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Sneak Peek: What Will William & Kate Look Like as Old Farts?

Take a look at this fabulous peek into Buckingham Palace's future, circa 2041! One of our favorite London insiders, Mike Parker, commissioned digital age progression experts to help us see what  Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, will look like in 30 years—we're guessing this is post Wills' ascension the throne, obviously.

Ah-mazing. This gem of a photo actually depicts what specialists predict the royal couple will look like three decades from the exact day they tie the knot at Westminster Abbey this Friday. Pretty sure, every wrinkle is just where it should be.

Don't they look too fab? However, there is one suggestion we have for Kate, come the real old lady time:

A shorter bob!

While we think older women with long, gray locks are to die for, not even Kate will be able to pull it off smashingly—not with all those hats, teas and fox hunts, baby.

Plus, with rumors that royals are already urging her to go for a more aristocratic, shorter hairstyle, we think in a few decades she'll have to finally give into the prim ‘n' proper pressures.

Short or long hair, this manipulated, futuristic photo is hitting worldwide syndication soon, but we wanted to give all you royal crackers a look at what's too come, physically, for these two lucky lookers.

And we hope you're shaking your heads as much as we are about those yellow sets of teeth (dentures)! Totally hilarious, but it's hard to believe that these modern royals, as British as they are, will let their teeth get that mucky. Teeth whitening, anybody?

Plus, doesn't everyone imagine Princess Kate way hotter than this, even at 60? For real, she's rocking the whole 30-year-old bride thing as if she's a twentysomething.

Then again, we forget London is no L.A. Those British women don't rely too much on their Botox, and that's something to be wrinkly and proud of, hon!

Kate makes a cute grammy regardless, and Wills looks much more handsome than Prince Charles, which by default means he's winning even in this old age. (Sorry, couldn't resist!)

On a more romantic note, five days and counting until the big day! Who's peeing their knickers in anticipation, or are we all ready to send them off on their honeymoon already?

Here's to a life-long love with loads of pretty gray hairs and wrinkles, you two!

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Why did Kanye's Charity Go... PooF?

Kanye's charity just vanished into the night. Why does this happen so often to celeb nonprofits?

Indeed, some celebrity charities disappear before they even get started. (How is that halfway house coming along, Paris Hilton?) And charities that don't disappear still suffer all kinds of headaches; Madonna's Raising Malawi underwent some recent upheaval followed by an overhaul, and even The Oprah suffered an annus horribilis regarding her South African girls school. Why all the trouble? Well:

 

I spoke with Maggie Neilson, partner at Global Philanthropy Group, which recently advised Madge's charity.

When a foundation disappears or suffers a scandal, it's usually because "either the wrong person ends up running it or the founder just loses interest," Neilson tells me. Although, to be fair, "it's not just a celebrity thing at all," Neilson adds. "It doesn't happen with celebrities any more than average people who come into money."

That said, celebrities do have unique circumstances that can threaten a charity before it even launches.

Many celebrities feel pressured to start a charity because nonprofits are so "in vogue right now," Neilson points out. "But if you really don't care about it, there's no way it's going to last."

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No one is really sure what happened with Kanye's charity, other than it was founded to help kids stay in school and has since, in the words of the New York Times, "closed mysteriously." As for exactly how much school-staying the Kanye West Foundation achieved, the Times notes, "The charity raised an average of $492,000 and made total grants averaging $18,080 in each of 2007, 2008 and 2009."

And that's about it. One thing to note, however: People familiar with the charity tell me that Kanye's mother, Donda, was its major inspiration before she passed away in 2007.

"Kanye's mom really was a driver of this effort," Neilson tells me.

It wouldn't be outrageous to assume that the charity perhaps foundered without Donda's involvement.

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LeAnn Rimes wasted no time letting the world know just how over the moon she is to be Mrs. Eddie Cibrian.

"Eddie and I are overwhelmed by the amount of lovely well wishes," the country crooner tweeted just two days after her nuptials to Cibrian. "We are blessed and.... I'm Mrs. Cibrian!!!!! So wonderful to wake up as husband and wife. Love to all of you."

But that wasn't all.

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After changing her name to LeAnn Rimes Cibrian on the social networking site, she went on to add in "WIFE" and "Bonus Mom" on her profile as well.

"Happy Easter Sunday my beautiful friends!," Rimes (Cibrian) went on."Coffee...me the computer....Eddie the Sunday newspaper....waves crashing....holding hands...nice way to start it. My first Easter as a WIFE! GOD thank you for your goodness! May we all be blessed today and forever."

After it was brought to her attention that she was married for eight years (and presumably as many Easters) to ex-hubby Dean Sheremet, she quickly corrected her faux pas.

"I am beyond happy to have my first Easter as Mrs. Cibrian....ARE WE CLEAR...LOL," Rimes said. "I hope everyone had a blessed Easter with their family and friends. Love and Light to you all!

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It was the year that Mel Gibson was slammed for an alleged racist rant, Charlie Sheen had woman troubles, Lindsay Lohan admitted dabbling in drugs and Paris Hilton swore she was a changed woman.

