Best Picture: “The Departed”
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, “Last King of Scotland”
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker, “The Departed”
Best Song: “I Need to Wake Up,” “An Inconvenient Truth”
Best Original Screenplay: “Little Miss Sunshine”
Best Original Score: “Babel”
Best Documentary: “An Inconvenient Truth”
Best Documentary Short: “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Best Foreign-Language Film: “The Lives of Others”
Best Visuals Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean 2″
Best Cinematography: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Best Costume Design: “Marie Antoinette”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “The Departed”
Best Animated Feature: “Happy Feet”
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Best Sound Mixing: “Dreamgirls”
Best Sound Editing: “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Best Live Action Short: “West Bank Story”
Best Animated Short: “The Danish Poet”
Best Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Best Art Direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Congratulations all!

There’s just SO MUCH celeb gossip going around, it’s impossible to keep up with it on. I just don’t know how some folks do it - - although, I know some of them do this celebrity gossip blogging thing full time. So, I thought - once a week, I’d do a round up to kind of bring myself up to speed on all the goings on in celebrity gossip blogging that’s going on out there and share some link love with some of the favs I have in celeb gossiping.

On to the round up for this week - here’s Thirteen Celebrity Gossip Bits (as a part of my (celebrity)Final Thursday Thirteen fun!):

• Had enough of Britney and her head? If not check out this and this and this - Perez Hilton
• PopSugar has their own celebrity linkfest going on!
• Ain’t it great how Tina Turner continues to turn heads … even at the age of 64?? - Mollygood
• Is Christina Aguilera preggers??? Just Jared wonders.
• Will a Bald Britney create a whole new fad, sparking ad campaigns everywhere? - Gallery of the Absurd
• Britney Spears in and out of rehab - she’s making us dizzy!
• Paris Hilton caught smoking a joint - I’m..I’m.. shocked!
• Kim Kardashian is the distribution of her sex tape with her ex-boyfriend, singer Ray-J. Lesson learned from celebs? Don’t video tape your sex, no matter how much you want to. buncha narcissists!
• Are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt seeking relationship counselling?? - so soon?
• Sienna Miller goes topless again - at the beach with Jaime Burke. Not like we haven’t seen this already - multiple times over.
• As Anna Nicole’s corpse moulders (no, really, it is), her estranged Mom took the stage ..I mean stand in Florida today to bash Howard K. and throw some love on Larry Birkhead and deny that she’s in it for the money… A Socialite’s Life
• Dreamworks apologizes for DreamGirls - Now that the Oscar ballot deadline has passed, the DreamWorks publicity team can safely shift its focus from designing Dreamgirls ads aimed at reminding Academy voters of frequently latex-hampered thespian Eddie Murphy’s mastery of the awards-baiting man-cry to ones like this full-pager that appeared in today’s Variety, publicly apologizing for the confusing dramatic license the film may have taken with the Motown story…Defamer
• Catch yourself up to date on the Anna Nicole Smith drama - and feel your brain melt, one brain cell at a time. TMZ.Com

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Submitted as a first entry for Wordless Wednesday. Does Britney leave you . . . speechless wordless?

Now THIS is exciting news for me - - a huge Tori fan from way back, her website at ToriAmos.Com has announced the release of her new album, “American Doll Posse”!!! The release date is May 1, 2007! In addition - Tori has announced her world tour launching May 2007 - beginning in Rome, Italy - no American dates have been mentioned yet… but I just might have the opportunity to see her at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, UK in July - - I’m hoping! Keeping my fingers crossed anyways.

A very good year, indeed!

Britney is seeking help at Malibu’s exclusive treatment facility, Promises. Now that the tabloids have confirmed her presence at a rehab facility - they should really leave her alone and let her heal in peace. So much for the family’s plea for privacy, hey? If you can’t get privacy in a rehab facility - there is no hope for privacy anywhere!

Promises founder Richard Rogg told us that patients are at a very low point when they seek help.

“You have to hit a mental, spiritual, emotional kind of bottom,” Rogg said. “It’s that place where you are too afraid to go on living and too afraid to die.”

OK! Weekly has revealed that Kevin and Britney had a huge argument. “Kevin threatened Britney that he was going to have people test her hair to find out exactly what she’s been up to. She was so scared. That was what made her have her head shaved.”

