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Model CHRISTIE BRINKLEY has fired back at ex-husband PETER COOK over his decision to go public about their marriage split in an upcoming TV news special, accusing the architect of breaching a confidentiality agreement.
Cook has taped a 20/20 interview with Barbara Walters, which will air in America on Friday (10Oct08), and his former wife is livid.
In a segment of the TV chat, which has already leaked in online news reports, Cook reveals the affair which led to the break-up of his marriage started because he found "a connection" with his teenage mistress that he didn’t have with his wife.
His comments have upset his ex, and her attorney, Robert Stephan Cohen, has fired off the following statement: "It is a measure of Peter Cook’s character that he has breached the confidentiality agreement that is in the divorce settlement and has sought to present this distorted one sided view of his marriage." Brinkley is also angry that her ex has seen fit to comment publicly about the child custody settlement that resulted from a bitter court battle last year (07).
Cohen’s statement continues, "Mr. Cook had his days in court, testified on his own behalf and ultimately agreed with the view of the children’s court appointed attorney and psychiatrist that the children should live principally with their mother and that she should be the sole custodial parent." Cook and Brinkley’s divorce was finalised in Suffolk County, New York on 3 October (08).

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LATEST: BRITNEY SPEARS’ lawyer has turned down a plea deal on behalf of his client - to keep her out of court - because he doesn’t want the pop star to be labelled a criminal.
In a pretrial hearing on Wednesday morning (08Oct08), Michael Flanagan turned down the prosecution team’s offer of a $150 (GBP81) fine and 12 months probation to make Spears’ California driving license issues go away - because, to get it, she would have to accept she’s guilty of a criminal offence.
As a result, it now looks as if the trial will proceed as planned next week (beg13Octo8).
Spears was caught driving without a valid California state license last year (07).

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MARTIN SHEEN and PARIS HILTON have become Hollywood’s hottest odd couple after teaming up to film a new FunnyorDie.com spoof political ad.
Hilton hit the headlines in August (08) when her ‘Paris For President 2008′ campaign ad first appeared on the comedy website, and she was so overwhelmed by the response to her her poolside fun at the expense of presidential candidate John McCain, she’s back for another skit - with former TV president Sheen.
In the new video, the West Wing star admits, "Being a fake president is a lot harder today than it was when I was a fake president
. My fake administration started before this country started taking some hits." Hilton admits she used a few neighbourhood contacts to get Sheen onboard: "Charlie Sheen, his son, lives a couple of houses down the street from me in my gated community, so it just worked out perfectly." The video was shot in an hour at Hilton’s home on Sunday (05Oct08) during a party she was hosting for family and friends
.

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Leading African-American rights campaigner REVD. AL SHARPTON has been convicted of disorderly conduct after taking part in a New York protest in May (08) Sharpton was among 250 people arrested for blocking bridges and walkways while protesting the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell.
Police shot and killed Bell on his wedding day.
The activists were protesting the acquittal of the three police officers involved in the shooting.
Sharpton, who spent over five hours behind bars following his arrest, and seven others were sentenced to time served.

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LATEST: FARRAH FAWCETT and RYAN O’NEAL’s son REDMOND has been ordered to check into a two-week drug rehab program, after admitting he has relapsed in his battle with addiction.
The 23 year old and his famous father were arrested during a raid on the O’Neal family home in Malibu, California last month (Sep08) - after police uncovered a stash of methamphetamines.
Ryan O’Neal has denied any link to the drug.
During a court appearance on Wednesday (08Oct08) Redmond admitted he was using drugs again, while on three years probation for drug possession and driving under the influence.
After insisting he return to rehab at the UCLA Health Center, Superior Court Judge Scott Millington told O’Neal, "You’re a stand-up guy to come here and deal with your problem. I want you to stay clean… You better stay clean or the hammer is going to fall." O’Neal will return to court on 23 October (08).

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JAMIE LYNN SPEARS and her fiance CASEY ALDRIDGE have blasted rumours of a split - insisting they are still very much a couple and plan to marry one day.
The teen couple - parents of four-month-old baby Maddie - have become the subject of much tabloid speculation in recent months, with reports suggesting they are living apart, after Aldridge cheated on the 17-year-old actress.
But in an interview with OK! magazine the pair insists the infidelity rumours are false, and maintain a wedding is planned once their baby daughter is old enough to take part in the ceremony.
Spears says, "We both agree we want Maddie to be a little bit older so that we she can be a part of it, so that she won’t just be sitting there the whole time.
"We are engaged and we are really happy with where we are right now. There is no rush for anything." Meanwhile, a representative for the teenage actress has denied reports Jamie Lynn is already pregnant with her second child.
The publicist states, "She is not pregnant."

