Saturday, 31 December 2011

TMZ's Funny Baby Face Contest -- Hysterical!

The silly pictures poured into the TMZ news room for our Funny Baby Face Photo Contest -- and the results are gonna keep you laughing until 2012!Be sure to check back on Monday to vote for which funny baby face should score the $250 prize and some…

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TMZ's Funny Baby Face Contest -- Hysterical!

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/31/funny-baby-face-photo-contest/

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Russell Brand -- First Photo Post-Split

Russell Brand was spotted leaving the Savoy Hotel in London today, one day after he filed for divorce from wife Katy Perry.As TMZ first reported, Perry wanted Brand to be the one to file so as not to upset her religious parents.

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Russell Brand -- First Photo Post-Split

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/31/russell-brand-katy-perry-divorce-photo/

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Hollywood Celebs on New Years -- It's All a Blur!

Even Hollywood's A-list can get a little hazy once the clock strikes midnight on December 31. See if you can you guess the celebrity ringing in the New Year! 10 ... 9 .... 8 ...

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Hollywood Celebs on New Years -- It's All a Blur!

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/31/celebrities-and-new-years-eve-its-all-a-blur/

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Katy Perry Divorce -- Singer Was Concerned About Upsetting Religious Parents

Katy Perry WANTED Russell Brand to file the court papers in their divorce ... because she didn't want to upset her religious parents ... sources connected to the former couple tell TMZ. We're told ... Katy and Russell knew the relationship was on…

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Katy Perry Divorce -- Singer Was Concerned About Upsetting Religious Parents

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/31/katy-perry-divorce-russell-brand-religious-parents/

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The Saturdays' Rochelle Wiseman Is Engaged!

Just wonderful!
The Saturdays singer Rochelle Wiseman announced today that she and her boyfriend, JLS singer Marvin Humes, whom she has been seeing since March of 2010, have gotten engaged!
She writes via Twitter:
Its official Marvin proposed 2me 2day,wanted 2 tell u b4 some1 else did!SO excited 2 b Mrs Humes.x
Ah-mazing!
And look at that rock! Holy [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-31-rochelle-wiseman-is-engaged

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Lindsay Lohan -- First Shot Fired in Dubai War

TMZ has obtained the cease and desist letter Lindsay Lohan fired off to a Dubai-based party planning company ... demanding they stop using her name to promote a NYE party. We broke the story ... Lindsay believes the company has been spreading lies…

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Lindsay Lohan -- First Shot Fired in Dubai War

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/31/lindsay-lohan-dubai-party-lawsuit-new-years-eve/

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Kathie Lee Gifford Doesn't Know What A BJ Is!!

Ahhh, yes. Thank goodness for Kathie Lee Gifford.
She's the crazy drunk aunt that we always enjoy seeing twice a year around the holidays.
So, on The Today Show with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee, the women were discussing what life was like before Hoda met her boyfriend, Jay.
That's when Kathie Lee made the ultimate faux [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-kathie-lee-gifford-doesnt-know-what-a-bj-is-on-the-today-show

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Miss Geist from 'Clueless' -- I Once Got Recognized in a Weed Shop!

Twink Caplan -- best known for playing Miss Geist in the classic movie "Clueless" -- once found herself recognized in a place she'd rather not have been seen ... a medical marijuana shop.Of course, Caplan says she was only there for a friend --…

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Miss Geist from 'Clueless' -- I Once Got Recognized in a Weed Shop!

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/30/miss-geist-clueless-weed-shop-video/

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Miss Geist from 'Clueless' -- I Once Got Recognized in a Weed Shop!

Twink Caplan -- best known for playing Miss Geist in the classic movie "Clueless" -- once found herself recognized in a place she'd rather not have been seen ... a medical marijuana shop.Of course, Caplan says she was only there for a friend --…

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Miss Geist from 'Clueless' -- I Once Got Recognized in a Weed Shop!

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/30/miss-geist-clueless-weed-shop-video/

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Pregnant Lily Aldridge adds to Victoria's Secret baby boom

A second Victoria's Secret Angel announces that she too was pregnant during the lingerie runway show last month: Lily Aldridge is expecting her first child.

30 December 2011

Lily Adridge on the runway last month during the Victoria's Secret show.

Lily Adridge on the runway last month during the Victoria's Secret show. Photo: Rex

Alessandra Ambrosio was not the only pregnant Angel on the Victoria's Secret runway last month: Lily Aldridge has announced she too is expecting.

Alessandra Ambr�sio was pregnant on the Victoria's Secret runway

"We are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first child together," the Victoria's Secret Angel and her husband, Caleb Followill, lead singer for Kings of Leon told People magazine on Thursday.

"We can't wait to meet the new addition to our family," they added.

See pregnant and fabulous celebrities

The couple, who met at the Coachella music festival in 2007, tied the knot in California in May.

