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Hip-hop icon JOSEPH ‘REV RUN’ SIMMONS has offered to wed one lucky couple= on St. Valentine’s Day (14Feb10).
The Run-D.M.C. star, who was ordained a minister in 1995, has offered u= p his religious services as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Wedding Contest run= by U.S. events company Borgata Nightlife.
Competitors are required to submit their love stories online for the op= portunity to have Simmons conduct their nuptials on the most romantic day= of the year.
The winners will also be treated to a concert by Kid Rock and the bride= ’s bachelorette party will feature Lindsay Lohan’s ex-girlfriend Samantha= Ronson as a guest DJ.

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British rocker LIAM GALLAGHER is convinced his band OASIS should have spl= it long before his explosive fight with brother NOEL last summer (09).
Oasis broke up in August (09) following a furious argument between the = siblings backstage at a gig in France.
And Liam, who is planning to release music with his former bandmates ba= ssist Andy Bell and guitarist Gem Archer, is pleased he can concentrate o= n a new album to help him get over the split.
He says, "I think it’s a good thing, in hindsight. If I weren’t keeping= myself busy I’d be sitting around sort of picking at things and being bi= tter. But now that things are going on, I think it’s a good thing.
"Maybe we should have done it earlier but I still think we could have m= ade some great music, but we couldn’t have got any bigger." (KD/WNTSU/PAW=

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INDIANA JONES adventure RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK has been named the best a= ction movie of all time in a new online survey.
Editors of Moviefone.com picked the 1981 Harrison Ford blockbuster as t= heir number one, crediting filmmaker George Lucas with creating "two hour= s of non-stop forward momentum".
The Matrix came second, ahead of Die Hard and Lord of the Rings: The Re= turn of the King.
Sci-fi epic Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back came in fifth, guarant= eeing Ford a second entry in the top five The top 10 is as follows: 1: Raiders of the Lost Ark 2: The Matrix 3: Die Hard 4: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 5: Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back 6: Terminator 2 7: Speed 8: Aliens 9: Kill Bill: Vol
. 1 10: The Bourne Ultimatum
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KRISTEN BELL is stuck with an elderly dog she adopted out of pity after H= urricane Katrina - because the ailing pooch is surviving years longer tha= n she had expected.
The Couples Retreat star took in three pets left homeless after Katrina= struck New Orleans in 2005, volunteering to look after the oldest canine= the shelter had in what she thought would be its final days.
But the dog, named Sadie, is clinging to life - and four years later, B= ell has to put up with her pet’s bad hygiene and diminishing health.
She explains, "I adopted this dog from Katrina when she was 12 ’cause I= work with a shelter and they had a bunch of dogs and I said, ‘I’ll take = the oldest one, I can care for her.’ "Cut to four years later, (I’m) actually thinking she may be a real-lif= e vampire and never die. She’s almost totally blind and deaf. When she’s = in the house, you can hear her pooping from the other room, it’s like bow= ling balls dropping.
"She’s semi-crippled in the house and she breathes like Darth Vader." (=

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RANDY and EVI QUAID are facing a restraining order from a private investi= gator who previously worked for the couple.
Hollywood private eye Becky Altringer was hired by Evi last June (09) b= efore the relationship soured and she stopped working for the pair.
Altringer alleges the Quaids have become threatening towards her, and r= equested a restraining order against them at Los Angeles Superior Court o= n Wednesday (27Jan10).
Altringer tells RadarOnline.com, "Randy and Evi are bullies and crimina= ls. They get away with s**t because Randy is Randy Quaid. I’ve been in th= is business for over 15 years and I have never seen the s**t I have seen = with the Quaids. I can’t find justice in our judicial system so filing th= e restraining order has been the only justice I am getting…
"Randy is a well-known famous person and people are scared, or don’t wa= nt to cross him. I’m a nobody compared to him and I feel I have to take m= y story to the masses to be heard. I feel that I can’t let them get away = with bullying, threatening and intimidating people just because of who th= ey are. I have to fight back in any way I can." The private investigator alleges the Quaids made harassing calls to her= on Monday (25Jan10).
She claims that in one voicemail, Randy shouted obscenities at her, bef= ore Evi accused Altringer of stealing from and stalking the couple.
Altringer wants a judge to order the Quaids to stay away from her and h= as requested they be banned from making contact via telephone, email, pos= t or in person.
Altringer previously tried to get a protection order against Evi, but a= judge denied the request due to insufficient evidence to prove she posed= imminent danger.
A new hearing has been set for 19 February (10).

