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Some of Hollywood’s most famous props, including heads of STAR WARS R2-D2 and C3PO, are to go under the hammer on auction website eBay.
Valued at a total of £1.7 million ($3.1 million), the sale includes the heads of STAR WARS favourites R2-D2 and C3P0.
BERT LAHR’s LION costume from the WIZARD OF OZ, JAMES DEAN’S switchblade from REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and ELVIS’ wedding ring from his marriage to PRISCILLA will also be up for grabs.
The live public sale will run from 14 to 15 December (06).

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LATEST: Hollywood actress SANDRA BULLOCK has laughed off media reports she is pregnant with her first child.
US publication National Enquirer and British newspaper The Sun claim the SPEED star is two months pregnant with husband JESSE JAMES’ baby.
But the couple say, "We are not with child, but we are pregnant with ideas." Bullock and James married in July 2005. The MONSTER GARAGE host has three children from his previous two marriages.

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DUSTIN HOFFMAN rejected a leading role in STEVEN SPIELBERG’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND in the mid-1970s because he was uncomfortable with being a Hollywood superstar.
The veteran actor star regularly turned down the chance to star in top movies because he didn’t want to spend his career chasing the success of his 1967 breakthrough role in THE GRADUATE.
He recalls, "I remember reading this script and sliding it across the table to my first wife. She said, ‘Are you going to do it?’ I said, ‘No.’ She said, ‘Is it a good script?’ I said, ‘It’s one of the best scripts I’ve ever read.’ It was Close Encounters.
"I thought I’d just be repeating myself from The Graduate. The honest answer is I was looking for reasons not to work. I had something psychologically that I had not worked out. I was just not comfortable with stardom."

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Frontman MIKE SCALZI and bassist JAMIE MYERS have quit metal band HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE.
The duo have been replaced by PATRICK GOODWIN and JESSE QUATTRO.
The band will premiere its new line-up at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas in March (07).

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LADY SOVEREIGN’s date with a twenty-something fan who successfully wooed the British hip-hop star ended in disaster, even though he hired a yacht for the occasion.
ZACH SLOW campaigned for a date with the star on his website helpmegetrandomwithladysovereign.com, and when he raised $10,000 (£5,100) to fund a date, Sovereign agreed to meet the desperate Romeo.
But the intimate night, which included being picked up in a SUV limo, a harbour cruise in a private yacht and a luxury suite at a five-star hotel, turned out to be a disaster for the HOODIE hitmaker.
She says, "Ugh. Don’t bring that up. It wasn’t what I expected. It was awful." But Slow has hit back at the claims, insisting, "This is total bull. She was flipping out that she was on a private yacht all night long. And not only did I witness this, but the multiple people on the boat did as well.
"Plus, let’s be real - she was on a private yacht and had $10,000 spent on her in a matter of hours. Dude, DONALD TRUMP would have fun with me in those circumstances!"

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The artist formerly known as CAT STEVENS credits his son with reviving his musical career when he left a guitar lying around the family home. Muslim convert YUSUF ISLAM retired from music in 1978 to devote his life to religion, but he released his first album in 28 years last month (NOV06) after writing new songs on his son’s guitar.
Shortly after his conversion, Islam got rid of all of his musical instruments because he was instructed music contravened his faith.
He recalls, "There’s a nice irony because I wrote a song called FATHER AND SON about the son running off to do his own thing. Now the story is about my son coming back and bringing a guitar into the house. "A couple of years ago, one morning after prayers, his guitar was lying around. I picked it up and my fingers knew exactly where to go. I’d written some words and when I put them to music, it moved me and I realised I could have another job to do. Things just grew from there."

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TENACIOUS D rocker KYLE GASS has branded MEAT LOAF an "ass", after the heavyweight rocker refused to star in new film TENACIOUS D AND THE PICK OF DESTINY for less than $1 million (£510,000).
GASS and bandmate JACK BLACK always promised to cast Meat Loaf in the long proposed movie, and when the film finally came to pass the BAT OUT OF HELL star knew he could hold out for big money Gass says, "The man’s an ass. Meat Loaf knew he had us over a barrel because we’d told everyone he was in the movie before he signed. He wanted, I believe, a million dollars. "We were like ‘Meat, you can’t have a million. I guess we’re going to have to go somewhere else.’ "We called his bluff, he came back with his tail between his legs, and the result is cinematic history."

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Rap group CYPRESS HILL have been hit with a lawsuit by concert music promoter Wavecrest Media over a cancelled performance in 2004.
The HITS FROM THE BONGS stars were due to play the Tennessee State Fair, but the 19 September (04) show was cancelled when Hurricane Ivan struck.
And lawyers representing Wavecrest Media claim Cypress Hill failed to return a $150,000 (£77,000) deposit, reports AllHipHop.com.
Representatives for the group have yet to comment on the legal papers filed in Davidson County Court in Nashville, Tennessee.

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IAN GILLIAN’s bassist RODNEY APPLEBY is being treated for a facial gunshot wound after allegedly being attacked by a neighbour in Buffalo, New York. The 49-year-old, who played on former DEEP PURPLE frontman Gillian’s solo US tour, has been in a stable condition at Erie County Medical Center since being shot on Saturday (25NOV06).
Neighbour THEODIS JOHNSON, 41, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal use of a weapon and criminal possession of a weapon.

