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Socialite PARIS HILTON has been left with a swollen and grazed chin - after she was swarmed by paparazzi while exiting a restaurant in the Czech Republic.
The reality TV star is currently touring with boyfriend Benji Madden and his band Good Charlotte in Europe, with the pair squeezing in a romantic sightseeing tour together in Prague on Sunday (30Mar08).
But their plans were scuppered when the 27-year-old’s presence led to hysteria amongst photographers clambering to take her picture, with a major fight breaking out amongst rival snappers.
And after seeking solace in a local restaurant in Prague’s famous Staromestska Square, Hilton fell trying to escape the paparazzi as she tried to make her exit from the eaterie.
It’s not the first time Hilton’s presence in Europe on the Good Charlotte tour has incited violence among snappers - last Thursday (27Mar08) she sparked riots at Istanbul airport in Turkey, ahead of her stint as a judge in the Miss Turkey 2008 contest.

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Former wild-child KELLY OSBOURNE has beaten a decade of drug and alcohol abuse - even though she was an addict as a 13-year-old.
The singer/reality TV star admits during her childhood she was at one point was taking up to 100 pills a day, but after three stints in rehab, she is now clean.
But Osbourne insists it was difficult to eventually kick the habit.
She says, "All the voices in my head were telling me I was worthless."

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Actor KIEFER SUTHERLAND is set to direct a music video for British indie-rock band THE FEELING.
The 24 star has become a huge fan of the group and meets up with the band every time he is in England.
Frontman Dan Gillespie Sells claims Sutherland, who manages bands under his own record label Ironworks, wants to direct the video for the group’s forthcoming tracks Join With Us or Turn it Up.
He says, "He is pretty fanatical about music. He says he like us because he gets where we are coming from.
"He pretty much wants to get involved with it all, which is fine with us."

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SIR MICHAEL CAINE was so terrified by the late HEATH LEDGER’S chilling depiction of the JOKER in new Batman film THE DARK KNIGHT he forgot his lines.
The 75-year-old actor plays a butler in the movie and he admits the star turned him into a wreck when the pair came face to face for a scene.
He says, "You think Jack Nicholson in the role and you can’t imagine anyone topping him. Heath’s just as good in another direction. He’s terrifying.
"The first time I saw him, we were rehearsing. He comes up in the elevator to me in Batman’s flat and raids the place.
"And I hadn’t seen him, I’d never met him and he comes out screaming and it’s like ‘wow’. I completely forgot my lines. Scary. It will frighten the life out of people."

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LATEST: BABYSHAMBLES frontman PETE DOHERTY has failed to honour his promise to buy a guitar from a music store where he played an impromptu gig earlier this month (Mar08).
The 29-year-old treated shoppers to a performance in a Reading, England music store, but his music-making was cut short after he accidentally broke a string on his guitar.
And despite the mishap, it seemed Doherty was impressed with the goods on offer at the Music Man shop - even asking owner Peter Sirrell to leave aside a $300 (£150) guitar which he would return to pay for.
But the singer has failed to honour his potential purchase, and hasn’t been seen in the store since the mini-gig.
Sirrell says, "I’m not surprised he didn’t come back - he didn’t seem too with it (in a fit mental state)."

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Hollywood star SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR tried to sneak an x-rated prop off the film set for her 2006 movie SOUTHLAND TALES as a souvenir.
The Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress plays a porn star in the movie and wanted to keep the cover of her character’s rude video, which featured her head superimposed onto another woman’s body - one who had a "curvy body and butt".
She tells Maxim magazine, "I did try and to take the case for my character’s porn video. To make the cover look authentic, they put my face on someone else’s body.
"Normally if I see those pictures on the internet, I’m calling my lawyer and suing someone! but because of my contract, they had to destroy all the pictures. They let me pick the body of the girl they put my head on: I picked one with a curvy body and butt."

