Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News 28th June 2006
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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY was thrilled when she learned she would be kissing both ORLANDO BLOOM and JOHNNY DEPP in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST.
...
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news article: Knightley Thrilled With Dual Kissing Duty
28th June 2006 0:00
Former BAYWATCH star DAVID HASSELHOFF loves being on stage so much, he has written a musical for himself.
The star is getting back to what he loves...
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news article: Hasselhoff Plans Self-titled Musical
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and CAMERON DIAZ have flown to Barcelona, Spain to repair their relationship after hitting a "rough patch".
Last week...
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news article: Timberlake And Diaz Recover From 'Rough Patch'
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"I am so honoured to be honoured by my own people. This means everything to me." CHAKA KHAN was delighted to win a Lifetime Achievement Award at last...
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news article: The Things They Say 2353
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US network NBC will salute singing legend TONY BENNETT with an 80th birthday bash this autumn (06).
TONY BENNETT: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, will be...
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news article: Bennett To Celebrate 80th Birthday With Tv Bash
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LATEST: STAR JONES REYNOLDS was ordered not to return to work today (28JUN06), after making a surprise announcement live on air on Tuesday (27JUN06)...
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news article: Jones Reynolds Told Not To Return To The View
28th June 2006 0:00
JESSICA SIMPSON insists she has no desire to sing about her break-up from estranged husband NICK LACHEY.
The singer announced she was divorcing her...
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news article: Simpson: 'I Don't Feel Like Singing The Blues'
28th June 2006 0:00
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE are planning to adopt an older male child to add to their growing family, according to media reports in the US.
The...
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news article: Pitt And Jolie To Adopt Older Male Child
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LATEST: TORI SPELLING is furious she never received a phone call from her mother CANDY saying her father AARON SPELLING had died and instead received...
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news article: Spelling 'Betrayed' By Mother
28th June 2006 0:00
Pop star BRITNEY SPEARS has once again raised eyebrows by posing nude on the cover of the August (06) edition of Harper's Bazaar magazine.
The...
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news article: Pregnant Spears Poses Nude
28th June 2006 0:00
FALL OUT BOY singer PATRICK STUMP is grateful he can live an anonymous life, because fans never recognise him in person.
The DANCE DANCE singer...
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news article: Fall Out Boy's Stump: 'My Action Figure Face'
28th June 2006 0:00
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT continues to sit atop the UK and Irish box-office chart for the second weekend in a row.
The third installment...
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news article: Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift Holds UK Top Spot
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The manager of the Odeon cinema in London's Kensington High Street has granted DEATH WISH film-maker MICHAEL WINNER special permission to help...
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news article: Fascinating Fact 1696
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Supermodel CINDY CRAWFORD has had three moles removed in a bid to avoid skin cancer after tanning herself in the blazing sun for years.
The...
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news article: Crawford's Skin Cancer Scare
28th June 2006 0:00
American duo GNARLS BARKLEY have rescheduled their gig at London's Hammersmith Apollo on 5 July (06) to the following day (06JUL06) to avoid a clash...
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news article: Fascinating Fact 1695
28th June 2006 0:00
Film-maker KEVIN SMITH has cast doubt on speculation MATT DAMON is being lined up to fill WILLIAM SHATNER's shoes as the new CAPTAIN KIRK.
MISSION:...
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news article: Damon's Kirk Casting In Doubt
28th June 2006 0:00
"Some of the new songs are quite angry. It's just the times we're living in. We've got global fundamentalism, state-sponsored terrorism, dirty bombs,...
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news article: The Things They Say 2352
28th June 2006 0:00
BEN AFFLECK is struggling with his directorial debut GONE, BABY, GONE so much he has called up old friend and film-maker KEVIN SMITH for advice.
...
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news article: Affleck Moans To Smith
28th June 2006 0:00
Hong Kong actor JACKIE CHAN will donate half of his fortune to his own charity when he dies.
The RUSH HOUR kung fu star refuses to disclose his...
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news article: Chan Leaves Half His Fortune To Charity
28th June 2006 0:00
Welsh singer CHARLOTTE CHURCH is desperately trying to ignore the constant media scrutiny of her weight and figure.
The curvy CRAZY CHICK hitmaker...
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news article: Church Ignores Weight Scrutiny
28th June 2006 0:00
Canadian metal band VOIVOD found recording their first album following the death of guitarist DENIS 'PIGGY' D'AMOUR last August (05), to be like...
