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19 November 2008

50 LANDS LOAN SHARK ROLE OPPOSITE BLETHYN

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:51 pm

Rapper 50 CENT has signed up to play a loan shark, opposite BRENDA BLETHYN, in a hard-hitting new British gangster movie.
The hitmaker, real name Curtis Jackson, is currently shooting scenes in London for Dead Man Running, a film about an ex-convict, who is given 24 hours to raise $150,000 (GBP100,000) to pay off Jackson’s loan shark.
The film is being backed by English soccer stars Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole, who are among the project’s executive producers.

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ECKHART WANTS JOLIE TO PLAY CATWOMAN

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:48 pm

ANGELINA JOLIE has been nominated to play CATWOMAN in a future BATMAN movie, by THE DARK KNIGHT star AARON ECKHART.
Eckhart, who played Harvey Dent/Two Face in the last installment of the legendary superhero franchise, is rumoured to return in the next Batman movie, and he would love to act alongside a lycra-clad Jolie - if director Christopher Nolan chooses to intoduce the feline baddie.
He says, "I thought that was a fantastic idea." And he’s convinced any Batman movie with Jolie involved, would eclipse those already made.
Eckhart adds, "When I read that, I felt like all of our records that we made (would) be broken if she did Catwoman."

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STEWART’S SON LEADS MAGAZINE’S HOLLYWOOD DRUG EXPOSE

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:48 pm

ROD STEWART’s son [SEAN] has spoken out about Hollywood’s prevalent hard drug problem, insisting it’s hard to avoid cocaine and heroin at high-society Tinseltown parties.
The reforming wildchild admits he was led astray by other celebrities at house parties where drugs were everywhere - and he has seen some crazy sights.
Stewart, who got sober nine months ago, tells America’s In Touch magazine, "Once, I walked into a club and people threw their cocaine in the air.
"Another time, I was at a huge house party in the Hills and a very famous sports star was standing in the corner smoking crack
. I was completely surprised.” The 28 year old adds, "A lot of people use drugs because they’re under pressure..
. If you come from money, you don’t know who to trust or who is using you
. It can be hard.” And fellow socialite Erin Naas, a top model, admits stars often lead others astray.
In the In Touch expose she says, "Drugs in Hollywood are as common as oxygen.
They’re everywhere.” And she was left appalled when a top movie star offered her drugs at a party: "He’s a household name and is very handsome
. We made eye contact, and within minutes, he offered me cocaine, which I refused.”

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HILTON AND MADDEN SPLIT REPORTS

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:48 pm

PARIS HILTON has ended her romance with GOOD CHARLOTTE rocker BENJI MADDEN, according to U.S. reports.
Rumours suggesting the nine month relationship has ended began when the heiress was snapped cosying up to ex-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos in a Miami, Florida nightclub at the weekend (15-17Nov08).
And Hilton dumped her rock star beau just days later (17Nov08), friends tell Star magazine.
A source tells the magazine, "Paris was fed up with Benji always telling her what to do and bossing her around. She felt she couldn’t cut loose and party.
He doesn’t drink and doesn’t think she should either. She felt too fenced in." The insider adds, "She couldn’t take his overbearing ways anymore. It was stressing her out. He can be very aggressive and he was just too much trouble.
"He fought for a second chance and asked if they could talk it out but Paris said she was done talking."

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ANISTON TO ROMANCE BUTLER ONSCREEN

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:45 pm

JENNIFER ANISTON is to romance the movie hunk she was reportedly dating this past summer (08) in a new prison film she’s producing.
The former Friends star was linked to 300 star Gerard Butler during a break in her romance with rocker John Mayer, but now it seems she was simply wining and dining the Scot with a view to persuading him to be in her new film, Goree Girls.
According to Life & Style magazine reports, Aniston earmarked Butler as her new onscreen lover after seeing him in romantic movie P.S. I Love You.
A source tells the publication, "Gerard’s performance made her laugh and cry.” Since her reported tryst with Butler, Aniston has reconciled with Mayer.