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Teen sensation MILEY CYRUS has laughed off rumours she is turning to the internet to look for potential boyfriends.
The 15-year-old singer/actress was reported to be scouring star directory the Internet Movie Data Base (Imdb.com) in a bid to find a new love, because her hectic schedule leaves her little time to meet boys her own age.
But the Hannah Montana star, who recently denied she is dating singer Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, insists there is no truth to the claims, saying, "I’m not that desperate yet!"

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Rapper-turned-actor MOS DEF is set to take on the character of legendary rocker CHUCK BERRY in forthcoming biopic movie CADILLAC RECORDS.
The movie is set in 1950’s Chicago and follows the turbulent lives of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess, and the label’s artists, including Waters, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James and Willie Dixon .
Mos Def most recently acted with funnyman Jack Black in Michel Gondry’s comedy Be Kind Rewind and the upcoming Eddie Murphy comedy Meet

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British singer RICK ASTLEY is heading for a career revival - after an internet prank turned him into an online phenomenon.
The singer/songwriter’s 1980s smash-hit Never Gonna Give You Up has had a record 14.5 million hits on video networking site YouTube.com after cheeky internet schemers tricked website users by posting the link under scandalous news headlines. However, when curious readers clicked on to the link to get the story in full, they were instead directed straight to Astley’s camp music promo.
The result of the news spoofs has made the veteran star’s video outing one of the most watched videoclips on YouTube.com.
And Astley, who topped both the U.K. and U.S. charts with the track in his heyday, can’t believe his luck.
He tells the Los Angeles Times newspaper, "It’s a bit strange to have videos of when you were a young guy out on the internet. It makes me laugh - I’m sure it annoys a lot of other people.
"(But) it’s a bit spooky. It’s just one of those odd things when something gets picked up and people run with it. That’s what’s brilliant about the internet."

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HEATH LEDGER may have fathered a secret lovechild during a teenage affair with an older woman, his uncle has revealed.
Haydn Ledger, the estranged brother of the late actor’s dad Kim, claims the un-named 25-year-old woman discovered she was pregnant after her romance with the then-17-year-old Ledger ended.
The woman in question was in a relationship with another man at the time.
When the baby was born, it was presumed her boyfriend was the father, and he raised the child as his own.
But Hadyn Ledger tells News.com.au, "There is a very real possibility that Heath was the father." Haydn fell out with Kim 20 years ago over the latter’s handling of their late grandfather’s estate.
If the rumours are true; Matilda, Ledger’s two year old daughter with ex-fiancee Michelle Williams, would have to share his estate with a 10-year-old half brother or sister.
Ledger died on 22 January (08) from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs at his New York apartment.

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NORAH JONES has been bitten by the acting bug after making her movie debut in MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS - she now wants to star in a zombie film.
Jones insists she won’t be quitting her jazz career and moving to Tinseltown just yet, but she’d love to slap on some fake blood for a horror film - and she’d even sing on the soundtrack.
The 29-year-old says, "I’m not out to conquer Hollywood.
"I would act again if it was something appropriate or something that sounded like fun.
"It would be fun to do a zombie movie. I would probably not want to do a song for the zombie soundtrack - but maybe I would."

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ROLLING STONE SIR MICK JAGGER has warned fans he will never write an autobiography, because he hates thinking about the past.
The singer famously sent back a $4 million (£2 million) advance to a publishing house after changing his mind about a memoir.
And at 64, he insists there’s no chance he will follow in the footsteps of bandmate Ronnie Wood, and share his secrets with the world.
Jagger says, "I hate those confessionals. I never read autobiographies. I hate the whole thing about looking back. It’s just dull. I’d rather look forward. We’re here, we’re doing it. It’s not about why, it’s about ‘this is it.’"

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ROLLING STONES rocker KEITH RICHARDS refused to turn his back on drugs completely after a number of brushes with death - he still smokes marijuana "all the damn time".
The guitarist was addicted to heroin at the height of the hellraising band’s 1970s heyday.
But his bad experiences haven’t deterred him from maintaining one last illegal vice: "People thought I was going to die. I never did - as you can see.
The drugs? Oh yeah, they were great.
"Drugs now… it’s a very dodgy subject. I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the damn time.
"There, you’ve got it. But that’s my benign weed. That’s all I take, that’s all I do. But I do smoke - and I’ve got some really good hash." And Richards has a grudge with officials who have banned smoking in public spaces in Britain, Ireland, California and New York: "This worldwide smoking ban is draconian, socially, politically-correct bullshit. They’ll get over it.
It’s like Prohibition - they tried to stop booze once. Ha! Look what happened.
It ruined America."

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CHRISTIAN SLATER’s producer mother is making a movie about a New York apartment block that has been home to stars like ALICIA KEYS, ANGELA LANSBURY and LARRY DAVID.
The trio all lived at Manhattan Plaza, a government-subsidised building for performing artists in the city’s Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood.
Mary Jo Slater, who lived there from 1977 to 1986, has gathered together famous former residents - and actor Samuel L. Jackson who once worked as a security guard in the block - to help her make The Miracle on 42nd Street.
The documentary is due for release later in 2008.

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MADONNA will trump Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Michael Jackson this week, if her latest single lands in the U.S. top ten - the 37th time she has managed the feat.
Her collaboration with Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes - is hotly tipped to reach the top ten, which will lift her above Elvis Presley, who made the top ten 36 times in his career.
The Beatles stand third in the all-time list, with 34, ahead of Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson on 28.
2008 has been an eventful year for the Material Girl. As well as a new album and rumours of a world tour to promote it, the 49-year-old was inducted into the Rock’n'Roll hall of fame earlier this month (Mar08). (IG/WN/CAM) WENN - FIRST - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - MARCH 2008

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GEORGE CLOONEY plans to walk away from acting before he hits 60, to concentrate on film-making full-time.
After finding fame infront of the camera, Clooney has been expanding into writing and directing in recent years, with the Oscar-nominated Good Night, and Good Luck and his new movie Leatherheads.
And the 46-year-old reveals he is prepared to make the switch full-time when he’s too old to play leading men.
Clooney says, "I certainly would do that with the acting part.
"I’m fairly comfortable with the idea of growing into a grey-haired old character actor. But the reason I’m directing and writing is that it’s a world that will allow me to be creative long after people stop wanting to see me in front of a camera."

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s father MICHAEL has hit out at the actress’s decision to star in a new movie about murderer CHARLES MANSON - fearing it could ruin her career.
Lohan has signed to play Manson cult member Nancy Pittman in forthcoming film Manson Girls. ‘Manson Family’ members were responsible for the murders of seven people in the 1960s, including director Roman Polanski’s actress wife Sharon Tate.
Michael Lohan, who recently reunited with the star following a spell in prison, is disappointed with his daughter’s decision to accept the grisly role, and urges her to stick to the wholesome family films that helped her find fame.
He tells the New York Daily News, "I don’t know who is making her decisions for her. But I just wish she would go back to those family-style films, The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, you know.
"This is a bad decision and I don’t know who is telling her to do it."

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KEVIN SPACEY gambling movie 21 has struck gold at the U.S. box office, stealing the top spot with opening weekend winnings of $23.7 million (£11.85 million).
The film stars Spacey and Kate Bosworth as members of a group of mathematics geniuses who use their brains to beat Las Vegas casinos at their own game.
Jim Carrey’s Horton Hears a Who slipped to second place with $17.4 million (£8.7 million), lifting its total takings to $117.3 million (£58.65 million).
Superhero Movie made third place, but with takings of just $9.5 million (£4.75 million). Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns scored $7.8 million (£3.9 million) in its second week of release.
Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson, slipped from fourth place to fifth with $5.8 million (£2.9 million).

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