Madonna Moves on with Dutch Backup Dancer

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Madonna is dating her 26-year-old backup dancer Timor Steffens.

The 55-year-old singer, who split from her 25-year-old boyfriend of three years, Brahim Zaibat, recently after he signed up for the French version of Dancing With The Stars, reportedly attracted disapproving glances when she brought her new Dutch beau to designer Rudolph Valentino's private New Year's Eve Party in Gstaad, Switzerland, last Tuesday.

"The chemistry between Madonna and Timor was pretty intense. Some people at the party were whispering about how Madonna had just broken up with her ex, and now she's already with a new guy. It's that kind of crowd. Plus, you can't really ignore the fact that Timor is so much younger than Madonna. I mean, he's basically a replacement for her ex. He looks just like Brahim," a fellow party guest told gossip website RadarOnline.com.

But the "Hung Up" hitmaker wasn't upset by the negative attention.

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Natalie Portman Moving to Paris

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Natalie Portman is moving to Paris.

The Thor beauty's husband Benjamin Millepied has been appointed the new director of dance at the Paris Opera Ballet, starting in September 2014 and he confirmed Natalie and their son Aleph, 18 months, will move to the French capital with him when he starts the job.

Speaking about his surprise appointment, Benjamin told the New York Times, "I certainly knew about the position, but I also knew that there were candidates from within the company. I was surprised, but I felt very quickly that the artistic dialogue between us was an exciting one. After a while I did feel there was a really good chance I might get the position. Which made my head spin."

While Benjamin admitted the decision to hire him over someone from within the company was unusual, he is confident he is the right man for the job:

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Julianne Hough Was Abused as a Child

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Julianne Hough has revealed she was abused as a child.

The Rock of Ages star - who is in long-term relationship with American Idol presenter Ryan Seacrest - claims she was "abused mentally, physically, everything" after moving to London from her native Utah to study dance as a youngster.

"I was 10-years-old looking like I was 28, being a very sensual dancer. I was a tormented little kid who had to put on this sexy facade because that was my job and my life. But my heart was the same, and I was this innocent little girl. I wanted so much love. While I was in London, I was abused mentally, physically, everything," the 24 year-old told Cosmopolitan.

The former Dancing With The Stars performer admitted that things got much worse when she hit puberty: "When I started hitting puberty, when I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl. I was told if I ever went back to the United States, three things were going to happen. One: I was going to amount to nothing. Two: I was going to work at Whataburger. And three: I was going to end up a slut. So it was like, I can't go back, I have to be this person."

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Dita Von Teese Is Surprised She Isn’t Retired

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Dita Von Teese thought she would have retired at 28.

The 40-year-old star - who split from husband Marilyn Manson in 2007 - did not think she would still be performing burlesque routines at this stage of her life, but as long as people still want to her strip she'll carry on.

"I thought I'd be married and retired by 28. I didn't think I'd be at the top of my career in striptease. I don't worry about having kids and it affecting my body. I'd have to rethink things if that happened, but it wouldn't make me less of a woman if it did."

Dita believes she is actually the healthiest she has been at any stage in her life. The raven-haired beauty credits this to her cutting calorific "fizzy drinks and fast food" out of her diet: "My weight doesn't really fluctuate but I feel better about myself when I'm around 112 lbs. I have better knowledge of my body and how to treat it. Between 18 and 20 I was a few pounds heavier, as I used to drink fizzy drinks and eat fast food."

Dita Von Teese Loves Being Single

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Dita Von Teese loves the "freedom" of being single.

The burlesque dancer - who was famously married to goth-rocker Marilyn Manson - is dating a lot of different men at the moment as there's no one serious in her life and she's enjoying playing the field.

Dita - who was recently linked to Hurts frontman Theo Hutchcraft - exclusively told BANG Showbiz, "I'm dating lots of different men at the moment! Boyfriend is a very strong word. I'm dating several charming men. I'm single and loving the freedom of being single and dating. It's an exciting time. I've been in a lot of big relationships and I haven't spent much time being single so I figured it's a great time to be free and be without commitment."

Despite her current carefree attitude to dating, Dita, 40, would like to get married again in the future because she makes such a good housewife.

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Pamela Anderson Regrets Her Sex Ban

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Pamela Anderson is struggling to stay celibate.

