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Superstar MADONNA and director husband GUY RITCHIE are reportedly planning to adopt twins from an African orphanage.
The couple are set to fly to poverty-stricken Malawi, south east Africa, to meet the president BINGU WA MUTHARIKA and finalise legal details with adoption lawyers.
The pair already have two children - a son together, six-year-old ROCCO and Madonna has daughter, 10-year-old LOURDES from a previous relationship.
An insider tells British newspaper The People, "Originally Madonna and Guy planned to adopt only one child.
"But when they were told that might mean breaking up a family unit they immediately said they would take siblings or twins if that was the right thing to do.
"They want the children to be as young as possible but are prepared to take kids up to the age of four.
"And they are also willing to consider a child with special needs arising from being abandoned in an orphanage."

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Reality TV star JACK OSBOURNE decided to write his own autobiography after realising other autobiography writers were "f***king idiots".
The 21-year-old son of rocker OZZY OSBOURNE, who was admitted into a rehabilitation centre three years ago (03) for drug addiction, rose to fame as the youngest member of the Osbournes.
And Jack insists that he has led a far more interesting life than most people have - even though he is still young.
Jack says, "At first I was very reluctant to write a book. Then I realised that everyone else who has put out books are all just f***ing idiots. "They haven’t done anything. I haven’t survived a war, trekked through countries or stayed in a refugee camp but my life has been quite interesting.
I’ve done a lot of stuff."

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The Illinois church made famous in the BLUES BROTHERS film has been destroyed in a fire.
Firefighters were forced to smash down the Pilgrim Baptist Church of South Chicago’s stained glass windows to tackle the blaze last week (ends22SEP06).
The place of worship gained fame after funk legend JAMES BROWN sang there during a scene in the hit 1980 movie.

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English soccer ace DAVID BECKHAM and wife VICTORIA are reportedly planning to cameo in Australian soap opera NEIGHBOURS in a bid to gain further international fame.
The Real Madrid player and former SPICE GIRL hope to win over a new audience down under and will star as themselves in the hit television series.
An insider told British newspaper Sunday Mirror, "Television bosses are quietly confident they’ll agree to the offer because it’ll make them even bigger stars across the world.
"David and Victoria’s appearance would be a huge coup for Neighbours. It will really catapult the show on to the A list, as well as broaden Victoria and David’s fame."

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Pop queen MADONNA has revealed that her short new platinum blonde ‘haircut’ is in actual fact a wig.
The MATERIAL GIRL caused a stir when she showed off her new look on Tuesday (19SEP06) at a Tokyo photography exhibition in Japan.
But the truth was revealed when Madonna took to the stage in the Tokyo Dome with her hair back to its normal long curly style.
And the singer, whose Confessions world tour ended on Thursday (21SEP06), donned the wig, which was created by hairdresser ANDY LeCOMPTE for the filming of Madonna’s next video, for the last few sets of her concert in Tokyo.

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HUGH GRANT has a playful friendship with ex-girlfriend ELIZABETH HURLEY, with the ex-lovers making catty comments about their respective partners.
The British actor is dating English socialite JEMIMA KHAN and Hurley is about to marry Indian businessman ARUN NAYAR - but the pair remain firm friends despite their past relationship, which ended in May 2000.
The NOTTING HILL star is happy they can talk about their new loves and even make jokes about them.
Grant says, "The funny thing is that our friendship is as strong as it ever was. Our break-up didn’t affect that.
"We speak to each other almost every day. The companionship side hasn’t changed.
"We make good-natured catty remarks about our new partners as the occasion arises. It feels rather familial now."

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British actress BILLIE PIPER has admitted her ongoing battle with anorexia in her new autobiography GROWING PAINS.
The 24-year-old DOCTOR WHO star, who married English radio star CHRIS EVANS at the age of 18, suffered from anorexia for two years before her marriage.
The stress of their split in 2004 brought the eating disorder on again for Piper, who was battling depression at the same time.
And now Piper, who is now healthy again, is determined to set a good example for young girls who have low self-esteem and are trying to lose weight.
She says, "I didn’t feel qualified or ready to talk about it until I was really, really well, this year. I have to be so careful not to give them ideas on how to lose weight because that’s what I used to do.
"I’d read an article in a magazine about anorexia and think, ‘Ooh, I’ll do that…’ I was never as pretty as the other girls. My features were always too big - my jaw was too heavy, my mouth too wide."

