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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER will make his first public appearance since a Christmas (06) skiing accident left him in hospital later today (05JAN06) when he’s sworn in for a second term as California Governor.
The former Hollywood action man broke his right femur and needed extensive surgery after fracturing his right thigh bone in Sun Valley, Idaho on 23 December (06).
Schwarzenegger has been working on his speech at home under doctor’s orders and his wife MARIA SHRIVER was forced to stand in for him at all the pre-inaugural activities in Sacramento, California yesterday (04JAN07).
But the actor insisted on being at the inauguration in person later today even if he has to hobble to Sacramento on crutches.
Schwarzenegger will attend an official luncheon and then host a $500- (£256-) per-ticket black tie ball.

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SYLVESTER STALLONE used a promotional trip to Mexico yesterday (04JAN07) to blast plans to build a fence along the country’s US border to keep illegal aliens out.
Stallone, who visited Mexico City to promote his new film ROCKY BALBOA, told fans he has always been a fan of the Mexican work ethic.
He even pays tribute to immigrants in his sixth ROCKY film - in one scene, his character (Balboa) defends his restaurant’s immigrant cooks and waiters against slanderous comments.
He told his Mexican fans, "I support Mexicans who work in my country." He went on to criticise US plans to keep Latinos out of America by erecting a 700-mile (1,126 kilometre) fence along the border, calling the idea "crazy" and "ridiculous."

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NICOLE KIDMAN is to star in the film adaptation of Broadway play RABBIT HOLE.
The Aussie actress will also produce the movie.
Former SEX & THE CITY star CYNTHIA NIXON won acclaim and a 2006 Tony Award Best Actress honour for her role in the play, which centres around a once happily-married couple trying to revive their relationship after a family tragedy.

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BEYONCE KNOWLES enjoys her widespread fame and wouldn’t change her superstar status for the world, despite the pressures it places her under.
The CRAZY IN LOVE singer admits the biggest downside of fame is the difficulty of finding trustworthy friends.
Knowles says, "Work is my drug. I’m not worried about having a breakdown.
"There are negative sides to fame, sure. It’s hard to find yourself when everyone tells you everything you do is excellent. It’s hard to stay humble, hard to make friends. It’s hard to know who is real.
"It’s also hard if you don’t have people you trust before you become famous."

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The Mexican director who inspired SALMA HAYEK’s new TV hit show UGLY BETTY has died of a heart attack.
SERGIO JIMENEZ, 69, directed Latino TV hit LA FEA MAS BELLA (THE PRETTIEST UGLY GIRL), which fan Hayek used as the basis for her new comedy series.
Jimenez started his career as a celebrated actor, appearing in a string of hit TV shows in the late 1960s and 1970s. He turned to directing in the 1980s.

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Mexican actor GAEL GARCIA BERNAL refuses to allow Hollywood stereotypes of central American countries anger him.
Instead, the MOTORCYCLE DIARIES star believes local filmmakers should strive to put forward the representation of their nation they wish the world to see.
He says, "Depends on the day. Depends how you’re feeling. Usually, you don’t give a s**t. It’s just movies.
"You’re aware of those images, but you don’t want to give them undue importance. Should we start a revolution because people are making bad films about us? "We should instead make our own movies, and make them good. Indirectly, a film like BABEL is the best way of balancing things."

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TV and movie tough guy FRANK CAMPANELLA has died at his home in the San Fernando Valley, California on Saturday (30DEC06). He was 87.
The actor played villains and mean guys in more than 100 movies and TV shows, including DICK TRACY, PRETTY WOMAN, BEACHES, THE FALL GUY and THE ROCKFORD FILES.
The hulking star also made a name for himself on Broadway in plays like STALAG 17 and THE DEADLY GAME. He also trained ROBERT DE NIRO to speak authentic Sicilian in THE GODFATHER PART II and helped subtitle the film classic.
The son of a bandleader, Campanella trained as a concert pianist.

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B-movie western star LOIS HALL has died of a heart attack and stroke at a Los Angeles hospital. She was 80.
Among her many movies were COLORADO AMBUSH and HORSEMEN OF THE SIERRAS. She also starred alongside silver screen hero BUSTER CRABBE in 1950s series PIRATES OF THE HIGH SEAS.
Towards the end of her 57 year career, Hall - a devotee of the Baha’i faith, became a regular on US soap SONS & DAUGHTERS and appeared in episodes of TV dramas SIX FEET UNDER and COLD CASE.

