Baby Joy!

I've got the fever.

Nooo, not Bieber fever.  Good old fashioned baby fever.

Seeing as a) I don't even have a boyfriend and b) I'm 19 and so not ready, it's a really good thing I'm going to get my fix with my new little niece or nephew (ETA May 10)!!  So excited for my sister and her hubby :)

If you're thinking, "Courtney.  This is a celebrity news blog.  What does this have to do with anything!?".  Well first of all, my sister is definitely a celeb in my book.  And secondly, Hollywood is poppin' out babies like nobody's business lately!  Here's an update on some new little princes and princesses of Tinseltown:

Stella McCartney had a little girl, Reiley Dilys Stella

Project Runway judge Nina Garcia had a baby boy, Alexander David

Kelly Preston and John Travolta welcomed baby Benjamin

Due so soon...

Rascal Flatts band member Jay DeMarcus' wife (girl, January 8)

Heroes star Ali Larter (boy, December)

CSI: Miami's Emily Proctor (Winter)

Penelope Cruz (February)

Alanis Morissette (January)

Christina Applegate (January)

Bachelor Pad host Melissa Rycroft (girl, February)

Orlando Bloom's wife, model Miranda Kerr (January)

Rod Stewart's wife, model Penny Lancaster (March)

Dierks Bentley's wife (December)

Samantha Harris (January)

Vince Vaughn's wife (January)

You feeling the fever kick in yet!?  No?  Is it just me...?

Weekend Wrap Up!

In honor of Thanksgiving,  before I begin this week's Weekend Wrap Up, you all will get the pleasure of finding out a couple of things I am really, truly grateful for:

The 3 F's: Family, Friends, and Food

Really great conversations that leave you inspired

People.com and Eonline.com

Diet Coke with Lime

Pea Coats and scarves

Zac Efron, Channing Tatum, and Joe Jonas

Forever 21

Hot Chocolate with Peppermint or Pumpkin Spice

I'm going to stop myself now.  This list could go on for a really long time.  Just wanted to fill you in on a few of life's greatest pleasures.

I'm also thankful for celebrities, so here's what's happening with them!

1. Lindsay Lohan, if she wasn't already hating life, lost her leading role in the porn biopic she was filming.  Personally, that seems like a positive thing to me...

2. Kat Von D's house burnt down with her cat inside.  (If you saw what the cat looked like you might burn it down too...sorry, but seriously.)

3. Miley Cyrus turned 18.  Yeah, I thought she was 14 too.

4. Jennifer Jason Leigh filed for divorce from her husband of 5 years.  Kind of upset with myself that I had to look up who she was...and the fact that I still don't really know why she's a celebrity.

5. Emmy Rossum and Adam Duritz split up.  I was confused by this relationship in the first place.

6. Prince William and Kate picked a wedding date...April 29!  Countdown clock officially set.

7. John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston welcomed baby Benjamin

And to be truthful, that's it!  Pretty slow week so far in the entertainment industry.  Everyones too busy working off Thanksgiving dinner to do anything interesting!  I'll keep you TPAMPers updated if the weekend turns up any more news.

Enjoy the rest of your Thanksgiving break!

Anyone else!?

I'm in the midst of watching the AMA's (like I promised) and I couldn't help put blog about a particular person that stood out to me.  As I was looking through red carpet pictures yesterday she stood out to me but to be honest I had no idea who she was!  And then I was really embarrassed because I'm supposed to know my celebs!  So anyways, I was just wondering if anyone else noticed Stana Katic!?

She's known for her role on ABC's Castle but she looks totally different!  The girl cleans up goooood!

Her look was actually one of my favorites of the night!

You go Stana!

Definitely keeping you on my radar...

AMAs!

When I was in high school, I overheard this guy say, "The AMA's are like a girl's Superbowl".

I happen to completely agree.

Not only are the American Music Awards filled with performances from all the best musicians but the red carpet is just busting with fashion.

Now I haven't watched the show yet (I go home for Thanksgiving tomorrow...where it is DVR'd...no commercials > tiny dorm room TV screen with commercials) but the winners, of course, have already been posted.  Lucky for you trusty TPAMP followers, you will not only be filled it on who won what, but you also get to hear how I feel about it!  So great, right?!

