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LATEST: A former employee at OPRAH WINFREY’s all-girls academy in South Africa has been arrested amid a child molestation scandal at the school.
The media mogul recently visited the Henley-on-Klip Leadership Academy, which she co-founded last year (06), after hearing reports a matron at the boarding school had fondled a pupil.
Seven alleged victims have since come forward accusing school staff of assault and indecent assault.
Winfrey has commended the South African authorities for their investigations into the claims, stating, "It is my deepest hope that the accused is brought to justice.
"This serves as a reminder that any time a child has the courage to step forward it is our duty as adults to listen and take immediate action." (KL/WN) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 2 NOVEMBER 2007 —————————————————————-

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GOOD CHARLOTTE frontman JOEL MADDEN is looking forward to fiance NICOLE RICHIE giving birth - so he can design clothes for the baby.
The 28-year-old - who has a fashion line called DCMA with twin Benji and brother Josh - has finished touring with the band and has been ‘baby-proofing’ the couple’s Los Angeles home in preparation for the tot’s arrival in January (08).
A source tells New York Daily News, "The (Madden) boys are screening tiny tees and onesies for the new baby. Joel has all kinds of ideas for baby clothes and he gets such a kick out of them when he sees how small they are!"

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British monarch QUEEN ELIZABETH II has been treated to an exclusive tour of the new JAMES BOND set.
The royal, 86, visited London’s Pinewood Studios on Friday (02Nov07), where she watched a live feature film stunt involving a high speed boat chase. Accompanied by her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen also opened a new gateway at the studio in Buckinghamshire. The James Bond set is being kept under wraps while the film, due out next November (08), is in pre-production.

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Movie hunk KEANU REEVES has reportedly fallen for the daughter of his SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE director NANCY MEYER.
The Point Break star was spotted kissing and cuddling pretty Hallie Meyers-Shyer after lunching with her recently in New York.
The new couple enjoyed two dinner dates in two days late last month (Oct07) and fellow diners at Pastis insist the pair was "very flirtatious".

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DAVID HASSELHOFF’s youngest daughter has landed a modelling contract with plus-size clothing chain Torrid.
Pretty Hayley Hasselhoff, 15, is the new face of the company’s online campaign - her face greets you when you call up Torrid.com.
Her famous father says, "I’m so proud." Ironically, Torrid’s sister company, Hot Topic, is the retail outlet behind the Don’t Hassle The Hoff T-shirt line.

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British actor JUDE LAW has blasted the British media for persecuting him with constant negative news stories.
The 35-year-old cannot comprehend why journalists are interested in his life, especially since his split from actress Sienna Miller in 2005.
He says, "I’m not sure why they’re attracted to me particularly. You just become good copy and that’s it. "I have a problem with it, really, because I’ve never bought those magazines.
I’ve never been interested in what people are buying or what they’re wearing, or whether their missus is fat or whether she wears knickers or not. I don’t care."

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JENNIFER LOPEZ and ANTONIO BANDERAS’ new film BORDERTOWN is in jeopardy after its screenwriter filed a lawsuit against producers.
Gregory Nava filed the suit at Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday (31Oct07) claiming British-based production company Mobius Entertainment failed to pay him for his work on the low-budget movie.
A source tells New York gossip column PageSix, "The film can’t get a theatrical release until this is sorted out." The film is rumoured to be released straight onto DVD.

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The former manager who is suing BRITNEY SPEARS for commissions he’s owed since December (06) is now offering the troubled star career advice.
Johnny Wright claims Spears stopped paying him a share of her earnings last Christmas (06), even though a five-year deal she struck with the svengali doesn’t end until February 2008.
But even though he isn’t receiving anything from the pop star, he’s still happy to offer her pointers.
He tells In Touch Weekly magazine, "She really needs to get out of L.A. and that environment of wild people and negative situations.
"She needs to move to some farm, concentrate on her mom and her kids, and put her career on hold until she’s happy with herself." Wright filed a lawsuit, seeking unspecified damages and attorney fees, in Florida on Monday (29Oct07).

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TIMBALAND is so impressed with fellow music stars GWEN STEFANI, AKON and LINKIN PARK, he has asked them to contribute to his new album. The U.S. superproducer is returning to the studio to record the follow-up to his hit record Shock Value - and hopes this will be his most successful yet.
The 36-year-old is also producing the debut album of Keri Hilson, who featured on his hit track The Way I Are.

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Hollywood actor BRUCE WILLIS almost destroyed his career through excessive use of drugs and alcohol. The 52-year-old actor - who found fame at 29 - says he spent his first years in Hollywood "out of his mind" in a haze of parties and late nights. But Willis credits his marriage to Demi Moore and the birth of their three children to overcoming his battle with alcohol.
He says, "When I first hit the big time, I went out of my mind. I did not understand or accept any of it. I was just an actor and here I was, being asked to sign cocktail napkins when I went out to eat. I started to party and thought, ‘Hey, this is great.’ I became ‘the party king’. "I was enjoying my freedom, making great money and living a rock’n'roll lifestyle. I lapped up all the drink, the fast cars and late nights that I could take. Now I know that I can have a couple of drinks. I like a Martini or straight-up ice-cold vodka, but I never go overboard."

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Actress/singer HILARY DUFF has slammed tabloid fixtures like BRITNEY SPEARS and LINDSAY LOHAN for their reckless behaviour, insisting the pressures of showbiz is "no excuse".
The 20-year-old - who credits her mother for keeping her level-headed - is unsympathetic to Hollywood party girls, who she says court the media.
She says, "I don’t look at them and think ‘that could have been me’ because I’m me and I’m not like that. But you never know why that is. I know that it can be really hard and there’s lots of pressure with everyone watching you. But I don’t think that excuses some behaviour."

