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U.S. TV star Oprah Winfrey has donated a whopping $365,000 to a school in Atlanta and for that reason she has become a hit with students in that school which has students mainly for low-income group.

Oprah Winfrey offered help worth $365,000 so as to ensure The Ron Clark Academy has enough money to continue providing education to 80 students.

Isn’t that simply awesome, that is the power that these celebrities have and those who decide to exercise the same for a cause that will help shape the lives of young people in this country is truly what star power is all about.

She realizes how important music coupled with education is & she is donating to a cause where she can see the living proof of her efforts. There are many other stars that have the ability but don’t do this. I wish I had the ability to do these wonderful things. God Bless her.

In a bid to quash rumors about their relationship worsening and moving towards a divorce Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have flown out to Puerto Rico for the next few days in an attempt to prove their love is still strong.

Oh yeah they want people to believe that since they are on vacation together at the same place and the same time so very thing’s alright and that for most would constitute a healthy relationship.

The way she flaunts herself makes you think that she’s learnt how to pretend to be a superstar though she is not from some style guru who teach such wannabes at the beauty pageants. Remember the Sandra Bullock movie ‘Miss Congeniality’ where she becomes a behaved girl full of attitude contestant inside two days thanks for a style guru.

Well that’s Jennifer Lopez for you big ass empty head.

Has there been anything else to read regarding this former top performer who has gone bust with drugs and completely lost it? A majority would say there’s nothing left worth reading or taking note of this singer. Amy will truly be thinking that 2009 bring a new spark to her life.

British songwriter-singer Amy Winehouse has been sent summons wherein a Norwegian court has asked her to appear on January 12th, 2009, this in her appeal against a fine that the court slapped her with in a drugs possession case, a police prosecutor said Wednesday.

Well there’s not much more to say about Amy than what has already been said and written but the one message she would be getting from all corners is that she is completely crazy if she is entertaining thoughts about not needing help that to immediate and effective.

Has she seen any of her recent pictures on TV, she looks like a cracked out skinny zombie. the rock star life I guess will never change.

Jennifer Hudson was supposed to get back to work a few weeks ago by filming a new music video however, the talented singer and actress had to pull out of the shoot. It seems that she was still grieving and wasn’t completely ready to get back to work after the horrible murders of her mother, brother and nephew. Reports are now coming out that she will soon be performing again though. A new report has been released with the musical acts performing at the 2009 MusiCares Person of the Year gala held during Grammy week. Scheduled to take the stage on February 6th are Coldplay, Tim McGraw, Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson and a couple of other acts.

According to The Sun, Michael Jackson is not well – he’s the farthest thing from it. The newspaper claims that Jacko is battling a genetic disease that has left him half blind and needing a lung transplant. The former King of Pop is said to be so frail that he can barely speak. “He needs a lung transplant, but may be too weak to go through with it. He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping. It’s the bleeding that’s the most problematic part. It could kill him.” The condition is said to be alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency, where sufferers lack a protein which protects the lungs. Jacko’s brother Jermaine reportedly told the paper “He’s not doing so well right now. This isn’t a good time.”

British actress Kate Beckinsale is eager to play the role of Catwoman in the planned sequel to the Batman movie ‘Dark Night’ because she thinks she is well suited to doing more action roles.

In recent months there has been a wave of speculation over which actress shall will play the role of the villainess in the movie that is slated to be a a follow-up to this year’s The Dark Knight.

Kate my baby there are millions of other girl who would justify doing that role just by shooing their pet cats upon you, you’ll get frightened and they’ll get the role. If you really want to be the cat in the movie then run to the market and find a cat that can fit into the skimpy clothes of a Catwoman on South African beach. If the cat cannot fit in and you can then you have the role darling.

I think she’s the only one who can pull this off.

Paris Hilton is sporting a new car. She’s enjoying her new, ultra pink, customized Bentley.

It’s her Barbie dream car!

Is this the effect a breakup?

What the hell? A pink Bentley? I can’t get over it!

That Parismobile is gonna be a magnet for paparazzi fender benders!

Johnny Depp has made a stunning statement where he has said that he “poisoned himself” because he could not keep up with the sudden fame when he became one of the most recognized faces in Hollywood.

