Octomom Is In More Trouble--Apparently Endangering Children

On Wednesday's Today show, Gloria Allred -- an attorney for Angels in Waiting, which had provided a free nanny service to Nadya Suleman -- lashed at the octuplet mother, claiming she only cares about her babies "when the cameras are rolling."

Earlier this week, Suleman, 33, fired Angels in Waiting, alleging that they were spying on her and reporting her to child welfare officials.

"Nadya, unfortunately, is taking things out of context," Allred said on the Today show. "The whole issue is an issue of security. Our nurses were rightfully concerned about security. After all, Nadya had told the world where she lives, when those babies are coming home. As a result, hundreds of reporters came. Her home is easily locatable on the Internet as a result of her doing daily blogs."

Allred said two intruders even came onto her property in La Habra, Calif.

"In one case, she had one of our nannies call 911 to report the intruder because she was concerned she had done too many 911 calls," she said, adding that in a separate incident, another nurse was allowed into Suleman's home without showing any identification.

A "baby could be abducted," Allred said, but Suleman didn't seem to care.

"Instead of improving security, she puts in her own jacuzzi," Allred said.

Despite Suleman's objections, nurses from Angels in Waiting rightfully made three complaints to Child Protective Services against Suleman, Allred said.

"Nurses are mandated reporters under the law," she said. "If a nurse sees a child is endangered... they are legally required to report that to authorities."

Asked if Suleman's babies are in danger, Allred said, "In the nurses' view, yes. That is why they filed three reports."

Allred, who plans to hold a press conference later today, said she and the nurses wanted Suleman to succeed.

"How can she succeed if she is subjecting her babies to potential risks of harm, if she doesn't come into the nursery to feed her own babies, to hold them, to bathe them, to change them, to love them, to bond with them.... except when the cameras are rolling?" Allred asked. "That's wrong."
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Brad Pitt And Natalie Portman To Star Together In Romantic Comedy

The stars of usually serious fare like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Other Boleyn Girl are coupling up for the funnybone-targeting 'Important Artifacts."

Based on an upcoming novel, the story unfolds via a Sotheby's-style estate auction catalog, in which items on the block are linked to the private moments that make up the four-year relationship between a fortysomething photographer and a twentysomething New York Times food columnist.

According To Variety, Portman and Pitt will also serve as producers.

Portman is slated to next headline Jim Sheridan's drama "Brothers" after she wraps the comedy "Love and Other Pursuits."

Pitt, meanwhile, just wrapped Quentin Tarantino's World War II epic, "Inglourious Basterds", and Terence Malick's "The Tree of Life."
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It Looks Like "Little Fockers" Movie Is A Go

Fans of "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers" can get excited, as it looks like a third film is on to film this summer.

I'm told the cast of "Little Fockers" -- sequel to "Meet the Fockers" -- has been set for an early July start date.

This means everyone -- Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner.

It also means Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand, who played Stiller's parents in chapter two are being paged for the next edition.

The title suggests more than one baby for Stiller and Polo's characters.

No word when "Little Fockers" would come out or if Barbra Streisand if definitely in.
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Robert Pattinson Thinks About Taking On New Role

Twilight star Robert Pattinson reportedly is mulling over getting involoved in a hot-blooded romance with a script rewritten by the screenwriter behind Rachel Getting Married.

Memoirs is about new lovers who may or may not get together as they're both beset by family tragedy.

The film, from an original screenplay, is being handled by Summit Entertainment, the same studio behind 22-year-old Pattinson's first vampire flick and its eagerly awaited coming sequel, New Moon.

Also in talks to helm the movie is Allen Coulter, who directed Hollywoodland.
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Dancing With Stars Says Goodbye To Denise Richards

Who deserved the boot Tuesday on Dancing With the Stars?

As it turned out, it was elimination with a capital E! Tuesday, with the title star of Denise Richards: It's Complicated being forced into a dance-off with The Girls Next Door babe Holly Madison. (E! Online and E! Entertainment are both divisions of Comcast Entertainment Group.)

We doubt the 18 she and Dmitry Chaplin earned on tonight's samba redo was enough to redirect any momentum, but Holly survived nonetheless, taking her one extra point all the way to next week.

So, despite improving upon last night's samba by four points to climb into the realm of week-three respectability with a 20, that was it for Denise and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

"My daughters love my dancing," said the smiling actress, who graciously opted to look on the bright side. "It's been fun, I'm a huge fan of the show and I will continue to be so, and it's fun being on the other side."

Her ouster (and Holly's close call) means that America put the whoa in Wozniak by voting to keep Steve "Laid the Foundation for the iPhone" Wozniak and Karina Smirnoff around for another week despite their lowest-of-the-low score of 10 on their samba.

