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Pop couple BRIAN MCFADDEN and DELTA GOODREM are planning a sunkissed wedding in Australia.
Irish singer McFadden and his Aussie fiancee announced their engagement in 2007, three years after they began dating.
Plans are now underway for a ceremony in Goodrem’s native Sydney in 2010.
McFadden reveals, "We’re looking at the end of year, Christmas time, in Australia. During the next couple of weeks, we’ll definitely be setting a date".
The former Westlife singer shares two young daughters with ex-wife Kerry Katona, whose own on-off relationship with husband Mark Croft is currently playing out in the British tabloid press.
When asked about his troubled former spouse - who he divorced in 2006 - McFadden insists there are no hard feelings: "I do feel sorry for her. It is like a soap opera. I just watch it like everyone else".

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Dance sensation LADY GAGA was hooked on "serious" drugs - until the singer’s father convinced her she was destroying her life.
The Just Dance hitmaker, real name Stefani Germanotta, admits she dabbled in illegal substances when she was younger.
And she credits her dad with helping her to kick the habit - insisting she has never been tempted to take drugs again.
The singer says, "I donâ��t like to talk about it too much but there were drugs, serious drugs… My dad thought Iâ��d lost it. With the drugs it was his reaction that pulled me back. I didnâ��t go to Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. I did it myself.
"I have such a fear of failure, I didn�t want anything to make me fail. So I stopped. I still drink and party, but there�s no darkness now. Just a lot of fun.�

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Incarcerated boyband svengali LOU PEARLMAN is plotting a return to the spotlight - he’s developing his own reality TV show.
The music mogul - the mastermind behind successful boybands Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync - is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted of fraud last year (08).
Pearlman has teamed with reality TV producer Jonathan Murray to pitch the series, about a Florida rock band called Biteboy, reports the New York Post.
Branded as a cross between Making the Band and Charlie’s Angels, Pearlman would give words of advice to his proteges from behind bars in the show, according to Tyler Gray, the author of a new book about the star, entitled The Hit Charade.
Detailing the production in Portfolio magazine, Gray writes, "It essentially would feature Lou’s disembodied voice on a speakerphone. Biteboy, by any definition, is a long shot. No recording labels have ever shown any interest in Biteboy."

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Singer LEANN RIMES has spoken out about reports she was caught cheating on her husband - but refused to deny she enjoyed a date with a co-star.
The Blue hitmaker, who has been married to backing dancer Dean Sheremet for seven years, is accused of having an affair with her Northern Lights co-star Eddie Cibrian, in the latest issue of Us Weekly magazine.
The publication reported that security camera footage caught the clean-cut country star kissing the actor during a date in Laguna Beach, California earlier this month (Mar09).
Rimes has now taken to her website to respond to the allegation - but failed to deny cheating on her husband.
She writes, "This is a difficult time for me and my loved ones, but I appreciate all your continued support. I would like to assure all of you that this is a place for you to hear things directly from me and as you all know, not everything in our lives is always black and white. Have faith."

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Broadway playwright MILAN STITT has lost his battle with liver cancer, aged 68.
He died on 12 March (09) in Manhattan, New York, according to his sister, Susan Miller.
Stitt was praised by critics for his 1976 Broadway play The Runner Stumbles, about a Roman Catholic priest on trial for killing a nun.
The production - one of 17 plays he wrote for theatre and television - made its big screen debut in 1979, starring Dick Van Dyke, Beau Bridges and Kathleen Quinlan. It was revived for the stage in an off Broadway production in 2007.
In addition to his writing credits, Stitt was founder and director of the play development programme at the Circle Repertory Theater, which helped to establish playwrights including David Mamet and Tennessee Williams before its close in 1996.
He also served as professor of dramatic writing at Pennsylvania’s Carnegie Mellon University and has held teaching posts at prestigious colleges including Yale, Princeton and New York University.
Miller is his only survivor.

