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Avril Lavigne E! NEWS -- Things are on the up and up for Avril Lavigne. Now more than two years after the pop rock singer went public with her Lyme disease diagnosis, a source tells E! News exclusively her health, music career and personal life is taking a turn for the better. "Avril is in a really good place right now," our insider shares. "Her recovery has been going well and she's been getting stronger and stronger. She has more energy and has even been exercising." The chronic condition left Lavigne, 32, bedridden for five months and sidelined her professional endeavors up until last December when she announced her sixth studio album. And good news, Avril fans! It appears new music from the "Complicated" singer (who recently moved into a new Los Angeles home) is closer than ever. "She should be releasing new music by the end of the year," the source reveals. "It's been a slow process." So ...

Avril Lavigne This morning on “ Good Morning America ” singer Avril Lavigne sat down for an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Jesse Palmer to discuss her debilitating Lyme disease diagnosis. Singer Avril Lavigne said she’s seeing progress in her treatment for Lyme disease, which struck her last year while she was on tour. Her treatment regimen has included multiple antibiotics and ample rest. “I'm about halfway through my treatment,” the Canadian singer said in an interview with ABC News’ Jesse Palmer. "I'm doing a lot better. Seeing a lot of progress. ... I'm just really grateful to know that, like, I will make [a] 100 percent recovery." Lavigne, 30, said trying to get a diagnosis was the worst time of her life. “I literally became bedridden last October,” the “Complicated” singer said, adding that she saw multiple specialists who failed to get to the root of the problem. “They would pull up their computer and be li...

**** TALK TELEVISION **** Katie Couric With Avril Lavigne On todays episode of the nationally syndicated daytime talk show "Katie,", Avril Lavigne shares the story of how shocked she was when Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger proposed and her unconventional rules for a successful marriage. Hear what she has to say about her fifth studio album and how the music she’s doing now is different from her earlier work. Tune-in for a live performance of “Let Me Go” from her new album. Plus, hear about her love for Hello Kitty! Katie Couric With Joy Behar Also on todays show, It's Katie Couric vs. Joy Behar exclusive “Chopped” Challenge. See what happens when they compete and how heated things get in the kitchen. Plus, Food Network’s “Chopped” host and judges reveal the winner of the special “Katie” edition challenge with Joy. Tune-in to find out who faces the chopping block! Photos Courtesy Of: ABC/Disney

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Brody Jenner Pop singer Avril Lavigne and sexy Brody Jenner are celebrating their new romance with matching tattoos, according to reports. Avril who broke up from her husband Deryck Whibley last year, was first linked to "The Hills" star in February. The couple went public with their romance last week, when they were photographed kissing at a Hollywood bash. Over the weekend, the pair reportedly escaped to Las Vegas Nevada to put their love in ink with matching lightening bolt tattoos, Avril on her forearm and Brody's behind his ear. A source tells the New York Daily New s , "They showed up to the opening of Mario Barth King Ink and requested the same tats." Editors Note: Not sure how true this story is, we see no photos at this event which our photographers covered. Photos By: Sara De Boer/Retna

**** CHRISTINA AGUILERA, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, KID ROCK, TRAVIS BARKER, JC CHASEZ JOIN MTV FOR THE "TOTAL FINALE LIVE" CELEBRATION FOR TRL LIVE ON NOVEMBER 16TH **** Jay Z. And Beyonce Photo By: Kevin Mazur/WireImage via MTV Damien Fahey And Avril Lavigne Photo By: Scott Gries/ImageDirect Viz MTV Britney Spears And Sean 'Diddy' Combs A star-studded group of artists from rock, pop, hip-hop and beyond are already lined up to commemorate TRL with their memories, performances, and more as MTV’s "Total Finale Live" celebration (November 16 8:00pm ET/PT) grows ever closer. Justin Timberlake, Kid Rock, and JC Chasez, always sure to draw a crowd in New York City’s Times Square, are set to join "TRL’s" current host Damien Fahey and former host Carson Daly in the studio and share their thoughts on what the show meant to them.Just when you thought the finale couldn’t get any bigger, the show has been extended an extra half-hour to fit in all the "TRL...

Members of an Islamic political party who tried to ban pop singing star Avril Lavigne's coming concert in Malaysia are vowing to protest at her show this Friday, after the singer got the go-ahead to have her concert. Lavigne was given the green light after her gig had been cancelled following protests from Malaysia’s opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), calling the pop star "too sexy" to perform in the mostly Muslim country. The show was reportedly rejected by the Malaysian government, but was later approved after officials deemed Lavigne was "not a bad influence, especially on the young people of the country." But PAS leader Nasrudin Hassan insists the group will continue to oppose the pop icon's performance.He says, "A concert of this nature is not conducive to teach the younger generation to become good citizens, upright and competitive, but instead would weaken them morally and mentally. "If the concert organizers ...

