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Canadian rocker AVRIL LAVIGNE will surprise fans with her upcoming album THE BEST DAMN THING, and admits her new lightweight songs are "very easy" and "not serious".
The 22-year-old deliberately wrote a collection of disposable pop songs for The Best Damn Thing, which is released later this month (APR07).
The COMPLICATED singer says, "My last record (UNDER MY SKIN) was kind of like a diary, all the things I was going through, and the lyrics were very personal and serious.
"This record is the opposite lyrically. It’s not serious.
"There are a couple of songs that are about where I’m at with that kind of stuff, but it makes this record very light and very easy - easy to perform, easy to listen to." (CJM/WNTSU/GES) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 06 APRIL 2007

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LATEST: SCARLETT JOHANSSON is keeping coy about her reported relationship with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, insisting the press will link them regardless.
The LOST IN TRANSLATION beauty is said to have enjoyed a brief fling with the pop star earlier this year (07) following his split from CAMERON DIAZ in January.
But Johansson refuses to confirm the relationship, adding the reports were inevitable.
She says, "We live in a world today where if two people are single - and one’s a guy and one’s a girl and they’re both famous - you’re going to be linked with somebody.
"If it’s somebody one week, it’s going to be somebody else the next week.
It’s either me or JESSICA BIEL."

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LOST star EVANGELINE LILLY once worked as a car mechanic and knows more about vehicles than her boyfriend DOMINIC MONAGHAN.
The 27-year-old has been dating Lost co-star Monaghan for two years, and isn’t afraid to show off her automobile prowess.
She says, "I seem to date men who always know less about cars than I do. If I have a flat tyre with my boyfriend, I’m always the one to change it.
"There was a record for the most oil changes in one day. Within my first two months I broke it."

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DAVID DUCHOVNY likes to play a pinball version of his hit sci-fi TV show THE X FILES with his son KYD MILLER.
The New York-born actor said goodbye to his paranormal investigator FOX MULDER in 2002 after nine years on the small screen, but has now signed up with co-star GILLIAN ANDERSON for a second spin-off movie.
And, while at home, Duchovny likes nothing more than playing with the themed pinball machine with his young boy.
He says, "My son and I play The X-Files pinball game machine.
"I brought it out of storage recently because I thought my kids are old enough to play it.
"I guess it’s Hollywood to have your own pinball machine. He’s never seen the show though and he won’t until he’s a good deal older."

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Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has blocked the Easter (07) release of an Italian film featuring Jesus drinking from one of its cans.
The movie, called SEVEN KILOMETRES FROM JERUSALEM, has had its release set back three weeks, according to producers, because of the legal wrangle.
It charts a jaded advertising executive’s encounter with a man claiming to be God’s son.
But Coca-Cola is furious moviemakers used its trademark without permission in a scene depicting Jesus drinking from one of its products.
In a statement the company says, "We don’t think it’s appropriate to use the subject of this film to create publicity for our brands.
"We advised the producer of this in writing, and are very disappointed that our request was not respected." The film was due for release today (06APR07) but will be postponed until the contentious scene is cut from the final edit.

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Comedian WILL FERRELL was stunned by reports he had been killed paragliding last year (06), especially as he’s never attempted the extreme sport.
For Ferrell the worst was yet to come, when he had to inform his entire family that he was, in fact, alive.
He says, "I was in Montreal filming my new ice skating film, BLADES OF GLORY, when it came out.
"I had to call my family and make sure extended family members and friends weren’t calling them. It was slightly stressful.
"The funny thing is I have never been paragliding"

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Late actor CHRISTOPHER REEVE’s SUPERMAN costume has sold at auction for $115,000 (£59,000) on website eBay.com.
The red and blue ensemble, worn by Reeve in the 1978 movie, had been expected to fetch between $50,000 (£25,600) and $70,000 (£35,800).
It was one of numerous items being sold by memorabilia firm Profiles In History, including H.R. GIGER’s creature suit from the 1979 film ALIEN, which sold for $126,500 (£64,880).
MARILYN MONROE’s gown from THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS and VAL KILMER’s BATMAN costume from BATMAN FOREVER fetched $92,000 (£47,200) and $63,250 (£32,435) respectively.
Elsewhere, the golden headpiece of the ‘Staff Of Ra’ from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK took $69,000 (£35,385).

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Italian director LUIGI COMENCINI has died following a long illness. He was 90.
The filmmaker co-founded the first film archive in Italy, the Cineteca Italiana, and is best known for movies including INGORGO - L’UNA STORIA IMPOSSIBILE and PANE, AMORE E FANTASIA.
His frequent and popular kids’ films earned him the nickname of "the children’s director".
WALTER VELTRONI, the mayor of Rome, Italy, paid tribute to Comencini in a statement: "A master, one of the great and unforgettable directors in the history of film." Comencini is survived by a wife and four daughters.

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HIM frontman VILLE VALO refrains from relationships while he’s writing songs, because he’s got a one-track mind.
The Finnish singer and songwriter, who is currently working on a new album, has no time for emotional ties as he cannot commit.
Valo says, "I’m a right b**tard. I have an addictive personality. If I get into something, I get a one-track mind.
"I can’t do a lot of things at the same time, or at least not emotionally challenging things."

