PR-Inside.com Entertainment News

Troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE has reportedly been taking on nursing duties during her stay in hospital.
The Back to Black hitmaker was admitted to the exclusive London Clinic last month (23Nov08), with a representative claiming she was suffering from an adverse reaction to prescription medication.
Winehouse has been a patient at the centre for nearly three weeks and has now reportedly helping out the facility’s nurses, looking after other residents.
A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "She has been charming the nurses by helping them with their tasks. She’s been mucking in (helping out)."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

JANET JACKSON’s boyfriend JERMAINE DUPRI is taking legal action against a Georgia nightclub and promoter - for allegedly falsely using his name to publicise an event.
The music mogul has filed suit against Elite Entertainment Group, LLC owners of the Pure Atlanta nightclub in his hometown of Atlanta - and Binyam Yayine, who was responsible for plugging the venue’s weekly events.
Lawyers for Dupri claim the star was approached to host an evening of entertainment, called All Black Affair, on 20 November (08).
Dupri’s manager, Nick Leo, is said to have turned down the request as the star was abroad at the time.
The record executive alleges club bosses went ahead anyway and announced he would be making an appearance at the event and hosting the proceedings.
The papers claim Dupri’s manager contacted the organisation and insisted his name be removed from the listings, but bosses failed to do so before the event went ahead, according to AllHipHop.com.
Dupri is now suing the owners and promoter for violating his right of publicity, unfair competition, false advertising and unfair and deceptive trade practises under the federal Lanham Trademark Act. They are also accused of violating the Georgia Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Georgia common law.
Dupri is seeking a permanent injunction preventing the misappropriation of his name, image and likeness by Elite Entertainment, "all profits received from their unauthorised us of Dupri’s name and image", punitive damages and legal fees.
The star’s attorneys have also requested that the case be heard by a jury in Fulton County, Georgia.

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

KEANU REEVES is sure there is life on other planets, insisting it’s "crazy" to think extraterrestrials don’t exist.
The actor stars in forthcoming sci-fi movie The Day The Earth Stood Still, and the filming experience left him wondering about alien beings.
He says, "I’ve met people who have seen UFOs but I don’t know anyone who has been abducted. How could there not be life on other planets? The universe is so vast.
"I guess a lot of people won’t believe in extraterrestrial life until they see evidence, until an alien lands in Central Park like my character does in the film, but the idea that life doesn’t exist anywhere but here is crazy."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

SIR ELTON JOHN has given a special Christmas present to medical staff in Britain - the singer has donated a thousand free tickets to one of his concerts.
The Rocket Man gave the tickets to the U.K.’s Nation Health Service (NHS) to thank medics for their hard work over the year.
The tickets were subsequently donated to two hospitals in the West Midlands area and sold off for a small fee to raise money for charity.
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust received 450 and raised more than $14,600 (£10,000) for its in-house charity.
A representative for the organisation says, "It is a good gift to the hospital at Christmas. Our staff can go out and enjoy themselves after a year of helping people.”

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

MERYL STREEP wants to outlaw the practise of campaigning for big awards, because she hates the idea of seeing the star with the best ad grabbing the top prize.
The two-time Oscar winner is entering the winter awards season a hot favourite for several top acting prizes, for her role in Doubt.
Streep was nominated for a Golden Globe Award on Thursday (11Dec08), and is expected to pick up an Oscar nod when nominees are announced in January (08).
But she won’t be buying up magazine and billboard space.
She says, "I hate the campaigning thing. It’s unseemly. You should be honoured for something. It shouldn’t be for who’s campaign was better."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is delighted she finally found love with RYAN REYNOLDS after a string of disastrous relationships.
The Lost In Translation beauty, 24, walked down the aisle with her actor boyfriend, 31, in a secret ceremony in September (08) in Reynolds’ native Canada.
But Johansson admits she was always unlucky in love before she met the star.
She tells British magazine Cosmopolitan, "I’ve been in situations before where a guy hasn’t been into me. It’s either they don’t want to commit or put in the effort, or they’re too involved in their own thing. You don’t always meet the right person at the right time and I think it’s important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge where you are and work on your own issues."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

