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Featured on the front cover of the latest issue of “People” magazine is Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton and her sexy new look. Has she had an ultra glam sexy new Princess makeover? The magazine goes inside Kate’s transformation into the most glamorous royal since Princess Diana.

Kate’s stylist friend Nikki Pennie said, “High-level glamour is becoming more of the norm for Kate due to her role. She is becoming more playful, putting her hair in gorgeous updos to complement certain dresses. She is clearly enjoying the process of becoming more confident.”

Couturier to the Queen Stewart Parvin added, “She is becoming more and more confident, which I think is exciting to see. The way she does her hair, the way she does her makeup is getting better and better and she has this new inner glow.”

Also featured in this issue is the scandal surrounding John Travolta’s sexual assault case and how he and Kelly Preston are coping with all of the drama.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met on the set of their 2005 movie Mr. And Mrs. Smith and fell in love with each other. She was dubbed a homewrecker after the news got out of their union since he was still married to Jennifer Aniston.

The happy couple confirmed the reports of their engagement on Friday. Now the Hollywood duo are featured on the cover of the latest issue of People magazine.

According to the designer of Angelina’s engagement ring, Robert Procop, “Brad had the vision” for the sparkler. The ring is yellow gold and could weigh in at ten carats total. It reportedly cost the actor $1 million to co-design and took him a year to do so.

A source close to the couple said, “They’ve reached a stage where their family has jelled.”

Featured on the latest cover of People magazine is Dancing With The Stars hunk William Levy and his story on going from dirt poor to sexy star.

Before rising to fame as a telenovela star, William was a poor kid living in Cuba. His DWTS partner Cheryl Burke says that his fans on the show have noticed his “12 pack abs”.

She talked of the insane amount of applause he receives when he takes the dance floor, saying, “I have never heard it that loud in there. He’s like a rock star!”

He has come a long way since being a teenager in Cuba and he knows it. He said, “To come to this country and receive this kind of love from people you don’t even know, it’s amazing. I try to give my kids everything I never had.”

He sounds like a good father to his two children, Christopher and Kailey.

Have you been watching this season of Dancing With The Stars? Tell the truth, are you only watching it for William? We are!

Gracing the latest cover of People magazine are Prince William and Kate Middleton and the magazine is asking the question: Is Kate pregnant?

They are approaching their first year anniversary together as husband and wife and their friends are having children. A source close to the royal couple says that the happy couple does, in fact, have babies on their minds.

From the magazine:

From their decision to quietly “shelve” a hoped-for trip to Africa to the Palace’s recent sensitivity to speculation on the subject, veteran royal watchers say the couple is poised to start a family sooner rather than later.

In particular, watching their friends become parents “does help” boost William and Kate’s decision to follow suit, a family insider tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story.

Although they are unlikely to announce a pregnancy before the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration this summer, like any couple, “they will let nature and life take its course,” adds a royal source.

Are you ready for Wills and Catherine to give the world a royal heir? Or should they take their time and enjoy being a couple? Sound off in the comments and let us know your thoughts!

Seventeen-year-old shooting victim Trayvon Martin is featured on the cover of the latest issue of People magazine. His killer, Florida neighborhood watch patrol guy George Zimmerman. As we’ve heard the tragic details of his untimely death, our hearts go out to Trayvon’s family. What really struck a nerve with us is how George has seemingly gotten off scott-free for his crime.

During his neighborhood watch, George started following Trayvon, who was wearing a hoodie. George got into a fight with Trayvon and ended up pulling out a gun and gunning down the teenager. He has yet to be charged in the death.

George’s friend, Joe Oliver, said, “He’s not the man that I knew before the shooting. He’s a completely different man; he’ll never be the same. He prays for Trayvon and he prays for the Martin family. He is so distraught that he took a life. That’s the price he had to pay for saving his own.”

What we don’t understand is how George claimed to have been injured as a result of his scuffle with Trayvon, but there was no proof of that.

It’s a tragic situation when a child loses his life. What is your opinion on this senseless act?

