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Russell Brand won his first Gold award at the radio industry "Oscars" last night. Brand, who launched his Saturday late-night....

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Jonah Hill is in talks to star in Transformers 2, according to reports. Entertainment Weekly claims that the Superbad star is in....

Read news story: JONAH HILL RUMOURED FOR TRANSFORMERS 2 SIDEKICK ROLE




Overseas, the box office remained in the doldrums, with Forgetting Sarah Marshall placing first with just $7 million, according to Daily Variety --....

Read news story: MOVIES PLAY AT NEARLY EMPTY THEATERS OVERSEAS




Surrogacy comedy Baby Mama has bottle-fed its way to the top of the US box office charts after its opening weekend. The Universal Studios....

Read news story: BABY MAMA HAS MOTHERS TOUCH AT US BOX OFFICE




British comedian RUSSELL BRAND has been sent packing from the U.S. after immigration authorities denied him entrance into the country.
The actor....

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British comedian RUSSELL BRAND has credited actor ADAM SANDLER with helping him break into the film industry on the other side of the Atlantic.
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Read news story: BRAND HAS SANDLER TO THANK FOR STATESIDE FAME




"I was bulimic when I was 14. I had problems with food and self-harming - I've always had these odd compulsive traits. It was really unusual in boys,....

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall stars Jonah Hill and Russell Brand are to team up on a new comedy from producer Judd Apatow. Nick Stoller, who....

Read news story: JONAH HILL AND RUSSELL BRAND TO REUNITE FOR BUDDY COMEDY




Becoming a movie star has given single British comedian RUSSELL BRAND's sex life a huge boost.
Since shooting to international fame in new movie....

Read news story: STARDOM BOOSTS BRANDS SEX APPEAL




The Forbidden Kingdom, starring martial arts icons Jackie Chan and Jet Li, has boosted the North American box office after a bumper opening....

Read news story: JACKIE CHAN AND JET LI RESCUE BOX OFFICE WITH FORBIDDEN KINGDOM




"It takes a lot of man hours. A hell of a lot of teasing. There's scaffolding and it's a preposterous process, to tell you the truth, but I'm sure....

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"What's the point of having such preposterous hair with no fame to back it up?" British funnyman RUSSELL BRAND dislikes his anonymity in America as....

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The prime minister has paid tribute to JK Rowling after she was awarded an outstanding achievement prize at the 2008 Galaxy British Book....

Read news story: PM PRAISES ROWLING AFTER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT WIN




The wardrobe from RUSSELL BRAND and KRISTEN BELL's new film FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL has sold at auction for $1,100 (GBP550).
The item, which....

Read news story: BRANDBELL WARDROBE GOES UNDER THE HAMMER




Racy British funnyman RUSSELL BRAND once poked fun at a mentally ill comedy fan while high onstage. The former drug addict thought the audience....

Read news story: DRUGGED-UP BRAND CAUGHT OUT BY MENTALLY ILL HECKLER




British comic RUSSELL BRAND has vetoed a plan for HARRY POTTER star DANIEL RADCLIFFE to play him in a biopic - because he thinks he'll do a better....

Read news story: BRAND ILL PLAY ME NOT RADCLIFFE




"PETE DOHERTY does have a beautiful poetic sense of absence about him... If you take enough heroin, it does make it hard to concentrate." British....

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British funnyman RUSSELL BRAND has recreated JACK KEROUAC's ON THE ROAD adventure for a new BBC documentary. The actor/comedian recently travelled....

Read news story: BRAND RECREATES KEROUACS ON THE ROAD FOR DOCUMENTARY




"Am I familiar with RUSSELL BRAND? No." MADONNA insists she has never heard of the British comic-turned-movie....

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HEROES star KRISTIN BELL enjoyed a little 'healthy' competition with her new movie lover RUSSELL BRAND - after realising they had both been named the....

Read news story: BELL UPSET ABOUT BRANDS SEXY VEGETARIAN TITLE




"Unless HUGH GRANT has been sleeping with prostitutes then we're about even." British comedian RUSSELL BRAND jokingly denies he is as famous as the....

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NOEL GALLAGHER is following in the footsteps of MADONNA and GUY RITCHIE by embracing traditional English country pursuits. The OASIS rocker....

Read news story: OASIS STAR TAKES UP COUNTRY PURSUITS




Comic Russell Brand wants Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe to play him in the screen adaptation of his autobiography, My Booky Wook. Brand....

Read news story: BRAND WANTS RADCLIFFE TO PLAY HIM IN BOOKY WOOK FILM




Jonah Hill has been added to the cast of Ricky Gervais' upcoming comedy This Side of the Truth. Superbad star Hill joins Jennifer Garner and....

Read news story: SUPERBADS HILL FOR GERVAIS FILM




U.K. comedians RUSSELL BRAND, JONATHAN ROSS and DAVID WALLIAMS received an angry reception from MORRISSEY fans after they stepped in when the star....

Read news story: BRITISH COMEDIANS PELTED BY MORRISSEY FANS




The BBC has said that radio shows hosted by Jo Whiley and Russell Brand were involved in two new cases of misleading the public over....

Read news story: WHILEY AND BRAND QUIZZES FAKED




Russell Brand became the latest celebrity to take control on last night's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack. The stand-up comedian and TV....

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The celebrities taking part in BIG BROTHER CELEBRITY HIJACK have been banned from giving the housemates sexy tasks when they take....

Read news story: CELEBRITY HIJACKERS BANNED FROM SEXY TASKS




"I'm very envious of him because his hair is bigger, curlier and has more volume than mine." GIRLS ALOUD star NADINE COYLE is a fan of British....

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"People ask if I was tempted by those schoolgirls in the film. I told them, 'They're children, but RUPERT EVERETT was a really tasty mistress.' How I....

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