Lindsay Lohan was spotted showing a baby bump– albeit, a prosthetic one for a role in her new movie.

Lindsay was with pretend child for her latest big screen venture, “Labor Pains,” about an up and coming assistant who fakes a pregnancy in order to avoid getting the ax.

Earlier this week, Lindsay’ gal pal Samantha Ronson stopped by the set to visit the actress. The duo, which appeared to having a great time, was spotted laughing and hugging.

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She’s a humanitarian, a business woman, a talk show host, and now, for the second year running, Oprah Winfrey can once again boost her resume with the title of “Most Powerful Celebrity,” according to a new survey by Forbes magazine.

Oprah was given the title again by the money mag, which ranked celebrities based on their earnings over the last year (a whopping $275 million for the TV queen), along with press clippings, Google hits, television mentions and magazine covers.

Golfer Tiger Woods took second place with his earnings of $115 million, while Angelina Jolie took the third slot, despite earning a-small-by-comparison $14 million, according to Forbes.

Beyonce and her $80 million in earnings for the year (from June 2007 to June 2008) netted her a fourth place ranking. Her music mogul husband, Jay-Z made the list too — in seventh.

In between the couple were David Beckham, who placed fifth, and “Pirates” star Johnny Depp who grabbed sixth.

Reunited rock outfit The Police, were a new entry on the list. The trio, fronted by Sting, took eighth.

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling nabbed the ninth spot thanks to the $44 million the book series’ final installment, “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows” earned since its release last July.

Angelina’s partner, Brad Pitt, rounded out the top ten, thanks to the attention he receives for being part of the celebrity supercouple and his box office takings.

Other celebrities in the top 25 included Will Smith (11), Justin Timberlake (12), Jennifer Anniston (17), Simon Cowell (22) and Jerry Seinfeld (25).

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“Celebrity Rehab’s” Dr. Drew Pinsky has apologized to film star Tom Cruise over comments he made in the July issue of Playboy.

Bert Fields, Cruise’s attorney, claimed Dr. Drew, a board certified specialist in addiction medicine, should be “ashamed of himself” for statements the doctor made in the Q&A section of the magazine related to the star.

“No competent professional would ever pretend to diagnose anyone he’s never met,” Fields said in a statement. “[Pinsky’s] opinions are ridiculous. He’s out to use names of celebs to attract attention to his television show. He should be ashamed of himself.”

Pinksy, who for over two decades has served as the medical expert on the radio show “Loveline,” was asked by Playboy interviewer David Hochman how people end up “screwed up” in adulthood. After suggesting such things occur based on abuse in childhood, Pinsky brought up Cruise.

“A lot of people in the public eye who behave strangely have mental illness we can learn from, and much of it is based on childhood trauma, without a doubt. Take a guy like Tom Cruise. Why would somebody be drawn into a cultish kind of environment like Scientology?” Dr. Drew said. “To me, that’s a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood – maybe some abuse but mostly neglect. If you feel completely empty and suddenly you find a family that fills you in a deep and spiritual way, you will go in that direction.”

Pinksy went on to suggest Cruise’s promotion of Scientology was worrisome.

“His taking that narrow base of expertise and using it to influence so many people is a dangerous combination,” Pinksy told Playboy. “But he is just gratifying his emptiness.”

Following Fields’ statement slamming Pinsky’s comments, the doctor released a statement of his own through a rep, apologizing for his remarks, if they caused offense.

“Dr. Drew meant no harm to Mr. Cruise and apologizes if his comments were hurtful,” the statement read. “Although [Mr. Fields’] intent is clearly to slander and discredit Dr. Drew, under no circumstances is Dr. Drew making a blanket diagnosis about Scientology nor Mr. Cruise whom he does not know. Dr. Drew was simply using Mr. Cruise as an example of someone who is recognizable to help the public understand. Again, Dr. Drew meant him no harm.”

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Angelina Jolie has finally set the record straight over those reports she kept a vial of Billy Bob Thornton’s blood around her neck during the couple’s marriage.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly’s Dave Karger, Jolie claimed the reports got it wrong.

“It was never a vial anyway. It was like a flower press,” she said. “It was like from a slight cut on your finger and you press your fingerprint in. It was kind of a sweet gesture. I thought it was kind of romantic!”

The couple was married for three years, splitting up around the time Angelina adopted her first son, Maddox. Though Jolie and Thornton have gone their separate ways, she told the magazine there is no bad blood (no pun intended) between them.

“I still love him dearly and think the world of him and I’m proud to have been his wife for a time,” she said. “I don’t believe in regrets. It’s a dangerous habit to get into — it makes you pause in your life if you start thinking back and questioning yourself.”

Currently, Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt are in France, preparing for the birth of twin daughters. The additions will bring their brood numbers to six, which is news the family was not prepared for.

