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Victoria Beckham: I prefer Sex over Sleep

2009-11-29T20:01:00.001-08:00

Victoria Beckham: I prefer Sex over Sleep

Victoria tells the December issue of Allure that she prefers sex to a good night's sleep.

"I'm getting into bed with David Beckham every night, so, you know, there'd be something wrong
if I said, 'sleep,'" she said.
"I tend to wear nothing [to bed], but David bought me these little sets from Agent Provocateur, his favorite store."

Another shocker: she chooses salad over hamburgers.
"I'm not going to lie -- I'm not one of those people that says, 'Oh, I eat hamburgers,'" she told the magazine.

Victoria also claims her skin color is natural. Is she being as honest about her skin care regimen as she is about her diet?
"I don't self-tan anymore," she said. "It's frustrating when people criticize my color.
It's the color that I am! I wear sunblock, but I live in a hot climate."

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Milla Jovovich: first online video of Resident Evil: Afterlife

2009-11-28T22:12:00.000-08:00

Milla Jovovich: first online video of Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife picks up where the third film left off,
since then Alice has been roaming the world searching for any remaining survivors.

As she enters the ruined Los Angeles, she stumbles onto a prison surrounded by zombies.
She then teams up with a group of survivors who had been hiding in Los Angeles since the T-Virus outbreak
and helps them break out other survivors held within the jail which include Claire's brother Chris Redfield.

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posted by Milla Jovovich herself

Filming of the adaption is nearly complete and released date
is August 27th 2010 in 2D & 3D cinemas nationwide.

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Patrizia dAddario: I gave Berlusconi my body

2009-11-26T18:34:00.000-08:00

Patrizia dAddario: I gave Berlusconi my body

Patrizia D'Addario, the prostitute who claims to have slept with Silvio Berlusconi,
has told in her book of her amazement at the 73-year-old Italian prime minister's stamina.
In an explosive and sometimes explict kiss-and-tell book, which went on sale in Italy on Tuesday,
she gives her first detailed account of the night she claims to have spent with Mr Berlusconi.

She alleges he called her "treasure" and "baby" and she spent all night with him,
only leaving his Rome residence at 8am the next morning.

She went public with her story in July but has now claimed police and prosecutors only believed
her account when she produced tape recordings of conversations she says she had
with Mr Berlusconi in his bedroom.
She decided to reveal her alleged night of passion with the media mogul because she said he failed
to deliver on promises he had made to help her with the building of a hotel in her hometown of Bari,
on Italy's Adriatic coast.

"I gave him my body, but he [gave me] nothing," she writes in the 240-page book,
Prime minister, take your pleasure, which is subtitled
"The whole truth, by the most famous escort in the world".

Miss D'Addario, 42, claims she was invited to two candle-lit dinners at Mr Berlusconi's imposing mansion
in central Rome, Palazzo Grazioli, at which the premier assumed the role of a "sultan" to a "harem"
of gorgeous young women.

The first was on Oct 16, 2008, when he allegedly asked her to stay the night but she declined,
and the second was a month later, on Nov 4, when she claims she agreed to go to bed with him.
She ridiculed Mr Berlusconi's claim on national television that the dinners,
where dozens of glamorous starlets and showgirls drank Champagne and went home
with jewel-encrusted butterfly brooches, were party political gatherings.

"First of all, such a political club would have to consist only of young, beautiful women
dressed only in skin-tight black dresses, because they were the only sort of person I saw.
"Secondly, the party members let themselves be caressed, kissed and touched
in an unequivocal manner by their boss? If this is how politics is now conducted, I'm well qualified."

Miss D'Addario was taken aback by the prime minister's stamina, given that he has had prostate cancer.
"He didn't appear a bit tired, he kissed me again and again and again," she claimed.
Mr Berlusconi has said he cannot recall Miss D'Addario and that he has never paid for sex,
but he has also acknowledged that he loves beautiful women and is "no saint". .

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Adriana Lima is a mummy

2009-11-19T16:01:00.001-08:00

Adriana Lima and husband, NBA star Marko Jaric, welcome baby girl

Adriana Lima and NBC star Marko Jaric

Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima and her husband, NBA star Marko Jaric, welcomed a daughter on Sunday.

"Adriana and Marko are thrilled to announce they had a baby girl, Valentina Lima Jaric, in New York City,"
a rep for Lima confirms. "Mother, father and baby are all doing well."

Lima and the Memphis Grizzlies star first met in 2006 and became engaged two years later on the model's 27th birthday.
The couple eloped on Valentine's Day earlier this year and wed in a small ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The 28-year-old model learned she was expecting soon after her honeymoon.

The couple reportedly waited to find out the sex of the baby, leaving Lima to decorate the nursery in an all-white color scheme.

"Even in my wildest days I knew that I wanted to be the ultimate family man," Jaric, 31, said at the time.
"We're ready to settle down."

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Rihanna: Im single and ready to mingle!

2009-11-19T15:24:00.000-08:00

Rihanna: I'm single and ready to mingle!

Rihanna told Access Hollywood that she’s very much single and ready to meet new guys.

“I’m not dating anyone… I’m not dating anyone,”
the singer told Billy Bush on Thursday.
She might not be attached to any one particular guy, but she revealed that she has her eyes open
when it comes to possible new suitors.

“I’m single and ready to mingle!”
she said, but added that her main focus is her music.

“I don’t really want to date night now,” she continued.
“I don’t want a serious relationship only because it’s a lot of time and energy and a big commitment.
And right now I’m just focused on ‘Rated R,’ which is like a child, it needs a lot of attention
and is a lot of hard work and a lot of sleepless nights.”
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Rihanna's interview on Rated R and Tristan Wilds

And Rihanna would like her fans to know she’s not having any sleepless nights
with “90210’s” Tristan Wilds, which has been reported by numerous
online gossip Web sites recently.

“I don’t know if I would say he’s my friend,”
Rihanna said when asked rumors of a romance with Tristan.
“He came to one of my parties, but we don’t have even have each other’s cell phone numbers,
so I don’t know what you call that.”

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Pamela Anderson had to tell her two sons about her sex tape

2009-11-18T16:50:00.001-08:00

Pamela Anderson on telling her tween sons about her infamous sex tape with Tommy Lee

Pam Anderson with sons Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger on vacation in St. Tropez

Pamela Anderson's infamous sex tape has finally come back to haunt her.

The former "Baywatch" star and Playboy model bares all in a candid interview
that will be aired on British television - including how she had to tell her two young sons
about the raunchy home video she made with ex-husband Tommy Lee.

Anderson's coming clean to sons Brandon, 12, and Dylan, 11, about the tape was sparked by,
of all things, her cameo in the 2006 comedy "Borat," reports The Daily Mail.

"I knew kids were going to watch the film and there was a reference to the tape in the movie
and they're that age and, you know, people are going start saying things,"
Anderson tells British talk-show host Jeremy Kyle.

"I just said, 'Look, Mummy and Daddy were massively in love, we videotaped everything,
everything was videotaped, and you're probably going hear about something at school.'"

In the one-on-one interview, Anderson, 47, goes on to reveal intimate details about her turbulent personal life,
including her drinking and drug use, her rocky marriage to Lee,
about with Hepatitis C and her recent financial woes.

She admits to taking cocaine, and claims she has stopped drinking because it made her "crazy."

"I haven't had a drink in a month, I don't drink," she says.
"Champagne - sometimes I'll drink it and I'll get a little crazy, doing back flips and, you know,
wrestling people on the floor. But I'm taking a break right now."

Anderson also admits to falling on hard times after spending $5 million on a dream home in Malibu
before running out of money.
"I'm going to sell it," she says. "I hate (that). People commit suicide over constructions.
Relationships break down over constructions and I can see why. It rips your heart out."

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Top 5 Songs About Having Sex With Robots

2009-11-18T15:50:00.001-08:00

Top 5 Songs About Having Sex With Robots

Do you want to shlep a man-machine? Did you pitch a tent watching Demon Seed? Feel like frotting an astrodroid?

#5. THE BUGGLES - I LOVE YOU MISS ROBOT For someone who hung a whole album on neo-luddisim, Trevor Horn sure wants to push himself deep inside a metal swimsuit area. So much. "You make love like a metronome/don't drive too fast when you take me home/Touch the seam on your silver skin/That feels so hard when you take me in". Wreck that area, Trevor!

#4 NEWCLEUS - AUTOMAN Nothing to do with the craptastic Tron cash-in from the 1980s, this overlooked electro jam tells the tale of a guy and a girl... and the guy is made of pipes and wires and stuff. Relationships are hard. They're even harder if you're an emo robot with no pulse or reproductive organs. Heartbreak and system failure is sure to follow.

#3 ADD N TO (X) - METAL FINGERS IN MY BODY Add N To (X) liked porn and they liked robots. Porn with robots. This is a video of porn with robots. A bored Ladytron wannabe orders up a robo-gigolo and pretty soon his metal fingers are in her body. If you find this video arousing you have deep-seated childhood issues and brother, rock on.

#2 KRAFTWERK - COMPUTER LOVE It's not explicitly about screwing mandroids, but Kraftwerk ARE the robots. Tapping into burning, directionless lust and the German proto-Internet, this little ode to casual, Teutonic hookups in the digital age is one of the stand-out tracks on the Computer World album. Just don't be surprised if the glacial beats and asexual vocals make your old lady clam up like Twiki if you try and play it "in the act".

#1ROYKSOPP feat ROBYN - THE GIRL AND THE ROBOT Haters gonna hate, but Robyn has class, talent and looks - but it's not for you, guys. She only goes for workaholics who run on direct current. Rokysopp bring the four to the floor and driving italo synthlines as Ms. Carlsson's yearning vocals swoop and soar like some kind of... sex eagle. A sex eagle that wants to ride a mechanical man. I love you, Sex Eagle.

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Katy Perry plots next album, does 'MTV Unplugged'

2009-11-17T19:10:00.001-08:00

Katy is proud to be following in the footsteps of Nirvana and Lauryn Hill by recording
her own "MTV Unplugged" session.
Perry spoke to The Associated Press about stripping her songs bare, writing scandalous lyrics
and how her next album will make people dance.

The Associated Press: What was the appeal for you in doing "MTV Unplugged"?

Katy Perry: Well the "MTV Unplugged" session was really important, it was kind of like the swan song
of the whole "One of the Boys" record. It was the last real look I wanted to give on the record and show off
some of the songs at their most simple, kind of at their most stripped down, at the skeleton,
at the core of what some of them were written or how they were written.

AP: Your life must be completely different now — it's a whirlwind.

Katy Perry: Yeah I'm definitely getting used to it, or trying; it's difficult.
I don't feel completely different than when I started.
I feel like I have a lot to prove still and I still have that ambition and that drive that I had
when I didn't have any money, or when I didn't know what was going to happen in the future,
if I was going to make it or anything.

AP: With the last album, there was a lot of hype about "I Kissed a Girl" and "Ur So Gay."
Do you feel like you're going to have to have some kind of scandalous angle on a track on the new album?

Katy Perry: I think the "I Kissed a Girl"s and the "Ur So Gay"s were never,
"oh let's see how I can stir up a pot of scandalous," you know.
It was actually just me telling my story and that is how I see the world you know, and that's the kind of funny,
messed- up way I live my life I guess. With a dark undertone, a sarcastic dark undertone,
just everything is kind of that way for me and so I'm sure that'll be a thread in my next record.

3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry Starstrukk VIDEO

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Paris Hilton in another burglary scare

2009-11-15T22:43:00.001-08:00

Paris Hilton landed in another burglary scare when cops made a surprise visit to her LA home
after finding the high-security entrance gate suspiciously open.

The socialite’s home was targeted last year by burglars, who made away with her jewellery
worth an estimated 1.4 million pounds.
A group of teens thought to be the culprits were taken into custody and some of Hilton''s
stolen jewellery was returned, reports the Daily Express.

According to TMZ, Los Angeles police while driving through the neighbourhood
recently observed that the front gate of the Hilton house was left ajar.
They were said to have then entered the premises and quizzed a person
whose identity has been concealed to make sure there was no foul play.

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Paris Hilton and Nikki Hilton simulated incest

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Megan Fox: Im not a tigress like Angelina

2009-11-15T19:50:00.001-08:00

Megan Fox: ‘I’m not a tigress like Angelina’

“People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she’s so serious and stoic,”
Megan told the New York Times Magazine.
“I’m the opposite. When I do interviews, I say things that I think are hysterical.
But because we live in a world of sound bites, you’re not allowed to have a sense of humor.
Sarcasm doesn’t translate in print at all. And neither does self-deprecating humor.
I’m not a tigress like Angelina. Of course, people want me to be. But I want to be the contradiction of that.”

While the “Transformers” franchise actress has offered plenty of quotes that would indicate
she is in fact a “tigress,” like once saying she would “eat” Zac Efron,
the actress said sometimes the Megan people read about, is actually someone else entirely.

“When I sit down to talk to men’s magazines, there’s a certain character that I play,”
she told the mag.
“She’s not fully fleshed out — she doesn’t have her own name — but she shows up to do men’s magazine interviews.
There’s something so ridiculous about always being in your underwear in those magazines,
and you know the interview is going to run opposite those pictures. So, there’s a character that talks to all of them.”

Megan said she also isn’t the woman described in the anonymous “Transformers” crew letter,
which surfaced after she compared director Michael Bay to “Hitler” in an interview,
and which suggested she was “thankless, classless, graceless” and an “unfriendly b****.”

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Rihanna -- 'Russian Roulette' Video

2009-11-14T16:43:00.001-08:00

Rihanna Director Didn't Want 'Russian Roulette' Video
To Be 'Too Obvious'

The video for Rihanna's "Russian Roulette" is just as eerie as the song itself.
In a preview that aired on German TV and stills that appeared on the fan sites,
the singer is seen drowning, being shot at and imprisoned.
Of course, there are scenes of her sitting at a table with a man seeing who can win the deadly game.

