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MARILYN MANSON has tried desperately to reconcile his relationship with DITA VON TEESE - but the burlesque dancer refuses to take him back.
Manson and Von Teese married in November 2005 but the sexy star filed for divorce a year later, citing irreconcilable differences.
And since the split, the goth rocker has phoned his former spouse repeatedly to apologise for their failed marriage - but the 36 year old has been too lucky in love to consider reuniting with her ex.
Von Teese explains, "Heâ��s been in touch a little. The apologies come, and he was like, ‘I made a big mistake’. And I’m like, ‘Yeah, yeah, I know. Go ahead and say what you need to say to feel better and to sleep at night.’ "Right now Iâ��ve got three (men). They’re all in different parts of the world… That’s my biggest sin - juggling men."

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LINDSAY LOHAN treated veteran director GARRY MARSHALL to a night out in Hollywood to make amends for missing filming on their movie GEORGIA RULE.
At Marshall’s request, a studio executive reprimanded Lohan in a 2006 letter, blaming "all-night heavy partying" for her "irresponsible and unprofessional" behaviour.
The note was subsequently leaked online, quickly making headlines and sparking rumours of a feud between Marshall and Lohan.
But the 74 year old director insists he was fascinated by Lohan’s wild lifestyle - and even asked the actress to show him the best places to party in Tinseltown.
He tells Fox News, "She and I always got along terrific and she goes out at night, so when we were working I said, ‘I keep hearing, reading in the paper you’re out there,’ and I said, ‘Can I come with you?’ And she said, ‘Yes, but not dressed like that. You don’t dress for my crowd.’ "So she went and she bought me a shirt, she bought me a hat and took me on the town and we went to all the places. Mostly what they talk about is boys, and we had a nice evening.
"We were at some nice hippy dippy restaurant, Koi or something, and I said, ‘How am I doing Lizzy, am I happening?’ And she said, ‘Almost.’ She said, ‘You have Velcro shoes - we don’t wear Velcro. Just put your feet under the table and you’ll be happening more.’"

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Lyricist and music journalist HARVEY GELLER has died at the age of 86.
Geller passed away on 12 March (09) in Tarzana, California following a brief illness, reports Daily Variety.
He penned songs for various groups including the Kingston Trio, the Brothers Four and the River City Ramblers and served on committees for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Geller also founded several publishing companies, including Clarinet Music Publishing, and worked as a writer of sleeve notes for album covers.
He is survived by his two brothers, a daughter, a son and six grandchildren.

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Veteran music producer NILE RODGERS has fallen foul of a charity for wounded soldiers after pulling out of a fundraising event in a row over hotel rooms.
The Le Freak hitmaker was due to perform and oversee production at Citizens Helping Heroes’ Red White & Blue Inaugural Ball in January (09) at a theatre in Washington D.C.
But he cancelled his appearance four days before the event, alleging organisers had not booked appropriate accommodation for his entourage.
A spokesman for Jamestown Entertainment hit back - blasting the musician for leaving war veterans disappointed.
Rodgers tells New York gossip column PageSix, "This is shocking to me. We spent a ton of money and prepared a spectacular production with a bunch of A-list talent and then had to call it off at the last minute when we discovered that CHH hadn’t obtained any of the accommodations they were supposed to.â�� But Freddie Wyatt, of Jamestown Entertainment, said: "Nile sold our troops down the river. What the hell? This was for our wounded soldiers. We had guys with missing legs and arms in the front row." Wyatt also denied failing to book accommodation for Rodgers and his entourage, adding: "That’s not true. We had about 15 hotel rooms, including four at the Ritz-Carlton for their top guys. But they asked for 80 rooms on the week of the inauguration."

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French music superstar ALAIN BASHUNG is to be buried on Friday (19Mar09), after losing his battle with lung cancer.
The popular rocker, the most awarded artist in the history of France’s prestigious Victoires music awards, passed away in a Paris hospital on Saturday (14Mar09).
French President Nicolas Sarkozy led the honours for the musician, describing him as a "prince". Bashung’s funeral is due to take place in Paris on Friday.

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Former THE CLASH guitarist MICK JONES is planning to turn his collection of pop memorabilia into a permanent museum exhibition.
The rocker has amassed an enormous archive of customised stage clothes, instruments, recording gear, posters and song lyrics and is currently displaying his treasured items in a London exhibition called the Rock and Roll Public Library.
And Jones is eager to find a long-lasting home for the pieces once the show ends on 18 April (09).
He says, "Ultimately I’d like to have a permanent place to exhibit the whole collection like a museum, like a library where you can come and see the stuff and maybe get a copy or sit there and read it. I also would like to bring artists there because it’s history really."