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Justin Bieber

POP/ROCK

• Male Artist: Justin Bieber

• Female Artist: Lady Gaga

• Band, Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas

• Album: Justin Bieber, My World 2.0 

SOUL/R&B

• Male Artist: Usher

• Female Artist: Rihanna

• Album: Usher, Raymond Vs. Raymond 

RAP/HIP-HOP

• Male Artist: Eminem

• Album: Eminem, Recovery 

COUNTRY

• Male Artist: Brad Paisley

• Female Artist: Taylor Swift

• Band, Duo or Group: Lady Antebellum

• Album:  Carrie Underwood, Play On

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

• Artist: Michael Bublé

ALTERNATIVE ROCK

• Artist: Muse

LATIN

• Artist: Shakira

CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

• Artist: MercyMe

SOUNDTRACK

• Album: Glee: The Music, Volume 3--Showstoppers

T-MOBILE BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

• Justin Bieber

Umm yeah, I don't know if you caught that but Justin Bieber won four AMAs.  FOUR!  I'm sorry if I offend any Beliebers right now but I mean, come on!  Top Pop/Rock Male Artist and Album of the Year!?  ARTIST OF THE YEAR!?  Something is happening in this world and it ain't good.  I'd like to issue a public apology to all the artists in the entire music industry.

On a more positive thought, the Country genre got it exactly right.  Like always.  So happy my girls won and Brad Paisley is finally having a great awards season.

Fashion wise:

Taylor Swift...halle-freaking-leuia!  She looked so great and her hair was straight and she had bangs and she wore a cute sparkly dress!  Whew!  So glad she decided to change it up a little bit.  She looked like an old-fashioned Barbie a little bit!  Loved.  It.

Miley Cyrus...gotta hand it to Miley, the girl knows how to dress up (or has a great stylist).  Love what she did with her simple hair, not too long and extension-y (you know what I mean.)

Rihanna has hair again people!  Not super crazy about her dress however.  And the fact that her hair was the same color.

Katy Perry is so stinking cute.  I might be the first person to say that but really I just think she's gorgeous!  And she looked so newlywed-glowy which definitely didn't hurt.  

Don't even get me started on Ke$ha.

I didn't even recognize Julianne Hough!  Hate to say it but I think Seacrest is aging her a little...not that she wasn't still drop-dead gorgeous.

Plenty more but these were some that stood out.  Check out E!'s photo gallery to see everyone in their red carpet glory.

Sorry for the ginormous post but that was worth it, right?!  Now you will be so on it when the cute girl who sits next to you in class brings it up tomorrow!  Planning on watching the actual show tomorrow, check back to hear about the performances if you missed it or sound off in the comments below if you're dying to share.

Weekend Wrap Up!

Well, it's a rainy LA day ... is snow too much to hope for at this point!?

I mean really Santa, it would be a really awesome pre-Thanksgiving present!

Anywho.

I don't know about you, but this week was pretty fun for me personally. I helped out a PR company at the Volkswagen EOS Launch Party in Santa Monica; really got my blood pumpin' for a future career in the field (wink*wink). And tonight I'm headed to the CNN Heroes 2010 Awards Show! Should be a fun/inspiring evening with lots of celeb sightings, stay tuned for that!

For those of you who could care less about what I did this week, here's what happened with your favorite celeb friends:

1. Former Bachelorette Jen Schefft gave birth to a little girl, Mae Elizabeth Watermann, on Saturday, November 13.

2. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt renewed their wedding vows...excuse me, I need to go vomit. (Whoa, sorry for that bluntness!)

3. Britney Spears' parents are supposedly reconciling after being divorced for 8 years. Guess that gives us some hope for a Brit/KFed reunion!? Let's hope not.

4. Possibly the saddest news of the week, Eva Longoria has filed for divorce from husband of three years, Tony Parker. And by the way, I don't care if it was just {hundreds of} texts, I'd be pissed too.

5. Pink admitted to Ellen that she is pregnant with her first baby. Guess that picture of her at the beach with a baby bump turned out to be true. Was kind of wishing that a celeb just had a normal girl pooch to make us all feel better.

6. Of course, Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged. Will, if you're reading this, I'd like to say that I approve. She's got great style.

7. People's Sexiest Man Alive 2010 is...Ryan Reynolds! Totally approve. Like more than I approve of Kate Middleton. Scarlett is a lucky woman!

8. Chris Daughtry added two more to his family with the birth of twins, Noah James and Adalynn Rose. Love those names!

9. Chad Ochocinco and Evelyn Lozada are engaged. Well they haven't officially announced it yet but I think this twitpic of her 10 carat ring kind of speaks for itself...

