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TOM CRUISE is convinced his daughter with KATIE HOLMES will become an actress when she’s older, after two-year-old SURI tried to storm the stage during a performance of Holmes’ Broadway play ALL MY SONS.
Cruise and Suri have been regular audience members during Holmes’ run in the play - the actor admits he has seen it "more than 30 times" since it debuted in September (08).
But he has had to stop letting Suri watch from the side of the stage, after she almost made an impromptu cameo.
Cruise says, "I was watching with Suri from the wings and I could see her feet creeping out onto the stage. I realised she was going onstage. Then she got on the floor and she was going to crawl onstage, and I’m quietly clinging onto her dress.
"So I picked her up and said, ‘You can’t go onstage,’ and she said, ‘Why?’"

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Hollywood actress NICOLE KIDMAN knew her performance in BAZ LUHRMANN epic AUSTRALIA would be savaged by critics, because she isn’t proud of the work herself.
The star appears opposite Hugh Jackman as British aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley in the movie, but Kidman admits she feels no pride for her work because she "couldn’t connect emotionally" to her character.
And she was so appalled by her own acting when she saw the film in full at its November (08) premiere in Sydney, she and husband Keith Urban took the first plane out of the country so she didn’t have to face the criticism.
Speaking recently on Sydney radio station 2day FM, she said, "I can’t look at this movie and be proud of what I’ve done.
"I sat there (at the premiere) and I looked at Keith and went ‘Am I any good in this movie?’ But I thought Brandon Walters (an 11-year-old Aboriginal boy) and Hugh Jackman were wonderful. It’s just impossible for me to connect to it emotionally at all.
"We ran because I didn’t want to read anything. I didn’t want to know."

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KATIE HOLMES will make a trans-American dash from her final Broadway performance to congratulate TOM CRUISE if he wins a Golden Globe award on Sunday night (11Jan08).
While the actress takes her final bow in All My Sons, Cruise will be 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometres) away in Hollywood, anxiously waiting to learn if he has picked up a Best Supporting Actor prize for his performance in comedy movie Tropic Thunder.
As soon as she has finished, Holmes will race to the airport and make the six hour journey to reunite with her husband after the awards bash.
Cruise explains, "We discussed it, and she told me I should go. So I’m going to the Golden Globes with her father and my mother.
"She’s going to finish her show and we’ll meet at the afterparties."

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MEL GIBSON is growing his hair back, after his son dared him to shave himself bald.
The embarrassed actor was convinced a skinhead would be a good look for him, but it backfired badly.
Gibson, 53, tells the New York Post, "I thought it would be cool. That I’d be Shaft. Looking like I was a plucked chicken, the only perk was I wasn’t recognised in a crowd."

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Rapper KANYE WEST has hailed his pal JAY-Z’s superstar wife BEYONCE KNOWLES as the "greatest performer of our generation".
The Stronger hitmaker has high praise for the Bootylicious beauty, but isn’t afraid to boast about his own talents either - and insists he is up there with the best of today’s hip-hop stars.
In a new interview with Vibe magazine, West says, "I believe Beyonce is the greatest performer of our generation.
"I believe I am the greatest entertainer of this generation. I go neck-and-neck on Jay-Z and (Lil) Wayne as far as who’s the best lyricist. Jay-Z has longevity."

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German movie THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX has been caught up in a legal battle which could force filmmakers to re-shoot several scenes in the film.
The action drama, about 1970s terror group The Red Army Faction (RAF), has earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
But the story is being challenged by the widow of one of the RAF’s victims, who’s suing over what she claims are factual errors in the movie.
A German court is expected to deliver a ruling on the lawsuit in the coming days.
If the court finds in the widow’s favour, director Uli Edel will be sent back to the drawing board to alter the scenes.

