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Scientific software proves Monica Belluci has the perfect pout

2009-03-18T05:03:00.000-07:00

One of life’s big questions: who has the best lips, Angelina Jolie or Scarlett Johannson?, has been finally answered with the help of scientific precision.

And the winner is. Italian actress and fashion model Monica Belluci who scored perfect marks for 'Lip Attractiveness'.

An American biometrics specialist has developed lip-reading software, which uses a scientific formula to rate lips on a 10-point attractiveness scale.

The Baileys Lip Attractiveness Software is the brainchild of 'Lipologist' Dr Kendra Schmid.

The formula analyses lip proportion, size, fullness, texture, colour and shape.

Although, both Jolie and Johansson scored high on the global top lips list, it was Belluci who took away the first spot.

Bellucci achieved a 10 for lips that are full, smooth and ideally proportioned so that the height of her lips is two-thirds the width.

Johannson scored second with 9.66, Halle Berry third with 9.61, Beyonce Knowles scored a 8.65, and Angelina Jolie rounded out the top 5 with 7.89.

"This is a world first in biometrics; using formulas to objectively score lips according to the characteristics of size, shape, texture and colour," News.com.au quoted Schmid, as saying.

The top five are:
1 Monica Belluci
2 Scarlett Johannson
3 Halle Berry
4 Beyonce Knowles
5 Angelina Jolie.s the perfect pout

Britney Spears Pulling Down Her Pants

2007-11-05T04:10:00.000-08:00

Looks like Britney Spears had a moment. Should she pull them down and flash some C-section scar or not? I say yes, we haven’t seen it in a whole 5 days

Actress Jessica Alba has vowed that she would 'never' strip naked for a film

2007-11-01T05:38:00.000-07:00

Actress Jessica Alba has vowed that she would 'never' strip naked for a film - because her Catholic background does not allow her to do so.

The 26-year-old actress revealed that she wouldn't think twice before turning down a role that requires her to go nude, as she believes it is important to abide by her strict religious beliefs.

"I will never do a nude scene in a movie - not ever. I can act sexy and I can wear sexy clothes but I can't go naked. I think I was always very uncomfortable about the way my body developed," Daily Mail quoted Alba, as saying.

"I come from a Catholic family and it wasn't seen as good to flaunt yourself. I can handle being sexy with clothes on but not with them off," she added.

Meanwhile, Alba has revealed her willingness to become fat and shave off her long locks for the right film role.

"If it's for a challenging or inspiring role, I'd do it," she said.

Emma Thompsons graphic prostitute role to highlight sex trafficking horrors

2007-10-29T05:34:00.001-07:00

Oscar winner Emma Thompson will play the role of a prostitute in a shocking viral video on sex trafficking.
The actress portrays a prostitute who is trafficked into the country and forced to sleep with around 40 men per day, in a bid to underline the plight of thousands of women.
The video depicts the unfortunate fate of an estimated 4,000 women and girls trafficked into the UK each year and forced into prostitution.
The video is an honest endeavor to pressure the Government into approving the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in human beings, which would protect victims.
The campaign is being backed by the Body Shop in honour of Dame Anita Roddick, who died last month.
The shop is working with the Helen Bamber Foundation, an organization which looks after survivors of genocide, torture, trafficking and rape.
"The horror of human trafficking is a subject that my mother and I discussed often over recent years, as it was an area close to my mother's heart," The Sun quoted Roddick's daughter, Sam, as saying.
"There's nothing that makes me happier than to see The Body Shop taking on this campaign," she added.
The campaign will raise funds for the foundation by selling a set of six postcards of artworks illustrating the 'journey' of a trafficked woman.
Thompson and Sam Roddick are also expected to deliver a petition to the Government in November to take action against trafficking.

Keeley Hazell Nude In 2008 Calendar

2007-10-25T05:16:00.000-07:00

British hottie Keeley Hazell’s come out with her 2008 calendar and luckily for her fans she’s done most of the pages topless.

Here’s the woman who’s mostly described as the most ‘perfect body’ in the world nude

Tricia Helfer displayed her massive set of boobs

2007-10-24T05:10:00.000-07:00

Spotted at Spike TVs Scream Awards 2007 in LA, Tricia Helfer displayed her massive set of boobs, complete with partial nipple exposure! We dedude Tricia simply forgot to stick on that nipple tape, causing her top to slip down because of her two giant balloons

JLo expecting twins?

2007-10-11T03:30:00.001-07:00

She's been longing for a baby, and if reports are true then it's going to be double joy for Jennifer Lopez, for she's said to be expecting twins with hubby Marc Anthony.
Usmagazine.com reports that the singer is about four months pregnant, and that her mother is Guadalupe "is proudly telling people she's having twins."
A source also reveals that the couple are overjoyed by the news.
"It's a dream come true. She and Marc are over the moon," Us quoted the source, as saying.
Further rumours that JLo was pregnant were fuelled after she made an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live on October 8 to promote her new CD, Brave.
Co-host Damien Fahey said at the time: "I've been around a lot of pregnant women. She walked around like a pregnant woman, sat like a pregnant woman and stood like a pregnant woman."
"If I were a betting man, I'd definitely bet she was pregnant."

Kylie shoots sexiest ever video

2007-10-03T05:19:00.000-07:00

London drag scene inspires raunchy new look

London's drag queens have inspired Kylie Minogue to make her sexiest video ever.
'It's visually amazing. It's like nothing you've ever seen Kylie do before,' says a source at Shepperton Studios, where the video for the single Two Hearts is being filmed.
'Kylie vamps it up in a black Latex catsuit that's so tight you can clearly see the shape of her bum. And it looks great.
'Then she writhes on the floor provocatively and cavorts on a grand piano.'
The pint-sized pop star has been touring London's drag clubs for the past month.
And along with the figure-hugging clothes, her new look is said to feature ferocious red lipstick and blonde Shirley Temple curls.
Kylie, 39, also selected five drag acts to be her 'band' in the video after a visit to nightclub Boombox.
'Kylie wanted striking, unusual looking people for her video,' a source tells the Daily Mirror.
'Everyone shines in camp Spandex outfits, killer heels, vamp make-up and lots of glitter - it looks totally futuristic.
'She wanted to do something different that no one would expect and the video is no holds barred.'
Two Hearts is out next month, followed by Kylie's new album X on 26 November.

Pamela Anderson: My partying is not out of control

2007-09-28T05:06:00.001-07:00

Mum-of-two says she's truly fulfilled
Pamela Anderson has hit back at 'a close pal' who claimed her wild partying was raising concern among her friends.
'She drinks, she does stuff . . . and she's got hepatitis C,' the informer told the New York Post. 'Her liver is shot but she keeps living this crazy lifestyle.
'We don't think she understands how serious this is. She has two kids and may not be around to see them grow up at this rate.'
The former Baywatch star, 40, who's been linked to Paris Hilton's sex-tape partner Rick Salomon, fumes on her website: 'I take care of my health. My children are my number one priority.
'These stupid remarks are hurtful to them, my kids are affected by this. My family knows the lengths I go to be together.
'Partying is not top of my list my kids are. My family is precious. There are people that really party and neglect their families.'
Pammie, who is currently starring in Hans Klok's Las Vegas magic show, says leaving Los Angeles was a tough decision.
'I can't believe it's worked out this well,' she admits.
'Rick has been a friend for 15 years. I finally am fulfilled in my life in every area. I'm a responsible devoted mom. I'm in love. And my work is fun and creative. I'm healthy and I'm having the best time in my life.'

Is JLo pregnant?

2007-09-19T05:32:00.000-07:00

Jennifer Lopez may finally be on the mommyhood path for latest reports claim that the singer/actress is pregnant with her first child.
According to American magazine In Touch, Lopez and husband Marc Anthony received the good news after visiting her Beverly Hills gynaecologist, fertility specialist Dr. Robert Katz.
Sources have told the publication that the 'Wedding Planner' star had an ultrasound performed in a New York office on Sept. 12.
"The test calculated that she was about 12 weeks pregnant," the Sun quoted an insider, as telling the mag.
Lopez has been trying to conceive for the past two years and eventually turned to in vitro fertilization.
And close friends of the couple claim that the baby news could be a double blessing, for doctors believe Lopez could be expecting twins.
"The way the fetus is lying made it difficult for the doctor to tell if there was more than one baby in there," a friend told the mag.
It is not certain whether the pregnancy reports will hinder the couple's upcoming tour dates, which begin in early November.
This will be Jennifer and Anthony's first child together. Anthony already has three children from previous relationships.

Jodie Kidd Brands Naomi a 'F***ing Monster'

2007-09-19T05:29:00.001-07:00

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has reportedly been branded a 'f***ing monster' by Jodie Kidd. As to why Kidd would call Campbell a vile name like that, well that's because Campbell treats people badly if they don't give her what she wants.
"She's a f***ing monster! Anyone that doesn't give her what she wants, she'll treat like rubbish," Mirror quoted Kidd, as saying.
However, Campbell revealed that she is 'grateful to Jodie' because she agreed to take part in her Fashion for Relief catwalk show for flood victims on Thursday. "I'm just grateful that Jodie is doing the show," Campbell said.
The models will flaunt eighties style baggy pants in Boy George's B-Rude fashion show this week.

Lindsay Lohan Vows to Quit Hollywood!

2007-09-17T07:07:00.001-07:00

It seems that Lindsay Lohan has finally realized her mistakes, for the starlet has promised her dad that she will quit films, leave Hollywood and dump bad boy lover Calum Best.
Michael Lohan, who met his daughter for the first time in three years, has revealed that the actress has vowed to steer clear of all the things that led her downhill since she attained stardom.
"When we finally came face to face we just clung on to each other and did not stop crying for at least half an hour. Lindsay said, 'Daddy, I have done some terrible things and been addicted to drugs but please believe me I will never do drugs again," News of the World quoted Michael, as saying.
"She said she does not want to live in Hollywood as that is where this evil in her life happens. She said, 'I hate Hollywood and I don't want to work there. I need a break and I am moving away,'" he added.
The senior Lohan further said that his daughter has also promised to stay away from vicious people like Calum Best.
"She said 'I will stop hanging round with people who are bad for me,'" he said.
Michael further revealed that Lindsay might extend her rehab stay, because "she wants to make absolutely certain she can cope on her own in the outside world."
He added that after leaving rehab, his daughter would head for the east coast to her family, and not to Los Angeles.
"You only have to look at the poor state Britney Spears is in at the moment to know living in Hollywood is not good for these young girls," he said.
Lindsay was admitted to rehab in July for the third time this year after being caught with cocaine while drink driving. She was sentenced to a day in jail and ten days' community service.

Nude photo confirmed as genuine

2007-09-08T06:46:00.000-07:00

Naked pic of High School Musical 2 star Vanessa Hudgens hits web

A nude photo of Vanessa Hudgens has popped up on the internet – and the young star's rep has confirmed it's her.
The image shows the actress, 18, standing in the buff in the centre of a room.
Vanessa is dating Zac Efron, 19, who co-stars with the actress in High School Musical 2, but rumours he took the snap are purely speculative.
'This was a photo which was taken privately. It is a personal matter and it is unfortunate that this has become public,' Vanessa's rep tells TMZ.

See Vanessa Hudgens sing in this video...

Bellucci found bullet-flying lovemaking scene sexy

2007-09-06T08:54:00.000-07:00

Italian actress Monica Bellucci feels that the bullet-flying lovemaking scene she shot with actor Clive Owen in their latest action flick Shoot 'Em Up', was 'crazy'.
The scene involves the actors romping while the bullets were flying.
The actress, however, has no complaints about filming a scene of that sought. Instead, she feels that it's something that she has never come across before and found it interesting.
"It was kind of crazy," Sun quoted Bellucci, as saying.
"What I like is that it's violent but at the same time it's sexy and it's funny.
"It wasn't very easy but it's interesting.
"When you see the movie, it is one of the greatest moments because I have never seen something like that in a movie," she added.

Jolie, not Alba has the sexiest strut, says scientist

2007-09-06T08:47:00.000-07:00

It seems that the scientific study that named Jessica Alba the sexiest walker is 'bogus', for a scientist has claimed the mathematical calculations reveal that Angelina Jolie is the actual winner.
The earlier study ranked Alba higher than Jolie, Kate Moss and even the legendary screen siren Marilyn Monroe.
However, Cambridge University Professor Richard Weber declared the Oscar winner as the 'sexiest strutter', reports TMZ.
Weber was commissioned to find out the sexiest walker by Clarion Communications, a PR firm that represents a hair removal product.
But, scientist Ben Goldacre, who writes for the Guardian, alleged that Clarion had already decided on the winner when they commissioned Weber to determine the sexiest swagger.
He added that the firm's rep had told him that they wanted Beyonce to emerge the winner.
"Beyonce to come out on top followed by other celebrities with curvy legs such as J-Lo and Kylie, and celebrities like Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse to be at the bottom -- e.g., skinny and pale unshapely legs are not as sexy," the rep told Goldacre.

Anna Nicole Smith blamed Stern for sons death, alleges book

2007-09-04T06:18:00.000-07:00

A tell-all on Anna Nicole Smith has revealed that the late model blamed Howard K. Stern for her only son's death.
Daniel Smith died of a suspected drug overdose on September 10, 2006, a few days after Smith gave birth to her daughter Dannielynn.
However, the book 'Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death' by former NBC journalist Rita Cosby claims that Smith accused Stern of playing a role in her son's death.
Former employees of Smith say that they overheard her screaming at Stern.
"You did this! You killed him! You caused this!" the New York Daily News quoted the book, as stating while the couple waited for the coroner to determine how Daniel Smith died in 2005.
"Someone poisoned him or gave him drugs or something," the sources said.
The Playboy star told an employee that 'he didn't do drugs'.
The book also alleges Stern and Larry Birkhead cut a secret deal after Anna Nicole was buried in March, with Birkhead getting custody of baby Dannielynn, in return for Stern being named executor of her estate.