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CRASH star JENNIFER ESPOSITO and actor fiance BRADLEY COOPER celebrated the New Year as husband and wife after secretly marrying at the end of last month (DEC06).
The couple, who became engaged in October (06), have not released any date or location details about their big day.
Esposito is 34, while Cooper celebrates his 32nd birthday today (05JAN07).
This is the first wedding for both stars.

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The widow of late soul legend JAMES BROWN has blasted reports she and her husband were bitter enemies in the weeks leading up to his death - declaring they were just "passionate." TOMI RAE HYNIE was fighting a painkiller addiction in rehab in Los Angeles when Brown died on Christmas Day (25DEC06) and dashed to Atlanta, Georgia to be by Brown’s side when she heard the news of his passing.
Now, she’s dismissing reports her marriage was virtually over and she told Brown she no longer loved him in the weeks before his death.
This came after a string of odd incidents during the couple’s almost five-year marriage, including a domestic dispute which landed the soul star in jail and a full-page ad Brown took out in trade magazine Variety, announcing the break-up of his marriage.
Hynie says, "We had an argument on an airplane and he wrote that (break-up announcement) on the airplane and called his secretary… and told her to put it in there. He said it was great publicity." But Brown’s widow insists she truly loved the soul man, despite his reputation for being difficult.
She adds, "We stayed together. That was our relationship… We did fight. We did get violent. We did get physical. And I’m not going to put it all on him.
"But we made up and we were passionate. We loved each other, you know? And we weren’t saints. We partied. We had good times. We had bad times."

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PINK FLOYD rocker ROGER WATERS has recorded his second movie tune with acclaimed film composer HOWARD SHORE.
The odd couple collaborated on HELLO (I LOVE YOU) for upcoming sci-fi film THE LAST MIMZY.
Waters says, "I think together we’ve come up with a song that captures the themes of the movie - the clash between humanity’s best and worst instincts, and how a child’s innocence can win the day." The six-minute song features ERIC CLAPTON’s drummer STEVE GADD, DAVID BOWIE’s guitarist GERRY LEONARD and six-year-old actress RHIANNON LEIGH WRYN, who stars in the film and duets with Waters.
The film is based on LEWIS PADGETT’s acclaimed sci-fi short story, which tells the story of two children who discover a mysterious box containing toy-like objects.
The new movie features TIMOTHY HUTTON, and JOELY RICHARDSON.

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Rapper SNOOP DOGG is at the centre of a new lawsuit after promising to star in a reality TV project surrounding his involvement with a youth football league, but without revealing his other interests in an additional sporting sideline.
Bosses for the New York-based Natural Resources Media & Technology Group claim they made a deal with the rapper over the show concept without knowing about a pre-existing deal with 20th Century Fox, which wanted to develop a feature film about Snoop’s coaching exploits.
The deal the plaintiffs signed off on was one that give them exclusive television, cable and video rights.
But, almost as soon as filming started, Fox attorneys issued a cease and desist warning to the producers, informing them of their "exclusive rights to portray Snoop in any motion picture or television project or other production based on Snoop’s involvement with his sons’ football teams and leagues." Natural Resources boss COREY SIMMONS then allegedly informed Snoop, real name CALVIN BROADUS, that he was in breach of the contract by failing to own the rights to the concept.
Filing papers in New York last month (DEC06), Simmons and his partners are seeking $250,000 (£128,200) in damages, plus attorney’s fees.
Meanwhile, Fox is currently developing a movie, COACH SNOOP, with the rapper and actor.

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US civil rights leader REV AL SHARPTON was so stunned by the news his longtime friend and mentor JAMES BROWN had died, he tried to shake off the late-night phone call as a bad dream.
Sharpton, who referred to Brown as his second father, was the first person the soul legend’s manager CHARLES BOBBITT called when the singer passed away on Christmas Day (25DEC06) after battling pneumonia.
The family friend was on his way to South Africa when he heard the news Brown was ill in an Atlanta, Georgia hospital, but Bobbitt assured him he’d be OK in three or four days and urged him to go ahead with his travel plans.
He rang back a few hours later with grave news.
Sharpton recalls, "At three in the morning Mr Bobbitt called back and said, `Reverend Sharpton, your man is gone.’ "I, literally, rolled over and went back to sleep, trying to tell myself I had a bad dream.
"When I woke up, I realised that he was really gone and I rushed to Atlanta to meet the kids… and we began trying to do what he always told us to do if something happened." The family then asked Sharpton to preside over Brown’s funeral service, which he conducted last weekend.

