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Oscar winner PENELOPE CRUZ is plagued with insecurity and fears she’ll be fired from every movie she makes.
The actress admits she makes herself miserable stressing and worrying about every project she takes on - even after she scooped the Best Supporting Actress Oscar earlier this year (09) for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Cruz says, "Every time I make a film, I feel like it’s my first time… I always think they could fire me. I’ve ruined my own happiness and created problems with my friends because of this tendency. It takes discipline for me to stop worrying."

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Britain’s Got Talent TV show star SHAHEEN JAFARGHOLI stunned the MICHAEL JACKSON memorial minutes ago by performing JACKSON 5 hit WHO’S LOVING YOU at the Staples Center.
The 12 year old joined the likes of Usher, Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey among the performers at the tribute show in Los Angeles.
The Welsh youngster, who made it to the semi-finals of the talent contest in May (09), had the 18,000 mourners on their feet with his pitch-perfect rendition of the tune.
He then added his own personal tribute to the late pop superstar, stating, "I just wanna say I love Michael Jackson and I tell you now I just wanna thank him so much for blessing me and every single individual on this earth with his amazing music." The young Brit was invited by Jackson to join him onstage as part of his planned comeback concerts in London.

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The ultimate tribute to MICHAEL JACKSON is to be debated before the House of Representatives - a resolution declaring the King of Pop an "American legend".
Appearing at the late star’s memorial in Los Angeles on Tuesday (07Jul09) and representing the U.S. House of Representatives and the Congressional Black Caucus, Texas congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announced Resolution 600 would be presented to politicians this week (ends10Jul09).
She told the cheering masses at the Staples Center, "It claims Michael Jackson as an American Legend and musical icon, a world humanitarian (and) someone who will be honoured forever and forever and forever and forever and forever." She concluded her stirring speech by stating, "We are the world and we are better because Michael Joseph Jackson lived… Michael Jackson, I salute you."

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LOST BOYS actor COREY FELDMAN paid tribute to MICHAEL JACKSON by attending his childhood pal’s memorial service in Los Angeles dressed as the King of Pop.
The former child star was one of the pop superstar’s closest pals 10 years ago, but the pair had a public falling out in 2001.
Feldman further distanced himself from Jackson during his child molestation trial in 2005, when he suggested his relationship with the singer may have been inappropriate.
But the actor is struggling to come to terms with the Thriller singer’s sudden death last month (25Jun09), and recently expressed his regret that Jackson had passed without the pair settling their differences.
He told the Los Angeles Times newspaper, "It (Jackson’s death) makes you realise that you really have everything you value in life, and every moment and breath. I really learned it’s a bad idea to let unfinished things go unfinished.
"It’s nice to have closure. It’s unfortunate to me that I will never have that closure." Instead, Feldman used Jackson’s public memorial at the Staples Center on Tuesday (07Jul09) to pay homage to the late icon by donning the singer’s trademark black fedora, dark sunglasses and gold-trimmed military jacket for the event.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s longtime friend BROOKE SHIELDS fought back tears at the late star’s memorial as she recalled magical moments with the King of Pop when they were just kids.
The actress insisted her pal was "one of a kind" and revealed the pair could never quite understand why the media was so mean about their friendship.
She told the Staples Center audience, "The (photo) caption usually said something like ‘an odd couple’ or ‘an unlikely pair’, but, to us, it was the most natural and easiest of friendships. I was 13 when we met and from that day on, our friendship grew.
"Michael always knew he could count on me to support him or be his date, and that we would have fun no matter where we were… We had a bond and maybe it was because we both understood what it was like to be in the spotlight from a young age." She brought humour to the tribute by adding, "I used to tease him and I’d say, ‘I started when I was 11 months old; you’re a slacker. You were what, five?’" Shields then recalled the night Jackson tried to teach her how to moonwalk, adding she and her late friend loved to laugh at her "silly imitations".
She said, "MJ’s laugh was the sweetest and purest laugh of anyone’s I had ever known, his sense of humour was delightful." Recalling the night she joined Jackson on the eve of Elizabeth Taylor’s wedding, the actress revealed she and Jackson were left giggling hysterically when they sneaked into Taylor’s bedroom to catch a glimpse of the gown - only to discover the movie great asleep just feet away from them.
She also remembered the time Jackson "started wearing the glove," adding, "I was like, ‘Look, if you’re gonna hold my hand, it better be the non-gloved one.’" Shields then brought the audience to tears by reading a passage from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince and then introducing Jackson’s brother Jermaine, who performed the late star’s favourite song, Charlie Chaplin’s Smile, sobbing, "Today, although our hearts are aching, we need to look up, where he (Jackson) is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon - and we need to smile."

