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The Jonas Brothers will appear on The Oprah Show today thanks to nearly 5,000 e-mails the show’s staff received from fans.

Their father, Kevin Sr., says his sons’ faith helps them keep their priorities straight.

“We’re not raising boys. We’re raising men and fathers and husbands,” he says. “It’s very important to us that they can live their dreams, but the first priority is that they’re good people.”

You can watch the entire Jonas Brothers appearance on Oprah here: Part I, Part II and Part III.

Or here are some clips: Watch the Jonas family joke around over breakfast at Oprah.com. The JoBros also perform their hit song “When You Look Me In The Eyes” here.

Megan Fox is kinda weird
Shia LaBeouf is dating Lauren Lastings?
Gisele Bundchen does DT Spanish mag
Lindsay Lohan is keeping her cool
Denise Richards goes paddle surfing
Mariah Carey isn’t giving up her body for kids
Mandy Moore wears funky footwear
Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg team up
Naomi Campbell will guest star on Ugly Betty
Luxury is a great gig if you can get it
Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush were on vacation
Ellen DeGeneres chops off the head of Neil Patrick Harris
FHM released their sexiest woman of 2008 list
Jason Lewis turns the tables, er cameras
Celebrities love to stuff their faces
Carrie Underwood talks about being cheated on in May’s InStyle. She said, “I’ve been cheated on a time or two…I wouldn’t recommend doing any property damage, tough [laughs].” The country star also reveals she’s never bought a car. Added Carrie, “The car I have, a Ford Mustang convertible, is the one I won on Idol.”
Mariah Carey is celebrating a personal best this week as her new album, “E=MC2” is not only this week’s chart topper, selling 463,000 copies, but it’s the most units Mariah has ever sold in a week.
Only 10 million viewers tuned in to watch President Bush make a video appearance on Monday’s Deal or No Deal – tying the show’s worst-ever Monday night performance.
Gisele Bundchen and Sylvester Stallone recently shot a Volkswagen commercial for Brazil.

Former Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams films her new “We Break the Dawn” music video in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Surrounded by a pack of muscular men, Michelle, 27, strutted her stuff through the streets of L.A.

Listen to Michelle’s “We Break the Dawn” here.

A boy buries himself in a book high up on a tree in Washington, D.C. April 23 marks World Book and Copyright Day. Wether you are healthy or not, whether you are old or not, and no matter what situation you are in, reading always gives you knowledge, peace and happiness.

A asthenopic boy is struggling through the pages in a special school in Havana, Cuba

girl follows the lines clesely in a makeshift tent after an earthquake shaked Muzafarabad, Pakistan

A model works hard trying to catch some lines prior to the Milan Fanshion Week

A boy who has cancer is reading a book in a small village in Belarus


A woman seller is reading at a durian market in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand

Four boys read in the rubble front of their destroyed school in Iraq.

Three girls go through a book before their performance in a museum in a city of Japan

A blind child is reading a braille in a special school in Havana, the capital of Cuba

A girl is reading for her blind friend. Many volunteers are reading books for the blind children in the Shanghai Deaf-mutes School on the World Book and Copyright Day

An artist performs during a show held in an abandoned building in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2008. A new theatre put on display inside the abandoned building of former Soviet Union Cultural House in Kabul. The aim of the theatre the first-ever since the collapse of Taliban regime, supported by Human Rights Commission and UN is to highlight the need to deal with the impunity of those who have committed crimes over the past three decades in Afghanistan.

An artist performs during a show held in an abandoned building in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2008


An artist performs during a show held in an abandoned building in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2008

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung applauds in front of a model of the Ariane-5 rocket, with Vietnam's VINASAT-1 and Brazil's Star One C2 satellites attached, while speaking at a ceremony in Hanoi April 19, 2008. The rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Friday, putting into orbit telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam, a space official said
After 13 years of unceasing efforts, Vietnam's first satellite was successfully launched Saturday, ushering a new era for the local information communication technology industry.

The 2.6-ton medium-sized satellite, Vinasat-1, was successfully launched to its geostationary orbit position using rocket Ariane-5in Kourou site in French Guiana at 5:16 a.m. Saturday (2016 GMT Friday).

The satellite project was first approved by the Vietnamese government in 1995, with an aim to serve increasing local demand for better communication services with lower costs.

After the approval, Vietnam had to negotiate with other countries to determine the satellite's orbital position.

And in 2005, the geostationary orbit position of longitude 132 degrees east was finally decided after Vietnam overcame difficulties in negotiations especially with Japan, which uses the same position, and Tonga, which owns longitude 130 and 134 degrees east, and reserved it with the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

In addition, Vietnam was very careful in choosing partners for the satellite production and launch. Satellite lifespan of 15-20 years, great safety, high possibility of successful launch, and competitive prices were major factors taken into consideration.

Among a number of the world's leading satellite producers, mainly from the United States, Russia and Japan, U.S. firm Lockheed Martin was selected as the satellite project's main contractor.

In 2006, the project's investor, the state-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), inked a contract with Lockheed Martin.

Total investment for the production and launch of Vinasat-1 and the construction of related facilities like two ground stations in northern Ha Tay province and southern Binh Duong province stands at nearly 300 million dollars. The VNPT will recoup the investment after nine or ten years.

Vietnam has attached importance to using the satellite for commercial and non-commercial purposes, serving domestic and foreign enterprises, organizations and residents.

So far, as many as 16 Vietnamese organizations and firms have registered to use Vinasat-1-based communication services at costs lower than those provided by foreign satellites, vice president of the VNPT Nguyen Ba Thuoc said at a recent press briefing.

At present, Vietnam had to spend some 15 million U.S. dollars annually to rent satellites of foreign countries as Russia, Australia and Thailand.

