| Hi I'm Rebecca Field with your UPI entertainment update on this Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
More sources are confirming reports that Ashlee Simpson is pregnant. Someone close to her family tells People magazine she and fiancé Pete Wentz are expecting and are now planning a wedding for May. This comes after Wentz denied the rumors, calling them a "Witch hunt." The couple announced their engagement last week.
Priscilla Presley is saying goodbye to "Dancing With the Stars." The actress and former wife of Elvis Presley got the boot last night on the ABC reality show. Judges weren't very impressed by her rumba earlier this week. But Presley took the elimination well calling the experience "life changing." Now 7 stars are left to compete for the Dancing title.
Cameron Diaz has reportedly lost her father to pneumonia. TMZ.com says Emilio Diaz died yesterday morning at the age of 58. He had apparently just had the flu at first, but it turned into pneumonia. According to the LA Times, filming of the actress's latest movie "My Sister's Keeper," has been stopped for the time being.
"Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon is opening up about her battle with breast cancer. Nixon revealed she fought the illness in 2006, but never wanted to make it public. Now she is serving as an ambassador for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization. She'll apparently attend events for the group and speak publicly about her personal struggles with cancer.
The rock band Motley Crue is heading on the road. The band announced yesterday they'll head on a two month summer tour called "Crue Fest 2008." They're calling it "the summer's loudest show on earth." The band is set to play in 40 cities in North America in July and August. Motley Crue's latest album "Saints of Los Angeles" hits the shelves June 17.
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