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GREY’S ANATOMY star JUSTIN CHAMBERS blames BRITNEY SPEARS for shining the media spotlight on his private battle with exhaustion.
The actor checked himself into UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for a break just days before Spears was admitted into the same hospital in a media frenzy.
And Chambers insists only his family and close friends would have known about his health issues if the hospital hadn’t become a hotspot for reporters and the paparazzi.
The 37-year-old tells the new issue of Life & Style magazine, "I only got attention because Britney came. Otherwise, it would’ve been private." Even Chambers’ Grey’s Anatomy castmates didn’t know about the actor’s hospital stay - until the media alerted them.

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LATEST: New reports suggest RICHIE SAMBORA’s 10-year-old daughter, AVA, was with the rocker when he was arrested for drink-driving on Tuesday night (25Mar08).
Police officials have revealed the Bon Jovi star had three passengers in his car when he was pulled over for driving erratically in Orange County - and two of them were "juveniles".
Sambora failed numerous field sobriety tests and was detained for driving under the influence (DUI).
At a Laguna Beach police station, he chose to take a blood test to discover if he was over the legal limit. He is set to appear in court in May (08).

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Actor SAMUEL L. JACKSON painted the railings on the motel balcony where civil rights leader MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. was killed in 1968 on Tuesday (25Mar08).
The Pulp Fiction star helped clean up the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee ahead of the 40th anniversary of King’s murder next week (04Apr08).
The civil rights icon was shot dead there by James Earl Ray on 4 April, 1968.
Jackson, 59, said, "Being a Tennessean, being part of the civil rights movement, growing up through it, being in it, of it, around it, knowing the significance of preserving our history and having a place people can come to and an emotionally connection is very important." Bosses at the National Civil Rights Museum are expecting an influx of visitors to mark the anniversary of King’s death next week.

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LATEST: BRITNEY SPEARS’ cousin has confirmed the singer’s pregnant sister JAMIE LYNN will wed her longtime boyfriend CASEY ALDRIDGE.
Tina Robinson claims Aldridge, the father of the 16-year-old’s unborn child, proposed to Jamie Lynn "a few days ago".
Reports the Zoey 101 star and Aldridge, 18, are engaged to be married surfaced earlier this week (begs24Mar08) when Jamie Lynn was spotted showing off a diamond ring to friends and family in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, and to relatives in Mississippi.
Robinson tells UsMagazine.com, "He proposed a few days ago, and she accepted.
"They probably weren’t expecting (the proposal) to be, like, right now, but, with her being pregnant, that really pushed it up."

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BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE are renting their new Texas home from wrestling giant THE UNDERTAKER.
The couple are living on Mark Calaway’s Cedar Creek ranch while Pitt films new movie Tree Of Life nearby.
The home comes with a regulation-size wrestling ring, according to Life & Style magazine.

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Australian actress/model SOPHIE MONK has found a new man to help mend her broken heart - her love rival’s ex.
The stunning blonde split from rocker fiance Benji Madden at the beginning of 2008 and now she has been spotted out and about with his new girlfriend Paris Hilton’s ex, Alex Vaggo.
The couple went public on Tuesday night (25Mar08) when they left Los Angeles club S Bar together.
Swede Vaggo, a former pizza delivery boy, briefly date Hilton last year (07).

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LATEST: THE HILLS star AUDRINA PATRIDGE has lashed out at the woman who leaked nude modelling shots of her to the media, revealing she’s still hurt by the betrayal.
The actress was 18 when she posed for the risque photos after graduating from high school, thinking they’d help her make it as a top model.
Patridge insists she thought long and hard about baring all for the camera and selected the perfect photographer, Amber Slade, who she insists "was a lady".
She says, "They were intended for my personal use and portfolio only. I never imagined they would come out." Patridge is not naming names, but she knows who leaked the candid shots.
She tells In Touch magazine, "I know who it was because she’s the only one who ever had the photos. I was betrayed. I never thought she would do that."

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LATEST: CLINT EASTWOOD has laughed off the news fellow action man-turned-politician ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER had terminated him from California’s Parks Commission last week (ends21Mar08).
Oscar winner Eastwood, who was the mayor of Carmel, California in the 1980s, was dismissed from the commission by the state’s Governor Schwarzenegger when he tried to block the construction of a controversial toll road.
The Terminator star also sacked his brother-in-law Bobby Shriver after he and Eastwood publicly disagreed with Schwarzenegger over plans for a toll road through a park in southern California.
And while Eastwood was surprised by the Governor’s decision, he and Shriver are making light of the situation.
Eastwood says, "I talked to him (Shriver) the day we were not reappointed, or as Donald Trump would say, ‘You’re fired.’ "We laughed about it, and I said, ‘Me? But you’re his brother-in-law!’ and he said, ‘But you’re his friend and longtime mentor!’" A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said the pair was let go because their terms had expired.

