U2’s do-Gooding frontman was feted Thursday in Philadelphia, where he collected the city’s Liberty Medal for his humanitarian work and activism on behalf of Africa’s poor.
“When you are trapped by the poverty, you are not free. When trade laws prevent you from selling the food you grew, you are not free,” the “One” singer told a crowd of VIPs after receiving the accolade from former President George H.W. Bush. His words are so true, just ask any trader in the underdeveloped world or developing world about the bans that European countries and US has put on import of their products and farm produce, the duties are so high that it just makes it impossible for these countries to earn foreign currency from exports. We need to bring such issues to the fore of the common people of every developed country so that there is awareness that job are not only being eaten in the technology sector but also by the way of such trade embargos poorer countries are also being mistreated by the superior counterparts.
Aishwarya Rai will star in a film about the Taj Mahal, India’s famous marble monument to love. Ben Kingsley, who is producing the movie, says Rai agreed to do the film when he spoke to her during the shooting of ”The Last Legion,” a Hollywood epic about the Roman Empire. I have seen her on Television a few times and many people would be zapped by what I have to say about her, but trust me on this guys – Aishwarya Rai is amongst the most beautiful women on earth. She has the grace, the style and looks to match any of the world’s most beautiful models and actresses. But again that doesn’t guarantee Hollywood movies or international projects, she is a former model and does have international assignments to her credit but somehow Indian actors have never made the same impact as their Chinese counter parts.
Momma Bridget Moynahan posed with her 5-week old son for a spread in OK! What a beautiful mother and baby. Bridget has handled this whole situation with such grace and dignity. She was treated so horribly by the father of her child. She received absolutely no support during her pregnancy, nor since the baby has arrived. He hasn’t even come out once since the birth to hold and cuddle his firstborn son. Instead he is cuddling his super-sleaze Gi in front of everyone on the east coast. Enjoy this beautiful baby Bridget - you deserve it! This is what happens when you have a baby with someone who is not committed to you. It can turn into a sad situation. Tom should definitely be a father to his child, but if he doesn’t love her then he shouldn’t marry her. Being married to someone who doesn’t want to be is a recipe for divorce.
Dylan McDermott and his wife of nearly 12 years, actress Shiva Rose, have separated, his rep tells
McDermott, 45, and Rose, 38, have been married since 1995 and have two daughters, 11-year-old Collette and 2-year-old Charlotte.
In a 2001 interview with Diane Sawyer, McDermott says he saw Shiva in a coffee shop and was instantly smitten. “I was in love with her right away,” he said. “For her, it was a little longer, you know, a couple of years. But for me, it was right away. I guess it was grace.”
McDermott, who played defense attorney Bobby Donnell on The Practice, is back on primetime in the new ABC drama Big Shots alongside Michael Vartan, Joshua Molina and Christopher Titus.
Rose recently starred in the romantic comedy David and Layla opposite David Moscow.
Supermodel Kate Moss has proved she is over her break up with British rocker Pete Doherty - by telling friends she is engaged to her new partner. Moss’ has recently been dating The Kills’ guitarist Jamie Hince after she finished with Doherty over allegations he cheated on the British beauty. I like Pete Doherty. I was really hoping they would have got back together. It looks as though he is serious about getting clean this time too. I read so many negative comments about him and I thought those people posting them know anything about him really…other than he has a drug problem and is in a band. He is a very talented man. I’m rooting for him. I believe in him. And just a couple of days ago there was some very positive news about him and he himself said that he was now clear of drugs and he and his father where talking again now and were on good terms. I think Kate has made a decision in haste.
Hollywood star George Clooney is so in love with the movie industry he is happy to work for free. The 46-year-old actor is determined not to let money get in the way of the projects he chooses to take on, so he is content to take a cut of the profit. Tell you what, this is one of the smartest comments I have heard come out of a Hollywood celebrity in recent months. He poses as if he doesn’t want a single cent from the producers and will work for free, he will only have a 10-15% share in the profits and if the movie becomes multi million dollar grosser then he will be the one laughing his way to the bank.Ha Ha if the movie your in is very good have big payday make 500 million around the world you maybe say get 10 per cent I think you would get at least that nice round cool 50 million for you to put right in your X@@##! hole bank.
