Friday, November 4, 2011

Katherine & Joe Jackson -- We're Shackin' Up Near the Courthouse


Filed under: Katherine Jackson, Joe Jackson, Conrad Murray Trial



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Katherine and Joe Jackson are currently on their way to a hotel near the L.A. County Superior courthouse ... so when the jury finally reaches a verdict, they're right near the action.

Katherine and Joe live in Calabasas -- with traffic, it could take over two hours to get to the courthouse ... and we're told, they just didn't want to chance missing a beat.

According to sources, they plan to check in and stay for as long as it takes the jury to come to a decision.

It's unclear if other members of the Jackson family also plan to crash nearby the courthouse.



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Source: TMZ.com

'Braxton Family Values' Star -- Released from Hospital


Filed under: Toni Braxton, Vince Herbert, Nurse!, Exclusive



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's brother-in-law -- who also stars on "Braxton Family Values" -- has been released from the hospital after suffering a blood clot in his lungs ... TMZ has learned.

Vince Herbert was rushed to a NY hospital two weeks ago ... and the whole Braxton fam rallied around the music producer for support ... even canceling important media events.

Sources close to the family tell TMZ Toni is extremely relieved ... but she considers the situation a "wake-up call" to get her own health checked out more regularly ... especially because she suffers from lupus.

And fear not "Braxton" fans ... we're told the fam is back in full publicity mode ... gearing up for the new season to premiere next week.




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Source: TMZ.com

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Kobe Bryant -- In the Gym with Manny Pacquiao


Filed under: Kobe Bryant, Manny Pacquiao, TMZ Sports



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Kobe Bryant is back in the gym -- not with the Lakers (stupid lockout) -- but with Manny Pacquiao!

Kobe slipped unnoticed into Manny's LA workout spot ... Wild Card Boxing Club on Thursday afternoon -- and just over an hour later, we spotted him leaving through the back door.

We're told Manny was definitely working out while Kobe was there -- people outside heard Manny punching the crap out of stuff -- but we're pretty sure Kobe was not IN the ring ... Black Mamba was unscathed when he left.

Would be a helluva fight though.



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Source: TMZ.com

Manny Pacquiao and Jimmy Kimmel -- Most OFF-Key Duet ... EVER!!!


Filed under: Manny Pacquiao, Jimmy Kimmel, TV, Music, TMZ Sports
















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flaunted his other talent passion last night -- karaoke -- and the Bee Gees will never be the same.

Manny and Jimmy Kimmel attempted to belt out a duet of "How Deep Is Your Love" on Jimmy's show -- and it is awesome ... ly bad.

Boxing, Manny ... boxing. That's where the money is.




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Source: TMZ.com

Kevin Federline -- I GOTTA Work My Gut Off!!!


Filed under: Kevin Federline, Exclusive, Hot Bodies, Beauty, Photo Galleries



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Kevin Federline has decided enough is enough ... and yesterday, the former dancer hit the road in L.A. to run off some of those extra pounds.



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Source: TMZ.com

Kelly Rowland Tells Sex of Beyonce's Baby

Not realizing her mistake, Kelly Rowland accidentally revealed the gender of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's unborn child.


Talking with UsWeekly at the Cosmopolitan Awards in London, England on Thursday night (November 4), the Destiny’s Child member slipped and said, "I don't know. I think her dad [Jay-Z] is gonna give her everything anyways, all I can give her is love,” when asked what she is going to give at the baby shower.


Continuing on, unfazed, Rowland added, "I think she'll be very well behaved. Her parents will make sure of that."


In addition, word has it that Beyonce asked pals for pink Louboutin baby booties for her child due in February.




Source: Celebrity-Gossip.net

Conrad Murray Trial -- Jackson Family on Standby


Filed under: Janet Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson, Celebrity Justice



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The Jackson family is NOT inside the courtroom this morning ... as they have been for most of the Conrad Murray manslaughter trial ... but sources tell TMZ -- they WILL be when the verdict is read.

Sources close to the family tell TMZ ... the family is expected to get a 2-hour heads up when the jury is ready to present their verdict to the judge ... at which point, Katherine, Jermaine, La Toya and the rest of the crew will head on down to the courthouse.

The jury has already begun deliberating -- and they could return a verdict at any moment.

Stay tuned.




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Source: TMZ.com

Dr. Conrad Murray -- Weathering the Storm with Friends and Family [VIDEO]


Filed under: Conrad Murray, Conrad Murray Trial, Paparazzi Video
















1_bj0iitky_1_lm4fmmuhMisery loves company -- Dr. Conrad Murray says he won't be spending what could be his final days of freedom alone.

While the jury deliberates the doc was spotted walking in Santa Monica ...and claimed he'll be hunkering down with "friends and family, and my children."

As TMZ first reported, Murray is "optimistic" the jury will acquit -- but, he claims, he ultimately has "no idea" how they'll swing.




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Source: TMZ.com

Legendary GWAR Guitarist Found Dead on Tour


Filed under: R.I.P., Cory Smoot, Music



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Cory Smoot -- a founding member of the legendary speed metal band GWAR -- was found dead today while the band was traveling on its current tour.  

