HUGH JACKMAN says the gay rumors are starting to bother his wife DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS.  He says, quote, "Just recently, it bugs her.  She goes:  'It's big.  It's everywhere!'"  He also says that he passed on playing James Bond because he'd already played Wolverine in the first "X-Men" movie and didn't want to be typecast as an action star

Will Ferrell provided some laughs at Tuesday night's Lakers game at the Staples Center.  For some reason, the comedian dressed as an usher and was caught on camera patrolling courtside. At one point, he interrupted Shaquille O'Neal’s viewing of the game between the Lakers and the Suns to eject the NBA legend. The pair, then, exited the game with Shaq pretending to be handcuffed.

 

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lawrence and Kristen Stewart lead the nominees for this year's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

Taylor, who has three nods, will go up against ex-boyfriend Harry Styles in the Favorite Song category -- Taylor for "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and Harry for One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful." J-Law and K-Stew duke it out for both Favorite Movie Actress and Favorite Female Buttkicker.

 

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were at the center of a security mess at New York's JFK airport Tuesday. According to TMZ, the couple flew from Brazil to JFK yesterday, where they planned to catch a connecting flight to Los Angeles. Once they landed at the airport, an airline greeter met them and, in an effort to help them catch their connecting flight, allowed them to skip several security checkpoints.   Once officials released the mistake, they pulled Kim and 'Ye off their plane and forced them to go through a TSA search. The plane was apparently delayed close to an hour while the search took place. 

 

Steve Martin has just accomplished a major life goal -- he's finally become a dad at age 67. According to the New York Post, he and his 41-year-old wife, Anne Stringfield, welcomed a baby in December. They've been keeping a lid on things ever since, but a source says, "“Steve’s very private... They are thrilled. They worked hard to have the baby.” No word on a name or sex.