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Steve Martin And Anne Stringfield married in a secret ceremony at his Los Angeles home. Actor Steve Martin who is 61 has married his long time girlfriend Anne Stringfield who is 35. Bob Kerrey, a friend of Martin’s, did the formal ceremony, Lorne Michaels, creator of the “Saturday Night Live,” was Martin’s best man. The guests included actors Tom Hanks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, and Carl Reiner and the marriage was said to be a surprise to them.

The two had dated for about three years, in Hollywood terms this is the equivalent of 20 years. Let’s hope this works, the fact is one Steve Martin is one of the few celebrities that I truly enjoy and you never here negative things he has tried to keep his life as clean as possible and in Hollywood this is almost and impossibility. Read more!

Paris Hilton lives in Hollywood, where the rules are different and apparently, this sex queen is being evicted from her home due to thousands of pairs of shoes that she has no idea what to do with. The hotel heiress loves to shop and has bought so many pairs of shoes she doesn’t know what to do with them all.
She told Britain’s Now magazine: “Like most girls, I’m passionate about shoes. I have so many pairs its ridiculous. In fact, I probably have over a thousand pairs and now my whole house is like one giant closet because I just put them wherever they’ll fit.”

The ‘Stars Are Blind’ singer is known for her love of style and vanity and recently declared herself to be the new Marilyn Monroe.” Read more!

HOLLYWOOD actor Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana Barroso, have welcomed a baby daughter, Isabella, to the world. “The baby is here. Isabella arrived yesterday,” Damon’s brother Kyle told People magazine reported on its online editions today.
According to Damon’s publicist, Jennifer Allen, “Mother and baby - everyone - is wonderful, fine.” The baby was born Sunday in a Miami hospital. No other details were released.
The baby is the first for Damon. His wife, 30, has a daughter, Alexia, 7, from a previous marriage. Read more!

George Lucas is hoping that he can tempt actor Sean Connery into reprising his role of Henry Jones in the next Indiana Jones adventure. Sean Connery has recently announced his retirement from acting, so this confrontation might prove interesting. Apparently Lucas is writing Sean Connery into the script “whether he wants to do it or not”.
“I would love him to be in the next Indiana Jones…maybe I can push him into it,” he told Access Hollywood. “We are writing him in whether he wants to do it or not.” George Lucas has told Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos he is pushing to get Sean Connery to appear in Indiana Jones 4. The interview airs on Access Hollywood, Friday, June 9, 2006.

Lucas is producing the fourth movie in the franchise as Harrison Ford returns as the whip-cracking archaeologist, and the story apparently involves Indy’s father, Henry Jones. The former Bond actor received a standing ovation from the star-studded audience, which included ‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas, as well as legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg and veteran actor Harrison Ford. Read more!

In its issue out this week, Entertainment Weekly rates top stars on whether they are worth the money. Jim Carrey’s movies have raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading entertainment magazine says the comedian’s asking price of $25 million a film has become “a bit of a gamble.”

Among those whose asking prices have become too high are Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell and Eddie Murphy, the magazine said.
It added that after years of ever-rising star salaries, the prices for top talent are now coming down because the cost of making movies is going up, among other issues. “It’s long overdue,” former Twentieth Century Fox Chairman Bill Mechanic told the magazine. Read more!

Catherine Zeta-Jones beats Nicole Kidman and Kate Moss as the celebrity with biggest product endorsement contracts. According to CONTACTMUSIC.COM, Academy Award-winning Welsh actress and wife of Michael Douglas, earned $20 million from her contract with T-Mobile, in addition to her own Elizabeth Arden ad campaign.

Next in the list are Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman, who were apparently paid $12 million for their respective St John and Chanel ads. Catherine Zeta-Jones won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Chicago in 2003. She has two children, Dylan Michael Douglas, 6, and Carys Zeta Douglas, 3. Read more!

