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31/01/2007 20:12


THE SOPRANOS star MICHAEL IMPERIOLI has found a way to quit smoking - take up martial arts. The actor, who plays mobster CHRISTOPHER MOLTISANTI in....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


THE FAST + THE FURIOUS star JORDANA BREWSTER has landed the coveted role of MRS SMITH in the upcoming TV series adaptation of action film MR + MRS....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


Bosses at fashion house Burberry think new couple CLAIRE DANES and HUGH DANCY look so good together, they're trying to sign them up for a new ad....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


Movie star RALPH FIENNES has been moved by a low-key five-day UNICEF mission he undertook, during which he visited AIDS-ravaged villages in rural....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


Hollywood film studio DreamWorks Animation and the makers of the WALLACE AND GROMIT films have severed their troubled partnership after their quirky....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


British star SIENNA MILLER was mortified during the premiere of her film FACTORY GIRL when a graphic sex scene was screened in front of her family. ....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


THE STROKES star FABRIZIO MORETTI isn't wasting time finding a new girl in his life, following his split from actress DREW BARRYMORE - he has....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


I LOVE LUCY co-creator and writer BOB CARROLL JR died Saturday (27JAN07) in Los Angeles following a brief illness. He was 87. Carroll created the....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


A man who was ordered to stay away from actress NICOLE KIDMAN for three years has been convicted of breaking a glass in a woman's face. MATTHEW....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


LATEST: Troubled GREY'S ANATOMY star ISAIAH WASHINGTON has been released from a rehabilitation facility after a week of counselling for his repeated....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


Rapper SNOOP DOGG's business successes are all down to the people he hires to do his talking for him - because he accepts top companies don't want to....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


Hip-hop boy band PRETTY RICKY has ended the DREAMGIRLS soundtrack's reign at the top of the US album charts after debuting LATE NIGHT SPECIAL at....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


AMERICAN IDOL star-turned-Oscar hopeful JENNIFER HUDSON will perform at the Academy Awards next month (FEB07). The DREAMGIRLS star, a Golden Globe....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


Rapper SNOOP DOGG is convinced he has become a target for police in California because the authorities hate the fact he helps former felons go....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


Canadian crooner MICHAEL BUBLE has slammed the producers of the Grammy Awards for not including his category in the televised part of the ceremony. ....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


R+B star MARY J BLIGE is still desperately trying to come to terms with the sexual abuse she first suffered as a five-year-old child. The BE WITHOUT....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE skipped the after party for his new film BLACK SNAKE MOAN after it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to spend a romantic....Read On


31/01/2007 20:12


BRITNEY SPEARS' estranged husband KEVIN FEDERLINE has turned down a $25 million (GBP12.8 million) divorce settlement offered by the pop star,....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:22


The Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday revealed the titles of the 22 movies that will compete for this year's top Golden Bear award. They include....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:22


DreamWorks Animation has ended its partnership with Britain's Aardman Animation after taking enormous losses on Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:22


A New York actor who had actively campaigned to pressure the film and TV industry to hire the disabled has been sentenced to 44 months in prison for....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:22


A series of publicity photos for the revival of the play Equus showing 17-year-old Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe nude has angered parents in....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:22


Bob Carroll Jr., who with Madelyn Pugh Davis, wrote all 180 episodes of I Love Lucy, died on January 27, reports said Tuesday. He was 87. Carroll....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:22


Sydney Sheldon, a prolific writer of Broadway plays, movies, TV shows, and novels, died Tuesday of pneumonia in Rancho Mirage, CA at age 89. In his....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:21


An Australian doctor who looked after Survivor contestants and has been hired by film and TV companies to work on other productions has admitted....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:21


At least four 30-second commercials created by amateurs will be featured during the CBS telecast of Sunday's Super Bowl game, the Washington Post....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:21


Wrestling has once again replaced football as the most popular sport on cable TV. And USA Channel, which carries WWE matches, replaced ESPN, which....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:21


With football -- both college and professional -- out of the picture last week, Fox's American Idol had only itself to compete against for the top....Read On


31/01/2007 18:32:21


Fox clobbered its network rivals with a knock-out one-two punch Tuesday night by combining American Idol with House. The result: an enormous 19.3....Read On


31/01/2007 18:26:38


Girls Aloud and the Sugababes are to record a charity single for Comic Relief.The girl bands will join up to record the 1980s classic Walk This Way,....Read On


31/01/2007 18:06:47


Pop group The Beautiful South have announced they have officially split up.The band, best known for hits such as Perfect 10, issued a statement on....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


HITCH star EVA MENDES will never forget the moment she met THE ROLLING STONES frontman SIR MICK JAGGER, because she embarrassed herself by professing....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


Actress TERI POLO is set to reprise her role in the second MEET THE PARENTS sequel, and hopes she will be allowed to be funnier this time around. ....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


Hollywood beauty EVA MENDES will never consider having plastic surgery because she could never allow doctors to invade her body in that way. The....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


A sequel to the violent crime thriller and Oscar contender THE DEPARTED is reportedly in the works, even though the film's main characters are all....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


