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The Los Angeles Police robbery and homicide division has been assigned to investigate the death of Michael Jackson, department officials said today. "There is no immediate indication of a crime," a police official told ABC News, "but because of the high profile nature of the case the robbery and homicide detectives with review all evidence and work with the coroner's office." Los Angeles police were reported to be seeking a doctor who was with Jackson when he collapsed yesterday at his rented mansion in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles. The LAPD is also reportedly searching for a doctor who...

It is not surprising that such far left Hollywood celebrities as Sean Pean and Danny Glover would support an outright communist dictatorship in Cuba but many other seemingly sane folks also have expressed their sympathy for Fidel Castro. I'm talking about people like Kevin Costner and Steven Spielberg. Costner is not known for any extreme leftwing politics and Spielberg, while liberal, has embarrassed himself with his support for the communist regime. Why? Well, we might have the answer: blackmail. According to an article by Humberto Fontova pubished in the Canada Free Press, it was the task of a high ranking...

Last night’s Costume Institute Gala was probably the biggest red carpet event of the year, as it gathered all of the fashion elite including designers, models, and celebs in a stylish symphony of luxurious glamour and elegance. Dream dresses, radiant attendees, more beauty than ones eyes could safely behold, together in glorious aesthetic reverence. If only they could stage such a magnificient soiree every day!

When celebs like Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Demi Moore and Eva Mendes gather at one location, they literally take turns outshining each other. This is what happened at last night’s Cartier 100th Anniversary in America Celebration. Anne Hathaway appeared wearing a modified version of a Jill Stuart Fall 2009 lacy dress.

Celebrities Can Just Waltz Into the White House Whenever They WantBy Pareene, 3:08 PM on Wed Apr 22 2009 So this morning, Usher just showed up at the White House, apparently uninvited, and he and his entourage just walked in the northwest gate. But President Obama wasn't home. Informed that Obama had just left for Iowa and wouldn't be inside, the singer seemed disappointed. "He did?" he said. What an odd story! Usher just came over for a chat, apparently. And there is an open door-to-R&B superstars policy, at the White House, even when the President is a thousand miles...

Earth Day Poseurs by The Daily Beast April 21, 2009 | 10:35pm As we fete all things green, The Daily Beast looks at six environmentally friendly faces who have some explaining to do to Mother Nature. (Simon, Barbra, Madonna—she’s listening.)Those who live in solar houses shouldn't throw stones, and yet an increasing number of celebrities are jumping on the green bandwagon before taking a look into their own public records. They're not exactly hypocrites, and most of the time Barbra Streisand and Al Gore (especially Al Gore) direct the public's attention to unsexy topics like climate change. But beneath...

Lindsay Lohan's eHarmony Profile

Lindsay Lohan's new post-breakup makeover hasn't won over singer Steve Nicks, who was less-than-impressed to hear that the troubled starlet is desperate to play her on film. "Over my dead body," the 60-year-old singer told the New York Times after learning that Lohan was interested in buying the rights to her life story in order to nab the lead role.

Hollywood has come to the White House. The latest celeb to be granted an audience with President Barack Obama is Brad Pitt, who was smuggled into the White House yesterday for talks about "green housing" in New Orleans. A couple of weeks back, it was George Clooney who met President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the White House to discuss Darfur. Afterwards, Clooney told reporters that he'd been assured by "the administration" that a "full-time, high-level envoy" to the region would be appointed. Also in on the White House meeting with Pitt was energy czar Carol Browner....

THE Obamas have promised to turn the White House into the “people’s house”, and as luck would have it the people visiting just happen to include George Clooney and Brad Pitt. They are not only two of the world’s biggest stars but are also leading players in the new “celebriplomacy”. Washington used to be known as “Hollywood for ugly people”, but the bold and beautiful are flocking to the capital. Pitt slipped quietly into the White House last week for a private audience with the president in the Oval Office. History does not record whether he met Michelle Obama or...

