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MARIAH CAREY has offered Hollywood’s young female stars advice on how to get out of cars without exposing themselves to the lenses of the paparazzi.
The pop singer admits she feels bad for the young stars who are caught without their knickers as they’re swarmed by photographers.
And she has offered up her expertise after her own embarrassing incident.
Carey says: "They (photographers) got me one time but at least I had underwear on. I was very thankful for that.
"You lead with the leg, place the hand down and then you’re up. Hopefully somebody is standing in front of you (and) then you proceed to walk." But the singer also believes starlets should consider what type of vehicle they’ll be stepping out of when they get dressed for a glitzy party, launch or premiere: "You don’t want to be in an Escalade (SUV) in a teensy skirt - that’s not easy."

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British TV presenter BEN FOGLE has contracted a potentially life-threatening flesh-eating disease while filming a BBC series in Peru.
The 34-year-old has developed a large, gaping hole in his right arm following his return from shooting adventure programme Extreme Dreams in the Peruvian jungle. He is now being treated at London’s Hospital of Tropical Diseases.
The wound is believed to have been caused by the often fatal leishmaniasis, but the exact strain of the infection has yet to be discovered.
Fogle’s spokesman says, "The infection can attack internal organs and can be fatal. The strain of infection will be determined in the next few days. It is important he has treatment quickly." But the TV star remains upbeat about his condition, adding, "After 13 expeditions to remote parts of the world, I would consider myself lucky. This is the first time I’m ill. I have every confidence in the specialists treating me." Fogle shot to fame in 2000 after taking part in the BBC’s reality show Castaway and has since forged a successful career as a TV presenter.

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BEYONCE KNOWLES has spoken out about a recent magazine article in which she revealed she almost suffered a nervous breakdown, insisting she may have been misquoted.
The pop superstar is far from happy with the Gotham magazine piece, in which she reportedly stated she was headed towards a collapse two years ago (06).
Knowles now says, "I wouldn’t say I was on the verge of a breakdown. That’s a very strong thing to say." So was she misquoted? She adds, "Maybe. I have been before."

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NICOLE KIDMAN refuses to show her baby daughter off to the world - because she’s keen to keep her precious child as protected as possible.
The actress gave birth to Sunday Rose in July (08) and she insists there won’t be any family magazine spread or intimate shots she releases online.
That means, she and husband Keith Urban are willing to fight the world’s paparazzi over what has become a top-price first picture of the new baby.
She tells the upcoming issue of America’s Parade magazine, "People say, ‘Oh, it would be so much easier if you’d just let them (paparazzi) get a photo of her.’ And I can’t. I’m like, ‘I don’t want to. I want her to stay out of that.’ "Maybe that will wane as she gets bigger, and I’ll be easier with it. But, for now, I’m keeping her in a bubble."

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Former BOND girl MICHELLE YEOH has launched a crusade for a new law requiring Vietnamese children to wear motorcycle crash helmets.
The Chinese actress became a leading lady in the campaign, and joined 1,000 Vietnamese children in a march through Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday (30Oct08).
The initiative is part of a global campaign aiming to cut the world’s annual road death toll of 1.3 million people.
Government officials have enforced helmet use for adults, but the law has not been extended to children and youths riding as passengers.
And Yeoh says, "Since last year when the law was enacted, overnight 80-90 per cent of riders started wearing helmets
. But the kids are wearing baseball caps instead..
. The parents need to protect the children.
"Unfortunately, many parents reject helmets for their kids out of a mistaken perception that helmets are unsafe for children.
"Today, tomorrow and every day, we will see at least 2,000 young children killed or seriously injured on the world’s roads
. This is unacceptable, preventable and we have to stop it
. We have the vaccines for this disease: helmets, seatbelts, speed enforcement, safe road design
. We just need to use them."

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Former ‘N SYNC star LANCE BASS’ DANCING WITH THE STARS partner LACEY SCHWIMMER has become the second professional on the hit U.S. show to be diagnosed with endometriosis.
Julianne Hough was diagnosed with the painful medical condition, which wreaks havoc on the appendix, pelvis and abdomen, two weeks ago, and has since had surgery.
Now it’s pretty Schwimmer’s turn.
She tells U.S. news show The Insider, "A few days ago, I started feeling very shaky, very weak, and I had awful cramps… I didn’t really know what was going on. I went to go get checked out and I actually have the beginning onset of what Julianne has.
"It hurts very bad. Right now I’m insanely weak, and the room is spinning (but) I have medication that is taking care of it. We caught it at a very good time."

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Actress BROOKE SHIELDS is planning to add to her family by adopting in 2009.
The mum of two, who has become a champion for post-partum depression, admits she and her husband Chris Henchy are seriously considering adding a third child to their family.
She says, "We would adopt. I think it might be the next thing. I’m starting to think about that." But Shields insists she won’t be following Angelina Jolie or Meg Ryan’s examples and adopting from outside the U.S.: "There are a lot of babies out there in our immediate back yard that need families."

