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28 September 2009

LOVE FROZEN OUT OF DAUGHTER’S TRUST FUND

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COURTNEY LOVE has been temporarily banned from accessing her daughter’s trust fund, due to a dispute over who is eligible to access the account.
Teenager Francis Bean’s father Kurt Cobain left his daughter $1.2 million (£800,000) in a trust at America’s First Republic Bank after his death in 1994, and now bank officials have filed a suit in San Francisco Federal Court to prevent anybody withdrawing cash from the trust.
The bank claims Love and the Laird Norton Tyee Trustee Company - which is a wealth management consultancy - are both battling for access to the money, and they want court authorities to decide which party has rightful duties as a trustee.
The former Hole rocker’s lawyer, Keith Fink, has slammed the move, branding the bank "childish and vindictive", insisting that bosses only filed the claim after Love made it clear she wanted the money moved to a different bank, according to TMZ.com.

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COUNTRY STAR WILLIAMS WEDS IN TENNESSEE

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Country legend HANK WILLIAMS’ granddaughter HOLLY WILLIAMS wed fiance CHRIS COLEMAN in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday (27Sep09).
The 28 year old daughter of Hank Williams Jr. exchanged vows with the drummer, surrounded by stars like Kid Rock and Kings of Leon star Nathan Followill, who was among the groomsmen.
Vera Wang designed the bride’s gown and black dresses for Williams’ 10 bridesmaids.
Kid Rock and Rascal Flatts star Jay DeMarcus performed at the ceremony and reception, while country singer Williams belted out Stevie Wonder’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered with her new husband on drums.

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COSBY PULLS OUT OF SHOWS

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Comedian BILL COSBY has sparked fears for his health after pulling out of two weekend appearances in California.
The Cosby Show star was booked to perform at the Cerritos Center on Sunday (27Sep09), but cancelled the stand-up shows on Friday (25Sep09), citing "an unavoidable personal situation".
A spokeswoman for the venue insists Cosby, 72, is fine and the centre’s bosses are working with the funnyman to reschedule.

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ACTRESS ATKINS WEDS

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TV actress ESSENCE ATKINS has wed in California.
The 37-year-old Half and Half star exchanged vows with Jaime Mendez at a ceremony in Pasadena on Saturday (26Sep09).
The couple met through an online dating service on Valentines Day last year (14Feb08) - and even offered guests six-month memberships to the website Match.com as wedding favours.

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FOX URGED TO SET BETTER GREEN EXAMPLE

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Green campaigners have urged MEGAN FOX to reduce her carbon footprint, after confessing she leaves all the lights on in her house because she’s afraid of the dark.
The Transformers beauty, 23, admitted last week (ends25Sep09) that she insists on keeping her home well-lit to avoid returning to a dark, empty place.
She said, "I’ve been afraid of the dark my whole life. If I go into my house at night and the lights have been turned off… I have to run from the door to the light switch to turn it on… I’m just afraid of what I can’t see." But Fox’s comments have prompted campaigners at non-profit organisation Do Something to call on the actress to set a better example to her young fans and be more environmentally friendly.
A representative for Do Something tells WENN: "Everyone’s allowed an irrational fear or two, but it’s pretty easy to keep your house well-lit without wasting energy.
"Megan can install a programmable light timer or even some motion-sensor lighting. Coupled with efficient CFL (compact fluorescent light) or LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs, she can really lower her electric bill and reduce her carbon footprint." Do Something, co-founded by former Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue in 1993, aims to encourage teens to make small changes in their daily lives to make a difference to the world.

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LOVE HEWITT AND KENNEDY SLAM SPLIT REPORTS

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JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT and JAMIE KENNEDY have reacted angrily to reports they’ve split - blaming the "lies" on a disgruntled former assistant.
Online gossips suggested the pair had ended its 10 month romance after the actress caught her Ghost Whisperer co-star cheating with his ex-girlfriend Shannon Funk.
But both Kennedy and Love Hewitt have spoken out to dismiss the reports, which initially appeared on PerezHilton.com.
Kennedy slammed them as "untrue and slanderous" and Love Hewitt’s rep responded to Usmagazine.com with a statement that reads, "This is a completely fabricated story made up by a disgruntled former employee, terminated for cause. Jamie and Jennifer are happy and still together."

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BLEU’S STUNT DOUBLE SHATTERED COLLARBONE IN BIKE FALL

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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL hunk CORBIN BLEU winces every time he sees one motorcycle stunt in his new movie FREESTYLE because if left his double with a shattered collarbone.
The teen idol plays an aspiring motocross star in the film, but wasn’t allowed to perform any of his own stunts, so his double saddled up for jumps and crashes - and Bleu was horrified when the stuntman mistimed one jump and had to be taken to hospital.
He says, "It was the big stunt at the end of the film, where I end up hitting this barricade and rolling over the bike. The stunt double who did it hit and rolled over and broke his collarbone and the shot that you see in the film is the one where it happened.
"We used it and it was fantastic but horrible. But that’s what these motocross guys do; when they get on their bike and take a fall they get right back on. They’re crazy." But the accident hasn’t put the actor off his new love for biking: "I have become attached to the sport. I have a Kawasaki 250F bike now and I go riding all the time.
"I push it sometimes to the limit, but whenever I’m working on a project I take it easy a little bit. The second I’m not under contract I go for it, and I don’t care! I like to go a little nuts on the bike."

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ANDERTON OPENS UP ABOUT HOOKER SHAME

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Disgraced British model SOPHIE ANDERTON has spoken out about her days as a high-priced hooker, insisting she took the cash to pay for drug debts.
The stunner was recently exposed as a cocaine user in British tabloid The Sun and now she’s revealing what she did to earn upto $22,500 (£15,000)-an-hour as a prostitute to millionaire businessmen.
She tells the publication, "This is the truth, warts and all. For a short while I sold my body for a lot of money. I am not proud of it… In the summer of 2004 I was drinking a bottle of vodka a night and using cocaine by day.
"The coke ran out, my cash card was rejected and my dealer was ringing up demanding payments. I knew I desperately needed money - now." Anderton admits her first sexual encounter as a hooker lasted less than two minutes: "I felt a bit sick before my first time. But I told myself to get a grip. I got a taxi to a hotel in Knightsbridge, West London. I was shaking and sweating. I was dressed in a black Dolce and Gabbana suit, with six-inch Louboutin heels. I looked respectable, successful, normal.
"I went to this man’s room. I had told the madam I didn’t want to be with some horrible fat, old man. So when he opened the door I was relieved. He was a smart Arab, mid-30s and quite handsome. We shook hands. He seemed so lonely my nerves vanished and I felt sorry for this man.
"After about 40 minutes of talking, I decided to take charge and stood up and took my dress off. I pushed him back on the bed while he looked at me eagerly. I closed my eyes and quickly pulled down his underwear. I felt in control. It was over very quickly. He handed me the cash and I slipped out." The model admits she was an instant big hit: "I actually giggled when she (the madam) asked if I fancied a trip to Florence. I thought, ‘Italy doesn’t sound too bad’. Suddenly I was on a plane, first class. I was taken to a beautiful hotel, where a porter showed me to my room.
"It was filled with chocolates, champagne, flowers. Laid out on the bed was expensive underwear with a note that read, ‘Please put these on’." The client was a British businessman she knew, and her money-making side venture almost came to a crashing halt.
She adds, "He said, ‘Sophie, why is a nice girl like you doing something like this?’ I couldn’t answer. But the sex was amazing and the following morning I woke up and found a Christian Dior bag filled with £50 notes. I’d sold my body again and this was what it was worth." Her days as a high-class hooker ended when she almost threw up during sex with a "leering" overweight businessman: "I felt sick. His face was sweaty and cheerful, like a cat who’d got the cream. For the first time, I felt like a piece of meat. He stripped, revealing a huge stomach. It was over in a minute. I left trembling and crying.
"I had slept with five men and made more than £50,000, which paid my drug debts and a deposit on a flat. Now I could escape."

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STARS COME OUT FOR COMMON’S CHARITY GIG

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Hip-hop icons NAS, QUEEN LATIFAH, KANYE WEST, THE ROOTS and DE LA SOUL joined forces on Saturday (26Sep09) when they hit the stage in Los Angeles to show their support for rapper COMMON’s charity fundraiser.
The Go! hitmaker brought out a host of his rap pals including Ludacris, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Heavy D for his Common & Friends benefit concert at the Hollywood Palladium.
The night was full of surprise collaborations, with Ludacris and Nas uniting for a rendition of I Do It for Hip-Hop, while Nas and Common hit the stage for N.Y. State of Mind.
Mos Def and Kweli treated fans to an impromptu Black Star reunion, while West proved there was no love lost between him and his fans following his infamous MTV Video Music Awards rant when he teamed up with Common and performed a slew of his hits.
They were later joined by Mos Def and Kweli for a run-through of West’s verse on Jay-Z’s Run This Town, and Queen Latifah got the crowd worked up when she took fans back to the 1990s for a performance of her 1993 hit U.N.I.T.Y.
All proceeds from the night were donated to the Common Ground charity, which aims to empower and help the development of youths in the U.S.

