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KID ROCK hates picking fights - because he doesn’t want to be labelled a troublemaker.
The rap/rocker scrapped with former love rival Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards last month (Sep07) and was arrested following a scuffle at a Waffle House restaurant in Georgia on Sunday (21Oct07).
But Rock insists he isn’t always looking for trouble.
He says, "The last thing I want is that reputation… I believe in just standing up for things I believe in and being honest, and sometimes it gets me in a little bit of trouble.
"Contrary to headlines, I’m normally very gentle and friendly to everybody."

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Actress JULIANNE MOORE sympathises with BRITNEY SPEARS during her ongoing custody battle, because the pop superstar has "never been allowed to grow up".
Magnolia star Moore believes the 25-year-old former child star is so isolated she must find it difficult being a mother-of-two.
She says, "The Britney Spears thing - you can’t be a mother until you’ve been an adult first and she’s never been allowed to get there because she was working all the time as a child.
"So how do you learn to be a grown-up? And then you’re suddenly a parent."

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Hollywood superstar TOM HANKS and director RON HOWARD will begin shooting a sequel to their 2006 smash hit THE DA VINCI CODE in February (08).
Angels & Demons - again based on a novel by Dan Brown - will see Hanks reprise his character of Harvard University symbolist Robert Langdon. This time the literary hero will be involved in a frantic quest to find the world’s most powerful energy source.
The Da Vinci Code will be a hard act to follow - the movie has made $757,236,138 (£378,618,064) at the international box-office.
Angels & Demons marks the fourth time Hanks and Howard have teamed up for a big screen project.

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GUY RITCHIE isn’t a big fan of his wife MADONNA’s pop music - because she doesn’t record enough Irish jigs.
The filmmaker admits he rarely listens to music, and when he does he plays Irish music for pleasure.
He says, "I like folk music or gypsy stuff. I like simple stuff. I don’t really like popular music.
"I don’t know why I feel so drawn to Irish Republican songs, considering I’m a Brit, but I feel as though they have a lot of soul.
"I like some popular music… If I really like a track Madonna does I get into it for 10 minutes or however long you’re supposed to get into popular music."

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PARIS HILTON is set to shock fans by appearing as a black leather-clad, brunette dominatrix in the first trailer released online to promote her new film REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA!.
The socialite, who plays the daughter of a ruthless crime boss in the movie musical, is almost unrecognisable in the teaser for the film.
Hilton also sings in the trailer, which features co-stars Sarah Brightman, Anthony Head and Paul Sorvino as well.

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Miss England GEORGIA HORSLEY has been told to "fatten up" before the Miss World pageant in China (01Dec07) - because organisers fear she’s too skinny.
The former Miss North Yorkshire is on a high-fat diet in a bid to gain weight.
The 20-year-old beauty admits she has always struggled to put on weight because she’s naturally skinny and has a high metabolism.
The florist says, "Miss World judges like naturally curvy girls and don’t like the stick-thin women you see on the catwalks."

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Funnyman STEVE CARELL has turned agony uncle, dishing out his brand of comedic advice in a column in Thursday’s (25Oct07) edition of an American newspaper.
Carell plays an advice columnist in new movie Dan In Real Life, so editors at USA Today decided to see how he’d fare answering real people’s problem letters.
In one letter, Sean Herriott, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, writes about how he’s finding it increasingly difficult to laugh at his five-year-old daughter’s unfunny jokes.
Carell replies: "Let me start by saying intuitive children are the worst.
Just bear in mind that because of this your life will only get more complicated. For your sake, and the sake of your child, you must become a better liar." Another reader, Shirley Davis, from Alexandria, Virginia, wonders how best to tell a neighbour to stop parking her car in her parking space.
Carell recommends: "My advice is to find an inflatable exact replica of your vehicle. Leave that in your parking space when you are away using your car."

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Actor BILLY CRUDUP has been honoured by New York food rescue charity City Harvest.
The Almost Famous star has been donating money to the non-profit organisation, which collects food from New York restaurants to give to the homeless, for years.
But Crudup admits he was surprised by the recognition at the Metropolitan Pavilion event on Tuesday (23Oct07), because he’s been handing over money to City Harvest for so long, he forgot he was doing it.
He tells USA Today newspaper, "I moved to New York about 15 years ago and pretty quickly realised that dealing with the hunger issue on a moment-to-moment basis was difficult.
"When I started making money as an actor, I started donating. That was the only capacity (writing cheques) that I was involved with.
"When they called me about this (honour), I was so moved because I didn’t even know that I gave to them."

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A U.S. magazine has been forced to apologise to actress NATALIE PORTMAN after suggesting she’s far from happy with her performance in short film HOTEL CHEVALIER.
Sunday supplement Parade stated Portman was talking about the movie, in which she appears nude, when she commented about an "uncomfortable" scene she shot in a forthcoming essay she wrote for the publication.
But the actress’ publicist, Kelly Bush, has pounced on Parade, insisting her client was actually talking about a torture scene in new film Goya’s Ghosts.
A statement from the magazine’s publicist reads: "We say that Portman regrets doing a nude scene in the movie Hotel Chevalier. This is wrong. When Portman writes about this in Parade, she does not mention a specific movie title.
"She tells us she was referring to a torture scene with a body double in Goya’s Ghosts, which was taken out of context and leaked onto the internet.
Portman is very happy with Hotel Chevalier and proud of her work in the film." In her essay, Portman admits she is still rather upset about agreeing to do something she felt awkward about, writing, "I’m really sorry I didn’t listen to my intuition. From now on, I’m going to trust my gut more."

