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Rapper DRAKE has a weakness when it comes to women - he only falls for older ladies.
Lil Wayne’s protege believes he is more mature than his 22 years - and often seeks the company of experienced females, who have a more interesting perspective on the world.
And he admits his verse in a remix of Fabolous’ track Put It In The Bag was inspired by a relationship he enjoyed with a woman in her late thirties when he was just 20.
He tells MTV.com, "I used to talk to this woman that was 35-plus. I’m a mature individual.
"I say in the song, ‘She just wants that feeling back, I make her feel young again.’ We were doing things young people do, like just going swimming late at night. Just chilling, drinking, like kicking it, talking.
"But it was so intriguing for me. The appeal was obvious. I think I can also maybe even say I felt guilty to the fact that it was a bit of a story to tell, that’s why I was doing it. But I like older women, period. I never end up dating - seriously - women that are my age."

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HAYDEN PANETTIERE has a new man in her life - she was spotted enjoying a romantic beachside stroll with LINDSAY LOHAN’s ex-boyfriend HARRY MORTON.
The young actress - who turned 20 on Friday (21Aug09) - split from her Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia in February (09) and was subsequently linked to British TV presenter Steve Jones.
But Panettiere has fuelled speculation of a new relationship after she was spotted on Thursday (20Aug09) walking hand-in-hand with Morton, 28, who famously dated Lohan in 2006.
The pair was snapped walking along a beach in Malibu, California, together and playing with Morton’s two dogs.

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TOMMY LEE will miss three more MOTLEY CRUE gigs as he waits for his wounded hand to heal - the rockers have recruited another replacement drummer for their upcoming shows.
Lee scorched his hand while playing with sparklers earlier this month (Aug09) and was sidelined for a string of concerts with Sevendust star Morgan Rose stepping in to help.
Rose’s last show came at the Crue Fest 2 concert in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Wednesday night (19Aug09) but Lee is still suffering - so his bandmates have tapped their longtime pal, Street Drum Corps star Frank Zummo, to play the next three gigs.
Zummo will replace Lee at the band’s gigs in Virginia on 21 and 22 August (09) and a show in North Carolina on 23 August (09), according to Blabbermouth.net.
The missed shows mark the first time Lee has been forced to sit out of a Motley Crue gig since June 2007, when he was sidelined with an arm injury.

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ALICE COOPER has forgiven the owners of a Finnish venue for banning his controversial rock show on religious grounds, insisting he respects their decision because he is also a Christian.
The rocker was scheduled to play the Tampere Areena, in Tampere, Finland on 11 December (09) but management officials subsequently admitted the booking conflicted with their "Christian-based policies." The gig was scrapped and Tampere Areena boss Harri Wiherkoski put the decision down to an objection from other clients who use the venue.
Cooper isn’t bitter about the move - because he can totally understand the owners’ reasons.
He tells Australia’s Undercover News, "It was one city in Finland where the venue happens to be a very conservative venue. You know what? Because I’m Christian myself, I just turned the other cheek." But the star, real name Vincent Furnier, admits he was confused by the snub - because other classical productions are much more violent than his own show.
He adds, "I didn’t quite understand it. Here is what I would say on that: If I were doing (Shakespeare’s play) Macbeth, would it be okay? Everybody would say Macbeth is fine. Well, Macbeth is about twice as bloody as anything I would do." But the born-again Christian has learned that it is impossible to please everyone: "There is always someone who is going to be a radical or fanatic who has their believes and I respect that. Find another venue. I don’t care. There is nothing in my show that can be banned or I would have been banned all over the world."

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LEANN RIMES has sent gossips into a spin after she was pictured enjoying a day out with her rumoured lover, actor EDDIE CIBRIAN.
Rimes sparked a scandal back in March (09) when she was accused of cheating on her husband, Dean Sheremet, with her married Northern Lights co-star Cibrian.
The stories hit the internet when the pair was caught on camera kissing during an intimate dinner in California.
They both denied reports of an affair, but Cibrian subsequently separated from his wife, Brandi Glanville, who revealed she was taking some time apart from her husband - and suggested there was more to Cibrian and Rimes’ relationship than they had admitted.
The Blue singer is also rumoured to have split from Sheremet, her husband of seven years, but has yet to comment on the reports.
And now Rimes has been seen out in public with Cibrian for the first time since the scandal hit the headlines, fuelling speculation of a romance. The pair was pictured enjoying a game of golf in Valencia, California, according to RadarOnline.com.
The website reports Cibrian was also snapped leaving Rimes� home in Santa Monica, California on Thursday morning (20Aug09) after allegedly spending the night.

