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LATEST: Actress ANNE HECHE has lost primary physical custody of her five-year-old son HOMER in a court battle with her estranged husband COLEY LAFFOON.
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge awarded videographer Laffoon custody of their child and an unspecified amount of child support yesterday (11Jun07).
The Six Days Seven Nights star, 38, will be allowed to visit Homer on alternate weekends.
Laffoon sought primary physical custody of Homer because he claimed his estranged wife had shown "bizarre and delusional behaviour" and had "poor parenting skills".
He cited her 2001 autobiography Call Me Crazy as evidence of her mental instability.
He also filed for the couple to share joint legal custody of Homer.
In response, Heche alleged Laffoon spent time watching porn and gambling when he should be looking after their child.
Laffoon filed for divorce from Heche in February (07) after five years of marriage and a month after the actress’ romance with her Men In Trees co-star James Tupper went public.

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Hollywood beauty MISCHA BARTON regrets her humbles beginnings on U.S. soap opera All My Children.
The former The O.C. actress appeared in two different roles on the long-running TV show in the mid-1990s.
When asked about her worst acting role, she says, "I made a few mistakes in films when I was younger.
"I was also on All My Children for a couple of episodes."

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LATEST: Rap superstar LL COOL J has decided he will perform at a Jamaican reggae festival this summer - four days after event organisers announced he was cancelling his appearance.
Organisers of the 15th Annual Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay released a statement on Friday (08Jun07) stating that the Hush star - real name James Todd Smith - had pulled out of his scheduled performance, due to take place in July (07).
The rapper’s management confirmed their client had cancelled the date, along with the rest of his summer tour, due to an unspecified family problem.
But LL Cool J has made a U-turn on his initial decision and will now play the Reggae Sumfest date on 20 July - although the remainder of his gigs are still cancelled, according to AllHipHop.com.

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KATE BECKINSALE was terrified about sending her daughter to school in America, because she feared kids there would have guns.
The English actress confesses she jumped to the conclusion US schooling would be dangerous for her eight year old daughter Lily - and she was pleasantly surprised.
She says, "I was concerned about my daughter Lily going to an American school because I’m a neurotic mess and I believe that all children are packing a gun in high schools, which is scary. But that’s ridiculous."

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English soul star JOSS STONE has blasted her ex-boyfriend BEAU DOZIER for exposing secrets of their failed relationship to the world’s press, labelling him "disgusting".
The You Had Me singer split from songwriter/producer Dozier - son of Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier - in November 2005 after an 18 month relationship.
Stone admits she was devastated when she read Dozier’s revelations in British newspaper News Of The World in February (07).
She says, "On my God! Disgusting.
"Maybe one day I’ll understand why he decided to that, but right now. It’s beyond my comprehension."

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Heist movie OCEAN’S THIRTEEN entered at the top of the UK and Ireland box office last weekend (09-10Jun07).
The action sequel, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, landed the number one spot, taking £3.02 million ($6.04 million).
Ice Cube’s family comedy Are We Done Yet? - a sequel to 2005’s Are We There Yet? - was another new entry at three.
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End drops from number one to two, taking £2.3 million ($4.6 million) over the weekend.

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ANTONIO BANDERAS is confident English soccer ace DAVID BECKHAM will become a film star when he moves to Los Angeles.
The Mask Of Zorro star believes the sportsman, who is moving to California next month (Jul07) with wife Victoria and his family to play with soccer team L.A. Galaxy, will soon make the move into acting.
He says, "I guarantee you, we are going to see David Beckham making movies in three or four years from now."

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Teenage mum KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES has vowed her new baby will not affect her acting career.
The Whale Rider actress, 17, gave birth to her first child Felicity-Amore in April (07) with her 20-year-old boyfriend Bradley Hull, after a four year relationship.
Castle-Hughes welcomed the little girl a week late after three days of labour.
She says, "It was just the most amazing moment. "For the last three days I had been in the worst agony of my life and right then I forgot every single minute of it. I just thought, ‘I’d do this all over again.’ "Just because I have a baby, it doesn’t mean that my career is going to go kaput. I have a really ambitious streak in me. I want to do it now more than I ever did." Castle-Hughes became the youngest ever Oscar nominee for Best Actress in 2004 at 13 years of age.

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PARKER POSEY is still holding out for a chance to reprise her role in the sequel to SUPERMAN RETURNS despite not having been asked yet.
The Hollywood comedian played Lex Luthor’s sidekick Kitty Kowalski in the 2006 summer blockbuster, but admits she still doesn’t know if she has a part in the sequel.
She tells moviehole.net, "Oh I hope I’m in it.
"Yeah, we’ll see if I’m in it. I don’t know if I am. I just talked to one of the writers last night and I meant to ask him." Superman: The Man Of Steel is rumoured to be released in 2009.

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THE SOPRANOS creator DAVID CHASE flew to France to avoid the media analysis following the series’ finale on Sunday night (10Jun07).
The mob drama ended in the U.S. on Sunday after six seasons and left many fans questioning the open-ended conclusion.
Chase, 61, tells New Jersey’s Star-Ledger of Newark newspaper, "I have no interest in explaining, defending, reinterpreting, or adding to what is there.
"People get the impression that you’re trying to (mess) with them, and it’s not true. You’re trying to entertain them. Anybody who wants to watch it, it’s all there."

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Former American football star O.J. SIMPSON has criticised the media for its coverage of PARIS HILTON’s prison sentence.
The socialite was readmitted to jail on Friday (08Jun07) at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, California to finish the 45-day sentence she began earlier this month (Jun07) - after a judge reversed the decision to allow her to complete the sentence under house arrest.
But Simpson, who in 1995 was acquitted of the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, believes the media circus surrounding Hilton’s jail sentence was over the top.
He says, "When Paris Hilton was going to jail last week, more people knew about that than knew that we were sending people into space that day.
"It has replaced what is real news. There was always a place for it, but it was (gossip writer) Rona Barrett. Now it is the equivalent of (late, high-brow journalist) Edward R. Murrow reporting it today."

