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6 October 2008 9:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Two weeks after Clay Aiken announced he is an openly gay man, the Spamalot Broadway actor has taken to the Web to explain his coming-out decision to his fans. "I would have preferred to separate my personal life from my professional life," Aiken, 29, writes on his clayonline.com. "But, living as myself without discussing my sexuality publicly would have been as impossible." Writing on various message boards, many Aiken fans expressed feelings of betrayal by the American Idol alum. Aiken has no regrets about the way he handled his personal life over the past five years, saying he has "the

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6 October 2008 9:30 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky, who have been together for more than eight years, were married at Le Cirque in NYC on Friday night with guests like Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, and Billy Joel in attendance. — Us Weekly Beverly Hills Chihuahua won the top spot at the box office this weekend, earning $29 million. Eagle Eye came in second place, with Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist in third. — BuzzSugar Matt Damon made a surprise appearance at the Escape to Miami Triathlon on Sunday morning, running 6.2 miles in a last-minute addition to a relay team with his stepfather and a family friend. — Miami Herald Tina Fey signed a book deal with publishing company Little, Brown and Co. to write a collection of humorous essays. — New York Observer Dancing With the Stars contestant Misty May-Treanor badly injured her ankle on Friday and may be off the show. Rumor has it Kim Kardashian

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5 October 2008 9:41 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Lakisha Jones officially ended her single status when she wed financial adviser Larry Davis on Sunday afternoon, October 5 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. There were 50 family and friends attending the nuptials. Some of her fellow "American Idol" castmates were also in attendance, including Haley Scarnato, Melinda Doolittle, Gina Glocksen and Sanjaya Malakar.

The wedding had the theme of "old Hollywood black and white" and was held in the ForbesLife Penthouse Suite. Keeping with the event's theme, there were "white round candles perched on floating black stands and red rose petals dotted the floor," People reports.

Lakisha, who wore a strapless-beaded wedding gown by Alfred Angelo, Stuart Weitzman shoes adorned with the couple's initials in Swarovski crystals, and Neil Lane jewels, made her way down the aisle to "Endless Love" with friends and family watching and clapping.

Serving as flower girl was Lakisha's 5-year-old daughter Brionne. The

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5 October 2008 5:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Talk about Idol worshippers: Former American Idol star Lakisha Jones married financial adviser Larry Davis on Sunday – with a fair share of her season-six castmates to bear witness. As about 50 family and friends – including Haley Scarnato, Melinda Doolittle, Gina Glocksen and Sanjaya Malakar (sporting shoulder-length loose curls) – looked on, Jones, 28, exchanged vows with Davis at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. In keeping with the event's theme of old-fashioned Hollywood glamour, white round candles perched on floating black stands and red rose petals dotted the floor.The bride – beaming in a strapless Alfred Angelo gown, custom crystal-encrusted shoes by Stuart Weitzman and diamond earrings,

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4 October 2008 6:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

She may have captured the viewers' hearts as the single mom with soul on American Idol's sixth season – but now Lakisha Jones's heart belongs to Houston financial adviser Larry Davis. The two will marry Sunday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. "I'm very excited," Jones, 28, tells People. “My [5-year-old] daughter Brionne is the flower girl, and she woke up this morning and said, 'We have [a few] days, Mommy, and then I can put on my dress!' " Before an anticipated intimate gathering of family and friends, Jones will walk down the aisle amid a bridal theme of old-fashioned Hollywood glamour, in black and white.

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3 October 2008 11:58 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

TV host Ellen DeGeneres wants to play matchmaker for a second time - by introducing heart-throb actor Shemar Moore to her pal Jennifer Aniston.

DeGeneres grilled Moore on his love life when he was a guest on her talk show - and he admitted harbouring a crush on the Friends star.

So the host offered to set the two of them up on a date.

Moore was interviewed for The Ellen DeGeneres Show which airs on Friday.

When he admitted he was single "all day, everyday", she asked him: "Who can I help you with? What is your type?"

The Criminal Minds actor replied: "There is one particular person in this town that I kind of got a little crush on. A lot of guys got a crush on this girl but she can't seem to find that man who can get it right and I just want to raise my hand and try. And that's Ms. Jennifer Aniston."

DeGeneres then offered to make Moore's dream come true, promising him: "She is a friend of mine. I will mention it to her."

Last month, the TV host offered to introduce American Idol presenter Ryan Seacrest to his dream woman, Eva Mendes.

