The apparent drug-related death of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein seems to have been accidental, according to his plans and actions on his last day, as described by the NYPD. He texted two friends abut 1 a.m. about his planned DJ gig in Las Vegas that night, but when he failed to show up for his flight or answer his cell phone, police broke down the door. He was found dead in bed, with a half-bag of crack cocaine, a crack pipe and medication nearby. The initial autopsy was "inconclusive," officials say, pending the results of toxicology tests. Friends said he had been distraught when model Hayley Wood broke up with him, but he continued to make appearances around the country.
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Goldstein died about a month before the first anniversary of the plane crash that killed four people, leaving only him and Travis Barker, the drummer of Blink-182, alive but badly burned. Saturday night members of Blink-182 wept on stage during a concertin Hartford, Conn., as they dedicated a song to their "dear friend" Goldstein. Other celebs made statements or tweeted their sorrow, including Goldstein's ex, Mandy Moore, who said she was "absolutely heartbroken."
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Goldstein was making a reality show about drug abuse, and in a chilling clip of an interview with MTV News, he said that while researching the show, "I bought a crack pipe ... that was my drug of choice." He said he did it to show how easy it was for people to buy drugs and paraphernalia.
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Carefree bachelor Jon Gosselin was like catnip for the ladies at the Las Vegas pool party he hosted Saturday at the MGM Grand's Wet Republic. Even though Gosselin brought his mom, woman streamed from the VIP area to his cabana, although one woman shouted "Team Kate!" Other hecklers suggested he "Go sleep with that 18-year-old!" For the record, girlfriend Hailey Glassman, who did not attend, is all of 22.
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Meanwhile, back home in Pennsylvania, Kate had a pool party of her own, with silver fox bodyguard Steve Neild -- who brought his wife, two teenage sons, and a cooler full of goodies for the backyard get-together. E!Online reports that Neild kept an eye on everybody, even "patrolling the perimeter" of the property on Jon's ATV!
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In a "Good Morning America" interview done Friday that will be aired sometime this week, Gosselin says he is tired of being prohibited from talking about his life by TLC, the network that airs the family's show. But after E!Online reported that a person who had seen the interview said Gosselin complained that the network exploited his kids, he clarified his stance: "I'm not saying TLC is exploiting my children. But I do believe the media and tabloids covering my family and the show for their own financial gain are the ones exploiting them. ... I have said on numerous occasions TLC has afforded my kids a better life and has helped provide a better roof on their heads."
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Kelly Preston, "still deeply in the process of healing" the death of her 16-year-old son Jett Travolta in January, canceled her planned appearance at the California Governor's Conference for Women in October. Preston, who was to speak on "Grief and Resilience" at the conference at the request of the state's first lady, Maria Shriver, issued this statement: "It is with my sincere apologies that I must pull out from speaking at [the] conference. I am sorry, but I truly believed that I could do it. Otherwise I never would have said that I could. But I am still deeply in the process of healing, and it's just too soon." Shriver said Preston "has my complete support and understanding."
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Katherine Heigl was the hostess at a baby shower for "Grey's Anatomy" co-star Ellen Pompeo, who is expecting a daughter in October with husband Chris Ivery. Guests at the outdoor catered shower included Sandra Oh, Rebecca Gayheart, who is the wife of "Grey's" Eric Dane, and Kate Walsh of "Private Practice."
The Gosselin sextuplets, Hannah, Leah, Alexis, Joel, Aaden and Collin, start "junior kindergarten" today in their Pennsylvania hometown, a move dad Jon says will by OK as long as they all go together. "They use each other as a security blanket," he told People.com. "So as long as they're all going, [they're not nervous]. If I would send like one, they'd probably freak out." The 5-year-olds will go to junior kindregarten, three days a week, because they were premature and aren't developmentally ready for five-day-a-week classes, he says. The 9-year-old twins, Mady and Cara, who started third grade this week, arrived at their bus stop in a car driven by mom Kate, then rushed over to hug Jon before climbing onto their bus.
