Celeb Drama and Music: 2007

Monday

Tammy Faye Dies at age 65

Evangelist Tammy Faye Messner died on Friday morning of inoperable cancer, CNN's Larry King announced on Saturday night, after her family asked him to personally make the delayed statement. She was 65.

Messner had appeared as a guest on Larry King Live on Thursday, looking frighteningly thin, revealing that she could no longer swallow food and had dwindled down to a mere 65 lbs.

"She had a very peaceful death and is no longer in pain," Messner's son Jay Bakker said Saturday in a statement on his Web site. "To grant her wish she was cremated today and her ashes were buried at a private ceremony."

Added Bakker: "Thank you to everyone for their prayers and support over the years – it has helped me more than you will ever know. Please continue to pray for her husband Roe as well as the rest of my family."

Messner's ex-husband Jim Bakker also released a statement Saturday, saying, "Our family is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Tammy Faye. She lived her life like the song she sang, 'If Life Hands You a Lemon, Make Lemonade.' "

King said a public ceremony is being planned. "She wanted a party," he said, according to CNN. "They're going to schedule a party in two to three weeks in Palm Springs, Calif. Her friends will be invited. And she wanted it to be a celebration."

Messner underwent surgery for colon cancer in 1993 and revealed in 2004 that the disease had spread. By 2007, she revealed that her cancer was no longer treatable.

Asked by King what she would most like to be remembered for, Messner jokingly replied, "well, my eyelashes." Asked if she had a message for her fans, she replied: "I'd like to say that I genuinely love you, and I genuinely care, and I genuinely want to see you in heaven some day. I want you to find peace. I want you
to find joy."

source:People Magazine

Friday

Larry David wife files for divorce after 14 years of marriage.

Brigitte Nielsen goes to Rehab

Brigitte Nielsen is enjoying some time in celebrity country club, aka rehab.

The Surreal Life is undergoing treatment for her addictions, CelebTV is reporting.

Says her manager, Steven Tempone, “I wish her the best of luck, she has been a dear friend of mine for over 20 years. I hope that when she gets out we can celebrate our birthdays together. This was a decision she made on her own, and I love her and I am glad she is getting help.”

No word on what vice(s) Brigitte is getting treatment for.

Sly it is a good thing you did not get caught up with this girl for to long.

Wednesday

Tiger Woods is a new Daddy

Woods became a father Monday morning(18Jun) in Orlando, Fla., when his wife, Elin, gave birth to a daughter they named Sam Alexis Woods. The news was announced on his Web site, leaving out such details as height and weight and when she was born.

"Pictures of Sam Alexis Woods will be made available shortly," it said beneath a short note from Woods.

The big question is when anyone will see this child in public.

Woods can rarely go anywhere at a golf tournament without getting pounded by the press and the public, and sometimes his peers.

He draws such a clear line between private and public that Woods won't reveal his schedule until a week before a given tournament. He doesn't let anyone except his friends inside his home, even before he got married. The name of his yacht says it all — "Privacy."

Ditto for his wife, a one-time model from Sweden, who will turn and walk away from a conversation when she sees a group of photographers pointing cameras at her.

There was one moment in South Africa at the Presidents Cup when Woods had just lost a match and was standing behind the 17th green at Fancourt with his wife, watching his teammates. A dozen photographers began taking pictures of them, and Woods finally stepped in front of his wife and barked, "You got enough, already?"

Imagine how much more protective he will be of his daughter, or any other children who follow.

The great coincidence about this birth was the timing.

Woods' daughter was born the morning after he finished second by one shot at the U.S. Open, needing a 30-foot birdie putt on the last hole to force an 18-hole playoff Monday. It might be the one time, in hindsight, Woods didn't mind settling for second.

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The only time Elin Woods was a prominent part of the picture was last summer at Hoylake, and only because Woods was a blubbering mess of tears having captured his first victory since the death of his father.
For other players, children are part of their careers, traveling to tournaments, caddying at the Par 3 Tournament at the Masters.

