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TOM CRUISE struggled to find words to express his sadness at the death of pal JOHN TRAVOLTA’s teenage son JETT, as he sat for an interview on U.S. TV on Thursday (08Jan08).
During an taped chat for morning show The View, which is due to air on Friday (09Jan08), a very sombre Cruise paid tribute to fellow Scientologists Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, dubbing them "wonderful" parents.
Cruise said, "It’s horrific. Both of them are doting parents. Wonderful people." He added, "I remember Jett when he was born, and John just adored him. Both of his children. And Kelly too," before tailing off with, "I don’t have the words for it." Jett died after suffering a seizure during a family vacation in the Bahamas on 2 January (08).
A private memorial service is taking place in Florida on Thursday (08Jan08).

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KEVIN COSTNER was treated in a Los Angeles hospital this week (06-07Jan08), after calling emergency services following a fainting spell.
The 53-year-old Oscar winner called 911 on Tuesday morning (06Jan08) complaining of dizziness while driving to a meeting.
Paramedics raced to the scene and found Costner vomiting by the side of the road, according to TMZ.com.
He was reportedly taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and held overnight for tests.
Costner’s publicist tells WENN, "Mr. Costner experienced some light-headedness while he was driving, was checked out at the hospital and released after tests found that everything was normal."

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TV’s SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN has signed up to promote a new rechargeable hearing aid device.
The Lee Majors Bionic Rechargeable Hearing Aid has just hit the market and the actor, who turns 70 in April (09), is appearing in print ads for the product.
Endorsing the item, Majors says, "It won’t cost $6 million, but you’ll think it’s worth it."

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ANNE HATHAWAY was tempted to offer herself up as a celebrity babysitter when she was caught out at a recent auction event.
The actress admits she was she had no idea she was expected to bring something to be auctioned to the charity gala, so she offered up herself.
And she initially hoped the lucky bidder, who won her, would call on her teenage babysitting skills.
The Brokeback Mountain star says, "In the past I’ve auctioned off babysitting..
. When I babysat when I was a teenager, I charged $10 an hour…
Maybe we can do a little better now." But instead, Hathaway offered to take the winning bidder and some pals out for drinks and one rich fan snapped up the offer for $12,000 (GBP8,000).
And now she’s looking forward to an expensive night out with three new pals: "I wanna make sure they get their money’s worth."

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Former sitcom child star JEREMY LICHT is a dad for the first time - his wife KIMBERLY WALLIS LICHT gave birth to a baby girl on New Year’s Eve (31Dec08).
The couple welcomed Jordan Zoey Licht into the world five and a half weeks early at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - 61 minutes before clocks struck midnight.
And they were forced to cancel a New Year’s Eve party to head to the delivery room when actress Wallis Licht’s waters broke.
The Hogan Family star tells People, "We were planning to go to a New Year’s Eve party when my wife started having contractions. I’m thrilled, shocked that it was this soon, but thrilled. Everybody’s healthy, and it really was an incredible experience."

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American President-elect BARACK OBAMA is to be honoured in the pages of the latest SPIDER-MAN comic.
Obama, a longtime fan of the superhero, will appear in a bonus story in the new Marvel Comics release.
In the story, Spider-Man’s alter-ego Peter Parker spots a doppelganger at Obama’s inauguration, which is set to take place in Washington, D.C. on 20 January (09).
Joe Quesada, Marvel’s editor-in-chief, says, "Parker decides the future president’s gonna need Spider-Man," and springs into action, using basketball to determine the real Obama.
He’s rewarded with a presidential fist-bump.
The new comic, which hits stores in America on 14 January (09), is expected to become an instant collectors item.

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UGLY BETTY’s pretty sister is pregnant.
Actress Ana Ortiz is expecting her first child this summer (09).
Last September (08), Ortiz, 37, told People magazine she and her husband Noah Lebenzon were keen to start a family, stating, "It’s definitely something that my husband and I talk about all the time." Ortiz’s Ugly Betty co-star Rebecca Romijn gave birth to twin girls earlier this week (beg05Jan09).

