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Aussie actress JODI GORDON is walking away from the hit soap that turned = her into a household name Down Under.
The Home & Away star will film her final scenes as Martha McKenzie for = the long-running TV drama in February (10).
Her decision to leave the show comes less than a year after her boyfrie= nd reported her missing after she disappeared from a Sydney-area party.
She was found by police cowering in an apartment with another man.
The drama cost Gordon her relationship with media heir Ryan Stokes.
During her stint on Home & Away, Gordon, 24, lost her first love, Chris= Burkhardt, to cancer.
A spokeswoman for the show tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph, "Jodi has = put in a tremendous five years on Home and Away. It was a mutual decision= for her to take this next step in her career."

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Horror author-turned-columnist STEPHEN KING has paid tribute to literary = great J.D. SALINGER - even though he was never a big fan.
In a post on EW.com, the Carrie writer admits he’s intrigued by what th= e reclusive Salinger wrote and didn’t publish in the last three decades o= f his life.
King says, "I=E2=80=99m sorry to hear of his passing - the way you=E2=80= =99d feel if you heard an eccentric, short-tempered, but often fascinatin= g uncle had passed away.
"It is a milestone of sorts, because Salinger was the last of the great= post-WWII American writers, and in (his The Catcher in the Rye anti-hero= ) Holden Caulfield - maybe the greatest American-boy narrator since (Tom = Sawyer character) Huck Finn - he created an authentic Voice of the Age: f= unny, anxious, at odds with himself, and badly lost.
"Salinger=E2=80=99s death may answer one question that has intrigued re= aders, writers, and critics for nearly half a century - what literary tro= ve of unpublished work may he have left behind? Much? Some? Or none? Sali= nger is gone, but if we=E2=80=99re lucky, he may have more to say, even s= o." Salinger passed away at his home in New Hampshire on Wednesday (27Jan10= ). He was 91.

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ZSA ZSA GABOR’s daughter has dismissed reports her mother is close to dea= th after new photographs of the actress led to concerns for her health The movie veteran was snapped looking frail and weak as she was escorte= d out of a medical centre in a wheelchair on Tuesday (26Jan10).
But her daughter, Constance Francesca Hilton, insists fans have nothing= to worry about.
She tells WENN, "My mother was taken to the eye doctor for a standard c= heck-up. She has no disease, no sickness, and no pain and no hospital.
"I speak with her everyday. Looking at the reader’s comments to the rec= ent photos of my mother, I must agree with many of them who state that fo= r a 92-year-old woman that was injured in a car accident years ago, she l= ooks pretty damn good."

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WIDOWER Movie executives at Warner Brothers are firing back at "false, reprehensi= ble, and defamatory" accusations levelled at them by actress BRITTANY MUR= PHY’s widower.
Producer Simon Monjack has hinted he’s planning to file a wrongful-deat= h suit against the movie studio bosses for allegedly firing the actress f= rom Happy Feet 2 two weeks before her death.
He claims she suffered a heart attack as a result of stress related to = being let go from the project.
Monjack recently told TheDailyBeast.com, "They killed her… She was de= vastated.
"All she wanted to do was to make movies. She was waiting for the role = that would revive her career, waiting for the call from Penny Marshall or= Gary Fleder, people she had worked with before, that they might remember= how talented an actress she was and call with a new magical role." But a Warner Brothers representative tells U.S. news show Access Hollyw= ood that studio bosses aren’t taking Monjack’s accusations lightly: "Any = claim that Warner Bros. Pictures was somehow responsible for Brittany Mur= phy’s tragic death is demonstrably false, reprehensible, and defamatory.
"Despite press reports to the contrary, Warner Bros. Pictures and Ms. M= urphy never entered into any deal for Happy Feet 2."

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KANYE WEST and TAYLOR SWIFT are set to come face to face for the first ti= me since the rapper stormed the stage to protest the singer’s 2009 MTV Vi= deo Music Awards win - in the studio.
The two stars will be among those joining Quincy Jones and Lionel Richi= e for a We Are The World 25th anniversary revamp, which will take place o= n Monday (01Feb10) in Los Angeles, according to U.S. TV show Access Holly= wood.
West has publicly and privately apologised to the Love Story singer aft= er ruining her big night at the VMAs - but they haven’t met since he stor= med onstage at the beginning of the ceremony and declared Swift’s Best Fe= male Video prize belonged to Beyonce.
Sources claim West and Swift, Celine Dion, Wyclef Jean and Miley Cyrus = will all be part of the star-studded recording, which has been hastily ar= ranged to aid the Haiti earthquake relief effort.
The original 1985 charity anthem featured performances by Stevie Wonder= , Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Diana Ross.

