 CELEBRITY NEWS + GOSSIP - September 7, 2008
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| Tyra Banks is the top-earning woman on TV. The former supermodel, who hosts two hit US shows, raked in a staggering $23 million between June 2007 and June 2008, according to a new list by Forbes.com. Tyra was responsible for creating daytime TV program "The Tyra Banks Show" and "America's Next Top Model," on which she is also a producer and judge. |
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| Jamie Lynn Spears has sent a gift to Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter. Mother-of-one Jamie - the 17-year-old sister of troubled singer Britney - is said to have ordered $60 worth of pink burp cloths from Beverly Hills baby store Petit Tresor for the U.S. Vice Presidential candidate's daughter Bristol, also 17. The "Zoey 101" star's mother Lynne - who is set to release a book about parenting - apparently made the call and insisted the gift tag be written from Jamie. |
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| The Jonas Brothers treated their friends to a $5,000 shopping spree in clothing store American Eagle. The band, comprising siblings Joe, Kevin and Nick, decided to celebrate their current chart success by their father Kevin and pals including their "Camp Rock" co-star Demi Lovato to the store and let them have whatever they wanted. |
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| Anne Hathaway paid her ex-boyfriend's $148,000 rent. The "Devil Wears Prada" actress reportedly gave Raffaello Follieri money to cover the $37,000 monthly payments for his luxurious Olympic Tower apartment, in New York, for four months, according to Vanity Fair magazine. After growing suspicious of the Italian businessman's money-making schemes, Anne is believed to have phoned Raffaello and ended their four-year relationship over the summer. |
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| Beyonce Knowles is "over being a pop star." The "Crazy in Love" singer - who shot to fame in hit R'n'B group Destiny's Child - admits she now feels it is time she is considered an "icon" in the music industry. She said: "I'm over being a pop star. I don't want to be a hot girl. I want to be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough." |
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| Ronnie Wood has left rehab and is staying with his young Russian lover. The 61-year-old Rolling Stone - who recently finished the first stage of his treatment for alcohol, drug and sex addictions - has splashed out a new North London pad and bought a giant new bed for him and Ekaterina Ivanova, 20. Despite Ronnie's reunion with Ekaterina, the rocker's wife of 23 years, Jo, is still adamant they will be able to repair their marriage. |
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| David Beckham is terrified of turning into a "fat, bald old man." The soccer star - who has three sons with wife Victoria Beckham - is concerned he is losing his superstar looks and is doing everything in his power to maintain his youthful appearance. A source said: "David has turned crazy insecure. He is constantly telling Victoria he is scared of going bald, or if he spots a hint of a paunch on his midsection then he hits the gym for an hour." |
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| Looking very fun and fearless, Kate Hudson opens up about life and love in a new interview with Cosmopolitan magazine in its October issue. Even with a failed marriage with her ex-husband, The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, the 29-year-old actress still views everything positively. She says there's no bitterness between the two of them, even bravely adding that "it's the best thing that ever happened" to them. |
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