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Hollywood star JESSICA SIMPSON has rubbished reports she enjoyed a romance with her co-star DANE COOK on the set of new movie EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
The actress, who divorced her ex-husband NICK LACHEY in June (06), had great chemistry with Cook, but the pair were never more than good friends.
Simpson tells US chat show host JIMMY KIMMEL, "We had great chemistry, onscreen chemistry and offscreen chemistry. But nothing sexually."

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MR T turned down a cameo in a proposed big screen version of 1980s TV show THE A-TEAM - because he refuses to star alongside another actor playing his signature role of BA BARACUS.
The actor - real name LAURENCE TUREAUD - no longer has to worry, as the film doesn’t appear to be being made.
He says, "There was supposed to be an A-Team movie, but none of us guys would have been in it.
"The producers told me, ‘We’d like you to be in a cameo,’ and I said, ‘You talk like a fool. Either I’m BA Baracus or nobody.’ And I quickly quashed it." GEORGE PEPPARD, who played COLONEL HANNIBAL SMITH in the TV classic, died in 1994.

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JESSICA SIMPSON has around 100 journals detailing her most intimate thoughts which the security conscious singer/actress gives to trusted friends to look after.
The 26-year-old admits keeping a journal is a risky thing for a superstar to do as she would be devastated if it was leaked to the media.
However, Simpson considers writing about her experiences therapeutic.
She tells US chat show host JIMMY KIMMEL, "Some nights I write in pencil, some nights I write in pen. Some nights I know what I write I’m gonna want to erase.
"I have about 100 and go through one (journal) every five months. It’s the only way to get to know myself.
"I keep them at a couple of friends’ houses. Just in case something were to happen I have them locked up in certain places. My little treasure chests."

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Hollywood star RAY LIOTTA is pleased he summoned up the courage to trace his biological mother, because it gave him closure on the emotional pain he has endured since childhood.
The GOODFELLAS actor hired a private detective in 1997 to track down his mother, who left him in an orphanage when he was a baby.
The 51-year-old was adopted by MARY and ALFRED LIOTTA from a Newark, New Jersey orphanage when he was six months old.
But Liotta continually wondered what his life might have been like with his biological mum - when he did finally meet her, he discovered he isn’t Italian and that he has a half-brother.
Liotta says, "It has affected me since I was a little kid. When I was younger I felt like damaged goods.
"Now I realise I was not being selfish. Most people in their situation give up on their children so the kids can have a better life. It’s not because they don’t want them."

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Ageing hellraiser JACK NICHOLSON plays along with press reports of his extensive partying, even though he spends most of his time at home.
The Oscar-winning legend, 69, enjoys reading stories of his excesses, despite most being untrue.
He says, "I don’t mind the wild stories about my personal life. Nowadays, they’re a good distance from the truth.
"I’ll play along, because it’s a good story. Even I believe it sometimes. But I’m slowing down.
"People would be astounded by how much I stay (at home). At my age, you begin to enjoy the solitude, the quiet. That’s OK if people think different. I love to keep them guessing, to see the surprise on their faces."

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Spanish flamenco star RAFAEL AMARGO is celebrating after being awarded one of the dance’s top prizes.
Amargo received a special award from the organisers of Madrid’s Corral de la Moreria tablao earlier this month (OCT06), which this year (06) celebrates its 50th anniversary.
The 30-year-old, who is due to tour China and Japan next year (07), received the Estrellas del Flamenco accolade from the venue’s artistic director, BLANCA DEL RAY.
He says, "I’m highly honoured. I realise today that performing at a tablao is the most difficult of things - dancing, you have to call up every ounce of what lies at the very heart of your being.
"I am very happy. This is real recognition from the flamenco world such as is very difficult to obtain." Del Rey paid tribute to the dancer who "shouted out his youth through every pore".
She enthused, "As well as talent he has true charisma. He has stood for pure art."

