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SPICE GIRL MELANIE BROWN has landed her first post-tour gig - as a dancing queen.
The British pop star has signed up to cover the new series of Dancing With The Stars as news show Access Hollywood’s special correspondent.
The singer, who competed in the last season of the dancing contest, will follow the fortunes of celebrity contestants like Shannon Elizabeth, Priscilla Presley, Steve Guttenberg and Marlee Matlin during the sixth season of the hit show, which debuts on 17 March (08).
Mel B says, "I had such a wonderful experience on Dancing With The Stars last season and I’m looking forward to talking to all of this year’s contestants about their journeys and experiences along the way and dropping in on all their rehearsals, but this time on the other side of the mic." The busy Brit also plans to record a solo album and launch her own fashion line now her commitments with the reformed Spice Girls have ended.

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BRITNEY SPEARS appears to have forgotten making her last video PIECE OF ME, after leaving staff at Hollywood club Social baffled with questions about the venue where she filmed the promo.
The troubled pop star took over Social for a day to shoot the video in November (07) - and spent 10 hours there, dancing and lip syncing.
But, when Spears returned to Social for a night out on Saturday (16Feb08), it appeared she had no recollection of shooting the video.
A source tells Hollyscoop.com that Spears chatted with the bemused general manager of the restaurant, asking, "How long have you been open?" and what was upstairs, where she filmed the Piece Of Me video.

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BRITNEY SPEARS’ lawyers failed in their bid for a news blackout on the troubled star’s child custody battle on Tuesday (19Feb08).
Attorney Anne Kiley argued a gag order is necessary because the media coverage of Spears’ fight with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their two children is "emotionally and physically" dangerous for the Toxic singer.
But Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner Scott Gordon declined Kiley’s request for a ban on attorneys discussing the case with reporters.
Gordon did acknowledge Kiley’s concern about the frenzied paparazzi attention Spears receives wherever she goes.
He said, "The concern really is the conduct of the photographers. That’s a law enforcement issue and an issue for the kind gentlemen and ladies of the press to deal with appropriately.
"The concern you have is a real one. But it should be dealt with without infringing on the First Amendment." Neither Spears nor Federline were in court for the hearing.

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DEMI MOORE and BRUCE WILLIS’ daughter RUMER was left red-faced on Monday night (18Feb08) when she failed unsuccessfully to gain entrance to hip Hollywood club Villa - as cameras rolled.
The 19-year-old was too young to join the revellers inside and management were unprepared to make an exception - and the whole thing was caught on candid camera.
One bystander says, "She was not happy."

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Moviemaker BRETT RATNER can’t wait to release MARIAH CAREY’s new TOUCH MY BODY video next week (beg25Feb08) - because he’s convinced the world will wow over the sexy singer’s toned new look.
Ratner directs the much-anticipated promo and admits even he was stunned by his pal’s rocking body.
He says, "Mariah looks better than she has ever looked… It’s ridiculous.
She has this trainer that she flew in from (Caribbean island) St. Barts and this woman has been beating the hell out of her and her body.
"She has an incredible body, but she was always very voluptuous; now she’s just, like, fit and I was, like, we’ve gotta show this body." Ratner hopes to have the video, which also features U.S. TV funnyman Jack McBreyer, ready to air online by Monday (25Feb08).

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Rockers DAVID BYRNE, THE STROKES and RUFUS WAINWRIGHT helped YOKO ONO celebrate her 75th birthday on Monday (18Feb08) night at a party in New York.
Sean Lennon, Ono’s son with late Beatle John Lennon, organised the event at Joe’s Pub.
Wainwright performed a song for Ono, and the singer/artist took the stage with members of The B-52s and Sean to perform Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow).

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DREW BARRYMORE has called on Hollywood’s troubled stars to "pull it together" because she hates watching young celebrities self-destruct in public.
The Charlie’s Angels actress, who had two stints in rehab when she was 13 and 14, claims stars such as Britney Spears have to actually want to conquer their demons - before they can get the help they need.
She tells U.S. magazine Vogue, "I think I had some mechanism in my head that said, ‘If you don’t pull it together, no one else will.’ That’s coming from a person who had to try it all… and who still loves a good time." But Barrymore insists she never let her career focus slip during her wild years.
She adds, "I do believe in ‘work hard, play hard’, but ‘work hard’ always comes first, and it did even when I was wild and young."

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STAR WARS star HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN has become the latest celebrity to take on a pair of porky pets - he now owns two Vietnamese potbellied pigs.
The Canadian actor keeps the black pigs, named Buddy and Petunia, at his country farm retreat outside Toronto, and admits they’ve forced him to rethink his diet.
He tells Details magazine, "I’m not a vegetarian, but since I’ve gotten these guys, I can’t eat pork anymore. It’s killing me. I especially love prosciutto." Christensen isn’t the only Hollywood star to enjoy the company of pigs George Clooney had a porky companion called Max, who died, and former Bond girl Denise Richards also keeps a pair of pot-bellied pets.

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Actor ROBERT DoQUI has died at the age of 74.
DoQui, who is best known for playing Sgt. Warren Reed in three Robocop movies, passed away in Los Angeles on 9 February (08). As WENN went to press the cause of death is unknown.
He also starred in the Robert Altman films Nashville (1975), Buffalo Bill & The Indians (1976) and Short Cuts (1993), and played a flamboyant pimp in 1973 blaxploitation classic Coffy.
Born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, DoQui started out singing in soul group The Langstonaires and spent a stint serving in the U.S. Air Force.
He also appeared onstage and in TV shows including Gunsmoke, Happy Days and E.R.

