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Supermodel ADRIANA LIMA has hinted she’s expecting her first child - 10 days after wedding basketball star MARKO JARIC.
The Brazilian beauty revealed on Tuesday (24Feb09) she had eloped to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and exchanged vows with Jaric, who plays for U.S. team the Memphis Grizzlies, during a secret ceremony on St. Valentines Day (14Feb09).
The couple is planning to have a more public ceremony with friends and family this summer (09).
But Lima has suggested she’ll have another reason to celebrate before walking down the aisle once more, fuelling rumours she’s expecting a baby.
She writes on her MySpace.com blog, "By this point, some people know about my big news! Yes, I like to keep my life personal but I did become married on Valentine’s Day to the love of my life. I am SO happy inside and I want to spread my love! …There are rumors of me pregnant. I just cannot say…YET!"

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Comedienne KATHY GRIFFIN has landed a $2 million (£1.4 million) book deal with an American publishing house to write her life story.
The Life on the D List star, 48, sold the rights to her memoir at an auction last week (begs16Feb09) to Random House’s Ballantine imprint, reports the New York Observer.
Griffin got her first laughs while touring on the Los Angeles stand-up comedy circuit in the 1980s, before she became a well-known TV personality and landed a role opposite Brooke Shields in Suddenly Susan during the 1990s.
Ballantine editor Pamela Cannon has declined to comment on the acquisition.

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THE HILLS star AUDRINA PATRIDGE is appealing for help to find the people who robbed her Los Angeles home on Sunday (22Feb09).
The reality TV star, who purchased a house in the Hollywood Hills area of the city in August 2008, was "devastated" when she came home to find several of her belongings missing, and reported the incident to police.
But Patridge has vowed not to wait on investigators to solve the crime - she’s already posted surveillance footage of the incident online in a bid to catch the culprits.
She writes, "I had a really rough day today - I got home late last night and realized that my house had been robbed. It was pretty devastating! "I spent most of the morning filling out police reports and going through the house room by room making lists of everything that had been taken. Most of the items are replaceable, but they took off with a few very sentimental things too. Definitely not a good way to start the week."

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Late designer YVES SAINT LAURENT’s art haul went under the hammer in Paris, France on Monday (23Feb09), breaking records for private collection sales.
Pieces by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee raised over $260 million (£179.3 million), and one Matisse, titled The Couscous, Blue Carpet and Rose, sold for $40.6 million (£28 million) - the highest amount ever paid for one of the French artist�s works.
However, a Picasso painting, called Musical Instruments on a Table, failed to sell, despite the fact it was the pre-auction highlight.
More than 1,500 art collectors attended the auction at the Grand Palais.
Revered Paris art critic Beatrice de Rochebouet called the auction "the sale of the century�.
Saint Laurent died last year (08), aged 71.

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MISCHA BARTON has taken to the internet to address reports about her recent weight loss - assuring fans she has shed the pounds through a balanced diet and exercise.
The actress sparked fears for her health after she was recently photographed sporting a skinny frame.
But the star is adamant she has simply dropped weight through her recently-adopted clean living habits.
She writes on her blog: "Just so you guys know, I’m happier and healthier than ever. Things are really well in Mischa world and I’ve just been watching what I eat.
"I still love my Pilates and yoga, and have cut back on fatty foods a bit. My time in India and Paris really just helped me lose a little bit of weight but there’s nothing drastic going on!" And the 23-year-old maintains that media speculation about her body is actually harmful to her young fans: "I think it’s very unhealthy for young girls to read about and pay attention to.
"To my female fans: Just be happy and secure with yourself and don’t let other people’s perceptions of you dictate the way you live your life."

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KATE WINSLET is shocked HUGH HEFNER wants her to bare all for Playboy - because she doesn’t think she’s sexy enough to grace the cover of the magazine.
The Brit beauty regularly strips off for her movies, including scenes in Titanic and 2008’s The Reader.
Men’s mag mogul Hefner wants to feature Winslet in Playboy, telling reporters: "Thereâ��s no question we would be interested in Kate. Itâ��s a competitive market, more than it used to be, so she would be a most welcome addition in our pages." But the actress has laughed off Hefner’s suggestion, insisting she won’t be gracing the magazine’s cover.
Her spokesperson tells WENN, "This is not a proposal that would interest her." And when website TMZ.com told the actress of Hefner’s offer, she replied: "I have no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t believe that for one second!"

