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SEAN PENN, JIM CARREY and BENICIO DEL TORO have been lined up to star in a new movie based on 1930s comedy icons THE THREE STOOGES.
Director siblings the Farrelly Brothers are behind the new project, about the slapstick antics of Moe and Curly Howard and Larry Fine.
Oscar winner Penn is expected to play Larry, with Carrey and Del Toro taking on the roles of Curly and Moe, respectively, reports Daily Variety.
The project marks 48-year-old Penn’s first comedy movie since 1989’s We’re No Angels.

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KELLY CLARKSON is still getting all she ever wanted at the top of the U.S. album charts - a second week at number one.
The singer’s All I Ever Wanted kept U2’s No Line on the Horizon from returning to the top spot, with the Twilight soundtrack relaunch rounding out the new top three.
The Billboard chart’s highest debut comes from rapper Gorilla Zoe, who enters at eight with Don’t Feed Da Animals.

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TOM HANKS is heading back to outer space for a live-action film based on a vintage astronaut action figure.
The actor will portray Major Matt Mason in the currently untitled movie, based on the popular 1966 Mattel action man.
The Buzz Lightyear-like toy was all the rage in the two years leading up to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moonwalk, but the action figure was retired by Mattel bosses in the early 1970s.
The Mattel character was the leader of an astronaut team that worked on the moon and lived in a space station.
Space fan Hanks previously starred in Apollo 13 and hosted TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon in the late 1990s.
Hanks will co-produce the film with production partner Gary Goetzman and Mattel executives Tim Kilpin and Barry Waldo, reports Daily Variety.

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KEVIN FEDERLINE will tell all about his marriage to and divorce from BRITNEY SPEARS - and their bitter custody battle - in new songs for his forthcoming rap album.
The wannabe rapper split from Spears in 2006 after two years of marriage and Federline was handed custody of their two young sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, in 2007 following a bitter court battle.
The former couple is now on friendly terms and share custody of the boys.
But Federline has been pouring out his emotions in tracks for his second record - the follow-up to 2006 flop Playing With Fire.
Collaborator Krayzie Bone, from hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, insists fans will be impressed with Federline’s efforts when the album eventually hits stores - just like he was when he listened to the lyrics.
He tells HipHopDX.com, "People gon’ say I’m crazy, but to my surprise the stuff that he let me hear, it was pretty decent. He told me that he didn’t get a chance to really put out the music he wanted to (with his first album), and he made mistakes in putting out the music that he did - by putting out the club stuff.
"I really didn’t hear none of his old music, but the stuff that he let me hear was, like, really deep. He was talking about his life. He was actually telling his side of the story (of the split with Spears) in a more mature, adult kind of way. Opposed to just being on the record saying, ‘F**k Britney.’ "He definitely got a story to tell (sic) - where he came from, and where he ended up."

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JAY-Z’s former business partner DAMON DASH has blamed his generous nature for his financial downfall, insisting he was so focused on helping others succeed, he lost control of his own career.
The rap mogul has been making headlines with his money struggles in recent months; he is facing foreclosure on his two properties in the trendy TriBeCa area of New York and reportedly owes $2 million (£1.4 million) in state taxes, among other debts.
To make matters worse, his designer wife of four years, Rachel Roy, filed for divorce earlier this month (Mar09) - after Dash helped her launch her own women’s fashion line.
And Dash claims he has spent too much time helping others - including Roy and rapper pal Jim Jones - and not enough time on his own endeavours.
He tells Billboard.com, "My mistake was watching everyone else’s careers and not watching mine." Dash insists he spent too long planning Jones’ career breakthrough - and that has cost him dear.
He adds, "After being able to settle my wife’s company, I was able to start doing other things. My first approach was the music business and getting with Jim Jones… I spent the last six months doing research, trying to figure out how to use all my resources to blow this out (make his album a hit)."

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Pop star FERGIE is back at her ideal weight after piling on the pounds to play a prostitute in movie musical NINE.
The Black Eyed Peas star was required to gain 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) for the role of Saraghina in the all-star film, and it has taken her four months to shed the weight.
The newlywed tells In Touch magazine, "I’m finally back to the weight that I was before the film. It’s taken me forever!" Fergie admits she failed to lose the weight in time for her wedding to actor Josh Duhamel in January (09) - but she still managed to squeeze into her designer gown.
She adds, "Now I’m just trying to sculpt and get ready for the (Black Eyed Peas) tour, get my stamina up."

