Happy Birthday, Mom!!!!!!!

Party like a rock star! (Haha!)

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1 Thanks Lawren, I plan to. Luckily, I will be with my lawyer and doctor in case I get arrested or injured dancing on top of some bar!

Posted by: Mom at October 05, 2005 08:35 AM (bUhwz)

2 Your lawyer advises that dancing on bars is good for the soul. It's constitutionally protected free expression.

Posted by: Lawren at October 05, 2005 09:05 AM (bJB+W)

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Like the Oscar-winning "Life Is Beautiful," which tackled the Holocaust, Roberto Benigni's new film, "La Tigre e la Neve (The Tiger and the Snow)," is a comedy set against a tragic backdrop - the war in Iraq.

The movie is an anti-war statement in Benigni's preferred style - a love story driven by the 52-year-old actor-director's exuberant and sometimes slapstick humor.

"If you make a direct argument against the war, it bounces back at you," Benigni said Tuesday as he screened the film in Rome. "While certain modern works on modern wars or wars of any time go to the head or are powerful as documentaries, this I think goes to the heart," he said. "And that is more dangerous, stronger." "I'm aiming to distract, to move people, this is the only thing one can do. It's not that art or movies can save the world ... but they can comfort us."

Benigni stars as an Italian poet who travels to Iraq to save the love of his life, played by his wife and frequent co-star, Nicoletta Braschi, just as the American-led war is beginning.

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This month, Song dedicates one of its planes to breast cancer awareness, with a pink and white exterior and 10 limited edition pink products inside including Chip & Peppers Pink Power jeans and a pink Tumi purse.

Proceeds from the goodies benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and are available through October 31. As for the pink plane, it’s available a lot longer—the jet was recently christened a permanent part of the Song fleet. It’s first passengers? Evelyn Lauder and Elizabeth Hurley, who charter its inaugural flight from Boston to New York this Thursday morning.

For more info. visit www.flysong.com

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British designer John Galliano used a "nude" theme and a dramatic light show to bring the enormous glass cupola of Paris's Grand Palais back to life on Tuesday after it was closed for works for a decade.

To loud drum beats, models wearing transparent, skin-colored dresses streamed out from behind a large mirror in Galliano's show for Christian Dior, parading into the giant hall.

The Palais, built for the 1900 world exhibition, has housed major art shows and was used as a hospital and lorry park during the world wars. But its oak foundations had started to rot, and it closed after a bolt fell off its glass ceiling in 1993. Since then, the 200-metre-long masterpiece has undergone a major facelift and finally opened its doors again last month.

"We are very proud to have this show in the Grand Palais," said Bernard Arnault, chairman of the LVMH luxury goods group to which Dior belongs. "I'm very excited," he told reporters ahead of the show.

Galliano used the space of the Palais for a dramatic light show and spectators could see the models on the catwalk reflected in the high glass-paneled roof. He based his ready-to-wear collection on a "nude" theme, sending out the first models in light, transparent dresses, and adding touches of color as the show progressed. He combined floating skin-colored chiffon dresses with leather bands and presented a washed denim jacket with a "nude"-colored organza skirt. He added bright patches of pink, green and yellow to the final dresses of the show.

--I bet that was so cool.

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Anthony Hopkins will star as Ernest Hemingway in "Papa," to be directed by Roger Donaldson.

Donaldson said the film will be based on Hemingway's encounter with Denne Bart Petitclerc, America's youngest war correspondent in the Korean War, who was inspired by how Hemingway reported on the Spanish Civil War.

"Hemingway invited him to Havana for some weekends and the movie is really about what happens when he goes there," Donaldson told the Dominion Post newspaper in Tuesday's editions. "It's a thriller, it's a love story, it's Hemingway as he falls apart and is suicidal. This guy was a witness to it all." "It's a pretty ambitious movie for what it is ... Hemingway is a great writer and a great character. If anybody can play Hemingway, Tony Hopkins can," Donaldson said.