Usually Johnny Depp is quite tight-lipped but he tells that he partied so hard in the 90s just in an attempt to find a way how to deal with his meteoric ascent to superstardom.

In a comment made a few days ago he said: “I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I felt I could only be myself when I was alone, that I turned into some kind of novelty. The only way I could get through that time was to drink. I poisoned myself with alcohol for years but I’ve never been into drugs in the way it was sometimes made out.”

Most people just go with the flow and ride the wave till they can handle it and then end up like Amy Winehouse, or basically in the gutter at night and their body guards pick them up and leave them home. Johnny managed to control things around him and is a better off today. He is still the superstar because he did not let alcohol take over him.

Barack Obama hit the beach in Hawaii with his family for the holidays. And who else would follow him the most at this time of the year, it’s the paparazzi of course,
I must say that Barack Obama has some good abs there to show,

Are you ready for more of Scarlett Johansson’s singing? While promoting her new movie ‘The Spirit’, Scarlett told MTV News that she’d like to record another album. What happened to doing it just for fun? She also said that this time, she wants to record original material instead of some covers. Though when asked if she still had to do covers, Scarlett said that she would cover the iconic reclusive Leonard Cohen. Fortunately for us, she also said that such an endeavor will have to wait as she is busy with making movies and her married life. She should really just stick to acting.

No kidding.

I think that deserves a huge headline.

Talking about herself in Esquire Magazine’s “What I’ve learned”, she says:

There are definitely a lot of misconceptions about me out there. “Oh, she doesn’t work. She doesn’t do anything. She just gets money from her family.” That’s not true at all. I was up making phone calls at seven in the morning, and I’ll be working until 1:00 A.M.

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. Raise your hands if you believe her.

She then talks about how her childhood was like and what was expected of her.

I was the oldest granddaughter. Everyone was so excited that I was born, they would always take pictures of me. My grandma would call me Marilyn Monroe or Grace Kelly. Ever since I was little, it’s what I knew I wanted to do–be a blond icon.

Once I’ve worn a dress, I can never wear it again. I give them to charities and they auction them off to help people with breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS. Some that are really, really special, I keep in storage for my daughters. They’ll be vintage by then. I think my daughters will love them.

She’s planning to have kids? OKAY, NOW I’M FREAKING SCARED.
Because of my last name and the way I look, some people think I’m a spoiled brat. But I’m not like that at all. I’m one of the most down-to-earth people I know out of anyone in Hollywood.

Hahahaha, when someone says their down to earth, doesn’t that imply that they’re NOT down to earth?

Paris, stop fooling yourself.

After paying ex-husband Guy Ritchie a fat pay check as settlement Madonna is reportedly headed to Malawi in the company of baseball star Alex Rodriguez with the intention of adopting another child from Malawi.

The reports also suggest that the pop superstar has already completed the paperwork required to adopt Mercy James from Malawi. Malawi is the same African country from where Madonna adopted her son David Banda in 2006.

Why does she keep preying on people who can’t afford to take care of their children? Both David, and now the new child have families, they are not orphans. Madonna has enough money to help them and not take the child away. I think she is selfish.

Means for God sake if she really cared about some kids then appointed a person in that country and educate them, help them is other ways and see that they lead a better life. That would really be heroic of her.

Some people (and A LOT of celebrities!) have pretty dysfunctional families!

Whitney Houston is being sued by her stepmother.

Wait, what did she do? She did nothing!

Although, her stepmother says Whitney owes her money and needs to pay off her condo.

The whole thing goes back to 2003 when Whitney’s father died.

Yeah right!

Barbara Houston claims that Whitney “improperly kept the proceeds from John Houston’s $1 million insurance policy” after his death.

The lawsuit claims that Whitney was supposed to use the $723,000 to pay off the remaining mortgage on her father’s Fort Lee condominium. She apparently holds the mortgage on the condo.

Stepmom Barbara still lives in the condo and is also claiming that Whitney was, according to her dead husband’s wishes, supposed to return the remaining insurance money to her.

Attorneys for both parties have refused to comment.

Make sure your will explicitly expresses your wishes, y’all. Dramz like this can be avoided.

GOLD DIGGER ALERT!