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ANGELINA JOLIE is giving her eldest two daughters an early start in showbusiness - she’s enrolled SHILOH and ZAHARA in dance classes.
The Hollywood actress was snapped with the girls, aged three and four respectively, as they entered the Creative Station in Studio City, Los Angeles on Monday (06Jul09).
The youngsters will be spending the next few weeks perfecting their dance steps. Jolie signed each of her kids up for 10 of the Princess Series Ballet/Tap classes, reports OK! magazine.

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Motown boss BERRY GORDY brought laughter to MICHAEL JACKSON’s memorial in Los Angeles by recalling his first meeting with the future King of Pop.
The music mogul took the stage at the Staples Center on Tuesday (07Jul09) to remember the late star, who lay in a golden coffin yards away from him.
Gordy recalled hearing Jackson sing a Smokey Robinson tune in July 1968, stating it was a better rendition than the Motown stalwart’s.
Seeking out a smiling Robinson in the audience, Gordy explained the soul great agreed with him.
But Gordy’s comments turned sombre as he referred to Jackson as "the consummate student," adding, "He studied the greats and became greater. He raised the bar and then broke the bar… The Motown family mourns the death of our friend and brother Michael Jackson, who was like a son to me.
"When he did his iconic moonwalk I was shocked, it was magic. Michael Jackson went into orbit and never came down." Gordy brought the crowd to their feet by insisting Jackson was more than the King of Pop, calling him "simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived".

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JENNIFER HUDSON could no longer hide the fact she’s pregnant with fiance DAVID OTUNGA’s baby at the MICHAEL JACKSON memorial in Los Angeles on Tuesday (07Jul09) as she took to the Staples Center stage to pay tribute to the King of Pop.
Wearing a white dress, the Oscar winner sported a large baby bump as she sang Jackson’s Will You Be There, backed by a choir.
Hudson has yet to confirm the baby news, but reportedly staged a baby shower at a relative’s Chicago, Illinois home in May (09).
The singer/actress joined Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, and Lionel Richie among the performers at the moving memorial.

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The cast of MICHAEL JACKSON’s ill-fated This Is It stageshow gathered at the late star’s memorial in Los Angeles to perform his WE ARE THE WORLD charity anthem on Tuesday (07Jul09).
Musical director Kenny Ortega, who called the 1985 USA For Africa song "a living testimony" to Jackson’s ability to be "timeless and timely, musical and magical," introduced the the singers who were to join the superstar for comeback dates in London later this month (Jul09).
They were joined onstage at the Staples Center by members of the King of Pop’s family and the tribute’s performers and speakers.
The performers were then joined by Jackson’s children and a choir of assorted kids for a stirring rendition of the King of Pop’s Heal The World.
The touching rendition concluded the performances at the memorial.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s three children were given a standing ovation at the late King of Pop’s memorial service in Los Angeles on Tuesday (07Jul09) as civil rights leader and Jackson family friend REVD. AL SHARPTON assured them their father wasn’t "strange".
Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II were sitting among the family in the front row of the Staples Center tribute show - yards from their father’s coffin as Sharpton addressed them directly during a stirring speech.
He stated, "I want his three children to know (there) wasn’t nothing strange about your dad; it was strange what your daddy had to deal with." Sharpton had to pause as the gathered 18,000 family members, friends and fans stood to applaud the kids.
Jackson’s youngest son, also known as Blanket, had many in tears as he also stood, clutching a copy of the memorial’s programme.
Sharpton continued, "He dealt with it anyway."

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s daughter PARIS had the last word at her late father’s memorial service in Los Angeles on Tuesday (07Jul09) - as she had the world sobbing for her loss.
The 11 year old took to the stage at the end of the tribute to join her aunts and uncles in remembering the King of Pop, who died on 25 June (09).
And few were able to hold back tears as she cried, "Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine and I just wanted to say I love him so much." Her father’s golden coffin sat yards away from her at the front of the Staples Center stage, where stars like Brooke Shields, Usher, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder and Motown boss Berry Gordy paid tribute to Jackson.
Prior to her lasting remarks, Jackson’s siblings thanked fans for attending the memorial and added their own heartfelt messages to their deceased brother.
Marlon Jackson recalled identifying his brother in a record store - even though he was in disguise, because he always wore the same shoes. He called his late brother "the voice of our angelic trumpets".
He broke down as he asked the King of Pop to hug "my twin brother, Brandon," who was stillborn in 1957.
The deceased superstar’s coffin was then wheeled out of the Staples Center by his brothers as an instrumental version of Jackson’s Man In The Mirror was performed and a spotlight shone on a darkened, empty stage.
Jackson family friend Pastor Lucius Smith ended the tribute show, asking fans and friends around the world to join hands "in solidarity and remembrance of truly what Michael Jackson’s music has done to us, and what the man means in this place".

