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Happy Wednesday Kiddies and away I go.

Well this is some exciting news. Taylor Swift told a room full of listeners at NY Radio Station Z100 that she and pal Kellie Pickler, will be touring together. The tour dates will be announced Friday. Of course Swift was excited about her upcoming tour, but there was one little thing that bothered her. And of course she will be headlining. Go Team Blond. And I don’t care if it is from a bottle.

Former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland’s has reportedly dumped the man who took her in as a teenager and managed her to pop stardom – former band mate Beyonce’s dad.   The singer has parted company with Mathew Knowles following a heated row, according to website Bossip.com. A highly-placed source in Rowland’s camp tells the website the split has been on the cards for months – because the My Boo hitmaker is unhappy she’s not a bigger star in America. A spokeswoman for Bossip.com says, “We were told Kelly was really upset that she’s not better represented in the United States. She’s a big hit in Europe, but not in America.” Publicists for Knowles and his MusicWorld organization were unavailable for comment as WENN went to press. Well maybe she can marry rich like Beyonce.

The wife of Usher has turned down the chance to star in a hit reality TV show. Tameka Foster, who married the singer in 2007, has confirmed she was asked to appear in the second season of America’s headline-grabbing series Real Housewives Of Atlanta.  The show follows the everyday lives of a group of affluent Georgia women. But Raymond, who recently gave birth to the couple’s second child, insists she will not be taking part. She tells Essence.com, “Although they (producers) approached me, and I was flattered by the offer, I will not be joining the Real Housewives cast.” Oh thank the lord, smart move.

Following in the footsteps of weight-loss winner Marie Osmond, former Go-Gos front-woman Belinda Carlisle has been appointed the newest spokesperson for NutriSystem. “It’s pretty well known that I’ve struggled with my weight,” Belinda tells PEOPLE of her decision to start the weight-loss program a year ago. She went on to lose 20 pounds in the first four months, “And I kept it off,” she says. Although in the ’80s she may have been singing “Our Lips are Sealed,” she’s more than happy to discuss how the plan’s healthy-eating approach kept her hooked. “I’m not about deprivation at all,” she says. “When I moved to the south of France 10 years ago it taught me to celebrate food and not make it an enemy — people in my business usually do. When this came along it was really easy for me,” she says of the plan. Eh, anything to stay popular.

Life does not suck for Kelly Clarkson, get it? Her new single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” will break records on Thursday when it makes the largest leap to No. 1 in the Billboard chart’s 50-year history. The song moves to No. 1 from No. 97 on the Hot 100 chart after selling 280,000 digital downloads in its first week out, according to Billboard.com. Clarkson, 26, has set the record once before: Her 2002 single “A Moment Like This” – the American Idol Season 1 victory track – jumped from No. 52 to No. 1 in a single week. Wow her comeback is almost going to be better than Britney’s…Almost.

Tiers of tasty cupcakes. Check. Rock star blow out. Yep. All of your closest pals. Of course! Nick Carter got exactly what he wished for at his 29th birthday bash. After all, he is Mr. I-Want-It-That-Way. Donning an AC/DC vintage t-shirt on his newly svelte body, Carter celebrated downstairs at the Key Club in Hollywood Monday night. Backstreet buds Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean – taking a break from recording their upcoming album – even came by for a mini reunion to surprise their friend. “They shut off all the lights and did a surprise for Nick downstairs early in the night,” says an onlooker. “They all yelled surprise and they had cupcakes for him.” Better yet, here is the video of a drunken AJ. I thought he was in rehab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVjAT0KsPsk

