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50 CENT has been caught up in a drug scandal in Croatia after a local reporter unexpectedly walked in on the rapper and a pal apparently snorting cocaine.
The backstage footage, taken before 50’s recent show in Zagreb, was beamed live to a local channel’s news show.
TV reporter Ante Batinovic was supposed to wait outside the rapper’s dressing room for a planned interview, but he misunderstood a request to stay where he was and barged in on the surprised rapper, who immediately waved him away.
Croatian news stations are reporting that 50 Cent and his friends were snorting lines of cocaine off a table.

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SPICE GIRLS star VICTORIA BECKHAM has poked fun at music mogul SIMON COWELL, suggesting he has no kids because he has a low sperm count.
The cheeky pop star was chatting with Cowell’s TV presenter girlfriend Terri Seymour backstage at the Spice Girls show in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (05Dec07) when she started quizzing her about the couple’s plans to have children.
Seymour said, "I would like them but he doesn’t," prompting Beckham to joke, "I think it’s because his trousers are too high and too tight. I think it’s affecting his sperm count!"

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No one can end ALICIA KEYS’ run at the top of the U.S. pop charts - the R&B star has just claimed a third week at number one.
The singer’s No One has held off a charge from Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown, which jumps up a spot to two on the new Billboard countdown.
Britney Spears scores the fastest growing digital song with Piece Of Me, which jumps up from 63 to 47 and another Chris Brown track, With You, is the top debut at number 72.
Snoop Dogg’s Sensual Seduction debuts at 76, extending the rapper’s streak of having at least one song chart per year to 10.

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THE SPICE GIRLS hype is getting to singer EMMA BUNTON - she keeps forgetting the group’s lyrics.
The Wannabe star has revealed she has moments onstage during reunion tour shows where she sings the wrong thing - or sings nothing at all.
Writing on her blog, Bunton says: "During Mama, I got so carried away looking at the video playing behind us of all the mothers and babies that I forgot some of the lyrics." And when she’s not trying to remember lyrics, Bunton admits she has to beware bandmate Melanie Brown’s wandering hands.
She adds, "She has a thing for pinching our bottoms."

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Legendary director WILLIAM FRIEDKIN is following in the footsteps of QUENTIN TARANTINO - he’s directed an episode of hit TV show CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION.
Friedkin, best known for filming ’70s movie classics The French Connection and The Exorcist, stepped behind the camera to shoot new CSI episode Cockroaches, which airs on U.S. television network CBS on Thursday night (06Dec07).
And, working on the show, allowed Friedkin to reunite with CSI actor William Petersen, who starred in his 1985 movie To Live And Die In LA.
Petersen says, "I have a movie career because of him. He’s the first guy I ever learned from, in terms of film." Tarantino directed two episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2005.

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MARTHA STEWART is using her TV show in America to help her land a date with newly-single CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM star LARRY DAVID.
The lifestyle queen confessed to a crush on the Seinfeld creator during a recent interview with his Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star Susie Essman, which aired on her daily show - and then grilled the actress for information about him.
Stewart said, "He could be a funny boyfriend… (You should) invite me as a houseguest or something." She went on to tell her guest she liked David "a lot".
When Essman explained how David was single after splitting from his wife Laurie Lennard this year (07), Stewart replied, "I know, that’s why I’m interested… that’s why I keep mentioning him."

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Actor JASON LEE feels uneasy every time he has to attend an event in Beverly Hills - because he was once arrested there for illegally skateboarding.
The My Name Is Earl star was a budding skateboard superstar when police caught him playing in a parking lot at night.
He says, "Two sheriffs’ cars came up on us, and we hear, ‘Hands against the wall!’ "They were really vicious. They put us in a holding cell for five hours. I can’t go back to Beverly Hills, man."

