Wednesday, November 30, 2005
It's official: The Biggest Loser is Matt Hoover, 29, who on Tuesday night's season finale of the NBC weight-loss series was awarded the title – and the $250,000 prize.
Hoover, of Marion, Iowa, had been a champion wrestler at the University of Iowa before ballooning to 340 lbs. On the show, he dropped 157 lbs. after several months of careful eating and training. He says the pain was well worth it.
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White Stripes frontman Jack White (holding the aligator) and his wife, model Karen Elson, are expecting a child this spring.
It's going to be one pasty-faced kid!
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
I love Celine Dion.
So when I made my Vegas plans for last weekend I made sure to buy tickets to Celine at Ceasars's Palace.
She was great. I cried, like, 3 times. It's a moving, beautiful show.
Here's Jennifer Aniston's hunk of a man having a little work out on the beach.
Aussie amours Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman spend the day after Thanksgiving at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Flea Market near the country singer's Nashville home. The cuddling couple were chaperoned by Kidman's parents, Janelle and Antony.
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Jennifer Garner – who's due to give birth in the next few weeks – takes her 95-year-old paternal grandmother to lunch in Beverly Hills on Saturday. The Garner family flew in from West Virginia to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Alias star and her husband, Ben Affleck.
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Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has told an Irish newspaper the singer is not the biological father of their children, Prince Michael Jr. and Paris.
Rowe, who was married to Jackson for three years between 1996 and 1999, claims her 8-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter were both conceived using anonymous semen brought from a sperm bank.
She tells the Sunday World, "Michael knows the truth -- that he is not the natural father of Prince Michael Jr. and Paris. He has to come clean.
"I have no information whatsoever about the identity of the donor for either child as such was obtained anonymously from a sperm bank under an agreement of confidentiality."
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Aw! Too cute!
Monday, November 28, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) -- At age 60, Rod Stewart is a father again.
His fiancee, Penny Lancaster, gave birth to a baby boy early Sunday morning at a London hospital, the couple announced Monday. The baby, who is their first child, weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
"Both Penny and our baby son are gorgeous, healthy and doing well," Stewart said in a statement. "I am so very proud of my girl Pen for the commitment, courage and strength she showed throughout."
Lancaster, a 34-year-old model/photographer, said the birth "was the most empowering and spiritual experience of my life."
"It means so much to Rod and I that we were able to keep to our birthing plan and have our baby naturally," she said.
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
Look who I saw at the Vegas airport! Charo!
She looked so cute in her pink jump suit with high heel shoes!
Thursday, November 24, 2005
I'm heading to Vegas tomorrow for a 3-day vacation! Can't wait!
I hope you all have a safe holiday!
~ Staci
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
November 23, New York — A month after Us Weekly first reported on the breakup of Newlyweds Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, the couple has jointly announced an official separation.
'After three years of marriage, and careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,' the couple tells Us in an exclusive joint statement. 'This is the mutual decision of two people with an enormous amount of respect and admiration for each other. We hope that you respect our privacy during this difficult time.' (US Magazine)
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
On the Los Angeles set of his new film Zodiac last week, Jake Gyllenhaal toys around with his puggle puppy. "He was too cute not to get," said the actor of the newest member of his clan.
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