Lepaparazzi News Update: Anna Nicole Smith's Furneral on Friday

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Anna Nicole Smith is to be buried in the Bahamas on Friday (02.03.07) after her mother dropped her appeal for custody of her body.

Virgie Arthur will not challenge the decision made by a Florida appeal court that custody of the model's remains should go to Richard Milstein, the court-appointed guardian of her five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn.


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Virgie's attorney Tom Pirtle said: "It's going to be difficult to appeal the ruling, so we're not going to appeal."

Milstein said Anna Nicole will be buried in the Bahamas next to her son Daniel, who died last September.
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Virgie had wanted Anna Nicole to be buried near the family home in Texas, and for Daniel's body to be exhumed and buried beside her.

Milstein said: "The funeral is set for Friday. I wish to uphold the decorum and dignity that should be maintained throughout this process, for the sake of Dannielynn and the memories she will have of her mother's funeral."


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Anna Nicole died aged 39 on February 8.

Her body has remained in cold storage at a Florida morgue during the court battle over where she is to be buried.

Lepaparazzi News Update: Victoria Beckham as a Blonde

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The ex-Spice Girl has ditched her trademark POB in favour of this stunning new blonde style.

The more relaxed and funky do reflects another new stage in the star's life.

Victoria has left behind her hectic life in Madrid and now hangs out with the beautiful crowd in sunny California.

She has spent the past few months house hunting as she prepares for hubby DAVID'S move to LA Galaxy in the summer.

One onlooker said: "Victoria looks amazing. The colour really suits her."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Christina Ricci and Nudity in Black Snake Moon

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PLAYING a chained-up half-naked nymphomaniac in her new movie Black Snake Moan helped CHRISTINA RICCI overcome her prudish nature.

The former child star says she now parades around in her underwear after wearing little for much of the shoot.

Ricci - who plays a 'town tramp' with a very traumatic past in the controversial flick - said: "I'm a prude and I do not like walking around naked.

"I was in my bathroom about two months after the movie finished and I was brushing my teeth and I was in my underwear and I looked down and was like: 'Oh, God, put something on.'

"Then I just stopped and thought: 'Oh my God, I was half naked for two months and my a*s was on camera.'"
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson

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Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson took the stage at the Kodak Theater, breathlessly thanking God twice for her DreamGirls win and saying her grandmother was her inspiration.

"If my grandmother was here this evening to see me now… she was my biggest inspiration for everything because she was a singer and she had the passion for it, but she never had the chance," said Hudson, 25, breaking into tears. "And that was the thing that pushed me forward to continue."

Thankfully Hudson took off that hideous tinfoil caplet before accepting her award. Not only was her jacket a fashion "don't," it also covered up her curvaceous body.

Hudson was one of several voluptuous women who stole the show from the string of skinny sirens who usually rule Hollywood's most glamorous soiree.

Little Children star Kate Winslet, 31, clad in a figure-hugging mint green Valentino gown, acknowledged that she's a "record-breaker," winning more Oscar nominations for her generation than any of her pint-sized contemporaries.

"It's amazing. This kind of stuff isn't supposed to happen to someone like me who comes from a small town and was told I was only going to get parts for fat girls," she said.

Devil Wears Prada nominee Meryl Streep can be equally proud to throw her Oscar weight around. The 57-year-old actress has been nominated 14 times.

"And I'm a size 14, so it all matches," she said.

Then there was Hudson who put on 20-plus pounds for her role as Effie. Hudson said she slimmed down for the red carpet the old fashioned way: hard, hard work.

"I worked with my trainer, LaFonza Alston in Chicago through the summer," she told Ryan Seacrest during a red carpet interview. "I'd get up at 4 in the morning, go running for an hour and then go back to the gym at one o'clock."

Hudson dropped 25 pounds by eating salads, grilled chicken and nuts – and by making sure her food portions were no bigger than her hand.

"You've got to work for it," she says. "And I'm a firm believer: If it's not worth working hard for, it's not worth working at all."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Olivier with two new brunettes

OLIVIER MARTINEZ should be so lucky, lucky, lucky.

The French actor may have ditched KYLIE MINOGUE just a few weeks ago but he is already enjoying female company to the max.

The once-happy couple split after claims Olivier was spotted with two women in Los Angeles - Israeli model SARAI GIVATI and Lost actress MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ.

And now it seems the cad has moved on to two brand new brunettes.

The actor was partying at Hollywood club Avalon with ORLANDO BLOOM and LEONARDO DI CAPRIO on Wednesday night - and got cosy with the girls in the VIP area.

Olivier, wearing his trademark brown suede jacket, then took them out on to the upper level of the club to watch MAROON 5 perform before leaving the club with them.

A fellow guest at the bash for the Global Green charity told me: "I first saw him sitting in a booth in the VIP area and PENELOPE CRUZ was leaning over whispering in his ear.

"He also had two brunette girls on either side of him and he was ordering drinks and laughing with them.

"Then everyone was ushered out of the VIP area to the upper level of the club to watch Maroon 5.

"Olivier perched himself on the back of a chair while the two brunettes stood to the side of him to dance."

"He ordered them some more drinks and they watched the band perform then Orlando Bloom came over to chat.

"After a while Olivier introduced him to the girls, who were wearing short sequinned dresses.

"Olivier looked like he was really enjoying the attention as the girls kept giggling and flirting with him.

"Shortly after Maroon 5 finished, they disappeared into the night."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Britney Spears Suicide Claims

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A report published in this week's National Enquirer has made the shocking claim that Britney Spears tried to kill herself twice over the weekend.

According to the article, Spears was terrified that she would lose custody of her children. Indeed today it was reported that Kevin Federline is threatening to take her to court over their two kids.

She is said to have tried walking in front of traffic, only to be rescued by a member of her staff.

"After she shaved off her hair, Britney had a complete breakdown and tried to kill herself" said the Enquirer's source.

A short time after the traffic incident Britney Spears was then rushed to hospital, after allegedly taking too many Xanax tablets in another attempt to take her own life.

Clearly the saga of Britney will be continuing for a while longer, though we hope the end is a happy one.

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Lepaparazzi News Update: Sirius, XM see deal closing in 2007

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. pledged on Tuesday to work with regulators to close their proposed $4.9 billion merger by year's end, seeking to calm concerns that U.S. antitrust authorities would block the deal.

Sirius (Nasdaq:SIRI - news) Chief Executive Mel Karmazin, a seasoned dealmaker and media veteran, said the goal of the deal was not to raise consumer prices but to boost subscriber growth by combining the two satellite radio services and bringing stars like Howard Stern and
Oprah Winfrey under one roof.

