What is with all these celebrities (or so-called celebrities) not being able to afford their taxes? I mean celebrities have to have an accountant or financial planner helping them with their money right? The latest celebrity to be hit with back taxes is Austin Power's Mini-Me Verne Troyer. The actor fell behind on his taxes in 2005 and 2008 and owes the government $10,869.36 in back taxes. I guess this is nothing compared to the millions that Nicolas Cage owes in taxes but still, the guy has to come up with almost $11,000 soon. A few months ago Verne had mentioned that Mike Myers was coming up with an Austin Powers 4 movie. He better hope that Mike writes it awful fast so he can get some money.

Singer Mariah Carey is stepping forward and admits that she was emotionally abused in a relationship. She says that she can relate to singer Rihanna and her relationship with Chris Brown as she too was emotionally and mentally abused. Mariah, who married Nick Cannon last year, says that she has been through some painful relationships in the past. She told Larry King in an interview, "You know, I just think you get into a situation and you feel locked in. If your situation is similar to one of the situations I've been in - which I won't harp on - for me, to really get out, it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage but a business thing, where the person was in control of my life." In the same interview, Mariah also denounced the rumors that she was pregnant. She says that she would love to have a child now but with her movie Precious and singing career she does not have the time to devote to motherhood like she wants to. She said, "I wouldn't be just like, 'Oh, I'm having a child, Yay! Let me get a nanny so I can give her the baby. Take the kid. That doesn't work for me. I don't believe in that." At least this is one celebrity who takes motherhood seriously rather than just pawning kids off on a nanny.

Sources:
www.tmz.com
www.people.com

Several months after that fateful car ride with Chris Brown, Rihanna has decided to open up about her ordeal. In an interview with Diane Sawyer, Rihanna looks thoughtful, saying, "This happened to me . . . it can happen to anyone." She also reveals that the incident was especially hard on her, since Brown was "her first big love." Rihanna's decision to finally open up about her experience with domestic violence comes at an interesting time - less than three weeks before the release of her new album, Rated R. Brown is currently serving his sentence and is also preparing to release a new album in December entitled Graffiti.

Although Twilight star Robert Pattinson constantly has to fend off advances from his eager fans, according to the actor, it's not easy. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Pattinson says he's "trying not to drown." Although he's constantly surrounded by mobs of adoring fans, the actor goes on to say, "I'm not much of a crowd person." As to his oft-reported romance with co-star Kristen Stewart, the actor (once again) denies everything. He claims the twosome are just "good friends" and that he admires her deeply. Stewart, in her characteristic shrewish fashion, has more to say about the rumors of a romance with Pattinson: "It's so retarded."

The ever-hypocritical Mel Gibson is officially a father - for the eighth time. His much-younger girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, became pregnant with Gibson's child while he was still married to his wife of 30 years, Robyn. The couple officially filed for divorce in April. For Gibson, who backed production of Passion of the Christ and runs his own church, this must be a proud moment.

Chris Brown has publicly apologized to his fans for hitting a woman and it only took him 5 ½ months to do it. The singer issued a video-recorded statement in which he apologizes for behavior he describes as "inexcusable," saying "my mother and my spiritual teachers have taught me way better than that." He also says that he grew up in a home with domestic violence. Photos that emerged after the beating showed a barely recognizable Rihanna with a bruised and battered face. Although Brown says in the statement that he didn't apologize publicly sooner on his lawyer's advice, whether his former fans are willing to forgive him remains to be seen.

Since *Heath Ledger*'s tragic death, the future of the new Batman movies has been a bit uncertain. Ledger, whose performance as The Joker earned rave reviews, was initially set to play a large part in at least the next Batman movie. However, since both producers and potential actors were hesitant to revise his role, they had to rethink their plans. It seems that finally, an alternate plan must have been reached, and production of the third movie may, after all, move forward. At Comic-Con 2009, Gary Oldman let slip that filming is to start on the third movie in 2010, with a release date of 2011. Fans can only hope!

*Michael Jackson*'s death is looking less like a tragic accident and more like a homicide. According to law enforcement sources, the Los Angeles County Coroner will likely release autopsy results on Jackson next week and it will "almost certainly" be ruled a homicide. One of Jackson's doctors, Dr. Conrad Murray, is currently being investigated as the doctor who may have given Jackson the powerful anesthesia agent Propofol on the day he died. One complicating factor: Jackson used at least four aliases to obtain prescription drugs, including Omar Arnold, Michael Armstrong, Jack London and Peter Midani. Authorities are currently trying to sort through the mess to determine what was actually going on.

Vampires have bitten the nation! With Twilight being dubbed as the next Harry Potter, until the second movie in the series, New Moon, comes out, people will have to settle for season two of True Blood, a vampire series on HBO. Anna Paquin stars, and according to various entertainment websites, she'll be showing lots more skin. Photos of a topless Paquin filming a scene have been leaked, and it's rumored even more of her will be bared during the season.

Speaking of baring skin, Bethenny Frankel of The Real Housewives of New York showed a little too much in a sheer black jumpsuit at the Apollo Theater 75th Anniversary Gala the week of June 13th. We guess now that the show has wrapped, she really wants to put herself out there.

