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TOM CRUISE is set to return to OPRAH WINFREY’s sofa for the first time since his famous couch-jumping proclamation of love to then-fiancee KATIE HOLMES.
The smitten star made a spectacle of himself with his loved-up antics on the talk show in 2005.
Cruise will appear on a May (08) episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Former LIBERTINES bandmates PETE DOHERTY and CARL BARAT are reuniting for the first time in five years to create a new musical.
The former pals went their separate ways when Doherty was sacked from the band in 2003, after failing to beat his drug addictions. Doherty was also convicted and jailed for burgling Barat’s London home.
Now performing in different bands, the two are reteaming to create the music for a new London show at the Donmar Warehouse theatre.
Barat says, "The theatre wants lots of new songs. We’ll probably have to write about 20. But first we have to sit down and think about the rock ‘n’ roll story".
The project, which is reportedly about an up-and-coming rock group, will have to wait until Doherty is released from a 14-week jail sentence for "breach of time-keeping, non-compliance of his (probation) order and using different drugs".
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BRITNEY SPEARS has been dragged into yet another financial mess - one of her brand companies owes more than $23,000 (GBP11,500) in taxes for earnings dating back four years.
A week after Spears learned she’d have to pay her various legal representatives $400,000 (GBP200,000), the pop star has been hit with another high-cost headache.
A document obtained by U.S. cable network E! shows that Britney Online Inc., one of Britney Spears’ numerous name-brand companies, owes $23,589.17 in California state taxes on the entity’s 2004 earnings.
A warning from the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California states that "further interest and fees will accrue" if the sum is not paid.
Spears’ father Jamie and a court-appointed lawyer took charge of the singer’s financial affairs after fighting for conservatorship of the Toxic star’s estate following her hospitalisation for mental illness issues in February (08).
It is not known if the singer’s other brand-name companies face similar tax issues.
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Thirties and Forties screen star KAY LINAKER, who co-wrote horror classic THE BLOB, has died, aged 94.
The actress/writer made her film debut in 1936’s The Murder of Dr. Harrigan and went on to star in 50-plus films in the following decade, including Drums Along The Mohawk and They Dare Not Love.
Linaker also co-starred in a series of Charlie Chan films.
But, after marrying writer Howard Phillips in 1945, the actress became a screenwriter, often teaming up with her husband to create TV and radio shows. Her biggest success came under her married name, Kay Phillips, when she co-wrote The Blob, which was to become an early film for movie icon Steve McQueen.
Linaker died in New Hampshire.
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A staggering 85,000 people have posted profiles online in the hope of becoming PARIS HILTON’s new best friend.
The wannabes are all keen to star alongside the socialite in MTV’s new reality show Paris Hilton’s My New BFF.
Only 20 will make the cut for the programme after Hilton fans vote for the best candidates online.
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CASABLANCA star JOY PAGE has died following a stroke at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was 84.
Page, the stepdaughter of movie mogul Jack Warner, was just 17 when she landed the role of desperate Bulgarian refugee Annina Brandel, opposite Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, in the 1943 classic.
It was Page’s first film role. She went on to appear in movies like Kismet and Bullfighter & The Lady.
Page, who died on Friday (18Apr08), was remembered at a private service in Los Angeles on Wednesday (23Apr08).
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GREY’S ANATOMY star T.R. KNIGHT will keep his mouth shut on Friday (25Apr08) when he takes part in the 12th National Day of Silence ceremony in Los Angeles.
The openly gay actor, who claimed he was forced to ‘come out’ in 2006 after a fight on the set of the hit medical drama, will join gay rights activists for the long silence at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex.
Sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the initiative is held to help combat bullying and harassment of teenage gays in schools and colleges.
Friday’s Day of Silence has been dedicated to 15-year-old California student Lawrence King, who was shot to death in February (08) by a fellow student.
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A pit bull terrier has been put down after viciously attacking actor PETER STRAUSS.
The dog escaped from its owner’s property in Ojai, California, where the Rich Man, Poor Man star has a home, and attacked Strauss in his garden.
According to TMZ.com, Strauss, who needed medical attention for a dog bite to the leg, had to climb a tree to get away from the animal.
The dog went on to attack a neighbour before officials arrived and subdued the pit bull.
The pet’s owner requested the animal be put down.
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LATEST: Hollywood animal trainer RANDY MILLER became a target for animal rights activists last year (07), months before his prize bear attacked and killed its trainer this week (beg21Apr08).
The five-year-old grizzly, which featured in Will Ferrell’s Semi-Pro movie, had to be restrained with pepper spray after fatally biting 39-year-old trainer Stephan Miller at the Predators in Action facility in Big Bear, California.
And as animal rights activists call for the bear, named Rocky, to be retired from showbusiness, officials People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals have revealed Miller and his facility were on their radar in 2007.
Following Tuesday’s (22Apr08) tragedy, PETA bosses have rereleased inspection reports and other documents that prove Miller’s sanctuary and training facility was a poor home for the big cats and other wild animals the acclaimed trainer took in.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture report, obtained by PETA, suggests Miller’s animals were kept in small enclosures with no roofs and cages were damaged and broken.
PETA bosses have also unearthed print ads Miller paid for in 2005’s Animal Finders’ Guide publication, in which he attempted to sell an assortment of big cats and a black bear.
As officials decide whether or not to euthanise Rocky, bosses at the American Humane Association feel sure the bear will never work on a film or TV set again.
A spokeswoman says, "We would probably not be comfortable working with Rocky on the set. It would be a liability issue."
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Rapper LIL WAYNE has scored his first U.S. number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after toppling LEONA LEWIS.
Lil Wayne’s Lollipop switches places with Lewis’ Bleeding Love on the new countdown.