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GEORGE CLOONEY has met with BARACK OBAMA to deliver 250,000 postcards from campaigners urging the U.S. president to help resolve the crisis in the Sudan.
The actor, a United Nations messenger of peace, was granted a private meeting with Obama on Monday (23Feb09) to discuss the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, where millions of innocent refugees have been killed.
And the star used the talk to hand Obama a stack of letters from activists involved with the Be A Voice For Darfur scheme, which aims to push the White House into taking action in the African region.
Clooney tells U.S. TV host Larry King, "I delivered 250,000 postcards to the president signed by people all across the country who wanted to help give some political capital to and remind this administration of how important this issue is. It was from the Save Darfur people. But it’s from all across the country. And we’re probably going to have another 700,000 by the end of the week." Clooney, who recently toured the neighbouring African nation of Chad, also reiterated to the politician the importance of appointing a diplomat to work for a peace treaty in the war-torn region.
He adds: "I actually met with the President in the Oval Office for about 15 minutes. And I met with the vice president (Joe Biden). Basically, we were just talking about coming back from Chad and right on the border of Darfur…
"We talked about this being an opportunity, perhaps, not just for the United States, but all of us together to work with the international community in a real diplomatic effort to try and bring some sort of peace to this region…
"We had a long talk about the idea of, first and foremost, appointing a high level, full-time envoy that reports directly to the White House so that it’s not just a temporary - you know, what’s happened over the past few years is whenever something spikes, whenever violence spikes, we get an envoy who’s very talented to go and try and solve the problems.
"We need somebody working on this, you know, every day - getting up every morning with their sole job to find peace in the area."

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Hip-hop star THE GAME has put off his plans to retire from the rap game - he’s working on his fourth studio album.
Last summer (08), the Dreams rapper claimed his third disc, LAX, would be his last because he wanted to spend more time with his young family.
The album was released in August and debuted in the U.S. Billboard 200 at number two.
But now The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, has hinted he’s making a return - by admitting he’s started recording a new project, reportedly titled Global Warming.
At a recent concert, the rapper allegedly told the crowd, "I love y’all, I swear to God I love y’all. I’m not gonna lie, I’m in the studio working on my fourth album." Rumours suggest the forthcoming release will be produced in its entirety by hitmaking duo Cool & Dre.

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Rockers METALLICA were saved from splitting up - by the ROLLING STONES.
The Enter Sandman hitmakers were in limbo following the release of their St Anger album in 2003.
Drummer Lars Ulrich admits the band’s future was "pretty bleak" and he was preparing himself for "something different" when frontman James Hetfield took months off to fight his addiction to alcohol.
But it was the chance of performing on the same bill as the Stones that saved Metallica from meltdown.
Ulrich says, "The big turn around was when the Rolling Stones called us in the summer of 2005 and asked if we would play with them in San Francisco. We hadn’t done anything since the St Anger tour ended seven or eight months earlier. We showed up at HQ four or five days before the gig. None of us had seen each other for quite a while.
"There was no film crew, no producer, no psychiatrist, no minders, no babysitters, none of that s**t. It was just us four guys and we started playing music and rehearsing. And it was so effortless and low key without all the c**p.
"We didn’t have to sit down and talk about how we were feeling and all of that horses**t. That set the tone for the next three years and it’s been great."

