Celebrity Gossip

[Perdita]

Pop singer Ashlee Simpson has given birth to a baby boy, People magazine has reported.

Bronx Mowgli Wentz was born on Thursday night weighing 7lbs 11oz (3.5kg) and was 20.5 inches long.

"Ashlee, Pete and baby Bronx are all healthy and happy, and thank everyone for their well wishes!" a spokesperson told People.

It is the first child for the 24-year-old and her husband, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who married in May.

The pair announced the singer's pregnancy a few weeks after their Alice In Wonderland-themed wedding at Simpson's family home in California.

"I would love to have a big family one day," Simpson told People at the time.

Wentz had dismissed rumours of the pregnancy as "crazy" a month earlier.

The couple have been together since 2006.

They are having a joke with that name, surely Poor kid.

[Perdita]

Gary Glitter has launched an appeal against the court order that requires him to notify police if he intends to leave the country.

The convicted paedophile, real name Paul Gadd, was given the order after serving three years in a Vietnamese jail for sex crimes against two girls.

The current order does not prevent him from travelling abroad but requires that he inform police if he intends to stay away for more than three days.

In September, the singer was stopped by Kent police as he tried to leave the country.

He was previously placed on the sex offenders' register after being jailed in 1999 for possessing images of child abuse.

[lizann]

My Name Is Earl star Jason Lee has confirmed his marriage to Ceren Alkac.

Speaking to the Sydney Sun-Herald, Lee said: "My wife is Australian. And she is my wife now 'cos we just got married and you can report that!"

The pair were spotted at a courthouse in Norwalk, California in August and were rumoured to be waiting for a marriage licence.

Lee and Alkac, who were engaged for a year, have one daughter together. The actor also has three-year-old son Pilot Inspektor from his relationship with Beth Riesgraf.

[lizann]

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A court has heard that Boy George handcuffed and beat a male escort at his home in East London.

The former Culture Club star arranged to meet Audun Carlsen on website Gaydar and paid him £300 to pose for pornographic pictures.

Carlsen said he agreed to take part in a second shoot with the singer, real name George O'Dowd, even though they had argued after O'Dowd accused him of hacking into his laptop.

When the second shoot was finished, O'Dowd allegedly beckoned Carlsen into his bedroom, where there was another man waiting. Carlsen claimed that the pair then beat him and handcuffed him to a hook on the bedroom wall.

"They held me down and beat me. I could not move. George was slapping me and beating me and punching me and screaming things," he told London's Snaresbrook Crown Court.

He said he managed to escape the Shoreditch flat and ran out into the street in only his underwear.

O'Dowd, 46, denies charges of assault and false imprisonment. The trial continues.

[lizann]

Pop singer Ashlee Simpson has given birth to a baby boy, People magazine has reported.

Bronx Mowgli Wentz was born on Thursday night weighing 7lbs 11oz (3.5kg) and was 20.5 inches long.

"Ashlee, Pete and baby Bronx are all healthy and happy, and thank everyone for their well wishes!" a spokesperson told People.

It is the first child for the 24-year-old and her husband, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who married in May.

The pair announced the singer's pregnancy a few weeks after their Alice In Wonderland-themed wedding at Simpson's family home in California.

"I would love to have a big family one day," Simpson told People at the time.

Wentz had dismissed rumours of the pregnancy as "crazy" a month earlier.

The couple have been together since 2006.

They are having a joke with that name, surely Poor kid.

Pete Wentz has explained why he and wife Ashlee Simpson named their son Bronx Mowgli Wentz. Speaking in his first interview since the birth, the Fall Out Boy bassist said: "I feel weird because all these people have all these ideas on what it means ... I don't think anyone knows the real story of why or how." Although Wentz did admit that author Rudyard Kipling is "really cool and The Jungle Book is something that me and Ashlee bonded over." Speaking about the birth itself, the singer said: "Natural things start going on in your body...My heart started beating really fast...You see your wife in all this pain, and you really don't know what's happening." SOURCE: USMAGAZINE

[lizann]

Angelina Jolie has denied that she is pregnant again following American tabloid reports that she is expecting her seventh child. In Touch magazine, who broke the news that the actress was pregnant with twins earlier this year, said that Jolie announced her latest pregnancy to a waiter in a London restaurant when he tried to pour her an alcoholic drink. Despite this latest denial, the couple have made no secret that they would like to expand their family. "It's chaos in our house, but it's so much fun. We'll definitely have more," Angelina said earlier this month. SOURCE: DAILY MAIL

[Perdita]

The move follows a wave of bets on the 80-year-old television presenter, who has achieved renewed success on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, being named in the New Year Honours list.

