Scary Spice singer Mel B arrived at LAX yesterday from London and is reportedly planning to audition for the co-hosting duties left vacant on Dancing With The Stars now that Samanatha Harris is moving on to greener pastures.

You may recall that in Season 5, the multi-talented Ms Brown wowed the judges with her dancing talents. She landed in the final dance-off against Indy racer Helio Castroneves and ended up with second place honors.

Now she has her sights set on the color commentary and interviewing position that would have her working side-by-side with Tom Bergeron.

Professional free skier CR Johnson, 26, was killed in an accident Wednesday at Squaw Valley, CA.

Johnson was skiing with a group of friends when he tried to negotiate a “very, very tight, rocky area,” said Jim Rogers, a member of the Lake Tahoe-area resort’s ski patrol.

Rogers said Johnson was skiing recreationally and not as part of a competition when he lost his balance on the steep slope in a part of the resort known as the Light Towers area.

Squaw Valley spokeswoman Amelia Richmond released this statement, “Witnesses immediately notified ski patrol and medical personnel arrived on the scene within minutes. Despite efforts to revive Johnson, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident, he succumbed to his injuries.”

Johnson was a two-time Winter X Games medalist, earning bronze in the 2001 Big Air and silver in the 2002 slopestyle. In recent years he was admired for his inspiring return to skiing after suffering a traumatic brain injury in December 2005. The injury, sustained when another skier accidentally landed on him during a run, left him in a coma for 10 days. He spent 34 days in the hospital and several months in rehab, but was back on snow by the end of that winter.

Veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, was killed by an orca at SeaWorld’s Shamu Stadium in Orlando. The incident occured today at approximately 2 p.m. as Brancheau was explaining the show to the audience.

Authorities report that Brancheau slipped and fell into a whale holding tank and was then fatally injured. Eye witnesses tell a conflicting story. Park guest Victoria Biniak said that the whale rose up out of the water and seized the trainer in it’s jaws.

Biniak describes the horrific scene, “He was thrashing her around pretty good. It was violent. (The whale) took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around, and one of her shoes flew off.”

SeaWorld executive Chuck Tompkins has confirmed the eye witness reports – that Brancheau was pulled into the water by Tilikum, a 12,000-pound male killer whale.

Wednesday’s incident is the third time Tilikum has been involved in a human death. “Tilly” was blamed for the drowning death of a trainer while performing at Sealand of the Pacific in British Columbia. SeaWorld purchased the whale for breeding purposes in 1992. Tilly was involved in a second death in 1999, when the body of a 27-year-old homeless man, who likely sneaked into the park, was found lying across the whale’s back.

Brancheau was one of SeaWorld Orlando’s leading trainers and one of the few who was specifically trained to work with Tilly. Brancheau told her mom on a trip to Shamu Stadium when she was 9-years-old, “This is what I want to do.”

Actor and political activist Jon Voight arrived back at LAX on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 after a trip to Dublin, Ireland followed by a reunion with his daughter Angelina Jolie and her family in Venice, Italy.

Photographers asked him how it felt to be reunited with Angie, Brad Pitt and their six children. He was cautious but offered up, “I don’t want to talk about it so much.” He did say that he thinks Brad “is terrific” and characterized the trip as “wonderful”.

Kelly Ripa showed off her latest tattoo this morning on “Live with Regis and Kelly”. The new ink is on her wrist and spells out CONSUELOS – the last name of her husband of 13 years, Mark Consuelos. Kelly also sports a rose and heart tattoo on her ankle.

She has spent the last nine months trying to get in for an appointment with Joseph Ari Aloi aka JK5 at “Saved Tattoo” in Brooklyn. She considers him “the best” and said it was worth the long wait.

“Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen entered an undisclosed rehab facility last night in L.A. County. Since he and wife Brooke Mueller were involved in the much talked about Christmas Day fight that resulted in Sheen’s arrest, rumors have been running rampant about Charlie’s return to drinking and cocaine.

Brooke has also been in a treatment facility, seeking help for her crack and alcohol addiction. Sheen’s rep made a statement, “As a preventative measure, Charlie Sheen has entered a rehabilitation facility. He will take some time off his series “Two and a Half Men.”

Under Sheen’s terms of bail, he is prohibited from consuming any alcohol or drugs. TMZ contacted Arnold Mordkin, the prosecutor in the criminal case, to find out if Sheen’s return to treatment would cause the courts to revoke the actor’s bail. Mordkin was apparently surprised by the revelation, but would not comment either way.

