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TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY once found himself in a hairy situation - because the rocker grew a silly moustache and was encouraged by friends to keep it.
The Scottish rocker - who is currently touring North America with the band briefly sported a toothbrush moustache after his bandmates convinced him it was a good look.
He explains, "I grew a big beard and I was shaving it off in sections. I was just about to do the Hitler which is always the last one - and when you do the Hitler you’ve got to take the whole thing off. "And the guys said, ‘That’s quite good’ - so I just left it." The 34-year-old eventually decided he was best suited to a clean shave.

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British singer JAMES BLUNT refuses to spend his fortune on luxury items because he can fit all he needs in one bag.
The 33-year-old is reluctant to spend his earnings from hit album Back To Bedlam on expensive purchases, preferring just to spend his money on the things he needs.
He says, "I don’t do flash cars, I don’t do flash clothes. I’m not really into possessions. They don’t mean anything to me. I like to think I can carry everything I need. "I’ve spent the past three-and-a-half years touring the world on a bus. I have one bag that contains two pairs of jeans, eight pairs of socks, six t-shirts and a leather jacket. Maybe people think I’m a bit of a scruff but no one’s said so."

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Cult rockers MY BLOODY VALENTINE are to follow in the footsteps of RADIOHEAD by releasing their first album since 1991 as an Internet download.
Radiohead amazed the music industry last month (Oct07) by releasing In Rainbows as a digital download and allowing customers to choose their own price.
And now My Bloody Valentine, who have been inactive since 1995 and haven’t recorded a studio album since 1991’s Loveless, plan to market their highly-anticipated new disc online too.
The band’s manager Vinita Joshi tells Billboard.com, "At the moment, all I can say is that Kevin (Shields, frontman) is getting the band back together and they will go into the studio next month to work on the new record.
"The plan is that they will release the album themselves via the Internet, but there will also probably be a vinyl release." Joshi adds, however, that My Bloody Valentine have no plans to copy Radiohead’s pay-what-you-like policy.

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SUPERMAN BRANDON ROUTH married his longterm girlfriend COURTNEY FORD on Saturday (24Nov07).
The 28-year-old and actress Ford, 29, wed at the El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.
The bride wore a Junko Yoshioka sheath dress with Chantilly lace and platinum beading, while the groom sported a cashmere suit, reports website People.com.
The couple met four years ago at a Hollywood bowling alley Routh worked at.
He proposed to Ford in Glastonbury, England in summer 2006. (GES/WNWCPL) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 25 NOVEMBER 2007 ——————————————————————-

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CELINE DION has only suffered from stage fright once - when her son asked to come and watch her perform in Las Vegas.
The My Heart Will Go On singer admits she was terrified when her then-four-year-old son Rene wanted to watch her onstage during her residency at Sin City’s Caesars Palace casino hotel.
Dion recalls, "I started to feel nauseous for the first time in my life.
"It was like he was saying, ‘I know you’re a singer, and I’m going to be noticing that with my own eyes tonight. And it’s OK. I decided I can share you.’ "It was very powerful for me."

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Rocker AVRIL LAVIGNE has delighted fans by announcing a free concert for the grand opening of a Best Buy store in her native Canada.
The Complicated hitmaker will appear onstage at Swangard Stadium next month (02Dec07) for a free live performance sponsored by the electronics and entertainment chain.
It comes just months before the singer embarks on a tour of North America, slated to begin in March next year (08).

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DANIEL CRAIG has begun training sessions at the gym to shape up for his second outing as JAMES BOND in the superspy film franchise.
The 39-year-old thrilled audiences with his muscular physique in 2006’s Casino Royale - but after shooting wrapped, the actor struggled to stay fit.
He says, "After it finished I stopped training and ate what I wanted. It’s hell because as soon as you get back in the gym, you have to work it all off." But the 007 hunk has promised fans the return of his trim figure in the as-yet-unnamed 22nd Bond movie.
He insists, "Last time I did a lot of weights to bulk up. This time I’ll do more running. I won’t be as ‘no-neck’. But when this guy takes his shirt off, he should look like he could kill someone."

