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Posted: 9:35 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2011
By Jessica Forkel
A video of a naked Jennifer Lopez consummating her marriage to then-husband Ojani Noa has been blocked from being released. On Monday a judge blocked Noa's current girlfriend, Claudia Vasquez, from releasing the tape without Jennifer's written approval. The video was recorded in 1977 while the then couple was on honeymoon. Noa, who has possession of the tape, has reportedly been shopping it to the highest bidder. Vasquez apparently told the judge there's no proof she tried to sell the tape, but she did not deny it either.
Former Fugee, Lauryn Hill, 35, announced that she's expecting her sixth child. "I keep having these children," she said. "I don't know if I'm the most fertile woman in America. I've got five big children, you believe that? If you ask anybody I went to high school with, they'd be like puzzled." The baby will join siblings, Zion 14. Selah, 12, Joshua, 9, John Marley, 8, and Sarah Marley, 3.
Katie Couric has signed a multi-year agreement with the ABC Network. She will co-host her own syndicated talk show for the network and contribute to ABC News programming and produce content for a weekly online interview series. While Couric's talk show won't debut until September, she'll begin contributing to ABC News programming over the summer.
Paul McDonald, that kinda dorky guy who always wore a suit with roses on it from last season's "American Idol" is engaged to "Twilight" actress Nikki Reed! The two met at the "Red Riding Hood" premiere that was part of an Idol outing. McDonald didn't even know who she was at the time. Now, less than six months later, Reed is sporting a diamond ring. The actress says that her man is writing a bunch of songs about her and that he's going to release a "Nikki Reed EP," McDonald placed 8th on the show and will be on the Idol tour.
Larry Hagman, the man who played TV villain J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" from 1978 - 1991, made over $500,000 at an auction of memorabilia from his "Dallas" years over this past weekend. Hagman himself turned up for the auction, encouraging the assembled collectors to "bid high and bid often." Nearly 400 items were up for sale, including a handmade pair of cowboy boots marked with the initials "J.R.", "Dallas" scripts and trading cards. Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy have all reportedly signed on to reprise their roles in a new "Dallas" series.
Bravo's "Flipping Out" has a return date. The OCD house-flipper and designer, Jeff Lewis, and his nutty team return for a fifth season on Wednesday, July 6th.
VH1's reality show, "Famous Food," which stars Heidi Montag ("The Hills"), Danielle Staub ("The Real Housewives of New Jersey") and Jake Pavelka will debut on Sunday, July 10th. The reality star has-beens will try to create a successful restaurant.
Danish actress, Brigitte Nielsen, admits that she had an affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger during their time on the "Red Sonja" set. While Arnold was not married to Maria yet, they were dating. Nielsen said Arnold never spoke about her, "and the way he was living his life with me, I felt I was the only one" she said. The six-foot tall beauty went on to marry Sylvester Stallone shortly after.
Josh Duhamel has agreed to return for a cameo on the soon-to-be retied "All My Children" soap opera. He will reprise his role as con artist, Leo du Pres in an episode or two that will air in August. De Pres supposedly died in 2003 when trying to save Greenlee (Rebecca Budig) in a waterfall accident. His body, however, was never found, as it always is in soap opera world. The series goes off the air in September.
Michael Jackson's iconic red jacket from the "Thriller" video will hit the auction block in Beverly Hills in a few weeks. The jacket, which MJ personally autographed to his former costume designers, is expected to fetch at least between $200k and $400k. Other MJ items featured in the Julien's Auction are the wig Michael wore at his "This Is It" news conference in London and a glove he wore at the American Music Awards.
Sean Kingston is getting better. He is beginning to breathe on his own and walked for the first time on Monday morning. Sean Kingston continues to be hospitalized at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. His condition has been upgraded to serious after being critically injured in a jet ski accident last weekend.
