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Aaron Carter’s recent elimination from Dancing with the Stars cost him a steady pay check and the timing couldn’t come at a worst time. The government is saying that the has-been singer owes over a million dollars in back taxes. According to documents filed in Los Angeles earlier this week, the alleged former teen heartthrob owes a staggering $1,010,635.08 to the government. Maybe this was why he was crying so much after the show last week. Where is he going to get the money now? And how did he come to owe that much anyway? But then again, I doubt he was getting any money at all.

Mel B and ex-husband Jimmy Gulzar squared off against each other in a Californian courtroom Tuesday.

The pair were in court for a hearing concerning their 10-year-old daughter, Phoenix Chi.

RadarOnline.com witnessed the former Spice Girl in a heated row with her lawyer in the hallway outside the courtroom.

They say she was visibly upset and was screaming at her attorney about Gulzar.

The courtroom was closed for the hearing.

Mel B met Dutch dancer Gulzar while on the Spiceworld Tour. They married in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire in 1998.

Their only child together, daughter Phoenix Chi, was born in Westminster, London, on February 19, 1999. This made her the first Spice Girl to become a mother.

Marital problems ensued, including allegations of abusive and inattentive behaviour by Gulzar, and the marriage collapsed by the end of 1999.

In 2000 Brown filed for divorce, which was finalised later that year.

The custody battle for her daughter was highly publicised; Brown won custody, but had to pay a large alimony settlement of £1.25million ($2.1million) to her ex-husband.

Mel B has another daughter, Angel Iris, 2, with former boyfriend Eddie Murphy.

She married long-term friend and movie producer Stephen Belafonte in a quiet ceremony in Las Vegas in 2007.

Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has said she has stopped doing rom-com movies because they're 'terrible' and 'not funny'.

The 45-year-old star recently appeared in the comedy The Proposal, which is out on DVD later this month, and said she doesn't think the movie is a typical rom-com.

She said to UK magazine Shortlist: "I don't call this a romantic comedy. I call it a motion picture.

"It reminds me of the films from the Thirties and Forties, where there was a landscape and a story, and drama was allowed to be in there. You can't have good comedy without drama in it."

Talking about romantic comedy movies, she added: "I stopped them six or seven years ago. I just stopped. They're terrible. They're bad.

"They're not funny, and they shouldn't be called romantic comedies because most of the time they're not romantic. And they don't generally write well for women in romantic comedies.

"I love my comedy too much... It wasn't being done in the way that I loved and could do it. It made me sad because I felt like it wasn't appreciated and no one was writing it, so I decided to abandon it."

It seems that Evan Chandler, the father of the child who claimed back 1993 that Michael Jackson sexually abused him, has committed suicide. He was 65 years old… kind of a late bloomer when it comes to suicide, wasn’t he? A police spokesperson said the following about the event: "We have ruled it as suicide because he was found with a gun held to his body. He had a single bullet wound to the side of his head. There was no note but officers did find medication in keeping with a serious medical condition." Probably something left over from Michael Jacskon’s old stash. Who knows, maybe Evan Chandler was in the meds business and couldn’t live with the thought of one of his best clients was no more. Either that or there is something that still smells fishy with regards to Michael Jackson’s child molestation case… the plot thickens.

Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon snuck off to Ojai in California for a relaxing weekend with her two children, Ava and Deacon.

Witherspoon took some time away from the bustle of Hollywood to spend quiet downtime in the hip locale.

Witherspoon, who is dating actor Jake Gyllenhaal, took her children to the farmer's market on Sunday and stopped off at a bookstore, where Deacon picked out a book.

Witherspoon has been promoting her new fragrance, while Gyllenhaal will soon promote his latest movie Prince Of Persia.

New Moon star Michael Sheen has said he thinks his co-star Dakota Fanning looks 'more scary' than him in the upcoming flick.

The 40-year-old actor plays evil Volturi member Aro in the second chapter in the Twilight saga and said that Dakota, 15, who plays another Volturi member Jane, is evil in the flick.

He said to UK newspaper Daily Record: "I actually think Dakota looks more scary than me - so angelic, yet so weird - like an angelic Red Riding Hood. It's quite thrilling to have Dakota Fanning calling you 'master'.

"I think we can now reveal that we actually had to tone Dakota down. Her natural personality is too evil, so we had to tell her to turn the volume down on her wicked nature."

The business manager accused by Nicolas Cage of sending him “toward financial ruin” has hit back by claiming the star was already millions of dollars in debt when he hired him.

National Treasure star Cage is suing his former manager Samuel Levin for $20m to repair the alleged financial damage he caused by mismanaging his financial affairs.

