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A 63-year-old Dutch priest has confessed to phoning in a fake bomb threat to a Madonna concert in Amsterdam last week (ends03SEP06).
The cleric was reportedly upset about a mock re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ, which has offended some Christians during earlier concerts in Italy and Germany.
According to prosecution spokesman ROBERT MEULENBROEK, "He was hoping to stop her from performing her famous ‘crucifixion’ act." Meulenbroek said it was likely prosecutors would seek a community service punishment for the priest, since it was probably his first offence.
The priest was arrested almost immediately after making the threat on Sunday (03SEP06), since he used his home phone to make it, and he called an emergency services number where the call was automatically traced.
The two concerts in Amsterdam went ahead as planned on Sunday and Monday (04SEP06), despite a handful of protestors.
The priest was brought before a judge today (08SEP06) and has been released pending judgment.
Meulenbroek added, "We take bomb threats seriously, but in this case it was clear very quickly that it was not real.
"Maybe he should have to learn all of her lyrics by heart (as punishment)."

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LATEST: Actress/singer JESSICA SIMPSON appeared on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO last night (07SEP06) to address the many rumours surrounding her personal relationships.
The star had sacked her longtime publicist, ROB SHUTER, earlier in the day, reportedly because of leaks surrounding her budding relationship with singer JOHN MAYER.
When the talk show host asked her the status of her relationship with Mayer she said, "John (Mayer)! What a good guy! He’s 28 and a legend. He’s a very great guy - just friends.
"He’s a great guy… trust me, if I went on a date you would know. The entire world would know. I can’t go anywhere." Leno also asked about other men she had been linked to, including comedian DANE COOK.
Simpson said, "Dane is great. Dane is so great. No dating - he is the co-star in my new movie EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH! I’m lonely." When Leno asked about ALFIE star JUDE LAW she said, "I have not dated him. I heard that rumour.
"I saw somewhere at the Chateau (Marmont) or something and me seeing him meant I was automatically in bed with him!"

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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star EVA LONGORIA is tiring of shooting steamy sex scenes for the TV show - because she’s always left hot and bothered.
The actress insists fans of the show only see the lingerie and the glamour; they miss the sweating and the injuries.
Speaking to US publication Entertainment Weekly on the set of the series, after a fake sex scene, she explains, "The toughest part is wearing this robe because it’s 100 degrees outside and 200 degrees inside (the robe).
"I’m sweating and jumping on the bed and yelling and moaning. I thought I was going to pass out, it was so hot. And I’ve got comforter burns on my legs."

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LATEST: PARIS HILTON said yesterday (07SEP06) her drink driving arrest "was nothing", but her representative insists she is taking the situation very seriously.
The 25-year-old was pulled over by police in Hollywood at 12:31 am on Thursday (07SEP06) for driving erratically and was found to be legally drunk with a blood alcohol level of .08.
Hilton’s publicist ELLIOTT MINTZ tells the New York Daily News, "She regrets what happened. She did not take this matter lightly or frivolously.
"She had never been arrested before, and it was clearly humiliating and disorienting." The STARS ARE BLIND singer told Los Angeles radio show host RYAN SEACREST that she’d been "speeding a little bit" to fast food burger joint In-N-Out after leaving a charity event where she’d had only one margarita.
The socialite has been slammed by safety groups, who insist she is setting a bad example for young people by drinking and driving.
Mintz adds, "Paris regrets getting behind the wheel with even one drink. She had not eaten all day.
"She was a little weak. She left the event intending to go to In-N-Out burger. She is a big fan of fast food."

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JACK NICHOLSON and MORGAN FREEMAN are teaming up for road trip film THE BUCKET LIST.
The Oscar winners will play two men who break out of a ward for terminal cancer patients and embark on a road trip, ticking things off their ‘to-do’ list before they ‘kick the bucket’.
The movie will be directed by A FEW GOOD MEN film-maker ROB REINER, who immediately signed on after reading the script and then sent it to Freeman.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION star also loved the script and suggested that Nicholson would be his perfect partner in crime.
The project has been fast-tracked and will begin filming late next month (OCT06).