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Woods is so protective of his private life, it is difficult to imagine allowing his child or children to be at a tournament lest they feel part of the circus.

Lisa Bonet having another baby????

Lisa take a stroll with Zoe, I guess no one should reconize her with the floppy hat?

Jada said she will not work with Will Smith again

Will Smith's actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith refuses to ever work with her superstar husband again because he patronized her on the set of Ali. The pair starred together on the boxing biopic, and the actor admits he stepped over the line trying to give his wife advice.

He says, "Jada prefers not to work with me after 'Ali.' I'd be like: 'Baby, you did it this way last tine, Maybe you should try it like this?' And she was like: 'Boy, you worry about you. Let me worry about me.' We try to keep a happy home, so we avoid that now."

Tuesday

OJ Said News was over the top about Paris Hilton

Former American football star O.J. Simpson has criticized the media for its coverage of Paris Hilton's prison sentence. The socialite was readmitted to jail on Friday at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, California to finish the 45-day sentence she began earlier this month - after a judge reversed the decision to allow her to complete the sentence under house arrest.

However Simpson, who in 1995 was acquitted of the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, believes the media circus surrounding Hilton's jail sentence was over the top.

He says, "When Paris Hilton was going to jail last week, more people knew about that than knew that we were sending people into space that day. It has replaced what is real news. There was always a place for it, but it was (gossip writer) Rona Barrett. Now it is the equivalent of (late, high-brow journalist) Edward R. Murrow reporting it today."

Friday

The Travolta's Want A New Baby

June 1, 2007 -- JOHN Travolta, 53, and his wife, Kelly Preston, 44, just announced they want to try for their third child - even while they fall under increasing pressure to publicly acknowledge the disability of their son, Jett.

Travolta has either pretended there is nothing wrong with Jett, 15, or claimed his condition is Kawasaki syndrome, a disease characterized by high fever, skin rash and swelling of the lymph nodes.

But parents of autistic children say that Travolta should join Sylvester Stallone, Doug Flutie, Jenny McCarthy and Toni Braxton, who all have autistic kids, in raising awareness and research funds to cure the disease.

One magazine editor who has interviewed Travolta more than once says that the star's son is disabled - and yet he continues to behave as if nothing is wrong.

"Travolta sits there in interviews talking about how Jett loves to read or play sports, but it is clear that the boy can barely do either," the editor said.

Tim Kenny, the father of a 4-year-old autistic girl from Ocala, Fla., near the Travolta estate, told Mark Ebner of HollywoodInterrupted.com that he introduced the actor in February at a restaurant he manages "as one autistic child's father to another" but that Travolta was in denial.

"Scientology is keeping him from acknowledging his son's autism. They see it as a weakness," Kenny told Ebner.

According to the Church of Scientology, people with mental illnesses are "degraded" and capable of curing themselves by working harder on the church's teachings.

"It's fine with me if Travolta doesn't want to become the poster child for autistic parents, but every time the parent of an autistic child hears about someone else who is in this fight, it makes them feel better," said the editor who interviewed him.

"He could do so much good for autism awareness if he would just come forward."

Travolta's lawyer, Marty Singer, told Page Six: "The Travoltas are wonderful, loving parents, and their priority is their children. They have [taken] and they continue to take the best possible care of their children. To suggest anything to the contrary is very hurtful to a loving family and also would be false and defamatory."

Source:NyPost

Thursday

Who served drinks to Lindsey Lohan anyway.?

According to IMDB.com, California officials are investigating who illegally served alcohol to Lindsay Lohan before her car crash on 5/26/07. “John Carr, a spokesperson for California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), has confirmed his agency is investigating whether there is evidence Lohan and other youths were served alcohol illegally, and whether they were served drinks after hours. Les Deux has issued the following statement: We have and will continue to work closely with the ABC to make sure alcohol is consumed by responsible people of the legal drinking age, in a responsible manner”. Apparently, “Lohan was spotted partying in West Hollywood nightclub Les Deux” and TMZ alleged that they “have video footage of the actress leaving the venue at around 3:30am on Saturday morning - an hour and a half after closing time”.

