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JAMES BOND star DANIEL CRAIG dreams of starring in a Broadway play, and is inviting New York theatre bosses to find him a role.
The actor is in the Big Apple promoting his new movie Defiance, and admits he would love to return to the city to tread the boards.
Craig says, "I would love to do it. It could be in my future. I would like to make that happen. It would be great for me."

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LIAM NEESON’s boxing background helps keep the big guy out of harms way because he cans spot trouble coming.
The Irish actor trained as an amateur boxer in his youth and admits his lessons have always taught him how to avoid a punch-up.
He explains, "I actually find that, as an ex-amateur boxer, I never once got into a street fight, because the discipline of learning how to box would negate any kind of acts of physical violence I may have felt.
"All martial arts instructors that I’ve worked with always say, ‘If you get into a situation like that, check where the door is!’ If something starts, I leave."

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New STAR TREK captain CHRIS PINE is backtracking after suggesting there might be an X-rated topless scene in the new sci-fi blockbuster.
Back in November (08), the actor, who will portray a young Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams new Star Trek movie, hinted that co-star Zoe Saldana removes her shirt in one saucy scene.
But now Pine is keen to rule out such an idea, insisting the film will be family friendly.
He tells Eonline.com, "It is a different Star Trek, but there’s no crazy sex scene.
"There may be some bare midriffs, but, you know, it’s been a long time since the bikini was invented, so I don’t think we’re going to ruffle any feathers." The much-anticipated movie opens on 8 May (09).

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FANTASY ISLAND star RICARDO MONTALBAN has died at the age of 88.
The Mexican actor passed away in Los Angeles on Wednesday (14Jan09). The cause of death is unknown.
Montalban is most famous for his role as Mr Roarke in the 1970s and 80s show, but he also made numerous other TV, movie and theatre roles throughout a long and successful career.
He appeared as villain Khan Noonien Singh in the first ever season of Star Trek, as well as the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
He was awarded with an Emmy in 1978 for his role in How The West Was Won and was Tony Award nominated for the his part in 19558 musical Jamaica.
Montalban’s wife of 63 years, Georgiana died in 2007. The couple is survived by its four children.

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ROSARIO DAWSON was left so traumatised after running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain she was "perpetually scared" on the streets for three months after the terrifying event.
The thrill-seeking Sin City star ran through the cobbled streets of Pamplona, trying to avoid charging cattle as part of the town’s famous bull run two years ago (07) - and she feared she’d never be able to recover from the adrenaline rush.
She tells WENN, "I was perpetually scared for about three months after running with the bulls. I’d get to a street corner in New York, look both ways and I’d step out and my heart would still be racing that some train or car would just run me over.
"My mortality was so close to me running. That entire run is still extremely vivid to me; the sounds, the breath. I don’t think I breathed in more oxygen in my entire life. I could feel every cell in my body.
"There was a bull that stopped next to me and it turned and looked at me and I was like, ‘Well that’s it.’ It was really scary and I’m glad that I survived it." And she can still remember the face of the man who tried to use her as a human shield.
She adds, "There was a guy who grabbed me into a doorway which might’ve been chivalrous, but thanks to my New York upbringing I just elbowed him and kept going! I was like, ‘Dude, what do you think, you’re gonna hold me in front of you? If a bull is gonna give us a colonic it’ll go through both of us.’"

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English actor HUGH LAURIE has already survived nearly a decade longer than he expected as a teen - after making a pact with his friends to take their lives before turning 40.
The House star admits he found the age unappealing, and vowed to take his last breath before growing too old.
Laurie tells Playboy magazine, "I think I suffered from the arrogance of youth. When I was 15, I and a group of school friends took a sort of pledge that we wouldn’t live beyond 40. We decided we’d kill ourselves." And the Golden Globe winner admits some of his pals were even more extreme, but insists he has abandoned his teen angst.
He adds, "In fact, there were some hard-core members of the group - I wasn’t one of them - who only wanted to make it to 30.
"The ‘I hope I die before I get old’ sort of thing. Talk about arrogance. The arrogance of youth, it trumps all."

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Rapper LIL WAYNE is primed to become the king of the Grammys after adding a performance at the prizegiving to go along with his haul of eight nominations.
The hip-hop hero, who leads the nominees at the 51st Grammy Awards, will join the Jonas Brothers, Coldplay, Kenny Chesney and Katy Perry onstage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 8 February (09).
Perry’s performance will be interactive - fans have been invited to post videos of themselves singing along to her I Kissed a Girl hit on the official Grammys site. Voting will determine which of them will be shown during Perry’s live segment, dubbed My Grammy Moment.

