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Happy Wednesday and away I go.

 

 

 

 

Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner has fueled rumors he is dating country singer Taylor Swift after they were spotted enjoying a date in Los Angeles.  The two Taylors were photographed side-by-side watching a hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Columbus Blue Jackets at the city’s Staples Center on Sunday.   The pair, who both star in upcoming movie Valentine’s Day, have been rumored to be playing out a real-life romance ever since they were spotted embracing following one of Swift’s shows in Chicago, Illinois earlier this month .   Swift’s representatives subsequently claimed the duo is “just friends”, but the pair’s latest public outing has dating rumors once again.   The New York Daily News reports the pair headed back to the same hotel after the hockey game and claims they left the Beverly Wilshire together early the next morning.  I really do think they would make a cute couple.

 

 

 

 

Melissa Joan Hart and Louie Vito, along with their professional dance partners, were eliminated from “Dancing with the Stars” in Los Angeles Tuesday night.   ”That’s the game,” actress Hart said. “It’s tough. I was hoping to make it one more week. My husband was coming next week with my kids, but that’s all right. I’ll go home to them now.”   Later in the evening, snowboarder Vito was eliminated from the dance competition series.   ”It’s a lot harder than it looks,” he said. “Dealing with frustration, nerves because you’re doing something you’re not comfortable with in front of millions and millions of people. And every day I got up there and danced, I was just proud of myself for getting out there.”   Aaron Carter, Mark Dacascos, Michael Irvin, Joanna Krupa, Mya, Kelly Osbourne and Donny Osmond — along with their professional dance partners — are still in the running for the show’s coveted mirror ball trophy.  Um, is anybody still watching this show?  Is has been nothing since Joey Fatone was booted off.

 

 

 

 

Actress Scarlett Johansson will make her Broadway debut starring in a revival of American playwright Arthur Miller’s drama “A View from the Bridge,” the show’s organizers said on Monday.   Amid a growing trend of Hollywood stars appearing in Broadway plays, Johansson, 24, will appear on the Great White Way opposite actor Liev Schreiber in the drama set in 1950s America about a Brooklyn dockyard worker obsessed with his 17-year-old niece, to be played by Johansson.   Previews will begin December 28 and the show will run for 14 weeks.   Johansson’s list of films include “The Horse Whisperer”, “Lost in Translation” and Woody Allen’s “Match Point” in 2005. She also released an album this year with U.S. singer Pete Yorn. Schreiber has already appeared on Broadway several times, including winning a Tony award, as well as in films.   Other high-profile film actor’s to have appeared on Broadway this year include Jude law, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller and Catherine Zeta-Jones.   Wow, she is really diversified.   Like the food court at the mall.

 

 

 

 

Brad Pitt was not hurt when his motorcycle collided with a paparazzo’s vehicle in Los Angeles during the weekend, a source told Usmagazine.com.   X17 said Pitt was driving a new bike Saturday when he was hit from behind by a car driven by a photographer, apparently causing the actor to lose his balance.   No injuries or damage to Pitt’s motorcycle were reported, but he is believed to have left the bike at the scene after speaking to the other motorist, Usmagazine.com said.  Oh thank the lord; I have not slept well since.

 

 

 

 

Metallica and Justin Timberlake share a creepy common bond – the rockers obtained a restraining order in March against the woman accused of stalking the pop superstar.  Karen McNeil was arrested at the “Cry Me A River” star’s property last week after she showed up at his home and refused to leave.   Timberlake was then granted a restraining order against McNeil following her release from hospital after she underwent a psychiatric evaluation.   In March, the same woman was ordered to stay at least 150 yards away from Lars Ulrich and the rest of Metallica after the drummer requested a restraining order from the Los Angeles County Superior Court.   Timberlake and the band aren’t the first superstar acts who have been forced to take action against McNeil – she was also banned from getting close to Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose in 1995.  Wow, what a nut case.

 

 

 

 

Levi Johnston went on CBS’s The Early Show on Wednesday to needle his favorite target, his baby mama’s mama Sarah Palin, by claiming she referred to her infant son Trig, who has Down syndrome, as “retarded.”   Without providing any details, Johnston, 19, also darkly suggested that Palin, the former Republican candidate for vice-president, has done a whole lot worse, saying he knows things that could get her “in trouble and could hurt her.”   “I’m not gonna go that far,” Johnston said in the first segment of a two-part interview. “You know, I mean, if I really wanted to hurt her, I could very easily. But there’s – I’m not gonna do it.”   This prompted a snarling reply from the former Alaska governor. “We have purposefully ignored the mean spirited, malicious and untrue attacks on our family,” Palin says in a statement. “We, like many, are appalled at the inflammatory statements being made or implied. Trig is our ‘blessed little angel’ who knows it and is lovingly called that every day of his life.”  Wow, I think the shiznit is about to hit the fan.  And to think Palin was the best candidate us republicans could come up with.

