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THE X FACTOR winner LEONA LEWIS is desperate to meet her idol CELINE DION - and is confident it will be the highlight of her career.
The singer is set to appear alongside Dion at the recording of British network ITV’s television singing special Saturday Night Divas.
She says, "Celine is someone I aspire to be like in every way.
"Gosh - I can’t wait. I’m in the middle of picking out dresses at the moment.
Celine is definitely one of my heroes. She is amazing." (KMJM/WNSMI/JC) WENN - FIRST - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 28 OCTOBER 2007

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LATEST: Troubled movie star OWEN WILSON has slammed his THE DARJEELING LIMITED monkey co-stars in his first interview since an August (07) suicide attempt.
The actor was interviewed by pal and longtime collaborator Wes Anderson - who directed The Darjeeling Limited - for the MySpace Artist On Artist series, with the chat posted on the social networking site on Friday (26Oct07) at midnight.
He told Anderson, "At first you think. gosh, monkeys, that’s so kind of incredible… But they didn’t have your best interests at heart. They weren’t these adorable little creatures. They want to replace you." And Wilson admits his experiences on the movie have made it his favourite work so far - as he holds the films themes and subject matter close to his heart.
He explains, "I would say it’s (The Darjeeling Limited) maybe, maybe my favourite. My character says, ‘I want us to become brothers again like we used to be.’ I really like that line and it means a lot to me." Wilson and Anderson have worked together on multiple projects, including Bottle Rocket and The Royal Tenenbaums, which they co-wrote, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

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Singer/actress JESSICA SIMPSON has become the latest in a long line of female celebrities to launch her own perfume.
The star, 27, has signed a deal with Parlux fragrances - the company behind Paris Hilton’s scent range - with Simpson joining the likes of Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez and Sarah Jessica Parker with her new smelly sideline.
The as-yet-unnamed perfume is expected to hit shelves in summer next year (08).
But it’s not Simpson’s first foray into the cosmetic world - the star released beauty range Dessert in 2004, which promised to make the wearer "look and feel as good as you

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KEVIN FEDERLINE has confided in his girlfriend NICOLE NARAIN he fears his ex BRITNEY SPEARS will harm herself and her sons, according to reports.
Narain tells British newspaper the News Of The World Federline filed for divorce last year (06) after witnessing the singer’s erratic mood swings and feared she was poisoning their one-year-old son Jayden after he caught her breast-feeding while drunk on vodka.
He is reported to have told her, "Britney’s behaviour has already put our kids at risk and I can’t let things get any worse.
"She’s lost all grasp on reality and is dragging the children through hell. Her mood swings are now so wild that I live in fear of getting a call telling me that she has killed herself.
"I can’t allow her to have custody because I seriously believe she could harm our sons. I’ve shared her life and I know she’s capable of anything with pills and a few drinks inside her." He is alleged to have added, "I’d see her walking around the house guzzling vodka and Coke and looking very tipsy.
"Then a few moments later, I saw her pick up Jayden and start breast-feeding him. That sent me up the wall. I yelled at her, ‘If you really wanna drink then make sure the baby gets bottled milk, not yours.’ "I was terrified she was poisoning my son."

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Veteran rocker KEITH RICHARDS led thousands of people in a demonstration to save his local hospital.
The Rolling Stone was joined by his ex-wife Patti Hansen and British actors Patricia Routledge and Christopher Timothy at the 15,000 strong protest against proposals to downgrade services at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex on Saturday (27Oct07).
The star, 62, arrived at the demonstration in a minibus, dressed in a long black leather coat, and carried a poster that warned people would die if the hospital closed.
Richards has owned Redlands in nearby West Wittering since the 1960s although his main home is in Connecticut, USA.

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Pop star KYLIE MINOGUE has been named an ambassador for penguins in her native Australian.
The singer has been recruited to support the birds at Phillip Island Nature Park, a wildlife haven in the southern state of Victoria.
She says, "One of my fondest memories is our family’s trips to Phillip Island. It was our regular holiday destination and we always visited the penguins.
"I’m thrilled the area and welfare of the little penguins has been preserved, and I hope they will find a place in the hearts of the many tourists who visit each year."