Paris Hilton vows to have children by next year

2007-09-04T06:12:00.000-07:00

The hotel heiress, who is currently single, is ready to become a mother and is preparing her body so it is in prime condition for conceiving.
She said in an interview with Elle magazine: "I want kids next year, so I've got to get my body ready."
Paris also revealed when she was serving her 23-day prison sentence in the summer her fellow inmates expressed disbelief she had been locked up.
The blonde - who was jailed for driving with a suspended license - added:
"One said to me, 'It's ridiculous you're in here. I'm in here for murder.' "
It was recently reported that Paris, 26, had been feeling broody since close friend Nicole Richie fell pregnant.
A source said: "Paris told me, 'I want lots of babies and a more simple life away from the celebrity spotlight. I did a lot of soul-searching about my partying and then I heard Nicole was pregnant and I decided it's time for me to grow up and take responsibility - and the best way to do that is to become a mother.' "
Paris recently spoke out about Nicole's pregnancy, saying her 'Simple Life' co-star will make a great mother.
She gushed: "She's really happy. I know she's going to be the best mom ever."

Jolie, Pitt Voted 'Sexiest Too-Hot Twosome'!

2007-09-01T06:49:00.000-07:00

Hollywood's hottest couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have received top honours in a new 'Sexiest Too-Hot Twosome' poll.
America's InStyle magazine kicked off a 'Sexy Poll' recently and asked its readers to vote sexy stars in different categories like Sexiest Troubadour, Sexiest Girl Found On iTunes and Sexiest TV Cast.
Brad and Angelina claimed 42 per cent of the votes to top the Sexiest Too-Hot Twosome category reports Contactmusic.
Pitt also claimed the 'Sexiest Reason To Spend 10 dollars On A Movie' category along with pal George Clooney, while Jolie emerged as the clear winner in the 'Sexiest Movie Star Whose Va-va-va-voom You'd Like To Borrow For A Night stakes.'
Singer Justin Timberlake was chosen as Sexiest Troubadour while Brit soccer sensation David Beckham won the fun title of Sexiest Dude Who Gets Paid To Sweat.
Other winners include Daniel Craig - Tuxedo Trumps Skin); Eva Longoria - Sexiest High-Fox-Factor TV Comedienne; Orlando Bloom - Sexiest Movie Hero; and Entourage star Adrien Grenier - Sexiest TV Funnyman.
Shakira, Beyonce Knowles and Carrie Underwood tied for the 'Sexiest Girl Found On iTunes' prize, while the 'Sexiest Hottie Who Makes Your Sides Hurt From Laughing' honour went to Ashton Kutcher and Vince Vaughn.
The cast of Grey's Anatomy claimed the 'Sexiest TV Cast' award, while show stars Patrick Dempsey and Katherine Heigl got 'Sexiest High-Drama TV Hunk' and 'Sexiest Siren On A Serious TV Show' honours respectively.

Hook-up website offers Holmes to seek out someone to fill her lonely bed

2007-09-01T06:45:00.000-07:00

Hook-up website offers Holmes to seek out someone to fill her lonely bed
It seems that a controversial, adulterous hookup website is under the impression that Katie Holmes is not happy with her husband Tom Cruise.
That's probably the reason why AshleyMadison.com, an online dating service for married people, has offered Holmes a free lifetime membership, so as to find a "meaningful relationship" and "fill her lonely bed."
The site offers total anonymity to all its members, and claims to have registered over 1.4 million aspirant cheaters, including some of Hollywood's A-listers, reports TMZ.
Meanwhile Holmes' haircut has topped the 'Hot Hair' poll of tinsel town's leading ladies.The poll was conducted by Life and Style magazine, which judged Holmes' style the best especially as it "shows off her cheekbones".

'Straightheads' Sex Scenes Left Anderson Cold

2007-08-30T06:44:00.000-07:00

Former X-Files star Gillian Anderson has revealed that filming the sex scenes in her latest movie were not a piece of cake at all. The 39-year-old recently divulged that the love scenes in 'Straightheads', a thriller filmed in the Midlands, almost crumbled.
Anderson had to make love with screen lover Danny Dyer in a car parked in Shropshire, but the actress said that the extreme cold kept them from doing things according to the plan.
"The scene was filmed in the dead of night, with all the crew standing around with fires to keep us warm. The sides of my dress needed to be stuck to me, or it would have fallen wrong. I had to have two tapes on my side. But because it was so cold, the tape wasn't working, and my dress kept peeling off too soon," the Daily Express quoted her, as saying.
"My lover's job was to cover the tape while we were in the middle of pretending to have sex. It wasn't easy. That is my memory of sex in Shropshire," she added.

Mel B's Lesbian Lover Kisses And Tells All

2007-08-29T04:46:00.000-07:00

The former lesbian lover of Mel B has spoken out about their two-year affair and claims that the Spice Girl is now in a 'vulnerable' mental state.
Mel met Christa Parker, a mother of two, at the gates of the U.S. school where their children are pupils.
The pair went on to enjoy three-in-a-bed romps with Christa’s friend Elizabeth Rodriguez, a sex-toy saleswoman.
Christa said: "Mel and I were very good friends. We saw each other almost every day and would have sex at least a couple of times a week."
Christa claims that the affair ended in May 2006 when Mel began a relationship with Eddie Murphy.
Christa - who is still in phone contact with the singer - is one of many pals to voice their concern about Mel’s whirlwind marriage to film producer Stephen Belafonte two months ago.
She said: "Mel is so vulnerable. I'm very worried about her. I hope she's happy. I just don't want to see her hurt."

Miss Teen South Carolina USA Explains Her TV Mishap

2007-08-29T04:42:00.000-07:00

Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, who has been the laughing stock of internet after fumbling her response to a pageant question, was given a second chance to answer it yesterday morning on the Today show.
Upton - who fumbled when asked the question of why one-fifth of Americans can't find the United States on a map – claims that she drew a blank.
"I didn't do anything wrong," she told South Carolina's The State newspaper "I wasn't expecting [the question]. I lost my train of thought."
She added that she "completely misunderstood."
Well the 18-year-old student got a second chance at answering the question, which will no doubt haunt her for the rest of her life.
Check out her (scripted) response right here.

Hot Video: See Where the Stars Go in Malibu

2007-08-28T03:17:00.000-07:00

It's hard to go anywhere in Los Angeles where a celeb hasn't tread, but some areas are just a little hotter than others. Case in point: Malibu. From the mundane (Pamela Anderson grabbing coffee) to the insane (Mel Gibson getting drunk and going on a racial tirade!) Malibu is the beautiful beachside retreat that Hollywood's hottest favor.

Sienna Miller: ‘I Don’t Sleep Around’

2007-08-25T05:12:00.000-07:00

Sienna Miller has hit back at claims that she sleeps around with various men.

The Alfie star – who has recently been linked to P-Diddy and actor Rhys Ifans – claims that reports are simply not true.
“I always hear things about me and different men. Is my nickname Sleeparound Sienna? I can assure you I'm not.
"And Rhys is crashing on my couch - we're not sleeping together."
Whatever you reckon ‘Sleeparound Sienna.'

Scarlett Johansson Taking Sex Appeal To Iraq

2007-08-25T05:09:00.001-07:00

Scarlett Johansson's going to take young GI's minds off their living hell by popping over to Iraq to "ooze sex appeal".

The Hollywood pin-up has signed up for a morale boosting trip to the war-ravaged country, and she's planning on playing up her sex symbol status.
She says, "I don't know if I will sing for them. I'll probably just take to the stage and ooze sex appeal and hang around.
"I'm so lucky that I have an opportunity to make some sort of difference."
Let's hope it doesn't go Apolcalypse Now!

Carmen's Ex Turns Porn Film Director!

2007-08-25T05:08:00.000-07:00

Carmen Electra's ex hubby Dave Navarro is changing profession. He's going from being a rocker to a porn flick director.
And, he's already tried his hand at the new job by shooting a feature-length adult movie titled 'Dave Navarro: Broken'.
According to The Sun, the movie is part of an idea by porn star Tera Patrick and her heavy metal singer husband Evan Seinfeld in which celebs are roped in to direct adult films.
Dave's film is set to be released on September 27.
The Jane's Addiction rocked and Electra wed on Nov. 22, 2003. But after just three short years of marriage they announced that they were amicably separating.
Electra then filed legal papers in Los Angeles Superior Court last August citing irreconcilable differences. Their personal belongings were split up as previously agreed upon in a prenuptial agreement.
The couple's divorce was finalised on February 20 this year.

Judy Finnigan Boob Flash Voted Funniest Image

2007-08-25T05:06:00.000-07:00

Judy Finnigan’s accidental boob flash at the National Television Awards has been voted the funniest image of the last 30 years.

The famous incident - which saw Judy’s dress fall open to reveal her bra as she and husband Richard Madeley collected an award at the ceremony - was broadcast live on TV.
The TV hosts beat a photograph of a bedraggled Cherie Blair answering the door of her house shortly after husband Tony became Prime Minister.
A picture of Prince Charles wearing a rasta hat – complete with fake dreadlocks attached - during a trip to Jamaca in 2000 came in at number 4, and Jordan’s pink-themed wedding was at 5.

Top Five Funniest Moments:

1. Judy Finnigan boob flash at National Television Awards
2. Cherie Blair answering the door after Tony’s election
3. Boris Yeltsin drunken dancing on stage in Germany
4. Prince Charles’ misguided Rasta hat
5. Jordan’s pink wedding

Britney Spears bares her soul in a new song

2007-08-24T07:51:00.001-07:00

Britney Spears has bared her soul in a new song in which she sings about her "baby boy" deserting her.
The track - which has been leaked on the internet - features the 25-year-old divorced mother-of-two singing a ballad over a slow beat to the sound of toy chimes.
In what appears to be a plea to ex-husband Kevin Federline, Britney sings: "Everyday, I'm in a daze/Looking for that someone
"And everyday, I sit and kneel and pray/Oh, sweet love, can I get some? "So why do you desert me, baby boy? I need your love right now!"
The song then breaks and Britney is heard on the phone saying: "Hey baby, what time you gonna get home?"
The song ends with Britney singing: "So why did you desert me, baby boy?/I thought that you, you were the one.
"So if you preferred the other one/She won't bring you the sun."
A source said: "This is obviously just a demo and not a finished or official release in any way. It is a shame someone would leak unfinished, unmastered and incomplete work."
Britney is currently facing a custody battle with Kevin for 23-month-old Sean Preston and 11-month-old Jayden James.
The singer is rumored to be planning to flee to London with her sons.

Dannii Fuming over Lesbian Romp Pics!

2007-08-24T07:50:00.001-07:00

Dannii Minogue has lashed out at "creepy, nasty people" who placed her photos, showing her groping a lapdancer, on the internet.
Pictures of the X Factor judge, apparently enjoying a dance with naked female lap dancer, Jupiter, at Puss in Boots club in London last year, have reappeared online this week.
And now, Dannii, who is fuming over the leak, is reported to have launched a legal bid to buy the pics to prevent them from becoming public.
"It woke me up to the fact that there are some creepy, nasty people willing to do anything to take advantage of someone famous," the Mirror quoted Dannii, as telling Cosmopolitan magazine. "I now keep my guard up because I've realised not everyone has my best interests at heart," she added.

Beyonce Knowles Bares Breasts Onstage!

2007-08-24T07:47:00.000-07:00

It seems that singer Beyonce Knowles is not having much luck on the stage these days.

After toppling down the stage at a concert in Florida last month, the 'Naughty Girl' singer shocked fans again - this time by baring her breasts onstage.
The 25-year-old star suffered an apparent wardrobe malfunction while performing at the launch of her clothing line, Dereon, in Toronto, Canada.
The footage of the accidental flashing was posted on the Internet, after Knowles' top flew up and exposed her bare breasts.
However, the singer's rep insists that Knowles remained decent throughout the show, owing to her well-coordinated undergarments.
"She was wearing a bra that perfectly matches her costume," E! Online quoted the rep, as saying.

Madonna Tops 'Bad Girls Gone Good' List!

2007-08-24T07:46:00.001-07:00

The Queen of pop Madonna has made it to the top of a new list of 'bad girls gone good' compiled by In Touch magazine.
The singer-actress was followed by Drew Barrymore who secured the second spot.
Soul star Mary J.Blige and Sarah Ferguson secured third and fourth places respectively, reports Contactmusic.
'Genie in a Bottle' star Christina Aguilera rounded off the top five, at the fifth spot.
The top 5 list of bad girls gone good is as follows:
1. Madonna
2. Drew Barrymore
3. Mary J. Blige
4. Fergie
5. Christina Aguilera.

