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Great news for music fans: the lineup for Lollapalooza 2010 was formally announced on Tuesday and the rumors have turned out to not be rumors after all – Lady Gaga, Soundgarden, and Green Day are among the headlines set to rock Chicago’s Grant Park this summer! Other acts expected to hit the stage for the August 6-8 fest include Cypress Hill, Erykah Badu, and Raphael Saadiq. There’s also a good mix of veteran acts joining this year’s Lollapalooza lineup, including Devo, Social Distortion, and Mavis Staples.

Take a look at the lineup after the jump……

Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, the Strokes, Phoenix, Social Distortion, MGMT, Jimmy Cliff, Hot Chip, the Black Keys, the National, Spoon, Devo, Cypress Hill, Cut Copy, the New Pornographers, Erykah Badu, Slightly Stoopid, Grizzly Bear, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, Wolfmother, Yeasayer, X Japan, MUTEMATH, Metric, Dirty Projectors, AFI, Mavis Staples, Matt & Kim, the xx, Drive-By Truckers, Blues Traveler….

Wavves, American Bang, the Ike Reilly Assassination, Company of Thieves, Nneka, Harlem, the Constellations, Miniature Tigers, Mimicking Birds, the Kissaway Trail, HEALTH, Javelin, the Morning Benders, Foxy Shazam, Violent Soho, Royal Bangs, NEON TREES, Freelance Whales, Semi Precious Weapons, Dan Black, The Band of Heathens, Dragonette, My Dear Disco, Shawn Fisher, Neon Hitch, Skybox, The Ettes, Jukebox the Ghost, These United States, MyNameIsJohnMichael….

For ticket info, visit Lollapalooza.com…..

-Lauren Graham — now star of the successful NBC series Parenthood — is most proud of her role on the now defunct mother-daughter hit Gilmore Girls….

-If you’re ever in the Big Apple, Complex.com has compiled list of the city’s Best Korean Restaurants that you might want to check out…..

-Kimora Lee Simmons gets a body makeover — courtesy of Photoshop — in the ad for her new fragrance, Dare Me…..

-Lindsay Lohan’s Indian child trafficking PSA has premiered…..

–Read an excerpt from the early life of Carrie Bradshaw in Candace Bushnell’s new young adult novel, The Carrie Diaries…..

-The Hollywood Hills mansion Brittany Murphy died in last December is no longer for sale because her mother felt uncomfortable showing the home to potential buyers with her daughter’s possessions still inside…..

-Is texting cheating? (My ex-boyfriend sure didn’t think so! Bastard…..)

-For those who care: Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend premieres on TV Guide Network tonight @ 10 PM ET/PT….

– FOX cancels Sons of Tucson and Til Death…..

-ABC is taking the network game show to new heights with a summer series that will be set on top of a skyscraper…..

-Rihanna, Jason Derulo and David Archuleta will perform on Wednesday’s American Idol…..

-Whoopi pulled a Tiger…

-Annie Leibovitz sued again!

-Jennifer Hudson made her debut as the newest Weight Watchers celebrity spokesmodel over the weekend…..

How would you like to be a blogging rockstar for a music icon? “Unthinkable” songbird Alicia Keys appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America Tuesday where she announced that she is teaming up with Monster.com and launching an online search for a talented blogger to maintain her forthcoming website IAmASuperwoman.com, which Alicia describes as a “fun, inspiring online neighborhood for super women to check in with what other super women are thinking, doing, feeling, working on, eating, buying, wearing and laughing about, and to prompt discussions on things the modern super woman cares about.”

“With IAAS.com, I’ll be displaying my ‘voice’ in a different way and need just the right person to help me express a point of view that I don’t think exists yet in the blog world,” the multiplatinum-selling singer said in a statement.

Monster says: “We help match great people with great jobs every day and Alicia has given us the opportunity to help a talented blogger get the coolest job in social media. Most employers are swamped with resumes so imagine Alicia’s challenge with this job. Fortunately our precision search technology will help match the best candidates from the thousands that will apply.”

