ASHLEY MASSARO ON APRIL PLAYBOY COVER

The newest Playboy and WWE superstar Ashley Massaro

Ashley Massaro might just be the Charlie's Angel of Playboy cover girls -- the blond babe who can also kick butt. Diva Ashley, as she's known in World Wrestling Entertainment, will challenge the women's titleholder, WWE Diva Melina, for the championship during WrestleMania 23 in Detroit April 1.Ashley's April cover issue of Playboy magazine premiered on newsstands nationwide Tuesday. "Sometimes I sit back and look at it and go, 'Wow, I can't believe it's here,' " Massaro, 27, told the Free Press on Monday. "It's still surreal and exciting." Ashley also guest stars in the March 22 episode of "Smallville."

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ACCIDENTAL DEATH FOR ANNA NICOLE SMITH

The Fake Wedding Of Anna Nicole Smith And Howard K. Stern

AN accidental drug overdose caused last month's sudden death of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, Florida officials said. The death of the flamboyant billionaire's widow at a Florida casino-hotel on February 8 triggered a media frenzy and bitter legal feud over her remains and the custody of her six-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, who could one day inherit millions. "We are convinced, based on an extensive view of the evidence, that this case is an accidental overdose with no other criminal elements present," said Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger. There was no evidence of illegal drugs in her body, said Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper, who gave a detailed account of the events leading up to her death that included her temperature at various times and the medication she took. Smith was buried in the Bahamas on March 2 after a colorful funeral whose guests included her long-time companion and lawyer Howard K. Stern, who is listed as Dannielynn's father, and Los Angeles photographer Larry Birkhead, who also claims paternity. Several other men also claimed to be the father of Dannielynn. The results of a DNA swab of the child have been placed under seal by a judge in the Bahamas, pending an appeal against the DNA test by Stern.

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AMERICAN IDOL'S OTHER STAR AMANDA COLUCCIO SPEAKS TO TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP ON OCEAN 98'S RUDE AWAKENING SHOW

Antonella Barba with friend Amanda Coluccio

Well I got the supprise of my life today while I was doing one of my regular Radio Gigs on Maryland's top radio station Ocean 98. The morning show "RUDE AWAKENING" with hosts Bulldog (left with James Edstrom) and Snoopy really put me to the test about www.TimesSquareGossip.Com . They were questioning me about the photos I have posted on my site of American Idol contestant Antonella Barba, asking me if they were real. I explained they were, then next thing I knew they had former American Idol contestant Amanda Coluccio, Antonella's best friend on the air with me.

I guess they woke her up when they called her. She was throwing up and choking on the phone, and Bulldog kept asking her if they got her at a bad time, she kept saying how sick she was. But instead of Bulldog saying, we will call another time, he went on to his grilling about American Idol and Antonella Barba. Amanda said the pics on my site were real, but the oral sex photos making their rounds were fake and of some other porn star which she knows. They were not Antonella Barba ! We I asked her if Antonella would do Playboy magazine as it has been reported, and she said no way. Antonella is too shy and besides her parents would die. It will never happen. Then she said she would for the right money. She asked,"How much do they pay" and I told her I thought it was around 85 thousand for a first timer. She replied "I want a 100 thousand, and I will do". We asked her why there were'nt pictures of her floating around the internet and she said "Im too smart".

Amanda is also no big fan of Rosie O'Donnell. When Bulldog asked her what she thought of Rosie's comments, she said she did not care what Rosie thought, she was just jealous of Antonella because she does not look so good. When Bulldog said "weren't there naked pics of Rosie floating around years ago', Amanda said if she saw them she would vomit. We then asked her why no lawsuit over all the pics, she said that it has helped Antonella's career and everyone just wants it to go away. I asked Amanda to send me a couple of pics of her, she bounced back with "what you going to use them for". She said,"they compare me to Antonella who is beautiful, but I'm beautiful too ! " We went to her website and we looked at pictures of her. She is ! And shes a real nice girl too. She's also a good friend to Antonella. Thanks for talking to us and I'm sending a e-mail to Hugh Hefner to get you your Playboy spread !