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Pop singer CHER has offered her support to U.S. Presidential candidate BARACK OBAMA, insisting the nation needs someone to "heal" its divide.
The 62-year-old performer revealed her political leanings by showing off a ‘Barack The Vote’ T-shirt during an appearance on U.S. morning show Today on Thursday (30Oct08).
Asked about her political fashion statement, Cher revealed she’s fully behind the Democrat as he prepares for the presidential election next week (04Nov08).
She says, "He is by far the best candidate. I’m an independent (voter) but I don’t think I could ever vote Republican… I was telling someone, ‘I’ve been alive for 11 presidents and I feel this is the worst time I’ve ever seen.’ "The country’s so divided and it’s still going to be divided. But there are some people who are healing people, and there are some people - like this president we have right now (George W. Bush) - who says he’s the Big Decider, but I really think he’s the Big Divider."

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NICOLE KIDMAN’s marriage to KEITH URBAN has already faced its ultimate test his alcohol problems forced the then-newlyweds to go "to hell and back".
Four months after her 2006 wedding to the country singer, Urban checked himself into rehab to deal with ongoing alcohol issues, and now Kidman reveals she feels as if she and her husband went through 10 years of marriage in just a few months.
She tells Parade magazine, "We were thrown into his alcohol problem three months into the marriage, and that was big. We became the closest we could become, because we had to bare our souls. We did 10 years of marriage in three months. You go to hell and back with this. When the addiction takes control of the life, it’s terrifying." Urban spent six months trying to beat alcoholism and now Kidman feels proud of the effort her man made to change his life.
She adds, "There is hope, and we work on it every day, and we are in a place of actual peace right now, which is a beautiful place.
"I love him so deeply, and he has done an amazing amount of work, and he is an amazing husband, and I am just very, very grateful."

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Rapper T.I. can’t be knocked from the top of the U.S. pop charts - his hits claim the number one and number two spots for another week.
Whatever You Like claims a seventh non-consecutive week at the top of the charts and his Rihanna duet, Live Your Life, stands at two.
But he faces a challenge next week from Beyonce Knowles, who scores her 10th Hot 100 top 10 single as a solo artist with If I Were a Boy, which rockets up the chart from 68 to three, thanks to download sales.
Pink’s So What drops to four and Britney Spears’ Womanizer rounds out the new top five.
British singer Adele claims the week’s highest entry - Chasing Pavements debuts at 82.
As expected, Aussie rockers AC/DC stormed to the top of the U.S. album chart on Wednesday (29Oct08) with Black Ice, which earned the band its first number one debut on the Billboard 200.
The album sold 784,000 copies in its opening week to become the second biggest debut of 2008 - behind Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III.

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Rapper ICE CUBE, who once urged N.W.A. fans to F**K THA POLICE, is now set to create a cop comedy show on TV.
The hip-hop star-turned-actor has been hired to write and produce a new TV sitcom by executives at U.S. network NBC.
Studio chairman Ben Silverman confirms the network aggressively pursued the star to fill the role - and hopes he will make a cameo appearance on his own show.
Silverman says: "As we continue to expand our roster of diverse talent both on camera and behind the camera, a guy like Ice Cube, who’s multi-talented, is someone we really wanted to be in business with. He’s had an amazing career, to have gone from (hip-hop group) N.W.A to this.
"We really want to capture his voice and his eye for talent, and his producing acumen. If he appeared in the pilot or series, we’d be really excited about that."

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LATEST: Country star MINDY McCREADY is set for a Halloween jailbreak - after serving just over half of a 60-day prison sentence for violating parole.
The fallen star will be released from a Tennessee jail on Friday (31Oct08), according to TMZ.com.
McCready voluntarily agreed to serve time after she was arrested for prescription drug fraud in June (08) - an incident which was considered a violation of her probation relating to a 2004 drug arrest
. That conviction led to McCready losing custody of her two-year-old son, Zander.
Upon her incarceration at the end of September (08), the 32-year-old singer released a statement, which read, "I am working very hard to put all of this behind me as quickly as possible so I can get back to what I like to do most: sing, write songs, and entertain." And it appears she means business - reports suggest she has lost 20 pounds (nine kilograms) behind bars and "looks amazing"
.

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Rockers FALL OUT BOY had a pre-Halloween scare when 31 cases of luggage and equipment were lost on a flight to Canada from Europe earlier this week (beg27Oct08).
The band and its crew had to scramble around for the basics so they could continue a promotional tour for their new album, Folie a Deux.
Frontman Patrick Stump says, "They lost 31 bags of ours… We landed yesterday (29Oct08)." He adds, "It’s (back to) really bad gear and then we went shopping at the mall by the hotel… After a 16-hour flight, it’s time to change your clothes." Bandmate Pete Wentz explains, "We lost all our socks and our underwear and stuff, so we go to the mall."

