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PAUL NEWMAN has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 83.
The movie legend had reportedly been given only weeks to live after allegedly completing chemotherapy treatment at a New York hospital in August (08).
Newman was pictured being wheeled out of the Weill Cornell Medical Centre which specialises in cancer treatment - looking thin and frail in July (08) - a photographed which sparked initial fears for his health He withdrew as director from a production of Of Mice and Men after reportedly being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year (08).
He died on Friday night (26Sep08).
Born in Cleveland, Ohio in January 1925, Newman served in the Navy in World War II. Newman hoped of being accepted for pilot training, but his plan was foiled when a flight physical revealed he was colourblind.
He eventually became a radioman and gunner.
After the war, he completed a degree at Kenyon College, graduating in 1949.
Newman later studied acting at Yale University and under Lee Strasberg at the Actors’ Studio in New York.
Newman was best known for his roles in 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and 1967’s Cool Hand Luke.
He was nominated for 10 Oscars in his five-decade-long career, winning the Best Actor accolade for his role opposite Tom Cruise in The Color of Money in 1986.
He also won two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award and an Emmy award.
In 2007, he announced his retirement, admitting he was too old to continue his work in Hollywood.
He said, "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that’s pretty much a closed book for me." Newman was also famed for his charity work. Following the death of his only son Scott from an accidental drug overdose in 1978, the star set up the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention.
He was also the founder of food company Newman’s Own, from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity.
Newman is survived by his wife, actress Joanne Woodward and their three daughters, Elinor, Melissa and Claire. He also has two daughters, Susan and Stephanie from his first marriage to Jackie Witte. (KL&LJ/WN/KL) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 27 SEPTEMBER 2008 —————————————————————-

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Irish actor COLIN FARRELL is reportedly abandoning his Catholic faith to convert to Judaism for new girlfriend EMMA FORREST.
The Phone Booth star, 32, has been dating British novelist Forrest since June (08), but the romance appears to be turning serious.
The couple attended a West Hollywood party for Heeb magazine at MBar earlier this month (Sep08), where Farrell was seen wearing a chain with a Star of David pendant around his neck, according to the New York Post’s Page Six.
A source adds that Forrest was seen doing "a striptease burlesque act to traditional Jewish music".

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Troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE is facing police questioning after allegedly assaulting a female dancer at a London event on Thursday (25Sep08) night.
The Rehab star, 25, is accused of punching Sherene Flash in the face at the Prince’s Trust End of Summer Ball bash, where Winehouse gave a shambolic performance of her hits.
Police were called to the $1,295 (£700)-a-ticket ball to investigate the incident, but Winehouse had fled the scene before she could be questioned.
Cops took a statement from Flash, and are expected to speak to Winehouse this weekend (27-28Sep08), where she could be taken into custody.
According to Britain’s The Sun newspaper, Winehouse is alleged to have attacked Flash after she asked to have a photo taken with the star.
A source says, "Sherene asked Amy if she could take a photo. Amy was OK at first, but when Sherene asked if a friend could get in the shot, Amy lashed out." Another insider adds, "She was getting distressed. There was a lot of grabbing and flashbulbs were going off. She was startled." A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police has issued a statement about the incident, saying: "We were called at around 12.30am after a report of an alleged incident where a woman assaulted another woman.
"The alleged assailant left the scene. There are no arrests at this time." Winehouse sparked fresh fears for her health after taking to the stage at the End of Summer Ball looking frail and intoxicated.
At one point, she dragged her god-daughter Dionne Bromfield, 12 - who had entertained the crowd with a string of Motown hits earlier in the evening - off the stage as tears streamed down her face.
And the drama only escalated as Winehouse left the charity event - her bodyguard is also reported to have hit the night’s official photographer with his car as they tried to make their exit. Police are also said to be investigating that incident after receiving a complaint.

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LILY ALLEN has been condemned for glamorising guns by wearing a necklace with a machine gun pendant.
The Smile hitmaker - who previously met with London mayor Boris Johnson to outline proposals to reduce knife crime - was photographed wearing the gold pendant on Friday (26Sep08).
But the choice of jewellery has outraged anti-violence groups, who have branded Allen "irresponsible".
Lyn Costello, from anti-violence group MAMAA, says: "She is glamorising the use of guns. It’s totally irresponsible.
"She’s a role model and people look up to her. The last thing we want is people looking at her and thinking guns are fashionable.
"I’m really disappointed in her. She had a meeting with the Mayor saying she’s worried about knife crime but is she not worried about gun crime too.
"If she’s really worried about violent crime then she shouldn’t wear a necklace that promotes guns."

