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50 CENT leaped at the chance to perform at last week’s MTV concert tribute to American troops - because he’s still haunted by his visit to Iraq in 2004.
The rap superstar took to the stage at New York’s Nokia Theatre Times Square on Friday (24Oct08) for the network’s A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the Brave - to raise awareness of a petition for veterans’ rights.
Speaking backstage, he recalled his trip to war-torn Mosul, saying, "It was intense, man. There was an intensity there. A lot of (soldiers) write these death notes before they go on missions; they write these notes that they want their loved ones to read. …They’re in this environment where death is everywhere.
"A lot of the people I met (in Mosul) had been there since my first record came out - they’d been there since 2003 - and you could tell, man. There was an intensity there." And it brought the former gang member back down to earth: "It was eye-opening. It was like, ‘You think you’ve had a tough time? …These people have a tough time.’ They’re in this environment that’s more intense than anything you could imagine."

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Heart-throb ZAC EFRON was overwhelmed to find out MICHAEL JACKSON is a fan of his work - and was left "speechless" when the pop superstar called to congratulate him on his success.
The Thriller hitmaker is a big fan of Efron’s High School Musical franchise and is a close friend of the films’ director Kenny Ortega.
And Efron admits he was delighted when Ortega handed him his cellphone and told him that Jackson was on the line for him.
He says, "I’ve been wanting to talk to Michael Jackson my whole life, but as soon as Kenny handed me the phone, I was at a loss for words. I have never been so speechless.
"He said he loves High School Musical. It was motivation for us, and encouragement.”

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TRACY MORGAN credits his 30 ROCK co-star ALEC BALDWIN with helping him kick booze and turn his life around.
The comedian violated his probation on a driving under the influence (DUI) charge last year (07) when he was accused of drunkenly groping a female DJ. As punishment, he was forced to wear an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet.
Morgan has been in recovery since, and describes himself as a "functioning alcoholic" - and he insists Baldwin has played a large part in his rehabilitation.
He says, "Alec was the main one counseling me. He’s a passionate dude. I don’t give a f**k what nobody say about him, dude been there. ‘You got an opportunity on 30 Rock,’ he told me. I felt the love when he do that."

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SYLVESTER STALLONE is plotting to bring grizzled Vietnam veteran JOHN RAMBO back for a fifth installment of the action movie franchise.
Rambo returned in 2008 to battle the Burmese army, 26 years after he took his big screen bow in 1982’s First Blood.
Rambo IV was a big hit - and Stallone reveals talks are already underway for number five.
The 62-year-old tells TMZ.com, "Rambo hopefully will be back. We’ve just got to give you guys a story that’s worthwhile."

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CHRISTINA AGUILERA has taken to the web to premiere her new music video - after network bosses announced a popular U.S. music TV programme will be axed next month (Nov08).
MTV’s Total Request Live (TRL) will end its 10-year run when its final episode is broadcast within the next few weeks.
Aguilera - who has premiered a long list of video clips on the show - will debut the web video for Keeps Getting’ Better on Monday (03Nov08) via music website iLike.com.
The clip can also be seen on social network Facebook.com through a special application available for download upon its release. (JMA/WNWCPL/LR) WENN - SIXTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 27 OCTOBER 2008

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TRACY MORGAN is angry people often mistake him for the buffoon he plays in sitcom 30 ROCK - insisting it takes intelligence to play someone that stupid.
The comedian plays TV star Tracy Jordan in the hit comedy, a character some fans have confused for his real life persona.
But Morgan insists he’s really the opposite of Jordan, because it requires brains and skill to properly portray an idiot.
He says, "He’s my alter ego, he’s not me. Some people believe everything they see on TV. People, it’s called tel-lie-vision. You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella."