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Click here to hear Sean Preston sing an ode to his father. It's quite amusing.

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In the world of young Greek billionaires, Paris Hilton, 24, has traded up. Hilton — who ditched her fiancé Paris Latsis, 23, a month ago but only formally announced it last week — has been romancing Mary-Kate Olsen's boyfriend, Stavros Niarchos, 20, whose princely family makes the Latsis clan, worth $7.5 billion according to Forbes, seem nouveau riche.

On Friday, the new duo showed up at Spider Club in L.A. and "made out all night and closed the place down," a spy said.

The next night, the couple was at Element with Paris' sister Nicky. Paris "tried to get the club to turn the lights down so no one could see her and Stavros make out," another spywitness recalled. "She also got the club to clear out the bathrooms for her and her friends so that no 'fans' would be in there with her."

Insiders predict Hilton's latest pairing — the party girl was also spotted cozying up to her music producer, Scott Storch, last month — won't last because the reserved Niarchos clan is so publicity-shy they didn't like Stavros dating Olsen. "They haven't seen anything yet," snickered a source.

The Stavros conquest is also threatening Hiltie's friendship with Olsen and her sister Ashley because Mary-Kate is said to feel betrayed. In fact, a lot of Hilton's famous friends seem to be flocking elsewhere. "One Tree Hill" star Sophia Bush, Jessica Simpson, Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie and other young Hollywood hotties have all stopped hanging out with Hilton for various reasons.

However, Paris can console herself with her jewelry. It's rumored that the hotel heiress intends to keep the $5 million, 24-carat diamond ring Latsis gave her.

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Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage's wife of 14 months gave birth on Monday to the couple's first child together, a son they named Kal-el -- a moniker recognized by comic book fans as the birth name of Superman.

The child's delivery in New York City and his full name, Kal-el Coppola Cage, were confirmed by the actor's publicist, Annett Wolf, who said of the family, "They are healthy and happy and it's quite lovely."

No further details were released, including how the actor and his wife, Alice Kim Cage, were inspired to borrow from the mythology of Superman in naming their child. Cage is known as an avid comic book devotee who once sold his personal collection, including a copy of Superman's 1938 pulp debut, at auction for more than $1.6 million.

--I clearly don't need to even comment on this one.

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Lindsay Lohan was a big pain at Wyclef Jean's Yeli Foundation benefit for Haitian children in Chicago on Saturday.

Lohan demanded a private plane from New York but canceled the trip, costing the foundation a penalty fee. Then, she changed her mind and agreed to fly commercial. But she missed that flight, requiring a new charter. Lohan arrived for that jet an hour late, so the company bumped its rate from $4,000 per hour to $6,000. When she finally arrived at the venue, a tented stage at a suburban mansion, she refused to talk to the press or mingle with other celebs such as Drew Barrymore.

"Lindsay sat in a corner playing with her BlackBerry and made frequent trips to the ladies' room," said one atendee.

For the song "Guantanamera," Wyclef summoned P.M. club owner Unik onstage to play drums. As the music crescendoed, Wyclef shed his shirt revealing a newly gym-toned physique. Jeremy ("Entourage") Piven then took off his own shirt, exposing what was described as "a flabby upper body." Lohan shrieked, "Oooo, I can't stand to look at that!" She ran out of the tent and the party. One guest told Page Six, "Lindsay was a total pain from the get-go. She needs help."

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1 ... and no one will care when they find her coked-out body under a stall in some party club. --Comment censored--yet again--by the editor of this blog.

Posted by: Johnny Chicago at October 04, 2005 11:02 AM (Mucjm)

2 Sad, very sad. I remember her from Another World. I hope she gets help before she ends up on the news like River Phoenix did.

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Hugh Hefner, king of the Playboy empire, says he had to reinvent his identity to leave his Puritan roots behind.