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DANES & DANCY WED IN FRANCE

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Actress CLAIRE DANES has wed in France.
The William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet star exchanged vows with British actor Hugh Dancy in a low-key ceremony, according to Life & Style magazine.
The small wedding was attended by family and close friends.
The couple met on the set of Evening in 2007. The pair announced its engagement in February (09).
No further details about the nuptials were available as WENN went to press.

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SHAKIRA CHARITY FUNDS SIXTH SPECIAL SCHOOL

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The charity founded by SHAKIRA is preparing to open its sixth school to help impoverished children in her native Colombia.
The Whenever, Wherever hitmaker launched the Pies Descalzos Foundation in 1995, to build educational facilities for poor kids across the country.
And the charity, funded by Shakira and other international groups and individuals, is booming.
She says, "We are going to open our sixth school. Six thousand kids we provide an education and nutrition for, in areas that have been devastated by extreme poverty.
"Colombia is the second country with the largest amount of displaced people in. We don’t have refugee camps but millions of people lost everything they had and kids don’t have access to an education.
"From the moment I had my first international success at 18 I decided to establish this foundation. It’s taught me a lot and fascinates me - you see first hand how education is such a powerful tool."

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STEFANI’S LONDON HOME TARGETED BY BURGLARS

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GWEN STEFANI and GAVIN ROSSDALE’s celebrity neighbours are on high alert after a gang of burglars attempted to break into the couple’s London home.
The door to the couple’s $6.4 million (£4 million) house in Primrose Hill was smashed open on Saturday night (26Sep09) at approximately 11.30pm local time, according to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.
Local authorities were alerted on Sunday (27Sep09) after a passer-by noticed the damaged entrance.
The robbers broke into and stole jewelry from the couple’s tenant in the ground floor apartment. However, thieves were unable to break into the upstairs home shared by Stefani, Rossdale and their two children - Kingston, three, and Zuma, one.
Police sources say the burglars were thwarted because the couple’s home is a “very secure venue”.
No Doubt singer Stefani was playing a concert in Singapore with Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas when the incident occurred.
Stefani and Rossdale’s neighbourhood is also home to James Bond star Daniel Craig and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

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ANDERSON NOT FACING BANKRUPTCY

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PAMELA ANDERSON has fired back at reports she is facing bankruptcy after rumours alleged she owes $1 million (£666,670) in unpaid taxes and construction bills.
Los Angeles County records show five construction companies have filed liens for unpaid bills for remodelling work carried out on the star’s Malibu home last year (08).
According to U.S. reports, bosses at one company, Bruder Construction, filed a $674,043 (£449,360) lien against the star for costs including labour, materials and sub-contractors’ fees.
County records also show Anderson owes $252,360.39 (£168,240) in back state taxes and penalties for 2007.
However, the blonde insists she is sorting out her debts - blaming unpaid tax bills on ‘miscalculations’.
She says, "I’m financially secure and I want to thank everyone who expressed concern for me based on these rumours. I am actually touched at how much concern has been expressed for me over this. It is true that I am in a dispute with some of the contractors working on my home. This is because after paying millions of dollars to build the house I continue to get bills from the contractors.
"My lawyers are reviewing the work done to see if the bills are fair. If they are, they’ll be paid. If they aren’t, they won’t be. I am just sorry (one of the contractors) went to the press, especially when I was working out of the country.
"On a separate issue, mistakes may have been made in calculating taxes owed and we are now in the process of ensuring that any taxes owed are paid."

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MASHONDA WRITES OPEN LETTER TO KEYS OVER ALLEGED AFFAIR

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SWIZZ BEATZ’s estranged wife MASHONDA has written an open letter to his new girlfriend ALICIA KEYS - accusing the singer of "destroying" her family by allegedly having an affair with the rap producer.
Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, split from R&B singer Mashonda in April 2008 after four years of marriage, and she filed for divorce in February (09) - two months after their son’s first birthday.
Media interest in the divorce case was fuelled after he confirmed in May (09) he is dating Keys.
Publicly questioning her own love ideals, Keys writes on Twitter.com page: "Having a heated debate (in) the studio. Question is… (In) love is it better to go 4 the choice that is "SMART" or the choice that has "SPARK"??" Offended by the posting, Mashonda has responded in an online rant, accusing the singer of wrecking her marriage.
She writes, "My concern with (Keys) is no longer the fact that she assisted in destroying a family but that she has the audacity to make these selfish comments about love and wanting to be with someone, even after knowing their situation. I feel that after (one) and a half years of you hiding this affair and acting like it (doesn’t) exist, that now is the time to confront it, since you talk so openly about it now… You have no idea how much pain I was caused because of this affair.
"If you are reading this Alicia, let me start by saying, you know what you did. You know the role you played and you know how you contributed to the ending of my marriage. You know that I asked you to step back and let me handle my family issues. Issues that you helped to create… As a woman, I expected so much more from you. I never had intentions on reaching out to you this way but after reading your twits (sic) tonight, and the constant disregard, you left me no choice.
"I just ask you to try and be a bit more realistic and delicate to the situation, at least until my divorce is final. If (it is) so, that you and my husband are meant to be together, then God bless you both and I hope you never have to deal with what I did. I would not wish it on my worst enemy." Mashonda is seeking increased child support payments for the former couple’s baby, Kasseem Jr., after the star allegedly slashed his payments from $5,000 (£3,330) a week to $3,500 (£2,330) a month.