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY is suffering six weeks of enforced chastity - while h= is girlfriend CAMILA ALVES recovers after the birth of their daughter VID= A.
Brazilian tradition dictates Alves must give her body 40 days to acclim= atise following the 3 January (10) birth - and that means no exercise, an= d especially no sex.
The TV presenter tells StyleList.com, "Where I come from, we believe in= something we call a 40-day break after the baby. You have to let your bo= dy do its own thing. You give it time to recover and let everything settl= e down. In a way, it is nice. There is not so much pressure. You kind of = respect all the hard work your body has just done and give it a break. Fo= r these 40 days you really take it easy. By that I mean no sex, light, he= althy food, no trips to the gym. Then, after 40 days, you are good to go.= " Three weeks into her recovery, Alves admits she can’t wait to get activ= e again - and is counting down the days to 14 February (10), which approp= riately coincides with Valentine’s Day.
Alves adds, "I confess, I am getting a little anxious to workout. I mis= s it. Not just to get my body back in shape, but for me, for my head!" (I=

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s estate has been hit with another creditor’s claim - fro= m publishers representing R&B star R. KELLY.
The I Believe I Can Fly hitmaker’s song Ignition was used by the late K= ing of Pop during 2003 TV show Michael Jackson’s Private Home Movies - an= d R. Kelly’s management alleges he was never paid for the track.
Executives at Universal Music Publishing Group, which owns the rights t= o the 2002 record, are requesting Jackson’s estate pay $3,000 (=C2=A31,87= 5), reports TMZ.com.
The company attached a contract to the creditor’s claim to show the rep= orted fee.
Other creditors’ claims against the Thriller hitmaker’s estate have rep= ortedly exceeded $20 million (=C2=A312.5 million).

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SANDRA BULLOCK’s husband JESSE JAMES has called in the dog-finding expert= s who JESSICA SIMPSON turned to when her pooch went missing last year (09= ) to help him track down his beloved Cinnabun.
The TV mechanic has offered a $2,000 (=C2=A31,250) reward for the safe = return of his mutt and he has hired pet detectives at FindToto.com.
The company’s professionals were called in to help Simpson find her Mal= tese terrier when it was snatched by a coyote outside her Hollywood compo= und - but they came up empty handed.
FindToto.com will leave automated messages at homes near James’ Long Be= ach, California compound - where Cinnabun went missing on Monday (25Jan10= ) - in the hope of locating the tough guy’s dog, according to TMZ.com. (K=

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BOB DYLAN will make his debut at the White House next month (Feb10) as pa= rt of a civil rights celebration.
The folk-rock icon will join John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson and Jenni= fer Hudson, among others at the In Performance At The White House: A Cele= bration Of Music From The Civil Rights Movement show on 10 February (10).
President Barack Obama and the First Lady will be in attendance.
The concert will be broadcast in America on 11 February (10). (KL/WNWC/=

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Singer KE$HA had a more academic career planned before she became a pop s= tar - she wanted to be a psychologist.
The TiK ToK hitmaker had dreams of studying social science and mental h= ealth before the record became a smash hit and she rose to fame.
The 22 year old confesses that before scoring a record deal she "was go= ing to go to (New York college) Barnard to be a psychologist".
And the singer admits as a high school student, she even crashed colleg= e classes in her Nashville, Tennessee hometown for fun. She tells People.= com, "I’d drive down to Belmont (University) and sit in on a cold war his= tory class. I love learning."

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Singer COLBIE CAILLAT reduced her producer father KEN to tears when she a= sked him to attend Sunday’s (31Jan10) Grammy Awards as her date.
Ken Caillat is no stranger to the music industry, having produced Fleet= wood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours, but he was so flattered when his pop star = daughter invited him to the prestigious event, he struggled to contain hi= s emotions.
She tells People magazine, "He’s really excited about it. He’s been inv= olved with this record and my music career the entire time, so I just kne= w it would mean a lot to him.
"He got all teary-eyed when I asked him to be my date. It was so cute!" But Caillat, who is nominated for four Grammys including Best Pop Vocal= Album for Breakthrough, admits she has an ulterior motive - she wants he= r dad to boost her self esteem if her nerves get the better of her.
She adds, "I’m sure (on the night) he’ll remind me of how great I am. Y= ou know how parents are!" The 52nd Grammy Awards will take place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. =

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R&B singer FANTASIA BARRINO has brushed off reports she’s dating a marrie= d man, insisting she is happy living life as a single girl.
The former American Idol star, 25, was rumoured to be involved with a m= an named Antwaun Cook, but she is adamant their relationship is strictly = platonic.
She tells People magazine, "He’s a good friend, and he is not with his = wife." And Barrino admits she is too busy getting her life back on track after= a number of financial and health problems to worry about dating.
She adds, "Right now I’m committed to my career. I’m not trying to be i= n a deep relationship. As hard as I have fought to come back, nothing can= stop me." The singer was forced to take time out of her schedule in 2007 to under= go surgery and remove a hemorrhagic polyp growth on her vocal chords. Bar= rino then faced financial ruin and almost lost her home in North Carolina= in December, 2008 before reaching a deal with local authorities, saving = her house from being auctioned off.

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BILLY JOEL’s estranged wife KATIE LEE is selling off one of the New York = homes she shared with the rocker.
Joel and Lee filed for legal separation last year (09) and now Katie is= putting her Manhattan townhouse on the market for $12.9 million (=C2=A38= ..1 million), according to the New York Post.
The sprawling home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, four fireplaces, = an elevator, a landscaped garden and a landscaped terrace off the master = suite.

