Selena Gomez granted restraining order against alleged stalker

A man accused of stalking Selena Gomez has been ordered to stay far away from the singer and her family for three years — and did we just hear boyfriend Justin Bieber breathe a sigh of relief?

L.A. Superior Court Judge William D. Stewart on Friday issued the restraining order against 46-year-old Thomas Brodnicki, who was accused of threatening to kill the 19-year-old "Wizards of Waverly Place" actress.

Brodnicki has two previous stalking convictions, L.A. Now reported in November. At the time the former Illinois resident pleaded not guilty to felony stalking of Gomez, whom authorities said he'd traveled across country to meet and then threatened to kill while on a psychiatric hold in October. The judge in the criminal case dropped the charge after determining prosecutors hadn't adequately proved their case.

Stewart, a civil court judge, had twice delayed issuing the restraining order against Brodnicki while waiting for him to respond. Then in December, Brodnicki filed a declaration that essentially consented to the restraining order.

"I know it is the only thing that will make me stay away from Selena," he said in the declaration, according to TMZ.

So. Gomez and her family are safe(r), the Biebs doesn't have to go medieval on anyone, and Brodnicki, who has a history of mental illness, agrees he's received due process.

Let's hope things stay that way.

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Photo: Selena Gomez at the MTV European Music Awards. Credit: Peter Muhly / AFP / Getty Images

Selena Gomez thanks fans, reveals name of 'angel' mom miscarried

Selena Gomez on Monday thanked fans for their support in the wake of her mom's miscarriage, and shared the name of the "guardian angel" who would have been her little sis: Scarlett.

"Belated Merry Christmas everybody," Gomez wrote on Facebook and Twitter. "I can't thank you enough for all of your thoughts and prayers. We appreciate every one of you. I love you all so much and we hope you and your family had a beautiful Christmas!

"Love, Me, Momma, Brian and our guardian angel Scarlett. God bless."

The singer and "Wizards of Waverly Place" star canceled two holiday concerts this month after learning Dec. 16 that her mother, Mandy Teefey, had suffered a miscarriage. Gomez in November had bubbled, "I'm the happiest girl in the world!" as she shared the news that she was going to be a big sis.

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Photo: Selena Gomez performs at the 2011 MTV European Music Awards in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in November. Credit: Joel Ryan / Associated Press

 

Selena Gomez baby news: I’m going to be a big sister

Selena Gomez had some exciting baby news to announce Friday: She's going to be a big sister.

It turns out her mom, Mandy Dawn Cornett, is expecting her first child with husband Brian Teefey and Gomez, 19, couldn’t wait to tell her Twitter followers.

“Momma and Brian are finally letting me share the news... My mommys carrying my baby brother or sister :) I'm the happiest girl in the world!”

The soon-to-be big sis accompanied the tweet with a black-and-white photo of the couple, making the news that much sweeter.

However, a new sibling on the way isn't the only thing Gomez has to be thankful for this holiday season. Justin Bieber's girlfriend can rest easy through the New Year knowing her temporary restraining order against alleged stalker Thomas Brodnicki will remain in place until Jan. 6, reports E! Online.

The actress originally requested a permanent three-year restraining order against Brodnicki after he told a therapist he'd had thoughts of killing Gomez. But a judge denied the request (at least for now) because he was unable to appear in court on Wednesday, TMZ said. LAPD Det. Jose Viramontes told E! News that Brodnicki remains on psychiatric hold at a county hospital.

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Photos: Selena Gomez, left, and Mandy Dawn Cornett and Brian Teefey, right. Credits: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times, left; Selena Gomez / Via Instagram, right.

For Justin Bieber, loyal Beliebers may be the best birth control

Justin Bieber will soon take a paternity test in hopes of proving Mariah's Yeater's baby boy is not his — but before that happens, folks who've toured with him are backing up Bieber's assertion that there's no way he and Yeater could have hooked up privately for backstage sex.

Post show, Bieber is more focused on fleeing his sometimes-overzealous "Belieber" fan base.

"The security is so crazy there, you can't get backstage. And even if you got backstage, first of all, he leaves the show as soon as he's offstage, which is pretty cool," Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship, which opened for the 17-year-old on the My World tour, told MTV News. "He runs offstage, gets in a car and jets, because the whole city turns into chaos."

On the "Today" show last week, Bieber told Matt Lauer that he goes "from the stage right to the car" at the end of each show.

Max George of the Wanted, who toured with Bieber in South America, told a similar tale to the Mirror,

"Justin is like our adopted little brother; that's why I believe all this baby stuff is rubbish," George said. "Any spare time Justin had on tour, he'd joke around — crawling under seats and grabbing girls' ankles. It was hilarious."

This has been a really rough time for the young superstar, 23-year-old George added. "He's had the worst time of his life and handled it so well. Doing the paternity test shows how grown-up he's being about it."

