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18 April 2007

JACKSON POSED AS SHEIK TO AVOID FANS

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Music superstar MICHAEL JACKSON once dressed up as a sheik in an attempt to tour Disneyland anonymously.
The Thriller hitmaker’s close friend DAVID GEST reveals Jackson often wore outlandish disguises to stop being mobbed by followers at the famous theme park.
The music producer says, "Michael once dressed up as a sheik and I posed as his translator and we jabbered away in mock Arabic as we toured the park.
"People stopped and stared and gasped as I told them my sheik friend had 154 children. "We would crease up laughing later on but meant nothing nasty by duping people. In fact, often Michael picked up their bill."

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RICCI ORDERED TO STOP SHOPPING

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American actress CHRISTINA RICCI’s shopping addiction is so severe, she’s been ordered by her own management to cease her obsessive purchasing. The Black Snake Moan star, who admits to replacing all the books in her shelves with shoes, was told to stop buying extravagent fashion items because it was causing havoc with her finances.
Ricci, 27, says, "I was told by my business manager that I have to stop buying clothes.
"I’m not allowed to buy any more fur, no more jewellery. I spent a lot of money."

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RICCI: ‘NO MORE FILM SEX’

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Hollywood starlet CHRISTINA RICCI insists she will keep her clothes on in upcoming films after shooting steamy scenes in a recent movie left her exhausted.
The 27-year-old was completely drained after filming the intimate scenes with Justin Timberlake in Black Snake Moan.
Ricci says, "I’ve had enough sex for the next two years of my career with this movie."

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WILD HOGS TOP UK BOX OFFICE

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JOHN TRAVOLTA’s film WILD HOGS has topped the UK box office, pushing MR BEAN’S HOLIDAY into second place.
The comedy, also starring Tim Allen, took $3.3 million (£1.6 million) over the weekend (14-15Apr07), while Rowan Atkinson’s comedy has now taken $35.7 million (£18.3 million) in total. Figure skating comedy Blades Of Glory, starring Jon Heder and Will Ferrell, slips into third place, taking $1.4 million (£740,872) .
Action movie Shooter is at number four after collecting $1.3 million (£716,202) and epic 300 is fifth with a total box office of more than $25 million (£13 million).

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JOLIE: ‘I WAS VERY SEXUAL IN KINDERGARTEN’

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Hollywood star ANGELINA JOLIE has confessed to being "very sexual" in kindergarten, even creating a game where she would corner the boys and strip off their clothes.
The Mr And Mrs Smith star - now a mother of three to adopted kids Maddox, five; Pax, three; Zahara, two; and biological daughter Shiloh Nouvel, 11 months, - admits she was a wild child and frequently got into trouble for "making out" with boys at such a young age.
She says, "I was a member of a group called the Kissy Girls. I was very sexual in kindergarten.
"I created a game where I would kiss the boys and give them cooties (children’s fictional disease). Then we would make out and we would take our clothes off. I got in a lot of trouble!"

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LOHAN THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE BEFORE REHAB

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Hollywood actress LINDSAY LOHAN was shocked she ended up seeking help to battle her drink demons, because she thought she would die first.
The Mean Girls star was admitted to the Wonderland Center in Los Angeles in February (FEB07) but checked out after completing a 30-day stay to curb her wild ways.
She tells Allure magazine, "It’s so weird that I went to rehab. I always said I would die before I went to rehab."

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DOHERTY: ‘LOVE FORCED ME TO STAY OFF DRUGS’

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LATEST: Rocker PETE DOHERTY was determined to beat his drug addiction because his loved ones had "had enough" with his wild ways.
The Babyshambles frontman - who is in a longterm relationship with supermodel Kate Moss - was attending a review of his drug treatment order at Thames Magistrates’ Court in east London this morning (18Apr07) when he revealed he had been given an ultimatum by his friends and family to stay off drugs or be forced to choose between the two.
He told the court, "The people I’m closest to have had enough. They’ve said it’s drugs or them. A lot has changed in the past week." Presiding over the case, District Judge Jane McIvor praised Doherty for his co-operation and replied, "It’s a hard road, isn’t it? It’s not easy. All we can do is provide the network. You have to do all the hard work." Doherty was ordered to undergo a treatment programme following his arrest for possession of drugs in April last year (06).

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GARAI REGRETS DIRTY DANCING ROLE

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Hollywood actress ROMOLA GARAI regrets her role in DIRTY DANCING 2: HAVANA NIGHTS, branding the part "creatively unfulfilling".
The rising star took months to master the Latino moves for her role as Katey Miller in the movie, but now regrets appearing in the film.
She says, "I wouldn’t have done something that I thought had no merit in it at all, but I did experience a fall-out from being calculating about your career, believing that you should do something in order to get you somewhere else. It was just creatively unfulfilling."