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Hollywood stars including BRITNEY SPEARS, COURTNEY LOVE and STING have been placed on evacuation alert after raging wildfires broke out in Malibu, California on Saturday (24Nov07).
More than 10,000 residents are under threat and have been evacuated for the second time in less than a month due to the blazing infernos, blamed on Santa Ana winds. Around 1,700 firefighters battled the blaze - known as the Corral fire - at its peak.
Over 50 luxury houses are reported to have been destroyed, with over 4,650 acres of land burned.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea is said to have lost his million-dollar mansion, while Minnie Driver and Matthew McConaughey have been evacuated from their houses, although the winds, which perpetuate the fires, have subsided.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency last month (Oct07) after fires ravaged hundreds of homes and businesses, claiming more than 24,000 acres.

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has sparked rumours of a new romance with Hollywood actress ROSANNA ARQUETTE.
The former Beatle has reportedly been seeking comfort in the arms of the Pulp Fiction star, following Mills’ public outbursts on U.S. and U.K. TV earlier this month (Nov07).
The pair were photographed out and about in London this week (ends23Nov07), where the singer enjoyed a romantic stroll with the 48-year-old blonde.
McCartney, 65, has been separated from Mills since May 2006, but is currently embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with the ex-model.

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LATEST: Actress MICHELLE RYAN looks set to lose her role on TV show BIONIC WOMAN - as the show is rumoured to be facing the axe by studio executives.
Following the Hollywood’s writers’ strike, the cast of the sci-fi remake saw their contracts with Universal Media Studios suspended earlier this month (Nov07).
And now production has been halted on the action-packed drama, Hollywood insiders predict the show - which has seen viewer figures plummet since its premiere earlier this year (Sep07) - will be dropped.

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Scottish actor EWAN McGREGOR is preparing to film a third installment in his LONG WAY documentary TV series.
The Trainspotting star will reunite with actor pal Charley Boorman for a motorcycle journey from Cape Horn through South and Central America to California.
The programme follows 2004’s Long Way Round, which filmed their adventures as the pair rode 19,000 miles (30,577 kilometres) around the world, and 2007’s Long Way Down, in which the pair rode from Scotland to Cape Horn.
The series is due to air in 2009.

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HANNAH MONTANA star MILEY CYRUS had a unique way of celebrating her fifteenth birthday - by playing to a sold-out crowd of fans in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee.
The Disney actress was presented with a cake onstage and serenaded with "Happy Birthday" by an audience of 15,000 at the Best of Both Worlds concert.
She told the crowd, "I’ll tell you guys what my main wish when my parents asked me, ‘Miley, what do you want for your 15th birthday?’ The only thing that I had to say was, ‘I want to be here at home with Nashville and all of you guys." Shortly after the singer closed the show with a bow alongside opening act The Jonas Brothers, she reemerged for an encore, announcing, "I’d like to bring out my best friend - that just about says it all - my daddy." She was joined by her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, 46, for an acoustic version of their signature duet Ready, Set, Don’t Go.

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LATEST: LOST star DANIEL DAE KIM has pleaded not guilty to charges of driving under the influence (DUI) in Hawaii earlier this year (07).
The actor, who plays Jin-Soo Kwon in the hit series, was stopped by police in Honolulu, where the show is filmed, in October (07) after cops spotted him driving erratically.
Patrick McPherson, Kim’s attorney, said at the hearing on Friday (23Nov07), "He made an apology to the state, the people of Hawaii and his fans. He pleaded not guilty and requested a trial date." Kim did not appear at the arraignment. His drivers licence was revoked on 16 November (07).
DUI incidents have plagued the Lost cast in Hawaii - castmates Cynthia Watros and Michelle Rodriguez both pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in January 2006 and April 2007 respectively.

