People Version: Jennifer Lopez, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World 2011

The US Trends | People Version: Jennifer Lopez, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World 2011 | Age does not fade the beauty of Jennifer Lopez. At the relatively old age - 41 years - this actress and singer was just crowned as the most beautiful woman in the world's version of People magazine. A popular artist with the name of JLo is of course proud of the award.

This latino actress has become the most beautiful after beating out a number of other celebrities who also signed as a candidate 'World Most Beautiful of 2011'. They are Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Simpson and Mandy Moore. This one of the judges of American Idol was deeply surprised by the award.

"I feel honored," she said as quoted by Aceshowbiz JLo, Friday, April 15, 2011.

Be beautiful, she said, is part of her job as an artist. She said not easy to look beautiful. Need to work hard for it. Nevertheless, the singer of 'On The Floor' is actually felt pretty when her without makeup.

"That's when I most feel good. Just could touch my face and rubbed my eyes and use a finger to straighten my hair. And do not worry about being overlooked. And that's when I feel happier," he said.

Meanwhile, actress Emma Stone who also signed the list admitted to not believe in it. She also spoke about her that are very obsessed with being thin.

"I'm going crazy while flying here and tell you I never thought about it. But, I can not beat myself about it," said her.

Source: VivaNews.com - The US Trends

Who is Most Hated by Jackie Kennedy after Marilyn Monroe: Elizabeth Taylor

Who is most hated by Jackie Kennedy after Marilyn Monroe? The answer is Elizabeth Taylor. Late actress Elizabeth Taylor had invited a jealous wrath of Jackie Kennedy, who ­accused her of having an affair with her husband and the then US president John F. Kennedy. The astonishing details of their bitter feud have been revealed in Taylor's private ­diaries, which she maintained since childhood days.

"When they are edited and ­published, as she requested, they will amaze fans and historians," express.co.uk quoted one of the late screen icon's closest friends as saying.

A number of entries, at the time Kennedy was planning his 1960 presidential ­campaign, refer to several private meetings with "Jack" at his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

"She was married to Eddie Fisher, her fourth husband, at the time. And she was thrilled to be invited to meet Kennedy during one of his campaign fund-raising visits to ­California," said the friend.

Both of them hit off so well that John had invited her to see him a number of times, however, Taylor had a tough time convincing his wife Jackie that her relationship with John was nothing more than just friendship.

"Liz swore her relationship with Kennedy never went beyond friendship, but Jackie was convinced they had an ­affair and said some vicious things about Elizabeth that got back to her," the friend said.

Another stunning revelations included that Taylor's greatest love, Richard Burton, resorted to physical violence several times during their relationship.

New Single ‘Teenage Daughters‘: Martina McBride‘s Clever Performance

Martina McBride gave a clever performance of her co-written new single ‘Teenage Daughters‘ on Las Vegas’ MGM Grand stage, while photos of her three daughters ran on the big screen behind her.

2011′s ACM Awards co-host Reba McEntire took it upon herself to introduce Martina McBride‘s performance of ‘Teenage Daughters’ in order to share that she could relate to the stressed singer, who is currently raising three girls.

Martina McBride new single 'Teenage Daughters' now available on iTunes at the same day (March 29), McBride’s daughter Emma became a teenager! Emma celebrated her 13th birthday.

“I couldn’t believe it when I noticed the single release date was the same day Emma turns 13!” Martina said. “How fitting that I have another teenager in the house on the very day.”

Earlier this week, ironically the same day that ‘Teenage Daughters‘ hit iTunes, McBride quickly found herself raising not one, but two teenage girls, when her middle daughter Emma celebrated her 13th birthday. McBride is also raising 16-year-old Delaney and 5-year-old Ava. Martina shared that it was an exchange with the older daughter that inspired the topic of her latest single, which she co-wrote with the Warren Brothers. We wish her the best of luck!
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Marie Osmond Talks About Meeting Elizabeth Taylor: "Those eyes"

Marie Osmond is one of the many stars in Hollywood who is mourning the passing of legendary actress, Elizabeth Taylor last week. Elizabeth’s life ended at the age of 79, but her legacy will live on forever.

