Christina Applegate is engaged to marry musician Martyn Lenoble

LOS ANGELES Christina Applegate is engaged to marry musician Martyn Lenoble. Applegate’s publicist, Ame Van Iden, said Friday that the couple of two years became betrothed on Valentine’s Day.This will be the second marriage for both the actress and the Dutch rocker. No wedding date has been set.

Applegate’s recent credits include TV’s “Samantha Who?” and the movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.” She is set to appear with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in the film “Going the Distance,” due this summer.Lenoble is a founding member of the rock group Porno for Pyros. (AP)

50 Cent's want to remove the tattoos

50 Cent’s many tattoos have always been a part of the rapper’s image. He’s displayed them prominently on album covers and in magazines throughout his career. But the ink that made him stand out in the music world isn’t serving him so well now that 50 Cent the rapper is becoming 50 Cent the rapper-actor. So Curtis Jackson (his real name) has begun the process of removing many of them with costly laser procedures.People reports that Jackson removed some of his iconic arm tattoos, saying that not only were they limiting the roles he could play, but that having them covered up for films was getting to be a pain.”[Laser removal] cuts down on the amount of time I have to spend in makeup covering them up,” says the actor. Jackson has roles in several upcoming films, including Twelve with Chace Crawford (out later this year), 2011’s Things Fall Apart, and The Dance, a boxing film costarring Nicolas Cage.Last November, Jackson made it clear that he values sleep over body art, saying that covering the ink in the makeup chair often required him to show up on set four hours before the other actors. And even when the ink is covered up, some rigorous roles won’t withstand the industry’s heaviest makeup. Jackson said of his role in The Dance, which is now in development, “When you’re a fighter, you’re sweating, [and] with a whole bunch of make-up on and stuff like that, it doesn’t look real to me.”

But fans of 50 Cent’s most unique tattoo – the giant “50 Cent” on his back – shouldn’t fret: That one is here to stay. “I can’t take that off,” he says. (Lucky for him, a back tattoo is usually pretty easy to hide under clothing.)Meanwhile, another famously tattooed celebrity is still using her body as a canvas, makeup-chair hours notwithstanding. On the cover of the latest Entertainment Weekly, Angelina Jolie displays what appears to be a new tattoo – the underlining of text on the back of her neck. (The text, which is not new, reads: “know your rights”.)

Like 50 Cent, Jolie (who is currently promoting her new movie, Salt) is no stranger to changing her mind about supposedly permanent body ink. Jolie altered an upper-arm tribute to her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton after the two split up. Jolie’s arm now displays the map coordinates of where each of her six children were born.

Kate Hudson was once a very proud with small breasts

Kate Hudson was once a very proud with small breasts. However, he later tempted to enlarge the breasts. Now, he seems to regret. He worried it would harm plastic surgery. “Now I have small breasts, really,” said Kate Hudson is proud of the Golden Globe in 2002. At that time the stars ‘Almost Famoust’ feel happy with her small breasts can look more elegant.

But now it seems she changed her mind. A source, as reported by Usmagazine, Friday (16/4/2010) states, Kate perform plastic surgery in March 2010.

Having large breasts makes  Kate happy ? Apparently not. A source claimed the stars ‘Bride Wars’ was a joke stating his actions do plastic surgery is a stupid thing.

“She makes jokes about his stupidity, he said, his chest would be the biggest thing that makes it unsafe,” the source said.
A number of artists are having problems after breast plastic surgery. Not long ago Amy Winehouse for example back in trouble with her breasts. Amy was mentioned in the hospital because her breasts were leaking. Amy spent some time a large fund for the breasts. Most recently, singer hits the ‘Back to Black’ was doing the breast surgery to spend as much as 35 thousand Euros or approximately USD 500 million.

Melissa Etheridge and her partner have announced their separation. In a statement Thursday

NEW YORK Rocker Melissa Etheridge and her partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge, have announced their separation. In a statement Thursday, they asked for “consideration and respect for our family as we go through this difficult period.”

The two held a commitment ceremony in Malibu, Calif., in 2003. Tammy Etheridge, 35, gave birth to twins – a son, Miller, and a daughter, Johnnie Rose – in 2006. The couple used an anonymous donor from a sperm bank.The 48-year-old singer shares custody of daughter Bailey Jean and son Beckett with former partner Julie Cypher. Musician David Crosby was the sperm donor for the children, who were delivered by Cypher.

Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.(AP)

NICOLLETTE Sheridan WAS slapped by Marc Cherry but only as he showed her how to stage a scene

NICOLLETTE Sheridan WAS slapped by Marc Cherry  but only as he showed her how to stage a scene.The actress  who has filed a lawsuit against the Desperate Housewives creator, alleging he hit her and she was sacked from the show after complaining  has had her allegations corroborated by an unnamed member of the cast, though the insider insists the incident “didn’t merit” legal action.

“Marc did slap Nicollette; I was there and I saw it,” the source said. “Nicollette was trying to slap somebody for a scene, and she couldn’t get it right.”Marc intervened to show the actress what to do, demonstrating “a slap” on her.“But I have to say it was his hand barely on her head; it sure didn’t seem to me to merit the suit she has filed,” the source added.

Last week, Eva Longoria Parker admitted she is “confused” by the legal action being taken by 46-year-old Nicollette, who is seeking $20 million in damages.“Marc is funny and sweet and probably couldn’t harm a fly,” she said. “He’s just so sweet. I do know they had a thing on set. I guess it was a couple of years ago.“Nicollette’s a sweet girl, too. I’m really confused about this whole thing.”

Nicollette who portrayed maneater Edie Britt in Desperate Housewives filed a lawsuit against Marc at Los Angeles Superior Court last Monday which alleged assault and battery, gender violence and wrongful termination.The 46-year-old actress’ departure was announced in February 2009, and she was killed-off from the show in series five, when her alter-ego died in a car accident.

Micro-blogging service Twitter can be used to predict the future box-office takings of blockbuster films

Micro-blogging service Twitter can be used to predict the future box-office takings of blockbuster films, according to researchers at Hewlett Packard (HP).The computer scientists studied 3 million messages – known as tweets – about 25 movies, including Avatar. They found the rate at which messages were produced could be used to accurately predict the box office takings before the film opened. Further analysis of the content of the messages could predict ongoing success.

“Our predictions were incredibly close,” Bernardo Huberman, head of the social computing lab at HP, told BBC News.For example, he said, the system predicted that zombie film The Crazies would take $16.8m in its first weekend in the US. It actually took $16.06m. The team forecast that romantic drama Dear John would take $30.71m in its first US weekend. It took $30.46m. The unpublished research has been posted on the Arxiv website.

Social sentiment

The team were able to make their first-weekend revenue predictions by analysing the torrent of tweets about a particular film in the run up to its release. “We developed algorithms to analyse these tweets and measure the rate at which they were produced, said Dr Huberman. “Our intuition was that the faster people tweet, the more likely they are to go and see it.”

The teams were then able to forecast the ongoing success of a film, including its second weekend revenues, by doing what is known as sentiment analysis. This analyses the content of tweets and decides whether it is positive, negative or neutral. “It’s tapping into collective intelligence,” said Dr Huberman, who carried out the work with Sitaram Asur, also of HP.

The team trained their system using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, an online tool that pays people to perform small tasks that computers would struggle to complete. “We got people to classify tweets and we used that to calibrate the sentiment analysis,” explained Dr Huberman. Again, the system tracked the fortunes of movies and outperformed other predictive systems such as the Hollywood Stock Exchange, he said.

For example, analysis showed a boom in positive sentiment about the Oscar-nominated The Blind Side after it was released, but showed the opposite effect for New Moon, which initially sold well but rapidly lost viewers. “Word of mouth builds audience,” said Jan Saxton, vice president and senior films analyst at Adams Media Research. She highlighted the film My Big fat Greek Wedding, which she said became the “film of the year” in 2002 by recommendations.

“If word of mouth becomes a faster, more effective marketing tool, then the effect on the movie business could be profound.” Both Dr Huberman and Ms Saxton said that the demographic of Twitter – which tends to be young, tech-savvy and reasonably affluent – may limit the utility of the system for analysis of some trends, such as those aimed at children.

However, Dr Huberman believes it could be of use in forecasting other trends, such as how well a gadget or product will sell. Elements such as sentiment analysis are also being used by other groups. For example, it is being used by an organisation called Tweetminster to monitor the UK general election to work out whether online buzz correlates with the winners.