This all happened in 2010. But it also happened in 2006.

In the immortal words of former baseball manager Yogi Berra this year was "déjà vu all over again" for some celebrities behaving badly.

In 2006, Gibson was charged with misdemeanor drunken driving and it was reported he made anti-Semitic and sexist remarks at the time of his arrest. That same year Sheen was in the midst of a bitter divorce with now ex-wife Denise Richards.

Also that year, Lindsay Lohan told Vanity Fair magazine she had dabbled in cocaine and Paris Hilton swore she was giving up sex for a year after a few high profile romances and lots of pictures of her partying.

Fast forward four years and it seems not much has changed.

This past July, police in Malibu Hills, California, opened the investigation into an alleged domestic violence incident between Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of his young daughter. Several explosive audio recordings, purportedly between Grigorieva and Gibson, were released online in which a man could be heard using racial slurs and demeaning sexual insults.

In November, Sheen filed for divorce from his third wife, Brooke Mueller, just days after he was found in a New York hotel room with adult film actress Capri Anderson and taken to the hospital with what his reps said was an allergic reaction to medication.

Much of 2010 saw Lohan in and out of either court or rehab.

In July, she was ordered to serve jail time after a judge declared she had violated her probation and in September the actress tweeted that she had failed a subsequent drug test. "Substance abuse is a disease, which unfortunately doesn't go away over night," Lohan tweeted. "I am working hard to overcome it and am taking positive steps."

And after being caught with cocaine in her purse in August and a resulting plea deal, heiress Paris Hilton reportedly told RadarOnline that she was done with the party scene.

Why is it that the same stars seem to play the same bad scenes over and over in the glaring spotlight of the media? Who's to stop them, said writer and relationship expert Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

"There are a lot of celebrities whose lives are in crisis and who are having a lot of personal problems," said Boteach who at one point advised Michael Jackson.

"Because they are celebrities, they often don't seek the help that they need because they are around brown-nosers and sycophants who are afraid of being kicked out of the entourage, so they help the celebrity mask the problems."

Boteach makes a distinction between celebs like Lohan, who hurt themselves and those like Gibson who stand accused of harming others. Fame is a drug, he said, that "makes you feel really good about yourself, but it also gives you a sense of entitlement."

"You think you can do almost anything because you are treated like royalty and people are afraid to tell you the truth so you rarely hear the truth," Boteach said. "And even though the tabloids are covering your self-destruction, they are still covering you so you feel good that you are so high in demand."

Even the old adage that "all publicity is good publicity," can wear thin if a star keeps repeating the same bad behavior, said celebrity attorney and branding expert Nick Nanton.

Adoring fans are only willing to forgive so much, Nanton said.

"Everyone for the most part is allowed to make a mistake," he said. "Like they say, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Once the public starts to feel like they are being fooled or duped, that's when a star is going to have problems with their brand."

"Becoming a celebrity doesn't change who you are, it just puts whoever you are on steroids," said Nanton.

So what are the chances that we will still be talking about the misdeeds of the same stars in 2011? Pretty high, said Boteach, unless they go the way of one well-known personality who Boteach has been counseling.

"Look at how much better Jon Gosselin was this year," Boteach said. "I give him an enormous amount of credit because (in 2009) he was at the center of the tabloid world, behaving with very poor judgment, humiliating himself and embarrassing his family and now he is a man who has gotten his life together and has dropped out of the tabloid light."

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The critically acclaimed film "The King's Speech" led the 68th Annual Golden Globe nominations Tuesday morning.

The film starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush scored seven nominations including best film -- drama, best performance by an actor in a motion picture -- drama for Firth, best supporting actress in a motion picture for Carter and best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture for Rush.

"I'm truly grateful to be recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press for this film, and euphoric to be in the company of so many of my colleagues," Firth said.

"The Social Network" and "The Fighter" followed with six nominations each, including best film -- drama, joining "Inception" and "Black Swan."

Actors Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes and Blair Underwood joined Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk on Tuesday to announce the nominations.

As many critics predicted, Natalie Portman scored recognition for best actress in a motion picture -- drama for her work in "Black Swan." Other nominees for best actress include Halle Berry for "Frankie and Alice," Nicole Kidman for "Rabbit Hole," Jennifer Lawrence for "Winter's Bone" and Michelle Williams for "Blue Valentine."

 

Joining Firth in the best actor in a motion picture nominations were Jesse Eisenberg for "The Social Network," James Franco for "127 Hours," Ryan Gosling for "Blue Valentine" and Mark Wahlberg for "The Fighter."

On the small screen, familiar names such as "Glee," "30 Rock" and "Modern Family" snagged nominations in the best TV series -- comedy category, along with "The Big C," "Nurse Jackie" and "The Big Bang Theory."

Last year's winner for best actor in a comedy TV series, Alec Baldwin from "30 Rock" was again nominated along with Jim Parsons from "The Big Bang Theory," Steve Carell for "The Office," Thomas Jane for "Hung" and Matthew Morrison for "Glee."

