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ANGELINA JOLIE’s first movie role in a forgotten 1982 comedy is set for release - 17 years after it was made.
Jolie was just four when she appeared alongside her actor father Jon Voight in cult Shampoo and Being There director Hal Ashby’s Lookin� To Get Out, but her part was cut and the film only had a limited release.
Ashby re-cut the film before his death in 1988 and his family and Voight, who starred in the director’s Coming Home, have worked tirelessly to get the new film a release.
Voight, who also co-wrote the film, says, “We had all sorts of drama in the making of it and in the final stages, Hal was not able to finish the film, so there was some damage done to the film and it came out in a crippled form. Unfortunately, nobody saw the film in a proper state.” The actor had no idea Ashby had re-cut the film - and handed the finished product to film archivists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Voight only learned of the existence of the director’s cut when he was approached by Ashby’s biographer Nick Dawson two years ago (07).
Dawson introduced the actor to Lee Ashby McManus - the daughter Ashby never met - and she revealed Lookin’ To Get Out was her favourite film, because she felt sure Jolie’s role at the end of the movie was based on her.
Voight tells

BlogTalkRadio.com, “She said, ‘I think the little girl at the end, who was played by Angelina Jolie… was me.’ I thought about it and I said, ‘It is very possible it was you.’ I remember discussions we had and it was supposed to be a little boy, and Hal wanted a little girl.” The Oscar winner is thrilled the film will eventually be seen as his director friend intended: “It’s a big deal to me… I like this film very, very much.” The director’s cut of Lookin’ To Get Out, which also features Ann Margret and Rocky star Burt Young, will debut at the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida next month (Apr09), ahead of the movie’s DVD release on 20 June (09).

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Folk icon JOAN BAEZ has let slip details about a top secret JOHN MELLENCAMP, BOB DYLAN and WILLIE NELSON tour by asking the JACK & DIANE singer if the reports are true during a live show.
Baez spotted Mellencamp in the audience at a show in Bloomington, Indiana this week (ends20Mar09) and asked him, "Are you really going to go on tour with that guy?" prompting the rocker to announce plans for "a special tour" on his website on Thursday (19Mar09).
In his post, Mellencamp added, "(It’s) slated to start in early July and run through the end of August. It will play at minor league baseball fields." He adds he’ll be sharing top billing with two other major artists." According to Dylan fansite BobLinks.com, Nelson will share the billing with Mellencamp and Dylan.

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Hip-hop star WYCLEF JEAN has been hit with copyright infringement by 1990s rap duo BLAZHAY BLAZHAY.
The pair claims the Hips Don’t Lie hitmaker sampled their 1995 hit Danger in his 2007 song Welcome To The East without the group’s permission.
The duo, comprising of DJ PF Cuttin’ and MC Out Loud, recently filed a lawsuit against Jean and executives at his record label Sony BMG in Manhattan Federal Court in New York. They are seeking unspecified damages for the alleged violation.

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PRINCE will perform three Los Angeles concerts in one day to launch his new albums next week (28Mar09).
The Purple Rain hitmaker’s new releases LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND will be available on 29 March (09), and he’ll promote them with three shows the day before.
He’ll reportedly perform at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live early in the evening, headline at the nearby Conga Room a few hours later and then conclude his big night with a late concert at Club Nokia.
Prince will also stage a three-night stand on late-night TV chat show the Tonight Show next week (25-27Mar09).

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R&B singer R. KELLY has been formerly requested to detail the full extent of his involvement in an alleged investment scam by South African court officials.
The Bump N’ Grind hitmaker has been linked to Durban woman Busisiwe Priscilla Zakwe, who is accused of conning thousands of dollars from investors by convincing them to back proposals to bring an R. Kelly tour to the country.
Zakwe claims she deposited 10.5 million South African rands ($1 million/£694,400) into Kelly’s bank account, but the concert plans never came into fruition and the star never set foot in the country.
The defendant, who was arrested in 2005, appeared in Durban Regional Court on Wednesday (18Mar09), when a judge postponed the trial until 6 May (09) to allow state prosecutors to add more charges to the case.
Prosecutor Blackie Swart hopes to establish what involvement, if any, Kelly had in the case, by requesting an explanation from the singer himself.
Swart says, "I sent an email and also faxed a letter to Kelly’s agent last week. We have not received any response from them yet.
"We will contact them if they do not respond because we want to deal with this matter urgently."

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BILLY CORGAN is the last Pumpkin standing - his SMASHING PUMPKINS bandmate JIMMY CHAMBERLIN has quit the group.
Corgan and Chamberlin regrouped after the band split in 2000, but pals James Iha and D’arcy Wretzky weren’t part of the new line-up.
And now Chamberlin has left the band.
The drummer joined the band Corgan founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 and played on all the group’s albums except 1988’s Adore.
A statement from the group’s management reads, "Corgan will continue to write and record as Smashing Pumpkins with plans to head into the studio this spring."

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Hollywood’s top celebrity psychic has urged the JONAS BROTHERS to bless the mansion they’re hoping to buy - because it’s full of dark spirits.
The trio have their sights set on the former home of Tinseltown star Marion Davies, which is one of the city’s listed buildings, but psychic-to-the-stars Kenny Kingston insists the estate comes with an eerie past, including high-profile affairs, illegitimate children, outrageous parties and a mysterious fire which almost wrecked the old place 20 years ago.
Kingston says, "I’ve visited that home and it’s frequented by spirits, good and bad.
"Marion Davies lived there and Hollywood legend suggests (Kennedy clan patriarch) Joseph Kennedy had an affair with both her and Gloria Swanson there." After learning the Jonas Brothers had put in an offer for the Beverly Glen-area address, the psychic held a seance to ask if the spirit world had any information about the Davies home.
He tells WENN, "I’m told a baby was conceived there; it was a boy. There were also a lot of masquerade balls that Kennedy held there and the spirits keep coming back. Not all of them are good spirits.
"My spirits tell me the house has a history of bad health and, therefore, the Jonas boys will need to guard their health in this house. The place should be blessed before the brothers move in." Kingston, who agreed to bless the home where tragic client Marilyn Monroe died - despite warnings the actress would never be happy there, has offered to cleanse the Davis mansion for the Jonases.
He adds, "I do this a lot for celebrities and politicians but I obviously can’t talk about it. Basically, you have to bless the place with salt, placing it around all the window sills and doorways. This helps to dispel bad spirits." The Jonas Brothers have reportedly already bought Armani Casa furniture for their new pad, which sits across the road from the family’s existing Hollywood Hills compound, even though the sale has yet to go through.
The boys have reportedly hired top house designer Kenneth Bordewick to advise them on the decor. Sources claim Bordewick has already taken a walk around the grounds.
The insider tells WENN, "He would have been taken aback by what he saw because a large portion of the mansion is smoke damaged from the fire. There’s a lot of mystery about the blaze. I don’t think anyone knows how it started." And Kingston fears the place is still prone to a devastating blaze.
He explains, "While we were speaking with the spirits on Tuesday, we could smell smoke. This could just be a reminder that the house was the scene of a fire, but it’s more likely an omen of something that is to happen in the future."

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The producers of TYRA BANKS’ hit reality TV show AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL have created a set of rules for wannabes - to avoid a repeat of the riot that broke out at a casting call last weekend (14Mar09).
Potential contestants were waiting to try out for producers in Manhattan, New York when chaos broke out on the streets outside the Park Central New York hotel. Hundreds of people were caught up in the melee, leaving the street outside the hotel littered with shoes and clothing.
Two women and a man were arrested on charges of inciting to riot and disorderly conduct, and six people were injured. Police were forced to shut down the casting call.
To avoid a repeat when America’s Next Top Model bosses stage another open call in Dallas, Texas on Saturday (21Mar09), producers insist they won’t see anyone who has been lining up overnight, or prior to 6 am, and only women competing for a part on the show can stand in line, unless they’re under 18. Teenagers will be allowed to stand with one guardian.