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WITHERSPOON PULLS DAUGHTER OUT OF ‘WONDERFUL SCHOOL’

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:45 pm

REESE WITHERSPOON was forced to take her daughter out of a dream school because she was always harassed by the paparazzi there.
The actress is saddened by the lengths snappers will go to to get a picture of her kids - and their ’scare tactics’ cost her daughter Ava the chance to attend a "wonderful school".
Witherspoon explains, "She was so harassed that we had to take her out.
"The most difficult part is seeing my children being followed and harassed.
They’ve been treated terribly. They were shouted at in their Halloween costumes, photographers screaming, ‘You don’t look scared.’" The drama has prompted the protective mum to think twice about life in Hollywood: "I hope not to live in this place forever." And she tells Parade magazine that fame has become somewhat of a curse: "It removes me from people. When I first meet someone, it is so hard for me to overcome everything they’ve read about me. It’s not fair.
"It’s difficult, because I’m the kind of person who just wants to hug people."

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POLITICAL PUNDIT QUITS DANCE SHOW

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:45 pm

Revered British political pundit JOHN SERGEANT has quit dance show STRICTLY COME DANCING because it would be a shambles if he won the talent contest.
The BBC correspondent has been savaged by the hit show’s judges, but the public keeps voting for him and keeping him in the competition.
After announcing his decision to walk away from the show on Wednesday (19Nov08), Sergeant said, "It was always my intention to have fun on the show and I was hoping to stay in as long as possible. The trouble is that there is now a real danger that I might win the competition. Even for me, that would be a joke too far." Judges dubbed clumsy Sergeant "the dancing pig" and declared he was the show’s worst-ever celebrity wannabe.
Top judge Len Goodman, who also fronts America’s Dancing With The Stars show recently said Sergeant’s popularity "makes a nonsense of the show".

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JACOBS FINED $1 MILLION FOR FASHION SHOW BRIBES

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:42 pm

Fashion designer MARC JACOBS has agreed to pay a $1 million (GBP666,000) fine after admitting he bribed an official to land a dream location for his New York fashion shows.
Jacobs was found to have made a series of payments from 2000 to 2007, through an agent, to James Jackson, the former superintendent of the 69th Regiment Armory, in exchange for the use of the armory’s drill hall.
Jackson has pleaded guilty to grand larceny, admitting he pocketed $35,000 (GBP23,000) in cash and goods from Jacobs.
He will be sentenced in December (08), and faces a maximum of 15 years in prison.
As part of Jacobs’ sentence, a private monitoring agency will review all his operations for the next two years.
A spokesperson for Jacobs says, "We are pleased that this matter has been resolved. We have already taken and will continue to take steps to avoid incidents of this nature in the future."

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WYLDE’S NEW SAUCE IS HOT STUFF

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:42 pm

OZZY OSBOURNE’s guitarist ZAKK WYLDE has launched his own hot sauce line.
According to rock news website BlabberMouth.com, the rocker has teamed up with sauce company Blair’s to create Zakk Wylde’s Berserker Hot Sauce - a tribute to fans of his Black Label Society band, who call themselves Berserkers.
And when it came time to choose a partner in his new venture, Wylde admits he didn’t think twice: "Blair’s Death sauce has taken first position in my rack of flavors for sometime, and it’s been my go-to sauce for anything I’ve concocted that needs that extra punch." The sauce is now available across America.

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SWIFT HASN’T GIVEN UP ON LOVE

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:42 pm

Spurned teen country star TAYLOR SWIFT insists her heart has already healed just a month after she was ditched by ex-boyfriend JOE JONAS - and she’s looking forward to finding new love.
Jonas dumped the 18-year-old last month (Oct08) during a 27-second telephone conversation in favour of actress Camille Belle, who he met on the set of the Jonas Brothers’ Lovebug video.
But Swift is refusing to be downbeat about the love split and has already started the search for Mr. Right.
She says, "You know what? I’m going to meet somebody, someday who is so wonderful, and I’m not even going to remember the other guys. Later on I definitely want to fall in love and get married and have kids. I believe in love, wholeheartedly."

