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Ellen Degeneres tearful TV breakdown over a dog was actually triggered by problems between the talk show host and her girlfriend, actress Portia de Rossi,said Star. "Portia has been telling Ellen she's very unhappy at home," a source told the magazine. "When it comes down to it, she wants to be with someone younger and hotter," Degeneres' publicist called the story "fabricated and false."
Halle Berry apologized last week for making a Jewish joke on The Tonight Show The actress was looking at comically altered photos of herself, and told host Jan Leno that one showing her with a big nose made her look "like my Jewish cousin." When the audience responded with stunned silence, she said, "Oh, my God, have I just, like, ruined my whole career?" NBC deleted the word "Jewish" when it broadcast the taped show. After the show, Berry said she was sorry for making the joke, which she said originated with one of her Jewish assistants and "just came out of my month.
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Rosie O'Donnell lost a shot at her own MSNBC talk show because she started blabbing about it before negotiation were complete, angering network executives. "We were close to a deal, almost done," she wrote on her blog, "I let it slip in Miami, causing panic on the studio end, well, what can u do...poof my career as a pundit is over b4 it began." To justify O'Donnells's salary demands, MSNBC reportedly was asking her to do a daytime show as well as an evening one, but she didn't want to work that many hours.
Two weeks ago a Catholic priest was arrested for stalking late night talk show host Conan O'Brien. The Rev. David Ajemian tried to get into a taping of O'Bren's show, but was nabbed by security guards who had been warned to keep an eye out for him. Police say AJemian had been sending threatening letters to O'Brien, his parents, and NBC for more than a year. "Is this the way you treat your most dangerous fans?" he wrote after being turned away from a previous taping. "I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution--or[I want] a spot on your couch." Ajemian was placed on leave by Boston Archdiocese and is now in a psychiatric hospital.
A Los Angeles court told Britney Spears two weeks ago that she is now forbidden to drive a car with her children inside. The ruling came after TMZ posted a video of Spears running a red light and apparently sending a test message while her children slept in their carseats. A court-appointed monitor who had been assigned to keep tabs on Spears was seen bending over in the front seat trying to hide from the camera.
Paul McCartney is secretly dating actress Rosanna Arquette,said the London News of the World. The couple was photographed hugging and kissing goodbye on two back-to-back dates in London last week. "Paul looked very flirty," a witness told the newspaper. "The sparks were there for everyone to see." The romatic walks came shortly after McCartney was linked to American businesswoman Nancy Shevell, who spent the week at home recovering fron an illness.
The 1969 song "Sweet Caroline" was inspired by a young Caroline Kennedy, singer Neil Diamond revealed last week. Diamond, 66, performed his first and biggest hit at Kennedy's 50th birthday party, telling her he wrote it when he was a young, unknown songwriter and saw a magazine photo of President Kennedy's daughter dressed in riding gear, standing next to her pony. "It was such an innocent, wonderful picture," Diamond said. He wasn't sure how she'd react to the revelation. " I thought she might be embarrassed, but she seems to be struck by it and really, really happy."
Four years after a tiger mauled Las Vegas star Roy Horn during a show, Siegfried & Roy may be returning to the stage, the performers told Las Vegas Review-Journal last week. Horn, 63, has been keeping a strenuous rehabilitation regimen, and freguently visits his menagerie of animals, including Montecore, the white tiger that attacked him. Horn would not reveal details of his future performing plans. " A good magician never lets the cat out of the bag," he said.
Last week The London News of the World published X-rated photos of Heather Mills that the estranged wife of Paul McCartney had insisted didn't exist. Last year, Mills said she had only done some "glamour modeling" during the 1980s, but the newly revealed magizine photos show her naked and posing in a pornographic way. A quote accompanying the pictures says, "I'm gonna Drive you crazy with my body."
Jessica Alba is pregnant, a spokeman for the 26-year-old actress confirmed last week. The father is her 28-year-old boyfriend, Cash Warren, who was an assistant to the director of a film Alba worked on three years ago. "Jessica and Cash are expecting a baby in late spring,early summer," said the spokesman.
The Associated Press has prewritten Britney Spears' obituary, said Usmagazine. News outlets often prepare obituaries in advance, but usually only if a celebrity is ill or aged. "Of course,we would never wish any type of misfortune on anybody," said AP entertainment editor Jesse Washington, "but if something were to happen, we would have to be prepared."
Singer Amy Winehouse checked into rehab two weeks ago after a 20- minute video surfaced showing her apparently smoking crack and snorting cocaine and Ecstasy. "Amy decided to enter the facility today after talks with her record label, management, family, and doctors," said her record company in a statement. Winehouse had already taken what she called a "detox trip" to the Caribbean shortly before the video was filmed.
The Spice Girls dropped four countries from their word tour last week after experiencing disappointing turnouts at some shows. The group, which reunited in December, will not be playing Australia, China, South Africa, or Argentina. "Sadly, the tour needs to come to an end by the end of February due to family and personal commitments," said the singers in a statement.