October 16, 2009

Paris Jackson: Concert organisers killed my dad

Michael Jackson's 11-year-old daughter Paris believes her father died because he was overworked in the lead-up to his 'This Is It' tour.

Speaking on British talk show The Paul O'Grady Show, Michael's sister La Toya Jackson voiced her niece's theories that Michael had died because he was pushed too hard by concert organisers.

"She said, 'No, you don’t understand, they kept working him and Daddy didn’t want that but they worked him constantly' — I felt so bad," La Toya said.

Michael died from a cardiac arrest with a cocktail of pharmaceutical drugs in his system. Immediately after his death in hospital, Paris confided in her aunt, "The cardiologist was the best, so how could this happen?"

"What happened is they worked him too hard."

Michael had originally planned to do 10 concerts but that number was increased to 50 — a decision he publicly complained about.

La Toya also revealed her own theory that Michael was murdered for the Beatles songs and other music that he owned.

"I thought that from day one ... you must understand something Michael always told me," she said.

"He said, 'If anything happens to me, if I die, it’s because someone murdered me — they’re trying to kill me'.

"It wasn't that he was being delusional, they did this over the catalogue."

An autopsy report released today reveals that Michael was in good health before his death with no heart problems whatsoever, however his arms were covered with puncture wounds from the drugs that eventually caused his death.

Megan Fox Cashes In With Armani

Megan Fox has signed a lucrative deal with Armani to model underwear and jeans. It is believed that the deal is not far off $2 million, proving that even in a time of recession there is still plenty of money to splash around on such endorsements.

Megan Fox is best known for her recent roles in the Transformer movies. The 23-year-old will now be the new face of Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani Underwear for 2010.

A comment from someone in the know to The Associated Press confirmed that that figure was close to $2 million, although wanted to remain anonymous.

Megan Fox’s publicity team have been actively trying to secure a deal with Armani over the last few years. The relationship was helped by Miss Fox who wore Armani outfits at several red carpet events. In Paris last year, Megan met with designer Giorgio Armani at an Armani Prive fashion show.

Victoria Beckham is currently under contract with Armani but this will expire by the end of 2009. With Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soaring to over $800 million in worldwide box office sales Megan finally became the top candidate for the job. Megan Fox is also appearing in a new film currently showing called Jennifer’s Body, in which she plays a possessed cheerleader.

All though advertising budgets all over the world are down due to the recession, the big brands still see these high paying endorsements as critical to their success.

Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer back together for third time

Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston and her ex-boyfriend John Mayer, who called it quits early this year, have come together again for the third time.

The couple have been seeing each other again for the past few weeks.

"He really got to her, and she's hooked on him. She just can't let go... They are very close. He thinks she's amazing, nice and smart, and he has nothing but respect for her. There's something about John that she just can't resist," a source as saying.

The pair started dating in February 2008 before calling it splits in August. They resumed the relationship in October the same year before splitting again in March after walking down the red carpet together at the Oscars this year.

Pamela Anderson gets back into Baywatch one-piece red swimsuit



Pamela Anderson slippped back into her Baywatch costume that made her world famous, but this time for the ramp.

The 42-year-old slipped into her one-piece red swimsuit Thursday night for the Funkshion Fashion Week on Miami Beach. She closed designer Richie Rich's show.

Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks escaped from car accident



Hollywood actors Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks escaped injury Wednesday when a fire engine crashed into a van the stars were filming in.

The pair is shooting new movie The Next Three Days in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but production was halted when the truck ploughed into the front of their vehicle, which was parked near a fire station.

The van's bumper was knocked off in the collision, but no injuries were reported.

Britney makes rare debut on Billboard

Pop star Britney Spears has become the first artist in over three years to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts after taking her new hit 3 to the top.

The saucy tune has rocketed to the top of the countdown, which will be released Thursday, after fans snapped up 255,000 downloads in the tune's opening week, .

The last act to enter the charts at number one was former American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, who hit the top in July 2006 with Do I make you proud.

3 is only Spears' third Hot 100 chart-topper. The singer previously hit the number one spot with her debut ... Baby one more time a decade ago and Womanizer, which spent a week atop the countdown exactly one year ago this week.

October 15, 2009

Only five dudes have seen Megan Fox naked

Many men (and women) dream of having the privilege, but Megan Fox reckons that five (or less) men on Earth have ever seen her in the nude.

Technically speaking, she can count how many guys have seen her nude on one hand. So it could be one. Or four. Who's counting?

"I never call them guys," she told Cosmopolitan of her ex-boyfriends.

"I always called them boys. Maybe it's a superiority complex - my needing to keep them down."

She's been snapped with nothing but tape covering her bits on the set of the new Transformers movie - guess the dudes in the crew don't count! Or any ladies seeing as she has said in the past she is bisexual...

Julia Roberts in Pataudi Palace was an affair to remember

Not many residents of Pataudi could catch a glimpse of Julia Roberts while she stayed at Pataudi Palace for over three weeks. But when the Hollywood actress finally stepped out into the market for a shoot, the crowds couldn't take their eyes off her! p>Julia shot a few scenes of her film Eat, Pray, Love at Pataudi market Thursday, a day before she left India.

"On Thursday, Julia had come to the Pataudi market to shoot a few scenes. It was the first time since she came here that the locals could see her for a while. Quite a crowd had gathered near the shooting area and people enjoyed watching her," said a police official.

"The crowd had gathered because for so many days they only knew that there is some foreign actress who is here and they were finally getting a chance to see her," he said. Mo

The actress was staying at Pataudi Palace, the official home of the erstwhile prince of Pataudi and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and his actress wife Sharmila Tagore.