Baldwin expressed his joy with the nominations.

"'30 Rock' is back, bigger and better than ever," he said. "We are very grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press."

This year's nominees for the best TV drama series include "Dexter," "The Good Wife" and "Mad Men" as well as newcomers "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Walking Dead."

Actor Johnny Depp pulled off a double nomination in the category for best actor in a motion picture -- comedy or musical for his role in both "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Tourist."

British comic Ricky Gervais will return to host the Globes award ceremony, which will air live January 16 on NBC.

Gervais said he will push the envelope even more than he did when he hosted the last show and took jabs at NBC and the Foreign Press Association.

"I don't think I was too bad," Gervais told reporters last week about his first turn hosting. "I don't think I went far enough."

The following is a full list of the nominees:

Best motion picture, drama

"Black Swan"

"The Fighter"

"Inception"

"The King's Speech"

"The Social Network"

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama

Halle Berry, "Frankie and Alice"

Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"

Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"

Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama

Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"

Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"

James Franco, "127 Hours"

Ryan Gosling, "Blue Valentine"

Mark Wahlberg, "The Fighter"

Best motion picture, comedy or musical

"Alice in Wonderland"

"Burlesque"

"The Kids Are All Right"

"Red"

"The Tourist"

Best actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical

Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"

Anne Hathaway, "Love and Other Drugs"

Angelina Jolie, "The Tourist"

Julianne Moore, "The Kids Are All Right"

Emma Stone, "Easy A"

Best actor in a motion picture, comedy or musical

Johnny Depp, "Alice in Wonderland"

Johnny Depp, "The Tourist"

Paul Giamatti, "Barney's Version"

Jake Gyllenhall, "Love and other Drugs"

Kevin Spacey, "Casino Jack"

Best animated feature film

"Despicable Me"

"How to Train Your Dragon"

"The Illusionist"

"Tangled"

"Toy Story 3"

Best foreign language film

Biutiful (Mexico/Spain)

The Concert (France)

The Edge (Russia)

I Am Love (Italy)

In a Better World (Denmark)

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture

Amy Adams, "The Fighter"

Helena Bonaham Carter, "The King's Speech"

Mila Kunis, "Black Swan"

Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"

Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture

Christian Bale, "The Fighter"

Michael Douglas, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"

Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"

Jeremy Renner, "The Town"

Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech"

Best director, motion picture

Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"

David Fincher, "The Social Network"

Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"

Christopher Nolan, "Inception"

David O. Russell, "The Fighter"

Best TV series, comedy

"30 Rock"

"The Big Bang Theory"

"The Big C"

"Glee"

"Modern Family"

"Nurse Jackie"

Best actress in a TV series, comedy or musical

Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"

Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"

Tina Fey, "30 Rock"

Laura Linney, "The Big C"

Lea Michele, "Glee"

Best actor in a TV series, comedy or musical

Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"

Steve Carell, "The Office"

Thomas Jane, "Hung"

Matthew Morrison, "Glee"

Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"

Best screenplay, motion picture

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, "127 Hours"

Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, "The Kids Are All Right"

Christopher Nolan, "Inception"

David Seidler, "The King's Speech"

Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network"

Best original score, motion picture

Alexandre Desplat, "The King's Speech"

Danny Elfman, "Alice in Wonderland"

A.R. Rahman, "127 Hours"

Trent Rezno and Atticus Ross, "The Social Network"

Hans Zimmer, "Inception"

Best original song -- motion picture

"Bound To U" from the film "Burlesque"

"Coming Home," from the film "Country Strong"

"I See the Light" from the film "Tangled"

"There's a Place for Us" from the film "Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader"

"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from the film "Burlesque"

Best TV movie or mini-series

"Carlos"

"The Pacific"

"Pillars of the Earth"

"Temple Grandin"

"You Don't Know Jack"

Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie

Hayley Atwell, "Pillars of the Earth"

Claire Danes, "Temple Grandin"

Judi Dench, "Return to Cranford"

Romola Garai, "Emma"

Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List

Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie

Idris Elba, "Luther"

Ian McShane, "Pillars of the Earth"

Al Pacino, "You Don't Know Jack"

Dennis Quaid, "The Special Relationship"

Edgar Ramirez, "Carlos"

Best TV series, drama

"Boardwalk Empire"

"Dexter"

"The Good Wife"

"Mad Men"

"The Walking Dead"

Best actress in a TV series, drama

Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"

Elizabeth Moss, "Mad Men"

Piper Pereabo, "Covert Affairs"

Katey Sagal, "Sons of Anarchy"

Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

Best actor in a TV series, drama

Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"

Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"

Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

Hugh Laurie, "House"

Best supporting actress in a series, mini series or TV movie

Hope Davis, "The Special Relationship"

Jane Lynch, "Glee"

Kelly MacDonald, "Boardwalk Empire"

Julia Stiles, "Dexter"

Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"

Best supporting actor in a series, mini-series or TV movie

Scott Caan, "Hawaii Five-O"

Chris Colfer, "Glee"

Chris Noth, "The Good Wife"

Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"

David Strathairn, "Temple Grandin"

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Lisa Marie Presley Opens Up About Michael Jackson

On June 25, 2009, Lisa Marie Presley was in England having what she calls "the strangest day of my life." Despite the seemingly routine tasks of the day—she went to work in the studio before coming home for dinner—Lisa Marie spent the entire day in tears and couldn't understand why. "I was literally cutting my food, eating my dinner crying," she recalls.

Later that evening, in an effort to stop crying, Lisa Marie went upstairs and crawled into bed to watch something mindless on television. An hour later, she got a text from her friend John Travolta that sent shock waves through her body. Lisa Marie's ex-husband Michael Jackson had died. The tears stopped as shock set in. "I was floored," she says. "Honestly floored."

A little more than one year after that unforgettable day, Lisa Marie sits down with Oprah to open up for the first—and only—time about Michael Jackson, their marriage and his death. It's an interview unlike any she's given before. "[In] previous interviews, I'm barky, and I tend to want to skirt out of it," Lisa Marie says. This time, she wants to speak candidly about the intimate, personal details that made her relationship with Michael as complicated and misunderstood as it was.

"You said on my show, 'Yes, this was a real marriage,'" Oprah says, referring to her 2005 interview with Lisa Marie. "But the rest of the world thought it was a big, staged publicity [stunt]." "A lot of that is what I wanted to clear up in this interview," Lisa Marie says. Though Lisa Marie says her marriage to Michael Jackson was real, she also admits that Michael was a master at manipulating the media.  "He was brought up that way," she says. "He was conditioned to get himself where he needed to go for his career, and he became very good at making and creating and puppeteering."

Look back at Michael Jackson's life in photos.

These manipulations made Lisa Marie question Michael's love for her at the time. "I always confused that manipulation thinking that it meant he didn't love me," she says. "But I understand it better now. The manipulation was a survival tactic for him." Lisa Marie says any bitterness she held onto after their relationship ended gave way to clarity and understanding upon Michael's death—along with a flood of emotions.

The day after Michael died, Lisa Marie expressed how she felt about his death and her perceived role in it on her blog. She wrote: "The person I failed to help is being transferred right now to the L.A. County Coroner's office for his autopsy. All my indifference and detachment that I worked so hard to achieve over the years has just gone into the bowels of hell, and right now, I am gutted."

Read the rest of Lisa Marie's blog about Michael Jackson.

According to Michael's autopsy, a lethal level of the powerful anesthetic propofol and another sedative caused his death. Lisa Marie says she didn't suspect Michael had a drug problem during their marriage, though she does recall one incident that gave her pause. While rehearsing in New York for an HBO special in December 1995, Michael collapsed onstage and was rushed to the hospital. "I couldn't tell what was happening," Lisa Marie says. "Dehydration. Low blood pressure. Exhaustion. A virus."

"What did your gut tell you?" Oprah asks. "You thought there was some drug use?"

"Yes," she says.

Lisa Marie also recalls times when she would pick Michael up from a certain doctor's office, and he would not be coherent. Looking back, she says these behaviors were suspicious, but at the time, she didn't push the issue. Despite these suspicious incidents, Lisa Marie says the marriage was, in every sense normal, open and intimate. When Michael couldn't sleep at night, for example, she would stay awake to talk with him. She says she truly enjoyed being there for him.

"I loved taking care of him," she says. "It was one of the highest points in my life when things were going really well, and he and I were united. It was a very profound time of my life." Then, after less than two years as husband and wife, the marriage ended.

Lisa Marie: He had to make a decision. Was it the drugs and the vampires or me? And he pushed me away.

Oprah: Vampires?

Lisa Marie: Meaning, people that are sort of ...

Oprah: Sycophants sucking his blood?

Lisa Marie: Sycophants, yes.

Oprah: So you saw that all around him?

Lisa Marie: Oh, yes.

This is something Lisa Marie says her father, Elvis, faced in his life as well. "[My father and Michael] had the luxury of creating whatever reality around them they wanted to create. They would have the kinds of people who were going to go with their program ... and if they weren't, then they could be disposed of," Lisa Marie says.Legendary fame, addiction, prescription drug overdoses—the parallels between the lives of her father and former husband are astounding, even to Lisa Marie. "It blows me away, to be honest with you," she says. Michael Jackson even died in a house that was across the street from a home Elvis once owned, a place where Lisa Marie says she spent time as a child.

See the parallels between Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

Michael also seemed to recognize the connection. As Lisa Marie watched footage of the ambulance backing out of Michael's driveway, she says she thought back to a particularly eerie conversation she and Michael had in the Neverland Ranch library one day.

"We were sitting by the fire, and he was telling me that he was afraid he was going to end up like my father," she says. "[Michael] was always asking me about when he died, how it happened, when it happened and where. He said, 'I feel like I'm going to end up the same way.'"
For someone who grew up in the spotlight, Lisa Marie is a very private person who prefers to avoid the public eye. "It's just not in my nature to do that sort of thing," she says. Yet, she could not help but fall in love with Michael, one of the most famous men in the world.

