Gossip/Celebrity News

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.

SYDNEY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI has chosen a retreat centre on Sydney's north-western outskirts for his three-day holiday in Australia, the Sunday Telegraph reported Sunday.

LOGANTON, Pa. - Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said.

LONDON (AFP) - Memorabilia belonging to a former British royal servant -- including a letter from the late princess Diana after the birth of Prince William -- shattered pre-sale estimates at auction Saturday.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - On television, she had an invisible jet, a lasso of truth and indestructible silver bracelets, but in real life, Wonder Woman Lynda Carter has her own secret weapon: sobriety.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Christie Brinkley has been through a lot—and she still has a lot to go through—but she hasn't lost her ability to empathize.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Before there was Krusty, there was Larry.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - If only every 15-year-old could have Miley Cyrus' self-esteem.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - It remains to be seen whether New Edition and New Kids on the Block teaming up will be a super group or more of a stupor group. But whatever happens, it's all gravy to a suddenly philosophical Bobby Brown, who now sees getting kicked out of New Edition years ago as a good thing when viewed in the rearview mirror:

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Forget buns! Looks like Angelina's cooking up a couple Niçois in her oven.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - With rumors spreading like wildfire, perhaps the best thing to do is spread some more...kinda like firemen setting a backfire to sap a blaze's energy. Maybe that's John Mayer's strategy, because he told the crowd at his St. Louis show last night:

Los Angeles (E! Online) - He might be MIA, but that doesn't stop trouble from finding Eminem.

MIAMI (AP) — The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Charlie Crist won't be sleeping alone in the governor's mansion much longer — he is engaged to a woman he met in New York City last September who quickly captured his heart.

SYDNEY, Australia - "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion.

NEW YORK - When the media capital of the world meets a celebrity divorce, it's a breakup made in tabloid heaven. So the city that has hosted the spectacular splits of Woody Allen, Liza Minnelli and Rudolph Giuliani now is feasting on the salacious details of model Christie Brinkley's fourth marital breakup.

ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain - Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.

NICE, France - They'll always have Nice.

LONDON (AFP) - A public inquiry into a refusal to allow Donald Trump to build a luxury golf resort in Scotland ended Friday, with the US property tycoon's lawyer saying it would be a "tragedy" if it was not built.

LOS ANGELES - Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one.

NEW YORK (AP) — A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world — each a chatty bunch — buzzing with questions about the two "friends."

BERLIN (AFP) - A blonde hair extension that British supermodel Kate Moss reputedly lost in Berlin has been auctioned on eBay for 805 euros (1,264 dollars), Bild newspaper said on Friday.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Making Stargate SG-1's Maj. Gen. George Hammond hard-nosed was a given. Making him human, as well, was a Don S. Davis mission.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - GARDEN VARIETY: Chloë Sevigny, carrying a Donna Karan Modern Leo Tote bag while picking up flowers at a grocery store in L.A.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Maybe working for Steve-O has made his bodyguard forget that most people don't enjoy the occasional blow to the head.

LONDON (Reuters) - Fellow musicians have paid tribute to Mel Galley, former guitarist in British hard rock band Whitesnake who died of cancer this week aged 60.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Josh Peck has spent much of his teenage and young adult life in front of television cameras portraying the chubby, goofy character Josh in the Nickelodeon cable TV series "Drake & Josh."

MIAMI (Reuters) - The call girl linked to the sex scandal that prompted the resignation of then-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in March has dropped a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis.