Lohan 'misses Court-Ordered Counselling Sessions'

Lindsay Lohan is facing accusations she violated the terms of her probation by failing to undertake weekly visits to a psychologist.

The Mean Girls actress has been assigned a new community service programme after bosses at the Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles terminatedtheir arrangement with her because she only completed a fraction of her required shifts.

Now it's emerged she is also facing allegations she violated the terms of her probation by failing to comply with a court order to attend counselling sessions at least once a week, according to Tmz.com.

The website reports the actress has been working abroad so has struggled to attend regular sessions.

She is due back in court in Los Angeles next week (beg17Oct11) for a judge to review her progress.

Lohan was ordered to serve 360 hours community service as part of her probation following her 2011 shoplifting conviction.(Female First uk)

Taylor Swift Is Billboard’s “Woman Of The Year” 2011

Taylor Swift has been crowned “Woman of the Year” by Billboard Magazine.

The four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter behind the blockbuster albums Fearless and Speak Now has been selected to receive the coveted award at the sixth annual Billboard Women in Music event, set for Dec. 2 in New York City. At 21, the youngest artist to ever receive the honor, succeeding previous “Woman of the Year” recipients Reba McEntire, Beyonce, and Fergie. Taylor’s appointment comes as she celebrates being the bestselling artist in the industry over the past 12 months. Her latest album, Speak Now, has sold over 3.6 million copies since its release last fall.

Bill Werde, Billboard’s Editorial Director, says:

“Taylor has shown the power of good songwriting with music that has transcended genres, and we’re thrilled to recognize all of her successes over the past year by honoring her with the Billboard Woman of the Year Award. At the young age of 21, Taylor has already made a major impact on music and has been an incredible role model for aspiring singers/songwriters and young women everywhere. I look forward to watching her career continue to flourish in the years to come.”

Billboard’s annual Women in Music Event celebrates the most powerful and talented women in the music business, coinciding with the publication of Billboard’s “Women in Music Power Players” list. The “Woman of the Year” gong is the latest honor for Swift, who became the youngest person to win the Grammy for Best Album for Fearless in 2010. She’s also won several ACM, CMA, and AMA Awards. Read more at Popcrunch

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Cricket agent 'asked for $1.2m to fix match result'

BBC-A cricket agent asked for $1.2m (£768,000) to arrange for Pakistan to throw a Test match against England, a court has heard.

London's Southwark Crown Court was told Mazhar Majeed, 36, was recorded discussing deliberately losing last summer's game with a contact in India.

Pakistan eventually beat England by four wickets at the Oval in London.

Cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif are accused of fixing parts of a Lord's Test match, which they deny.

Prosecutors allege that Mr Majeed, from Croydon, south London, conspired with Mr Butt, 27, and Mr Asif, 28, to fix parts of the Lord's Test between England and Pakistan last August.

Meanwhile, testimony from earlier in the trial which suggested Australian cricketers were the world's biggest match-fixers has been rejected by Australian cricket's governing body.

London's Southwark Crown Court heard on Monday that Mr Majeed had said Australians were "the biggest" when it came to rigging games.

But Cricket Australia said the claims were "baseless and outlandish". (BBC)

All you need is love, Beatle proves as he ties knot again

Paul McCartney made sure he got Nancy Shevell into his life with an intimate wedding on what would have been Lennon's 71st birthday.

THE first time Paul McCartney married at Marylebone Registry Office, the place was mobbed by fans distraught that the last bachelor Beatle was off the market.

Forty-two years later, McCartney returned to the same venue to make Nancy Shevell, an American heiress, his third wife. There were no sobbing girls collapsing into the arms of policemen as when he wed Linda Eastman in 1969, although fans from as far afield as Japan turned out for the occasion.