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RICHIE HONOURED BY UNCF

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LIONEL RICHIE was the guest of honour at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)’s prizegiving on Saturday night (26Sep09) when he was presented with the Award of Excellence.
A host of celebrities including Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Akon, Katharine McPhee and comedian Cedric the Entertainer hit the red carpet at California’s Pasadena Civic Auditorium to pay tribute to the former Commodores frontman at the 31st annual An Evening of Stars event.
In a statement hailing Richie for his lengthy career, the UNCF’s CEO Michael L. Lomax says, "He is a national treasure and we’re proud to claim him, not only as a graduate of our storied member school, Tuskegee University (prestigious private college in Alabama), but as an artist of international renown and longtime supporter of UNCF and the work we do to make sure that every child in America gets an education that starts in preschool and doesn’t end until college graduation." Speaking before the event, the soul legend admitted it was a special moment for his family, because Richie’s son Miles and daughter Sofia would finally learn how instrumental the singer has been to the music industry in his 42-year career.
He told HipHollywood.com. "It’s a completion of one half of the equation, which is how do you get here? Now I’m here, now the important thing is to enjoy it. It’s so interesting because my 15 year old kid and my 11 year old will now know what Dad has done for a living. I’m a parent at home so they don’t really know what a Commodore was, they’ve seen the pictures of me in the afro, but they don’t really know, so tonight is gonna be a real education for them." Previous recipients of the Award of Excellence include iconic producer Quincy Jones, Wonder and Aretha Franklin.

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OSBOURNE NOT INTERESTED IN PLAYBOY SPREAD

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Reality TV star KELLY OSBOURNE has turned down the opportunity to pose nude in HUGH HEFNER’s Playboy magazine.
The rock offspring of Ozzy Osbourne was tipped to strip off for the men’s mag by Hefner’s twin girlfriends Karissa and Crystal Shannon, who are big fans of the former wildchild.
Crystal said last week (25Sep09), "She’s losing weight and she’s blonde now. She looks good. I want to see what she looks like naked." Hefner appeared to suggest he had approached Osbourne with an offer, telling Eonline.com, "Kelly would be happy to pose." But a representative for Osbourne, who is currently competing on U.S. TV’s Dancing With The Stars, insists, "Hef didn’t ask (her)." Osbourne has since politely declined the chance to show off her curves - her spokesperson tells GossipCop.com that the pop star "said ‘No, thank you.’"

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SIMPSON-WENTZ PLANS MORE MUSIC

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Pop star/actress ASHLEE SIMPSON-WENTZ is refusing to rule out a return to music, insisting she’s just waiting for the inspiration to make another album.
The 24 year old has put her singing ambitions on hold as she raises Bronx Mowgli, her son with Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, and films her role for TV drama Melrose Place - but she insists she isn’t quite ready to hang up her microphone for good.
When asked if she plans to record another album soon, the star told JustJared.com, "I would like to! Right now I’ve got my hands full with Bronx and the show, so nothing at the moment. Whenever I get inspired by it and I’m ready to write again I will, but right now, I’m good." The singer’s touring plans to promote her third album, 2008’s Bittersweet World, were cancelled after she fell pregnant.

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LEE AND SKYE WELCOME FIRST CHILD

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Australian rocker BEN LEE and his new wife, actress IONE SKYE, have welcomed their first child together.
Skye, 39, gave birth to the couple’s daughter Goldie Priya Lee on 24 September (09), Lee announced on his website.
The couple legally wed at their Los Angeles home in front of friends and family in January (09), one month after exchanging vows at a traditional ceremony in India.
Coupled with a photo of little Goldie in his arms, Lee, 31, reveals he is "over the moon" about their new addition.
Skye also has eight-year-old daughter, Kate Netto, from a previous relationship.

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