The Justin Files, 11/14 Weekly Wrap Up

Jen tells all
The biggest story of the week is probably Jennifer Aniston's upcoming interview in next month's issue of Vogue. In it, she tells all about her past relationship with Vince Vaughn, calling him her "defibrillator" after her painful split from Brad Pitt. She talks about John Mayer, saying that, "I deeply deeply care about him. . .we adore one another". She also opens up about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, saying that Angie's recent confession that she fell in love with Brad on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was, "uncool". Brad's apparently not too happy about the confessions, reportedly calling Jen to say that he and Angie were "totally thrown" by the piece.

The issue hits newsstands on Wednesday.

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Rejection turns into tragedy
Earlier this week a story came out about an alleged stalker of Paula Abdul's being found dead of an apparent drug overdose suicide near the American Idol judge's L.A. home. As more details came out, it was revealed that the victim was Paula Goodspeed, a former contestant on season 5 of the show in 2006. Goodspeed did make it on the air, during the auditions, where Simon ridiculed her look and talent.

In the two years since her Idol appearance, Goodpseed has sent more than 100 letters to Abdul. She allegedly recently sent flowers that appeared to be from Abdul's boyfriend, but had Goodspeed's cell phone number on the note. Also, her birth name is Sandra, it would appear that she changed it to Paula as an homage to Abdul.

The Idol judge said that she is, "shocked and saddened" by the incident.

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Quick Hits
* Disney divas Miley Cyrus and Vanessa Hudgens have already been through their own racy photo scandals, you can add Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon to the list. Her laptop , containing "private photos" was stolen recently. Well, the pictures of her in only a bra have made it to the internet. Her reps are currently looking into their legal options since it would appear that blackmail is involved.

* Donald Trump's recent spate of bizarre behavior continues. Remember a little while back when he offered to bail Ed McMahon out of his foreclosure nightmare...even though he's never even met the guy? Well now, in the wake of Jennifer Hudson's family tragedy, Trump cryptically said that he is "protecting" Hudson and her family in one of his high-rises...whatever that means.

* Britney Spears had a scare last weekend. While visiting family in Louisiana with her kids. 2 year old Jayden had to be rushed to the emergency room with what was described as a, "terrible allergic reaction". They're not sure what caused the breakout of hives, but it could have been from watching Momma's "Baby One More Time" video from back in the day.

The Justin Files, 11/7 Weekly Wrap Up

Paging Dr. Greene, Dr. Benton, Dr. Ross...
The current news on ER is the fact that Anthony Edwards, Dr. Mark Greene, is returning. Obviously it's a flashback since his character was killed off six years ago. This week though, former cast member Noah Wyle said that two other former County General docs would be putting their scrubs back on. Eriq La Salle, Dr. Peter Benton, will be directing an episode and showing up on screen next spring, and the Dr. Doug Ross rumors are coming back up. George Clooney's rep is neither confirming nor denying the reports.

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Ready for the Idol hype?
American Idol has announced the date of their season premiere...Randy, Paula, Simon, AND Kara will invade our homes on January 13th. The new season will feature a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi, and the Meadowlands auditions from earlier in the summer. Who knows, you might see someone you know!

In other Idol news, Randy and Paula apparently aren't happy with the pay disparity between them and Simon. Paula is apparently due to make between $5 and $8 million. Randy's in line for around $1 to $3 million...and Simon is allegedly making somewhere in the neighborhood of $45 million. In his defense however, he is credited as a producer on the show.

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Quick Hits
* Kim Cattrall is confirming that there will be a sequel to the Sex and the City movie.

* Sad news, this week Jurassic Park author and ER creator Michael Crichton died. He'd been quietly battling cancer. He was 66.

* A face we haven't seen on TV in a while will be back on the tube. Michael J. Fox will guest star on a couple episodes of Rescue Me. Of course he's been busy as an advocate for Parkinson's research.

* Happy birthday to Jonas Brother, Kevin. He celebrated his 21st this week by buying himself a $225,000 Lamborghini. Clearly the tough economy isn't hitting everyone.

The Justin Files, 10/24 Weekly Wrap Up

Reunited and it feels so good
So now that it looks like Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are actually back together, what's changed? According to sources, Jen asked the music man to be less messy, try to cut back on the chain smoking and drinking, and to stop blogging about their personal life. He's also apparently written her a love song. They did not get back together, according to her publicist, due to a pregnancy.

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Got'cha last!
Apparently country artist Brad Paisley is quite the prankster and Jewel was his victim on more than one occasion on his recent tour. Well, the Alaskan songstress got her revenge last week when Brad was arrested immediately upon disembarking from his plane in Nashville, put into handcuffs and hustled into a police car to his protests of, "I've never done anything wrong in my life!!". Upon learning that the whole thing was set up by Jewel, he was a good sport about it and responded, "this is the best I've ever been had".

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What's the point if you can't brag?
Remember a couple months ago when those racy pictures of underage popstar Miley Cyrus hit the internet after allegedly being stolen from her personal email and MySpace accounts? This week the FBI raided the home of the 19 year old computer hacker who was responsible. So how did they catch him? He bragged about it, of course. He posted about the deed on internet discussion boards, commenting that he'd never get caught.

Oops.

