The body double was only on stage for a few seconds, and the switcheroo was relatively innocuous. But since it involved the “Hannah Montana” show — the sold-out tour for which tickets have been scalped for hundreds of dollars — even the use of a brief stand-in for its star, 15-year-old Miley Cyrus, was enough to cause plenty of buzz when video of the switch was posted on the Internet.

“This tour is such a phenomenon everybody is trying to find some angle to write about it,” said Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of Pollstar, the trade publication that tracks tours. “This tour was the phenomenon of 2007 and it’s still going strong in 2008.”

A video posted on YouTube shows the 15-year-old entertainer, who stars on the hit Disney TV show “Hannah Montana,” onstage as her character, dancing and singing onstage with a group of dancers and the Jonas Brothers, also on the “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus ‘Best of Both Worlds’” tour.

During the song, someone ushers her offstage via a trap door. Immediately, another girl dressed like the character “Hannah” in the same pink trench coat with blonde hair covering her face dances around, runs up stairs on the stage set and then quickly leaves the stage.

While the double is holding a microphone for her less than a minute, the girl motions like she is singing. However, a rep for Miley said the switch was only for costume purposes.

“To help speed the transition from Hannah to Miley, there is a production element during the performance of ‘We Got the Party’ incorporating a body double for Miley,” according to statement from the public relations firm PMK, which represents Miley.

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With only a week to go before the new season of “American Idol,” little things like airport meltdowns from judges — specifically Paula Abdul — become very newsworthy.

“She had an insane nervous breakdown that lasted 10 minutes,” a tipster told Radaronline.com of a scene at the Continental Airlines terminal at LAX over the holidays.

“One minute she was hyperventilating and on the verge of passing out; the next she was yelling into her cell phone in this deep, rage-filled ‘Poltergeist’ voice. She kept screaming three names over and over — Michael, Sidney and Leslie. Everyone was staring at her, but she didn’t care.”

With no reality show cameras to capture the episode, it’s the tipster’s word against Abdul’s, especially since reps for Abdul didn’t comment on the meltdown by press time (which means there’s still no explanation on who Michael, Sidney or Leslie might be, or what they did to score such good placement in the tirade).

“This doesn’t surprise me at all,” said a source who’s spent many painful hours alongside the “Idol” judge. “Makes you wonder what’s in the cup on the judge’s table. She’s nice and all, but she isn’t always so together.”

Source: MSNBC

Britney Spears wouldn’t give up her time with her children and started a 3 hour stand off that ended with her being taken to the hospital as she appeared to be having a mental breakdown. There was a number of reports that said that Spears was under the influence of an unknown substance according to one officier’s report. At one point she locked herself in a room with one of the children. There was no injuries reported. She was strapped to a gurney and taken to Cedars – Sinai hospital for evaluation.

TMZ is reporting that Kevin Federline’s lawyer is off to court to motion the court to remove all of Spears visitation rights with her children.

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Perhaps Tony Romo’s girlfriends should stay home from his games.

Wearing a pink Cowboys jersey (with Romo’s No. 9 on it) and mouthing his name, Jessica Simpson made a surprise appearance at Texas Stadium Sunday to watch her new Dallas Cowboys quarterback beau play the Philadelphia Eagles.

Not only did his team lose 10-6, the Associated Press reports, Romo’s quarterback rating of 22.2 was also the worst of his career. He completed 13 of 36 passes for 214 yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions.

Tim MacMahon, who blogs the Cowboys games for the Dallas Morning News, wrote, “No wonder Tony Romo hasn’t completed a pass. Jessica Simpson, wearing a white-and-pink Romo jersey, is sending him bad vibes from a luxury suite.”

“Jessica Simpson owes it to her man to leave at halftime, although that would mean sacrificing valuable face time on national TV. Don’t count on it.”

Romo’s previous low rating was last December when then-love Carrie Underwood turned up at Texas Stadium, where the Cowboys lost against the Eagles 23-7.

Source: OMG! 

Pamela Anderson’s latest gig as a magician’s assistant appears to have given her new skills. She made her latest marriage disappear.

The 40-year-old Anderson has filed for divorce from her husband of just two months, 38-year-old Rick Solomon.The two wed in Las Vegas on Oct. 6 between her performances as an assistant in Hans Klok’s “The Beauty of Magic” show at Planet Hollywood.The couple separated just 10 weeks later on Dec. 13.Anderson cited “irreconcilable differences” in the papers obtained by celebtv.com.Solomon, the son of a Warner Brother’s studio executive, is best known for his high-profile Hollywood relationships.Paris Hilton’s infamous “sex tape” was with Rick Solomon, and he was also briefly married to Shannen Dougherty.This is Anderson’s third failed marriage. She has been married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and singer Kid Rock.

Source: NBC10 

Not sure what Jennifer Love Hewitt did last summer, but we know what was cooking on Thanksgiving.

After nearly two years of dating, the Ghost Whisperer star got engaged to boyfriend Ross McCall last week, Hewitt’s publicist, Sarah Fuller, confirmed to E! News.

The rep said that the 31-year-old Scottish actor presented the 28-year-old actress with an antique ring that had been in his family for years. The couple are currently vacationing in Hawaii.

No other details were forthcoming about where or when the nuptials might take place. This will be Hewitt’s first trip down the aisle.

News of the engagement was first reported by Us Weekly.

