Evidently, Kellie Pickler leaked the news to a radio interviewer that she’s got a man and that they’ve been seeing each other for over a year.

The beautiful Kellie Pickler has struggled with her dumb blonde image since making her musical debut on season five of American Idol. Kellie Pickler revisited American Idol as a guest in 2009 and her vocals just didn’t deliver. Along with the rest of America, the song Kellie Pickler wrote about her mother entitled, “I Wonder,” broke my heart and I can’t help but cry every time I hear it. American Idol contestant, Kellie Pickler, has won several CMT Music Awards and several American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards.

Kid Rock (real name Robert Ritchie) has had a long line of hotties on his list of past loves. Kid Rock was briefly married to Pamela Anderson and has dated Sheryl Crow. Entering the music scene as a rapper, Kid Rock has crossed over into heavy metal, blues, southern rock and country music. A huge Kid Rock fan, some of my favorite songs from Kid Rock include “Only God Knows Why,” “Cowboy” and “Wasted Time,” just to name a few.

I hope Kid Rock treats this country girl from Albemarle, North Carolina, with the respect she deserves. Former American Idol contestant, Kellie Pickler, has had her share of grief and she doesn’t need any more! Savvy, Kid?

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Bruce Willis and his “doubles”

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan

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Sarah Jessica Parker holding daughter Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick, couple’s son James Wilkie Broderick, Matthew Broderick holding Tabitha Hodge Broderick.

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The wait for an answer on what exactly caused Michael Jackson’s death continues. The Jackson family has asked for another autopsy after the first one came back inconclusive. Did he die of an overdose? Was it prolonged use of prescription medications? Could it have been stress leading to a heart attack? These questions will eventually be answered but there is one individual who might be able to shed light on the situation more immediately. Dr. Conrad Murray, a Los Angeles-based cardiologist, was Jackson’s personal physician and presumably the last person to see him alive. ESSENCE.com sat down with Dr. Carlos S. Ince, Jr., president of the Black Cardiologist Association in Baltimore, to find out what happened during Jackson’s autopsy, what he thinks the pop star may have died from, and what could have been done to save Jackson’s life.

ESSENCE.COM: The cause of death has come back “deferred.” What does that mean and what will happen next?
DR. CARLOS INCE: They did the part of the autopsy that takes really just looks at the tissue itself after taking biopsies of the liver, kidneys, pancreas, heart, brain and viles of blood. One of the things I suspect they looked for immediately is if there were changes in the heart muscle to suggest a heart attack. Based on what I’ve heard, I can only surmise that it wasn’t a massive heart attack because that would have been fairly obvious and would have explained what happened. Now, they have to wait for four to six weeks for the toxicology report.

ESSENCE.COM: So what’s the difference between a heart attack and going into cardiac arrest?
DR. CARLOS INCE: There are three major arteries in the heart. If one or more of those vessels becomes occluded where there is a disruption of blood flow to the tissue and the tissue dies, that’s a heart attack. Cardiac arrest is when the heart actually stops beating. You can have a heart attack which causes a cardiac arrest but there are other things that can also cause a cardiac arrest.

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The star of this summer’s much anticipated “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” movie opens up to Men’s Health about his rough road to success, his marriage and his love for the outdoors. Josh says, “I want to do good work, but having kids and a life outside of that is important. If you don’t have anybody around who loves you, then what’s it all for? You’re just lonely in the end.”

On life and acting…
“It’s all about whatever enriches you. If you decide to go the domestic route and get married and all those things, it makes you a better actor…“I want to do good work, but having kids and a life outside of that is important too.”

“It’s starting to happen. It’s been 12 years. And I feel like I’m finally starting to get looks at some of the things I’ve always wanted to do.”

On finishing school…
His rags to riches story: Young man drops out of college, skips dental school, heads West, gets discovered, hits the big time. 10 years after he left, Duhamel graduated from Minot State University. “I started thinking, I busted my ass for that degree and I’m not gonna finish it?”

On rely on his talent rather than his looks…
“It’s not going to last very long. And I want to be good.”

