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Pop diva GWEN STEFANI flew the flag for Scotland at a recent gig by performing onstage in the nation’s soccer shirt.
The Sweet Escape hitmaker embraced husband Gavin Rossdale’s Scottish roots by wearing the blue and white strip at a Glasgow concert on Thursday night (20Sep07).
The singer is also experimenting with Scottish cuisine and regularly feeds her son Kingston, one, the delicacy Black Pudding.
She says, "He loved it."

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SIR ELTON JOHN is calling on the U.K government to send more money to alleviate the AIDS crisis in Africa The legendary musician is urging British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to action his G8 promise to make HIV/AIDS treatment universally accessible by 2010. The Rocket Man hitmaker, 60, says, "I believe Gordon Brown’s leadership and vision on this issue is urgently needed, right now. "If the U.K. were to provide £700 million ($1.4 billion) over three years, tripling its annual contribution by 2010, it would challenge the rest of the world to follow suit."

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American singer MARIAH CAREY has blasted the size zero craze and is urging women to "embrace" their natural physiques.
The Hero hitmaker, who unveiled a svelte new look at VH1’s Save the Music gala in New York on Thursday (22Sept07), admits to living on a "bleak diet" to maintain her figure.
But Carey, 37, vows never to starve herself to become a "stick figure girl".
She says, "My secret is bleak diets, I still feel like I have a way to go.
"I don’t feel like you have to be a size zero. We should all just embrace who we are physically.
"I’m not supposed to be a stick figure girl. It’s just not me."

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Burlesque star DITA VON TEESE is not naturally a raven-haired beauty - she has been dying her blonde hair for 16 years.
The 34-year-old - real name Heather Renée Sweet - dislikes her naturally light-coloured hair and spent years experimenting with a variety of colours before settling with black.
She says, "I have been dyeing my hair since I was 18. First, I was platinum blonde, then red, then burgundy. "Finally one day there was nowhere else to go but black. I like the contrast between pale-skin and dark hair."

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Actor-turned-restaurateur WILMER VALDERRAMA will use his South American roots to influence the food at his new Las Vegas steakhouse.
Valderrama opens the doors to his restaurant The Company at the Luxor hotel and casino with stars Nick Lachey and Nicky Hilton later this year (07).
And the comedy star is keen to introduce a hint of Venezuelan flair to the menu.
He tells People.com, "I’m more of a South American guy. So I’m more of like rice, you know, yucca, arepas - It’s our (the Venezuelan) version of tortillas,"

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British actress EMMA THOMPSON is spearheading a campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of sex slavery in the U.K.
The Love Actually star will stage an art show at London landmark Trafalgar Square in a bid to prevent European women from being for exploited for prostitution. Thompson, 48, says, "Get involved and keep your eyes open. Wander into massage parlours and see if any of the girls speak English. "You can’t rely on the government because they are starved of information."

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Former ALLY McBEAL star COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH is to quit hit U.S. TV sitcom ACCORDING TO JIM as a new mum both on and offscreen.
The actress hopes to return to playing Jim Belushi’s onscreen wife in the future, but insists she’ll be taking a break to play mum first.
Thorne-Smith’s pregnancy is to written into the comedy series’ upcoming season.
The 39-year-old tells USA Today newspaper, "My character is going to get pregnant, and hopefully it will be soon, because I’m growing by leaps and bounds.
"I’ll probably shoot at least 10 episodes, and then they’re going to do half the season without me because I’ll be done. I have no idea how they’re going to write me out.
"Then, if the timing works out, I would certainly come back."

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Movie star JON VOIGHT is so desperate to get back into the good graces of his estranged daughter ANGELINA JOLIE - he has helped plant a rose bush memorial to the actress’ late mother.
The Deliverance star split from Jolie’s mother, actress/producer Marcheline Bertrand, in 1976, leaving his ex to bring up his son and daughter, Jolie, alone.
After years of estrangement, Jolie and her father, reconciled and appeared together in the first Tomb Raider movie - but they fell out in 2002 when Voight publicly accused her of being mentally ill.
Voight has been trying to reconcile with his daughter ever since, admitting recently he has never met her four kids.
And now sources suggest an odd rose-bush planting ceremony in a public park is Voight’s latest shot at ending years of estrangement.
The actor, 68, met with friends, including poet John Trudell, at the park near where Bertrand lived for a Native American planting ceremony on 1 September (07).
Sources tell U.S. tabloid the Globe, "Jon made a touching speech about his ex-wife and asked the others to share their own special memories.
"Jon got out a card, scribbled, ‘I love you Marchie,’ and had everyone else write a message, then tied it to the rose bush with a ribbon."

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LATEST: OSCAR DE LA HOYA has instructed his lawyers to seek "legal remedies" to stop the woman who is trying to sell fake photos of him posing in a fishnet body stocking and high heels.
The scandalous pictures first appeared on the internet earlier this week (begs17Sep07) and quickly became a must-see item.
De La Hoya acted quickly to dismiss the shots as fakes; his lawyer stated the damning pictures were "a really bad photoshop job." Sources claim the boxing champion is laughing off the scandal, but his attorney, Bertram Fields, insists his client is keen to keep the images away from further misuse.
He says, "Oscar does know the woman who we believe is selling photographs to the tabloid media but he assures me the photos are phony. He has asked me to pursue legal remedies." But 22-year-old dancer Milana insists the photos are for real - she took them in May (07).
The Russian-born brunette met the boxer at topless nightspot Scores in New York last year (06) and insists she and her friends have accompanied De La Hoya all over America.
She tells U.S. news show The Insider, "That is Oscar. I took the picture, this is my camera. This is his pictures."

