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LATEST: The father of ANNA NICOLE SMITH’s baby daughter has hit back at reports connecting the tot’s eye disorder to medications her late mother may have taken while she was pregnant.
Baby Dannielynn has been forced to wear an eyepatch and take medication to correct strabismus, which is slowly turning her cross-eyed.
But her father, Larry Birkhead, insists tabloid reports linking the disorder to Smith’s drug use are far-fetched.
In an exclusive interview with U.S. news show Entertainment Tonight, which will air on Monday (14Jan08), Birkhead says, "All of the opinions that I had (from doctors), every one of them said that it’s very, very unlikely, because no one knows 100 per cent what causes this.
"I point-blank ask every single doctor, ‘Could any medications that Anna was on have caused this?’ and they said that it’s more likely that a genetic reason could have caused it."

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Former supermodel CARLA BRUNI has reportedly wed French President NICOLAS SARKOZY in a super-secret ceremony in Paris.
The news comes less than a week after the French leader confirmed reports he and Bruni, a former girlfriend of Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, were engaged.
Sarkozy and the Italian stunner reportedly became a couple late last year (07), just weeks after the French President divorced his wife Celia.
Reports suggested the couple was planning to wed on 9 February (08), but, at a press conference last week (ends11Jan08), Sarkozy told the media, "There is a strong chance that you will learn about it (wedding) once it’s already been done." Publicists for the French leader have refused to confirm or deny the wedding reports.

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Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL is dating Venezuelan President HUGO CHAVEZ, according to odd newspaper reports in the South American country.
The British stunner recently travelled to Caracas to interview Chavez for British magazine GQ - and reporters there claim the pair are smitten with each other and have been courting for two months.
Respected El Universal journalist Nelson Bocaranda claims 53-year-old Chavez fell "head-over-heels" in love with Campbell after their interview, in which he flirted and invited the 37-year-old to "touch my muscles".
The catwalk queen is quoted in El Universal, describing Chavez as "not a gorilla, he is more a bull".
Chavez has four children from two failed marriages. Campbell, who counts Robert De Niro and U2’s Adam Clayton among her exes, has never married.
The shocking news of the coupling comes on the same day as the marriage of French leader Nicolas Sarkozy and former supermodel Carla Bruni.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ has ended her year-long relationship with manager IRVING AZOFF, amid confusion about who sacked who.
Lopez insists she cancelled her contract with the music industry mogul, who is largely responsible for the successes of supergroups the Eagles and Van Halen and British singer Seal.
Her representative has revealed "she let him go on Friday with no drama".
But sources claim Azoff fired the actress/singer for being "unprofessional" and for letting her husband Marc Anthony "constantly meddle" with her career, according to website TMZ.COM.
Sources claim Azoff sent Lopez a letter last week (ends11Jan08), revealing in "blunt terms" why he ended the relationship. This was reportedly followed by a "heated phone call" between Lopez’s representatives and Azoff.

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JOHNNY DEPP is relieved his manhood won’t come into play when he portrays JOHN DILLINGER on the big screen - because he’s convinced the infamous bankrobber’s well-hung reputation is a myth.
The Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street star feared he’d be packing his pants for his upcoming role in Public Enemies in a bid to capture every aspect of Dillinger’s character.
But his research has led him to believe the U.S. Depression-era hood was not as `big’ as has been reported.
He tells the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, "There’s some very famous photographs of Dillinger on the morgue slab, and there’s one particular angle, with the sheet over him, and it’s (his penis), like, 25 inches, man.
"The speculation was that he was in the wrong racket. But you read further, and it was a crank on the other side that the sheet had been draped over, making it look like he was packing, you know, Mr. Ed’s (U.S. TV talking horse) shotgun (penis)."

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Eccentric actor/director VINCENT GALLO is planning his next bizarre movie about a funeral director who tries to reincarnate the dead.
Gallo has shocked Hollywood in the past with controversial movies Buffalo ‘66 and Brown Bunny, in which ex-girlfriend Chloe Sevigny performed oral sex on him for one controversial scene.
And now he’s hoping to bring the dead back to life in new film The Funeral Director.
Movie website imdb.com describes the new film as, "A story about a broken-hearted man, Kevin Stiff, who ditches a lucrative advertising job and signs on as an apprentice in a funeral home, where he finds himself not only working for a sexually-starved pre-menopausal funeral director, but also rooming with he free-spirited nymphomaniac niece.
"He attempts to artistically reincarnate the dead people by dressing them up in elaborate costumes."