Finalists will be flown to New York City for an interview with Ms. Keys herself in May, the Top 3 candidates will then be flown to the UK to cover Alicia’s May 27 Black Ball, which benefits her Keep A Child Alive charity. The blogging star who pens the most interesting account of the event wins!

CLICK HERE To Find Out How You Can Apply To Become The Next IAAS.com Blogger — But Hurry, The Contest Ends May 3……

Mattel is changing the rules of its classic board game Scrabble for the first time in 62 years. Highly-literate wordsmiths will now be permitted to use proper nouns, an act that has been prohibited for “Scrabblers” ever since the game was trademarked by creator Alfred Butts in 1948.

New high scoring combinations will include Jay-Z (23 points), Lexulous (15 points), Xerxes (20 points) and Kyrgyzstan (29 points). Players can also score mega-points by using popular words like Beyonce, Pepsi, Jordin Sparks, and Shakira. Mattel is even considering allowing players to spell words backwards and upwards on the board and place words unconnected to other pieces.

The new rules would be a “great new twist” on the classic game, a spokeswoman for the toy manufacturer said Monday.

“The layout, the colors of the board, the rules and the game itself have all remained unchanged for more than 60 years. These changes are the biggest news for Scrabble lovers in the history of the game and will provide a great new twist on the old formula. We believe that people who are already fans will enjoy the changes but some people will want to continue playing the old way so we will still be selling a board with the original rules.”

Mattel will unveil a new version of the game with the amended rules in July.

Do we have any Scrabble fans out there? What do you think about the new proper noun clause? The Brainiacs will not be pleased….I can totally see this game taking a nosedive in popularity now.

Tom Hanks is reuniting with his Bosom Buddies co-star Peter Scolari to accept a special prize for the hit cross-dressing sitcom at the 2010 TV Land Awards.

The ABC sitcom centered around two bachelors, Kip and Henry, who move into a hotel for women after their apartment is condemned. The pair of advertising designers must live as Buffy and Hildegarde in wigs and heels in order to keep a roof over their heads. The actors kickstarted their careers on the ’80s series, now they’re set to join former co-stars Donna Dixon, Telma Hopkins, and Holland Taylor 30 years later to accept TV Land’s coveted Anniversary Award.

“Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks and Emmy Award-nominee Peter Scolari are among the newest honorees at the 8th Annual TV Land Awards. The network will salute the ground-breaking sitcom Bosom Buddies with the Anniversary Award at this year’s show, which will be hosted by Tim Allen,” the network announced in a press release on Monday. “Previous honorees for this award have included Knot’s Landing, Batman, and Roots.”

The ceremony will mark the first time the cast has been seen together publicly since the show ended. Dynasty and Charlie’s Angels star John Forsythe, who died of complications from pneumonia on Thursday, will also be honored during the show’s April 17 taping.

The 8th TV Lands Awards will air April 25.

Listen up, music stars: Rihanna has something to say about singers who agree to lucrative cash bonuses for littering their music videos with product placement. Just last week, handlers for former Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland sent out a mass email seeking commercial sponsors to pay to have their products strategically placed in the star’s forthcoming comeback vid. Rihanna, on the other hand, loathes artists who sell out to be “commercial.”

“I don’t like things to be so commercial. I hate product placement in my videos. Videos should just tell the story of the song. With product placement it becomes this big ad campaign. I just don’t like that. Sometimes we have to, for whatever polit-ical reason, but it’s never my first choice,” says Rihanna, who launched her fourth album Rated R with help from communication giant Nokia.

Guess we know what she thought of the “Telephone” video!

Sean Penn has been sued over his violent clash with a photograper last October. The Oscar winner is facing a lawsuit from the snapper who alleges he suffered serious injuries when Penn kicked and threatened to kill him in a bust-up last fall.

The actor has already been charged with two misdemeanour counts of criminal battery and vandalism after reportedly attacking paparazzo Jordan Dawes and damaging his camera, but Dawes claims being “kicked and punched” by the Milk actor has left him in need of surgery on his knee.

According to legal papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court this week, Dawes accuses Penn of breaking his camera before threatening his life, vowing: “The next time I see you, you will be in a box.”