Kerry Washington and "Friend" in Cannes

Kimora Simmons and Djimon Hounsou Familty Outing

These two were spotted at Cannes in France.

Wednesday

Oprah,s Daddy tells all

CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey said she was "stunned" to learn her father plans to write a book about her.

"I was upset. I won't say devastated, but I was stunned," Winfrey told New York's Daily News in a story published Tuesday.

Winfrey said she laughed when one of her assistants told her the newspaper was calling to ask about a book her father Vernon Winfrey was writing.

"I said, `That's impossible. I can assure them it's not true,'" she said. "... I called him and it turned out he is writing a book. The worst part of it was him saying, `I meant to tell you I've been working on it.'"

Winfrey was living with her mother in Milwaukee when she was sent as a young teen to live with her father in Nashville. She previously has credited him for imposing discipline on her and stressing the importance of an education.

The Daily News reported that the conversation with Winfrey took place Sunday, when she was in New York to receive the Elie Wiesel Foundation Humanitarian Award.

Reached Tuesday, Michelle McIntyre, a spokeswoman for Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo Productions Inc., said: "We're not going to issue any further comment."

Vernon Winfrey, who owns Winfrey Barber & Beauty Shop in Nashville, had left work Tuesday evening and was not available for comment.

Winfrey told the newspaper she last saw her father when he accompanied her on a trip to Africa a few months ago, but that they often talk and she has a good relationship with him.

"I would have preferred to have known my father was working on this. It would have been a nice gesture, a courtesy," she said.

Vernon Winfrey plans to call his book "Things Unspoken," according to the newspaper.\

WEll Papa,Im not sure if you are going to get the Book Club vote on this one. You know your daughter can make or break a book deal.

Source-Yahoo

Monday

Pamela Anderson got Booed.

CANNES, France -- Photographers at the Cannes Film Festival booed Pamela Anderson after she showed up late for a photo session Friday and only stuck around to pose for a few minutes.

Anderson was in town to promote her new movie, "Blonde and Blonder." Earlier in the day, she had complained to AP Television News about the paparazzi, saying that Cannes was "a frenzy, it's crazy, it's silly."

"Even watching it on television this morning, seeing these people, it's like the actors are prodded through like cattle, `turn this way, turn that way,'" she said, adding that Cannes was nonetheless "quite glamorous."

The 39-year-old former "Baywatch" star had said previously that she would not attend Cannes, where her movie is screening on the sidelines of the official lineup, but later changed her mind.

"My kids come first even in my schedule," said Anderson, who has two young sons with former husband Tommy Lee. "When I schedule anything that I do, it's around their baseball games or their soccer matches or their ... everything."

In "Blonde and Blonder," Anderson co-stars with Denise Richards in what is being promoted as "Dumb & Dumber" meets "Legally Blonde."

Source :Associated Press
source-Associated Press

Thursday

Salma Hayek on her motherly stroll

Nick and Vanessa on the Beach in the Bahamas

Wednesday

Sara Silverman poses for Maxim(No Joke)

Tuesday

Kim Fields (Tooti) had her baby

Former Facts of Life star Kim Fields has welcomed a son, Sebastian Alexander Morgan, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

The boy, who will be called "Sam," was born Friday at 11:30 a.m. (Fields was in labor for less than two hours.)

He weighed 6 lbs., 4 oz. and was 19" long. Fields – whose pregnancy and delivery were "trouble free, sickness free, very smooth, perfect," according to her rep – said upon first seeing her son, "Oh, my God. He's gorgeous."

This is the first child for Fields and her boyfriend, Broadway actor Christopher Morgan – who was in the delivery room, speechless and crying when his son arrived, said the rep.

Fields, 37, and Morgan, 30, who are engaged, have been together "a couple of years" and decided last summer to have a child, she told PEOPLE in December.

