Missy Elliott has been out of the limelight for a few years now because she’s battling Graves' disease, undergoing treatment that has included radiation, according to media reports. The disease, which affects the thyroid gland, may not be familiar to most people, but it can cause a long litany of unpleasant symptoms.

Essentially, Graves' disease causes too much thyroid hormone to be produced, a condition calledhyperthyroidism. The thyroid gland’s hormones help regulate the body’s metabolism, affecting mood, weight and energy. But in people with Graves' disease, the immune system attacks the thyroid gland, causing it to overproduce thyroid hormone.
Read more at http://www.latimes.com/

Reggie Bush dating a professional Kim Kardashian klone

Kim Kardashian’s ex, Reggie Bush, is now dating the woman who bears such a striking resemblance to the reality star, she was cast as a Kim Kardashian-like character in an Old Navy ad.

Model Melissa Molinaro scored a hit last February with “Super C-U-T-E” on YouTube, which has been viewed almost two million times.

The video has Molinaro’s very Kardashian-ish character declaring, “This is real life, I’m not posing for a magazine, don’t ask me any questions until I’ve had my caffeine.”

The Kim lookalike also reads tabloids about herself, charms her way out of a traffic ticket while the paparazzi snap away, and shows off her ample derrière.

“To me it’s extremely flattering. She is a beautiful woman…That’s an amazing compliment,” Molinaro told E! News of the Kardashian comparisons earlier this year. Kardashian and Bush split not long after the Old Navy ad debuted, and now Kardashian is engaged to New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries.

For her part, Kardashian isn’t impressed with her doppelganger, “Kim knows about her and doesn’t care,” a source told Us Weekly.

Meanwhile, the running back for the New Orleans Saints football has kept mum on the subject. But on June 5th he tweeted, “Question of the night: what’s the difference between Love and Lust?”

Um, they can be confused for one another? Kind of like …. oh we give up.

[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drCTL8oTHo8]

Read more: http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com

Lohan back in court to explain failed alcohol test

Actress Lindsay Lohan returned to court Thursday so a judge can consider whether she violated her probation while serving house arrest. 

Lohan, whose previous court outfits have been criticized for inappropriateness, entered court dressed in black pants, a long-sleeved buttoned shirt, and wearing sunglasses.

Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com reports that the actress tested positive for alcohol on one of the two tests she took earlier this month. Sources also told the website that the L.A. County Probation Department will ask Judge Stephanie Sautner to put her in jail immediately. 

Read more at http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43503752/ns/today-entertainment/