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ANGELINA JOLIE’s estranged father JON VOIGHT has shot down rumours the ac= tress has split from BRAD PITT, dismissing the tabloid gossip as "nonsens= e".
Gossip about the status of the Hollywood supercouple’s romance reached = fever pitch last week (ends22Jan10), with reports claiming the stars - wh= o share six children - were set to part ways.
But Voight, who has had a rocky relationship with his famous daughter, = insists Jolie and Pitt are still going strong after five years of dating,= reports Hollyscoop.com.
When asked about the split rumours, he says, "Nonsense. It’s all made u= p stuff." Jolie and Pitt met on the set of their film Mr & Mrs Smith in 2005, whi= le the actor was still married to Jennifer Aniston.
The Friends star filed for divorce in March 2005 and the couple embarke= d on a relationship shortly afterwards.
The stars have three adopted children together - Maddox, eight; Pax, si= x, and Zahara, five - as well as biological kids Shiloh, three, and twins= Knox and Vivienne, 18 months.

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DAME HELEN MIRREN is convinced expectant parents JAMES MCAVOY and ANNE-MA= RIE DUFF will have a musical baby - because both stars have "beautiful si= nging voices".
The couple announced on Tuesday (26Jan10) they’re set to welcome their = first child - and their Last Station co-star Mirren can’t wait to see the= couple become parents.
Speaking about the pregnancy at the drama’s London premiere on Tuesday,= Mirren said, "It’s great. James is a new friend, Anne-Marie is an old fr= iend. I did a play with Anne-Marie quite a few years ago and understood r= ight there and then what a great actress she is.
"I met James just on this film and quietly fell in love with him, so it= couldn’t be better. You just can’t believe how happy they are together. = They are so grounded.
"I tell you what - that baby will have the most beautiful lullabies sun= g to it. Anne-Marie and James both have beautiful singing voices." And when asked how he felt about the happy news, McAvoy told reporters:= "Amazing. Psychedelic. Excellent."

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MARY J. BLIGE is teaming up with opera star ANDREA BOCELLI for a duet at = Sunday’s (31Jan10) Grammy Awards to raise money for the Haiti relief effo= rt.
The odd pair will cover Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Wate= r during a special fundraising segment at the music industry’s biggest ev= ent of the year.
Blige and Bocelli’s version of the song will then be made available for= download on iTunes.com/Target, and all proceeds will be donated to the A= merican Red Cross to help those left devastated by the 12 January (10) ea= rthquake.
The 2010 Grammy Awards will take place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center a= nd feature performances by artists including Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Taylo= r Swift.

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Troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY has been ordered to pay a fine after he was = caught carrying heroin into a U.K. court in December (09).
The Babyshambles frontman landed himself in trouble after he was friske= d by guards on his way into Gloucester Crown Court for sentencing over a = series of driving offences.
Security staff saw a small packet fall out of his coat and the star was= arrested in the corridor on his way out.
His lawyer argued at Gloucester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (27Jan1= 0) that Doherty had forgotten the 13 wraps of heroin were in the jacket -= but the judge branded it a "stupid" move.
District Judge Joti Boparai told the star, "Either this was sheer stupi= dity or a ploy to get more publicity." He was ordered to pay $1,200 (=C2=A3750) but escaped a rehabilitation o= rder as the judge ruled public funds shouldn’t be spent on him as Doherty= is already paying for private drug treatment.

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Welsh rockers LOSTPROPHETS’ homecoming gig has been rescheduled, after th= e original venue was ravaged by fire.
The band was due to play at Afan Lido in Port Talbot on 1 March (10) as= part of their upcoming U.K. tour.
But the hall was devastated by a blaze in December (09), and won’t be r= eady for the show - so the group is now set to play at Cardiff’s Internat= ional Arena on 1 May (10) instead.
Tickets for the rescheduled show will still be valid.

