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Ron Paul's wife is in a Houston intensive care unit after being hospitalized Thursday. The "Victoria Advocate" reports the Texas congressman and former presidential contender cancelled a scheduled trip to Victoria, Texas to stay with his wife yesterday. Carol Paul was treated last August for a pre-existing heart condition. She recovered from that hospital stay without complications after doctors put in a pacemaker. A spokeswoman for the Paul family would not go into detail about Carol Paul's current condition. She said the family wants its privacy.
Britney Spears' famous naughty school girl getup from her debut music video is in the running as one of the most defining moments in Fashion. "Women's Wear Daily" is in its second week of a contest that gives voters the chance to vote once daily on 25 defining fashion moments. Spears' look, dubbed "Not That Innocent" is up against the 1969 "Hippie Chic" and 1962's "Warhol's World" among others. The outfit is seen in Spears' music video for her first single "Oops! I Did It Again." In it, she wears a school uniform with a short skirt and a belly-revealing shirt. Some of last week's top five winners include the 1998 "Let's Talk About Sex" look featuring Sarah Jessica Parker in a flirty ballerina dress, and the 1980 "Jean Queen" look featuring Brooke Shield. Each week, the previous week's top vote getters will be posted on www.definingfashion.com. The ultimate winner will be revealed on September 2nd.
"Jonas Brothers Fan Week" is underway on MTV's TRL and the guys are geared up for the release of their new album today. The Brothers' third record, "A Little Bit More," is highly anticipated among the siblings' growing fan base. The album includes the red-hot single "Burnin' Up," which has been getting plenty of airplay on radio and on MTV. The youngest member, Joe Jonas, said on yesterday's TRL, quote, "we're so excited we're going to go to Virgin Megastore across the street and wait in line." Older brother Kevin added, quote, "we do anything for our fans and we owe everything to them." The Jonas Brothers are preparing to perform at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. They are also up for a Best Pop Video VMA. Kevin added, quote, "we can't tell what we're performing - but it will be our second single."
Celebrity mom Lynne Spears' book now has a release date. "E! Online" reports that "Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World," will hit stores September 16th. The book was originally titled "Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World" and was first set to be released this past May. That date was pushed back around the time that it was announced that Lynne Spears' youngest daughter, now 17-year-old former "Zoey 101" star Jamie Lynn Spears, was pregnant. Jamie Lynn gave birth to a daughter in June.
It's a busy rest of the year for the Cheetah Girls who will begin a 50-date North American tour in October. Billboard.com reports the girls will tour until December in support of their third movie "The Cheetah Girls One World" soundtrack. Their flick is set to air on the Disney Channel on August 22nd.
Earlier this year, the Cheetah Girls ventured to Mumbai, India where they filmed the video for their single "One World." They invited members of Girl Scout USA to the location to talk about leadership and community service which is an important message to the band. Clips of the event appeared in "Road To The Cheetah Girls One World" which aired in June. The band's Adrienne Bailon says being a Girl Scout benefited her greatly. She added, quote, "I went to Girl Scout camp when I was growing up in New York and I know the experience helped me learn to be self-sufficient and confident in my abilities."
A misdemeanor charge of driving with an invalid license is still hanging over Britney Spears' head. E! Online reports the pop star's trial has been pushed back again until September 8th. Her pretrial hearing is set for September 2nd. The incident occurred last year in Los Angeles last year when Spears hit a parked car while holding only a Louisiana driver's license. Her attorney Michael Flanagan said back in March that the singer is clearly being punished because of her fame. He said, quote, "anyone can see this is not the case of the century. The fact is that Britney is being treated differently." He added the case should have wrapped up with a fix-it ticket or an infraction.
The woman who helped raise Madonna's newly adopted son has passed away. "People" Magazine reports 60-year-old Asineti Mwale died after falling sick with pneumonia. Mwale, known as "Mama," took care of now two-year-old David when his birth mother died just a week after his birth. "Mama" and David's biological father later made the decision to put him into the Home of Hope Orphanage because they could not afford to feed him. After a grueling two year process, Madonna was finally okayed to adopt David by the High Court in Malawi's capital. "Mama" fully approved of the adoption that met some controversy with allegations that Madonna received special treatment. "Mama's" wish was to see David living with Madonna in his new home.