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ANYTHING GOES FOR MCENTIRE ON BROADWAY

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:39 pm

Country music star REBA McENTIRE is heading back to Broadway for a revival of musical ANYTHING GOES.
The flame-haired singer wowed theatre critics in 2001 when she revamped a poorly-received Annie Get Your Gun - and now she’s back for more.
The New York Post reports McEntire will play evangelist-turned-nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in the musical. Ethel Merman originally played the role and revered thespian Patti LuPone also brought Sweeney to life in the 1980s.

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FEARLESS SWIFT STUNS ALBUM CHART WITH BIG WEEK

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:39 pm

Teenager TAYLOR SWIFT has soared to the top of the U.S. album charts with the fourth biggest digital sales week since records began.
More than 129,000 copies of the singer’s opening-week 592,000 sales haul were legal downloads.
Her new album, Fearless, also tops America’s Top Country Albums countdown, giving Swift a chart double in the genre - her song Lone Story is currently atop the country singles chart .
The news ends a terrific chart year for the pretty blonde, who debuted five songs in the Billboard Hot 100 top 20.
Also debuting high on the new album chart is American Idol runner-up David Archuleta, who enters the countdown at two with his self-titled first album and the 29th edition of the Now That’s What I Call Music! compilation series, which falls at three this week.
Rapper T-Pain’s Thr33 Ringz debuts at four and last week’s number one album, the soundtrack from vampire love story movie Twilight, rounds out the top five.
Also new to the top 10 is Enya’s first holiday album, And Winter Came, at eight and Christina Aguilera’s hits album Keeps Gettin’ Better at nine.

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McCAIN BITES BACK AT JACKSON BROWNE LAWSUIT

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 11:39 pm

Rocker JACKSON BROWNE only sued JOHN McCAIN over the use of his song in a political video, so he could land free publicity, according to lawyers representing the former presidential candidate.
Browne was furious when his track Running on Empty appeared in a promotion tape for McCain back in August (08), and immediately sued.
Three months on, following McCain’s defeat to Barack Obama, the Arizona senator has responded in new legal papers, obtained by TMZ.com.
In the documents, attorneys for the 72-year-old politician claim their client was legally allowed to use the track because he was not seeking to gain profit from it.
The lawyers also accuse Browne of using the battle to help promote his latest album, which was released in September (08) - and they’re calling on authorities to dismiss the case.

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MEL B MADE HUSBAND WAIT FOR SEX

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 8:36 pm

Former SPICE GIRLS star MELANIE BROWN made her husband wait several months before they first had sex - because she wasn’t ready for an "intimate relationship".
The singer began dating film producer Stephen Belafonte shortly after she gave birth to Eddie Murphy’s daughter Angel Iris in April 2007. They wed in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony later that year in June (07).
And Brown admits that when they first embarked on their romance, she was determined to save intimate relations until she was sure he was her perfect partner.
Belafonte says, "For the record, she made me wait… a long time! I waited months. That was no easy task." But Brown explains, "If someone makes you wait, that’s a good thing. Just having sex can cloud your brain.
"I wasn’t ready to get into any form of intimate relationship. And I wasn’t ready to introduce a man to my kids unless I was sure of him. My feelings for him crept up on me - he was supportive and his friendship meant everything to me." Brown is also mother to Phoenix Chi, nine, from her first marriage to dancer Jimmy Gulzar.

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HASSELHOFF REVEALS WACKY WORLD

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 8:36 pm

DAVID HASSELHOFF has a bizarre globe featuring images of himself - to show the impact he has made on the world.
The former Baywatch star claims the sculpture, which uses smaller images of himself to make up the countries, is ironic - but he insists his rise to fame has helped to solve some of the world’s problems.
He says, "I have had a globe made with my face stretched across the ocean and little versions of myself forming the countries.
"At the top, it says ’saviour’ in gold. But I was being ironic. Yes, I played a role in the fall of the Berlin Wall and on American culture. But not that big. It was a little joke. Although it’s interesting to see your influence on the world translating into a globe."