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Pop superstar MADONNA has been fined $249,750 (£135,000) by Wembley Stadium officials for breaking the venue’s curfew during the London stop of her Sticky & Sweet world tour earlier this month (Sep08).
The Material Girl’s show overran the 10.30pm curfew by 40 minutes when she played there on 11 September - her only date in the U.K.
And she has now been charged $92,500 (£50,000) for every 15 minutes she overstayed her welcome.
A Wembley Stadium source says, "The concert was meant to start at 8.30pm but Madonna didn’t come on stage until 9.10pm. The gig ended at 11.10pm so she was quite a bit over.
"Her people knew about the possible implications for going over the curfew but this is a pretty hefty fine, even for Madonna."

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RUSSELL CROWE’s two-year-old son TENNYSON is already betrothed - the boy will marry NICOLE KIDMAN’s daughter SUNDAY ROSE if the Hollywood actress has her way.
The Hours star and her husband Keith Urban paid Crowe’s Australian home a recent visit to introduce two-month-old Sunday Rose to their pal’s family.
And Crowe reveals his fellow Antipodean star Kidman is already playing matchmaker.
He tells People.com, "Nicole and Keith brought Sunday Rose around on a Sunday, which I thought was appropriate. But Sunday Rose is a beautiful child with beautiful delicate features and it was fun when she brought her around Sunday - it was nice.
"Nicole had one look at my younger son Tennyson, and looked up at me and said, ‘I’m a great believer in arranged marriages’.
"I believe she made the connection between Sunday and Tennyson now - so Tennyson is already engaged!" And the baby couple already have something in common - they share the same birthday, 7th July.
Crowe has another son, four year old Charles, with wife Danielle Spencer.

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Actor KIRK CAMERON can appreciate what BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE go through daily as parents - he has 10 kids.
The former Growing Pains star has six natural kids and four adopted - and he understands the Pitt-Jolies when they confess they can’t see a difference between the three kids born to them and their three adopted siblings.
Cameron says, "You forget who’s adopted and who is not. The kids are 11, 10, nine, eight, seven and five-and-a-half. We feel like the Brady Bunch. There’s never a dull moment.
"Everybody’s got a friend at the house. For birthday parties you don’t have to invite anybody else because everybody is there. It can be a bit harrowing at times because we don’t have a nanny, so it is a commitment for my wife and I to raise these kids properly.
"But family is our highest priority. My wife even teaches classes at my kids’ school on being a mom and being a wife."

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Australian pop star KYLIE MINOGUE has her sights set on London’s West End stage - she’s writing a musical around her greatest hits.
The Spinning Around hitmaker, 40, is teaming up with Aussie author and pal Kathy Lette to pen the script, while Dannii Minogue, the superstar’s younger sister, is also on board the project.
And Lette is confident fans will be pleased with the final results.
She says, "We’ll weave all her hits together into a great storyline. Kylie never does anything naff (bad). She’s got a finely tuned crap antenna and we don’t suffer from an irony deficiency." Minogue won’t be the first star to turn her songs into a stage show; Queen legends Brian May and Roger Taylor lent their band’s hits to the theatre production of We Will Rock You, and Swedish pop sensations Abba have permitted the use of their songs in musical Mamma Mia!, which has also enjoyed huge success this summer (08) after being turned into a movie starring Hollywood actress Meryl Streep.

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Hollywood actor GEORGE CLOONEY is heading to the wild west - he’s reportedly set to star as THE LONE RANGER.
The Oscar winner will join Johnny Depp in the big screen adaptation of the long-running 1950s TV show, according to British tabloid reports.
A source tells The Sun newspaper, "George is very keen - he’s been trying to do a movie with Johnny for a long time.
"He thinks they’ll make the perfect on-screen partnership." Depp’s involvement, as sidekick Tonto, was recently confirmed by Disney Studios bosses.
The screenplay will be penned by Pirates of the Caribbean writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.

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Actor KELSEY GRAMMER will never fulfill his dream of running for the White House - because he couldn’t cope with the extra publicity.
The Frasier star already struggles to deal with the daily interest from the world’s media following his heart attack in June (08).
And Grammer fears he would attract more attention if he became a politician.
He says, "I have (thought about running for office) but my devotion to my family, my wife and to their privacy has over-ruled that desire. My privacy isn’t an issue but it’s become a very mean world. The internet has not made the world a better place, it’s made it a meaner place."

