Winners of the Ninth BET Awards

Winners from the ninth annual BET Awards:

— Male R&B Artist: Ne-Yo.
— Female R&B Artist: Beyonce.
— Group: Day 26.
— Collaboration: “Blame It,” Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain.
— Male Hip Hop Artist: Lil Wayne.
— Female Hip Hop Artist: M.I.A.
— New Artist: Keri Hilson.
— Gospel Artist: Mary Mary.
— Video of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It),” Beyonce.
— Video Director of the Year: Benny Boom.
— Actor: Will Smith.
— Actress: Taraji P. Henson.
— Female Athlete: Serena Williams.
— Male Athlete: LeBron James.
— Centric Award: Jazmine Sullivan.
— Viewer’s Choice Award: “Live Your Life,” T.I.
— Humanitarians of the Year: Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean.
— Lifetime Achievement Award: O’Jays.

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"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" Biggest This Year

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" proves to be the top-grossing movie this year so far, opening with $60.6 million just in the U.S. It comes second with last year's "The Dark Knight," which had the biggest ticket sales for an opening day ever with $67.2 million.

For its first weekend, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" made $112 million, summing up its first 5 days of ticket sales in the U.S. with $201.2 million. It still comes second with "The Dark Knight", which made $203.8 million on its first 5 days of showing in the U.S.

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Janet Jackson at The BET Awards

Janet Jackson made a brief appearance at The BET Awards speaking in behalf of the Jackson family.

"To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family. And he will forever live in all of our hearts," said Janet, who was obviously holding back so much pain.

Ne-Yo and Jamie Foxx sang one of Michael Jackson's hits, I'll Be There, after Janet's speech. Stevie Wonder accompanied them with the piano.

Video clip below.

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Britney Spears' Twitter Account Hacked

The hoax doesn't end with Husalah, so it seems. Britney Spears has also been reported dead... in her own Twitter account!

The post was made via TwitPic and it says: "Britney has passed today. It is a sad day for everyone. More news to come." It came together with a picture of a cross.

The posts, both in Twitter and TwitPic, were immediately deleted but third party services for Twitter has already archived the said message.

The perpetrators are still unknown, and there's still no clear explanation as to how they gained access to Britney Spears' account.

Photo via blog.movieposterseurope.com

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Billy Mays is Dead

The OxiClean Guy has passed away. 50-year-old Billy Mays, who is popular for his "yelling" style of pitching his products, was found unresponsive by his wife Deborah at their Tampa, Florida home Sunday morning. Emergency workers pronounced him dead by 7:45 am.

Billy Mays was at the U.S. Airways flight that made a troubled landing Saturday. He was even interviewed by Tampa Bay's Fox about it. "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head," he narrated.

Reports say that Billy Mays was at home around 6:00 pm the previous night. He was acting fine and normal while talking business with his father-in-law.

His wife Deborah told investigators he wasn't feeling well before he went to bed around 10:00 pm Saturday.

Another head trauma case ala Natasha Richardson? There are some speculations about it but the real cause of death cannot be known until after the autopsy.

Those who watch Discovery Channel's "Pitchmen" will surely miss Billy Mays.

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Time Magazine Celebrates Michael Jackson

Time releases a commemorative issue dedicated to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

The issue will all be about Michael Jackson - his life and accomplishments. Also inside the issue are interviews to some of Michael's friends including Elizabeth Taylor, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Nancy Reagan among others.

It will be available July 29.

Meanwhile, the popstar's family requested a second autopsy Saturday. They were not satisfied with the result of the first one which was done Friday. The Los Angeles County Coroner's first autopsy says there's no foul play in Michael's death.

The official result of the toxicology test, though, will come out after 4-6 weeks. By then, it would be known if the popstar died of chemicals or not.

Michael Jackson's family says there are a lot of questions to be answered, the reason why they requested a second autopsy. Questions which actually focuses on Michael's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray. The family wants to know if Michael was injected with the powerful drug Demerol.

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Miss Arlington Caressa Cameron is Miss Virginia 2009

Miss Arlington Caressa Cameron won the Miss Virginia 2009 pageant held June 27th at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre.

It was Cameron's fourth time to join the said pageant. She won second runner-up twice and she was last year's first runner-up to 2008 title holder, Tara Wheeler.

Aside from the title Caressa Cameron won $16,500 scholarship and an addition $1,000 for winning the talent preliminary last Friday for her performance of Beyonce's "Listen."