"I am more shocked than at any time in my life except maybe when I got served with divorce papers," the relentlessly jolly Apple Computer cofounder said.

They weren't even in the bottom two, despite the judges' best efforts: "The novelty wears off at some point," Carrie Ann Inaba said Monday, while Bruno Tonioli advised Steve-W to get on his knees and "beg forgiveness."

Also given the go-ahead were the Pee-wee Herman-channeling Steve-O and his partner, Lacey Schwimmer, who has at least one more week to whip her broken-down daredevil into fighting shape.

Easily safe for the time being were the trio of couples who tied for first place after earning 27s for their respective performances—Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani, Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke, and Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas.
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Zac Efron Pulls Out Of "Footloose" Remake

Footloose is now Zac Efron-free.

The teen dream has shimmied out of his role in the long-gestating remake of the classic '80s musical.

Efron was star in the film but supposedly pulled out of the project to avoid what was fast becoming a typecasting issue—to date, the Disney grad has sung and danced his way through three High School Musicals, Hairspray and even the Oscars.

"Footloose is a project we've longed to see rebooted for a new generation," Paramount Pictures said in a statement. "While Zac in no longer attached, we remain excited and committed to the collective brain trust of [HSM turned Footloose director] Kenny Ortega, Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, who will reinvigorate the franchise.

"Their fresh take on the film will undoubtedly be filled with the same kind of breakout performances that we've come to expect from them."

While Efron has yet to publicly address his reasons for dropping out of the project he has been attached to since July 2007, his move came after the most recent rewrite of the remake's script.

Efron told Paramount he didn't want to do another musical at this point in his musical-heavy career.

There's no word yet on a possible replacement for Efron, and it's unclear if the film is still on schedule for its planned 2010 release.
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Twilight Stars (And Co-Stars) Deny Romance

With the filming of New Moon under way in Vancouver, the newest batch of Robert Pattinson and Kristin Steward romance rumors should start rolling out any day now.

Even though the two laugh off the persistent claims of a real-life love affair, that hasn't stopped many from thinking otherwise.

So what's really going on? Their costars have some ideas…

Edi Gathegi, who plays Laurent, tells me the cast and crew have pretty much ignored the gossip.

"I can't even think of those two together at all," he told me during his recent stop in Los Angeles for the launch of Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight: Director's Notebook. "Kristen has a boyfriend! It's onscreen and that's it."

Ashley Greene, aka Alice Cullen, says Pattinson and Stewart are, in a way, victims of their own success.

"Their chemistry is fantastic, but no, they are not in a romantic relationship," Greene said at the Twilight at Midnight DVD launch event at Hollywood's Hot Topic store. "They are good actors [is] basically what it comes down to."

She added, "That's kind of the advantage that we had on Twilight. Everyone has such great chemistry. With as big a cast as it was, and as young a cast as it was, we all just got along so fantastically."

And it sounds like all that feel-good camaraderie is already spilling over into New Moon.

Greene said the cast is already getting in some bonding time off the clock. Peter Facinelli, who plays vampire patriarch Dr. Carlisle Cullen, recently had everyone over for dinner.

"He cooked pasta for all of us," Greene said. "We all came to his house and ate and drank and talked. It's a bizarre thing, because we kind of all looked at each other and were like, 'Sooo, what's your life been like?' It was fun."
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Tina Fey And John Stamos At DisneyWorld

30 Rock star Tina Fey and ER's John Stamos bumped into each other — and Disney princesses Belle, Cinderella and Snow White — at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on Monday. The two stars, traveling separately with their families, were visiting the Walt Disney World theme park on the same day!

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Dancing With Stars Rundown

It's a dog-eat-dog world on the dance floor but at least they finally had equal amounts of practice time—five days. Check out how the so-called level playing field treated the contestants tonight:

Denise Richards: Maksim Chmerkovskiy went so far as to dress in drag to prep Denise for the sexy fun of the samba, knowing the actress needed to get not-so-serious in order to really excel. Unfortunately, the It's Complicated star's head got the best of her body once again, and it looked more like Tom Petty leading a dead Kim Basinger around in the 'Last Dance With Mary Jane" video. "That was so flat and full of holes it was more a waffle than a samba," went Bruno Tonioli's first metaphor of the night.Score: 16. A five-point drop from last week.

Chuck Wicks: Forced to actually dance this week after being criticized for letting his girlfriend's hips do all the talking, Wicks apparently decided he didn't want to spend another night in the doghouse and got serious. The tuxedoed country singer matched Julianne Hough step for step, give or take some posture problems. We're not sure if that was a great fox-trot, but it sure was adorable.Score: 23. Their best yet.