And finally, The Simpsons has never been one to shy away from poking fun at organized Judeo-Christian religions. But not because Springfield’s first family is aspiring to thetan level seven. Show producers have denied any involvement with a Scientology-promoting voicemail recorded by Nancy Cartwright, has provided the voice of Bart Simpson for 20 years, in which she advertises her current auditing level—new OT VII—and invites recipients of the message to the church’s Flag World Tour event Jan. 31 in Hollywood, at which Cartwright is scheduled to speak. But while her show might not be connected to the call, she sure didn’t mind connecting her call to the show. The message begins with her saying, “Yo, what’s happenin’ man, this is Bart Simpson. Haha. Just kidding, don’t hang up, this is Nancy Cartwright.” “It’s gonna be a blast, man,” she teases, sounding like Bart again, after providing the where and when. But just because this particular Scientologist has a signature voice to help spread the word, it doesn’t mean she speaks for anyone else. When are these crazy celebrities going to learn not to force religion down our throats.

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Happy Monday Kiddies and away I go. I need to apologize about not updating at all last week, I was quite the busy beaver. 

Kirsten Dunst is rumored to be enjoying a new romance with fellow Hollywood star Josh Hartnett after the pair was reportedly spotted enjoying an evening out in New York.  The actress, who has recently been linked to actor Justin Long and filmmaker Jacob Soboroff, was spotted having dinner with Hartnett at a Manhattan sushi restaurant on Thursday night. A source tells New York Post gossip column PageSix, “They were whispering and smiling at each other. At times it looked like she wanted to grab his hand, but stopped. She was especially smitten with him.” Dunst and Hartnett, who has recently returned to the U.S. following a run on the London stage, are believed to have first met on the set of 1999 movie The Virgin Suicides. Well I guess 2 C listers are meant for each other.

Pink hasn’t let her failed marriage to ex Carey Hart put her off walking down the aisle again – insisting she “doesn’t regret a minute” of their newly-reconciled relationship.   The star – real name Alecia Moore – rekindled her romance with the motocross racer earlier this month amid reports Hart had moved back in with the singer after nearly a year apart. But Pink admits she could still be swayed to walk down the aisle in the future.   She tells Seventeen magazine, “I don’t know if I ever really believed in the institution of marriage. For both of us, our upbringings made us that way. He had a tough childhood, and I had World War III in my household. Um, yeah I will take stupid ideas for 100 Alex.

Kelly Osborne checked herself into rehab, her mother Sharon confirmed to Radaronline.com. “Yeah, Kelly’s in rehab,” Sharon said of her daughter. What else can we say?” Sharon went on. She knew that it was the right thing to do at this point, and we’re proud that she did it. The family is all standing behind her. Kelly knew that she needed help, and she’s getting it.” Kelly, who entered rehab for a painkiller addiction in 2004, checked herself into a facility outside the L.A. area for 30 days. Sharon declined to say what Kelly is being treated for saying, “Kelly will tell you herself when she gets out. We just pray that everything’s going to be okay.” “This is one of the absolute worst things that a parent can face, for their child to go through rehab. And not once, but twice. However, we are all very glad Kelly’s doing it.” Wow if the first 2 times don’t get it done, try and try again.

Miley Cyrus re-connected with ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas at a kids’ concert to celebrate Barack Obama’s inaugurations on Monday and has confessed she still “loves” the Jo-Bro. More than a year after ending their teen romance, the pair joined forces to perform for the new First Lady, Michelle Obama, and her daughters at the Kids’ Inaugural Concert in Washington D.C. bash this week, taking took time out to chat and pose for pictures together. And in a new post on her blog, Cyrus, who is now dating model Justin Gaston, confesses she still has feeling for her ex. She writes, “I know you guys saw me, I was hanging out with the Jonas Brothers at the inaugural (concert). That was really good. And we are friends … I love the JoBros. “I love Nicky. I do love him… I love all the boys.” Oh get over yourself Miley, Nick has moved on to a good girl, Selena Gomez.

Paul McCartney and Radiohead will perform at the upcoming Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, organizers said Monday. The February 8 show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles will mark the British rock band Radiohead’s first live U.S. television performance since 2000. McCartney will sing while being accompanied by Dave Grohl on the drums. Well color me there. Sounds like a good night.

