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Warner Brothers has bumped up the release of "Superman Returns" by two days.

Instead of taking flight on movie screens everywhere on Friday, June 30, Bryan Singer's reboot of the superhero franchise will now open on Wednesday, June 28, extending the potential franchise pic's release through the protracted July 4th weekend.

"We were always considering this an option," Dan Fellman, WB's president of domestic distribution tells Variety. "I'm glad that we are in position to do it and take advantage of the summer holiday playtime."

The trade paper reports that the studio had long hoped to have "Superman Returns," which stars Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and newcomer Brandon Routh, in theaters by the Wednesday, but there had been some internal questions regarding the completion of prints, particularly those for the movie's IMAX run.

Now, though, "Superman Returns" is set up for an open playing field from the end of June through the July 4th holiday, which falls on a Tuesday. For that period, "Superman" will face only counterprogramming from Fox's "The Devil Wears Prada."

More competition is expected on July 7th with the release of Sony's "Little Man," as well as "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" from Disney.

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Are you thinking what I'm thinking people? Using the 4th July holiday as an excuse cause their running scared over the release of Pirates? This is awesome!

Brentwood, CA :: Actor couple Harrison Ford, 63, and Calista Flockhart, 41, showed their admiration for our fighting men and women by walking at the Memorial Day parade this past Sunday. Calista's five-year-old son Liam came along for at the festivities.

Calista is making her return to primetime in one-hour drama Brothers And Sisters, the story of the trials and tribulations of a group of grown siblings. This is Calista's first TV series since the end of Ally McBeal four years ago. Calista plays Kitty Walker, a former radio personality whose success just landed her a job as a TV pundit. Brothers And Sisters is coming Sundays this fall @ 10PM on ABC.

The website for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is now online. The film, which stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård and Bill Nighy is in cinemas from July 7th.

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, Captain Jack sets sail on an all new adventure – filled with more intrigue, more spectacular special effects and more comedy.

The site takes you on a journey to seven exotic locations from the film. As you explore each location, interactive figures and objects reveal further secrets about the movie, including key items to be “plundered” and collected in order to face the formidable Davy Jones and unlock the mysterious Dead Man’s Chest, which contains unique digital prizes! Interactive features in each location also take you to downloadable items such as desktop wallpapers and buddy icons, as well as e-cards, posters and digital trading cards. You can also view the trailer and check out the gallery of new movie stills, production photos and concept art.

To visit the new site go here http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates

Maybe it was a joke. Or perhaps Jennifer Aniston was having a dig at her ex-hubby, Brad Pitt and his new flame, Angelina Jolie.

Aniston was sitting at a press conference in Los Angeles to promote her new comedy, The Break-Up, when a reporter asked if she was interested in using her celebrity to tackle any of the world's important issues.

Pitt and Jolie, in between giving birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel, have been vocal about Africa, AIDS and refugees.

So, was Aniston interested in any global issues? How about the war in Iraq or global warming?

"No," Aniston replied. "I'm not interested in any of that."

"I like to just focus on me and my tabloid career."

Her deadpan answer, dripping with sarcasm, scored plenty of laughs.

Aniston went on to say she had plenty of interests, but opted not to reveal them at the press conference.

This poster girl of the tabloids does not give up too much about herself these days, something Australian journalists will learn when she arrives next week in Sydney to promote The Break-Up.

"I have a lot of other interests," Aniston, 37, said defensively. "But, I don't need to tell you all my interests, but there's a lot."

One campaign she probably would not mind leading is a ban on tabloids.

They ran stories about troubles in her marriage to Pitt for months before the star couple officially announced on January 7 last year that they were separating after more than four years of marriage.

The split then sent the tabloids into another frenzy as they chronicled Pitt's relationship with his Mr and Mrs Smith co-star, Jolie, and Aniston's apparent romance with Vince Vaughan, her co-star in The Break-Up.

Which hunky footballer has secretly visited surgeons to get his tackle enlarged? Hes always been shy in the dressing rooms because of his undersized appendage. So he had a spectacularly painful operation, which left him bed-ridden for two weeks. He might not be happy with his lot but hes got some balls to put his crotch through that.

Pop rocker Pink was blown away after giving a speech to 700 girls at Toronto's Humberside Collegiate Institute while promoting her album 'I'm Not Dead', after a group of Paris Hilton wannabes slammed her words, according to the National Enquirer.

The singer explained to the female audience that they shouldn't imitate the Hollywood blonde.

Pink enjoyed screams and applause from the majority of the girls, except for a group of 15-year-old miss prisses who threw insults at her, such as, "Maybe you put down Paris because you are soooo fat and UGLY!"

The singer remained confident in her views, and told them to avoid the "stupid girl epidemic".

The Hilton wannabes snapped back, "You're just jealous because Paris has talent."

A Big Brother contestant ejected from the house for rule-breaking has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to get hold of unedited footage of her time inside.

Dawn Blake, 38, wants to force the show's producers to hand over all film they have of her, and has pledged to refuse food "until I pass out".

She claims that she was held against her will, and needs evidence of her requesting to leave the house to support a complaint she has made to police.

Ms Blake also denied that she had refused to wash while in the house.

She said: "When I came out of the Big Brother house I saw how I was portrayed and a lot of it is not true, it's been edited in a way I don't like, not because I don't look so great but because it's just not true.

"When they said they booted me out, I said I wanted to leave. When they said Dawn refused to wash, that was so untrue.

"I am asking for a copy of the unedited footage in its entirety and I will remain on hunger strike until I get it. I will continue until I pass out."

Unable to afford the legal fees to bring a case for defamation against the show's producers, she said going on hunger strike was her only option.

A spokeswoman for the Big Brother programme said Ms Blake, who left on Thursday, was thrown out of the house for breaking the rules.

Denis Leary is all fired up about the new season of Rescue Me. The FX show last left off with a cliffhanger and there are more twists in store for the season premiere. Leary, 48, gives the inside scoop on the drama, his son following him into showbiz and why kids' movies make him cool.

Season two ended on a sad note, with your character's son being killed by a drunk driver. What happens next?
In the first four episodes, a lot of stuff comes up that's gonna turn your head. His family is breaking up and then there's a danger of the family of the firehouse breaking up. For Tommy, that's sort of the end of the world.

Your 16-year-old son Jack also works on the show.
Jack works as a (production assistant) on the show when he's out of school. Last year he played a kid with his head stuck in a fence.

Will your wife be making a cameo next?
No, he's the only one. Acting is kind of what he wants to do, so the reason I gave him the P.A. job is that I wanted him to find out what it's really like to work on a TV show – you get up at 5:30 in the morning, you work 12 or 14 hours. He accepted it and loved it. In return for that, I gave him a couple of small parts so he could get used to acting on camera.

How do you film those trademark fire scenes?
People don't understand how many fake fires are happening in Manhattan – fires that the Rescue Me cast has to put out. It's real fire, but it's controlled by us. Without fail, the real firemen get called because somebody's looking out a window and says, "Oh my God, these kids are trapped in a burning bus!"

Do real fireman ever pitch storylines?
Almost all of our stories are based on real stories that come from different guys that I know. And we're going to mention the New Orleans fire department this season because that fire department has been decimated. They lost 22 out of 36 houses. Those guys came to visit the set and a lot of the guys from our set had been down there to help them deal with (Hurricane) Katrina.

You voiced the tiger Diego in the Ice Age movies. Why's your voice so distinctive?
I don't know.

Wager a guess.
I guess I sound like a tiger, which nobody ever said to me until the Ice Age people called me years ago.

They told you that?
Yeah! And they called me to be the ladybug in (1998’s) A Bug’s Life. I thought that was pretty funny. I tell you, kids' movies are the easiest things in the world to do. . . . You can just go into a room, look like s---t and stand in front of the microphone all day. Plus, all my nieces and nephews automatically think (I'm) cool.

"You're so stinkin' good looking, and so nice … I hate that he's got a wife! That's what I hate!"
– Halle Berry, responding to X-Men costar Hugh Jackman's question about the toughest part of working with him, on TRL

"I have a very cool wife who doesn't mind me kissing Halle Berry.''
– Hugh Jackman, to Australia's Herald Sun

"The first question was, 'What was your worst break-up?' And I just kind of looked at the guy and I said, 'Really? Are ya kiddin?' "
– Jennifer Aniston, on doing interviews with the foreign press for her movie The Break-Up, to David Letterman

"Good luck in your ongoing non-relationship with Vince Vaughn."
– David Letterman, to Aniston, who has yet to admit she's dating her costar

"I don't tire of (the questions), because I would do the same."
– Vince Vaughn, confessing that he would be just as curious about his relationship status as the rest of the world, to Entertainment Weekly

"I definitely think that you probably get a little advantage being from a small town – not just a small town, but the South....Those are the people that are voting and start crying when you talk to them."
– Katharine McPhee, on losing American Idol to southerner Taylor Hicks

Len Wiseman, director of the movies, is in talks to direct the fourth Die Hard film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Mark Bomback and Doug Richardson, the film will see cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) emerge from retirement to tackle an internet terrorist group.

Previously entitled Die Hard 4.0, the movie had to be partially rewritten in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina since a scene included a great tidal wave caused by an explosion in New Orleans.

Luc Besson, Willis' director in The Fifth Element, was previously rumoured to be helming the project.

Guns 'n' Roses have announced their first full UK tour since 1993.

The group had already agreed to play the Download Festival on June 11 and London's Hammersmith Apollo on June 7, reports the NME.

The full tour calls at:

London Hammersmith Apollo (June 7)

Download Festival (June 11)

Sheffield Hallam FM Arena (July 18)

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (July 19)

Glasgow SECC (July 21)

Manchester MEN Arena (July 23)

Birmingham NEC (July 25)

Nottingham Arena (July 27)

London Wembley Arena (July 30)

Tickets are set to go on sale on June 2 at 9am.

Helena Bonham Carter and her husband Tim Burton are fighting to stop a pub from extending its opening hours.

The couple live in the expensive Primrose Hill area of London, and are trying to stop a celebrity-friendly pub in the area from extending its opening hours, saying the noisy regulars would disturb their way of life.

The couple have written a letter of complaint to the council about The Sir Richard Steele pub, asking the authorities not to allow the landlord to extend his opening hours.

The drinking hole has been a popular haunt for celebrities who live in the area, including Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, supermodel Kate Moss and actress Sienna Miller.

The letter reportedly declared: "We live extremely near to the pub and have to endure enough noise after it has shut. If the hours are extended we fear our quality of living is going to be severely hampered."

Pub manager Paul Davies is shocked by the complaint and insists the pub is not a raucous place.

Boy George has remarked that gay people should snub the conventionality of "civil partnerships" and questions Elton John's marriage.

The former Culture Club frontman has until now felt alienated because of his sexuality, and he resents having to become a regular member of society in order to be accepted.

He said: "I've spent many years being abused for being gay and I love being gay. But Elton getting married, what is that?

"I was raised to be an alien. Now don't tell me I can be normal. It's too late."

The Foo Fighters have announced that they will play a one-off acoustic gig in London this summer.

The band will play unplugged at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on June 14. Joining the band will be a violinist and a keyboard player especially for the show.

Pat Smear, former guitarist with both the Foos and Nirvana will make a special appearance on the night as well.

Paris Hilton boycotted the Cannes premiere of her new movie after a fight with the producers.

The socialite was furious after discovering "National Lampoon's Pledge This!" filmmakers had added nudity to the movie without checking with her first.

She says, "I'm angry that they edited the final cut without my permission.

"I took the part on the assurance I wouldn't do any nudity. I wanted to do something where I'd be taken seriously, and they added a load of scenes with naked girls.

"I was so angry I snubbed my own premiere."

In other Hilton news, she has revealed to the Hong Kong magazine Prestige that her debut album will be a mixture of reggae pop and hip-hop.

Hilton's first single will be a reggae track called "Stars Are Blind" and the album will also include a cover version of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

But she claims she has personally written the lyrics for seven songs that will appear on the CD.

She says, "The whole album has so much different music on it. I like all music. It's not like I only like pop or only rock. I want to have something for everybody."

We're not exactly sure what K-Fed does for a living (backup dancer? rapper?), but apparently he feels secure enough with his place in life to offer career advice to the paparazzi.

Mr. Spears was in Sherman Oaks yesterday afternoon with a couple of pals when one cameraman asked Federline, "Are you angry at the media?"

K-Fed first responded by making a "Shhhhhh" motion and then offered up, "Just take pictures, dude."

Federline and his pals then quickly headed into an apartment building.

Actor Ben Affleck has been treated and released from the emergency room at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge on Monday.

This statement was released after Affleck’s release:

“Ben Affleck was treated for a migraine at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. today (Monday). He was released this afternoon, and is recuperating at home.”