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SIR IAN McKELLEN feels sure he has more in common with LORD OF THE RINGS wizard GANDALF than simply playing him on the big screen - he also thinks the fantasy icon is gay.
The British thespian admits he has nothing to back up his theory, but he’s convinced Bilbo Baggins’ buddy was a homosexual.
He explains, "His wife is never mentioned, and he’s 7,000 years old. He must have had some experience with sex."

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A day after winning big at the People’s Choice Awards in America, THE DARK KNIGHT is now on the Directors Guild of America slate.
Christopher Nolan, the director of the Batman sequel, has been nominated for a DGA award, alongside Slumdog Millionaire’s Danny Boyle, David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Frost/Nixon’s Ron Howard and Gus Van Sant for Milk.
Nolan’s nomination is the first time the director of a superhero movie has been recognised by DGA voters.
The DGA Awards dinner will be held in Los Angeles on 31 January (09).

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Punk pranks left ELVIS COSTELLO with a nasty taste in his mouth and his shoes on fire during his heyday as an angry young man.
The rocker and his group The Attractions were on tour in Belgium with The Damned and The Clash when he learned never to fall asleep on the road.
He recalls, "I, maybe unwisely, drank about 15 Pernods, fell asleep and woke up to find my mouth, which had obviously fallen open, (used as) an ashtray and my shoelaces on fire."

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LADY GAGA has made it to the top of the U.S. pop charts after 22 weeks on the countdown.
It’s the longest trip to number one since Creed’s With Arms Wide Open took 27 weeks to get to the top in 2000.
Lady GaGa’s Just Dance ended Beyonce’s reign at the top of the charts with Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), which drops to two on the new countdown.
Another former chart-topper, T.I.’s Live Your Life, stays put at number three.
For the first time in 11 years, there is no new entry in the Billboard Hot 100.

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ELVIS PRESLEY fans have flocked to the late rocker’s former Graceland home for a party to celebrate what would have been his 74th birthday, hosted by his ex-wife PRISCILLA.
The milestone is marked each year with tributes and events around the world, but Elvis fever takes a particular grip on Presley’s adopted Memphis, Tennessee, where a string of celebrations are taking place on Thursday (08Jan08).
Priscilla, who divorced Elvis four years before his death in 1977, will be the star of a Graceland bash, hosting a birthday ceremony on Thursday night.
More than 30 years aftrer his death, Presley is still raking in millions of dollars each year through his music and memorabilia. A recent Forbes magazine list named him the top-earning dead celebrity.
And, just two weeks after his birthday, the star will even feature at U.S.
President-elect Barack Obama’s Washington D.C. inauguration on 20 January (09) - his song If I Can Dream will be played as part of the festivities.

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Cult rockers PHISH have confirmed plans to reunite and tour by listing a group of summer dates.
The band will play pre-tour shows in Virginia in March (09) before hitting the road in June (09).
The dates mark the group’s first since they split in 2004.
Phish, who began rehearsing this week (beg05Jan09), are also hotly tipped to headline the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee in June (09), although that has yet to be confirmed.

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and NIGHTWATCHMEN star TOM MORELLO has been declared a soldier for peace by a group of Iraq War veterans.
The rocker has been presented with one soldier’s medals for fighting for an end to war back home in America.
Proud Morello tells Spin magazine, "A member of the Iraq Veterans Against the War gave me his medals after I played a Nightwatchmen show at the Winter Soldier conference.
"He gave a moving speech, saying, ‘The real battle for freedom and democracy is not overseas; it’s here. And you’re a soldier in it.’"

