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LATEST: Veteran comedienne PHYLLIS DILLER has undergone surgery for fractures in her neck sustained when she fell out of bed at her Brentwood,....Read On

Former CHARLIE'S ANGELS star FARRAH FAWCETT left comedian DAVID LETTERMAN stunned last night (25APR05), when she informed him he once had a chance....Read On

Fallen Belgian martial arts movie star JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME is planning a major new comeback with two new movies and a TV show. The actor, once....Read On

Hit comedy WILL + GRACE is returning to TV for an eighth season with all four leading cast members winning healthy pay hikes. TV executives at....Read On

PARIS HILTON insisted on stripping to her own record while filming a saucy scene in new movie HOUSE OF WAX in a bid to combat embarrassment. The....Read On

ALFRED HITCHCOCK's eerie THE BIRDS is the latest classic heading for a remake. PEARL HARBOR director MICHAEL BAY and Hollywood heavyweight....Read On

Eccentric movie star and director VINCENT GALLO wants his obituary raised on a billboard overlooking Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles when he dies. ....Read On

Martial arts movie superstar JACKIE CHAN is going one step further to highlight Cambodia's AIDS crisis - he's making a film about the epidemic. ....Read On

Film-maker MORGAN SPURLOCK has blasted fast-food chain McDONALD'S reaction to his award-winning movie SUPER SIZE ME as pure "PR". The eatery is....Read On

British thespian DAME JUDI DENCH is convinced there will be no new JAMES BOND for upcoming 007 movie CASINO ROYAL - PIERCE BROSNAN will be back as....Read On

WILSON PHILLIPS star CARNIE WILSON and her husband ROB BONFIGLIO are celebrating after becoming proud parents of baby daughter LOLA SOFIA. The....Read On

CELINE DION will dedicate the 8 May (05) performance of her Las Vegas show NEW DAY to raising money for victims of last year's (04) devastating....Read On

NEW ORDER have remained united for over two decades because all band members have learned to obey frontman BERNARD SUMNER and follow his lead. ....Read On

Rock superstar millioniare STING once busked in disguise in London, to prove he could still make it if he lost everything. The former POLICE....Read On

Columbian pop star SHAKIRA is set to make MTV history today (26APR05) when her new promo becomes the first Spanish-language video to feature on the....Read On

OUTKAST star ANDRE 3000 is set to flex his vocal chords in yet another movie, after signing up to appear in a second musical. The HEY YA! rapper,....Read On

AVRIL LAVIGNE has applauded ASHLEE SIMPSON for lip-syncing on live TV because she feels sure the embarrassing incident will make other artists....Read On

LATEST: VICTORIA BECKHAM and her ENGLAND soccer ace husband DAVID BECKHAM have decided to go ahead with legal action against their former nanny,....Read On

Socialite PARIS HILTON admits her relationship with Greek shipping heir PARIS LATSIS has turned serious. The hotel heiress has remained....Read On

SEAN PENN and NICOLE KIDMAN's latest movie THE INTERPRETER has remained at the top of the UK box office chart for a second successive week. The....Read On

The daughter of double OSCAR winner DIANNE WIEST has been arrested on charges of physically attacking a classmate - and stealing his iPOD. EMILY....Read On

Screen star GABRIELLE UNION drew on traumatic memories of her rape to develop her sexually abused character in new movie NEO NED. The sexy....Read On

A controversial private detective has been accused of illegally wiretapping FARRAH FAWCETT after forming a close relationship with the actress. ....Read On

PARIS HILTON has hinted at the rift that tore her friendship with NICOLE RICHIE apart, days after vowing to keep silent about it. Hotel heiress....Read On

SEAN PENN flew into a rage when he spotted a poster promoting his new movie THE INTERPRETER featured a logo he never authorised, forcing UNIVERSAL....Read On

British actor MARTIN FREEMAN is best known for his role in the award-winning BBC comedy series THE OFFICE - but he has a secret rock 'n' roll....Read On

MEGADETH frontman DAVE MUSTAINE is launching his own travelling rock festival in July (05). The gravel-voiced SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION singer has....Read On

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman JOSH HOMME may have fired NICK OLIVERI for his wild ways, but he insists their partnership was fated. The LITTLE....Read On