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Rapper XZIBIT has blasted the media for putting a negative "spin" on comments he made about a one-time trip to a gay bar with SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS, insisting his words have been blown out of proportion.
The X hitmaker, real name Alvin Joiner, recently appeared on Sirius satellite radio station Foxxhole, recalling how, on one occasion, he unwittingly went to a gay venue in Miami, Florida with the Bad Boy Records boss.
Xzibit recalled how he only realised the nature of the club when he stepped outside the VIP lounge and saw men kissing and dancing provocatively with one another.
He insinuated Combs knew the bar was a homosexual hang out, saying: "It was suspect… I’ve been in a gang of clubs, I ain’t (sic) never mistakenly stepped into a club with that kind of activity." But the star is now backtracking over his comments and admits he is disappointed at how the matter has been interpreted by the press.
He claims he never intended to question Combs’ sexuality and felt the need to speak out to clear up the reports after receiving an irate call from Combs himself.
However, he insists there is no tension between himself and Combs over the misinterpretation.
In a post on his MySpace.com page, he writes: "Wow, so I wake up this morning and my phone is going nuts.
"I turn on the computer and find all this s**t about me ‘throwing puffy under the gay bus’ whatever that means. All this SPIN that you journalist (sic) are putting on the statements I made on a radio show to DIRECTLY effect (sic) a guy in a manor not intended is wrong.
"The rumour mill that has ground this bulls**t out to be the s**t storm that it is, is doing so on its own accord. …I have no beef with Diddy. BUT WAIT… a bigger problem I see is the negative stance these Hip-Hop sites and blog sites are taking when speaking of gay people in general. All I can say to that is: PEOPLE GROW UP! I do NOT like to spread hate and make it a point not to do so, so this is not the way I intended this interview to unfold."

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A man who found BIANCA JAGGER’s missing $255,000 (EUR200,000/£176,000) ring is suing her, alleging she failed to pay him a reward.
Reinhard Ringler filed a suit in an Austrian court on Monday (23Feb09) alleging Sir Mick Jagger’s former wife refused to pay him the $12,800 (EUR10,000/£8,800) he is entitled to by law - which states the finder be given five per cent of the item’s value.
Jagger, who lost the precious item on 22 August (08), initially refused to pay the fee because of Ringler’s "long delay" in handing the item over to police.
Ringler claims he gave the platinum and aquamarine ring to his daughter after concluding it was of little value - and only returned it to authorities in September after seeing press reports about the gem.
The former model then offered to settle the dispute by giving $11,500 (EUR10,000/£7,900) of the reward money to charity and the remaining $1,300 (EUR1,000/£880) to Ringler’s daughter.
Both parties failed to reach an agreement and now the civil suit is to go to court on 4 May (09).
Jagger will have to pay $24,000 (EUR19,000/£16,700) - including court and attorney’s fees - if she loses her case.

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EMINEM’s legal battle with record label Universal over royalties from digital downloads is set to go to trial on Tuesday (24Feb09) - two years after the case was filed in a California court.
The Without Me hitmaker, real name Marshall Mathers, sued Universal bosses via his F.B.T. Productions company in 2007, challenging how much he is entitled to when the label sells his music to third-party distributors, like Apple’s iTunes downloading website.
The case could set a precedent for the music industry as hundreds of millions of dollars is potentially at stake for other artists whose songs have been made available for the service.
The trial is due to take place in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and will be the first legal test of the competing issues of its kind.
Eminem, who is signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records - a subsidiary of Universal/Interscope, will not be present for the court proceedings, but Universal founder Jimmy Iovine, Apple CEO Steve Jobs are among those expected to testify, reports TheWrap.com.
Universal is the biggest music company in the world and counts superstars like U2, Jay-Z, Kanye West and singer Akon among its roster of artists.

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Off-Broadway producer ERIC BLAU has died of pneumonia after suffering a stroke. He was 87.
Blau, best known for his New York theatre tribute to late Belgian singer Jacques Brel, died in Manhattan on 17 February (09).
As creator and producer of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, which opened in 1968, Blau compiled an evening’s worth of the star’s pop songs, translating his lyrics with composer Mort Shuman into English for American audiences.
The show ran for four years, and followed Blau’s work as a poet, children’s television producer, ghost writer and his post as founder and editor of Communist literary magazine, Masses and Mainstream.
Blau continued to create and produce Off-Broadway musicals after the success of the Brel production, although none matched the success of the tribute. He also went on to publish several books, including compilations of his poetry.
He is survived by his wife, Elly Stone, sons Matthew, John and Peter, four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

