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Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri was convicted in 2008 of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy and thus sentenced to four years in federal prison. He was just released from prison and has been deported to Italy.

They dated from 2004 to 2008, but he was taken down by the feds after swindling people out of tons of cash. Ever since, he was in a Pennsylvania prison, but has since been turned loose — only to get kicked out of the country on the same day.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said, “ICE carried out the order of an immigration judge, and removed Follieri from the United States May 25, 2012.”

How do you spell relief for Anne Hathaway? D-E-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.

But we’ve got to ask…Why didn’t we just deport his butt in the first place and let Italy take care of him while he rotted in jail? What do you think?

In case you hadn’t heard, Lindsay Lohan was selected to portray Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie “Liz And Dick”. We’ve heard reports that Lindsay was causing some trouble over the casting decisions about who would star opposite her in the movie. She wanted approval over who should be cast as Richard Burton in the flick.

Since we first heard of Lindsay’s search for Dick, there were numerous sources that said Lindsay was not happy with any of the casting director’s choices for the role. It was so bad that she even wanted to venture off to London in search of her Dick. Now, it appears her search is over. Her Dick is “True Blood” actor Grant Bowler AKA Cooter!

The movie’s producer, Larry Thompson said, “Richard Burton was quite older than Elizabeth Taylor. This is from a visual point of view just about equal to Liz and Dick. Visually speaking it is a perfect match.”

On Thursday, Lindsay and Grant met for the first time. The producer went on to reveal, “This morning we had Lindsay and Grant come into a room at Lifetime and the chemistry exploded. It was just Fourth of July firecrackers going off in the room. We knew from the chemistry that Liz and Dick live again.”

Kris Allen won season eight of “American Idol”, but that doesn’t mean that he has any love for the franchise that made him famous. Someone sounds bitter! You would think he wouldn’t be, considering that he wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for his time on the show.

When asked if he caught the season eleven finale of the show where Phillip Phillips took the Idol crown, he said that he hadn’t. It was a boring two-hour show that only gave us five minutes worth of results, but still.

Not only did he not watch the finale, he feels that the show has run its course overall. Has “American Idol” jumped the shark? As TMZ reports, it could be because Kris is only being projected to sell 15,000 to 20,000 records in his latest album’s first week. In addition to that, there are rumors floating around that Kris is going to be dropped from his record label.

Do you think Kris is right? Should FOX cancel “American Idol”? Is it a true showcase of talent, or is it a popularity contest?

John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s supposed divorce drama appears front and center on the latest cover of the “National Enquirer”. Last week, the tabloid “exposed” his “twisted double life” and now the magazine is claiming that John and Kelly are headed to splitsville. There’s only one problem with that: the truth.

As we’ve reported just two days ago, despite the rumors to the contrary, Kelly and John are not divorcing. It was said that she was leaving him because of all of the lawsuits that are surmounting against him. Since, we’ve learned that’s just not the case.

An insider said recently, “Kelly has endured rumors about John’s sexuality for years. She has learned to ignore them. She’s made of sterner stuff. She and John have been through so much together. I don’t for one second believe the rumors she wants to divorce him. Kelly’s not going anywhere.”

It’s interesting how the “National Enquirer” can take party photos with John as a cross-dresser from 1997 and claim that Kelly is now divorcing him because of them. How handy. Real truth. Perhaps the tabloids should try that once in a while. Just a suggestion.

Earlier this month, it was revealed that the network was giving the go-ahead for a “Dancing With The Stars” all-stars season. ABC’s entertainment president Paul Lee said, “We can’t talk about the casting yet, but I’d love to see some of the fan favorites from the past seasons come back. We’ve had many favorites over the 14 seasons that we’ve got. So, fingers crossed. We’re out casting now, and I hope we come in with a really interesting cast of people who our audience is passionate about.”