New York Yankees' player Alex Rodriguez is reportedly set to make a large donation to Madonna's charity. According to the "New York Daily News," the baseball star has been asked to give at least one-million-dollars to the "Material Girl's" Raising Malawi, and he has agreed to donate at least 500-thousand. Raising Malawi provides orphans in Africa with food, medicine and education. Madonna adopted her youngest son, David Banda, from Malawi. Rodriguez's wife, Cynthia, recently filed for divorce from him. Her attorney, Earle Lilly, claims the final straw in the marriage was ARod's, quote, "affair of the heart," with Madonna. That allegation has not specifically been addressed by Rodriguez, although in his divorce response, he asked that accusations of cheating be removed from the court record.
Elvis Week continues today with the special unveiling of the Elvis and Priscilla Barbie Doll Gift Set. The limited edition figurine set feature Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu as they looked on their wedding day. The famed couple tied the knot in Las Vegas on May 1st, 1967, following a courtship of nearly eight-years. For the special occasion Priscilla, just weeks away from her 22nd birthday, wore a white chiffon and satin gown with a veil and tiara, while 32-year-old Elvis was decked out in a black paisley print tuxedo and black boots. The dolls will be revealed in a special ceremony outside the Sincerely Elvis Museum in Memphis this morning. Wedding cake will be served. Following the presentation Graceland will have 198 Elvis and Priscilla Barbie Doll Gift Sets for sale. Additional sets will be available at Wal-Mart stores and online through ShopElvis.com beginning in October.
Taylor Hick's independent songs from before he became the fifth-season winner of "American Idol" is available today. Modern Whomp Records are releasing "Early Works" through the Welk Music Group. The disc will contain several tracks from his two albums "In Your Time" and "Under the Radar." Hicks says the two original albums represent who he really is as a songwriter. He said, quote, "'Nostalgic' and 'endearing' are the terms that best describe them." Hicks has spent the past two years working with the likes of Willie Neslon and The Allman Brothers. This September he will end his three month Broadway gig as Teen Angel in the musical "Grease."
The Gym Class Heroes are ready to hit the road with some of their own heroes. According to MTV.com, the band has tapped The Roots for a 20-date tour this fall. The trek kicks off October 3rd in Baltimore, Maryland before wrapping up in Albany, New York, on November 1st. Along the way, the groups will hit cities such as Miami, Dallas, Chicago, and Las Vegas. Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy notes his band is ready to do indoor shows after coming off the Warped Tour. He adds, quote, "We can't wait to get back into venues that actually have roofs over our heads and aren't 110 degrees." British singer Estelle will be the tour's opening act.
Organizers of next year's Super Bowl have reportedly already lined up an act for the game's halftime show. According to the "New York Post's" "Page Six," Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have agreed to rock the event, set for February 1st in Tampa. "The Boss" and company were apparently just confirmed and band member Steve Van Zandt has already rented out the Hard Rock Cafe in Tampa for a Super Bowl party. A rep for Springsteen has not commented on the report. The most recent Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, featured veteran rocker Tom Petty as the halftime show. Meanwhile, TVGuide.com reports that NBC, which will air the next Super Bowl, plans to follow its broadcast of the big game with a one-hour special episode of it award-winning comedy "The Office."
A public memorial service for the late comedian Bernie Mac is scheduled for Saturday in his hometown of Chicago. Mac died Saturday morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was 50. The public service will take place at noon local time at the House of Hope. Other services will be private. Mac's publicist says donations in the actor's honor may be made to the Bernie Mac Foundation for Sarcoidosis. Mac suffered from the inflammatory lung disease, which relatives say likely compromised his immune system and contributed to his death.