Vienna Philharmonic says Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa has canceled his fall engagements with the renowned orchestra in October and November to recover from cancer

VIENNA The Vienna Philharmonic says Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa has canceled his fall engagements with the renowned orchestra in October and November to recover from cancer.Ozawa, an icon in the classical music world, announced in January that he has esophageal cancer and called off all his concerts between January and June to receive treatment.Philharmonic spokeswoman Yvonne Katzenberger said Friday that Ozawa is following his doctors’ recommendations regarding the fall engagements. She said the concerts in question – slated for Vienna, the Vatican, China and Japan – will take place with another conductor.

Philharmonic Chairman Clemens Hellsberg wished Ozawa well and says the orchestra respects and supports his decision.In Tokyo, the Kyodo news agency reported that Ozawa also has canceled an opera engagement in Japan in August. However, it said he will serve as conductor for the Saito Kinen Orchestra as planned for four days in early September.The Vienna Philharmonic says Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa has canceled his fall engagements with the renowned orchestra in October and November to recover from cancer.Ozawa, an icon in the classical music world, announced in January that he has esophageal cancer and called off all his concerts between January and June to receive treatment.

Philharmonic spokeswoman Yvonne Katzenberger said Friday that Ozawa is following his doctors’ recommendations regarding the fall engagements. She said the concerts in question – slated for Vienna, the Vatican, China and Japan – will take place with another conductor.Philharmonic Chairman Clemens Hellsberg wished Ozawa well and says the orchestra respects and supports his decision.

In Tokyo, the Kyodo news agency reported that Ozawa also has canceled an opera engagement in Japan in August. However, it said he will serve as conductor for the Saito Kinen Orchestra as planned for four days in early September.(AP)

Whitney Houston was suddenly rushed to the hospital. As a result, the concert is supposed to start today in Paris

PARIS Whitney Houston was suddenly rushed to the hospital. As a result, the concert is supposed to start today in Paris, pending.46-year-old singer was treated at a hospital in the City of Paris, France, because there was interference with the nose and throat.

A popular singer in the 1980s and 1990s with the song I Will Always Love You, was scheduled to hold a concert in Paris. But canceled at the last moment.One member of the tour, as quoted by AFP on Wednesday (7/4/2010), states, or some kind rhinopharyngitis Whitney suffered from upper respiratory disorders. Primarily affects the nose and throat.From the disease, the United States pop diva was supposed to postpone the second concert took place on Thursday tomorrow at the City of Manchester, England.

Media preach women born in New Jersey, August 9, 1963 was treated at the American Hospital in Neuilly on the outskirts of Paris. These hospitals often be subscribed French celebrities.Tour titled ‘Nothing but Love’ is actually very important. This concert marks the return of Whitney to the world of entertainment. This world tour has been started since last year.

LINDSAY Lohan earning money gets $5,000 to $10,000 to show up at a party

LINDSAY Lohan is earning money solely from personal appearances  and she’s making less than a trashy MTV reality star, according to a new report.The Mean Girls actress  who was once viewed as one of the best actresses of her generation — gets $5,000 to $10,000 to show up at a party.“When Lindsay does get paid for attending events, she now gets $5,000 to $10,000, basically less than Snooki makes,” a source told Fox News.

“It is sad and it is only getting worse. The few people that care about Lindsay want her to get help, but she is scared to trust anyone, thanks to her father, and she doesn’t want to hear this. We are worried for Lindsay and where her life is going.The source said Lohan, 23, cries often and opens up emotionally to strangers.“She will open up to young assistants that are dropping something off for her or helping her for an event,” said the worried pal. “She needs good friends and she has none. Lindsay is in crisis.

“Lindsay is really going through a lot right now. She feels like everyone leaves her and she’s all alone. The stuff with her dad this week going public yet again about her only serves to make her ignore help further.“If she does get work, which is really rare anymore, someone has to basically be by her side to get her ready for the event or meeting and make sure she shows up.”

RIHANNA wants to get married

RIHANNA wants to get married!Insiders say the Rude Boy hitmaker is keen to make her romance with beau Matt Kemp official.“Rihanna is head over heels in love with Matt,” a source said.

“She has told friends she’d love to marry him. She’d be so happy if he got down on one knee and popped the question.”Matt, the source adds, “was just what Ri needed to help her get over Chris Brown.”It was recently claimed that the superstar singer 22, has been forced to beef up her personal security after a male fan allegedly sent her saucy letters.

“Matt has asked Rihanna’s team to be extra cautious since she was sent two very steamy letters,” a source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper.“Her friends are also concerned about the situation. They spent ages talking about it when they dined at the Spanish Kitchen in West Hollywood last week.“They are really worried things with this guy are going to get out of hand.”