Hilary dishes on wedding plans

March 11, 2010

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Hilary Duff has gone from Disney darling to blushing bride! The former teen queen’s longtime love, Mike Comrie, proposed on the couple’s Hawaiian vacation last month — and Hilary hasn’t stopped smiling. “We haven’t set a wedding date yet, but we are really excited,” the 22-year-old
starlet told In Touch at the launch party for Samsung’s new 3-D LED TV in New York on March 10. And for a close-knit clan like the Duffs, planning the
nuptials is obviously a family affair. “I came home from traveling and was
greeted by a big stack of bridal magazines from my family,” Hilary laughed,
adding that fellow actress, sister Haylie, will likely be the maid of honor.
Despite the date of the big day still being up in the air, the blond beauty
has ideas for the perfect gown. “I want it to be traditional. I don’t want
it to be too big and overwhelming, because I’m so small. A big dress would
make me look like a big cupcake!” petite Hilary said.

Out & About

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- Glee actress Lea Michele couldn’t resist the Godiva chocolates at the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party in West Hollywood.

- Former Today show co-hosts Katie Couric and Matt Lauer toasted each other over lunch at New York’s Le Caprice restaurant.

- My Name Is Earl star Jaime Pressly drank Espresso Martinis late night with two friends on the patio at Gerber Group’s Stone Rose Lounge in LA.

- Rihanna went crazy over Priestess NYC jackets at the Patricia Field store, but now when she and everyone else overhauls their wardrobes with Priestess’ pastel gun prints, 20 percent of all sales will go towards Chile earthquake relief. The aid, via the Red Cross, will also be collected at www.priestessnyc.com and patriciafield.com.

Jake Pavelka, Vienna Girardi Want to Procreate Hard


Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi have been engaged 10 days. Or one for each beautiful baby The Bachelor couple apparently wants to make some day.

“The other day it was 10!” Vienna exclaimed when her fiance told E! News, in response to a question about starting a family, that “We want five kids.”

Five. Ten. Either way, too many little Viennas for the world. Fortunately, she may agree. “No, no, no, like 2-3,” Girardi said, “but not for a few years.”

Pavelka and Girardi may be have babies on the brain following the romantic season finale of The Bachelor, but walking down the aisle? Not so much.

“We’re going to wait awhile before we start talking about wedding dates,” Vienna Girardi said. “We want to have some normality in our relationship.”

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The future Mr. and Mrs. Pavelka. [Photo: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]

Fortunately for Jake, normalcy means taking part in reality show. The pilot is competing in his third of the last year, signing on for Season 10 of Dancing With the Stars.

Also par for the course for Jake? Controversy. The inevitable rumors that Jake’s been cheating with Chelsie Hightower, his cute Dancing partner, have already surfaced.

Vienna insists she’s not bothered by that noise.

“I actually love Chelsie,” she said. “She and I are very, very good friends. I was in the studio today, watching them dance… I’ll be sitting in the front row every week.”

Will Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi last?

Adam Lambert: Unplugged, Fantastic


VH1 won’t air its premiere of the new Unplugged, featuring Adam Lambert, until April 9.

But fans of this singer don’t need to wait until then to check out a couple acoustic versions of Lambert singles.

Below, you can watch Adam serenade the audience with “Whatdaya Want From Me” and “Down the Rabbit Hole.” What do you think of these stripped-down renditions?

Vicodin, Valium Found at Site of Corey Haim Death


Four pill bottles found in the apartment where Corey Haim died yesterday morning, medications that included the generic versions of both Vicodin and Valium.

The same doctor prescribed all four drugs just days before Haim died.

The drugs provided by a prominent L.A. psychiatrist were hydrocodone (Vicodin), diazepam (Valium), haloperidol (anti-psychotic) and Soma (muscle relaxant).

The L.A. County Coroner’s Office would not comment, but sources say that all were prescribed the same day, days before Haim died of an apparent drug overdose.

No word on how many (if any) pills were missing from the bottles, which has become a topic of debate in the eerily similar Brittany Murphy death investigation.

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Corey Haim (1971-2010).

Law enforcement sources say they believe Haim died from an accidental overdose of meds, though nothing is final until the Coroner’s toxicology reports are in.

There have been reports that Haim, who fought a long battle with substance abuse, admitted in the past to taking as many as 85 Valium pills in a single day.

Haim, a 38-year-old former child star, collapsed in his mother’s apartment and was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead 2 1/2 hours later.

The actor had been dating Daisy de la Hoya, a fellow reality star, in the week’s leading up to his passing. She is understandably quite broken up about it.