Since, we’ve learned that those close to the production on the show are in the process of getting Kate Gosselin back for another season. Apparently she was so captivating the first time around that they feel the professional dancers need even more torture. When her season aired, we really felt bad for her dance partner Tony Dovolani, but to hear that she’s in the running for another season, the entire cast has our sympathies.

An insider said, “They are going to ask Kate but hope they don’t have to use her as the cast and crew hated her. She would be a last resort.”

Of course if she was asked, she would likely take it. It’s work, it’s on television and it probably pays better than being a coupon blogger. Would you want to see Kate Gosselin attempt dancing again on “Dancing With The Stars”?

We’re still flabbergasted that the good folks behind the Elizabeth Taylor movie “Liz And Dick” have decided that Lindsay Lohan was the best choice for her portrayal. It’s a good thing that this is on the small screen and not some huge production. So I guess they were feeling that Lindsay would bring some sort of publicity to the Lifetime movie. As they say in Hollywood, any publicity is good publicity, so I digress.

Apparently Queen Lindsay isn’t happy with the casting choices for her co-star who is set to play Richard Burton in the flick. She isn’t a fan of any of the actors who have auditioned for the role of Dick in the movie, so she wants to hand select him. Of course she does, this is Lindsay Lohan we’re talking about here.

Reportedly, casting for the role of Richard has come down to being between Matthew Settle, Sean Maguire and Craig Robert Young. A source revealed, “Lindsay declared that none of the actors were the right fit and that she wanted to go to London to look for a possible Burton actor there.”

The source went on to say, “Lindsay is being an absolute nightmare about who should play Burton. She believes Matthew Settle is too old to play the role, and she wants a major A-list star to be her co-star. However, her salary for the role took up a major portion of the budget, and the Burton gig will likely pay $200k, max. The producers don’t need to get Lindsay’s approval of who will play Richard Burton, but they want to keep her happy.”

The source added, “They are already in pre-production and it’s very hard to conduct any rehearsals without the pivotal role of Richard Burton. There is also cause for concern because Lindsay partied all night last week with Paris Hilton, Barron Hilton and Brandon Davis. All three, including Lindsay, have been arrested for DUI and/or drug charges previously. Lindsay shouldn’t be out partying all night long, no good can come of that.”

Will Lindsay get her way, per usual? “Hell no!” says the source. “There just isn’t any money in the budget, or time, to do so. The producers will try to land someone that Lindsay likes, but, if push comes to shove, they will just cast the role without her approval.”

Chris Brown performed “Turn Up The Music” on the 2012 Billboard Music Awards stage last night — and he was blasted for not actually singing the song. Pink and Joe Jonas both spoke up about the kerfuffle by calling Chris out for lip-syncing his entire performance.

Pink took to her official Twitter account to slam the R&B singer. She tweeted, “One day if i lipsync i hope i do it as well as him…”

Oh snap!

After being on the receiving end of his fans’ backlash, she tweeted, “Oh my lord, its so easy…its so damn easy. Keep it coming people, this is some good reading…”

Her husband Carey Hart chimed in, tweeting, “Im pretty sure I saw my wife did that same performance, but she was 3 months pregnant and actually sang the song. If any of your guys are riding on Chris Brown performance, please fire them.”

Joe Jonas added, “What happened to people singing live???”

Did you see Chris’ performance last night? Do you think he’s getting wrongly targeted? Or do they have a point?

Kelly Preston isn’t ruffled by any of the rumors surrounding her husband John Travolta. There were rumors that had surfaced suggesting that Kelly was divorcing John, but it’s nowhere near the truth. Despite all of the rumors that John was involved with male masseurs, Kelly is standing by her husband.

An insider revealed, “Kelly has endured rumors about John’s sexuality for years. She has learned to ignore them. She’s made of sterner stuff. She and John have been through so much together. I don’t for one second believe the rumors she wants to divorce him. Kelly’s not going anywhere.”

Both John Does have accused the actor of propositioning them for sexual favors during massages. These are claims that John has vehemently denied via his attorney, Marty Singer.

There were rumors floating around that Jennifer Lopez was set to leave “American Idol” after this season of the show. She hasn’t really spoken out about all of the talk until now.

The latest Hollywood gossip suggested that J-Lo wouldn’t be reprising her role as a judge on the popular singing competition. It was said that she was just too busy to do the show next season with all of her other commitments. Now, she has taken to her official Twitter page to discuss the reports.

She tweeted, “There is no truth to the reports that say I am definitely leaving Idol. All I said was I haven’t decided what I am doing next year. When I know for sure what I’m doing I will let the #LOVE!RS know!”

Do you want to see Jennifer on the show next season?

Scott Disick is expecting his second child with girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian, but there are rumors floating around that he has made “eight or nine” sex tapes during his partying days. Does anyone really want to see Scott getting it on with a bunch of women on tape?

Prior to settling down with Kourtney, he was quite the womanizer. He and his pals would get a lot of chicks into bed and sometimes film it. His pal Donald told “Life & Style” magazine, “Scott was obsessed with sex. We’d bring back different groups of girls to one of our houses and do various things to them. We tried to make it a daily routine, and some nights would be taped. There’s probably eight or nine tapes.”

He went on to say, “We thought if we started videotaping ourselves, maybe one day we can make a TV show out of it. Now Scott’s on a reality show. He was always trying to make it to the top.”

Sickening.

Via UpROXX, we were treated to the above photo which shows just how shallow reality TV star Kim Kardashian is. The writer of that particular post said they’d love to set the IMDB editor of Kim’s page up with a hooker, but we would even take it further than that. No where ever have we heard the truth preached like that. PREACHED. This picture is the best and it shows just what’s wrong with society today as a whole.

The full article goes on to reveal that instead of being ridiculed for releasing a sex tape like Kim and her former pal Paris Hilton have, they are celebrated. To that end, the Kardashian family has received a $40m deal to do three more years of their reality show, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”.

Check out the rest of the full article here. It’s hilarious and well worth the read. We’re still laughing.

When it was announced that Howard Stern had signed on for this season of “America’s Got Talent”, the Parents Television Council urged the show’s advertisers to walk away and take their ads with them. This was way before even hearing the new judge’s commentary on any of the competitors. The PTC was obviously going by the shock jock’s radio show, in which he says whatever happens to be on his mind.

We were among the curious as to how he would stack up when presented with his newly acquired judging duties. If you’ve missed the first week’s episodes, you can read our recaps here and here.

As it turns out, Howard is actually a really good judge of talent. Howie Mandel defended his co-judge, saying, “Yes, he’s edgy and honest, but he’s a very bright, smart man. Nobody gets to that height without knowing what they’re doing. He’s also compassionate, emotional, serious and has god constructive criticism. He’s a good judge.”

All of Howie’s praise for Howard came true this week as we’ve seen a different side of the radio titan. Kudos to him for showing the world that he doesn’t have to be just some guy on the radio who can tell chicks if they’re hot enough to do “Playboy” magazine.

In a new interview with Matt Lauer on “Today”, Kris Jenner tackled some rumors that had recently surfaced about her family. She talked about the rumors about getting fired as her daughters’ manager, Kim’s love life and Khloe’s real father. Aren’t you curious?!?

She was doing promotional work for the upcoming season of the family’s reality show, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”. The show has been given the green light for three more seasons, which netted the family a whopping $40 million. She said, “It’s almost unusual not to have the cameras in our lives. And we really like what we’re doing. I get to wake up every single day and work with my kids.”

Matt asked if the kids know the difference between reality and reality television, she replied, “We don’t do scripts…We’re in the middle of shooting season seven. It’s not in the can.”

She also talked about the rumors that Khloe would be taking a DNA test on an upcoming show to establish her paternity. Rumors suggested that Khloe would find out if Robert Kardashian is really her biological father. Matt said, “Khloe’s father is…?” to which she replied, “Robert Kardashian. No doubt about it.”

Of the rumors that she was being fired as their manager, she said, “Ridiculous. The girls and I work together every single day and we have an amazing relationship. I know when to put the hat on and when to take it off.”

She spoke of how “Khloe & Lamar” stopped taping and whether or not the couple are having any troubles within their marriage. She said, “The reality show was not canceled. That rumor was silly. They are on hiatus that they want to take so Lamar can focus on basketball. He’s hoping to play on the Olympic team.”

Lastly, she spoke of Kim’s relationship with Kanye West. She said, “We’ve known him for years. He’s a great guy. I’ve stopped commenting about the details about my kids’ friendships and relationships. I get in trouble when I do. She’s great and happy.”

When asked if she thinks Kim is in love with Kanye, Kris replied, “You’ll have to ask her that.”

And now we know more than we ever wanted to about Kim Kardashian and her family. You’re welcome.

Teen singer Justin Bieber has admitted to being curious about beer, so he occasionally has one. According to “Us Weekly”, the Biebz says that he has one once in a while, despite the fact that he’s only 18 and not the legal drinking age of 21.

He revealed, “For me, it’s just like, I like to be in control of myself. I mean, I’ve had a beer, like, before….But I never get out of control.”

Interesting! I’m sure he has his many handlers for alcohol purchases should he desire something like that…but isn’t that going to get someone in trouble? Likely not — he’s got a ton of money. Justin’s manager, Scooter Braun, said that Just “knows that I hold him to a high standard. He doesn’t want to blow it.”

Justin went on to say, “I mean, I keep my guard up a lot, because you know, you can’t trust anyone in this business. That’s what’s sad. You can’t trust anybody. I learned the hard way.”

Justin is also on the defensive against a member of his entourage who attacked Kim Kardashian, saying the “bitch should never wear white in public again.” Justin said, “You guys are so mean, bro. People say she doesn’t do anything; she actually does do stuff. She works hard.”

We would have to see this “working hard” thing before we can really say for sure.

Kris Humphries is not letting Kim Kardashian get away with just a simple divorce. Since filing for divorce, the reality star has donated what she said was double the price of all of the gifts that she and Kris received from their short-lived marriage.

Apparently she has forgotten to include the cost of a Ferrari that was gifted to them as a wedding present. Kris’ legal team wants to interview Kim with regard to all of the presents they’ve received as a couple.

A source said, “Kris is anticipating that Kim will be deposed first, this is something that his lawyer is insisting upon. Kim’s deposition will take place at her lawyer, Laura Wasser’s office, in early June and they are still wrangling over whether or not it will be videotaped. Kris’ depo will take place shortly thereafter and both should have their formal sit down interviews for their divorce proceedings by the end of June. Kris wants a divorce trial so that the truth can finally come out. Amongst other matters, he wants to know about the Ferrari.”

The source went on to say, “Kris was at Kim’s house when the car was delivered – it was given to both of them, but Kim has kept sole ownership. She will be asked about it, under oath, on the stand at the trial.”

If you were hoping to hop aboard one of those Royal Caribbean Cruise ships to see reality mom Kate Gosselin do the “Paparazzi” dance, then you’re out of luck. The mother of eight was set to cruise with fans who paid anywhere from $1,900 to $3,175 per ticket between August 12th and August 19th.

Now, we’ve learned that as a result of poor ticket sales, the event has been canceled. All of those who have purchased tickets are said to be receiving refunds. President of Luxury Cruises said, “Yes, that event has been canceled. We just didn’t get the turnout that we desired and mutually we agreed that if we didn’t get it, we would cancel. All ticket purchasers have been notified and everyone has been refunded. Some have chosen to continue on with the cruise, but everyone was given the choice.”

The spokeswoman revealed, “Kate asked for everybody’s names, addresses and phone numbers and reached out to each one personally. It was nothing to do with her. We needed to hit certain numbers and they just weren’t where they needed to be.”

