American Idol Contestants Claws Come Out

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At least one of the female contestants has taken cheap, Imus shots at Syesha Mercado, calling her hair "nappy," among other insults -- behind her back. Nice.

And the guys were ganging up against 17-year-old David Archuleta, making snarky remarks, again, behind his back. But who can blame them? Our sources say record execs at 19 Entertainment have already been in touch with top record publishers in Hollywood, and the word has already been sent out to songwriters to write this kid some tunes.

Izzy Wants Out

Katherine Heigl is anxious to continue her film career and doesn’t want to be tied to the role that made her famous, Dr. Izzie Stevens on the hit show Grey’s Anatomy.

Word has it that Heigl has asked producers to kill her off her character on the show because she doesn’t want to be known as just a television star, and wants to break into movies full time.

Pic Of Justin Timberlake From New Movie

This is a picture of JT from the new Mike Meyer's movie that comes out this summer called "The Love Guru."

New Momma Offered A Job

Nicole Richie has been offered the lead role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of Chicago, Us Weekly reports exclusively in its latest issue, on newsstands now. She is undecided whether she will accept the offer or not.

American Idol Pro's?

Paula Abdul responds to critics who say this year's American Idol frontrunners Carly Smithson and Michael Johns violate the amateur-seeking spirit of the show. Both singers had record deals before they sang for your votes. Paula says, "I can name you contestants from every single season that [have] had some sort of deal.

The rules are, if they have not had a successful run at their deal, then they are eligible. And it kind of legitimizes the show. If they haven't [succeeded], especially in the later years -- 26, 27, 28 -- haven't really made a go out of making their name heard and getting deals, then [it's] not really relevant. We're looking for making that actual dream really materialize."

Last Night On American Idol

After some sparring with Simon Cowell over making weird hand gestures, Ryan Seacrest toyed with the boys and then narrowed the targets to Danny Noriega and Jason Yeagar. Jason was sent home to Grand Prairie, Texas singing "Long Train Running." Seacrest turned to the girls, and left Amanda Overmyer and Alexandrea Lushington on the carpet. Lushington got the least votes, and gave a farewell performance of "If You Leave Me Now."

Ryan kept the girls in the hot seats, and turned up the heat on Kady Malloy and Alaina Whitaker. Alaina got cut, broke into tears and was almost unable to do her sing-off. The Idol girls joined her in a show of support, and she summoned the strength to sing "Hopelessly Devoted to You." Seacrest then called Luke Menard and Robbie Carrico to center stage. Carrico was the one to go. He sang out with "Hot Blooded." written by bill mccleary

Rihanna When She Was In High School

This is Rihanna when she was in High School and known as Robin Fenty.

DVD Release Dates For Oscar Winners

Big Oscar-winners have announced their D-V-D dates. No Country for Old Men will be out on March 11th, Atonement on March 18th, There Will Be Blood on April 8th and you can get a copy of Juno on April 15th.

We Hardly Knew You...

After its premiere tanked on N-B-C, the Internet-to-T-V series Quarterlife is headed to Bravo for its remaining five episodes.

Las Vegas Cliff Hanger

Fans of Las Vegas are trying to get one more episode of the recently ended series. The writers' strike prompted N-B-C to end the run early, leaving unanswered questions. They're rallying at LasVegas-TheSeries-dot-com.

Mr & Mrs Lachey?

NICK LACHEY will have to pluck up courage and propose to his girlfriend VANESSA MINNILLO if he wants to spend his life with the TV presenter-turned-actress - because she's too traditional to pop the question. Insiders claim Minnillo is ready to become Lachey's second wife, but she would never follow Hollywood trends and ask her man to wed her. She says, "I know that a lot of girls nowadays are proposing to guys, but I think I'll be old-fashioned. I'll be old and grey before I propose."

Oh That Was The Problem...

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LINDSAY LOHAN has blamed "work stress" for the substance abuse problems that landed her in rehab last year. Lilo , who spent last summer at a Utah rehabilitation centre, also claims she used drink and drugs to escape from the emotional pain brought on by being estranged from her father Michael.