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Singer KE$HA is convinced she’s "haunted" - because she is visited by a s= cary ghost in her dreams every night.
The party-loving singer admits she’s reluctant to purchase a home and s= ettle down in case the property she picks is visited by the spirit who sp= ooks her nightly.
She says, "I’m kind of living nowhere right now, I just had my gold Tra= ns Am that’s in my (TiK ToK music) video shipped back home, so I guess th= at’s where I live now - wherever he goes, I go. I don’t have a house, but= I’m looking for one. I just want to make sure it’s not haunted. I’m not = just saying this to try to sound crazy, like, ‘Oh, I’m such a crazy pop s= tar, I’m haunted,’ but actually, almost every night I have some psycho dr= eam of the same ghost, either in my face, strangling me, smacking me, sho= ving me, or just hanging out. Sometimes he’s just there, scaring me, bein= g an a**hole." But the 22 year old admits she’s always been fascinated by the supernat= ural: "I recently drove across the country, staying only in haunted hotel= s, and I stayed in a haunted whorehouse in San Antonio, and that was the = first time I actually got haunted on (sic). One of the reasons I moved ou= t of my house in the Canyon was I knew it was haunted. I was right next d= oor to the Jim Morrison house, and I was kind of drawn to the energy ther= e."

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Scottish singing sensation SUSAN BOYLE battled severe nerves when she rec= orded her contribution to SIMON COWELL’s Haiti charity single - after mee= ting her idol ROD STEWART.
Boyle headed into the studio on Tuesday (26Jan10) to lay down her vocal= for a cover of R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts, which the American Idol judge o= rganised to raise money for the aid appeal for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
The 48 year old admits she became "shy" when she met Stewart but overca= me her nerves to perform on the track - and was honoured to have been ask= ed to participate by Cowell.
She says, "There’s devastation, which is awful to look at, but you can’= t sit back and do nothing. I’m glad that Simon gave me the opportunity to= be involved in this wonderful cause." Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Michael Buble and Cheryl Cole are among the = stars also singing on the charity record.

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ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD once harboured regrets about singing in ABBA - because= she was so overwhelmed by the band’s worldwide popularity.
The Swedish singers shot to the top of the charts with their catchy tra= cks in the 1970s, and have continued to sell millions of records across t= he globe even after their heyday.
And Lyngstad admits she has previously felt desperate to swap her legac= y with the Dancing Queen hitmakers for a normal life.
She says, "I think it was the right moment for us to split, actually, b= ecause we’d been two couples who had been together for 12 or 13 years and= everyone wanted to do something else. And I had my moments (of regrettin= g ABBA), I must honestly say.
"But it’s better to have a positive attitude because there’s no way you= can escape ABBA. There’s no point in regretting anything because that wa= s the time when we were excited about dancing and dressing like that!" And her bandmate Bjorn Ulvaeus is also surprised they still have fans, = adding: "I thought we’d be forgotten in a couple of years after we split = up!"

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The lawyer for BUJU BANTON filed papers on Tuesday (26Jan10) claiming the= U.S. government entrapped the reggae star in a drug deal.
The singer pleaded not guilty earlier this month (Jan10) to a charge of= conspiring to buy more than five kilograms of cocaine from an undercover= law enforcement officer in Sarasota, Florida last month (Dec09).
Banton, real name Mark Myrie, maintains his innocence and is currently = being held in federal custody in Tampa, Florida.
And his lawyer, David Markus, claims in official documents that the gov= ernment used a paid informant to convince Banton to buy the cocaine.
To prove the allegation, Markus will have to show that the government i= nduced Banton.
The star’s trial is expected to begin in March (10).

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British actress BILLIE PIPER was bedbound following the birth of her son = by emergency Caesarean - and she’s sure the time helped her bond with lit= tle WINSTON.
The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star and her husband Laurence Fox welco= med the tot in October 2008.
The actor was working during Winston’s first few weeks, leaving Piper a= lone at their home in the English countryside to bring up the baby.
And although the 27 year old was still in pain from the traumatic birth= , she’s grateful for the time she had alone with her newborn son.
She says, "(I was) feeling a bit desperate. Laurence was filming when I= first had Winston. I’d had an emergency Caesarean and I could barely wal= k. I was alone in the country with a newborn baby for three weeks.
"I’m actually grateful for that time now. It forced me to be in bed wit= h my child. And really that was the only time that I was still, with baby= , without distractions or confusion. It was just the two of us. You sleep= when they sleep and feed when they feed."

