American Idol judge Randy Jackson is joining forces with the American Heart Association (AHA) for the second year in a row to combat Diabetes. Jackson, who has Type 2 diabetes, will co-host a free cooking presentation in Philadelphia, PA with the AHA to demonstrate healthy lifestyle changes in food preparation. "There is no cure for diabetes, but you can manage and control it," Jackson quotes.

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On a lighter note, American Idol Season 8 begins in 1 week, on Thursday, January 13th on FOX TV. Set your DVR!!

Singer Lance Bass from the popular late 90's boy band 'N Sync is hopeful for a reunion act with the band in the near future he told Billboard Magazine. "I hope in the next few years we would definitely be able to do another tour and another album," Bass, who is has been pretty busy with numerous television projects and a book, told Billboard.

A boy band reunion? Have they really been gone long enough yet?

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Jett Travolta, the son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, has died Friday morning. Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure and fell and hit his head in the bathroom while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas. The exact cause of death is unknown at this time.

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The first photos of former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's grandson, Tripp, have reportedly sold for $300,000(USD). Unwed teen parents Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston started making deals for the rights to the photos well before Bristol gave birth.

Why are unwed and self-proclaimed teen hillbilly rednecks getting six figures for making babies!? Somebody help me out with this one.

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Actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, husband and wife, have been added to the list of victims in the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme. New York money manager Madoff lied about his investment business that lost around $50 billion.

Way to go Madoff!! I guess being fresh prison meat will teach you a lesson!

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Actress-singer Eartha Kitt has died of colon cancer at the age of 81 on Christmas Day. The "Santa Baby" singer and self-proclaimed "sex kitten" was a celebrated screen and stage actress as well as an accomplished songstress who received two Emmy awards for her television work, one Grammy award nomination for music and two Tony award nominations for her stage work.

Her daughter Kitt Shapiro was by her bedside when she passed.

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Read more on Eartha Kitt's suprising and very compelling life and times here.

"I'm grateful that I did the film and got to work with Darren and people really like it," Oscar winning actress Marisa Tomei says of director Darren Aronofsky in their new film, "The Wrestler."

Headlining the film is co-star Mickey Rourke who received a Golden Globe Award nomination last week for his critically acclaimed comeback performance.

Wrestlers, strippers...excellent movie! Go see it.

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Producer Andrew Form of Platinum Dunes has confirmed that shooting will begin sometime by the spring of 2009 for the remake of the 1984 Wes Craven horror classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street." The new film will be written by Wesley Strick ("Arachnophobia," "Cape Fear") and will have a darker feel. There have been reports that actor Robert Englund will not be returning as serial dreamstalker/child killer Freddy Krueger and that the film will get a fresh reboot.

Should there be a remake of this film and should Englund return? Post your thoughts.

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Tom Cruise's son Connor Cruise will make his debut and play a young Ben Thomas, Will Smith's charcter, in the new Columbia Pictures film "Seven Pounds," The film opens Friday.

Is it through the kids and film that bromance flame Will and Tom will finally break down powercouple Ben Affleck and Matt Damon? The politics!

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"I'm not an entertainer and yet I have made my living in this industry. It's a fluke," Jerry Springer told UK show This Morning. Springer, a former politician, currently hosts the long-running controversial TV talk show The Jerry Springer Show as well as talent competition program America's Got Talent.

Jerry!! Jerry!! That used to be good trash TV.

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20th Century Fox's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" film is number one at the box office with receipts of over $30 million. The 2008 remade alien pic about an alien who comes to Earth on a mission stars alien Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates and Jaden Smith.

Alien from outer space, if you're there... Save us from Bush! Really!!

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Breakout star Freida Pinto of the Danny Boyle directed acclaimed film "Slumdog Millionaire," playing in theatres currently, told New Karala that she is alright with showing skin. "If it is only to excite the public, I am not at all ready to expose but if the role demands it and the character that I am offered justifies exposure, I am game for exposure," she said.

Skin or violence in filmmaking? Less violence and more skin I say!!

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The daughters of actors Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards are fine after a car crash in Malibu, CA Friday afternoon. The accident was caused by a driver of another car who failed to yield and pulled into the path of the car carrying the nanny chauffered Sheen children. "He was very grateful the girls were in their car seats and for the safety features of Mercedes," Charlie Sheen's rep told E! News.

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"American Pie" and "Taradise" starlet Tara Reid has checked herself into the famed Promises Rehabilitation Center. "I've done enough for a lifetime of everything," Reid told People Magazine back in October.

Is this a publicity stunt or the real thing? Hmmm...

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Film actor Macaulay Culkin's sister, Dakota Culkin, was hit by a driver in Los Angeles, CA Tuesday night. She was pronounced dead one day later at UCLA Medical Center with massive head trauma. According to the Los Angeles Police Department it was an accident and the driver of the car followed all laws and even tried to help 29 year-old Culkin.

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R&B singer Bobby Brown has collaborated with writer Derrick Handspike on a biography of his life in the spotlight, released Dec. 9th. He talks about his relationships with ex-wife Whitney Houston and singer Janet Jackson as well as his troubles with crack. "There was times when I went on my binges and would lock myself up in a room for days at a time just getting high," Brown recalls.

This will make a great stocking stuffer for the kids!

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According to estimates, Britney Spears' latest comeback CD, Circus, will debut at number one on the Billboard charts with sales of over 500,000 copies. "At the end of the day, I think she is America's pop princess, and the world's pop princess, and this just reconfirms it to everyone who doubted it," her manager Larry Rudolph said.

Let the lip-sync tour commence!

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The Associated Press is reporting Scott Ruffalo has died today, one week after being shot in the head in Beverly Hills. Shaha Mishaal Adham and Brian Scofield, two persons of interest in the case, have surrendered to authorities.

Ruffalo was a successful, well-respected hairstylist and adored by the Beverly Hills community.

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Media Queen Oprah Winfrey recently told AP Television that she is not seeking a position with President-elect Obama's administration. "I do what I do best on television everyday," she said.

Winfrey's production company announced her long running, emmy-winning talk show will air a live episode and tape one in Washington during inauguration week.

If she did take a job with Obama, we all know who would be running that house.

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Former football star turned actor O.J. Simpson has finally run out of luck. Simpson and his accomplise Clarence Stewart have just been sentenced by Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass in the Las Vegas robbery trial. "The evidence in this case was overwhelming," Judge Glass said as she handed down very stiff sentences. Simpson, Stewart and others barged into a hotel in Vegas last year to retrieve memorabilia Simpson claimed belong to him. Surveillance video showed that guns were involved in the stick up.

After being convicted of 12 charges in October, Simpson will receive at least 15 years in Nevada State prison for his involvement. The judge stated the sentence was not "payback" or "retribution" for anything (1994 murders of wife Nicole, Ron Goldman) and that she was just doing her job.

What do you think?