Lily Allen showed off her growing baby bump at the London premiere of ‘Tamara Drewe’ Monday. The ‘Smile’ singer, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Sam Cooper, came out to support her mom, Alison Owen, who produced the flick, out October 8.

Although she looked fabulous, the singer admits she’s still self-conscious about all the weight she’s gained.

“I’m aware of the fact that I’ve put on a considerable amount of weight,” she tweeted in August after she announced her pregnancy.

Allen, 25, and Cooper, 32, have been dating for a year. She told Britain’s Sun newspaper, “It goes without saying we are both absolutely delighted.” The star suffered a miscarriage two years ago.
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LAS VEGAS – Smoke wafting from a Cadillac Escalade on the Las Vegas Strip ignited Paris Hilton’s latest legal troubles late Friday, when a motorcycle officer who suspected the smell was marijuana stopped the vehicle and police say a bag of cocaine fell out of the 29-year-old socialite’s purse.

It’s the second time this year Hilton has been arrested on drug possession allegations, although authorities in South Africa dropped marijuana charges earlier this summer. In 2007, Hilton pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.

This time, the hotel heiress was with her boyfriend, Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits, who manages a club inside the Wynn Las Vegas and was driving the black SUV that the officer stopped nearby at 11:22 p.m. Friday.

The officer “followed the vapor trail and the odor of marijuana to the Escalade,” police Sgt. John Sheahan said.

As other police arrived and a crowd gathered on the busy neon-lit Strip, Hilton asked to go into the Wynn resort for privacy, Sheahan said.

“Miss Hilton pulled out a tube of lip balm,” Sheahan said. “At the same time … a bindle of cocaine in a plastic bag came out of her purse” in plain view of police in the room.

Police Officer Marcus Martin characterized the cocaine as a “small amount,” or a package of the size usually associated with personal use. Police would not specify the weight of the cocaine or whether any marijuana was confiscated.

Hilton was arrested on suspicion of felony cocaine possession. If convicted of the low-grade felony, she would get probation, but any violation of that probation would be punishable by up to one to four years in Nevada state prison.

Waits, 34, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Misdemeanors are punishable by up to a year in county jail. Police said he owned the 2009 Cadillac.

Hilton and Waits were booked into the Clark County jail, where Sheahan said Hilton was kept handcuffed on a booking room bench, fingerprinted, photographed and released without bail about 2:45 a.m. Saturday.

Waits’ lawyer, Richard Schonfeld, said Waits posted $2,000 bail Saturday. Waits was released Saturday afternoon.

Sheahan said Hilton was not taken to a cell and received no special treatment on a busy Friday night and Saturday morning at the jail. He said release without bail was common in such cases.

Hilton, a prolific tweeter, didn’t mention the arrest on her Twitter site, although less than an hour after she was released her account was updated with a posting that said the actress was in bed watching the television show “Family Guy.”

It was unclear if the tweets came from her, were posted by time-release or were sent by someone else.

Hilton’s attorney, David Chesnoff, told The Associated Press on Saturday morning that he was still gathering facts about the arrest.

“This matter will be dealt with in the courts not in the media and I encourage people not to rush to judgment until all of the facts have been dealt with in a court of law,” Chesnoff said later in a statement. “There will be no interviews and no more comments at this time.”

Schonfeld said he was “troubled by the circumstances” leading to the arrest, but declined to specify his concerns.

“As the case proceeds, a lot of facts are going to come to light that will ultimately lead to exoneration,” Schonfeld said.

Court dates for Hilton and Waits were not immediately available. Clark County District Attorney David Roger declined to comment Saturday about the case.

A spokeswoman for Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Waits and his twin brother, Jesse, are managing partners of the Tryst Nightclub inside Wynn Las Vegas, Drai’s after hours club at Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon, and XS The Nightclub at Wynn’s Encore resort. A spokeswoman for Harrah’s resorts declined immediate comment.

Earlier this week, Hilton was in the news when a 31-year-old man allegedly tried to break into her Los Angeles home.

Authorities have said that someone carrying two big knives banged on Hilton’s window Tuesday. She posted a photo of the arrest on Twitter and described it as “scary.” Nathan Lee Parada faces a felony burglary charge.

Hilton was arrested this summer after the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup match in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on suspicion of possession of marijuana. The case was then dropped at a midnight court hearing.

Hilton pleaded no contest in 2007 to alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced to 45 days in jail. After spending about 23 days in jail, Hilton told CNN host Larry King that the experience caused her to re-evaluate the role partying played in her life. She said she wanted “to help raise money for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.”