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FORREST GUMP star GARY SINISE funded a reprint of beloved horse racing book SEABISCUIT in Arabic, so Iraqi schoolchildren can read it.
The actor teamed up with the book’s author, Laura Hillenbrand, after learning that kids in Baghdad had become big fans of her tale of a heroic racehorse - following news from a U.S. colonel who had attempted to translate segments for them.
Sinise tells WENN, "Laura wanted to get it translated to Arabic because one of the colonels was reading the book and the Iraqi kids started asking him about it, so he contacted her and asked for Arabic translations of the book.
"We made 15,000 copies of Seabiscuit in Arabic and sent it over there." That project sparked a connection for Sinise and the writer and they formed Operation Iraqi Children in a bid to get vital school supplies to the children of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The actor adds, "Over the past five years we’ve sent hundreds of thousands of supplies. Next month (Apr09) American Airlines is taking 25 tons of Operation Iraqi Children supplies over to Iraq and distributing stuff to the troops in Afghanistan to give to the kids."

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Actress NATASHA RICHARDSON will be buried in a private family ceremony near her Millbrook Dutchess County home in New York.
The tragic star’s husband Liam Neeson, their two sons, members of her family and close friends like Matthew Modine and moviemaker Mike Nichols gathered for a wake at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan on Friday (20Mar09) and they’ll say their farewells to the actress on Sunday (22Mar09).
Police are preparing for traffic congestion and huge crowds as fans head to Millbrook to pay tribute to the late star, who died on Wednesday (18Mar09) after suffering a traumatic brain injury while learning to ski in Montreal, Canada.
Broadway theatre bosses paid tribute to the actress on Thursday night (19Mar09) by dimming the lights of New York’s theatreland for a minute.

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Acting legend VANESSA REDGRAVE sang an emotional rendition of the song she sang at her daughter’s first wedding - as NATASHA RICHARDSON died on Wednesday (18Mar09), according to British reports.
Shortly before Richardson’s husband Liam Neeson made the decision to turn off the life-support machine keeping his wife alive, Redgrave, 72, sang Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Edelweiss from The Sound Of Music as she sat by her dying daughter’s bed at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Hours later Richardson, 45, died of internal bleeding following a skiing accident.
The publication reports Redgrave sang Edelweiss at the reception following her daughter’s first marriage to Robert Fox in 1990.
Redgrave and Neeson were among the family and friends who gathered at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan on Friday (20Mar09) for the late actress’ wake.

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Rapper KANYE WEST has blasted reports he’s set to launch a clothing line with British denim brand Religion, insisting he’s never even heard of the company.
The Stronger hitmaker has become known for his fashion-forward dress sense and recently launched two special sneaker ranges - one with Louis Vuitton and another with Nike.
West was alleged to be in talks with Religion bosses about the possibility of a collaborative clothing line, with British tabloid the Daily Mirror claiming he had been "getting tips from the jeans company" after asking to "meet the head honchos" of the label.
But the hip-hop star has dismissed the reports.
In a post on his official website, he writes, "This is a lie and I don’t even know this brand!"

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LINDSAY LOHAN has vowed to quit writing about her relationship with DJ SAMANTHA RONSON online - because she wants to keep details about her personal life private.
The actress, 21, is known to take to her profiles on social networking sites such as MySpace.com to dispel rumours about her romance with Ronson.
But she is attempting to scale back on her blogging to stop fuelling the gossips and keep her love life out of the headlines.
She tells Nylon magazine, "I think I just got carried away. Like writing about my relationships. I didn’t need to do that, because we weren’t broken up and that was silly."

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New mum M.I.A. is to make her first post-pregnancy performance at California’s Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival.
The Paper Planes hitmaker, who became a mum last month (Feb09), will join Morrissey, The Killers, The Cure and Sir Paul McCartney at the three-day event in Indio, which begins on 17 April (09).
M.I.A. has performed at Coachella twice before, and wowed the crowds both times.
Her last public appearance was at the Grammy Awards (08Feb09), where she performed with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and T.I. - three days before she gave birth.
Her late addition to the Coachella line-up comes just two weeks after fellow Brit Amy Winehouse was forced to pull out of the festival due to visa issues.

