Celebrity News and Updates for 4-15-08
Amy Winehouse won’t be singing at the MET Gala May 5, The Daily Mail of London reports. A spokeswoman said that Winehouse had never been hired to perform. /NYP 5
Lindsay Lohan’s friend Samantha Ronson has practically moved into Lohan’s L.A. pad to help keep the rehabbed actress out of trouble. /NYP 10
Christina Ricci strikes a sultry pose for BlackBook’s May issue. The actress tells the magazine: “I think people are learning to aspire to be objectified. It’s like the highest form of flattery for teenage girls.” /NYP 11
Heather Mills made life difficult for Miss USA Pageant producers in the weeks leading up to the show. Mills refused to sign a contract stating the show could be rebroadcast because she wanted to be paid for resell footage. After the show, Mills was spotted with Paris Hilton’s former publicist Elliot Mintz, sparking rumors he may take her on as a client. /NYP 10
Beyonce’s cousin, Angelica Knowles, has told a Daily News source that the singer’s next album will be her last. Apparently Beyonce is going to focus on scouting talent for hubby Jay-Z’s upcoming label. Word is her first protégé is R&B artist Chelsea Thomas. /DN 21
“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier is dating Aussie actress Isabel Lucas. They were spotted nuzzling at the after-party for the L.A. premier of “Bra Boys.” /DN 20
USA Today picked up People’s report that “American Idol” contestant David Cook’s cancer-stricken brother will be in the “Idol”audience this week. /USAT 1D
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were spotted at a Hudson Booksellers store at LAX flipping through Andrew Morton’s unauthorized Tom Cruise biography. Russell urged Hawn to “Get it!” but Hawn walked away empty handed. /NYP 10
Patrick Dempsey tells Bicycling magazine that his wife – and the paparazzi – make fun of him for wearing Spandex pants when he cycles around his L.A. neighborhood. /NYP 10
Chris Klein ripped open his T-shirt and played air guitar during a recent outing to Tao in Las Vegas. /DN 20
“Live! With Regis and Kelly” has launched an online feature called Kelly’s Fashion Finder so fans wondering what designers Kelly Ripa wears every day will get all the answers to their questions. /USAT 1D
Toni Braxton is taking a break following her hospitalization last week after suffering chest pains. Braxton has canceled the rest of her Las Vegas shows this week and already had a two-week break planned beginning in mid-April. She’ll return to the stage May 6. /USAT 1D
Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, and Rodney Atkins will be among the performers at the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. /USAT 1D
Naomi Campbell flew to Brazil last night to help in the battle against an epidemic of dengue fever, a deadly mosquito-born disease. Campbell will appear at a blood center to raise awareness about the disease, which has infected 55,000 people, killing 67. /DN 12
Bill Cosby has recorded a hip-hop album set for release next month. “Cosby Narratives Vol. 1: State of Emergency” is “the opposite of what I think is the profanity for no particular reason, the misogyny for no particular reason,” the 70-year-old said. “It really looks at the frustration and the anger that a young man may have.” /AP
J.K. Rowling was in a Manhattan Federal Court yesterday to try to stop the release of an unauthorized “Harry Potter” encyclopedia. “There was a time when they saved my sanity,” the author told a courtroom when asked about her beloved books. /NYP 3
Rapper Foxy Brown will be released from Rikers Island on Friday after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for violating her probation. /DN 3
Rocker Travis Barker has tentatively settled a lawsuit against the Rockstar energy drink company over the use of his picture to promote the product. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed in court papers filed Friday in Superior Court. /AP
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