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Carly Smithson was the latest American Idol contestant to get the boot but before the elimination even happened, Idol message boards were abuzz that the castoff was going to be Jason Castro. Who would leak such a thing? Allegedly, it was Ryan Seacrest. An email exchange posted on a fan site points at Ryan saying that he blabbed that it was going to be Jason who’s leaving the show. While Ryan once said that he finds out who gets to go home the morning of the show, the truth is that only the two executive producers know who’s voted off.

You would think that having jobs like the Access Hollywood Dancing with the Stars correspondent, working on a solo album and designing a fashion line would be enough for one woman to take on but Mel B. actually got herself another job. The Spice Girl joins former boy band member Joey Fatone in hosting ‘The Singing Office’ on TLC. It’s a singing competition for employees going up against fellow employees. Of the contest, Mel says “It’s not a serious competition. It gives people a break from their everyday lives to have some fun with their co-workers.” Here’s to hoping that it won’t create drama in the workplace.

Kerry Katona has gone into labour - five weeks early.

The star, 27, was rushed to hospital yesterday after her waters broke while filming the final scenes of her reality TV show, Kerry Katona: Crazy In Love.

Kerry, who was due to give birth on May 19, is said to be “doing fine”.

A pal said: “She’s so pleased it’s coming to an end She was the size of a house. Her legs and ankles were so swollen she could barely walk.”

As we revealed, doctors had told the star to scrap her MTV show, telling her to “rest and put her feet up”.

The baby - a boy to be called Max - is expected to arrive tomorrow. While Kerry’s MTV crew followed her to the hospital, they are not filming the baby’s birth.

The star and husband Mark Croft are already parents to baby Heidi, while Kerry is also mum to Molly and Lilly-Sue.

If you were one of the many who voted for American Idol wannabe Michael Johns after his Tuesday performance, you could have been influenced by a performance that wasn’t even part of the show. At the end of the show, Ryan Seacrest threw to a tape which showed highlights of the performances. The one they showed for Michael was actually better than when he sang earlier. That’s because producers used his performance from his rehearsal. And if you can recall, Paula called Michael on tat saying she heard him during rehearsal and that he sounded a lot better. Apparently, the same thing happened with David Archuleta last week when he forgot his lyrics.

No, she didn’t lose it on the show. Instead, Whoopi Goldberg’s emotional moment came Monday morning as she cohosted The View.

As the ladies discussed the Oscars montage of important moments from past shows, Whoopi teared up when it was pointed out that she was left out. Whoopi was a former Oscar winner and the first black person to host the awards show.

Joy Behar said, “Where were you?” Whoopi mentioned that they also left out Steve Martin, and Barbara Walters pointed out that she was shown in another montage for past winners. Whoopi remarked, “Undoubtedly, I pissed somebody off once again.” WaWa said, “We think you’re a great host.”

Now that Cher is getting ready for a comeback, we need to prepare for her commenting on other worldly stuff as well. She recently spoke to TV’s Extra about her thoughts on the presidential candidates and pretty much said who she’s rooting for.

She said “I like Hillary. I think she’d make the best president. I think [Barack]’s a good man. I think he’s altruistic. I think he’s smart. I think at some point he can be a great leader. I just don’t think it’s now.” What do you think? Is Cher a good judge of character or just being a feminist?

Yeah! The Oscars are saved. After watching months of reruns and the cancellation of the Golden Globes, we can breathe a sign of relief.

Hollywood producers have finally decided to give the writers who have been on strike some of the profit that their writing might make online.

Writers Guild of American president Patric M. Verrone announced Sunday afternoon, “We have reached a historic agreement that covers new media for writers and guarantees our share in the future. This morning, based on the unanimous recommendation of the WGA negotiating committee, the WGA has called for a contract ratification vote by the membership.”

Rosie’s always been a little outspoken, and now she’s aiming that at Britney Spears and her family. She blames Britney’s early stardom for her meltdowns. Rosie posted a poem on her blog, expressing her sentiments and emphatically stating that she would never let her daughter Vivi do that. Read on for the poem.

if i had a magic wand
i would will her the strength
windex all windows
watch the sun warm her soul
she was parkers age when i met her
lil souther girl with a tiny twang yes maam she smiled
adorable

she wanted it
the mothers always said
as way of both apology and explaination
in the dressing room

vivi would
if i let her
support r family
with her light and talent

its not mine 2 sell

We all know that celebrities can be just like regular people and love some karaoke. A couple of stars proved just that for Ellen DeGeneres’ 50th birthday celebration on Friday. The talk show host’s birthday was actually on Saturday, so, Happy Birthday Ellen!.