It’s no secret that Promises is a drug and alcohol addiction treatment center in Southern California - it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know exactly why she is there.

Have we not been down this road once this week already? Britney is back in rehab. Gawds I hope, for her sake - for the KIDS sake - that this girl plants her butt in rehab and stays there this time to get the help she needs. I really hope to see her emerge from this stage in her life a strong, self-confident woman and accomplished mother. She needs a complete transformation. Not only is she not the Britney we once knew - - but she is not the Britney she once knew. She needs a change - and not just for obvious reasons. But she is not the teenage dream, anymore. She is not every persons fantasy anymore. She is a grown woman who has two kids in her care — they depend on her. That is what needs to come first, not last. Those kids deserve a sober mother who takes good care of them and guides them into their own adulthood - safe, sane and functional. Is that too much to hope for the Spears/Federline offspring? I hope not.

The singer reportedly caved in (finally) to the urgings of her family to GET HELP, which she so obviously needs. After she shaved her head and after her mother showed up in LA - everyone thought that was the beginning of some good signs. Then we saw her out last night, partying like usual in that stupid blonde wig - oy! Then proceeded to:

• Have dinner with her father (yay!) at an LA diner
• She arrived at a nightclub in sunglasses and the cheap-looking blonde hairpiece. Later she stormed out when the DJ played her debut hit Hit Me Baby One More Time in her honour.
• This past Saturday, after the previous night’s breakdown crescendo saw her shave off all her hair, Britney drifted into West Hollywood’s Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Blvd, not exactly the place to go if you want some “privacy.”
• Britney arrived alone, this time wearing a blue wig, and she tried unsuccessfully to book a room. She had no money nor a credit card, just a piece of paper carrying a partial credit card number.
• After unsuccessfully trying to get a hotel room at the Mondrian, a couple of tourists felt sorry for Britney and took her upstairs to their room.
• The “lucky” fans then took a deranged Spears to the gift shop, where she went back and forth trying on three different bathing suits. After picking out a bikini, Shitney then went to the pool and tried to shave her legs.
• Spears then tried to get a rental car but with no identification she was again denied. “She was hysterical saying things like, ‘Nobody wants me’ over and again.’ The staff were stunned. she clearly needed medical help but no one knew what to do with her.”

- SkyNews

Nobody wants her anymore? Is this girl derranged? She has fans all over the world speculating about their favorite stars mental health, sending her well wishes, urging her to get help — not to mention those who are close to her, her family - urging her to get the help she needs.

Larry Rudolph, Britney’s manger, just released the following statement:

“Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today. We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time.”

Good luck with the whole privacy thing. Hopefully the media will heed that request — I somehow doubt it. Britney has put herself in front of the media with her ongoing antics since her and KFed split — asking the media to leave her alone now is a stretch. Maybe there are media outlets out there who will respect the request, but don’t hold your breath.

Good luck with your recovery, Britney.

Justin allegedly responds to Britney’s latest lash out:

A day after the shocking news of Britney Spears shaving her head, we catch Justin Timberlake in West Hollywood. We asked him what his thoughts were on the situation.

One of our photographers asked him “Justin, did you hear about Britney shaving her head? What do you think about this?” He looked sort of sad or depressed once asked and as he was walking there was silence. After about 2 minutes of silence Justin said, “It was a smart choice, she is starting over, cleaning herself up. It was something you wouldn’t expect most people to do, so she is taking a chance.”

His face was sort of concerned looking. Then someone asked:
“Justin how do you think she looks? Many people are having rude comments about it.” Justin said, “She looks amazing, very GI-Jane, she can pull off anything.”

We are guessing Justin knew about this long before we mentioned it. We are behind Britney, lets hope this is a new start for her. Justin on the other hand, we are glad he is supportive of Britney for a change.

- Source: WOB

If this is a true statement from Timberlake - Personally, I think Justin is a class act. (Note: WOB doesn’t have a cited credible media source for this - - so I’m skeptical, but hopeful)

Brilliant remix and nice look back. She had a kickin’ career that ANY artist today would be envious of - - if she doesn’t put out a single new song in the future - she still has a lot to be proud of. There’s so much talk of her career and how she has destroyed her chances for a comeback… Screw that. The girl needs to get her head together for her own sake, and the sake of her kids…a new album, tour and comeback shouldn’t even be on her radar at this point.