 

 

 

 

Settle downTweener Jonas Brothers fans: Despite rumors to the contrary, the band is not breaking up. “We plan to make music together for as long as we can,” the brothers said in a letter to fans that they shared with PEOPLE.   The speculation started after word spread Nick Jonas, 17, formed a band called Nick Jonas & the Administration and intensified since Kevin, 21, is getting married. But to clear things up, the band wrote a letter to their fans just before taking the stage in Venezuela, where they are performing as part of a world tour.  Maybe they should break up and one of them should come out of the closet that will keep them relevant.

 

 

 

 

Corey Feldman’s wife has filed for divorce, seeking sole custody of their 5-year-old son Zen as well as spousal support, Los Angeles court records show.   Feldman, 38, and Susie Sprague unfortunately married in October 2002, nine months after meeting in a nightclub, on the set of VH1’s The Surreal Life in a ceremony officiated by MC Hammer and a rabbi.  In her Oct. 22 filing, Sprague asks that Feldman be granted visitation rights.   A rep for Feldman, who recently starred in The Two Coreys reality show with fellow 80’s teen heartthrob Corey Haim, wasn’t immediately available for comment.  Wow, is he calling Vh1 yet?

 

 

 

 

Tennis star Andre Agassi serves up a bombshell in his new memoir: In the late ’90s he began regularly using crystal meth. “I can’t speak to addiction, but a lot of people would say that if you’re using anything as an escape, you have a problem,” he tells PEOPLE.   Agassi’s book, Open, details his descent into drug use, as well as his hair loss, his troubled marriage to Brooke Shields and the love he eventually found with his current wife, Steffi Graf.   Asked how he thought his fans would react if they found out he was using drugs, Agassi, 39, says: “I was worried for a moment, but not for long. … I wore my heart on my sleeve and my emotions were always written on my face. I was actually excited about telling the world the whole story.”  Wow, he should hang out with Stephanie Tanner.

 

 

 

 

And finally, Bruce Springsteen’s cousin and assistant road manager was found dead in the Kansas City’s Intercontinental Hotel Monday, not long before Springsteen and his band were to take to the stage.   “Lenny Sullivan, Bruce’s cousin and the assistant road manager of the E Street Band for the last 10 years, passed away today at the age of 36,” a statement on Springsteen’s web site read. “A warm and sensitive person, he was beloved by Bruce, the Band, the crew, and the entire Thrill Hill family.”   The death caused the cancellation of the show that night in Kansas City, Mo., with all tickets refunded and promises to return to the area “at the earliest opportunity.”  Wow, he is like the honoree governor of Ne w Jersey.

 

 

 

 

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Happy Monday Kiddies and away I go.  I must say, thank you for the kind words over the past 4 days, it was a trying time.

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of U.S. real estate mogul Donald Trump, married Jared Kushner, publisher of the New York Observer, in Bedminster, N.J., Sunday.   People.com said about 500 guests attended the lavish affair at the Trump National Golf Club. The reception reportedly included a performance by Trump family friend Regis Philbin.   ”She looks amazing,” Ivanka Trump’s publicist told People.com, noting the bride, an author and reality television personality, wore a Vera Wang gown inspired by the late actress and princess, Grace Kelly.   Trump and Kushner dated on and off for about two years and were engaged for three months before tying the knot this past weekend, E! News said.  Wait, this does not sound too gawdy.

Low-budget fright film “Paranormal Activity” scored a kill over the sixth picture in the perennial “Saw” franchise, with a pre-Halloween weekend box office draw of $22 million.   Lionsgate’s “Saw VI” took in $14.8 million. The results were the worst in the series’ history — the first five “Saw” films had an average opening weekend of $29.1 million, according to box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian. The horror series features a killer who calls himself Jigsaw and puts his victims in deadly contraptions to torture them.   ”Paranormal” went into wider release by Paramount after playing to sellout crowds at midnight-only screenings over the past few weekends in a handful of markets determined by online balloting.   Taking a page from the playbook of 1999’s underground smash “The Blair Witch Project,” the Viacom Inc unit is letting the fans do the marketing through such social-networking sites as Twitter. Its own marketing costs have been minimal.   Paramount bought the $15,000 movie last year at the Slamdance Film Festival, an indie rival of the concurrent Sundance festival in Utah.   Last weekend’s top movie, “Where the Wild Things Are,” which was adapted from the acclaimed Maurice Sendak children’s book, dropped to the No. 3 spot with $14.4 million.   Eh, I could not care less.  It sounds lame.

