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Victoria Beckham has reignited her feud with Britney Spears.

The Spice Girls star - who first fell out with Britney when the ‘Toxic’ star reportedly refused to sit next to her at prestigious Los Angeles’ hotel Chateau Marmont last year - has now blasted the 26-year-old for not having any personal input into her perfume line.

Speaking about the launch of her new dVb denim range for men, Victoria said: “I’m a complete control freak and I want everything to be perfect. I’m not doing a Britney Spears and just putting my name on something and saying, ‘Sell this perfume.’ This is a real passion of mine. People think all I do is go shopping like a miserable cow, but, in actual fact, I work bloody hard.”

Mother-of-three Victoria also revealed how she likes her husband, soccer star David Beckham, to wear his denims.

She added: “I think guys should wear jeans big and baggy, with a big pair of boots or flip-flops - exactly how you see David when he’s out in his jeans and T-shirt. Do not pull them up tight and have your bulge showing. Let it hang! I didn’t want anything too tight around the crotch. That really repulses me. It might be fashionable, but you are not going to get that from dVb.”

Victoria recently revealed she would hate to have Britney’s life, adding: “I could never live a life like Britney Spears, who is under the spotlight every day. “I couldn’t do that. I would go stir crazy. I need my privacy with my husband and children otherwise I’d just go loopy.”

Meow!

In case you’re behind on your Britney gossip, her business manager Howard Grossman is big buddies from way back with one Sam Lufti. Hmm, conflict of interests, perhaps?

A court order has given Britney’s father (as her temporary conservator) the right to fire Grossman. Grossman was given orders to give up “all documents, records, and assets relating to Britney Spears.” Grossman says he has no idea why they’ve decided to do this.

Additionally, Britney’s custody lawyers Trope and Trope have filed papers asking to be released from her case. They no longer want to represent her in her dispute with Kevin Federline. Sorrell Trope says, “We filed paper asking to be relieved, and hopefully they will find someone to replace us. I’m not at liberty to say more at this time.”

Jessica Simpson is being blamed for her boyfriend Tony Romo’s less than impressive last few games with the Dallas Cowboys and someone thinks that it’s just not fair. Surprisingly enough, it’s Jessica’s ex John Mayer who comes to her defense. The sensitive yet cocky rocker posted a blog on his website defending Jess entitled “Don’t Ex with Texas”.

He goes to say that “All witty barbs, blogs, and fashion policing aside, that girl loves Texas more than you know. It’s one of her most defining traits as a person. So please don’t try and take that away from her. (You probably wouldn’t be able to, but it’s less work for all involved.)”

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.

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.

Former Olympic figure skater Dorothy Hamill has been undergoing treatments for breast cancer. These treatments are taking place at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

She has been taking the treatments but decided to let the public know because she is planning to take a short break from her Broadway on Ice show. She plans to reup with the group later this month in Fort Lauderdale.

Her friend Dean Moye says, “She’s been dealing with this for longer than she’d want anyone to know. She’s got a good support team around her. It’s still very early in the process. They’re still doing tests to determine what steps to take next.”

Our thoughts and prayers are with her for a speedy recovery.

All kids look away. Adults do not let children read this paragraph.

Do you remember the pivoting moment that changed you from an innocent child that believed in Father Christmas to a cynical adult who looks at Christmas as an expensive and stressful time of year? Well actress Halle Berry certainly does.

The stunning Catwoman star discovered Santa wasn’t real by catching her mother eating the cookies; cookies that she had baked herself with the tubby legend in mind.

Halle said: “The day I saw my mum eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life. I never let her forget it. I had at least three more good years that I could have believed had she not been so careless.”

So mothers and fathers beware…the kids will hold a grudge if you are too careless.

There’s some new development in the Britney Spears custody case. An order has been obtained and sources say that you have to read between the lines but it pretty much says that Commissioner Scott Gordon has ordered the pop wreck to sit for her deposition. Britney failed to show for her original scheduled depo a few weeks back saying that she was ill. But she was spotted later that night partying it up. It’s what prompted KFed’s lawyer to subpoena the paparazzi video of her partying that same night.

Sources say that Britney will take the oath and submit to the deposition by the first week of January.

Christina Aguilera has a lot to celebrate about. On Tuesday, the singer celebrated her birthday with her husband Jordan Bratman in West Hollywood. They were spotted just as they were leaving Houston’s restaurant where they celebrated with friends.Come January 10, 2008, the 27-year old Christina will have more to celebrate when she gives birth via C-section. She’s reportedly narrowed down the names for her baby boy to Jackson, Jake or Max. She’s also requested an enlarged version of her November cover of Marie Claire which has her nude and showing off her baby bump. That’s a very high-end memento.

Along with touring the world for their reunion tour, the Spice Girls are also filming a documentary about their reforming called ‘Giving You Everything’. A sneak peek of the documentary has made its way on the internet and it features some very raw moments.You can see a very emotional Ginger breaking down in tears. There’s also a blunt Sporty talking about Geri’s departure from the band saying “she could have really fucked things up for us”. Just from that sneak peek, you can tell that the documentary is pretty much a very raw and candid look at all the girls. It goes away from seeing the high-profile celebrities that they are and is quite a tell all.

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.

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.

Well, not literally because that would just be silly. Especially being as Michael Jackson is the most recent famous bod to join the environmentally friendly crowd and purchase the Toyota Prius car. The eccentric star, who has often been accused of having a carbon footprint and frequently charters private planes, spent around $20,000; joining the masses including Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Ferrell, Cameron Diaz and Harrison Ford.

