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California Governor ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is in demand at bar mitzvahs after agreeing to send a videotaped message to the nephew of TERMINATOR 3 co-star CLARE DANES’ ex BEN LEE.
The teenager was thrilled when he received personalised greetings from Schwarzenegger, made possible by the actress’ connections to the action man.
But Danes didn’t realise that her actions would spark a huge interest in bar mitzvah messages from the Terminator.
She says, "He did this little video… which was very sweet. Then of course everyone was asking how to get a hold of Arnold’s people to do it for their bar mitzvah."

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Oscar-winner SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS still gets "paralysed with fear" around his fellow actors, despite more than 30 years in showbusiness.
The Silence of the Lambs actor, 69, gets nervous around big names of stage and screen, including his 84 Charing Cross Road co-star Dame Judi Dench.
He says, "Whenever I meet actors, too, I’m so nervous.
"I think back to people like Judi Dench, a perfectly charming, nice woman, and I’m so nervous around people like that. I don’t know what it is. I am paralysed with fear." The Welsh-born star, who now lives in California, admitted that his nerves were not the fault of other stars, adding, "It’s me. I do have a chip on my shoulder. It’s not bitterness but more a discomfort."

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Desperate Housewives star JESSE METCALFE’s relationship with GIRLS ALOUD singer NADINE COYLE is reportedly back on after they were spotted together in Los Angeles on Friday (10Aug07).
The couple’s 14-month trans-Atlantic relationship ended earlier this year (07) after Metcalfe was spotted holding hands with a mystery brunette following a spell in rehab. But it’s reported the actor has made several attempts to win back the singers heart. An insider tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "Jesse asked her to meet him for crisis talks - because he’s desperate to have Nadine back."

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER’s arch nemesis in cult eighties action film COMMANDO shot the entire movie with a broken arm.
Actor Vernon Wells, who played Bennett, was so eager to please the filmmakers he accidentally shattered his arm on set but carried on regardless.
He recalls, "I was doing things way too hard and crashed through a wall like a tornado and snapped my arm. They’d put it in a sling when I wasn’t shooting and take it off for scenes. You just have endorphins surging through your body."

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Unreleased duets beloved R&B star LUTHER VANDROSS recorded with BEYONCE KNOWLES and FRANK SINATRA are to feature in a new box set of the late star’s hits.
The comprehensive new four-CD collection, LOVE, LUTHER, features the soul man’s greatest hits, rare recordings and unreleased tracks.
As well as duets with Knowles and Sinatra, collaborations with Dionne Warwick, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson will also appear in the box set for the first time.
Vandross lost his life in 2005 following a stroke. The new album is released in October (07).

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Neighbours of FANTASTIC FOUR star CHRIS EVANS are in for a visual treat - he often takes out his garbage naked.
Evans, who recently came third in a poll of most eligible Hollywood Bachelors, admits he is fond of streaking in his yard.
He says, "I have a nice backyard. It’s very secluded, so every now and then I might just run out quickly and take the trash out."

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Oscar winner JODIE FOSTER can only take on one harrowing film role a year because it takes her so long to recover from playing troubled characters.
In her new film, The Brave One she plays a vigilante who turns on criminals after thugs kill her partner in a New York park, and she admits the role took an awful toll on her.
She tells More magazine, "Whether I like to admit it or not - and usually I don’t like to admit it - the stuff I do affects me. It’s this strange lonely thing.
"It’s hard to explain what it is to lie in a pool of fake blood for four days and just be thinking those thoughts. There’s a real sadness to it. So I don’t want to do that more than once a year."

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Sexy burlesque star DITA VON TEESE will be treating her legions of lusty fans to something special this Christmas (07) as part of lingerie mecca Frederick’s of Hollywood’s holiday ad campaign.
The exotic dancer, who is estranged from husband Marilyn Manson, will star in Frederick’s Pin-Up Parade brochure commercials.
She’ll help the store advertise new styles inspired by vintage lingerie items worn by "glamour goddesses and dream dames" of old.
The Pin-Up Parade marks Von Teese’s first print collaboration with an American lingerie purveyor as well as a historical landmark for Frederick’s of Hollywood, which has never featured a celebrity on its iconic catalogue cover until now.
Von Teese says, "As a longtime fan of the history of the Frederick’s brand, it’s a great honour to be chosen to represent the company by appearing as the star of the 2007 Holiday Pin-Up Parade.
"Frederick’s of Hollywood has been giving women the accoutrements they desire to bring glamour and sensuality into their lives by offering a wide selection of both the elegant and the risque since 1946. I’m proud to be the face of such a legendary institution of lingerie." It’s not the only campaign the sexy star is currently involved with - Von Teese is also the new spokesmodel for MAC’s Viva Glam lipstick.

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DREW CAREY avoided serious injury recently when he caught his arm in a revolving turntable during filming of U.S. quiz show THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
Despite the accident, an insider on the show insists Drew is back on the set, wearing a "soft cast", reports TMZ.com.
His manager says, "He’s fine and everything’s OK."

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LATEST: LORD OF THE RINGS executive producer BOB SHAYE insists director PETER JACKSON will be involved in THE HOBBIT.
The pair famously fell out over the profits of the fantasy trilogy, but Shaye believes the filmmaker should have input on the prequel. He says, "I really respect and admire Peter and would love for him to be creatively involved in some way in ‘The Hobbit." Spider-Man director Sam Raimi is tipped to direct the film.

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British singer/songwriter RICHARD HAWLEY still finds performing live a struggle, despite more than 10 years in the music business.
Hawley found fame with British band The Longpigs in the 1990s and embarked on a solo career in 2000. But despite his years of experience and huge critical acclaim - culminating in last year’s (06) Mercury Music Prize nomination - he still battles severe stage fright.
He says, "I still get nervous. I s**t myself before gigs. That’s why I talk loads of s**te between songs.
"Although I’ve been doing it since I were (sic) a kid, I just didn’t have the prerequisite ego to be a singer. I just got to a point where I’d got so many songs that the weight of them pushed me to do it." (SH/WNTSU/MEH) WENN - SECOND - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS -11 AUGUST 2007

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Country star BILLY CURRINGTON has penned a vicious new tune about his alcoholic stepdad after realising how his childhood was tainted by the bully in therapy.
The Whole Lot More hitmaker thought his past was behind him until a severe bout of laryngitis almost ended his musical career - and forced him to seek counselling for demons that were making him ill.
Currington, who duetted with Shania Twain on her hit Party For Two, tells People magazine he lived with Larry Currington for the first seven years of his life and suffered regular alcohol-fuelled beatings.
And the abuse didn’t stop when Currington’s mother left his stepdad - because the "alcoholic who had no heart at all" still picked on Billy when the family came to visit.
Therapy made Currington realise his stepfather’s actions had left him scarred for life - and helped him understand a number of flaws in his own character, including a terrible temper.
He says, "My challenge in life is my anger." But coming face to face with his deep issues cost Currington a great deal he lost his voice, cancelled a tour, checked into a trauma recovery programme and parted with his band. Even his girlfriend left him because she couldn’t deal with what Currington was going through.
"Since treatment, I have no attachments left, other than my record company.
"After I’m done recording my third album, I leave for Hawaii to work with two therapists who specialise in childhood trauma. I’m on a mission to break the generational curse of abuse."

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Popular French singers MICHEL SARDOU and JOHNNY HALLYDAY are involved in a police investigation after they were both victims of a computer hacker.
The alleged hacker is the director of a small computer services company in Paris, and is believed to have installed a spying programme on Sardou’s computer in 2001 while installing other software.
The 45-year-old suspect was questioned and released to return in front of a magistrate next month (Sep07). Sardou discovered the spying and alerted police who discovered Hallyday and theatre producer Jean-Claude Camus had also been tapped into.

