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Oscar winner NICOLE KIDMAN was taken to hospital last night (24JAN07) after being involved in an accident on the set of her latest film, THE INVASION, in downtown Los Angeles.
The actress was filming a scene in which she was driving a Jaguar, trying to escape zombie-like characters who were hanging off the hood, when the accident happened.
The vehicle was being towed by a rig in order to give the appearance that the actress was actually driving the car. The stunt driver operating the rig lost control while turning a corner, causing Kidman’s car to hit a pole and knock over a garbage can.
The actress and her co-star, 10-year-old JACKSON BOND, who was riding in the passenger seat, were both wearing seatbelts.
Members of the crew immediately wrapped a blanket around Kidman and paramedics arrived to check the actress for injuries.
The 39-year-old star was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center and was released within two hours.
According to American publication Us Weekly, the actress was in shock and took a long break, but eventually resumed filming later that night.
Her husband, KEITH URBAN, and 11-year-old son CONNOR CRUISE, were reportedly on set with her at the time of the accident.

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LEONARDO DiCAPRIO is so smitten with British TV presenter CAT DEELEY he’s dubbed UK women the "loveliest in the world".
The TITANIC actor, whose relationship with Israeli swimsuit model BAR RAFAELI is reportedly on the rocks, was thrilled to meet the 30-year-old beauty when she was filming hit US TV talent show SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE in Los Angeles last year (06).
He already has plenty of experience with English beauties - he’s appeared on screen alongside KATE WINSLET and KATE BECKINSALE in the past - but it’s Deeley who’s stolen his heart.
He gushes, "Cat’s lovely. But then most English girls are. This country churns out some of the loveliest women in the world." Cosmopolitan DiCaprio previously dated Brazilian supermodel GISELE BUNDCHEN.

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LATEST: Troubled star LINDSAY LOHAN’s doctors have given the actress the all-clear to return to the set of her new movie tomorrow (26JAN07).
The 20-year-old checked herself into rehab in Los Angeles last week (ends19JAN07) and will continue her treatment at night and shoot during the day.
The doctor treating her appendix problems has given the okay for her to resume shooting the thriller I KNOW WHO KILLED ME.
The MEAN GIRLS star plays a stripper suffering from dual personalities after a brutal kidnapping.
The star’s representative says, "All is good. She will be back at work soon." Production was halted at the beginning of the month (JAN07), when Lohan was reportedly hospitalised with appendicitis.
Doctors demanded she take a break from making the film, where she was required to shoot strenuous pole-dancing scenes.

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GEORGE CLOONEY and PAMELA ANDERSON have become Hollywood’s most unlikely couple after the pair was spotted frolicking together on a romantic, fun dinner date.
The Oscar winner booked a private room at Sherman Oaks, California restaurant the Valley Inn, and entertained the former BAYWATCH babe there on 7 January (07), according to reports.
And since that evening, which ended with Anderson sitting on her date’s lap, the odd couple has been spotted out and about, enjoying dog walks together.
A pal says, "George and Pam have been determined to keep this one quiet." Bachelor Clooney has dated a string of beauties; Anderson split from husband KID ROCK last year (06) after a brief three month marriage. She was formerly married to rocker TOMMY LEE.

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Superstitious couple EVA LONGORIA and TONY PARKER have chosen the 7 July (07) as their wedding day because they believe 07-07-07 is a lucky number for them.
The DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star and her basketball playing fiance will wed at Chateau de Chantilly in Parker’s native France, according to US publication Us Weekly.
Top wedding gown designer MONIQUE LHUILLIER will create the actress’ dress.
The couple stunned fans with news of their engagement late last year (06), two months after briefly splitting up.

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EVA LONGORIA has lavished praise on TV censors for not editting her DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES co-star MARCIA CROSS’ fake orgasm.
The 31-year-old, who plays seductress GABRIELLE SOLIS in the show, was on set when Cross portrayed her character BREE VAN DE KAMP’s first moment of sexual satisfaction, but she didn’t realise how raunchy the scene was until she watched it back on screen.
She gasps, "It’s really amazing what they got away with. When I watched it I was like, ‘What the? Whoa!’ I watched them filming that scene, but when I watched it back I was shocked. We got to get really graphic with that episode."

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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES hunk JAMES DENTON is always looking over his shoulder when he’s using the restroom - because he’s sick of rude guys taking his photo while he’s peeing.
The actor, who plays plumber MIKE DELFINO in the hit show, recently forced one over-friendly male fan to erase a cameraphone snapshot he took of him at the urinal.
And he told another restroom user, who commented about the incident, "It’s happened once before, but that time the guy got away before I could make him erase the picture."

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LOST star JOSH HOLLOWAY has given his wife YESSICA permission to kiss whoever she wants every time he has to kiss a co-star onscreen.
Holloway, who plays hunky SAWYER on the show, has given his wife the "kissing passes" to help prevent her from becoming jealous of his onscreen antics.
Whenever he kisses co-star EVANGELINE LILLY’s character KATE, Yessica gets to kiss the person of her choice in return.
During his time on the show, Yessica has received seven kissing cards.
The 37-year-old star tells American publication Star, "She can use these kissing passes on anybody, but I tell her they will expire by the end of the year. So watch out!"

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BILLY BOB THORNTON’s ex-wife and their children were forced to flee the home they were renting from PAMELA ANDERSON after it became infested with mice.
The former BAYWATCH star had rented out her posh beach house in the exclusive gated community of Malibu Colony and was unaware of the rodent problem.
Anderson had let the home to the SLING BLADE star’s ex-wife, PIETRA CHERNIAK and their two young sons.
After discovering the problem, the family quickly took up residence at the nearby Shutters Hotel in Santa Monica, California.
Exterminators were called in to take care of the problem and the home has now been cleared of any unwanted guests.

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Emmy award winner MARISKA HARGITAY and her LAW & ORDER: SVU co-star CHRISTOPHER MELONI have renewed their contracts with the hit TV series, making them two of the highest paid stars on television.
The actors signed two-year deals with substantial raises that will mean annual salaries of more than $6.5 million (£3.3 million) each.
The increase will make Hargitay one of the highest-paid actresses in television.
According to Daily Variety, Hargitay’s paycheck per-episode will be in the $300,000-$340,000 (£154,000-£174,000) range and given her co-lead status with Meloni, it is estimated that his earnings are in the same range.
Series creator DICK WOLF says, "I’m thrilled that Chris and Mariska have decided to stay with the show that they’ve made an indelible stamp upon, as we move into our ninth season." Hargitay and Meloni have been with the show since its debut in 1999. The actress has won an Emmy award and a Gold Globe award for her role as Detective OLIVIA BENSON, while Meloni was nominated for an Emmy. US network NBC announced last week (begs15JAN07) that the show would return for another season.

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Actor CHAD LOWE was stunned when his ex-wife HILARY SWANK went public with his past substance abuse problems after announcing she had split up with the 24 star.
Lowe admits he was still coming to terms with the break-up of his marriage when the double Oscar winner dropped the bombshell about his troubled past in an interview.
Lowe says, "It wasn’t as though she made something up, and it was all of a sudden, you know, she was telling some lie. I mean, it’s true.
"I was disappointed… I felt like it was for me to discuss if I wanted to discuss it." But the actor holds no animosity towards his ex; in fact he believes Swank will always regret going public with his terrible secret.
He adds, "I think she regrets it because I know her character… She’s a really special person. She’s got a great heart.
"I will always love Hilary… I don’t think that you just fall in love and then you don’t have a place in your heart for that person. I’m not in love with her, but I will always love her."

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Former Hollywood wildman MICKEY ROURKE is barking at a Miami, Florida pet store after discovering owners are selling sick puppies.
The dog-loving movie star grew so angry about the conditions at Hot Dogs (Puppies) in South Beach, he confronted the owner at the store and earned himself a ban in the process.
The store’s sick pet problem came to light at Christmas (06) when the SIN CITY tough guy, a former boxer, bought a puppy as a gift for a pal - and quickly learned the pooch had a fatal viral infection.
The dog died just after Christmas (06).
He says, "It stuns me that people can be so cruel to sell sick animals just to make a buck." But store owner MARYSOL TOBON, who faced off with Rourke and three angry friends, insists the actor is simply trying to "tarnish our good name."

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Oscar winner RENEE ZELLWEGER has found love again - with former BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 hunk LUKE PERRY.
The actress, who was briefly married to country star KENNY CHESNEY, is reportedly romancing Perry - and, according to friends, they make the perfect couple.
One insider tells US tabloid National Enquirer, "Renee has been burned too many times by guys who are full of themselves… It’s a relief for Renee to be dating a guy who is comfortable enough in his own skin that he’s not turned off by her success." Zellweger has enjoyed a string of high-profile romances; past boyfriends have included WHITE STRIPES rocker JACK WHITE and funnyman JIM CARREY. She was also once romantically linked to GEORGE CLOONEY, who stars alongside the actress in new sports movie LEATHERHEADS.

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BEYONCE is proving to be untouchable at the top of the US pop charts after landing an eighth successive week at number one.
The former DESTINY’S CHILD star’s hit IRREPLACEABLE stunned chart watchers when it became the only record to keep FALL OUT BOY’s THIS AIN’T A SCENE, IT’S AN ARMS RACE from the top.
More than 160,000 downloads landed the punk pop group’s new release at number two on the new Billboard chart.
But Fall Out Boy won’t be complaining - their impressive debut is the highest bow for a band on the chart since AEROSMITH’s I DON’T WANT TO MISS A THING crashed in to the top spot way back in 1998.
Meanwhile, NELLY FURTADO’s SAY IT RIGHT rises to number three.
Former AMERICAN IDOL star CHRIS DAUGHTRY’s enjoying a good week - after taking his debut album to number one yesterday (24JAN07), the rocker’s hit IT’S NOT OVER races up the charts from number 21 to number six. (KL/BB/SH) WENN - SIXTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 25 JANUARY 2007

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A new song written and performed by US actress BEVERLEY MITCHELL has taken on a very special meaning for the SAW II star - it has become her own personal tragedy anthem.
The 26-year-old actress was inspired to write country song ANGEL after her character in US TV drama 7TH HEAVEN lost her best friend.
And bosses on the drama liked the touching tune so much, they urged Mitchell to sing it as heartbroken LUCY CAMDEN after her beloved character discovered she had lost her baby twins on the show.
Mitchell admits the song, which appears on her debut country album, has always been attached to terrible tragedies.
She says, "It was a very emotional and intense episode for me."

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Singer/actress MANDY MOORE was terrified when she discovered the remote mansion in which she was recording tracks for her new album was haunted.
The CANDY singer was writing and recording tracks in an old house that had been converted into a recording studio in Woodstock, New York.
She explains, "I was kind of forewarned this old house that was built in the 1920’s was haunted and I’m a big scaredy-cat.
"As soon as I arrived at my little part of the house where I was staying, I walked around to every room saying, ‘OK, I’m just here for a couple months, and I’m here to do something positive and creative. Please don’t scare me and please leave me alone!’ "Supposedly, it’s a family and this was their summer house back in the ’20s and they have another house in Pennsylvania and they supposedly go back and forth between the two.
"The matriarch of the family supposedly haunts the part of the house that I was staying in. She doesn’t like people cleaning.
"Supposedly the cleaning lady at the studio was pushed down the stairs a couple of years ago, so I was completely freaked out. My favourite part was I guess she really didn’t like cleaning, because I would do laundry and put my pants on top of the dryer and I would come back and everything would be on the ground.
"So I started putting the laundry detergent on top of my pants and I came back and everything, the laundry detergent, the pants, the dryer sheets, were all thrown on the ground. I was petrified!"

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Hungarian mezzo soprano KLARA PALANKAY, who was known for her role as JUDITH in BELA BARTOK’s opera BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE, died on Wednesday (24JAN07) in a Budapest hospital. She was 85.
The exact cause of death was not immediately known, but she was being treated in hospital for a cold.
Palankay studied at Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music and later in Rome between 1938 and 1944, the year she began her career at the Hungarian State Opera.
Paired with bass MIHALY SZEKELY as Bluebeard, Palankay was considered the greatest Judith in Bartok’s one-hour, one-act opera in which theirs are the only singing roles on stage.
Critics also view the pair’s 1956 recording of Bluebeard, with JANOS FERENCSIK directing the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, as one of the best performances of the Bartok opus.
During her career, Palankay also performed key roles in several other operas, including Verdi’s AIDA (AMNERIS) and RIGOLETTO (MADDALENA), Wagner’s TANNHAUSER (VENUS) and the lead in Bizet’s CARMEN.
She retired in 1970 and was the recipient of several awards, including the Bela Bartok Memorial Medal in 1982.

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Composer STEVE REICH and jazz saxophonist SONNY ROLLINS have been awarded the 2007 Polar Music Prize.
The two US musicians will receive the $143,000 (£73,000) prize from Sweden’s KING CARL XVI GUSTAF at an awards ceremony in Stockholm on 21 May (07).
Reich, 70, achieved worldwide fame in the 1970s with his percussion work DRUMMING and with the group STEVE REICH AND THE MUSICIANS.
His music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles around the globe.
Rollins, 76, a tenor saxophonist, recently re-established himself at the top of the jazz scene with his Grammy award-winning CD WITHOUT A SONG: THE 9/11 CONCERT, his first live recording in 20 years.
The Polar Music Prize is Sweden’s biggest music award and was founded by STIG ANDERSON, manager of the Swedish pop group ABBA, in 1989.
The prize is typically split between pop artists and classical musicians.
Previous winners include SIR PAUL McCARTNEY, ISAAC STERN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, PIERRE BOULEZ and QUINCY JONES.

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