Barely three months into her marriage with Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson is already raring to start a family. The 24-year old actress, who has topped the sexiest list surveys for quite sometime, is still very much in love with her husband and hopes they can stay like this forever.

While her love life is abloom, Johansson’s career is also heading into the right direction with her new movie “He’s Just Not That Into You”. She said she has never met anyone who was willing to commit prior to meeting the 32-year old Ryan. Johansson has previously dated Josh Hartnett and Jared Leto.

Johannson admitted to experiencing the craziest time of her life the months before they got married. However, the two has already settled down quietly and is enjoying wedded blissfulness while waiting for Johannson to get pregnant. The actress may be young but she is already getting worried about her biological clock. On the other hand, getting pregnant at this time may juts be the perfect timing for Johansson who will be filming her next movie “Amazon” later next year.

Check out this photo of the Pussycat Dolls with People’s sexiest man alive and future Oscar host Hugh Jackman! The pic was snapped backstage at the “Wetten Dass” TV show in Stuttgart, Germany.

PCD will be heading back to Germany next year on their Doll Domination world tour. Head over to PCDMusic.com for all dates including their special guest slot on Britney Spears’ upcoming Circus tour.

A few months back when the news came out that Guy Ritchie and Madonna were heading for a spilt; it definitely wasn’t about the money - definitely, definitely not.

Well it’s finally happened and all the talks about Guy Ritchie not taking away a single pie from Madonna’s huge fortune is all crap and it is being reported that he has in fact received an estimated sum of fifty to about possibly even seventy million dollar from the divorce.

There are unconfirmed but strong reports that Madonna has reached a divorce settlement with Guy Ritchie, and all this is from a source close to the singer’s rep. The pop star will pay Guy Ritchie a sum between $76 million and $92 million, and this figure has been quoted to the Associated Press by Madonna’s spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg. Further details of the divorce settlement show that Guy gets to keep the former couple’s country home Ashcombe, in western England, as well as the couple’s London pub, the Punchbowl.

This is possibly the most expensive Hollywood couple divorce settlement in history.

Or at least that’s what Gwyn’s mother is saying.
When rumors keep circulating that Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin from Coldplay, are having some marital problems, leave it to mommy to fix all her troubles.
In a recent interview with Gwyneth’s mom, actress Blythe Danner, she denies the rumors.
Like the fact that the “happy” couple hasn’t been photographed together in months.
To which Danner responds, “They don’t take pictures together if they can avoid it. It’s a strategy. They don’t want the pandemonium.”
Mom says the couple is doing just fine.
Yeah right, I still Madonna is controlling their marriage. If she can’t have a good marriage then her friends can’t too.
Sorry mom, we kind of think you might be lying here to protect your baby.

I was wondering if Heath Ledger is awarded the Golden Globe, who will accept it on his behalf?
I never thought that his family would actually argue about it!
According to a report:
Heath’s dad, Kim, really, really wants to do the honors at the ritzy event, but insiders say the Dark Knight studio, Warner Bros., want Michelle Williams to be the go to person, to receive it on behalf of little Matilda.
What the hell? Obviously, they want some drama involved with the award, if he wins it.
According to a ‘friend’, “Why would Michelle be involved? She had nothing to do with the movie. They weren’t even together when he passed away. Would you have your ex-wife accept your award? And they weren’t even married. [Director] Chris Nolan or [star] Christian Bale would make more sense. Michelle makes no sense. It’s like those rumors that she would go to the premiere of ‘Dark Knight.’ That was never in the realm of possibility.”
The ‘friend’ has a point. However, they shouldn’t be arguing about this.
Would it really matter who accepts the award?
Put everyone’s name in a hat, do the pick and be done with it!

On Friday, Sam Sheen, 4, and her sister Lola, 3, were passengers in an SUV involved in a four car pile up in Malibu.
According to several reports, their car was being driven by their nanny and it was apparently cut off by another vehicle and the accident madness followed.
The girls are ‘ok’ and did not sustain any mayor injuries. This is because, according to an inside source, the children were seated on their car seats making the trip much safer.
I know I really don’t like Denise, but at least the kiddies are safe.
Whew.
It’s a good reminder for us all to buckle up!
And if you have kiddies, make sure you have the right safety seat for them! LEAVE AMY ALONE!