Justin Bieber to take DNA test; Mariah Yeater team says bring it

Justin Bieber will reportedly submit to a paternity test upon his return from Europe — and if it proves he's not Mariah Yeater's baby daddy, she might be on the receiving end of a lawsuit courtesy of the Biebs.

Her lawyers, meanwhile, said they are encouraged to be getting what they asked for, because in their view having the 17-year-old pop star submit to DNA testing is the only way to figure out who fathered their client's 3-month-old child.

"We are encouraged that Justin Bieber will voluntarily take the paternity test," attorneys Lance Rogers and Matt Pare told TMZ, adding that the child-support lawsuit was filed "in good faith" and isn't going away any time soon. TMZ broke the news that Bieber would do the DNA test.

Yeater filed a lawsuit in San Diego on Halloween, alleging that she and Bieber had had brief, virginity-stealing sexual intercourse (his virginity, not hers) in a bathroom backstage after his Oct. 25 show in L.A., after which he wouldn't give her his phone number.

The 20-year-old will be going even more public with baby boy Tristyn and her version of her 30 seconds with Bieber in an interview with "The Insider" set to air Monday night. E! Online quotes her as saying their encounter "went from cute and gushy, you know, to just more aggressive."

Bieber said Friday on "Today" that he'd "never met the woman." Yeater reportedly told ex-boyfriend John Terranova last December that she was preggers and that he — Terranova — was the father.

Terranova, who'd dated Yeater for four years, told the Sunday Mirror that his ex "came back here from California telling me she was pregnant with my child. I said, 'This is impossible, you've been in California two months and back here for only a week.' She told me, 'No, I got pregnant before I left.' But it didn't make sense because she had a doctor’s note saying she wasn't pregnant enough for that to be possible."

Yeater's visit to Terranova's place in Las Vegas ended in her arrest on suspicion of domestic battery, for which she headed to court in Clark County, Nevada, on Dec. 12.

Unnamed friends, meanwhile, told the Mirror that Yeater also had mentioned a "secret boyfriend" named Steve as the baby's father.

"It's disappointing that people would stoop so low," a source told People, regarding the likelihood of a lawsuit from Team Bieber, "but somebody needs to stand up to them." A Bieber attorney said last week that they would "vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to defend and protect Justin against these allegations."

Bieber is currently in Europe, in part for the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday night in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he performed live and took home awards for best male and best pop act.

Also, ladies, for the record: The Biebs' girlfriend, Selena Gomez, performed at the show as well.

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Top photo: Justin Bieber with his MTV Europe Music Awards for best male and best pop act in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Nov. 6. Credit: Luke Macgregor / Reuters

Bottom photo: Mariah Yeater in a booking photo last December after she was arrested on suspicion of battery domestic violence, destroying property and making threatening phone calls in Las Vegas. Credit: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department / Getty Images

Justin Bieber's scary guys night with Jaden Smith, Connor Cruise

Justin Bieber took a break from recording his Christmas album and romancing Selena Gomez for a fun-filled guys night Sunday with famous pals Jaden Smith and Tom Cruise's son, Connor. 

Hitting up Universal Studios Hollywood's popular Halloween Horror Nights attraction, Bieber indulged in scares including "Terror Tram: Scream 4 Your Life," where his group evaded a knife-wielding Ghostface killer, as well as mazes based on Eli Roth's "Hostel" films and Rob Zombie's gross-out movies.

Arriving around 7 p.m. and staying until just after midnight, the group received a VIP tour and were "totally scared," one onlooker said.

Ghoulish motifs must be a welcome change for the Biebs, who has been up to his 17-year-old ears in holiday spirit. "Under the Mistletoe," his soon-to-be-released Christmas record, features collaborations with the likes of his mentor Usher.

In fact, Usher and Bieber released their take on "The Christmas Song" on Monday. 

"This record is going to be remembered for years to come," Usher said on a call to Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show. "It's a record that has always been one of my favorites, and I'm happy that I was able to share it with Justin, and for us to put it out."

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Photo: Around this time last year -- when there was an NBA season going on -- Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith buddied up for a Lakers game at Staples Center. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

Justin Bieber gets around at the ESPY Awards [Pictures]

Justin Bieber definitely has a way with the ladies -- lots of the ladies, at least at the ESPY Awards in L.A. on Wednesday.

The pop star and his girlfriend, Selena Gomez, arrived at the event separately but managed a little canoodling in the audience.

Apparently that wasn't enough for the Biebs, who also goofed around onstage and backstage with hottie racecar driver (and fellow presenter) Danica Patrick, then cozied up to Olympic downhill skier Lindsey Vonn backstage after she collected the ESPY for top female Olympic athlete.

Note to the Biebs: Down the line, photographic evidence may come back to haunt you.

Especially if the photo is of you snuggling up to Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki. Yes, even if you did just present his Mavs with the award for outstanding team.

