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Friday, April 30, 2010

Cheryl Cole crowned sexiest woman again


    Girls Aloud" star Cheryl Cole has been crowned the world's sexiest woman for the second consecutive year.
    The singer topped the FHM's 100 Sexiest Women World among Megan Fox, underwear model Marissa Miller and Kirsten Stewart. Fox, 23, is on second place while Miller landed the third spot.

    Newly-single Saturdays bandmember Frankie Sandford is on the fourth spot and glamour model Keeley Hazell spent a second year at number five, reports dailymail.co.uk.

    "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart also made it to the list but at number six and actress Kelly Brooke came next. Source URL: http://pokbongkoh.blogspot.com/2010/04/
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Pattinson on world's most beautiful list


    Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson and Canadian singer Justin Bieber have made it to People magazine's World's Most Beautiful 2010 list.
    Also on the list is actress Julia Roberts, reports aceshowbiz.

    Other celebrities on the World's Most Beautiful List are Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Scarlett Johansson, Bradley Cooper, Selena Gomez, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez.
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John Lennon lyrics 'to fetch $700,000'

    John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the Beatles song A Day in the Life are expected to make up to $700,000 (£460,000) at auction.

    The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink will go under the hammer at a sale in New York on 18 June.

    The lyric sheet also contains some corrections and some other notes penned in red ink.

    The song is the final track on the band's 1967 Sgt Pepper album.

    Rolling Stone magazine listed it at number 26 in their compilation of the greatest 500 songs of all time, while the album went on to win four Grammy awards.

    The BBC banned airplay of the track in 1967 because of the lyric "I'd like to turn you on", which was interpreted as a reference to drug use.

    John Lennon
    John Lennon died in 1980

    This also led to several Asian countries to release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band minus the song.

    The lyric was apparently a later addition by Lennon.

    Sotheby's, who are auctioning the lyrics, called A Day in the Life "the revolutionary song that marked the Beatles' transformation from pop icons to artists".

    According to the auction house, the current record for the sale of Beatles lyrics is All You Need Is Love, which fetched $1m (£655,450) in 2005.

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How Sandra Bullock kept a baby a secret


    (CNN) -- Sandra Bullock has Oscar-winning talent, but it took more than just being a good actress to keep the adoption of her infant son private for months -- especially when the paparazzi started swarming following allegations of marital discord.

    Bullock, fresh from a laudatory awards season, managed to not only keep herself removed from the public eye, but to also shield her son, Louis, from the spotlight as well. It wasn't until People magazine revealed her adoption story Wednesday that anyone outside of Bullock's inner circle knew the big news.

    "Sandra really relied on a network of very close friends and very close family members to keep her secret," explained People magazine's senior editor David Caplan. "The baby arrived during the height of the awards season [in January], and she even said that her trusted makeup artist was wondering why [she] needed so much concealer under her eyes, because she was tired."

    In order to pull that off, Caplan said Bullock had to employ some CIA-style tactics to maintain her covert operation, using car decoys to take Louis to the doctor, and not letting anyone in her house.

    "Regardless of whether or not she was seen with the baby, there wasn't even buzz about the fact that she had the baby," Caplan said. "It was her ability to a) hide [him] from visible sight, and b) the ability to keep this information private, because she had the baby before the scandal broke."

    This scenario makes it clear that Bullock's team wasn't swayed by potential lucrative offers, said New York Daily News entertainment reporter Joanna Molloy.

    "The only way Sandra Bullock could have pulled this off is that she obviously has a few very trusted, loyal, close friends -- a rarity in Hollywood where celebrities are often surrounded mostly by people who either work for them, or want something out of them," Molloy said. "All of the folks in Sandra's tight circle obviously love her and are loyal enough to her that, in keeping her secret, they took a pass on the possibility of making at least six figures on a story like this which certain magazines and British publications are willing to pay."

    Even with the tough logistics, it makes sense that Bullock would want to keep her adoption under wraps, said Eileen Koch, head of entertainment PR firm Eileen Koch & Company, because Sandra "was never seeking publicity for anything except her work."

    Bullock is already widely admired, and her decision to stay mum will only increase the respect fans have for her, Molloy said.

    "She wanted to keep the baby a secret after she was nominated for the best actress Oscar because she 'didn't want him to be part of all that,' " Molloy said. "There are plenty of actresses who would have wanted Academy voters to see them with an adopted baby just to get the good PR, and consequently, votes. Everybody knows the voting process isn't just about the performance anymore. But in this case it was."

    While some celebrities may be accused of being dishonest when a big secret is revealed, it was entirely different for Bullock, Caplan said. "Everyone completely understands why she kept a secret; they're sympathetic and supportive," he said.

    Koch for one isn't surprised. Fans have been so supportive of Bullock because her husband's alleged infidelity has overshadowed her recent career triumph.

    "That's why everyone is behind her, because he ruined the two most important things in her life: the baby and the Academy Awards," she explained. "She couldn't have that moment -- she couldn't totally have the happiness of everything."

    If the timing seems just too good to be true -- revealing a brand new baby at the same time news of her divorce from Jesse James makes headlines -- remember that Bullock has had to keep a low profile, and telling everyone will give her more freedom, Caplan said.

    "She wants everyone to know the secret because she wants to move on," he said. "She wants to live a normal life."

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globes in 2011


    Ricky Gervais has signed on to host next year's Golden Globe Awards, scheduled for January 16, 2011, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday. It'll mark the second time the actor will take center stage for the annual show, following his gig for this year's honors.

    “I can’t believe they invited me back after awful things I said,” Gervais said in a statement. “Let’s see how far I can go this time.”

    “We are thrilled to have Ricky back as the host of the Golden Globe Awards,” HFPA President Philip Berk added in the release. “His combination of wit, irreverence, and spontaneity makes him the ideal host. He was fantastic last year, and he'll be even better the second time around."

    Gervais led last year's Golden Globes telecast to its highest adults 18-to-49 rating in the time period in five years, and the show was watched by 17 million viewers overall. He is a producer for "The Office" and wrote, starred in and directed "The Invention of Lying" last year.