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Pop superstar PRINCE is set to perform from his Los Angeles mansion for fans at home - via a new Internet subscription service.
Supporters who hand over an annual fee of $77 (£54) will have access to music, lyrics, artwork and photos on a new website.
Fans can even make song requests - and watch as the icon rocks out their picks live from his own home, according to reports.
The website is scheduled to go live on 24 March (09) - days before the 29 March (09) release of his two new albums, LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND.
In September 2007, Prince announced he intended to sue various websites, including YouTube and eBay, for hosting his music and film content online without his authorisation.

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Pop star LEONA LEWIS landed a staggering $1.4 million (£1 million) pay cheque to perform at a recent private birthday party.
The singer made a surprise appearance at a 21st birthday bash for the daughter of British mobile phone mogul John Caudwell on Saturday (14Mar09) at the family’s mansion in Staffordshire, England.
Lewis, who won British reality TV series The X Factor in 2006, performed seven songs - including a rendition of Happy Birthday - for Caudwell’s daughter Libby, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun.
A spokesman for the star says, "She did perform at a private event, but all details are confidential."

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Male supermodel TYSON BECKFORD has slammed the media for using celebrities in high fashion campaigns instead of models - insisting actors aren’t beautiful enough to naturally look good in glossy print.
The Make Me A Supermodel host isn’t impressed with the current trend for movie and TV stars to land advertising deals or grace the covers of glossy magazines.
But the hunk believes the fashion industry will come full circle - when they get sick of retouching the images of less-than-perfect stars.
He says, "You have to do a lot of tweaking and airbrushing to get the same from a celebrity that you would get from a model. A lot of celebrities - I’m gonna tell you right now - they’re not 5′11"; they’re not a size two to fit into these designer dresses, but the designers want exposure so they’re willing to make the specific dress for that actor or actress to get them to look good on the cover." "It’ll all come back around. One day some designer will wake up and say, ‘You know what? I don’t want to use Gwyneth Paltrow. I want to use Adriana Lima, I want to use Gisele (Bundchen), I want to go back to the high fashion.’ I think slowly but surely you’ll see that start happening."

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British filmmaker STEPHEN FREARS has been honoured with a prestigious French arts award.
The Queen director was awarded the Commander of Arts and Letters prize by French Culture Minister Christine Albanel on Wednesday (18Mar09).
Frears’ career has been heavily influenced by the country - his 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons was based on a novel by 18th century French writer Choderlos de Laclos, and upcoming movie Cheri is based on a book by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette.
He says, "I have always loved French cinema."

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Action movie star CHOW YUN-FAT is giving up his trademark fighting scenes for his most peaceful acting role to date - as philosopher CONFUCIUS.
The Hong Kong actor, who starred in 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, rose to fame starring in a series of martial arts movies in the 1980s and 1990s.
But now he is set to channel his inner peacemaker as the ancient thinker Confucius, whose most famous teaching was the golden rule - treating all people with consideration.
Filming on the biopic is to begin in April (09) under director Hu Mei.

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Actress LORNA LUFT was taught to lie to conceal her mother JUDY GARLAND’s drug addictions, according to a new book.
Garland fought a long-running battle against drink and drugs, and endured money problems and a string of divorces prior to her death of an accidental overdose in 1969 at the age of 47.
Luft, who was 16 when her mother died, has revealed in Patti Davis� upcoming book The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us how Garland made her solely responsible for maintaining her drug habit.
She says, "It was my responsibility as a kid to regulate her pills. I remember sitting in hotel rooms, opening capsules, emptying out the drugs and filling the capsules with sugar… I was taught to never, ever call an ambulance, no matter what happened. I was to call my father or someone else - never an ambulance because it would get into the press.
"I was taught at a young age to lie, to deceive, to manipulate.�

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JAMES FRANCO is causing chaos on his college campus - female students hang around his classes hoping to catch a glimpse of the actor.
The Milk star is currently enrolled at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studies filmmaking, and the city’s Columbia University where he’s completing an MFA Writing Program.
But now classes have been thrown into turmoil by the huge crowds gathering to see Franco at work.
A source tells New York Post’s gossip column PageSix, "Now that girls have figured out his schedule, every week there’s a bigger crowd outside his lectures waiting just to see him leave. It’s getting to be that there are so many people, it’s embarrassing." Franco received an undergraduate degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2008.

