December 31, 2007

Fergie is Thrilled Over Engagement

Josh and FergiePerhaps it’s time to call her Lady Luck instead of The Duchess.

Fergie, whose engagement to Las Vegas sex symbol Josh Duhamel was confirmed Wednesday, sure is feeling that way, she says.

“I feel like the luckiest girl in the world,” the Black Eyed Peas singer, 32, said Saturday night after a performance at Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. “I’m thrilled.”

During her two-hour show, Fergie gave an adoring shout-out before she performed “All That I Got.”

Mindy McCready Released from Jail

Mindy McCreadyMindy McCready is a free woman, just in time for 2008.

The troubled country singer was released from jail on Sunday, after she was sentenced in September for violating probation from a 2004 drug arrest, Nashville’s WKRN-TV reports.

McCready was busted earlier this year on charges of resisting arrest and battery after an argument with her mother.

“I’m so happy to be out,” McCready, 32, said after her 9 a.m. release. “I’m the happiest girl in the world right now.”

December 30, 2007

Jennifer Garner Receives State Honor at Home

Jennifer GarnerJennifer Garner may be the toast of Broadway for her Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac, and she may be the national critics’ darling for her role as the wannabe mom in the new movie Juno, but to the folks at home, she’s no slouch, either.

In fact, on Sunday she was named West Virginian of the Year.