Miss Greater Richmond Shannon Beam was the first runner-up, Miss Appleblossom Festival Caitlin Uze won second runner-up, third runner-up was Miss Roanoke Valley Lindsay Morris, and fourth runner-up was Miss Commonwealth Erica Seredni.

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Princess Protection Program, Third Most-Watched Premiere

Princess Protection Program premiered last Friday, June 26th, on Disney Channel and an estimate of 8.5 million viewers watched the show, making it the third most watched premiere among Disney Channel Original Movies. Camp Rock was watched by 8.9 million viewers on its premiere High School Musical 2's 18 million premiere viewership is still unbeatable.

Princess Protection Program stars Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. The story revolves around the friendship of Princess Rosalinda (Lovato) and Carter (Gomez) while the princess is under the Princess Protection Program and is taken under the wing of Joe Mason (Tom Verica), an agent in the PPP and Carter's father. Carter teaches the princess how to be a normal American girl, while the princess teaches Carter to find her inner princess.

The film is directed by Allison Liddi-Brown and written by Annie DeYoung.

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Husalah's Death, Another Hoax?

Husalah, an original member of the group Mob Figaz, has been reported dead. The Bay Area rapper was allegedly stabbed 5-6 times in the head by an inmate. Husalah has been in and out of prison for probation violations.

However, some deny that Husalah is dead. Another Bay Area rapper, BaySickBrian tweets: HUSALAH is not dead!!!!!who ever started that rumor go sit on a nail!!!! he is well and alive stop the bullshit talk

It may turn out that the news on Husalah's death is also a hoax. Jeff Goldblum has also been a victim of these false deaths.

With the passing of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, two of the world's icons, people would believe any other celebrity's death - hoax or not.

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Michael Jackson's Bodyguard is a Great Actor's Son

Who would have believed that the son of the great actor, Marlon Brando, would end up being a bodyguard to the King of Pop?

Yes, Miko Brando, the son of Marlon Brando, was the long time bodyguard of Michael Jackson. Miko's mother is the Mexican-American actress Movita Castaneda, Marlon's second wife.

Miko also acted in films such as Pancho's Pizza (2005), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), and Thriller (1983). His television appearances include Marlon Brando: The Agony of Genius (2005), Video on Trial (2006), and Brando (2007).

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Jeff Goldblum Dead?

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So it's not just Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson who are dead, but also Jeff Goldblum?

Jeff Goldblum is most known for his roles in the movies Fly and Jurassic Park. In the midst of news about the death of the Michael Jackson, news about Goldblum's death also surfaced, saying that the actor fell 60 feet while filming a new movie.

But then it turned out that it was all a hoax. According to Twitter's copyblogger:
Once a year some idiot celeb blogger will run that story. I've seen it happen year after year, same site, same NZ death.

The rumor has also been denied by Jeff Goldblum's publicist. EW.com says:
Reports that actor Jeff Goldblum has died are completely false, his publicist confirms. The erroneous information, prompted by an Internet hoax, started to leak out on Thursday afternoon amidst news that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson had both passed away. His publicist has issued the following statement: "Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue. He is fine and in Los Angeles."

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Michael Jackson is Dead

The King of Pop Michael Jackson, who was slated to do a series of 50 concerts in London beginning July 13, died at the UCLA Medical Center at the age of 50.

Jermaine Jackson says it's believed that Michael died of cardiac arrest, but the real cause of death would only be known after an autopsy. Autopsies, as well as robbery-homicide investigations are required in high profile cases.

Paramedics were called 12:26 pm, June 25th, to the pop star's rented home in Holmby Hills. According to several reports, Michael Jackson was not breathing when the paramedics arrived. They performed CPR, and the doctors at the UCLA Medical Center where the singer was brought tried to resuscitate him for more than an hour.

Michael Jackson's mother and some of his brothers gathered at the hospital to wait for the news on his condition.

Michael Jackson started singing as a kid with his brothers as the sensational Jackson 5. But he rose to greater fame as a solo artist. His 1982 album, Thriller, still remains as one of the bestselling albums of all time.

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American Idol's Carly Smithson Replaces Amy Lee in Evanescence

Ever since Ben Lee, the founding vocalist of the band Evanescence has left the group for reasons of "creative differences," other members of the band were left hanging especially when the lead vocalist, Amy Lee, went on her own.

But then they have found a new vocalist, American Idol's Carly Smithson, and they have renamed their band from Evanescence to Fallen.