Hollywood veteran CLINT EASTWOOD has finally found domestic bliss with second wife DINA RUIZ.
The Dirty Harry star, 78, has fathered seven children by five women - and his wild ways ended his previous marriage to model Maggie Johnson in 1984.
Yet Eastwood is adamant 43-year-old newscaster Ruiz - who he romanced after she interviewed him in 1993 and married in 1996 - has brought him a new lease of life.
He says, "(Dina) has opened me up as a person. Finally I have found someone who has allowed me to feel totally at ease.
"It’s simply that nice feeling you get when you’re sitting on your sofa having a drink and you look around and see your wife and daughter - you know this is as good as life can be. I have waited a long time to experience that.
"Love is much stronger when one meets in the second half of one’s life. It hits you when you least expect it." And Eastwood says Ruiz has put aside his previous relationships to bring together his "dysfunctional family".
He says, "She has brought them all together. She doesn’t have the usual resentment about prior relationships. She has befriended everyone so it keeps this dysfunctional family together."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

Director GUILLERMO DEL TORO will never make another movie in Mexico - because he fears he might be kidnapped by terrorists.
The Hellboy filmmaker’s father was captured and held hostage in the country 10 years ago. He was subsequently returned safely to his family, but still received death threats following the incident.
Del Toro recently co-produced new movie Rudo y Cursi in Mexico but won’t be returning to the country because he doesn’t feel safe - insisting his daily routine became too public which he was shooting there.
He tells USA Today, "Not all of the people who participated in the kidnapping (of my father) were captured. (I am in a) forced exile." Mexico has one of the highest abduction rates in the world, with recent government figures pointing to an average of 72 incidents a month.

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

JENNIFER HUDSON has cancelled the shoot for her new video - just days after she announced she was ready to go back to work following the murder of three members of her family.
The Oscar-winning actress/singer was due to start shooting the promo for her latest single, If It Isn’t Love, in October (08) but was forced to scrap the plans and return to her native Chicago, Illinois after her mother, brother and nephew were killed.
Darnell Donerson and Jason Hudson were found shot dead at their home in the city. Hudson’s nephew Julian King, seven, was found dead three days later. The star’s estranged brother-in-law has been charged with all three murders.
Earlier this week (beg08Dec08), Hudson announced she would begin filming the postponed project next week (beg15Dec08), but has now reportedly put the plans on hold once again, after deciding she is not yet ready to face work.
A source tells Usweekly.com, "The video was set up before the tragedy and she felt like she should finish what she started, but she’s realised that she’s not ready to go back to work. It’s too early." A representative for Hudson has confirmed the shoot will not be taking place, but insisted that plans to start filming next week (beg15Dec08) were never finalised, saying: "The video shoot was never confirmed."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

British rock legend ERIC CLAPTON has earned $659,000 (£443,000) from an auction of 13 of his prized shotguns.
All of the weapons were engraved with the Cream veteran’s initials EPC - and one pair came with a set of ornate pictures showing Clapton strumming a guitar under a tree.
A spokesman for Holt’s auctioneers in Norfolk, England, says, "He sold because he has developed a preference for a particular type of gun."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

PUSSYCAT DOLLS star NICOLE SCHERZINGER wants to start a family with her racing driver boyfriend LEWIS HAMILTON.
The 30-year-old singer has been dating the Formula 1 champion, 23, since last year (07) and openly admits she is ready to settle down with the British star.
And Scherzinger can’t wait for the couple to get married and start raising children in Hawaii - the state where she was born.
She says, "I am the happiest I have ever been right now. We would love to have beautiful angel babies together. We would sing (Pussycat Dolls song) Don’t Cha to them in my belly. Lewis knows all the words.
"I’m a sucker for him and how romantic he is. When I get married I want it to be forever. My dream would be to live in Hawaii."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

EMINEM has dismissed reports he’s revamped his hit song STAN for a sequel.
Fellow rapper Swiss Beatz recently claimed he’d submitted a track for Eminem’s upcoming album Relapse, and it was a follow-up to the 2000 hit, featuring Dido.
But Eminem tells Billboard.com, "I haven’t worked with Swizz on this album.
There isn’t a Stan 2, and there won’t be. Stan drove his car off a bridge and I’m not writing a song as Stan’s ghost. That would just be really corny."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

British rapper DIZZEE RASCAL has been arrested after allegedly becoming embroiled in a road rage incident.
The 24-year-old - real name Dylan Mills - was detained on Friday (12Dec08) afternoon in Kent, England, and held overnight after witnesses claimed to have seen him confront another driver armed with a baseball bat.
A police spokesman confirmed the incident: "A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. He was arrested in Orpington (Kent, England) at 3.30pm by officers who were on a routine patrol.
The man is in custody at a South London police station."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