The actress’ big break came playing Bailey Salinger’s long-suffering girlfriend Sarah Reeves on Party of Five for four years. While she couldn’t translate that character into spinoff success (Time of Your Life mercifully folded after a few episodes), Hewitt has since figured out how to carry a drama on her own and she is now in her second season helping the dead pass from this world to the next on CBS’ Ghost Whisperer.

Hewitt’s big-screen credits include I Know What You Did Last Summer and its similarly titled sequel, Can’t Hardly Wait, Heartbreakers, The Tuxedo, The Devil and Daniel Webster and Garfield. The petite brunette also put on a funny face to play her idol in the TV movie The Audrey Hepburn Story in 2000.

In 2002, Hewitt had a top-40 single with the title track off her album BareNaked.

McCall, who guest-starred on Ghost Whisperer last year, was in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and has appeared on CSI: NY and Bones.

Source: E Online

When it comes to the terms of his divorce from wife Linda Bollea, Hulk Hogan is more than convinced he knows best.

The wrestler, whose real name is Terry Bollea, has filed a counterpetition to his wife’s divorce suit. In his filing, the Hulkster contests his missus’ call for unspecified alimony and child support, as well as her bid for primary custody of the duo’s speed-demon son, Nick, claiming the 17-year-old should be able to decide for himself with which parent he wishes to reside.

The Hogan Knows Best stars, who have been married for 24 years, also have a daughter, aspiring pop star Brooke, but she’s 19 and not subject to custody arrangements.

In his filing, the 54-year-old mustachioed patriarch left no point undisputed, even questioning the marriage date Linda listed on her divorce petition, filed last week. While she jotted down Dec. 12, 1983 as the big day, the semiretired WWE icon claimed it was actually Dec. 18. Public records back up his timeline.

One thing there doesn’t seem to be much disagreement on is when things went sour for the duo. Per court documents, they separated in September, a month after their son’s car crash left his passenger, Iraq veteran John Graziano, hospitalized in a coma.

In her petition, Linda sought legal custody of Nick until his 18th birthday next July, although she said she was open to “liberal visitation” for the grappler.

In his reply, Terry countered that “it would be in the best interest for the parties to have shared parental responsibility.”

Linda, 48, has also requested half of the couple’s shared assets, which include more than $9.5 million in real-estate holdings, as well as unspecified amounts of alimony and child support. She also wants him to cover all her legal expenses. Hulk, meanwhile, said in his filing that Linda was more than capable of supporting herself and helping to support their son.

He did, however, indicate he would continue to provide health insurance for the family.

As for Linda’s claim to half the couple’s assets, Hulk’s petition mentions “numerous liabilities, contingent liabilities, obligations and debts which must be resolved as part of any equitable distribution that may be accomplished by the court.”

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It was only a matter of time before the respective train wrecks of Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith collided.

Sorrell Trope, the Los Angeles family law specialist currently repping Britney Spears in her custody showdown with Kevin Federline, is suing the estate of the late Playmate over an unpaid bill for services rendered during the Dannielynn paternity circus.

The claim, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last Wednesday on behalf of his firm, Trope and Trope, asserts that Smith’s estate owes about $162,000 of a $280,000 tab. (View the lawsuit.)

Trope and Trope toiled for Smith from October 2006 to March, per the court documents. The firm’s tenure ended a month after Smith died from an accidental overdose of prescription medication at age 39.

The complaint was delivered to Bruce Ross, counsel for Howard K. Stern. Stern is the executor of Smith’s estate, which is currently in probate.

Ross and Trope did not return phone calls seeking comment.

For now, the sole heir of Smith’s estate is daughter Dannielynn. Stern has filed paperwork seeking 6 percent of any money the estate gets from her late oil tycoon husband, J. Howard Marshall II. Marshall died in 1995, leaving behind a $500 million fortune that his heirs and Smith, his wife of 13 months, are still contesting.

Last month, one of Smith’s ex-boyfriend’s, Mark “Hollywood” Hatten, also went to court seeking a portion of her assets.

Hatten is currently in the midst of a six-year sentence at the Pleasant Valley State Prison for threatening Smith with a knife and assaulting one of her neighbors. He was also accused of stalking Smith after their relationship flamed out but was acquitted of the charge.

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Lindsay Lohan spent last Friday traipsing around in her old stomping grounds with new borefriend Riley Giles — and guess where they made a pit stop?! — XIV Karats Jewelry store! Bling me, baby!

TMZ obtained this photo of La Lohan with diamond designer Daniel K. of New York, posing here after Lohan peeped at his line of rings. A source inside the store tells TMZ that Lindz was so blinded by the bling that she told staff she was “dizzy” from the ice. A staffer explained it could be a new form of “Diamond Therapy.” Ha!

Lohan spent about an hour shopping for bling, trying on a pair of dazzling earrings before busting out. Shortly after, TMZ caught up with the rehabbed couple having dinner near the store.

Move over K-Fed, there’s a new kid in town.

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Looks like Mary-Kate Olsen may have had a passion for more than just fashion as she checked out the latest couture offerings in Paris last week. The New York Post says the teensy, septuagenarian-chic starlet got all cultural by engaging in some French-style smooching with an unidentified “scruffy” guy while hanging out at a hot spot. Not an unusual encounter for a 21-year-old in the City of Light, right? Alas, the story soon takes a bit of an apocryphal-sounding turn as the paper claims MK’s “tall” suitor “pushed” her against a wall and “furiously made out with her” as their fellow patrons applauded. But wait, it gets even more French New Wave-y, as the clapping quickly turned into a standing ovation when the frisky twin supposedly wound her twiggy legs around her wooer. And somewhere, Uncle Jesse weeps.

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