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Rapper LUDACRIS has joined VINCE VAUGHN, DAME JUDI DENCH, PAUL GIAMATTI and KEVIN SPACEY for the Christmas comedy FRED CLAUS.
Vaughn stars as Santa’s loser brother living in New York City who returns home to the North Pole and almost ruins Christmas.
Ludacris, real name CHRIS BRIDGES, will play an angry elf who works for Santa, played by SIDEWAYS star Paul Giamatti.

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ROD STEWART’s ex-wife RACHEL HUNTER has dismissed her ‘yummy mummy’ label, insisting she’s horrified to think her son’s friends might lust after her.
The 37-year-old model and mother of two recently starred as a pole dancer in a music video for rock band FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE.
But despite the sexy role, Hunter admits she’s uncomfortable being a pin-up for her children’s pals.
She says, "As a mother, you don’t think of your kids’ friends fancying you.
But it’s completely that MRS ROBINSON thing. I think older women look a lot younger now." Hunter has two children with Stewart, RENEE and LIAM.

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Actor JAMES BELUSHI sold a car to his chauffeur without telling him the vehicle was in a less-than-perfect condition, according to the driver.
TED LEWANDOWSKI, who was Belushi’s chauffeur when the star was filming UNDERDOG in Rhode Island in June (06), claims he bought a Land Rover off Belushi and soon after needed to pay $5,300 (£2,950) to repair it.
Lewandowski picked up the automobile - which he bought for his father - in Los Angeles and, while driving it back to Rhode Island, he was forced to stop in Flagstaff, Arizona.
The repairs reportedly included a new fuel pump, radiator, tyres and various body work. Lewandowski claims Belushi spoke to the mechanic, became convinced he was being scammed and refused to pay for the repairs.
Lewandowski tells US publication National Enquirer, "Jim Belushi took advantage of me. He pretended to be my friend and assured me he was selling me a good car. And now he won’t make it right.
"I bought the car for my father, who lives on a small pension and had to take on financing over four years to pay for it. And now we’re stuck with a $5,300 repair bill that Belushi won’t pay.
"Jim assured me it was a good car… and his assistant told me the only problem was a broken headlight washer.
"I flew out to LA to drive the car back to Rhode Island. Belushi was friendly, posed with me for a photo and gave me the impression he was doing me a favour by selling me the car."

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SIMON COWELL has slammed AMERICAN IDOL runner-up CLAY AIKEN for confessing he has been prescribed anti-anxiety medication Paxil after struggling to come to terms with his fame.
Acid-tongued Cowell believes Aiken should not have complained about the pressures of stardom when he has achieved what millions of wannabes dream of.
Last month (SEP06), Clay insisted he has no problems stepping up on stage and performing in front of thousands but he suffers panic attacks in more intimate settings.
But Cowell says, "Oh, give me a break. Let me have a choice - I’m going to work in a coal mine for 14 hours a day or I’m going to be runner-up on American Idol. Give me a break, idiot.
"He’s not working for a living - he’s being famous. No one put a gun to his head.
"Clay, whatever he may have said, would not swap what he’s got now for what he had three years ago."

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The original line-up of DINOSAUR JR is recording its first studio album in 18 years.
The pioneering grunge trio - J MASCIS, LOU BARLOW and EMMETT ‘PATRICK’ MURPHY - came together for a reunion tour last year (05).
And, although it wasn’t planned, the band are now taping a follow-up to their 1988 disc BUG and are eyeing a spring 2007 release.
Barlow says, "We spent the better part of two years touring together, so we might as well make a record together.
"The reunion thing went well, considering we held up and enjoyed it. The new album is just a way of extending it. The band pretty much does one thing at a time. I thought we’d be done after the tour, but then the album magically popped up.
"We probably won’t do anything else, but then again, we’ll see." Mascis had continued to record under the Dinosaur Jr name until 1997, before the classic line-up reunited in 2005.