Affleck is in town directing his first film, “Gone Baby Gone.” The film is an adaptation of the book by Boston Author Dennis Lehane.

The Massachusetts native is said to be renting a house in Cambridge while shooting the movie.

Gorgeous Mariah Carey has insured her legs for $1 billion after being signed up to front Gillette's Legs Of A Goddess campaign.

A source close to the 36-year-old whose single, "Say Somethin'" is out on June 5, reveals: "The sum reflects her popularity.

"She's about to start a US tour and she'll have to be careful."

Depp has signed up to star as Michael Hutchence in a film about the INXS frontman’s life and death, Moss is currently in talks to play Hutchence’s doomed girlfriend Paula Yates.

Moss and Depp were together for three years but split in 1997, however, Depp was keen to reassure producers that he and Moss were now friends.

An insider told the Daily Express: "Johnny was asked if it would be a deal breaker for him if Kate was cast.

"He said, 'Not as far as I'm concerned.' He figures there's been enough water under that bridge.

"Obviously he's (director Nick Egan) hoping there's still enough chemistry between them that will translate to the screen. It has been claimed she never got over him and in the film they'll have to appear deeply in love."

Whether Ms Moss will actually appear in the film is yet to be decided.

Sharon Osbourne has kicked off a new spat, live on air.

She threw some serious mud at Rebecca Loos in her capacity as judge on the new celebrity X Factor.

Rebecca was performing with fellow kiss 'n' teller James Hewitt.

The pair performed Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love - and without a hint of a smile, Sharon told them it was a great song choice and they were well suited to each other.

Turning to James, she asked: "You were in the army? With that performance you should be shot."

Then, rounding on Rebecca, she added: "If you get through tonight you should try doing tomorrow night's show with your knickers on. It will help warm up your voice."

When Simon Cowell - of all people - tried to get Sharon to stop, she went on to say that Rebecca had a "bad vibe" coming from her.

Rebecca, for her part, claimed she wasn't surprised by Sharon's comments, saying that she'd shunned the former PA throughout the show.

The reason for Sharon's blast?

James has told all about his affair with Diana, Princess Of Wales, whilst Rebecca alleges an affair with David Beckham - and Shazza is great mates with one Victoria Beckham.

But clearly Sharon's wrath wasn't enough to get the pair booted off X Factor: Battle Of The Stars.

That honour went to magician Paul Daniels and wife Debbie McGee who caterwauled along to Robbie Williams' Let Me Entertain You.

The McFly boys have been working on a new single which spills the beans on member Harry Judd's rumoured fling with actress Lindsay Lohan.

The lyrics of the as-yet-unnamed track is expected to shock and raise a few eyebrows.

Harry reportedly got close with the Hollywood beauty when the band filmed Just My Luck with her in 2005..

The track is out at the end of July, shortly after Just My Luck hits UK cinemas.

Italian actress Monica Bellucci has agreed to star in a film about Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born woman who married into India's most powerful political dynasty and now heads the country's ruling party, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Bellucci's deal was worked out at the Cannes Film Festival, the Times of India reported, quoting producer Sunanda Murli Manohar, who said the actress agreed to take on the role after reading the script.

"Her confirmation finally puts a seal on the deal. She is excited about the prospect of playing Sonia Gandhi," Manohar was quoted as saying. Shooting is expected to begin in September.

Italian-born Gandhi has cultivated an image as an intensely private woman who was forced into politics after her husband, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated in a 1991 suicide bombing.

His mother Indira Gandhi — the country's longest-serving prime minister — also was assassinated, and his grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister.

Sonia Gandhi refused the prime minister's job when her Congress party and its allies won elections in May 2004 because of opposition from Hindu nationalists, who argued that a person of non-Indian heritage should not lead the country.

Still, she remains at the helm of the Congress party and wields a tremendous amount of power.

The movie will be directed by Jagmohan Mundhra, a well-known Indian filmmaker with several award winning movies to his credit.

Mundhra's latest film "Provoked" was screened at Cannes. Bollywood superstar
Aishwarya Rai played the lead role of a woman who kills her husband after suffering 10 years of abuse.

Mundhra told The Times that he had also considered Rai and Preity Zinta, another Bollywood leading lady, for the Gandhi project.

Neither the filmmakers nor Bellucci were immediately available for comment.

West Hollywood, CA :: Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller was all smiles as he picked up his mail including a copy of US Weekly from the Miracle Mile Finance Station post office on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. Prison Break resumes filming in the Dallas area in two weeks.

1-month-old daughter Suri Cruise stayed home while new parents Katie Holmes and fiancé Tom Cruise got some fresh air and exercise in a Malibu park this past Sunday. Recently, it was reported that Katie has turned to Victoria Beckham for tips on how to lose her post-baby bulge. This is in top of Katie recruiting the company 'Buff Brides' to help her get in shape for her wedding to Tom. A source revealed, "Victoria and Katie are really good friends, and Posh knows just how to get back in shape after having a baby. She got her figure back within weeks of giving birth to Cruz. So Katie thought Victoria was the perfect person to ask about shifting her baby weight."

Keira Knightley left clubbers aghast when she shunned a club's VIP room to disco dance by the lav. Keira moved her party of 10 - including boyfriend Rupert Friend - from the celeb section of London's Paper club to a spot outside the loos. But not before knocking back several green tequila shots, we're told. That explains it... Our spy said: "People kept doing double-takes as they came out - but Keira just smiled as if it was nothing out of the ordinary. She was so smashed when she left at 3.30am she hid her face under a woolly beanie." With a vacant stare, presumably.

Jude Law was spotted getting close to Australian singer-turned-actress Sophie Monk.

The reports says that Monk was canoodling with Law in a LA Hotel.

"I think she has bumped into him once or twice. I don't know if they were canoodling. As far as I know there wasn't anything serious going on," a close friend of Monk said.

- Nikki Sanderson and her boyfriend Danny Young getting on the District Lane at St James'Park.

- David Beckham enjoying dinner at Benihana on Kings Road.

- Jonathan Ross regaling the checkout man in Waitrose with tales of interviewing Halle Berry.

- David Cameron buying flowers for his wife in Covent Garden.

- Samantha Bloom having her hair done at Richard Ward, Duke of York Square.

- Denise Van Outen strolling past H.O.B salon on Baker Street.

- Leslie Grantham in Stevenage wearing a black suit with matching arm sling.

Delta Goodrem played happy families with her fella Brian McFadden's kids at the Soccer Aid match.

The Aussie singer, 21, risked Kerry Katona's wrath by cuddling up to her daughter Molly, 4.

Brian, 26, is fighting ex wife Kerry, 25, for custody of Molly and Lilly Sue.

Which A-lister has got a giant, mirrored room on his yacht for his star-studded cocaine parties? The actor dragged his co-stars away from the after-party for his movie in Cannes to enjoy his nose candy heaven instead. And he had eight film critics forcibly removed from the naughty boat when they discovered the room.

Rebecca Loos has confessed that she is confident about her chances of winning X Factor: Battle of the Stars.

David Beckham's former PA, who has already appeared in several reality TV shows, will be paired with James Hewitt for the series.

"We are both fiercely competitive and feel there's no point taking part in something like this unless you want to win, and we see ourselves winning," Loos told the Sunday Mail.

Hewitt added, "I hope our rapport translates to the live studio audience and the viewers at home. I think together we've got the whole package - the singing, the looks, the fun."

Which Hollywood superstar is having an affair with a woman who is much older than his current partner? The circumstances of this affair are at least novel if the infidelity is not. Our villian is said to be besotted with his older and decidely dowdy mistress despite having a much younger partner.

British director Ken Loach has scooped the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his film The Wind That Shakes The Barley.

The movie, set amidst Ireland's struggle for independence, won the Palme d'Or award at the prestigious ceremony.

The president of the nine-member jury, which this year included the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Tim Roth, said that the decision was a unanimous one.

In his acceptance speech, Loach said that he hoped that the film was only a "very little step" towards Britain confronting its previous imperialism.

Writer and actor Vince Vaughn has admitted that his new film The Break-Up was written for his girlfriend Jennifer Aniston, before to two had even met.

The Wedding Crashers star co-wrote the film's screenplay and hired the cast and crew.

He explained to World Entertainment News: "I had her in mind when I was writing, because I wanted someone who was good with comedy, but also a good actor. There was no second choice."

Irish pop group Boyzone are discussing plans for a comeback tour with their manager, Louis Walsh.

Boyzone, comprising Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham and Keith Duffy, broke up over five years ago, but have recently been inspired to return to the stage.

Louis Walsh has apparently told them that they will need to get fitter if they want to launch a comeback.

He said, "The Boyzone lads will have to work if they want to compete! But I've been talking to all of them about the reunion and it's looking hopeful."

Australian pop star Peter Andre has said that he wants his wife Katie Price, aka Jordan, to eat more junk food in order to put on some weight.

He has apparently been arguing with the model about her skinny figure since she reduced her size from an eight to a size four.

Andre said, "I think she's too thin. I said to her 'Look, you don't need to be that thin, you gotta start eating now.

"She's getting better now and eating more. She did her fitness video and that's why she lost a lot of weight."

The annual Monaco Grand Prix Ball turned even grander just before midnight on Saturday when surprise guest Bono popped in to join the event's ball host Wyclef Jean for an impassioned duet of "Redemption Song."

Bono, who earlier in the day had sung on Formula One boss Flavio Briatore's yacht, Force Blue, arrived without warning, and with Jay Z in tow.

Jay Z, dressed in a white suit, kept silent during the performance, and within 10 minutes he and Bono were gone from the Salon des Etoiles, leaving thrilled partygoers to check out the photos on their digital cameras in disbelief.

To catch the big show, timing meant everything. "I missed Bono," mourned Kate Bosworth, another surprise guest who arrived about 20 minutes too late. Appearing with her new Superman costar Kevin Spacey, Bosworth said: "I wanted to come and be here earlier but I've been working and working, mostly."

The Grand Prix Ball raised more than $1 million for Jean's charity, Yele Haiti, which promotes development in Jean's native country. Jean teared up as he spoke about Haiti, then joked: "Just because I cried doesn't mean I'm going to be soft in the auction."

Some of the auction items fetched higher prices thanks to guest Petra Nemcova, who offered to pose with the winner of the Tahitian black pearl necklace worn by Jean pal Angelina Jolie when she received a humanitarian award from the U.N. in October 2005 (winning bid: $92,815).

Calum Best has reportedly been kissing a transvestite - without realising 'she' was a man.

Calum, 25, met 19-year-old 'Gemma' - aka Anthony Gee - at a London party.

They snogged on a sofa and have since exchanged saucy texts.

Calum had no idea that Gemma, who has had a boob job, is still a man.

He reportedly screamed "No!" down the phone when his agent Dave Read called to tell him.

Dave said: "He can't believe it. He’s not laughing."

One of Calum’s texts read: "You looked so sexy in that little skirt - those dimples on your lower back."

Gemma, a hairdresser in central London, said he had planned to come clean.

He added: "Calum and I have kissed and he wanted sex but I said 'No'."

Michael Jackson visited a Tokyo orphanage Sunday during his first round of public appearances since being acquitted of child molestation charges last year.

Jackson was in the capital to accept MTV Japan's "Legend Award" during an earlier ceremony at Yoyogi Olympic Stadium. There, he choked up as he thanked fans for their loyalty.

His visit to Japan is the first leg of an Asian swing that will include stops in Singapore; Shanghai, China; and Hong Kong.

After weaving through dozens of screaming adult fans outside the downtown orphanage, Jackson was ushered into a gymnasium, where more than 160 children between the ages of 3 and 18 and nuns in gray uniforms waited.

"I love you," Jackson told the cheering crowd. Then he whispered to his translator, apparently asking how to say the phrase in Japanese. Then he said: "Aishiteru!"

The pop icon also was scheduled to tour Tokyo and meet with members of the Asian business community during his six-day visit, his publicists said.

Jackson's visit to Tokyo was announced only days before his Friday arrival.

Jackson, 47, has been living in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Bahrain since being acquitted of child molestation in California in June. He has said he plans to return to recording and hopes to release a new album in 2007.

The singer-turned-actress has revealed she once embarrassed herself in front of a former boyfriend after drooling all over herself after falling asleep in public.

She told Britain's Top Of The Pops magazine: "I once arranged for a boyfriend to pick me up from a hair salon, but I'd fallen asleep the dryer with my mouth wide open and drool dripping out. I woke up to find a pretty big puddle of spit in my lap and my boyfriend laughing his head off. I was so embarrassed."

Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt has tufts of brown hair like her mother and the nose of her father, according to sources at the Cottage Hospital in Swakopmund, Namibia.

The daughter of Angelina Jolie, 30, and Brad Pitt, 40, is described as "beautiful" by insiders who have seen her.

