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Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday dinner was last night and the event was filled with celebrities who were lucky enough to be invited.
Mandela became the oldest elected President of South Africa when he took office at the age of 77 in 1994. He decided not to stand for a second term as President, and instead retired in 1999, to be succeeded by Thabo Mbeki.
   
And… despite from being banned from presenting at tomorrow’s concert in Hyde Park. Mandela let Naomi Campbell attend, as long as she sat at the kid’s table and didn’t talk to anybody.
Other guests at Mandela’s birthday dinner included Pierce Bronson, Neil Diamond, Forrest Whitaker, Will Smith, Bill Clinton and Annie Lennox. What an interesting, yet diverse group of people.
What others said:
- Dlisted says, “Naomi showed up with her new boyfriend, Marcus Elias. New boyfriend did a good job of hiding the bruises on his face because you know Naomi beats his ass.”
We all know that Oprah is the shiz when it comes to making money. She commands the minds of underground armies of housewives everywhere. The Queen reclaims her perch at the top of the Forbes Power List for the second year in a row. Her minions sitting below fell short of the $275 million marker.
The Forbes Power List Top 10
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Tiger Woods
3. Angelina Jolie
4. Beyoncé Knowles
5. David Beckham
6. Johnny Depp
7. Jay-Z
8. The Police
9. J.K. Rowling
10. Brad Pitt
Tiger Woods, not even making half of what Opie made, secured his second place spot at $115 million. Angelina Jolie is up there because her uterus is Brad Pitt’s playground and for bringing home $14 million.
I bet Obama is maniacally laughing on top of Mount Oprah thankful his diabolic plan of garnering the African American version of She-ra on his side is all going according to plan.
Source: Oprah, Brad and Angelina Top New Power List [People]
Huh? Josh Groban is a Pothead - City Rag
Tila Tequila Invited To The Bravo A-List Awards? - The Bastardly
Usher Back on Top of Billboard Charts - Bumpshack
Lindsay Lohan Likes Bathroom Sex - Celebrity Smack
Geri Halliwell Has Hairy Armpits - Seriously? OMG! WTF?
Beth Ditto with a Trash Bag Over Her Head - Popbytes
Britney Spears to Frolic with Pussycat Dolls - Celeb News Wire
Hayden Panettiere “Used” to be a Lesbian - Flisted
Celebrity Boob Showdown - Ninja Dude
Brittany Snow Punching a Guy in the Balls - Fatback Media
Jessica Simpson is Porking Out Again - Pop On The Pop
Ryan Phillippe Still Dating the Homewrecker - Pink is the New Blog
R.I.P. The Rock - Just Jared
Whoopi Goldberg Talks About Casual Sex - Drunken Stepfather
Jennifer Aniston Chasing a Puppy - Defamer
Brad Pitt Likes Indulgent Treats - Pretty on the Outside
How Many Stupid Faces Can Oprah Make - Best Week Ever
Miley Cyrus at the tender age of 15 earned $18.2 million last year, according to Parade magazine’s annual “What People Earn” issue.
Oprah is the biggest bread winner in the celebrity realm. She took in $260 million last year.
And the most humorous goes to, Jessica Alba. Even Leona Helmsley’s dog made more than her!
• Miley Cyrus: $18.2 million
• Katherine Heigl: $11 million
• Jessica Alba: $9 million
• Dr. Phil McGraw: $90 million
• Steven Spielberg: $110 million
• Ryan Seacrest: $12 million
• Mariska Hargitay: $7 million
• Trouble (Leona Helmsley’s dog): $12 million
• Tiger Woods: $115 million
• Jeff Foxworthy: $10 million
• Oprah Winfrey: $260 million
• Mary-Kate Olsen: $17 million
• Gisele Bundchen: $33 million
• Scarlett Johansson: $5 million
• Eli Manning: $11.5 million
• 50 Cent: $33 million
• Carrie Underwood: $7 million
How much did you make?
source: How Much Money Did Singer Miley Cyrus Earn Last Year? [us magazine]
Aubrey O’Day Wearing Dress by Michael’s Craft Store - Mollygood
Husband Arrested for Leaving Wife on Toilet for Two Months - Dlisted
Lauren Conrad is Thirsty for Some Milk - Ninja Dude
Adriana Lima LOVES Her Nude GQ Photos - The Bastardly
Uncle Dirty - 86 Years Old and a Long Dong - City Rag
Where Are Donatella Versace’s Nostrils? - Celebrity Smack
Oprah is Fat Again - Popbytes
Jimmy Kimmel Pregnant with Ben Affleck’s Baby - Seriously? OMG! WTF!
Vanessa Williams: Urine is Good for the Skin - Celeb News Wire
‘Deal Or No Deal’ Model Wins Lawsuit - Flisted
Josh Hartnett: Surrounded By Assholes? - Gawker
Jennifer Aniston is Still Flaunting Her Ass - Egotastic
Angelina Jolie: So Many Babies, So Little Time - Celeb Warship
Pamela Anderson is Telling Lies - Evil Beet Gossip
Miley Cyrus’ Mom is Hot? - Fatback Media
Tara Reid Goes on Airplanes Drunk - Drunken Stepfather
Jennifer Lopez’s Babies First Pictures - Allie is Wired
Star Jones is about to be a free agent hag. She has reportedly told her hubby of 3 years to hit the road. They had been at each other’s throats for awhile and Star has thrown in the towel. After she threw an ultimatum at him he failed to meet her expectations. He had 30 days to shape up or ship out after she went ballistic at the end of January. Her and Reynolds’ divorce is around the corner.
