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Rap princess M.I.A. was horrified when music industry executives told her to make music in the style of LILY ALLEN - insisting she doesn’t understand why anyone would want to sound like the British pop star.
While Allen’s songs are about exes and drug-taking little brothers, the British-Sri Lankan music sensation takes a more political stance and travels the world looking for musical inspiration.
She tells London’s Time Out magazine, "I don’t understand why people make me want to make music that’s a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult when people say, ‘Aw, you should have made a song like Lily Allen, that would have been so great.’ "(My stuff) is dirty, it’s scummy, it’s got flies on it and it’s got all the ink and the dirt and the blood and the sweat."

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British actor PADDY CONSIDINE hates his own accent, and refuses to use it in movies.
The Cinderella Man star is an expert in mastering different dialects, and claims he has never spoken in his own voice on screen.
Considine says, "I find it uncomfortable using my voice in films, to be perfectly honest.
"I’ve done a few different ones and it helps to differentiate characters, as long as the voice doesn’t drive the performance."

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KEVIN BACON insisted on shaving his head for real for new move DEATH SENTENCE.
The actor plays a man who kills his son’s murderer in the film - and was determined to make it as realistically as possible.
He says, "I said to the director: ‘Wouldn’t it be great to actually see me shave my head and not have to use bald caps or wigs or anything?’ So I did. It was a tense moment, because you can only do it once and if it doesn’t work you’re screwed. There’s no gluing the hair back on."

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NAPOLEON DYNAMITE star JOHN HEDER wants make a big budget sequel of the successful low budget comedy - with an all-star cast.
The 2004 film quickly became a cult hit and made a star of Heder and film maker Jared Hess.
The pair have resisted pressure from studios to make a sequel - but Heder would love to see a multi-million dollar update with Matthew McConaughey playing his character and Antonio Banderas as his sidekick Pedro.
Heder says, "Banderas would be playing Pedro. They’d all be grown up, so we’d recast. Matthew McConaughey might be a good Napoleon."

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Action stars JET LI and JACKIE CHAN are worried they are too old to pull off fight scenes, and are warning audiences not to get their hopes up about their new film.
Li, 44, and Chan, 53, are starring together in The Forbidden Kingdom, marking the first time the martial arts legends have been paired up for a movie.
Li says, "When Jackie Chan and I first wanted to work together 15 years ago, our passion was at its peak.
"Our desire to succeed was very strong. Now we joke that when we watch the The Forbidden Kingdom our combined age is 100. How intense are the battle scenes? My mentality is to not have high expectations."

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Italian director GIUSEPPE TORNATORE has been hospitalised in Rome after being mugged by two men.
The Cinema Paradiso filmmaker, 51, was walking in the Italian capital on Tuesday evening (21Aug07) when he was attacked by two young males.
He was admitted to hospital for head trauma and other minor injuries.
Tornatore can recall being asked for directions by one of the muggers, before being hit on the head.
He says, "After that I don’t remember anything." The two men stole the director’s wallet, watch and mobile phone.

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MEL GIBSON has been praised for his progress by a California judge following his arrest for driving under the influence last year (06).
The Braveheart star, 51, was arrested for drink driving on 28 July 2006 in Malibu, when he proceeded to verbally abuse arresting officer James Mee with anti-Semitic remarks.
In August 2006, Gibson pleaded no contest to misdemeanour drink driving charges and was sentenced to three years probation, a 90 day alcohol-abuse program and 12 months of Alcoholic Anonymous meetings.
Gibson’s lawyer Blair Berk attended a Malibu court on Thursday (23Aug07) where a judge announced Gibson was free to attend AA meetings on a voluntary basis, TMZ.com reports.
The actor/director is scheduled to appear in court for a further hearing on 15 February (08).

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Seventies pop star DONNY OSMOND often wonders what his life would have been like if he never became famous.
Osmond was a huge celebrity in the 70s with his siblings band The Osmonds.
He says, "I do often wonder what my life would have been like in different circumstance, or if I’d make the right decisions." (MEH/WNTEX/ES) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 23 AUGUST 2007

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Former Welsh soprano CHARLOTTE CHURCH was angry with her mother after she took an overdose.
Charlotte’s mum Maria, who suffers from depression, took an overdose two years ago (05) after finding out her husband was having an affair. And it was Charlotte who was first on the scene.
She recalls, "It was a tough time. At first when I found her, I was angry because I thought she’d tried to kill herself. But she said all she wanted to do was sleep for a few days to forget about what had happened. She said she wasn’t trying to kill herself, or so she says.
"When I found her, I didn’t panic, I just went straight into this calm mode I had to."

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Singer and former occultist SHANE LYNCH has dubbed the HARRY POTTER novels and films "evil".
During his heyday with Irish boyband Boyzone, Lynch experimented with the occult, and was so shocked with what he found, he is now a born-again Christian.
Lynch says, "I was heavily involved in it and it’s got a demonic side."It was destructive. I was into Ouija boards, tarot cards, seances and worse. I was in a really bad place.
"Take Harry Potter. It’s still witchcraft and I would explain it to my kids that witchery is evil. There’s nothing fairytale about it.
"I was anti-God when I was involved in the demonic side of things.
"But now I love where God has taken me."