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news article: Voivod Soldier On After Guitarist's Death
28th June 2006 0:00
Outspoken French rapper MONSIEUR R will not face prosecution over controversial song lyrics which likened France to a 'slut' and its government to...
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news article: French Rapper Avoids Prosecution
28th June 2006 0:00
England's Creamfields dance festival will take place this summer (26-27AUG06) in Daresbury, Liverpool, despite protests over noise pollution lodged...
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news article: Creamfields To Go Ahead Despite Council Protests
28th June 2006 0:00
Partying heiress PARIS HILTON was denied a special discount when she checked in at her family's Hilton Hotel in Glasgow recently.
The socialite was...
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news article: Hilton Denied Discount At Family Hotel
28th June 2006 0:00
British rapper PLAN B has hit out at critics of his obscenity-laden songs, insisting they are all hypocrites.
The fledgling hip-hop star - real name...
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news article: Plan B Slams Foul-mouthed Critics
28th June 2006 0:00
YOKO ONO has recalled the suffering of her late father who was incarcerated in a Vietnam concentration camp during the Second World War.
Ono, the...
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news article: Ono Relates War Memories
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: JOHNNY DEPP has rubbished reports he plans to play late INXS rocker MICHAEL HUTCHENCE in a planned biopic called SLIDE AWAY.
Even if he were...
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news article: Depp Not Playing Hutchence
28th June 2006 0:00
Australian pop star NATALIE IMBRUGLIA has lent her support to an awareness campaign for childbirth disease obstetric fistula.
The TORN hitmaker has...
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news article: Imbruglia Campaigns For Childbirth Disease Awareness
28th June 2006 0:00
Oscar-winning actress NICOLE KIDMAN is still amazed by the huge amount of media interest her marriage to KEITH URBAN generated around the world.
THE...
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news article: Kidman 'Gobsmacked' By Wedding Attention
28th June 2006 0:00
DAVID HASSELHOFF's estranged wife PAMELA BACH is reportedly hitting back at the former BAYWATCH star by recording an album about spousal abuse.
The...
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news article: Hasselhoff's Ex Composing Album Aimed At Him
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: Police have launched an investigation into the shooting of TREVOR HORN's wife on Sunday (25JUN06), which has left her in a coma.
JILL...
news article: Police Investigating Shooting Of Horn's Wife
28th June 2006 0:00
JOHNNY DEEP is keen to keep his PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN character CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW's sexual orientation ambiguous, because he is convinced real...
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news article: Depp Keeps Sparrow Sexually Ambiguous
28th June 2006 0:00
SIR BOB GELDOF's socialite daughter PEACHES has sparked fury after claiming she is dating British TV comic NOEL FIELDING.
Peaches recently split...
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news article: Geldof's 'False' Dating Claims
28th June 2006 0:00
Cult rockers SLEATER-KINNEY will split when they complete their summer tour of the US.
The all-girl trio have decided to go on an "indefinite...
news article: Sleater-kinney Split
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: THE BACKSTREET BOYS' comeback will continue unfazed by KEVIN RICHARDSON's departure, bandmember BRIAN LITTRELL insists.
Richardson pulled...
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news article: Backstreet Boys Still On As A Foursome
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: US TV presenter STAR JONES REYNOLDS has hit back at former THE VIEW co-host BARBARA WALTERS' claim she was 'fired' from the show due to poor...
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news article: Jones Reynolds Refutes Walters' Rating Claims
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: US talk show host RUSH LIMBAUGH joked about his Viagra arrest during his radio show yesterday (27JUN06), insisting he had a fantastic time in...
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news article: Limbaugh Jokes About Viagra Arrest
28th June 2006 0:00
THE KILLERS frontman BRANDON FLOWERS has hit out at America's hunger for pop punk bands, insisting he wants to beat them all to death.
The JENNY WAS...
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news article: Flowers Hits Out At Pop Punks
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: FOXY BROWN will release a comeback album in December (06), after surgery successfully restored her hearing.
Last December (05), the rapper...
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news article: Recovered Brown Plans Studio Comeback
28th June 2006 0:00
THE OMEN star MICHAEL GAMBON is insanely jealous of his best friend actor BILL NIGHY, and always tries to out-class him in movies.
Gambon fears his...
