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Singer AMY WINEHOUSE is reportedly in negotiations with a British fashion label to design a clothing collection.
The Back to Black hitmaker is said to be in talks with executives at Fred Perry to produce her own range and has already come up with a series of sketches of her ideas, according to British newspaper The Sun.
A source tells the publication, "She was almost childishly excited and couldn’t stop talking about it."

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Hollywood actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON has won a legal battle to shut down an unofficial website bearing her name.
The Match Point star lodged a complaint against ScarlettJohansson.com after the site ran a joke competition offering readers the chance to "win a smoking-hot threesome" with the 24-year-old.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Express, "The ‘threesome’ reference was meant in a light-hearted way and actually referred to her film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. But Scarlett clearly didn’t appreciated the joke." A representative for the site’s owner, Gibraltar-based Tristan Dare, claimed the contest was published in an "obvious, overt tongue-in-cheek manner" and "attempted to parody the typical Hollywood advertisement".

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MARILYN MANSON has reportedly asked his ex-wife DITA VON TEESE and fellow rocker TRENT REZNOR to testify at his upcoming court battle with a former bandmember.
Manson is set for a legal showdown with keyboardist Stephen Bier - also known by his stage name of Madonna Wayne Gacy - after the musician filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the goth rocker in 2007.
Bier accuses Manson - real name Brian Warner - of using money from their former band partnership to buy personal goods, including gifts for Von Teese.
Manson countersued Bier alleging he breached a contract by not fully participating in the making of master recordings, performing in concert, and helping to sell band merchandise.
Manson maintains that the band’s partnership was dissolved in 1996, but Bier - who left the group in 2007 - insists it still exists and claims he is entitled to a share in the revenues.
The case is set to go to trial on 2 February (09) and Manson’s legal team is said to have asked Von Teese and Nine Inch Nails frontman Reznor to take the stand on the rocker’s behalf, according to E! Online.
Reznor is expected to discuss his work on Manson’s debut album, Portrait of an American Family, while Von Teese will answer questions about the pair’s former relationship.

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Actor WILL SMITH has succeeded JOHNNY DEPP as the top money-making movie star of 2008.
The Independence Day actor came first in the annual Quigley poll, dethroning Depp who took the 2007 crown.
Smith is only the second African-American star to top the list, with Sydney Poitier placed first in 1968.
Newcomers in the survey include Robert Downey Jr, Christian Bale and Shia LaBeouf, who came in second, third and fourth respectively.
Anne Hathaway was named a star of tomorrow along with Chris Pine, who plays Captain Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek remake.
Tom Cruise, who has topped the list seven times since 1983, did not appear in the top ten, and last year’s winner, Depp, also failed to make the 2008 list.
The Quigley Poll has been conducted every year since 1932 and asks cinema owners and film buyers to vote for the 10 stars they believe generated the most box office revenue for their theatres during the year.

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Actress LINDSAY LOHAN and her lesbian DJ partner SAMANTHA RONSON have been house hunting in the glitzy United Arab Emirates paradise of Dubai in a bid to beat the cameras.
The pair reportedly fell in love with glamorous Palm Island resort after Ronson performed at the nearby luxurious Atlantis Hotel last year (08), according to British tabloid the Daily Mirror.
And the Mean Girls star is eager to capitalise on a lack of paparazzi in the Middle-Eastern state by snapping up a lavish $2.18 million (£1.5 million) pad.
A source tells the publication, "Lindsay and Sam loved the tacky glitziness of Dubai. There is so much money and opulence out there it really impressed Lindsay - she can be quite materialistic like that. Despite her fair skin, Lindsay loves the beach and sunshine.
"And with the property market over there probably the only place where there still seems to be a boom, she thinks it will be a wise investment.
"There isn’t as much paparazzi either - although that’s sure to change once Lindsay and Sam become regulars on the scene." However, the pair will need to keep their romance quiet if they do move to Dubai as homosexuality is still illegal in the country.

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Hollywood actress JENNIFER ANISTON will always value her pet dogs more than the men in her life - because a canine’s love is "unconditional".
The former Friends star - who is currently dating rocker John Mayer - has two pooches, Norman and Dolly, and admits nothing can compare to the companionship of her faithful hounds.
She says, "Men come and go but there really is no relationship like the one you have with a dog - and then they don’t live as long as they should.
"You have to say goodbye way too soon. It’s just so sad. It makes me so sad.
But their love is unconditional and I love that."

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PARIS HILTON has been caught up in a police drug bust - after her name was used by a drunk driver arrested by Australian police.
Mehmet Gulasi, 39, was pulled over by cops in the early hours of New Year’s Day (01Jan09). Gulasi told the authorities he was speeding in a friend’s Range Rover because he was on his way to pick up socialites Hilton and Brandon Davis.
Officers conducted a roadside breath test and discovered Gulasi was well over the legal limit, according to the Sydney Daily Telegraph. They then found what they believed to be cocaine on his person, together with assorted pills in Gulasi’s wallet.
He was later charged with possessing a prohibited drug, two counts of possessing or attempting to possess a prescribed restricted substance and driving with an expired licence.
Hilton and her sister Nicky rang in the New Year in Sydney. Reports suggest police are convinced the heiresses had nothing to do with Gulasi and he simply used their names when pulled over by the authorities.

