Stupidity Does Not Stop Britney Spears

Britney Spears doesn't go out in underwear because she "just doesn't like" the feel of it on her skin.

The Toxic singer - who has been frequently pictured in public without panties on - knows it is "stupid" to go out without underwear but just doesn't feel comfortable in it.

Jewellery designer Tuesday Knight, who has been friends with Britney since 2003, said: "Not wearing panties is ridiculous - and I've told her!

"I've said, 'You can't walk into a store wearing just a shirt with your underwear off, or get out of cars baring all.' I've told her that no one will take her seriously when she does this.

"Britney knows it's stupid, but says she just doesn't like to wear underwear. She doesn't feel comfortable with it on."

The 25-year-old mother-of-two, who has lost custody of sons Sean Preston, two and one-year-old Jayden James to ex-husband Kevin Federline, can't understand why people think she is a bad role model.

Tuesday added to In Touch Weekly magazine: "Britney has always been a good mother. I want people to know that she's the better parent - not Kevin!

"Britney asked me, 'Doesn't anybody get to see this part of me?' The answer is, no, they don't. People just read about her not wearing underwear.

"I knew Britney when she and Kevin first met. She remade her entire life so it was all about him. She didn't even want to sign a prenup. Since then, I've watched her spiral downward."

JOLIE & CLOONEY: SEXIEST SUPERHEROES

Angelina Jolie and George Clooney are Hollywood's sexiest superheroes.



Jolie's sultry Lara Croft from "Tomb Raider" and Clooney's turn as Batman in the widely-panned "Batman and Robin" saw them crowned the most lusted after Superwoman and Superman by film fans.

Jolie won with 36 per cent of the vote, fighting off stiff competition from Jessica Alba's sexy Sue Storm from the "Fantastic Four" franchise, who polled 19 per cent.

Third and fourth saw a battle of the catwomen as Halle Berry's role in "Catwoman" took 11 per cent of the vote, narrowly beating Michelle Pfeiffer's leather-clad turn in "Batman Returns."

Clooney won by a landslide in the Superman section with a massive 73 per cent of voters lusting after his portrayal of the Caped Crusader.

Trailing behind the 46-year-old actor was the late Christopher Reeve, who won seven per cent of the vote for his performance as the Man of Steel in 1978 hit "Superman."

Latest Batman Christian Bale took third place with his performance in "Batman Begins."

Hugh Jackman's hairy Wolverine from the "X-Men" movies and Tobey Maguire's portrayal of Spider-Man in the trilogy rounded off the top five.

The poll was conducted to mark the DVD release of comic book adaptation "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

Top Ten Sexiest Superwomen:

1. Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in "Tomb Raider" - 36 per cent

2. Jessica Alba as Sue Storm in "Fantastic Four" - 19 per cent

3. Halle Berry as Catwoman in "Catwoman" - 11 per cent

4. Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in "Batman Returns" - 10 per cent

5. Jane Fonda as Barbarella in "Barbarella" - 8 per cent

6. Lynda Carter as Wonderwoman in "Wonderwoman"

7. Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - 5 per cent

8. Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl in "Batman and Robin" - 3 per cent

9. Jennifer Garner as Elektra in "Elektra" - 1.5 per cent

10. Michelle Ryan as Bionic Woman in "Bionic Woman" - 1 per cent


Top Ten Sexiest Superman

1. George Clooney as Batman in "Batman and Robin" - 73 per cent

2. Christopher Reeve as Superman in "Superman" - 7 per cent

3. Christian Bale as Batman in "Batman Begins" - 4.5 per cent

4. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in "X-Men" - 4 percent

5. Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man in "Spider-Man" - 3.5 per cent

6. Ben Affleck as Daredevil in "Daredevil" - 3 per cent

7. Brandon Routh as Superman in "Superman Returns" - 2.5 per cent

8. Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk in "The Incredible Hulk" - 2.5 per cent

9. Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic in "The Fantastic Four" - 1 per cent

10. Val Kilmer as Batman in "Batman Forever" - 0.5 per cent

Source: BANG Showbiz

Orlando Bloom in Minor Fender Bender

'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Orlando Bloom was involved in a car accident early Friday morning.