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Former METALLICA bass player JASON NEWSTED will rejoin the group for one night only when the rockers are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio next month (Apr09).
Guitarist Kirk Hammett has confirmed Newsted, who quit the group in 2001 citing "private and personal reasons", will be onstage at the Hall of Fame for the induction ceremony and a performance with his former bandmates.
Hammett tells PulseofRadio.com that he, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich decided not to add drama to the Hall of Fame honour after watching Blondie turn their 2006 induction into a farce, as current and former band members bickered onstage.
He says, "We went as a band when Black Sabbath was being inducted, and, at that time, Blondie was also being inducted that night. And there was so many politics (sic) and so much drama that, you know, we collectively said to each other, ‘We don’t want any of that.’ "It puts a really bad, sour note on the whole celebration itself." Newsted joined Metallica in 1986 as the replacement for original bassist Cliff Burton, who was killed in a tour bus accident.

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SIDEWAYS star VIRGINIA MADSEN fears she’s responsible for scaring a producer out of a luxury hotel room - after imploring the spirits haunting her suite to leave her alone and bug her neighbour instead.
Madsen and the cast and crew of The Haunting In Connecticut stayed at the creepy Fort Garry hotel in Winnipeg, Canada while they were shooting the horror film, and the actress didn’t want to take any chances of coming face to face with a spook.
So she had a heartfelt chat with the spirits upon arrival at the old place.
She explains, "When I first walked into my room I set my bags down and I had a little chat with the hotel room ghost and I said, ‘Now listen, I’ve got a lot of work to do. I need my sleep. I am the mother of this movie. I’m not saying I believe in you, but, out of respect, if there are any entities, can you please haunt the other room?’" Madsen slept like a baby, but her neighbour - a producer on the film - had such a terrible first night, he checked out.
She adds, "I believe the spirits went to my producer’s room and frightened him, and caused him to leave! "He wouldn’t talk about what happened but he was so frightened that he left the hotel and would not stay there. Instead, he stayed at a real dive hotel, which is unusual for a producer." And he wasn’t the only one kept awake by things that go bump in the night at the Garry - Madsen’s movie son Kyle Gallner also became a magnet for the hotel’s unwanted guests.
She reveals, "He insisted on staying in one of the haunted rooms on one of the haunted floors and every day there was some new haunting that happened to him in the night.
"He’d be like, ‘Listen, Virginia, I’m not kidding but there were voices coming out of the vent.’ I’m like, ‘Kyle there’s another room on the other side, so of course there’s voices coming from the vent!’ He said, ‘No, I’m telling you something got out from underneath the bed and crawled into the bed with me!’ I was like, ‘Were you out at a bar last night or something? You’re underage!’ He was quite adamant that all these things were going on at the hotel."

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The Broadway bosses suing JEREMY PIVEN over his departure from a New York production of SPEED-THE-PLOW have vowed not to leak his medical documents to the press.
The actor pulled out of the show in December (08), suffering severe fatigue. He was diagnosed with toxic mercury poisoning and blames a sushi meal for his medical woes.
But furious Broadway producers, who were forced to replace Piven with William H. Macy at the last minute, weren’t convinced the actor was ill and filed a complaint with the Actors Equity Association, complaining their star’s departure jeopardised show earnings.
The two parties are due to meet at an arbitration hearing with union bosses in June (09), and the producers have requested access to Piven’s medical records and documentation of his activities "both during and after the run of the show".
In return, they have vowed not to leak the information, insisting in a statement, "The producers recognise that most of this information is of a highly sensitive nature. Therefore, they have proposed to the union that all of the information that is turned over be subject to a strict confidentiality agreement."

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The 2010 Winter Olympics has bumped the Oscars into March next year (10).
The Academy Awards will be handed out on 7 March, so the big night isn’t competing with skiing and skating.
Nominations will be announced early on 2 February (10).
An Academy spokeswoman says, "Our intention is to return to a February date in 2011 and beyond."

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TAYE DIGGS has been named U.S. TV’s Sexiest Body in a new magazine poll.
TV Guide readers picked the former Ally McBeal star ahead of Tricia Helfer and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as part of the publication’s new Sexiest Stars issue.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles character Derek Reese (Brian Austin Green) was named Sexiest Badass and the stars of 90210 claimed the Sexiest Cast honour, ahead of Gossip Girl and Grey’s Anatomy.
And there’s some good news for ailing Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay, following her recent collapsed lung medical issues - her character Olivia Benson is the Sexiest Female Cop. Her partner Elliot Stabler, played by Chris Meloni, has been named Sexiest Male Cop.