Reigning Miss USA TARA CONNER confesses she took cocaine during her hard-partying days, but insists she has put her wild ways behind her as she....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


Hollywood hardman BRUCE WILLIS has settled a lawsuit against a childhood friend who allegedly tried to extort $100,000 (GBP51,000) from the actor. ....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


Rocker VILLE VALLO's planned retreat to leave behind the excesses of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and work on his new album went awry, when he was....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


British rapper LADY SOVEREIGN nearly missed out on the big time when she "messed up" her intimate audition with USHER and JAY-Z - because she was....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


Rapper BOW WOW is still pining over for R+B beauty CIARA - nine months after the couple ended their romance. Bow Wow - real name SHAD MOSS - dated....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


Singer/actor TYRESE GIBSON has branded reports he physically assaulted his pregnant girlfriend earlier this month (04JAN07) "untrue". The former....Read On


31/01/2007 17:23


LATEST: Grammy Award winner TONI BRAXTON yesterday (30JAN07) withdrew her lawsuit against her former personal manager BARRY HANKERSON, after a....Read On


31/01/2007 15:38:42


Fresh from her recent Oscar-nomination, veteran silver screen actress DAME JUDI DENCH has signed up for the small screen once more, appearing in a....Read On


31/01/2007 13:04:52


Hugh Grant will not be a guest at his former girlfriend Liz Hurley's wedding.The actress, who had a long-running on-off affair with the floppy-haired....Read On


31/01/2007 13:04:52


Big Brother villain Jo O'Meara has won encouragement from an unlikely source after the Duchess of York signalled her support for the singer.Jo, who....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


British actor LESLIE PHILLIPS has only one regret about the making of his new movie VENUS - he didn't get to film many scenes with co-star VANESSA....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


British funnyman SIMON PEGG is so close to his SHAUN OF THE DEAD co-star NICK FROST, he is convinced they would be married if his best friend was....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


British actor JOHN SIMM has hit out at movie bosses for casting BRAD PITT in the big screen remake of BBC political thriller STATE OF PLAY. Simm,....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


Playwright TRICIA WALSH-SMITH has cancelled a charity performance of her play ADDICTIONS, about drug and alcohol abuse - after finding out it was....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


WEEDS actor KEVIN NEALON is celebrating after his wife SUSAN YEAGLEY gave birth to a boy on Monday (29JAN07) night. GABLE NESS NEALON was born at St....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


Chanel designer KARL LAGERFIELD has weighed in on the size zero debate, insisting the idea of regulating models' weight is "revolting". Lagerfield,....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


British royals PRINCE CHARLES and his wife CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL are at the centre of a security alert after an intruder carrying a pitchfork....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


British singer SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR has buried the hatchet with ROBBIE WILLIAMS following a public row in 2000, during which the pop superstar called....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


DEVENDRA BANHART, WOLFMOTHER and RILO KILEY are among a handful of cult acts who have designed T-shirts to raise money for their favourite....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


Rock wildman OZZY OSBOURNE is "seriously" considering leaving his adopted Los Angeles home to return to live in his native England full-time -....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


BLOCK PARTY frontman KELE OKEREKE has accused JACK WHITE of being "treacherous" for refusing to discuss his politics. British Okereke believes WHITE....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


Legendary rockers the EAGLES will reportedly release their first studio album since 1979 within the next three months. DON HENLEY, who is a founding....Read On


31/01/2007 13:02


Rapper THE GAME yesterday (30JAN07) pleaded not guilty to charges of impersonating a police officer. The DREAMS star - born JAYCEON TAYLOR - was....Read On


31/01/2007 11:36:50


CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER housemate JO O'MEARA has completely broken down and is under constant psychiatric surveillance after being branded a racist....Read On


31/01/2007 11:36:50


Aardman Animations and Dreamworks have ended the partnership that created the movie Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.The two....Read On


31/01/2007 11:05:49


Actor Josh Hartnett has spoken to a UK newspaper about his painful break up with Scarlett Johansson.In London to help launch his support for climate....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


HUGH GRANT confesses he is attracted to girlfriend JEMIMA KHAN because she is strong like his mother. Grant loves the fact Khan bosses him around,....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


JOSH HARTNETT was more starstruck meeting British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR than he has ever been on a movie set. The eco-friendly actor was in....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


RICKY GERVAIS is considering bringing comedy show EXTRAS back for a special episode starring MEL GIBSON. The British comedian vowed the second....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


Bollywood superstar-turned-reality TV show winner SHILPA SHETTY is stunned by the impact she has made in Britain - within days of her triumph on....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


Best-selling American author SIDNEY SHELDON has died of complications from pneumonia at the age of 89. His publicist reveals Sheldon died on Tuesday....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


GIRLS ALOUD star SARAH HARDING credits her new boyfriend with saving her life. The singer claims she was drinking and partying too much before she....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


British rocker IAN BROWN has unveiled an unlikely collaborator on his forthcoming solo album - Irish singer SINEAD O'CONNOR. The pair have formed a....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


