Eva Longoria was stunned by the response to a magazine interview she gave confessing her love of vibrators - she was sent hundreds of sex aids by her fans.

The star claimed she relies on her vibrator and all women should own one - and was overwhelmed when "truckloads" suddenly arrived through the mail. She says, "People sent them to me by the truckload. Boxes and boxes and boxes. I gave them to all my girlfriends.

But Longoria has been warned to watch her raunchy mouth by bosses at network ABC - who are owned by family friendly Disney and were shocked by her sexy confession. She adds, "ABC said, 'Will you please stop saying vibrator.'"

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Producers of Nicole Richie's film debut Kids In America have moved the release date forward two weeks early, so the socialite won't have to compete with her former friend Paris Hilton in the box office.

Earlier this month, movie-maker Andrew Shaifer, who produced and wrote Kids In America, accused the team behind Hilton's Pledge This! of purposefully synchronizing the release date of November 4th, 2005 to generate publicity.

The Simple Life reality TV co-stars mysteriously fell out in January and have refused to divulge the reason behind their rift, with Hilton saying, "All I will say is that Nicole knows what she did and that's all I am ever going to say about it."

In reflection, Shaifer has decided to release Richie's debut on October 21st, 2005. He tells gossip site PageSix.com, "My concern now is that Paris is going to continue to play follow the leader. She will try to horn in on Nicole's PR again."

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Mariah Carey says during her five year marriage she prayed to be kidnapped.

The singer was married to music boss Tommy Mottola for five years until 1998 and says she often fantasised about being kidnapped so she could get out of the relationship.

According to IOL.com quoting Allure magazine she said: "I longed for someone to come kidnap me back then. I used to fantasise about that a lot. I'd have my pocketbook with me at all times in case I had to make an escape."

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Pamela Anderson seems to have hooked up with attention-grabbing photographer David LaChappelle to open a nightclub.

"It's not a done deal, but Dave LaChappelle and I are probably opening up a club in Las Vegas," the busty pin-up told contactmusic.com. "I've invested with a few friends."

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Health Ledger revealed that when his baby pops out, he's going to take a year off from acting to be a hands on dad.

His girlfriend Dawson's Creek star Michelle Williams is due in the autumn and is currently sporting a huge diamond ring on her wedding ring finger. They met last year on the set of Brokeback Mountain and have been dating ever since.

Currently promoting his latest film The Brothers Grimm - in which he stars alongside Matt Damon, he revealed his plan to rest easy once the baby is born.

"I want to spend at least a few months bonding," WENN reports him as saying. "I might do something in the middle of next year because I'll have had a year off by then."

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"Sex and the City" fans, listen up! The popular HBO series' creator, Darren Star, has snatched up the rights to "Lipstick Jungle," the latest book by Candace Bushnell, two months before it even hits shelves.

Star, who's now working on "Kitchen Confidential" for Fox, is said to be adapting "Lipstick Jungle" for a TV show that will be like "Sex" but have older characters. It's the story of three powerful New York women — a fashion editor, a fashion designer and a producer — and their love lives. Production should start next year.

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A story told by an old man proved popular with young people as the multigenerational love story "The Notebook" took eight categories Sunday at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards.

The tear-evoking tale, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, was the favorite drama and date movie among teens. The film's young male lead, Ryan Gosling, won for actor in a drama, and his co-star, Rachel McAdams, won for actress in a drama. Gosling and McAdams won for best movie chemistry, and their rain-soaked kiss in the film earned awards for best movie liplock and best movie love scene.

Ashton Kutcher took home three of the awards, including favorite TV actor in a comedy. The perennial teen favorite has won 11 of the awards, more than anyone else.

The awards show, hosted by Rob Schneider and Hilary Duff at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, will be broadcast at 8 p.m. EDT Tuesday on Fox.

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Donald Trump has joined the blogosphere.

In his first posting on "The Trump Blog" on the Trump University Web site, the tycoon lambastes disgraced Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski, who is awaiting sentencing for swindling hundreds of millions of dollars from his company. "The people at the forefront of these squalid affairs give business a bad name. Maybe they are greedy, maybe they're 'ethically challenged,' but ultimately they're incompetent. If you have to lie, cheat and steal, you're just not doing it right," says The Donald, who also attacks Kozlowski for his "tackiness." "My biggest problem with Kozlowski wasn't the alleged corruption, but the lack of taste."

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Julia Roberts has reportedly made her last movie and will quit acting after appearing on Broadway next year so she can spend time with her baby twins.