Andrew Gold, the singer-songwriter best known for 1977's "Lonely Boy" single, died Friday in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 59. That song was heard in films such as Boogie Nights and Water Boy. Another song, "Thank You for Being a Friend," was heard on TV each week for almost a decade as the theme song for The Golden Girls. Gold worked with Art Garfunkel, and produced music for artists including Cher, Brian Wilson, Don Henley, Celine Dion and members of the Beatles. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
Fans of Princess Catherine's iconic wedding dress, veil, shoes and wedding jewelry will go on display when Buckingham Palace opens for tours from July 23rd to Oct. 3rd. Also on display will be the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI and 1902 State Landau coach that carried Kate to and from Westminster Abbey. In the palace's State Dining Room, the actual wedding cake that William and Catherine cut into with a sword will be on display. Other cakes were made to serve to guests Tour admission is about $28.70 for adults and $16.50 for children.
AFI and TV Land announced Monday that Clint Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Sidney Poitier, Mike Nichols, Matthew Broderick and Rita Moreno are among the celebrities who will pay tribute to Morgan Freeman, the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award recipient. The award will be presented to Freeman in Los Angeles on June 9th. "The AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Morgan Freeman" will air on TV Land on Sunday, June 19th.
CRITIC'S CHOICE TELEVISION AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
"Modern Family" led the pack with six nominations for the first Critics' Choice
Television Awards bestowed by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association.
"Mad Men" came in second place with five nods, "Boardwalk Empire" and "30 Rock"
each collected with four. The awards will be presented June 20th at the Beverly
Hills Hotel emceed by "So You Think You Can Dance" star Cat Deeley, (nominated
for best host of a reality TV show.)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Dexter"
"Friday Night Lights"
"Fringe"
"Game of Thrones"
"The Good Wife"
"Justified"
"The Killing"
"Mad Men"
"The Walking Dead"
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Kyle Chandler, "Friday Night Lights"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
William H. Macy, "Shameless"
Timothy Olyphant, "Justified"
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Connie Britton, "Friday Night Lights"
Mireille Enos, "The Killing"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Katey Sagal, "Sons of Anarchy"
Anna Torv, "Fringe"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife"
Walton Goggins, "Justified"
Shawn Hatosy, "Southland"
John Noble, "Fringe"
Michael Pitt, "Boardwalk Empire"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michelle Forbes, "The Killing"
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"
Margo Martindale, "Justified"
Kelly Macdonald, "Boardwalk Empire"
Archie Panjabi, "The Good Wife"
Chloë Sevigny, "Big Love"
BEST REALITY SERIES
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
"Hoarders"
"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"
"Sister Wives"
"Undercover Boss"
BEST REALITY SERIES, COMPETITION
"The Amazing Race"
"American Idol"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"Project Runway"
"RuPaul’s Drag Race"
"Top Chef"
BEST REALITY SHOW HOST
Tom Bergeron, "Dancing with the Stars"
Cat Deeley, "So You Think You Can Dance"
Ty Pennington, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
Mike Rowe, "Dirty Jobs"
Ryan Seacrest, "American Idol"
BEST TALK SHOW
"Chelsea Lately"
"The Daily Show"
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
"The Oprah Winfrey Show"
BEST COMEDY SERIES
"Archer"
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Community"
"Glee"
"Louie"
"The Middle"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"
"Parks and Recreation"
"30 Rock"
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Louis C.K., "Louie"
Charlie Day, "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
Joel McHale, "Community"
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Courteney Cox, "Cougar Town"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Patricia Heaton, "The Middle"
Martha Plimpton, "Raising Hope"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"
Nick Offerman, "Parks and Recreation"
Ed O’Neill, "Modern Family"
Danny Pudi, "Community"
Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family"
Jane Krakowski, "30 Rock"
Jane Lynch, "Glee"
Busy Philipps, "Cougar Town"
Eden Sher, "The Middle"
SofÃa Vergara, "Modern Family"
Jessica is originally from Marietta, GA! I am probably one of the only real "Atlantans" left! I love Atlanta because there is always something going on, and it's just close enough to the beach to get away for a weekend.
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