Director Anthony Mandler — who also helmed the singer's "Wait Your Turn" clip —
said the video is the perfect embodiment of the haunting ballad.

"I think that with this song and the meaning of this song and how loaded it all is, no pun intended,
how much imagery and perhaps symbolism that is loaded in this song, the only way to do it was to do something
that was visually challenging,"
he told MTV News about the video, which premieres Friday (November 13) on "20/20."

Mandler thought of the video as a metaphor for Rihanna's very public life in the gossip pages,
as opposed to a direct comment on her February assault by then-boyfriend Chris Brown.

download HQ video Rihanna Russian Roulette

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Megan Fox: girls think I'm a Slut

2009-11-14T15:53:00.001-08:00

Megan Fox: girls think I'm a Slut

“Women tear each other apart,”
Fox told the New York Times.
“Girls think I’m a slut, and I’ve been in the same relationship since I was 18.
The problem is, if they think you’re attractive, you’re either stupid or a whore or a dumb whore.
The instinct among girls is to attack the jugular.”

Fox insists that the fast-talking overly sexual persona she’s presented to the media is not her true self.
“I’ve learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb.
At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they’re going to tear you down.
And I created a character as an offering for the sacrifice.
I’m not willing to give my true self up.
It’s a testament to my real personality that I would go so far as to make up another personality
to give to the world. The reality is, I’m hidden amongst all the insanity. Nobody can find me.”

download CosmoGirl full set (10 HQ photos, 4Mb)

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Miley Cyrus seen filming Sex and The City 2

2009-10-18T14:26:00.001-07:00

"Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus was seen filming her cameo scene
in the new “Sex and The City 2″ movie
with Kim Cattrall. The scene was shot on the red carpet in New York City,
according to Access Hollywood.

They wore matching metallic dresses and knee-length boots.
The only difference between their attire,is that Kim wore a hoop necklace,
and Miley wore a spiked collar.

Miley has previously stated that she loves the “Sex and The City” TV show.
She stated,
“One reason why I love the show so much is because of the fashion.
I love the fashion in it and I love the stories of the girls, not of anything else,
but of the girls coming together
and having lunch and just gossiping and talking.”

“Sex and The City 2″ hits theaters on May 28,2010.

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Miley Cyrus hot photo

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Stephanie Pratt arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence

2009-10-18T11:53:00.000-07:00

Stephanie Pratt bikini
'Hills' star Stephanie Pratt arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
Pratt was busted at 3:45 a.m. in Hollywood and remained in police custody.
She was booked early Sunday morning, Pacific time, and bail was set at $5000.

According to TMZ, the scene of reality star Pratt being arrested stopped homeward-bound clubgoers
in their tracks, and a fight broke out on the street after some of the gawkers snapped photos
and others apparently objected.
None of the participants in the fight, which erupted while Pratt was being handcuffed, were taken into custody.

Lauren Conrad and Stephanie Pratt bikini

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sex in church parking lot

2009-10-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

Easton police said a city woman faces prostitution charges
after she was caught having sexual contact with a man
in a church parking lot Saturday night.

Pamela Firman, 41, of 1441 Butler St., was arraigned last night
on charges of open lewdness and prostitution.
She's in Northampton County Prison under $25,000 bail.

At 7:30 p.m., Easton police responded to a 911 call
from someone saying a couple was having sex in the backseat of a car
parked on Lehigh Street. Police spotted the car and said it was parked
in a church lot, but did not identify the church.
Police said both Firman and the man inside the car,
only identified as Robert Piazza, both had their pants undone.

Firman told police the man was paying her for sex.

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Lady Gaga unveils Monster Ball dates

2009-10-16T04:41:00.000-07:00

Two weeks after the cancellation of her "Fame Kills" tour with Kanye West,
Lady Gaga has announced the details of a solo tour.

Described by Gaga as "the first-ever 'pop electro opera,'" "The Monster Ball" tour
kicks off November 27 in Montreal, Canada, and will hit 16 North American cities
before ending with a two-night stand January 20-21 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

The pop singer also revealed that "The Fame Monster," an enhanced re-release of her debut album,
will be released November 23. It will feature a second disc with eight new songs, including "Bad Romance,"
which Gaga premiered at the Alexander McQueen show during Paris Fashion Week.

"A message to all my little monsters: 'The Fame Monster' will come out four days before the first live show,"
Gaga said in a statement.
"You have exactly 96 hours to learn all of the lyrics so you can sing along. Dress accordingly."
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Lady Gaga MTV VMA 2009
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Shauna Sand sex tape: fighting for future

2009-10-13T17:09:00.000-07:00

Shauna Sand is trying to block the release of a hardcore sex tape
she made but says wasn't supposed to be released.

The former Playboy model admitted that the video does exist and that
Vivid Entertainment, which acquired the video via a third party,
has no right to distribute it.
She said she would fight the Oct. 19 release of the DVD.
Vivid.com, however, has already launched a page with clips of Sand
and an unidentified man in action.

The 38-year-old mother of three also said she has "in fact" made "several sex tapes"
over the years.

And what about those kids?
Worried that her ex-husband and father of her girls, Lorenzo Lamas,
would be furious over her raunchy video romp, Sand had to do some damage control.
She calmed Lamas down and made him sign a piece of paper that read:

"I, Lorenzo Lamas, will not seek custody of my minor children with Shauna Sand.
Even in the event of a release of a sex tape with her and her boyfriend.".

And now Shayne Lamas, Sand's former step-daughter, is slamming the blond
for what she claims is a calculated move.
"Isn't that convenient that her tape just happened to be leaked the day
after my show premiered," she said, referring to her family's
new E! reality show, "Leave it to Lamas."
"I just feel bad for my little sisters."
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Miley Cyrus: video explains her Twitter exit

2009-10-10T13:57:00.001-07:00

Earlier this week, Miley Cyrus tweeted her last tweet
(supposedly at the behest of her Last Song co-star and rumored boyfriend Liam Hemsworth),
but even so, she certainly hasn’t stopped her personalized dispatches to fans.
The latest is a YouTube video where Cyrus lays out exactly why she quit Twitter:
“I had to say goodbye,” Miley intones, “and this little rap is to tell my fans why.”
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Supposedly, the reason is because she wants to keep her personal things personal.
“I want my private life private,” she raps. “I’m living for me.”
Of course, it totally makes sense to want to keep things private then release a video spelling
that out—and simultaneously putting yourself back on display.

And even though Miley’s final tweet on Thursday said that Hemsworth wanted her to delete
her Twitter account, she responded to that in the rap by saying:
“It wasn’t because my friend told me to. I stopped living for moments and started living for people.”

(MusicMix)

Miley Cyrus

Lindsay Lohans family planning intervention to get her off drugs

2009-10-09T17:32:00.001-07:00

Days after Michael Lohan spoke out about his famous daughter Lindsay's addiction to prescription drugs,
comes word that the entire Lohan clan wants to stage an intervention for the troubled starlet.

"I had a conversation with her, her mother and everyone…
over the next couple of weeks I'm going to be doing things in a pretty public way,"
Michael said.
"But Dina has got to get on the same page with me. It's a serious situation.
You can't just talk about it and tell me that you want to do an intervention and then do nothing."

Michael previously revealed what has been the cause of his daughter's downward spiral
and gaunt appearance.
"I'm going to get her off the prescription drugs that she's on,"
he claimed.
"I hate it when people talk about illegal drug abuse... because it's not just drinking
and illegal drugs that kill you. Prescription drugs can destroy and kill a person
and are sometimes harder to stop. Look at Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson."

Lindsay Lohan shocked onlookers with her gaunt appearance during Paris Fashion Week.

He added,
"You know why Lindsay's not acting in feature films right now? Because she can't.
Because the girl with all the talent is hidden and buried deep inside this fungus
that's grown because of the prescription drugs. She can't be herself.
When you hug her she's like, vacant inside."

According to a source, the 23-year-old actress has been relying on a multitude of prescription medications,
including Adderall (used for Attention Deficit Disorder), the anti-depressant Zoloft,
anti-anxiety and bi-polar drugs.

Billy Ray Cyrus urges Miley to return to Twitter

2009-10-09T16:21:00.001-07:00

Most parents want their kids to twitter less, but not Billy Ray Cyrus.

The country music star is urging daughter Miley Cyrus to return to Twitter.
The 16-year-old pop star quit the microblogging site earlier this week, puzzling her fans.
She had more than 1.1 million followers on the site.

Her father tweeted Thursday that Miley "can't leave everyone now"
and said "we r countin on u."

(AP)

Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus
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Miley Cyrus deletes account

2009-10-08T16:07:00.000-07:00

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Miley Cyrus quits Twitter, deletes account

Miley Cyrus has quit Twitter, leaving her fans puzzled over her abrupt exit.

She was one of the most popular people on the microblogging site,
with more than 1.1 million followers.
But the account for the 16-year-old Cyrus is no longer available.

In one of her last posts, she wrote that Liam Hemsworth,
her co-star in the upcoming film "The Last Song," wanted her to delete
her Twitter account "with good reason."

Publicists for Cyrus didn't immediately return requests for comment Thursday.
Fans of Cyrus have organized on Twitter under the heading "mileycomeback,"
which was one of the most popular topics on the site Thursday .

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Lady Gaga and Madonna catfight (VIDEO)

2009-10-06T11:31:00.001-07:00

Lady Gaga and Madonna stole the show this weekend
with a surprise skit on "Saturday Night Live."

During a mock music show called "Deep House Dish," "SNL" cast member Kenan Thompson
announced,
"Performing together for the very first time, Lady Gaga and Madonna!"

The performers came out in similar black leather outfits and danced to a tepid electro song
before mocking each other.
"What's wrong Madonna, can't get into the groove?"
to which Madonna replied,
"Looks like your wig needs a fix!"
A hair-pulling match ensued that ended with Gaga and Madonna pretending
to strangle each other. Lady Gaga hit the "SNL" stage three times,
performing her "Paparazzi," "LoveGame" and "Bad Romance."

In the past, Gaga has compared herself to Madonna stating:
“I think what Madonna and I share is that we’re both fearless, we both have a lot of nerve.”
Madonna has also made it known that she is a fan of the pop starlet
and has even been spotted attending one of her concerts
in New York with daughter Lourdes.

Lady Gaga and Madonna catfight (VIDEO)

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German girls Boobs are getting bigger!

2009-10-05T09:06:00.001-07:00

German men are celebrating because frauleins' boobs are getting bigger.

According to a nationwide study of body shapes, breast measurements
are on average an inch bigger than they were a year ago, reports The Sun.

Also, the study found that women are getting taller -
with the average height of a German woman now 5ft 5ins.
Experts believe the boob boost may have been caused by higher calorie fatty
diets and more women using birth control pills.

But the downside is that German men have never been fatter, says the study.

(ANI)

big boobs rider

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Kim Kardashian swears off Sex Tapes

2009-10-05T05:08:00.001-07:00

Over the last few months, Kim Kardashian has been shoved out
of the spotlight by her own family.
Sister Khloe got married to Lamar Odom;
sister Kourtney got impregnated by Scott Disick.

As she struggles to recapture headlines, many have naturally wondered:
Will Kim star in another sex tape?

Kim Kardashian sex tapes

After all, her publicized banging of Ray J is the reason
Kim and her family have risen to such annoying levels of fame.

However, in the November issue of Cosmopolitan, Kardashian has bad news
for horny young men everywhere. Asked about her amateur porn career, she said:
“I was devastated, but when something negative happens,
I pick myself up and move on... and I don’t make the same mistake twice."

Then again, this could simply imply Kim will be on top next time.
Meanwhile, Kim appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman last week;
ironically, the interview took place during the same night Dave
revealed his former relationship with Stephanie Birkitt.

During the program, Kardashian defended her step-brother Brody...
and the African diamond industry.
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Mariah Carey performs her Memoirs

2009-10-04T12:58:00.001-07:00

Mariah Carey performs her Memoirs

Mariah Carey performed four songs for a large audience in Rockefeller Center.
Mariah proved that she’s still as talented and loved, as ever,
with her performance on “The Today Show Summer Concert Series.”

Fans crowded around Rockefeller Center to see the songstress perform.
Some even camped out over-night. Carey did not disappoint, giving the audience
a glimpse of three songs off her new album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.

Along with “Obsessed,” “I Wanna Know What Love Is,” and “H.A.T.E.U.,”
she also included some throw-back in the show for long-time listeners:
she performed the 1991 hit “Make It Happen.”

Carey explained the meaning behind the album title to Meredith Vieira in between songs.
“Everybody’s imperfect, and we try to be the best we can but you know, it’s tough.
And ‘memoirs’ is just the fact that I write, and I’ve been writing poems
since I was a little girl. I write lyrics and songs. It’s a little bit about reflecting on life.”

Nick Cannon was also in attendance to support his wife.

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Miley Cryus to appear in Sex and the City 2

2009-10-03T06:51:00.000-07:00

Miley Cryus to appear alongside Kim Cattrall in 'Sex and the City 2'

Miley Cyrus may be making an appearance in the new "Sex and the City" movie,
but don’t go dragging your little ones into the theater to see her.
According to GossipCop, Cyrus is set to appear in the R-rated sequel
alongside veteran Kim Cattrall.

In the leaked scene, Samantha Jones wants to look "hot and young"
and winds up on a red carpet with Cyrus wearing – gasp! – the same dress.
In typical fashion, perpetual sidekick Anthony yells out,
"Mother of God. She is wearing the same dress as Hannah Montana!"

Embarrassment and possible cat fights ensue.
MTV reports that Cyrus will shoot the scene October 16th,
but fans will have to wait to see what makes the cut when the film debuts in May 2010.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt: Bikini revenge

2009-09-30T14:39:00.001-07:00

Even though she graces the cover of the October issue of Shape magazine
wearing a big smile and a tiny bikini, Jennifer Love Hewitt sounds
like she still hasn't gotten over that nasty "cellulite" incident
two years ago.