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A Los Angeles appeals court has ruled CRASH producer BOB YARI cannot sue the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (AMPAS) in an effort to be awarded an Oscar retroactively.
Yari was one of six producers on Crash, but only two producers are eligible to be nominated in the Best Picture category - an Academy Award the movie won in March 2006.
The PGA selected writer/director/producer Haggis and Cathy Shulman for Crash, a decision approved by Oscar bosses at AMPAS.
Yari, who helped finance the film, was furious when he learned he and three other producers had been left out, and took legal action in February 2006.
A court ruled that same year (06) that private organisations can make their own decisions regarding awards, a decision upheld by the 2nd District Court Of Appeals on Tuesday (25Mar08).
Yari describes the ruling as "unfortunate".
As well as Best Picture, Crash also won Oscars for Best Screenplay (Haggis) and Best Editing (Hughes Winborne).

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LATEST: PATRICK SWAYZE’s representative has blasted an Indiana family for illegally using the actor’s likeness in an online campaign, which calls for new cancer treatments to be made available in the U.S.
The Loughmans of Indianapolis launched their new initiative on Monday (24Mar08) in a desperate bid to find a cure for the family matriarch, who ironically is a big fan of the ailing Ghost star.
Connie Loughman was diagnosed with deadly pancreatic cancer last summer (Aug07), just months before Swayze was diagnosed (Jan07).
As part of their public campaign to force U.S. medical bosses to make the treatment possible, the Loughman family has launched the website CureConnieAndPatrick.com - which uses the actor’s name and photo to promote the cause.
The site features information about Connie’s struggle with the illness, and prompts people to leave messages of support for the Ghost actor.
But Swayze’s spokesperson is angry the star has been directly linked to the campaign without the Loughmans seeking his consent, according to TheCelebrityTruth.com.
The representative says, "Patrick is not aware of this website, and he has no association with it or the medication it advertises.
"He is not affiliated with the woman from the site; Patrick had no knowledge of her."

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Hip-hop mogul SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS’ all-girl band DANITY KANE have scored a new record on the U.S. albums chart, by becoming the first female group in history to debut at number one with both their debut and second releases.
The band’s Welcome To The Dollhouse sold 236,000 copies in its first week on release to rocket to the top of the new countdown.
The feat also lands the girls, who formed for Combs’ Making The Band reality series, the second biggest debut of the year so far.
Thrilled Combs says, "Over the past few years, I have not only been on a mission to make the bands, I have been on a mission to build careers. The triumphant number one return of Danity Kane is dramatic proof that we are achieving our goal.
"With Welcome To The Dollhouse, these gifted, beautiful, platinum-selling women have confirmed their enormous talent and undeniable star power." Hits compilation Now 27 and Rick Ross’ Trilla complete the new top three, while rapper Flo Rida’s first album, Mail On Sunday, debuts at four.

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PEARL JAM frontman EDDIE VEDDER stunned movie fans at two INTO THE WILD screenings in Seattle, Washington on Monday and Tuesday night (24&25Mar08) when he showed up to perform for them.
The rocker, who penned and recorded the soundtrack for Sean Penn’s acclaimed film, performed full sets in advance of the launch of his first solo tour next week (02Apr08).
The Kenyon Hall dates were attended by just 150 lucky fans each night.
As well as playing songs from the film and Pearl Jam favourites, Vedder also covered Cat Stevens’ If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out, Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down and Picture In A Frame by Tom Waits.

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LATEST: BACKSTREET BOYS star A.J. McLEAN has successfully launched his solo career with two "promising" concerts in California.
The singer performed songs from his upcoming debut solo album at the House Of Blues in Anaheim on Sunday (23Mar08) and at the Roxy in Los Angeles on Monday (24Mar08).
Arriving onstage at the Roxy to the announcement, "Ladies and gentlemen, this ain’t no boy band," McLean performed a 90-minute set, including a rock version of the Backstreet Boys’ Incomplete.
Los Angeles Times’ critic Sarah Tomlinson said McLean and his band "sounded under-rehearsed", but she praised the singer’s "winning enthusiasm and a humility remarkable for someone who has sold millions of albums… with his other group." McLean will tour Europe with the Backstreet Boys in April and May (08).

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Former ‘N SYNC star J.C. CHASEZ has dismissed "stupid" reports he’s dating actor CHACE CRAWFORD - because neither man is gay.
Chasez is fed up with tabloid magazines romantically linking him to any girl he stands next to, but the 31-year-old admits he was surprised by speculation he’s romancing Gossip Girl star Crawford, 22.
Chasez says, "For the record, we’re both straight. We’re not dating.
"The only time people usually see us together is in some type of photograph, so they just assume that it’s like that." He continues, "If I’m dating a girl and I’m standing next to another girl, I’m having an affair. So now, since there hasn’t been any of that smoke out there, if I’m hanging out with a guy, they’re going to make up a rumour. It’s just stupid."

