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Revenge Served Cold – City Rag
Scarlett Johannson Not Dating Sean Penn – Pop Eater
Dita Von Teese Is In Red – IDLYITW
The Passion Of The Bieber – Daily Fill
Khloe & Lamar Make A Fragrance – The Superficial
Are Cameron Diaz & A-Rod House Hunting? – ICYDK
James Blunt Admits To Lying On Twitter – Holy Moly
How Much Jail Time Will Lindsay Lohan Serve? – Hollywood Life
Jennifer Aniston Will Have A Baby – Holly Baby
Born To Be Lady Gaga – Wonderwall
Jennifer Hudson Debuts Her New Single – Popbytes
Mark Ronson Breaks My Heart – Girls Talkin’ Smack
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Dr. Drew Defends Lindsay Lohan On Twitter – Allie Is Wired
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Friday Assentials – City Rag
Roger Ebert’s Triumphant Return To TV – Popeater
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Olivia Munn Choking A Chicken – The Superficial
Bradley Cooper’s Father Has Died – ICYDK
Did Bristol Palin Change Her Son’s Last Name? – Amy Grindhouse
Marisa Miller Is A Bubble Butt? – Wonderwall
Gwyneth Paltrow Pregnant? – Holly Baby
Barack Obama Gets Hair Darkened – Why Fame
Snooki & JWoww Are Getting Their Own Show – Popbytes
The Funniest Brett Favre Video Ever – F-Listed
Ricky Gervais Isn’t Sorry – Anything Hollywood
Aliens Invade Hugo Boss Fashion Show – Celebrity Smack
Halle Berry Is Berry, Berry Crazy – Celebs.com
Miranda Kerr’s ‘Scandalous’ Photo – Betty Confidential
David Spade Has Some Hot Boobs – Drunken Stepfather
Hollywood Can’t Take A Joke – College Candy
Amanda Holden Has A Giant Forehead – Holy Moly
Harry Potter Actress’ Brother Jailed – Evil Beet
Jennifer Hudson Dishes Wedding Details – Celebrity Baby Scoop
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Know Your Celebrity Babies? – ICYDK
Mischa Barton Looks Ridiculous, As Usual – Holy Moly
‘Sex And The City‘ Isn’t Quite Dead Yet – Popbytes
Mad Men’s Bert Cooper: Will He Stay Or Go? – Celebrity Smack
Edward Norton Laughs Off Riddler Reports – Wonderwall
Kelsey Grammar’s Girlfriend Lost Their Baby – Celeb News Wire
Shauna Sand Flashes Her Underwear To Kids – Drunken Stepfather
Carl Paladino Swears He’s Not Homophobic – OMG Blog
Google Does Cars Too? – F-Listed
Is Miley Cyrus Your Worst Nightmare? – Hollywood Life
Olivia Palermo Has A New ‘Do – Betty Confidential
Emma Stone Changed Her Hair & Career – Hollywire
Jennifer Hudson Is Still Skinny – Anything Hollywood
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The Real 7 Reasons Your Roommates Hate You – College Candy
Lisa Rinna On Producer’s Casting Couch Offer - Amy Grindhouse
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She’s kept quiet about the brutal 2008 murders of her mother Darnell, brother Jason and nephew Julian.
Now, Jennifer Hudson is finally speaking out.
“It’s all a blur, it was surreal,” she says on VH1′s Behind the Music: Jennifer Hudson on Monday night, June 28. “It was like I was outside of myself.”
As her very public nightmare unfolded, the Oscar-winning actress says she went into seclusion.
“For almost two weeks straight … [I was] inside one room with just family and friends coming in and out,” she says. “I prayed when I’d get up in the morning and prayed before I laid down at night.”
Hudson barely addressed the murders until the 2009 Grammys, where she performed a poignant, moving rendition of “You Pulled Me Through.”