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British acting mother and daughter duo VANESSA REDGRAVE and NATASHA RICHARDSON are teaming up for a one-off Broadway performance of STEPHEN SONDHEIM musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
The show - at New York’s Nokia Theatre Times Square for one night only - will include Richardson’s rendition of the song Send in the Clowns.
It is the first time the star will have sung on stage since she performed in Cabaret on Broadway in 1998 - and Richardson admits she is terrified.
She says, "I’m very scared about getting in front of an audience and singing again." But she is hoping the one-night fundraising performance on 12 January (09) will pave the way for a bigger New York production.
The 45-year-old wife of actor Liam Neeson says, "I quit smoking about a year ago, and that’s been a huge motivation. So I’m looking at a number of possibilities."

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LATEST: The F.B.I. in Chicago, Illinois has confirmed the young boy found dead in the city on Monday (27Oct08) was JENNIFER HUDSON’s seven-year-old nephew JUSTIN KING.
The actress reportedly identified the body on Monday afternoon.
Justin, the son of Hudson’s sister Julia, went missing from the family’s home in the city on Friday (24Oct08) following the murder of Hudson’s mother Darnell Donnerson and her brother Jason Hudson.
The Dreamgirls star offered a $100,000 (£64,100) cash reward for the youngster’s safe return and authorities issued an Amber Alert in the search for the missing boy, launching a statewide campaign to find him.
The alert was called off on Monday after the body of a young African-American child was discovered inside a 1994 white Chevy Suburban car in west Chicago owned by Jason Hudson.
Hudson’s personal assistant, identified only as Jay, called Fox News shortly after the discovery of the body and told reporters, "She is so distraught she cannot talk." Police are currently busy investigating forensic evidence and establishing a timeline of events.
The vehicle is said to have been reported missing on Friday (24Oct08) and neighbours in the area where it was found reportedly told police it had been parked there since Saturday.
The gruesome find was just a few miles from where Julia’s estranged husband, William Balfour, was arrested by police on Friday, according to TMZ.com. He is currently being quizzed by cops over the slayings, and authorities have described him as "a person of interest".

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Country singer and DANCING WITH THE STARS contender JULIANNE HOUGH is awaiting surgery to remove her appendix, after she was diagnosed with endometriosis.
The professional dancer was hospitalised last week (ends24Oct08) suffering from a mystery stomach ache.
Now the 20-year-old has released a statement on her website, confirming doctors have found signs of endometriosis, a common occurrence among women, symptomised by a growth on the uterus.
The statement reads, "After consulting with her doctor, this was the course of treatment that was recommended." It’s unknown when the surgery will take place, or if it will affect her appearance on the reality show, in which she dances with partner Cody Linley.

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Singing legend ARETHA FRANKLIN has found a cure for the laryngitis that hampered her career for years - she has to stop talking.
The 20-time Grammy winner, 66, frequently found herself suffering from throat and voice problems, until it dawned on her she was wearing out her voice box.
Franklin explains, "I used to get laryngitis, and I couldn’t understand why.
"It was oversinging and talking when I should just keep quiet."

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ARETHA FRANKLIN spent the summer learning to play the piano for a forthcoming album of classical covers.
The legendary diva plans to sing and play on the LP, and studied with classically-trained musicians at New York’s prestigious Juilliard School.
She reveals, "I came to New York this summer and I took some classical piano lessons. Just the basics. I’m going to sing arias too. Nessum Dorma." Franklin fans also have a Christmas album to look forward to. Her festive LP This Christmas is due out this month (Oct08).

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LED ZEPPELIN rocker JOHN PAUL JONES has confirmed the band will embark on a world tour with a replacement for frontman ROBERT PLANT.
Plant has rejected the opportunity to rejoin his former bandmates on the road, following the group’s successful reunion at a 2007 London tribute gig for late record label boss Ahmet Ertegun.
A number of potential new lead singers have been linked with the Stairway to Heaven rockers, including Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, who has reportedly rehearsed with the band.
John Paul Jones confirms he and bandmates Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham are looking - but have yet to find the right man.
He tells Rolling Stone, "As soon as we know who it is, we’ll let you know who it is." And Jones has words of hope for fans of the band desperate for a full reunion, hinting Plant may change his mind "in a few years".