Lohan, who reunited with her dad in rehab, says, "I had a lot going on in my life and that was a way of hiding from it. "I hadn't seen my dad. I had a lot of work stress because I was constantly working and never took time to stop. "Everything was go-go-go, and the easiest thing was to run away from it, going out and drinking at night. You know, you don't have to think when you let go sometimes. "But I didn't realize it was getting in the way of my work, what I've worked for my whole life."

Prince Harry Leaving Afghanistan

Prince Harry is heading back home — and is already on a plane out of Afghanistan, a source has said.

“He has left the base and is en route to another location,” the source said.

The 23-year-old, a second lieutenant in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry, and third in line to the throne, has spent the last 10 weeks in the lawless Helmand province of the war-torn country.

“We will not comment on the whereabouts of Prince Harry,” a Ministry of Defense spokesperson said.

Defense Secretary Des Browne said in a statement, “I am delighted that Prince Harry has had the opportunity to serve on operations in Afghanistan with his Battlegroup.

Reese On Ellen Today

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On today’s Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres asked the actress if, while watching Sunday’s Academy Awards presentation, she thought, “Ah, who cares about those — I’ve already got one.” Reese’s laughing response? “The good news is... no matter how many stinky movies you make, they can’t take it away from you!”

(The actress, 31, whose new flick, Penelope, opens tomorrow, won an Oscar in 2006 for her starring role in Walk the Line.)

Reese also revealed a surprising obsession — trash!

“I like to throw a lot of things away. Particularly at Christmas, it makes me a little crazy when the trash is overflowing. So then I put on rubber boots and I literally get into the trash can and I stomp on the trash and [my son] Deacon thinks it’s so great. We call me ‘the mommy trash compactor.’”

Charlie Wants Us To Boycott

Charlie Sheen is urging television viewers to tune out of his ex-wife, Denise Richards’ upcoming E! reality series — after failing to prevent her from including their two daughters in the show.

“I think we should all just boycott the darn thing!” Sheen, 42, said Wednesday.

Last month, a judge gave Richards, 37, permission to include her and Charlie’s daughters Sam, 3, and 2-year-old Lola in the show - which is due to air this summer.

But the legal ruling did nothing to dampen Sheen’s opposition to the project. “You don’t go to court and make stands to prevent that if you don’t firmly believe in it,” he told People. “The world is upside down sometimes.”

The show, which remains untitled, is being produced by Ryan Seacrest’s company.

Prince Harry Goes To War

Prince Harry has been fighting the Taliban on the frontline in Afghanistan, British army officials have confirmed.

The 23-year-old, a second lieutenant in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry, and third in line to the throne, has spent the last 10 weeks in the lawless Helmand province of the war-torn country.

The prince’s spokesman said in a statement: “Prince Harry is very proud to serve his country on operations alongside his fellow soldiers and to do the job he has been trained for.”

He arrived in late December — and has been directly involved in gun battle.

On the eve of his departure, he told a pooled interview that it was his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, who told him that he had his marching order.

The Palace and the Ministry of Defense in the U.K. had hoped to keep the mission secret in order to safeguard his life and those of his fellow soldiers — army chiefs had managed to keep the prince shielded from media and had encouraged fellow soldiers in his squadron to keep mum.

American Idols's Rock n Roll Nurse...

American Idol finalist Amanda Overmyer spent time behind bars for drink driving and has a string of other motoring offenses on her record, it has been revealed.

These offenses include driving a car at 100mph in a 45mph zone and for running a red light, according to the National Enquirer magazine.

Overmyer was pulled over by police in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and arrested for drink driving at 3.18am on October 14 2006.

Officer Jared Colley noted that her eyes were bloodshot and her balance was poor, the magazine states.

Jacko Trying To Save His Neverland

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Documents show that Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California, is scheduled for a public auction on March 19 at Santa Barbara's downtown courthouse.

But the Jackson source said that won't happen. "Michael Jackson's ranch is not going to be auctioned off at the courthouse," the Jackson insider said. "The financing is all being worked out."

"There are plenty of lenders willing to work with him. The real estate market is very bad right now and Jackson is being affected just like many other Americans," the source said.

The Santa Barbara County Recorder's Web site lists a "notice of trustees sale" by Jackson and his property lenders, Financial Title Company, filed Monday.