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The man who discovered OASIS has called for the BRIT Awards to be scrappe= d and replaced with a more serious music ceremony.
Scottish music mogul Alan McGee claims the annual prizegiving has lost = its way and the record industry judges, who decide who gets what, simply = vote for their own artists.
In an interview with Scotland’s Daily Record, the former Creation boss = says, "They should get rid of the Brits (and) start again with 20 music j= ournalists who actually care about music… instead of a bunch of self-in= terested record company people who just vote for their own acts." And outspoken McGee has also taken aim at BRIT Awards darlings Coldplay= and former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney in his latest rant about the Britis= h music industry.
Upset by Coldplay’s 2010 nomination for Best Album Of The Last 30 Years= (A Rush Of Blood To The Head), McGee rages, "Coldplay are a dilution of = a dilution of a dilution. (Singer) Chris Martin makes me want to eat some= one else’s earwax rather than listen to his records." And he thinks McCartney should seriously consider retirement: "John Len= non is probably firing bullets from another dimension as we speak.
"Music should be like football. Once you turn 40, you should become a m= anager or get lost. It’s for kids. You lose perspective. You don’t have 6= 6-year-old football players. There’s a reason for that."

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Digital sales of the performances from last week’s HOPE FOR HAITI NOW tel= ethon have amassed $3 million (=C2=A31.87 million) for the earthquake rel= ief effort.
Music fans rushed to get hold of tracks performed by the likes of Justi= n Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Coldplay, Madonna and a collaboration between = Jay-Z, Rihanna and U2 stars Bono and The Edge, and the iTunes digital alb= um became the first such release to top the U.S. charts on Wednesday (27J= an10).
And now Apple Inc. bosses have confirmed that worldwide iTunes sales of= the Hope For Haiti Now album, video, and individual performances have ra= ised more than $3 million for the earthquake-ravaged country.
On Thursday (28Jan10), Hope For Haiti Now became the first project to s= imultaneously occupy the number one spot on iTunes’ US album, song and TV= charts, according to Billboard.com.

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Rocker CHAD GILBERT has kicked off 2010 on a high note after learning he’= s cancer free.
The New Found Glory guitarist had his thyroid removed after a cancer sc= are, and the surgery has been a complete success.
In a post on his Twitter.com blog, Gilbert writes, "(I’m) laying in my = recovery room… They removed half my thyroid but no cancer. Thanks for t= he prayers, love you."

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Funk legend SLY STONE is suing his former manager for alleged fraud and b= reach of contract.
In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday (29Jan1= 0), Stone also accuses Jerry Goldstein of fiduciary duty, as well as conv= erting and misappropriating Stone’s royalties and assets for more than 20= years, reports United Press International.
The Sly & the Family Stone frontman, real name Sylvester Stewart, is de= manding a full account of royalties that are due to him, so he can determ= ine the exact amounts of money that was allegedly taken.
It is thought the amount could add up to $20 to $30 million (=C2=A312.5= million to =C2=A318.75 million).
Stone, who is now reportedly dependent on Social Security to live on, i= s also seeking punitive damages.
Stone’s attorney, Robert J. Allan, says, "On the eve of the Grammys tha= t celebrate the best of our artists, we see a dark side of the music busi= ness, where some of these artists are being robbed of their intellectual = property and the fruits of their genius by unscrupulous people who prey o= n their trusting nature and lack of business and legal knowledge.
"Not satisfied with the royalties he diverted from Sly Stone, Goldstein= , without Stone’s knowledge or consent, registered his trade name - Sly a= nd the Family Stone - with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as owned = by a Goldstein company and borrowed millions of dollars secured by Sly’s = future royalties." The lawsuit suggests Goldstein, his longtime companion Claire Levine an= d attorney Glenn Stone, set up several companies to divert royalty paymen= ts and borrow against Stone’s work, reports the Associated Press. (KD/UPI=

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Actress SANAA LATHAN is steering clear of critics’ reviews of her perform= ance in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF until her stint on the London stage is over= - because she refuses to be distracted by any harsh comments.
The Alien vs. Predator star made her debut in the British capital’s Wes= t End late last year (09) in a new production of the Tennessee Williams p= lay, alongside James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad.
Lathan has managed to avoid all press coverage of the theatre show sinc= e it opened in November (09) and she intends to continue doing so until t= he curtain falls for the final time on 10 April (10).
The actress has thrown herself into her role as Maggie, the sexually-fr= ustrated wife of alcoholic former American football star Brick, played by= Adrian Lester, and she is determined not to let anything get in her way.
She tells Hip Hop Weekly magazine, "I learned my lesson a long time ago= not to read reviews until the run is over because I don’t want to get an= ything in my head about the performance until it’s done.
"Sometimes in this business you don’t get to use all of your chops. Thi= s role is the pinnacle of roles for a woman my age. It’s scary, challengi= ng… she goes through a lot of emotions. I couldn’t say no to it." But Lathan has nothing to worry about - the play has received rave revi= ews with critics hailing the cast’s "powerful performance" and describing= the actress as "incredibly sultry", portraying a "beautifully and fracti= ously frustrated Maggie".

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