Michael Jackson moonwalks in Santa
Maria! Not guilty on all 10 counts.
Rapper Cassidy (aka Barry Reese)
turned himself in to Philadelphia police on charges including murder,
attempted murder and reckless endangerment stemming from an April
15 shooting, in which a 22-year-old man was killed. According to
authorities, Cassidy and two other suspects, armed with several
weapons, allegedly fired on three other men during a dispute outside
a house in Philadelphia.
Leonardo DiCaprio was hit with a bottle while attending
a Hollywood party given by Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend and needed
about a dozen stitches to close a wound near his ear, People Magazine
reported on its Web site. The magazine said DiCaprio was at a party
at about 4 a.m. Friday at the home of Rick Salomon when a woman
struck him with what appeared to be a beer bottle. No ambulance
was called but friends took the actor to a hospital where he received
about a dozen stitches.
For the first time ever, Oprah Winfrey has topped
Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100, the annual list of the world's
most powerful pop-culture titans. Oprah's $225 million intake last
year helped her top the tally, which is determined by a combination
of salary and media presence. Tiger Woods, Shaquille O'Neal
and Will Smith are among the other fortunate celebs on
the list.
Dwayne
"The Rock" Johnson has landed himself in prison;
well, sort of. The actor plays a probation officer who helps teenage
inmates learn life lessons through football in the film Gridiron
Gang. "It's a true story that took place about 12, 13 years
ago," says the Rock, whose next movie is the action flick Doom,
opening Oct. 21.
Mariah Carey claims she has slept with less than
five men in her whole life. The 35-year-old singer says she prefers
to hang around with gay men. Asked about her sexual partners Mariah
told German Cinema magazine: "I would need less than the fingers
of one hand to count them all.
Andre 3000, Common, Brandy, Samuel L. Jackson and
Angela Bassett are among the music artists and
actors listed on PETA's annual World's Sexiest Vegetarian poll.
Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Prince, Russell Simmons and
India. Arie also are in the running.
The winner will be announced in July. To vote for your favorite,
visit: http://www.peta.org/feat/sexyveg05/
Former boxing champ Evander Holyfield has been
knocked out of the competition on a new TV dancing contest. A week
after the US debut of hit show DANCING WITH THE STARS, Holyfield
became the second competitor to be sent home after failing to impress
judges with his fancy footwork. Meanwhile, model Rachel Hunter and
her partner rose from being in the bottom to clinching Wednesday
night's top score of 26 out of 30. The show, a spin-off from British
series STRICTLY COME DANCING.
An enterprising movie fan is trying to sell a jar of "celebrity
air" on auction website eBay after `trapping' it at the Hollywood
premiere of MR + MRS SMITH last week. The canny
fan has taken pictures of himself `capturing' the air and placing
a lid on the jar, just feet away from the stars of the film, Angelina
Jolie and Brad Pitt. He claims the pictures were taken for authenticity,
and the jar hasn't been opened since he sealed the air inside.
Rapper TI has announced plans to star in a movie
based on his life - and he promises it will be grittier than Eminem’s
8 Mile. TI (aka Clifford Harris), is currently overseeing the development
of the film, which he's adamant will be a more realistic taste of
the ghetto than Eminem's 2003 hit movie, which was loosely based
on his life. He says, "I think it'll be more dramatic and more
action-packed. "My trouble was a little more extreme; getting
in shootouts, going to jail, selling dope. Em had domestic problems;
I had ghetto problems."
Bookies are offering just evens that Tom Cruise
and Katie Holmes will have a baby in 2006. The
couple announced their engagement in Paris earlier. Ladbrokes are
offering odds of 8/1 that its name is Paris and 50/1 that they call
it Nicole. The odds on the couple divorcing in 2006 are 5/1.
Rapper/producer Jermaine Dupri is living out all
his fantasies in his new video by having his sexy girlfriend Janet
Jackson act out a peep show striptease performance, wearing
a revealing school uniform, pigtails and a thong. Dupri's GONNA
GETCHA promo is set in a stripclub and features the Atlanta, Georgia
rap star enjoying a series of racy strip routines with a string
of sexy ladies.
John Legend has been selected as one of the newest
spokesmen for The Gap clothing and will appear
in television commercials and print ads beginning in July.