Gwen Stefani has been heavily influenced by Harajuku street style over the years and the singer is stepping up to the plate to help during Japan’s time of need.

The No Doubt front woman is donating $1 million to Save the Children’s Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund and will continue her efforts to raise money by launching a charity auction on the band’s website next week.

Stefani said “I’ve been inspired by Japan for many years and have a true love, appreciation and respect for the Japanese people and their culture. The disaster in Japan is beyond heartbreaking and I want to do anything I can to help. I would never be able to make a gesture like this without the love and support of all the fans over all these years.”

Save The Children praised the singer for her donation.

“We are very grateful to have such a generous donation from Gwen Stefani for our relief efforts in Japan,” said Charles MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children  “Save the Children has been in Japan for 25 years and we are working closely with our teams on the ground to address the immediate and ongoing needs of children and their families whose lives were turned upside down by this tragedy.”

Stefani will auction off a chance to join her at a fundraising event in Los Angeles and she has designed a special limited edition Harajuku lovers t-shirt that you can purchase at NoDoubt’s website. 100% of the proceeds will go to Japan relief efforts.

Keep an eye on the website for the auction next week.

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Boardwalk Empire actress Paz de la Huerta was arrested in New York City on Tuesday night after an alleged assault over the weekend.

The actress got into a scuffle with former City star Samantha Swetra and de la Huerta threw a glass at Swerta, allegedly punched her in the face at a party Sunday evening.

TMZ reports that Paz and Samantha argued at The Standard Hotel over a male companion and that Swetra made “snide remarks” about how drunk de la Huerta supposedly was.

Swetra had glass shards in her leg which friends had to help remove and Paz was removed by security.

The actress of the award winning Empire is making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. In January the site also reported that de la Huerta was denied access to a Golden Globes party because she was too drunk.

Paz is due back in court on April 18th.

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Keira Knightley gets frisky with Argentine hunk Alberto Amman in the short film Coco Mademoiselle.

The actress is a Chanel daredevil on a motorbike through the streets of Paris in the clip directed by Pride & Prejudice helmer Joe Wright.

The 25 year-old is sensuous, glamorous and fabulous with sexy glances as she entices her photographer with zippers being peeled back to show a little skin.

“It’s A Man’s, Man’s World” is her soundtrack but Coco Mademoiselle owns her life.

Mr. Amman – what a sexy surprise he is!

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Evan Rachel Wood showed off her new honey blonde hair at the New York premiere of Mildred Pierce on Monday night and the actress had a very interesting topic for reporters.

The actress, who chose a plum colored Elie Saab dress for the red carpet said her costar, Kate Winslet acted as a sort of nudity coach for her and that she had to don a merkin, a hair piece for her vajayjay, for time period authenticity.

“Let’s just say, I had to wear a wig because it was in the 30s, and everything had to look like it was in the 30s,” Evan Rachel explained.

But doing a full frontal nude scene was intimidating and the actress needed encouragement from her costar.

She contined, “I looked at Kate and she was like, ‘You’ve got to do it. Trust me, it’s so brave. Put a merkin on and you’ll be fine.’”

More photos of Wood at the premiere are below. (Read the article)

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Vanessa Hudgens will sit in the chair on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today and she gives the talk show host “I’m single” answer about her relationship with her Journey 2 costar, Josh Hutcherson, who she’s been seen around L.A. with a few times recently.

Ellen: I know that you’re out of a relationship now. Are you friendly [with Zac]? That’s hard to be in the business because you’re both successful and bound to run into each other.
Vanessa: No, we’re good. After being in a relationship with someone that long, you stay friends.
Ellen: How long were you together with Zac?
Vanessa: Five years.
Ellen: Five years. Wow, that’s a long time. But you’re friendly?
Vanessa: Yes.
Ellen: Are you single now or you dating?
Vanessa: Yes, I’m single.
Ellen: You’re single? But there’s a guy, I saw a picture of, that is saying you’re dating.
Vanessa: Can’t a girl have friends?
Ellen: Yes, they can. But there’s a guy that looks like he’s more than a friend.
Show photo of Josh Hutcherson
Vanessa: Aww, I love him. We just did a movie together and we had the best time.
Ellen: What movie did you do?
Vanessa: It’s called “Journey To Mysterious Island.” I shot in North Carolina

Watch her appearance on Wednesday’s show to see if she addresses the nude photo scandal and her visit to the FBI to help track the hacker!

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The next Chronicles of Narnia movie will be The Magicians Nephew, not the next book in the series which would have been The Silver Chair.

Walden Media co-founder and president Michael Flaherty has revealed to The Christian Post that if there will be another “Narnia” movie, it will be The Magician’s Nephew and not The Silver Chair as many fans has expected.

“We are starting to talk to Fox and talk to the C.S. Lewis estate now about the Magician’s Nephew being our next film,” Flaherty said. “If we can all agree to move forward, then what we would do is find someone to write the script. So, it could still be a couple of years.”

