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DAVID HASSELHOFF is developing his own rock opera with the writer who turned him into DR. JEKYL and MR. HYDE onstage.
The former Baywatch creator has teamed up with Frank Wildhorn to create a musical which he’ll perform in castles around the world with an orchestra.
He says, "Frank has written some beautiful music and about two years ago I made a deal to sing his gorgeous songs, take the tuxedo and the orchestra into a castle. The songs are really healing for me." Ambitious Hasselhoff also has plans to stage a one-man show, called Viva Hoff Vegas, in Sin City.
The ever-fun star reveals, "It’s a fun act. I had a ball in Vegas with The Producers and I think Vegas wants to see The Hoff, so I’m putting together a knock-down, drag-out, crazy, make-fun-of-my-life, Hoff show that also tells my story.
"It’ll be a little about Baywatch, about Knight Rider, about the Wall in Germany. I’ve got footage of all of this; I’ve saved everything.
"Then we might do a sexy after-hours show at the (Las Vegas German-themed club and restaurant) Hofbrau House, which already offered me the gig. I love Vegas because you can live outside in Red Rock, breathe the air and then go crazy in the casino.
"My audience is really there because I’ve been around for so long. "I’m dead set on this stage show because I feel as if I can do it after The Producers.
I’ve become good friends with (creator) Mel Brooks, which is an honour.
"I’m 55 and I’ve finally arrived because Mel Brooks told me that I was good.
It made me go, `Wow!’ To me that was it. Even though I was wearing a dress and playing a gay Hitler at the time."

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Pregnant JESSICA ALBA was left relying on the kindness of neighbours last week (ends16May08) when her two pet dogs escaped.
The pooches were found roaming around the neighbourhood where the actress and her finance Cash Warren live - and another couple took them in when they realised they were lost.
The caring couple called the telephone number on the dogs’ tags - and Warren picked up.
A source tells PlanetGossip.Eonline,com, "Jessica Alba rolled up in her car and explained that they just moved in down the street and things were pretty hectic."

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Actress CHRISTINA RICCI was so disturbed by the marketing campaign for her movie BLACK SNAKE MOAN, she became an activist for rape victims.
The 28-year-old actress starred in the 2006 drama as Rae, a sexually abused girl desperate for male attention.
But when she saw herself appearing on film posters posing seductively in a navel-bearing top and revealing shorts, the actress was prompted to step up her involvement in the Tori Amos-founded organisation RAINN (The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network).
She says, "I wasn’t really comfortable with the way (Black Snake Moan) was being marketed and I was trying to combat how exploitive that campaign was, given what I thought the movie was about when I was making it.
"So I became directly involved with RAINN (on the issue of) rape trauma syndrome, and they were like, ‘Wow, you know a lot about this.’ "They asked me to be their national spokesperson, which was amazing. Then they invited me to go to Washington to lobby the Congressional Appropriations Committee for funding for legislation. That was crazy. I didn’t know just anyone could go and meet with congress-people. I kept saying, ‘You guys know I didn’t go to college, right? I’m just an actress."

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s mother DINA has banned her movie-star daughter from making an appearance on her upcoming reality TV show - because she insists it would be bad for her career.
Dina, 45, will front upcoming eight-episode series Living Lohan, which will follow the manager-mum as she navigates the careers of her two younger children, Ali, 14, and Cody, 11.
But fans of her most famous daughter needn’t tune in, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Mean Girls star - Lindsay won’t be appearing.
Dina says, "I told Lindsay I don’t want her on the show right now. Doing reality TV would almost be taking a step backward as far as her career." Lindsay’s father, Michael Lohan, has previously warned the Mean Girls star to stay away from her mother’s reality show, fearing Dina would use the 21-year-old to further her own career in the entertainment industry.
But Lohan’s mother insists her intentions are genuine: "I did this to defuse the rumours about my family. The media has just been so horrific to us over the past two years. I just want to get the message across that we are a normal family." The new reality show will premiere in the U.S. this weekend (24May08).