Brooke and Charlie are not in the same treatment facility. In fact, she just switched rehab locations due to security issues. Their twin sons are with Charlie’s mom and dad. Mueller was rumored to have done a rehab stint while pregnant with her sons.

ESPN suspended Tony Kornheiser for comments he made on his weekday Washington D.C. radio show about “SportsCenter” anchor Hannah Storm on February 16, 2010. The controversial radio and television host has also been the host of “Pardon the Interruption” since 2001.

So what did Tony say that got him into hot water? Kornheiser said, “I’d like to point out that Hannah Storm is in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She’s got on red go-go boots and a Catholic school plaid skirt…way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now…She’s got on her typically very, very tight shirt.”

He went on to say, “She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body…I know she’s very good, and I’m not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, so I won’t…but Hannah Storm…come on now! Stop! What are you doing? She’s what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point.”

Last week he tried to smooth things over with this on-air admission: “I apologize unequivocally. I was wrong. This is sort of what I do, and I’m sorry for it. Not the first time and won’t be the last time but I apologize for it this time.”

On Tuesday Tony was benched from “Pardon the Interruption”. He remarked, “I have been sent to the sidelines from PTI for a while and when I’m allowed back on PTI, I will happily go back because I love the PTI show and love all the people on the PTI show.”

Also weighing in was ESPN executive vice president John Skipper. He said, “Hurtful and personal comments such as these are not acceptable and have significant consequences. Tony has been suspended for two weeks.”

Evan Lysacek with Nastia Liukin at the USA House on February 18, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, February 18

Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Nastia Liukin, 20, and Olympic figure skater Evan Lysacek, 24, have confirmed they are dating.

Former child actor Andrew Koenig, best know for his role as the BFF of Kirk Cameron’s character in “Growing Pains”, has not been seen for over a week. The 41-year-old went missing in Vancouver on February 14, 2010. His parents called British Columbia police to report the disappearance of their son after he failed to return to Venice, California on his scheduled flight or answer his cellphone.

Koenig played Richard ‘Boner’ Stabone, the best friend of Mike Seaver in the late 1980’s. He appeared in 25 episodes over a four year period. Other “Growing Pains” cast members included Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Tracey Gold, Jeremy Miller, Ashley Johnson, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

It was ten years ago that we were introduced to R&B singer Keke Wyatt, who, at the tender age of eighteen, covered the René & Angela classic “My First Love” with R&B crooner Avant, which helped propel them both to success. But a lot has happened in the last decade, though.

Pharrell Williams models the upcoming ‘Classic Americana’ Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream items for popular Japanese site Honeyee

Ciara was spotted showing off her figure on the streets of L.A. this weekend. The singer/dancer hit up the ADIDAS store and was pictured leaving with her dog, Tyson.

Actress Abbie Cornish and actor Ryan Phillippe have gone their separate ways according to her spokesperson. They met on the set of “Stop-Loss” back in 2006.

For some time now there have been rumors swirling that suggest Phillippe has been unfaithful to her. Abbie has vacated the couples shared home and was seen yesterday removing more of her belongings from the residence. When asked about the split and whether there were other “girls” involved, Abbie’s rep replied “no comment.”

Cornish was named Australia’s sexiest vegetarian in 2008. She is currently filming a fantasy film “Sucker Punch”. The premiere is slated for March 25, 2011.

Ryan was previously married to Reese Witherspoon. They have two children – Ava and Deacon. We’re not sure if it is mere coincidence or by design, but Reese broke up with her rebound lover Jake Gyllenhaal in November 2009.

A spectator was killed by flying debris on Sunday at the Firebird International Raceway during the February 21, 2010 Arizona Nationals event. A tire flew off the dragster of driver Antron Brown and struck an unidentified female spectator.

The woman was transported by helicopter to Good Samaritan Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, according to an NHRA statement.

Brown’s 8,000-horsepower dragster appeared to lose power from a cylinder after accelerating at the starting line in a first-round race against Troy Buff. The left-rear wheel and tire came off, and the car flipped onto its right side. The vehicle slid across the track, hit the fence and continued to climb the left-lane retaining wall. There was a flash of flame from spilled fuel as the car came to a stop.

Brown was check out by NHRA Safety Safari personnel and then returned to his pit area with tears welling up in his eyes. He said, “I felt like the back end just dropped out and the car started pitching end over end. At that point, I was upside-down, and in my mind, things were going crazy. I was just hoping I didn’t go into Troy or into the other lane. The next thing I knew, I hit the wall. I saw a little burst of flame come around my head, and I saw sparks.”

