Saturday, January 1, 2011

Reese Witherspoon Engaged To Hollywood Agent Jim Toth

The Oscar-winning actress announced plans to wed Hollywood agent Jim Toth, less than a year after her split from hunky leading guy Jake Gyllenhaal.

"They are extremely happy," Witherspoon's representative told Us Magazine.

The 34-year-old "Legally Blonde" actress  began dating Toth, 40, last January, shortly after her split from Gyllenhaal.

The duo went public with their romance in March during a romantic birthday weekend in Ojai, Calif.

"She is definitely happy, in love and definitely wants to settle down," a pal told the magazine of her engagment to Toth.

Toth works as an agent at L.A.'s Creative Artists Agency, but doesn't represent Witherspoon.

This will be the second marriage for Witherspoon, who won a best actress academy award for her role as June Carter Cash in "Walk The Line."

She and hunky actor Ryan Phillippe were married for seven years before divorcing in 2008.

They have two daughters: Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7.

Insiders told Us that Toth has "bonded" with Witherspoon's kids.

He even looked after them in Los Angeles last fall while Witherspoon shot her new flick "This Means War" in Vancouver.

"Ava and Deacon are happy with him," the source added.

Witherspoon has been the subject of plenty of wedding rumors recently.

She joked about engagement chatter to Entertainment Weekly, saying "My mom always texts me, like, 'Are you getting married?'" Witherspoon said. "I'm like, 'Mom, come on! You would know if I was getting married,'" she said.

Lindsay Lohan To Leave Rehab In A Few Days

Lindsay Lohan is set next week to leave the Betty Ford Center, where she has been undergoing court-mandated rehab stemming from a 2007 drunken driving and drug possession case.

Lindsay Lohan's mug shot from Sept. 24, 2010, after she was ordered back to jail for violating the terms of her probation again. She had Tweeted a week earlier that she had failed a court-mandated drug test.

In October, a judge ruled the 24-year-old actress, who has been sent to jail several times for the conviction and for violating the terms of her probation, must undergo treatment until Jan. 3, 2011. Her father, Michael, says Lohan will leave the treatment facility on Tuesday, a day later, and move into a new home in Los Angeles, CNN reported.

Lohan's next court date is on Feb. 25, 2011. If a judge rules she has stayed clean and sober, her supervised probation could end. If not, she could be sent to jail for another stint - this time, lasting up to 180 days.

Lohan has completed a total of three stints behind bars - the first lasting 84 minutes, the second, 14 days. In September, she spent 15 hours in jail after she failed a drug test and wrote about it on her Twitter page. She entered a rehabilitation center days later.

Lohan has undergone also treatment in rehab centers several times, including for unrelated incidents. Her most recent stint began in late September.

Lohan, known for her roles in "Freaky Friday" and "Mean Girls, pleaded guilty in 2007 to being under the influence of cocaine and no contest to driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent and reckless driving.

She was recently dropped from a movie role following her turmoil. She was set to play Linda Lovelace, who shot to fame with the 1972 film "Deep Throat," in a new movie about her life, called "Inferno." Director Matthew Wilder says the film is moving on without Lohan.

Earlier this month, a Betty Ford Center technician accused Lindsay Lohan of attacking her after allegedly refusing take a breathalyzer test. A criminal battery investigation was opened and the actress was named as a suspect, although no arrests were made.

The technician was later fired after speaking to the press and retracted her comments, saying the actress never committed a crime and that the complaint would be dropped.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Christina Aguilera To Celebrate Her 30th Birthday On New Year's Eve

Christina Aguilera turned the big 3-0 on December 18, but was too busy promoting Burlesque to celebrate properly so she's making the turn of the year a double celebration.

She said: “My actual birthday was in December and I turned 30! It was a big one -- the next chapter of my life. I’m a Sagittarius. But, because I was working so much on the movie, I postponed my birthday party, so New Year’s Eve is my big 30th birthday party.”