“We weren’t expecting twins! So it did shock us, and we jumped to six quickly. But we like a challenge,” Jolie said. “[Brad’s] mom and dad are on standby to come out and help. And fortunately we can hire help if we need it, but we’re going to try as we usually do to balance it as well as we can.”

Another thing the Jolie-Pitts are balancing? Their sex life.

When asked if twins were bad for their between-the-sheets action, Jolie said carrying twins has made things more interesting.

“I think it’s quite the opposite. It’s great for the sex life,” she said. “It just makes you a lot more creative. So you have fun, and as a woman you’re just so round and full.”

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Paul Newman, who has recently appeared gaunt in photos and dropped plans to direct a play in his Connecticut hometown, is battling cancer, his longtime neighbor and business partner said Wednesday.

Writer A.E. Hotchner, who partnered with Newman to start Newman’s Own salad dressing company in the 1980s, said the 83-year-old actor told him about the disease about 18 months ago.

He doesn’t say what kind of cancer, but said Newman is in active treatment.

“I know that it’s a form of cancer,” Hotchner told The Associated Press. “It’s a form of cancer and he’s dealing with it.”

Newman issued a statement late Tuesday that he’s “doing nicely” but didn’t specifically address questions about cancer. A call was placed to his spokesman Wednesday seeking comment.

The Oscar winner appeared to have lost weight when he was photographed at the Indianapolis 500 auto race last month. Martha Stewart, in an entry dated June 6, posted a photo on her blog of herself with the actor, who looked thin, at a luncheon to benefit the Hole in the Wall Gang camps for critically ill children. (The Hole in the Wall Gang was led by Newman’s affable outlaw character, Butch, in the 1969 film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”)

Newman won an Oscar for his leading role in 1986’s “The Color of Money.” His screen credits also include “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Verdict” and “Road to Perdition.”

Hotchner said Newman had an operation a few years ago. “It was certainly somewhere in the area of the lung,” he said. “He’s battling,” Hotchner said. “He’s doing all the right stuff. Paul is a fighter. He seems to be going through a good period right now.”

Asked about his prognosis, Hotchner said, “Everybody is hopeful. That’s all we know.”

In 1982, Hotchner and Newman started a company to market Newman’s original oil-and-vinegar dressing. Newman’s Own, which began as a joke, grew into a multimillion-dollar business selling popcorn, salad dressing, spaghetti sauce and other foods. All the company’s profits are donated to charities. By 2007, the company had donated more than $175 million, according to its Web site.

Last month, officials at Connecticut’s Westport Country Playhouse cited unspecified health issues when they announced that Newman would not direct “Of Mice and Men” this fall.

Newman lives in Westport with his wife, Joanne Woodward.

Two friends said Tuesday that Newman appeared to be doing well.

“I think he’s feeling quite well,” said actor James Naughton, who spoke to Newman on Monday night. “As far as I can tell he’s doing very well.”

Newman had an infection over the winter, but seems to have that under control, Naughton said. He was lively at this month’s Hole in the Wall Gang camp fundraiser, he said.

Michael Brockman, Newman’s racing team partner, said Newman told him recently that he wants to get back into his race car for a test run and possibly another competition. His last race was last fall, he said.

“I think he’s doing better than he was,” Brockman said, noting that Newman had regained most of the weight he had lost.

“I think he looks great,” said Brockman, who saw Newman last weekend. “I wish I looked that good.”

Brockman called Newman “one of the best guys I ever met.”

“He’s just a regular guy,” Brockman said. “He’s humble.”

A consumer alert for the millions who have seen the feature film version of “Sex and The City”: There is no such book as “Love Letters From Great Men,” from which Carrie Bradshaw reads while in bed with her beloved Mr. Big.

The closest text in the real world apparently is “Love Letters From Great Men and Women: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day,” first released in the 1920s and reissued last year by Kessinger Publishing, which specializes in bringing back old works.

Richard Davies, press manager for AbeBooks.com, an online seller that features used titles, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he has received hundreds of queries about the book’s existence. Enough readers have been directed to the Kessinger anthology, on AbeBooks and elsewhere on the Internet, that it ranked No. 134 on Amazon.com as of Thursday afternoon.

In “Sex and The City,” an early scene shows Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) poring through the imaginary collection, although citing real letters by Beethoven and Napoleon among others. Mr. Big (Chris Noth), later takes passages from the book as he expresses his love, by e-mail, to Carrie.

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The family of late actor Heath Ledger will attend the premiere of “The Dark Knight” next month, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The Ledger family will be on hand for the New York event on July 14, which has been dedicated to Heath by Christopher Nolan, the film’s director.

In addition to the dedication, the film will include a memoriam to the actor at the end of the movie.

Nolan told Britain’s Empire Magazine that Heath’s portrayal of the Joker is ” the absolute extreme of anarchy and chaos.”

