Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News 1st August 2005
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1st August 2005 2:52
Late American funnyman BOB HOPE has been reburied in a garden dedicated to
his memory - two years after he was laid to rest in a Los Angeles...
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news article: Hope Reburied Two Years After Funeral
1st August 2005 2:52
Sexy actress HALLE BERRY has made a big step towards becoming a mother,
after purchasing a family-sized Hollywood Hills home from MALCOLM IN THE...
Read about Halle Berry
news article: Berry Making Room For A Family?
1st August 2005 2:52
LATEST: Actress SIENNA MILLER has won back her role as pop artist ANDY
WARHOL's muse EDIE SEDGWICK in forthcoming movie FACTORY GIRL - two months...
Read about Sienna Miller
news article: Miller Wins Back Sedgwick Role Following Law Scandal
1st August 2005 2:52
Screen legend JAMES STEWART worked as a secret agent for notorious FBI
leader J EDGAR HOOVER, rooting out suspected communists from Hollywood,...
Read about James Stewart
news article: Stewart 'Was Secret Anti-communist Fbi Agent'
1st August 2005 2:52
PAMELA ANDERSON has declared that she and her ex-husband TOMMY LEE have
been stepping out together to generate publicity for his upcoming reality...
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news article: Anderson: 'Romance With Lee Is For Publicity'
1st August 2005 2:52
Movie beauty JENNIFER ANISTON was "angry, hurt and embarrassed" when she
first saw photos of her estranged husband BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE...
Read about Jennifer Aniston
news article: Aniston Furious About Tell-tale Pitt And Jolie Photos
1st August 2005 2:52
MOHAMED AL FAYED, the father of DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES' lover DODI, is
convinced a new investigation will prove the late British royal was...
Read about Mohammed Al Fayed
news article: Fayed: 'Diana Was Murdered Because She Was Pregnant'
1st August 2005 2:52
Soul sensation JOSS STONE shocked US President GEORGE W BUSH when she
performed for him last year (04) - by calling him by his first name.
The...
Read about George W Bush
news article: Stone On First Name Terms With Bush
1st August 2005 2:52
TEXAS singer SHARLEEN SPITERI was offered NICOLE KIDMAN's part in hit movie
musical MOULIN ROUGE! - but turned it down because she doesn't know how...
Read about Sharleen Spiteri
news article: Spiteri Turned Down Kidman's Moulin Rouge! Role
1st August 2005 2:52
Hip-hop star WARREN G has received the ultimate honour from the mayor of
his native Long Beach, California - a whole week named in his honour.
...
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news article: Warren G Week Announced In Long Beach
1st August 2005 2:52
The Broadway premiere of a new musical about late BEATLE JOHN LENNON has
been postponed for two weeks for producers to make emergency changes.
...
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news article: Lennon Musical Postponed For Emergency Changes
1st August 2005 2:52
EMINEM was so eager to watch the new movie WEDDING CRASHERS with his D12
bandmates in peace, he rented out an entire Las Vegas theatre for the...
Read about Eminem
news article: Eninem Buys Out Theatre To View Wedding Crashers
1st August 2005 2:52
Rocker OZZY OSBOURNE is offering fans the chance to meet him - for $1,000
(GBP550).
Ten fans are being offered the opportunity to purchase a...
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news article: Osbourne To Meet With High-paying Fans
1st August 2005 2:52
FRANZ FERDINAND drummer NICK McCARTHY is glad he threatened to leave the
Scottish band in November (04) following a vicious row with frontman ALEX...
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news article: Franz Ferdinand Bust-up Made Them Stronger
1st August 2005 2:52
LATEST: Country singer MINDY McCREADY's arraignment has been postponed
until 30 August (05), following her apparent suicide attempt.
The...
Read about Mindy McCready
news article: Mccready's Arraignment Postponed
1st August 2005 2:52
Oscar-winning actor JAMIE FOXX is disturbed by his 11-year-old daughter
CORRINE's fast development - because he fears her curves are already...