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BANA TO TIME TRAVEL IN NEW MOVIE

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Hollywood actor ERIC BANA is to star alongside RACHEL McADAMS in the film adapation of the best selling novel THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE.
Bana will play the lead role in the movie, which tells the story of a time travelling librarian who falls in love.
It was initially rumoured that Brad Pitt was up for the role, but Bana, who has impressed in films Troy and Munich, has won the coveted part.
The news will be a relief to Bana, as he has been replaced on the new Hulk movie by Edward Norton.

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WHITE STRIPES’ LOVE FOR BRITAIN

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American rockers THE WHITE STRIPES new album Icky Thump was inspired by their love of Great Britain.
The Seven Nation Army stars have not only named the LP after an obscure 1970’s comedy skit, but are also dressed as a cockney Pearly King and Queen for the album’s cover.
The Detroit dwellers also play bagpipes in the new record, while their website features iconic images from London, including red phone booths and famous building St Paul’s Cathedral. (CJM/WNTST/LJ) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS -18 APRIL 2007

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COOK DESPERATE TO HAVE MORE KIDS

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Superstar DJ NORMAN COOK is desperate to have more kids.
The DJ, who is also known as Fatboy Slim, already has six-year-old Woody to his wife Zoe Ball, but the pair are struggling to add to their brood.
Ball says, "We’ve been trying for another baby but it’s just not happening.
"At the moment we’re playing the game of ‘let’s pretend we don’t want one’ in the hope that we’ll suddenly surprise ourselves by getting pregnant."

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PRESELY HOME HOLDS ANNIVERSARY EVENT

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ELVIS PRESLEY’s Graceland home will house an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the rock ‘n roll legends death.
Company Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc (EPE). has launched a new advertising campaign in a bid to lure fans to the house for the event in August this year (07).
The firm, predominantly owned by billionaire media mogul Robert F.X.
Sillerman, hope to turn the star’s former estate into an international tourist destination and double the number of visitors, currently estimated at 600,000 a year.
Paul Jankowski, EPE’s chief marketing officer, says "The Discover Your Inner Elvis campaign will be used … to support our worldwide branding strategy."

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WAINWRIGHT: MY FATHER TRIED TO KILL ME

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LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III threatened to kill his son RUFUS over an article in Rolling Stone magazine.
The quirky hitmaker wasn’t impressed when his singer father appeared in the popular magazine and was quick to remind him his recent popularity was only down to his son’s success.
But Louden reacted angrily to the taunts.
He says: "There was no physical…he threatened to kill me, he didn’t try to kill me. But he was serious. I had to leave the house at the time because he was so angry."

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Bets are still being taken on whether Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton will get married - despite the couple announcing their split at the weekend.

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Bookies have been forced to lower the odds to 6-1 on Kate becoming future queen, following a flood of punters backing the prince and his ex getting back together.
Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg told Britain’s Daily Record newspaper: ‘Most of the bets we have had have been for £50 or £20 but we have had some three-figure bets as well.’ Brunette beauty Kate, 25, is currently tipped joint 6-1 favourite to marry the prince - alongside Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 26.
The socialite is already a fond acquaintance of William’s, and famously caused Kate to storm out of a ball in 2005 after the prince appeared to be paying her too much attention.
Not far behind Kate - who works for high street fashion chain Jigsaw - is Jessica Craig.
William, 24, reportedly had a brief romance with the pretty 25-year-old whom he met when he worked on her father’s estate in Kenya during his gap-year in 2001.
Bets are also being taken on business tycoon Richard Branson’s daughter, Holly, 25, Alexandra Knatchbull, 24, Rosanagh Innes-Ker, 28, and Arabella Musgrave, 25.
According to reports, Kate and William’s split was a ‘mutual decision’.
However, the prince is said to have felt ‘too young’ to settle down and keen to focus on his military career.

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is set to be the subject of a documentary described as the real-life version of hit movie ‘The Queen’.

Posted in: Royal News — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 2:45 pm

RDF USA is producing the work, which promises to offer an in-depth behind the scenes view into the monarch’s life.
‘Queen Elizabeth: The British Monarchy at Work’ will include content specially sourced from hundreds of hours of footage and will show the queen and her family at home in Buckingham Palace and at state functions.
Insiders revealed that the programme is set to throw light on the royal family’s carefully guarded private world.
RDF USA topper Chris Coelen told Variety magazine: ‘They’re such an iconic family and a huge presence in the world. What this will do is give a behind-the-scenes look that nobody has ever seen, from the unbelievable amounts of formal events that the queen has to participate in to her personal life, what she does in her off-time.’ The programme is set to be aired on US network ABC later this year and has also been snapped up by the BBC for airing in the UK. It is expected that the documentary will be shown in various other countries too.
Though Elizabeth turns 80 this year, insiders say the programme will show that the queen still leads a staggeringly active life.
The royal took part in 1,250 formal meals over the last year and shook about 300,000 hands. She embarks on an official state visit to the US next month.
‘The Queen’ - for which Dame Helen Mirren won an Oscar for her touching portrayal of Elizabeth - met with glowing reviews and earned $56 million at the US box office.