Cory played guitar and was best known by his stage name, Flattus Maximus. He was found dead as the band was traveling from Minneapolis to Edmonton, Canada for an upcoming show according to a rep for the band.

GWAR lead singer David Brockie says in a statement, "There is no word as to the cause of death and the members of GWAR are completely shocked and devastated that this has occurred."

Among GWAR's biggest fans back in the 90's ... Beavis and Butt-head.




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Source: TMZ.com

Sony Secures Rights to Robert Pattinson's "Bel Ami"

Making sure the film sees a domestic debut, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has nabbed the North American distribution rights to "Bel Ami."


Starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci, the movie had been shopped around by Protagonist Pictures before they and Sony reached the reported deal.


Based on Guy de Maupassant's novel, the big screen version "chronicle's a young man's rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city's most influential and wealthy women."


Helmed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, Pattinson and his castmates will likely see the picture's domestic release sometime in 2012.




Source: Celebrity-Gossip.net

Harry honoured as Ultimate Icon at Women of the Year Awards



Punk icon DEBBIE HARRY has been hailed the Ultimate Icon at Cosmopolitan's Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in London.




Source: Daily Star :: Celeb News

Twilight stars make their mark on Hollywood Walk of Fame



TWILIGHT stars KRISTEN STEWART, ROBERT PATTINSON and TAYLOR LAUTNER have cemented their places in movie history after taking part in a hand and footprint ceremony outside Hollywood's famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre.




Source: Daily Star :: Celeb News

Fry suffers travel nightmare



STEPHEN FRY experienced a nightmare journey as he made his way from Australia to London on Friday (04Nov11) - his plane was grounded in Dubai and he lost his wallet.




Source: Daily Star :: Celeb News

Cher's medical referral saved best friend's life



Pop icon CHER helped save her best friend's life after she suffered a seizure at the BELIEVE singer's home.




Source: Daily Star :: Celeb News

Lohan's Playboy pictures will be 'tasteful'



LINDSAY LOHAN's mother Dina fully supports the troubled star's decision to strip off for Playboy magazine, insisting the nude shots will be "tasteful".




Source: Daily Star :: Celeb News

Jessica Biel: Check Up Time

Taking time to run some personal errands, Jessica Biel was spotted arriving at a medical facility in Los Angeles, CA on Friday (November 4).


The “Valentine’s Day” hottie looked cute and casual in leggings and flats paired with a long sweater coat as she made her way inside the building.


As previously reported by Gossip Center, Ms Biel is featured on and inside the December issue of Elle magazine.


Being sure to keep fans on their toes, when asked to confirm that she’s dating on/off beau Justin Timberlake, Jess simply stated, “A girl doesn’t kiss and tell.”




Source: Celebrity-Gossip.net

Cristiano Ronaldo: 2011 European Golden Shoe Award Winner

Being rewarded for his hard work on the field, Cristiano Ronaldo was on-hand to receive the 2011 European Golden Shoe Award in Madrid, Spain on Friday (November 4).


The Real Madrid star confidently accepted his honor at the presentation held at the Intercontinental Hotel.


Of the award, Ronaldo said, "I would like to win something bigger at a collective level. I do not think about breaking records, but about Real Madrid. I think our team is more mature and with more trust, and we all have to think the same way to achieve an important goal."


There cheering on her main man, Irina Shayk was among the hundreds of people who came out to show their support for Ronaldo.




Source: Celebrity-Gossip.net

No comeback for Westlife



WESTLIFE yesterday spoke for the first time about their decision to split after 14 years in pop.




Source: Daily Star :: Celebrity

Big Brother 2011: Sexual tension for Tom and Alex



THE housemates reckon Tom and Alex have become more than just friends.

Source: Daily Star :: Big Brother

David Simon Wants 'Treme' To End After Season 4: Report

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Well here's a treasure trove of news for 'Treme' fans. NOLA.com reported Monday that Season 3 of HBO's post-Katrina New Orleans drama has started filming, is adding two two new characters to the cast, and perhaps most notably, that series creator David Simon has told HBO he's written the show to go through Season 4.



According to David Walker, Simon recently sent HBO a memo saying that he and his writing team have plotted out the stories they want to tell, and how long it will take them to get there. The report speculates that four seasons may not be enough time to tell the stories of the Saints 2008 Super Bowl win as well as the BP Oil Spill, but with Simon & co., anything is possible.

 

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Source: aoltv.com

Quotables: Lestat and Louie Pity The Cullens


“Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town — anymore than they would hurt the physically disabled or the mentally challenged. My vampires possess gravitas. They can afford to be merciful.”


- Anne Rice gets catty about Twilight.


Pardon me, friends, while I laugh for days. Stephenie Meyer‘s glittery creations have been on my mind more than usual, both because of the Breaking Dawn film, which can’t come any sooner, and because the boyfriend has started reading the books and it tickles me so (my favorite comments include “does she ever stop talking about how pretty he is? She just said that he was reminiscent of an ancient Pagan god of beauty. Is she really talking about his liquid topaz eyes?”). That also means that the superior Anne Rice’s comment hits my funny bone harder than it would have otherwise.


