Lepaparazzi News Update: Lenny Kravitz To Headline Live Earth Rio Concert

Kravitz Will Close Show for Estimated One Million People at the Free Concert on Copacabana Beach

Lenny Kravitz has agreed to act as the headliner at the Brazil leg of the 7-continent, 24-hour Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007. Brazil is the only country hosting a Live Earth concert that is entirely free and open to the public, and producers expect the concert being staged on the famed Copacabana Beach will draw over a million people. Kravitz will close the show there.

“With Lenny Kravitz as the closing act, the Rio show will not just reach the masses gathered on Copacabana Beach, but millions of people across Brazil, South America and the worldwide networks” Live Earth Founder and Producer Kevin Wall said.

Live Earth Rio de Janeiro will feature the following acts live on stage:

LENNY KRAVITZ

PHARRELL WILLIAMS

MACY GRAY

XUXA

O RAPPA

MARCELO D2

JORGE BEN JOR

JOTA QUEST

VANESSA DA MATTA

MV BILL

The 24-hour Live Earth concert series will begin in Sydney, Australia and continue across all 7 continents with events in Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; Hamburg, Germany; London, United Kingdom; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before concluding at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium in the United States.

Live Earth will bring together more than 150 of the world’s top music acts to inspire an audience of over two billion people to trigger a mass movement to combat global warming. Live Earth seeks to inspire its global audience to make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives and spur action by corporations and governments to turn the tide on global warming.

Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance for Climate Protection and other international non-governmental organizations to move individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve global warming. Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore is the Chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection and a Partner of Live Earth.

Live Earth Rio de Janeiro is supported locally by Banco Itaú and Rio de Janeiro City Hall, among others. The concert will be broadcast on TV Globo, Brazil’s largest television network and Live Earth’s official network for Brazil. Live Earth Rio de Janeiro is also supported by Brazilian Forum of NGOs and Social Movements for the Environment and Development (FBOMS), WWF Brazil, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Brazil, Friends of the Earth Brazilian Amazonia and REBRAF: The Brazilian Agroforestry Network, Live Earth’s official local NGO partners.

"The commitment to sustainability is part of the Itaú Vision and it is translated by strategies and actions linked to socio-environmental responsibility. Our support is aligned with Itaú's philosophy of stimulating the discussion about the future of our Planet and the new generation," Banco Itaú Vice-President Antonio Matias.

"Rio de Janeiro reaffirms its position as an icon city in the America by supporting and being one of the host cities of Live Earth, important peace manifesto that aims to increase the conscience about global warming," Ruben Medina, City of Rio de Janeiro Tourism Secretary.

Exclusive online media partner MSN is helping Live Earth reach people in every corner of the globe. Live Earth Rio de Janeiro will be streamed live on MSN. MSN’s 39 localized web portals worldwide attract 465 million monthly users.

Smart is the world's only automaker serving as an Official Partner. Unlike any other vehicle, the new smart fortwo combines a modern, individual lifestyle with environmental protection by setting the standard in urban mobility and offering the lowest CO2 emission of any vehicle on the market. smart responds to environmental demands with innovative, technologically sound solutions and as a result produces positive and credible answers to the question of ecological driving.

Philips, as the world’s leading lighting supplier, joins Live Earth as an Official Partner. Philips was the first to introduce the energy saving light bulb in 1980 and has put environmental product improvement at the heart of its business with its EcoDesign program since 1994, increasing its green product range year by year.

Live Earth is partnering with companies on a local level who share the commitment to helping people live a more energy efficient lifestyle. PepsiCo, an Official Partner of Live Earth, is committed to making a difference with eco-friendlier packaging, energy and water conservation and waste reduction. It’s all part of PepsiCo’s commitment to Performance with Purpose -- to do better by doing better. Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, joins Live Earth as an Official Sponsor and is the latest extension of Esurance's efforts to conserve energy and preserve the planet's precious resources. For more than seven years, Esurance policyholders have helped save thousands of trees by buying their auto insurance online and using electronic documents. The Absolut Spirits Company, an official Live Earth partner, is working to reduce its carbon dioxide impact by focusing on sustainable agriculture, reducing impact on climate change and optimizing use of natural resources as mandated by V&S Group, the parent company of ABSOLUT Vodka and one of the leading international spirits companies.

Control Room has produced and distributed more than 60 concerts since its founding in 2005 featuring Beyonce, Madonna, Green Day and the Rolling Stones, among others.

Lepaparazzi News Update: Eva Longoria & Tony Parker Get First Wedding Gifts

Eva Longoria has received the first of her lavish wedding gifts as she prepares to wed basketball player Tony Parker this weekend, from the man once rumored to be her boyfriend. TV personality Mario Lopez has bought Longoria and Parker Kwiat Solaris jewelry pieces to mark the couple's upcoming nuptials.

Lopez splashed out more than $10,000 on an 18-carat white-gold bracelet for his friends and a 1.27-carat tie pin for the groom-to-be.

Desperate Housewives star Longoria and Parker began the celebrations for their nuptials at the weekend with a his-and-her bachelor party in Saint Tropez, France.

