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Rocker SLASH was forced to give up his huge collection of snakes when his wife PERLA became pregnant with their first child.
The former Guns N’ Roses guitarist amassed a vast menagerie of the reptiles that dominated his California home.
But he concedes it wasn’t the safest environment to raise a child.
He tells Blender magazine, "I got rid of all my snakes when Perla was in her last trimester - it’s just trouble waiting to happen, with a little boy. But when I was a bachelor, the whole house was just snake cages. All my snakes were 10 to 20 feet long, and I had about 80 of them." Slash and Perla Ferrer have two sons, London, six and Cash, four.

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The life story of late TLC rapper LISA ‘LEFT EYE’ LOPES is coming to the big screen in a new biopic by director LAUREN LAZIN.
The No Scrubs star died in a tragic car crash in Honduras in 2002, but seven years on, she is to be brought back to life in a new film by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker. the woman behind the Tupac Shakur movie Tupac Resurrection.
The Last Days of Left Eye will debut at the Atlanta Film Festival in Georgia on 19 April (09).

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Pop singer PINK hasn’t let her failed marriage to ex CAREY HART put her off walking down the aisle again - insisting she "doesn’t regret a minute" of their newly-reconciled relationship.
The star - real name Alecia Moore - rekindled her romance with the motocross racer earlier this month (Jan09) amid reports Hart had moved back in with the singer after nearly a year apart.
But Pink admits she could still be swayed to walk down the aisle in the future.
She tells Seventeen magazine, "I don’t know if I ever really believed in the institution of marriage. For both of us, our upbringings made us that way. He had a tough childhood, and I had World War III in my household.
"Our idea of marriage was never really a fairy tale. It was more like, ‘We really like each other - we should just try, see what happens.’ "I don’t regret a minute of it. I’ll do it again. I’ll do it a thousand more times, even though I don’t really think marriage is necessary." And the singer credits her new album, Funhouse, with helping her and Hart reconnect, adding: "I never said this really sweet, vulnerable stuff. I think writing this album the way I did has been really good for me, for him, for us, and for our friendship." The couple parted ways last February (08) after two years of marriage.

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Former FUGEES star WYCLEF JEAN has fired back at reports alleging his Miami, Florida home has been hit by foreclosure - blaming a contractor who "sat on the job for two years" for the mix-up.
Jean bought the Miami Beach mansion in 2004, reportedly taking out a $2 million (£1.5 million) mortgage through a corporation he owns with several friends.
But a string of legal problems ensued with the construction of the unfinished property, with Jean’s corporation reportedly owing the bank more than $2.4 million (£1.7 million) when renovations floundered, sparking the reports last November (08).
According to TMZ.com, Jean says he was "robbed" by contractors he commissioned for the $900,000 (£650,900) project.
The singer’s home was scheduled for auction on 12 December (08), but reportedly settled loans with the bank in time, avoiding having his home sold off.
Jean now intends to resell the Miami-Dade county property.

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LITTLE BROTHER rapper PHONTE has launched a scathing attack on KANYE WEST, criticising the hip-hop superstar for copying T-PAIN’s singing style.
The Stronger hitmaker’s latest album, 808s & Heartbreak, features West singing throughout the record, mostly using the electronically enhanced voice program Auto-Tune - which was made popular again by T-Pain in 2008.
West’s singing attempts have won over most critics, but Phonte is not one of them, branding the rapper a "coward" for failing to show off his voice naturally.
Phonte tells Conspiracy Worldwide Radio, "I’ve heard… pretty much… most of the Kanye West album, and I didn’t like it. I was just like ‘Get the f**k outta here’.
"I personally did not like the album… I honestly thought it was an act of cowardice. I just think that if you’re gonna make the creative leaps to sing, then really sing. Let your voice come out, and let people hear all the idiosyncrasies in your voice because that’s what makes you uniquely you.
"I heard (808s & Heartbreak) and was like ‘Ok, this n**ga is just biting T-Pain’."

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Director [TERRY GILLIAM] is angry with HEATH LEDGER for dying so young, insisting the Australian was the best actor of his generation.
Ledger was half way shooting a role in Gilliam’s latest project, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, when he died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs at his New York apartment on 22 January 2008.
And Gilliam insists the acting world has lost its greatest talent.
He tells the New York Post, "In terms of his acting, it still rankles with me that he’s dead because he would have been streets ahead of anyone else in his generation. He just kept getting better and better.
"He was fearless. On Parnassus, he was improvising all the time, and it was better than what we had written.
"In a sense, I felt Heath was writing this film."