"We were on the subway one day and Chris said, 'I'm ready to start our family,' " Fields recalled. "It was beautiful and I started to weep."

Had the new arrival been a girl, her name would have been Aria Grace, Fields said.

Fields played Tootie Ramsey on TV's The Facts of Life throughout its run from 1979 to 1988. She also recently produced and directed a documentary about Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist Najee called Najee: Sax in South Africa.

Reporting by JULIE DAM/People Mag

Thursday

Celebrity Makeup Artist

Celebrity Diets

Karl J Celebrity Fashion Show

Celebrity Baby Shower

The Distortion of Beauty

Beautiful Celebs

More Celebs without makeup(Superficial World)

Celebs Without Makeup

Thanks goodness for makeup!!!

Celebs who slam Bush

Wednesday

50 cent Is Selling His Crib

Residents of white and waspy Farmington, Connecticut, are stripping off their bulletproof vests and bidding farewell to their friendly neighborhood gangsta rapper. Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, has put his 52-room crib on the market for an undisclosed price.

Fiddy bought bought the mansion in September 2003 for $4.1 million from ear-biting boxer Mike Tyson's ex-wife Monica, who acquired the house for $1 in a court-ordered divorce settlement.

The perforated thug (reformed) had big plans for renovating his home, including asking Louis Vuitton to plaster the interior walls of the behemoth with the brand's signature LV logo, according to some reports. It would take MTV Cribs at least two episodes to cover the details of Fiddy's hotel-sized home. There's a recording studio, a handball court, a casino, two billiard rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, five Jacuzzis, a screening room, and indoor shooting range—and, in what's surely an homage to Steve Martin in The Jerk, a full disco with a wall of 20 televisions.
By FI Staff 05/02/07 8:30 AM (This is a long way from Granny's house)
Source-radaronline.com

2007 LA Fashion Week

San Jaya's Mom Grew Pot

What happens when you become somewhat famous? People start digging up all sorts of stuff about you and your family. While Sanjaya Malakar is enjoying his 15 minutes, many are beginning to dig deep into his personal life. They dug so deep that they found out that his mom, Jillian Blith, used to grow pot.

Jillian was caught by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department in 2005 after they found 310 marijuana plants in the garage.

Sanjaya should have just stuck to the family business. He'd be ballllinn by now

Source-hollyscoop.com

Monday

Vanessa Williams bares it all again.

Vanessa Williams who stars in Ugly Betty bared it all in May's issue of Allure magazine, along with four other celebrities: Kristin Chenoweth from The West Wing, Carla Gugino from Night at the Museum, and Marley Shelton from Grindhouse. I wonder how much of it was photoshopped. They look great though.

(actually this does not look like Vanessa to me)

Thursday

Joan and Melissa are out

These two are played out.

Things aren't looking so good for mother daughter duo, Joan and Melissa Rivers. Joan She just got the boot from the TV guide channel and has reportedly been replaced with Lisa Rinna. And if mommy's out of job, little Melissa is gonna be unemployed too. Rinna's new red carpet gig will start with the Emmys in September, the network announced Wednesday. "It's my dream job," says Rinna.Lisa Rinna will replace the mother-daughter Rivers team after the network failed to renew their contract. The President of the TV Guide channel insisted that there were no hard feelings and the network has decided to "go in a different direction." "We have an incredible appreciation for what they have done for our network in three years. Everyone in the red carpet business owes a huge amount of gratitude to them."The President really appreciates Joan Rivers, but Joan doesn’t feel the same way. We should expect a few attacks coming soon. "I will tell you my true feelings and experiences as soon as we finalize our new deal," she said in a statement.

source-Hollyscoop.com

Wednesday

Mary J Blidge on RedBook Cover

What Happened to the Tattoos????????

Well, Redbook did not ask for them to be edited, it was Mary's management company.

I think with that dress she looks so much better, time and a place for everthing. Tattoo's begone!!

