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Former model ELIN NORDEGREN has reportedly called off her plans to divorc= e golfer TIGER WOODS after visiting him in a sex addiction clinic.
The Scandinavian filed for divorce after learning of her husband’s chea= ting ways in November (09) and immediately split from Woods.
But, within the past week, she has reportedly visited the disgraced spo= rts star at the Gentle Path clinic in Mississippi - and Nordegren has now= dropped her divorce suit.
A friend tells America’s People magazine she is hoping to save her marr= iage because she doesn’t want to raise two children without a father.
The source says, "Elin wants a solid family life. She was a child of di= vorce and felt her dad slighted her. She absolutely does not want that to= happen to (daughters) Sam and Charlie. So she wants to keep her family t= ogether even if she and Tiger live together as friends instead of lovers.= " And Woods is keen to do whatever his wife wants to keep the family toge= ther.
The family insider adds, "He is doing whatever it takes to keep Elin fr= om leaving him and taking the kids."

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CHARLIE SHEEN’s ex-wife DENISE RICHARDS has opened up about her former hu= sband’s abusive nature, reluctantly telling talk show host OPRAH WINFREY = that the bad boy was occasionally a bad man during their marriage.
The former Bond girl agreed to appear on Winfrey’s show on Tuesday (26J= an10) to discuss Sheen’s Christmas Day (25Dec09) arrest in Colorado - aft= er police were called to his family retreat to investigate a fight betwee= n the actor and his current wife, Brooke Mueller.
Richards told the talk show host that Sheen had called her from jail to= wish her and the couple’s daughters a Merry Christmas, and briefly expla= ined what had happened.
She recalled, "He said, ‘I didn’t want the day to go by without saying = Merry Christmas to the girls,’ which I thought was really nice… I said,= ‘Come and say Merry Christmas to dad,’ and they were like, ‘We’ll call h= im later…’ I said, ‘Actually, dad doesn’t have much time; he’s going ou= t to eat.’" But the TV chat quickly turned tense when Winfrey asked her guest if Sh= een had been abusive during their four-year marriage, which ended in a me= ssy divorce.
The actress, who alleged her ex had threatened her in divorce papers, t= ook a deep breath and told the host, "I can’t lie… I can’t sit here and= say, ‘No, he didn’t (threaten me)’ and then I had documents that stated = that (he was).
"There were times during the marriage where there was a lot of verbal a= buse. He never hit me… A lot of verbal arguments got extremely heated; = that scared me.
"I did have a restraining order (against him) and it was because of tha= t." Asked if she was afraid of repercussions from Sheen after her appearanc= e on the Oprah show, she said, "I told him I was here… I told him I was= going to be honest about some things. I’m sure he wants me to not be too= honest about stuff.
"I think there’s a history (of abusive behaviour)… I think that Charl= ie has a very sharp tongue… He knew my insecurities and played on that.= " Richards revealed she "loved" her ex, but insisted she no longer had st= rong feelings for the actor, adding, "The person that I know isn’t the pe= rson that I married. I will always care for him because he’s my daughters= ‘ father."

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British actor ORLANDO BLOOM has confirmed he has quit the PIRATES OF THE = CARIBBEAN film franchise.
The Brit played Will Turner in the first three movies and bosses but he= won’t be a part of a planned fourth film, which will start shooting this= spring (10) in Hawaii.
Movie love interest Keira Knightley announced her "pirating days are ov= er" in 2008, prompting speculation that Bloom would walk the plank behind= her.
And now he has revealed he will not be starring alongside Johnny Depp i= n 2011’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
He says, "I think Will is sort of swimming around with the fish at the = bottom of the ocean. I had a great time making those movies. I just reall= y wanted to do different things." But Bloom can’t wait to see the latest Pirates sequel, which will be di= rected by Nine and Chicago filmmaker Rob Marshall: "I think it’s going to= be great. Whatever Johnny does, I think it’s fantastic.
"I think he’s (Marshall) an amazing director. I think it will be a very= interesting fit, because Johnny is musical anyway and I’m sure that some= thing really beautiful will come out of it."

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KIEFER SUTHERLAND has been roped into a new lawsuit after the actor was a= llegedly conned into funding a cattle scam that netted over $1 million (G= BP625,000).
Michael Wayne Carr is accused of making agreements to buy steers in Mex= ico and sell them for profit in the U.S. for customers, including the 24 = star - a former rodeo regular - who handed over $869,000 (GBP543,125) to = help fund the project.
According to prosecutors, there is no record Carr ever bought the steer= s. He is also accused of selling steers that didn’t belong to him.
Carr is charged with 12 felonies, including grand theft, forgery and em= bezzlement.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on 8 February (10) and faces up to 18 y= ears in prison if convicted on all charges.