Former THE JAM star PAUL WELLER has split from his longterm partner reportedly leaving her for a 23-year-old backing singer.
The musician, 50, is said to have broken off his 13-year relationship with Samantha Stock amid rumours he is romancing Hannah Andrews.
Weller - who has two children with 38-year-old Stock - is reported to have moved out of the family home in Maida Vale, West London.
A spokesperson for the star confirmed the split, saying: "It’s a very sad and unfortunate situation that their relationship has broken down." Weller is now said to be involved with Andrews, who he met through his work she sang backing vocals on his latest album, 22 Dreams, toured with his band, and is currently working on the former Style Council frontman’s new LP.
A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "Paul and Sam were as good as married but she’s taken it well. Paul worked very closely with Hannah. They discovered they have a lot in common musically and personally, despite the age gap. They have lived together for around a month." Weller was previously married to another backing singing, Dee C. Lee, who he has two children with. He also has another child from a short-term relationship.

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

GUNS N’ ROSES frontman AXL ROSE has laughed off reports he has cancelled interviews to promote the band’s new album CHINESE DEMOCRACY because he is suffering a fear of people.
The LP - which took 15 years to complete and release - entered at number three in the Billboard chart at the beginning of this month (Dec08) with disappointing sales of 261,000.
A source tells the New York Post that Rose has refused to promote the floundering disc due to the crippling effects of "anthropophobia".
A music industry insider tells the newspaper, "He has fired his management company, Front Line, three times in four weeks.
"He hasn’t left his Los Angeles home in two months. He won’t give interviews, won’t do talk shows, or perform - which makes touring or promoting very difficult, obviously." But the rocker’s spokesperson, Larry Solters, denies Rose has returned to his reclusive ways, adding, "He has not been diagnosed with anthropophobia. He hasn’t fired Front Line, and no interviews have been cancelled."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

Actress TERI HATCHER has settled her lawsuit with a cosmetics company after Hydroderm bosses retracted their claim she promoted a rival brand.
Hydroderm heads filed a $2.8 million (GBP1.9million) suit accusing the Desperate Housewives star of not upholding an endorsement deal she made with them in 2005, by praising the effects of a rival, City Cosmetics.
Hatcher fought the suit, claiming she had done "absolutely nothing wrong".
The actress was awarded an undisclosed financial settlement on 12 December (08), with Hydroderm bosses retracting their earlier accusations.
A spokesperson for the company says: "Hydroderm LLC has specifically retracted all accusations made against Teri Hatcher including that she endorsed any competing products.
"Teri Hatcher is a woman of the highest integrity. We sincerely apologise for the adverse publicity resulting from our lawsuit."

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

SIR ELTON JOHN has lost a libel lawsuit against a British newspaper which wrote a satirical article poking fun at his annual White Tie and Tiara Ball.
The Rocket Man hitmaker claimed a spoof article published in The Guardian’s weekend supplement on 5 July (08), which implied overheads for the event were excessive and the charity bash was just a means of self-promotion, was "gratuitously offensive".
He sought unspecified damages and an apology in the suit, filed at London’s High Court.
But the suit was thrown out on Friday (12Dec08) and the rocker has been refused the right to appeal and ordered to pay court costs.
A spokesperson for the newspaper says of their favourable ruling, "We’re sorry that Elton John lost his sense of humour over this article. The judge and, we suspect all readers - saw the article for what it was; a piece of mild satire. Newspapers have published satire since the 17th century in this country: the judgment is an important recognition of the right to poke the occasional bit of fun." This year’s (08) ball raised a record $20 million (GBP13.4 million) for the Elton John Aids Foundation.

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)

ANNA NICOLE SMITH’s former lover LARRY BIRKHEAD has commissioned a monument for the tragic model/actress and her late son.
Smith died from an accidental overdose in February 2007 - five months after her 20-year-old son, Daniel, died from the same cause.
And Birkhead has had a six foot by five foot granite monument made to sit on top of their graves.
The shrine was unveiled in the Bahamas, where the two were buried, on 28 November (08) - marking what would have been Smith’s 41st birthday.
Birkhead shares two-year-old daughter Dannielynn with the late star.

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)