Dawes is seeking an unspecified sum in monetary compensation for the alleged attack. The criminal case against the star is still pending.

Whitney Houston has postponed a concert in Paris after falling ill.

The legendary singer had been due to perform in the City of Lights this week, but a statement released by her representative says an upper respiratory infection has forced Whitney to bow out of that show on doctors’ orders.

Concert organizers say the 46-year-old singer had been excited about opening her European tour at Paris’ Omnisport Bercy on Tuesday night and regretted having to postpone the show. The illness will delay the European leg of a world tour that has been rocked by fan criticism in Asia and Australia.

“Whitney is suffering from an upper respiratory infection and after a consultation with her doctors has been advised to postpone her performance,” said a statement from the concert’s organizers. “Whitney and her band apologize that the show has to be rescheduled on such short notice.”

Whitney’s “Nothing But Love Tour” will resume as scheduled in Manchester, Britain, on April 8 and a new date for Paris will be announced shortly.

Carey Mulligan and Kristen Stewart will battle it out for a role in a Hollywood makeover of the Swedish thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Fight Club director David Fincher has signed on to revamp the flick and is eyeing the Twilight cutie and the Oscar-nominated Brit for the role of his leading lady.

The film — based on the bestsellling novel by Stieg Larsson — follows an unconventional heroine who helps a journalist track down a missing woman. The girls will go head-to-head for the coveted role, which is said to be “edgy, sexy and demanding.”

Last year, Carey nabbed a Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination for An Education, but David may have a soft spot for Kristen, whose career he helped when she co-starred alongside Jodie Foster in his 2002 film Panic Room.

Rihanna’s hitting the road this summer — and she’s bringing two of the industry’s hottest charttoppers along for the ride.

The “Russian Roulette” hottie has joined forces with Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj (The culprit behind the teen world’s recent obsession with all things Barbie.) for a girl power attack that will make the trek across North America as spring turns to the dog days of summer. The two charttoppers will be joined by Nicki Minaj for Rihanna’s North American tour. The ladies will kick off the “Last Girl On Earth Tour” in Seattle, Washington on July 2.

Beside promoting Rihanna’s 2009 album Rated R, this tour will also be a platform for pop newcomer Ke$ha and Young Money’s Nicki Minaj. Ke$ha rleased her debut album Animal in January, while Nicki dropped her first single “Massive Attack” last month and is expected to release her first album later this year.

Check out the Last Girl on Earth Tour Dates….

Jul 02 – White River Amphitheatre in Seattle, WA
Jul 04 – General Motors Place in Vancouver, Canada
Jul 06 – Pengrowth Saddeldome in Calgary, Canada
Jul 09 – ARCO Arena in Sacramento, CA
Jul 10 – Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA
Jul 14 – Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque presents The Pavilion in Albuquerque, NM
Jul 15 – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre in Denver, CO
Jul 17 – Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV
Jul 21 – Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA
Jul 22 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix, AZ
Jul 28 – Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA
Jul 30 – Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa, FL
Jul 31 – American Airlines Center in Miami, FL
Aug 03 – Verizon Wireless Music Center in Indianapolis, IN
Aug 05 – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto, Canada
Aug 07 – Bell Center in Montreal, Canada
Aug 08 – Comcast Center in Boston, MA
Aug 11 – Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT
Aug 12 – Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
Aug 15 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY
Aug 18 – Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ
Aug 20 – Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA
Aug 21 – Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA
Aug 22 – DTE Energy Music Theatre in Detroit, MI
Aug 25 – United Center in Chicago, IL

The Queen of Talk has landed the first television interview with the former mistress of one-time presidential hopeful John Edwards.

According to The National Enquirer, Rielle Hunter and Oprah will sit down for a chat that will air on The Oprah Winfrey Show during next month’s ratings driven May sweeps. Rielle has been in chats to spill on her affair with the long-married Southern senator with ABC’s Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer, but she thought Oprah was “more spiritual and would get her,” according to a tipster.

