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LATEST: Troubled pop star BRITNEY SPEARS is planning a world tour - just weeks after she was hospitalised for psychiatric evaluation, according to reports.
Spears was discharged last week (06Feb08) after a seven-day stay at Los Angeles UCLA Medical Centre, following a troubled and headline-grabbing start to the year (08).
And the Toxic singer is keen to quickly turn her life around, starting with a series of gigs around the globe to promote her latest album Blackout - and kickstart her music career.
An insider tells the New York Post, "Britney will be leaving the country in the next few weeks, after training in privacy for a month. She is planning a global tour." (IG/WNWCPS/GES) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 13 FEBRUARY 2008 —————————————————————

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BRITNEY SPEARS has given up fighting for her kids, according to the troubled pop star’s first husband JASON ALEXANDER.
The Louisiana local, who was married to Spears for just 55 hours, has spoken out about his former wife’s custody battle with second ex-husband Kevin Federline.
He tells America’s In Touch Weekly magazine that Spears accepts she’s no model mum and she doesn’t want her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James back.
Alexander says, "She wants to see them (kids), but she doesn’t want to be a full-time mom. She said it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t get them back full-time, and that she can always have other kids later on." Spears lost the right to visit her sons last month (Jan08) after a stand-off with police and paramedics at the end of a visitation term.
Before that she was stripped of physical custody after failing to adhere to court-ordered testing.
Alexander reveals he and his ex have been speaking since Christmas (07): "I got a phone call, a voice mail, that said, ‘Hey! It’s me. I know we haven’t spoken in a while.’ It was Britney. She said she’d call me back, and we’ve been speaking ever since." The ex-husband insists Spears "misses" her kids, but adds, "I don’t think she should have full custody because she needs to focus on her."

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WHITNEY HOUSTON will release her long-awaited and much-anticipated comeback album in time for Christmas (08).
Music mogul Clive Davis has revealed he has recorded five new tracks with Houston and he’s delighted with the album’s progress.
He says, "It’s really good. We’re looking to release the album in November."

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LATEST: KATHLEEN TURNER has apologised to NICOLAS CAGE for "causing distress" by accusing the actor of drink-driving and theft in her new autobiography.
Cage began libel proceedings against his Peggy Sue Got Married co-star in London’s High Court last week (08Feb08) after claiming her new book Send Yourself Roses was full of false claims about him.
In the book, Turner alleges Cage went to great lengths to disobey his director uncle Francis Ford Coppola on the set of their 1986 movie, adding he found himself in trouble with police while filming.
But the 53-year-old actress insists she had no intention for the contents of her book to upset Cage, or anybody else, and is deeply sorry for any hurt caused.
She says, "I guess what I can say is I’m truly sorry if I caused distress or harm, because one thing is for sure - I never, ever intended to do that.
"This is what I remember, these are my thoughts and (they were) certainly not intended to damage anyone else."

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U.S. reality TV star HEIDI MONTAG was inconsolable following the hostile response her debut pop music video received when it premiered last week (ends08Feb08).
The promo for Higher, which sees Montag frolicking on a beach and was directed by her The Hills co-star and real-life boyfriend Spencer Pratt, has become the subject of much online ridicule.
And Montag admits the negative response left her in floods of tears.
She says, "I just started sobbing uncontrollably. I cried myself to sleep that first night after my video came out.
"I just couldn’t understand why people I didn’t even know felt the need to be so cruel and hurtful toward me. I am just a 21-year-old from a small town in Colorado trying to follow her dreams."

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Another TV couple on hit U.S. show MEN IN TREES has found real love on the set.
Hot on the heels of Anne Heche’s romance with co-star James Tupper, which led to both stars ending marriages, Emily Bergl and Derek Richardson are now dating.
A set insider tells America’s TV Guide magazine, "They started dating last year. They’re happy and in love." Bergl and Richardson play nerdy lovers Annie and Patrick on the romantic ABC series.

