• Guns N’ Roses‘ new album Chinese Democracy will be released finally on November 23.
• P!nk is lookin’ for a new man.
• Trent Reznor reveals that current NIN drummer John Freese will be leaving the band at the end of the year.
• Beastie Boys launch a Get Out And Vote tour.
• Are Avril Lavigne and hubby Derek Whibley headed for splitsville?
• Peace the Spork Out goes to CosmoGIRL! magazine.
• Betty White has a colorful opinion of Sarah Palin.
• Sean Connery is the newest face for Louis Vuitton.
• The men of the movie Twilight do V Man magazine.
• Mel B. shows off her lingerie.
• Gisele Bundchen takes her craft to the streets.
• Rachel Bilson is still creepin’ with Hayden Christensen … despite his fashion sense.
• Has Ryan Gosling been cast as Green Lantern?
• Mya is 29, Mario Lopez is 35 and David Lee Roth (ex-Van Halen) is 54 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Robbie Williams to finally reunite with Take That?
• Meat Loaf hospitalized.
• Spider-Man: The Musical will cost at least $40 million bucks.

Here are a couple of really cute pics of Ryan Phillippe and his ladylove Abbie Cornish spending a lovely afternoon with his children Ava and Deacon in Brentwood, CA earlier this week:

I can’t be entirely certain but I believe this is one of (if not the) first times that Rabbie were spotted out and about with the Witherppe children. We’ve seen many photos of Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal with the kids and now it’s Rabbie’s turn. Up until now, GyllenSpoon has enjoyed the lion’s share of the time with the kids so clearly Rabbie now feel up to the task … and I say, it’s about time! Little Deacon was all dolled up for one of his karate classes and I understand that Abbie took Ava to a flower class (whatever that is). It would appear that things are serious for both Ryan and Reese with their new partners, especially since everyone is now spending time with the children. While I’m still lamenting the dunzoness of Witherppe, I’m happy to see that they each have moved on happily and that the kids seem to be doing OK in the middle.

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Woot! The Supreme Court of Connecticut has delivered a ruling that overturns the State’s ban on same-sex marriage, determining that same-sex couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry under the State’s constitution. This means that Connecticut is now the third State in the United States of America to allow same-sex marriage, the second State to allow same-sex marriage this year alone:

Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions. The divided court ruled 4-3 that gay and lesbian couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry under the state constitution, and Connecticut’s civil unions law does not provide those couples with the same rights as heterosexual couples. “I can’t believe it. We’re thrilled, we’re absolutely overjoyed. We’re finally going to be able, after 33 years, to get married,” said Janet Peck of Colchester, who was a plaintiff with her partner, Carole Conklin. Connecticut will join Massachusetts and California as the only state to allow same-sex couples to marry. “Interpreting our state constitutional provisions in accordance with firmly established equal protection principles leads inevitably to the conclusion that gay persons are entitled to marry the otherwise qualified same sex partner of their choice,” Justice Richard N. Palmer wrote in the majority opinion that overturned a lower court finding. “To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others,” Palmer wrote. Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Friday that she disagreed, but will not fight the ruling. “The Supreme Court has spoken,” Rell said in a statement. “I do not believe their voice reflects the majority of the people of Connecticut. However, I am also firmly convinced that attempts to reverse this decision — either legislatively or by amending the state Constitution — will not meet with success.” The lawsuit was brought in 2004 after eight same-sex couples were denied marriage licenses and sued, saying their constitutional rights to equal protection and due process were violated. They said the state’s marriage law, if applied only to heterosexual couples, denied them of the financial, social and emotional benefits of marriage. Peck said that as soon as the decision was announced, the couple started crying and hugging while juggling excited phone calls from her brother and other friends and family. “We’ve always dreamed of being married,” she said. “Even though we were lesbians and didn’t know if that would ever come true, we always dreamed of it.”