But Levin has filed a countersuit, in which he claims Cage had “already squandered tens of millions of dollars” and owed millions more in income taxes, when he started working for him in 2001.

Levin details Cage's alleged extravagant spending and says that he warned the actor he needed to earn $30m a year just to maintain his lavish lifestyle.

He also claimed that in 2007 Cage spent $33m on three homes, bought 22 cars - including nine Rolls Royces - as well as expensive jewellery and 47 pieces of art.

Levin says Cage “also spent huge sums taking his sizeable entourage on costly vacations and threw enormous, Gatsby-scale parties at his residences”.

He claims Cage owes him $128,872.98 in unpaid business management services.

In his lawsuit, filed last month, Cage claims that Levin was so reckless and incompetent with his money that he has now been forced to sell off major assets and investments, and is faced with massive tax liabilities.

According to Forbes magazine, Cage earned $40m between June 2008 and June 2009.

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean unplugged her microphone and threatened to walk off 'inappropriate' Larry King Live show.

Prejean fumed at the veteran host after he tried to ask the dethroned pageant queen about a solo sex tape that reportedly torpedoed a lawsuit she filed against the Miss California Organisation for unfair dismissal.

Removing her microphone, she told King: "I think that you are being extremely inappropriate right now, and I'm about to leave your show."

She later replaced the microphone after King agreed not to ask her more questions about the tape or put live callers on the air with her.

Prejean - who calls Sarah Palin her hero - courted controversy for her public opposition to gay marriage and strong religious beliefs, which made her a figurehead for American conservatism.

But she was later removed from the Miss California post after topless photos of her surfaced.

The blonde beauty, 22, claimed her beliefs were behind her sacking and penned a book Still Standing about the affair.

Prejean was on to promote the book when he asked her whether revelations that she had also recorded a sex tape were behind a recent settlement with the Miss California Organisation.

Prejean had been demanding more than $1million in damages from the company for allegedly firing her because of her beliefs.

According to reports, however, she walked away with just her lawyers fees after the organisation countersued claiming Prejean had violated the terms of being Miss California by having recorded a sex tape.

The Hills star Stephanie Pratt, who was recently charged with a DUI in California, will enter a 30-day rehabilitation program.

The younger sister of Spencer Pratt pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanour count of DUI in a Los Angeles court hearing. Pratt was arrested in the early hours of the morning after she attended the birthday party of Hills co-star Holly Montag, the sister of Spencer's wife, Heidi. The celebrity couple, Spencer and Heidi, were not in attendance at the party.

Stephanie, who spoke out about the positive side of learning from the incident, has revealed she will enter the rehab program as an in-patient. She said she was close to her parents and described her arrest as a "set up". But the budding reality TV star was also able to count her blessings out of the experience.

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker has been named Philanthropist of the Year in a new poll.

The 34-year-old beauty was named Philanthropist of the Year in The Hollywood Reporter's Philanthropy Issue, which highlights the actress's philanthropic work.

She was picked because of her dedication to giving back to the community as well as serving others and for her commitments to Latino causes.

THR publisher Eric Mika said: "I've never met a more conscientious and socially aware young, energetic talent.

"Eva's efforts on behalf of the causes near and dear to her are Herculean.

"She pours her free time and energy into raising millions of dollars for charitable missions that make a difference in the Latino community and other humanitarian organisations."

Harry Potter actor Tom Felton has defended his co-star Daniel Radcliffe and said he is 'all right' following his recent drug allegations.

Radcliffe, 20, has denied recent reports that a picture showed him smoking cannabis at a party and his Harry Potter co-star Felton, 22, has said he is coping with the recent reports.

Felton said to UK show GMTV: "Yeah, very briefly. I haven't seen him over the weekend but I spoke to him to make sure he was OK and he seems to be dealing with it all right.

"He's just come to the terms with the fact that not always are the press on his side."

Talking about being the heroes of young children, he added: "Yeah, I think especially for Daniel more than anyone really. And it doesn't make it easier when people are publishing articles that aren't true.

"And obviously I feel for the guy. I know he's got a very strong head on him and I know he'll sail through this one easily. But yeah, it's not easy. No one can do it better than Daniel."

John Travolta beamed with pride as he brought his family of actors, who appear in Old Dogs, to its Los Angeles premiere.

Just months since the actor's tragic loss of son Jett, 16, Travolta, 55, stepped out in public with his daughter and strong likeness, Ella Bleu, and beautiful wife, Kelly Preston, 47.

Ella Bleu, nine, who Travolta refers to as his pup, appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show with her father. Travolta said: "I just want to take one moment to thank each and every one of you throughout this country, throughout the world, for all your support and all your love for our family. Thank you very much."