With 20 transponders, service coverage in South East Asia, part of China, India, Korea, Japan, Australia and Hawaii, and life-span of between 15 and over 20 years, Vinasat-1 has transmission capacity equivalent to 10,000 voice, Internet and data channels or120 TV channels, helping Vietnam to provide telecommunications, radio, Internet and TV services to all corners of the country regardless of topography and climate.



An image of an Ariane-5 rocket, with Vietnam's VINASAT-1 and Brazil's Star One C2 satellites attached, preparing for takeoff is projected on a screen at a ceremony in Hanoi April 19, 2008. The rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Friday, putting into orbit telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam, a space official said


The Ariane-5 rocket, with Vietnam's VINASAT-1 and Brazil's Star One C2 satellites attached, takes off at a spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana April 18, 2008. The rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Friday, putting into orbit telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam, a space official said

A snake bites a snake charmer at Lohagara village, 45 km (28 miles) south of the northern Indian city of Allahabad, April 22, 2008. The snake charmer says the venom has been removed from the snake.


A snake bites the hand of a snake charmer at Lohagara village, 45 km (28 miles) south of the northern Indian city of Allahabad, April 22, 2008. The snake charmer says the venom has been removed from the snake

Germany's Harald Breitenfeldt (L) and his 2 year-old grandson Leon prepare their beards for the international German beard championships in the eastern Bavarian village of Eging am See April 19, 2008

A combination picture shows participants of the international German beard championships in the eastern Bavarian village of Eging am See April 19, 2008.

Participants present their beards during the international German beard championships in the eastern Bavarian village of Eging am See April 19, 2008.

A participant presents his beard during the international German beard championships in the eastern Bavarian village of Eging am See April 19, 2008.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow poses during a photocall to present her film "Iron Man" in Berlin April 22, 2008.

The latest photo album of Chinese film star Gong Li was recently released

Spice Girl Mel B has been unleashed as the new face of Ultimo lingerie and if these shots are anything to judge by she's in better shape than ever.

Posing in a daring photoshoot above the LA skyline, the 32-year-old sparkles dressed in nothing but the company's latest line of racy two-pieces and stilettos in some of the shots.

The singer follows in the footsteps of supermodels Helena Christensen, Rachel Hunter and Penny Lancaster but thanks to the Spice Girls' gruelling reunion tour Mel looks just as good as her catwalk-strutting predecessors.



Spice Girl Mel B has been unleashed as the new face of Ultimo lingerie and if these shots are anything to judge by she's in better shape than ever
Her honed physique and glowing reputation stateside are reportedly the reasons behind the brand's decision to hire her.

When the new appointment was leaked to The Sun earlier this month, a source from the company said: "We were blown away by the great shape she is in and desperate to land her. Mel B has never been bigger."

Mum-of-two Mel said: "I am over the moon to become the Face and Body of Ultimo lingerie. When Michelle Mone asked me, I was ecstatic. I was so excited, but slightly nervous I had never modelled lingerie before.

"The photoshoot in LA was fantastic. Ultimo lingerie gives you a superb shape and is so comfortable with sexy styles in every collection. I took every set home with me."

Meanwhile, Sarah Harding may be smarting at being replaced after just two seasons modelling for the company.

The 26-year-old signed a 100,000 deal with Ultimo in 2007 and was expected to negotiate an even bigger sum in her next contract.

Upon being dropped by the label, a source close to her told the People newspaper: "Sarah's a bit upset but she is sure she won't be short of modelling offers - plus she's really busy with the group."



Hot pink: Mel models the label's latest designs


Mel showed off her enviable figure on the glamorous LA photoshoot

Jennifer Messelier of France reacts after winning the 24th final of the Elite Model Look competition in Prague, April 21, 2008

A waitress pours champagne into glasses at the foyer of Prague's Municipal House before the final of the Elite Model Look competition in Prague, April 21, 2008.

Dancers perform on a stage during the final of the Elite Model Look competition in Prague, April 21, 2008


Contestants from the 24th final of the Elite Model Look competition congratulate each other at the end of the show in Prague, April 21, 2008. Jennifer Messelier of France who won this year is on left

Elton John introduces the three young boys who will alternate in the lead of Billy Elliot: The Musical at the press event held at the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York City on Tuesday. (The musical is based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music for the musical was composed by Elton.)

Pictured left to right: Trent Kowalik, David Alvarez, and Kiril Kulish.

“Trent is probably one of the most genius tap dancers we’ve ever come across, so he’s had to learn ballet,” says Mr. Daldry, who directed the movie. “David and Kiril are exceptional ballet dancers; these are probably the best kids in the world right now, but they’ve had to learn tap.”

According to the New York Times, the show changes depending on the boy: the choreography is different, and some of the music varies. Dang it! That just means I need to see this show three times!!!

Billy Elliot: The Musical opens officially at the Imperial Theater on October 1. For additional coverage of the boys of Billy Elliot, check out NYTimes.com.

UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman answers questions at a press conference against violence towards women at the United Nations on Tuesday in New York City.

“One in three women will encounter violence in some way, shape or form against them in their lifetime,” Nicole said. “That’s an extraordinary statistic. Yet do we ever hear it?”

The 40-year-old pregnant actress encouraged the signing of an online petition to support the elimination of violence against women.

“I’m a mother, I have a child on the way, I have two children in the world and a lot of (my motivation) is about realizing the things that are wrong and how can I contribute,” she added. “What are the things I can contribute to help my children have a better life and help other children around the world have a better life and other citizens of the world have a better life.

To join Nicole in her fight against violence towards women, visit SayNoToViolence.org.

Nicole has two teenage children, Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13, from her marriage to actor Tom Cruse. She’s also expecting a baby in July with her second husband, country superstar Keith Urban.