George Lucas, Mellody Hobson Engaged: 'Star Wars' Director, Businesswoman Set To Marry

HuffPost Celebrity can report that filmmaker George Lucas and his girlfriend of seven years, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, are engaged.

The famed director, 68, and his longtime partner and president of a big-time Chicago-based investment management firm, Ariel Investments LLC, 43, are no strangers to showcasing their relationship in the spotlight. The pair are often spotted hand-in-hand on the red carpet, everywhere from the Cannes Film Festival to Formula One Grand Prix races to the NAACP awards.

Victoria's Secret' names Candace Swanepoel as 2013 swim catalogue cover girl

A beauty from South Africa, Candace Swanepoel has been named the Victoria’s Secret swim catalogue cover girl for the second year in a row.

The football-loving blond beat out her close VS Angel friends Behati Prinsloo and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley for the coveted cover girl role.

In 2012 she was named No. 10 on Forbes list of highest-earning models.

Looks like she is starting 2013 off on a good note

JUSTIN BIEBER Let's Be Blunt ... WHATCHA SMOKIN?

Justin Bieber kicked off the new year on a real high note -- clutching a smoldering blunt at a big party inside a Newport Beach hotel room this week ... and TMZ has the photos.

Jennifer Lopez, Casper Smart: Singer Gushes About Relationship With 25-Year-Old Boyfriend

Jennifer Lopez sure isn't shy when it comes to describing just how she feels about her 25-year-old boyfriend, Casper Smart.

"He's fantastic; he's like my best friend," the singer, 43, revealed in the February 2013 issue of Harper's Bazaar. "I can tell him everything, when I'm feeling down, when I'm feeling good. He gives moral support, endless love and support."

Rumors of Lopez's relationship with Smart -- who is a dancer and the creative director of her "Dance Again" tour -- surfaced after he was spotted leaving her New York City hotel back in November 2011. In September 2012, she told Katie Couric that the 18-year age gap between the couple doesn't faze them.

"It's hard for me to think of my age... I feel very youthful," Lopez told Couric. "And I feel very comfortable in my own skin. And it's funny, until somebody brings up [the age difference], I don't think we really think about it."

What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You

Here’s a new question for you ask on your next date: So….what position do you sleep in? 

A new study found that sleeping positions affect personality by determining how we feel when we wake up. People who sleep on their backs with arms stretched out in front typically wake up feeling refreshed and eager to start their day. 

Sleeping face down with arms outstretched indicates a feeling of being “out of control” and leaves these people feeling tired with no energy. 

Those who sleep with a straight body are stubborn, and will feel stiff in the morning. 

And the most popular sleeping style? The fetal position. 58 percent of people sleep on their side with their knees up and head down– which is no surprise considering it is associated with stress.  These people can expect to awake refreshed, having dealt with the previous days issues.

True or False?

Holly Madison's Baby Bump: Pregnant Playboy Star Shows Off Body

Holly Madison showed off her huge baby bump at the Miss Universe pageant Wednesday at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The former "Girls Next Door" star and Playboy model is seven months pregnant with her first child, whom she is expecting in the new year with boyfriend Pasquale Rotella.

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SOFIA VERGARA BREAST NYE FIGHT EVER!!!

Sofia Vergara's strapless gown lost a New Year's Eve fight -- but every guy in the party won when one of her glorious boobs popped out of the dress in the middle of the scuffle.

Sofia and her fiance Nick Loeb were partying inside the Miami nightclub Story when the pushing and shoving started -- reportedly with some people at a table next to theirs.

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This is a Jus Joyce original, what do you guys think?..........JCGold

Nollywood star actress Nse Ikpe Etim reportedly engaged

Nollywood actress, Nse Etim Ikpe is reportedly now engaged. The actress, who has been under criticism for being single after clocking above 30, may have just found the right man to walk down the aisle with.



She was reported to have been proposed to during the holidays which just ended. The identity of the man is not yet known but reports say that he is a handsome dude that is capable of paying her bills. At the moment, it is unclear when both would get married but further reports indicate that frantic arrangements is in the offing to make that happen soon. 

Nse has often been criticized for being unmarried since she crossed 30. She has overtime said in some interviews that she is not desperate about getting married and waiting for the right man. Hopefully, it will be someone who truly makes her happy.

Hillary Clinton Discharged From Hospital After Blood Clot Scare, Holds Hands With Daughter Chelsea

Get well soon, Madam Secretary!

Hillary Clinton has been laying low while she recovers from a potentially dangerous blood clot near her brain, but on Wednesday, Jan. 2, she emerged from New York-Presbyterian Columbia Hospital, smiling, with daughter Chelsea by her side and husband Bill close behind. The trio grinned as they exited the building, Chelsea hand-in-hand with her mother, but returned just 15 minutes later, according to the Daily News.