JAMELIA plans to sing on through her second pregnancy, despite taking a long break from the music scene when she gave birth to her first child. ....Read On

STING's reputation as a stylish rocker has been shot to pieces by his best friend who claims "most of the time he looks like a tramp". The former....Read On

Animal rights activists have blasted KELLY OSBOURNE for dying her pet dog's fur bright pink. The daughter of rocker OZZY has incurred the wrath....Read On

LATEST: Judge RODNEY MELVILLE has ruled MICHAEL JACKSON's ex-wife DEBBIE ROWE can testify against him in court. Prosecutors are hoping to use....Read On

Hollywood actress ZOOEY DESCHANEL is leading a revival of the ukelele - because she fears the unusual instrument will become defunct unless people....Read On

Late screen siren MARILYN MONROE's celebrity-filled address book is expected to fetch a staggering $9,500 (GBP5,000) when it goes under the hammer....Read On

Actor VAL KILMER has praised London theatre audiences for being more intelligent than the crowds he's performed to in New York. The notoriously....Read On

English actor SIR ROGER MOORE will star as THE SAINT once again - more than 35 years after he last stepped out as the gentleman thief. The former....Read On

Actor CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON has incurred the wrath of former DR WHO star PETER DAVISON for quitting the sci-fi show after just one series. The....Read On

Comedienne JOAN RIVERS refuses to cut jokes about her late husband ED ROSENBURG's suicide out of her stand-up act, because it helps her deal with....Read On

The makers of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequel have sparked outrage on the island of Bataka, Dominica - by roasting JOHNNY DEPP alive on a spit....Read On

LATEST: JUDE LAW and his fiancee SIENNA MILLER have slammed reports they're planning a permanent move to New York to escape their hectic London....Read On

BLADE actor WESLEY SNIPES has lambasted tax officers for demanding $23,000 (GBP12,100) in owed monies from him, insisting they should be pursuing....Read On

The British royal family has urged the paparazzi to leave PRINCE HARRY alone, after photographers pursued him in a car chase which mirrored the....Read On

NEW ORDER have been forced to look elsewhere for energy and inspiration since quitting drugs. The British TEMPTATION band spent much of the 1980s....Read On

Veteran singer TINA TURNER is desperate to find a career-defining hit song - because she fears she's never recorded a track worthy of her superstar....Read On

Classical music star VANESSA-MAE is the "perfect girlfriend" to boyfriend LIONEL CATELAN - because she never nags him about marriage or children. ....Read On

British soul sensation JOSS STONE has been accused of costing her local rugby club a place in the cup final - by forcing free Champagne upon them....Read On

The manager of former British pop star BRIAN HARVEY has hit out at reports he has attempted suicide. Reports in the UK press claim the one-time....Read On

Former British pop star BRIAN HARVEY is recovering after a reported suicide attempt. The one-time EAST 17 frontman was rushed to hospital in east....Read On

SIR ELTON JOHN blames his harshly critical father for triggering his decline into drink and drug abuse. The ROCKET MAN struggled to win his Royal....Read On

Hip-hop star NELLY is at the centre of a legal wrangle between record company UNIVERSAL and two American music promoters, who claim the label....Read On

MICHAEL JACKSON's lawyer BRIAN OXMAN has become the fourth attorney to retire from the child molestation trial, since the singer was charged in....Read On

VICTORIA BECKHAM has viciously hit back at her former nanny for shedding explosive details about her turbulent marriage to soccer ace DAVID. The....Read On

Brothers BRANDON and BRODY JENNER are set to follow their fellow GUESS model PARIS HILTON into the reality TV world by opening up the doors of....Read On

EVA LONGORIA suffers to stay hairless, insisting on a Brazilian wax to make sure her only hair is on her head. The sexy DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star....Read On

JANE FONDA almost gave up on making film classic ON GOLDEN POND because no one wanted to make a family film starring her ailing father HENRY....Read On

A microphone that sat on late US TV host JOHNNY CARSON's TONIGHT SHOW desk in the 1960s and 1970s has been bought by an anonymous bidder for....Read On

Newlyweds SOPHIA BUSH and CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY are planning a second honeymoon because they only got four days to enjoy married life after wedding....Read On

