Saturday, April 11, 2009
Justin Timberlake and rapper Lupe Fiasco have been recruited by pop singer Kenna to climb Mount Kilimanjaro this autumn in a bid to raise money for charity.The trio will be joined by a team of adventurers assembled by Ethiopian-born Kenna as they scale the 19,000-foot African peak as part of a fundraising and awareness effort for the worldwide water crisis. The mammoth climb will serve as a personal triumph for Kenna, who almost lost his father to the water shortage.
He tells Elle magazine, "My dad almost died as a child from waterborne diseases in Ethiopia, and he had talked to me about digging a well there, and I thought, 'I have too many friends who would be concerned with the subject of clean water. Maybe I can help out.'"
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Hugh Jackman is happy to get naked on screen.
"I'm not really worried. Probably too many skinny-dipping parties as a young man. Sometimes there can be so much effort when people put on a sock and tape it up here and there. I know they can't have my willy in shot so I just figure, what the hell?"
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Miley Cyrus admits her boyfriend found it "hard" to watch her kiss another guy.
The actress, 16 - who locks lips with costar Lucas Till in Hannah Montana: The Movie - says underwear model Justin Gaston, 20, struggled to watch the steamy scenes.
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Actor Skylar DeLeon has been sentenced to death for murdering Arizona couple Tom and Jackie Hawks.
The former child star and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers regular has been convicted of chaining the couple to the anchor of the luxury yacht they were trying to sell him and throwing them overboard in 2004. Their bodies have never been found.
Deleon then claimed the boat as his own.
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Nicole Kidman is planning to dress up as the Easter bunny.The Golden Compass star -- who is married to country music singer Keith Urban -- says she'll be sporting rabbit ears and a basket full of eggs, but only for her nearest and dearest.
She dishes, "We're doing the whole Easter bunny thing over Easter.
"The whole family is getting together and we'll do the egg hunt and maybe even a sack race!"
Labels: celebrity quote, hugh jackman, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, lupe fiasco, Miley Cyrus, Nicole Kidman, skylar deleon
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban have donated $500,000 to charity the Red Cross in an effort to help their fellow Australians left homeless by raging bush fires.More than 180 people have been killed in the inferno, which has destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
The couple appeared via satellite link during an Australian telethon to raise money for the country's Red Cross, during which the actress said, "Our hearts go out tonight to all the families that are dealing with the loss of loved ones and having to rebuild their lives again."
Joining the A-list couple in rallying public support were Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson, Rachel Griffiths, Orlando Bloom and his model-girlfriend Miranda Kerr, Ellen DeGeneres and a host of musicians like k.d. lang, politicians and sports legends, all of whom sent appeals asking for money on behalf of the Nine Network's Australia Unites telethon.
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Jade Goody is planning to marry boyfriend Jack Tweed after being told she has only months left to live.
Jade, 27, was diagnosed with cervical cancer last year. She was recently told that the disease had spread to her bowel, groin and liver. On Friday (Feb. 6), Goody underwent emergency surgery to remove a "golf-ball sized" tumor from her bowel.
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M.I.A has given birth to her first child, reports Desi Hits.
The Paper Planes singer - who performed on her due date at the Grammy Awards (Feb. 8) - welcomed a baby boy on February 12.
In a recent interview, the star, real name Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, revealed she thought her child would be a boy: "It doesn't matter to me if it's a boy or a girl," she said. "If it's a girl she will be a tough girl, but I think I may have a boy because I have a pointy stomach."
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It looks like Mickey Rourke might be up for a new career in comedy. That, or he's actually completely sane. A photog caught up with Rourke in NYC and asked if he was going out with Courtney Love? Rourke responded: "I'd rather be on a deserted island with a gorilla."
Oh my.
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Quite possibly Hollywood's newest vegan couple, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi will be honored for their efforts to improve care for animals at the Humane Society's Genesis Awards next month.
The Wyler Award, named after the late Genesis Award founder, Gretchen Wyler, is given to celebrities or other public figures who have made the most noise in standing up for the better treatment of animals.
Looks like they've made the right choice. Where do we start?
Portia and Ellen both became vegans this year, saying no to every animal product, whether flesh or a byproduct. They both were active in getting the word out on Prop 2, the measure which passed in California to allow certain farm animals to move around freely.
They even share their lifestyle with people who are fortunate enough to be in their presence. The wedding reception menu was completely vegan. Ellen has given out vegan items quite a few times on her television show.
