Saturday, April 11, 2009
JT to climb Kilimanjaro; Hugh Jackman Happy Naked

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!"

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    Tuesday, April 7, 2009
    Howard Stern in Court, Kal Penn at White House

    Kal Penn has left House to go work for the White House.

    Kal, who said he's always aspired to a career in politics, asked to leave the show after working on Obama's campaign, even though he loves acting.

    Approaching executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs, Penn expressed his desire far in advance, which allowed the writers to craft his exit in an organic way - with a sudden, inexplicable suicide!

    In regards to his new job, Penn said he'll be "the associate director in the White House office of public liaison. They do outreach with the American public and with different organizations. They're basically the front door of the White House. They take out all of the red tape that falls between the general public and the White House."

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    Eminem is back with a new album and just released his pop culture-driven first single and music video, "We Made You." In true Eminem style he makes fun of multiple celebrities including Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, Ellen DeGeneres, Amy Winehouse, Bret Michaels, Kim Kardashian, and many others.

    Great. Back to putting down everyone else to try and rise above.

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    Kate Moss will provide back-up vocals for alternative-rockers the Lemonheads' new album of covers "Varshons." The album, which drops June 23, features Kate Moss singing on the track, "Dirty Robot."

    Man that must mean the Lemonheads' are really struggling to get PR.

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    While Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox have admitted "trying" Botox, Nicole Kidman has said: "To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that."

    Hmm, I love Nicole Kidman, but I'm not sure I believe her...

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    Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich have arrived in a Los Angeles courtroom for their arraignments today.

    Stern, along with Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, were accused of three felony counts of conspiracy to furnish Anna Nicole Smith with drugs before her death. The docs also face additional charges for writing fraudulent prescriptions.

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    "I would just bang my head against the metal locker at school - we had head-butting competitions to see who could buckle the metal." Hugh Jackman on his troubled high school days.

    Oh good grief.

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    Actress Penelope Ann Miller has given birth to a baby girl.

    The Carlito's Way star, 49, and her husband James Huggins welcomed little Maria Adela Huggins on March 23rd in Los Angeles, California. And the couple is delighted with the new addition to the family - a younger sibling for their eight year old daughter Eloisa May.

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