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Acting couple LISA RINNA and HARRY HAMLIN are set to make hit Broadway musical CHICAGO a family affair when they join the cast as ROXIE HART and BILLY FLYNN respectively.
The Hollywood pair, who have both wowed TV viewers with dance routines on successive series of US reality show DANCING WITH THE STARS, have yet to finalise dates for their joint Broadway run.
Chicago will be Rinna’s Broadway debut. CLASH OF THE TITANS star Hamlin has appeared in Broadway shows including AWAKE & SING!.

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Martial arts superstars JACKIE CHAN and JET LI will face off for the first time on the big screen in a new feature film.
The two martial-arts experts have long said they would like to appear in a film together and fight each other.
Li is set to play two roles, that of the monkey king and the silent monk, while Chan will play the monk T’SA-HO in the as-yet-untitled family movie, which will begin shooting in April (06).
The script is based on the legend of the monkey king and his quest to achieve immortality.

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OCEAN’S ELEVEN director STEVEN SODERBERGH is set to shoot two back-to-back films about Latin American revolutionary CHE GUEVARA.
Soderbergh and BENICIO DEL TORO, who will play Guevara, have been working on the movies since they made TRAFFIC together in 2000.
The films will also likely star JAVIER BARDEM, FRANKA POTENTE and BENJAMIN BRATT, who are currently in talks for key roles.
Both films pick up after the formative Guevara years captured in WALTER SALLES’ film THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES.
The first movie, THE ARGENTINE, begins as Guevara and a band of Cuban exiles (led by FIDEL CASTRO) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956.
The second film, GUERILLA, begins with Guevara’s trip to New York City, where he spoke at the United Nations in 1964 and was celebrated in society circles.
He then disappeared into the jungles of South America. When he tired to use Bolivia as the catalyst for more revolution, he was captured and executed.
The movies will be shot back-to-back beginning next May (07) in Mexico and South America.

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Actress and internet pin-up CINDY MARGOLIS has made her naked debut in men’s magazine Playboy for the first time - 22 years after magazine boss HUGH HEFNER first approached her to bare all.
The sexy blonde opted to give in to Hefner’s plea to celebrate her 40th birthday and raise cash for US national infertility association Resolve.
Margolis says, "I was 18 when Playboy approached me for the first time. Every other year since then I would get a wonderful call from them, and I would very graciously decline.
"When they called on my 40th, not only to wish me a happy birthday but also to make the offer again, I thought, ‘Wow, they still want me.’ "If I had done it in the past, it would have been for gratuitous reasons or money or to help my career. And I don’t need any of that now." Instead, the sexy star has struck a deal with Hefner - a portion of the sales from the upcoming Christmas (06) issue of the magazine will go to Resolve.
Margolis has become a poster girl for infertility treatments and the spokeswoman for Resolve after conceiving three children via in vitro fertilisation.
She tells Playboy she’s planning to write a book about her struggles to become a mother.

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Actor MICHAEL J FOX is grateful for his Parkinson’s Disease, calling it "a gift." The BACK TO THE FUTURE star has accepted his shaking will only get worse unless a cure is discovered, but he insists his life is richer for Parkinson’s.
He says, "It’s a progressive disease. I’m not gonna get any better. For me, unique to my situation, it’s a gift; it’s a gift that keeps on taking but it’s a gift. I wouldn’t go back.
"The path it’s put me on has been so amazing."

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Rapper TALIB KWELI has created his own online virtual world, where fans can form neighbourhoods and build homes.
The digital parallel universe, called SECOND LIFE, is a new feature of Kweli’s website, where devotees can also take a tour around his own New York home.
Visitors to SecondLife.com can create and dress characters, build homes and live out alternative versions of their lives in a three-dimensional, computer-generated environment.
Anyone who logs in and creates a basic membership in Second Life will be able to interact with the Brooklyn-bred rapper via his virtual world persona.
Created by Kweli himself, users can visit his Brooklyn brownstone, which will feature online amenities such as a pool table, bar area, chill-out room, and a rooftop stage where his live concerts from around the country will be streamed.