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LATEST: DENISE RICHARDS and RICHIE SAMBORA are planning to be married in Positano, Italy in May (07) - exactly one year after they spent a romantic vacation there, according to media reports in the US.
Richards was spotted wearing a $100,000 (£55,000), 9.5 carat ring last night (07SEP06) at the Fashion Rocks concert in New York City, which Sambora reportedly gave to her last Saturday (02SEP06).
A source tells American publication Life & Style, "They were on their way to the Staples Center (in Los Angeles) to see the fights. He got down on one knee in the back of the limo." After the event, the couple celebrated their upcoming nuptials with close friends at the Palm Restaurant in West Hollywood.
The pair have reportedly shared the news with their families, but are reluctant to officially label themselves as "engaged." Richards is in the process of divorcing CHARLIE SHEEN, while Sambora is the process of divorcing HEATHER LOCKLEAR.
The source adds, "Richie is a very traditional guy. He wants to wait until they are both officially divorced. Then they can make the engagement real.
"They are buddies, these two. They’ve spent the past few weeks really bonding and talking about their future together. They’re going to make a great husband and wife."

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Goth-rocker AMY LEE accepts her lyrics can be dark and depressing at times but she has learned they actually help save lives too.
The Christian EVANESCENCE singer hopes her songs about loneliness and desperation help troubled fans realise they’re not the only ones going through difficult times - she’s been there too.
But now Lee has a more upbeat view of life, she’s thrilled to hear suicidal fans have chosen life over death after listening to her songs.
She explains, "I’m all about making people feel like they’re not alone. One fan told me they were seriously contemplating suicide, but that night they were playing our album, something pulled them back from the edge.
"I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, ‘It’s going to be OK.’ "The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings to you."

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ALEXA RAY JOEL was so furious with the way her stepfather PETER COOK treated her mother, supermodel CHRISTIE BRINKLEY, she decided to write a song to vent her feelings.
Cook was caught cheating with his 19-year-old assistant this summer (06) and Brinkley subsequently kicked him out of the house.
Joel, whose father is BILLY JOEL, shares a very close bond with her mother and was inspired to write the song NOW IT’S GONE based on the scandalous affair.
Alexa, 20, is starting her own music career and has released an EP with six of her songs on it.
She says, "The song is about my anger towards Peter regarding the situation.
The lyrics came pouring out.
"It was the best release, because for a while I had such pent-up anger and I was just so frustrated and confused. I just wanted to let go of it and release it and that song just really did that for me.
"(Brinkley) is such a great mother and I think she takes such pride in her children. I just hope that I can keep making her proud. There’s no better feeling than making your parents proud."

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SIR ELTON JOHN decided to write a heartfelt song about his long-term relationship with songwriting partner BERNIE TAUPIN, after having endured 40 tumultuous years together as a team.
The ROCKET MAN star wrote THE BRIDGE about his pal and is releasing it as the first single from his new album THE CAPTAIN AND THE KID on 19 September (06).
He explains, "In the context that I sing it, it’s about having crossed that bridge and survived and having the two of us still being together - Bernie Taupin and myself.
"We’ve been writing now for nearly 40 years together to chase the ultimate song and not to give up, but it also is applicable to anybody in any walk of life.
"It’s like don’t give up. There’s so many people that give up and jump off the bridge. You just cannot be successful all the time.
"I think some of the stuff we did in the ’80s and ’90s was uneven because there was all the pressure to have a hit record.
"If you write songs, you’re going to write unevenly anyway, you’re not going to write great songs all the time.
"But I feel with the last three albums we’ve written, we’ve written three really great albums of work that we could go onstage and play now without playing any of our old songs, our old hits and really entertain people really well with them."