10. And finally (and when I say finally, I mean finallyyyyyy) Rachel Zoe officially confirmed her pregnancy. Rachel. We knew.

That's the big 10 for this week! Lot's of good stuff!

Who's excited for Thanksgiving?!

Overeating, sweatpants, and family...I'm comin' for ya!

Have a great holiday week everyone! If you're traveling, don't forget your turkey-eatin' pants!

A Royal "Holla"!

Holler. Back. Yo.

I'm sure Queen Elizabeth would not approve of that sentence but I don't even care.

ROYAL WEDDING!!

Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged!

Only few people in my life know about my obsession with weddings and this is like the cream of the crop. I cannot wait to see every little detail of this wedding. First of all, even the fact that I am alive during the time of a royal wedding I am thrilled about! Wedding, wedding, wedding!

Yay.

It is expected to take place sometime in late spring or early summer 2011. New countdown clock on my computer? I think yes.

P.S. He proposed with Princess Diana's engagement ring...*swoon*

Coincidence!?

Remember the other day when I was basically crying because Nick Lachey was engaged to Vanessa Minnillo!?

This news isn't helping my heartbreak.

Jessica Simpson announced her engagement to NFLer Eric Johnson today.

This is making my hopes and dreams of a reconciliation of the real Lachey's smaller and smaller. Congrats Jess and Nick, even though I wish Wedding #2 would be to each other.

Accepted.

Well. Here we are again. It's Saturday and once again I've missed a Friday Wrap Up. I've officially accepted the fact that I'm a horrible promise keeper. Just on blogging, if we were friends I would totally keep all my promises, ask my friends.

But I'm sure you'll be glad to hear that I've found a solution.

I'm not going to limit myself to Friday anymore. It will now be considered the Weekend Wrap Up. If it happens on a Friday that still counts because we all know that Friday is considered part of the weekend, yeah? Problem solved.

I feel so free.

Ok, so for the first official Weekend Wrap Up...

1. Ne-Yo is a baby daddy! The baby's name is Madilyn Grace Smith and now I'm really intrigued to know that Ne-Yo's last name is Smith.

2. Remember last week when the whole LeAnn Rimes engagement debacle went down? Well this week it's her ex-husbands turn. He beat her to it. I think. Anyways, Dean Sheremet is engaged.

3. Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen are dating again. The world is right again.

4. Dakota Fanning won Homecoming Queen at her high school. Well, duh. Did they even vote on that or just give it to her?

5. Vera Farmiga welcomed a new baby girl. The name is still Up in the Air...(I crack myself up)

6. There is a large possibility that Pink is preggers and Jillian Barberie Reynolds spilled the news via Twitter. Worst friend award?

7. Beauty queen, married to a hot quarterback, and now all cute and pregnant. Anybody else semi-hate Carrie Prejean?!

8. The best event of the year, the CMA's, was this past Wednesday. Miranda Lambert and her hubby-to-be Blake Shelton were the big winners of the night (can you imagine their children...) and Brad Paisley finally won Entertainer of the Year!

9. Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal might actually be a real couple. Really didn't see that coming.

10. Harry Potter mania officially started this week with the London premiere of the seventh movie. Watch out for muggles thinking they're capable of playing Quidditch...especially on college campuses (No seriously.)

You're welcome.

Thanksgiving please come soon, I need some home time. Just thought I'd share.

Have a great rest of the weekend/week TPAMPers!

Friday Wrapup on Saturday Morning!

Hello from Minnesota!

Yes, it's a little different than LA, but never fear! They still have internet and I still have the ability to bring you this week's Top 10.

1. Possibly the biggest news this week...eh, that's debatable actually...is Demi Lovato entering treatment midst tour with the JoBros. In this case, I can't help but wish the media didn't have to uncover every little detail and just let Demi get better!

2. Rocker Slash called off his divorce with his wife of 9 years. Feels like a relief after all this bad divorce news lately! Courteney Cox and David Arquette should get lunch with them.

3. Lily Allen announced her miscarriage (second one publicly) and I can't even imagine what she's going through :(

4. Kim Kardashian announced her entrance into the music business. It might just be me but I think one Bootylicious Beyonce is all the industry can handle.

5. Surf legend Andy Irons died. He was suffering from dengue fever and methadone was found is his hotel room. The autopsy could take 60-90 days.