A friend of the Jones’ told the Enquirer:
“I think Star felt Al had spent their marriage riding her success while she did all the heavy lifting. She resented it. Deep down, Star is a very old-fashioned woman who believes a man should support her emotionally, physically and financially. She now believes Al failed her.”
I’m sorry…her success? If that is the case he was screwed in this arrangement.
What Others Had to Say:
- The Juice- “Stedman Graham better take note. But then, Star is no Oprah Winfrey.”
- Hollyscoop- “Everyone’s been waiting for a divorce announcement for months so you can file this under ‘not so shocking news.’”
Source: Star Jones tells husband Al Reynolds it’s over [MSNBC]
Valerie Bertinelli tells Oprah Winfrey she had an affair while married to Eddie Van Halen.
 Valerie Bertinelli says despite her girl-next-door image, her marriage to Eddie Van Halen was hurt by infidelity and drug use — by her, too.
“I wasn’t an angel, either. I cheated, too,” Bertinelli said on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” broadcast Monday. “He claims to this day that I cheated first, but I don’t know. I don’t know about the timing.”
Bertinelli, who starred in the long-running sitcom “One Day at a Time,” married Van Halen in 1981 when she was 20. She said she was “destroying my body,” trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle on the weekends and weeks off from taping her TV show. “It got to a point where whenever I heard the birds chirp, I’d be like, ‘Oh, God, no.’ It took me years after stopping the cocaine before I was able to enjoy a sunrise and enjoy the sound of birds,” she said.
The couple separated in 2001. Their divorce became final in December. They have a son, Wolfgang, who’s now 16 and touring as bassist with the band Van Halen.
The actress, 47, said she has struggled with body-image issues since she was a child, but especially turned to food for comfort as her marriage dissolved. Bertinelli is now a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig and said she’s lost 40 pounds. She has a new book, “Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time.”
Van Halen’s publicist said the musician had no comment on Bertinelli’s book or interviews to promote it.
Probably best, man. As Ace. notes, “Dude, if a rock star can’t keep his squeeze from doing other guys, well… the rest of us are in trouble.” Word.
It’s bizarre, too, that she did all this when she was 40 and his rock career was all but washed up rather than when she was smokin’ hot and he was on the road all the time.
Source: “Bertinelli on Van Halen: I cheated, too” [omg!]
–Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955 - 1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Martin Luther King Day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.
Martin Luther King, Oprah Winfrey Special
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Lindsay Lohan Has Orange Cleavage - Ninja Dude
Ashlee Simpson Gets Her Hair Did - Dlisted
Audrina Partridge Flashes Her Panties - Egotastic
The Vagina Couch - Best Week Ever
Katie Holmes Fakes NYC Marathon - A Socialites Life
The B-52’s Set for Comeback After 16 Years - Celebrity Smack
Oprah Winfrey to Dr. Phil, ‘You’re Fired’ - Popbytes
Is Kim Kardashian on a Diet? - The Bastardly
Jimmy Kimmel is Actually Funny, Now and Then - Seriously? OMG! WTF?
GUESS Jeans Has A New Hottie - Flisted
Eva Mendes Has a Slippery Nipply - Celeb News Wire
Bai Ling Flashes Her Tits and Panties Again - Drunken Stepfather
Kristy Lee Cook is Early ‘Idol’ Favorite - Bumpshack
Someone Out There Loves Paula Abdul - Fatback and Collards
Sarah Michelle Gellar Never Got a Nose Job - Celebslam
T-Shirts Make Pete Doherty’s Nipples Sore - Dlisted
Demi Moore’s Not Photoshopped - It’s Watercolor Painting - I’m Not Obsessed
Breaking: Britney Spears Stinks - Allie is Wired
Dr. Phil, Sell Crazy Somewhere Else, We’re All Stocked Up Here!
 A complaint has been filed against Dr. Phil, which was lodged with the California Board of Psychology, alleging the TV doc was illegally practicing without a license when he paid a visit to one Britney Spears. [see court documents]
TMZ reports,
We’ve learned the person who filed the complaint is a psychologist. Dr. Phil has never been licensed to practice in California, and he retired his Texas license in 2006.
The shrink believes when Dr. Phil visited Brit in the hospital earlier this month, he was practicing psychology. A “Dr. Phil” head executive stated that the visit was never meant to lure Britney onto the TV show — and that there were never any plans to put her on the air.
A Psychology Board rep said if the Board finds the complaint credible, it would be referred to the D.A. for review. Practicing without a license is a felony in California.
The psychologist who filed the complaint also alleges Dr. Phil violated HIPAA laws by “discussing or divulging a patient’s medical condition … with the media,” in reference to a press release issued by Dr. Phil.
The complaint also says, “A petition is being circulated to remove the “Dr. Phil” show from the air.” We’re told the shrink is trying to get other psychologists to sign.
As for the Dr. Phil show’s response — no immediate comment.
I wonder what Oprah Winfrey thinks about this?
She could always offer Dr. Phil a slot on her network, no?
source: Psychology Board Investigates Dr. Phil [tmz]
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