And finally, Rihanna is getting ready to testify against her ex-boyfriend (and rumored current boyfriend, according to gossip sites), Chris Brown, in his assault trial. The singer will be in LA Monday, June 22 to testify at the preliminary hearing. It looks like Brown is already trying to clean up his public image, however. He's allegedly hired a crisis management company called Sitrick and Company to help reverse his public image. Everything he's done thus far, from his appearance at the NBA final game with a Rihanna-lookalike to his video on YouTube has been the carefully calculated work of the firm. But even though making more tame public appearances might make the trial fade into the background for some people, we're sure it's not working with Rihanna. The preliminary hearing should be interesting.

In the crazy world of celebrities, this week is all about love gone wrong and legal misadventures. According to People magazine, Jon and Kate of TV's Jon & Kate Plus Eight are fending off new rumors that their marriage is on the rocks, after Jon was spotted out with an alleged female "friend" late one evening. Although he claims it was strictly platonic, he released a statement apologizing profusely for his "poor judgment." Seems dealing with their eight kids has Jon a little confused.

Actor Sean Penn also filed for divorce this week from his wife of thirteen years, actress Robin Wright Penn. Although the couple has started and stopped divorce proceedings before, it looks like this time it will stick: Penn was seen with model Petra Nemcova during the separation. The couple are seeking joint custody of their two children, daughter Dylan, 18, and son Hopper, 15. And Mel Gibson, who is in the middle of a divorce, has wasted no time moving on to the woman of his (mid-life crisis) dreams. He showed up at the Wolverine premiere with his Russian lover, Oksana Grigorieva, 39. At the premiere, Gibson looked much older than his fifty-three years. I suppose the end of a 28-year marriage, having seven kids and going crazy will do that to you.

In legal news, singer and alleged woman-beater Chris Brown is trying to get the assault charges against him dismissed in the vicious beating of singer (and quasi ex-girlfriend) Rihanna. The reason for his attempt at a dismissal? Not that he didn't do it, or that there's not sufficient evidence - he's trying to get the charges dropped because of the leaked photo showing the bloody and battered face of Rihanna after the incident. Say what?

That's the low-down on the top celebrity gossip this week. From infidelity to Gibson's younger Russian lover, celebrity news just goes to show you that some things never change.

Apparently when actress Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green break up they don't do it for good. Green and Fox were spotted in Santa Monica looking for a beach apartment together. A source told reporters that, "Megan wanted great ocean views because she loves the beach and spotting dolphins. And they said they needed several bedrooms and lots of privacy." Although the couple was together, Megan was not wearing her engagement ring at the time. The couple was recently engaged and then called off their engagement last month. Are they still together? Are they still getting married? Who knows?

Chris Brown has pled not guilty to the two felony charges he faces for assault and making criminal threats. The whole case goes back to the night were he allegedly beat his girlfriend, singer Rihanna, after she found a text message from another girl on his phone. Chris Brown showed up at court in L.A. and pled not guilty, as Rihanna spends some more time in Barbados. He is due back in court on April 29. It has been speculated that Chris Brown and Rihanna are still dating even after this incident. Also, the two sides are even trying to work out a plea bargain to end this case as quickly as possible.

Actor Ethan Hawke may want to stay away from Toby Keith if he is smart. In an article that Hawke wrote for Rolling Stone about Kris Kristofferson, he claims that a country singer who "had a monster hit about bombing America's enemies back into the stone age," started a fight backstage at Willie Nelson's tribute concert with Kristofferson. Hawke never mentioned Toby by name, but only referred to his song, "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)." Keith called Hawke out asking why he didn't call him by name and went on to say explicit words about how Hawke didn't know what he was talking about and the incident is made up. Hawke's rep did not comment on the situation.

Sources:
www.tmz.com
www.huffingtonpost.com

We have finally learned what exactly made Jennifer Aniston give John Mayer the boot for good this time. Twitter! Twitter is a social networking site that uses short 140 character posts to communicate with others. John Mayer is very prolific on Twitter. Apparently, Aniston did not like this one bit. She felt that Mayer did not have enough time for her, to even just text her, but he was able to find time to write plenty of tweets on Twitter. Mayer even ended up tweeting about his break up, "This heart didn't come with instructions."
Has singer Rihanna finally moved on from Chris Brown. According to Fox News, she was seen cuddling with reality star Frankie Delgado (The Hills) at the club Delux. It was even reported that Rihanna gave Frankie a lap dance. Rihanna must be having fun celebrating her 21st birthday as she was also seen with Delgado and Brody Jenner at Nobu the night before. Sources are claiming that Rihanna is still seeing Chris Brown though. Maybe once Brown goes to his arraignment and hopefully gets jail time, Rihanna can fully move on to a better man.

