IT Jungle - New York,NY,USA - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will reportedly accept $10 million in exchange for being Microsoft's next celebrity spokesman. The TV funnyman is expected to appear in ads with chairman Bill Gates pushing Windows Vista, and will be part of a larger $300 million campaign to combat Apple and its aggressive anti-Windows marketing. The question for Microsoft is: Can Seinfeld bring the 'Wow' back to Vista marketing?

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Seinfeld will play a role in Microsoft's new "Windows, Not Walls" advertising campaign, which is slated to start next week. The campaign was put together by Crispin Porter +

eFluxMedia - USA - One of the surprises of the next edition of ABC’s show “Dancing With The Stars” is actress Cloris Leachman who, at the age of 82, accepted to enter the dancing competition, the network said on Monday.

Leachman won an Academy Award in 1971 for her supporting role in “The Last Picture Show” and a Primetime Emmy for her TV work. She is the oldest contestant that has ever appeared on the show’s ballroom floor.

The second oldest star that competed in the dancing show was actor George Hamilton, 66, who appeared in season two at the beginning of 2006.

Leachman said that she

hecklerspray - Los Angeles,USA - Roseanne Barr isn’t really known for being particularly funny, but this time she’s managed to make us all laugh.

See, there are times when celebrities get angry at other celebrities - they usually mean a few cross words and not much else. We smirk at these times. We enjoy. We forget.

Then there are times when a celebrity unleashes a furious rant at other celebrities - and this is exactly what Roseanne Barr has gone and done, and in whose direction?

Why, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, of course. The easiest of the targets, as we all know too well.

Access Hollywood - USA - In less than a month, Jennifer Lopez will pound the pavement, hit the water and put the pedal to the metal as she competes in her first ever triathlon.

The first time mom of twins Max and Emme, with husband Marc Anthony, joined “Good Morning America” on Monday and said the idea for taking on the heavy-duty competition, was inspired by her third trimester.

“It actually came up when I was about eight months pregnant, and I was beached… like a whale, and I was watching TV and I saw a triathlon and I said, ‘You know what? I think I could

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA - Madonna's friendship with baseball player Alex Rodriguez has reportedly helped her land a $500,000 charity donation from the star.

Rodriguez is alleged to have made the contribution to Madonna's charity, Raising Malawi, which helps the African nation's one million orphans gain access to food, education and medical care.

A source tells the New York Daily News: "They've asked him for a million dollars, and I hear he's agreed to give at least $500,000.

The sportsman's generosity comes just a month after rampant speculation he was engaged in an affair with Madonna.

Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA - The impact of celebrity endorsements in political races is hard to nail down, but economists at the University of Maryland think they have it figured out.

When media mogul Oprah Winfrey broke from her past tradition of staying out of politics and endorsed Barack Obama last year, there was much debate over how much Winfrey’s nod would benefit the Illinois senator in his race against former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton.

According to a study by university economists Craig Garthwaite and Tim Moore, it added about 1,000,000 votes to Obama’s column in the contested primary battle.

“We find her endorsement had a positive effect

Monsters and Critics.com - USA - Toni Braxton and Kim Kardashian are reportedly set to appear in the new series of US TV talent show 'Dancing with the Stars'.


The 'Unbreak My Heart' singer and the curvy socialite are two of the celebrities who will be testing their skills on the dancefloor when the fourth season of the show begins on September 22.

A show insider told In Touch Weekly magazine: "The cast is eclectic and diverse - we've got young, old, gay, straight, dance professionals and people who've never danced before.

"Some of the cast are already starting to work out and train, even though they won't meet

MarketWatch - USA - Jenny McCarthy, actress, comedian and model will co-host a major fundraiser to benefit families affected by autism with Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France champion road racing cyclist.

McCarthy and Armstrong host the celebrity-packed evening Ante Up for Autism, at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California on Friday, October 3, 2008. Joining the co-hosts will be a line up of sports celebrities including Ryan Scheckler, Jim Everett, Tony Hawk, Brian Lopes, Jeremy McGrath and more. The formal evening of cocktails, dinner and entertainment will be highlighted by a poker tournament and casino venue provided by Commerce Casino.

McCarthy

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA - Fresh on the heels of her recent "Dancing with the Stars" appearance on ABC, award-winning actress Marlee Matlin has agreed to speak at Starr Commonwealth's Founder's Day to be held Oct. 5, 2008.

Through American Sign Language and the assistance of her personal interpreter, Matlin will address the audience of students, staff, families and friends of Starr Commonwealth as the organization celebrates its 95th anniversary.

Matlin is an Academy Award winner for her role in "Children of a Lesser God," which also happened to be her film debut. She is the first deaf actress to receive the Academy Award and one of

Boston Herald - United States - Working on “The Ghost Whisperer” taught Jay Mohr about acting.

Living through a difficult divorce taught him everything he needed to know about his latest role.

Mohr, a former “Saturday Night Live” cast member, author, stand-up comedian and producer, stars as Gary Brooks, a newly single painting contractor facing post-divorce life in CBS’ “Gary Unmarried” (Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. on WBZ, Ch. 4).

It’s a role Mohr says could strike a chord with viewers.