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LATEST: Music stars have paid tribute to TONY WILSON, who died on Friday (10AUG07).
The Factory Records co-founder, who managed groups like Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, had been battling kidney cancer.
Wilson was taken to Manchester’s Christie Hospital on Sunday night (05Aug07) after suffering a heart attack. He failed to recover and died on Friday (10Aug07).
Former Happy Mondays manager Phil Saxe says, "Part of me, part of Manchester, part of modern British music has died tonight." "He was a visionary in that he helped bands, who otherwise wouldn’t have made it, who were a bit out of the ordinary. He helped them realise their dreams and through that probably realised himself to be Mr Manchester." Former Joy Division and New Order drummer Stephen Morris has also spoken of Wilson’s important role in his career, saying, "There would be no Joy Division or New Order without Tony. He really believed in us and he was smart enough to start a label and put our records out.
"He was so enthusiastic, he was always, ‘We’ll just go ahead an do it and figure out why we did it afterwards’. It was his spirit of enthusiasm that steam-rollered things through and it’s why we put up with him for so long. "You could have an argument with Tony and walk out hating him and the next time you saw him it was all forgotten. You just love him."

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Troubled actress LINDSAY LOHAN has been dubbed "a model patient" by insiders at the Utah rehab clinic she checked into earlier last month (Jul07), despite claims to the contrary.
In a U.S. TV exclusive which aired on Friday’s (10Aug07) Entertainment Tonight, a silhouetted former Cirque Lodge patient suggested the actress is getting celebrity treatment from carers and is difficult with staff.
But TMZ.com claims the opposite is true, according to their sources.
Insiders at the Oren, Utah clinic, considered one of the best rehabs in America, claim Lohan is taking her third counselling camp stint of 2007 very seriously, attending every meeting, working with psychologists and even agreeing to take on menial tasks she’s handed.
These include washing dishes and cleaning toilets.
TMZ.com sources claim the woman who took her claims about Lohan to the media dropped out of a sister clinic "against medical advice" days after the actress checked herself in and would only have had access to her through meetings.

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Rapper 50 CENT is fuming after discovering his new ROBIN THICKE collaboration has been leaked online.
The song, Follow My Lead, and its accompanying video, which features movie star Dustin Hoffman, made its debut on select websites on Thursday night (09Aug07), according to MTV News.
According to a source, the song, which features on 50’s upcoming album Curtis, wasn’t supposed to be released until later this year (07) or early in 2008.
The same source tells MTV that the rapper "erupted" upon hearing the news, "ripping out a plasma TV, throwing his cell phone through a glass window and saying that he was going on vacation." By late Friday (10Aug07) morning, the Follow My Lead clip had been removed from YouTube.com, but high-quality video clips could be found elsewhere on the Internet when WENN went to press.
Hoffman plays 50’s psychiatrist trying to persuade the rapper to stop using derogatory words in his songs in the quirky video.

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Rocker CHRIS CORNELL has posted a message on his website warning fans not to get fooled by an Internet imposter. The former Audioslave star Chris Cornell claims he is the victim of online identity theft after becoming aware of one person who has been chatting online with fans and pretending to be him.
His online statement read, "Over the past several months, several incidents have taken place where others felt the need to engage in activities pretending to be me.
"I have been wanting to make a clear statement to fans, friends and anyone this may concern; under no circumstances, under any name or address do I or have I ever communicated or corresponded with anyone online or otherwise."

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GEORGE MICHAEL has signed on to play JONNY LEE MILLER’s guardian angel in a new U.S. TV drama.
The pop superstar will tweak the conscience of the British actor’s ruthless attorney-turned-good guy in new show Eli Stone.
Michael will appear in dream sequences, aimed at inspiring Miller’s character to do good deeds, in the show.
A spokesman for the show, which will debut in America later this year (07), says, "George really responded to the concept… and his songs reflect the themes of the show."

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