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Actor JASON PRIESTLEY will join his former BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 castmates in the new series’ spin-off - as a director.
Priestley is in talks to take the helm for an episode of the new show which is set to air next spring (09).
And the 39-year-old star will reportedly be joined by his former onscreen sister, Shannen Doherty, who is in negotiations to return for two more episodes less than a month after turning down offers to extend her contract with the show’s producers.
Doherty’s negotiations follow original co-star Jennie Garth’s agreement to add another five episodes to her stint on 90210.
The pair’s former castmate, Tori Spelling, turned down the chance to reprise her role on the spin-off following a reported salary dispute, and another 90210 oldie, Luke Perry, has repeatedly refused to talk about the new show - even though his character is part of the storyline.
Executive producer Gabe Sachs admits he’s just happy that Priestley is potentially onboard, "I think it would be a kick for Jason to work with any of his (former 90210 co-stars), and it would also add something special to that episode." Meanwhile, another former Beverly Hills, 90210 star, Brian Austin Green, has revealed he wants to make a cameo appearance in the new spin-off series.
He recently denied rumours he has been approached to play David Silver once more - but now claims he would consider a walk-on part if he was offered the chance.
He says, "If it made sense, it would be fun to do just a couple of scenes."

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Oscar winner JENNIFER HUDSON has been handed a public warning about her new fiance from his ex, who insists the romance won’t work.
Hudson’s lawyer beau, David Otunga, competed for Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard’s affections on reality show I Love New York 2 - and the couple enjoyed a fling away from the cameras.
And now his bitter ex is offering Hudson a little woman-to-woman advice about the man the Dreamgirls star is set to wed.
Pollard tells America’s In Touch magazine, "He’s (Ortunga) really loving being Mr. Jennifer Hudson. I think he’s loving the lavish things she brings to his life.
"But can you love this person if they lose all of this tomorrow? She needs to find out. I just hope people are marrying each other for the right reasons…
It’s a mixed match, it won’t work.” (KL/ITC/IG) WENN - SIXTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 08 OCTOBER 2008

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JOEL MADDEN is convinced his baby daughter HARLOW is destined to follow in his musical footsteps - because she is already showing a talent for tunes at just nine months of age.
The Good Charlotte rocker admits he could one day be hitting the road with Harlow - his baby with Nicole Richie - performing as father and daughter.
He tells People magazine, "I have a feeling she’s going to be musical because she loves instruments.
"She has a little piano that I took the legs off and put on the floor. She lays there and just bangs it." But Richie is hoping Harlow becomes a dancer instead: "She’s going to be a dancer. I’m going to put her in ballet (classes) when she can start walking." But they both agree on one thing - Harlow will get to choose.
Madden adds, "I just want to give her the option to try whatever she wants."

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JOE JONAS has reportedly split from country star TAYLOR SWIFT before even going public with the romance.
Jonas ended the five month romance in a phone call, according to Us Weekly.
The teens never talked openly about their feelings for each other, but Swift, 18, confessed the Jonas Brothers pin-up was "an amazing guy and anyone would be lucky to be dating him" at the MTV Video Music Awards in September (08).

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Rapper T.I. has doubled up at the top of the U.S. charts after scoring his third successive number one album.
With his Whatever You Like enjoying a fifth week atop the Billboard singles chart, Paper Trail has earned him his biggest sales week on the Hot 100 album chart.
T.I. has sold 568,000 copies in the U.S., giving his record label Atlantic it’s biggest sales week since chart tracking began in 1991.
And it appears, the rapper will be celebrating again on Thursday (09Oct08) when he breaks his own chart jump record with Rihanna.
The duo’s Live Your Life has rocketed up 79 chart spots from 80 to one, according to pre-chart estimates.
Whatever You Like currently holds the record after shooting up the charts from 71 to one at the beginning of September (08).
Back to the new album chart and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson debuts her self-titled first release at number two, while Robin Thicke scores both his best sales week and highest charting album with Something Else at three.
James Taylor also enters the new countdown high at four with Covers and last week’s number one album, Metallica’s Death Magnetic, slips to five.

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Rockers the FOO FIGHTERS have become the latest act to take aim at U.S.
presidential candidate JOHN McCAIN for using one of their songs at his rallies.
A month after Jackson Browne filed suit against the McCain campaign for using his song Running on Empty without consent, Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters are now upset the Republican’s marketing strategists have adopted their My Hero at pre-election stops without permission.
Grohl states, "It’s frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property.
"The saddest thing about this is that My Hero was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."