PopSugar.com - San Francisco,CA,USA - Here at Sugar UK HQ we're always excited to chat with the stars, and we got the opportunity this week to speak with the lovely Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The American actress has starred in Death Proof and Die Hard 4.0 and plays the lead in Make It Happen, a film about following your dancing dreams, from the same writer who penned Save the Last Dance and Step Up. You can check out the trailer for the movie, which hits our screens on 8 August, and check back next week for my review.

Congratulations on your great performance. What attracted you to

TheImproper.com - New York,NY,USA - Two days after bitch-slapping "Page Six" Editor Richard Johnson, openly butch lesbian Samantha Ronson and her gal pal, sometime-actress Lindsay Lohan, took a victory lap around Manhattan, shopping, dining out and partying into the wee hours. Not a word of their escapades made it into The New York Post. Is Johnson giving the duo the silent treatment after his ass whuppin' by the mangirl?

It’s odd that the gossip column would take a pass on Samantha’s and Lindsay’s romantic day on the town. They shopped at Chanel in SoHo, ate a late lunch at Bar Pitti and had a romantic dinner

PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA - Rosalind Sedacca, CCT, founder of National Child-Centered Divorce Month in July, and Cynthia Tiano, Esq., creator of the Celebrity Co-Parent Awards, have announced that Demi Moore and Bruce Willis are the winners of the first annual Celebrity Co-Parent Awards.

“These two parents are ideal role models for families facing the challenges of divorce,” says Sedacca, a Certified Corporate Trainer and author of the book, How Do I Tell the Kids about the Divorce? A Create-a-Storybook Guide to Preparing Your Children -- with Love! “ Demi and Bruce have demonstrated all the qualities of a Child-Centered Divorce: responsible, loving and respectful co-parenting

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - I've been checking out Katie Couric, really putting the evil eye on her. You know, Couric, the former NBC "Today" superstar and subsequent $15-million-a-year Jeanne d'Arc who fell hard from her CBS high horse when delivering no miracles to lift that network's evening newscast from third in the ratings.

Media wonks are now wondering who will leave office first, George W. Bush or Couric.

It matters because even though their popularity has steadily fallen since their glory years, and more and more Americans turn to the Internet for news, the flagship newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS together still attract more than

Newsweek - USA - When OK! Magazine announced 16-year-old Nickelodeon star Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy in December 2007, it was the best-selling issue since the magazine's American debut in 2005. "We knew it was a very big story, but it took us a little bit by surprise just how big the story became," says Rob Shuter, OK!'s executive editor. "The nightly news was talking about it."

But the story wasn't exactly a publicist's dream. Jamie Lynn was, after all, barely old enough to get her driver's license, and she was a tween icon thanks to her sitcom, "Zoey 101." In October 2007, Jamie Lynn told

MSNBC - USA - Sure, she’s better known for her petty squabbles on “The Hills” and her constant quest for media attention, but Heidi Montag insists she’s interested in more than that. In an interview with USA Today, the reality TV star shared her spiritual side.

“I have been the most religious person since I was 2 years old,” Heidi, who calls herself “kind of non-denominational Baptist,” said. “I always felt this crazy connection to God.”

When she was younger, that connection inspired Heidi to dream of one day devoting her life to God and working as a missionary in Africa. Now that the 21-year-old’s on

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - ASEAT on the “Hot Tamale Train” is no longer the benchmark of success on “So You Think You Can Dance.” There now is a more coveted ranking, a sweeter place known as the “Tra La La,” and, yes, only judge Mary Murphy can explain what that means.

She coined it this month, inspired by a Broadway routine performed flawlessly by hip-hop dancer Joshua Allen and his contemporary partner Katee Shean during Fox’s multidiscipline dance competition for aspiring performers. After the performance, Murphy screamed in her usual jubilant, uninhibited, practically deranged manner. “The two of you ought to come with a warranty

Actress Archives - New York,NY,USA - Making news this week for their selfless tax deductible donations as well as for their informative, awareness raising sound bytes, actor Brad Pitt and his wife Angelina Jolie are putting their mouths where their money is.

The power couple, recently ranked on Forbes Celebrity Power 100 list at #3 and #10 respectively, with Pitt earning $20 million over the last year and Jolie $14 million, recently donated $1 million via their Jolie-Pitt Foundation to aid children displaced by the war in Iraq.

Dispersed through the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, roughly half the money will go towards the education and rehabilitation

National Ledger - Apache Junction,AZ,USA - When Lindsay Lohan posed topless in Vanity Fair with her Marilyn Monroe imitation she once again sprung to the top of the heap for pop culture and she was back on top with everyone showing interest in the sexy pictures and everyone wanted to get a look at a topless Lindsay Lohan.  But the buzz was short lived.  So what went wrong?

Two years ago Lindsay Lohan could just roll out of the house and tool around Los Angeles, perhaps make a visit to the Ivy and she would have an army of photographers following her around and she would be

Los Angeles Times, CA - NO, IT'S not your imagination. Ben Kingsley is everywhere.

The Oscar-winning actor is perhaps best known for his performance as an avatar of nonviolence ("Gandhi") or a thug whose very existence seems to promise brutality at any moment ("Sexy Beast"). But in a slew of films this summer, Kingsley proves he can do a little bit of everything, from playing a cross-eyed spiritualist in the recently released comedy "The Love Guru" to the long-haired, burned-out psychiatrist who befriends his teenage drug dealer in "The Wackness," which hits theaters early next month.

"I love to be reckless between action and cut," said Kingsley,