“I was definitely thinking of my family when I was singing that song,” she says. “I could hear my brother in my head, like, ‘Jennifer, you need to kill this, you need to get up and do it.’ I knew he would be disappointed if I didn’t do it justice.”
Today, “I feel like I’ve lived about three or four different lives,” she says, adding that her 11-month-old son David (with her fiance David Otunga) has helped her heal.
Little David, “reminds me of my nephew,” says Hudson, and he also helps her remember her mother. “In so many ways I channel her because she was such a great mom.”
Her son, she adds, “makes me feel like the most special person on earth. I want him to get the same love and the same upbringing my mother gave us.”
I can’t even imagine how she managed to deal with this tragedy. Losing one family member would be hard enough, but three at once?
source: Jennifer Hudson: Family Murders ‘All a Blur’ [who]
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With the 9th season of American Idol coming to an end, which is also Simon Cowell‘s last ever episode, Forbes decided to come up with a list of the top earning Idol alums over the past year. A sign of how much the record industry is going down is that when David Cook first won the competition he made $2 million that year while last years winner Kris Allen made a mere $672,000 in comparison during his first year. Lets get to the list shall we…
10. Kris Allen, $672,000
The Arkansas native gained traction with Idol fans with his acoustic version of Kanye West’s Heartless. He engineered a stunning upset over Adam Lambert last year. He signed with Jive Records and released a self-titled album that reached No. 11 on the Billboard 200. He’s been performing in Las Vegas and touring nationally.
09. Clay Aiken, $800,000
The Raleigh, N.C., native maintains a loyal following six years after finishing second on Idol. He has sold 4 million albums and penned a New York Times best-selling memoir. Aiken recently finished a run in Broadway’s Spamalot.
08. David Archuleta, $1.4 million
Defeated in the seventh season by David Cook, Archuleta went on to release a self-titled album on Jive records that reached No. 2 on the Billboard charts. He has played more than 100 live shows since Idol. Twitter followers: 372,000.
07. Jordin Sparks, $1.8 million
Entering Idol competition at age 17, Sparks was the youngest winner in the show’s history. The season six winner broke out with No Air, a duet with R&B vocalist Chris Brown. She has toured with Alicia Keyes and the Jonas Brothers. Sparks’ second album, Battlefield, debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard charts.
06. Jennifer Hudson, $2 million
Hudson ranks lower this year, falling from No. 2 on the 2009 list, due to slowing album sales and a light touring schedule. Yet she remains one of the most successful Idol alums. She placed just seventh in the third season but went on to win an Oscar in 2006 for her role in Dreamgirls. Her 2008 self-titled album, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, has sold over 750,000 copies. Earlier this year she signed on as the latest spokeswoman for Weight Watchers.
05. David Cook, $2.3 million
Three years ago David Cook was tending bar in Tulsa, Okla. After winning Idol’s seventh season in 2008, his first single, The Time of My Life, debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, followed by a debut album, David Cook, which went platinum. He continues a lucrative endorsement deal with Skechers shoes.
04. Kellie Pickler, $4.3 million
Pickler was one of the hardest working Idol alums this past year, working a 100-date concert schedule. The season five finalist has sold 1.3 million records, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
03. Chris Daughtry, $5.4 million
After playing with a series of bar bands traveling around North Carolina, Daughtry made it to Idol’s final four in the fifth season. Since leaving the show he has sold 5.7 million copies of his two albums: a Grammy-nominated self-titled debut in 2006 and Leave This Town, released last year. Followers on Twitter: 159,000.
02. Carrie Underwood, $7 million
The Muskogee, Okla.-born country pop singer has won four Grammys, 14 Billboard Music Awards and five American Music Awards. Underwood has sold 9.6 million albums.
01. Kelly Clarkson, $8 million
Idol’s first winner also happens to be the show’s highest-selling alum. Since season one, Clarkson has sold 10.6 million albums (along with 16.1 million digital tracks, according to Nielsen SoundScan). Her latest single, Already Gone, hit No. 3 on Billboard charts. Currently touring in New Zealand, she’ll play the Lilith Fair music festival this month. Clarkson, 28, is now working on her fifth album.
