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According to Fox411,  Whitney Houston will begin working on her new album today. Am I the only one who thought she had been working on it?

Fox411 says that Clive Davis has chosen 7 songs for the album and several great producers and song writers for her to work with including R Kelly and Diane Warren. 

It is going to be interesting to see if the long awaited will be as good as she has been looking recently. At least this is the type of album Clive is good at.

(Photo credit Reuters) 

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Daily Mirror details the ideal movie Michael Douglas would like to make with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. He said he wants to do a movie where he kills her, yes kills her. He said, "I’d be the villain, because nobody likes older guys with younger women." Douglas, 62 who is 25 years older than CZJ added, "So we’ll get her a young leading man and I’ll be the bad guy. And I’ll ‘off’ one of them." Not only, does he want to he kill her in a movie, "As far as doing a romance in a film for a married couple, audiences seem to lack the excitement, knowing in the back of their mind these people are together all the time." Dang if I were her I would be consulting a divorce attorney because that is messed up. 

Who would’ve thought that these two would have lasted this long? But they look in love, so good for them. 

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American Idol candidate Mario Vasquez resigned from the show two years ago right after he made it into the final twelve. He said that it was due to “family reasons” and that he left before he realized he was in the final. Speculation at the time was that it has something to do with his sexual orientation. Vasquez has since given several other justifications for his departure, including maintaining control of his career and not wanting to be known as just an AI finalist.

The real story behind Vasquez’s abrupt departure may have to do with an incident in a bathroom on the set. A former assistant accountant at the production company running Idol, Magdaleno Olmos, claims that when he was alone in the bathroom with Vasquez the singer dropped his pants, jerked off, and cornered him in an unwanted and forceful sexual advance:

According to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ, Vazquez allegedly “sexually harassed” Magdaleno Olmos, assistant accountant for Fremantle Media, the company that produces American Idol.

In the lawsuit, Olmos claims “Vazquez stared lasciviously, smiled lasciviously … and on one occasion followed him into a bathroom … knocked on the door of the plaintiff’s stall and made eye contact through the space in the stall door.”

The lawsuit alleges that Vazquez “started to rub his genitals over his pants. Attempting to leave the bathroom, Olmos opened the door of the stall and saw Vazquez standing in front of him with his pants down masturbating.”

According to the documents, Vazquez pushed Olmos “further into the stall and continued masturbating with one hand and trying to pull down Olmos’ pants with another hand.”

Olmos claims that he tried to “cover his body with his hands” but Vazquez touched his “chest and stomach underneath his shirt, and Olmos’ “genitals” as Vazquez “attempted to unzip” Olmos’ pants.

Vazquez then allegedly asked Olmos “if he wanted oral sex.”

In the lawsuit, Olmos claims that as he “managed to get out of the stall, and attempted to leave the bathroom,” Vazquez, grabbed his arm “in an effort to stop him.” Vazquez continued to call Olmos to come back as Vazquez “stood in the bathroom with his pants still down.”

Olmos tried to tell his superior about his scary encounter with Vazquez, and the guy dismissed him and said his days with the company were numbered. Olmos was canned a few months later, and it’s unclear if that is related to his complaint against Vasquez.

Olmos is now suing Mario Vasquez, FOX Entertainment and the production company he was working for, Fremantle Media.

If this story is true, and I personally don’t doubt it, the production company at least should have to pay this guy for his supervisor’s failure to take the allegations seriously and escalate them up the chain of command, which violated the law.

It’s doubtful that Vasquez will be able to pay any kind of just settlement to Olmos. He has the second lowest album sales among former Idol contestants, only besting Corey Clark. William Hung has sold more records.

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Burger King has offered Jennifer Hudson a lifetime of free food through a special pre-paid burger credit card or something. Hudson was said to have claimed that she didn’t have to thank American Idol because “If I’d been any better at my job when I was at Burger King in my middle teens, I wouldn’t be here, either, so maybe I should thank them, too.” This is undoubtedly a fake quote, as I mentioned yesterday. There’s no source or context attributed to it, and it came out following the story that Hudson told employees at a local Burger King that she used to work there. I doubt she would be so snappish about it, or that she was say “middle teens” like that. It just sounds awkward and I doubt it’s accurate.

The veracity of the quote hasn’t stopped Burger King from trying to get some publicity, though. They’re more than willing to comp Hudson for a lifetime of fatty low-nutrient food as thanks for letting young people know that even Oscar winners are willing to sling hash for them at minimum wage.

Page Six is reporting today that Hudson almost bailed at the last minute on a scheduled show at the Soul Train awards this weekend. Her boss from J Records, Clive Davis, was contacted by the Soul Train producer, and was able to convince her to make the gig.

I’m rather skeptical of Page Six and while it may be true that Hudson tried to get out of singing at the Soul Train awards, which aren’t that prestigious and do feature some colorful characters, she may have had a legitimate reason, we don’t know.

She’s not my favorite person or anything, and she does come off as a little haughty to me, but I don’t know if she deserves all the ire that people are heaping on her just for calling Simon abusive, which he totally was and is.

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Maybe Paris Hilton is gunning for a lifetime of free food like Jennifer Hudson was just offered. The milktoast starlet was seen getting some drive through before she went home.

Some people think that Paris Hilton has been wearing a good pushup bra lately as she’s been seen out with bigger boobs at random other times, which turned out just to be bra-enhanced, but I’m leaning more towards subtle boob job. At first I thought she might be pregnant with Stavros’ baby and that might explain why her chest got bigger but not huge, but she doesn’t seem to have any kind of bump. She does seem to be stable with Stavros though and enjoys making out with him in public and wearing a locket with his picture in it.