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news article: Gambon: 'I'm So Jealous Of Nighy'
28th June 2006 0:00
PARIS HILTON has categorically ruled out any chance of a reconciliation with former best friend NICOLE RICHIE, insisting she just "doesn't care".
...
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news article: Hilton: 'I Don't Care About Richie'
28th June 2006 0:00
British comedy star CHRIS LANGHAM's child porn case has been adjourned by magistrates.
The Bafta award-winning actor has been charged with 15 counts...
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news article: Langham Child Porn Case Adjourned
28th June 2006 0:00
Rapper NE-YO has urged BRITNEY SPEARS to ditch her husband KEVIN FEDERLINE, branding him a freeloader.
The 23-year-old is helping Spears work on new...
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news article: Ne-yo Tells Britney 'Dump Kevin'
28th June 2006 0:00
Welsh singer CHARLOTTE CHURCH is slamming reports she's expecting a child with rugby ace boyfriend GAVIN HENSON.
The CRAZY CHICK singer is baffled...
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news article: Church Denies Pregnancy
28th June 2006 0:00
ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT are lavishing extra love on adopted daughter ZAHARA, because she's jealous of her baby sister SHILOH NOUVEL.
Jolie...
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news article: Jolie: 'Zahara Is Jealous Of Baby Shiloh'
28th June 2006 0:00
ORLANDO BLOOM doesn't get any star treatment from the friends he made before finding fame - instead they "take the p**" out of his celebrity status.
...
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news article: Bloom Mocked By Unfamous Friends
28th June 2006 0:00
"CHRIS (ROBINSON) says we practice all the time, so we're bound to slip-up." KATE HUDSON on her chances of having a second child.
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news article: The Things They Say 2351
28th June 2006 0:00
Socialite PARIS HILTON was forced to drive from Las Vegas, Nevada to Los Angeles after airline officials told her she couldn't bring her six pets on...
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news article: Hilton's Flight Drama
28th June 2006 0:00
Australian pop star DANNII MINOGUE is recovering after a terrifying encounter with a python during the shooting of a new music video.
The singer was...
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news article: Minogue's Scaly Encounter
28th June 2006 0:00
Hollywood beauty NATALIE PORTMAN and cross-dressing Brit EDDIE IZZARD are going head-to-head for the chance to play SALLY BOWLES in the London...
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news article: Portman And Izzard Vying For Bowles Role
28th June 2006 0:00
Rapper KANYE WEST and singers MARY J BLIGE, CHRIS BROWN and JAMIE FOXX were the bigger winners at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards on...
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news article: Foxx, Kanye, Blige And Brown Lead Bet Winners
28th June 2006 0:00
LOST beauty EMILIE DE RAVIN has married her long-term love JOSH JANOWICZ.
The 24-year-old actress, who plays young mother CLAIRE LITTLETON on the...
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news article: De Ravin Weds Actor Love
28th June 2006 0:00
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO's new movie THE BLOOD DIAMONDS is causing controversy amongst jewel bosses, who claim the film could hurt diamond sales.
DiCaprio...
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news article: Dicaprio's Diamond Film Causes Controversy
28th June 2006 0:00
The life of late media mogul ROBERT MAXWELL is heading for the big screen.
AMERICAN PSYCHO producer EDWARD R PRESSMAN is adapting the London stage...
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news article: Maxwell's Life To Hit The Big Screen
28th June 2006 0:00
Supermodel KATE MOSS is reportedly pursuing ARCTIC MONKEYS frontman ALEX TURNER for a date.
The English beauty, 32, has already been romantically...
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news article: Moss Wants To Get Chilly With Arctic Monkey
28th June 2006 0:00
"I've been craving peanut butter and mayonnaise fried cheese sandwiches." ANNA NICOLE SMITH, who is six months pregnant with her second child, on her...
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news article: The Things They Say 2350
28th June 2006 0:00
VICTORIA BECKHAM's weight is causing controversy again after it was revealed the former SPICE GIRL's figure inspires anorexics to slim.
The 5 foot 5...
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news article: Beckham 'Inspiration' For Anorexics
28th June 2006 0:00
Socialite PARIS HILTON was terrified the paparazzi would use pictures of her frolicking on the beach while filming her latest video to spread untrue...
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news article: Hilton Feared Photographers While Filming Video
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: Supermodel KATE MOSS is still planning to release an autobiography, but insists it will be at least a year before she starts writing the...
