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Posted 05.23.12 by Mandy ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Michael McKean, best known for playing David St. Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap, was struck by a car Tuesday in Manhattan. The actor suffered a broken leg and is currently hospitalized. McKean was on his way to the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre to perform in The Best Man when hit, resulting in him missing a curtain for the first time in his 40-year career.
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Last night, Donald Driver, wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers, took home the mirror ball trophy on Dancing with the Stars. He and dance partner Peta Murgatroyd were the champions of the show's 14th season. Last season, Peta was eliminated in the first round.
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It looks like Snooki will be out shopping for a tiny blue T-shirt with "GTL" emblazoned on the front. The reality star revealed to In Touch that she's having a baby boy this September. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and fiancé Jionni LaValle are considering the names Lorenzo or Jionni Jr.
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In other celeb baby news, trainer Jillian Michaels told People that she went from being childless to becoming the mother of a two-year-old and a newborn all in one week. Michaels brought home her Haitian daughter, Lukensia, after a long adoption process the same week her partner, Heidi Rhoades, gave birth to their son, Phoenix.
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Tara Reid has a new beau, and new access to A-list parties. The 36-year-old actress and party girl attended the Lady Joy Boat Party in Cannes with 60-year-old jeweler Fawaz Gruosi. Though she has a new old guy, some pics of Tara leaving the party seem to prove that she's still the same girl who hosted Taradise.
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Posted 05.22.12 by Chris ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Snooki is moving out of the Jersey Shore house. TMZ reports that when the cast reconvenes to shoot the next season of the reality show, pregnant Snooki will stay in a nearby house. Sources say she is taking the pregnancy seriously and does not want to be around the boozing and drama at home. Since Snooki announced her pregnancy in February when she was three months along, it's possible she could deliver while filming the show this summer.
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Hope she didn't marry him for his money. Since going public on Friday, shares of Facebook have dropped more than $4 a share, netting a $2B loss for founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Zuck owns 503.6 million shares of his company. We now learn that even though his marriage to long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan was held in his own backyard over the weekend, he didn't skimp on the entertainment. Zuckerberg hired Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong to perform at the ceremony. Armstrong reportedly played "Last Night on Earth," a track from Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown album.
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He might have cheated on Demi Moore, but Ashton Kutcher is still making time for his adopted daughter Rumer Willis, who's only 11 years his junior. Rumor was seen hanging out at Kutcher's Hollywood Hills home. The two "popped out to get take-out food for lunch then returned home to munch on the balcony. This isn't the first time daughter and stepdad have hung out together. Kutcher was seen sitting front and center at Rumer's singing gig at the Sayers Club in March.
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Supermodel Bar Refaeli, 26, topped Maxim's Hot 100 List this year, beating out Mila Kunis (No. 3), Olivia Munn (No . 2), Scarlett Johansson (No. 17), and Stephen Colbert (No. 69??).
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In weird-fetish news, an anonymous bidder bought Queen Elizabeth's dirty knickers for $18,000. You think at that price you'd at least get a laundered pair.
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Posted 05.21.12 by Chris ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Robin Gibb, one of the last Bee Gees members, died Sunday at the age of 62 after a long battle with battle with cancer. Robin's twin Maurice died of intestinal surgery complications in 2003. The Bee Gee's Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling soundtrack album of all time until surpassed by Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard. The record topped the charts for 24 straight weeks when released in 1978. Gibb leaves behind brother Barry, wife Dwina, and three children.
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Whitney Houston was awarded the Millennium Award at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards Through tears, daughter Bobbi Kristina told the crowd. "I just wanna say thank you to everyone who supported us through it all — not just when it was good, but when it was bad too..." TMZ reports there was drama behind the scenes because the award show only wanted Bobbi to accept the award, but sister-in-law Pat Houston, who was Whitney's manager, reportedly demanded to be on stage with Bobbi.
John Legend and Jordin Sparks performed a Houston tribute at the BMAs. Houston's final song, a duet with Sparks that she recorded just four days before her death, has just been released. The song is from the upcoming movie Sparkle.
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Nick Stahl has been found. The Terminator 3 actor, reported missing by his wife. last week, has checked himself into rehab. While the couple has been separated since January, Rose Stahl told TMZ "she is not even thinking about divorce right now — she is just glad he is safe."
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"Now this is the story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down..." Everyone knows those are the opening lyrics for the theme song to the '90s classic The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Even 16 years after the show was on the air, Will Smith proved he still knew the song when he rapped it on Britain's The Graham Norton Show. The YouTube clip has already amassed 1.4M hits.
This was Smith's second viral hit from the weekend with the first being a video of Smith slapping a Ukrainian journalist who tried to kiss him on the lips at the Russian premiere of Men in Black 3. After backhanding the reporter, Smith told reporters, "He's lucky I didn't sucker punch him!"
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Even since being cast to play Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie, Lindsay Lohan has reportedly been obsessed with the legendary actress. Over the weekend, photos hit the web of Lohan trying on Taylor-inspired outfits, including a green dress that resembled the famous the Valentino dress Taylor was photographed in. The Lifetime movie Liz and Dick is scheduled to start shooting next month.
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And in Justin Bieber news, the Biebs has released the track list for his upcoming album Believe. Don't act like you're not going to buy it.
