Thursday, October 21, 2010

HEADLINES 10/21

Oh, goodness...now that part of my job is selling UFC Magazine, I will be attending a Pre-Fight party tomorrow night and then Saturday I will be going to the UFC fights in Anaheim.  While that sounds nuts, it means that I may not be able to send your DIRT, but I will still try.

I wonder if they'll try to recruit me?  Do chicks fight?  I guess I'll find out this weekend...




Beyonce Knowles and husband Jay-Z are not expecting their first baby, according to her mother, Tina. Her mother taped an appearance for Ellen DeGeneres' show, set to air today, during which she says, "The truth is Beyonce isn't pregnant." In other news, Beyonce is working on a deal to perform a New Year's Eve concert at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, according to sources. / NYP18, DN8

Jwoww says that she won't be posing for Playboy. "I'm not going to do Playboy in the near future," she told Ryan Seacrest during his radio show on Wednesday. "There is a better opportunity out there which everyone will probably see soon," she added. / NYP93

Christina Aguilera is relying on her friends to help her weather the storm after announcing her split from Jordan Bratman. "It's not easy," she told Redbook shortly after news broke of her separation. "Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on." / NYP17

Kim Novak is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Novak's manager says the "Vertigo" actress will receive "minimal" treatment, as the cancer was caught early by a routine mammogram and that she is in "fantastic physical shape." / AP, USATD1

 A civilian police officer told a military court on Wednesday that he shot the gunman during last year's deadly rampage at Fort Hood -- then helped keep him alive. Police Sgt. Mark Todd testified that Maj. Nidal Hasan had been firing a pistol during the Nov. 5 attack. / NYP32

USA Today profiles Matt Damon about his new movie, "Hereafter," which hits theaters on Friday. / USATD1

Police say "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria Parker has been involved in a minor traffic accident in Los Angeles. Officials says the actress was heading eastbound on Hollywood Boulevard when another driver made an unsafe left turn into a parking lot and hit Longoria Parker's car. / AP

James Franco had an audience in tears playing mountain climber Aron Lee Ralston, who was forced to amputate his lower right arm after it became trapped under a boulder in Utah. At a screening of "127 Hours" hosted by Vanity Fair, Franco told the crowd that Ralston told him cutting his arm "felt like shoving your entire arm in molten lava." / NYP17

Rod Stewart took his pregnant wife, Penny Lancaster, to dinner at The Lion in NYC. In other news, Stewart's son Sean, was arrested in LA Tuesday night for driving with a suspended license. / NYP16

Daphne Guinness, who stands to inherit the Irish brewery fortune, is accused of letting her tub overflow four times into Karim Samii's apartment at the former Stanhope Hotel. Samii and his wife, Tina, want the fashion icon to stop bathing above their master bathroom until she completes "all remedial measures necessary" to ensure the tub will no longer overflow. / NYP7, DN6

Michael Stipe, Whoopi Goldberg, Billie Jean King, Christiane Amanpour, Rosanna Scotto and Gina Gershon were all at the Fuse Presents Elton John and Leon Russell concert at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. / NYP16

Rihanna has parted ways with manager Marc Jordan and is now being managed by Jay-Z's Roc Nation Management. Rihanna told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she's "so excited to take this next step in my career." / AP

A pregnant Rachel Zoe passed up Champagne for water at the Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund in Los Angeles. / NYP16

Julia Roberts has expanded her NYC apartment holdings by purchasing a penthouse co-op at 45 W. 10th St. for $3.895 million. / NYP46

Gerard Butler checked out a $7.995 million townhouse condo at 385 W. 12th St. and also saw the building's rooftop infinity pool in NYC. / NYP46

Gwyneth Paltrow will make her live television country-music singing debut during ABC's telecast of "The 44th Annual CMA Awards." Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will host the show, which will air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. / DN84, USATD1

The day flight attendant Steven Slater was in court for his JetBlue incident, his boyfriend's brother was arrested for burglarizing their Queens house. Jonathan Rochelle, who has a history of drug addiction, was arrested Tuesday after his brother told cops to look for him. / DN17

Seal will perform at the sixth annual Worldwide Orphans Foundation Benefit gala on Nov. 1 at Cipriani Wall Street, where he'll co-host with wife Heidi Klum, according to sources. / NYP18

Tonya Lewis Lee was hesitant to take pictures in front of bottles of Belvedere's new Intense Unfiltered 80 Vodka because Spike recently designed a bottle for the new ginger and apple-flavored Absolut Brooklyn vodka. "She was overheard joking that she didn't want Spike to be mad," according to sources. / NYP18

At Russell Simmons' launch of his reality show, "Running Russell Simmons," on Tuesday night at Lavo, Tyson Beckford shares, "A lot of guys might wonder why he gets all the ladies," Beckford continues. "You look at him and you can't figure out his age. Whether you're gay, straight or black or white, it don't matter, you just can't resist him." / DN9

Porn queen Jenna Jameson is in talks to star in the hit Broadway rock musical, "Rock of Ages." Jameson says, "I'm praying I get the role. Broadway has always been a dream of mine ever since I was a little girl. I am really excited." / NYP16

Graydon Carter, Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein all attended the Vanity Fair screening of Danny Boyle's "127 Hours" on Tuesday night in NYC. / DN9

Irish band The Script is gearing up for the U.S. release of its sophomore album, "Science & Faith," which was released overseas last month. The record will be out on Jan. 18 from Epic Records. / USATD1

Victoria Rathgeb, a former Playboy Playmate of the Year has been charged with shooting her boyfriend at their Hollywood apartment. The district attorney's office says Rathgeb pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on Tuesday. / AP

Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" leaps to No.1 on Billboard's album chart, selling 125,000 copies in its first week of release as a physical DC, according to Nielsen SoundScan. / USATD1

Bob Guccione, who founded Penthouse magazine, died of cancer on Wednesday at the age of 79. He passed away with his wife, April Dawn Warren Guccione, and two of his children by his side at his Plano, Texas. / AP, NYP7, DN21

Photos in the Post: Beyonce in Miami with Jay-Z to promote his upcoming book, "Decoded," Abigail Breslin in a spread for the premiere issue of Bullet magazine, Sean Penn on the set of the film "This Must Be the Place," in NYC, Sandra Bullock takes her baby, Louis, to the pet store in Texas, / NYP18, NYP17

Photos in the Daily News: Selita Ebanks at Lavo in NYC, Jonah Hill shoots his movie "The Sitter" in NYC, Maggie Q visits "PIX 11 Morning News," Tom Selleck on the set of his show "Blue Bloods," Rosie Perez at a cancer benefit in NYC, Tracy Morgan and Michael K. Williams at the "Running Russell Simmons" launch party, Adriana Lima showing off a $2 million diamond-and-gem-encrusted bra in the streets of SoHo on Wednesday for Victoria's Secret Christmas catalogue, / DN9, DN8, DN3









 

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