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JANET JACKSON has been forced to postpone plans to tour Japan - blaming the current downturn in the global economy.
The Nasty hitmaker was due to play five shows in the country in February (09), including gigs in Osaka and Nagoya, but now the concerts have been put on hold, according to Japanese promoter Kyodo Yokohama.
The cancellations are the latest live dates Jackson has pulled out of - a string of shows in Jackson’s first world tour in almost seven years had to be rescheduled in late 2008 after the star suffered from a bout of vertigo. Further dates were also cancelled reportedly as a result of low ticket sales.
New Japan dates are expected to be announced in March (09).

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MEGAN FOX is lined up for an action-packed new role - she is slated to take over from ANGELINA JOLIE as gun-toting movie tough girl LARA CROFT.
Reports suggest the Transformers beauty will replace Jolie in the next film in the Tomb Raider franchise.
London’s Metro newspaper claims insiders are tipping Fox as a "strong candidate" for the role of the sexy action heroine Jolie played the part in 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and in the sequel Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life in 2003.
Both films were panned by critics, and Jolie was given a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in the two movies.

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Actress VIOLA DAVIS was determined not to let OPRAH WINFREY intimidate her run for her Oscar-nominated role in DOUBT - insisting she would’ve battled it out with the TV queen who lobbied for the part.
The 43-year-old star, who plays a desperate mum in the film, didn’t know she was facing competition from Winfrey, who was turned down by director John Patrick Shanley in favour of the actress.
Davis was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Thursday (22Jan09), and she insists Winfrey’s desperation wouldn’t have swayed her from the film.
She tells the New York Post’s Page Six magazine, "No way! I would have taken off my shoes and fought Oprah for the part." But Winfrey has no hurt feelings, praising Davis’ performance as "brilliant" when the actress appeared on her talk show last Friday (23Jan09).

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ROLLING STONES rocker KEITH RICHARDS is the subject of two new rival books - both inspired by the star’s reputation as one of music’s most notorious hellraisers.
Writer Jessica Pallington West has gathered some of the guitarist’s most famous quotes for a book called What Would Keith Richards Do? It will hit stores in May (09), the same month as Mark Blake’s Stone Me; the title a witty take on Richards famous love of marijuana.
Among the famous Richards quotes in Blake’s book is the star’s boast, "I’ve never turned blue in someone’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners."

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Hungarian ballerina NORA KOVACH has died, aged 77.
Kovach passed away on Sunday (18Jan09) in Miami, Florida after battling an undisclosed short illness. She rose to fame as a dance defector with her partner and first husband, Istvan Rabovsky, in the 1950s.
By the age of 21, Kovach and Rabovsky, 23, were leading dancers in the Budapest State Opera Ballet, which sent them to tour in East Berlin in 1953.
The pair paved the way for Soviet-trained dancers in America, fleeing to West Berlin from the Soviet bloc, during an escalating Cold War. They later appeared in London with Festival Ballet and on returned to amaze American audiences with numerous appearances on Ed Sullivan’s TV show Toast of the Town.
After appearing with major companies in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Japan, Kovach and Rabovsky, who later divorced, danced with their own small troupe in the early 1960s, called Bihari.
Kovach opened her own ballet school in Long Island, New York in 1969.
She is survived by her third husband, Steve Farago, a brother, Bela Kovach, and two stepchildren, Andrew Farago and Babette Savallo.

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Actress EMILY MORTIMER never got the chance to fulfil her late father SIR JOHN MORTIMER’s wish of starring in one of his plays.
Author Mortimer passed away at his home in Turville Heath, near Oxford, England, earlier this month (16Jan09).
He had dreamed of writing a play for his Match Point star daughter - who is based in the U.S. - but was unable to fulfil his ambition.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Express, "John was very proud of Emily and had talked of writing something she could star in. Unfortunately, he ran out of time and it was one of those things that didn’t happen. It certainly wasn’t out of a lack of willingness on either of their parts as they would have adored working with one another."

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American model and actor JIM HORNE has died at the age of 91.
Horne, arguably the most widely-seen male model in his time, died on 29 December (08) after losing his battle with cancer, his Francesca Marlowe Horne said; he also suffered from congestive heart failure.
Horne became a familiar face in the 1940s, appearing in ads for Macy’s department store, Lucky Strike and Marlboro cigarettes, Burberry, Chrysler, Budweiser and Grand Marnier, among others throughout his modelling career.
In 1957, Horne made history with men’s magazine GQ - appearing on its debut issue, formerly called Apparel Arts magazine.
As an actor, Horne appeared in mostly small roles in films including Gunga Din and A Place in the Sun.
He later served in Europe in World War II, where his position as a combat photographer earned him two Bronze Stars.
In the 1960s, Horne became a sales manager and spokesman for an apparel company, and later established himself as a businessman with his own company, manufacturing leather belts.
He is survived by his wife, who disclosed no further details surrounding his death.

