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Funnyman ROBIN WILLIAMS has been asked to play Scottish singing sensation SUSAN BOYLE in a movie about her life.
Boyle shot to international fame after appearing on U.K. TV programme Britain’s Got Talent earlier this year (09), counting the likes of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore among her fans.
Movie executives are planning a film detailing her rise to stardom - and they want Williams, who previously dressed as a woman in 1993’s Mrs. Doubtfire, to play the starring role.
And the actor, who is an avid Boyle fan, has already been practising his impressions of her by singing her audition song I Dreamed A Dream to his celebrity friends.
He says, "I’ve been asked if I want to play Susan in the movie. I think she’s incredible. That clip of her singing on Britain’s Got Talent was extraordinary. So inspiring. It was quite a shock when she began to sing. I saw some other clip of her singing Cry Me A River a few years ago. It was incredible. She’s got a really great voice."

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GWYNETH PALTROW and her husband CHRIS MARTIN have taken home improvements to the next level - the couple is knocking two London townhouses together to create their ultimate dream home.
Paltrow and Martin bought the house beside their luxurious residence in the British capital in 2007 and have now been granted permission from local authorities to knock the two multi-million dollar properties together to create an $11.2 million (£7 million) superhouse with 33 rooms.
They are following in the footsteps of their close pal Madonna, who purchased the property next door to her London home and converted it into a gym. But the pop superstar was denied permission from local authorities to connect the two houses.
Work has now begun on co-joining Paltrow and Martin’s two homes, which will give them an additional eight rooms on the lower ground floor, six on the upper ground, five on the first floor and eight on the second floor.
Plans obtained from the local council also show the pair aim to create a two-storey extension to give them even more space, and a slide in the garden for their two children, Apple, five, and Moses, three The couple married in 2003 and own homes around the world, but consider London their main base.

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LADY GAGA’s extravagant stage set is so heavy her piano is bullet-proof, according to THE STREETS star MIKE SKINNER.
The British rapper’s backstage trailer at the U.K.’s V Festival was opposite the Just Dance hitmaker’s - and he was stunned by the amount of equipment she takes on tour.
He says, "They have a lot of audio going on. I respect that. I think she has probably spent about four times the amount she has been paid to do this (show) on her set. I respect that absolute disregard for any financial sense. I think it’s beautiful.
"She has got four Vespa scooters. And her piano is bullet-proof. Honestly, on my mother’s life. Her piano is bullet-proof. We found out from her stage manager."

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GILLIAN ANDERSON has rubbished rumours she has turned her back on THE X-FILES, insisting she wants to make a third big-screen version of the hit show.
The actress rose to stardom in 1993 after landing the role of FBI Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series.
When the show was axed in 2002, Anderson launched a stage career in London’s West End but was lured back to shoot 2008 movie The X Files: I Want to Believe.
And the star is adamant she is happy to continue in the role that made her famous, despite rumours she is trying to distance herself from the show.
She says, "There isn’t any reason not to do it. I feel a commitment to that group of people I worked with and we still enjoy doing it. There is no reason not to come together and do it again. If they can pull it off, we’ll find a reason to make it."

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Famed novelist ELMER KELTON has died at the age of 83.
Kelton wrote a string of classic cowboy tales and was voted Best Western Author of All Time by the Western Writers of America. He also won the WWA’s Spur Award for excellence in literature seven times.
His book The Good Old Boys was made into a U.S. TV movie starring Tommy Lee Jones in 1995, and four others - including The Man Who Rode Midnight and The Time It Never Rained - scooped the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Kelton wrote 62 fiction and non-fiction books during his 53-year career. His first, Hot Iron, was published in 1956, and he recently completed his final novel - Texas Standoff - which is due out next year.
Kelton died from natural causes on Saturday (22Aug09). He is survived by his wife Ann, two sons and a daughter.

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HARRY POTTER star RUPERT GRINT wants to get himself a girlfriend, because all his friends are so happy in love.
The British actor, who turned 21 on Monday (24Aug09), had to attend Britain’s V Festival at the weekend (22-23Aug09) with a friend because he doesn’t have a partner to spend his time with - but he’s keen to find a special someone.
He says, "I’m here with a mate as I’m still single. All my mates are loved-up - I’d like a girlfriend. Perhaps I’ll meet someone here this weekend."

