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Elvis PresleyElvis Presley's original crypt in Tennesee to be auctioned off

LOS ANGELES — Extreme Elvis Presley fans, take note: the King's original crypt at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee that briefly housed Presley and his mother is up for auction, the Associated Press reported Monday.

The crypt, where Elvis was buried for a couple months before being being moved to his final resting place at Graceland, is part of Beverly Hills-based Julien's Auctions' sale of pop-music memorabilia taking place June 23 and 24, TMZ reported. Though the idea of buying the music legend's crypt may give some the heebie-jeebies, CEO of Julien’s Auctions Darren Julien doesn't think the item is creepy in the slightest. “I just consider that if you’re an ultimate fan of Elvis Presley, it’s an opportunity,” Julien told the New York Times. “It’s definitely a conversation piece. Only one person can say, ‘Hey, I’m going to be buried where Elvis Presley was.’

Ashley JuddAshley Judd Celebrates Husband Dario Franchitti’s Indy Win

Ashley Judd’s husband Dario Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, making it the third time the talented driver has seen the checkered flag wave as he crossed the finish line. Of course, Judd, who is easily Franchitti’s biggest fan, knew her spouse would come out on top. Before the race began, Judd reportedly whispered in her husband’s ear, “I’ll see you in Victory Lane.” 500 laps later, her prediction had come true. Not only does Franchitti have the honor of being only the tenth driver to win the popular race three times, he also gets to bring home $2.4 million for finishing in the top spot. Not bad for a hard day’s work, especially when you’ve got Ashley Judd on your arm, as well. To celebrate Franchitti’s achievement, the couple took a victory lap around the track in one of the open-top pace cars.

10th April 2012 Celebrity Treding (2nd update)- Google Trends
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Usher



Usher Dead? Nah, Just Another Internet Death Hoax Victim

The R&B sensation is the latest victim of what has become quite the trend lately—creating fake celebrity death stories and watching the rumors spread like wildfire on the Internet.

he one announcing the false demise of Usher appears to have originated with Global Associated News, which claimed that the Grammy winner was killed in a car crash and was pronounced dead at the scene. The site, it should be noted, is a place for morbid folks to go and plug in a famous person's name into a generator that creates their own celebrity death headlines. Nice, right?

Usher quickly assured fans that there's no need to worry.

"I must've died and went to heaven...Alive and cold kickin ass!!" he tweeted along with a photo showing off his buff bod, later adding: "Livin' Legend!"

Mellisa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert injured on 'Dancing with the Stars'

Actress Melissa Gilbert was rushed to a hospital moments after competing Monday night on "Dancing with the Stars."

According to a statement issued today, the actress says she is okay, suffering from a mild concussion and some whiplash.

Gilbert had just completed her best performances so far this season with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy and according to reports started complaining about dizziness soon afterward. As a precaution she was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Gilbert tweeted last night that "very soon I will be safely home being taken care of."

After taking a few more looks at last night's dance, there is one moment early on where Gilbert's head appears to touch the floor, though it doesn't appear to be a slam or accidental "drop" by her partner Maks. Of course the camera angle can not always reflect the severity of the point of contact. However, the rest of the dance appears free of head/floor contact by the actress.

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd protests too much

Ashley Judd, whose recent puffy-faced appearance on a talk show set off a round of snarky ruminating over whether she had had too much "work" done. In the past, when stars got publicly pilloried with comments about their weight or photos of them looking porky on the beach, they generally responded with a brave "I like the way I look" or a defensive "Stop calling me fat!" -- as the headline in a People magazine story quoted Jennifer Love Hewitt saying in response to comments about unflattering shots of her.

But Judd took the debate further than just telling people to leave her alone -- her face was puffy because she was on steroids for an illness (although that is what she said, making it clear she had not had work done.) She wrote an online treatise about a misogynistic culture that degrades all women by objectifying and criticizing their bodies. She also made a good point that no reporter called her office to ask if she had had plastic surgery before speculating about that. I’m not sure how helpful her office would have been, but she’s right, someone should have made the call. She also, surprisingly, included other media comments she had seen that clucked about a weight gain. Her piece, though overwrought, seemed genuinely full of pain.

Having watched Judd in her new TV series “Missing,” I noticed that her face and her figure were a bit fuller than they had been and assumed that she had gained weight. She probably didn’t mean to. If you’re signing up for a TV or movie character that requires weight gain, you alert the media in advance so everyone knows this falling off of perfection was deliberate and for your craft. She didn’t do that.

10th April 2012 Celebrity Treding (2nd update)- Yahoo
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus Slams Anorexia Rumors

Miley Cyrus has been looking much leaner these days -- one might even say she's runway-model slim. Predictably, with a young female celebrity’s weight loss, comes internet rumors about an eating disorder.
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It didn’t help that the 19-year-old tweeted a photo of herself on Sunday deeply inhaling the contents of a Carl's Jr. takeout bag, writing, "I can't eat it. So I'm just gonna smell the (bleep) out of it! My mouth is LITERALLY watering."
The media instantly pounced, and fans grew concerned. So on Monday, Cyrus took to Twitter to explain why she couldn't eat the great-smelling fast food: she's allergic to it, not dieting or starving herself.
"For everyone calling me anorexic," she wrote, "I have a gluten and lactose allergy. It's not about weight it's about health. Gluten is crapppp anyway!" She added: “Everyone should try no gluten for a week. The change in your skin, physical and mental health is amazing! U won’t go back!"