Tickets to Garth Brooks’ comeback shows have become a must-have item – his first 20 shows at the Wynn Las Vegas all sold out in less than five hours on Saturday.  The singer/songwriter announced he was coming out of retirement recently with a residency at the Sin City resort.  More than 140,000 people called the Wynn on Saturday – the day tickets for Brooks went on sale – and more than 5.4 million people visited the hotel and casino’s website.   Brooks’ new five-year deal with casino owner Steve Wynn includes a series of concerts on select Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.   Is anybody surprised?  The guy is the highest selling artist of the nineties.

Patrick Swayze’s widow Lisa Niemi is set to break her silence six weeks after the actor’s tragic death, publicly sharing her grief at a women’s empowerment conference later this month.  Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on September 14 at age 57, leaving behind his wife of 34 years.   Niemi, 53, will participate in a round table discussion on Grief, Healing and Resilience at The Women’s Conference 2009 in Long Beach, California, which gathers women to be “educated, inspired and empowered to be Architects of Change in their own lives.”   In her first interview since Swayze’s death, Niemi will join women’s activists including American actress Susan St. James in a discussion moderated by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife, Maria Shriver.   The Women’s Conference 2009 is scheduled for October 27.  Hey, anything to keep food on the table.

Nicole Richie and her partner Joel Madden delighted kids in Los Angeles on Thursday by opening a new playground in the city.  The couple created the Richie-Madden Foundation in 2007 to raise money for children’s charities, and the organization helped fund a new play park in conjunction with Beyond Shelter, which tackles homelessness and poverty.   The pair was on hand to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of the Richie-Madden Playground and spent some time talking to local kids.   You know, it really does warm my heart when celebrities do good.  Rock on Nicole and Joel.

Miley Cyrus has dismissed reports she has fallen ill with swine flu.  The Hannah Montana star sparked concerns for her health after unexpectedly running offstage during a concert on September 29, and then canceling a show in Omaha, Nebraska the following night, due to illness.  Cyrus’ co-star Cody Linley addressed her pal’s illness, insisting the 16 year old confided in him she had come in contact with the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu.   Linley told KTLA.com, “She just got really sick and she had to run off stage… The next day she told me she had the swine flu.”   However, Cyrus has refuted the claims.   Her spokesperson tells Usmagazine.com, “She did not have swine flu.”  See my guess is Mono, from all boys she has been kissing.

Super Busty Jessica Simpson has sparked speculation she is dating Gerard Butler, after the pair was spotted on a night out in New York.  The singer/actress was left devastated when American foot player Tony Romo dumped her on the eve of her 29th birthday in July, after almost two years together.   Simpson vowed to continue her search for love, even admitting she’d date someone she found online – but it seems Lothario Butler has caught her interest.   The pair visited Big Apple hotspot Soho House on Tuesday evening, along with Simpson’s hairstylist pal Ken Paves – but the stars only had eyes for each other, according to New York Post gossip column PageSix.   Man that girl is getting passed around more than a joint at Woodstock.

He’s provided memorable moments on the Golden Globe awards in the past – and this year Ricky Gervais will have the chance to do so again. The British comedian will host the 67th Annual Golden Globes in January, PEOPLE has confirmed.   “Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry, which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I can get free reign as a host,” Gervais said Monday. “I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don’t turn down.”   This marks the first time that the telecast has had a host since 1995.  So am I the only one who does not think that Ricky Gervais is that funny?

The composer behind the hit musicals The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita is being treated for prostate cancer, it was announced.   Andrew Lloyd Webber, 61, is expected to be back at work in a couple of months after tests detected the disease early, according to his reps.   In a brief statement to PEOPLE, they said: “The condition is in its very early stages. Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year.”  Eh, he is not my cup of tea.  Get it?  See he is British.

 

 

 

 

And finally, British singer Leona Lewis has reacted with dismay to some of the media chatter about the fact that she is still dating the same boyfriend she had before she found fame.   Lewis, 24, has been with electrician Lou Al-Chamaa since she was 17 and calls him her “best friend” in a new interview.   When she was asked about the “snide bewilderment” that accompanies references to their enduring love, she says, “It does make me angry. Because he’s a great person. And it doesn’t matter what you do in life, what your job is, where you come from.”  Good job staying loyal and with the one who brought you to the dance.

