16.02./28.02. - (People) "This was Ellen DeGeneres's first year hosting the Oscars (although she did a stellar job helming the Emmys), and there were definite highs and lows. On the plus side, she slipped a screenplay to Martin Scorsese, forced Steven Spielberg to take her picture with Clint Eastwood for her MySpace page and gave rolling papers to the orchestra. In the minus corner? Saying Penélope Cruz was.. " - How to say it.. she was too little on that huge stage, if You know what I mean. She was funny, and she did it well, but I missed something. I expected more glamourous and glittery aspects, not some mimes behind a curtain - it wasn't always classy on the proper level. She did it as if she was leading an evening show on a weekly night, but not such a glaring event like the Oscar's is.
(viply) "(hgm) Ricky Martin hat sein Wassergrundstueck samt Haus in Miami Beach zum Verkauf freigegeben - Preis: 16.9 Millionen Dollar. Im Mai 2005 hatte er es fuer 10 Millionen gekauft. Sieben Schlafzimmer, neun Baeder - komplett im mediteranen Stil. Sein letztes Haus hatte er kurz vor dem Kauf des neuen veraeussern koennen - mit 4 Millionen Gewinn." - That's the villa of my dreams - mediterranean style, wow!
(People) "Angelina Jolie did not attend the Academy Awards because the actress is back in Africa to monitor the crisis in Darfur in her official capacity as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the U.N.'s refugee agency. .. Meanwhile, Pitt, whose film Babel was nominated for Best Picture, is keeping down the homestead in New Orleans (where he's been filming The Mysterious Case of Benjamin Button). "
(tmz) "After rocking out in Vegas last week on her actual birthday, Paris
dined with the likes of Nicole Richie, Courtney Love and Paula Abdul at
The Prime Grill. The party then moved to Hilton's home, where a decidedly less glamorous crowd gathered to party. "Celebs" in attendance included "90210" turned "Dancing with the Stars" stud Ian Ziering." - She's parting nearly 10 days straight on her birthday, wow, and now other 10 days the Oscar's?!
(viply) "(hgm) Kaum zu glauben, aber wahr: Deutschland hat den Oscar mit “Das Leben der Anderen” - Leonardo DiCaprio bekam keinen. Das waren die eigentlichen Ueberraschungen der 79. Oscarverleihung, ausgetragen im Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles - durch den Abend fuehrte Ellen DeGeneres. Grosser Abraeumer: Martin Scorseses Gangsterstreifen “Departed – Unter Feinden” - bester Film, bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch, bester Schnitt und zusaetzlich bekam Scorsese fuer den Film seinen langverdienten Oscar in der Kategorie “beste Regie”." - DiCaprio have earned to win an Oscar, but, what should have said Peter O'Tool(e) regarding this?! I write the same as last year: To be nominated is already to win the Oscar, no doubts, so congrats to EVERYBODY! I was really surprised, that Germany won an Oscar, and I'd love to listen to Celine Dion, and see how Morricone became his Oscar, but after George Clooney, well, I was really very tired and I felt asleep. You all know, that here it's shown in the middle of the night, right?! Won't You want to change something, or send me next time an invitation?!?!?!
(contactmusic.com) "Hollywood stars attending tonight's (25FEB07) Academy Awards ceremony need to be extra mindful of their appearance - because TV bosses have warned celebrities of the effects high definition (HD) television broadcasts can have on their looks. HD television pictures are four times clearer than a standard image, and TV expert PHILIP SWANN believes actresses like ANGELINA JOLIE and CATHERINE ZETA-JONES will benefit from the close-ups, while others like BRAD PITT would look terrible under the spotlight. He says, "Celebrities who are naturally beautiful look even better in HD." - Wow, I would probably need a microdermabrasion peel like Pitt confessed to get one before the Oscar's night!
(People) "It's the greatest all-star cast to be assembled this year:
multi-generational, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual ... the 79th Annual
Academy Awards.
One chief concern: That the Southern California weather will hold up (it might be more of a cloudy rather than Little Miss Sunshine kind of day). " - Just this one? I have a long list .. but, tonight is the night. I will be watching it, till my eyes close spontaneously.