I was surprised that Adam Lambert didn’t make the list seeing as how his album sold more than Allen’s, but apparently he hasn’t gone on tour yet which is where artists make their money from ticket sales and merchandising – not from record sales. I wasn’t surprised at all with the top 2, Kelly Clarkson is the only American Idol to make a name for herself worldwide so she will forever be the most successful Idol album.
source: In Pictures: The Year’s Top-Earning ‘Idols’ [Forbes]
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Lily Allen Might Be Pregnant, Quits Music (Again) – Holy Moly
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Justin Bieber Autographs Boobs – Wonderwall
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Jennifer Aniston Is Ready For Re-birth – Yeeeah!
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Jessica Alba Gets Waxed – Ninja Dude
Dina Lohan Doesn’t Like Michael Lohan – Fatback Media
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Matt Leinart And His Lover – The Dirty
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Jennifer Hudson Talks Healthy Weight – Zelda Lily
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Get Carried Away With Sarah Jessica Parker – Popbytes
Lily Allen Isn’t Blogging Anymore. Noooo! – Litely Salted
Olivia Munn Tells Wonder Woman To Suck It – The Superficial
Russell Brand Didn’t Fall Down, Go Boom – Celebrity Smack
Miley Cyrus Channels Her Inner Aussie – Hollywire
Kevin Federline Is A Movie Star! – Fatback Media
Steven Tyler Enters Rehab! – Wonderwall
Hugh Grant Is Uninterested In This Emo Chick – Drunken Stepfather
Hailey Glassman Is Still Relevant? – ICYDK
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Jennifer Hudson Is Knocked Up Again – Hollywood Dame
Christina Aguilera Gets Into A Car Accident – Allie Is Wired
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The Drunk Girl Hair Trick – City Rag
LeAnn Rimes Is Wearing Her Wedding Ring – The Superficial
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Gordon Ramsey Has A Mistress? – Holy Moly
Chasing Cars That Way Mashup! – Popbytes
Stifler’s Mom Gets Her Hair Done – Celebrity Smack
Ashlee Simpson Pregnant Again? – Celeb News Wire
Carrie Underwood To Perform On The ‘Idol’ Finale – Fatback Media
Tori Spelling Is A Horrible Person – Websters Is My Bitch
Captain Kirk Gets Some Coffee – ICYDK
Jennifer Hudson Time Warps From The 80′s – Yeeeah!
Mariah Carey Shows Cleavage – News Toob
Johnny Depp To Play Frank Sinatra? – Anything Hollywood
Gerard Butler Is Screwed – Hollywood Dame
Janice Dickinson Goes Crazy On Fans & Paparazzi – Celebitchy
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Suri Cruise Is Morphing Into Amy Winehouse – Allie Is Wired
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Guess The Celebrity Spread – City Rag
Jamie Foxx Unhappy With Hotel Staff After Stalker Problems – Holy Moly
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Fergie Is Balding – Yeeeah!
Does Tori Spelling Need Weight Rehab? – Popbytes
Chace Crawford Is A Wolf Boy – Celebrity Smack
Jessica Simpson Hates Working Out – Celeb News Wire
Angelina Jolie Is NOT Pregnant – Celeb Warship
Is Jon Bon Jovi The Punchline Here? – Websters Is My Bitch
Jennifer Lopez Changes Clothes Twice In One Day – ICYDK
Holly Madison Shops At Target – Pacific Coast News
Paris Hilton For Guess..So Classy – The Superficial
Jennifer Hudson’s Baby Bump? – Hollywood Dame
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Movie A No-Go – Gabby Babble
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Padma Lakshmi Gets Licky With A Burger – Celeb News Wire
Holly Madison Is Busted Up – Fatback Media
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Megan Fox On The Cover Of Empire Magazine – ICYDK
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Jennifer Hudson On Ellen DeGeneres’ Show – Daily Stab
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William Balfour, the man suspected of killing Jennifer Hudson‘s mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew found out he will remain in prison without getting parole during an Illinois Prisoner Review Board today.
