Clive Davis

Clive Davis helped kick off the Grammys with his annual pre-show party on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton in LA. The appearance of the night was, of course, Whitney Houston who looked fabulous on the red carpet and with her wardrobe change inside. The icon was joined at the party by Lindsay Lohan in seafoam green and Rihanna in a very full-coverage number. Nicole and Joel were pulling double duty coming from the LACMA party to pose with the likes of Fergie and Pete/Ashlee. Miss Carrie Underwood was there with her boyfriend Chace Crawford, but he managed to avoid the cameras. Boo that. Inside, the party-goers were treated to performances from all-star acts like Alicia Keys, the Foo Fighters, Daughtry, and Leona Lewis. At one point Akon and Will.i.am took the stage for singing and backflips. I'm sure they were all home nice and early to get a good night's sleep before last night's Grammys. Suuuure.

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All sorts of random celebrities came out on Thursday night for the La Dolce Vita Benefit for the Sarah Ferguson Foundation at Cipriani in NYC. The original Fergie happily posed on the red carpet with an equally excited Brandy and Natasha Bedingfield. LL Cool J asserted his status as number one. Meanwhile, what happened to Jason Lewis' hotness? Where did it go? Hopefully it'll be back in full Absolut Hunk mode in the Sex and the City movie. I wonder if Natasha sang the song that will forever be The Hills theme song in my mind? Fun times.

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Jennifer Hudson glowed in green yesterday as she performed at an event honoring Clive Davis, where he won an award for Music Visionary of the Year. Jennifer is definitely not showing signs of disappearing after her big Oscar win. She's already made tons of appearances and performances at a variety of different events, and her next movie Winged Creatures is due out next year. In the meantime, Jennifer has signed on to perform on Elmo's Christmas Countdown, a one hour special that includes Ben Stiller, Jamie Foxx and Alicia Keys. Somewhere in between all this she even found time to create her own perfume for Avon. There's no slowing this AI contestant down.

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• Variety reports that ABC has picked up a dramatic series produced by and starring Goldie Hawn titled "Leap!"
• Billboard tells us how Kelly Clarkson feels about the Clive Davis flap.
• According to the AP, Jackie Chan has signed on to star in a drama about Chinese immigrants titled Shinjuku Incident.
• According to Pitchfork, The Cure is planning a documentary, but Robert Smith may not be working with Ashlee Simpson any time soon.
• It looks like Tom Cruise is getting yet more work: Hotel Rwanda director Terry George will most likely direct Cruise in a spy drama titled Edwin A. Salt, Variety says.




• ComingSoon is reporting that Seth Rogen wants Stephen Chow (Kung-Fu Hustle) to play Kato to his Green Hornet.
• NME has details on the separate but similar arrests of Lil Wayne and Ja Rule this weekend.
• Zap2It reports on Steve Guttenberg joining the cast of Jessica Simpson's military comedy Major Movie Star.

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• Petra and James apparently called it quits back in February, but didn't announce it until now. Hmmm, wonder why? - People
• Snoop Dogg and Diddy are evidently "incredibly disappointed" that they have to cancel their tour of Britain after Snoop was denied a visa into the country. Hopefully Snoop will be leaving his collapsible batons at home from now on. - People
• Clive Davis says now that Whitney Houston is "clearly together," she is a better singer than Mariah Carey. Can't wait to see what Mariah has to say about that. - The Scoop
• John Travolta wants wife Kelly Preston to play Sue Ellen on the film version of Dallas, but only if it doesn't interfere with their baby-making plans this summer. Doesn't look like Dallas is ever going to get made. - The Scoop
• Ashton Kutcher's popular MTV show Punk'd is being cancelled after eight seasons. While it's been fun to watch celebs get Punk'd, it's been hard to top the first episode ever with JT - AP
• Sean Penn's passionate anti-war speeches sometimes don't make much sense. Perhaps he's better when someone else writes the script. - Page Six
• Scott Weiland's wife was arrested for setting fire to her husband's wardrobe, only hours after destroying a Burbank hotel room. Well, it's a good thing leather pants aren't flammable! - TMZ

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We are the biggest fan of a comeback but we never would have guessed that Whitney Houston would have done one so quickly. The singer dropped her bad habit and her dead beat (but hilarious husband) Bobby Brown and BAM - check her out. Ms Whitney came out for the 17th Annual Carousel of Hope Ball. The event is a benefit for juvenile diabetes where Clive Davis and Quincy Jones were also both honored. But Whitney was what everyone was really talking about. The girl glowed, looking happy and healthy and is clearly doing very well post-Bobby. Apparently Clive and Whitney are working on a big comeback album, and we're crossing our fingers that she sounds as good as she looks! Go Whitney!

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