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ANGELINA JOLIE has lost the Best Supporting Actress Oscar she won in 1999 for GIRL, INTERRUPTED, according to reports.
Jolie gave the Academy Award to her mother Marcheline Bertrand after the ceremony.
When Bertrand died in January 2007, Jolie recovered it from the Beverly Hills, California hotel her mother lived in - but it has since gone missing, reports OK Magazine.
A source tells the publication, "Angie doesn’t care about awards. Sure, it’s a great honour to win an Oscar, but Angie thinks herself as more of a humanitarian and mother than an actor."

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British actress KEIRA KNIGHTLEY uses a secret trick to deal with the hordes of photographers stationed at red carpet events - she pretends to be someone else.
The Atonement star takes on the alias of a former iconic beauty in order to cope with all the attention, and she insists it’s the only way she can get through promos.
And the super-slender Knightley claims she once envisaged herself as voluptuous screen siren Sophia Loren at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.
The 22-year-old says, "When I get out of the car I pretend to be someone else. It’s a different person every time. At the Oscars, I was an elegant Edwardian society woman from a painting by John Singer Sargent.
"For the Venice Film Festival, I was Sophia Loren. For the premiere of Atonement, I was someone else again, but I won’t say who, as it’s embarrassing.
It’s my way of getting through it."

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LANCE BASS has called on his former ‘N SYNC bandmate JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE to get in touch with his ex-girlfriend, troubled BRITNEY SPEARS.
Bass believes Timberlake, who dated the singer for four years until 2002, could help out Spears by lending her emotional support as she battles bipolar disorder and a custody fight with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
He tells UsMagazine.com, "Justin could really help…
"I hope that she gets good people back in her life. It would be nice to see those old and familiar faces from back in the day back in her life.
"Hopefully this is as low as it will go. She will definitely get the help that she needs."

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LEONARDO DiCAPRIO is suing dozens of building contractors in relation to a row over the construction of a basketball court which the actor’s neighbours claim damaged their property.
The Titanic star and his cousin Robert Hrtica, from whom DiCaprio rents the Hollywood Hills home, filed legal papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on 30 January (08).
The pair allege contractors and landscapers who built the basketball court in 2004, and another contractor who worked on a retaining wall for neighbours Ronald and Joan Linclau, should be held liable for any damage to the Linclaus’ property.
DiCaprio and Hrtica also claim the Linclaus’ own lawsuit, which was filed in May 2007 and claims the basketball court damaged their property, is meritless.
DiCaprio’s legal documents state: "Seeking a scapegoat for the potential problems that they themselves created and the creation of a backyard for themselves free of charge, (the Linclaus) filed this lawsuit in an apparent attempt to extort the cost of construction of a new retaining wall." Last month (Jan08), a judge ruled the Linclaus need to amend their lawsuit as it doesn’t prove DiCaprio did anything wrong, or it will be thrown out of court.

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CHER and TOM CRUISE dated for three years, were in love, and only split when he moved away to shoot THE COLOR OF MONEY, the pop superstar has revealed.
Both have kept tight-lipped about the relationship, which took place 25 years ago when Cher was 36 and at the height of her fame and Cruise was a 20-year-old up-and-coming actor.
But speaking ahead of her musical comeback with a residency at Las Vegas’ Caesar’s Palace, Cher has now admitted she truly "loved" Cruise.
She says, "It was a long, long time ago and neither one of us ever talked about it and I don’t know why. He didn’t mention it and I didn’t mention it." They split in 1986 when Cruise was forced to move from Los Angeles to Chicago, Illinois after landing a role in the Martin Scorsese film The Color Of Money.
Cher adds, "I couldn’t go to Chicago and that was kind of the straw that broke the camel’s back.
"When we were together he was such a private person. Now it’s hard for me to look at this person and this press. How many times can I watch him jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch?"

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JON FAVREAU prematurely announced the end of the Writer’s Guild Of America strike on a late night talk show on Thursday (07Feb08).
Just hours before the end of the three-month industrial action was officially announced, Favreau brought cheers from the studio audience on The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson when he claimed, "Did you hear? The strike’s over!" A stunned Ferguson was forced to denounce the claim later in the show.

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U.S. TV host PAT O’BRIEN is the latest celebrity to check into rehab, following hot on the heels of AMY WINEHOUSE, KIRSTEN DUNST and EVA MENDES.
The 59-year-old host of The Insider has checked into a facility for unspecified treatment.
A statement from show producers confirms, "O’Brien and his doctors felt this is the best course for maintaining his sobriety." O’Brien made headlines in 2005 when he spent time in rehab for alcoholism, after lewd voicemail messages he had left a female acquaintance were leaked online.

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FARRAH FAWCETT is winning her battle with cancer - the actress is now "free" of the disease, according to her longtime friend CHER.
The ex-Charlie’s Angels star has been receiving groundbreaking cancer treatment, which is banned in America, in a German clinic over recent months.
Fawcett was originally declared cancer-free in February 2007, but doctors found new cancer cells just three months later.
But following the latest batch of treatment, the 61-year-old’s cancer is now dormant again - and Cher, who has received similar treatment at the German clinic to combat the Epstein-Barr virus, is ecstatic her friend is on the road to recovery.
Cher tells U.S. news show Access Hollywood, "She’s now cancer-free.
"She’s tough. I don’t think I could have gone through what she did."