Dancing With the Stars Profile: Erin Andrews


If the ratings for Dancing with the Stars rise on season 10 in the male demographic, there will be one person to thank for that uptick: Erin Andrews.

The gorgeous ESPN reporter has campaigned for awhile for a spot on the competition. Starting on March 22, she’ll have her opportunity, going up against Kate Gosselin, Pamela Anderson and other aspiring hoofers.

Learn more about Andrew below:

Professional partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Alma mater: University of Florida
Hotness rating on a scale of 1-10: 17
Number of shady perverts that invaded her privacy: One
Previous dance experience: Member of the Dazzlers, the Florida Gators’ basketball dance team
Connection to Playboy: Voted “America’s Sexiest Sportscaster” by the publication in 2007 and 2008.
Odds of winning: 15-1

On DWTS

Shane Sparks Pleads Not Guilty in Molestation Case


So You Think You Can Dance and America’s Best Dance Crew judge Shane Sparks officially entered a not guilty plea to eight counts of child molestation today.

He was arrested back in mid-December for allegedly performing several lewd acts on an then-underage female over a span of several years, beginning in 1994.

A decade and a half later, Shane Sparks faces child molestation claims? It sounds suspect, to say the very least. His accuser has not yet been publicly named.

Sparks is due back in court on April 20. His lawyer has called the case a “Hollywood style extortion” attempt and says his client will be completely vindicated.

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SAD SHANE: Sparks joined our esteemed gallery of celebrity mug shots late last year, but will the charges against the dancing machine stick? We’ll find out soon enough.

American Idol Performance of the Week: Michael Lynche


On American Idol, he’s known as “Big Mike.”

This moniker, bestowed upon semifinalist Michael Lynche by Ryan Seacrest, refers to the former’s massive stature. But it’s also now appropriate for the impression made Lynche last night. It was BIG!

Belting out Kate Bush’s “This Woman’s Work,” Lynch literally brought Kara DioGuardi to tears. She had to be comforted by Simon Cowell, while the crowd couldn’t stop applauding.

Watch the performance below, and be warned Casey James: you’re no longer the male favorite.

Andrew Young Fails to Hand Over Rielle Hunter Sex Tape; Jailed For Contempt in John Edwards Case


Andrew Young somehow had (or still has) a John Edwards-Rielle Hunter sex tape, which a North Carolina judge ordered the former Edwards loyalist to hand over.

Having failed to do so, Young is being held in contempt and jailed.

The Raleigh News & Observer reports Chatham County Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones has ordered Young and his wife, Cheri, jailed up to 75 days.

Jones believes Andrew Young lied about how many copies of the sordid John and Rielle sex tape exist, as well as how many people have viewed that nastiness.

“There were things told to the court, under oath, in affidavits, in testimony that turned out to be inaccurate,” the judge said, laying the smack down on Young.

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Young, whose best-seller The Politician outlines his role in helping orchestrate and cover up Edwards’ affair and love child with Rielle Hunter, said he found the John Edwards sex tape while cleaning out an house she lived in during the affair?

He said another copy of the sex tape was handed over to the FBI for its ongoing investigation into John Edwards alleged theft of PAC funds to pay off Rielle.

A grand jury indictment of Edwards is said to be imminent by some sources. Hunter, claiming theft of personal property, has also gone after Young in court.

Some suspect that the legal assault being waged by Hunter may be masterminded by a certain shrewd former trial lawyer behind the scenes – John Edwards.

John and Rielle teaming up? Wouldn’t that be ironic.

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John Edwards, his weird mistress and their lovely daughter.

Kendra Wilkinson Hates Her Boobs


As she supposedly struggles with postpartum depression, Kendra Wilkinson is opening up to the sources that will pay her help her the most: supermarket tabloids.

Earlier this month, the new mother told OK! Weekly she had suicidal thoughts soon after giving birth to Hank Baskett IV.

Now, in the latest issue of Us Weekly, Kendra goes into specifics about her post-pregnancy body issues.

“Having a different body was such a culture shock. I’m so used to being hot and fit… I did go through some depression,” she says. “I love my legs, and I love my butt, but everything else I hate.”

Another Kendra Cover

What secret saved Kendra’s sex life?!? Even in this economy, how can you not shell out money to find out?

Even her breasts?!? Yes.

Wilkinson “went from a 34C to an E,” she says, and “now that they’re going down, they’re a little bigger than I want. I want to even out my body a little.”

Sounds perfect. She can get plastic surgery or lose more weight and – presto! – another magazine cover. She’s good.