That makes two pregnant Angels, and three recent mothers (Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes and Adriana Lima) walking down the runway in their underwear for Victoria's Secret.

Victoria's Secret fashion show 2011 in pictures

Ambrosio told US Weekly that she had considered pulling out of the show when she found out she was expecting her second child.

"When I first found out I was pregnant I thought, 'Oh my gosh I don't think I'm going to be able to walk on the show,' and I didn't tell anybody so no one knew at the show that I was pregnant," she said. "A week before, I told my booker I don't think I'm going to be able to fit into the clothes because I gained a few pounds already, but we were just quiet. I cut all the sugars and sweets 10 days before and I got my trainer - the one I usually get - and we were doing lots of glutes and arms and back exercises."

What does it take to be a Victoria's Secret Angel?

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What's the Big Frigin' Difference?!

If you feel like there is something a little strange in the above snapshots ... then you're onto something. See if you can hone your hunch to spot the differences in the following photos!**HINT -- There are THREE differences in the above…

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What's the Big Frigin' Difference?!

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Friday, 30 December 2011

Kathie Lee Gifford Doesn't Know What A BJ Is!!

Ahhh, yes. Thank goodness for Kathie Lee Gifford.
She's the crazy drunk aunt that we always enjoy seeing twice a year around the holidays.
So, on The Today Show with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee, the women were discussing what life was like before Hoda met her boyfriend, Jay.
That's when Kathie Lee made the ultimate faux [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-kathie-lee-gifford-doesnt-know-what-a-bj-is-on-the-today-show

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T.I. To Drop F**k Da City Up Mixtape On New Year's Day!

Happy 2012, T.I. fans!
The rapper revealed that he will be dropping his new mixtape F**k Da City Up on January 1, 2012, which will go hand-in-hand with his NYE parties in the dirty South!
He says:
"For New Year's I'm gonna be waitin' on F**k da City Up to drop. We got a party poppin' [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-ti-dr-dre-to-release-f-da-city-up-on-new-years-day-2012

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Nope! No Dubai NYE Plans For Lindsay

If you thought you were going to see Lindsay Lohan get her pAArty on in Dubai for New Year's Eve, think again.
After it was reported that she was considering an offer to host an NYE bash on the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship in Dubai, Lindsay's reps say NO WAY!
In fact, LiLo was so pissed [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-lindsay-lohan-will-not-spend-new-years-eve-in-dubai

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Lance Bass Stomachs the Beach Shirtless

Former *NSYNC boy bander Lance Bass showed off his trimmed pecs and abs by going shirtless while on the beach in Miami on Thursday.There's nothing like soaking up the sun with a six-pack.

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Lance Bass Stomachs the Beach Shirtless

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Rihanna Flashes Barbados in See-Thru Bikini Top

Everything was bikini as usual when Rihanna hit the beach in her native Barbados yesterday ... until she took a dip in the ocean. Rihanna's orange bikini top turned transparent in water ... but the singer didn't seem to mind, splashing around…

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Rihanna Flashes Barbados in See-Thru Bikini Top

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/30/rihanna-orange-bikini-barbados-body-wet-water-curves/

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Someone Call Wilson Phillips! Bridesmaids' Chris O'Dowd Is Engaged!

Yay!!
Chris O'Dowd, the sweet and cute Irish actor in Bridesmaids, is engaged in real life!
He popped the question to his real-life girlfriend, British TV personality Dawn Porter, while vacationing in Guernsey, an island in the English Channel, on the day after Christmas.
Aww!
Dawn excitedly wrote on her Twitter:
I guess he liked it, coz [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-bridesmaid-actor-chris-o-dowd-engaged-to-dawn-porter

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Warren Beatty Throws Dinner In Honor Of Transgender Son's Bravery!

We certainly pray that this is true!
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's son, Stephen, was born a girl named Kathlyn, and although the actor was reportedly having a difficult time accepting that his child is transgender, The National Enquirer is reporting that he has finally come around, and celebrated him with the entire family in Hollywood [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-warren-beatty-throws-dinner-in-honor-of-transgender-sons-bravery

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Hollywood chimp Cheetah in his heyday in Tarzan And The Amazons

He outlived both Tarzan co-stars, Weissmuller and actress Maureen O'Sullivan, who played Jane.

Like most Hollywood stars Cheetah's life was not without controversy. The Florida "Cheetah" is not the only chimpanzee to have claimed to be Tarzan's companion.

A chimp known as "Cheeta" who lives in California was for a long time claimed to be the chimp in the films, but, following research for a biography, that claim has been withdrawn.

