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ANGELINA JOLIE has created a touching video tribute to her late mother MA= RCHELINE BERTRAND on the third anniversary of her death.
The Tomb Raider star and her brother James Haven, Bertrand’s children w= ith Jon Voight, have honoured their beloved mum by compiling home video f= ootage shot during a family vacation in Hawaii in 1981.
The clip, entitled To Mom With Love - James and Angelina, starts with t= he message: "One place Marcheline loved was Hawaii. She made many happy m= emories for her family there." Bertrand can then be seen with James and a six-year-old Jolie, dancing = hula on the beach and playing in their hotel room.
The actress lost her battle with ovarian cancer on 27 January 2007 at t= he age of 56.

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SUGABABES star AMELLE BERRABAH has dismissed reports she’s partying too h= ard following her stint in a European clinic for exhaustion last year (09= ).
The Push The Button hitmaker was spotted out in London with bandmate Ja= de Ewen and Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding on two separate occasions over= the weekend (23-24Jan10).
It prompted speculation Berrabah was overdoing it following her October= (09) treatment for nervous exhaustion, but the 25 year old is adamant sh= e is fine.
She says, "I just read something in the papers about me saying that peo= ple were worried about me going out too much! I’ve been out twice in once= week and the second one was Jade’s birthday.
"I don’t get why people say things like that. I just thought I’d let yo= u all know. I don’t want people to think that of me."

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LADY GAGA has thanked fans around the world after they helped her raise m= ore than $500,000 (=C2=A3312,500) for earthquake-ravaged Haiti - in a sin= gle day.
The Poker Face singer dedicated 24 January (10) to raising funds for th= e Caribbean country, pledging to donate proceeds from a New York concert = and merchandise sold on her website.
And at her concert on Tuesday (27Jan10) at Purdue University, where she= concluded the U.S. leg of her Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga announced the= results of her fans’ donations.
She told the audience, "On Gaga For Haiti day, in just 24 hours, with v= ery minimal marketing and planning, all the little monsters all over the = world made over half a million dollars for Haiti relief. I know Bravado f= ell off their chair, that’s who sells all my merchandise - they couldn’t = believe it! So let’s sing along for Haiti right now!"

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NICK JONAS has assured fans he is recovering well after a mystery illness= forced him to cancel a weekend gig with his new band.
The 17 year old has been touring the U.S. with his new group, Nick Jona= s and The Administration, but they axed a gig in Denver, Colorado on Sund= ay (24Jan10) because the star was feeling unwell.
But the teenager has taken to his Facebook page to tell fans he is on t= he road to recovery.
He says, "I am feeling much better! To everyone in Denver, thanks so mu= ch for all the well wishes and I apologise again that this has happened." The band performed in Los Angeles as scheduled on Tuesday (26Jan10) nig= ht.

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SUSAN BOYLE called police to her home on Tuesday (26Jan10) after discover= ing an intruder on her property.
The singing star returned to her house in West Lothian, Scotland after = recording her vocal for a charity cover of R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts for S= imon Cowell’s Haiti aid appeal.
But she was stunned to discover a man inside her home - and immediately= called cops who detained a suspect in connection with the incident.
A police spokesperson says, "Lothian and Borders Police were called to = an address in Blackburn at around 9.50pm yesterday following reports of a= disturbance.
"A man was detained in connection with the incident and released pendin= g further inquiries." It’s the second recent security scare for Boyle - she spotted two stran= gers creeping around her garden over Christmas (09), just weeks after her= mentor Simon Cowell drafted in a bodyguard for her.

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Stars including JENNIFER HUDSON, SEAL and SMOKEY ROBINSON are set to perf= orm at the White House in February (10) as part of U.S. President BARACK = OBAMA’s celebrations for Black History Month.
Bob Dylan, John Legend and John Mellencamp will also join the concert o= n 10 February, which will commemorate the music of the civil rights movem= ent and be filmed for a TV broadcast.
The president will kick off the event with a speech, while Morgan Freem= an and Queen Latifah have agreed to host the evening.
The special, which will be broadcast in the U.S. on 11 February (10), i= s part of the ongoing celebrations across the country for Black History M= onth.

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AMANDA SEYFRIED nearly turned down her risque role in movie CHLOE - becau= se the part required her to appear naked onscreen.
The 24-year-old star plays the title role in the 2009 film, in which sh= e shares a kiss with actress Julianne Moore - but admits she had to think= twice before accepting the job and baring all.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "My publicist and my mother didn’t wa= nt me to do Chloe because there was a lot of nudity. They were like: ‘I j= ust don’t know about this.’ And of course my agent, Abby, is my right-han= d man. Actually, what she feels means more than what I feel because she’s= older and she’s an agent. She cares about my career more than I do. And = so does my other agent, Sheila. They’re like my dream team. It’s great…= Abby said, ‘This is a really, really good role. It’s hard to find at you= r age.’ "Julianne Moore came on board, too. I wasn’t going to do it for a while= because we couldn’t find the right leading woman. And then Julianne sign= ed up and we were like, ‘This is happening now.’"

