- Kim Kardashian is launching her own cosmetics line.

- Idol winner Phillip Phillips is ok after having surgery to remove kidney stones.

- Chad Ochocinco has been released by the New England Patriots.

- Health advocate Michelle Obama was spotted yesterday at Mom’s Apple Pie Company in Occoquan, Virginia buying an apple pie and a sour cherry pie.

New Movies Opening Today:

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (Rated PG) ... starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer, Andy Richter, Frances McDormand, Jessica Chastain, Martin Short and Bryan Cranston. Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent ? Madagascar style.

Prometheus (Rated R) ... starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron. Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life's ultimate mystery.

Grey Area: Sales at some adult toy stores have jumped by 30% because of Fifty Shades of Grey. A “Fifty Shades of Grey” book and bondage kit is selling online for $29 while a more extensive “Fifty Shades of Grey: Indulge Your Fantasies” kit, which includes restraints, a riding crop and “Spank Me Baby” body powder, goes for $169. Fifty Shades of Grey workshops are being held in New York. The book is being turned into a movie and may star Angelina Jolie.

Nutty Senior Prank: 30 students from Sacramento's McClatchy High School won't be walking at graduation after pulling a senior prank. They 'decorated' halls with graffitti and peanut butter. A student with a peanut allergy suffered a bad reaction and was sent to a doctor. The damage is estimated at $5,000.

12 Romantic Movies Your Man Will Enjoy from imag.com

1. “When Harry Met Sally”

2. “Bridget Jones’ Diary”

3. “The 40 Year-Old Virgin”

4. “High Fidelity”

5. “You’ve Got Mail”

6. “Knocked Up”

7. “The Princess Bride”

8. “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”

9. “Annie Hall”

10. “Crazy, Stupid, Love”

11. “Wedding Crashers”

12. “Casablanca”

7 Best Things About Your Kid's Texting Addiction from thestir.com

1. You don't have to listen those endless one-sided gab-fests punctuated with eardrum-piercingly loud exclamations. (He said WHAT?! Shut up!! SERIOUSLY?!)

2. Everything your kid and her friends tell each other is on record. Not that you'd ever read her texts or anything. You'd never in a million years invade her privacy like that! Ahem.

3. Less brain tumor-inducing radiation straight to your kid's head.

4. Improved digital dexterity from constant finger exercise will pay off in piano/flute/etc. lessons!

5. Texting your kid reminders ("Don't forget to study for tomorrow's test!") is the easiest, most passive-aggressive form of parental nagging ever.

6. Instant access to photographic evidence whenever you need a back-up: But I swear I unloaded the dishwasher before I left the house! Oh yeah? Not according to this pic!

7. No need to yell when you need your kid to come from another part of the house: Time 4 dinner.

It's Curtains For These Thieves: An 11 year-old London girl is being hailed as a hero for saving her family. Thieves broke into her home and held her father at gunpoint. The tween woke up, grabbed a shower curtain pole, and charged the thieves. They fled.

Cop Fired For Writing Too Many Tickets: The Palm Beach, Florida police recently fired Officer William Eaton for writing too many tickets. The department says he violated rules when he wrote 115 traffic tickets in a single month earlier this year. Eaton is fighting to be reinstated.

Men In Blue Looking For Man In Blue: The Gloucestershire, England police are looking for a Smurf. A police spokesman says, "One witness told police the man was dressed in a blue skin-tight outfit, had blue paint on his face and looked 'like a smurf'. He has been seen waving at women and doing star-jumps while running up to them."

Michael Fassbender based his Prometheus character on a Blade Runner character. He says, "I made a decision not to watch the Alien movies. I watched Blade Runner and I looked at the replicants. I looked at Sean Young. There was something in her character, a quality there that I kind of liked."

Tom Cruise's butt plays a big role in Rock of Ages. Rock of Ages director Adam Shankman says, "The first time you see Tom in the movie is when he gets up wearing chaps so you can see everything from behind. He saw what we were doing and asked, 'Is there any other way we can do this?' I was like, 'No, not really.' So Tom asked me to check what he looked like from behind and I was like, 'It looks great!' And Tom just went, 'Okay, let's shoot it!'"

The Rock of Ages cast laughed at Tom Cruise when they went bowling. A source tells the Daily Star, “They were all laughing at him as he couldn’t knock down any pins. His ball kept rolling down the gutter. He was throwing the ball harder and faster but still getting nowhere. It was hilarious.”

Angelina Jolie recently told George Clooney not to play any practical jokes at her wedding. A source tells the National Enquirer, "Angelina doesn’t want any practical jokes played at the wedding and she’s not kidding. Angelina herself personally gave George a phone call and warned him that she’s in fact very serious about this. George understood her message very well, especially when Brad also phoned him and made George promise to call a truce on their special day."

Convicted criminal Kimberly Griggs is suing Michael Jackson’s estate for $1 billion. She claims he exploited their relationship on the albums Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, and Number Ones. Griggs also claims Jackson promised to compensate her.

Jamie Foxx is in talks to play the President in White House Down. It's about a Secret Service agent, who tries to save the President when the White House is attacked.

Carly Rae Jepsen is nervous about opening for Justin Bieber. She says, "It is exciting. It's also a really big responsibility. I want to do Justin proud. I'm kind of diving into late-night debates, like 'What are we going to have for lighting?' and, 'What's the set list going to look like?' And styling... It's just a fun sort of brainstorming time to get creative, now that we certainly have the resources to put together the show of my dreams."

Katy Perry is getting her own comic book that will chronicle her rise to fame.

Pink had her gallbladder removed. A source tells Life & Style Weekly, "She had these bad stomach pains and didn't know what it was, and then it got really bad. They realized she needed to have her gallbladder taken out."

Kelly Clarkson loves cleaning. She says, "I am an organize freak. I love cleaning, it is my check out time. I just put records on and I clean. It is my time to check out, I love it. There is something very therapeutic about it."

Liam Hemsworth's values won over the Cyrus family. A source says, "He apparently has quietly worked on Miley's dad for a number of months, making him realize this is something the couple takes very seriously. Underneath it all, Liam is a very solid guy with good, old-fashioned values. At the end of the day, I think that's won over Billy Ray. Billy Ray has always been super-protective of Miley. While he's become very fond of Liam - as has the entire family - Billy Ray was just worried about Miley still being a teenager On top of that, there's the whole entertainment world thing, where so many young stars get married young, and then it falls apart fairly quickly. He apparently has quietly worked on Miley's dad for a number of months, making him realize this is something the couple takes very seriously. Underneath it all, Liam is a very solid guy with good, old-fashioned values. At the end of the day, I think that's won over Billy Ray. Billy Ray has always been super-protective of Miley. While he's become very fond of Liam - as has the entire family - Billy Ray was just worried about Miley still being a teenager On top of that, there's the whole entertainment world thing, where so many young stars get married young, and then it falls apart fairly quickly."

Miley celebrated her engagement with pancakes and lemonade.

A source says, "They have a fantastic relationship and he idolizes them his parents. The thing Liam and Miley have in common is that both have very strong parental role models. They are madly in love, why wouldn’t they want to get engaged and move in together?”

John Mayer and Taylor Swift partied separately at West Hollywood’s Tower Bar on Tuesday. A source says, “Taylor very visibly — in front of the entire restaurant — demanded to be moved to the other side. The bar’s usually an oasis of calm and privacy for celebrities and power players, but this was drama central.”

A source tells US Weekly, “John was a player and treated her like s–t. He looked at her as a conquest.”

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