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HILARY DUFF'S NEW GIG: YOUNG ADULT NOVELIST
Hilary Duff is coming out with her own series of young adult novels. According to GossipCop.com, she's writing series of books, which starts with Elixir -- featuring the worldwide adventures of photojournalist "Clea Raymond." The 22-year-old singer-actress also has plans for a nonfiction book about children coping with divorce, scheduled for 2012.

She signed the deal with Simon & Schuster.

In the past, Duff has written songs about her own parent's divorce.

She recently got engaged to hockey player Mike Comrie.


JESSICA SIMPSON DEBUTS NEW SONG
Jessica Simpson's new song "Who We Are" has surfaced online. It's the track she worked on with Billy Corgan for her upcoming reality show, The Price Of Beauty, which debuts March 15th on VH1. According to People.com, Simpson spoke very highly about Corgan in a radio interview, saying, "He's a very, very dear friend . . . I hope we can do more music together."

Other Highlights From Interview:

On Trusting People: "I'm not as guarded as you would think. I should probably be more guarded. I trust a lot of people, actually."

On Feeling Disappointed About John Mayer: "That's truly how I felt and still feel. Somebody that you have cared about for a long time, you just hope they can keep the intimate things intimate."

On weight controversy and her ex, Tony Romo: "Tony was so great and so supportive and never ever made me feel like I wasn't sexy. I was embarrassed by what the world was saying, but I still had my friends and loved ones and family who appreciated me."

JEREMY RENNER SAYS THERE'S NO ROMANCE WITH JESSICA SIMPSON:

Last week, People.com had reported that Jessica Simpson was spotted flirting with actor Jeremy Renner. But The Hurt Locker star said he hardly knows her -- they only met for "three minutes." He tells UsMagazine.com, "Her hair stylist Ken Paves did my mom's hair so we were talking about that -- and then all of a sudden we're dating!" Actually Renner says he's single and looking, adding, "I'm not a ladies man!" Renner told Us. "I'm a working man! That's all."


JUSTIN BIEBER SPOOFED IN NEW 'FUNNY OR DIE' VIDEO

Justin Bieber is the subject of a new "Funny Or Die" video that's been making the rounds this week. In it, comedian and star of Parks And Recreation Aziz Ansari creates a spoof in which he "declares war" on the 16-year-old pop star. The clip finds Ansari playing his alter-ego "Raaaaaaaandy." He's in the studio with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner and TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek recording a song called "Baby Baby" that sounds just like Bieber's hit song "Baby." In the reenactment, the fake, pudgier, pot-smoking Bieber listens to the track, then steals the lyrics sheet and shoots Raaaaaaaandy in the knee before dropping a bunch of F-Bombs. The next day, the faux Bieber returns to do even more damage by trashing the entire studio.

Bieber performed on QVC last night (Tuesday, March 9th).


QUICKIES

LADY GAGA HEADED FOR 'ROCK BAND': Lady Gaga's music will soon be part of Rock Band. MTV reports that next week the video game franchise will release the first "Lady Gaga Song Pack," featuring "Bad Romance," "Just Dance," "Monster" and "Poker Face."

BRITNEY SPEARS WANTS TO DRIVE A MASERATI: Britney Spears has her eyes on a Maserati. For the second time in less than a month she took the $150,000 sports car for a spin. X17Online reports that she actually bought the car, but sources tell TMZ.com there's no way her father or a judge will let her buy the car under the conservatorship. Spears did manage to buy a lot of clothes this week, though, during a shopping trip with her mom to Bebe, H&M and the Gap.

MADONNA DANCES NON-STOP AT OSCAR PARTY: Madonna was dancing it up at her Oscars party over the weekend. A source tells People.com that she danced non-stop for four hours." At one point, Madonna said that if CNN's Anderson Cooper didn't start dancing, she wouldn't play any more music. Anderson, needless to say, listened to the Queen of Pop and joined her on the dance floor. Meanwhile, HollywoodLife.com reports that Madge was grinding with actor Gerard Butler at the party. Her boy toy, Jesus Luz, was nowhere to be found. Madonna will release her Sticky & Sweet tour DVD on March 30th. Watch a sneak peak here: http://tinyurl.com/ya3ftnz


SOURCE SAYS JOE AND KEVIN JONAS DID NOT AUDITION FOR 'CAPTAIN AMERICA'

Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas have auditioned for roles in the Captain America movie, according to some reports. But GosssipCop.com has debunked the story, noting that a source at Marvel laughed off the Jonas rumor, saying it's "not true."