Lohan's Cocaine Charges May be Dropped

2007-08-23T00:20:00.000-07:00

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is disinclined to charge Lindsay Lohan with three drug-related felonies, a decision that could spare the troubled actress from a prison sentence, celebrity news outlet TMZ.com reported on Tuesday.
The charges are connected with Lohan's two recent arrests for drunken driving, first in May when she crashed her car on Beverly Hills, and then in July when she was involved in a late-night car chase in Santa Monica.
TMZ, citing unidentified law enforcement sources, said the 21-year-old actress would likely face misdemeanor drunk-driving charges for both incidents. If found guilty of both, she would serve a minimum of four days in jail, TMZ.com said.
Legal experts have said Lohan could face up to three years behind bars if confronted with the full weight of the law.
Asked about the TMZ.com report, district attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said the office has not yet received the Santa Monica case and the Beverly Hills case remains under review.
"A public discussion of potential charges prior to a case being filed would be inappropriate and potentially unethical," she said.
Gibbons also denied TMZ.com's report that charges could be filed on Wednesday.
After the Beverly Hills incident, cocaine was found in Lohan's car. After the Santa Monica chase, she was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, cocaine possession, bringing a controlled substance into custody and driving on a suspended license.
Lohan, who has done two rehab stints this year, has seen her promising film career plummet in recent years. Last month, she starred as stripper abducted by a sadistic killer in the box office bomb "I Know Who Killed Me."

Victoria Beckham wants David’s security beefed up after sexy stalker gets too close

2007-08-22T23:48:00.000-07:00

A furious Victoria Beckham has demanded that security be beefed up around her hubby after a “gorgeous” teenage girl almost managed to slip into his room.
The fan managed to sneak past security and reach Becks’ room at the hotel he was staying in Toronto, Canada, along with his other LA Galaxy team-mates.
The obsessed fan’s antics have Posh worried, reveals a source.
“It’s still not clear whether this was an attempt by the stalker girl to have a romantic liaison with David or whether she actually wanted to do him some harm,” the Daily Star quoted a source, as saying.
“That’s why Victoria took it so seriously and that’s why it freaked her out so much.
“Victoria is on edge about their personal security already.
“She has asked minders to sweep shops twice before she goes in.”
“Victoria realised how exposed it had left them, and immediately insisted their hire three more guards.
“She’s adamant David must be protected, at any cost, from someone who wants to do him harm or tempt him into the sack.”
However, a spokesman for Becks denied that the incident ever took place.
“I’m not aware of this. There are always fans hanging about wherever David goes, but no-one got near his room. We have the same security team as normal, and there was no security scare,” the spokesman said

Beyonce's boobs bounce right out! Report and Video

2007-08-22T22:41:00.000-07:00

Beyonce is known to be lively on stage but during her performance in Toronto today she revealed just how much lively her boobs were too, sans a bra, as her dress floated up when gravitational and aerodynamic forces conspired to the delight of the wired world.
During her concert in Orlando on July 25, when Beyonce took a spectacular fall down a flight of stairs she was probably hurt but did not show it and continued with her performance.
Today, when she revealed her bouncing boobs she was probably embarrassed silly but once again did not show it and continued with her performance.
She was, however, a lot more circumspect during the remaining show, keeping her hands close to her dress to prevent a repeat wardrobe.

Fame is Overrated, Says Knightley!

2007-08-22T06:10:00.001-07:00

Actress Keira Knightley has criticised youngsters who are obsessed with being a celebrity and says fame is overrated.
'The Pirates Of The Caribbean' star says she can't understand the hype regarding her celebrity status.
Contactmsuic.com quoted her as saying: 'It frightens me when kids go 'I want to be famous'. Why? Because you want to go into a restaurant! You know what, if you book, you can get into a restaurant.
'Ok, I'm on the cover of a magazine but somebody does the hair, and the make-up and airbrushes the f*** out of me - it's not me, it's something other people have created.'

Naomi Watts, Beau Fight with Paparazzi!

2007-08-22T06:07:00.001-07:00

Naomi Watts and beau Leiv Schreiber got into a scuffle with the paparazzi after photogs got too close to their newborn son.
The couple had gone out for dinner with three-week-old son at Greek restaurant Taverna Tony's, when they were accosted by the paparazzi trying to get a picture of the little boy.
That's when Schreiber lost his cool, when after placing down the baby carrier he was carrying, a photog got too close.
AccorgingConfronting the photographer, Schreiber shouted, "You f**king disgust me. It's a f**king child and I have one f**king foot."
He then chased away several other photographers before entering the restaurant for lunch.
However, the photogs were still around when the couple emerged after their meal, forcing Watts to say "Are you out of your mind?" as she tried to make way for Schreiber to place their baby in a waiting car.
Video footage of the incident has been posted on website TMZ.com.

Miller Desperate to be New Bond Girl!

2007-08-22T06:02:00.000-07:00

There is nothing that Sienna Miller would like to do more than become the next Bond girl.
The Brit actress admitted that she would love to reunite with her gangster flick 'Layer Cake' co-star, and new Bond, Daniel Craig on-screen once again in a 007 flick.
Miller also admitted that she was simply blown away by Craig's performance in Casino Royale.
"Daniel is one of my best friends and I thought Casino Royale was brilliant. I'd work with him any day of the week," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.
If Miller's dreams do come true, then sparks are sure to fly between the two, for not only did their chemistry become clear on-screen while they were working on 'Layer Cake', but was rumoured to have continued off-screen too.
Craig, in the meantime, is not having such a good time at the box office, for his new movie opposite Nicole Kidman, The Invasion, bombed horribly.

Calum Best's romp with lap dancer while Lindsay Lohan cried for help

2007-08-20T01:28:00.000-07:00

It seems that Lindsay Lohan’s beau Calum Best did not think twice before bedding another woman, after he had promised to stand by his ladylove in her desperate attempts to stay clean.
Lapdancer Melissa Lorraine has opened the lid on the kinky sex session that Best had with her while the Mean Girls star desperately waited for him in the rehab.
“He is supposed to be with Lindsay and be supporting her through everything. But that didn't stop him having sex with me and taking drugs,” News of the World quoted Lorraine, as saying.
"We were right at the crucial moment when suddenly he started biting me harder and harder. In the end I said, ‘Ow. That hurts'. He bit my shoulder really hard and I started thinking, ‘Wow, this is a bit weird.' He started really digging his teeth in and biting my arms.”
"It was so painful I asked what he was doing. He looked at me and said, ‘This is how I do it when I have sex with Lindsay. She likes it kinky'.”
"I was gobsmacked that he was having sex with me, but at the same time telling me about how he had sex with his famous girlfriend.”
"It was obvious he was thinking of her at the time. And that was really turning him on.” she said.
The 20-year-old also said that Lohan had called him up to tell him about how difficult it was at the rehab centre and Best was consoling her while he was in bed with Lorraine.
“I could hear her say how upset she was about her rehab and being sober, and Calum was trying to calm her down. His voice was very gentle and he was being very soothing. If I didn't know that he was lying in bed with me I would have thought he really cared about her,’ she added.

Paris Hilton set for 'Big Brother'

2007-08-20T01:26:00.000-07:00

Paris Hilton is reportedly set to star in reality TV series Big Brother.
The former convict has been offered 300,000 pounds to appear in the Channel 4 program scheduled for January 2008.
The offer makes the hotel heiress the highest paid celebrity on the show so far.
A Big Brother source said that the show’s bosses are in talks to rope in ‘The Simple Life’ star.
“We told Paris, ‘Name your price’. We’re in firm talks, and it would be a fantastic coup to get her,” the Sun quoted an insider, as saying.
Another source said that Hilton wants to disprove her ‘bimbo’ and ‘wild child reputation’.
“She wants people to see that she’s not a bimbo or a wild child,” the source said.
"She would easily be the star of the show — but obviously she won’t do it unless the money is right,” the source added.
However, there is no news on other inmates on the show

Paris Hilton's Fashion Launch Chaos

2007-08-20T01:20:00.000-07:00

Paris Hilton's fashion launch has caused chaos in Los Angeles with crowds having to be held at bay by police.

Crowds surged to catch a glimpse of the socialite as she unveiled her own range of shoes, T-Shirts and jeans at Beverly Hills' Kitson boutique.
A traffic lane had to be closed on Robertson Boulevard to accomodate the throng.
Safely inside, a gold-sequin dressed Paris gushed, "It's a dream come true to have my own clothing line. It's just Paris style: fun, bright and flashy.
"They are really comfortable and really affordable. It's just from my closet to their closets."

Britney Strikes Allure Pose and No More!

2007-08-18T06:05:00.000-07:00

Another day, another bit of bizarre Britney behavior. The cover of the September issue of Allure magazine features Britney Spears posed provocatively in jeans and dark brown wig, her bare breasts covered by her arms. There are two similar shots inside the mag. She very cooperatively posed for the shots in April.
When it came to sitting for the interview she had also agreed to, that became a much different matter.
"Britney showed up for Allure's cover shoot on time and ready to work," editor-in-chief Linda Wells wrote in an a letter for the issue, on newsstands Tuesday.
"She was entirely unself-conscious: She took off her wig and then stripped down to the waist, for no apparent reason, before sitting for hair and makeup," Wells said. "She was agreeable and cooperative on the shoot and left at the end of the day, followed by a trail of paparazzi."
As for the interview that was to follow, the 25-year-old Spears missed four appointments with Allure interviewer Judith Newman, Wells said.
At one point, Spears put off the chat because she was "delayed by important work in the recording studio," Newman wrote. But, she added, "The paparazzi found her a few hours later at a salon, getting her nails done."
What do you do when you have no profile to accompany some alluring photographs? Newman wrote a first-person essay about her experience trying to track down Spears.
"Britney has long lost her role-model status," Wells commented. "That dream of a comeback seems to occupy an ever-more-distant speck on the horizon."

Paris Hilton Hooks Up With Yet Another Man

2007-08-18T06:03:00.000-07:00

Paris Hilton’s ‘love’ life is hard to keep up with at the best of times, but she’s gone into overdrive since leaving prison.

The socialite is now dating hunky actor Adrian Grenier after her last squeeze Cisco Adler unceremoniously dumped her.

Indeed Grenier was the source of the problem after Cisco saw footage of the couple handing out together at a couple of events on the internet.

Paris and Adrian have carried on regardless with the Las Angeles screening of new movie The 11th Hour being their latest outing on Wednesday, according to The Sun, who also report the pair have been enjoying “midnight visits”.

Victoria Beckham to Offer Fashion Advice

2007-08-18T06:01:00.001-07:00

Victoria Beckham will offer her fashion ideas in a new book, "That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between," to be published by HarperCollins in November.
"I've always been a girl's girl," Beckham, aka Posh Spice, said in a statement Thursday. "And I know from experience that making the very best of yourself is something any woman can do."
Beckham is a member of the newly reunited Spice Girls and wife of soccer star David Beckham.
"I was never the 6-foot-tall pinup. I've always been the girl-next-door who got lucky," she said. "I've come a long way in the last 10 years, but this book isn't my attempt to tell you what or what not to do. It's just to share some of what I've learned."
According to HarperCollins, "That Extra Half an Inch" will offer guidance on everything from how to dress on special occasions to "how to feel confident and look great every time you leave the house."
Beckham's ability to sell books, at least other people's books, has already been demonstrated. Last spring, she was seen holding a copy of "Skinny Bitch," a diet guide by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin that soon became a best seller.

Britney Spears’ Normal Photo Shoot

2007-08-16T05:24:00.000-07:00

It’s something we thought we'd never see but Britney Spears has managed to participate in a seemingly normal interview and photo shoot for Allure magazine.

According to the magazine’s Editor-In-Chief Linda Wells, Spears was more than cooperative for the spread, which will hit newsstands at the end of the month.

“Britney showed up for Allure’s cover shoot on time and ready to work” claims Wells.

“She was entirely unselfconscious: She took off her wig and then stripped down to the waist, for no apparent reason, before sitting for hair and makeup.

”She was agreeable and cooperative on the shoot and left at the end of the day, followed by a trail of paparazzi.

”And that was the last we saw of her.”

*Yawn*

Britney Spears Lesbian Romp: Part Two

2007-08-16T05:20:00.000-07:00

More news has emerged surrounding Britney Spears’ lesbian escapades. This time her former nannies are speaking out about the troubled pop-tarts drunkenly lust for women.

A string of former nannies have accused the Toxic star of begging them of sleazy lesbian romps.
“She’ll strip down in front of staff. She’ll ask: ‘Do I look sexy? Do I look pretty?’ She’s extremely insecure” a former employee told the Daily Star.
“She just cares about whether her nannies are young and fun and like to drink and party. She hires people to be her friends.
“She’d share stories about her married life with her staff and it would make them feel awkward, especially when she talked about sexual positions.”
One nanny goes as far to claim that Brit invited her to slip in between the sheets whilst her 22-month-old son Sean Preston was in the same bed.
The report has emerged just days after Spears was photographed indulging in a sexual romp with her former personal assistant Shannon Funk.

Courtney bares all in steamy photoshoots

2007-08-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

Rocker Courtney Love steamed up the lens with her bare all shoot for Harper's Bazaar magazine.
The singer/actress only had some carefully placed jewelry on in the racy pics.
The 43-year-old, who was recently in news for her skeletal figure, looked surprisingly sexy in the pics.
Love revealed that the secret behind her new found figure was that she gained 10 pounds, thanks to cupcakes.
"I've put on 10 pounds (thank you Sprinkles cupcakes which I must admit are overrated),” the Sun quoted Love, as saying.
The ‘Hole’ frontwoman however insisted that she was tired of the hype around her weight and appearance.
"I must point out the hypocrisy of this crazy hysteria about my weight. No one's going to mistake me for Eva Longoria, and my God I am truly happy to be who and what I am,” she said.

