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Wannabe auctioneer SHARON STONE can whip up a pile of money for charity - even when she’s a little intoxicated, as she proved at pal SIR ELTON JOHN’s post-Oscars party in Hollywood last night (25FEB07).
The actress, who has become famous for taking charge of celebrity auctions of late, took to the stage of the bash to help sell off prizes and raise cash for John’s AIDS Foundation, but she admitted she was a little drunk.
Slurring Stone told the celebrity revellers, "I’ve been sitting at my table with P DIDDY and JON BON JOVI, and I’m a little messed up." But that didn’t stop her from making a cash splash - at one point she managed to land two $250,000 (£128,200) bids for tickets to John’s upcoming 60th birthday party.
Stone helped the singer raise $4.2 million (£2.15 million) for charity at the party.

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Ex-Paramount Pictures head SHERRY LANSING was shocked when TOM CRUISE presented her with a humanitarian prize at the Academy Awards ceremony because they barely spoke just days earlier.
The pair have worked together on film projects for years and Lansing was confused when Cruise seemed distant when they ran into each other just before the Oscars.
Lansing received the Jean Hersholt Award for her humanitarian work and had no idea Cruise was presenting her with the honorary Oscar.
She explains, "I had seen him at an Oscar party a few days before, and he was sort of cold to me. I was a little hurt.
"But then he gave me the Oscar and he whispered, ‘This is an honour, I really wanted to do this, you know how much I love you, and at the party I couldn’t say anything!’ "I really love him. I’ve known Tom since he was 19 years old. I almost started to cry!"

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NICOLAS CAGE is vying for the part of THE FLY in a planned remake of DAVID CRONENBERG’s 1986 cult classic, according to the director himself.
Cronenberg, who is working on an operatic version of the creepy man-insect story, will not be involved in the remake, but he has been kept abreast of developments.
He tells E! "From what I hear, Nic Cage wants the part."

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SALMA HAYEK, JENNIFER ANISTON and KYRA SEDGWICK have been honoured for baring all on the big screen by saucy internet site MrSkin.com.
The trio has been lauded for their beautiful bodies and body parts as part of the celebrity nude site’s eighth annual Anatomy Awards.
Hayek claimed the Best Breasts prize for her topless scene in ASK THE DUST, while Aniston’s post-shower scene in THE BREAK-UP earned her the Best PG-13 Nude Scene honour.
Sedgwick picked up the Best Over 40 Nude Scene for peeling off in LOVERBOY.
Other winners included BRITTANY DANIEL (Best Butt in RAMPAGE), KELLY BROOK (Best Skinny Dip in SURVIVAL ISLAND) and GRETCHEN MOLL (Best Full-Frontal in THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE).

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GEORGE CLOONEY had fun with his Best Supporting Actor Oscar - by using it as a photo prop at his mansion in Italy.
The movie star took his Academy Award to Europe with him as he chilled out after the Oscars - and insisted all visitors posed with it.
He says, "There’s always great people who stop by. So whoever came by I made them take a picture… and they all had to give, like, their own made-up acceptance speech. There’s some really funny pictures." Those that feature among Clooney’s snapshots include revered US newsman WALTER KRONKITE.

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LATEST: The bald look JACK NICHOLSON sported at the Oscars last night (25FEB07) is for a new movie role, in which he plays a cancer patient on the run.
In director ROB REINER’s new comedy, THE BUCKET LIST, Nicholson and MORGAN FREEMAN play cancer patients who break out of hospital for one final adventure.

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A former Thai soldier has been plucked from obscurity to battle SYLVESTER STALLONE’s movie hero RAMBO in a new film.
Retired Shan resistance officer SAI MAWNG, 40, will play the villain in Stallone’s new film JOHN RAMBO, according to the DarkHorizons.com website.
The new Rambo film’s storyline has Stallone’s vigilante character working as a snake hunter in Thailand, where he is hired to help deliver medical and religious supplies into Burma.

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An emotional ELLEN DEGENERES was left exhausted after realising her life-long dream of hosting the Academy Award ceremony last night (25FEB07).
The comedienne and US talk show host was still reeling immediately after the show at the Vanity Fair Oscar party.
She explained, "(The experience) made me want to cry. I don’t know, it’s tough. You’re scrutinised on a show like this and I don’t know.
"I was kind of floating… I’ll have to think about it later, because I don’t really know how I did. It felt good. It was a dream of mine, so, to have done it, I feel very emotional right now." When told her reviews for hosting the show were good she replied, "That’s nice to hear."

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THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND star JAMES McAVOY has come out in defence of pal KEIRA KNIGHTLEY amid tabloid claims the actress is suffering from an eating disorder.
The PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN star has been dogged by anorexia claims for the past 18 months but insists she’s just naturally skinny.
And, as Knightley prepares to do battle in court with Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper over claims she lied about not having an eating disorder, McAvoy is offering his support.
The CHRONICLES OF NARNIA actor, who co-stars with Knightley in new film ATONEMENT, says, "She’s got a big head and a skinny neck… and she’s not got humungous breasts and so they say she’s anorexic. She’s really not. I’ll vouch for her.
"I’ve felt every part of her in many scenes in Atonement and she is fine! There’s meat on those bones, I guarantee you."