I think she and Brad are doing a great job trying to make more kids happy but the thing is that I don’t see them both happy anymore. They look like they struggle and I don’t understand why they do that to themselves? All those who think that she should open up an orphanage or something similar need to understand that both Angie and Brad would have would have thought about this many a times and would have not been able to find a solution in this regard. Damn man why always have negative thoughts about some celebrities going out of their way and trying to do something good for the needful. Once both of them are out of the country shooting or busy with some commitments and as disaster strikes the kids then the whole world especially the countries from where they have adopted the kids would be crying for the blood. They have adopted and they are the parents and parents always know what’s best for their kids, right dad!
E! News correspondent and Dancing with the stars co-host and her husband Michael Hess, a financial wholesaler, welcomed their first child together early Sunday morning, daughter Josselyn Sydney Hess. I am glad Samantha is now a mom, since she has the potential to be a very good mom. Congratulations to both parents for being blessed with a daughter. I love her on the show Dancing with the stars. She is so beautiful, and she and Tom B do a great job hosting the show. I hope she’ll take lots of time with her new baby, but I also look forward seeing her back on TV! Right now she must be glowing with the new baby in her arms and her hubby by her side. It’s happening everywhere to everyone – means pregnancy or babies Hollywood has its hands full right now. Be it from Halle Berry and Christina Aguilera being pregnant to Salma Hayek to now Samantha giving births to lovely daughters.
Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has commissioned Jessica Alba to help develop her walk after learning the actress has the world’s sexiest stroll. British experts claim Alba has the “perfect walk” after conducting a scientific study based on the ratio between her hips and waist. Ha Ha British experts on big buckteeth now know who has perfect walk sexy swagger and that is Jessica Alba aka ribs on the hoof. Their next study will be on who are the most daft punk X@@##! Fools in the world other than the British! Sometimes these professors and scientist put too much of their nuts into reasoning. If she has the best catwalk stroll then why isn’t she a supermodel. Is there a scientific reason for not being the best supermodel as well? Crap, cut this thing out and its just a natural thing that has happened to her, she did not train or eat and sleep to have the world’s sexiest stroll.
First it was Angelina Jolie, then it was the turn of Madonna and now we have actress Mary-Louise Parker who has adopted a baby girl from African continent. Look, this is what happens when a personality like Angie does steps like adopting from Africa rubs on to the others and they also follow suit to do something good by adopting from poor African nations. Parker, 43 who already has a 3 year old son, Will with ex-boyfriend Billy Crudup. These are the good things that happen in Hollywood and these are the things that we need to read and speak about with pride. Wouldn’t it be great that her son will be brought up in an environment that is multi-cultural and probably multi-lingual too if the girl is taught her native language when she grows up. Her boy will know his sister is from a different part of this world and different race but lives with him and plays and shares all his toys. It will be a great learning thing for him as well as her. To Parker, we all take a bow!
Britney might have turned down a duet with Justin Timberlake but her baby sister Jamie Lynn Spears is still all for Justin.
The fallen pop star’s clone of a baby sister, who’s possibly estranged from her the same way as their mother, took a break from filming her Nickelodeon show ‘Zoey 101’ and attended Justin Timberlake’s concert in LA on Monday night. She even had her father as her chaperone for the night.
The father-daughter duo were spotted sitting in the VIP section and stayed for most of the concert. It looks like everyone in the family still talks to Justin except for Britney.
Lindsay Lohan is responsible for breaking up a British heiress’ marriage - after the actress slept with her husband in rehab, according to reports. The 21-year-old star was linked with musician and father of two Tony Allen, 40, earlier this month, following a spell in the Cirque Lodge rehab facility in Utah this summer. I think that it is ridiculous that Lindsay has to sleep with everybody what happened to the good girl that people actually liked now she is just a X@@##! that should have her X@@##! kicked because if it were my man that she slept with I probably would have beat her face in. These things just keep coming about these celebrities that they have made out with this person they met in the loo and this person they met in the rehab and another person they met at the parking lot during the music awards. For heaven sake it not as if they are stars so they go ‘home wrecking’, the opposite sex would have made some moves to make her interested. Why just keep blaming her all the time.
