JLo Training For Triathlon

Jennifer Lopez is training hard to complete a triathlon on September 14, hoping to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and was voted the most inspiring woman of 2008 by Self magazine.

The 39-year-old singer-actress will take part in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon next month and decided to compete while she was eight months pregnant.

Appearing on Good Morning America on Monday (August 18) Lopez said, “I was beached like a whale. I was watching TV, and I saw a triathlon and I said, ‘You know what? I think I could do that, that would be great for me to do. Maybe I’ll do it this year.’”

Lopez, who gave birth to twins Max and Emme on February 22 this year (2008), is determined to finish the race telling Self, “I don’t expect to win this race; my goal is to finish. I’ll probably end up crawling across the finish line, but I’ll do it!”

Jamie Spears talks about Britney

Jamie Spears has opened up about his famous daughter Britney and her tumultuous couple of years, saying his relationship with her is “wonderful.”

Britney’s dad stepped in and took over control of her life, including her finances, businesses and personal relationships, after she suffered a very public breakdown earlier this year.

In an interview with OK! magazine, Spears says, “We’ve grown a lot. I’ve been able to come back into my daughter’s life, and that was an adjustment anyway, because I’m an alcoholic and it’s the first time we’ve really been able to share.”

He reveals that Britney’s custody arrangement with her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, includes the pop star having them on Monday, Wednesday and an overnight on Friday, with his company.

Spears also has nothing but praise for his daughter’s ex-husband, Kevin Federline, saying, “Kevin has a wonderful heart. I don’t agree with giving him more money… He wants them to raise these kids together. Kevin’s heart is right.”

Additionally, he says that the turmoil in Britney’s life has brought them closer together explaining, “She sometimes calls me 50 times a day and asks me things that light my life up. But, like all daughters, she is very manipulative and cunning. So she gets what she wants a lot.”

Britney Gives First Interview in Two Years

Britney Spears has conducted her first interview in two years, opening up about her children, her parents and her career, revealing she’s busy recording her new album and that it’s “my best work ever.”

During the interview, Spears says she’d love her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, to have a normal life and not follow her path into the entertainment industry.

“I’d love them unconditionally if they wanted to,” she explains to OK!. “I’d just as soon they have a more normal childhood.”

Jamie Spears, her father and the man responsible for stepping in when his daughter’s life was spiraling out of control, tells the magazine he’s happy he’s back in her life.

“God has a way of taking something bad and turning it into something good,” he says. “If this hadn’t happened, I would never have been able to get back with my daughter and have this relationship I have with these two little boys.”

The 26-year-old pop star also reveals that her new album will be out within the next six to nine months saying, “I think it is more urban. I’m writing every day, right here at the piano in this living room… This is my best work ever.”

Lohan Addresses Sisters Implant Rumors

Lindsay Lohan has addressed rumors that her 14-year-old sister has had breast enlargement surgery, writing, “people are sooooo bored with their own lives that they need to manifest lies to hurt another person.”

The reports started after comparisons between photos of the younger Lohan appear to show a rapid development in her chest size.

Lohan took to her MySpace to dismiss the rumor, saying:

“hey everyone..

i just had to share something that came up today and it made me feel a bit sick to my stomach.
so, here’s the visual…
me and my friend Patrick walking into a store, and two paparazzi come up out of nowhere (like usual) and start throwing questions at me…
one of them being, “Hey Lindsay, what do you have to say about people commenting on your sisters implants?”
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my response simply was, “Did you really just ask me that? She is a 14 year old girl, and you are a pedophile!”
i was caught out of nowhere so i didn’t really come up with the proper response at the time.. there’s many other things that i felt like saying, but why give it to a random guy with a camera so that he can make money!
All i am trying to say is, is that, i was raised with a wonderful family surrounding me, of course we have our ups and downs, but all in all my mother taught us to appreciate what we have been given. Nor would she ever encourage, or allow a 14 year old child to alter her body.
i am not judging people that do, but i am just saying that its not something that my family finds necessary to do, especially when you’re not even fully developed yet!
It is hard enough being 14 years old and you have enough insecurities to begin with, then add being in the public eye…
i just find it really disconcerting that people have to focus on the negative and that some people are sooooo bored with their own lives that they need to manifest lies to hurt another person.
in a more positive light…
i got some great clothes from alexander wang and i miss samantha cuz she’s out of town
have a wonderful day everyone~
til next time..
xx LL”

Paris Hilton Working On Superhero Cartoon

After setting the web alight this week with her parody video responding to U.S. Presidential nominee John McCain, Paris Hilton has revealed she's developing a cartoon superhero for a new tv series.

In an interview with San Diego City Beat, Hilton explained that she's working with comic legend Stan Lee, who is responsible for Spider-man, Fantastic Four, The Hulk and X-Men among others.

"I've created a superhero with Stan Lee, which is [based on] me," Hilton said. "We're doing a cartoon right now with MTV."

Britney Not Selling Cabo Pix

Reports that Britney Spears’ camp has offered to sell candid shots of the popstar during a recent trip to Cabo, Mexico to the media are false, her rep said Wednesday (August 6).

According to the New York Post, an unnamed source claims that recent photos that appeared of Spears in a bikini was “set up by her camp.”

The source adds that Spears “has brokered a series of shots that she’s offering exclusively to a celebrity weekly for US$1 million.”

However, her rep tells the Post, “If someone is trying to sell photos of Britney in Cabo, they’re doing so without her knowledge or permission.”

Mary-Kate Olsen Addresses Heath Ledger Drug Reports

A lawyer representing Mary-Kate Olsen has addressed rumors surrounding her knowledge of the drugs that led to Heath Ledger’s death earlier this year.

Reports have surfaced that Olsen is seeking immunity from prosecution prior to providing further details about Ledger’s death due to an accidental drug overdose in January, prompting her lawyer, Michael C. Miller, releasing a statement on Monday (August 4).

“Despite tabloid speculation, Mary-Kate Olsen had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger’s home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them,” Miller states.

“Regarding the government’s investigation, at Ms. Olsen’s request, we have provided the government with relevant information including facts in the chronology of events surrounding Mr. Ledger’s death and the fact that Ms. Olsen does not know the source of the drugs Mr. Ledger consumed.”

He continues, “We don’t know the source of the information being quoted in the media regarding the government’s inquiry, but these descriptions are incomplete and inaccurate.”