The couple arrived in Paris on Monday morning, according to People magazine. They will stage a low-key wedding followed by a lavish reception at Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte, two hours south of Paris.

Celebrities expected for the nuptials include Longoria's Desperate Housewives castmates, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Foxx, Lopez and Parker's San Antonio Spurs teammates.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: The Access Entertainment Week In Review

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (July 1, 2007) -- It was big week for entertainment news, as an incarcerated heiress was set free, a pop princess made a mysterious delivery, and a TV star raised eyebrows in a foreign country.

After 23 days of being locked up, Paris Hilton walked out the front doors of the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, California at 12:15 AM Tuesday morning. The smiling heiress walked past hoards of media who had gathered for hours awaiting her release from the facility. Waving at fans and shaking hands, the celebutante quickly made her way to her waiting parents, who drove her to her grandfather's home in Los Angeles' ritzy Holmby Hills area.

Upon Hilton's release, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said, "She fulfilled her debt. She was obviously in good spirits. She thanked people as she left."

As expected, a flurry of activity erupted outside the home of Paris' grandfather, as dozens of media crews and a host of reporters packed in tightly on the street to get a view of the Hilton home comings and goings.

Inside, Paris welcomed hair and makeup experts as she prepared herself for the following day's interview on "Larry King Live."


"I just want to let people know what I went through," she told King in Wednesday's interview. "I've been through a lot and it was a pretty traumatic experience, something I really... I've grown from."

Paris revealed much about her time behind bars in the interview with King, describing her emotional state while incarcerated, the conditions of her cell, and her feelings about being free again, among other things. And of course, the question on everyone's mind did time behind bars actually change her?

"Yeah, definitely. I have a new outlook on life," she claimed. "After being there awhile, I had to accept I could either make the best of it or make the worst of it, so I just went with the motto, 'Don't serve the time, let the time serve you.'"

In her talk with King, Paris stressed that she was a "businesswoman." To further understand Paris' assertion, Access investigated the history of Paris' business ventures in music, television, films, books, public appearances, and more - as well as revealing a brand new offer she has been given by a radio station in Minnesota!

Paris capped off her intense week by donning a dark wig and straw hat as she made her way to the sunny state of Hawaii.

While Paris was undoubtedly the focus of attention this week, other stars made news with stories of their own.

Britney Spears was reportedly planning on taking the stage this weekend in LA, as a special guest on Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" tour. A few days after that claim was reported, however, new reports surfaced that Britney had bowed out of the appearance due to having to sing rather than lip sync. Rumors were finally put to rest when a "True Colors" tour producer told PEOPLE that the show had reached out to Britney to perform at an earlier date in Las Vegas, but had never heard back from her, and that "they wouldn't be able to accommodate another artist in the LA schedule anyway."

But that's not the only Britney-centric paperwork story reported this week. A source close to Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline, told PEOPLE that Federline has resisted signing the former couple's final divorce papers, allegedly out of concern over Spears' recent behavior.

"Britney's attorneys are anxious to see Kevin sign off on a divorce," the source reportedly said. "But Kevin and his lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, are dragging their heels out of concern over reports of Britney's post-rehab partying."

The source reportedly added that Federline's camp "wants to make sure that the divorce document makes it simple enough for Kevin to downsize Britney's access to her kids the next time her behavior troubles him."

Under the agreement the couple reached in March, once papers are signed, Britney and Kevin would have joint legal and physical custody of their two sons - Sean Preston, 1, and Jayden James, 9 months.

A rep for Stamos released the following statement to Access Hollywood:

"John has been traveling extensively for the past few weeks in Greece, Egypt and Tokyo and had a difficult time adjusting to the time difference in Australia, which in turn led to many sleepless nights since his arrival. He acknowledges that his behavior was completely out of character during these interviews and apologizes."

Speculation surrounding Rosie O'Donnell's possible future as the new host of "The Price is Right" was finally put to rest this week -- by Rosie herself. O'Donnell posted a video blog on her Web site on Monday, saying that it was the show's Los Angeles location that was preventing her from taking the job. The game show's producers reportedly offered her the hosting position, but she didn't want to move her family from their home in New York.

"To get my entire family uprooted from their lives and move them cross country so I can have a fantasy childhood indulgence job, it just doesn't seem fair," she said. "They all are in school, they have friends. We love their school, we love our community, we love our house, our life, our home."

In other TV news: CNN's Nancy Grace revealed that she's pregnant with twins (and married!), Joey Fatone got a job as host of a new NBC game show, and an actor on "Rescue Me" lashed out at Denis Leary over his character being killed off on the show.

The BET Awards show was chock full of memorable music moments this week, including a brief reunion for Destiny's Child and a duet between two "Dreamgirls" divas.

In other music news: Bon Jovi took their new album to the top of the Billboard chart, Paul McCartney rocked fans with a surprise gig in LA, Usher announced that he was expecting his first child, and '90's girl-group The Spice Girls announced that they would reunite for a world tour later this year!
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