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Supermodel HEIDI KLUM insists she has "no regrets" about her recent appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show - despite talking frankly about the size of her husband SEAL’s manhood.
The star appeared with the chat show queen last week (ends26Oct07), shocking viewers with her tales of the singer in tight shorts.
She told Winfrey, "I met him in a hotel lobby in New York City and he came in just from the gym and I was sitting there and I was, like, wow.
"And I pretty much saw everything. The whole package." But Klum admits she thought her TV appearance was a success - and credits Winfrey with luring her into a strange sense of intimacy.
She says, "I was very happy with how things went on Oprah. It is very strange, you trust her so much that you talk sometimes without realising what you are saying.
"She (Winfrey) has a spell in her eyeballs that when she looks at you, you are like ‘Yes’".

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE will be jetting off to Abu Dhabi for his first Middle Eastern concert in December (07).
The SexyBack singer’s show at the Emirates Palace Hotel on 6 December (07) will be his first in the United Arab Emirates and the final concert on his FutureSex/LoveSounds tour.
Sheeraz Hasan, the founder of www.Dubai.TV, says, "The concert will take place in the grounds of the hotel in front of a predicted crowd of 10,000.
"He’ll be accompanied by a gang of dancers and an 11-piece band." Tickets for the once-in-a-lifetime concert will go on sale on Thursday (25Oct07).
Abu Dhabi is fast becoming the cultural jewel of the Middle East - the city has hosted performances by Placido Domingo and the musical Chicago, and provided the backdrop for hit new thriller The Kingdom, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner.

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Troubled singer BRITNEY SPEARS shocked onlookers by launching into a bizarre outburst in court on Friday (26Oct07).
The singer and her ex-husband Kevin Federline were appearing at Los Angeles Superior Court early on Friday afternoon to testify at the latest hearing in the custody battle over their two children.
Spears was given permission to see Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, this weekend (27-28Oct07) - but not before storming out of the hearing yelling, "Eat it! Lick it! Snort it! F**k it!" Mark Kaplan, Federline’s lawyer, confirmed Spears was permitted time with her kids.
He says, "The children will remain with Mr Federline over the weekend, although the court did allow Miss Spears to spend time with them." Spears lost physical custody of her sons on 11 October (07). The judge is taking the case under consideration and has issued no ruling. A written ruling is expected early this week

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Music mogul SIMON COWELL has defended his weakness for lap-dancing clubs - and insists those who don’t like the scantily-clad cavorting ladies are ‘odd’.
The American Idol judge admits his partner of five years, Terri Seymour, isn’t fond of his penchant for lap-dancers, but concedes the experience helps him relax.
And Cowell believes those who don’t like lap-dancing clubs "have a problem".
He says, "I don’t have a problem with saying I like lap-dancers. Nothing wrong with that. If you don’t, you’ve got a bit of a problem.
"I haven’t got them living in my house. Sometimes I go out with some mates and we have a laugh. Terri’s not exactly doing a dance herself when I say I’m going out with the boys.
"But you’ve got to let off a bit of steam occasionally. It’s fun!"

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Scottish actor BRIAN COX was once a medieval knight who guarded the Holy Grail - something he discovered after he was hypnotised.
The X-Men star saw himself dressed in armour with a flag flying behind him when he went through hypnotic regression, but it was not until he visited Russia with his daughter Margaret he discovered what his vision was about.
He says, "I saw myself in chain mail armour. There was a flag behind me with a faded silver or golden cross on a background of red.
"About three years later, Margaret was studying in St Petersburg and we went to a museum. She shouted ‘dad, dad’ and dragged me to see the flag I had seen during my hypnosis. I was amazed.
"It was one used by the Knights Templar, who guarded the Holy Grail. So I guess I must have been involved in that Baltic crusade."

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British comedian LEE EVANS is set to turn his back on his Hollywood career to concentrate on his stand-up comedy routine.
The Something About Mary star has vowed to stay in his native Britain with wife and 13-year-old daughter Molly because Tinseltown ‘drives him mad’.
He says, "I live here, my daughter goes to school her, I can’t go back to Hollywood - it absolutely drives me mad." And the star has also claimed a world record with his return to live shows, selling out 15,000 seats for a gig at London’s o2 Arena in less than an hour.
He says, "I’d always wanted to be in the Guinness Book Of Records. I thought I was going to do it by eating jam pies, or being the bloke with the most spoons in his ear or something.
"It’s amazing and I’m so pleased by how well it’s all gone so far. The o2 is the biggest venue I’ve ever played, so it’s pretty daunting. I’m scared s**tless actually but I can’t wait to get back out on tour again."