It sounds as if they sold less than a dozen tickets, doesn’t it?

Pop singer Britney Spears is stepping off of the stage and sitting at the judges’ table on the upcoming second season of “The X Factor”. We applauded the decision by Simon Cowell to sign Britney on for the show, but apparently Howard Stern thinks it’s going to be a train wreck. Of course, Howard is in the middle of promoting his new gig as a judge on “America’s Got Talent.”

The shock jock said that hiring the pop star is a “wonderful decision” because she “still thinks the earth is flat.” Oh snap. He revealed, “I think we’re going to tune in to see her, to see if she can function through the thing. As far as any real criticism, I think Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid will do that. I think Britney will sit there and eat a lollipop and wear a sexy outfit.”

He added, “I’ll tune in to see what kind of train wreck she is, absolutely.”

Will you be tuning in when the talent competition makes its second season debut?

Rumor has it that “Vogue” editor Anna Wintour has NOT bought into the whole Kardashian spectacle that the sisters use to keep their names continuously in the spotlight. It’s about time someone other than Jon Hamm has said something about these nitwits. Hasn’t it gone on long enough?

The rich of the rich hobnobbed together at the Met Gala in New York City on Monday night, but reality star Kim Kardashian was nowhere to be found. Can you imagine why she would miss such a big night for fashion? Probably because she wasn’t invited!

Kim’s boyfriend Kanye West was in attendance at Anna Wintour’s Metropolitan Museum Of Art Costume Institute Gala, but Kim was not there. Reportedly, that was because Anna said no way.

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A source has revealed, “Anna hates Kim. Why would she be invited to the event? It is all the biggest stars in the world and Kim doesn’t fit that bill at all.”

Among the invited guests were Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyonce, Gisele Bundchen and husband Tom Brady. The source went on to say, “The Met Gala is $25,000 a ticket, but Kim can’t even buy her way in, Anna Wintour does NOT want her there!”

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Kim and Kourtney have been “busy” on Monday running around doing errands in Los Angeles. The spy said that it was likely that Kim would find some reason to justify her lack of attendance at the event. The source said, “Kim and her camp will deny that she wasn’t invited by saying that she had business in L.A., but that is a lie. She would have done anything to be there with all the A-listers.”

MORE: KRIS HUMPHRIES BLAMED FOR DELAYING KIM KARDASHIAN DIVORCE

Besides all of that, Kim won’t be expecting to make the cover of “Vogue” anytime soon either. The source said, “Anna Wintour would allow Kim Kardashian on the cover of Vogue over her dead body. As long as Anna is in charge you will NOT see Kim on Vogue.”

Can you blame her? Kim Kardashian is a glorified sex tape star and everyone knows it. Anna Wintour knows it. You know it. Of course, no sooner than the banning reports came out, Kim’s rep is issuing a statement on the snub. She said, “That is absolutely ridiculous. She was not able to be in New York due to her schedule.” What’s funny about that was that was the predicted response by the source after Kim was snubbed.

Even more funny, the rep would not confirm that Kim was even invited to the event at all. “Vogue” has said “no comment” when asked if they extended an invitation to Kim. Ha.

On Tuesday we told you of how John Travolta became involved in a lawsuit brought upon him by a masseur who claimed that John groped him during a recent session. John’s attorney refuted the claims, calling the lawsuit a complete fabrication. Now, a second “John Doe” has come forward to wage a lawsuit at the actor.

The first “John Doe” claimed that John touched his genitals and propositioned him for sex. The second “John Doe” is claiming that the actor touching him and masturbating during an appointment in Atlanta, Georgia.

John’s lawyer, Marty Singer issued a statement about the second lawsuit stating that the claims are fictitious. The attorney said, “This second ‘anonymous’ claim is just as absurd and ridiculous as the first one. The attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of his second anonymous client…was notified that his first client’s claims were totally false and fabricated, since our client was not in L.A. when anonymous ‘Doe #1′ claims he interacted with John Travolta.”