And she may have Canadian roots. There is speculation that Shiloh Nouvel was conceived in Alberta, where Pitt and Jolie were staying while he filmed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Pitt’s ex-wife Jennifer Aniston is reportedly among those who have sent best wishes to the new parents.

Jolie’s brother James Haven was at the hospital in Namibia for the birth but her estranged father, actor Jon Voight, was not. His spokesman told the New York Daily News that Voight is excited and “can’t wait to hold the baby in his arms and be grandpa.”

Shiloh Nouvel is the couple’s first biological child. Son Maddox, 4, was adopted from Cambodia and daughter Zahara, 1,was adopted from Ethiopia.

She was born Saturday, reportedly via Caesarean section. Leon Jooste, a minister in the country’s government, said under Namibian law the Pitt-Jolie baby is eligible for citizenship.

Jolie is expected to be released from hospital Tuesday. The family will return to the luxury resort where they have been staying for almost two months under heavy security.

The governor of the Erongo region of Namibia issued a statement wishing the famous couple good luck and health.

“Just like Angelina, this precious Namibian-born baby will be our ambassador,” said Samuel Nuuyoma.

Jon Bon Jovi would never want to swap places with Pete Doherty.

The rocker insists he feels sorry for the Babyshambles rocker and says he is proud that he was not the typical rock star and didn't get notoriety for taking drugs like other performers in the industry.

He said: "Those people get a lot more attention. Like Pete Doherty. I hear he's great. But I've never heard a Babyshambles song in my life
… I'd rather be doing what I'm doing.'

The singer insists he was never a "drug guy', because illegal substances make men under-perform in the bedroom.

He told Britain's Guardian Film and Music newspaper: "I have a nice wine habit, but I was never into drugs. Why do I need something that's going to grind my teeth all night and won't let me get it on with a woman.'

An English radio station said it has banned songs by British crooner James Blunt from its airwaves after listeners said they were fed up with hearing "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".

Chris Cotton, programme controller of local radio Essex FM in southern England, said: "We don't have anything against James Blunt and we're pleased he has been so successful, but we really need a break."
The music industry exerts a lot of pressure on radio stations to play certain artists' music over and over again, Cotton said.

"Often this can be out of step with the audience's tastes, which results in songs being overplayed," he said. "We're happy to stand up to this pressure and follow the strong message listeners have given us. We encourage other radio stations to take the same step."

Despite this minor setback, Blunt has enjoyed phenomenal success since his voice first emanated from radio stations across the world last year.

"You're Beautiful" topped the charts in 25 countries.

In March, the former army officer became the first British artist to reach the number one slot in the US Billboard chart in nine years.
His album, "Back To Bedlam" has sold more than seven million copies worldwide.

Kirsten Dunst is currently in talks to star with Jack Black in the film Be Kind Rewind.
If she accepts the role, Dunst (Spider-Man, Marie Antoinette) will be working under the direction of Michel Gondry, who directed her for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

The Be Kind Rewind, screenplay was written by Gondry and follows a man (Black) who becomes accidentally the center of a magnetic field, which causes all of the movies at the video store where his friend works to be erased. The friends then decide to remake all of the lost films.

Filming for Be Kind Rewind is set to begin in September.

America's Next Top Model winner, Adrianne Curry, has married Christopher Knight. Christopher played Peter on The Brady Bunch. The pair met while filming The Surreal Life. They married yesterday in a Gothic style wedding in Illinois. She is 23 and he is 48.

The loving bride wore a cream-colored Alvina Valenta wedding gown, while her bridesmaids wore wear blood-red dresses and the groomsmen wore matching tux's. The women carried black roses and the flower girls wore black dresses with little red satin bows, according to reports.
Also in attendance were former Brady's Barry Williams and Susan Olsen, and "Surreal Life" former co-star Joanie Lauer.

Adrianne said this about her Gothic style wedding: "I wanted to go as gothic as I could and as traditional as I could without ruffling anyone's feathers. ... I wanted to have a black dress ... but I knew it would break my grandmother's heart."

The wedding is set to air on the couple's reality show: My Fair Brady sometime soon.

After the vicious attack on Lindsay Lohan by Brandon Davis with Paris Hilton howling away in the background, many believed Lindsay would come back strong with a reaction.

She has yet to comment, but the teen starlet has done one better - she's hanging out with Hilton ex Stavros Niarchos and it appears the two are a bit of an item.

Well - at least as much as one can be with the very busy Lindsay.

Lindsay Lohan and Stavros Niarchos were first spied together five days before he and Paris Hilton broke up last month. Now it's clear that was just the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Lohan, 19, and Niarchos, 21, were spotted kissing on May 15 at the Manhattan nightclub Butter. The next evening, they partied together at Bungalow 8 until 3 a.m., and on May 17 they caught an Elefant concert at Webster Hall before meeting friends at Bungalow 8 once again.

East 17 have written a new tune ahead of their intimate and wild reunion show in London tomorrow.

The song Wild will get its first showing at Shepherds Bush Empire where Tony Mortimer, Brian Harvey, John Hendy and Terry Coldwell will perform together as a four-piece for the first time in over a decade.

Wayne Rooney looked glum as he bid gorgeous Coleen McLoughlin goodbye on his way to meet up with the rest of the England team.

But the sexy scouse babe consoled herself with a trip to a pop gig in Manchester and managed to flash a smile for the cameras.

The young lovebirds, both 20, will be seperated while hotshot Wayne spends time with his team mates.

"Lost" alum Michelle Rodriguez is so sick of jail time in America, she's planning to move to France.

The actress started a 60-day sentence in a Los Angeles jail Thursday for a drunk driving-related probation violation.

The latest sentence comes less than a month after she served five days for driving drunk in Hawaii, and Rodriguez isn't planning to hang around upon her release later this summer.

She says, "I'm moving to France. ...People don't bother you there. I do what I got to do and then I leave the country and never come back."

It looks like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got what every parent wants — a healthy baby. While Namibian officials declined Sunday to give any details on the birth Saturday of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, a doctor at the hospital said there were no complications and the mother and daughter were doing well.

"She is a healthy baby," the doctor said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information.

Police ringed the hospital with tight security Sunday, refusing to admit journalists and photographers into the building.

Pitt's publicist Cindy Guagenti announced the birth Saturday night, but said no other information or photographs would be released.

Samuel Nuuyoma, the governor of the Namibian region of Erongo, confirmed the birth at the Welwitschia Clinic in Walvis Bay and seemed to hint that key details would be released shortly.

"Any information relating to the birth of the baby will be made available to the public soon," said Nuuyoma, who has become friends with the celebrity couple.

The government has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect the privacy of Jolie and Pitt, who came to Namibia to avoid photographers and in the weeks leading up to the birth of their first child.

Namibia put tight security around their hotel and the hospital, set up large green barriers to protect their privacy from photographers and refused to grant visas to any foreign journalists unless they had written permission from Jolie and Pitt to cover the birth.

Police have also arrested photographers and confiscated film.

In Springfield, Mo., where Pitt graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1982 and his parents and siblings remain, Pitt's family said they were delighted.

"It's an exciting time for Brad and Angie, and we are really happy for them and the kids," Brad's brother, Doug Pitt, told the News-Leader in an e-mail.

Celebrity dog walkers are sticking their noses up at the Osbournes latest job offer because caring for their 14 pet pooches stinks.

Ozzy and Sharon have interviewed more than a dozen dog-sitters at their Beverly Hills mansion but no one is willing to take up the £85-a-day post.

The Prince of Darkness, 57, is said to be going barmy about the mess the dogs make in the house and moans he often has to walk them himself.

A neighbour said: "None of Ozzy and Sharon's 14 dogs is house-trained, so the smell of poop on the floor can be completely overwhelming."

Kerry Katona is fuming after Blackpool waxworks museum Louis Tussauds went back on plans to feature the star, saying she was no longer "family friendly" enough.

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Has Darren Day finally decided to step down as Britain's biggest love rat? His new love, ex-dancer Steph Poole, said he was offered Love Island but he turned it down.

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Tamer Hassan is after a role with Harrison Ford in Steven Spielbergs new Indiana Jones movie.

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Singer Charlotte Church has been piling on the pounds because she's expecting according to pals.

Emma Lee has been chosen as the face of ITV's new quiz channel. The sexy former Disney Channel presenter has been signed up to bring some glamour to ITV play - the networks dedicated gaming channel which was launched last month.

Emma, 30, who donned a bikini for a sexy shoot at London's new Ice House, said: "I'm absolutely chuffed."

Thousands of miles from Hollywood but still within easy reach of celebrity hype, Angelina Jolie gave birth to Brad Pitt's daughter Saturday in Africa, Pitt's publicist announced.

"The night of May 27, 2006 in Namibia, Africa, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt welcomed their daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. No further information is being given," publicist Cindy Guagenti said in a statement.

No photographs were being released, she added.

The baby's arrival had been the subject of intense press speculation in recent months, prompting the superstar couple to decamp to Africa for privacy. It escalated Tuesday when an e-mail Pitt sent to the Cannes Film Festival said he was unable to attend because of the baby's "imminent arrival."

Jesse Metcalfe has been spotted getting close to another girl - despite his current relationship with Nadine Coyle.

The Desperate Housewives actor apparently spent time flirting with Kimberly Stewart, daughter of rock star Rod, in a Los Angeles club last week.

An onlooker said, "Jesse and Kimberly met up in the VIP area. By the end of the evening, they looked pretty cosy and decided to head off together."

Metcalfe started dating Girls Aloud singer Coyle two months ago, but has since been linked to model Laura Shields and US actress Brittany Snow.

A British newspaper claims that Jesse was overheard telling Kimberly that Nadine is "just a bit of fun".

Delta Goodrem has been trapped in a bitter battle between her boyfriend Bryan McFadden and her manager and mother Lea.

Lea had angrily told her daughter to ditch the former Westlife singer because he is “holding you back”, after being concerned that the couple are more interested in holidaying together than working.

However, McFadden has fired off a letter to Lea telling her to curb her criticism.

According to the Sunday Herald Sun, the letter reads, “You don't know anything about my career or future.

"Delta is an intelligent, talented woman who is making decisions by herself. Be choice with your words in the future."

Goodrem is currently struggling to launch her career in America, and has as yet failed to start recording a third album.

It's gotten a little quieter around the usually celebrity packed streets of Dublin lately but with Bon Jovi, Pele & Ronan Keating in town at the weekend we weren't totally alone...

It's been a constant conveyor belt of stars in Dublin recently so we were actually a bit relieved when the swell died down at the weekend which kicked off with Bon Jovi concert at Croke Park.

Actress Denise Richards was in the crowd watching her boyfriend Richie Sambora playing to the sold-out venue so our snappers were on high-alert but sadly we never spotted her...

But according to anyone and everyone at the gig love 'em or hate 'em Bon Jovi are the hottest live band on the planet!

Football legend Pele was also around town at the weekend promoting his autobiographies with a couple of very sexy Samba dancers in-toe...

The World Cup winner saw the biggest ever turn-out for a book signing in the history of the Easons book store on O'Connell Street.

The soccer star announced that he was due to appear at Easons the night before on The Late Late Show during an interview with Pat Kenny...

Irish singer Ronan Keating was also on the chat-show at the weekend where he hinted that he may be interested in a Boyzone reunion after watching That That live but only after he was finished promoting his new album.

Orlando Bloom is planning to reward himself for undertaking extensive promotional work for the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel this summer - by hiking up Mount Everest.

The travel-hungry Brit has always dreamed of seeing how far up the world's highest mountain he can climb.

He says, "I'd love to go to the Everest Base Camp. I'm just looking forward to getting away from it."

SOPHIE ANDERTON has fallen for another bad boy - wild Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose.

The model got up close and personal with the 44-year-old rocker at her 29th birthday bash in west London last week.

Our spy said: "Sophie and Axl spent ages talking. He looked smitten. They flirted and shared a kiss before leaving together."

Sophie was engaged to club boss MARK ALEXIOU and she recently dated millionaire city trader SURHIR SINGH.

GIRLS Aloud singer CHERYL TWEEDY has got big plans for ASHLEY COLE - she wants as many children as she can with him!

And she plans to start as soon as she weds the England ace after the World Cup.

She said: "I want lots of babies. Maybe I'll go on and on."

The 23-year-old is also trying to tone up her legs - because she hates them.

She moaned: "From the waist down it all goes a bit wrong."

BIG Brother babe Nikki Grahame spent a night of lust with junkie rocker Pete Doherty just days after he rekindled his romance with Kate Moss.

Pasty-faced Pete cheated on supermodel girlfriend Kate when 24-year-old Nikki latched on to him in a club, a close pal said.

The troubled Babyshambles singer...

BEGGED Nikki not to tell anyone in case Kate found out.

SMOKED crack cocaine in front of the startled drug-hating blonde.