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Jessica Simpson: I'm single, but 'mingling'

    Her dating inspires envy, awe and headlines -- but what's up with Jessica Simpson's love life this week?

    "I'm single, but I'm out mingling around," the actress-singer-reality star, 29, tells Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

    Pressed to explain, Simpson says: "I mingle around very privately. I have ways in and out of my house and certain places that I go that are private just so I can have a normal life. I'm still out there and bring normal."

    Having been described as "sexual napalm" by ex-boyfriend John Mayer, seeing her relationship with football's Tony Romo dissolve the night before her 29th birthday, and enduring as her now-former marriage to Nick Lachey play out before millions on national TV, Simpson may be ever-so-gun-shy about meeting anyone new.

    "Do you want to date somebody out of the business now because of everything that's happened?" asks DeGeneres.

    "It doesn't really matter to me," Simpson responds. "They definitely have to understand my life and what I put up with and what I deal with. Being scrutinized publicly, they can definitely make or break a relationship, and you have to have that strong foundation so I have to have somebody that understands that kind of lifestyle."

    Doesn't Brush After Every Meal

    On an even more personal note -- future boyfriends and dentists should stop reading here -- DeGeneres asks Simpson to address the rumor that she doesn't brush her teeth.

    "Well, not all the time," Simpson admits. "Maybe three times a week."

    Explaining this stunning fact, Simpson says, "Because my teeth are so white and I don't like them to feel to slippery, but I do use Listerine and I do floss everyday. But I don't brush them everyday. I'll use a shirt or something."

    Capping this admission, she says, "I know it's gross, but I always have fresh breath. It's really weird but I have great breath."

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Glee Madonna album tops US chart

    The Madonna-themed soundtrack from an episode of hit television series Glee has made its debut at number one in the US album chart.

    The Power of Madonna, consisting of the pop star's hits performed by the cast, sold 98,000 copies in its first week of release, according to official figures.

    It is the first Glee soundtrack to top the US chart.

    Veteran rock act AC/DC were beaten into second spot with their latest album, Iron Man 2.

    Almost 75% of sales of the Glee Madonna album were via downloads, Nielsen SoundScan added.

    Two previous releases from the TV show, the music from its first two seasons, made the top five.

    The two albums have so far sold nearly 1.5 million copies in the US.

    The new release, based on just one episode of the programme, contains Madonna hits including Like a Prayer and Vogue.

    It is the first TV soundtrack to top the US album chart since High School Musical 2 in 2007, which spent four weeks in the number one slot.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Hollywood Image Celebrity

Dancing Girls and Superstars at the "Iron Man 2" Premiere

    Los Angeles – A bevy of beauties hit the glittery red-carpet premiere of "Iron Man 2" at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Monday, April 26, and they weren't even the much-anticipated film's female leads. No, these were dancing girls, decked out in skimpy red bikinis and knee-high red boots. In a twist from the normal red-carpet walk, the girls danced on a curtained stage, then director Jon Favreau announced the star-studded cast one by one, with the fans' screams hitting a crescendo as each appeared from behind the curtain.

    Gwyneth Paltrow led the dazzling parade of actresses that make "Iron Man 2" much more than just a Marvel comic-book flick. Scarlett Johansson, Leslie Bibb, Anya Monzikova, Olivia Munn, and Helena Mattsson rounded out the female eye candy that populates this sequel all about Tony Stark and his alter ego Iron Man.

    At an earlier press conference for the film, Paltrow explained exactly why the women in "Iron Man 2" are so special.

    "It's a very smart decision actually to have women who are capable and intelligent in the film, because it appeals to women. So it's not only a film for 15-year-old boys," she explained. "It's a film that can relate to a lot of people on a lot of levels and a lot of my girlfriends like it because of the romance."

    Paltrow's character is in a romance with the movie's hero Tony Stark, who is played by Robert Downey Jr. He told reporters that he is certainly happier being the star of a huge movie franchise rather than a drug-addicted criminal, which he once was. Downey, who spent more than a year in jail because of his actions while under the influence, laughed and said, "I'm in a great spot. I think I'm fortunate too because I've kind of had two or three or seven lives with different perceptions of me and my status or whatever. It's just been a really nice time right now."

    Downey's male "Iron Man 2" co-stars seemed to be having a nice time at the premiere, too. Samuel L. Jackson happily greeted Don Cheadle, while Mickey Rourke, Garry Shandling, Sam Rockwell, and Clark Gregg gathered for a giant cast picture in front of a statue of the action hero.

    Lots of other famous faces turned out for the premiere, including Sylvester Stallone, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Grey, Dane Cook and Hugh Hefner, the man-of-the-moment as he had earlier in the day kicked in the $900,000 needed to save the iconic Hollywood sign perched in the hills just above the theater.

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Shania Twain brings out the best in 'Idol' singers


    LOS ANGELES – Not so fast, Crystal Bowersox. The other "American Idol" finalists rose to the occasion Tuesday during an evening of Shania Twain tunes on the Fox singing contest. After weeks of unabashed praise, the show's judges weren't so overwhelmed with the folksy rendition of "No One Needs To Know" from the usually captivating 24-year-old musician from Toledo, Ohio. They still kinda liked it though.

    "It's kind of impossible for you not to be good," judge Kara DioGuardi said.

    Aaron Kelly, the sheepish 17-year-old high school student from Sonestown, Pa., won back the judges with his booming take on mentor Twain's "You've Got a Way," which included changing the lyrics from "the way we make love" to "the way you show love." Simon Cowell said the passionate performance made Kelly seem like a "different artist" after weeks ho-hum endeavors.

    "Tomorrow's gonna be real tough," Ellen DeGeneres declared after Kelly performed.

    The other male singers also had no problem nailing Twain's tunes, including 24-year-old paint sales clerk Lee Dewyze of Mount Prospect, Ill., with an edgy "Still the One," 26-year-old personal trainer Michael Lynche of Queens, N.Y., with an emotional "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" and 27-year-old musician Casey James of Fort Worth, Texas, with a raw "Don't!"