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Former Olympic figure skater NANCY KERRIGAN’s brother has been ordered to= undergo a mental health examination - amid allegations he assaulted his = father moments before the 70 year old dropped dead on Sunday (24Jan10).
Mark Kerrigan will undergo testing at the Bridgewater State Hospital, a= spokesperson for Middlesex District Attorney in Massachusetts tells Rada= rOnline.com.
He was arrested after Daniel Kerrigan was found unconscious in the kitc= hen of the family’s home in Stoneham, Massachusetts on Sunday (24Jan10).
The 45 year old, who previously served in the U.S. Army, pleaded not gu= ilty on Monday (25Jan10) to charges of assault and battery with a dangero= us weapon on an elderly person and causing serious bodily injury.
His lawyer said in court her client was undergoing therapy and taking p= rescription medication for post-traumatic stress.

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HARVEY KEITEL is facing a lawsuit over claims he failed to pay an archite= ct for redesigning his home in New York.
Robert Kahn alleges the Reservoir Dogs actor owes him $43,850 (=C2=A327= ,500) for hiring consultants and drawing up plans for an overhaul of the = property in Manhattan.
In papers filed at a New York court this week (begs25Jan10), Kahn is de= manding Keitel and his wife Daphna Kastner settle the bill for the renova= tion plans, which included combining three separate apartments into one h= ome.

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MEL GIBSON will go to any length to protect his girlfriend and new baby d= aughter - he keeps a gun "stowed away" at his home.
The Braveheart star and his partner Oksana Grigorieva welcomed little L= ucia in October (09), and Gibson makes sure his family always feel safe a= t home.
The actor confesses he likes to keep a weapon close by - for fear of in= truders breaking in and attacking him.
Gibson says, =E2=80=9CI did have bodyguards for a little while but it=E2= =80=99s a drag. If your number=E2=80=99s up, it=E2=80=99s up. If I=E2=80=99= m lying in bed and somebody comes into my room, I=E2=80=99ll either wake = up or I won=E2=80=99t. And I=E2=80=99ll either hit =E2=80=98em with my bi= g stick that I=E2=80=99ve got or my gun that I have stowed away… or the= y=E2=80=99ll hit me.=E2=80=9D

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CHARLIE SHEEN is moving back into his family home - he’ll temporarily liv= e at the property while wife BROOKE MUELLER recovers from an infection an= d a bout of pneumonia.
Mueller was admitted to hospital last week (20Jan10) suffering from pne= umonia in both lungs, linked to a recent operation to remove her wisdom t= eeth.
She was transferred to an intensive care unit, where she was being trea= ted with antibiotics, before she was discharged on Monday (25Jan10).
Sheen was given the all-clear to visit Mueller in hospital after a judg= e relaxed a court order designed to keep the couple apart following their= Christmas Day (25Dec09) fight, which landed the actor in jail in Aspen, = Colorado.
He will live in the couple’s marital home in Los Angeles - but Mueller = has decided to move to an undisclosed location rather than risk picking u= p a cold from her kids, according to E! News.
The Two and a Half Men actor will be staying at the house until Mueller= is fit enough to return.
Mueller’s attorney, Yale Galanter, says, "Brooke can’t be there right n= ow because the children have germs so as soon as she gets healthier, she = will move back into the home. She was well on her way to recover but if s= he got a cold or something it could be a setback, so they didn’t want to = put her in an environment with a lot of germs." A hearing to review the pair’s protection order was postponed until 8 F= ebruary (10) after Mueller fell ill.

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OPRAH WINFREY and CLINT EASTWOOD have topped an indepth new survey to fin= d the biggest TV and movie stars in America.
Oprah has been voted America’s Favourite TV personality, while Eastwood= was named America’s Favourite Movie star in the new Harris Interactive p= oll.
Winfrey beat political talk show host Glenn Beck, while Eastwood came i= n ahead of Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington and Sandra Bullock.

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BRITNEY SPEARS’ ex-husband KEVIN FEDERLINE has spoken out about his weigh= t battle - blaming his split from the superstar for his overeating.
The former dancer signed up to lose weight on U.S. reality show Celebri= ty Fit Club after hitting the headlines last year (09) for piling on the = pounds.
And now he has opened up about his split from the Toxic hitmaker, who h= e divorced in 2007, admitting the break-up contributed to a bout of depre= ssion.
He tells Access Hollywood, "Once you get depressed, you don’t really fe= el like doing anything. You’re kind of discouraged about yourself and the= n the weight gain too, or that makes me more depressed.
"I mean, it’s a combination of all of those things. Everybody knows wha= t happened with me and Brit. I’m not going to say that’s the total cause = of it but, I mean, just not being happy with myself was probably the main= part of my depression." But he’s rebuilding his friendship with Spears for the sake of their tw= o sons: "I think as time goes on, it keeps getting better and better and = better. I mean, I’m really happy the way that my life is going right now,= I really am. I think, you know, I have come a long way. All of us have, = my whole family. It’s gotten so much better from where we were. I’m reall= y happy for her. I’m very happy for her."