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Veteran singer/songwriter JIMMY WEBB will receive the American Society Of Composers, Authors And Publishers Voice Of Music award at the ASCAP’s upcoming country awards show.
The MacARTHUR PARK star will pick up the honour at the ceremony on 23 October (06) at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
In a career spanning 40 years, Webb has written for musicians including GLEN CAMPBELL. His HIGHWAYMAN song formed the name of the supergroup comprising JOHNNY CASH, WILLIE NELSON, WAYLON JENNINGS and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON.
Previous recipients of the Voice Of Music award have included KENNY CHESNEY, GARTH BROOKS and GEORGE STRAIT.

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BEYONCE KNOWLES’ manager father MATHEW is so scared his grandchildren will pick up foul language from hip-hop music he’s created his own album of sanitised tunes.
Mathew, who already has a 23-month-old grandson thanks to Beyonce’s younger sister, SOLANGE, worries the young rap fan is picking up bad words from his favourite tracks. He’s produced KID’S RAP RADIO to help other parents with similar concerns.
The new album series features hip-hop singles remade with cleaned-up lyrics rapped by kids.
Mathew tells MTV, "When he (grandson) hears a rap, he goes nuts, dancing and saying the lyrics.
"It’s cute to watch, except for one problem. As a grandfather, I’m very concerned about what my grandson is saying.
"(The album) gives them the thumping music but changes the content so it’s parent-friendly, teacher-friendly and you feel good about your kids at that young age listening and repeating the lyrics." However, his project has come under fire from watchdog organisation Morality in Media, which fears the tunes will simply lure children to hip-hop from an earlier age.
Its president, ROBERT PETERS, says, "What this would do is get the kid used to the song, and then when the real stuff comes, wow - they’re going to be even more in tune with the (original version of the) song.
"Really, this has a lot of parallels to what the tobacco industry was doing before Congress cracked down, and that’s packaging an adult product to make it more appealing to children." As well as Kid’s Rap Radio, Volumes 1 & 2, Mathew’s record label Music World will also release KID’S RAP CHRISTMAS next month (NOV06).

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Colombian beauty SHAKIRA swept the board at a Mexican music award ceremony last night (05OCT06).
The pop diva won in five categories at Premio Oye!, one of South America’s most prestigious events, in Puebla.
She picked up Best Album, Song of the Year and English Song of the Year for HIPS DON’T LIE, which also clinched the Best Video category.
Shakira also snatched a songwriting award for DIA DE ENERO.

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A Canadian woman says she purchased a second winning lottery ticket after dreaming about scooping the jackpot.
Mary Wollens, 85, from Toronto, says she was prompted to buy another ticket, with the same numbers as her first, after dreaming about seeing a lotto ticket and receiving a giant cheque.
Wollens had two of the three winning tickets for the weekend draw and scooped $16 million of the $24 million jackpot.
The former house cleaner says she will spend her winners on a trip to Las Vegas and a new house.

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A British woman has trained to be the first paramedic on horseback.
Jenny Williams, of Weston-super-Mare, will respond to 999 calls from people in rural areas that are difficult to reach by ambulance vehicles.
She carries a full first-aid pack, including oxygen, a trauma care kit and an airway management kit, in a backpack.
Williams has worked for the Great Western Ambulance Service, in Somerset, for five years, but it was only recently that her boss thought to put her skills as a qualified riding instruction to use.
Her boss Chris Cooper said: "We get 18 calls a week relating to horse riders and ramblers in the countryside and struggle to get responders to little villages and hamlets."

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A Panamanian boxer stripped naked to ensure he could compete in a world-title fight.
Celestino Caballero stunned reporters when he removed his underwear during the weigh-in for his super bantamweight fight against champion Somsak Sithchatchawal of Thailand.
By removing his clothing Caballero - who was rumoured to be having trouble shifting extra pounds before Wednesday’s (04.10.06) match - managed to come in under the weight limit of 122 pounds.
Caballero went on to successfully win the fight in an impressive three-round onslaught.
He said: "I trained hard for this, God was on my side."

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