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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star EVA LONGORIA PARKER is determined to carve out a career as a successful businesswoman - she plans to expand her restaurant chain into America’s airports.
The actress opened her first eaterie, Beso, in Los Angeles in 2008 and is set to launch her second in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve 2010.
But Longoria Parker doesn’t plan to stop there - she has secured a deal to roll out boutique Beso branches into airports across America, starting with L.A.’s LAX.
She tells People.com, "Besitos are little Besos. We just signed the contract for the first airport and it’s in L.A. so we’re really excited!"

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MILEY CYRUS has taken a feud with her ex-boyfriend JUSTIN GASTON to the internet - blasting her former lover on her Twitter.com page.
The fight was sparked when Gaston posted a note on his web blog, stating, "’People mistake stupidity for bravery way to (sic) easily." Cyrus snapped back, "Yeah. I love when people mistake bravery with writing a few stupid tweets (Twitter messages) trying to make it seem like they don’t care. You’re afraid to love." The pair split earlier this year (09) and Cyrus has since been forced to fend off rumours about her love life, with internet gossips linking her to another former boyfriend Nick Jonas and Step Up 2: The Streets actor Adam Sevani.
After her Twitter.com spat with Gaston, the teen star went on to admit she was "getting love advice from my body guard. Big guy with an even BIGGER heart." She then began posting lyrics to all her favourite love songs online, including words from Lost Without You by Robin Thicke and You Were Mine by Avril Lavigne."

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Pop star DANIEL MERRIWEATHER’s early career was given an unlikely boost when he was paired up to work with an ex-convict.
The singer was attempting to launch a music career in his native Australia when he was invited into the studio with convicted kidnapper Chopper Read, whose life of crime was the subject of the 2000 film Chopper.
He recalls, "Chopper is one crazy guy. He went round killing drug dealers and rapists. When he was finally caught he got someone to cut his ears off. They made a film about him.
"When he got out of prison, this guy I know from Melbourne had the idea to turn him into a rap star. So we worked on hip-hop tracks for him. He was scary… you don’t want to mess with him."

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FALL OUT BOY star PETE WENTZ has backtracked on his promise to keep his young son out of the spotlight - posting a photo of baby BRONX online after previously vowing not to show off the tot to fans.
The bassist and his wife, pop star/actress Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, refused to sell pictures of Bronx Mowgli to any magazines after he was born in November (08), despite being offered "mounds and mounds of money by mags to pimp out the baby", according to Wentz.
The rocker even declared he would ban personal photos of the newborn from his blog - but now he has published a snap to prove the internet can be harmless.
He writes, "You know I wrote that I didn�t really want to post pictures of Bronx out there. I feel like it would be damaging to our family and besides, he�s not old enough to decide if he wants to be an avatar (online image) or not.
"But the truth is I want him to know there is other stuff out there on the web about him that isn�t damaging and is just normal. Besides we had an old friend come and just take some pics so we could remember him when he was this lil (little). He�s blonde now.�

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ALICE COOPER has been forced to cancel an upcoming concert in Finland after the venue’s owners objected to the controversial rock show on "religious grounds." The singer 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".
Tampere Areena boss Harri Wiherkoski announced the cancellation on Friday (15Aug09) and put it down to an objection from other clients who use the venue.
Gig promoter Kalle Keskinen, who helped organised the show, admits he was shocked by the reaction, telling Finland’s YLE news, "(Several religious groups) and others use Tampere Areena for their events, so the venue’s management did not want Alice Cooper appearing in the same hall. The contract which we received from Tampere Areena specifies that no artists may perform there who ‘incite evil and the power of darkness’. We never imagined that a rock veteran who has performed in Finland in four separate decades without any problems and who has spoken in public of his own religious convictions would not be allowed to perform at Tampere Areena in 2009." The promoters now hope to move the gig to the city of Espoo, but are "awaiting (Cooper’s) approval of the new arrangements".
Cooper - real name Vincent Furnier - has courted controversy throughout his career for the macabre themes used in his music and shows, as well as his gruesome onstage theatrics which have included antic beheadings, stabbings and stranglings.
Cooper last appeared in Finland in November 2007, when he played shows in Helsinki, Oulu and Ostrobothnia.

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Actor TOM CAVANAGH has become a dad for the third time.
The former Ed star, 45, and wife Maureen Grise welcomed their second son, James Joseph Cavanagh, on 5 August (09), reports People.com.
Little James joins older siblings three-year-old Alice Ann and two-year-old Thomas Patrick.
Cavanagh and Grise, a photo editor at Sports Illustrated magazine, married in 2004.