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Quick Hits
* Britney's next comeback attempt will be televised. After a bidding war with The Today Show, the pop princess will appear on Good Morning America on her birthday, December 2nd.

* Lindsay Lohan's guest stint on Ugly Betty has been cut from six episodes to four. Sources allege bad on-set behavior ranging from constant chain smoking, to a huge entourage, and her refusal to step on the set until star America Ferrara was present. The same source also claims that her dressing room was left a disaster area. Her rep has, of course, denied the stories of bizarre behavior.

* In the wake of the announcement of David Duchovny's pending divorce, London's Daily Mail claimed that Tea Leoni wasn't the only one being unfaithful. They said that the former X-Files star was having an affair with his 28 year old tennis coach. Not only is he denying the story, but he's denying it to the tune of $1 million...he's suing the paper for defamation and invasion of privacy.

The Justin Files, 10/17 Weekly Wrap Up

Don't say we didn't call it
Remember months ago when all the gossip shows, blogs, articles, etc were speculating about the breakup of Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage? Well, what we knew back in the summer is now official, her spokesperson confirmed the split. Of course the story has snowballed since then with some interesting details coming out:

*Apparently Guy claims to have no interest in getting any of Madonna's alleged half a billion dollar fortune.

*At her Boston concert earlier this week she introduced a song that is allegedly about her soon to be ex by saying that the tune is, "for the emotionally retarded".

*At her Madison Square Garden show last weekend who was front and center? If you guessed New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, you get a cookie.

Obviously this is a developing story.

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Sick celebs
A number of celebrities had bad weeks as far as health goes. First of all, we finally know what Janet Jackson's "mystery illness" is. According to a spokesperson she is suffering from "vestibular migraines" which give her a sensation of vertigo. Not exactly conducive to singing and dancing around a stage.

Actor Gale Harold, who's playing Teri Hatcher's new boyfriend on the current season of Desperate Housewives was in a serious motorcycle accident earlier this week and was suffering from a broken shoulder and swelling of the brain. According to reports he is improving but is still in the intensive care unit.

Former first lady Nancy Reagan took a spill last week at her home and went to the hospital after a few days only to find out that she sustained a broken pelvis. She was checked out at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center...I wonder if she gets free lifetime treatment there.

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Is Ringo's phone ringing too much?
Former Beatle Ringo Starr posted a video message on his website earlier this week begging fans to stop sending him mail and asking for autographs. In fact he said that anything he gets that is postmarked after October 20th will be thrown out. He claims to just be too darn busy living off the residual talent of the other three.

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Quick Hits
* Rumors of another pregnancy for Britney's little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, are heating up. The family has officially denied the stories but a "source close to the family" (naturally) claims that the rumors are true and that they're just buying time to decide how to deal with the press.

* The economic crisis apparently isn't hurting Disney. According to reports they're working on another installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp's rumored paycheck? A cool $55.8 million.

* Another celebrity split was confirmed this week; only days after leaving rehab for sex addiction, David Duchovny announced his separation from his wife of 11 years, actress Tea Leoni. The interesting part of the story, the split apparently wasn't due to his issues, reports say that he found racy text messages from Billy Bob Thornton on his soon to be ex-wife's cell phone.

The Justin Files, 10/3 Weekly Wrap Up

A Hollywood legend passes
The big story this week was the death of Hollywood icon Paul Newman of cancer at 83 years old. An elder statesman of Hollywood, Newman's iconic roles included Coolhand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and more recently his Oscar winning turn in Road to Perdition. He used his fame and fortune to become a selfless philanthropist by supporting a number of charities through his Newman's Own Foundation. Over the years, the foundation has given over $250 million to charity. Even in the absence of it's founder, the foundation will continue to operate and give to worthy causes.

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Heath's daughter inherits his estate
As expected, Heath Ledger's father announced that the late star's 2 year old daughter, Matilda, will inherit his entire estate. However, an insurance company is fighting the 8 digit payout on his life insurance policy, arguing that his death may have been a suicide.

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"Movie star car for auction, may need some body work"
Movie memorabilia has become a big business. Just ask the guy who shelled out over a third of a million dollars for an Aston Martin from the upcoming James Bond movie. The only catch? You won't see the buyer tooling around in the super-spy's ride anytime soon. The vehicle was wrecked during production.

By the way, the $350,000 price tag for the totaled sedan is about $120,000 more than a shiny new Aston Martin would cost.

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Quick Hits
* Britney Spears apparently didn't learn any lessons from Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson, specifically not to have video cameras around during intimate moments. Her former boyfriend, paparazzo Adnan Galib, is apparently peddling a sex tape featuring him and Britney to the highest bidder.

* It looks like we'll be getting at least two more Spider-Man movies. Star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi have signed on for two more installments, and Kirsten Dunst has confirmed her involvement in at least one more. Production on parts 4 and 5 starts next Fall.

* Music news roundup - A rumor from a couple weeks ago has been confirmed, Bruce Springsteen will be playing the Superbowl halftime show on Feb 1st. Also, David Archuleta will be trying his hand at acting. This week he filmed a guest spot on Nickelodeon kiddie series iCarly, set to air in the Spring.

* Heather Locklear had a bad weekend, on Saturday she was arrested for driving under the influence of a prescription drug when a 911 caller allegedly spotted the star driving erratically.

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?