Travolta has recently returned from a heart-wrenching court trial in the Bahamas over an alleged extortion attempt by a paramedic and senator in the Bahamas. The star was accompanied by Preston when he testified in the trial - only to see a mistrial later declared.

"I'm holding back the tears," he noted.

Hollywood director Clint Eastwood has been awarded one of France's top honours.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy not only welcomed the Oscar-winner into the French Legion of Honour but elevated him to a ranking normally out of bounds for foreigners - commander.

The honour is one of the nation's highest and is reserved for those who have made great cultural contributions to the country.

Eastwood happily welcomed the honour as he referred to France as his 'second home' before jokingly calling Sarkozy, 'my President'.

The actor and director added: "This is a wonderful honour.

"It is just a great pleasure for me. I really love France. I love movies, and I love the appreciation that the French people have for movies."

The 79-year-old doesn't plan on wasting any time in using the respect his hard-earned award will give him.

He joked: "As a commander of the arts and letters, I think I will go out on the streets of France today and throw my weight around!"

Sources are claiming that Katy Perry and Russell Brand have recorded a song together. The singer and the comedian have reportedly recorded a duet, performing a version of Edward Lear’s 1871 poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ in a Los Angeles studio. An insider suggests that while Katy was working, “Russell was just messing around in the studio. That's when he pulled out the poem, pretending to sing the lines into the microphone. It was actually really good. With work, it could be a really interesting track, evocative of The Goons or Monty Python. They were very harmonious. Everyone was transfixed.”

Sharon Osbourne has gotten some heat after publicly insulting Susan Boyle. She was recently on Sirius XM Radio’s ‘The Opie & Anthony Show’ when they started talking about the singer. Sharon did admit that Susan was talented but she also spent time making fun of her appearance. Sharon has recently taken to her Twitter to publicly apologize, saying “Susan Boyle is a lovely gracious woman and I took advantage of that by poking fun at her. I would never want to be responsible for hurting Susan and I must apologize for getting a cheap laugh at her expense.” Do you think it’s sincere?

New Moon star Kristen Stewart has said that she would make Bella a vampire if she was given the choice.

The 19-year-old plays the role of Bella Swan in the vampire movie series and said that if the decision of Bella's immortality was down to her, she would know what to do.

Talking after the recent fan party in London for New Moon, she said: "I'd make her a vampire."

She also gave her vote on Team Edward or Team Jacob and said: "I'd make [Bella] pick Jacob for sure."

Explaining her decision, she said: "Objectively, from the outside, she should be with Jacob? She's best friends with him, he's warm, it's easy, there's no problems there."

Angelina Jolie's dad Jon Voight has confirmed that he has reconciled with his famous daughter.

The 70-year-old admitted that he and Jolie, 34, have got back in touch after they fell out in 2001.

Voight said to Us Weekly: "We're in touch, but not regularly. We love each other and that's the most important thing."

The father-daughter duo fell out in 2001 after Voight appeared on TV and appeared emotional as he asked her to get help for her "serious mental problems".

A family friend added that the twosome "met face-to-face" in February and have been talking ever since.

The friend added: "Angie made the initial contact. Brad [Pitt] has been supportive - a key factor in her reaching out."

Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was arrested and taken away in handcuffs after getting into a fight with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday.

Both Tyson and the photographer - who has not yet been named - were charged with battery.

Both men were arrested after the run-in occurred in Terminal 7 near a United Airlines counter.

Tyson told police a photographer struck him in an attempt to provoke him, and Tyson allegedly punched the snapper and grabbed his camera, police said.

Los Angeles Airport police Sgt. Jim Holcomb said the photographer told police the ex-boxer - known for biting off an Evander Holyfield's ear in the ring - hit him and he went down.

“The photographer suffered a minor laceration to the forehead,” Holcomb said.

“There's a lot of different versions to the story.

“That's all going to come out later. But in this particular case, both individuals are going to be pressing charges for battery.”

Tyson was originally being held in a cell at LAX, but was pictured as he was moved to a downtown Los Angeles jail, Holcomb said.

A spokesman for Tyson said the boxing legend was travelling with his 10-month-old daughter and he was acting in self-defence when he was confronted by an aggressive photographer.

Adam Lambert was recently in attendance for the premiere of Columbia Pictures’ ‘2012’ at the Regal Cinemas LA. The singer wasn’t there just because he wanted to catch the film. The 27-year old American Idol alum actually has a song featured in the movie called ‘Time for Miracles’. And if you’re wondering, Adam went solo on the red carpet as he recently split from his interior designer Drake LaBry recently. I wonder if he’s already dating around. I don’t think that he’s the type to just sit around. No former drag queen is. And I’m still waiting on some smoking gun on why Adam and Drake really split.