SERENADED her with his guitar in his filthy needle-strewn flat.

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SCRIBBLED her e-mail address with the blackened end of an old drug needle.

Nikki - who wore a bunny-girl outfit for the start of Channel 4's Big Brother Seven - told her pal: "I don't know how Kate Moss coped with him."

The BB glamour girl had a fling with Doherty in March just days after he and Kate were photographed leaving a pal's house in North London.

Kate had resumed her on-off romance with the star following the scandal over pictures of her snorting cocaine.

But fame-hungry Nikki latched on to Kate's man at exclusive London club Boujis.

Her ex-flatmate Laula Lavin, 21, revealed:

'She'd had a lot to drink and they ended up going back to his place in Notting Hill, just the two of them. He got his guitar out and started singing to her.

He was singing Babyshambles songs. He told her he was going to write a song for her.

Nikki thought he was really sweet and caring but his flat was disgusting. There were needles everywhere and it was filthy.

She also said his fingers were really grubby and disgusting. She couldn't believe she let him touch her with them.

Nikki said he was smoking crack in the house and blowing the smoke in her face.

He also disappeared for a while leaving her on her own. She thought he might be shooting up.

Nikki is really anti-drugs. She spent the night at his place but she didn't want anything long-term.

She said she didn't know how Kate Moss coped with him.

Nikki's a very hygienic person, I'm surprised she stayed there with all the needles and other stuff lying about. She doesn't go into explicit details when she sleeps with someone, but she did tell me she spent the night with him.

Afterwards he begged her not to tell anyone because he was still with Kate.

She gave him her e-mail address so they could stay in touch. He used an old needle to write it down. The end of it was all blackened where he had burnt it.

The morning after he paid for a taxi to take her home. She's not seen him since and didn't get any messages either.

She went with him because he's famous, that's the reason, 100 per cent. Also the fact he was seeing Kate Moss.

It was a power trip for her. She knows men think with their willies.

He was begging her not to go to the papers but she'd never do that.

She would never kiss and tell. She wants to marry a footballer and she knows if she got a reputation for doing that then she'd never get one.'

Laula, a glamour model, also revealed how Nikki - who had her boobs enlarged when she was 18 - once spent the night at hunk Calum Best's flat but all she got was a stinging backside.

Laula, who lived with Nikki for nine months, said: "She'd been out with a girlfriend and they met Calum and a couple of his mates.

"They went back to his flat. The other girl was with Calum and Nikki was with one of his friends.

"At one point Nikki was lying on the bed wearing a pair of hot pants. Calum walked past and slapped her on the bum.

"It was only meant to be playful but it left a handprint.

"She went hysterical. She can really turn the tears on when she wants to. She gets angry very easily.

"Apparently she started ranting and raving and making everyone really uncomfortable."

Laula said the real Nikki - who is also reputed to have spent a night with Blackburn Rovers star Lucas Neill - has yet to be seen in the BB house.

Laula said: "She likes to get her own way all the time so I expect there will be a few fireworks in the coming weeks.

"She's not been too bad so far. She's not throwing too many tantrums."

But she came close to it late on Friday night when she found a condom planted in her bed.

When she threw back her quilt, Nikki shrieked: "That is disgusting. I'm not sleeping in there."

Sexually frustrated Richard snapped: "At least you're getting more attention."

After quizzing the housemates, Nikki finally discovered that it was cheeky city trader Sezer who had placed it there.

The Canadian singer revealed that she wanted her new album 'Loose' to be dirtier and sexier than her previous records.

She said: "This album is really sexually assertive in the way TLC used to be. I'm admitting to all my fans that I am a woman and I love to have sex.'

The brunette also confessed that when she worked as a chambermaid, she saved up to buy some sexy accessories.

She said: "When I was 12, I spent my first pay cheque on clothes - fluorescent pink suspenders from K Mart.'

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer takes show to U.S. this fall Eric Clapton will embark on a twenty-two-date North American tour this fall, kicking off September 16th in Minneapolis. The sixty-one-year-old rocker is currently in the middle of a run to kick off his European summer tour at London's Royal Albert Hall -- backed by guitarists Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall II -- on which he's been performing rarely played Derek and the Dominos tunes.
Clapton last graced a U.S. stage last October when he reunited with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce to play three Cream shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. The guitarist will return to the venue for two nights this summer as well.

The world tour also features solo classics and songs off Clapton's 2005 release, Back Home. The Robert Cray Band is slated to open.

Eric Clapton North American tour dates:

9/16: Minneapolis, Xcel Energy Center
9/18: St. Louis, Savvis Center
9/20: Chicago, United Center
9/21: Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena
9/23: Auburn Hills, MI, Palace of Auburn Hills
9/24: Toronto, Air Canada Centre
9/26: Ottawa, ON, Scotiabank Place
9/28: New York, Madison Square Garden
9/29: New York, Madison Square Garden
10/3: Boston, TD Banknorth Garden (Fleet Center)
10/6: Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Casino
10/7: Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Casino
10/9: Philadelphia, Wachovia Center
10/10: Washington, DC, Verizon Center
10/12: Charlottesville, VA, John Paul Jones Arena
10/14: Duluth, GA, Gwinnett Center
10/15: Raleigh, NC, RBC Center
10/17: Charlotte, NC, Charlottte Bobcats Arena
10/18: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Jefferson Arena
10/20: Orlando, TD Waterhouse Centre
10/21: Jacksonville, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
10/23: Miami, American Airlines Arena

Red Hot Chili Peppers are embroiled in a plagiarism storm after a US radio presenter accused the band of stealing copyright work from Tom Petty.

The Californian bands latest single 'Dani California' is said to be a complete rip-off of the Tom Petty track 'Mary Jane's Last Dance'.

The accusation was revealed by Dan Gaffney during his morning radio show on WGMD in Delaware.

Station producer Jared Morris also lent his input into the accusation, he said: “The chord progression, the melody, the tempo, the key, the lyrical theme… they’re identical.”

The controvery surrounding the track is expected to gather pace in the coming weeks, Gaffney has already posted this MP3 to show the uncanny similarities between the two tracks and to help people make their own decisions on whether the band ripped off the 90's hit by Petty.

Although the evidence does seems pretty damning, it is commonly believed that there's not much new in terms of music these days, and most music is 'borrowed' or 'heavily influenced' from an earlier work. Maybe the Chili's hold these same beliefs, and Tom Petty should be flattered rather than feel insulted or ripped-off.

Geri Halliwell has agreed to meet with the father of her baby as long as it happens at the home of George Michael.

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Jennifer Aniston may be about to move in with Vince Vaughn. She told pals she needs a "Chicago wardrobe."

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Owen Wilson was escorted out of a supermarket by security after walking the aisles in bare feet. But the star was back a few minutes later after a fan lent him his flip flops.

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Lindsay Lohan has been smashing up her house to get into character for a potential new film role.

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Halle Berry vomited all over the set when filming a flying scene in her new film X-Men: The Last Stand. She agreed to be in the film only if her Storm character could fly but felt sick the second she started spinning from wires.

TOM CRUISE and KATIE HOLMES closed off a public toilet in Hollywood yesterday when they were caught short at a little league baseball game. The couple was watching a game featuring Cruise's son CONNOR when they needed to take a toilet break. Bodyguards made sure the public loo was empty before the couple stepped inside. The minders then waited outside as the pair relieved themselves. The couple welcomed baby SURI into the world last month.

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Tom Cruise has banned his children from watching TV or playing computer games so they learn the importance of work.

The Mission Impossible star has two children – Isabella, 13 and Connor, 11 - with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman in addition to his new child with Katie Holmes, and is determined to strictly monitor what they do with their spare time.

He tells Ireland's Evening Echo, “The kids have no computer games. And absolutely no television. None. They can listen to music and read just about any book they want, and they can choose the movies they want to see on the weekends, within reason.

"They also have chores, because I want them to know that it's important to work. I had a job when I was eight years old delivering newspapers.

"So for me, it's like, 'You want a clean room? Then you've got to clean your room. No one is going to do it for you.'"

Shock jock Howard Stern regained control of the master tapes from the last 20 years of his terrestrial radio program in a Friday settlement of the contentious lawsuit brought by his former bosses at CBS Radio.

Stern's new employer, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., agreed to pay $2 million to CBS Radio in return for the rights to the classic recordings, according to a statement released by both sides.

"As part of the settlement, CBS Radio will receive payments relating to the conveyance of its rights in the recordings of `The Howard Stern Show,'" the statement read. "Sirius, for its part, will make a total payment of $2 million related to this conveyance."

The remaining details of the settlement remained confidential, according to the statement.

CBS spokesman Dana McClintock declined to make any further comment, and Stern's agent, Don Buchwald, did not immediately return a call about the settlement.

CBS Radio sued Stern in February, the latest salvo in an escalating battle between the corporation and its former star employee. The company claimed Stern had violated his contract by improperly using his airtime on CBS stations to promote his January 2006 move to Sirius.

Stern "misappropriated millions of dollars' worth of CBS Radio air time for his own financial benefit," the 43-page lawsuit charged.

Stern also discussed his plans with Sirius without disclosing them to CBS, as required by his contract, the lawsuit said.

Stern angrily responded by attacking CBS chief executive officer Les Moonves. The shock jock, in an appearance with David Letterman on "Late Show," wore an "I Hate Les Moonves" T-shirt decorated with the executive's face.

"I believe you are working for one of the biggest jerks on the planet," Stern told Letterman, whose show airs on CBS. "Les Moonves is a bully."

Stern, 50, was the anchor of CBS's radio division with his nationally syndicated morning show until he bolted for satellite radio in January under a five-year, $500 million contract. Lawyers on both sides confirmed the settlement on Wednesday, but no details emerged until the statement was released two days later.

During the last months of his terrestrial radio show, Stern battled constantly with his bosses and was suspended for a day over his alleged promotion of Sirius.

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Sidi back in London with Orlando

Kelly Brook is not giving on films despite her latest flick disappearing without trace. The 26-year-old said: "I've got loads of projects on the go."

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Primal Scream are on course to land their biggest hit. The veteran rockers are in with a shout of landing in the top five with Country Girl smashing their 1994 No.7, Rocks.

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More people voted in the final of talent show American Idol than have ever voted in the US presidential elections.

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Matt Willis has started partying at gay clubs. The 23-year-old former Busted lad - who is about to be immense with his solo tune Up All Night thoroughly enjoys the atmospehere at venues for men who love men.

Which actor is said to have been a bit handy with his fists when it came to resolving domestic disputes? At the height of a drug addiction this not-so-nice chap used to lash out at his long-suffering girlfriend in a rage until she took solace in an affair. He's apparently mellower these days but still has no idea about the infidelity.

Nicole Richie's frightening weight loss was caused by an addiction to diet pills.

The brunette's close friend Crystal has revealed the 'Simple Life' star is hooked on Hoodia - a South African herb that fools the brain into thinking you are constantly full.

She told Britain's More magazine that Nicole once told her: "Hoodia makes you look hot in low-cut tops and backless dresses. It is good for me - the bushmen have sworn by it for hundreds of years and that's good enough for me."

The troubled 24-year-old dropped from a US size 2 to a US size 0 in a matter of months following her brief split from Adam Goldstein last December and she recently confessed that she was too thin.

The pair reportedly split again this week as a result of Nicole's constant partying and worrying eating habits.

Tom Hanks has employed extra bodyguards over fears for his family's safety.

The 49-year-old actor, who is currently starring in the 'The Da Vinci Code', was forced to hire more security because he fears the controversial film could put his family at risk from disgruntled Christian groups.

A source is quoted in Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: "Tom and director Ron Howard try to play it all down, but religion is a very sensitive subject.

"There is no question that some people are very offended by elements of the story."

The Oscar-winning actor and his family now have security with them wherever they go at all times.

The source explained: "It would be foolish not to ensure they are properly guarded for every eventuality."

Meanwhile, a prequel to controversial blockbuster 'The Da Vinci Code' is already in the pipeline.

Producers Sony plan to adapt Dan Brown's novel 'Angels and Demons', set before the bestseller, following impressive box office takings of $230 million for the opening weekend.

Kylie Minogue will definitely headline the Glastonbury music festival next year.

Organiser Michael Eavis revealed the singer, who was forced to pull out of last year's music extravaganza after being diagnosed with breast cancer - has been confirmed as a headline act for 2007.

He said: "Kylie is definitely going to be the Sunday night headliner. We want her to do all the stuff she did on her 'Showgirl' tour with the fairies and the trapeze. She is so Glastonbury."

Eavis confessed he had been concerned about whether Kylie - who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year - would be well enough to perform.

However, Kylie was quick to reassure

Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan's romance is on the rocks, it has been revealed.

The couple - who have been dating for two years - have reportedly had a string of blazing rows about the British actor's commitment issues.

