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Anna Kendrick's Twilight Relief

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:29:00 -0500

Anna Kendrick has spoken of her ''relief'' at not having to appear in 'Twilight' anymore. The 26-year-old actress - who plays Jessica Stanley, a friend of Kristen Stewart's character Bella Swan, in the vampire franchise - is glad she no longer has the opportunity to mistakenly reveal any storylines from ...

Who Won Tonight's Dancing with the Stars 2012 Finale? Results Show is Live

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:19:00 -0500

Who won the Dancing with the Stars finale for 2012? The results show for season 14 is live and the votes have been cast and counted and three celebrities and their professional dance partners will have to wade through an hour long show to find out the winner along with the fans. Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas, William Levy and Cheryl Burke, and Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd are all still...

Billy Bob Thornton Will Always Remain Friends with Angelina Jolie

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:11:00 -0500

Billy Bob Thornton says he'll ''always'' be friends with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. The 56-year-old actor - who was married to Angelina from 2000 to 2003 - says he and the Oscar-winning actress have always got on well despite their split and they still talk on a regular basis. Billy - who has ...

Did Michael Jackson Want a Brazilian Wife? Model Xuxa Makes Claims

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:06:00 -0500

A Brazilian model has claimed she was asked to marry Michael Jackson. Xuxa - who has previously dated late racing driver Ayrton Senna and soccer legend Pele - was invited to see the late King of Pop several times and had dinner with him before one of his entourage suggested she ...

Chris Hemsworth Needs to Improve his Spanish - Wife Elsa Pataky Pulls Rank

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:03:00 -0500

Chris Hemsworth's wife has ordered him to improve his Spanish. The 'Snow White and the Huntsman' actor's Madrid-born spouse Elsa Pataky has vowed to only speak to their baby daughter India - who was born earlier this month - in her native language, so thinks her husband should work harder at ...

Kelly Clarkson's Boyfriend Brandon Blackstock Keeps Her Happy - But Ruins Her Creativity

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:54:00 -0500

Kelly Clarkson says her boyfriend is ''ruining her creativity''. The 'Stronger' singer - who is famed for writing songs about heartbreak - has been dating talent manager Brandon Blackstock since late last year and admits being happy is changing her outlook when it comes to writing songs. She said: ''It is killing ...

Katy Perry Says Marriage to Russell Brand was Important

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:48:00 -0500

Katy Perry says her marriage to Russell Brand was ''extremely fun''. The 'Part of Me' singer - who split from the actor in December after being married for just 14 months - says while their relationship didn't work out, she enjoyed most of their time together. Speaking about her new movie 'Katy ...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Engagement - Wedding Date Questions

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:08:00 -0500

Brad Pitt says being engaged to Angelina Jolie ''makes sense''. The 'Killing Them Softly' star proposed to his girlfriend - with whom he raises six children - earlier this year but insists they have not yet set a wedding date as they are hoping to stand by their previous pledge not ...

Dancing with the Stars 2012 Final Results Tonight - DWTS Spoilers, Who Won?

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:50:00 -0500

Dancing with the Stars 2012 is nearly complete, only the results show remains tonight and fans are full of spoilers and predictions for who won as the winner will be revealed on the show tonight. Who won? The votes are in and counted and we have a winner and it will be revealed on ABC tonight. Season 14 offered week after week of wild results...

Tom Cruise to Star in Magnificent Seven

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:31:00 -0500

Tom Cruise is attached to the 'Magnificent Seven' remake. The 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' actor is said to have been interested in the project - a remake of the 1960 movie - for some time, though it is unlikely to go into production for some time. Studio MGM are currently looking ...

Lea Michele (Photos) Glee Star Dresses Sexy for David Letterman

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:26:00 -0500

Glee beauty Lea Michele brought out a nice dose of cleavage for a David Letterman Show visit this week. The sexy TV starlet wore a jacket over a revealing white dress and uncovered to show off a lot of skin. She looks great - see photos above and below in the gallery. Meanwhile, she may have a dose of new ink soon, one report is claiming Lea Michele reportedly wants her and Corey Monteith to get matching tattoos...

Robin Gibb's Heartfelt Deathbed Tribute to Maurice

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:02:00 -0500

Robin Gibb's last words saw him pay a touching tribute to his late twin brother Maurice. The Bee Gees singer lost his long battle with colon and liver cancer on Sunday night (20.05.12) and paid tribute to Maurice, who died in 2003 after complications during an operation on a twisted intestine, ...

Bobbi Kristina Brown - Whitney Houston's Daughter Investigated for Underage Gambling

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:56:00 -0500

Whitney Houston's daughter Bobby Kristina Brown is under investigation for underage gambling. The late singer's 19-year-old child with entertainer Bobby Brown was caught on video enjoying slot machines in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. Now the MGM Grand resort, where the illegal incident took place, has launched an internal investigation into the footage, as ...

Britney Spears Hires X-Factor Spiritual Advisor?

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:48:00 -0500

Britney Spears has hired a spiritual advisor to assist her on 'The X Factor'. The 30-year-old singer has joined the panel of the US version of the TV talent contest and has amused program chief Simon Cowell with her demands, which include the religious mentor, 23 other support staff and a ...

Ray J Hospitalized for Exhaustion Post Billboard Awards

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:41:00 -0500

Ray J was hospitalized yesterday (5-21-12) after friends discovered he was ''out of it''. The 31-year-old singer was said to be ''extremely upset'' following a confrontation with the family of his deceased on/off girlfriend Whitney Houston at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas the evening before (20.05.12) and concerned friends ...

Whitney Houston's Final Recording Released

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:01:00 -0500

Whitney Houston's final recording will be released on June 5. The late pop legend's last ever song, 'Celebrate', is a duet with 'American Idol' winner Jordin Sparks, and included in the movie 'Sparkle' - the last thing Whitney worked on before her death in February. The track was produced by 'I ...

Lady Gaga Vows to Perform in Jakarta

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:00 -0500

Lady Gaga has vowed to perform ''alone'' if she has to in Jakarta. The 'Judas' hitmaker's Indonesian show - set to be the biggest in her Born This Way Ball tour's Asian leg - is in jeopardy after protests from hard line religious groups led police to refuse a licence for ...

Famous Bald Men - David Beckham Joins Bald Celebrities, Athletes?

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:53:00 -0500

Some of the most famous bald celebrities and athletes may be getting a very high-profile member, David Beckham has fears about going bald and he isn't going to stop it with a hair transplant or use any other method to keep from going bald. The soccer star - who has sons Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, nine, and six-year-old Cruz, as well as six-month-old daughter Harper with fashion designer wife ...

Brooke Mueller Sentenced for Cocaine Possession

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:11:00 -0500

Brooke Mueller has been sentenced for her cocaine possession arrest last December. Charlie Sheen's actress ex-wife and the mother of his children, three-year-old twins Max and Bob, will not spend any time in prison for being caught with under four grams of the class-A drug while in Aspen, Colorado. She has been ...

Will Smith Thinks He is The Natural Choice to Play President Obama

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:08:00 -0500

Will Smith says he's the ''natural choice'' to play President Barack Obama on the big screen. The 'Men In Black 3' actor thinks he would be the perfect person to portray the US president if there was ever a biopic about him as they have similar ears, He told the BBC: ''It's ...