On challenging himself in Transformers…
“It’s all about, ‘They’re coming, run!’ That’s what I said for half the movie.” It’s easy to coast with such material. Instead, Duhamel tried to elevate it. “In a certain sense, it’s not the most difficult role, but you still want to give it as much depth as you can.”

On trusting himself…
“It’s something I’m working on. Trusting- just trusting that you’re good enough. If you’ve done the work, then you really can’t go wrong. At least it’s your truth.”

On his marriage…
“We try to stay away from the places where the paparazzi hang out. Still, they’re outside the house every morning.”

On finding happiness…
“I want to do good work, but having kids and a life outside of that is important. If you don’t have anybody around who loves you, then what’s it all for? You’re just lonely in the end.”

On exceeding expectations…
“People have been trying to put me in a box my whole career.” Even as a relatively inexperienced actor on the set of All My Children, Josh says, “I told myself going into it, I’m not going to be the cookie-cutter, sappy guy they’re expecting. I’ll play against whatever melodramatic writing I get.”

On his health …
“The picture of Men’s Health,” he laughs. “My friends give me crap, like, ‘You’re going to be on the cover of Men’s Health? You?”

On his acting roles…
“I have a lot more flexibility I can show. That’s what makes it fun. That’s why I love this business. I don’t want to do things just to prove to people ‘Look how dark I can be.’ It’s about the story. It has to be a good story.”

On his love for the outdoors…
“I love being outside. I grew up like Huck Finn, always outdoors, exploring, collecting frogs—there was space everywhere. I want my kids to experience that too.”

On landing the voice of Oz on the Nickelodeon show “Fanboy and Chum Chum”…
“I think I’ve had more fun doing this than anything else.” That fun didn’t come easy. He’d auditioned previously for a couple years and wasn’t hired. “Finally I said, you what, f— this. I’m going to take a class, figure out what I’ve been doing wrong, why I’m not scoring any jobs.” He landed Fanboy and Chum Chum almost immediately afterward.

“Part of the journey is rejection, and it’s good. You have to keep pushing. You have to keep fighting.”

On golf pointers…
“Okay, main thing you have to think about: Forget about that swing shit. Just look at the back of the ball, right there. Just hit it.”

On the naked pictures he posed for years ago…
“You know, to me, it’s funny at this point. Whatever. It’s done. And it was very cold in the studio, by the way.”

On maintaining friendships…
He grew up with a crew of buddies that he’s stayed tight with since childhood. “The longer we stay friends, the more I value it.”

His advice to Obama…
Duhamel and Fergie were invited to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll. Duhamel’s only advice to the President, “You have to keep your promise about changing NCAA football to a playoff system.” The President laughed.

On looking ahead …
“It’s starting to happen. It’s been 12 years. And I feel like I’m finally starting to get looks at some of the things I’ve always wanted to do.”

The July/August issue of Men’s Health comes out on June 30th

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CHRISTIAN publisher Zonder van looks like it’s going to postpone the debut date of Kate Gosselin’s next book, “Love is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories.”

It was due out in November.

The star of “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ is in the middle of a painfully public divorce from husband Jon Gosselin.

Suddenly, the book jacket promise — “an inside look at one of America’s most close-knit families” — doesn’t have the same ring it used to.

The book features Kate’s recipes, tips on eating organically and “meaningful mealtime blessings,” according the publisher’s site.

Maureen “Moe” Girkins, CEO of Zondervan, now says the publisher plans to “work with Kate to reassess the schedule for her next book.” Postponing — or even canceling — the book will hurt both Kate and the publisher right where it counts, on the bottom line.

Two earlier titles by Kate, “Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets” and “Eight Little Faces,” both also published by Zondervan, were bestsellers.

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Katherine Jackson filed a petition Monday asking the court to appoint her as guardian of Michael Jackson’s three children. The petition states the kids have “no relationship with their biological mother,” Debbie Rowe, according to the site.

She is also petitioning to take over the children’s estate. Its value is listed as “unknown” in the filing.

The filings do not state whether Michael left a will.