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ROMAN POLANSKI’s movie producer pal HERCULES BELLVILLE has died after losing his battle with cancer at the age of 69.
The star, who suffered a relapse in his fight against the disease at the start of this year (09), passed away in London on Saturday (21Feb09).
Bellville served closely as producer to directors like Polanski, Bernardo Bertolucci and Michelangelo Antonioni, and was considered to be producer Jeremy Thomas’ right hand man for many years.
He scored his big break in 1964 at the age of 24, when he met Polanski on the eve of making the film Repulsion.
Although initially hired as a runner for Polanski, with whom he worked for over a decade, Bellville would eventually go on to become a well-known figure on the European and American film circuits, working on movies like 1975’s The Passenger and 1981’s The Postman Always Rings Twice.
His more recent projects include 2000’s Sexy Beast and 2003’s The Dreamers.
Bellville is survived by his wife Ilana Shulman, whom he married just 48 hours before his death.

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Actor ADAM SANDLER has been sued by a comic book author who’s accused the star of stealing the idea for his 2008 movie YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN.
Author Robert Cabell filed a copyright infringement suit against Sandler and bosses at Happy Madison Productions, Sony and Columbia Pictures on Monday (23Feb09) in Manhattan Federal court in New York.
Cabell claims the idea for Sandler’s Zohan character, an Israeli special forces officer who fakes his death and becomes a hair dresser, was taken from his comic book series Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde, which chronicles the main character wielding a blow dryer against corporate bad guys.
Pitching the Blonde movie on his website, Cabell writes: "He’s gorgeous, he’s gay, he makes bad guys pay." According to the New York Daily News, Cabell says he brought the idea of taking his Blonde comic book character to the big screen when he pitched it to executives at Columbia in the autumn of 2007.
Cabell claims Sandler began filming the movie in Los Angeles close to the time he pitched the film, five years after he published the first books in the series.

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Actress JANE FONDA’s first Broadway performance in 45 years was marred after it was picketed by Vietnam War veterans.
The 71-year-old stars in new play 33 Variations, after a four decade-long hiatus from the stage.
But at Saturday’s (21Feb09) preview performance of the show at New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, audience members found themselves fighting through demonstrators to get into the building.
War veterans were protesting against Fonda’s 1972 visit to North Vietnam, where she straddled an anti-aircraft gun and gave her support to the enemy, reports New York Post’s gossip column PageSix.

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Late actor HEATH LEDGER and actress MICHELLE WILLIAMS’ young daughter MATILDA has been granted a privacy order by a U.S. judge.
The Los Angeles official reacted as lawyers for the three-year-old’s trust and ReliaStar Life Insurance Company announced in court they had reached an agreement to settle a $10 million (£6.9 million) lawsuit.
It involved a life insurance policy Ledger took out seven months before his death from an accidental prescription drug overdose last year (Jan08).
An attorney for the tragic star sued the company, claiming the firm’s bosses refused to pay out pending an investigation on whether his death was a suicide.
Superior Court Judge Luis A. Lavin has ruled that because The Dark Knight star’s daughter is the benefactor of the policy, the details of the settlement - including the amount Matilda will receive - should be kept private.
Judge Lavin told the court, "She is not a celebrity. She is a minor child." He also noted that while Ledger was famous, Matilda had "a right to privacy".
Lawyer for ReliaStar, Margaret Levy, said the company was pleased the case was settled "amicably" and Matilda would be shielded from public scrutiny: "We think that’s great that she will be protected."

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HEATH LEDGER’s final film THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS is facing a limited U.S. release as bosses struggle to land a deal with a major distributor.
Executives have been searching for six months for backers in America but are having difficulty finding a company to release the experimental movie, which features late actor Ledger as a travelling magician.
And American audiences may not have easy access to the independent project as a result of the marketing difficulties.
An industry source tells Reuters, "This movie stars Heath Ledger in his final performance - it will get a deal and come out in the U.S. But it’s no accident that it’s taking this long."

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