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Carrie Underwood is on a roll with making public appearances with her fiancé Mike Fisher as the country singer and the hockey player walked the red carpet at the 2010 Grammy Awards which was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday. The 26-year old American Idol alum added another Grammy to her collection when she won the award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for ‘I Told You So’ with Randy Travis. Congratulations to Carrie for winning another Grammy! I bet that Mike was really proud of her for that one. I wonder how those two celebrated that win.

An award has been created in the name of Robert Redford by the prestigious University of Southern California School of Theatre.

The prize will be titled the Robert Redford Award for Engaged Artists and will be awarded on an annual basis to a recipient to pay tribute to professional accomplishment and "public commitment to social responsibility, to increasing awareness of global issues and events and to inspiring and empowering young people," USC stated.

Madeline Puzo, dean of the school, stated Redford "embodies all that an Engaged Artist represents.

"He is a distinguished actor, an Academy Award-winning director, an ardent conservationist, philanthropist and environmentalist, a man who stands for social responsibility and political involvement and an artist and businessman who is a staunch supporter of uncompromised creative expression."

The award will be presented on February 10 in Beverly Hills at a fundraiser for scholarships to the USC School of Theatre.

Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey has revealed the first photo of his baby daughter Vida.

The 40-year-old star became a dad for the second time when his girlfriend Camila gave birth to daughter Vida on January 3.

They posted the image on their website along with the caption: "Here's a pic of our latest family member Vida Alves McConaughey...

"Thanks for all your well wishes our way, the future's lookin bright, just keep livin, Matthew & Camila."

The couple are also parents to 18-month-old son Levi.

It is the end of the road for Betty Suarez - hit TV show Ugly Betty has been cancelled.

US network ABC has announced the popular comedy series' current fourth season will be its last.

The show, based on a Colombian soap opera, made America Ferrera a star with her lead role as the style-challenged fashion magazine staffer.

“We've mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty's final season, and are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion,” executive producer Silvio Horta and ABC president Steve McPherson said in a joint statement.

“We are extremely proud of this groundbreaking series, and felt it was important to give the fans a proper farewell.”

Mark Indelicato, who plays Betty's nephew, Justin Suarez, said the decision was “sad”.

The 15-year-old said: “It's been an amazing four years... It's sad to see this come so unexpectedly but I think that we all recognise the tremendous work that we have done — and am very grateful for that.”

A Swedish model left court in Los Angeles yesterday (Wednesday) after listening to closing arguments in her boyfriend's murder trial.

Therese Fischer, 21, sat quietly at the back of the courtroom as lawyers summed up the allegations against Stockholm-born rapper David Jassy.

Jassy, 35, is accused of killing 55-year-old pedestrian John Osnes in a “brutal” attack during a 2008 road rage incident.

Prosecutors claim the music star, who calls himself DJ Monopoly, punched and kicked the jazz pianist before running over his unconscious body and attempting to flee the scene.

Jassy denies the five charges against him.

Jassy and Fischer, a pretty brunette, were on their way home from a nightclub in Hollywood, California, in November 2008 when the incident occurred.

According to Deputy District Attorney Sarika Kapoor, Mr Osnes yelled at the couple and “slapped” the front of their rented SUV after they came close to hitting him on a pedestrian crossing.

The court heard how Jassy then stopped his vehicle, got out of the car and aggressively confronted the 55-year-old before hitting him in the face.

“Mr Osnes was punched so hard his glasses flew off his face,” Ms Kapoor said.

The prosecutor told jurors how the rapper then “walked up to Mr Osnes while he was still bent over and kicked him right in the face”.

“He kicked him with enough force to leave a shoe print on his face and to fracture his skull,” she said.

As Mr Osnes lay unconscious on the ground, Jassy allegedly shouted “f*** you” before getting back in his SUV and driving over the pedestrian's body.

“He drove over his abdominal, his centre section and his torso,” Ms Kapoor said. “This was an impact which cause this person to be turned onto their side.”

David Beckham is planning to snap up the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team.

The revelation is a sensational one in light of Beckham's soured history with the club that adopted him as rugby's white knight saviour two years ago.

Beckham moreover will buy up the Galaxy and stay in the US, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

Beckham, who is on loan to AC Milan, has two seasons remaining with Galaxy. His wife, Victoria, was intent on staying in Los Angeles, the newspaper claims. She has launched fashion and accessory lines in her name and managed to turn her career red-hot with recent guest appearances on American Idol and The View.

Contained in his £128million ($206.5million) five-year contract with the Galaxy was the proviso he could buy a franchise for a new entrant to the MLS and he has set his sights on Montreal.

A US source revealed: "Montreal is a cosmopolitan, European-style city. As a result, they have a huge passionate support for football that doesn't necessarily exist in the US."

Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage's house has sold for a reported $4.95m.

But despite such a hefty price-tag, the 46-year-old star has made a loss on his Las Vegas residence, as it is actually worth $8.5m, according to reports.

Despite earning a whopping $20m per film, Cage, 46, has reportedly been plagued by financial problems after the US Inland Revenue sued him over unpaid taxes.

Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, has launched an independent campaign to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as California governor.

Von Anhalt, 66, a Republican, is German born and has no political experience. He gave a news conference in West Hollywood and unveiled a billboard of himself in military-style attire on Sunset Strip as part of a $300,000 bid for office.

Von Anhalt has been critical of Austrian-born Schwarzenegger over travel time out of California and his legacy for the state, calling it a "mess".

"Arnold is going to go, and California needs somebody new. It took always a German to clean out the Austrian mess. That was always the case, and it will happen here also."

Von Anhalt says he is a fiscal conservative who is liberal on social issues, supporting gay marriage, legal marijuana and a broad amnesty for illegal immigrants.

During the aftermath of Anna Nicole Smith's death in 2007, he was briefly linked to her infant daughter as one of several alleged fathers. Von Anhalt claimed to have had a 10-year affair with Smith.

Gabor, who turns 93 next month, is in poor health. He said: "My wife, when I married her 23 years ago, she was for me the first lady of California already, and now she gets the title officially."

Talk show host Sherri Shepherd said her Spanx pants were "about to give out" at the recent SAG Awards.

The 42-year-old recently shed 41 pounds and went down from a US size 16 to a US size 6.

She was talking at a SAG after-party, where she wore a fitted white dress, and she said to USmagazine.com: "My Spanx are about to give out!"

Talking about how to lose the weight, she previously said: "I do a lot of stairs, a lot of planks, a lot of squats, a lot of treadmill, a lot of screaming - and I do it four times a week."

Katy Perry and her soon to be hubby Russell Brand recently made their way back to Los Angeles where they celebrated the great news of their impending marriage with 50 of their closest family and friends. The couple threw an engagement party at Il Cielo in Beverly Hills last week. The singer’s mom, Mary Hudson, was seen sipping on cocktails and the crowd enjoyed a beautiful cake in a room decorated with red roses and candles. Who knew that the comedian was such a romantic? First, his elaborate proposal in India, and now this beautiful party. Most guys would actually shy away from these things but apparently not Russell.

Hollywood hunk Josh Duhamel laced up his trainers and pounded the pavement over the weekend to help raise money for the Haiti earthquake victims.

The actor took part in a two-mile run on Santa Monica Beach, CA, organised by the Red Cross.

There was a $10 donation to run, with all proceeds going to help the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti.

Duhamel was joined on the run by British Bachelor reality star Matt Grant and Wizards of Waverly Place teen star Gregg Sulkin.

Christine Peake, CEO of The PeakPRgroup, who represents the Red Cross Santa Monica chapter and also helped organise the event, said: "Matt Kemp from the LA Dodgers was also there - he was terrific.

"Gregg Sulkin, who is the newest Disney star and is starring on Wizards of Waverly Place, was participating, too. He was certainly making all the younger runners smile and the girls swoon!

"Josh was the sweetest ever though, so committed to the cause, sincere and gave time to everyone, I could see he really cared.

"Josh really means to make a difference, and the Red Cross are thrilled to have him on their side."

Jennifer Garner has told how she underwent therapy to cope with the end of her first marriage.

The screen beauty, now married to Ben Affleck, said she was an emotional mess in the wake of her divorce from actor Scott Foley.

She said: "I had a lot of growing up to do. I'm still conflict-averse. I don't like to argue. But back then I couldn't have a fight. I couldn't work things out because I wasn't able to say what I needed to say. I didn't have a voice. I didn't dare to express myself. It was a huge heartbreak for me to have something fail like that. I thought, 'Why did this relationship not work? What part of the failure is my responsibility?' So I went to work on it. I started therapy."

Alias star Garner, 37, told Parade magazine filed for divorce from Foley in May 2003 and officially split the following March 2004.

She married Affleck in June 2005. They have two daughters, Violet, four, and Seraphina, one.

X-Men star James Marsden has signed up to appear in new comedy I Hop opposite Russell Brand.

The 36-year-old actor, who played Cyclops in the X-Men film series, will star in the live-action/CG-animated flick with Brand, 34.

The story sees an unemployed man, played by Marsden, injure the Easter Bunny, who will be voiced by Brand, by accident and then look after him while he recovers.

The screenplay is being written by Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch and it is being produced by Christopher Meledandri and John Cohen from Illumination Entertainment and Universal.