It was also far from rock'n'roll. McCartney, 69, and Ms Shevell, 51, visited the gym a few hours before the wedding on Sunday, and returned for an evening reception in their back garden. ''I feel absolutely wonderful,'' McCartney said as he hugged his new bride. ''I feel terrific. I feel married.'' Read more at Smh

The Saturdays return with new single My Heart Takes Over

The UK's biggest girl band, The Saturdays, return with new single My Heart Takes Over released on 14th November through Polydor Records.

It is the third single from their forthcoming album, On Your Radar, released on 21st November, My Heart Takes Over sees Mollie, Frankie, Rochelle, Una and Vanessa leave the dancefloor for a gorgeous ballad which showcases the girls harmonies.

The new album sees a transition for the girl group. Having previously collaborated with heavy hitters from both the UK and US, such as Chipmunk and Flo Rida, for the new album they have been working with an all-star cast of producers including Space Cowboy, Steve Mac, David Eriksen, Brian Higgins and joining forces with US artists such as Travie McCoy.

This December the girls will go on their biggest tour to date with the All Fired Up tour playing in arenas across the country.

Since their debut in 2008, The Saturdays have remained a permanent fixture in the charts, having sold over an impressive 2 million records and snapped up ten top 10 singles. Undoubtedly, one of the most successful girl groups in the past five years, they recently scooped Best Band at this year's Glamour Awards.Read more

Natalie Bassingthwaighte: 'I hate being away from my daughter'

Natalie Bassingthwaighte has revealed that she suffers from separation anxiety when she is away from her daughter.

The X Factor Australia judge, who welcomed baby Harper into the world with partner Cameron McGlinchey 13 months ago, is currently travelling around Australia to launch her comeback single 'All We Have' and has had to leave her little girl at home with McGlinchey.

Bassingthwaighte told the Herald Sun: "She's awesome and [motherhood is] just the best thing ever. I came down last night and I've been missing her all morning, but my fiancé is sending me photos and videos, so that helps."

She also revealed that she is happy to be back at work again, saying: "I always tend to multi-task and have a million things on at once, so it's something I'm still learning to work on. But it's nice to come back with something fresh and different for me.

"With the vocal, I got into it so much that it reminded me of my old [Rogue Traders] days, when I was in the studio and just being a complete idiot and it was such a blast recording it."

Bassingthwaighte has said that she is certain that The X Factor will "keep going" next year "because it's been such a success", adding: "You just never know with these things if they'll ask you back, but it hasn't even entered my mind yet. We've still got six weeks to go. It's a nice crazy bunch of people. It's a good balance."

The former Neighbours actress recently revealed that she almost quit the music industry after having Harper.

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Jagjit Singh passes away

MUMBAI: Jagjit Singh, a prominent Indian ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur, popularly known as “the ghazal king” passed away on Monday at the age of 70.

Mr Singh had recently suffered an intracranial hemorrhagic stroke, or bleeding within the skull.

He was born on February 8, 1941 in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. Jagjit and his wife Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh have together been regarded as the pioneers of modern ghazal singing.

He has sung in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Sindhi and Nepali languages and was awarded India’s third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2003.

With a career spanning over five decades and a repertoire comprising 80 albums, his work has been regarded as genre-defining.(Dawn.com)

will.i.am denies Black Eyes Peas split

Black Eyed Peas founder will.i.am has taken to Twitter to dispel rumours of the demise of the band.

'Why do people listen to rumors.'Me and @apl_de created the peas'.so.from the creators mouth.We are not breaking up.stop the rumors,' he tweeted.

Rumours of the breakup have been ongoing since July. Will.i.am actually started the rumour. 'The @Bep will take a break after the beginning.just like we did from monkey business to the e.n.d.but it doesn't mean we stop creating', he tweeted back then.

Kanye West fuelled the story this week when he announced at his show, 'Rest in peace to the Black Eyed Peas. You're gonna be missed.'

That forced will.i.am to stomp out that new fire. 'maybe @kanyewest was stating the fact we will take a rest for a little bit.but we the @bep will never die.never.impossible,' he tweeted after Kanye's comments. Read more at Music-News

Amanda Seyfried: I’m carefree

Amanda Seyfried admits she avoids making plans.