Holly Madison: Now introducing, Samba Barbie. Holly gamely strutted and shimmied—no small feat, there—alongside partner Dmitry Chaplin, but their samba lacked sizzle and ultimately fell apart at the seams. Carrie Ann Inaba called it "rough to watch," while Len Goodman compared the Girls Next Door star to a match—"hot at the top, wooden at the bottom."Score: 17. Their lowest yet.

Steve-O: The Jackass star unsurprisingly steered far clear of the sort of tricks that landed him in the ER last week. You couldn't help but smile during his fox-trot, considering how happy the bowtie-sporting daredevil seemed to be back, but maybe Lacey Schwimmer shouldn't have gone so easy on him in rehearsal. A massive footwork flub really took the wind out of his sails in the dance's second half, and both Steve-O and Lacey looked on the verge of tears as they stood before the judges—who all applauded his effort but could only dole out so many points.Score: 15. Better than last week's command dress rehearsal, anyway.

Lawrence Taylor: There's just something about watching these football players shake it samba-style. The retired linebacker pulled off his best dance yet, though he still seemed to be holding back a bit—maybe he can't quite come to terms with the graceful twist his gridiron career has taken. "There's a twinkle in your eye," Carrie Ann noted happily, while Tom Bergeron promised that Edyta Sliwinska would wear the other half of tonight's outfit next week.Score: 20. Hmph. The judges comments indicated he was going to get better.

Shawn Johnson: The little gymnast is growing up before our eyes! The third time was really the charm for Shawn and Mark Ballas, who—in addition to the steps—have the chemistry thing down like nobody's business. Not that their previous two performances weren't also great, but this time the shock of "sexy Shawn" was behind us and we could focus on just how elegant these two are.Score: 27. Deservedly so.

Gilles Marini: Well, what did you expect? Gilles was destined to dance the samba, wasn't he? Let's just say, there was no problem with hip action there. "You bring out something in Cheryl [Burke] I haven't seen in a long time," Carrie Ann said, astutely pointing out the difference between dancing with Gilles and dancing with Wayne Newton. "You came out here like a throbbing red, hot poker!" a really excited Bruno said, while Len offered this bit of simple praise: "You just made a hard dance look easy."Score: 27. Duh.

David Alan Grier: It was ballroom or bust for Grier, who had to decide whether he wanted to be a showman or a real contender. But tonight he proved he can do a little of both. The In Living Color comedian fox-trotted out rhythm and flexibility—whoa, high kicks!—we hadn't yet seen, and he cut quite the rug with Kym Johnson. "Two snaps up," raved former Fly Girl Carrie An.Score: 24. A whopping seven-point improvement from last week.

Steve Wozniak: Maybe it's knowing that the billionaire entrepreneur is dancing on a wounded paw or that he can't possibly be long for the Dancing world, but Steve-W was really endearing tonight. In fact, we—who are usually very impatient with this sort of "pure entertainment" shenanigan—are going to have to say that the judges were a little hard on him. Yeah, it was lacking in overall quality, but it was more fun to watch then some.Score: 10. A bit of a hatchet job.

Melissa Rycroft: There she goes again on her own. The former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader (Why, what else is she famous for?) dazzled and delighted once again with tonight's fox-trot. Memo to Tony Dovolani: Carrie Ann doesn't want to see Melissa rest on her laurels—"I just want to see you challenge yourself just a little bit more," the judge said. Bruno, however, said it seems as if "the music plays from [her] body."Score: 27. There apparently isn't too much missing from the overall package.

Lil Kim: We are really digging Lil Kim in this competition. Other than some questionable facial expressions, she wore that samba like a second skin. Len criticized Derek Hough for straying from the fundamentals of samba a bit, but he made sure to praise Kim for her "bionic booty." "You are a pocket-size Venus with a super-size sex appeal!" Bruno growled.Score: 25. Their best yet, and Bruno offered up their first 9.

Ty Murray: That was a switch—it was pro Chelsie Hightower who hit a rough patch, slipping during the first few seconds of the duo's fox-trot. Like the southern gent he is, Ty helped her right up without batting an eye and the rest of the performance went off without a hitch. What an improvement from week one, when Jewel's hubby looked more like a timid steer that had been roped into a dancing contest. Bruno praised Chelsie for carving "a mini Fred Astaire" out of a piece of wood.Score: 23. Only three points higher than last week, but a world away from how they began.
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Zac Efron Promotes His New Movie, 17 Again

After screening his latest movie 17 Again in Australia, Zac Efron continues his international promotional duties – and gives a shout-out to Kanye West – after arriving Monday at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris.

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President Obama Is A Hit On The Tonight Show

Heeeere's Barack! President Obama's Thursday summit with Jay Leno gave the Tonight Show its biggest overnight ratings since Leno paid tribute to the late Johnny Carson in January 2005, NBC said.