Remember the photo that paparazzi snapped of her frolicking in Hawaii
in a black bikini with a little bit of - gasp! - cellulite on her size 2 body?
Boy did she catch a lot of scathingly unkind, unfair flack.

"I'm a girl, after all!" Jennifer tells Shape magazine about feeling insecure
about her bod

"For the most part, yeah, I'm happy with my body, but there are days
when I'm like, 'Ugh! Really? Why is it so hard to fit into my jeans?'
That's when I say to myself,
'I look this way because I'm supposed to.
If we all looked the same, we'd be boring.'"

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She credits boyfriend Jamie Kennedy for helping her improve her diet -
"he has a salad with every meal, plus lots of fruit, fish and vegetables" -
and being a good influence on her.
And she's keeping good thoughts in her head these days, too.
"I fall asleep feeling beautiful," she says.
"Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself,
like 'You have really pretty eyes.
' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence.
It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone
messes with me that day."
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Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom get married

2009-09-29T05:24:00.001-07:00

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have tied the knot.

The 29-year-old Los Angeles Lakers forward and the 25-year-old reality TV starlet
were married Sunday at a private residence in Beverly Hills.

The bride was walked down the aisle by her stepfather, Bruce Jenner.
The wedding was attended by numerous stars, including the bride's sister Kim.

"Tonight was one of the best nights of my life!
Khloe & Lamar's wedding was a night to remember!" Kim said.

Kardashian appears with her family on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
She and her sister Kourtney co-star in the E! spinoff show,
"Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami."

Odom agreed to a four-year contract to stay with the Lakers this summer
after helping the team win the franchise's 15th NBA championship in June.

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Miley Cyrus new photos -- LA September

2009-09-28T05:23:00.001-07:00

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Miley Cyrus - performing during her Wonder World tour
at Staples Center in Los Angeles - 22 September 2009

Shedding her Hannah Montana persona like a pair of outgrown jeans,
Miley Cyrus showed evidence at Staples Center on Tuesday night
that her 43-city Wonder World tour looks to be the first step
in a concerted campaign to make the transition from 'tween sensation'
to young adult star.

As if to announce her image reboot, the show's first two songs, "Breakout"
and "Start All Over," though not new material, touch on the theme
of self-reinvention -- a theme made more evident when Cyrus
opened the show trapped inside what looked like a block of ice,
with the implication that Cyrus was bursting free from her previous incarnation.

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mix: Sex and Drugs

2009-09-20T09:48:00.001-07:00

ROME.
A businessman who allegedly introduced a callgirl to Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi has been arrested for drug trafficking.

Silvio Berlusconi

Patrizia D'Addario

Callgirl Patrizia D'Addario claims to have spent a night with Mr Berlusconi
on two occasions on the promise of earning 2000 euros for each visit
and subsequently recorded their conversations.

(The Age)

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A 12-year-old boy transforms from male to female

2009-09-20T07:08:00.001-07:00

A 12-year-old boy reported to have changed sex faces "a critical moment" in his life,
a transgender campaign group has said.

Bernard Reed, a trustee of the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES),
said teachers and pupils at the child's secondary school in southern England were key to his future.

The child's parents gave him a girl's name by deed poll
and allowed him to wear a dress to school, according to The Sun.
The paper said teachers at the school, which has not been identified,
called an emergency assembly to explain to pupils the boy would now be treated as a girl.

Mr Reed said it was likely the child had been confused about their gender for years.
He said:
"As many as 500,000 people in the UK experience this, but very few of them seek treatment
or change gender. Very young children can realise there is something wrong that perhaps
they can not understand and as they get older they can face more repressive forces.
Their family may struggle with the issue and they may be bullied at school.
"There is a small number that get the right support from their family and school so they can
live as themselves. The start of puberty is a critical moment in their lives.
What happens in other countries is the child is given treatment for the suspension
of the pubertal process but this is refused in the UK."

Children in this country can have hormone treatment to aid their physical development
but this does not usually happen until they are at least 16 and surgery is not allowed
until the age of 18 apart from in exceptional cases.

Mr Reed said:
"The key people in this are the teachers. They need coaching so they are confident
about talking to the other children and their parents. The other key people are the peer group,
the children who will be around the child."

It was reported the child's parents hoped his transformation from male to female
would not be noticed as he was starting secondary school this year,
but pupils from his old primary school noticed the change.

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Megan Fox in Rolling Stone 2009

2009-09-19T19:06:00.001-07:00

Megan Fox in Rolling Stone 2009

The Tennesse native, Megan Fox, 23 is the new sexy starlet
on the front page of the Rolling Stone.
She tells all about her experiences with panic attacks as a child, love and relationships,
sleeping naked, her bad temper, and struggles with her public image
and how the media portrays her personally.

Behind the scenes Fox sheds a much deeper light.
Other than flaunting a black and leather leotard and unclothed mesh,
Fox shockingly confesses to being a monogamist commenting that Brian Austin Green
is the second boyfriend she has had to this present day.

She claims that she cannot have sex with someone that she is not in love with
and the thought of a one-night stand is sickening and terrifying.

If anyone would know about Fox’s apparent zealous, cutting, imperative,
and unpredictable temper, it would be that of boyfriend Brian Austin Green.
In her interview with the Rolling Stone she alleges that her control-freakish ways
have gotten uncontrollable to the point that she has told Green
to stop talking to her and opt to leave or she would stab him with something or kill him.

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Avril Lavigne kicks hubby Deryck Whibley out

2009-09-18T06:34:00.001-07:00

Speculation swirled on Thursday that Avril Lavigne and hubby Deryck Whibley
are calling it quits after three years of marriage.

A source dished to Us Magazine that "Complicated" singer Lavigne, 24,
"dumped him and told him she was leaving him. She wants to move on.
Divorce papers will be filed any day now."
Another insider tells the mag that Sum 41 frontman Whibley, 29, "is crushed."

No divorce papers have surfaced yet, however, and reps for the pair
did not return the magazine's calls for comment.
Still, tongues have wagged for some time now that the musical marriage was falling flat.

In August, a Gatecrasher spy spotted the Canadian singer partying
sans hubby in Southhampton.
"She wanted to get away from Deryck and have a weekend to herself,"
says a close source.

Although they were apart for several days last month while she was in New York
and he was in Los Angeles, the pair were less than enthused when they got back together again.

Tabloid reports of public fighting, nights partying without one another —
and Lavigne's close friendship with oil heir Brandon Davis —
have also fueled speculation that there is trouble in paradise.
"She and Brandon Davis have a good time together,"
a snitch told People recently.

The couple tied the knot in July 2006 on a private estate in Montecito, Calif.
in front of 110 guests, including family and friends from their native Ontario, Canada.

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The devil in Megan Fox

2009-09-17T09:58:00.001-07:00

It's said that girls are horror-film fans, which seems mystifying:
Could there be a more disempowering genre for women?

"Jennifer's Body" aims to turn those tables:
This time, it's the boys who meet untimely deaths at the hands,
and jaws, of a bloodthirsty female.

That female is Megan Fox, who threw some memorable curves into the angular
"Transformers" films. She's the perfect choice to play Jennifer Check,
a come-hither high schooler smoldering in a damp backwater called Devil's Kettle.
Her nerdy best friend is Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, played by Amanda Seyfried ("Mamma Mia!")
wearing oversize glasses and a mop of unvolumized hair.

The story kicks into gear when Jennifer hops into a van with several sinister indie-rockers
(led by an entertaining Adam Brody, "The O.C."). What they do to her would horrify
even Mötley Crüe, but Jennifer reappears the next day in strangely good spirits.
What's more, as local boys begin turning up half-eaten, Jennifer only grows prettier.
Connecting the dots, Needy suspects her own boyfriend
(a baby-faced Johnny Simmons) will be next.

Screenwriter Diablo Cody ("Juno") and director Karyn Kusama ("Girlfight")
have nth-wave feminism on their minds, but their abundant ideas never jell.
Is Jennifer a sexual avenger or just a bimbo?
Where did the smart, confident Needy get her nickname?
And do the filmmakers really think viewers will still be shocked by a girl-on-girl kiss?

Last year, a low-budget horror flick called "Teeth,"
about a virginal girl who had incisors where she shouldn't, covered this territory
with more creativity, complexity and humor.
"Jennifer's Body," for all its promise, could use some of that bite.

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Sex change role for Nicole Kidman

2009-09-16T13:43:00.001-07:00

Nicole Kidman will play a male painter who has a sex change in a new movie.

The Australian actress will portray artist Einar Wegener,
who had gender reassignment surgery to become a woman in the 1930s.
Tomas Alfredson will direct The Danish Girl, which is based on a book
by David Ebershoff about Wegener, the first person to have a sex change.

The filmmaker told the trade mag they "are soon going into production" on the drama.

Hancock actress Charlize Theron had been in the frame
to play the painter's wife but recently left the project.

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Miley Cyrus -- rumors of her 'Sex And The City' Cameo

2009-09-15T14:57:00.001-07:00

Miley Cyrus' Lips Remains 'Zipped' About Rumors
Of Her 'Sex And The City' Movie Sequel Cameo

The rumor mill is buzzing that Miley Cyrus may be joining
the ladies of "Sex and The City" for their currently in-production movie sequel.
According to sources close to the production, the teen queen could be hitting
the New York set of the film sometime next month.

When MTV News caught up with Miley to talk about her tour,
the singer unfortunately wouldn't divulge if the rumors are true or false.
But judging by her actions she also wasn't flat out denying them either.
In fact we take her comment has a definite maybe.
"Can we talk about that?"
she asked her publicist, before answering "SATC" cameo inquiry
with the simple: "Ah, zipped tight."

But, she also didn't say they weren't simply saying, "No comment."
Life & Style notes that Miley hasn't yet confirmed to shoot her cameo
on October 16, when she is reportedly supposed to be on set.

Vanity Fair

“I love it!” the "Hannah Montana" star told Vanity Fair in 2008 about the show.
“If you watch 'Sex and the City,' like the way the friends are,
the way that it’s dry and they all have distinct characters — that’s a thing we try
to do on our show.
Miley later told TV Guide,
“I’d love to do a younger, cleaner version of ‘Sex and The City.'"
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Milla Jovovich gets married and poses nude

2009-09-13T14:59:00.001-07:00

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A Perfect Getaway beauty Milla Jovovich tied the knot
with director Paul W.S. Anderson Saturday August 22.
Jovovich, 33, and Anderson, 44, met eight years ago when he directed her
in Resident Evil. They have a 21-month-old daughter named Ever.

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Michigan mom faces trial for incest with son

2009-09-12T15:22:00.001-07:00

Michigan mom Aimee Louise Sword faces trial for incest with son

Aimee Louise Sword

A Michigan mother is facing a trial after being accused
of having a summer romance with the teenage son
she gave up for adoption.
Aimee Louise Sword, 35, who is free on bond after her arrest,
was initially charged with three counts of felony third-degree
criminal sexual conduct. A judge this week reduced the charges
to one count, but police say she is accused of a "very serious crime."

Sword began a sexual relationship with her biological son in the summer of 2008
after reconnecting with him on the Internet,
Waterford Township Police Sgt. Scott Good told ABCNews.com.
"She had given the child up early on in life for adoption,"
he said, adding that Sword's adoption agreement permitted limited contact with the boy.

Good said police were notified about the alleged incestuous romance
in the fall after being contacted by Child Protective Services.
After an investigation that resulted in the three-count warrant,
Sword surrendered to police April 24.
She was released a short time later on a $3,000 bond.

Sword's lawyer Kenneth Burch told ABCNews.com that his client
has pleaded not guilty ahead of the pre-trial date set for Sept. 21.
"Anybody would be distraught and she is because of the allegations she is faced with,"
he said. "She's meeting this head on."
Burch would not go into detail about Sword or her life, but confirmed
she has other children who have since been removed from the house by CPS.
There were never any allegations of abuse involving the other children, he said.

Her ex-mother-in-law, before hanging up on ABCNews.com, said
that she's "not interested in any interview, anything with my grandchildren."
Police said it was clear there were multiple sexual encounters with the teen.

Because of police policy regarding criminal sexual conduct cases and the fact
that Sword's son is a minor, Good said he could not release other details,
including the boy's whereabouts or even his current age.
Sword's ex-husband couldn't be reached for comment.
Good said that despite the low bond, the charge against her is "very severe."

(ABC News)

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Billy Ray Cyrus gives Miley Cyrus the freedom to pole dance

2009-08-29T09:20:00.000-07:00

Billy Ray Cyrus gives Miley Cyrus the freedom to pole dance

“You know what? I just think that Miley loves entertaining people,”
her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, tells Access Hollywood.

“She loves singing [and] songwriting,”
he says of her swirling around a pole atop an ice cream pushcart
while she sang “Party in the USA.”
“I always tell her to love what you’re doing and stay focused
for the love of the art and not worry so much about opinion,”
Billy Ray Cyrus says, adding,
“I give my kids a lot of freedom to make the art they want to make
and make it in their own voice. I think it’s important.”
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Jennifer Love Hewitt: I will be the vampire

2009-07-30T16:05:00.001-07:00

“The Ghost Whisperer’s” Jennifer Love Hewitt hopes to trade in her small-screen time
with the dearly departed for a big-screen shot with the undead.
While praising all things “Twilight” in an interview with MTV News, the star confessed
she’d do almost anything for a spot in the film franchise.
“I want a part so bad,” Hewitt revealed.
“Any part’s fine. I will be the vampire who carries Robert Pattinson’s luggage in the airport.
That is the part that I will play if they need it.” “I’d pass out (if I met Robert),”
the actress admitted.
“I can’t talk about it, ’cause I’d pass out. It’s because he’s Edward.
Listen, Edward can fly you through the forest. He’s like Aladdin with vampire teeth —
there’s magic-carpet rides. He can sing. He can watch you sleep.
He plays music. He sniffs your neck. I mean, please!”