While most famous for her tabloid exploits and reality TV series “The Simple Life,” Hilton has appeared in the films “Bottoms Up,” “The Hottie & the Nottie” and “House of Wax.”

Michael Jackson’s two oldest children — Prince Michael, 13, and Paris, 12 — began their studies at a traditional school last Wednesday — their first experience outside of homeschooling. But before they could hit the books like “normal” kids, Prince and Paris had to first win over their skeptical grandmother, Katherine.

A family member close to the situation tells PopEater that Paris and Prince’s legal guardian protested the idea of sending the sheltered kids to school, feeling their father would have disapproved. However, one of Jermaine Jackson’s sons stepped in and encouraged Katherine to allow Prince and Paris to move away from homeschooling. Continue Reading »

Almost six months after Bravo announced it had given the green light to a Beverly Hills-set installment of its ‘Real Housewives’ franchise, the new series finally has a premiere date.

‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ will debut on Oct. 14 at 10PM ET, but luckily you won’t have to wait that long to meet the new ladies. In a press release today, the network introduced the women whose drama we’ll be following intensely come October.

Turns out many of the rumors about potential cast members were true, as Kelsey Grammer’s soon-to-be ex-wife Camille has signed on, in addition to Kim and Kyle Richards, child stars in their own right who are better known these days as Paris Hilton’s aunts, and three other well-connected ladies. Continue Reading »

Although freak shows have all but disappeared from modern carnivals — since conjoined twins are now typically sawed in half, and “dog-faced” sufferers of hypertrichosis just get frequent waxes — we can still look to the Guinness Book of World Records to expose the Earth’s strangest and least-marketable talents and afflictions. While it may not be as lofty an achievement as Most Rattlesnakes Bathed With, the Fastest Text Message record is no different in nature — and it has recently been broken by Melissa Thompson of Salford, England.
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Well, this situation doesn’t seem to be getting any better.

Jennifer Lopez is being threatened with a $40 million lawsuit after she backed out of a controversial concert on the island of Cyprus.

The singer was scheduled to perform at the opening of the Cratos Premium, a luxury hotel and casino complex in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, but she cancelled the show after a storm of protest. The concert was to coincide with JLo’s 41st birthday and she was planning to spend it at the resort with her husband and two children.

The island has been divided by Turkish and Greek Cypriots, to the north and south respectively, since the Turkish invasion in 1974. Lopez drew the wrath of Greek-Cypriots after the concert was announced. The Cyrpus Action Network of America said in a statement, ‘We are shocked and dismayed to hear of your move to go and celebrate your birthday with your children and husband in our land under Turkish invasion and occupation,’ and said Lopez was being ‘used by aggressors, human rights violators and rapists.’

And so the July 24 gig was cancelled. A rep for JLo told TMZ, ‘Jennifer Lopez would never knowingly support any state, country, institution or regime that was associated with any form of human rights abuse.

‘After a full review of the relevant circumstances in Cyprus, it was the decision of management to withdraw from the appearance. This was a team decision that reflects our sensitivity to the political realities of the region.’

But the owners of the hotel are fighting back, for $40 million.

According to the AFP, the chief executive of the Turkish company that runs the Cratos said Lopez still has time to change her mind.

Murat Bozoglu, reportedly said, ‘The contract has not been terminated. If she does not show up for the concert, we will begin a procedure in the courts to claim 35-40 million dollars in damages.

‘The cancellation….is not covered by any clause in the contract she signed with us.’

Cameron Diaz has replaced Jessica Biel as the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet. No, we’re not talking about inane tweets or questionable paparazzi photos, but common search terms that often lead to users to Web sites laden with malicious software.

For the fourth year, McAfee has compiled its “most dangerous celebrities” study, a list of commonly searched athletes, actors, musicians, or politicians that scammers are using to lure you to their sites. The three celebrities to top this year’s list are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, and Jessica Biel, McAfee said.

Searching for Diaz online gives you a one in 10 chance of landing on a risky site. If someone searched for “Cameron Diaz screensavers,” about 19 percent of the sites that popped up contained malicious downloads, McAfee found.

When it comes to Roberts, meanwhile, the overall chance of stumbling upon something malicious when searching for her on the Web is 9 percent, but if you search for “Julia Roberts and downloads,” your chance of hitting something risky jumps to 20 percent.

Biel, who was number one last year, also has an overall search risk of 9 percent, searching for her name and screensavers give you a 17 percent chance of landing on a malicious site.

