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Actress JULIANNE MOORE has dismissed rumours she is to join the cast of hit TV show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, insisting there is no truth to the reports.
The Oscar winning star was alleged to have accepted a part in the programme as the sister of Marcia Cross’ character Bree in a bid by producers to boost falling viewing figures.
But Moore’s representative Stephen Huvane tells America’s OK! magazine, "Julianne will NOT be on Desperate Housewives."

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has stunned fans with the new trailer for his upcoming movie THE LOVE GURU, which features the moustachioed pop superstar cavorting around in a pair of Speedo swimming trunks.
In the promo for the comedy, the singer/actor, who has an Afro hairstyle and ’70s moustache, gyrates his hips while wearing the revealing swimwear and talks with an exaggerated French accent.
Timberlake, who has previously had roles in movies including Alpha Dog and Black Snake Moan, stars alongside Mike Myers and Jessica Alba in the new film, due for release in the U.S. in June (08).

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Pop superstar MADONNA is refusing to worry about her forthcoming 50th birthday, insisting the landmark age is "not a bad word".
The Material Girl singer will celebrate the milestone on 16 August (08), but claims her advancing years have done little to dampen her attitude to life.
At a press conference on Thursday (28Feb08) to promote the upcoming release of her new album Hard Candy, Madonna was hounded by reporters wanting to know how she feels about turning 50.
When a journalist mentioned "5-0" in hushed tones, she responded, "It’s not a bad word, you can say it." She also urged them not to view the age as a milestone, saying: "I see it as another excuse to have a birthday party.
"(Physically) I feel stronger now than, maybe, 20 years ago - but I think your physicality is connected to your consciousness so if your mind is strong, your body will be strong."

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Supermodel-turned-photographer HELENA CHRISTENSEN is using her new career to help raise money for charity with a series of British postage stamps.
The Danish beauty has taken a number of snaps celebrating motherhood, and, unlike other stars, has no qualms about using her own eight-year-old son Mingus as her model for the special Royal Mail collection.
And Christensen has autographed a sheet of the stamps to auction off on website eBay.com, with funds being donated to Women’s Aid and hospice charities.
She says, "It is great my photography can be used in a way that benefits others."

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Comedienne ELLEN DeGENERES is adding pet food entrepreneur to her name - she’s launched a range of natural dogs’ dinners.
The pooch-loving star has teamed up with U.S. manufacturers Halo, a company known for its organic pet food varieties, for the new venture.
She tells Parade magazine, "Ours (range) is all human grade. It’s all natural. And yes, you can eat it.
"People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that’s not dangerous for them. There’s a lot of poisonous stuff that they’re putting in a lot of that food, those by-products."

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JAMES BELUSHI is still grieving his brother JOHN, 26 years after he overdosed on drugs.
Belushi claims it’s impossible for him to get over the zany Animal House star’s death, because he meets fans every day who remind him how much his older brother was loved.
The 53-year-old says, "When there’s a sudden death in the family, whether it’s a car accident or a casualty of war, or a drug overdose, when it’s a young person like that, it’s like throwing a hand grenade into the family, and the shrapnel goes through everybody. And when it’s public, it only makes it worse.
"You could have lost a brother, I could have known you for years, and you might never tell me. But for me, it’s everywhere I go. People just say, ‘I loved your brother.’ And I always go, ‘I loved him too.’ You just can’t hide from it." Comedian John died in 1982, aged 33.

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Actress MICHELLE WILLIAMS’ father has hired the same attorneys who successfully cleared WESLEY SNIPES of tax fraud to defend his own honour against American tax evasion charges.
Stock market trader Larry Williams is currently living in Australia after a self-imposed exile to avoid facing charges in his native U.S. of willfully attempting to evade $1.5 million (£750,000) in taxes from 1990 to 2001.
He is currently free on $857,000 (£428,500) bail after his arrest in Sydney in May 2006, on the request of U.S. authorities.
Australian magistrates are presently considering a request to extradite Williams to the U.S., although a hearing date has yet to be set.
And now 64-year-old Williams is hoping lawyers Robert Bernhoft and Robert Barnes can emulate their success in Snipes’ case for him.
Bernhoft tells the New York Post’s PageSix, "He’s eager to restore his good name and reputation." Snipes was acquitted of tax fraud and filing a false claim, as well as three misdemeanour counts of willful failure to file a tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last month (Feb08).
However, he faces three years in jail after being convicted of failing to file his taxes for five years.

