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MELANIE BROWN is spicing up THE SPICE GIRLS’ current world tour - by playing pranks on her unsuspecting bandmates.
The fun-loving singer insists the reunion tour - which is set to visit six continents on more than 40 dates - has grown repetitive, and that her backstage high jinks prevent the rest of the group from feeling bored. She says, "The show is in our muscle memory now but there is the occasional fumble. It is all a part of it - making mistakes and having a laugh about it.
"I play a lot of pranks backstage. I like pinching bums throughout the show and giving Emma a little smack here and there."

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German actress DIANE KRUGER passed time on the set of new movie NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS by treating cast and crew to ballet recitals.
The 31-year-old was a talented dancer as a child - and used the art form to fight of bouts of boredom between scenes.
She says, "I studied ballet but had to quit when I was 14. I was going around performing all of the classics - Swan Lake and all that."

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Singer VICTORIA BECKHAM has slammed claims husband DAVID manhood has been digitally enhanced in his provocative new advertisement for Giorgio Armani.
The new promotional campaign, which was unveiled on Monday (10Dec07) after the soccer star was named as the new face of Emporio Armani underwear, features the L.A. Galaxy player lying seductively across a bed, proudly showing off a bulging groin - which fans speculated was computer-altered. But the Spice Girl insists what’s pictured in the pair of white briefs is all his.
She says, "I’m proud I still have a really good sex life with David. He is very much in proportion. He does have a huge one, though. He does. You can see it in the advert. It is all his. It is like a tractor exhaust pipe!"

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY tried to keep his international fame from his daughter STELLA - but the clever youngster figured out his identity on her own.
The fashion designer - who is the daughter of the ex-Beatle and his late wife Linda - was kept unaware of her father’s career for years, but the star, now 36, eventually managed to solve the secret of his worldwide celebrity.
He says, "There was this one moment where the children were riding their little ponies in Scotland, and Stella said to me, ‘Dad, you’re Paul McCartney, aren’t you?’ and I said, ‘Yes, darling, but I’m Daddy really.’"

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has teamed up with pop superstar KYLIE MINOGUE for a duet that will air on British TV on New Year’s Eve (31Dec07).
The Australian singer joined the former Beatle as he performed hit song Dance Tonight on Thursday (13Dec07) while filming annual holiday programme Hootenanny, hosted by musician/TV presenter Jools Holland.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "Macca (McCartney) snared Kylie before she was due to team up with (British talent show finalist) Leon Jackson. She looked very sexy in a flesh-coloured bandage style dress. "After her performance, which also included a stripped-down version of I Should Be So Lucky, Kylie sat at Sir Paul’s table and watched the rest of the programme being made. Macca paid Kylie his full attention and they nattered (chatted) away like old pals." The 39-year-old will also duet with 18-year-old Jackson on the finale of reality contest The X Factor on Saturday (15Dec07).

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LATEST: SIMON COWELL could be set to fire SHARON OSBOURNE from British talent series THE X FACTOR following the scathing attack she launched on DANNII MINOGUE.
The creator/judge is said to be furious with the rock matriarch’s remarks she made on British TV on Thursday (13Dec07) about Minogue, whom she insisted had only landed the job on the reality show because of her appearance.
Cowell, 48, says, "I will sit down with Sharon after the final and discuss things then. We have got three acts who have the biggest night of their lives ahead of them, that is all I am worried about right now." A source tells British newspaper the Daily Mirror, "Simon thought what Sharon did on the show was disgusting. "He only offered her a new contract last week and then she goes and does this."

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KNOCKED UP star KATHERINE HEIGL hates her chubby legs so much she hasn’t worn shorts for years.
The bride-to-be admits her legs are the one part of her body she has virtually no control over.
She explains, "I’ve always had problems with my legs. They’re just the hardest part for me to work out, the hardest part for me to tone.
"They’re the first thing to put on weight, the last place to lose weight… I don’t wear shorts very often."

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AMERICAN IDOL judge SIMON COWELL has angered publicists at TV network Fox after he refused to take part in a contractual photo shoot in London.
The acid-tongued star was due to have publicity shots taken in Los Angeles for the series, but insisted upon staying in London, where he is filming British TV talent show The X Factor.
Fox flew a group of photographers, publicists and crew from the U.S. to the British capital, spending $50,000 (£25,000) on the excursion, only for Cowell to miss the shoot "due to illness.
But the group involved is "pissed off" by the star’s no-show, as they failed to get the necessary publicity shots, reports TMZ.com.
A representative for Cowell says, "He was a little under the weather, but thankfully he’s feeling better."

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Movie mogul HARVEY WEINSTEIN is set to wed his designer girlfriend GEORGINA CHAPMAN in a star-studded ceremony on Saturday (15Dec07).
He proposed to his lover of two years last month (Nov07), with the pair’s nuptials taking place in a secret location in Westport, Connecticut.
Guests attending the ceremony are rumoured to include billionaire Ronald Perelman, Renee Zellweger, Nicole Kidman and director Anthony Minghella.

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British actor RUPERT EVERETT has launched a scathing attack on Hollywood legends AL PACINO and ROBERT DE NIRO, branding them "tragic parodies" of the icons they once were.
The 48-year-old insists the film industry has deteriorated into shallow, celebrity-obsessed "trash" - and blames its biggest players for perpetuating the trend.
He says, "De Niro, (Robert) Redford, (Diane) Keaton, (Woody) Allen, Pacino they’re all just tragic parodies of themselves. "Al Pacino looks like a mad old freak now. I say give it a rest, or go and do some serious stuff." But the My Best Friend’s Wedding star reserves his harshest criticism for American actor George Clooney. He adds, "Clooney thinks that, provided he does films which are politically committed, he’s allowed to do Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13. But the Ocean’s movies are a cancer to world culture. They’re destroying us. "He’s not the brightest spark on the boulevard. He’ll be president one day.
Mark my words, if he’s straight, he’ll be president."

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Actor WESLEY SNIPES has slammed the media for portraying him as a "bad guy" after he was charged with tax fraud, claiming he is a victim of racism.
Snipes, 45, is due to stand trial next month (Jan08) in Florida on charges he fraudulently claimed tax refunds of almost $12 million (£6 million) in 1996 and 1997. He is also accused of failing to file tax returns from 1999 to 2004.
But the star has blamed the press and its racial prejudice for overexaggerating the scandal, and depicting him as a villain.
He says, "It was easy for people to jump on the ‘Wesley’s the bad guy’ bandwagon. That’s where I think the systematic racism comes in. We’re conditioned in this country to believe that if there’s a problem, the black man is the culprit." Snipes also blames discrimination for the box office failure of his 2004 movie Blade:Trinity.
He adds, "There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training.
"So a cat like me coming in, I’m bringing all of that to an action movie.
Since there are so few people that do this and have that pedigree, people disregard their contribution."

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Scottish rockers THE PROCLAIMERS are desperate for one of their songs to be covered by fellow countryman ROD STEWART.
The duo - famed for their 1989 hit song (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles - have had their material covered countless artists in the past, but insist Stewart is one of few artists who could do their tracks justice.
Band member Craig Reid says, "We’ve been covered by lots of bands and singers but we always hoped Rod Steward would do it. He’s someone who has done well and is a popular man. We’d love him to sing one of our old acoustic songs, Misty Blue, rather than one of the bigger hits, but it’s not really very likely to happen. It would be great if it did." And the twin brothers admit there is another musician they would love to hear record their hits.
Charlie adds, "It’d be great to see Jennifer Lopez sing one of our songs too."

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THE SPICE GIRLS are on the look-out for the perfect man - because they are desperate to find GERI HALLIWELL a boyfriend.
Halliwell, 35 - who is the last of the five-piece to relinquish her single status - has reportedly dismissed her bandmates’ match-making suggestions, including Victoria Beckham’s proposal she try internet or speed-dating.
Spice Girl Melanie Brown says, "Trust me, she has been at it. We have lined them up for her but she is very picky. "They have to have a job, they have to be respectful and well travelled. You don’t want them too young because they’ll be too obnoxious." The single singer has a one-year-old daughter Bluebell Madonna, whose father is reported to be British scriptwriter, Sacha Gervasi.