The attorney continued, “That fact is easily provable since John Travolta was on the east coast working on a movie on the date that anonymous ‘Doe #1′ claims he interacted with our client. After we were able to establish that anonymous ‘Doe #1′s’ claims were totally absurd, the same attorney has now filed a claim on behalf of another plaintiff, whom he identified as ‘Doe #2′…”

He added, “Before the attorney for the two anonymous plaintiffs filed the claim on behalf of the second person…he checked media reports that my client was in Atlanta working on a movie. However, the claim by Doe #2 is just as fabricated as the claim by Doe #1. Our client will be fully vindicated in court on both of these absurd and fictional claims.”

Do you think more John Does will come out of the woodwork? Or are these just opportunists who are looking for a fast pay day?

In the Tim Burton movie, “Dark Shadows”, Johnny Depp portrays vampire Barnabas Collins. In full costume for the role, it appears that Johnny had a bit of an issue with the fingernails. To put it politely, he had a bit of trouble in the bathroom as a result of the nails.

Reportedly, the actor had to rely on a team of assistants in order to be able to use the bathroom during breaks while filming the movie. The pointy nails that Barnabas has made it difficult for him to urinate. During an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres’ show, he talked about the movie kerfuffle.

He said, “Well it took some time to get used to, certainly. They stayed on the whole day. There were a team of er…people who would assist me (in the bathroom).”

Too funny. Have you seen the movie yet? We’ve heard some good reviews as well as poor ones. If you’ve seen it, what were your thoughts on it? Were you a fan of Johnny’s latest role?

Yesterday, we revealed the untimely passing of Beastie Boys co-founder Adam “MCA” Yauch, who passed away at the age of 47 after his three year battle with cancer. Adam, along with Mike D. and Adam “Ad Rock” Horovitz founded the group in 1979 and were later joined by Mix Master Mike on the turntables.

Adam wore many hats during his career besides being a successful musician. In addition, he was a director, a devout charity worker, humanitarian, husband and father. In an official statement on their website, the Beastie Boys talks about his accomplishments during his life. Here is the complete statement: (continue reading…)

It is with much sadness that we report that the Beastie Boys co-founder Adam “MCA” Yauch has passed away at the age of 47. The rapper was suffering from a three-year battle with cancer, of which he succumbed to.

In 2009, it was announced that Adam was being treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node. He underwent surgery and radiation therapy as treatment for the cancer. The treatment delayed the group’s plans to release a new album and go on tour.

Afterward, at the direction of his Tibetan doctors, Adam became a vegan. He passed away earlier today and leaves behind his wife Dechen Wangdu and their daughter Tenzin Losel Yauch.

Here’s a video of our favorite song by the Beastie Boys, “Paul Revere.”

RIP Adam Yauch, you will be missed.

“The Bachelor” season 16 star Ben Flajnik has gotten engaged to his girlfriend, model Courtney Robertson on the season finale of the show. That, however, does not mean that they are in any hurry to walk down the aisle together. Are you surprised?

The happy reality TV couple were in Las Vegas this week hanging out at Pure Nightclub, but that doesn’t mean they wanted to tie the knot in Sin City while they were there. Robertson said, “My dad texted me and was like, ‘You better not be getting married in Vegas!’ And I was like, ‘Oh no, no.’”

Flajnik said, “We love Vegas, but we are not getting married here.”

After the show’s finale, it seems that things are going well for the duo. Robertson said, “It’s good”, with Flajnik revealing, “I would not have proposed to her if I didn’t see a future with her. It was a leap of faith thinking I could spend the rest of my life with this person.”

Flajnik also talked about his future with the model, saying, “We have not discussed children. We have talked about a lot, but our first step is moving in together.”

Robertson said, “After a year of being together, then we will be able to see where we want to go.” Flajnik said, “We are both smart people, and we realized that we rushed into this thing, so we are going to take our time.”