Teen star Selena Gómez looks beyond Disney

The voice of 10th grader Selena Gómez multiplies itself in the current box-office blockuster “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who,” starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.The animation movie features a big hearted elephant that protects a microscopic community of ants (the Whos) from his neighbors. Carell plays the “Mayor of Whoville,” and Gómez is the [...]

Judge Rejects Challenge to Control Britney Spears

Britney Spears’s father, Jamie Spears, will remain in charge of his daughter’s life after a California Court of Appeal judge on Monday threw out a plea by an attorney on her behalf to challenge the elder Spears’s co-conservatorship.
The dismissal by Justice Roger Boren was based on the court’s having no jurisdiction to grant an appeal, [...]

Ashley and Mary-Kate Becoming Authors

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen can now add author to their growing list of professions.
The 21-year-old twins will pen a new book together called Influence that features artists and fashion designers who have inspired the savvy fashionistas over the past decade, Penguin books announced Wednesday.
Names set to be dropped in the book are Christian Louboutin, Lauren [...]

Rihanna Touring for Kids in Need

She could call it her good-works tour, but Rihanna is calling it “A Girl’s Night Out.”
“Girls always have more fun, so I thought it was a great cause for me,” the Girls Gone Bad singer, 20 told PEOPLE after a performance Wednesday night at Chicago’s Vision nightclub.
With her charity, The Believe Foundation, Rihanna and Island [...]

Miley Cyrus Avoids Slime But Wins Kids’ Choice Awards

Miley Cyrus had slime on her mind Saturday at Nickelodeon’s 2008 annual Kids Choice Awards.

The teen superstar begged not to get showered with the green stuff while she accepted the award for Favorite Female Singer (she also won for Favorite TV Actress). “I don’t want to get slimed but I am glad to be here,” [...]

Source: There Was ‘No Wedding’ For Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Despite reports that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt wedded in a New Orleans church Saturday, a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE there was “no wedding.”
The family spent a weekend in New Orleans two weeks ago – as Pitt broke ground on his Make It Right project to help rebuild the city’s Lower Ninth [...]