Marie Osmond spoke out about the first time she ever met Elizabeth Taylor after she and her brother Donny Osmond did their 500th show at the Flamingo in Las Vegas the other night. She met Elizabeth Taylor at the White House during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

Of the meeting, Marie said, “Those eyes…They were so beautiful just as everyone says.”

Osmond also went on to praise Elizabeth Taylor’s humanitarian efforts saying, “She showed so much courage in her fight against AIDS. She was one of the first celebrities to take up that cause, and I respect her so much for that.”

Marie Osmond admired Elizabeth Taylor so much, that she even used violet colored eyes for her doll collection.

Marie Osmond recalled to the Las Vegas Sun about the time she met Elizabeth Taylor.

The setting was an event at the White House, while Ronald Reagan was president. Taylor (who died Wednesday at the age of 79) was there with her husband at the time, then-Sen. John Warner, R-Virginia.

Osmond, talking after she and her brother Donny finished their 500th show at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, remembered her face-to-face meeting with the legendary film beauty.

"Those eyes," Osmond said. "They were so beautiful, just as everyone says.”

Taylor's trademark violet eyes inspired Osmond to create eyes that color for her doll collection.

Osmond called Taylor "an inspiration. She showed so much courage in her fight against AIDS. She was one of the first celebrities to take up that cause, and I respect her so much for that.”

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• Salt Lake Tribune
• blogs.babble.com

Dixie Chicks: Natalie Maines Releases New Song "God Only Knows"

Dixie Chicks fans have waited nearly five years – since 2006's Grammy-winning album "Taking the Long Way" – to hear new recorded material from Natalie Maines. Now, she's singing a new tune. Actually, the song isn't so new: It's a cover of the Beach Boys's classic "God Only Knows" – recorded by Maines, 36, for the series finale of HBO's Big Love, set to air March 20.

The Dixie Chicks have been off the radar for a while, which is all the more reason to catch "Shut Up & Sing" (8 p.m. Saturday, Country Music Television), the documentary that trails the country darlings as they recover from the backlash that followed their onstage slam of President George W. Bush and their subsequent album. The criticism may have stung, but it did lead to an armful of Grammys and an instant country classic, "Not Ready to Make Nice."

The Dixie Chicks are an American alternative country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members (and sisters) Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines. The band formed in 1989 in Dallas, Texas and was originally composed of four women performing bluegrass and country music, busking and touring the bluegrass festival circuits and small venues for six years without attracting a major label. After the departure of one bandmate, the replacement of their lead singer, and a slight change in their repertoire, the Dixie Chicks achieved country music and pop success, beginning in 1998 with hit songs including "Wide Open Spaces", "Cowboy Take Me Away", and "Long Time Gone". The women also became well-known for their independent spirit and controversial comments on subjects such as war and politics.

During a London concert ten days before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, lead vocalist Maines said, "we don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States (George W. Bush) is from Texas" (the Dixie Chicks' home state). The statement offended many people, who thought it rude and unpatriotic, and the ensuing controversy cost the band half of their concert audience attendance in the United States and led to accusations of the three women being "un-American", as well as hate mail, a death threat, and the public destruction of their albums in protest.

As of 2009, they have won 13 Grammy Awards, with 5 of them earned in 2007 including the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Taking the Long Way. As of July 2010, with 30.5 million certified albums, and sales of 26,733,000 albums in the U.S., they have become the top selling all-female band in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era.

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• People
• Startribune

The Manchurian Candidate: Frank Sinatra vs Denzel Washington Version

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is director-producer John Frankenheimer's prophetically tragic, chilling, brilliant, blackish (film-noirish) Cold War thriller about brain-washing, conspiracy, the dangers of international Communism, McCarthyism, assassination, and political intrigue. Laurence Harvey is brilliant as a brainwashed Korean war hero who has been programmed as a Soviet sleeper/mole agent to assassinate a Presidential candidate.

The 1962 film the Manchurian Candidate is a certified classic. The political thriller was so good that it earned the best tribute it could get. A remake. In 2004, Denzel Washington took on the role originally played by Frank Sintra.