But he acknowledged that Sirius's planned takeover of XM (Nasdaq:XMSR - news) has been clouded by worries over scrutiny from the U.S.
Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, which are most concerned about the drop in competition boosting prices for consumers.

"I'm sure the regulatory approval process is on everybody's mind," Karmazin told a conference call with analysts. "We believe there's a solid basis for approval and are committed to work with regulatory agencies to assure this approval."

Concerns about the approval, however, appeared to cap the share prices of both companies, which rose sharply on the first trading session after the deal was announced, only to backtrack later. By afternoon, shares of Sirius and XM were up 7 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

Under the agreement announced on Monday, XM shareholders would receive 4.6 Sirius shares for each XM share, or a 21.7 percent premium based on the two firms' Friday closing prices.

The deal values XM at about $4.9 billion based on current market prices and the latest regulatory filing, which says XM has 268.5 million outstanding shares, excluding convertible securities.

"We think there is no question that such a deal is a huge positive for both companies; the only question is whether or not such a deal will pass muster with the
Department of Justice and the FCC," Citigroup analyst Eileen Furukawa said in a research note.

Sirius and XM will argue that their combination would not hurt consumers because satellite radio operators already face meaningful competition from terrestrial radio, wireless music devices or portable players like Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) iPods.

"We believe that the planned XM-Sirius merger is more likely than not to receive government approval, though we acknowledge that it's a close call, as the two satellite radio companies will be combining into one and have to rely on untested arguments about competition and convergence in the broader digital," Blair Levin of Stifel Nicolaus wrote in a note.

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Sirius and XM said they expect shareholders to vote on the "merger of equals" in four to six months, and receive regulatory approval in about nine months.

The deal would create a company with about $1.5 billion in 2006 revenue and bring together shows from shock-jock Stern, entertainer Winfrey, singer Bob Dylan, Major League Baseball and motivational guru Deepak Chopra.

Subscribers may eventually be able to pick the shows they prefer and pay a related monthly fee, much like cable TV.

First, though, the companies would have to supply their customers with technology that would allow them to tap into both services. Some analysts have expressed concerns that product and service development could suffer as executives faced regulatory scrutiny.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a key player in the approval, weighed in on the deal on Monday, saying that the hurdle for a go-ahead would be high.

Meanwhile, XM Chairman Gary Parsons, who would continue as chairman of the combined company with Karmazin taking on the role of CEO, said on Tuesday the companies were committed to the merger and would see it through any political or regulatory questions.

"We would not have entered into this transaction ... if we were not confident this was in the public interest," he said.

Shares of Sirius were up 25 cents at $3.95 after hitting a high of $4.06. XM was up $1.80 at $15.78 after hitting a high of $16.36.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Justin And Cameron Re-unite At Hollywood Hotel

Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz were reunited in a Hollywood hotel on Friday night – the same night his other famous ex, Britney Spears publicly shaved her hair off.

People magazine is reporting that Timberlake joined director Martin Scorsese and a group of about eight other people at a table inside the hotel's bar. Timberlake, in a striped coat, briefly chatted with Scorsese and others at the table.

At about 1 am Diaz arrived. "Cameron never joined their table," says the source. "She just showed up and Justin got up and started talking to her. They were being very discreet. They weren't kissing or holding hands or anything, but they were being very friendly."

the pair, who publicly announced their break up last month, then left together half an hour later. The source says: "When I first saw this girl, I thought, 'That's not Scarlett Johansson or Jessica Biel.' Then it hit me – it was Cameron! She was low-key; her hair was dark and pulled back."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Anna's minder saw star die

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TRAGIC Anna Nicole Smith’s minder has told of his frantic bid to save her as she lay dying in a hotel room.

Maurice “Moe” Brighthaupt said he pounded her chest and gave mouth-to-mouth.

But he knew she was a goner as her pupils were dilated and her lips blue.

Trained paramedic Moe said: “I started giving her rescue breaths. I was saying to her, ‘If you got anything in you, baby girl, please come back.’”

He also told a US TV show the model’s lawyer lover Howard K Stern, 37, was hysterical when called to the scene in Hollywood, Florida.

Anna Nicole, 39, was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Moe said she was in deep depression over the death of son Daniel, 20, from an overdose shortly after she had five-month-old daughter Dannielynn.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: The New Britney Spears Bald

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears appeared in a tattoo parlor in the San Fernando Valley with her head shaved completely bald.

Video on KABC-TV showed the newly shorn Spears with tiny tattoos on the back of her neck as she sits Friday night for a new tattoo — a pair of red and pink lips.

"She just wanted something real small on her wrist, something dainty," Max Gott, the tattoo artist at Body and Soul in Sherman Oaks, told the TV station. "She got some cute little lips on her wrist."

Derrik Snell, who works at the tattoo parlor, said Spears showed up without notice and stayed for about 90 minutes as about 60 fans, photographers and gawkers gathered outside.

"She seemed fine," Snell said. "I didn't really notice (the hairdo) at first, she had a hood on when she showed up."

The appearance came the same day as reports on TV and Web sites that Spears, who has drawn criticism for her recent partying and sloppy behavior, had briefly checked into rehab.

Larry Rudolph, Spears' manager, couldn't be reached for comment.

Syndicated entertainment TV show "Extra" first reported that Spears had entered a treatment facility. Celebrity Web site TMZ.com then said the singer had entered a treatment center but had checked out one day later. Neither revealed their sources.

People magazine's Web site, citing "a source," said Spears had gone in and out of rehab, and identified the facility as
Eric Clapton's Crossroads center in Antigua, in the Caribbean.

"Access Hollywood" then said the reports weren't true, but didn't cite a source.

A woman who answered the phone at Crossroads told The Associated Press that she couldn't confirm or deny anyone's presence at the facility.

Angelique Uram, a Spears fan who stood on the tattoo parlor's sidewalk for Friday night's spectacle, was aghast at the singer's new look.

"We could see her in the mirror, and her head is completely shaved," she told KABC. "It looks terrible."

Police arrived to control the crowd and helped Spears' bodyguards guide her into a waiting SUV, her head covered by a hooded sweatshirt.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Keri Russell marries in New York

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NEW YORK // Keri Russell, who starred in TV's "Felicity," married contractor Shane Deary in Manhattan on Valentine's Day, her spokeswoman said Thursday.