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Pop sensation KE$HA has shattered LADY GAGA’s week-old airplay record in = America.
Lady GaGa beat Leona Lewis’ 18-month-old record of 10,665 radio plays i= n a week when her Bad Romance topped Billboard’s Pop Songs chart last wee= k (ends22Jan10), but Ke$ha’s TiK ToK, which has been America’s number one= hit for the past five weeks, scored 11,224 spins in seven days to claim = a new record.
The top four on the airplay chart are all women - Ke$ha, Lady GaGa, Lew= is and Pink - with Timbaland and OneRepublic’s Apologize completing the c= urrent top five.

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Singer and reality TV star BROOKE HOGAN has split from rapper YANNIQUE ‘S= TACK$’ BARKER.
The couple started dating last spring (09) after Stack$ appeared in Hog= an’s Falling video.
The singer’s publicist tells Life & Style magazine, "Brooke Hogan and S= tack$ have split but remain friends. He was a big part of her life for a = very long time, and she still cares about him and his family dearly.
"Brooke would like to thank her fans for their kind words and sensitivi= ty during the break-up." Hogan is the daughter of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan.

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BLACK EYED PEAS star will.i.am and SLASH have teamed up to revamp THE WHO= ’s MY GENERATION to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake relief effort.
The song will debut during the Super Bowl broadcast in America on 7 Feb= ruary (10) and then be available to download via iTunes.
The Who will perform at half-time during the big game.
will.i.am tells Billboard.com, "I altered the lyric to fit my generatio= n now… I loved that song way before this even came up, and talking to (= The Who star) Pete Townshend on the phone is like, ‘What? I’m talking to = Pete Townshend on the phone!’ That was awesome, being able to just hear t= heir advice and everything. Those guys are just awesome."

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Police in Virginia fear skeletal remains found on a farm in the state are= those belonging to missing METALLICA fan MORGAN HARRINGTON, who went mis= sing after a concert last year (09).
The heavy rockers joined in the hunt for the student after she disappea= red following a Metallica show in Charlottesville, Virginia in October (0= 9), and even offered a $50,000 (=C2=A331,250) reward for information abou= t Harrington’s whereabouts.
Investigators have yet to confirm the remains are those of the missing = 20 year old. A press conference is scheduled for 5pm Tuesday (26Jan10), l= ocal time.
The remains are those of a young, blonde woman wearing dark clothing - = like those Harrington was wearing on the night she disappeared.
The farm is approximately 15 minutes outside Charlottesville.
Harrington’s parents are understood to be on their way to the scene to = identify the remains.

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An affiliate of rap producer SWIZZ BEATZ has been arrested on fraud and t= heft charges in relation to a large crime ring in Arizona.
Nazreth Derboghossian was one of three suspects taken into custody last= week (ends22Jan10). He was slapped with 102 felony counts after being ac= cused of cheating a bank out of $750,000 (=C2=A3468,750) and laundering m= illions of dollars from various business ventures from Mexico.
The charges include conspiracy, fraudulent schemes, assisting in a crim= inal syndicate and theft by extortion, according to XXLmag.com.
Derboghossian’s girlfriend, Jodi Upton, has also been linked to the cri= me ring, but police have yet to file any charges against her.
Hip-hop star Beatz reportedly met the couple via rapper DMX and reporte= dly helped them to set up a small empire of nightclubs and car dealership= s. The producer has reportedly bought 25 vehicles from Derboghossian over= the years.
The beatmaker has refused to comment on the reports.

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The HOPE FOR HAITI NOW album, featuring songs performed during GEORGE CLO= ONEY’s TV benefit last week (22Jan10), will hit the number one spot on th= e U.S. charts on Wednesday (26Jan10).
The telethon tracks became available as downloads via iTunes immediatel= y after Friday night’s star-studded show, which raised over $60 million (= =C2=A337.5 million) for the relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, an= d fans have rushed to be part of the historic benefit.
The album has already topped the iTunes chart, while Justin Timberlake = and Matt Morris’ version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah has shot to the to= p of the iTunes singles countdown.

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Previous Oscar hopeful ANNE HATHAWAY will announce this year’s (10) Acade= my Awards nominees in Los Angeles on 2 February (10).
The actress, who was nominated last year (09) for her role in Rachel Ge= tting Married, will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Pres= ident Tom Sherak for the big reveal next Tuesday.
Sherak and Hathaway will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categor= ies at an early morning news conference at the Academy=E2=80=99s Samuel G= oldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Inglourious Basterds, Up In The Air, Avatar and The Hurt Locker have em= erged as movie favourites ahead of the Oscars, while Jeff Bridges, George= Clooney, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Renner, Christoph Waltz an= d Mo’Nique ere among the actors and actress frontrunners to land Academy = Awards.
The Oscars will be handed out on 7 March (10) at the Kodak Theatre in H= ollywood.

