On the eve of their star-studded wedding tomorrow in Sydney, Australia, Nicole Kidman says she's finally found true love with Keith Urban. But the flame-haired Oscar winner has already made sure her bank account won't take a beating if the marriage fizzles.

Kidman, who's worth about $150 million, has had her hubby-to-be ink a lowball prenup that guarantees him a kiss-off of just over $600,000 a year for every year they are together, according to press reports in Australia and England. In addition, there's a clause that allows her to bail without giving Urban, an ex-cocaine addict, a cent if he uses illegal narcotics or boozes excessively.

The agreement, signed in Los Angeles earlier this month, also calls for joint custody of any kids the couple has together, although Urban would be prohibited from taking them out of whatever country Kidman is living in, the London Daily Mail said.

Kidman, 39, will wear a long white gown with Victorian-style high collar during the traditional Roman Catholic ceremony at an old Gothic chapel overlooking the sea in the Sydney suburb of Manly - a far cry from her Scientology-based nuptials with Tom Cruise in 1990, a union that ended in annulment five years ago.

The 200 guests who'll party under a huge white tent after the wedding include her adopted kids with Cruise, Isabella, 13, and Connor, 11; Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman and Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch. Flying in separately are Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney, whose marriage only lasted seven months but whom we hear are quietly seeing each other again.

Aware of the high-flying lifestyles of both Kidman and Urban, the Rev. Paul Coleman, who'll officiate, is offering them advice on the key to a healthy marriage. "You've got to use little strategies, strategies like surprises, keeping some form of romance in the relationship, even after 20 years," he told reporters, noting both the bride and groom's parents have been together 40 years or more.

Music for the reception will be handled by Urban, who's keeping it a surprise from his bride, although he's expected to croon a few love songs to her, including his gooey hit, "Making Memories of Us."

Meanwhile, Nicole had her bachelorette party at her sister Antonia's home, and it was tamer than tame. Instead of male strippers and boozing, the girls each brought a favorite recipe to discuss.

Source: New York Post

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Britney Spears debuted her new dark do Thursday as she was spotted coming out of an office building in New York's East Village. Brit had baby Sean in tow and was flanked by security.

Source: TMZ

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Justin Timberlake has shown Cameron Diaz the door, so he can sow his wild oats.

The singer axed his love of three years because, "he's poised to leave on a world tour and he wants to be free," says veteran gossip Janet Charlton, whose new Web site, janetcharltonshollywood.com, debuts today.

She says Timberlake made his decision after he and his pals went on a stag weekend to Las Vegas and Cameron "went chasing after him. She was just too clingy." Diaz, said to be "devastated," has had bad luck before.

Source: New York Post

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Every celebrity needs a cause, and apparently for BritneyÂ’s hubby K-Fed the more bizarre the cause, the better. How out there are we talking here? How about a quest to save the penny from extinction?

Yes, you read that right. Kevin Federline isn’t taking on just any old cause célèbre — like saving whales, baby seals, starving children or even the planet. He isn’t trying to fight a disease, preserve the environment or reduce reliance on oil. No, the formerly penniless Mr. Spears wants to protect those pesky little copper coins worth one cent each that take up a lot of room in your change purse.

Federline arrived in New York City's Times Square on Wednesday in a truck covered in pennies, wearing an Abraham Lincoln mask, to sign a "Save the Penny" petition against a bill in Washington, D.C., that’s trying to bid farewell to the one-cent piece for good. “What’s happening, New York!” he said when he took his turn at the mike. “We’re bringing power back to the penny. Man, I feel good about the penny!”

Federline’s signature was the first on the petition onstage with him. In an effort to promote Virgin Mobile’s “Penny Texting,” a plan offering 1,000 text messages for $9.99 a month, Britney’s husband then encouraged the audience to text him and held up a poster with a number to send messages to. He also appeared to be furiously texting himself. “Who are you texting?!” a few paparazzi shouted. “My wife!” Federline announced, grinning.

Federline said heÂ’s always loved pennies and collected them in a big jar as a child.

Source: Foxnews

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Jessica Simpson is furious with former friend Vanessa Minnillo and insists the TV presenter has betrayed her by dating her estranged husband Nick Lachey.

Minnillo and Simpson became fast friends after meeting at an MTV event in 2003 and frequently enjoyed "girls' nights out" together. And now Minnillo's father, Vincent Minnillo, confirms, "Vanessa is friends with Jessica. In fact, (Vanessa, Jessica and Nick) have gone to clubs together and had fun."

The trouble between the former pals reportedly began when 32-year-old Lachey asked Minnillo to star in his music video "What's Left Of Me", which documents the end of his marriage to Simpson." A source says, "Jess was bothered by that, but she was willing to let it slide because she knows how badly Vanessa has wanted to get into acting."

To make matters worse, Simpson confided in her friend when her marriage was breaking down and Minnillo encouraged her to leave Lachey if she wasn't happy. After seeing steamy photos of the new couple kissing in Mexico, Simpson was crushed even further. The source adds, "It's painful and hurtful, but it just reinforces her decision to leave Nick."

