August 02, 2005

Funnyman Ben Stiller is a dad again. He and his actress-wife Christine Taylor welcomed their son Quinlin Dempsey Stiller, July 10 in Los Angeles. The baby weighing in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces is the second of the couple who has had a three-year-old daughter, Ella. Congrats.

Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger hardly denies recent rumors claiming her three-month marriage to country singer Kenny Chesney is in trouble. The actress publicist Nanci Ryder even laughed off the rumors, saying their relationship is "great." On the contrary, Chesney's spokeswoman Holly Gleason remarks, "He's focusing on what he does best: making music." So?!

People in common, especially fame, will hold a lavish party to celebrate their birthday. Unlike those who do so, legend B.B. King has his own way to mark his birthday. The singer, who will turn 80 on September 16, held a special birthday benefit to raise money for a museum bearing his name.

Made an appearance in the performance held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, King was joined by Rockin' Dopsie Jr. and Deborah Coleman. Also helped highlight the event was the video tributes by Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt. Attending the Isle of Capri Casinos sponsored event, among others Bruce Willis, Dr. John and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Profit from the event, hosted by TV personality Montel Williams, will be used to fund the $10 million B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, which project planned to finish by 2007.

R&B trio Destiny's Child will give more surprise for their fanatics later this year. Though they previously announced to quit in September, still the three child cannot resist their call, which is destined as one.

As said by Kelly Rowland, she and the two other personnel, Beyonce Knowles and Michelle Williams, have had a planned DVD and will soon release it. "We've got a DVD planned -- it was actually (recorded July 15) at our great Atlanta show, and we're going to do a greatest hits album. We're definitely going to record another song for our greatest hits album for our fans. We're still thinking about it because we want it to mean something," she explained.

Tommy Lee will have his own reality show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College" aired by NBC on August 16. Doing the publicity for the show, this former Motley Crue drummer has been helped by ex-wife Pamela Anderson. This triggers the assumption that they are about to be together again, back to the old day.

Concerning the rumor, Anderson states that she is only trying to get him a little press for his new show, nothing else. Moreover, she has more important thing to do that is publicizing her own show, a Fox's sitcom entitled "Stacked."

Rocker Tom Petty gives details for the first time about the fire incident happened at his residence on May 17, 1987. He reveals all through a memoir entitled "Conversations with Tom Petty," written by Paul Zollo. The book is about to be released in November via Omnibus Press.

In the book, a special mention is addressed to Annie Lennox who helped Petty's family during the awful situation. Lennox happened to be on the spot since she was with Dave Stewart who lives next to Petty's house.

Lil' Kim is going to release her new album entitled "The Naked Truth." The release date will be September 13, that is six days before she begins serving a one-year sentence as a result of lying to a grand jury about a 2001 shooting outside New York City radio station WQHT-FM.

Through this album, the rapper intends to address Junior M.A.F.I.A., letting them know her feelings when they testified against her during the trial. Besides the group, she also takes shot at other artists, namely 50 Cent, Star Jones, and Foxy Brown.