British actress Emily Blunt is forever grateful to a teacher at her former school - for inspiring her to take to the stage and cure her childhood stutter.

The Devil Wears Prada star suffered a bad stammer as a schoolgirl, but finally overcame her speech impediment when a teacher urged her to take up acting.

She says, "I did have a bad stuttering problem as a child. I'd try to push the words out, but it was so frustrating. My parents took me to speech coaches and relaxation coaches.

"It didn't work. Then one of my teachers at school had a brilliant idea and said, 'Why don't you speak in an accent in our school play?' I distanced myself from me through this character, and it was so freeing that my stuttering stopped when I was onstage. It really was a miracle."

Joe Jonas is at the center of a photo scandal in which he appears to mock Asians - just one month after fellow teen singing sensation Miley Cyrus was forced to apologize for a similar prank.

The 19-year-old Jonas Brothers star, older brother to Cyrus' ex-boyfriend Nick, appears to pull his eyes with his pinky fingers as he strikes a similar pose to the Hannah Montana star in a picture which has leaked online, reports HuffingtonPost.com.

Cyrus, 16, is facing legal action from a group of Asian Pacific Islanders over her own photo controversy after images of the singer and a group of friends pulling the same pose appeared online last month.

She apologized for the photos, but it was rejected by civil rights activists and they are now seeking damages for the offense.

A spokesperson for Jonas was not available for comment as WENN went to press.

For everyone who doubted Kendra Wilkinson's status as a natural blonde,















she's got photographic evidence.

The reality tv star dug up childhood photos and posted them on her blog to combat claims that she's a fake blonde. "Here's proof that I AM originally a NATURAL blonde!!!" she writes.

The bride-to-be, who is looking for a minister to preside over her nuptials to football star Hank Baskett, also wanted fans to see that she hasn't changed much and "to show everyone a little bit about the young KDubs hahaha!"

And giving a whole new meaning to the phrase “pussy whipped….”

Former Project Runway contestant Kenley Collins was arrested this week after assaulting her fiance with their cat. Animal Cruelty! Quick, somebody call PETA!

According to New York City Police officials, Kenley is accused of tossing the feline, a laptop, and three apples at live-in lover Zak Penley during an argument in the couple’s Brooklyn apartment on Tuesday.

She was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

“It was a miscommunication,” the aspiring designer told The New York Post on Thursday. “Fights happen, And that’s that. There is no case.”

jennifer Aniston's musiscian beau John Mayer has approached top US jeweller Lorraine Schwartz to custom-make a two milion pounds engagement ring for his girlfriend.

Schwartz has earlier created rings for celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum and Beyonce Knowles.

"Money is no object for John. He is creating a vintage-style classic ring for Jen. He's looking at 18-carat flawless diamond so he won't get much change from 2 million pounds," dailymail.co.uk quoted a source close to the couple saying.

"When he does get down on one knee, he wants to be completely sure he gets the right answer. He knows a ring like that would be hard to refuse," the source added.

R&B artist on the rise Bobby Moon is trying to break through into the R&B scene, and he's going to have major R&B star Akon backing him up. The Houston, Texas born Desi released his single "She Got Me High" and is ready to blow up big time. The 27 year old singer/songwriter is definitely looking to proceed forward with new music. He wants to go R&B, but he's definitely staying true to his Desi roots by singing in Hindi on the song.

This will be his first single off his forthcoming album under RCE/Kon Live Distribution. Kon Live Distribution is Akon's R&B label, so the man behind 'Lonely' and 'Don't Matter' and countless other hits will be personally working with Bobby Moon throughout the process. That's a big time figure to be helping you try to break into the R&B /pop world. This will be Bobby Moon's second album and his first one since 2004's 'The Rising.' More often than not, Akon has the Midas touch when it comes to breaking new artists. Two of his biggest finds have been T-Pain and Lady Gaga, so let's hope he has similar success with Bobby Moon so we can see R&B become just a little more Desi.

It's definitely cool to see a Desi like Bobby Moon get the star treatment so he can be a force in R&B. The track record is there so keep your fingers crossed. In the meantime we have a clip of the new song "She Got Me High." Listen to it and let us know what you think? Do you think Akon hooked Bobby Moon up or do you think Bobby Moon needs to go back into the lab to make a better single? Let us know whether you love it or hate it.

"She Got Me High"

Good luck getting Jennifer Aniston to shut her piehole about ex-husband Brad Pitt

. Sheesh.

In a interview for the March 16 issue of Britain’s Hello Magazine

, the Marley & Me star says she still loves Brad, despite the fact that he left her after an alleged affair with his Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie, who he went on to start a family with.

Jen hopes the pair can be “good friends again” sometime in the future.

“I don’t regret any of that time with Brad and I’m not here to beat myself up about it. They were seven very intense years together and it was beautiful and complicated,” says the actress. “I will love Brad for the rest of my life - you can’t take away good memories. Were there times when I had a little ‘pity party’ for myself? Of course. Who hasn’t done that?”

She adds, “I really do hope that we’ll be good friends again at some point.”

