Looks like Britney Spears is expecting a girl.

The pregnant Chaotic star was spotted at Petit Tresor, one of Hollywood’s chicest baby stores, loading up on designer infant clothes — all for girls. “I don’t think it was a present for someone else,” says our spy. “She was buying a lot.”

Spears was shopping solo, buying French, Italian and British designer baby clothes, including items by Liberty and Petit Bateau, as well as some lesser-known lines, in sizes newborn to twelve-month-old. She was also stocking up on accessories, such as blankets and bibs.

A rep at the store confirmed the story, but says that Spears didn’t volunteer whether the shopping spree was for her baby or someone else’s — and no one asked. “She was very private, and we respect that,” says the rep. “And she was also very pleasant.”

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Molly Ringwald said she's in discussions to make a sequel to "Sixteen Candles," the 1984 movie about the obstacles and embarrassments a teen girl faces on her birthday.

The film, directed by John Hughes, shot Ringwald to teen stardom, but she hasn't appeared in a major role in many years. She said she's been appearing in theater, small TV and film parts and raising a daughter, now 18 months old.

Ringwald, 37, said she had been approached repeatedly about doing a sequel, but recently read a script that she liked and wanted to star in the movie.

"I've turned it down for years. I couldn't see how it would work," she said. "Now, it seems right."

--No. Not right. BAD idea.

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Posh and Becks held secret talks with Tom Cruise - amid fears he wants to entice them to join his religious cult. The superstar actor shared his bizarre beliefs with the Beckhams over dinner at his Los Angeles mansion on Thursday.

Cruise, 42, is a devoted follower of the weird Church of Scientology - which is based on the belief that humans are descended from aliens. The Mission Impossible star has become increasingly friendly with Victoria, 31, and David, 30.

And pals fear his passion for Scientology - which thrives on donations from wealthy celebs - could rub off on the couple. One said: "Cruise seems to have a real pull over them, especially David. "They seemed particularly keen on going to his place on Thursday. Of course, few would turn down a dinner date with him. But his interest in the Church Of Scientology has started to become all-consuming. He is known to try and recruit people into the church if he can. "If they spend too much time with Tom there is a danger they may be sucked in by Scientology."

Football fan Cruise watched England captain Becks play for Real Madrid last season and opened a new Church of Scientology in Madrid, not far from the Beckhams' home. Two months later he was seen in the Beckhams' VIP box at Real. At Christmas he sent them a card bearing the Scientology "Code of Honor" and told them he made a donation to the church on their behalf.

The couple are known to be interested in religious faiths and have flirted with Kabbalah, the cult followed by Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie. But a friend warned: "They have to be careful. Tom's dedication to Scientology borders on obsessive. "And David and Victoria are very open minded and prepared to listen."

Cruise demanded a special "Scientology tent" on the set of the Steven Spielberg film War Of The Worlds.

--And in other "Celebrities Who Can't Cope With Reality" news: It seems that Jennifer Aniston has turned to Buddhism to get over her breakup with Brad.

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Marilyn Monroe's personal telephone book containing numbers for Frank Sinatra and Henry Fonda was sold at auction alongside one of her paintings for $168,000 on Saturday.

The Some Like It Hot beauty's 1962 painting of a red rose was initially inscribed to President John F Kennedy, but the late leader was never given the present. Instead, Monroe overwrote the inscription with another that reads, "Happy Birthday Marilyn Monroe". The piece sold for $78,000 to an art museum in Rhode Island.

The brown leather phone book, which contains hundred of names and address for celebrities including Peter Lawford and former husbands Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, sold for $90,000, said Darren Julien, president and chief executive of Julien's Auctions, which organized the auction of Monroe memorabilia.

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Russell Crowe has slammed George Clooney for filming commercials to make extra cash.

The 'Gladiator' star claims Clooney, who promotes Budweiser beer as well as whisky, suits and cars, is a one-dimensional actor who only acts to make staggering amounts of money from spin-off advertisements and deals. The actors have been at odds since Clooney lashed out at Crowe's rock band, 30 Odd Foot of Grunt, earlier this year.

Crowe's latest blow is the next step in one of Hollywood's most spiteful rivalries.
He said: "I had a good laugh when Clooney tried to compare doing ads for suits, a car and a drink to what I do as a musician. An endorsement is about money. My music is from the heart".

--With Russell's latest little spat, it sounds like he might need some anger management therapy.

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Angelina Jolie was left red-faced when she performed a stunt on the set of her upcoming movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith - because she was wearing no underwear.

The star, who stars in the action film alongside Brad Pitt, is seen jumping out of a window wearing a dominatrix outfit in one scene, and the first time Jolie filmed it she only realised she was bare underneath when it was too late.

She says, "I was a little unsure about something the first time I went down and my coat flew up. And I thought, 'I have no pants on! I have no pants on and there's just a crowd of people on the floor!'

"Everything was rubber so you don't feel like you're covered. Everything just doesn't feel right."

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I'll be the first to admit that I didn't think they'd make it past 3 months. Happy One Year Anniversary, Marc and J.Lo! Maybe it's their love of bad head gear that has kept them together.

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Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher thinks Bono and his U2 bandmates are a bunch of wimps.

Gallagher was incredulous when he heard U2 members analyzed a video of themselves after a live show. “Wankers,” Gallagher spat to the Sydney Telegraph. “Haven’t they got [bleep]-all better to do? I’d rather be out there getting p——d. I certainly wouldn’t go back after a gig and analyze it. No wonder they’re the biggest band in the world: ‘Oh, Edge, the fourth guitar solo wasn’t right tonight.’ ‘Oh, sorry, Bono.’ If that’s what people think rock’n’roll is . . .”

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1 He is always complaining. I mean really, what has he done lately?

Posted by: Mel at June 07, 2005 02:00 PM (TQ7Lm)

2 Okay morning glory, here's the real friggin story. You and your equally loopy brother made ONE good album and 3 or 4 (I have definitely stopped counting) pieces of sh*t. U2, on the other had, probably has 8 GOOD albums, and, in Joshua Tree, a bona fide competitor for the greatest album of all time. Where in the hell do you get off criticizing these guys? You want them to be more improvisational? Like the way you improvise by getting wasted before the show and telling 10,000 fans that they are bunch of rednecks and bloody wankers? (which you have done) Champagne Supernova was a great, catchy, anthem-type song, and you made a lot of money off of it, but don't start going around thinking that you could even hold Bono's jock.

Posted by: ren at June 07, 2005 04:15 PM (2qlER)

3 Caveat: I used to really like these guys 6-7 years ago, but they have really spoiled their talents. Nothing pisses me off more than someone I used to respect trying to disparage somebody who still deserves my admiration.

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4 These posts are why I love you, Reynold...

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There was quite a 55th birthday surprise for entertainer Stevie Wonder - the birth of his seventh child.

Wonder and his fashion designer wife Kai Millard Morris announced Monday that they are the proud parents of a boy born May 13, the singer's 55 birthday. It was the couple's first child.

Mandla Kadjaly Carl Stevland Morris weighed 7-pounds, 8-ounces and was 20-inches long, publicist Howard Bragman said. Mandla means Powerful/Defiant in Zulu and Kadjaly is Swahili for Born From God, the spokesman said in a news release.

--That kid is going to have fun filling out the grid for his SAT's.

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Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill and Pras -- are plotting their first album since 1996's blockbuster The Score, reports Rolling Stone.

''We're working on it,'' says rapper Pras. "'Clef and Lauryn's putting tracks together while I drop my solo album [June 14th's Win, Lose or Draw]."

In his New York studio, Fugees ringleader Jean was more guarded about the project, but allowed, "We've gone from not talking to having conversations. There's good vibes, good energies right now. I want the Fugee thing to happen -- because it's not just music, it's a movement."

A seminal '90s hip-hop act, the Fugees broke ground with their fusion of hip-hop, R&B and reggae. The Score, the group's second album, hit the top of the pop charts and went on to become the biggest-selling hip-hop record to date.

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Russell Crowe was arrested in New York for allegedly throwing a telephone at a hotel employee early Monday morning, according to a police report obtained by CNN.

Authorities say the New Zealand-born actor, 41, was upset that he could not place a call to Australia on his phone at the Mercer Hotel in SoHo. Police also say that the employee required stitches to mend a facial bruise. Crowe, who is in New York to promote his new movie Cinderella Man (which debuted in disappointing 4th place in the weekend box office race, with an estimated $18.6 million), is due to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court later Monday, the Associated Press reports.

Police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wysokowski says the Gladiator Oscar winner has been charged with second-degree assault. Wysokowski added that the alleged incident occurred at approximately 4:20 a.m.

Crowe has previously made news for heated encounters. At the 2002 Bafta Awards in London, he admitted to being "abusive" and "behaving unreasonably" towards a TV producer who cut shot his acceptance speech. Later that same year police reportedly reprimanded him following an alleged skirmish with a New Zealand businessman in a London restaurant.

