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Oprah Winfrey is taping her big Olympic special next week and she’s inviting everyone to come along.
According to the press release:

“Oprah and the city of Chicago are inviting hundreds of Olympians to
Chicago for a special show and YOU are invited.
That’s right! Come visit Oprah and some of the most amazing athletes live in Chicago. The episode will be shot in Millennium Park. The park opens on September 3 at 6 am. Admission to the lawn will be first come first served basis.

So if you’re planning to watch this you better get in line THE DAY BEFORE! I advise you to camp outside the park if you really want to get good seats for the show.

I just hope Michael Phelps can fit Big O into his schedule, because last time I checked he was in Disney World playing with Mickey.

Anna Kournikova has been a queen of the court but it is almost history now.
The tennis star is still making the headlines not with her tennis shots but her modeling shoots.
She has made her place in the latest Maxim magazine spread. Kournikova has given a very revealing interview along with more revealing pictures. They will be published in the next month’s addition of Maxim.

She posed in a bikini for the magazine. Is it must to hide your best using a stupid bikini. Can’t we see more of you? Undoubtedly, Anna Kournikova has one of the best bodies I have ever seen.

Someone is suing Jennifer Lopez because of the singer’s dog. JLo’s dog allegedly took a bite out of a flight attendant on a private jet which leads to a $5 million lawsuit. Lisa Wilson filed suit last week in a Brooklyn Federal Court, alleging that Floyd, a guard dog, lunged at her when she walked past hit during the 2006 flight making her tumble down and giving her debilitating back pain that she had to have serious surgery. Wilson claims that JLo knew the dog had vicious propensities and should have controlled it. If that incident happened in 2006, why did she have to wait two years later to file suit?

There’s no doubt that Madonna is way hotter than most 50 year old ladies all over the world but she still needs to rely on a few tricks of the trade so she can look pristine perfect. Those tricks came in handy for the Queen of Pop for her latest music video with Justin Timberlake ‘4 Minutes (To Save the World)’. She reportedly used soft focus lenses, exquisite lighting and maybe even a bit of airbrushing just so she could look great on the video. And of course, there’s that caked on make up which you can hardly tell was caked on because she was so blown out by the lights.

Serial bride Patsy Kensit has split from fiancé Jeremy Healy – the man she planned to make her fourth pop hubby.

The Holby City actress, 40, was due to wed DJ Jeremy, 46 – one of house music’s top names – in the summer.

Last night a friend of Jeremy’s said it was the DJ who ended the eight-month romance with mum-of-two Patsy. The pal said: “As the wedding became a reality, I just don’t think he could go through with such a commitment. Patsy must be gutted – she surely thought she’d found the one this time.”

The pair first met when Patsy was 16 and in 1980s band Eighth Wonder. Jeremy was in Haysifantayzee, who had a 1983 hit with John Wayne Is Big Leggy.

The couple fell in love last August, after bumping into each other at a party.

Ex-Emmerdale star Patsy’s three failed marriages have all been to musicians.

She wed Dan Donovan of Big Audio Dynamite in 1988. They split in 1991.

In 1992, she married Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, dad to her son James, and in 1997 she wed Oasis singer Liam Gallagher. They had a son Lennon and split in 2000.

Patsy had reportedly asked film star friend Liz Hurley to be bridesmaid. The pal added: “She must be devastated.”

New mom Christina Aguilera was spotted just as she hopped into her limo after leaving Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles on Monday. The 27-year old Grammy award winning singer reportedly spent the day doing a photo shoot for People en Español. Later on that day, Christina was spotted with a gal pal and her music exec husband Jordan Bratman grabbing a bite to eat. There was no sign of their 2-month old son Max though. Maybe he just stayed at home with the nanny. Tsk. Is she even spending some time with her son? Or does she not care much like we did when her cover came out?

Ok, so there’s no confirmation from her camp yet, but judging from these pics, it’s either a baby or an abnormally large tumor. Either way, she should get that checked out.

Fergie and her fiance Josh Duhamel headed out for dinner at Hana Sushi in Santa Monica on Tuesday. She was most definitely a little thick around the middle, but they aren’t giving up any baby secrets yet.

I can’t decide if she’s miserable or what! It seems like Halle Berry’s been preggers forever, but she’s not quite done yet. She looks like she’s ready to be done, like yesterday.

She stepped out yesterday in Beverly Hills with boyfriend/babymaker Gabriel Aubry. The two hung out at Bristol Farms, maybe in hopes of stirring baby to pop on out.

On February 26, Naomi Campbell had emergency abdominal surgery to remove a cyst. Just a week later, she was out on the town in Brazil.

Naomi and her boyfriend Marcus Elias, a Brazilian businessman, stepped out to eat in Sao Paolo. Nice to see that she recovered quickly.

