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Us magazine: Jackson's spokesman says he doesn't need a new lung.
Us magazine: Jackson's spokesman says he doesn't need a new lung. (Danny Moloshok - AP)
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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Fatherhood for Armstrong

Not content with winning seven consecutive Tours de France and beating testicular cancer, Lance Armstrong, 37, is about to become a father for the fourth time. Us magazine reports that girlfriend Anna Hansen, who met Armstrong through her charity work for cancer survivors, expects a June delivery. Encouraging news for would-be fathers who have been treated for similar cancers: Though Armstrong and ex-wife Kristin, who divorced in 2003, conceived Luke, then twins Isabelle and Grace through fertilization with sperm harvested before Armstrong's chemotherapy, Agence France-Presse reports that Armstrong and Hansen made this baby the old-fashioned way.

More Family for Lohan?

People magazine reports that Lindsay Lohan has received an early Christmas present: a half sibling she didn't know about. Michael Lohan, 48, "just let my family and i know . . . that he had another child after my little sister Aliana," now 15, the 22-year-old actress wrote in her MySpace blog. "Or maybe he had it before Aliana?? either way, he cheated on my mother and that really sucks." Michael Lohan -- a former stockbroker who spearheaded a failed 2004 TV show called "The Lowdown," which investigated the claims of gossip columnists -- has admitted that he had an affair with Kristi Horn while separated from his wife, Dina, 13 years ago. In June, Horn claimed that Lohan is the father of her 13-year-old daughter. He acknowledged in October that a paternity test was underway.

Bjork Fund to Help Iceland

Though its economy melted when the global economic crisis of 2008 heated up, Iceland may have found an unlikely savior in the 43-year-old actress-singer who used to front the Sugarcubes. Bjork announced the creation of a 100 million kronur (more than $800,000) investment fund, named for her, in partnership with Audur Capital, a financial services firm based in Reykjavik founded by Halla Tomasdottir and Kristin Petursdottir. As the firm's Web site explains, the fund "invests in companies that create value through the uniqueness of Iceland's nature and culture. Companies must be sustainable" financially, socially and environmentally. Audur, which promotes "feminine values" and is not highly leveraged, was not affected by the collapse of Iceland's financial services sector. "It's a great honor to have [the fund] named after me," Bjork told Icelandic daily Morgunbladid.

Jackson Health Update

Self-proclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson does not need a lung transplant, Us magazine reports. Ian Halperin, who is writing an unauthorized biography of the 50-year-old singer, told Britain's Daily Express that Jackson was battling an immunodeficiency disorder that attacks the respiratory system. According to the magazine, Jackson's spokesman called the allegations "a total fabrication." Halperin is known for his controversial biography "Who Killed Kurt Cobain?"

A Visit From the Stork

Actress Anne Dudek, 33, gave birth to a boy, Akiva, Dec. 14, People magazine reports. Dudek, a veteran of Fox's "House" who now plays January Jones's troubled neighbor on AMC's critically lauded "Mad Men," is married to Matthew Heller, a Los Angeles-based painter.

-- Justin Moyer, from wire and Web reports



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