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On St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone was celebrating with green beer , and eating corned beef sandwiches, Star Jones was undergoing heart surgery. Her publicists says that the recent surgery is linked to surgery she had 30 years ago for thoracic cancer. She is said to be recovering well with friends and family.

According to the Advocate Christ Medical Center web site,

Thoracic cancer refers to several types of cancers that can develop in the different types of cells within the lungs, as well as less common cancers of the esophagus (which carries food from the mouth to the stomach), the trachea (windpipe), or the chest wall. Sometimes these cancers spread to nearby lymph nodes.

Jones, will be 48 and March 24^th and here to a speedy recovery and a very joyful birthday.

Source: People.com

Hillary Duff is engaged to be married to her boyfriend, Mike Comrie.  Duff portrayed “Lizze Maguire” on the Disney program of the same name.  Comrie is a forward for the Edmonton Oilers. 

Duff, now 22, has been dating 28 Comrie for 2 years.  

Hopefully they are one of the rare Hollywood couples that are able to have a long lasting marriage.   There are some Hollywood marriages that have lasted for years, it is just that we do not hear about them as much as we do the ones that are handled like teenagers going steady

Source:Associated Press

While going through her divorce, Kate Gosselin co-hosted “The View” in August 2009.  Now she is set to return and co-host the show on March 11, 2009.  Although many would like to say otherwise, there are a lot of people that are drawn to Kate Gosselin.   If people were not watching the programs she appeared on then she would not be asked to make so many appearances.    The world, though they hate to admit it, is drawn to Kate Gosselin.  

Source:The View

Celebrities are coming together to raise money for the Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake that is suffered on January 12, 2010.    Many channels ,including the major television networks will be airing the telethon live.   

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,” today announced its lineup of superstar musical performances. The global telethon will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in a newly added London location. All musical performances will be available for purchase for $.99 per song through the Apple® iTunes® Store beginning Saturday, January 23, with all proceeds benefiting Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.

In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, “Hope for Haiti Now” will feature more than one hundred of the biggest names in film, television, and music supporting the cause with testimonials and by answering phones during the telethon.

“Hope for Haiti Now” will be the most widely distributed telethon in history, both internationally and across media platforms. The two-hour telethon will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, and CMT on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air on newly added networks including PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic. The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide. “Hope for Haiti Now” will be the first U.S.-based telethon airing on MTV in China. Facebook and Twitter have signed on as official social media partners to help drive donations and tune-in to the telethon.

A “Biggest Loser ”Winner that was on Oprah in early last year is trying once again to lose the pounds.  Eric Chopkin was the season 3 “Biggest Loser” champion and was able to get all the way down 193 pounds.  After the cameras stopped rolling Chopkin gained the weight back.  Now he is trying to lose much of the weight that he gained that got him all the way to 327 lbs. 

Source:thatsfit.com

Bryant Gumbel  made known his battle with cancer.  While subbing for Regis Philbin, on Regis and Kelly, he told Kelly Ripa that he recently had surgery to remove cancer that was close to his lung.  Part of his lung was also removed.  He said that he has had chemotherapy and that everything seems to be better.  Gumbel has been private about his battle with cancer up until now.

Apparently there were some uninvited guests at the Whitehouse for the State dinner on Tuesday night.  The couple were able to go through the security checkpoint and make it to the dinner.   They even posted pictures of themselves on their Facebook page.    This is an affluent D.C. couple that is reported to be auditioning for the “Real Housewives of Washington.” 

I have few questions:

1.  How were they able to get past the Secret Service, which is supposed to have the highest security in the country?  Maybe they needed to have some L.A. nightclub bouncers guarding the entrances.  
2. Will this couple have any federal charges filed against them for crashing the State dinner?  I don’t know if they should, but then again you cannot have anyone just breaching security and going wherever they want around  President Obama and his family.  
3. Will crashing the State dinner help or hurt the couple’s chances of being on the “Real Housewives of Washington?”  It is hard to tell when it comes to reality television.  They all have their own set of standards.

Story in the New York Times

It is big news that the media giant, Oprah, is leaving her show in 2011.  It is expected that she will be appearing on her new cable television network.   OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) will premiere in January 2011 and is a partnership with the Discovery Communications.

 After all the success she has had it is no wonder she want to make a change after over 20 years.  As a billionaire, she is financially secure enough make some career moves. There are some average men and women that wish they had a few thousand dollars to make a change in their lives.     Oprah is doing what a lot of people wish that they could do; make a career change without have to worry about how the bills are going to be paid.

New mom, Nicole Richie, has been hospitalized because of Pneumonia.    Richie has a 2 month-old son and a 2 year-old daughter.   

It must be hard for her to be away from her young kids and I hope she is able to rest, relax, and have a quick recovery.  

Source:mtv.com