Five Steamiest Celeb Hookups of the Summer!

Maybe it's just because we've still got a certain celebrity wedding on the brain, but we can't help but think that this, above all others, might truly qualify as the summer of love.

There's no question the Hollywood hookups came in all shapes and sizes: from the downright bizarre (hey, Melissa George and Russell Simmons) to the fresh and young (hiya, Emma Roberts and Chord Overstreet) to the low-key hip (here's to you, Dianna Agron and Sebastian Stan) to the newly reconciled (here's to you, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel...and to a lesser extent, you, too, Jesse James and Kat Von D) to the truly eyebrow-raising (yeah, we mean you, Doug Hutchinson and Courtney Stodden).

But, believe it or not, none of those canoodlers were steamy enough to make our cut. So which five couples really made the temperatures rise?

Here are our picks for the five hottest hookups of the summer:

1. Leonardo DiCaprio and Blake Lively: Guess what, America? Leo has a type, and that type is anything with a pulse blond, leggy and, uh, supermodely. Well, two out of three proved just fine for this Gossip Girl, as there seemed to be no continent left uncanoodled this summer. They were first caught out while walking and boating around Italy (grazie, but no grazie on the playing coy, guys) and then were soon spotted taking the mickey in Disneyland, sunglass shopping in Santa Barbara and biking around New York. As if that weren't enough, they even weathered a potentially embarrassing nude photo scandal together and got past the most treacherous relationship hurdle of all—gaining the approval of Leo's mama. Heck, these guys just might make it to fall!

2. George Clooney and Stacy Kiebler: Yeah, yeah. We know they haven't even been spotted together yet. But bear in mind, Clooney does have a history of keeping his women hidden in the first few months of his relationship before going public, usually on a red carpet in some fabulous and foreign locale. And who are we kidding? He was never going to stay single for long—plus, sources close to the superstar have already confirmed the head-scratching hookup. If nothing else, it's nice to see Clooney break from his usual brunette arm candy. And we know how George likes to stay friendly with his exes…maybe Stacy can give Elisabetta some Dancing With the Stars tips? Win-win! Well, kind of.

3. Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield: With respect to Jim Carrey, he really should've seen this one coming—after all, you don't need tingly senses to know that Spider-Man trumps Yes Man any day of the week. Still, these Spidey costars seem to have gone out of their way to build a web of secrecy around their partnership, but took the giant step just last week of being seen together in public while on a dinner date in Malibu. Getting more serious, are we? And for those naysayers clinging to their platonic pals party line, we have one word for you: Robsten.

4. Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux: Everyone and their grandmother seems to have their own romantic hopes pegged to the success of Jennifer's love life, so it's no surprise that the world has united in their eagerness to see these two make it work. And they're obliging at record speed. Since going public with their love earlier this summer, J-squared has been inseparable, donning matching rings, hitting up the (international) party rounds, going on date nights, vacationing in Hawaii and, most recently, moving in together. Here's hoping this happily ever after lasts a long, long time.

5. The Marines and Everyone: Who knew the men and women of the armed forces were such, well, hoo-ras. Sure, everybody loves a ball, but none more so, it would seem, than the U.S. Marine Corps, who valiantly attempted to outdo each other this summer with a series of YouTube proposition videos in which they publicly guilt-tripped asked the who's who of Hollywood to be their dates to this fall's slew of Marine Corps Balls. Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Betty White, Mary-Kate Olsen, Emma Stone, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell and countless others were asked. Betty White and Scarlett Johansson showed how to classily demur, while Linda Hamilton countered with a proposition of her own. And after all that, we still have to wait a month or so to see who actually makes good on their RSVPs—hottest hookups of fall, anyone?

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Shammi Kapoor's ashes immersed in Dal Lake

Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) He romanced a bevy of Bollywood beauties in the snow-capped mountains of Kashmir in films like "Kashmir Ki Kali" and "Junglee" and immortalised the shikara on the Dal Lake in the song "Tareef karun kya uski". And finally, veteran Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor has become a part of that surrounding forever.
The ashes of the actor, who left for his heavenly abode Aug 14, were immersed in the Dal Lake by his son Aditya Raj Kapoor.
According to reports, Aditya Raj was accompanied by his sister Kanchan and actors Shabana Azmi, Vinod Khanna, Asha Parekh, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan and Tina Ambani.
"Yes, we have immersed the ashes in the Dal Lake," Aditya Raj told IANS on phone.
Aditya Raj, along with all the actors, left here for Srinagar for the immersion Friday morning.

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T.I. Back Behind Bars

The rapper's tricked out mode of transportation lands him back in jail less than 24 hours after his release.

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Katt Williams: NOT Sorry for Anti-Mexican Rant

Katt Williams wants to make one thing clear: he is not sorry.

