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By Roger Friedman HollywoodNews.com: NBC has bought an interview with Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine. They’ll air in on Dateline on Friday night, opposite ABC’s big 20/20 piece. The Katherine Jackson interview was produced by Michael’s former business partner, Marc Schaffel. It’s the only one with Mrs. Jackson made for the anniversary of[...]

HollywoodNews.com: Lady Gaga continues her V.I.P. status as she graces the cover of the latest “Rolling Stone” magazine. Not only does she pose for some stripped down photos, but she finally reveals some more personal details about her life. In the new interview, she admits that if it weren’t for her[...]

By Kim Palacios HollywoodNews.com: Though Team Edward fans love to see Bella and Edward kiss on screen, “Twilight” and “New Moon” kisses left something to be desired. True to the Edward character, Robert Pattinson admits having deliberately held back. In alignment with Stephenie Meyer’s description of the vampire, whose[...]

By Hanako M. Ricks HollywoodNews.com: For the next 22 days, Harry Potter fans once again have a chance to show support for charitable causes, by supporting the The Harry Potter Alliance’s bid to win a $250,000 grand prize from Chase Community Giving. The competition, which is being promoted on Facebook, is[...]

HollywoodNews.com: The Writers Guild of America, West’s Nominating Committee has announced its initial list of candidates for the 2010 Board of Directors election. There are 18 candidates nominated to run for eight open seats on the WGAW’s Board of Directors, as follows: Robin Schiff, David Shore, David A. Goodman (inc.), Cheryl[...]

HollywoodNews.com: Tiger Woods continues to surge forward with his career, but it seems as if his personal life is going in reverse. Elin Nordegren seems to be the one taking care of the kids lately, and after Tiger’s latest incident it appears as if she will continue to do so.[...]

HollywoodNews.com: Ellen DeGeneres just launched her own record label after being inspired from watching the Youtube video of Greyson Chance performing his awesome cover of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi.” Now actor Johnny Depp is following in her footsteps. He’s launched a new label entitled, Unison Music, and has already started scouting some[...]

By Kim Palacios HollywoodNews.com: Jay Leno recently opened a can of worms for Twilight fans who weren’t in the know. During his mid-June interview with Robert Pattinson on “The Tonight Show,” the late-night host grilled the Brit about his nude scenes in “Bel Ami”. Said the actor to Leno, who asked[...]

By Hanako M. Ricks HollywoodNews.com: For those of you who haven’t heard, a group of about 2000 witches and wizards will descend on Orlando, FL next month as part of Infinitus 2010, a Harry Potter Conference taking place July 15 – 18 at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort. Infinitus attendees ages[...]

By Greg Hernandez HollywoodNews.com: Actor Stephen Moyer, who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood since 2008, knew almost from the very beginning that his co-star and fiancee Anna Paquin is bisexual – something she made public fairly recently. “I’ve never been in a relationship before in[...]