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Actress SALMA HAYEK is celebrating becoming a mother for the first time - after giving birth to a girl.
The Frida star and fiance Francois-Henri Pinault welcomed Valentina Paloma Pinault at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Friday (21Sep07).
A spokesman for the couple says, "Mother and child are doing well." Valentina is Pinault’s third child.

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Songwriter ALISON ‘BETTY BOO’ CLARKSON has challenged British singer CHERYL COLE to a fight after the GIRLS ALOUD star branded her a liar.
Cole, 23, accused Clarkson of deliberately seeking publicity after she fuelled rumours the band was to split.
But Clarkson, 37, - who penned tracks for the girl group’s first album Sound Of The Underground in 2003 - has hit back.
She says, "Yes! I need the publicity? "Silly old cow. We need to have fisticuffs together." (CJM/WNTSU/LJ) WENN - SECOND - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 22 SEPTEMBER 2007

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Former NIRVANA star DAVE GROHL insists he was more than former bandmate KURT COBAIN’s "sideman", maintaining his role was fundamental to the band’s success.
The Foo Fighters frontman, 38, insists he and bassist Krist Novoselic played crucial roles in creating the 90s band’s distinct sound and is tired of being overshadowed by late singer Cobain.
He says, "I was actually Nirvana’s fifth drummer and if you listen to the recordings with the previous guys you will notice it sounds different.
"Krist and I have been called sidemen to Kurt for f**king years - that lawsuit is done with, y’know? "We’ve been called hired guns and I just laugh. Anyone who has ever been in a band, hell… anyone who has ever even listened to a band, understands what happens when one of those elements is removed from the combination. It just falls apart."

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Former GUNS ‘N ROSES star SLASH has to undergo ‘traffic school’ in Los Angeles after getting carried away behind the wheel of his car while listening to the new MEGADETH album.
The rocker was caught speeding by police as he blasted United Abominations from his car’s sound system - forgetting he wasn’t behind the wheel of a rocket.
In a post on Megadeth’s website, bassist James Lomenzo reveals, "I ran into an old friend of mine in the hotel lobby in Portland (Oregon) a week and a half ago, Slash. We chatted a bit and then he got serious (seemingly) and said, ‘Thanks to Megadeth I’ve got to go to traffic school!’ "I asked, ‘Why?’ and he explained, ‘I love the new album. Every time I drive I’ve got it crankin’ in my car… I’ve gotten two speeding tickets thanks to you guys and now I’ve got to go to f**kin’ traffic school!’"

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Welsh star CHARLOTTE CHURCH has given birth to her first child. Church and rugby star partner Gavin Henson welcomed the unnamed tot on Thursday (20Sept07).
The 21-year-old singer - who recently expressed the desire to have a son delivered her daughter at the Welsh countryside home she shares with Henson.

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HALLE BERRY isn’t planning on stopping at just one child when she gives birth next year (08) - she’ll be trying for a second straight away.
The pregnant actress taped a segment for pal Oprah Winfrey’s show Oprah on Thursday (20Sep07), in which she spoke publicly about her baby news for the first time.
Insiders claim Berry’s baby bump was clearly visible and she told Oprah she’s anxious to have a second child with boyfriend Gabriel Aubrey as soon as her first is born early in 2008.
The actress, who announced she was three-months pregnant earlier this month (Sep07), also confessed that she took 33 at-home pregnancy tests before she got a positive.
She also told Winfrey that she doesn’t want to know the baby’s gender until the tot is born.

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BRITNEY SPEARS is in yet more legal trouble - the Los Angeles City Attorney has filed hit and run charges against her.
The troubled pop superstar has ended a week in which her lawyer and manager both quit her employ as she fought her ex-husband for child custody with a new legal headache.
It dates back to a parking lot incident on 6 August (07), which was caught on camera by paparazzi photographers.
Careless Spears accidentally collided with Kim Robard-Rifkin’s vehicle as she tried to park her Mercedes Benz in Van Nuys, California.
After inspecting the damage on her own car, Spears failed to contact Robard-Rifkin in accordance with California law.
And that’s not the only driving charge the City Attorney dropped on the pop star on Friday (21Sep07) - she also faces a misdemeanour count of driving without a valid California license.
Each charge carries a maximum of six months in jail.
Britney’s arraignment hearing is set for October 10 (07) in Van Nuys Superior Court.
And the latest controversy seems to have turned Spears into a wreck - she was spotted sobbing while shopping in Los Angeles as the news of her driving crimes broke.
Earlier this week (beg17Sep07), a Los Angeles judge ruled the pop star would be subjected to random drug and alcohol testing twice a week as part of her ongoing child custody battle with ex Kevin Federline. The pair must also attend parental councilling sessions.

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BRAD PITT is set to replace OCEAN’S THIRTEEN pal MATT DAMON in a new movie about Boston, Massachusetts boxer `IRISH’ MICKEY WARD.
Pitt is reportedly in negotiations to play Ward’s brother, Dick Ecklund, in the film, Fighter, which will star Mark Wahlberg as the fighter.
Ecklund, himself a talented fighter who sparred with champs like Sugar Ray Leonard, turn his back on a life of crime to help his brother claim glory in the ring. Damon was originally slated to play Ecklund.

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GWYNETH PALTROW has heaped praise on STELLA McCARTNEY, insisting the designer is the best pal a woman could have.
The actress reveals her thoughtful friend is always dreaming up great parties and picking her up when she feels down.
Paltrow says, "Stella’s the kind of friend who calls me on the anniversary of my dad’s death.
"When I was pregnant with my daughter, she said to me, `You sort of eloped, so we never got to do anything. Why don’t we go to my house in the country for the weekend?’ "When I got there, all my high school friends were there. She had plastered my room with pictures from growing up, and she organised amazing games."

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