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Janet Jackson has canceled her fourth show in less than a week because of an undisclosed illness.
A statement from Jackson said she arrived in Greensboro, N.C., hoping to perform there Saturday, but a local doctor advised that she not perform after it became “evident” she was not fully recovered.
Representatives for the 42-year-old singer say she became “suddenly ill” and was hospitalized Monday night in Montreal shortly after she arrived for a show. She also canceled concerts in Boston and Philadelphia on Wednesday and Thursday.
Jackson’s publicist did not elaborate Saturday, only saying she was “recuperating.”
Jackson is on her first North American tour in seven years.
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John Stamos, Donald Trump & More Turn Out For Howard Stern Wedding
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A host of stars including John Stamos, Donald Trump and Barbara Walters turned up at the Le Cirque restaraunt in New York City on Friday night for the wedding of Howard Stern and model Beth Ostrosky.
Dressed in a grey suit and on the arm of a pretty brunette, Stamos turned up grinning as he headed into the ceremony. Though they split earlier this summer, former couple Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman walked in together, Access can report.
But it was Howard and his bride Beth who made the biggest entrance. The couple made a very untraditional arrival – turning up together.
“I can’t wait to marry Howard,” Beth told Newsday before the wedding, according to the Associated Press. “I know, everyone laughs!”
Chauffeured in a black limo, Howard exited the vehicle first, while Beth went in a short while later.
The bride wore a white gown designed by Georgina Chapman with a white shawl-like wrap to stave off the New York City cold.
Other stars attending the ceremony included “Live’s” Kelly Ripa, whose husband Mark Consuelos was ordained as a minister specifically to marry Howard and Beth.
Barbara Walters, Billy Joel and his wife Katie Lee Joel, Joan and Melissa Rivers, Artie Lang, Steve Schirippa, and Denise Rich also were spotted attending the event, with Joel reportedly performing his hit “The Stranger.” According to the Associated Press, a total of 180 guests attended the ceremony, dining on tuna tataki, scrambled eggs with white truffles and striped bass with caviar.
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Lindsay & Samantha Get Cozy on Diddy's Yacht in Cannes By Brian Orloff and David Caplan
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The pair stuck together all night, holding hands and being affectionate. While the two say they're just friends, they're frequent travel and party companions – with Lohan, 21, joining Ronson for many of her deejay sets.
Mom Dina Lohan also recently talked to PEOPLE about Ronson, calling her "a sweetheart."
"She's great – and she's the best spinner around," Lohan tells PEOPLE. And while their daughters are pals, so is Dina and Ronson's mother, writer Ann Dexter-Jones: "I'm friends with her mom," Lohan says. "She's raised some extremely talented kids. It's a talented family."
NEW YORK, New York -- Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Charlize Theron were among the celebrities who appeared at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating the relationship between music and fashion. They walked the red carpet Friday night at Radio City Music Hall amid a media circus angling for glamour shots of other stars including Fergie, Rihanna, Chris Brown and the “Gossip Girl” gang. Brown, the R&B heartthrob, soaked up all the attention with a smile as he showed off his dapper ensemble of a black vest and shirt, gray pants, shiny shoes and diamond stud earrings. “To be a musician and a great entertainer, you have to be a trendsetter. To be a trendsetter, you have to know fashion — and I have fun with it,” explained the singer, who later changed into khakis and a black shirt and scarf for a performance of his hit song “Forever.” The event will air Tuesday in a two-hour special on CBS. Proceeds will benefit Stand Up To Cancer, a program established by the Entertainment Industry Foundation to raise money for cancer research. Stand Up To Cancer held a live telethon that aired simultaneously on ABC, NBC and CBS on Friday night. Fashion Rocks provided a live feed to the fundraising show of a performance of more than a dozen divas — including Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Natasha Bedingfield, Fergie, Rihanna and Cyrus — who gathered on stage to sing their new charity song, “Just Stand Up.” Theron and fellow Oscar winner Hilary Swank introduced the ladies’ collaboration. Bedingfield said she lost her grandmother to the disease several years ago, and was thrilled to share the spotlight with the other singers. “This is the first time we’re all together singing the song,” she said backstage. “It was really special. It was really like a sisterhood, like a bond. … We’re all used to being the stars — the only star in the room — and it was really nice I think that everyone could just come together and really support each other.” Other performers included Timberlake, Kid Rock, Keith Urban, Duffy, the Pussycat Dolls and the Black Eyed Peas. A highlight was Timberlake and Beyonce’s sizzling duet of “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” which channeled the soulful sound of the classic song’s original singers, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Stars mingled and sipped cocktails backstage in the green room, where Leighton Meester of the CW teen drama “Gossip Girl” and her actor-beau Sebastian Stan hung out before she introduced Duffy’s performance of “Mercy.” Meester’s “Gossip” co-star Chace Crawford chatted up actress Hayden Panettiere, who embraced her rock-star side in a silver Ferragamo minidress and black heels. “I usually try to mix class and then really funk it out,” Panettiere said of her personal style. “It’s rock meets class. I try — not always succeed, but I try.” Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Don’t let the celebrities at a Jermaine Dupri party distract you from partying, or you might get an admonishment from the host himself. “At Jermaine Dupri parties, (people) don’t stand around taking pictures,” he said, in more colorful language, as some at his MTV “Video Music Awards” kickoff party focused their cameras on stars in the crowd Friday night. “It’s star-studded all around this (place).” The superproducer and sometime rapper threw the party, along with his Tag Records, to kick off the weekend of parties being held for Sunday’s MTV “VMAs” and to promote the label’s new artist, rapper Q, who performed. Dupri might have been generous by describing the crowd as “star-studded”: The biggest celebrity sighting was that of actor Taye Diggs and rapper Fabolous. Angela and Vanessa Simmons of MTV’s reality show “Run’s House” also attended. Still, the celebrity quotient didn’t seem to influence how much fun the crowd had. The dance floor was packed into the early morning as old-school rapper D-Nice worked the turntables, providing a steady stream of hip-hop hits to keep the party jumping. Dupri’s party was just one of the pre-“VMA” events being held on Friday that lured celebrities. Earlier, the Gibson guitar company hosted a gifting suite that drew stars including reality TV villain Omorosa and “Grey’s Anatomy’s” Justin Chambers, his wife and their children. Chambers wasn’t sure if he would attend Sunday’s “VMAs,” but said there was one celebrity he was looking forward to seeing on the broadcast. “I hear Britney Spears is opening up. I don’t know if I’m excited but I would like to see her make a comeback from last year,” referring to the pop queen’s disastrous kickoff performance at the 2007 “VMAs.” Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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