It will be directed by Tim Hill, who was behind Alvin and the Chipmunks, which also featured live action and CG animation.

A woman accused of being part of a gang who burgled the homes of some of Hollywood's biggest stars is facing new charges after appearing in court wearing a necklace allegedly belonging to Lindsay Lohan.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have already charged Courtney Leigh Ames, 19, with two counts of receiving stolen property.

She is one of six people accused of being part of a gang - dubbed the 'Bling Ring' which burgled stars' homes including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Orlando Bloom.

Other victims included Rachel Bilson, Megan Fox, Ashley Tisdale and The Hills celebrity Audrina Patridge.

Now an amended complaint accuses Ames of wearing a beaded necklace taken from Lohan's home to a December court hearing where she pleaded not guilty to burgling Paris Hilton's home.

Ames's lawyer, Robert Schwartz, said outside a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles on Thursday: "She [Ames] was wearing a necklace. The issue is whether she knew it was stolen."

Ames is not charged with the August break-in at Mean Girls star Lohan's house.

And she pleaded not guilty to the new charges at a brief hearing.

She is due back in court on February 10.

A-Team star Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson was involved in a recent car crash in California.

Jackson, 31, is playing the role of B.A. Baracus in the movie version of The A-Team.

The star was not hurt in the accident in Orange County, California, but his new Audi car was damaged.

According to MTV, he said: "I am thankful and happy no-one was hurt. I tried to make sure the elderly woman that hit my car was okay... she didn't speak much English, but I could see she wasn't hurt any way.

"I am fine, the little old lady is fine, but my car got hurt, and for that I'm sad."

Charlie Sheen's lawyer filed legal papers today asking an Aspen judge to allow him to communicate with wife Brooke Mueller while she is in hospital.

In the papers, Sheen's lawyer, Richard Cummins, requested a change in Sheen's current restraining order, to allow him to speak to Mueller at her hospital bedside.

Cummins wrote: "[Sheen] is concerned and feels the necessity to assist and care for his wife."

Mueller is currently in intensive care in an LA hospital with a reported 105-degree fever, for which she is being treated with antibiotics.

It is believed that the problem relates to oral surgery that Mueller underwent earlier in the week.

The Two And A Half Men star arrived at the LA hospital this morning, despite the restraining order, which states that the parties concerned cannot have direct contact or direct communication, although it does not prohibit them being in the same room.

Mueller's lawyer, Yale Galanter, confirmed that she will be released from hospital today and that he expects the hearing on the restraining order to still go ahead as scheduled this Friday.

Sigourney Weaver will play a stripper in her next movie.

The 60-year-old actress said: "There's a project which sees me as an ageing stripper. But I can't say a lot about that one. It's going to be a surprise! I'm also playing the leading role in a film by Nicolas Roeg."

Weaver added: "I feel sexier than ever. I used to be really insecure. I hope I'll live up to 100 years. I never wanted to be like James Dean - die young and be famous afterwards."

Weaver explained that going with the flow was the best way to tackle age. "I don't try to look young at all costs. Why should you cast a 55-year-old looking like a 35-year-old, when you can cast a 35-year-old to begin with? If you look like 55 and feel comfortable with it, you will get casted [sic]. My roles have become more interesting with time."

Ex-Playboy model Tara Reid has got engaged to her boyfriend Michael Axtmann while dining out in LA.

The 34-year-old was at The Little Door restaurant with internet entrepreneur Axtmann on January 18 when he proposed to her.

The star's rep said to PEOPLE: "Michael surprised Tara with a beautiful round brilliant cut ring. Tara was so happy, and the other patrons clapped and yelled out: 'Congratulations'."

The pair started dating last year and it is claimed they want a small ceremony with friends and family in the summer.

Colin Firth's wife Livia wore a second-hand wedding dress to the recent Golden Globes as part of an eco challenge.

Livia revealed how she received many compliments about the dress, which she wore as part of a challenge to wear only 'ethical and sustainable' dresses and make-up during the awards season.

She said: "No one here seems to get ethical fashion.

"But everyone was crazy about this dress. I don't think I've ever had so many compliments for a dress in one night."

She added: "I kissed George Clooney, which made my night frankly."

Candy Spelling has said she has a 'terrific' relationship with daughter Tori after reconciling last year.

Candy, 64, and Tori, 36, finally put the past behind them in December last year after years of feuding.

Candy revealed that Tori recently nursed her back to health after she had surgery and she also looked after her husband Dean McDermott.

She said: "I recently had surgery on my neck.

"[McDermott] got in an accident when he was doing the motorcycles last week at the races... he smashed his left shoulder."

Talking about Candy's relationship with her Tori, she said that it's 'absolutely great. We are terrific!'