Read about Jamie Foxx
news article: Foxx Disturbed By Daughter's Fast Development
1st August 2005 2:52
LATEST: The legendary lightsabers brandished by STAR WARS characters LUKE
SKYWALKER and DARTH VADER have been sold for a staggering $284 million...
Read about Star Wars
news article: Original Lightsabers Sell For $284 Million
1st August 2005 2:52
DELIVERANCE star BURT REYNOLDS was so impressed with country legend WILLIE
NELSON when they met, the actor's now convinced they'd have made the...
Read about Burt Reynolds
news article: Reynolds: 'Nelson And I Would Have Made Great Gay Lovers'
1st August 2005 20:31
Screen hunk MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY has rubbished the longstanding belief that
New Yorkers are hard-bitten tough guys, as he insists they are his...
Read about Matthew Mcconaughey
news article: Mcconaughey: 'I Adore New York'
1st August 2005 20:31
Irish TV star GRAHAM NORTON has leaped to the defence of JUDE LAW, because
he believes the British tabloid press deliberately picked unflattering...
Read about Graham Norton
news article: Press Deliberately Embarrassed Law, Says Norton
1st August 2005 20:31
American actor MICHAEL KEATON has hailed the strength of Londoners in the
aftermath of last month's (07JUL05) bombings in the British capital.
...
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news article: Keaton Hails Londoners
1st August 2005 20:31
Late LAW + ORDER star JERRY ORBACH's legal battle against Hilton Hotels can
continue after a US judge ruled his widow can act as executor of his...
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news article: Judge Allows Widow To Continue Orbach's Legal Fight
1st August 2005 20:31
Screen legend LAUREN BACALL has brandishing TOM CRUISE's public
declarations of love for fiancee KATIE HOLMES as "shocking" and "vulgar".
THE...
Read about Lauren Bacall
news article: Bacall Slams Cruise's 'Shocking, Vulgar' Behaviour
1st August 2005 20:31
Oscar-winner RENEE ZELLWEGER has slammed reports her three month marriage
to country singer KENNY CHESNEY is in trouble.
British newspaper the...
Read about Renee Zellweger
news article: Zellweger Slams Wedding Rift Rumours
1st August 2005 20:31
Country singer LeANN RIMES has offered to help the winner of US TV talent
show NASHVILLE STAR cope with the pressures of the music industry.
...
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news article: Rimes Looks Out For Nashville Star Winner Jo
1st August 2005 20:31
English soul sensation JOSS STONE is adamant she will never become involved
with the drug-fuelled London party scene, because her parents keep a...
Read about Joss Stone
news article: Stone's Parents Keep Her Drug-free
1st August 2005 20:31
Hip-hop star EMINEM has made a huge set of demands for his headline set at
Slane Castle, Ireland next month (17SEP05) - despite only doing one...
Read about Eminem
news article: Eminem's Staggering Demands For One Night Gig
1st August 2005 20:31
British pop hunk LEE RYAN quit British chart-topping boyband BLUE because
he was sick of miming.
The 22-year-old GUILTY singer was desperate to...
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news article: Ryan: 'Blue Mimed'
1st August 2005 20:31
ROD STEWART's glamorous fiancee PENNY LANCASTER has hinted that their
future child will be a boy, despite insisting they want the sex to be a...
Read about Rod Stewart
news article: Stewart Expecting A Boy?
1st August 2005 20:31
SIR MICK JAGGER has a new role within THE ROLLING STONES as a part-time
drummer.
The BROWN SUGAR singer and his guitarist bandmate KEITH...
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news article: Jagger Turns To Drumming
1st August 2005 20:31
American Tejano singer/songwriter PETE ASTUDILLO has been arrested in San
Antonio, Texas, after allegedly driving while intoxicated (DWI) into a...
news article: Astudillo Arrested For Dwi
1st August 2005 20:31
Irish comedian GRAHAM NORTON is struggling to fill his new current affairs
UK TV show with witty one-liners in the aftermath of last month's...