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Source: EvilBeetGossip.com

This is Mariah Yeater, Justin Bieber’s Alleged Baby Mama

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I’m pretty positive I still don’t buy this story, but it’s always fun to speculate. It’s also kind of fun to say her name along with Justin’s – Mariah Yeater Justin Bieber. Mariah Yeater Justin Bieber. You feel that? Maybe he did, too, and a mini-Yeater-Bieber was the fruit of their (well, her) labor.


What do you guys think – after seeing these photos, you think young Justin hit it?



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Source: EvilBeetGossip.com

Kim Kardashian’s Not Giving the Ring Back

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Once upon a time there was a girl named Sarah, and that girl was engaged to this guy, like, a decade ago. After what some might call a “mistake” of a relationship for a large variety of reasons, the girl broke up with the guy and moved on with her life. But that engagement ring, given on a past Christmas Eve, sat in her jewelry box, burning a hole through its bottom and into the dresser it sat upon. She thought it was pretty and stuff, but knew she had no reason to keep it, and so she decided to give it back. (She actually threw it at him a week after deciding she didn’t want it anymore. Heard he had a hard time finding it, too.) Sarah never saw her former fiance ever again.


A few years after that, Sarah took a day job as a manager at a call center. She hated the job, but liked all of the people she worked with. Especially this one girl; she was totally cool. One day, Sarah’s new-ish friend came into work all aglow with excitement and happiness. Sarah’s new-ish friend had gotten engaged the night before! All excited for her friend, Sarah asked to see the ring. When Sarah saw the ring, a funny chord was struck and she realized that her friend’s ring looked really, really familiar. Because Sarah’s friend was such a new friend, she didn’t really know much about her background, who she dated, or anything else beyond the fact that they worked at the same place and her friend lived about an hour away. On a whim, Sarah asked her friend if she had a photo of her fiance, and boy did she ever. As it turns out, *Sarah’s new friend was engaged to Sarah’s old fiance and happened to be wearing Sarah’s old engagement ring as her own.


So maybe that’s why Kim Kardashian‘s not giving the ring back – maybe she’s just so concerned that it’s going to wind up on some other girl’s finger one day, and then she won’t be The One Girl Who Got the 20 Carat Diamond Engagement Ring That One Time anymore. Or, you know, maybe she’s just a classless hoe. I’d like to go out on a limb thinking the latter, me.


*Sarah’s new friend eventually found out about her then-fiance’s, um, “frugality,” and later ended breaking up with him for possibly-related (or who knows, unrelated) reasons. The end!




Source: EvilBeetGossip.com

And Here Is A Signed Lady Gaga Urinal, Available For A Cool $460K (PHOTO)


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After years of being subjected to Lady Gaga's surprises, we thought we were shockproof at this point. We're talking about a woman that wears hair as an outfit and brought a live sheep to a television interview. But Gaga's done it again -- Mother Monster has autographed a urinal, got it dubbed as "art" and the thing is on sale for $460,000. Annnnnd now we can (uncomfortably) say we've seen it all. (Until next week, probs.)


The "Yoü and I" singer used the piece (as a prop, not actually used) in her famed Vogue Hommes Japan photo shoot (AKA the first time we caught a glimpse of Gaga as Jo Calderone). Gaga later donated the accessory to fashion website SHOWstudio but not before signing it: "I'm not a f------ Duchamp but I love pissing with you." What a potty mouth! For those of you who don't know, artist Marcel Duchamp shocked the art world when he submitted his work "Fountain" to an art show in 1917. It was a urinal. Yay, history!


If coughing up a mere half a million dollars for a signed bathroom accessory by Gaga seems like NBD, then I'd like to make you an offer of my own -- can we be friends? I'm just as an incredible investment as signed toilets! Of course, by "investment" I mean we can go shopping and you can pay.



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Source: BuzzWorthy.Mtv.com

Video Premiere: Drive A, 'The World In Shambles'


Drive A's "The World In Shambles" video truly could not have premiered at more opportune time -- on the heels of the DEVASTATING news that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' marriage lasted just a smidge longer than "The Playboy Club" (RIP), just after the end of season 4 of the "Jersey Shore," and just WEEKS before the premiere of "Breaking Dawn," the L.A. pop-punk foursome harvests almost every bumper crop in the fecund garden that is the pop culture zeitgeist for their "The World In Shambles" video.


Drive A pairs their unstoppably infectious match-in-a-gas-tank hooks with cheeky spoofs of "Glee," pretty much any "talent"-based elimination show and Snook-alike characters (arrived at by some casual cross-dressing) in a parodic free-for-all featuring Drive A fans as extras. True to the spirit of classic pop-punk videos like Blink-182's "First Date," hijinks, hilarity and terrible wigs ensue.


"The World In Shambles" is from their album of the same name, which succeeds 2009's Loss Of Desire, Drive A.


+ Watch Drive A's "The World In Shambles" video, and don't miss the band on their "Let's Get Wrecked" tour.






Source: BuzzWorthy.Mtv.com