Heidi Klum, Hawaiian Beach Hero
Today in celebrity news: Heidi Klum helped rescue her son and two nannies from the watery depths this weekend, Amy Poehler went on (gulp) a date, and Lindsay Lohan makes an April Fools' joke.
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Today in show business news: Nicki Minaj is going to try her hand at film acting, Duck Dynasty is huge, and MTV gets into the Scream business.
Today in celebrity news: Heidi Klum helped rescue her son and two nannies from the watery depths this weekend, Amy Poehler went on (gulp) a date, and Lindsay Lohan makes an April Fools' joke.
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Justin Bieber is a blood relative of basically every famous Canadian, Stevie Nicks feels terrible about this whole Nicki Minaj mess, and Lance Bass says the wrong things about Jessica Biel.
It's not two but three nights in a row now for hip-hop/R&B/pop's hottest young couple. Elsewhere in celebrityland: Kate Gosselin wants back on TV, for the children; Andy Cohen thinks he's making art; and Julianne Moore was robbed.
Today in celebrity gossip: An old couple got hot and heavy at a New York club, tempers flare at American Idol, and Amanda Bynes really does not like Lindsay Lohan.
Today in show business news: A pop rapper becomes a reality star, the paparazzi strikes a deal with a movie partly about paparazzi, and we have the rest of our Catching Fire tributes.
American Idol auditions begin tonight in New York City so you would think the show would have its judging panel locked in before the weekend, but no. According to the New York Times' Bill Carter, the ink on the contracts with Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban is fresh.
Now that President Obama has commented on the Great Nicki Minaj Presidential Endorsement Debate, the rapper herself has clarified: She is not voting for Mitt Romney.
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Tonight we see the confluence of three major, celebrity-filled, potentially world-changing events: the final night of the Democratic National Convention, the MTV Video Music Awards, and Fashion's Night Out.
The President was going to spoil MTV's biggest party of the year on Thursday night, so they're just going to start and finish an hour earlier than they usually do instead of going head-to-head against him. That's not very rock n' roll, guys.
If you really believe Nicki Minaj is going to vote for Mitt Romney based on a lyric, then you might also be inclined to also believe she's a gold-toothed brain-eating monster with billion dollar credit.
Fox moves ever closer to shoring up their judging team for next year's twelfth season of American Idol. Elsewhere in today's showbiz news, that spinoff of The Office really seems to be happening, and Benedict Cumberbatch heads to Oklahoma.
Today in show business news: September 4th will see Kelly Ripa betrothed to another man, an '80s sitcom icon heads to Survivor, and more Game of Thrones casting.
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Lil Wayne explained that he pulled Nicki Minaj from Summer Jam because...women ought to be respected.
Only hours before Nicki Minaj was scheduled to perform at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert, The Twitters blew up with the news that the chart-topping, neon-beehive-wig-wearing M.C. would not show.
Today: Royals are acting criminally, Tiki Barber hits a marital snag, and Nicki storms off the internet.
Plus: Spitzer planning a return to the family business?
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