Will Smith's son happy to follow in footsteps of dad


Will Smith's son Jaden has said that he is just working in his family business with his father.
Will Smith's son Jaden has said that his father and his relationship is like that of film making duos such as Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, and Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 14-year-old actor told New York magazine that in their first movie together - 'The Pursuit of Happyness' - Will was literally teaching him along the way, the New York Daily News reported.
He said that in 'Karate Kid,' his star dad kind of held his hand and watched him distill the rules. (Source)

Chris Tucker pays off '$1 million tax debt'


Chris Tucker has reportedly paid off a whooping sum of 1 million dollars to reduce his tax debt.
The 41-year-old actor owes 12 million dollars to America's Internal Revenue Service and the state of Georgia.
The actor, who recently sold off his Los Angeles mansion for around 1 million dollars, has started making payments to reduce his tax debt, Contactmusic reported.
According to Tmz.com, he has paid off just under 1 million dollars of the bill. (Source)

Dad wants Lindsay to be moved to Florida rehab


Actress Lindsay Lohan's father Michael Lohan wants her to be transferred to a rehab in Florida.
Michael Lohan thinks that his daughter is wasting time at Betty Ford Clinic in California as she has already gone through the same program twice earlier and it failed, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
He said: "I want to take care of some things with the court and get her transferred. She's at Betty Ford, I think it's only going to be temporary with regard to recovery, but if she goes to the Lukens Institute, where I want her to go, it's going to be permanent and I'll stake everything on it. I know she'll get better if she goes there."
When asked if he thinks Lindsay needs to leave Betty Ford as soon as possible, he added: "Absolutely or she'll repeat the same program three times in a row. It's a 12-step program, and at least at Lukens it's extended care and it's one-on-one. It's a very, very high level of treatment." (Source)

Katy Perry's busty days


Singer Katy Perry was reportedly very busty due to which she had to wear two bras.
"One time she changed for gym in the girl's locker room. She was really proud of needing to wear two bras," dailystar.co.uk quoted a childhood friend of the 28-year-old as saying.
"She was very busty and got lots of attention from the boys, which she loved," the friend added. (Source)

Jennifer Lopez to marry Casper Smart?


Pop star Jennifer Lopez is reportedly planning to marry artiste-beau Casper Smart because she believes he is the love of her life.
"She calls him 'love of my life'. She believes it, she thinks he's the one she's been searching for all these years. He may be younger, but she says he is the most secure man she has ever met. He constantly inspires her and lifts her up," contactmusic.com quoted Lopez as saying.
"Jennifer knows a lot of people in her life don't approve of her marrying Casper, but she's stopped caring. She wants to be his wife," the source added.
The 43-year-old was previously married to Ojani Noa, Chris Judd and Marc Anthony.
Lopez's five-year-old twins, Max and Emmie, who she had with Anthony, also like Smart.
Lopez insisted that he's a better father than their real father.
"Casper is devoted to her kids. He is a second father to them. Jennifer says he's much more playful and present than their own dad a lot of the time," the source said. (Source)

Usher quits 'The Voice' for his kids?


Singer-songwriter Usher Raymond IV has reportedly left reality TV music show "The Voice USA" for his children because he no longer trusts anyone to look after them.
The 34-year-old, who secured full custody of his sons, five-year-old Usher V and Naviyd, four, after a lengthy battle with his ex-wife Tamika Foster, said he no longer trusts anyone else with his kids after their former nanny, Cecilia Duncan, filed a lawsuit against him, claiming she was unfairly fired for asking for overtime pay.
"He's at the point where he doesn't trust anyone to take care of his boys. Besides, he didn't fight so hard for custody just to hand them over to a nanny," contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying.
His fellow judges Blake Shelton and Adam Levine have tried to convince him to stay on the show, insisting that celebrities are always in the firing line for people who use stars for their stack of cash.
"Blake told him that stars are always targets for people who think they can treat celebrities like cash registers. But Usher is really steamed about this lawsuit. He believes he's always been generous to people who work for him. If he has to leave 'The Voice' to free up more time to be with his kids, he's ready to do it," the source added. (Source)

Showbiz has narcotic quality: Will Smith


Actor Will Smith, whose children Willow, 12, and Jaden, 14, are also part of the show business, says bringing family into filmdom is like introducing them to drugs.
"I think that the major risk of this particular business is strictly emotional," thesun.co.uk quoted Will, 44, as saying.
"The business has almost a narcotic quality. It's almost as if you're introducing a narcotic into your kid's life," he added. (Source)

Helen Mirren attends gay festival as apology for ranting at drum band


Helen Mirren kept her promise to a drum band to watch them perform at a gay pride festival in order to make up for ranting at them.
The 67-year-old, who sported a pink attire for the event, told the band : "I said I'd be here and here I am," the Sun reported.
She also said that a "Dame always keeps her word."
The 'Hitchcock' star went to the festival to apologise to Batala London samba band after yelling at them for disturbing her performance at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End three weeks ago.
Mirren was at the As One In The Park event in East London with film-maker husband Taylor Hackford, 68.
Meanwhile, group member John Rowlands, 35, told the publication that Mirren was really sweet.
The source added that she loves them and the drumming, but just not outside her theatre. (Source)

