Wrapup of entertainment quotes

12/20/2007 12:00 PM, AP
The Associated Press

"I was in complete and total shock and so was he." — Jamie Lynn Spears, 16, on learning that she's pregnant with her first child and the father is boyfriend Casey Aldridge.

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"She's Beyonce, and I'm (Jay-Z's) new protegee. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not `friends' friends." — Rihanna, on her relationship with the rap mogul Jay-Z's Grammy-winning gal pal.

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"Right now, Jessica Simpson is not a fan favorite — in this locker room or in Texas Stadium." — Terrell Owens, joking about a link being made between the 27-year-old singer's appearance at a recent Dallas Cowboys game and the poor performance of her new boyfriend, quarterback Tony Romo.

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"Why do something as fun as this, why do something as exciting as this, why on earth do something as popular as this, why do something as well-budgeted as this? Is she insane?" — Helen Mirren, speaking in the third person while discussing her role in the new Nicolas Cage action flick "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." It's her first film since winning an Academy Award for "The Queen."

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"This has been like having a fly buzzing in your bathroom for seven years and now it has been swatted." — David Chase, after a federal jury ruled against an aspiring writer who claimed he helped "The Sopranos" creator develop ideas for the mob drama.

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"I have to knock on wood because any minute now the wicked witch will come in and ruin it all with a poisoned apple." — Katherine Heigl, on her fairy tale life.

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"I appealed to Michael's sense of romance and sentimentality and his love of the industry. I called him and said, `On top of all you've done as an actor, producer and Academy Award winner, this will mean a small slice of immortality in our industry.'" — NBC's Brian Williams, on persuading Michael Douglas to sign on as the announcer to introduce Williams on the "Nightly News" each night.

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"Tony adamantly and unconditionally denies ever having laid eyes on this woman, let alone having had an affair with her." — A lawyer for Tony Parker, shooting down allegations by a French model that she had an affair with the San Antonio Spurs star in September. Parker is married to actress Eva Longoria.