This is such amazing news! I am so thrilled that slowly but surely, equal rights for all are being recognized for citizens of the US. You can absolutely feel the winds of change blowing over our Nation … socially, it’s an exciting time to be an American. We are very close to electing our first African-American President and State by State same-sex couples are being allowed to marry just like heterosexual couples. Truly the belief that “All men are created equal” is starting to sink in ;) You may recall that the California Supreme Court also legalized same-sex marriage back in May and same-sex couples began to marry here in June. Almost immediately after, those opposed to same-sex marriage worked to get a propostion on the November ballot to ban same-sex marriage in California. It is IMPERATIVE that Californians VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 8 so that same-sex couples aren’t, once again, treated as second class citizens. It just makes common sense that ALL CITIZENS of this great country be allowed to marry. I really believe that we will get there one day, when the notion of same-sex marriage isn’t given a second thought. I’m sure that we will, one day, live in a country that treats all of its citizens equally — we’re just 47 States away now. Well done, Connecticut!!!

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On Wednesday we learned that Jason Priestley, who rose to fame playing the role of Brandon Walsh on the hit 90’s series Beverly Hills, 90210, will be returning to the world of 90210 … not as an actor but as a director. This morning, Priestley spoke with Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS FM morning radio show to discuss his return:

Jason Priestley is looking forward to returning to CW’s 90210 — as director! “It’s going to be a lot of fun to work over there and work with those guys,” he said Friday on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show. Priestley — who directed 18 episodes of the original series on Fox — has just one wish before he steps behind the camera. “I just hope Jennie’s in the episode — or Shannen’s there,” he told Seacrest, referring to stars Garth and Doherty. “Rob Estes and I have been friends for a long time. It’ll be fun.” Does he keep in touch with any of his former 90210 co-stars? “I talk to Jennie all the time,” he said. “We’re actually neighbors. She’s having a really good time over there.” Priestley — who has appeared on some shows, including the short-lived CBS comedy Love Monkey — said it’ll take a whole new role before he goes back on camera again. “In the last two series I’ve done I sort of played tertiary characters,” he said. “In the next show, I need to carry the freight a little more. That’s where I need to be.”

Yeah, Jason Priestley hasn’t really had great success in front of the camera on any other TV series since his BH, 90210 days. Altho I kinda liked him on the short-lived series Tru Calling (which starred Eliza Dushku), he will always be Brandon Walsh to me … whether he’s in front of the camera or behind. Hopefully having him back on the 90210 set will get him inspired to take on the role of Brandon Walsh again … my money says that he will re-Brandonify in front of the camera once again.

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Earlier this week we learned from a new interview published on the newly launched website The Daily Beast that Jennifer Lopez had reportedly suffered a “nervous breakdown” earlier this year after the birth of her twins this past Spring. It turns out that J. Lo is totally pissed at this assertion and is now considering legal action against the site for publishing the story:

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly taking legal action against a website that claimed she had suffered a nervous breakdown. Elle writer Kevin Sessums released extracts of an interview with the singer to The Daily Beast after Jen made it known that she didn’t want her comments to appear in the glossy woman’s magazine. Jen’s rep says, “We’re very unhappy about it, and think it was poor judgement on his [Sessums] part. As long as we have represented Jennifer, we have never heard her refer to having a breakdown of any sort.” The website retaliated in Sessums’ defence, telling Hollywood Access: “The story accurately reports what Kevin Sessums learned from Ms Lopez in his interview. He owns the story and The Daily Beast was happy to publish it.” Jen’s team have reportedly sent a legal letter to the website.

HMM … it sounds to me like J. Lo opened up to this interviewer who she thought was working expressly for Elle magazine and then, in retrospect, thought better about a few of her revelations and insisted they not be published … in Elle magazine. Because the interviewer owns the story, he was able to publish the parts of the interview that did not appear in Elle on The Daily Beast. The interviewer, Kevin Sessums, does quote Jennifer as saying, “There was a time when I was very overworked and I was doing music and movies and so many things. I was suffering from a lack of sleep. And I did have a kind of nervous breakdown.” My guess is that Sessums has the whole thing on tape which means that a lawsuit by the Lopez camp prolly won’t stick. Tho, this incident will prolly keep J. Lo from opening up too much any future interviewers as a result. I also doubt she’ll ever talk to Sessums again. I’m not sure if it was worth burning bridges just to publish these revelations but what’s done is done. I wonder if he has any other juicy off-the-record tid bits to share from other interviews he might have done over the years.