(cbsnews.com) And the Nominees are:
BEST PICTURE: "Babel," "The Departed," "The Queen," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine"
BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"
BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Helen Mirren, "The Queen"; Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"; Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"; Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
BEST DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Paul Greengrass, "United 93"; Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"; Stephen Frears, "The Queen"; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"
(tmz) ".. In the documents, filed today in Florida, Arthur says that "as natural mother and next of kin" of Anna, she is "entitled to make the decision regarding where [she], her child, is to be buried. .." - It is really difficult to understand how non-motherly a mother can be. She knows, that it is exactly Smith's will to be buried close to Daniel. It is unbelievable, that she doesn't want to give in.
(People) "As for Dannielynn's parentage, "[Anna] told me she didn't know who the father was," says Walther, who then goes on to say, "She told me, let's see – I guess around Christmastime or shortly after New Year's – that Howard [K. Stern] was the baby's father." .. As for the will's executor, Stern, Walther says, "I would never think that he would do anything to harm either Daniel or Anna. Anna was his entire world. I can't even imagine what he's going through. I know what I'm going through is hard, but Howard, he's been with her for these last couple of years that I haven't been there, and I really wish people would leave him alone." " - One point for Stern!
(People) "However, reports that Spears is on "suicide watch" are false, her manager Larry Rudolph told Extra on Friday.
"The story is absolutely untrue. She is in rehab, and it is very disappointing that various media outlets are running these false stories about her, as Britney tries to get better," Rudolph said.
Meanwhile, Federline is anxious about his wife's condition – and about the couple's two sons. " - I am speechless, how the medias attacked her. I am also not sure, that Fedex is really concerned about the two kids and especially about Spears. He would turn this situation at any moment against her to get the custody of the kids and win the process. It's always the same story, it's all about money. Nevertheless, if he should really love their kids, he will have understood, that if the mother is well, then their kids are well. Spears was a good mother enough to give the kids to her mother for a while.
(contactmusic.com) "Hollywood hearthrob GEORGE CLOONEY has confessed to pal JULIA ROBERTS he has undergone cosmetic surgery on his eyes, during an exclusive interview. Roberts quizzed her OCEAN'S ELEVEN co-star in his Los Angeles home, in an interview that will appear on OPRAH WINFREY's Oscars special show. When asked what had been the last big change in his life, Clooney replied, "I had my eyes done. Can you tell? I think it's important to look awake." When the tables were turned, mother-of-two Roberts insisted she has not had any surgery done "yet"." - ([mm] This confession is not confirmed!) I confess something, too, which is, that it is scheduled that I will have my nose-peak done. I will have also a 4-day sort-of-treatment for my sleeping-disorder caused by - and I say it because I am sure of it - the stalkers who do not let me sleep, and only, if my mother will come from Italy to stay with my dogs. I cannot leave them too much alone. Sigh, sigh, I have to go there for the second time, and I know what it means to me. It means, that I won't have good sleep at all, and I will have to go around with loads of cables on my head, and a lot of adhesive in my hair for four long days! Sigh, sigh, sigh. - Specification: I agreed to the little surgery on my nose, because it is a medical one and it will be outpatient ( and no full anaesthesia) - and a laser-technolgy will be used. It is a sort of history repeating..
(contactmusic.com) "OPRAH WINFREY's first primetime Oscars special gave RUSSELL CROWE and JULIA ROBERTS the chance to grill their famous friends on camera last night (22FEB07). Crowe interviewed NICOLE KIDMAN for the programme and prompted the blushing COLD MOUNTAIN star to slam his interviewing technique when he probed her about a rumoured pregnancy, while Roberts couldn't resist quizzing pal GEORGE CLOONEY about his lovelife. Shocked Kidman lashed out at her fellow Antipodean movie star, saying, "Would you stop it. This is really dangerous territory... You are the worst interview." Clooney and Roberts' cosy chat turned into a three-way conversation when mutual pal and OCEAN'S ELEVEN co-star BRAD PITT phoned in to surprise the couple." I love it, when they cheat each other and make fun of the medias. I love it!
The Oscar's Night will be the most glamourous and important event of the year in this sector. Together with all the nominees, there will be the presenters:
Ben Affleck, Jessica Biel, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kirsten Dunst, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Diane Keaton, Jennifer Lopez, Tobey Maguire, Gwyneth Paltrow, Queen Latifah, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, John Travolta, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon.
(People) "Florida Circuit Court Judge Larry Seidlin ruled Thursday that Richard
Milstein, the court-appointed guardian of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter
Dannielynn, will get custody of Smith's remains.