Cover Story: Kourtney Kardashian Loses 44 Pounds in 6 Months: How She Got Thin!

Six months after the birth of her second child, E! reality star Kourtney Kardashian is back in a bikini -- and proudly showing off her 44-pound weight loss in a series of unretouched pictures for Us Weekly!

Posing poolside in Miami Dec. 13, the Kourtney and Kim & Take Miami star shared her diet and fitness secrets in a full-length interview with West Coast Bureau Chief Rebecca Bienstock.

Shakira and Usher: See Their First Official Portraits for The Voice!

Shakira and Usher are ushering in a new era on The Voice.

In just-released promotional portraits, the two new mentors pose in the show's famous swivel chairs alongside veterans Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. Shakira, 35, and Usher, 34, have replaced Christina Aguilera, 32, and Cee Lo Green, 38, for the NBC show's fourth season, premiering March 25.

Anne Hathaway Covers 'Harper's Bazaar UK' February 2013

Anne Hathaway is gorgeous on the cover ofHarper’s Bazaar UK‘s February 2013 issue.

Here’s what the 30-year-old Les Miserablesstar had to share with the mag:

On her perception of herself: “I’m notRihanna. I’m not cool. When people come to me in the street, they often want a hug not a photo, and they want that because they like my work. For a long time it was me and [my manager] against the world. I was seen as this bizarre-world good-girl cartoon that I in no way identified with – very vanilla, very sweet, very accessible and not interesting. I had no grit, no sex appeal.”

Kristen Stewart Covers 'V' Magazine Spring Preview 2013!

Kristen Stewart graces the cover of the Spring Preview 2013 issue for V magazine, on newsstands now!

Here’s what the 22-year-old actress had to share with the mag:

On feeling stronger: “I have realized that you can close yourself off to life if you put walls up, but it’s a difficult thing,” she says. “You can’t see over, people can’t see in, and you also can’t see out. So I’ve gotten quite comfortable with just being unafraid. I keep saying the same thing: it’s not about being fearless but really just embracing the fears and using them.”

On her new film On the Road: “I would have done anything, I would have played any part,” says Stewart. “Marylou is remarkable because she’s got a tough core. When you’re a teenager, a year can be crippling to maneuver through. 

Ke$ha Covers 'Seventeen' February 2013

Ke$ha gets cuddly with a kitten on the cover of Seventeen magazine’s February 2013 issue, on newsstands January 8.

Here’s what the 25-year-old entertainer had to share with the mag:

On dealing with negativity: “I used it to motivate me then, and I still do. I remember every person who told me I couldn’t do something or that I was ugly or too fat. I have a ‘s*** list’—people from my past who have been soulless and judgmental. Even after I got through my awkward phase, got my braces off, and figured out how to dress my body, people in the music business were like, “You’re never going to make it.” I see them now and I’m like, ‘Ha!’ That’s one of the reasons I named my record Warrior. 

Julianne Hough Covers 'Cosmopolitan' February 2013

Julianne Hough bares her toned tummy on the cover of Cosmopolitan‘s January 2013 issue, on newsstands January 8.

Here is what the 24-year-old Safe Havenactress had to share with the mag:

On studying at a prestigious dance academy in London as a child: “I was 10 years old looking like I was 28, being a very sensual dancer. I was a tormented little kid who had to put on this sexy facade because that was my job and my life. But my heart was the same, and I was this innocent little girl. I wanted so much love… While I was in London, I was abused, mentally, physically, everything… I’m a very forgiving person, and I don’t want to hurt anybody. What’s past is past…. [It got worse] when I started hitting puberty, when I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl.”

Jennifer Lawrence: 'Vanity Fair' Cover Girl!

Jennifer Lawrence is beautiful as she graces the cover of Vanity Fair magazine’s February 2013 issue, on newsstands now!

The 22-year-old The Hunger Games actress dished about auditions, red carpets, and being Katniss Everdeen in her interview:

On being Katniss Everdeen: “I read the Hunger Games books when it was Oscar season, so for the first time I was in these dresses which didn’t look like me and didn’t feel like me. I felt like a walking rag doll. I remember sitting there in hair and makeup, listening to the things that they were talking about, and most of the things I didn’t even know…. So I read that and I was like, ‘I know exactly how that feels.’”

Jennifer Lopez Covers 'Harper's Bazaar' February 2013

Jennifer Lopez is super fierce on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar magazine’s February 2013 issue, on newsstands January 8.

Here’s what the 43-year-old entertainer had to share with the mag:

On her infamous 2000 Grammy Awards dress: “I have that at home. The other day, my housekeeper put it on a mannequin in my spa, where I get my hair and makeup done. She sent me a picture. She was like, ‘You like this dress?’ Um, yeah, but I don’t know if I like it out in the house!”