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MICHELLE WILLIAMS snubbed a screening of her movie BLUE VALENTINE at the = Sundance Film Festival - because her daughter MATILDA is too young to wat= ch her steamy sex scenes.
The actress shares several intimate moments with Ryan Gosling in the up= coming drama, which she has been busy promoting at the film event in Utah= ..
But when it came time to sit down and watch the film, Williams kept out= of the cinema for the sake of Matilda, her four-year-old daughter with t= he late Heath Ledger.
She tells MTV.com, "When the movie screened the other day, me and the k= id, neither of us were old enough to watch that movie. So we coloured in = Tinker Bell pictures for two hours and played pirate games." Gosling admits he was also nervous at the Sundance screening - because = he brought his mum along as his date.
He adds, "It’s a racy movie, so it’s hard to watch those scenes with so= many people. I watched it with my mother, she was beside me. I gave her = an iPod. And when the naughty scenes came on, I pressed ‘play’ and covere= d her eyes."

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MATT DILLON finds it strange watching his breakthrough performance in 198= 3 movie THE OUTSIDERS, because he was barely even an adult when he filmed= the scenes.
Dillon was 18 when he shot his part as a young troublemaker in the film= , which also launched the careers of Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze.
And the 45 year old struggles to comprehend he ever starred in the movi= e, as it seems a lifetime ago.
He tells Total Film magazine, "It’s actually very weird for me to see t= hose films now. And the further I get away from them the stranger it is b= ecause I was a f**king kid, man, a little kid.
"Although in my mind at the time I wasn’t. When I made The Outsiders, I= think I had just turned 18. C. Thomas Howell and I were the youngest guy= s on that movie." But Dillon is grateful he was cast in the film, as it gave him the oppo= rtunity to work with some of Hollywood’s greats.
He adds, "Just working with Francis (Ford Coppola). When I found out I = got the job, it was one of the greatest days of my life. Francis was a re= al legend."

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DAVID COPPERFIELD’s lawyer is glad the woman who accused the star of rape= has been arrested for extortion - because it proves his innocence.
Lacey Carroll falsely alleged Copperfield assaulted her on his private = island in the Bahamas in 2007, but officials dropped their investigation = earlier this month (Jan10) amid questions over her credibility.
The case took another twist this week (begs25Jan10) when it emerged Car= roll has been charged with prostitution and making a false rape claim aga= inst a Seattle businessman.
And Copperfield’s reps are adamant the development proves the famed ill= usionist’s claim that Carroll was trying to extort cash from him.
In a statement, Copperfield’s attorney Patty Eakes says, "Last week fed= eral prosecutors dropped their criminal investigation of David Copperfiel= d, and, this week, local authorities have charged Mr. Copperfield’s accus= er with making yet another false claim of rape, this time against a Seattle-area businessman, and with prostitution. These d= evelopments vindicate Mr. Copperfield and confirm what he has said all al= ong - this woman tried to extort money from him by making a false claim.
"Thankfully, authorities have now stepped in to stop her."

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GUY RITCHIE has pulled out of directing alien action movie LOBO to concen= trate on a SHERLOCK HOLMES sequel, according to the detective film’s prod= ucer.
The Brit was set to start work on the live-action adaptation of the DC = Comics bounty hunter saga after the super-sleuth picture had wrapped last= year (09).
But following the success of the detective movie, starring Robert Downe= y Jr. and Jude Law, Ritchie has bowed out of Lobo to focus on a second Sh= erlock Holmes, according to producer Joel Silver.
He tells the Los Angeles Times, "I don’t think he’s going to do it (Lob= o) now. The studio wants us and Guy to focus on making another Sherlock H= olmes. So I think we’re going to be doing that. But we’re seeing what hap= pens with this. Everybody is analyzing everything. It’s all kind of happe= ning right now as we talk.
"Sherlock is sitting at just about $400 million in worldwide gross and = showing itself to be pretty effective and pretty strong. So we’re trying = to see if we can do something quickly with another Sherlock Holmes movie.= We have some ideas and some good story points.
"Downey loves the experience of playing Sherlock and would love to play= him again, and I’d love to see him play it again. Jude and all of them w= ill be back and it will be great."

