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Angelina's lips top plastic surgery request

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

Eyes like Katie Holmes, the sultry pout of Angelina Jolie and a body like Jessica Biel are the looks most plastic surgery patients in Beverly Hills desire, according to a new survey.

The specific attributes of the three actresses topped the list of the annual ‘Hollywood’s Hottest Looks’ survey by the Beverly Hills Institute of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery.

According to doctors Richard Fleming and Toby Mayer, their clients ask for plastic surgery not to look exactly like a specific star, but to replicate a distinct feature of various celebrity faces and bodies.

The most requested look-alike female nose was that of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Katherine Heigl, while British actress Keira Knightley was tops in the cheek department, and Paris Hilton had the most sought-after skin.

The features most desired by men were Leonardo DiCaprio’s nose, soccer player David Beckham’s body and the blue eyes of the latest James Bond actor, Daniel Craig. George Clooney’s cheeks and Matt Damon’s lips also got top billing.

Dr Fleming said: “Our patients continue to turn to Hollywood to raise their standard of beauty. Our patients want to look rested, energetic and, most of all, youthful like the celebrities they see in glossy magazines.”

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Angelina Jolie Works Tummy, Cleavage as SAG Awards

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

Is she or isn’t she?  Angelina Jolie has had a very rough awards season.  In the perfect Brangelina world, she was supposed to swoop in and grab all kinds of awards statues, including that little golden guy named Oscar for her role in the critically acclaimed film “A Mighty Heart”.  But as reality sets in it appears that she will have to work up some publicity the old fashioned way.  With the kids.  Or a possible kid.She brought out a wrinkled up tie-dyed sheet to wear to the Sag Awards as “SAG fashion” and she would have likely been mocked for it, except everyone wanted to know what was under that mess.  She worked her cleavage as hard as humanly possible up top (Brad seems to like it) and also worked over baby daddy Brad Pitt at the table with a cute little make out session for the cameras.So much for the “private couple.”  An earlier report slammed Jolie and revealed why she is going home without any awards this season.  According to E! Online’s Te Casablanca, Jolie is not universally loved anymore.  Many will not be surprised that the liberal do-gooder is despised by the Academy but it appears that it may be so.  At least one that was interviewed by Casablanca shot back, “You’re joking, right?” when asked what she didn’t get the nomination.  Ouch!Many also saw the make out show at the Brangelina table on Sunday night at the SAG Awards in pretty poor taste, as most were quite somber on a night where the Heath Ledger tragedy was still very fresh.  But it seems like Jolie and Pitt got what they wanted, some new attention.

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Angelina Jolie Next Movie Role, Kung Fu Panda

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

Angelina Jolie’s next movie role is playing the Master Tigress (voice) in the CG-animated comedy. Kung Fu Panda is set to star Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman. From the trailers that i’ve seen it looks like it could be funny.Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around…which doesn’t exactly come in handy while working every day in his family’s noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po’s dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five–Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey–under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it’s up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart – and his girth – into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

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Shares fall despite positive US lead

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

THE share market closed in negative territory today, defying firmer commodity prices and a positive lead from the US overnight.

Wall Street chalked up gains due to widespread expectations that interest rates will be cut for the second time in a two weeks when the board of the US Federal Reserve meets tomorrow night (Australian time).

Locally, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down 143.8 points, or 2.45 per cent, to 5716.5 and the All Ordinaries had fallen 131.8 points, or 2.24 per cent, to 5754.5.

On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 4.19PM (AEDT), the March share price index contract was down 121 points to 5692 on 34,063 contracts.

MF Global senior trader Anthony Anderson said trading volumes were thin as fears for the US economy continued.

"The futures were indicating the local market would have a good opening, up 50 points or so, and within half an hour it was down 50 points,” Mr Anderson said.

"It’s hard to say what the cause of the weakness is other than nervousness about the US.

"Asia was very weak yesterday but it’s better today.

"The banks were particularly weak, as were resources despite stronger commodity prices overnight.

"Things should be looking better than they are, but it emphasises the nervousness around and strong selling pressure.

"It does seem a little bit overdone.”

He said an expected 50-basis points interest rate cut in the US on Wednesday had already been factored into the market.

Excluding aluminium, base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange improved.