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ROB SCHNEIDER is eternally grateful to actor pal ADAM SANDLER because he was so kind to him during his divorce.
The pair both began their careers as stand-up comics and Schneider has gone on to appear in every one of Sandler’s films.
Schneider admits he will never resent his friend’s success because the star helped him deal with his split from London King in 1990.
He says, "I’m happy that he’s had this wild success because no one has ever been kinder to me. When I was going through my divorce and being reclusive, he was the one guy who reached out and refused to let me just crawl into my cave. He would call me all the time to check up on me. I’ve never had that kind of kindness from another guy, outside my dad."

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British actress SAMANTHA JANUS is in mourning after her father was found hanged at his apartment on Saturday (22Aug09).
The 36-year-old actress, who is best known for her role in U.K. TV soap opera EastEnders, was visibly distraught as she visited the building in Brighton, England on Sunday (23Aug09), with her husband Mark Womack, to collect her father Noel’s belongings.
The 60 year old former songwriter - whose sister Angie is the ex-wife of late soccer legend George Best - is believed to have committed suicide after a long battle with depression.
His body was discovered by a neighbour on Saturday afternoon.
Another neighbour, John Austin, tells Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper, "As far as we know he hanged himself." Janus, who also starred in cult British comedy Game On and appeared alongside Patrick Swayze and Don Johnson in a West End production of Guys and Dolls, was too upset to speak to the press.
Her husband says, "She asks to be left alone to grieve with her family."

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TILDA SWINTON’s estranged husband has denied rumours he shares a home with the actress and her toyboy lover.
The Oscar winner has 11-year-old twins with playwright John Byrne, 68, but has been enjoying a romance with boyfriend Sandro Kopp, 18 years her junior, for the last few years.
Swinton attracted attention to her unconventional domestic life when she took Kopp along as her date to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards in London last year (08), leaving Byrne at home in Scotland to look after the kids.
It has been widely reported the pair has unusual living arrangements by sharing their family home with Kopp and inviting Byrne’s girlfriend over to stay as well.
But the playwright has revealed he lives with partner Jeanine Davies in Scotland near his estranged wife - not under the same roof.
He says, "I’ve been painted as a benign eccentric who is living there while some guy is sh*****g his sweetheart. Neither of us would have any truck with anything remotely like that."

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Jailed Wall Street fraudster BERNARD MADOFF is seriously ill with cancer, according to U.S. reports.
The financial bigshot was sentenced to 150 years in jail in June (09) after he pleaded guilty to siphoning billions of dollars from his wealthy clients, including Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, John Malkovich and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Madoff, 71, who is now serving his sentence at a jail in Butner, North Carolina, took full responsibility for masterminding the Ponzi scheme con, amid swirling rumours of ill health.
And now prison sources tell the New York Post that the fraudster is being treated for pancreatic cancer.
The insider tells the publication, "He�s been taking about 20 pills a day for his cancer. He talks about it all the time. He�s not doing very well.�

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MICHAEL JACKSON was interested in fathering a fourth child with the British doctor who snubbed his offer to become the King of Pop’s full-time physician.
Jackson asked Dr. Susan Etok to become his personal medic during a top secret meeting at the Lanesborough Hotel in London back in March (09), but she refused for ethical issues when the singer asked her to get him unorthodox anaesthetic medications to help him sleep.
However, Jackson didn’t stop there - he also suggested the revered bio-material engineer should conceive a child for him.
In an exclusive interview which will air on U.S. news show Entertainment Tonight on Monday (24Aug09), Etok recalls, "He was really fixated on my genes… He thought I’d be a really good mother." Jackson fathered three kids - two with ex-wife Debbie Rowe and one by an unnamed surrogate.

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VICTORIA BECKHAM has hinted she has no plans to add to her boyish brood - insisting three sons are enough to contend with.
The former Spice Girl and her soccer superstar husband David have three boys; Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, six, and Cruz, four.
And despite regularly admitting that she would love a girl to complete her family, the singer-turned-fashion designer insists she already has her hands full.
She says, "I get up early in the morning, get the kids ready for school, take them to school.
"Then while they’re at school I manage to get my work in. I have to be done by 3pm so I can pick up the kids.
"Everybody keeps asking me that (if she wants more children). But three boys? That’s a lot."

