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MADONNA has won undisclosed damages from a British tabloid after editors broke privacy and copyright laws by publishing photographs of her wedding to GUY RITCHIE.
The pop superstar launched legal action against the U.K.’s Mail on Sunday after it printed "purloined" pictures of her now defunct union to the Brit director in 2000.
The newspaper published 11 snaps of their Scottish nuptials around the time of their divorce last November (08).
Madonna never released or sold any pictures of the ceremony at Skibo Castle, Scotland and so she accused the publication of breach of privacy and copyright infringement, seeking more than $7.3 million (£5 million) in damages.
The photographs are believed to have been copied by an interior designer working at the star’s Beverly Hills, California home.
And on Tuesday (06Oct09), a judge at London’s High Court ordered Associated Newspapers to hand the singer a substantial payout.
The Material Girl was not present at the settlement, and is expected to donate the awarded damages to her Raising Malawi charity.

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SIMON COWELL and his fellow THE X FACTOR judges are set to launch their own fragrances.
The music mogul and panel members Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh have signed a deal for their own scents, which reportedly nets them each a $375,000 (£250,000) advance plus a percentage of sales.
A source tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper, "Simon says his will be the top-seller - he’s already winding the other three up." The fragrances are due to go on sale later this year (09).

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IAN BROWN was forced to halt a performance in Dubai on Thursday (01Oct09) after an argument broke out between revellers and security.
The former Stone Roses singer was on-stage at the SoundCity festival when he motioned to a fan in the audience, prompting guards to rush over and attempt to remove the male fan and his girlfriend.
In video footage from the gig, Brown can be heard telling the staff to "leave him alone" before apologising to the fan for "the bullies" shoving him.
According to reports on NME.com, Brown was pointing out the fan’s tattoo to bandmembers, but security assumed the concertgoer was causing trouble.

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MILEY CYRUS has blasted tour organisers for pushing her too hard as she prepares to return to the stage after a bout of illness.
The Hannah Montana star axed three shows last week (begs28Sep09) after falling ill with a severe throat infection.
She is set to restart her U.S. tour in Auburn Hills, Michigan on Tuesday (06Oct09) - but fears concert bosses are already pushing her too hard and not allowing her enough time to rest.
The teen star writes on Twitter.com, "Gotta get up at 6:30! Its my first day back for goodness sakes! You’d think they’d learn their lesson and take it a little slower but noooo."

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LADY GAGA has escaped punishment after swearing on live U.S. TV on Saturday (03Oct09) - because the cuss was heard during a "safe harbour" period.
The controversial singer came under fire for singing the word "s**t" while performing her hit Paparazzi on comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live, which was heard without censoring on the East Coast.
But TV bosses at the programme and network NBC will not be fined for Gaga’s indiscretion - because she belted out the four-letter word during a time in scheduling when mature content is permissible.
According to U.S. TV watchdogs at the Federal Communications Commission, action cannot be taken on indecent or profane speech broadcast between the hours of 10pm and 6am.
Last week (26Oct09), Saturday Night Live producers were criticised after actress Jenny Slate said "f**k" in a skit.

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TONI BRAXTON’s legal woes are stacking up - she has been hit with a lawsuit from bank bosses who allege she owes them money.
City National Bank (CNB) officials are suing the Unbreak My Heart singer for breach of contract, accusing her of failing to pay $900,000 (£600,000) she allegedly pledged in writing to pay back.
Bank bosses insists Braxton "made, executed and delivered to a CNB Promissory Note for $900,000" in November 2007, according to the lawsuit obtained by RadarOnline.com.
The star was due to pay back the amount by February 2008, but she renegotiated the arrangement after encountering financial difficulties.
Braxton then fell behind in payments in April (09), prompting lawyers for CNB to file the lawsuit, seeking $657,500 (£438,000) plus interest in excess of $44,000 (£29,000).
The 40 year old was contersued by London insurance officials earlier this month (Oct09) after she launched legal action against them over the cancellation of a string of shows.

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GREY’S ANATOMY star PATRICK DEMPSEY hopped on his bicycle on Sunday (04Oct09) to raise money for the hospital which treated his mother’s cancer.
The charitable actor returned to his native Maine to take part in the cycle challenge fundraiser in aid of the Central Maine Medical Center, where he was born and where his mum recently endured three courses of cancer treatment.
Dempsey, who has set up his own Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at the hospital, organised the event and joined 3,500 other athletes to take part in the Dempsey Challenge - a five mile (five kilometre) road race and 50 mile (80 kilometre) bike ride.
The event raised over $1 million (£666,000) for the cause and Dempsey admits he is delighted because the hospital will always mean a lot to him.
He says, "I learned a lot during my mother’s illness. I found out how important it is to have access to good, reliable resources to help the patient, family members and caretakers (and) I knew I that I wanted to make a difference."