Regardless, the big diversified miners closed down. BHP Billiton had dipped $1.10, or 2.99 per cent, to $35.70 and takeover target Rio Tinto had shed $4.93, or 4.16 per cent, to $113.57.

The big banks were weaker. ANZ Bank was down $1.04 to $26.45, Commonwealth Bank was $2.00 softer at $51.71, National Australia Bank was $1.06 lower at $35.43 and Westpac had dropped 34 cents at $26.25.

The nation’s fifth largest bank, St George, dropped $1.02 to $29.98.

Despite oil prices rising to $US91.04 a barrel, energy stocks fell. Woodside Petroleum lost $1.34 to $45.85 and Santos dipped 63 cents to $12.18.

Papua New Guinea’s largest oil and gas producer Oil Search reported a 3 per cent fall in fourth quarter production, due to natural field decline in PNG and a lower contribution from its interests in Egypt.  Oil Search shares finished down 35 cents to $4.35.

Chinese Iron and Steel Group took a 3.9 per cent stake in Apollo Minerals and is looking to increase its interest to 19.9 per cent. Apollo’s shares finished four cents higher at 33 cents.

Resource investment house Mineral Securities (MinSec) gave the thumbs up to a merger proposal with copper producer CopperCo to create an diversified base and precious metals company with a market value of $530 million.

Shares in MinSec were steady at $1.40 while CopperCo’s shares were down two cents to 63 cents.
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More Cops Called to Casa Spears

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

The cops have returned to the Summit. Perhaps even more surprisingly, so have Britney Spears' parents.

Police were called to Spears' gated community Monday night, following an apparent dustup between the singer and her steady companion Sam Lutfi.

The cops, however, weren't there to referee the fight; instead, police cited several individuals for illegal parking, Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Mike Lopez told E! Online.

After the LAPD sent the shutterbugs scurrying, Spears' hitherto estranged parents, Jamie and Lynne, rushed over to the house, a source close to the family told E! News exclusively.

They wanted to make sure Spears was okay, after learning from the media that their daughter had fought with Lutfi, the source said.

Spears paparazzo pal Adnan Ghalib also drove up to the tony enclave on the outskirts of Beverly Hills, supposedly at Spears' request, but was denied entry when the gate guards dialed the troubled popster's home to get her permission. 

It's unclear whether Spears issued instructions to keep Ghalib away or if Lutfi, who earlier Monday told Barbara Walters of The View that the singer was getting psychiatric treatment, was the one who gave the order.  

Ghalib told TMZ that Spears called him following a major verbal blowup between her and Lutfi that occurred at about 7 p.m. as they were driving toward her home.

"Baby, can you come pick me up?" Ghalib said Spears asked him. He then told her to wait for him inside her house and he would come to pick her up.  

Spears had jumped out of Lutfi's car just inside of the gate, where she ran head-on into the waiting flashbulbs. X17online reported that another photographer on the scene, identified only as "Filipe," eventually drove Spears up to her house.

The paparazzi who ended up on the wrong side of a citation had abandoned their vehicles while angling to get footage of the purported fight.

"Can you please just go away?" a tearful Spears said at one point when one photog complimented her plaid hat as she was walking away from Lutfi's car, per video shot at the scene. 

"I'm sitting for once and having a nice time with my dog!" she yelled at the paparazzi, while she was waiting for her ride to arrive.

Spears, clutching her little dog, was then videotaped getting into Filipe's SUV and the pair drove off. 

Lopez said police responded to the call, thinking that people had followed Spears into the Summit, although it turned out they were amassing outside the area. 

"Next thing you know, we were called out there to the scene to make sure everybody left," he said.
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50 Cent's fame claim

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

Rapper 50 Cent is sure to win the non-existent prize of celebrity idiot of the year after yet more self-obsessed warbling about his own fame.

This time he is quoted as saying socialising with Hollywood A-listers doesn’t faze him because spending time with the rich and famous makes him feel ‘normal’.

Right Fiddy, we hear you. Yes, you too are rich and famous and we haven’t forgotten.

Not so long ago he reportedly proclaimed he couldn’t date normal girls any more because, well, he was just too darn famous.
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Sam Lutfi Told Barbara Walters Spears Is Seeking Help

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

A distraught Britney Spears jumped out of her car Monday evening ??” recorded by a pack of paparazzi ??” to get away away from her friend and sometime manager Sam Lutfi who told ABC this week that she has “mental problems.”