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Top photos: Justin Bieber at the 2011 ESPY Awards with Danica Patrick, left, and Lindsey Vonn, right. Credits: by Kevin Winter/Getty Images, left; Christopher Polk / Getty Images, center and right.

Left photo: Bieber and Selena Gomez in the ESPY Awards audience Wednesday night. Credit: Christopher Polk / Getty Images

Right photo: Bieber and Dallas Mavericks center Dirk Nowitzki. Credit: Christopher Polk / Getty Images

 

Justin Bieber goes to the movies with Selena Gomez — for her 'Monte Carlo' premiere

Sure, Selena Gomez is the star of "Monte Carlo," and that's cool — but OMG would her boyfriend, Justin Bieber, be there for her New York City movie premiere Thursday?

That would be a yes, with Bieber rocking red shoes, below left, that made up for no red carpet as he joined "Monte Carlo" ladies Katie Cassidy and Andie MacDowell, plus MacDowell daughters Sarah Margaret Qualley and Rainey Qualley, at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 on Broadway after his busy day at Macy's.

Also spotted: actor Stephen Baldwin, accompanied by daughters Alia and Hailey. Alas, cast members Cory Monteith and Leighton Meester were missing.

Gomez appeared to have recovered from her recent hospital visit for nausea and a severe headache. "I was just very malnourished, so I was low on iron and exhausted," she said a few days after the drama.

"Monte Carlo" — which tells the story of a young woman who travels to Paris with her best friend and her stepsister, only to be mistaken for a spoiled British heiress — opens July 1.

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Photos: Katie Cassidy, top left, Selena Gomez and Andie MacDowell attend the New York premiere of "Monte Carlo" on June 23. Justin Bieber rocked some red shoes, left, at the opening of his girlfriend's flick. Credits: Evan Agostini / Associated Press.

 

Justin Bieber scores big laughs at manager's 30th birthday roast

Justin Bieber may be closing in on triple-threat territory sooner than we think: the 17-year-old got big laughs roasting his manager Scooter Braun on Saturday.

At Hollywood's Music Box theater, Bieber joined his mentor Usher for an exclusive 30th birthday roast of Braun, credited with discovering the music phenomenon in 2008.

"Justin did an impersonation of Scooter negotiating a deal on the phone," a partygoer tells the Ministry. "He had everyone in stitches. He was pretending Scooter was setting up a sequel to 'Never Say Never.'"

"My name has to be on the poster," Bieber demanded in his bit about Braun. "... and we're calling it 'Never Say Never Ever.'"

The film, a 3-D concert flick that charts Bieber's  rise to fame, netted almost $75 million in domestic box office and further solidified Bieber Fever. 

Following the jab-fest, emceed by Usher, a party ensued that naturally featured the talents of Braun's clients and friends.

Bieber was joined onstage by Jaden Smith, son of Will and Jada, and the duo belted their hit "Never Say Never," followed by Bieber's single "Baby." It didn't take long for Usher to offer up "OMG" and "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love." 

Bieber surprised Braun by booking MC Hammer to throw down tracks like "Too Legit to Quit." Braun's pal and "The Voice" judge Adam Levine got inspired to climb up on stage and sing the Maroon 5 hit  "This Love" -- pulling Braun up with him and making him dance. Asher Roth, another Braun client, performed his single "I Love College."

Celeb revelers included basketballer Jay Williams, singer Mary J. Blige with husband Kendu Isaacs, Rita Wilson with son Chester (or Chet, as his hip-hop persona is called), Madonna's manager Guy Oseary and reality personality Kim Kardashian.   

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Photos: Right, Justin Bieber shows some birthday love to manager Scooter Braun. Left, Adam Levine belts out "This Love" at Braun's big bash. Credit: WireImage

Justin Bieber to Selena Gomez: #getwellselena; Gomez's Santa Monica gig rescheduled

 

This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.

Selena Gomez received some sweet tweets on Friday from fans and one very special guy, boyfriend Justin Bieber.

The Biebs, again proving he has the Twitter power to get a trend going, publicly showed concern for his hospitalized girlfriend by reposting the hashtag #getwellselena.

Also, Santa Monica Place announced that Gomez's canceled Friday mall performance had been rescheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, with activities starting at 2 p.m.

Reportedly experiencing a severe headache and nausea, the actress was rushed to the hospital Thursday after a taping of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," where she was promoting her upcoming movie "Monte Carlo." She remained in the hospital Friday for "routine tests," her rep said.

The rescheduled Santa Monica Place concert will be part of a 10-stop mall tour tied to "Monte Carlo."

For the record, 11:00 a.m. June 11: An earlier version of this post said that Selena Gomez was on the Block at Orange events schedule for Sunday; in fact, the performance was canceled.

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Also, Santa Monica Place announced that Gomez's canceled Friday mall performance had been rescheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, with activities starting at 2 p.m.