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When LeAnn Rimes Cibrian first showed up on the country music scene at the young age of 13, her stellar voice was commonly compared to that of the late Patsy Cline. Now at age 31, Rimes got to pay tribute to Cline, who died at age 30 in 1963, at the 2013 American Country Awards. However, it turned out to …

Insiders have reported that the former couple, who divorced in 1989, are enjoying a “lovely reunion” as they work together on projects in the country. Penn, 53, has served as an ambassador-at-large for Haiti since early 2012, after founding his humanitarian group in the aftermath of the earthquake. The group has focused on housing and relocating thousands of people from …

For Miley Cyrus, her tongue, even more than her twerking, has become her trademark, for better or blech. Put a camera or a crowd in front of her and the former Disney star just can’t keep that lolling licker inside her maw, even when it comes to demolition equipment. So fine, Miley, you have our attention. And that wayward tongue …

MONTREAL – EPIM, the anti-corruption police squad formed by former mayor Michael Applebaum last year to “protect the administrative integrity of the city of Montreal,” has been merged into the provincial anti-corruption unit known as UPAC. The 15 police investigators and five civilian employees of the squad mandated to investigate corruption in Montreal, with a focus on the city’s organized …

Mention baby names at a party — and I do, frequently — and someone invariably brings up the name urban legends: the twins named Oranjello and Lemonjello, the baby girl called Female, pronounced fe-MAHL-ee. We’re not sure those stories were ever true, but if you look at the very bottom of the Social Security baby name records, you can find …

A disgraced French businessman was convicted of fraud and sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for filling tens of thousands of breast implants with industrial grade silicone. But he left the courthouse freely after lodging an appeal, and thousands of women will have to wait longer to discover if they will receive damages. The ruling in the criminal …

James Gandolfini was reportedly on a “boys’ trip” in Rome with his 13-year-old son, Michael, when he tragically died of a heart attack on Wednesday. According to reports, his son was the first to recognize that something had gone wrong and tried to save Gandolfini’s life. The renowned 51-year-old “Sopranos” actor had been vacationing in Italy ahead of the Taormina …

A needle and two empty champagne bottles were found in the Vancouver hotel room where Glee star Cory Monteith was found dead, according to the B.C. Coroners Service final investigation that ruled his death accidental. Monteith, 31, died of mixed drug toxicity, including intravenous heroin and alcohol, according to coroner Claire Thompson’s final report. The Canadian actor was found dead …

Investigators sought to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed Fast & Furious star Paul Walker while the actor’s fans erected a makeshift memorial on Sunday near where the Porsche he was riding in smashed into a light pole and tree. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said speed was a factor in Saturday’s one-car crash, though it …

Pop megastar Justin Bieber sang to young survivors of the Philippines’ deadliest typhoon on Tuesday after he flew into the disaster zone to boost an international relief effort. Bieber flew unannounced to the central city of Tacloban just over a month after it was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan and sang Christmas carols to children at a local school amid …

Pamela Anderson is just full of hair surprises lately. First, Pam chopped off her famous, flowing locks into a pixie; and now she’s dyed said pixie brown. Yes, the woman best known for running slow-mo down a beach in a red bikini with bleach blond hair blowing in the wind now has hair like Winona Ryder circa 1994. And it’s …