Legendary hairstylist Vidal Sassoon died in his Bel Air home on Wednesday morning. He was 84. The famed coiffeur passed away from apparent natural causes at the house on Mulholland Drive, where family members were present. Born in England, Sassoon grew up in London’s Cockney East End. Placed in an orphanage as an infant, he dropped out of school at 14 to work as a shampoo boy in a small salon. After volunteering to fight for Israel in the Negev Desert in 1948, he returned to London to open his first salon. “If I had to be in hair, I was going to do it my way,” he said. The stylist eventually developed a trademark geometric cut, and beginning in the 1960s, clipped the hair of such stars as Mia Farrow and British fashion icon Mary Quant. Over time Sassoon earned many more celebrity clients, moved to Los Angeles and launched a successful product line and an international chain of salons. But in 2011, the Daily Mail reported the magnate was suffering from leukemia, a battle he kept private. Married four times, Sassoon had four children with his second wife, Beverly, and is survived by fourth wife Rhonda.
 Pitt is first man pretty enough to be face of Chanel No. 5. Brad Pitt will make history as the first man pretty enough to be the face of Chanel No. 5 perfume. The legendary fragrance has been tied to Marilyn Monroe and the brand Chanel explicitly represented by Catherine DeNeuve, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Natalie Portman.
 Anna Faris and Chris Pratt are going to be parents! The Dictator actress, 35, and her Parks and Recreation star husband, 32, are expecting their first child this fall. The actress stars alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator, opening May 16, and is currently filming  I Give It a Year in London with Rose Byrne and Simon Baker. Pratt is filming Zero Dark Thirty for director Kathryn Bigelow and will appear with Channing Tatum in Ten Year this September.

Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley Welcome Second Daughter

Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley‘s family is growing. The couple, already parents to 3-year-old daughter Naleigh – whom they adopted from South Korea — have welcomed a second little girl, the actress’s rep confirmed. Heigl says adoption was always in the plan she had for a family with her singer-songwriter husband, 32. “Josh and I started talking about it before we were even engaged,” the actress, 33, said in January. “We have talked about having biological children as well, but we decided to adopt first. I’d like to adopt again.”



Carmen Electra calls off engagement with Rob Patterson
Actress and model Carmen Electra and rocker Rob Patterson have called off their engagement. The news of the split has emerged a day after Carmen was announced as a celebrity contestant on new U.S. TV dating show The Choice. It's off. She hasn't been wearing her ring for a while, but they're good friends and it's been really hard for them to fully separate." "They're more like roommates," the source says. "They don't share a bedroom anymore and they sleep in separate parts of her house. The insider adds, "Carmen's really nervous about getting back into the dating pool, so keeping Rob around makes her feel less anxious about being single. It's not like they'll get back together. The romance part is dead. They're done."


TV NEWS

Britney Spears has officially signed a deal with The X Factor. The deal is said to be worth $15 million for one season with a second season pick up option.

Grey’s Anatomy favorites are poised to return next season. Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Ellen Pompeo and Justin Chambers are close to successfully negotiating a return for the drama’s ninth season. Sources are staying mum on the terms, but say they are each looking to stay for another two years.


Fox is set to renew freshman drama Touch for a second season, but has cancelled the J.J. Abrams series Alcatraz and Bones spin-off The Finder.


Rock star Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian) and Christine “Cricket” Blair (Lauralee Bell), one of the more popular couples in the storied history of The Young and the Restless, will come together on May 29 to possibly reignite that spark. The actors left the sudser as series regulars in 1994 and 1995, respectively, so this will be the first time their characters return to Genoa City to explore whether daytime love is, indeed, eternal.

A new dating show on Fox will give non-celebrities a chance to woo people like Carmen Electra, Rob Kardashian, and The Situation. The new show, which will debut on June 7th, will feature six one-hour episodes. Each episode will feature four celebrities sitting in a spinning chair (a la The Voice) as the contestants try to woo them. The contestants will be eliminated until the celebrities have chosen their dates. The male celebrities looking for love on “The Choice” include Rob Kardashian, Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Pauly D, Warren Sapp,  Tyson Beckford, Joe Jonas, Dean Cain, Rocco DiSpirito, Romeo, Taylor Hicks. Carmen Electra will be joined by Hope Dworaczyk, Rima Fakih, and Sophie Monk as the female celebrities.

Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld is returning to TV in a new U.S. reality series. The actor and star of long-running sitcom Seinfeld will show off his love for the auto industry in upcoming program Comics and Cars. The 58 year old will team up with his pals Alec Baldwin, Ricky Gervais, and former writing partner Larry David to test-drive cars from their youth and trade stories and laughs.