    "This could be a great thing in your wheelhouse," Randy Jackson informed James.

    Siobhan Magnus closed the show by strutting across the stage and through the audience while crooning "Any Man of Mine." Jackson later told the 20-year-old glass-blower from Marstons Mills, Mass., that he loved everything about it. Magnus ended the upbeat performance with one of her signature howls, which Cowell decided sounded like Magnus was "giving birth up there."

    Another finalist will get the boot Wednesday, leaving five singers in the competition.

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Actor Kal Penn robbed at gunpoint in D.C.

    WASHINGTON – Kal Penn's former publicist confirms that the actor who played Kumar in the movie "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and had a recurring role on the Fox show "House" was robbed at gunpoint in Washington, D.C.

    The Indian-American actor whose given name is Kalpen Modi is working in the White House's Office of Public Liaison. He is focusing on connecting the president with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.

    Penn's former publicist Jennifer Goodwin confirmed a TMZ.com report that Penn was robbed. A police crime summary says early Tuesday, an armed robber forced a victim to lie on the ground and give up his cell phone and other possessions. It did not include names.

    Penn did not respond to requests for comment. The Metropolitan Police Department said it could not release information.

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Eva Herzigova Gets A Second Act

    Paris – Eva Herzigova rolled out her new ready-to-wear Fall 2010 collection recently in Paris.

    Herzigova, best known as the greatest model to come from what was Czechoslovakia, has tried various second acts to her successful modeling career, with varying success. But her link-up with the deep-pocketed French group Etam looks like being a winner. The Czech model unveiled her debut collection for Etam's lady like label 1.2.3 that will be known as Eva Herzigova, Un, Deux, Trois, or one, two, three in English.

    "It's what I'd like to wear on a great first date. I know that I am not truly a designer, but I think, thanks to all my experiences seeing and wearing great clothes, I have a sense what many women want to wear," the 37-year-old Herzigova said in an interview.

    Thanks to contracts for Wonderbra and Guess, Herzigova is an instantly recognizable bold face name in fashion. Her presentation on Thursday, April 8, was mobbed with French camera crews and scores of journalists.

    Asked to define her ideal date when wearing the collection, Herzigova said, with a giggle: "Oh, I'd begin the evening at an opera La Scala, or red carpet event, because that's the world I live in, then cocktails and dancing in a fine private house, and then, if things are going well, it's back to my place!"

    The collection, though far from path-breaking, is a pretty clever Mittel-European take of French romanticism; with looks varying from sharply tailored all-white tuxedos, echoing an easy-to-wear classic Yves Saint Laurent pant suit, to natty putty-hued trench coats in micro fiber mixes or charming arty paisley silk blouses, rather Brigitte Bardot inspired.

    "It's for a woman who is not afraid to show herself off," said Herzigova, for whom this a second attempt as a designer.

    Six years ago she created five collections of well-received beachwear, but lacking management and financial backing she eventually shelved that project.

    "I had just become a mum with my little boy George, so being a model, mum and entrepreneur all at the same time was just too much," she explained.

    And, so, enter Laurent Milchior, whose family controls Etam, a publicly quoted group that posted 2009 sales of 1.020 billion euros, or $ 1.357 billion, and also bankrolled the recent underwear collection from Russia supermodel Natalia Vodianova.

    "She's an ideal designer, because she has immense experience in wearing great fashion, as well as being a perfect representative of the brand. We are expecting great things," explained Milchior, who plans to roll out the collection in several hundred boutiques.


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Cirque to put on show based on Michael Jackson

    LOS ANGELES – First the Beatles and Elvis, now Michael Jackson.

    The acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil announced Tuesday that it will put on a live touring show featuring the songs of the King of Pop starting late next year.

    That will be followed by a permanent production in Las Vegas in 2012 at a property owned by MGM Mirage Inc. The casino company did not say which venue will host the show. A nightclub in Las Vegas will also open with the show.

    Cirque and Jackson's estate will each own 50 percent of the projects and share equally in the cost of putting them on. The estate will also receive royalties from the use of Jackson's music and other assets.

    Jackson, who died at age 50 last June after a drug overdose, was described as a "huge fan" of the French Canadian performance group.

    He saw their first tent show in Santa Monica, Calif., many years ago with longtime lawyer and now estate co-executor, John Branca. And he visited their Montreal headquarters in 2004, Cirque CEO Daniel Lamarre said.

    "He said he was an acrobat himself," Lamarre said in an interview. "As an artist he had this amazing way of bringing some visual element to his performances."

    The touring show, which will begin in North America before branching out around the world, will be a simulation of a Jackson concert, while the Las Vegas show will be more theatrical and more technologically advanced, Lamarre said.

    "The expectations of Michael Jackson fans around the world are going to be huge," he said. "And we have to deliver."

    There are no plans for other members of Jackson's family to perform.

    Before Jackson decided on a series of comeback concerts at the O2 arena in London, he was seen several years ago in Las Vegas and considered performing there.

    Branca said Jackson would have approved of a Cirque tribute.

    "I'm not convinced he would have gone to Las Vegas and performed like Celine Dion did," he said in an interview. "But this is something Michael would be very excited about."

    Unreleased Jackson recordings may become part of the shows' musical numbers, and his biggest hits will likely be remixed and mashed up so fans will hear his music in a new way, Branca said.

    The other co-executor, John McClain, a Jackson friend and music producer, has discovered more than 60 songs that Jackson recorded but never released. They form the backbone of a seven-year deal with Sony Music Entertainment worth up to $250 million. A new album from the recordings is set for release in November.

    Jackson's mother, Katherine, said in a statement, "Our family is thrilled that Cirque du Soleil will pay tribute to my son in such an important way."

    Jackson died after overdosing on propofol and other sedatives. He was about to start a series of comeback concerts he called "This Is It." The concert movie based on rehearsal footage went on to gross $252 million worldwide.

