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ANNA NICOLE SMITH’s son DANIEL took drugs and stole Methadone from his mother, an inquest into his death heard on Monday (17Mar08).
Larry Birkhead, the father of Anna Nicole’s baby daughter Dannielynn, stunned the Bahamas hearing when he revealed his former lover noticed drugs were missing from her home in Studio City, California in April 2006.
And when she checked her in-home surveillance cameras, Anna Nicole had video proof that Daniel and his friends had stolen the Methadone, Birkhead testified.
Birkhead also told the court he’s now not completely sure he saw lawyer Howard K. Stern smoke marijuana with Daniel, despite telling police he witnessed just that in 2006.
The inquest also heard that Daniel was taken to a Los Angeles hospital for misuse of valium in July 2006, reports TMZ.com.
Daniel died from a suspected drug overdose three days after his mother gave birth to baby daughter Dannielynn in September 2006. He was 20. Anna Nicole passed away from an accidental overdose in Florida six months later in February 2007.

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CHARLIZE THERON went public with her unorthodox ‘marriage’ to partner STUART TOWNSEND over the weekend (16Mar08) when she referred to the Irishman as her "husband" in a TV interview.
The Oscar winner was chatting to the hosts of U.S. film show Shootout, wearing a band on her wedding finger, when she cooed about her seven-year romance with Townsend.
Asked why she has chosen to produce movies by two first-time directors William Maher (Sleepwalking) and Patty Jenkins (Monster) - the actress cryptically offered, "I look at my husband today and I wonder, ‘What was it that you said that made me stick around for seven years…’ I’m still sticking around." Then, later in the show, while Theron was proudly talking about Townsend’s directorial debut Battle In Seattle, a scene from the film was shown, with the blurb, "Theron’s husband, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, wrote and directed Battle In Seattle." Theron and Townsend declared themselves ‘married’ last September (07) after exchanging rings just before Battle In Seattle’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.
Townsend revealed, "I didn’t do a church wedding or anything, but we’re married. We’re husband and wife. We love each other and we want to spend our lives together."

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Pop superstar MARIAH CAREY’s Sunday night (16Mar08) dash from New York to Los Angeles was a slightly hairy experience - thanks to an airplane mishap.
The singer had to race back from the Big Apple after replacing Janet Jackson on TV show Saturday Night Live to finish work on her new album in L.A.
But Carey missed her first plane and there wasn’t another one for hours.
She explains, "There was something weird with the plane (and) everyone was waiting there for hours and hours." Carey eventually landed a private flight - on a faulty plane.
She adds, "We missed the plane and then they gave me a plane without a door… You buy stock in these things, you expect them to be good."

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MADONNA’s publicist has hit back at reports the pop superstar’s marriage to moviemaker GUY RITCHIE is in trouble, insisting the couple is "joyfully" back together after separate promotional commitments kept them apart.
The marriage came under intense scrutiny last week (10Mar08) when Ritchie failed to show up at New York’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, where his wife was honoured.
This was the latest of several events the couple had failed to attend together, prompting scurrilous reports they’d split.
But Madonna’s longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg has attempted to end the rumours and speculation by issuing a press statement.
She says, "I am delighted to confirm that Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ritchie remain happily married.
"Though they were in different countries recently - Madonna in the U.S. doing promotion for her upcoming album Hard Candy and Guy finishing up post production on his new film RocknRolla, as well as completing a Nike commercial and working on several scripts in England - the family are joyfully back together at home in London.
"All is well and wonderful in the Ritchie household."

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BRITNEY SPEARS has been ordered to pay her ex-husband KEVIN FEDERLINE’s lawyer $375,000 (£187,500) in legal fees.
Attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan was asking for $500,000 (£250,000) for his part in the pop star’s custody fight with her ex, but Los Angeles Commissioner Scott Gordon slashed that figure, agreeing Spears should pay her former husband’s "reasonable" fees.
In a hearing in Los Angeles on Monday morning (17Mar08), Spears’ lawyers called the settlement outrageous, according to TMZ.com.
In the court order, obtained by the website, Spears’ legal payments have been disclosed, showing her former lawyer, Laura Wasser, charged the singer over $160,000 (£80,000) in legal fees, while legal firm Trope & Trope, who represented Spears in her custody battle for five months, are asking for more than $680,000 (£340,000) in fees.
Meanwhile, in a concurrent hearing, Andrew Wallet - the co-conservator of Spears’ estate - was granted permission to sell some of the singer’s cars.
Wallet shares control of the pop star’s legal and financial affairs with her father Jamie.
Presiding Judge Reva Goetz also extended the restraining order against Spears’ former manager Sam Lutfi for another month.