Russell and Deary, both 30, became engaged last year. Russell is expecting her first child this summer, Jill Fritzo, the actress' publicist, said last month.

Russell portrayed spirited college student Felicity Porter in "Felicity" for four years. The series ended in 2002.

She starred in the films "Mission: Impossible III" and "The Upside of Anger," and the TV miniseries "Into the West."

Her new movie, the independent romantic comedy "Waitress," was screened at the Sundance Film Festival last month.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: What Will Happen with Anna Nicole Smith's Body

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Judges on both coasts weighed in Wednesday on what to do with Anna Nicole Smith's body amid the custody dispute over her infant daughter, moving closer to releasing the former Playboy Playmate's body for burial.

A Florida judge, citing a California court's order last week for DNA testing on Smith's body, ordered a morgue not to release the body. However, a Los Angeles judge quickly lifted a request that the body be held.

"California has no need for the body of Anna Nicole," said James Neavitt, an attorney for Howard K. Stern, one of several men claiming paternity of 5-month-old Dannielynn.

Neavitt said Florida officials who performed the autopsy on Smith have preserved her DNA.

Attorneys for Stern, Smith's mother and an ex-lover of Smith's went back to court in Florida Wednesday, each seeking custody of the body. Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin made no ruling, but the hearing was to resume Thursday morning.

Another Florida judge had ordered the body held for 10 days after a brief meeting in his chambers Wednesday morning with attorneys for photographer Larry Birkhead, who claims to be the baby's father.

Birkhead petitioned the Florida court Tuesday, asking that the California court order for DNA testing filed Friday — the day after Smith died — be enforced in Florida.

Nancy Hass, an attorney for Birkhead, said the Birkhead camp feared that accurate DNA testing would not be possible if the body was released and moved out of state.

Smith's mother, Vergie Arthur, and Stern had been opposing last week's decision by the Los Angeles judge. Stern and Smith's mother also fear that if the body is not embalmed, even though it is refrigerated, it will not be suitable for viewing or funeral purposes.

"We would just want ... to proceed with a proper burial," Ron Rale, the attorney who had represented Smith in the California court battle over paternity, said before the hearing in Los Angeles.

"According to Anna's wishes, it (the body) should be released to Howard Stern, not to Vergie," Rale said. "No one should go about touching Anna Nicole."

The Florida request was made so that work done to secure the Los Angeles court order "not be in vain," said another Birkhead attorney, Debra Opri.

A Bahamian judge issued an injunction Tuesday preventing the baby from being taken out of the country until the custody case is resolved. Arthur wants to be named guardian of her granddaughter and sought the order because she feared Stern would take the child from the Bahamas, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Arthur has said she fears for the baby's safety, noting Stern was present when Smith died and when Smith's son, Daniel, died in the Bahamas in September, three days after Dannielynn was born. Stern has said Smith hated her mother.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Britney's new breast friend

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BRITNEY SPEARS leaves a club in a revealing, figure-hugging scarlet dress along with a scantily-clad dancer.

The singer, 25, was seen dancing “like a stripper” with the bikini-wearing brunette at New York club One. And she even performed her own strip.

Britney, downing tequila shots, took her clothes off in the dancers’ dressing room to try on the bikini costume.

She and her new pal left the club together in a limo at 4am.

Another night to remember!
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo Split Rumours

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have reportedly hit a rough patch.

Rumours began circulating that things weren’t as rosy with Lachey and his girlfriend, MTV VJ Minnillo, in January. Reports surfaced that Minnillo was drunk on New Years Eve, which caused Lachey to get upset at his girlfriend of almost a year.

Then it was reported a few weeks ago that Vanessa exploded at Nick after she found some girls trying to chat him up at a club. Vanessa apparently stormed out and he followed her.

Now it has been reported over the Grammy weekend that the pair had another tempestuous weekend. The pair started off all smiles as they entered Justin Timberlake’s pre-Grammy concert on Friday night. However, things took a turn for the worse when Jessica Simpson’s former assistant and best friend Cacee Cobb showed up with her boyfriend – Scrubs star Donald Faison.

"Cacee ran up to chat with Nick like four or five times throughout the evening, while her boyfriend was hanging in the balcony," Perezhilton.com quotes a source as saying. "Vanessa was pissed that Cacee kept coming up to chat with Nick so much. Nick kept having to calm Vanessa down all night."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Winners at Sunday's 49th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles

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Album of the Year: "Taking the Long Way," Dixie Chicks.

Record of the Year: "Not Ready to Make Nice," Dixie Chicks.

Song of the Year: "Not Ready to Make Nice," Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Dan Wilson (Dixie Chicks).

New Artist: Carrie Underwood.

Female R&B Vocal Performance: "Be Without You," Mary J. Blige.

Pop Vocal Album: "Continuum," John Mayer.

Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "For Once in My Life," Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder.

Country Album: "Taking the Long Way," Dixie Chicks.

Rap Album: "Release Therapy," Ludacris.

Rock Album: "Stadium Arcadium," Red Hot Chili Peppers.

R&B Album: "The Breakthrough," Mary J. Blige.

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin.

Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Duets: an American Classic," Tony Bennett.

Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Ain't No Other Man," Christina Aguilera.

Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Waiting on the World to Change," John Mayer.

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "My Humps," Black Eyed Peas.

Pop Instrumental Performance: "Mornin'," George Benson (& Al Jarreau).

Pop Instrumental Album: "Fingerprints," Peter Frampton.

Rock Instrumental Performance: "The Wizard Turns On ... ," the Flaming Lips.

Rock Song: "Dani California," Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers);

Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Someday Baby," Bob Dylan.

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "Dani California," Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Hard Rock Performance: "Woman," Wolfmother.

Metal Performance: "Eyes of the Insane," Slayer.

Alternative Music Album: "St. Elsewhere," Gnarls Barkley.

Dance Recording: "Sexy Back," Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.

Electronic/Dance Album: "Confessions on a Dance Floor," Madonna.

Rap Solo Performance: "What You Know," T.I.

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Ridin," Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone.

Rap/Sung Collaboration: "My Love," Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.

Rap Song: "Money Maker," Christopher Bridges and Pharrell Williams (Ludacris featuring Pharrell).

Urban/Alternative Performance: "Crazy," Gnarls Barkley.

Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Heaven," John Legend.

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "Family Affair," (Sly and the Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt.

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "God Bless the Child," George Benson and Al Jarreau featuring Jill Scott.

R&B Song: "Be Without You," Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige).

Contemporary R&B Album: "B'Day," Beyonce.

