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Pop star MICHAEL JACKSON is considering taking legal action to stop the sale of over a thousand of his family items at an auction in Las Vegas next month (MAY07).
The Jacksons Auction is scheduled for 30-31 May (07) at the Hard Rock hotel resort, and items include Michael’s gold record for his THRILLER album, handwritten lyrics for THE JACKSON FIVE hit ABC and a Victory Tour program signed by Jackson family members.
The auction house Guernsey’s founder and president, ARLAN ETTINGER, says, "It certainly is in that sphere of landmark, high-profile, extraordinary auctions." However, Jackson’s spokeswoman says, "Mr. Jackson was not aware and he is extremely upset that his memorabilia was included amongst the memorabilia that is being auctioned off."

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ALIAS actress MELISSA GEORGE prepared for her role in new film PARADISE LOST by learning how to speak Portuguese.
The Australian beauty, plays the role of a backpacker isolated in the jungle, and spent time in Brazil filming the JOHN STOCKWELL-directed movie. George says, "The director made me go to school and learn Portuguese. I can speak Spanish too."

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JAMES WOODS was so fed up with the hectic work schedule on the set of SHARK, he insisted on bringing his own director to dramatically cut the filming hours.
Filming was so chaotic that actors were often required to work up to 80 hours a week, something which spurred Woods to finally speak out and demand someone who could get the job done in half the time.
Woods claims heated arguments with the bosses resulted in him threatening to quit the show, saying, "I said, ‘You apologise and make this right or I’m going to go home and the show is over.’ "I just have zero patience for people complaining about anything other than life and death issues."

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DOCTOR WHO star DAVID TENNANT wants JAMES BOND bosses to cast him in the next 007 movie as a bad guy.
The Scottish actor, who plays the timelord in the cult BBC show, would love the chance to star opposite superspy DANIEL CRAIG in the 22nd Bond film.
Tennant says, "I’d like to be a Bond baddie.
"They always have some disability don’t they? I could have one leg and be stroking a chicken saying, ‘I’ve infected the world with bird flu.’"

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Fresh-faced Scottish actor JAMES McAVOY was left surprised on the set of new movie STARTER FOR TEN, because he was a senior cast member for the first time.
The 28-year-old’s character BRIAN is torn between two women in the film, played by newcomers ALICE EVE and REBECCA HALL, aged 25 and 24 respectively.
And for McAvoy, more used to supporting veteran actors such as FOREST WHITAKER in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, this proved a strange turnaround.
He says, "It did (seem a bit strange). I’ve been doing this for seven years now so I’m not the new kid on the block any more. It’s odd, really strange.
"Working with Alice and Rebecca, being so bright and shiny and new and brilliant, I did feel like the old man of the set."

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Hollywood hunk MARK WAHLBERG has vowed to never star in a golf movie, despite his obsession with the game.
THE DEPARTED star claims previous golfing movies CADDYSHACK I & III (80 and 88), HAPPY GILMORE (96), THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (00) and TIN CUP (96) have all "sucked".
He says, "Golf is my passion. There’s no way I’d do a movie about it though all the ones that have been made suck." Wahlberg spent last weekend (31MAR-01APR07) golfing in France.

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Hollywood star JAMES WOODS has hit out at fellow actors for stepping outside of their type-casted roles - insisting they should stop being something they are not.
The SHARK star believes actors should only perform what they’re known for, and be happy with the millions of dollars they earn in the process.
He says, "JIM CARREY keeps wanting to do drama. I say shut up and just do comedy, make $100 million and relax. Actors always want to be the thing they are not.
"People ask why JULIA ROBERTS is such a big star. It’s because she’s pretty and she smiles. That’s kind of a simplistic assessment, but it made her $100 million in the process."

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Teen star HILARY DUFF is appealing to directors to cast her in a gritty, challenging role after she was turned down for a series of meaty parts.
The CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN actress, 19, said she recently fell for a juicy script, but was told the studio weren’t interested in auditioning her.
She says, "It always shocks me the lack of openness, the lack of imagination that some casting directors have.
"I would read a script and be so in love with that, and someone would be like, ‘Hilary Duff? Oh no, we don’t want her for that.’"

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MARTIN SHEEN knew THE WEST WING would be axed after the death of castmate JOHN SPENCER.
Spencer, who played Chief Of Staff LEO McGARRY in the White House drama, died in December 2005 of a heart attack, aged 58.
Sheen tells British film magazine Empire, "When John Spencer died, the wind left our sails, the boat stood still and we decided to abandon ship.
"He was such an integral part of the focus and energy and image of the show that it was not possible for it to continue with any real credibility.
"We thought, ‘We’ll call it quits here.’"

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LATEST: British royal PRINCE WILLIAM’s girlfriend KATE MIDDLETON has "settled" her complaint against British newspaper Daily Mirror after printed photographs obtained "as a result of harassment".
The 25-year-old, who works as an accessories buyer for British fashion chain Jigsaw, complained last week (29MAR07) to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) after a photo was published of her leaving her west London flat.
Middleton claimed the photo breached her privacy and the photographer in question was harassing her.
On Monday (02APR07), The Daily Mirror apologised and now Middleton’s lawyers says she has now "settled" her complaint with the publication.
A statement from the PCC reads, "Lawyers for Kate Middleton have informed the Press Complaints Commission that her complaint about the Daily Mirror has been settled following the newspaper’s prompt public expression of regret and admission of error. This came after the Commission began a formal investigation into the complaint that a photograph published in the paper had been taken in circumstances that amounted to harassment."