There was of course some updating in the remake, some new tweets, and lots of color. But the original black and white, still holds it own. So which one is better and what has been said in comparing the two films?Most film fans who were familiar with the original political thriller tend to side with the 1962 version. But under the direction of Johnathan Demme with a cast that included along side Denzel the likes of Meryl Streep and Liev Schreilber, they do a fabulous job. It’s a strong piece of cinema that comes as a fresher, bright version of the dark and foreboding original.

The Manchurian Candidate (1959), by Richard Condon, is a political thriller novel about the son of a prominent US political family who has been brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for the Communist Party.

Black Eyed Peas Fans: HappyBdayFergie !

Such questions require lengthy debates, but one thing is for certain: Fergie turns 35 today. HappyBdayFergie ! Happy birthday greetings go out to Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson! She's battled through crystal meth addiction and numerous hurdles to become a respected artist and we always look forward to seeing what she'll do next.

Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975), better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, fashion designer and actress. She was a member of the children's television series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. She is the female vocalist for the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas with whom she has attained charting success worldwide. Her own debut album spawned four Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, three of which went to number one.

Having left Wild Orchid in 2001, Ferguson joined The Black Eyed Peas. With The Black Eyed Peas, she enjoyed a series of hits and albums before releasing her debut album, The Dutchess, in September 2006 to similar success. The Black Eyed Peas enjoyed further success with the release of their third album with Ferguson; they attained their first string of Billboard Hot 100 number one songs. As Ferguson's five solo singles and six singles with the Black Eyed Peas have reached two million downloads in the United States, Ferguson is the artist with most two-million sellers as of January 2011.

Ferguson married actor Josh Duhamel in early 2009 after a five year relationship.

Click to enlarge some of these Fergie pictures we put together as a tribute to the birthday girl Black Eyed Peas.

Mildred Pierce: a wig was custom built for Evan Rachel Wood's crotch

The "True Blood" star, Evan Rachel Wood, explained at a recent NY press event, she slated to go full frontal in the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce". "Let’s just say, I had to wear a wig because it was in the 30s, and everything had to look like it was in the 30s."

Evan Rachel Wood is getting all sorts of buzz for a special wig she had to rock for an upcoming HBO project (a wig that was custom built for her crotch). According to Wood, her co-star Kate Winslet encouraged her to do it -- “I looked at Kate and she was like, ‘You’ve got to do it. Trust me, it’s so brave. Put a merkin on and you’ll be fine.”

"She coached me through my first nude scene," Wood told E! News at Monday evening's premiere. "I mean, she's done it all. She was literally next to the camera going.

Winslet also told the actress to cover up as much as possible: "I looked at Kate and she was like, 'You've got to do it. Trust me, it's so brave,'" Wood said in an interview with Fancast.com. "'Put a merkin on and you'll be fine.'" (A merkin is a pubic wig.)

The 'Titanic' star's final piece of advice? "You keep the room as empty as possible," Winslet told Wood. "Just kind of being there for her, really, and letting her know there was someone to hold her hand and throw a robe over her at the right moment...made her feel better."

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• Popeater
• TMZ

Coz My Boobs Are So Big: Kristen Schaal on the Xperia Play Smartphone Adverts

Smartphone is following what Volkswagon did in January, hired the "SNL" gem Bill Hader to star in spots for the Touareg (a series of hilarious and quite unconventional minisodes). And now, Smartphone is producing a quintet of commercials starring PopWrap's beloved Kristen Schaal and the results are equally amazing.

In the ads named "Pwnage," the Sony Xperia Play, Kristen appeals to gamers, business-minded men, large breasted women and anyone with an evil twin. Kristen Schaal, an American actress, writer and comedian, a contributor on The Daily Show and is famous for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords and Louise in Bob's Burgers.

The promotional clip has her demoing a game on an Xperia Play, the latest Sony Ericsson-branded, Android-toting smartphone.

Here's what Kristen said in the ads: “The controls are faster, I can actually see the bastard. She's right there and she has low self-esteem. Before she takes notice, I'm stabbing her in the boob. Do you feel that boob stabbed? I can feel it either "coz my boobs are so big."