The bid is still open if you’re interested in purchasing Britney Spears hair - which she shaved off this weekend in LA. An anonymous Ebay user has put a verified bid of over $1 million dollars to purchase Britney Spears’s shaved hair, which was put on the auction site by the haircutting studio that Britney paid a visit to on Friday night.

You have heard the story on the news… No need to repeat it here.

This is the auction you have been waiting for. I am selling the hair as well as the 3/4 full can of Redbull she was drinking and her blue Bic Lighter. I am selling this on behalf of Esther and her family.

We are offering it for sale here at what we feel is a realistic price. This is a piece of history that can not be duplicated.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC. THIS IS NOT A SCAM. BUYER IS ENCOURAGED TO DO A LOCAL PICK UP IN TARZANA, CALIFORNIA AND MEET WITH ME AND ESTHER. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC AND THIS IS THE ONLY REAL LISTING. I THINK THE PICTURES SAY IT ALL.

Payment is to be made by cash, money order or cashiers check ONLY. NO PAYPAL.

Due to the unique nature and high value of these items, buyer is to be responsible for any shipping arrangements. Local pick up is highly encouraged.

Locks of hair can be tested for drug use.

Britney is facing a custody battle for her kids.

She really can’t be in her right mind to leave her hair behind with complete strangers - assuming she has anything to worry about.

If it were me and my hair — and I had something to worry about and was at ALL concerned about losing custody of my kids — that anonymous bidder would be ME. OR if I were the ex-husband fighting for custody - - I might be the one bidding on the hair.

If she had remembered to take her hair with her - none of that would be a concern.

Are Justin and Cameron back on? People Magazine is reporting the couple reunited Friday night at the Whiskey Bar in the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood.

A patron tells PEOPLE that Timberlake had joined director Martin Scorsese and about eight other people at a table inside the hotel’s exclusive bar. Timberlake, in a striped coat, chatted briefly with Scorsese (who directed Diaz in Gangs of New York) and others at the table.

Then, at about 1 a.m., Diaz arrived. “Cameron never joined their table,” says the observer. “She just showed up and Justin got up and started talking to her. They were being very discreet.

“They weren’t kissing or holding hands or anything, but they were being very friendly,” the observer adds.

The pair, who broke up last month after nearly four years together, then walked out the front door together a half-hour later. Says the onlooker: “When I first saw this girl, I thought, ‘That’s not Scarlett Johansson or Jessica Biel.’ Then it hit me – it was Cameron! She was low-key, her hair was dark and pulled back.”

They have both publicly stated they are still friends and stll very fond of one another - so this could be nothing - - or something. Justin has been tied with gorgeous Hollywood vixens such as Scarlett Johannson and Jessica Biel in the recent past - and even a brief flirty fling with Kate Hudson. Or all those rumors could be a myth built for the sole purpose of bringing sexy back.

It doesn’t seem likely that they are getting back together.. but this is Hollywood - nothing surprises.

This seems to put to rest the “are they or aren’t they” rumors that have been ciruclating around about these two. They seem such an unlikely pairing - the thoughtful, introspective, mysterious artist with the blonde, bouncy and giggling “is this chicken, or is this fish??” bimbette. And yet — they make such a cute pair! Us Weekly has dubbed them “Johnica” - so I guess its official if you earn the ‘couple with one name’ moniker in Hollywood these days.

John Mayer and Jessica Simpson didn’t walk the red carpet together for the Grammys and didn’t sit together at the broadcast, but they did get close at the Sony/BMG Grammy after-party. Mayer has been very reluctant to answer any questions about his relationship with Simpson, even going as far as to start speaking Japanese when Ryan Seacrest asked him about Jessica during the red carpet to the Grammys.

Marc Malkin reported that John Mayer and Jessica Simpson were spotted kissing on the cheek as John was stroking her back and singing “Wishing Well” to her, the ’80s hit by Terence Trent D’Arby. He reports that when Jessica came in to the party, John kissed her and then they parted ways so Jess could chat with Ashlee Simpson, only to be reunited for the back stroking. While Joe Simpson and even Chris Daughtry joined the couple in conversation, John began singing the D’Arby song. There is no word on if the couple left the party together, but there has been numerous stories about Jessica joining John on his latest tour.

