Hollywood Headlines: A crazy week in review
By Emily Christianson
No one took the saying “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” to heart quite like Elizabeth Taylor. Her jaw-dropping collection raked in $137 million this week at Christie’s, and the auction house is calling it “the most valuable jewelry sale in auction history.” Click to find out more about Taylor’s precious gems and the celebrity bidders who bought them. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Fantasia Barrino is the proud mama of a baby boy. Dallas Xavier was born on Tuesday in North Carolina, weighing in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces. The “American Idol” champion, who has had her shares of ups and downs since wining the show, has yet to name the father. However, she has been linked to Antwaun Cook on and off since 2009. Fans got a glimpse of the couple’s
Fans of Howard Stern will be seeing a lot more of the self-proclaimed “King of All Media” come summer when he will take Piers Morgan’s seat on
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Giuliana Rancic is on the mend after undergoing a double mastectomy. The E! star, who was diagnosed with breast cancer recently, is “doing really well” according to her husband, Bill and even letting him help pick out her “look.” During a visit to the Wendy Williams show, Bill asked the host, “given the option, go big or go home, right?” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Batman isn’t usually the one getting manhandled, but in China this week that’s exactly what happened ... to the caped crusader’s alter ego Christian Bale. The actor was in Bejing for the premiere of “Flowers of War” and decided to take an eight-hour detour to visit Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who is on unofficial house arrest. After arriving with a CNN crew, Bale was run off by guards. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
