Carrie Prejean Sues for Religious Discrimination

Carrie Prejean is finally firing back at the people behind Miss California USA with a lawsuit -- claiming Shanna Moakler and other pageant officials forced her out because of her religious beliefs.

Prejean just filed the suit in L.A. County Superior Court, accusing Moakler and pageant honcho Keith Lewis of religious discrimination, defamation, public disclosure of private facts, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Prejean was dethroned/fired from her post as Miss California USA back on June 10, nearly two months after she spoke out against gay marriage at the April 19th Miss USA competition.

Prejean claims the Miss Cali people "conspired to get rid of her" beginning on April 21st -- when she said on the "Today" show that she would rather be "biblically correct than politically correct."

Reps for Miss California USA have previously explained that Carrie was fired for missing appearances she was supposed to make for the organization and for not getting clearance to do extracurricular activities.

Donald Trump -- who owns the Miss Universe Organization -- is NOT named in the suit.

But in her suit, Carrie says the Miss Cali USA people "fabricated a fraudulent list of some 50 public appearances allegedly missed by Prejean which they released to the media in order to justify her termination as Miss California USA."

In the suit, Carrie claims officials also tried to "set up Prejean to have her dismissed as Miss California USA by asking her to do a Playboy photo shoot for $120,000."

Shanna Moakler Fires Back at Carrie Prejean

Earlier today, Carrie Prejean actually filed a lawsuit against Miss California pageant officials Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler.

The attention-starved beauty queen claims this pair discriminated against her religion and caused extreme emotional distress.

In response, Moakler's attorney, Mel Avanzado, has issued a statement that comes to the same conclusion any sane person would arrive at: Prejean is an idiot.

"On Ms. Moakler's behalf, I can say unequivocally that Ms. Prejean's lawsuit is without merit.

"More importantly, as everyone who watched or read her public statements is well aware, Ms. Prejean's unfortunate and bigoted statements are responsible for any public humiliation or damages to her reputation that she has claimed to have suffered. Ms. Moakler strenuously denies that she did anything wrong and looks forward to proving that in a court of law."

Jay Leno’s Last “Tonight Show”

Jay Leno’s Last “Tonight Show”

Friday night, Jay Leno will say goodbye to The Tonight Show he hosted for the past 17 years - which is only a temporary good-bye, considering he'll emerge from hibernation on NBC this fall at 10 p.m. for a daily prime-time show.

In an interview about leaving The Tonight Show, Leno, 59, said,

"Will I miss it? Yes, terribly. It's the most wonderful job ever in show business."

On the eve of his last episode, Billy Crystal, who was Leno’s first “Tonight” guest 17 years ago, returned to the show to salute him with a musical medley.

Conan O'Brien will serve as Leno's final guest. The show will also feature musical guest James Taylor.

Starting Monday, Conan O’Brien will take over The Tonight Show at a newly built studio at nearby Universal City.

Mr. Leno ended by asking viewers to “please give Conan as much support as you’ve given me throughout the years.”

After 17 years as the host of “The Tonight Show,” Mr. Leno’s final show on Friday night, his 3,775th, was much like many of the others, filled with monologue jokes and some of his signature comedy pieces. He presented highlights of many of those pieces during his last week, but saved perhaps the most popular, “Jaywalking,” for the finale.

The segment consists of Mr. Leno asking basic questions of people in the street, who come up with mind-boggling answers.

Among those in the final collection: a woman asked to identify the French emperor whose name is also a pastry answered, “Crème brûlée?” Another woman was asked what the initials D.C. mean after Washington. Her answer: “Da Capital.”

The last night’s audience greeted Mr. Leno with what was most likely the most sustained ovation of his career, and he had to insist they sit before he could begin. He talked about changes he and the show had gone through, noting that when he started his hair was “black and the president was white.”

Kavya Shivashankar wins National Spelling Bee

Kavya Shivashankar wins National Spelling Bee

Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to "Laodicean" to become the nation's spelling champion.

After six years of inhaling dictionaries word by word, memorizing their meanings, studying their roots and perfecting their pronunciations, she bested 292 competitors and aced 40 words to capture a prize that has eluded her in three previous final appearances.

“It’s been my dream for so long, I just can’t believe it’s actually happened,” Kavya said afterward.

The eighth-grader from California Trail Junior High School maintained a cool confidence throughout all 16 rounds of the competition.

She appeared to know every word as soon as she heard it, asking only a few questions about roots and meanings.

Indeed, only one word back in the fourth round, “ergasia,” stumped her. It means any form of activity, especially mental.

“But I came up with the root and was able to get the word,” she said.

Then came her trademark scribbling of the word with her finger across the palm of her hand to check herself. Then she nailed it.

“She has incredible poise and composure,” said Paul Loeffler, a former competitor who serves as ESPN’s color analyst for its bee coverage. “Rarely do you see her look nervous or panicked. She has a grace about her that I think all the other competitors recognize and look up to.”