Remember Carly? She landed on the top 6 of American Idol's 7th season. She was eliminated after performing "Superstar" from the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Rock has always been Carly's genre and her high notes can very well deliver Evanescence-like type of music. She wasn't able to show her best as a rocker in American Idol because it was a family show. Now she's happy that she's in a group where she can showcase her musical abilities.

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Nick Cannon Will Marry Mariah Carey Annually

Inspired by celebrity couple Heidi Klum and Seal, Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey are going to celebrate their anniversaries with a lavish wedding, too!

America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon says that it's either you do it big, or not do it at all. He further says that their previous weddings were so quiet that they want to do it again (yearly) and have a party.

About the Britain franchise of "Got Talent" which set the show's standards with the appearance of Susan Boyle, Nick says they also have a lot of that in America. "We got some stuff for you. We got so many wonderful acts. It runs the gamut. It's so much that it's just going to be overwhelming," he told MTV News.

Being the third host of the show since it started, Nick describes the job as the "best summer job ever" and "a comedian's dream." He also explains that he's gonna be a great host because he understands what the contestants are going through. He knows how it is to "hustle for your dream."

When asked if his pop superstar wife, Mariah Carey, would guest in the show, Nick says it's a possibility.

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Black Eyed Peas' Manager Charged With Perez Hilton Attack

Liborio Molina, manager of the Black Eyed Peas, was charged by the Toronto police with assault after an incident with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton in the MuchMusic Video Awards after-party early Monday morning.

Perez Hilton alerted the police (and everyone else) about the incident by posting about it in his Twitter page. Perez said: "I'm in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the Soho Metropolitan Hotel now. Please."

36-year-old Liborio Molina is ordered to appear at Old City Hall in Toronto on August 5 to answer the charge.

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Chris Brown Spared From Imprisonment

Chris Brown reached a plea settlement which spared him jail time in the Rihanna assault case.

According to People, Brown, 20, will be sentenced to five years probation and 180 days of community labor to be served in Virginia. He will also complete a year of domestic violence classes, and pay fines. In exchange, he pleaded guilty to felony assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury.

The judge also issued a stay-away order which requires Chris to maintain at least a 50-yard distance from Rihanna. However, a 10-yard distance is to be observed whenever the two are in the same gathering which wouldn't be avoided since they are both top artists of the music industry.

In case of violation on the probation, Chris will face four years of imprisonment. On August 5, the court is scheduled to give a second charge for making criminal threats.

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Katherine Putnam Wins "Miss Louisiana 2009"

Miss Shreveport Katherine Putnam was crowned Miss Louisiana 2009. She will compete in Las Vegas January 30 for the Miss America Pageant.

Miss University of Louisiana at Monroe Hope Anderson was first runner-up. She also won the swimsuit preliminary last Friday.

The runner-up's position is very important for she will take the place of the title-holder in case the former won't be able to finish her reign, just like in Miss California and Miss Puerto Rico Petite.

Miss Lafayette Kenley Minchew who won the talent preliminary was 2nd runner-up. Miss Natchitoches City of Lights Courtney Haynes won third runner-up, and Miss Port City Joy Tomason was fourth runner-up.

The winners were chosen from 29 contestants which was first narrowed down to ten, then the final five.

Katherine Putnam attends the University of Louisiana at Monroe with a major in piano performance.

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Susan Boyle Cancels at Nottingham

Susan Boyle cancels yet another performance in the Britain's Got Talent tour - this time in Nottingham. In a report by BBC UK, organisers said Boyle would be taking a "rest day" on Saturday, missing a matinee and an evening performance in Nottingham, but was expected to perform shows at Wembley Arena on Monday.

Even before the finals of the talent show where she lost to the dance group Diversity, there had been reports of Susan Boyle's misbehavior, tantrums during press meets and the likes. Seems like she can't handle the sudden popularity she achieved almost overnight, and much more, the criticisms.

Losing in the talent show perhaps made it even worse for Susan. Simon Cowell, creator and chief judge of Britain's Got Talent, said that after Diversity was declared the winner, he saw how distressed Susan was. "I looked over at her face and thought, 'Christ, she doesn't know how to deal with not winning'."

There are also reports of outbursts at the hotel due to her missing cat.

But then I know pet lovers would relate to her. I myself would go from room to room, from the ground to the top floor, if my dog went missing while in a hotel.

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Ouch! Hugh Grant Kicks Paparazzi in Groin

The paparazzi may be annoying but if you were a celebrity, wouldn't you be more concerned if no paparazzi wants to follow you around?

Perhaps Hugh Grant was just in a foul mood when he kicked a paparazzi in the groin.

