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Reports suggesting AEROSMITH are on the verge of splitting up have been fuelled by guitarist JOE PERRY - he hasn’t spoken to injured frontman STEVEN TYLER for a month.
Asked for an update on the condition of Tyler, who smashed his collarbone after falling from a stage in August (09), Perry told ThePulseofRadio.com he’s no longer in regular contact with the singer.
He says, "You know, you’re going to have to ask his manager about that. We don’t have the same manager anymore. And I haven’t talked to him in about a month. So I don’t know what he’s doing." Aerosmith cancelled their summer tour after Tyler fell off the stage while performing in Sturgis, South Dakota on 6 August (09).
The frontman has since responded to reports the band is splitting, but confessed his new management deal has become a problem among his bandmates.
He recently told RollingStone.com, "We’re just one for all, all for one. It’s probably why we’ve never quit. No one’s got enough money! "I think there’s a little animosity that I went with another management agency… (but) I’m certainly not in outs (upset) with the guys."

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PAUL BETTANY misses living in his native England so much - he extravagantly shipped over his beloved family car to remind him of life in London.
The actor has lived in America with his wife, Jennifer Connelly, and their two sons, for the last six years and he’s been struggling to adjust to life in the U.S. ever since.
To prevent him pining for the British capital, Bettany had his ivory-coloured 1964 Volvo Amazon, which was passed on to him from his family ten years ago, shipped over to his new Stateside home.
He says, "It was a bit extravagant. But worth it. My aunt lived in Braintree (Essex, England). She drove it to the shops a mile away about 8,000 times. And my dad didn’t use it that much, so it’s got really low mileage and it’s in great nick (shape). And I thought, ‘If I leave it in London, it’s just going to rust away’, and I couldn’t bear the thought of that.
"I can’t remember what it cost to ship - it was probably more than I could get selling the car - but I love the fact that it’s here. It reminds me of home, of driving around London. I put U.S. plates on it, but it’s still a right-hand drive and they never see that in the States, so people are fascinated by it."

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THE DARK KNIGHT star AARON ECKHART is feeling the pressure to find a girlfriend and settle down - because reporters always quiz him about his love life when he’s promoting a new movie.
The actor is currently starring in romantic comedy Love Happens with Jennifer Aniston and he’s been bombarded with questions about when he’ll get married and start a family - even though he’s still single.
Eckhart, who was previously engaged to actress Emily Cline, admits the constant speculation is starting to annoy him - because not even his mother pressures him as much as the media.
He says, "You know who I’m getting pressure from? The press! When you’re promoting a new movie they want to know a) have you slept with your co-star, which I have not, and b) why are you so old and never been married?! And they’re getting down my root (on his nerves) about it.
"I think that once you get over the age of 40 people start to ask questions. When you’re younger and single, it’s cool. Now it’s dirty." However, the star is convinced he knows what the problem is - he’s too mature.
He adds, "I’m a very serious person, too serious I’ve been told. I like to joke around sometimes but not a lot. When you’re past 40 man, it’s all over.
"I would like to settle down and have children one day. (But) I don’t just wanna jump into it." But Eckhart is not adverse to dating a woman much younger than his 41 years - as long as they have the same interests: "I don’t see anything wrong with that. I think it’s all about maturity."

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A 25-year-old man has been charged with assault and battery after attacking AMERICAN IDOL host RYAN SEACREST’s bodyguard.
Seacrest was visiting the Children’s Hospital in Orange County, California at the beginning of the week when Chidi Uzomah approached him and asked for an autograph.
The TV presenter obliged and then walked away.
As Uzomah started to follow, Seacrest’s security guard stepped between the two, prompting the fan to lash out.
Uzomah started choking the guard, according to TMZ.com.
Police were called to the scene and the fan was subdued and arrested. They found a switchblade knife on him.

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Late actor PATRICK SWAYZE is to be remembered by residents of the North Carolina community where he filmed DIRTY DANCING.
Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Monday (14Sep09), aged 57, after a life spent wowing movie audiences with great roles, but his best remembered will always be 1987 love story Dirty Dancing, in which he played summer camp dance teacher Johnny Castle.
Much of the low-budget movie was filmed in the town of Lake Lure and community members have organised a tribute to the star with a memorial service on Saturday (19Sep09), which will take place at Firefly Cove - a housing development which featured in the movie as his character’s summer cabin.
Visitors who attend the public service will be asked to donate to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

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THE KILLERS poked fun at KANYE WEST’s MTV Video Music Awards stage invasion at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday night (16Sep09) when a crew member interrupted the band’s encore to hail support act the PSYCHEDELIC FURS.
The Killers frontman, Brandon Flowers, appeared stunned when the unnamed man ran on to the stage from the wings and declared, "Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time and the Psychedelic Furs had one of the best songs of all time." But it became clear the moment was set up when Richard Butler’s band joined the headliners onstage for a rendition of their 1980s anthem Pretty In Pink.
Rapper West hit the headlines when he stormed onstage at the VMAs in New York on Sunday (13Sep09) to protest Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video win. He stated his pal Beyonce should have won the prize, declaring, "Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time." The sold-out Killers show at the Bowl was a true spectacular with the Las Vegas band ripping through hits like Human, Mr. Brightside, Spaceman and When We Were Young, the song that closed the show.