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AMY WINEHOUSE is reportedly planning to cover up a tattoo bearing her ex-= husband BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL’s name, just a week after their alleged reuni= on was rocked by reports of infidelity.
The pair divorced in July (09) on the grounds of the Back to Black hitm= aker’s adultery, but reconciled in September (09) and were reportedly set= to remarry in the Caribbean next month (Feb10).
However, two U.K. reports this month (Jan10) alleged Fielder-Civil has = been unfaithful to the singer - and now Winehouse is planning to have a t= attoo of ‘Blake’ on her chest covered up for good.
Tattoo artist Henry Hate reveals the singer has been enquiring about a = new design to cover up the old ink work.
He tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper, "I didn’t ask her what her reason= s were. I imagined she wanted to move on. She was just like, ‘It needs to= go.’ She wanted it covered." Fielder-Civil has denied cheating on Winehouse and is consulting lawyer= s over the reports.

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MICHAEL JACKSON and LISA MARIE PRESLEY’s 1994 marriage certificate has so= ld for $70,800 (=C2=A344,250) at auction.
The document, which boasts both stars’ signatures, was issued to the co= uple following a 15-minute ceremony on 26 May (94) in the Dominican Repub= lic.
It went under the hammer on Saturday (23Jan10) with an opening price of= $27,000 (=C2=A316,875) and quickly sparked a bidding war as two collecto= rs vied for the item, racking up 20 offers between them.
The anonymous winner says, "My wife and I have been collecting autograp= hs and memorabilia since 1973. Several years ago we were outbid on the ma= rriage certificate signed by Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller and I did n= ot want to miss the chance to own this one. We were very excited." The King of Pop’s highly-publicised marriage with Elvis Presley’s daugh= ter lasted until early 1996, when Lisa Marie filed for divorce. (PAW/WNWC=

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A representative has brushed off speculation JESSICA ALBA is disgusted by= her violent new movie THE KILLER INSIDE ME, after the actress was spotte= d walking out of its screening.
Alba plays a prostitute who is bludgeoned by a psychotic killer in the = upcoming thriller, which has come under fire from critics for its excessi= ve gore.
And the 28 year old sparked rumours that even she couldn’t tolerate the= bloody scenes after leaving a theatre halfway through a screening at the= Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Sunday (24Jan10).
But her spokesperson insists Alba only left the cinema to catch a plane= ..
Her rep Brad Cafarelli explains, "This rumour is silly and not accurate= at all. Jessica had seen the final version of the film just prior to com= ing to Sundance and was pleased with the outcome. She came in to support = the film and the filmmakers by introducing the screening, which she did, = and left right after to get home to her family in L.A., as planned." (PAW=

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Soul singer JOSS STONE has ROGER DALTREY to thank for her renewed outlook= on life - THE WHO rocker made her realise how unimportant money is compa= red to the thrill of performing.
The You Had Me hitmaker shot to fame as a teenager with the release of = her debut album The Soul Sessions in 2003 and extensively toured the U.K.
She later went to war with record label EMI - taken over by private equ= ity firm Terra Firma in 2007 - over the release of her 2009 album Colour = Me Free!, prompting the 22 year old to publicly slam bosses for delaying = the record.
But now the singer has decided to concentrate on her music instead of b= ecoming tangled up in record industry battles - after a refreshing chat w= ith The Who frontman.
Stone says, "It’s just money. I’ve been in this business long enough no= w to work out what’s important and what’s not. The music business has cha= nged so much. It’s all about product and business.
"I was talking to Roger Daltrey the other day and he told me he felt so= sorry for my generation of musicians. He said, ‘When I was your age, all= we did was get on stage and sing. Now you all have to sit in meetings. T= hat’s not music.’ "It’s true - that’s about money. I don’t care about money. As long as I= have enough to live on, I’m happy. I don’t need a Learjet to prove I can= sing."

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