The dragster was brought back to the pit area and immediately covered with a black tarp. NHRA is investigating the incident.

Actor Ving Rhames has a large beef with the producers of his latest movie “Red Canvas”. The larger than life actor, best known for his role in “Pulp Fiction”, is suing the project for non-payment.

The lawsuit filed by Ving claims he was promised $200,000 for six days of work on the project. The film company issued a check for $175,000 and a second for $25,000, but put a stop payment on that check.

Rhames is suing writer and producer Kenneth Chamitoff and Red Canvas Productions for the $25,000 still owed and an additional $200,000 for fraud and breach of contract.

Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie were photographed together in Venice, Italy on Sunday. Father and daughter were seen boarding a water taxi for a trip on the Grand Canal with Brad Pitt and the couple’s young daughters Zahara Jolie-Pitt and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt. Maddox, Pax, and the toddler twins Knox and Vivienne were not along for this little outing.

Voight was in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday for the 7th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards at the Burlington Hotel. He apparently decided that as long as he was in Europe, he might as well drop in on his daughter, her partner and their six children. See photos of all six kids in Venice here.

Voight and Jolie had a serious falling out in 2001 after he used an interview as a public platform to urge his daughter to seek help for her “severe mental problems”.

During the counter-cultural 70’s, Voight engaged in anti-war activism alongside Jane Fonda. In 2008 he admitted in an op-ed piece for The Washington Times that he regretted his youthful protests against the Vietnam War.

In June 2009, Jon Voight spoke in Washington D.C. at a Republican congressional fundraiser and called Obama “a false prophet”. He has also appeared on Governor Mike Huckabee’s Fox News Show and said Obama was “arrogant, caused civil unrest, and stood for all that this country was against during its past.” In November 2009, Voight was the featured speaker at a tea party protesting the healthcare reform legislation.

Tiger Woods made a 13 minute public statement on Friday, February 19th at 11:00 a.m. ET at TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse at PGA Tour headquarters. He used words like “foolish” and “selfish” to describe his behavior.

He apologized to his friends, family, business partners, his staff, and golf fans around the world. “I’m embarrassed to have put you in this position. I am so sorry. I have a lot to atone for.”

He emphatically stated, “Elin never hit me that night or at anytime. Elin deserves praise, not blame. I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated. I am the only person to blame. I knew that my actions were wrong but I convinced myself that the normal rules don’t apply.”

He went on to say, “I thought that I could get away with anything that I wanted to. I felt that I was entitled. I was wrong, I was foolish. I brought this shame on myself. I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife’s family, my friends, and kids throughout the world who admired me.”

Rapper Lil Wayne temporarily avoided starting his latest jail stint because of his teeth. The performer was given one month to get his teeth fixed before he reports to the slammer on March 2nd.

On Tuesday, Lil Wayne made it through 8 root canals, that’s right 8! And that wasn’t all. The EIGHT hour oral surgery procedure pretty much was a complete rework of his mouth. He had his grill worked on, had some implants repaired, had more implants added and even had a few of his own remaining teeth repaired.

It looks like the entertainer has been given a little time to recuperate before he heads to the big house to serve his time for felony gun possession.

“My failures have made me look at myself in a way that I never have before. It is up to me to start living a life of integrity. Character and decency are what really count. It is hard to admit that I need help but I do. For 45 days I was in inpatient therapy for my issues.”

He shot down rumors that he was using performance enhancing drugs and he blasted the media for following his family. He said, “Please leave my wife and my kids alone”, detailing the fact that the press followed his daughter to school and published the location.

Tiger was raised a Buddist and has reconnected with those teachings. He reported that he will continue to receive help, and will be leaving on Saturday, February 20th for more treatment and therapy. He said, “I need to regain my balance and be centered. I do plan to return to golf one day but I just don’t know when that will be. I will not rule out returning this year.”

He thanked the PGA Tour and the players for their patience and understanding while he works on his private life. In closing he said, “I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again. Thank you.”

He left the podium and gave his mother a long hug and kiss.

Gretchen Bleiler has set her sights on Olympic gold at the Vancouver Games, after settling for a silver medal in the 2006 Torino Olympics. When the 29-year-old Snowboard Halfpipe athlete isn’t competing on the snow, she enjoys surfing, mountain biking, interior design and fashion.