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Moviemaker UWE BOLL is to donate two per cent of the profits from his new horror film SEED to animal activists People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals after the organisation allowed him to use a shocking animal cruelty video for the project.
The German used the "animal snuff" footage to "set the tone" of his upcoming film, which follows the exploits of a psychopath who is buried alive after a failed execution attempt.
Boll’s spokesman Bill Wanstrom says, "The killer scratches his way out of his coffin and starts seeking revenge on those who wronged him.
"It’s a terrifying film and Uwe just thought that the shocking PETA footage of animals being slaughtered and cruelly treated really sets the tone of the movie.
"Uwe is fervently opposed to all forms of cruelty towards animals."

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Actress FELICITY HUFFMAN has been named an ambassador for a new breast cancer awareness campaign.
The Desperate Housewives star will appear in a U.S. TV advertisement called If You Were My Sister, which aims to increase awareness among breast cancer survivors about reducing the risk of recurrence.
The public service announcement was developed by the charity Women’s Cancer Programs Of The Entertainment Industry Foundation and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Huffman says, "Unfortunately, breast cancer can return, and many women lack vital information about how to reduce their risk of recurrence.
"That’s why I am involved in this important campaign on behalf of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. We have all had family and friends who are touched by this disease, and I want to help educate women about what they need to know, and can do, to reduce their risk."

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CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION star GARY DOURDAN insists Hollywood celebrities react badly in front of video camera-wielding paparazzi - because they’re terrified of them.
The actor was involved in a fracas with one cameraman earlier this year (07) when he forcibly tried to stop the guy from shooting him as he left a Hollywood restaurant.
The paparazzo later pressed charges against Dourdan, claiming he’d pushed the camera he was holding into his face.
The actor has denied the charges, insisting he merely pushed the camera away.
He tells America’s TV Guide magazine, "I just tried to turn his camera off.
The video guys are getting to be a problem. They tape everything you’re doing.
"It’s like, ‘Wait a minute, You’re invading my private space. Stop following me and taping my private conversations with my friends. My license plate.
Everything.’ "You start to feel like you’re being violated. And I’m not alone. A lot of (stars) have had problems with video camera guys. It’s scary."

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Romantic JACK NICHOLSON has proposed to every woman he has lived with - but nearly all of them were too wise to make a commitment to the lovable rogue.
The movie star insists he still gets along with every woman he moved into his Hollywood estate, because each of them knows he truly loved them enough to marry them.
Only Sandra Knight accepted his proposal and the couple was wed for six years in the 1960s.
Nicholson tells Parade magazine, "At some point, I’ve asked every woman I ever lived with to marry me, but they knew me too well. I’m the archetype of the man who is a problem."

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Actress EVA GREEN has dismissed criticism her new movie THE GOLDEN COMPASS is an attack on Catholicism as a "fuss about nothing".
The Casino Royale star insists author Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials literary trilogy, of which The Golden Compass is the first book, is morally sound, despite its thinly-veiled critique of the Roman Catholic church.
She says, "I am amazed people are so bored. They are making a fuss about nothing.
"In past regimes in Russia and China, everyone controlled beliefs. This is more about free will, freedom of speech and fate. Although the story evolves a lot. It is very religious in the third book." The anti-religious content has reportedly been toned down in the film version of The Golden Compass on the orders of studio executives at New Line cinema, who feared a backlash in America.
The film’s star Nicole Kidman was also said to be concerned over perceived anti-Catholic sentiment in the original story.

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Actor GARY COLLINS has been sentenced to 96 hours in jail and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to drink-driving.
The U.S. TV star has also been placed on probation for four years and fined $500 (£250).
A Los Angeles judge told Collins he can serve his time at any Los Angeles-area jail, but his stay will be at his own expense.
Collins was arrested after crashing his black Ford Explorer into a blue Toyota while driving through Sherman Oaks, California in October (07).
The collision caused the actor to lose control and steer into oncoming traffic, where he smashed into two parked cars.
The 69-year-old checked into an undisclosed rehabilitation facility shortly after his arrest.