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Heiress Paris Hilton is wearing two engagement rings, because she can't choose between the two diamond bands her fiance Paris Latsis offered her.

The Greek shipping heir gave Hilton a choice between two pricey rings from celebrity jewelers Harry Winston and Tiffany. One has a 24 carat canary yellow stone, the other a 15 carat white diamond. Both are worth $2.1 million and $4.2 million.

But the 24-year-old loves them both. A source says, "She just can't decide."

--You have GOT to be kidding me.

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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler took a different kind of stage on Friday – with scholars at the University of Massachusetts in Boston to accept an honorary degree. The school awarded the singer, who made Boston his home in the late '60s, for his community activism in the area.

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And in today's TomKat news:

--Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were the center of attention at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Holmes, who stars in the upcoming Batman Begins, was chosen to present her new boyfriend with a lifetime achievement award for his movie career. "Most of us first met this man when he was dancing in his underwear and feeling the need for speed," Holmes said before introducing a clip reel of CruiseÂ’s film history, which she watched with rapt attention.

At the end, the actress pumped her arms, then marched off stage to retrieve Cruise who was waiting in the wings, a move that mirrored CruiseÂ’s much-replayed performance on the Oprah Winfrey Show last month.

And his controlling side continues to show:

--Tom Cruise seems to be exerting ever more control over his sweetie/ fiancée's career. Holmes, who has been spending a lot of time at the Scientology Center in L.A., showed up at the junket for "Batman Begins" at the Regent Beverly Wilshire with "an entourage of Sci entologists in tow," said a spy.

"At lunch, Tom came and after he left, his sister [and publicist] Lee Anne Devette sat in on all of [Holmes'] interviews. The producers and Warner Bros. are freaking out. They are worried Tom's bad p.r. is going to rub off." Holmes own p.r. man was also at the interviews, but Devette had "control. It's getting weird."

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Click here for a list of last night's Tony Award winners.

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Ozzy Osbourne is following in the footsteps of Elton John by writing a musical about Russian mystic Grigory Rasputin.

The rocker is fascinated by the notorious 'Mad Monk' and is determined to create a theatrical sensation based on Rasputin's life - particularly after watching John's new Billy Elliot musical on London's West End.

He explains, "I was inspired to write it after I saw a BBC documentary about Rasputin. "As for Billy Elliot, I went to see it the other night and it was f**king great."

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Rod Stewart, who last week announced that he and his fiancee are expecting a child together, has filed for divorce from model Rachel Hunter.

Hunter and the British singer wed in 1990, but split in 1999, court documents show, according to the Associated Press. The paperwork cites irreconcilable differences as the official reason for ending the marriage. The couple have two children together.

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This fall, Kimora Lee Simmons gets one step closer to total market saturation with her new line of shoes for Baby Phat. While past Baby Phat offerings included pink bejeweled flip flops and pink metallic sneakers, this fallÂ’s collection includes stilettos, flats, and boots.

“Baby Phat is a brand about aspirational lifestyle,” explained publicist B.J. Coleman, “and it was important to Kimora to go beyond sportswear and give women what they need for every aspect of life. She designed a full collection for fall because shoes are definitely part of that bigger lifestyle picture.”

Shoes like “The Fortuna,” a bedazzled mary jane that also comes in a boot, and “The Carmen,” a thicker heel inspired by 1940’s swing and also by Beyoncé’s MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera.

Perhaps the most poignant addition to Baby Phat’s new shoe collection is the Phat Max, named for the Simmons’ recently departed cat, who also serves as the company logo. “Yes, Kimora did design a shoe specifically for Max,” confirmed B.J. “There’s big drama with the cat.”

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While Madonna's fans have been imitating her many iconic looks for decades, now followers of the Material Girl can wear her scent.

According to British newspaper The Sun, she's planning on launching an eponymous fragrance this Christmas. The perfume's debut will apparently coincide with the release of the singer's upcoming album.

--Because we don't have enough stinky celebrity fragrances.

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Dido is penning a special song for Christina Aguilera. The mild-mannered singer, who wrote hit, 'I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman' for Christina's rival Britney Spears, has been asked to write a track suitable for the 'Dirrty' singer - who is trying to tone down her raunchy image.

The as-yet-unnamed single, which will be included on Aguilera's third album due out later this year, has been described as "retro" and "gritty". Christina, 24, said of the record by 33-year-old Dido: "It's a retro blues-soul-jazz-record."

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