Forsyth is now 2/1 odds-on favourite to be named a knight, down from 33/1 earlier this year. It is thought the current odds are the shortest ever price for a potential a knighthood.

William Hill has announced it will not take any more bets on Forsyth becoming Sir Bruce, reportedly fearing that insider information about the list, which will be published at the end of the month, could have led to large bets being placed.

Graham Sharpe, a spokesman for the bookmaker, told The Sun: "We fear some people in the know are trying to sting us. But if he gets the knighthood we will be first to say 'Didn't he do well?'"

David Williams, of Ladbrokes, told the newspaper: "A knighthood would be a rich reward for his incredible career, but the sight of Sir Brucie at Buckingham Palace would make us wince. Punters have been falling over themselves all weekend to back him. The industry could be facing a £1million payout."

A petition on the Downing Street website calling for the honour has attracted more than 5,000 names.

[miccisy]

The move follows a wave of bets on the 80-year-old television presenter, who has achieved renewed success on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, being named in the New Year Honours list.

Forsyth is now 2/1 odds-on favourite to be named a knight, down from 33/1 earlier this year. It is thought the current odds are the shortest ever price for a potential a knighthood.

William Hill has announced it will not take any more bets on Forsyth becoming Sir Bruce, reportedly fearing that insider information about the list, which will be published at the end of the month, could have led to large bets being placed.

Graham Sharpe, a spokesman for the bookmaker, told The Sun: "We fear some people in the know are trying to sting us. But if he gets the knighthood we will be first to say 'Didn't he do well?'"

David Williams, of Ladbrokes, told the newspaper: "A knighthood would be a rich reward for his incredible career, but the sight of Sir Brucie at Buckingham Palace would make us wince. Punters have been falling over themselves all weekend to back him. The industry could be facing a £1million payout."

A petition on the Downing Street website calling for the honour has attracted more than 5,000 names.

God i hope not cant stand the man.

[Abigail]

The move follows a wave of bets on the 80-year-old television presenter, who has achieved renewed success on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, being named in the New Year Honours list.

Forsyth is now 2/1 odds-on favourite to be named a knight, down from 33/1 earlier this year. It is thought the current odds are the shortest ever price for a potential a knighthood.

William Hill has announced it will not take any more bets on Forsyth becoming Sir Bruce, reportedly fearing that insider information about the list, which will be published at the end of the month, could have led to large bets being placed.

Graham Sharpe, a spokesman for the bookmaker, told The Sun: "We fear some people in the know are trying to sting us. But if he gets the knighthood we will be first to say 'Didn't he do well?'"

David Williams, of Ladbrokes, told the newspaper: "A knighthood would be a rich reward for his incredible career, but the sight of Sir Brucie at Buckingham Palace would make us wince. Punters have been falling over themselves all weekend to back him. The industry could be facing a £1million payout."

A petition on the Downing Street website calling for the honour has attracted more than 5,000 names.

God i hope not cant stand the man.

I have to agree. He should have retired years ago, his "jokes" are no longer funny.

[Perdita]

Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law has been arrested in connection with the murder of the actress's mother, brother and nephew, reports say.

William Balfour, who was originally questioned by police on the day of the shootings and classed as a "person of interest", will be charged with homicide, Chicago police confirmed on Monday.

The bodies of Jennifer Hudson's mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were discovered on October 24 at the family's home on the South Side of Chicago. The body of Hudson's nephew, seven-year-old Julian King, was found three days later in a sport utility vehicle. All three had been shot.

Balfour, 27, is the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, Julia.