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Lepaparazzi News Update: Nicole Richie tells Paris She's Scared Of Prison

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Nicole Richie has reportedly told Paris Hilton that she is terrified of going to prison for driving under the influence (DUI).

The new BFFs, who recently made up after not talking for two years, were spotted in LA restaurant Mr Chow’s. Paris was apparently comforting her distraught pal.

A source told Life and Style Weekly magazine: "She was really freaking out. Paris kept telling Nicole not to worry, that everything was going to be fine."

Nicole was arrested on December 11, after leaving boyfriend (Good Charlotte front man) Joel Madden’s home, for driving the wrong way down a Californian motorway. Nicole, 25, confessed to officers she had taken the prescription painkiller Vicodin and had smoked marijuana.

As Nicole has previous offences - she has a previous DUI charge from 2002 and California law states that a repeat offence carries the mandatory jail sentence of five days – Nicole is said to be extremely anxious.

If convicted, not only would Nicole have her driving license suspended for one year, she would also be ordered to attend an alcohol education program for a year-and-a-half, even if the second conviction is not alcohol-related.

Paris Hilton recently negotiated a plea for a DUI offence. The 25-year-old pleaded not guilty to DUI, instead pleading no contest to a lesser charge of reckless driving and was placed on probation. It is believed her lawyer Howard Weitzman will be representing Nicole in the case.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Anna Nicole Smith has died at the Hard Rock, CNN reporting

CNN is reporting that Anna Nicole Smith has died after she reportedly collapsed at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino about 2 p.m.

The flamboyant starlet was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital after the incident. Local police were reportedly forced to shut down the streets to expedite her transport.

Fire crews and emergency personnel performed CPR on Smith, putting a tube down her throat, Access Hollywood reported.

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Lepaparazzi News Update: Christina Aguilera's Naked Sundays!

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Christina Aguilera has spoken out about how her and her music exec husband Jordan Bratman keep their marriage exciting: naked Sundays!

Speaking to Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Wednesday, Aguilera said: “We claim ourselves to be the coziest couple ever. We have something called naked Sundays.”

According to People magazine, the Back To Basics star then went on to explain: “You have to keep marriage alive, spice it up. On Sundays we just do everything in the house, and we're just cozy and laid back. We don't need to go anywhere, we're just with each other. We do everything naked. We cook naked."

Whatever next: Dirrty Thursdays perhaps?
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Teri Hatcher Denies Plastic Surgery Rumours


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Teri Hatcher has denied the plastic surgery rumours currently spreading across the internet, and revealed that she constantly checks everything that is written about her.

Speaking to Glamour she says: “I don't use Botox or Restylane and I've never had any surgery, no matter what you've read."

"That's the one downside to fame – on any one day you can find loads of hideously mean things said about you online” she added.

That’s that cleared up then.

The 42-year old star of Desperate Housewives is currently dating the amusingly named director Peter Kay.
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Jessica Simpson, give a child a home

It looks like Jessica Simpson may be joining the ever growing circle of celebs who have an adopted child.
She recently confessed to Star magazine here in the UK that she'd like 3 children but doesn't think that she will be able to endure childbirth 3 times. Miss Simpson who split from her husband in 2005 has claimed Angelina Jolie as her inspiration for adoption, as she ideally would like a large famliy but doesn't know if she could through the pain of labour.

Lepaparazzi News Update: Eminem and Kim Now Engaged?

First we reported that Eminem’s ex-wife Kim revealed infidelity was the reason they divorced for the second time. Now we hear that they may be engaged again – what is going on?!

Yes, less than a year after their second divorce, Eminem’s mate Akon is reported as telling The Mirror: "Eminem still loves Kim. They have one of those relationships where they are off one minute and back together the next.

"He can't live with her and he can't live without her. But they are meant for each other. They are engaged again."

Kim recently discussed the demise of their second marriage and as well as blaming the split on Eminem cheating on her when on tour, she also tellingly discussed the on/off nature of their almost 20 year relationship: "In our relationship there's a pattern. We'll have two good years and then it will go bad for some reason. It's like a two year max with us.

Hmmm it looks like we may just be looking at an ‘on’ phase again…

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Lepaparazzi News Update: Scorsese wins Directors Guild award

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Martin Scorsese won the top honor Saturday from the Directors Guild of America for his mob saga "The Departed," moving him a step closer to finally receiving Hollywood's biggest filmmaking prize at the Academy Awards.

Scorsese was chosen as filmmaker of the year by his peers, his first win at the guild awards after six previous nominations. The guild winner usually goes on to win the best-director Oscar.

The self-deprecating Scorsese said he was pleased at the apparent success of the film but that he only became convinced it was doing well when the studio called with box-office revenues from the first couple of weekends.

"If you look at the graph at the spikes at where the picture is doing really great figures, it's like looking at a veritable map of the American underworld," such as Boca Raton, Fla., Scorsese said. "Vegas, forget about it, it was amazing."

Adapted from the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," "The Departed" stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a cop who's undercover in a Boston crime outfit, Matt Damon as a mob mole who has infiltrated the police, and Jack Nicholson as the merciless gang leader pulling everyone's strings.

It has become Scorsese's biggest commercial hit, and critics praised it as a welcome return to the vivid, bloody crime genre whose modern conventions the director helped pioneer in such films as "Taxi Driver" and "Goodfellas."

"I started watching his work when I was 15 years old, said DiCaprio, who has starred in Scorsese's last three films and introduced the director to the guild audience earlier in the evening. "It was like entering a seamless cinematic reality."

Walter Hill won the guild's directing honor for TV movies for the Western "Broken Trail."

Other TV winners included Richard Shepard for comedy directing on the pilot episode of "Ugly Betty," Jon Cassar for drama directing for an episode of "24," and "Chicago" filmmaker Rob Marshall for musical variety directing for "Tony Bennett: An American Classic."

Arunas Matelis won for feature-film documentary for "Before Flying Back to the Earth," a portrait of children hospitalized with leukemia. The film won over two Oscar nominees, "Deliver Us From Evil" and "Iraq in Fragments."

"The Departed" marked Scorsese's sixth nomination for best director at the Academy Awards, an honor that also has eluded him. A sixth loss at the Oscars would put Scorsese in the record books as the filmmaker with the most nominations without winning.

But many awards watchers feel this is Scorsese's year, labeling him the front-runner for the Feb. 25 Oscars. A Directors Guild win helps give him the inside track.