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Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush break up

2009-07-29T10:38:00.000-07:00

Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush are splitsville.
Kardashian's spokewoman, Jill Fritzo, confirmed the longtime couple has called it quits.
Fritzo declined further comment.

The 28-year-old reality star dated the 24-year-old New Orleans Saints
running back for some two years. She recently discussed the difficulties of having
a long-distance relationship on her E! reality show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
Kardashian co-stars with her family on the hit series, which ended its third season in May.
Last November, Kardashian said she and Bush were "dedicated"
and tried to see each other often.
She said,
"When you're committed to something and really want something, you make it work."

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Megan Fox doesnt want to be seduced by James Bond

2009-07-27T06:37:00.001-07:00

Megan Fox says that she is not interested in a role in the upcoming James Bond film.
She does not want to be seduced by James Bond, she wants to be taken as a Serious Actress.
Before Megan, there are other actress who have rejected the offer.

The “Transformers” actress has reportedly said no to being either shaken or stirred,
and turned down a role in the upcoming 007 flick, known at the moment simply as “Bond 23.”
The U.K.’s Daily Star claims the Fox-y one would “rather be a more central part of a movie”
and not just a pretty face (or body).
She’s all about being the leading lady, not just an accessory.
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Megan Fox finds romance with LaBeouf?

2009-06-30T09:42:00.001-07:00

Megan Fox has sparked rumors she's moved on
from ex-fiance Brian Austin Green
and into the arms of "Transformers" co-star Shia LaBeouf.

The 23-year-old actress ended her engagement to Green, 35, earlier this year.
The couple subsequently tried to work through their problems,
but Fox has now confirmed the romance is officially over.

She's rumored to have moved on from the split and chosen a new suitor
in 23-year-old LaBeouf -- they were spotted dining together in New York.

According to the New York Daily News,
the pair turned heads as they sat side by side
during a dinner with 10 pals on Thursday,
days after attending a West Hollywood party together.

A source says,
"They definitely seemed into each other. ...
Shia couldn't keep his eyes off of Megan.
He literally watched her like a hawk all night."

The reports follow LaBeouf's own confession just last week
he feels a real chemistry with his sexy co-star, telling reporters,
"I'm a 23-year-old red-blooded male,
so sure there's a lot of real there. She's a beautiful woman."

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Gisele Bundchen is pregnant

2009-06-28T07:13:00.000-07:00

Out paying a visit to her friend's house, Gisele Bundchen
was spotted running around Hollywood, California on Saturday morning (June 27).
The pregnant supermodel strategically covered up her baby bump
with her purse as she hopped out of her car and headed inside.

The 28-year-old Brazilian bombshell recently spoke about getting married
this Spring to football stud, Tom Brady, saying,
“”I already knew that we would get married a year and a half
before we got married. We felt it. The heart spoke louder.
I prefer to stay at home.
The big husband wins. Because of this relationship,
what is most important to me is the family.
Now I am creating my other family.”
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faking gay Katy Perry

2009-06-23T08:58:00.000-07:00

The war of words continues between Gossip singer Beth Ditto and Katy Perry
over a row concerning Perry's hit I Kissed A Girl.
Lesbian Ditto recently said Perry's hit was 'offensive to gay culture'
as she accused the US singer of 'faking gay'.

Beth Ditto

Perry hit back at super-sized Beth, branding her public attack as 'tacky'.

Not settling there, lesbian Ditto has hit back at Perry once again continuing her tirade:
'I don't care if she writes a song about kissing a girl, but there are people
who kiss girls in their everyday life, and it's not as easy as just kissing a girl
and everyone loving you.

Beth Ditto in New Musical Express

It's not about Katy Perry. It's about this song and its innocence on her part.
To Katy, it's just this party song.
But as a gay person, it's like,
'Oh, of course this straight person singing about kissing a girl goes straight to Top 40
and people buy this record. Who can give a fuck about real gay people?'
That's what's really painful about the whole thing.'

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Totem and Taboo

2009-06-16T14:25:00.000-07:00

Freud by Andy Warhol

Mithra slaying the bull: the son murders the father

Freud’s Totem and Taboo: The Psychological Roots of Religion, or Why God the Father Has To Murder God the Son

Return with us now to the thrilling days of yesteryear, in the Dark Ages before Prozac, Xanax, Klonopkin and Wellbutrin, when psychologists asserted that man had a conscious mind and responsibility for his actions, entailing awareness and free will—back when people believed in Freud and thought man had a soul, rather than an easily-rearranged complex of neurotransmitters.

Now, of course, we’re enlightened (if a little disoriented). In his essay, “Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died,” Tom Wolfe discredited Freudianism, saying it was invalidated by the advent of lithium, which was able to cure manic-depressives instantly who had been resistant to psychoanalysis for years. A recent article, Researchers fight for psychotherapy's survival, highlights the current controversy going on in psychology and psychiatry.

The famous couch of dreams in Vienna

However, I’m an old-fashioned Puritan (as my first name, Wolcott, connotes), and I believe in free will. And as I argue in the essay that follows, I maintain that there are still mysteries of the human soul (and human culture) that cannot be explained, or alleviated, by psychopharmacology.

Freud’s Totem and Taboo: The Psychological Roots of Religion, or Why God the Father Has To Murder God the Son

Sigmund Freud wrote Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics to explain the psychological origins of religion. Considered one of the landmarks of twentieth-century intellectual history, it offers some of the most radical ideas ever offered in the study of religion. Freud asserts that belief in magic is based entirely on psychological principles. He echoes Sir James George Frazer, author of The Golden Bough: "men mistook the order of their ideas for the order of nature, and hence imagined that the control which they have, or seem to have, over their thoughts, permitted them to have a corresponding control over things" (see endnote 12).

The imaginary nameless fear that pursues us all

Freud goes on to argue that “we may venture to compare the various evolutionary stages of man's conception of the universe with the stages of the libidinous evolution of the individual….the animistic phase corresponds in time as well as in content with narcissism, the religious phase corresponds to that stage of object finding which is characterized by dependence on the parents, while the scientific stage has lists full counterpart in the individual's state of maturity where, having renounced the pleasure principle and having adapted himself to reality, he seeks his object in the outer world” (see endnote 18).

But perhaps his most radical analysis is saved for his interpretation of the Crucifixion, where he analyzes Christ’s death at the hands of his Father in Oedipal terms, followed by his contrast of Christianity with its major competitor, Mithraism, in terms of masochism and sadism.

In writing Totem and Taboo, Freud draws heavily on research done previously in anthropology, sociology, and history. To arrive at his theory, he formulates his interpretations of the above fields in light of his own personal school of psychoanalysis. Yet he admits the limitations of such an approach, while utilizing it.

The reader need not fear that psychoanalysis, which first revealed the regular over-determination of psychic acts and formulations, will be tempted to derive anything so complicated as religion from a single source. If it necessarily seeks, as it is duty bound, to gain recognition for one of the sources of this institution, it by no means claims exclusiveness for this source or even first rank among concurring factors. Only a synthesis from various fields of research can decide what relative importance in the genesis of religion is to be assigned to the mechanism which we are to discuss; but such a task exceeds the means as well as the intentions of the psychoanalyst. (1)

Despite this statement, Freud still believes that psychoanalysis can make a unique contribution to the study of religion. By purporting to solve many of the questions of the origin of religion in the course of his investigation, he suggests that perhaps only psychoanalysis can provide the answers to the problems of religion. In relation to his inquiry into the origin of incest-dread, he makes himself clear enough when he says, "Into this darkness psychoanalytic experience throws one single ray of light." (2)

The thrust of his study is this: the psyche, expressed through religious trappings, continues to influence man into the modern era. By investigating primitive cultures, we can trace these influences to their root. Conversely, we can understand the origins and significance of these influences by analyzing their manifestations in contemporary neurotics. Specifically he concentrates on pursuing the origins and significance of two taboos, those prohibiting murder and incest, which have remained to this day the two great antisocial crimes.

Paris Hilton and her sister playacting at mocking the taboo of incest

First Freud establishes the strength of taboo restrictions.

The taboo restrictions are different from religious or moral prohibitions. They are not traced to a commandment of a god, but really they themselves impose their own prohibitions; they are differentiated from moral prohibitions by failing to be included in a system which declares abstinences in general to be necessary and gives reasons for this necessity. The taboo prohibitions lack all justification and are of unknown origin. Though incomprehensible to us they are taken as a matter of course by those who are under their dominance. (3)

In psychological terms, from the above passage, taboos sound suspiciously like deep-seated repressions. Freud elaborates:

But the real sources of taboo lie deeper than in the interests of the privileged classes. "They begin where the most primitive and at the same time the most enduring human impulses have their origin, namely, in the fear of the effect of demonic powers." "The taboo, which originally was nothing more than the objectified fear of the demonic power thought to be concealed in the tabooed object, forbids the irritation of this power and demands the placation of the demon whenever the taboo has been knowingly or unknowingly violated." (4)

"As pointed out elsewhere, spirits and demons were nothing but the projection of primitive man's emotional impulses," Freud writes. (5)

After citing extensive anthropological data on primitive taboos, Freud articulates the basis of his argument:

He who approaches the problem of taboo from the field of psychoanalysis, which is concerned with the study of the unconscious part of the individual's psychic life, needs but a moment's reflection to realize that these phenomena are by no means foreign to him. He knows people who have individually created such taboo prohibitions for themselves, which they follow as strictly as savages observe the taboos common to their tribe or society. If he were not accustomed to call these individuals "compulsive neurotics" he would find the term "taboo disease" quite appropriate for their malady. Psychoanalytic investigation has taught him the clinical etiology and the essential part of the psychological mechanism of this compulsion disease, so that he cannot resist applying what he has learnt there to explain corresponding manifestations in folk psychology.

Famed self-proclaimed neurotic Woody Allen, who evidently had a problem meeting girls

There is one warning to which we shall have to give heed in making this attempt. The similarity between taboo and compulsion disease may be purely superficial holding good only for the manifestations of both without extending into deeper characteristics. Nature loves to use identical forms in the most widely different biological connections as, for instance, for coral stems and plants and even for certain crystals or for the formation of certain chemical precipitates. Assuredly would it be both premature and unprofitable to base conclusions relating to inner relationships upon the correspondence of merely mechanical conditions. We shall bear this warning in mind without, however, giving up our intended comparison on account of the possibility of such confusions. (6)

The brilliant Oscar Levant made a career out of his neurosis in the Fifties

Freud cites some very convincing evidence. Savages fear that taboos can be transferred by touching (the contagion theory).

This transferability of the taboo reflects what is found in the neurosis, namely, the constant tendency of the unconscious Impulse to become displaced through associative channels upon new objects. Our attention is thus drawn to the fact that the dangerous magic power of the mana [a spirit, an impersonal force residing in people, animals, and inanimate objects] corresponds two real faculties, the capacity of reminding man of his forbidden wishes, and the apparently more important one of temping him to violate the prohibition in the service of these wishes. Both functions reunite into one; however, if we assume it to be in accord with a primitive psychic life that with the awakening of a memory of a forbidden action there should also be combined the awakening of a tendency to carry out the action. Memory and temptation then again coincide. We must also admit that if the example of a person who has violated a prohibition leads another to a same action, the disobedience of the prohibition has been transmitted like a contagion, just as the taboo is transferred from a person to an object, and from this to another. (7)

In a subsequent passage, Freud discusses mourning guilt among savages and their death wishes directed toward their peers. While his peers are living, the savage bears an ambivalent attitude toward them; he both loves and hates them.

The taboo of the dead also originates from the opposition between the conscious grief and the unconscious satisfaction at death. If this is the origin of the resentment of spirits [feared by the primitive man] it is self-evident that just the nearest and formerly most beloved survivors have to fear it the most. (8)

Freud compares this ambivalence to the love-hate relationships that we all bear to those we know, but which are exaggerated in neurotics.

By assuming a similar high degree of ambivalence in the emotional life of primitive races such as psychoanalysis ascribes to persons suffering from compulsion neurosis, it becomes comprehensible that the same kind of reaction against the hostility latent in the unconscious behind the obsessive reproaches of the neurotic should also be necessary here after the painful loss had occurred. (9)

Oedipus on stage: gouging his eyes out is, of course, symbolic castration

A modern-dress staging of Oedipus Rex

In anticipation of his critics, Freud states:

We are probably not mistaken in assuming that such attempted explanations expose us to the reproach of attributing a most impossible delicacy of psychic activities to contemporary savages. But I think that we may easily make the same mistake with the psychology of these races who have remained at the animistic stage that we made with the psychic life or the child, which we adults understood no better and whose richness and fineness of feeling we have therefore so greatly undervalued. (10)

With this, in my opinion, Freud has established a very strong connection between the savage's dread of taboo and modern compulsion neurosis. It is the internal similarity, not the external, that makes the most overpowering evidence. But Freud does not say they are completely identical. He points out their paths of divergence:

Primitive races fear a punishment for the violation of a taboo, usually a serious disease or death. This punishment threatens only him who has been guilty of the violation. It is different with the compulsion neurosis. If the patient wants to do something that is forbidden to him he does not fear punishment for himself, but for another person. The person is usually indefinite, but, by means of analysis, is easily recognized as some one very near and dear to the patient. The neurotic therefore acts as if he were altruistic, while primitive man seems egotistical. (11)

Then Freud investigates the psychological basis for belief in magic. He comes to the startling, but entirely reasonable, conclusion that belief in magic is based entirely on psychological principles.

We can see how true Tylor's quoted characteristic of magic: "mistaking an ideal connection for a real one," proves to be. The same may be said for Frazer's idea, who has expressed it almost the same terms: "men mistook the order of their ideas for the order of nature, and hence imagined that the control which they have, or seem to have, over their thoughts, permitted them to have a corresponding control over things." (12)

As a consequence, for the savage, "In the animistic age the reflection of the inner world must obscure that other picture of the world which we believe we recognize." (13) "We are therefore prepared to find that primitive man transferred the structural relations of his own psyche to the outer world, and on the other hand we may make the attempt to transfer back into the human soul what animism teaches about the nature of things." (14) This reversal of approaches shows, if nothing else, does how much man has changed intellectually, though not emotionally.