The 45-year-old blonde bombshell vowed to give up sex until November for the duration of Dancing with the Stars: All Stars, but is finding it an impossible task because her dance partner Tristan MacManus is so sexy.

"I'm being tested. It's hard when you have a sweaty man pressed up against you every day. I feel lascivious. But I'm trying, I'm trying," the former Playboy model told USA Today. She added that Irish hunk Tristan makes it much "harder," joking, "Trust me; I could chew through a table right now."

The Baywatch babe - who originally took part in the ballroom dancing series in 2010 - is heading to Rio next week for work reasons, and has asked Tristan to join her on the trip. "I'm going to take my sweaty Irishman down there. I'm 45 he's 30. But maybe that's how it's supposed to be ... Not good. Not good," she joked.

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Julianne Hough Was Afraid of Ryan Seacrest

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Julianne Hough was afraid of dating Ryan Seacrest.

The 23-year-old dancer-and-actress insists she was never worried about the American Idol presenter being 14 years older than her but resisted a relationship because he is so "powerful and influential."

"I've never dated anyone my age but Ryan is definitely the oldest man I've dated. Age is irrelevant I think. Mutual friends would be like, 'You guys would match perfectly.' And then eventually when I was single, he emailed me. I was very cold. I was nervous about dating him because he is a very scary person. He's powerful and influential. I was like, 'No, no, no' but it just ended up happening."

Ryan is renowned for being a workaholic, and the Rock of Ages star admits they can find it hard to see one another: "Our inside joke is that we have to schedule scheduling hanging out. But it somehow works."

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Jennifer Lopez Ready to Marry Casper Smart

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Jennifer Lopez wants to marry her boyfriend Casper Smart. The 42-year-old singer is thought to be ready for a fourth trip down the aisle after announcing she was parting ways with Marc Anthony last July.

"She's telling friends she wants to marry Casper. She's certain she wants to be with Casper forever," a source said.

At a press conference on Monday to announce her upcoming world tour with Enrique Iglesias and Wisin Y Yandel, Jennifer announced her partner of six months will play a vital part in putting the show together: "I'm working with [choreographer] Jamie King, and also Casper Smart. It's going to be an amazing, amazing show." She added that the event will be "one of the most historic tours ever."

"There's never been something like this, where Latinos come together like this. It's international - English and Spanish. I just think it's very groundbreaking. I was honored to be asked to be a part of it," she added.

Derek Hough ‘Besotted’ with Katherine Jenkins

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Derek Hough is reportedly "besotted" with Katherine Jenkins.

The professional dancer has apparently fallen head over heels for his Dancing With The Stars co-star Katherine Jenkins. Having just broken up with fiancé Gethin Jones in December, the classical singer still isn't in the right place to start a new romance, much to Derek's disappointment.

"He loves how down-to-earth she is. He said she was over at his condo last week and didn't have a scrap of make-up on and drank a beer. She isn't ready for dating after her split with Gethin Jones, though it hasn't stopped him being completely besotted," a source told The Sun.

Katherine was also previously linked to her professional dancer partner Mark Ballas, but insisted the claims were unfounded: "It's inevitable but it's just complete nonsense. We have totally hit it off and we're having a great time. But he came to London to start training me and within - I think within 12 hours - is all it took before there was that first photo and immediately we were of course dating, which it's not true. He has a girlfriend and I'm not ready, I'm not ready for any of that yet. I'm just going to concentrate on the dancing."

Jennifer Lopez’s Manager Spills on Love Life

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Jennifer Lopez reportedly fell for toy boy Casper Smart because she was "fertile ground."

The 42-year-old "Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer started dating the backing dancer after her seven-year marriage to Marc Anthony collapsed in July 2011. Her manager Benny Medina claims Casper was such an appealing prospect because he could give her what she needed.

"She's not oblivious to her own reality right now, as in, 'Damn, I'm 42 with a 24-year-old. Why?' We talked about it yesterday. She was just like, 'It's not even the age, Benny. It's actually that I just came out of a relationship where I felt like I was kind of not getting what I needed. And I'm open! So somebody who steps in right now and is actually touching me in a way - it's very fertile ground!'" he said.

However, Benny admits he had hoped the three-times married star would take time out from the dating scene before getting into a new relationship:

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