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz may not have a deal to make some money off of their new son Bronx Mowgli but they were able to find someone who’s willing to be the kid’s godfather. The young parents have named Gym Class Heroes front man Travis McCoy as BMW’s godfather. Travis spoke to In Touch Weekly recently and talked about it saying “I’m so proud. Pete told me I was treading godfather territory and two days later, after I met Bronx and Ashlee saw how good I was with him, it was official.” Pete actually gave a shutout to the new godfather last Wednesday at his ‘Without You I’m Just Me’ art show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles.

The South Dakota man who put a beer bottle into Vinnie Jones’ face last week will not be facing criminal charges, according to TMZ.

They report that the prosecution has dismissed three counts of aggravated assault against 24-year-old Jesse Bickett.

TMZ also reports that Minnehaha County State’s attorney Dave Nelson said, “After we had an opportunity to review all the evidence, we thought that the incident with which Mr. Bickett was charged was a result of a mutual combat situation.”

Vinnie Jones also hasn’t been charged for the incident. However, he took some time in whoring his scars to the paparazzi, as h e needs the publicity.

Ricky Martin has revealed the first photos of his 4-month old baby twin boys, Valentino and Matteo in this past week’s People and Hola cover. In the accompanying interview, he talks about being a hands-on parent, becoming a parent through surrogacy and his kids of course. On becoming a dad through surrogacy, the singer said “Adoption was one option, but it’s complicated and can take a long time. Surrogacy was an intriguing and faster option. I thought, ‘I’m going to jump into this with no fear.’” He also talked about his boys saying “Valentino loves to sleep. I call him ‘Mr. Peace and Love’ because he’s so chill and serene. Matteo is more alert and active. He was up at 3 a.m. the other night and just hanging!”

Blake Fielder-Civil, hands down, has got to be the worst thing to have happened to the once very beautiful Amy Winehouse. He’s like the Sam Lutfi to Britney Spears. Blake may not be as media hungry but he’s still money-starved. Wino has been in the clinic these past few weeks in attempt t help her get better and off drugs. When Blake saw Wino last week, it is being said that he was able to give her drugs. An inside source says “Blake has a lot to answer for. His actions have ruined his wife’s efforts to get clean.” Once Blake gets out of jail, someone should file a restraining order to have him stay away from Wino.

The folks at PETA are not happy with Britney Spears because her most recent video ‘Circus’ features captive elephants. A PETA rep made a written statement saying “As Britney is such a victim of the paparazzi and always complaining and crying about how she hates to be held up in her guarded house and can’t feel free, she of all people should be able to relate to the horror that captive animals go through when they’re used for entertainment. Except Britney chooses to perform, and the lifestyle just comes with it. Animals are ripped away from their mothers at a young age, kept in chains, and prodded with electric shock devices to make them perform.” Don’t blame her. She’s only told what to do.

Shaha Mishaal Adham has been released from jail after evidence sufficiently proved that the gunshot that killed actor Mark Ruffalo’s younger brother, hairstylist Scott, was indeed self-inflicted.
During a 5 hour meeting, attorney Ronald Richards presented enough evidence to detectives to clear his client.
He said, “This was an accidental shooting by someone that plays with guns”. He also claimed that Adham was essentially a witness to a game of Russian Roulette gone wrong.
According to him, Scott would take drugs and then up the stakes with dangerous games of chance with firearms.
Yikes!
Adham was at the scene when Scott shot himself because she was retrieving her car keys. After the accident she fled the scene, a stupid move her lawyer admits.
She will not be charged at all in the incident.
The other “person of interest” - Brian B. Scofield - was released on Tuesday.
This is stupid? So they have no suspects? This is frustrating!

I wish all the strength for the Ruffalo family.

In addition to their new smash single “I Hate This Part,” a dazzling American Music Awards performance, and wildly successful European ticket sales, the Pussycat Dolls are now celebrating the launch of the new PCD Lingerie line available at Bebe stores in the U.S. and the opening of the PCD Lounge at the famed Viper Room in LA. The Dolls have also just been announced as the special guests on Britney Spears’ upcoming tour! Check out dates below and head over to PCDMusic.com for more info.