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ANDERSON APPEALS TO OBAMA

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 8:33 pm

Actress PAMELA ANDERSON has penned an open letter to U.S
. President-Elect BARACK OBAMA - urging him to legalise marijuana, promote vegetarianism and put an end to the War In Iraq.
The former Baywatch babe, born in Canada, voted for the first time in this month’s (Nov08) historical presidential elections after successfully gaining dual citizenship in 2004.
She is now using her voice to appeal to Obama so he can set about making changes to the law once he takes up residence in the White House in January (09).
And among the issues on her list is a demand for tougher punishment for child abusers.
In an error-riddled missive on her website she writes, "Dear Mr
. Obama: My thoughts/hopeful ideas-: "…Government must Castrate every molester-or potential molester- error (sic) on the safe side- if any child pornography is found in anyone’s possession-or anyone creating such atrocities-or if any child Is brave enough to come forward (at any young age to bring attention to a potential molester listen) they need to be taken very seriously and see that justice is served-The abuse is way worse than any trial could be- our children need more protection and justice seen
. It needs to be PREVENTED not just punished.
"…I think we should Legalize Marijuana, tax and monitor -farm Hemp etc-this would make our borders less corrupt and then I think eventually this will be more secure option and save children in the long run – we should be able to farm Hemp in America- it’s just silly- it would create jobs- and be good for environment.
"Bring our Troops home safely- Stop the killing and work with Veterans to secure a peaceful way world wide-using their 1st hand wisdom lovingly across all borders together
. It is not a war Economy anymore- obviously.
"…Promote vegetarianism-which would help end world hunger- crack down on factory farming that is killing the environment and slaughtering so many animals- wastefully and carelessly and it’s unhealthy/and it’s just impractical- to think this is monitored/regulated effectively."

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USHER’S MOTHER INVESTIGATED FOR UNPAID LIMO BILL

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 8:33 pm

USHER’s mother/manager JONNETTA PATTON is at the centre of a police investigation - after allegedly failing to pay a limo driver for his services at an awards show.
The pop superstar’s mum - who’s helmed his career for 15 years - has been accused by a freelance limousine driver for an Atlanta, Georgia-based transportation company of owing $1,668 (£1,109) in unpaid services.
According to website TMZ.com, DeKalb County detectives are investigating claims filed by the driver, who shuttled members of Patton’s camp at the BET Awards in Los Angeles in June (08).

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GARNER OBTAINS RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST ALLEGED STALKER

Posted in: Entertainment — PR-inside Entertainment News @ 8:33 pm

Actress JENNIFER GARNER has been awarded a temporary restraining order against an alleged stalker out of fear for the safety of her family.
Editors at TMZ.com claim to have obtained court documents ordering Steven Burky to stay away from Garner after he reportedly initiated contact with the actress in 2002.
Garner alleges in the declaration, "Mr. Burky has been stalking and harassing me," sending "packages and letters containing delusional and paranoid thoughts and following me around the country… his obsessive and harassing behaviour has escalated to the point of becoming dangerous and threatening…
"I am currently pregnant and fear for the safety of my second child once born." The documents allege Burky has shown up at her home, saying, "God has sent him a vision of her being persecuted in some manner that may result in her death." A member of Garner’s security team has also submitted a declaration, adding, "Mr. Burky now represents a clear threat to Ms. Garner’s life." Burky is reportedly under involuntary psychiatric hold following the Los Angeles Police Department’s involvement in the case.
Garner and husband Ben Affleck share two-year-old daughter Violet and are expecting their second child in the coming months.
A hearing has been scheduled for Thursday (20Nov08) to make the order permanent.

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