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Iconic Russian ballet dancer and choreographer ANDRE PROKOVSKY has died, aged 70.
Prokovsky passed away on Saturday (15Aug09) near Beausoleil, the village in the south of France where he lived.
The cause of death was cancer, according to his agent Mark Kappel.
Prokovsky was a former principal dancer for esteemed companies including the London Festival Ballet, the Grand Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas and the New York City Ballet - where he created roles in dance pioneer George Balanchine�s Pas de Deux and Divertissement and Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet.
In 1962 he formed the New London Ballet with ex-wife Galina Samsova, which toured through Europe, Asia, South America and parts of the United States before it disbanded in 1977.
He served as ballet director of Italy’s Rome Opera House in 1977 and 1978, and then pursued a career as a freelance choreographer, staging shows for ballet companies around the world.
Prokovsky is survived by his wife, Elvire, and a son, Alexandre.

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Legendary Hollywood talent agent TOM KORMAN has died after suffering heart failure. He was 76.
Korman, whose clients included Tony Curtis, Ethel Merman and Ricardo Montalban, passed away on 30 July (09) in Los Angeles.
He also managed talent including Rod Taylor, Florence Henderson and Ben Gazzara under his company,Tom Korman Management and directed stars’ careers through Grey Advertising in his native New York.
He went on to run the Ashley Steiner talent agency, Agency for the Performing Arts and the Artists Group - a company he formed in 1963, where he represented Anthony Perkins, Elliott Gould and Julie Harris.
In the 1970s Korman made his move to Los Angeles and formed Contemporary Korman Artists with Ronald Leif.
Korman was honoured for his charity work with the Project Angel Food Hour Glass award in 2006.
He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Pamela.

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Hollywood actress RENEE ZELLWEGER is re-evaluating the possibility of starting her own family following a babysitting nightmare - comparing motherhood to "slavery".
The single 40-year-old star hasn’t ruled out having her own kids but admits she was exhausted after tending to her needy niece and nephew for a single evening.
She explains, "My brother has two children now, so I’ve been playing aunt Renee. They’re two and four. It’s chaos. Moms out there, kudos to you. The cool thing about being an aunt is like, I can leave. No offence to my big brother Drew, but that is slavery. I dare you to take a shower. You can’t do anything unless they let you. It’s a dictatorship. They’re little dictators in their crib." But Zellweger’s new appreciation for parenthood has made her question whether she’s yet up for the task of being a full-time mum.
She adds, "Every now and then I’ll step up and say, ‘You know what, everybody sleep in, because you guys need some sleep and aunt Renee is going to take charge. I’ve got it, I’ve got it.’ I so didn’t have it."

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ROBERT PATTINSON has refuted reports his co-star KRISTEN STEWART was left fuming after pictures of the TWILIGHT hunk posing with stunning MEGAN FOX were published in the tabloid press.
The British actor has been at the centre of speculation he is dating his co-star in real life, after snaps of the pair supposedly kissing at a Kings of Leon gig in Canada were printed last week (15Aug09).
The speculation was heightened further when fellow Twilight actor Peter Facinelli’s wife Jennie Garth told reporters that Pattinson is dating a co-star.
She hinted, "I can’t say (who he is dating), because that would be breaking my promise (to husband Facinelli)." But the pair’s relationship reportedly hit a rocky patch - after Stewart became incensed by pictures of her reported beau with his arm around Transformers actress Fox at the Teen Choice Awards last month (Jul09), according to U.S. tabloid The National Enquirer.
However, a representative for the star has dismissed the entire report, telling Gossipcop.com that "there is nothing true to this story." Earlier this week (begs17Aug09), Pattinson’s publicist slammed a reported interview in which the actor reportedly told a British tabloid he was single - insisting the quotes of him looking for a girlfriend were completely "manufactured".

