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DAVID HASSELHOFF’s classic ’80s TV show KNIGHT RIDER is set to return to the small screen.
The series, about an agent and his talking super-powered car, is being reworked and produced by The Bourne Identity filmmaker Doug Liman for U.S. TV network NBC.
Liman is considering directing the new show’s two-hour pilot, which could hit screens in autumn 2008, reports Daily Variety. If successful, a full series will follow.
According to the trade paper, the new Knight Rider project is inspired by summer (07) blockbuster Transformers.

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Parents whose children attend the same school as ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT’s adopted son MADDOX have been asked to respect the superstar couple’s privacy in a letter.
Officials at the Lycee Francais De New York school want parents to stop pestering Jolie and Pitt for autographs when they drop off and pick up their kids.
The letter, from the school’s director of operations Dan Cooke, reads: "Regretfully, I have seen some parents taking pictures, asking for autographs, talking to the media and even shouting at Ms
. Jolie and Mr
. Pitt for recognition.
"Therefore, in the best interests of the school and safety of your child(ren), I must ask for everyone to please respect the family’s privacy and discontinue these practices." Cooke goes on to make clear that Jolie and Pitt were keen to avoid any disruption: "I want to make you aware that before the first day of school, I met with their security team to discuss the best manner for them to drop off and pick up their son.
"Our foremost goal was to cause the least amount of disruption to the school and to ensure the security of all of our students and families."

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Model/actress JOSIE MARAN became the first celebrity voted off the new season of U.S. reality TV show DANCING WITH THE STARS on Wednesday night (26Sep07).
The pretty Van Helsing star and her professional dancing partner Alec Mazo received the lowest votes from the show’s judges and the TV audience.
Dancing wannabes on the latest season of the hit show include actresses Jennie Garth and Jane Seymour, Spice Girls star Melanie Brown and singer Marie Osmond.

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BILLY BOB THORNTON insists everyone entering his Hollywood home poses for pictures - in a photo booth he has had installed in his foyer.
The Bad Santa star claims his new toy is his favourite possession.
He says, "When people come over, they get in the booth and have their pictures taken - even repairmen."

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Singer/actress VANESSA WILLIAMS donned a wedding gown for a late night ceremony on Wednesday (26Sep07) - but she isn’t tying the knot again.
The twice-wed Ugly Betty star stepped out with ex-husband Rick Fox to film a top secret wedding scene for the show.
Set insiders were tight-lipped about the plot of the wedding scene and refused to disclose if Williams actually weds her ex, who plays her love interest in the new season of Ugly Betty.

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Gay actor T.R. KNIGHT was left bemused by a recent tabloid report that he enjoyed a double-date with KATHERINE HEIGL and her fiance JOSH KELLEY - because his supposed boyfriend was Heigl’s mother.
Knight, who ‘came out’ as a homosexual last year (06), following a row between Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey on the set of his TV show Grey’s Anatomy, insists he’s single.
He says, "Recently Kate and her fiance Josh Kelley and me and her mom went out to dinner, and it was reported that it was with me and my new boyfriend.
"But that was her mom. So I guess I’m dating Katherine’s mom right now."

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LATEST: A 10-year-old boy has landed a cameo role in WILL FERRELL’s new movie, after his father paid $47,100 (£23,550) for the magical moment at an auction.
Ferrell auctioned the part in new film Step Brothers earlier this week (begs24Sep07) - to help raise cash for a college pal’s cancer charity.
A man from Dallas, Texas - who has asked to remain anonymous - submitted the highest bid, and has handed the cameo appearance prize to his son.
In a statement, the winner says, "Winning this auction means a lot to me on a very personal basis. I lost my mother to ovarian cancer a few years ago, so I feel fortunate that my 10-year-old and I are able to participate in an event involving Cancer For College and Will Ferrell." Ferrell adds, "We are overwhelmed with the response and generosity to the auction. This money will help so many young people with their dreams of attending college." The 10-year-old boy will meet Ferrell at the 14th annual Cancer For College golf tournament dinner at Temecula Creek Inn, California on 28 September (07) before filming starts in October (07).

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Director and influential political activist ROB REINER has endorsed Senator HILLARY CLINTON for the Democratic nomination in the run-up to 2008’s U.S.
presidential election.
The When Harry Met Sally filmmaker, who campaigned extensively for Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000, will host a fundraising party for Clinton’s 60th birthday at his home in Brentwood, California on 21 October (07).
Reiner says, "I’ve been around a long time in the political wars and I’ve been on the front lines of them. I’m interested in someone who can really manage those political waters.
"Every one of the Democratic candidates is strong, but Hillary is head and shoulders above the rest." Reiner isn’t the first director to back Clinton - Steven Spielberg announced his support for the former First Lady in June (07).

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Troubled actor OWEN WILSON is "very happy" his new movie is to be released in the U.S. on Friday (29Sep07), despite the fact he plays a man with suicidal tendencies.
A depressed Wilson allegedly slashed his wrists in an apparent suicide attempt at his home in Santa Monica, California last month (Aug07).
And, in a bizarre coincidence, his latest movie character is involved in a deliberate motorcycle accident in The Darjeeling Limited.
But director Wes Anderson - a longtime friend of Wilson’s - insists the actor doesn’t want the movie’s release postponed in light of his recent troubles.
Anderson says, "That’s not what I want and not what Owen wants. Owen’s very happy we’re releasing it now." The Darjeeling Limited co-writer Roman Coppola adds, "There’s the showbusiness adage of the show must go on. We’re all sympathetic about our friend’s well being. I haven’t spoken with him about this but I think he’d be very eager that the film be shown. He’s proud of the work we did.
"In terms of art and personal life echoing one another, that’s the proper way to make a movie. I’ve been witness to a lot of movies that my dad (Francis Ford Coppola) did and it’s very familiar to me that your personal life reflects the theme of the movie.
"To me it’s just a given that your life and the theme of the work is going to intertwine."