Jenny Wont Marry Jim

from intouch magazine...
She’s committed to funnyman Jim Carrey, but Jenny McCarthy tells In Touch that they won’t be walking down the aisle. “We’re living together, we don’t want any more children and we’re very happy — all that’s going to be is a piece of paper, really,” Jenny says of marriage.

The 35-year-old divorced actress notes that marriage doesn’t mean love will last forever. “What is it a guarantee of? I’ll be yours forever? I’ll be faithful? Bull!” The mother of Evan Asher, 5, also adds that she doesn’t need to marry to have additional children — because she doesn’t want more: “This womb is closed.” But she does admit that Jim, 46 — who’s been divorced twice — makes her happy. “He is the light of my life and we’re more in love now than we have been in our entire relationship.”

You Have To Read This...

Laura and I love this new show called "Moment of Truth" on Fox 19 and if you watched this week , you know how uncomfortable it was but yet we couldn't look away. The wife on the show did an interview yesterday in New York.

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"I didn't think it was going to be this big a deal," she told the New York Post yesterday, "because I thought so many people are doing it, we're not going to stand out."

"Everything that was mentioned during this show, we had talked about before," Frank told the Post. "We've had our issues. Unfortunately, now they're not just our problems. Everyone knows about it."

Lauren's run to riches later hit a speed bump, though, when she was asked the question, "Do you think you're a good person," and she responded with a resounding "Yes." She was called a liar and, in the process, lost everything, including fame, fortune, other TV possibilities and, it seems, her marriage.

"We're kind of up in the air right now — I want to [get back together], but I don't think he does," Lauren said.

My Fav Idol Performance From Last Night

Madonna Introduced By...

from usa today...
Justin Timberlake will induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Sexyback singer has been working with the Material Mom on her upcoming album, expected to be released this year.

Madonna will be among those honored March 10 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. Other inductees include Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, The Dave Clark Five, The Ventures and Little Walter.

If Obama Ever Goes To The Big Screen

Will Smith is Barack Obama's pick to play him if they ever make the movie. Obama tells Entertainment Tonight, "Will and I have talked about this because he has the ears."

Anderson Cites Fraud?

Pamela Anderson has filed papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking an annulment of her marriage to Rick Salomon.

TMZ.com said Anderson filed the documents Monday and cited fraud as the reason she wanted to have the union annulled. The couple married in Las Vegas Oct. 6, 2007.

Anderson, best-known for her role on TV's "Baywatch," was previously married to rockers Tommy Lee and Kid Rock.

Salomon previously wed actresses Elizabeth Daily and Shannen Doherty.

Stephen King Coming To Broadway

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Stephen King has teamed up with rocker JOHN MELLENCAMP to create a new musical. The author, famed for his chilling tales, has written the script for Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County with Mellencamp scoring the soundtrack.

The show is described as "a sultry Southern gothic mystery with a blues-tinged, guitar-driven score" and focuses on the story of the death of two brothers and a young girl and the legend that grows out of the tragedy. It will open at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in April 2009 with the object of readying the production for a Broadway run.

Simon Gets A New House

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AMERICAN IDOL star SIMON COWELL has spent $80 million on a lavish new home in London. Cowell purchased the house from an innovative property developer- who is in the process of giving the period terrace an underground extension which will include a swimming pool, a mini spa with a Jacuzzi and treatment room, and a parking garage for six vehicles.

Work on the luxurious property, located in the British capital's exclusive Holland Park area, is expected to be completed at the end of the year

Jacko Loses Neverland

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch is set be sold at auction on March 19.

Jackson received word Monday from Financial Title Company, the trustee, that unless he pays off $24,525,906.61 by that date, a public auction will go forward in Santa Barbara, Calif., in front of the county courthouse.

It's not just the house either. When Neverland is auctioned, it will include everything: all personal property inside, all fixtures and appliances, furniture, and "all merry go round type devices," any rides, games. The auction literally includes every single thing that is or isn't nailed down.