Kavya’s triumph before a nationally televised audience on ABC and against some stiff competition came down to “Laodicean,” an indifference to religion or politics.

Kavya paid tribute to her father and coach, Mirle Shivashankar.

“My dad really helped me,” she said. “I couldn’t have done this without him.”

“Wonderful” is how he described his daughter’s achievement. But he had butterflies throughout.

“No matter how many years we come,” he said, “it’s always there.”

Kavya, who hopes to become a neurosurgeon, which elicited a loud applause from the audience during a post-bee interview, will take home $30,000 in cash, a $5,000 scholarship, a $2,500 savings bond and an Encyclopaedia Britannica reference collection.

Kara DioGuardi “Made Herself Look Stupid” on Idol Finale

Kara DioGuardi “Made Herself Look Stupid” on Idol Finale

The girl still can't sing, but the infamous Bikini Girl showed up at Wednesday's American Idol finale proving she can fill out a bikini top -- thanks to her new assets. "I'd ask what's new," cracked host Ryan Seacrest, "but I already know!"

Katrina Darrell, aka Bikini Girl, started singing Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love" before being shown up by none other than Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, who sparred with Bikini Girl during auditions. Bikini girl Katrina Darrell thinks Kara DioGuardi made a fool of herself during their surprise duet on Wednesday's American Idol finale.

"I don't think she got the reaction she was hoping for. I think she probably thought I would cry or get mad, and I didn't -- I played it off," Darrell smirks to RadarOnline.com.

"Looking back at the tape, she just made herself look stupid. She didn't make me look stupid," she continues.

DioGuardi and Darrell have been feuding since the judge slammed her performance of Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love" during her audition.

At Wednesday's finale, Darrell performed the song (again, in a bikini -- but now with breast implants) and was surprised by DioGuardi joining her for a duet midway through.

The judge even showed off her own two-piece after Ryan Seacrest dared her and promised to make a donation to her favorite charity.

Darrell says producers cut her microphone off as DioGuardi joined her on stage -- but she struggled to keep her composure.

"I knew there were 100 million viewers, so I couldn't cry," she says.

"I couldn't get mad. I just had to smile and deal with it. I think they [show producers] tested me. I think I did really well considering all that I went through," Darrell went on.

Darrell's sister wasn't so nice backstage after their performance. "We were walking and [Kara] said, 'Oh sweetie, I hope you didn't take anything personally.'

I rolled my eyes, and my sister said, 'Hey, next time you try to upstage my sister, get a spray tan! How old are you? 45 or 50?'"

Darrell says. "I looked back and shrugged. She kind of said what I was thinking!"

For the record, who does Darrell think looks better in a bikini? "Well, I'm not 50 years old, and I do spray tan!" Darrell says, laughing, of the 39-year-old Idol judge.

Supermodel Adriana Lima Is Pregnant !

Supermodel Adriana Lima Is Pregnant !

Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima is going to be a mom!

Lima, a Victoria's Secret Angel, and her husband NBA star Marko Jaric, are expecting their first child together, reps for the couple confirm to PEOPLE exclusively. Lima is due this winter.

"Adriana and Marko are overjoyed that they are expecting their first child together and are excited to share the happy news and start their family together," say reps.

The couple eloped on Valentine's Day this year, tying the knot in a small, private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.


"We are so excited about our future together," Lima told PEOPLE at the time.

Jaric, 30,who hails from Serbia and plays for the Memphis Grizzlies, met his beautiful Brazilian bride in 2006 and got engaged two years later on Lima's 27th birthday.

Adriana is not the only model currently expecting a baby.

German beauty Heidi Klum recently confirmed she is expecting her fourth child after husband Seal broke the news to the crowd at one of his concerts.

The supermodel - who has two sons, Henry, three, and Johan, two, with the musician and daughter Leni, four, from a previous relationship - admitted she wasn't ready to tell people she was expecting when Seal let it slip.

The 35-year-old star said: "I'm still in the very beginning. The news kind of came out faster than I wanted it to. My husband kind of surprised me and everybody at one of his concerts.

"He was just on tour so he told everybody. He's allowed to, obviously. We're very excited."

Birth name	Adriana Francesca Lima
Date of birth	June 12, 1982 (1982-06-12) (age 26)
Place of birth	Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	86-61-89 (34-24-35)
Dress size	4 (US)
Shoe size	8.5 (US)
Agency	Marilyn Agency
Spouse(s)	Marko Jaric (Feb 14, 2009–present)

Susan Boyle's semi-final performance (VIDEO)

Susan Boyle's semi-final performance (VIDEO)

The Scottish star - looking more glamorous with dyed hair and radiant make-up - won the vote in the first of five live televised semi-finals after receiving a standing ovation for her performance of Memory from the musical Cats.

