Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez break up, but singer hopes to win her back: Favorite People
In news that sent a wave of OMGs through the Twitterverse, Justin Bieber is no longer Selena Gomez's "Boyfriend," at least for now.
An inside source confirmed to The Associated Press that the breakup apparently happened a couple of weeks back. Distance and their busy schedules were cited as factors.
TMZ is reporting that despite pictures of Bieber with a Victoria Secret model circulating, rumors of a tryst are just that. The site also quotes insiders as saying Bieber wants to get back with Gomez. Like many young couples, they've split up a bunch of times and always find their way back to each other.
Bieber, 18, is touring to promote his latest album, "Believe," which contains the hit "Boyfriend." Gomez, 20, is filming a "Wizards of Waverly Place" reunion for the Disney Channel. The pair made their relationship public in February 2011.
Bieber seems to be doing OK, at least publicly. On the red carpet of last week's Victoria's Secret fashion show he said, "I'd rather be here than anywhere in the world."
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T.S. Eliot's widow Valerie Eliot dies at 86
Valerie Eliot, the widow of T.S. Eliot and zealous guardian of the poet's literary legacy for almost half a century, has died. She was 86.
In a statement Sunday, the Eliot estate said Valerie Eliot died two days before at her London home after a short illness.
Born Valerie Fletcher in Leeds, northern England, on Aug. 17, 1926, Eliot was the second wife of the U.S.-b! orn Nobel literature laureate. She met him at London publisher Faber & Faber, where he was a director and she a star-struck secretary who had been a fan of his work since her teenage years.
"I felt I knew him as a person" from his poems, she told The Independent newspaper in 1994, "and evidently I did."
The poet's first marriage, to the mercurial Vivienne Haigh-Wood, had been unhappy; she died in an asylum in 1947. He and Valerie wed in 1957, and friends described the marriage as a happy one despite the almost 40-year gap in their ages.
After T.S. Eliot's death in 1965, Valerie became his executor, editing his poems and letters for publication and steadfastly refusing to cooperate with would-be biographers, in keeping with the poet's last wishes.
She did, however, welcome the unlikely idea of a stage musical based on a volume of Eliot's whimsical verses, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." It became the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats," a global hit that brought in huge sums for the Eliot estate.
Valerie Eliot used some of the windfall to set up a literary charity, Old Possum's Practical Trust. She also funded the T.S. Eliot Prize, an annual award for poetry.
A death notice in the Daily Telegraph newspaper said there would be a private funeral at St. Stephen's Church, where the Eliots both had worshipped, near their home in west London.
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Judy's Garland's Oz dress fetches $480K in auction
Judy Garland's blue pinafore she wore in "The Wizard of Oz" has sold for $480,000.
Auction house Julien's Auctions says the gingham dress fetched the highest price of any item during a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia that attracted bids from around the world. The auction ended Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Steve McQueen's racing jacket sold for $50,000, as did a purple skirt worn by Marilyn Monroe while filming "River of No Return" in Canada. Julie Andrews' "Sound of Music dress" brought $38,400.
Sungla! sses worn! by Jean Reno in "Leon" went for $8,320, while Johnny Depp's shades fetched $3,250.
Bidders also snapped up pieces of royal wedding cakes. Prince William and Kate Middleton's cake sold for $7,500 while Prince Charles and Princess Diana's cake sold for $1,375.
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Madonna fan guilty of resisting arrest
A former firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been convicted of resisting arrest outside her former New York City apartment building as he spray-painted poster boards with love notes.
A jury delivered its verdict Friday in Robert Linhart's trial. He could face up to a year in jail. Defense lawyer Lawrence LaBrew tells the New York Post that Linhart will appeal.
Linhart was arrested in September 2010. Police say he parked his SUV outside the singer's Manhattan apartment, laid out a tarp and wrote out such messages as "Madonna, I need you."
Jurors told the Post they felt it was fine for Linhart to express himself to the Material Girl. But they said they believed police testimony that he resisted arrest by flailing his arms.
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Today's birthdays: Comedian Jonathan Winters is 87. Jazz singer-pianist Mose Allison is 85. Country singer Narvel Felts is 74. Guitarist Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge is 67. Singer-keyboardist Paul Cowsill of The Cowsills is 61. Singer Marshall Crenshaw is 59. Singer-guitarist Andy Partridge of XTC is 59. Singer Dave Alvin is 57. Synthesizer player Ian Craig Marsh (Human League, Heaven 17) is 56. Actor Stanley Tucci is 52. Actress Demi Moore is 50. Actress Calista Flockhart is 48. Actor Philip McKeon is 48. Drummer Scott Mercado of Candlebox is 48. TV personality Carson Kressley i! s 43. Act! or David DeLuise ("Wizards of Waverly Place") is 41. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is 38.
The Oregonian and The Associated Press