Bahamas paramedic Tarino Lightbourne was formally charged Monday in an alleged plot to extort $25 million from John Travolta. Lightbourne, 47, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to extort and conspiracy to extort from Travolta after the death of the actor’s 16-year-old son, Jett, according to Bahamian Magistrate Carolita Bethel. So far, details of the alleged plot have not been made public. However, prosecutor Bernard Turner says police are looking for a “certain document” and believe they may not find it if Lightbourne is released, according to the Associated Press. Why are people so damn shady.

Here’s one celebrity whose name you won’t find on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars: Kevin Federline. Despite recent rumors that Britney Spears’s ex would be getting ready to rumba on season 8 of the ABC dance competition, his rep tells Hollywood.com, that they are “not true.” Federline would have certainly made a competitive run on the show — he began his career as a backup dancer and toured with his pop star ex in 2004. Dancing’s eight season begins in March, with the cast announcement coming soon. But wait, I thought they didn’t allow professional dancers on the show. And I might get egged for saying this, but K-Fed was a professional dancer.

Molly Ringwald, who plays the anxious mother of a pregnant teen on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, is expecting twins of her own, the actress tells PEOPLE exclusively. It will be the second daughter and first son for Ringwald, 40, and husband Panio Gianopoulos, 33. They have a 5-year-old daughter Mathilda Ereni. The babies are due in August. Secret Life’s second season airs on Monday nights on ABC Family. A spokeswoman for the show says Ringwald’s pregnancy will be written into the storyline. Wait, what? Claire from The Breakfast Club can not be knocked up with twins.

And finally, Prince Harry and his Zimbabwe-born girlfriend Chelsy Davy, 23, are calling it quits after five years, a royal source confirms to PEOPLE. The 24-year-old prince parted amicably with Davy, a post-graduate law student at Leeds University, three weeks after the couple spent a romantic holiday together in the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius. “They are remaining friends,” says the royal source. “There have been all sorts of reasons given [for the split] but suffice it to say they felt that it had run its course.” According to the British newspaper News of the World, Davy, the daughter of a millionaire safari operator, made the decision to break up after tiring of the prince’s playboy antics. The pair met through mutual friends in 2004 and conducted a long-distance relationship for three years while Davy studied at a university in Cape Town, South Africa, and Harry was enrolled at Britain’s Sandhurst military academy. What I want to know is when did he become the cute one and William became the balding other one.

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Happy Monday Kiddies and away I go.

Anne Heche’s publicist has confirmed the pregnant U.S. actress is expecting a son with her former Men in Trees co-star James Tupper. The baby will be the first for Heche and her boyfriend, whom she met in 2006 on the set of the now-defunct series Men in Trees when both were still married to other people, Usmagazine.com reported Sunday. Heche also has a 6-year-old son named Homer with her ex-husband, Coley Laffoon. Before marrying Laffoon, Heche had high-profile romances with comedians Steve Martin and Ellen DeGeneres. Wait, she use to be a lesbian? And dated Steve Martin? Go Figure.

Kelly Osborne was arrested for allegedly slapping a gossip columnist in a London nightclub last summer, People.com reported Monday. Kelly Osborne, 24, is the daughter of aging rocker Ozzy Osborne and reality TV star Sharon Osborne. People.com said Kelly was arrested this month by appointment for common assault and released on bail while the investigation continues. She is to appear again at a London police station in March. Writer Zoe Griffin claims Osborne smacked her in the cheek at Punk nightclub because she apparently didn’t like an unflattering article Griffin penned about Osborne’s model boyfriend, Luke Worrall. Griffin reportedly wrote about her alleged run-in with Osborne in a piece that ran in The Mirror in August. Osborne’s publicist declined to comment on the story, People.com said. I guess that is the only way to keep yourself relevant now of days now isn’t it Kelly.

