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Given that his last romance ended with a sentence of six months of community labor and five years probation, it’s no surprise that singer Chris Brown hasn’t been lucky in love lately. Just don’t get the wrong idea. Any dating dry spell since Brown’s February attack on ex-girlfriend Rihanna is strictly due his choice to “chill,” rather than a lack of willing women.
According to the singer's biographer, the couple has a great respect for each other and “the sex between them is scorching hot.”
The BET Awards turned up the star power Sunday as the annual event was transformed into a musical farewell to Michael Jackson.
If “American Idol’s” new two-reviews-per-contestant policy proves anything, it’s that four’s a crowd on the show’s bloated panel.
We may not have even noticed, but Amanda Seyfried did when she briefly caught her heel in a stocking during that elaborate song-and-dance number she did with Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and other young stars at Sunday's Oscars.
Breathtaking baubles fill the glass cases at Martin Katz's jewelry showroom near Rodeo Drive, but during Oscar week, he keeps some of the most impressive pieces in a semiprivate back room.
Bruce Vilanch is sitting at a folding table in a windowless room at the Kodak Theatre. "Writers Room," reads a piece of yellow paper taped to the door. Another, with the veteran Academy Awards writer's name, is taped above his makeshift workstation and laptop.
If filmmakers and movie stars lose sleep the night before the Academy Award nominations are announced, they are not alone.
Even while soaking up the sun in Puerto Rico, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony just couldn’t escape the ongoing rumors of relationship woes.
The holidays may be winding down, but for Oscar fans, the season of celebration has just begun.
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc., bought about $100 million of the computer maker's stock last week, his second such buying spree in the past three months.
In recent days, Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring but are still near a five-year low.
Jennifer Aniston’s main squeeze is coming to his own defense.
Everyone has been wondering why Ashlee Simpson continues to be so coy about confirming her pregnancy — she remained mum even after Ellen DeGeneres rubbed her belly during a recent appearance. Part of the reason for staying mum, perhaps, is that she’s featured on the cover of Shape magazine in a string bikini and looking as toned as ever.
Lieutenant Horatio Caine may be Miami’s smoothest lawman, but according to one insider, the actor behind the character is more of a demanding diva. Defamer reports that “CSI: Miami’s” David Caruso stands accused of spitting, cursing and behaving like a tortured “man-child” on set.
Most of the action on the Oscar stage is choreographed and rehearsed. Backstage is another story.
The fallout from Dr. Phil McGraw’s controversial meeting with pop wreck Britney Spears just keeps on coming. Now it’s not just Brit’s parents and mental health professionals giving the good doc a hard time. Queen of Talk Oprah Winfrey has had it with her tell-it-like-it-is protégé, reports the National Enquirer.
Carrying an acoustic guitar, Conan O'Brien took the stage at the Shrine Auditorium and faced an audience filled with television's most famous faces. But except for a few headset-wearing workers, the theater was nearly empty. The famous faces were on white seat-saving placards: Jon Stewart, Felicity Huffman, Steve Carell, Heather Locklear and scores more.
As a crew of stage hands moved giant pillars on the Oscar set like pieces in an oversized dollhouse, Jack Nicholson, wearing his trademark shades, emerged from the wings to rehearse his lines for Sunday's Academy Awards.
Hookers and hustlers populate the gritty corner of 7th Street and North Memphis. A seductive brunette gyrates against a street lamp. A fight breaks out between two would-be johns. Nearby, in a shabby room soundproofed by cardboard drink holders, a few locals with hip-hop dreams try out their new rap song.
Insider trading and suicide in Canada: a buddy storyTORONTO (Reuters) - The phone call on Christmas Eve 2007 was like all the others. Gil Cornblum, a respected Toronto lawyer, told his law school buddy, an unemployed consultant named Stanko Grmovsek, that a corporate merger was about to take place -- and to start buying stock.
For ACORN, Video Is Only Latest CrisisInternal ACORN documents show an organization in turmoil as last year's presidential election approached, with a board torn over how to handle embezzlement by the founder's brother and growing concern that donor money and pension funds had been plundered in the insider scheme.