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KIEFER SUTHERLAND is officially single - he has finalised his divorce four years after filing for a legal separation from his wife ELIZABETH.
The couple split in 1999.
The divorce was made official in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (16May08).
The 24 star initially filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
His ex will now drop Sutherland from her name.

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Revered film producer SANDY HOWARD has died of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 80.
The movie mogul, whose credits include cult hits A Man Called Horse and The Return of A Man Called Horse, died on Friday (16May08).
Howard had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia for 10 years.
He was a resident of the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.

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Broadway musical SOUTH PACIFIC was the big winner at the Drama Desk Awards in New York on Sunday (18May08), claiming five big prizes.
August: Osage County, Gypsy and Passing Strange won three honours apiece as the 53rd awards were announced at the Lincoln Center.
Osage County’s Deanna Dunagan claimed Best Drama Actress and Mark Rylance Best Actor for Boeing-Boeing. Patti Lupone (Gypsy) and Paulo Szot (South Pacific) won the musical acting prizes.

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Entertainment moguls STEVEN SPIELBERG, DAVID GEFFEN and SUMNER REDSTONE have been named among the 10 richest people in Los Angeles.
Dreamworks partners Geffen and Spielberg make the Los Angeles Business Journal top 50 list at four and nine respectively, while Viacom boss Redstone’s estimated $7 billion (GBP3.5 billion) net worth and the $8.4 billion (GBP4.2 billion) he made in 2007 put him in second place behind investment tycoon Kirk Kerkorian.
Geffen and Spielberg’s Dreamworks co-founder, Jeffrey Katzenberg comes in at 36 on the new list, producer Stephen Bing at 38 and former Disney boss Michael Eisner and current studio chief Roy Disney hold up the countdown at 49 and 50 respectively.

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Country star CARRIE UNDERWOOD has topped a new poll to find the most popular AMERICAN IDOL star ever.
The singer beat Kelly Clarkson in the new AOL Television hitlist, picking up 54 per cent of the vote from 1.3 million fans who took part.
Clarkson was a distant second with 26 per cent of the vote.

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Late singer/songwriter EDDY ARNOLD is set to land his 147th country hit two weeks after his death.
His recently released final single, To Life, will chart later this week giving Arnold a hit in seven successive decades.
Label bosses at RCA had planned to celebrate Arnold’s 90th birthday on 15 May (08) by urging radio stations to play the song, recorded in 2005, but the singer died on 8 May (08).
Arnold, who is ranked as America’s number one country artist of all time, has had more top 10 country hits and more consecutive top 10 hits than anyone in country music history.
His hits have included Make the World Go Away and Cattle Call.

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Late BEATLE GEORGE HARRISON’s wife OLIVIA and his former bandmate RINGO STARR thrilled plant lovers at London’s Chelsea Flower Show on Monday (19May08) as they launched a new garden tribute to the green-fingered rocker.
Harrison, who died in 2001, was an avid gardener, and his widow insisted he would have truly appreciated the horticultural honour at the 2008 flower show.
She said, "He always told me his first garden was his father’s vegetable patch… He always said, `One day I will have my own garden.’" Yvonne Innes designed the Garden For George using 76 species and varieties of flowers, which were designed to represent the beloved rocker’s spiritualism and musical career.
Another guest at the garden launch, Beatles producer Sir George Martin, said, "It’s completely George, it’s wonderful."

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LATEST: Pregnancy rumours swirling around ASHLEE SIMPSON have hit fever pitch after a guest at the pop star’s wedding to PETE WENTZ on Saturday (17May08) revealed the couple announced they were planning a family at the nuptials.
The couple has been coy about baby talk in recent weeks, with Simpson refusing to answer pregnancy questions on a number of TV and Internet talk shows.
Wentz went so far to deny the reports, but his comments have failed to impress the media.
And now U.S. TV show Entertainment Tonight claims the new couple told friends and family they were expecting a baby at the party following their nuptials.

