Kamie Crawford from Maryland was crowned Miss Teen USA 2010 at the Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas on July 24, 2010. Crawford now made a history as the first winner of Miss Teen USA for Maryland.

Quick Facts about Miss Teen USA 2010:

Kamie Crawford is the oldest of five girls in her family. She also plans to become a dermatologist when she goes to college and have her own skincare and cosmetic line. The 17 year old winner from Potomac is the eldest of five girls in her family. She also completed her secondary studies at Winston Churchill High School this year.

Listed below is the final results of the teen pageant:

TOP 5

First Runner-Up: Lexi Atkins, Miss Illinois Teen USA
Second Runner-Up: Emma Baker, Miss California Teen USA
Third Runner-Up: Angelina Nichole Layton, Miss Utah Teen USA
Fourth Runner-Up: Haley Brook Sowers, Miss Mississippi Teen USA

TOP 15

Megan Burgess, Miss Arkansas Teen USA
Beth Ridgeway, Miss Alabama Teen USA
Camilla Cyr, Miss Washington Teen USA
Thatiana Diaz, Miss New York Teen USA
Kristen Rose, Miss Tennessee Teen USA
Taylor Hubbard, Miss Kentucky Teen USA
Alyssa Rivera, Miss Florida Teen USA
Caroline Scott, Miss Wyoming Teen USA
Kandis Holt, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA

SPECIAL AWARDS

Miss Photogenic: Chelsea Morgensen, Miss Texas Teen USA.
Miss Congeniality: Hosanna Kabakoro, Miss Idaho Teen USA.

The 28th edition of the Miss Teen USA Beauty Pageant was hosted by Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart and Seth Goldman of NBC’s “Entertainment Buzz”. Miss Teen USA 2009 Stormi Henley from Tennessee crowned the new winner and also debuted her anticipated single “Quite Like Me” during this year’s show, marking the beauty’s first worldwide musical performance.

Cheers,

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Hollywood Screen Goddess Angelina Jolie and her four eldest kids – Maddox (8), Pax (6), Zahara (5) and Shiloh (4) all turned up in Japan’s Narita International Airport this Monday morning, July 26, 2010. The Hollywood golden family was spotted minutes after they arrived through a private jet.

The rainbow family landed in Narita International Airport minus Brad Pitt and two year old twins Vivienne and Knox. Jolie is reportedly in Japan to promote her new action movie ‘Salt’.

Say ‘konichiwa’ kids!

Cheers,

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American talk show host Oprah Winfrey regained the title of the most powerful celebrity alive, beating Hollywood screen goddess Angelina Jolie who fell to No. 18 in this year’s Forbes Celebrity Power 100 List. The celebrity rankings are based on earnings in the past 12 months (June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010) and visibility across print, television, radio and online. Here is how the Top 10 rounded out:

1.    Oprah Winfrey: $315 million
2.    Beyonce Knowles: $87 million
3.    James Cameron: $210 million
4.    Lady Gaga: $62 million
5.    Tiger Woods: $105 million
6.    Britney Spears: $64 million
7.    U2: $130 million
8.    Sandra Bullock: $56 million
9.    Johnny Depp: $75 million
10. Madonna: $58 million

Cheers,

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Sorry guys, Megan Fox is now off the market as the sultry actress is now officially married to Beverly Hills 90210 star Brian Austin Green! The news has just been confirmed by the actress’ representative in US Magazine.

Reporters also learned that Fox (24) and Green (36) were married at the Four Seasons Resort in Hawaii last week (June 24). It was a hush-hush private ceremony with only half a dozen people attended. Kassius, Brian’s eight-year-old son with actress Vanessa Marcil, was among those six people who attended the wedding last Thursday in Hawaii.

The couple first on the set of ‘Hope & Faith’ in 2004 and have been dating on and off ever since. It’s the first marriage for both Fox and Green.

Best wishes to the newlywed. Cheers!

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Hollywood screen goddess Angelina Jolie is sizzling hot on the August 2010 cover page of Vanity Fair. In the upcoming issue, the tinseltown’s most notorious beauty talks about her family, career and relationship with Brad Pitt.  Interestingly, the interview is one of the longest since 2008-ish. Here are the excerpts right after the jump:

• On marriage: She’s not “against getting married,” but “it’s just like we already are. Children are clearly a commitment, a bigger commitment [than marriage]. It’s for life.”
• On more kids: “No, I’m not pregnant,” Angelina Jolie tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Rich Cohen, from the set of ‘The Tourist’ in Venice. “We’re not opposed to it. But we want to make sure we can give everybody special time. They’re kids now, and can play together, but they’re going to need a lot more talking in the middle of the night, like I did with my mom for hours. We want to make sure we don’t build a family so big that we don’t have absolutely enough time to raise them each really well.”
• On her kids: “Mad’s a real intellectual, which I can take no credit for genetically. He’s great at school, great at history. He feels like he could be a writer or travel the world and learn about places and things. Zahara’s got an extraordinary voice and is just so elegant and well spoken. Shiloh’s hysterically funny, one of the goofiest, most playful people you’ll ever meet. Knox and Viv are classic boy and girl. She’s really female. And he’s really a little dude.”
• On Brad with the kids: “I keep telling Brad he owes me. He’s had a few months off in one of the most beautiful cities in the world with the children. And he’s such an artist and goes to the stone yards and the art exhibits, and loves being in such a cultural place.”
• On a potential Mr. & Mrs. Smith sequel: “People have tried. And it’s strange: do we have kids in the movie? We’ve thought about that, but it becomes personal now that we actually have kids. And if we work on it, we pull from our own life, which is funny to us, but you feel strange sharing too much. We did ask somebody to look into Mr. & Mrs. to see if they could crack a sequel, but there wasn’t anything original. It was just, Well, they’re going to get married, or they’ve got kids, or they get separated. Never great.”
• On co-starring again with Brad: “I’d love to. We’ve talked about it. We’d have to figure out who’s going to watch the kids, but it’s really about finding the right thing, because we’ve looked. When you’re a couple, there are certain things people don’t want to see you do. It becomes too indulgent, too personal. I don’t think people want to see people who are really together intimate on-screen. Maybe we have to play bad guys that try to kill each other, so it’s just fun and aggressive, not dealing with some man-woman deal.”
• On acting: “It’s not the most important thing in my life. Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I’m very, very grateful, it’s a fun job. It’s a luxury. Look, I’m at work today in the middle of Venice. But I don’t think I’ll do it much longer… I have a happy home….I got back from work last night, and everybody was playing music and dancing and I suddenly found myself dancing around with a bunch of little fun crazy people.”

The August 2010 issue of Vanity Fair will be available on newsstands in New York and L.A. on Wednesday, June 30, and nationally and on the iPad Tuesday, July 6.

Controversial actress-television host Kris Aquino formally bids farewell to her show on ‘The Buzz’. Kris also tearfully confirmed that her marriage with cager James Yap is now over. Listed below is the full-text of her statement regarding the break-up of their marriage:

BOY ABUNDA: Krissy, maraming tanong, maraming opinyon, speculations. This is your chance. We will listen. What do you have to say?
KRIS AQUINO: First, I’m sorry about Tuesday [engagement in Cebu]. For so long, ilang buwan naman na nagampanan ko ang lahat ng tungkulin ko, lahat ng responsibilidad sa trabaho at sa kampanya kahit na mayroon kaming pinagdadaanan sa tahanan namin. It was a sign of weakness on my part not to show up, and I’m sorry about that. I’m sorry that you had to be the one to answer because you felt uncomfortable making up an excuse.

About what we’ve been through, I think naman Boy hindi lahat sikreto sa inyong lahat, kung ano ang mga napagdaanan namin in our married life. I think also the whole Philippines is fully aware na when my mom was alive and ngayon, my siblings have tried to bridge whatever gaps — and I mean gaps, marami na kasi. Tinry nila na tulungan kaming ayusin yung mga problema namin.
I have not sat down [with my siblings]…lahat through text — kay ate, kay Pinky. Through phone, nakausap ko si Viel. Nagtext din kami ni Noy. Siyempre sila lahat, gusto nila sana maayos pa.
I just want to say na whatever decision I have come to, it’s not a spur of the moment decision. Hindi ito nangyari na nagising lang ako isang araw at sinabi kong ayoko na. Matagal naming sinubukan. James and I both tried to really make this work.
On my part, what I’m comfortable saying is, with finality I can say, ako sumuko na.
Ang dami kong pinag-isipan kung paano ko maibabahagi sa lahat kung anong pinagdaanan namin without revealing anything painful. But there’s no way of doing that.
Last night, mga 4 in the morning, hindi ako makatulog pa. Katabi ko si Baby James, and I think he had a bad dream kasi he started to cry in his sleep. And that’s when it came to me, and I’m sure lahat ng mga nanay maiintindihan ako. Kung anuman ang dahilan why this marriage, on my part I’m saying, is over, the only person I will owe and explanation to, and the only person who can demand from me na bakit kayo naghiwalay, is my son.
And kagabi Boy, narealize ko, the worst thing I can do for Baby James is, when he’s 7 or 8 years old and mahanap niya sa YouTube yung explanation kung bakit naghiwalay ang nanay at tatay niya. He deserves much more than that. He deserves to hear it only from me and only from James. Because in any separation, there are 2 sides to the story. And we owe it to him, James will owe it to him, that I will owe it to him to explain to him.
But I’m sure you will all understand me. My decision to keep quiet is not because on June 30 magiging presidente si Noy. My decision to keep quiet is because I asked myself ‘Kapag inexplain ko kay Baby James, number one mauunawaan ba niya ako? Number 2, rerespetuhin pa ba niya ako? At number 3, mamahalin pa ba niya ako?’ At nasagot ko naman kagabi na ‘yes.’ I know my son will understand me, will respect me and still love me. And I feel that he will love me more, respect me more, and value me more if I keep quiet today.
I know that will leave so many unanswered questions, but those questions, only Baby James deserves to hear the answers to. Siguro Boy, this is part of growing up. It’s part of realizing that yes, I am public and I owe all of you an explanation, but apart from God, the only one I’m answerable to is kung di man mga kapatid ko eh ang anak ko.
So sana po, maiintindihan ninyo po ako na yung mga legal na aspeto ng pagsasama namin ni James, inuumpisahan na naming ayusin lahat yun. Kung anuman ang mga naging problema namin, kung anuman ang mga napag-awayan namin, kung anuman ang naganap sa tahanan namin, let it stay there. Because I’m doing this for my son, because he’s only 3 years old and he really doesn’t deserve na kung ano yung trials na pinagdaanan ng parents niya, kailangang ungkat-ungkatin at ulit-ulitin, wag na.
Kung this will mean na maraming hindi makakaintindi sa akin or sasabihin, ijujudge ako, then let it be. I don’t mind. The world can judge me. I just want my son to be able to respect me and respect his father. Because at the end of the day, ang utang namin sa kanya. Kasi ang pinakamaaapektuhan ng pangyayaring ito ang anak ko. To a certain extent, of course, it will affect Josh but it’s really Baby James who will really be affected.
And maybe, yung sinasabi ng mom ko sa akin parati na ‘Krissy, love is bringing out the best in each other.’ Maybe Baby James is really bringing out the best in me. And that’s it, Boy. I really hope they understand that this is for my son.
BOY: Naiintindihan ko. Maraming salamat, Krissy.

