Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 12:50pm PDT By
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Rosie O’Donnell and wife Michelle Rounds have adopted a baby girl named Dakota!
The 50-year-old actress/comedienne posted the shot above on Instagram and wrote, “we r thrilled to announce the arrival of r daughter Dakota - #withloveandthanks – AMEN.â€
O’Donnell and Rounds tied the night in New York on June 9, 2012, and O'Donnell has four other kids with ex-partner Kelli Carpenter; Parker, Chelsea, Vivienne and Blake.
Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 12:30pm PDT By
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The whole gang's back in town!
Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick touched down at LAX yesterday with son Mason and daughter Penelope, and the reality TV couple makes traveling with kids look easy! Little Mase was all smiles as he hitched a ride on his baby sister's stroller.
The brunette beauty seems to like to live more privately than her sisters, but she did recently reveal some interesting things to Huffington Post about herself that we would never have guessed! For instance, who knew that her hidden talent was "singing opera while juggling mangos?" Or that her guilty pleasure was "snacking in bed while researching fashion inspiration for the Kardashian Kollection?"
We'd love to know what Lord Disick's hidden talent is, because we're seriously doubting he has one!
Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 12:15pm PDT By
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The 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations have been announced, and not surprisingly, the Steven Spielberg-directed flick Lincoln led the way with ten nominations, including Best Film and Best Leading Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis.
Life of Pi and Les Miserables snagged nine nominations apiece, including Best Film, Skyfall took home eight, and Argo earned seven nominations, including Best Director and Actor nods for Ben Affleck and a Best Film nomination. Zero Dark Thirty rounded out the list of noms for Best Film, and Anna Karenina, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Miserables, Seven Psychopaths and Skyfall made the cut for Outstanding British Film.
Django Unchained scored five noms, and other notable nominees include Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting Actress for Les Mis), Joaquin Phoenix (Best Leading Actor for The Master), Bradley Cooper (Best Leading Actor for Silver Linings Playbook), Jennifer Lawrence (Best Leading Actress for Silver Linings Playbook) and Jessica Chastain (Best Leading Actress for Zero Dark Thirty).
The awards show will be held on Sunday, February 10, and it's usually a pretty good indicator of who will walk away with Oscar gold. Of course, the 2013 Academy Award nominees will be announced bright and early tomorrow morning -- stay tuned.
Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 11:50am PDT By
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Jennifer Garner is one lucky lady!
Ben Affleck left his hotel to attend the National Board of Review Awards last night, and the hunky actor either hired a stylist or has been brushing up on men's fashion, because he has been looking so dapper as of late!
Why isn't this Boston boy smiling, though! The A-list actor has a lot to be happy about these days. Not only was his movie Argo one of the best of 2012, but he just scored his first Director's Guild Awards nomination for the film.
"I am extremely proud and humbled to receive my first DGA nomination for Argo. On behalf of the entire directing team, I want to thank the Director's Guild for this tremendous honor. I also want to express my appreciation to all of my enormously talented colleagues on both sides of the camera. Argo is the result of all our work," he told the crowd upon receiving the good news.
We have a feeling Mr. Affleck might receive something gold and shiny when the Academy Awards roll around!
Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 11:20am PDT By
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President Obama must love Kelly Clarkson and Beyonce!
The two incredible singers will be performers at the 57th Presidential Inauguration.
The newly engaged American Idol winner wrote the following on Facebook, “Excited & honored to announce that I’ll be performing “America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)†at the 57th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 21!â€
As for Obama's pal Beyonce, she'll be belting out our "National Anthem." James Taylor will perform "America the Beautiful" at the festivities taking place later this month.
Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 11:00am PDT By
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Bethenny Frankel filed for divorce from Jason Hoppy last week, but the reality star/Skinnygirl mogul is already opening up (and bawling her eyes out) about their split.
Frankel made her first television appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday, and she told the talk show host, "Do I want to be doing this exact thing right now? No, but I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's fairy princess, fairy tale and then not take my hits when I have to. I've kind of had the best worst year ever."
Frankel wed Hoppy, a pharmaceutical sales exec, in a televised ceremony in 2010, and she confirmed that they were separating on December 23. Last week she filed for divorce, and she is asking for primary custody of their two-year-old daughter Bryn, as well as child support.
Frankel added in between sobs, "I feel like a bit of a disappointment to all of you. And I feel like a failure." DeGeneres tried to comfort her, but she continued, "I feel like a failure ... I really put it out there. I wanted the fairytale. I thought I had it. And Bryn is my fairy tale ... This is excruciating, I have to say. The truth is, I wanted to rip the Band-Aid off so it could start to heal. This will obviously be better. I'm scared of the unknown future. You know everything, and one day you don't know. So I'm scared. I'm older."
So what's next? "I never thought I'd be a role model, but I think to some people I am, or have been. So this is an important time because it's about what I do next. How I handle myself now with grace, with dignity. This is the time now that matters."
Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 10:20am PDT By
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It's official! Justin Bieber has been confirmed as a host and musical guest for Saturday Night Live next month.
Biebs will appear on the February 9 episode of the late night show, according to Entertainment Weekly. Earlier this week, Justin tweeted, “maybe im hosting and performing on SNL…maybe. :)," so this isn't a total surprise.
While this is the first time the 18-year-old pop superstar will host SNL, he was a musical guest in 2010 and he has appeared in a few skits, including the Church Lady sketch with host Dana Carvey.
Posted on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 9:40am PDT By
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Gwen Stefani seems to never get tired nor age! Yep, we're jealous.
The 43-year-old No Doubt songstress showed off her rockin' abs while performing with her band for Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The blonde rocker and the boys were there to help usher in Jimmy's new time slot. Wow ... Jennifer Aniston AND Gwen for the first show! Pretty impressive.
Even while arriving to Kimmel's studio, Gwen was picture perfect. Loves those shades!