Spears’ blowup with Lutfi left her sitting barefoot on a curb outside her home, sobbing and holding her little dog London while Lutfi continued to scream at her, according to Spears’ paparazzo boyfriend Adnan Ghalib.

Ghalib said he rushed to Spears’ home when she tearfully called him for help, pleading, “Baby, can you come pick me up?”

Ghalib said he was denied entrance at the gate to Spears’ house, however, and calls to her many cell phones went unanswered. The photog said on the Web site of his employer, photo agency FinalPixx, that “Britney is safe with paparazzi photographer Felipe from Fame at the moment.”

Felipe was not immediately identified, but apparently is another member of the paparazzi whom Spears considers a friend.

Spears’ latest public collapse started a frenzy of hurried arrivals and departures from her home amid speculation that her family is struggling to find a way to get her treatment.
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Britney Spears' (Minor) Custody Victory

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

Britney Spears has been awarded phone contact with her two children, a Los Angeles judge confirmed Monday.

The Toxic singer – who is embroiled in a bitter custody battle with ex Kevin Federline – was stripped of full physical custody of Jayden James and Sean Preston following a heated custody standoff in January.

According to a U.S. news outlet, the 26-year-old received official word on Monday that she’ll be able to talk to her kids again.
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His taste isn't worth 50 Cent!

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

Saturday’s ChefDance invitation-only dinner, held below Harry O’s on Park City’s Main Street, was a feast for rapper 50 Cent, who was performing that night. And as usual, 50 did his own thing. First, he couldn’t move around the dining room unless he was surrounded by an entourage of about 20 cohorts, according to our source.     Then, when celebrity chef Todd Mark Miller of New York’s SDK (and formerly of Utah) offered a menu of bay scallops, winter vegetables with goat cheese, lobster risotto and pot roast with red wine, the rapper and his crew instead demanded macaroni & cheese and hamburgers.     Uh, McDonalds is just up the street, Fiddy.    – Vince Horiuchi      Lisa: You’ve always been my best friend        Lisa Harrine should be getting plenty of calls this week from long-lost friends. The Park City resident was the highest bidder at a fundraiser hosted by Grammy-winning R&B vocalist John Legend earlier this week.     Harrine’s winning $80,000 bid gets her – and 100 of her closest friends – a concert with Legend later this year. Legend, in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, decided to take advantage of the Hollywood star power to benefit his favorite cause: “The Show Me Campaign,” which helps fight poverty in some of the poorest communities in Africa.The event raised $250,000.
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Another Wild Night for Britney Spears

Posted by pinrobot123 on January 31, 2008

Just hours after Britney Spears’s camp announced that she was seeking psychological treatment, the pop star was in the midst of yet another public breakdown.
The trouble began Monday evening, when Spears and her confidante Sam Lutfi went for a short drive around Beverly Hills. When they returned to her Summit home at around 6 p.m., the visibly distraught singer – who appeared to be arguing with Lutfi – jumped out of the white Mercedes near the guard gate.
Spears, clutching her Yorkie puppy London, wandered around with tears in her eyes and, at one point, sat down on the curb. “She looked completely lost,” says an on-scene source. Throughout it all, the gathered paparazzi snapped away. Wearing brown high heels, cutoff shorts and a plaid fedora, Spears then seemed to downplay the incident, saying, “I’m fine. I’m . . . having a nice time with my dog.” (She later hopped into a car with another photographer, Filipe Teixeira, who gave her a lift to Ralph’s supermarket in Studio City, before bringing her home. He and another photographer pal were then invited inside, where they spent the remainder of the night.)
Thirty minutes later, the scene became even more surreal when Spears’s paparazzi pal Adnan Ghalib – who’d been noticeably absent in recent days – showed up at the house. But the photographer was turned away at the gate.
The FinalPixx paparazzo – who recently dished on his relationship in a two-part interview on Entertainment Tonight and The Insider – proceeded to show his fellow photographers a series of text messages. In the missives, allegedly from Lutfi, the sender calls Ghalib a “manic trigger” for Spears and adds ominously that any further contact between the two “will kill her.”
Police cars pulled up to the house soon afterward, responding to a call from security at Spears’s gated community.
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