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Eddie Cibrian didn't do too well as a husband but he says he's "committed to being a devoted father" to his two sons with estranged wife Brandi Glanville, Mason, 6, and Jake, 2. Cibrian, who is publicly romancing singer LeAnn Rimes, said, "From the outset I have made a conscious decision to try and keep this matter private and not discuss it in the press. While my wife and I are dissolving our marriage, we will work together to parent our two children."
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Police searching Michael Jackson's house after his death found two bags of marijuana and several bottles of sedatives, as well as other empty, unlabeled pill bottles, according to search warrants unsealed yesterday. A substance identified as tar heroin was reported to investgators by family members who found it in Jackson's second-floor bedroom, but TMZ.com reports that a source close to the investigation said the substance was tested and was not heroin.
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Meanwhile, Jackson's burial, now scheduled for Sept. 3, is expected to cost the family triple the original estimate in crowd control and traffic diversion because it's going to take place on a weekday. The original estimate was $50,000 for police to put the area around Forest Lawn Cemetery completely off limits to gawkers.
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Mischa Barton says her hospitalization on psychiatric hold in July was not due to mental health issues, but brought on by a combination of stressful travel abroad, the pressure of starting a new TV show and a painful removal of all four of her wisdom teeth. "I went through a tough spot where everything compounded on me, and it was like a perfect storm, like everything was happening to me at once," Barton told Time Out New York. She said the wisdom tooth extraction was "terrible," and "I had to get through it without proper painkillers because I couldn't take those during work. So it's been a nightmare." She said her ordeal was blown out of proportion. "If all this happened in New York, no one would care," she says.
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Chris Brown didn't duck any questions when he sat down for a taped interview with Larry King for a long interview, E! News is reporting. The interview, the first since Brown was accused of assaulting Rihanna Feb. 8, several hours before the Grammy Awards, will be aired sometime next week on Larry King Live. A source told E! News that it was a no-holds-barred talk, during which Brown answered every question put to him.Brown was formally sentenced earlier this week to five years' probation, 52 weeks of domestic-violence counseling and 180 days of community labor, which he's planning to complete in his home state of Virginia.
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Details are emerging on the burglary of Lindsay Lohan's house early Sunday, and it's looking as though it was no random robbery. The trio -- a man and two women, ages 18 to 25, who wrapped their faces in scarves to prevent security camera from getting a good shot -- took only things with sentimental value. "That's how i know it was not a ROBBERY," she tweeted. "Electronics weren't taken … just things that a certain old friend knew meant a lot to me." According to police, the threesome entered Lohan's property around 1:10 a.m. through an unlocked door. Police have not revealed what items were taken.
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Madonna received widespread boos and scattered applause when she spoke out against the widespread discrimination against Gypsies, or Roma, during a Bucharest concert. Accompanied on stage by Roma musicians, Madonna said, "It's been brought to my attention that there's a lot of discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe, and that makes me very sad, because we don't believe in discrimination against anyone." She added, "We believe in freedom and equal rights for everyone, right? Gypsies, homosexuals, people who are different; everyone is equal and should be treated with respect, OK? Let's not forget that." Before launching into a soft version of "You Must Love Me," from "Evita," Madonna can be heard uttering an expletive, possibly a response to the crowd's reaction.
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Meanwhile, the Material Girl ir rumored to be considering a return to the Video Music Awards next month in Manhattan. Her rep denies the plans, but the rumor is that she is considering performing her new single,"Celebration," on the Sept. 13 show at Radio City Music Hall. Confirmed performers include Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Pink, Taylor Swift, Green Day and Muse.
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This much we know: George Clooney broke his hand. But European media reports that Clooney had an accident while riding his motorcycle around Lake Lugano, at the border of Italy and Switzerland, with current squeeze Elisabetta Canalis, are all wrong, his rep says. "There was an accident and he did break his hand," Clooney's rep Stan Rosenfied told People.com. "He was not riding a motorcycle, it was not in Switzerland ... He was on his property in Italy and he shut the car door on his hand." Rosenfield quipped, "The doctor has given him 30-40 years more to live, and no live animals were harmed during the wrapping of the hand."
