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Renee Zellweger dating Stamos?

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Renee Zellweger is reportedly dating John Stamos.

The Oscar-winning actress – who split from Bradley Cooper in March – and the former ‘Full House’ star were spotted enjoying a romantic trip to Disneyland in California on Monday (11.07.11) and onlookers say they were smitten with each other.

On told Us Weekly magazine: “They looked really close and both very happy. They were trying to stay under the radar but were having a great time laughing and dancing as they walked from one ride to another.”

Renee, 42, split from ‘The Hangover’ star Bradley in March after dating for almost two years, leaving many people surprised as it had been reported they were set to wed.

Renee has also dated Jim Carrey and Jack White while she was briefly married to country singer Kenny Chesney, a union which last less than six months.

John was married to actress Rebecca Romijn for 10 years, although they split in 2004 and she went on to marry Jerry O’Connell, with whom she has two-year-old twins, Charlie and Dolly.

Kate Hudson names son Bingham Hawn

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Kate Hudson has named her new son Bingham Hawn.

The actress and her rocker fiance Matt Bellamy welcomed their little boy into the world on Saturday (09.07.11) and while his moniker was initially kept under wraps, the Muse frontman has now announced it.

Writing on his twitter page, he said: “So happy! Just had a baby boy, Bingham ‘Bing’ Hawn Bellamy. Mum and baby are strong and healthy. Mum was a warrior, Bing popped out after 4.5 hours of intense pushing!”

While it is not known where they got the idea of Bingham from, it is thought the tot’s middle name pays homage to Kate’s mother Goldie Hawn.

Following his birth, the couple asked for “celebration trees” to be planted for their son, just as they did at Kate’s baby shower.

Matt and Kate – who has a seven-year-old son, Ryder, with ex-husband Chris Robinson – plan to spend the next few weeks at the rocker’s London home while Muse record a new album.

 

 

Funda From Made in Chelsea In Cosmetic Surgery Ad?

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Frost isn’t entirely sure, but as we were flicking through our issue of Glamour magazine we saw a cosmetic surgery advert in the classifieds that looked suspiciously like Funda from Made in Chelsea. A women who looks exactly like her is holding up a sign saying;”I’ve just had my breasts done, but the biggest change you’ll see is on my face.” Hmm.

Ever since we noticed the advert had been in a lot more magazines, not just in the classifieds and in a bigger ad space. Coincidence? Let us know what you think.

J. K. Rowling's childhood home for sale

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J.K. Rowling’s childhood home is up for sale.

Current owner Julian Mercer believes the Grade II-listed detached Church Cottage in Tutshill, near Chepstow, South East Wales – which is listed at £399,950 – inspired some of the ideas in her ‘Harry Potter’ books as some features of the property echo aspects of the novels.

The features include a dingy cupboard similar to the one where the titular wizard was forced to live by his aunt and uncle and a trapdoor which leads to an eerie cellar.

Julian said: “It’s a lovely place. JK was here in her early years and it could well have inspired her.

“The architecture is very Hogwarts-like. It has vaulted ceilings and stone windows. It oozes gothic spirit.”

One of the bedrooms even carries a piece of graffiti scrawled by the author, who is now 45.

The wall underneath the windowsill in inscribed: “Joanne Rowling slept here circa 1982.”

Julian – who bought the property from the Rowling family in 1995 – said: “When we first moved in JK Rowling was not a known name and it was a couple of years later that ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ came out.

“It was then that we knew the significance of the name written on the windowsill. We have redecorated the house completely since moving in but we always painted around it.”

Lea Michele to leave Glee

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Lea Michele will leave ‘Glee’ at the end of the next season.

The actress will see her character Rachel Berry graduate from McKinley High at the end of the third series, along with Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith and other, as yet, unnamed cast members.

Creator Ryan Murphy – who insists more characters will leave than stay – told The Hollywood Reporter: “We made that decision and I involved Chris and Lea and they thought that was a good idea. They both trust the writing and trust me and felt that it would be great to have an open and closed experience for them to go out while they were on top.”

Cory wasn’t consulted about the decision, but Ryan explained: “He knows he was a sophomore when the show started.”