You can also watch the video below in case you have missed her tearful speech:

Best of luck Krissy – your fans will surely miss the vibrancy every Sunday afternoon.

Photo Credit: Joel Guinto

Supermodel and part-time fashion coordinator Viveka Babajee was mysteriously found dead in her Bandra apartment on Friday night (June 25). Sources say that she was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her house. The 37 year old top model reportedly was suffering from depression.

Babajee rose to fame when she was crowned Miss Mauritius in 1994 and went to represent her country in the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant 1994 that was held in Manila, Philippines. After the pageant, Babajee tried her luck in Philippine show business but it was suddenly cut short because she got involved in the 1994 Metro Manila Film Festival scam. Babajee left the Philippines right after the controversy and went to India. It was then that her career in fashion industry flourished as she became one of the top supermodel in India. She also appeared in numerous ads and acted in couple of Bollywood films. She also ran an event management firm, Vibgyor Entertainment prior her death.

Farewell Viveka Babajee – may you rest in peace.

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KC Concepcion‘s new song has literally captured my heart. In fact, I’m now having this Last Song Syndrome (LSS) ever since I have started hearing the song over the radio.

KC’s new single titled “Not Like The Movies” is the carrier single of her second album “KC” under Sony Music Philippines. “Not Like The Movies” was written by Jaye Muller and Ben Patton.

Personally, I thought that the song was well written and can be released internationally as it has a universal appeal.

Best of luck KC and may you continue to sing more beautiful songs in the future.

Keep up the good work!

Cheers,

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Catherine Zeta-Jones is one lucky lady these days!

Last May 23, Zeta-Jones won an Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her role as Desiree Armfeldt in the musical play, ‘A Little Night Music’ at the 2010 Drama Desk Awards in New York City.

Then, not even a month old from her triumph in 55th Drama Desk Award, the gorgeous Welsh actress bagged again a top honor for the same musical at the 2010 Tony Awards (Best Performance by a leading Actress in a Musical) last Sunday, June 13.

And lastly, as of press time, the beauteous Hollywood royalty can now officially put the letters CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) after her name as she has just been awarded in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Zeta-Jones was honored by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to the film services to the film industry and charity. She received the CBE Royal Honor alongside actress Sophie Okonedo and actor John Nettles.

Wow, Catherine Zeta-Jones has indeed come a long way right after her Hollywood break in ‘The Mask of Zorro’.

Congratulations, idol!

Cheers,

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It is now confirmed. Hollywood’s reigning queen Angelina Jolie will be playing Cleopatra. The upcoming film about the most famous Queen of Egypt will be directed by Scott Rudin and slated to be shown in cinemas by 2011. The film is adapted from Stacy Schiff’s forthcoming book ‘Cleopatra: A Life’. The book won’t be published until autumn 2010 but it has been reported that Rudin has already purchased the film rights and has expressed that a movie ‘is being developed for and with Jolie.’ The author is also indicating that Brad Pitt may play the role of Mark Anthony.

Wow, I can’t wait to watch this epic!

Cheers,

Photo Credit: Weri Channel