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HUGH HEFNER TO MARRY HOLLY MADISON

Hugh Hefner is set to marry his favourite girlfriend Holly Madison. Playboy mogul Hugh - who shares his infamous mansion with Holly and two other girlfriends, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson - is now reportedly planning to make Holly his wife.The wedding - which will be 80-year-old Hugh's third - will be aired on reality TV show 'The Girls Next Door' - which depicts life at the Playboy Mansion. A source told the New York Post newspaper: "This is very secret, but the word is 'yes.' Hef has decided he will marry Holly, and he wants it for his show, 'The Girls Next Door.'"Hef thinks business all the time, and looks for a new hook, although he also does really love Holly."Blonde Holly, 27, is Hugh's favourite girlfriend of the three.The source added: "Hef sees that she is the most dedicated. Kendra is never there, and Bridget is hanging on by being very friendly to Holly."The wedding will reportedly take place by the end of the year. Hugh's first wife was Mildred Williams, who he wed in 1949. The couple, who divorced in 1959, have two children, Christie and David Paul. In 1989, Hugh married Kimberley Conrad - that year's Playboy Playmate. They separated in 1998.

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON PLAYBOY'S TOP 25

Scarlett Johansson has topped Playboy's annual 25 Sexiest Celebrities list.The 22-year-old actress' "sensuality" and "beauty" saw off stiff competition from Angelina Jolie, Beyoncé Knowles and Pamela Anderson.The adult magazine writes: "Scarlett Johansson is the apex of beauty and sensuality - from her porcelain skin to her fully feminine figure to her mysterious charisma, which is at once palpable and indefinable."While the magazine makes it clear that Scarlett is their sexiest woman, the other 24 beauties are listed in no particular order.Other names to make it onto the sexy list include Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, Carmen Electra and Jessica Alba. Meanwhile, Scarlett is being tipped to play adult movie superstar Jenna Jameson in a movie adaptation of her autobiography 'How To Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale'.Jenna, 32, revealed her admiration for the 'Match Point' actress last month. She said: "We're looking at Scarlett Johansson. She's my choice. I think she's beautiful."

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CHARLIZE THERON MAY PLAY ANNA NICOLE

Charlize Theron has been tipped to play Anna Nicole Smith in a film about her life.The actress is movie bosses' first choice to star as the Playboy Playmate who married an 89-year-old oil billionaire and died aged just 39 last week. A source revealed: "You couldn't make up a life story like Anna's. Studios are falling over themselves to pay tribute to an incredible woman. There are a number of actresses earmarked to play Anna, with Charlize the favourite."This won't be the first time the 31-year-old South African has played a controversial real-life character. Charlize won an Oscar in 2004 for her portrayal of US serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster'. Anna Nicole died last Thursday, after being found unconscious in Hollywood's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Her death came during a time of personal grief - her 20-year-old son Daniel died five months ago - and in the middle of a bitter paternity battle over her daughter Dannielynn. After a failed teenage marriage she moved to Houston to become a stripper and met elderly oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall. Anna Nicole, 26, married Marshall, 89, in 1994, but he died the following year. She spent the next decade battling his family for his estate. She got her big break in 1991 when Playboy boss Hugh Hefner chose her to appear on the magazine cover.

CARMEN ELECTRA WON'T SIGN NUDE PICS

Model Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra doesn't like signing nude pictures of herself.The former 'Baywatch' star - who has posed naked for Playboy magazine -happily autographed pictures for fans as she left Hollywood restaurant Mr Chow on Monday night, but stopped signing when presented with a naked photograph of herself. Carmen said: "I feel weird signing nude!"The model-and-actress got in her car and left the rest of the fans' pictures unsigned. Carmen - who was married to guitarist Dave Navarro for three years before they split in July last year - also revealed she is not looking for a new Valentine. She said: "I'm not looking. I just want to be alone for a while. But it's scary you know? And you feel lonely, you want to grab onto something, but then you're not really dealing with the experience. You're just looking for a distraction. I want to feel the experience."Carmen admits she is surprised at how much she likes being single. She said: "It's been fun because I've had more time to hang out with my friends. It's just nice to reconnect and do fun stuff and have sleepovers,dancing, fun girl stuff."