Spice Girls set to battle it out with Britney

2007-08-10T22:05:00.000-07:00

The Spice Girls are said to be leaving no stone unturned when it comes to battling it out with Britney Spears for the opening slot of an esteemed music concert.
The all-girl band is vying to open the Fashion Rocks concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, one of the biggest events in the music and fashion industry.
While the vivacious five are eying the October extravaganza to make their long-awaited comeback, organizers of the event are desperately trying to rope in Britney to open the concert, her first official appearance since her troubles.
The organizers have asked the ‘Toxic’ singer to perform, but her record label has yet to decide as they are worried her songs aren’t strong enough.
But people from Spice Girls' manager with Simon Fuller’s camp are doing their best to try and get the Girls on the line-up which already includes Kasabian, Alicia Keys and Beth Ditto.
"People around the Spice Girls think it's the perfect place for their first gig in years. They're keeping their fingers crossed, but they know there are some big names in the mix,” the Mirror quoted a source, as saying.
The October 18 event, which is held every two years to raise money for the Prince's Trust, will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman.

Michael Lohan slams Lindsay's ex-bodyguard

2007-08-10T22:03:00.000-07:00

Lindsay Lohan’s dad has hit out against the actress’ ex –bodyguard who claimed that her parents’ negligent and wild ways have contributed to the young star’s current health and legal problems.
In an interview to In Touch, Tony Almeida said both Michael and Dina Lohan were ‘wild, abusive, neglectful partiers’.
Michael slammed Almeida’s statements and said that the latter is a ‘desperate and disgruntled employee who will do anything for money’.
He added that the bodyguard himself has been neglecting his own family and is a drug addict.
"It is sad to say but Tony Almeida is a desperate and disgruntled employee who is destitute and will do anything for money. In doing this he has violated a confidentiality agreement which proves his lack of integrity,” OK! Magazine quoted him, as saying.
“Furthermore he is a man who is passing the buck because it is he who has neglected his disabled son and entire family in Brazil for 20 years. How can he castigate myself and the members of my family about illegal drug use when he uses steroids that fuel his own rage (perhaps even worse than the rage he attributes to me)? Yet again, this is an instance of someone living off Lindsay and our family for their own personal gain,’ he added.

Insisting that the dejected bodyguard has got very ‘creative’, Michael also denied other claims made by Almeida including, that he had beaten up the ‘Mean Girls’ star, and that the starlet has been cash cow for her parents.
He also refuted Almeida’s claims that they allowed the 21-year-old to share a room with her then beau Aaron Carter, for he could help her music career.
“To address his ‘stalking’ claim, I never entered Lindsay’s property in LA. Tony knows that, but now that he is dejected and in dire straits he has gotten very ‘creative.’ Lindsay had a secure trust fund up until the age of 18, again a time I was separated from my family, so how could we have lived off Lindsay? Up until that time I supported my family in every conceivable capacity. Records will prove, I never took one red cent from Lindsay directly or indirectly, nor did I ever touch Lindsay or any of my children,” he said.

"As I have admitted I slapped Dina once in 1989 and I have truly regretted it ever since. Tony never saw me doing cocaine because I was not doing it at that time. I have a video of Lindsay’s entire sweet 16 which shows that she only drank juices and soft drinks. During the time Lindsay was with Aaron, Dina and I were always around; we even had a federal agent, who is a friend of mine, as security for Lindsay and Aaron. Not once was it ever reported to us that any drinking, drugs or promiscuity ever took place.
"Tony is a desperate man who is struggling to make ends meet any way he can. Lindsay was never afraid of me. If anything she turned to me when she had problems. Tony only had known me for 2 years, much of which I was not around him or Lindsay, so how can he judge me or my relationship with my children.” (ANI)

Hubby Promotes Aguilera to Show Off Body!

2007-08-10T21:46:00.001-07:00

It seems that Christina Aguilera will never clean up her dressing act, despite being a married woman and possibly even a mum-to-be.
In a recent interview with In Style magazine, the Dirrty singer admitted that she has been able to keep up her racy dressing standards because of her husband.
Aguilera, who is rumoured to be pregnant, confessed that her husband Jordan Bratman encourages her to show off her body.
"When I feel an outfit's too revealing, he just says, 'You have the body, go ahead!'" the Mirror quoted her, as telling the mag.
"I couldn't really ask for a more supportive husband," she added.

WANTS HER KIDS TO BE BILINGUAL

Aguilera is determined that her kids will speak both English and Spanish.
The singer, though still refusing to confirm whether or not she is pregnant, insists that her kids will learn to speak Spanish, as she is Hispanic.
"I definitely want my kids to know Spanish. And I'm taking my tapes on tour," Contactmusic quoted her, as telling InStyle magazine.
And when the magazine asks whether this is a subtle confirmation that she and hubby Jordan Bratman will be expecting their first child at the end of the year, Aguilera manages to divert the question by simply stating that she and her husband cannot wait to start a family of their own.
"It's definitely something we can't wait to begin," she said.
The couple started dating in late 2002. The announced their engagement in February 2005, and married on November 19 the same year.
Aguilera, currently on her Back to Basics tour, sparked fears that her touring might be putting her baby to risk when she collapsed backstage during a show in Australia.
She was forced to cancel two Melbourne dates, due to viral upper respiratory tract infection with a high fever and abnormal coughing.

Britney 'Dying' to be Paris' Pal Again

2007-08-10T21:45:00.001-07:00

She once dumped Paris Hilton in a bid to salvage her image, but now Britney Spears seems to be desperate to rekindle her friendship with the hotel heiress.
According to a friend of Hilton, the 'Toxic' is keen on renewing her alliance with Paris, and is even trying to get a hold of the socialite's mobile phone number.
"Britney's dying to hang out with Paris. She's trying to get her cell phone number and passing messages to her through other friends," Life and Style quoted the friend, as saying.
However, the friend added that the 'Simple Life' star is not willing to pay any heed to Spears' efforts, as she no longer wants to be associated with the troubled pop tart.
"Paris moved on a long time ago when it comes to Britney. She feels sorry for her, but that's as far as it goes!" the friend said.
Spears became close to Paris after filing for divorce from estranged husband Kevin Federline in November last year, but cut all ties with the jailbird in April after realising that their hard partying was harming her image.
PARKING-LOT FENDER BENDER
Oops, she dinged it again. Paparazzi took pictures and videos of a puppy-toting Britney Spears steering her car into another one as she tried to turn into a spot in a Studio City parking lot. Then assessing the damage to her own car only. Then heading off to shop.
But the tale of the tape made it clear to the owner of the parked car just who it was who scraped up her silver Mercedes-Benz.
Kim Robard-Rifkin, 59, told the entertainment Web site CelebTV.com on Wednesday that nobody from Spears' camp had contacted her about the damaged car.

Jolie's Sexual Life Sacrifices for Brad

2007-08-10T21:41:00.000-07:00

Angelina Jolie’s bisexuality has been well documented. However, after falling for beau Brad Pitt, she’s not only given up on lesbian, but also kinky sex.
Jolie has never hidden the fact that she had enjoyed a ten-year relationship with model Jenny Shimizu, or that she used to cut herself with knives during sex.
But now the actress insists that her days of sleeping with women, and indulging in S&M are over.
“I’ve never hidden my bisexuality. But since I’ve been with Brad, there’s no longer a place for that or S&M in my life,” The Sun quoted her, as telling French magazine Public.
The Oscar winning star also revealed to the mag that Pitt trusts her not to cheat on him, and that’s why he lets her talk to anyone she wants to.
“He lets me talk to whomever I want. He has complete blind faith in me,” she said.
Jolie’s interview rubbishes reports that she and Pitt are close to splitting.

Jessica Alba Signs on for ‘The Love Guru'

2007-08-09T21:39:00.000-07:00

Jessica Alba has signed on to star in Paramount Pictures' new movie 'Love Guru'.
The sexy star will be playing the female lead opposite funnyman Mike Myers, who has also scripted the film along with Graham Gordy.
Also appearing with the two will be Romany Malco, and Verne Troyer, who played Mini-Me in Myres' three "Austin Powers" films, reports Variety.
In the movie, Myers plays Pitka, an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus.
After returning to America, he tries to settle a rift between a hockey player, to be played by Malco, and his wife, who in turn is enamoured with the star player of a rival team.
Alba plays the hockey team owner and Troyer the team coach. Pitka's job is to check that romance between Malco and his wife, so that the star player can lead his team to the championship.
The pic, scheduled for a June 20, 2008 release, will be helmed by Marco Schnabel.

Spice Girl Brown is Married since June!

2007-08-09T21:37:00.000-07:00

Spice Girl Melanie Brown, who gave birth to Eddie Murphy's daughter in April, married her boyfriend, Steven Belafonte, in June, according to Clark County marriage records.
Murphy acknowledged his paternity of Brown's daughter, Angel, last week, one day after the 32-year-old singer took legal action to establish him as the parent.
Belafonte is a movie producer whose recent credits include "Sisters" and "Thank You for Smoking." Brown was known as Scary Spice when she performed with the Spice Girls, whom she'll join for the band's reunion tour in December and January.
A marriage certificate filed with Clark County, which encompasses Las Vegas, lists the date of the couple's nuptials as June 6. It does not state exactly where they were married.
An email to Brown's publicist was not immediately returned.

Mexico Apologizes for Miss USA Jeers

2007-08-09T21:34:00.000-07:00

A Mexican tourism official issued an apology for the jeers aimed at Miss USA in May during an international beauty contest in Mexico City.
Rachel Smith, the U.S. entrant into the Miss Universe competition, was booed by some of the audience after she slipped and fell during an evening-gown competition. Her fall and the audience reaction briefly attracted international attention.
Gabriel Szekely, chief of staff for Mexico's tourism department, wrote in a letter that he regretted the "unfortunate events" of the pageant.
"We understand the concern of the people of the United States about the incorrect behavior of a small group that attended the event," Szekely wrote. "We apologize for the inconvenience, and be sure that Miss Rachel Smith will always be welcome in Mexico."
The letter was addressed to Los Angeles homeless activist Ted Hayes. It came after Hayes and a second activist, David Hernandez, complained to Ruben Beltran, the city's consul general of Mexico. It has been forwarded to Smith.
The audience's reaction to Smith was thought to reflect Mexico's sometimes tense relationship with the U.S. The pageant was held as lawmakers in the U.S. were debating immigration reform.
Smith was the fourth runner-up at the pageant. Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, went on to win the crown.

'No More Heels' for Jessica Biel

2007-08-08T22:17:00.001-07:00

It seems Jessica Biel is tired of donning her best outfits all the time.
The 25-year-old actress who has a stylist, who also dresses Penelope Cruz, Demi Moore and Eva Mendes, at her beck and call, revealed that it was a 'pain' to dress-up all the time.
"It's a pain. It really is. Just because there is so much weight on what you're going to wear," Sydney Morning Herald quoted Biel, as saying.
'The Illusionist' actress insisted that she was always in a dilemma about what to wear and hoped she could wear a comfortable pair of flats sometime.
"So sometimes you feel like, 'Oh, God. I'd better come up with something amazing.' And I do dress up a lot. I feel like I'm dressing up all the time now and I find myself constantly thinking, oh please let it be a pair of flats. No more heels," she said.
Meanwhile, the sexy actress who appears on the cover of GQ Magazine in a barely there bikini also insisted that she did not want to be the 'overexposed’ celeb.
"Getting your picture taken when you are walking down the street is not good," she said.
However, Biel does not mind is some filmmaker spots her pic and offers her a role.
"But I've found it can work both ways. If a producer sees that photo and considers you for a film, then it's great," she added.

Snake Venom Keeps Paltrow Young!

2007-08-08T22:14:00.000-07:00

It looks like celebrities will do whatever it takes to look young, and actress Gwyneth Paltrow is no exception.
The Oscar winner was spotted buying a cream that has snake venom to de-wrinkle.
Recently, the 'Shakespeare in Love' actress turned up at Sonya Dakkar spa in Beverly Hills.
A witness said that Paltrow bought 9 Ultra Lux products that also included a cream with the venom in it.
"It's not Botox. Just a cream that has the venom in it . . . [the cream] is part of the facials," the New York Post quoted the source, as saying.

Brad Pitt’s Mother Makes Up With Angelina Jolie

2007-08-08T22:09:00.001-07:00

Reports have surfaced claiming that Jane Pitt has called a cease fire in her ongoing feud Angelina Jolie.
The pair began their bitter row after Jane opted to visit Brad’s ex, Jennifer Aniston on the same day Angelina was hosting a party.
According to the Chicago Tribune's redeye column - Jane has called a truce for the sake of her grandchildren.
The newspaper goes on to claim that Brad’s mother is currently travelling with the family and their entire batch of security guards.
The Jolie-Pitt clan including Jane - touched down in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon in a private jet.

Is Lindsay Lohan Pregnant?

2007-08-08T21:55:00.000-07:00

It’s nothing but drama with that Lindsay Lohan. She is currently in rehab trying to sort out her shambloic life, but now reports are speculating that everyone’s favourite reckless redhead is pregnant!
OK! magazine have said that friend’s of the freckled one believe she is carrying a baby in her little tummy. Who’s baby it could be is anyone’s guess.
This is not the first time that LiLo has had a pregnancy scare – In 2006, photos showed a friend of the Lohan family carrying a see-through bag with a pregnancy test clearly visible inside as they went to visit her in a Miami hospital where Lindsay was being treated.
The Lohans denied that the pregnancy kit was hers.
So, if she is pregnant, maybe Nicole’s little one will have a playmate.

Why Is Sienna Miller Hiding From The Paparazzi?

2007-08-08T06:09:00.000-07:00

Sienna Miller and P Diddy have been at it again. They’ve been partying together in Ibiza, because that is what “friends” do. But why are they being so coy about it and hiding from the paparazzi? Suspicious...
The pair were seen living it large at the DC 10 Club in Ibiza earlier this week, but when leaving the club, both were seen wearing sunglasses at night.
Not only that, but Sienna was doing everything she could to avoid the cameras from snapping her.
Do these two party animals to have something to hide? Hmmm...

