Sopranos ' James Gandolfini Dead at 51

Sad and surprising news from Italy, where Sopranos ' star James Gandolfini died of an apparent heart attack today at age 51, reports TMZ . The actor who brought Tony Soprano to life on HBO for six seasons was in Sicily for a film festival, says the Hollywood Reporter . He won...

Fashion's Dolce, Gabbana Sentenced to Jail

Celebrities from Madonna to Kate Moss wear Dolce & Gabbana, so one would think Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are doing pretty well. Not today. A Milan court convicted the pair of tax evasion and sentenced them to one year and eight months in jail. The jail sentences are suspended,...

Charlie Sheen Gets Selma Blair Fired

Charlie Sheen may have moved on from Two and a Half Men , but he has apparently not moved on from TV-related drama. TMZ reported Monday that he had personally fired Selma Blair, his co-star in Anger Management , after he found out she complained to executives about how awful Sheen is...

Uproar Over Serena Williams' Rape Comment

This probably wasn't the focus Rolling Stone was going for when it ran a profile on Serena Williams headlined, "The Great One." Nonetheless, attention has centered on one controversial comment that comes toward the end of its lengthy article, made by Williams in reference to the Steubenville rape case as...

Lolo Jones' Jokey Video Sparks a Brawl

Track-star-turned-bobsledder Lolo Jones is doing some speedy damage control after she made a Vine video this week snarking about a measly paycheck of $741.84 from her new sport. "Seven months with bobsled season. The whole season. That's it," she says, reports the Christian Science Monitor . Then, pretending to call...

Etheridge: Jolie's Double Mastectomy Not 'Brave'

When Angelina Jolie revealed her choice to have a preventative double mastectomy, celebrities fell all over themselves in their rush to call her courageous—but not Melissa Etheridge. In an interview with the Washington Blade last week that apparently just got noticed by the celebrity media, Etheridge—a breast cancer...

Kim's Complications Forced Early Birth: Source

For two people as publicity-hungry as Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, it's a bit odd how little we've heard since the birth of their baby girl (other than the standard "she's a miracle" and "she's beautiful" type stuff from the rest of the Kardashian Klan). But now a source reveals...

Now James Franco Wants Your Cash

James Franco would like to make three films, based on his own short stories, and he would like you to pay for them. Yes, Franco is the latest celebrity to turn to crowdfunding rather than traditional financing for a project (a trend that's sometimes successful , sometimes really not ), but...

Jay-Z's Modest New Album: Magna Carta Holy Grail

If you thought Kanye West's latest album title, Yeezus , was perhaps a bit pretentious, well ... here comes Jay-Z with Magna Carta Holy Grail . He announced the upcoming album during a 3-minute Samsung commercial that aired during last night's NBA Finals Game 5, Rolling Stone reports. The album—his 12th and...

Kate Moss Marks 40 With Nude Playboy Cover

Kate Moss is celebrating her 40th birthday (yes, she's turning 40; go ahead and bemoan your lost youth now) the only way one could really expect: by appearing nude on the cover of Playboy . She's already completed the photo shoot, which will run in the January issue, the New York...

Behind Paris' Suicide Attempt: Family Secret

What precipitated Paris Jackson's suicide attempt ? According to a family friend, discovering she and brother Prince have different biological fathers. Paris always thought Debbie Rowe and someone—not Michael Jackson—were her and Prince's biological parents, the source explains to the Sun . But she was recently told the truth,...

Miss USA: New Winner, New Gaffe

The new Miss USA is a woman more accustomed to spreadsheets than catwalks: Erin Brady, a 25-year-old accountant and the current Miss Connecticut. Brady won last night after answering a question about the recent Supreme Court decision upholding widespread DNA swabbing , which she said she agreed with, the AP reports....

Nigella Lawson Allegedly Attacked by Husband in Public

Police are investigating Nigella Lawson's husband after photos were published in a UK tabloid yesterday showing him apparently grabbing her throat as they sat outside at a restaurant in Mayfair. Witnesses tell the Mirror that multimillionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi grabbed the TV chef's neck four times during a heated...

Curb Your Enthusiasm Actor Busted in Parking Fight

Things got a little heated over a parking space in Los Angeles on Saturday, police say. The dispute ended with comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm actor Jeff Garlin arrested for allegedly smashing the other guy's Mercedes windows; he was jailed and faces a felony vandalism charge, the AP reports. TMZ...

Man of Steel Nabs No. 1 June Open Ever

Man of Steel may not have rocked critics' worlds but someone forgot to tell moviegoers, who stormed theaters and pushed the latest Superman to the best June opening ever, with $125.1 million. While the Hollywood Reporter notes that that figure includes $12 million from Thursday night Walmart screenings, the...