Actor DEAN CAIN joined hundreds of Armenian-Americans marching in the streets of Hollywood on Sunday (24APR05) to mark the 90th anniversary of the....Read On

Socialite PARIS HILTON has upped security at her home in Los Angeles in a bid to keep prying paparazzi from catching her and new housemate PARIS....Read On

Lifestyle guru MARTHA STEWART is facing more legal woes - for attending a party. The US PROBATION DEPARTMENT is looking into whether the domestic....Read On

MATCHBOX 20 star ROB THOMAS got to live out a longtime dream yesterday (25APR05), when he learned how to make sushi. The rocker admits he's....Read On

Late country star CHRIS LEDOUX (corr) is to be inducted into the PRORODEO HALL OF FAME during ceremonies in July (05) in Colorado. LeDoux is the....Read On

AMERICAN IDOL runner-up CLAY AIKEN is hoping his name will be in the wallets of many of his fans, after having his likeness emblazoned on a batch....Read On

Country star TOBY KEITH is so impressed with the response generated by a charity golf event he held last year (04), he's announced plans to bring....Read On

WEEZER frontman RIVERS CUOMO is so committed to his hermit-like existence, he spends weeks on end meditating in a closet and has been celibate for....Read On

Pop star ASHLEE SIMPSON was in floods of tears recently, when she was led to believe she'd ruined the work of a dead artist. The PIECES OF ME....Read On

FOXY BROWN has found herself at the centre of more trouble, after getting into a fight with fellow rapper JACKI O. According to Jacki O, the....Read On

British actor PETER MAYHEW was delighted to reprise his role as STAR WARS legend CHEWBACCA in the sci-fi franchise's final installment EPISODE III....Read On

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star EVA LONGORIA fears she has broken a few hearts because she moves on without properly ending romances. The sexy actress,....Read On

Movie legend JANE FONDA found inspiration for her autobiography MY LIFE SO FAR in files the American FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION kept on her. ....Read On

SALMA HAYEK and JAVIER BARDEM will sit as two of the members of the jury at this year's (05) CANNES FILM FESTIVAL. Sarajevo-born director EMIR....Read On

PATRICK STEWART has joined the all-star cast for RICKY GERVAIS' new British TV comedy EXTRAS - even though the GOLDEN GLOBE-winning funnyman pokes....Read On

Cult movie maker DAVID FINCHER has passed on a possible sequel to seminal movie SE7EN because he found the premise of the follow-up laughable. ....Read On

LATEST: The world premiere of the final STAR WARS installment sold out in a matter of minutes after dedicated fans queued all weekend (ends24APR05)....Read On

Rejuvenated Hollywood star ROBERT DOWNEY JR has caused more controversy after he praised a British chat show host's breasts live on air. The....Read On

The woman who alleged COLIN FARRELL was stalking her has agreed to take a lie detector test on American TV to prove she isn't lying. DESSARAE....Read On

Former FUGEES star LAURYN HILL is set to make a rare appearance in Europe, after signing up to perform at Sweden's upcoming STOCKHOLM JAZZ....Read On

Teen pop star JOJO is keen to clean up her image, after discovering she's been branded a "s**t" by gossips who know nothing about her private....Read On

USHER has vowed to make more discreet entries into public bathrooms, after a fan requested an autograph while he was using a urinal. The YEAH!....Read On

Oddball WEEZER star RIVERS CUOMO has given up on his dreams of finding his soulmate on the internet after one matchmaking website insisted there....Read On

Pop heart-throb RICKY MARTIN will help build and restore 224 houses in Thailand's tsunami-hit Pang Nga province. The SHE BANGS singer was so....Read On

DESTINY'S CHILD frontwoman BEYONCE KNOWLES is relieved her track NAUGHTY GIRL went on to become a hit, because she hated it when she first heard....Read On

ANDRE 3000 has hit out at people who label him cool because of his eccentric wardrobe - he insists it's all down to the confidence he has in....Read On

Pop icon MADONNA has agreed to lend her voice to upcoming animated adventure PUSS IN BOOTS - a spin-off from the SHREK series based around ANTONIO....Read On

JOHN LENNON's son SEAN tried to start a fight with a punk rock bassist during an appearance at Britain's ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES festival this....Read On