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SOPRANOS actor LILLO BRANCATO JR. has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a burglary that ended with the murder of an off-duty New York cop.
The 32-year-old was cleared of murdering Officer Daniel Enchautegui, but convicted of attempted burglary on 22 December (08).
On Friday (09Jan08), Brancato Jr. was handed a 10 year sentence. The three years he has spent behind bars since his arrest will count towards the sentence.
Brancato Jr. and his friend Steven Armento were charged with murder following the shooting that took place on 10 December 2005, when Enchautegui discovered them attempting to break into his neighbour’s Bronx, New York house.
Armento fired the gun which killed the officer, and was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at an earlier trial.
Brancato Jr. - who claimed he was attempting to enter the house of a friend who had given him drugs in the past - faced the same sentence, despite the fact he wasn’t carrying a weapon.
After his conviction on a lesser charge, Brancato Jr.’s lawyer asked the judge to free his client and send him to rehab instead of prison.
But Bronx judge Justice Martin Marcus opted for a sentence closer to the maximum of 15 years.
Brancato Jr.’s murder acquittal outraged public officials, including city mayor Michael Bloomberg, who raged, "It’s just beyond me how the jury could come to that conclusion."

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Actor RYAN O’NEAL has been sentenced to undergo 18 months of rehabilitation treatment after pleading guilty to drug possession.
The 67-year-old and his son Redmond, 23, appeared in court on Friday (09Jan09) to enter pleas relating to their September (08) arrest at their Malibu, California home, when police discovered methamphetamines on Redmond’s person and in Ryan’s bedroom during a raid.
If the Oscar-nominated star completes the programme, he will have the charge wiped from his record.
However, he must not possess any controlled substances and cannot associate with any known drug users outside of his family during that time.
O’Neal Sr. had previously denied using drugs, with his lawyer Mark Werksman saying at the time of the arrest: "The drugs found in Ryan’s bedroom were Redmond’s. He had confiscated them from Redmond. He was trying to keep them away from his son." Now Werksman tells People.com, "Ryan was anxious to move on with his life with privacy and dignity and that’s what we’re trying to do here today." Redmond, who has a history of drug abuse, is facing the same charge, and is due back in court on 20 February (09) when his case will continue.

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Las Vegas rockers THE KILLERS have credited financial problems with bringing the band together - calling the 2001 U.S. economic downturn a "blessing in disguise".
The 9/11 terrorist attacks, including the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York, had a crippling effect on the U.S. economy, which lasted for several months.
At that time, the Mr. Brightside hitmakers were a newly formed, unsigned act.
And guitarist Dave Keuning admits that if he hadn’t been out of work, he wouldn’t have been able to put so much effort into preparing the band for success.
He tells music magazine NME, "Our first phone call was just before 9/11, and we started practising right around 9/11. I got fired just before then, because the store I was working in wasn’t doing any business. But then after the event it became hard to get a job because business went down the drain. I managed to scrape by living off ramen noodles.
"It wasn’t easy at all, but it was a blessing in disguise, because it allowed me and Brandon (Flowers, frontman) to spend lots of time together - writing songs, working on ideas, coming up with a name and a feel for the band. Having that time turned out to be a huge blessing." (LR/FRD/MT) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 09 JANUARY 2009

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JAMAL WOOLARD felt such pressure to portray rap legend NOTORIOUS B.I.G. in new biopic NOTORIOUS, he feared he’d be an outcast in the New York neighbourhood they both hail from if it flopped.
Woolard was born and raised in Brooklyn suburb Bedford-Stuyvesent, where B.I.G. - real name Christopher Wallace - is still a local legend, 12 years after he was murdered.
And the MC-turned-actor knew the role came with a great responsibility.
He says, "The pressure’s enormous. I thought, ‘I can’t go home if I don’t do this right.’"

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JAMAL WOOLARD was so determined to land the role of late rap legend NOTORIOUS B.I.G. in biopic NOTORIOUS - he began turning himself into the heavyweight hip-hop star five months before he even auditioned.
Woolard had no acting experience, but was an MC, like the star commonly referred to as Biggie Smalls, and hails from the same Brooklyn, New York neighbourhood as the rapper - who was murdered in 1997.
He felt it his destiny to play B.I.G. - real name Christopher Wallace - on the big screen, and set about taking on his hero’s look, voice and mannerisms, long before he could even try out for the part.
Woolard says, "I went to Biggie boot camp. I had to gain the weight and I went up to 340 pounds because I felt the competition was so big. I then studied his mannerisms.
"This was all five months before casting."

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Pop sensation KATY PERRY has reclaimed the number one spot on the European singles chart with her latest single HOT N COLD - 12 weeks after its release.
The singer knocked Beyonce’s If I Were A Boy from one to two, and Britney Spears’ Womanizer stays put in third place to complete the top three.
The only new entry in the top 10 comes from Lady Gaga, whose single Just Dance featuring Colby O’Donis has jumped up 58 places to take the number eight position in the new chart.
Meanwhile, AC/DC are still the kings of Europe - their album Black Ice cannot be shifted from the top of the European albums chart having spent 12 weeks in pole position.