Mel Gibson is an old hand at fatherhood, which comes as no surprise given he's up to his eighth go-around.

Oksana Grigorieva, the father of Gibson's second daughter, Lucia, says Gibson is a pro: "Mel's very hands-on. He was amazing while he was here for a short visit. He has been very doting and nurturing. He is incredible with children, very kind."

Gibson could only spend three days with the child who was born on October 30. It is his eighth child and Grigorieva's second.

The Russian singer gushed: "He's an amazing person and he treats everybody equally. That's what I know. I know him as a very kind and generous person, embracing his friends and family. He's tremendous as a dad, unbelievable. He's ecstatic. He is very much in love with her already. She just wins people's hearts, she's so beautiful and tiny."

Gibson, 53, was filming The Beaver when he flew to Los Angeles to be at Grigorieva's side for the birth a month ahead of the due date. Gibson missed the birth but he arrived a few hours later and spent three days with his new family before returning to the film set last Monday.

Oksana said: "I was at home then I got rushed into hospital and, eight hours later, I could look at her beautiful face. Mel came just a few hours later because he had to fly from New York."

She added that her relationship with Gibson was solid: "We've always been very spiritually connected and emotionally, too. We've always been very close. Having children is an overwhelming feeling, beautiful."

Twilight actor Kellan Lutz has said he is more excited about the third film in the series Eclipse than the second and latest movie New Moon.

Lutz, 24, plays the role of Emmett Cullen in the hit film series, and the second instalment New Moon hits theatres on November 20.

He admitted that the new film is a "great" movie but he is more excited for the third offering.

Lutz said: "Eclipse is a masculine movie. I love it. All the stunts I was able to do by myself. It's an action movie!"

Talking about Eclipse, he added: "It's going to be one of those movies where guys who aren't fans of the Twilight series but like seeing a good kick*** action movie are going to see it.

"And they're going to bring their girlfriends who are anti-Twilight because they don't want to be on that bandwagon. Then they're going to come and fall in love with it, too."

Lutz revealed his other intentions as he hopes it will turn him into the new Jason Bourne.

He said: "I have a great team and we're really focused on becoming that new action hero. I want to be Jason Bourne... and take over that franchise. I love doing stunts and shooting guns and doing fight scenes."

The doctor who is at the centre of the probe into Michael Jackson's homicide, Conrad Murray, is leading a sequestered life in Los Angeles as he awaits possible prosecution.

Murray, who detectives say admitted administering a powerful sedative and anaesthetic to the singer in his personal 24-7 care for several months, awaits potential charges from authorities in Los Angeles.

He was spotted stepping out of a hotel after a secret meeting with his attorney, the outspoken Ed Chernoff. Murray, in photos that surfaced, appeared worn and stressed. His clothing indicated he was keeping a low profile, with his head covered in baseball cap and sunglasses.

Meanwhile, a former patient, Jack Hammond, told News Of The World: "We used to speak regularly, but since Jackson's death I've not heard anything. He's suffering - he has no income and no business. I can't believe he had anything to do with it. He went out of his way to help patients."

Murray is expected to argue that Jackson, who died suddenly at 50, administered his own fatal dose of the propofol that killed him on June 25.

Former members of Sublime, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, were recently faced with a preliminary injunction in California last week which forbids them to perform or record under the original band name. The estate of the band’s late singer Bradley Nowell are legally pushing to uphold his wishes for Sublime to not continue without him. A rep for the estate said “The point we tried to make is that we encourage these gentlemen to go out and play. We think they’re great musicians. We just don’t think it’s appropriate to call a group that doesn’t have Bradley and has a new lead singer Sublime. It’s consistent with Brad’s intentions that we seek to protect the name. The court agreed that Bud and Eric and the new lead singer didn’t have the right to go out and call themselves Sublime.”

Hollywood funnyman Will Ferrell has revealed he wants to be a landlord of a traditional British pub.

The Bewitched actor - a big Chelsea FC fan - said he hopes to snap up a Chelsea boozer the next time he is in London.

The 42-year-old said: "All the Chelsea players would be welcome, but I wouldn't want a celebrity place - it would be an old-fashioned pub.

"I would be hands-on. I could get some great material off all the regulars. I am sure there would be a film in it."

Will said US bars try to copy UK pubs - but can't compete.

He added: "Overpriced fish and chips does not constitute a real British pub."

LA Ink star Kat Von D has revealed she's a big softie at heart.