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U2 star BONO urged America’s top politicians to speak with British soldiers who had occupied Northern Ireland before choosing to extend the war in Iraq.
The outspoken Irish rocker has never wasted an opportunity to tell the likes of Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleezza Rice and Karl Rove that the U.S. occupation of Iraq has always been a bad idea.
And he feels Americans were lured into thinking the idea was a good one by Iraqi terrorists who pretended to be overjoyed when U.S. tanks rolled into Baghdad.
Bono tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I told all of them to go ask the British army what it’s like to stand on street corners and get shot at.
"Remember that during the British army’s first years on the streets of Northern Ireland, they were applauded by the Catholic minority. Go look at that, and ask yourself how that all got turned around.
"It (occupation in Iraq) was always going to go wrong. I remember in the first moments after shock and awe, I was watching it at home with (my wife) Ali and I said, `These people have just hidden their guns in the basement, took off their uniforms and come out waving American flags. And they’ve been told to.
They knew this was coming, and they know what they’re doing.’" But Bono accepts the American leaders had to do something to show terrorist groups they meant business after the U.S. was attacked on 9/11.
He adds, "I understand and agree with the analysis of the problem. There is an imminent threat. It manifested itself on 9/11. It’s real and grave. It is as serious a threat as Stalinism and National Socialism were. Let’s not pretend it isn’t."

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DENZEL WASHINGTON and RUSSELL CROWE’s new movie AMERICAN GANGSTER already has a TV spin-off, which will star another Oscar winner, FORREST WHITAKER.
As American Gangster hits U.S. cinemas, cable network Showtime has announced Whitaker will play Harlem drug lord Leroy Barnes in a new drama series, called Mr. Untouchable.
Cuba Gooding Jr, yet another Oscar winner, portrays the New York heroin dealer, who was dubbed Mr. Untouchable by the media in the 1970s, in American Gangster.
Whitaker’s film will follow the fortunes of Barnes, who built a drug empire which rivalled that of the Mafia.
Mr. Untouchable has no official ties to director Ridley Scott’s powerful American Gangster.

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Actress NICOLE KIDMAN initially snubbed the villain role in THE GOLDEN COMPASS - and was only persuaded to star in it after receiving a personal letter from its writer PHILIP PULLMAN. The Oscar-winning star was offered the part of Mrs Coulter in the movie based on a trilogy of books by Pullman, but was reluctant to play a baddie.
But it was only because of a letter from Pullman - one of the world’s most popular fantasy authors - that she finally agreed.
She says, "The thing for me is that she’s a villain, and my thrust a lot of the time is that I don’t mind playing characters that are ‘complicated’, but at this stage in my life I’m looking to do things that are much more warm and fuzzy."

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LATEST: Hollywood is bracing itself for the first writers strike in 20 years after final negotiations between studio bosses and union officials broke down on Wednesday night (31Oct07).
The mass walk-out is expected to start as early as Monday (05Nov07) as all those involved await a union email, pinpointing the details and dates of a strike, this weekend.
Ongoing talks between the Writers Guild of America and producers were still deadlocked at the close of a heated meeting on Wednesday night, which led to a rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday night (01Nov07).
More than 3,000 film and TV writers took part in the rally.
The writers are upset that they are not properly compensated for programmes distributed over the Internet.
Once the strike starts, chat shows and topical news programmes are expected to be the worst hit as writers walk out leaving skeleton non-union crews to pen skits, jokes and talking points.

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A Florida honey-based skincare company has filed suit against the studios behind new animated film BEE MOVIE - for stealing their slogan.
Bosses at BeeCeuticals LLC are all a buzz over Dreamworks SKG and Paramount Pictures’ use of the slogan `Give Bees A Chance’, which appears on posters for the new Jerry Seinfeld film.
They claim the slogan is trademarked by them, and the use of it without proper permission is an infringement.
BeeCeuticals owner Richie Gerber, who is DJ Howard Stern’s cousin, says he applied for a federal trademark on the slogan at the beginning of 2006 and his company has been using it to promote products for over 14 months.
He says, "Give Bees A Chance is my property, I own it." Gerber claims officials at the studios approached him at the beginning of 2007 with a co-promotion idea but he heard nothing else.

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NATALIE PORTMAN is set to make her feature film directorial debut by taking charge of a planned film adaptation of Israeli novelist AMOS OZ’s A TALE OF LOVE & DARKNESS.
The actress, who was born in Israel, bought the rights to the movie through her Handsomecharlie Films company - and the venture is likely to be her first in a new two-year production deal with Participant Productions.
Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s writer mother Naomi Foner is in negotiations to pen the screenplay for A Tale of Love & Darkness.

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Socialite KIM KARDASHIAN stripped for Playboy in a bid to prove to the world she hasn’t been cosmetically enhanced.
The pretty brunette, who was involved in a sex tape scandal last year (06), bares all in the December 2007 issue of the men’s magazine, and admits the decision to get naked wasn’t an easy one.
Kardashian, a former best pal of Paris Hilton, admits she thought long and hard about the offer to pose for Playboy, and asked family members and friends to help her with her decision.
But, in the end, she decided it would be a good idea because the world would then be able to see her all-natural curves.
The 27-year-old says, "I wanted to show that I’m not some skinny girl, I have a healthy body image, and I’m happy with my curves and who I am.
"I always laugh when it says on the Internet that I have fake boobs, butt implants or injected lips, because it’s so not true. I’ve never had plastic surgery.
"I’m excited for people to finally see how I really am." Busty Kardashian graces the cover of the new Playboy, wearing a skimpy red bathing suit, but she strips off inside, wearing nothing but pearls and ornate jewellery.

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