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Ryan Braun Says He WILL Address PED Allegations -- 'My Day Will Come'

MLB superstar Ryan Braun -- the 2011 National League MVP -- says he will not hide from allegations he used performance enhancing drugs ... telling TMZ, "My day will come."TMZ broke the story ... MLB sources say Braun's dirty test was caused by…

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Ryan Braun Says He WILL Address PED Allegations -- 'My Day Will Come'

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/30/ryan-braun-steroid-allegations-ped-talks/

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Vintage Salma Hayek!

Even back in the early 90s, before sex came to the city and the mob took over New Jersey, HBO was putting out provocative TV to talk about. One of their first original series was a show called Dream On, which took stabs at social class friction, politics and just general human relationships.
Yeah, we know [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-vintage-salma-hayek

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Anna Paquin's New Movie Margaret Was Actually Shot Almost Seven Years Ago!

She must have never seen this one coming!
Anna Paquin is featured on the cover of the mid December issue of LA Weekly, which picked her old new movie Margaret, the best of the year - even though it was filmed in 2005 and subsequently delayed in post production until now!
Ch-ch-check out the cover (above)!
Inneresting! [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-30-anna-paquin-new-movie-was-actually-shot-almost-seven-years-ago

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'Love and Hip Hop' Brawl #1,245 -- Blame It (On the Editing)

One of the chicks on VH1's "Love and Hip Hop" claims it's not the weave-pulling, glass-throwing cat fights that are making her look bad ... IT'S THE EDITING!!!  Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings!

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'Love and Hip Hop' Brawl #1,245 -- Blame It (On the Editing)

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/28/love-and-hip-hop-fight-tmz-on-tv-video/

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Thursday, 29 December 2011

The Most Adorable Thing You'll Watch All Day: Zooey And JGL Sing A Duet Together

If you don't want to see cute, cuddly and brilliantly sweet things, then do not click on the video above.
However, if you like two adorable stars, who are even more talented than they are hot, singing a duet of What Are You Doing For New Year's Eve?, then the above video is just for you. [...]

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Janet Jackson and Kim Kardashian crowned PETA's 'Celebrity Grinches' of 2011

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Fur lovers Janet Jackson and reality TV star Kim Kardashian named the most animal-unfriendly celebrities of the year by Peta.

BY Olivia Bergin | 28 December 2011

Fur fan Kim Kardashian accessorises with a fur shrug while out and about in New York

Fur fan Kim Kardashian accessorises with a fur shrug while out and about in New York Photo: REX

There's a first for everything, and 2011 marks Peta's (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) first 'Celebrity Grinch Awards'.

The organisation put the spotlight on singer Janet Jackson's collaboration with Blackglama , a fashion label which hand crafts garments made from "the highest quality mink in the world." Peta called Jackson "just plain nasty", justifying her listing as a Grinch on their blog by writing: "When Janet Jackson had her infamous 'wardrobe malfunction' during the Super Bowl, at least the flesh that popped into view was her own - unlike the stolen animal skins that she drapes herself with, which are as dead as her taste in fashion (not to mention her career)."

West Hollywood bans the sale of fur

Fur-loving reality TV "star" Kim Kardashian is also in the organisation's bad books, inciting this commentary: "Some have speculated that Kim Kardashian's wedding to NBA forward Kris Humphries was fake. Too bad the socialite princess doesn't have the same enthusiasm for faking her fur. Unlike her sweet sister Khloe, who starred in her own Peta anti-fur ad, Kim just can't seem to divorce herself from fur and say "I do" to a kind and compassionate wardrobe"

Film director Cameron Crowe was also singled out for using real animals instead of computer-aided animations to add to his latest film, We Bought a Zoo .

'Guilt-free' fur hits the catwalks

In contrast, it's our very own crooner Morrissey that's setting the best example of all. Peta UK named The Smiths singer their Person of the Year after the passionate vegetarian wore T-shirts with animal rights messages on stage and convinced festival goers in Belgium to go meat free on the day if his performance. Which leaves us wondering, who is Miserable Now?

Reese Witherspoon abandons her Chlo� bag after Peta backlash

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Russell And Katy Seen Separately WITHOUT Their Wedding Rings!

Uh-oh, this doesn't look good!
Both Russell Brand and Katy Perry have been spotted recently WITHOUT their wedding rings!
Yikes!!
Katy was seen without hers while vacaying on a Hawaiian beach on Christmas Day, which could explain why she wasn't wearing hers (sand and sea water don't go too well with diamonds).
But, what's Russell's excuse??
He stepped out onto [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-29-russell-brand-katy-perry-seen-without-their-wedding-rings

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'Love and Hip Hop' Brawl #1,245 -- Blame It (On the Editing)

One of the chicks on VH1's "Love and Hip Hop" claims it's not the weave-pulling, glass-throwing cat fights that are making her look bad ... IT'S THE EDITING!!!  Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings!