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LATEST: Argentine soccer legend DIEGO MARADONA is cleaning up his act following his latest stint in hospital.
The retired sports ace, 46, was admitted to a Buenos Aires hospital last week (ends30MAR07) after contracting hepatitis caused by alcohol.
However, director of the Guemes clinic HECTOR PEZZELLA says the soccer star’s health is improving and he expects Maradona to correct the errors of his ways once he leaves the hospital.
He says, "I see in him the intention to rehabilitate himself soon. He knows that checking in is for the best.

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RILO KILEY star JENNY LEWIS has been named ‘Pioneer Woman’ in honour of her artistic contributions to the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles.
Lewis, who last year (06) released her debut solo album, was picked by Los Angeles City Council for the accolade.
Once a year, the city honours a woman from one of its 15 council districts for "outstanding community service and accomplishments in the areas of education, equal rights, professional opportunities, arts, sciences and/or humanitarian contributions that continue to expand opportunities for generations to come." On receiving her award, Lewis said, "(This is for) all of my neighbours who, for all these years put up with the musical racket coming from my tiny apartment in Silver Lake." Council president ERIC GARCETTI says, "The qualities in her art that have led to her global success and critical celebration have also helped place the Silver Lake and Echo Park musical scenes on the leading edge of 21st century song.
"Her position as one of America’s finest singer/songwriters reflects not only her own prodigious talent but the wealth of artistry in the community she calls home."

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Former BLUR frontman DAMON ALBARN is turning his hand to DJ-ing with a two-hour radio show.
The singer, currently fronting THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN, will host the slot on Britain’s XFM on Sunday (08APR07).
The show is billed as a "tour of his personal record collection" and will be followed with a session from Welsh rockers MANIC STREET PREACHERS in May (07).
The band’s frontman JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD says, "Although we have spent many hours in radio studios over the years, this will be the first time that we have actually been handed the reins to chat about and play the music that we are passionate about."

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LATEST: ROLLING STONE KEITH RICHARDS’ recent comment he snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine has left bosses at family movie studio Disney squirming.
Richards, who has since insisted he was joking, is appearing in upcoming Disney sequel PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END and the company’s marketing department is worried.
Disney senior vice president DENNIS RICE tells British music magazine NME, who broke the original story, "When (a senior Disney publicist) forwarded the (Richards) story to me, I thought ‘How are we going to spin this?’" He adds, "Keith won’t be doing a lot of publicity for this movie."

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Veteran rocker BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN surprised fans last night (05APR07), when he turned up at a New York tribute concert held in his honour.
The BORN IN THE USA star performed three songs to an ecstatic audience at Carnegie Hall.
He told the crowd, "The good news is… I’m not dead yet!" Among the stars performing at the event were PATTI SMITH, STEVE EARLE, JULIANA HATFIELD and actor KEVIN BACON, who sang STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA with his band THE BACON BROTHERS.

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Two diaries penned by late model/actress ANNA NICOLE SMITH have thrown new light on her battles with weight, depression and her ageing husband.
The journals, written in the early 1990s, reveal how the former Playboy playmate was exasperated by oil tycoon J HOWARD MARSHALL II’s constant calling, and endured constant pressure to stay thin.
In one entry she writes, "I’ve been really stressed out lately and depressed and I can’t quit eating. I feel like a pig. Howard has been buying me some jewellery but he calls me 15 or 20 times a day it drives me crazy. I love him but he aggravates me sometimes." The memoirs have only recently been made available and are among several pieces of Smith memorabilia going up for public auction later this month (APR07) by Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas.
Smith died in February (07) in a Florida hotel from a drug overdose.

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Singer/songwriter TORI AMOS has leaped to the defence of troubled pop star BRITNEY SPEARS, insisting her recent rehab session was a revolt against her record label’s unreasonable demands.
The CRUCIFY hitmaker abhors how today’s music stars are encouraged to define themselves as a brand rather than stay true to their personality, and fears Spears’ breakdown was a result of this pressure.
She says, "Whether they’re selling perfume or a song, people have decided they’re a brand. Hollywood did a good job of creating icons in the 30s and 40s, they understood a story. Now, give ‘em a haircut and some clothes and they think they can pull off Aphrodite.
"Then you have situations like Britney shaving her head. I don’t think her sweet, saccharine image was close to who she really was, and she rebelled."

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Actress CATE BLANCHETT and rocker BONO are among the big names being lined up to rescue a planned screen adaptation of stage hit BLOOD BROTHERS.
Director ALAN PARKER is desperate to land the all-star cast in order to secure funding for the massive production.
The EVITA moviemaker estimates the WILLY RUSSELL play will require at least $40 million (£20.5 million) to adapt successfully.
Parker says, "Our ambitions for it might be greater than the support we can get financially right now.
"Blood brothers is a cultural icon. We don’t want to make a little film - we prefer to make it properly or not at all."

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Musician-turned-reality TV star MYLEENE KLASS was so "desperate" to see her boyfriend following her release from I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE!, she jumped straight into bed with him and conceived a child.
Klass, who announced her pregnancy with her ex-bodyguard lover GRAHAM QUINN this week (begs02APR07), couldn’t control her sexual urges after her stint in the Australian jungle last year (NOV06).
The former HEAR’SAY star, 29, confirms, Yep, the very night I was released! Well, I did tell everyone I missed my man! "I was desperate to see him - obviously a bit too desperate."

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