The Oscar winner recently went back to work for the first time after giving birth to Phinnaeus and Hazel last November, appearing in a music video for rocker Dave Matthews. She has only done voiceover work - for animated movies Charlotte's Web and Ant Bully - since wrapping 2004 movie Ocean's Twelve. Roberts will spend the rest of the year preparing for her theatre debut in Three Days Of Rain which opens next March - and then retire from acting for good.

According to sources close to the star, 37-year-old Roberts has had enough of acting, wants to enjoy time with the twins and husband Danny Moder - but she has just one more career goal left to achieve. A friend tells the National Enquirer, "Julia is done with Hollywood and starring in a Broadway play is the chance to make a graceful exit. She's been talking about leaving Los Angeles and stopping the movie roles ever since the twins were born late last November. She wanted a change of scenery, a change of pace and a new challenge."

On her Broadway ambitions, the source adds, "She wants to take some chances. Julia doesn't to be known simply as a movie star - she wants to be known as the consummate actress. She wants her kids to be able to look back on her career as something more than just the star of Pretty Woman."

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Renee Zellweger says she misses her fuller figure.

The actress put on weight to play Bridget Jones and claims she she got more male attention when she was heavier. The 36-year-old actress told a German magazine that it was a sad day when she had to throw away her D-cup bra after dropping from a size 14 back to a size 6.

She said: "I was looked at by men so much more when I had something under my blouse."

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1 Why is she concerned about these other men now that she's married? (radio report yesterday that she's looking for a way out already!)

Posted by: Iceman at August 12, 2005 09:05 AM (nWYjv)

2 Yeah, what he said!

Posted by: L at August 12, 2005 09:49 AM (f9tTR)

3 Here's hoping some more of the skinnie-minnies in LA start to get this concept...

Posted by: LDH at August 12, 2005 09:52 AM (bqPDz)

4 She's a size 6. Bullllllshit! She's like a 0 now.

Posted by: Kendra at August 12, 2005 08:04 PM (IlUnd)

5 She was actually cute when she was chubby. I say chubby is good

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When "The Sopranos" finally arrives next year for its sixth season, fans of the HBO mob drama will get more than they expected.

Eight "bonus" episodes are planned in addition to the 12 previously announced for the series, set to return in March 2006 after nearly two years without a first-run episode, HBO said Thursday.

"When something is as remarkable as 'The Sopranos,' our audience would like to see it continue as long as possible, so we are thrilled that (series creator) David Chase felt there are more stories to be told," HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht said in a statement. There will be a break between the first set of episodes and the arrival of the extra eight hours in January 2007 but production on them will be continuous, HBO said.

The intermission between last season and the upcoming one will end up totaling a viewer-frustrating 21 months: The fifth year concluded in June 2004, although reruns have been airing.

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Lucille Ball is America's most beloved dead star. The company that developed the "Q score" that broadcasters and advertisers quietly consult to measure a personality's popularity has done a survey that tests the reputation of performers who have gone on to that big soundstage in the sky.

The redheaded sitcom star of the 1950s and '60s, who died in 1989, has topped past "Dead Q" lists as her comedies seemingly live forever on television, said Steve Levitt, president of Marketing Evaluations, Inc., which conducts the tests. "What is there not to like about Lucy?" he said.

Bob Hope, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Red Skelton follow her on the popularity list.

For 41 years, Levitt's company has given consumers a list of names and asked if they know the people and to rate how much they like them. From their responses they calculate the Q score, a measure of both familiarity and likability. Advertising executives use the information to make sponsorship decisions, while broadcasters check Q scores to see how well their news and entertainment stars are connecting.

Tom Hanks has been the most popular live star in the last few surveys.

Dead stars still do business, though. Coors used film clips of Wayne in a popular commercial, while Fred Astaire has danced to hawk a vacuum cleaner.

"Some of these deceased personalities have Q scores equal to or greater than some of the live personalities we measure," Levitt said. Two performers are relatively new to the list: Johnny Carson and John Ritter were both ranked among the 10 most popular dead stars. Others offer a reminder of television's power to keep people figuratively alive; "The Honeymooners" star Jackie Gleason, who died in 1987, is still remembered and beloved. "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz and Michael Landon fill out the top 10.

Out of 169 personalities tested, diet doctor Robert Atkins had the lowest score. Tupac Shakur and Johnnie Cochran also have high negative ratings, Levitt said.

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Lindsay Lohan puts Sienna Miller's style all down to Kate Moss.

The 19-year-old actress admits she is a die-hard Moss fan, and couldn't believe that boho chic only took hold when Sienna hit the limelight last year. "Kate Moss is my fashion icon," Lohan said. "She looks great. She wears things that could take someone hours to put together, but she probably doesn't take that much time. It's boho chic, which is very in right now. Yeah, [I like Sienna], but Kate started that."