Chris Brown was charged with two felonies in connection with his Feb. 8 altercation with Rihanna. The 19-year-old singer is facing charges of felony assault and making a criminal threat, also a felony. He could face up to four years in prison.

TMZ is reporting that L.A.’s FOX 11 obtained a leaked police report which reveals detectives’ findings from a search warrant in the case. The notes reveal that Rihanna read a three-page text on Chris’ phone from another woman and that’s what started the fight.

Chris is accused of trying to push Rihanna out of the car; he was unable to because she was wearing a seat belt. He then reportedly shoved her head against the passenger side window and began punching her as he drove.

Rihanna’s mouth was filled with blood, which also splattered on her clothing and the inside of the rented Lamborghini. Chris then said, “I’m going to beat the shit out of you when we get home. You wait and see.”

Rihanna then called her assistant and left a message saying, “I am on my way home. Make sure the cops are there when I get there,” Chris replied, “You just did the stupidest thing ever. I’m going to kill you.”

In an interview with Momlogic, The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick says he now realizes he shouldn’t have proposed to Melssia Rycroft in The Bachelor finale, but in the moment, he thought he was doing the right thing.

Jason has become Public Enemy No.1 for ditching winner Melssia for runner-up Molly Malaney on Monday night’s “After The Rose Special.”

“Melissa definitely knew before going on [the show],” Jason told Momlogic.com when the Web site asked him if Melissa knew their relationship was over before the post-finale reunion special. “I mean our last conversation was: ‘Are you gonna to wear the ring? Because you know we’re not together.’ And I think that she probably had some hopes still that maybe I was gonna change my mind, ’cause she was really upset. We didn’t talk a couple of days before we shot. And that’s okay. No matter what I said, she was going to be upset. We’ve talked about not being together over the phone but I had to tell her stuff in person, too. I’m not as cowardly as it might seem or as much of a jerk as I might seem for doing it on camera. But that was my only chance to do it.”

Angelina Jolie is hunting for a $20 million necklace to wear to the 2009 Oscars this Sunday night.

According to OK!, the actress has bounced to several leading New York retailers in search of the perfect piece of jewelry to don for her big night.

Angelina is nominated in the best actress category for her role in the 2008 Clint Eastwood film Changeling.

“She’s been driving all the high-end jewelers crazy,” one unnamed source chuckles. “She’s looking for the impossible.”

“She really wants it to be a show-stopper and is making sure that she is the one everyone has their eyes on this Sunday.”

The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC @ 8PM Sunday night.

Before things get crazy with Oscar season, Best Actor nominee Brad Pitt took his sons Maddox and Pax out to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last night.

It appeared Pitt left his daughters and his seven-month-old son Knox at home with their mother, Angelina Jolie. Pitt, Maddox and Pax enjoyed some male bonding time at the Hard Rock.

Sources at the property were witness to three Nintendo Wii's being delivered to the room

Justin Gaston showed his bulge in VMAN Magazine. And WOW, we knew he was an underwear model but Justin is pretty sizzling, no? We don’t want to think about how he may be pleasuring himself with that tennis net, or how he Miley Cyrus may pleasure him (ewwwww), but he’s certainly a great, brainless eye candy.

In the VMAN interview he talks about how being *friends* with Miley and it’s nice to have her around because she “understands” what he’s going through as a wannabe country star. Great! I’m sure Miley just loves being his mentor. He also says looks aren’t terribly important when he’s looking for a mate. Really, Justin just wants someone who is “nice.”

The Rihanna assault picture has been released. If Chris Brown were a smart man, he would probably flee the US for awhile and lay low. For a few years or so. Because he won’t have a career left when these make the rounds. Warning** The picture is graphic. (Photo below)

TMZ has obtained a photo of Rihanna taken after allegedly beaten by Chris Brown. We’ve put photos of Rihanna at a better time and the battered photo so you can compare the two side by side.

There are also reports that Rihanna’s camp is even thinking about an attempted murder charge. They might get it if those dark spots on both sides of her neck are bruises. It’s hard to tell if it is shadows or bruises…what do you think?

Compare that picture with a good Rihanna picture. Is her nose swollen too?

I can’t think of any excuse why making another person look like this would be acceptable. It doesn’t have anything to do with gender either…a man shouldn’t be beat to look like this

Salma Hayek said her wedding vows in French. The 42-year-old actress - who married billionaire French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault in a surprise ceremony in Paris on Valentine's Day - wore a white gown and carried a bunch of red roses for the intimate ceremony.

A source said: "The bride was extremely beautiful, even when she was crying tears of joy. They were extremely happy. She said 'Oui' before about a dozen guests." Salma - who has 17-month-old daughter Valentina with Francois-Henri - invited her mother Diana Jimenez to the service, while her brother Sami served as a witness. Salma and Francois-Henri - who began dating in 2006 - called off their engagement last July, but eventually decided to get back together after taking two romantic trips to the French capital. A source explained: "He's the sweetest guy when he's around her. He's good to her, always with her. They take the baby everywhere with him. They're happy together, totally in love."