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'Love and Hip Hop' Brawl #1,245 -- Blame It (On the Editing)

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/28/love-and-hip-hop-fight-tmz-on-tv-video/

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Cheetah the chimpanzee: star of Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, dies at the age of 80

The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbour, Florida, said Cheetah died of kidney failure on December 24. Debbie Cobb, director of the sanctuary, said Cheetah had loved finger painting and had seemed particularly tuned into human feelings. He came to the sanctuary from the estate of the star of the Tarzan series - American Olympic gold medal swimmer Johnny Weissmuller - during the early 1960s

Picture: Alamy

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Ultima lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone splits from husband after posing in underwear

Shortly after the photo shoot she said: "He?s bothered on so many levels. He doesn?t want other men looking at his wife like that. He thinks it?s harmful for the kids. And he thinks it's detrimental for the business.?

Earlier this year she admitted: ?He was appalled I'd posed in my underwear. He didn't speak to me for days. It's something we can't talk about, even now."

Mrs Mone, who was brought up in the east end of Glasgow and left school at 15, was also forced last year to deny rumours over her friendships with the rugby player Gavin Henson and the actor Shane Richie.

A statement released through the couple?s lawyers yesterday said: "It is with regret that we intimate that Mr Michael J Mone & Mrs Michelle G Mone OBE have decided to separate. There are no other parties involved and the split is amicable.

"Michael and Michelle's focus will be the welfare of their children, which is their main priority. They will continue to work together in their business MJM International.?

Mrs Mone and her husband launched MJM International in East Kilbride in 1996, and its popularity soared after Julia Roberts wore one of the company's bras in the film in Erin Brockovich.

The businesswoman and CEO, now divides her time between Glasgow and her home in Mayfair, London.

She said recently that the company, which has a turnover of around pounds42 million, had recorded a 34 per cent year on year increase in sales in December.

She added that the firm had been boosted by the Argentinian model Luisana Lopilato, the 24-year-old Argentinian wife of Michael Buble, and by deals with Debenhams and Tesco.

Helena Christensen, the ex-Spice Girl Mel B and the actress Kelly Brook have all appeared in Ultimo campaigns.

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George Clooney Shares A Bite With Cindy Crawford And A-Rod In Cabo!

It's a star studded lunch in Cabo!
Continuing their Mexican vaycay, George Clooney and gal pal Stacey Kiebler grabbed lunch with Cindy Crawford and Alex Rodriguez yesterday.
Cindy was with hubby Rande Gerber, leaving A-Rod as the fifth wheel.
We think he'll be okay, though.
[Image via Pacific Coast News.]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-29-george-clooney-shares-lunch-with-alex-rodriguez-and-cindy-crawford-in-cabo

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Short celebrity marriages

Sinead O?Connor?s fourth marriage has ended after just 16 days. The singer married Barry Herridge, a 38-year-old therapist, in a Las Vegas ?drive-thru? wedding on December 8. But they managed to live together for just seven days and split for good on Christmas Eve.

Picture: Splash News

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The Smiths Might Reunite!

What! How awesome would this be??
After 25 years since the split, the legendary band The Smiths, including founders Morrissey and John Marr, could be reuniting once again:
"The one everybody would like to see is The Smiths and they say it's not going to happen. But they said the Roses wouldn't happen and they said Led [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-29-the-smiths-might-reunite

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Twilight actor Taylor Lautner gay People magazine cover 'fake'

The fake People cover, dated Jan 7 2012, was circulated on the internet over the holidays. It featured a picture of Lautner, 19, with text saying "Tired of rumours, the Twilight star opens up about his decision to finally come out."

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Darren Criss' First Playbill Cover!

This is … we can't … WE'RE SO PROUD!
Our boy Darren Criss is making his Broadway debut in the new year, taking over for Daniel Radcliffe in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and we've just gotten a look at his Playbill cover.
His FIRST Playbill cover!
Is there anything more exciting? We. Think. Not!
Mmm! [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-28-darren-criss-playbill-how-to-succeed-in-business-without-really-trying

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L.A. Lakers Star Andrew Bynum Loses 2 More in L.A.

The Lakers are now 1 and 2 for the season, but Andrew Bynum's record this week is even worse -- he's 0 and 2 on the streets of L.A.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Bynum was pulled over Tuesday for driving without a license plate and having…

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L.A. Lakers Star Andrew Bynum Loses 2 More in L.A.

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/28/andrew-bynum-l-a-lakers-ticket-speeding/

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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

New Couple Alert?

Wow! We didn't see this one coming!
Zoe Saldana recently called off the engagement to her boyfriend of nearly 11 years in November, and it appears now that she has moved on - to Bradley Cooper! And the couple are even starting to tell their respective families that they're an item!
A source confirms:
"They [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-28-new-couple-alert-bradley-cooper-zoe-saldana

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OJ Simpson's Former Nephew Dodges Domestic Violence Bullet

OJ Simpson's former nephew will NOT be prosecuted for domestic violence because the D.A. is uncertain who started the fight at his home yesterday ... TMZ has learned.TMZ broke the story ... Sean Brown -- the son of Nicole Brown Simpson's sister,…

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OJ Simpson's Former Nephew Dodges Domestic Violence Bullet

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/28/oj-simpson-denise-brown-son-sean-domestic-violence-prosecute/

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Hollywood chimp Cheeta in his heyday in Tarzan And The Amazons

He outlived both Tarzan co-stars, Weissmuller and actress Maureen O'Sullivan, who played Jane.

Like most Hollywood stars Cheetah's life was not without controversy. The Florida "Cheetah" is not the only chimpanzee to have claimed to be Tarzan's companion.

A chimp known as "Cheeta" who lives in California was for a long time claimed to be the chimp in the films, but, following research for a biography, that claim has been withdrawn.

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Neil Diamond -- Awkward Moment With Chick Who Inspired 'Sweet Caroline'

Neil Diamond has said "Sweet Caroline" was inspired by a photo of a 4-year-old Caroline Kennedy -- hence the awkward laughter when Caroline recited the line, "touching me, touching you" back at the singer during the Kennedy Center Honors event last…

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Neil Diamond -- Awkward Moment With Chick Who Inspired 'Sweet Caroline'

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/28/neil-diamond-caroline-kennedy-sweet-caroline/

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World Champion Eater Patrick Bertoletti-- King of the Jews' Booze

World champion eater Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti failed to start a new Jewish tradition when he downed two FULL bottles of Manischewitz in less than a minute -- but he did manage to inspire a classic new Hanukkah(ish) song! Check out TMZ on TV…

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World Champion Eater Patrick Bertoletti-- King of the Jews' Booze

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/27/patrick-bertoletti-manischewitz-tmz-on-tv/

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Ben Stiller -- Ripped, Wet & Shirtless in Hawaii

Ben Stiller proved he's still got those "Zoolander" looks and moves by showing off his 46-year-old ripped, buff shirtless bod in Hawaii on Tuesday.Blue Steel isn't the only thing that never gets old.

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Ben Stiller -- Ripped, Wet & Shirtless in Hawaii

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/28/ben-stiller-ripped-buff-shirtless-wet-hawaii-46-zoolander-blue-steel/

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Ben Stiller -- Ripped, Wet & Shirtless in Hawaii

Ben Stiller proved he's still got those "Zoolander" looks and moves by showing off his 46-year-old ripped, buff shirtless bod in Hawaii on Tuesday.Blue Steel isn't the only thing that never gets old.

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Jerry Sandusky -- Hey Oprah, Wanna Talk??

Jerry Sandusky and his wife are kicking around the idea of doing a major TV interview TOGETHER ... but first, he must decide ... Oprah or Barbara Walters??Attorney Joe Amendola reportedly told PennLive.com, Jerry and Dottie Sandusky are "considering…

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Rachel Uchitel -- I'M PREGNANT!!!

There's something growing inside of Rachel Uchitel ... and this time, it's not the guilt from sleeping with a married golfer. Uchitel -- former Tiger Woods mistress numero uno --has announced that she's preggo ... and by the looks of the photo,…

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    TMZ's Funny Baby Face Contest!

    As 2011 comes to an end there is one universal joy that unites the world... TMZ's Funny Baby Face Photo Contest!!!So email in your silly snapshots before this Saturday -- 'cause these New Years Eve baby photos are sure to keep you smiling through…

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    Melvyn Bragg: 'Why shouldn't Britain be the clever country?'

    That, he thinks, has always been the reason for the programme?s existence: its examination and promotion of the work of artists and performers working today. ?I think we do the great dead artists pretty well in television,? he says, ?and we do arts magazines shows well. The Culture Show is pretty good. But I am going to do big contemporary people. I just like saying here is someone we think is doing good work and we are going to spend time on them.?

    Bragg displays a work ethic that would fell a lesser man. He combines his broadcasting commitments with regular attendance at the House of Lords, where he tries to vote on issues he is concerned about, such as trying to defeat the recent health service reform proposals. He gets up at 5am when he is writing and has a new book planned for next year.

    ?I have always had this sort of life since I started to work,? he says. ?This might be psychobabble, but my parents worked all the time. They had a little pub from the time I was nine or 10, which was open every single day including Christmas. So they worked every single day of their lives, and I helped them. That was the context and it didn?t seem strange.?

    Bragg still seems driven by the intellectual curiosity that propelled him from Wigton in Cumbria to Oxford and then to a career which ended with him as head of arts at LWT as well as the face of the South Bank Show. His willingness to tackle the biggest subjects has led to television series about science, the English language and The Book of Books, his recent tome about the King James Bible.