The father of "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere has been arrested for alleged felony domestic violence. "People" reports Alan Panettiere was taken in early Monday morning at the family's West Hollywood home. Sergeant Scott Wolf of the West Hollywood Sheriff's Department tells the magazine, quote, "There was a domestic argument between the mother and father," and Alan allegedly, "got upset and struck the mother in the face one or two times on the left cheek which caused some bruising." Hayden's mom, Lesley Vogel, reportedly called police around 3 a.m. Police said they arrested Alan on a felony charge instead of a misdemeanor because, quote, "there were visible signs of injury" on Lesley's face.
NBC is coming to the defense of recent "Today" show addition Kathie Lee Gifford. Since her debut on the fourth hour of the morning program in April, the television veteran has been the target of some TV critics, who claim she has been talking about herself and her family too much, and has monopolized airtime. But "Today" executive producer Jim Bell tells "The New York Times" that the feeling on the show is that they "love Kathie Lee," adding, "She is unique, she's a character, she's colorful and she's not afraid to speak her mind. I don't think we'd have her any other way." Viewership for "Today's" fourth hour dropped from one-point-nine-million people in the month before Gifford joined the show, to one-point-seven-million people for the month afterward. NBC says the decline is typical for summer viewership. Gifford left what is now "Live with Regis and Kelly" in 2000.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" alum Tori Spelling is out of the show's spinoff. The actress' rep tells UsMagazine.com that, quote, "At this time, there are no plans for Tori to appear," on the upcoming CW series. Spelling was originally set to reprise her "90210" character Donna Martin on the new show. DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com has reported that Spelling pulled out after she learned that fellow "90210" alums Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were being paid 35-thousand to 50-thousand-dollars per episode to appear on the spinoff and she was only being offered ten-thousand to 20-thousand-dollars per episode. Spelling's late father, Aaron Spelling, created and produced the original "90210." It aired for ten years in the 90s on Fox and also starred Jason Priestley, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Luke Perry and Gabrielle Carteris.
"Roseanne" alum Sara Gilbert must have made quite an impression on "The Big Bang Theory." Zap2It.com reports that after her guest spot on the CBS comedy last season, she has been signed full-time to the show for its upcoming second season. Gilbert will once again play Leslie Winkle, an on-and-off again love interest for Leonard, played by Gilbert's former "Roseanne" co-star, Johnny Galecki. "The Big Bang Theory" follows two brilliant but loveable physicists, whose lives are turned upside down when the free-spirited Penny moves in next door. The show also stars Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar. "The Big Bang Theory" returns to CBS with new episodes on Monday, September 22nd.
It looks like NBC Universal could set a Summer Olympics viewership record. During the first two days of the Summer Games in Beijing, Nielsen Media Research says about 114-million people watched at least part of NBC's coverage. The average TV audience each day was more than 29-million viewers. Those figures make this year's Beijing Olympics the highest-rated TV broadcast of a Summer Olympics held outside the U.S. since 1976. Its decision to show a tape-delayed broadcast of this year's extravagant opening ceremony pulled in more than 34-million viewers, an increase of about 35-percent over viewship for that event at the Athens Olympics in 2004. NBC plans to air 36-hundred hours of coverage through August 24th on its network and cable channels and online. NBC faces questions, however, about whether its online coverage of Olympic events could detract from the TV ratings.
Jay-Z says he has no regrets about ‘secretly’ marrying Beyonce. "Part of your life you gotta keep secret. You have to have something sacred to you and the people around you."
Lil Wayne says reports that his daughter, Reginae, was killed in an auto accident on Sunday night are false.The tween was sleeping when someone started floating the rumor on the net.
Ben & Jerry's has nixed plans to create an ice cream flavor based on Amy Winehouse's likeness. Jerry Greenfield, one half of Ben & Jerry's, says, "I’m not sure that Amy has the proper image that Ben & Jerry’s wants to be connected with."
Diddy is calling his new men's cologne I Am King. It's expected to bring in $100 million a year.
Carrie Underwood tells Allure that Tony Romo still calls her."The phone will ring and it'll be him, and I'll maybe not answer."
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