Bloom was driving down a Hollywood street when another vehicle cut him off and he hit a parked Porsche Cayenne, according to TMZ.com.

The actor's rep issued this statement to TMZ:

"Orlando Bloom, who was in a minor car collision late last night, is grateful that no one was seriously injured. Bloom called for help immediately following the incident.

"He spent last night at the hospital to be with his childhood friend who sustained a minor neck injury. He is thankful that emergency services arrived so quickly and that the ER staff at Cedars Sinai took such good care of his friend."

The car Bloom was driving, a 2003 Toyota Matrix, is registered to Dariusz Wolski, the director of photography on the "Pirates" movies.

Police have confirmed the 30-year-old star was not under the influence. He believes he was being chased by the paparazzi after leaving a Hollywood lounge.

Snoop gets community service over airplane weapons rap

Rapper Snoop Dogg must serve 160 hours of community service following his arrest for carrying an illegal police baton in his luggage at an airport last year, reports said Friday.

The controversial singer will spend his sentence picking up litter at a Los Angeles area public park following a plea deal with prosecutors during a preliminary court hearing, several reports said.

The rapper -- whose real name is Calvin Broadus -- was arrested at John Wayne Airport in Long Beach, California in September last year after an outlawed collapsible baton was discovered in his hand luggage.

Broadus, 36, could have faced trial for the felony charge of knowingly possessing a deadly weapon but the offense will now be downgraded to a less serious misdemeanor, provided Broadus carries out community service and does not break the law again.

Broadus also agreed to donate 10,000 dollars to a children's charity and will pay more than 1,000 dollars in fines and court fees.

The sentence comes six months after Broadus was given a three-year suspended sentence and handed five years probation after pleading no contest to two charges of illegally possessing a gun and marijuana.

He was also ordered to perform 800 hours of community service by the court in Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles.

Searches in Anna Nicole Smith death

California Department of Justice investigators began serving search warrants Friday in connection with the death of Anna Nicole Smith, a person close to the investigation told The Associated Press.

The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, declined to elaborate. California Attorney General Jerry Brown was expected to make an announcement later Friday.

The former Playboy Playmate died of an accidental drug overdose in February at a Florida hotel. She was 39.

Several people close to the model have fallen under suspicion since her death, including her psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich.

The Medical Board of California said in April it was investigating Eroshevich, who, according to documents, authorized all 11 prescription medications found in Smith's hotel room the day she died.

Eroshevich had traveled with Smith to Florida.

More than 600 pills, including 450 muscle relaxants, were missing from prescriptions that were no more than five weeks old, according to the documents, which were obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.

By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer

Trump casino shares surge on takeover report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc, which owns three casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, rose more than 16 percent on Friday on a report that the company is in takeover talks.

The Star-Ledger newspaper, citing three people familiar with the talks, reported on Friday that Trump Entertainment was in preliminary talks with Cordish Co., a real estate development firm that was involved in the development of two Hard Rock-branded hotel casinos.

Trump Entertainment declined to comment. Representatives of Cordish were not immediately available for comment.

Donald Trump's casino company said in July that it failed to reach a deal with potential acquirers and ended discussions to sell itself, disappointing investors.

Trump Entertainment's three casinos have been struggling along with the rest of Atlantic City, as the seaside gambling resort faces stiffer competition from new gaming facilities in nearby Pennsylvania and New York.

Trump Entertainment's Chief Executive Mark Juliano told Reuters in an interview in August that the company, which exited bankruptcy in May 2005, had made diversifying beyond Atlantic City a priority, and was open to selling one or more of its casinos at the right price.

But selling the company or assets was not the priority, he said in the interview.

"We're running the company as if this is the way it's going to look a year from now or two years from now," Juliano said.

Trump Entertainment shares, which are down about 55 percent this year, were up $1.14 at $8.13 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.

(Reporting by Chris Reiter, editing by Brian Moss)

Aniston is Forbes top-selling celeb face

NEW YORK - People can't get enough of Jennifer Aniston. Neither can Us Weekly, Star or other popular celebrity magazines.