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A host of celebrities including JANE FONDA, YOKO ONO and PARIS HILTON logged on during MICHAEL JACKSON’s memorial service to express their sadness at his death.
A flurry of messages were posted on social networking site Twitter.com during the emotional service at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.
Fonda wrote, "Watching Usher sing to Michael’s casket. Tears rolling down my cheeks." Hilton added, "In tears watching the MJ Memorial Service on TV, so touching. Everyone loves you Michael!" Nick Cannon even managed to update his website from the ceremony - where his wife Mariah Carey performed Jackson 5 hit I’ll Be There - writing, "A day of mourning. Here in the Staples Center, God is absolutely present." Ono, whose late husband John Lennon was murdered in 1980, added, "Michael Jackson: Rest Well In Peace. We will always remember you and love you for what you were to us. With love." The artist/musician also posted a separate message on her personal website, expressing her sorrow at his passing: "With his enormous talent, Michael kept giving us power, inspiration and joy. Yet he knew that the world was not kind to him for many reasons, some of it going right back to racism. That must have been so hard for him. His various attempts to be loved by the world equalled the pain he received from it.
"Michael, now you are free from all that. Rest well in Peace. We will always remember you and love you for what you were to us."

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An undisclosed injury to AEROSMITH frontman STEVEN TYLER has prompted the rockers to postpone another two shows on their summer tour with ZZ TOP.
Tuesday night’s (07Jul09) show in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the band’s concert in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday (09Jul09) have been axed to allow Tyler more time to recover from what is believed to be a leg injury.
Three shows were cancelled last week (ends05Jul09).

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British pop group TAKE THAT are so thrilled with the response to their latest ‘comeback’, they are already planning to extend their reunion with another string of dates.
The group re-teamed in 2005, nine years after splitting, and have enjoyed huge success the second time around.
So much so, frontman Gary Barlow is planning their next tour - just days after they wrapped a 20-date U.K. road trip.
He says, "We want to do some more, we want to go back out again. We’ll come at it fresh next time and see where we go. This isn’t the end."

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The stars of the HARRY POTTER film franchise were left drenched at their latest movie premiere in London on Tuesday night (07Jul09) when a storm threatened to wreck the event.
Daniel Radcliffe and co-stars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson stood beneath umbrellas as rain soaked the Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince world premiere red carpet.
Grint and Radcliffe were left soaked as they posed for photos.
A premiere guest tells WENN, "Daniel, in particular, seemed to find the whole thing quite funny, holding his hands up to the heavens, as if to say, ‘What’s with the rain?’"

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MICHAEL JACKSON has landed the ultimate outer-space tribute - a crater on the moon has been named after the King of Pop.
As the singer’s family, friends and fans celebrated his life at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday (07Jul09), the Moonwalker has made his mark on the moon, according to the Lunar Republic Society.
The crater, previously named Posidonius J, is located in the Moon’s Lake of Dreams and is close to a 1,200-acre parcel purchased by Michael Jackson.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s brother TITO has paid a final tribute to the King of Pop in the programme for today’s (07Jul09) memorial service in Los Angeles.
Tito recalled the Thriller hitmaker as an energetic youngster, running around the family’s home.
He wrote, "No one could catch Michael, he was always fast on his feet. I watched as we moved from Gary (Indiana) to Los Angeles, from singing in clubs to filling stadiums.
"My brother Michael was always pushing it to the sky, as far as it could go. Michael put his heart and soul into his music, his family and into his work of always helping others.
"I love him. Michael is always with me. We will carry the light and make the light shine again for Michael and the world."

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QUEEN LATIFAH delivered a poem penned by MAYA ANGELOU in tribute to MICHAEL JACKSON at the King of Pop’s memorial in Los Angeles.
Paying her own tribute to the late pop star at the Staples Center on Tuesday (07Jul09), Latifah told the gathered 18,000 friends, family members, fans and celebrities, "Michael was the biggest star on earth." She added, "He let me know that, as an African-American, you could travel the world." The singer/actress then read out Angelou’s touching tribute, We Had Him, in which the poet called Jackson "a bright and shining star".

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