Creed's Scott Stapp says he and his wife are expecting another baby. "When Jaclyn told me we were having another baby, I was overwhelmed with joy and again reminded what this life is for. We are so thankful for God's blessings."
Graduates from the Charles W. Howard Santa School have descended upon malls all across America. The Michigan school teaches students about the history of Santa and personal hygiene. Director Tom Valent says, "Santa is a pure man; he's a pure spirit. You never use off-color jokes or flirt or anything like that. You have to be very careful where we touch the children, how we pick them up, how we set them on our knees. Keep your hands up on top visible. We don't want any Santas getting a bad rap." There are also classes for singing, story telling and Santa dancing.
Johnny Knoxville and girlfriend Naomi Nelson are the proud parents of a new baby boy named Rocko Akira Clapp. He weighed 8 pounds and measured 20 inches upon his arrival
Michael Anthony says Van Halen fired him because of his friendship with Sammy Hagar. "The major reason why I'm not in Van Halen (now) is because I became friends with Sammy again. The Van Halen brothers never got over that. If they hold a grudge, they hold it forever."
During some of their recent shows, Three Days Grace has been covering of Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down"
OK! magazine claims Jessica Simpson is telling her friends she wants to have Billy Corgan's kids. A source says, “Since things got serious in November (after flirting at a party in L.A.), she’s telling her friends that she wants to have his children. Not right this second, but eventually. She’s fallen for his personality, charm and mellow, artistic style.” The source adds, “He’s a brilliant man but a hard guy to constantly be around. It’s going to be very interesting to see how much of his personality and attitude she might take on.”
Tila Tequila recently slammed Jessica Simpson for dating Billy Corgan. “I think Jessica Simpson is a waste of space. She can’t even put two and two together. She doesn’t show any female empowerment. She gets screwed over by her ex-boyfriends because she’s all clingy. She should stop being so weak and stand up for herself. If Billy is happy with Jessica, then I’m happy for him — but I think he can do a lot better.”
Nathan Followill says Kings of Leon is planning a 6 month hiatus. "We're going to take six months off now. I'm going to sit on my couch and cry tears of joy sitting in my pants with a tub of chocolate chip cookie ice cream. Then it's on to the golf course, a bit of fishing and some camping in the wild. Cooking your own meat under the stars, that's the way to reconnect with something real after a year of immigration lines at the airport."
The Chicago Sun Times claims Billy Corgan began dating Jessica Simpson because he's jealous of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. A Windy City source says, "Corgan must be very jealous of Pete Wentz, since Fall Out Boy has been in the '00s what the Pumpkins were from this town in the '90s. I suppose he'd like a piece of that and will settle for the older sis!"
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has quit the group to concentrate on his solo career. A source says, "Josh Klinghoffer has been playing with the group for a couple of months now. Optimistically, the Peppers are trying to lock down a replacement for John, who has apparently quit. Mentally, John checked out a long time ago. He's interested in doing his own thing, his own albums - the whole big rock band machinery just doesn't appeal to him anymore."
Courtney Love recently lost custody of her 17 year-old daughter, Frances Bean. The family guardianship was established because of her erratic behavior.
Hollywood Life claims ARod and Kate Hudson have split up. A source says, “He was acting VERY single, and Kate Hudson was definitely not there. Kate and A-Rod broke up.” Another source tells Hollywood Life, "He had his arm around a dark haired woman. He was hitting on different girls at the dinner. He had a lot of fun!"
Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to Mason Dash Disick on Monday. He weighed in at 7 lbs., 6 oz., and was 19.5 inches long.
Avatar star Sam Worthington says during rehearsals a stranger caught him wearing a G-string. "We were wearing nothing but lace g-strings, a couple of gears and a wig. I thought Hawaii was going to be a holiday, to be honest, I thought I'd take my surfboard and go surfing. We get there and we work and this guy comes past and says, 'What are you doing?' I said, 'We're making a movie.' He says, 'Big budget movie. Who's the director?' I said, 'That bloke over there'. And there's Jim with a handycam. He goes, 'Is that James Cameron? F**k, he's gone downhill since f**king Titanic!'"