Contrary to rumors, Jon Gosselin says that he does not want off the TLC show that has featured his family for the last five years. Gosselin says a statement uttered to a fan was overheard and distorted and reported as him wanting off the show. "A fan asked me, 'Don't you sometimes wish you could go back to a
9-to-5 job?' [And my reply was,] 'Yeah, because this is 24/7 and
9-to-5ers punch in and punch out and you have no responsibilities,' "
Gosselin told People.
Elsewhere Kate Gosselin has been tapped to co-host The View for two days in September while Elisabeth Hasselbeck is out on maternity leave until October. Kate will join the panel for shows filming September 14 and 15.
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Actor Gerard Butler is being accused of hitting a dog by by its owners. Butler was walking his pug when the accusing couple came by with their greyhound. Reports say that the larger greyhound attacked the smaller pug, and Butler was merely separating them from the scuffle. They greyhound's owner denies that his dog attacked Butler's.
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Fallout Boy singer Patrick Stump was arrested in Los Angeles yesterday on an outstanding warrant related to a traffic violation. Stump was pulled over and a routine search of his record found the 2007 warrant for driving without a license, and he was taken in to custody.
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After his sentencing for assault ex-girlfriend Rihanna, Chris Brown was seen clubbing it up at a popular L.A. lounge called Guys & Dolls. No word on whether Brown had violated terms of his probation by going to a club that serves alcohol, as part of his agreement include abstaining from alcohol and to "stay out of places where they are the chief item of sale." Brown's group was said to have ordered 10 bottles of champagne, but Brown was only spotted sipping water.
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Actor Eddie Cibrian has officially filed for divorce. In papers filed Monday, Cibrian cites 'irreconcilable differences' and is look for shared custody of his sons, ages 6 and 2. Cibrian has been involved with country singer LeAnn Rimes for months after a relationship flared up while filming a movie together.
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A judge in Georgia has refused to lower the bail amount on the man accused of stalking Miley Cyrus, calling him "a danger." Mark McLeod was arrested earlier this month near a Savannah area set where Cyrus was filming a movie. McLeod was spotted at the set numerous times and claimed to have documents that he and Cyrus were secretly planning to marry. The judge also issued a restraining order against McLeod, in case he makes his $55,000 bail.
Chris Brown was ordered to perform 1,400 hours of community "labor," ranging from removing graffiti to washing cars and gardening, as part of his sentence for battering then-girlfriend Rihanna in February the day of the Grammys. Brown, who pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault, was also fined, put on probation for five years, and L.A. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg ordered Brown not to have any communication with Rihanna for the next five years, which includes phone and email contact. The judge, referring to reports that the two singers may have communicated, said, "I'm not immune to any chatter on the airwaves. Do you understand, Mr. Brown, that any violation of this order is a violation of your probation and it comes with the possible penalty of prison?" Brown said, "Yes."
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Meanwhile, with the case against Brown concluded, the court has released the official police report detailing the attack on Rihanna. After the two argued about a text message Brown has received from an old flame, Brown became enraged and attempted to push Rihanna (whom the report calls by her real name, "Robyn F.") out of the car. When that failed, he punched her repeatedly, bit her and choked her. The beating stopped only when she pulled the car key from the ignition and hid it. He got out, searched for the key, and finally walked away from the car. A neighbor called police after hearing Rihanna's screams. In a probation report, Brown said he was "ashamed and embarrassed" by the attack and didn't want to continue the cycle of domestic violence he had witnessed as a child. Court papers also show that there had been earlier violence in the relationship -- Rihanna had slapped Brown and he had shoved her, and had once broken the windows on a vehicle she was riding in.
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Lisa Marie Presley says the nanny who is suing her for denying her time off and meal breaks while she helped care for Presley's twin daughters has "self-entitlement" issues. Christine White, who was hired after twins Finley and Harper were born on Oct. 7, 2008, says she was denied legally required breaks for rest and meals and was forced to work seven days a week. In a statement to TMZ, though, Presley says she paid White $650 a day and arranged to have chefs and other staffers at her disposal, and set aside a guest house on the property where she would sleep and take "many breaks." But, Presley says, "Ms. White's self-entitlement became more and more severe as she became exposed to the various 'perks' she was given on the job."