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JAMES CAMERON’s blockbuster AVATAR has been given a sky-high honour in Ch= ina - its own peak.
As the film topples the moviemaker’s Titanic as the highest-grossing mo= vie of all time, Chinese officials renamed a mountain after the film.
South Sky Pillar will now be known as Avatar Hallelujah Mountain on map= s and guides.
The Golden Globe-winning movie is expected to be among the 10 films nom= inated for an Oscar next week (02Feb10).

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CHARLIE SHEEN’s wife BROOKE MUELLER has been released from a Los Angeles = hospital after falling ill with an infection and 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 was being treated = with antibiotics.
Mueller’s doctors have blamed her raised stress levels for her slow rec= overy and weakened immune system and have ordered her to seek out therapi= es to improve her physical and mental health, reports People.com.
The 32 year old is still fighting off the sickness but was deemed well = enough to be discharged on Monday (25Jan10).
Her mother, Moira Fiore, explains, "I picked her up and brought her to = a friend’s house in Los Angeles where we will stay until we decide what w= e are going to do and where we will go." 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.
A hearing to review the protection order was postponed until 8 February= (10) after Mueller fell ill.

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RYAN REYNOLDS was forced to skip his wife SCARLETT JOHANSSON’s Broadway d= ebut on Sunday (24Jan10) after missing his flight to the Big Apple.
Johansson has won rave reviews for her role in Arthur Miller’s A View F= rom The Bridge, in which she portrays a 17-year-old girl in 1950s New Yor= k opposite Liev Schreiber, who plays her uncle.
Celebrities including Hugh Jackman, Heroes star Zachary Quinto and Schr= eiber’s wife Naomi Watts turned out for the play’s opening night - but Jo= hansson’s key supporter was a notable absence from the audience.
The X-Men Origins: Wolverine star was due to jet into the city from Uta= h, where he was promoting his upcoming movie Buried at the Sundance Film = Festival.
A source tells People.com, "(Reynolds) missed his flight and needed to = take a later flight." But the Lost In Translation beauty refused to let Reynolds’ absence put= a dampener on her big night.
Speaking to People.com shortly after her Broadway debut, she said, "It’= s very exciting. It’s kind of unbelievable actually. I never thought I wo= uld be debuting on Broadway in an Arthur Miller play." However, Johansson admitted she was a nervous wreck just weeks prior to= her Broadway bow because she was so scared she’d mess up.
She added, "Before we did the first preview a few weeks ago, I felt the= feeling of doom - like I was going to forget something or everything! Bu= t tonight, because we’ve been in previews, I was more excited than nervou= s."

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SANDRA BULLOCK’s daredevil husband JESSE JAMES is pleading for help to fi= nd his missing dog - after the pooch mysteriously disappeared from his Ca= lifornia bike shop.
The reality TV star realised his pitbull CinnaBun had gone missing from= his custom bike shop West Coast Choppers in Long Beach on Monday afterno= on (25Jan10).
And he’s appealing to fans online to help him find the canine.
In an alert on his Twitter.com page on Tuesday (26Jan10), James asks an= yone who may come across the "Fawn Pit Bull" to return her or call him pe= rsonally.
He writes: "CinnaBun our shop dog & pet been missing since 2pm yesterda= y. If you find her plz (please) call 562-983-6666."

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Former SUGAR RAY frontman MARK MCGRATH is returning to U.S. television - = the rocker has signed on to host a musical game show.
The 41-year-old Fly hitmaker stepped away from music to focus on his TV= career and became host of American entertainment news programme Extra in= 2004.
McGrath left the show in 2008 to return to the band - but now he’s head= ing back to the small screen to put contestants’ musical skills to the te= st in a revival of Don’t Forget the Lyrics.
The daytime show will kick off on VH1 and Fox networks in the autumn (1= 0).

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Rap icon CHUCK D is heading back to school - he’s set to deliver a lectur= e at a women’s university in Mississippi.
The Public Enemy star will speak to students at The Ina E. Gordy Honors= College at Mississippi University next month (Feb10) in a talk titled Ra= ce, Rap and Reality.
The discussion, about the development of hip-hop music over the years, = will take place on 11 February (10).
Chuck D isn’t the only rap star to turn lecturer for the day - fellow p= roducer 9th Wonder is set to teach a class on African-American Studies at= Duke University in his native North Carolina.

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD and her hockey player fiance MIKE FISHER turned heads at= a celebrity event on Monday (25Jan10) - after stepping out on the red ca= rpet for the first time as a couple.
The stars, who announced their engagement before Christmas (25Dec09) af= ter more than a year of dating, had previously avoided attending high-pro= file events together.
But it was all change on Monday night when they appeared hand in hand a= t the annual Sens’ Soiree fundraiser at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau,= Quebec in Fisher’s native Canada.
The Ottawa Senators player, 29, stood by Underwood’s side as the 26-yea= r-old singer gushed about plans for their summer (10) wedding.
She said, "I bought a lot of magazines and am cutting out pictures. I h= ave a folder and I cut out pictures and glue them in. It’s in kind of a b= inder thing."

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