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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Kylie MinogueIt must be nice being Kylie Minogue. For her Les Folies tour, the singer gets to spend her days outfitted in a series of super glam outfits by Dolce & Gabbana. From chainmail mini dresses to sheer pleated goddess dresses, there's no shortage of fantastical costumes to be had.

Dolce & Gabbana has posted a video montage of behind-the-scenes clips from Kylie's fittings. There are closeups of the pieces and shots of them working on some of them. Ever wondered how a chain mail dress was altered? With a wire cutter of course! There are also cute clips of Kylie dancing around while the designers test various ensembles on her. It's a nice peek into their design process and well worth the watch.

Watch Kylie Minogue: The Little Princess by Dolce & Gabbana:

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Céline Dion's 4-month-old twins Eddy and Nelson were baptized in Las Vegas on Saturday, with 200 friends and family members in attendance, the singer's spokesperson confirms.

"It was a beautiful, traditional family ceremony," Dion's rep tells our friends over @PEOPLE of the Melkite Greek Catholic rite, which featured chanted prayers and songs and honored the heritage of Dion's husband and manager, Réne Angélil.

Five godparents stood up for the twins, who wore gowns by Baby Dior during the ceremony at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church: the twins' big brother Réne-Charles, 10; Dion's sister Linda; and Angélil's three oldest children, Patrick, Jean-Pierre and Anne-Marie Angélil.

Also on the guest list: the doctors who helped make Dion's dream of becoming a mother again come true, as well as those who treated Angélil's throat cancer more than a decade ago.

After the baptism, the twins napped while the family celebrated with a reception at Caesars Palace.

The following night, Dion, who launches her new Vegas show at Caesars on March 15, did her first practice run-through for a live audience.

Details of the baptism were first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Jennifer Hudson slows it down on the mid-tempo ballad “I Got This,” a cut off her sophomore album I Remember Me, available March 22. With an inspirational beat care of Stargate, the uplifting tune takes listeners on the “American Idol” alum’s rise as a hopeful singer from the South Side of Chicago to an international superstar.

“Every single breath another step on my road/ (I got this) I’m from the South Side trying to get to my goal/ Ain’t no stopping me, come on follow me if you feel the need/ (I got this) Better believe I got this,” she wails on the chorus. Get lifted with J-Hud.

Waka Flocka Flame shows off his birthday suit in an ad for PETA’s “Ink, Not Mink” campaign. Shot by celebrity photographer Robert Sebree, the naked rapper is pictured flexing his bicep and flaunting two strategically-placed diamond chains with the tagline “Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin and Let Animals Keep Theirs.”

The “No Hands” MC joins Pink, Kid Sister, Chuck D, Travie McCoy, Mario, and others who have lent their support to the animal rights organization.

Waka explained why he decided to bare all for the camera. “I love animals. As a kid, I had dogs, fish, iguanas, lizards…,” he said. “So when I heard about PETA, I Googled it and I was like, PETA! I learned about it though. I got a dog, so I wouldn’t want to skin my little puppy.”

Check out Waka on the set of the photo shoot in his interview clip.

Chris Brown (Getty Images)Chris Brown was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community service for assaulting Rihanna in 2009, but he thinks people are now willing to put the incident behind them.

He explained: "A handful of people stuck by me. But when [most] people see certain things happen to somebody, they usually turn away. They don't want to get involved with it because they don't want their name attached to anything negative."

Chris also believes one of the reasons people are now willing to forget about his past is because they want to work with him again.

Although his career nosedived after the attack, Chris claims a number of his contemporaries approached him to appear on his new album F.A.M.E.

He told Page Six magazine: "They wanna get on the record. They wanna let me back in the door. The last two years, everybody dissed me. But my fans were so dedicated. The way I look at it is, you can't walk around mad, because then you just prove everybody right that you're an angry person."

Blake Lively for ChanelBeen wondering about all the hype over Blake Lively at Chanel? Well, after two dinners hosted by Karl Lagerfeld in her honor, Blake's first ad campaign for the brand has been revealed.

The ads, shot by Lagerfeld himself, feature Blake, a mirror and a red Chanel Mademoiselle bag. The photos are simple but elegant, and Blake looks stunning. The pictures have an added oomph that's hard to pinpoint but, if you look closely, you can see that reddish highlights were added to Blake's hair. Overall, it's a great first ad and we're intrigued to see the rest of the campaign.