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LATEST: Wrestling star HULK HOGAN is "shocked" by his wife’s decision to file for divorce.
Linda Bollea has submitted legal documents in Florida’s Pinellas County Court seeking a permanent separation from her husband, whose real name is Terry Bollea.
The sports star was informed of the split on Friday (23Nov07) by a reporter from local newspaper the St. Petersburg Times.
He told the journalist, "I’m kind of shocked. You caught me off guard. My wife has been in California for about three weeks… Holy smokes.
"Wow, you just knocked the bottom out of me. … I just pulled over to the side of the road for five minutes to find out what was going on here." The papers do not state a reason for the divorce, reports local Fox News TV channel WTVT.
The couple was married for 23 years following their 1983 wedding, and have two kids, 19-year-old Brooke and 17-year-old Nick - who had his driving licence suspended for one year by police in relation to a summer (07) car crash.

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Former basketball star DENNIS RODMAN has been accused of sexually harassing a hotel employee in Las Vegas.
Sara Robinson, a former bar manager at the Hard Rock Hotel, has filed a lawsuit against the sportsman over a March 2006 incident, claiming he slapped her on the bottom and rubbed himself against her at the resort.
The lawsuit alleges, "As Robinson stepped around the bar, Rodman grabbed her, pulled her towards him and rubbed his body against hers.
"Robinson tried to get free from Rodman’s grasp at which time he assaulted her by reaching down and slapping her open-handed on the bottom." The complaint, which seeks unspecified damages, also claims Robinson was fired unfairly by the Hard Rock chain after filing a statement detailing Rodman’s actions following a separate incident at the same venue in April 2006, in which he is accused of ‘causing a scene’.
The document accuses Rodman of assault and battery, and the Hard Rock Hotel of negligence by failing to protect her from Rodman’s "harassing conduct".
It’s not the first assault allegation faced by the sports star - in September this year (07), Rodman faced a police investigation over claims he smacked a waitress’ bottom at a restaurant in Los Angeles.

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British rockers BABYSHAMBLES were forced to abandon plans to reunite their original line-up when guitarist PATRICK WALDEN quit their U.K tour on Thursday (22Nov07).
The Pete Doherty-fronted group was due to perform with Walden on seven scheduled dates, but the musician refused to appear with his former band just hours before he was due to go on stage at the gig in Manchester, England - the opening night of their tour.
But guitarist Mick Whitnall, who replaced Walden after he quit the band in 2005, insists there was ‘no animosity’ between the pair.
He tells NME.com, "He came up to Manchester on the tourbus with us, he was going to come out and play on a couple of songs, but there were complications and he had to go home. Personally, I just found it all a bit strange.
"It was a very amicable decision, he just didn’t want to do it in the end.
He’s got other projects on the go and I wish him well. There’s no animosity there, none at all." Walden last appeared with his former band at two gigs in July and August earlier this year (07). (JC/WNWCNM/) WENN - FIRST - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 25 NOVEMBER 2007

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British singer DUSTY SPRINGFIELD had an odd way of remembering the lyrics to her songs during gigs - she would scribble the words on her fingers with pen.
The late star - who succumbed to her battle with breast cancer in 1995 could often be seen peeking at her heavily decorated hands while performing onstage.
Vicki Wickham, Springfield’s long-time friend and manager, says, "We all laughed about the way she would write lyrics of her songs on her fingers. "You’d think that the time she spent writing those words, she would be able to remember them. But I suppose it was some kind of a security blanket just in case she forgot them."

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Animal-loving country legend WILLIE NELSON is lending his name to another good cause - the bid to make dog fighting illegal.
The singer has filmed a TV advertisement in support of an anti-dog fighting bill currently moving through the Georgia Legislature, just weeks after marching on Washington, D.C, to protest against the inhumane treatment of horses.
The anti-dog fighting commercial sees Nelson telling viewers, "Dog fighting is against the law in Georgia, but the laws are so weak, the beautiful state of Georgia has become a haven for dog fighters from around the country." The bill would make it a felony for anyone in the state to sell, trade or transport dogs for the purpose of dog fighting.
The bill is set to go before a House committee in January next year (08).

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