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EDDIE VAN HALEN’s actress ex VALERIE BERTINELLI is still upset her marriage didn’t work - because she feels she let her son WOLFGANG down.
Bertinelli admits she and the rocker had split long before going public with divorce plans, and she only agreed to stay married to Van Halen for the sake of their son.
The couple made their split official in 2006 and divorced in December (07) after the actress realised she didn’t need to stay wed to the rocker.
She tells Ladies Home Journal magazine, "Some marriages shouldn’t be saved.
"When my son was born I wanted to give him a marriage that was intact. But, after many years, I realised that wasn’t best for him.
"I wasn’t sad when my marriage to Ed ended because our relationship had ended so long ago. I was sad that I couldn’t give Wolfie the family I had promised him."

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Caveman adventure movie 10,000 B.C. has clubbed the competition to score a second week at the top of the international box office chart.
The pre-historic film, directed by Roland Emmerich, remains the most popular film outside the U.S. with takings of $38 million (£19 million) over the weekend (14-16Mar08).
Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis, which recently broke French box office records by scoring $39.7 million (£19.85 million) in its first week on release, sits at two with $19 million (£9.5 million).
Jim Carrey’s animated film Horton Hears A Who!, which topped the U.S. weekend box office, is a new entry at three with $14.2 million (£7.1 million).

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LATEST: Comedian JIM CARREY was joking when he announced he’s writing a book about depression, according to his publicist.
In a recent interview, The Mask star claimed he found prescription drugs didn’t help him beat the blues and that he is currently penning a self-help guide to combat depression.
But Carrey’s publicist is baffled - because it’s the first she has heard of a book.
She tells PageSix.com, "There is no deal with a publisher in place, and he’s not actually writing a book. That is not in the plans for the immediate future."

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METALLICA will make a rare in-store appearance to mark America’s Record Store Day in April (08).
The heavy rockers will host a signing and meet-and-greet session at Rasputin Music’s Mountain View store, near San Francisco, California on 19 April (08).
It will be the band’s first in-store appearance in almost a decade.
Record Store Day is an initiative to boost indie record stores across America.

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British singer LEONA LEWIS has topped the European singles chart for a second non-consecutive week with BLEEDING LOVE.
Lewis, who shot to fame after winning U.K. TV talent show The X Factor, climbed a place to beat out competition from fellow Brit Duffy, whose hit Mercy is at two.
Timbaland’s collaboration with OneRepublic, Apologize, which has spent a total of 16 weeks in pole position, drops two places to three.
Meanwhile, Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black continues to sit atop the European albums chart.

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LATEST: MEL GIBSON’s Saturday night (15Mar08) dinner meeting with BRITNEY SPEARS wasn’t the first time the movie star has reached out to help the troubled singer, according to reports.
The odd couple was spotted entering and leaving Russian restaurant Romanov in Studio City, Los Angeles within minutes of each other, and staff later confirmed they dined together for almost two hours.
And now sources are coming forward with reasons behind the meeting, insisting Gibson has become a friend to the troubled star, a former Malibu, California neighbour, meeting her many times since her hospitalisation last month (Feb08).
One insider tells People.com, "Mel and his wife Robin clearly saw a woman in crisis and wanted to extend themselves in any way possible.
"There’s just a handful of people in the world who understand the kind of intense attention that Britney goes through, and how to raise a family with some semblance of privacy and how to keep one’s family intact and out of the limelight."

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Singer CARRIE UNDERWOOD has accepted an invitation to join country music mecca the Grand Ole Opry.
The 25-year-old was asked to become a member of the Nashville, Tennessee country institution by Opry member Randy Travis on Saturday (15Mar08).
Underwood had just finished performing his song I Told You So onstage at the Grand Ole Opry when Travis made his offer.
The 2005 American Idol winner said backstage, "I feel like I just won something all over again." Underwood, who has scored six consecutive number ones on the U.S. country singles chart, will be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on 10 May (08).