Socialite Jemima - who used to be married to cricketer Imran Khan - reportedly called Hugh and sobbed: "I can't go on living like this."

A source said: "It's very sad. They are apart and this really looks as if it could be the end.

"Jemima's had enough of Hugh not committing. She can only put up with so much."

The insider added: "They've been having huge rows and High doesn't have a clue that he's pushing her away. This has been a long-running problem."

Sources say Jemima is also worried about her lover's closeness to ex-flame Liz Hurley, particularly after the she spotted the actress jokingly sucking Hugh's finger at a party.

The source revealed: "Jemima doesn't like his close relationship with Liz and sucking Hugh's finger was just too much."

But friends have said the couple are determined to save their troubled relationship.

One told Britain's Daily Mirror: "It's ailing but it isn't dead in the water yet."

The source added: "Neither has fallen out of love, so it's a matter of working on it."

Brandon Davis has apologized to Lindsay Lohan for calling her "fire crotch".

The oil heir let rip with a tirade of abuse during a night out at a Los Angeles night club last week, while the 'Mean Girls' star's rival, Paris Hilton, stood by and laughed.

Davis - who used the phrase "fire crotch" to describe Lohan's allegedly ginger pubic hair - told America's New York Post newspaper: "My behaviour on May 16 was inexcusable.

"What started out as a joke got completely carried away and I am horrified at the words that came out of my mouth. I consider Lindsay a friend and I hope she accepts my sincere apology for my reprehensible actions last week."

During the rant, Davis went on to accuse Lohan of having poor personal hygiene claiming her privates "smell of diarrhoea".

Kate Moss has launched a furious attack on a paparazzo, just hours after her on/off lover Pete Doherty was snapped sneaking out of her house.

The catwalk beauty high-kicked the photographer on his bottom before snatching his camera lens cover and stamping firmly on it outside a friend's house in north London on Thursday.

An onlooking photographer says, "She just went ballistic. I've never seen her so mad.

"She lunged straight for the snapper and unleashed her fury."

Moss hit the headlines earlier this week when her rumoured new boyfriend, British comedian Russell Brand, was spotted leaving her house by waiting paparazzi. Just 24 hours later troubled rocker Doherty also made an embarrassed exit from her plush London pad before hitching a lift in a rubbish disposal truck.

A teen magazine has cancelled US R&B singer Chris Brown's appearance at its annual model search gig in western Sydney because of safety concerns.

The decision by Girlfriend to can Saturday's gig came after 17-year-old Brown was forced to cut short a performance at Westpoint Blacktown when things turned ugly.

Centre management urged Brown to leave the stage after just three songs on Thursday and cancelled a CD signing session after more than 2,500 rowdy fans pushed barricades and ignored the pleas of security staff and MCs to move back.

"Due to overwhelming attendance at Chris Brown's performance at Blacktown last night, and Westfield Parramatta's concerns about accommodating the expected increase in crowd size, Girlfriend has decided, as a precautionary measure, to cancel Chris Brown's appearance at the ... event," the publication said in a statement.

Philip Berk, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association®, announced the timetable for "The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards" to be telecast Monday, January 15, 2007 from 8-11 PM (EST) live from the Beverly Hilton on NBC.

"We look forward to another exciting celebration of honoring excellence in the entertainment industry," said Berk.

Key dates are as follows:

Thursday, October 19, 2006 - Final screening date for Television entries

Friday, October 20, 2006 - Final date for press conferences for Television entries

Friday, November 10, 2006 - Deadline for submission of Golden Globe entry forms

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 9 a.m. Cecil B. DeMille/Miss Golden Globe Announcement

Friday, December 1, 2006 - Deadline for nomination ballots to be mailed by Ernst & Young to all HFPA members

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 - Final screening date for Motion Pictures

Thursday, December 7, 2006 - Final date for Motion Picture press conferences

Monday, December 11, 2006 - Deadline for receipt by Ernst & Young of nomination ballots

Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 5:00 a.m. Nomination announcement of the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Friday, December 15, 2006 - Deadline for receipt of media credential applications

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - Final ballots mailed by Ernst & Young to all HFPA members

Tuesday, January 2, 2007 - Deadline for receipt of publicist credential applications

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - Deadline for receipt by Ernst & Young of final ballots

Monday, January 15, 2007 - Presentation of "The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards" Live telecast on NBC Television at 8 p.m. EST

"The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards" will be seen in more than 150 countries worldwide and is one of the few awards ceremonies that span both television and motion picture achievements. The special will be produced by dick clark productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Chad Michael Murray insists he has learned a lot from his short marriage to co-star Sophia Bush and won't make the same mistakes again.

He says, "I've learned a lot from my mistakes. I love acting, but I have to keep my job separate (from my personal life)."

The actor is engaged to 18-year-old Kenzie Dalton, and claims his marriage to Dalton will be "different".

He also hints that they could tie the knot any minute, but while it won't be this summer, it will be "soon."

First, former Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari was linked with Jessica Simpson's ex-husband – and now she's being eyed for Simpson's movie role.

Bill Gerber, the producer of last year's The Dukes of Hazzard, says that he is working on a prequel to the movie that brought Simpson (and her rear view) film fame – and he thinks Cavallari, 19, would fill out those Daisy Duke shorts quite nicely.

"She's at the top of the list," he says. "I like her innocence and her beauty."

Why not just stick with Simpson, 25? "It's a prequel, like Batman (Begins)," he says. "We're going for a whole new cast."

Simpson and husband Nick Lachey, 32, announced in November 2005 that they were separating. In March, Lachey and Cavallari were spotted flirting at various restaurants and parties – although Cavallari said, "There's nothing to talk about, there's nothing going on. He's a nice guy, but I'd have to say we're just friends."

Reps for Cavallari and Simpson did not return calls.

Ashley and Mary- Kate Olsen - who was in rehab for anorexia in 2004 - have taken meetings in L.A. to pitch a new TV show about health called "Sportee Kids," according to Us Weekly. It'll be oriented to 4-to-5-year-old kids and "will focus on fitness and healthy eating," a source tells Us - adding that "some execs are weirded out to do a show about food and nutrition with the Olsens" (their rep denies this)

Jennifer Gareis joins the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in the contract role of Donna Logan, the younger sister of Brooke Logan Forrester.

Gareis is well-known for her role as Grace Turner on The Young and the Restless from 1999 to 2002 and then again in 2004. Her other credits include Luckytown, The 6th Day, Venus on the Halfshell, Miss Congeniality and the short film Honking Cab.

Gareis’ first tape date is scheduled for June 16, 2006. Her first airdate is scheduled for July 20, 2006.

Angelina Jolie is scheduled to give birth by Caesarean section tomorrow, Saturday, May 27, In Touch has learned exclusively.

Although she had really wanted to have a natural birth, Angelina's doctors are urging her to have the procedure due to a minor complication. "There's nothing seriously wrong,” an insider says. "They are expecting it all to be routine.”

Angelina, 30, is scheduled to have the C-section at a Namibian hospital, according to the insider. The father of the child, Brad Pitt, 42, is expected to be by her side.

Angelina had been planning to give birth at the Burning Shore Beach Lodge in Swakopmund — the African resort where she, Brad and her two adopted children, Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 16 months, have been staying for the past two months. But the doctors have advised her she will be safer in a hospital.

The baby, a girl, will be delivered by her American ob-gyn, assisted by local doctors, the insider adds. “Everyone is very excited, Maddox in particular,” says an insider in Africa. “He knows he is getting a new baby sister, now they are telling him how soon it will be.”

The long-awaited birth is a week before Angelina's June 3 due date.

Kerry Katona has revealed that she once proposed to Rod Stewart.

The I'm A Celebrity winner was starstruck after meeting the singer - however she jokes that he turned her down because she "had the boobs but not the legs".

"I know Rod has a face like a map of Britain, but I idolise him," Katona told her local radio station Wire FM. "I was brought up listening to his music and when I first met him I asked him to marry me."

Katona also admitted to a crush on Tom Jones, explaining, "I met him years ago. I wrapped my legs around him and did a shimmy in his face."

Kerry is currently engaged to taxi driver Mark Croft.

The father of Geri Halliwell's baby is claiming that the singer has banned him from seeing his daughter.

Sacha Gervasi flew from Los Angeles to London last week but was not allowed to see newborn Bluebell Madonna. Friends also claim that Halliwell has threatened to leave Sacha's name off the birth certificate.

"He is desperate to see his daughter but Geri will not stand it. She's telling everyone Bluebell has no dad as far as she's concerned," a friend said. "Sacha has no idea what to do. He knows there's no future for him and Geri but wants to play a role with Bluebell."

WESTLIFE have postponed their Shanghai concert on June 3 because band member Nicky Byrne has acute enteritis.

A doctor recommended Byrne avoid long flights until June 9 as he recovers from an intestinal tract infection.

The make-up date for the concert has not been confirmed yet. But the organizer, CPPA Entertainment Ltd, said the concert will probably be held on June 25.

So far, more than 60 percent of tickets for the June 3 concert have been sold. The organizer said these tickets can be used at the make-up date. Those who want to return tickets can go to East Asia Ticket (Gate 6, Shanghai Stadium, 666 Tianyaoqiao Road) before June 3.

According to the former itinerary, the band was scheduled to arrive in Shanghai earlier this week and was going to visit other parts of the country to record a documentary series before the concert. The organizer said the documentary will still be filmed, but at a later date.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, who engineered a film festival last summer in this northern Michigan resort town, announced Friday that he will present the second-annual Traverse City Film Festival.

To take place July 31 to Aug. 6, the festival will be two days longer than its predecessor and feature about twice as many films nearly 50 in total.

Organizers are still picking the lineup, which will be announced next month. It will include prize winners from some of the world's top festivals this year, a tribute to Stanley Kubrick, and classic favorites that will again be shown free of charge each night.

Moore, a Flint, Mich. native known for his darkly humorous, politically tinged films such as "Roger & Me" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," has made Traverse City something of an adopted hometown. He has a house in neighboring Antrim County.

He founded the film festival with local author Doug Stanton and photographer John Robert Williams, saying they wanted to encourage top-quality films and give movie buffs an alternative to standard cineplex offerings.

"People are desperate to go see a good movie," said Moore.

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale welcomed the arrival of Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, 7.5 lbs on May 26, 2006.

"Sources at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles confirm to Us that Gwen Stefani gave birth to a baby boy shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday.

After the C-section delivery, Stefani’s husband, Gavin Rossdale, and Stefani’s father walked out of the operating room and greeted family waiting in a private room. Rossdale announced that the baby had been born and the entire room started screaming and clapping. Sources say the rocker parents are considering calling their son (who was born with a thick thatch of hair) Kingston, or “King” for short.

The couple arrived at Cedars-Sinai this morning, where Rossdale dropped his wife off at the maternity ward, parked Stefani’s silver Range Rover and “seemed a little nervous and checked the baby car seat before he got out,” according to a witness. Rossdale then took the elevator to the maternity ward. “Gwen was wearing her signature red lipstick and looked so excited,” the onlooker added.

Stefani, 36, announced her pregnancy last December during the final concert stop of her solo tour. “This is the end of a huge chapter for me,” she said at the time. Her tour completed, the singer spent the remainder of her pregnancy relaxing, swimming, and getting weekly manicures and pedicures near her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, California.

The couple met in 1995 when Stefani’s band No Doubt opened for Rossdale’s former band Bush. They married in September 2002 in two separate ceremonies in London and Los Angeles. Rossdale, 38, has a 16-year old daughter, Daisy Lowe from a previous relationship.

Just three weeks before his divorce with ex-wife Jessica Simpson, 25, is set to be finalized, Nick Lachey, 32, was spotted on a date in Westwood, CA, on May 24, with his latest fling, girlfriend Kim Kardashian, 25. The two were seen checking out an afternoon screening of The Da Vinci Code, their first official outing together as a couple. “They were holding hands throughout most of the movie, and shared popcorn and a drink,” an eyewitness tells Life & Style. “She was resting her head on his shoulder during the movie. It was definitely a date.” Afterwards, Nick dropped Kim off at her Beverly Hills house and went inside, staying for about half an hour.

As Life & Style first exclusively reported, Kim — daughter of late O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Kardashian — started seeing Nick in April. Insiders close to the couple confirm that the two have been quietly going out for almost two months. ”It’s real, it’s more than a one time thing,” one insider tells Life & Style. “They’ve been keeping it very low profile, just going to friends houses and small restaurants.”

Nick has been no stranger to the dating world since ending his three year marriage with Simpson. Flings with former Miss Kentucky Elizabeth Arnold, 26 Laguna Beach’s Kristin Cavallari, 19, and MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo, 25, along with the release of his What’s Left of Me album have kept the new bachelor busy. So can Kim keep his attention? “He definitely likes her,” the insider says. “It’s not just a one time thing.”