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NINE INCH NAILS have left a trail of bizarre coded clues about forthcoming album YEAR ZERO for their fans to decipher.
The rockers have hidden USBs containing secret album tracks at concert venues, and have printed coded website addresses on their tour shirts, which gives their fans extra hints about the new release.
YEAR ZERO is released later this month (17APR07). (AT/NTC/MEH) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 05 APRIL 2007

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British pop star SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR is desperate to quiz busy celebrity mum GWEN STEFANI on how she balances her parenting duties with conquering the music world.
The MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR singer is mother to two-year-old SONNY and is desperate to know how the American singer achieves success in parenting and pop.
She says, "I’d love to sit down with Gwen Stefani and find out how she balances it all. Right now I know she takes her son, KINGSTON, round with her, but he’s only a baby.
"Gwen could probably have him sat down in a little chair next to her, but Sonny would be causing chaos running all over the place!"

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English rockers ARCTIC MONKEYS has slammed producer MARK RONSON’s new single STOP ME, labelling the track a "f**king R&B cover version".
Ronson, who has produced for LILY ALLEN and AMY WINEHOUSE, has mish-mashed THE SMITHS’ STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE and THE SUPREMES’ YOU JUST KEEP ME HANGING ON, featuring the vocals of Australian singer DANIEL MERRIWEATHER, into the first release from his debut album VERSION.
Despite the critical acclaim Ronson has received for his album, the I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR band aren’t fans.
Frontman ALEX TURNER says, "Let me tell you what I can’t stand - that f**king R&B cover version of Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before." Guitarist JAMIE COOK laments the current state of hip-hop and complains TIMBALAND is dominating too many current chart hits.
He laments, "Timbaland is a good producer, but he’s in every song right now.
Come on, there are other producers - and other beats."

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Florida band TRIVIUM have laughed off claims they have "stolen" from rock legends METALLICA, insisting their critics are just "deluded".
Frontman MATT HEAFY and his band have managed to turn their negative comments into something of an advantage after years of backstabbing and criticism from journalists, music fans and other bands.
He says, "They say we’re deluded, they say we’re crazy, they say we suck, they say we stole s**t from Metallica. But all that they’re doing is giving us free publicity. "Even if you say ‘Trivium sucks!’ You’re still saying ‘Trivium.’"

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ARCTIC MONKEYS guitarist JAMIE COOK has blasted BBC Radio 1 for playing "crap music".
The rocker slammed the British radio station despite its major role in launching the band’s career.
Cook says, "English radio is terrible, and Radio 1 plays a lot of crap music.
I realised that the other morning when I had the radio going.
"Even music I don’t usually listen to, like hip-hop, is obviously bad at the moment. There is no real hip-hop any more."

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PET SHOP BOYS singer NEIL TENNANT’s dressing room was burgled before a concert in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday (03APR07).
This singer is devastated after a thief raided his wardrobe and made off with a prized Dior tailcoat worth £1,500 ($3,000).
A friend says, "Neil is thoroughly p**sed off. This is a seriously posh coat.
Neil described the coat as a shiny tailcoat and he normally wears it with a top hat. Whoever pinched it must be a fan because there can’t be too many occasions to wear something so unusual.
"Or maybe they thought they could flog it to a collector on an auction site."

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Soul singer MACY GRAY admits her drug taking, arrogance and paranoia was the reason behind her split with her record company in 2004.
Gray and her record company Sony parted ways after her third album THE TROUBLE WITH BEING MYSELF, released in 2003, failed to sell.
She explains, "I wasn’t keeping in touch with people who really did care for me. I believe in God and I think it was his way of doing it.
"Looking back, maybe I needed that. And, you know, if I’d kept going, I might be this horrible person - shaving my head, or in rehab or some s**t like that."

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LATEST: Country singer BILLY JOE SHAVER’s shooting of a man outside a Texas bar on Saturday (31MAR07) was an unprovoked act of violence, according to witnesses.
The victim BILLY B COKER, 50, and the witnesses both claim Shaver, 67, shot him in the face after verbally abusing him outside the Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon in Lorena.
A witness claims in her affidavit that she heard Shaver demanded Coker "Tell me you are sorry", and saying, "Nobody tells me to shut up." Coker says he had spoke to Shaver for an hour inside the bar where the pair discovered the musician’s wife WANDA LYNN was the widow of Coker’s cousin.
Coker alleges Shaver demanded the men step outside and said, "Where do you want it?" before shooting him in the cheek.
Earlier this week (03APR07), Shaver’s lawyer JOSEPH A. TURNER claimed his client acted in self-defence when he was approached by a "drunk and aggressive stranger holding a knife" as he left the bar.
Turner admits he is surprised to hear none of the witness accounts mention Coker’s alleged knife, saying, "Clearly the witnesses did not see the whole thing if they didn’t see the knife." Shaver has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawfully carrying a handgun on the premises of a business with a license to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption and released on $50,000 (£25,600) bond.

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