Justin Timberlake confused bilingual audiences when a false tattoo he donned for his role in new film Alpha Dog took on an unintended translation.

The pop star-turned-actor used faux body art to enhance the realism of his onscreen portrayal of a drug dealer. However, his street credibility took a dive when one inked Chinese symbol was translated to mean "ice skating".

Source: Teen Hollywood

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Actress Neve Campbell is engaged to British actor John Light.

To propose, Light, 31, got down on his knee and recited Shakespeare to Campbell, 32. The pair have not yet set a date for their nuptials.

Campbell is best known for her role as Julia Salinger on the family drama Party of Five and starred in all three Scream films. Light starred in the HBO film The Lion in Winter, and also appeared in the miniseries Band of Brothers.

This will be the second marriage for Campbell, who split from Canadian actor Jeff Colt in 1997 after 2 1/2 years of marriage.

Source: People

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Tom Hanks has agreed to star in Talk of the Town.

The film is written by My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos. The idea for the film came from Hanks himself, reports Variety.

Vardalos said: "Tom will play a man who is forced into a career change when he least expects it." Hanks next film, The Da Vinci Code, will be released on May 19.

Source: Ananova

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And you thought Dan Rather was too weird to be an anchor. Katie Couric, the preternaturally perky co-host of NBC's Today show and the leading candidate to be the next anchor of The CBS Evening News, Wednesday launched a strange and obsessive on-camera discourse on . . . well, pigeon poop.

Couric, hosting Today from the Winter Olympics in Italy, alertly noticed that the city has pigeons and decided to score a major scoop by feeding them on the air. But when she held up a handful of bird feed, a bunch of the pigeons ungraciously repaid her with a hailstorm of Pigeon No. 2, also on the air.

"Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue," observed Couric, an aphorism likely to stand right up there with "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" in the annals of television journalism.

Source: AZ Central

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The buzz is that Tom Cruise wants his wife-to-be to focus on being a wife and a mother — not on her career. He also reportedly wants her to avoid the spotlight for a while.

“I’ve got Katie tucked away, so no one will get to us until my child is born — and until I want them to,” Cruise recently told “a friend” according to the new issue of Life & Style Weekly.

WhatÂ’s more, according to the mag, the friend claims Cruise doesnÂ’t want a repeat of his marriage to Nicole Kidman; the couple had two adopted children and also tended to their careers.

“I said [Katie's] life from now on was going to be about being a mother,” Cruise allegedly said. “I’m not giving her the chance to turn into another Nicole.” Cruise’s rep denies the story.

Source: MSNBC

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"Retired" rapper Jay-Z, who now toils as president of music label Def Jam, has industry sources snickering - because it seems the narcissistic hip-hop mogul can't stand life out of the recording booth.

One music business insider in L.A. for the Grammys snipes, "The big gossip of the Grammys is about Jay-Z. After saying he was going to retire when he became president of Def Jam so he wouldn't compete with other artists on his label, he has a record coming out in June. To make matters worse, Dr. Dre is producing the record, which is huge because Dre hasn't produced an album in years. Dre is on rival label Interscope, and while Def Jam and Interscope are both under the Universal umbrella, people have their noses out of joint. This album will be huge. But first of all, Jay is not using a Def Jam producer, and second of all, he will be competing with his own artists. Not cool. His ego is so big he can't not release an album. He is a president of a label and should not be doing this."

Source: New York Post

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Kim Cattrall is reportedly joining the cast of 'Desperate Housewives', according to published reports.

The "Porky's" actress - who played Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City" - will guest star as Edie Britt's sex-crazed sister on the hit TV show. According to Britain's News of the World, the star's character will be even more outrageous than the catty Edie.

Source: The Post Chronicle

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Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld has laughed off singer/actress Lindsay Lohan's claims she will front the fashion house's next advertising campaign, insisting she is too immature.

In December star boasted she had won a lucrative contract with the fashion giant, following supermodel Kate Moss' dismissal over allegations of drug abuse.

But chief designer Lagerfield insists the label needs more sophisticated icons, such as film star Nicole Kidman - who advertises signature scent Chanel Number 5. The 67-year-old tells New York Magazine, "I prefer Nicole Kidman and that generation."

Source: Contact Music

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Click here for the complete list of last night's Grammy winners.

--What's the over/under on how many days it will take Kanye to bitch about only winning 3?

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up once again to co-star in a new fact-based court drama, according to Daily Variety.

The pair will play lawyers who spent 15 years overturning a murder conviction in the case of a death-row inmate. The as-yet untitled project marks the first time they have appeared together in a film since 1999's 'Dogma.'

Source: ET

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Two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes and longtime partner Francesca Annis have separated, lawyers for the actress said.

The announcement came after the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported that Fiennes had had an affair with a Romanian singer. "Ms. Annis confirms today that she and Ralph Fiennes are to separate," said a statement issued Tuesday by her law firm, Schillings.

