Stars Are Blind

Rappers Ludacris and 50 Cent have dissed Oprah Winfrey. Now, Ice Cube has a beef with the talk show queen.

“I’ve been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I’ve never been asked to participate,” the rapper-actor tells FHM magazine in its July issue, on newsstands June 6.

“For ‘Barbershop,’ she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn’t invited,” says the 36-year-old rapper, referring to his 2002 movie. “Maybe she’s got a problem with hip-hop.”

Cube adds: “She’s had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I’m not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?”

A call by The Associated Press to Winfrey’s spokeswoman at her production company, Harpo, was not immediately returned Friday.

Last month, 50 complained that Winfrey rarely invites rappers on her talk show: “I think she caters to older white women.” Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges, told GQ magazine that the media mogul was “unfair” to him during a show he appeared on last October with co- stars from best-picture Oscar winner “Crash.”

Earlier this month, Winfrey defended herself in a surprise appearance on New York City-based radio station Power 105.1.

“I listen to some hip-hop,” she told DJ Ed Lover. “You know, I’ve been accused of not liking hip-hop and that’s just not true. I got a little 50 (Cent) on my iPod. I really do. Love ‘In Da Club.’ … Love that, and you know, love Jay-Z, love Kanye (West), love Mary J. (Blige).”

Ice Cube, whose other films include “Friday” and “Three Kings,” will release his latest album, “Laugh Now, Cry Later,” on June 6.

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Paris gives new meaning to the term sand in your shorts on the set of her new video.

TMZ obtained this video, shot in Malibu, Calif., as she shoots the video for her new single. Paris does what she does best — writhes around in the sand, grabs herself and lip syncs. At one point, Paris is so into the music, she (oops!) pulls her swimsuit off!

Ah springtime in Paris… life’s a beach. We can’t wait to see the final version!

here to see the video

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Knowles works the festival circuit on the French RivieraBeyoncé was in Cannes this week for a special sneak peek of her latest film, an adaptation of the Broadway hit ‘Dreamgirls.’

Beyoncé was in Cannes this week for a special sneak peek of her latest film, an adaptation of the Broadway hit ‘Dreamgirls.’”It feels like old Hollywood,” Knowles says about the festival, “it’s really kind of chilling and makes me a little nervous but it’s beautiful and I’m honored to be here.”

As the most bootylicious member of Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé is used to stepping into the spotlight, but her role as “Deena” in the musical forced her to shy away from the fierce diva she becomes during concerts.

“With Deena I had to hold back my strong voice,” Beyoncé said. “I had to hold back my personality on stage because everything she did was very held back and minimal and subtle and I’m the complete opposite as Beyonce the performer on stage.”

‘Dreamgirls’ opens in December.

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A very pregnant Gwen Stefani and rocker husband Gavin Rossdale arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles this morning where doctors plan to induce labor and deliver the couples child via C-section at noon PST. Rossdale dropped his wife off at the maternity ward, parked Stefanis silver Range Rover and seemed a little nervous and he checked the baby car seat before he got out,? according to a witness. Rossdale then took the elevator to the maternity ward. Gwen was wearing her signature red lipstick and looked so excited,? the onlooker added.

Stefani, 36, announced her pregnancy last December during the final concert stop of her band No Doubt. This is the end of a huge chapter for me,? she said at the time. Her tour completed, the singer spent the remainder of her pregnancy relaxing, swimming, and getting weekly manicures and pedicures near her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, California.

The couple met in 1995 when No Doubt opened for Rossdales former band Bush, and they married in September 2002, in two separate ceremonies in London and Los Angeles. Rossdale, 38, has a 16-year old daughter, Daisy Lowe from a previous relationship¦sounds like a built-in babysitter to us. Congratulations!

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The feud between Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie has apparently caused further disruption to The Simple Life.

Richie is said to have told producers that she would withdraw her scenes from the show unless Hilton returned to the US for wrap filming. Nicole was apparently furious after learning that her former friend has been skinny dipping at Cannes while deadlines for the reality series are fast approaching.Friends of the pair claim that Nicole is feeling emotional after breaking up with fiance Adam Goldstein.Some mutual friends of Paris and Nicole - who have dared to keep in touch with both of them - were raving about the Nikki Beach party,? a source told the Daily Star.Paris led a late-night skinny dipping session thats been the talk of Hollywood and has raised her stakes in the gossip scale - while Nicoles broken up with the man she was about to marry. So she just blew up.?

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And it happened! Hollywood celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt welcomed their baby girl yesterday in Namibia, Africa. With already two adopted children Zahara from Ethiopia and Maddox from Cambodia and the newborn will be named - Shiloh (meaning His Gift? in Hebrew) with Africa as birthing place, where the celebrity couple are frequent visitors. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt was born on May 27, at night, in the African country of Namibia and the new girl is the couples first biological child.

As well a know, the celebrity babys arrival was a moment long waited not only by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt but also by the worldwide media, due to the fact that Jolie and Pitt met while filming Mr and Mrs Smith and soon after Pitt divorced his wife Jennifer Aniston; not long after the pregnancy news came shortly after Pitts announcement that he planned to adopt Maddox and Zahara.

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