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British actress EMMA THOMPSON has long struggled with depression and insists the only way to beat her condition is to use creative therapy techniques.
The Oscar-winner first experienced the illness during a stint on the London stage in her twenties and admits it was one of the darkest times of her life.
She says, "I’m prone to depression and to all sorts of mental illnesses. I did a musical in the West End - I became clinically depressed even though I was being paid to be cheerful. I had no life at all. I lived like a nun. I didn’t drink. I didn’t have sex. I was 24, for crying out loud. No wonder I was depressed." Thompson reveals that the condition often comes back to haunt her, with her most recent episode of serious depression occurring as she struggled to get pregnant with her daughter, Gaia, who was born in 1999.
But she has now found a new way to manage her moods.
She adds, "I discovered something about writing recently. With writing, you can pick up a pen and say, ‘I have to write’. And you should certainly write your early experiences because they are fascinating. Writing has freed me a lot."

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Former BLACKADDER star TONY ROBINSON is to wed his girlfriend - despite their 35-year age gap.
The 62-year-old actor-turned-TV-presenter proposed to Louise Hobbs, 27, during a three-week holiday in Malaysia last month (Dec08).
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Mail, "Despite the age difference they’re very happy together. It’s fair to say not everyone thought it would last. Tony proposed on the day after they arrived on holiday on 28 December. Of course they are both over the moon." Robinson, who has been dating Hobbs since 2005, split from his wife of 18 years, Mary Shepherd, in 1990. They have two children, Laura, 31, and Luke 29.

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British actor EDMUND PURDOM has died in Italy. He was 82.
The star, best known for his title role in 1954 Hollywood blockbuster The Egyptian, passed away in Rome on Thursday (01Jan09).
Further details about his death were not released as WENN went to press.
Purdom’s most famous films included 1954’s Athena, opposite his future wife Linda Christian, and The Prodigal in 1955.
The actor was married four times and is survived by his wife Vivienne and two children.

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Veteran actor LORD RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH is recovering well despite spending the whole of the festive period in hospital.
The 85-year-old Oscar winner fell and suffered a knock to the head on 18 December (08).
He slipped into a coma and was admitted to St George’s Hospital in Tooting, West London. The actor/director subsequently regained consciousness but was not well enough to return home over Christmas.
A spokesman for the medical centre insists that the star’s condition is not life threatening and he is on the road to recovery.
The representative says, "Richard Attenborough is making progress and remains in a stable condition."

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Enterprising U.S. hitmaker DJ EARWORM has compiled a New Year ‘mash-up’ featuring segments of the biggest selling tunes of 2008.
The clever track, which features heavy sampling from hits by Coldplay, Katy Perry, T.I., Madonna, Chris Brown, Leona Lewis and Lil Wayne, has been posted on YouTube.com, complete with relevant video clips.
DJ Earworm used music bible Billboard as his guide to 2008’s top 25 songs.
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Pop superstar PRINCE is to release two albums in 2009.
The hard-working singer/songwriter’s new releases, tentatively titled MPLSOUND and Lotus Flower, will be sold in digital form on a new Prince website, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A "major retailer" is in talks with the Purple Rain hitmaker to release the music physically.
Prince will also release a third album, called Elixir, as a collaboration with his protege Bria Valente, a new act he insists is just like Sade.
Prince’s last studio album, Planet Earth, was first released as a free CD with U.K. newspaper the Mail on Sunday in July 2007.

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SLIPKNOT frontman COREY TAYLOR is taking a break from performing with the rock band so he can put out a solo album.
Taylor, who is also the vocalist for U.S. rockers Stone Sour, is desperate to release an LP of his own material and has even built up a catalogue of over 40 songs under consideration for the project.
And he insists he won’t be working with either of the bands until he fulfils his solo ambitions.
He says, "It’s something that I’d like to do purely for myself. It’s something that I need to release before I can think about moving on to anything else…
"In both Slipknot and Stone Sour I’m slightly limited to how I can write and indeed what I can write about. The beauty of doing a solo album is that I can write whatever type of song I want."

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Ageing rockers THE DEAD have announced details of their first tour in five years.
Formerly the Grateful Dead, the supergroup teased fans with a performance at October’s (08) Change Rocks concert/rally for Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, and now they’re planning to reteam for a full North American tour in April and May (09).
The 19-date trek kicks off with a show in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Original Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart will be joined by keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers Band/Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes for the 2009 dates.
Weir says, "We’ve got some unfinished business. Everybody has a whole new bag of tricks; we have the body of material we worked up over the years and we have a mind meld going on here and it would be a sin to let that just wither and die.”

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HUGH JACKMAN has pulled out of Roman epic CLEO and will no longer play CATHERINE ZETA-JONES’ lover in the big-budget 3-D musical.
Jackman was director Steven Soderbergh’s first choice to play Mark Antony in his film about the life and loves of Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
As the Aussie steps down, Brit Ray Winstone is in negotiations to play Julius Caesar in the ambitious film, which is to feature music created by U.S. rockers Guided By Voices.

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BRITNEY SPEARS spent New Year’s Eve (31Dec08) in New Orleans, Louisiana at a family wedding.
Big brother Bryan exchanged vows with little sister Jamie Lynn’s manager Graciella Sanchez, and then rang in 2009 as a married man.
A source says, "Only close family and a few friends attended." Spears and her brother celebrated the nuptials on New Year’s Day (01Jan09) with a shopping trip to a local Wal-Mart superstore.

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The world’s oldest woman has died.
Maria de Jesus was 115 years and 114 days old when she passed away in Portugal on Friday (02Jan09).
She had outlived three of her six children and leaves behind five great grandchildren.
Los Angeles pensioner Gertrude Baines, who is 114, is now the world’s oldest person.

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