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Celebrity chef GORDON RAMSAY has fired up plans to move from his London home in the next five years - to the celebrity-studded city of Dubai.
Ramsay currently lives with his wife Tana and their four children in the British capital, but he is determined to transfer to the United Arab Emirates.
He tells Britain’s Daily Mail: "I’m going to move to Dubai full-time in five years. That’s my ambition. I’m looking at a plot at the end of one of the Palm Island branches. Mum’s in her sixties and she loves it." His move to the artificial island follows David Beckham’s multi-million dollar real-estate buy earlier this year (08), when the footballer gave a lavish Dubai mansion to his mother and father-in-law as a gift.

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Billionaire WARREN BUFFETT has become the subject of a new tell-all book after his son penned his own memoir about growing up under the roof of the world’s richest man.
Peter Buffett’s memoir, titled Life Is What You Make It, reveals his personal experiences of "growing up Buffett" as one of the tycoon’s three children.
Buffett’s worth was an estimated $62.3 billion (GBP39.9billion) in 2008, according to Forbes magazine.
Remembering a piece of his fatherly advice, the younger musician/composer warns: "A silver spoon in the mouth too often becomes a silver dagger in the back."

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WEEDS star MARY-LOUISE PARKER is reportedly the victim of a spy who has been sifting through her garbage.
The actress has allegedly been targetted by an anonymous trickster who has gone through the trash outside her Manhattan home and sent a letter to New York Post gossip column PageSix, claiming to be in possession of personal items, including receipts for recent prescriptions.
The ’spy’ claims to have found an insurance co-payment for a supply of medication routinely used to treat thyroid problems and prevent goiters.
One resident of Parker’s Washington Square Park neighbourhood tells the publication, "This is incredibly creepy. It’s like nothing is sacred. I hope they find the nut job who’s doing this."

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Director JOHN SINGLETON has pulled out of plans for a movie version of 1980s TV hit THE A-TEAM, after the project was postponed, according to reports.
The Boyz n the Hood film maker had signed to direct the picture, which was scheduled for release in June 2009.
But Daily Variety reports that Singleton cancelled his contract when the film was moved back a year to 2010, so Fox movie bosses could concentrate on an Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel.
An A-Team movie has long been rumoured with a number of high profile stars touted to take on the roles made famous by George Peppard (Colonel John ‘Hannibal’ Smith ), Mr. T (Sergeant Bosco ‘B.A’ Baracas), Dirk Benedict (Lieutenant Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck) and Dwight Schultz (Captain H.M.
Murdock).
George Clooney has been linked with the Hannibal role and Ice Cube and Tyrese have both spoken of their desire to play B.A.

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BEN AFFLECK has opened up about his high-profile engagement to JENNIFER LOPEZ insisting the pair was "too accessible" to the media.
Affleck and Lopez - both now remarried with children - began dating in 2002 after meeting on set of their film Gigli.
The former couple split shortly before they were due to wed in September 2004 - marking the end of a media circus that surrounded their relationship.
He says, "I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible. I don’t think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own." The actor is expecting his second child with actress Jennifer Garner - whom he married in 2005 - later this year (08).
Lopez married latin singer Marc Anthony in 2004 and gave birth to twins in February (08).

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ASHLEY OLSEN has lashed out at the paparazzi - blaming aggressive photographers for turning her into a nervous "wreck".
The 22-year-old actress is fed up with flashbulbs because her small stature makes it difficult to escape snappers desperate to take her picture.
She tells the New York Times: "Honestly, I’m a wreck, Every time I see a camera, I’m a wreck. I don’t tend to react as though ‘I have to do this, it’s my job.’ I am reacting as a woman who is five-foot-one whose space is being invaded by a bunch of men whose aggression I can literally feel." And Olsen insists her fears extend beyond her own safety - defending celebrity mums and innocent civilians who can get caught up in dangerous car chases.
She adds: "In L.A. it is even worse because they are running red lights behind you, and I worry all the time about something terrible happening, someone getting hurt because of me, how I could ever possibly live with that. I can’t imagine what it would be like to have kids in the back seat and have to go through this and pretend for their sake that you are not scared."

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