She has been profiled in numerous sports and lifestyle publications and has posed for Lucky, Shape, Self, Maxim and FHM.

Bleiler will compete on Thursday, February 18, 2010. Women’s Halfpipe qualifying begins at 12:30 p.m., followed by semifinals at 4:00 p.m. and finals at 6:00 p.m.

Check out the now famous SI bikini photos and video of several Team USA members: Vancouver gold medal winner Lindsey Vonn, and talented Snowboard Halfpipe athlete Hannah Teter, who will compete with Bleiler tonight. Equally gorgeous Snowboard Cross athlete Lindsey Jacobellis didn’t pose for SI but her gallery is still worth a look.

Angelina Jolie is in Venice, Italy to film a new thriller “The Tourist” with Johnny Depp. The actress, her partner Brad Pitt, and the couples six children are reportedly staying at the stunning canal-side Palazzo Mocenigo for the duration of the three-month movie project. The property includes 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and a butler and chef from the famed Bauer Hotel.

Brad and Angelina were photographed with Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh taking a water taxi ride to get ice cream. Another outing included 19-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne, as seen in photos and video below. Shiloh delighted photographers in her furry brown hat with monkey ears.

Angelina is sporting a new hairdo featuring blonde highlights and side swept bangs. This wouldn’t be the first time she has changed her hair for a movie role – check her out as a total blonde here.

It is no question that “Jersey Shore” has given MTV huge ratings. In just one season the show has rapidly made a huge impact on pop culture. Reality TV on MTV has always been successful; MTV’S “The Real World” will soon kick off its 24^th season and is the networks longest running and most successful program. “Jersey Shore” filmed in a Real-World-type style follows the lives of eight cast mates and their lives on the Jersey Shore.

With their lifestyle basically consisting of going to the gym, tanning and doing laundry- GTL, along with their clothing choices, language and hairstyles, the show was bound to make some uncomfortable.

The cast of Jersey Shore angered a lot of Italian Americans who believed that the MTV show was portraying Italian Americans in a negative light. Well it seems that the self proclaimed “Guidos” and “Guidettes” are not even Italian. Cast mate Jenni “JWoww” Farley sat down on Fox’s Strategy Room where she admitted that many of the cast mates are not Italian at all.

This is sure to be a shocker to the fans, but maybe it will also be a relief to the Italian Americans who were offended by the show. It is not a new concept for shows based on stereotypes to offend. VH1’s “Flavor of Love” starring Flavor Flav also angered many members of the African American community when it premiered in 2006. Despite the criticism of both shows, they never failed to bring in enormous ratings. MTV has confirmed that the Jersey Shore will be back for a second season.

Golfer’s agent Mark Steinberg has announced that his client Tiger Woods will break his silence by making a public statement on Friday, February 19, 2010 at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Woods is adamant that the Friday event is NOT a news conference. Come on Tiger – you have invited a press pool, with live coverage streaming around the world and fans straining to hear your first public words since the end of November. That’s big news indeed.

According to Steinberg, “Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he plans to apologize for his behavior. This is all about the next step. He’s looking forward to it. It’s time to make amends and to publicly do that.”

Tiger’s planned statement comes some 10 weeks after he disappeared from public life. The majority of that time was spent at a Mississippi clinic for sex addiction.

He will speak to “a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates” at a gathering that will begin at 11:00 a.m. and will be broadcast from PGA Tour headquarters. It seems doubtful that Woods will entertain press questions beyond what is being characterized as the delivery of a short prepared statement to his invited guests.

Tiger’s website also carried this new statement: “While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between him and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him. He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends, and that’s what he’s going to discuss.”

The battle between reality TV dad Jon Gosselin and TLC is finally over.

“TLC has reached a settlement with Jon Gosselin and will be undertaking procedural steps to conclude the litigation,” the network said in a statement Wednesday. “All terms of the settlement are confidential. The whole Gosselin family remain under contract with TLC. ”

The drama between the network and Gosselin included a breach of contract lawsuit filed by TLC against Gosselin. The suit claimed Gosselin was in violation of his agreement when he made paid and unpaid TV appearances without the cable network’s permission.

Gosselin filed a $5 million counterclaim, saying that the cable network was damaging his career by preventing him from working with other media outlets. Gosselin also forbid the network from filming his eight children with Kate Gosselin.

Lady Gaga performed and accepted three awards at the 30th Annual BRIT Awards on Tuesday night in London. The singer wore a lacy see-through costume that barely covered her backside.

