Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie Confirm Their Breakup

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Without going into details, Paris Hilton says her once strong friendship with "Simple Life" co-star and long time friend Nicole Richie simply over.

Actually, it's more like seething contempt -- but she didn't actually say that.

Paris said in a statement: "Its no big secret that Nicole and I are no longer friends. I will not go into the details of what happened. All I will say is that Nicole knows what she did and that's all I am ever going to say about it." According to ananova.com, the 23-year-old hotel heiress has also accused Nicole of starting a jealous whispering campaign against her.

Meanwhile, the New York Daily News is reporting that Nicole is being blamed for an incident where a group of friends had gathered at Nicky's apartment to watch a tape of Paris hosting "Saturday Night Live." But when they switched on the TV they saw the tape was Paris' notorious sex video. The girl just can't get away from that thing . . . even when she's among friends.

Off With her Hair! We have a Bad Elephant! Trauma on Amazing Race 7

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In an exciting episode of elephant pushing, camel jockeying, 24-hour train rides, and a female racer getting her head shaved, the Amazing Racers give it their all in the India leg of the race around the world.

Last week, after each exhausted team hit the mat, host Phil handed them their next clue with that evil little smirk and a twinkle in his eye -- as only Phil can pour it on. The clue sent the shocked teams to the train station in Lucknow where they all arrived in early afternoon, only to find the train they needed didn't leave until 9 pm.

The teams hung out, then boarded the train and settled in for a comfy night in bunks, only to be woken up at 1 am to be given their next clue! Even though it was a 24-hour train ride to the next destination and they could have gotten the papers at any time, they get roused right in the middle of their slumber. Oh, these race organizers are such kidders!

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Orlando Bloom Battles Inferiority Complex

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Even after doing 3 films in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Orlando Bloom recently admitted that he was nervous about doing "Pirates of Caribbean" because he thought he wasn't good enough to appear along side Johnny Depp.

"When I got the script," he told The Sun in London, "I didn't want to tempt myself with the idea of getting involved in something I didn't think I could do. But in the end I was thankful it all worked out because it couldn't have been a more fun experience."

In other news that won't come as a shock to anyone, the "Troy" heartthrob was voted the most powerful star in Britain, according to a survey in Film Review magazine. ("Bend It Like Beckham" actress Keira Knightley was 2nd on the list, followed in 3rd place by "Arthur" star Clive Owen.)

There's three more weeks until his new film "Kingdom of Heaven" hits the big screen. Watch the trailer at the kingdomofheavenmovie.com official website. The European Premiere of Kingdom of Heaven will be on Monday, May 2nd, and the film goes into wide release on May 6th.

Attack of the Paparazzi. Target: Reese Witherspoon

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According to reports, "Legally Blonde" star Reese Witherspoon is the latest celebrity to be harassed, hassled, chased and menaced by paparazzi both in a car and on foot.

She told police that photogs surrounded her when she came out of a Los Angeles gym and tried to block her way from reaching her car. Her trainer came to her rescue but then a car chase through the streets of Hollywood ensued.

Not only was her car blocked as she attempted to drive away, but once the car left the parking lot, the pack of photogs jumped into at least five cars and followed her, nearly forcing her off the road at one point.
, She was followed home and THEN prevented from driving through her gate until security personnel came to assist her. Reese immediately called the police as soon as she got home. Reese is considering pressing charges of false imprisonment against the photographers. The bastards ran off before they could be identified.

While we all like to read about stars, there's nothing interesting or exciting about an actress going home after her gym workout. Terrorizing stars and putting their lives at risk is definitely not cool. This is scary shit.

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Chris Tucker: Putting the Rush back in "Rush Hour" . .

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Chris Tucker, the star of "Rush Hour," was arrested after a 109 mph chase on the Interstate near his home in Georgia. Fleeing paparazzi, Chris? Or just breaking in that new blingy Rolls?

He was briefly jailed Sunday morning, according to smokinggun.com after Georgia state troopers pulled over his 2005 Bentley when he did not "immediately" stop for them. But then I imagine a Bentley bombing down the highway doing 109 must take some time to slow down.

The report says he spent only a half an hour in the Warren County jail before posting bond and being released. He was charged with reckless driving and fleeing to elude. (No speeding?) His mugshot is posted at smokinggun. (And clink on the page's link to see more mug shots of your favorite celebs.)