According to the original reports "sources" said the brothers had "already read lines for the upcoming film" and were "in contention" for both the title role and other characters. There has also been talk that Star Trek's Chris Pine was "close to signing" as the lead. The latest is that The Office star John Krasinski is in the running for the flick.

In other news, rumors are circulating that things are heating up between Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato. They've been friends for years, but insiders say the pair looked very friendly at Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar party in West Hollywood. They may have just hit up the party as friends, but an insider tells HollywoodLife.com, "Joe spoke to Demi very cozily for most of the night. They were inseparable. Wherever Joe went, Demi would follow. I still say there is something going on between these two!"


WAS RICKY MARTIN'S CAREER DESTROYED BY BARBARA WALTERS?
Did Barbara Walters ruin Ricky Martin's career? The "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer was at the height of his career in 2000 when he sat down with Walters for an interview. It wasn't too long after that when his career took a nose dive. During the interview, Walters asked Martin whether he was gay, and now looking back, the TV host thinks it could have contributed to the demise of his career.

She recently told the Toronto Star, "In 2000, I pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or not, and the way he refused to do it made everyone decide that he was. A lot of people say that destroyed his career, and when I think back on it now I feel it was an inappropriate question."

During the 2000 interview, Walters told Martin, "You know, you could stop these rumors. You could say, as many artists have, 'Yes I am gay,' or you could say, 'No I'm not,' or you could leave it, as you are, ambiguous. I don't want to put you on the spot, but it's in your power to do it." At the time he said he didn't want to talk about it.

On Tuesday (March 9th), Martin made a cryptic Tweet, which may or may not be referring to Walters' comments. He wrote, "judging someone based on his/hers old behavior?who's stuck?"

In 2006, Walters talked about how she thought outing celebrities is wrong during a segment on The View.

Martin is a single dad with twin sons and does not comment publicly on his sexuality.

He's been working on a new album, as well as writing a book. He recently Tweeted, "Working on the manuscript of my book "editing". Had no idea how difficult this would be. consuming. But im happy with the outcome."


LADY ANTEBELLUM BEGINS TWO-NIGHT STINT AT NASHVILLE'S RYMAN TONIGHT

Lady Antebellum will play the first of two sold out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight (Wednesday, March 10th). The trio have been working on playing "Music City" for a while now, and Dave Haywood tells us the venue was worth the wait. "We've been tryin' to plan that for, I think, a year now, tryin' to get a show in Nashville, and to get an opportunity at the Ryman is incredible. I mean, we've got probably the venue with the most history (Charles Kelley) Yeah! (Dave) And also the best sounding place in the world!"

Tonight's hometown show is in appreciation of all their local supporters who climbed aboard the Lady A train from the beginning. "Man, it's gonna be great! We haven't played in Nashville in years, a headlining show like that. (Charles) Yeah, not a big, big show. (Dave) Yeah, I mean we've played little things here or there -- festivals -- but this is our first chance -- it's gotta be since we got our record deal -- that we've really done a full out headlining show for Lady Antebellum, so we're looking forward (to it). We love Nashville. This is where we started, so this is kind of our hometown crowd and a way for us to say thanks to the fans here."

Lady Antebellum will also take the Ryman stage tomorrow night (Thursday, March 11th).

The trio are the most nominated act going into next month's Academy of Country Music Awards. They are up for Top Vocal Group, Album of the Year for Lady Antebellum, and Single, Song and Video of the Year for "Need You Now."

The ACM Awards will air live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 18th on CBS.

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RIHANNA MEETS MATT KEMP'S FAMILY AT AUTISM EVENT
Despite continued denials that they are a couple, Rihanna and baseball star Matt Kemp were together again over the weekend, and this time Rihanna got to meet Kemp's family. The "Hard" singer reportedly flew to Arizona after a show in Berlin, Germany, to support Kemp at his annual Ante Up for Autism charity gala on Saturday (March 6th). Kemp started the event in honor of his autistic brother. "Matt was happy she came," an insider told EOnline.com. "It was an awesome show of support."

Rihanna mingled with some of Kemp's L.A. Dodgers teammates as well as members of his family at the affair, which raised $170,000 for the cause. "Rihanna fit right in as if they all knew each other," said the source. "It was comfortable."

Photos from the event show a toned-down Rihanna, with light makeup and her usual faux-hawk hair styled into a soft bob.






CELEBRITY GOSSIP

CHARLIE SHEEN TO DO AFTER-WORK REHAB? Charlie Sheen will reportedly resume shooting Two and a Half Men next week -- but he'll go back to rehab at night. TMZ reports that Charlie will be in rehab full-time until early Monday morning, when he'll fly to Aspen for his felony arraignment. He'll supposedly come back to L.A. that night, where he'll sleep at the rehab facility and then show up on Tuesday to film the show. Insiders claim that after each day on the set Charlie will go directly back to rehab.