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JEREMY PIVEN used his Emmy win on Sunday (21Sep08) to advertise his next big acting role - on Broadway.
After picking up his third successive acting award for his role in TV hit Entourage, Piven took a camcorder into one of the star-studded Los Angeles after parties - where he told celebrity pals about his forthcoming role in David Mamet play Speed-The-Plow.
In a staged skit, which appears on Will Ferrell’s website Funnyordie.com, Laura Dern, Mary Steenburgen, Jamie Foxx and Seth Meyers all warn Piven against taking to the stage.
When he tells Dern and Steenburgen he came from the theatre, they say, "Don’t go back." Foxx tells him, "Don’t do theatre. Theatre is so, so not hot." And Meyers goads him by joking, "Anyone can do a play. It’s what they do at school." Piven starts his run in Speed-The-Plow on 3 October (08).

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Playboy mogul HUGH HEFNER has reportedly been ordered to fire a handful of his staff - or face bankruptcy.
Hefner has become the latest victim of the global credit crunch after he was advised to dismiss employees in his Los Angeles and New York offices.
According to British newspaper the Daily Telegraph, the situation has been worsening for "a while".
A source tells the publication, "Only the top brass has known for a while how bad things have been for Hef recently." However, Hefner’s spokesperson Elizabeth Austin would neither confirm nor deny the financial problems, saying, "It is our policy not to comment on corporate matters such as employee issues."

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American senator TED KENNEDY, the only surviving brother of late president JOHN F. KENNEDY, is recovering at his Massachusetts home after he was briefly hospitalised on Friday (26Sep08).
The ailing 76-year-old, who underwent surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumour in June (08), was taken to Cape Cod Hospital by ambulance on Friday evening, after emergency services received a 911 call from the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port in Barnstable, according to local police Sergeant Ben Baxter.
Kennedy, who had complained about feeling ill, was "alert and responsive" as he was transported to the medical centre.
He was discharged after three hours and returned home.
Further details of his illness was unavailable as WENN went to press.
Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant glioma, an especially lethal type of brain tumour, following a seizure in May (08).

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Australian singer/songwriter SAM SPARRO has offered to give his pal MARK RONSON singing lessons.
The Black and Gold hitmaker made the offer after learning the producer wants to use his vocals on his next album.
Sparro says, "I will give him singing lessons for sure. I was out with him recently and we always have a good laugh."

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Pop newcomers THE TING TINGS recently received their European sales figures and were stunned to learn they had sold just one album in Slovakia.
The band is now hoping to meet the person who purchased their debut album We Started Nothing.
Singer Katie White says, "We found that we had sold one record in Slovakia.
"One lonesome album… now that to us is very funny and we would love to know who bought it because they deserve a drink on us for making us giggle with confusion."

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Former pop star DANNII MINOGUE has vowed never to write an autobiography because she is scared of revealing all her secrets.
The 36-year-old admits she has been offered the chance to pen her memoirs, but turned it down because she wants to keep some things private.
She says, "I can’t ever imagine wanting to (release a book). I mean to what end? So people can know every detail of my life? No thanks. I come from a very private family and I can’t imagine it going down too well."

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Rockers MUSE have been honoured by a British university for their contributions to music.
The Hysteria stars attended a graduation ceremony at the University of Plymouth in their native Devon, south west England, on Friday (26Sep08), where they were presented with honorary doctorate of arts awards.
Bandmembers Matt Bellamy, drummer Dom Howard and guitarist Chris Wolstenholme donned the traditional hat and gown attire for the ceremony, which was attended by the university’s students and teachers alike.
Singer Bellamy says, "I’m pretty sure we’re not worthy. It’s nice to be part of something down here.
"We never went to university so it really means a lot to us.
"Maybe now we can go around describing ourselves as doctors!" And Howard admits the educational honour was an unusual accolade for them to receive.
He adds, "Admittedly it’s a bit different from the Kerrang Awards (U.K. music magazine awards)."

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BRITNEY SPEARS’ mum LYNNE has revealed she and her estranged husband JAMIE used an argument between her daughter and then-manager SAM LUTFI to "start taking charge" of their troubled daughter’s affairs.
Spears claims Lutfi had shut her out of Britney’s life, but the singer’s parents knew it was time to take action when it appeared she was heading towards a nervous breakdown.
She explains, "We had police calling us telling us things that were going on.
That’s when we said, ‘We’ve got to do something, we prayed about it.’ "We had been trying to get in; we couldn’t… When she had an argument with that individual, who I just don’t even want to talk about, that was the opening and we took advantage of it, we got in and that’s when we were able to start taking charge." Speaking out on American Idol host Ryan Seacrest’s Los Angeles radio show, Spears confirmed Lufti was the "individual" she was referring to.
Shortly after Lynne and Jamie took charge of their daughter’s personal and professional affairs at the beginning of 2008, Jamie was made a co-conservator of the pop star’s estate and the couple was granted a restraining order against Lutfi.

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