Britney Spears’ Wild Sex Romp

2007-08-08T06:05:00.000-07:00

Troubled pop-tart Britney Spears has been photographed indulging in a naked swimming pool romp with an extra from her new music video.
The out-of-control tart, paraded around in nothing but a hat and panties as she seduced the struggling actor.
Last night 25-year-old Mike Encinias, who described Spears as a “phenomenal kisser” revealed exactly what went on behind closed doors.
Encinias claims that Britney was sipping cocktails whilst he felt her breasts and kissed her all over.
He was invited back to the Toxic stars hotel suite at 4am - where he found Spears sprawled on the bed in nothing but pink panties.
“I went in and found Britney lying on the bed with her knees up and just a pair of pink pants on” he told the Star “She was looking like she was ready and I wanted to finalise it.”
According to another poolside source – Spears was acting senseless.
“Britney had gone completely off the rails. She’d lost the plot and was acting crazy.
“At one point when the cameras came out Britney was simulating sex with him, putting on a real show.
“They got out of the pool and Britney went the bathroom where she had a meltdown. She collapsed on the floor and was babbling.”
The news comes after a series of crazy spats from the mother-of-two – including her disastrous OK! magazine photo-shoot where she vomited and fled the interview with over US $10,000 worth of borrowed clothing.

Want To See Anna Nicole Smith’s Breast Augmentation?

2007-08-08T06:00:00.000-07:00

A videotape that was made of Anna Nicole Smith’s 1994 breast augmentation has been issued with a temporary restraining order by a Los Angeles judge.
Smith’s former lawyer and executor of her will - Howard Stern requested the injunction which will prevent the sale, distribution and dissemination of the videotape
Stern accused Smith’s doctor - Gerald Wayne Johnson - who performed the surgery - of sending the tape to a Los Angeles memorial dealer.
Stern also claims that Johnson filmed the procedure without the former model’s consent.
Johnson hit back by saying he routinely records surgeries with permission from the patient, and promises to keep the video confidential "during the patient's lifetime".
Johnson said he gave Riccio permission to use the video after Smith died in Feburary earlier this year.

Pamela Anderson now in love

2007-08-07T02:08:00.001-07:00

Hollywood siren Pamela Anderson has confirmed that she is seeing Las Vegas illusionist Hans Klok.
The Baywatch beauty is currently performing with Klok as his assistant in his magic shows.

She told American TV chat show host Craig Ferguson: 'There's a lot of love backstage. It's very physical, it's very loving.' Former Baywatch also says that she plans to quit Hollywood because she loves her "glamorous" role alongside illusionist Hans Klok.
She has been signed up to stay on at Klok's Las Vegas magic show until the end of the year, sources reported.
Anderson said on her website: "I love theatre. My entrance broke on stage tonight. Crazy. But those are the moments. I'm having the best time. I want to be in Vegas forever. So glamorous.
"I'm rehearsing another illusion tonight. I'm definitely staying till December. Then who knows? No more TV or film. This is what I love doing. It's so over the top."

Britney Spears in a moment of sheer fashion madness

2007-08-07T01:54:00.000-07:00

Troubled pop star Britney Spears may be famous for being over exposed - and this time was no exception.
The singer stepped for dinner in another near see-through outfit - her favourite look of choice - while visiting West Hollywood restaurant Cravings with her children, Sean Preston, 22 months, and Jayden, 11 months.
Aside from her questionable fashion choices, the star's pare
nting skills have also come under close scrutiny in recent times.

Dress mess: Britney Spears, with son Jayden, stepped out for a family dinner in West Hollywood

Spears' long term friend and former assistant Alli Sims recently praised her, telling People magazine: "She's a wonderful mom and she is so hands-on. ... Britney loves those babies to death. And they adore her."
But not everyone is so convinced.

Michelle Pfeiffer treads Hollywood 'walk of fame'

2007-08-07T01:51:00.000-07:00

Michelle Pfeiffer added her name to Hollywood's star-studded "Walk of Fame" here Monday before paying tribute to her mother for helping inspire her showbusiness career.The 49-year-old actress, who found fame with notable roles in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" and "Scarface," was present at a ceremony to mark the unveiling of the 2,345th star on Hollywood Boulevard.Pfeiffer, a former beauty queen who gave up a possible career in journalism to pursue acting, said her mother had been instrumental in her success."There are so many people that go into the making of an actor's career, and first and foremost I want to thank my mother, who isn't here right now," Pfeiffer said.Pfeiffer has returned to the big-screen with a vengeance this year after a five-year absence following her appearance in 2002's "White Oleander."She stars in the upcoming "Stardust" alongside Robert De Niro and is also appearing in musical comedy "Hairspray" with John Travolta.Pfeiffer is also cast in the upcoming romantic comedy "I Could Never Be Your Woman," due to be released in the United States next month.

Paris Hilton now wants a dude

2007-08-06T06:26:00.001-07:00

Paris Hilton is reportedly dating actress Mischa Barton’s ex, Cisco Adler.The socialite had a series of dates with Adler, who was earlier dumped by Barton after his nude pics appeared on ParisExposed.com.And it seems The O.C. actress has no issues with her ex dating Hilton, for Barton, who earlier dated oil szcion Brandon Davis, a close pal of The Simple Life star, is tired of ‘immature’ guys in her life.“I'd like someone who's mature. God, I can't take another immature person,” the Sun quoted Barton, as saying.Earlier, the actress was shocked to see Adler’s bare-all pics on the site, which put out a few video clips obtained from the hotel heiress’ belongings from a storage locker.However, Adler had said that Barton wasn’t amused by the news, and that it was more difficult for her than for him in many ways."Mischa wasn't too excited, to say the least I think it was actually worse for her than for me in some ways,” the Sun quoted Adler, as saying.29 year-old Cisco, who is the lead singer of rock band Whitestarr, had added that he would be more cautious about his sexcapades."So, yeah, I'm gonna try to keep my pants on from now on," he said.

'Sienna Miller's got no talent,' blasts Lindsay Lohan

2007-08-06T03:23:00.000-07:00

Lindsay Lohan has blasted Sienna Miller as a "no talent crackhead" while claiming herself to be the "greatest actress in the world".
The troubled Hollywood star, who was arrested last month on drink-driving and drug charges, also unleashes a torrent of abuse against fellow actors Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightey.
The 21-year-old calls Johansson "fat and ugly" and Knightley is a "flat, shallow, cardboard cutout of an actress," according to reports in the National Enquirer.

Rivals? Lindsay Lohan has blasted Sienna Miller as a 'no talent crackhead'according to reports in the National Enquirer
Lohan has a history of falling out with young female Hollywood stars - from Hilary Duff to Paris Hilton - no actress seems to have been spared her wrath.
She was due to work with Knightley earlier this year in Dylan Thomas biopic, The Best Time Of Our Lives, but allegedly dropped out over financial negotiations.
Miller stepped into the role at the last minute and developed a close bond with Knightley.

According to Lohan, Keira is a 'cardboard cut of an actress',while Johansson is 'ugly and fat'

Her feud with Johansson first surfaced last year when she co-starred with the actress's ex-boyfriend, Jared Leto, in Chapter 27. She allegedly scribbled obscenities about Johansson on the wall of a New York nightclub.
Lohan was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence and with a suspended license, and felony cocaine possession.
Besides her personal troubles, Lohan is also struggling with her career.
Despite winning high praise for her performances in Bobby and Georgia Rules, her latest film, I Know Who Killed Me, has been dismissed by critics as one of the worst of the year.

Victoria Beckham Looking for $40m House

2007-08-03T23:05:00.000-07:00

Just two weeks after shifting to the US, Victoria Beckham is looking to move - to a new house.
Posh spent months viewing homes in Los Angeles before settling on a six-bedroom mansion in Beverly Hills.
Though at 10 million pounds, the new Beckingham Palace didn't come cheap, Posh is reportedly not happy with the place, and is looking to lay her hands on a pad on the stretch of seaside in Malibu, known to locals as Billionaire's Beach.
And, if she finds her dream home, Posh and hubby David Beckham could be making as much as a 40 million pound hole in their bank account.
The 33-year-old is said to have already begun talking to a leading Hollywood estate agent.
As for why Posh wants to move so fast, well it seems that the reason has something to do with establishing herself as 'a top Hollywood celebrity'
"Victoria wants to do everything possible to establish herself as a top Hollywood celebrity," the Daily Mail quoted a source, as saying.
"It is tremendously important to her that she competes with the mega-rich crowd. She hasn't decided whether she wants to sell the home she currently lives in yet, though," the source added.
And, it seems that hubby Becks isn't too adverse to the idea either, for e's looking forward to taking a dip in the ocean whenever he wants.
If the couple do find a pad on 'Billionaire's Beach', then they will count the likes of their pals Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher as neighbours, as well as Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford and Halle Berry.

TOMKAT FOLLOWING POSH AND BECKS!
Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes so loved pals David and Victoria Beckham's raunchy spread in 'W' magazine, that they are reportedly planning to follow in their footsteps.
A pal of the celeb couple revealed to Australia's 'New Weekly' magazine that Tom and Katie are planning to take their clothes off for a naked photo shoot.
"They have already started planning some of the photos," the Daily Mail quoted the pal, as telling the mag.
If the reports are true, then fans will get to see TomKat in the shower, for that's one idea that has really appealed to them.
"One suggestion they were keen on was a shot of them posing together in the shower, dripping wet and covered by nothing but steam," the pal added.
Cruise, Holmes and their daughter Suri are currently in Germany where the actor is filming his World War II film 'Valkyrie'.
The film is about Claus Schenk Graf Von Stauffenberg who led the Operation Valkyrie assassination plot that tried to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944.

Breast Talks Leave Pfeiffer Uncomfortable!

2007-08-03T23:04:00.001-07:00

Michelle Pfeiffer's series of "bizarre" meetings about her "droopy" breasts for her latest movie made her extremely uncomfortable.
The 49-year-old actress revealed that she had to bear some tight and embarrassing conversations as producers decided which of her breasts would sag.
Pfeiffer plays an ancient witch obsessed with recapturing her youth and firming up her chest in new movie 'Stardust.'
"We had meeting after meeting with these discussions on whether it was my left breast of my right breast that would droop. It was so bizarre," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.
The 'Hairspray' star also said that her role made her reflect on today's obsession with youth.
"It's affecting a lot of people these days. Even men are falling prey to it. But it's worse for women. A lot of times women are put out to pasture right when they're hitting their stride," she said.

Stefani's Malaysia Gig to Go on as Planned

2007-08-03T22:58:00.000-07:00

Singer Gwen Stefani's Malaysia gig will go on as planned, though a Muslim students group raised objections to her sexy publicity video for the tour.
National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students thinks that that the shots are too obscene and are calling for the Kuala Lumpur concert's cancellation.
However, the show's sponsor Maxis Communications said that show will take place as planned on August 21, abiding by the rules and guidelines.
"Maxis Communications respects the values and conventions of this country," News.com.au quoted Maxis' statement.
"Whether it concerns the singer's attire or the security for the concert, we will abide by the rules and guidelines and assure that nothing will go wrong," Maxis' media, research and event general manager Rozalita Abdul Rahman said.

Dolly Parton Plans Album, World Tour

2007-08-03T03:40:00.000-07:00

Dolly Parton will release her first "mainstream country" album in 17 years next February, and will promote it with a world tour, her manager said.
The disc will be the debut release for the country legend's new label, Dolly Records.
"She's going to be the only person on that label. We're not signing any other artists -- it's going to be strictly for Dolly Parton," said Danny Nozell, who also serves as the label's general manager.
In recent years, as traditional country artists have been pushed aside by younger acts, Parton has diversified into gospel, bluegrass and patriotic standards. Her latest release, 2005's "Those Were the Days" (Sugar Hill Records) featured covers of tunes by the likes of John Lennon and Cat Stevens.
So why go independent and in-house? "She's a free agent right now so we decided to go around to the majors to at least see what kind of distribution deals they were bringing in, and didn't see anything I was interested in," said Nozell.
"To be honest, we have the finances the major labels have, and I put together a marketing plan that was way more extensive than any major has brought to me," Nozell added.
Distribution is still being finalized, but a deal is in the works with iTunes for digital sales. The first single, "Better Get To Livin'," will reach radio September 24, and Parton will perform it on a "national TV show" a few days later, Nozell said.
Touring will begin in the first quarter of next year.
"We're going to definitely do a world tour to support the album, starting in March," Nozell said. "We're going to be doing Europe, Australia, America and

Jessica Simpson's Movie is Simply Horrible!

2007-08-03T03:23:00.001-07:00

It seems singer/actress Jessica Simpson upcoming flick 'Blonde Ambition' is not very appealing for the silver screen, for it will reportedly go straight to the DVDs.
According to a source, the film is 'horrible' because of the acting of the 29-year-old who has made her debut in a leading role in the film.
"It's just a bomb, mainly because of Jessica's acting," Us Weekly quoted the source, as saying.
"The movie is absolutely horrible. It is going straight to DVD domestically. It will only come out in theatres internationally," the source said.
However, Simpson's rep has denied these reports.
"It's definitely a theatrical release," the rep said.
Meanwhile a rep for the movie studio insisted that no distribution plans have been finalised yet.
"The final distribution plans have not been confirmed, so it would be premature to comment at this time," the rep said.
The film is inspired by the theme of Academy Award-winning movie 'Working Girl'.
The official trailer for the movie leaked to the internet on early May, 2007.

Aguilera Plays Hot, Stefani Lukewarm!