I doubt this will make Mike the environment guru all of a sudden but at least it’s a step in the right direction. Maybe it will make up for the fact that after all the plastic surgery the man has had we’re not entirely sure if he is even bio degradable anymore.

But anyway, this car is supposed to be Hollywood’s hybrid car of choice; running on electricity and petrol. Ferell has gushed about how much he loves his car; even going as far as to say it is “sexy”.

Hmm; good to the environment and sexy…oh, and the car’s good too.

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

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!

Will Smith is trying to look modest. He recently declared to the press that he doesn’t find himself too talented. He only feels he has a bit of talent but he puts so much work into it that it seems like it’s a lot.

Starts always try to make affirmations like that and try to look all glamorous and common. But the truth is that no matter how hard they would try they will never convince ant of us they are and behave like the rest of the world. What he calls work others would call it dream come true, where he complains he is working too hard, others would breath at ease they can finally take a break from their effortful job and do something with their minds for a change.

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.

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.

It’s normally something you expect to hear about middle age spinsters desperate for a man to fulfill their lives…or something like that. But recently, hip-hop star Kanye West has admitted he is desperate to be married.

Woah girls! Slow down! Before you all rush to volunteer, the hunky singer has already found his perfect woman.

I know, I know; I can here the groans of disappointment from here. But Kayne insists, “I wouldn’t get married to prove anything to anyone - it’s for me, for stability in my life, and I’m so happy that I found someone that I really love, that challenges me that keeps my life interesting, that’s just as crazy as I am.”

Following the recent death of his mother, Donda, he reveals he has realized how precious life can be, and is fully ready to marry his loving supportive fiancé, Alexis Phifer.

Isn’t it romantic? All together now… awwwww!

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.

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.

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.

Pale-faced Nicole Kidman says she stays out of the sun and wears tons of sunscreen because the sun is her enemy…just kidding. Kidman says she stays out of the sun to avoid skin damage, which is probably why she has such luminous skin. Actually, my dad had a very rare form of skin cancer that the doctor told my brother and myself we could easily get it as well. One of the things we were told is STAY OUT OF THE SUN! Of course at the time, we lived in Arizona and since then have relocated. You can put on all the sunscreen you want, but you still have to be careful. Okay fine if she has skin cancer, do what the docs have asked you to do and take care of that pale looking skin of yours’. This also shows that our celebrities are just as human as we are, they to have to face medical problems and it’s as tough for them as it is for us. Hope she can get the condition sorted out because disease is like cancer is very tough to over come.

Colombian pop superstar Shakira has yet to start planning for her wedding to fiancé Antonio De La Rua - because she’s “too busy”. The 30-year-old - who announced her engagement to the son of former Argentinean president Fernando de la Rua in March 2001 - admits her nuptials have been put on hold as a result of her packed work schedule. If she is already engaged and is still sticking to her man then I think she should give her commitments a break and enjoy life and bask under the glories of a moon light life of being wedded. Work is important but so is life itself, you have to have a feel of all the virtues that life as a bachelor and life as a couple provides. Well we’ll leave it up to her to decide when she wants to tie the knot, but till then and even after she has tied the know I’d like her to keep giving up the super numbers that she has given us to date, you rock Shakira and we follow your music coz that rocks as well.

Unlucky at love singer/actress Jessica Simpson has expressed interest in finding a man from Boston. “I think Boston has cute boys,” she tells Extra. “I need a Boston man. A Boston man is closest to a Southern man, I believe.” I’m not a big fan, but at least she has enough sense to stay out of trouble and take advantage of the opportunities she gets. Her singing/movie career ain’t happening, but she makes her money selling the shoes, swimwear, extensions and Proctiv. Unlike some of colleagues, she seems to understand this is not gonna last forever and she needs to strike while the iron is hot. So while everybody else is going to court/jail/or rehab, she is going to the bank. Look at the others that are singers just like her from Amy to Britney all are either druggies or jail bound or in courts fighting for custody. At least the same cannot be said for Jessica, she is out there doing her stuff and that’s the best way to live a life.

The tour that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are currently on is almost over. And I’m sure that the singing Latino couple is thanking the heavens for it if they still want to keep Jennifer’s ‘non-pregnancy’ under wraps.

The singer/actress is already looking like she’s in the latter part of her second trimester of pregnancy and is even rumored to be carrying twins. She can’t hide that massive bump any longer.

It would be good for the tour to finally wrap up. There are no more worries of exhaustion, falling over the stage and hiding her belly. She can just focus on being a mom.

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.

Celine Dion has vowed never to drink alcohol because she is terrified she could fall victim to an addiction. The singer - who has credited her marriage to her manager Rene Angelil, 65, for keeping her away from the party scene - says cases of alcoholism in her family have put her off booze. Yeah only stupid people with more shit than brain cells in their head do not learn from other’s mistakes and then when they make mistakes themselves they then too fail to learn and more often than not plunge themselves in the sea of alcohol. Look at my friends for instance, one of them has been hospitalized on 2 occasions for excessive drinking and we had to call his parents at one point but yet he say he cannot start a meal before he has gulped down some trash beer. I know beer is not harmful but then slowly it becomes an addiction that stays on for ever. It’s been seven years since I quit alcohol and today I never ever feel like tasting it again.