Tom Hanks has hit out at Mormon supporters of the gay-marriage ban in California – calling it “un-American” for homosexuals to be denied the right to wed. Hanks, who executive produces hit TV series Big Love about a polygamous Mormon family, is convinced politicians will eventually step in and change the country’s laws regarding same-sex unions. And while he calls polygamy a “bizarre offshoot of the Mormon Church,” the actor has hammered some of its followers for their alleged involvement in passing controversial bill Proposition 8 – outraged that modern society can still be prejudiced against gay relationships. He says, “The truth is that a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen. There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American and I am one of them. “I do not like to see any discrimination codified on any piece of paper in any of the 50 states in America. Way to take a stand, and a great stand at that Tommy-Boy.

Christina Aguilera threw a star-studded birthday party for her son Max – basing the event on classic children’s tale Where the Wild Things Are. The singer and her husband Jordan Bratman hosted the event at their Beverly Hills, California home on January 17 to celebrate the tot turning one earlier that week, according to People.com. The party, which was full of costumed mythical characters from the book and decorated with festive blue, green and pink balloons, was attended by 40 guests, including Aguilera’s friend Nicole Richie and her boyfriend Joel Madden. The couple welcomed their own daughter, Harlow, just a day before Aguilera gave birth to Max at the same Los Angeles hospital. Oh to be one of the rich and famous.

Well this is interesting. A naked pre-famous photo of Madonna is expected to sell for as much as $15,000 when it hits the auction block in New York next month, the BBC said.  Christie’s auction house said the black and white picture, which was taken after Madonna responded to photographer Lee Friedlander’s newspaper ad seeking models, has been valued at between $10,000 and $15,000. The singer, who is now 50, reportedly was paid $25 for modeling for the photo three decades ago. Matthieu Humery, head of Christie’s photography department, told the BBC the photo being sold at the February 12 auction was “probably the most explicit” Friedlander took of the future recording star. “For Friedlander, it is a very typical way of taking pictures of a woman,” Humery added. “He likes very natural women. There’s not a hint of glamorizing. That’s what makes it powerful.” A later photo by Helmut Newton and featuring Madonna wearing a short red dress is also up for auction and estimated to fetch a similar price, the BBC said. See now, who has not seen the Sex book. Been there, done that.

Pop singer Nick Jonas says he lost a ping-pong game to the young daughters of President-elect Barack Obama. The 16-year-old member of the boy band, the Jonas Brothers, said the ping-pong game occurred as he was waiting backstage at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” with Obama daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, People.com reported Friday.  But Jonas’s brother, Joe, hinted the daughters of the next U.S. president had a bit of an advantage on Nick. There a little pressure with the 25 Secret Service agents there,” Joe Jonas said. Nick added that he and his brothers, Joe, 19, and Kevin, 21, are ready to perform at Obama’s inauguration ceremonies next week in Washington. What they didn’t even play 7 minutes in heaven? What a rip.

Country singer Jo Dee Messina and her husband, Chris Deffenbaugh, welcomed their first child today, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. Noah Roger Deffenbaugh was born at a Nashville-area hospital at 1:01 p.m. on Monday, weighing in at 6 lbs., 15 oz. Ready for Noah’s arrival at home is a handmade crib and changing table built by his woodworker dad, who owns Deffenblaster Enterprises, which builds custom road cases. Wow, that is exciting for the two of them.

And finally, Johnny Knoxville has taken to the Internet to explain why police stopped him at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday for carrying what appeared to be a hand grenade. According to the Jackass star, it was a big misunderstanding – but he takes the blame and says it’s now all been sorted out. “A few days ago, I was filming some commercials for this show we are doing for MTV called Nitro Circus, so I took a bunch of silly props in my carry-on bag to the shoot,” “When the shoot was over, the wardrobe girl packed my luggage so I could go home and, unbeknownst to me, she packed a fake hand grenade (a prop grenade that I’d taken to the shoot) in the front zipper of my luggage. Needless to say, when I was packing to go out of town this morning with my girlfriend and daughter, I didn’t see the FAKE grenade in my luggage.” Wow, he really is a Jackass.

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