2007-08-03T03:17:00.001-07:00

Singer Christina Aguilera came off as sexually wild at her recent Sydney concert compared to the subsequent tame offerings of another pop diva, Gwen Stefani.
Aguilera's performance at Acer Arena last week was punctuated by a faux dominatrix skit with a male fan tied to a circus wheel. The heat was turned up when large-screen sepia-toned videos were shown of her romping semi-clothed and nude, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.
The suggestive flavor of the concert prompted the departure of at least some families with younger children in tow, the newspaper said.
If Aguilar's concert could be considered soft porn by some, Stefani's performance a week later was practically sedate. Stefani said she was surprised to see so many young children at her concert.
During my tour in America, it was surreal to see how young the audience was and I didn't expect it, she said. We're talking about 5-year-olds and 8-years-olds and a lot of them. There's something so fun about that because the pressure goes off you a bit. You just go out there and have fun.

Witherspoon, Gyllenhaal Dating Again?

2007-08-03T02:55:00.000-07:00

Reese Witherspoon and boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal are reportedly seeing each other again.
The actor was spotted delivering sandwiches to Witherspoon in her black Mercedes on July 24, after which he drove away with her.
A source revealed that Gyllenhaal later stayed over at the actress' place.
The two arrived separately at a private screening for 'Rendition' the next day Gyllenhaal's pal revealed that the two came back together about two weeks ago.
"They get along great and have similar interests, like exercising. And they care about each other," US magazine quoted the pal, as saying.
The couple earlier called it quits following the actress' devotion for her kids, Ava, 7, and Deacon, 3, but now her pal revealed that Witherspoon has realised that she can give time to her kids along with her relationship.
"Reese came to terms with the fact that she can have a relationship and spend time with her kids. She's ready to move on," the pal said.
The 'Legally Blonde' actress, who split from hubby Ryan Phillippe last year after being married for seven years, started dating fellow Oscar-nominee Gyllenhaal after getting to know him better while working together on their new movie CIA thriller 'Rendition'.

AVON'S GLOBAL AMBASSADOR

Actress Reese Witherspoon has been named as beauty giant Avon's first ever Global Ambassador.
The 31-year-old will be the Honorary Chairman of Avon Foundation, a charity focusing on breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency relief initiatives.
Avon Chairman and CEO Andrea Jung revealed that the company was thrilled to sign the Oscar winning actress.
"We are so thrilled to welcome Reese Witherspoon as our Global Ambassador and feel she will give a strong voice to our company's commitment to empowering women," OK! magazine quoted Jung, as saying.
The 'Legally Blonde' actress will also serve as spokesperson for the company's beauty brands and products.

Spice Girls May Add Baghdad to Tour!

2007-08-03T02:44:00.000-07:00

Spice Girls' decision to ask fans to choose the locations for extra shows may actually take them to Baghdad, for fans have started an Internet campaign for a gig in the war-struck Asian city.
Last week, the reunited band of five had asked fans to choose the cities they would want them to cover in the world your, with a promise that the city with the maximum votes will be named the Spice City.
"It's impossible for us to perform everywhere but we thought why not let our fans decide where we play? This is your chance to turn your city into 'Spice City'! All you need to do is tell us where you want to see us. We are literally in your hands," the Sun quoted them, as saying.
"The city with the most votes will become 'Spice City' and we'll definitely come and play there as part of our tour," they added.
The five member band are all set to kick-off their world tour on December 2 in Vancouver, Canada and the tour will end at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Spears Accused of Threatening Paparazzi

2007-08-02T03:07:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened two photographers after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa, the photographers said in a statement Tuesday.
Spears yelled "I am going to kill you!" and cursed at Andrew Deetz, a photographer who says he was beaten by Spears' bodyguard on Thursday, according to a statement released by Deetz's lawyers.
Deetz, 24, is preparing to sue, his lawyers said. The other photographer involved was Kyle Henderson, 23. They both work for a celebrity photography company called Flynet Pictures, which sells to such publications as People and US Weekly, according to Daniel Kogan, a spokesman for Deetz's lawyers.
The men were taking pictures of Spears, 25, as she and her children — 22-month-old Sean Preston Federline and 10-month-old Jayden James Federline — left the spa at the Wynn Las Vegas casino-hotel around 11:30 a.m., accompanied by two bodyguards.
One bodyguard, Cesar Julio Camera, 37, pushed Henderson against the wall until Wynn security intervened and asked Henderson to leave, the statement said.
As they were about 30 paces away and walking in the opposite direction, Camera attacked Deetz from behind, threw him on the ground and punched and kicked him until security pulled him off, it said.
Afterward, Spears ran toward Henderson but was stopped by security, and then threw a baby bottle at him, it said.
Then, in front of several other hotel guests and bystanders, Spears threatened to kill Deetz and said he should get a restraining order against her because she was going to kill him or hire someone that would, it said.
Camera also told Deetz on July 23 outside the Lisa Kline boutique in Beverly Hills, "I have unfinished business with you," the statement alleged.
Spears' lawyer Gary Stiffelman declined to comment.
Wynn Las Vegas released a statement confirming that Spears stayed at the hotel and left on Thursday, but also declined to discuss the confrontation.
"We respect the privacy and do our utmost to maintain the anonymity of our guests," it said.
Las Vegas police issued a summons for a charge of battery to Camera, the only person cited. He could face up to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted.
Stiffelman's office would not relay messages to Camera seeking comment, and The Associated Press was unable to find a phone number for him.
LOOKING FOR GOOD SONGWRITERS

It seems Britney Spears is desperately looking for some good songwriters, for the singer made umpteen calls to pop duo 'Lucky Twice' to pen her comeback album. Unfortunately for the singer, they turned her down.
The Swedish band, which is signed to Family Tree Music, consists of fifteen year old Hannah Reynold and sixteen year old Sofie Larsson.
According to a source at the record label there was 'desperation' in Britney's calls and she was willing to pay a good amount to the girls.
"The girls were flattered. Britney was obviously willing to pay them very generously and we did feel a sense of desperation in her calls," the Sun quoted the source, as saying.
The girls however did not take the offer as they were busy promoting their new album 'Young and Clever' after giving the first hit single 'Lucky' across Europe.
"Of course we felt bad but we wish Britney all the best," the source said.

BIKINI PICTURES

Britney Spears' bikini pics taken just five days before her head-shaving incident highlight another example of her erratic behaviour.
The singer's pics that have recently come to light show her posing in a teeny thong with two night spot resident dancers at the Club One nightclub in New York.
The 25-year-old was partying with pals at the nightclub and went backstage to chat with dancers. Once there, she ended up stripping down to her essentials, the Sun reports.
The 'Toxic' singer, who has been in the news for her disastrous interview to OK! magazine looks quite happy and relaxed in these playful snaps.
The pictures also show the two dancers in their bare minimums with one dancer sporting a thong even tinier than Britney's.
Less than a week after posing for the pics, on February 16 Spears entered an off-shore drug rehabilitation facility in Antigua where she stayed for less than twenty-four hours.
The following night, she went to a haircutting studio in Tarzana, California and subsequently shaved her own hair off with clippers.

‘The Ten’ Mocks religion for Laughs!

2007-08-02T02:54:00.000-07:00

It is a star-filled movie based on The Ten Commandments but religious groups should not view "The Ten" seriously -- not when a woman falls in love with a ventriloquist's dummy.
"The Ten," which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, takes The Ten Commandments and turns them upside down in brief sketches featuring modern twists on old religious maxims, such as not committing adultery.
So far, audiences are laughing. At this year's Sundance Film Festival, "The Ten" proved to be a darling of fans and was quickly snapped up for wide distribution.
"It's just silly comedy. We're not making any statement about anything," said co-writer and director David Wain.
In one sketch based on "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods," a police detective played by Liev Schreiber covets his neighbor's CAT scan machine.
Actress Winona Ryder stars in a bit based on "Thou shalt not steal," playing a woman who falls in love with and then steals a ventriloquist's puppet. Oscar-nominated Ryder was famously convicted of shoplifting in 2002 and given probation.
"It truly was a coincidence the 'Thou shalt not steal' thing," said co-writer Ken Marino, who also stars in the movie. "It was pointed out to us after she told us she would do it."
Paul Rudd, who starred in the summer hit "Knocked Up," must choose between his wife, played by Famke Janssen, and a beautiful young mistress, played by Jessica Alba.
"There's no way that anyone can take any of this too seriously," he said. "The Ten Commandments, I think, were just a template to tell 10 dumb stories."
Those "dumb stories" also include a husband skipping church to get naked with his friends and listen to Roberta Flack, a man who falls out of a plane and becomes an accidental hero, and a doctor who kills patients "as a goof."
"The religious element of it doesn't even really hit home for me," said actress Gretchen Mol, who plays librarian who has a sexual awakening in Mexico. "I consider myself a good person with good morals and it doesn't offend me in any way."

Nicole Richie Confirms Pregnancy

2007-08-02T02:51:00.000-07:00

After months of rumors, Nicole Richie confirmed Tuesday that she is pregnant. "Yes I am. We are," Richie told ABC News' Diane Sawyer for an interview to be aired this week. "I'm almost four months." Richie's boyfriend, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, is the father, she told ABC, which issued a news release about the interview.
The 25-year-old star of "The Simple Life" and on-again pal of Paris Hilton also talked with Sawyer about her guilty plea last week to driving under the influence and the resulting four-day jail sentence.
"I have a responsibility and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving, I would," Richie said. "And unfortunately I can't, but this is my way of paying my dues and taking responsibility and being an adult."
Richie also shared her thoughts on her hard-partying contemporaries and what effect their bad behavior has on young fans.
The interview will air on "Good Morning America" on Thursday and Friday and on "20/20" Friday night.

Scarlett Denies Playing Porn Star in Biopic

2007-08-02T02:50:00.000-07:00

Scarlett Johansson has dismissed reports that she is going to play Jenna Jameson in a biopic of the porn star.
The biopic is being made by Universal Pictures, and is based on Jameson's best-selling autobiography 'How To Make Love Like A Porn Star'.
The autobiography, and now the book, will tell the story of how the 33-year-old went from being a ballet dancer to stripper to adult film "actress" and finally a multi-millionairess businesswoman.
And while Jameson revealed that picked Johansson for the part, the actress' rep told People magazine that the reports are all hogwash.
"Scarlett has never seen a script nor been approached about this project. She also has no interest in playing this role," Contactmusic quoted the rep, as telling the mag.
Jameson has already revealed that she will not be playing herself in the movie.
"It was my decision not to play the role because I've lived that life already and anyone can play themselves," she said.
Instead, she is set to become the star of a 'no nudity' comic strip 'Shadow Hunter'.
The American actress, who has appeared in more than 200 X-rated films will portray a super-heroine fighting with the villains in the Virgin Comics book.

Usher Says He Still Plans to Marry Foster

2007-08-02T02:42:00.001-07:00

US singer Usher says that he still has plans to marry his girlfriend Tameka Foster after a last-minute cancellation of their nuptials on July 28.
The singer, however, has not divulged any particular date for the second ceremony.
"As of right now we don't have a date but we will let you know when we do," Us Weekly magazine quoted him as saying.
The couple had cancelled their wedding on Saturday without any explanation. Several reports and blogs suggested that the cancellation was due to bad blood between Foster and Usher's mother, recent reports about Foster's criminal past, and Foster's resistance to signing a prenuptial agreement.
A source close to the couple has, however, dismissed these rumours as mere speculations.
"People are just hating," says the insider, who reveals the real reason they postponed the wedding was due to a pre-term labour scare.
The source said that the four-months pregnant Foster was admitted to St. Vincent's Medical Center in New York City after suffering cramping, but upon examination "she learned it was just uneasiness brought on by the stress of the wedding."
According to the source, it was at that point that Usher decided to postpone the ceremony.
"Everbody's fine. Tameka and the baby are fine," Usher himself said after the couple arrived via private plane in New York.
"We're good. We're all doing great now," Foster chimed.
Meanwhile, a friend of the couple has said that they love each other very much, and will soon get married.
"There will be a second wedding ceremony. This is just a postponement. They are very much in love," said the source.
Usher and Foster got engaged in January, and they announced the latter's pregnancy at the end of June.
This will be Usher's first child, while Foster has three children from a previous marriage.

Paris Goes Pantyless to 'Beat' Lohan!

2007-08-02T02:28:00.000-07:00

It seems that Paris Hilton creates moments when she can be snapped without her underwear, just to challenge rivals like Lindsay Lohan.
The former jailbird was recently photographed flashing her genitals as she was getting out of her car.
And now her friend Jonathan Jaxson has revealed that when she was photographed wearing no knickers, she did it on purpose - for attention.
"If someone else was in the limelight, such as Lindsay Lohan, she would want to beat them," Contactmusic quoted him, as saying.
Jaxson also said that the heiress tips photogs about her itinerary to get attention.
"It is definitely eye-opening to see young Hollywood, and how they fabricate their lives," he added.

SELLS HOLLYWOOD MANSION

Hilton is devastated after the sale of her lavish Hollywood mansion but says it was the only way she could regain her privacy.

The troubled star now plans to purchase a more secluded spot where she can escape the intruding eyes of the press and paparazzi, contactmusic.com reported.
She says: 'I feel like a lot of people know where I live so it's time to move. I'm really upset because I love my house so much. I put so much work into it. It's totally me. But I'm looking for something else right now.'