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Veteran U.S. TV actress AUGUSTA DABNEY has died following an extended illness.
She was 89.
Dabney, who was best known for her role as Isabelle Alden in soap opera Loving, passed away at her home in Dobbs Ferry, New York on Monday (04Feb08).
Born in Berkeley, California in 1918, Dabney moved to New York in 1937 to study at the American Academy Of Dramatic Arts.
She starred on the Broadway stage, but is more recognised for appearing in nine television soap operas, including Young Doctor Malone and Loving, on which she had a regular character between 1983 and 1995.
Dabney also starred in movies including The Heartbreak Kid, Running On Empty and The Paper.

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Actor BRAD RENFRO died from an accidental heroin overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner has ruled.
The Client star, who had a history of drug-related problems, was found dead in his L.A. apartment on 15 January (08).
Renfro, 25, injected the drugs into himself before dying of "acute heroin/morphine intoxication".
The coroner’s report reads: "The final manner of death has been ruled an accident."

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KURT COBAIN and COURTNEY LOVE’s daughter FRANCES BEAN COBAIN has issued a plea to be left alone in peace - because she has yet to make her mark in life.
The 15-year-old is all too aware the only reason people are interested in her is because her parents - former Nirvana rocker Cobain, who killed himself in 1994, and ex-Hole singer/actress Love - are famous.
And the last thing Frances, who has kicked off her modelling career with a spread in the March (08) issue of fashion magazine Harpers Bazaar, wants is to become famous by association.
She says, "These people are fascinated by me, but I haven’t done anything. If you’re a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I’m not my parents.
"People need to wait until I’ve done something valid with my life.
"I get it (why people want to know about her), I really do, but at the same time it’s creepy."

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LED ZEPPELIN fans have created an online petition begging the legendary band to reunite for a world tour.
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones teamed up with late drummer John Bonham’s son Jason in December (07) for a one-off performance in London, and fans have been waiting for what they feel is an inevitable world tour announcement ever since.
Last month (Jan08), guitarist Page told a press conference in Japan that the band was "musically ready" to play around the world, but would have to wait until September (08) because of Plant’s touring commitments with singing partner Alison Krauss - if they do decide to tour at all.
Now some enterprising Led Zeppelin followers, who claim to be in touch with the band’s promoter, have launched a petition on campaigning website YouChoose.net, asking the rockers to undertake a world tour.
So far 8,500 people have signed up.
The petition reads: "If you think that it is not fair that only people in the U.K. had a chance to see Led Zeppelin please sign this petition.
"We think Led Zep needs to go on a world tour. There are younger and even older fans that never got to see the great Led Zeppelin in concert. We want to be part of history. We want one of the greatest rock bands to tour."

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Filmmaker MARTIN SCORSESE is lining up another documentary about a music legend - the Oscar winner has announced plans to make a movie about BOB MARLEY.
Scorsese has previously explored the ’60s heyday of Bob Dylan’s career in No Direction Home and his new Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany on Thursday (07Feb08).
Now the director has signed up to shoot a documentary on reggae legend Marley, who died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36.
Marley’s son Ziggy Marley will act as executive producer on the currently-untitled film, which is set for release on 6 February 2010, the 65th anniversary of the Exodus star’s birth.

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LATEST: JOHN MELLENCAMP’s request to Republican presidential candidate JOHN McCAIN to stop playing his songs on the campaign trail has worked - the U.S.
senator has agreed to not use the rocker’s music.
Mellencamp, a fervent Democrat, was distressed to hear his tunes Our Country and Pink Houses were being used as Republican anthems at McCain rallies.
And just days after the singer/songwriter’s aides asked McCain to refrain from using the songs, the politician has now agreed to find alternative campaign music.

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ERIC BURDON and WAR are to perform onstage together for the first time since 1971.
The former Animals singer and the Los Angeles soul band teamed up for two classic albums, Eric Burdon Declares War and The Black-Man’s Burdon, in the early 1970s before going their separate ways.
The collaboration was best known for the hit single Spill The Wine.
Now Burdon and War will reunite after 37 years at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 21 April (08). The performance will be recorded for a DVD release.
Burdon says, "My music has always had a message; working with a great multi-racial band was part of my statement at that time.
"The name War forced people to look at the political environment of that time and obviously it is just as powerful today.
"I think people need to be challenged with a reality check, and this reunion is just the thing to help wake people up."

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Rapper TIMBALAND is poised to make music history by becoming the first artist to release a ‘mobile phone-only’ album.
The Apologize star has signed a groundbreaking deal with U.S. phone network Verizon Wireless to release a song, available exclusively to subscribers of Verizon’s entertainment service V Cast, from the album each month.
Timbaland, who has previously collaborated with stars including Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, promises the new tracks will feature guest stars.
The hip-hop mogul explains, "Every place don’t get a CD but everybody has a mobile phone. Just producing a mobile album has never been done. I’m the first to ever do it."

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