There's an oft-quoted joke from Chris Rock's infamous 1996 comedy show 'Bring the Pain,' in which Rock, after listing a variety of alleged infractions the murdered Nicole Brown Simpson had committed against O.J. Simpson, says "I'm not saying he should have killed her, but I understand." Hilarious, right? I probably laughed at that once. But it's not funny at all. Lately, I've seen this quote invoked in comment sections across the blogosphere in reference to the Chris Brown and Rihanna saga. Apparently, it's not so much a "joke" as it is a popular and accepted attitude toward violence against women...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kAw4OTlA0&feature=related [Watch till the very end].

Check out this inauguration day “Presidential Pledge” video produced by aging starlet Demi Moore and her son husband Ashton Kutcher. It’s a perfect stage for a few big stars and a ton of wannabe big stars to reveal the depth of their newly discovered love for America. Here’s how the Moore and Kutcher describe their work: “Reflecting Barack’s call for change, the film features over 50 of the biggest stars in Hollywood revealing how they plan to personally participate in keeping America strong, proud and green.” We’re into pop culture in a big way here at IHTM. For god’s sake,...

President Barack Obama has an unusual ability to bring out the best in his enemies and the worst in his friends. Which is why former foe John McCain was leading the push for a Senate vote on Hillary Clinton as secretary of state; and why the most disturbing Obama video you’ll see this year was just posted by his biggest fans. Demi Moore and her boy toy Ashton Kutcher have put together a YouTube video called “The Pledge,” in which a cast of celebrities and semi-celebs pledge their service to Obama. Literally. The video starts harmlessly enough, with Hollywoodies like...

Many of the celebrities that were central to demonizing and making life impossible for President Bush for eight loathsome years NOW want to help with the heavy lifting of bringing America back together under President Barack Obama. Witness Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s cavalcade of shiny, happy situational patriots appearing in a derivative public servitude announcement: A “Presidential Pledge” to President Barack Obama. Forgive and forget? Right. President Bush was not holding back Moore from “free[ing] one million people from slavery in the next five years.” Nor was he holding back the Obama-biquitous Will.I.Am from “chang[ing] how [he] live[s].” Ditto:...

<p>Many of the celebrities that were central to demonizing and making life impossible for President Bush for eight loathsome years NOW want to help with the heavy lifting of bringing America back together under President Barack Obama.</p> <p>Witness Demi Moore and Aston Kutcher’s cavalcade of shiny, happy situational patriots appearing in a derivative public servitude video campaign: A “Presidential Pledge” to President Barack Obama.</p>

LOOKS like the party really is over. The days before a Hollywood awards ceremony were once a wonderland of fab freebies - fully loaded Mexico vacations! Private jet vouchers! $100 diamond Havaianas! - but just days before Sunday's Golden Globes, gifting suites have been reduced to serving Bundt cakes, pizza and toothpaste. Stuff you wouldn't want even if they were giving it away. Oh. Wait. "Companies don't even have budgets to pay their own marketing staff, let alone participate in gifting lounges. There is barely anything going on at the Golden Globes in terms of gifting - and Sundance will...

When during a pre-election debate Barack Obama and John McCain both said that an apparent rise in autism cases might be connected to vaccines, those who knew better squirmed at the lack of scientific knowledge of the two remaining presidential candidates on this topic. In fact, studies have found no link between autism and vaccines. But televised statements by such high-profile people have a way of perpetuating myths. In it's third annual report, the UK group Sense about Science calls the two candidates out on the inaccurate statements, along with a long list of celebrities' scientifically inaccurate claims.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2008 – Actor and director Ben Affleck and other celebrities joined more than 1,000 volunteers over the weekend to put together care packages for deployed troops at the National Guard Armory in Van Nuys, Calif. Actor and director Ben Affleck helps Operation Gratitude volunteers assemble care packages for deployed troops in the National Guard Armory in Van Nuys, Calif. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Operation Gratitude, a California-based troop-support group, organized the event that also included actress and model Kathy Ireland and “Days of Our Lives” soap opera stars Deidre Hall, Jay Kenneth...

When they are not wearing elegant black little dresses under the limelight, the stars go casual off the red carpet in all-black ensembles. To rescue their outfits from dullness, celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon and Victoria Beckham accessorize with bright scarves, riding boots, expensive bags and sunglasses. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy