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Actress KATIE LEUNG has lavished praise on her HARRY POTTER co-star EMMA WATSON - and denies there is any rivalry between the pair.
The newcomer - who plays the boy wizard’s love interest in Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix - has praised the franchise’s veteran female Watson for her determined outlook on life.
She says, "(Watson) just knows what she wants; she’s very confident and so intelligent; she got so many A-stars in her exams.
"I don’t know how she manages it."

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Former DESTINY’S CHILD star KELLY ROWLAND was desperate to shed her girl-group image when she went solo - because she wanted to "have her own space".
The singer, who launched her first standalone effort Dilemma in 2003, admits she wanted the chance to impress people with her talent, and not her pop band heritage.
She says, "I wanted people to notice me as Kelly Rowland the singer, not just Kelly Rowland from Destiny’s Child.
"I don’t want to be funny when I say that - Destiny’s Child is the reason why I’m here and it’s part of my history - but at the same time I’m feeling my own space."

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A generous fan of British singer SIR ELTON JOHN paid $220,000 (£110,000) on Thursday (21Jun07) to be serenaded by the star.
The star-studded karaoke benefit in London saw the Rocket Man cover Elvis Presley classic Are You Lonesome Tonight? in aid of the Hoping Foundation, a charity which supports children in Palestine.
One lucky bidder paid $140,000 (£70,000) to duet with rocker Nick Cave on Destiny’s Child’s Bootylicious, while Bryan Adams’ performance of Status Quo’s Rocking All Over The World went for $60,000 (£30,000).
Other stars who took to the stage in aid of the charity included The Clash star Mick Jones, former Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and Lulu.

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US network NBC has denied offering PARIS HILTON $1 million (£500,000) to secure the first interview with her after her release from jail next week (begs25Jun07).
A number of sources claimed NBC news was prepared to pay the sum - but a spokesperson insists the claims are completely unfounded.
Allison Gollust insists, "We don’t pay for interviews and we’ll never pay for interviews, and I have no interview to confirm." Hilton’s spokesperson Elliot Mintz also denied any knowledge of a deal, saying, "I can’t comment because I really and truly don’t know." NBC was able to side-step its payment policy to secure an interview with British royals Princes William and Harry, by paying to air a concert in honour of their late mother Diana, Princess of Wales on 1 July (07).

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s parents’ divorce case kicked off in court on Friday (22Jun07) and quickly turned ugly.
Michael and Dina Lohan were both at the Long Island, New York court for the hearing.
During proceedings Dina accused Michael of breaching their separation agreement by speaking to the media. Michael meanwhile claimed he is owed money from Dina, as agreed in the pact.
After sparring in the courthouse, the tension spilled outside, with Michael clashing with Dina’s "security guard" Ty Dux, reports TMZ.com.
The pair exchanged insults, with Dux claiming Lohan family members are scared of Michael and "didn’t sleep at night, even when he was in jail".

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Activists in India have protested over the release of Bollywood movie MISS ANARA - forcing a cinema showing the film to close.
The real-life documentary on former beauty queen Anara Gupta has been surrounded by controversy since its release, with protesters from political party Shiv Sena taking part in a rally in the Jammu region of the country calling for the movie to be banned.
Activists also burnt an effigy of the star, with the protests causing the Raj theatre in Udhampur - which was showing the film - to close.
A pornographic movie allegedly featuring Gutpa was leaked in 2004, with the star facing criticism in her native India ever since.
Aanan Sharma, Sena’s state president insists the party does not want the film released in Jammu over its "objectionable script" which could be offensive to the public.

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Brit DAMIEN HIRST became the world’s most expensive living artist on Thursday (21Jun07) after his contemporary work "Lullaby Spring" sold for an astonishing $19.2 million (£9.6 million).
The pill cabinet sold at London auction house Sotheby’s, to an anonymous bidder, beating the record held for years by American Jasper Johns.
It marks a money-spinning week in the art world. Just a day earlier (21Jun07) Lucian Freud’s portrait Bruce Bernard sold for $15.8 million (£7.9 million) making him briefly Europe’s most expensive artist.
Robin Woodhead, chief executive of Sotheby’s International, says, "This was the highest totaling week of sales London has ever seen - confirming beyond all doubt London’s rapid ascent as a central hub in the art market. Bidding across the sales was truly global. New buyers locked horns with long-time collectors in a bid to secure top masterpieces."

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Producers of reality TV show BIG BROTHER in Australia have issued an apology to the Mexican government for allowing contestants to deface the country’s flag.
Last week (ends15Jun07), viewers saw the show’s participants throwing goo-filled balloons at an incorrectly-coloured Mexican flag as part of theme night on the show - an action the Latin American country’s ruling body deemed "offensive".
The Mexican Embassy expressed its disgust at the incident aired as part of the show’s weekly themed Friday Night Live segment, and demanded the Australian Communications and Media Authority and TV company Endemol Southern Star "take adequate measures to avoid this type of incident in the future".
Endemol Southern Star has insisted its actions were not meant to cause offence to any person, country, or institution.
The company’s apology reads, "Friday Night Live is themed each week and June 19’s Mexican Night was designed as a tribute to Mexico and its vibrant cultural heritage," with the company assuring the Mexican government "something like this would never happen again." The flag used by the programme’s makers displayed the Mexican national symbol - an eagle devouring a snake on top of a cactus - in the middle but had the green, white and red bands of colour in the wrong order.

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PARIS HILTON will celebrate her release from jail in the arms of her family according to the incarcerated socialite’s mum KATHY.
The star, who was imprisoned after being found guilty of violating her probation from a drink driving arrest last year (06), is due to be freed from the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, next week (begs25Jun07).
And mum Kathy insists the Hilton clan will rally around the heiress in the comfort of their Los Angeles home, where she will be afforded the chance to "decompress".
Speaking to TMZ.com, she says, "We’re just gonna let her decompress, be at home for a while, get the family together", adding, "she (Paris) is doing much better."

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A computer hacker has vowed to shock HARRY POTTER fans - by posting the alleged ‘ending’ to the final installment of the boy wizard series online.
The anonymous book-leaker - known only as Gabriel - claims to have obtained a digital copy of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows after breaking into a computer at Bloomsbury Publishing in London.
Posting on website InSecure.org, Gabriel writes, "We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and boring." A representative for Bloomsbury declined to comment on the alleged security breach, but Kyle Good, of the book’s U.S. distributor Scholastic, insists fans should be sceptical about the accuracy of the hacker’s ‘ending’ prior to the book’s official release on 21 July (07).
He says, "There is a whole lot of junk flying around. Consider this one more theory." In 2005, two people were charged after allegedly attempting to sell a leaked copy of sixth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, to British newspaper The Sun a month before its official release.

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Former AUSTRALIAN IDOL contestant RICKIE-LEE COULTER has disappointed fans by quitting her band the YOUNG DIVAS.
The 21-year-old singer, who appeared on the reality TV talent contest in 2004, has parted ways with the all-girl group to concentrate on her solo career.
She says, "I will not be appearing any more with the Young Divas.
"I just couldn’t do it all - I really had to get back to doing what I love doing, and that’s my solo career." But she insists the split is amicable: "The girl’s have been great, they understand completely. They know where I’m coming from." Coulter formed the Young Divas in 2006 with fellow Australian Idol contestants Paulini Curuenavuil, Emily Williams and Kate DeAraugo.
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Singer DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY may be a music icon but she admits she has an complete lack of musical knowledge.
The 70-year-old Goldfinger star confesses it is her intuition, not musical talent, has carried her career.
She says, "I know nothing about music. I cannot read a note, I cannot play an instrument, but I know music in my head, and I was born with these vocal chords I didn’t even know I had."

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R&B singer JOHN LEGEND is proud of his status as the hardest working man in music, and has branded musicians who don’t give 100 per cent "d**ks".
The Grammy award winner is famed for being a workaholic and is stunned by the lacklustre attitudes of performers who don’t share his work ethic.
He says, "It’s amazing to me, but when I talk to my label, they’re like, ‘Oh John, you work so hard!’ It always amazes me that I stand out among other artists for working hard. Shouldn’t everybody work hard? Why wouldn’t they work hard? "(I think) ‘You d**k - this is your shot!’ Ultimately, it’s your career. If you don’t seize the opportunity, it’s going to go away. You might not be as smart or you might not have as good a record, but there should be no excuse for not working hard."

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Welsh rockers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have been forced to cancel a string of concerts after frontman MATT TUCK underwent emergency surgery.
The singer was due to have his tonsils removed next month (Jul07), but the operation was brought forward to a June date.
Tuck has been ordered to refrain from singing for at least four weeks, forcing the band to pull five gigs in Spain, Germany, Austria and the U.K.
A statement from the group reads, "It is with huge regret that Bullet For My Valentine announce that they will no longer be able to play." Writing from his bedside, Tuck explains, "If I’d known my tonsils were going to cause me to miss shows like these I’d have f**king ripped them out myself long ago.
"I am totally gutted at not being able to play these shows and the only consolation the boys and I can take from it is that we are now fully focused on the album and we’ll be back in the studio as soon as the doctors say I can sing again. I truly can’t wait for you f**kers to hear it!"

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Nineties pop sensations the SPICE GIRLS are set to delight fans across the world - by officially announcing their plans to reform.
Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell have ended months of speculation over a possible reunion of the famous fivesome, and will confirm details of the reunion at a press conference next Thursday (28Jun07).
The band are rumoured to be embarking on a 25-date world tour later this year (07), and will reportedly earn $20 million (£10 million) each for their part in the reunion.
Earlier this month (Jun07), Beckham hinted of a possible reunion, saying, "We’ll see what turns out, but between you and me, I’m really hopeful that it definitely will happen." Chisholm also revealed she had been persuaded by British rockers the Kaiser Chiefs to consider teaming up with her former bandmates.
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Justin Timberlake has a lot in common with his ‘Shrek’ character. The singer-and-actor could relate to his animated character Artie in ‘Shrek the Third’ – because they are both "uncool" and hated school. Justin, 26, told Bliss magazine: "My character in the film is not cool. He’s a bright-eyed kid who’s been told his whole life he’s a loser, but he gets the opportunity to grow. "When I was a kid, I felt I didn’t fit in and didn’t enjoy school. That’s how I was able to play Artie because he doesn’t fit in that much. I was a good student, but school wasn’t awesome for me and I felt bored." ‘Shrek the Third’ is Justin’s debut role in an animated movie. The ‘SexyBack’ singer recently confessed he enjoyed making films, but has no intention to become a full-time film star. He said: "I don’t aspire to be a movie star – I get enough attention.
"I always wanted to act but I never really had the courage. I thought I wasn’t going to get the opportunity to do it the way I wanted to do it.’

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The troubled singer - who has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings since leaving rehab - could have already irreparably damaged her kidneys.
John Sundahl, chairman of Britney’s AA chapter in Los Angeles, told the National Enquirer magazine: ‘I told her, ‘If you fall off the wagon, I don’t think you will live. If you don’t want to get sober for yourself, do it for your kids.’ ‘ Sundahl revealed Britney, 25, has fallen off the wagon several times since leaving Malibu’s Promises clinic two months ago, but insisted she was determined to get sober.
He added: ‘She truly wants to stop what she’s doing. She’s changed her life in another direction, where she doesn’t get drunk every night and pass out.’ The counsellor confessed he had not seen Britney for several weeks.
Earlier this month, while holidaying in Hawaii with her two children, Sean Preston, 21 months, and Jayden James, nine months, Britney reportedly got so drunk she passed out.
Last month, she was found ‘vomiting uncontrollably’ in the men’s toilets of a Los Angeles bar.
The singer, who was seen drinking at the exclusive Sky Bar at Los Angeles’ Mondrian hotel, allegedly needed to be carried out when she was discovered slumped over a toilet covered in sick.

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The ‘Hairspray’ star - who has two children, Jett, 14, and seven-year-old Ella with wife Kelly Preston - believes marriage is a life-long commitment and isn’t always easy.
John is quoted by Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper as saying: "We’ve been married for almost 16 years and we have to work at it. Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down and at that moment, you better start creating it, otherwise you’re going to lose out." The 53-year-old says having a high-profile relationship is difficult because people are always gossiping.
He added: "You have to be ready to battle the worst insults, the worst innuendos. People say things that hurt. I think, ‘Wow, so because I have money or fame, I don’t have problems? I don’t have feelings?’ I just try not to take offence." John recently revealed he and Kelly are going to try for another baby and have set themselves a fertility timetable.
He said: ‘I was told by Kelly that at the end of the summer we’re going to try.’ Kelly, 44, added: ‘We’ll try after we finish the movie we’re doing together, ‘Old Dogs’, with Robin Williams and our daughter Ella. So after that!’

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