The scriptwriter insists several characters had to leave because they are supposed to be school students, and therefore they would graduate and go on to college or continue their lives.

Ryan explained: “You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticise you for not being realistic or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year.”

While season three will be Lea’s final, Ryan promised she will still take centre stage.

He said: “I’m much more interested in Lea’s character – not so much on her relationship with Finn, but more on what her dreams are beyond high school and how she plans on getting them. That’s what my senior year was about.”

Olivia Wilde 'wobbly' after divorce

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Olivia Wilde admits she’s a “little wobbly” following her divorce.

The ‘Cowboys and Aliens’ actress split from her husband Tao Ruspoli in February after eight years of marriage and while she admits it was the right thing to do, she says it’s been a tough time.

The 27-year-old beauty told America’s Marie Claire magazine: “The trauma of the divorce has been humbling. And for the first time, I’m a little wobbly. I’m a case of arrested development, in a way – from spending your 20s with someone who really loves to take care of you, as my husband did.

“But I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”

While she still considers Tao a friend, Olivia says it was clear for some time the marriage was going to fail.

She said: “When the relationship becomes about working to make it work, it’s lost that beauty and that optimistic bohemian sense that brought us together

“I kept saying, ‘I failed!’ Admitting that I’m not perfect was a wonderful thing that came out of this,” she said. “There’s this fear that everyone is going to be disappointed in you, but I’m human. I don’t live up to any sort of ideal.

“Even though it didn’t work, there’s nothing I regret about any of it.”

Ted Danson joins CSI

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Ted Danson will replace Laurence Fishburne on ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’.

The former ‘Cheers’ star will play the new supervisor for the Las Vegas based investigative team after Laurence left the show last month when his contract was not renewed due to falling ratings.

Carol Mendelsohn, executive producer of the show, said: “You can create a new character on the page, but until the perfect actor comes along and breathes life into it, it’s just words. We’re very excited Ted Danson came along.”

Executive producer Don McGill added: “From the moment we all started talking about the role, it was clear he couldn’t be more perfect. Intelligence, wit, warmth, depth of character and emotion, he brings it all. And now he’ll have to bring latex gloves, too.”

It has been reported that both Robin Williams and John Lithgow were offered the role before 63-year-old Ted accepted.

‘CSI’ will begin its 12th season in America on September 21.

Laurence – who played Dr. Raymond Langston – joined the programme two years ago to fill the void left by William Petersen, after he quit his role as Gil Grissom.

News Corp Withdraw BSkyB Bid

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News Corporation have withdrawn their BSkyB bid amid the ‘Hackgate’ scandal.

The move follows further claims as the fallout into phone hacking continues. With news stories about the now defunct News of the World getting worse by the day and spreading to the other Murdoch papers, the media mogul now faces fresh accusations. It would seem News Corp has forgotten the first rule of journalism: Never become the story.

People on the News of the World payroll are said to have illegally accessed Gordon Brown’s son’s medical records and, after hacking Milly Dowler’s voicemail, deleted the messages when her mailbox was full – a move that made her family, and police, believe she was still alive.

News Corporation own 39% of BSkyB and announced last year that it intended to buy the remaining 61%.

Chase Carey, Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, commented: “We believed that the proposed acquisition of BSkyB by News Corporation would benefit both companies but it has become clear that it is too difficult to progress in this climate. News Corporation remains a committed long-term shareholder in BSkyB. We are proud of the success it has achieved and our contribution to it.”

BSKYB chief executive Jeremy Daroch added: “We are delivering on our clear, consistent strategy and are building a larger, more profitable business for the long term. We remain very confident in the broadly based growth opportunity for BSkyB as we continue to add new customers, sell more products, develop our leading position in content and innovation, and expand the contribution from our other businesses.”

The announcement comes as online petitions against News Corporation increase. Actor Hugh Grant got the ball rolling when he wore a wire and in a case of ‘the biter, bit’, taped a former News of the World journalist confessing that their paper “bugged everyone.” The piece was for an edition of the New Statesman which was being guest edited by his ex-girlfriend Jemima Khan.

Hugh Grant for Prime Minister….