Nikka Costa Rocks The Roxy Like ?Whoa?

Last night I met up with my friend Tony at The Roxy on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, CA to see Nikka Costa in concert. After seeing her perform recently with Prince during his 21 Nite Stand in Los Angeles concert residency, I was really anxious to see her perform her own concert. This [...]

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?Jilted Groom? Hugh Hefner Has A New ?Best Girl?

Early last week we learned that the planned wedding of 85-year old Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner and 24-year old Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris was called off after Harris decided she didn’t want to marry into Hef‘s Playboy lifestyle. Since the wedding was called off and Crystal moved out of the Playboy Mansion, Hefner called for [...]

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?Jilted Groom? Hugh Hefner Has A New ?Best Girl?

Early last week we learned that the planned wedding of 85-year old Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner and 24-year old Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris was called off after Harris decided she didn’t want to marry into Hef‘s Playboy lifestyle. Since the wedding was called off and Crystal moved out of the Playboy Mansion, Hefner called for [...]

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Pink Sells First Baby Photo for Charity

Pink Sells First Baby Photo for Charity

Now that Pink has a baby girl, she's trying to figure out how to shield 3-week-old daughter Willow from the stalkerazzi who prey on celebrity moms. In a new post on her blog, the singer explains why selling her first baby photos to People magazine was, ironically, the best way to protect Willow's privacy.

The 31-year-old Grammy winner says that she and husband Carey Hart, 35, made the decision to release their private photos "due to the unsettling, surprisingly aggressive and unsafe measures that the paparazzi seem to be willing to go to in order to secure that 'first shot' of our daughter -- stalking us, chasing us in cars and sitting outside of our home all day and night." She writes that she wanted her little girl to be protected from media attention, "but unfortunately, this media climate doesn't seem to provide for that."

Pink discloses that she and Hart have donated all the money from the sale to children's charities, including the Ronald McDonald House and Autism Speaks. The singer goes on to express her frustration that there are no laws in place to protect the children of celebrities from being stalked by people with cameras.

"In EVERY other country that I recall, children's faces are blurred out in magazine photos," Pink declares. "Why is USA the only country that continues to financially incentivize intrusive paparazzi behavior to capitalize on photos of babies, infants and children? ... Why are celebrities/public figures having to seek restraining orders to keep strange grown men with still and video cameras from sitting perched outside of their children's pre-schools and elementary schools, preying on little innocent kids?" she asks.

"It's one thing to harass and stalk us, the adults, the celebrity that signed up for this life," she acknowledges, "but children should be protected and safe. There should be a clear distinction between us."

We've seen this same kind of frustration recently from other celebrity moms, including Tori Spelling (who got in a car accident after being chased to her children's preschool by a photographer) and Nicole Richie (who's been attempting to take legal measures against the paparazzi who target her children). Unfortunately, they have little recourse against the guerilla tactics of celebrity photographers. Now, Pink is trying a different tactic: appealing to her fans to stop supporting unlicensed photos of her family.

"We don't want our little girl's picture in a magazine or on a blog. If you take or publish her picture, it is against our wishes, and without our consent as parents, as people," Pink writes in a passionate plea to photographers and fans. "In the face of camera lenses as long as my arm and flashbulbs as bright as the sun, Willow is powerless. All she has to protect her is us. But that's not all she has; she has you."

Of course, the irony is that we look at celebrity baby photos because we like seeing our favorite celebs being adorable and happy with their children. It would be a perfectly innocent pastime, if photographers only respected the boundaries of the families who support their living. It definitely seems like some legal intervention is due.

In happier news, Pink and Carey seem to be doing great, and that first (licensed!) family photo could not be more adorable. "We are absolutely blissed out in love over here!" Pink writes on her blog. "Carey is a natural, (I knew he would be) and I finally found out what love really means. Don't worry, I'm not writing an album full of sappy lullabies. Not yet, anyways?"

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Selena Gomez: Pretty in Peabody

She has quite the big week in her career lying ahead, and Selena Gomez was busy this weekend pushing forth with her ambitious "Monte Carlo" mall tour on Saturday (June 25).

The "Wizards of Waverly Place" darling took to the North Shore Mall in Peabody, MA, entertaining fans who'd lined up hours in advance to catch a glimpse of the 18-year-old beauty.

With a new album due out Tuesday (June 28) followed by the theatrical release of her movie "Monte Carlo" on Friday (July 1), Miss Gomez recently spoke with Teen Vogue about transitioning from a child star to a lifelong entertainer.

She said, "I?m in a very crucial spot. It?s like starting over. I was trying to explain it to one of my friends, and he said, 'You'll be fine. People believe in you.' But when they're putting together a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, I don't think they're going to go, 'Selena Gomez would be great for this!' I'm not an option. It's humbling, having to go from this Disney high back down to having to fight for roles.?

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