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news article: Moss Autobiography Back On
28th June 2006 0:00
ORLANDO BLOOM will join his real-life girlfriend KATE BOSWORTH for the independent drama SEASONS OF DUST.
The movie is being produced by FARGO...
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news article: Bloom And Bosworth Team-up For Film
28th June 2006 0:00
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD author HARPER LEE has published a rare piece for OPRAH WINFREY's magazine.
Lee recently penned a letter for O, The Oprah...
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news article: Harper Lee Writes Rare Item
28th June 2006 0:00
American TV chef ROBERT CARRIER died in the south of France yesterday morning (27JUN06). He was 82.
The New York-born star discovered his love for...
news article: Chef Carrier Dies
28th June 2006 0:00
Singer/actress HILARY DUFF was forced to get rid of some of her friends after they continued to betray her.
The WHY NOT? singer decided she needed...
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news article: Duff Dumped Bad Friends
28th June 2006 0:00
US TV veteran BARBARA WALTERS feels "betrayed" by her THE VIEW co-host STAR JONES REYNOLDS following her shock on-air announcement of her departure...
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news article: Walters 'Betrayed' By Jones Reynolds
28th June 2006 0:00
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE are being stalked by aggressive paparazzi who have surrounded their house in Malibu, California.
Since the couple and...
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news article: Pitt Plagued By Paparazzi 'Madness'
28th June 2006 0:00
DJ FATBOY SLIM puts his success down to bizarre superstitious rituals - one involves him always performing barefoot.
The PRAISE YOU hitmaker refuses...
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news article: Fatboy's Superstitions
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: Pop singer KYLIE MINOGUE has lashed at reports she and sister DANNII abandoned their native Australia to cheer on France in the soccer World...
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news article: Kylie: 'I Was Supporting Oz'
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: New York's Department of Sanitation are eager to meet their new recruit BOY GEORGE, after he was sentenced to five days of community service...
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news article: Sanitation Team Welcome Boy George
28th June 2006 0:00
AMERICAN IDOL winner TAYLOR HICKS hates his first hit single DO I MAKE YOU PROUD? because it makes him feel like a karaoke singer.
The 29-year-old...
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news article: Hicks Hates Hit Song
28th June 2006 0:00
ORLANDO BLOOM puts his Hollywood career before his on/off relationship with KATE BOSWORTH, because he's terrified he'll lose his lucky streak.
The...
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news article: Bloom: 'Career Comes Before Love'
28th June 2006 0:00
The world would have missed out on French screen siren EMMANUELLE BEART had she followed her dreams to become a female soccer player or a circus...
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news article: Beart's Circus Dream
28th June 2006 0:00
English boxing sensation AMIR KHAN was charged with dangerous driving after allegedly hitting a man with his car yesterday (27JUN06).
Lightweight...
news article: English Boxer Khan Charged Over Car Smash
28th June 2006 0:00
Campaigning rocker SIR BOB GELDOF's power and influence is so great, he can speak to most of the world's leaders at the touch of a button.
The...
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news article: Geldof's Phone Power
28th June 2006 0:00
British electronica band GOLDFRAPP has reportedly been approached to record the theme tune for the forthcoming JAMES BOND movie.
Frontwoman ALISON...
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news article: Goldfrapp To Sing Bond Theme?
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: Pop superstar MICHAEL JACKSON, who has been living in Bahrain since he was acquitted of child molestation charges, is moving to Europe.
...
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news article: Jackson Moving To Europe To Resume Career
28th June 2006 0:00
BRITNEY SPEARS is enjoying pregnancy much more the second time around, because she has learned how to elude the watching eye of paparazzi...
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news article: Britney: 'I've Beaten The Paparazzi'
28th June 2006 0:00
British beauty ELIZABETH HURLEY and Australian supermodel ELLE MACPHERSON were honoured for their contributions to fashion at the inaugural Grazia O2...
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news article: Hurley And Macpherson Triumph At Magazine Awards
28th June 2006 0:00
Pop singer KYLIE MINOGUE has appealed to the world's media to stop reporting she is engaged or marrying her boyfriend OLIVIER MARTINEZ.
The SLOW...
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news article: Kylie Sick Of Wedding Rumours
28th June 2006 0:00
LATEST: GUNS N' ROSES frontman AXL ROSE was released from a Swedish jail on Tuesday (27JUN06), after being arrested for allegedly biting a security...
news article: Axl Rose Out Of Jail
28th June 2006 1:57
LATEST: ASHLEE SIMPSON has turned down a multi-million dollar offer to pose for famed men's magazine Playboy.
