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Day 1 of X Factor: Brit a Drama Queen?

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:59:05 CDT

New judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato had their first X Factor taping yesterday, and of course there were rumors of bad behavior. TMZ reports that Spears stormed off the set upset after a contestant did a less-than-stellar version of her song "Hold It Against Me," forcing the next four...

Charlize: My Dogs Are Helping Me With the Baby

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:01:05 CDT

Charlize Theron says she’s not actually a single mom to new son Jackson—because she has help from her dogs. Yesterday on the Ellen DeGeneres Show , Theron explained that her two rescue dogs immediately took to Jackson after she adopted him in March , People reports. "It was the most beautiful...

Nanny: Sharon Stone Racist, Wouldn't Let Me Read Bible

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:50:26 CDT

According to a new lawsuit, Sharon Stone hired a nanny … then wouldn't let her speak to Stone's children, lest they pick up her Filipino accent. This according to Erlinda T. Elemen, who worked as Stone's live-in housekeeper and nanny for five years, and who claims Stone made other racially...

The Perks of Being JLo's Boyfriend

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:50:10 CDT

Being Jennifer Lopez's rebound boyfriend apparently comes with some perks. Among them: getting your own reality show. Lopez has sold a series based on Casper Smart, her much-younger boytoy and also a choreographer on her tour, to Oxygen. For those of you hoping to see some steamy action between JLo...

Will Smith: Why I Slapped That Reporter

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:09:02 CDT

Will Smith was quick to clarify to David Letterman last night that he "didn't beat up" the Moscow journalist who tried to kiss him. But seeing as Smith was caught on video slapping the reporter , Letterman had to get the story. "He says, 'I'm your biggest fan, can I have...

Amanda Knox Makes Maxim 's Hot 100

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:52:07 CDT

Bar Refaeli is No. 1 on this year's Maxim Hot 100 , but No. 92 is arguably more interesting: It's Foxy Knoxy herself, Amanda Knox. She's probably the most controversial entry, but the list also contains a cartoon character ( Family Guy 's Lois Griffin) and a man (Stephen Colbert, whose...

Inside Rihanna's Not-So-Verbose Battleship Role

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:48:05 CDT

Rihanna made her acting debut in Battleship , if you can call a role that involves just 68 lines (many of them less than five words, and one of them actually just a "heavy sigh") "acting." On Vulture , Sarah Lawson lists every single word uttered by Rihanna in the movie. Here...

Brad Pitt: Why We Haven't Set a Date

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:24:31 CDT

Brad Pitt was flying solo today at Cannes, but in addition to his gangster film, Killing Them Softly , Angelina Jolie was predictably a big topic of conversation. Pressed by reporters for some juicy gossip, he said his engagement to Jolie was "something that made sense," People reports. As for a...

Chris Brown Skewered for Lip-Syncing Awards Song

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:03:34 CDT

Chris Brown just got a little less popular. Singers including Pink and Joe Jonas are lambasting him for lip-syncing "Turn Up the Music," the song he performed at the Billboard Music Awards program. "One day if I lip-sync, I hope I do it as well as him," snorted Pink in...