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SIR MICK JAGGER gave a surprise performance at a folk festival in India, insisting he is a huge fan of the nation’s music.
The Rolling Stones rocker travelled to Jodhpur to perform at the inaugural Rajasthan International Folk Festival, which was held from 25 and 29 October (07).
And the singer revealed a secret passion for Indian music.
He says, "I wouldn’t say I’m an expert, but I’m definitely an enthusiast for Indian music.
"I’ve listened to Bengali, Gujarati and Rajasthani folk music, and a festival like this gives a great platform to folk artists in a magnificent venue." Jagger confirmed the band plan to announce tour dates in Asia next year (08), despite just returning from a world tour.

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Fashionistas SARAH JESSICA PARKER and VICTORIA BECKHAM asked rising British singer LEONA LEWIS if they can borrow her clothes.
Parker was so impressed by the X Factor winner’s fashion shoot in Harpers Bazaar magazine, she asked to wear the Vivienne Westwood in the upcoming Sex & the City movie.
Lewis says, "I wore a fabulous Vivienne Westwood dress for part of the shoot and it’s actually the one Sarah Jessica Parker is wearing for her Sex and the City wedding." The 22-year-old also lent the $200,000 (£100,000) Dolce and Gabbana crystal dress from her video for her new track Bleeding Love to style icon Beckham.
The Spice Girl wears the dress for the band’s video for comeback Headlines.

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LATEST: Actor ORLANDO BLOOM feels "lucky" to be alive after escaping a car crash in Los Angeles unscathed.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star was driving through the city when he crashed into a stationary car during a chase with photographers last month (Oct07).
He escaped unhurt, but one of his passengers suffered a fractured neck.
But Bloom says the group was relieved to have escaped without serious injury thanks to the emergency services who attended the scene.
He tells U.S. talk show host Larry King, "It wasn’t a very pleasant situation. But yeah, it is all being resolved. And thankfully, you know, everyone involved is safe and making swift recovery.
"The police and emergency services came remarkably quickly, we were very lucky. Very lucky indeed." Bloom was under investigation of a felony hit and run because he initially left the scene of the accident after reporting it, but the Los Angeles District Attorney ruled he will not be prosecuted.

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LILY ALLEN, COLDPLAY, ROBBIE WILLIAMS and KYLIE MINOGUE are among a number of acts under threat because of radical plans by British music label EMI to drop recording artists who are "not working hard enough" for their label.
New boss Guy Hands, who took over the company in August (07), has slammed greedy singer/songwriters signed to any of the company’s subsidiary labels including EMI records and Parlophone - for requesting huge advances and giving little in return.
In a leaked memo obtained by British newspaper the Financial Times, staff are warned that no star is safe under the new regime.
Hands writes, "Some (artists) unfortunately simply focus on negotiating for the maximum advance.
"There is no reason why we should not be more selective in whom we choose to work with." No specific artists were named in the memo.
In 2001 EMI forked out $39 million (£19 million) to get out of a contract with Mariah Carey, just one album into a five album deal. The singer went on to have one of the top-selling albums of 2005 with EMI’s rival, Universal.

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SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has held crisis talks with estranged wife HEATHER MILLS at his English home in an attempt to put an end to the drama surrounding their divorce.
The former Beatle reportedly invited Mills, 39, to his country estate to thrash out divorce matters on Friday (02Nov07) - just days after criticising him in a string of live television interviews in the U.K and U.S.
According to the British press, Mills’ public outbursts are an attempt to force McCartney’s hand in negotiating a divorce settlement out of court.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Mail, "If he didn’t bring her back within the fold as soon as possible her rantings would become increasingly specific and perhaps damaging to him.
"Paul decided that to try and thrash out some kind of immediate deal would be the best response." The development has taken Mills by surprise - only yesterday she was told by aides her tirade against her ex-husband will be disastrous to a divorce settlement, as well as to hopes of getting full custody of daughter Beatrice, four.

