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The actress — who raises son Auden, 9, with her Olympic volleyball player husband Christian “Chip” McCaw — says she’s banned her boy from watching the television because she doesn’t want him growing up addicted to the small screen.
Supermodel-cum-Hollywood actress Amber Valletta hit the runway in her late teens, and, though a frequent presence in fashion ads for several years prior, first made national headlines in July 1993. That summer, under representation by Boss Models, the svelte 19-year-old Oklahoman blonde upstaged.

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Showbiz Spy - The Gone Till November rapper — who’s currently raising money for victims on the Haiti earthquake — apparently demanded $100,000 to appear at charity fundraiser in 2006.WYCLEF Jean isn’t as charitable as he seems.Internal e-mails, obtained by Gawker, show that FXB International — a French charity — were forced to cancel a benefit concert to raise funds to build a new school and community center in the village of Lasere, Jean’s hometown, because the singer’s personal performance fee made the event too expensive.

MAD MEN star Christina Hendricks is getting ready for the SAG Awards and needs your help deciding what to wear! Christina explains to Hollywood 411 how fans can vote online for her red carpet gown. The SAG Awards are auctioning an "Extra" TV Set Visit Basket -- featuring Mario Lopez's children's book, Mud Tacos! Plus, his fitness book Knockout Fitness, an autographed photo of Mario, and a visit to the "Extra" set!

Showbiz Spy -The British actress says she’s a huge fan of the monarchy.JULIE Andrews insists England would a “much sadder country” without Queen Elizabeth.The Sound of Music star then debunked claims she’d had restorative vocal surgery — but admits her voice isn’t want it was.“There was an erroneous announcement that I’d had restorative vocal surgery and I have not,” Andrews insisted. “I could never pretend that I sing as I used to. I have a few good bass notes, so I can do a great ‘Ol Man River,’ and I can sing-speak a little bit. I am going on a small international tour later this year, doing a beautiful concert of music that I debuted last year in America.”

LOS ANGELES -- Film director Roman Polanski lost his bid Friday to be sentenced without returning to the U.S. when a judge ruled the director must be present in court if he wants to resolve his 32-year-old sex case.Reiterating Polanski was a fugitive from justice, Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza said he was acting to protect "the dignity of the court."Bart Dalton, a lawyer for Polanski, said the ruling would be appealed.Before the hearing, the judge provided lawyers with his 11-page tentative decision denying the request by the 76-year-old Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.Lawyers Chad Hummel, who represents Polanski, and Lawrence Silver, who represents victim Samantha Geimer, tried to convince Espinoza to change his mind.But Espinoza cited a law that says someone who flees is not entitled to the processes of the court unless they return. The judge also cited the length of time Polanski had been a fugitive and the deterrent factor for others who might consider fleeing to escape justice.Deputy District Attorney David Walgren argued vehemently against Polanski's bid to be sentenced without returning to this country from Switzerland, where he is under house arrest and fighting extradition.

Birth Name:
Lucille Francis Ryan

Nickname:
Unco, short for Uncoordinated
Loo
Luce
LL
Flawless

Date of Birth:
29 March 1968, Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand

Height:
5' 11" (1.80 m)

Mini Biography:
Born on the 29th of March in 1968, the New Zealand superstar has most recently starred in the hit TV show Battlestar Gallactica. Lucy was also in several made-for-TV movies including: Locusts, Vampire Bats and Footballers Wives.
New Zealand icon Lucy Lawless, is most famously known for her role as Xena the Warrior Princess but her talent has exceeded that as you can see in her other roles.
Lucy also lent her voice to the straight-to-video movies: Justice League: The New Frontier and Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight.
Currently, in 2008 she is living in the USA and is married to Robert Tapert, with 3 children.

Spouse:
Robert G. Tapert (28 March 1998 - present) 2 children
Garth Lawless (1988 - 1995) (divorced) 1 daughter

Trivia:
Son, Julius Robert Bay Tapert, born in New Zealand. [16 October 1999]
Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
fractured her pelvis after falling from a horse. She was practicing a scene for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) . [October 1996]

Daughter, with Garth Lawless, Daisy (born 1989).
Studied drama at the William Davis Center for Actors Study, under William B. Davis. [1991]
Gave birth to third child, Judah Miro Tapert, May 7, 2002 in New Zealand: weight 8 lbs, 8 ounces. It's her second child with Robert Tapert.

Lucy suffered a miscarriage immediately following the filming of the last episode of Xena. She considered canceling the appearance she was to make with Xena partner 'Renée O'Connor (I)' (Gabrielle) at a fan convention. However, she decided to showed up despite the tragic event just a few days earlier and even though Renee was 6 months pregnant with her first baby.
Sister-in-law of actress Mary Beth Tapert.

Wanted to be an opera singer until she was 16. Then she learned they have a strict diet and can't stay out all night. After that she changed her mind but still sings.

Watch Lucy Lawless Exclusive Interview 01/21/2010. New Zealand icon Lucy Lawless, is most famously known for her role as Xena the Warrior Princess but her talent has exceeded that as you can see in her other roles.