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Well, at least Paula Abdul has something lined up. She's going to host "VH1 Divas," a star-studded concert event that will air live on Sept. 17. She announced it by Twitter: "Hi guys! im really excited 2 announce ill b hosting this year's "Vh1 Divas"!" Abdul says the concert, which will take place in the Brooklyn Academy of Music's opera house in Brooklyn, New York. will honor three ladies with Simon Cowell credentials -- Kelly Clarkson, Jordin Sparks and Leona Lewis, winner of Cowell's British show, "The X Factor," as well as Adele and Miley Cyrus. Abdul tweeted, "I am so excited!!"
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Actor Liev Schreiber says putting on a dress and wig to play an ex-Marine transvestite in Ang Lee's film, "Taking Woodstock," made him "strangely giddy." But he says getting rid of all his body hair and walking in stilettos made him appreciate the price of beauty. "Vanity quickly set in, and I thought to myself, 'I wish my belly was flatter,' " he told People.com. "Let's face it, I don't look great in a dress, but it's nice to hear I have nice legs."
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Some might argue that if actress Alyssa Milano and Hollywood agent David Bugliari are tweeting to their followers, that they're not exactly enjoying what People.com calls "a private honeymoon getaway." They are in an undisclosed South Pacific resort, but we do know tht a week after their Aug. 15 wedding, Bugliari tweeted, "1st [Alyssa] & I had a cooking class -- amazing. 2nd, spa -- amazing! Then dinner ... yup, amazing."
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Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will again host the 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards, which will air live on Nov. 11. "I thought we did a good job," Underwood told People.com about last year's show. "I wasn't nervous about being asked back. But I was hoping they would ask us." Paisley said, "I figured if they wanted us back they'd ask and if not, we'd get to sit and watch somebody else go through it."
The Los Angeles coroners office has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, according to a report from the Associated Press. The AP says that a combination of drugs was the cause of death, and that Dr. Conrad Murray -- who was Jackson's personal physician -- will be charged shortly. The source tells the AP that forensic tests reveal that Jackson died of a lethal combination of two sedatives and the anesthetic propofol.
The AP also says that the contents of an unsealed warrant reveals that Dr. Murray had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks, using propofol intravenously to help sedate the singer. But Dr. Murray reportedly told police he was afraid Jackson was becoming addicted to the anesthetic, and was lowering the doses used to knock Jackson out, while adding the sedatives lorazepam and midazolam to the treatment.
Of the night of Jackson's death, Dr. Murray told police that he had tried to get Jackson to sleep with just valium and sedatives, but later gave in to Jackson's demand for his 'milk', the term Jackson used for propofol. Dr. Murray began the propofol and then went briefly to the bathroom, returning two minutes later to find Jackson had stopped breathing.
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Jessica Biel may be bad for your computer. The actress -- who played 'Mary' on 7th Heaven -- may be a 'Typhoid Mary.' Why? She leads the list of celebrity names -- when searched -- that might give your computer a virus, spyware or malware. Biel tops the list which also includes Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson, according to McAfee, an anti-virus software maker.
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Melanie Griffith has checked into rehab on advice from her doctor. It is the third trip to rehab for Griffith, but this time she says her doctor has ordered it to help her "as part of a routine plan that was designed between her and her doctors years ago." In 2000, Griffith entered rehab to wean herself from prescription pain pills used during recovery from a neck injury.
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Cable network VH1 has canceledMegan Wants A Millionaire, the dating/reality show on which suspected killer Ryan Jenkins was a contestant. Jenkins was found dead at a Canadian hotel after being on the run from police who looked at him as the primary suspect in the murder of ex-wife Jasmine Fiore.
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Country singer Mindy McCready was pulled into the Eric Dane 'sex tape' scandal through accusations of the third woman, and she resents it. Kari Ann Peniche is the other woman on the tape with Dane and his wife, and Peniche is accusing McCready of leaking the tape, stolen while Peniche and McCready appeared on the reality TV show Celebrity Rehab. McCready says of Peniche: "She is evil personified, she is evil in human form. She will hurt anyone she can to make money. ... I did not want to be dragged into all this. I did not want to be a part of this."
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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian are no longer denying they're relationship. The pair were out together at a concert on Saturday night in Los Angeles, just days after spotted flirting on a golf course. Now that the veil has been lifted, Cibrian's wife is no longer standing by her man. Brandi Glanville says of her cheating husband, "He's just somebody I don't know. ... You think you know one thing and you wake up and it's all been a lie." Glanville says she has no interested in reconciling with Cibrian, and says she recently bumped into Rimes and told her "He's all yours."
Ryan Jenkins, the reality show contestant who was being sought in the horrific murder of his ex-wife Jasmine Fiore, was found dead, apparently by suicide, in a small Canadian motel. Jenkins, 31, was discovered dead in his room in the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, B.C., about 5 p.m. Pacific Time Sunday. He was a contestant on both "I Love Money 3" and "Megan Wants a Millionaire" which was pulled off the air when Jenkins was announced as a person of interest in the slaying of Fiore, who was a swimsuit model.
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Megan Hauserman, star of the VH1 reality show, "Megan Wants a Millionaire," is said to be devastated by Fiore's murder. A friend said Hauserman is "devastated. She got to know Ryan through her show, and she is shocked and saddened by the week's events."
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Lindsay Lohan was "OK, but upset," according to her mother, after her Hollywood Hills home was broken into while she was away. Dina Lohan said Lindsay returned home to find "The safe was ripped out of the wall, and the door was off the hinges and door handles removed. Among the items stolen, besides the safe, were "bags, shoes and jewelry," said her mother, adding, Thank God she wasn't home." Lindsay will not return to the house, and is having people pack her things and moving to "a safer place," Dina says. Back in May, would-be robbers were photographed by Lohan's surveillance cameras. This time, sources tell TMZ.com that the tape shows three people breaking into the house.
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Michael Jackson's three children played in the pool and dined in a private steakhouse when they spent the weekend at the Palms Casino Resort with guardian and grandmother Katherine, a nanny, and other relatives and friends. The children, Prince Michael, Paris Michael and Prince Michael II, called "Blanket," lived at the resort with their dad for about two months in 2008, People.com says.
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The kids should enjoy their vacation while they can -- Katherine Jackson is "seriously considering" sending the three up-until-now home-schooled Jacksons to an elite private school once attended by Tito's children. The Buckley School, TMZ.com warns, also claims such alumni as Paris Hilton and Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian.
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Hugh Hefner's estranged wife, Kimberly Conrad, is suing him, saying he owes her more than $5 million. The two were married in 1989 with a prenup, and after they split (but never divorced), she moved into a house next to the Playboy mansion with their two sons. The trouble began when Hef decided to sell the house and told Conrad she had none months to find a new place to live. In a statement, Hefner said he was "surprised and saddened" by the suit, but was confident the court would find he had "generously dealt with" his financial obligations.
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Actress Milla Jovovich and director Paul W.S. Anderson were married over the weekend at their Beverly Hills home, according to People.com. The bride wore a '60s-style minidress she designed herself. The two met when he directed her in "Resident Evil" in 2002, and welcomed daughter Ever Gabo in 2006.
If you have a cat, this will be a familiar scenario: A fly in the house become prey for kitty, and anything in the hunter's path -- curtains, chairs, glasses newspapers, people -- is in danger.
Enjoy this cartoon from Simon's Cat, with its delightful purrs, chirps and goofy cat reactions!
Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier decided he needed to meet Jon Gosselin after he saw "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" a few times, then started "seeing him on the cover of magazines with my shirt and asking for a job." So of course Audigier flew Gosselin to Saint-Tropez to join him on vacation "to see what he wanted to do as a job." Gosselin told the designer he would travel with his "stylist," so Audigier sent him two tickets. He showed up with 22-year-old Hailey Glassman. "He is not the same as he was," says Audigier now. "He has a more complicated life now. He has all of those kids and a girlfriend and ex-wife." The two remain pals and plan to meet up in Las Vegas later this month for a fashion show, although there are no plans to collaborate professionally just yet.
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Here's a surprise: Kari Ann Peniche said she has signed a deal with Christian Audigier too! Peniche, who shows up in a taped nude romp with Eric Dane and his wife Rebecca Gayheart, told paparazzi this week as she left Audigier's offices, "I'm gonna be working on a bikini line. I start on Friday." A source close to the Ed Hardy designer says no, "those are just rumors."
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Speaking of the nude tape, LAPD are going to watch it just in case it might show some lawbreaking of some kind. That's the excuse, anyway. EOnline reports that nothing shown in the tape is illegal, but guesses that Gayheart's remark that she should lie down because she's "so high" might be of interest to police.
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Michael Jackson's father Joe, who was the first to tell the world that his son would be buried on his birthday on Aug. 29, first said the burial was being pushed back two days to Aug. 31 because of unresolved family issues. But later int he day he admitted that he had no idea when the King of Pop will finally be laid to rest. "I don't know now," he said. "We have to figure it out."
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Jared Kushner impressed the world's most intimidating father-in-law, Donald Trump, when he asked him for his daughter Ivanka's hand in marriage. "I thought it was adorable," The Donald gushed. "He's just a sweetheart." Ivanka and Kushner, the publisher of the New York Observer, "love and like each other, which is the best combination," says Trump.
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Phil Spector complained in a letter to a friend that he is serving his sentence for murder in the same "snake pit" prison as Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan, but a California prison spokesman says Spector is in a Substance Abuse Treatent facility two miles from Corcoran State Prison, where Manson and Sirhan live. Spector's letter says that his 29-year-old wife, ex-Playboy model Rachelle Short, has begun making an 800-mile round trip drive to visit him. Although guards made her change clothes to comply with the prison's visitor dress code, he wrote, "Rachelle piled me up with dinners to eat in my cell so I don't have to go in to the dining room with the scumbags."
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Financial disclosures in the divorce of Kellis and Nas show that there's quite a difference in what the two stars make. According to her lawyer, Nas pulls in $244,826 a month, while Kelis makes just $13,744 a month. Kelis is asking for $17,225 a month in child support and $72,728 in spousal support. She's also asking for retroactive child support of $29,522 and spousal support of $281,571.
Los Angeles police returned yesterday to the offices of Michael Jackson's long-time dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein with a search warrant. The specifics of the warrant were not known, but the search was overseen by Dr. Klein's attorney as medical files related to Jackson's treatment were removed from the office. Meanwhile Fox News is reporting that Dr. Klein will be charged with medical malpractice in as soon as two weeks. Fox News also says that charges against Dr. Conrad Murray are imminent and that he could be arrested as soon as next week.
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Bollywood stars are planning a tribute to Michael Jackson on what would have been his 51st birthday, August 29th. A 1996 concert in Mumbai by Jackson is said to have inspired a generation of Bollywood stars, and now they are planning to show the love with a video called, "We Lived In His World," which will feature interviews, and perhaps a little Bollywood dancing?
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The planned Jackson Brothers series on A&E is moving forward, according to Hollywood Reporter. The one-hour pilot filmed before Michael's death is to air within the month, according to a Hollywood Reporter source, with further episodes showing how the family is "grappling with Michael's death and their own lives" will follow.
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Paula Abdul's manager says that recently departed American Idol judge is in talks with every network, except FOX, for some sort of project post-Idol. David Sonnenberg says that Abdul is not ruling out a possible return to Idol, but that there have been "no discussions" with Fox for a return. Sonnenberg also denies rumors that FOX is consulting focus groups about their opinions of an American Idol without Paula. But Sonnenberg says: "I think you're going to be seeing a lot of Paula, sometimes as an
executive producer, sometimes as a performer or mentor and sometimes as
a creative developer."
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David Copperfield is being sued for sexual assault by a woman who claims that while on his private Bahamian island she was attacked and threatened by the magician.The alleged incident occurred in 2007, and Copperfield's lawyers call it "extortion for money, plain and simple."
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Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Mehmet Oz have filed lawsuits against more than 50 companies for using their names and likenesses in ads for beauty products and dietary supplements. "These defendants are willfully capitalizing on plaintiffs'
valuable reputation and intellectual property rights to lure
consumers into ordering their infringing products on the false
premise that they have been tested or recommended by Ms Winfrey
and/or Dr. Oz when they have not," the lawsuit reads.
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Actor Jason Schwartzman was married last month to girlfriend, clothing designer Brady Cunningham. "It was a very small ceremony with many family members and close friends," Schwartzman's rep said.
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Heidi Montag is making new this week with a new PG-rated Playboy shoot, and the release of her first single. The Hills' 'star' is embarking on a music career and has just released a single called "Body Language," which samples the '90s song "Situation" by Yaz. Montag will be performing the song at the Miss Universe pageant on Aug. 23 in the Bahamas.
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Richard Hatch, the first winner of Survivor, was interviewed by Matt Lauer for the Today show, and that was okay with the terms of his home confinement. But Hatch may have violated the terms when he agreed to do a radio interview and a sit-down with Access Hollywood. Hatch was picked up at his sister's Newport, R.I. home and taken into custody at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility.
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Latin pop star Ricky Martin has given fans a glimpse of his new life with twin sons, Matteo and Valentino. On his web site, Martin posted photos of himself and his sons -- born to a surrogate -- at the beach, telling fans that fatherhood "feels amazing" and says: "I'm so happy! Everything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a
blessing. This has been the most
spiritual moment in my life.
A Jonas brother and the original "Idol" winner, Kelly Clarkson, have joined the mix of celebrity fill-ins for Paula Abdul on the "American Idol" panel. Joe Jonas, 20, will serve as a guest judge on the panel Monday in Dallas as the judges revisit audition cities to tape their reactions to the lucky contestants who got sent through, and Clarkson will judge in another unnamed city. Already taking Paula's seat as her negotiations with "Idol" powers-that-be remain at an impasse are Mary J. Blige, Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry and Shania Twain.
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Also stepping up for a reality TV competition show is Nicole Kidman, who will make a cameo on the two-hour "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge" show. set to be aired before the sixth season premiere of Project Runway Thursday. She'll join returning designers that include Santino Rice and Jeffrey Sebelia. Meanwhile, guests for the actual show, which will be aired starting at 10 p.m. Thursday, are Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria Parker and Christina Aguilera.
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The former choreographer for "So You Think You Can Dance" who was charged in April and then not prosecuted for sexually assaulting dance students whom he met through his studio was re-arrested Tuesday in his Hollywood home on basically the same charges. The April charges against Alex Da Silva were not pursued after prosecutors said they needed to investigate the matter further.
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Michael Jackson's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, has posted a video on YouTube thanking all his friends and supporters for their messages. Murray says he has been afraid to use his phone or email to communicate "because of all that is going on," but urges his friends not to worry. "As long as I keep God in my heart and you in my life, I will be fine. I have done all I could do. I told the truth and I have faith the truth will prevail. God bless you and thank you." Murray also posted contact information for 14 of his patients who would say good things about him.
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Richard Hatch, who was the first winner of "Survivor" and was later jailed for income tax evasion after he somehow failed to declare his winnings of the most publicized $1 million in the world that year, says he was imprisoned because he is gay. Hatch, who will serve the rest of his 51-month sentence under home confinement, says both the prosecutor and the judge were biased against him. Hatch also told Matt Lauer of his prison term, "Imagine the financial devastation."
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Three weeks after Kim Kardashian and Saint Reggie Bush amicably split, the two were "all smiles" as they met to dine together at a steakhouse in New Orleans, where Bush is in training camp. Kardashian had a long-scheduled commitment to attend a Dress for Success charity event in the city.
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Celine Dion's long-awaited second pregnancy is the result of a second round of treatments at a Manhattan fertility clinic that froze embryos after their first child was born eight years ago. In 2007, Dion told People that her main goal in life is "to be a mom." Son Rene-Charles is said to be looking forward to having a little sister, although his sibling's sex has not been determined.
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Things seem to be over -- for good this time -- for Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn, who have twice dropped divorce actions. Wright Penn filed for divorce in mid-August, and in the September issue of the magazine More, she said, "I have no regrets. I, we, have two amazing children we raised together."