Stars on the video sang to the tune of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’. Jake Gyllenhaal did a little lip synching and booty-shaking to it. Other celebrities who joined in on the fun were Victoria Beckham, Queen Latifah, Kate Walsh, Jamie Foxx, Paris Hilton, Sharon Osbourne, David Spade, Heidi Klum, Masi Oka and Celine Dion. It’s quite a funny clip.

It’s almost that time, and I can’t think of anything I’d rather watch. Umm, except maybe a trainwreck.

Popular TV and radion host, formerly of MTV’s Lovelines, Dr. Drew Pinsky says he’s ready to set his Celebrity Rehab plans into action. He is showing all of us the process of rehab, with the help of a few celebrities.

So far, he’s working with people like Daniel Baldwin, Jessica Sierra, and Chyna. He says patient Brigitte Nielsen has already quit both drinking and smoking. But it’s not all roses for everyone. Jessica Sierra recently had a setback, and he can’t even get her to his treatment facility in California because she cannot leave the state of Florida for 45 days.

Dr. Drew says he’s not trying to glamorize things but instead wants to show all of us that it is a difficult process to become and remain sober.

It was announced last Friday that Dr. Phil was going to tape a show Monday to air Wednesday concerning Britney Spears and the recent drama surrounding her. He has announced today, however, that he had cancelled those plans. This was announced via his website.

He said, “We had planned to tape a Dr. Phil Now show today, focusing not on the tabloid side of Britney’s latest problems, but instead on the very serious issues surrounding this case. Clearly, it is not just Britney’s family struggling to find a way to protect adult children who cannot be ordered or compelled to seek help.”

Dr. Phil continued,”Because the Spears situation is too intense at this time, and out of consideration to the family, I have made the decision not to move forward with the taping at this particular time.”

I have to give kudos to Dr. Phil for that one. Sure, I like to chat about her, too, but the girl needs some serious help, and maybe she needs us all to butt out for a while so she can do that in privacy.

Well I know that every guy I spoke to regarding TV plans for Christmas day had scheduled a viewing of the Dr Who special. Most of them had never shown an interest in the series before. I was puzzled, until I realised that this was the episode Kylie Minogue was to make an appearance in.

It seems that the majority of the male population thought the same too. Kylie’s guest appearance on the show boosted ratings higher than they have ever been since its revival.

A massive 12.2 million people tuned in to watch the Dr Who special; which is half the available audience. An upgrade on last year where the Christmas special managed to lure in 37% of the audience.

Whether her acting was any good I couldn’t tell you. Personally I was too busy doing what you do best at Christmas – eating lots of chocolate. Good or not it seemed to do the job though.

Las Vegas star Josh Duhamel got down on one knee some time over the holiday season and popped the question and asked long time girlfriend Fergie to marry him. Josh’s rep confirmed the news to TMZ that he recently proposed, so we’re not sure when it happened but that it did. Congrats to the happy couple!

The 35-year old Fergie and the 32-year old Josh have been dating on and off since September of 2004. The singer even appeared in an episode of Las Vegas alongside the other members of the Black Eyed Peas in the episode entitled ‘Montecito Lancers’ which aired on November 1, 2004.

She’s had no problem expressing her affection and stating her desire to become Mrs. MacArthur. Now, she’s gonna get her wish.

Ali Landry of Heroes fame and her longtime boyfriend Hayes MacArthur were engaged over the weekend. No dates have been set for a wedding.

Ali says, “I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow. I look forward to that time when I’m home with babies.

So, are you worried that the Golden Globe’s won’t take place because of the writer’s strike? Not if Alec Baldwin can help it.

Alec has graciously offered to let everyone hang out in his apartment for the show. Remember he is up for a Golden Globe for his show 30 Rock.

On the menu for the gala? “Tuna salad, whitefish salad, egg salad…potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw…wine or Amstel.”

He says, “A quick Red Carpet, hosted by Radioman, will be held at the parking lot of Tavern on the Green before we are all shuttled to my apartment building. ‘Round…5:30-ish? Sound okay?”

He goes on, “Looking forward to seeing you all on January 13th at my place.”

Can’t speak for everyone, but I, for one, will be there. I can’t turn down a good egg salad sandwich.