The guild prize is a solid forecast for who might win the directing honor at the Academy Awards. Only six times in the 58-year history of the guild awards has the winner failed to go on to receive the directing Oscar.

The other guild nominees were Bill Condon for the musical "Dreamgirls," Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris for the road-trip tale "Little Miss Sunshine," Stephen Frears for the palace saga "The Queen" and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for the ensemble drama "Babel."

Scorsese, Inarritu and Frears were the only three of the five guild nominees who also earned best-director slots for the Oscars. The other Oscar nominations went to Clint Eastwood for the World War II epic "Letters From Iwo Jima" and Paul Greengrass for the Sept. 11 docudrama "United 93."

"Dreamgirls" had been viewed as a potential best-picture favorite at the Oscars, but it missed out on a nomination, as did director Condon. With Condon out of the race, Scorsese's path to Oscar victory could prove a bit easier.

Scorsese was coy backstage when asked if it was his year to win at the Oscars.

"I don't know," Scorsese said. "It's good to have a nomination, especially for this picture."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Sienna Miller Wants To Be A Mother

NEW YORK, February 1, 2007 - Sienna Miller is both an actress and fashion icon. Still, there's one more title she'd like to have: mother.

"I can't wait," she says in Life magazine's upcoming issue. "In a world where you're encouraged to have your universe revolve around yourself, suddenly it doesn't. I know I want that because I have way too much love to give. If I have a child, it can all go there. Life, I think, will suddenly make sense."

In the new film "Factory Girl," the 25-year-old Miller stars as rich party girl and Andy Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick. She's also acted in the films "Casanova," "Layer Cake" and "Alfie."

Her on-and-off relationship with dashing ex-fiance Jude Law, 34, made her an overnight celebrity. She reportedly broke off their engagement in 2005 after he publicly apologized for cheating on her following reports that he had a fling with the nanny of his three children.

"What makes me sad (is) that there was a loss of innocence on my part," she says. "I was blinded by being a romantic person. I sort of feel like, `What if I never love that vulnerably and that openly again?' But I feel like I'm really strong. I feel like I grew up. People have made a huge deal of it."

The tabloid fixture has some hidden quirks. "I have to sleep on the right side of the bed. I don't know why. ... I dip my French fries into chocolate milk shakes. I've never had a sex dream."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Mike Tyson in Rehab

BOXING legend MIKE TYSON is being treated at a drug rehab clinic, it was claimed yesterday.

The ex-heavyweight world champion, 40, checked into the Wonderland Centre, Los Angeles, at the weekend.

Mean Girls actress LINDSAY LOHAN, 20, is having treatment at the same Hollywood Hills clinic.

Tyson was arrested in December for suspected drink-driving and drug possession.

He told cops in Arizona, where he lives with his dog Meatball, he had a drugs problem.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Moss and Doherty Check Into Rehab Together

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Kate Moss and Pete Doherty have checked into a London clinic together to help the troubled rocker conquer his drug addictions.

The pair was photographed yesterday arriving at the Capio Nightingale Hospital in north London, which specializes in helping patients overcome drug dependency.

It is thought the pair will attend therapy sessions together.

A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "They arrived together and they will be supporting each other."

Doherty has attempted rehab on numerous occasions in a bid to tackle his heroin and crack cocaine habits. Moss was herself treated in 2005 after being caught on camera snorting cocaine.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Olivier Martinez Three-Times Kylie

Love rat cheats on Minogue TWICE..!

According to UK newspaperThe Daily Mail, Kylie Minogue’s and Olivier Martinez’s three-year relationship is on the rocks.

It is rumoured that the French heart- throb has been caught 'entertaining' two other women in Los Angeles whilst his singer girlfriend was in Britain.

Friends of Ms. Minogue have told the Mail that Martinez has increasingly tried to alienate himself from his girlfriend in a desperate bid for her to finish with him.

Another source said,"Olivier finds Kylie too controlling and neurotic". "But he feels he cannot dump her so soon after her recovery from breast cancer.


Martinez was seen dining with two women on two separate occasions at LA’s famous celeb restaurant, Chateau Marmont. Both women spent time in his room after the meal.

Whilst her boyfriend was wining and dining his new conquests, Minogue, 38, was finishing the last dregs of her Homecoming Tour which she struggled to complete after suffering from exhaustion.

It seems the pint-sized starlet is somewhat unlucky in love. She went through a similar rough patch with Martinez two years ago after he was spotted kissing a woman, who incidentally turned out to be one of the women he was snapped in LA with, on a Paris street.

Minogue, who is recuperating after a breast cancer scare, has made no secret of wanting to start a family….looks like Martinez’s lothario ways have come as a blessing in disguise.
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No Dating For Clooney And Anderson


It would have been a match made in tabloid heaven, but according to the man himself, George Clooney and Pamela Anderson are not dating.

Reports had paired PEOPLE magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" and the "Baywatch" babe together after an apparent sighting at Sherman Oaks restaurant.

However, bachelor Clooney says that not only are the pair not dating, but he has never eaten at the famed restaurant.

He said in a statement, "I worked with Pam seven years ago and haven't seen her since. And I've never been to that restaurant."

The reports had stated that Anderson was sitting on Clooney's lap during the dinner, whispering into his ear, and have since been "inseparable."

Anderson, who was once married to bad boy rocker Tommy Lee, has recently filed for divorce from Kid Rock.

Clooney has been linked to Renee Zellweger and Teri Hatcher in the past year.
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Lil Kim What Happened to Her?

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Lepaparazzi News Update: Kidman in crash during LA movie shoot

LOS ANGELES - Nicole Kidman was taken to a hospital after the Jaguar she was in crashed early Thursday during downtown shooting of the science fiction thriller "The Invasion," police said.

Kidman, 39, was examined at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and then released a short time later. Paramedics were called to examine Kidman for injuries before she was taken to the hospital, police said.

"Nicole Kidman was in the vehicle at the time of the accident and was taken to the hospital for evaluation. She was released shortly thereafter," Warner Bros. said in a statement.

No other actors were involved in the scene at the time of the accident, the studio said.

The Jaguar was being towed by a camera rig that skidded while taking a corner and caused Kidman's car to hit a pole on West Sixth Street, police said. The actress was wearing a seat belt.

"The stunt driver apparently went off course and hit a light post at about 1 a.m.," police Officer Karen Smith said.

Eight people, including Kidman, stuntmen and cameramen, were taken to hospitals for examination and were released, Smith said. Warner Bros. said two crew members had minor injuries.

Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc., also said production continued after the crash and Kidman was expected back on the set Thursday.

The Oscar-winning actress, who stars as a Washington psychiatrist who unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, was involved in a scene involving an escape from zombielike characters who are on the hood of the car.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Jennifer Garner tells TV show how diamond ring fell into the Drain

NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Garner revealed a secret Wednesday that she'd been keeping from Ben Affleck: She nearly lost a ring he had given her after the birth of their 1-year-old daughter, Violet.

Garner, who stars in Columbia Pictures' "Catch and Release," said the mishap occurred while she was primping for the movie's premiere.

"He gave me this beautiful diamond ring and I was playing with it and ... it fell off. And it fell under this ice maker in the house — he (Affleck) hasn't even heard of this yet — and ... it fell into the drain under this ice maker," the 34-year-old actress said on "Live With Regis and Kelly."

"And the plumber had to come and dismantle the thing from under the house. And he found it," she said, holding up her hand to flash the sparkler.

"And Ben hasn't even heard that," said co-host Regis Philbin.

"I should have warned him," Garner replied.

Garner and Affleck, 34, were married in June 2005. Violet was born later that year.

"Catch and Release" opens Friday.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Paris Hilton's private items on Internet

LOS ANGELES - For those who haven't yet, somehow, had their fill of
Paris Hilton, there's a new Web site that has posted a seemingly endless offering of the celebutante's belongings.

The Web site, ParisExposed.com, launched Tuesday. It boasts that it has an array of Hilton photographs, home videos, diaries, love letters, recorded phone conversations and phone numbers of friends and celebrities, all left behind at a Los-Angeles based storage facility.

The items were sold to an unidentified buyer after a third party failed to make payments to the facility, and eventually wound up in the hands of a broker aiming to sell them, Hilton's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, told The Associated Press Tuesday.

Hilton's first big-time exposure came through a sex tape that also took a circuitous route to the public, first appearing in bootleg form in 2003 and then put up for sale in 2004.

All the new goods "were acquired by me through a broker," said Bardia Persa, who created ParisExposed.com. He noted that he obtained the Paris possessions in September.

Users must pay a monthly fee of $39.97 to gain access to the site, which promises footage of the 25-year-old heiress in a "sexy bubble bath" video. It also says it has various shots of Hilton in "racy situations," and footage of her drinking with friends and using illegal substances.

"We certainly are going to explore all of our legal options about this matter," Mintz told the AP.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Jessica in CD war with ex

AS far as publicity stunts go, using your divorce to promote a new single is up there with the worst of them.

That’s what JESSICA SIMPSON and ex-hubby NICK LACHEY are doing after “accidentally” scheduling UK releases for the same day.

Both have songs put out by the same record company, RCA, next Monday — Jessica’s as a download for a week before it hits the shops.

Both titles refer to the split. Nick’s is What’s Left Of Me and Jessica’s is A Public Affair.

Her official press release even starts: “The fabulous Jessica Simpson NICKs the spotlight on 29th January . . . ”

It’s hardly BLUR v OASIS but fans of each party are already doing battle on internet blog and MySpace sites.

One fan posted this on her website devoted to all things Simpson: “I have a plan to make Jessica beat Nick.

“I'm basically calling on all Jessica Simpson fans to get behind Jessica and support her in every way we can. It really is Team Jessica!

“Between us, we can support Jessica on all the message boards, MySpace, Bebo and Google to make sure we beat Nick Lachey in the charts.

“I might even get some T-shirts made up (I work in retail so it shouldn't be a problem).

“Let's beat Nick!”
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Lindsay Lohan's Broken Heart

(CBS) Did a broken heart lead Lindsay Lohan to check herself into rehab?

Sources tell the New York Daily News that the starlet's unreciprocated love for actor James Franco is what sent her over the edge and into the Wonderland Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Franco, most recognizable for playing Harry Osborn in the "Spider-Man" movies, brought the actress to tears when he ignored her at Prince's Golden Globes party at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Monday night, a guest tells the newspaper.

The "Bobby" star first met the California-bred actor at the premiere party for "A Prairie Home Companion" at the New York's Hudson Hotel, the newspaper says.

"She was really taken with him," says another source. "She and her friends were going on to Bungalow 8, and he went along."

She arrived at Prince's party with her manager and another friend.

"But she was mostly solo for the whole night," the source says. "Most people were in a good mood — except for her. She seemed lost. She was trying to get James' attention, and he wouldn't give her anything. She was smoking a lot, not drinking in front of him, and then she went into a bedroom. From there, she went back to trying to get James' attention again, and he was ignoring her. She ran out crying, with the girlfriend following her."

Lohan was reportedly found passed out in a hotel hallway about 6 a.m.

The pair got chummy when they filmed a trailer for the film "Holiday." People magazine also reported that back in October they did a little clubbing. The newspaper reports that Franco even refused a pricey watch Lohan tried to give him as gift, and now she wears it and allegedly it serves as a painful reminder.

The 28-year-old actor previously dated rocker and actress Marla Sokoloff and "is very happy in his relationship with his girlfriend," a source tells the Daily News.

While Lohan's mother, Dina, won't say why her daughter is in rehab, the Wonderland Center where Lohan is staying specializes in treating addictive disorders such as love addiction.

In an interview airing on "Entertainment Tonight" on Friday evening Dina says, "the positive thing is that somebody's trying to help themselves."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Britney Spears Gets Back to Work

Britney Spears may have spent one wild weekend in Las Vegas with new beau Isaac Cohen, but come Wednesday night, she was back to work.

After a half-hour break to fuel up with pals at the Hollywood eatery Hamburger Mary's, the singer, 25, was spotted at 10:30 p.m. at the nearby Record Plant recording studio.

"She was rehearsing material, working hard and having fun all at the same time," a witness tells PEOPLE.

As for the project at hand, Spears herself told fans earlier this month in a message on her Web site, "I've been working so hard on this new album and I can't wait for you all to hear it and to go on tour again! I would like to exclusively tell you that I am working hard to release the new album sometime later this year, but the date is of course not certain yet."

She added, "I look forward to coming back this year bigger and better than ever, and to also reaching out to my fans on a more personal level."

Her manager, Larry Rudolph, told USA Today that Spears was about half-finished with the new disc. "She's real excited," he said, estimating that the single would be out by late summer with the album to follow in late fall.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Pitt, Jolie move into French Quarter home

NEW ORLEANS - Neighbors have seen them come and go and can't be more tickled that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have moved into the French Quarter.