Rather than be worried about turning 30, the pop star insists she is pleased to leave her 20s behind her because she now knows so much about life going into a new decade.

She said: “Being 30 is better than being 20, I’ll tell you that. The lessons I’ve learned and how I’ve grown is incredible.”

Christina endured a tumultuous 2010, splitting from husband Jordan Bratman -- the father of her two-year-old son Max -- in October after nearly five years of marriage. Christina Aguilera (Getty Images) Christina Aguilera turned the big 3-0 on December 18, but was too busy promoting Burlesque to celebrate properly so she's making the turn of the year a double celebration.

She said: “My actual birthday was in December and I turned 30! It was a big one -- the next chapter of my life. I’m a Sagittarius. But, because I was working so much on the movie, I postponed my birthday party, so New Year’s Eve is my big 30th birthday party.”

Rather than be worried about turning 30, the pop star insists she is pleased to leave her 20s behind her because she now knows so much about life going into a new decade.

She said: “Being 30 is better than being 20, I’ll tell you that. The lessons I’ve learned and how I’ve grown is incredible.”

Christina endured a tumultuous 2010, splitting from husband Jordan Bratman -- the father of her two-year-old son Max -- in October after nearly five years of marriage.

Kim Kardashian Making A Music Video With Kanye West

Kim Kardashian playing coy about what she's been up to the last couple days, but TMZ's onto her! The site reports Kim is filming a music video for her upcoming album, and she's doing it with Kanye West!

Both stars were spotted entering a studio in LA Tuesday, and Kim tweeted that there's something major going down.
"OMG u guys have no idea what I'm doing today! You are gonna DIE!!!!" she wrote.

Then, later in the day, she added: " What an amazing day!!! I'm finished for today...but we have a few more to go! Can't twitpic just yet but will soon!"

Forget the twitpics, our photogs spotted both Kim and Kanye entering the studio separately, leading us to believe their collaboration is what's up. Also, we hear famed music video producer Hype Williams is in charge things, so we bet it's epic!

Kim tweeted that she finished day 2 Wednesday, so hopefully she'll hurry up and give us a sneak peek already!

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Amanda Seyfried Used To Feel 'Extremely Ugly'

Amanda Seyfried is known now as the drop-dead gorgeous blonde from movies like Letters to Juliet and Jennifer's Body, but she struggled to accept her looks when she was a teenager and became nervous around other people.

"I was super-outgoing until I was around 10," she said. "I got a bit older and started getting shy. Way too shy. I felt so extremely ugly. When I look back, I was not ugly, I was cute and had a gap in my teeth. But I wish I could have enjoyed that part of my life and be more confident."

Although Amanda was reserved when she was in a group, the blonde beauty used to love performing tracks from her favorite musicals when she was alone at home. The star sang so loudly she terrified her pet cat, who avoided her when she was belting out show tunes.

The 25-year-old actress explained: "Sometimes I would sing around the house for two hours straight, but I didn't want anyone to hear me up close. I would sing all the Broadway show tunes like 'Cabaret.' Our cat started hating me. He went from being affectionate to being almost scared of me.

Jolie And Pitt Spend Christmas In Namibia

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt returned to the country of adopted daughter Shiloh's birth for the holidays. The family spent a week in a villa at the Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary and Lodge in the village of Langstrand in Namibia.

The family -- which includes children Maddox, nine, Pax, seven, Zahara, five, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne as well as Shiloh -- arrived in the country on December 19, and reportedly spent their time on the beach as well as roaming in the nearby Nakuluft Mountains.

A source said: “They really enjoyed their trip. They were able to mingle with locals, visit Swakopmund and go to the beach there and also the beach in their neighborhood.”

The family stayed with a host family, headed by Dr. Rudie van Vuuren, a famous physician, cricket player and conservationist and his wife Marlice. Angelina and Brad spend Christmas every other year at a foreign destination, with the actress admitting recently she was looking forward to a festive adventure.