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The woman who tried to sue COLIN FARRELL for sexual harassment has been arrested for prostitution.
Dessarae Bradford launched and lost a legal battle with the Irish actor in 2005, claiming he pestered her with text messages. She later burst onto the set of The Tonight Show while Farrell was being interviewed by Jay Leno.
Now Bradford is challenging a Los Angeles police officer who arrested her in an undercover sting.
She explains, "I was falsely arrested for prostitution - it breaks my heart to even type the words down.
"A guy drove up to me, called to me very friendly and chipper. Being the social animal that I am, I went over, figuring he was just some guy looking for where the party spots are. Or maybe he wanted to see if he could get my number." In a forthcoming lawsuit, Bradford reveals she plans to sue for sexism, ageism, racism, civil rights violations, profiling, entrapment, slander, libel, emotional distress "and much more".

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Actor RAY LIOTTA has been placed on three years’ probation after pleading no contest to reckless driving.
The Goodfellas star admitted he was at fault in a Los Angeles court on Thursday (06Dec07).
The 52-year-old was arrested in February (07) after his car struck two parked vehicles on a Los Angeles street - police reports suggest he was under the influence of prescription medication.
Liotta was also fined $300 (£150) and ordered to pay compensation to the owners of the two cars he drove into. He must also enrol in an alcohol education class.

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STATUS QUO co-founders JOHN COGHLAN and ALAN LANCASTER are to reform side project THE PARTY BOYS to honour late AC/DC frontman BON SCOTT when the Aussie rocker’s new statue is unveiled.
The Party Boys will join acts like Rose Tattoo, the Screaming Jets and Noiseworks at a concert following Scott’s memorial in February (08).
The statue honour will be unveiled at the Claremont Showgrounds in Perth, Australia.
For the reunion, The Party Boys will feature Australian rock greats Kevin Borich and Randall Waller and original AC/DC lead singer Dave Evans, according to Blabbermouth.net.

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Rocker TOM PETTY has recorded a new album with his first band MUDCRUTCH in just two weeks.
The American Girl singer was encouraged to reform the group after reviewing his career for acclaimed new documentary Running Down A Dream - and he cannot believe how easy the reunion was.
He says, "It was one of those lighting bolts to the brain. A few years ago I just started thinking about how I missed those guys.
"We made the album in two weeks flat. We played everything live - vocals, no overdubs… It’s really good. I think people will enjoy it. I moved over to bass, like I used to be.
"Everybody sings at least one song on it, though I did the majority of the singing.
"We had a ball doing it. It was the most fun I’ve had in years. I had to calm myself down at night I was having so much fun. Most of the band came here and lived at my house in Malibu when we were doing it.
"I hope people enjoy it as much as I do." Petty was forced to quit the group and embark on a solo career when he first arrived in Hollywood from Florida, but he never lost touch with Mudcrutch bandmates Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh, and guitarist Mike Campbell has always been his sidekick.

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LED ZEPPELIN frontman ROBERT PLANT wanted the group’s upcoming reunion concert to be a song-for-song recreation of their historic 1970 show at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The Stairway To Heaven singer felt the supergroup’s 9 January 1970 concert was the best they ever played - and he wanted to revisit the show for the band’s Ahmet Ertegun tribute gig in London next week (10Dec07).
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I had an idea initially that we should do our entire Royal Albert Hall set starting with We’ve Gotta Groove… Just do that!" The 1970 gig he recalls was featured in its entirety on the band’s 2002 DVD collection How The West Was Won and featured White Summer, Black Mountain Side, Whole Lotta Love, C’mon Everybody, and Communication Breakdown.
Led Zeppelin’s 10 December (07) show at London’s O2 Arena marks the band’s first full concert since their final show with the band’s late drummer John Bonham in 1980.
The group tells Rolling Stone the show will be 100 minutes long and will include band classics like Whole Lotta Love, No Quarter and Dazed & Confused, as well as selected rarities.

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