The 25-year-old Hollywood star is reluctant to think too far into the future, particularly when it comes to relationships.

Amanda used to date British actor Dominic Cooper and even though the pair are still close, she refuses to consider a romantic reunion.

“I try not to look to the future. I don’t want to make plans past this month or next month,” she told the UK edition of Glamour. “When you’re in your mid-twenties, your feelings change so dramatically from one moment to the next, so it’s pointless to think too far ahead.”

Amanda is happy to think about her life at the moment. She prefers not to dwell on what could happen in years to come.

“My new philosophy is to live for now,” she added.

The actress has appeared in a host of hit movies and is one of the brightest stars in Hollywood.

She has confessed that living in the spotlight has changed her outlook on life. Amanda fears she is becoming more materialistic, revealing she recently advised her sister to buy a new car. Read more

Emma Stone: I need a diary

Emma Stone wants to start keeping a journal.

The Help actress has admitted that after her so many movies she needs to start documenting her successes. Emma has had a huge rise to fame in the past few years with star turns in Superbad and Easy A.

“I’m so appreciative and trying to enjoy it as much as I can,” she told British magazine Empire. “This is a once in a lifetime thing. So I need to start journaling or something!”

The actress is set to become even more recognisable with her upcoming role in new superhero movie The Amazing Spiderman. Emma will play Gwen Stacy, Spiderman’s love interest.

But the actress remains grounded in her everyday life.

“I can’t really see it clearly because I was there for every step of the process,” she explains. “So it was really, ‘OK. This is what’s happening and don’t put too much stock into it and who cares what happens, enjoy the journey.’”

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Real Steel Punches The US Box Office

It might not have been the knockout punch that DreamWorks and Disney were quite hoping for, but robo-boxing drama Real Steel still managed to score a win at the US box office, earning $27.3 million in its first weekend.

George Clooney’s latest directorial job, political drama The Ides of March, also enjoyed a solid start, taking in $10.4 million. The two new arrivals shoved Dolphin Tale down to third, but the heart-warming family pic still nabbed $9.1 million. Moneyball was fourth with $7.5 million and cancer comedy 50/50 stayed in fifth with $5.5 million.

Courageous slipped from fourth to sixth with $4.6 million, and The Lion King’s 3D re-release fell down to seventh, earning $4.55 million. That still kept it ahead of faltering thriller Dream House, which sank to eighth and $4.5 million. In ninth place we find What’s Your Number? taking $3 million and Abduction slumming it in 10th with $2.9 million. Read more at Empire Online

Nicky Whelan single again

Australian model turned actress Nicky Whelan has split with Guns N' Roses guitarist DJ Ashba.

The couple has parted ways after 10 months together, but the rocker tells his Twitter followers the break-up was amicable.

"After 10 amazing months together, Nicky and I have decided to part ways. I have nothing but love and respect for her and wish her nothing but happiness and success in life," he tweeted.
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Whelan is currently pursuing a Hollywood career. The former Neighbours star has appeared in several episodes of hospital comedy Scrubs and starred opposite Owen Wilson in this year's hit rom-com Hall Pass.

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Olivia Wilde Is Now Legally Single

The world has been graced with yet another beautiful single lady, now that Olivia Wilde's divorce is all done and settled.
E! News confirms that a Los Angeles County judge has signed off on her final divorce judgment from her marriage to Italian prince Tao Ruspoli.

Wilde filed for divorce from the Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker and flamenco guitarist on March 3, 2011, citing irreconcilable differences. According to her petition, the couple had been married for eight years and separated on Jan. 1, 2011. Read more on Eonline

Anna Kendrick: 'Kissing Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 50/50 wasn't right'

Anna Kendrick has confessed that she and 50/50 co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt decided to forgo a kiss between their characters in the film.