MOVIE MUSICAL ROLE
Paris Hilton is going from jailbird to songbird with a role in a movie musical about organ harvesting. Hilton will co-star with Paul Sorvino and Alexa Vega in "Repo! The Genetic Opera," which begins shooting in September in Canada, Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz, said Tuesday.
It will be Hilton's first role since she completed a 23-day stay in jail for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case, Mintz said.
The horror rock opera, based on a stage musical, is set in a plague-ravaged future where people can purchase new organs on the installment plan from a corporation called Geneco. The catch is that if the payments stop, the organs are repossessed.
Hilton will portray the fame-seeking daughter of Geneco's owner (Sorvino).
"We saw many actresses for the role, and Paris sang it better than all of them," producer Carl Mazzocone told the Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety in Monday editions.
The director, Darren Lynn Bousman, also praised Hilton.
"I have auditioned at least 30 actresses for this role — Paris came in and owned it," he told Variety. "She is this role."

Britney: Tried to Get Son's Teeth Whitened (And Worse)

2007-08-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears has publicly battled with her mother and ex-husband Kevin Federline (their divorce became final on July 30), but the latest crisis in the singer’s life involves her children, Sean Preston, 22 months, and Jayden, 11 months.
Sources tell Us Weekly that Spears’ friends and family have become concerned about the pop star’s mothering skills.
Case in point: The tooth fairy may be making early visits to 22-month-old Sean. “He’s having dental problems because Britney just shoves a bottle of juice in his mouth all the time to stop him from crying,” a family insider tells Us.
Another source says that, in April, Spears “asked an L.A. dentist if he would whiten her kid’s teeth!” The dentist refused.
The bizarre behavior doesn’t stop there. Spears and her kids became high-end squatters July 22, when they toured – then took over for several hours – a Pacific Palisades home, on the market for $6.5 million.
Upon arrival, her bodyguard removed the FOR SALE sign, then went to her Beverly Hills home to fetch some of their belongings. The result was a home seller’s nightmare, with Spears and her kids trashing the house before money exchanged hands.
“She ate tacos on the bedroom floor!” a source says of the home. “She got crumbs and grease everywhere. She let her babies and her dog roam the floor. She left the bed a mess – I don’t know what’s wrong with her.”
For more shocking revelations on Britney, pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands this week.

Jolie joins movement to fight cancer

2007-08-02T00:56:00.000-07:00

Angelina Jolie’s latest mission is fighting cancer. The 32-year-old actress — who lost her mother Marcheline Bertrand to ovarian cancer earlier this year — has pledged her time and support to TV star Fran Drescher’s Cancer Schmancer Movement.
The charity strives to ensure all women’s cancers are diagnosed in Stage 1, when they are most curable. Fran, 49, said: “Angelina’s mother did not win her battle, so she is going to lock elbows with me and we are going to do some things together.”
Fran — who launched the movement this year, seven years on from her own successful battle with uterine cancer — says the key to beating the disease is positive thinking.
Angelina — who is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador — was so distraught when her mother died in January she broke down in tears during a TV interview

Gwen Stefani angers Malaysians

2007-08-02T00:45:00.000-07:00

Gwen Stefani could be forced to cancel her Malaysian show after a Muslim group branded her ‘indecent’ and ‘obscene’. The singer, who is on the road with her Sweet Escape tour, will perform in Kuala Lumpur next month, but the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students want the concert scrapped because Gwen’s image offends Islamic beliefs. Mohamad Hilmi Ramli said, “Her video clips promoting the event are too obscene. We want the organisers to cancel the concert, failing which we will ask the authorities to intervene.” Ramli also slammed Malaysian mobile phone company Maxis Communications for promoting the concert and exposing young Malaysians to ‘moral decay’. The show will take place at the Stadium Putra on August 21. She will also perform in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, China and Hawaii before taking her tour to Europe.

Spears accused of threatening paparazzi

2007-08-01T00:44:00.000-07:00

Nicole Richie confirms she's pregnant

2007-08-01T00:42:00.000-07:00

After months of rumors, Nicole Richie confirmed Tuesday that she is pregnant. "Yes I am. We are," Richie told ABC News' Diane Sawyer for an interview to be aired this week. "I'm almost four months." Richie's boyfriend, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, is the father, she told ABC, which issued a news release about the interview.
The 25-year-old star of "The Simple Life" and on-again pal of Paris Hilton also talked with Sawyer about her guilty plea last week to driving under the influence and the resulting four-day jail sentence.
"I have a responsibility and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving, I would," Richie said. "And unfortunately I can't, but this is my way of paying my dues and taking responsibility and being an adult."
Richie also shared her thoughts on her hard-partying contemporaries and what effect their bad behavior has on young fans.The interview will air on "Good Morning America" on Thursday and Friday and on "20/20" Friday night

Zeta-Jones: 'I can't boil an egg'

2007-08-01T00:41:00.000-07:00

Catherine Zeta-Jones is disappointed she finds it impossible to master the art of boiling an egg.

The Welsh actress plays a chef in new restaurant-based romantic comedy No Reservations, but insists she's not much use in the kitchen in real life.

She says, "You know, I still can't boil an egg. I never get it runny enough if I want it runny, and I never get it hard-boiled enough before it explodes.

"But I can make you (Italian dessert) tiramisu anytime you want. Cheese on toast is always good too."

Thousands Line Up for ‘Idol' Auditions!

2007-08-01T00:24:00.000-07:00

Thousands of people hoping to be the next Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson or even Sanjaya lined up outside Qualcomm Stadium on Monday as auditions for the seventh season of "American Idol" began.
Some brought makeup kits, Starbucks cups filled with throat-clearing salt water and even karaoke machines. Others came before dawn, armed with sleeping bags and pillows.
"Why wouldn't I get here early? My No. 1 goal is to be on the program," said Lonnie Beatty, 20, who spent the night on a trolley platform just outside the stadium grounds in order to be one of the first in line.
A publicist for the show said 12,000 people showed up for their chance at stardom.
John Edward Carey, 27, was one of the lucky few rewarded with a ticket to the second round of tryouts.
The custom guitar builder and post-punk rocker from Van Nuys, near Los Angeles, made it to the final 25 last year on his first outing and said he decided to give it another shot after dropping 35 pounds and getting an encouraging e-mail from a producer.
"Last year I thought, 'I want to make it to the top 50,' and I did," Carey said after his tryout. "This year I want to make it to the top 10. This year I want to win it!"
His wife, Annie, said she pushed her husband to audition after listening to him criticize contestants on the show.
"He kept saying, 'I can sing better than that,'" she said. "So finally I just said, 'Fine, you go audition and stop interrupting my show!'"
Would-be contestants began lining up at 3 a.m. They had already spent hours in line over the weekend waiting to register for wristbands to get into the tryouts: neon yellow for singers, slate gray for supporters.
"I haven't slept in two days," said 16-year-old Jessica Schaffer of Temecula, explaining she drove around all night until she was allowed into the stadium grounds.
With the Comic-Con entertainment expo drawing a record crowd of more than 120,000 to San Diego over the weekend and thousands more in town for a sandcastle competition and an international youth soccer tournament, "Idol" hopefuls who wanted some shut-eye resorted to the classified Web site Craigslist.org or even military bases for beds.
Sgt. Jessica Robson, a 26-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan veteran stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., said she snagged a bunk at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot but got up at 4 a.m. anyway.
"I don't think it matters where you are in line," she said from somewhere in the middle of the crowd.
People in line waved signs proclaiming their love for Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, but the celebrity judges were absent. In their place were 23 show producers who handed over Willy Wonka-style golden tickets to the people they wanted to put in front of executive producers and, eventually, the real judges later on this fall.
Show executives said they hoped to winnow the contestants down to between 300 and 500 for the second round.
"We'll see everyone who wants to be heard," said Patrick Lynn, a senior producer. "It's all about trying to find out who's going to be the person who's going to make it past the judges, who's going to make it to Hollywood."
Six more auditions are set in the coming weeks in Dallas; Omaha, Neb.; Atlanta; Charleston, S.C.; Miami and Philadelphia. The show returns to the air in January.

Scarlett to Star in Porn Queen’s Biopic!

2007-08-01T00:20:00.000-07:00

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson will play the role of celebrated adult film star, Jenna Jameson, in an X-rated forthcoming biopic.
The 22-year-old beauty was personally picked by Jameson to chart her transformation from ballet dancer to stripper, before making it big in the adult film industry, World Entertainment News Network reported.
Jameson says: "I tapped up Scarlett for the part and I'm very excited about the film. It was my decision not to play the role because I've lived that tale already and anyone can play themselves."
The movie is based on Jameson's best-selling autobiography, "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star".

Thurman Dating Elle Macpherson's Ex!

2007-08-01T00:16:00.000-07:00

Uma Thurman has a new beau in her life - supermodel Elle Machpherson's ex Arpad Busson.
The 'Kill Bill' star was caught in an intimate embrace with Busson over the weekend in New York, reveals Hello magazine.
Arpad is a 43-year-old Swiss/French tycoon who's worth an estimated ?250 million.
However, pals of Thurman say that though she is "quite taken" with Busson, the relationship is still in its early stages.
"Uma is quite taken with Arpad, but it's early days," the mag quoted a pal, as saying.
While Thurman was previously married to actor Ethan Hawke and has two kids by him, Busson was in a long-term relationship with Macpherson and has two sons with her.
Meanwhile, rumours are also circulating that Elle has found love once again with British actor and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ray Fearon. She has however laughed off the rumours, insisting that they are just good friends.

Dina Lohan Hits Out at Trump!

2007-08-01T00:13:00.001-07:00

Actress/singer Lindsay Lohan's mum Dina has hit out at Donald Trump for advising her daughter to get a 'new set of parents' to recover soon.
The American TV personality lent his words of wisdom after the troubled starlet's recent run-in with law following her arrest for drunk-driving and cocaine possession on July 23.
Dina slammed Trump reminding him of his brother who died of alcoholism and his own vodka company.
"I've always had a great admiration for your business sense and I've read all your books and learned from them. Your own brother died of alcoholism and you own Trump Vodka?" Contactmusic quoted Dina, as writing on her website.
"You say Lindsay needs new parents? Such a rash statement without backing it with fact?" she wrote.
She insisted that rather then passing opinion on her parenting skills, he should have got a background check before speaking out.
"I am a single mother of four children doing what I can during this difficult time! Do a background check of both parents and you will find the truth! Shame on you... so many families suffer from this, yours included. We need solutions not opinions!" she added.
The actress' dad Michael Lohan had spent much of Lohan's preteen years in prison for securities fraud. In 2005, he was sent back to prison for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault.
Later in 2005, Lohan's parents settled their divorce case. (ANI)

Britney Spears's kidnap fear for kids

2007-08-01T00:10:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears fears that her kids might be kidnapped.

The singer’s divorce from Kevin Federline became official on Monday, July 30, and her lawyer Laura Wasser asked the Los Angeles Superior court judge to seal the child custody portion of the couple’s split.
Wasser, in a declaration to the judge, asked for this because Britney fears that if details of the specific timeshare schedule and transportation matters become public knowledge, it could put her boys Sean Preston and Jayden James at danger.
"Criminals ... might target the minor children for financial gain," TMZ quoted Wasser, as stating in the declaration.
Wasser also states that if made public, the media would have "a greater ability to ascertain the physical whereabouts of the minor children."
"Such information greatly increases the chances that the actions of the media could threaten the safety of the minor children by, for example, causing a traffic accident or by exposing the minor children to criminals who might target the minor children for financial gain," she stated.
The judge granted Wasser's motion to seal the custody documents temporarily, pending a full hearing on Aug. 14. He also agreed to keep the child support provisions under wraps.

Spears, Federline are divorced

2007-07-30T22:11:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears, right, and her husband Kevin Federline are seen
in this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Britney Spears' marriage to Kevin Federline officially ended Monday, July 30, 2007.[AP]

Britney Spears' marriage to Kevin Federline officially ended Monday.
"They are divorced," the pop star's attorney, Laura Wasser, said after a Superior Court hearing. "Everything is finalized."
Court Commissioner Scott Gordon signed orders for dissolution of marriage, an alimony agreement and child custody.
The alimony agreement will not be made public unless there is an enforcement issue, Wasser said.
"Most of that tracks the prenup," the attorney said, without elaborating.
The child custody order was tentatively sealed, pending an Aug. 14 hearing.
"The best interests of the children could be harmed" if the arrangement were not sealed, Gordon said.
Spears married Federline in October 2004, eight months after her first marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander was annulled. She cited irreconcilable differences when she filed for divorce from Federline on Nov. 7, 2006.
Wasser said that Spears was "OK" with the terms of the settlement but that "she would like to be with her kids more."Since February, Spears, 25, and Federline, 29, have shared joint custody of their two sons, 22-month-old Sean Preston and 10-month-old Jayden James

Since February, Spears, 25, and Federline, 29, have shared joint custody of their two sons, 22-month-old Sean Preston and 10-month-old Jayden James

Why Was Usher's Wedding Cancelled?

2007-07-30T22:08:00.000-07:00

R and B star Usher's July 28th wedding to Tameka Foster was reportedly called off because of a series of differences between the pair.
The superstar was looking forward to marry his pregnant fiance at record executive Antonio 'L.A.' Reid's home in Long Island, New York.
But the ceremony was scrapped just hours before the ceremony, allegedly due to a string of disagreements between the couple, as well as Usher's mother's disapproval of the awaiting nuptials.
"Usher's mother [and former manager, Jonetta Patton, whom he fired in May] is against the wedding. That is one of the main obstacles. They only decided two weeks ago to have a wedding. They wanted to have it take place before the baby bump started showing," People quoted a source, as saying.
However, another source revealed that it was Usher who decided against the marriage at the eleventh hour, because of past few rough days between the pair.
"Usher changed his mind. They had a lot of differences about the details. For example, the bride wanted barbeque, [and] he wanted to have [renowned chef] Jean Georges cook," the source said.
The source added that as a result of the differences, the wedding "was on again off again for the past few days. [Foster] was calling it off because she wasn't getting the things that she wanted. The mother was calling it off. ... Usher was calling it off."
Usher's spokeswoman, Patti Webster issued a statement on the same day of the cancelled wedding refusing to comment on whether or not the couple had split.
"It was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond IV and Tameka Foster was cancelled. No additional information will be given regarding the circumstances of the cancellation, but we hope the privacy of this matter will be respected," Webster said.
Usher confirmed the pregnancy of his stylist girlfriend Foster in January this year and the couple confirmed engagement reports in June.