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British royal PRINCE HARRY ruined a friend’s 21st birthday party by hurling smoke bombs into a marquee.
The prince was a guest of good friend LUCY KENT’s extravagant celebration bash in Gloucestershire, England, when he became out of hand after drinking too much champagne. The joke bombs didn’t cause any injury, but the commotion convinced organisers to end the party for health and safety reasons.
A friend of Kent’s tells British newspaper Sunday Express, "She was really cross about it.
"The party was meant to be an all-nighter but after Harry released these toxic things at about one o’clock in the morning everybody had to get out.
"Until then everybody had been dancing but the disco had to stop - he ruined it for everyone."

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Hollywood funnyman EDDIE MURPHY has finally declared his love for English girlfriend MELANIE BROWN.
The pair began dating three months ago (JUN06) and reportedly immediately fell madly in love.
And now Murphy, speaking at a business meeting at a Beverly Hills restaurant on Friday (22SEP06), has finally shared his love for the ex-SPICE GIRL with the world.
Murphy says, "I am madly in love with Mel - but there are no wedding plans." The comedian divorced wife NICOLE in April (06) after 13 years of marriage and five children.

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Welsh pop singer CHARLOTTE CHURCH is still furious with stepfather JAMES CHURCH for being unfaithful to her mother MARIA - and she refuses to have a relationship with him.
James and Maria are now back together after the latter forgave him for cheating on her with a barmaid. But Church, who has her own TV chat show, hasn’t forgiven James for his infidelity and hurting her mother.
James has confessed that Church is "still livid with me", and is deeply upset at the former soprano’s estrangement from him.
He says, "She won’t speak to me anymore. She avoids beings in the same room as me whenever possible and barely even grunts in my direction."

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Ex-TAKE THAT star GARY BARLOW is still shocked he survived the terrorist attacks in London last summer (07JUL05), after witnessing the immediate aftermath of the carnage.
The British singer was travelling on an underground train alongside one of the three trains that were bombed on the fateful day, when an explosion threw him to the ground.
The BACK FOR GOOD hitmaker is still affected by how close he came to death that day, insisting he is still traumatised by what he saw.
Barlow recalls, "Next to us was what looked like another train, but it had no roof or side. The seats were exposed and although it was dark I could see bodies lying across them.
"I began to understand how lucky I had been. I counted seven bodies, and as a woman was carried out on a stretcher, I prayed she would be alright. I made it home on adrenaline, I guess, and for the next three hours I was glued to the news.
"I don’t know why there or why then, but I began to cry in the shower. My mind kept returning to that woman. I could have been in her place.
"Thank God I’m still here. I can’t stop kissing my children. I have never been so happy to be alive."

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Rocker ERIC CLAPTON was forced to cancel his concert in Auburn Hills, Michigan last night (23SEP06) after developing a sore throat.
The veteran rocker’s world tour kicked off last weekend (16SEP06) and is set to include the US and Canada, as well as Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
The singer’s publicist KRISTEN FOSTER assures Clapton’s fans that his upcoming concerts in North America will go ahead as planned - after the Michigan concert is rescheduled.
His next concert will be on Sunday (01OCT06) in Toronto, Canada.
Foster says, "He is indeed under the weather with a sore throat."

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Acclaimed British composer SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD has died in hospital at the age of 84 following a chest infection.
Arnold, who won an Oscar for the musical score to the 1958 war movie BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, was famous for film scores including WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND and HOBSONS CHOICE. He also composed seven ballets, nine symphonies and two operas.
Arnold, who died at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in England, leaves behind two sons and one daughter.
Arnold’s long-term friend and companion ANTHONY DAY says Arnold was "the most wonderful man".
He adds, "People didn’t see the man that I knew because he had frontal lobe dementia over the last few years which slowly developed but, being with him, he was a happy, lovely man who enjoyed his music and enjoyed his life."

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