Other celebrities in the top 10 were model Gisele Bündchen, Brad Pitt, model Adriana Lima, a tie for Jennifer Love Hewitt and Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, a tie for Heidi Klum and Penelope Cruz, and Anna Pacquin.

“This year, the search results for celebrities are safer than they’ve been in previous years, but there are still dangers when searching online,” Dave Marcus, security researcher for McAfee Labs, said in a statement. “[Scammers are now] hiding malicious content in ‘tiny’ places like shortened URLs that can spread virally in social networking sites and Twitter, instead of on websites and downloads.”

Other names that made the list were athletes like Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick.

Tweens can breathe a sigh of relief. Searching for pop sensations like Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and Zac Efron is relatively safe, McAfee said.

Also safe is President Barack Obama and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who were at the bottom of this year’s list, moving even lower than last year, McAfee said.

In other McAfee news, Intel announced Thursday morning that it will acquire the security company for $7.68 billion.

When MTV started checking out potential hosts for this year’s rock-tastic 2010 VMAs, there were three important criteria that any candidate had to meet:

1. The candidate must be funny, engaging, and have great stage presence.
2. The candidate must be able to tell jokes so scandalous that they could actually cause someone’s grandma to spontaneously catch fire.
3. The candidate must be able to take down Kanye in under 3 seconds if he starts rushing the stage to perpetrate a rehash of last year’s tomfoolery. Chelsea, the star of the hit show “Chelsea Lately” and general purveyor of filthy jokes and brutal honesty, will be taking the stage on Sunday, September 12, at 9 p.m. ET to host this year’s star-studded awards show. She’ll be only the second female host in the 25-year history of the VMAs, but don’t expect a softer touch just ’cause she has already showed audiences that there’s no topic she’s afraid to tackle. (In fact, the censors had better be ready with some lightning-quick bleeping skills, or else the at-home viewing audience may catch an earful of Things You Can’t Say On Television.)

Chelsea is just the latest in a string of celebs to sign on for an appearance at the VMAs, including presenters Kesha, Nicki Minaj, Ashley Greene and Ne-Yo, and performers Florence and the Machine, B.o.B and Justin Bieber, and — of course — the notorious Kanye. And of course, there’s more to come. But while the full lineup of celeb attendees and winners of the ultra-coveted Moon Men has yet to be decided, one thing’s for sure:

With Chelsea Handler slated to host?

The UNHCR goodwill ambassador is ready to hit the road again: Angelina Jolie wants to go to Pakistan, where devastating floods have affected as many as 20 million people and left 2,000 dead.

“This one is really one that we really have to urgently get in there and try and do what we can,” Jolie, speaking at the London premiere of her movie “Salt,” told the BBC. “We’ll financially help, we’ll try to figure out which is the best group, we’ll probably do HCR and hope to visit and go when the attention dies down and maintain the attention. Because it’s millions and millions of people who’ll be uprooted for a very, very long time.”

Speaking to reporters on the movie’s red carpet — and looking dazzling in an Amanda Wakeley dress – Jolie 35, turned from the topic of real roles to reel roles.

Asked about reports that she would play Marilyn Monroe to George Clooney’s Frank Sinatra for a biopic, she told reporters, “This is a new rumor. It sounds very nice — I just haven’t got the phone call yet! You guys will probably know before I do!”

Were her companion Brat Pitt  have his way, however, she’d continue with action roles. “Brad met me doing stunts,” Jolie said, referring to their work together in 2005′s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” “He likes that side of me.”

Dogged by pregnancy rumors for months, Khloé Kardashian says that she isn’t actively trying to get pregnant. But she isn’t not trying, either.

“It’s in God’s hands, and let it happen when it happens,” the reality star told PEOPLE in the Swagg Mobile Application lounge at Saturday’s Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge in Bridgehampton, N.Y.

“I’m 26. It should happen naturally. I don’t want to force it. I would love to have a baby, and if I get pregnant, I get pregnant.” She adds with a laugh: “I don’t think, like … my biological clock is ticking!”

That laidback attitude might not be great news to Lamar Odom, who’s made no secret of wanting a child with his wife sooner rather than later. But when it does happen, Kardashian says the NBA star will be a great father.

“He’s already a great dad,” she says. “He has two beautiful children [with ex-girlfriend Liza Morales] who he is an amazing father to … But he definitely wants a baby right now.”

Kardashian admits that seeing older sister Kourtney have a son, Mason, in December put everything in a different perspective. But even that didn’t necessarily move up her own timetable.

“Being an aunt, I have the best of both worlds,” Kardashian says. “I have him … and give him [back] when I’m over it and need adult time.”