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DENNIS QUAID is considering joining VICTORIA PRINCIPAL on Virgin Galactic’s first trip into space - so he can fulfil a childhood dream.
The movie star has been flying high ever since he played an astronaut in The Right Stuff; the film inspired him to become a qualified jet pilot.
Currently without his own plane, Quaid admits he has a new dream.
He explains, "The ultimate would be to fly into space. What’s the price down to on the Virgin Atlantic space shuttle? Like, $200,000 or something like that? It’s almost getting to be reasonable.
"They should have at least two orbits with an in-flight meal and all that stuff." Richard Branson’s first Virgin Galactic flight is expected to take off in 2009.

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LATEST: BILLY JOEL has been forced to add a second historic concert at New York’s fabled Shea Stadium after selling out his first show in under an hour.
Joel will become the last artist to perform at the baseball mecca, but now fans who rushed to buy tickets for his 16 June (08) concert won’t witness history - because the rocker will play the last ever Shea concert two days later (18Jun08).
The Last Play At Shea, From The Beatles To Billy concerts will take place in the middle of the New York Mets’ final season at the stadium.

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OUTKAST star ANDRE 3000 is confident his new clothing line is so well-designed that it would have impressed late style icons BEAU BRUMMELL and British monarch EDWARD VIII.
The Hey Yeah! singer - real name Andre Benjamin - is launching his Benjamin Bixby line, which contains 70 pieces, ranging from wide-brimmed fedora hats to pink sweatshirts, this autumn (08).
And the rapper believes that Brummell, the man credited with inventing the suit in the 19th century, and Duke Of Windsor Edward VIII would love his new styles.
Andre says, "There has to be something inventive about it. But not so inventive that it’s a turn-off. So that some of the greats, like Beau Brummell or the Duke of Windsor, would nod and say ‘Well done.’

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THE WHO frontman ROGER DALTREY will be among the stars performing at a benefit concert for U.K. charity ChildLine in March (08).
The Won’t Get Fooled Again singer will be joined by Deep Purple stars Ian Paice and Glenn Hughes, The Zombies and Marillion at the inaugural ChildLine Rocks concert at London’s IndigO2 venue.
Also playing at the event are Fish and Thunder, while Oasis star Noel Gallagher and Status Quo have donated guitars for a fundraising auction to take place at the gig.
ChildLine is a 24-hour help line to aid kids in distress or danger.

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BON JOVI were forced to scrap rehearsals for the start of their new U.S. tour over the weekend (15-17Feb08) after a school shooting tragedy brought Dekalb, Illinois to a standstill.
The rockers kicked off their latest tour in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday night (18Feb08), but had no chance to stage a full production rehearsal, due to last week’s (14Feb08) Northern Illinois University controversy.
The group was on its way to Dekalb, where the rehearsals were scheduled to take place, when former student Steve Kazmierczak shot and killed five people, wounded more than a dozen others and then turned the gun on himself.
Upon landing in Dekalb, frontman Jon Bon Jovi was alerted to the tragedy.
He tells Billboard.com, "We didn’t get any further than the airport. When we landed we were just told to get back on the plane and go home.
"But our crew and the stage and everything was there. Once things settled down they just packed everything up and headed to Nebraska. What else can you do?" Bon Jovi admits he and his bandmates felt it only right not to make a fuss about contracted rehearsal space time at Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center - because so many local people were suffering.
He adds, "It’s a shocker, just devastating."

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Singer AMY WINEHOUSE has been overwhelmed by support from celebrity friends while she battles her drug demons.
Winehouse checked into a rehab clinic in London last month (Jan08) after a video showing the star allegedly taking a variety of illegal substances was passed on to British newspaper The Sun.
The Back To Black hitmaker left the facility on 8 February (08) looking healthier and happier than in recent months and went on to wow the audience at the Grammy Awards with an impressive performance via satellite link-up.
And offers of help to keep Winehouse healthy have been flooding in from celebrity friends including Sharon Osbourne, who spent decades helping her rockstar husband Ozzy battle drug addiction.
Jude Law’s ex-wife Sadie Frost and The Who frontman Roger Daltrey have also visited and called the troubled star after she emerged from rehab.
The singer’s father Mitch Winehouse says, "He (Daltrey) phoned and we talked about his experiences of drug addiction in his family. It’s great knowing people care."

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Pop star LILY ALLEN has been hiding a secret crush - on British comedian RICKY GERVAIS.
The 22-year-old Smile hitmaker, who recently split from Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons, stunned the audience of her chatshow Lily Allen And Friends recently when she admitted to actor Martin Freeman that his The Office co-star is her ideal man.
She said: "Ricky’s my type. I quite like the older man.
"Has he got a hairy back? I like men with a bit of meat and a bit of hair.
Not on the head though, I prefer them bald."

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REESE WITHERSPOON is sorry she ever complained about her long hours on a movie set - because life is so much tougher as a producer.
The actress stepped behind the camera to star in and produce new movie Penelope - and now appreciates how tough the rest of the crew have it.
She says, "The actor thing is easy. I used to grumble about long days, the producer’s days are even longer.
"You have to get the money, you have to ask people to do favours for you.
It’s horrible. When it comes together it’s really exciting."

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Rock matriarch SHARON OSBOURNE has threatened to throw HEATHER MILLS off the stage if she turns up at the Brit Awards on Wednesday night (20Feb08).
Osbourne and rocker husband Ozzy are hosting the annual music awards in London.
And the star says pal Sir Paul McCartney’s estranged wife won’t be welcome at the event.
She says, "I would boot her off. I think she’s a miserable old cow." McCartney will receive a Lifetime Achievement award at the ceremony.

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