"Road Warriors" Busted for Re-inacting the Convoy Attack

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Through the post-apocalyptic wasteland that looks a lot like Texas, fans of the cult film "The Road Warrior" were driving in a convoy merrily on their way to a movie marathon. Only problem was, they were menacing a tanker truck while armed with fake machine guns. And dressed like Humungus.

Go ahead and guess the rest. Highway drivers were scared shitless and called the cops on the warriors of the wasteland.

The group was made up to look like the Warrior Max, Wez, the Feral Kid, and Humungus ("The ayatollah of rock and rolla") so they were bound to attract attention while driving a black V8 Interceptor. And chasing a tanker truck (was the driver in on it?) while channeling the most exciting chase scene and demolition derby ever filmed on a barren highway isn't easy to do., Reports say that the convoy group set out from Boerne to San Antonio unaware that 911 got several calls from motorists who reported a "militia" surrounding a tanker.

When police caught up with the group, they charged 11 people with "highway obstruction" and "possession of prohibited knives." It's estimated that over 25 people participated, but no word on if anyone had the balls to recreate the role of the Gyro captain flying above in a tiny gyrochopper while dropping live snakes on people. Or who wore bare butt leather chaps.

One of the organizers of the convoy, Chris Fenner, called the arrests "unfair." He said he didn't know why anyone would have confused the costumed crew recreating a scene and thought they were a real threat. "I honestly don't know how that could be, because 'Road Warrior' was so over the top." (Just like this stunt, cool as it was.)

Sadly, the movie marathon was canceled after the arrests, since the majority of the attendees were in jail.

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"Desperate Housewives" : More Fun on Wisteria Lane

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Let's recap last night's (April 17) episode that included a dead body in a toy box, picking up men in bars, police brutality, and more creepiness in the continuing saga of sex, lies and murder on "Desperate Housewives."

Neighbor Mrs. McCluskey (same actress who plays God in "Joan of Arcadia") gives an expensive Tiffany lamp to an unappreciative Lanette as thanks for not letting her die on the lawn. Mike gets his ass kicked by a homicide detective. At camp Henessey, Bree learns her son Andrew may (or may not) have gay feelings. But he's not sure even if he did mack on a guy in a pool. Either way, she freaks at the thought of leaving him at a camp with 200 other boys so she takes him home. And, being a loving and caring mom, she comforts him in true Bree style: "I'd love you -- even if you were a murderer."

, She continues with her killer zings over dinner in the discussion of her diabolically maybe-gay son Andrew who lied to her and said he was NOT gay in order to get out of being at camp. Then, in front of the dinner guest, a pastor, her husband Rex defends Andrew by saying "Can't you at least wait until dessert before calling our son a sodomite?" Bree then turns to Andrew and reveals: "Your father is into S & M. He lets me beat him with a riding crop." She also tells her son he shouldn't be gay, otherwise, he is like, so NOT going to heaven.

Later Andrew hints in a private conver with the pastor that he is gonna do something bad to get back at his mom. Nothing Columbine, but then again we don't know what the little twit is capable of. (Just an evil grin so far.)

After Carlos takes away her credit cards, Gabrielle runs up charges on her teenage lover's student credit card. Then she calls her boy toy in a panic when the card is declined and he tells her his mom just cancelled it. In a bind at the restaurant, Gabrielle shmoozes on a stranger to pay for her meal, then glares triumphly at the waiter who was probably hoping to call the cops on her non-paying ass.

Susan's mom has moved in and made Susan's life hell. First she flirts with the ice cream man and then invites a couple of losers over to the house to double date. Actually, I'm finding Leslie Ann Warren's over-the-top acting to be jagged and tiresome, and not in flow with the rest of the show. I'd preferred Susan (Teri Hatcher, above) to just have crying jags over Mike as she tries to deal.

Oh, yes, Mike. After getting called "scum" and getting roughed up by the cop who hands him a secret file, he discovers that the body of his missing wife, Deirdre, was found dismembered inside a toy chest. Her father (who he spoke with at the cemetery) has been looking for her for 15 yrs only to find out that she had been dead all that time. Then comes another plot twist at the end of the show when Mike reads in the file that the name of Mary Alice's husband (Paul Young) is on the list of people who had purchased that type of toy chest years ago. So, natch,

Mike now suspects Paul of killing her...