On her career: “I’m a singer. I’m a dancer. I’m a performer. I’m an actress. That’s what I’m supposed to be doing. It makes me a better parent, a better person.”

Mother Arrested for Using 13-yr-old as Babysitter

When does one become qualified to babysit? Is there a specific age or grade level that accurately measures the aptness of a sitter?

A 39-year-old woman was arrested for leaving her four children – ages 13, 10, 4, and 1 1/2 – alone at home while she attended church. According to this article, she left the children in the care of her eldest child; but when a neighbor called the police, stating that the 4-year-old wandered into the yard across the street alone, this mother was charged with “risk of injury to a minor.”

Some people are criticizing the mom, while others are pointing fingers at the neighbor, “accusing her of acting in anything but a neighborly way.”

Human Barbie' Valeria Lukyanova and look-alike Dominika aka Olga Oleynik are coming to America

Look out, America. The so-called "real-life Barbie," Valeria Lukyanova, has a new look-alike bestie and the ultra plasticized pair are headed for the United States. 

Does anyone smell a Bravo reality show in the making? "Real Housewives of Barbie World," perhaps?

Radar reports the buxom twosome met online. They hail from the same city in the Ukraine -- Note to Science: someone may want to look into a water sample from Odessa -- and since they wear their hair and makeup in such a similar fashion to one another, Valeria's friends simply insisted the pair must be blood related. (Science, are you listening? Maybe get to work on that water sample idea?)

How Nollywood Actress Bisi Komolafe Died In Ibadan

The showbiz industry was again thrown into mourning on Tuesday following the death of a fast-rising actress, Bisi Komolafe. Many refused to initially believe the news which started trending online on New Year eve, especially as a similar story was erroneously reported on Friday by an online platform, claiming that a prominent actor was dead.

The truth about Komolafe, however, manifested when some of her colleagues confirmed the news. When our correspondent called cross-over actress, Foluke Daramola, she was all tears and when asked what was responsible for her weeping state, she said the industry had lost an actress, revealing her to be Komolafe.

There were speculations concerning how she actually died. While it was said that she was slightly sick, an online source said she died in the University College Hospital, Ibadan after suffering complications from a four-month pregnancy which resulted in a miscarriage. 

Actress Lizzy Anjorin, who told our correspondent that she got wind of the news via the picture of the late actress displayed by some of her BlackBerry contacts, added that if it was true then it was a huge loss. She stated, ‘‘I had met her on set many times. She is a nice person, a very nice actress

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Taraba State Governor Out Of German Hospital, Wife Delivers Twins

AILING Taraba State Governor Danbaba Fulani Suntai has made his first public appearance – not physically, but in a photograph (right) – in about 67 days. Suntai flew the plane which crashed on October 25 near the Yola Airport. He has been discharged from the German hospital where doctors treated him for multiple fractures, The Nation learnt yesterday. 

In the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) photograph, apparently taken by an amateur, Suntai looks darker than he used to be. He is holding his baby – one of the twins his wife, Hajia Hauwa, was delivered of on December 6, also in Germany – and looking straight into the camera, his wife is holding the other. 

Her trip to Germany to assist her husband at the hospital changed the plan for her to delivered of the babies in the United States.

With the twins, the Suntai family now has five children – four girls and a boy (one of the twins).

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• At least 61 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stampede

• U.N. lifts Syria death toll to "truly shocking" 60,000

• Hollywood tops Chinese film market in 2012, first time in four years

New Year's Eve Party Pics

Adrienne Bailon celebrates New Year's Eve at the Jay-Z and Coldplay show in NYC 

            Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper in Times Square 

HILLARY CLINTON Chelsea Distraught After Hospital Visit

Chelsea Clinton was visibly upset as she left the NYC hospital where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is being treated for a blood clot in her head -- although doctors now say things are looking up for Madam Secretary.

Chelsea was photographed outside New York Presbyterian Hospital Monday after visiting her mom ... who's been there since Sunday when doctors discovered the blood clot during an MRI.

Docs say Hill is now on blood thinners, but she's expected to make a "full recovery." They also confirmed the clot did not cause stroke or brain damage.

HUGH HEFNER & CRYSTAL CHASING TAIL at Mansion Wedding

It's all over but the partying for Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris ... who finally tied the knot tonight at the Playboy Mansion -- after a brief 18 month time out.

Sources at Playboy tell us Crystal walked down the aisle around 7PM in front of an intimate group of family and friends -- a much smaller gathering than was originally planned for their June 2011 wedding.

That was canceled when ex-Playmate Crystal left Hef at the altar ... pulling the plug on their relationship days before the wedding.

