Ashton Kutcher Paranoid About Filming With His Shirt Off

Ashton Kutcher admitted via Twitter that he is not entirely comfortable filming with his shirt off--yet. So what's he gonna do? Work out twice a day, of course. As Ashton tweeted:

"stepping up the work outs to 2 a days. time to get serious. I'm so paranoid about doing scenes with my shirt off."

And this came the day after paparazzi spotted Ashton running and working out on Ocean Drive in South Beach, where the weather has been absolutely beautiful!!!

The pictures are courtesy of splashnewsonline.com

Melissa Rycroft Scores 23 On Her First Dance!

Melissa Rycroft, Jason Mesnick's ex-fiancee from The Bachelor, danced her first dance on Dancing With The Stars tonight and danced it WELL. She scored a 23 out of 30, much higher than most contestants. All this when she only had two days to rehearse since she (along with Holly Madison) is a last-minute replacement for the Jewel and Nancy O'Dell, who suffered injuries during rehearsal.

As Bruno said, "I don't know the bachelor guy, but he's a LOSER."

Melissa Rycroft On Dancing With the Stars!

Melissa Rycroft, now famous for being dumped by Jason Mesnick on The Bachelor, is the latest surprise addition to Dancing With the Stars which is premiering as we speak.

Prior to The Bachelor, Melissa was a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader so hopefully she has some natural moves and will kick butt!


On another note, other last-minute fill-in, Holly Madison BOMBED. Think worse than Kim Kardashian. Holly Madison looked like a flailing barbie doll on Dancing With the Stars. Or as Carrie Anne put in "you're kind of like a newborn deer right now."

Paula Abdul American Idol: Four's a Crowd

Paula Abdul, American Idol's "nice" judge, isn't too keen on this season's 4th judge addition, Kara DioGuardi. It's not that Paula has anything personal against Kara. In fact, the two claim to get along swimmingly. Paula does say; however, that four judges just doesn't work and slows the process down.

As Paula told OK! magazine:

"Kara and I have known each other for years and we get along great. But we tried four judges before and it doesn't work.

"It takes up so much time for each of us to give our opinion that it slows down the pace of the show."

Paula's contract expires this year, does that mean this is Paula's final season as a judge?

American Idol Top 36 Staying at Posh Beverly Hills Sofitel

Tonight's the night! The top 36 take the stage live on American Idol. The contestants were seen at the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills (which is absolutely beautiful). One lovely contestant spoke to Hollywood Huddle yesterday and said she hadn't slept all night! You can't blame her. Among those spotted: Anne Marie Boskovich , Alexis Grace and Stephen Fowler. Visit americanidol.com for more information on the contestants.

Good luck to them all!!!!

Chris Brown Releases First Post-Attack Statement

Chris Brown has finally spoken, according to E! Online, about the recent incident in which he allegedly attacked girlfriend Rihanna.

Brown's statement came via his publicist, Michael Sitrick:

"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person.

Much of what has been speculated or reported on blogs and/or reported in the media is wrong. While I would like to be able to talk about this more, until the legal issues are resolved, this is all I can say except that I have not written any messages or made any posts to Facebook, on blogs or any place else. Those posts or writings under my name are frauds."

Rihanna is said to be in her hometown of Barbados, seeking solace in her family.

American Idol's Joanne Pacitti Disqualified from Top 36

It seems like Joanne Pacitti's dreams have been dashed one more time. Though Wednesday night's episode of American Idol showed Joanne making it to the top 36 (despite her forgetting practically all her song lyrics in Hollywood week), we now find out that Joanne has been disqualified and that Felicia Barton from Virginia Beach takes her spot.

The reason for her disqualification has not yet been confirmed though rumors have surfaced of Joanne having a relationship with one of the companies involved in the production of American Idol.

Recall that Joanne's whole spiel on Idol was how she could never get her lucky break. When she was younger she was cast on the Broadway show Annie and was let go just before the opening. That combined with Joanne being dropped from a record label meant American Idol could be her big break. Better luck next time.