Watch the clip below:


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Angelina Jolie is Most Beautiful

Angelina Jolie took the lead in vanityfair.com's readers' poll, Most Beautiful Woman in the World. And yes, it's the female version of the Most Handsome Man in the World which was topped by Twilight star Robert Pattinson.

Angelina got 58% of the total votes. It wasn't even a close competition because Giselle Bundchen followed Angelina's lead with only 9% of votes.

Others in the list are:
Halle Berry - 4%
Queen Rania of Jordan - 3%
Scarlett Johansson - 3%
Jennifer Conelly - 3%
Bar Refaeli 3%
Penelope Cruz - 3%
Cate Blanchett - 2%
Freida Pinto - 2%
Natalia Vodianova - 2%
Beyonce - 2%
Ziyi Zhang - 2%
Catherine Deneuve - 2%
Elle MacPherson - 1%
Kate Moss - <1%
Gwyneth Paltrow - <1%
Carla Bruni - <1%
Kerry Washington - <1%

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Robert Pattinson is Most Handsome

Over 270,000 readers of vanityfair.com has voted for Robert Pattinson for the world's most handsome man poll. He got 137,946 votes, or 51% of the total votes cast.

The Twilight hottie became popular when he did the role of Edward Cullen in last year's Twilight. He won the hearts of teenage fans as the blood-sucking vampire whose main problem was falling in love with a non-vampire teen, Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart.

But being so popular among teenage girls proved to be dangerous for Robert Pattinson. He was recently grazed by a cab in New York while trying to escape hysterical fans.

Other celebs who fell short to winning the title of handsomest in the world are:
2. Nacho Figueras 15% (39874 votes)
3. Brad Pitt 12% (32396 votes)
4. Johnny Depp 7% (17893 votes)
5. Clive Owen 3% (9267 votes)
6. Hugh Jackman 3% (7419 votes)
7. Taylor Kitsch 2% (6324 votes)
8. George Clooney 1% (3482 votes)
9. James Franco 1% (2863 votes)
10. David Beckham <1% (2541 votes)
11. Leonardo DiCaprio <1% (2387 votes)
12. Daniel Craig <1% (1713 votes)
13. Gael García Bernal <1% (1597 votes)
14. Tom Brady <1% (1382 votes)
15. Denzel Washington <1% (1215 votes)
16. Javier Bardem <1% (1190 votes)
17. Jon Hamm <1% (934 votes)
18. Jakob Dylan <1% (855 votes)

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Leighton Meester Has a Sex Tape!

So it's really true. Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester has a sex tape, and Celeb-Hotline has it!

The sex tape was allegedly shot some few years back with her boyfriend. In the video, the Gossip Girl star can be seen in mostly nude scenes showing her behind, her boobs, and her very talented foot! Wanna know what I'm talking about? You can see it for yourself here.

There are questions as to who leaked the tape. Was it the boyfriend for some cash? Or Leighton Meester herself for some publicity stunt?

You be the judge!

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Keishla Villafane Rivera Fired as Miss Puerto Rico Petite

Keishla Villafane Rivera, the crowned "Miss Puerto Rico Petite," is no more. She was stripped of her crown Friday by the pageant organizers due to "intolerable conduct" that consists of making death threats and assaulting staff of the pageant.

Keishla is also reported to use "coarse language" and violated her contract by endorsing a product without consulting the pageant company first.

Tamara Perez, another contestant from last year's pageant, replaced Keishla as the title holder and will serve the remaining term which expires August 26 with the crowning of a new "Miss Puerto Rico Petite."

"Miss Puerto Rico Petite" are for girls with ages 16 to 24 and are no taller than 5 feet 5 inches. Keishla stands 5 foot 2 inches.

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Robert Pattinson Hit By a Car

The 23-year-old Twilight hottie, Robert Pattinson, was hit by a cab while running away from hysterical teenage fans.

Five security guards were trying to keep the fans away from Robert Pattinson while he was getting out of Strand Bookstore on Broadway and 12th Street. It was raining when the London-born actor rushed across the street towards his trailer when a taxi cab grazed him. The driver immediately stepped on the brake when he realized what had happened. Luckily, Robert Pattinson was only mildly grazed on the hip and was okay.

Robert will be around Manhattan in the next 4 weeks, shooting a new movie titled "Remember Me" with Emilia de Ravin of television's "Lost."