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Bosses at a Las Vegas casino have been granted the right to obtain JOE FRANCIS’ assets after he failed to pay back his gambling debts.
The Girls Gone Wild creator was ordered to pay off a $2 million (£1.3 million) debt to Las Vegas mogul Sam Wynn’s casino resort, Wynn Las Vegas, which has ballooned to $2,942,272 (£1,961,515) with interest and legal fees.
Now a judge has ruled that the casino chiefs can repossess Francis’ California assets, including his mansion in Bel Air, reports TMZ.com.

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Embattled filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI has been given a star on a Walk of Fame in Poland - one week after he was arrested over a 1977 sex crime.
The Chinatown director was taken into custody by Swiss officials on 26 September (09) and is now battling extradition to the U.S. to face sentencing for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor - a charge he pleaded guilty to before fleeing to France in 1978.
But the controversy has done little to keep Polish film bosses from honouring the controversial director, who was honoured with a plaque in Warsaw at the weekend (03-04Oct09).
The sidewalk tribute, which sits alongside stars for film icons like Marilyn Monroe, is emblazoned with a quote from Polanski reading, "Nothing is too shocking to me".

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Devastated LITTLE BRITAIN star MATT LUCAS has pulled out of his West End run in PRICK UP YOUR EARS following the suicide of his ex-partner.
Lucas’ former husband Kevin McGee was found hanged at his Edinburgh, Scotland apartment on Monday morning (05Oct09), when police forced their way into the property after being alerted by a pal.
McGee, 32 - who was said to have been depressed for months - left a dark message on his Facebook.com page, saying that he thought "death is much better than life", in the hours leading up to his suicide.
Lucas is said to have been "floored" by the news, and has now cancelled his forthcoming appearance until further notice. He will be replaced by his understudy, according to producers at London’s The Comedy Theatre.
And Lucas’ Little Britain partner David Walliams has now reached out to the star - urging him to "stay strong".
Taking to his Twitter.com blog, Walliams writes, "Awful news about Matt’s ex partner. Stay strong Matt, our thoughts are with you!!" Lucas and McGee married in a lavish ceremony in 2006, but divorced in 2008 on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour.
Police have ruled out any suspicious circumstances in McGee’s death.

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Actor/director TYLER PERRY has opened up about his horrific childhood - confessing he was beaten, abused and molested by some family members and neighbours.
The Madea Goes To Jail filmmaker is preparing for the release of Precious, a movie he co-produced with Oprah Winfrey about an abused teenage girl.
Working on the film, as well as turning 40, has prompted the star to reveal the dark secrets of his past, In a candid letter to fans on his official website, Perry writes, "I’m tired of holding this in. I don’t know what to do with it anymore, so, I’ve decided to give some of it away." Recalling how he was "mercilessly" beaten by his drunken father over his love of reading and writing, he claims he was told, "You f**king jackass! You got book sense but you ain’t got no mothaf**ken common sense (sic)! You ain’t s**t and ain’t never gonna be sh*t!" Perry adds: "I heard this every day of my childhood. He got the vacuum cleaner extension cord and trapped me in a room and beat me until the skin was coming off my back. To this day, I don’t know what would make a person do something like that to a child." The star also reveals his aunt threatened to shoot his father after one particularly bad beating but was dragged away by her husband.
He also alleges his paternal grandmother mocked him for his allergies, telling him he was riddled with "germs" and bathing him in ammonia - and insists he was molested by a man whose family later asked him to pay for his funeral.
He adds, "I quickly said no, but I wish I would have said yes. There is something so powerful to me in burying the man that molested me. I would have dug the grave myself."

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MARIAH CAREY insists her "diva" behaviour has been blown out of proportion - critics just to make up stories about her odd mannerisms.
The Hero hitmaker has been dogged by claims she is a prima donna throughout her career, with countless bizarre allegations of her backstage demands, but she is adamant the reports are untrue - brushing off rumours she only eats blue M&Ms and once snubbed a hotel because she wasn’t greeted with flowers upon her arrival.
She says, "I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial. I’ve seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don’t think that’s who I am.
"I think I have mannerisms and that whole thing, and I’m running around in these shoes. But even before I had any type of fame, I was like this. Seriously.
"I don’t even eat (M&Ms)… They said I wouldn’t come into a hotel unless there were petals on the floor. I’m like, ‘Do you really think at 3am I give a s**t what I’m walking on?’"