“Rielle is super excited to have Oprah come into her home. She’s excited about giving her account of how she met John, how the affair began and what’s in store for her future. Rielle also wants to clear the air about the GQ photos – she’s basically doing it to get the truth out and tell her side of the story.”

Ailing film legend Dennis Hopper, who is dying from cancer, was ordered to pay his estranged wife and their seven -year-old daughter Galen $12,000 in monthly spousal and child support by a Los Angeles judge Monday. Hopper filed for divorce in January after 14 years of marriage. The Easy Rider and Blue Velvet actor’s attorney Joseph Mannis said in court documents last month that Hopper’s prostate cancer was terminal.

Hopper, 73, did not attend yesterday’s hearing but was repeatedly described by his attorney as “desperately ill.”

Hopper’s adult children attended but did not speak.

Who knew the drama unfolding on the set of Desperate Housewives was even saucier than some of the strange happenings that frequently take up residence on Wisteria Lane? Actress Nicollette Sheridan is suing the creator of the Emmy Award-winning primetime soap for more than $20 million over allegations of assault, battery, violence and wrongful termination, TMZ reported Monday.

Nicollette is steaming over an event first reported by The National Enquirer nearly two years ago.

Sheridan, who played Edie Britt on the comedy-drama, claims show creator Marc Cherry hit her across the face and head, and then fired her after she complained about the assault, legal documents reveals.

According to Enquirer spies, Marc got into a furious screaming match with Nicollette over a dialogue change he had made in the actress’ script in the fall of 2008.

“Everyone was very uncomfortable,” an on set source told the tab in October of that year. “People were trying to act as though they weren’t paying attention, but when Cherry blasted her for having an opinion…it got hard to ignore the fight.”

“He totally lost it and swung for her head,” the spy insisted at the time.

Although reps for the show have long denied spywitness accounts claiming Sheridan had been “smacked or slapped” by Cherry, Nicollette finally spilled the tea on the fateful encounter in court papers filed in Los Angeles Monday.

The 46-year-old British-born star claims Cherry created a hostile work environment by “behaving in an extremely abusive and aggressive manner toward the individuals who work on the show.”

And if that weren’t enough, she confirms that Cherry physically assaulted her after she questioned him about a script during filming of the show’s fifth season on Sept. 24, 2008. “Cherry took her aside and forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head,” according to the lawsuit.

After the alleged incident Cherry went to her trailer to ask for forgiveness. Nicollette says she immediately reported the incident to ABC but the network failed to take action. Cherry’s aggressiveness escalated and she was unceremoniously booted from the show in early 2009.

The lawsuit also alleged that when Cherry found out Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher went above his head to complain about him, he retorted: “I hope Teri Hatcher gets hit by a car and dies.”

It’s out with the old and in with the new at the Jersey Shore! Do you have what it takes to be the next Pauly D or Snookster?

MTV producers are currenty casting a fresh new new crop of “tanned and toned fist pumper(s)” (Their words, not mine….) who can prove they “dominate the gym, tear up the dance floor and rule the bedroom” (I don’t make this stuff up….) to star on future seasons of the network’s breakout reality smash.

On Monday, Doron Ofir Casting launched JerseyShoreCasting.com, the official casting site where aspiring reality stars can apply for Jersey Shore 2010, not to be confused with the original Jersey Shore, which is currently shooting in Miami with the cast that fans have grew to love to loathe.

“I am searching for the proudest, loudest, and wildest to carry on the legacy and No haters allowed,” Doron Ofir, Executive Casting Director for the new Jersey Shore, said in a statement Monday.

The casting call is searching for potential cast members nationwide, and filming on Jersey Shore 3 could possibly begin this summer with a season premiere coming as early as October.

The news of future installments of the Jersey Shore franchise — featuring new stars no less — follows reports that the original Shore guidos and guidettes (which includes twentysomethings Vinny, Ronnie, Pauly D, Snooki, Mike “The Situation,” JWoww, and Sammi Sweetheart) have been outlawed from a number of popular establishments around Miami. In addition, word is original cast member Angelina Pivarnick, who quit the hit MTV series after only a few episodes appears last fall will be making a return when the second season of the controversial trashfest hits the airwaves this summer.