By the same token, neurotics base their fears on the same psychological formulations as savages.

Thus the omnipotence of thought, the over-estimation of psychic processes as opposed to reality, proves to be of unlimited effect in the neurotic's affective life and in all that emanates from it.... But through this attitude as well as through the superstition which plays an active part in his life, he reveals to us how close he stands to the savage, who believes he can change the outer world by a mere thought of his.

The primary obsessive actions of the neurotic are really altogether of a magical nature. If not magic they are at least anti-magic and are destined to ward off the expectation of evil with which the neurosis is wont to begin. (15)

When this formulation is extended into the study of religion, Freud produces some fascinating ideas. Sacrifices are made to gods with the expectation that certain wishes will be fulfilled.

It would also seem as if it were the magic act itself which compels the fulfillment of the wish by virtue of its similarity to the object desired. At the stage of animistic thinking there is as yet no way or demonstrating objectively the true state of affairs, but this becomes possible at later stages when, though such procedures are still practiced, the psychic phenomenon of skepticism already manifests itself as a tendency to repression. At that stage men will acknowledge that the conjuration of spirits avails nothing unless accompanied by belief, and that the magic effect of prayer fails if there is no piety behind it. (16)

If we accept the evolution of man's conceptions of the universe mentioned above, according to which the animistic phase is succeeded by the religious, and this in turn by the scientific, we have no difficulty in following the fortunes of the "omnipotence of thought" through all these phases. In the animistic phase, man ascribes omnipotence to himself; in the religious he has ceded it to the gods, but without seriously giving it up, for he reserves to himself the right to control the gods by influencing them in some way or other in the interests of his wishes. In the scientific he has acknowledged his smallness and has submitted to death as to all other natural necessities in a spirit of resignation. Nevertheless, in our reliance upon the power of the human spirit which copes with the laws of reality, there still lives on a fragment of this primitive belief in the omnipotence of thought. (17)

Taking this idea one step further, Freud compares the three world views with the three successive stages of growth in the individual.

If we may take the now established omnipotence of thought among primitive races as a proof of their narcissism, we may venture to compare the various evolutionary stages of man's conception of the universe with the stages of the libidinous evolution of the individual. We find that the animistic phase corresponds in time as well as in content with narcissism, the religious phase corresponds to that stage of object finding which is characterized by dependence on the parents, while the scientific stage has lists full counterpart in the individual's state of maturity where, having renounced the pleasure principle and having adapted himself to reality, he seeks his object in the outer world. (18)

As a side note, Freud makes another comparison.

In one way the neuroses show a striking and far-reaching correspondence with the great social productions of art, religion, and philosophy, while again they seem like distortions of them. We may say that hysteria is a caricature of an artistic creation, a compulsion neurosis, a caricature of a religion, and a paranoiac delusion a caricature of a philosophical system. (19)

In what he attempts to be his masterstroke, Freud tries to explain the historical origin of taboo restrictions, and so of modern neuroses, with the construct of the slaying of the fathers by the rebellious, sexually frustrated younger males of the prehistoric primal horde (the Neolithic clan). Recent findings have disclosed that no such primal horde ever existed in human or prehuman society, so that shoots the hell out of Freud's theory; besides, his defense of racial memory (20) is not a little dubious. Yet it is not surprising that Freud should take such tact, considering that he states openly, at the end of his book:

In closing this study, which has been carried out in extremely condensed form, I want to state the conclusion that the beginnings of religion, ethics, society and art meet in the Oedipus complex. This is in entire accord with the findings of psychoanalysis, namely, that the nucleus of all neuroses as far as our present knowledge of them goes is the Oedipus complex. (21)

What about my mother?

This statement fits in with Freud's theory that all neuroses have a sexual root. Subsequent psychologists, such as Jung and Carl Rogers in On Becoming a Person, have found this to be false in their treatment of neurotic patients.

A striking graphic for a production of Oedipus

However, just because the prehistoric cause of neurosis that Freud was groping for—to prove has pet theory, admittedly—has been discredited, it is no reason that the rest of his researches, based on sound reasoning and concrete facts, should be discarded. The bulk of his ideas on religion do not have the primal horde theory as their base. In fact, little of his research connected with religion is grounded on the Oedipus complex, and even some of those are of alarming significance. For instance, he cites various case studies where he was involved in which the subjects exhibited a clear Oedipus complex. He goes on to say:

In view of these observations we consider ourselves justified in substituting the father for the totem animal in the male's formula of totemism. We then notice that in doing so we have taken no new or especially daring step. For primitive men say it themselves and, as far as the totemic system is still in effect today, the totem is called ancestor and primal father. We have only taken literally an expression of these races which ethnologists did not know what to do with and were therefore inclined to put in the background. Psychoanalysis warns us, on the contrary, to emphasize the very point and to connect it with the attempt to explain totemism.

The first result of our substitution is very remarkable. If the totem animal is the father, then the two main commandments of totemism, the two taboo rules which constitute its nucleus—not to kill the totem animal and not to use a woman belonging to the same totem for sexual purposes—agree in content with the two crimes of Oedipus, who slew his father and took his mother to wife, and also with the child's two primal wishes whose insufficient repression or whose re-awakening forms the nucleus of perhaps all neuroses. (22)

When viewed in this light, Freud's interpretation of the Crucifixion is particularly arresting—and illuminating.

In the Christian myth man's original sin is undoubtedly an offence against God the Father, and if Christ redeems mankind from the weight of original sin by sacrificing his own life, he forces us to the conclusion that this sin was murder. According to the law of retaliation which is deeply rooted in human feeling, a murder can be atoned only by the sacrifice of another life; the self-sacrifice points to blood-guilt. And if this sacrifice of one's own life brings about a reconciliation with god, the father, then the crime which must be expiated can only have been the murder of the father.

Thus, in the Christian doctrine mankind unreservedly acknowledges the guilty deed of primordial times because it now has found the most complete expiation for this deed in the sacrificial death of the son. The reconciliation with the father is the more thorough because simultaneously with this sacrifice there follows the complete renunciation of woman, for whose sake mankind rebelled against the father. But now also the psychological fatality of ambivalence demands its rights. In the same deed which offers the greatest possible expiation to the father, the son also attains the goal of his wishes against the father. He becomes a god himself beside or rather in place of his father. The religion of the son succeeds the religion of the father. As a sign of this substitution the old totem feast is revived again in the form of communion in which the band of brothers now eats the flesh and blood of the son and no longer that of the father, the sons thereby identifying themselves with him and becoming holy themselves. Thus through the ages we see the identity of the totem feast with the animal sacrifice, the theanthropic [both human and divine] human sacrifice, and the Christian eucharist, and in all these solemn occasions we recognize the after-effects of that crime which so oppressed men but of which they must have been so proud. At bottom, however, the Christian communion is a new setting aside of the father, a repetition of the crime that must be expiated. We see how well justified is Frazer’s dictum that "the Christian communion has absorbed within itself a sacrament which is doubtless far older than Christianity." (23)

The symbolic value of the above interpretation is not to be ignored. If we excise the remarks about the primal horde, the passage makes perfect sense. What would I replace the remarks about the primal horde with? In their place I would simply put the Oedipus complex, the fact that on an unconscious level every child is sexually attracted to the parent of his or her opposite sex, that parent being its first encounter with, and its model of, the opposite sex.

There is really no need for a slain primal father. There is no reason that the patricidal impulse had to be carried out; it is simply one that surfaces in every generation of humankind. And the frustration of that impulse is not the cause of every neurosis—it is merely one cause, perhaps the cause of most of the neuroses that Freud encountered; perhaps that is why he identified it as the sole origin. Like every great theorist, Freud went overboard; just because his excesses are easily identifiable is no reason to ignore the body of his lifework.

Freud goes on to offer a theory that is dazzling in its brilliance. He reminds us that early Christianity’s chief rival was Mithraism, the religion of Roman soldiers throughout the Empire. Now Mithraism was a religion of soldiers, of men without women. It was an unashamedly homosexual religion. In fact, women were so detested in Mithraism that mothers in childbirth were bound to trees in the hopes they would die in labor. That’s how dirty women were regarded by Mithraism.

Christianity lifted many aspects from Mithraism. Mithra was born on December 25. His birth was greeted my three Magi (Zoroastrian astrologers). Mithraism has seven sacraments.

But as Freud points out, the key myth of Mithraism is Mithra slaying the Bull. The Son slays the Father, whereas in Christianity, in the Crucifixion, the Father slays the Son. Just as Mithraism is sadistic, a religion of violent soldiers, Christianity is masochistic, a religion for woman and slaves. (Christianity triumphed in large part because it was the only religion in the ancient world at that time that accepted woman and slaves as adherents.)

"Saturn Devouring One of His Children" by Goya: Father Chronos gets hungry

The implication of Freud’s insight is staggering, and puts Christianity in an entirely new psychological and cultural light.

Without a doubt, in my mind, Totem and Taboo is a work of genius. As an integrated piece of work, is amazing. He begins the book by defining his terms and laying the basis of his argument; once the groundwork is established, he proceeds to cite strong evidence to state his case; then he sets forth his theory, making each point carefully and building on each preceding point.

As I read the book, he startled me constantly with the brilliance of his thought; some of the ideas that struck me the most I have reproduced here. Although taking an amazingly radical viewpoint, he makes a great deal of sense because of the way he presents his ideas. While his book is not the solely definitive approach to the study of religion—no approach is—his contribution delivers astonishing insights that are available nowhere else and that change completely the way we look at religion.

Miley Cyrus kisses the new man

2009-06-16T14:08:00.001-07:00

Miley Cyrus kisses co-star Liam Hemsworth
while filming The Last Song in Savannah

Miley is just announced she has 'reconnected' with her ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas
following the break-down of her romance with Justin Gaston.
Her shirt transparent in the sea water, Miley was pictured passionately kissing
her co-star Liam Hemsworth while filming The Last Song in Savannah.

And 16-year-old Miley certainly enjoyed filming the flirty scenes with the tall, young Aussie
who rolled off the Neighbours production line.
Meanwhile, her new love-interest Nick was playing to thousands of screaming
teenage girls at London's Wembley Arena.

On Friday, less than a week after her break up from Justin, the Hannah Montana star
said of teen heart-throb Nick:
'He's my best friend, and we still hang out all the time, and we've definitely reconnected.
We don't know what's going to happen in the future,
but right now we're just kicking it and hanging out as much as we can.'

The pair were spotted on June 9, jet-skiing together on Tybee Island,
where Miley is filming her new movie.
'They looked like they were having a blast,' said a source.

Miley and Nick, also 16, broke up in December 2007, after which she told Seventeen magazine:
'I bawled for a month straight'.
But the two recently reunited when they collaborated on the duet Before The Storm
for the Jonas Brothers new album and worked on the Disney's Friends for Change campaign.
'We both just kind of saw each other again and kind of decided
this whole thing was stupid and... we all were over the separation,'
Miley told a Tennessee radio station.
'And our families are super happy that we're hanging out again.'

When asked about his romance with Miley, Nick revealed he's happy
that they have 'reconnected' - the same term she used
when announced their friendship was back on last week.
(DailyMail)

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more Miley Cyrus bikini photos from Savannah

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Angelina Jolie -- the “Most Powerful”

2009-06-13T07:48:00.001-07:00

Angelina Jolie has been named the "most powerful" celebrity by Forbes Magazine,
putting her ahead of Oprah and Madonna, both who made several times more money
than Angelina did.

In fact, there are a lot of celebrities who made more money than Angelina Jolie did this past year.
So, how did she top the list?
"The list is not only determined by money, but also mentions in the media and word-of-mouth,"
a representative from Forbes Magazine said. But just how do you measure "word-of-mouth?"
The answer: You can't! Therefore, this list is more subjective than objective.
But still, how did Angelina top the list when her most recent film, Changeling,
bombed (at the same time, Jennifer Aniston scored a major hit with Marley and Me)?

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Mel Gibson-s girlfriend is pregnant

2009-05-19T09:47:00.000-07:00

Mel Gibson's girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant with his child,
according to reports.

Sources said Gibson already told his estranged wife, Robyn, and their children
about the news. They also say Grigorieva is in her second trimester.
Robyn filed for divorce on April 13.

Grigorieva is living in a house Gibson bought for her.
Until recently, she lived in a house purchased by songwriter/producer
David Foster, with whom she also had a relationship.

sexy housewife Jennifer Lopez

2009-05-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

Jennifer Lopez finds staying at home ‘sexy’.

The singer-actress, whose twins, Max and Emme, are 14-months-old,
likes nothing better than snuggling up with her man, Marc Anthony,
for a quiet night in, despite her glamorous lifestyle.

She said,
"People will probably be surprised to discover that I find it sexy to stay home -
to me that's the best place to be.
I find it really cosy and yummy being with a man who loves to stay in."

The 39-year-old beauty also says she felt a great deal of sympathy for Britney Spears
when she went through her breakdown last year and is glad she no longer
has the paparazzi following her every move.

She said in an interview with Britain's OK! Magazine,
"It was painful to watch Britney. I understood everything she was going through,
having been through divorce and been a big pop star.
Having fame, having money, having people depend on you, having kids - it's tough.
Understanding what it's like to be chased by paparazzi 24 hours a day.
My life is not like that anymore, but by choice.
I won't live that way because it will destroy you."

Jennifer Lopez hot and sexy wallpapers

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Chris Brown team probes Rihanna leak

2009-05-08T05:12:00.001-07:00

The lawyer for R&B star Chris Brown has asked to see paperwork
from a police investigation into how a photo
of his former girlfriend Rihanna was leaked.