Fiennes, 43, and Annis, 61, met while starring in a 1995 stage production of "Hamlet," in which Fiennes played the title role and Annis played his mother. Fiennes was married to actress Alex Kingston at the time, while Annis had three children with photographer Patrick Wiseman.

--For those of you who don't know, Alex Kingston played Elizabeth Corday on ER.

Source: Yahoo

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Adult contemporary crooner Barry Manilow topped the chart this week with his American classics collection The Greatest Songs of the Fifties.

The compilation, in the vein of Rod Stewart's successful Great American Songbook series, sold 156,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. While this marks the Brooklyn native's eighth Top Ten album on the pop chart, it is only his second Number One in a three-decade career.

In second place is R&B diva Mary J. Blige's former chart-topper The Breakthrough (123,000), up two spots. The other R&B blockbuster of the moment, Jamie Foxx's on-and-off chart-topper Unpredictable, dropped one spot to Number Four (95,000). And R&B newcomer Heather Headley, formerly the star of the Elton John musicals The Lion King and Aida, saw her sophomore effort, In My Mind, bow at Number Five (95,000). This is a big leg up for the Trinidad native: Her debut, 2002's This Is Who I Am, barely cracked the Top Forty.

--I have to say, I never thought Barry would be #1 again.

Source: Rolling Stone

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The Daytime Emmy Awards are going to Hollywood, with Ellen DeGeneres and "The Young and the Restless" leading the way.

Held annually in New York for 32 years, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is taking the show West. It will be held at the Kodak Theatre on April 28, televised by ABC.

DeGeneres, whose hit daytime series won best talk show in the last two years while she won best talk show host last year, was nominated again in both categories Wednesday. She benefits from the absence of daytime queen Oprah Winfrey, who stopped participating after winning for several years.

CBS' "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 18 Daytime Emmy nominations, including best soap opera, even though no one in its cast was nominated in the lead acting categories. "General Hospital," which has won eight Daytime Emmys as best soap opera, was nominated again. It will vie with "The Young and the Restless," "Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns."

Nominees for lead actor in a daytime drama: Maurice Benard and Anthony Geary of "General Hospital," Robert Newman and Ron Raines of "Guiding Light" and Thorsten Kaye of "All My Children."

Two other "Guiding Light" cast members - Beth Ehlers and Kim Zimmer - earned best actress nominations. They'll compete against Bobbie Eakes of "All My Children," Susan Flannery of "The Bold and the Beautiful" and Kelly Monaco of "General Hospital."

Meredith Vieira has the chance for an unusual double win: She's nominated for best game show host for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and best talk show host as part of "The View" ensemble. "The View" was also nominated for best talk show, along with DeGeneres' series, "Live with Regis & Kelly" and "Dr. Phil." Good thing for its hosts - because the nominations were announced live on "The View."

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also said it would honor Carroll Spinney, whom children know better as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, with its lifetime achievement award.

Source: New York Daily News

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The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are to investigate Britney Spears after pictures were taken of her driving through Malibu, California with her baby son on her lap.

Spears claimed she took off without putting her son Sean Preston in his rear babyseat because she was suddenly hounded by paparazzi during a coffee break. But the DCFS and California police officials are taking a very dim view of Spears' decision to drive off with her baby on her lap.

It is illegal under California law to drive with a child as young as Sean Preston not restrained in a recognized baby seat, and Britney can expect a $270 fine at the very least. Malibu Deputy Sheriff Mark Winn visited Spears at home yesterday afternoon, to set the wheels in motion for the DCFS investigation. Dcfs officials are refusing to comment about the investigation.

Source: IMDB

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It looks like former Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady has called it off with his love of two years, Bridget Moynahan.

Spies said Brady was in Detroit over the weekend and "acting very single - going out to the parties and hitting on a lot of women." Usher also scored at Playboy's Super Saturday "8 Mile High Club" party with Playboy's Miss April 2005, Courtney Culkin.

Source: New York Post

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With award season still under way, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley are exchanging ballgowns for birthday suits.

Under the artful eye of photographer Annie Leibovitz, the starlets posed nude for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's yearly Hollywood issue, to be released today.

Fashion superstar Tom Ford also appears on the cover photo, though he stuck with a more traditional suit -- one of black fabric.

--You may be asking yourself, "Why a clothed Tom Ford?" He stepped in when a nervous Rachel McAdams backed out.

Source: Egotastic and Foxnews

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1 Kiera is painfully thin and although Scarlett has nice boobs,the rest of her has been photoshopped/'chopped beyond belief. We aren't even seeing what she really looks like.Why bother if you're going to "edit" a person's looks to that extent?

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2 I, for one, would have loved to have been at that photo shoot----I have always wanted to see Tom Ford in person.