Pride & Prejudice heart-throb Matthew Macfadyen and his actress wife Keeley Hawes are expecting their second child together. Macfadyen, 31, and Hawes, 28, met on the set of BBC drama Spooks (also known as MI-5) and married in 2004. Hawes, who has a six-year-old son Miles from her first marriage to Spencer McCallum, is expecting the newest addition to the family in September.

Director Sofia Coppola has hit back at critics who mauled her new movie Marie-Antoinette as an attempt to Americanize French history. Coppola's film chronicles the life of the tragic French queen during the revolution in the 1790s. It has been criticized for its American pop video feel, but Coppola insists she wanted to accentuate the youthful slant to the story. She says, "I wasn't making a political movie about the French revolution, I was making a portrait of Marie-Antoinette and my opinions are in the film. We modernized certain things that were relate-able to me and a modern audience. The story is about teenagers in Versailles, so I wanted it to have that energy of youth and teenage feeling to it."

Brad Pitt appears to have seduced another beautiful co-star - Cate Blanchett has described working with him on the movie Babel as "like chocolate".

The married actress reveals acting alongside Pitt in the new film fulfilled an ambition for them both.

She gushes, "It is like chocolate - he is glorious and wonderful and we have been wanting to work with one another for a long time."

The pair play husband and wife in the movie. In real life Blanchett is married to playwright Andrew Upton. Pitt is expecting a child with Angelina Jolie.

The Arctic Monkeys made their first live performance with their new bassist in a low-key gig last night.

After regular bass player Andy Nicholson pulled out of their Canadian tour due to fatigue, Nick O'Malley stepped up to fill in. The band played East London's 120 capacity Old Blue Last pub to get some live experience under their belts before embarking on the tour tomorrow.

During their 40 minute set, the Sheffield group confirmed that 'Leave Before the Lights Come On' will be released as a summer single. NME quote singer Alex Turner as saying: "We’re going to play our new single for you now. It’s straight out of the hit factory. This is our summer hit, watch out for it."

Fearne Cotton has been confirmed as Patrick Kielty's new co-host for the upcoming series of Love Island.

The former kids' TV presenter replaces Kelly Brook, who was reportedly axed last year because of tensions with Kielty.

"I was hooked on the last series so am really excited that I’m going to be packing up my flip flops and setting off to the sun," said Cotton. "This time round I won't just be gossiping about the show with my mates, but the whole country."

The new series is expected to begin around mid-July.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's relationship has "totally broken down", according to reports.

The last straw for Spears was apparently returning home to find her husband lazing about, drinking and smoking weed. The issue of her aversion to Federline's friends is also said to have resurfaced.

Friends of the singer revealed that she tried to save the relationship, but had now banished Federline to a basement "bachelor" apartment.

"She wanted to wait, but their relationship has become so hostile she just doesn't see how she can make it work," one explained. Another added: "Their relationship has totally broken down. Britney desperately wanted it to work and still does for the sake of their family, but she has had enough of him and the awful friends he hangs around with.

"But rather than move out, she has ordered him down to a separate flat in their basement. They have in effect divided their house."

Michael Jackson is set to make his first public appearance since he was acquitted of child abuse.

The singer will collect the Legend Award from MTV Japan at a ceremony on Saturday then start an Asian tour, visiting Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

He will not perform but will visit orphanages and meet business people, his spokesman confirmed.

"I look forward to my visit to Japan because I have so many fond memories of my visits there," Jackson said in a statement. "I thank MTV Japan for this honour.

"I look forward to seeing old friends and saying hello to my huge fan base in Japan who, like my other fans around the world, have for so many years consistently shown their love and support to me and my family."

The spokesman also revealed Jackson's plans for a new album in 2007 and said he is working on a fund-raising song for Hurricane Katrina victims.

Tom Cruise has slammed reports that his fiancee Katie Holmes is suffering from post-natal depression. His words come after recent rumours that since the birth of Suri, Katie has constantly been in tears. But Tom's publicist claimed: "Those reports are not true. Ms Holmes is doing wonderfully." And if anyone should know it'd be Tom... He got into a celeb spat last year, after criticizing Brooke Shields for using anti-depressants to cope with her post-natal depression back in 2003. He said: "You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things." But his comments weren't appreciated by Brooke, who angrily retorted: "I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Mr Cruise has never suffered from post-partum depression. Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women decide what treatment is best."

Celebrities populated the stage during Wednesday's finale episode – but there was plenty of star power in the audience as well. Some highlights:

More than an hour before the start of the show, Bucky Covington's twin brother, Rocky, signs autographs and takes photos with fans – some of whom mistake him for Bucky – in front of the Kodak Theater.

In the ladies' room, Camryn Manheim explains to a friend what it was like to walk through the throng of fans in the lobby: "They screamed at me so I screamed back!"

Heather Locklear is in the audience with daughter Ava, 8. "Ava's a huge fan," a friend of Locklear's said. "She was so excited all day." Apparently, Ava's a McPhee fan while her mom is rooting for Hicks.

Primping in the ladies' room before showtime, Katharine McPhee's mom Peisha and sister Adriana gasp when Lisa Rinna walks in. The Dancing with the Stars runner-up tells them, "I'm a Katharine fan," and reassures Peisha: "Take it from someone who knows, sometimes losing is better than winning. … Tonight is about just having fun and celebrating."

Later, Rinna greets actress Lori Loughlin with hugs and kisses as young girls scramble for Rinna's autograph, ignoring her husband, Harry Hamlin, who's standing nearby with their kids.

David Hasselhoff said, "I'm voting for Katharine because she's from Sherman Oaks and that's where I live. Taylor's good too." He later tears up when Taylor Hicks is named the winner.

BFFs Chris Daughtry and Ace Young share a long, warm hug during the commercial break after performing in the all-male medley.

After Hicks performs a duet with Toni Braxton, the two walk offstage together hand in hand.

Just before the results are announced, McPhee waves cheerfully to her fans while Hicks stands stiff. After Hicks is named the winner, McPhee's parents blow kisses to her while Hicks sings his final song.

Taylor Hicks has been crowned the new American Idol.

Asked if he had anything to say to America, Hicks gave a shout-out to his most dedicated fans, yelling "Soul Patrol!"

Runner-up Katharine McPhee embraced Hicks and thanked her fans for an Idol experience she called "a dream come true." Then Hicks launched into his first single, "Do I Make You Proud?"

Announcing the results, Ryan Seacrest noted that "an astounding 63.4 million votes" were cast, "more than any President in this country has ever received."

After his win, Hicks told FOX news reporters, "It's an exhilarating feeling. I am flabbergasted. I can't believe I'm the next American Idol." He admitted that when his name was called he had to tell himself, "Don't just fall to the floor. Don't let your knees buckle."

The two-hour finale episode, which Seacrest said was being watched by 200 million people around the world, kicked off with Hicks, McPhee and the 10 booted finalists belting Barry Manilow's "I Made It Through the Rain."

In the many other musical numbers, Idol finalists dueted with established stars: Hicks with Toni Braxton, McPhee with Meat Loaf, Chris Daughtry with Live, Paris Bennett with Al Jarreau, Elliott Yamin with Mary J. Blige and, toward the end, all 12 finalists performed with Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick.

But the biggest show-stoppers were Clay Aiken, who debuted a jaw-dropping new hipster hairdo, and Prince, who performed two songs solo before an ecstatic audience.

Hicks's prize includes a $1 million recording contract and a Ford Mustang convertible, which McPhee also received.

David Williams has admitted that he hasn't been asked to star as a Bond villain but that its his big ambition to be in an 007 movie.

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Nicollette Sheridan's ex says he knew their relationship was doomed when the Desperate Housewife star became hooked on Michael Bolton CDs.

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Eastenders actor Tom Ellis has recorded a World Cup song using The Beatles classic Let It Be. Tom engaged to Tamzin Outhwait croons: "Wayne Rooney, Wayne Rooney, Score one more for England, Wayne Rooney."

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Robbie Williams and his England All Stars warmed up for their big Soccer Aid match with a trip to No.10 yesterday.

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Queen Latifah who's ready to adopt a little prince or princess of her own is on the prowl for a man. What are the 36-year-old stars requirements for Mr Right? "Good clean sex. Intelligence. Creativity. Athleticism. Most importantly though, good clean sex."

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has named her newborn baby daughter Bluebell Madonna, it has been reported.

In an interview with Hello! magazine, Geri says she is "besotted" with her daughter and chose the name after seeing bluebells everywhere.

"But what really clinched it for me was my mother telling me that the bluebell is increasingly rare - so it's a precious flower, which seems just right for my daughter," Geri tells the magazine.

"There's a good reason I picked Madonna as a middle name too. As she came out of my tummy, Bluebell had both arms flung wide in the air as if announcing to the world, 'Hi! I'm here!'."

Viggo Mortensen will star in an adaptation of CP Taylor's award-winning stage play Good to be directed by Vincente Amorin.

The story centers on a Germa professor in Frankfurt during the 1930s who allows himself to be seduced into the Nazi party. As he spirals down the vortex of the Reich, he rationalizes everything - his betrayal of his family and his Jewish friend as well as the morality he used to teach. Finally, standing in SS uniform at Auschwitz, he becomes a symbol of man's ability to slide down the path to evil. Jason Isaacs and Mark Stong also star. Shooting is scheduled to begin next year from a script by John Wrathall.

Mortensen last starred in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence. He next reteams with Cronenberg on Eastern Promises alongside Naomi Watts.

Embrace seem unable to acquire tickets for this summer's World Cup, despite writing England's official song.

The band's song, 'World At Your Feet', is the official choice for England's World Cup campaign, but they say they have not been offered any tickets for the deed.

Singer Danny McNamara said: “We’ve been trying quite hard already. We want to go to the World Cup and it’s just really hard to get tickets.”

But their failure so far will not deter them, he insisted: “We’re definitely going out to Germany even if it means we’ll just be standing outside the stadiums.”

Reports say that Angelina Jolie is determined to have her baby by June 3 at the latest, whether the birth is natural or induced.

The actress has flown her obstetrician out to Namibia and has decided that if she has not given birth by the specified date she will get it induced.

A source close to the couple said: "Doctors who have examined Angelina say she should have a normal delivery with no complications."

A local doctor said: "She’s in great physical and mental shape. I don’t think there’s going to be a problem with the baby or the mother."

Jessica Simpson has apparently be overheard saying that she is tired of being single and coming home to no-one at the end of the night.

More magazine quote a source who overheard the actress saying: "I’m tired of being alone. I have no one to come home to, no one to talk to at the end of the night.

"I’m travelling all over the place by myself. When I was with Nick, I had someone who understood what I was going through."

Harry Potter publisher, Bloomsbury, claims the final installation in the series should be out in 2007.

The statement comes from the company's Director of Publishing, Liz Calder, who made the prediction whilst on a visit to India.

At the British Council’s Creative Future conference, Calder reportedly spoke about J.K. Rowling's future, as well as the ever-popular novels: "One more Harry Potter only but she (Rowling) said from the beginning that she would write seven. So she would not write another one after this. But Rowling would write other books for us."

”The next Harry Potter book is likely to come out in 2007. I hope so.”

Spears, who has been blasted for putting her baby, Sean, at risk during recent car trips, has some company now that safety watchdogs are nipping at Pitt.

Thursday, the actor went out for a bicyle ride in Langstrand, Namibia, with son Maddox Pitt-Jolie, 4, and daughter Zahara Pitt-Jolie, 16 months.

Maddox, who wore a helmet, peddled a tricyle. Zahara, who did not, rode in a blue papoose strapped to Brad's back. That's a no-no, according Debra Smiley Holtzman, author of "The Safe Baby."

"[Zahara] needs a helmet and closed-toe shoes," Holtzman tells Us Weekly, which features photos of the outing in its new issue. "And I highly recommend toddlers ride in a child trailer pulled by a bike. It's more stable and secure."

Baby Talk senior editor Christina Vercelletto agreed.

Makers of the baby-pack "specifically say, 'Do not use while riding a bike,'" Vercelletto told us. "[It] will affect your balance. The safest place for her would be in a toddler bike seat."

Pitt's rep had no immediate comment on the scolding. Maybe the kiddie-caboose hasn't reached Namibia, where Pitt and Angelina Jolie are awaiting their first biological child.

Pitt Tuesday sent word from Africa that, because of the baby's "imminent arrival," he couldn't join castmates Cate Blanchett and Gael García Bernal at the Cannes Film Fest premiere of "Babel."

3LW are back with their third LP, POINT OF NO RETURN, set to be released in the US August 15th. The group has had early success with their 1999 single "No More" and that debut album garnered them with not only the Best New R&B Artist at the 2001 Lady of Soul Awards but also Album of the Year at the show!