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"It’s really hard to pick up girls who are shopping at a Pier 1. They’re all on the (wedding) registry." Rocker JOHN MAYER advises single guys not to look for sweethearts at US furniture store Pier 1, where he once worked.

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"I would always have a glass of champagne before I went to bed, which I normally never do… I tried to be decadent." KIRSTEN DUNST on how playing tragic French queen MARIE ANTOINETTE influenced her daily life.

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"(It’s) trash that is funny for five minutes if you’re with other people." Designer KARL LAGERFELD doesn’t have much respect for supermodel HEIDI KLUM’s design competition reality show PROJECT RUNWAY.

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Students at West Virginia university Marshall will be among the first to check out new sports movie WE ARE MARSHALL when the film is previewed before the American football team’s first home game of the season on Saturday (09SEP06).

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Hollywood starlet LINDSAY LOHAN has found an unlikely fanbase in the prison her father is being held in.
The HERBIE: FULLY LOADED star is a big hit in New York’s Collins Correctional Facility but dad MICHAEL LOHAN, who is serving up to four years for drink driving, contempt of court and assaulting his brother-in-law with a shoe, is furious about his daughter’s pin-up status among the inmates.
He tells US TV show INSIDE EDITION, "That was a problem when I first got here, because (the other inmates) had a lot of Lindsay’s pictures hung up in their lockers." Michael says he warned them, "’That’s my daughter, and because I’m here with you now, I’d appreciate it if you took it down.’ Most would, but sometimes it took some persuasion." And the 46-year-old reveals his dedication and love for his daughter is stronger than ever.
He says, "I know that Lindsay loves me and she knows I love her, and that’s all I ever wanted in return. That, and I ask for forgiveness."

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Director MIKE NICHOLS was forced to drink urine during the making of REGARDING HENRY, after upsetting crew members on the 1991 film.
In his forthcoming autobiography, PIMPS, HOS, PLAYA HATAS, AND ALL THE REST OF MY HOLLYWOOD FRIENDS, actor JOHN LEGUIZAMO recalls how Nichols kept complaining that his cappuccino "tastes like p**s" during shooting, so someone on the crew decided to get even by urinating into the director’s personal espresso machine.
Leguizamo claims the unsuspecting director enjoyed the brew, exclaiming "Now that’s a cup of coffee!"

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BEYONCE KNOWLES has turned down the chance to star in a sequel of THE PINK PANTHER remake.
The singer-turned-actress, who is set to wow audiences with upcoming musical DREAMGIRLS, is keen to focus on promoting her new solo album, and has no time to reteam with STEVE MARTIN.
She says, "I loved making the movie but with the new album I am way too busy to fit the second movie in."

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HUGH GRANT has signed the enormous knickers worn by RENEE ZELLWEGER in the BRIDGET JONES films so they can be auctioned in aid of London’s Royal Parks.
Several scenes from the second Bridget Jones film, BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON, were shot in the parks.
Grant, who starred in both movies, has signed the knickers with a special message: "Hello Mummy! Lots of love and kisses, Hugh Grant xxxx", in reference to his famous "Hello Mummy!" line from the first film.
The knickers will go under the hammer on Thursday (14SEP05) at charity event Party Belle Epoque, an art nouveau extravaganza which aims to raise £100,000 ($180,000) for the parks.

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Hollywood director BRIAN DE PALMA has lashed out at movies and TV shows that simplify complex crimes to attract a mainstream audience.
The movie-maker’s latest film, THE BLACK DAHLIA, follows two detectives investigating the real life murder of a 1940s actress.
But he’s fed up of being told the plot is ‘too complicated’ by cinema-goers who are accustomed to dumbed down television programmes.
De Palma says, "If you want to see CSI, or LAW AND ORDER, they’re on every night. It all fits in a neat bag, but to me procedural dramas are extremely boring."

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