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Ireland’s first submission for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar has scooped up the lion’s share of nominations for the Irish Film & TV Awards.
Kings is up for 14 awards, including Best Film, when the ceremony takes place in Dublin on 17 February (08).
It will compete with Irish-made and funded films Becoming Jane, Garage, Shrooms and Closing The Ring in that category.
Atonement, The Bourne Supremacy, La Vie en Rose and The Lives of Others will compete for the event’s Best International Film prize.

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NIP/TUCK star DYLAN WALSH can’t understand why cosmetic surgery is on the rise - because he thought his show would put people off.
The actor felt sure the TV drama’s graphic scenes would make people think again about going under the knife for facelifts, nosejobs and breast augmentation, but research shows the programme has actually boosted the plastic surgery industry.
Walsh, who plays surgeon Dr. Sean McNamara on the show, says, "It’s weird to think that (the more) people see how graphic and violent the surgery is, more and more people each year sign up for it."

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LATEST: Actor FABIO is still fuming about his angry encounter with GEORGE CLOONEY in a Los Angeles restaurant last year (Nov07) - and now regrets not getting physical with the movie hunk.
The romance icon stunned diners at Madeo when he exchanged fighting words with Clooney on 2 November (07).
But Fabio insists he was forced to take action when a female dining companion complained to him that fellow diner Clooney had called her "a fat cow".
The Italian-born stud, real name Fabio Lanzoni, has since revealed Clooney "was drunk and thought people were taking pictures of him".
He said, "I apologised and he started being rude so I put him in his place…
I went back to my table and as soon as I sit down he paid his bill, got up and he started insulting the girls. He called the women names. At that point I lost my temper. I went after him and he ran out of the restaurant." And now Fabio regrets not thumping Clooney.
He tells the upcoming issue of men’s magazine Details, "I could have f**ked him up. Oh my god, I could have beaten the s**t out of him. I am still so p**sed at him."

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BURT REYNOLDS is hoping to revive his film career by playing a Hollywood star hoping to revive his career in a new British film.
The veteran will play a washed-up star who signs up to play Shakespeare’s King Lear in A Bunch of Amateurs.
Reynolds’ character thinks the role is part of a Royal Shakespeare Company production only to find he’s the star of an amateur show in a rural English village.
Ironically, the other amateurs in the film are revered British thespians Derek Jacobi, Imelda Staunton and Samantha Bond.

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KIM CATTRALL is so smitten with the Mercedes her character SAMANTHA drives in the new SEX & THE CITY movie the actress is endorsing the new vehicle.
Cattrall told film bosses she thought her fast-living, manhungry character should drive a new Mercedes-Benz GLK Freeside Concept after car bosses asked her to become a spokeswoman for the sports utility vehicle (SUV).
And she’s so taken with her new ride, she helped Daimler bosses unveil the car at a pre-North American International Auto Show gala on Saturday night (12Jan08).
She says, "Very passionate people make Mercedes and they’re very smart and I’ve always considered both of those things right down Samantha’s alley. It’s a cutting-edge car." Filmgoers will be able to see the new SUV in action when Sex & the City opens in America on 20 May (08).

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Veteran actor GARY COLLINS has turned himself in to California authorities to begin a 96-hour sentence after pleading guilty to drink driving last month (Dec07).
The U.S. TV star checked into Glendale City Jail on Monday (14Jan08), where he will find himself in good company - Kiefer Sutherland is also serving time at the prison following his DUI conviction last September (08).
Collins, 69, was handed the prison sentence in December following his October arrest after the actor crashed his black Ford Explorer into a blue Toyota while driving through Sherman Oaks, California.
In addition to his jailtime, Collins must complete 100 hours of community service. He was also fined $500 (£250) and will be placed on probation for four years, reports TMZ.com.

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LeANN RIMES is urging fans to buy her new album FAMILY, so they can get to know the real her.
The country star is sick of tabloid reports that paint an inaccurate picture of her life, just to sell magazines, so she has opened up and exposed her soul on the new CD.
The 25-year-old says, "I try to stay as far away from reading any of those things as possible. The great thing is that I realise is that they say the things they say to sell magazines.
"I think it’s important for people to get to know me as a woman and as a human being because it is not what they read in those tabloids. This album is a great way to get to know me."