UPDATE: Here are some more links on this case. One states that Trayvon was selling drugs, via a screenshot of his Facebook account. There is also information from his Twitter account. Also, below is a more recent photo of Trayvon:

A Twitter message from “Tray’s Big Bruh” sent to Trayvon stated that he swung on a bus driver, and as a result, got suspended from school. See those Twitter messages here. We’ve also heard reports that suggest that Trayvon’s mother is seeking to trademark his name, possibly for commercial use.

The Voice judges Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are featured on the latest cover of People magazine with the title, “The Odd Couple”.

The cover touts, “The Voice’s bad boys tell all!” along with a tidbit about what they really think about their co-worker, Christina Aguilera.

Anyone who has watched the show will know how much of a good time these two have with each other, but does it translate off of the small screen?

Blake revealed, “A few weeks ago somebody asked me, ‘What about you and Adam’s bromance. Is there anything to it?’ And I sputtered off, ‘Yeah, I’m going to make out with him.’ The next thing you read is, ‘Blake wants to kiss Adam.’ Man, I can’t believe how…”

Adam chirps in, “True that is?”

Blake laughed and said, “Honest I was. But it’s fun. It’s just like we’re sitting around the bar, making jabs at each other.”

Adam said that it was unexpected to walk away from the show with such a close buddy, but there’s one thing that has been irking him: the word “bromance”. He said, “Can we please kill that stupid term? We’re just friends. It’s called friendship!”

Where’s Cee Lo Green in this equation?!? Aren’t you curious what they really think about Christina?

The world lost a star on February 29th when The Monkees’ lead singer Davy Jones passed away. He was 66 years old, but suffered a fatal heart attack. Now, People magazine is paying tribute to the fallen singer in the wake of his death.

Davy is featured on the front cover of the latest issue of the publication. TMZ also reports that Davy will be cremated, even though concrete plans for his funeral have yet to be laid out.

His rep said, “Ceremonies are still being determined by the combined family – Jessica Pacheco and her family, David’s daughters in California and daughter, sisters and extended family in England.”

As a fan, it really sucks that he’s gone. What sucks even worse is that the other Monkees are said to be skipping the funeral just because the family doesn’t want some sort of media circus. I understand their need to grieve, but these guys were his friends.

Rest in peace, Davy.

Now that Prince William is away on military business, Kate Middleton has been left on her own, but she’s not frittering away the time. Instead, she has been stepping out into the spotlight on her own, impressing the commoners with her charm.

Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton is featured on the cover of the latest issue of People magazine. The tabloid steps into the world of the Duchess and has talked to people who she has met during her recent royal engagements. All of those the magazine met with said that Catherine was friendly and warm.

Diane Squire’s daughter Megan met the Duchess and had nothing but good words to say about her. She revealed, “We were a bit nervous. But she was lovely.”

William has been away, but the happily married royal couple have been keeping in touch with phone calls, emails and Skype.

Good for them for keeping things alive using the latest technology. But the most up-to-date gadgets will not allow them to give the royal world an heir. Do they need to get down to business already? What do you think?

Late songbird Whitney Houston covers the latest issue of People magazine.

Whitney was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 9, 1963 and by the time she was eleven years-old, she was singing in her church’s junior gospel choir. Before all of the fame that stardom brings got to her, she was a sweet, young girl, who family called “Nippy”.

Photographer Bette Marshall said, “She was everyone’s dream daughter. She was sweet. She sang in church. And you knew she’d be a superstar.”

Whitney had her demons, but we didn’t realize that dealing with her image of being America’s Sweetheart was a struggle for her. A record executive who worked with Whitney said, “She was in pain from living almost a double life. She wanted to be down with her community. That’s who she really was. But because of her career, she also had to portray this pure pop princess in gorgeous gowns, singing songs the white community adored.”

I don’t know why this suddenly became an issue of race. We are sure that the white community wasn’t the only ones who loved her music. Either way, on February 11, 2012, we lost a true talent. Rest in peace, Whitney. Your talent will be missed.

The latest issue of People magazine goes inside Adele’s health crisis and comeback. She had surgery on her vocal chords in November and the magazine takes a look inside her emotional songs, her triumphant return to music and her self-confidence.

