Rihanna paid $500,000 for one-hour gig

Rihanna is set to rake in a staggering $500,000 for an hour-long appearance at an exclusive charity gala in Florida.

The Grammy-winning singer will perform at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute fundraiser, held at Donald Trump’s glitzy Mar-a-Lago estate.
According to the Palm Beach Post, the Barbadian diva is being paid half a million dollars to sing in front of 600 guests.

The newspaper reported that guests forked out as much as $200,000 for a table of 10, while the lowest priced seats were being sold for $2,000.

Jessica Alba dresses demurely in black as she pays her respects at funeral

Jessica Alba cut a sombre figure today as she attended a funeral with husband Cash Warren.

The 29-year-old actress was seen greeting fellow mourners at a service in Inglewood, California.

Jessica was dressed in a demure black dress of the occasion, teamed with tights and black heels.

A spokesman for the star has been contacted for more details on whose funeral she was attending.

The Fantastic Four star is currently pregnant with her and Cash's second child. They already have a daughter, two-year-old Honor.

Meanwhile, Alba has opened up about juggling her acting career with motherhood.

She says she is grateful for her job because it allows her to spend more time with Honor.
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'I love acting because it allows me to be, I think, the best mom,' she tells Now magazine.

'I work for two or three weeks and then I can spend the rest of the time with my daughter.

'I get to be completely hands-on with her. Most of my friends who work are away all day and never see or spend time with their kids.

'I bring my daughter to the set. She has no idea that it’s a movie set. She just thinks of my trailer as mommy’s office.'

Megan Fox helps Jaguar celebrate 50th anniversary

Remember when Mickey Rourke recently spoke about Megan Fox whilst sporting a SMIRK? We were pretty impressed about the versatility of his facial expressions, although the actress probably wasn't. It's alright though because Mickey's now apologised to his former co-star. His eyebrows were raised while he did it, but that's not really his fault... After describing film Passion Play as "terrible" and allegedly smirking when discussing co-star Megan Fox's acting abilities, Mickey Rourke has now apologised - apparently he was at a party when he made the admission, which obviously means it doesn't count.

Talking to Vulture, whose reporter got the initial scoop, he said:

"Hey, guys. When I talked to you, I was at a party. It was loud and crowded, I was in a shitty mood and I was trying to get rid of your reporter. [Passion Play director] Mitch is one of my best friends since we were kids. I loved working with him and would do it again tomorrow. I don't know why I said that stupid shit. I love Mitch, I love Megan. My bad."

How can you hold a grudge after an apology like that? No trouble, Uncle Mickey - shit happens at parties, literally sometimes.

Anyway, back to Fox, her and husband Brian Austin Green were helping Jaguar celebrate 50 years of cars in New York, although knowing the actress, she probably thought she was supporting the big cats - she does love them...

Megan Fox: Armani Code Launch Lady

She was a busy girl last night- in addition to attending the Jaguar E-Type Anniversary, Megan Fox also showed up at the Armani Code Sport Fragrance Launch.

The “Jennifer’s Body” babe arrived at the Mondrian SoHo looking stellar in a black dress/brown jacket combo as she posed with industry bigwigs.

Megan is one of the stars in the Armani Code Sport commercials, and a new video documenting the filming process was recently released.

Armani Code Sport is described as, “radiating freshness, excitement, adrenaline and seduction at the same time, owing to its aromatic - woody composition. It refreshes with invigorating notes of lemon, mandarin and three kinds of mint, and opiates with gray amber (ambrox), ginger and vetiver.”
Enjoy the pictures of Megan Fox.