Corruption Notes - Fortress Is Expected to Name Former Fannie Mae Boss Mudd as CEO Mr. Mudd, who serves on the company's board of directors, would replace Wesley Edens, Fortress's co-founder and largest shareholder. The appointment would relieve Mr.
Former American Express Database Administrator Nabbed in Phoenix - Credit Card StingWhat do you get when you allow a database administrator full access to cardmember data? You guessed it. Theft. Former American Express employee, Timothy Curley, was arrested in Phoenix at Sky Harbor Airport.
On the Hill - The Return of John McCain, but Which One? - NYTimes.comJohn McCain has been here before, coming up short in a presidential race like so many senators before him and staring at a non-triumphant return to the Senate.But the circumstances this time are vastly different. In 2000, Mr.
David Ignatius - Alphas in Their Bunkers - How Fat Cats at the Top Skimmed the Cream From our Economy & Drove the Crash as Well -- washingtonpost.comThis column describes how the subculture of wealthy speculators know as "Alphas" while 99%+ of the rest of us are "betas." The idea is betas invest in the markets and bear the 'downs' as well as enjoying the 'ups' in value, while "Alphas" using massive wealth, inside scoops, and …
"Outsider" Palin was very much an "Insider" pick for VPBy the end of February, 2008, the chorus of conservative pundits for Palin was loud enough for the mainstream media to interview Palin and, when asked her if she'd accept an offer to be McCain's running mate, though she'd been in office only 14 months, said "yes" to her own …
Black Hollywood's Highly Secret "DL" (Gay) Community Exposed by Journalist InsiderWith his bestselling book, Hiding In Hip Hop – On The Down Low in the Entertainment Industry from Music to Hollywood, celebrity insider and veteran entertainment industry journalist Terrance Dean lifts the lid off of Black Hollywood's highly secretly "DL" community.
Obama Aide Quits Under Fire for His Business TiesJames A. Johnson, the consummate Washington insider whom Senator Barack Obama tapped to head his vice-presidential search effort, resigned abruptly on Wednesday to try to silence a growing furor over his business activities.
At Opednews: Did Bear Stearns Fall Or Was It Pushed? Who was bailed out, Bear Stearns or JPMorgan? The evidence for illegal insider trading.
In New-Media World, Everyone Is Sounding Like a Beltway InsiderLike most writers online, Rick Klein, who covers politics on the ABC News Web site, invites reader comment. The posts he gets tend toward predictable red vs. blue harangues.
Make Big Profits Illegally (and Maybe Keep Them, Too)There is not much doubt that Oleksandr Dorozhko used inside information when he made a killing trading stock options last fall. Nor is there a dispute that he gained the information illegally.
Insider blames overheating GPU for Xbox 360 failuresThe high failure rate of the original version of Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console is principally due to the graphics processor unit (GPU) getting too hot and warping the motherboard, stressing solder joints on that and other parts and leading to failure in about 30% of cases.
Celebrities Who are Paid To PartyTake Paris and Nicky Hilton. One well-placed insider says the heiress sisters will haul in $500,000 for ushering in the New Year at trendy Los Angeles nightclub LAX.
AMG Insider-Tekkonkinkreet Trailer for NYC, LA, Portland ShowingsSony Pictures has posted a trailer for Michael Arias and Studio 4°C's Tekkonkinkreet anime feature film before its July 13 limited engagement in New York City
Ex-Cheney Aide Contradicts Libby - New York TimesWASHINGTON, Jan. 25 — A former spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney gave testimony in the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. on Thursday that directly contradicted Mr. Libby's version of events during a crucial period that is at the center of the perjury case against him.
The Kid With All the News About the TV NewsWhen people in the television news business want to find out what's going on in their industry, they turn to a blog called TVNewser.
Conduct Unbecoming - Sheriff offices protect its ownBad cops stay on the job. Abusive ones, even. Whistleblowers are forced out. Why do you think cops are so hated in Seattle?
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