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The third season of U.S. TV drama DEXTER has proved such a hit that network bosses have commissioned another two series just a month after it returned to the air.
The 28 September (08) season three premiere attracted 1.2 million viewers to the Showtime cable channel - a 20 per cent improvement on the first episode of the second season.
Dexter stars Michael C. Hall as a crime scene investigator who secretly murders serial killers.

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Marvel president KEVIN FEIGE is looking to pit THE INCREDIBLE HULK against the AVENGERS in an upcoming movie - with the green monster as the villain.
The studio head admits there are no plans as yet for a sequel to this year’s (08) The Incredible Hulk, which starred Edward Norton, but he would love to tie in Dr. Bruce Banner’s alter ego into the new Avengers project.
He tells MTV, "Here’s the thing - it is all in the planning stages, but certainly if you look back to any number of Hulk comics, or Avengers comics, or The Ultimates comics or the Ultimate Avengers DVD that we released, it certainly makes a hell of a sequence.
"To have all of the Avengers going up against a green goliath? I think that would be very cool to see that on the screen."

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GOSSIP GIRL star CHACE CRAWFORD hopes to follow in the footsteps of actor LEONARDO DiCAPRIO - by carving out a career in "edgy" movies.
The TV hunk wants to pursue a serious acting career and is keen for people to focus on his on-screen abilities instead of his matinee idol looks.
And Crawford has taken inspiration from DiCaprio, who didn’t let his teen idol image stand in the way of big-screen credibility.
He tells the America’s VMan magazine, "I want to do the edgy independent movies, like DiCaprio did, but you have to balance it out. It’s about carving out your leading-man role." And the star is hoping to take on Hollywood’s most revered actors - listing parts made famous by Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey as his dream jobs.
He adds, "Fight Club? Yes! X-Men? Yes! All sorts of different films. American Beauty? Yes! I don’t know if I could pull off a Kevin Spacey, but I’ll try!"

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Actor/director JOHN MALKOVICH is to direct a theatre production of THE GOOD CANARY in Spanish - even though he’s not fluent in the language.
The star will transform Zach Helm’s play - about a frustrated writer struggling with his wife’s addiction to amphetamines - into a Spanish version, with Mexican actor Diego Luna in the lead role.
Malkovich has previously put on a French version of the play in Paris.
The show will run for 10 weeks at Teatro Insurgentes in Mexico City from 26 November (08).

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MEL GIBSON donates a staggering $10 million (£5.88million) each year to the conservative Catholic sect he founded, financial reports reveal.
Paperwork obtained by Foxnews.com shows business is booming at the Holy Family Catholic Church, which is now worth $42 million (£24.7 million) - thanks to a $9.89 million (£5.8 million) hand-out from Gibson in 2007, and a similar one the previous year.
Money given to the church, which Gibson built on his Malibu, California estate - and boasts just 100 members - is all tax free.
Gibson’s strong religious beliefs have been called into question in the past.
His 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ was accused of encouraging anti-Semitism; and then in 2006 he fired off an anti-Semitic rant at police officers following his arrest for driving under the influence (DUI).

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The winner of British reality TV show THE X FACTOR is the odds-on favourite to take the coveted Christmas Number One slot in the U.K. pop charts.
British bookmakers William Hill have the programme’s eventual champ at 1/4 to land top spot in the festive sales list - a feat achieved by three previous winners of the show.
Boybands Take That and Boyzone are joint second favourites - along with children’s TV character Bob the Builder - at 10/1 while veteran singer Cliff Richard is third favourite at 12/1.
Girls Aloud, who had a Christmas number one with Sound of the Underground in 2002, are also 12/1 to repeat the feat, while singer Leona Lewis - herself a previous winner of The X Factor - is at 16/1.
Rockers Status Quo are 20/1 to top the festive charts with their collaboration with German dance outfit Scooter, while Robbie Williams and troubled singer Amy Winehouse are the outsiders at 33/1.
The X Factor - in which wannabe pop stars compete for a record deal - is currently running on British TV, and the eventual winner will be chosen by viewers in December (08).

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ANNE HATHAWAY missed a call from her ex when he phoned her from jail.
Conman Raffaello Follieri was recently granted phone privileges as he awaits sentencing on fraud charges - and a call to his former girlfriend was one of the first he made, according to U.S. magazine In Touch.
An insider tells the publication, "She wasn’t home to accept the charges, but there was a message left on her voicemail from the automated operator.
"She’s got mixed emotions about missing the call. She doesn’t want to speak to him, but this is someone she has a history with." Hathaway dumped Follieri, 30, just before his arrest for fraud.