A photo of the bruised singer surfaced online following Mr Brown's arrest in February
for allegedly attacking her. Mark Geragos hopes to discredit police witnesses at a June
preliminary hearing according to a motion filed this week.
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Rihanna GQ photos

Facial injury for Miley Cyrus

2009-05-04T07:15:00.000-07:00

Miley Cyrus "busted her face" making her new movie.
The actress suffered a painful fall during scenes for 'Hannah Montana: The Movie'
and then hurt her leg as she headed back to her dressing room to recover.

She said:
"The most embarrassing thing to happen on set was when I busted my face.
I tripped over a wire that was in the grass and totally busted it.
I was having the worst day because when I went in my trailer,
I fractured my ankle falling up the stairs.
My mom was like, 'I don't know how anybody falls up the stairs and breaks their ankle.'"

Miley Cyrus - GLAMOUR photoset (May 2009)

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real time Swine Flu map

2009-05-03T04:54:00.001-07:00

Track H1N1 Swine Flu map in real time
thanks to Google Maps

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Until a vaccine for swine flu is developed some months from now,
the best hope for treating the illness lies with anti-viral drugs.
But if you're healthy or you have only mild symptoms of the flu,
experts say you shouldn't take them.

If too many people ask their doctors for prescriptions,
supplies of anti-viral drugs could be depleted.
People who take the medications unnecessarily can suffer needless side effects.

Perhaps most important, the medications may lose their effectiveness if they are overused,
as quick-adapting viruses build up defenses.
Indeed, the H1N1 virus causing the current swine flu outbreak appears to be resistant
to two older anti-viral drugs, amantadine and rimantadine, according
to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That leaves two alternatives: oseltamivir, a pill sold under the brand name Tamiflu,
and zanamivir, an inhaled medication sold as Relenza.
The drugs work on the "N" (for neuraminidase) part of the H1N1 virus,
hampering the ability of virus particles to leave a cell and spread infection.

The federal government recommends that states have enough medication on hand
to treat 25 percent of the population.

(ChicagoTribune)

Tina Fey-s new apartment

2009-05-02T15:49:00.000-07:00

Actress and writer Tina Fey and her husband Jeff Richmond have picked up
a swanky new co-op on New York City's Upper West Side apartment.
Cityfile reports that they have bought in at 300 West End Avenue choosing
a fourth-floor apartment that includes four bedrooms, an eat-in kitchen,
library and a living room with wood-burning fireplace.

The pair got a deal on the home.
It was listed at $4.1 million but the couple paid just $3.4 million.

As the Real Estalker notes, they also own an apartment
at 500 West End Avenue that they bought in 2005 for $1.9 million
and a small 659 square foot place on W. 85th Street they picked up
in 2006 for $550,000 to use as an office.

Beyonce announces U.S. tour

2009-04-19T16:20:00.000-07:00

NEW YORK (Billboard) -
In support of her latest, chart-topping album, "I Am ... Sasha Fierce,"
Beyonce has announced her 2009 world tour dates in North America this summer.
The trek starts at New York's Madison Square Garden in June
and wraps with a four-night residence at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas July 30-August 2.

Beyonce will be backed by her all-female band.
Winners of her "Single Ladies" video dance contest will see themselves onscreen
during one of the tour concert's centerpiece sections.

Tickets will be available as pre-sale for members of Beyonce's Fan Club on Monday, April 20.
Tickets for the general public will go on sale through Ticketmaster on Saturday, April 25.
Beyonce is making 2,000 seats available at each venue for $20 (plus applicable service charges).
Tickets for the four-night residence at Encore will go on sale at an as-yet unannounced date.

Beyonce's "I Am ..." world tour comprises her first full-length concerts
since 2007's "The Beyonce Experience" tour.

Beyonce "Diva" (VIDEO)

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Love Hormone and strangers Sex Appeal

2009-04-13T11:56:00.001-07:00

A new study shows that men and women who inhale a whiff of the hormone oxytocin
rate strangers as more attractive.
When oxytocin courses through our blood,
"we are more likely to see people we don't know in a more positive light,"
says Angeliki Theodoridou, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, UK, who led the new study.

This effect adds to the hormone's known role in human relationships.
One study found that oxytocin levels spike after new mothers look at or touch
their newborns and may help bonding.
Other work has hinted at the importance of oxytocin in social situations between adults too.

No matter their sex or mood, volunteers who received oxytocin rated male and female strangers
as both more attractive and trusting.

Unsurprisingly, entrepreneurs are already trying to make a buck off of oxytocin's social effects.
One company offers a spray that claims to engender trust in others,
though it offers little more than testimonials as evidence that it works.

(ABCnews)

High-Speed sex

2009-04-13T09:20:00.001-07:00

OSLO (AFP) —
A Norwegian man faces a heavy fine and a driving ban after police caught him having sex
with his girlfriend while speeding on the motorway, police said Monday.

The unnamed couple, a 28-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, were caught in the act
late on Easter Sunday by traffic police on the E18 highway,
some 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Oslo.

Officers who clocked the couple's silver Mazda 323 racing at 133 kilometres per hour
in a 100 zone realised they were doing more than just breaking the speed limit.

"It was veering from one side to the other because the woman was sitting on the man's lap
while he was driving and doing the act, shall we say,"
said Tor Stein Hagen, a superintendent with Soendre Buskerund district police.

"He couldn't see much because her back was in the way," he added.
"Why they did it on a highway with such a high risk we don't know."

After following the couple for nearly a kilometre, officers pulled the car over at a service station.

"We have taken away his driving licence because of the danger that he caused,"
Hagen said.

Prosecutors will decide within the next week what his punishment will be,
with police having filmed the incident to use as evidence against the driver.
Hagen said he expected the man to face a fine of "several thousand Norwegian crowns"
and a lengthy driving ban.

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former Penthouse model files for bankruptcy

2009-04-12T09:48:00.000-07:00

So-called “Mansion Madam” Lisa Ann Taylor, the erstwhile stripper, Penthouse model
and former high-priced prostitute in Gwinnett County,
filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week.

“She’s trying to get a fresh start financially,” said her attorney, Michael Famiglietti,
“and this is the first step toward doing it.”
Taylor, who’s known on stage as “Melissa Wolf,” could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Among the 10 creditors in Taylor’s filing is attorney Max Richardson,
who two years ago represented Taylor against charges that she ran a brothel
in one of metro Atlanta’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth.

The document, filed Monday, states that Taylor is between $500,000 and $1 million in debt.

Taylor, 44, pleaded guilty to prostitution and drug charges in October 2007.
She was given seven year probation and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine in a year.
In an interview in January, Taylor said her deadline for paying that fine had been extended to March.
Famiglietti said he may seek another delay.

(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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present-day Penthouse model, 2008 Penthouse’ Pet of the Year Erica Ellyson
steamed up our plasma screens as a contestant on the NBC's reality show Momma’s Boys.

On the show, Erica captivated firefighter Michael Sarysz
with her Southern charm (or maybe it was her 34-24-34 body)-
after greatly improving her chances by totally winning over his mom.

But she kept her naughty résumé under wraps until the final episode.

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Lady GaGa: Church made me

2009-04-05T10:55:00.000-07:00

Lady GaGa has apparently claimed that going to church made her a drama queen.

The singer, who is currently topping the charts with Poker Face, told the Daily Star:
"I was in the choir at Catholic school, lead soprano.

"I love church music, church in general is very dramatic."

She also told the newspaper that her current single is meant for boys as well as girls.

"It's about a lot of different things.
I gamble but I've also dated a load of guys who are really into sex and booze and gambling,
so I wanted to write a record my boyfriends would like too."

The controversial star also insisted she achieved her fame the hard way.
"I played every club in the US, shook hands and thanked every DJ for spinning my music profusely
while they got drunk," she revealed.
"I have a relationship with the underground dance community as a pop artist,
that's not something everybody gets."

Kelly Clarkson on track for second No. 1 album

2009-03-12T17:43:00.000-07:00

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) -
Kelly Clarkson will replace U2 at the top of the Billboard 200 next week
with her second chart-topper, according to preliminary estimates on Thursday.

"All I Ever Wanted," the fourth release
from the inaugural "American Idol" champ,
should sell as many as 200,000 copies in the six days ended March 15.

But industry prognosticators caution the number could increase
depending on how her assorted TV performances this week
will affect the album's start.

Clarkson performed on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday,
Fox's "American Idol" on Wednesday, and will next visit NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

The album's first single, "My Life Would Suck Without You,"
spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February
thanks to its strong out-of-the-gate digital sales.

Clarkson's previous album, 2007's "My December," bowed at No. 2
on the Billboard 200 with 291,000.
It has sold 788,000 in the U.S. to date.
Clarkson's previous chart-topper came with her first album, 2003's "Thankful,"
which kicked off with 297,000 units.

The preliminary estimates are based on first-day sales at seven merchants --
including Best Buy, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, and Target --
that comprise about 60% of all U.S. album sales.
Final data will be issued on Wednesday.

U2's "No Line on the Horizon" ascended to the top of the Billboard 200 this week
with sales of 484,000 copies.

(Reuters)
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Minnie Driver was caught walking the beach

2009-03-09T15:27:00.000-07:00

Minnie Driver (born January 31, 1970) is an Emmy-, BAFTA- and Academy
Award-nominated English actress and singer-songwriter.

Minnie Driver was caught walking the beach with her son Henry.
The famous British actress is very happy and is enjoying motherhood,
and is keeping her first child away from the media.

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Miley Cyrus jogging with shirtless Justin

2009-03-03T13:42:00.000-08:00

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Miley Cyrus jogging photos are already everywhere.

Miley Cyrus was jogging around with her model boyfriend Justin Gaston,
who was just wearing a grayish shorts,while Miley Cyrus wore a gray top
and denim jeans with her green knitted bra screaming her cleavage out!

Anyway, Miley Cyrus and BF went to jog just along the neighborhood Toluca Lake
in the San Fernando Valley last Saturday.

After all the drama about that slant-eyed Asian prank,
it's nice to see Miley Cyrus is not at all affected.

Here are the photos of the super-HOT couple Miley and Justin just jogging
their hearts out without any care -- cleavage and all!

That last photo is not Miley Cyrus jogging anymore but Justin Gaston posing!
He's hot right? Didn't you just wish he'd wear that jogging huh?

(Bashhh)

Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs has been having tantric sex

2009-03-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been having tantric sex
and he's updating the public live about it via the internet.
The rapper goes on about his lengthy Tantric sex session
and says after 10 hours, only after feeling sore, he had to stop.

Diddy writes "Having tantric sex!!! I feel so much better!!! Thank you,"
via the rapper's Twitter.

After 10 long hours of a goal oriented 36 hours, Diddy writes,
"I gotta stop. I'm tired and sore! I'll try again tomorrow.
Go back to work people."

Now many of you may be wondering WTF, what is tantric sex?
Well here are a few definitions according to:

Discovery Health
Tantric sexual practices teach us to prolong the act of making love
and to utilize potent orgasmic energies more effectively.

About.com
In Tantric sex the point of sex is not orgasm, the point is to feel.

Wikipedia
Tantra came to be viewed by some as a "cult of ecstasy", combining sexuality
and spirituality in such a way as to act as a corrective force
to Western repressive attitudes about sex..
For some Tantric Monks used females partners to represent goddesses.
In left-handed Tantrism, ritual sexual intercourse was employed,
not for pleasure but as a way of entering into the underlying processes
and structure of the universe.

The Other Bad Guy in the Britney Spears Case

2009-02-27T19:24:00.000-08:00

Since the ruling in the Britney Spears stalker case came down,
the public has gotten used to the mug of stalker-turned-conspirator Adnan Ghalib.
Now they are getting a look at the other guy in the case.

According to celebrity gossip site, a New Zealand man has filed suit against Sam Lufti,
accusing him of terrorizing him and spreading accusations about him.

Sam Lufti, Britney Spears

Hugh Richards of Auckland has accused Lufti of posing as Spears,
spoofing her email and sending various cease and desist letters to him and his son, Stuart,
accusing them of harassing Spears and also alleging that Stuart had a mental disorder.

Richards also claims Lufti used the account to insult his appearance
and signed off one letter with the phrase "asshole hope you die."

In one email, dated June 9 of last year, Lufti, as Spears, accuses Hugh's son
of spreading rumors about Spears, saying that
"He [Stuart] has a way to hack, snoop, and lie to get info and he bombards
family members, friends and business associates with lies, fake emails,
harassing phone calls, etc."

Lufti, who has been served with a restraining order by Spears along with Ghalib
and attorney Jon Eardley, accusing them of conspiring to steal from
and take advantage of Spears.

On Wednesday, Spear's stylist, identified only by her last name "Romero,"
testified that Lufti texted her several times over Christmas 2008,
attempting to get her to relay messages to Spears.

Adnan Ghalib and Brintey Spears
In addition to the restraining order against the three men, Ghalib has been charged
with assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor assault after a incident
with a officer who served the restraining order on him.
If convicted, he faces seven years in prison.
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Evangelical Churches push kinky new sex challenges

2009-02-26T19:34:00.000-08:00

Evangelical Churches push kinky new sex challenges--
but for married couples only

(US News)

More evangelical churches are pushing sex--in some cases, rather risqué sex,
on married couples. The formerly straight-laced church is changing with the times
and now promoting, even urging, married couples to have more varied sex
and more of it. According to ***.org, a progressive media website,
"Christian sex shops, Christian sex advice columns, and Christian sex blogs"
abound on the Internet.

Tampa, Florida pastor Paul Wirth made headlines earlier this month
issuing what he called the 30-day sex challenge,
urging married couples to have sex every day for 30 days,
and single parishioners to stay celibate for the same period.

Evangelical churches still condemn pre-marital sex, lesbian and gay sex
and lobby for federally-funded abstinence-only sex education,
which made some critics wonder whether this is just a promotional push
for more membership.