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LATEST: Broadway star JAMES BARBOUR has been sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to groping a 15-year-old girl in his dressing room.
The 41-year-old appeared at New York’s Manhattan Superior Court on Friday (29Feb08) for sentencing on two misdemeanour counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.
At a hearing in January (08), Barbour confessed that he lured a high school student back to his dressing room in 2001 after a teacher arranged for her and her parents to see him in a production of Jane Eyre.
The actor - who also played the Beast in Beauty and the Beast - revealed he touched the aspiring actress sexually. He then arranged for her to visit him at home, where he touched her again.
Barbour, who admitted to Judge Micki Scherer that he knew the girl was underage, agreed to enter a guilty plea in a deal with prosecutors which avoids his name being added to the American sex offenders’ register.
Had he opposed the deal, he faced up to four years in jail and counts of criminal sex act in the third degree.
After Friday’s hearing, his victim - now 22 - said she is pleased at the prison term and hopes it "will prevent him from even thinking of touching another child again".

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Music mogul SIMON COWELL is relieved his pop protege LEONA LEWIS lost out at the Brit Awards last month (Feb08), because the snub will stop her from developing an ego.
The singer was nominated in four categories at the London awards ceremony, but sensationally lost out on gongs including British Female Solo Artist and British Single for her smash hit Bleeding Love, despite being the favourite to win.
But Cowell insists the experience will serve as a great learning curve for the young star.
He says, "I was glad Leona didn’t win at the Brits. It was the best thing that could have happened.
"She’s had a lot of things going her way so it shows her that things can be unfair at times. She had the biggest selling (U.K.) single of last year so it’s a mockery that she never won a Brit. This knockback will make her stronger."

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The original KILLING JOKE line-up has reunited for the first time in more than 20 years.
Drummer Paul Ferguson and bassist Martin ‘Youth’ Glover, who last played with the British band in 1987 and 1994 respectively, have rejoined Killing Joke to record a new album, followed by a world tour.
The group plans to play two nights in each city when they hit the road in September (08) - the first night they’ll play their eponymous 1980 debut followed by its 1981 follow-up What’s THIS… For!, while the second night will see the band run through 1994’s Pandemonium and their 1979 and 1980 singles.
Frontman Jaz Coleman says, "(We) are thrilled as we hope you are with the line-up… We always knew this day would come after all it was inevitable.
"We hope all gatherers will join us in warmly welcoming back to active service our brothers Big Paul and Youth. The mysterious chemistry of the original line-up is back, let there be gladness in your hearts."

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Rapper LIL WAYNE has sparked fears for his health after allegedly becoming addicted to a drink containing the same cough medicine that contributed to PIMP C’s death.
The hip-hop star - real name Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. - has, in recent months, reportedly developed a liking for "syrup", the potentially lethal mix of prescription codeine or promethazine with soda or juice.
The drink - which contains drugs usually only prescribed to those with severe colds and pneumonia - has become popular in the Deep South of the U.S., and New Orleans, Louisiana native Lil Wayne recently alluded to his struggle to quit the habit.
In an interview with MTV, he says, "Everybody wants me to stop all this and all that. It ain’t (sic) that easy - feels like death in your stomach when you stop doing that s**t.
"You gotta learn how to stop, you gotta go through detox. You gotta do all kinds of stuff…" Pimp C died in his sleep in a Los Angeles hotel on 13 December (07), aged 33.
His death was ruled an accident; the result of a pre-existing condition he had of sleep apnoea, combined with an accidental overdose of prescription codeine.

