Her 30th

Christina Aguilera and 
                new man holiday for her 30th

Christina Aguilera and her new beau Matthew Rutler have reportedly enjoyed a romantic break for her 30th birthday. The couple, who met on the set of Aguilera's film Burlesque, have been dating since she announced her split from husband Jordan Bratman. According to US Weekly, they jetted to the French ski resort of Courchevel and enjoyed a romantic ride in a horse-drawn carriage. A source told the website, "Rutler is really for her and is helping her through this difficult time."...
                    

Christina Aguilera

My Private Sexy Pics Were Hacked

 

The nearly nude photos of Christina Aguilera that are circulating the Internet today were "illegally obtained by a hacker" who jacked them from Xtina's stylist ... this according to the singer's rep.

The rep tells TMZ the pictures -- which show Aguilera wearing nothing but pasties and a few strands of fabric -- were "taken in the privacy of Ms. Aguilera's home and were used only in a personal exchange between the star and her stylist."

The rep continues, "We find the actions of the hackers and the press who purchased and/or obtained these photos to be irresponsible and actionable."

According to the rep, they are now "attempting to determine the identity of the hackers and will pursue them aggressively."

 

12/8/2010 1:51 PM PST by TMZ Staff

Exploited by Her New Man's Band

 

Christina Aguilera is the best thing that ever happened to her new boyfriend's band -- and they know it -- because they quickly plastered her name all over their website in an apparent effort to gain exposure.

Right after the news broke that Matt Rutler was getting all cozy with Christina -- the guys from the Nate Mott Band posted Xtina's name and Matt's name all over the "Tags" section of their homepage -- hoping to increase the likelihood that anyone doing a Google search for those two will find their band's website.

But, it seems somebody wasn't happy with the coattail riding ... because the Christina-related tags have since been removed from the website.

Christina couldn't have been too upset -- because she accompanied Matt (below left) to a bar in Newport, Rhode Island on Sunday to watch her new man jam out a few songs with another one of the guys from the band.

 

12/2/2010 12:30 AM PST by TMZ Staff 

Xtina's New Man -- It's Getting Personal

Christina Aguilera's new arm candy, Matthew Rutler, is skipping his band's gig this weekend ... yet showed up at LAX today with the blonde bombshell. Did he find a higher paying gig?

The Nate Mott Band posted on it's Facebook page on Wednesday: "Do (sic) to personal reasons Matthew Rutler our guitarist will not be able to perform at Twin Rivers Casino Friday Night."

Best "personal reason" ever.

  

12/3/2010 3:12 PM PST by TMZ Staff

Christina Aguilera and new man holiday for her 30th

Christina Aguilera and her new beau Matthew Rutler have reportedly enjoyed a romantic break for her 30th birthday. The couple, who met on the set of Aguilera's film Burlesque, have been dating since she announced her split from husband Jordan Bratman. According to US Weekly, they jetted to the French ski resort of Courchevel and enjoyed a romantic ride in a horse-drawn carriage. A source told the website, "Rutler is really for her and is helping her through this difficult time."...

Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian’s Digital Death Not Moving People

One week into their Digital Life Sacrifice for the Keep a Child Alive AIDS charity, celebrities like Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian and Alicia Keys are nowhere close to their target.

The digital silence hoped to raise US$1 million for charity, and the celebrities pledged to a period of non-activity on Twitter, Facebook and the like until the target has been met. At the time of this report, the amount raised was US$298,397.

At this rate, it’ll be awhile until the personalities resume their normal social media activity; and to help the cause, Keep a Child Alive has cut the minimum donation amount in half to US$5.

It’s for a worthy cause, but it looks like celebrities’ tweets aren’t enough to get people to open up their checkbooks.

More Money Spent Online this Year Over Last: Study

 

For the first 33 days of the November to December holiday season this year, a total of US$16.8 million was spent online, according to a comScore study. This amount is a 12% increase over the corresponding days last year.

Cyber Monday became the heaviest online spending day on record, bringing in a total of US$1 billion. Black Friday, on the other hand, brought in US$648 million. Both figures are higher than the ones witnessed in 2009.

However, growth slowed to “single-digit levels” after Cyber Monday, said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni in a statement.

“We believe this softening is attributable to retailers’ heavy discounting and promotional activity during the earlier part of the holiday season, which pulled some consumer demand forward, resulting a mild hangover effect in the days immediately following Cyber Monday,” Fulgoni said.

Wiki

                   WikiLeaks: News and analysis 

The situation

 
A large batch of U.S. diplomatic cables was obtained by WikiLeaks and given to several media outlets beginning in November 2010. These messages reveal frank and sometimes unflattering assessments of several world leaders and allies such as Canada.
The whistleblower website gave publications in Europe and the U.S. access to a cache of 250,000 documents. More files are expected to be released in the coming weeks.
The U.S. government has taken steps to control the damage. Attorney General Eric Holder has said his department is conducting a criminal investigation into the leak, while the national security adviser has begun a comprehensive effort to identify and develop reforms.
The WikiLeaks website is struggling to stay online as corporations and governments move to cut its access to the internet. But founder Julian Assange says that bringing down the site won't stop embarrassing documents from being spread around the world.

Angelina Jolie and her plans!

While everyone is preparing to give thanks tomorrow, one of America's most famous families, the Jolie-Pitts, have decided to sit this Thanksgiving out.

"Angelina Jolie hates this holiday and wants no part in rewriting history like so many other Americans," a friend of the actress tells me. "To celebrate what the white settlers did to the native Indians, the domination of one culture over another, just isn't her style. She definitely doesn't want to teach her multi-cultural family how to celebrate a story of murder."

Angelina has been filming her directorial debut, about a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who fall in love during the Bosnian War. Angie, always extremely sensitive to the suffering throughout the world, is filming in English and the native languages.

"Angelina gets so grossed out by Thanksgiving that she has made sure her family will not be in America this year on Thursday," an insider tells me.

And although Brad Pitt recently told 'EXTRA,' "We'll whip up a turkey somewhere," he certainly hasn't shared that plan with Angelina. A family friend tells me, "If Brad wants turkey, he will have to cook it himself. For Angie, it will be another day when America tries to rewrite history."