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Lo Bosworth may not want to see her best friend Lauren Conrad leave The Hills, but she does think the series can survive without her.

In fact, Lo thinks Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt could probably replace Ms. Conrad as the MTV reality show’s headlining act.

“They get great press on their own, so there’s always the possibility that the show can do really well with them as main parts,” Bosworth told us last night at the IS vodka-sponsored opening of new Hollywood nightspot Halo.

Lo thinks, however, that season five may not end all L.C. appearances on The Hills…

“[Lauren] hasn’t filmed in weeks and she’s really excited about that,” Lo said. “I think she’ll come back for special occasions and stuff, but we just don’t know how many episodes she’ll return for or if there will be another season. It’s really just all up in the air.”

If Speidi does become the main attraction, a title change may be in order. Forget The Hills! Don’t you think Divorce Court sounds so much more fun?

Source:http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20081031/

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LOS ANGELES - Katie Holmes is headed back to the stage, this time for the annual Memorial Day weekend concert in Washington, D.C.

Holmes and actor Gary Sinise are among the stars confirmed for the event, set for Sunday, May 24.

The wife of Tom Cruise along with actress Dianne Weist will team up to read one veteran’s personal story.

Those readings have been based on veterans’ letters home in past concerts.

The concert will include appearances by Laurence Fishburne , Katharine McPhee , Trace Adkins , former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Colm Wilkinson .

The show will be broadcast live on PBS .

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A Los Angeles jury has begun deliberating a paparazzo’s claim that actor Keanu Reeves knocked him down with his Porsche and permanently injured his wrist.

Attorneys for both sides issued their closing arguments Friday before the jury deliberated about five minutes and left for the weekend. Jurors will resume work Monday.

Photographer Alison Silva claims the star of “The Matrix” hit him with his car in March 2007 while Silva was trying to shoot photos of Reeves. Silva says he was knocked to the pavement and his wrist will never fully heal.

Reeves’ lawyer, Alfred Gerisch, says Silva stumbled on his own after he put his hand on the car’s hood.

Silva’s attorney, Joseph Farzam, says his client seeks $640,800 in compensation.

Source:http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20081031/

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In case you haven’t noticed, Britney Spears has been looking pretty good lately. Over the past year she’s gone from being a train wreck to a much better Britney in terms of both her mental and physical state. Instead of seeing her hit up Carl’s Jr. on a daily basis, we’ve been treated to photos of her hitting up the gym — and it shows!

A source close to Brit told Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times that the pop star’s love of dance was key in helping her get back into shape, and now the mom of two reportedly wants to release a series of workout videos to help her fans get fit as well. The “Womanizer” singer was apparently inspired when she stumbled upon some of her mother Lynne’s old Jane Fonda exercise tapes. She “popped them into an old VCR machine and got a big kick out of watching them.”

Although Spears’ people wouldn’t confirm that such a deal was in place, the concept doesn’t sound all that far-fetched. A rep for the Britney’s Jive/Zomba label agrees, saying, “The idea makes perfect sense, given Britney is a singer who uses dance so much in her act.”

I have to say that if Britney released a fitness video I would definitely be tempted to buy it … especially if I thought I could wind up with the type of bod she had in the “I’m A Slave 4 U” video!

Source:http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/britney-spears-gets-physical/111

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Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds tied the knot in a surprise wedding on Saturday. According to Us Weekly, the ceremony reportedly took place north of the border in Reynolds’ native Canada, at a wilderness resort near Vancouver.

The actress’ representative confirmed the marriage to the Associated Press but did not confirm additional details.

Guests reportedly included members of Johansson’s family, including her mother, Melanie Sloan, and her brother, Adrian Johansson.

The two actors began dating shortly after Reynolds, 31, split from rocker Alanis Morrissette. They announced their engagement in May.

For Johansson, 23, who has been linked to Josh Hartnett and Jared Leto, the marriage came after she took time to “work on (her) own issues.”

