Courteney Cox has paid almost $20 million (£10.2 million) for a wreck of a house overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The actress, who has a passion for interior design and house renovation, jumped at the chance to buy the cliff-top estate because it's an amazing piece of land, with stunning views and total privacy.

One realtor tells American magazine In Touch, "This is an incredible piece of coastline, but the house is far from luxurious."

Cox and husband DAVID ARQUETTE's current Malibu, California home is on the market for $33.5 million (£17.2 million), six years after she paid $10.2 million (£5.2 million) for it...more click on heading

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Ever since Britney Spears' recent slide, Kevin Federline has been portrayed in the media as being a very supportive estranged husband. While reports indicated that Federline may have threatened to take the couple's children, Sean Preston and Jayden James, if Britney Spears didn't check herself into rehab and stay there, that power play may have simply been an attempt to held Britney Spears to deal with her recent spate of problems, which reportedly range from alcohol abuse to postpartum depression. How, in a move of support for Britney Spears, Kevin Federline has shaved his head, much like Spears did before heading to the Promises rehab facility in Malibu, California...more click on heading

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Pop star Robbie Williams is out of rehab after spending three weeks in an Arizona clinic battling his addiction to prescription drugs.

The former Take That star is now being looked after by his mum, Jan, a drink and drugs counsellor, who has flown out to the US.

Williams' spokeswoman confirmed he was out and said the singer would now continue with an "after-care programme in Los Angeles."

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With her time spent in front of the camera on The Simple Life, and with so many rumors floating around about the health of Nicole Richie, the one-time BFF of Paris Hilton is constantly under the scrutiny of the public. Whether its in front of the paparazzi or while filming the new series of The Simple Life, Nicole Richie can't escape the public eye, and while many think that dealing with reporters must be the hardest part of her job, it seems filming The Simple Life has finally caught up to the daughter of crooner Lionel Richie.

While working on The Simple Life on Friday, Nicole Richie reportedly fell ill and had to be taken to a nearby hospital after being examined by a doctor on the set of the reality TV series...more click on heading

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Actress Carmen Electra has laughed off reports her divorce from rocker DAVE NAVARRO was caused by their MTV reality show 'TIL DEATH DO US PART: CARMEN & DAVE.

Electra - real name TARA PATRICK - finalised her divorce from THE PANIC CHANNEL guitarist last month (20FEB07) after two and a half years of marriage, but she refuses to blame the alleged 'MTV curse' for her failed relationship, insisting there is no such thing.

She says, "I don't believe so, though many people have been put off (reality TV shows). Just look at SHARON and OZZY OSBOURNE. Those two are totally happy and they had the cameras following them for years...more click on heading

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Anna Nicole Smith may have finally been buried on Friday afternoon, over three weeks after the TrimSpa model and Playboy Playmate died at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, but not only is her story far from over with paternity battles yet to be determined, but the resting place of the larger-than-life figure has become the number one tourist hotspot in the Bahamas.

The New York Daily News spoke to a cab driver who tells them that the tourists who get off cruise ships in the Bahamas don't want the local flavor as much as they want to see the grave of Anna Nicole Smith - "Everybody wants to see this. People are getting off the cruise ships, and this is where they want to come. The tourism board...can't buy the kind of exposure they had here the last few weeks." ...more click on heading

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Beyonce Knowles has been slammed by anti-smoking groups in Australia for appearing in an ad for her world tour posing with an old-fashioned cigarette holder.

Australian organisation Quit recently sent letters to the country's government seeking the ad's removal from billboards and newspapers.

Action on Smoking and Health director JOHN BANZHAF also slams the star, telling American publication Us Weekly, "The objection is to the association of glamour and sexiness with smoking...more click on heading

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Almost three weeks after Anna Nicole Smith was found dead at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, the former Playboy Playmate and TrimSpa model not only remains above ground, but the legal battle to bury her hit another road block on Tuesday in a Florida appeals court. According to E Online, Virgie Arthur, the long-estranged mother of Anna Nicole Smith, ran into another roadblock in her quest to bring her daughter's body back to Texas to be buried in the Smith family plot...more click on heading

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After Florida Circuit Court Judge Larry Seidlin ruled that the body of Anna Nicole Smith should go to her daughter, Dannielynn, and thus to her court-appointed attorney, Richard Milstein, it seemed that the case of just where Anna Nicole Smith would be buried had been settled. Judge Seidlin was insistent that he wanted Anna Nicole Smith buried next to her son, Daniel, who died in the Bahamas at the age of 20. When Judge Seidlin ruled last Thursday, all parties involved seemed to be in agreement. Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead, Richard Milstein and Virgie Arthur all came to the conclusion that Anna Nicole Smith would be buried in the Bahamas next to Daniel Smith. After a series of appeals launched by Virgie Arthur, that ruling is now in doubt...more click on heading

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With the wild ride that Britney Spears has led fans on over the past week, it seems the former pop star could be capable of almost anything. Over the past week, Britney has checked into rehab three times, though the first two were for less than 24 hours, Spears has shaved her own head in a beauty salon and has since attacked a reporter's car with her umbrella. With the events surrounding the former "Toxic" singer, rumors have crept up indicating Britney Spears is under a suicide watch at the Promises rehab facility, though her publicist has denied such claims.

Larry Rudolph, the publicist and manager for Britney Spears, has been forced to deny reports that claim Britney Spears is on a suicide watch. Rudolph was quoted by StarPulse as saying that, "The story is absolutely untrue. She is in rehab, and it is very disappointing that various media outlets are running these false stories about her, as Britney tries to get better." ...more click on heading

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The Shins frontman JAMES MERCER found the inspiration to write the US band's third album WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY when he lived next door to a crack house.

The songwriter decided to move out of his Portland, Oregon residence when his living situation turned dangerous.

He says, "I did finally move when the police started raiding their house and the neighbours blamed it on me. "They were threatening to kill me, drive-by shoot my house, all that stuff." ...more click on heading

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After Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper told Florida Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin that the body of Anna Nicole Smith was decomposing at an accelerated rate, the hearing into who can choose the final resting place of Anna Nicole took on a sense of urgency today. Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, took to the stand today to plead her case for why she should be allowed to bring the body of Anna Nicole Smith back to Texas, just one day after Smith's attorney/boyfriend Howard K. Stern testified in his bid to see the body of Anna Nicole Smith laid to rest next to her son Daniel in the Bahamas...more click on heading

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Oops, she did it again. Britney Spears, the troubled, bald singer/actress who has been at the center of headlines revolving around everything from her tattoos to her heated custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline, popped in and out of rehab for the second time in the last week. According to E Online, who confirmed the information through a source, Britney Spears checked into the Promises treatment center in Malibu, California on Monday and was back on the street 24 hours later...more click on heading

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After taking the long weekend off, the legal hearings into the fate of the body of Anna Nicole Smith began in earnest on Tuesday. Lawyers for both Howard K. Stern, the former partner of Anna Nicole Smith, and Virgie Arthur, Anna Nicole's mother, sparred over just who will decide the final resting place for Smith, though the hearing produced little in the way of results...more click on heading

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Everybody wants to talk about celebrity relationships, except for celebrities, but who can blame them? After the highly-publicized break-up of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz, the tabloid media had a field day reporting on everything from the causes of their break-up to their post-Golden Globe party fight to their new potential lovers. Though JT has been linked to Hollywood bombshell Scarlett Johansson, and Cameron Diaz has been linked to Djimon Hounsou, the tabloids have been quick to jump all over a meeting between the two at a Hollywood hotel...more cick on heading

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