Gaga took honors for Best International Female Artist, Best International Breakthrough Act and Best International Album for “The Fame”.

merican Idol Season 5 contestant and successful country music singer Kellie Pickler has purchased a $1,435,000 home in Nashville.

According to property records, Pickler, 24, closed on the 4865 square foot, 4 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom home in mid-January.

The contempo-trad home sits on a .46 acre lot in the upscale Green Hills neighborhood. The master-on-main residence has a great room comprised of a formal dining area with a wood-lined barrel vaulted ceiling, a living room with double height ceiling and a stone fireplace that rises two floors between built-in book shelves, and a kitchen with Viking appliances, granite counter tops and cherry cabinets.

At the back of the great room, sliding doors open to a screened porch with fireplace, which opens to a small terrace with a built-in barbeque center just steps away from the swimming pool.

The second floor, accessed by the staircase or elevator, contains three bedrooms — each with their own bathroom, a study/ office area overlooking the great room, and a media room with a wet bar.

Queen Elizabeth met Lady Gaga in early December 2009 following the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, England

Chynna Phillips of the group Wilson Phillips has entered rehab for anxiety.

Phillips, 42, checked herself into an undisclosed treatment facility over the weekend, according to her publicist, Lizzie Grubman.

Phillips’ half-sister, Mackenzie Phillips, came forward last fall with claims of an incestuous relationship with their father, John Phillips of the group The Mamas and The Papas.

Although the revelation was difficult for Chynna, she reportedly checked into rehab for a number of reasons, and is trying to deal with stresses in her life. According to sources, it is not drug or alcohol related.

Chynna’s husband, Gossip Girl star Billy Baldwin, is trying to cope with Chynna’s treatment as best he can. “I don’t feel like dealing with the press when I’ve got my wife in rehab and I’ve got three little kids.”

Nicole Richie and her long time boyfriend Joel Madden have announced that they are getting married. The couple have kept the news quiet until the actress announced it Monday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and on Late Show with David Letterman.

Madden ‘tweeted’: Yep, i’m engaged. Very happy. yeah we’ve been engaged for a while so your all kind of late on that. but thanks for the hooplah all the same. P.s. that’s why i love my family and friends. None of them are sources. All good tight lipped people who let us enjoy it! Thanks everybody.”

Her father Lionel Richie said, “My happiness for Nicole and Joel knows no boundaries. They have given me two beautiful grandchildren, Harlow and Sparrow, and have proven to be great parents. I am not sure who is luckier, Nicole and Joel to have each other, or me, to have both of them in my life. I cannot wait to give away the bride!”

Joel, 30, and Nicole, 28, recently were involved in the star-studded remake of an original Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie song that raised $63 million in 1985. Check out We Are The World 25 for Haiti here.

Goldie Hawn is an actress whose career has spanned more than four decades but you’d be hard pressed to guess that the blonde beauty is actually 64-years-old. We’ve pulled together a Goldie photo gallery to showcase the fact that she still looks like she did in her youth.

Most Hollywood celebrities begin to show marked changes to their face and hair style as their careers evolve but that cannot be said for Hawn, who has basically looked the same since the early 1970’s when she first appeared in “Cactus Flower” in 1969, a role that earned her an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She also starred in the hit television comedy series “Laugh In“, where she appeared as the ‘Sock It to Me!‘ girl.

The fact that Goldie hasn’t changed much over time would suggest that she has been diligent in maintaining her look with the help of any number of cosmetic procedures: neck tightening, laser resurfacing to combat sun damage, face lifts to reduce the bags under the eyes, and fillers to keep the wrinkles at bay. Kudos go out to whoever has been assisting the actress in maintaining the status quo because the differences between her early photos and her current red carpet pictures are subtle.

Her film projects have slowed up considerably but she recently co-wrote a comedy feature film with Jeremy Pikser. She will make her directorial debut and star in “Ashes to Ashes” with her long time partner Kurt Russell.

“Mad Men” star Christina Hendricks graces the cover of New York magazine’s Spring Fashion issue, available on newsstands beginning February 15, 2010. As seen above, the vivacious and voluptuous actress is wearing a very revealing low cut corset.

The 34-year-old appears to be sending out mixed messages by dressing provocatively and in the next breath admitting that her feeling were hurt last month after she received a great deal of “body scrutiny” over her Golden Globes red carpet appearance.

She said, “It kind of hurt my feelings at first. Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous, you get really self-conscious. I am working my butt off on the show, and then all anyone was talking about was my body!”