Pussycat Dolls European Headlining Tour:
1/18 Aberdeen Scotland AECC
1/19 Glasgow Scotland SECC
1/21 Newcastle England Newcastle Arenabecaus
1/22 Birmingham England NIA
1/24 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
1/25 Bournemouth England BIC
1/27 London England O2 Arena
1/28 London England O2 Arena
1/29 Manchester England MEN Arena
1/30 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Arena
2/1 Dublin Ireland O2 Dublin
2/3 Belfast Ireland Kings Hall
2/5 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
2/6 Liverpool England Liverpool Arena
2/8 Paris France Zenith
2/9 Amsterdam Holland HMH
2/10 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle
2/12 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion Zurich
2/13 Brussels Belgium Forest National
2/14 Munich Germany Zenith
2/17 Monte Carlo Monaco Grimaldi Forum
2/18 Dusseldorf Germany Philipshalle
2/19 Berlin Germany MSH
2/21 Prague Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena
2/24 Bratislava Slovakia NTC Arena
2/25 Belgrade Serbia Belgrade Arena

Pussycat Dolls On Tour with Britney Spears:
3/3 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
3/5 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
3/7 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
3/8 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
3/11 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
3/13 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
3/16 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
3/18 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre
3/20 Montreal, QUE Bell Centre
3/24 Washington, DC Verizon Center
3/26 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
3/27 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
3/30 Houston, TX Toyota Center
3/31 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
4/2 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
4/3 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
4/6 Edmonton, ALB Rexall Place
4/8 Vancouver, BC GM Place
4/9 Tacoma, WA Tacomadome
4/11 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
4/12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
4/14 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena
4/16 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
4/19 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
4/24 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
4/25 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden
4/28 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena

American Music Awards performance:

Video:

Not only is Britney Spears’ Circus the # 1 album on iTunes today, but the title track is the # 1 single and # 1 requested ringtone too.  Britney fever is in the air, and now is the time for fans everywhere to rally together to make her the highest debuting female artist of 2008!  That means Ms. Spears needs to sell over 600,000 copies of Circus this week alone.  Help give Britney the ultimate birthday gift this year and an automatic gold record.
While you’re in the Circus spirit, check out this birthday video that a few super fans made for Britney’s big day.
Britney Spears fan video:

It seems like just last week that Lindsay took to her blog to put an end to all the split speculation about her relationship with Ronson.
Wait! It was just last week!
Well, she’s at it once more.
Lohan just posted the following message on her blog:
”
always the truth- scouts honor
so….
today i was out with my friend Jamie and paparazzi wouldn’t stop asking me where samantha was. and i’m not writing this blog because i feel like i need to prove that i’m with my girl to anyone at all. but because it’s just annoying. and i want to vent. and i love myspace because it allows me to vent without having to deal with the noise of the “tabloids” and “stalkerazzi’s” ….
all in all-they should just stop asking altogether, once and for all if she and i are broken up because frankly, if we ever ever did…. i would say it before they could even think of asking. i’d say it here probably… i say everything here on myspace. okay. well, i hope that all the gossip magazines and sites, and lurkers read this cuz it’s not true. ahh! i love myspace because i can just write, and i love writing, and i can prove all the liars wrong… wow- the people that make shit up must really feel silly, embarrassed, out of stories, scr*w*d, f*ck*d, punk’d, and so much more. because, i can use myspace and just let everyone know what’s really going on. which is so much more fun! cuz now, people can get to know the REAL me. yay!”
I say, when there’s smoke, there’s fire!

This weekend’s top three movies are the exact same as last week’s.
No kidding!
Just like last weekend, Four Christmases came in at #1. The Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn comedy made another $18 million.
Can’t believe that film is actually earning! I thought it would bomb!
Twilight is still going strong and came in at #2. The film earned another $13 million out. To date, the flick has made $140 million! Congrats!
And in third, Disney’s Bolt.

The queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey, revealed to Access Hollywood that she wants to do a one-on-one interview with Britney Spears.
Britney is so lucky! Everybody just wants a piece of her! (cue in ‘piece of me’)
The Queen of Talk said that the more personal one-on-one format is more suitable for the pop princess. An interview in front of the audience would be too performance-ish.
Please let her sit down with O!
PLEASE! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!