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Feb 21 2012 12:27 PM ET

Nick Jonas and girlfriend Delta Goodrem split

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Nick Jonas may know How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but the 19-year-old will still have to work on mastering the art of love. According to People , the actor/singer has parted ways with his girlfriend, 27-year-old Australian pop star Delta Goodrem. While Jonas’ rep declined to make a statement, Goodrem’s rep told the magazine, “Nick and Delta have decided to mutually end their relationship. At this point in time, they are both focused on their careers as they go on different paths. “They remain friends and wish each other the best for the future.”

People also notes that Jonas and Goodrem had started dating as early as May 2011.

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Feb 15 2012 04:00 PM ET

N.J. governor defends flag salute to Whitney Houston

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is strongly defending his decision to have flags lowered to half-staff Saturday for the late singer Whitney Houston amid criticism partly related to her history of substance abuse. Christie says he rejects the idea the New Jersey native “forfeited the good things that she did in her life” because of her substance abuse struggles.

The Republican governor said Wednesday disparaging emails and other messages have been coming into his office. He says critics are wrongly accusing him of treating Houston better than fallen soldiers. He has ordered flags flown at half-staff for all 31 fallen New Jersey soldiers and every fallen police officer during his time in office.

The cause of Houston’s death at a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel over the weekend hasn’t been determined.

Feb 12 2012 02:44 PM ET

Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina treated at hospital

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Whitney Houston’s 16-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown checked into Cedars Sinai Medical Center following the singer’s death Saturday, a family source confirms to EW. The source tells EW that Brown was released shortly after being treated. People reports Brown — daughter of Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown — had a “complete breakdown” after she had heard the news of her mother’s death. People‘s source also claims that Houston was found “partially submerged in the bathtub of her room”: “[Bobbi Kristina] was screaming, ‘What’s wrong with her? What’s wrong with her?”

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Feb 12 2012 10:59 AM ET

Whitney Houston discussed role in 'Sparkle,' death of Aaliyah in last 'Essence' interview

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Whitney Houston talked about her role in the forthcoming movie Sparkle and the death of Aaliyah in the course of an interview with Essence magazine, just weeks before Houston herself passed away. Houston and her Sparkle co-producer Debra Martin Chase originally intended to make Sparkle 11 years with Aaliyah but then the R&B singer was killed in an August 2001 plane crash. “God needed her more,” Houston told Essence. “We were so, so saddened by it. And then 10 years later, to the date, Debra calls me and said, ‘Whitney, you won’t believe this but they want Sparkle.’” Houston, who died Saturday afternoon at the age of 48, appears in the film alongside Jordin Sparks and Mike Epps.

Feb 10 2012 09:34 AM ET

Suge Knight charged with marijuana possession

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Suge Knight was charged with marijuana possession after being pulled over by Las Vegas police for an alleged traffic violation, CNN reports. Police found less than one ounce of marijuana in Knight’s car. The rap mogul, who was also ticketed for making an unsafe lane change and had three outstanding traffic warrants, “was released on his own recognizance.” Knight, who spent time in jail in 1997 and 2003 for parole violations, was previously arrested in 2008 on drug and assault charges (which he was later cleared on) and in 2010 for assault with a deadly weapon and driving with a suspended license.

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Feb 9 2012 09:25 AM ET

Katy Perry, Russell Brand finalize divorce

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Just six weeks after they announced they’d be ending their marriage, husband and wife of 14 months Russell Brand and Katy Perry have finalized their divorce. People reports that according to a filing Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Brand, 36, and Perry, 27, have reached a “comprehensive written settlement of all issues.” But Perry — who asked that the court not be involved in awarding spousal support to Brand and has legally requested to restore her maiden name Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson — isn’t singing a sad tune: The pop star “signed the papers with her usual happy autograph — with a smiley face in her last name.”

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Feb 6 2012 03:56 PM ET

'Twilight' star Jackson Rathbone expecting first child

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EW has confirmed that Jackson Rathbone will be a father this spring. The actor, best known for playing Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga, met his burlesque dancer girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi during a gig for his band 100 Monkeys. Per Rathbone’s rep, the couple is “is thrilled and excited to be expecting their first child.”

Jan 29 2012 07:30 PM ET

Danny Gokey gets married

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Former American Idol contestant Danny Gokey has married for the second time. Gokey, 31, and model Leyicet Peralta, 25, tied the knot in a small ceremony in Florida on Sunday, reports People. ”We are so thankful to have found each other and now be able to spend the rest of our lives together,” the couple said in statement. “We pray our gratitude grows more every day because there is so much for us to do now.”

In lieu of gifts, the newlyweds asked that guests make a donation to Sophia’s Heart, the charity founded by Gokey in honor of his first wife, Sophia, who died in 2008 while in surgery for congenital heart disease. The couple announced their engagement on the Sophia’s Heart website late last month.

Jan 20 2012 10:45 AM ET

Kenny G's wife files for divorce

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Balynda “Lyndie” Benson-Gorelick, the wife of jazz saxophonist Kenny G, has filed for divorce, reports People. The couple had been married 20 years before the Jan. 9 petition, which cited irreconcilable differences. They have two sons, and Benson-Gorelick requested full custody of the youngest, 14-year-old Noah.

Jan 20 2012 06:57 AM ET

Hospital chief testifies about Garth Brooks' donation

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A hospital executive discussed country singer Garth Brooks’ request that the facility return a $500,000 donation in an email to staff members in March 2009, according to trial testimony Thursday.

Brooks wants the Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in his hometown of Yukon to return the money, claiming in a lawsuit that hospital administrators reneged on their pledge to name a part of a medical complex after Colleen Brooks.

The Tulsa World reports that the hospital president’s March 2009 email about Brooks’ request for the money back was discussed during testimony Thursday. The email from CEO and President James Moore stated the hospital “may not deny Garth access to the money,” but could “make him work to get it.”

Moore on Thursday reiterated his earlier testimony that he never made an agreement with Brooks on naming rights in connection with the $500,000. He said the gift from Brooks was anonymous and “unrestricted,” meaning Integris could use the money at its discretion.

Defense attorney Terry Thomas showed jurors a September 2008 email from Brooks to Moore. In it, Brooks said, “… I’m not sure what our understanding is,” but “… we have to come to some agreement …”

Earlier, Moore testified that Brooks considered donating up to $15 million if the facility would rename itself after his mother. An internal document from the hospital quotes Brooks as saying a $15 million gift for naming rights was “exactly” what he had in mind.

Colleen Brooks died of cancer in 1999. A women’s center never was built.

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