    His personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter. He is expected to go to trial this summer.

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'Idol' judges shower emotional singer with praise

    LOS ANGELES – Crystal Bowersox was brought to tears Tuesday on "American Idol."

    The soulful, 24-year-old musician from Toledo, Ohio, was overcome with emotion at the conclusion of her moody rendition of The Impressions' "People Get Ready" on the Fox singing competition.

    Bowersox later told "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest that her father's presence in the audience during the night of inspirational songs prompted the unexpected crying.

    "My dad's here," she said, "and this is the first time he's been here."

    The show's judges weren't put off by the tears from Bowersox, the final contestant to take the stage.

    Kara DioGuardi told her that she "just schooled all those contestants." Ellen DeGeneres called Bowersox's performance "beautiful," while Randy Jackson offered a standing ovation. Simon Cowell said he was happy to see her so emotional.

    "For me, it was in a completely different class than everything we heard tonight," Cowell said.

    A few finalists were chastised for selecting not-quite-inspirational tunes, including 27-year-old Casey James of Fort Worth, Texas, with Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop;" 17-year-old high school student Aaron Kelly of Sonestown, Pa., with R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly;" and 26-year-old personal trainer Michael Lynche of Queens, N.Y., with Chad Kroeger's "Hero."

    "It felt a little bit artificial," Cowell told Lynche.

    Lee Dewyze, the scruffy, 24-year-old paint sales clerk of Mount Prospect, Ill., was the only other singer to impress the panel.

    After Dewyze crooned Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer," Jackson declared him a "great artist ready to make great music." DeGeneres proclaimed that Dewyze has "so much soul and depth," while Cowell called his performance "sincere."

    Tim Urban, the shaggy-haired 20-year-old college student from Duncansville, Texas, and Siobhan Magnus, the unique 20-year-old glass blower from Marstons Mills, Mass., received mixed reactions to their respective renditions of the Goo Goo Dolls' "Better Days" and Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston's "When You Believe." Both were unfazed by the chilly reception.

    "It's just kind of me," Urban said of his unflappable nature.

    Another finalist will be sent home Wednesday on a special episode that will serve as the "Idol Gives Back" charity event, which benefits Children's Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More, Save the Children's U.S. programs and the United Nations Foundation. Black Eyed Peas, Jeff Beck, Joss Stone and Mary J. Blige are among those slated to perform.

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Future Connector: Jessica Alba

    She is one of the most widely recognizable actresses around the world and thankfully Jessica Alba has put that fame to good use.

    Jessica Alba is your Connector of the Day.
    Jessica Alba is your Connector of the Day.

    Alba is best known for her role in such films "Sin City", "Fantastic Four" and her television series "Dark Angel".

    The 28-year-old is teaming up with U.S. congresswoman Nita Lowey to help unveil landmark legislation to help achieve universal basic education around the world.

    The movement is part of the 1Goal: Education for all World Cup campaign in the United States.

    The bill is the culmination of a decade's work that began at the Millennium Summit in 2000 and is aimed at solving the problem where 72 million children still lack access to basic education.

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Carrie Underwood achieves country awards first


    Carrie Underwood has made history after becoming the first female artist to win entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards twice.

    The former American Idol winner, 27, who last picked up the award in 2009, also won a special triple crown prize.

    The honour signals that she has won the female vocalist, entertainer of the year and newcomer prizes in her career.

    Trio Lady Antebellum were given five awards while Taylor Swift went home empty-handed, despite five nominations.

    Carrie Underwood
    Carrie Underwood won the fourth series of American Idol

    Underwood was up against Swift and other artists including Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley.

    'Wild, man'

    "I think I just got make-up all over Brad Paisley," Underwood said as she accepted her entertainer of the year award from the star.

    "Thank you God. Praise the Lord."

    Lady Antebellum, whose latest album Need You Now was number one in the main US Billboard 200 album chart, won awards including best vocal group, bringing an end to Rascal Flatts' seven-year run as the winner in that category.

    They also won best song and single of the year for crossover hit Need You Now which reached number two in the US singles chart.

    Singer Charles Kelley said: "It's just wild, man.

    "You never know where a song can take you and tonight is probably the pinnacle of our career."

    Singer Miranda Lambert won three awards, including best female vocalist, at the expense of Underwood.

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Aziz Ansari to host 19th annual MTV Movie Awards

    LOS ANGELES – Aziz Ansari says he's preparing to host his first awards show, the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, by stalking veteran Oscar host Billy Crystal.

    "I'm outside of his house right now," Ansari joked by phone Monday. "I've just kind of been watching Crystal from afar, outside his property."

    MTV said Ansari, the 27-year-old star of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," will host the awards on June 6.

    Network general manager Stephen Friedman said viewers loved Ansari on "Human Giant," the sketch comedy show he created, which ran on MTV for two seasons in 2007 and 2008.

    Friedman called Ansari the perfect host for "the movie industry's most rebellious night on television."

    The MTV Movie Awards honor the year's best films in categories including best kiss, best fight and best global superstar.

    "It's a cool job for me because it allows me to do a lot of things I enjoy doing," Ansari said. "With the monologue, I get to use my standup skill, and I love making short films and stuff, and that's another thing the host gets to do."

    The actor-comedian said he consulted his friends and past MTV Movie Awards hosts Sarah Silverman, Andy Samberg and Ben Stiller for advice.

    "It's all a ploy to get a hosting gig with the Teen Choice Awards next year," Ansari said with a laugh. "Or the Nickelodeon Toddler's Choice Awards, that's what I really want to host."

    Ansari is set to begin his "Dangerously Delicious" standup tour this summer and can be seen in the film "Get Him to the Greek," a comedy starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand due in June.

    Fans can vote online for the winners of the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, which will be presented during a live broadcast from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

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Michael Douglas asks NY judge for mercy toward son

    NEW YORK – Michael Douglas says his family's fame and history of substance abuse helped drive his troubled son into drug addiction and crime, and the Academy Award-winning actor is asking a judge to show leniency toward him.