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2 October 2008 2:00 AM, PDT | From buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news

A few weeks ago, we announced that after yet another energetic season of dance floor action, America’s Best Dance Crew headed to the streets for their unprecedented five-week, 25-stop tour that took the best dance crews of both season 1 and 2 for a nice little jot around the country.  Much like the American Idol tour which ended on September 13 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the dancers of one of the most anticipated MTV reality competitions have packed their bags to take a trip around the nation and perform.

This time, America’s Best Dance Crew is gearing up for its third season, with announcements going up on Dance.MTV.com on the details on how to join one of the nation’s most fun reality competitions ever.

MTV has announced that there will be a total of eight open casting call venues.  For those who are interested, read on and prepare to strut your dance floor moves!

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1 October 2008 7:57 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Kick starting from "American Idol", David Archuleta lands himself in the acting world. The runner-up for season seven of the singing talent show will make his acting debut on Nickelodeon's "iCarly", People reports.

He will be featured in an episode titled "iRicked the Vote", playing himself. His role is not far from his real life story for he will be a contestant of an Idol-style show named "America Sings". He will garner a huge vote, thanks to Carly Shay (Miranda Crossgrove) who helps him with her iCarly webcast.

"iCarly" which tells the story of a video blog run by the main character, has begun its second season on Saturday, September 27. The episode with Archuleta on, will be aired next spring. Previously, the show had also invited rock band Plain White T's to make a cameo on the first season.

Meanwhile, Archuleta is also in the middle of promoting his debut

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1 October 2008 2:25 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

David Archuleta is set to make his acting debut in an episode of Nickelodeon's iCarly. The American Idol Season 7 runner-up will play himself when the cameras roll on Thursday, Nickelodeon confirms. iCarly centers around a high school student, played by Miranda Cosgrove, who runs a video blog with her friends. In the episode titled "iRocked the Vote," Archuleta, 16, plays a contestant on an Idol-style show called America Sings. He gets a huge spike in votes after winning support in an iCarly webcast. Archuleta recently released his first music video for the song "Crush," which will appear on his self-titled debut album,

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30 September 2008 6:43 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

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Happy New Year to all my brothers and sisters. May 5769 kick a whole lot more ass than 5768. While over 98% of Hollywood takes the day off, here's what's happening:

Variety reports that Michael Bay has taken a page from Christopher Nolan and will shoot "at least three action set pieces" using IMAX cameras during Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Usually I'd reserve this spot for a Bay joke, but I truly think this is a great thing for a film like Transformers. The action scenes in the last one felt claustrophobic (especially toward the end), and so utilizing IMAX would allow Bay and Co. to open it up and really have fun with the thing. Visually, this could add a lot to the film. Hopefully they'll use it for some massive robot battle.

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28 September 2008 11:14 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

When eliminated on the season 3 of "American Idol", Jennifer Hudson stepped out with an exit speech, saying that something big out there had been waiting for her. "I don't know when or where or how, but God has something in store for me," she said at that time.

Two years later she proved it by landing the part of Effie White in a musical film called "Dreamgirls" along side other big names such as Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, and Eddie Murphy. The song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", that she performed on the movie, has been praised as "five mellifluous, molto vibrato minutes". Also as Effie White who sang the tune, Jennifer won Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In addition, she won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her big screen debut performance.

With such huge successes, many then thought that

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26 September 2008 8:57 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Singer Clay Aiken realised the difficulties of fatherhood when his son became sick just weeks after his birth.

The American Idol star and the baby's mother - Aiken's friend and record producer Jaymes Foster - feared for their son Parker's health when he was diagnosed with pyloric stenosis, a condition that affects the gastrointestinal tract, in August.

And Aiken - who conceived Parker via in vitro fertilisation - quickly realised he had to start acting like a father.

He tells People.com, "He had been gassy for weeks and then he started throwing up.

"Jaymes and I were trying to be calm, rational parents, so we didn't call the doctors too much, but it just got to a point where he was vomiting everything. He was starting to get dehydrated.

"I was a little worried, like 'I don't think they're going to let me in the hospital at two or three in the morning'. Then I thought, 'Wait a second, I'm the father! Of course they'll let me in'.

"It was the first moment when I thought, 'I'm actually this child's father!'

"I was like, wait a second, this is my responsibility, I need to take care of this child, and he can't ask questions for himself. It was a reality check, like this is the real deal."

Aiken says Parker is now on the road to recovery, adding, "He's fine, healthy and doing well!"

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25 September 2008 12:21 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

The son of Richard Meier is hurling wild accusations at his famous father - accusing the white-haired Manhattan architect of locking him up in a mental hospital and trying to disinherit him for uncovering a shocking family secret.