Judge Seidlin also said that he'd like Smith to be buried in the Bahamas next to her son, Daniel Smith, who died last year.
"I want her buried with her son," a tearful Seidlin said when announcing his ruling. "I want her buried with her son in the Bahamas. I want them to be together. After the hearing ended, Milstein announced that Smith would indeed be buried in the Bahamas. "" - It is the best decision he could take. She is surely in a better place together with his son. I did not understand, why Birkhead should have to say anything to the remains of Smith. Smith wouldn't want her mother to stick her nose into her bizz, why let her doing it after her death?! Nevertheless, I understand in a way as Arthur is the mother of her, but following the will of Smith, which is the most important aspect in this case.. it must have beena heart-breaking case in court as "All three parties were in tears, and Seidlin himself had to hold the
hand of a court clerk to steady himself as he rendered the judgment." Let us all know exactly, who the biological father is "Moments before revealing his verdict as to who should have custody over
Anna Nicole Smith's body, Judge Seidlin insisted that both parties,
Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead, should submit to the proper
paternity tests and "end the baloney!" The judge added, "In the old days, I'd be bangin' some heads together!"", and please, let us all also know, how Smith really died of or from!
(hellomagazine) "An official Clarence House statement stated: "The decision to deploy him has been a military one, made by The Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannat, in conjunction with Cornet Wales' commanding officer. The Royal Household has been consulted throughout," it added.
Exact details of the 22-year-old's role and whereabouts will be kept strictly under wraps as the statement warned any speculation could be "potentially dangerous". The announcement comes as Prime Minister Tony Blair told MPs 1,600 British troops would return from Iraq in the next few months.“" -
(tmz) "Nach Flucht aus der Drogen-Klinik: Ehemann Kevin hat Dringlichkeits-Sitzung beantragt. Verliert Britney jetzt auch noch ihre Kinder?" - She is been most probably threatened and blackmailed by Fedex. It seems to be necessary to comment some media statements, because they were really bad ones, and probably not true. (Addition IMDB: "Federline Never Requested Custody Hearing")
(tmz) "Larry Birkhead, finally on the witness stand in the Anna Nicole Smith
court hearing, said that he has received royalties and other payments
for photos he took of her and Daniel since 1999.
He said that he hasn't received any direct payments for video or interviews, though he was paid indirectly for photos in conjunction with the interviews. Birkhead says that Anna Nicole asked him to photograph her and no other celebrities." - They all used and exploited her during her lifetime, there is no doubt.
(People) "How's this for a double feature? Marcia Cross became a mom on Tuesday,
welcoming fraternal twin daughters, her rep confirms to PEOPLE
exclusively.
" - Congrats!
(People) "The Oscar-winner, who is due to head back to L.A. this weekend to
present at the Academy Awards, directs and stars in the 1920s-era
romantic comedy opposite Renée Zellweger." - Oh my goodness. He is so smart! He looks so similar to Cary Grant now, acting in a comedy of the 20s and wearing the same kind of suit and hair-cut!
(tmz) "Howard K. Stern just told the court in the Anna Nicole Smith case that
he was flown from Florida to the Bahamas by "Entertainment Tonight" just after the death of Anna Nicole, and that he gave them interviews during that flight and afterwards. He also said that neither his travel expenses on his current trip, nor his legal representation was paid for by "ET." ... Anna Nicole Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, just told the court that her
round-trip airplane fare for a recent trip from Houston to the Bahamas
was paid for by a third party. She traveled with sister-in-law Elaine
Tabor, and someone she called "a close friend" of the family, David Leigh, identified as a journalist with Splash News." - It seems like a joke, everybody was paid for something in a way in this case.. and it is not sicure, but does Stern really become one day 6% of the Marshall's heritage?!..
(tmz) "Britney Spears entered a rehab facility earlier this week, and as TMZ
first reported, she checked out and flew back and shaved her head. Then
she ... " - She asked for privacy! There is no way. They all have already report it - all mags.
(contactmusic.com) "Actor GEORGE CLOONEY is embracing the ageing process and feels under no pressure to keep his looks youthful. The 45-year-old bachelor feels free now he no longer has to worry about his appearance. Clooney says, "I'm 45 now, and my hair is grey. And I'm actually kind of happy with the idea that I no longer have to think about someone else's opinion of how I should look. "I'm looking forward to being 50 - I already have the liver of a 75-year-old, so it all works out just fine!"" - Well, we have something in common, cause I feel and live like a "vecchia zitella" here in this place!