AUTOPSY FINDINGS ON ANNA NICOLE SMITH

More tests will be necessary to determine the cause of Anna Nicole Smith 's death, but no illegal drugs were found in her hotel room, officials said Friday. It's possible Smith's died of natural causes, because of some medication or from a combination of reasons, said Dr. Joshua Perper, the chief medical examiner for Broward County, who performed the autopsy. Smith apparently had been sick for several days with some kind of stomach flu, Perper said. Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said investigators "found no illegal drugs, only prescription medicines" in Smith's hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood. Nothing unusual was observed on hotel surveillance tapes, and there was no evidence to suggest a crime occurred, he said. On Thursday, a private nurse found Smith unconscious in her room and called 911, officials said. A bodyguard performed CPR, Tiger said, but Smith was declared dead at a hospital. The autopsy was performed Friday on Smith, whose mother blamed drugs for the former Playboy playmate's sudden death that ended an extraordinary tabloid life. In another bizarre twist to the case, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Prince Frederick von Anhalt, claimed that he might be the father of Smith's infant daughter. Two other men are already waging a paternity battle over the little girl, who stands to inherit Smith's estate. Von Anhalt, 59, told The Associated Press he and Smith had been having an affair since the 1990s. "She wanted to be a princess," he said. "I think she had too many drugs, just like Danny (Smith's late son)," Smith's mother, Vergie Arthur, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday. "I tried to warn her about drugs and the people that she hung around with. She didn't listen." "She was too drugged up," Arthur said. "By the last interview I saw of her, she was so wasted." Smith's attorney, Ron Rale, said the one-time reality TV star had been ill for several days with a fever and was still depressed over the death five months ago of her 20-year-old son from what a private medical examiner determined was a combination of methadone and two anti-depressants. Late Thursday, sheriff's deputies carried out at least eight brown paper bags sealed with red evidence tape from Smith's hotel room. Several detectives are reviewing the hotel surveillance tapes to see if they might provide a clue to what happened, Deputy Police Chief Michael Browne said Friday. He said they had interviewed everyone connected to the death and no one was under suspicion. "Nothing about this death seems suspicious. We're not treating it that way," Browne said. "We're being very thorough. We're going to look at everything." If Smith died of natural causes, the findings will likely be announced quickly, but definitive results could take weeks, said Dr. Joshua Perper, who was performing the autopsy. "I am not a prophet, and I cannot tell you before the autopsy what I am going to find," he said. Smith's son's death in the Bahamas on Sept. 10 came just a few days after she gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, whose custody remains in dispute. The birth certificate lists Dannielynn's father as attorney Howard K. Stern, Smith's most recent companion, who Rale said was with Smith at the hotel and was too choked up to talk when he called Rale with the news. Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead is waging a legal challenge, saying he is the father. At a hearing Friday in Los Angeles, a judge declined Birkhead's attorney's request to order an immediate DNA sample be taken from Smith's body. The judge ordered the body be retained, though, until a hearing on Feb. 20, attorney Debra Opri said. Opri said the DNA is needed to connect Smith with Dannielynn "so that no one can switch the babies." She also asked the judge to take jurisdiction over the child until her paternity is established. "Nothing was granted. Nothing was denied," she said. Rale, Smith's attorney, said it was "despicable that we would have an emergency notice and appear right now." Gabor's husband, von Anhalt, said Friday that he would file a lawsuit if Dannielynn is turned over to Stern or Birkhead. He said he and Smith started their long affair after she approached him and Gabor at the Plaza Hotel in New York while she was still married to Marshall. "If you go back from September, she wasn't with one of those guys, she was with me," von Anhalt said. The baby was being cared for in the Bahamas by the mother of Shane Gibson, the Bahamian immigration minister who is a close friend of Smith's, People magazine reported on its Web site, citing unidentified sources. A visibly shaken Gibson declined comment as he was leaving his office Thursday night, and he has not responded to several message left by the AP seeking comment. Through the '90s and into the 21st century, Smith was famous for being famous, a pop-culture punchline because of her up-and-down weight, her Marilyn Monroe looks, her exaggerated curves, her little-girl voice, her ditzy-blonde persona and her over-the-top revealing outfits. Recently, she lost a reported 69 pounds and became a spokeswoman for TrimSpa, a weight-loss supplement. In recent TV appearances, her speech was often slurred and she seemed out of it. Some critics said she seemed drugged-out. "Undoubtedly it will be found at the end of the day that drugs featured in her death as they did in the death of poor Daniel," said Michael Scott, a former attorney for Smith in the Bahamas. Rale said he had talked to her on Tuesday or Wednesday, and she had flu symptoms and a fever and was still grieving over her son. He dismissed claims her death was related to drugs as "a bunch of nonsense." "Poor Anna Nicole," he said. "She's been the underdog. She's been besieged ... and she's been trying her best and nobody should have to endure what she's endured." The Texas-born Smith was a topless dancer at a strip club before she made the cover of Playboy magazine in 1992. She became Playboy's playmate of the year in 1993. She was also signed to a contract with Guess jeans, appearing in TV commercials, billboards and magazine ads. In 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, owner of Great Northern Oil Co. After his death the following year, she engaged in a protracted legal fight with her former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, over whether she had a right to the estate. A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million. That was later overturned. But in May, the U.S. Supreme Court revived her case, ruling that she deserved another day in court. The stepson died June 20 at age 67, but the family said the court fight would continue. Smith starred in her own reality TV series, "The Anna Nicole Show," in 2002-04. She also appeared in movies, performing a bit part in "The Hudsucker Proxy" in 1994. Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Houston, one of six children. Her parents split up when she was a toddler, and she was raised by her mother, a deputy sheriff. She dropped out after 11th grade after she was expelled for fighting, and worked as a waitress and then a cook at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken restaurant in Mexia, Texas. She married 16-year-old fry cook Bill Smith in 1985, giving birth to Daniel before divorcing two years later.