The comedian got into it with a fan at a gig in Phoenix last week, telling the man "this ain’t Mexico. It used to be Mexico [expletive] and now it’s Phoenix... Do you remember when white people used to say 'Go back to Africa,' and we'd have to tell them we don't want to? So if you love Mexico, [expletive], get the [expletive] over there!"



It appeared as if Williams was contrite for this outburst soon after it was made public, but he tells CNN an apology was penned by his publicist and was simply "for the Tracy Morgans of the world," referring to that actor's response to his own stand-up scandal in June.

"I don't think I need to apologize for being pro-American," Williams says.

Williams is no stranger to controversy.

He brawled at a Young Jeezy concert last week and was given the boot; and he was arrested in June for threatening a potential witness after an odd stand-off with a tractor driver.

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Fashion Face-Off: Kate Winslet vs. Evan Rachel Wood

Co-stars in Mildred Pierce, Kate Winslet and Evan Rachel Wood stopped by the Venice International Film Festival this week.

The former will next be seen in Carnage, while the latter has a role in George Clooney's The Ides of March. Both movies are Oscar contenders, which means Winslet and Wood might square off against each other next year.

So let's start the competition now! Compare the styles of these stars and vote below.

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Tameka "Tiny" Cottle Calls BS on T.I. Imprisonment

T.I. was a free man for a full 24 hours this week, until the rapper was sent back to jail for getting a ride to his halfway house in a pimped out tour bus. Such a method of transportation is against the law, apparently.

How does wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle feel about this development? She says it's complete crap and here's why:

Prison officials saw the vehicle ahead of time and didn't say a word! Heck, they "walked him over, took pics and told him good luck in life," Tiny tells TMZ.



"This is a bunch of bullsh-t," Cottle added. "They should have said something before he got on the bus... T.I. would have politely gotten into a van... T.I. is one of the strongest individuals I know... and they just trying to break him in more ways than one and it's not gonna work! 'Cause what God got for him, can't no man take that away... period!"

More like an ellipse, really. We likely haven't heard the end of this story.

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Bethenny Frankel on Suicide of Russell Armstrong: Don't Blame Bravo!

Bethenny Frankel may soon be leaving Bravo, but she's still quick to defend the network.

Asked about the suicide of Russell Armstrong and whether The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills could be blamed for the tragedy, this reality star scoffed at the mere mention of such liability.

“It’s preposterous to blame a TV show for someone’s suicide,” Bethenny told USA Today. “When the show started filming, I’d heard he wasn’t so kind to his wife."



Whatever problems Russell had, and whatever exposure they'd be given on the Real Housewives, Frankel says the troubled man knew what was in store for him before a single frame was shot:

“People sign very lengthy documents and they know what they’re getting into. Life is stressful. It’s unfair to blame a TV show for something personal. I believe that I really do.”

In one of his final interviews, Armstrong railed against the show that made him famous, citing its editing process and how he's nothing like the person viewers saw each week. Bravo will premiere season two of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on Monday night.

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Dr. Keith Ablow to Parents: Don't Applaud for Chaz Bono!

But there's at least one person who would vote Chaz Bono off Dancing with the Stars right now if he could: Dr. Keith Ablow.



Not everyone finds Chaz Bono's appearance on Dancing with the Stars to be funny.

Referring to Bono's presence on the show as "toxic," the psychiatrist has written an editorial for Fox News which reads:

I advise parents to not allow their children to watch the episodes in which Chaz appears.

The last thing vulnerable children and adolescents need, as they wrestle with the normal process of establishing their identities, is to watch a captive crowd in a studio audience applaud on cue for someone whose search for an identity culminated with the removal of her breasts, the injection of steroids and, perhaps one day soon, the fashioning of a make-shift phallus to replace her vagina.

Chaz Bono should not be applauded for asserting she is a man (and goes about trying to look like one) any more than a woman who believes she will be happier without arms, has them removed and then continues to assert that she was right all along—her self-concept was that of a double amputee. Now, all is well.

Chaz Bono should not be applauded any more than someone who, tragically, believes that his species, rather than gender, is what is amiss and asks a plastic surgeon to build him a tail of flesh harvested from his abdomen. If only a plastic surgeon would acquiesce, all would be well.

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Audrina Patridge Admits: I Have a Chest Problem

This is difficult for Audrina Patridge to talk about, but she knows she must lead the charge for others in a similar predicament.

When asked in a recent interview if she's undergone plastic surgery, the former Hills star came clean: she has a chest problem.



"Look at the pictures," Audrina said of the accusations. "I fluctuate in weight a lot. And as far as my face, I'd never had anything done."

What about any kind of breast enhancement?

"Well," Patridge paused. "See I have this chest problem. My bone right here, it's higher on this side? It's pectoralis something. So I've always struggled with that. You could see they look different sizes all the time."