The 21-year-old was offered $4 million...
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news article: Simpson Snubs Chance To Pose For Playboy
28th June 2006 9:58
It became clear Monday that the Harry Potter franchise will end with the seventh film. Author J.K. Rowling said in a television interview in the U.K....
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news article: Will Rowling Kill Off Harry?
28th June 2006 9:58
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case brought by Clare Milne, the granddaughter of Winnie the Pooh writer A.A. Milne who had been...
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news article: Supreme Court Won't Hear Pooh Appeal
28th June 2006 9:58
Adam Sandler, a regular one-man Pixar studio whose name on the marquee appears likely to guarantee a movie's success regardless of what the critics...
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news article: Sandler Clicks Again With Audiences
28th June 2006 9:58
Several critics have observed that it's really not necessary to sit through 2 1/2 hours of Superman Returns in order to see the best special-effects...
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news article: Studio Increasing Ad Spending On The Web
28th June 2006 9:58
Just like in the comics and the movies, Superman is receiving much adulation while dodging Kryptonite as he faces movie critics today (Tuesday) in...
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news article: Movie Reviews: Superman Returns
28th June 2006 9:58
Charles Allen, who, as CEO of ITV, is Britain's most powerful figure in commercial television, could be forced to resign within six weeks unless the...
news article: Britain's Most Powerful Tv Mogul May Be Forced Out
28th June 2006 9:58
Taking a kind of if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-'em stance, NBC, which like all of the other networks, has battled the YouTube video website over users...
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news article: Nbc Enters The Enemy Camp
28th June 2006 9:58
Star Jones is expected to announce this week that she will leave The View sometime next month, Access Hollywood reported Monday. She has been a...
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news article: Star Jones To Leave The View
28th June 2006 9:58
Saturday's World Cup coverage on Univision drew more Hispanic viewers than any previous Super Bowl telecast, which traditionally draws the biggest...
news article: Univision Sets Ratings Record With World Cup Coverage
28th June 2006 9:58
Univision has agreed to accept an offer for the company from an investors' group led by onetime entertainment mogul Haim Saban (who introduced Mighty...
news article: Saban Morphs Into Univision Buyer
28th June 2006 18:20
Organizers of the 31st annual Toronto Film Festival, which opens on Sept. 7, unveiled a slate of films Tuesday that gave the Canadian festival the...
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news article: Toronto Film Fest: Cannes Ii?
28th June 2006 18:20
Apple Computer, which has long maintained that the best way to combat Internet piracy is to offer music and video at reasonable prices, found itself...
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news article: Apple Victim Of Pirates
28th June 2006 18:20
The diamond industry is expressing increasing concern that the upcoming movie The Blood Diamond, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, will make it appear as...
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news article: Diamond Industry Steps Up Protests Against Dicaprio Flick
28th June 2006 18:20
The Moral Majority's Jerry Falwell, who has campaigned for stronger regulations on racy film and television content, has told a church audience in...
news article: Falwell: You "Got To Be A Homosexual" For Hollywood Success
28th June 2006 18:20
Superman Returns is expected to leap over all its rivals in a single bound over the Fourth of July weekend, but analysts are divided over how high it...
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news article: Mighty Return (And Returns) Expected For Superman
28th June 2006 18:20
Satirist Art Buchwald, whose stock-in-trade is the imaginary interview, has apparently pulled a great deal of wool over the eyes of some bloggers who...
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news article: Buchwald Satire On Rather Confuses Bloggers
28th June 2006 18:20
Shares in Spanish-language Univision rose more than 6 percent Tuesday on word that the company's board had accepted a cash buyout by an investor...
news article: Vaya Con Univision?
28th June 2006 18:20
Advertisers have been stunned by research indicating that large numbers of women are tuning in to World Cup coverage, although commercials have been...
news article: World Cup Ad Buyers Confess: They Failed To Target Female Fans
28th June 2006 18:20
In a rare instance of a cable television show beating the broadcast networks in the ratings, Sunday night's telecast of Broken Trail, starring Robert...
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news article: Cable Movie Beats The Networks
28th June 2006 18:20
Barbara Walters, who produces The View, said Tuesday that she felt "betrayed" when Star Jones announced during the show that she was leaving the...
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news article: Walters Says Star Jones "Betrayed" Her