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CAMERON DIAZ and X-MEN hunk JAMES MARSDEN are to play husband and wife in a new horror movie.
The pair will portray an unhappily married couple who have to tackle dark forces in The Box.
The film is an adaptation of a short story that was first published in a 1970 issue of Playboy magazine.
It’s not the first time the project has been filmed - author Richard Matheson adapted the story for an episode of The Twilight Zone in the 1980s, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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A top celebrity divorce lawyer has warned HEATHER MILLS could lose custody of her daughter after TV outbursts against SIR PAUL McCARTNEY - and be handed a prison sentence.
British Lawyer Vanessa Lloyd Platt warned the ex-model, 39, that she was bringing her abilities as a mother into question.
She says, "Paul’s team could get psychologists and psychiatrists to look at her demeanour and ask ‘is she able to look after Beatrice?’ "Has she acted in the welfare and interests of her child? Those are the kind of questions that a judge will be asking." Lloyd Platt claims Mills has broken British law with her public rants.
She says, "Divorce cases like this you are not allowed to talk about the details. Paul could get a gagging order saying ‘you’re not allowed to talk about this any more.’ "She could go to to prison if she breaches that order."

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Supermodel KATE MOSS was "detrimental" to her ex-boyfriend PETE DOHERTY’s band BABYSHAMBLES, according to drummer ADAM FICEK.
Moss teamed up with Doherty to write four tracks on the Babyshambles’ new album Shotters Nation before the end of their romance in July (07) - but Ficek maintains she was "a curse" on the rockers.
He says, "When Kate was with Pete that was all everybody cared about, and our music suffered. Kate was detrimental to the band. It was all about the lead singer and his girlfriend, not the rest of the band.
"Since she’s gone we’ve surprised ourselves at how well we’re doing. Pete’s much more focused now. There’s no way we would be invited to play at MTV with the likes of Snoop Dogg if we were how we were when Kate was still around."

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BEN AFFLECK will never run for U.S. presidency - because acting in blockbuster movies is “easier” The Good Will Hunting actor has ruled out following in the footsteps of actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger because he deems politics an “ugly game”.
He tells U.S talk show host Larry King, “I like directing movies and acting in movies. It’s easier than running.
“I like to get involved with things that I think will help people. But, you know, politics in and of itself and for its own sake is an ugly game.” Affleck also reveals he will be backing candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 race for the White House.
He says, “I will vote in the primary for Barack Obama. I like Barack.
“I think he’s an extraordinary guy, but I also think the consistency on the war vote is the most important to me.”

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Waxworks of Hollywood stars BRAD PITT and GEORGE CLOONEY have been damaged by overzealous fans - just one day after they were put on display at a British museum.
The life-size figures at London tourist attraction Madame Tussauds suffered a pinch mark on Pitt’s bottom and lipstick marks on Clooney’s cheeks.
A spokesman for the museum was unimpressed.
He says, "To say they were popular with the women is an understatement. Brads bum in particular was in a bad way."

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GEORGE CLOONEY has vowed never to marry again, according to his actor cousin MIGUEL FERRER.
Clooney, who recently started dating Sarah Larson, doesn’t ever want to go through the pain of a divorce again, following his split from actress wife Talia Balsam after four years of marriage.
Ferrer says, "He’s been married once before and swears he’ll never do it again.
"So many people wind up with children or getting married who have no business doing it. He knows himself well enough to know that’s not what he wants in his life. He’s got to trust himself."

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DEAD POETS SOCIETY star ROBERT SEAN LEONARD has gone public with his one-time crush on lesbian SEX & THE CITY star CYNTHIA NIXON.
Leonard, who now stars in TV hit House, admits he fell in love with the actress when they were both teenagers, working on a New York play.
He says, "She was playing my sister and I was so in love with her I couldn’t stand it.
"She had long blonde hair and was the coolest girl I’d ever seen. I don’t think she ever noticed that I was there." The pair kept in touch after the play ended and became great friends, but never lovers.
Nixon is now involved in a lesbian relationship, while Leonard has been dating former equestrian Gabriella Slack for the past decade.

