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LATEST: BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE are serious about making New Orleans, Louisiana their new home - they’ve bought a 150-year-old mansion in the city’s famous French Quarter outright.
The Hollywood couple won’t be renting the six-bedroom, three-storey property as they paid the full $3.75 million (£1.92 million) asking price at the beginning of the month (JAN07), according to US TV news show ACCESS HOLLYWOOD.
And the famous couple are already making friends in the Big Easy - Jolie thrilled regulars at her new local The Abbey Bar when she popped in for a drink two weeks ago.
Barman MATT DUNN says, "She was real nice, everyone was real cool to her."

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Comic book creator STAN LEE has lavished praise on video games, insisting they’re "more exciting, more colourful and more complex" than movies.
The 85-year-old creator of Marvel Comics characters like SPIDER-MAN, THE HULK and the X-MEN hails video games "the ultimate in entertainment" because the viewer can participate in the story, but he admits he has no idea how to play them himself.
He gushes, "Video games are more exciting, more colourful and more complex than motion pictures. In a movie, you just sit and watch. (In a video game) you’re not only seeing the story but you’re participating in the story. "They let me try to play a video game once. I was a dismal failure. I never thought I would be a video game icon."

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Former FELICITY star KERI RUSSELL is expecting her first child this summer (07).
Russell, 30, and fiance SHANE DEARY, 30, a contractor, have been dating for several years and became engaged last year (06).
The star’s representative, JILL FRITZO, confirmed the pregnancy to reporters from American publication People.
Russell played the title role of FELICITY PORTER in the hit drama from 1998 to 2002 and starred opposite TOM CRUISE in MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE III last year (06).
Her latest film, WAITRESS, was directed by the late ADRIENNE SHELLY and screens next week (begs22JAN07) at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

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Former DOOGIE HOWSER MD star NEIL PATRICK HARRIS is "disappointed" ISAIAH WASHINGTON’s derogatory comments towards gay co-star TR KNIGHT keep making headlines.
Harris announced publicly he was gay in November (06), after Internet reports speculated on his sexuality.
He tells TVGuide.com, "TR (Knight) has proven himself to be an incredibly classy, dignified guy. I’m impressed that KATHERINE HEIGL said what she said. I was shocked that it all reared its ugly head again." Washington shocked cast members on Monday (15JAN07) in the Golden Globes press room when he denied he had called Knight a "faggot" during a spat on the set in October (06).
Harris refused to comment on what form Washington’s "punishment" should take adding, "It’s impossible for me to make any kind of comment about that because I wasn’t there when it happened.
"It’s just disappointing that it’s cyclical." Washington issued a statement on Thursday (18JAN07), apologising for his behaviour, and admitted he needed professional help to deal with his issues.

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DHARMA & GREG star JENNA ELFMAN, 35, and her husband BODHI ELFMAN, 37, are expecting their first child together.
The couple married in February 1995 after first meeting at an audition for a Sprite soda commercial in 1991.
The pair confirms the news to Entertainment Tonight, saying they are "elated about the impending birth" and are "overjoyed to add an exciting new addition to their loving home." Jenna was most recently seen on TV starring in the 2006 sitcom COURTING ALEX.

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Jazz musician PETE FOUNTAIN will once again march in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade after missing out last year (06) due to illness.
Fountain, a Bay St Louis, Mississippi resident, will be making his 46th trek from Commander’s Palace to the French Quarter in Louisiana, along with 165 members of his HALF-FAST MARCHING CLUB on 20 February (07).
The 76-year-old clarinettist says, "I can’t wait, I missed the heck out of it all year long. After 45 years you don’t just give something up." Fountain had an operation on Monday (15JAN07) aimed at ending the pain he suffered from a lingering bout of shingles and also underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery in March (06).
He adds, "It looks like it’s working. I was taking three pain pills a day and now I’m taking maybe one a day." The New Orleans native lost his home in Bay St Louis, as well as his gold records, memorabilia and 10 musical instruments, when Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2005. (SS/WNWCYA/JC) WENN - FIRST - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 20 JANUARY 2007

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SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS has slammed reports he was verbally abusive after being denied entry into a Golden Globe Awards after-party on Monday night (15JAN07).
The hip-hop mogul arrived with his entourage at the Sunset Tower Hotel at a party hosted by members of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and according to one witness, was verbally towards hotel security when he was told his name was not on the guest list.
Hotel owner JEFF KLEIN asked the star to leave, which reportedly caused Combs to shout back, "What are you going to do - call the police? Just try it - I’ll spend the rest of my life hunting you down!" Combs and his entourage left soon after the exchange.
Combs was allegedly banned from CAA parties after an incident several years ago when he lost his temper with an assistant to CAA co-chief BRYAN LOURD, who was hosting an Oscar party - according to PageSix.com.
But a CAA representative has refuted the claims, saying, "There is no ban on Puffy officially or unofficially. He just wasn’t invited." Combs’ spokesperson has denied the star was verbally abusive, saying, "Sean never said those things. He respects people’s wishes and left. He went to PRINCE’s party instead.

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DENNY DOHERTY, a member of folk-rock quartet the MAMAS AND THE PAPAS, has died.
He was 66.
The singer-songwriter died on Friday (19JAN07) at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, after a short illness. Doherty was suffering from kidney problems following surgery last month (DEC06) and had been put on dialysis.
Doherty teamed with JOHN PHILLIPS, the group’s chief songwriter, his wife, MICHELLE, and another female vocalist, CASS ELLIOTT, to form the famous band.
He led the group onto the charts with hits including CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME and DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE.
He started his music career in Montreal in 1960 as the co-founder of the COLONIALS, which later became the HALIFAX THREE.
In the mid-1960s, Time magazine called the Mamas and the Papas one of the top two bands in the US and in 1998 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Doherty is survived by his three children, JOHN, EMBERLY and JESSICA.

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