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MY NAME IS EARL star JAIME PRESSLY’s engagement to DJ ERIC CUBICHE is in trouble, according to reports.
The pair has been engaged for two years and they have an 18-month-old son, Dezi, together.
But sources claim they are on a break and considering a permanent split.
An insider tells Us Weekly magazine, "They hit a rough patch and decided to take break. They still love each other and Dezi is their world."

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JENNIFER ANISTON’s guest spot on hit comedy 30 ROCK could turn into a regular role, if castmembers on the show have their way.
The actress plays a woman who stalks TV executive Jack Donaghy, played by Alec Baldwin, in an upcoming episode, and the former Friends star wowed cast and crew so much, bosses at network NBC are considering asking her to return for more episodes.
Regular cast member Jane Krakowski tells OK! magazine, "We’d love to have her." And sources claim Aniston is keen for a return to the small screen, four years after Friends ended its 10-year run.
An insider says, "For Jen, it’s about finding the right part, the right cast and the right fit."

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JANET JACKSON’s plans to release a diet book have been shelved, because the singer has piled on the pounds, according to reports.
The 42 year old had signed a deal to share her weightloss secrets with fans after shedding an astonishing 27 kilograms (60 pounds) in just four months back in 2006.
But sources claim the pop superstar has added pounds during her current Rock Witchu tour, prompting her publishing bosses to back out of the deal.
An insider tells the National Enquirer, "It has been postponed indefinitely.
It was a mutual decision."

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R&B singer USHER has been left "speechless" by Democrat BARACK OBAMA’s election triumph - making him the first African American president of the U.S.
The Illinois senator beat Republican rival John McCain when the country went to the polls on Tuesday (04Nov08).
Usher joined rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige to lend his backing to Obama in the run-up to the election, and he admits he is pleasantly stunned by Obama’s appointment - because it proves America’s Civil Rights Movement made a real difference.
He says, "This will go down in history, in black history, for all of the sacrifices that the great Joseph Lowery and Martin Luther King made; this actually pays off for their sacrifice.
"The great Rosa Parks. So many people sacrificed for us to have a voice. It was one thing to have a voice but, to eventually know the best way to use it and then it grows into this, it’s just incredible. I’m speechless. I don’t even know what to say."

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OPRAH WINFREY was so desperate to be part of BARACK OBAMA’s success as he was elected the 44th president of the U.S. on Tuesday night (04Nov08), she used a portable park loo for the first time.
Millions of Americans saw the talk show queen in tears during Obama’s moving post-election speech in Chicago, Illinois’ Grant Park - and Winfrey was so determined not to miss a word, she kept her legs crossed and dashed for a Port-a-Potty as the new President left the stage.
She says, "In all these years at every event, I’ve said, ‘No, I’m not going to do the Port-a-potty…but I said I better use it." And she’s glad she supported Obama prior to the election and on her friend’s big night: "I would have lost my soul if I had not stood up for Barack Obama and it was worth everything for me to do it. It feels like something big happened." She only hopes the new President keeps in touch.
Winfrey tells news show Extra, "I’m just hoping the email address doesn’t change."

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HARRY POTTER star EMMA WATSON is riled by reports she’s a serial dater and has urged fans not to believe everything they read in the tabloids.
The 18-year-old actress has amassed a personal fortune, estimated at $16 million (£10.1 million), from her role in the boy wizard film franchise, and she insists finding the right man isn’t an easy task.
She tell Britain’s Hello magazine, "I’ve been linked to so many guys that I sound like a wanton woman! "People say, ‘Oh, boys must be lining up for you.’ It’s really not that easy.
I suppose guys are either intimidated by me and have their defences up or like to take the mickey (make fun) out of me.
"On set, I’m surrounded by cute, older guys. It’s a minefield, to be honest.
It’s stressful."

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NICOLE KIDMAN felt stifled during her 10-year marriage to TOM CRUISE, and only became an individual when they split in 2001.
The actress claims she was never considered a star in her own right, and was treated as an extension to the Top Gun actor.
Just two years after her divorce from Cruise, Kidman cemented her status on Hollywood’s A-list by lifting the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Hours - and she admits she flourished after the split.
Kidman, who is now married to country star Keith Urban, tells the December issue of America’s Glamour magazine, "I felt I became a star only by association. I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and be seen and not heard."