    "I love my son, but I'm not blind to his actions. ... I don't want to see him break," the actor told the federal judge in a handwritten letter made public Monday, on the eve of Cameron Douglas' sentencing in a drug case.

    The five-page letter, penned in an elegant script, joins others written to the court by Cameron Douglas' high-profile supporters, including grandfather Kirk Douglas, stepmother Catherine Zeta-Jones and NBA executive Pat Riley.

    Cameron Douglas, arrested in July at a Manhattan hotel, admitted in January that he dealt methamphetamine and cocaine. He pleaded guilty to a drug charge that carries a mandatory 10 years in prison, but his lawyers and supporters are arguing for less time.

    A defense lawyer and Michael Douglas' publicist didn't immediately return telephone calls Monday evening; prosecutors declined to comment.

    In his letter, Douglas paints his son's problems as the product, in part, of a privileged but difficult childhood, a family legacy of drug and alcohol problems and the long shadow cast by a family of screen icons.

    "I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father," wrote Douglas, who starred in "Wall Street" and whose father starred in "Spartacus." "I'm not sure I can comprehend it with two generations to deal with."

    As the only child of a "bad marriage" between an often absent Michael Douglas and his first wife, Diandra Douglas, "Cameron found his family in the gang mentality," his father wrote.

    He said his son developed a substance abuse problem at 13, sloughed off at school and balked at the idea of rehab unless it was legally required.

    Cameron Douglas eventually found some success as a club DJ and got some movie roles, including one in 2003's "It Runs in the Family," starring his father and grandfather. But he spiraled into a heroin addiction and, according to his lawyers, began dealing meth in 2006 to support himself after being cut off from the family fortune because he wouldn't get treatment.

    Citing genes and family as factors in substance abuse, Michael Douglas points in his letter to relatives' drug and alcohol problems, though their names have been redacted.

    Douglas has said he was treated at an Arizona clinic for alcohol abuse in the 1990s. His half-brother, Eric Douglas, died in 2004 of an accidental overdose of alcohol and prescription pills after years of struggling with addiction.

    Douglas wrote that he has cherished weekly two-hour visits with his son over the past eight months at a Manhattan federal jail. With his son behind bars but sober, "I get to witness the wonderful young man he can be," he wrote.

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8 Dating Mistakes Even Smart Women Make

    Trying to make your new relationship last or just looking to avoid a repeat of your latest dating mistakes? Follow our guide to finding Mr. Right. (No, it’s not impossible!)

    Dating Mistake #1: Being Too Available

    We’re not suggesting you play games, but we are telling you to indulge your passions and resist the urge to abandon your social circle every time your new man sends an invitation. Take Sebastian, 34, from Chicago, for example: “When I was single, there were women I initially liked who seemed to be waiting by the phone for me to call, which let me know if I didn’t meet someone else I wanted to date, I had a standby. There just wasn’t anything to work for, and that turned me off,” he says. The more you engage in and enjoy your life, the more he’ll work to be a part of it.

    Dating Mistake #2: Trying to Rehabilitate a Bad Boy

    Ending a relationship is rarely easy, and though flying solo might not be your long-term goal, being on your own is better than feeling alone in a relationship with someone who treats you poorly. Even when it might be tempting to give a toxic romance one more try, knowing when to cut your losses and move on leaves you available and baggage-free when the right guy comes along.

    Related: 25 Things That Keep Him Hooked and Happy


    Dating Mistake #3: Looking for Perfection

    Encouraging you to settle isn’t our style, but separating your desires from your deal-breakers can give your love life a major upgrade. “There are some qualities that your mate must have—being honest, for example—and others, such as movie-star looks, that should be thrown in the would-be-nice category,” says Elizabeth R. Lombardo, Ph.D., author of A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness. “Sit down and realistically figure out what characteristics are nonnegotiable and then be open-minded about the rest.”

    Dating Mistake #4: Feeling Sorry for Yourself

    Resist the urge to bemoan your single status (which will only make him wonder why you find yourself such terrible company) and use this time to date yourself. Taking a dance class at the local studio, hitting up the exhibit you have been aching to see and trying out the new wine bar on the corner will not only offer you the chance to have more fun but will also leave you more likely to meet someone who shares your interests. So much better than sitting in your apartment waiting for someone to “wink” at your online profile picture, isn’t it? Another bonus? You’ll have far more interesting things to talk about over dinner than what your boss made you do on your lunch break last Friday.


    Dating Mistake #5: Knowing His Thread-Count Before You Know His Phone Number

    Getting it on with a sexy stranger is your natural-born right, but according to many guys, it can be the wrong move if you’re looking for long-term love.

    Follow the advice of super-sexy leading man Gilles Marini (he was Samantha’s sexy neighbor in Sex and the City: The Movie): “Men love women who respect themselves and who do not rush into bed with them but instead go on a few dates, where they can start to gain an understanding of each other and then decide whether or not to take things further. Women need to know that taking it slow and getting to know one another is the best way to get into a good relationship,” he says.

    See our tips: 12 Things Guys Wish You Knew in Bed


    Dating Mistake #6: Being Too Selfish in Your Relationship

    One of the downsides of being independent is that it can lead to some self-absorbed tendencies—a huge turnoff for men looking for a serious relationship, says Ming Gregory, a professional matchmaker at Color Blind International Dating Service. So make sure you’re giving as much as you’re receiving in your next relationship. “A partnership involves two people who share mutual interests and mutually benefit one another,” she says. “It’s not just about what being with him can provide you; it’s about how you can come together to complement each other.”


    Dating Mistake #7: Believing in The One

    “A lot of women make dating more difficult by placing so much pressure on themselves to find the one-and-only-man-in-a-billion they believe is right for them,” says Ali, 35, from Gaithersburg, Maryland.

    Instead of convincing yourself the ex you dumped was your soul mate or that perfect-but-married co-worker was your one that got away, take a cue from our male counterparts and approach the dating scene with the idea that there are plenty of men who are capable of making you laugh, sharing your values and melting your heart, and you’re going to have fun with several of them until you find one worthy of your commitment.