Read about Graham Norton
news article: Norton Treads Carefully On New Show After Bombings
1st August 2005 20:31
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY star DAVID KELLY was such a heavy drinker
in his youth, there are entire epochs of history he simply doesn't...
Read about David Kelly
news article: Charlie Star's Life Was A 'Drunken Haze'
1st August 2005 20:31
HARRISON FORD is so keen to remain chairman of an Experimental Aircraft
Association initiative for children, he has decided to serve for at least...
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news article: Ford Shows Kids The Sky's The Limit
1st August 2005 20:34
Academy Award winner JAMIE FOXX has hit out at the press for giving his
COLLATERAL co-star TOM CRUISE a hard time in recent months.
Foxx...
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news article: Foxx Defends Cruise From Bad Press
1st August 2005 20:34
Elite Model boss JOHN CASABLANCAS has slammed his former protegee NAOMI
CAMPBELL for claiming he had apologised to the beauty after he criticised...
Read about Gisele Bundchen
news article: Casablancas Fumes With Campbell Over 'Apology'
1st August 2005 20:34
R+B singer CRAIG DAVID was so amazed to see two naked groupies standing in
front of him when he answered his door in a German hotel, he decided to...
Read about Craig David
news article: David Turned Down Threesome For A Night Alone
1st August 2005 20:34
Singer FRANK BLACK is convinced his first album in 15 years with the PIXIES
will be a success, even though he has yet to write any new songs.
...
Read about Frank Black
news article: Frank Black Confident About New Pixies Album
1st August 2005 20:34
LATEST: Scottish rockers FRANZ FERDINAND have gone back on their plan to
colour-code their albums rather than name them, after announcing a title...
Read about Franz Ferdinand
news article: Franz Ferdinand Decide To Name Album After All
1st August 2005 20:34
LATEST: JESSICA SIMPSON was amazed when COURTNEY HANDEL, who scammed
$12,000 (GBP6,600) from cosmetics companies by posing as her aide, finally...
Read about Jessica Simpson
news article: Simpson: 'Silly Scammer Called My Company For Freebies'
1st August 2005 20:34
British singer CRAIG DAVID was so devastated when he split up with his
ex-girlfriend, he decided to use the emotional experience as inspiration for...
Read about Craig David
news article: Dumped David Inspired By His Heartbreak
1st August 2005 20:34
Colombian singer SHAKIRA refuses to allow herself and fiance ANTONIO DE LA
RUA - the son of Argentina's former president FERNANDO DE LA RUA - to be...
Read about Shakira
news article: Shakira: 'We Are Not The Beckhams'
1st August 2005 20:34
Flamboyant singer JUSTIN HAWKINS nearly walked out on THE DARKNESS when his
relationship with his guitarist brother DAN hit the rocks.
The I...
Read about Justin Hawkins
news article: Hawkins: 'I Almost Quit The Darkness'
1st August 2005 20:34
US lifestyle guru MARTHA STEWART's forthcoming daytime TV show is to be
repeated on Discovery's The Learning Channel (TLC) after Martha Stewart...
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news article: Discovery Bag Stewart's Show Repeat
1st August 2005 20:34
Maverick film-maker MICHAEL MOORE's latest attention-grabbing documentary
is in development - and it has already thrown the American health service...
Read about Michael Moore
news article: Moore Rattles Us Health Service
1st August 2005 20:34
THE WEST WING star ROB LOWE is supporting Britain in the wake of the London
bombings last month (07JUL05) - he's bringing his family to the English...
Read about Rob Lowe
news article: Lowe 'Contributes' To Terror-stricken London
1st August 2005 20:34
Busty beauty PAMELA ANDERSON has ditched a personal appearance at US pet
store Petco's 40th anniversary convention next week (begs07AUG05), because...