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Former BAYWATCH star PAMELA ANDERSON insists she and new husband KID ROCK are content with their family and have no plans for more children at the moment.
The pair wed this summer (06) and have three children - Anderson has sons BRANDON, 10, and DYLAN, eight, with ex-husband TOMMY LEE, while Kid Rock has a 16-year-old son, ROBERT JAMES RITCHIE JR.
Anderson says that despite rumours she is expecting, it’s too soon to talk about any new additions to the family.
She tells American publication People, "A lot of people are saying that. I think it’s just what happens when you get together, but we already have three (kids), so not yet." When asked how the pregnancy rumours got started, she said, "I gained five pounds, maybe." Anderson describes married life as "Awesome. It’s great. Really fun," and she doesn’t rule out having more kids in the future adding, "You never know. Who knows?"

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ZZ TOP star DUSTY HILL, GODSMACK’s SULLY ERNA and KISS guitarist ACE FREHLEY are among the celebrities who will literally play the world’s poker kings at their own game in Las Vegas on Thursday (01NOV06).
The rockers will deal with poker professionals PHIL ‘THE UNABOMBER’ LAAK and ANTONIO ‘THE MAGICIAN’ ESFANDIARI at the VH1 Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Tournament.
VINNIE PAUL from PANTERA and ANTHRAX’s SCOTT IAN will also face off with the experts at the Flamingo Casino’s Second City Theater.
The tournament is being taped for broadcast and will be aired early next year (07).

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THE WIGGLES star GREG PAGE has been struck down by a mystery illness that is threatening his future with the successful children’s group.
While The Wiggles are on tour in the US with a replacement member, Page, 34, is battling the condition, which includes regular bouts of fainting, at his home in Sydney, Australia.
Group manager PAUL FIELD, who is the brother of Blue Wiggle ANTHONY FIELD, slammed reports Page has been diagnosed with cancer as, "Absolutely not the case." When Page was contacted by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, he said he was "not really well enough to talk".
In a statement released to fans, the Yellow Wiggle explained his absence from the current US tour saying doctors were yet to diagnose the health problem behind the fainting spells.
The statement reads: "I have had numerous bouts of this over the past eight months but they are getting more frequent, and more concerning.
"So I have decided that I must go home, rest and seek further medical advice to assure myself that I will be OK for future tours." Page has often been absent from Wiggles shows since a double hernia operation in December (05) and has been replaced by his long-time understudy SAM MORAN.

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BLINK-182 stars MARK HOPPUS and TRAVIS BARKER knew the end of the group was nigh when bandmate TOM DeLONGE insisted on taking charge of the trio’s music.
Hoppus, Barker and DeLonge reunited after a short "forced" hiatus to rehearse for a benefit concert in early 2005, but the get together was dogged by tantrums.
Speaking to Spin magazine, Hoppus reveals, "Tom said he would only record the next album from his home in San Diego (California) - he’d work on his stuff, Travis would work on his stuff, and I’d work on my stuff, and we were going to mail the files to each other.
"We tried to talk to him: ‘We’re a band and you’re trying to control everything.’ The next day the manager called and said that Tom quit.
"We said, ‘Shouldn’t Tom call himself? We’ve been in this band for 13 years.’ The manager said, ‘He’s already changed his number and doesn’t want to talk to you anymore.’" Hoppus wrote NO, IT ISN’T about his ex-pal and posted the track, which features the lyric ‘This isn’t just goodbye/This is I can’t stand you’ online on DeLonge’s birthday earlier this year (06).
Hoppus adds, "These are things I would have said if he had called: ‘Your selfish nature is destroying everything that the three of us, our crew, and everyone else worked so hard to do.’"

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Aspiring rapper KEVIN FEDERLINE is writing an autobiography to help people understand who he is.
BRITNEY SPEARS’ husband’s debut album PLAYING WITH FIRE is released this week (begs30OCT06) and he is eager for people to learn about who he was before he hooked up with his famous wife.
He tells the New York Post, "The book is definite. It will be a biography of my life until I met my wife, so people will better understand who I am." Although he is eager to tell his story, Federline admits he needs some help when it comes to actually writing the book.
He adds, "I haven’t done it yet. You know, I’ll get a ghostwriter in there."

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Rock star COURTNEY LOVE has been sober for a year and three months and credits Buddhism with helping her get her life back on track.
The MALIBU singer has just released a new book, DIRTY BLONDE: THE DIARIES OF COURTNEY LOVE, which includes old photographs, scribbled song lyrics and even an email exchange with LINDSAY LOHAN regarding dealing with negative press coverage.
Love insists her hard-partying days are behind her and claims her conversion to Buddhism helped her remain sober.
She explains, "I’m a Buddhist now and I chant every day. I chant for a long time.
"Some people that chant, I’m just going to out them, ORLANDO BLOOM chants, TINA TURNER, they do half an hour a day.
"But I was doing four and five hours a day sometimes. With smoke breaks!"

