Celebrity Updates 4-8-08
Jay-Z was spotted out in NYC yesterday, sans wedding ring, after his rumored marriage to Beyonce Friday. Buzz is growing that a possible pregnancy may have sent the couple down the aisle so abruptly after years of dating. /NYP 11, DN 20
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have purchased a $7 million mansion in L.A.’s Brentwood neighborhood just blocks away from Kidman’s ex-husband, Tom Cruise. /DN 3
Rehabbed actress Kirsten Dunst and her “All Good Things” co-star Ryan Gosling seemed like they were on a date when they stopped by Chrystie Street eatery Freeman’s Saturday afternoon, according to a witness. /NYP 10
“Gossip Girls” stars Chace Crawford and Michelle Trachtenberg were all over each other at Upstairs in SoHo Saturday, sources tell The Post. /NYP 10
Paul McCartney’s gal pal Nancy Shevell was spotted getting into her SUV following a recent trip to the beauty salon. The Post reports the MTA board member, who has a pass that lets her park almost anywhere in the city, left her vehicle in a commercial loading zone while she got her hair done. The pass is for “official MTA business” only. /NYP 3
Orlando Bloom has landed the lead role in Disney’s “Prince of Persia” in a deal worth a reported $40 million. “Prince of Persia” will be the third film trilogy for the 31-year-old actor, who also starred in “The Pirates of the Caribbean” and the “Lord of the Rings” movies. /NYP 11
Anne Hathaway continues to film her new movie “Bride Wars” in Boston. Last week her boyfriend Raffaello Follieri was arrested for passing a bad check. /NYP 11
Denzel Washington had to rely on a bouncer to remain upright as he exited a downtown club recently. The actor blurted: “I’m fine,” before climbing into his car. /DN 21
The Post picked up People’s report that Mischa Barton will avoid jail time for her Dec. 2007 DUI charge when she pleads no contest at her arraignment Thursday. Meanwhile The Daily News picked up People’s Carrie Underwood and Chace Crawford text message breakup story. /NYP 15, DN 3
After a five-year breakup, Stone Temple Pilots will reunite for a North American tour. On Monday, Singer Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz revealed the details of their 65-city tour, set to begin May 17 in Columbus, Ohio. DeLeo said the band plans to record a new album after the tour, which is set to wrap in November. /AP
Rob Lowe and his wife are suing their former nanny, claiming she told secrets and lies about their family. The complaint filed Monday in a Los Angeles Superior Court asks for at least $1,000,000 in damages and charges Laura Boyce with violating a confidentiality agreement, defamation and infliction of emotional distress on the former “West Wing” star; his wife, Sheryl; and their two sons. Boyce was hired to take care of their sons for most of 2007 before she quit in November, according to the complaint. /AP
The jury at the inquest into Princess Diana’s death yesterday decided that she and Dodi Fayed died because of reckless driving by their chauffer and the paparazzi that followed them. Diana’s sons, Princes William and Harry, thanked the jurors in a statement yesterday and said they agreed with verdict. /NYP 13
“Sex and the City” ladies Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon hit the red carpet at Capitale Monday in support of the Point Foundation, which offers scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. /USAT 3D
“I’d like to be George W. Bush, and boy, I’d get a lot done. You’d remember me for a long, long time” – Harrison Ford on the one job he’d take for a day if he could, in May’s Reader’s Digest. /USAT 1D
Kathie Lee Gifford returned to TV yesterday as co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s “Today” show. She said her kids, Cody, 18, and Cassidy, 14, have ordered her not to talk about them as she once did on “Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee.” “Nobody’s in diapers in my house anymore,” she said, adding, “Actually that’s not true!” – a reference to 77-year-old husband Frank Gifford that may or may not have been a joke. /NYP 76
“Dancing with the Stars” alumni Melanie Brown and Joey Fatone will return to the show for its 100th episode in May, and they’ve landed a show together. The duo will co-host “The Singing Office” for TLC, a singing competition that pits different groups of employees against each other. /USAT 1D
Jewel, who hosted “Nashville Star” last season, is returning this season as a judge/mentor. Billy Ray Cyrus hosts this season. /USAT 1D
Pamela Anderson’s reality show, titled “Pamela,” debuts this summer on E! /USAT 1D
“Today” show weatherman Al Roker will host NBC’s summer prime-time game show “Celebrity Family Feud” premiering July 1. /USAT 1D
Kala Savage, the sister of TV stars Fred and Ben Savage, guest-stars on the April 27 episode of the CW’s “Aliens in America.” /NYP 76
“30 Rock” returns with its first post-strike episode Thursday. /NYP 76
“ER” returns for six spring episodes tonight after the season was cut short because of the writers’ strike. The show will return in the fall for its 15th and final season, but a few of the main characters won’t make it the end of the show. Maura Tierney and Goran Visnjic are making early exits next season and Mekhi Phifer has not yet signed a contract to return. /USAT 1D
Bob Dylan received an honorary Pulitzer Prize yesterday. /NYP 13
Luciano Pavarotti’s manager confirmed yesterday that the tenor, in severe pain months before his cancer diagnosis, lip-synched his last performance in 2006. Pavarotti mouthed the singing of an aria at the opening of the 2006 Winter Games in Turin. /USAT 1D
One out of every 15 hospitalized children is harmed by medicine mix-ups, accidental overdosed and drug reactions, according to a new study in April’s Pediatrics. That number is much higher than an earlier estimate of two out of 100 hospitalized children and bolsters concerns already heightened by Denis Quaid’s well-publicized case. /USAT 7D
More than 400 children have been removed from a compound built by polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs. Some 133 women left the ranch voluntarily with the children and were being housed at a historic fort here while authorities conduct interviews. State troopers were holding an unknown number of men in the compound until investigators finished executing a house-to-house search of the ranch. /AP
The Post has a photo of the world’s smallest girl, according to the Indian Book of Records. Jyoti Amge, 15, is 23 inches tall and weighs just 11 pounds - but aside from her size, family and classmates say she’s just like any other girl. /NYP 21
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