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’s regular E STREET BAND drummer MAX WEINBERG will be replaced by his son in a string of European shows this summer (09), so his dad can concentrate on his TV career.
Weinberg’s band The Max Weinberg Seven will take over as the house band on America’s Tonight Show in June (09) - and the group’s first TV appearances in Los Angeles coincide with Springsteen’s shows in Europe.
So the respected drummer has offered up his talented 19-year-old son, Jay, as his E Street Band replacement.
In a statement, Springsteen jokes, "We promise to return him (Jay Weinberg) in one piece." Max Weinberg joined the E Street Band in 1974 and hasn’t missed a single show since. His son, who drums for heavy metal band The Reveling, has reportedly been rehearsing with the E Street Band in New Jersey for the past week.
E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt recently told Rolling Stone magazine he couldn’t imagine touring without Max Weinberg: "It’s hard for me to picture a show without Max, honestly… There’s no drummer that could replace Max. There might be someone temporary that comes in and we’ll have to adjust the show accordingly.
"What nobody understands is that not only is Max a great drummer, Max reads Bruce’s mind. You can’t learn that. That’s impossible to learn. You could spend months rehearsing and you’ll never get that." Jay Weinberg becomes the latest rock offspring to replace his father in current classic rock line-ups - Rick Wakeman’s son Adam has taken over keyboard duties in Yes and Jurgen Blackmore has taken his father Ritchie’s place in the reunited Rainbow line-up. Meanwhile, Eddie Van Halen’s teenage son Wolfgang has signed on as Van Halen’s permanent bass player.

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JANE’S ADDICTION took over a former supermarket to wow fans with a 10-song concert at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday night (19Mar09).
The reunited full original line-up, featuring frontman Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro, kicked off the low-key show with eight-minute classic Three Days, before launching into hits like Ain’t No Right, Been Caught Stealing and Whores.
The reformed rockers have lined up a series of summer (09) dates with Nine Inch Nails.

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RUN-DMC stars DARRYL ‘D.M.C’ MCDANIELS and JOSEPH ‘RUN’ SIMMONS have asked EMINEM to officially induct them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio next month (04Apr09).
The rappers will be honoured alongside Metallica, Jeff Beck and Bobby Womack, as part of the class of 2009, and Eminem will join rock legends Jimmy Page and Ronnie Wood, and Red Hot Chili Peppers star Flea among the night’s presenters.
Flea will pay tribute to Metallica, Page will salute his former bandmate Jeff Beck and Rolling Stones star Wood has been asked to induct soul man Womack.

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Troubled country star MINDY MCCREADY is fighting to regain custody of her three-year-old son with the ex-boyfriend she accused of trying to kill her.
Billy McKnight was charged with attempted murder and served 30 days in jail in 2005 following claims he beat and choked the singer. The case was later dismissed.
McCready’s mother, Gayle, won custody of little Zander in 2007 after a fight with the singer, and McKnight was granted visitation rights.
She has now left Nashville, Tennessee and relocated to McKnight’s native Florida in a bid to win back custody of her child.
McKnight tells U.S. tabloid The National Enquirer, "(We’re) getting back on track and learning to treat each other kindly. We’re trying to get past all the bad stuff we’ve been through.
"We both came to the realisation we have to do everything we can to do right by our son. As far as our relationship as a couple, let’s just say we’re taking baby steps right now." McCready has endured a series of personal struggles in recent years. In 2008, the singer made an alleged suicide attempt, admitted to conducting a long-term affair with New York Yankees baseball star Roger Clemens, and was arrested in June (08) for violating her probation for prescription drug fraud.
She also checked into rehab in July (08) with some reports suggesting she had swallowed a lethal combination of vodka and prescription drug Ambien, used to treat insomnia.

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