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"Let’s all be honest. I don’t think we didn’t know." JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE admits that former "N SYNC bandmate LANCE BASS going public with the fact he is gay didn’t come as a huge shock.

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Australian actress RADHA MITCHELL suffered from terrifying nightmares while filming horror movie SILENT HILL, because she was surrounded by demonic beasts everyday.
The 32-year-old became so immersed in the scary story of a mother hunting for her daughter in a creepy town, she couldn’t relax when she returned to her hotel.
She says, “I was on set for every minute of the shoot pretty much. It was relentless like that.
“It did seep a bit into my nightmares. I’d go home at the end of the day and I’d be dreaming about Silent Hill.
“The movie is a free fall into unconsciousness. You just go deeper and deeper into this irrational, insane kind of hell.”

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BLUR bassist ALEX JAMES has written a tribute to CATHERINE ZETA-JONES in British magazine Glamour, praising the actress’ rise from Welsh valley girl to Oscar-winning Hollywood star.
The BEETLEBUM hitmaker has watched Zeta-Jones’ transformation from her humble beginnings on British TV series THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY in the early 1990s to her current Hollywood lifestyle, acting in a slew of films and wife to acting legend MICHAEL DOUGLAS.
James says, "Catherine has never been a fanfared, great white British hope like KATE WINSLET. One minute she was in some nasty ITV drama, the next she was Hollywood box office and wife supreme.
"That girl next door ‘it could have been you’ quality is the basis of her triumphs. But it’s also the prime cause of all the jealously and resentment that comes her way. Which kind of makes her an old-fashioned heroine in real-life.
"There’s some earthy about her beauty as well, suggesting a certain attainability. She’s not inscrutable or other-worldly the way many screen stars are."

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American novelist JAMES ELLROY is delighted with BRIAN DE PALMA’s big screen adaptation of his best-selling novel THE BLACK DAHLIA.
Ellroy, whose books LA CONFIDENTIAL and WONDER BOYS have also been turned into movies, is amazed the SCARFACE film-maker was able to turn such a long novel into a perfectly abridged film - without losing any of its substance.
He says, "It’s a brilliantly conceived and executed abridgment of what is a very long novel. In its form it is very beautiful, more so than I could have imagined.
"When the producer told me that Brian de Palma had been signed up, I was over the moon." The Black Dahlia, which stars real-life lovers SCARLETT JOHANSSON and JOSH HARTNETT, follows two detectives investigating the murder of a 1940s actress.

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Hollywood heart throb JESSE METCALFE’s dreams of a rock career came one step closer to coming true after he recorded four demos during a trip to the UK.
The DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES hunk is reported to sound like JON BON JOVI - and record companies are eager to sign the actor, who is currently dating UK GIRLS ALOUD singer NADINE COYLE.
Metcalfe says, "I may do it as more than a hobby… it just depends on what happens in the future. But it’s very flattering to get this far." But Coyle is not so enthusiastic about Metcalfe’s potential music career, insisting a duet with him would be "cheesy".
Coyle adds, "It might work better in the US than here."

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British actor/writer RICKY GERVAIS wants to move away from the comedy world to focus on more large-scale TV drama shows.
The funnyman made his name with British comedies THE OFFICE and EXTRAS - but now he wants to be involved in larger, American-style programmes.
Gervais says, "I wouldn’t necessarily film it in Britain. I’d want it to be like 24 or THE SOPRANOS. I wonder why we’ve never done anything like those shows in this country. Maybe it’s something to do with the climate or our accents or something.
"But I’d want to try to do a big, brilliantly made drama. And I wouldn’t necessarily be in it."

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Screenwriter JOE ESZTERHAS has slammed LIV TYLER’s claim she inspired him to write SHOWGIRLS.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS actress alleges Eszterhas was so taken with her portrayal of a stripper in AEROSMITH’s CRAZY video, he begged her to appear in the flop 1995 movie, which starred ELIZABETH BERKLEY.
But BASIC INSTINCT writer Eszterhas has hit back in his new book THE DEVIL’S GUIDE TO HOLLYWOOD: THE SCREENWRITER AS GOD, claiming he has never even spoken to the actress.
He writes, "Liv Tyler did an interview in which she said she was the inspiration for Showgirls. She said I had become obsessed with her after seeing her play a stripper in an Aerosmith video.
"She said, ‘He tried to get me to take the lead in the movie, but I didn’t want to get into that kind of thing.’ It was news to me. I’d never seen the Aerosmith video, I’d never met or spoken with Liv."

