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Justin Bieber has become the latest celebrity to sign up and pay for a ticket to ly faboard Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo when the commercial spaceflight programs launches by the end of this year.

Bieber's manager, Scoot Braun, has also plunked the $250,000 to reserve a spot on the six-passenger SpaceShipTwo. Other celebrities who've also secured a seat include Ashton Kutcher, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Angelina Jolie.

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's billionaire founder, tweeted earlier this week:

"Great to hear @justinbieber & @scooterbraun are latest @virgingalactic future astronauts. Congrats, see you up there!"

Bieber responded to the tweet with an idea:

"@richardbranson @scooterbraun @virgingalactic let's shoot a music video in SPACE!! #nextLEVEL."

Whether or not Bieber was serious about shooting a video in space remains to be seen.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to fly to space on Virgin Galactic's new commercial spaceline and will be taking with him the winning bidder in a charity auction held at the Cannes film festival. The opportunity to fly with DiCaprio sold for 1.2 million Euros ($1.5 million USD) at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Charity on Thursday night.

The trip was listed as a "once-in-a-lifetime trip to space with a mystery guest" in the auction booklet. The mystery guest's identity was not revealed until after the auction ended. The event took place at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Rock during the festival on the French Riviera.

Standard tickets aboard SpaceShipTwo sell for $250,000. To date, 550 people have paid either in part or in full, despite the fact that the vehicle hasn't yet flown to space.

On Sunday, actress Reese Witherspoon issued an apology for her behavior during the arrest of her husband, Jim Toth, on Friday on DUI charges. In a statement, Witherspoon said:

"Out of respect for the ongoing legal situation, I cannot comment on everything that is being reported right now. But I do want to say, I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said. It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. I have nothing but respect for the police and I'm very sorry for my behavior."

The apology follows the leaking of Witherspoon and Toth's mugshots amid news that pair had been arrested and briefly jailed on Friday morning in Atlanta.

Police reportedly spotted the couple's silver Ford Fusion weaving in and out of lanes, and pulled them over. While officers were speaking to Toth, Witherspoon reportedly stuck her head out of the window and said that she did not believe that the arresting officer was really a cop. After stating that she was a U.S. citizen and insisting that she was allowed to "stand on American ground", Witherspoon quipped "Do you know my name?" The officer responded "No, I don't need to know your name", to which Witherspoon responded " You're about to find out who I am... You are going to be on national news."

At age 46, most people would have thought that actress Halle Berry's 5-year-old daughter, Nahla, would have been her first and last child. Surprisingly, this is not the case. Berry confirmed on Friday that she and fiance Olivier Martinez, 47, are expecting their first child together.

Nahla is the result of Berry's former relationship with Gabriel Aubry.

This will be Martinez's first child. Berry's publicist did not offer any further details, except to share that Nahla will soon be a big sister to a baby boy.

image captured from a Zinni supporter on Facebook

Social media was abuzz over one of Cleveland's own media personalities earlier this week. What started off as an innocent retweet asking NBC's Today Show host Matt Lauer if he had been nice to current Fox 8 weekend anchor Mark Zinni turned into a viral news story. Lauer seemed taken aback by the retweet responding on the microblogging site:

"@MarkZinni huh?" Lauer wrote. "Always tried to be nice Mark. Sorry you didn't think so. Hope you're doing well. Matt."

Remember that rumor from earlier this year that said Jay Leno would be replaced on The Tonight Show by Jimmy Fallon? Well now it looks like that plan of action is definitely a go, and Leno is said to not be taking the news very well.

Leno has already gone on the offensive. On the same day that the New York Times confirmed Fallon as Leno's replacement, Leno quipped to his audience:

"According to several reports, scientists say they are getting closer and closer to being able to do Jurassic Park-style cloning of extinct species. Imagine that. Things that were once thought to be extinct could be brought back from the dead. So there’s hope for NBC. It could turn around."

He's also already referred to NBC execs as "snakes" live on air, after having heard the rumors that he's to be replaced by Fallon, 38.

Insiders at NBC say that they've decided that "Late Night" host Fallon will take over "The Tonight Show" as early as next February or, at the latest, by fall 2014. One senior network executive even commented:

"There is no way on earth that this is not going to happen."

On Monday, actress Lindsay Lohan accepted a plea deal in a misdemeanor car crash case which includes 90 days in a locked-down rehabilitation facility that she will not have the ability to leave.

Lohan, 26, pleaded no contest to reckless driving, lying to police, and obstructing officers who were investigating a June 2012 accident involving the actress. The court also found Lohan in violation of her probation stemming from a 2011 necklace theft, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. Lohan will be able to avoid the jail time if she complies with the conditions of the plea deal, which in addition to the 90 days of rehab also includes 30 days of community labor and 18 months of psychological therapy.

Before Lohan left the courtroom, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney offered her some advice. He said:

“Don’t drive."

Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman shocked Hollywood last year when they split in October after 30 years of marriage. Now, it seems, that the couple have patched things up and are back together.

DeVito had hinted that they were working on reconciliation in December, telling reporters that "We're working on it."

Then earlier this week, Danny and Rhea were spotted sitting next to each other on first-class seats on a Virgin America flight from New York to Los Angeles.

Ryan Seacrest and professional ballroom dancer Juliann Hough have called it quits on their relationship. The couple allegedly decided to end their relationship due to their busy work schedules getting in the way of their relationship.

Seacreat, a TV mogul, began dating Hough in April 2010. People magazine reports that the two are now living apart, after having been together for three years.

Casey Anthony, the woman who was infamously found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee during a trial in July 2011, is allegedly telling close friends that she is pregnant with another child, and is excited to have the chance to "prove" that she is a good mother after having been acquitted of killing her first daughter, Caylee.

The National Enquirer published a story purporting Anthony's pregnancy, which is based off the claims of multiple, unidentified source who say that she is pregnant.

One insider told the magazine:

"She just said that she fell in love with a very wealthy man while she's been in hiding. Casey said he's taking care of her financially and he's so obsessed with her that he'll do anything for her."

Anthony has been in hiding since the July 2011 trial in which she was found not guilty. She only made an appearance in public last week to declare bankruptcy.

Insiders say that Anthony is bragging to close friends that she is more than one month pregnant already. A source added:

"Her eyes lit up when she told me that she was expecting, but she wouldn't tell me who the baby's father is."