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Rapper NAS has ditched the controversial title of his new album just weeks before its release.
The I Can hitmaker had planned to name his new release N***er, incurring the wrath of many fellow hip-hop heavyweights and concerning bosses at his label Def Jam.
But insiders insist Nas has dumped the provocative title six weeks before the album hits stores on 1 July (08).
Nas hinted the title could change during an MTV News article last week. He said, "Everybody is trying to stop the title. Record stores are gonna have a problem in this day and time selling a record with that title. Who knows what’s gonna turn out and be on that title?" The album will now be an eponymous release.

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Country star KENNY CHESNEY fired off at the organisers of the Academy of Country Music Awards - just minutes after picking up his fourth Entertainer of The Year prize at Sunday’s (18May08) event.
The singer thanks fans for voting for him online during his acceptance speech from the stage, but behind the scenes he was far from happy the night’s big award was decided by an Internet vote.
Chesney growled, "They took it (award) from what the award really represents into a sweepstakes to see who can push people’s buttons the hardest on the Internet.
"It’s complete disrespect for the artist… It really diminishes the integrity of the music that we’re making. And I can say that because I won."

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CATE BLANCHETT was forced to revaluate her acting skills on the set of INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, when her co-stars HARRISON FORD and SHIA LaBEOUF jokingly butchered her performance.
Blanchett, 38, plays a Russian spy in the film and stars opposite leading men LaBeouf, 21, and Ford, 65, in the latest installment of the action franchise.
But she was left questioning her acting abilities when director Steven Spielberg allowed her fun-loving peers to instruct her.
She says, "The boys would come on set and there was a day when Steven (Spielberg) even let them direct me. He gave them the big megaphone and they called, ‘Action!’ and criticised my performance.
"They said it wasn’t good enough and (I should) go back and do it again."

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Irish actor PIERCE BROSNAN almost rejected his role in movie-musical MAMMA MIA! - because he feared looking silly in front of his JAMES BOND replacement DANIEL CRAIG.
Brosnan, 55, played 007 in four of the action series’ films before turning over his role to Craig for 2006’s Casino Royale.
And although Brosnan doesn’t regret his decision to retire as James Bond, he admits he was scared his all-singing and dancing role as Sam Carmichael in the 1970s ABBA-inspired film would be too far a departure from his days as the British spy.
He says, "I drew the drapes in my dressing room, looked in the mirror, and there was 007 - only he was getting ready to expose himself to possible ridicule by starring in a movie musical called Mamma Mia! "One of my daydreams was that I’d be strutting across the parking lot in sequined tights and a cape, and I would bump into Mr. Daniel Craig, looking very Bond-like. It never happened, I’m pleased to say."

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Animal lovers SIR PAUL McCARTNEY and MORRISSEY are competing to win the 2008 World’s Sexiest Vegetarian Award.
Russell Lissack of Bloc Party, Igor Volk of New Young Pony Club, Alison Mosshart of British rockers The Kills, and Mira Aroyo of Ladytron have also been shortlisted for prizes.
The annual awards are organised by Peta2, the youth wing of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals charity.
Last year (07), actress Kristen Bell won the Sexiest Female award, while AFI singer Davey Havok won the Sexiest Male award.

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Former THE X FILES star GILLIAN ANDERSON and British actresses ANNA CHANCELLOR and JOANNA LUMLEY are among the stars set to take part in a protest against a proposed expansion of the U.K.’s largest airport.
The celebrities will join lobby group Climate Action Now - also known as weCAN - for a candlelit protest outside the U.K. parliament’s House Of Commons in Westminster, London, at 6pm (GMT) on Tuesday (20May08). weCAN campaigners are voicing their opposition to a third runway at the British capital’s Heathrow airport.
The weCAN protestors hope to stop the Heathrow expansion and demand universal action by the British government on climate change.

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