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American football player TONY ROMO has slammed reports he’s dating singer and actress JESSICA SIMPSON.
The rumours began when Romo confessed to having a crush on Simpson, but the Dallas Cowboys quarterback insists he’s never been lucky enough to go on a date with the 26-year-old star. He says, "So I don’t have to answer any more questions about this, I’m not dating Jessica Simpson, nor have I gone on a date with her." Simpson’s father JOE is supporting Romo, insisting, "Jess has never met Tony.
I am friends with him."

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A cat has completed a remarkable 2,300 mile voyage from northern Israel to England.
The feline’s unexpected journey came about after he wandered into a 40-foot container.
The cat - called Ziggy Stardust after a character in a David Bowie song - was trapped when the consignment of plastic goods was sealed and shipped to the UK on October 31.
Ziggy was finally set free in Whitworth, Lancashire, after spending 17 days without food and water.
Colin Barton, the local authority’s animal health officer who helped catch Ziggy, said: "When the container was finally opened, staff unloading it got a real surprise when this fluffy white cat shot out.
"I think he had probably used up some of his nine lives." Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are still trying to track down Ziggy’s owners.

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A German policeman was stripped of his trousers as he tried to arrest an emu.
The officer tried to grab the flightless bird after receiving reports that it had been attacking visitors at a park in Kaarst.
However, the bird refused to go quietly and ripped the man’s trousers off during the tussle.
A day later another policeman was de-robed, but this time by a three-foot red and green parrot. The unlucky officer had the arm of his police jacket ripped off.
Police are holding the birds while they search for the respective owners.

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A US man is hoping to break the record for the longest arm hair.
Jon Sanford, from Jackson, Wisconsin, has contacted the Guinness World Records to see if his 4.1inches-long arm hair is an official record. The current record is set at 3.96 inches.
To comply with Guinness regulations Stanford asked two witnesses - whom he did not know - to watch him measuring the strands.
Patrol officer Shane Wrucke and fire chief John Skodinski happily obliged.
Stanford - who described his growth as ‘mutant hair’ - has submitted the relevant documents to the Guinness authorities and is waiting to see if it is officially confirmed a record.

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US scientists have trained bees to sniff out bombs.
The researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico taught the insects to detect the odour of substances ranging from dynamite to explosives by exposing them to the distinct smells and then rewarding them with sugar water.
They now hope the bees will help in the fight against suicide bombers.
Scientist Tim Haarmann, who was involved with the Stealthy Insect Sensor Project, told Reuters: "When the bees detect the presence of explosives, they simply stick their proboscis (the tube they use to feed on nectar) out.
"We are very excited at the success of our research as it could have far-reaching implications for both defence and homeland security." "It would be great to start saving some lives with this."

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A man dubbed Ireland’s dumbest crook has been told by police to give up before he kills himself.
The man has been arrested three times as a result of bungled getaway attempts.
Last weekend, he was hit by a lorry while fleeing the scene of a betting shop robbery.
Another time he was found stuck in the chimney of a house he was burgling and he also managed to get himself pinned to the ceiling of a bank by a security device.
One Dublin police officer warned the crazy crook in the Irish Sun newspaper: "Go straight before you kill yourself."

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A group of nineteen Chinese men have been detained by police after conning people out of money by impersonating monks.
The detainees are part of a group of 50 men who have been selling fake or shoddy goods in the district of Wuhou, in the city of Chengdu.
The group have shaved heads and wear monk robes and claim to be from the "Shaolin Temple Martial Arts Performing Troupe".
A local police officer said: "They aren’t monks, they are con artists." Intimidated residents notified police of the group’s activities, and when they arrived on the scene they found the gang attacking journalists who had been trying to film them.
Around 180 officers were called to the scene and gave chase when the ‘monks’ sped off in two vehicles. Only 19 members were detained and the others are under investigation.

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A US man who sprayed painted three goats and littered their barn with pages from a pornographic magazine has been arrested for animal cruelty.
Drew Gagnon, of Mahopac, in New York, broke into the shed on Thanksgiving after being driven there by accomplice Douglas Bisio.
According to Lt. Brian Karst the incident was a case of harassment getting out of hand.
Owner Gail Fiero said: "They’re our pets. We just want to put this behind us." Vet Stacey Dallas, who treated the pet goats, said the animals were in excruciating pain as the orange paint had got onto their genitals and one of them had eaten one of the pages of the magazine.

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A US man tried to smuggle a guitar out of a music store by hiding it under his coat.
Morgan Conatser walked into Guitars and Cadillacs in Arkansas, picked up the instrument and walked straight out.
Shop owner Clifton Lovell said: "I saw him walking out to his pickup truck with bulges in his leather jacket. I said, ‘Hey what have you got there.’" When confronted, the man handed the stolen item back to the owner.
However, later that day Lovell realised a wireless sound system was missing.
Local police officer Deputy Jeff Wahls tracked down Conatser to his house where he found the stolen property.
Wahls said: "He made a statement saying he needed the property because he needed to make ends meet." Conatser was arrested for theft and fined.

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