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BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY have been forced to pay out more than $200,000 (£100,000) to a Japanese promotion company after allegedly missing a string of tour dates in the country.
World Mix Entertainment recently filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court claiming the rap trio had defaulted on an agreement to play shows in Nagoya and Okinawa in December 2006, forcing the company to cancel the gigs and refund the ticket sales to disappointed fans.
The firm demanded compensation for the Crossroads stars’ contract, which asked for $25,000 (£12,500) per show and $10,000 (£5,000) per photoshoot in addition to all hotel and travelling costs, and their tour rider, which included one "big sack of marijuana", among other items.
World Mix Entertainment was awarded the default judgement and compensation of $205,510 (£102,755) on Friday (29Feb08) after members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone and Wish Bone failed to contest the suit or hire a lawyer to defend themselves against the claims.

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COURTENEY COX’s husband DAVID ARQUETTE was amazed when some paparazzi gave him flowers to give to his wife on Valentine’s Day (14Feb08) - and then quickly took pictures of him holding the bouquet.
Arquette, who has a daughter, Coco, with Cox, had just stepped outside of his California home when he was tricked into holding the flowers and balloons that read, ‘I Love You.’ The pictures were then sold to, and published in, American tabloid magazines.
Cox says, "It’s funny because… it was Valentine’s Day and David was walking to the car, and there were these big balloons that said ‘I Love You’ - you might have seen it in the tabloids - and some yellow and white roses.
"And David was getting into his car and the paparazzi jumped out and said, ‘This is for Courteney, tell her we love her.’ And he said, ‘Oh, thanks man.’ And he grabbed the balloons and then turned towards his car and (they took lots of pictures).
"David was a little upset: ‘I wouldn’t have bought those roses.’ They actually planted it so it would look like he bought those for Coco and me."

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Actress MISCHA BARTON has denied reports she’s joined the cast of U.S. TV show GOSSIP GIRL, insisting she turned down the chance to do so.
Barton, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on The O.C., claims she declined an offer to star as an old friend of Blake Lively’s character Serena Van Der Woodsen on the show.
A spokesperson for Barton says, "She will not be on the show. She was approached, but her reps passed."

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JENNIFER LOPEZ and her husband MARC ANTHONY have denied reports they’ve hired six new bodyguards at a cost of $600,000 (£300,000) to protect their newborn twins.
Lopez gave birth to a boy and a girl in Long Island, New York on 22 February (08). The twins were on Friday (29Feb08) revealed to be called Max and Emme.
Newspaper the Chicago Sun-Times claimed the couple has employed six minders to guard the babies at an annual cost of $600,000 because Lopez is "paranoid about a possible kidnapping".
However, the Latina’s representative says, "This story is ridiculous and without merit."

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Singer AVRIL LAVIGNE has blasted young Hollywood stars for deliberately courting the tabloid press.
The Sk8er Boi star is disgusted by Hollywood starlets who tip off the paparazzi, and hang around in areas where they know they’ll be spotted by photographers.
She says, "I think a lot of the Hollywood girls, I won’t get into names, are obsessed with the paparazzi. They call them or go to the Ivy (restaurant) so they’ll be seen and followed for the rest of the day.
"I won’t go shopping on Robertson Boulevard in LA, because it’s so cheesy. I would feel lame. it’s embarrassing."

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Troubled singer BRITNEY SPEARS was nearly evicted from her Malibu, California home last month (Feb08), after falling two weeks behind on paying her rent.
Spears, who is currently fighting her ex-husband Kevin Federline for custody of their two children, reportedly failed to pay her $35,000 (£17,500) rent and a $2,100 (£1,050) late charge.
Spears’ landlord issued a letter dated 14 February (08) to the official lessee, Love Shack Trust, warning the pop superstar to pay her rent or "surrender and deliver up possession of said premises", according to TMZ.com.
The website claims Spears is now up-to-date with her rental payments.

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British royal PRINCE CHARLES shocked NATALIE PORTMAN at the London premiere of the first STAR WARS prequel - when he asked her if she had starred in the original movies.
The 26-year-old actress wasn’t born when the first two films in the franchise, Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, were released in 1977 and 1980 respectively, and she was just two when Return Of The Jedi hit cinemas in 1983.
So Portman was surprised that Charles thought she might have starred in the trilogy at the 1999 premiere of The Phantom Menace, which was held when she had just turned 18.
She recalls, "I met Prince Charles at the royal premiere of the first Star Wars (prequel). They have one tit-bit (of information) they are told about every person.
"He asked me, ‘Were you in the original films?’ Errrr."

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