Dare we suggest that the newest issue of New York magazine may well generate another round of “body scrutiny”. Surely Christina can understand cause and effect. We’re just saying…

Lindsey Jacobellis is a two-time world champion and two-time World Cup champion, but her hopes for gold were dashed at the 2006 Torino Games, when she attempted a impromptu last minute trick that resulted in a fall. The split-second decision, executed when she had a seemingly insurmountable three-second lead over Tanja Frieden of Switzerland, left her with a silver medal.

Her critics accused her of showboating when she executed the ‘method grab’, which is grabbing the board behind the front foot’s binding on the heel edge and turning the board 90 degrees while arching the back. The 21-year-old claimed she made the grab to maintain stability but later admitted that it was not necessary – see video below.

Jacobellis is one of the most decorated and successful women’s snowboarders currently active in the world today. She has been featured in several high profile ad campaigns, including a Visa commercial.

Women’s Snowboard Cross qualifying begins at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The Vancouver Games medal round is slated to start at 12:15 p.m.

We are also keeping an eye on two U.S. Olympic hopefuls who recently posed in bikinis for Sports Illustrated. Hannah Teter will compete on Wednesday in Snowboard Halfpipe.

Actress Angelina Jolie is no stranger to adoption or the process that goes along with it. Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt are the parents of three adopted children: Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, and Zahara, 5, in addition to three biological children. The star is concerned about the current state of adoption in Haiti and offered up a warning to families looking to bring these abandoned children into their homes.

Angelina traveled to Haiti earlier this month to visit some of the injured children as part of her role as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Weighing in on the adoption of homeless children from Haiti – she said, “An emergency is not the time for new adoptions in any way. Child trafficking has been a huge problem for a very long time. Everybody that means well needs to really take that very seriously.”

Many of deceased actress Brittany Murphy’s fans have been wondering what will become of her final movie “Abandoned”, in light of her sudden death on December 20, 2009. We can now report that Anchor Bay Entertainment has purchased the rights to the film and plans to release it this summer.

“Abandoned” also features actor Dean Cain and actress Mimi Rogers. Producers Jeffery Schenck and Barry Barnholt made a joint statement: “Brittany will be deeply missed by everyone that worked on “Abandoned”. The film is a taut thriller which portrays Brittany’s character as smart and tough — and that’s how we will always remember her.”

Bill Clark, president of Anchor Bay Entertainment said that the release of the movie will be an “honor and bittersweet.”

Award winning film director, comedian and author Kevin Smith has picked up a new label thanks to Southwest Airlines – ‘too fat to fly’.

Smith boarded a flight in Oakland on Saturday that was bound for Burbank. All was going according to plan until he was deemed too obese to make the journey. The airlines went so far as to call him a risk to the safety of others before they ejected him from the plane. A flight attendant named Suzanne approached him and relayed a message from the cockpit. According to Smith, “She told me Captain Leysath deemed me a ’safety risk.’”

Before he exited the plane, Smith puffed out his cheeks in an exaggerated pose and captured a photo for posterity and for use as a future ‘twitpic’.

Southwest eventually had a change of heart and booked him on a later flight and gave him a $100 airline voucher but the damage was done. The disgruntled passenger did what anyone would do under the circumstances — he took his case to his Twitter page, where the four-letter words were flying fast and furious.

John Mayer was an open book last week and what he had to say offended many people. There were racist remarks, talk about ex-girlfriends and his desire to work in the adult film industry. His week ended with him breaking down in tears at one of his performances while attempting to apologize to his fans.

In a recent interview with Playboy magazine, John stated that his “dream job” would be to write adult films. It looks like all he had to do was mention it in public and a job offer arrived on his doorstep. Vivid Entertainment immediately drafted a letter of interest in his proposal and sent it over to Mayer for his consideration. They are the largest video producer in the adult film industry.

Mayer is extremely well known and a company like VE would likely benefit by putting a celebrity name behind their films. You never know with Mayer – he has already proven himself to be an impulsive risk taker.

Heidi Montag and her husband Spencer Pratt were tapped to host a pre-Valentine’s Day party at Pure Nightclub in Vegas on Saturday night. Montag posed in a red dress that resembled an elongated Valentine heart, showcasing her new and improved chest.

She chatted about the ten procedures that she had done in a marathon session in November. Heidi said, “My favorite part? I think one of them is my chin. I think that’s what I was so excited about. And I love my boobs but I still want to improve. I didn’t get them as big as I originally wanted.”