Labels: celeb baby, celebrity quote, ellen DeGeneres, Jane Goody, Keith Urban, MIA, mickey rourke, Nicole Kidman
Saturday, September 6, 2008
This week we got our first peek at little Nahla Aubry! The five-month-old looked like she was having a ball with her mom Halle Berry at he LA Zoo.*!*!*
Emeril is popping back up on the deliciousness spotlight. In ten new books, in fact, through a deal with Martha Stewart Omnimedia Inc. - which owns the rights to the Emeril Lagasse book franchise - and publisher HarperCollins.
The kitchen cheerleader is set to release the first book, an edition on indoor and outdoor grilling, in May 2009, and though he's produced twelve books prior with HarperCollins, this will be Emeril's first in four years.
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Robert De Niro was set to star alongside Mel Gibson in the new flick Edge of Darkness. He was cast to play an operative sent to clean up some evidence pertaining to the murder of a young woman. As for Gibson, he's playing the victim's father and is also a homicide detective.
However, things change quickly in Hollywood and De Niro has dropped out!
De Niro actually arrived on set this week and apparently couldn't even last seven days. A spokesman for De Niro simply said, "Sometimes things don't work out; it's called creative differences."
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While Scrubs has been surrounded by a lot of sad news about the stars departing from the television series despite its endurance to air another season, fans are still hopeful that the show will come back even stronger with season 8 moving to ABC. This spawns from creator Bill Lawrence's statement that he definitely wants the show to go on forever, or at least until its ninth season.
However, fans are pondering how he would pull this off with stars Zack Braff and Judy Reyes announcing their departure from the show.
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In a move that a critic warned would "spark late-night chaos," NBC announced that Jay Leno would leave his spot on The Tonight Show on May 29, 2009. On June 1, The Late Show host Conan O'Brien would take over his spot.
Jimmy Fallon is not worried. The Saturday Night Live alum will take the spot to be vacated by O'Brien next year. At the same time, Saturday Night Live long-time producer Michael Shoemaker will reportedly oversee production on the upcoming Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, after being with Saturday Night Live for 20 years.
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Keith Urban loves being a father and has absolutely no problem playing mom and dad to two month old Sunday Rose while her mommy Nicole Kidman is busy filming the movie Australia. He says that he is proud to be a full time Mr Mom during the day and that he loves taking care of the new baby.
Labels: celeb baby, Conan O'Brien, Emeril Lagasse, halle berry, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Keith Urban, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Seriously, 2008 has been the year for celebrity babies!I'm super behind on my celebrity baby posting so let's get right down to it.
Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban had their baby girl on Monday and named her Sunday Rose. Their daughter takes her first name from Sunday Reed - an early 20th-century artist's muse- and her middle name from Urban's late grandmother, Rose.
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Matthew McConaughey and model Camila Alves' baby boy Levi was born on Monday evening.
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Ashlee Simpson might be having a boy. The baby boutique she has been perusing has just reportedly outed her baby's sex. Apparently, she went in there shopping recently for boy stuff.
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Skater Tony Hawk, 40, and wife Lhotse Merriam Hawk, 35, have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. Daughter Kadence Clover Hawk was born Monday, June 30th at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA. She weighed 8 lbs, 8 oz and was 21 inches long.
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Singer and former 7th Heaven actress Joy Enriquez, 29, and her husband, music producer Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, 30, welcomed their first child, son Rodney David Jerkins Jr., on Wednesday, May 28th at 2:44 pm in Los Angeles, CA. He weighed 8 lbs, 9 oz and was 20.5 inches long.
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Mark Wahlberg was happily rockin' his goofy jean shorts and Notre Dame t-shirt as he and pregnant Rhea Durham shopped around LA yesterday. Judging from the size of that baby bump, Mark's next little one will be joining his already adorable family soon.
Labels: ashlee simpson, camila alves, Jamie Spears, Joy Enriquez, Keith Urban, mark wahlberg, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Tony Hawk
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
You know me, I can't resist celebrity baby talk. And this news makes me gleeful! Oh yes, I said gleeful. The rumorville has been busy calling out baby bumps, but this time they were right. Nicole Kidman is pregnant!The news was confirmed yesterday by Kidman's publicist, Catherine Olim. It was also posted on Keith Urban's site.
I had thought they were planning on waiting, but we all know the best of plans sometimes change. Reports state that the couple are thrilled! They have been married, happily but with trials and tribulations, since June of 2006.
She was due to start filming for Stephen Daldry's post-World War II drama, "The Reader," but since finding out she is pregnant she has dropped out of the movie. I think that is best honestly, she and her husband should enjoy this time together with as little extra chaos you know...? Who wants to be a leading actress in a war movie when they're pregnant!? Good move Nicole!
I'm excited for them and I hope all goes well. I know she has had trouble in the past so I'll send up well wishes and prayers. =o)
Labels: Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman
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