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Country legend DOLLY PARTON wants to teach America how to cook her favourite Southern food.
The Tennessee-native is proud of her roots, and the cuisine she grew up eating - so now the 62-year-old wants to share her secret recipes with the world. .
And Parton is tempted to take her recipes onto U.S. lifestyle queen Martha Stewart’s daily TV show.
Describing her dream menu to website AOL Music, Parton says, "I’d fry some green tomatoes… something greasy and definitely something Southern. Maybe some possum or squirrel.
"Can you imagine doing that to Martha Stewart? ‘Here’s how cook a Parton Pie, Martha, you’ve gotta put some sweet potatoes and bacon grease…’"

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Rocker TRENT REZNOR has called on NINE INCH NAILS fans to create videos for songs on the band’s new instrumental album GHOST I-IV.
Reznor wants Nine Inch Nails followers to post their clips on video-sharing website YouTube.com A team of judges, including Reznor, will then select their favourite videos which will be screened as a "film festival" on the fans-sharing website.
In a statement, Reznor says: "The concept is for you to take whatever tracks you feel inspired by from Ghosts I-IV and create what you feel should accompany them visually.
"This isn’t a contest and you don’t win elaborate prizes - it’s meant to be an experiment in collaboration and a chance for us to interact beyond the typical one-way artist-to-fan relationship."

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MARIAH CAREY tackled celebrity blogger PEREZ HILTON on the airwaves on Monday (17Mar08) after he attacked her performance on TV show SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
The online gossip turned on Carey over the weekend (15/16Mar08) calling Migrate, her collaboration with rapper T-Pain, "disappointing".
Caustic Hilton upset Carey by claiming the song will be the singer’s next single, and stating "it sucks".
And so the hitmaker took matters into her own hands during a radio chat with Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest, revealing "I’m kinda tired of it (criticism)." Seacrest then invited Hilton to join the chat by phone, prompting Carey to tell him, "I love you, no matter what you do… (but) you can’t hate on that song with T-Pain; you need to listen to it again." She then added sarcastically, "I think I’ve had this job for a long time." And Carey insisted the song she performed on live TV in America on Saturday night is not her new single.
She added, "I’m definitely not even releasing Migrate as a second single. It was just fun to do on Saturday Night Live… My next single is going to be a ballad, darling. I ain’t stupid… I ain’t trying to mess with what we already know.
"We don’t talk about personal lives." And when Hilton attempted to speculate about Carey’s love life, the sassy pop star cut him off, stating, "Y’know Perez, that’s for you and me to have a personal, private moment and discuss what we want the world to know."

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MARIAH CAREY is on the verge of scoring her 18th U.S. number one single - which will tie her with king of rock and roll ELVIS PRESLEY.
Carey will reach the landmark next weekend (23Mar08) if her latest track Touch My Body - from her new album E=MC2 - reaches the top spot.
The achievement will confirm Carey’s status as the best-selling female singer of all time, and take her closer to the record held by the Beatles - who landed 20 U.S. number ones.

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Actress ASIA ARGENTO is planning to reinvent herself in Hollywood, so she doesn’t get stuck with a trashy stereotype.
The actress has made a name for herself stripping off for daring roles in small budget and independent movies.
But the 32-year-old is keen to move on and expand her repertoire before it’s too late.
She says, "There’s a limit. And luckily I’m getting more dignified and old as time goes on. My rebellious years have come to a halt. And I’m sick of having to justify myself for work that I do. It mixes the person that you are and the persona of what you are on the screen.
"The last thing I want is to be pigeonholed into doing the same role for the ret of my life, like Bela Lugosi did. I don’t want to end up sleeping in the coffin like him."

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Actress PARKER POSEY has hit out at Hollywood’s obsession with male ‘frat boy humour", branding it sexist.
The star doesn’t understand the current popularity of movies like Knocked Up and Superbad.
She says, "There’s so much frat boy humour out there now. This whole Judd Apatow craze - I don’t like it. It excludes girls, and it doesn’t do anything particularly great for our culture. Getting wasted, throwing up, ignoring your girlfriend, who gets that? I consider myself funny, and I don’t (get it)."

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