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Actress EVA MENDES has been cast in her sweetest role to date - as a Global Pleasure Ambassador for an ice-cream brand.
The Hitch star has been recruited by Magnum ice-cream to work alongside the firm’s Professor of Pleasure, who is conducting the world’s largest study into the causes of happiness.
She says, "I’m really happy to be Magnum’s Pleasure Ambassador because I am a huge chocolate fan. And I’m also a big pleasure seeker and believe in guiltless pleasure. If you’re going to do it then just enjoy every second of it, life’s too short!" Mendes is also set to host a Pleasure Summit in Europe next month (Apr09).

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Actress HEATHER GRAHAM has found love with the director of her new movie, young filmmaker YANIV RAZ.
Graham met 32-year-old Raz on the set of Son of Mourning, their new comedy - and when shooting wrapped they switched their business relationship for a romantic one.
Speaking during a charity trip to Hawaii, the 39-year-old Boogie Nights star tells Us Weekly, "We didn’t start dating until after we were done filming."

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JESSICA LANGE suffered a nasty fall at her home on Tuesday (17Mar09), breaking her shoulder and collar bone and dislocating her arm.
The Cape Fear star grabbed a faulty railing and fell over at her Minnesota home, reports TMZ.com.
Lange was fortunate not to suffer more serious injuries according to a family member, who tells the website: "She’s OK… but very lucky." No further details were available as WENN went to press.

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EVA LONGORIA PARKER dreaded kissing TERI HATCHER for a same-sex smooch in DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - because she hates getting close to anyone on screen.
The pair puckered up for a forthcoming episode of the hit show - but Longoria Parker admits she had reservations about the scene.
She tells British TV show This Morning, "I still hate it, it’s really intimate. Even if it is Teri Hatcher, I hate it! It doesn’t matter who, it’s just such a personal invasion, so I find it really difficult." And the actress also let slip a racy new plotline - with Hatcher’s character, Susan Mayer, developing feelings for another woman.
Longoria Parker adds, "Not with me and Teri. There’s a lesbian storyline with Teri and another actor and she comes to the girls for advice and I just have to clear things up for her."

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U.S. TV talk show queen OPRAH WINFREY is mourning the loss of her new adopted puppy IVAN - one year after her beloved 13-year-old dog SOPHIE died.
The media queen recently took in cocker spaniel puppies Ivan and Sadie from the PAWS Shelter in Chicago, Illinois - and even introduced Sadie to her viewers on the 6 March (09) episode of her daytime series.
But Winfrey lost Ivan last Wednesday (11Mar09) after the pooches both came down with parvovirus, a virus common to dogs which is fatal in nearly 80 per cent of cases.
Now Sadie is being treated by animal specialists in a bid to cure her of the canine disease, reports the New York Post.
The star says in a statement: "I’m saddened by his passing, though we had him for only a weekend. I remain hopeful that Sadie will pull through." Winfrey’s cocker spaniel Sophie died in March 2008 of kidney failure.

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MISCHA BARTON has reportedly been ordered to put on weight or face losing her role in a new U.S. TV show.
The former O.C. actress has agreed to play the part of a supermodel in CW network’s upcoming drama pilot A Beautiful Life.
But Barton has been told to pile on the pounds by bosses who are worried her skinny frame will set a bad example to young viewers, according to U.K. newspaper The Daily Express.
A source says, "The producers are very mindful that their target audience is teenage girls so it’s important to not send out the wrong message. Mischa has the part on condition she does not lose weight - they want her to put weight on if she can."