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Notorious Hollywood party girl Tara Reid is begging the media to give her a chance to save her movie career, instead of portraying her as a drunk reveller.

The actress insists the reputation given her by America's tabloids is beginning to affect her movie career - because Hollywood bigwigs believe everything they read about her. And she'd like the top magazines and tabloids to start focusing on the more positive things about her in an effort to help her climb back onto directors' wish lists.

She says, "I work really hard. I don't just party. I work with charities, and I'm a huge family girl. I'm with my family every Sunday." "I just bought my parents a house on the beach, three houses from mine." "I'm sensitive, and I care what people write about me. I don't like that they make me look like an idiot. I'm not an idiot. I'm smart. I'm a lot smarter than people realize."

"I just want to act again. I'm more than they're letting me be. I need a chance. If I get that chance, people will see."

Source: Teen Hollywood

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Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora were working through a rough patch in their marriage, due mostly to the strife of two busy careers. Then, sources say, a suggestive e-mail sent to Sambora by an acquaintance of the couple became a final straw in Locklear's decision to seek a divorce.

Locklear found the e-mail, which contained "provocative pictures" of the female, a close friend of the pair says. Though the woman had long been "a sore subject," says the source, Locklear never thought she and Sambora had actually been "romantic." Whatever conclusions Locklear has now drawn from the photos, they were, her friend believes, the deciding factor. "She's devastated," says the friend. "Absolutely devastated."

Sambora, meanwhile, is as upset by the photos as Locklear, according to their friend: "Richie's saying nothing ever happened, that he never asked for the pictures."

Source: People

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Mariah Carey says she likes eating in bed while wearing a bib.

The singer says she doesn't like eating in public and works hard to maintain her figure. The 35-year-old singer tells Marie Claire she doesn't want to be a "skinny twig," but she's "bad with the weight thing." She adds: "I go up and down really quickly, because I am a muscular person. People don't know that I have well-defined biceps and these could easily become weird bodybuilder arms."

Revealing her penchant for wearing a bib while eating in bed, Mariah says, "I am just like, 'Whatever, nobody is looking at me for once!' "That's why I don't really like to eat in public. When people say, 'Mariah never eats in public,' I'm like, 'You're right.' "

Source: Ananova

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Click here to meet the new Apprentice 5cast.

1 -- ANDREA A self-made multimillionaire, the 31-year-old owns five companies, including an online wedding-planning service.
2 -- SUMMER The 30-year-old Californian worked her way up from minimum-wage jobs to owning her own eatery.
3 -- THERESA The 36-year-old psychotherapist also heads a real-estate design and development firm.
4 -- PEPI The first Hispanic to be Florida college student of the year, the attorney, 25, devotes a lot of his time to such charitable efforts as Habitat for Humanity.
5 -- BRENT Originally from Toronto, the 30-year-old newlywed is an attorney who works in the insur­ance industry.
6 -- BRYCE Four years ago, at age 24, he cofounded his own high-end residential building company.
7 -- TAREK The Mensa member grew up in a housing project and won a scholarship to an elite prep school. Now 27, he's a marketing man­ager at a Fortune 500 company.
8 --STACY A former reporter, she traded in her press card for a law degree and, at 38, is now a New York City public defender.
9 -- LEE This year's youngest candidate at 22, the Cornell University graduate devises business strategies for both large companies and government agencies.
10 -- ALLIE She may have been a Florida Gators cheerleader, but the 30-year-old is also a summa cum laude grad with a Harvard MBA.
11 -- LESLIE A former champion swimmer and college volleyball and tennis player, she's now a 28-year-old real-estate agent involved in multimillion-dollar deals.
12 -- DAN Among the companies founded by this 31-year-old entrepreneur: a wholesale bakery, a hat manufacturer and a brand of activewear.
13 -- CHARMAINE Raised in a small town in Kentucky, this 27-year-old is an area manager for a real-estate warranty firm in Nashville.
14 -- LENNY In the 13 years since he left Uzbekistan, the Soviet Army vet, 37, has gone from janitor to restaurateur to stockbroker, and now runs a medical trading company.
15 -- TAMMY A vice president at a major investment firm, Tammy, 33, is also founder and CEO of a company that designs stylish briefcases for women.
16 -- MICHAEL He earns his living as a mergers and acquisitions consul­tant, but the Chicagoan, 29, gets his thrills from snowboarding and motorcycling.
17 -- SEAN Born and raised in London, the Miami-based 33-year-old is the top-ranking salesperson at his recruitment consulting firm and the recent recipient of a U.S. green card for "persons of extraordinary ability."
18 -- ROXANNE Inspired by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, she clerked for Texas Supreme Court justices before becoming an appellate attorney. Now 26, she moonlights as a Jazzercise instructor in Austin.

Source: Just Jared

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