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Plans for JIMMY PAGE and JOHN PAUL JONES to hit the road as LED ZEPPELIN in 2009 have been scrapped - because the rockers can’t find a singer to replace ROBERT PLANT.
Just a day after Peter Mensch, a spokesman for Page’s management firm, defended the rock duo’s plans to tour without their famous frontman, he is now attempting to end the speculation about a semi-reunion by telling Music Radar Led Zeppelin is "completely over".
Mensch says, "Led Zeppelin are over! If you didn’t see them in 2007, you missed them. It’s done. I can’t be any clearer than that… There are absolutely no plans for them to continue. Zero. Frankly, I wish everybody would stop talking about it." Page and Jones were hoping to follow up a reunion show they performed in London at the end of 2007 with new shows, but Plant, who has since found success with musical partner Alison Krauss, had no interest in touring with his former bandmates.
And, despite reports Alter Bridge star Myles Kennedy had been drafted in to replace Plant, Mensch insists all reunion plans have been scrapped.
He reveals the band auditioned singers but "no one worked out".

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JAMES BOND star DANIEL CRAIG proved himself a true hero when he used his clout to halt the filming of new movie DEFIANCE - after co-star JAMIE BELL fell ill onset.
The pair was shooting outdoor scenes for the war drama on location in Lithuania when the freezing conditions sent Billy Elliot actor Bell close to hypothermia.
And concerned Craig stepped in, ordering producers to stop filming so his 23-year-old co-star could head to his trailer to warm up.
Bell says, "The conditions were ripe for a bout of, ‘I’m not f**king doing this!’ but the closest we got was Daniel standing up for me one day in the rain at the end of October, it was absolutely freezing.
"My body started to lose control, going into hypothermic shock, I think. He said, ‘We have to stop, he’s starting to freak out and he’s going to die’. He used his Hollywood power for good.
"It’s daft, because you do have to be butch in the presence of Bond, but Daniel has a really good heart and said, ‘You need to take a second and then come back’. He’s very much the leader that he portrays in this film."

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KID ROCK is still fuming about a court ruling banning him from serving a community service sentence entertaining U.S. troops overseas - he’s now urging the judge responsible to spend time in Iraq himself.
Rock - real name Robert Ritchie - was handed an 80 hour sentence following a fight in a Waffle House restaurant in Georgia in 2007.
He requested he be able to serve the sentence performing to soldiers stationed in Iraq, but Judge Alvin T. Wong banned him, insisting, "Giving him credit for something he would otherwise love to do in front of a camera completely defeats the punitive purpose of performing community service." Rock was furious and has even posted Judge Wong’s contact details online.
And now he’s urging the lawman to experience life in a warzone for himself.
The star tells TMZ.com, "He said it’s not community service. Well I do community service all year long. I help people with autism, Aids, fallen heroes.
"If he wanted to punish me, he should have put me in jail, but he didn’t. If he loves to practise law, why doesn’t he go and practise f**king law in Iraq for a month, if he’s so badass. If he wants to prove something to me.
"There ain’t (sic) no bigger community service than going to play for our soldiers."

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Actress LINDSAY LOHAN has blasted the media for criticising her whenever she tries to do some good for charity, because the press dismisses her efforts as "publicity stunts".
Lohan has become a tabloid favourite since shooting to Hollywood stardom in 2004’s Mean Girls at the age of 18.
But the press turned against her in 2007 after the party girl found herself facing a number of legal troubles, including two arrests for driving under the influence (DUI) and a stint in rehab to fight drug addiction.
And Lohan, who insists her wild lifestyle is now a thing of the past, is angry the unwanted paparazzi attention has forced her to scale back on her charitable gestures.
She tells America’s Interview magazine, "You know what’s hard? I want to give back. I want to do all the things that will make me feel fulfilled.
"But whenever I do those things, people think it’s a press stunt or something. Because they (paparazzi) do find me, and there’s really no way of hiding from that.
"And the second that you complain about it, they say, ‘Well, this is what you wanted, so this is what you’re going to get.’ That’s all people see it as now.
It’s not, ‘No, I just want to have some time for myself.’ There are things I want to do, and people don’t understand that."

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