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III director J.J. ABRAMS has signed on to direct the next installment of the STAR TREK feature franchise after months of speculation.
STAR TREK XI will focus on a young JAMES T. KIRK and MR. SPOCK and chronicles their first meeting at Starfleet Academy and their first mission in space.
Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter Abrams finalised the deal on Friday evening (23FEB07).
Abrams has been developing the project through his Paramount Pictures-based production company as a producer and writer, before deciding to also sign on as the director.

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Director MARTIN SCORSESE is glad he didn’t receive an Academy Award for directing earlier in his career, because it might have changed the way he made movies.
Scorsese had received six nominations for directing and eight nominations overall in his 40-year career, before winning for THE DEPARTED last night (25FEB07).
He explains, "I’ve just been used to not winning. It’s about getting the pictures made. But when you win something, you appreciate it." After making THE AVIATOR, Scorsese says he decided, "To just relax and make the best film we can." He adds, "Good thing I didn’t get (the Oscar) before, because maybe it would have changed the kind of movies I would have made.
"I don’t know if I was strong enough. I’m glad it’s taken this long. It’s been worth it."

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LATEST: A publicist for fashion company Escada has inadvertently confirmed Australian actress NAOMI WATTS is pregnant with her first child.
The 38-year-old actress has refused to speak about rumours she is expecting, despite sporting a new fuller figure.
But last night (25FEB07) a representative for Escada, who designed Watt’s Oscar gown, sent out a press release saying, "The Escada gown set off her most precious new asset - the baby she is expecting with longtime boyfriend LIEV SCHREIBER." The celebrity couple have long said that they would love to start a family, but have not officially confirmed Watts’ pregnancy.

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Jazz star NORAH JONES has her burial plans worked out - she wants her ashes scattered around Big Bend National Park in her native Texas.
The singer hopes she has a lot more time to make a final decision on her final resting place, but she’d be set if she died tomorrow.
And she knows she doesn’t want her remains to rot in a coffin.
She tells Blender magazine, "I don’t want a tombstone - I want to be cremated. I’ve always thought the whole embalming-and-burial thing was creepy.
"I don’t want to be decaying there in my clothes."

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SALIVA frontman JOSEY SCOTT and AMERICAN IDOL favourite CHRIS DAUGHTRY are hoping to become the next RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN after setting their sights on movie tunes.
The rockers plan to team up in April (07) to co-write a song for an upcoming soundtrack.
Scott tells MTV News, "We’re really good friends and we thought it would be fun to do. Ever since he became famous, we’ve been talking on the phone.
"We’re both Southern boys and he worked with my producer, BOB MARLETTE, on his new record. Bob gave him my number one day, and he called me out of the blue and we totally hit it off."

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NORAH JONES has locked her Grammy Awards away in a box in her closet - because she’s terrified of dropping one.
The singer has eight Grammys but her awards aren’t on show.
The sultry jazz singer tells Blender magazine, "They’re really heavy. I’m scared I’ll drop one on my head. I can just see the headline: ‘Norah Jones murdered by her Grammys.’"

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Rap mogul-turned-designer SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS has given POSH SPICE VICTORIA BECKHAM his biggest style praise because he thinks the former pop star is the best dressed celebrity.
Combs admits he often marvels at Beckham’s fashion choices and hopes her move to Los Angeles this summer (07) will impact US style.
He tells Blender magazine, "I like the chances that she takes. She always looks put-together.
"A lot of the Hollywood girls, they all have the same stylist. They have the hottest bags, but they’re not necessarily setting the trend."

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Rocker JON BON JOVI was thrilled when good friend MELISSA ETHERIDGE picked up Best Original Song at the Academy Awards, because it was so unexpected.
The singer won for her tune I NEED TO WAKE UP from former US Vice President AL GORE’s environmental documentary AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
Bon Jovi said his favourite moment of the night, "Was to see An Inconvenient Truth win to get the message out there.
"And to see my friend Melissa Etheridge bring the statue home because I think that was a dark horse surprise.
"People would have expected DREAMGIRLS. (Her speech) was very eloquent. So I think it was great!"

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DREAMGIRLS star JENNIFER HUDSON has no plans to leave her longtime boyfriend now that she has made it big in Hollywood, because she knows he loves her for her true self.
Hudson has been dating childhood sweetheart JAMES PEYTON for seven years and the two are still madly in love.
When asked by US journalist BARBARA WALTERS if he has proposed she explains, "Not yet. Maybe one day he will. But that’s up to him, because I’m not proposing!" Peyton is a maintenance engineer in Chicago, Illinois and Hudson claims she has no plans to date other men, because he makes her feel secure.
She explains, "The difference is, why would I pick somebody new when it’s like, ‘You don’t know me. You just see the Jennifer Hudson that’s in Dreamgirls or the Jennifer Hudson from AMERICAN IDOL.
"But he knows Jennifer Hudson from years ago, when we were back in seventh, eighth grade." Hudson confirms the sparks are still there even after meeting at such a young age adding, "Yes! And that’s how I like it!"

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