"He was an incredible, dynamic person," she says. "He had something so intoxicating about him, and when he was ready to share with you and be himself—I don't know if I've ever been that intoxicated by anything. ... He was like a drug for me." People could not get enough of Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson. Since Michael was promoting an album during their relationship, there were many public appearances to make—including an appearance on the 1994 MTV Movie Awards that became known for the couple's famous onstage kiss.

"He knew I didn't love that," Lisa Marie says. "I would be there, uncomfortably. And his hand was blue after we got off that stage. ... I had squeezed it so hard. ... But as his wife, I needed to do some things like that." From the day they said "I do" in 1994, Lisa Marie says Michael wanted her to have a baby.

"I did want to, but I just wanted to make sure," she says. "I was looking into the future and thinking, 'I don't ever want to get into a custody battle with him.'" Over time, she says her hesitation became a source of contention. Then, two months after their divorce was final, it was announced in October 1996 that Debbie Rowe was pregnant with Michael's child—an act Lisa Marie calls "retaliatory."

Watch Lisa Marie talks about the pressure to have Michael's children.   

"She was there the whole time telling him that she would [have his child]," Lisa Marie says. "He would tell me, 'Debbie said she'll do it.' That's how he knew to handle it, 'If you're not going to do it, this person will.'"

"That's what you mean by 'disposable,'" Oprah says.

"Yes," Lisa Marie says. "That's exactly what I mean."

At the time, Lisa Marie says she also did hurtful things that affected their relationship.

One of those things involved Danny Keough, her ex-husband and the father of her two older children. Lisa Marie says the fact that Danny was still in her life made Michael uncomfortable. "We'd take a vacation and Danny would go, and Michael would get upset," she says. "And then he'd disappear for a couple of weeks, and I couldn't find him." In addition to these disappearances, Michael would also push Lisa Marie away when he felt vulnerable—something she now recognizes as a coping mechanism.

"He honestly tried so hard and went through so much with me," she says. "He's never done that with any other female. ... I didn't appreciate it then, and I wish I did."


Even with the disagreements, difficulties and stress in the marriage, Lisa Marie says she now knows Michael truly loved her.

Oprah: Did he have to die for you to recognize that he loved you?

Lisa Marie: I think so, sadly.

Oprah: Is that the first time you recognized or believed that he truly loved you—after he
died?

Lisa Marie: The sweeping answer would be yes. When we were together, we were really in love, and then we had the rough patches. And I had to make a decision to walk because I saw the drugs and the doctors coming in, and they scared me. They put me right back into what I went through with my father. That ended it. But we still spent four more years [together] after we divorced.

Oprah: Really?

Lisa Marie: Getting back together and breaking up. ... At some point, I had to push it away.

Oprah: So you still loved him even when you left him?

Lisa Marie: Very much. I was trying to take a stand and say: 'Come with me. Don't do this.'"
The last time Lisa Marie says she spoke with Michael was in 2005. At that point, it had been nearly a decade since their divorce, and she had shut herself off from him emotionally.

Watch Lisa Marie talk about the last time she spoke with Michael.??  

"I was very distanced, and he was checking to get a read, you know?" she says. "He was trying to throw a line out to see if I would bite emotionally, and I wouldn't."

During that final conversation, Lisa Marie says Michael told her she had been right about certain people around him—the vampires. He also asked her if she still loved him.

"I told him I was indifferent," she says. "He didn't like that word. He cried."

Before the conversation ended, Michael revealed something chilling to Lisa Marie. "He felt that someone was going to try to kill him to get ahold of his catalog and his estate," she says.

"So he actually gave you names," Oprah says.

"He did, and I would like not to say them," Lisa Marie says. "But he expressed to me his concern over his life."Prior to his marriage to Lisa Marie, Michael faced child sexual abuse allegations and rumors that continued to follow him for years. Amid these claims, strange interviews began to surface—in particular, a 2003 documentary by Martin Bashir called Living with Michael Jackson.

Lisa Marie: I didn't see the Michael I knew in that Martin Bashir interview. He was high as a kite from what I saw.

Oprah: He said some pretty shocking things in that interview. Particularly about how he felt it was okay to sleep with young children.

Lisa Marie: I think he said stuff sometimes to be defiant. He got so angry at having been accused. I think that sometimes he was such a little stubborn rebel and, like a child, he would just say what he felt everyone didn't want him to say.

Oprah: So you never saw anything, and to this day, you don't believe that any of those [molestation] charges were true.

Lisa Marie: No. ... I was never in that room. I can tell you I never saw anything like that.
On September 3, 2009, Lisa Marie attended Michael Jackson's funeral with nearly 200 of his closest friends and family members. At the end of the service, after most people left, she says she was the last one standing there with his casket.

"As you stood over his casket," Oprah asks, "Were you able to make peace?"