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Funnyman JERRY SEINFELD discovered he’ll never be an honorary bee, despite playing one in new animated film BEE MOVIE, after getting stung by one.
The comedian researched his role as a cartoon bee in the film by visiting a beekeeper - and he felt so confident, he chose not to wear protection.
Seinfeld recalls, "The beekeeper said, `You don’t need to wear any protective gear because, if you handle bees properly, they will not sting you.
"Well, he didn’t know what he was talking about and I think he got excited that he had a celebrity come and look at his bees.
"He said, `Do you want to see the Queen?’ and I said, `OK,’ so he started pulling things out, looking for the Queen. Well the bees weren’t too crazy about that. They like the Queen to be left alone: `Don’t mess with our Queen!’ "So they sent this bee on a suicide mission - to get me. I felt like I was stung by one of my own."

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Celebrated Russian choreographer IGOR MOISEYEV has died. He was 101.
Moiseyev died from heart failure on Friday (02Nov07), according to the Agency for Culture and Cinema.
The dance expert left the Bolshoi Ballet in 1937 to form a world-renowned folk ballet troupe and worked with the group up until his death.
Former Bolshoi dance star Lyudmila Semenyaka has paid tribute to Moiseyev.
She says, "Moiseyev played an exceptional role in world dance. He took folk dance to an incredible height, creating a new form of choreography.
"(This) tragic news has shaken me." President Vladimir Putin has also sent his condolences to Moiseyev’s relatives and friends.
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday (07Nov07) at Moscow’s Chaikovsky Concert Hall.

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Australian television news presenter CHARMAINE DRAGUN has been found dead at a notorious suicide spot in Sydney.
The 29-year-old was found at the bottom of The Gap, part of Sydney’s sea cliffs on Friday (02Nov07).
Dragun was a rising star on Network Ten and co-anchor of a prime time evening news programme.
Police are not treating her death as suspicious, but have confirmed several witnesses reported seeing a woman on the cliffs.
Grant Blackley, chief executive officer of Network Ten, says, "We are all in a state of shock and sadness at this terrible news.
"Charmaine was a highly intelligent, vibrant and caring person, universally liked and admired by her colleagues.
"Our deepest sympathies go to her partner, Simon, and her family." A statement on Dragun’s agent’s website described her as a journalist who "loves a good story and… loves her job." She is survived by her partner of eight years.

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LATEST: Director SHEKHAR KAPUR has hit out at claims his new movie ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE is anti-Catholic, insisting it is "anti extreme forms of religion." The Indian filmmaker reacted to allegations by Vatican-backed historian Professor Franco Cardini that his period movie - starring Cate Blanchett as the 16th Century British monarch - is a "distorted anti-papal travesty" which could prove divisive among Christians.
Kapur says, "It’s actually very, very deeply not anti-Catholic
. It is anti extreme forms of religion." Meanwhile, Kapur has again hinted he would make a third feature on the Virgin Queen, insisting there is enough material to produce a third and final installment on the historical franchise.
He adds, "There’s an assumption there’s a trilogy
. I think I started that."

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Officials at the Smithsonian Institute returned BARRY MANILOW’s colourful COPACABANA jacket to the singer after he poked fun at the American museum complex.
Manilow was thrilled to learn curators wanted to add his jacket to the Smithsonian, where America’s most important historical and cultural items are exhibited.
But he blew the honour when he joked it onstage - and superserious museum bosses heard about it.
He explains, "They asked me for it and they sent it back. I kinda made a wisecrack about it; I gave an interview and I said, `I always knew the jacket would wind up in an institution,’ and they said, `You can’t make fun of the Smithsonian,’ and they sent the thing back.
"There’s no sense of humour at the Smithsonian.
"So we framed it and we have it in the Copacabana Bar at the Hilton (hotel in Las Vegas)."

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VICTORIA and DAVID BECKHAM’s eldest son BROOKLYN shocked his U.S. classmates by telling them he collected condoms.
The eight-year-old - who recently moved to Los Angeles with his parents and brothers Romeo, five, and Cruz, two - was asked by a teacher if he collected anything and instead of using the American term ‘erasers’ he used the British term ‘rubbers’.
Victoria jokes, "It’s early (to be collecting them) but he’s going to be popular. Look at his parents."

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