Singing star Avril Lavigne plans on putting her music career on hold after landing her first lead role in a new movie. Avril has toyed with acting in the past, taking on minor roles in last year’s The Flock and the 2006 film Fast Food Nation. She also provided the voice for a character in 2006 animated movie Over The Hedge. But now Lavigne is stepping up her career as a serious thespian with her first starring role, and she is insisting it will be totally different to her previous work. She tells the British newspaper The London Paper, "I’ve got a film role coming up - something you wouldn’t expect from me, something deep and dark."

Avril Lavigne Pop singer Avril Lavigne is cancelling another six dates of her North American tour, because acute laryngitis has robbed her of her voice.Lavigne cancelled dates in Anaheim and San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona last week as she battle throat problems.While sound checking for the billed Anaheim show on Saturday night, Lavigne realized the show couldn’t go on.

Pop singer Avril Lavigne is launching a attack on the paparazzi for making Britney Spears life hell, calling them "f**king stalkers".The outspoken Lavigne herself has been the victim of the paparazzi’s relentless pursuits, which have resulted in traffic violations and car accidents.And Lavigne feels sympathy for Spears, who is plagued by the ever intrusive photographers on a much bigger and more damaging scale than her. She tells Maxim magazine, "No one else has it as hard as Britney. I feel bad for her. How does she even think with all those flashbulbs? When I’m being followed, everything’s thrown off. They run red lights. They cause accidents.She can’t even walk to her car. F**king stalkers."

Avril Lavigne is being sued by a 70s rock band over claims she copied one of their songs.Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer, members of The Rubinoos, allege Lavigne's hit 2007 single 'Girlfriend' is strikingly similar to their 1979song 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend'.Dunbar - who filed the lawsuit in San Francisco on July 2 - said: "We are not so naive as to chalk it up to some sort of cosmic coincidence."The lyric, the metre, the rhythm - they're identical."However, Lavigne's manager, Terry McBride, insists 'Girlfriend' has no resemblance to 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend'.He said: "The suit has no basis. There's nothing similar. Our musicologist says there are no similarities of melody, choral progression or metre."Despite saying the songs have no similarities, McBride says he would be prepared to settle the case out of court.He added: "You are forced to consider doing this because American lawyers can do ...

Avril Lavigne is set to swap singing for acting.The diminutive star, who recently had roles in 'Fast Food Nation' and 'The Flock', is on the look out for a lead Hollywood role. Avril is reportedly in talks with Sony BMG for a major part in a "thriller feature film", playing a "kind of a white trash girl".The 22-year-old, who is already signed as a recording artist to Sony BMG, made her film debut voicing a character in the 2006 animated movie 'Over The Hedge'. Despite having major success as a singer, Avril is said to be keen to do more "outside of music". Avril - who shot to fame aged 17 with hit singles like 'Complicated' and 'Sk8er Boi' - has already turned her talents to modelling as well, landing a contract with Ford Models agency.

Avril Lavigne spends over 9 million Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne and her rock-star husband have paid about $9.5 million for a home in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. The three-story house, which 22-year-old Lavigne will share with Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, her husband of nine months, has eight bedrooms and 10-1/2 bathrooms. Other amenities include an elevator, sauna and garage space for 10 cars, the newspaper said. Lavigne, famed for such feisty, girl-empowerment tunes as "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi," will release her third album, "The Best Damn Thing," next week.

No drugs for Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne considered having a goth wedding but eventually gave into her childhood dream of a traditional ceremony.The punk-pop singer married Sum 41 front man Deryck Whibley last July and surprised their rock fans by having a conventional service. Avril, 22, said in an interview with Jane magazine: "I wanted to say, 'Let's totally have a rock 'n' roll, goth wedding.'"But at the same time I thought, 'I've been dreaming about my wedding day since I was a little girl. I have to wear the white dress.' I wanted to be a princess.'"People thought that I would have some black wedding dress, and I would have."But at the same time, I was thinking about the wedding pictures, and I wanted to be in style. I didn't want to be thinking 20 years later, 'Oh, why did I wear my hair like that?' "The 'Sk8r Boi' singer also claims she has changed her husband for the better. Avril said: "I...