50/50, which centres on a young man named Adam (Gordon-Levitt) as he copes with a cancer diagnosis and his subsequent illness, sees Kendrick as therapist-in-training Katherine, who is also a love interest for Adam.

"The studio wanted to see us kiss at the end, actually. We were thinking about just trying it as an option. Joe very wisely stood up and said, 'If we give it to them as an option, they will use it'," Kendrick recalled in an interview with MTV News.

"So we just decided not to do it, because it really just didn't feel right. And I was relieved, because I had known Joe for too long at that point. It's too weird once you think of someone as a friend to be like, 'OK, I guess we make out now?'"

However, Gordon-Levitt joked that he was disappointed by the omission, adding: "It's a travesty. It's a horrible injustice, and I'm writing a letter."

Gordon Levitt has said that he was convinced he was going to die after wrapping production on 50/50.

Co-star Seth Rogen recently insisted the film represents a cancer story that is true to life.

Source: Digital Spy

Seymour Recalls Near-Death Experience

Former Bond girl Jane Seymour suffered an out-of-body-experience as she was fighting for her life during a health scare in Europe.

The British actress was in Spain shooting her role as soprano Maria Callas in 1988 movie Onassis The Richest Man in the World when she fell ill- and her treatment at a local medical centre took a turn for the worse.

Mercifully I was resuscitated but there was a period where I left my body and clearly saw this man screaming on the telephone and my naked bodylying on the bed with syringes in my backside

Seymour believes that during the near-death experience, she floated outof her body and saw doctors administering treatment.

She tells Britain's Sunday Express,"I was filming in Madrid when I got a very bad cold. A doctor suggested a shot of antibiotics but unfortunately the nurse put a massive dose into a vein and I went into anaphylactic shock. "Mercifully I was resuscitated but there was a period where I left my body and clearly saw this man screaming on the telephone and my naked bodylying on the bed with syringes in my backside".

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She's not above criticism from the Brazilian authorities

becoming the world's first billionaire model, but she's not above criticism from the Brazilian authorities, who have deemed her new advertising campaign for Hope lingerie "sexist" and "stereotyped".

The campaign sees Bundchen fully clothed imparting bad news to her husband, then shows her again telling him again that she has crashed his car, maxed his credit card or invited her mother to stay - this time dressed in red lingerie. The advert's tagline is: "You're a Brazilian woman - use your charm".

"The campaign promotes the misguided stereotype of a woman as a sexual object of her husband and ignores the major advances we have achieved in deconstructing sexist practices and thinking," the government officials from the women's secretariat said this week in a statement, the Guardian reports."The model, Gisele Bündchen, encourages Brazilian women to use their 'charm' … to lessen possible reactions from their partners," something that amounts to "discriminatory content against women" the statement says - an infringement of two articles of the Brazilian constitution.Read more at Vogue

Tyra Banks Wants to Turn 'Modelland' Novel Into Movie

"I would love to open up the 'Modelland' casting to the world," she says.

Tyra Banks made her debut as an author with Modelland, the first of a three-book young adult series that centers on an awkward teen who gets invited to attend an elite modeling academy.

Now she's hoping that the book -- which recently hit stores -- might one day make it to the big screen.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Banks said she was approached by a successful film producer (whom she didn't identify) not long after she announced plans to publish the book.

"I would love to open up the Modelland casting to the world," she told the AP. "I'm looking for an Everygirl to possibly play one of the characters in the story."Read more at Hollywood reporter

Christina Hendricks' Boobs Are Real

Christina Hendricks' Boobs Are Real: A Handy Comparison Guide

In a recent interview with the Daily Mail, Christina Hendricks confirmed, once again, that her large, round breasts are real. As if there was any doubt about the voluptuous redhead's prominent features. Read more at MTV

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Lux Style Awards 2011: Fashion's night out

The 10th anniversary of the much-awaited event was held atKarachi Expo Centre on September 17. More Photos

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