She might have been sacked from the X-Factor but we still love her; especially now the gorgeous Kate Thornton is expecting her first child. Hurrah!Engaged to DJ Darren Emerson, Kate was spotted having a scan last week. Could this potentially put the big day on hold?

A source said: “Kate was beaming from ear to ear. But funnily enough, when an X Factor trailer came on the TV in the hospital waiting room, she turned her head away.”

Well Kate forget all that business now. Not only are we deliriously happy for you and hubby-to-be; we know you will bounce back with a vengeance.

Did I mention I love it when I can report about good stuff like this? More happy ever after stories please…

I remember sitting up, watching reruns, and dreaming about marrying the hunky Scott Baio. Of course, that was before I realized that he was more my mom’s age than my own.

For those of you who watch reality TV, you may have seen VH1’s reality show featuring Scott. It was called, simply, Scott Baio is 45…and Single. Sad life.

Well, now he’s not quite so single anymore. (Not to mention the fact that he’s now 46!). Scott finally married longtime sweethear Renee Sloan. They had small, private ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday.

At the wedding were close friends and family, including Renee’s 18-year-old daughter from a previous relationship and Scott and Renee’s newborn daughter, whose name is still unknown by the media.

Scott and Renee met years ago at the Playboy Mansion and dated off and on throughout the late 1990s. They remained friends and became romantically involved again about two years ago. In the past Scott didn’t think he was marriage material. Now, however, he’s in for life.

It isn’t every day that you can get the President of the United States on the line. But that’s just what Ellen did when she had Jenna Bush as a guest on her Wednesday show. The show was actually taped on Tuesday.Ellen prodded Jenna into calling her parents live from the show taping. She asked if Jenna could get her parents on the phone at any time. Jenna responded that she usually called in the morning or evening when she knew they would both be home.

Carefully covering the phone so no one can see the private number, Jenna finally agrees to call her parents. She jokingly says, “I’m not going to get anything I asked for for Christmas.”

Jenna finally gets through to First Lady Laura Bush. After talking to her for a moment, Jenna gets to talk to her father. The President comes to the phone, and his daughter says, “This is the Ellen Degeneres Show”.

Though surprised, he willingly talks to them both.

She may be the cause for the early demise of the Pussycat Dolls but Nicole Scherzinger is still a performer. The lead Pussycat Doll turned solo artist was carried on to the stage for her performance at ‘Movies Rock: A Celebration of Music in Film’ which was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday.The 29-year old singer gave a surprise performance of ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’ which was famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. Nicole even wore a pink dress similar to that of the blonde bombshell’s.

Catch the performance when the show airs on Friday, December 7 at 9PM ET/PT on CBS

After Marie Osmond’s dollface was given the boot, the competition on Dancing with the Stars came down to race car driver Helio Castroneves and his partner Julianne Hough and Spice Girl Melanie Brown and her partnerMaksim Chmerkovskiy.

At the start of the final showdown, Castroneves was in second place, a mere one point behind Scary Spice. However, his quickstep on Tuesday night earned him a perfect score of 30.

After combining the scores from the judges with votes from viewers, it was determined that Castroneves had earned the mirroball trophy as the winner of this fifth season of DWTS.

His response? “It will look so good between my two Indy 500 trophies.”

It was a first place finish for him once again.

To be honest, I was a bit disappointed that the Spice Girls lipsynched their songs at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Thursday and the BBC One special on Friday. But sources close to the ladies are guaranteeing that they will be singing live when they go out on tour which will kick off on December 2.

An insider explains the reason for the girls making a shortcut at the fashion show saying “Last night with all the production issues and different set ups, it would have been a nightmare. Better safe than sorry. Rarely do we trust TV sound (apart from the big awards shows).”

I guess we just have to wait for the tour.

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.

I hear ya anony…guess I am not the only one who heard her say that on The Tavis Smiley Show and other interviews. More of Halle Berry’s crazy bullshit. The cunt needs to have her diabetes checked with all the stupid and contradictory shit she’s been saying. Maybe she’s bored out of her gourd being pregnant and not working and needed to add to the weekly drama of her pregnancy watch since her move bombed at the box office. Since she has had a long string of bad luck since her divorce, it looks like her karma from her 18 years in the biz (the bitch can’t count either–she hasn’t been making movies/been on TV for 20 years), it will be interesting to see how things unfold. What’s next—Gay boy’s not really the father (joking)? Or will she put her foot in her mouth again. Or even god forbid (I hope she doesn’t) have a miscarriage and get rid of her paid sperm donor who she is so in love with (you know the dude is on her payroll). BTW the article was from Page Six and also said she adopted Benet’s kid-which fell through when she divorced Eric. She could be having a boy, guess we’ll have to wait until Feb/March whenever she’s due.