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RUSSELL CROWE is encouraging his wife DANIELLE SPENCER to make a pop come= back, following a seven-year hiatus.
Australian singer/actress Spencer married Crowe in 2003 and immediately= settled down to become a mum to sons Charles and Tennyson, who were born= in 2003 and 2006, respectively.
But that meant turning her back on her pop career.
Now, Spencer is planning a comeback after recording a new album, Callin= g All Magicians, and Crowe, who enjoyed his own musical success as the fr= ontman of rock act 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, is thrilled.
The Aussie singer says, "I did start (to write again) a couple of times= and (I) did a whole stack of demos, and then fell pregnant, then (I) had= a baby. And then I sort of felt like I wanted to be the security in my k= ids’ lives for a while, because we move around so much.
"So I didn’t want to be flitting off here, there and everywhere doing m= y own thing… Then my younger son got to the age of two and I just felt = like… I’ve got space to do my thing.
"(Russell is) very supportive. He’s been, for a while now, saying, ‘You= know, it’s probably time you got back out there…’ He’s really, really = behind it and he loves music and we love having a musical household, so h= e’s like, ‘Yeah, you go out and do it.’" And Spencer is aware her relationship with the Hollywood actor will hav= e an affect on her music: "There’s a certain interest because of (Crowe),= but there’s also a certain resistance because of (Crowe), which is under= standable."

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Former 007 star PIERCE BROSNAN is superstitious about watching DANIEL CRA= IG play JAMES BOND - because fate intervenes when he tries to check out Q= UANTUM OF SOLACE.
Brosnan was shocked in 2004 when producers informed him he would be rep= laced by Craig, and he’s never managed to watch the actor play the supers= py in the Casino Royale sequel.
He says, "I got the Academy screener (preview DVD) for Quantum of Solac= e, turned it on for my boys and left them to it. I didn’t go near it. I t= ried watching it on an aeroplane, but the DVD broke down. The attendant c= ame and changed it and it broke down a second time so I figured, ‘OK, the= Gods must be saying something.’ So I never went near it. I just thought,= ‘Let sleeping dogs lie.’" Brosnan also admits he was devastated about losing Bond to Craig: "It w= as disappointing. It was surprising. And I accepted the knowledge after 2= 4 hours of being in shock."

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DAME HELEN MIRREN understands why so many women turn to cosmetic surgery = to slow down the ageing process - they get bored of their features.
The veteran British actress has shunned the Hollywood trend to go under= the knife, but she’s now defending others who have operations to improve= their looks.
She says, "I don’t think there’s outside pressure, I think it’s the pre= ssure you put on yourself when you look at the mirror in the morning. You= go, ‘I don’t want to look at that face any more,’ and I understand that,= absolutely. I think people should be allowed to do whatever they want to= make themselves feel happy."

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ROBBIE WILLIAMS is to use his singing talents to raise money for charity = again - his next single will be the official track for Britain’s Sport Re= lief campaign.
The Angels hitmaker has already agreed to record a part in Simon Cowell= ’s Haiti relief track, a cover of R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts, alongside sta= rs including Mariah Carey and Kylie Minogue to raise funds for the earthq= uake-devastated country.
And now he’s donating all of the proceeds from Morning Sun to the Sport= Relief charity, which raises funds in aid of vulnerable citizens in deve= loping nations.
He says, "I am very happy to donate my time to help Sport Relief and I = thank my co-writers for doing the same. Please join us in helping this ve= ry worthwhile cause." Other celebrities who are lending a hand to the foundation include Davi= d and Victoria Beckham, who have designed a series of t-shirts, while Lit= tle Britain star David Walliams will be taking part in a 875-mile (1,408 = kilometre) charity bike ride across the U.K. in March (10).
Williams’ single will be released in the U.K. on 8 March (10). (KD/WNWC=

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Singer HARRY CONNICK, JR. struggles to part with freebies he picks up at = awards show gifting suites - because he loves to look at the neatly packa= ged treats.
The It Had To Be You crooner admits he has no shame when it comes to cl= aiming swag offered up by awards show sponsors - and takes all he can car= ry with a view to handing it out to friends and family at Christmas.
He says, "I get bags of crap. I got, like, an espresso latte (coffee) m= achine, I got, like, Fendi sunglasses… I put ‘em in a drawer.
"The idea is to give ‘em away for Christmas but there’s something about= looking at that drawer of brand new stuff that I can’t bring myself to d= o it… I’ve got stuff that hasn’t been popular for 20 years… I’m a hoa= rder."

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