Fame, family, and reality TV– Nicole Richie and her rocker baby daddy Joel Madden are reportedly shopping a new reality TV show.
The former Simple-Life-star-turned-mother-of-two is said to be in discussions with an undisclosed network to return to her roots as a reality personality by appearing in a new television talk show where famous friends show up at Joel & Nicole’s Hollywood home to be interviewed by the couple.
“Nicole turns down a lot of roles because she doesn’t want to leave her children, Harlow and Sparrow,” a Star Magazine spy explains. “This would be an option because she could work from home.”
Despite being the daughter of Commadores legend Lionel Richie, Nicole rose to fame appearing alongside former BFF Paris Hilton on the unscripted hit The Simple Life from 2003 to 2007.
Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal picked up the tab for the funeral of Shaniya Davis after being moved by national news coverage about the 5-year-old North Carolina girl police say was sold into child prostitution by her mother, The Associated Press reports.
Authorities believe Shaniya was kidnapped, raped and murdered after being reported missing Nov. 10. Her body was found six days later on a roadside about 30 miles from her hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Last Sunday’s memorial service was attended by more than 2,000 people. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
Invite? We don’t need no stinkin’ invite! Two aspiring reality personalities for Bravo’s forthcoming docudrama The Real Housewives of DC attended The White House’s state dinner this week — sans invitation.
Tareq and Michaele Salahi, a pair of polo-playing socialites popular on the horse circuit in Fauquier County, Virginia, arrived at the Obamas’ first state dinner, in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, at The White House on Tuesday. The couple posted pictures of their meetings with various VIPs at the White House. Their arrival, however, has raised more than a few eyebrows, The Washington Post wrote Thursday. The couple were not on the guest list and the Secret Service is investigating its security procedures, a spokesman for the agency said. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
A bus carrying all of Britney Spears’ tour equipment was involved in a serious accident in Australia early Friday. The vehicle flipped off the road in Parkes, New South Wales as a result of strong winds during a bad storm,according to TMZ.com.
The pop hitmaker is currently touring the Outback as part of her Circus World Tour and her equipment bus was traveling to Melbourne ahead of her concert at the city’s Rod Laver Arena on Friday night. Britney was not involved in the accident and is still expected to take the stage as scheduled at tonight’s show.
The driver was admitted to hospital, where his condition is unknown. All of Spears’ equipment was undamaged. The news comes a week after a tour bus carrying Miley Cyrus’ band overturned in a fatal accident outside Richmond Virginia, which left the driver dead and nine crew members injured.
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The Queen of Talk will interview the President and First Lady during an ABC holiday special that brings Oprah Winfrey and The Obamas together for the first time since the former Chicago senator took office in January.
The network will air Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special on Sunday, Dec. 13, @ 10PM. The show will feature an interview with the president, a conversation with the First Family, and a tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The special will also go behind the scenes as The White House staffers prepare for the holiday season.
Winfrey, who had never before endorsed a presidential candidate, was a staunch Obama supporter during his presidential campaign and even appeared at several of the then-senator’s rallies around the country.
Regis Philbin isn’t letting pending hip replacement surgery slow him down. The Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host will sit in for Meredith Vieira, host of the syndicated version of the game show, during a weeklong guest stint.
The episodes are slated to air from Nov. 30 through Dec. 4 and mark the first time that Philbin will take over the weekday edition of the game show.
On Monday, the 78-year-old revealed plans to take a leave of absence from co-hosting Live with Regis and Kelly to undergo hip replacement surgery in New York.
She narrowly missed an opportunity to claim the coveted mirrorball trophy on the ninth season of Dancing With The Stars, but R&B songbird Mya is wasting no time reestablishing herself as an artist. The Grammy-winning singer is set to guest star on a upcoming episode of NBC’s freshman drama medical Mercy.
The singer/actress will play the melodramatic musician daughter of a dying 80-year-old man on an episode airing Jan. 6, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Mya, 30, finished in second place behind “Puppy Love” crooner Donny Osmond on DWTS this week. Her sixth studio album is reportedly scheduled for a February 2010 release on her Planet 9 independent label.
GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and gay-friendly publication The Advocate have spoken out against an editorial decision made during Adam Lambert’s AM performance on CBS’ breakfast program The Early Show Wednesday.
In a move that seems to support the notion of that double standard the gay singer keeps talking about, the network blurred a pair of racy moments from performance footage, included a simulated sexual act and a kiss with his straight keyboard player. On the other hand, the network played Madonna and Britney Spears’ famous same-sex smooch from the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards without the blur. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!