People magazine reports:

“She got to where she is through sheer hard work,” says Arthur Boulton, her teacher at London’s BRIT School.

She also succeeded by being true to herself. While Karl Lagerfeld recently called the singer “a little too fat,” Adele has always embraced her curves, and seems determined not to bend to body bullies.

“I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines,” she says. “I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that.”

We are very proud of her for representing the majority of women and showing that it doesn’t take a skinny, vapid, Hollywood type to become famous — it only takes talent, hard work and determination. For that, we applaud her.

Take note, Kim Kardashian.

People magazine’s latest issue features a story on Demi Moore and the real reason that she sought treatment. As it turns out, she is obsessed with the idea of staying young.

Demi turns 50-years-old on November 11, 2012, but apparently she was interested in living the young, wild life. Sources have revealed that Demi was barely eating and partying like crazy before her trip to the hospital recently.

A source said, “As Demi got older, she convinced herself that she needed to stay young and skinny to remain attractive to her husband. She needed reassurance all the time that she was hot and sexy.”

Another source said that Demi “was always fixated on being young. And the only thing that tied her to that, as she got older, was her marriage to a younger guy and hanging around young people.”

We hope that Demi is able to reconcile the outside of herself with whatever is going on inside of her. She’s troubled and sick and we hope that she gets the help that she needs.

Heidi Klum’s divorce from Seal is front and center on the latest cover of People magazine.

In May 2005, the formerly happy couple married on a beach in Mexico. On January 22nd, they announced that they were separating. We were holding out hope for them to remain a couple, but it was no use. They were always doing the craziest things together for Halloween and they renewed their wedding vows on a yearly basis. So what went wrong?

A pal close to Heidi said, “They were just really great at keeping it private and putting on that ‘perfect couple’ front that everyone expected. It’s actually been about six months that they’ve been working through some issues.”

A source close to the couple revealed, “It was a crazy love affair with highs and lows. Most people can’t sustain the highs when they’re that extreme.”

A Seal source added, “I believe they were madly in love.”

Do you think that they will try to work through their differences? Or is it too late for them to resolve whatever issues they were facing. It seems as if Seal didn’t want the divorce at all.

What do you think?

A couple of weeks ago, it was rumored that Johnny Depp and his long-time girlfriend Vanessa Paradis were headed for a breakup.

A source said, “Johnny isn’t handling anything well right now. People around him are worried about how Johnny is doing because he and Vanessa seem so fractured right now. Their relationship is heading toward the end.”

The source continued, “Johnny has started reaching out to lawyers, probably to quietly discuss how to get out of the relationship. They’re not married but they’ve been together for years and have kids together so it isn’t as easy as just breaking up.”

The spy added, “Johnny is so talented at acting, but he doesn’t seem able to hide how badly things are going right now.”

Now, according to the latest cover of People magazine, they are living sad, separate lives. People reports:

Depp, 48, and Paradis, 39, who are parents to Lily-Rose, 12, and Jack, 9, have not appeared side-by-side on a red carpet for more than a year. Multiple sources tell PEOPLE in this week’s cover story that the relationship is all but officially finished.

In fact, some in their circle say the couple of nearly 14 years have already split. Says one insider: “It’s so sad.”

Let’s hope that the rumors aren’t true. They’ve been together for what seems like forever and they make a really cute couple. Besides that, she seems to be the one that wants to put up with his rumored lack of showering. So there’s always that.

What do you think? Will they confirm that they’ve already split up?

According to the host of The Bachelor, Chris Harrison, it’s going to be a very nude season for Ben Flajnik!

Chris said, “It’s a very nude season. Ben is very comfortable in his own skin. He doesn’t have modesty issues.”

We’ve already seen the nude skinny dipping preview in the show’s first episode, in which Ben takes one of the ladies for a dip in the water. In case you’ve missed the first episode of the season, you can read our recap here.

So there’s going to be even more nudity than what was teased in the first preview clip? I guess Ben is looking for a lady that will get down and dirty!

Have you seen the show this season? It was crazy and full of drama! Monica was hitting on another of the contestants, while Jenna was freaking out and crying in hysterics most of the night.