    Talking about that at literary festivals around the country, he has been struck by a similar hunger for knowledge in a great swath of the population. ?Not just middle-classish people like me.? These are the people who have made In Our Time such a great success, bringing it more than two million listeners a week; the people who launch local literary and music festivals to feed their desire ?to intellectualise this society and to turn their new learning into work?; the people who long to know and think more.

    The boom in literary and arts festivals, he says, ?has been one of the phenomenons of my lifetime. I went to the Edinburgh Festival in 1967, and I think there were about 5,000 people going to a couple of events a day. Now there are 250,000 people going to the Books Festival alone, and listening to talks on every subject under the sun.

    ?It?s great and I think it is one way this country has gone which they just haven?t cottoned on to down in Westminster. What Chris Smith [the former culture secretary] called the creative economy is growing every year and we are a far more highly educated society than we give ourselves credit for.?

    Later he returns to a similar theme: the power of the arts to transform society, and the importance of the creative industries in Britain, where they account for seven per cent of GDP. ?I don?t think it has got home to the people in the commanding heights of this country what a big thing this is. Why shouldn?t we be the clever country? Why shouldn?t we cultivate this and give it more chance. Now is the time to do it, if ever there was. Why shouldn?t the creative economy become our new iron and steel? What the hell else is going to replace it??

    In this sense, Bragg is an optimist. He doesn?t believe Britain is suffering from cultural impoverishment, though a series he has made for BBC2 about class and culture over the past century will reveal what he sees as a massive erosion of working-class skills as traditional industry has vanished.

    In the same way, he thinks that broadcasters do still engage with ideas, particularly on radio. ?And there are good programmes across television. I am absolutely not a doomsayer about television.? What he regrets, however, is their reluctance to schedule ?more intellectual content? on the big, popular channels such as BBC1 and ITV. ?I do think there is a slight fear of it, and maybe an unwillingness to let an audience build and give it support to build.?

    He compares this with In Our Time. When he took on the time slot on Radio 4 it was regarded as the death slot, where programmes failed. But given a good idea and a long enough run to allow listeners to arrive, it is now a programme that is listened to around the world.

    This is the context in which he is taking the South Bank Show to Sky Arts. He thought long and hard before making the move, but says that the enthusiasm of James Hunt, the channel controller, and his predecessor, John Cassy, reminded him of the heady days of Lime Grove in the Sixties, when television was a new medium and anything seemed possible.

    I ask whether it worried him that he, a lifelong socialist and a passionate campaigner for social justice, would be working for a channel owned by Rupert Murdoch. ?No, not really. First of all Murdoch backs the TLS and I like the TLS. Secondly, Murdoch backs premier league football and if that Northern socialist Alex Ferguson can put his South Bank Show out on Sky, I can put mine out. And I think that Sky Arts has made clear its independence, and is really having a good go at putting the arts on television.?

    He also says, more surprisingly: ?It may make me vastly unpopular to say this, but I think Murdoch did some good things. I worked in ITV when it was strangled at the neck by the unions and it was horrifically disillusioning as a Labour bloke. I had a sort of vertigo.

    ?I didn?t turn against the unions, but they would just cut you off at the knees when you were a minute over and would decide whether they would let you film in America or whatever. Murdoch had the guts to crash through all that.?

    He is clearly thrilled to be back at work on the show. ?I love doing arts programmes and I am very excited about doing this ? more excited than I thought I would be. I remember when I first arrived at the BBC, I said to my friend Gavin Millar: I just can?t believe it, we just keep learning new stuff all the time and they call it work. I like work, I like doing it. ?

    With that he is off, papers tucked under his arm, raincoat wrapped around him, marching purposefully toward the BBC, still recognisably the young man who arrived in London in the Sixties, and still Britain?s most persuasive cultural guide.

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    Tuesday, 27 December 2011

    Swiss Model Nena Ristic -- Bottoms Up

    Multilingual Swiss model Nena Ristic exercised her gift of the gab in Miami on Christmas Eve -- chatting up several eager men on the beach ... including AC Milan soccer star Kevin-Prince Boateng (left).Nena speaks five languages -- English, French,…

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    Swiss Model Nena Ristic -- Bottoms Up

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    Victoria Jackson Continues To Spew Absurdities And Hate

    That's it. She has to be messing with us. She just has to be. Nobody could ever keep this up without planning a big "JUST KIDDING" reveal at some point.
    Right?
    Well, if not, then here Victoria Jackson goes again:
    "I just went to a briefing in Washington DC, across the street from the Capitol, at the Longworth [...]

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    TMZ's Annual Santa Snapshots Photo Contest -- WINNER!

    The tribe has spoken -- and the rad action of the little Thumbs Up Dude swept the competition in our annual Santa Snapshots Photo Contest -- scoring the $250 prize and some great presents from TMZ!This week's contest is our infamous Funny Baby Face…

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    Carlos Mencia -- Comedy Is Harder When You Lose the Fat

    Carlos Mencia knows that fat is funny -- and dropping 70 lbs can be a career killer for a comedian -- but this weekend, the comic found a way to make skinny work ... with the help of a little person. A slimmed-down Mencia was telling us all about…

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    Carlos Mencia -- Comedy Is Harder When You Lose the Fat

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    Regis Philbin Hijacks An NBC Tour!