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QUEEN LATIFAH gave the cast and crew something to look forward to every Friday on the set of her new film MAD MONEY - she gave cash away.
The rapper-turned-singer/actress came up with a "five dollar Friday" ruse that would give runners, camera operators and interns the chance to go home for the weekend with a big cash bonus.
The generous Chicago star explains, "It was actually my way of giving back to the crew
. Sometimes you get to throw a barbecue or do something special but usually I know that the crew people are working really hard and everybody is not making the same amount of money we are.
"So we do this five dollar Fridays thing and everybody writes their name on a five dollar bill and puts it into a bucket and at the end of the day somebody picks a bill out and whoever’s name is on the bill wins all the money." And Latifah, real name Dana Owens, had a way of sweetening the deal further: "I’d double the money every Friday
. It could be a lot of money, so don’t tell the IRS (tax authorities at the Internal Revenue Service)."

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A concert planned to mark the 40th anniversary of late country legend JOHNNY CASH’s landmark performance at California’s Folsom State Prison went ahead in Britain on Sunday (13Jan07).
Plans to stage an official tribute show in the same cafeteria where Cash performed for convicts in 1968 were scrapped last week (07Jan08) after security concerns and filming rights.
Promoter Jonathan Holiff, who claims his father was once Cash’s manager, revealed he was "in tears" when he learned the show would not go on.
But that didn’t stop a British prison tribute - covers band CashBack performed the legend’s Folsom Prison set list to 100 inmates at Highpoint Prison in Suffolk, England.

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PEARL JAM star EDDIE VEDDER picked up his first Golden Globe award on Sunday night (13Jan08) for one of the songs he penned for pal SEAN PENN’s INTO THE WILD film.
Vedder’s prize was announced after a televised press conference on Sunday night (13Jan08), when the major TV and film winners were announced.
Vedder’s win for the song Guaranteed was not his introduction to the Golden Globes, however - a tune the rocker wrote for Tim Burton’s Big Fish lost out to Annie Lennox’s offering for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004.
In another top music category that wasn’t announced during the televised press conference on Sunday, Dario Marianelli won Best Original Score for Atonement.
Additional awards went to The Diving Bell & The Butterfly (Best Foreign Language Film), Joel and Ethan Coen (Best Screenplay for No Country For Old Men) and Jim Broadbent (Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television).
A full recap of award winners left Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Atonement, The Diving Bell & The Butterfly and TV dramas Longford and Mad Men the only double Golden Globe winners.
Sweeney Todd and Atonement were named the Best films in the Comedy or Musical and Drama categories respectively.
The night’s big movie acting prizes went to Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor Drama for There Will Be Blood), Julie Christie (Best Actress Drama for Away From Her), Marion Cotillard (Best Actress Comedy/Musical for La Vie en Rose) and Johnny Depp (Best Actor Comedy/Musical for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street).

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Reformed boy band TAKE THAT and singers LEONA LEWIS and MIKA have each scooped four Brit Awards nominations in London.
All three artists will go head-to-head in the Best British Album and Best British Single categories.
Take That also scooped nominations for Best British Group and Best Live Act and Lewis faces stiff competition from newcomer Kate Nash, KT Tunstall, PJ Harvey and Bat For Lashes in the Best British Female category.
She is also up for Best British Breakthrough opposite Mika, who is also shortlisted for Best British Male Artist and Best Single for his hit Grace Kelly.
Super-producer Mark Ronson, singer Kate Nash and rock bands Arctic Monkeys and Kaiser Chiefs landed three nominations each at the nominations announcement earlier today (14Jan08).
Rock veterans the Eagles scored nominations for two international Brits Best Album and Best International Group - and Sir Paul McCartney, who will close this year’s ceremony with a performance will pick up an Outstanding Contribution to Music prize.
The annual Brit Awards will be handed out at London’s Earls Court on 20 February (08).

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Actress CHARLIZE THERON credits her smoking habit with her Hollywood success.
The Monster star, 32, admits cigarettes are "filthy", but claims the unhealthy practice inadvertently landed her a role In The Valley Of Elah. She explains, "I still smoke, occasionally. But it led to a role in my new film. I kept on running into writer and director Paul Haggis when we were at an awards event. He was there for his film Crash and I was there for North Country.
"We were the only two losers in an alley, smoking. He said, ‘I’m going to write a film for you.’ And he did."

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