(tmz) "Mischa Barton was spotted at a dog park in Los Angeles yesterday, where
she and her little pooch were inseparable. In fact, she never let the
bitch out of her arms!
Not sure if Barton was aware that these parks are designed to let your dogs run free, or if she was preventing the dog from being eaten by a pack of cavorting canines." - Have the tmz-reporter seen, what huge dogs were strolling freely there, and how little and defenseless the little pooch of Barton is?! What a joker! I wouldn't go there. Tori Spelling did it first - take a dog-buggy! It's the best solution!
(contactmusic.com) "A galaxy of stars including GEORGE CLOONEY, STEVEN SPIELBERG and EDDIE MURPHY helped raise $1.3 million (GBP666,700) at a fundraiser for Democrat US Presidential hopeful BARACK OBAMA last night (20FEB07). The event at a hotel in Beverly Hills, California was organised by Spielberg and his Dreamworks studio co-founders JEFFREY KATZENBERG and DAVID GEFFEN. Other celebrities in attendance included singer/songwriter JACKSON BROWNE. Obama told the audience, "Don't sell yourselves short; you are the storytellers of our age." " - Is the world ready to have a US President a non white person, and/or are the Americans ready for a woman as the President of the United States?
(tmz) "Esther Tognozzi, owner of the salon in Tarzana where Britney speared
her hair on Friday, gave a call-in interview this morning to Los
Angeles' 102.7 KIIS FM's On Air with Ryan Seacrest. Esther told Ryan Seacrest that Britney's hairtastrophe could have been a publicity stunt." - It could be a publicity stuff, but I am wondering now, if she is really unhappier than she was with Fedex. How many pics did the medias show, where she was crying on them, and when she declared more than once, how an emotional wrack she was! I think she is doing pretty well, despite all the rumours and bad publicity. Now she checked into a rehab, and everything will be fine again.
(tmz) "The police in the Bahamas are in a tricky situation with two investigations - allegations that Howard K. Stern may have contributed to Daniel's death by fueling him with methadone, and an allegation that the owners of Anna Nicole's house broke-in after her death. .. Earlier, Stern said that all of Anna Nicole's computers, diaries,
files, contracts and other items had been stolen from their Bahamas
home -- documents that might reveal Smith's intent for her burial.
Stern added that he has not been able to retrieve any of the stolen
material." - They are still investigating about Daniel's death, so when will they investigate about Smith's death? What about asking tmz reporters, or the bahamanian police for the disappearance of Smith's stuff?? And, why did they stole everything - maybe in order to hide probes about the case of the house? But, Stern said yesterday to the judge: "..
Tapes of interviews in which an emotional Anna Nicole accuses Arthur of physical abuse have been introduced in the hearing.
Stern also added that he is not a beneficiary of Anna Nicole's will." - Anna's mother did not tell the media, that Anna murdered Daniel, she said that Stern did it. It'a complicated case: "Howard K. Stern just told the court that Anna Nicole was "really bothered" that Virgie Arthur, her mother, told the media that he or Anna had murdered Anna's son Daniel Smith." Arthur probably hates Stern, but she seems not to have loved Anna Nicole, her daughter. And more: "On the witness stand, Howard K. Stern said that Anna Nicole Smith
wanted to be buried near Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles but that it was
prohibitively expensive. He added that she thought she would die young,
like Marilyn, and she thought she would die while giving birth to
Dannielynn. "She talked of death really from the time that I met her," said Stern. .. Said Stern, "She died emotionally when Daniel died. It was the reason why she didn't want to bury him than earlier than ... she did. It was the most difficult thing that I've ever seen anyone go through." .. Stern added that Anna Nicole's son Daniel Smith was "like a brother" to him, and that "Daniel was a great boy and a wonderful wonderful person."" And all started well.. : "In a sharp and intensely personal accusation, Howard K. Stern's lawyer Krista Barth complained to Judge Larry Seidlin that Larry Birkhead's lawyer Deb Opri, sitting just a few feet from Stern, accused him of "killing" Anna Nicole Smith during court proceedings this morning."
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