Posted in October 31, 2009 ¬ 3:05 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Janet Weidenheimer, who was also known as Nana Janet on "Jon and Kate Plus 8," has passed away.
ET can confirm that Janet died on Oct. 28. Funeral services were scheduled to take place Saturday in Pennsylvania.
Janet voluntarily assisted the Gosselins with taking care of their eight children and appeared on the family's TLC reality show a number of times.
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Posted in October 31, 2009 ¬ 1:21 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Ryan Seacrest is opening up about how he's doing following Friday's arrest of his accused stalker.
"Thanks, I am fine," Seacrest wrote on his Twitter page, responding to someone who wanted to know if he was alright.
Yesterday, the "American Idol" host was granted a restraining against Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr., who is accused in the court papers of stalking, harassing and violently pursuing Seacrest for the past two months.
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Posted in October 31, 2009 ¬ 11:00 amh.ETonline - Celebrities
Hugh Jackman, People magazine's reigning "Sexiest Man Alive," is dishing on who he thinks should inherit the title!
“Me! I want to be the first to have it back to back, buddy,” the ‘Wolverine’ star joked with People.com on Friday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in NYC. “That would be fantastic!”
"I thought there were thousands of other guys that deserved it, but it's been a great year. But now the pressure’s off," he said, "I can be a slob again."
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Posted in October 31, 2009 ¬ 10:30 amh.ETonline - Celebrities
Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney are among the A-list guests who’ve visited the White House since President Barack Obama and his family moved in last January.
The Obama administration has released the names of 500 individuals (out of the reported tens of thousands) who’ve dropped by the current first family’s home, and other prominent figures on the list include Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, says MSNBC.com.
Michael Jordan and Michael Moore visited as well -- but they're not the celebs those names are usually associated with, says the White House.
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Posted in October 30, 2009 ¬ 7:39 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
ET has obtained the temporary restraining order granted to Ryan Seacrest on Friday against an accused stalker. Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr., 25, has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Seacrest, who claims he doesn’t know Uzomah and has “no desire to have any contact with him.” In the papers, Seacrest accuses Uzomah of stalking, harassing and violently pursuing him for the past two months. The star cites one incident on Sept. 15 in which Uzomah showed up at Children’s Hospital of Orange County armed with a switchblade and "attacked a personal security guard attempting to protect me."
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Posted in October 30, 2009 ¬ 7:39 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
ET has obtained the temporary restraining order granted to Ryan Seacrest on Friday against an accused stalker. Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr., 25, has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Seacrest, who claims he doesn't know Uzomah and has "no desire to have any contact with him." In the papers, Seacrest accuses Uzomah of stalking, harassing and violently pursuing him for the past two months. The star claims that on Friday, Uzomah showed up at one of Seacrest’s workplaces carrying a knife, and police apprehended him and took him into custody. His bail is $150,000, the LAPD tells us.
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Posted in October 30, 2009 ¬ 6:50 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
ET has obtained court documents in which two photographers have been temporarily ordered to stay away from Nicole Richie. Read on for details.
A Los Angeles judge made the ruling on Friday, ordering Ivon Emilio Melo Miguel, 33, and Eduardo Cerri Arrivabene, 29, to stay at least 100 yards away from Richie and her two-year-old daughter Harlow, and her six-week-old son, Sparrow.
In court papers obtained by ET, Richie cites an October 5 car accident, claiming the photographers "caused a car collision, damaging my vehicle and injuring me while [they] were attempting to take photographs of my family and me."
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Posted in October 30, 2009 ¬ 6:00 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Sonny and Cher's little girl Chastity recently made the difficult decision to become a man, and now Chaz Bono sits down with our own Mary Hart for part two of an exclusive interview to talk about how his life has changed and how his decision has affected his relationships with the people he loves. Asked what mom Cher feels about her child's experience, Chaz says he cannot speak for her, however everyone close to him has been nothing but supportive. "The people in my life are just happy that I'm doing this and seeing the positive effect that it's having on me," he says. "[I'm] trying to use my life experience to educate people. … I feel like I'm living in my body for the first time and it feels really good." He says his body will be changing for about four to five years total and that he will ...
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Posted in October 30, 2009 ¬ 6:00 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Sonny and Cher's little girl Chastity recently made the difficult decision to become a man, and now Chaz Bono sits down with our own Mary Hart for part two of an exclusive interview to talk about how his life has changed and how his decision has affected his relationships with the people he loves. Asked what mom Cher feels about her child's experience, Chaz says he cannot speak for her, however everyone close to him has been nothing but supportive. "The people in my life are just happy that I'm doing this and seeing the positive effect that it's having on me," he says. "[I'm] trying to use my life experience to educate people. … I feel like I'm living in my body for the first time and it feels really good." He says his body will be changing for about four to five years total and that he will ...
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Posted in October 30, 2009 ¬ 3:43 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Colin Farrell has become a proud papa again! The ‘Pride and Glory’ star and actress Alicja Bachleda became parents to a baby boy named Henry Tadeusz Farrell on Oct. 7, a spokesperson for Farrell tells the Associated Press. The actor also has a six-year-old son, James, from a previous relationship with model Kim Bordenave.
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