Happy Birthday, Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo!

How often do you see two people get engaged, and then celebrate their birthday on the same day, all within one week?
The answer: not often. But that's the exact case with Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo today, as the former turns 37 and his new bride-to-be hits the age of 30. We're guessing this couple can think of plenty of ways to celebrate the occasions on their own (if you know what we mean!!!)...
... so we'll just wish Nick and Vanessa the happiest of birthdays, encourage readers to do the same and honor them with this photo montage. Have a great day, forthcoming newlyweds!

 

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Father of Shannen Doherty Passes Away

Close to a year after he suffered a stroke, the father of actress Shannen Doherty passed away on Friday. He was 66.
In March, immediately after the former Beverly Hills 90210 star was prematurely voted off Dancing with the Stars, she expressed gratitude merely for appearing on the show and seeing her dad's "face light up" as a result.

In her statement dealing with the passing of John Thomas Doherty, Shannen referred to her father as the "greatest man in the world" and said: "I love him with every inch of my being and cannot imagine life without him."
Our thoughts go out to this actress and her family.
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Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag: Celebrity Oddsmakers?

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are having financial problems.
Fortunately, they've been offered a high-paying gig that could not only ease said fiscal woes, but get them out of the U.S. for awhile. They win and so do we!
With Speidi recently admitting that they're broke, and even tried to fake a divorce to keep the money train a comin', a gambling site may ride to the rescue.

Will Speidi take on actual jobs? [Photo: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]

YouWager (dot) com has offered the couple jobs. As in work, in exchange for money. While this may be a foreign concept to them, it's an enticing offer.
Heidi and Spencer would be given a cool $100,000 each to "manage the odds and lines surrounding the entertainment sector." Yup, they'd set odds.
The gruesome twosome would be living in Costa Rica, where the company is based (for legal issues, obviously), handicapping critical gambling topics "ranging from celebrity news and pop culture to music and movies."
They'd obviously be good at that. Spencer's main hangup, however? Due to the political turmoil between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, he's "looking into how he can legally own a firearm over there so that he can protect himself."
How awesome is this guy?

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Oksana Grigorieva: Mel Gibson Cheated On Me!

Oksana Grigorieva is tracking down women she thinks Mel Gibson was putting it to while they were together, believing the star may have abused them as well.
She's trying to prove Mel is too violent to be around their daughter, Lucia, over whom the couple is embroiled in an ugly custody fight. But here's the problem:

• Oksana herself was Mel's mistress while he was still married to Robyn Gibson, who says he was never violent - even once - in 29 years of marriage.
• TMZ, which is all over this story like Oksana on a $10 bill, has no evidence Mel cheated on her, let alone grew violent with other women.

Just the same, Oksana Grigorieva believes Mel was cheating on her and wants to ask the women if he ever attacked them. Bet Violet Kowal is on her list.
Oksana's team wants someone to come forward and say Mel was violent toward them in order to achieve Oksana's endgame of stripping Mel of custody.
The judge in the custody case has been unmoved by her arguments and has given Mel full visitation, even as he's being investigated for domestic violence.
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Kendra Wilkinson on Holiday Playboy Cover: Hardest Decision Ever!

Life is really tough for a pretend single mother.
Just days after Kendra Wilkinson cried about living apart from her husband for a few weeks, while he earns hundreds of thousands of dollars playing professional football, the centerfold has returned to the magazine that made her famous.
Indeed, Kendra graces the cover of Playboy's Christmas issue, putting to rest the rumor she started about not posing for that publication again.

Wilkinson says that going forward with the pictorial was "the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life," making it clear once and for all: she's had a pretty awesome life.

She adds: "I'm 25, I have a son. If I don't do Playboy now I probably won't ever do Playboy again... I want to say 'F' you to the world and say 'moms can be sexy'."

Note to Kendra: Gisele Bundchen is a mother. So is Heidi Klum. Christina Aguilera has a kid, too. We know moms can be sexy, thanks.

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