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USHER has kept his crown as the king of the U.S. pop charts for a third week.
The singer’s Love In This Club, which features Young Jeezy, has spent all of March (08) at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chris Brown’s With You, Flo Rida’s Low, Sara Bareilles’ Love Song and Don’t Stop The Music by Rihanna make up the remainder of the new top five, after all refusing to move from last week’s two to five spots.
British phenomenon Leona Lewis’ much-hyped appearance on TV show Oprah helped the singer land her first top 10 hit - Bleeding Love rockets up the charts from 21 to eight.
Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ all-girl group, Danity Kane, score the new chart’s highest debut - Damaged enters the chart at 64.
Meanwhile, Alan Jackson scores his 23rd number one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart with Small Town Southern Man.

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Singer/actor MARC ANTHONY had a premonition his wife JENNIFER LOPEZ was pregnant before she suspected so herself.
Anthony phoned Lopez, who gave birth to twins last month (Feb08), to reveal his baby suspicion as her world tour hit Portugal last year (07).
He recalls, "We were on the phone, and I said, ‘Baby, I have a sense!’" Lopez adds, "I said, ‘You think I am (pregnant)…?’ When I came back (to the U.S.), I took a test. I couldn’t believe it. I was like, ‘Can we get another test, please?’"

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PAMELA ANDERSON has learned that serving as an illusionist’s assistant is a risky business after a recent show with pal HANS KLOK left her burned and injured.
The actress/model has just returned from Berlin, Germany, where she performed with Klok, which left her more than a little bumped and bruised.
She says, "I got scorched and I think I may have thrown a rib out.
"There’s one trick… where the spikes go through the box and it got really close and I ended up going backstage and going, ‘Woo, that was close.’" Anderson spent much of 2007 playing assistant to Klok in Las Vegas.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ is wasting no time in getting back in shape after giving birth to twins - she’s rehired her old trainer GUNNAR PETERSON to help her lose the baby weight.
The singer/actress gained more than 50 pounds (22.6 kilograms) during her pregnancy but already appears to have shed much of the weight gain, judging by photos of the new mum on her first night out in New York since giving birth on 22 February (08).
Lopez has reportedly installed a $50,000 (£25,000) home gym in her Long Island, New York mansion, according to In Touch magazine, and Peterson, who trained Lopez through the early stages of her pregnancy, is on his way to help her regain her fit and toned body.
He says, "Her main priority is the health of the babies, so she’ll start as soon as she gets the mommy routine down."

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Troubled JACKASS star STEVE-O has accused his parents of feeding him alcohol as a baby.
The stuntman claims his late mother, who was an alcoholic, and his father used to give him booze, so he wouldn’t cry on public transport.
In his latest blog from a Los Angeles hospital, where he has been placed on a 14-day hold while medics observe his condition and behaviour, Steve-O writes: "Before Mom and Dad would find themselves in the embarrassing position of being caught by other passengers with a crying baby, I was fed alcohol….
"I know I was always powerless over alcoholism, because it had such a grip on Mom’s adulthood and my childhood, and I never chose to fight it." The 33-year-old was hospitalised on 9 March (08), after pals including his former Jackass co-star Johnny Knoxville "physically forced" him to seek help for his mental issues, including bipolar disorder that had left him suffering "high highs and extremely low lows"
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Actor RYAN PHILLIPPE considered joining the U.S. Army and fighting for his country in the Middle East before he became an actor.
The Crash star, who plays an Iraq War veteran in new film Stop-Loss, admits he accompanied a pal to a recruitment office and almost signed up.
He recalls, "I went into a recruitment office around the time of the first Gulf War and my friend, Jason, who went with me, ended up signing up and going over there and I just took the T-shirt and went to New York to be an actor.
"I didn’t have the best grades and we didn’t have a lot of money, so it (the military) was one of the options." Phillippe went from considering the Army to playing the first gay teen in a U.S. soap.
Then 17, the actor played homosexual Billy Douglas in One Life To Live - his first paying gig as an actor.
He says, "It was my mom’s favourite soap."

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BROOKE SHIELDS is preparing for a two-month sabbatical after painful foot surgery.
The actress has been suffering from the hammer toe condition for years, but cannot put up with the pain anymore.
She says, "Just walking, I’m in pain and when I work I have to wear high heels all the time.
"I’m gonna have them (feet) both done at the same time; there’s no way I would go back and go through it twice." But the procedure comes with a two-month recuperating period, during which time she’ll have to stay off her feet.
Shields adds, "For two months it’ll take the bones to heal (sic) and then I can be a dork and do scrapbooks of my kids." Shields was scheduled to have surgery on her feet on Wednesday (19Mar08), but postponed the operation to appear on The Late Show With David Letterman, who quipped, "Please come back when you can walk."

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Veteran actor/director CLINT EASTWOOD is resurrecting the DIRTY HARRY franchise with the series’ first film in 20 years.
On Tuesday (18Mar08), studio executives at Warner Brothers revealed the 77-year-old legend will direct and star in Gran Torino. No further details were released, other than the project has a December (08) release date pencilled in.
However, according to movie news website AintItCoolNews.com, Gran Torino will be the sixth Dirty Harry film, and the first since 1988’s The Dead Pool.
Oscar-winning Eastwood, who last acted in 2004’s Million Dollar Baby, also starred as maverick cop Inspector Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976) and Sudden Impact (1983), which he directed.
Gran Torino’s plot reportedly follows a retired Callahan as he hunts down the killer of two police officers, one of whom is his grandson. The villain drives a Ford Torino.
Eastwood isn’t the only ageing action hero returning to his roots - Sylvester Stallone recently resurrected his Rocky and Rambo franchises; Bruce Willis made his first Die Hard movie in 12 years; and Harrison Ford is back as ’80s hero Indiana Jones this summer (08).

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Singer/songwriter JOSH RITTER was once offered comforting words from the afterlife by a psychic who wrongly assumed he was the son of late actor JOHN RITTER.
The folk star is regularly linked with the tragic TV star, who died suddenly from heart failure in 2003, because they share the same surname.
Ritter accepts the link is something he’ll always be forced to deny, but he was left dumbstruck when a clairvoyant approached him to reassure him his dead ‘dad’ is proud of him.
He says, "People always assume he’s my dad. I did a show in Philadelphia and there was this guy who said he was a psychic and who came with the express intention of telling me how John Ritter was doing in the afterlife.
"He said, ‘I want you to know your dad is very happy where he is, he’s very proud.’ He was so serious I didn’t want to spoil his moment. Then I called my dad and had a laugh about it."

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Progressive rock supergroup YES are to hit the road for their 40th anniversary tour with departed keyboard player RICK WAKEMAN’s son OLIVER as a new recruit.
Wakeman Sr. explained his reasons for not taking part in the 26-date North American tour in a post on his website, but it appears his son doesn’t share his father’s fears that Yes are touring too often.
He’ll join band founders Steve Howe and Jon Anderson when Yes perform at Canada’s Quebec City Festival in July (08) at the start of the month-long trek.
In the explanation on his website, Rick Wakeman writes: "My major concern was that of over-touring, which I felt Yes had done since 2002 with far too many shows, especially in America which for me diminished the ’specialness’ of the band." Billboard.com reports this marks the fifth time Wakeman has quit the band.

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KISS rocker PAUL STANLEY has hinted he is on the verge of quitting the veteran band.
Alongside Gene Simmons, the 56-year-old is the only founding member of the Crazy Nights hitmakers still performing with Kiss.
And, although Stanley admits his time with the colourful rock supergroup is coming to an end, he sees no reason why his departure should signal the band’s demise.
He says, "I really, firmly believe there will come a time when the band will continue without me.
"Some people can’t imagine it without me, but I’m here to tell you, I can.
There is somebody out there with the same amount of passion and the same amount of drive. Which is not to say I wouldn’t want to have creative control.
"I think Kiss is more about a point of view, about a respect for fans and about a loyalty and a direction much more than it is the people in the band.
"We don’t follow the same rules as other bands. I can’t live within the boundaries people set for me. I believe Kiss is founded on something so solid that it will continue to live on, the way a football team continues. There have been great players, but there will always be other players."

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A judge has given rapper T.I. permission to attend church services on Easter Sunday (23Mar08).
The Bring ‘Em Out star, real name Clifford Harris Jr., is currently under house arrest in Georgia as he awaits trial on weapons charges.
A federal judge in Atlanta, Georgia ruled on Thursday (20Mar08) that the 27-year-old can leave his home between 8.30am and 2pm on Sunday to attend services at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.
T.I. was arrested in October (07) while allegedly trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers. He faces counts for possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.