6. Bachelorette contestant Julien Hug was found dead in the Southern California desert. It was concluded that he committed suicide.

7. Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey are engaged and Jessica Simpson is hyperventilating. So am I.

8. Controversial couple LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian are engaged! Wait, no they aren't. Wait, yes the are! Wait, no. Let's be honest, no one really knows. We'll wait to see which magazine they have decided to cash in on to announce it.

9. Lil Wayne was released from jail after almost 8 months (1-year conviction). I can't even think of anything witty to say to this because I'm in shock that they kept him longer that 2 days!

10. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth split up...again! Woohoo!! Hopefully this time it's for good...and he stays in LA.

Happy Saturday TPAMPers! Enjoy the rest of your weekend whether your in LA or Minnesota or the other side of the world!

Wedding Bells!

I'm so excited to post this right now.

Wanna know why!?

Because I literally just got a tweet from People Magazine telling me the news.

That means I will be one of the first to tell this to you! Score one for me!

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are engaged!

Yes, they've been together for four years so I guess you could say it was coming. But honestly, I was beginning to wonder if Jess Simpson turned Nick into a little bit of a commitment-phobe! My apologies Nick. Here's to wedding #2! Just try to top that tear-worthy face we all saw on Newlyweds as you saw Jess walking down the aisle...

Congrats Nick and Vanessa!

Call me Jess if you want to drown your sorrows in Ben & Jerry's...I'm always down.

2 Weeks in One Post

You know how they say one year equals seven years for dogs? Well, with the rate of news happening in Hollywood, I'm pretty sure a year equals like at least fifteen celeb years!

Did that make sense to anyone? Was that even funny?

Anyways. I'm going to try and catch everyone up with the major events that have happened in LA-LA land over the past two weeks. Bear with me, this might be a long post but just think of how smart you will be after you finish it!

Former Bachelor Andrew Firestone and his wife are expecting their second child.

Lance Armstrong welcomed his fifth child. Is it bad that I can't even remember who it's with. I'm sure it's not his wife who stayed with him through his cancer or Sheryl Crow...

Celine Dion gave birth to twin boys! That will make their dad 86 when they turn 18.

Willow Smith, daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, released her first single entitled "Whip My Hair" at age 9! If you want a song to get stuck in your head for the rest of eternity, listen to it. Then whip it, whip it good.

Katy Perry and Russell Brand tied the knot in India on October 23. I'm really interested to see what their kids turn out like.

Maria Sharapova is engaged to Laker's star Sasha Vujacic. Again, interesting children possibilities...

Toni Collette is expecting her second child. Let's hope this baby doesn't have the multiple personality problem like her TV character on United States of Tara!

Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal had lunch together in NYC and the world has already begun planning their wedding.

Shia LeBeouf and Carey Mulligan transformed their relationship into a friendship (heehee). If you didn't get that pun it meant that they broke up.

Billy Ray Cyrus has an achy breaky heart after filing for divorce with his wife Tish of 17 years.

In other sad break up news, Blake Lively and Penn Badgley called it quits. Although that does mean my girl crush is back on the market...

Taylor Swift released her third album Speak Now to which every girl in the world now owns.

This one I bet you didn't know. Mariah Carey is pregnant! For real this time though.

Jessica Capshaw welcomed her second baby (which explains her new story line on Grey's...)

Ian Ziering and his wife are joining the Hollywood baby boom!

Lily Allen announced, for the second time, she has miscarried. I'm not joking when I say I almost started crying when I read this.

And finally....

Demi Levato announced that she was taking time off from touring with the Jonas Brothers to check into a treatment facility. It is speculated that it is for eating disorder and cutting problems. This really makes me so sad but I'm glad to hear that she is getting help!

Whew!

Feel better now!? I know I do. More to come, as always!

Who do I think I am!?

Wow.

I'm kind of left speechless at the total fail that these last two weeks have been for blogging.

Overwhelmed? Tired? Busy? Do any of those make up for my seriously horrible blogging record right now? Didn't think so. But if I was going to make excuses I would tell you that I started two new jobs along with midterms and life hasn't exactly been boring.

SO.

As I'm sitting outside my lecture hall waiting to go in to my last midterm, I promise you faithful readers of TPAMP that today will be hoppin' with posts.

Promise.

Because let's be honest. The celebrity world did not stop because I had midterms.