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Mexican band ALACRANES MUSICAL has fought off competition to stay at the top of the Billboard Latin Album chart for the second week running.
The band kept the number one spot with their latest release Ahora Y Siempre.
Elsewhere, Ranchero star Vicente Fernandez remains at number two with Historia De Un Idolo, while Marco Antonio Solis moves up one spot to third place.
Former number one Luny Tunes & Tainy have slipped one place to fourth, while Aventura rounds out the top five with their album K.O.B.: Live.
Meanwhile, Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias holds on to the top of the singles chart with Dimelo, and Chayanne moves up one spot to number two.
They are closely followed by Daddy Yankee featuring Fergie, R.K.M. & Ken-Y and Marco Antonio Solis.

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British rockers DODGY will reform for an eight-date tour later this year (07).
The Stayin Out For The Summer hitmakers split in 2001 after the departure of frontman Nigel Clark in 1998 - but the threesome , which includes Matthew Priest and Andy Miller, will now hit the road for the first time in nine years.
Dodgy will begin their U.K. tour which begins in November.

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THE WHITE STRIPES frontman JACK WHITE hugged the late POPE JOHN PAUL II when he was 12-years-old.
White, who was born John Gillis, was brought up Catholic by his parents in Detroit, Michigan and was honoured to meet the pontiff in 1987.
He recalls, "We got to go to mass at the cathedral when Pope John Paul II came to Detroit. And during the procession into the church he stopped in front of me.
"There’s a photograph of it somewhere. I was 12 years old.
"My mother said, ‘His name is John,’ - which is also the Pope’s name obviously - and the Pope hugged me. I was shocked. I didn’t hug him back because I didn’t know you were allowed to.
"It was a confusing moment and quite intense. Even though he actually spoke to my mum in English, it sounded like Polish to me."

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British rockers RADIOHEAD’s music is set to be reinvented as a ballet.
Dance impresario Stephen Petronio’s "Ride The Beast" is set to be performed at the Edinburgh International Festival later this year (18-20Aug07), and features a classical reworking of five of the band’s songs including Fitter Happier.
Petronio explains, "Radiohead’s music is a brilliant investigation of achingly modern taste.
"They sail through genre and form effortlessly and passionately, and their music demands a physical response from me that by-passes reason."

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THE WHITE STRIPES surprised elderly British ex-servicemen this afternoon (12Jun07) by performing a special gig at a London hospital.
The gig, which was the band’s first in the U.K. for two years, saw the brother and sister team treat the pensioners to an acoustic set of six songs in a grand oak-panelled room in the Royal Chelsea Hospital.
Jack White introduced the gig by telling the audience, "I’m Jack White and this is my big sister Meg.
"We’re from the United States, thanks for letting us into your home, we really appreciate it. We won’t take up too much of your time, I heard it’s your cocktail hour. Besides letting us into your home my sister and I also want to thank you for your service to your country and to the world, especially the United States." He also took the opportunity to introduce his new guitar to the veterans, telling them, "This is my new guitar called Rita I named her after Rita Hayward, there’s a picture of her on the back. I remember her so you all must." The band - who donned traditional East London Pearly King and Queen outfits for the cover of new album Icky Thump - are playing a charity gig in London tonight (12Jun07), with proceeds going to the Chelsea Pensioners Appeal and the London Pearly Kings And Queens Society.

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Lord Justice Scott Baker, one of the country’s most senior judges, has taken over on the high-profile case from Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, who quit in April.
Lady Butler-Sloss - who was appointed after the previous royal coroner, Michael Burgess quit - resigned from the role as she claimed she didn’t have the experience of juries to handle the case.
Lord Justice Baker will oversee his first preliminary hearing at London’s High Court tomorrow (13.06.07).
His appointment is the third in less than a year causing people to claim it’s made a mockery of the inquest.
The inquest, which was opened and adjourned in 2004, has yet to start in full nearly 10 years after Diana and Dodi were killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Diana’s sons, Princes William and Harry, have previously called for a swift resolution as they prepare to mark the 10th anniversary of their mother’s death. Dodi’s father, Mohammad, has always insisted the pair were murdered in a plot engineered by the British Royal Family and has tirelessly campaigned for an inquest to prove his theory.
After the accident, Lord Stevens’ three-year investigation found no evidence of a murder plot and ruled that the pair were killed by accident by their drunk driver Henri Paul.

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Britain’s Princess Anne spurned the help of a man who rushed to her aid when she took a tumble during an official visit yesterday (11.06.07). Anne, 56, was greeting crowds on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Isles when she lost her footing on an uneven path and toppled backwards onto her bottom. But the princess shook off the efforts of the island’s bailiff, Geoffrey Rowland, who tired to help her up, insisting she could manage by herself. As Rowland - who is in charge of the island’s legal and political system - swooped down to offer his support, Anne snapped: ‘No, don’t do that, thank you. Grabbing me round my (inaudible) won’t help. I’m perfectly capable of getting up myself.’ The princess, who was not injured in the fall, quickly got back on her feet and soon appeared to have recovered from the shock. Rowland later released a statement saying: ‘The Princess Royal slipped at the top of Smith Street, I offered her my assistance but no damage was done. She was mildly shaken, but swiftly recovered and was determined to continue with the walk through St Peter Port. She was soon acknowledging bystanders in her usual relaxed and engaging way.’ Anne later opened a civil hall and toured an arts centre, before moving on to the neighbouring island of Sark.

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