Female evangelical sex advice-givers have a kindler, gentler approach
than their male counterparts, reasoning that men in the church use sex
to control women--so this is hardly a move to liberate evangelical women.
The times have spoken and the church is getting with the times,
in its own straight-laced way.

more:
Orgasm, in the name of God ! (Christianity and Cybersex)

Police: woman videotaped sex with teen girl

2009-02-24T15:37:00.000-08:00

WINSTON-SALEM --
A Winston-Salem woman videotaped sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl,
Winston-Salem police said Tuesday.

Authorities have charged LaSonya Renee Jackson, 20, with two counts
of statutory rape, one count of second-degree sexual exploitation
and one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor.

Winston-Salem police Capt. David Clayton said the incidents happened
between June 1 and July 24, 2008 at Jackson's Winston-Salem residence.

Clayton said the victim's mother reported an "inappropriate" relationship
between the victim and Jackson.

Jackson is being held on a $500,000 bond.

(WXII12)

Beyonce's boobs

2009-02-24T13:41:00.000-08:00

HOUSTON—
Attention all single ladies: It’s time to get your boogie shoes on.

Hometown hottie Beyonce is inviting her fans to create dance videos
to her hit song, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”
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The best video will be shown during Beyonce’s 2009 world tour
and earn its maker a cool $2,500.

The rules are simple.
Contestants in the videos should adhere precisely to the “Single Ladies”
dance routine performed by Beyonce
and her dancers in the original music video.

Videos should contain no original choreography.

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Beyonce's Oscar performance with Hugh Jackman was a broad,
family-friendly tribute to the musical.
But, she had a split second moment of nudity
thanks to a bit of a wardrobe malfunction.

Belly Art for pregnancy women

2009-02-24T00:31:00.000-08:00

Now there's a growing trend among moms-to-be that has them boldly showing
that baby bump in an artistic twist to the tummy!
Carla Tarantino-Marie is making her pregnant belly an art canvas
as a keepsake of her pregnancy.

"I planned this to be my only baby and only pregnancy,
so I wanted it to be extra special in every way," Carla Tarantino-Marie says.
"It's going to be a nice way to make my big round belly to feel
a little more festive and maybe pretty."

Belly painting is a growing trend among expectant women.
The American Pregnancy Association attributes it to the Internet
where one photo can inspire many people.
They think henna tattoos and belly painting can add to the experience.

"These are fun things to make that nine month journey easier and more enjoyable,"
Brad Imler of the American Pregnancy Association says.

more...

Lady GaGa: I wear no pants

2009-02-11T16:37:00.000-08:00

Lady GaGa: 'I Wear no Pants so my Grandma Can See me'

Lady GaGa has revealed why she wears skimpy see-through outfits -
so her grandmother can see her.

The New York-born singer - who reached number one in the UK and US
with her debut single Just Dance - dresses scantily-clad because
her "basically blind" grandparent finds it easier to spot.

"My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts,
like my skin and hair.
She says,
'I can see you, because you have no pants on.' So I'll continue to wear no pants
so that my grandma can see me,"
the 22-year-old told Rolling Stone magazine, adding that she intends to design
her own clothing line.

"I can't wait to do my own line," she said.
"It's definitely something I want to do in the next year as I do have my own style."

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However, now it has emerged that there is reportedly a style war
going on between GaGa and none other than Christina Aguilera.
The 'war' has been fuelled by the critics,
who have been accusing both ladies of stealing each others look.

It all reportedly kicked off last year, when Christina made her comeback
after taking time off to raise her son Max.
She chose a futuristic look for her new album, complete with PVC catsuits
and a platinum blonde hairstyle,
which was quickly likened to the then up-and-coming Lady GaGa

In fact critics were quick to accuse Christina of 'stealing' GaGa's style,
as in addition to their similar wardrobes, they both liked OTT make-up
and in some photos looked eerily similar.

Christina was quick to respond to the scathing remarks,
saying she had her own style and had never even heard of Lady GaGa,
but found the comparisons amusing.

She added:
"You know, that’s funny that you mention that.
This person was just brought to my attention not too long ago.
I'm not quite sure who this person is, to be honest.
I don't know if it is a man or a woman. I just wasn't sure,"
reports The Daily Mail.

"I really don't spend any time on the Internet, so I guess I live
a little under a rock in that respect.
I've been in this business so long there's always some comparisons."

Despite Christina's obvious dismissals, Lady GaGa has been more welcoming
about the comparisons, saying:
"Well, it was very flattering when it happened. She’s such a huge star
and if anything I should send her flowers, because a lot of people in America
didn't know who I was until that whole thing happened."

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pregnant Christina Aguilera

Britney Spears shows newfound sexy body

2009-01-28T18:17:00.000-08:00

Britney Spears 2007

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After a shaky start to her musical comeback last year,
it finally looks like Britney Spears has got her self-confidence back.
Pictured rehearsing for her upcoming tour in a skimpy bikini top,
it looks like the troubled singer has finally turned a corner.

As she writhes to the music in a Los Angeles rehearsal studio,
Britney is cutting a very different figure to this time last year,
when she was stretchered out of her home for psychiatric evaluation.

Britney Spears 2009

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Ashley Dupre : 'My Side of the Story'

2008-11-21T16:36:00.000-08:00

Ashley Dupré, the 23-year-old former escort who was the target of intense media scrutiny
in the days after Gov. Eliot Spitzer's resignation from public office,
has stepped forward to give her first television interview.
Dupré told ABC News' Diane Sawyer that she does not feel responsible for Spitzer's downfall.

more...

Beyonce wants to be Wonder Woman

2008-11-10T00:18:00.000-08:00

Pop star Beyonce has said she wants to play Wonder Woman
in a film of the comic book heroine.
The singer has met DC Comics and film studio Warner Bros to express
her interest in future superhero roles on the big screen.

"I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman?"
she told the Los Angeles Times.
"And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman
would be a powerful thing. It's time for that, right?"

Wonder Woman, played by Lynda Carter on TV in the 1970s,
has never been made into a feature film.

Beyonce was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Dreamgirls two years ago,
and has also had film parts in Austin Powers in Goldmember and The Pink Panther.

She will soon be seen playing singer Etta James on the big screen in Cadillac Records,
and has a major role in the thriller Obsessed.

"After doing these roles that were so emotional I was thinking to myself: 'OK,
I need to be a superhero,'" Beyonce said.
"Although, when you think about the psychology of the heroes in the films these days,
they are still a lot of work, of course, and emotional.
But there's also an action element that I would enjoy."

Nicole Kidman to play transsexual

2008-11-09T21:25:00.000-08:00

LOS ANGELES -
Nicole Kidman as the world's first post-op transsexual,
married to Charlize Theron? You betcha.

The Australian actress will star in and produce "The Danish Girl,"
based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener.
Their marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar (Kidman) stood in for a female model
that Greta (Theron) was set to paint.

When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen,
Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise.
What began as a harmless game led Einer to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation
that shocked the world and threatened their love.

Anand Tucker ("Shopgirl") is attached to direct the feature,
adapted by writer Lucinda Coxon ("Wild Target") from David Ebershoff's 2000 Viking bestseller.
His debut novel of the same name is a fictionalized account of the Wegeners' true story.
Pre-production has begun on the indie film, but no details on a principal photography
start date have been disclosed.

Both Kidman and Theron earned their best actress Oscars playing lesbian characters,
in "The Hours" and "Monster," respectively.
Additionally, Kidman is attached to play Dusty Springfield
in a biopic about the bisexual English singer.
(Reuters)

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Disney star Adrienne Bailon nude pictures ?

2008-11-09T18:37:00.000-08:00

Nude pictures of Cheetah Girls star Adrienne Bailon have appeared
on popular celebrity blogs
In the shots, Adrienne Bailon appears without her panties
looking gorgeous in full makeup and hair.

Bloggers hinted that these images are staged and if this takes off along the lines
of Kim Kardashian's sex pictures, a sex tape should follow with her boo Robert ....
who happens to be Kim Kardashian's brother.

de-censored pictures here

According to reports, Adrienne Bailon allegedly snapped these photos
for her boyfriend, Robert Kardashian, and they were allegedly stolen from her laptop
when her computer went missing for a few hours at a New York City airport.
It was later returned.

Britney Spears bringing ‘Circus’ to Europe

2008-11-09T17:16:00.000-08:00

PARIS, France --
Britney Spears will perform on French show "Star Academy,"
the pop princess confirmed on her official Web site on Friday.

Brit will appear Nov. 28.
"Looks like Britney will be spending her Thanksgiving holiday in Europe!"
It's the latest appearance announced for the star's promotion of upcoming album "Circus,"
due on Britney's birthday, Dec. 2.
As previously reported, she's also confirmed to perform on Simon Cowell's U.K. talent show,
"X Factor," in the middle of this month.

And proving she's ready for her comeback, Britney joined Madonna at Dodger Stadium
on Thursday night to help sing the Material Mom's hit "Human Nature."

"Just left the Madonna concert,"
Britney said earlier this week.
"It was really fun!"

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Check out this newly leaked track off Britney's upcoming album, Circus.
It's called "Kill the Lights" and like "Womanizer" is one that's for the dance floor.
It's supposedly about her relationship with the paparazzi,
which is frequent inspiration for Miss Spears.
So take a listen below
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"Kill the Lights" (audio)

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pregnant Ashlee Simpson all grown up for baby

2008-11-08T17:27:00.000-08:00

Ashlee Simpson matured overnight when she learned she was pregnant
with her and husband Pete Wentz's baby, according to the pop star's father Joe.

The singer/actress is due to give birth any day now, but manager/dad Joe admits
his little girl became a full-fledged woman when she discovered she was
to become a first-time mom.
He tells People.com,
"The day she found out she was pregnant, she became a woman.
"She's concerned about what she eats and how she prepares for the child
and (details like) is the baby's room 'green' enough?
It's a transformation you never expect as a parent -- you pray for it,
but never expect it. She's ready for this baby!"

And Simpson Sr. insists his son-in-law, Fall Out Boy rocker Wentz,
is already showing signs of good parenting.
He adds,
"Pete is the king of details, so he wants to make sure the baby's room is just right --
the right colors, the right sheets, the right look. He's a great parent."

However, he is refusing to give away any clues about potential baby names:
"I'm not allowed to give any hints. I can tell you it's not Joe.
I wished, I tried, but it didn't work."

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Miley Cyrus recalled wig incident

2008-11-08T05:33:00.000-08:00

Initially wanting to go unnoticed by her fans by donning a wig, Miley Cyrus once had
bad experience with the fake hair. She shared the minor incident to British chat show, "This Morning," recently.

"I had the idea (to go out in disguise) so I got a wig and it was really short, a tomboy cut,
and I decided to straighten it. I'm sitting down and all of a sudden I start smelling smoke.
I thought, 'What is that?'" she recalled.
"The wig is literally catching on fire because I didn't know it was a cheap wig."

Miley then compared the wig with the one she dons on her hit TV series "Hannah Montana",
in which she has to wear wig on-stage to conceal her true identity as school student Miley Stewart,
commenting,
"I thought, 'This isn't going to work for me.' So it doesn't work in real life but it works on the show!"

Beside experiencing the wig incident, Miley recently also told Tyra Banks that she had once worked
as a toilet cleaner when she was still 11.
"I worked at this place called Sparkles Cleaning Service and I cleaned houses,"
the Disney hottie revealed, adding that she "actually liked it."

Britney Spears joins Madonna onstage

2008-11-07T22:01:00.000-08:00

Britney Spears made a surprise appearance on Madonna's
Sticky and Sweet tour stop in Los Angeles last night.

The pop star, wearing satin black pants and a long-sleeved white tuxedo top,
strutted around with Madonna and sang backup vocals on "Human Nature".

Spears, whose new album Circus is due out in December,
was looking like her old self, flipping her blonde hair
and growling "it's Britney, bitch" into a microphone.

"This was a night for Britney to enjoy, and not stress over,"
a source said.

Britney's former beau and Mickey Mouse club castmate, Justin Timberlake,
also made a cameo during the concert, joining Madonna for their duet "4 Minutes."
While Timberlake and Spears did not share the stage during the concert,
People reports the two did cross paths during rehearsal and were amicable.

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2003

Madonna, Britney Spears MTV Video Music Awards 2003

Would you give up coffee if it affected your boob size?

2008-11-03T18:34:00.000-08:00

A Swedish study claims that drinking more than three cups of coffee a day
can shrink women's breasts by as much as a cup size—
and cause men to grow man-boobs.

Niki Taylor is pregnant

2008-11-03T18:17:00.000-08:00

Supermodel and co-host of Make Me A Supermodel Niki Taylor is pregnant.

The new baby will be number 3 for Taylor, who had twins with her former husband
football player Matt Martinez in the mid 90s.
The new baby is a first for Taylor with NASCAR champion and husband Burney Lamar.

Taylor told People Magazine:
“Burney and I are very excited with this stage of our lives,”
says Taylor, who is due in March. “We’re thrilled.”

Taylor started her modelling career at the age of 13,
and went on to become one of America’s best known models,
with 400 worldwide magazine covers to her credit.

Ashlee Simpson could give birth at any point

2008-11-03T17:37:00.000-08:00

Pete Wentz is banned from having a life until further notice.
The Fall-Out Boy bass player told Ryan Seacrest that wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz
is due to give birth basically any second.

"She is very pregnant," he said Thursday. "I am on call permanently right now.
She's at the very end, and it could happen at any point."

"I think she wants to just be not pregnant anymore,"
said Wentz.
"It's a struggle to go up and down the stairs. Going out in public is insane."

As for the name of the little Simpson-Wentz-to-be, the jury is still out.
"I want to meet (the baby) first," says Wentz.
"My friend said it – you've gotta have a baby with a name that could be a rock star
or a senator, so he'll get work either way."

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No guys allowed in Jodie Marsh’s wild orgy

2008-11-01T19:10:00.000-07:00

Jodie Marsh

London, Oct 25:
Straight-turned-lesbian Jodie Marsh's never ending publicity stunts
are getting wilder by the day. Known for a huge sexual appetite, the glamour model
and television personality, recently flashed her boobs and new asymmetric hairdo,
which featured an 'N' shaved into the side of her head.