This time it was Barak Obama and Bill Clinton. And this time it was for a Grammy award and not for the presidency.

Obama won a Grammy for best spoken word album for his book The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. He beat out former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter as well as Alan Alda and Maya Angelou.

Now this is how you create a commotion! It has been a while since Mariah Carey scored a hit but that doesn’t mean that she can no longer stop crowds and create a media storm. The curvaceous diva posed for cameras as she shopped for butterfly designs on Monday at Van Cleef & Arpels on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. The singer also made a stop into Gucci for some extra shopping as paparazzi continued to get shots of her and her amazing cleavage – at least when they have a clear shot of it. There’s no doubt that it wasn’t just her cleavage which made jaws drop. I’m sure her credit card bill will too.

Ok I know the world and his wife are probably sick to the back teeth of the Britney Spears and Adnan Ghalib saga. I know I pretty much am. However the man just keeps pushing to the point where you can’t help but comment on it.

Just a month into their relationship, Adnan claims to ‘risk’ Britney never speaking to him again to allegedly clear his name. In reality what he is doing is creating more scandal, and money-making opportunities, by lifting the lid on their affair and telling all to two US TV shows.

Whilst refuting claims he’s trying to sell pictures of Britney, the snapper went as far as to compare them to tragic couple Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed and claiming that the star wants to have a baby with him after being banned from seeing her own kids. He also played private voicemail messages from Britney.

He insisted he is speaking out merely to clear his name and slammed reports he is exploiting Britney to rake in cash, denying he made any financial gain from the interviews. But he admitted it could mean the fallen starlet never speaks to him again, and shatter his dreams of marrying her. Adnan also slammed critics who have questioned his relationship with the chart-topper, saying they do not want her to find true happiness, “Whatever it takes. Scandal sells”.

Scandal sells huh? Well you would know Adnan…

At 81 years old, is he finally ready to be a daddy…again? Sources say Hugh Hefner was spotted accompanying 28 year old girlfriend Holly Madison to her gynecologist’s office. The doctor specializes in in vitro fertilization.

The Playboy founder already has four children with two former wives. Holly has let it be known that she would like to have children with Hef. She says, “I want to have kids with Hef in the next year or so. When that happens, I just want it to be me and him.” Right now they share the mansion with his two other girlfriends, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt.

It was rumored that she might already be pregnant with his child when the group recently went to Monaco. While on the trip, Holly shied away from alcohol and wore outfits that were abnormally concealing. Her rep says, “Holly is not pregnant, although she would like to be in the near future.”

Who said that you can only wear a wedding dress once and just for walking down the aisle? That may be the general rule but we’re all aware that when it comes to Britney Spears, there are no rules. People is reporting that the pop wreck was seen wearing her wedding dress from her walk down the aisle with KFed while she was shopping for a new car with her pap friend.

Brit and her boy toy dropped by a Mercedes-Benz dealership so that the photographer can check out some new wheels and finally get rid of his rental car. A sales associate said that Brit was quiet and did not appear that she would be buying a car. It’s a miracle! She has a brain!

New mom Christina Aguilera just posted this cute graphic on her official website and finally gave us details about her happy baby news. Max Liron Bratman was born on Saturday night and not Friday like originally reported. She also posted a message and a video for all her fans.

The singer put together a special video for the song ‘Save Me From Myself’ which came off of her ‘Back to Basics’ album. The video even features actual footage from her and husband Jordan’s personal wedding video. Christina says that it was a little something to say ‘thank you’ for the undying love and support.

Hurray some more happy news! Not a wedding; even better. We can expect the arrival of another celebrity rugrat – this time courtesy of Lily Allen and boyfriend Ed Simons.

This will be the couple’s first child and they are all smiles. A source close to the singer said: “Lily is thrilled to be pregnant and can’t wait to become a mum. She’s a real family person. Ed’s very happy. He is really looking after her.”

Though the couple haven’t been together very long. 22-year-old Lily and Chemical Brother’s singer Ed, who is 15 years her senior, have only been dating since September. But they plan to set up home together and seem to be very pleased.

Good luck to them and congratulations.

After the news that Ike Turner had passed away I doubt the first thing his former wife did was collapse in floods of tears. Despite being married for 16 years, the abuse that Tina Turner suffered at his hands is sure to have taken all the love away.

So it is no shock to hear that the attendance list of Ike’s funeral will not include Tina.

One friend said: “Tina hasn’t seen Ike for 35 years and last time she did see him he treated her appallingly, so there’s no way she will be going to the service to pay tribute to him.”

Anyone who thinks this is wrong obviously hasn’t seen the Tina and Ike movie. I applaud the woman. Why should she attend? Ike is in her past and Tina has become a legend in her own right; not only in the music industry but in women’s hearts everywhere.