Who brought the drama the most the first night on the show? Who do you think Ben will end up with? And seeing from the preview they showed at the end of the show, it would appear that there’s more crying than nudity, but that’s our first impression. Can we get a rose for that?

The above photo is of a People magazine cover for the January 7, 2012 issue of the tabloid, claiming that Twilight actor Taylor Lautner is coming out as gay. It would have been a total bombshell of a story — if it were true.

A photo of Taylor is covered with the text, “Exclusive”, along with the subtitle, “Out & Proud”. Underneath that, it says, “Tired of rumors, the Twilight star opens up about his decision to finally come out. ‘I’m more liberated, and happier than I’ve ever been.”

A representative for the magazine told Gossip Cop that the cover is a fake!

It’s a good fake, though, isn’t it? This is how rumors get started. Still, the Photoshopper who made this did a pretty good job, as compared to their real magazine covers.

Taylor Lautner himself has yet to comment on the gay rumors. Did you buy into the hype?

Something like this starts off on Twitter and just spreads like wildfire on the internet. Did you see the cover and think that Taylor was really coming out as gay? Let us know in the comments!

Brave TV host Giuliana Rancic talked to People magazine about her upcoming double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.

She said of the scars that she’ll have as a result of her surgeries, “I think scars tell such an incredible story. I’ll always look at them and think, ‘Wow, I made it through that.’”

She revealed that she still gets shocked over the scary cancer diagnosis that she received. She said, “Usually it’s 2 in the morning, and I’ll turn around from Bill so I don’t wake him up, and I just cry. I sob and think, ‘How did this happen?’”

She is determined to get through this, though, adding, “My breasts have never defined me – and now they never will.”

Her surgery is scheduled for December 13, 2011. We wish her the best of luck!

Photo Credit: People Magazine

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s divorce is front and center on the December 5, 2011 issue of People magazine. On Thursday, Demi announced that she was ending her marriage of six years to Ashton “with great sadness and a heavy heart”.

So what went wrong? Was he a notorious cheater? As it turns out, there was some skepticism about their relationship, along with their age difference, his “wandering eye” and her insecurities.

A pal of Ashton’s said that the marriage “had been deteriorating for a long time. Ashton was ready to end it, but he wanted to wait for Demi to actually do it. He loved her but couldn’t live with her.”

The pal revealed that Demi “really wanted to save the marriage but couldn’t deal with the pain of his cheating.” Another source said, “They were fed up with each other.”

Ashton’s friend added, “If anyone was uncomfortable with the age difference, it was Demi, not Ashton. She drove him crazy after a while with questions and doubts.”

Oh well, it’s over now and they can both move on in happier relationships with people who care about them. Did you think it would last as long as it did?

Last year, Ryan Reynolds snagged the coveted title of People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. So who could it possibly be this year?!?

We won’t have the definitive answer for you until Wednesday morning when People unveils their new title holder, but we’ve got some good guesses/suggestions:

Colin Firth
Alexander Skarsgard
Joe Manganiello
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Robert Pattinson
Mechad Brooks
Ryan Gosling
Isaiah Mustafa
Jon Hamm
Ryan Kwanten

The winners of the title since 2000:

2000 – Brad Pitt
2001 – Pierce Brosnan
2002 – Ben Affleck
2003 – Johnny Depp
2004 – Jude Law
2005 – Matthew McConaughey
2006 – George Clooney
2007 – Matt Damon
2008 – Hugh Jackman
2009 – Johnny Depp
2010 – Ryan Reynolds

Stay tuned as we get the update on who’s your Sexiest Man Alive of 2011! We hope they’ve picked a hot one! Or they could break precedence and do a True Blood Sexiest Men Alive issue…now that would be something. Check back for updates as we reveal the goodies!

Update: The Sexiest Man Alive has been revealed as Bradley Cooper!

We’ve got a feeling that today’s magazine covers are likely to be all about Kim Kardashian’s divorce from Kris Humphries. So far, OK! magazine is telling us “what really happened” without really telling us the details.