What do you think of Blake's Chanel ads

Producer Teddy Riley’s daughters Bobbie, 16, and Taja Riley,18, and Deja, 22, have formed a group and have just dropped a new track. The ladies call themselves RaidR, and we've got their first singing attempt called "ATM" when you read on...  Make sure you follow them on Twitter

Snoop Dogg goes “Boom” in the Dylan Brown-directed video for his second single from the Doggumentary featuring T-Pain. The post-apocalyptic clip imagines a world where clubs and parties are forced into the underground, where attendees must scan their hands to gain entry to the elite locations. The duo gets access after speaking to the club mistress, taking over the industrial space to rock to the ’80s anthem. Watch their futuristic odyssey.

Michael Stipe (Getty Images)REM frontman Michael Stipe has enjoyed relationships with both men and women in the past, but he says it wasn’t until meeting his current boyfriend that he realized he preferred men.

He said: “On a sliding scale of sexuality I’d place myself around 80-20, but I definitely prefer men to women. I had sex with, and enjoyed sex with, women until I met someone that I fell in love with, and who is now my boyfriend.”

The 51-year-old singer admits his sexuality led to him feeling as if he didn’t fit in anywhere while he was a young man in the '80s.

He told The Observer newspaper: “I wasn’t troubled or confused, but I just felt there wasn’t a place for me. I hate and refuse to apply the term bisexual to myself. It doesn’t seem appropriate. It feels like just another label. For a time I was conflicted by how I was represented, and then AIDS came, and that’s an era that has still be to be spoken about in depth by people of my age.

"It was a very difficult time to be honest and frank about one’s sexuality. And a very scary time for people like myself, who were not able to be tested anonymously without some concern.”

Gwen Stefani is looking lovely, lounging around in the cover of ELLE UK’s April issue. For the cover shoot, the L.A.M.B. fashionista dons a sheer brown shirt (or possibly the world’s shortest dress) and wears her tousled blonde locks pulled off of her flawless L’Oreal spokesmodel-worthy face. Jump below for more of waxy pop star and tell us what you think of her cover.

Ja Rule only has a few months left of freedom. The New York rapper is set to report to prison in June stemming from charges from a 2007 gun case.


A judge has marked June 8 as the first day of his two-year jail term, reports the AP. The sentence comes after the 35-year-old MC pleaded guilty in December to attempted weapon possession after police pulled him over for speeding following a concert at NYC’s Beacon Theatre. Upon inspection of the vehicle, they discovered a loaded gun in the car’s rear door, leading to his arrest.

Prior to his bid, the “Put It on Me” hitmaker will spend time completing his upcoming album The Renaissance Project, as well as handling tax issues.

Pete Wentz (Photo Agency)This once-cordial breakup might be taking a turn for the worst, and little boy Bronx is in the middle of it. On Tuesday, Pete Wentz filed papers to a Los Angeles court seeking joint primary and legal custody of his son with estranged wife Ashlee Simpson.

Ashlee can't be happy about this news. The singer, who married Wentz when she was 3 months pregnant in 2008, had asked for primary physical custody when she filed for divorce.

Long before the former couple announced their marriage troubles, friends had voiced concern about their quick jump into parenthood.

"Ashlee loves Bronx but jumped into marriage and having a baby too quickly," one source toldUs in 2009. "They feel they got trapped in a situation they were too young for."

Hopefully their cute boy will not become a source of too much family tension.

Katy Perry (Getty)It says something about the mettle of a song when, just a few weeks out of release, it is covered by one of the biggest names in the pop industry.

Over the weekend, cartoonish crooner Katy Perry treated fans in Paris, France, to her acoustic cover of Lady Gaga's new anthem "Born This Way." Perry, who once publicly criticized Gaga's heavy use of religious imagery in the music video for "Alejandro," belted out the first verse and a chorus to delighted fans, who can be heard singing along in the video below.

Katy did a pretty solid job with her take—but it would have been even cooler had she figured out some way to throw props to Madonna, too.



Bobbi Kristina Brown (Getty Images)Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was photographed at a party allegedly snorting an unidentified substand.

According to her ex-boyfriend -- who took the pictures -- 18-year-old Bobbi is addicted to cocaine, just like her mother Whitney was.

He told National Enquirer magazine: “I’ve tried to stop her. But all she said was, ‘I’m just like my mother!’