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CLIVE OWEN’s sex symbol status means nothing to his two daughters - he’s just an embarrassing dad to them.
The 46-year-old British heartthrob has two girls, Hannah, 12, and nine-year-old Eve, with wife of 14 years, Sarah-Jane.
And he reveals the pair keep his feet on the ground.
Owen says, �They send me texts like �Don�t wear the velvet jacket because it�s weird and embarrassing.�"

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BRITNEY SPEARS is planning to take time out from her gruelling 42-date Circus tour to visit sick children in a London hospital, according to reports.
The Toxic hitmaker has shown her charitable side in recent weeks - she visited a children’s hospital in Miami earlier this month (Mar09), before donating $100,000 (£70,000) to the hospital’s Big Apple Circus Clown Care programme, which sends clowns with medical training to visit the young patients.
And now the singer is hoping to give sick children at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital a boost with an appearance between her gigs at the British capital’s O2 Arena in June (09), according to U.K. newspaper the Daily Mirror.
A source tells the publication, "She would really like to do this. In Miami she met up with 40 kids and posed for pictures with them. She found it really moving that just a couple of minutes with the children could mean so much to them."

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A lawsuit targeting R&B star MARY J. BLIGE’s hit song FAMILY AFFAIR for alleged copyright infringement has been dropped.
The action accused Blige’s songwriting team of coming up with a tune bearing close lyrical resemblance to rapper Benevolence’s song Party Ain’t Crunk.
The track was submitted to Universal Records by Benevolence’s manager James White in May 2001 - three months before Blige completed work on Family Affair.
In the suit, filed in January (09), White and fellow plaintiff Leonard James also initially named Family Affair producer Dr. Dre but he was dropped from the action after a court ruled there was a "lack of personal jurisdiction".
Responding to the accusation, Blige and Universal Records challenged White and James to provide proof the two songs were similar lyrically - and when they failed to respond with strong evidence the case was dismissed, according to AllHipHop.com.

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BABYSHAMBLES rocker PETE DOHERTY almost caused a riot at a recent gig - after he refused to leave the stage at the end of his show.
The singer left bosses of Southampton Guildhall in south England furious on Sunday (15Mar09) after he ignored the venue’s strict 11pm curfew to continue his performance - even after the lights were turned off.
Doherty also openly flouted the U.K. smoking ban by lighting up a cigarette before by hurling objects between himself and the crowd.
A concertgoer tells the U.K. newspaper The Sun, "As we left there was chanting, banging walls and singing. It was like a football match. I�ve never seen a crowd act like that at a gig.�

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE is expanding his entrepreneurial empire - he’s in talks to develop a brand of tequila.
The SexyBack hitmaker is the driving force behind clothing line William Rast, which he founded in 2005.
And now he’s set to move into the liquor business after a recent visit to a Mexican distillery, according to New York Post gossip column PageSix.
A spokesperson for Timberlake tells the publication, "This was one of his many meetings over the last two years in development of his tequila business."

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CLIVE OWEN was so determined to star alongside JULIA ROBERTS in DUPLICITY, he forced producers to delay the start of filming until after she had given birth.
The Pretty Woman star was pregnant with her third child Henry, now 21 months, when she was approached by Owen to co-star in the movie.
And, instead of telling director Tony Gilroy that Roberts was unavailable for filming, the Brit actor made him wait to commence shooting until the baby was born in June 2007.
He tells British morning show GMTV, "Tony said to me, "Who’s your dream casting for Claire?’ and I said, ‘Well, Julia Roberts is the perfect one’, and it was his as well. So I called Julia up and then realised she was pregnant. So we waited! "There is literally nobody better." Roberts and husband Danny Moder also have two other children together - four-year-old twins Phinnaeus and Hazel.

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Filming of PARIS HILTON’s British reality TV series descended into chaos after a fight between two contestants reportedly had to be broken up by a psychiatrist.
The Simple Life star’s show, Paris Hiltonâ��s British Best Friend, sees contestants competing to be the hotel heiress’ new best pal.
And tempers flew during filming for the series when two hopefuls - Emma Beard and Kat McKenzie - had to be dragged apart as they fought for the chance to be Hilton’s friend, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun.
A source tells the publication, "The two were screaming at each other until 4.30am. They were both foaming at the mouth. Bosses had to call a psychiatrist to try to calm them.� A spokesperson for the show says, "We have a psychiatrist on hand at all times.�

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