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PINK has sparked speculation of a reunion with estranged husband CAREY HART, after confessing she is still in love with him.
The singer has been linked with several potential new men since ending her two year marriage to motocross star Hart earlier this year (08).
But she insists she hasn’t dated and isn’t interested in any other men because she isn’t over Hart yet.
Pink, 29, tells People magazine, "I’m still in love with him. There’s no one cuter than Carey. I’m not looking for anyone else right now."

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R&B star LYFE JENNINGS has been arrested after allegedly shooting a gun before speeding away from police and then refusing to take a sobriety test.
Police officials were reportedly called after the multi-platinum selling singer shot off a firearm in Smyrna, Georgia.
According to celebrity website TMZ.com, Jennings rushed away from the scene, forcing police to give chase to the star, before he eventually crashed.
Jennings was charged with weapon possession by a convicted criminal and faces further charges of attempting to elude officers, firing a gun near a public highway and refusing to take a police DUI (drinking under influence) test.
In 1992, Jennings was sentenced to over ten years in jail after being found guilty of arson. He released his first album Lyfe 268-192 in recognition of his prison identification number.

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Rap superstar EMINEM has dismissed the rap scene as "crap" as he prepares to storm the charts with a spectacular comeback.
The Slim Shady star insists his forthcoming album Relapse - his first since 2004 - will have little competition, because there’s a lack of good hip-hop in the charts.
During an interview with BBC radio, Eminem says, "I don’t mean everything about rap is crap. I just mean the majority of it. Rap in general." But there are exceptions, and T.I. and Andre 3000 can count the star among their fans.
He adds, "Actually I think T.I.’s new album is great and I’ve been pumping that for the last two weeks every day in my car aside from my own stuff as I record it. Andre 3000 is also incredible."

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Soccer ace DAVID BECKHAM and his former SPICE GIRL wife VICTORIA are set to quit America - less than 18 months after they arrived in Los Angeles.
The celebrity couple moved from Europe to California to a rapturous reception in July 2007 as Beckham transferred from Spanish football club Real Madrid to L.A. Galaxy.
Beckham and the singer-turned-designer have often spoken of their love of the U.S. and how their three sons - Brooklyn, nine, Romeo, seven, and three year old Cruz - adore living there.
But reports suggest the family could be heading back to Europe within months amid claims Beckham is set to sign on for Italian soccer side AC Milan in January (09).
The club’s vice-president Adriano Galliani has reportedly said: "Beckham wants to train and play with Milan. We want him. He will arrive in January and we will sign him. It’s not just a shop-window deal, it’s a great deal."

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Actress/singer HILARY DUFF has given her backing to a campaign to ensure students from low-income families don’t go hungry.
The 20-year-old visited an elementary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Tuesday (21Oct08) to promote the Blessings in a Backpack programme.
The campaign provides needy children with bags full of food so they have plenty to eat for an entire weekend.
It was launched to ensure youngsters from struggling families have a balanced diet to improve their performance in the classroom.
Duff says, "I feel lucky enough to have a voice or a name that people might pay attention to.
"I think that people might not be aware that a couple neighbourhoods away, kids aren’t having food on the weekends, and we just want people to be informed and to know what’s going on in their communities and to help if they can."

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The father of DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES’ boyfriend DODI FAYED was questioned by police over allegations of indecent assault against a 15-year-old female.
Business tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of London’s most exclusive department store Harrods, attended a west London police station on Wednesday (22Oct08) to be quizzed in relation to claims of a sex attack on a teenager earlier this year (08).
No arrests have been made in connection to the alleged assault, and police confirm their investigations are continuing.
A Scotland Yard spokesperson says, "We can confirm that a man attended a west London police station by prior arrangement and was questioned under caution this morning.
"The man was questioned in relation to an allegation of sexual assault on a girl under 16 at a business premises in central London. The allegation was received in May 2008." Fayed made international news earlier this year (Apr08) following his testimony at the inquest into the 1997, Paris car crash which killed Diana and his son Dodi, after he claimed the two were assassinated by British security services acting on the orders of Prince Philip, the husband of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II.
The jury ruled the couple died as a result of the gross negligence of their driver Henri Paul and the pursuing paparazzi.