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Michael Jackson and his three children, Prince Michael, Paris Michael and Prince Michael II, have surfaced this week here in the SoCal area and were spotted at The Golden Apple comic book store in LA. Even tho Halloween is still a couple of weeks away, Jackson and his kids still decided to don their masks of choice for the shopping excursion … much to the bewilderment of the other patrons of the store:

Not for the first time, Michael Jackson sent jaws dropping during a outing in Los Angeles. The singer took his three children – Prince Michael, 11, Paris, ten, and Prince Michael II, six – shopping this week dressed as masked Halloween characters. And never one to be left out, Jackson looked scarier than ever in a surgical mask, giant black sunglasses and a hooded jumper. The family, who are rarely seen in public, browsed a comic book store together after slipping in through a back door. When Jackson turned 50 in August he said he likes nothing more than spending time with his children. “I’m raising my children and enjoying it and teaching them to ride bicycles and how to read. I love it.” The former child star also said his kids are enjoying freedom he never had at their age. I let them go to the arcade and go to the movies and do things. I want them to get to do the kind of things I didn’t get to do,” he added. The children removed their masked once inside the store, giving onlookers a rare glimpse at their faces. Prince Michael wore cream shorts, white trainers and a black hooded jacket on the outing while sister Paris wore a red jumper, shirt and black trousers … Jackson’s third child Prince Michael II [wore] long black hair, green pyjamas and a dark coat.

I’m sorry but this entire family is creepy, y’all. I mean … they just seem really out there. The last time we saw Jacko and his kids out in public was back in July when they surfaced at a bookstore in Las Vegas, NV (you may recall that Michael Jackson was in a wheelchair at the time, good to see he’s able to walk on his own two feet these days). I’m constantly flummoxed by everything I see from Michael Jackson and his kids … it’s hard to remember the man at the height of his glory. He is so incredibly odd now. I cannot imagine what life must be like for these children. I just hope they are happy. I mean … yeah. Wow.

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Last night we learned that MTV will be presenting a 90-minute documentary on Britney Spears titled Britney Spears: For the Record which will air on the network on November 30 … and there is more good news to be had from our dear Britney today as well. Fans of her fragrances have reason to celebrate as the first promo photos of Britney’s latest fragrance, Hidden Fantasy, have made their way to the Interweb. Here is look at one of the promo photos for the new scent as well as a description of the fragrance from BreatheHeavy.com:

The perfume is a cherry-themed spinoff fragrance of the original perfume simply titled “Fantasy,” and insider reveals exclusively to BreatheHeavy.com. According to the source, “The bottle of Hidden Fantasy is the same as the previous two, only difference is the color red on it. The perfume has a cherry scent with a hint of vanilla.” BreatheHeavy.com can also exclusively confirm that Britney shot new promos for the new fragrance during her stay in New York City last week! The photo [featuring Britney] is an outtake from Britney’s 2004 Onyx Hotel Tour shoot by photographers Markus Klinko & Indrani. Our source continues to say that the fragrance is scheduled for a December release, which will coincide with Britney’s album launch for “Circus,” her 6th studio album. Britney has released several other perfumes with Elizabeth Arden before, including Curious, Fantasy, In Control Curious, Midnight Fantasy, Curious Heart, Believe, and now Hidden Fantasy.

Now, I’m not particularly a fan of Britney’s fragrances but I can appreciate that the girl needs to make some of the money she’s been bleeding over the past few years back so I wholly support any new endeavor she takes on to make money again. After the jump, check out the second promo pic for Hidden Fantasy, which features our dear Britney Spears …

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