Gossip/Celebrity News

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears is denying a bodyguard's accusations that she sexually harassed him and abused her children. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - You can take the boy out of Boston, but Ben Affleck isn't done with his hometown. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Former "The Hills" star Spencer Pratt is apologizing to his estranged wife, Heidi Montag, for acting out in their breakup. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Eminem is not afraid to open the MTV Video Music Awards. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The James Bond franchise may be in grave danger thanks to its studio's financial woes, but a former 007 actor is not too shaken up about it. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rich Cronin, former lead singer of the boy band LFO and the writer of its 1999 hit "Summer Girls," died on Wednesday after a battle with leukemia, celebrity news site TMZ reported. He was 35. Full Story »

PITTSBURGH (AFP) - Sidney Crosby isn't about to quit his day job but if the Pittsburgh Pirates ever need a batter to warmup their pitchers he'd be their man. Full Story »

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Piers Morgan, finally confirmed Wednesday as veteran talk show host Larry King's replacement, spoke to THR after last month's Emmys and again Wednesday morning, along with CNN president Jonathan Klein. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Seven years after playing Ronald Reagan in a miniseries that detractors say maligned the 40th president, James Brolin is setting the record straight. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles man upset with the disruption from a Beyonce Knowles music video shoot has been dismissed and settled. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's decision to not run for another term prompted a call from someone else who's famous name is synonymous with the nation's third-largest city: Oprah Winfrey. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former bodyguard for Britney Spears filed a sexual harassment lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the pop star of repeatedly parading herself around in the nude and having sex in front of him. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - The judge in Anna Nicole Smith's drug conspiracy trial told jurors Wednesday to disregard part of a former nanny's testimony because he did not consider it reliable. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - The Emmys aren't the only big TV-honors game anymore. Full Story »

Initial stars and auction items have been announced for the 24th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction, set for 10 AM-7 PM Sept. 26 in the theatre district's Shubert Alley and West 44th Street.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "Glee" star Matthew Morrison hopes to release his debut album in February, as he fits recording in between filming episodes of the show's second season. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge warned "Jersey Shore" reality star Snooki that she was acting like troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, and sentenced her on Wednesday to community service for disorderly conduct. Full Story »