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Daily Hollywood- Turkey Day, A New Baby, And Jennifer Grey

Audriana Canaya |
November 24, 2010 | 9:08 a.m. PST

Staff Reporter

Jennifer Grey (ABC)
Jennifer Grey (ABC)
It is Thanksgiving’s Day Eve and celebrities are gearing up to celebrate the holiday.

The famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, which takes place in New York City, will start tomorrow at 9 a.m. and will feature balloons, floats, and special performances.

The talent lineup includes Jessica Simpson, Kanye West, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, Victoria Justice, Gloriana, Juanes, and many more! The parade also features special band performances including the Macy’s Great American marching band and Purdue University’s “All American” marching band.

Jessica Simpson is taking an alternative approach to Thanksgiving and is cooking her first tofu turkey. Her future husband, Eric Johnson, is a vegan and the couple will be celebrating their first Thanksgiving in New York.

After getting out of the NFL, [Eric] went to this healer and is very healthy," Simpson explained to Jimmy Fallon. "For Thanksgiving we have to make a Tofurkey! It doesn't sound right! It's gonna be jiggly and weird."

While Brad Pitt told “Extra” he’s ready to “whip up a turkey” for his traveling family, Angelina Jolie may want to ban the Thanksgiving from her household.

According to PopEater, Jolie “hates” the holiday because of “what the white settler did to the native Indians.”

(Source: Macy’s.com, People.com, Hollywoodlife.com)

John Travolta and Kelly Preston have welcomed their third child, Benjamin. Preston delivered the baby boy Tuesday night in a Florida hospital. Ben weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces.

“John, Kelly, and their daughter Ella Bleu are ecstatic and very happy about the newest member of the family. Both mother and baby are healthy and doing beautifully,” said Travolta’s rep in a statement.

(Source: EOnline.com)

Jennifer Grey is the dancing queen! The 50-year-old actress is the winner of the 11th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”

Grey proved to be a great performer and received top scores from the judges all season. With her partner, Derek Hough, the actress paid tribute to her role in “Dirty Dancing,” and danced to the song “Do You Love Me” by the Contours.

Kyle Massey came in second place and Bristol Palin came in third place. Palin sparked much controversy because she was able to make it to the finals because of voting support, despite her low dancing scores.

Palin’s controversy made ratings spike this season and ABC admitted to a “record amount of voting.”

The final voting system experienced an overload of online and telephone votes, leading to issues that “affected each finalist equally.”

(Source: Hollywoodreporter.com)

The Black Eyed Peas have remixed the song  “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” famously known from the movie “Dirty Dancing.”

The group has already performed the hit song on the American Music Awards and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Check out the BEP music video at Dipdive.com.

(Source: JustJared.com)

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