Joseph Meier, 28, a Fulbright scholar who studied sculpture in Italy, told Page Six his relationship with his father went into meltdown when he claimed to have found out Richard was gay - an allegation roundly dismissed as complete fiction by Meier's friends. "I think that the kid of Clay Aiken is very lucky," Joseph said,

24 September 2008 12:01 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

American Idol star Clay Aiken struggled for most of his life to accept his sexuality because he was convinced it was just a "phase".

The 29-year-old singer revealed he was homosexual in the new issue of U.S. magazine People, featuring him in a photospread with his new baby son Parker on the cover.

And Aiken recalls it wasn't until he moved out from his North Carolina home to the west coast that he felt comfortable enough to make the admission.

He recalls, "I don't know many people who are (gay) who weren't confused... When I got out to Los Angeles and I realised there are 'normal' people who are (gay), it became a little easier for me... The first person I ever told was (fellow American Idol finalist) Kim Locke, and that's why we became best friends and roommates. It was the first time I ever admitted it to myself...

"I probably didn't realise until college, when I was like, I just cannot get the hang of this! I thought it was always a phase, like I hadn't hit puberty. Like I hadn't finished yet. Like I was a late bloomer... I was raised around people who thought it was a choice."

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24 September 2008 1:40 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken has revealed that he is gay. Aiken features on the cover of the latest issue of People magazine, holding his son Parker Foster, accompanied by the headline: "Yes, I'm Gay." He is also quoted on the cover as saying: "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things." The mother of Aiken's son is record producer Jaymes Foster. In an interview with the Associated Press in (more)

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24 September 2008 1:25 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Although Clay Aiken says his decision to come out might lose him a few fans, three of his former American Idol competitors have his back. "This news does not change my opinion of him or my friendship with him," says Carmen Rasmusen, 23, who competed alongside Aiken during the show's second season. But she admits she was somewhat shocked by the news. "I'm surprised, I guess because he kept it quiet for so long!" Rasmusen, who is expecting a son with husband Brad Herbert this Christmas, added, "As I'm also going to be a mom, I know how parenthood completely changes your perspective.

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23 September 2008 7:18 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

David Archuleta displays a fresh look of him, wearing casual red T-shirt in the cover art for his self-titled debut album, which is confirmed to hit the market on November 11 under the courtesy of Jive Records. Previously, Archuleta has released "Crush" as the first single from his upcoming set and the song has peaked at number two in Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.

Furthermore, in an attempt to support his song as well as his forthcoming album, Archuleta has released a music video for the lead single. Filmed in Coweta County, Georgia during a break from "American Idols Live Summer Tour", the runner up of 2008 "American Idol" is seen playing piano on a dock and strumming a guitar while he keeps shooting sideways glances at a pretty blonde girl.

Meanwhile, a week after Archuleta's album release date, his friendly rivalry on the reality show, David Cook, is set to drop his

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23 September 2008 7:12 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Playing it coy about his sexual orientation, Clay Aiken is coming out of the closet, officially confirming the long persistent rumors that he actually is gay. The pop singer broke his revelation in an interview with People magazine, which is set to run on its website Wednesday, September 24.

Photo of Clay on the cover of the upcoming issue of People has been leaked. He is featured on it cradling his newborn son, Parker Foster Aiken, in his arms, with the headline that read "Yes, I'm gay." The cover also quoted him as saying, "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things."

Despite the leaked cover shoot, a spokeswoman for People would neither confirm nor deny that Clay told the magazine he is gay. But the magazine issued a statement saying, "We can confirm that Clay Aiken and his son appear on the next cover of People. For the complete story,

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23 September 2008 6:33 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Singer Clay Aiken is set to reveal the worst kept secret in America - he's gay.

According to new Internet reports, the former American Idol star will 'come out' in the new issue of People magazine, as part of a photospread featuring him and his new baby son Parker, who was born in August.

In the exclusive big reveal, Aiken explains he decided to tell the truth because "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things."

The singer has been dogged by gay rumours for the past two years after an alleged one-night stand took his story to the U.S. tabloids.

Aiken has refused to talk about his sexuality ever since.

He's not the first star to 'come out' to People magazine - pop star Lance Bass confirmed he was gay in the publication in 2006.

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23 September 2008 3:29 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Clay Aiken posed with his baby son, Parker, on the cover of this week's People Magazine, opening up for the first time about his often speculated about sexuality and proclaiming, "Yes, I'm Gay". Just a few years ago Lance Bass posed with an almost identical headline and now the former American Idol runner up is ready to be a new father out of the closet. The cover also proclaims, "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things." There will be a lot more to come when the issue comes out, but so good for Clay to have the courage to be honest and what an adorable baby boy! Source

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