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ZAC EFRON is in negotiations to bring back the dead in a dramatic new film, which will see him reteam with 17 AGAIN director BURR STEERS.
Efron is being lined-up to star in the movie adaptation of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, a book by Ben Sherwood.
The novel is about a caretaker at a cemetery who has weekly meetings with the ghost of his younger brother, whose accidental death he blames on himself.
The news comes just days after Efron pulled out of the starring role in the remake of family movie remake Footloose.
Production on The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud is scheduled to begin in July (09), reports Daily Variety.

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NATASHA BEDINGFIELD was thrilled when the paparazzi gatecrashed her wedding to MATT ROBINSON at the weekend - because the uninvited snappers transformed the event into a movie set.
The couple tied the knot in a secret sunset ceremony in Malibu, California on Saturday (21Mar09).
Bedingfield, 27, reveals their attempts to keep the nuptials from the prying eyes of the press failed - but she insists she didn’t mind the intrusion.
The singer tells Us Weekly, "Somebody must have tipped off the paparazzi, because there were helicopters circling. It felt like an action movie. It added to be the intrigue."

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GAVIN ROSSDALE and GWEN STEFANI have put their plans for more babies on hold, so they can catch up on lost sleep.
The singing couple have two sons; two year old Kingston and seven-month-old Zuma.
Rossdale admits he and Stefani would love to try for a daughter - but are too tired to contemplate having another kid right now.
He says, "Well that would seem logical, but then again, so would sleep! A bit of selfish time would be nice."

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BRITNEY SPEARS has rented out a new pad in New Jersey, so she and her kids don’t have to stay in hotels while she tours America’s east coast.
The singer has taken over a colonial-style seven-bedroom mansion in Alpine, according to Life & Style magazine.
A source tells the publication, "She wanted a home away from home, especially for the boys - something close to Manhattan. They talked about Long Island, but she wanted something closer that could feel like home for (sons) Sean and Jayden." Dennis McCormack, a broker with Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, which represents the home owner, says, "The place is very spacious, so there’s lots of room for her kids to run around and play." He tells Life & Style the property is on the market for $8 million (£5.7 million), but a Spears insider claims the pop star is renting it for $30,000 (£21,400) - for one month.
She won’t be the only star living in Alpine - Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Chris Rock and Mary J. Blige all have homes in the peaceful suburb.

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DEVO rocker MARK MOTHERSBAUGH has a secret alternative career - writing music for commercials.
When he’s not performing with the new wave band, Devo is creating jingles for some of the world’s best known brands and products - and he admits he gets a kick out of slipping secret messages into his commercial endeavours.
Mothersbaugh tells Blender magazine, "I have written music for around 400 commercials, with clients that range from Coke, BMW, Mercedes, Pepsi, Target, McDonald’s, Burger King to Taco Bell - probably a good majority of the evil empire. When I was younger, and occasionally today, I include subliminal messages, which is shockingly easy to do. Things like, ‘Choose your mutations carefully’, ‘Are we not men?’, ‘Question authority’ and many others."

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Rapper JIM JONES has reached out to his estranged DIPLOMATS crewmember CAM’RON, offering to bury their differences and hit the studio together.
Cam’ron has been largely absent from the mainstream hip-hop scene since his 2006 offering Killa Season, after falling out with Diplomats stars Jones, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zekey amid allegations of questionable business dealings.
The Oh Boy hitmaker recently revealed he and Jones had spoken on the phone for the first time in over a year - and now Jones has taken steps of his own to repair their damaged friendship.
Speaking to DJ Funkmaster Flex on New York’s Hot 97 radio station, Jones admitted he has avoided broaching the possibility of a reunion for a while, but is now ready to make amends for the sake of their fans.
He says, "I’ve been selfish about a lot of things, due to my own selfish ways, me feeling that it was the right thing to do.
"But at that same time it’s not about me all the time, and there is a lot of other people that’s involved. And for the most part (we) came up together for a long time, so I’m just extending my hand to the contribution of getting this Diplomats business done. So if Cam is listening maybe we can you know sit down and get this business together and give the people what they want."

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R&B star ASHANTI has hinted she will marry her rapper lover NELLY in 2009.
Just four months after the couple went public with its four year romance, the singer has confessed she is planning to walk down the aisle with Nelly.
When asked if wedding bells were on the horizon for her, the Happy hitmaker tells Us Weekly, "Absolutely. It’s in the cards for me. I believe that I have a couple more things I need to do before that happens." But Ashanti urges fans not to believe all the gossip that’s written about her and Nelly - despite the media correctly predicting their relationship, years before they admitted it to the world.
She adds, "I should have had six or seven kids, been married three times and secretly engaged now. But none of it’s true."

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