“We didn’t want to show what made him do the things he’s doing, because then he becomes less threatening. I like to say he cuts through the movie like [the shark in] ‘Jaws,’” Nolan said. “He just kind of comes and goes and causes complete mayhem,” Nolan said.

“The Dark Knight” opens wide on July 18.

She gave birth on Saturday, but already the well wishes for new mom Jessica Alba and her new baby, Honor Marie Warren, are coming in fast and furious from her “Love Guru” co-stars.
“Congratulations,” Justin Timberlake said.

The “Love Guru” co-star said he last saw Alba a couple of weeks ago when the cast gathered together for a screening of the film.

“She looked like she was ready to pop,” Timberlake told Access Hollywood. “I am glad the little one is out, but you know, she was glowing and she looked beautiful.”

Though Alba and her husband, Cash Warren, are first time parents, Timberlake said his co-star already has the makings of a great mom.

“She seems very patient — that’s what moms require more than anything, knowing my mom,” he laughed.

“Love Guru” star Mike Myers also offered his well wishes for Alba, though he is waiting to call her.

“I don’t know what the etiquette is,” he said. “I think you have to wait a couple of days until they are home, but I send a message now of congratulations.”

And like Timberlake, Myers said he believes Alba will make a terrific mother.

”[She’s a] very real person,” Myers said. “She’s very funny and very smart, very talented and she is very real. I think she is going to be a great mom.”

If seeing Adam Sandler’s movie poster everywhere around LA isn’t enough for you, now there’s more controversy surrounding the flick.

The author of a 2003 webzine, 2005 comic book and 2007 novel all titled The Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde has launched a legal drop down drag out against Sandler, seeking to halt the June 6 release of You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, E! News reported today.

The author is named Robert W. Cabell, and sad to say, I don’t think this guy can stop the comedic powerhouse of Adam Sandler and Happy Madison, Inc.

Ellis J. Pailet, a Louisiana attorney who represents the author Robert W. Cabell, sent a cease and desist letter earlier this month to Sandler’s people, accusing them of ripping off his client’s ideas and threatening with a full-blown lawsuit.

Sandler’s publicist, Cindi Guagenti, declined to discuss the claims or potential litigation.

“We don’t comment on lawsuits, especially ones without merit,” she said.

Sandler 1, unknown author-guy 0.

For his part, Pailet notes in the May 8 letter several supposed similarities between Cabell’s gay crusader action hero, who fights bad guys with his “trademarked Uzi blow-dryer, bulletproof mousse and hair-curler hand-grenades,” and Sandler’s Israeli Mossad agent, who fakes his death to leave the spy business to cut hair in New York.

“Your transformation of our client’s gay character into your heterosexual character is not a fair use,” the letter reads.  “Like the Blonde logo, the Zohan logo used to promote your movie depicts your character pointing a blow-dryer as if it were a weapon.”

Really??  I think this guy just wants the spotlight on him, and he knows that picking a public feud right before a movie’s release is a good publicity stunt.  One may argue not as good as a ’surprise’ wedding in the Bahamas, but a close second.

Pailet is theorizing that Sandler and costar Rob Schneider may have swiped the character because they were among “Cabell’s first 100 MySpace friends in 2005 when the Blonde MySpace.com website was created.”

All this legal stuff is making it all sound very serious, but really I don’t think this is gonna go anywhere.

Does anyone actually believe this story?

If you haven’t gotten sick of all the spoof movies that have been in theaters these past years then you will be happy to hear this.

But if you are sick of them… at least this one has Kim Kardashian in it!
In fact, joining Kim will also be Carmen Electra and Vanessa Minnillo!

Now I know you wanna go see this movie.

Some bloggers are calling it Goodie Two Shoes, but imdb.com lists it as Disaster Movie. And it is bound to be just as funny as everything else writer/director’s Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have done up to this point. You might know them from movies like Meet the Spartans or Epic Movie.

This time around the spoofs will be on movies like Superbad, Will Smith’s new movie, Hancock, the Sex and the City movie, and Mike Myers’s upcoming The Love Guru. Wow, they sure are planning ahead with these jokes– these movies aren’t even out yet!

And for all you SATC fans, they are looking for a man to play Carrie. I wonder how that will go…

Calling all look-a-likes! If spoofing movies isn’t enough for you, Disaster Movie is also going to be

mocking celebrities. The writers are said to currently be on the lookout for a Jessica Simpson, a Justin T

imberlake, a Prince, a Flava Flav, a Dr Phil, an Angelina Jolie, a Paris Hilton, and a Michael Jackson.

Are you intrigued yet? Well you have until August 29, 2009 to get pumped up about it!

And we all know these silly movies are our guilty pleasure, so you can deny it all you want but deep down you know you like it.