The heavily tattooed sex symbol admits people think she is tough rock chick because of the way she looks.

But she insists she likes nothing more than reading a good book or listening to classical music.

And instead of going out partying with boyfriend and Motley Crue guitarist Nikki Sixx, Kat insists they prefer to stay in and read self-help books.

She said: "I am happy that people like diversity. For women, a lot of it has to do with how you carry yourself. You can be heavily tattooed and still carry yourself in a feminine way.

"I remember junior high years were really difficult - I felt like an alien because I was different. Artistically, my brain was on another level and I looked different.

"Social circles are weird and even as adults, people judge you about how you look and I've learned just not to care. I am just a big nerd.

"People think I am this huge rocker chick, but I am really just a softie at heart. I like to read a lot; I like to play classical music."

Kat claims her relationship Nikki Sixx has helped heal those high-school wounds, as the couple spend private time together studying the art of self-help.

She added: "I learn so much from him - this is the most fruitful relationship I have ever had.

"We read a lot together and we are really into self-help books and wisdom books, and it's cool - I am constantly learning from him."

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is continuing his Hollywood hot streak as he signs up to star in and produce two high-profile new films.

The actor, who had back-to-back hits with Borat and Bruno, has now set up his own production house and already created a bidding war with its first project.

The unnamed picture, written by the same team as his last two and set to star Cohen, landed his outfit Four by Two Films a seven-figure dollar deal after Columbia Pictures beat two other studios.

At the same time, the new company has also made a deal for Accidentes (OK), another Cohen vehicle.

The film will see the actor play a Latino ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney who becomes a hero of the Los Angeles working class after helping an immigrant win a judgment against a wealthy employer.

Al Pacino will be honoured by California's leading arthritis charity with the Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award.

Pacino will become the recipient of the award at the 22nd Commitment To A Cure Awards gala, to be held in Los Angeles this month. The benefit is put on by the southern Californian chapter of the Arthritis Foundation.

"It is presented to individuals who exemplify the leadership, commitment and dedication to humanitarian causes that Ms Wyman herself demonstrated in the fight to find a cure for arthritis," said board chairman Mitchell A. Jacobs.

"Al Pacino has a history of charitable giving. We are very grateful for his support of the 46 million adults and children with arthritis, and are honoured that he will join us at the Commitment to a Cure Awards Gala."

Actress Wyman, who died at the age of 90 in 2007 having suffered arthritis for many years, was the first wife of late actor-turned-US president Ronald Reagan

The 16-year-old son of Sean Penn, Hopper Jack, will not face charges following an arrest last week at his high school in Malibu.

A source close to the case told RadarOnline.com exclusively the district attorney's office closed its investigation of Hopper after drugs allegedly found in his possession were found to be prescribed to him.

Hopper was taken into custody at the time of the alleged discovery but the DA decided not to pursue charges. The type of prescription medication in question was not revealed.

Source: Splash News

Russell Brand is thinking of ditching his wild and woolly look for a clean-cut, Hollywood one.

He said: "I can't keep always playing long-haired, scruffy men, otherwise my career would be limited."

Brand was said to have been advised to seek a barber's assistance in order to play the lead in a remake of Dudley Moore's Arthur.

Brand, in discussing his look, has revealed a burning ambition to play the part of the volatile Napoleon Bonaparte.

He said: "I was hoping one day to play Napoleon but I can't play Napoleon as this shaggy-haired, bearded raconteur."

He said he also had another character in mind. "But I did also want to play Rasputin, so that'll be good, I can look like this."

Source: Splash News

FlashForward actress Gabrielle Union has opened up about her own rape ordeal after reading about a gang-rape in Richmond, California, last weekend that left her "sickened and really sad".

The Cradle 2 The Grave star wrote on her blog about her own nightmare, after she was left "sad more than anything" by the news of the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at a high-school dance, where as many as 20 people are believed to have watched without calling for help.

"After googling the gang rape story in Richmond and reading comments on blogs, it just leaves me sickened and really sad," the actress wrote.

"The fact that race and socio-economics have been used to explain away a brutal gang rape... [is] just sad... a lack of regard for violence against women."

Her anger led her to relive her own horrific attack.

She wrote: "When I was 19 years old, I was raped.

"I was working at a shoe store in California, and the store was robbed. The person robbing the store ended up putting a gun to my head and raping me...

"I blanked out and had an out-of-body experience, like I was hovering above seeing this horrible thing happen to someone else... not me.”

She added: “That's why I now lobby for state legislatures across the country and the federal government to help raise funds and awareness for rape crisis centres...

"My goal is to never hear the words 'Me too' from someone, after I say, 'I was raped.'"