KIM & KANYE We Don't Want Any SEX SURPRISES Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/01/kanye-west-kim-kardashian-pregnant-sex-of-the-baby

Mini-Kanye rockin' the mic, or mini-Kim rockin' the ... whatever ... point is -- are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West having a baby boy or a baby girl?
The answer is they don't know yet, but TMZ has learned ... as soon as it's medically possible -- around week 16 -- Kim and Kanye intend to learn the sex of their unborn child.
Sources close to Kim tell us the couple already decided to pass on the old fashioned, wait and see route -- and are anxious to know what she's got in there, but don't read too much into that.

We're told, like most parents (say, anyway) ... K & K don't have a preference if it's a boy or a girl.

JUSTIN BIEBER PHOTOG KILLED After Chasing Bieber's Ferrari

8:40PM PST:  Justin Bieber was not in the Ferrari ... sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ.  We're told one of Justin's friends was driving and another friend was in the passenger seat.

A paparazzo attempting to shoot photos of Justin Bieber's Ferrari was hit by another car and killed this evening -- although Bieber was NOT behind the wheel of the Ferrari ... TMZ has learned. 

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bieber's white Ferrari was pulled over by California Highway Patrol for a routine traffic stop on Sepulveda Blvd. ... near the Getty Center in LA. 

"The Hobbit" keeps box office crown for third week

(Reuters) - The dwarfs and elves of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" prevailed at the North American box office again over the weekend, as its $32.9 million in ticket sales topped both the star-packed musical "Les Miserables" and the western "Django Unchained."

Despite surging past "The Hobbit" on Christmas day with an $18.1 million opening, "Les Miz" managed only third place in U.S. and Canadian sales with $28 million as Christmas shoppers returned from the malls to boost Hollywood's box office, according to studio estimates.

"The Hobbit," in its third week of release, has now grossed $222.7 million domestically, Warner Bros said.

Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," a western starring Jamie Fox as a slave turned bounty hunter, took second with an impressive $30.7 million.

Mercy Johnson Delivers Baby Girl In America [Baby Pix]

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okogie, who was married to Prince Odi Okogie in 2012, has been delivered of a baby girl. Mercy gave birth to the child at an undisclosed hospital in the United States of America. 

Former RCCG Pastor Berates Adeboye For Turning Holy Ghost Congress To Political Congress

A former pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Bankole Solomon has taken on the General Overseer (GO) of the church, Pastor E A Adeboye for allegedly turning the yearly Holy Ghost Congress into a political congress. 

The former pastor said in a post that the yearly spiritual programme, which attracts millions of visitors to the Redemption camp venue of the congress located along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, is gradually becoming a place where politician come to deceive worshippers with 'fake' promises. 

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Family: We break up to make up

Its the holidays, and we all know that during this season , extended and nuclear families re-unite to spend time with each other, celebrating the high's and the low's of the past while looking forward to the future.  When families come together it could either turn out good, bad or ugly....... or as a matter of fact, a mixed cocktail.

Through the Christmas holidays i hosted my husband's family in my home, and it started out alright but eventually the claws came out and it got quite ugly, but as a family we stuck through the crises, mended our broken hearts and now..... it's all good. 

Anyway through the whole experience i picked up two important values that i want to share;

• Any action by a loved one (the keyword here is LOVE) which subsequently overtime still generates in you a negative reaction or resolution should be addressed one on one between you and the individual involved. Effective communication is a strong foundation for understanding, forgiveness and healing.

• Walking away might seem like the easiest option but it takes a lion heart to weather the storm and ride the waves till peace and calm is restored. Never walk away from family, they may not be there when you decide to come back.

Remember love endures all things.Season Greetings to all the families out there. Peace and Love...........JCGold.

R&B singer Brandy engaged to music executive

(Reuters) - R&B singer and actress Brandy Norwood is engaged to music executive Ryan Press, a spokeswoman for the singer said on Thursday.

This will be the first marriage for the singer, who goes by the moniker Brandy. Press is an executive with music publisher Warner/Chappell Music. A date for the wedding has not been announced publicly.

Norwood, 33, has a 10-year-old daughter with her former boyfriend, music producer Robert Smith.

Norwood has starred in numerous television and films since the 1990s and is best known as the lead character in the popular television series "Moesha" from 1996-2001 on the now-defunct channel UPN.

Body of India rape victim cremated in New Delhi

(Reuters) - The body of a woman, whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India, arrived back in New Delhi on Sunday and was cremated at a private ceremony.

Scuffles broke out in central Delhi between police and protesters who say the government is doing too little to protect women. But the 2,000-strong rally was confined to a single area, unlike last week when protests raged up throughout the capital.

Riot police manned barricades along streets leading to India Gate war memorial - a focal point for demonstrators - and, at another gathering point - the centuries-old Jantar Mantar - protesters held banners reading "We want justice!" and "Capital punishment".