Shes awesome! I love her! Nelly Furtado’s North American tour began on May 30th. I NEED tickets!

NELLY FURTADO kicked off her Loose tour at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood in the style every girl likes best - with a cake!

Wearing a sexy red mini-dress, Nelly emerged from behind a giant disco ball and performed a rousing set from her new album, Loose - including hit tunes Maneater and Promisicous - plus a selection from her previous albums Whoa, Nelly and Folklore.

She even sang even some ballads in Spanish to the capacity crowd of 5,500.

Afterwards she was presented with a huge cake to mark the occasion. - The Sun

“People in the business made me feel that it was going to be a problem that I was playing Sue Storm, a blue-eyed blonde, but I didn’t see any problem with it myself. Cate Blanchett dyes her hair any color that she needs to for her roles, and nobody cares.

People transform themselves for roles everyday—it’s called being an actor. It’s no big deal—we play dress up for a living. We pretend—we tell stories for entertainment purposes. The only thing I did do was wear contacts to make my eyes blue. And as for most women in Hollywood? They’re not real blondes, anyway!”

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Romo better not be cheating or else he is going to have no headlights and keyed up leather seats!

Carrie Underwood’s football-star boyfriend is calling for a timeout.

The two have been tight for several months: Tony Romo flew to Nashville to celebrate the American Idol cutie’s 24th birthday recently, and she returned the favor, flying to Dallas to celebrate his 27th.

But now, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback has told Underwood that he wants to bench their relationship during the football season, according to the National Enquirer. Football season begins in September and lasts until January.

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Folk-rocker Damien Rice might sing sad tunes about lost love, but his wistful heart is in the right place when it comes to climate change. The environment is an issue that’s been near his heart since his childhood in Ireland and has informed his work in many ways.

Rice puts his eco-sympathies into action every way he can. He and his band tour on a biodiesel-powered bus, and they offset the emissions of all their travel as well as the emissions created by audiences. They’re also slated to play the United Kingdom leg of the Live Earth concert on July 7, 2007, and they recently joined the Virtual March at Laurie David’s Web site, stopglobalwarming.org.

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The next Australian Open will be played on a new acrylic court surface.

Organizers of the 2008 Australian Open, the first tennis major of the year, have started replacing the Rebound Ace at Melbourne Park in favor of new technology.

“The new cushioned acrylic surface will have a different cushioning system to the Rebound Ace product, including a lower rubber content, and will be firmer under foot,” tournament director Craig Tiley said Wednesday.

“The court characteristics for next year’s Australian Open will be very similar to what we achieved in 2007, with the surface playing in the medium to medium-fast range.” - CBS Sportsline