Source: Teen Hollywood

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Pete DohertyÂ’s intimate journals detailing his music career, battle with drugs and brief, turbulent relationship with Kate Moss will be published next year, a British publishing house has announced.

The diaries of the 27-year-old Babyshambles frontman — including drawings, photos, poems and film reviews — have been culled from 20 volumes of his personal journals. They will be published in hardcover in March 2007, Orion Publishing Group Ltd. said Wednesday. Doherty’s writings chronicle his rise from anonymity to celebrity, said Orion commissioning editor Ian Preece.

“Some of it is quite funny,” Preece told reporters. “But some of it is very, very dark.” Doherty’s diaries date back to 1999, before he caught the attention of the media with the post-punk revival band The Libertines, now disbanded.

Source: MSNBC

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Heidi Klum may have to kiss her kids' college funds goodbye.

Her hubby Seal faces nearly $2 million in penalties after his ex-manager sued him for breach of contract. A London court yesterday ruled the "Kiss From a Rose" singer must shell out backdated commissions to John Wadlow, even though the two parted ways in 1996. Turns out Wadlow's cagey contract gave him payments from Seal's earnings on his first two records for the rest of his life.

Source: New York Post

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Now that his latest “Marlon Wayans pretends to be a girl/midget/caucasian” wacky-mix-up masterpiece Little Man is complete and ready to hit theaters, director Keenan Ivory Wayans is preparing the next project into which he’ll pour his legendary comedic genius.

The Wayans Family Patriarch’s next project actually happens to be a timely big-screen adaptation of the Homey the Clown character from his 13 year-old sketch show, In Living Color. You really have your fingers on the pulse of pop culture when you understand America’s pressing need to once again enjoy Damon Wayans hitting children with a sock and saying “Homey don’t play that!” over and over again.

--God, I miss "In Living Color."

Source: Best Week Ever

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Rapper The Game has announced his shock engagement to actress Valeisha Butterfield, confirming the happy couple will wed next March.

The rapper, real name Jayceon Taylor, wanted to stage the wedding on the anniversary of his March 22 proposal but has since discovered that day doesn't fall on a weekend next year. He tells urban magazine Sister 2 Sister, "March 22nd of next year is a Wednesday, I think, or a Thursday."

The rapper confesses he surprised the actress with a 19-carat engagement ring: "She had no idea." And in the article Butterfield admits she's still coming to terms with becoming the future Mrs. Taylor. She says, "I was just as surprised as my family and everybody was... I didn't pass out, but I buckled and he caught me."

And Butterfield, a political science major, dismisses reports her new fiance is a ladies' man. She adds, "We never dated, that's the thing; we went from being friends to being engaged."

The couple planned a secret engagement dinner for family and friends in The Game's native California, but the celebration didn't stay low-key for long. Butterfield explains, "When I walked in Lil' Jon was there, Hilary Duff was there... and I thought it was going to be a small, private thing. But we had a good time."

Source: Teen Hollywood

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Hulk Hogan has moved his family to Miami Beach and put his mansion near Tampa on the market for a whopping $25 million.

The pro wrestler-actor, aka Terry Bollea, and his wife, Linda, moved last month to a new $12 million bayfront estate on Miami Beach so their children, Brooke, 18, and Nick, 15, could pursue singing and acting careers. Now the 17,000-square-foot French-style Belleair mansion, familiar to fans of the family's VH1 reality TV series, "Hogan Knows Best," is on the market.

The home has seven fireplaces, 2.3-acre grounds overlooking the Intercoastal Waterway and Gulf of Mexico, a guesthouse, swimming pool, waterfall and four-car garage. "You can get lost in it," said Marcia Ellis of Coldwell Banker, who sold the Belleair property to the family 14 years ago and has listed it again.

Hogan still owns a more modest place on Clearwater Beach and a home in Los Angeles that is on the market for $5.9 million. "I've got to downscale," he told The Miami Herald recently. "We'll head toward Miami like the Beverly Hillbillies."

Source: Indy Star

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Actress Selma Blair and actor-rocker Ahmet Zappa are divorcing after two years of marriage.

Blair filed the petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday citing irreconcilable differences. "Selma and Ahmet have decided to divorce but love each other very much and will continue to be close friends," Troy Nankin, spokesperson for the couple, said in a statement.

Source: People

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Ridley Scott is set to direct a movie detailing the operatic highs and lows of the Gucci fashion dynasty.

The exact story line is unclear, but the real- life drama surrounding the couture clan includes how Paolo Gucci almost sent his father, Aldo Gucci, to prison for tax fraud; the 1995 murder of Maurizio Gucci; and the conviction of his widow, Patrizia Gucci, three years later for ordering his assassination.

Variety reports that Paramount has tapped Andrea Berloff to write the screenplay. Scott is now helming "American Gangster" with his "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.