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AMERICAN IDOL judge SIMON COWELL sees himself as a father figure to five million kids - namely the show’s audience.
The music mogul, 48, insists he is happy for his fatherly instinct to stay that way, as he believes he’s too career-obsessed to have children with 33-year-old partner Terri Seymour.
He says, "I’ve got about five million kids in the world at the moment - all the kids that watch our shows.
"I still have a lifestyle right now that is so unstable in many ways, in terms of the hours and travelling. It’s 18 hours a day.
"Terri is keen. But I was open from day one. I was 43 when we met and I said, ‘I can’t see this changing. I’m sort of obsessed with my work and I have a feeling it’s going to get worse.’"

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Bollywood star SHILPA SHETTY has slammed protestors who reacted to her kiss with RICHARD GERE by burning effigies - branding them "lunatics".
The actress was at the centre of a national scandal in India in April (07) after she was kissed several times in jest on the cheek by the Pretty Woman star at an AIDS-awareness event, and was later the subject of an arrest warrant for breaking public decency laws.
She says, "I was shocked people reacted that way but it was just a lunatic fringe trying to gain political mileage.
"Most Indian people are not like that. I belong to the newer generation and we were appalled by the reaction." The charges against Shetty, 32, were later suspended by India’s Supreme Court but last month (Sep07) she was "hassled" by immigration officials at Mumbai airport who thought she still had to face charges.

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HAIRSPRAY star AMANDA BYNES’ agent has denied reports she behaved ‘like a diva’ during the Turks and Caicos Film Festival last week (ends26Oct07).
The actress, 21, who received the Rising Star award at the event in the Caribbean, is alleged to have skipped official engagements and even refused to attend a celebrity boat cruise alongside Oscar-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan and model/actress Gabrielle Union.
Sources also claim Bynes demanded four first-class plane tickets and two lavish double suites during her stay on the islands.
A festival organiser tells the New York Post’s Page Six, "I literally didn’t see her for days after she arrived at the hotel. Everyone was wondering where she was. She was off jet-skiing, treating it like a vacation.
"She was invited to show at the events. For someone to come down and play diva and only enjoy the island was irresponsible." But Leslie Sloane Zelnick, Byne’s representative, insists the reports are false.
She says, "It’s absolutely not true. She is the nicest girl, she makes no demands, she was offered those tickets and her rooms by the festival. She even paid for all her own meals."

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GIRLS ALOUD star CHERYL COLE has no sympathy for drug addicts and insists drug-abusing celebrities like PETE DOHERTY are a "waste of fresh air".
The British singer plans to open a support network for families of drug addicts when her pop career ends after seeing a close friend die from a heroin overdose two years ago.
She says, "That nightmare devastated family and friends. But I don’t have sympathy for the addicts. I don’t give a f*** how they feel. If they’re in pain, it’s self-inflicted." And Cole admits she is "devastated" to see Amy Winehouse "going down that road" but blames celebrities like Pete Doherty for glamorising heroin use.
She adds, "Pete Doherty is a waste of fresh air. Why are pictures of celebs shooting up entertainment? It’s like the Mickey Mouse club and it’s not f***ing funny."

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LATEST: The widow of late opera star LUCIANO PAVAROTTI has insisted there is no feud over the singer’s will.
Nicoletta Mantovani is adamant the rumoured altercations between herself and the tenor’s three daughters is merely a media fabrication, and the singer "took care of everybody" in his will.
Mantovani was the subject of much controversy after it was revealed Pavarotti left half of his estate to his widow, and the remaining half to his children.
But in her first interview since Pavarotti’s death, she says, "I’m here and can defend myself. But Luciano can’t, and Alice (the couple’s daughter) is a four-year-old child.
"I owe it to the two people closest to me. Luciano was someone who took care of everything in every sense… meaning he left enough for everyone.
"Between me and his daughters, there is no disagreement. The press and television that is trying to incriminate that relationship is truly unseemly." Mantovani also confirmed recent reports she suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition which affects the body’s central nervous system.
Pavarotti died after a battle with pancreatic cancer on 6 September (07).

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