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An Alabama etiquette expert has become the latest unsuspecting film star to sue SACHA BARON COHEN for the way she was portrayed in hit comedy BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN.
Cathy Martin is suing the British funnyman for fraud, emotional distress and invasion of privacy.
Martin agreed to take part in a dinner party scene at her home in the film.
In the movie, Baron Cohen’s oddball journalist character pokes fun at the manners teacher and her friends.
She claims that although she signed an agreement to appear in the film, she had no idea she’d become an object of ridicule.

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Hip-hop sensation SOULJA BOY has claimed a seventh week at the top of the U.S.
pop charts with CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY).
The rap anthem has seen off challenges from Kanye West, who briefly interrupted Soulja Boy’s chart domination, Timbaland and Britney Spears in its chart reign.
The latest competition comes from Chris Brown, whose Kiss Kiss hit rockets up the new countdown from 22 to number two.
Timbaland’s Apologize and Alicia Keys’ No One stay put at numbers three and four respectively.
The Killers claim the week’s highest debut - their cover of Joy Division’s Shadowplay enters the chart at 68.

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Legendary New York rock venue Madison Square Garden is facing demolition if a new development plan gets the go ahead.
The $14 billion (£7 billion) plan was unveiled by the Empire State Development Corporation on Wednesday (24Oct07), and, if approved, Madison Square Garden will be knocked down and then rebuilt two blocks away.
The arena will need to be demolished so that plans to revamp Penn Station and convert the nearby General Post Office building into another train station can be achieved.
If the plan is given the go ahead, the new Madison Square Garden will open in 2011.
Acts including Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, The Who and Elvis Presley have recorded live albums at the venue.

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LED ZEPPELIN rocker ROBERT PLANT is so overwhelmed by the legendary band’s upcoming reunion concert he’s praying he’ll be able to enjoy the experience.
The Immigrant Song singer is looking forward to the group’s one-off show at the O2 Arena in London next month (26Nov07).
He says, "I just hope we all have fun. Let’s face it, so many people want to go to the thing. How about if it’s fantastic? "The anticipation is incredibly overwhelming for me. And all I want to do is have some fun."

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Spanish singer ALEJANDRO SANZ has been given a pass to perform in Venezuela after country officials cancelled his November (07) concert over negative comments he made about President HUGO CHAVEZ.
Sanz was slated to perform at Poliedro de Caracas in the capital on 1 November (07), but government critics pulled the plug on the concert after the singer confessed, "I don’t like (Chavez)" in a 2004 interview.
Promoters lobbied culture officials in Caracas and now Sanz’s date has been rescheduled for St. Valentine’s Day (14Feb08). A venue is still to be decided.
Chavez announced that foreign critics of him and his government would not be allowed to stay in Venezuela earlier this year (07).

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MATCHBOX TWENTY star ROB THOMAS has blasted two callous North Carolina DJs who poked fun at his recent food poisoning problems in a letter to a local newspaper.
Thomas was forced to scrap an appearance on the Matt & Ramona Show because he was so sick and was appalled to learn the DJs had openly mocked his illness on the radio.
Matt & Ramona told listeners that they wouldn’t play another Matchbox Twenty tune on air until the singer personally apologised to the fans who had tuned in to hear the interview.
Thomas writes he was not happy to hear about the "blackmail", nor the fact that the DJs "chose to read and make fun of letters that fans sent".
He concludes, "We thank you for the years of support and are sorry it has to come to an end, but there is no way we will ever apologise after being threatened on the air."

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Hollywood actor BRAD PITT will never accept the publicity frenzy surrounding his private life.
The Oceans Eleven star still finds press intrusion increasingly difficult to comprehend, but is learning to live with the constant interest with support of his partner Angelina Jolie.
He says, "I mean there is no rulebook for it. Angie and I talk about this…
it’s gotten so out of hand. This constant assault on your peace is not what we signed up for, for films.
"The big money story, the big money shot… There are so many of us out there, there’s so much product. It’s more of a machine now, isn’t it?"

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KID ROCK poked fun at his recent Waffle House scuffle in Atlanta during an appearance on pal ELLEN DeGENERES’ chat show - by presenting her with a T-shirt from the restaurant.
The rocker/rapper was arrested and charged with a misdemeanour of simple battery after the scuffle early on Sunday (21Oct07).
But the Devil Without A Cause hitmaker was all smiles as he showed off his scarred knuckles to DeGeneres after presenting her with a Waffle House `Eat My Grits’ T-shirt.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the incident, he said, "We were celebrating, we had a great show that night. We were hungry, it was late at night, we had been doing some drinking.
"I know people work hard at the Waffle House, so I tipped people behind the counter, I gave them $300 (£150) to split up, bought everyone breakfast in there.
"We were having a good time and this one kid just started… and then one thing led to another and windows were broken, you know, cussin’ and fussin’ in the mud, the blood and the beer." Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, knew he was heading for trouble when the youth who started on him said he was hoping for a fight - so he could sue the star.
He adds, "I said, ‘Take a number!’"

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LATEST: BRITNEY SPEARS has escaped a misdemeanour hit-and-run charge, after it was dismissed in a California court.
The star allegedly smashed into a parked car in a private parking lot in the San Fernando Valley on 6 August (07) in Los Angeles while driving without a valid licence.
Earlier this month (Oct07), Spears impressed the vehicle’s owner Kim Robard-Rifkin by offering a personal apology and $1,000 (£500) in compensation - which caused the charges to be dismissed in a Van Nuys court.
Spears’ lawyer J. Michael Flanagan says Robard-Rifkin "is very sympathetic toward Britney and hopes the best for her." But it’s not the end of legal troubles for the troubled star - Spears has been ordered to appear in court on 26 November (07) over the charges of driving without a valid California driver’s licence. According to Flanagan, L.A. City Attorneys plan to seek a probation term and fine against the singer.

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