“Whitney needs to see what her daughter is doing to herself. If Krissi doesn’t stop soon, this addiction to cocaine will kill her.”

The shots -- which also include a picture of her sitting next to series of chopped out lines of white powder -- were taken at a friend’s house in Alpharetta, Georgia, the town where she lives with her mother.

The unnamed former boyfriend, who was in a relationship with Krissi for over two years, insists the teenager’s substance problems are spiraling out of control.

Recalling one party they went to as a couple, he said: “Krissi was pretty wired. I also saw her kiss a man and drink a 40-ounce bottle of Budweiser.”

The magazine also claims she is a marijuana user and heavy drinker.

However, Krissi has refuted the allegation she has a cocaine problem and has accused her ex of setting her up for money because the relationship went bad.

In a series of posts on her Twitter page, she wrote: “The pictures -- a former very dear person to me did this. Set me up to make it look exactly what it looks like. God will smite them yes.

“But it’s really not what it looks like … People will do anything for money which is extremely sad, and I’m very hurt by this.”

She also revealed her mother Whitney had been comforting her “to the max” in the wake of the allegations.

The 47-year-old singer confessed to being a cocaine addict herself in a 2009 TV interview with Oprah Winfrey and admitted her and her ex-husband Bobby Brown’s drug use spiraled out of control after she starred in hit movie The Bodyguard in 1992.

Lil’ Kim does the “Pretty Girl Rock” on her remix to Keri Hilson’s ladies anthem, renaming the tune “Kimmy Girl” for her Black Friday mixtape. Putting her singing skills to the test, the Queen Bee shares her self-love by bigging up her looks. “It’s only one QB/ Bed Stuy beauty/ If looks was a killer, I’d probably be an Uzi/ They be hating on me ’cause they man tryna pursue me/ I’m something exotic, she’s hardly a cutie,” sings an Auto-Tuned Kimmy Blanco.

Rock out with the Brooklyn diva below.

Lady Gaga (Getty Images)Lady Gaga has broken off a business deal with retail giant Target after it failed to comply with her demands that the company change its policies on political donations, The Advocate reports. Target was set to release an exclusive version of Gaga's upcoming album, Born This Way, but apparently things fell through.

"She and Target didn't see eye to eye on Target's policy of political donations and how they affect the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) community," an unnamed source told The Advocate.

Minnesota-based Target came under fire by LGBT supporters last year when it was revealed they donated to Minnesota Forward, a group that supported gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who supported a state constitutional amendment that would only recognize marriages and civil unions between one man and one woman. Gaga previously said her deal with Target hinged on a change in the company's policies.

"Part of my deal with Target is that they have to start affiliating themselves with LGBT charity groups and begin to reform and make amends for the mistakes they've made in the past ... our relationship is hinged upon their reform in the company to support the gay community and to redeem the mistakes they've made supporting those [antigay] groups," she told Billboardmagazine.

Gwyneth Paltrow (Getty)Gwyneth Paltrow had a whirlwind red carpet season. The Academy Award-winning actress performed at both the Grammys and the Oscars, and just recently reprised her much-discussed role on Glee. Now reports are circulating that Paltrow, 38, is on the cusp of inking a major record deal—one that could prove quite lucrative for the willowy star.

On Wednesday, it was rumored that Paltrow had signed with Atlantic Records for about $900,000. The performer's rep dismissed the reports, telling People, "There is no deal yet."

A source told the New York Post that Gwyneth's sound is "country pop"—interesting, considering Paltrow has expressed her desire to work with Jay-Z on any future musical projects. Will Jay go country, too?


   
Would you buy a Gwyneth Paltrow album?

All eyes are on Chris Brown and his newly leaked video for “Look at Me Now,” one of the lead singles off his fourth album F.A.M.E., featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes. In the Colin Tilley-directed clip, Breezy slips on a mirrored mask while crooning inside of a giant birdcage, later linking up with Busa Buss, Weezy, and producer Diplo and throwing an impromptu dance-off in a graffiti-showered parking garage. He even travels Back to the Future with the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car from the 1985 film. How you like him now?

Note: This is not the final edit of the video, according to Chris. The finished version will premiere on “1O6 & Park” tomorrow.

Lupe Fiasco put on a thrilling show on Wednesday’s “Lopez Tonight.” The crowd embraced the 29-year-old rapper as he performed the first single from his newly released album on the late-night program.