Rosie O’Donnell has turned down the chance to appear on Oprah Winfrey’s show to promote her new autobiography. The actress-turned-TV personality, who is currently promoting her memoirs Celebrity Detox, will snub a slot on The Oprah Winfrey Show for an interview with ABC anchor Diane Sawyer. Rosie won’t do any show where someone is more famous of more successful than her. If she isn’t the star she quits! I used to love her. But she is only screaming for more and more attention. She knows she could never compete with Oprah so she isn’t doing the show. VERY WRONG MOVE Ro! Fame can be a really bad thing once it makes home in your head, when you are not famous and a celebrity you would fall at your feet to be interviewed by Oprah but when you are a celebrity who is a TV personality then you won’t like to go to someone else’s show and be interviewed there, funny business and funny snobbish acts.
Angelina Jolie once took powerful drug LSD before a trip to children’s paradise Disneyland. The star admits taking the hallucinogenic drug before a trip to the tourist attraction in California. Going to a fun place like Disneyland and that too with powerful drugs shows that this country is filled with bad things and bad people who cannot enjoy the beautiful things without getting high. Isn’t Disney meant to be a fun place where you take the kids and the whole family to have fun and enjoy, but Jolie gives us the feeling that America and it’s people just do not know the meaning of entertainment at all. She says, “I remember taking LSD before I went to Disneyland.” She has also admitted to taking coke, heroin, ecstasy, LSD, everything. This way she gives me the jitters as to what may be the condition of all the young stars that are being introduced to drugs in America and how easily they fall prey to these drugs, I think Hollywood is marooned in this matter.
Aretha Franklin is such a huge piece of music history that she should definitely get a movie. A TV movie, on the other hand, seems a little crappy. I mean, think of the people that get major motion pictures?! Why wouldn’t they give Aretha Franklin a real movie? They can make movie on Catwoman, and some other really awful character and incident, but none of these guys/producers are willing to give a great legend a shot at big commercial movie. Now the funny part is that she wants a pencil thin actress like Halle Berry to play her. Currently even Halle cannot give her nod to play in her movie coz she is pregnant and has a growing bump. Why not that Jennifer Hudson play the part of Aretha, at least Jennifer could get close to being something like Aretha. Jennifer Hudson probably wouldn’t do it because she’s an Oscar winner and probably thinks she’s too good now, huh? But she’d be good for the role. Don’t you think?
Will Ferrell is auctioning a cameo spot in his new movie to raise money for a fraternity brother’s cancer foundation.
Ferrell came up with the idea to help Craig Pollard’s Cancer for College foundation. The two were fraternity brothers at the University of Southern California.
Online bidding will begin Monday and close Sept. 26. Ferrell will announce the winner on Sept. 27, and that person will meet the actor the next day at the 14th annual Cancer for College golf tournament dinner at Temecula Creek Inn.
The opening bid for the movie appearance is $5,000.
In October, the winner will join Ferrell on set of his new movie, “Step Brothers,” and appear in a scene.
“What a perfect Christmas present for your son or daughter,” Ferrell said. “It is the surefire way to win the parent of the year award. Support this amazing cause, by buying them me.”
Pollard, a two-time survivor of Hodgkin’s disease, started Cancer for College to provide college scholarships to current and former cancer patients. The charity has awarded $200,000 to 50 cancer survivors since 1993.
James Bond’s Casino Royale has topped the UK’s first “culture chart”, bringing together sales of DVDs, books, CDs and computer games in one rundown. The Casino Royale DVD sold 2.3 million copies in the first half of 2007, ahead of The Queen DVD in second place. James Bond is by far the best selling movies of all times, even if the recent reports that the movies of Harry Potter have sold more it ticket sales and out placed James Bond from the number one slot of all time box office sales, one thing that the people who have made this report would not have taken into consideration is that the first Harry Potter movie was released after 2000 and James Bond – the character and the movies series has being there for more than 40 years. To remain such an iconic movie for such a long duration and to be accepted to a wide generation of cinema goers is what gives the edge to James Bond in my opinion.
