“It’s almost like, I didn’t realize how much people love to hate me! It’s crazy.”—Kevin Federline said to the New York Post.
Brad Pitt is spending Monday in Patan Village, India, helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. Meanwhile, back in Hollywood, E! Networks responded to an allegation that two employees trespassed on a Hollywood Hills property owned by Pitt: “E! Networks did not instruct or authorize anyone working on its program to improperly intrude onto private property, and the individuals involved have been terminated. While neither Mr. Pitt nor his family were at the property when the incident took place, the network in no way condones or encourages such behavior and offers its most sincere apologies to Mr. Pitt and his family.” Right, let the reporters take the rap.
An associate of Angelina Jolie’s said a lawsuit may be filed on her behalf against the head of a Cambodian aid group she alleges misappropriated her donations. Mounh Sarath, director of Cambodian Vision in Development, accused the actress of reneging on a promise to provide funds for a conservation project, but Jolie said she had simply decided not to work with that organization and set up her own fund instead.
Clips from the Daily Show, the Colbert Report and South Park resurfacing on YouTube a day after being yanked due to a copyright complaint from Comedy Central. Turns out the network’s okay with segments being posted on the Net—just not full episodes.
A Rolling Stones concert that was canceled in New Jersey Friday due to Mick Jagger’s aching throat has been rescheduled for Nov. 17, promoters said, while a nightclub show at New York’s Beacon Theater Tuesday was pushed back to Wednesday.
Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, joined the lineup for the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on Dec. 11 in Oslo, Norway.
NBC renewed The Martha Stewart Show for a third season. The network only hopes that people have forgotten the bomb Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
Lisa Rinna said that she and Harry Hamlin will soon be starring in the Broadway version of Chicago as Roxie Hart and Billy Flynn. Dancing with the Stars rejuvenated their long dead careers.
Jay Leno teamed with General Motors to help design the world’s first supercar, the EcoJet. The vehicle, influenced by jets and Formula One race cars, runs on biodiesel fuel. Yeah, but where do you buy biodiesel?
Michael Jackson collaborated with will.i.am on Pea’s on tracks for a supposedly forthcoming new album, he told Access Hollywood in an interview airing Thursday and Friday. “I think he’s doing wonderful, innovative, positive, great music,” Jackson said of the rapper-producer. What did will.i.am say about Jackson? No word from the Peas’ camp.
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