HUGH HEFNER AND ANNA NICOLE SMITH

Playboy's Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner has paid tribute to Anna Nicole Smith following her tragic death.Friends and colleagues of the former Playboy Playmate have expressed their grief after the troubled star passed away yesterday. Playboy founder Hugh said: "I'm very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally. My thoughts and prayers are with her friends and loved ones during this difficult time."US talk show host Larry King said: "She was a special person, she was an unusual person. She was genuine, she was funny, she had some class. I feel very, very sorry for everybody concerned, but mostly for her daughter Dannielynn."The 39-year-old model-turned-actress was once the poster girl for Guess jeans, and starred in 'Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult'.CEO of Guess jeans, Paul Marciano, said: "She had something magic. This is a very tragic and sad day. Personally I feel she did not recover from the loss of her son Daniel who was the love of her life."She was working as the spokesmodel for diet pill Trimspa when she died. CEO of Trimspa, Alex Goen, said: "Today, Anna Nicole Smith's grieficken and tumultuous personal life came to an end. Anna came to our company as a customer, but she departs it as a friend. Anna knew both the joy of giving life, and the heartache of losing a child. We pray that she is granted the peace that eluded her more recent days on earth, and that she finds comfort in the presence of her son, Daniel."Anna Nicole also did a lot of work for animal rights group PETA. PETA released a statement saying: "PETA is extremely upset by the news of Anna Nicole Smith's untimely death. She was a great friend to animals and used every opportunity to speak out against senseless cruelty. We always thought Anna Nicole was a perfect fit for PETA because, just like us, she not only hated cruelty to animals and loved her dog. It is a tragedy when anyone passes away before their time, but with Anna Nicole, animals have lost a true hero and PETA has lost a good friend. We will miss her."

Anna Nicole Smith And Hugh Hefner

JIM CARREY WON'T MARRY GIRLFRIEND

Jim Carrey has said he will never marry Jenny McCarthy.The 'Eternal Sunshine' actor - who has been married twice - has been dating McCarthy for a year but says they will never tie the knot. Carrey said: "We're never getting married, but we're never getting divorced, which is fantastic."She's just a wonderful lady and much deeper than she's ever received credit for, and I'm very excited about her future."Asked if he would at least give former Playboy playmate McCarthy a ring to cement their love, the 45-year-old actor replied: "I bought her a Chloe purse. Isn't that good enough?"Carrey was previously married to actress Lauren Holly and has a 19-year-old daughter, Jane, with his first wife, Melissa Womer. McCarthy filed for divorce from film director John Asher in August 2005, after six years of marriage. They have a four-year-old son, Evan.