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BRAD PITT has no plans to team up with his partner ANGELINA JOLIE on the big screen again - because they have too much "baggage".
Hollywood’s hottest couple fell in love after appearing in Mr & Mrs Smith together in 2005, while the hunk was still married to Jennifer Aniston.
Since then, they have set up home together and have six children; three adopted tots and three biological kids.
But despite the fact they could spend more time together on-set of a shared venture, Pitt insists he wouldn’t be too keen on jumping into another film with his real-life lover.
He explains, "It would be tricky for us to work together because so much baggage comes with it.
"We would have to be really precise on what that would be but we are certainly open to the idea.
"You’re always looking for something a little different to what you’ve done before. I’m just looking for a new challenge, a new story. I can’t define it much more than that."

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British rocker PETE DOHERTY’s set at U.K. music festival V turned sour after the sound was turned off by organisers when he went over his allocated time slot.
The Babyshambles singer was performing a solo set on Sunday (23Aug08) at the event in Staffordshire, England and was singing his rendition of Beatles classic Twist and Shout when sound engineers pulled the plug and turned off the electricity.
Doherty was seemingly furious that his 17-song set had been interrupted before its completion, and tried to carry on but gave up as the huge crowd was unable to hear him.
He stormed off stage after saying sorry to revellers.
But fans turned on the festival’s organisers for the interruption, and began pelting the stage with glasses and bottles in a bid to show their disappointment - and began chanting the star’s name for 15 minutes.
It wasn’t the first time an act was plunged into silence at the weekend (22/23Aug09) event - fans turned nasty after Lady Gaga was forced to abandon her song Poker Face after she overran her stage time schedule.

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French DJ DAVID GUETTA has hit the top spot in the U.K. charts for the second time this year (09) - his new track with AKON has shot to number one.
Guetta’s latest collaboration, Sexy Bitch, has reached the highest position - just two weeks after he scored the chart-topping place with R&B hitmaker Kelly Rowland.
The Black Eyed Peas were knocked to number two with I Gotta Feeling, while British rapper Tinchy Stryder’s duet with Sugababe star Amelle Berrabah, Never Leave You, is at number three.
Scottish DJ Calvin Harris is at number four with Ready for the Weekend, while Beyonce’s Sweet Dreams rounds out the top five.

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British rockers SNOW PATROL ensured they pleased OASIS fans after taking over the group’s cancelled headlining slot at U.K. music festival V - by covering the band’s greatest hits.
Oasis were slated to close the three-day music event in Chelmsford, England on Sunday (23Aug09), which was set to be their last performance in the U.K. this year (09).
However, the band was forced to pull out after frontman Liam Gallagher lost his voice following his performance at the Staffordshire leg of the outdoor event on Saturday (22Aug09).
Second headliners Snow Patrol were promoted to the prestigious position of closing the annual event.
But they made sure the Oasis fanbase was catered for - by singing the group’s classic hits Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova to the thrilled crowd.
And it seems frontman Gary Lightbody was happy with the reaction from fans, telling the revellers, "Already you’re one of the best crowds we’ve ever played to. It’s a dark, dark time but we’ll try to shed some light on it."

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Pennsylvania authorities are investigating a double-shooting which followed a sold-out concert by rapper FABOLOUS.
The Trade It All star played the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown and enjoyed a trouble-free gig.
But violence erupted in the parking lot after fans spilled out of the venue, which ended in a shoot-out that left two revellers - a man and a woman - injured.
The pair was taken to a nearby medical facility but their conditions are unknown as WENN goes to press.
It’s not the first time the venue has been rocked by violence - in 2006 four people were left needing medical attention when a fight broke out after rapper Juelz Santana cancelled a scheduled show.

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Grammy-winning keyboard player LARRY KNECHTEL has died. He was 69.
The musician passed away at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Washington on Thursday (20Aug09) after suffering from a heart attack.
Knechtel worked with a huge list of legendary performers throughout his career as a session keyboardist, including Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and the Dixie Chicks.
He picked up a Grammy for his arrangement of Simon and Garfunkel’s classic track Bridge Over Troubled Water, as well as performing on the Dixie Chicks’ Grammy-winning LP Taking the Long Way.
The country trio paid tribute to Knechtel on their website, saying, "Larry’s resume is a history lesson in great American music all unto itself. The term ‘legendary musician’ isn’t an overstatement when talking about a multi-instrumentalist who can be heard on some of music’s most legendary recordings." He is survived by his wife Vickie, a son and a daughter and three grandchildren.

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