Healthy living pioneer Jack LaLanne, host of the long running program The Jack LaLanne Show has died at the ripe old age of 96.

The popular fitness instructor and TV personality who touted exercise, clean eating  and living long before it was popular passed away at his home in Morro Bay, California from respiratory failure due to pneumonia.

Elaine LaLanne, his wife of 51 years said:

“I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for,”

LaLanne’s incredibly successful program became nationally broadcast in 1959 and lasted into the 80s. He opened the first modern fitness club back in 1936 and followed with 100 more across the U.S.

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Oprah is planning a big reveal for her show on Monday January 24th.

The daytime talk diva said in the promo for the upcoming episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show:

“I thought I’d seen it all. But this, my friends, is the miracle of all miracles. I was given some news that literally shook me to my core. This time, I’m the one being reunited. Only a handful of people in my life know about this. I’ve been keeping a family secret for months, and you’re going to hear it straight from me.”

While there has been a lot of speculating based on Kitty Kelley’s unauthorized biography of Winfrey and the allegation within that Vernon Winfrey is not Oprah’s biological father, Kelley is now telling Time Out Chicago’s Robert Feder that the big reveal is a half-sister that Oprah’s mother, Vernita Lee, gave up for adoption oh so many years ago.

Kelley is citing an inside family source for her information about Bunny, a grandmother and (allegedly) sibling of Oprah that she never knew about.

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Model Naomi Campbell stars in a new Russian television ad promoting her boyfriend’s luxury apartment building.  Billionaire Vladimir Doronin‘s Legend of Tsvetnoy complex is located in Downtown Moscow. The 60 second commercial shows Naomi enjoying a day in the life of a resident of the multi-use complex – including the luxury apartment, workout facilities, office space, and restaurants. In various stages of undress, of course.

Hopefully Naomi didn’t throw her phone at anyone while filming this ad.  Click through to check it out. (Read the article)

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The ITV Dancing on Ice audience got a bit of unexpected news from judge Emma Bunton.

The former Baby Spice Girl announced her engagement to long-term boyfriend Jade Jones on the program on Sunday, January 23rd. Bunton revealed the happy news to her costars and fellow judges during a commercial break and when the show returned live, she flashed her engagement ring to the crowd.

The 35 year-old Bunton and 31 year-old Jones have been together for 11 years. Jones was in the British boy band Damages before his current career: chef.

The couple have one child together, son Beau, and Bunton announced her second pregnancy in November 2010.

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Happy Birthday to Mariska Hargitay – still kicking butt as Det. Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU (watch the February episodes promo below.)

Others who share her b-day:

1944 - Rutger Hauer, actor, Bladerunner
1950 – Richard Dean Anderson, actor, MacGuyver
1955 – Robin Zander, musician, Cheap Trick
1963 – Gail O’Grady, actress, NYPD Blue, Hellcats
1964 – Mariska Hargitay, actress L&O: SVU
1974 – Tiffani Amber Theissen, actress, White Collar
1985 – Doutzen Kroes, model, Victoria’s Secret

Here is the NBC promo for new February episodes of SVU.  (Read the article)

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Heather Graham looked awfully cute at a special screening of the upcoming IFC series Portlandia.   This is the second cute dark blue  dress I’ve seen on the red carpets in a week… trend alert?

Portlandia is a new six-episode sketch comedy series on IFC starring SNL’s Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein.    Set in Portland, Oregon, it affectionately portrays the “absurdity” of the local culture and is filmed entirely on location with no studio sets.

Did you catch it when it premiered this weekend?  Check it out!    And don’t miss more pics of Heather after the jump. (Read the article)

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Megan Fox isn’t the only hottie striking a sexy pose for Emporio Armani this season.  Her male counterpart in Armani’s current campaign is tennis great Rafael Nadal, and anyone who likes a mostly-naked, muscular male body will enjoy these ads.   In one ad, Rafael appears in naught but his skivvies; his ad for Armani jeans shows him in an identical pose to Megan’s denim ad.

Who do you think is the hotter Armani model – Megan or Rafael?  It’s a pretty hard call (pun intended?).   Drop a comment and tell us what you think.

Photo Source:  Daily Mail

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The Vampire Diaries is set to return Thursday, January 27th with new episodes and another hot promo has surfaced for the show.

Paul Wesley is Stefan Salvatore, the other sexy brother from the hit CW show, and he gets his due in this poster with the tagline: “There’s A Reason He Always Gets The Girl.”

Ready for a little spoiler? If you are, hit the link to continue on.

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Chloe Sevigny is trying to set the record straight.

The Big Love star had been paired with Jersey Shore star Pauly D as her new boyfriend after they were photographed sitting next to each other at a Knicks game. When she sat down with Interview magazine, the actress was asked about the dating rumor and said:

“No, but I wish, because that would be hilarious. That would be the weirdest couple in the world. It would be like the apocalypse.”

Sevigny thinks that they are so opposite it would be a very bizarre experience but if it came down to it, the DJ would be her choice:

“I think it’s because we’re both kind of extreme. We represent extremes, in opposite directions. So for us two to come together, it would be a very strange meeting of the minds or colliding of two worlds. I haven’t watched that many episodes, but of the ones I have… if I were to pick one of the dudes on the show, I’d definitely pick him.”

Sevigny is back at work on the HBO series Big Love, filming the final season and is also the February cover of Japan’s Ginza magazine (above.)

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Camilla Belle is the lovely cover model for the January issue of Jezebel magazine.

The 24 year-old actress sat down for the interview at The Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel and told the magazine she’s proud that Hollywood hasn’t changed her.

“All my friends and my family say, ‘You haven’t changed, you stay the same person.’ That’s my biggest accomplishment, staying strong and not changing, not being fed off this weird energy that exists in this business.”

The Push star, who has been acting since she was a toddler, is smart enough to not believe her own hype and holds dear her family and true friends.

“If you believe all those things that people tell you when they are kissing your butt, that’s the worst thing you could do,” she declares. “You have to know who your real friends are, who actually cares about you and [what’s in] your best interest.”

Belle’s new movie, From Prada to Nada opens January 28th.

Check out more photos of Belle at the premiere of Prada and see how gorgeous she looked. (Read the article)

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