German Charged in Crawford Embezzlement Scheme

A German man was charged with trying to extort $100,000 from Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber over a photo of their daughter bound to a chair and gagged, authorities said.

Edis Kayalar, 26, has not yet been arrested. He was recently deported to Germany.

The photo was purportedly taken by the couple’s former nanny earlier this year and shows the girl, then 7, tied to a chair. Kaia told her parents that the nanny took the picture as part of a “cops and robbers” game, according to an affidavit.

The nanny, who was fired a week before Kayalar called the couple, was not charged; apparently, Kayalar stole the photo from her.

Gerber — who owns the Whiskey Blue bar at the W Fort Lauderdale among other hot spots — eventually paid Kayalar $1,000 “for his trouble,” the affidavit said. But the German wanted more, saying he had another copy.

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Stripper apologizes to Fergie

But just because Josh Duhamel is a wandering vacuum of all-encompassing nothingness, it doesn’t mean that everyone’s given up on the stripper story. Nicole Forrester, the stripper at the centre of all this, is still doing her best to bang on about it at every opportunity. So much so, in fact, that she’s decided to publicly apologize to Fergie for all the terrible things she did with Josh, just to string out her 15 minutes. US Magazine reports:

“I’m sorry.” At the time of the one-night stand, she explains “I thought, ‘Nobody’s gonna find out. It’s not gonna hurt anybody… I’m sorry that I didn’t think of it like I think of it now.” Things have been tough for Forrester since the news broke. Her son even told her “‘you’re disgusting. I didn’t know you had sex with him,’” she claims.

You have to feel for Nicole Forrester. After all, how was she to know that allegedly sleeping with a married actor and then voluntarily doing numerous high profile paid interviews about it on TV, radio and in print would lead to people finding out about it? She’s the real victim here. That poor woman.

Kate Gosselin prepares to be along after divorce

The reality-television mother whose split from her husband is unfolding in full view of the media said she doesn’t want to be alone but questions whether anyone will want to become involved with a woman whose life is so dramatic.

“I would love not to be alone but no one’s going to buy into my mess so I probably will be, but it’s OK,” Kate Gosselin of the hit TLC reality program “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ said on a special hour of the program last night. “I’ll just be working hard anyway.”

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Still Happily Married - For Now

Don’t believe the rumors: Khloe Kardashian says she and husband Lamar Odom are doing just fine.

“According to Star, our marriage is on the rocks because I threw a fit when Lamar refused to give me a massage!!!” the reality TV star, 25, writes on her blog in a post titled “You Gotta Love Ridiculous Gossip!!!” “I seriously died when I read that! LOL.”

This hasn’t been the first time the couple, who tied the knot Sept. 27, have defended their marriage.

Two days after their lavish wedding, Odom, 29, told reporters his marriage to Kardashian was real after online reports suggested the ceremony was non-binding.

Older sister Kim also insisted the rumors were untrue. “I really hate all the crazy things I have been hearing regarding their wedding not being real,” she wrote on her blog at the time. “That is just crazy.”

The newlywed – who adds that she gets “a good laugh from [the] lies” – assures fans she’s enjoying every minute of her new life with Odom.

Give it two more Months.

PEOPLE

Emmy Rossum getting divorced

Emmy Rossum’s year-and-a-half marriage has come to an end.

The actress’ husband, music executive Justin Siegel, has filed for divorce from the star. Siegel cites irreconcilable differences and is asking for spousal support and court costs.

The pair reportedly split last month, though the filing was just the other day.

No worries though, she has now been linked with Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz.

Zooey Deschanel is Married

Zooey Deschanel’s “(500) Days” of single life are over. The actress wed Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard on Saturday, People and Us Weekly both reported. According to Us, the pair tied the knot near Seattle. On Saturday, Gibbard’s bandmate Chris Walla Tweeted, “Wedding day!! So excited,” but didn’t identify Gibbard and Deschanel as the lucky pair.

The couple was engaged over the holidays last December after about a year of dating.

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Avril Lavigne Splits From Husband

Canadian superstar Avril Lavigne has said later-boy to her skater boy.

The Napanee, Ont., songstress confirmed in a statement that she and fellow Canadian rocker, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, have separated.

“Deryck and I are separating and moving forward on a positive note,” she said in a statement posted on her website Thursday night.

“I am grateful for our time together, and I am grateful and blessed for our remaining friendship. I admire Deryck and have a great amount of respect for him. He is the most amazing person I know and I love him with all my heart.”

Lavigne, 24, is reported to have asked Whibley, whom she married in 2006, to move out of their Los Angeles mansion.

According to Us Weekly magazine, a friend said “she dumped him and told him she was leaving him. She wants to move on. Divorce papers will be filed any day now.”

The Scarborough, Ont.-born Whibley, is reportedly “crushed” by the demise of the relationship and Lavigne’s demand he leave their $9.5-million US 12,000-square-foot house.

According to reports, Lavigne is apparently so determined to turn the page on the relationship, she has opted to cut tracks from her forthcoming CD. Whibley, 29, is said to have produced eight of the nine songs recorded for the album at the couple’s studio in Tarzana, Calif.

A friend told Us Weekly, “She is going to do new songs that don’t have his mark on them. She wants no trace of him.”

Rumours of a rift between the two grew louder in recent months. In August, Lavigne was spotted partying with friends, with her husband nowhere to be seen.

Read the rest of the article at the Vancouver Sun

Nicole Richie gives birth

Nicole Richie gave birth to her son yesterday in the wee hours of the morning and named him after a bird.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden named their son Sparrow Midnight. Why would anyone name their son after a big black bird? We are now convinced that Nicole is out there on something. In fact, she may need an intervention right along with Maia. More importantly, with all the normal names out there, why do celebrities insist on trying to be “creative”?

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