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BARBRA STREISAND has been left baffled after fans accused her of rigging a "cute pet" competition so her friend could win a prize to watch her in concert.
The veteran singer is due to play at notorious jazz venue Village Vanguard in New York on 26 September (09) - 48 years after she appeared there to open for legendary musician Miles Davis.
Two tickets for the gig were put up as top prize in a dog contest - which Streisand’s friend Marilyn Smart’s pooch Dina won on Monday (14Sep09).
Smart boasted about her win on her online blog, telling readers she scooped a "round-trip airfare for two, hotel accommodations, and two tickets to attend Barbra Streisand’s concert." But fans of Streisand were outraged when it emerged Smart is also a dog breeder who supplied the singer with her pet, Sammy.
They bombarded Streisand’s website with complaints alleging it was "a scam", according to New York Post gossip column PageSix - and competition organisers have now selected a new winner, after Streisand’s spokesperson admitted the choice was "inappropriate".
The star’s representative, Dick Guttman, says, "Barbra does know Marilyn Smart. Barbra did not participate in the selection because she has been away on a boat in Europe. She knows nothing about this.
"This was an inappropriate selection and arrangements are being made to rectify the situation. The tickets will be given to the next runner-up." A spokesman from Columbia Records added, "This is a complete accident which I cannot quite believe happened. We had no idea that the winner was Sammy’s breeder until it was pointed out to us by fans. Barbra had absolutely nothing to do with this."

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King of Pop MICHAEL JACKSON trashed a hotel room in Las Vegas after learning police were raiding his Neverland Ranch home in Santa Barbara, California - as they looked for clues to prove the pop star was a child molestor.
The singer and his entourage were staying at The Mirage hotel in 2003 when his manager Dieter Wiesner got the call to return to California as soon as possible.
A devastated Jackson then acted completely out of character, hurling furniture around his room.
Almost three months after the singer’s death, Wiesner has come forward to recall the terrible day.
He tells news show Entertainment Tonight, "He couldn’t talk and then he started to cry… Michael destroyed some stuff in the suite… He was out of control." It took a chat with his mother, Katherine, to calm Jackson down - and then she started to clean up her distraught son’s mess.
Wiesner adds, "She went down on the floor and started to clean the room. I told her, ‘You don’t have to do this because we have people here, they can take care (of this).’ "She told me, ‘You know what, I don’t want the world or anyone from the hotel to see what he did and she cleaned the whole room."

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JENNIFER ANISTON had to fight back tears of joy on the red carpet of her latest premiere on Tuesday night (15Sep09) - when she received a special message from the sick girl she helped fight cancer.
The actress appeared in 2008 TV ads for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles alongside little Ellie, a patient who was receiving treatment there for a tumour on her brain.
The pair clicked instantly and became pals on the set - and TV news show Access Hollywood delivered a very special video message to the former Friends star at the Love Happens premiere.
Ellie, seven, said, "I wanted to say hi and I just wanted to let you know I’m cancer free." Aniston gasped and then turned to presenter Billy Bush and said, "You just want to get me all choked up before I go in. That’s a beautiful thing."

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Outlandish British singer PATRICK WOLF has backed LILY ALLEN’s campaign against internet piracy - insisting he struggles to even pay his rent with his meagre tour earnings.
The quirky musician is an acclaimed independent artist, and relies on touring revenues to make a living as the sales of CDs have dramatically plummeted in recent years due to illegal file-sharing online.
Wolf is urging fans to listen to Smile singer Allen, who recently asked music lovers not to illegally download tracks because of the damage is causes the industry.
She said, "File sharing’s not okay for British music. We need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally, but saying file sharing’s fine is not helping anyone - and definitely not helping British music." And Wolf has put out his own plea to fans - admitting he doesn’t live a "limousine lifestyle".
He writes on his MySpace.com blog, "I don’t have a Liberace helicopters and limousine lifestyle.
"I’m currently deciding whether I spend the last of my earnings this year from touring on recording the string and choir section of my new album or on the rent until December.
"Let’s start a new future, think about where all the lovely music comes from. Do what you can to protect the music you love.
"Invest in physical purchases, think about the machinery that goes on behind making your favourite band so fabulous and inspiring, and how they should be able to make a living as well as you too."

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GWEN STEFANI’s rocker husband GAVIN ROSSDALE has stepped in to replace JON BON JOVI in a new TV cop drama.
Bon Jovi was the first choice to play a rock star FBI profilers believe is a serial killer in an upcoming episode of U.S. show Criminal Minds, but the Living on A Prayer star backed out of the project.
It’s not Rossdale’s first acting gig - he appeared in soccer movie The Game of Their Lives and Keanu Reeves film Constantine.

