The Justin Files, 9/26 Weekly Wrap Up

Some interesting Emmy night notes
There weren't any huge surprises or giant upsets this year at the Emmys, but there were some things of note:

* AMC's Mad Men became the first basic cable show to win one of the major awards, Best Drama Series.

* 30 Rock cleaned up with four wins, including trophies for Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.

* Jeremy Piven got the hat trick with his 3rd consecutive award for Entourage.

* Other repeats went to The Daily Show and The Amazing Race, both winning their 6th awards in a row.

* The inaugural best reality show host Emmy went to Survivor's Jeff Probst.

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Come out come out wherever you are
We had two persistent celebrity rumors confirmed this week. Rumors that could more be looked at as "open secrets", but they're not secrets any longer. Lindsay Lohan confirmed her romantic relationship with LA based club DJ Samantha Ronson. The same day, the cover of the new issue of People was leaked, which featured Clay Aiken with his newborn son and the headline, "yes, I'm gay". In the article, Clay explained his reasoning for choosing now to come out publicly, "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things".

Speaking of the Clay exclusive, remember how Brad and Angie got around $10 million for the exclusive pictures of their twins just over the summer? Apparently economic woes have hit the tabloid industry too. Clay reportedly only got $500,000 for his pix.

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Fertility problems? Go swimming!
Apparently the reason that Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise never had any biological children was due to her fertility difficulties. So how to explain her giving birth to a healthy baby girl with Keith Urban? She claims that while filming a movie in her native Australia, she would go swimming at an Outback waterfall every day. She was joined by half a dozen other women on a regular basis. After the filming was over, apparently all the swimmers ended up pregnant. So Nicole is giving credit to the Australian Outback's "fertility waters".

I wonder what that will do for tourism.

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Quick Hits
* The new season of Dancing with the Stars premiered this week. The first two castoffs were comedian Jeffrey Ross and actor Ted McGinley.

* Happy 10 year anniversary to Harry Potter. It's hard to believe that there was actually a time when nobody had ever heard of a British boy who would go on to attend wizard school and fight the forces of evil.

* In a bit of a break from tradition, for the first time in 22 movies, the new James Bond flick won't include the lines, "Bond, James Bond" or "shaken, not stirred". Quantum of Solace hits theaters in November.

The Justin Files, 9/19 Weekly Wrap Up

The start of the lists
As we're getting closer to the end of the year, the annual "best of" lists are starting to come out. People came out with their 10 Best Dressed Women of 2008. On the list were a pair of Point artists, Rihanna and Fergie made the cut. Also among the fashion gifted, Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Michelle Obama, among others.

A day later, Forbes came out with their list of the richest Americans. A number of entertainment industry insiders made the list, including Steven Speilberg, George Lucas and, of course, Oprah. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sitting comfortably at #8 on the list. And the richest American? Act surprised...Bill Gates, who's worth $57 Billion. Believe it or not, that's actually down from last year!

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Famous New Jerseyans honored
Some famous Garden State natives are being honored by being nominated for the New Jersey Hall of Fame this year. Listed for possible inclusion are Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Nicholson, and Shaquille O'Neal among others. While there's no physical NJ HoF, you can visit their virtual location at www.njhalloffame.org

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Britney rides the wave
After the Democratic and Republican conventions, the candidates usually get a "bump" in the polls. Britney Spears is hoping the same is true following her successful MTV Video Music Awards haul. A few days later her record company announced the release date of her upcoming album, Circus is due out on her 27th birthday, December 2nd.

An appropriate name considering what her life's been like the past year or so.

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Quick Hits
* It looks like the duel of the Davids could enter round two this fall. David Cook has already announced November 18th as the release date for his debut CD. Now, David Archuleta has announced that his CD will hit store shelves in November, insiders are suggesting that he could also pick the 18th.

* Miley Cyrus apparently has a new beau. Last weekend the 15 year old entertainment mogul was spotted at an LA mall shopping and holding hands with a 20 year old underwear model. Don't get me wrong, 5 years isn't a big difference in the big picture, but can you at least wait till she's old enough to vote?