Susan Boyle fans got their fix this weekend as they watched the unlikely star make it through to the Britain’s Got Talent final.

Susan Boyle became an overnight success after her first audition on Britain’s Got Talent.

She was then put through to the semi final, and it was on Sunday night when she gave us her second performance, and although it was good, it was not as good as her first performance.

When Susan first walked on stage, we all thought the same thing, but once she started singing, it proved one thing, never judge a book by its cover.

Her song choice from Les Miserable made her an overnight success, and has been viewed by million on the Internet.

Boyle’s semi final performance started a bit quavered, but it did not take her long to get her voice back on track.

She sung “Memory” from Cats, and have to say that her performance was still brilliant. She was put through to Saturday night’s final of Britain’s Got Talent by the public vote.

Watch her semi final performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2U5SVaQqs4

Two more acts have secured their place in the Britain's Got Talent final, but singer Susan Boyle remained firm favourite to win.

Bookmaker William Hill shortened the odds of her victory to 4/7, with the next favourite young dancer Aidan Davis at 6/1 - even though he has yet to perform in the semis.

The latest semi-final saw comedy dance act Stavros Flatly win the public vote to secure a place in Saturday's grand final, while 12-year-old singer Shaheen Jafargholi was reduced to tears when he was saved by the judges' vote.

Hoopz Full Sextape-back in the news!

Hoopz Full Sextape-back in the news!



“You can’t begin to imagine, unless it’s you, I know alot of other celebrities out there went through the same thing,” stated Nicole ‘Nikki’ Alexander aka Hoopz regarding the sex tape leaked on the Internet of her with a man that she claims she made a sex tape with from a relationship dating back 5 or 6 years ago.

Mr. ZZee, the mystery man behind other best selling celebrity tapes, is announcing he has acquired a hardcore video starring reality TV star Nikki Alexander aka Hoopz. Hoopz, star and winning contestant of VH1’s Flavor of Love and I Love Money hit shows, is shown having love with her boyfriend, and all of the hardcore footage is on tape.

Nicole ‘Hoopz’ Alexander’s sex tape is the newest and hottest entertainment topic circulating the social networks worldwide. A quick search on recent discussions of any social networks, message boards, or even on the social micro-blogging crazed site Twitter, will immediately bring up results of conversations about the reality TV winner of VH1’s reality television shows “Flavor of Love” and “I Love Money,” Nicole ‘Nikki’ Alexander aka Hoopz.

Regarding how she found out about the sex tape, the reality television show “Flavor Of Love” and “I Love Money” winner and reality TV star states that she “had starting getting phone calls” about the sex tape.

“My phones just started blowing and that’s how I found out. I mean, everybody just started hitting and I’m like What?!,” stated Hoopz in a recent interview.

“You know I knew it was a possibility, because I had been getting calls about this, threatening calls, blackmailing calls… I mean it’s been crazy,” added Hoopz.

Then revealing that she had once made a sextape of herself and the guy of a previous relationship, Hoopz goes on to say:

“You know I didn’t believe there was a tape, because I’m like “hold on” this is a 5, 6 years ago, you know, this is a previous relationship that I was in, before I was even Hoopz, you know before I was even who I was, and I’m like “hold on” the only tape I ever made was deleted — so I thought and I’m like ok if you got a tape go ahead and put it out,” Hoopz said of her alleged challenge aimed at the party behind leaking her sextape video recording.

Well, obviously, a partial video clip of the Hoopz sex tape was leaked, as previously reported on HipHopRX.com, and Hoopz claims that she was offered money for the legal release of the videotape for entertainment which she claims she has denied the offer with a quote “kiss my ass” answer, because it was not the image she was trying to portray or make money off of.

Then later in the interview, Hoopz says “yes” it was her in the sextape video leak which she made with a previous boyfriend.

“Yes, it’s me… it’s like 5 or 6 years old. I thought it was erased, I thought it was gone, I thought it was no more and you now, being a normal person, I wasn’t checking up on anything, like thinking that maybe this could come back on me,” stated Hoopz hinting of her almost “naive” or should we say “innocent’ or “trusting” mind frame at the time.

“I was just a normal person, you know and I sat there and watched him delete it or whatever so I thought and that wasn’t it. He had other plans or — you know — we were in the process of breaking up, man it was crazy,” stated Hoopz.

Then feeling somewhat ‘crossed’ or deceived of her ‘innocence’ or ‘trust,’ Hoopz decides to warn or rather ‘provide advice’ for other “ladies out there.”

“To all the ladies out there … I’m not apologizing for having sex, I mean that’s apart of everybody’s life. I mean but at the same time have your fun or whatever and if you do make a tape, get possession of that if you don’t want it to ever come back around, because obviously, in so many cases that we’ve heard of, it does,” Hoopz says to other ladies who may find themselves in a relationship filming a sex video.