June 16, 2005
Beyonce and Jay-Z looked completely in love fooling around on a romantic holiday in the South of France - that is, until he took their play-fight too far.
It all started off as a bit of harmless fun after a stroll in the sunshine when the 35-year-old rapper decided to teach the 23-year-old Destiny's Child babe a little self-defense.
Beyonce's smile turned to a scowl when the heavyweight packed a punch which was too much for her.
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VictoriaÂ’s Secret queen Tyra Banks released her own CD last year, and now Queen Latifah is turning the tables with her very own lingerie line. In an official announcement expected today, the 35 year-old Grammy winner will partner with Vanity Fair Intimates on their Curvation line of lingerie, designed specifically for larger women.
The line debuts at the VF Offices tomorrow morning with a press conference, a slew of interviews, and a special preview of Queen LatifahÂ’s new organization, Project Confidence, which the entertainer established to promote acceptance and assurance among all women.
As part of the partnership, Queen Latifah will serve as the face of the Curvation brand and appear in Curvation’s advertisements, including a four-minute promotion found on VF’s website. True to the brand, she refers to Curvation’s target consumers as “a size ten or better.”
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In the past, Eddie Murphy has been an actor and a singer. In a new musical, he'll get a chance to do both.
Murphy will join Jamie Foxx and Beyonce Knowles in the cast of the upcoming film "Dreamgirls," Dreamworks has announced. To be directed by Bill Condon, "Dreamgirls" is an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical that first ran on Broadway in the early 1980s.
The movie follows the rise of a trio of women who form a group called The Dreamettes in the 1960s. Murphy will play James "Thunder" Early, a singer for whom the Dreamettes sing back up before taking over the spotlight themselves.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to his alma mater turned into an exercise in perseverance when virtually his every word was accompanied by catcalls, howls and piercing whistles from the crowd.
Schwarzenegger's face appeared to redden during his 15-minute commencement address Tuesday to 600 graduates at Santa Monica College, but he ignored the shouting as he recalled his days as a student and, later, his work as a bodybuilder and actor.
"Always go all out and overcome your fears," he told the graduates. "Work, work, work. Study, study, study."
--Poor form by the attendees. It wasn't the time or place for that. I didn't agree politically with my graduation speaker when I graduated from college, nor did I agree with his subtle jabs at prominent folks in my party. Did I boo or catcall? Um, no, because that would have been inappropriate. Have a little class.
--AND, don't even get me started on the professors holding signs in the picture above.
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June 15, 2005
Matthew Perry and his longtime girlfriend, Rachel Dunn, have called it quits.
"There was no drama involved (in the breakup), just a commitment by Matthew to stay focused on his sobriety," says a source close to the couple. The 35-year-old former Friends star has publicly battled addiction to both alcohol and prescription painkillers in the past.
Dunn, a former fashion student, and Perry met in 2003. Late last year, she briefly moved from New York to Los Angeles to be closer to her beau, but returned East because the couple "drove each other crazy," a friend told People in February.
Perry will host the ESPY Awards on July 17 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
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Did he cheat?
The mystery of the Brad Pitt-Jennifer Aniston breakup has been solved.
Aniston has finally broken her silence on the love triangle to Leslie Bennetts, who will write up the interview for Vanity Fair. Contrary to early speculation, "She told Bennetts she did want babies with Brad, and that starting a family wasn't the issue," one source told Page Six.
"The issue was Brad cheated . . . and she is appalled by the 'family photos' coming out in W." Brad and Angelina posed with pretend kids as one big happy family in the upcoming monthly.
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Moore to bare all again?
Demi Moore is reportedly to appear naked on the cover of Vanity Fair - almost 15 years after she famously posed nude for the magazine while heavily pregnant.
This time, however, the sexy actress will strip for the camera with her toy boy lover Ashton Kutcher.
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Simple Life star Nicole Richie has a number of outrageous wishes for her upcoming wedding to Adam Goldstein - including elephant rides, swans, horse-drawn carriages and salsa dancing.
The daughter of soul legend Lionel Richie is reportedly in conflict with her DJ fiance, who is disgusted by her flamboyant plans and is desperate for a more modest ceremony instead.