Britney Banned

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The Beverly Hills Hotel prides itself on being "referred to locally as 'The Pink Palace' … a place to see and be seen, to catch glimpses of famous faces, or to revel in splendid luxury." One face you won't be seeing reveling in splendid luxury, however, is pop wreck Britney Spears. A source at the hotel told PageSix.com that the staff has "specific instructions to turn her away. People come here to get away from that. She brings too much 'trouble' with her."

Paris Imitates Nicole

To me it seems Paris Hilton cannot leave Nicole Richie alone, she is now dating Nicole's baby daddy Joel Madden's twin brother Benji. Here is a photo of the happy couple...

Not Seeing Each Other...

Rihanna and Chris Brown are not dating, they just like playing in a pool in Jamaica together. :-)

Whats Next For The 4 Kicked Off Of Idol Last Week?

Amy Davis is heading home to Lowell, Indiana. She says, "I've got some bands waiting for me to come back and start performing again. I want to get back into the modeling work I had been doing, and I'm still on the fence on whether or not I want to go back to Purdue for my M-B-A or not."

Colton Berry returns to Staunton, Virginia. He says, "I'm going to get grounded for a while. I'm going to see my puppy and just kind of enjoy the life with the cows back in Virginia. And then, as soon as I'm done kind of chilling out -- because this whole thing's been so surreal, I'm just going to go for it. I see myself being a performer on Broadway."

Garrett Haley goes back to Elida, Ohio. He says, "I'm going to finish school, school is very important. And right after that, I'm going to hit this career full fledged and see where it goes because this has opened so many doors."

Joanne Borgella is going back to Hoboken, New Jersey with high hopes. She says Jennifer Hudson "didn't win she was on the show and she made the best of it and she did this movie and, I must tell you, she was outstanding and she was recognized for that and I think that's amazing. I think we're all going to have those opportunities."

X-Tina Not Happy

Christina Aguilera is reportedly furious about the lackluster sales of the issue of People featuring her and her new baby Max on the cover. According to London's Sun, she's fired her management team and one of her assistants. The issue actually sold about 100-thousand fewer copies than People normally moves each week, and a source tells the Sun, "She went crazy and had a massive tantrum. It was astonishing."

Transporter 3!

Action star Jason Statham will be back as the no-questions-asked courier in Transporter 3. It will shoot for 16 weeks in Russia and France.

Miley Cyrus You Tube Video After The Oscars

Ashlee Simpson And Her Dad Joe Simpson

Izzy Wants A Baby

KNOCKED UP and Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl plans to get pregnant for real this summer. The actress hopes to join the current swell of celebrity moms-to-be later this year. She says, "I want to start in, like, July." But her new husband, Josh Kelley, isn't quite as keen. Heigl adds, "He's saying the following July. I'm thinking maybe a compromise - sometime in December." The couple wed in Heigl's native Utah this past December.

Jason Bourne Is Not Finished Yet

Matt Damon is set to reprise his role as forgetful hitman JASON BOURNE in a fourth action movie. The movie star hinted 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum would be his third and final film in the franchise, but, a day after that film picked up three Oscars for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing, movie executives have announced he'll be back as Bourne. British moviemaker Paul Greengrass, who directed the two Bourne sequels, will also be back for the fourth installment.

Madonna And Jury Duty

Madonna escaped jury service in Los Angeles after a four-hour court date. She turned up at Beverly Hills Courthouse on Monday morning prepared for her civic duty, but a judge dismissed her just after lunch. Ever-fashionable, the Material Girl changed outfits during her lunchbreak, according to TMZ.com - from a brown velour tracksuit to a pair of black pants and a black jacket.

Jamie Lynn Spears Gets Her GED

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Out of the spotlight after revealing her pregnancy, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears is moving ahead with her life, passing her GED and thinking about college, a family friend tells PEOPLE.

The Zoey 101 star passed her high school equivalency exam about a month ago – scoring particularly well on reading comprehension – and is looking to take the ACT college entrance test, the friend says. "She's already got her diploma," according to the friend. "She wants to take her ACT. She's not wasting any time. People don't know her. When she gets something in her head, she'll make it happen. Everybody is so supportive of her."

Wanna Smell Like JT?

Justin Timberlake has partnered with Parfums Givenchy to be the spokesperson for a men's fragrance that will hit shelves in the fall.