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Rap supremo JA RULE is set to remix a BEATLES classic for his new album, and hopes that the track will do justice to the original.
Father Forgive Me samples the Fab Four’s song Eleanor Rigby, which had its original heyday on 1966 album Revolver and will get another spin on Ja’s album Mirror, due for release on 13 November (07).
Ja Rule tells RollingStone.com, "Hopefully I make the Beatles proud. Big shout-out to Paul McCartney and the whole gang, Ringo and everybody!"

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LATEST: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE frontman GERARD WAY wants to spearhead a comic book revolution with his new animation THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY.
The rocker, who has produced a series of comic books with Brazilian artist Gabriel Ba, hopes the cartoons will inspire a new generation of comic-book lovers.
He says, "This is the kind of superhero book that needs to exist and they don’t exist anymore. I want to do work that pushes the boundary and I want people to love it.
"I hope it gets people into comic stores who wouldn’t normally go there.
That’s a success to me. Comics are a struggling art form. I’m psyched about it." The Umbrella Academy will hit stores in September (07).

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Jazz singer JON LUCIEN died of respiratory failure in Orlando, Florida on Saturday (18Aug07). He was 65.
The musician had been suffering from kidney problems for several years and received a kidney transplant two years ago (05).
After growing up in the British Virgin Islands and St. Thomas, Lucien moved to New York City as a teenager and started playing in bands at family parties.
He was signed to RCA after a record executive heard him perform at a wedding.
During his career, he had hits with Would You Believe in Me, Lady Love and Dindi.
He is survived by his wife Delesa, two sons Hanif Lucien and Jamil Jerome, stepson Mark Lee, daughter Celesa Lucien and two grandchildren.
Lucien’s two other daughters Zeudi Jacira and Dalila were tragically killed in a Long Island plane crash in 1996.

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A judge has ruled NAOMI CAMPBELL’s violent past can be used against her in a new lawsuit filed by a former employee.
Romania-born Gaby Gibson last year (06) alleged she too had been attacked by the former supermodel, just a month after Campbell was arrested for throwing a mobile phone at ex-maid Ana Scolavino.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman has ruled past altercations involving Campbell’s stormy temper can potentially be used against her, reports the New York Post.
In the alleged January 2006 attack on Gibson over a missing pair of Stella McCartney jeans, Campbell is quoted as saying, "I’ve had it with you, f**king bitch," before allegedly kicking the back of the maid’s head.
Gibson is "very happy with the court’s decision", according to her attorney Lambros Lambrou.
The lawsuit claims Campbell repeatedly hit Gibson while yelling ‘discriminatory comments’ at her. The star denies the claims.

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Rap rivals KANYE WEST and 50 CENT joined some of the biggest names in hip-hop for a supergig in New York City on Wednesday night (22Aug07).
The two rappers have been trading insults since they realised their new albums would be released on the same next month (11Sep07).
T.I. invited West, 50 Cent, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Jay-Z, Wyclef Jean, Mobb Depp, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Swizz Beatz and R&B singer Ciara to join him on stage at Madison Square Garden for the New York leg of his Screamfest tour.
After several collaborations between various pairings of the urban stars, West, 50 and Combs teamed up to perform You Can’t Tell Me Nothing.

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SAMUEL L. JACKSON was mistaken for a homeless person after straying off the set of his new movie in full costume and make-up.
Jackson plays a former boxer who finds himself homeless in Resurrecting The Champ and admits his on-set look was so convincing, fellow vagrants thought he was also seeking shelter.
He says, "I was walking around, smoking cigarettes and these guys thought I was one of them and then when we went to the shelter to eat for the lunch scene with Josh Hartnett, I kind of fooled a lot of people there too."

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LATEST: Pop beauty BEYONCE KNOWLES has laughed off reports she accidentally flashed her breasts during a wardrobe malfunction in Canada last week (15Aug07), insisting she was wearing a flesh-coloured bra.
Video footage posted on the internet of the singer’s recent performance in Toronto showed her top fly up to reveal a blur of flesh, prompting reports Knowles had flashed her chest.
However, the Deja Vu hitmaker insists she kept her modesty.
Her publicist tells MTV, "She’s wearing a flesh-tone bra! Do you really think Beyonce would go onstage like that?"

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BRITNEY SPEARS’ former manager LARRY RUDOLPH is in hiding in a bid to avoid a subpoena from KEVIN FEDERLINE’s legal team.
Rudolph was fired by the Toxic singer in 2004, reinstated to the position in November 2006, and fired from his job earlier this year (07).
But he is currently in an unknown location, avoiding a summons in the custody battle between the divorced couple.
In a phonecall, Rudolph told U.S. reporter Billy Bush, "(I’m) on vacation.
Hiding from Kevin’s processors. When I come back, I’m sure they’ll find me." Spears’ former bodyguard Damien Shippen, her former assistant Shannon Funk, friend Alli Simms and staff at the Promises rehabilitation centre have already been subpoenaed in the case.
Spears and Federline are still battling over custody of Sean Preston, 23 months and 11-month-old Jayden James.

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