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Hollywood star ROBERT DOWNEY JR. needed medical attention on the set of new GUY RITCHIE movie SHERLOCK HOLMES - when he was knocked out by a giant wrestler.
The Iron Man actor was filming a fight scene with seven foot (2.1 metre)-tall co-star Robert Maillet when the big man threw a punch that left Downey Jr. "out cold".
A nurse on set attended to the star and gave him six stitches in his mouth.
A source says, "Robert was accidentally caught on the chin by a thundering hook. He went flying and was out cold.
"He didn’t want to go to hospital and kept trying to get up. He’s a trooper." But Downey Jr.’s condition wasn’t the only issue director Ritchie has had to contend with - the movie has reportedly been plagued by various other setbacks.
One incident on Friday (28Nov08) left the cast and crew running for safety after a petrol tanker burst into flames during a delivery to the set, closing down production for two hours, according to Britain’s The Sun newspaper.
And the mishaps have prompted speculation the movie, which also stars Jude Law, is cursed.
The insider adds, "There have been lots of other problems too… The crew have started joking about the curse of Sherlock Holmes."

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The call girl who cost New York governor ELIOT SPITZER his job has signed a music deal with Violator Records - the same company behind rappers BUSTA RHYMES and MISSY ELLIOT.
Ashlee Dupree shot to fame when her relationship with married politician Spitzer hit the headlines in March (08).
An aspiring singer, Dupree benefited from the exposure and her songs Move Ya Body and What We Want, both posted on her MySpace.com webpage, went on to receive over 3 million internet hits.
And now Dupree has landed a record deal with Violator, according to the New York Post.
A source confirms to AllHipHop.com, "She deserved a fair shake and Violator isn’t scared of the controversy."

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STATUS QUO rocker FRANCIS ROSSI has launched a blistering attack on OASIS insisting the WONDERWALL hitmakers are "not rock ‘n’ roll".
The veteran star is particularly annoyed by the Liam Gallagher-fronted band’s lack of movement on stage.
He says, "We’re from a generation of acts that are very physical, we put physicality into it.
"But some of the younger bands don’t want to put that physical commitment in, either because it’s not cool at the moment or whatever.
"What always comes to mind is Oasis. They call themselves a rock band and they stand there looking at the floor. Bored s**tless, they look. I’m not saying they’re a bad band, but that to me isn’t rock n’ roll.
And Rossi admits he had previously been critical of singer Gallagher’s attitude, although he has since changed his mind.
He says, "(I used to think), ‘That fella is still trying to pretend he’s 20 and he’s angry and really annoyed with his brother apparently. And he has got a really grumpy face and he has to stand there with the f**king hump (a bad temper)’.
"Now, I don’t believe that any more. I may have believed it some years ago but not still."

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Pop sensation LEONA LEWIS has landed her long-term boyfriend a job as a talent scout at a subsidiary of her record label Sony BMG.
The Bleeding Love hitmaker’s beau Lou Al-Chamaa has reportedly ditched his job as an electrician to pursue a career in RCA Label Group’s Artists and Repertoire department.
A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "Lou is making an impression at the label. He just gets on with it. He’s a lovely, hard-working guy."

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Legendary tenor PLACIDO DOMINGO has teamed up with JOSH GROBAN, VANESSA WILLIAMS and ANDREA BOCELLI to record a new album of songs based on poems written by the late POPE JOHN PAUL II.
The pontiff’s original Polish poems, written before his election in 1978, have been translated into English, Spanish and Italian and put to music by various composers for Domingo’s new LP, Infinite Love.
And Domingo, who met the religious leader several times before his death, was so moved by the pope’s spirit while in the studio, he hopes the Catholic Church appoints him to sainthood.
Unveiling his CD at a news conference at the Vatican on Friday (28Nov08), the opera star said: "I am sure he will be a saint soon."