Source: New York Post

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Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and his longtime girlfriend, Mimi OÂ’Donnell, are expecting their second child together. OÂ’Donnell is four months along and due in November. The couple also has a son Cooper, who is 3.

The parents-to-be met in 1999, when OÂ’Donnell was in charge of costume design for the play In Arabia WeÂ’d All Be Kings, which Hoffman was directing.

Source: Us Weekly

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Richard Stahl, an actor whose more than 40-year career stretched from New York theater to film and television comedies such as "Laverne and Shirley," has died. He was 74.

Stahl died Sunday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's health center in Woodland Hills after a 10-year battle with Parkinson's disease, his wife, actress Kathryn Ish, said Wednesday. "He had been declining for some time now," she said.

Stahl's film credits include 1979's "Five Easy Pieces," Mel Brooks' 1977 spoof "High Anxiety," 1980's "9 to 5" and 1996's "Ghosts of Mississippi." He appeared on such TV shows as "Laverne and Shirley," "The Odd Couple," and "Barney Miller," and held a regular stint on 1980s sitcom "It's A Living."

"He was a funny guy, he worked in comedy all his life," Ish said. Stahl is survived by Ish, their daughter Allegra and son Oliver.

--I remember him best from "It's a Living." Did anyone else watch that show?

Source: Foxnews

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Quote of the week from Ryan "I'm not gay" Seacrest:

During an interview with Vince Vaughn, he gushed, "Dude, I'm totally into girls... but you're at the top of my hump island when it comes to guys!"

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Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon is suing America's Star magazine, claiming the tabloid invaded her privacy by publishing a "fictional" story about the actress' pregnancy.

In the lawsuit, filed yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the Legally Blonde star insists Star published the false story that she was pregnant "in a callous effort to boost the tabloid's sagging sales."

The story claimed the actress, who is married to Ryan Phillippe, was pregnant with her third child. The couple already have two children, Ava, six and Deacon, two. Papers filed in the lawsuit claim, "Contrary to the fabricated Cover Story, the true facts are that (Reese) is not pregnant, does not have a 'baby bump' and has not otherwise gained weight such that she has had to resort to wearing 'empire-waist dresses,' 'baggy clothing,' or an 'old-fashioned 1920s bathing suit'." The lawsuit claims the magazine portrayed her in a false light and is an invasion of her privacy, according to website TMZ.com. No damages were specified.

Source: IMDB

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Fans of late 1980s/early 1990s cinema classics License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream, and unforgettable the-hot-one-from-Charles-in-Charge-getting-naked masterwork Blown Away will suffer an aneurysm of delight from today's news that the producers of non-exploitative reality fare like Wife Swap have reunited Former Teen Heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim for a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style series.

Reports Variety: "The Coreys" picks up with Feldman living the comfortable suburban life with his wife Suzie and son, until circumstances bring his old pal Haim back into the picture. Episodes would follow Haim -- single and the total opposite of Feldman -- as he shakes life up for the Feldmans. RDF USA exec VP of current/development Greg Goldman said because Feldman and Haim have been friends on and off screen for several years, the chemistry between the two " just pops off the screen."

Source: Yahoo

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Forget solicitation and child pornography, the biggest problem with Myspace is that itÂ’s cluttered with fake celebrity pages. How am I supposed to know whatÂ’s Nicole RichieÂ’s real myspace page with all those cheap imitations out there? Well now thereÂ’s a way: Confirmed Celebs Only . This myspace page was created to help celebrities and their stalkers eliminate cheap imitations.

The page features pictures of celebs like Adrianne Curry, Stephen Coletti and various porn stars holding signs that bare their real myspace addresses. You can also check for real celebrity myspace pages added to their friends space. And if you have a celebrity myspace page thatÂ’s questionable, you can submit it to be checked for authenticity, here.

--I love how they consider all the former "Real World" folks "celebs."

Source: Best Week Ever

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Paris Hilton - heiress, actress and now songstress - is turning out to be a dominatrix of all media on the strength of her single "Stars Are Blind," which was officially released yesterday. Industry speculation is high that the song will debut on Billboard Hot 100 list in the Top 10 tomorrow.

"Stars" is in rotation at more than 50 stations across America and is the No.1 requested song in New York on Z-100.

Romeo, Z-100 music director and on-air personality who did a live interview with Hilton last week, calls her "a smart, sweetheart of a girl," adding, "Her timing is perfect, she has the sound of the summer: pure pop with a reggae beat. "We knew it was going to polarize our audience," Romeo says. "We were right, last week half of the calls said they hated the song, but it was still among the top five requested songs. This week it's our No.1 requested song."

The four-minute track is also a hit on the Internet. On MTV.com's "Hot 5 on Overdrive," the video earned the program its all-time best performance on a single day.

"Stars Are Blind" is the first single from Hilton's self-titled debut album, set for release Aug. 1. The record, which also will feature a cover of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy," is under the direction of veteran hip-hop hitmaker Scott Storch.

Source: New York Post

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How much you want to bet those are screwdrivers?

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