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Animal rights activists People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) have offered to pay soul legend ARETHA FRANKLIN’s $19,000 (£9,500) tax bill if she agrees to stop wearing fur.
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk has written to the R.E.S.P.E.C.T
. singer, offering to help her avoid foreclosure on her Michigan home with a cash hand-out - if Franklin hands over her collection of fur coats.
In a letter to the diva, Newkirk writes, "We would like to help you out by paying the approximately $19,000 in back taxes that you owe - if you’ll agree to save animals from hideous suffering and death by promising never to wear fur again and donating your old furs to PETA.
"We are absolutely sincere in making this offer - we believe that you know in your heart that your fans will love you even more if you make a fur-free resolution.
"As you no doubt now realise, animals who are trapped in the wild can suffer for days before dying from exposure, frostbite, shock, or infection or by being strangled, stomped, or bludgeoned to death by trappers." The PETA president concludes by writing, "Our offer is a win-win situation: You get to keep your home, and animals get to keep their lives
. We are rooting for you to please give animals the R-E-S-P-E-C-T that they deserve by giving up fur."

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VELVET REVOLVER were forced to cancel their Australian tour last year (07) when bandmate MATT SORUM was admitted to rehab, according to frontman SCOTT WEILAND.
The revelation, which Weiland doesn’t expand upon, comes as part of an astonishing attack on Sorum, after the drummer went public with tensions in the band.
Singer Weiland shocked Velvet Revolver fans last Thursday (20Mar08) with an onstage announcement that the group’s current tour will be its last.
Sorum responded on the band’s website the next day (21Mar08), writing, "Being in a band is a lot like being in a relationship. Sometimes you just don’t get along. I guess there has been more turmoil… Everybody could see who was unhappy last night." And now Weiland, who himself spent 28 days in rehab earlier this year (08), has slammed former The Cult and Guns ‘N Roses star Sorum for speaking out about his personal life.
In a statement to website Blabbermouth.net, Weiland says, "Responding to our drummer’s rant about why the band is in a state of flux - well, first of all, the state of my family affairs is really none of his business, since he is too immature to have a real relationship, let alone children…
"Secondly, ‘Keeping rock ‘n’ roll alive?’ I’ve made many attempts to remain cordial with the members of Velvet Revolver, but mainly, the likes of you (Sorum). Funny though - this is your first band, as opposed to being a hired gun.
"I’ve been making records (I’m now on my ninth) which have sold over 35 million copies worldwide and have maintained a level of professionalism regardless of how many drugs I’ve ingested into my system.
"I have only cancelled one tour during the entire course of my 16-year run.
Now, shall I open that can of worms, Matthew?… You cancelled the Aussie tour in the fall because you went to rehab, but I won’t say why.
"As for our fans - I will sweat, bruise, and bleed for you. And will continue to do so until the end of this tour…
"It’s a shame, we were a gang. But ego and jealousy can get the better of anyone. I wish the best and plan to annihilate the stage in the last few shows." Meanwhile, guitarist Slash has insisted the band is not in danger of splitting up.
He says, "Let’s put it this way - this is not Velvet Revolver’s last tour."

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LATEST: SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS’ lawyer has attacked the publisher of the Los Angeles Times newspaper for ignoring a letter he sent, warning against running an article that linked the rap mogul to a 1994 attack on slain star TUPAC SHAKUR.
The attorney, Howard Weitzman, urged Times boss David Hiller to dismiss reporter Chuck Phillips’ 17 March (08) article, which stated Combs - real name Sean Combs - had advance knowledge of an "ambush" of Shakur.
The controversial article also offered up new information about Shakur’s murder in 1996.
Phillips has stood by his article, despite suggestions his report was based on fake documents, but now Weitzman has gone public with the warning letter he sent the publisher.
The lawyer admits he tried to talk the Times out of publishing the article after reading it online, but they did so anyway.
In his letter to Hiller, Weitzman reveals he asked the publisher to "refrain from reprinting" the article, calling for the "false accusation" to "immediately be retracted".
Weitzman tells TMZ.com, "The Times completely ignored my letter, did nothing to correct their defamatory article, and never held the reporter, Chuck Philips, to the Code Of Ethics the paper supposedly had set for its writers.
"We will continue to seek a retraction and to pursue appropriate remedies given the egregious and reckless conduct of Mr. Philips and the L.A. Times."

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CHARLIE SHEEN and his fiancee BROOKE MUELLER are planning an intimate beach wedding.
The pair got engaged last July (07) and almost opted for a spontaneous Las Vegas wedding during a trip to Sin City before Christmas (07).
But Sheen wants to give his belle a dream ceremony, and she is busy planning the nuptials.
She tells OK! magazine, "I don’t know the specifics of it yet, but I think a beach setting is beautiful for a wedding. We want to keep it relatively small and private. I want to remember the day.
"I went to the Monique Lhuillier store to look for wedding dresses the other day, and I saw some that I liked." Mueller is keen to have kids with Sheen, and is currently testing out her mothering skills on the actor’s two daughters with ex-wife Denise Richards, Sam, three and Lola, two.
She says, "I think I’ll be more knowledgeable. I want a couple of children at least."

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