“You don’t always meet the right person at the right time,” she told Cosmopolitan in July. “I believe in finding a soul mate.”

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26928736/

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It’s used to be a relatively rare event for celebrities to come out as homosexuals. They tended to prefer staying mum on the subject as long as they thought they could get away with it – which is usually long after everyone else already knows. Take Raymund Burr’s famous attempts to hide his homosexuality all while living with his partner for many years. Stars go through all of this trouble and heartache for the (hopefully) misguided belief that they’ll lose the love of their fans if those fans knew their deep dark secret.

But there’s a new day dawning with the news that two of Hollywood’s most likely have finally flung open their closet doors! Let’s hope that Lindsay Lohan and Clay Aiken’s newly declared homosexual status will disprove some of those old Hollywood fears. Monday September 22nd, when Lindsay took over from her girl, Samantha Ronson, on the “Loveless” radio show one of the hosts who goes by the name of Stryker began by asking LiLo about her reaction to finding out her friend, DJ AM, had been involved in a recent plane wreck where he was horribly burned before putting the “Mean Girl” to the question:

“’You and Samantha have been going out for how long now?’Lohan giggled and demurred, but Stryker pressed on. ‘Like two years?’ he asked. ‘One year? Five months? Two months?’ Finally, Lohan allowed, ‘A very long time.’”

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Ok, I’ll admit that “a long time” doesn’t come close to on-chair-jumping declarations of undying love but it’s a lot more than Lohan has given up previously. But when you add in the usual trash talk from her attention desperate father, Michael Lohan, who made sure to release a statement in which he called Lindsay’s sweetie Sam:

“Dark, hideous and a disgusting representation of humanity! I heard and know more about Samantha than you can imagine. Yet, while I haven’t exposed her, I know that God will.”

Daily Mail

As much as I normally hate talking about Michael ‘look-at-me’ Lohan his little rant did serve a greater purpose, it finally got Lindsay to say the words I’m sure Ronson has been waiting to hear – well besides the “evil” part:

“Samantha is not evil, I care for her very much and she’s a wonderful girl. She loves me, as I do her.”

Page Six

Aw – they make a cute couple and it’s so nice to finally say so! Clay on the other hand is still single, as far as I know but he’s not taking the subtle route with a cover on People Magazine that says “Yes, I’m Gay.” In the article which will be on stands Friday, the “American Idol” singer turned Broadway star says that he made the decision to come out publically after his son, Parker, was born on August 8th:

“It was the first decision I made as a father. I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that.”

People

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I almost don’t know who to believe on this one. Apparently rapidly aging heartthrob Brad Pitt and sultry femme fatale Angelina Jolie are headed for splitsville or they are thinking of renting expensive property in Spain while they adopt their lucky seventh child; all at the same time, or at least one after the other in some kind of lightning fast bizarro game show round.

The whole thing started while Angelina was pregnant with the golden twins, Knox and Marcheline, towards the end of her term she got more than a little cranky waiting for the twins to making their long heralded debut. But now that they’re out a source says Jolie isn’t basking in the longed for state of post birth bliss and has instead found herself thrust into postpartum depression:

“Angelina seems like she’s lost her identity. She has been staying in bed most of the time. All she does is nap. She cries at the drop of a hat and laughs at inappropriate times…She has little or no appetite and has to force herself to remember to eat because she is still breast-feeding.”

Pop Crunch

Postpartum happens to the very best of us, and with twins on top of the four agile children Angie’s already got I’m pretty sure a little depression is to be expected. On top of that Jolie is probably desperate to lose all her baby weight in time for the premiere of her latest film “The Changeling” on October 4th. But the depression is apparently straining things between Angelina and her not-quite-hubby Brad. A source claims that:

“He’s grown used to her mood swings, so he just tries to stay cool. If she doesn’t want to see him, he stays away, but it break [sic] his heart not being around the kids.”