    Wouldn't you want to have been one of the lucky bitches on this NBC tour!?!
    Regis Philbin went to do a chat with Brian Williams, and he ended up taking over a tour on his way out!
    Classic Rege!!
    During his hijacking, he tells some stories of yesteryear….
    ….and it's actually really sweet!
    REGIS, REGIS! [...]

    Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-12-27-regis-philbin-hijacks-nbc-tour

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    Columbia University professor 'fired after giving James Franco poor grade'

    "The university has done everything in its power to curry favour with James Franco.

    "In my opinion, they've turned the NYU graduate film degree into swag for James Franco's purposes, a possession, something you can buy."

    Franco was later hired by the University's Tisch School of Arts as a lecturer on how to adapt poetry into short films.

    Earlier this year a student at the university posted a photo of Franco fast asleep during a lecture. He was also reported to have been spotted asleep in the school library.

    Santana, who is suing the university for his job back, said Franco joined his class, Directing the Actor II, last year.

    He was the only professor to give Franco a poor grade but denied he had a problem with the actor.

    According to his lawsuit Santana filed at Manhattan Supreme Court he claims the university gave Franco good grades after he hired one of their other professors Jay Anania to write and direct a short film.

    It is also claimed the chairman of the graduate film department was given a cameo role in the film.

    Franco has directed 13 short films and documentaries with his most recent called The Broken Tower being described as "quite tedious" by Variety magazine.

    Franco has not made any comment about the law suit.

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    'Fresh Prince' Star RIPS Will Smith -- I'll Never Reunite with that 'A**hole'

    The woman who played the original Aunt Viv on "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" says there's a damn good reason she wasn't at a recent reunion dinner with the rest of the Banks family -- she HATES Will Smith. 15 years after the show went off the air ...…

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    'Fresh Prince' Star RIPS Will Smith -- I'll Never Reunite with that 'A**hole'

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    Prince Philip Released From Hospital After Emergency Surgery

    After four nights in the hospital requiring emergency surgery due to a hear ailment, we're positive that Prince Philip is glad to be home!!
    The 90 year old left the hospital in good spirits too, smiling and waving at people outside. He even walked from his ward instead of using the elevator or wheelchair! According to [...]

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    Prince William & Prince Harry Visit Prince Phillip in the Hospital

    Prince William and Zara Phillips (top) along with Prince Harry and Princess Eugenie (bottom) went to Papworth Hospital yesterday to visit Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is recovering at the hospital after heart surgery. Buckingham…

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    World Champ Eater Patrick Bertoletti Downs TWO Bottles of Manischewitz in SECONDS

    Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti -- who currently holds the world record for downing nearly 17 corned beef sandwiches in 10 minutes -- went down in Hanukkah history on Friday ... guzzling two full bottles of Manischewitz in less than a minute.The…

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    World Champ Eater Patrick Bertoletti Downs TWO Bottles of Manischewitz in SECONDS

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    Randy Savage's Brother: I Wrote a Macho Man Poem ... Now Listen Up!!!

    It's his first Christmas without the Macho Man, but Randy Savage's little brother isn't leaving him behind ... writing an emotional poem in memory of the wrestling legend -- just for the holidays.Lanny Poffo recites the poem in a typically…

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    Randy Savage's Brother: I Wrote a Macho Man Poem ... Now Listen Up!!!

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    Diddy -- 'Making the Band' Lawsuit Is a Real Pain in the Abs

    A guy who claims he got hit in the stomach with a microphone during the taping of an episode "Making the Band" back in 2008 is suing Diddy, MTV, and everyone involved with the event that day ... and we mean EVERYONE. Kevin Faraday claims he was in…

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    Diddy -- 'Making the Band' Lawsuit Is a Real Pain in the Abs

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    Monday, 26 December 2011

    My perfect weekend: Christopher Warren-Green

    If I wasn?t so hugely fond of the London Chamber Orchestra the distance would be a chore. But we?re all very close; I?ve been conductor since 1988 and my wife is the first violinist, so it?s always worth the air miles. It?s a bit like a club; musicians play in it because they really want to and there?s no public funding; it?s run purely on personal and private donations and the Royal family help like crazy. We couldn?t exist without royal patronage.

    My relationship with Prince Charles goes back 30 years, to the time in 1981 when he invited me to conduct the Philharmonia for the first concert in the Throne Room in Buckingham Palace in modern times. The palace was a different place in those days; there was no security and we were all just wandering around everywhere.