Wishing Well - Terence Trent D’Arby

ParisExposed.com is a now defunct website that emerged a few months back peddling some crap that someone bought from a public auction — the stuff was auctioned off after Paris Hilton failed to pay a storage bill.

That “crap” was some damaging evidence of Paris’s raunchy lifestyle filed with drug use (cocoaine, pot), excessive drinking and raunchy sex - pictures and vids, pages from her personal diary and other personal items.

On Friday, a judge barred the website from peddling Paris Hilton’s stuff:

U.S. District Judge George King said he will issue a preliminary injunction prohibiting ParisExposed.com from displaying any of the items until a lawsuit Hilton brought against the site is resolved.

ParisExposed.com had promised subscribers glimpses of Hilton’s personal records and claimed to have video footage of the hotel heiress in a “sexy bubble bath” and shots of the 25-year-old in “racy situations.”

The judge had effectively shut down the Web site earlier this month when he issued a temporary order barring it from showing Hilton’s medical records, Social Security number, phone number or other personal information.

The site’s creator, identified as Bardia Persa, could not be located for comment Friday. Persa does not have a Los Angeles telephone listing, and court records do not list any attorney representing Persa.

Hilton sued the Web site last month, accusing it of exploiting her private personal belongings for commercial gain.

She claimed that Persa had paid $10 million to buy personal items that were publicly auctioned after she failed to pay a storage bill.

~ Access Hollywood

That’s good news for Paris - - good thing all that proof of her raunchy lifestyle has been hidden from public consumption before all of us out here found out that she is a drugged out sex-a-holic! Whew! Nice save!

I confirmed it tonight - we’re headed to see Christina Aguilera in concert on April 20th for her Back To Basics tour! I’m pretty jazzed about it, too!

If you would have talked to me during her Genie in a Bottle phase - I would have said “Christina, who??” — But, I happen to think her Stripped album is one of my top tens; musically, vocally and lyrically. And her latest Back to Basics release? Damn that girl has got some pipes!

I simply love the fact that she’s gotten into this whole jazz and blues genre of music because her voice and style are simply suited for it and really gives spotlight to that voice.

THAT VOICE!

During her tour - Christina will be featured in various scenarios, from a good girl gospel choir, to a sultry strip tease in which she removes a flapper dress to reveal a vintage 20s swimsuit. In one of the racier numbers, “Nasty Naughty Boy,” Christina, dressed in a bra and shorts, brings a male audience member onstage and shows off her S&M side by using five whips and a burning Wheel of Death. Subtle. Despite her current glamorous old Hollywood look, Christina proves she’s “Still Dirrty” by donning some hot lace chaps and riding a carousel horse that comes with its own built-in stripper pole. Yow! (h/t TMZ.Com)

X-tina has the entire package.. the looks, the bod and all of that extreme talent wrapped up into one person. I love her transformation. I love that she’s happy with her marriage to Jordan Bratman. I love the songs that she has written and performed for him and how cute they are together. She gives hope in a world of ridiculous celebrity antics (coughBritneycough).

Did you happen to see her performance at the Grammy’s this year? She absolutely NAILED this rendition of “Its a Mans World” as a tribute to James Brown?:

Or her video for her song, “Hurt”:

Something about that song…the way she sings it - - the emotional tone of the song, just gets me every single time. Put together with the video - I’m damn near in tears.

Yea, I’m a sap. So, sue me. I’m a sucker for artists who open themselves up like Christina does in both “Stripped” and “Back to Basics”.

I can’t wait for this concert! The opening act is The Pussycat Dolls, which I’m thrilled about; and Danity Kane, which I could take or leave. Feh.

Did you see how Christina and hubby Jordan spent a special Valentine’s Day at Disney World? Back at the place where it all started for her. The former Mouseketeer and her husband celebrated Valentine’s Day at Disneyland where they checked out some rides and met up with Mickey himself, who presented the singer with a personalized Valentine’s Day heart.

This isn’t the first time Aguilera, who picked up her fourth Grammy on Sunday, has turned to Mickey and friends for a celebration. The locale for her 24th birthday bash? Yup, Disneyland. She was part of Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary soiree in 2005 as well.