Perhaps Vanessa Hudgens figures her fans have seen enough of her for a while.
E! News confirmed Thursday that the scandal-tinged High School Musical starlet has canceled her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, whose green room she would currently be cooling her heels (or biting her nails) in if all had gone according to plan. She should do the interview. Jay Leno will give her a soft interview and will treat her like a daughter. Leno will not beat her up, and will treat her with respect…where as, if she does a pre-tapped interview with a so-called news organization, they will cut and splice the interview and make things seem very sexual and erotic…if not downright pornographic. And you can bet, the interview will start out friendly, just so they can get enough footage of a cooperative Vanessa…after that, they’ll hit her with hard mean spirited questions and cut together an interview designed to trash Vanessa, Disney and Highschool: The Musical. That’s when they’ll compare Vanessa to Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney, insisting that she has lost her way, like them and make her look like a druggie and drunk…thus, a regular Hollywood bad girl like the rest! No, Vanessa…do Jay Leno’s Show, Larry King, and Letterman…they will treat you with respect and like a daughter, trust me on this one!!!
Singer/actress/designer Beyonce and her former Destiny’s Child band mate Kelly Rowland can not add one more slash to their resume, and the word is landlord!
They may no longer be singing together but that doesn’t mean they can’t work together as the two have reunited to open an apartment building for at risk populations in Houston. Wow.
It’s going to be called the ‘Knowles-Rowland Temenos Place Apartments’. It’s going to be a 43 unit, single room occupancy housing facility for both men and women who are taking steps to improve their lives after traumatic events of both natural and personal disasters.
They should save a spot for Britney.
A glowing Halle Berry was photographed last week with her growing bump. Berry may only be 3 months pregnant but she is already preparing for her first child as she was spotted shopping at Babystyle in LA. That’s the best part you see for these shopping hungry celebrities, I am not going to start criticizing the celebrities for their over the board shopping habits but you have to give it to them for being so shopping hungry that some of them would start shopping for baby stuff even before they knew they were pregnant or planning to have a baby sometime soon. I think Halle is a person whose not so intent with shopping till you drop dead but most are. Halle told a couple of weeks that she is over the moon with being pregnant for the first time in her life, so obviously she is excited with the news and there’s no harm in going a few places to find the right things for the baby, live it on Halle!
Do you believe that Angie ever did cook? How do you think she stays so thin, they both have enough money to have lots of help. Tell me one woman that can keep house, maintain a career, fly to all these off the wall places. Take care of four kids all under the age of ten, I may add. Tell me she does not have a great deal of help with the house & kids. Who does the wash? Where ever they go for a shoot they live in the Presidential Suites of the hotels and splurge like there’s no tomorrow, why would she ever bother about cooking food when she can have the best food from anywhere in the world served on her table and even throw the food of the table if she doesn’t like the taste of it. And if these are not star tantrums then I do not know what is. But I don’t blame her either, she does a lot of good work and then if you have people cook for why not just lay back and have wine and dine together.
The Las Vegas Police Department is on the hunt for Kid Rock after he allegedly decked Tommy Lee at the MTV VMAs.
Details as to how the fight started are still sketchy but an eyewitness said that “Tommy got it pretty bad.” Both musicians were escorted out of the awards by Palms security moments after the scuffle which was caught by a Reuters photographer.
According to the AP, rap producer Rich Nice was an eyewitness to the fight. He said that while Kid Rock threw the only punch that landed, it was Tommy who started the fight. He described Tommy as the antagonist before he got up off his seat which prompted the punch from Kid Rock.
Foxy Brown has been sentenced to one year in jail for violating her probation. As of right now, she is already serving her sentence on Rikers Island where she’s spent the last two weeks leading up to her trial.
Judge Melissa Jackson slammed Foxy’s pleas for mercy and called her a ‘great actress’ and saying that if this was the first time she’d apologized, she might have been believable. Too bad it wasn’t.