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Kristinia DeBarge Sings "Goodbye" on SYTYCD

Katy Perry, One Republic, and Lady Gaga all made their first television appearances on So You Think You Can Dance. Kristinia DeBarge joins the three as she first appeared on tv via the said dance show singing her hit single "Goodbye."

Video below:


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Katrina Halili To Play Fedra in "Rosalinda"

It's good to know that Katrina Halili is back to working on television via the upcoming Rosalinda. Aside from the news, we rarely saw the sexy actress on tv since the Hayden Kho-Katrina Halili scandal broke out. Now she's gonna be doing the role of Fedra, a role that was originally meant for Christine Reyes had she moved from ABS-CBN to GMA-7.

Rosalinda has Carla Abellana on the title role, with Geoff Eigenmann as the leading man.

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People's Hottest Bachelors 2009

It's all about sexy and single men on the latest issue of People as they pick their annual Hottest Bachelors. And who is the hottest this 2009? It's Gossip Girl and Footloose star, Chace Crawford!



Other celebrities who made it to the list are Chris Pine (Star Trek), Shia Labeouf (Transformers), Adam Lambert (American Idol), Ryan Eggold and Kellan Lutz (Twilight), Dwayne Johnson (Race to Witch Mountain), Brody Jenner (Hills), Common (Terminator Salvation), Taylor Kitsch (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), and Robert Pattinson (Twilight).

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Diamonds Missing After Lindsay Lohan Shoot

Diamond jewels reportedly amounting to 250,000 pounds ($410,000) are nowhere to be found after Lindsay Lohan's photo shoot. The jewels made by Dior were loaned to Elle magazine for the said photo shoot in north London on June 6.

"Officers from Westminster police are investigating an allegation of theft of jewelry from studios in Brewery Road, Islington," the police said in a statement.

They did not name Lohan, but the statement was issued in response to a query about the 22-year-old actress.

"The theft was reported to a central London police station on 8 June 2009 after earrings and a necklace, believed to be diamond and estimated to be worth in the region of 250,000 pounds, were found to be missing approximately two days earlier."

The police said there had been no arrests, and that they would be interviewing several people in connection with their inquiry.

A spokeswoman for Lohan, who is trying to rebound from recent troubles that included a 2007 drink driving conviction, acknowledged the probe.

But she added that there were some 20 people at the photo shoot, Lohan was not being investigated personally and she had not yet been questioned by police.

"No one has contacted us" about it, said the spokeswoman.

Via Reuters

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Bret Michaels' Fractured Nose and Busted Lips

A nose fracture and busted lips are what Bret Michaels got after the Tony Awards incident. He collided into a set for missing his mark. And for that, the prestigious award-giving body brushed off the incident as if saying that it's Bret Michaels' fault.

Well actually, performances like these doesn't happen in a day. Performers don't just go up there and perform. They practice their cues days before the actual performance.

And it's quite clear that Bret Michaels really missed his mark.

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Kris Allen Signs Record Deal

It's not all about Adam Lambert, after all... Kris Allen reportedly signed a deal with Jive Records and his first album is set to debut this fall.

As to how the album is going to be like, Kris says "it will be very similar to what you heard from me on the show — definitely in the pop/rock genre."

"No Boundaries," his American Idol victory song, is currently at No. 23 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

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Mickey Rourke as Whiplash

Mickey Rourke is Whiplash in the upcoming movie Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey Jr. About Whiplash’s costume,  USA Today says “Whiplash sports a power pack on his chest that looks similar to the one that Iron Man uses… Among the creative innovations: a pair of whips, powered by the suit's glowing chest piece, that are expected to keep Iron Man cracking.”

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Anne on "Meg"

Anne Curtis graces the cover of Meg, June 09 issue.

Inside the issue are the magazine's "50 Hotties" of this year topped by Jake Cuenca. Other popular celebs on the list are Enchong Dee, Gerald Anderson, Rayver Cruz, and Dino Imperial.

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Iza on "Mega"

Iza Calzado is on the cover of Mega, June 09 issue. Love the look, but there’s something in the eyes that's a little off.

The photoshoot was done in Ocean Park. I wonder if they were also prohibited to use flash.

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Transformers 2

A new movie poster for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" has just been released.



Don't you just love it?

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Kanye West feat. Rihanna - "Paranoid"

Love this music video. Rihanna, the paranoid girl, rocks.

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Charice Performs "Note To God" on Ti Lascio Una Canzone

Seems like Charice is becoming a favorite guest in the Italian television show Ti Lascio Una Canzone (Leaving You a Song). She recently performed her first American single, Note To God, at the said tv show.

Watch the performance below.

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