Celebrities in VB: Danielle Lineker in Victoria Beckham Spring 2011 - #89

The gorgeous Danielle Lineker attended the Royal Ascot this week and to the event she dressed up in a stunning Victoria Beckham piece that looked amazing on her! Danielle, aka Mrs. Gary Lineker, wore the blush V-neck bell dress, #89, from the spring 2011 collection. She accessorized with an over sized hat and a pair of suede Louboutins that perfectly complimented the gross-grain belt of the dress. LOVELY!
source: DM & Style

Scott Allie Goes Tweet-Happy with Dark Horse's #WhedonWednesday

So @ScottAllie has posted the following 8 images of the upcoming Angel & Faith comic on his Twitter for their new weekly event, #WhedonWednesday:

In addition to that, Dark Horse's #WhedonWednesday is featuring another Ivy Blog entitled "Dollhouse: Who is Alpha now?" Go over to Dark Horse's blog to check it out.

Finally, Scott divulged the very important issue if you're a Spike lovah: "To those hungry for Spike news, the online story in August is almost entirely about Spike, hardly anyone else shows up."

And there you have it!

Victoria Tweets: Justin Bieber Gives the Boys a Special Gift

Like most of today's young people, the Beckham boys are huge Justin Bieber fans and unlike most of the Biebs' following, the Beckham brothers have gotten special meetins with the superstar and have even received gifts from him recently. Victoria took to her Twitter last week and posted the special signed guitars her sons all were gifted from the one and only Never Say Never superstar...

Thank u @justinbieber for the boys signed guitars!!! they are so happy!!!!!!! X VB x
Romeo got a special little message from @justinbieber!! X vb

Lucky boys! Most Justin Bieber fans would sell everything for presents like this!

source: Twitter - @VictoriaBeckham

David Launches Samsung's 2012 Olympic Campaign

As one of the world's most famous sportsmen, David Beckham is used to being center stage. But next year the English soccer star is looking forward to being "a fan" in what he tells CNN will be "one of the best, if not the best Olympics of all time."

Beckham has been a key backer of the event and was present as an official ambassador in Singapore in 2005 when London was handed the Olympics for the third time -- becoming the first city to do so in the modern era. He remained coy about his possible involvement with Team GB, preferring to focus on his nomination of 18-year-old Gabriella Roseje as one of 8,000 torch bearers for the pre-Olympics relay next year.

"My goal is first I want to be a fan at the Olympics and support our Team GB to win as many medals, to win as many gold medals, and to make our country proud, which they will do because we've got so many great young athletes that have been around for a while," Beckham, also an ambassador for 2012 sponsor Samsung, told CNN.

"So, it's an exciting time, and with my involvement I just want to be a part of it. For it to be in the East End of London is a proud moment for myself, and to be there with my sons, possibly my daughter, my wife, it's going to be a proud moment for not only myself but for many people in this country."

Beckham said people like Roseje, from the south-east London area of Bermondsey, represented a bright future for British sport. "It's what she does for other people is one of the reasons I've sat up and taken notice in the special things that she's done," he said.

"It's young people like Gabriella that are going to be inspired by the Olympics in our country. People are going to be looking at Gabriella thinking, 'How can I achieve what she's achieving, how can I do something that she's doing by helping so many young people? Not just athletes but kids around the world and especially in the UK, what she is doing for her charity and what she is doing for young kids. These kids look up to this young lady and that's inspiring. That's what the Olympics can do, not just in this country but all around the world, and that's why our country will make this Olympics one of the best, if not the best Olympics of all time."

Beckham said he is happy in the United States, where he plays for Los Angeles Galaxy and lives with his wife Victoria, sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz -- and his imminent first daughter.

"I've had such an exciting career so far ... when it will end, who knows. I continue to enjoy my football like I'm doing, I love playing. Until that changes, then I'll continue to play whether that will be here or in the U.S. I'm enjoying my time playing for the Galaxy and have no reason to move anywhere else."

Beckham is still a regular visitor to the UK, and was a guest at the Royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton in April. "They're an amazing couple that a month ago made our country so proud to see their amazing occasion," he said. "To have watched Prince Harry and Prince William grow up from such a young age and go through what they have gone through -- it was such an amazing occasion for our country. To be part of that was incredible."
source: CNN & Zimbio