At the premiere of “American Dreamz” in Hollywood last night, once thing was perfectly obvious. Mandy Moore is no teen idol any more; she’s a poised, pretty 21-year-old who knows just where she’s going. Where? Straight to the top of the Hollywood heap, if she keeps picking films like “American Dreamz,” the Paul Weitz satire of the “American Idol” phenomenon, and roles like that of Sally Kendoo, the singer who will do anything to make it big. Moore insisted that going that far just isn’t in her nature; but it was sure fun to take on that ruthless persona for a little while.

She said, “I think it’s the fun and the challenge as an actress is to get a meaty part like this and sort of play against type. Sally is pretty far from who I am, so I definitely enjoyed it.” Read more!

The women of Destiny’s Child were reunited for a brief moment Tuesday when they came to accept a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As they were awarded the 2,035th star of the Walk, Knolwes said, “We started when we were 9 years old, and here we are getting a Hollywood star. Dreams come true. So thank you all so much for supporting us.”

Knowles and Rowland, from Houston, founded the band in 1991 and its debut album, Destiny’s Child, was a grand success. Among its other hits are “Say My Name,” “Survivor” and “Independent Women (Part I).” Read more!

Tom Cruise shocked fans with his couch-jumping antics on the ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ last year - but was happy to recreate the bizarre episode at a business event this week.
Cruise, who was the guest of honour at Yahoo’s ‘Influential Speakers’ conference and the Hollywood heavyweight, stunned the crowd when he jumped onto a chair to show his love for Katie.

He has been hopping on furniture and declaring his love for fiancee Katie Holmes - again. Read more!

Oscars is the movie industry’s top honors and one of the most-watched televised events around the world. A lack of star power and major Hollywood films among the nominees has meant fewer television viewers in the past, but that didn’t dampen.
Here is list nominees actor and actress and find new fresh faces to this competition.

Supporting Actress Categories
Amy Adams of “Junebug”
Rachel Weisz in “The Constant Gardener”
Michelle Williams for “Brokeback Mountain”
Catherine Keener in “Capote”
Frances McDormand, past Oscar winner, from “North Country” Read more!

Jon Voight, Hollywood legend and father of Angelina Jolie is upset over being excluded from daughter Angelina Jolie’s life and now that she is pregnant with Brad Pitt’s child.

Jon Voight is desperate to contact Jolie and wants to be an engaging grandfather in the near future, as Hollywood.com reported. But it seems Jolie does not convinced. Read more!

At about the same time each year, 10 women in Hollywood are recognized by Mr. Blackwell, a former designer/self-appointed critic whose principal accomplishment in the world of fashion has been to make a name for himself by slamming celebs for fashion faux pas committed over the course of the previous 12 months. Blackwell’s 46th annual “Worst Dressed” list — riddled with big names and unrestrained, stinging, and often rhyming barbs — anoints Britney Spears 2005’s queen of fashion don’ts.

According to The Associated Press, Blackwell blasted Britney’s style, calling it “over-the-hill Lolita,” and stating that “When it comes to Couture Chaos, this Tacky Terror should take a bow.” Read more!

Jennifer Lopez reportedly having trouble on getting a backer for a film musical based on the George Bizet opera Carmen. According to the New York Daily News, investors aren’t willing to put up the $50 million needed for the project, even though Ray director Taylor Hackford was tapped to direct the film. Hackford said Thursday (December 29), “Carmen is on its last legs. Studios are so frightened at the moment that they are looking for outside money.”

Hackford thinks that there’s a lot of fear in Hollywood because so many films aren’t doing well at the box office. But, he also admits that studio heads think audiences won’t accept JLo as the legendary vixen who is murdered by her jilted lover. He said, “[Carmen] is not a sweet, nice girl. This is a piece about a criminal. We want to do a tough, hard version, but Hollywood thinks the audience [for Jennifer Lopez] is 13-year-old girls. …It has an ending that Hollywood does not like to make.” Read more!