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NBC says it has partnered with popular health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels for a new program called “Losing It With Jillian.”   Also collaborating on the alternative series are Giancarlo Chersich from Empowered Media, as well as “The Biggest Loser” producers Mark Koops and Howard T. Owens of Reveille, and former “The Oprah Winfrey” executive producer Ellen Rakieten.   ”In the series, Michaels invades a different family every week to give them her own characteristic brand of tough love,” NBC said in a news release. “She will get to the bottom of the issues each family member faces — ones that affect their health and happiness — and will arm them with the tools necessary to make life-altering changes.”   The series will also feature celebrity chef Curtis Stone, who will rid the family’s kitchen of all unhealthy foods and educate them on proper nutrition, healthy ingredients, cooking tips and recipes, the network said.   The announcement was made Tuesday by Paul Telegdy, executive vice president of alternative programming for NBC and Universal Media Studios.   ”Jillian is the world’s leading lifestyle expert with a signature style all her own,” Telegdy said in a statement. “Increasing numbers of families seem to need a motivational boost, and we know that Jillian is an awesome force of nature who will help them transform their lives from the inside out.”   I mean well anyone can lose weight when all your meals are made for you, you have a personal trainer and you don’t have to punch a clock.

 

 

 

 

 

British singer and TV personality Kelly Osbourne was taken to California’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after injuring her foot on “Dancing with the Stars.”   E! News said the buckle of Osbourne’s shoe was pushed into her foot as she performed a paso doble with her professional partner, Louis van Amstel, on Monday’s edition of the show.   When Osbourne later took part in a group number, she was barefoot.   ”She is at the hospital right now to take an X-ray and an MRI to make sure she will be OK to dance. Kelly will keep me updated on her prognosis,” van Amstel told E! News Monday night.  Well another has been drops out of the show this season.

 

 

 

 

 

Rocker Joel Madden is denying rumors claiming he married his longtime girlfriend, Nicole Richie.   He and Richie have two young children together.   ”I keep getting e-mails from old friends and family asking about a wedding,” Madden, 30, wrote Wednesday on the Web site of his band Good Charlotte. “NO we didn’t get married.”   Richie, the 28-year-old daughter of singer Lionel Richie, is a former reality television personality.  Oh I do love celebrity babies out of wedlock.

 

 

 

 

 

Beyonce has postponed a planned concert in Malaysia after the nation’s opposition Islamist party raised concerns about her performance, citing moral issues, concert organizers said.   Foreign acts often draw protests by the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party, whose youth wing forced Beyonce to cancel her 2007 concert in the mainly Muslim nation of 27 million people.   Malaysian entertainment company Marctensia said in a statement on its website that the Beyonce “I am…” concert, planned for October 25 as part of her world tour, would be postponed to a date yet to be announced.  Maybe my watch is broken, but I think it is 2009.

 

 

 

 

The fantatsic Britney Spears has settled a lawsuit with a photographer who claimed she ran over his foot in 2007.   On Monday, a notice of settlement was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, and while the terms of the agreement have not been released, the photographer, Ricardo Mendoza, had originally sought more than $200,000.   The Oct. 2007  incident occurred as Spears was driving her white Mercedes out of a Beverly Hills parking garage. It was an especially bad day for the singer: Earlier, a judge had taken away her rights to see her sons Preston, now 4, and Jayden, now 3.  Good job Britney, you have good people around you.  IT is like the guy at the circus who walks behind the elephant with the giant pooper scooper.

 

 

 

 

At least last season’s Big Brother winner, Adam Jasinski, is used to being locked in a big house and under constant surveillance. Because it looks like there’s a good chance he’ll be spending a lot of time in a similar place in the future.   Jasinski, 31, was arrested Saturday for using his $500,000 in prize winnings to buy thousands of pills of the controlled painkiller Oxycodone, which he then attempted to resell, authorities said.   The Del Ray, Fla., resident reportedly confessed after trying to sell 2,000 of the pills to an undercover cop in Massachusetts.  Good job doing a background test CBS.  Shady.

 

 

 

 

And finally, Wilmer Valderrama is going to the dogs.   The former star of That ’70s Show will star in a half-hour sitcom based on the escapades of Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan now being developed for FOX, reports Variety.  Cesar’s Way author Millan, who has re-trained some of the worst-behaved dogs ever to appear onscreen, has been involved in many, er, hairy adventures that will presumably be fodder for the new show.  Good job making smart career choices Fez.

 

 

 

 

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