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ANNE HATHAWAY begged Italian fashion designer VALENTINO GARAVANI to autograph her dress - after he accidentally spilt red wine all over the gown.
The Devil Wears Prada star was at a private dinner for the 76-year-old in New York on Tuesday (17Mar09) night, which saw Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna turn out for the style mogul.
Valentino was greeting his guests at the party when he knocked his glass of wine over Hathaway’s frock.
But instead of getting worked up about the incident, Hathaway laughed off the spillage - and even asked the fashionista to sign the stained garment.
An eyewitness tells the New York Daily News, "Anne was covered in wine, but she laughed about it. She told him, ‘I want you to autograph this dress and sign it right now.’"

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Tragic actress NATASHA RICHARDSON has been honoured by director SAM MENDES and actor ALAN CUMMING, who worked with her during her Tony-winning Broadway run in CABARET.
Cumming and Richardson scooped respective Tony Awards for Lead Actor and Actress in a Musical for their roles in the 1998 stage show, which was helmed by Mendes.
And now the American Beauty director has spoken of his heartbreak at Richardson’s sudden passing, describing the star as a tremendous asset to the acting community.
In a statement released to WENN, Mendes says: "Natasha combined the best of Redgrave and Richardson: The enormous depth and emotional force of a great actor on the one hand, and the intelligence and objectivity of a great director on the other. She was a one-of-a-kind, a magnificent actress.
"She was also an amazing mother, a loyal friend, and the greatest and most generous host you could ever hope to meet. It defies belief that this gifted, brave, tenacious, wonderful woman is gone." And Cumming also paid tribute to his former co-star in an emotional posting on his Internet blog.
He writes: "I, like everyone, am totally devastated by the sudden death of Natasha Richardson. The term ‘life force’ seems trite but that is what she was: a woman who powered through life and fascinated everyone she encountered.
"I have been thinking about the times I spent with her since I heard the news of her tragic accident, and the strongest memory I have is of her laughter, her unmistakeable throaty laugh. I think that’s a great way to remember someone.
"She was a brilliant actress. I will never forget her Blanche Dubois (in A Streetcar Named Desire). It was almost too much, too real and raw. Liam (Neeson) and the boys and her whole family have lost an amazing woman. We all have. Goodbye, darling." Richardson died after she was removed from life support on Wednesday (18Mar09) following a skiing accident on the slopes of Mont Tremblant in Montreal, Canada on Monday (16Mar09).

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TWILIGHT filmmaker CATHERINE HARDWICKE realised she wasn’t the right person to helm the sequel NEW MOON - after discussing the looming start date during dinner with the film’s stars ROBERT PATTINSON and KRISTEN STEWART.
The moviemaker scored the biggest debut ever for a female director when the bloodsucking love story shot to number one in the U.S. box office chart with takings of $69.6 million (£49 million) in late November (08).
She was widely expected to take the helm for the follow-up movie before being replaced by American Pie director Chris Weitz.
Hardwicke later admitted she didn’t feel the studio’s schedule - an early 2010 release - gave her enough time to prepare for the film.
Now, the director reveals it was while dining with her cast that she decided she should let someone else have the gig - despite admitting she was offered a huge sum of money.
She tells E! Online, "I was in Paris with Rob (Pattinson) and Kristen (Stewart) at dinner and talking to them and it was like, ‘Is this really the schedule? Would we really be starting ten and half weeks from now?’" "Yes, we would, for various reasons which I respect, but I really thought it would be better for somebody else, who hadn’t just been working every day for two years without a day off.
"I’m sad. But I would not want to let those people downâ�¦I was offered a very nice amount of money, plenty more than I have ever seen or my family has seen. But I wanted to do it only if I was going to make it better than Twilight."

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BRAD PITT is set to star in another tongue-twister of a movie after signing on for the adaptation of LEANNE SHAPTON’s book Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry.
The actor seems to enjoy long titles after fronting The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which earned him an Oscar nomination.
For Important Artifacts, he’ll star alongside Natalie Portman.
Pitt and Portman will share producing duties on the project, according to Daily Variety.
The actor will play fictitious photographer Hal Morris and Portman will take on the role of Lenore Doolan, a New York Times food columnist, in the romantic comedy.

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The naked woman trying to show ZAC EFRON a good time in a steamy new Interview magazine photoshoot has been exposed - she’s Lithuanian model EDITA VILKEVICIUTE.
The 20 year old admits she had no idea who Efron was when she was paired with the High School Musical star for the session.
She tells the magazine, "Since I’ve never watched American television, I didn’t understand until everyone started asking me to get his autograph." But she admits she quickly relaxed when Efron told her the shoot was a first for him: "Zac finally admitted to me that this was his first real fashion shoot."

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