5 Celebs With ... Chicken Coops

Only Jennifer Aniston could inspire an E! headline like this: " Celebrity Chicken Coops: Stars Who Have Digs for Their Feathered Friends ." Aniston, you see, made headlines recently with the news that she's got a fancy chicken coop on her $21 million Bel Air estate. It's right behind the guest house,...

Pope Blesses ... Harley Davidsons?

It was a rougher-than-usual crowd in St. Peter's Square today, with the dull roar of Harley Davidsons drowning out the "Our Father" and Pope Francis himself doling out blessings to the thousands of bikers crowding into what the AP terms "a giant Harley parking lot." The bikers were in town...

Kimye Baby Born: It's a Girl

Stop biting those nails and pacing that hallway, folks: Kim Kardashian has just given birth. Sources tell TMZ that Kardashian and Kanye West became parents to a baby girl today—five weeks earlier than the birth was expected. Apparently Kanye missed his own record release party after Kardashian reported feeling...

55 Stars Who've Gone Broke

"Rich" and "famous" don't always go together. Radar rounds up 55 celebrities who've been broke: Pamela Anderson was said to owe $1.1 million in back taxes and debts to construction companies that were working on her Malibu house last year. She reportedly had to put the house up for...

'Scandal Details' Coming in Murdoch Divorce?

The gossip mill is churning in the wake of the Rupert Murdoch-Wendi Deng divorce filing . As the Hollywood Reporter notes, Deng's friendships with prominent males from Tony Blair to Eric Schmidt are being poked at (Blair's rep firmly denies the former British PM and Deng "are having an affair"). But...

Kate Middleton's Pregnancy Prep Revealed

Kate Middleton is not messing around when it comes to childbirth: The Duchess of Cambridge is considering hypno-birthing, sources tell Grazia and Now in interviews picked up by EntertainmentWise . The birthing method is supposed to make for a shorter, less painful labor by decreasing anxiety, which could be particularly helpful...

Cyrus Divorce Is Back On

Cue the "Achy Breaky Heart" jokes: Billy Ray Cyrus and wife Tish are divorcing after 19 years of marriage. "But wait," you say. "This story sounds familiar." That's because Billy Ray filed for divorce in 2010, then called it off the following year. This time around, Tish is the one...

Rupert Murdoch Divorcing Wife

Rupert Murdoch might be in the market for a bodyguard. The 82-year-old News Corp chairman has filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, Wendi Deng, reports Deadline.com . (Deng, 38 years his junior, once famously came to her husband's rescue against a pie-thrower.) The "relationship between husband...

Jason Segel, Michelle Williams Both Move On

Looks like formerly adorable couple Jason Segel and Michelle Williams really is no more : Both have been spotted with new partners recently. E! identified Segel's "mystery woman" as Bojana Novakovic, a 31-year-old Serbian-born Australian actress with whom he's been spotted quite a few times over the past few weeks. As...

Cesar Millan: I Attempted Suicide

"Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan attempted suicide three years ago, he reveals in a new interview airing on Rock Center tomorrow. His pit bull, Daddy, had died; his relationship with his sons faltered after his wife of 16 years asked for a divorce; even amid all his TV fame, he was...

Here's First Peek of Naomi Watts as Princess Di

A new trailer offers the first peek of Naomi Watts as Princess Diana, notes Salon . The movie, called Diana , will be out in the UK in September, though there's no release date yet for the US. The trailer is wordless, but Arienne Thompson at USA Today thinks Watts nailed Diana's...

5 Most Arrogant Quotes From Kanye's NYT Interview

In anticipation of Tuesday's release of Kanye West's Yeezus , the New York Times runs an extensive and vaguely fawning interview with the rapper. (Writer Jon Caramanica expresses what seems like amazement that "even as the [album] deadline loomed, Mr. West made room for an appearance at the baby shower for...

Gwyneth to Pals: Don't Talk About Me

Today's amusing glimpse into what it's like to be Gwyneth Paltrow: The New York Post reports that she's refusing to participate in a Vanity Fair cover story about her, because the magazine recently ran "unflattering pieces" about Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. But, a source says, "the magazine said it...

Oprah Donates $12M to Black History Museum

Visitors to a coming museum on black history will be able to sit in a theater named after Oprah Winfrey when the site opens in 2015. Reason? Winfrey has donated $12 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC, reports the Washington Post . It's...

Ringo Turning 'Octopus's Garden' Into Kids' Book

Ringo Starr is joining the ranks of celebrities-turned-children's-authors. The Beatle plans to turn his 45-year-old song "Octopus's Garden" into a children's book, reports the Christian Science Monitor . Starr, though, will do so in collaboration with a pro—kids' book illustrator Ben Cort. It will be out next year via Simon...