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Former U.S. President BILL CLINTON has demanded a New York restaurateur remove a photograph of his daughter CHELSEA from his wall of celebrities.
Clinton’s lawyers have fired off a letter to the owner of Italian restaurant Osso Buco, insisting he takes a snapshot of Chelsea down - even though she agreed to pose with the owner.
Her dad claims his daughter was "not consulted" before the five-year-old photo was displayed.
The Bosnian restaurateur is shocked by the letter and insists he would have taken the photograph down if Chelsea or her father had asked him to.

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Actress VIVICA A. FOX has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor charges of drink driving.
The Kill Bill star’s plea was entered by her lawyer Richard Hutton during a hearing in Van Nuys, California on Thursday (27Sep07).
The 43-year-old was apprehended in March (07) after she was allegedly caught driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) on a Los Angeles freeway.
Police officer Leland Tang told Thursday’s hearing he spotted Fox’s car travelling at around 80 miles (128 kilometres) per hour in a 65 mile (105 kilometres) per hour zone.
He said, "Fox exhibited signs of alcohol intoxication. A field sobriety test was administered and she scored over (California’s legal limit) 0.08." A trial date has been set for 29 October (07). If convicted, Fox faces a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 (£500) fine.

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Hip-hop sensation SOULJA BOY is back at the top of the U.S. pop charts after displacing KANYE WEST a week after the STRONGER hitmaker toppled him.
Soulja Boy’s Crank That (Soulja Boy) spent two weeks at number one earlier this month (Sep07) but fell to two last week (20Sep07) as West scored a brief chart double by claiming top spots on the Billboard album and singles charts.
Now West falls a spot to two, while Timbaland’s The Way I Are and Fergie’s Big Girls Don’t Cry are unmoved at three and four respectively. J. Holiday’s Bed rounds out the top five.
Jennifer Lopez scores the Hot 100’s top debut with Do It Well, which enters the chart at number 53.

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer JOHN DOLMAYAN is to launch an internet-based retail store for comic book fans.
Torpedo Comics will go live on 1 November (07), and will offer comic books, toys, graphic novels and superhero action figures, according to Blabbermouth.net.
Dolmayan has been collecting comic books since he was 12, and will operate his new venture from a warehouse in Las Vegas.

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OZZY OSBOURNE was left amazed when he first met TONY BLAIR - because the-then British Prime Minister revealed he could never master the guitar riff to BLACK SABBATH anthem IRON MAN.
The veteran rocker was surprised when Blair, who formed a band called Ugly Rumours in the mid-1970s, confessed all about his inability to play the classic.
Osbourne says, "I met Tony Blair a couple of years ago, and he said to me, ‘I was in a band once, and I could never get the riff to Iron Man right.’ "I thought, ‘Why are you telling me about Iron Man when there’s a war going on (in Iraq)?’"

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Punk icons the SEX PISTOLS will warm-up for their Brixton Academy reunion concerts in London by performing a low-key invite-only show in Los Angeles.
Founding members John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock will play their first ever club show in L.A. when they perform at the Roxy on 25 October (07).
The concert will be co-sponsored by Indie.103.1 - the radio station which features Jones as a DJ - and video game Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock, which features a re-recorded version of the Pistols’ Anarchy In The U.K.
The fan-only gig comes in advance of three shows at the Brixton Academy in London in November (07), which sold out in 15 minutes.
The Pistols have since added another show at the Brixton Academy and one in Manchester to cope with demand.
All the shows coincide with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the 1977 release of Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols.

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ANNIE LENNOX was thrilled when all the women she sent letters to, asking them to join her on a new AIDS anthem, agreed to join her in the studio.
The singer/songwriter feared she’d be left to record powerful new track Sing all alone when her ambitious plan backfired - but all the superstars she asked to join her, jumped at the chance.
The women who congregated in the studio included Madonna, Pink, Celine Dion and Fergie.
Lennox tells Rolling Stone magazine, "Because the incidence of HIV AIDS is on the rise for women, especially in the pandemic across the whole of the African continent, I thought perhaps I could be of benefit by writing a song and empowering those women who do not have an international voice.
"I thought that if I could invite other female artists to join with me, that would be a really strong statement, so I sent out a lot of letters to various artists that I thought would be appropriate, and they all came back to me very positively.
"I’m so glad they’ve given me their voice and their endorsement of the issue."

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LATEST: CHRISTIAN SLATER has denied rumours he is dating Jimmy Choo founder TAMARA MELLON.
The True Romance star, 38, was rumoured to be dating the 39-year-old shoe mogul after they were spotted getting cosy at a launch party in London on Tuesday (25Sep07). It was the second time they had been seen out together in a week. But Slater has dismissed the reports, insisting his friendship with the divorcee is purely platonic. He says, "We’re great friends. But that’s all".

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ANGELINA JOLIE has blasted the U.S. over Iraq, insisting the government’s war expenditure could be better spent on education.
The Oscar-winning actress and UN goodwill ambassador spoke out at the Clinton Global Initiative, an event organised by Bill Clinton to address the most pressing global concerns.
Urging the world to get its "priorities in order", she claimed a UNICEF appeal for educational needs was dwarfed by America’s military spending.
Jolie said, "The entire appeal equals about eight hours of current spending in Iraq. So just a few hours would send 150,000 children to school.
"Nothing wins more hearts and minds and nothing gives more freedom than education; and nothing is a better deterrent for conflict than an educated child,"

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