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The widow of late star IKE TURNER has begged his first wife TINA to forgive him - because he "helped" her during their marriage.
Rocker Ike died at his San Marcos, California home, on Wednesday (12Dec07), aged 76, but Tina refused to pay tribute to the star.
The What’s Love Got to Do with It? singer was married to Turner for 18 years, but the union was largely an unhappy one as a result of the Proud Mary hitmaker’s cocaine addiction and physical abuse.
The couple divorced in 1976, with Tina’s representative insisting earlier this week (ends14Dec07) the singer had no contact with Ike for 35 years.
But Ike’s widow Jeanette Turner hopes Tina can now forgive her former partner, who she brands "a good human being".
She says, "I know that she was hurt. But there’s something called forgiveness and I know Ike really forgave himself, which is really hard to do.
"I’m not defending what he did. I’m not saying he didn’t do what he did when he was with Tina or me. But he was a human being. And being all of that, he’s still a child-like person- pure and a good person always willing to help people. He was a human being and he helped Tina… he helped a lot of people."

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JOHNNY DEPP has another reason to celebrate this Christmas (07) a day after becoming a Golden Globe nominee, the actor has topped a list of the best signing celebrities.
The Pirates of The Caribbean star is considered the most gracious celebrity for the third year in a row - on Autograph magazine’s annual list of the 10 Best and 10 Worst Hollywood Signers.
That’s because he almost always agrees to scribble his autograph if a fan asks him for it.
In the new December (07) issue of the publication, New York autograph dealer Anthony Risi says, "He likes to talk to fans and get to know them while signing and he’ll sign more than one item when he has time." Matt Damon is second on the new list, followed by George Clooney, Jack Nicholson, Rosario Dawson, John Travolta, Katherine Heigl, Jay Leno, Dakota Fanning and Russell Crowe, who was among the worst signers on last year’s (06) countdown.
Funnyman Will Ferrell was shamed as the worst celebrity signer, followed by Tobey Maguire, Joaquin Phoenix, William Shatner and Renee Zellweger.

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Actor ALEC BALDWIN has offered to stage the Golden Globe Awards in his living room if the Hollywood writers’ strike is not resolved by the middle of January (08).
Many nominees have vowed not to cross picket lines if striking writers choose to protest at the event, and the show’s organisers from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are desperately trying to reach an agreement with those behind the walk-out.
But Baldwin has come up with a plan to stage the awards show at his Manhattan home - just in case a deal isn’t done and the strike lingers on into the New Year.
In a posting on blog site The Huffington Post, Baldwin writes, "I have cleared all of this with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
"They make only one simple request and that is that you pre-order your meal selection NO LATER than Friday, January 4th, 2008." The actor offers tuna Salad, whitefish salad or egg salad as a food option and a "liter of red or white wine or 6 (six) cold bottles of Amstel (promotional) complimentary." He also jokes that New York street personality Radioman will host the red carpet show held in the parking lot of (restaurant) Tavern on the Green "before we are all shuttled to my apartment building." Baldwin, who is nominated for a Best Actor prize for his role in TV comedy 30 Rock, concludes his comic posting by stating, "Looking forward to seeing you all on January 13th at my place."

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TORI AMOS stopped her show in San Diego, California on Wednesday night (12Dec07) to reprimand two front-row fans who couldn’t sit still.
The singer/songwriter took exception to the fidgeting fans’ frequent trips to the foyer of Copley Symphony Hall - and eventually let them know how she felt.
Distracted Amos raged, "Hold on! Get the f**k out of my show! Get the f**k out! It’s a privilege to sit in the front row. These are my seats, and I give them to people who like music." Amos then insisted security guards escort the two friends out of the auditorium.

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RUSSELL CROWE once directed a biker film, but it turned out too emotional for him to release it.
The actor and a few pals took off on an 18-day expedition shortly after he completed work on Gladiator - and he started filming the whole adventure.
Crowe thought a film about tough guys opening up about true feelings would be a winner, but he had no idea how emotional he and his friends would become.
He says, "We rode all through Australia, me and about nine friends… It was amazing how much more people opened up the closer we got to the desert.
"They would reveal things about their families, their lives. It flows against the popular notion that men don’t talk to each other when they’re alone." But what was to be Crowe’s directorial debut has never been released.
He adds, "It was made as a home movie and it should remain a home movie." Instead, Crowe will make his major movie directorial debut on new surfing biopic Bra Boys.

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