Daily Mail

That doesn’t sound too bad, lots of people take a breather now and again when their significant other is getting on their nerves or vice versa. But now Angelina’s blood-buddy ex, Billy Bob Thornton, is making statements about how “sweet” she is and how Jolie is “one of my best friends in the world” to Parade Magazine. So I can understand, now with her last ex in the picture, how Poppa Brad could be a little over-whelmed, because I am. After all Angie married Billy but won’t take Pitt’s ring till he single handedly abolished anti-gay marriage movements in all 50 states.

But if everything that’s being reported is true then what about the recent Jolie-Pitt’s rainbow clan move from France to Germany so they can all be together while Brad shoots “Inglorious Bastards:”

“According to local reports, they’re staying at the swanky ‘Palais Parkschloss’ house on the shores of the Wannsee lake on the outskirts of Berlin. The 12,000 square-foot spread also comes complete with a private helicopter landing pad, dock and full security system. “

Us Magazine

Or, what about the rumor that the power couple is finally ready to start adopting their seventh addition to their multi-national family - this time they’re thinking:

“That the new addition to [the] Jolie-Pitt brood will come either from Namibia, the birthplace of the couple’s first biological child Shiloh in March 2006, or from an impoverished Latin American country like Bolivia or Paraguay.”

Sawf News

There is even word on the street that Brangelina “are considering a long-term lease on a very secluded villa in southern Spain.” Which doesn’t make any sense if the pair is as on the edge as they seem. So who to believe? I can’t honestly see Brad leaving Angie for the simple reason that she’s completely irreplaceable, who else is that hot, devoted to her family and fun all rolled into one? Of course he has been looking seriously washed out and tired lately so maybe Jolie is ready to trade him in for a somewhat younger model. I also can’t blame Angie for staying home with the kids while she works on her post bump body - after all everyone will be watching her like a hawk the second she goes back into public. So in the end I’m going to go with who ever isn’t heralding the dawning doom of Brangelina, I’m a hopeless romantic that way.

Source: Celebrities.com

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We all know that no one is perfect, even our favorite stars. Still sometimes celebrities cross a line that makes everyone around them draw in a collective gasp in shock. These are just ten instances of stardom gone horribly, horribly wrong.

1. O.J. Simpson - Murder.
2. Roman Polanski - Statutory rape of a 13 year old girl. He fled to Paris and has not been sentenced.
3. R. Kelly - Statutory Rape.
4. Paul “Pee Wee” Reubens - Lewd Conduct in an adult movie theater.
5. Mel Gibson - DUI.
6. Wesley Snipes – Tax Evasion.
7. Wynona Ryder - Shoplifting.
8. Tatum O’Neal - Attempting to buy Crack.
9. Lindsay Lohan - DUI.
10. Paris Hilton - DUI.

Source: Celebrities.com

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Ah rumors, they’re like air to me and with “The Dark Knight” still flying high at the box office (holding steady at 3rd place according to IMDb’s weekend totals) rumors are already flying about the next installment in the Batman franchise. Which villain will be taking their turn beside Christian Bale’s angst ridden bat-cowled character on the silver screen? Or is it finally time for the ol’ Bat to open Gotham to some villainesses? Since this is the third movie in the highly profitable big screen reimagining of America’s favorite superpower-less super hero, maybe it’s time for a triple shot of villainy goodness!

Word on the street has it that the next Batman movie will feature three villains, the Riddler, the Penguin and Catwoman. Word in the blogosphere has highly favored Angelina Jolie as the Catwoman (though I think Jolie’s one hot mother I’m a little worried she’d completely eclipse Bale) with the original Cat, Julie Newmar, telling NY Daily News that, “Angelina would own the part.” But the UK’s Telegraph got word that the film was going in a totally different way with the iconic character entirely:

“Cher is Nolan’s first choice to play Catwoman. He wants her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years. The new Catwoman will be the absolute opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry’s purring creations.”