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LATEST: JAMES BROWN’s widow TOMI RAE HYNIE fears she has lost the mansion she has called home for the past decade as part of a shady tax-saving move pulled off by her late husband.
Hynie turned up at the South Carolina mansion hours after her husband passed away on Christmas Day (25DEC06) to find the gates of the property padlocked.
Now she has discovered the house could be part of a property sale Brown made with his attorney, BUDDY DALLAS, to avoid a tax fine.
Speaking to CNN anchor LARRY KING on his TV chat show on Wednesday (03JAN07), she said, "He said he owned the home now because he had bought it. I remember this deal a long time ago. He said he bought it for tax purposes so that my husband wouldn’t lose it… (But) me and my five-year-old son lived there. It was our home." "Right now, the family has put it (house) into probate and they are fighting me to get into the house. They are allowing me to go in and remove my belongings. But they will not allow me to go into my home." But DEBRA OPRI, the attorney representing the Brown family, insists Hynie is making a big fuss over a home she has no right to.
She says, "The gate was locked. Tomi Rae took a camera crew down there and photographed herself throwing herself at the gate… (but) Tomi Rae’s been spending more and more time in LA." Opri states the Brown family hopes to turn the soul star’s estate into a museum, much like ELVIS PRESLEY’s Graceland home, in accordance with the soul legend’s wishes.

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Shock rocker MARILYN MANSON’s marriage to burlesque star DITA VON TEESE is over after just a year, according to US reports.
The former Playboy model and dancer, real name HEATHER RENEE SWEET, filed for divorce before Christmas (06) but has been unable to find Manson to serve him with the papers, according to the New York Post.
Sources claims Von Teese, 34, cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for separation, adding that Manson’s alcohol use was a factor.
One friend tells Post gossip column Page Six, "She tried to tell him she was divorcing him, but she can’t even get him on the phone. She’s moved out of the house and he hasn’t even noticed." Manson, real name BRIAN WARNER, wed Von Teese in December 2005 after a seven-year courtship.

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A group of French protestors gathered on New Year’s Eve to say "No to 2007".
The troupe gathered in Nantes brandishing banners reading "Now is better!" and shouting their objections to the arrival of the new year.
One of the organisers said: "The world will come to understand that it must stop this mad course towards the future and we demand the governments of the world and the United Nations declare a moratorium to stop this December 31 the future." Once midnight sounded the group started shouting "No to 2008!" Organisers also vowed to protest against plans for a New Year’s Eve parade to be held on Paris’ Champs-Elysees on December 31, 2007.

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A UK grandmother has fended off a pack of pigs using a dog lead.
Rosemarie Hamilton-Meikle, 80, was walking her dachshund Bosun in Dartmoor when he disappeared into the undergrowth.
When she found her dog he was surrounded by three wild pigs so Rosemarie used the dog lead to scare them off.
Rosemarie said: "I heard a terrible screaming noise. I think they tossed my dog up in the air and left him winded. I thought they were going to attack me. I waved the lead around and two ran off." She used the lead to hit the remaining pig on the nose sending him fleeing into the forest.
Rosemarie said: "We won’t be walking there again."

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A US man has regained his title as the Ultimate Couch Potato, after 39 hours and 55 minutes of consecutive TV watching.
Jason Pisarik, from Chicago, smashed his previous record of 32 hours and out-watched three other contestants, by being the last one sitting in the fifth-annual competition held at the ESPN Zone sports bar at 2am on Wednesday (03.01.07).
The reigning champ said: "I couldn’t think of anything better than to sit and watch a bunch of games and get served food and drink all day." The contestants were allowed one five-minute break every hour and one 15-minute break every eight hours.
Pisarik won a 42-inch high-definition television, gift certificates and a potato-shaped trophy.

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