Hulk Hogan hospitalized after burning hand


Hulk Hogan was rushed to a hospital in Florida on Sunday after he suffered bad burns to his hand.
The 59 year old, who got injured after a radiator malfunctioned, was admitted to the emergency room of Tampa General Hospital, Contactmusic reported.
Hogan posted a number of shots of his injured hand on his Twitter page.
One of the pictures showed a doctor treating his swollen fingers and another showed the top layer of skin burned off several digits.
Explaining about the incident he wrote: "Just had a radiator explode on my hand, Ouch. I at the Er now at Tampa General Hospital." (Source)

Miranda Kerr gifts 'custom-made lingerie' to Jennifer Aniston


Miranda Kerr has gifted custom-made lingerie to Jennifer Aniston, ahead of her wedding with Justin Theroux.
The former Victoria's Secret Angel model, who is planning to start her own underwear line, gave a sample of her own idea to Aniston, Contactmusic reported
A source revealed that the hand-stitched, one-of-a- kind gift has a virginal white colour that looks sexy yet classy and beautiful.
The insider further revealed that the 'Friends' star has already given her close friends a preview of the dress and everyone said she looked beautiful.
The 44-year-actress apparently loves it so much that she is determined to wear it on her wedding night. (Source)

Amanda Bynes says Chris Brown beat Rihanna because she's ugly


Amanda Bynes slammed Rihanna via Twitter on Monday, by calling the singer "ugly" and saying that her former boyfriend, Chris Brown, was justified to beat her up.
Bynes outrageously said that the songbird deserved to be a target of domestic violence, the New York Post reported.
"Chris Brown beat you because you're not pretty enough," Bynes tweeted.
"No one wants to be your lover so you call everyone and their mother that I almost named my new dog Rihanna," she wrote.
Later, Rihanna briefly responded back by saying: "Ya see what happens when they cancel Intervention?"
But Bynes, who was arrested last week for throwing a marijuana water pipe out of her midtown apartment window, fired back at the 25-year-old Barbadian recording artist, telling her that "unlike ur fugly faced self I don't do drugs! U need the intervention dog! I met ur ugly face in person! U aren't pretty u know it!" (Source)

I feel that I am starting a new life, a second life, says Yoko Ono


Yoko Ono - wife of former Beatle John Lennon - has said that she feels that she is starting a new life at 80.
One told the Guardian that her second life will have many things which were not there in her first.
She also predicted that there will be a heaven on Earth by 2050.
Ono, who was formerly regarded as kind of latter-day witch who broke up the Beatles is now campaigning for gun control and fracking - extraction of natural gas by breaking open shale rocks below the Earth's surface under high pressure. (Source)

Angelina Jolie's aunt dies from breast cancer


Angelina Jolie's aunt lost her battle with breast cancer on Sunday, just about two weeks after the actress revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy to reduce the risk of developing the deadly disease.
Debbie Martin, the sister of the Jolie's late mother Marcheline Bertrand, took her last breath at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California, Contactmusic reported.
Martin's husband Ron told E! News that Jolie had been constantly in touch with them and her brother Jamie had been with them to lend his support.
He said that both of them loved their aunt very much and Jolie, who could not come, had sent her love and support.
Ron added that he along with his wife frequently visited the actress after she went through the surgery and they were very proud of her decision. (Source)

Surgery was a blessing, says Dwayne Johnson


Dwayne Johnson has revealed that his recent hernia operation was a blessing in disguise because it forced him to take a break from his busy working schedule.
The actor had to put all his work to a pause last month, when he underwent a procedure to cure three hernial tears, Contactmusic reported.
Johnson, who missed the premier of 'Pain 'n' Gain's' in Los Angeles to undergo the operation, admitted to Entertainment Tonight that the positive side of the disease was that it gave him immense time to be at home and with his family.
The 41-year-old actor said that his little girl was extremely happy to find him at home
He added that it was God's way of saying, "Well, now you're gonna take a break." (Source)

Keira Knightley paid 30K pounds a year


Keira Knightley, who is one of the world's highest paid actresses, leads a pretty frugal life.
According to newly released accounts, the 28-year-old actress paid herself just 30,000 pounds last year even though her firm Kck Boo Ltd earned 1.5 million pounds through her movies and commercial deals.
The details also showed that the Oscar nominated star lowered her spending outside of her salary, too.
A source said that Knightley took home just 20,000 pounds in dividends from the company in 2012 and a salary of just 11,000 pounds, the Sun reported.
The insider asserted that her biggest expenditure was 41,000 pounds, which was on security.
The source added that her travel costs amounted to just over 4,000 pounds and she didn't pay for a personal trainer, despite spending almost 1,000 pounds on one the year before. (Source)

Tom Cruise leaves 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.' film for 'Mission: Impossible 5'


Tom Cruise has quit the big screen version of 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' due to a clash of schedules with the 'Mission: Impossible 5' movie.
The 50-year-old actor, who had been cast as agent Napoleon Solo in the long-awaited film, tweeted a picture of himself as MI agent Ethan Hunt with the caption: "Goodbye U.N.C.L.E., hello E.T.H.A.N," the Mirror reported.
According to the publication, the actor was due to shoot U.N.C.L.E. this autumn before reprising Ethan Hunt, but he was unable to film both because of scheduling changes.
Cruise, who is committed to his top-grossing film franchise, had not signed a final deal for U.N.C.L.E. (Source)