    Dating Mistake #8: Forgetting Your Manners

    We can’t imagine this is something you’d ever do, but a little reminder never hurts: Say thank you.

    “Good manners have become so old-fashioned that men now wait for the thank-you at the end of the date as a way to see if she’s worth seeing again,” says Brian, 30, from New York City. “I don’t care if the woman looks like Kate Beckinsale and has a Ph.D.; if she can’t be bothered to utter those two little words, I am never calling her again.”

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New Blood Wins Big At 2010 ACM Awards, But Taylor Shut Out

    Taylor Swift is pretty much responsible for the industrious task of ushering in a massive fresh breath of air in country music, shaking things up so that new blood circulated with a vengeance in an industry known for being a bit sticky to move along.

    Who can forget her history-making awards-show shakeups of last year? Most notably, her sweep of the Country Music Association Awards in November that paved the way for her Grammy triumphs in January?

    Now, all that said--Taylor didn't win a single award at the 2010 Academy Of Country Music Awards show Sunday night, despite being nominated in some of the biggest categories, including the fan-voted Entertainer Of The Year. Interesting, eh?

    The Taylor '09 Effect, shall we call it, did prove to have its influence over the annual awards show this year. The roster of winners reads as a delightful sea change, tipping toward new and influential talent.

    First off--Carrie Underwood winning Entertainer Of The Year and making history as the only woman to win it twice. She locked this one down and slammed the boys' club out of the water yet another year running--hell, she even won it over her only female rival, the revered (i.e. formidable as hell) Taylor. (As an aside, I am wondering if Carrie's fan-voted win now places Taylor even more strongly in the pop realm--outside of country--than ever.)

    Along these lines, I have to smile that the Zac Brown Band were also nominated in the Entertainer Of The Year category, as well as Album Of The Year. Awesome!

    Second, can we just marvel at Lady Antebellum? Already making news out of the gate with their amazing seven ACM nominations, this young group became one of the many-are-called-but-few-are-chosen country/pop crossover stories--much like Taylor Swift--that made good on the sparks of domination they showed last year. Top Vocal Group...don't get me wrong, I love Rascal Flatts, but this was a much-needed shakeup. Song and single of the year for "Need You Now," too? Mah gawd, this is great.

    Third--two words--MIRANDA LAMBERT. Another girl--and a newish one to boot--scoring important wins such as Album and Video Of The Year. And, I will add, pounding her fellow country girls with her Female Vocalist win. You've got to love a gal who high-fives her boyfriend instead of kissing him when her name is announced for a coveted award. (In a fun note--said boyfriend Blake Shelton won his first ACM Award tonight, too--Vocal Event Of The Year for "Hillbilly Bone," his collaboration with Trace Adkins.)

    For those lamenting the good ol' days, tradition still held firm at the ACMs 2010--Reba McEntire (who somehow just gets cooler and more gorgeous year by year) hosted the show for a record 12th time. Brad Paisley won a most deserved, if slightly predictable, Male Vocalist Of The Year. The soon-to-be-history Brooks & Dunn took their 10th Top Vocal Duo honors. And the legendary Charlie Daniels ripped up the stage, as well as appeared in a pre-show Geico commercial.

    Yes, only in the country world can one find all this new and old existing together in seemingly perfect harmony. I love writing about Nashville; it never fails to make me feel good about music as a whole.

    Incidentally, I'm also feeling good about Taylor Swift's future in country, despite going home empty-handed from Vegas. Country is a genre known for its loyalty, and no matter how firmly Taylor gets down in the pop trenches, I'm positive she'll always have a home in the Nashville community.

    You can see a complete list of ACM 2010 winners here. And check out a fashion gallery of arrivals (complete with scorecard of who did it right and who bombed out) right here.

    Be sure to let me know what you think--were the awards deserved or off the mark? I'm all ears.

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Fan asks Megan to make sex tape with him

    A fan asked Hollywood actress Megan Fox if she would be interested in making a sex tape with him so that he could boost his career .



    The strange man made the request during a Q&A round for the beauty’s new film Jonah Hex at the annual Comic-Con International convention in San Diego.

    "My question is for Megan, I have a Sony HVR (video camera). It's not a true HD, but it gives a pretty good image," News.com.au quoted the man as saying.

    He said: "Anyway, my question is: I just graduated film school and I'm trying to help my career. I was wondering if you'd be interested in some kind of, like, celebrity sex tape?"

    The man was grabbed by a couple of security guards and taken to an undisclosed place immediately after he asked the question.
    Actor Josh Brolin, who was present in the event, said to the man as he was dragged away: "Dude, I can't wait to see what you look like in 30 minutes."Source URL: http://pokbongkoh.blogspot.com/2010/04/
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Sania-Shoaib’s nikaah video leaked

    Despite the Mirza family trying to keep the entire nikaah ceremony as secret as possible, a video of the goings on in the Taj Krishna grand ballroom on April 12, has made it to the internet.

    According to family sources, “The decision to hold the nikaah took place at the last moment. Only close family members and friends had attended the ceremony. The gathering included only select guests and the media was strictly prohibited from entering the venue so there was no possibility of getting any visuals or exclusive picture of the ceremony. It came as a shock to the family when they saw a video of the ceremony flashed on a site.”

    A close friend of Sania comments, “We were shocked to see visuals of the ceremony on a site. There are probabilities that the video clippings were taken by some guest or hotel sources. We are trying to investigate. We can’t blame anyone at the moment.”

    The video clipping shows Sahara Group owner Subroto Roy interacting with Sania’s father Imran and later interacting with Shoaib and Sania along with mother and sister.Source URL: http://pokbongkoh.blogspot.com/2010/04/
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Vera Wang Bridal: Artful Inquiries

    New York – For the major bridal houses in New York, the spring and fall bridal markets are a semi-annual tradition. However, after a few presentations of cream or white satin trumpet gowns and tulle-covered ball gowns with just a few slight variations, showing this often can seem redundant.