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THANDIE NEWTON has credited her mother with shielding her from racism while she was growing up in England - although her efforts strained their relationship at times.
The actress is the daughter of Englishman Nick and Zimbabwean Nyasha, who emigrated to Britain to work as a nurse.
As a result of her mixed heritage, the Crash star and her family were subjected to cruel taunting during her youth in the English county of Cornwall.
But Newton admits she frequently wasn’t aware of the rude remarks because her mother worked hard to protect her from it.
She says, "I remember sensing that my mother was holding something back from me. I used to think I had done something wrong because she could be so distant. I knew there was something going on that I didn’t know about, and, because I was a child, I thought it was my fault. It took me years to work out that she had actually been protecting me as a child (from) racism.
"It was Cornwall. I don’t blame people. I don’t think it was truly nasty, but there were comments, and my mother kept all that away from us and, to do that, she had to keep herself distant in order to be a barrier between us and them." The 36 year old struggled to understand her mother’s distance, insisting it left her feeling deeply devastated: "She has explained it to me and of course I understand. There were times when I was so unhappy no one could reach me. It’s like a madness." But their relationship has since been patched up - and she’s grateful for her mother’s support: "My mother and father have always supported me in what I do, even when I have had my own distance from them."

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Actress GABRIELLE UNION is bonding with a new sister - her mother has fostered a newborn baby.
Social worker Theresa has one young adopted daughter and was recently called upon to take temporary care of a needy newborn.
Union, 36, has no children of her own, and admits she loves helping out with her new siblings.
Speaking about the newest addition, the Bad Boys II actress tells Sister 2 Sister magazine, "We got her straight from the hospital. We’re hoping she could be the newest official member of our family but she’s definitely always going to be a part of the family."

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Pop superstar MARIAH CAREY has silenced gossip about the state of her health following a slew of cancellations - calling her recent schedule changes "no big deal".
Last week (12Aug09) the Hero hitmaker scrapped an upcoming appearance at a televised concert in New York, leaving teen star Miley Cyrus to fill in for her.
She has also postponed the release of her new album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel for a second time, which was initially slated to hit stores on 25 August (09) but now won’t get a release until the end of September (09).
The news has sparked fears for Carey’s heath, with internet gossips suggesting the star may have fallen ill.
But a representative for the singer is adamant the delays are noting to worry about.
Carey’s publicist Cindi Berger tells People.com, "These dates have been postponed and not cancelled. Record release dates change all the time. It’s nothing unusual and it doesn’t signal anything. There are a lot of moving parts to Mariah’s professional life. It’s no big deal."

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ZAC EFRON and VANESSA HUDGENS won’t be walking down the aisle just yet - both stars have denied reports they’re soon to be wed.
The High School Musical co-stars, who have dated since 2005, have long been subjected to speculation about their love life, with Efron denying in February (09) that he’d proposed to Hudgens during a promotional trip in Japan.
Now the pair has been forced to speak out again after they were subjected to another round of rumours about an engagement this weekend (16Aug09), after a British tabloid reported that Hudgens had hinted about a possible wedding date.
Representatives for both Efron and Hudgens maintain that while the couple is still together, reports of an imminent marriage ceremony are "not true".

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Pop superstar MADONNA celebrated her 51st birthday with an extravagant dinner party in Italy, surrounded by her close friends and family.
The Holiday hitmaker spent the eve of her birthday on stage in Poland, performing her Sticky & Sweet tour in Warsaw on Saturday night (15Aug09).
But the singer jumped straight on a plane to Italy straight after the show, so she could wake up in the Riviera resort of Portofino.
Madonna was seen enjoying a quiet breakfast with her model boyfriend Jesus Luz at the town’s Splendido Hotel, before joining her friends for dinner that evening.
The dinner party was organised by Madonna’s pals Italian fashion designer duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana and saw the star, dressed in a tight corset dress, blow out the candles on a massive birthday cake.
It has been a tumultuous 12 months for the Material Girl, who split from husband Guy Ritchie just weeks after her 50th birthday last August (09). The pair finalised their divorce in January (09) and Madonna went on to battle the Malawian courts to win the right to adopt her daughter Mercy James from the country in May (09).