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Funnyman ZACH BRAFF has cast doubt on the future of medical comedy SCRUBS when he leaves this year (06) - declaring "I think this is the last year".
After six seasons playing DOCTOR JOHN ‘JD’ DORIAN, Braff recently told film magazine Premiere he was quitting to concentrate on his film career.
Braff believes the show’s production company Touchstone Television’s rocky relationship with US broadcaster NBC could determine the program’s demise.
He tells movie website Moviehole.net, "I think this is the last year.
Touchstone and NBC still hate each other and that doesn’t bode well for a show that they both do."

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British pop hunk ROBBIE WILLIAMS has turned his back on socialising because he always disappoints fans he meets.
The ROCK DJ singer used to enjoy visits to bars and clubs, but pressure from fans wanting to meet him forces him to stay at home.
He says, "Clubs and bars fall apart when I’m in them. Men hate the presence of my security team. People want to speak to me and, after a few knock-backs, things become nasty.
"I’ve refused permission for them to approach me, so they think I’m a w**ker.
This happens everywhere I go, so I go out as little as possible. I’ve realised that when I’m in public, I’m constantly disappointing people."

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British band KASABIAN are thrilled to discover Hollywood superstar ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is a big fan.
The EMPIRE rockers learned the THE TERMINATOR star likes to work out to their music - and the band were even more excited to hear Schwarzenegger might have sent them a Christmas card.
Singer TOM MEIGHAN says, "Apparently his daughter likes us and he works out to CLUB FOOT. The guy’s the f**king Terminator, man. You can’t know that!" Guitarist SERGE PIZZORNO adds, "Someone said he’s supposed to have sent us a Christmas card, but it never arrived. That would have been on the wall, man.
I’d have been well proud."

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Swedish-American soprano ASTRID VARNAY died in a Munich, Germany hospital on Monday (04SEP06). She was 88.
The singer had been seriously ill for quite some time, but succumbed to a pericardial infection yesterday, her friend and biographer DONALD ARTHUR confirmed.
Varnay was born to Hungarian parents in Stockholm in 1918 and moved to the United States when she was a toddler. Four years later (24) her tenor father ALEXANDER VARNAY died, aged just 35.
Varnay’s mother MARIA JAVOR - the New York Metropolitan Opera conductor taught the youngster to sing with coach HERMANN WEIGERT, who Varnay went on to marry in 1944.
Varnay’s big break came in December 1941, when she filled in for LOTTE LEHMANN, singing Sieglinde in RICHARD WAGNER’s DIE WALKURE at the Metropolitan.
For nearly two decades, Varnay sang the roles of BRUENNHILDE and ISOLDE at the Bayreuth festival in Bavaria, Germany.
She last performed at the Metropolitan in a production of RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY in December 1979.

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Two French rappers could face legal action after it was revealed they used money from a council grant to finance a music video accused of glorifying violence against police officers.
TIPIKAL and K-PSTER’s track COLT 44 features gun and drug imagery and scenes shot during a violent clash between police and rioters in Nantes last year (05).
The song’s lyrics include, "Fill the police HQ with mustard gas, do it Russian-style." Nantes mayor JEAN-MARC AYRAULT revealed on Friday (01SEP06) that Tipikal and K-Pster had been the beneficiaries of a 700 euro ($900/£500) subsidy to produce a video dealing with "the malaise in the suburbs", following the riots which wreaked havoc across France.
French police union Alliance says the video is "an incitement to urban warfare, to hatred of the police, to terrorism and rape".
Nantes’ state-appointed governor has requested local judicial authorities to determine if legal action can be brought against the two men.