Aniston sits atop Forbes.com's first-ever analysis of top-selling famous faces, based on several factors, including newsstand sales of celebrity weekies People, Us Weekly, In Touch Weekly, Life & Style, OK! and Star over a six-month period ending June 30, as supplied by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

The 38-year-old actress graced six covers — appearing on every magazine except In Touch Weekly at least once during the time period — with her face collectively selling more than 5 million copies, the Web site said Tuesday.

Aniston's ex-husband, Brad Pitt, takes second place on the list, followed by Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, Katie Holmes, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, Valerie Bertinelli and Kelly Ripa.

Britney Spears isn't on the list even though the 25-year-old pop star snagged 18 single covers during the six-month period. Spears' face fails when it comes to sales, Forbes.com said, and she is only slightly more likable than Paris Hilton.

Consumers have grown tired of Spears' consistently bad behavior, In Touch Weekly Editor in Chief Richard Spencer is quoted as saying.

"Usually there's a roller coaster of emotions," he says. "But unfortunately for Britney, there's been no roller coaster lately — there's just been the downhill."

Also missing from the list: Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson.

Forbes.com calculated the tabloid appeal of a celebrity by comparing how many issues a cover sold with the magazine's average newsstand sales. The Web site then factored in the number of full covers a celeb graced, and ranked his or her consumer appeal using data from Encino, Calif-based polling firm E-Poll Market Research to rule out flukes.

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Rock claims Pam lied about miscarriage

Kid Rock claims Pamela Anderson lied about a miscarriage during their brief marriage last year.

Anderson lied while they were arguing about visiting her on the set of a movie in Canada, the 36-year-old rapper alleges in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

"She's in Vancouver shooting a movie and I have Lakers seats on the floor, and I'm gonna go to the Lakers (basketball) game with my friend Jesse James," the 36-year-old rapper says.

"I'm like, `Baby, I got these tickets. I'll see you on the weekend there,' and that leads into her saying, `You don't care about me, blah blah blah,'" Rock says. "She finally comes up with this: `I just had a miscarriage' ... and hangs the phone up."

Rock, claiming he was unaware that Anderson was pregnant, says he chartered a plane and flew to Vancouver. "When I get there, she's partying at this restaurant, drinking champagne, jumping on the tables. I'm thinking, `That's a quick recovery from a miscarriage.'"

Last November, a spokeswoman for the former "Baywatch" star said Anderson had suffered a miscarriage. Later that month, Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, and Anderson filed for divorce, seeking to end their marriage of less than four months.

In response to the allegations, Anderson's publicist, Cindy Guagenti, referred The Associated Press to an e-mail that is quoted in the magazine's story.

"I hope his album does well," the 40-year-old actress says. "I hope he's happy in life. We were married for four months. If he has nothing nice to say about me, then please tell him to stop talking about me."

Last month, Anderson and Rick Salomon applied for — and were granted — a marriage license in Las Vegas, according to Clark County's Marriage License Bureau.

Rock's latest album, "Rock N Roll Jesus," is due out next Tuesday.

Affleck says romance with J-Lo hurt his career

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Oscar-winner Ben Affleck, whose romance with singer-actress Jennifer Lopez sent paparazzi into overdrive from 2002-2004, says their years together likely took a toll on his career.

"It was probably bad for my career," the actor, 35, who won a best screenplay Academy Award with Matt Damon in 1998 for "Good Will Hunting," told Details magazine.

"What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work," he said.
"You go to a movie, you only go once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and (the media) mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn't work...," he added.

The couple, dubbed "Bennifer" by the tabloid press, planned to wed in 2004 but called it off at the last minute.

Lopez later wed singer Marc Anthony, and Affleck married actress Jennifer Garner.
Affleck is set to release his first film as a director in October, "Gone Baby Gone," the tale of a girl's kidnapping in Boston.

"I feel like this film is a linchpin for my life," he said. "My career. I have a lot riding on it. I want (the film) to work. Badly."