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Britain’s Prince William is to be guest of honour at an alien concert.

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Michael C. Luckman, author of ‘Alien Rock: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Extraterrestrial Connection’, says the 24-year-old prince has a strong interest in alien activity and is ‘infatuated’ with his book.
William is such a follower that Luckman plans on inviting him to his ‘Signal to Space Concerts’, aimed at establishing peaceful contact with UFOs through music.
The writer - who says the prince was given his book by fashion designer Andre Van Pier, whose couture was worn by his late mother Princess Diana - told BANG Showbiz: ‘I have a contact at Buckingham Palace and I have been told that William is really infatuated with my book and the subject.
‘In fact, we are planning on inviting him to a series of concerts called the ‘Signal to Space Concerts’.
‘William is into techno music which fits in thematically with what we are going to be doing.
‘The idea of the live concerts is to beam live music into outer space, to various targets in our solar system and beyond, in order to establish contact with extraterrestrial civilisations.
‘I hope that William would be interested in coming. We are planning on having many international royals gathered at the events, which will each be like Woodstock.
‘They are being planned for this coming year in Berlin, Tokyo, New York, China, Russia, Mexico and in London.’ Luckman has also extended an invitation to William’s grandfather Prince Philip, who has a well-documented interest in extraterrestrials.
According to the writer, the prince even kept a map of sightings in his office at Buckingham Palace.
He added: ‘We would love to have Prince Philip there, he is absolutely invited. I think he would be open to it.’ Luckman - who believes ‘that space is music’s final frontier’ - also announced that a host of the world’s leading superstars are being lined up to perform at the concerts.
Possible headlining stars include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Michael Jackson.

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A Madame Tussards waxwork of Kate Middleton has been abandoned following her split from Britain’s Prince William.

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The London museum were reportedly in the early stages of planning the model on the back of popular demand.
The figure of the 25-year-old brunette was due to be placed next to her royal boyfriend and unveiled in 2008 - the year many royal fans expected the couple to marry.
However, all plans have now been scraped following the announcement that the couple have decided to part ways at the weekend.
A spokesman told Britain’s Daily Express newspaper: ‘We were in the early stages of planning Kate’s figure off the bank of thousands of visitor requests.
‘We had had literally stacks of inquiring e-mails and letters about Kate.
Tussauds is disappointed to hear of the break-up.’ While Kate may never take a prominent position in the museum, William remains a firm favourite with visitors.
The 24-year-old prince stands next to his younger brother Prince Harry and his father Prince Charles.

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Kate Middleton’s mother is said to be devastated by claims she was to blame for Britain’s Prince William ending his relationship with her daughter.

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Former air stewardess Carole, 51, has been weeping for two days after it emerged courtiers branded her ‘too common’ to be the prince’s mother-in-law.
A source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: ‘Carole is at breaking point. She is in such a bad way that Kate has had to comfort her. It is so unfair that someone has got the knives out for Kate’s mum. She is an innocent party.’ Kate’s father Michael is said to be so concerned about his wife being driven to break down by the comments he has booked a last-minute Caribbean holiday.
The source added: ‘Kate is not going with her parents to the Caribbean because she is concerned about the signals that would send. It was an amicable split and Kate is relaxed about the decision.’ Since it was revealed the prince ended his relationship with the fashion buyer during their recent holiday, speculation has been rife that Carole was the source of the problem.
She reportedly shamed Kate at William’s passing out ceremony from Sandhurst Military Academy when she greeted Queen Elizabeth by saying ‘Pleased to meet you’, ignoring formal protocol by not addressing her as ‘Ma’am’.
Carole is also said to have chewed gum throughout the ceremony.
William is also rumoured to have mocked Kate’s mother for being a retired air-hostess and allegedly whispered ‘doors to manual’ whenever she entered a room.
However, a royal source has dismissed the reports as an urban myth and the prince is said to be ‘horrified’ by the ‘hurtful’ attacks on Carole.
A source told Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper: ‘William does not believe that anyone genuinely - or even remotely - connected with him would say such things and is horrified that these reports have emerged.
‘He suspects there is a great deal of mischief-making going on - although who by, he has no idea - and thinks it is extremely unfair and totally unnecessary, particularly for Kate and her family.’ Buckingham Palace sources have been quick to deny reports the queen disliked Kate’s mother.
One said: ‘There have never been any meetings between the two and the queen certainly wouldn’t voice an opinion on her.’ Another senior aide added: ‘The reports which allege that the palace was horrified at Mrs Middleton’s so-called behaviour simply aren’t true and are really quite offensive to all those concerned.
‘To suggest that the palace was snobbish in any way about Miss Middleton and her family could be very damaging. That’s just not the way things work nowadays.’

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