The 23-year-old is disappointed by her future husband's lack of enthusiasm: "I want elephant rides and swans. He wants, like five people at our wedding - our close friends and family only."
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Original Star Wars star Mark Hamill has joined the shortlist of favorites to play The Joker in the Batman Begins sequel.
The actor, who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi, has become a fan favorite to play Batman's colorful foe. He joins Crispin Glover and Aussie actor Lachy Hulme on the three-strong internet shortlist.
Hamill became an obvious choice for some Batman fans after voicing The Joker for the Batman cartoon series. A spokesman for top Batman website Darkhorizons.Com points out, "The net basically picked Christian Bale to play Batman, so who knows." Batman Begins opens across America and Europe this week.
--I'm not feeling it.
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Sean Penn has stepped into the shoes of a reporter once again.
The Oscar-winning actor has left a wake of excited fans and bewildered clerics around the Iranian capital while on a special assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle to cover Friday's presidential elections.
Last week, Penn attended Friday prayers at Tehran University where worshippers gave the well-known chant of "Death to America." On Monday, he told an audience at Tehran's Film Museum that such cries hurt prospects for starting a dialogue between Iran and the United States.
His trip has offered Iranian photographers the rare taste of paparazzi-style celebrity hunting. Iran has a highly respected domestic film industry that has won countless international awards, but few Hollywood stars have visited since the Islamic Revolution.
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I swear, Indiana ...
Married 'Melrose Place' alums Doug Savant and Laura Leighton are welcoming a new baby girl to their family.
Lucy Jane Leighton Savant was born on June 9 in Santa Monica, California and weighed in at 7 lbs. 7oz. Little Lucy is the fourth child for Leighton and Savant, who currently stars on the popular ABC hit series "Desperate Housewives."
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More stalkerazzi news:
The paparazzi seem to just be getting ruder. On the red carpet at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Midtown for the "Bewitched" premiere Monday night, a pack of photographers including Star Max shooter Mitch Gerber were treated to the movie's star, Nicole Kidman, posing with co-star Will Ferrell.
But Gerber wanted solo shots of Kidman and started booing when she began to move away. For the first time in her career, an angry Kidman doubled back and berated the lensman in front of his colleagues while saying, "You are incredibly rude." Neither Gerber nor reps from Star Max were immediately available for comment.
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--Surely it hasn't been 25 years since the movie "Airplane!" debuted. But it has and "Don't call me Shirley."
--And, not until "Jaws" came along in June 1975 did a movie top $100 million in first release. Thirty years later, $100 million seems almost paltry. Heck, "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," made by Spielberg's pal George Lucas, took in $108 million on its opening weekend.
Spielberg and Lucas are true movie savants. "Jaws" and "Star Wars," the movies that made their careers, are pictures that are imbued with the spirit of true fanship: "Yeah! That's the kind of movie I'd really like to see." And so they went out and made them.
The great irony of "Jaws" is that although it is a special- effects movie, its greatness is due in large measure to the fact that its central special effect, the shark, didn't work very well. Spielberg, just 27 when he made the picture in 1974, took an immense risk when he decided to make "Jaws" on location in the ocean off Martha's Vineyard.
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More television viewers were interested in B-list stars learning how to dance and Diane Sawyer interviewing Brad Pitt than either of the first two games of the NBA Finals. Fortunately for ABC, the network televised all of those events.
The summer series "Dancing With the Stars" topped the Nielsen Media Research ratings in its second week on the air, with 15.1 million people tuning in.
Pro basketball's premiere event is a flop so far, with 10.6 million people watching the San Antonio Spurs beat the Detroit Pistons in the first game, and 10.7 million seeing the same result in Sunday's Game 2.
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Lance Armstrong is thinking about more than just winning his seventh straight Tour de France title. The cyclist also is considering his future with Sheryl Crow.
"Yeah. Sheryl and I are very happy. To me, when you have a relationship, you're happy and in love, children are a natural part of the equation," Armstrong told The Associated Press recently. "I'm traditional in that sense. "I had a marriage that didn't work, but I still believe absolutely in the institution of marriage. I think it's good," said the 33-year-old Armstrong, who has three children from his first marriage.
Armstrong began dating Crow more than a year ago, and he soon introduced the singer to the rigors of the cycling world. Looking relaxed and healthy, Armstrong spoke proudly about how he and Crow, 43, have made their relationship work.