"It's great if they're here to stay and to be a part of the community," said Rayna Nielsen, who lives across the street from the early-1830s masonry mansion where the celebrity couple has been spotted in recent weeks.

Nielsen said the street was closed off while the couple moved in earlier this month.
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Pitt's latest film, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," has been filming in New Orleans since November.

Real estate records for the house, which is near the French Market, show it was purchased for $3.5 million in cash on Jan. 2. Neither Pitt nor Jolie are named in the transaction. Mondo Bongo Trust is listed as the buyer.

A real estate listing for the property shows the house has a grand spiral staircase, elevator, gourmet kitchen, a large private courtyard and a separate two-story guest house. It also has private parking for two cars - a luxury in the French Quarter.

As for whether the house will be their home, just how much time Pitt and Jolie and their three children will be spending in it remains unknown.

Their five-year-old son, Maddox, is old enough to be enrolled in school, though it is unclear whether the couple has selected a school for him in New Orleans. The other two children are daughters Zahara, 2, and 7-month-old Shiloh.

Calls to Pitt's publicist were not immediately returned Wednesday.

Regardless of how much time they spend in New Orleans, residents here say they are a welcome addition to the city.

"They're always trying to make a difference. They're always trying to help out," said Christina Cody, a waitress at a nearby restaurant whose co-workers have seen Pitt, though Cody has not.

"I want them to come in and eat," she said.

The celebrity couple has helped raise awareness of the city's devastation following Hurricane Katrina. Pitt, an architecture enthusiast, teamed up last year with Global Green USA to sponsor an eco-friendly design competition to rebuild parts of the city that were the hardest hit by the August 2005 storm.

Construction on the project will begin in the Holy Cross neighborhood in the city's devastated Lower Ninth Ward in February or March, said Trevor Neilson, philanthropic and political adviser for the couple.

The project will include 12 apartment units, six single-family houses, a community center and day-care facility to be built on 1.5 acres along the Mississippi River, Neilson said.

Pitt's film has a budget of $150 million, making it one of the most expensive productions in the state since Louisiana began offering tax incentives for the film industry in 2002.

The film also stars Cate Blanchett.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Heigl Upset With Co-Star's Comments

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl was not pleased with fellow castmate Isaiah Washington's comments following Monday's Golden Globe Awards.

During an interview in the press room after the show's best-drama win, Washington denied his involvement in a heated on-set incident in October during which he allegedly used a homophobic slur.

"No, I did not call (co-star) T.R. (Knight) a faggot," Washington said. "Never happened, never happened."

Rather than soothing the situation, his comments left Heigl seething.

"I'm going to be really honest right now, he needs to just not speak in public. Period," Heigl told "Access Hollywood" at a Golden Globe after-party. "I'm sorry, that did not need to be said. I'm not OK with it."

She called the comments "hurtful," characterizing the incident as one that should be handled privately among the show's cast and crew.

"I don't think (Washington) means it the way he comes off," Heigl said. "But T.R. is my best friend. ... I will use every ounce of energy I have to take you down if you hurt his feelings."

Knight, who said soon after the October fracas that he is gay, appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Tuesday to discuss the original incident and Washington's recent comments.

"He referred to me as a faggot. Everyone heard it," Knight said of the October squabble.

Comments from Heigl and Washington were set to air Tuesday on "Access Hollywood." A call placed after hours Tuesday to Washington's representative was not returned.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Britney Warned By Plastic Surgeon

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Britney Spears has been warned by a top plastic surgeon that she must look after herself better.

The scathing attack came after pictures of the recent wild child divorcee were published in the American media.

The singer, who has been enjoying a late night flurry of booze and parties, looks visibly disheveled in recent photos and one magazine recently published the headline ‘Is This Really Britney’ alongside the images.


The top plastic surgeon added, ‘there’s puffiness under her eyes and the quality of her hair has changed…you can even say that she’s aged around 10-15 years’.
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However, the media has failed to pick up on the fact that the young pop princess now has two young children to look after on top of a bitter divorce battle.

Late nights or not…the girls got her work cut out.

Lepaparazzi News Update: Justin and Cameron Break Up

After almost four years together, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake have called it quits, the couple said in a statement Thursday.

"It has always been our preference not to comment on the status of our relationship, but, out of respect for the time we've spent together, we feel compelled to do so now, in light of recent speculation and the number of inaccurate stories that are being reported by the media," the pair said. "We have, in fact, ended our romantic relationship, and have done so mutually and as friends, with continued love and respect for one another."

Diaz, 34, and Timberlake, 25, met in April 2003 at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and by July, Diaz had joined her new beau on the road as he toured with Christina Aguilera.

They seemed at first like an unlikely pair: A former 'N Sync-er, Timberlake previously dated Britney Spears; Diaz had been in relationships with fellow movie stars Matt Dillon and Jared Leto.

And then there was their nine-year age difference. "It's not like this is the first time in the history of human relationships that people were drawn to one another because of who they are, not what age they are," Diaz told W in 2004.

But they surprised skeptics, staying together despite relentless rumors of strife. In July 2004, Timberlake filed a libel suit against the British tabloid News of the World after it claimed he'd cheated with model Lucy Clarkson, and in May 2005, Diaz sued U.K. tab The Sun for suggesting she'd had an affair with Shane Nickerson, the producer of her MTV adventure show Trippin'.

Along with breakup rumors, they faced near constant speculation that they were engaged. In August 2004, Diaz was spotted wearing a gold band on her left ring finger, but her rep denied the couple were altar-bound. Another source told PEOPLE at the time: "Cameron has always said she has no interest in getting married."

That was their story, and they stuck to it. In September 2006, Timberlake told Ellen DeGeneres she could buy a dress for their wedding – then quipped, "The only thing is, you'll have to stay the same size for the next 15 years."

Two months later, Diaz made her own appearance on DeGeneres's show, and told the host of getting married: "I'm a commitment-phobe. Don't want to do it."

Earlier this week, Timberlake kicked off his FutureSex/LoveShow tour. Meanwhile Diaz collected a trophy for favorite leading lady at the People's Choice Awards on Tuesday.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Dita Von Teese & Marilyn Manson Fight Over Custody Of Cats

Dita Von Teese and estranged husband Marilyn Manson are reportedly fighting over custody of their cats.

The burlesque dancer and the shock rocker - who are getting divorced after just one year of marriage - are both keen to keep their feline pets, Lily and Aleister.

The couple also have two dachshund dogs, Greta and Eva.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: "They are fighting over custody of the cats - not so much the dogs."