Read about Pamela Anderson
news article: Anderson Snubs Petco Anniversary
1st August 2005 20:34
Movie star RUSSELL CROWE has displayed a softer side to his much
scrutinised personality by donating a large sum of money to a struggling
primary...
Read about Russell Crowe
news article: Crowe A Hero At Home
1st August 2005 20:54
Hollywood heart-throb ORLANDO BLOOM is obsessed with collecting jewellery
after falling for the adornments during filming of the LORD OF THE...
Read about Orlando Bloom
news article: Bloom's Gem Obsession
1st August 2005 20:54
Twin actresses MARY-KATE and ASHLEY OLSEN have decided to make the most of
their New York City penthouse, by renting it out for a reported $35,000...
Read about Ashley Olsen
news article: Olsen Twins Rent Out Penthouse
1st August 2005 20:54
ANNIE HALL star DIANE KEATON has raked in a huge $11 million (GBP6.1
million) profit, after selling off a home she renovated in Los Angeles'...
Read about Diane Keaton
news article: Keaton Makes Tidy Profit On Bel-air Home
1st August 2005 20:54
Former STAR TREK actor WILLIAM SHATNER smokes so many cigars on the set of
his acclaimed new TV show BOSTON LEGAL, they once made him ill.
The...
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news article: Shatner's Cigar-smoking Makes Him Sick
1st August 2005 20:54
SECRETARY star MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL took on her "scariest" onscreen task for
her new movie HAPPY ENDINGS - singing.
The 27-year-old actress plays a...
Read about Maggie Gyllenhaal
news article: Gyllenhaal Shows Off Singing Skills
1st August 2005 20:54
Veteran actor BURT REYNOLDS holds such a deep regret about turning down the
role of JAMES BOND in the 1970s, he still wakes up in a cold sweat...
Read about Burt Reynolds
news article: Reynolds Still Regrets James Bond Snub
1st August 2005 20:54
Movie beauty JENNIFER ANISTON will always love her estranged husband BRAD
PITT - despite the fact she filed for divorce amid reports he was having...
Read about Jennifer Aniston
news article: Aniston Still In Love With Pitt
1st August 2005 20:54
Saudi Arabian royal KING FAHD died of an unspecified illness in the early
hours of this morning (01AUG05). He was 84.
King Fahd died at the King...
news article: Saudi King Fahd Dies
1st August 2005 20:54
Hip-hop star LUDACRIS has named Belgium his favourite European destination
- because he loves the country's waffles.
The AREA CODES rapper has...
Read about Ludacris
news article: Ludacris Loves Belgian Waffles
1st August 2005 20:54
DAVID BOWIE's glamorous wife IMAN has topped a poll as the world's sexiest
woman over the age of 50.
The Somalian supermodel, 50, impressed...
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news article: Bowie's Wife Iman Is Sexiest Over 50
1st August 2005 20:54
Former BEATLE SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has become adept at colouring his hair a
natural dark brown - but his early days of dyeing were disastrous.
The...
Read about Sir Paul McCartney
news article: Mccartney's Dyeing Shame
1st August 2005 20:54
Welsh singer TOM JONES is selling off a posh home he recently bought for
his sister SHEILA - because it's a two-storey house and she wants to live...
Read about Tom Jones
news article: Jones Sells Off Home He Bought For Sister
1st August 2005 20:54
The estate of BIG PUN has announced plans to launch a new line of T-shirts
honouring the late rapper, in a bid to raise funds for his struggling...
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news article: Big Pun's Family Launches Clothing Line
1st August 2005 20:54
Pop beauty JESSICA SIMPSON left a man on the set of her new movie THE DUKES
OF HAZZARD battered and bruised, after she mistook him for a stuntman...
Read about Jessica Simpson
news article: Simpson Batters Man With Pool Cue
1st August 2005 20:54
American cabaret legend HILDEGARDE has died in a New York hospital. She was
99.
Her manager and friend DON DELLAIR announced the star passed...