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Actress KATHLEEN TURNER was proud to bare all onstage in her late 40s - because she inspired middle-aged women to love their bodies.
Turner infamously stripped off to play seductress Mrs. Robinson in London and New York productions of The Graduate - and the star was surprised to receive letters from women thanking her for giving them the courage to flaunt their own figures.
Turner says, "When I did it (The Graduate) on Broadway, I was 48. Certainly, in this country (U.S.), that’s considered quite over the hill and past any sexual attraction.
"But I got this wonderful note from a woman saying that she had not undressed in front of her husband in 10 years and she was going to do it tonight."

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Actress BROOKE SHIELDS is following in the footsteps of stars like JAMIE LEE CURTIS and MADONNA by writing her first children’s book.
The Blue Lagoon star’s experiences as a mum-of-two inspired her to pen Welcome To Your World, Baby.
Shields, who famously suffered from post-partum depression following the birth of daughter Rowan in 2003, says, "I’ve just finished writing my first children’s book. It’s about a little sister waiting and having a new baby sister coming home and anticipating (her arrival)." Welcome To Your World, Baby will be released in June (08).

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LATEST: Talk show host MONTEL WILLIAMS has quit his long-running U.S. TV programme because the multiple sclerosis he suffers from is beginning to take a grip.
The star was diagnosed with the debilitating disease in 1999, but admits it has only recently started to progress, prompting his decision to take early retirement at the age of 51.
A source tells U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer, "Montel is quitting his show because he’s starting to see signs his disease is progressing. The weakness in his arms and legs is increasing. He’s worried that he’ll have problems while taping a show.
"Montel said he doesn’t want that captured on tape, so he wants to step down while he’s still relatively healthy.
"He also wants to spent quality time with his wife Tara while he is healthy." Williams has hosted the Montel Williams Show since 1991.

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FARRAH FAWCETT and RYAN O’NEAL’s son REDMOND has been arrested on drugs charges, just months after completing a spell in rehab.
The 23-year-old’s vehicle was pulled over by police in California at 3am on 26 January (08) after the cops spotted him driving erratically. A search of his car allegedly unearthed drug paraphernalia.
A $10,000 (£5,000) bond was posted and Redmond was released, but he faces a custodial sentence because of previous drug charges stemming from an arrest three years ago.
In 2005, troubled Redmond, who has checked into rehab facilities 12 times in 10 years, escaped a jail sentence after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine and cocaine.
A source tells the National Enquirer, "Farrah has always dreaded getting that phone call: ‘Your son’s dead of an overdose.’ She’s done everything in her power to save him. Maybe jail is his only cure."

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DENNIS QUAID is determined to turn his baby twins’ medical nightmare into a positive by warning other parents about the dangers of hospitals on a new TV news special.
The actor’s twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, were left fighting for their lives when they were mistakenly given 1,000 times the normal 10-unit dose of blood-thinning drug Heparin by staff at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shortly after they were born to a surrogate mother in November (07).
Quaid and his wife Kimberly spent days fearing their babies were in peril, but both are now healthy - and the actor wants to warn other parents about hospital hazards.
He says, "The kids are doing great now, but it was real scary for a couple of weeks.
"We really appreciate everyone’s thoughts and prayers when all this was going on and we really felt them.
"Something good is really going to come out of it. We are going to talk about it on (U.S. news show) 60 Minutes in March."

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GREY’S ANATOMY star ERIC DANE has denied reports he’s suffering from skin cancer.
The 35-year-old actor was said to be battling the deadly disease after he was diagnosed with it in January (08).
But Dane insists the report, in U.S. magazine OK!, is exaggerated.
His spokesperson tells American publication Us Weekly, "Eric Dane does not have cancer. He spoke with OK! to clear up some inaccuracies they were planning to run.
"His story certainly does not compare with those actually suffering from the disease." Dane was quoted in OK! as saying, "I went to my dermatologist. He said it was malignant tissue caused by sun damage.
"My skin is very sensitive and my lip was traumatized by the procedure I had to go through. I didn’t eat very well for a couple of weeks and lost a bunch of weight."