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A stage manager on BROOKE SHIELDS’ U.S. TV series LIPSTICK JUNGLE has been charged with stealing nearly $30,000 (£22,010) in designer goods from the show’s set.
Arthur Moreira, 27, was arrested on Friday (23Jan09) after officers purchased missing set items online in a sting operation, according to New York’s Brooklyn district attorney’s office.
Among 16 items stolen include an Oscar de la Renta snakeskin bag, Gucci coats and designs by French fashion house Sylvia Toledano, whose employees alerted police after finding limited items by the designer for sale on eBay.com.
Moreira is being held by authorities in Brooklyn pending arraignment.

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Australian singer EMMA SOPHINA has penned a new tune after escaping the miraculous New York City plane which crash-landed in the Hudson River.
The 26-year-old - real name Emma Cowen - has praised pilot Captain Chelsey B. Sullenberger, whose quick thinking helped save the lives of all 155 passengers and crew on board US Airways Flight 1549 on 15 January (09).
And she’s put her thanks to music with the help of Grammy-winning producers Tony Black and Mark Swersky.
Sophina tells the New York Daily News, "It’s definitely a thank you for the pilots. The song is called Send Another Prayer.
"I was praying, everybody was praying around me. Whether they were confessing their sins or just praying, everybody was just doing it.
"They’ve given me the gift of life. They’ve let me go on to pursue my dreams. The song is about the fact that I have new life again. A fresh new life." Investigators confirmed last week (beg19Jan09) Sullenberger was forced to land after a collision with a flock of geese upon departure from New York’s LaGuardia airport en route to Charlotte, North Carolina.

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HOT CHOCOLATE frontman ERROL BROWN knew he had a smash hit on his hands when he penned YOU SEXY THING - because it took him just minutes to write.
The singer insists classic songs came "naturally" to him, and he would always dump any tune that proved too difficult to complete.
And when he finished You Sexy Thing - which became the group’s most famous song - he knew it was perfect because it passed his time test.
Brown tells WENN, "I lived in an apartment in Hampstead (north London) and I was just in there by myself strumming on my guitar and the title came into my head. And I thought, ‘Now that’s a good title for a song’.
"So I wrote it really about the lady I was involved with at the time, who eventually became my wife! It was done in 10 minutes really. Most of the hit songs, if they gave me too much trouble I’d drop them. That was the benchmark - whether it was coming out naturally." And he wasn’t shocked when You Sexy Thing helped British movie The Fully Monty scoop the 1998 Oscar for Best Music, as every generation falls in love with it.
He adds: "I’m never surprised with that song because it’s been a hit in three decades, which is more than any other song I’ve ever done, so every generation seems to find some way to use it. It’s gonna have another day in the sun too! And it’s been in such a lot of films, it’s been in a lot of films in America now - tons of them."

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Hellraising rocker SLASH started his downward spiral into alcoholism when he was just 12 years old, after discovering a secret stash of his father’s extra-strength booze.
The British-born former Guns N’ Roses star can pinpoint the moment he began his long love affair with alcohol, at a party his father threw, that he and childhood pal-turned-bandmate Steven Adler sneaked into.
Slash - real name Saul Hudson - tells Blender magazine, "I was 12 or 13 - my dad and a bunch of his friends had a party and made this insane punch. Steven and myself got into the punch. And I learned that the cure to a hangover was to keep drinking. That’s probably what kickstarted the years and years of binge drinking. It turned into a 24/7 party from that day on."

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Fallen rap mogul MARION ‘SUGE’ KNIGHT is facing a $6.8 million (£4.9 million) handling charge from the lawyers behind the recent sale of his former label Death Row Records.
The assets of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur’s former home went under the hammer earlier this month (15Jan09) and was sold to Canadian company Wide Awake Holdings for just $18 million (£13 million).
Death Row co-founder Knight lost the rights to the label’s assets after declaring bankruptcy in 2006 - but lawyers from Kaye Scholer, who organised the auction, claim his "gangster-style" business operations left them scrambling around to get hold of all the assets.
Explaining the hefty fee, a statement from the law firm reads, "The representation of the Trustee in this case has been particularly complex due to the individuals involved in the company’s operations and intentionally illicit ‘gangster-style’ business operations of the debtor (Knight)." The bankruptcy case fee application goes on to detail a number of assets Knight attempted to hide, including "a Malibu (California) home, that Knight transferred to friends in an effort to shield those assets from creditors, a secret storage locker in Michigan that contained a ‘treasure trove’ of unreleased songs by famous Death Row artists (and) other secret tracks - and records of hidden bank accounts - stashed in a southern California warehouse."

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