A hearing has been set for Aug 3.

Michael has two children with ex Rowe –Prince, 12, and Paris, 11. His third child, Prince Michael II, 7, was born to a surrogate (the mother’s identity was never revealed). The court filings Monday list her whereabouts as “unknown.”

It was confirmed last week that the children have been staying with Katherine at the family’s Encino, Calif., estate since their father’s June 25 death.

On Monday’s Today show, the Jacksons’ attorney Londell McMillan said there isn’t “anybody who thinks that there is someone better” than Katherine Jackson to have custody.

Said McMillan, “She is a very loving host of other grandchildren.”

Over the weekend, Katherine was spotted at a Los Angeles Target stocking up on toys, sleeping bags and other supplies.

McMillan added that the family hasn’t heard from Rowe, who gave up her custody rights to the children after she and Jackson divorced in 1999.

In a statement over the weekend, Rowe’s attorney, Marta Almli, said: “Ms. Rowe’s only thoughts at this time have been regarding the devastating loss Michael’s family has suffered. Ms. Rowe requests that Michael’s family, and particularly the children, be spared such harmful, sensationalist speculation and that they be able to say goodbye to their loved one in peace.”

Jackson’s manager, Frank DiLeo, said on ABC’s Good Morning America that the children are doing fine - but grieving.

He said he was the one who told the children their father had died.

“They knew when I came into the room,” he said. “I’m sure they just saw it on my face. They said, ’say it’s not true,’ and I just said, ‘I’m sorry.’”

Rowe isn’t holding up well, either.

“She is inconsolable,” her former attorney Iris Finsilver told Us last week. “She will always love Michael and she always considered him a dear friend.”

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For decades, he went to extraordinary lengths to shroud his family life in secrecy.

Now with his passing, photographs of the troubled star are emerging online that give a remarkable insight into his world.

These personal photos show a far more normal father and man than any of his bizarre showbusiness appearances of recent years.

In public, he has appeared masked, in a wheelchair or pyjama-clad with dark classes – looking ever more eccentric and grotesque.

If his children were in tow then their faces have always been veiled or covered by strange masks.

But in this personal collection of photographs, which appear to have been taken over the last six years, Jackson seemed happier behind closed doors.

In one shot, the star poses smiling in a red T-shirt decorated with an iconic image of him from the early 1980s.

The picture is not dated but is believed to have been taken five years ago before the star was ravaged by anorexia.

In another collection of images, Jackson sits cuddling his two eldest children Prince Michael Jr, 12 and Paris, 11 in 2003 at a children’s party.

The star looks like any proud father as his little girl, dressed in a Disney-style princess costume dress, sits on his knee.

Draped over his shoulders, eldest son Prince Michael is wearing a skeleton costume and sporting shocking bottle blond hair.

For years, Jackson had dyed the boy’s hair white blond, prompting critics to question whether the star was taking his obsession with being ‘white’ too far by pushing the Aryan look on to his children.

More recent pictures show that the elder children have dark hair but remarkably light skin and blue eyes, which is rare for the offspring of a mixed race relationship.

Their colouring has prompted questions over whether Jackson is actually their father.

In pictures taken from the same party, Jackson and his children are allegedly pictured with the children of close friends Al and Nancy Malnik.

The 76-year-old American millionaire has triplets Jarod, Spencer and Nathan, who are now 11.

Mr Malnik had been friends with the singer for more than ten years and the singer stayed with him at the height of the child abuse scandals.

Jackson is godfather to Spencer, who is understood to be featured in the pictures sitting on the steps of Mr Malnik’s Miami mansion with Paris.

In another set of images taken on the first birthday of the 50-year-old’s youngest child Prince Michael II, he is again seen posing with his brood and Jarod Malnik.

The most recent pictures to emerge were taken just last month showing the star dressed in full 1970s splendour with a sequined suit.

After spending years putting relaxants in his hair to make it appear straighter, he donned an enormous Afro wig to complete the outfit for a friend’s private party.

Mr Malnik and friends were also at the fancy dress bash held in May.

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