Netrebko named musician of the year

Associated Press

NEW YORK - Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has been named musician of the year for 2008 by a classical music publication in which the honorees during the past half-century included Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky and Vladimir Horowitz.

Netrebko, 36, will grace the cover of the 2008 Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts, often referred to in the business as the "bible" of the industry, with its comprehensive data bases and contact listings.

Other 2008 winners announced Tuesday by Musical America: Kaija Saariaho of Finland for composer of the year, the Atlanta Symphony's Robert Spano for conductor of the year, 80-year-old pianist Charles Rosen for instrumentalist and Chanticleer for ensemble. All will receive their awards at a ceremony at Lincoln Center on Dec. 13.

The awards date to 1960, the first year the International Directory of the Performing Arts was published.

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"Dancing with the Stars" tour to stop in Hampton

The popular celebrity-reality TV show "Dancing with the Stars" will stop at the Hampton Coliseum during its third tour in January, tour organizers announced Monday evening. The ABC show pairs actresses, musicians and athletes with professional ballroom dancers to perform weekly. The couple with the lowest combined judges score and public votes is sent home.

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Kate Middleton leaves job to pursue photography

Prince William girlfriend Kate Middleton bid adieu to her colleagues at Jigsaw, where she was an accessories buyer, with a farewell lunch Wednesday, October 31.

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Zeller: Sorry, Indiana -- I'm playing for N. Carolina

With Indiana, Purdue and Notre Dame all in the final four in the Tyler Zeller recruiting sweepstakes, the state of Indiana had a 75 percent chance of keeping the 7-foot center within its border. Tyler Zeller, a 6-11, 215-pound center, from Washington (Ind.) High School, is one of the top 25 recruits in the nation, according to rivals.com. - CHARLIE NYE / The Star But Monday afternoon, Zeller announced he instead would attend the University of North Carolina. Zeller said he felt most comfortable with the UNC players and coaches. He said the three state schools finished "in a three-way tie for second."

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Food Network's Giada De Laurentiis is expecting a baby girl

Giada De Laurentiis, the TV cooking star of the Food Network's "Everyday Italian" and "Giada's Weekend Getaways," said Monday that she is expecting a baby girl with her clothing-designer husband, Todd Thompson. The 37-year-old chef and cookbook author made the announcement on NBC's "Today Show," where she serves as a contributing correspondent. The baby will be the couple's first child.

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Carrie Hamilton

Later, the documentary covers Carrie Hamilton, one of Burnett's three daughters from her former marriage to the late Joe Hamilton, executive producer of "The Carol Burnett Show." Carrie was a teenage drug addict, but fortunately, as Burnett noted, she became sober when she was still young. At the time, Burnett became one of the first stars to talk openly about drug addiction.

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Russell Crowe plans to be baptized

Associated Press

NEW YORK - Russell Crowe, who is 43, says he's planning to be baptized. "I'd like to do it this year," the Oscar-winning actor tells Men's Journal. "My mom and dad decided to let my brother and me make our own decisions about God when we got to the right age. I started thinking recently, 'If I believe it is important to baptize my kids, why not me?'"

Crowe says the baptism will take place in the Byzantine chapel he built at his country ranch in Australia for his wedding to Danielle Spencer in 2003. The couple have two sons, 3-year-old Charlie and 1-year-old Tennyson.

"It is consecrated and everything," Crowe says in the magazine's December issue, now on newsstands. "Charlie was baptized there. And when Tennyson gets baptized there, I will, too."

Crowe a reformed Aussie bad boy with a reputation for throwing temper tantrums is more spiritual than people may think.

"I do believe there are more important things than what is in the mind of a man," he says. "There is something much bigger that drives us all. I'm willing to take that leap of faith."

Crowe, who won an Academy Award in 2001 for "Gladiator," co-stars with Denzel Washington in "American Gangster," a Universal Pictures release, which is now in theaters. His screen credits also include "A Beautiful Mind" and "The Insider."

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Jennifer Lopez: Yes, She's Pregnant

Us Magazine

Jennifer Lopez has kept her glossy pink lips sealed during recent public appearances, dancing around questions from interviewers wanting to know if she's singing for two.

But her bump speaks loud and clear.

After Lopez made an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live" on October 8 to promote her new CD, "Brave," cohost Damien Fahey told Us that her condition was obvious.

"I've been around a lot of pregnant women. She walked around like a pregnant woman, sat like a pregnant woman, and stood like a pregnant woman," he says. "If I were a betting man, I'd definitely bet she was pregnant."

Indeed, Us has confirmed from multiple sources that Lopez is about four months pregnant with her first child. Or children -- a source tells Us Lopez's mother, Guadalupe, 61, "is proudly telling people she's having twins."

The 38-year-old singer-actress, who has long expressed her desire to have both career and kids, is ecstatic about the news.

"It's a dream come true," a Lopez source tells Us. "She and Marc are over the moon."

Pregnancy news is especially sweet for Lopez, whom insiders believed was unable to carry a child at all. "[Conceiving] was a struggle for her," says a source.

Seconds another, "This pregnancy is a miracle."

Anthony, 39, who has three children from prior relationships, has been equally eager to expand his brood.

When Anthony was recently asked to imagine his response to his wife being pregnant, he said, "It's going to be me in handcuffs, because I will run down the street, screaming like a madman."

For more details on J.Lo's pregnancy, check out the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands this week.

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Heidi Klum As Kitty

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Heidi Klum As Kitty At Heidi Klum's Halloween Party


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Heidi Montag Get Dressed Up For Halloween

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Nicole Richie Is A Good Mother

Mommy-to-be Nicole Richie is stubbing out media reports claiming she was seen smoking while pregnant.

“It’s really very sad and hurtful that journalists don’t believe in checking facts before writing false and unsubstantiated stories about my health and my pregnancy,” Nicole wrote in a statement released to Access Hollywood. “The healthy birth of my child is my number one priority.”

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Splitsville for Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams?

Aussie actor Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams’ have reportedly pulled the plug on their short marriage.

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