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MICHAEL JACKSON turned to his father JOE for help when he felt pushy music executives were trying to bully him, according to the King of Pop’s sister LA TOYA.
The Thriller hitmaker frequently spoke about the troubled relationship he shared with his father, claiming Joe often beat him and forced him to pursue a career in the limelight from a young age.
But the superstar’s sister La Toya insists father and son repaired their fractured relationship in recent years, and she claims they had become so close, Michael called on his dad to help put music promoters in their place just weeks before his death in June (09).
She says, "Michael had a wonderful relationship with my father.
"About two or three weeks before he passed he was having this really big meeting with all these people that were working with him and he said, ‘Joseph, I need you to come, I need you to be there because I’m not liking anything these people are doing with me, I want you to be there and tell them like it is.’ He even wrote a note to say, ‘I must call Joseph to have him there.’" Her comments contradict those made by the King of Pop’s manager Frank DiLeo, who insists Joe called for the summit meeting La Toya is referring to - and insisted his own business manager, Leonard Rowe, take over his son’s affairs.
DiLeo recalls the Thriller singer telling him he signed a document Joe Jackson put in front of him, giving Rowe control, because "my dad was standing over me".
But, according to AEG Live boss Randy Phillips, who masterminded Jacko’s ill-fated comeback, the meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles backfired on Joe, and prompted Michael to end his brief relationship with Rowe.
Phillips, who was present, told Rolling Stone magazine, "When Joe saw that it wasn’t going his way, he got in my face. He said, ‘If it weren’t for me there wouldn’t be a Michael Jackson.’" The publication reports the King of Pop fired off a letter to Rowe after the heated meeting, writing, "You do not represent me and I do not wish to have any oral or written communications with you regarding the handling of my business and/or personal matters."

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s mother has landed a huge payday following her son’s death - the King of Pop’s estate is paying her $86,000 (£57,300) a month.
The cash helps Katherine Jackson cover her living expenses and those of the late pop star’s three children, who she was given guardianship of in July (09), as per the singer’s will.
The estate reportedly began paying the allowances last month (Aug09) from the late star’s reported $500 million (£330 million) fortune.
The Thriller star’s mother will receive $26,804 (£17,869)-a-month and control an additional $60,000 (£40,000) for food, clothing, education and entertainment for his children, according to the Los Angeles Superior Court documents.

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Hip-hop duo CALLE 13 look set to rule the 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards in November (09) after landing five nominations on Thursday (17Sep09).
The Puerto Rican group has already won a clutch of Latin Grammys and now they’re fighting for Album of the year and Best Urban Album of The Year prizes for Los de Atras Vienen Conmigo, Record of The Year and Best Alternative Song for No Hay Nadie Como Tu, and Best Short Form Music Video for La Perla, which featured actor Ruben Blades.
Ivan Lins & The Metropole Orchestra, Jose Lugo, Jorge Luis Piloto, Ivete Sangalo, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Caetano Veloso, and Wisin y Yandel are all tied with three nods apiece and Ricardo Arjona, Bebe, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Luis Enrique and Luis Fonsi are among the acts with two nominations.
The Latin Grammys will be held in Las Vegas on 5 November (09).

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OZZY OSBOURNE is to receive the Legend of Live honour at the upcoming Billboard Touring Awards.
The rocker will be presented with the accolade at the event in New York on 5 November (09).
The award, which recognises individuals who have made major contributions to live music, has previously been presented to Rolling Stones promoter Michael Cohl (2004), Sir Elton John and the Allman Brothers Band (2008).
Ray Waddell, Billboard’s executive director of content and programming, touring and live entertainment, says, "Ozzy has altered the course of rock music and live performance through his work with Black Sabbath and as a hugely popular solo artist, and his continued commitment to playing live makes him the perfect choice for the Billboard Legend Of Live award."

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Actress BRITTANY SNOW has ended her off-screen romance with her WALKS co-star RYAN ROTTMAN, according to U.S. reports.
Sparks flew between the pair after filming began for the upcoming independent drama, but, nine months into the relationship, Hairspray star Snow, 23, has called it quits with the actor/producer.
Reports suggest tension on the set caused the pair to part ways.
A source tells American magazine Star, "(The relationship) got too serious too fast. They were seeing each other every day from the start." A spokesperson for Snow had yet to respond to requests for a comment as WENN went to press.

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The first Apple Macintosh Plus computer, which was given to STAR TREK creator GENE RODDENBERRY, is to be auctioned off.
California auction house Profiles in History will place the item under the hammer during a Hollywood memorabilia sale on 8 and 9 October (09).
Company spokesman Marc Kruskol says, "Bearing the serial number F4200NUM0001, this wonderful association between the visionary computer designer/manufacturer and legendary Star Trek creator is a stellar example of the powerful synergy between technology and entertainment.
"This amazing artifact is accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Gene Roddenberry’s son, Rod." The computer is expected to fetch up to $1,200 (GBP800).

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Oscar-nominated director PAUL MAZURSKY is mourning the death of his daughter MEG, who lost her battle with brain cancer on Sunday (13Sep09).
Former child star Meg Mazursky passed away in Santa Monica, California at the age of 52.
As a youngster, she landed a small role in her father’s 1970 comedy drama Alex in Wonderland and went on to become a casting director, working with her dad on 1984’s Moscow on The Hudson in 1984.
She is survived by her parents Paul and Betsy, her husband John Wrobel and their two daughters.

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