ShowBiz: Gossip:  KIM KARDASHIAN
& KANYE WEST WERE 'CLOSE' FOR 8 YEARS ... AND YES, THAT WAS A 'HICKEY' ON
HER NECK
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]


Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been dating for roughly two weeks
but the two have been friends for eight years. 

Sources say the two have been friends since 2004 and have flirted on-and-off
, but the timing was never right to pursue a relationship until now.

Both sides always felt a spark but pals claim they never hooked up while
Kanye was with Amber Rose or while Kim was with Kris Humphries

One source adds that the reality star is currently in Los Angeles but plans
on getting back to New York City as soon as possible to see him.

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ShowBiz: Gossip:  ALASKAN
BABY-MAKER LEVI JOHNSON OWES $38,000 IN UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Bristol Palin says Levi Johnson is a deadbeat dad-- after he claimed
that she does not let him see their young son.

Palin’s lawyer says Johnston hasn’t paid child support for son Tripp since
June 2010.  With Levi ordered to pay $1,750 a month that adds up to
$38,000 he owes Bristol.

The claims come after Johnston said Palin doesn’t let him see their son
enough.

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ShowBiz: Gossip:  LEANN RIMES
PLANNING "CANDID" TELL-ALL
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

LeAnn Rimes plans on writing a candid tell-all book about her
life.

The singer’s rep has been putting out feelers to find the right person to
help write her autobiography and tell LeAnn's side of the story in her own
voice.

Rimes is expected to write about her affair with actor Eddie
Cibrian
which led to their marriage.

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ShowBiz: Gossip:  MAG WEDDING
CURSE: CELEB COUPLES ALLOWING MAG TO COVER THEIR BIG DAY MORE LIKELY TO SPLIT
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

There is a Hello! magazine wedding curse:  Celebrity couples
who appear on the cover being more likely to get divorced.

Of the 62 weddings that have featured as the magazine's front page story over
the past decade, 10 or 16.1% have already ended in divorce.

That compares with official marriage and divorce figures of just 7% within
the first six years of marriage between 2002 and 2009.

Three of the Hello! divorces came within the first two
years-- including Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries-- and only
three lasted for more than five years.

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ShowBiz: Gossip:  WHITNEY HOUSTON
FUNERAL COSTS TO BE PAID BY TAXPAYERS... CUE THE OUTRAGE!
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Residents of Newark, New Jersey will have to pay for security for
Whitney Houston’s funeral.
 

Residents are outraged that $187,000 of the taxes they pay
will be used to pay for policing the singer’s funeral.

About 200 cops were on hand to keep the crowds away from the singer’s
ceremony on February 18th.

The city will foot the overtime bill for the cops that stood outside the
church, the funeral home and the reception after the service.

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ShowBiz: Gossip:  DONE DEAL: HEIDI
KLUM FILES FOR DIVORCE FROM SEAL
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Heidi Klum filed for divorce from Seal on Friday after seven years of
marriage
.

The model and host cited "irreconcilable differences" in the filing.  It
comes nearly three months after the couple announced their separation.

The couple had a prenuptial agreement in place and will retain their separate
assets and property.

Klum is requesting primary physical custody of the couple's four children
with Seal getting visitation rights.

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ShowBiz: Gossip:  BUTT SHOT: ZAC
EFRON
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]



Zac Efron shows off his toned torso (and
much more) as he hangs out shirtless on his hotel balcony on Sunday in Sydney,
Australia.


WITH BUTT SHOT

ShowBiz: Gossip:  AIRLINE EMPLOYEE
BUSTED FOR TIPPING OFF TABLOIDS ABOUT CELEBRITIES
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

An employee at Virgin Atlantic airlines resigned after accusations
that she fed information about the airline's celebrity clientele to a paparazzi
agency-- everyone from Madonna to Sienna Miller.

The employee was a junior member of the team that looks after high-profile
clients. She quit before reports in the Guardian and the Press
Gazette
that she had passed the booking information of more than 60
celebrities on to the Big Pictures photo agency.