Hefner tells Time magazine he is a direct descendant of William Bradford, a Puritan who came over on the Mayflower. "There was a great deal of repression in their lives and the way they were raised and, in turn, the way I was raised," he said. Hefner said he first reinvented himself in high school, when he was rejected by a girl. He started calling himself "Hef" and wore yellow cords, saddle shoes and flannel shirts he wouldn't tuck in instead of what his parents wanted.

Later, after Playboy became successful, he reinvented himself again. He started smoking a pipe, bought a Mercedes-Benz and bought the Playboy mansion. "I became the personification of the prototype that I was describing in the magazine. I became, in effect, Mr. Playboy," he said.

He credits his success to his transformations. "Instead of the Puritan world that my folks accepted and, from my perspective, paid the price for, I created a world for myself," he told Time.

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King of Queens star Kevin James, 40, and his wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, 30, a model, have welcomed their first child, a girl. Daughter Sienna-Marie was born Friday, his publicist says. No other details were released.

James and De La Cruz tied the knot in June 2004 at a Catholic church in Dana Point, a beach town in Orange County, Calif., before 180 guests that included Clint Eastwood and Ray Romano. "Kevin was very nervous," one guest said. "He was sweating."

After the ceremony guests headed to nearby Laguna Beach for the reception at a resort that was complete with gaming tables and a buffet that included "all kinds of food," said wedding planner Mindy Weiss, "even McDonald's." Eddie Money played for an hour and a half, with James joining in on "Take Me Home Tonight."

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Wear Britney's bra, kick off her flip-flops and cuddle her toy bear - all for charity. Britney Spears is holding a veritable garage sale, auctioning clothing, furniture and jewelry on the eBay auction Web site to raise money for the Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund.

"This is a great opportunity to get some cool (and rare) Britney items while contributing to a very important cause!" says a posting on Spears' Web site. The 23-year-old pop singer was raised in Kentwood, La.

Items include a white stone bra worn in one of her videos, a pair of blue-and-pink jeans with a pink suede buckle belt, and an autographed "I Have the Golden Ticket" burgundy tank top with an arrow pointing down. The tank top is similar to the light blue top a pregnant Spears wore to the premiere of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

The auction, which opened Saturday, continues this week, with proceeds going to The Britney Spears Foundation to help hurricane victims.

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Whoopi Goldberg has ruled out the possibility of ever hosting the Academy Awards again - and she's recommending Ellen DeGeneres for the job.

Goldberg has had enough after hosting the prestigious ceremony four times, and she believes that fellow comedienne DeGeneres - who recently hosted the Emmy Awards - would be the perfect choice for the job. She says, "I think actually there's another young lady who would like to do it and so I've got my fingers crossed for her. I think it's Ellen. I think she would be good." Comedian Chris Rock hosted this year's awards show.

--I vote for Ellen. Chris was terrible.

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Pop diva Beyonce denied rumors she is secretly married to rapper and music impresario Jay-Z, and said she assumed an alter-ego called "Sasha" for her sexy stage persona in an upcoming Vanity Fair cover story.

Beyonce, flying high as a solo act since venturing from the hit trio Destiny's Child, told the magazine she and Jay-Z are not even engaged despite a long relationship that has often seen them pictured in gossip pages on exotic beach holidays. Asked if she was hitched, she said only, "No." Pressed further if she was engaged, she said, "I'm not."

The sultry soul and hip hop vocalist, whose musical background is rooted in gospel singing, wears some revealing outfits in the magazine spread, but said she sees no conflict between her religious devotion and her sexy image.

"When I go back to Houston and go to church and see those people, I feel like the same country girl," said the 24-year-old Texan, who becomes 'Sasha' on stage. "I always held back in Destiny's Child, because I was comfortable in a group and felt that I didn't have to do anything 100 percent, because there were other people on stage with me. I would not lose myself or go all the way," she said.

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Rufus, Sylvester and the rest of the gang are back at it. R. Kelly will release the entire saga (so far) of "Trapped in the Closet" and its circle of cheating lovers on DVD November 1 — and although the R had originally said "Trapped" would have 10 chapters, he's taking it all the way up to 12 on the DVD. It's not yet clear when the series will conclude, but Kelly recently made an offhand comment about writing 20 chapters.

If you remember where Chapter 5 left off, Kelly's narrator character, Sylvester, found, er, proof that his wife is having an affair with a police officer who'd just given Sylvester a speeding ticket. During his performance at the VMAs, Kelly provided a little insight into what will happen next: Rufus, who found out his wife was cheating on him with Sylvester, literally kissed his gay lover Chuck goodbye and said he was going back to his wife.

Chapter 6 of the song will be released within the next couple of weeks — a representative for Kelly's label said a date has not yet been confirmed — and its video will air on BET during the week of October 10. Two weeks after the "Trapped" DVD hits, Kelly is releasing Remix City, Volume 1, a collection of remixes of some of his biggest hits.

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Nipsey Russell, who played the Tin Man alongside Diana Ross and Michael Jackson in "The Wiz" as part of a decades-long career in stage, television and film, has died. He was 80.

The actor, who had been suffering from cancer, died Sunday afternoon at Lenox Hill Hospital, said his longtime manager Joseph Rapp.

Born in Atlanta, Russell launched his television career as Officer Anderson in the 1961 television series "Car 54, Where are You?" He also appeared in the 1994 film version.

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Newly single Paris Hilton has been known to jump the line when she needs the ladies' room. But high-stepping Hilton decided to wait her turn last weekend in Las Vegas during the opening celebration of Tao at the Venetian, and it was a bad idea.

Several witnesses report her "not being able to wait in line for the bathroom," and Michael Politz of the Eye on Vegas blog reports that "cleaning crews were quietly brought in" when her bladder couldn't hold out long enough.

Hilton was escorted to her room soon after. Hilton, who announced last week that she had broken off a five-month engagement with Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, has been seen cuddling with her record producer, Scott Storch. Her mom, Kathy Hilton, is trying to cover all bases, now telling people that Latsis was not good enough for her daughter because he did not work, even though he was enrolled in film school.

--Get that girl some Depends!

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Former Hollywood golden couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have put their California home on the market for $28 million.

The couple, whose divorce is expected to be finalized this week, are selling the house as part of their financial settlement deal, reports the Los Angeles Times newspaper. The stars purchased the property for $13.5 million in 2001, and spent two years refurbishing the luxury home. The building reportedly boasts a screening room, an art studio, tennis courts, mahogany floors and a pool and spa area. Pitt and Aniston were married in July of 2000 but filed for divorce on March 25.

Their divorce was finalized on Sunday.

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Renee Zellweger called it off with hubby Kenny Chesney because, it seems, there was an other man.

According to WWD's Aileen Mehle, Zellweger — just two weeks after dropping the bomb on Chesney — is already planning a trip to Ireland to visit her new beau, Irish singer Damien Rice.

The star is fond of singers. Before she married country-music star Chesney, she dated singer Jack White for two years. Meanwhile, Chesney is said to have been shocked at his wife's demand for an annulment. "Just three weeks before, they spent five days together and had a blast," says a pal. "He had no idea she was going to drop him."

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Sienna Miller's sister was married last weekend in England, but the actress appeared unusually sad for such a happy occasion. Sure she was possibly wistful about the wedding that never happened with former fiancé and current boyfriend Jude Law, but the New York Daily News reports that Miller was heartbroken over the loss of a baby.

According to a family friend, the 23-year-old actress recently suffered a miscarriage. "She's only told her family and closest friends," the source told the New York Daily News. "Naturally, everyone feels terrible for her."

Weeks after Law admitted to the press that he'd had an affair with his children's nanny, reports of a pregnancy appeared in several British newspapers. One even speculated that Miller may have to bow out of Factory Girl, a project in which she is set to play the tragic Andy Warhol icon, Edie Sedgwick, but the producers insisted it was a go.

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