    One designer, however, who has consistently reinvented bridal since her company's inception in 1990, is Vera Wang. Her latest collection for Spring 2011, shown in New York on Tuesday, April 13, was the latest exhibition of her artistry.

    Armed with a thorough knowledge of couture techniques from the past, Wang propels the form forward as she develops new techniques. She'll make organza look ever lighter with her draping, shape silk into sculpture or use tulle as a canvas for hand-printed blossoms or lace, all of which her spring collection featured.

    Taking the "fragile femininity" of the garden or tea party as her starting point, her tightly edited collection introduced just 11 new gowns, but each with its own carefully constructed identity.

    Starting with the first dress, a hand-printed blush Chantilly organza mermaid gown with one shoulder that delicately whispered over the arm, it was clear that not all bridal dress terminology is created equal when it comes to Vera Wang. This mermaid gown hardly resembled the usual stiff satin silhouettes one usually associates with the term. Instead, Wang's version of the flange skirt looked like an organza rendering of a Japanese woodblock depicting a frothy wave.

    In another dress, it was the smallest detail that made the entire dress sing, like a pale lilac gown that had subtle sensual touches: a shoulder strap falling down, or an "illusion" corset peeking through, as though the bride and groom had slipped off for a clandestine moment in the garden. With the barely-there color, Wang aimed for an Easter egg effect, with colors glazing a smooth eggshell-like surface.

    As one might guess in this ode to the garden, there were plenty of floral elements, from hand-cut petal embroidery on a bodice to twists of tulle fashioned into oversized blossoms that floated on a draped skirt like a tossed bouquet.

    But most stunning were the architectural gowns employing what Wang's program notes termed a "ladder technique": a fabric fractal made up of cascading layers of gravity-defying silk gazar that were like a mad mathematical epiphany transformed into art. Turns out there might be a reason to study calculus after all.

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Kestrin Pantera and Jonathan Grubb

    LIGHT TOUCH The couple iin Carmel, Calif. The next night, they are circled by friends in San Francisco.

    WHEN Jonathan Grubb first spotted Kestrin Pantera, she was dressed as a light-saber-wielding Jedi knight. Powerful, wise and dedicated to the “light side of the force” is how Ms. Pantera described the character she sought to embody at the 2006 Burning Man arts festival in Nevada.

    Ms. Pantera, a cellist in Los Angeles who has also had roles in independent films, television commercials and music videos, is herself a force.

    Mr. Grubb, now 30 and a principal product manager with Lookout Mobile Security in Los Angeles, recalled watching with a cousin as the warrior set up camp. “I know you’re perfectly capable of setting up this tent by yourself, but we’re doing it for you,” he said.

    As they did, Ms. Pantera, now also 30, said she imagined a glowing arrow pointing at Mr. Grubb’s head. “This is him,” she recalled thinking as she mentally listed qualities she wanted in a mate — a list that she had drafted as part of the daily “personal manifesto” that she had been writing for years. In this diary, her partner was both brilliant and creative; a problem solver with a real job who also offered the promise of a large, happy family.

    “Jonathan freakishly embodied every quality I’d ever written,” said Ms. Pantera, who now plays with a band called his Orchestra.

    “Everything pointed to us being a perfect match,” Mr. Grubb said. “Except one thing: my girlfriend was due to arrive.”

    Upon receiving this information, Ms. Pantera retreated to her tent and updated her manifesto, writing: “I shall not a home wrecker be.”

    However drawn by Mr. Grubb’s blend of gallantry and wit, she kept her feelings private and proceeded to charm his group, which frequently included his girlfriend at the time, Micki Krimmel.

    At the festival, Mr. Grubb and Ms. Pantera developed a chaste friendship. Yet Mr. Grubb remembers the moment he knew Ms. Pantera was in his future. “Kestrin began playing Jimi Hendrix-style electric cello after revealing that she spoke German and Mandarin and read monetary policy reports for fun,” he said.

    “We all fell in love with Kestrin,” said Flora Grubb, a sister of Mr. Grubb. For his part, Mr. Grubb immediately headed home to San Francisco to disentangle himself.

    Before circling back to Los Angeles, Ms. Pantera also made a stop in San Francisco, where she looked up Mr. Grubb online. His biography was factual, but she was stunned when she discovered this note on a social networking profile: he didn’t want children.

    Although the two weren’t dating, Ms. Pantera said the information felt like a betrayal. “My manifesto-man wanted kids," she said.

    Nevertheless, their romance began several days later at a clothing and costume store, where a mutual friend hosted a birthday party for Ms. Pantera. Mr. Grubb, in a soldier’s uniform, told her he was newly single. Thinking him distraught, Ms. Pantera, dressed as a mermaid, offered comfort. “But how do you feel about me being single?” Mr. Grubb said. “Great? Then get ready for our first kiss!”

    Over time, their deepening long-distance romance led him to propose that he move to Los Angeles, which concerned Ms. Pantera. What if being in the same city imploded their very good thing? She insisted he get his own place. “Kestrin knows what she wants,” said Sarah Carter, who cautions those who might view her best friend as flaky. “She’s wild, yet entirely practical.”

    And there was still the question of children, which the normally fearless Ms. Pantera was scared to press. Then, at a friend’s wedding, a tipsy Ms. Pantera told Mr. Grubb her intention to have a family. If he wasn’t onboard, it was time to cut loose.

    Shocked, Mr. Grubb revealed that he had always wanted children.

    So what about that online profile? He had invented many of them “as tests for my work,” said Mr. Grubb, whose résumé dates to the start of the Internet boom.

    There at the wedding, they both burst into tears: the manifesto had been made manifest.

    “I love absolutely everything about Kestrin,” Mr. Grubb said, adding, “I’d had good relationships before, but nothing like this.”

    In late 2008, while visiting Carmel River Beach in Carmel, Calif, Mr. Grubb proposed: “I know you’re perfectly capable of living this life on your own, but I want to live it with you.”