Hillary Duff doing her thing

They Grow Up So Fast
LONDON: -- Hilary Duff has undergone some changes, hasn't she? The newly dark-and-sexy pop-tart performed songs from her new CD -- while scantily clad, of course -- at GAY, London's biggest gay club.

Tuesday

Angelina and Brad buy Italian Luxury Yacht

ROME, Italy: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are treating themselves to an Italian luxury yacht fitted with a swimming pool, a heliport and a submarine.
The yacht will be built in the shipyard of Civitavecchia, a port town north of Rome, by luxury shipbuilder Privilege Yard SpA, which said Wednesday that the couple has commissioned an 85-meter-long (280-foot-long) yacht for €200 million (US$268 million). Delivery is set for July 2009.
The passenger cabin will include two 300-square-meter (3,200-square-foot) apartments, plus two guest suites of 150 square meters (1,600 square feet) each.
Other features include a swimming pool, a heliport, speedboats and a small submarine that will allow guests to explore the sea up to a depth of 300 meters.

Source-Associated Press

Jessica Simpson and John Mayer arrive in Australia

Jessica Simpson and John Mayer are on like a World Tour of Fugly and arrived in Australia over the weekend.

Pamela Anderson(trying to enjoy her Vacation)

John Travolta

Now you know he would pay to get this picture torn up.

Saturday

Heidi Klum Slips

Heidi Klum really knows how to please a crowd. Last Friday, arriving two hours late to promote her jewelery line at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the model won back her adoring audience by “accidentally” (as the story puts it) falling into the pool — coincidentally right in front of dozens of photographers. Oh Heidi, du süß klutz!

Heidi still rocks the scene like a Top model should.

Friday

Drena Deniro(Robert Deniro's Daughter) and Elizabeth Berkley

Foxy Brown Pleads Not Guilty

Foxy Brown pleads not guilty in Fla. scuffle
Rapper accused of throwing glue, spitting at beauty shop employee.According to the Florida arrest report, Brown was applying beauty products in the bathroom when a Queen Beauty Supply employee told her the store was closed and she needed to leave. She refused and threw hair glue at the employee, the report said. Brown then spat on the man as he called 911.
She later struggled with a police officer who responded to the call, the report said. She was released on a $1,500 bond.
Brown’s albums include “Ill Na Na” and “Chyna Doll,” and she is known for her sexy outfits and racy lyrics.

‘I am going to stand up and fight and take care of this,’ Foxy Brown said outside court
Source-Associated Press-Joe Cavaretta

Thursday

Marc Anthony Owes $2.5 Mil. in Back Taxes

NEW YORK — Marc Anthony has agreed to pay about $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties because of his failure to file returns for five years, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said that Anthony, who was not prosecuted on tax charges, failed to file returns for 2000 through 2004 on $15.5 million in income. He said the singer, who is married to Jennifer Lopez, filed tax returns for 2005.
Morgenthau's chief of investigations, Assistant District Attorney Daniel Castleman, said Anthony and Lopez, 37, do not file jointly so she was not implicated in the investigation.
Morgenthau said his office did not prosecute Anthony, 38, because a professional accountant prepared his tax returns and the entertainer apparently thought the returns had been filed and any due taxes had been paid.
"We have to be able to show intent" to cheat on taxes, Morgenthau said.
He said Anthony had relied on professional accountants in the past and there were no problems. He said the delinquencies began when Anthony changed accountants.