The entire crew, including her Hollywood colleagues Billy Crudup, Javier Bardem and Richard Jenkins, director Ryan Murphy as well as members of the Indian crew also stayed at the heritage hotel, which is part of the Neemrana Group.

However, they were shooting at Hari Mandir Ashram, which was almost 900 metres from the palace. They even shot at the nearby Mirzapur village for a few days.

While in India, Julia had bouncers from New Delhi and burly Haryanvi cops for her security and moved around in a bullet-proof black Toyota Fortuner vehicle.

For her shoot, she was mostly dressed in loose ethnic Indian clothes, often coloured pyjamas, a kurta and a stole, teamed with rudraksh beads.

Julia will now be shooting in Indonesia for the last leg of her movie, which is based on Elizabeth Gilbert's memoirs, Eat, Pray, Love. It features Julia as Gilbert who travels to Italy, India and Indonesia in search of peace.

Amy Winehouse goes for breast enhancement

Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has gone in for breast enhancement for her TV comeback reality show Strictly Come Dancing.

The 26-year-old singer paid more than $55,000 to a clinic in London's Harley Street to restore the voluptuous curves she boasted when she first hit the charts,.

The Back To Black singer showed off a busty outline when she first emerged in the music scene in 2003.

But she was left emaciated and skeletal after years of heroin abuse with ex-husband Blake Fielder-civil.

Nicole Scherzinger roped in for Phantom of the Opera sequel

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has been roped in to work with renowned music composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for a sequel of the hit show The Phantom of the Opera.

The singer's band is currently on a hiatus after reports of infighting and discontent among the bandmates, but frontwoman Scherzinger has been inundated with exciting new projects like the current one, reports contactmusic.com.

Her representative has confirmed she will be involved with Webber's new Phantom-themed show Love Never Dies, which hits London's West End in March 2010 and in New York in November, 2010.

It is not known if Scherzinger will also be starring in the show, which continues the story of an obsessive, faceless theatre ghoul.

Michael Jackson's This is it song goes online October 12

Late pop legend Michael Jackson's first posthumously released new track This is it will be available to download at the stroke of midnight on October 12, according to Sony Music.

Sony will unleash the previously unheard songs, which feature backing vocals from Jackson's brothers, online Monday and the track will then appear on a new two-disc album of the same name, set to go on sale later this month to coincide with the global premiere of the King of Pop's This Is It documentary, about his ill-fated comeback concerts, reports contactmusic.com.

"This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows that Michael is one of god's greatest gifts," said album co-producer John McClain.

Jackson died on June 25. His death has since been ruled a homicide.

October 14, 2009

Shauna Sand fighting to stop release of her sex tape

American actress and Playboy playmate Shauna Sand is said to be fighting to stop the release of a porn video she had made with her boyfriend earlier this year.

Sand, 38, said the explicit video, which is set to be released, had been obtained illegally, and that the company’s bosses have no legal right to distribute the racy footage.

“Yes, I did make a sex tape with my boyfriend earlier this year. In fact, I’ve made several sex tapes, but I certainly didn’t sign off on this and Vivid has no right to put it out. I am trying to get a hold of my attorney now,”. Sand wants to block the adult footage from being released to the public, but Steven Hirsch is confident his company has done nothing wrong. “We were approached by a third party, who brought us footage of Shauna having sex with her current boyfriend and we were immediately interested in acquiring it,” he said. “We’re comfortable with out legal position in releasing this footage,” he added.

Heidi Klum gives birth to baby girl

"Project Runway" star Heidi Klum has given birth to her fourth child, a baby girl, her representatives said on Tuesday.

The baby was born on Oct. 9 and Klum and her British singer husband Seal named the baby Lou Sulola Samuel.

"Lou Sulola Samuel was born and from the moment she looked into both of our eyes it was endless love at first sight," Seal said in a statement.

"She is beautiful beyond words and we are happy that she chose us to watch her grow over the coming years," he said.

Klum is a model and the host of TV fashion design contest "Project Runway," and she married Seal in 2005. The couple's other children are named Johan, Henry and Leni.

Grammy winner Seal had hits with the songs "Kiss From A Rose" and "Love's Divine."

Lindsay Lohan slams reports of stealing jewellery

Lindsay Lohan has slammed reports that she failed to return loaned designer accessories.

The actress allegedly borrowed jewels from jeweller Arielle de Pinto during Paris Fashion Week but left the country without giving them back to fashion chiefs.

The Mean Girls star, who has been named in missing jewellery scandal twice before, denied the story.

"Especially considering the people at the company are my friends and we laughed at this. F for failed attempt," she added.

Megan Fox: Armani’s New Underwear Model!

Megan Fox will be the new official worldwide spokes model for Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans starting from Spring/Summer 2010.

The 23-year-old actress, who is replacing Victoria Beckham, was photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Last week, Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo signed on to be the spokes model for the men’s Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans campaigns.



Michael Jackson gets five nominations for American Music Awards

Michael Jackson was selected Tuesday for five categories at the American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year.

Almost four months after his shocking death, Jackson was also selected for favorite male artist and favorite album in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B category.

Despite being the best-selling artist of the year, he still trailed young country star Taylor Swift, who earned six nominations, including artist of the year. Other nominees for the top award include Lady Gaga, rapper Eminem and rockers Kings of Leon.

Nominees are determined by record sales, but the award winners are chosen by online voting. The awards will be presented November 22.