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MICHAEL JACKSON is heading to the big screen sooner than expected - movie bosses are pushing the release date of the KING OF POP movie up by two days.
The pop superstar was due to kickstart a 50-date residency in London as part of his This Is It residency in July (09), but he died on 25 June (09), just weeks before he was scheduled to make his live comeback.
Now a behind-the-scenes film featuring rehearsal footage of Jackson working with dancers, choreographers and special-effects experts is due to hit cinemas worldwide on 28 October (09) - two days sooner than the scheduled release.
Fans will have a very short period to catch the movie in theatres - bosses at film studio Sony, who paid $60 million (£40 million) for the film rights, have announced a limited release of just two weeks.
But director Kenny Ortega, who was choreographing This Is It, is confident cinemagoers will be impressed by the film.
He says, "This film is Michael’s gift to his fans. It’s a very private, exclusive look into a creative genius’s world. For the first time ever, fans will see Michael as they have never seen him before - this great artist at work.
"It is raw, emotional, moving and powerful footage that captures his interactions with the This Is It collaborators that he had personally assembled for this once in a lifetime project."

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s dad MICHAEL has blasted reports he has a difficult relationship with his daughter, insisting they enjoy spending time together.
A recent report claimed the Mean Girls actress was annoyed when her dad turned up to a charity event she attended last weekend (15-16Aug09) and made her feel uncomfortable by following her around the party.
But Michael insists he maintains a good relationship with his daughter, who was happy to see him.
He tells RadarOnline.com, "Lindsay called me up and invited me to come to the event. She told me she was going to the event and when she saw me, I walked up and kissed her and we walked over to a corner and sat down at a table together. We were happy to see each other.â�� Lohan’s estranged father has been extremely critical of her relationship with on/off girlfriend Samantha Ronson in the past, but he recently admitted that he was "wrong" to criticise the pair and now supports their romance.

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DIANE KRUGER has never been tempted to take drugs, because she’s not interested in doing anything "crazy".
The German actress was studying to become a ballerina with the Royal Ballet in London, but she moved to Paris, France in her late teens to embark on a modelling career after a knee injury ended her dance dreams.
The Troy star then started acting, but she refused to participate in any wild antics because she wasn’t interested.
She says, "I lived a disciplined life and was never tempted by drugs. So my mother didn’t worry when I went to Paris. I’ve done some stupid things, but never been tempted by crazy things."

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USHER’s estranged wife TAMEKA FOSTER has brushed off a series of plagiarism accusations - after an author alleged the fashion stylist stole ideas from her book to write a recent online article.
Aisha Curry was outraged after reading Foster’s essay She’s Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl…, published on the Huffington Post website earlier this month (Aug09) - because it was remarkably similar to her own 2008 book, Pretty For a Black Girl.
Now she is furious the stylist is being celebrated for the article, about backhanded compliments that hinge upon ethnicity, when she was the first to point out the issue.
Curry tells BVBuzz.com, "My heart sank into my stomach. All the hard work, all the sleepless nights I had endured was playing back in my head as I read this article written by a woman I didn’t even know…
"It was my work, my voice, but in her words. I was frozen. Tears began rolling down my face as I read line after line after line. I couldn’t believe it. The idea that someone could gain notoriety from an issue that I first brought to the forefront is mindboggling. People were praising her for tackling an issue that had never been exposed. Hello? I wrote the book on it and started it years ago. The only difference between her article and my book is she used ‘dark-skinned’ and I used ‘black.’" Curry is refusing to press charges, admitting there is a slim possibility Foster came up with the concept herself, but adds: "I will say that it seemed like one heck of a coincidence and everything I touched on she did (too)." But Foster, who is currently in the process of divorcing the R&B singer, is adamant she came up with the article on her own.
Her publicist tells BVBuzz.com, "Tameka has never even heard of the book you referenced nor does she believe you even deserve a response."