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Rap superstar KANYE WEST has been making use of his eye for design - by joining the judging panel for an innovation magazine’s annual awards.
The Stronger rapper served alongside architects, fashion icons and film industry designers to pick the winners for Wallpaper magazine’s prestigious Design Awards.
Wallpaper editor-in-chief, Tony Chambers, explains his decision to approach West came after viewing the star’s online blog, in which he shares his favourite design discoveries with fans.
Chambers tells NME.com, "He’s the most visually literate, design conscious musician of our generation. His blog informs and entertains a whole new demographic.
"As Kanye said about contemporary design when we asked him to be a judge, ‘OK, great, I’m down!’" (MT/WNWCNM/ZN) WENN - FOURTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 09 JANUARY 2009

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JENNIFER CONNELLY had such a good time working with JENNIFER ANISTON, she wishes the two were close friends so they could "hang out" together.
The pair met while filming forthcoming movie He’s Just Not That Into You and the actress loved being in Aniston’s company.
Connelly admits she "really wishes" they had spent more time together after hitting it off.
She tells Britain’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine, "I thought she was such a sweetheart.
"I’ve always thought she was very talented and lovely, warm, generous and after the film, I thought, ‘Ooh, I want to be her friend. I want to hang out with her.’"

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MICHAEL SHEEN and FRANK LANGELLA found themselves on opposing "teams" during filming of FROST/NIXON, according to actress REBECCA HALL.
The Ron Howard-directed movie is based on a series of interviews former U.S.
President Richard Nixon, depicted by Langella, gave to British TV host Sir David Frost, played by Sheen, in 1977 in which Nixon admitted he may have broken the law in the Watergate scandal.
And the roles they play weren’t just kept to the big screen, according to Hall, who plays a friend of Frost in the picture.
She tells Britain’s Tatler magazine, "There was something about the nature of the way that the film was structured that there was Team Nixon and Team Frost.
"I don’t quite know how the dynamic happened that way but Team Frost turned into the slightly shabby, silly, giggly team that couldn’t really keep a straight face in any circumstances. And we were all corpsing (laughing on-set) hysterically."

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Hollywood actress KATE HUDSON is laughing off rumours she’s embarked on a lesbian affair, insisting she’s only interested in men.
Online gossips recently claimed Hudson had been spotted locking lips with a mystery woman in Miami, Florida - sparking allegations the divorced mother-of-one had turned her back on men in favour of the fairer sex.
But the Fool’s Gold actress is baffled by the reports.
She tells Usmagazine.com, "A girlfriend called me and said, ‘Are you making out with girls now?’ I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ No, no, no.
Strictly boys for me!" Hudson was previously married to Black Crowes rocker Chris Robinson and has enjoyed high-profile romances with Owen Wilson, Dax Shepard and Lance Armstrong.

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Chinese actress ZHANG ZIYI has been chastised by her fellow countrymen after topless photos of the star cavorting on a beach with her Israeli fiance surfaced online.
The Memoirs of a Geisha beauty, 29, was recently snapped sunbathing on a Caribbean beach wearing just a pair of bikini bottoms as her billionaire lover Vivi Nevo touched her intimately.
The holiday images have sparked outrage in conservative China, with some detractors branding her "shameless".
One critic writes on an internet forum, "Zhang Ziyi is really shameless. She is with a foreigner, but should remember certain conduct is expected of Chinese women." The pictures have since been censored by China’s internet authorities and have been removed from many websites.

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French actor SAMY NACERI is facing a charge of attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of a man in a Paris bar.
The Indigenes (Days of Glory) star was at the central Paris bar to meet his ex-girlfriend and her pal. But a heated argument broke out between Naceri and the two women, and they retreated to the toilets where they called in help from the unnamed male friend.
The actor is accused of pulling a knife on the man after being confronted about the earlier altercation.
Naceri, 47, returned home to his apartment after the incident, but was arrested by police on Thursday (08Jan09) evening and held in custody at a Paris hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for liver problems.
The stabbing victim is recovering from his injury.
According to reports, Naceri, who is a self-confessed alcoholic, is due to appear in court next week (begs12Jan09) to be formally charged with the crime.

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