December 2, 2008

The estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson was arrested yesterday in connection with the murders of her mother, brother, and nephew in October. 27-year-old William Balfour, who previously was described by authorities as a person of interest in the case, was transferred into police custody from an Illinois prison, where he was being held for an alleged parole violation. UPDATE: Balfour was formally charged this morning on 3 counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion.

Both STAR Artist Coldplay and Leona Lewis were inescapable in 2008, so it's no big shock that both acts top iTunes' year-end charts of the best-selling albums and singles of '08. Check out the top 10 iTunes albums and singles:

Albums
1. Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
2. Jack Johnson, "Sleep Through the Static"
3. Various Artists, "Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)"
4. Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter III"
5. Sara Bareilles, "Little Voice"
6. Various Artists, "Once (Music from the Motion Picture)"
7. Jason Mraz, "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things."
8. OneRepublic, "Dreaming Out Loud"
9. Various Artists, "Across the Universe (Music from the Motion Picture)"
10. Leona Lewis, "Spirit"

Singles
1. "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis
2. "Viva la Vida," Coldplay
3. "Low (feat. T-Pain)," Flo Rida
4. "I Kissed a Girl," Katy Perry
5. "Disturbia," Rihanna
6. "Lollipop," Lil Wayne & Static Major
7. "No Air," Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
8. "Pocketful of Sunshine," Natasha Bedingfield
9. "Love Song," Sara Bareilles
10. "Don't Stop the Music," Rihanna

We’ve got a list of the top nude scenes of 2008 thanks to MrSkin.com. Here they are from movies:

1. Mischa Barton, Closing the Ring
2. Sophie Monk, Sex and Death 101
3. Heather Graham, Adrift in Manhattan
4. Asia Argento, The Last Mistress
5. Neve Campbell, I Really Hate My Job
6. Anna Faris, The House Bunny
7. Amy Smart, Mirrors
8. Mena Suvari, Stuck
9. Laura Ramsey, The Ruins
10. Angelina Jolie, Wanted
11. Penélope Cruz, Elegy
12. Jessica Morris, Role Models
13. Willa Ford, Impulse
14. Carly Pope, YPF
15. Jenna Jameson, Zombie Strippers
16. Jess Weixler, Teeth
17 Moran Atias, Mother of Tears
18. Vera Farmiga, Never Forever
19. Maria Bello, Downloading Nancy
20. Amy Adams, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

And here they are from TV (premium channels obviously):

1. Lizzy Caplan, True Blood, HBO
2. Mary Louise Parker, Weeds, Showtime
3. Anna Paquin, True Blood, HBO
4. Arlene Tur, Crash, Starz
5. Jenaveve Jolie, Entourage, HBO
6. Caprice Benedetti, Brotherhood, Showtime
7. Hayley Marie Norman, Crash, Starz
8. Cerina Vincent, Manchild, Showtime
9. Alicia Leigh Willis, Katherine Moennig, The L Word, Showtime
10. Carla Gallo, Californication, Showtime

Where’s STAR Artist Kelly Clarkson at with her new CD? Well, pretty close to finished! She’s waiting for all the songs to be mixed and mastered. So we can expect it in the early part of 2009. To kill time while she waits she’s been hanging with friends. cooked her first-ever Thanksgiving dinner and watching the new Australia movie to which she says, "Wow, God did good when he made Hugh Jackman!"

Check out the cake STAR Artist John Mayer made to celebrate the kickoff of the Christmas season:
STAR Artists Natasha Bedingfield, Jesse McCartney plus Fall Out Boy, Ne-Yo plus more are all booked for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.