The Sun, meanwhile, reports today that Kate has rekindled her relationship with Pete Doherty after he set fire to his bed last weekend in a bid to show her how much he loves her. "It's been a tough few weeks for Pete," said a friend. "He split with Kate, sacked his manager and got arrested for fighting a reporter. Things came to a head at the weekend. He was so frustrated he smashed up a guitar and set fire to his bed. Kate got to hear about it and let him come and stay. She still thinks she can sort out Pete and all his problems."

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It's going to be a little tougher for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to meet for coffee between classes this fall.

While Ashley will reportedly be returning to Manhattan for her sophomore year at New York University, her darker-haired sister will be pursuing independent study opportunities elsewhere, reportedly at a California art school, according to US Weekly magazine.

However, the teen queens' rep, Michael Pagnotta denied reports that Mary-Kate was transferring from NYU's Gallatin School, where the 19-year-old twins completed their freshman year in May. "Mary-Kate is not transferring from NYU," Pagnotta said in a statement to E! News. "She will be doing approved independent study for credit through the Gallatin School in the fall. She will continue to be enrolled there."

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Pop beauty Jessica Simpson had a birthday dream come true when husband Nick Lachey treated her to 'car jewelry.'

The singer turned 25 on July 10th and was thrilled when Nick presented her with new chrome rims to make her car dazzle. She says, "Really truly, that's what I wanted. I was so excited - he pimped my ride!

"I don't really know anything about cars, but I knew that I needed to roll up with some cool looking rims. They're custom painted the same color as my car which is kind of an olive green but with silver in it. "The chrome rims are painted too and that is what I really wanted. Jewelry for my car!"

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Ben Affleck is trying to kick his cigarette habit for the sake of his baby.

Expectant bride Jennifer Garner is also helping the Hollywood star try to beat the habit. A source told the Boston Herald, ''Jen didn't want him smoking around her while she was pregnant.

''And for sure she doesn't want him smoking once the baby is born.''

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ItÂ’s only August, but retailers are already looking to October, when National Breast Cancer Awareness Month drapes magazines spreads in a wash of pink.

Getting a jump on the race is Nautica, who announced this week their $25,000 donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, plus a new line of sleepwear to help the cause.

Nautica’s limited edition “Pink” collection debuts this fall at department stores around the country. Packaged with a card promoting early detection among women, the collection includes a robe, cotton pajama set, and a pair of sueded jersey pajamas.

With purchase, customers also get a pair of socks—in pink, of course.

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Steven Bochco is headed back to the cop beat, this time for the WB.
The "NYPD Blue" co-creator has pacted with the WB to create and write a young-skewing hourlong cop/mystery show revolving around two Hollywood homicide detectives at the LAPD.

Project marks the first time in recent memory Bochco has decided to pen a pilot solo rather than partnering. Bochco said the untitled project will be "a little lighter in tone. It's not heavy-duty or long on procedural. It owes more to 'Columbo' than 'CSI.' "

Bochco said the project "will have a certain fun quotient" as well as a mystery element to it, in part to make it more appropriate for the younger WB demo. "These are two young, smart, clever detectives who are a little sideways sometimes," he said. "They get the job done in a different way."

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Peter Sellars has an unusual new creation: turning the world's first atomic bomb project into music.

The director is collaborating with Pulitzer prize-winning composer John Adams on a new stage work called "Doctor Atomic." It's the story of how physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team, racing against Hitler, created the world's first atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert.

"This is an awesome subject that can't be dealt with in a rational way," said Adams, who joined Sellars at Lincoln Center on Thursday to introduce the new opera to the media. "It's about flesh-and-blood people screaming at each other, and loving one another."

With a bare-bones set whose modernism reflects the ground zero of that era, "Doctor Atomic" is now in rehearsal for an Oct. 1 premiere at the San Francisco Opera, which commissioned the work and will present it at the War Memorial Opera House. "Doctor Atomic" is also to be staged in 2007 by Chicago's Lyric Opera Chicago and the Netherlands Opera, which both co-produced the work.

For the text, Sellars used once top-secret government and military documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, as well as personal letters from scientists to President Truman urging him not to use the atomic weapon. Noted Sellars: "Documents that were top secret and never meant to be seen are now set to music."

The story focuses on a night in July 1945, during a rainstorm, when the brilliantly charming Oppenheimer and his youthful team prepared to test detonate the first atomic bomb at their secret location near Los Alamos. Huge moral issues loomed over this so-called "Manhattan Project," which included the plan to unleash the furious force that in August 1945 would kill more than 120,000 Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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If you're having trouble following R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" series of videos, then this is for you.

--Genius.

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1 PRICELESS This crap sells, I do not understand.

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