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TAYLOR SWIFT has scored a sixth week at the top of the U.S. album charts as her album FEARLESS continues to dominate sales well into the New Year.
The country star shifted just 72,000 copies of the album in the past week, but it was enough to keep Nickelback, Kanye West and Beyonce off the top of the charts.
Fearless has become the first album to spend six weeks at number one since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in 2005.
Nickelback’s Dark Horse jumps up to two, while West’s 808s and Heartbreak remains at three. Beyonce’s I Am… Sasha Fierce and the soundtrack to hit movie Twilight round out the top five.
The top debut belongs to DJ Skribble, whose Total Club Hits 2 enters the countdown at 16. (KL/WNWCBB/IG) WENN - SIXTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 14 JANUARY 2009

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LISA MARIE PRESLEY’s newborn twins share a bond with their late grandfather ELVIS - the king of rock was a twin too.
The 40-year-old was particularly emotional when she discovered she was expecting two babies with husband Michael Lockwood, because her dad’s twin brother Jesse died during birth.
Presley reveals the moment she realised she was following a family tradition: "I knew my family history - my father had a twin who died at birth, and my other grandmother also had twins.
"But at the ultrasound, the doctor goes, ‘There’s the heartbeat.’ Then she says, ‘There’s another one.’ I started crying, Michael started crying." And she insists three-month-olds Harper and Finley will get to learn about their very famous ancestor, adding: "There will definitely be a music lesson on Grandpa."

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AEROSMITH have postponed an upcoming concert in Venezuela to allow guitarist JOE PERRY to recover from a reported fractured knee.
The band was rehearsing for the 1 February (09) show in Caracas when he fell and shattered his knee, according to reports from South America.
According to Solid Show Producciones officials, who are organising the festival Aerosmith were supposed to headline, Perry had to undergo emergency surgery in his native Boston, Massachusetts.
He has been advised to refrain from performing for three-to-four months in order to ensure that his knee is properly healed, according to website Blabbermouth.net.
This is another major health setback for the rocker, who underwent knee replacement surgery in March 2008. Perry hobbled around with the use of a cane for much of 2008.

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Rocker RYAN ADAMS is to turn his back on music to concentrate on "hearing issues".
In a post on his blog, the singer/songwriter insists his Atlanta, Georgia show with The Cardinals on 20 March (09) will be his last before he takes a lengthy hiatus.
He writes, "I am grateful for the time we (band) have had and maybe someday we will have more stories to tell together. I am however ready for quieter times as I think it is very evident I am struggling with some balance and hearing issues." Adams adds, "I am not abandoning anyone, not the Cardinals and not the fans.
This is just something I need to do now… I loved playing music in the Cardinals." Adams, who has just completed two North American tours with Oasis, adds, "Maybe we will play again sometime and maybe I will work my way back into some kind of music situation, but this is the time for me to step back now, to reel it in." Neither Adams nor his publicist would further explain the "hearing issues" he mentions.
The news comes two months after Adams was promoted to staff writer for America’s BlackBook magazine after he completed a internship at the fashion and culture publication.

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Music icons METALLICA and JEFF BECK will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.
They’ll join Run-DMC, Bobby Womack, Little Anthony & The Imperials and Wanda Jackson when the class of 2009 is inducted into the revered Cleveland, Ohio museum on 4 April (09).
Artists become eligible for the Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first record.
Last years inductees included Madonna, John Mellencamp and the Dave Clark Five.

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Mexican-American actress SALMA HAYEK is tongue-tied now her young daughter is speaking French - because she faked the death of her own tutor to get out of learning the language.
The 42-year-old star welcomed daughter Valentina with her ex-fiance, French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, in September 2007.
And now that her baby girl is becoming more fluent in French, English and Spanish, Hayek is kicking herself for concocting a murderous scheme to escape a summer in the classroom.
She says, "This is a tragic thing. I don’t speak French really well - but you know, I could have. When I was about 17 or 16, my parents sent me to Paris to study at (University of Paris) La Sorbonne for the whole summer - an intensive course, six hours a day with a private tutor and staying with French nuns.
"A friend from Greece called me and said, ‘What are you, crazy? You’re going to spend your whole summer locked up in a classroom?’ "So we came up with a plan and I called up my parents and told them the tutor died, and it was too late in the game and they couldn’t find any more tutors.
"So I went to Greece instead, and now I’m really sorry I killed that tutor because it would’ve been really handy to speak French."