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Australian singer and TV personality ROLF HARRIS has caused uproar after apologising to the Aboriginal community for racist lyrics in his 1960 song TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT - by insulting them again.
The 78-year-old initially released the song Down Under with the words: "Let me Abos go loose, Lew/ Let me Abos go loose/ They’re of no further use, Lew/ So let me Abos go loose".
The term Abos appeared to refer to Australia’s Aboriginals and their servitude in the past.
It caused controversy when it was first released, and Harris was subsequently pressured into changing the lyrics so as not to offend.
He issued an apology for using the term on Friday (28Nov08) - more than 40 years after it was originally released - saying, "It was a mark of the times, done totally innocently with no realisation that you would offend." Harris claimed he had only set out to write a fun song for Aussies "drinking themselves stupid" in London in the ’60s.
But he then went on to incense the Aboriginal people further by apparently blaming them for the poor condition of their communities.
He ranted, "In their original way of life they would wreck the countryside and go walk-about to the next place. The attitude is still there."

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The actor portraying heavyweight rap icon NOTORIOUS B.I.G. in an upcoming biopic flew into a rage when the hip-hop star’s former wife was barred from his trailer during a set visit.
Jamal ‘Gravy’ Woolard chastised an assistant after he heard Faith Evans had paid a visit to the movie set with her son - and hadn’t been allowed to see the man playing her ex.
Evans says, "When Gravy found out, he let that guy have it: ‘Do you know who she is? Y’all better learn to respect. If it wasn’t for her you wouldn’t even be here.’" Evans admits the set visit was tough for her - because she found it weird watching someone who had the look and mannerisms of the rap star she loved: "He (Woolard) spooked me out every time I saw him in costume.
"One day I was walking down the street… and I was walking back to the trailer and somebody just called me across the street: ‘Faith, Faith.’ And I look and there he was standing there looking like Big.
"He (even) had some prosthetic in his mouth to speak with a certain lisp." Notorious B.I.G. was shot dead in Los Angeles in 1997, aged 24. His murder remains unsolved to this day.

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KATE BECKINSALE has vowed to keep her clothes on in movies because she remembers how terrible she felt as a child when her mother bared all onscreen.
The movie star has no plans to put her own daughter Lily through the humiliation she suffered at the hands of cruel school pals.
She was taunted when her mum Judy Loe stripped for TV in Britain - when she was 10.
Beckinsale recalls, "The mortification of going to school! People said, ‘I’ve seen your mother naked.’ "I literally had to beat up nine of them."

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NICOLE KIDMAN and KEITH URBAN are still acting like newlyweds - they can’t bear to be apart.
The actress and the country music star, who wed in 2007, vowed never to spend more than two weeks apart, but they’ve drastically reduced that since becoming parents to baby Sunday Rose earlier this year (08).
Kidman explains, "We’re fused and we’ve become inseparable.
"We started off saying we would have two weeks apart, that would be our sort of limit… We’ve now reduced it to five days."

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BRITNEY SPEARS wowed French fans on TV on Friday (28Nov08) when she performed her new hit WOMANIZER on talent show STAR ACADEMY.
A night after making her first major comeback performance since the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards - at the 2008 Bambi Awards in Germany - Spears was in Paris for her TV turn.
Wearing a flashy red corset dress, she sent fans wild with a lip-synced performance.
Spears will complete her whistle-stop tour on Saturday night (29Nov08) when she performs on British TV talent show The X Factor.

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Movie mogul DINO DE LAURENTIIS was so appalled when a young MERYL STREEP was brought in to audition for him for KING KONG - he called her a "pig".
The moviemaker/producer, who eventually picked Jessica Lange for the role in the 1976 film, thought he was being clever by using Italian to convey his disgust - but Streep understood every word.
She tells America’s Entertainment Weekly magazine, "He said, ‘Why did you send me this pig? This woman is so ugly… so I looked at him and I said, ‘I’m very sorry that I disappoint you.’ "He was so used to treating girls like bimbos (and) never imagined that a blonde person could speak Italian." De Laurentiis has denied Streep’s story, insisting he did meet with the actress about another film project - but the encounter was nothing like the one the actress describes.

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Actress MARY STEENBURGEN is glad Thanksgiving Day in America is over - she had to cook for 25, and cover everyone’s varied diets.
The Parenthood star loved having family and friends around her for the big feast on Thursday (27Nov08), but there was a lot of planning that had to go into the party.
She says, "You have to accommodate a lot of different diets - my husband is vegan, or near vegan, because of his cholesterol, that he’s trying to lower naturally.
"So we did a seitan piccata from our favourite restaurant… from their recipe - and that was good."

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Supermodel HEIDI KLUM has kept every tooth she has ever lost and carries them everywhere she goes in a little bag.
The German catwalk queen, who is married to British soul star Seal, unveiled her bizarre stash of teeth during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
She explained, "I carry around a little bag of my teeth.
"We don’t have a tooth fairy (in Germany), so I put them in a little bag.
"I don’t know if it’s good luck, it’s just a crazy thing that I do."

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MICKEY ROURKE owes his life to his late Chihuahua Beau Jack - because the pooch convinced the actor not to take his own life as depression took a stranglehold.
The Angel Heart star recalls locking himself and his beloved dog away in a closet, planning to commit suicide - but he just couldn’t go through with it and it was all down to his little dog.
Rourke recalls, "(I was) doing some crazy s**t, but I saw a look in Beau Jack’s eyes, and I put the s**t down. That dog saved my life." But even though his acting career is on the rise again, thanks in part to his acclaimed new role in The Wrestler, Rourke admits he still has self-destructive tendencies.
He adds, "There’s still a little man inside me with an axe, but I keep that little f**ker quiet." Beau Jack died in 2002, and Rourke now dotes on his late pooch’s daughter, Loki.

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PATRICIA MARCHAND, Broadway’s LOIS LANE, has died, aged 74.
The actress, who played Superman’s love interest in quirky 1960s musical It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, lost her battle with brain cancer on Thursday (27Nov08) at her home in Manhattan. She was 74.
As well as her many successes on stage, the Tony Award nominee was also a regular on the Merv Griffin Show on television in America.
Marchand’s theatre credits include a stint in The King & I, opposite Yul Brynner, and as Aldonza in Man Of La Mancha.
The redhead won her Tony nomination for her starring role as Lois Lane in the Broadway production of It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman in 1966.

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Rapper T.I. has scored a fifth week at the top of the U.S. pop charts with his RIHANNA duet LIVE YOUR LIFE, but BEYONCE KNOWLES is a double threat at two and three.
Beyonce’s Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) has rocketed to two from 28, thanks mainly to 204,000 digital downloads, while her ballad If I Were a Boy stays put at three.
The R&B star claimed America’s top album on Wednesday (26Nov08) when I Am…
Sasha Fierce debuted at number one.
Meanwhile, T.I.’s former chart-topper, Whatever You Like, slips to four and Katy Perry’s Hot N Cold rounds out the new top five.
The Fray score the week’s top debut at 28 with You Found Me.

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FALL OUT BOY singer PATRICK STUMP has never ordered a drink at a bar - because he’s terrified of having to face a barman.
The frontman admits social anxieties keep him out of bars, and, as a result, he rarely drinks alcohol.
Stump tells Rolling Stone, "I’m too busy to get drunk. I’ll have a glass of wine at dinner, but that’s about it.
"I’ve still never gone up to a bar and ordered a drink. I have a crippling fear of doing it because I don’t know the basic social conventions of doing it.
I’ve only seen it in movies."

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FAITH EVANS has attempted to bury past problems between herself and one-time love rival LIL’ KIM by insisting she no longer feels any resentment towards the rapper, who wooed her late husband, NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
In a candid interview with urban magazine Sister 2 Sister, Evans insists Kim doesn’t owe her an apology and that she actually attempted to contact her former rival when she was incarcerated on federal perjury charges in September 2005.
The comments put an end to an almost 15-year feud between the two loves of Notorious B.I.G.’s life.
Evans says, "I don’t feel she owes me an apology, to be honest. I don’t expect an apology because, whatever situation was between us wasn’t caused by her or myself being a bad person or having bad intentions with one another. We came across each other’s path by way of a common denominator, and that was Big.
"We were both at different places in our lives… She seems to have moved on in a lot of ways… so I’m proud of her evolvement." And Evans admits she was upset when she heard Kim had been jailed for lying about a shooting incident.
She adds, "I tried for a couple of minutes to see if I could get her contact information… but once it didn’t happen right away I didn’t want to push it, and I didn’t want to have to go through the different channels of getting in touch with the people I probably would have had to call."

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