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An attorney representing MICHAEL JACKSON’s dermatologist ARNOLD KLEIN has refuted reports police officials raided his office in search of new evidence, amid speculation the medic faces charges of medical malpractice.
Investigators from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office visited Arnold Klein’s Beverly Hills practice on Wednesday (19Aug09) with a search warrant - a week after announcing Jackson’s autopsy report had been completed.
The visit prompted speculation Chief Coroner Ed Winters had re-opened the investigation and needed more medical files about Jackson’s treatment history.
But Klein’s attorney Garo Ghazarian insists the officials simply wanted to "corroborate" existing details.
He tells U.S. talk show host Larry King, "Yes, I was there (when the coroner searched Klein’s office). They were not looking for anything new except they were looking to corroborate what had already been provided to them by cross-referencing reports with certain logs that is standard in the industry." On Wednesday, it was reported U.S. authorities were considering arresting Klein on criminal charges in relation to Jackson’s death - but Ghazarian maintains his client hasn’t even been questioned by the Los Angeles Police Department or any other law enforcement officials.
The Thriller icon died on 25 June (09) after suffering a cardiac arrest in his Holmby Hills, California home.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s brother RANDY will be called to testify against a planned KING OF POP memorabilia tour on Friday (21Aug09).
The former Jackson 5 singer is expected to take the witness stand as Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff decides whether to allow Michael Jackson’s estate executors, John Branca and John McClain, to go ahead with their proposed exhibition, which will display souvenirs in three cities around the world.
Randy Jackson and his mother, Katherine, have opposed the deal over fears about splitting proceeds with AEG Live, the concert promoters behind the singer’s ill-fated This Is It comeback concerts.
AEG bosses want the tour to coincide with the October (09) opening of a film featuring footage of the Thriller icon’s final rehearsals.
Jackson’s former financial adviser Leonard Rowe, an accountant and a lawyer are also expected to give testimony.

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Pop star AUBREY O’DAY is considering growing back her pubic hair after seeing how sexy the FARRAH FAWCETT-look was.
The former Danity Kane singer admits she has been "bald" for eight years but a trip around the Playboy mansion when she shot her own nude spread for the magazine made her rethink her grooming.
She explains, "(Playboy boss) Hef (Hugh Hefner) has all of these portraits of these old Playboy spreads - other women just 70s-ed out, Farrah Fawcetted hair, full bush, and I thought it was so sexy.
"Maybe I’ll make a transition."

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KATY PERRY flew into a rage and launched a furious rant at airport personnel after landing in Scotland on Thursday (20Aug09).
The pop star was exhausted upon landing in Glasgow after three flights in a gruelling 26-hour journey from Australia - and she lost her temper when security insisted on checking her five suitcases.
She says, "I swear, I never feel more like cattle than when I have to go through airport security. They hate their lives and they hate us for sure.
"By the last flight, the third time going through security, I lost it on a security person." And she admits her touring schedule is so exhausting she rarely wants to leave her hotels.
She adds, "I am so tired. I’m not even sure if I’ll be venturing out today. All I want right now is a shower and then my bed."

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R&B singer OMARION has hit back at suggestions he was dropped from LIL WAYNE’s record label imprint after leaking his collaboration with the rapper.
The former B2K singer signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money roster earlier this summer (09) and even made an appearance on the Young Money Presents America’s Most Wanted Music Festival roadshow last week (ends14Aug09).
On Wednesday (19Aug09), the Ice Box hitmaker’s unreleased duet with Lil Wayne, entitled I Get It In, surfaced on the internet - and that same day Young Money rapper Mack Maine confirmed on his Twitter.com page that Omarion had been booted from the Young Money crew.
Maine also clarified that the track was an unauthorised leak, prompting gossips to speculate Omarion had been axed for secretly distributing the song online.
But Omarion insists he actually requested to be let out of his contract.
He tells AllHipHop.com, "I have a lot of respect and admiration for the genius of Lil Wayne and the entire Young Money family. I asked to be released from the label to pursue other opportunities that were recently presented to me. Because of our relationship, Lil Wayne had no issue with us ending our business relationship and released me from the label. Lil Wayne and I have nothing but love for each other, there is no beef (feud)." And Omarian maintains he wasn’t responsible for the leak, adding, "I also wanted to make it clear that my company nor did I, leak the song, I Get It In, and I want to dispel any rumours that have surfaced. I appreciate my relationship with Young Money/Cash Money and look forward to doing business in the future."

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