Former SPICE GIRL VICTORIA BECKHAM has banned size zero models from promoting her clothing line. The skinny singer-turned-fashion designer is the....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


Taiwan pop star/actor JEFF CHANG was left with bruising and a dislocated arm after a car crash in China. The 39-year-old crooner - real name XIN-ZHE....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


THE BEACH BOYS songwriter BRIAN WILSON has reportedly asked THE BEATLES producer SIR GEORGE MARTIN to remix some of his former band's classic songs. ....Read On


31/01/2007 07:56


Rock legend JIM MORRISON is helping the fight against global warming from beyond the grave, with the release of a song he wrote. Environmental....Read On


31/01/2007 7:54:34


Acclaimed writer Sidney Sheldon has died aged 89.Sheldon is known as one of the most prolific writers of our time, having written hits for the....Read On


31/01/2007 7:54:34


Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty is set to swap the Big Brother house for a palace.The 31-year-old winner of the celebrity reality TV show has revealed....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


JURASSIC PARK star SAM NEILL is serving up a treat to Hong Kong fans - his new boutique red wines. The 59-year-old actor oversees three vineyards in....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


ELIZABETH TAYLOR "almost died" when she discovered her beloved pet chipmunk had overdosed on chocolate. The animal-loving movie icon captured the....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


HANNIBAL RISING director PETER WEBBER is keeping a close eye on Internet auction site eBay because he's sure that's where stolen items from his new....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


SIENNA MILLER will always be thankful for the gift giveaways at the Sundance Film Festival - because they kept her in underwear while she was....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


Former SAVED BY THE BELL star DUSTIN DIAMOND has been "quarantined" from the rest of the cast of US reality series CELEBRITY FIT CLUB after fighting....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


KRISTIN DAVIS is desperate to star a big screen version of her hit TV show SEX AND THE CITY, so she can complete storylines involving her character. ....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


SIENNA MILLER is fighting with producers of her new film FACTORY GIRL in a desperate attempt to get hold of wardrobe items she wore playing socialite....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


GWEN STEFANI was devastated when she didn't land the lead role in MR + MRS SMITH, but didn't take the rejection personally because she was passed....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


Rap mogul DIDDY's flamboyant lifestyle is based on that of his hero, boxing great JACK JOHNSON, who used to live it up in the face of extreme racial....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


Punk pop stars FALL OUT BOY will launch their new album, INFINITY ON HIGH, with a historic three-city dash across America - in one day. The group....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


BILLY JOEL has put his retirement plans on hold to record a new love song for St Valentine's Day (14FEB07). The rocker insisted he wouldn't pen....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


JANET JACKSON was brought back to earth during a recent trip to a supermarket with pal MISSY ELLIOTT, when she discovered for the first time what....Read On


31/01/2007 03:52


LATEST: BRANDY is being sued for $50 million (GBP26 million) by the family of a woman killed in a car crash that's being blamed on the....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


LATEST: SURVIVOR winner RICHARD HATCH has been granted a hearing in the US Court of Appeals regarding his tax evasion case. Hatch, who won the first....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


British actress KATHY BURKE is in hospital suffering a mystery stomach illness. The ELIZABETH actress, 42, was hurried to the Royal London Hospital....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


Former boxing champ MIKE TYSON has checked into the same exclusive rehab facility where LINDSAY LOHAN is currently being treated for drug and alcohol....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


JOSH HARTNETT struggled to cope following his "really painful" split from SCARLETT JOHANSSON. The pair dated for a year after meeting on the set of....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


LATEST: A website featuring PARIS HILTON's personal belongings was shut down yesterday (30JAN07) after the hotel heiress slapped the operators with a....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


ANGELINA JOLIE has rubbished rumours she has been put off adopting more children after the media furore surrounding pop superstar MADONNA's adoption....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


JESSICA LANGE is determined to carry on her anti-war and anti-President GEORGE W BUSH stance - even though it almost cost her her life. The actress....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


Hollywood star UMA THURMAN is planning to quit acting to raise her two children. The 36-year-old KILL BILL star wants to dedicate all her time to....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


The maid jailed for stealing photographs from Hong Kong pop star JACKY CHEUNG has been freed pending an appeal of her sentence. PRESLYN-SAGA....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


The four sons of reggae legend BOB MARLEY will hold a concert promoting peace to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the musician's birth next month....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


LATEST: R+B star BRANDY has received support from civil rights leaders in Los Angeles as she prepares to fight a possible manslaughter charge after....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


Rocker COURTNEY LOVE is considering an offer from AMERICAN IDOL producers to possibly replace PAULA ABDUL as a celebrity judge on the hit TV talent....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


JENNIFER HUDSON is being tipped to star in a new Broadway revival of the hit musical DREAMGIRLS, after her award-winning performance in the film....Read On


31/01/2007 02:06


Troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY has been accused of taking drugs in a Thailand hostel, just two days after he and KATE MOSS's New Year's Day blessing. ....Read On





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