Among those targeted were Britain's Princess Beatrice;
singers Madonna and Rihanna; actors Charlize Theron,
Kate Winslet, Daniel Radcliffe and Miller
; comedians Sacha
Baron Cohen and Russell Brand; as well as UK celebrities and sports
figures.

The Guardian and the Press Gazette claimed they found out what was going on
after getting messages sent by the Virgin employee to someone at Big Pictures
Ltd.

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ShowBiz: Gossip:  ANOTHER TWITTER
HOAX: 18-YEAR-OLD KEKE PALMER IS NOT DEAD... BUT HER FAMILY WAS IN TEARS
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]
ShowBiz: Gossip:  (BY NOW YOU
KNOW)... AMANDA BYNESS WAS POPPED FOR DUI
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]



Former child-star Amanda Bynes was arrested
Friday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence
in West
Hollywood, California.

The sheriff's department there says it was about 3 a.m. when an L.A. County
Sheriff's deputy "was stopped at the intersection of Robertson Boulevard and
Santa Monica Boulevard preparing to turn right onto Santa Monica Boulevard
when a black BMW driven by actress Amanda Bynes attempted to pass the
right of the radio car, colliding with the right rear quarter panel of the radio
car."
Although officials report there was only "minor paint transfer to
both vehicles," the damage was done: Bynes was taken to jail and released on
$5,000 bail mid-morning.

This isn't the first time Bynes has had a brush
with the law. Just last month the 26-year-old actress was pulled over by talking
on her cell phone without using a hands-free device while driving, then sped
away from the police officer.


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ShowBiz: Gossip:  TODAY'S CELEB
BIRTHDAYS-- 4/9/12
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

~~Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 86.
~~Actor,
Dennis Quaid is 58 (Any Given Sunday, Frequency, Traffic, Cold
Creek Manor, The Day After Tomorrow, Flight of the Phoenix, In Good Company,
Yours Mine and Ours, American Dreamz, Smart People, The Express, The Horsemen,
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pandorum; many more)
~~Actress, Kristen
Stewart
(Twilight) is 22 (Panic Room, Adventureland; upcoming Snow
White and the Huntsman)
~~Actress Leighton Meester ("Gossip
Girl") is 26. (The Roommate)
~~Actress, Cynthia Nixon is 46
(Sex and the City)
~~Actor, Jay Baruchel is 30 (Fanboys,
Knocked Up; Tropic Thunder; How to Train Your Dragon)
~~Actress-model
Paulina Porizkova is 47.
~~Actress Keshia Knight
Pulliam
("The Cosby Show") is 33. (Madea Goes to Jail)
~~Fashion
designer, Marc Jacobs is 49
~~Actress, Elle
Fanning
is 14 (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Super 8)
~~TV
personality, Lisa Guerrero is 48
~~ Actress Michael
Learned
("The Waltons") is 73.
~~Former porn star, Jenna
Jameson
is 38
~~Actor Mark Pellegrino ("Dexter") is
47.
~~Naturalist Jim Fowler ("Mutual of Omaha's Wild
Kingdom") is 80.


MUSICALLY:

~~Singer
Gerard Way (of My Chemical Romance) is
35.
~~Singer-actor Jesse McCartney is 25.
~~Guitarist
Albert Hammond Jr. (of The Strokes) is 32.
~~Singer
Kevin Martin
(of Candlebox) is 43.
~~Singer Jazmine
Sullivan
is 25.
~~Drummer, Gene Parsons (The Byrds)
is 68
~~Country singer Hal Ketchum is 59.
~~Country
guitarist Dave Innis (of Restless Heart) is 53.
~~Country
Singer, Con Hunley is 67
~~Country singer Margo
Smith
is 70.

ShowBiz: Movie News:  "THE HUNGER
GAMES" TOPS BOX OFFICE AGAIN, BREAKS $300 MILLION
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

“The Hunger Games” won the box office for the third straight weekend
and topped over $300 million in the US.