Uma Thurman and Alicia Keys were caught having a laugh during the press conference on Tuesday for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Concert at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Oslo, Norway. The concert was designed to pay tribute to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureates for their achievements and to promote awareness of environmental issues and global warming.

Other people present ate the press conference include the likes of Kevin Spacey and Annie Lennox. Those are some mighty big names doing some big publicity for a very big cause. Kudos to them, it’s almost like they’re the ones getting the award.

We’ve seen Angelina Jolie head into third world countries in hopes of helping them recoup losses. Now we see the other half of Hollywood’s most beautiful couple heading out at home.

Brad Pitt spent Monday in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans for his “Make It Right Project”. The project will push for the building of 150 environmentally homes that will be affordable to residents who were uprooted after Hurricane Katrina. This area is one of the poorest regions in the city and was the site of some of the worst flooding caused by Katrina in 2005.

Pitt is seeking pledges to help with the work. He has agreed to match up to $5 billion in contributions with billionaire Steve Bing agreeing to do the same.

The area surrounding Pitt and the onlookers was lined wit hot pink tents marking where the homes would stand. Brad said they chose pink because “it screams the loudest. It says people are coming back.”

Kudos to you, Brad, for using your celebrity status to push for something good!

Emma Bunton is a fake! She’s not the real Baby Spice, Suri Cruise is.Apparently, Tom and Katie’s baby is a big fan of the Spice Girls. The Hollywood tot was taken to visit the rehearsals of the girl group by her parents. A sneak peek as to what went on during the visit was posted on the Spice Girls’ official website.

Tom and Katie stopped by to wish the girls luck for the forthcoming tour when they were treated to an exclusive performance. Suri danced along to the music. It looks like Suri’s getting ready to spice up our life.

The regretted tenor’s widow, Nicoletta Mantovani Pavarotti, recently decided to sue two of her dead husband’s friends because they made accusations at her address and discussed in public the state of their marriage after his death.

Nicolleta says she will not tolerate such affirmations, and if they were to stop she wouldn’t have filled a lawsuit,but by the look of things she is quite sure the two female friends of the great tenor will continue if not legally stopped. The insults at her address were seen by Nicolleta as an opportunity to make even more money, as she asks for $22 from each woman.

Lidia La Marca and Franca Corfini Strata appeared on national television and clearly stated their beliefs about the way Mantovani treated Pavarotti, even on his hospital bed. All Italy knows she wants nothing more but money, no lawsuit could make the world see her with different eyes. What kind of a wife goes to her dieing husband and asks him to sign papers cause if he doesn’t he won’t be allowed to see his 4 year old daughter anymore?
No matter what Mantavani might say or do, in my mind she is just a money obsessed woman that doesn’t know to stop her pursuit in order to keep things decent.

It seems she just can’t learn her lesson. In past months Britney Spears has been involved in countless driving incidents including running a red light, driving over a policeman’s foot; and recently she was banned from having her kids in the car with her when she was driving. But all this obviously isn’t enough to turn the pop star into the model driver.

In a move sure to prevent the ruling about her kids being overturned, Miss Spears was caught on camera by Hollywood TV sending a text on her mobile phone whilst driving. Now you would think that as a big celeb; used to being followed by the press, Britney would think twice about misbehaving and getting away with it. Doesn’t she know by now the paparazzi have a way of seeing everything?

Britney, honey, hire a chauffeur or something. You really oughtn’t to be on the roads.

Oh dear. Kylie Minogue has been publicly disgraced, according to a report today. Famous waxwork modellers, Madame Tussauds recently unveiled a sculpture of the singer in a racy position; causing our mini Aussie to feel “mortified and humiliated”.

The waxwork depicted Kylie on all fours, with her famous booty in the air. Claiming that she was not consulted about the model; the pop artist insists she did not approve of it.

But Kylie; you aren’t humiliated when you wear next to nothing on stage, nor when you strike these poses that give the idea that a position such as this would depict you correctly. So why are you surprised?

The admission comes after the unveiling of a brand new statue in her native Australia. This depicts her in nothing but a burlesque body stocking and red high heels. But she hasn’t complained about this one! Hmmm…

In retaliation to the response from the artist, the waxwork was replaced by a more modest model earlier this year; making Kylie to be the only person other than the QUEEN to have four waxwork models sculpted. She is cuter than the queen so we’ll let her have that one huh?

We heard just a few days ago about Nicole Kidman fearing for her life in a chase from the paparazzi. Britney Spears has been forced to run a red light to avoid pursuit of photographers; causing reason for courts to ban her from driving her children around. Finally a star has spoken out against them.

George Clooney took a break from his bike ride with girlfriend Sarah Larson on Friday to give the snappers hot on his heel a piece of his mind. Just two months ago the star suffered a broken rib after a car collided with his Harley Davidson; and Clooney vents his frustration at the lengths some of the paparazzi will go to, to “do their jobs”.

“You can drive all you want, you can take my picture all you want, but what you cannot do is put people in danger,” The Oscar winner was caught on videotape climbing off his motorcycle and taking down the license plate details of his followers.

Well girls, we thought he was gorge anyway right? Now he’s the knight in shining armor against those horrible annoying snappers. You go George. All together now…and swoon.

Britney Spears has been banned from driving with her young sons in the same car after her ex-husband Kevin Federline’s attorney called an emergency court hearing to question her road skills. Kevin’s lawyer is not a “gangster lawyer”. The whole issue is the safety of the kids. Britney doesn’t seem to care about any of it. she blatantly disregards what she is being asked to do in order to even get back 50/50 custody.She is really messed up and I am beginning to believe the theory that she really does not want the kids. Hell…she just bought a new car that seats 2!I really wish the court would mandate her getting treated at a mental health facility outside of California. Maybe it will also mean that she’ll even stay home now those two days and one overnight she has the kids. Knowing her she’ll just leave them home with a nanny and the monitor and keep going out for her starbuck, gas station, taco bell, target, run etc. But I hope not.

It’s funny I think “exhaustion” is an affliction that only Hollywood people get, because I don’t know any normal people who have ever been hospitalized for exhaustion. Let’s also keep in mind that these people are extremely pampered and get paid huge sums of money to do little to nothing. They all eat very well and they even do not shoot under the burning sun, they have the best luxuries that even some other millionaires would never feel like using, they get the best hotels, best dresses and they are never made to work hard to the extent of exhaustion. They work for months but it shifts, like if they are working in the wee hours of the morning then they will not be asked to shoot in the night again. Have to seen or rather read the diva request that Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna make when they are to perform at a venue, the reps and staff reach that hotel before hand and hand them a list of requirements to tea time, wake up time, sea food and the list goes on and on. So exhaustion is really not the case and drugs overdose is the only thing that’s made her to go to the hospital.

Actress Julia Roberts knew she was destined to marry Danny Moder from the moment they met - because her body told her so. The 40-year-old began dating the then-married Moder in 2000 on the set of her movie The Mexican and insists she “just knew” the cameraman would eventually become her husband. How does that work when your body tells you this man is for your when he already had a wife whose body may have said the same thing? Ok, I guess he went with the million dollar woman over commitment to his ex-wife. I wonder if someone richer comes along will he leave Julia. I would like to feel happy for her but somehow this is wrong. You should fell ashamed Julia not happy anyways if he’ll do it to one woman the day may come for you to watch his back walk out the door for someone younger and richer than you.

Rosie O’Donnell is planning to broadcast a new show on her website, just days after scrapping her TV comeback. The star had started negotiations to front a new talk show on cable network MSNBC that would compete directly with CNN icon Larry King’s nightly broadcast. But O’Donnell revealed the deal is off earlier this week. She is just a big mouthed bully. She has nothing nice to say about anyone anymore. She has become so mean, who in their right mind wants to listen to her? She has shown she really isn’t too bright; her arguments really make no sense. I think that picture of her poor kid dressed up with a gun says it all. She can protest anything she wants, but then turn around and say, oh well its ok for my kid to play with it for now. She just sucks.

Being pregnant is not something that would stop any expecting mommy from having fun on Halloween. Christina Aguilera is prime example of that when she came out to party as a Spider Queen with her husband dressing up as Count Dracula.
Christina and her record label exec hubby Jordan Bratman dressed their spookiest for a Halloween Party at Hyde Night Club in Hollywood on Wednesday. Christina wore a spider hat, a cape and even had a sparkly spider web design which emphasized her baby bump.

The singer is reportedly due with her first child this January which would mean that she’s already in her last trimester of pregnancy.

I feel this girl has great need to have a mentor right now. Obviously she has lost faith in herself. She wants to be validated as okay, because her ex was someone that she thought would be part of her life forever. Now that they are divorced, she feels like a failure and feels “why try to be a better person, I am a failure, so why even try”?
I wish I could just take this girl and bring her into my home secretly so the public wouldn’t hound her. She may be a big star always in the publics’ eye; however that doesn’t mean it is truely what she’s happy with. Right now she’s in a bad place emotionally and has lost all faith in herself that she is worth having anything good. She loves her boys but has lost the way to prove it to the world that she does. She needs help. I am in school now and we study different psychological disorders and she needs one-on-one help with someone who will not judge her, nor be overwhelmed by her star image. She is a person first, a mother second and star last.