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Mo'Nique: Living Her Dream
Originally posted 11/07/2009 04:25PM
While Mo'Nique may be known for her sassy stand-up comedy and larger-than-life personality, at her home just outside of Atlanta she is simply "Mommy."
"When we're at home it ain't 'action and cut'," says the mom of 4-year-old twins, Jonathan and David, and a 19-year-old son, Shalon. "It's just like a playground in our house – nothing but fun and love."
But when she took on the role of an abusive mother in the film Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire, the actress set her current contentment aside and recalled a much harder time in her life. In this week's issue of PEOPLE, Mo'Nique opens up about the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her eldest brother – and how she channeled that experience onscreen.
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America's Best Dance Crew's Layla Kayleigh Welcomes a Girl
Originally posted 11/07/2009 03:40PM
Layla Kayleigh is a new mom!
The America's Best Dance Crew co-host delivered daughter Melody Rain Covino on Monday, Nov. 2 at 7:48 a.m., Kayleigh's rep confirms to PEOPLE. Baby Melody weighed in at 8 lbs., 10 oz.
On Wednesday, Layla Tweeted, "On cloud nine. [C]herishing, savoring, taking in every single moment."
This is the first child for Kayleigh, 25, and her boyfriend of three years, Steven Covino. His show, the Sirius/Maxim Radio program Covino and Rich, was the first to break the news of Melody's birth.
The couple announced the pregnancy in June.
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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Party in Vegas
Originally posted 11/07/2009 03:00PM
Problems? What problems?
Following a report earlier this week that Eddie Cibrian had been spending time with another woman – an allegation Cibrian has strenuously denied – the CSI: Miami hunk and his girlfriend, LeAnn Rimes, showed up at a nightclub Friday night after Rimes's concert in Las Vegas for a little fun, relaxation – and pole dancing.
Observers spotted the carefree-seeming couple in the VIP section of XS nightclub, where they talked, laughed and knocked back tequila drinks. Though they stayed at the venue inside the Encore Resort for only 20 minutes, there was time enough for a PDA.
"They were making out at the table and didn't really care who saw them," a source says. Rimes, 27, wearing an off-the-shoulder black dress, even danced on one of the club's stripper poles before leaving just after midnight, the source said.
Cibrian, 36, filed for divorce last August from his wife, Brandi Glanville, with whom he has two sons. Fans will recall that after murmurs of trouble in their marriage, the pair were caught by the cameras last spring as they stepped out for a night of togetherness – at a Las Vegas night club.
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Tim McGraw: My Wife Has Kept Me Alive
Originally posted 11/07/2009 08:55AM
He might be country music's resident tough guy, but Tim McGraw has a soft side for the gals in his life.
Despite a busy schedule promoting his new album, Southern Voice, and upcoming film, The Blind Side, costarring Sandra Bullock, McGraw, 42, says he is most happy at home in Nashville with wife Faith Hill, 42, and their three daughters, Gracie, 12, Maggie, 11, and Audrey, 7. "Our life is normal except for when we work," he says. "And we like it that way."
The singer recently sat down with PEOPLE to talk about his marriage, balancing music and movies – and becoming a man his daughters can look up to with pride.
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Susan Boyle to Appear on Dancing with the Stars
Originally posted 11/07/2009 08:45AM
Susan Boyle is set to dazzle the Dancing with the Stars crowd – with her singing, not her dancing feet.
The Scottish singer, 48, will fly to Los Angeles for an appearance on the hit show early next week, her rep tells PEOPLE. "She's excited and happy," says her brother, John Boyle. "She loves America and loves the people. She appreciates their honesty."
Boyle, who made a previous U.S. appearance on America's Got Talent last September, will likely sing material from her upcoming CD, I Dreamed A Dream, due out Nov. 24.
And she is beginning – on a modest scale – to enjoy the fruits of her recent labors: Boyle bought
a three-piece sofa and recliner set in burgundy leather for her small home in Blackburn, Scotland, and a new refrigerator. "Moneywise, she's very frugal," says her brother.
He adds, "She wasn't happy staying in London full-time. She can walk around in Blackburn. Just say, 'Hi' and 'How's it going?'to the locals."
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Details from Arrest of Jaycee Dugard's Alleged Kidnapper
Originally posted 11/07/2009 08:25AM
A new government report suggests the deep confusion that kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard suffered after 18 years of living in captivity.
When parole officers visited the house where she and her two young daughters lived with her alleged captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, Jaycee initially became indignant and explained that she was from Minnesota and had been hiding for five years from an abusive husband.
"She was terrified of being found, she said, and that was the reason she could not give the parole agent any information," according to the 45-page report by California's Inspector General.
The report goes on to detail how parole officers eventually found out what they believe to be the truth – that Phillip Garrido kidnapped Dugard in 1991 and is the father of her daughters, Angel, 15, and Starlet, 11 – after interviewing members of the household separately.
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Chris Brown: Rihanna Beating a 'Private Matter'
Originally posted 11/06/2009 08:20PM
Chris Brown has heard what Rihanna has said about her beating – and while he supports her right to speak out, he wishes she had kept quiet.
'I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us," he said in the statement to MTV. "I do appreciate her support and wish her the best."
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Dierks Bentley Calls Ft. Hood Hero to Offer Thanks
Originally posted 11/06/2009 06:35PM
When country star Dierks Bentley met Sgt. Kimberly Munley last July as he played an Independence Day concert at Ft. Hood, the police officer stood out to him.
"She was on the police force and was off to the side but I could tell she was a fan," he told PEOPLE Friday. Munley waited quietly until the crowd thinned out and then approached Bentley for a picture, which she posted as her Twitter profile image.
Now, it's the singer who is proud to be pictured with Munley, hailed as a hero after stopping Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged the shooter responsible for Thursday's massacre at Ft. Hood Army base, which killed 13 people.
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Originally posted 11/06/2009 06:00PM
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Originally posted 11/06/2009 04:55PM
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A-Rod & Derek Jeter Celebrate Series Win with Leading Ladies
Originally posted 11/06/2009 04:05PM
On top of the world after winning the World Series, Yankees stars Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter celebrated with a night out in New York City with their teammates – and their Hollywood girlfriends Kate Hudson and Minka Kelly.
Following their triumph Wednesday, the group headed to 1OAK to toast their victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. And they made it a family affair: Hudson and A-Rod arrived at the club around 2:45 a.m. with his mother, sister, and Hudson's step-dad, Kurt Russell, all in tow.
"Kate and A-Rod were affectionate with each other – hugging one another," says a partygoer.
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