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Shock rocker MARILYN MANSON has been dumped by his actress girlfriend EVAN RACHEL WOOD, according to reports.
The couple split after a bitter row over 21-year-old Wood’s brother Ira, who had been living with the celebrity pair, reports Starmagazine.com.
Sources claim 39-year-old Manson tried to throw Ira out of the guest house at the Hollywood home he shares with his girlfriend.
An insider tells the site, "Evan owned the house and didn’t want her unemployed sibling living on the street. It was the tipping point." Manson and Thirteen star Wood began dating in December 2006, following his split from then-wife, burlesque star Dita Von Teese.

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STAR TREK actor GEORGE TAKEI has been left with bittersweet feelings about the election of BARACK OBAMA - because his success came with the failure of a bid to keep gay marriage legal in California.
Just over 52 per cent of those who voted on Proposition 8 opposed May’s (08) Supreme Court ruling, which legalised same-sex unions.
Takei, who took advantage of the new legislation and wed his partner Brad Altman in September (08), tells Usmagazine.com, "Last night, I was filled with pride to be an American. It was an exhilarating night of celebration. Barack Obama’s victory was a miraculous moment in our history.
"(But at the same time) our fight for marriage equality was going down to defeat. It was astounding to think that the hard won equality that made my recent marriage to Brad Altman would no longer be possible for others.
"The evening became bittersweet… The road ahead is long, the road will be steep.” But Takei is prepared for another fight: "Our struggles for equality for another minority, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered, will be no different. There will be setbacks, disappointments and sacrifices to be made.
Barack Obama spoke of the ‘renewed promise’ of America. It happened last night with the presidency. And equality and justice will happen for us as well. We will make it happen. Yes we can."

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The British star who has portrayed TONY BLAIR and TV personality DAVID FROST on the big screen is to star in a new biopic about English soccer legend BRIAN CLOUGH.
Michael Sheen, who played Blair in The Queen and who plays Frost in new movie Frost/Nixon, has reteamed with both films’ screenwriter Peter Morgan for The Damned Utd.
Revered Clough became one of the most respected managers in English soccer in the late 1970s and 1980s, when he led Nottingham Forest to league and European championship successes. He died in 2004, aged 69.

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MILEY CYRUS has landed one of her biggest gigs to date - she’ll lead the 82nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at the end of the month (27Nov08).
The teen sensation will perform on the lead float as New York wakes up to Thanksgiving Day, just four days after she turns 16.
The parade will also feature performances by The Cheetah Girls, Trace Adkins and Kristen Chenoweth, among others. (KL/WN/IG) WENN - SIXTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 05 NOVEMBER 2008

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Rap mogul RUSSELL SIMMONS has praised the hip-hop community for helping to elect BARACK OBAMA the 44th President of the U.S.
The Def Jam founder-turned-style guru has released a post-election statement, in which he celebrates and congratulates the "vision of the hip-hop generation and its young people".
Simmons insists the genre’s youth helped older Americans, like himself, realise their dream of putting Senator Obama in the White House.
The statement reads, "The election of Barack Obama, a resounding progressive voice, is a clear reflection of hip-hop politics.
"Obama’s election as president is a beautiful testament to the American collective consciousness that is flowering. This more loving consciousness will be necessary to protect us from some of our hurtful human choices and tendencies.
"We will need it to create balance with the constantly emerging advances in technology, so, going forward, we can use these advances in a positive way to lift up Mother Earth and all her inhabitants.
"I don’t think I’m overstating it when I say that today, I feel like America has dodged a bullet. Let’s support this beautiful leader to do the work necessary to promote and execute on the change agenda we all voted for."

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Rockers AC/DC have scored a second week freezing out the U.S. album charts with new album BLACK ICE.
The group scored the second highest sales week of the year last week (29Oct08) when they debuted at number one, and second week sales of 271,000 have kept them there.
Black Ice has sold more than one million units in the U.S.
Pink comes in second with her best chart placement ever as Funhouse opened with 180,000 sales and the soundtrack to High School Musical 3 rounds out the new top three.
John Legend debuts Evolver at three, while Toby Keith also enters the chart high - That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy is the new number five album.

