BOW WOW AND CIARA SPLIT, SPOKESWOMAN SAYS

Bow Wow and Ciarasplit, spokeswoman says
NEW YORK -- Bow Wow and Ciara have split, a spokeswoman for Ciara has confirmed. The young celebrity couple had dated for nearly a year. "I cannot comment on the reason, but can confirm that Ciara and Bow Wow have split," said Tracy Nguyen in a statement Monday. The spokeswoman also took the unusual step of stating that the breakup wasn't amicable .A message left with Bow Wow's publicist wasn't immediately returned. Bow Wow, whose real name is Shad Moss, was christened Lil' Bow Wow by Snoop Dog. He dropped the "Lil"' in 2003. The 19-year-old rapper sang a duet with Ciara on "Like You," the second single off his fourth album, "Wanted." Ciara, 20, was dubbed "the First Lady of Crunk & amp; B" by Lil' Jon, who produced her debut single, "Goodies," from her 2004 album of the same name.
Paltrow and Martinhave 2nd child, a boy
LOS ANGELES -- It's a boy for Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. Moses Martin, the couple's second child, was born this weekend in New York City, the office of Paltrow's publicist, Stephen Huvane, said Monday. No other information was released. Paltrow, 33, won an Oscar for her role in 1998's "Shakespeare in Love." The British-born Martin, 29, is the lead singer of Coldplay. Their daughter, Apple, will be 2 on May 14. After Apple's birth, Paltrow appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and said she didn't understand why people were making a big deal about her daughter's name. Paltrow said it was Martin who came up with Apple. "It conjured such a lovely picture for me -- you know, apples are so sweet and they're wholesome and it's biblical -- and I just thought it sounded so lovely and clean," Paltrow told Winfrey.
Calvin Klein signs Mossto $900,000 contract
LONDON -- Kate Moss will star in a new ad campaign for Calvin Klein, the company said Monday -- another sign that her career is back on track after cocaine use allegations. The 32-year-old British supermodel, who first appeared as the face of Calvin Klein 14 years ago, will appear on billboards and in magazines this fall after signing a contract reported to be worth $900,000. "Kate and the Calvin Klein brand have a long history together and it felt natural to reunite them for this new Jeans campaign, which will inevitably re-ignite that spark and highlight the sexy, cool essence of both Kate and Calvin Klein," said campaign creative director Fabien Baron. The ads, which also feature British male model Jamie Dornan, will be shot in New York this week, Baron said. It was the 1992 Calvin Klein commercials -- where Moss appeared in a series of black-and-white shots with a bare-chested Mark Wahlberg -- that made Moss a household name. She continued to work with Calvin Klein until 1999. Burberry and other fashion houses canceled contracts with Moss last year after a British tabloid published a picture of her allegedly using cocaine. But she has secured a number of new contracts after she apologized and attended a rehab clinic.
DeVito joins ClickStarto offer legal downloads
DURHAM, N.C. -- Danny DeVito has partnered with ClickStar Inc., an entertainment company, that plans to offer legal download of movies while still in theaters. The 61-year-old actor-director made the announcement Sunday at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. ClickStar, founded in part by Morgan Freeman, plans to start offering movies this fall to help combat movie piracy, DeVito said. He also announced the launch of Jersey Docs, a channel on the ClickStar network dedicated exclusively to documentaries. It's something "for many, many years I've been really dying to do," said DeVito, who called the channel "a space people will be able to go to to find things they really enjoy."
Today's birthdays
Former New York State Gov. Hugh Carey is 87. Ethel Kennedy is 78. Actor Johnny Sheffield is 75. Actor Joel Grey is 74. Actress Louise Lasser is 67. Syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman is 65. Movie writer-director John Milius is 62. Actor Peter Riegert is 59. Actor Meshach Taylor is 59. Movie director Carl Franklin is 57. Actor Bill Irwin is 56. Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 49. Songwriter-producer Daryl Simmons is 49. Actor Lucky Vanous is 45. Country singer Steve Azar is 42. Singer Lisa Stansfield is 40. Rock musician Dylan Keefe (Marcy Playground) is 36. Actor Johnny Messner is 36. Singer Joss Stone is 19.
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