Archive for August 7, 2010

Bill Clinton: Chelsea’s Wedding Was ‘Wonderful’

ET exclusively caught up with Bill Clinton backstage at the First Annual World Leadership Awards -- hosted by our own Kevin Frazier -- in Atlanta on Friday night, and in a rare public comment on the subject of his daughter Chelsea's wedding, the former president told ET the nuptials were "wonderful." Clinton was honored with the Service Legacy Award at the awards ceremony, which was thrown by music star Usher's New Look Foundation, a non-profit organization that strives to motivate and mobilize youth around the country to become corporate and community leaders. Also on Friday, Clinton broke ground on a new, communal hurricane shelter in Haiti following his Clinton Foundation's $1 million pledge to improve hurricane safety. The nation's 42nd president also announced that, inspired by the Clinton Foundation's commitment, the American Red Cross is investing $1 million to develop additional emergency shelters, and will invest $4 million more as other ... Read More »

Former ‘American Idol’ Winner Fantasia Barrino Allegedly Caught Up in Sex Tape Scandal

A North Carolina woman claims her estranged husband made a sex tape with Fantasia Barrino, the winner of 2004's "American Idol." In her recently filed complaint, Paula Cook accuses her husband Antwaun Cook and Barrino of having a secret affair that began around August 2009. "Throughout the course of their adulterous affair, upon information and belief, Defendant/Husband and Ms. Barrino have at times recorded their illicit sexual activity," the complaint alleges. Read More »

Jessica Simpson: Nothing Worse Can Be Said About Me

Jessica Simpson is opening up about "really tackling those issues inside and out" through her own informal brand of "therapy." "I'm very happy. Right now in my life, I'm the most confident I've ever been. I can make that statement," the 30-year-old celeb tells People.com. "I really believe that somebody should just sit in front of their best friend in the world and have their friend ask any and every question -- offensive or not. And whatever it is, answer it," she says. "That's your therapy. Really tackling those issues inside and out." Read More »

Zsa Zsa Gabor Health Update

Zsa Zsa Gabor was originally scheduled to be released from the hospital on Saturday afternoon, but her rep tells ET that Gabor went into shock Saturday morning and doctors now want to monitor her condition over the weekend. Gabor's rep John Blanchette tells us the 93-year-old star could be released from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center early next week. Blanchette has said Gabor will continue to undergo physical therapy and receive help with her depression that set in while being in the hospital for nearly three weeks following hip-replacement surgery. She was admitted to the facility last month after suffering a broken hip from a fall in her Bel-Air, CA home. Read More »