The teen action flick took in $33.5 million over the weekend
to finish in first. It now has taken in $302.8 million since it opened in the
US.

“American Reunion” opened in second with $21.5 million
while the 3-D release of “Titanic” opened in third with $17.4
million.

Top 10
Movies

1.  The Hunger Games, $33.5 million

2.  American Reunion, $21.5 million

3.  Titanic 3D, $17.4 million

4.  Wrath of the Titans, $15 million

5.  Mirror Mirror, $11 million

6.  21 Jump Street, $10.2 million

7.  Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, $5 million

8.  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, $975,000

9.  John Carter, $800,000

10. Safe House, $581,000

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ShowBiz: TV News:  KISS PERFORMING
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS"
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

KISS is performing tonight and tomorrow night on "Dancing With The
Stars".

KISS is promoting its new album, "Monster", which drops this
summer.

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ShowBiz: TV News:  ***TV GUESTS
LINEUP FOR TODAY & TONIGHT***
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno Show
—Jane Lynch, Kevin Hart, Esperanza
Spalding

Late Show with David
Letterman
—Ricky Gervais, Cobie Smulders,
Tennis

Late Night with Jimmy
Fallon
— Kevin Kline, Steve Harvey, Pulp, Seun
Kuti

Late Late Show with Craig
Ferguson
—Billy Gardell, Ian Gomez

Last Call with Carson
Daly
-- Adam Levine, ZZ Ward, Jessie Baylin

ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel
Live'
— LL Cool J, James Van der Beek

Today Show
TBA.

Good Morning
America
— TBA

CBS This
Morning
— Author Nicholas Sparks; comic Steve Harvey.

Live With
Kelly
— Sofia Vergara, L.A. Reid, Samantha Ronson, "American
Idol" castoff DeAndre Brackensick, guest co-host Howie Mandel

The
View
—Jenna Talackova, Gloria Allred, Dianna Agron, Magic
Johnson, Carly Rae Jepsen

The Talk
Wilson Phillips, Kathy Freston

The Ellen DeGeneres
Show
Cee-Lo Green, Miranda Kerr, Chloe &
Halle Bailey

THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON
STEWART, Comedy Central
—Tim Weiner

THE COLBERT REPORT, Comedy
Central
—Bob Lutz

Chelsea Lately
—Chris Klein, John Caparulo, Heather McDonald, Ryan Stout

CONAN, TBS
Cory Monteith, Matt Kemp, Tim Minchin

Music News: Pop:  JENNIFER LOPEZ
CELEBRATED BOYFRIEND CASPER SMART’S 25TH BIRTHDAY, BOUGHT HIM A WHITE PICKUP
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Jennifer Lopez knows how to make her man Casper
Smart feel loved. She bought him a shiny new white pickup for his 25th
birthday.

A source told E! News: "He really wanted one and she
surprised him. He had no idea he was getting it."

She rented out an entire room at West Hollywood's Italian hot spot
Cecconi's
for the party and invited 25 of Smart's closest friends and
family to celebrate. The crowd included faces likes Lopez's manager
Benny Medina, Reggie Bush and Randy Jackson.

Jennifer gave Casper the gift just one day after they spent the day with her
twins taking them to see the Easter Bunny.

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Music News: Pop:  (IN
CHARGE)…JASON TRAWICK SET TO BECOME CO-CONSERVATOR FOR BRITNEY SPEARS
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Jason Trawick will soon become Britney Spears'
husband and now, it looks like he will also take on a legal role in her life as
well. According to E! News, Trawick has filed papers to be added as one of
Britney's conservators.

If the petition is approved, Trawick will have control over her well-being,
while her father, Jamie, will have full control over her finances. Jamie has
held legal control over his daughter and her millions since 2008.

Jason started dating Britney in 2009.