After a four-year hiatus, Kiely Williams (19), Adrienne Bailon (21), and Jessica Benson (18), are getting reacquainted with their loyalists with their third album, Point of No Return, a light-hearted, party starter that signifies the genesis of their young adulthood. Although 3LW fans have been fortunate to witness Kiely and Adrienne growing up on the small screen as Aqua and Chanel in Disney's The Cheetah Girls series, it's the group's latest musical effort that offers a glimpse into their evolution as artists and women. "The album's title also speaks to our personal growth in our careers," says Adrienne. "We're no longer teenagers and our decision to return to music is challenging and unpredictable, but there's no turning back."

Their new single "Feelin' You" is the first from their upcoming album and is due to impact radio June 19. The track, produced by well known super- producer Jermaine Dupri, who is also a featured guest on the track, is a confessional party starter and expresses a woman's innermost sentiments about that special someone. The video, directed by Billie Woodruff, will hit the video channels in June as well. In addition to Jermaine Dupri, the album was recorded with the help from producers Scott Storch (Mario, Chris Brown), Dre and Vidal (Ciara, Chris Brown) and Rich Harrison (Amerie, Beyonce).

The 2006 Tony Awards will not feature a host. Instead, over 60 stars will present awards at the annual ceremony, which will be held June 11 at Radio City Music Hall.

Among those scheduled to present awards include Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Close, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Liev Schreiber, Kyra Sedgwick, Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Eric McCormack, Ralph Fiennes, Cynthia Nixon, Martin Short, Alfre Woodward and Anna Paquin.

In a statement the executive producers of the Tony telecast, Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, said, "The 60th Anniversary show is bigger than just one host. So we've put together a line-up of 60 stars from the stage to lead our celebration."

Nominations for the 2006 Tony Awards were announced May 16. The Drowsy Chaperone, the new musical that pays homage to musical theatre lovers, received 13 nominations, the most for any production of the season. The Color Purple, based on the film and book of the same name, also did well, snagging 11 nominations, and the hit revival of The Pajama Game, which marked the Broadway debut of Harry Connick Jr., received 9 nominations. Crowd favorite Jersey Boys, based on the life and music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, earned 8 nominations. Plays that received multiple nominations include the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Awake and Sing! That Clifford Odets drama, set in the Bronx in the 1930's, received 8 nominations, while the new Alan Bennett play The History Boys, featuring its entire original London cast, nabbed seven nominations.

The 2006 Tony Awards will be broadcast live on CBS-TV June 11, 8-11 PM ET; check local listings. The Tony Awards are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year.

Kevin Costner has fired back at Hollywood gossip suggesting he and his new wife Christine Baumgartner are on the verge of splitting up.

The movie star's publicist, Paul Bloch, has issued a statement on behalf of his client in a bid to end fresh US tabloid speculation about the state of his marriage.

He states, "The story is false. They sold their house in Hollywood and they are moving to Santa Barbara. Kevin is on location and Christine is getting the house ready.

"Christine Costner is on her way to Shreveport, where Kevin Costner is shooting Mr Brooks. They'll both then go to Providence, Rhode Island for daughter ANNIE's graduation from Brown University.

"The Costners will then head back to Los Angeles where Kevin will continue to help Christine with the move. After that, Kevin will go back and finish shooting the remaining several weeks of Mr Brooks."

The split rumours come just a month after allegations from a masseuse that Costner performed a lewd act in front of her while he was honeymooning with Baumgartner in Scotland in 2004.

Evan Rachel Wood has confirmed reports she is dating "Billy Elliott" actor Jamie Bell, calling the English actor "awesome."

The "Thirteen" beauty, 17, and Bell, 20, fuelled rumors they were in a relationship after they attended the "King Kong" premiere together in New York City last December.

Wood says, "I think it's obvious (that we're dating), so I'm not really going to say anything.

"We've made a public appearance together so that's why it's obvious. It's kind of pointless to deny it.

"I think Jamie is awesome."

Brad Pitt sent an e-mail to the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday to wish the cast of his new film "Babel" luck, saying he was unable to attend because of the imminent birth of his baby.

In "Babel", directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Pitt plays a husband and father trying to cope with a crisis on vacation in Morocco. Cate Blanchett plays Pitt's wife, and the film also stars Gael Garcia Bernal.

Henri Behar, who moderates Cannes' news conferences, read a message from Pitt, who has been holed up in Namibia with Angelina Jolie awaiting the birth of their child.

"With the imminent arrival of the newest addition to our family, I am unable to join Alejandro, Cate, Gael and the rest of the cast and crew in introducing the film," Pitt said in the message. "I am tremendously proud of 'Babel' and want to congratulate everyone involved for this great achievement."

CANNES, France -- One of Hollywood's biggest stars got all wet last weekend at the Cannes Film Festival.

Bruce Willis was doing an interview with German television Saturday near the ocean when a huge wave hit him and his producer from behind.

Willis was soaked.

The "Die Hard" star was in Cannes promoting the animated film "Over The Hedge." Willis is the voice of an animated character in the film.

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams will star in I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' unconventional biopic of Bob Dylan, reports Production Weekly.

Ledger, who replaces Colin Farrell, will be one of six prominent actors to play the iconic singer-songwriter in different stages of his life and various humors of his nature. The others will be Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Christian Bale and Ben Wishaw. One more Dylan is still to be cast.

Also starring are Julianne Moore and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The film starts shooting in Montreal this July.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reportedly got into a big fight — that ended with Holmes deciding to take baby Suri to Ohio to introduce the two-month-old to family and friends. Tom, who is rumored to have a rocky relationship with Holmes’ parents, won’t be joining them, according to Life & Style Weekly

“He told Katie he wasn’t going, considering the bad relations between him and her family,” an “insider” told the mag. “Katie was really happy he said that, because she’d been afraid to admit to him that she didn’t want him to go.

The couple allegedly had a “huge argument” which ended with Katie declaring, “I’m doing this and you can’t stop me.” Her rep denies the story.

Cruise reportedly decided to fly his fiancée and tot to Toledo, drop them off and fly back to pick them up.

The episode, however, may be giving Holmes second thoughts. A “confidant” of hers told the mag: “Katie’s very unhappy and beginning to realize she may have made a major mistake being with Tom.”

Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman and Norah Jones will star in My Blueberry Nights for famed Chinese director Wong Kar Wai, making his English-speaking film debut. Jones, the Grammy Award-winning singer, stars as a young woman who travels across America to find the true meaning of love, encountering offbeat characters along the way. Shooting starts this Summer across the country.

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Barry Levinson will direct Scarlett Johansson in Brilliant. The film, which will head into production in September, follows Johansson as a jewel thief who teams up with a conman to pull off the biggest heist in history. However, the duo's relationship is fraught with twists and turns. The film will be released in 2007.

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Brittany Murphy has signed on to play the lead in The Ramen Girl. The film is the story of an American woman (Murphy) who's stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen noodle chef under a tyrannical Japanese master. Shooting will take place in Tokyo.

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Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Sanaa Lathan and Phylicia Rashad will recreate the roles the played on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun for ABC TV. The movie will debut in 2007.

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Director Richard LaGravense will direct Hilary Swank in PS, I Love You based on a best-selling novel by Cecelia Ahern. PS, I Love You is the story of a young Irish widow trying to put her life together again after her husband dies. She receives monthly letters he wrote before he died, helping her to overcome her grief.

Pop star Natasha Bedingfield has starting dating Jessica Simpson's ex-husband Nick Lachey.

The pair arrived arm in arm to a party in Boston where Lachey was playing a Kiss FM concert.

Earlier in the evening the two singers had met for a romantic date at the Foundation Lounge where according to a source they "huddled together in the VIP room."

They source continued saying "They were laughing and looking into each other's eyes in a rather romantic way. There was no public making out, but they were definitely there on a date."

Hollywood actress and singer Bette Midler is set to perform at Nicole Kidman's wedding next month, it has been reported.

Midler will sing the song 'Wind Beneath My Wings', taken from the soundtrack of the film Beaches.

The performance will be the highlight of the reception at Kidman's wedding to Keith Urban.

A source said: "It's not like she booked some random singer to do it - she's got the original artist. That should get a few people crying into their tissues."

The wedding will take place on June 25 in Sydney, Australia before the newly-weds jet off to Fiji for a week-long honeymoon.

Mandy Moore has admitted that she is considering shaving her head.

The singer turned actress wants to rid herself of her luscious locks and go bald after seeing Natalie Portman sporting the unusual look in the film V for Vendetta this year.

She was quoted saying, "I'm thinking of shaving my head...It looked great on Natalie Portman."

Britney Spears has written a heart-felt poem on her official website, in which she appears very unhappy in her marriage.

The poem comes after Federline, renowned for spending Britney's money, openly insulted her on a radio station in the US and also admitted that the couple spend most of their time apart.

In the poem, the pop star describes feeling chained down, asking the question of her husband, "How do you stand sleeping at night?"

She also hints that she feels secure enough now to take her son Sean Preston away from the apparently bad influence of his father.

Brian McFadden has hit out at estranged wife Kerry Katona, claiming she is a bad mother who has a new boyfriend every month.

The pair, who split two years ago, are currently involved in a bitter custody battle over their two daughters Molly, four, and Lilly-Sue, three.

Former Westlife star McFadden says: "Kerry has a different best friend practically every month and recently she seems to have a different man just as often. She's an unfit mother. She lays down crazy demands about when I can visit, designed to make it impossible for me to see them."

The 26-year-old is convinced a court will hand him custody of his daughters, if they can't settle their dispute amicably.

He adds: "If we can't sort this out and I have to do it in court it will be a miracle if a judge doesn't give the girls to me."

Kate Moss has finally betrayed her special relationship with troubled Pete Doherty.

She has deserted him for his former Libertines bandmate Carl Barat.

The model, who has never truly severed ties with the Babyshambles frontman, spent two-and-a-half hours in 27-year-old Barat's dressing room after a show.

And she was so intent on chatting to him that she barely spoke to alleged new lover Russell Brand, 30, who then left early.

Frank Skinner lost his sense of humour when he was searched for drugs on the way to the Cannes Film Festival.

Frank was stunned when Nice Airport staff checked his clothes and luggage for Colombian marching powder.

He was still mouthing off about it at the Sagatiba Brasilian football match at the beach pitch on La Croisette.

Frank, 48, took a break from commentating to explain: "The only illegally white things on me were my legs."

Meanwhile, Sting is living up to his name. The pop legend is so sunburnt he has to wear a silk sarong. He hobbled into the match with his missus Trudie Styler, 51, saying: "I'm literally glowing with heat."

Dad-to-be Brad Pitt gets saddled with the kids--and loves every minute. The actor went on a fun bike ride with partner Angelina Jolie's adopted children in Africa. With 16-month-old Zahara strapped safely to his back he watched with pride as Maddox, age four, rode next to him on a tiny bike with [training wheels] and a red crash helmet. Brad, 42, is in Namibia with Angelina, 30, who is due to give birth to their first child together any day now. But despite the nervous wait he seemed totally relaxed as he cycled in the bright sun.

Los Angeles, CA :: On-and-off-camera couple Jennifer Aniston, 37, and Vince Vaughn, 36, attended a press junket at the Casa Del Mar hotel this past Friday for their upcoming film The Break-Up (opens next Friday, June 2nd). Jen and Vince arrived and left in separate cars but both wound up together at luxury hotel 'Shutters On The Beach' located at 1 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, California 90405.

- Michael Jackson is all set to marry his third wife - his children's nanny Grace Rwarmba.

- The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins says he won't wear a catsuit ever again.

- Nikki Sanderson has forced her man Danny Young to bin snaps from the days when he dated Jodie Marsh.

- Eva Longoria is having three of her four tattoos removed by laser. The one thats staying - of boyfriend Tony Parkers intitals - is in an "intimate area."

- Groupies have started attending AA meetings in Los Angeles in the hope of seeing Colin Farrell there.

- Tom Cruise has a new found passion for gardening and was spotted by neighbours planting dozens of rose bushes.

Los Angeles, California :: Hollywood's golden couple, Ryan and Reese celebrate their seventh year wedding anniversary in two weeks. The pair went on a double date last week with Ryan's best friend Breckin and his wife, Deborah Kaplan. They all had dinner together at Japanese restaurant HamaSaku and dessert at Carvel Ice Cream Store in Santa Monica. Ryan Phillippe, 31, and Breckin Meyer, 32, run production company Lucid Films with fellow actor Seth Green, 32.

London, England :: Former Atomic Kitten (UK pop group) Natasha Hamilton sure is one chick who's made her dreams come true. Prince William, 23, got a little lip (and tongue) action over the weekend with Natasha, 23. The hunky heir leaned in for a polite kiss but Natasha couldn't control herself and went in for the kill. What will Will's girlfriend Kate Middleton think? Prince William met Natasha in the backstage Green Room at The Prince's Trust 30th Live concert held at the Tower of London this past Saturday.