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s former skin doctor has been told to butt out of the lives of the King of Pop’s kids.
A Los Angeles judge has ruled Dr. Arnold Klein has no legal right to raise concerns about the welfare of Prince Michael and Paris.
Klein’s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, showed up in probate court as guardianship and estate issues were being thrashed out after Jackson’s death in June (09).
According to court documents, obtained by TMZ.com, the judge ruled Klein had no legal standing because there’s a "conclusive presumption" Jackson and Debbie Rowe are the parents of the King of Pop’s two eldest kids.
The court also determined there is "no legal mother" of Prince Michael Jackson, II - aka Blanket.

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Pop star/actress JESSICA SIMPSON suffered sleepless nights while shooting her new reality TV show THE PRICE OF BEAUTY in Uganda - because huge spiders and crazy dreams kept her awake.
The singer has been travelling around the world checking out beauty regimes and glamour culture in different countries and she admits the time she spent in Uganda was tough.
She says, "There were spiders the size of, like, double my hand. I couldn’t sleep." And when she did drop off, medication she was taking to ward off illness left her with "crazy dreams".
Now, back in America, she has only just weaned herself off the anti-malaria pills.
She tells U.S. news show Access Hollywood, "We’ve all been trying to get off our malaria pills and we feel crazy! They just make you have crazy dreams and then, when you get off them, it’s like, ‘Wait, aren’t I supposed to be crazy right now?’" Simpson’s next stop is Morocco.

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NICOLE RICHIE has been involved in a car collision with a paparazzo in Los Angeles.
The new mum was being tailed by a snapper as she drove through Beverly Hills on Monday (05Oct09) when the pap crashed into the back of her vehicle.
According to TMZ.com, Richie was "in pain" but refused to go to hospital, instead deciding to receive treatment from her own private doctors.
An unidentified male passenger was also in the car with the 28 year old.
The photographer has reportedly been cited for being an unlicensed driver and his car impounded.
No further details were available as WENN to press.

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Director LEE DANIELS has leaped to the defence of his PRECIOUS movie star MO’NIQUE, amid rumours the comedienne has refused to promote the OPRAH WINFREY-produced film without compensation.
The movie, which also features Mariah Carey, is a gritty drama produced by talk show host Winfrey and media mogul Tyler Perry.
Mo’Nique’s absence at the New York Film Festival premiere of the film on Saturday night (02Oct09) fuelled rumours of a rift between the star and executives at Lionsgate.
Reports last month (Sep09) suggested she was denied a $100,000 (£66,670) appearance fee after abandoning promotional duties at the Toronto Film Festival when her money demands were not met.
A source tells the New York Daily News, "That money didn’t even include hair and makeup costs. She also demanded that her glam squad fly first class. Apparently, she’s ignorant as to how the Hollywood system works… Because Oprah and Tyler Perry are backing the film, she feels as though there should be a budget to pay for her promotional duties." However, Daniels has hit back at the claims.
He says, "Mo’Nique is not a diva. She puts her soul into whatever she does. I love her very much."

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SHARON OSBOURNE hates attending business meetings with her husband OZZY - because the rocker is incapable of lying to their associates.
The Black Sabbath frontman and his wife have established themselves as rock royalty, with Sharon masterminding the lucrative Ozzfest in the 1990s and their hit MTV reality show The Osbournes.
But the rock matriarch was always wary of taking her husband to deal-breaking meetings because of his tendency to tell the truth.
She says, "He can’t lie. We’d be at business meetings and I would lie - I just embellish things and make them sound better than they are.
"And he’ll be like, ‘Why are you saying that?’ and I would be kicking him under the table. Then (he would say), ‘Stop kicking me under the table, what’s the matter with you?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh God!’"

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Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina on Monday (05Oct09) to pay their respects to folk star MERCEDES SOSA.
Fans of Sosa, who passed away on Sunday (04Oct09) after a battle with ill health, sobbed as a funeral procession travelled through the city to the La Chacarita cemetery.
Many threw flowers onto the funeral car, while others clapped, danced and sang in honour of the singer.
Shakira also paid tribute to Sosa, who she has previously worked and performed with, branding her "the voice of her brothers on Earth who lifted up the music of suffering, and of justice." The star adds, "She had the greatest voice, and she had the greatest heart for understanding suffering."

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