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CHACE CRAWFORD has vowed never to play a similar role to his high-school jock character in GOSSIP GIRL - because he is terrified of being typecast.
The actor shot to international stardom as handsome rich kid Nate Archibald in the hit U.S. series, and has quickly become one of Hollywood’s leading teen idols.
But the star insists he has what it takes to last in the industry - and won’t rely on his good looks to land roles.
He tells America’s VMan magazine, "There are a lot of adverse effects of being a certain type, which I am.
"Look, I wouldn’t be in the business if I didn’t feel I had what it takes to have longevity. Everyone has a certain castability, or quality they’re always going to have to fight." And Crawford believes he has the key to success - reinvention.
He adds: "I think the best remedy is to reinvent yourself. I’m not going to take the same type of role in the future."

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LITTLE BRITAIN comic MATT LUCAS has ended his marriage to his partner of five years - their divorce has been finalised by a London court.
The funnyman was granted a dissolution of his relationship with TV researcher Kevin McGee at court on Wednesday (22Oct08) on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour. The pair split in June (08).
Lucas and McGee wed in a lavish civil partnership ceremony in London in 2006, which was attended by rocker Sir Elton John and Lucas’ comedy sidekick David Walliams.
Court records have not disclosed any details of the unreasonable behaviour which kickstarted the dissolution, but documents stated it was continuing, according to the BBC.
The former couple is slated to be the first gay celebrity couple to "divorce" since same-sex marriage was introduced in the U.K. in 2004.

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DIE HARD director JOHN McTIERNAN is one step closer to changing his guilty plea over his involvement in a Hollywood wiretapping scandal, after winning a court hearing on Tuesday (21Oct08).
The filmmaker was fined $100,000 (£57,800) and sentenced to four months in jail last September (07) for lying to FBI agents investigating disgraced private detective Anthony Pellicano, who was charged with more than 100 counts of wiretapping and racketeering.
McTiernan initially told the FBI he’d only hired Pellicano once, during his divorce. He later revealed that he’d employed the detective’s services on another occasion to keep tabs on producer Charles Roven, after they worked together on 2002’s Rollerball.
But he has since claimed he had inadequate legal representation when he made the plea, and on Tuesday (21Oct08), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California ruled a lower court must consider his motion to rescind his plea.
A similar motion was dismissed by a U.S. district court judge last year (07).
The case will now be put before a Los Angeles district court, where a judge will determine whether McTiernan should be allowed to withdraw his plea.
And McTiernan’s new attorney, S. Todd Neal, is satisfied with the latest development.
He says, "In our view, this is a charge that never should have been filed." Pellicano was convicted on federal charges of wiretapping a number of celebrities, including Steven Seagal, Tom Cruise and Chris Rock, in August (08). He faces up to 10 years behind bars, along with a $500,000 (£289,000) fine when he is sentenced on 17 November (08).

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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star ALYSON HANNIGAN is pregnant with her first child.
The actress, 34, has announced she is expecting her first tot with actor husband Alexis Denisof next spring (09), according to People.com.
Hannigan met the 42-year-old on the set of cult TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer during the 1999/2000 season. Denisof played Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the show.
In 2006, the actor also joined Hannigan on How I Met Your Mother, playing a recurring role, Sandy Rivers.
The pair married in October 2003 and currently reside in Santa Monica, California.

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An auctioneer caught up in the O.J. SIMPSON hotel heist is suing U.S. TV personality DR. PHIL for defamation and fraud after appearing on his show earlier this month (Oct08).
Simpson was found guilty on all 12 counts in his kidnapping and armed robbery trial on 3 October, stemming from a heist he took part in at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last year (Sep07).
Thomas Riccio, who arranged the meeting between Simpson and sports memorabilia collector Bruce Fromong on that fateful night, agreed to be interviewed by Philip ‘Dr. Phil’ McGraw for the programme about the incident.
The interview was recorded on 6 October (08) and aired on U.S. TV two days later - but Riccio is furious with the results, claiming footage was edited to alter the meaning of his words.
Riccio, who testified against Simpson in the trial, is particularly incensed at being referred to as "the shady deal maker", "a puppet master who would sell his soul for a coin", and "the ring leader of this crime".
He is also accusing McGraw of falsely claiming that he "set O.J. Simpson up and told people to bring guns into the room", insisting his denials were cut from the final interview and instead replaced with footage of him nodding, appearing to agree with the host.
Riccio is also seeking compensation from McGraw and production company Stage 29 Media for the emotional distress of being portrayed in a false light. His lawsuit further states: "Had plaintiff been aware of defendants’ intent and their intended actions, he would not have agreed to do the interview." Simpson, 61, and his co-defendant Clarence Stewart, are currently being held in a Las Vegas jail where they face life imprisonment when they are sentenced on 5 December (08).

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