This is a very smart move on Walden‘s part, out of all the books I think The Magician’s Nephew is the best suited to be a film. I think it will pull in a lot of the audience these movies may have lost. I’ve always loved these books, I hope they can take The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew to a whole new level than all the last films.

Source: Coming Soon

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Dwayne Johnson is in negotiations to star in the upcoming action thriller Snitch.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in negotiations to star in Snitch, an action thriller which Ric Roman Waugh is writing and directing for Exclusive Media…

…The script centers on a suburban father who is hit hard when his teenage son is sentenced to 30 years under mandatory minimum drug laws. In order to reduce his son’s sentence, the father goes undercover to serve up a senior drug dealer. The story is based on a Frontlinedocumentary.

Sounds like a good fit for him, thankfully the story has more depth than just a standard shoot-em-up action flick. I think Dwayne Johnson has proved he can do more than the basic run and gun. I’m glad he’s getting another chance to show more of his acting chops with this one. What do you think? Should he just stick to pure steroids and action?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Oscar winning actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79 surrounded by family in Los Angeles, California at Cedars Sinai Hospital.

The two time Academy Award winner was hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure and while she suffered some setbacks, she had stabilized and hoped to be released.

Taylor’s children Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton were present, according to Taylor’s publicist Sally Morrison.

“My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love,” Michael Wilding said in a statement. “Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman, and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS, all make us all incredibly proud of what she accomplished. We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will live forever in our hearts.”

The family is requesting that in lieu of flowers, donations are made to Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Personal messages may be left at the actress’ official Facebook page.

Taylor first rose to fame at the age of 12 in National Velvet and went on to star in so many memorable films from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly, Last Summer were just a few of her iconic roles. She won the Academy Award for her performance in Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe.

The actress’ personal life was constantly featured in gossip columns. Her marriages, divorces, health problems and weight gain were documented in unprecedented ways.

Actors Richard Burton and Eddie Fisher were among her 8 marriages to 7 husbands and both marriages brought her an incredible notoriety but it was later in life that Taylor became just as famous for her AIDS activism and charity after her friend Rock Hudson succumbed to the disease.

RIP Beautiful Liz.

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Nene Leakes stops by The Ellen DeGeneres Show today and tells the host that her Celebrity Apprentice cast mate, Star Jones, is “manipulative.”

Ellen: Do you think they’re showing everybody accurately? Are we seeing everyone’s personalities?
Nene: I believe that you are. Big bossy Star. Laid back Nene. You are seeing all of that.
Ellen: Now, when you say, “Big bossy Star,” because you’re not getting along with Star from what I see right now.
Nene: We are okay right now.
Ellen: A few people don’t get along with Star.
Nene: I don’t think anybody is getting along with Star. I don’t think she’s easy to get along with. She’s a tough girl. We’re kind of okay. I’m trying to feel her out right now.
Ellen: What happened to cause the riff?
Nene: Well, I just think Star is manipulative. You don’t want me to really break it down now?
Ellen: No, I do.
Nene: I will tell it like it is. I will try to not tell it like it is is, but I will tell it like it is. She is bossy, she is manipulative, conniving. And I’m not even being funny. I think that is real. I honestly think that is who she is.
Ellen: Now, do you think she thinks she is those things? I think she knows she has a strong personality and she’s controlling.
Nene: She is controlling. I think that she knows. Yeah. She looks in the mirror, she better know.
Ellen: You started as friends though.
Nene: No. We weren’t friends. I will say this, when I walked into the situation, I tried to walk in with no preconceived notions. I was just thinking, “Okay, I’m going to do the show. I’m going to get to know who Star is.” I think she had preconceived notions of who she thought I was just from watching me on the “Housewives.” I think she thought I was going to come in and take over. I tried to get to know her. Some people are difficult to get to know. She’s not easiest person to get to know. She is a disaster.

Watch Ellen on Wednesday to see the rest of her interview.

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Taylor Swift stopped by BBC’s The One Show on Monday, March 21st for a chat about everything from music to double decker buses.

The 21 year-old is touring in the UK and is spending her free time exploring London especially one of her favorite places:

“I’m obsessed with Portobello Road,” she says.

She also shares how country music topics are expanding, saying the old stereotype is not true.

“I think that there are so many different kinds of country artists,” Swift said. “They sing about their lives. Every artist in country music right now was raised a different way. And so, yeah, some people sing about pickup trucks, and some people sing about bars and whiskey, and I sing about love and breakups.”

The “Back to December” singer says family and friends realize she will write about anything that inspires her and no one is exempt.

“Everyone in my life kinda knows that nobody has a safety pass,” Swift explains. “Anybody can be factored into a verse or chorus at some point.”

Check out all the photos of Taylor and the interview below.

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