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September 6, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. --
Country star LeAnn Rimes has caught the acting bug – and she’s ready to bring it from Nashville to the Upper East Side.
“I would love to be on ‘Gossip Girl!’” she told OK! magazine, explaining that she’s looking for film and television roles. “Every video I do, I think I do more and more acting in them, which I think is kind of setting the stage to do more and more film.”
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September 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Don’t let the celebrities at a Jermaine Dupri party distract you from partying, or you might get an admonishment from the host himself.
“At Jermaine Dupri parties, (people) don’t stand around taking pictures,” he said, in more colorful language, as some at his MTV “Video Music Awards” kickoff party focused their cameras on stars in the crowd Friday night. “It’s star-studded all around this (place).”
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September 6, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Charlize Theron were among the celebrities who appeared at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating the relationship between music and fashion.
They walked the red carpet Friday night at Radio City Music Hall amid a media circus angling for glamour shots of other stars including Fergie, Rihanna, Chris Brown and the “Gossip Girl” gang.
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Skateboarder Tony Hawk, actor Shemar Moore and other celebrities said they joined in a three-network cancer telethon on Friday because the disease had touched or taken the lives of loved ones.
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September 5, 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nev. --
What better way to celebrate victory in the Olympics than with a trip to Las Vegas!
Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps hit Sin City on Thursday night, where he was photographed inside the Playboy Club at the Palms Casino Resort.
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September 5, 2008
TORONTO, Ontario --
Britney Spears has a surprise in store for her after she opens the MTV “Video Music Awards” – after she finishes opening the show, she’ll be sitting next to a “High School Musical” star. None other than… Zac Efron.
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September 5, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
With her pop star days behind her, Victoria Beckham is making a bold leap into the fashion world next week, by launching her fist couture collection at New York Fashion Week.
Click through to find out more about Posh’s line. Plus Access gets to the truth about those rumors that Posh will be competing with pal Katie Holmes at Fashion Week.
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
After having strutted her stuff for a Calvin Klein ad recently, you would think actress Eva Mendes is fairly comfortable in her own skin. Not quite.
While donning sexy lingerie to film a scene in “The Women,” Mendes said even she - with her svelte shape - had to go the extra mile to prepare.
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
After several years out of the spotlight, America’s original sweetheart, Meg Ryan, is back in a starring role alongside Annette Benning, Jada Pinkett Smith and Debra Messing in “The Women.”
The film explores the friendships and relationships of a group of ladies, so it seemed only fitting that Meg shared some of her own relationship with her adopted daughter Daisy with Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell.
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
No soup for Microsoft?
The software giant’s new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online after premiering Thursday night during NBC’s broadcast of the National Football League’s season kickoff game.
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Rock group Heart is not happy with John McCain using their iconic song “Barracuda” as the congratulatory theme song for his running mate Sarah Palin.
Heart, the group fronted by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, have sent a cease-and-desist notice to the McCain/Palin Campaign, informing the Republican team not to use their music, according a statement from the rock group released to Access Hollywood.
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September 5, 2008
CLEARWATER, FL --
Hulk Hogan and his estranged wife are wrangling over how much money the celebrity wrestler is worth.
According to financial affidavits filed in divorce court near Tampa, Florida, Hogan claims his net worth is $32 million; his wife claims it’s $26.7 million.
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Ellen DeGeneres will open her sixth season of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” with Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Access Hollywood has learned.
The possible future First Lady discussed Governor Sarah Palin’s pregnant 17-year-old daughter, the possibility of a third child for the Obama family and why she believes she has better dance moves than her husband.
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September 5, 2008
LONDON, U.K. --
Scottish actor Gerard Butler sent millions of tongues wagging when he sported a six-pack and a short, Spartan military loincloth in “300.” Though he has a few less CGI muscles on his physique these days, he’s now lighting up the screen (and still baring bits of his body) alongside Thandie Newton in Guy Ritchie’s new cockney film, “RocknRolla.”
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
To mark Playboy’s 55th anniversary in January, the magazine has approached Lindsay Lohan about doing a nude pictorial, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
But it appears even an offer of $700,000 couldn’t persuade the actress to bare her breasts.
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September 5, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Throughout the election process, Oprah Winfrey has been a vocal supporter of Barack Obama.
But this morning, the queen of TV talk came under fire from The Drudge Report, claiming that she is reluctant to have Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin on her show.
Drudge reported on Friday morning that Oprah’s staff is divided over booking Palin.
However, in a statement released to Access Hollywood, Oprah vehemently denies the report of a political in-house rift.
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September 5, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, “Project Runway’s” Nina Garcia dishes on Palin’s specs. And, who is performing Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” at the VMA’s? And, is there something strange in your neighborhood? — more “Ghostbusters” in the works!
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Fresh off the success of their hit Disney Channel movie, “Camp Rock,” and their chart-busting third studio album, “A Little Bit Longer,” The Jonas Brothers are poised to conquer yet another part of Hollywood — TV shows
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September 5, 2008
TORONTO, Ontario --
Crime just never stops paying for Guy Ritchie.
With “RocknRolla,” writer-director Ritchie returns to the sort of gangster tale that shot him to fame with “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch,” presenting a big, boisterous ensemble of lovable low-lifes doing anything they can to score a buck or rub out an enemy.
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September 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Britney Spears may not sing at MTV’s Video Music Awards, but Christina Aguilera will.
Aguilera will join other top-name performers, including the Jonas Brothers, T.I., Pink, and Kid Rock, host Russell Brand announced Thursday.
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September 4, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
While she may not be running for vice president, Kelly Ripa also has a whirlwind schedule – juggling her hosting job on “Live With Regis & Kelly” with charity work and caring for her three children.
But when Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush made the comparison, the humble Kelly downplayed her similarities to V.P. hopeful Sarah Palin.
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September 4, 2008
NEW YORk, New York --
Monica Seles has one word of advice for the new contestants of “Dancing With The Stars” — well, one word, repeated thrice — practice, practice, practice.
“Oh boy, be ready for lots of practice,” she told Access Hollywood at the “Entourage” season five premiere in New York on Wednesday night. “And [a] crazy schedule. I was only on there for two weeks, so I really didn’t get to experience the whole show, but even the little that I was on, it’s a lot of work.”
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September 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Keeping up with celebrities can be an exhausting job.
That’s why Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos stays in shape – just ask the folks at Fitness magazine!
Maria graces the cover of the magazine’s October 2008 issue and inside the pages, the Access host shares some of her workout secrets she used to go from a Size 14 to her super-fit shape.
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September 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt aren’t just the world’s most famous couple. They’re also now being called the most influential.
The superstars were collectively ranked number nine on Vanity Fair’s annual “100” list, where they joined such luminaries as former Vice President Al Gore and Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the top of the rankings of the magazine’s “New Establishment.”
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September 4, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. --
More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters.
That audience rivaled the one for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama last week. Nielsen Media Research estimated 37.2 million people watched Palin on either ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC. PBS estimated it had four million viewers for the speech.
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