Now, People magazine is asking the most obvious question of all….Was Kim’s marriage a mistake or was it fake? We can answer that one pretty easily. It was a fake mistake! How hard was that? There, I saved you $3.00, you can put the check in the mail now. Again, you could do that, or you can read her statement on the matter.

People reports:

“Throughout their whole engagement they were so excited for what was to come and their life together,” says another close Kardashian source. “But once they slowed down and settled into ‘real life,’ it became apparent that this wasn’t what they both thought it was.”

Kardashian, who was dating model Gabriel Aubry this time last year, and began seeing Humphries, 26, a former forward for the New Jersey Nets in November 2010, “is embarrassed about the entire thing,” says the source. “She got caught up in the fairy tale, but her heart wasn’t there in the end.”

What do you think? Do you even care about the Kardashian overload at this point? Sound off in the comments below!

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Kim Kardashian’s wedding photos are front and center on the latest cover of People magazine. Because this entire shindig wasn’t famewhored out enough, she sold her engagement photos to the magazine for a whopping $300,000. She was also said to have made $1.5 million from the sale of the wedding photos in this issue!

And here we thought that weddings were supposed to cost money, not make any!

So, in case you haven’t been aware this past week, it’s been total Kardashian mania. If you haven’t seen 800,000 Kim Kardashian headlines, then she hasn’t done her best at selling the family name. That name, as we’ve always pointed out, was only made famous because some dude peed on her in a sex tape. A tape that was “leaked” (she signed off on it) and catapulted her to superstardom.

But, seriously folks, can we really please stop calling this idiot and her husband “America’s Royal Couple”? She’s nowhere near royalty, for those of us who’ve visited KimKSuperstar.com and we know how she got where she is today. To call that royalty is just a disgrace of the word.

Thanks.

/Rant over.

The Bachelorette star, Ashley Hebert covers the latest issue of People magazine, talking about her engagement to JP Rosenbaum!

Regarding her decision to pick JP, she said, “I’ve never even looked back for a second on my decision.”

She also reveals that she credits JP with helping her get over that douchebucket user, Bentley Williams. This still puzzles me because she went into that with a warning that he was there for other purposes and still pursued him. I would’ve chucked him out the door on the first night, well, right after the drunk dude who passed out.

She revealed, “Our relationship really started after we left the show. The show made us stronger than if we’d met on the outside.”

Are you happy that she picked JP? Was it a surprise at all, considering that there were leaked paparazzi photos of the two of them together weeks ago? Did you think she should end up with Ben?

Thoughts?

Amy Winehouse graces the cover of the newest issue of People magazine, where they discuss the final days of her life!

There have been rumors suggesting that Amy had passed away as a result of a drug overdose, and that wouldn’t be hard to believe, considering her past history with drugs and alcohol. Now, the magazine is delving into the final time in the life of the tragic singer.

Sources close to Amy have revealed that her last days were pretty low-key. According to People, she laid low at her London home, spent time with her mother and went to a doctor’s appointment.

A friend of the late singer said, “She spent most days at home writing.”

The toxicology results are still pending and should be available within two to four weeks. Sarah Hurley, landlady of Amy’s favorite pub, the Good Mixer, said, “Amy was a sparkly character.”

She certainly will be missed. Amy’s funeral was yesterday and she was cremated shortly thereafter at Golders Green Crematorium. Her father gave a touching eulogy and her friend Kelly Osbourne sported her signature beehive for the occasion.

Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped at such a young age by Phillip Garrido in June, 1991. Eighteen years later, she was rescued after two pregnancies by her captor.

She certainly had a strong will to survive after living in captivity for so long. She was pregnant twice, the first being when she was merely 14-years-old.

Jaycee is now 31-years-old and has written her memoir so that everyone can hear her story. The book is called A Stolen Life.

Simon & Schuster head Jonathan Karp talked of the manuscript while it was being written. He said, “When I read the pages, I was moved and inspired by the raw power of Jaycee Dugar’s voice, her strength and her resilience.”

This is a story that hard to imagine, but she had to relive it through the autobiographical process. Our hearts go out to her for the emotional turmoil of which she suffered during her captivity.

This book is on our must-read list! Will you read it?