PASADENA — Lucy Lawless used a lot of sweat and swordplay to become a female action hero in “Xena: Warrior Princess.” She didn’t mind the swords.She sweated her way through countless action scenes for six years before turning to less physical — and more modern — roles in “Battlestar Galactica,” “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami” and “The L Word.”
Lawless has returned to the genre that brought her so much fame to star in the new Starz series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.” It launches at 10 p.m. Friday.
She finds her role in “Spartacus” interesting indeed, comparing the manipulative, scheming and sexually charged Lucretia to Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth.
The series features nudity and the idea made Lawless nervous. But she says the sexual element is an important part of the story.“Lucy might not want to do it, but it is truthful and right for the character,” Lawless says. “In Rome, all bets are off. The nudity fulfills the scenes properly, and because of that, you just can’t hold back because of your own ego.

LONDON — Emmet Mannion, a representative for Russell Brand, says the 34-year-old British actor-comedian has proposed to Perry. No wedding date was announced in the statement, issued Wednesday, and no other details were available.Perry's hits include "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot N Cold."
Brand met Perry, 25, when he hosted last year's MTV Video Music Awards and she performed.

New York Daily News: The line-up for 2010's Coachella fest has just been announced, and it features no fewer than 130 acts, spaced over three music packed days.Get ready for the credible-rock pile-on of the year.Headlining the event, which has become the most esteemed music festival of the last decade, will be Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz - on April 16th, 17th and 18th, respectively.
Tickets for the 11-year-old event - which takes place in the Coachella Valley outside L.A. - will go on sale Jan. 22nd at 10 a.m. (New York has its own, scaled-down equivalent that takes place in August, called All Points West).
Featured musicians at this dense event range from Pavement to Thom Yorke, to Them Crooked Vultures to Phoenix. Tix to attend all three days will run you $269, plus those nasty surcharges. You can also buy duckets for individual days.
For the first time this year, fans will have "in-and-out" priviledges, which means you don't have to stay on site the whole weekend.

GREASE star JEFF CONAWAY was admitted to hospital on Monday (18Jan10), after suffering a brain haemorrhage in a freak fall.The 59 year old tumbled down the stairs of his California home and was taken to a Los Angeles medical facility by ambulance.He suffered a broken hip, a broken arm, a fractured neck and a brain haemorrhage in the accident and is set to undergo surgery.Conaway most recently appeared on U.S. TV show Celebrity Rehab in 2008 in a bid to conquer his drink and drug demons.

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Wyclef Jean on Ground in Haiti - STATE OF EMERGENCY - HELP

Desperately needed aid from around the world is slowly making its way into Haiti, where a leadership vacuum is leaving rescuers scrambling on their own to save the trapped and injured and get relief supplies into the capital. (Jan. 14)

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Bodies are piling up in the streets of Haiti in the aftermath of an earthquake that has decimated the Caribbean island state. On the ground, survivors of the earthquake - measuring seven on the Richter scale - are struggling to save those still trapped under the rubble. At least a third of the population are now homeless - including the country's president. An estimated three million people will need emergency relief as aid organsations make their way to the scene. The Haitian Red Cross predicts an horrific death toll of around 50,000 while the World Health Organization predicts the sheer numbers of dead may lead to an outbreak of disease.

A major earthquake has struck Haiti, just ten miles from the capital Port-au-Prince. Local officials are reporting a catastrophe of major proportions.
Oxfam has long experience in Haiti, and we're rushing in teams from around the region to respond where we're needed most. Our response will include providing clean water, shelter and sanitation.

This is video sent on the day of the earthquake. The Global Orphan Project supports over 2200 kids in Haiti. This video was sent through the Cambry Technical Center to Shane Hackett and Frantz St. Germain.

"CBS News RAW": daytime pictures of the aftermath of the Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti. There were crying victims among the downed buildings.

Haiti's devastating earthquake has left an estimated 3 million people in need of emergency aid, a Red Cross official said Wednesday, as aid groups and governments scrambled to send tons of disaster relief to the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Humanitarian officials said the proximity of the quake's epicenter, only 10 miles (15 kilometers) from the capital Port-au-Prince, and Haiti's crumbling infrastructure meant it was impossible to gauge exactly how many people might be dead or wounded.
The first airlifts to Haiti concentrated on search and rescue efforts and setting up makeshift hospitals.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States was offering full assistance — civilian and military. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would provide "whatever humanitarian assistance is required," while France, Canada, China, Germany, Mexico and Venezuela pledged immediate support in terms of personnel, cash and supplies.
Germany said it would donate euro1 million ($1.45 million), while China pledged $1 million.
One of the first teams expected to arrive Wednesday was 37 search and rescue specialists from Iceland, who are bringing with them 10 tons of their own equipment.
French rescue authorities say 65 clearing specialists and 6 sniffer dogs are leaving for Haiti on Wednesday, while Spain is rushing three airplanes to Haiti with at least 100 tons of tents, blankets and cooking kits. Israel is sending in an elite Army rescue unit of engineers and medics.

U.N. agencies and Red Cross societies were trying to send in teams and aid from their regional hub in Panama, while USAID is mobilizing a response group and two urban search and rescue units, Byrs said.

If aid cannot travel over the airport road, assistance may be rerouted through the Dominican Republic, said Charles Vincent, a senior World Food Program official, whose agency plans to airlift tons of high-energy biscuits from El Salvador, enough to feed 30,000 people for a week.

The Christian aid organization World Vision, which has 400 staff in Haiti, said it would immediately distribute supplies it had stored in Haiti for hurricane relief.
Low-lying areas of Port-au-Prince, including the Cite Soleil slum, appeared to be hit worse than neighborhoods higher up the hills, said World Vision spokesman Casey Calamusa.