She burst into the room while he spoke, dressed in black cycling gear, and demanded to borrow some of his equipment. He duly obliged. "We're two people with separate busy lives and we've defied the odds," Armstrong said. "We're still as happy as we were the first day. I mean, look at her, she comes to places like this and rides in the car and then goes out for a ride. She's a great lady to do that.
"The tables will be turned in six months, when I'll be on a tour bus supporting her."
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Hip-hop star 50 Cent is boosting his fans' education by offering up 10 scholarships to a New York college.
The rapper, who never pursued a college degree, is awarding the scholarships - together totalling more than $31,000 - to Bayside's Queensborough Community College. Eight students from 50 Cent's alma mater, now called Campus Magnet High Schools, and one student each from nearby Springfield Gardens and Hillcrest High Schools will win the scholarships, being offered through the star's G-Unity Foundation.
Students, who need a grade C average to qualify, have been asked to submit 500-word essays and two teacher recommendations by the June 24th deadline, reports Mtv News.
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SheÂ’s been sultry for Dolce & Gabbana, sexy for Valentino, not to mention a revealing angel for VictoriaÂ’s Secret. Now Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has scored another coup as the new face of St. John.
IMG model Bundchen replaces the 43-year old companyÂ’s creative director Kelly Gray, who has starred in the campaign for the last 22 years. The images, to appear beginning in September books, are being photographed today by Mario Testino and styled by Camilla Nickerson in the Hollywood Hills. It remains unclear as to whether Kelly Gray and St. John designer Marie Gray will stay with the company as word had it that the duo would exit this September.
According to information released, the ad’s creative direction takes inspiration not far from its company headquarters in Irvine, California. The focus is on the ease and spaciousness of native California, as seen under the bright lights of Hollywood. “California is where it begins. The wide-open spaces, the sunshine, and the infinite possibilities, Gisele is the personification of those things,” said David Lipman, of the Lipman Agency, who was brought in to provide strategic counsel in the redirection of consumer perception of the brand. “That’s what St. John is about and that is the energy that we are capturing with this new ad campaign. We are thrilled to have her on board.”
--I'm kind of shocked by this. They have used Gray for years, and what I liked about their ads was that very fact--that they always had the same model. Plus, I see Gisele's image and looks better representing the trendier clothing and the new Bohemian style. St. John, on the other hand is classy and refined. We shall see.
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June 14, 2005
--Jacko found not guilty and will return to his world of make-believe creatures.
--Katie Holmes has decided to convert to scientology and enter a new world of make-believe creatures.
Wow. They have a lot in common now.
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There's no question: there's something not right about Joe Simpson.
Jessica SimpsonÂ’s father/manager was so angry after his daughter was dissed by Lindsay Lohan recently, he carpet-bombed the tabloids with negative stories about the rival pap princess. After Lohan banned Jessica and her simpleton sister, Ashlee, from her post-MTV Awards party at L.A.Â’s Standard Hotel last Saturday, Joe Simpson planted multiple items about the snub in celeb rags across the country, including In Touch, Us Weekly, Life & Style, Star, and several newspapers, sources say.
“Joe called our head offices himself and ranted and raved about it,” says a top editor at one of the weeklies. “It was obvious he wanted to paint Lindsay as a bitch. He couldn’t believe anyone would dare ban Jessica from any party because, as he said, ‘She’s a huge superstar.’….Joe will do anything to make sure she’s in the papers every week and he knows Lindsay’s an easy target.”
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Box-office megastars Tom Cruise and Will Smith are secretly looking for a film project to team up on.
In a recent Mtv News special, Cruise admitted the two blockbuster superstars are on the hunt for the perfect movie. He says, "Will and I keep talking, we're looking for something. We saw Will's Hitch. That was the funniest movie I've seen in a long time. I laughed my a*s off. I'd like to work with him."
Cruise is also keen to work with Ice Cube and current girlfriend Katie Holmes, who was at one point rumoured to be a part of the movie hunk's upcoming Mission: Impossible sequel.
He added, "I'd love to work with her. She's a great actress. We will work together one day... no question."
--Well, he did Collateral with Jada. Why not finish out the whole Smith coupling?
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