A state Department of Taxation computer drew attention to Anthony, whose real name is Marco Antonio Muniz, when it kicked out his state return because of discrepancies, said Peter Farrell, an assistant deputy commissioner of the department.
Castleman said Anthony will remit $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties to satisfy the total owed by him and three of his companies.
Anthony, who recently produced his wife's first all-Spanish album, "Como Ama una Mujer (How a Woman Loves)," signed the payment agreement April 3.
Two of Anthony's associates have pleaded guilty to tax felonies.
One is Anthony's brother, Bigram Zayes, who acted as the general manager of the singer's companies from 2000 to early 2003, Morgenthau said.
He said Zayes pleaded guilty April 10 to failing to file federal and state returns on $2.4 million in income from 2000 through 2004. Zayes will be sentenced June 12 to a conditional discharge upon paying $400,000 in taxes, interest and penalties and a $50,000 fine, Morgenthau said.
The other associate is Philip Sarna, an accountant for Anthony and the three companies, Morgenthau said. He said Sarna failed to file federal and state personal tax returns and New York City unincorporated business tax returns for 2002, 2003 and 2004 on $300,000 in taxable income.
Sarna pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony failure to file and will be sentenced June 13 to a conditional discharge upon paying $43,000 in taxes, interest and penalties and a $50,000 fine.
Tax officials found that three companies run by Anthony — Ari Enterprises Ltd., his touring company; Bolero Records Ltd., his music publishing company; and Marc Anthony Productions Inc. (MAP), his management company — had either failed to file returns or failed to pay all the taxes due in 2001 through 2004.
Morgenthau said Ari and Bolero pleaded guilty on April 5 to two misdemeanor tax offenses of failing to file city and state corporate tax returns for 2003 as part of a plea deal.
The two companies are expected to be sentenced June 7 to maximum possible fines of $40,000 each, prosecutors said. MAP will not be prosecuted.

Source-Fox News.com

Another Reality Show-Kimora Simmons

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fashion entrepreneur and author Kimora Lee Simmons will add reality-TV star to her resume when her show debuts on the Style Network in the summer.

Tentatively titled "Kimora," the series chronicles the professional life of the former model, who juggles a business team of publicists, managers, creative directors and fashion designers while dealing with her two daughters at their home in New Jersey, where they are surrounded by nannies, chefs, drivers and stylists.

The St. Louis native began modeling as a teenager and has since written a book, "Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It," and developed a successful clothing line, Baby Phat. Her former husband is rap mogul Russell Simmons.

Reuters Pictures-Gretta Parsons

Wednesday

Another Reality Show couple to Split

Danny Bonaduce's wife of 16 years filed for divorce Tuesday.

Gretchen Bonaduce, 41, who tangled with her husband on their reality show Breaking Bonaduce, cited irreconcilable differences, according to the papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

She is seeking full custody of their daughter, 12, and son, 6, with visitation rights for Bonaduce, in addition to spousal support and legal fees.

Earlier Tuesday, Bonaduce said on radio's syndicated Adam Carolla Show that Gretchen had informed him he'd be served with divorce papers.

"I don't want a divorce," Bonaduce said, adding: "I'm heartbroken at the prospect of getting a divorce."

His rep, Ken Capurso, tells PEOPLE: "Even though they still care about each other and their two children, Gretchen felt it wasn't a great atmosphere to raise the kids."

The couple aired their marital issues and Danny's substance abuse troubles on Breaking Bonaduce, which last was broadcast in 2006 on VH1.

Bonaduce, 47, a former child star from the '70s TV show The Partridge Family, will celebrate one year of sobriety on April 18, Capurso says.

Source-People magazine

Snoop Dog Arrested Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rapper Snoop Dogg was charged today (April 10) with sale or transportation of marijuana and possession of a gun by a convicted felon, a case that stems from his October arrest at a Los Angeles airport.

The 35-year-old performer, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, could face up to four years in state prison if he is convicted on both charges. He is due in court tomorrow for an arraignment.

Broadus was arrested on Oct. 25 after police at Burbank Airport, near Los Angeles, stopped him for leaving his car too long in a passenger loading area and found a gun and marijuana in the vehicle.

Prosecutors said they were unable to prove that the gun found in Broadus' car that day belonged to him, but that a later search of the performer's home turned up another firearm. He is charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm because of his 1990 felony conviction for possession of drugs for sale.

In November, Broadus was charged with possession of a deadly weapon after police found him carrying a collapsible baton through security at Orange County's John Wayne Airport. And in March, Stockholm police arrested Broadus for suspected narcotics use.

source-Rueters