Added to it, she made sure that she her larger-than-life assets was displayed
to the best of public viewing by hanging out of taxi windows,
dining at London's finest (McDonald's) and striking an enticing conversation
with every other snapper.

According to the Sun, Jodie then began her lesbian antics by grabbing partner
and hairdresser Nina for a very public snog-a-thon.
But before leaving, she loudly announced,
"we're going back to mine for an orgy..no guys allowed!"

Earlier, the bombshell appeared on Tim Shaw's show on Absolute Radio,
and made a desperate appeal for sperm.

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beach orgy

Lindsay Lohan rides New York's subway with Samantha Ronson

2008-11-01T15:50:00.000-07:00

Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson ditch their limo
for the New York subway.

She usually travels by limousine,
but it seems that the credit crunch may have hit Lindsay Lohan.
The 22-year-old actress was spotted catching the New York subway
with girlfriend Samantha Ronson.

The couple stood throughout most of their journey before exiting in Soho
where they headed to a store to buy DJ equipment.

London born Ronson, the sister of Mark Ronson, has been credited with helping
to turn Lohan’s life around but it seems that the DJ is growing increasingly unpopular
with those close to the actress.

Just months after being labelled a 'disgusting representation of humanity'
by Lindsay’s father Michael – he later retracted the comments –
Ronson has been slammed by the actress' friend Joe Francis.

Speaking on The Tyra Banks Show, the Girls Gone Wild creator said:
'Samantha is very jealous. Samantha tried to start a fight with me.

'I care about Lindsay - she's not gay.
She's being controlled by this wretched woman, this Samantha.'

Ronson, 30, has previously spoken of her dislike of Francis,
claiming that he ignored her at a party for the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), adding:
'He said hello to Lindsay and looked over at me as if I wasn't a human being.
He's got no manners.'

Meanwhile Lohan - who recently finished filming a guest appearance on Ugly Betty,
has defended her girlfriend.
'Joe Francis has no place in saying anything about Samantha,
especially after all the shit he has done,' she said.

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will men vote for Sarah Palin only because she is hot?

2008-10-31T17:42:00.000-07:00

A new study out today from Northwestern University found that looks matter,
especially for female candidates.
So maybe John McCain made a good decision in picking Sarah Palin?

Most shocking was the strong language used to describe why men vote for women candidates.
"While gender bias related to a female candidate's attractiveness was consistent
across both male and female voters, good looks was almost all that mattered
in predicting men's votes for female candidates,"
according to the release announcing the study.

In the study, participants were shown pictures of congressional candidates
and asked to judge their competence, attractiveness, dominance, and approachability.
Aside from attractiveness, these categories are important for leadership and men seem to have won.
"Overall, voters perceived the faces of male politicians as more competent and dominant
relative to female politicians; female politicians were perceived as more attractive
and approachable relative to males,"
the release says.

One of the researchers, Joan Y. Chiao says in the release
that "lingering cultural stereotypes" likely drive this perceived competence gap.

Miley Cyrus warned not to “end up like” Jamie Lynn Spears

2008-10-30T20:04:00.000-07:00

Miley Cyurs has allegedly been warned not to "end up like"
teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears.
A source tells Star magazine that the 'Hannah Montana' star's mother Tish
had a "secret" meeting with 17-year-old Spears' mom Lynne
and the pair talked about Jamie Lynn's pregnancy.

Jamie Lynn Spears

After Cyrus began dating 20-year-old underwear model Justin Gaston,
her parents allegedly warned her that she would lose her acting and singing career
is she were to get pregnant like Spears.
"Tish and Billy Ray told Miley, one bad decision and she could forget the showbiz glamour —
she'd have to be home feeding the baby, changing diapers and living the life of a teen mom,"
an insider claims.

Meanwhile, the 15-year-old has refused to dish on her relationship
with Gaston. She recently had an interview with Ryan Seacrest on his radio show
and said she and Gaston were "close friends."

Paris Hilton: I'm not sick

2008-10-30T19:38:00.000-07:00

Paris Hilton is laughing off claims she's struggling with an eating disorder,
insisting she's in the best shape of her life.
Internet bloggers and gossips recently commented on the socialite's bony frame,
asking if her trek to London to film a British version of her reality show
My BFF was causing the star health problems.
But Hilton insists fans needn't worry.
She tells In Touch magazine,
"I am healthier than ever. I've been eating so healthily since I've been here (in London).
No sodas and no fast food like I usually do in LA."

Miley Cyrus Rocks Out in Berlin

2008-10-28T11:34:00.000-07:00

Continuing on with her European promotional circuit, Miley Cyrus took to the stage
for a performance in Berlin, Germany on Monday night (October 27).

The “Hannah Montana” starlet showed off her passion as she took the stage at Goya Club,
rocking out with her most popular tunes including the instant hit “7 Things”.

Meanwhile, it appears as if Miley’s father Billy Ray is doing his best to make sure
that his daughter keeps on the path toward continued success,
as he allegedly told a close friend,
“I told her in no uncertain terms that her career would be over if something stupid were to happen
and she would no longer be a role model for young girls, something she takes very seriously.”
“I think I made an impression on her; at least I hope so.
I don’t want to forbid her from dating because that would just make her sneak around.
Miley is a really good kid, but she has to watch her step as far as boys are concerned,”
he added.

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Britney Spears to star in her own biopic?

2008-10-28T07:02:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears is set to star in a biopic of her life,
according to tabloid newspaper reports.

According to the Daily Mirror British director Phil Griffin, who has directed
music videos for Amy Winehouse, has signed up to helm the project.

The newspaper quotes an anonymous source as revealing that the biopic
will be "dark and gritty" and will cover the singer's recent troubled times,
including her infamous head-shaving incident and the custody battle for her two children
with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

A shooting schedule or further details of the cast and crew
were not reported.

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One in five have sex in the office

2008-10-27T18:53:00.000-07:00

One in five have sex in the office, sex poll reveals

The extensive research shows that workplace romance is thriving with one in four people
having sex with a work colleague, increasing to one in three among those
who are currently in full-time work.

Tell us if you have had sex in the office and if it was with a work colleague.
Did the relationship last or was it a one-night stand?

The Observer Sex Poll 2008 in the UK reports that men in Britain are more likely
than women to have had sex with a colleague (29 per cent and 23 per cent respectively),
and they are also twice as likely to have had sex in their place of work.

The research also showed that 31 per cent of Britons would at least consider selling
their sexual services for money, and 17 per cent would sleep with someone
if they felt it would further their career.

Among those who are currently working full time, the sex poll states that 22 per cent
would have sex to further their career.
This decreases with age with younger employees far more likely to consider furthering their career
by having sex (29 per cent of 16-24-year-olds).

The research also found that among those who have previously slept with a work colleague,
35 per cent say they would have sex to further their career, suggesting there may have been
an ulterior motive to some of these sexual encounters.

Other interesting parts of the survey, perhaps particular to the UK, 27 per cent of British men
have either visited a prostitute or would consider doing so in the future and nearly one in three Britons
would either "definitely" sell their sexual services or "consider" doing so if the amount on offer was large enough.

The report was based on a survey of 1,044 UK adults aged 16 and over
who were interviewed by ICM Research in September 2008.

The sex diaries: The lesbian

2008-10-25T18:22:00.000-07:00

The sex diaries: The lesbian
(Patricia, 46, works for a council in Lincolnshire)

As in any other section of society, some middle-aged lesbians don't have much sex
and others have it every day. There's a woman at my partner's church
who has as much sex as anyone you could meet.
She and her partner have every device you could buy in Soho,
never mind Peterborough, and a lot of it's very male.

My partner and I haven't used a strap-on, certainly not since we moved
from the other flat last year. We have some vibrators but being a lesbian
is not only about sex, obviously. It's two per cent.
It's attention-seeking to pipe up about a double-ended dildo
on the steps of a village hall. It's not just a generation thing.
I never talk about sex when I'm not actually doing it.

Getting together with my partner through the internet was interesting,
because she could have been a man type - although I've never met a man like her, ever.
She coached me through some health problems and was incredibly intelligent and kind.
The best thing was my father saying, 'She's perfect for you,' before he died.
The first time we met up we spent hours making food while talking.

In February, we'll have been living together for five years.
I don't know why she puts up with me sometimes.
She never wanted cats, it was a huge deal for her moving here and she's younger
and much better looking - although she says I am. I like her eyes and her back.
Her nose is more sensitive than mine and that's why she likes wearing my clothes.

Our garden is completely secluded and we made love for hours out there in the summer,
with sandwiches and a trifle to keep us going.
Then a squirrel leapt over us. But before that it was something special.

(Guardian)

David Duchovny sues Daily Mail

2008-10-24T19:11:00.000-07:00

David Duchovny has followed through on his threat to sue Britain's Daily Mail
over an article that alleged he was dating his tennis coach.

Tea Leoni

The actor, who recently announced his marriage split from Tea Leoni,
has filed a lawsuit against the newspaper claiming he was defamed by what editors published.

Edit Pakay
The Daily Mail reported that Duchovny had a "full-blown sexual affair" with Edit Pakay, 28, --
a story the tennis coach has since denied.

In the lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Duchovny's lawyer states,
"The story falsely alleges that Duchovny sought out Ms. Pakay to be his tennis instructor
and that the 'professional relationship' ... quickly turned into a love match."

Tea Leoni
The suit also points out the newspaper claimed Duchovny had said
he would leave Tea Leoni for Pakay.

Duchovny insists there was never a romantic relationship.
The suit claims, contrary to the story, that Pakay never told the paper
there was a romantic or sexual relationship.

Halle Berry: My orgasms are better

2008-10-24T18:43:00.000-07:00

Halle Berry: My orgasms are better than when I was in my 20s

Halle Berry has revealed that she enjoys sex so much more now she's in her 40s.
Over the years, the actress, who has just been voted the Sexiest Woman Alive,
has learned what she likes in the bedroom.

‘You know that stuff they say about a woman being responsible for her own orgasms?
That's all true and, in my case, that makes me responsible for pretty damn good orgasms,’
she tells Esquire.
‘They're much better orgasms than when I was 22,
and I wouldn't let a man control that. Not any more.
'Now, I'd invite them to participate! I've learned my tricks. I know what I like.
I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency - I favour intensity.’

Not surprisingly, Halle, 42, prefers having sex with mature guys
who are just as experienced as her.
‘Men in their 20s? Forget it,’ she says.

She is currently dating model Gabriel Aubry, 32,
with who she has daughter Nahla Ariela, 8 months.

Lindsay Lohan to have less exposure on 'Ugly Betty'

2008-10-24T18:22:00.000-07:00

Lindsay Lohan's guest-starring stint on Ugly Betty has been trimmed
from six episodes to four. Everyone seems to agree on that.
But then things get murky.

The folks at Ugly Betty say Lohan was a diva on the set and clashed with America Ferrera,
the show's star. A Lohan defender tells the New York Post's Page Six
that Lohan was embarrassed in a rehearsal when Ferrera, as Betty,
pulled Lohan's pants down - something the Mean Girls star didn't think
was going to happen in rehearsal.
And whether Lohan was wearing underwear is also in dispute.

Meanwhile, E! is saying that creative differences forced the issue, quoting a source
as saying that Lohan's interpretation of her character wasn't in line with Betty's tone.

Reese Witherspoon's sex shopping

2008-10-22T20:50:00.000-07:00

Reese Witherspoon went on a spending spree in a London sex shop.

The 32-year-old actress reportedly spent £656 on sexy lingerie in Myla -
which stocks underwear and sex toys - while visiting the UK city
with boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal recently.

The 10-minute shop saw Reese splash out on four garments,
much to the delight of the Brokeback Mountain actor.
A source told More magazine:
"She bought two Trudie camisoles for £199 each and two pairs of Trudie shorts at £129 each,
in two different colours - blush pink and grey.
Reese was lovely, chatty and down to earth, while Jake couldn't stop smiling."

Although Reese has now returned to her native US to look after her children -
Ava, nine and four-year-old Deacon with ex-husband Ryan Philippe -
she is rumoured to be planning to buy a house in the UK with Jake, 27.

An estate agent recently revealed she and Jake have been looking for a house
in London's exclusive Mayfair district.
The estate agent said:
"Reese liked places where the entrance wasn't on the street,
she was concerned with security issues.
"That's not easy to find in central London,
but we came up with a few places they both seemed to like."

(theAge)

Britney Spears' birthday bash on TV

2008-10-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears will celebrate her 27th birthday on TV -
with a performance on U.S. breakfast show GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

Spears has shot a teaser ad for the big show,
which will take place in Bryant Park, New York on 2 December.
She says,
"It'll be the biggest birthday bash to ever hit morning TV!
Come blow out the candles with me."

Miss Louisiana Teen USA Stripped of Title

2008-10-22T07:50:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Evans, Miss Louisiana Teen USA,
is about a pound lighter, because she just lost her crown.

"Lindsey Evans has been part of an organization that believes in opportunities
when earned and consequences when warranted.
Due to recent circumstances, Lindsey has been relieved of her duties
as Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2008 effective immediately."
(Paula Miles, President of RPM, sponsor of the LA. pageant)

Lindsey Evans was arrested this weekend after she and a group of friends
allegedly tried to dine-and-dash -- all over a $46.07 bill.
Problem -- the pageant queen left her purse at the scene of the crime.
She went back to retrieve it, and was busted when cops found pot in the purse.

She only had 10 days left on her reign.
But pageant officials didn't have the patience to wait.
(TMZ)

Miss South Carolina USA - Jamie Hill, Miss South Carolina Teen USA - Brittany Pjetraj,
Miss North Carolina USA - Andrea Duke, Miss North Carolina Teen USA - Julia Dalton,
Miss Louisiana USA - Michelle Berthelot, Miss Louisiana Teen USA Lindsey Evans.