She said: “We're going to travel with the kids and go to a random part of the world. We're going to travel and have an adventure because that's what we love to do.”

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Lady Gaga Has A Secret to Tell Little Monsters On New Year's Eve

Lady Gaga has a big secret to tell her Little Monsters, but they're going to have to wait. The pop star promised to tell her fans a Born This Way announcement as soon as the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve. (We're guessing Eastern Time, in case you're wondering.)

She hinted at the news on Twitter on Christmas (via PopEater): "Merry Christmas little monsters! I love you with all my heart. My gift to you is a BORN THIS WAY announcement Midnight on NEW YEARS EVE. -MM," Gaga tweeted.

Originally, we thought she was going to reveal the name of he new album to ring in 2011, but that already happened at the VMAs earlier this year. So, it's gotta be something bigger and better now.

Will it be a new single? An album cover? Tour date announcements? We don't know...but, we do know that a LOT of Little Monsters will be glued to their Twitter pages on Friday!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Justin Bieber, Chris Brown Duet In The Works

Listen up, Bieber fans: The 16-year-old is teaming up with Chris Brown in early 2011! Justin used to cover Mr. Brown's hits on YouTube before he was famous, and now the superstars are joining forces.

Justin Bieber (Getty) Chris tweeted the news today: "ME and @justinbieber got a BANGER/SMASH record for all the fans out there at the top of the NEW YEAR!!! 2011 #BREEZYTAKEOVER"

No word yet from the Bieb's camp, and we're not sure if the song would be for Chris or Justin's new album -- but we'll take this team-up without complaint either way!

Justin's already got another high-profile collaboration in the works, too. He confirmed recently that he'll sing with country band Rascal Flatts on a track for his 2011 record.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Kelsey Grammer Reportedly Filing to Protect His Retirement From Ex-Wife Camile

The former Frasier star is said to have filed the papers in Los Angeles Superior Court in a bid to block the former Playboy model from having access to his assets from the Screen Actors Guild, the Directors Guild of America, Equity League, AFTR Health & Retirement Funds, Producers Pension Plan, and Gramnet Inc, the couple's production company.

According to RadarOnline.com, the documents claim Kelsey is seeking "an order determining the nature and extent of both employee and non-employee spouse's interest in employee benefits under the plan, an order restraining claimant from making benefit payments to employee spouse pending the determination and disposition of non-employees spouse's interest if any, in employee's benefits under the plan".

Although Kelsey recently got engaged to flight attendant Kayte Walsh he is still legally married to Camille, although their marriage is set to officially end next year.

Although Camille – who has daughter Mason, nine, and son Jude, six, with Kelsey – recently lashed out at the star for the way he ended their 14-year union, said she hopes they can be friends again one day.

She said: "Kelsey's made some very selfish choices that broke up our home. He didn't destroy us, but he broke up our family.

"I'm so blessed to have these children in my life, and I thank Kelsey for that.

"I want him to be happy. At some point, when the hurt goes away, I hope we can be friends again."

'Help People And Make People Happy' Miley Cyrus' 2011 Goals

Miley Cyrus had a very merry Christmas with her mom and siblings, and now the starlet's looking forward to the New Year.

She said in a video message that her 2011 goals include (via People.com): "I want to make this the year that I go out and do what I'm here to do, and that's to help people and make people happy."

She also wants to travel and tour more in the New Year and see her fans as much as possible!

Miley spent her Christmas singing on a much smaller stage than she's used to on Christmas -- right in the comfort of her family's home. She and younger sister Noah sang a family rendition of "Can't Be Tamed" on a new karaoke machine and partied the night away, according to older sister Brandi's tweets.

She wrote: "Miley and noah are currently singing "can't be tamed" on noah's new karaoke machine. It's pretty hilarious."

The gals celebrated with mom Tish, who caught the duet on video. Brandi added: "My Mom is videoing … maybe if you're lucky i'll snag it and upload."

Miley's dad Billy Ray was also in the Nashville area for the holidays, and the kids reportedly spent some time with him on his 500-acre farm outside of the city.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Jolie Pumps It Up For 'Tourist' Stunts

Jolie did her stunts in Salvatore Ferragamo heels. The heel height came down a bit for the most active scenes, but "she basically toughed it out in her shoes," said costume designer Colleen Atwood.

The actress came to her first fitting for the caper flick wearing her own personal pair of metal-tipped stiletto pumps that eventually would become her character Elise's go-to shoes with pairs in black, camel and light pink, said Atwood, who calls the heels elegant and hardworking but "comfortable enough for 10-hour days, which was common on the set."

Atwood, who won Oscars for costume design for "Chicago" and "Memoirs of a Geisha," said the European setting allowed for a very chic, sophisticated wardrobe -- a perfect complement to Jolie's own style.

Her favorite outfit worn by Jolie is a tan sheath, capelet and those pumps.

Overall, "The Tourist" aims to evoke an Alfred Hitchcock sort of style, Atwood said. "In a Hitchcock movie, everyone looked great, even if you were not a particularly chic or fashionable character."
Jolie did her stunts in Salvatore Ferragamo heels. The heel height came down a bit for the most active scenes, but "she basically toughed it out in her shoes," said costume designer Colleen Atwood.

The actress came to her first fitting for the caper flick wearing her own personal pair of metal-tipped stiletto pumps that eventually would become her character Elise's go-to shoes with pairs in black, camel and light pink, said Atwood, who calls the heels elegant and hardworking but "comfortable enough for 10-hour days, which was common on the set."

Atwood, who won Oscars for costume design for "Chicago" and "Memoirs of a Geisha," said the European setting allowed for a very chic, sophisticated wardrobe -- a perfect complement to Jolie's own style.

Her favorite outfit worn by Jolie is a tan sheath, capelet and those pumps.

Overall, "The Tourist" aims to evoke an Alfred Hitchcock sort of style, Atwood said. "In a Hitchcock movie, everyone looked great, even if you were not a particularly chic or fashionable character."
Jolie did her stunts in Salvatore Ferragamo heels. The heel height came down a bit for the most active scenes, but "she basically toughed it out in her shoes," said costume designer Colleen Atwood.

The actress came to her first fitting for the caper flick wearing her own personal pair of metal-tipped stiletto pumps that eventually would become her character Elise's go-to shoes with pairs in black, camel and light pink, said Atwood, who calls the heels elegant and hardworking but "comfortable enough for 10-hour days, which was common on the set."

Atwood, who won Oscars for costume design for "Chicago" and "Memoirs of a Geisha," said the European setting allowed for a very chic, sophisticated wardrobe -- a perfect complement to Jolie's own style.

Her favorite outfit worn by Jolie is a tan sheath, capelet and those pumps.

Overall, "The Tourist" aims to evoke an Alfred Hitchcock sort of style, Atwood said. "In a Hitchcock movie, everyone looked great, even if you were not a particularly chic or fashionable character."

Demi Lovato Settles Up With Rattled Dancer

Demi Lovato’s mess has been quietly mopped up.

Alex "Shorty" Welch, the backup dancer who claimed to be on the receiving end of the alleged meltdown that prompted Demi’s stay in treatment, is done tangling with the Disney princess.

"Any and all issues or dispute with Demi Lovato have been resolved amicably and completely," Welch’s attorney tells E! News.

Lovato’s rep has not yet responded to a request for comment. A spokesman had previously confirmed that the two sides were working on settling the issue out of court.

Welch’s lawyer had threatened a lawsuit against the Sonny With a Chance star, saying that his client was left with a black eye, suffered emotionally after the altercation and consulted a plastic surgeon with regard to the physical injury she sustained.

The claws have apparently since been retracted.

Lovato, who is on leave from Sonny while she focuses from getting better, was on the mend in a treatment center in Chicago.