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Pop standards composer and arranger RAY ELLIS has lost his battle with liver cancer in California. He was 85.
Ellis penned hits like Splish Splash and Dream Lover for Bobby Darin and Connie Francis’ Where The Boys Are and arranged R&B classics like Ben E. King’s Spanish Harlem and Under The Boardwalk for The Drifters while working as a producer at Atlantic Records alongside the late Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler.
An in-demand collaborator throughout his career, Ellis also worked with Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Maurice Chevalier and Frankie Laine, among others.
He also created themes for hit cartoon TV series like Spider-Man and Fat Albert.
Ellis was still working in his early 80s, arranging classics for Barry Manilow and Bette Midler.

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Rapper KANYE WEST shared the news of BARACK OBAMA’s U.S. election night victory with his late mother in a passionate blog entry.
Minutes after the Democrat was named the 44th President of the U.S. on Tuesday night (04Nov08), West posted a picture of Obama on his website and blogged, "HI MOM, OBAMA WON!” Lindsay Lohan also used cyberspace to congratulate everyone who voted, stating, "OBAMA IS OUR PRESIDENT!” on her MySpace.com page.
Meanwhile, R&B star Alicia Keys waited until the day after the big night to share her thoughts with fans. She called in to MTV’s TRL on Wednesday (05Nov08) show to coo about Obama’s win.
She said, "I feel, like, a renewal, I feel an excitement. I feel, like, everybody you meet in the street… all last night, people were just honking horns… I just feel, like, this sense of ‘Wow!’" Keys watched the election results unfold with friends and "just stared at the TV" when Obama was named the new president.
She added, "I was screaming… (There was) such a pride. A friend of mine said, ‘We are living in Martin Luther King’s dream,’ and I was so amazed by those words. It’s true… We all need to be really proud of ourselves." Meanwhile, director Michael Moore told fans he was a mess of tears after haring the news. In a post on his website, the fillmmaker wrote, "Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.”

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Rap mogul SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS has turned his 39th birthday party into a "sophisticated celebration" of America’s new President BARACK OBAMA.
The rapper stalled his birthday celebrations on Tuesday (04Nov08) to vote for the Democrat and now he’s sharing his big celebration with the politician, who was elected the 44th President on Tuesday night.
The double-celebration party, sponsored by Ciroc vodka, will take place at Mansion NYC in New York on Wednesday night (05Nov08).
The jubilant birthday boy appeared on MTV’s TRL on Wednesday (05Nov08) - to celebrate Obama’s big win and applaud America’s youth for voting in huge numbers.
He said, "We did it… Four years ago, when I was on the campaign trail, doing Vote Or Die, they said you would not show up, you would not register…and y’all did it. The MTV generation put the next President of the United States into office. We did it.
"It was my birthday yesterday, and that’s all I wanted; I got what I wished for."

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Country star TAYLOR SWIFT has confirmed she and JONAS BROTHERS hunk JOE JONAS have split after a brief romance.
The teenager went public with the break-up while appearing on DJ Ryan Seacrest’s Los Angeles radio show on Wednesday (05Nov08), and admitted the split has inspired her to write a bunch of heartbreak songs.
She said, "That’s just how I deal with things. It’s tough and it’s been tough." And she insists she has learned from her secret romance with Jonas, confessing her next boyfriend will be someone who is allowed to be seen in public with her.

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LATEST: Pop superstar MICHAEL JACKSON is reportedly furious at his brother JERMAINE for telling the world he is joining his siblings for a JACKSON 5 reunion tour.
Last week (ends31Oct08), Jermaine Jackson claimed Michael, his brothers and sister Janet would record a new album together and tour in 2009 to revive the family’s flagging fortunes.
But the Thriller hitmaker shot down the reports, insisting he has "no plans to record or tour with them" because he is busy working on his own LP.
Now, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, Michael has chastised Jermaine for getting fans’ hopes up - and is adamant Janet will not be joining their brothers on the road.
A source tells the publication: "Both Michael and Janet are not involved in any way and Michael really laid into Jermaine for even raising the possibility."

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