Paris has vowed not to get a boob job, saying her dad told her when she was young that it would “cheapen her image.” Maybe she figures she’s got nothing to lose now.

Pictures from Gossip Rocks.

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I’m sorry for the two Lindsay Lohan posts today, but the other one was pretty much a story dump so I couldn’t update it with yet more crap about her. TMZ says Lohan was seen visibly intoxicated when leaving a club in NY last night and was toting her trust “water” bottle. She blew off the question when shocked paparazzi asked her if she was actually going to drive, and got behind the wheel anyway. They say she “almost” got in an accident, and Splash News says she hit a photographer with her car. Police are said to have told her she was free to go after the accident, but she is wanted for questioning now. That was probably at some other point that night or TMZ surely would have reported it too.

TMZ’s account of Lindsay driving drunk:

TMZ cameras spotted the rehabbed and peroxidated Lohan outside Butter last night, where one of her friends did her best to keep Linds covered with a coat, but LiLo didn’t seem to mind the attention and quickly ditched the feeble disguise.

One photog then began shouting at Lindsay, “I hope she’s not driving! Yo, why you driving drunk?” That’s when La Lohan, carrying a bottle of water, gave him a look that is usually reserved for turning men to stone. She then hopped in the car and sped off — but not before nearly causing an accident.

Photo agency Splash News said she hit a photographer with her car and he was taken to the hospital. They’re brief and kind of vague about how it went down and what happened afterwards:

Lindsay Lohan has been accused of running over a photographer in New York. The photographer was taken to St. Luke�s hospital. Lohan was initially allowed to leave the scene by police but was called back several hours later for questioning. The extent of the photographer�s injuries are as yet unknown.

The guy can’t have been seriously injured or Lohan would have been detained by police, but I really hope they gave her a breathalyzer. This news is new and I haven’t heard anything else about it, so we’ll have to stay tuned.

There’s news that Lindsay’s meetup with Jude Law at a NYC club on Sunday night may have been prearranged. She was said to have called him at 1:00 a.m. and asked him to meet her out. He would be all over that. The guy has no scruples and was into Sienna Miller forever. Sienna Miller is like the British more outspoken version of Lindsay Lohan, and she’s now dating Lindsay’s brief ex, Jamie Dornan.

Here’s Lohan with her water bottle on March 10th. What a terrible polka-dot jacket she’s wearing, although I have to say I really like her hair and makeup. Pictures via Linds-Lo.com.

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James Brown was finally buried Sunday at a family crypt located at the Beech Island, South Carolina home of one of his daughters. His embalmed body was stored in a climate-controlled undisclosed location for over two months amid legal squabbles over his estate.

Plans for a funeral were held up over questions of how his estate would be divided. His family said they were sick of waiting to bury their father and ended up chipping in to pay for the service and temporary resting place themselves. The ceremony was small with the Reverend Al Sharpton presiding.

The estate trustees are pissed that Brown was buried before they could make arrangements for him. They are said to have found a “very prominent memorial garden in Augusta” [GA, Brown’s hometown] for him, but could not get him there I guess amid all the legal issues.

Thousands of well wishers and fans got to pay their respects to the Godfather of Soul when he laid in state shortly after his death at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. Big memorial services were held for him in Augusta, GA and New York around that time.

I remember reading a story that I’m having trouble finding again that one of the guardians of James Brown’s body said a short while ago that he was doing fine and that he periodically checked up on him by lifting up the casket lid. It seems that Brown fared better in his temporary digs than did Anna Nicole, and that likely had something to do with humidity and temperature.

Brown’s spokeswoman said that a large mausoleum was being built for him at a location to be announced, and that he will be moved there once it’s ready.

Meanwhile there’s a story that James Brown’s longterm partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, is going to record an album of postmortem duet with the famous soul performer. She’s said to planning to record her voice over Brown’s old songs, similar to Natalie Cole’s recordings with her late father, Nat King Cole. Somehow I don’t think the results will be as classy. Hynie and her five year old son with James were not included in his will and she must need some money. [From The National Enquirer print edition, March 19, 2007]

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60-year-old Danny Glover punched Daily News photographer, Gary He, yesterday as he was leaving Brooklyn Federal Court. They describe it as a roundhouse punch (???) that glanced off He’s jaw. Gary was not injured and will not press charges. Glover and his assistant then fled in a limousine, but not before Danny asked,

“What gives you the right to come out here and photograph me and have your camera up in my face?” Glover growled, according to He.

A courthouse witness says Gary did nothing to provoke the attack. Danny’s lawyer says Gary created an incident. “The photographer tried to prevent him from leaving. He [Glover] was able to brush him away to get out.”

See, this is why I stopped being a photographer. It’s too dangerous. Sure, usually it’s all roses and caviar, but every once in a while old people attack. You may think it’s no big deal, but the elderly have canes, man. CANES!

For those wondering, the image up top is from the 2006 BET Awards. The bald guy is Harry Belafonte. The other guy is Danny Glover if you’re kind of slow.

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Leonardo DiCaprio was touring the Western Wall in Jerusalem with girlfriend Bar Rafaeli on Monday. A fight broke out among Leo’s bodyguards and the paparazzi leaving one cameraman slightly injured and two bodyguards detained by Israeli police. The video up there is supposedly the fight. I just see a lot of people running away and screaming. I could have put up a video of me pulling down my pants and it would have been the same thing.