Kristen Schaal's Xperia Play Smartphone Adverts:




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• New York Post
• MTV News

The Twelfth Season of Dancing With The Stars without Derek Hough and Julianne Hough

This is the twelfth season of Dancing With The Stars and all the front line regulars are back.

Sitting at the judges table are the three judges who have been called everything from The Three Stooges to The Clueless Trio From Theatrical Town.

In order of age the three judges are; Len "The Crotchety Grouch" Goodman, who hails from merry olde England. Bruno "The Gaytalian" Tonioli who pranced in from Italia. And "The Princess of The Philippines" herself Carrie Ann Inaba.

But as far as the professional dancers go, two very noticeable favorites who are missing are Derek "The Dancing Dude" Hough who along with Jennifer Grey won last year's coveted Mirror Ball Trophy, and his little sister, Julianne "Las Legs" Hough, the gorgeously sexy girlfriend of the lucky-as-hell host of American Idol Ryan "Peaches" Seacrest.

Left Coast Mirror Magazine reported that Derek took the year off so that he could spend as much time as he possibly could with his stunningly sensuous British babe of a honey, Cheryl Cole, or Chezza as her very good friend Simon "The Sultan of Sarcasm" calls her.

And Julianne decided to pass up the DWTS gig up this year so that she can spend time with her future husband "Peaches" Seacrest at his Hollywood Hills home Casa Cha Cha Cha which he now shares with Miss Jolly Julie, as he refers to her in bed.

US dancer Derek Hough “partied till dawn” with Cheryl Cole's brother Garry Tweedy on a recent night out.

Hough 25, took the X Factor judge’s 23-year-old brother to the Moon Nightclub at the Palms Hotel, in Las Vegas, where they partied until the early hours.

An onlooker told UK newspaper, the Sunday Mirror: 'There was a permanent queue trying to get alongside the boys. The girls had tiny dresses on and knew what they were doing – the lads seemed like they loved every minute.

'They both partied till dawn, proper Vegas style, and looked like they were having the time of their life, but kept their hands to themselves.'

It is claimed the pair have become good friends since the Girls Aloud star has been spending more time in LA.

Dancing with the Stars: Hines Ward with the Cha Cha

Football star Hines Ward made his "Dancing" debut on Monday, Mar. 21, where he took on the Cha Cha with his partner Kym Johnson.

So what did the judges have to say about the all-pro Pittsburg Steeler's dance moves? Len Goodman said, "You continue the tradition of good footballers who can dance," Carrie Ann Inaba called it the "sparkliest Cha Cha" and Bruno Tonioli complimented the timing. All of the judges gave them a 7 for a total score of 21 points. Not bad for your first try, Hines! (Retrieved from: Zap2it)

Hines Ward is competing on this season of Dancing With the Stars, partnered with Kym Johnson. I don’t know how anyone can resist Hines Ward’s smile!

They danced the cha-cha on the Dancing With the Stars premiere. And the judges seemed to love them! But, Hines Ward received three 7s from the judges.

What you don’t want to discount is just how fanatic Steelers fans can be! They will be voting for Hines Ward! I predict he will be around for a long time on Dancing With the Stars, just on the sheer power of Steelers fans! (Retrieved from: Babble)

Gary Coleman’s home slashed price

The asking price for the property belonging to the ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ actor – who passed away after suffering a serious head injury last year – has been reduced to $225,000 in a bid to sell his assets.

Gary Coleman’s home and belongings remain unsold. The asking price for Gary Coleman’s former home in Utah, US, has been slashed in a bid to sell it.

Former child star Gary was at the house - located in Utah, US - when he fell and suffered the injury, which later led to his death in hospital aged 42.

Gary had bought the house for $320,000 in 2006 and lived in it with ex-wife Shannon Price. It is said to still contain his belongings.

A spokesperson for Shannon told website Radaronline.com: “She can’t afford to pay for it.

“She left it up to the third party attorney. It’s a big house. She can only do so much.

“She’s paying everything she has to attorneys. And she’s very cautious about spending wisely and saving every penny.”

Gary had struggled with money throughout most of his adult life, although in 1989 he successfully sued his parents and former business advisors for $1.3 million for misappropriation of funds.

In February it was revealed that Shannon was living in squalor in another home, which she shared with her father.