In the 35-minute hearing the board, Balfour denied any involvements in the murders, he also denied the allegations he was spotted carrying a gun similar to the one used in the murders after his girlfriend said she spotted him carrying a .45 caliber gun, which matched the murder weapon.
He has still not been charged of the killings but remains the only suspect. Meanwhile, Hudson’s sister Julia paid tribute to her mother =,who would have turned 58 on Nov. 7 – with a MySpace message that reads, “Happy Birthday Mama!!!!!”
source: ny daily news
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A friend of Jennifer Hudson says he tried to warn the family about William “Flex” Balfour, who is currently considered a “person of interest” in the shooting deaths of Hudson’s mom, Darnell; brother, Jason and 7-year-old nephew, Julian.
Balfour, 27 – who is divorced from Hudson’s sister, Julia, a bus driver – got into a huge fight with Julia, Darnell and Jason about a month ago. James Peyton, Hudson’s ex-fiance, was also present.
“Flex tried to start a fistfight with Jason, and James beat up Flex,” the neighbor adds.
Shortly after, Flex began to threaten the family, saying “he would kill Julia and mess up everyone in the house.”
The supposed reason of the feud? TMZ.com reports Balfour clashed with the family after Julia claimed he sold one of their cars without permission.
“Flex was crazy, but Jason never took him seriously. Jason always thought he would be safe, that he could protect himself.”
The estranged couple had screaming matches, and had “been having problems, but I never expected anything like this,” neighbor Angela Russell admits.
(Flex’s mother, Michele Davis Balfour, insists her son “had nothing to do with this.”)
Balfour is currently being held on violation of parole stemming from an attempted murder conviction in 1999. The AP reports that he was arrested on June 19 for allegedly having a rock of crack cocaine in his car – but his parole was not revoked then.
Meanwhile, Hudson is determined to hold her family together as she grieves for her mother, brother and nephew – whom she was especially close to.
“Jennifer was like [Julian's] second mom,” Ernest Moore, a neighbor who is related by marriage, tells Us. “Whenever she was around, she spent a lot of time with the boy.”
Meanwhile… Julia remains friends with the suspect.
Almost a week after the brutal slayings of her mother, brother, and son, Julia Hudson inexplicably remains friends with estranged husband William Balfour, the “person of interest” in the case — at least on the Internet.
Julia Hudson has logged onto her MySpace account numerous times in the last few days — as recently as today, according to MySpace — but has yet to remove William Balfour, who goes by “Flex” on MySpace, from her list of friends.
She has changed her personal photo and replaced written passages on her page, among other things. And as of today, she describes her online mood as “numb.”
source: [us magazine]
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The body of a young boy was found inside a 1994 white Chevy Suburban on Chicago’s West Side this morning. The medical examiner has not yet confirmed if the child is Jennifer Hudson’s nephew, Julian King, but it’s pretty certain this it’s him.
The SUV was owned by Jennifer’s brother, Jason. Jason was murdered on Friday, the same day 7-year-old Julian was reported missing.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has sent investigators to the scene in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue where the boy was found around 8 a.m., an office spokesman said. The child had not been identified.
A Chicago police spokesman released no information about the discovery.
An Amber Alert was issued Friday after Julian was reported missing after a family member found his grandmother and uncle shot to death inside the family’s home in the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue.
Missing from the home was Jennifer Hudson’s brother’s 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban with Illinois license plate X584859. Live TV shots showed a white Chevrolet Suburban being investigated parked along Kolin this morning.
Truly tragic, our hearts go out to the Hudson family.
source: Body of Hudson’s nephew found in vehicle [wgn]
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