Ailing Jordin Sparks’ No Air duet with Chris Brown, Usher’s Love in This Club and Mariah Carey’s record-breaking 18th number one hit Touch My Body all hold firm at numbers three, four and five respectively.
Carey also scores the new chart’s highest debut - Bye Bye enters the Hot 100 at 23. A third Carey hit from her new number one album E=MC2, Migrate, also enters the chart at 92.
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Actor JOE PESCI has called it quits with his supermodel fiancee ANGIE EVERHART.
The 65-year-old Goodfellas star has ended his engagement to 38-year-old Everhart, nine months after proposing to the model. The couple has been together for seven years.
And reports suggest the tough-talking actor has already moved on - he is rumoured to be dating Joey House, the 43-year-old owner of a West Hollywood flower shop.
A friend tells U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer, "Initially, Joe was disappointed when he realised it wasn’t going to work between them, but he still adores Angie.
"But he and Joey seem to be on the right track."
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I GO CRAZY hitmaker PAUL DAVIS has died following a heart attack on Tuesday (22Apr08).
The Mississippi native was 60.
Davis scored a top 10 U.S. hit in 1977 with I Go Crazy. His other hits included Ride ‘Em Cowboy and Cool Night.
He also recorded a handful of country duets with Marie Osmond, including You’re Still New To Me.
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Former RAMONES star MARKY RAMONE has launched a new safe sex kit campaign aimed at preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
The punk icon and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has teamed up with Minnesota-based sex education company Ready Two Go to promote "healthy loving among sexually active youth and young adults".
He says, "The world has lost too many people to STDs of all types and that is why I joined up with Ready Two Go for my signature series of safer sex tins." The Ready Two Go tins come with two Lifestyles condoms, lubricant and an STD resource card.
The tins feature a Marky Ramone emblem printed on the front with a tagline that reads ‘Too Tuff To Break’.
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Rockers U2 are scrapping all the tracks they have written for their next album to start all over again - ditching a year’s worth of work.
The band has been working on the follow up to 2004 LP How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb for the past 12 months, but they’re far from happy with the results.
Guitarist The Edge reveals bandmembers have mostly messed around in the studio - and they have now decided to get stuck in and finish the record.
He tells CMUMusic.com, "We went into this project allowing ourselves the indulgence of making music without thinking about where it was going to end up.
We’re starting to get serious now".
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FALL OUT BOY rocker PETE WENTZ got political at the NME Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (23Apr08) by scribbling ‘Coltan Is A Conflict Diamond’ on his T-shirt.
The bass player was protesting the mining of coltan diamonds in Africa.
The gem, which is used in the manufacture of mobile phones, has become a massive commodity that some say is now more valuable than gold.
It’s mining has led to warring rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo exploiting coltan to help finance war - an issue raised in Leonardo DiCaprio’s hit film Blood Diamond.
Wentz told reporters, "People have got to be careful what they buy." The rocker went on to state that the engagement ring he bought his new fiancee Ashlee Simpson was not made with conflict diamonds: "I trust the jeweller. He’s a reputable person."
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CARMEN ELECTRA is set to wed for a third time after accepting former KORN rocker ROB PATTERSON’s Las Vegas proposal at the weekend (19/20Apr08).
The guitarist, 37, asked the model/actress to be his bride while the couple was in Las Vegas celebrating her 36th birthday.
Electra, who was previously married to basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman and rocker Dave Navarro, recently revealed she wanted to start a family with Patterson, her boyfriend of almost a year.
She said, "I have pictured myself as a mother for years and look forward to fulfilling that strong desire." (KL/PE) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 24 APRIL 2008 —————————————————————-
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LATEST: Soul star AMY WINEHOUSE’s personal troubles are mounting - British police have launched a formal investigation into allegations of assault following an incident on Wednesday (23Apr08).
The Rehab hitmaker is alleged to have headbutted a pub-goer on a night out in Camden, north London in the early hours of Wednesday.
She has also been accused of hitting Moroccan musician Mustapha el Mounmi, after he refused to give way to her at a snooker table.
And now U.K. authorities have confirmed they are looking into the incident.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman says, "Police are investigating an alleged assault on Chalk Farm Road at approximately 3:20 am on April 23.
"A 38-year-old man (contacted) Kentish Town police station and alleged a 24-year-old woman had assaulted him. No arrests have been made as yet but inquiries continue." The altercation is Winehouse’s second in a week - on Tuesday (22Apr08) night, the singer was accused of attacking a taxi driver outside her home after trying to exit the cab without paying the $80 (£40) fare.
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LATEST: ALICIA KEYS is blaming New York’s unpredictable weather for her bad throat - claiming a live outdoor gig in the city left her with swollen vocal chords.
The singer cancelled gigs in Pennsylvania on Tuesday (22Apr08) and Ohio on Thursday (24Apr08), after an early morning Manhattan performance for TV show Today on Monday (21Apr08) left her unable to sing.
Her spokesperson Theola Borden reveals, "It was really cold outside. That was a bit strenuous on her.
"Afterwards, she went to rehearsal in Pittsburgh but wasn’t feeling up to par. She felt she needed to cancel rather than give a sub-par performance." Disappointed fans affected by the concert cancellations were shocked to spot the singer guest-hosting BET network show 106 & Park on Wednesday night (23Apr08) - but Borden insists she wasn’t scamming her fans.
She adds, "She wanted to honour her commitment to BET. Co-hosting (106 & Park) took no more than 30 minutes of a speaking voice. That doesn’t compare to singing for two straight hours." Speaking on the show, Keys explained how the tour is stressing her out: "It takes a lot of organising. It’s taking all the music that I have written and making it visual. It’s crazy." Keys is expected to return to the stage Saturday (26Apr08) in Columbus, Ohio.
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