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 Courteney Cox shocked a paparazzo who was trying to snap a picture of her and her family at Disneyland by asking him for his help on her new TV series. Cox is starring in the new TV show "Dirt," about the world of a fictional celebrity tabloid, and wanted information to help make the show more authentic. She explains,"I came up to him and said, ‘Look, you can stay in the park, but I need your phone number and I want to do some research for our show with you and he came into the writer’s room and talked." Cox insists the new show isn’t about her getting back at celebrity magazines, adding, "This is absolutely no revenge on the tabloid media. There’s no way really to pay back the paparazzi. If anything, it’s going to get worse, probably, because if they watch this, I can only imagine it getting worse. I’m not paying anyone back, it’s really just a good TV show."
Starpulse (story) and Celebrity Babylon (photo)
Hey why not go to the experts, smart move!
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Top Idol on the top 200 album chart: Carrie. No. 6 last week, she shot to No. 4, selling 292,000 copies (up about 47% over the previous week. For purposes of comparison, overall album sales, in the week leading up to Christmas, were up 34%.). Her total is 4.59 million.
No. 2 Idol: Daughtry. His sales were up nearly 40%, 250,000 compared to 181,000, and he crossed the magic 1 million line in actual sales (1.04, to be exact, in a rounded-off kind of way). He also went down on the chart, from No. 7 to No. 8, but that won’t dampen the celebration. It’s Not Over looks like a multi-format radio hit, too.
No. 3 Idol: Taylor. He fell from 2 to 15 on the chart, and his sales dropped from 298,000 to 202,000. That approximately 32% drop would normally be in the acceptable range, but not in a week when overall sales were up 34%. If sales normalize in the next couple of weeks, he could be facing a massive plunge. On the other hand, he did top 500,000 in two weeks.
No. 4 Idol: Kellie. Held her own pretty well, taking only a slight chart drop (56 to 61) and selling 63,000, up from 45,000 the previous week. Total is 336,000.
No. 5 Idol: Fantasia. Serious fan base evaporation. The album fell from No. 19 to No. 63, selling 62,000, down about 53% from the first week. Total is 195,000, which is, in some form of consolation, better than Ruben’s total already.
No. 6 Idol: Clay. Dropped from 124 to 143 on the chart, but sold around 20% better, 23,000 compared to 19,000, and his total is 483,000, so close to half a million he can taste it. His Merry Christmas With Love album nearly equaled A Thousand Different Ways this week, selling 21,000 (22,000 the previous week; total 1.3 million).
And, sadly, there is no No. 7 Idol. Ruben dropped off the chart in the most painful way imaginable. He sold more than 50% more albums last week, a tad less than 14,800 compared to 9,700, but the No. 200 album on the chart sold 14,803! Ruben’s total stands at 181,000.
Idol Chatter
Is it wrong for me to take pleasure on the failure of Taylor, Fantasia and Ruben’s albums? I have a friend that I have argued with for years and told her that they do not have mass appeal…and I was right and she is wrong! My guys might go out early, but they last longer on the charts, ie Clay and Daugtry!!! You go boys!! Sorry Taylor your 15 minutes up, and after a few appearances on AI6 you will slowly disappear from the limelight. I also have a feeling that J-Records is going to quietly drop both Ruben and Fantasia shortly after the new year.
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The relationship between Britney Spears and music producer JR Rotem, 31, is heating up. Friends say the pair talk on the phone every day and have been regularly enjoying romantic, candlelit take-out dinners at JR’s Beverly Hills home. They talk all night and she often stays over. "I really care about her," JR tells In Touch. "She is unique and has a great personality." Friends say that JR will be a good influence on Britney. "I am clean and sober," he tells In Touch. "I don’t even drink coffee." JR wants the same for Britney. "He told her he doesn’t like her partying," says the insider. "He wants her to take herself more seriously."
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban plan to start the new year off right. Now that Keith has completed his stint in rehab for alcohol abuse, the couple is planning to renew their vows in a tropical paradise. Their private ceremony will take place on the Caribbean island of St. John, at the home of their pal country singer Kenny Chesney. “They both agree that the second time is the charm,” a friend of Keith tells OK!. “It’s a gorgeous place — romantic as it gets — and the perfect location for a second wedding and honeymoon.”