ALLEGED RYAN SEACREST STALKER PLEADS NO CONTEST: Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. pleaded no contest on Tuesday (March 9th) to a felony stalking count stemming from his attempts at getting close to Ryan Seacrest. E! reports that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Fisher ordered the 25-year-old former Army reservist to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in prison. After completing the assessment, Uzomah is due back in court for formal sentencing June 14th.

'BACHELOR' CONTESTANT DENIES SEX TAPE: A rep for Rozlyn Papa denies that the former Bachelor contestant is featured in a 15-second "dirty video" that now appears on a porn site. Stacie Vanchieri told E! News, "I've seen the tape. Anyone who has met her once would know it's not her. The woman has a different body, hands, face, everything." She continued, "The woman looks directly into the camera and is definitely not Rozlyn. The tape looks like it was done as porn to be sold, not a private moment captured on tape . . . It so clearly seems someone is trying to ruin her. I don't know why someone would do this to her -- she has to take her son to school in the mornings."

MAN CONVICTED OF BLACKMAILING CINDY CRAWFORD: A German man has been convicted of blackmailing Cindy Crawford and has been sentenced to two years in jail. Reuters reported that the court in the southern German town of Kirchheim unter Tech said Edis Kayalar was found guilty of extorting money from Crawford by threatening to release a photo showing Crawford's then seven-year-old daughter gagged and tied to chair. Kayalar turned himself in to German police in November 2009. According to court papers, the girl says a former nanny took the picture as part of a "cops and robbers" game. Kayalar allegedly stole the photo from the nanny.

JASON AND MOLLY WEDDING PAPARAZZI SUING ABC: The two photographers tossed out of the Bachelor wedding after attempting to sneak shots of Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney are suing ABC for the hands-on scolding they received from security guards. Bachelor producer Next Entertainment and O&R Protective Services, which provided the guards, are also named as defendants in the suit filed Monday (March 8th) in Los Angeles Superior Court. Photographers Eric Brogmus and Maximiliano Lopes are claiming battery, false imprisonment and negligence for the February 27th incident.

HOLLY MADISON AND BENJI MADDEN MOVING IN? The exes of Paris Hilton and Hugh Hefner are reportedly shacking up. In Touch magazine reports that Holly Madison is planning to move from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in order to be with her beau, Benji Madden. A source told the magazine, "Benji cares very much for Holly. They have been talking about living together." The couple began dating back in December.




INDUSTRY NEWS

JOHN KRASINSKI CLOSER TO PLAYING CAPTAIN AMERICA: The odds of John Krasinski playing Captain American on the big screen are increasing. Several weeks after his initial screen test was reported, sources are saying he's the "favorite" to get the part. Sources told Fox411, "John has read 4 times and is doing screen tests. He has screen tested 2 times so far. It's very likely that he will be the new Captain America."

ROBERT DE NIRO TO PLAY VINCE LOMBARDI: Robert De Niro will reportedly star as legendary coach Vince Lombardi in the feature film Lombardi. Variety reports that Eric Roth has signed on to pen the script, which will chronicle the coach's career during the years he transformed the Green Bay Packers from the worst team in the NLF into five-time champs.

QUENTIN TARANTINO SUED: A man is suing Quentin Tarantino, claiming that the director stole his idea for Kill Bill. TMZ.com reports that Dannez Hunter says in 1999 he submitted a treatment to Miramax about a fictional character named Ren and eventually Miramax, Harvey Weinstein and Tarantino ripped off his work, including the "concept/character name Ren." Some of the ideas he claims were stolen include Ren witnessing her mother's sadistic murder and the knife through the mother's abdomen. He also says that he applied for a job at Miramax but "was never given a return phone call, as numerous similar situated less qualified Jewish and White people were bestowed job after job after job."

NBC RENEWS MISS UNIVERSE: NBC has renewed its deal with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe organization to air the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants for three more years beginning in 2011. The announcement comes a week after TLC said it would not renew its telecast deal with the veteran Miss America organization.

LIV TYLER STARRING IN 'THE LEDGE': Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson will star in the upcoming suspense film The Ledge. The Hollywood Reporter announced that the stars join Terrence Howard and Charlie Hunnam in the story of a man (Hunnam) standing on a high-rise ledge who insists he must jump by noon as the policeman below (Howard) tries to manage the situation.




TV PRODUCER PLEADS GUILTY TO BLACKMAILING DAVID LETTERMAN

Television producer Robert Joel Halderman pleaded guilty on Tuesday (March 9th) to trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman by threatening to reveal the late night host's sexual relationships with employees.

Halderman, pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny in exchange for serving six months in jail, performing 1,000 hours of community service and giving up his right to appeal. He faced up to 15 years in prison had he gone to trial and been convicted. The formal sentencing will be in May.

Letterman thanked the prosecutors and police in a written statement which read, "When they became involved with this case, I had complete faith that a just and appropriate result was inevitable. On behalf of my family, I am extremely grateful for their tireless efforts."

Daniel Horwitz, an attorney for Letterman, told reporters, "This is a serious sentence that properly reflects the crimes that Mr. Halderman has now admitted he committed and it is a fitting end to the case."

After Letterman received a packet of incriminating emails and photos in his limo with a note demanding $2 million to keep them under wraps last September, he called police and subsequently admitted his affairs on TV. Halderman had been involved with Letterman's former assistant Stephanie Birkitt, with whom Letterman later acknowledged an affair.




ANDY RICHTER BLASTS NBC

Conan O'Brien's former sidekick Andy Richter is blasting NBC and Jay Leno for how the Tonight show hand-off went down. Filling in for Regis Philbin on Live! Tuesday (March 9th) morning, he told Kelly Ripa at the start of the show, "I actually can be on TV. Conan can't -- in fact, I'm not even sure I can say his name. I may be getting him in trouble for even saying his name."

Since Richter broached the subject, Kelly delved into the late night mess: "(Kelly) Do you have any ill feelings toward NBC and Jay? Not that you're going to be honest, but go for it. (Andy) Yes! (Laughter) Yes I do. (Applause) Why wouldn't I, why wouldn't I, I mean my God I'd be like, I'd be like some sort of self hater."

He explained: "Now, I mean NBC definitely, uh, everybody said they were going to do something and then they didn't (right.) Ya know, they all said years ago "We're gonna do something" and then they didn't and there was all kinds of talk about our ratings not being very good, but they were pretty good all summer (sure.) And then our lead-in changed (right) and they didn't, they weren't so good anymore. Kelly: It's very hard, I would think, to have a lead-in for a nighttime talk show that is a nighttime talk show. Andy: Yes, it was very difficult."

Andy also said that he's frustrated that it looks as though Conan walked out of NBC with a great deal and tons of money. He said, "It's not like that at all. In fact, Conan is putting a lot of his own money out there. He formed a little corporation just to pay people to keep them, because all these people moved from New York to California to work on this show."

As for rumors that he and Conan will tour together this year, Andy commented, "I can't say. Yes, it's a possibility. It's a distinct possibility. It would be fun. It would get me out of the house. My entire family would love that."

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FIRST MARRIAGE OF SIMON'S FINACE REVEALED

Simon Cowell's fiance Mezhgan Hussainy is reportedly thrilled to be planning a wedding to the American Idol judge -- in part because she hopes to ease "painful memories" of her first trip down the aisle. Erlene Garcia, who was married to Hussainy's older brother, told London's Mirror that Mezhgan married an affluent Southern California rug merchant in 1988 soon after fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan with her family.

Garcia said, "She was saying, 'I'm not in love with him. He makes me sick. I have to quit school.' I told her, 'You don't have to go ahead with this. You are an American citizen.' But she told me, 'You are wrong.' "

The marriage ended after eight years.

SIMON AND MEZHGAN MAKE TELEVISION DEBUT

Meanwhile, Hussainy made her first late night appearance earlier this week, gracing the stage with Simon on the Tonight Show. Cowell, who had never confirmed the engagement rumors, responded to Jay Leno's questions about his relationship status by saying, "Well, I do have somebody in my life now, Jay, yes. And I kinda made a decision this year to make somebody happy."

Hussainy was eventually introduced from the audience and joined Leno and Cowell on the stage, where her and Simon kissed to a chorus of cheers.

In other Simon news, the New York Post claims his long-time ex-girlfriend, Terri Seymour, refused to walk the red carpet at Elton John's Oscar-viewing party out of fear that she'd bump into him with Hussainy.




JENNIFER ANISTON LAUNCHING SIGNATURE SCENT?

Jennifer Aniston is reportedly the latest celebrity to launch a signature fragrance. WWD.com reports that Aniston is expected to reveal a partnership with Falic Group, who is producing Eva Longoria Parker's soon-to-debut signature scent.

Famous women with signature scents include Britney Spears, Kim Kardashain, Sarah Jessica Parker and Reese Witherspoon.




LINDSAY LOHAN SUING OVER 'MILKAHOLIC' E-TRADE COMMERCIAL
Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E-Trade, claiming that the "milkaholic" baby in its latest commercial named Lindsay was modeled after her. The New York Post reported that the seemingly unemployed starlet filed a lawsuit on Monday (March 8th), in which she's demanding $100 million for pain and suffering.

The ad, which premiered during the Super Bowl, features a features a baby boy apologizing to his girlfriend over video chat for not calling her the night before. In it, the baby girl asks, "And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?"

Lohan's lawyer claims that his client has the same single-name recognition as Oprah or Madonna, explaining, "Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit. They used the name Lindsay. They're using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn't they use the name Susan? This is a subliminal message. Everybody's talking about it and saying it's Lindsay Lohan."

Chris Brown, a spokesman for Grey Group, which produced the spot, denies any Lohan reference, saying it "just used a popular baby name that happened to be the name of someone on the account team."




MICHAEL JACKSON'S BODYGUARDS SPEAK OUT

Three former Michael Jackson bodyguards, who spent the last two years of the singer's life guarding him and his children, appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday (March 9th) to share their impressions of the King Of Pop. Mike Garcia, Javon Beard, and Bill Whitfield agreed that the Jackson they knew was a loving father of three smart, polite children, and an avid reader who longed to do such simple things as shop at a Wal-Mart or order a beer at a bar without being mobbed. They described a lonely man whose existence was often full of "stress, paranoia and pain." When asked if they believed Jackson was a pedophile, all three men emphatically said "no."

Whitfield replied, "Being a man -- men know men -- and we were around him long enough to know . . . h e was a man." Garcia added that Jackson had "desires of women like we do. He had lovers."

They noted that while they were initially hired as security, they quickly became more than that. "We were with Michael Jackson the person, not the entertainer," Garcia said.

The three say they are planning to publish a book about their experiences with Jackson, saying that it will put to rest many rumors about the man who may have been "different, not weird."

Part Two of their interview with GMA reporter Ashleigh Banfield airs this morning (Wednesday, March 10th).




OSCAR BRIEFS

GEORGE CLOONEY 'IN' ON OSCAR JOKE: George Clooney's pissed-off attitude at the Oscars was indeed a pre-planned bit. An insider told the New York Daily News, "It was something George and Alec agreed upon," adding that when the cameras weren't on Clooney, he and Baldwin were making faces at each other. "It was a 'follow-my-lead' sort of thing."

SEAN PENN TALKED ABOUT EX ON OSCAR STAGE? Sources are now saying that Sean Penn's bizarre speech before announcing the best actress nominees was a reference to his estranged wife Robin Wright. When Penn took the stage he said, "I never became an official member of the academy, but the academy and I do have in common that we neglected to acknowledge the same actress in our own ways two years running." Insiders told the New York Daily News that he was alluding to Wright, who he forgot to thank in his acceptance speech last year, and who was absent from this year's nominations despite her acclaimed role in "The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee"

JANE FONDA CHOOSES NEXT 'BARBARELLA' STAR AT OSCAR PARTY: Jane Fonda has a choice successor if a Barbarella sequel ever materializes. Showbiz411.com reports that Fonda met Kate Botsworth at Vanity Fair's Oscars party, after which she proclaimed, "I want her to do the 'Barbarella' sequel!"




GABBY SIDIBE REVEALS YEN FOR GERARD BUTLER

Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe isn't shy about expressing herself. The Precious star -- who previously said she would have loved to have Justin Timberlake as her Oscar date -- reportedly had some spicy commentary for 300 and The Ugly Truth star Gerard Butler at an Oscar after party on Sunday.

According to sources, after passing Butler -- who is reportedly dating Jennifer Anniston -- Gabby told her friend "I'd hit that." But, according to Bossip.com, she said she was afraid she didn't make a good first impression because she'd stepped on Butler's foot during their first introduction. But the Scottish star reportedly heard Gabby's comment and joked back, "I'm here, I'm available." The two apparently shared some conversation after that during the party.

In other news, while Sidibe, 26, didn't take home best actress honors for her work in Precious last Sunday, she did earn Hollywood's interest. As previously reported, the newly minted star will begin shooting the Showtime series The Big C in May. The show stars Laura Linney as a teacher dealing with a cancer diagnosis, and Sidibe plays a smart alecky student in her class. According to Variety, the show will premiere in the fall.

Gabby has also been cast in the film Yelling To The Sky, co-starring Tim Blake Nelson, but no release date has been set.








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