Lisa Marie pauses. "No, I don't think I could make peace then," she says. "It was more like I wanted to apologize for not being around."

Lisa Marie admits it's naïve to think that she could have saved her ex-husband from his fate, but she wanted to more than anything. To this day, she wonders whether her efforts could have made a difference. "Had I just said, 'How are you?' Can I try to make a phone call? I really did regret that I didn't," she says.Lisa Marie now lives in England with her husband, Michael Lockwood—"He's the most understanding person I've ever met in my life"—and their twin daughters.

It's been more than a year since Michael's death and 33 years since the death of her father, but Lisa Marie says their birthdays and anniversaries of their deaths are still extremely difficult days for her. Now, she looks back on those relationships with perspective that can only come as a result of time and healing... and she says she's ready to move forward.

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Reality stars can capitalize on their instant fame from endorsement deals to appearance gigs. Kim Kardashian tops the list of highest-earning reality stars.

Here’s the Top 10 List that The Daily Beast tallied for the top earners in reality television:

01) Kim Kardashian — $6 million

02) Lauren Conrad — $5 million

03) Bethenny Frankel — $4 million

04) Audrina Patridge — $3.5 million

05) Kate Gosselin — $3.5 million

06) The Situation — $3 million

07) Khloe Kardashian — $2.5 million

08) Kourtney K. — $2.5 million

09) DJ Pauly D — $2 million

10) Kendra Wilkinson — $2 million

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Talk about a surprise guest.

After two children and four years together, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden invited about 130 close family and friends for their scheduled wedding Saturday.

But one attendee stood way out: a trained elephant was spotted being led into the Los Angeles estate of Richie's father, music superstar Lionel Richie, where two tents were set up for the ceremony on a warm evening.

Otherwise, the couple appeared to be sticking to tradition. Richie wore a wedding dress by Marchesa, and their rings were by jeweler Neil Lane, who also crafted Richie's 4-carat engagement ring, sources tell PEOPLE.

"They're going all-out with the decor." says another source. "Nicole wanted a memorable, elegant affair for only their closest friends and family on their special day."

How the elephant fit in wasn't immediately known.

Guests included the groom's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji Madden, 31, Sam Ronson, as well as Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale.

Richie, 29 and Madden, 31, announced their engagement in February, and Richie's friends threw her a luxurious bachelorette party in Mexico in September.

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It’s Taylor Swift’s 21st birthday today, but don’t expect any paparazzi shots of the quintessential girl-next-door getting tipsy on next week’s tabloid cover.

“I didn’t want it to be a crazy club thing,” Swift told Access Hollywood last week. “I just want it to be very me, and the ‘me’ thing to do would be to have a Christmas birthday party.”

December babies often get snubbed with dual holiday/birthday celebrations, but Swift said she looks on the bright side – after all, she would much rather give than receive.

 

“I love having, like, a birthday-themed Christmas party so people can give each other presents at my birthday party so it’s not so much like a spotlight [on me]," she said.

And if her tweets yesterday are any indication, the country singer is following through on her low-key party plans.

, later tweeting, "Tonight @caitlinbird and @elizabethhuett knocked on my door...they brought a pizza with a lit 21 candle on it and bday hats.”

She even revealed: “Now I'm dancing around my room alone to @Pink's greatest hits cd."

Ah, a day to remember. Now, back to December.

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Rihanna bounces back

Almost 2 years after her dramatic ending with ex-boyfriend Chris brown, Rihanna is finally found her way back to herself. Rihanna confesses that this time around she truly feels happy and content with her relationship with Los Angeles dodger Matt Kemp. "I feel like I smile for real this time. The smiles come from inside, and it exudes in everything I do. People feel my energy is different. When I smile they can tell that it's pure bliss and not just a cover up."

But Rihanna believes the altercation happened for a reason. "God has a crazy way of working, and sometimes when stuff happens you feel like, 'What did I do to deserve this? Why was it backfiring on me?'" she said, according to an Us magazine report. "But, I needed that wake-up call in my life. I needed a turning point, and that's what God was giving to me. All of this terrible stuff they say to you, it breaks you down."

Rihanna has snagged the cover of December  2010’s issue of Marie Clarie. Rihanna is currently preparing for her second post incident album titled “Loud” .

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Janet Jackson: I got colonics at age 11

Being a child star wasn't necessarily "Good Times" for Janet Jackson. The actress/singer tells the December issue of Health that she blames being a young performer for many of the body image issues she would struggle with later in life.

“When I did 'Good Times,' they used to bind my chest because I was developing breasts at a young age," says 44-year-old Jackson, who played Penny Woods on the hit TV comedy from 1977-79. "It immediately makes you think, ‘The way I am isn’t good enough.’ They thought I was too heavy and that I needed to lose weight. When I look back at the show, I was your average-size kid.”

Still, it was around that same time that her mother, Katherine Jackson, took the 11-year-old for regular colonic treatments to help keep her trim. 

"Once a month my mother would drive us to downtown L.A [for the procedure]," she explains. "That played a big part in my life and career, because I learned at a very young age what discipline truly meant, to be able to pass up the French fries and the piece of candy.”