It should be interesting to note that if Foxy serves full term, she will be giving birth in prison. Harsh. Where’s her Paris Hilton/Nicole Richie jail story when she needs it?
Charlize Theron is pretty. She’s a great actress and I think she’s unique. With that said, she’s got the completely wrong attitude for motherhood. No, I’m not a mother, but I can tell you if your main concern with getting pregnant is being fat then you need to think a little harder about why you want to get pregnant in the first place. Maybe she is just super into her looks? Well if you wanna get pregnant and have a kid through your own womb then that’s something you have to be prepared for or else why get pregnant in the first place and then scream that it’s getting you to become fat. “Getting pregnant doesn’t excite me, but having kids does.” When you put it like that, pregnancy does seem pretty powerful, doesn’t it? I bet Nicole Richie doesn’t understand fully what’s happening. Charlize I am not going to criticize you for this but if you think so strongly about yourself being pregnant then attend a few pregnancy classes where you could find inspiration to cheer up during the pregnancy period.
There’s only 3 months to go before the highly-anticipated Spice Girls reunion tour and more details are coming out about it as we get closer to the date. Los Angeles will be made into a base camp for when they rehearse. And just who did they hire to shine their dancing shoes? None other than Jaime King.
Kind is best known for his work with Madonna, having directed and choreographed her last 3 tours. He’s also worked with Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin.
When asked about what he felt about his new Job, King says, “Collaborating with the Spice Girls presents one of those exceptional opportunities to create a truly iconic live performance. As a group, their dynamic is provocative, compelling and undeniably sexy, which truly drives my creative inspiration.”
I wasn’t going to post this because I was pretty sure it’s fake, but everybody else is putting it up. The National Enquirer reported a couple of weeks ago that 18-year-old Vanessa Hudgens from High School Musical took some nude pictures of herself for her boyfriend Zac Efron.
Look it your self
Wow, the list for ‘Paris Hilton Haters’ is just increasing by the day and the newest addition to the growing list is Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt. The last one I remember is Courtney Love. For those of you who dislike Brad Pitt because you think he cheated on Jennifer Aniston, guess what? I’ve got news that will make you forget about Jennifer and instill a love for Brad in your heart once more. He is annoyed by Paris Hilton being a fame-hungry skank! But Brad isn’t that the only thing why almost every person in Hollywood is there for, for the fame and the money and for living life in the fast lane and going bonkers for peanut like things. But can I tell you a thing Brad – you not so clean yourself, you couldn’t keep up with Jennifer and you actually cheated on her no matter what have to say about the whole episode and there have been news that Jolie too had throw you out of the house, you stink as has as Paris does. But the fact that he burned Paris Hilton is just priceless!
Here we go again! Rumor on the block is that Halle Berry is knocked up. Producers have pushed back plans on filming “Tulia” in October because Berry is 3 months pregnant. Yup, she is! Halle Berry confirmed to Access Hollywood her happy baby news on Tuesday. The actress told the TV show, “Yes, I am three months pregnant! Gabriel [Aubrey] and I are beyond excited, and I’ve waited a long time for this moment in life. Now the next seven months will be the longest of my life!” Oh and good for her because her past men were ASSBAGS. Gabriel is so effin’ man-pretty! Many times the most intelligent looking woman fall for the most absurd looking guys and that’s one part of Halle that I never been able to quite fully understand.
I swear they make it sound like a rollercoaster ride (most fun theyve ever had)i am so into the idea of adopting but not with Angelina and brad, I mean they’re not even married and we know its not gonna last THE KIDS ARE GONNA BE AN EMOTINAL WRECK! having kids is a rollercoaster ride in itself and I think these two have made the decision that the more the merrier so instead of churning out kids themselves and having a waiting period of nearly an year, these guys have thought of adopting when ever they feel the need for one more to be added to the family. But what’s going to be unique about the Brad-Jolie family is that the kids are going to be from all around the world giving the kids an atmosphere that will be unrivalled at least in Hollywood coz I do not know how other’s around the world follow the adopting pattern.