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KELLY OSBOURNE and MELISSA JOAN HART are among the celebrities who will don their dancing shoes to compete in U.S. reality competition DANCING WITH THE STARS.
The former Sabrina, The Teenage Witch star and Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter will show off their fancy footwork with 14 other famous hopefuls as they’re paired off with professional dancers for the ninth series of the contest, due to kick off in the U.S. on 29 September (09).
Other stars preparing to hit the dancefloor include Donny Osmond, singers Mya and Macy Gray and pop star Aaron Carter, as well as former model Kathy Ireland, actress Debi Mazar and a handful of athletes, including Ultimate Fighting Championship star Chuck Liddell.
Singer La Toya Jackson was approached to compete on the show but turned down the invitation because she is still grieving the death of her superstar brother Michael.
She told Access Hollywood, "The fact of the matter is, I won’t be doing it, simply because of the circumstances that (are) going on at the moment.
"I can’t see myself putting myself into there right now, dancing every single day when I’m still trying to find out what exactly happened to my brother. That’s the most important thing for me at this very moment." Teenage Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson waltzed home with the crown on the last season of the show, narrowly beating French actor Gilles Marini to take the title.

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The daughter of slain rapper NOTORIOUS B.I.G. paid tribute to her late father on Sunday (16Aug09) as she celebrated her 16th birthday with a star-studded party in New York City.
The hip-hop star, real name Christopher Wallace, was killed aged 24 in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997 - when his daughter T’yanna Wallace was only three.
The teen donned a custom-made pink dress and matching sneakers for the bash at Manhattan lounge Taj, which featured a special performance from Day n’ Nite hitmaker Kid Cudi.
However, T’yanna admitted it was the button over her heart emblazoned with her late father’s face that kept her spirits up.
She tells the New York Daily News, "I needed to have him here with me. I feel like I’m all grown up now."

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JERMAINE JACKSON and his wife HALIMA are looking for a new home in Los Angeles.
The couple was spotted viewing condominiums with a $15 million (£10 million) pricetag at the Carlyle Residences on Wilshire Boulevard.
A source tells the New York Post, "His sisters (Janet and LaToya) live nearby and he said he wants to be close to them."

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Rockers AEROSMITH have assured fans in Hawaii they will honour their commitment to play a show in Maui - after they scrapped the rest of their North American tour last week (beg10Aug09).
The Walk This Way hitmakers were forced to cancel the remaining dates of their U.S. trek after frontman Steven Tyler fell off the stage at a show in South Dakota on 5 August (09).
But the announcement angered residents of the Pacific islands, who first sued the band in 2007 after they pulled out of a sold-out gig in Maui to play a larger concert in Chicago, Illinois.
As part of their court settlement, the rockers agreed to perform in Hawaii in September or October (10) after wrapping up their North America tour.
But Aerosmith’s lawyer, Jay Handlin, has moved to allay fears the concert may be scrapped as well, telling Hawaii’s Star Bulletin publication that the band will honour their promise to play in Maui.
Tyler, 61, broke his left shoulder and needed 20 stitches in the back of his head after the nasty tumble at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.

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American TV star LOUIE ANDERSON has filed a $10,000 (£6,670) lawsuit against the bosses of a Las Vegas restaurant after he slipped and fell over during a recent visit.
The comedian and former Family Feud host, 56, is suing the proprietors of Sin City’s Manchu Wok, claiming an employee dropped a "foreign substance" on the floor which caused him to lose his balance.
According to TMZ.com, Anderson is suing for over $10,000 in damages.
Injuries sustained by Anderson had not been released as WENN went to press.

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The filming of the upcoming ST TRINIAN’S sequel brought London to a halt on Sunday (16Aug09) as the cast took over one of the city’s busiest railway stations.
St Trinian’s: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold, the follow-up to the 2007 movie, is currently being shot in the U.K. and the actors surprised commuters at Liverpool Street Station by turning up in costume to film a scene for the new picture.
The stars, including Tamsin Egerton, Talulah Riley and Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding, led a troupe of over a hundred girls, all dressed in school girl uniforms, as they performed a massive dance routine in the station’s forecourt.
Crowds of onlookers gathered to watch as the cast performed their spectacular song and dance number for the cameras.
The film, which also stars Colin Firth and Rupert Everett, is scheduled for release later this year (Dec09).

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HOLLY HUNTER is bidding goodbye to her gunslinging role on U.S. TV series SAVING GRACE - the police drama has been cancelled by network bosses.
The actress plays an Oklahoma City police detective opposite Kenneth Johnson, Leon Rippy and Laura San Giacomo on the TNT show.
U.S. reports suggest high production costs are behind the cancellation, which will see the series end in 2010, after its final season airs next summer. However, network bosses have refused to confirm the rumours.
Programming executive Michael Wright says, "Since Saving Grace began in 2007, the series has both challenged and entertained viewers in ways few other shows on television ever dare. The show’s continued success is thanks to the amazing talents of Holly Hunter and (creator/writer/producer) Nancy Miller, along with a tremendous ensemble cast and a highly skilled production team. They have taken us on a unique journey, and we look forward to seeing where it will ultimately lead."

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