Go ahead and study our collection of Audrina Patridge photos, folks. See for yourself. Then, take up a collection for this poor young lady. She's really struggling.

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Sharni Vinson: Dating Kellan Lutz!

You're a lucky woman, Sharni Vinson.

The Australian actress, who appeared in Step Up 3D, was snapped this week strolling through Venice Beach with The Twilight Saga hunk. Sources tell Us Weekly the pair met through mutual pals and have been dating for about "two months."



"She's a lot of fun," says the insider. "They are both very into working out. They hang out in Venice a lot and just stay low-key."

Lutz previously dated 90210 star AnnaLynne McCord for about two years, but they called it quits in the fall of 2010. Now, Vinson is the one who gets to go home to THIS.

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Salman Khan: star on ascendant!

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) His biggest fans admit he isn't the greatest actor and say his films aren't really quality cinema. But Salman Khan is unstoppable, spinning box-office magic from Chandigarh to Chennai and Bhopal to Ballia, with his "Bodyguard" confounding critics and being declared a hit on day one of its release.

The lukewarm reviews and the thumping success of the Salman-Kareena Kapoor film across single theatres in India's hinterland and multiplexes in metro malls could be perplexing for some. But not for his fans queuing up to get entertained as only Salman it seems can; so what if the film isn't top-notch?

If his 2009 release "Wanted" revived single screen theatres, his 2010 release "Dabangg" was the top grosser of the year. This year his first release "Ready" did decent business at the ticket window but "Bodyguard", released this Eid, is breaking records, beating the opening day collections of "Dabangg" and "3 Idiots".

"Bodyguard", the remake of a Malayalam film, has broken "Dabangg" opening day record by a huge margin of about Rs.7.5 crore and the second day collections at Rs.18 crore is bigger than any film's Sunday collection.

The film has been co-produced by Reliance Entertainment and Atul Agnihotri, Salman's brother-in-law. And distributors can't stop celebrating.

"The film is going 100 percent occupancy in Uttar Pradesh. Single screens are also going houseful. Both distributors and exhibitors are likely to rake in the moolah. Although the reviews have been not very good, the film will cross the Rs.100- crore mark," Joginder Mahajan, a Delhi-based distributor, told IANS.

T.N. Kapoor of Bharti Film Distributors in Indore said: "The response has been fantastic. The occupancy is not going less than 90-95 percent. The film is likely to be the highest earner in Madhya Pradesh. We also manage Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and the response has been very good there too."

"The film is not as good as 'Dabangg', but it is still doing fantastic business in small cities. While Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan are popular in metro cities, Salman is more popular among the masses in the interiors; hence the excitement is more.

"On the opening day, the film had already crossed over Rs.20 crore, which is much more than 'Dabangg'. It is likely to do much more business."

Bihar-based distributor Ranjan Sinha said: "Any film in Bihar normally opens in 113-115 centres and 'Bodyguard' is the first one to open in 150 centres. If we compile numbers, the film has earned over Rs.1 crore in Bihar itself."

The star, known to be close to his family, has helped his family cash in on his success. Brother Arbaaz hit the gold mine when he produced "Dabangg" and now brother-in-law Atul is raking it in with "Bodyguard".

"We were expecting a good opening, but the number has gone beyond our prediction," said Atul. "Even in Cochin where people have seen both its Tamil and Malayalam versions, the film is doing extremely well."

Sanjeev Lamba, CEO, Reliance Entertainment, said expectations from a Salman film at Eid are sky high. "We expect that the film will continue to create new milestones at the box office. For Reliance Entertainment 'Bodyguard' caps an extremely successful summer."

However, the star is himself missing the action as he is sitting miles away in a hospital in Pittsburgh and recuperating after a surgery to fix his nerve problem.

Film critic Khalid Mohammad feels the news of his health trouble, which came five days before the release of "Bodyguard", has worked in favour of Salman.

"Salman Khan has a good fan following and his presence in itself is charismatic. There's also a sympathy wave riding on the actor, who is being treated for a medical condition," he said.

"He has this glamorous presence and poster boy image; as a result he is getting such roles even at the age of 45. Moreover, his time is also good; so whatever he does works well for him," Khalid said.

Salman is the reigning Khan of the moment, the star who it seems is bigger than any film. How long will the magic last, cine goers wonder.

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Abhay to party with Scarlett

Mumbai, Sept. 3 -- Actor Abhay Deol has been invited to dine and party with Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson in Shanghai on Monday.

A champagne brand has invited the actor as a guest for the event and dinner that will be hosted by Johansson along with Daniel Lalonde, President, House of the brand at the Peninsula Shanghai, followed by an after party. "I'm really looking forward to this event. It's humbling and exciting, all at the same time," says Deol.

Many big names from the South-Asian film fraternity would be attending the event.

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