They’ve got to be kidding me – Cher – as Catwoman? Uhm, no it would be too far of a departure from the comic’s cannon. But even while those disturbing tidbits where floating on the street, more plausible tips were coming to light as well like Johnny Depp as the Riddler. On a Florida radio program promoting the reunion of his band “The Kids” Depp had this to say about the Riddler rumors:

“Oh yeah I heard about that. Not that I know of. It seems like it’d be a fun gig for a while, yeah.”

Cinematical

Word persisted despite Johnny’s apparent denials however and now, thanks to Michael Caine (who plays Alfred Pennyworth in both “Batman Begins” And “The Dark Knight”) there’s a little more meat on this tasty rumor. Not only did Caine spill on Depp’s probable appearance in the next installment but he also confirmed the appearance of the Penguin in the film. During an interview with MTV News at the Toronto Film Festival Michael said:

“I was with [a Warner Bros.] executive and I said, ‘Are we going to make another one?’ They said yeah. I said, ‘How the hell are we going to top Heath? And he says ‘I’ll tell you how you top Heath — Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.’ I said, ‘S–t, they’ve done it again!’”

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So Depp as the Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin – definitely interesting choices so far; there was no word from Caine about Catwoman’s appearance in the film, but I still have high hopes. Two movies chock full of male villains and a third on the way with possibly two more, without even the character of Rachel Dawes to break up that sausage fest? I don’t think so, they’ll be needing a dose of the wily femme fatale to shake things up!

Source: http://celebrities.com

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It’s been a full 12 months since Britney Spears last disastrous MTV Video Music Award comeback performance; a performance that, no matter how bad, quickly became just only one of many bumps in Spears’ life and career over the last year. In a very courageous move, Britney returned to the VMA’s Sunday night to start over, again, by opening the 25th show with both a pre-taped skit featuring “Superbad” star Jonah Hill and a few live words of introduction:

“Spears was resolutely careful, determined to set right her pop star image… In each acceptance speech Sunday, Spears spoke briefly, thanked God and dedicated the awards to her fans. Even while opening the show, she was all business, zipping through her few lines of introduction. “

Huffington Post

So did the pop princess manage to reset her image with one incident free award show? Maybe not; despite a standing ovation before Britney even started in on her opening lines and despite VMA host Russell Brand’s glowing advice to:

“Consider this the resurrection of Britney Spears. If there was a female Christ, it’s Britney.”

This Is London

Many seemed to find Spears’ much anticipated triumphal return was a bit on the bland side. There was no nervous, and endearing, fidgeting in her seat for Britney, no awkward giggles at Brand’s off-the-wall sense of humor, just straight faced stares and short ‘thankful’ acceptance speeches for each of her three awards (Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year.)

“This is the most spectacularly uneventful Triumphant Comeback in history. We’re crying glitter.”

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“Uneventful” seems to be the right term for Britney’s appearance at the award show. Despite the 2008 VMA’s being one of the pop princess’ rare public appearances without the presence of her ever protective conservator father, Jamie Spears, Spears was:

“Accompanied by her longtime manager Larry Rudolph, Spears chewed gum and grinned and kept her eyes straight ahead.”

Daily Mail

Overall it made Spears comeback seem a little lackluster and canned, even winning three out of the eight awards presented that night:

“…Felt meaningless, not only because the actual winners are the least important part of this staged and schticky[sic] media event… [But because] Britney’s triumph felt almost scheduled. A year to the day since her failure to perform banished her, the prodigal daughter returns to the corporate pop fold.”

The Envelope

Still it’s a start for the once trouble pop star, Britney might not have blown everyone out of the water with a word, but she didn’t fall flat on her face either. Besides in Hollywood, looking good is half the battle and no matter what else everyone is saying about the pop princess’ VMA appearance, everyone can agree that she looked fabulous back up on that stage. Now all Spears has to do is get out there a little more and loosen up in front of the cameras and she’s truly won the war.

Source: http://celebrities.com

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