Her fomer Mouseketeer buddies could learn a thing or two from this diva.

FINALLY! As reported by EXTRA.

Britney is seeking professional help at an undisclosed location.

This comes after the emotional letter that rocked Britney’s world, composed after her non-stop partying took her from coast to coast and back again.

Those close to Brit were fed up, frustrated and pleading with her to seek professional help; it appears they finally staged a long-anticipated intervention.

Brit’s former assistant of nearly 10 years, Felicia Culotta, just posted her plea to the mother of two on thatotherblog.com.

Culotta revealed she’s “crushed” by the way Britney’s life is unfolding, writing, “We, as her family and nearest and dearest, not on the payroll anymore, are doing everything in our power to get help for Britney.”

It seems Brit’s family is ready to fold in their mission to help the one-time world sensation.

I really, REALLY hope - for her sake, the sake of her kids and her family, that this is true and she gets the help that she so desperately needs! Best of luck, Brit!

UPDATE
Now TMZ has learned that the center was located outside of the country, and she refused to stay. PEOPLE confirms that Brit was at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads rehab facility in Antigua.

le SIGH… Call me stuipid, but I’m still rootin’ for her.

ANOTHER UPDATE
Access Hollywood is now reporting that reports of her even being in rehab to begin with are UNTRUE.

Not so fast! A rep for Spears tells Access Hollywood that several reports out Friday are not true.

The pop star was reportedly last seen leaving New York City earlier this week on a private jet with her two sons headed for Miami.

There’s just SO MUCH celeb gossip going around, it’s impossible to keep up with it on. I just don’t know how some folks do it - - although, I know some of them do this celebrity gossip blogging thing full time. So, I thought - once a week, I’d do a round up to kind of bring myself up to speed on all the goings on in celebrity gossip blogging that’s going on out there and share some link love with some of the favs I have in celeb gossiping.

On to the round up for this week - here’s Thirteen Celebrity Gossip Bits (as a part of my (celebrity)Thursday Thirteen fun!):

• Anna Nicole talks about her mother and gives some good reasons why Anna wouldn’t want her mother having anything to do with her baby, Dannielynn, or involved with any decisions about where Anna should be buried. Via Gone Hollywood - OTB
• Is Jennifer Aniston dating a new guy named Mike? I’m Not Obsessed has some of the details
• With everybody and their brother (well, in this case, sister) giving their two cents on the abrupt and mysterious passing of Anna Nicole Smith, the circumstances surrounding her death seem to be getting more complicated. Bonnie Stern, the sister of Anna’s partner, Howard K., claims that she spoke with her brother on the day of Anna’s death and that he was not with Smith when she died - more at A Socialite’s Life
• Sometimes it’s not easy being one of the most famous couples on the planet. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bailed on Los Angeles and returned to their recently purchased home in the Big Easy and according to a report Brad and Angelina are getting into the spirit of their new hometown, New Orleans. There is one problem, though. As they try to fit in and relax with the every day people the crowds can turn into a mob. - see related photos at Gossip or Truth
• Howard Stern is soon to be a married man. The Shock Jock announced that he and his longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky were set to wed…read more about it at Celebalite
• JustJared.com has some of the first peeks at Jayden James (Spears)Federline
• Uptown Girls give some great photo examples of how Madonna has re-invented herself, yet again!
• TMZ.Com has come crazy shiz on the whole Anna Nicole Smith debacle! They are getting all the exclusive, insider stuff - - if you can’t get enough of this story - check out their collection of… news.
• You don’t have to look far to see Beyonce’s cover on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition - - but THIS is just WRONG!
• Donald Trump must be getting extremely desperate for media attention … he has lowered himself to dipping into Kevin Federline’s bag of tricks and is now using the WWE to drum up publicity presumably for his failing TV show(s) … and it’s sooooooooooo sad - via Pink is the new blog
• Daniel Radcliffe’s new play Equis premieres tonight in which he allegedly gets completely naked on stage for 10 minutes - via The Superficial
• Hollywood’s most hated blogger, Perez Hilton, makes the topic du jour on “The View”
• Lastly, but not leastly - I started a brand new section here called Celebrity Videos - I have been (and will continue) to post some funny and interesting celeb videos.

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