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As Idol Chatter reported last week, Madonna and her husband Guy Richie have been undergoing Kabbalah marriage counseling in New York. Now, it seems there’s more to the story. Rumors have been swirling that Madonna is having an affair with Yankees star Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez, and that was what prompted the need for marriage counseling.…

I ran a preview of “The Secret Life of an American Teenager” last week because I was hopeful it could be an intelligent new summer series. It seems others were equally optimistic because the show debuted to the highest ratings ever for a premiere on ABC Family Channel. Which puts this show in the negative…

Recently the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano officially quashed rumors that Pope Benedict XVI’s red shoes are not Prada (an urban legend Idol Chatter’s own Donna Freitas debunked back in April). “Such rumors are inconsistent with the simple and somber man who, on the day of his election to the papacy, showed to the faithful gathered…

Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith recently announced plans to open a private school in Calabasas, California, just outside of Los Angeles. New Village Academy is scheduled to open in September, and while the couple may have funded the school for philanthropic purposes, their plan has backfired. Many of the school’s teachers are…

“Shakespeare in Love” director John Madden, is now chasing Nazis–or at least planning to helm a remake (or reinterpretation) of an Israeli film about Nazi hunting, called “The Debt.” The Miramax Films project is based on the 2007 Israeli feature “HaHov,” which follows a trio of 1960s Israeli intelligence agents who pursue an elusive Nazi…

It’s summer, which means weather for shorts, T-shirts, and flip-flops. If you want to inject a little spiritual humor into your summer wardrobe, check out this gallery of fun faith-inspired T-shirts.

If you want to save money on gas, money on tickets and even more money on popcorn and drinks at theater prices, the July 4th weekend is a great weekend to check out some of the great movies that carry on the legacy of patriotism, the July 4 weekend, or, ehm, that are just really…

[INT: evening] London, Ritchie/Ciccone Mansion, dinnertime. The family sits at the table. RITCHIE: Rocco, tell your mum to pass the salt. MADONNA: Lola, tell your father that we have an appointment to see Rabbi Berg today and he’d better be there. ROCCO: I’ve had it with passing the salt to you two. I’m going to…

Heidi Montag, one of the “famous for being famous” talentless starlets Hollywood grinds out at an alarming pace these days, is certainly not letting any of her fifteen minutes go to waste. The “Hills” villainess, whose relationship with Spencer Pratt guarantees her at least one tabloid cover a week, has already tried her hand at…

By Craig Detweiler After Disney struggled to control the innocent image of Miley Cyrus, now Nickelodeon must contend with their teenage star of “Drake & Josh” playing a drug dealer in the hip-hop drama, “The Wackness” (opening this weekend). After regular appearances on “The Amanda Show,” Drake Bell and Josh Peck were granted their own…

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