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Music News: Pop:  VIDEO: CHECK OUT
ONE DIRECTION’S "SNL" PERFORMANCE
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]
Music News: Pop:  VIDEO: RIHANNA
MADE A MINI-MOVIE FOR "ELLE" MAGAZINE
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Rihanna didn’t just do a photoshoot for "Elle", she shot a whole
mini-movie!

The three-minute mini-movie takes place in Havana in 1956. There’s not much
plot, but there are plenty of shots of Rihanna posing and dancing.

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AND VIDEO

Music News: Pop:  NELLY FURTADO
ANNOUNCED HER ALBUM NAME, RELEASE DATE
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

It's been a while since we've known that Nelly
Furtado‘s upcoming album is called "T.S.I.". Now, Nelly has explained what those
initials stand for--“The Spirit Indestructible".

Nelly also Tweeted that the set will drop on June 19th.

More details will be announced soon.

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Music News: Pop:  FOLLOW-UP:
WHITNEY HOUSTON'S AUTOPSY REPORT SHOWS HER BODY WAS "BURNT BY SCALDING HOT
BATH", "RIDDLED WITH SCARS AND BRUISES"
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Whitney Houston's autopsy report says her body was
"riddled" with bruises and cuts. Large parts of her skin had also been burnt off
from the scalding hot bath she was found in.

The report claims she had patches of "skin slippage" from the hot water
burns. Apparently, Whitney was so out of it that she didn't realize, or feel,
how hot the water was. The bath water was 93.5 degrees six hours after she died.
That shows how incredibly hot it would have been when she first got into it.

Whitney was found face down and unresponsive in about 13 inches of water.

Other findings in the autopsy report showed how much of a toll her lifestyle
took on her body. Some scars were recent, others from years of drug abuse. She
had a perforated septum, which is usually from the large amounts of cocaine she
snorted. She also had scars and abrasions on her arms and legs and bruises on
her shoulders and head. There were two scars under Houston's breasts, apparently
from breast surgery. Other marks on her stomach and upper thigh showed she had
more plastic surgeries. Whitney was also wearing a "maxillary dental
prosthesis" and had 11 false teeth.

The report also says that when officials found her body, Whitney was
wearing a brown wig "tightly attached to the hair." When the wig was removed,
Whitney had a full head of wavy black hair with "no balding."

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Music News: Pop:  RICKY MARTIN
ADMITS HE'S STILL GETTING USED TO BEING ON STAGE IN "EVITA"
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Ricky Martin says he's been feeling very
self-conscious during his first few performances as Che Guevara in the Broadway
musical, "Evita".

He said: "I'm still human and sometimes I feel uncertain
about things. Now I'm just allowing myself to feel onstage and see lives though
the life of this character. I'm loving every minute of it."

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Music News: Pop:  SMASH MOUTH
BASSIST, WIFE ACCUSING EACH OTHER OF EXTREME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[2012-04-09 01:00:00]

Smash Mouth bassist Paul DeLisle's wife is claiming
he is an evil, violent wife-beater. But Paul is claiming he's the real
victim.

DeLisle and his wife Mary got dueling restraining orders against each other,
both accusing the other of extreme violence. Mary got her restraining order back
in December after an incident where she claims Paul, told her to get out of his
house and threatened to kick her teeth in. She claims Paul has been terrorizing
her for months.

She said: "He has slapped me in the head and back, thrown
objects at me, locked me in a closet, locked me out of the house, broken down
doors to get to me, pinned me on the ground and sat on my chest, dragged me out
of bed by my ankles."

Mary also claims Paul spit in her face and poured drinks on her head.

Paul got his restraining order just a few weeks ago after telling a judge
that Mary grabbed his hair and hit him, kicked him and tried to break his
fingers.

Paul also claims Mary repeatedly goes for his fingers "in an attempt to
render him unable to play music." Paul says Mary has also threatened him with a
knife and now he's in fear for his life.

The same day a judge signed off on Paul's restraining order, Paul
filed for divorce from Mary.  The worst part of the whole situation is that the
couple has a 2-year-old daughter. Paul is asking for sole custody.

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