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Pop punk PINK asked her friend to cast a love spell on her and her husband CAREY HART ahead of their romantic beach wedding in January (06).
The singer, 26, and motocross race Hart, 31, wed in a Costa Rica sunset ceremony after an on/off four year courtship.
Ahead of her wedding, Pink hosted a bachelorette (hen) party in her Sherman Oaks, California home.
Pink, real name ALECIA MOORE, says, "My girlfriends turned my home into a temple of love. They put ivy and flowers and tea lights everywhere, it was the most beautiful thing.
"I have a friend who is a white witch and she cast a love spell for Carey and I and everyone showered me with rose petals. It was amazing."

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE feared his career was ruined when Rolling Stone magazine crowned him the King Of Pop, because he had worked hard to get away from the genre.
The music bible gave former ‘N SYNC bandmember Timberlake the title in 2003 after the success of his debut solo album JUSTIFIED, but he was horrified.
Timberlake explains, "That Rolling Stone coverline bothered me so bad. When I saw it I was like, ‘My God, my career is over.’ "I felt it meant I still wasn’t being taken seriously, that I was being stereotyped just like I had before. They end of year Best Of… lists didn’t help, either. Pop Album of the Year here. Pop Album of the Year there.
"I couldn’t understand why people couldn’t hear that I was doing R&B."

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R&B superstar BEYONCE KNOWLES has hit out at reports she fired her manager father MATHEW KNOWLES.
The CRAZY IN LOVE star has revealed she recorded new album B’DAY in secret from Mathew - because she knew he would interfere in her creative process.
But she insists he is still looking after interests.
Beyonce says, “My dad was never fired. But it took him a while to realise I was getting older. It was when I turned 19, and started saying ‘no’ to things.
It took him a second to adjust but if we hadn’t gone through that phase, then something would be wrong.
“Because I’m so passionate and he’s so passionate… people think that he tells me and I do it but I’m a grown woman and he respects that. He has his own opinions and when we disagree we disagree and we go at it.
“But we always agree eventually. It just took time to figure out how to get the balance between father and daughter, manager and artist.”

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The legendary filmmaker says the movie - which depicts events following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Centre - should not be perceived as political propaganda, but as an account of human emotions.
He told Britain’s Live magazine: “This film was not about politics.
“I wanted to keep it as a simple human story of survival and, mostly, about the power of love and family.” The film - which stars Nicolas Cage - follows the lives of two policemen who were the last survivors pulled from the rubble.
Stone added: “This was about two ordinary guys who went to work one day and found themselves in an extraordinary situation that not only changed their lives but changed our world.”

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Jade, the daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger, has held the position for four years, but reports claim her contract will not be renewed as she has requested perks "even her father wouldn’t demand." A source told Britain’s Daily Express newspaper: "It looks like Jade’s £1.3 million a year contract won’t be renewed. They’ve had a great working relationship but some of Jade’s requests have taken their toll. She wants first class air travel, assistants and a driver and Garrard feels it’s a bit much." Jade, 34, who has also designed and made her own jewellery, was invited to join Garrard in 2002 to revamp the company’s image.
A spokesman for the jeweller said: "We are in discussions to renew her contract which expired in June." Garrard has also denied rumours that jeweller-to-the-stars Stephen Webster is to take over Jade’s role in the company.

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The actor - who has sparked early Oscar buzz with his portrayal of tragic ‘Superman’ actor George Reeves in his new movie ‘Hollywoodland’ - says the intense interest in stars’ personal lives is blurring the line between fantasy and reality, making films less believable.
At a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, he fumed: "I think more and more people pay attention to actors’ private lives and that makes it difficult to suspend disbelief when you are going to watch their movie.
"That’s because really what you are thinking about is whatever you have read about them in a magazine rather than the performance they are giving, and it makes the actor’s job harder." He added: "The movies become incidental pit-stops and commercial breaks in the soap opera of actors’ lives." Meanwhile, another attendee at the Italian festival, Ethan Hawke thinks people’s fascination with celebrities isn’t a bad thing.
Hawke - who is promoting his new movie, ‘The Hottest State’, which is based on his own cult novel - said: "If the paparazzi are bothering you, it probably means you are having a pretty wonderful life."

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