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Rock legend MICK JAGGER’s daughter ELIZABETH has been forced to move out of her New York home of four years - after the apartment’s owners decided to sell it to a family who can "return it to its former glory." The model/actress rented the Greenwich Village apartment - now listed at $7.95 million (£4.97million) - in 2004, shortly after she began dating fellow rock offspring Sean Lennon, son of late Beatles star John Lennon.
Lennon had reportedly bought a townhouse in the area for $6 million (£3.75million).
According to the New York Post, Jagger has been forced to find another home in the neighbourhood after the owner of the five-unit townhouse decided to put it on the market.
A listing agent for real-estate company the Corcoran Group says: "We’re looking for a single-family buyer who can return it to its former elegant glory." (JMA/PYN/LR) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 30 OCTOBER 2008

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KEANU REEVES got a boost in his ongoing court case against a paparazzo, after the photographer was accused of giving conflicting accounts of the incident he alleges left him seriously injured.
Photographer Alison Silva is suing Reeves, claiming the Speed actor knocked him to the ground in March 2007 with his car.
Silva alleges he was left with debilitating injuries to his wrist, which has affected his ability to work. He is seeking compensation to cover medical costs and damages.
Questioned by Reeves’ defence attorney on Thursday (30Oct08), Silva recounted another incident earlier this year (08), when he was beaten by fellow photographers while shooting photos of Britney Spears.
Silva acknowledged the Spears incident forced him to delay a second surgery to repair damage in his left wrist, attributed to his run-in with Reeves.
The confusion fuelled earlier contradictions after a fire department captain testified on Wednesday (29Oct08) that Silva complained of pain in his left knee moments after his fall, despite later complaining to doctors Reeves’ Porsche hit his right knee.
The captain also testified Silva was clutching his camera when paramedics arrived, contrary to the paparazzo’s testimony he dropped his camera when he says Reeves hit him with his car.
According to reports, Silva claimed he could not remember aspects of the incident and statements he made to emergency responders and doctors.
Reeves, 44, has denied he hit Silva, insisting the snapper stumbled as he backed away from the vehicle.
The case is expected to go in front of a jury by Friday (31Oct08).

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SIENNA MILLER’s paparazzi lawsuit is going to trial - after the actress’ lawyers accused photographers of waging a "campaign of harassment" against her.
Miller is suing photographic agency Big Pictures (UK) Limited and its founder, Darryn Lyons, claiming the company’s constant "relentless pursuit" of her has breached the star’s human rights. The actress has accused the firm of harassment and invasion of privacy.
At a preliminary hearing at London’s High Court on Thursday (30Oct08), Miller’s attorney, David Sherborne, insisted that the Alfie star had endured being chased while driving and suffered "other forms of physical and verbal intimidation or abuse in their (snappers) attempts to obtain photographs of her for commercial exploitation." Judge Justice Eady announced a trial should be set for the first available date after 12 January (09).
Earlier this year (08) Miller won $27,750 (£15,000) in damages from a British newspaper over invasion of privacy claims regarding a set of photos they published of the star.
Miller accepted damages from the newspaper in an out-of-court settlement, and the newspaper’s editors agreed to print an apology to the actress over the pictures, which were taken in Los Angeles on 11 September (08).

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Actress TORI SPELLING had a hard time regaining her pre-pregnancy figure, but looked to JESSICA ALBA for inspiration to shed the weight.
The star welcomed her second child, Stella Doreen, on 9 June (08), whilst Alba gave birth to Honor Marie a few days earlier, on 7 June (08).
And it was seeing photos of the slim The Fantastic Four actress that spurred Spelling on to get back in shape.
She says, "I would look at pictures of myself and compare them to Jessica Alba, who had her baby two days before me. I’d see photos of her two months after and go, ‘Look at her!’" But being a mum to Stella and one-year-old Liam came first to Spelling, and she refused to forfeit her time with them for the sake of her figure.
She adds, "The best way to lose weight is to make it a family affair. It has changed my life. It’s easier now because I’m not as focused on it. Take your time. If you get obsessed, you’ll miss out on great moments with your children.”

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Comedian GEORGE LOPEZ has been tapped as the latest celebrity to host his own late-night talk show.
The 47 year old’s star turn in the Sandra Bullock-produced The George Lopez Show secured him a leading name on the small screen, even though the sitcom was cancelled in 2007 after a five-year run.
The show’s syndicated success has reportedly spurred talk of Lopez hosting yet another programme produced by Warner Bros.
According to the New York Post, the show is set to premiere next Autumn (09), although it has yet to be picked up by a U.S. network.
Since his show went off the air, Lopez has made guest appearances on U.S. TV series including Reno 911 and The Naked Brothers Band. He has also taken on hosting duties for a network special on cable channel HBO.

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