Interested future Fist Pumpers must be over 21 and “appear to be younger than 30.” For more information, log onto www.jerseyshorecasting.com.

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber and the award-winning cast of the FOX musical comedy Glee got their Easter egg roll on with The Obamas and tens of thousands of the nation’s youngsters this Monday.

Kids from across the country basked in 80 degree temperatures and descended on the White House’s South Lawn to play football, basketball and golf and watch performances from the cast of Yo Gabba Gabba, Olympian Apolo Anton Ohno, and Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay.

For those who still care, right now, champion golfer Tiger Woods — who arrived to the Masters in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday — is taking reporters questions in his first public press conference since the sex scandal and suspicious car crash that rocked his career last winter.

(Yawn…..)

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Ever since he ran over a fire hydrant and into a tree in the early hours of Nov. 27 — that infamous car accident that sparked incredible revelations of rampant affairs — Woods has kept public comments to a minimum.

Jessica Biel is stepping into her first serious acting role after signing on to star and produce an adaptation of “Mob Girl,” about a real-life NYC mob darling-turned-informant, Pajiba.com said Monday.

Jessica is set to star in the big screen biopic of Arlyne Brickman, the spitfire who daughter of a Jewish mob boss. Brickman found herself in the beds of a number of mafia bosses before infiltrating the hierarchy and turning state’s evidence in the late ’80s. After 25 years in “life,” Arlyne eventually helped convict notorious Italian boss Anthony Scarpetti. The film is to based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Teresa Carpenter, though there is no script yet. Lone Scherfig, the Danish director of An Education, is already reportedly on board for the project.

Sounds interesting! With any luck, maybe this will keep Jessica plenty busy and away from that disastrous Laverne & Shirley movie Jamie Foxx and Garry Marshall are supposedly working on for JB and her new bestie Jennifer Garner.

We’ve all heard of “Housewives Behaving Badly,” but The Real Housewives of New York City’s Alex McCord is set to raise more than a few well-arched eyebrows with the revelation that she routinely drank alcohol will pregnant with her son Francois.

“Throughout my pregnancy, I gave into every craving I felt,” Alex writes in her new book, Little Kids Big City: Tales From A Real House In New York City, The New York Daily News’ Gatecrasher reported Monday. “When I wanted to have a drink, I did.” She even fesses up to downing champagne on her way to the hospital while in labor.

Earlier this season, it was rumored that Alex and her husband Simon would be dropped from the cast of the show’s current third season. The Real Housewives of NYC airs Thursdays on Bravo.

– Um — somehow I don’t think blonde is Nic’s color. Must we add color t the myriad of things wrong with your hair, Mr. Cage? In fact, the phrase “Hot Mess” springs to mind, but I’ll let you to be the judge….

-Donovan McNabb is now a Washington Redskin……

–Wanda Sykes spoofs Erykah Badu’s “grossly misunderstood” and ass out “Window Seat” video…..

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook near California’s Mexico border on Sunday, and celebs are Tweeting through the aftermath…..

-The Apple iPad sold 300,000 units in its first weekend of release….

-Did you miss Janet Jackson on Friday’s Oprah? Here’s a clip…..

–The Hollywood Reporter has unveiled its annual list of shows in danger of being banished to the TV Land Graveyard!

-Tiki Barber and his wife Ginny have split after 11 years of marriage….

-PETA want Jedward — the futuristic X Factor twins — to get naked in the name of fur hate as part of their next ad campaign…..

-Songbird Celine Dion will release her eighth fragrance in September…..

-Introducing MTV’s Jersey Shore: Senior Citizens Edition, because nothing goes together like geriatrics and gangbanging!

Madonna arrived in Malawi on Monday to lay the first brick of a new school funded by her charity, which supports poverty-stricken children in the southern African country. The Material Girl– who has adopted two toddlers from the nation — promises that The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls will be a family and support center, allowing female students to attend regular classes as well as giving them access to medical care and regular meals.

The school is set to open in 2011.