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.

Actress Kim Cattrall is begging her 18-year-old nephew not to sign up for service in Iraq - because her role in British wartime drama My Boy Jack has made her more aware of dangers in the battlefield. I understand Cattrall not wanting her nephew to enlist and go Iraq. There are American’s that favor or oppose the war in Iraq. A friend enlisted in the USMC with a desire to fight in battle knowing he could lose his life, but his plans got changed. I support the war and I’m proud that Cattrall’s nephew has that desire to go to the battlefield and fight for our country, but only Christ knows if this is meant for him. Cattrall’s nephew has to find out if the military will accept him due to his bad vision. First of all, this kid must be out of his mind. Fighting for America, Freedom, or the betterment of mankind are all worthy goals but Iraq doesn’t fit any of those.

Oprah’s money is hers to do with as she chooses. She trusted individuals to help her improve children’s lives (Does it really matter where the children were born?) and a couple of workers actually hurt the kids. She is upset. Give her a break. As far as the US goes, how many billions of our dollars, and our children’s dollars, have been spent in Iraq? We as a nation won’t even give health care to children of parents who can’t afford health insurance. Since our soldiers in Iraq can’t react to being attacked without concern for the innocent people happen to be nearby, our future tax dollars are used to pay companies like Blackwater to “protect” some individuals. If you see a need, take action have your legislators channel government funds to the right place. We are spending billions, and billions, and billions of taxpayer funds outside the US, not just a couple of million on a school. Oprah’s money is hers to do with as she pleases! Don’t put her down for trying to help others.

Brad Pitt he knew what he was getting himself into that your life would not be your own. it is a trade millions of dollars and loads of fans, and perks the rest of us only dream of and they have the audacity to complain. If they don’t like all the attention and they feel that everyone is like glued to their private lives then why do they never get out of it all and leave LA and reside at some country river side. Ask them to farm some land and cultivate farm land, sell the produce and earn a living. I think these celebs have a job just as many of us do. Part of their job is to do interviews, TV shots, mag covers etc…It is not their job to be attacked while with their children or family. Or to have people dig in their garbage, chase them down the street, follow them into grocery stores, malls etc… Being a celeb does not give any one rights over themselves..

The bottom line is how good she is in the sack. We are all just guessing. I would take a girl who is not quite as hot as the others if she was better in the sack. JLH is attractive, but she isn’t attractive enough to where if she is not good in the sack she can overcome it via her looks. There are a few women that are so good looking that they can just lay there and it is worth it but JLH is not one of them. She’s trying a little too hard, but she looks lovely just the same. And that dress is killer; really shows of her beautiful curves. And the rack is back! (Not that I care about it, I’m a straight girl! But I can still admire!) She is one of my fav stars. She is so sweet and down to earth, and sexy/pretty in a natural way. I did like her better with longer hair. And her boyfriend looks like a real doof. But heck, he’s probably a nice guy, so I should just shut the hell up.

The reason she gave for canceling was pink eye (and I don’t’ blame her if that’s true) - and to be honest with you, no one should come running when Oprah calls. She just another person who wants to exploit Brit’s life. And anyways Oprah wouldn’t have the intention of helping her and getting some doc to sit and talk to her, she would have made her cry again by asking some personal questions about her sons. Why would she call her back? To be honest, I’d be surprised to find out that this story is even true. I’d never thought it to be Oprah’s personality to “call personally” to get someone on her show, which is obviously having major issues at this time in their life. The whole this is just not her style, at least now right NOW in her life. I could see her doing something like this years down the road after Britney got her shit together. I think its all bullshit.

Former The West Wing star Kristin Chenoweth is smiling through the pain after cracking ribs and damaging her chest wall in a parking lot fall. The actress/singer tumbled down 12 concrete stairs four weeks ago on her way to a first date with a new guy, and ended up spending the night in a hospital. She must have got stuck in the parking and must be trying to find the loo while also trying to find her new date. She got puzzled what to find first, should she go and let her new date that she urgently needs to find the loo and could he wait till she finds one, or should she freshen up at the loo and meet him with a confident smile. All this got too much for her to do and manage and the poor thing just missed the steps and that surely made her day, lol.