Jessica Alba @ The Oscars

Katherine Heigl @ The Oscars

Renee Zellwegger @ The Oscars

Heidi Klum @ The Oscars

Who Knew?

Ashton Kutcher studied biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa...Just thought you should know :-)

The Razzie Winners

In an unprecedented awards-show sweep, Lindsay Lohan tied herself to win this year's Worst Actress. The Golden Raspberry Foundation crowned her over the weekend for playing two parts in the amnesia thriller I Know Who Killed Me. The film won a record eight Razzies -- surpassing the previous Razzie record-holder, the universally derided Showgirls for statuesque badness -- including Worst Picture, Worst Remake or Rip-off and the new dis-honor, Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie.

Lohan's twin roles also earned her the final insult of Worst Screen Couple. In this year's other unprecedented sweep, Eddie Murphy took home every other big acting win. He was named Worst Actor for the title role in Norbit, and claimed the entire supporting-star category with Worst Supporting Actress as Norbit's female foe "Rasputia," and Worst Supporting Actor as the sassy Asian sidekick "Mister Wong." In a Murphy-related dis-honor, his spin-off film Daddy Day Camp, starring Cuba Gooding Junior, went was named this year's Worst Prequel or Sequel.

Weekend Box Office

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Vantage Point took the top spot at the weekend box office. The political thriller, starring Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox, earned 24-million dollars in its first three days of release.

Last weekend's number-one movie, Jumper, slipped to second with 12-point-seven-million. The sci-fi thriller, starring Hayden Christensen, has earned 56-point-two-million in two weeks.

The children's fantasy The Spiderwick Chronicles was a close third with 12-point-six-million bucks.

The urban dance sequel Step Up 2 the Streets was fourth with nine-point-eight-million, and Fool's Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, was fifth with six-point-three-million.

The Jack Black comedy Be Kind, Rewind opened in seventh with four-point-one-million dollars.

When Gary Busey Attacks...

The Academy Award Winners

The following are the winners in the top categories from last night's Academy Awards, held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis -- There Will Be Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard -- La Vie En Rose

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem -- No Country for Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tilda Swinton -- Michael Clayton

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
No Country for Old Men

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen -- No Country for Old Men

BEST ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Ratatouille

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED
No Country for Old Men

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Counterfeiters (Austria)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Taxi to the Dark Side

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, "Falling Slowly" from Once

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement

Glen Hansard Accepting Song Of The Year

Oscar Winning Song Of The Year

from the movie "Once" performed by Glen and Mar

Angelina Is Preggers Fo Sho

A source says that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are "thrilled to be adding to their brood."

Jolie's baby bump was the buzz on the blue carpet Saturday as she stepped out in a curve-hugging black dress at the Film Independent's Spirit Awards with Pitt.

Britney Gets To See Her Boys

Britney got to spend three hours with her two young sons yesterday. K-fed strapped the kids in their car seats yesterday and his bodyguard (why does he need one?) drive them to meet Britney.

The visitation was put together through the lawyers and Britney's father Jamie's efforts.

Both At Fault

Eddie Van Halen's ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli has broken her silence on the couple's divorce, admitting they split because they were both unfaithful. Van Halen and actress Bertinelli's divorce was finalized in December after 26 years of marriage.

And in an interview with Oprah Winfrey set to air on TV on February 25, Bertinelli acknowledges that both she and guitar hero Van Halen are to blame for the marriage breakdown.

The 47-year-old says, "I cheated. He claims to this day that I cheated first, but I don't know. I don't know about the timing."

New Sex And The City Trailer

J-Lo Is A Momma!

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It's double the baby joy for Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony: They're the proud new parents of twins, a boy and a girl, Lopez's manager tells PEOPLE exclusively. The babies were born early Friday in Long Island, N.Y. The girl was born at 12:12 a.m. and weighed 5 lbs. 7 oz., and the boy followed at 12:23 a.m., weighing 6 lbs.

"Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon," Lopez's manager Simon Fields tells PEOPLE exclusively. They're the first children for Lopez, 38, and the fourth and fifth for Anthony, 39. The couple celebrated the impending births with a baby shower in New York on Jan. 19. "They were just beaming the entire time," said one partygoer.