Dita - who filed for divorce from Manson, real name Brian Warner, last Friday (05.01.07) citing "irreconcilable differences" - took all the animals with her when she moved out of their marital home before Christmas.

Earlier this week, it was alleged that Dita decided to leave Manson after growing tired of his constant partying and friendship with actress Lindsay Lohan.

A source said: "She just had enough of his wild partying. Lindsay Lohan was ringing up the house wanting to come round and party with him. The phone would go all through the night, with people constantly turning up to hang out."

Dita and Manson dated for seven years before tying the knot on December 3 2005 in a gothic-style ceremony in Ireland.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Brooke Burke and David Charvet Welcome A Baby Girl

Rock Star: Supernova host Brooke Burke and her fiancee, former Baywatch star David Charvet, have welcomed their very first child together on Monday at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, California, according to reports.

Daughter Heaven Rain Charvet weighs in at 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and 18 3/4 inches long.

"Mother and baby are doing very well and are now resting comfortably at home," Burke's rep tells Us. "Everything went well with the delivery, and Rain looks just like her mother."

According to reports, Burke, 35, and Charvet, 34, chose the name because "rain grows everything."

The couple have reportedly been friends for many years and began dating in 2005. They were engaged in August of 2006. The new mom & dad plan to marry in the spring.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Did Britney Spears leak her new tunes?

BURBANK, Calif. - While most new music is kept under lock and key until its release dates, Britney Spears appears to have leaked some of her new songs to the unsuspecting paparazzi this past weekend.

After being spotted by the press at Area last Thursday night carrying around an unmarked CD, believed to be a demo of her new songs, Britney was caught Sunday with full audio. Many believe that the music blaring from her convertible in front of rolling cameras was a demo from her upcoming CD, due out later this year.

The singer was caught driving around Santa Monica and hanging out at local hotel, Shutters, wearing a semi-see-through sundress over an orange bikini.

But it’s the music that got the most attention. One cut, as you can hear in the video, sounds very similar to Madonna, while the second, which takes off with a slew of electric strings, sounds more urban influenced.

She may be the party hopping princess, but if these songs are any indication, Britney could very well be on her way to reclaiming her pop princess crown very soon.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Pamela Anderson Moves On From Split

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BAYWATCH babe PAMELA ANDERSON has posted a message on her website describing what she wants in a man.

The glamour girl said she wants to move on after her four-month marriage to KID ROCK ended abruptly last year

She wrote: "I need a man with interests outside of himself. Someone with similar beliefs - that would be sexy.

"I’m very happy and excited about moving on — 2007 looks good."

Pam also blasted Rock, saying: "A rock star scorned ... it's been a hard month - completely childish threats."

She may've been referring to a New York Post report earlier this week that Rock tried to kick down the door of what he thought was Pammy's ex-lover TOMMY LEE'S room at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Fox's "The O.C." Cancelled

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The O.C.," the once-hot teenage soap opera that saw its ratings plummet like a delinquent student's grades, has been canceled.

The final episode of the drama will air 9 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22, Fox TV and Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. said Wednesday.

The finale "will deliver real closure to the series, to the story we began telling four years ago," series creator Josh Schwartz said in a statement. "It will be fun and emotional and I think really satisfying. It is the finale we always planned to do."

Based in the affluent Orange County, Calif., city of Newport Beach, "The O.C." caught fire in its first season, 2003-04, as the top-rated drama among advertiser-favored young adults and with a total audience of nearly 10 million.

The show's story lines revolved around Ryan (Benjamin McKenzie), an outsider thrust into a heady new world of money and sex, and rich high school kids including Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) and Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) and their families.

"The O.C." didn't sustain its momentum, dropping to about 7 million weekly viewers during 2004-05 and then to fewer than 6 million last season. This year, returning in November after Fox wrapped its postseason baseball

coverage, "The O.C." has only drawn about 4 million viewers.

The third-season finale's high drama, in which Marissa was killed in a car crash, didn't turn the series around. This year found Ryan confronting the death of his one-time girlfriend and the man who caused it.

Fox ordered 16 episodes for the 2006-07 season and all will have aired when the series concludes in February, a network spokesman said Wednesday.

Others in the show's cast include Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Melinda Clarke, Rachel Bilson and Autumn Reeser.

Despite its brief heyday, the show helped establish cast members including Brody, Bilson and Barton as fan and tabloid favorites.

A replacement for the series was not immediately announced by Fox.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Jessica and John Mayer ring in New Year's

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Singer John Mayer and Jessica Simpson were busted "full-on making out" at the Hudson Hotel party thrown by Christina Aguilera. Repoeted the New York Daily News.

"He was scratching her back, they were kissing, it wasn't subtle," says the Daily News spy at the party. The couple were spotted dining earlier after shopping during the day.

An unnamed source tells The Daily News that Mayer and Simpson are staying together at a hotel in SoHo.

An unnamed insider tells The Daily News: "John has been thrilled that they have been tricking the media, but she doesn't really care. His Christmas present to her was a framed copy of the Us Weekly cover that says 'Dumped: John ditches Jessica.'"

Not to be undone, The New York Daily News retorted to Mayer's glib trickery by reporting a foiled drug purchase from a friend of Mayer's, "you might want to have a word with your posse: That party guest your friend asked about buying drugs was a Daily News reporter."
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Spears Falls asleep at Vegas Nightclub

Britney Spears at Pure nightclub
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LAS VEGAS - Britney Spears finally appears to be acting like a new mom. The pop princess, who recently made headlines for a rash of less-than-motherly hard partying, fell asleep in a Las Vegas nightclub early Monday shortly after leading the New Year's Eve countdown, her manager said.

"By about one o'clock, she was just done, so we took her out," Spears' manager, Larry Rudolph, told The Associated Press Monday. "She was not drunk. She was just tired and falling asleep."

Rudolph denied reports circulating on gossip Web sites that Spears, 25, collapsed shortly after midnight and was carried out by bodyguards. The star was hired to host the festivities at Ceasars Palace's PURE nightclub.

Rudolph said Spears walked out of the club and did not seek medical attention.

"There is nothing out of the ordinary here," he said.

Spears was traveling with her two sons, 3-month-old Jayden James and 1-year-old Sean Preston. She filed for divorce in November from her husband of two years, Kevin Federline.

In a statement on her Web site posted earlier this month, Spears noted that in recent nights out — one in which she flashed her apparent lack of underwear to the paparazzi — she may have taken her "new found freedom a little too far."
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