January 10, 2009

Fergie and Josh Kick Off Their Wedding Week

Fergie and Josh Duhamel at their party Jan. 7

Fergie and Josh Duhamel at their party Jan. 7

Forget keeping the boys and girls apart. Three days before her wedding, Fergie took a break from her intense bride-to-be workouts for a co-ed bachelor-bachelorette party with fiancé Josh Duhamel.

The couple, who will wed in the L.A. area on Saturday, and 75 of their friends and family celebrated on Wednesday night at the newly opened Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica.

January 8, 2009

Jett Travolta Memorial to Be Held Today

The Travolta family

The Travolta family

John Travolta and Kelly Preston are holding a private memorial service for their 16-year-old son, Jett, who died on Jan. 2.

The funeral will be held in the gated community in Ocala, Fla., where the Travolta family lives in an $8 million home, the Associated Press reports.

Travolta, 54, and Preston, 46, have spoken out only once since the death of their son, saying, “Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered. We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief.”

January 6, 2009

It’s a Girl for Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck!

Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck!

Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck!

Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck have welcomed their second daughter.

The actress’s rep says: “Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck gave birth to a healthy baby girl.”

The baby was born Tuesday in Los Angeles. No other details were immediately available.

Garner and Affleck, both 36, are also parents to daughter Violet, 3.

In the weeks leading up to the birth, Garner, stayed close to home, picking up Violet from preschool and even treating herself to a mani-pedi.

January 1, 2009

Matt Dillon Busted Going 106 mph

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

A suggested New Year’s resolution for Matt Dillon: Slow down.

On Tuesday night, the actor, 44, was pulled over in Newbury, Vt., after state troopers clocked him driving 106 mph in a 65 mph zone.

Dillon, who was driving a rented 2009 Chevy Impala, was taken to a station in nearby Bradford, where he was photographed, fingerprinted and given a citation.

Kevin Bacon Victim of Madoff Scheme

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

Talk about six degrees being too close for comfort. Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are the latest known victims of Bernie Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

“I can confirm that they had investments with Mr. Madoff – no further specifics or comment beyond that,” Bacon’s rep, Allen Eichorn, told New York Magazine Tuesday.

As for reports that the couple lost everything except for their checking accounts and the land they own, Eichorn said, “Please, let’s not speculate or rely on hearsay.”

Woody Harrelson Weds Longtime Girlfriend

Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie

Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie

After two decades together, Woody Harrelson and his girlfriend Laura Louie made it legal on Sunday.

The 47-year-old actor and Louie, 43, “were officially married yesterday on the island of Maui,” his rep says.

The intimate ceremony was attended by family and friends.

The couple have three daughters, Makani Ravello, 2, Zoe Giordano, 12 and Denni Montana, 15.

December 27, 2008

Inside Jennifer Aniston’s Christmas Eve with the Arquette Family

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston met up with friends David and Courteney Cox Arquette and their 4-year-old daughter Coco Wednesday for their annual Christmas Eve dinner at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills.

“Jen and Courteney chatted non-stop,” a source says. “Jen was also very sweet to Coco and the two giggled together.”

While Aniston’s beau John Mayer remained on the East coast, Aniston – dressed in black and smiling from ear to ear – joined the Arquettes and a few other friends in the restaurant’s private dining room, which overlooks the kitchen, and features a rhinestone chandelier.

Nick Cannon’s Ex ‘Shocked’ When He Married Mariah

Christina Milan

Christina Milan

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s secret wedding in the Bahamas may have surprised fans, but it also caught someone else off guard – one of Cannon’s ex-girlfriends.

“I definitely was shocked like everybody else,” Christina Milian, who dated her Love Don’t Cost a Thing costar in 2005, tells Rap-Up magazine in its Winter 08/09 issue, on newsstands Dec. 30.