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THE ROLLING STONES star KEITH RICHARDS feels so disorientated after finishing a major tour, he compares the experience to withdrawal symptoms from hard drugs.
The legendary guitarist admits he gets so used to life on the road that it is a real shock to the system when the gigs finish and he is forced to go back to normal life.
The rockers completed their Bigger Bang world tour in August last year (07) and Richards is still trying to adjust.
He says, "It’s only within the last two or three weeks that I’ve stopped waking up wondering if it’s a play day or a travelling day. It takes that long.
I always expect it, but still you’ve got to go through it.
"It’s like a long withdrawal. When you finish, you want to start again.
Especially after two years, you get so used to that adrenaline punch, and when it gets cut off, well… it’s not as bad as smack, but it’s pretty bad."

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JENNIFER LOPEZ has dismissed reports she and husband MARC ANTHONY conceived their newborn twins via in vitro fertilisation (IVF), insisting it took her years to get pregnant naturally.
The Jenny From The Block singer gave birth to son Max and daughter Emme in a Long Island, New York hospital on 22 February (08).
And Lopez is adamant the couple never turned to artificial insemination.
She tells U.S. magazine People, "It was natural. We didn’t do in vitro, which I know was reported.
"Everybody assumed that because we had twins. I wanted to have a baby, but I’ve always said exactly what I said all those years they (reporters) asked us since we’ve been married: ‘Well, when are you guys gonna have some kids?’ ‘When it happens naturally, I guess!’ "And that’s when it happened. It was a surprise to us." Lopez, 38, admits she often doubted whether she’d ever become a first-time mum.
She adds, "You start getting older, you think to yourself, ‘Maybe (having kids) is just not meant for me.’ "I knew there was nothing wrong with me. I knew that I could. Deep down, I really wanted it badly… (But) after one year, two years, three years… You know, you start thinking to yourself, ‘Well, maybe…’"

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SHIA LaBEOUF has found himself in even more trouble - his car has been impounded for improper parking.
On Tuesday (18Mar08), a warrant for his arrest was issued after he failed to show up in court to face an unlawful smoking charge.
The warrant was recalled on Wednesday (19Mar08) when LaBeouf’s attorney showed up in court to plead not guilty on the 21-year-old’s behalf. A pre-trial hearing has been set for 24 April (08).
Now, it has emerged the actor’s car was impounded for improper parking after he blocked a residential driveway with his sports utility vehicle (SUV).
Authorities were notified after a home owner in the Los Angeles apartment complex left a note on the car before it was towed away.
LaBeouf was forced to hire a driver to get him to a photoshoot for Arena magazine in Los Angeles the following day, reports New York gossip column PageSix.

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Spanish Oscar-winner JAVIER BARDEM is a self-confessed hypochondriac.
The No Country For Old Men star is constantly convinced he has contracted a serious illness and rushes to see his doctor at the first sign of any ailment.
Bardem’s obsessive behaviour began when he was a teenager and although the condition has improved over time, he still feels the need to see a medic on a regular basis.
He says, "I used to be (a severe hypochondriac), but I’m not that bad any more. I’ll be like, "I’m really sick. I need to go to the doctor." "I was about 14 years old (when it started) and lying on the sofa watching TV and my head started to ache. I said to myself, ‘I’m going to die. I’d better call my friends and say goodbye.’ "Since then they’ve been used to me saying I have serious health problems.
One day I won’t say anything and I will just disappear!"

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LINDSAY LOHAN is at the centre of a sex tape scandal - after footage emerged allegedly showing the actress performing a sex act on Irish model CALUM BEST.
The 21-year-old dated the son of British soccer legend George Best last year (07), and, according to British tabloid The Sun, the video was leaked on the internet after Calum sent the clip to "close friends".
Representatives for both Lohan and Best have refused to confirm or deny the existence of the tape.

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LATEST: MEL GIBSON has been left devastated after hearing the news of a construction worker’s suicide at his California home.
The body of 48-year-old Michael John Van Dyke, who reportedly hanged himself, was found at the Agoura Hills property on Wednesday (19Mar08).
The house is currently under heavy construction and the Lethal Weapon star and his family were not present at the time of the incident.
A representative for the actor/director admits Gibson feels "terrible" about the situation, even though he had never met Van Dyke himself.
Van Dyke is alleged to have been an old friend of the contractor hired to work on Gibson’s mansion, but had no direct ties to the actor.
According to TMZ.com, Van Dyke worked as a construction foreman on movie sets including The Matrix Reloaded, Star Trek: Nemisis and Dr. Dolittle 2.
He was reportedly experiencing financial difficulty following a messy divorce at the time of his death.

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