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Jane Russell, Sex Symbol of 1940s and '50s, Dies

Jane Russell, the full-figured beauty who was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols of the 1940s and '50s, died Monday at her home in Santa Maria, Calif. The Minnesota-born icon, 89, died of a respiratory-related illness. Russell was married three times. Unable to have children on her own, Russell and first husband Bob Waterfield adopted two boys and a girl, and in 1955, she founded World Adoption International Fund. Russell was married to her third husband John Calvin Peoples, through his 1999 death.



Christina Aguilera and Boyfriend Arrested

Christina Aguilera was reportedly arrested for public intoxication early Tuesday morning. The singer was said to be with her boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, who was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. The two were booked at a West Hollywood Sheriff's station at 2:45 a.m. Law enforcement source says that Aguilera, 30, who was booked on a misdemeanor charge, was "extremely intoxicated" and "unable to take care of herself." Rutler's bail was set at $30,000, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.



It's a Girl for Gretchen Mol

The Boardwalk Empire star, 38, delivered her second child, daughter Winter Morgan Williams, on Feb. 17 in New York, her rep said. Mol and her husband, Paranormal Activity 2 director Tod 'Kip' Williams, are also parents to son Ptolemy John, 3½.



Natalie Portman 'Shocked and Disgusted' by John Galliano's Rant

Sunday's Oscar winner and the face of Miss Dior Cherie perfume Natalie Portman is refusing to associate herself in any way with suspended Dior chief designer John Galliano after allegations and a videotape have surfaced accusing him of making vile anti-Semitic comments. "I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video" Portman, 29, said in a statement from Los Angeles. "In light of this video, and as an individual who is proud to be Jewish, I will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way." She adds, "I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful." Galliano, 50, met with police Monday as an investigation is being held into incidents that could lead to criminal prosecution of the designer. He has been accused of two separate incidents of making racist remarks against clients in a Paris café near his home. In the video, Galliano is seen and heard saying, "I love Hitler" and tells two people they "should have been gassed." It remains to be seen if Portman's comments will affect her contract with Dior.



New Dancing With the Stars Cast Revealed

The roster of dancetestants for Season 12 of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars has been revealed! ABC doled out this season’s celeb DWTS dancers during this Monday night’s installment of The Bachelor. These are the names fans get to look forward to seeing in just three weeks, when Season 12 kicks up its heels:

Sugar Ray Leonard – Boxing champion
Chelsea Kane – Disney Dream Girl
Ralph Macchio – Karate Kid!
Lil’ Romeo – Master P’s kid, also a rapper
Petra Nemcova – Model
Kendra Wilkinson – Playboy girl Girl Next Door reality series
Hines Ward – Pittsburgh Steeler
Mike Catherwood – Loveline co-host
Wendy Williams – Talk show host
Chris Jericho – WWE wrestler
Kirstie Alley – Actress, Scientologist


Jets dropping Gholston, Taylor

The New York Jets are parting ways with Vernon Gholston -- the disappointing sixth overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft -- in an offseason purge that will include the releases of outside linebacker Jason Taylor, right tackle Damien Woody and nose tackle Krishna Jenkins. The four moves will save the Jets between $20 million and $24 million on their salary cap, money they will need with receivers Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards, special teams ace Brad Smith and cornerback Antonio Cromartie all set to become free agents pending the lockout looming Friday. One or more of the released players could eventually be signed back, for reduced salaries, although it certainly appears as if 24-year-old Gholston has worn a Jets uniform for the last time. Taylor, 36, completed his 14th NFL season -- his first with the Jets -- and likely is headed to retirement.



TV NEWS
Some good news for the innocent victims in the war between Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros/CBS/Chuck Lorre/AA. Yes, I’m talking about the Two and a Half Men crew. A source confirmwd that the sitcom’s 150-plus crew will be paid for four of the eight episodes that were scrapped as a result of the fracas. Warner Bros. is footing the bill, which is said to equal roughly $2 million. The insider adds that Men boss Lorre was instrumental in the decision.Sheen is attempting to take credit for the gesture, telling the AP, “Clearly my efforts are paying off.”



33 million people watched the Academy Awards on Sunday night. That's down 7% from a year ago.



Hot in Cleveland shows no sign of cooling off: TV Land has renewed the sitcom for a 22-episode third season. Currently in its second season, Cleveland remains the network’s most-watched sitcom with an average 3.2 million viewers.



Things are looking Grimm for Russell Hornsby (Lincoln Heights) and Bitsie Tulloch (Quarterlife). The duo have joined NBC’s buzzy drama pilot, which is being described as a fantastical cop drama in which characters from Grimm’s Fairy Tales exist.



“The viewer loyalty and critical acclaim that has met both [these shows] since their January debuts makes it clear that these two brash and sophisticated series are burgeoning hits,” Showtime entertainment president David Nevins said in announcing the pick-ups. We are thrilled with the response to both series and eager to start planning for their second seasons.” Shameless — which with nearly four million weekly viewers across multiple platforms is on pace to be Showtime’s second-highest rated drama series (behind Dexter) — was granted a 12-episode order for Season 2. The episode count for Episodes is at this time “TBD.”



30 Rock can add another notch to its “Awesome Guest Stars” list. Susan Sarandon will pop up on the March 17 episode of the show.



Britney Spears revealed via YouTube that she’ll be performing on Good Morning America Tuesday, March 29, the same day her new album Femme Fatale drops.



Actress Loretta Divine will have an extended stay on Grey's Anatomy “I’m booked for about five episodes,” she confirmed. “Adele and Richard are going through a real crisis.” Of course, said crisis is further complicated by the fact that the Chief’s ex-lover (and Meredith’s mother) also battled Alzheimer’s. News of Divine’s extended Grey’s arc comes amid a bit of a career renaissance for the acting vet. The Tony winner recently landed a high-profile guest stint alongside Kathy Griffin on Glee, and will also co-star in the new ABC Family comedy The Great State of Georgia.



Burlesque, Faster, 127 Hours and Love and Other Drugs are all out on DVD today.



Don Johnson is returning to NBC for the first time since his Miami Vice days as the star of A Mann’s World, a drama pilot set in a Beverly Hills spa. Produced by Sex and the City‘s Michael Patrick King, the project finds Johnson playing Allan Mann, a celebrated (and straight) hairdresser in his 50s who is struggling to stay young and relevant in a business fixated on youth. The cast also includes ex-Vampire Diaries hunk Taylor Kinney as the spa’s “it” stylist.



OWN has renewed full-fledged hit Our America with Lisa Ling for a six-episode second season, after airing just two episodes of Season 1.



Anne Hathaway was paid $750,000 to wear Tiffany and Co. jewelry to the Oscars.



Add one more name to Charlie Sheen's hate list. The actor's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, quit after Sheen booked a slew of bizarre and no-holds-barred interviews in the last week. "I have worked with Charlie Sheen for a long time and I care about him very much," Rosenfield says in a statement. "However, at this time, I'm unable to work effectively as his publicist and have respectfully resigned." Sheen, 45, who has been attacking Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre, fired back at the high-profile rep whose clients include George Clooney and Kelsey Grammer Calling Rosenfield a profanity, Sheen said, "He's not allowed to quit, so you're fired."