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BARBRA STREISAND was shocked when a concertgoer disagreed with her political views and pelted her with ice while she was performing in south Florida on Monday night (30OCT06).
The music legend was on stage at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale and brought out a GEORGE W BUSH impersonator during one part of her show.
The phony US president jokingly asked her if they could sing a song together, to which Streisand replied, "How about ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?", referring to her 1970s disco duet with DONNA SUMMER.
At that point a disgruntled fan threw ice at the 64-year-old star, according to website TMZ.com.
Streisand managed to stay calm and reassured the audience, "It’s OK, it’s OK." When fans asked the staunch Democrat to sing a song for the Republicans, she suggested SEND IN THE CLOWNS, which reportedly upset another fan, who started to loudly boo the singer.
Both the heckler and the ice thrower were escorted out of the venue, which caused Streisand to quip, "If you want to hear my songs, buy my albums and stay at home," which caused the remaining fans to applaud enthusiastically.
This isn’t the first time the star’s political views have caused problems at her concerts - a similar scenario unfolded during Streisand’s show earlier this month (OCT06) at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where she told a fan to "f**k off".

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The Malawian boy adopted by MADONNA was promised to an American family before the singer arrived in the African country earlier this month (0CT06), according to the 13-month-old’s father.
YOHANE BANDA insists he had already agreed to DAVID being adopted by the brother of an American woman who had stayed at the Home For Hope orphanage.
Madonna picked out David when she visited the children’s home in the Malawian capital Lilongwe, but Banda wishes he had been adopted by the unknown family because he would have avoided the media storm which has since disrupted his life.
He says, "I’d already resigned myself to the fact that Davie was going to be adopted - I’d known this for some time. There was an American woman living in the orphanage and she had been there for some time.
"She wanted to adopt three children and one of them was Davie - I knew all about it. In the end, she chose another three children because she wanted her brother to adopt Davie.
"Her brother’s name was also David and she sent him pictures of my son and said he was going to come and collect him. We were waiting for them both to come back to the village, but Madonna took him first.
"If these Americans had adopted him, no one would have ever caused this fuss and I could be living my life as normal."

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Previously unseen artwork from the creators of the hit TV show THUNDERBIRDS is up for auction in London next month (NOV06).
Designs created by special effects expert DEREK MEDDINGS for GERRY ANDERSON’s puppet-based show are expected to fetch thousands of pounds at the Bonhams sale on 22 November.
Among the lots to go under the hammer are the original concept design for the Thunderbird 3 rocket and a design for the Thunderbird 2 transporter - which are expected to raise up to £10,000 ($18,000) each.

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Movie star BRAD PITT got dirty with former US President JIMMY CARTER yesterday (30OCT06) as the pair helped build homes for the poor in western India.
The FIGHT CLUB star joined volunteers working for Christian charity Habitat For Humanity yesterday (30OCT06), which has been promoted by Carter and his wife ROSALYNN since 1984.
Pitt donned protective goggles and gloves as he fixed a window grill and slapped cement onto bricks in Lonavla, a small town south-east of Mumbai.
The actor was already in India, where his girlfriend ANGELINA JOLIE is shooting new movie A MIGHTY HEART. Jolie stars as the wife of late US journalist DANIEL PEARL.

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THE PRESTIGE co-stars HUGH JACKMAN and CHRISTIAN BALE told each other what they were being paid to star in the film, to check they weren’t being ripped off.
The pair play rival magicians who battle each other in the new movie, and were keen to make sure they picked up the same salaries.
Jackman confesses, "We did have one conversation on-set. What do you have in your contract? What do you get for the sequel? What do you get for number three?"

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Celebrity chef GORDON RAMSAY has been hit with a fine after failing to submit his company’s accounts to British government authorities on time.
The HELL’S KITCHEN star’s company Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited was supposed to file its 2005 accounts with Companies House by the end of June (06) - but the financial body has yet to receive any documents despite sending out two reminder letters.
The company has been hit with a £250 fine ($450) fine and could face a court appearance and a £5,000 ($9,000) fine if accounts are not filed immediately.
A spokesperson for Ramsay says, "We are well aware of this. In fact, we have already submitted accounts for all eight of his restaurants and it is only the holding company accounts that need to be sent in.
"I’m sure the delay is merely a housekeeping issue. It’s nonsense to say Gordon is spreading himself too thin."

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