Irish boy band WESTLIFE are thrilled about TAKE THAT's comeback, because they cherish the competition.

The FACE TO FACE hitmakers complain there has been no-one to challenge their reign as the UK's favourite boyband.

Westlife singer NICKY BYRNE says, "Bring it on. It's about time there was some decent competition." Take that are currently performing a reunion tour, ten years after they split.

Jack Black and musician wife Tanya Haden, who eloped in March, are expecting their first child, a boy, early next month.

The actor broke the news this weekend while doing publicity for his new movie, Nacho Libre, which opens June 16, USA Today reports.

"I think I will be good when it comes to playtime," said Black, 36. "I don't know how good I'll do with the discipline."

Black and Haden, 34, first met as students at Crossroads, a private high school in Santa Monica, Calif., and started dating in April 2005. They exchanged vows in a private ceremony in Big Sur, Calif.

Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of A&E's reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter, married his companion of 16 years, Beth Smith, on Saturday in a sunset ceremony on the Big Island of Hawaii.

"I've already been cuffed and shackled by Beth anyway," Chapman, 53, said before the ceremony. "She's Italian and tough."

The nuptials took place a day after the death of Chapman's daughter, Barbara Katy Chapman, 23, who was killed in a car accident near her home in Fairbanks, Alaska, the Associated Press reports.

After Barbara's death, Chapman had talked with his 10 surviving children – two of whom he had with Smith – about whether he should proceed with the wedding.

"They all decided unanimously they should celebrate the wedding and her life," said A&E senior vice president Michael Feeney.

Besides his trademark mullet, Chapman wore white jeans to match his white leather vest, boots and American Indian jewelry, representing his heritage. Boris Krutonog, the show's co-executive producer, was his best man.

Smith wore an off-white lace gown with nude backing designed by Eduardo Lucero, the AP reports.

The wedding and reception were held at the sprawling Hilton Waikoloa Village. The couple had planned to honeymoon in Fiji, but may postpone their plans because of the death of Chapman's daughter, Feeney said.

The wedding will be featured on the Aug. 8 episode of the show.

Jessica Simpson and Colin Farrell have been signed up to present winners with their prizes at the MTV Movie Awards.

It will be one of the first public appearances by Farrell since December, when controversy filled the media over drug abuse.

The awards ceremony will take place on June, 8, and a host of other celebrities have been signed up to announce winners. Kevin Spacey, Samuel L. Jackson, Dane Cook and Amanda Bynes are among the new names that will join the already star-studded presenters list.

The group are expected to tour North America later this month and throughout June without the bassist.

"Owing to fatigue following an intensive period of touring, Andy Nicholson shall be taking a rest and will not be accompanying Arctic Monkeys on their forthcoming tour of North America," the band explained in a statement.

They added: "Nick O'Malley shall be standing in for Andy on the tour which begins in Vancouver on May 27th. We all wish Andy a speedy recovery."

The band are due to return to Europe in July for festivals, including T In The Park (July 9).

Also this summer there's a planned visit to Australia and Japan, before coming back to play the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals at the end of August.

She might be 45 years old, but Heather Locklear can still behave as if she were back in high school. The actress is evidently upset that her estranged husband, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, has hooked up with Denise Richards, the estranged wife of Charlie Sheen. Denise was at home minding her own business the other day when she heard Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" playing from the street outside. She peeked through a window and saw Heather and a girlfriend in her car with the song blasting. Heather and her friend thought their prank was hilarious. Denise called the stunt "very high school."

With Sony Pictures' The Da Vinci Code earning a massive $224 million worldwide its first weekend, Times is reporting that the studio is already looking towards a possible follow-up.

According to Jeff Blake, vice chairman of Sony Pictures, the studio is hoping to bring another novel by Dan Brown, Angels and Demons, to the big screen:

Tom Hanks could return to star as the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who appeared in the book and will be the hero of Brown's next novel. Mr Blake said: "We are very interested in filming Angels and Demons. We hope that the relationship with Dan Brown will be a long one. That could be the next project."

Angels and Demons was the reclusive author's third novel after he gave up his job as an English teacher. It tells the story of Langdon's brush with a shadowy secret society, the Illuminati, and his frantic quest for the world's most powerful energy source, in the company of a beautiful Italian physicist whose father, a brilliant physicist, has been murdered.

"The Da Vinci Code" was Brown's fourth book.

Lindsay Lohan showed a remarkable knack last week for being in the same place at the same time as Paris Hilton's most recent ex-life partner, Stavros Niarchos.

Witnesses stared openly as the two "kissed and held hands" at the popular junior-jet-set hangout Butter on Monday.

"Lindsay went back with him that night to his hotel room," one source tells me. "He was staying at Soho House, but her room was crosstown at the Mercer."

The two intersected twice last week at Bungalow 8, although they apparently left separately. Most recently, young Stavros exited the Chelsea lounge around 2:45 a.m. Friday, while Lindsay was still inside when my spy called it a night at 3:30.

Cillian Murphy thinks that he makes a "very pretty" woman.

The star - who dressed as a woman for his role as Kitten in the film 'Breakfast On Pluto' - says he loved getting in touch with his feminine side so much be developed a love of facials.

He said: "I loved it. I looked like my sister, who's very pretty. I even started to treat myself like a lady.

"It involved buying a lot of products, getting facials and massages and just thinking about stuff that most men generally don't think about."

To prepare for the role the Irish actor spent a lot of time dressed as a woman and going to clubs for cross-dressers.

He confessed: "To research the role I went out with some transvestites to clubs in London... I really enjoyed wearing drag."

HOLLYWOOD and Broadway star Hugh Jackman has revealed the "inner demons" that have driven him since his British mother abandoned him as a child in Australia.

The 37-year-old actor has previously been reluctant to explain why his mother vanished from their home in Sydney when he was eight.

But now that he has two adopted children of his own, the $20 million-a-film actor says he finds it easier to talk about his tangled relationship with his mother, Grace, who lives in southeast England.

Jackman said he wondered whether coming from a broken home had fuelled his drive to succeed in Hollywood.

Jackman's mother and his father Christopher emigrated to Australia in the 1960s. His father became a successful accountant but, for his mother, bringing up five children proved too much.

One day she vanished, reappearing later in England. Her two daughters, Zoe and Sonia, joined her, but sons Ian, Ralph and "baby" Hugh stayed with their father.

"My mother was not well. She was probably suffering from undiagnosed postpartum (postnatal) depression after she gave birth to me - so bad that for my first 18 months, I was brought up by my godparents," he said.

"I always hoped she would come back, but I never blamed her for anything that went wrong. At the time, I was miserable and angry, and my brothers and I used to fight all the time.

"My father tried his best, but he was very stretched raising three boys and he worked long hours so we were often left to fend for ourselves."

He said he first channelled his anger into sports at Knox Grammar School, where he played rugby. If he made a tackle, he would go into a "little white rage".

Jackman turned to acting in his 20s. He turned down a role in Neighbours but in 1998 won plaudits as Curly in the National Theatre's revival of Oklahoma! in London.

A year later, he was offered the role of Wolverine in the X-Men films.

It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger. The rocker and designer capped a Thursday evening out at a new club called The Plumm in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood with midnight fisticuffs.

"There was an issue between the two of them," Plumm owner Noel Ashman told The Associated Press.

The scuffle reportedly started after the Guns N' Roses front man moved the drink of Hilfiger's girlfriend, Dee Ocleppo.

"I moved his girlfriend's drink so it wouldn't spill," Rose told the Los Angeles radio station KROQ on Friday. "It was the most surreal thing, I think, that's ever happened to me in my life."

According to the 44-year-old singer, Hilfiger, 55, smacked him in the arm and told him to put the drink back.

"He just kept smacking me," Rose said.

Attempts to reach Hilfiger or a representative were not immediately successful.

Rose was there to play a surprise set for "Rent" actress
Rosario Dawson for her 27th birthday party.

Elton John launched an expletive-laden tirade against the press in Cannes on Saturday while presenting an award to a young actor during the annual film festival.

At a ceremony held by luxury jeweller Chopard, everything seemed to be going smoothly enough as John presented the Chopard Trophy to young Canadian actor Kevin Zegers, who co-starred in the film "Transamerica" with Felicity Huffman.

"He (Zegers) is only 21 years old, already he showed incredible talent and maturity," said John, wearing dark glasses and accompanied by actress Elizabeth Hurley.

"I sincerely believe he will be a huge star and a great actor for many, many years to come."

Then, as photographers called out during his address, he added: "If you saw 'Transamerica' ... I'm talking ... you fuckwit, fucking photographers you should be shot, you should be all shot. Thank you."

After handing the award to a smiling Zegers, he added: "They are a nightmare".

John, who is 59, is no stranger to strong language. Most recently, viewers complained when he swore during the Paul O'Grady Show on British television.

Nicole Richie and Adam "DJ AM" Goldberg are planning to marry, according to socialite's famous father Lionel Richie. On the same day US reports claimed the pair had split for the second time in five months, Richie told reporters in London they will marry and he will provide the entertainment. Speaking at the Prince's Trust charity concert on Saturday, the hitmaker revealed, "I told her, 'Honey, you do what you want and just send me the bill.' Of course I am going to be there for her, and I'll be singing - there's no way I couldn't. I'm really happy that it's working out for her." Richie and Goldberg have been dating since 2003. They split in December last year, but reunited earlier this year. On Friday a US publication alleged Goldberg had dumped Richie.

Quentin Tarantino has cast Black Eyed Pea Fergie in his new horror movie, Grind House.

The singer -- real name Stacy Ferguson -- has had some acting experience, having appeared in Be Cool and Poseidon, as well as various TV shows. And apparently Tarantino thinks she’ll bring sex appeal to his new movie.

Grind House is a collaboration with fellow director Robert Rodriguez.

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Rebecca Romijn wants to start a family.

The actress - who is engaged to actor 'Sliders' star Jerry O'Connell - admits she has been feeling broody for a while but was waiting for the right man.

She revealed: "I am really looking forward to starting a family sometime soon. I can't wait. It is actually getting to the point where I get tears in my eyes when I see a pregnant woman.

"You know it is time to have a baby when you get tearful if you see a pregnant woman. Family is a priority for me."

Romijn, 33, says she is convinced O'Connell - who was once linked to former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell - will be a great father.

Dominic Purcell says his wife hates him talking in an American accent.

The actor - who was born in London but grew up in Australia - has revealed it would even cause them to having blazing rows at home.

He confessed: "She is Australian too and me speaking with an American accent at first was hard for her. She looked at me like, "You fucking idiot."

"She didn't mind it because she understood why I had to do it. But when we got into fights and arguments it just gave her so much ammunition. "Speak to me in Australian!"

"But now she's OK with it. It's no problem."

Oil heir Brandon Davis, 22, and Martha Krupa, 21, have split up after eight months together, Davis' agents have confirmed.

The split comes as shocking video footage of Davis was released.

Paris Hilton's sidekick, Davis, went on an insult tirade exclaiming, "Lindsay Lohan has the stinkiest, sweatiest, orange pussy anyone has ever seen -- she wants me to see it, but it shits out freckles; it's orange and it smells like diarrhea, so fuck off!"

His agent said in a statement: "Our client Brandon Davis and Martha Krupa have separated. It is a completely amicable split with no other party involved."

Vin Diesel has signed up for an action thriller whilst also preparing to put his hard-man sensibilities to one side in romantic comedy Player's Rules.

Described as a "unique take in the ongoing war between men and women", the idea behind Player's Rules was hatched between Diesel and writer Ron Bass, who will pen the screenplay with partner Jen Smolka, Variety reports.

More typical is the actor's casting in Black Water Transit, an action thriller written by Doug Richardson (Hostage) which will mark the feature debut of music video director Samuel Bayer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Also on the cards for Diesel are video game adaptation Hitman and self-directed historical adventure Hannibal.

Kevin Spacey has joined the cast of David Dobkins' holiday comedy Joe Claus.

Also starring Paul Giamatti, Vince Vaughn and Judi Dench, the film will see Spacey take another villainous role, fresh from his work as Lex Luthor in Superman Returns.

Renamed from Fred Claus, the movie focuses on Santa's loser brother (Vaughn) who pays a visit to his sibling at his North Pole home.

Shooting beings in London this autumn, reports Variety.

Cannes :: Kevin Zegers, 22, attended the Chopard Trophy Awards Ceremony - Photocall at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival with Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley. Zegers, who stars in upcoming movies Zoom and Its a Boy Girl Thing will fly to Marseille, France later today to meet producer Michael Seitzman. Seitzman is teaming with Brad Pitt and Warner Bros. Pictures and Industry Entertainment on The Sparrow…an adaptation of a novel by Mary Doria Russell.