera. Judge Bruno Tonioli told Bono, "It was like watching a cute little penguin trying to be a big menacing bird of prey." In spite of that slam Bono said, "I'm not leaving the show bitter or angry or anything... It was a wonderful, life-changing experience."
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Steven Tyler cut his face and lost two teeth after a shower fall in a hotel in Paraguay. Spokesmen for the 63-year-old Aerosmith frontman said the fall was the result of dehydration caused by food poisoning.
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Doing less well is 92-year-old Andy Rooney, who is in serious condition after suffering complications from surgery last week. Rooney's last 60 Minutes essay, his 1,097th, aired on October 2.
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Michael Jackson is the top-earning dead celebrity according to Forbes, raking in $170 million from the grave in the year ending in May 2011. A distant second to the King of Pop is Elvis Presley with $55 million. Rounding out the top 5 are Marilyn Monroe ($27 million), Peanuts creator Charles Schulz ($25 million), and John Lennon and Elizabeth Taylor tying with $12 million apiece.
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Michael Lohan allegedly threatened to kill ex-girlfriend Kate Major after she refused to perform oral sex on him, according to a Tampa police report. The estranged father of Lindsay Lohan is still in jail, charged with domestic violence.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
The first Dancing With the Stars results are in and to no one's surprise Metta World Peace (the basketball player formerly known as Ron Artest) and partner Peta Murgatroyd were sent packing, sparing — for now — Nancy Grace and Rob Kardashian, the other two dancers in the final elimination.
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Charlie Sheen's roast drew a Comedy Central record 6.4 million viewers, but it's small potatoes compared to whopping 28.7 million viewers who tuned into the season premiere of Two and a Half Men. Sheen may be getting the last (and best) laugh, however, as Men staffers say Sheen is funnier than replacement Ashton Kutcher.
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While Casey Anthony is in hiding in Florida, People reports the broke, unemployed, most hated person in America is considering leaving the United States and is preparing to take foreign language classes in addition to her grief counseling and psychiatric treatment.
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While former Real Housewife Michaele Salahi and Journey rocker Neal Schon call their romance a modern-day "fairy tale" they both waited 15 years for, a picture of Salahi with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler lifting his shirt up has emerged. Just yesterday Michaele's soon-to-be-ex-husband Tareq Salahi called her a "groupie slut."
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Spotted walking in NYC: Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux being way, way too matchy-matchy, and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel clearly indicating that they're back on.
Posted 09.21.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
They're just not feelin' it, dawg. Jennifer Lopez's $20 million salary to return for another season of American Idol is ruffling the feathers of Steven Tyler — who signed a two-year, $10 million deal — and Randy Jackson, both of whom are going back to Fox and asking for more money.
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Sarah Palin is a grandma again as son Track Palin and wife Britta had a baby girl. This is the 47-year-old Palin's second grandchild.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, who fathered a baby with his housekeeper while married to Maria Shriver, wore an "I Survived Maria" T-shirt while working out in Santa Monica. He'd charmingly customized the shirt, crossing out 2007 and writing in 1977 (the year they started dating).
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While Brad Pitt is filming the post-apocalyptic zombie pic World War Z in bucolic Cornwall, England, there are real-world post-apocalyptic scenes 280 miles away in London as rioting continued for a third straight night.
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Singer Kelly Roland had a major wardrobe malfunction as both nipples slipped as she waved her arms in the air on stage in West Orange, NJ.
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LeAnn Rimes is maybe really committed to Eddie Cibrian, but she's definitely not ready to commit to the promises her husband gave to her as she only got a temporary tattoo of the wedding vows etched on her ribcage while at Lollapalooza in Chicago.
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Singer Gavin DeGraw suffered cuts to his face and a broken nose after being assaulted early Monday morning in NYC. He has been on tour with Train and Maroon 5, and is believed to still be hospitalized.
Posted 08.09.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
As you've probably heard, American military and CIA operatives killed Osama bin Laden last night, shooting him in the head and later burying him at sea. The news broke on Twitter by a tweet from former Donald Rumsfeld staffer Keith Urbahn, and in her haste to break the news, NBC's Norah O'Donnell accidentally tweeted "Obama shot and killed per @JimMiklaszewski."
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Obama is alive and well, and on Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Dinner took shots at guest Donald Trump, suggesting The Donald believes the moon landing was faked. Obama later took some ribbing of his own from SNL's Seth Meyers, who wanted to know how he's aged so fast in just over two years on the job. "What happened to you? When you were sworn in you looked like the guy from the Old Spice commercials. Now you look like Louis Gosset Sr. I've never said this to anyone before, but maybe you should start smoking again."
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Meyers saved his best (or at least his meanest) jokes for Donald Trump. On his candidacy: "Donald Trump said that he was running for president as a Republican. That's funny, because I thought he was running as a joke." Trump later fired back at Meyers, saying "...his delivery frankly was not good. He's a stutterer."
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Also making news at the White House Correspondents Dinner were guests Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson, who were engaged in an "intense" make-out session, just as the main course was being put on the table, and that ScarJo then sat on Penn's lap during part of the meal.
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Justin Bieber was egged at a concert in Sydney, Australia.
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Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller are officially divorced. As part of the agreement, Mueller got a lump sum of $758K and another $1M for her share of the house, which Sheen gets to keep, and $55K/month in child support.
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Singer Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon had their twins, one boy and one girl.
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Aerosmith frontman and American Idol judge Steven Tyler claims he spent $20M on drugs.
Posted 05.02.11 by reelz