Director Bergman, Actor Serrault Die

2007-07-30T22:06:00.001-07:00

Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, an iconoclastic filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died Monday, local media reported. He was 89 years old.
Bergman died at his home in Faro, Sweden, Swedish news agency TT said, citing his daughter Eva Bergman. A cause of death wasn't immediately available.
Through more than 50 films, Bergman's vision encompassed all the extremes of his beloved Sweden: the claustrophobic gloom of unending winter nights, the gentle merriment of glowing summer evenings and the bleak magnificence of the island where he spent his last years.
Bergman, who approached difficult subjects such as plague and madness with inventive technique and carefully honed writing, became one of the towering figures of serious filmmaking.
He was "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera," Woody Allen said in a 70th birthday tribute in 1988.
Bergman first gained international attention with 1955's "Smiles of a Summer Night," a romantic comedy that inspired the Stephen Sondheim musical "A Little Night Music."
"The Seventh Seal," released in 1957, riveted critics and audiences. An allegorical tale of the medieval Black Plague years, it contains one of cinema's most famous scenes — a knight playing chess with the shrouded figure of Death.
"I was terribly scared of death," Bergman said of his state of mind when making the film, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the best picture category.
The film distilled the essence of Bergman's work — high seriousness, flashes of unexpected humor and striking images.
In an interview in 2004 with Swedish broadcaster SVT, the reclusive filmmaker admitted that he was reluctant to view his work.
"I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry ... and miserable. I think it's awful," Bergman said.
Though best known internationally for his films, Bergman was also a prominent stage director. He worked at several playhouses in Sweden from the mid-1940s, including the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm which he headed from 1963 to 1966. He staged many plays by the Swedish author August Strindberg, whom he cited as an inspiration.
The influence of Strindberg's grueling and precise psychological dissections could be seen in the production that brought Bergman an even-wider audience: 1973's "Scenes From a Marriage." First produced as a six-part series for television, then released in a theater version, it is an intense detailing of the disintegration of a marriage.
Bergman showed his lighter side in the following year's "The Magic Flute," again first produced for TV. It is a fairly straight production of the Mozart opera, enlivened by touches such as repeatedly showing the face of a young girl watching the opera and comically clumsy props and costumes.
Bergman remained active later in life with stage productions and occasional TV shows. He said he still felt a need to direct, although he had no plans to make another feature film.
In the fall of 2002, Bergman, at age 84, started production on "Saraband," a 120-minute television movie based on the two main characters in "Scenes From a Marriage."
In a rare press conference, the reclusive director said he wrote the story after realizing he was "pregnant with a play."
"At first I felt sick, very sick. It was strange. Like Abraham and Sarah, who suddenly realized she was pregnant," he said, referring to biblical characters. "It was lots of fun, suddenly to feel this urge returning."
The son of a Lutheran clergyman and a housewife, Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala on July 14, 1918, and grew up with a brother and sister in a household of severe discipline that he described in painful detail in the autobiography "The Magic Lantern."
The title comes from his childhood, when his brother got a "magic lantern" — a precursor of the slide-projector — for Christmas. Ingmar was consumed with jealousy, and he managed to acquire the object of his desire by trading it for a hundred tin soldiers.
The apparatus was a spot of joy in an often-cruel young life. Bergman recounted the horror of being locked in a closet and the humiliation of being made to wear a skirt as punishment for wetting his pants.
He broke with his parents at 19 and remained aloof from them, but later in life sought to understand them.
The story of their lives was told in the television film "Sunday's Child," directed by his own son Daniel.
Young Ingmar found his love for drama production early in life. The director said he had coped with the authoritarian environment of his childhood by living in a world of fantasies. When he first saw a movie he was greatly moved.
"Sixty years have passed, nothing has changed, it's still the same fever," he wrote of his passion for film in the 1987 autobiography.
But he said the escape into another world went so far that it took him years to tell reality from fantasy, and Bergman repeatedly described his life as a constant fight against demons, also reflected in his work.
The demons sometimes drove him to great art — as in "Cries and Whispers," the deathbed drama that climaxes when the dying woman cries "I am dead, but I can't leave you." Sometimes they drove him over the top, as in "Hour of the Wolf" where a nightmare-plagued artist meets real-life demons on a lonely island.
Bergman also waged a fight against real-life tormentors: Sweden's powerful tax authorities.
In 1976, during a rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theater, police came to take Bergman away for interrogation about tax evasion. The director, who had left all finances to be handled by a lawyer, was questioned for hours while his home was searched. When released, he was forbidden to leave the country.
The case caused an enormous uproar in the media and Bergman had a mental breakdown that sent him to hospital for over a month. He was later absolved of all accusations and in the end only had to pay some extra taxes.
In his autobiography he admitted to guilt in only one aspect: "I signed papers that I didn't read, even less understood."
The experience made him go into voluntary exile in Germany, to the embarrassment of the Swedish authorities. After nine years, he returned to Stockholm, his longtime base.
It was in the Swedish capital that Bergman broke into the world of drama, starting with a menial job at the Royal Opera House after dropping out of college.
In 1942, Bergman was hired by the script department of Swedish Film Industry, the country's main production company, as an assistant script writer.
In 1944 his first original screenplay was filmed by Alf Sjoeberg, the dominant Swedish film director of the time. "Torment" won several awards including the Grand Prize of the 1946 Cannes Film Festival, and soon Bergman was directing an average of two films a year as well as working with stage production.
After the acclaimed "The Seventh Seal," he quickly came up with another success in "Wild Strawberries," in which an elderly professor's car trip to pick up an award is interspersed with dreams.
Other noted films include "Persona," about an actress and her nurse whose identities seem to merge, and "The Autumn Sonata," about a concert pianist and her two daughters, one severely handicapped and the other burdened by her child's drowning.
The date of the funeral has not yet been set, but will be attended by a close group of friends and family, the TT news agency reported.

FRENCH ACTOR MICHEL SERRAULT DIES

French actor Michel Serrault, whose performance as a transvestite in the film and screen versions of "La cage aux folles" (The Birdcage) catapulted him to international stardom, has died, his priest said Monday. He was 79.
Serrault died Sunday of cancer in his home in the northwestern city of Honfleur, Rev. Alain Maillard de La Morandais said.
Serrault appeared in more than 130 films during a career that spanned half a century. After debuting as a comic actor, Serrault became one of France's most versatile stars, playing a serial killer, a grizzled farmer, a crooked banker and accused rapist.
"I'm against those who only want to entertain," Serrault said in 2002. "I am very happy with all the roles I've played, and I take responsibility for them all."
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid homage to Serrault's "impressive filmography," calling the actor a "monument of the world of the theater, the cinema and the television."
Born on Jan. 24, 1928, in Brunoy, south of Paris, Serrault initially set his sights on the priesthood, briefly entering a seminary. He dropped out, he later explained, because of the vow of chastity.
After studying acting in Paris, Serrault began as his stage career playing in cabarets.
He made his silver screen debut in 1954 in Jean Loubignac's "Ah! les belles bacchantes" (Oh, the lovely bacchantes), which was released as "Peek-a-boo" in the United States. His first big break came in 1972, with a leading role in Pierre Tchernia's "Le Viager" (The Life Annuity.)
But it was his role as flamboyant gay nightclub owner Albin Mougeotte, also known as Zaza Napoli, in the theater and film versions of the mega-hit "La cage aux folles" (The Birdcage) that catapulted him to fame worldwide. His performance in director Edouard Molinaro's 1978 movie won him the first of three Cesar awards — the French version of the Oscar.
Serrault remained active, featuring in films through his late seventies. Among his final films was Pierre Javaux's 2006 "Les enfants du pays" (Hometown Boys), about the role of African soldiers in WWII.
Serrault is survived by his wife, Juanita, and daughter, Nathalie.

Lohan Stars in Provocative Ad Campaign!

2007-07-30T22:04:00.000-07:00

Actress Lindsay Lohan poses provocatively in a new ad campaign for ace designer Jill Stuart's new range.
The photo shoot was shot extensively in Japan.
The troubled starlet, who was recently booked for DUI, looks inviting in stockings and suspenders.
Stuart said that the Mean Girls star is the perfect choice for the campaign.
"Lindsay's perfect for us. She's sexy and smart," the Sun quoted Jill, as saying.
The rehabbed actress is due to appear in court on August 24.

NOT READY FOR TELL-ALL ?

Lindsay Lohan is not planning for a tell-all interview with OK! Magazine, her rep has said.
Perez Hilton had claimed that the troubled actress is going to give an exclusive interview to the publication.
The rep said that there is absolutely no truth in the reports, and that the report is 'fabricated'.
"There is absolutely no truth to the report that Lindsay is doing a tell-all interview with OK! Magazine or anyone else this week. That is completely fabricated," Usmagazine.com quoted the rep, as saying.
The 'Mean Girls' star, who is charged for DUI, is due to appear in court on August 24.

Pammie No More Interested in TV or Film!

2007-07-30T22:01:00.000-07:00

Pamela Anderson isn't interested in doing anymore films or TV shows, for she's having the time of her life playing a magician's assistant in Las Vegas.
The former Baywatch babe has been working alongside illusionist Hans Klok in Sin City for the past few weeks and now thinks that the job is her "calling".
"I'm having the best time doing this - I want to be in Vegas forever. It's so glamorous," The Sun quoted her, as saying.
And though she doesn't know what the future holds for her after December when her contract runs out, she insists that she's not interested in TV or films.
"I'm definitely staying until December, but then who knows. I don't want to do any more TV or film, though," she said.
"Doing this is what I love - it's just so over the top," she added.

Jessica Alba's not attracted to sex scenes

2007-07-30T22:00:00.001-07:00

Jessica Alba’s male fans might be upset, for the actress is not interested in steaming the lens with her bare all shots or sex scenes.
The 26-year-old insisted that she was more fascinated by ‘innocent’ roles.
“I’m attracted to roles that are more innocent,” the Sun quoted Alba, as saying.
“I haven’t done a sex scene and I’ve never done nudity,” she said.
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer star also admitted that she’s more than a bit clumsy.
“The other day I closed a door on my head. I know I usually play co-ordinated people, but I’m not one, she added.

Brittany Wears Nothing in 'Black Water…’!

2007-07-30T21:57:00.000-07:00

Fans of Brittany Snow are in for a treat, for the actress reveals that she's worn nothing in her upcoming flick 'Black Water Transit'.
The 21-year-old, who plays a troubled hooker, Sardoonah in the film, revealed that her character made out with everyone and wore nothing in the entire film.
"Basically, I have sex with everybody in the movie. I wear nothing the entire time," US magazine quoted Snow, as saying.
Meanwhile, the 'Hairspray' actress who celebrated a three day birthday bash this year insisted that she was not looking forward to just becoming a celeb and enjoying parties, but wanted to show people her acting talent.
"I'm really excited to show people that I am an actual actress, not just wanting to be a celebrity and go to this party and that party," she said.
Apart from 'Black Water Transit', Snow also set to play a lead role in upcoming flick 'Prom Night', a remake of the hit horror film of the same name, starring Jamie Lee Curtis.

Usher-Tameka Wedding Cancelled!

2007-07-29T23:19:00.000-07:00

The wedding between Usher and his pregnant fiance has been canceled, his publicist told The Associated Press on Saturday.
The wedding between the multiplatinum singer and his longtime girlfriend, Tameka Foster, was scheduled for Saturday. The pair are expecting their first child together sometime this fall.
However, a statement released by publicist Patti Webster exclusively to the AP read: "It was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond, IV and Tameka Foster was canceled. No additional information will be given regarding the circumstances of the cancellation, but we hope the privacy of this matter will be respected."
Foster and Usher announced their engagement earlier this year, and later, that she was expecting his first child. She has three other children from a previous marriage.
Webster would not comment on whether the two were still engaged or even a couple.

'Ugly Betty' wins at 22nd Imagen Awards

2007-07-29T23:16:00.000-07:00

Actress America Ferrera arrives at the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards
in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 28, 2007. [AP]

LOS ANGELES - The TV comedy "Ugly Betty" and the film "Pan's Labyrinth" won top honors Saturday at the 22nd annual Imagen Awards.

"Babel," the critically praised movie that weaves stories set in Mexico and four other countries, lost in four categories.
The Imagen Awards honor contributions by and about Hispanics in the entertainment industry.
ABC's "Ugly Betty," which has received 11 Emmy nominations, was named best prime-time television program. Its star, America Ferrera, who is in the running for an Emmy, was named best TV actress and also received the Imagen Foundation's Creative Achievement Award.
The show's Ana Ortiz won for best supporting actress.
"Pan's Labyrinth," the surrealistic movie about a young girl who turns to fairy tales to escape the brutality of fascist Spain, was named best picture.
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro got the directing award and Ivana Baquero, the movie's 13-year-old star, was best actress.
Mel Gibson's brutal Mayan epic, "Apocalypto," lost for best picture but Gerardo Teracena and Dalia Hernandez were chosen best supporting actor and actress.
More than 2,000 people attended ceremonies at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.