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Actress MISCHA BARTON has heaped praise on MARTIN SHEEN, branding him her "rock" for supporting her during filming of their forthcoming movie BHOPAL: PRAYER FOR RAIN.
The O.C
. star features alongside Sheen in , based upon a real-life industrial disaster, and the pair grew close on set in India.
Barton found herself looking up to the veteran actor as she worked with him and couldn’t help but warm to his kind personality.
She writes on her blog, "Martin is an incredible human, actor and my rock through our part of filming
. His kindness overwhelmed me, as well as his professionalism and just how down to earth he is.
"Those are the kind of actors I respect; no matter how famous you get, you remind yourself you’re doing what you love to do
. Even when it’s grueling and we are re-writing all the lines ourselves, it’s fun with someone like him." And the star was overwhelmed by Sheen’s generous nature - he gave her his large dressing trailer when Barton discovered hers wasn’t as big.
She adds, "Martin even gave me his fancy trailer and took mine which was half the size and when I brought him a small gift the next day to say thank you he gave me a rosary
. I agree you don’t have to be into one religion, but it’s a good luck charm, and I will not forget his kindness
. When you work with talented people when you’re young, it makes it so easy to give a great performance
. He was my rock."

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STING is encouraging youngsters to follow in his musical footsteps - he has become the latest star to join a campaign to give every child in London the chance to learn an instrument.
The Every Breath You Take hitmaker has donated a guitar to the No Strings Attached instrument drive, organised by Julian Lloyd Webber, the younger brother of theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The superstar’s bass will join 150 other instruments already collected, which will be distributed to youngsters in deprived areas of the British capital.
Former The Police frontman Sting insists he is happy to help encourage youngsters to pick up an instrument.
He says in a statement, "The music amnesty is a really important initiative.
Young people deserve the chance to learn a musical instrument, whatever background they come from." Sting joins other stars, including Madness frontman Suggs, in supporting the scheme.

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KATE HUDSON has some good news for her male fans - she has vowed to carry on stripping off for raunchy photoshoots.
The Bride Wars actress enjoys posing for racy pictures, and is happy to shed her clothes for the cameras in the name of art.
She tells MTV.co.uk, "I love doing them and I will do more. It’s fun. Also, I’ve come to appreciate the skill of the photographer. It’s a real art. I’m very interested in that side of it."

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY is writing a new album with his musician son JAMES.
After years living as a recluse, 31-year-old James is attempting to follow in his superstar father’s footsteps.
And he is getting plenty of help from the former Beatle.
Speaking on U.S. TV talk show The View on Wednesday (14Jan09), McCartney reveals, "My son James plays guitar. We’re making a new album with him." It’s not the first time father and son have collaborated. James has co-written a number of his dad’s solo songs, and joined him on tour back in 2005.
James also performed on his late mother Linda McCartney’s solo album Wide Prairie, which was released after her death in 1998.

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DREW BARRYMORE finds it hard to comprehend what it’s like to be in a normal relationship - because she had such an unconventional upbringing.
The actress’ parents divorced when she was a tot and she found it hard to rebuild a normal relationship with her mother and father after they split.
And Barrymore is sure their parting so early in her life had an influence on the romances she has had since.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "I’ve never really understood how I should feel or behave in a relationship. I didn’t have the kind of childhood which would have given me any perspective on what a happy home life or relationship would feel like.
"My father was literally out of his mind and my mother was more like a friend. She’d take me out to clubs and I wound up feeling like part of this very unreal kind of world, although that was the only world I ever knew growing up." The 33-year-old has enjoyed a string of long-term relationships and has been married twice - a one-month union in 1994 to a Welsh bar owner and a 15- month marriage to comedian Tom Green in 2001.
And her failed nuptials have had a lasting effect on the Charlie’s Angels star, who would love to settle down.
Barrymore adds, "It left me without any bearings when it came to how to live in general. That obviously affects you in terms of everything else you’re going to experience. So I haven’t had as much happiness or success in my past relationships as I would have liked.
"What’s helped me is having really good and close friends who I’ve always been able to rely on."

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