Now That's Economic Stimulus: Obama's appearance—the first late-night gig for a sitting president—likewise boosted Late Night and Last Call to those shows' best numbers since 2005.
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Oprah Invites Ellen To Be On The Cover Of O Magazine

Oprah Winfrey wants Ellen DeGeneres to be her cover girl.

On Friday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, Winfrey makes a surprise appearance via satellite and offers DeGeneres the gig.

DeGeneres had been vying for cover treatment for some time. She phoned Winfrey's production company Harpo, sang a song about O, made an audience member wear a sandwich board and even sold the magazine after her show.

She also mocked up numerous covers of herself on O.

DeGeneres tells Winfrey she thinks "it's great" she shared her cover for the first time with Michelle Obama for the April issue. "But I thought it would be really fun if we could be on the cover together, you and I."

"I have to tell you when I first heard it about this ... I thought it was such a fantastic idea," Winfrey replies. "I was only sorry that I did not think of it myself. So I am calling to officially invite you on the cover of O."

The crowd cheers.

"I can't believe you're serious. I am freaking out right now," DeGeneres tells her. "My goal is going to be for this to be the biggest selling issue you've ever had. I want that to happen."

The ladies still have to work out one major detail.

"We will coordinate our outfits so we don't clash," says Winfrey. "Maybe I'll wear pants, too."
"All right," DeGeneres tells her. "They're comfortable, Oprah."
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Liam Neeson Gathers With Friends For A Private Viewing Of His Wife

Liam Neeson gathered with friends and loved ones at the American Irish Historical Society on Manhattan's Upper East Side Friday afternoon for a private viewing of his wife Natasha Richardson's body two days after her tragic death following a ski accident while on vacation in Canada.

Among those attending were Uma Thurman, Diane Sawyer and Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and sister, Joely Richardson.

At 2:20 p.m., shortly after a silver hearse pulled away from Society headquarters on Fifth Avenue, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Neeson, in a black suit and dark sunglasses, arrived in a black Mercedes and walked quickly inside with one of his young sons, pausing only long enough to greet one mourner.

Longtime Richardson friend, Mathilde Krim, who is the founding chairman of the AIDS research organization amfAR, described the wake as "very respectful."

The tearful Krim told PEOPLE that Richardson, looked "beautiful, incredibly beautiful" in her casket.

The previous night, when Broadway paid tribute to Richardson by dimming marquee lights for a one minute, Neeson was captured on tape speaking of "a traditional Irish wake," presumably this Friday's event. Soon after Neeson's arrival, Vanessa Redgrave showed up with a small child in her arms.

As those paying respects continued to stream in, food arrived for the mourners commemorating a woman who will long be remembered as one of the theater world's most graceful actresses.

Neeson, who has sons Micheal, 13, and Daniel, 12, with Richardson, married his wife in 1994.

They would have celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary on July 3. In a statement Friday, friend Sarah Jessica Parker, quoting the song lyrics "Every time we say goodbye, I die a little/Every time we say goodbye, I wonder why a little," said: "It's as if Cole Porter were writing the sentiments of everyone who was privileged enough to know, work with or love the late great Ms. Richardson."
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Charlie Sheen Can't Tell Sons Apart Yet

They're not identical, but Charlie Sheen's new twins are still managing to fool their dad. "I can't tell [who's who]!" Sheen, 43, says from the set of Two and a Half Men just days after wife Brooke Mueller Sheen, 31, delivered twin boys.

"They're not identical, but at this stage, they're similar enough."

Their names, on the other hand, aren't giving him any trouble. Max and Bob "are very short and simple – easy to spell and remember," Sheen says. "Bob is the same frontward and backward. I'm a fan of a short and simple name. Max was literally Nick until about a minute before he came out."

Back home in L.A., the new parents are doing well – but are a little tired. "It's pretty amazing. Not a whole lot of sleep, but what parent does at this stage?" says Sheen. "There's adrenaline, excitement, fear."

And the boys already have eager playmates in half-sisters Lola, 3, and Sam, 5, Sheen's daughters with ex Denise Richards. "[They're] thrilled," he says, "but insisting that they're named Bob and Duke. It's not Max, it's Duke."
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Natasha Richardson Is Dead At 45

Natasha And Her Husband Liam Neeson in October.

Natasha With Her Sons

Natasha Richardson has died.

The Tony Award winner passed away Wednesday after being removed from life support at a New York hospital. She was 45.

“A small private funeral” is planned, according to friends who spoke earlier to E! News on behalf of the bereaved family.

The wife of Liam Neeson and daughter of Oscar winners Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson was hospitalized Monday in Montreal after a fall during a ski lesson.

Richardson, accompanied by Neeson, was flown Tuesday to New York and admitted to Manhattan's Lenox Hill Hospital, where she was declared brain dead.

"Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha," Neeson rep Alan Nierob said in a statement. "They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."
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