    I was extremely honoured when the Prince of Wales got in touch late last year to ask me to conduct the London Chamber Orchestra at the royal wedding, and for some help with choosing the music. I don?t do many weddings. The last one I?d done was his wedding to the Duchess of Cornwall. But Prince William had asked his father for some guidance because he knows the Prince is very knowledgable about music, and the Prince turned to me. As it happens, Catherine is also very clued up; she loves music and had really set ideas about what she wanted, and her parents were involved a little bit as well. My job, as I saw it, was simply to make sure Catherine got exactly what she wanted.

    During our meetings I suggested all sorts of things but William and Catherine said no to anything baroque or Handelian. I couldn?t figure out why Catherine kept insisting on English pastoral music. It was only when I was doing an interview for the BBC outside Westminster on the day before the wedding, and all those trees started arriving, that the penny dropped that English pastoral was their ?theme?. I just said to the presenter ?now I understand? but I still couldn?t tell him what the music was.

    I don?t normally get nervous before concerts; professionalism kicks in. But when Catherine got out of the car in front of Westminster Abbey and stood there all on her own I did get a surge of butterflies. I thought: ?I can?t mess this up for her.?

    At the reception in Buckingham Palace, I?ve never seen the Prince of Wales so animated. He said: ?Everyone?s talking about the music.? But he was right to feel delighted about it because so much of it had been his idea. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn?t find the right music for the entrance of the Queen. Who found it in the end? The Prince of Wales.

    Afterwards, he wrote me a lovely letter, as did Catherine. It wasn?t really from a future Queen; it was from a girl who had just got married. She spoke of the music and the thrill of starting married life. Later, she sent Rosemary and I some photographs of us at the reception; with a Post-it note stuck on them saying: ?I thought you might like these.? There must have been hundreds of people at the reception; it was so kind of her to go through them like that. She really is going to be such an asset to the Royal family.

    Prince Charles often talks about harmony ? it?s his big word ? and I think he?s right. Harmony is so important to our society and music makes harmony. I find it hard to feel excited about music at the moment; the first thing that gets the chop in any recession is the arts. But having worked with underprivileged kids for the charity Music Junction, I?ve seen for myself how much children?s academic grades go up when music is introduced to the curriculum. It?s a fact; arts are so important. I truly believe if children had more exposure to music they wouldn?t feel like rioting.

    When I was growing up in London, everyone was in a church choir, it?s what you did; I was a chorister at Westminster Boys? Grammar and my weekends were music, music, music. I played the piano as a child and started learning the violin aged 13 after being inspired by the Beatles who had were using string quartets. I then listened to a piece by Vaughan Williams called Fantasia on the Theme of Thomas Tallis and that was that, I was sold. I got into the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, which was fully funded by the education authority, and that became my life. Talk about taking a young boy off the streets.

    There was never any question in my mind that I?d do anything else but music. I began playing the violin professionally when I was 17. My children have so far all gone down the arts route too; one daughter is an actress ? she was recently in Much Ado About Nothing with David Tennant and Catherine Tate ? another daughter is in musical theatre school and my 13-year-old son plays saxophone and seems to be talented.

    I miss England when I?m here in North Carolina. The skies are blue all winter, which is great, but there are none of the older buildings or the history. And it?s brunch on Sunday rather than a traditional roast, which isn?t quite the same. My idea of a perfect weekend over here is to drive down to Lake Norman, a beautiful 17-mile flooded valley, where we keep a small sailing boat, and spend the day on the water. I find being out on the boat, miles from civilisation, is one of the best ways to relax after a run of concerts.

    I hate Sunday evenings. When I was a child it meant music making would have to stop until choir practice on Tuesday night, which I found rather depressing. I still experience this sense of despair when my son looks at me sadly on a Sunday night and says: ?School tomorrow, Daddy.? I?m lucky that I don?t usually have to work on a Monday; experience has taught me that it?s healthy to take a break from music. I love it so much that if I?m not careful I get suffocated by it.

    In short

    Herbal tea or stiff drink?

    Definitely not a herbal tea.

    Best piece of advice you?ve ever been given?

    Be yourself in everything you do.

    Best advice you?d give an aspiring musician?

    Chase the music; never chase after a career.

    Your earliest memory?

    Watching the Flowerpot Men. They used to have a thing called ?Little Weed? which frightened me so much that I?d run behind the couch whenever it came on.

    Your favourite weekend away?

    I?d be down to Cornwall in a shot; ideally the Roseland Peninsula.

    Iconic piece of clothing?

    My tail suits. I need three of them.

    Your best piece of critical acclaim?

    A letter from the Prince of Wales after the royal wedding.

    Last supper?

    Egg and chips.

    My favourite things

    My wife, Rosemary.

    All my children; three children and three stepchildren.

    My dog.

    Cars ? I drive a Jag and I?ve had an Aston Martin and a Rolls.

    Our sailing boat.

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