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Posted 05.21.12 by BrentJS Sony Pictures has released online the first trailer for the long-awaited 23rd James Bond movie, Skyfall, in advance of its first public screening at the Cannes Film Festival later today. The new trailer includes only a minute of footage from Skyfall, but it has everything we've come to expect from 007 movies — action, intrigue, beautiful women, exotic locations, and more action — without spoiling the plot of the movie or even clearly showing Bond's (Daniel Craig) latest nemesis, Silva (Javier Bardem).
Directed by Sam Mendes (Jarhead), Skyfall was written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan. The cast includes Dame Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Albert Finney, Helen McCrory, Rory Kinnear, and Bérénice Marlohe.
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Posted 05.18.12 by Chris ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Today is finally the day that Facebook goes public — one of the biggest IPOs ever. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rung the NASDAQ opening bell from the social network's California headquarters. Some water cooler points about the company going public:
— Zuckerberg is expected to pocket $20B personally;
— Because he owns 2.3 percent of Facebook, Bono will surpass Paul McCartney to becoming to world's richest rock star;
— This IPO creates a thousand new millionaires;
— With a valuation of $104B, Facebook is worth more than Disney, Kraft, and Amazon;
— Apparently money heals all wounds because Eduardo Saverin congratulated Zuckerberg over Facebook about the company going public. He should, the IPO is expected to make Saverin $3B.
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In his first appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman in 13 years, Conan O'Brien talked about Jay Leno — an arch nemesis for both hosts (it was Leno who took the Tonight Show away from both Letterman and O'Brien). "I was delighted by everything that happened, except you losing your job," Letterman said about the debacle a few years back when Leno replaced O'Brien on the late-night talk show. "The only consolation I took during that period was that you were happy," O'Brien said.
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Betty White received her own Friars Club Roast on Wednesday, and if you thought the club, which is known for their no-holds-barred roasts, was going to go easy on the 90-year old, you were wrong.
The comedian Jeff Ross said the roast was organized as a lunch “because we didn’t think she’d make it till dinner.” “She’s so old, the color white is named after her,” Ross said, but he might have crossed the line when he added, “I’m looking forward to your next appearance — in that vase above your mantel.” The joke received a loud groan from the crowd. Joy Behar, Regis Philbin, Valerie Bertinelli, Valerie Harper, Liza Minnelli, and Larry King all attended the event with Barbara Walters as the M.C. “She’s so old, she thinks I’m jailbait,” said King, who is 78.
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And in is-it-1993? news, Jenny McCarthy announced she's posing for Playboy at the age of 39.
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Posted 05.17.12 by Mandy ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Items from the King of Pop's costume collection are going to be available to the buying public later this year. Several iconic Michael Jackson clothing items, like a crystal encrusted glove, gravity boots, and a red jacket, are going to be sold at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills on Dec 2. For the 99% of fans who won't be able to purchase anything at the auction, the items will start on a world tour starting this Friday in Santiago, Chile.
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Months after her death, Whitney Houston remains in the headlines. Ex-husband Bobby Brown premiered a strikingly self-centered tribute song to Houston on Wednesday's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The song is entitled "Don't Let Me Die," and will be included on Brown's new album, which drops next month.
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Whitney Houston is getting a tribute as well as the Billboard Millennium Award at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards. The tribute will be performed by Jordin Sparks and John Legend.
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Raffles Van Exel, a close friend of the late Ms. Houston, is bringing legal action against media outlets that reported he was Houston's cocaine supplier. Van Exel describes himself as a "private consultant to the stars," but it is unknown what sort of consultation he provides.
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Rev. Marvin Winans, the pastor who gave the eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral, was carjacked in Detroit on Wednesday afternoon. He was attacked at a gas station where a group of young men took his wallet, his watch, and his SUV. Luckily, the pastor suffered only some scrapes and bumps during the attack.
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Posted 05.16.12 by Mandy ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Sacha Baron Cohen nearly became the victim of his own antics today in Cannes. The actor almost fell off a camel during a publicity stunt to promote his movie, The Dictator, while at the Cannes Film Festival. The actor had planned to ride a camel through the city's famous Croisette promenade, but nearly tumbled backward when he tried to mount the animal. Luckily, he was caught and continued with his camel ride through Cannes.
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Nick Stahl, best known for playing John Connor in Terminator 3, has been reported missing, says TMZ. On Monday, the actor's wife, Rose Stahl, filed a missing person's report with the L.A.P.D. saying she had last seen him May 9th. The actor has been separated from his wife since January, and in February she filed court papers expressing that she was concerned that Nick was using drugs and that she wanted visitations with his daughter to be supervised. His wife is now reportedly concerned that drug use has something to do with the actor's disappearance.
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Singer/dancer/actress Jennifer Lopez was just named the number 1 celebrity on Forbes' list of 100 Most Powerful Celebrities. She was followed by Oprah Winfrey in the number two spot, with Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga rounding out the top 5.
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In other J.Lo news, she was awfully coy about whether she would return to American Idol next season in a recent interview with Ellen DeGeneres. Lopez said, "I really do enjoy it" but continued that she also misses "doing other things. It really does lock you down." Sounds like someone is in contract negotiations. Also, it's interesting to note that in 2009, before Lopez was an idol judge, she didn't even make the Forbes 100 list. Just sayin'.
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In yet more Idol-related news, Ryan Seacrest just spent around $49 million for DeGeneres' Beverly Hills estate. The Idol host's new digs include a 9,200-square-foot main house, as well as 3 guest houses on 2.87 acres.
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Posted 05.15.12 by Chris ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
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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Posted 05.14.12 by Chris ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
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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Posted 05.11.12 by Chris 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.