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news article: Cabaret Legend Hildegarde Dies
1st August 2005 21:29
DIRE STRAITS' record-breaking album BROTHERS IN ARMS is to be reissued by
Warner Brothers later this month (AUG05) to mark the project's 20th...
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news article: Brothers In Arms Released In Time For 20th Birthday
1st August 2005 21:29
NEIL DIAMOND's new album is creating such a buzz among music executives at
Columbia, they've pushed the release back so they can market the project...
Read about Neil Diamond
news article: Diamond Impresses Music Bosses With Comeback Album
1st August 2005 21:29
Rocker BECK stunned fans in San Francisco last month (JUL05) by performing
an impromptu gig at a Mexican restaurant.
The GUERRO hitmaker used...
news article: Beck's Mexican Stand-off
1st August 2005 21:29
PINK FLOYD were so crippled by jealousy by the time they split in 1981 none
of the bandmembers spoke to each other, according to bassist ROGER...
Read about Pink Floyd
news article: Pink Floyd Crippled By Jealousy
1st August 2005 21:29
Crack investigator SCOTT ROSS has nothing but admiration for MICHAEL
JACKSON after working with his defence team throughout the pop star's recent...
news article: Investigator Impressed By Jackson Throughout Trial
1st August 2005 21:29
BOBBY BROWN's bid to propose to his wife WHITNEY HOUSTON a second time was
marred by both singers' desperate need to use the bathroom.
MY...
Read about Bobby Brown
news article: Brown And Houston's Bathroom Talk
1st August 2005 21:29
ROGER WATERS has hit out at former PINK FLOYD bandmates DAVE GILMOUR and
RICK WRIGHT for convincing him he was a terrible musician.
Only after...
Read about Roger Waters
news article: Waters Slams 'Insecure' Floyd Bandmates
1st August 2005 21:29
Film school could never have prepared movie maker BRYAN MICHAEL STOLLER for
the time he spent shooting MICHAEL JACKSON at his Neverland Ranch,...
Read about Michael Jackson
news article: Stoller's Odd Experience At Neverland
1st August 2005 21:29
Soul sensation JOSS STONE has rubbished reports she's engaged to her
producer boyfriend BEAU DOZIER - insisting the jewel-encrusted ring she wears...
Read about Joss Stone
news article: Stone Slams Dozier Engagement Reports
1st August 2005 21:29
OWEN WILSON and VINCE VAUGHN have become the new kings of the US box
office, after WEDDING CRASHERS hauled a staggering $20.5 million (GBP11.3...
Read about Owen Wilson
news article: Wedding Crashers Tops Us Box Office
1st August 2005 21:29
Beloved US comedy writer PAT McCORMICK has died at the Motion Picture and
Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He was 78.
A...
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news article: Comedy Writer Mccormick Dies
1st August 2005 21:29
NICOLE KIDMAN is returning to horror in the proposed remake of scary
B-movie classic INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.
According to movie industry...
Read about Nicole Kidman
news article: Kidman Gets Snatched
1st August 2005 21:29
ASHTON KUTCHER is demanding ADRIEN BRODY's Academy Award, after
successfully fooling the actor on his hit prank show PUNK'D.
While many critics...
Read about Ashton Kutcher
news article: Kutcher Demands Brody's Oscar
1st August 2005 21:29
Five-times divorced BILLY BOB THORNTON has confessed he's unlikely to get
married again, because he's afraid of being wed more times than MICKEY...
Read about Billy Bob Thornton
news article: Thornton Refuses To Marry Again
1st August 2005 21:29
Unauthorised Chinese versions of HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
have been sold in Beijing, China three months before the official...
Read about Harry Potter
news article: Potter Pirates Hit China
1st August 2005 21:29
Former American football star OJ SIMPSON was kicked out of an Illinois
convention on Saturday (30JUL05), after showing up unannounced and selling...
Read about OJ Simpson
news article: Simpson Kicked Out Of Convention