A lifelong yo-yo dieter, Jackson is back in top form mentally, physically and careerwise, but admits that getting to that place hasn't been easy.

“People tend to put entertainers on pedestals. We’re human beings, just like you," says the "For Colored Girls" star. "Whether we have money or not, we still have bills to pay, we still have our stresses.”

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NKOTB and Backstreet Boys join forces

Two boy bands get together and there is no dance off? For shame!

Ryan Seacrest brought the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block on his radio show for their first interview together ever (cue the screams of once teenaged girls everywhere).

NKTOB member Donnie Wahlberg explained that the magic which happened when the pair of boy bands performed together in New York City was the impetus for discussions of a possible collaboration. And the fans couldn’t be happier with the idea it seems.

“Our fans and their fans are insane,” Wahlberg said. “They are incredible.”

The Boys and the Kids are now planning to perform together at the next American Music Awards as well as a joint tour in 2011.

*Screech*

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Performers Announced For "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live
 
Pop star Justin Bieber, rapper B.o.B, country artist Miranda Lambert, singer/songwriter/producer Bruno Mars, and singer/songwriter Katy Perry are the first performers announced for "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night." Two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J once again is set to host the one-hour special, which will take place live on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. The show will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 10–11 p.m. ET/PT. Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly.

The special marks the third time nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards will be announced live on prime-time television. Last year's airing of the nominations special reached more than 7 million viewers and led to double-digit percentage increases in all key demos for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast earlier this year, delivering the shows best ratings in all key measures since 2004 and the biggest year-over-year increase in more than 20 years.

The road to Music's Biggest Night begins with "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!!" and culminates with the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, and broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitterand Facebook.

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Layoffs At Warner Bros.

 
According to a Billboard.biz report, Warner Bros. Records has let go several of its top executives, including Tom Biery, SVP of promotion; Rob Gordon, SVP of marketing; Jack Isquith, SVP of digital music; and Perry Watts-Russell and Kevin Williamson, SVPs of A&R, among others. The layoffs follow a September report on Warner's new executive team, and sources say as many as 20 total staffers have been let go. In related executive news, Universal Music Group's Vice Chairman/CFO Nick Henny is exiting the company after a decade-long stint at the company, according to Billboard.biz. International CFO Boyd Muir will take over in a new position as global CFO.

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Gaga Is Top Winner At MTV Europe Music Awards

GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga was the top winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2010 on Nov. 7 in Madrid, garnering awards for Best Pop, Best Female and Best Song for "Bad Romance." Justin Bieber won awards for Best Male and Best Push Act. Other artists receiving honors were 30 Seconds To Mars, MTV EMA Global Icon recipients Bon Jovi, Eminem, Ke$ha, Linkin Park, and Paramore, among others.

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Brooks Raises $3.5 Million For Flood Victims

GRAMMY winner Garth Brooks has sold more than 140,000 tickets and raised more than $3.5 million toward the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in support of victims of the floods that hit Middle Tennessee in early May, marking the first time a performer has sold that many tickets in the state, according to Brooks' publicist. Following last month's announcement, Brooks will perform nine full concerts in December at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville beginning Dec. 16, including a performance with wife and fellow GRAMMY winner Trisha Yearwood on Dec. 17.

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Swift Sets SoundScan Record

First-week sales for GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift's Speak Now totaled 1.05 million units, representing 18 percent of all albums sold last week and the highest first-week market share in Neilsen SoundScan history, according to Billboard.biz. Following Swift in the first-week market share derby are 'N Sync's No Strings Attached (2000) — which holds the highest first-week sales total with 2.4 million units — and Celebrity(2001) with 15.3 and 12.8 percent, respectively; and Eminem's Recovery(2010) and The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) with 12.2 and 11.6 percent, respectively.

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Celebrity Politics- Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Just like the above title I am sure many of you have not bothered to ask or tell what the dilemma seems to be. Which is why it’s my job to inform you that 30,000 soldiers have lost their jobs in the Military, Marines etc. under the, “don’t ask, don’t tell policy.”  Gays can not serve openly in the military; if found out to be homosexual you will be honorably discharged. Even if engaging in homosexual acts at ones own home off base. Although I am not an advocate for gay marriage, this policy is not right.

One of the famous advocates fighting against this act is Lady Gaga, who may have gone too far and outrageous for the cause. The real issues were suppressed due to her charades. People paid more attention to the unnecessary spectacle she put on, then making sure the voices of the people were heard by the senators. She did however, get some things across in the media aspect, by asking viewers on the Ellen Degeneres show to call senate majority leader Harry Reid to schedule a vote on the “don’t ask don’t tell policy.” His campaign responded and scheduled a vote. Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, has been a LGBT activist since hitting the music scene in 2008. Last October, she spoke at the National Equality March rally in Washington and said it was the single most important event of her career. Although her efforts didn’t completely help, they didn’t completely fail either.

