American Music Awards reveals nominees

American Music Awards
reveals nominees

LOS ANGELES — Beyonce Knowles, Justin Timberlake, Linkin Park and “American Idol” contestant Chris Daughtry’s band Daughtry each nabbed three nominations Tuesday for the American Music Awards. Akon, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Young Jeezy, T.I. and “Idol” winner Carrie Underwood captured two nominations each. Jimmy Kimmel will host the 35th annual American Music Awards, to be broadcast Nov. 18 by ABC from the new L.A. Live entertainment complex next to Staples Center downtown. The show’s producer, Larry Klein, said Daughtry, Celine Dion, nominees Fergie and Rihanna will perform. Nominees were initially chosen based on record sales. Ballots were then sent to a national sampling of 15,000 people and the top three vote-getters in each category became nominees. For the first time, members of the public will be able to vote for nominated artists online.

Her rehab completed,
Lohan reflects on life

NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan is making plans for life after rehab. The 21-year-old actress reportedly checked out of the Cirque Lodge, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Utah, on Friday. She had entered treatment in August after reaching a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges following two arrests. “It was a sobering experience,” Lohan says in an interview with OK! magazine. “It was humbling. It made me look at myself, and all of the people, places and things in my life in a different way. I was in there for substance abuse, after all.” Staying sober — and out of Los Angeles — is Lohan’s main priority. “I’m staying in Utah until it’s time to shoot ‘Dare to Love Me,’ and then I plan on returning to Utah so I can stay focused, and avoid other distractions,” she tells OK! When asked whether she’s worried about a relapse, Lohan says: “Of course I am! If I wasn’t I’d be living in denial. Temptation is always there but now I’ll avoid it the right way.” Lohan — who recently reunited with her father, Michael Lohan, after a 31⁄2-year estrangement — tells In Touch Weekly that her parents’ divorce triggered her behavior. “The trouble in my family resulted in me rebelling and doing things to get my parents’ attention,” she says. “But all in all, it’s better for me now to have them [in my life]. It’s healthy.”

‘Housewives’ actor
marries girlfriend

LOS ANGELES — Ricardo Chavira may be having women troubles on “Desperate Housewives,” but in real life he’s now a happily married man. Chavira, 36, wed his longtime girlfriend, Marcea Dietzel, in a private ceremony Sept. 22 in San Antonio, show publicist Chandler Hayes said. Chavira confirmed the marriage to “Entertainment Tonight” on Monday on the set of “Desperate Housewives.” The interview was to air Tuesday. The couple have a 4-year-old son, Tomas, who acted as best man and ring bearer, Hayes said. Chavira and Dietzel wore pajamas during the ceremony and opted to attend their son’s soccer game instead of having a reception. Chavira plays Carlos Solis on the ABC show and is currently cavorting with ex-wife Gabrielle, played by Eva Longoria Parker, while still dating Nicollette Sheridan’s character, Edie.

Today’s birthdays

Former Illinois Sen. Adlai Stevenson III is 77. Entertainer Ben Vereen is 61. Singer John Prine is 61. Rock singer-musician Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) is 59. Actress Jessica Harper is 58. Singer-musician Midge Ure is 54. Country singer Tanya Tucker is 49. Actress Julia Sweeney is 48. Actor Bradley Whitford is 48. Musician Martin Kemp is 46. Rock musician Jim Glennie (James) is 44. Actress Rebecca Pidgeon is 42. Rock musician Mike Malinin (Goo Goo Dolls) is 40. Actress Wendi McLendon-Covey is 38. Actor Mario Lopez is 34. Actress Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is 29. Singer Mya is 28.