Highlights of celeb magazines

Author: Malaya
Column: Reuters

NEW YORK Here is a round-up of this weeks US celebrity magazines: In Touch, Life and Style, People, US Weekly and OK!. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Michelle Obama says one of the reasons that she is proud of her husband Barack is that he refuses to comment on Republic vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palins family life, saying leave peoples children out of the US election. (People)

Jamie Lynn Spears, who went public last December with news of her pregnancy at age 16, has denied sending a gift basket to Bristol, the 17-year-old pregnant daughter of Sarah Palin. (OK!)

Sarah Palins Convention speech draws 37.2 million viewers, almost as many as Barack Obamas rating last week. (US Weekly)

Disneys hit boy band The Jonas Brothers are getting ready for their own new TV series which they say will be about normal things like taking out the trash and not getting hounded by fans. (People)

Elton John and British pop star Lily Allen clashed at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London when Elton John made her pointed joke about her drinking too much and she snapped back that at least she was 40 years younger than him and had her life ahead of her. (People)

Actor Alec Baldwin has revealed the depths of his depression when an angry voice mail he left his daughter, Ireland, was leaked in April 2007. On it, the "30 Rock" star called the then 11-year-old a "thoughtless little pig," and his visitation rights were suspended. An insider who has read Baldwins upcoming autobiography says the actor was so distraught that he contemplated suicide. (In Touch)

Rapper L.L. Cool J is to join Janet Jackson on her 2008 Rock Witchu tour, her first tour in over seven years. (OK!)

Pamela Anderson toured the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Tobruk while it was docked in Sydney, Australia. She donned a cap bearing the ships emblem while posing for pictures with the crew then lunched with her sons Brandon, 12, and Dylan, 10. (In Touch)

Madonna is especially picky it seems when it comes to public toilets. Before her concert at the Palais Nakaia concert hall in Nice, France, on August 26, the singer had all of the commodes, showers and sinks removed, scrubbed down and then reinstalled. (In Touch)

Britney Spears is said to be recording a duet, a dance track, for her new album with ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake. (Life & Style)

Actor David Spade confirmed that he is the father of a baby girl born last week in Missouri to Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace with whom he had a brief relationship. He has vowed to accept responsibility for the child. (People)

James Gandolfini, who portrayed crime boss Tony Soprano in the acclaimed TV series "The Sopranos," married former model Deborah Lin, 40, Honolulu. Gandolfini is 46. (Us Weekly)

Mandy Moore has found a new love interest outside Hollywood, dating an artist named Andre who she met at a party two months ago, according to insiders. (In Touch) Reuters

Source: Malaya