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Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Exit Interviews

As all you dedicated “Harry Potter” fans may know this series has been going on for 10 years strong and is finally started to come to a close. Below are some exit interviews from the cast.

Harry Potter: Government name (Daniel Radcliff) who started the Harry Potter saga at 11 and is now at the age of 21 Said “ I don’t consider myself a celebrity…I am just an actor” "Usually, people who do feel that way aren''t very nice," Radcliffe added. "I will be devastated [when it's over]," Radcliffe told reporters May 25 at the national movie awards in London. "At the same time, it is exciting. It's the end."

Daniel, who has been Harry Potter for the past decade, says the project is intricately linked to his real life, since he spent most of his childhood and adolescence playing the prodigy wizard."There is nothing I watch without it triggering a series of memories," says Radcliffe, 20. "Everything [about the films] is so linked to my life" 

Draco Malfoy : Government name (Tom Felton) "One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood," "But the idea of money — putting a price on your childhood — is ridiculous. You will never get those years back and you can't put a price on them. "And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can," he added

Ron Weasly : Government Name (Rupert Grint) "I don't age gracefully in the last film when all of us get older. My hair is still red but I have a lot less of it,

Hermoine Greinger: Government name (Emma Watson) Watson revealed that she was quite uncomfortable while filming the scenes because she struggled to separate Grint and Radcliffe from their onscreen roles. 

"Getting into character to kiss Dan and Rupert was tough. Forgetting all of our history, and our relationship. Putting all that aside and being in character was pretty b**ody hard, it really was," The Daily Star quoted Watson as saying. "That required a huge amount of professionalism. I really had to grit my teeth and be like, ''I am Hermione, this is Harry - stop thinking that it''s Emma kissing Dan. It''s not. It''s all good.''


Emma Watson is currently filming the last installment of the "Harry Potter" series and she is also a student of the well-known Brown University. Apart from work related to films and college, the Hollywood actress is also busy designing her own range of eco-friendly apparel. Hence, it is but natural that she remains busy all through the year. As the 10 year series finally starts to come to its epic ending, its about the time the stars started regaining the part of life that was lost working and filming. We will be keeping you posted with new harry potter news as it comes our way.

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There are heroes and there are villains. Friends turning on each other, backstabbing and betrayal.

The Social Network is not simply a movie about a Web site. It is a movie about people and their great lengths to which they go to have power and authority.

“With great power, comes great responsibility”

Yes, it gives the facts about how Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) made billions  then was sued from the a social network created. But it also shows society’s vulnerability which turned Facebook into a place where you canrecreate who you are in hopes of getting befriended by users who could possibly be lying or telling the truth about who they are.

The Social Network opens in theatres nationwide Oct 1, 2010.

Click here to watch the trailer>>

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Katy Perry is one California gurl that runs a little too hot for Bert and Ernie, Grover, Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and the gang over at "Sesame Street."The show issued a statement saying it would not air a taped segment featuring Perry and everyone's favorite tickle buddy, Elmo, due to "feedback" they received. It appears Perry's wardrobe choice during her skit with Elmo and performance of "Hot 'N Cold" was deemed too revealing for the kids. A representative for Perry said the pop star enjoyed her time on the show. Elmo could not be reached for comment but did exclaim, "That tickles!" Meanwhile, the clip in question is available to view at Perry's website.

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Billboard reported that the Michael Jackson estate has entered a licensing deal with SEE Virtual Worlds to create an online virtual world, "Planet Michael." The planet will live inside the Entropia Universe, a massive, multiplayer online game that has approximately 100,000 active users. Game play will focus on Jackson's dance moves and reflect his belief in nonviolence, which will be seen as a departure from other online multiplayer games such as "World Of Warcraft." "With Michael Jackson, we're aiming at different game play," said Martin Biallas, SEE Virtual Worlds CEO. The "Bad" virtual world is slated to be unleashed in late 2011.

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"Glee"kicked off its sophomore year this past Tuesday and the ratings sang to a tune of an impressive 12.3 million viewers. In the season's debut episode, the cast performed hits from Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, and Lady Gaga. Of course, music and television have always fit together like peanut butter and jelly, evidenced by Billboard's list of top TV themes that have impacted the charts over the past three decades. Themes on the list include "Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) " by Waylon Jennings, "Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)" by Joey Scarbury, "Moonlighting (Theme)" by Al Jarreau, "As Long As We Got Each Other" (theme from "Growing Pains") by Steve Dorff & Friends, and "I'll Be There for You" by the Rembrandts (theme from "Friends"), among others. Sadly, the theme to "Saved By The Bell: The College Years" did not make the cut.

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The Ray Charles Memorial Library opened on Sept. 23 in Los Angeles, housed in the studio and office building built by the 17-time GRAMMY winner and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in the early '60s. The library, a product of the Ray Charles Foundation, features interactive exhibits that explore Charles' recordings and memorabilia from his career, including GRAMMY Awards, stage costumes, his personal piano and saxophone, a collection of microphones, and letters received from Johnny Cash and former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. (9/24)

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