    They were married April 2, on the same windy bluff, in front of 60 friends and family. Batgirl, the couple’s dog, ferried the rings as Erin Schelcher, a friend who became a Universal Life minister for this event, officiated. Because the bride hates to “kill” flowers, she carried a bouquet of tillandsia, an unusual, spiny gray-green bromeliad that feeds off air.

    Ms. Pantera, the former Jedi warrior, pledged in her wedding vows “to constantly generate a force field of awesome.” When asked about her hopes for the couple, the bride’s mother, Jan Pantera of Visalia, Calif., said, “I wish for them a good credit score,” revealing the origin of the bride’s practicality.

    The setting for the couple’s reception the next night was Flora Grubb Gardens, a nursery in San Francisco owned by the bridegroom’s sister. The nursery is known for using rusted cars as lush planters.

    Of her affection for the spiny tillandsia plants, which surrounded the guests and numbered in the thousands, the bride said, “They manifest life from thin air.” In the garden, 250 guests waved colorful flags and cheered as the couple pledged to “build a community” and “throw radical parties.”

    Scott Watson, a friend of the couple, said, “Just being around them makes you a better person.” Ms. Krimmel, whom Mr. Grubb left for Ms. Pantera, was also a guest. She also saw the “rightness” of this union. “I want to be involved in their whatever, forever,” she said.

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Jessica Bram and Robert Cooper

    WESTPORT, CONN., APRIL 4The couple at their wedding at home and with his son Paul, below, and her son David at the reception.

    FOR a long time, Jessica Bram never thought of herself as the remarrying kind, and the book she wrote about her post-marriage years was called “Happily Ever After Divorce.”

    She probably also never imagined that she would be flat on her back and seriously ill for months — with a devoted man in a chair beside her hospital bed.

    “I had been terrified of what I thought divorce would be — that it would destroy my children, and that I’d be lonely,” said Ms. Bram, who married at 22 and is now 56. “So when it finally did happen, it came as a revelation that I loved my single life.”

    She came to relish her freedom, which she used to further a career in writing and public relations, be with friends, buy and renovate a house in Westport, Conn., and do new things with her three sons.

    Robert Cooper, also 56, and a director of software development at Fidelity Investments in Boston and a part-time musician, had also found that life could be good after his separation and divorce in the early 2000s.

    He spent every other weekend with his twin sons, and in his free time played keyboards with blues and doo-wop bands.

    Ms. Bram’s desire to remain unattached was shaken by 9/11. “I discovered that the world is a hard place to be in alone,” she said.

    Still, two years later she began seeing a man who hadn’t the slightest desire to even live with someone else, and she thought that that was just fine — for a while.

    “I began to remember what it was like to read a paper on Sunday morning with somebody, and you don’t have to talk,” she said.

    Yet those persistent whispers of longing were frightening, too.

    “I had resolved that I would never use the words ‘work’ and ‘relationship’ in the same sentence,” Ms. Bram said. “I didn’t want a relationship that was going to be ‘work.’ And I was fearful that something might not work out again.”

    She was unattached when she attended a business networking meeting in February 2006 run by Mr. Cooper’s younger brother, Isaiah Cooper, a lawyer, who asked the participants what they hoped to get out of the meeting. Ms. Bram, who had just told someone she wanted romance back in her life, stood up and blurted: “Well, to be honest I’d like to start dating. So if anybody knows anyone... ”

    “I immediately blushed,” she recalled, “and everybody in the room started laughing.”

    The next day Mr. Cooper called Ms. Bram, telling her about his brother. But Robert Cooper was seeing someone else when he was given Ms. Bram’s telephone number. By March 2006 that relationship had ended, and he introduced himself to her with an e-mail message. After a few more exchanges they met at a restaurant in Fairfield, Conn.

    “My feeling was that he lives in Boston, so this is not relationship material,” Ms. Bram said. “He started talking extremely honestly about his job, his music and his kids, and I loved that honesty, that complete lack of holding up an image.”

    He liked her curly hair, and was quite impressed that she was writing a book — even if it was a celebration of the single life.

    They saw each other for brunch the following Sunday, Mother’s Day, after she had breakfast with her sons.

    The relationship abruptly became more serious around Memorial Day when he was performing on a cruise to Bermuda and she was in Westport. She called him on the ship, crying because her older son, David, was about to drive across the country to begin post-college life.

    “We had spent two days together, and she called me to share her feelings,” Mr. Cooper said. “I felt really, really happy that she chose to call me. It was a sign that we were rapidly moving toward each other.”

    In October 2006, Ms. Bram had what was supposed to be routine back surgery. But then she contracted a staph infection in her spine and developed other complications. As her condition worsened, she was transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital. The ordeal lasted 88 days. Mr. Cooper often drove from Boston and slept in a chair in her room.

    “I remember saying, ‘This is not your responsibility,’ ” she said. “Had he been my husband of 25 years, I couldn’t have imagined him being more devoted.”

    Yet the crisis only made plain something that he had long been feeling. “I knew that I loved her well before then,” he said. “All this really meant was that there was more urgency for me to be there.”

    The couple married on April 4 at the house in Westport, where they both now live. The 30 or so guests gathered on the patio for a ceremony led by Rabbi Robert Orkand.

    “I discovered, just as I had been surprised in the beginning by what divorced life could be,” the bride said, “I was completely surprised by what a committed relationship could be.”

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Producer's parents get temp custody of children

    LOS ANGELES – A court has granted temporary custody of the children of a reality show producer and his deceased wife to the children's grandparents.

    Los Angeles Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini says a judge granted temporary custody to the grandparents during a hearing Friday. He did not have more information, but a source familiar with the case who was not authorized to speak publicly says custody was given to Bruce Beresford-Redman's parents.

    Mexican authorities consider Bruce Beresford-Redman a suspect in his wife's death and are not allowing him to leave the country. Monica Beresford-Redman's body was found in a Cancun sewer on Thursday with signs of traumatic injuries.

    Her sister also petitioned Friday for custody of the children, ages 5 and 3.

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