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LATEST: Former HAPPY DAYS star HENRY WINKLER wrapped up his testimony in the ongoing JOHN RITTER wrongful death trial by telling the media he’s still grieving the loss of his old pal.
Winkler was in court in Glendale, California on Wednesday morning (13Feb08) helping Ritter’s widow Amy Yasbeck prove the late actor’s death could have been avoided if doctors at the Providence Street Joseph Medical Center hadn’t misdiagnosed the star’s heart condition.
Winkler, who was working with Ritter on TV sitcom 8 Simple Rules on the day he was taken ill in 2003, told the court he still remembers the pain he felt when he heard his longtime friend had died.
He told reporters outside court, "I couldn’t comprehend it. It was like they were speaking from another planet. We kept repeating over, ‘What? What?’" In court, Winkler insisted his late friend would have continued working in TV and cinema for many years if he had been properly treated by doctors on the day he died. The actor maintained Ritter’s death cost his family millions in future earnings.
Ritter’s wife and his eldest children are suing two doctors for $67 million (£33.5 million) for misdiagnosing Ritter’s torn aorta.

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Surfer-turned-rocker JACK JOHNSON has scored a Trans-Atlantic double after debuting his latest release at the top of the U.S. album charts.
Johnson’s Sleep Through The Static raced to number one in Britain on Sunday (10Feb08) and now it has toppled As I Am by Alicia Keys to take over at the top of the Billboard 200.
It’s Johnson’s second chart-topper, and his biggest sales week ever - he sold a whopping 375,000 copies in the U.S. in his journey to number one.
He has also scored the biggest sales week for download album, netting 139,000 sales online.
Meanwhile, Sheryl Crow debuts Detours at number two, Alicia Keys drops to three and Lenny Kravitz returns to the Billboard 200 countdown at four with his new album It Is Time For A Love Revolution.

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Brothers DON and DAVID WAS are to revive their hit group WAS (NOT WAS) for a St. Valentine’s Day (14Feb08) showcase in Los Angeles.
In what will be the group’s first official show since touring with Dire Straits in 1992, the Walk The Dinosaur hitmakers will perform at the Orpheum Theatre with Kris Kristofferson and Brian Wilson.
Kristofferson makes a guest appearance on the group’s new album, Boo! A North American tour is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

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ZZ TOP rocker BILLY GIBBONS is to wed a Texas couple in an IKEA furniture store on St. Valentine’s Day (14Feb08).
The couple, Paul Burgess and Patricia Calmers, won a contest for the all-expenses paid ceremony, which the Legs hitmaker will preside over in his capacity as an ordained Universal Life Church minister.
Gibbons has joined couples in eight different states; he presided over country star Bille Joe Shaver’s Las Vegas wedding in 2006.
Of his latest official job as a minister, the rocker says, "I can think of no better way to spend Valentine’s Day than to join a loving couple in wedded bliss in the middle of a cool furniture store."

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Danish soprano INGA NIELSEN has died in a Copenhagen, Denmark hospital. She was 61.
The opera star, who suffered from cancer in recent years, passed away on Sunday (10Feb08). The cause of death has not been disclosed.
Nielsen began her professional career in 1971, went on to become an ensemble member of the Frankfurt Opera in 1975 and sang with stars including Placido Domingo.
She made her last public appearance, to celebrate her 35 years in opera, at Copenhagen’s Tivoli gardens in 2006.
At the time of her death, Nielsen had performances in Dusseldorf, Germany and Tokyo, Japan scheduled for later this year (08).

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The survivors of the GREAT WHITE fire that left 99 rock fans dead have been given another huge cash boost by bosses of media giant Clear Channel Broadcasting.
The company executives have agreed to pay $22 million (£11 million) to those who witnessed the ill-fated Rhode Island nightclub show in February 2003.
The survivors and victims’ relatives sued the company, which promoted the Great White concert through its radio stations, after the blaze, which was sparked by an ill-advised pyrotechnics display.

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