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The Oscar-nominated actor, Robert Downey Jr., got down the aisle, went groom for his second time. Downey married producer Susan Levin Saturday at a private home in the Hamptons in the Long Island town of Amagansett, People magazine and the TV news magazine Entertainment Tonight reported Saturday.

Some guests attending the wedding included the likes of Keanu Reeves, Billy Joel, Sting and Ellen Barkin, according to People magazine. Sting and Joel reportedly performed at the evening ceremony.

Joe Simpson has, earlier this week, confirmed that Ashlee Simpson was in negotiations for a return to NBC's "SNL." Just now, he said that Ashlee would perform on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" this fall.

Explaining this, Simpson says "We are going to push `SNL' back because we are doing `The Oprah Winfrey Show' for one hour. (`Oprah') is going to be the first interview and the first place where Ashlee sings."

"The only thing we take seriously is the music," is the slogan uttered by country superstar Toby Keith, who alongside veteran Nashville record executive Scott Borchetta, will launch their new joint label venture September 1. The name of the label and its distribution partner will be unveiled at a press conference in Nashville on Wednesday August 31. Apart, both Keith and Borchetta reportedly have signed a handful of artists and secured a major distribution deal. Congrats and good luck.

Won't reveal their relationship, "The Notebook" co-stars Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling have reportedly embarked on a romance. As a source said "They didn't have feeling when they worked together. And they haven't defined what they are because it's still so new." Just wait and see, coz time will tell.

As a child actor he starred in ads for Burger King. But now as he's grown up becoming an adult and going to father a child from wife Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck slightly changes his direction. The Hollywood hunk reportedly has signed a $1.8 million deal to be the face of popular British deodorant Lynx, appearing in its TV advertisements which is directed by Danny Klienman.

Hollywood very talented actress, Madonna, has been attached by London theater bosses to reprise her role of Argentina's first lady Eva Peron in a new production of "Evita." Authors Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber actually planned to resurrect the musical in the British capital collapsed in 2003, but postponed it in knowing the city was not in the mood for serious musicals.

Yet, things have changed and both are now teaming with director Michael Grandage, choreographer Rob Ashford and designer Christopher Oram to discuss further on the plan to launch "Evita" in the West End next year. Thus, all of the creative team hopes Madonna would like to join in.

Late comic Chris Farley died on December 18, 1997, from an accidental overdose of morphine and cocaine. He was 33 at that time. Though, renowned comics, many of whom are his fellow, still have a place in their heart for the late motivational speaker, a rabid fan and a topless dancer on "Saturday Night Live."

On Friday, David Spade, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler were among those in attendance to mark Farley being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "I think it's sweet that everyone still has a real nice place in their hearts for him, they still remember him," said Spade. "He goes down as one of the greats. And I still think about him every day."

A son, Shepherd Kellen Seinfeld, was born to the world Monday to actor Jerry Seinfeld and his wife Jessica. The baby was delivered at New York's Cornell Medical Center, while none of the baby's vital statistics have been revealed.

Shepherd is the couple's third child after having their son Julian and daughter Sascha. Upon the delivery both mother and baby are all said to be "doing great" and were home by Tuesday.

Breck Wyngarden and his wife, Ascension "Tina" Wyngarden, filed a lawsuit Thursday in St. Louis against Eminem, driver Charlie Gilligard and Entertainment Coaches of America. But who are they? Both are husband-and wife who were injured in a scary July 13 accident involving seven vehicles in western Missouri and Eminem's coach that sent 11 people to the hospital.

Breck, who is a truck driver, seeking unspecified damages from the hip hop star. Per the suit the tour bus swerved to avoid a collision, but struck the side of the tractor-trailer. As a result Breck suffered rib injuries, while his wife injured her head, neck and back. This of course becoming another problem for Em as he's in struggle to kick his pill habit.

"The Break Up" co-stars won't take a break even if for a while, despite the fact that they're no longer playing lovers. At Dwight Yoakam's show at the Chicago House of Blues, where cast and crew celebrated the end of shooting on the romantic comedy, Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, who have denied an off-camera romance, were seen to have been all over each other.

An onlooker said to see both couldn't keep their hands - or lips - off each other at the Wednesday event. They were said to start by holding hands, then had their "arms around each other. Then they were dancing. Then they were 'I-want-to-rip-your-clothes-off' dancing. Then they were straight making out." Well?!

Former frontman of Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose, faced a lawsuit from his ex-bandmates, Duff McKagan and Slash concerning the royalties of their song's catalog. McKagan and Slash stated that Rose had signed a publishing deal with Sanctuary that included the lucrative back catalog of the band without their consent.

Accusing Rose of fraud, copyright infringement and breach of fiduciary duty, the two men placed the lawsuit in Los Angeles District Court on Wednesday. No comments from Rose himself or his representative so far.

The Cinderella man this time truly comes to a happy ending in his real life. According to the statement of his publicist, Russell Crowe has reached a settlement with concierge Nestor Estrada concerning the felonious telephone tantrum incident that occurred at the Mercer Hotel in June.

"Both sides expressed satisfaction at the resolution," the actor's publicist, Robin Baum, told E! Online Thursday. However, no details were revealed about terms of the settlement.

Being considered to violate the 1998 settlement between states and tobacco companies forbidding tobacco ads targeting young people, Gretchen Wilson was requested by the state attorney general to stop "glamorizing" the use of smokeless tobacco at her concerts. The country singer previously was clearly seen pulling a can of Skoal from her pocket while performing her new song, "Skoal Ring."

"Many young people attend your concerts and purchase your music and T-shirts," Attorney General Paul Summers wrote in his letter sent to Wilson Thursday. "Because your actions strongly influence the youth in your audience ... I ask you to take steps to warn young people of negative health effects of smokeless tobacco use."

Fans of Pearl Jam should be very delightful as the band set to launch its own digital download store via its official Web site, http://www.pearljam.com, on September 1. Developed by Basecamp Productions, this store will provide the full contents of the group's fall tour concerts for $9.99 as 192K MP3s.

The plan to carry out this idea has been floating around the Pearl Jam camp for several years. "The thing we were looking for was a really good way to manage the thing. That's where Basecamp came in. They developed a killer application I'm really confident the fans are going to love," so said Tim Bierman, manager of Pearl Jam's Ten Club fan organization, optimistically.

Successfully getting through his surgery, Bo Bice finally is allowed to check out from Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas. The American Idol finalist is going to rest for about six weeks in the process of recovering.

"He's in an undisclosed place for more R&R," said his minister, Donny Acton, who is the pastor of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church. "It's pretty serious stuff, and you can still get an infection."