Candy Spelling, the husband of late Aaron Spelling and Tori's mother is putting the Spelling mansion up for sale. Whoever buys the home gets bragging rights for the most expensive home for sale right now. Spelling has the estate listed on the market for $150 million. It is the largest home in Los Angeles at 56,000 square feet on 5 acres worth of land. The reason why Candy is selling the home is that it is only her now in the huge home and it just takes too many people to upkeep the whole estate. Spelling told People that "This house is the equivalent of a mid-sized hotel. It's a lot of work." We'll have to see who has enough money to buy this home right now. Should be interesting to see how long it takes to sell and who buys it.

Sources:
www.foxnews.com
www.people.com

Singer Rihanna has apparently rekindled her romance with her beau Chris Brown. The two were spotted vacationing in Miami together, staying in Diddy's vacation home. They spent the weekend there and both have returned to Los Angeles. It has been reported that the couple got back together after an altercation they had that left Rihanna with scrapes and bruises. Rihanna was not spotted outside the Miami home, but Brown was seen water skiing close by. Chris Brown is scheduled to be arraigned this week for the altercation with Rihanna. This couple just needs to stay away from each other. Brown has said that he acted in self-defense and after seeing the pictures of Rihanna, these two will be better off just staying away. Why people get back together after these types of incidents leaves me puzzled.

First he was dating Lauren Conrad and then it was onto Amanda Bynes, now Doug Reinhardt is rumored to be dating Paris Hilton of all people. It seems like this minor league baseball player knows how to make his rounds in the young Hollywood scene. Doug and Paris were seen together at Teddy's in Los Angeles hanging out in the back corner and dancing together. According to a source, Doug introduced Paris as his girlfriend to his friends. This guy moves on pretty fast, and I have to say he definitely downgraded this time.

Britney Spears is going to be the newest face of Candies clothing and accessories. Past spokespeople for the brand include Hayden Panettiere and Kelly Clarkson. Britney said, "I'm so excited to be the face for Candies' Only at Kohl's." Her tour is starting this week and now she has another job with the Candies campaign. It may be too soon to say, but this looks like a good comeback for Britney Spears.

Sources:
www.people.com
www.justjared.com

Rihanna and Chris Brown were no shows at the Grammy awards. They were originally scheduled to perform at the Grammy's, but due to personal reasons they both backed out. Chris Brown is under investigation for an alleged domestic violence battery charge. According to the L.A. police department, Brown and an unidentified female were in their car when an argument broke out. Both the woman and Chris Brown got out of the car where the argument escalated even farther. When police arrived, Chris Brown was already gone from the scene, and the female had visible injuries. So, who was this unidentified female? Rihanna? The two were seen early that night together at *Clive Davis*' Pre-Grammy party, and she backed out of the Grammy's right before the show. I have a feeling somehow this will be leaked to the press, and we will know who it was sooner or later.

It seems that Prince Harry has blown Paris Hilton off. Paris Hilton had plans to meet Prince Harry for a date, but right before the date, Prince Harry called it off. Prince Harry, who is newly single after breaking up with his girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, asked one of his bodyguards to call Paris to break off the meeting. Hilton is in the UK to promote her new series Paris Hilton's British Best Friend. Paris was not happy at all with being blown off by Prince Harry. Good for Prince Harry. He needs to stay as far away as possible from Paris Hilton. I don't know how she even got the date with him in the first place.

US Weekly Magazine is reporting that Lauren Conrad from The Hills has moved out of her house that she shared with her best friend Lo. A source tells the magazine that, "a home's a big responsibility, and with her schedule it didn't make sense. A condo is more manageable for a 23 year old with a budding career." So, what they were in the home for a year? Maybe she couldn't afford it anymore now that Audrina moved out?

Source: www.usmagazine.com

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit models came to Vegas to walk a red carpet straight into LAX nightclub to celebrate the issue. The SI models arrived February 11 on the SI One, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 wrapped in an SI swimsuit issue image of cover model Bar Refaeli. She said that she found out her image would be on the airplane before she knew she would be the cover girl for Sports Illustrated.

"I saw the plane and thought, 'It can't be that I'm on the plane and the cover,'" Refaeli said. "I thought that they chose someone else to be on cover and me to be on the plane."

She said she found out when her agent called her into his office for an audition. When she arrived, they slowly opened the door to reveal a large image of her on the cover of the magazine.

There were camera crews inside the office, and still, Refaeli thought it was a joke and could not believe she had made the cover.

"It was a terrible surprise," she joked. "If I weren't young, I would have had a heart attack."

Refaeli is not only the cover model for the issue but also the first Israeli cover model.

"It makes it that much more exciting," she said.

The models weren't the only visitors to Vegas - Chris Brown escaped to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino after his recent arrest for allegedly assaulting Rihanna. Brown reportedly checked in on Wednesday, February 11, and left sometime Thursday, February 12, according to E Online. The 19-year-old R&B singer holed up in an eighth floor suite and then left to meet with his mother, Joyce Hawkins. Since then, Brown has been hard to pin down - as has Rihanna, and there are no reports of her whereabouts.

From scandal to scrutiny, Jessica Simpson, who has been in the tabloids of late for allegedly gaining weight, is still going strong with boyfriend Tony Romo. According to People.com, the pair planned something romantic for Valentine's Day in Rochester, NY. Simpson opened for Rascal Flatts there.