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Hollywood star JOHNNY DEPP will reportedly pocket a staggering $59.2 million (£32 million) pay cheque for reprising his role as CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW in a fourth installment of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise.
The big-money deal will make Hollywood history as the highest up-front payment ever - overshadowing the $53.65 million (£29 million) Tom Hanks was offered to star in the forthcoming The Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons.
But a movie insider insists Disney Studio bosses - who are behind the hugely successful franchise - would pay anything to keep Depp on their books.
The source tells Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, "There’s only one Johnny Depp
. They simply cannot make another Pirates movie without Jack Sparrow.
"The first three films have earned $2.7 billion (£1.46 billion) at the box office
. It’s no surprise that Disney executives want Jack back and they are willing to pay big bucks to get him." However, it is unlikely Depp’s co-stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley will return to star in another sequel.
Knightley, who played Elizabeth Swann in the adventure trilogy recently said: "I think it was wonderful and an amazing opportunity and those films were just extraordinary and I was extremely lucky to be a part of them
. But no
. I think my pirating days may be over."

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Hollywood actor RUSSELL CROWE wants to expand his family by having more children.
The Academy Award winner, 44, and his Australian singer/actress wife Danielle Spencer have two sons together: Charles, four, and Tennyson, two.
And Crowe admits he enjoys fatherhood so much, he’s constantly pestering his wife about the possibility of having at least one more child.
He says, "I kind of get to this point where I’m spending most of my time telling stories about my kids… It is the most special and wonderful thing.
I’m continuously asking my wife about the possibility of expanding the brood."

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DENNIS QUAID credits his upbringing in the racially-segregated southern U.S.
with inspiring his role in forthcoming film THE EXPRESS.
The 54-year-old actor, who was raised in Texas, plays a football coach in the drama, which is based on the life of American college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
He says, "It’s a very emotional story… It’s set in 1959 when racial tensions were high in this country before the civil rights movement bubbled up and in the time of segregation.
"That’s the experience I did have growing up, especially down in the South I remember those times. I remember being a kid and (having) separate restrooms and separate drinking fountains and Ernie Davis was able to walk through some doors and break down some barriers in a quietly graceful way."

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CHRISTIE BRINKLEY and PETER COOK have finalised their divorce, nearly three months after reaching a settlement at the end of a bitter public trial.
The pair settled their high-profile legal separation in July (08), with Brinkley winning sole custody of their two children, Jack, 13, and Sailor, 10.
The former model also retained all 18 properties in the Hamptons, New York and agreed to pay Cook $2.1 million (£1.1 million) as part of the deal.
Brinkley and Cook split in 2006 after 10 years of marriage following Cook’s affair with his then 18-year-old assistant, Diana Bianchi.

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LATEST: HAIRSPRAY actress NIKKI BLONSKY has hit back at model BIANCA GOLDEN’s account of the pair’s Caribbean airport brawl - accusing the reality TV star of lying.
Golden, Blonsky and her father Carl Blonsky were all detained in the Turks and Caicos Islands in July (08) after a fight broke out in the holiday destination’s airport lounge.
The America’s Next Top Model contestant told talk show host Tyra Banks this month (Oct08) that Carl Blonsky "punched" her mum before his daughter joined in the attack. She claimed Blonsky started the confrontation by being rude to her, and accuses the family of yelling "they got rabies" at the Goldens after the fight broke out.
But Blonsky insists the Goldens were the instigators.
She tells People magazine that the model’s brother George tripped up a passenger who had been trying to save seats.
She says, "He looked at me and said, ‘What the f**k are you looking at you fat white b**ch?" Blonsky claims Golden then stepped into the fight and punched her in the head.
And she is furious about the model’s claims her mother was attacked, adding, "Absolute lies. I never kicked her mother. My father never hit anybody. (And) we never said anything about rabies. Its disrespectful that somebody would say that I’m racist." Blonsky adds that her dad has been off work since the incident, and the whole family "are completely destroyed over being accused of something we didn’t do.
I wake up in severe nightmares, swearing, saying, ‘Please stop hitting me.’" A hearing is set for 1 December (08) in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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OLIVER STONE’s filmmaking skills have come under question after a series of noted movie critics were left unimpressed by his eagerly anticipated GEORGE W.
BUSH biopic, W.
The JFK moviemaker rushed to shoot and edit the film so it could open in cinemas throughout the U.S. before the forthcoming presidential elections in November (08).
And some of the industry’s most respected film critics have taken aim at Stone for doing so - with one writer claiming the quality of the rush job is no better than a made-for-TV movie.
According to Britain’s The Times newspaper, the subject matter - Bush’s life from adolescence to his White House administration - is too much for a two hour movie, insisting the content gets "the better of Stone".
And U.K. newspaper The Guardian’s Dan Glaister says the film "plays like a TV movie rather than a cinematic epic", branding the project "conventional" compared to Stone’s previous, edgier work.
However, most pundits have praised the film’s lead Josh Brolin, insisting the star’s turn as President Bush will most likely earn him a string of Best Actor awards, describing his performance as "arresting".
Industry publication Variety says, "The actor offers a more than reasonable physical approximation and an interpretation that’s convincingly boisterous and determined." The film, which co-stars Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney, Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair, Thandie Newton as Condoleeza Rice and Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, hits U.S. cinemas on 17 October (08).

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