Beyonce gives birth to twins - celebrity news websites

LOS ANGELES - US singer Beyonce has given birth to twins in Los Angeles, several celebrity news websites reported on Saturday, citing unidentified sources.

Beyonce, 35, and rapper and music producer Jay Z, already have a five-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.

E! News, citing multiple unidentified sources, reported the birth and that Jay Z and Blue Ivy were seen at a Los Angeles area hospital on Thursday.

Us Weekly, also citing multiple unidentified sources, reported that the couple welcomed twins earlier this week.

"Bey and Jay are thrilled and have started sharing the news with their family and closest friends," one unidentified source told PEOPLE.

Reuters could not verify the reports. A representative for Beyonce did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

The celebrity news websites did not provide additional details, such as the date and time the twins were born or the sex of the infants.

The "Lemonade" singer, one of the most powerful women in the music business, announced the pregnancy on her Instagram account in February along with an image of her posed in lingerie and caressing a noticeable baby bump.

The announcement got more than 8 million "likes" in the first 24 hours to become the "most-liked" Instagram ever.

The R&B singer performed live at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles two weeks later, proudly displaying her swelling belly in a motherhood-themed show. She has since posted numerous pictures of her bare baby bump on her social media accounts.

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'Kevin Cosme' rewards Nova Villa with a smile

MANILA, Philippines – Actress Nova Villa, who for 14 years played Dolphy’s leading lady in the smash sitcom “Home along Da Riles,” flew home early Saturday morning from the US and went straight to the comedy king’s hospital room, and was rewarded with a smile.

Nova said Dolphy, who doctors said had contracted pneumonia in both lungs as of Friday night, was “very responsive” to visitors even though she and two of his children who had just flown in were separated from him by a glass panel. “He smiled, he could open his eyes, raise eyebrows. One could see his mental faculties were sharp,” she said, and surmised that the much-loved comedy icon had been cheered by the thought of having new visitors.

Nova admitted, in an ambush interview with DZBB, that she felt guilty about not having been able to visit Dolphy as soon as she wanted. “I had become so busy with a soap, a sitcom, and a trip to the US, so I decided that I’d visit him as soon as I got back.”

“Ang bigat ng loob ko na hindi ako nakakadalaw sa kanya. Kaya ngayon kahit antok antok ako from the airport, nandun ako, bumawi,” said the actress, who said it was one of the biggest honors of her career to have been handpicked by Dolphy to be his leading lady in one of his most successful TV ventures, and one of the longest sitcoms on Philippine television, “Home Along Da Riles,” and its sequel, “Home Along Da Airport.”

In “Home Along” she played Corazon Madamba, the twin sister of the late wife of Dolphy’s character Kevin Cosme. Their characters had a love-hate relationship.

When she came to see him at the Makati Medical Center on Saturday, she said she asked one child of Dolphy “to whisper to him that I’m here,” and, she said, his eyes grew a little bigger as if in recognition, and he smiled. Though separated by glass, she said that was enough response from a man to whom, she stressed, she and countless others owed so much.

“Every week [on the set of ‘Home Along’] so many things were happening; all I can say is that every week we laughed with him. Even beyond the camera, he made us laugh. He was so sweet, always had something for his co-stars,” she recalled.

Being a perfectionist as an artist, Dolphy also got angry at times when some people did not follow instructions or were slackers, Nova recalled. But he betrayed his generous heart because he always ended his scolding with a funny punchline, as if to signal that none of the scolding was “personal.”

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Rufa Mae Quinto leaves ‘Wil Time Bigtime’ – Cristy Fermin

Rufa Mae Quinto has left “Wil Time Bigtime” after only five weeks as a co-host, Cristy Fermin reported on “Paparazzi Showbiz Exposed” on Saturday.

Cristy said the sexy comedienne, who moved to TV5 after her contract with GMA expired in April, was no longer a part of Willie Revillame’s primetime game show starting Friday.

The “Paparazzi” co-host suggested two possible reasons for Rufa Mae’s abrupt departure: the production deemed the talent fee she was demanding too high and she did not consider the show her top priority.

Neither Rufa Mae, who joined the nightly program on May 7, nor the producers of “Wil Time” have issued an official statement about the matter.

She was not part of the delegation that performed in Los Angeles and San Francisco recently as part of The Big Launch of TV5 International in the US.

Willie only brought co-hosts Mariel Rodriguez and Camille Villar with him.

source: interaksyon.com

Lindsay Lohan escapes injury after major car crash

LOS ANGELES - Actress Lindsay Lohan escaped injury in a major car crash on Friday after her Porsche collided with an dump truck on a Southern California highway.

Police said Lohan was driving her black Porsche with an unidentified male passenger on the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica on her way to the set of her latest movie project, and collided with a dump truck.

The actress and her passenger were taken to the hospital as a precaution, and released shortly after. Neither Lohan nor the driver of the truck were under the influence of drugs or alcohol, police said.

"Lindsay was involved in an automobile accident today on her way to the set....She is fine and was released less than two hours later and is already headed back to the set to resume work. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the accident," Lohan's publicist, Steve Honig, said in a statement.

Celebrity news website TMZ posted pictures of Lohan's Porsche following the incident, showing a crushed front and smashed windows.

Lohan, 26, is forging ahead with a comeback after a string of legal and personal troubles since 2007, including stints in jail, rehab and court. She was released in March from almost five years of formal probation stemming from a 2007 drunken driving and cocaine possession arrest.

The actress is currently playing late screen legend Elizabeth Taylor for a Lifetime TV movie "Liz & Dick," based on Taylor's love affair with actor Richard Burton.

source: interaksyon.com