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Prince Andrea of Monaco is Super Rich and Super Hot

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Prince Andrea of Monaco is totally hot. And thank God he's the son of Princess Caroline, who just inherited a cool BILLION dollars, and not his mum's little sister, the "can't-be-trusted-with-money" wild Princess Stephanie, who only inherited a few measly millions from their recently deceased pop Prince Rainier.

So the word is that Rainier, who left an estate of $4 billion dollars as a result of shaking down all those foreign tourists (suckers!) in his Monte Carlo casino, has left his two older children, Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, more than $1 billion dollars. EACH. And to his little girl, his youngest, his wild feral child, Stephanie ... BWAHAHAHAHA -- a paltry $30 million (GBP15.7 million) for you. Doh!

That's what you get for running off and joining the circus.

, I'd call the loss of a BILLION dollars paying dearly for pissing off daddy all those years. If you don't know the Stephanie story: first she was a single mom after producing a kid or two with a lowly palace bodyguard, then she wanted to be a singer and recorded an album (weak voice), then she married a circus acrobat (after dumping an elephant trainer -- I am not making this up) and now she has a third child and hasn't revealed who the father is. And will have to kiss up to her brother Prince Albert if she can't live on $30 mil.

But back to hot Andrea. Thanks to his Hollywood grandmother (Grace Kelly) and his royal blood mix, he is blessed with a hot body, gorgeous eyes, chin, hair, smile, personality, and is now among the super rich and . . . well, you get the picture. He gives Prince William game in the hunky royal watching competition.

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Joss Stone: Surprised By Her Own Success

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Just-turned-18 last week soul singer Joss Stone is proving she quite unlike other teenage divas. Firstly, she can sing. Second, she's totally hot. And thirdly, she is being hailed internationally for re-energizing the popularity of soul music.

Recently, she told zap2it.com that her first album "The Soul Sessions" album released in 2003 was actually an accident: "It was meant to have five tracks on it and just sell, like, a thousand copies in the underground market. The idea was to start some kind of buzz, and it just grew a life of its own. Maybe people liked it because it was real. It was made simply, like most albums were back in the day."

, Her second album "Mind, Body and Soul" came out last fall and she's working on a third album. The British teen says doesn't like to be called just a soul singer though. "I don't even put a name to the type of music I do, because I don't like to pigeonhole myself in any way."

"If I wanted to do something classical or country, I would. It's just fun to change things up. In England, the people who think I'm the biggest star there is America. I try to tell them I'm not, but they won't have it. I still feel sometimes like nobody even knows me."

That's about to change, Joss. That new face of The Gap Stores (replacing Sarah Jessica Parker) is going to be a bigger star than she can imagine...

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American Idol Final 7 Compete Tomorrow Night

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Nadia we'll miss you! The American Idol contestant Nadia Turner was eliminated last Wednesday night after her final performance in which she elected to sing "When I Dream." The song was a chart-topping hit made famous by country music's first female cross-over diva, Crystal Gayle, but didn't please Judge Simon any too well.

Next week, the competition heats up when the Top 7 - Bo Bice, Anthony Fedorov, Constantine Maroulis, Anwar Robinson, Scott Savol, Vonzell Solomon and Carrie Underwood - compete head-to-head for the American Idol crown. They will take the stage, singing live on Tuesday, April 19 (8:00PM ET/PT).

Meanwhile, because of her popularity with the fans, Turner, who finished 8th out of more than 100,000 Idol contestants is bound to be around for awhile. In fact, she's gained an interesting fan: the song's original performer, Crystal Gayle, says she feels confident Turner will be successful, American Idol votes or not.
, She's already got the celebrity thing going on -- there was a rumor started that she and Savol were romantically involved. But Nadia told zap2it.com that the photographer came "out of nowhere just flashing bulbs. Scott was totally trying to just veer me away from it, so he puts his arm around me just to kinda say, 'Let's go, let's get into this cab, let's get out of here' And the bodyguard is there also and if you look at the picture, they cropped the bodyguard out and me and Scott look like we are just on a soiree."

That kind of publicity might be helping Scott Savol who ended up in the bottom three last week but still made it to the final seven. He's been a pain recently warbling through "Against All Odds" and "She’s Gone." Meanwhile, Nadia's performances were stylish, sexy and she usually sang well -- except that she couldn't please critics like Simon with her song choice. But I predict we will see (and hear) more from Nadia Turner.

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