Lupe has reason to celebrate as Lasers is on track to debut with big numbers in its first week. Early sales predictions have the album coming in at No. 1 on next week’s Billboard 200 with 220-240,000 copies, giving it the second biggest debut of the year behind Adele.

Sarah Palin  (Getty Images)No Tina Fey? According to The Hollywood Reporter,Julianne Moore will play Sarah Palin in the upcoming HBO film, Game Change.

The film, which is based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, will revolve around the 2008 presidential election events.

This will be a political jump for Julianne Moore: in real life, she and Palin have pretty much opposite political beliefs. All we can say is Moore definitely won't be fighting for reproductive rights and same-sex marriage in the flick.

Victoria Beckham (Bauer Griffin)
David Beckham says pregnant wife Victoria is doing “great”.
The soccer star – who already has three sons, Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight, and six-year-old Cruz with the fashion designer – says his 36-year-old spouse is loving every minute of her fourth pregnancy and the family can’t wait to meet their new addition this summer.
Speaking during a visit to Los Angeles Children's Hospital, he said: “She's great, she's very healthy. She's feeling good. She's in London at the moment working.
“We're very excited. It's an exciting time for the family.”
While Victoria has previously insisted she didn’t know the sex of her unborn baby, it has been claimed she is expecting a much longed-for daughter and good friend Eva Longoria is planning a pink-themed baby shower at exclusive Los Angeles haunt, the Chateau Marmont Hotel.
A source said: “They know the sex of their baby, which is helpful for Eva – she plans to fill the suite with balloons, and rumour has it that they will be pink, not blue.”
While David and Victoria have made no secret of their desire to have a daughter, their three sons have other ideas and are keen for a boy to join their clan.
Victoria has said: "I can go on the record and say, contrary to rumours, I do not know the sex of my baby. We feel so lucky and so blessed.
"We know what to do with a boy. The kids are excited about having a little brother to teach how to play soccer... But, if it's a girl, we'd be over the moon as well."

Talib Kweli tackles trust issues in the video for “How You Love Me,” a cut off his recently released album Gutter Rainbows. Directed by Joslyn Rose Lyons and Roy Miles Jr., the clip takes viewers inside the bedroom as the Brooklyn rapper deals with his girl snooping around in his belongings and violating his privacy. In the end, he realizes the trust has been broken and decides to move on.

50 Cent went all Method actor while filming the Mario Van Peebles drama Things Fall Apart, dropping 54 lbs. to play a football player battling cancer. We finally get to see if all the effort was worth it, as the movie’s “unofficial” trailer (whatever that means) has hit the net. Watch it below.



Does calling it “unofficial” mean that a stranger stole all the footage and cut together their own preview? Or is this just a first cut that was never meant to be seen by the public? Either way, this looks just about as Oscar-worthy as that indie movie starring Nicki Minaj.

We applaud Fiddy for trying to stretch his range and attempt such a dramatic story, but based on what we see in this trailer, we don’t think this will transform him to a veritable movie star, or even an indie darling.

It had been so long since we first saw the on-set pics from Beyoncé and Alicia Keys’ video for “Put It In A Love Song”, we totally forgot that the video hadn’t dropped yet! For some reason, the single and vid was shelved for over a year — what were they waiting for, Alicia and Beyoncé to get more popular? — but it looks like it’s finally ready to premiere. Or not – this could just be a sick joke to get us excited for naught. Either way, check out Bey and Ms. Keys galavanting throughout Rio de Janeiro below.

Rihanna shared some keen observations from her trip to Australia during a taping of E!’s “Chelsea Lately” this week. The red-haired superstar, who is currently down under to wrap her “Last Girl on Earth” tour, noticed the lack of black people among the indigenous population while scoping out the audience at her shows.


“I look around at my concerts and there is like one or two,” she told Chelsea Handler. “It is a rare thing that these people can be very black, too.”

The Bajan babe was in awe of the few people of color that she spotted in the crowd. “They are very beautiful, very special,” she told the host, who quipped back, stating she had only seen “three-and-a-half black people” while filming three episodes of her show in Sydney.

RiRi, who will launch her “LOUD” tour in the U.S. this June, will chat with the comedienne on Thursday’s episode of the late-night program.


Watch the ladies share more laughs when the full interview airs Thursday night at 11 p.m. on E!