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Hollywood actress CHARLIZE THERON is teaming up with FIGHT CLUB filmmaker= DAVID FINCHER to develop a new TV crime drama series.
The pair is developing John Douglas and Mark Olshaker’s book Mind Hunte= r: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit with a view to turning it int= o a hard-hitting U.S. cable show.
Scott Buck, the executive producer of hit serial killer series Dexter, = will write the pilot episode for Mind Hunter, according to Variety.com, a= nd Theron will be a producer.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s father will have to wait until May (10) to learn whethe= r he can pursue a petition for a monthly allowance from his late son’s es= tate.
Joe Jackson filed a claim for a monthly stipend of over $15,000 (=C2=A3= 9,375) in November (09), claiming he relied on the King of Pop’s help to = survive as he had little income of his own.
In legal papers obtained by TMZ.com, Joe asked for the cash to cover "m= aintenance expenses" and to "support his children or grandchildren".
However, the Jackson family patriarch’s bid was met with hostility from= the Thriller star’s estate - administrators John Branca and John McClain= filed documents opposing the claim last week (ends22Jan10).
The case was heard in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday (28Jan10),= when Judge Mitchell Beckloff set a preliminary hearing for 26 May (10). =

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LADY GAGA’s world domination continues - she’s scored a chart double in E= urope.
The pop star’s The Fame scores a fourth week on top of the Billboard Eu= ropean Albums chart, while her Bad Romance returns to number one on the H= ot 100 Singles countdown.
GaGa’s double keeps the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. at two on the album= s chart and topples the group’s Meet Me Halfway on the singles chart.
Europe’s top five albums are rounded out by The Element of Freedom by A= licia Keys, Crazy Love by Michael Buble and Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dre= am.

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Music fans will get the chance to rock out with LEMMY, BRET MICHAELS and = former KISS star ACE FREHLEY when the annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp b= ecomes a reality TV show this year (10).
The trio have joined ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Lita Ford an= d Kip Winger as mentors for the VH1 Classic series, which will be taped a= t the end of next month (Feb10).
Hopefuls will be auditioned on TV and then mentored on forming bands an= d writing and recording music.
The show will culminate in a battle of the bands at an unnamed Los Ange= les rock venue.
Other stars involved in the TV camp include Grand Funk Railroad’s Mark = Farner, Traffic star Dave Mason and Foo Fighters rocker Rami Jaffee.
The show will air in America in July (10).

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EMINEM and DRAKE will perform with LIL WAYNE at Sunday’s (31Jan10) Grammy= Awards in what will be the rapper’s final performance before he heads to= jail.
The trio will be joined by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
Lil Wayne will begin a year-long jail sentence for gun charges in Febru= ary (10).
The Grammy Awards ceremony will also feature a performance by Green Day= and the cast of their American Idiot musical, as well as a tribute to gu= itarist Les Paul featuring Jeff Beck.
Elton John and Lady GaGa are also rumoured to be performing a duet and = organisers have announced Jamie Foxx, T-Pain, Slash and Doug E. Fresh wil= l team up for an unlikely collaboration.
Reports also suggest Michael Jackson’s three children will also perform= as part of a tribute to the late King of Pop.

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More than 120 rock fans were arrested in Santiago, Chile after METALLICA’= s Tuesday night (26Jan10) concert in the city.
Fans without tickets clashed with police outside the Club Hipico.
A local police spokesman has confirmed that water cannons were used to = disperse the angry crowd.
One police officer was injured in the fracas.
More than 50,000 fans packed into the Club Hipico racecourse for the Me= tallica show.
It has been a rough week for the touring heavy rock superstars - the sk= eletal remains of a young lady found on a farm were confirmed to be those= of missing fan Morgan Harrington, who disappeared during a Metallica con= cert in Virginia last year (Oct09).

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EAGLES star JOE WALSH has taken aim at a U.S. politician who shares his n= ame over the use of a song.
The rocker’s lawyer has sent a cease and desist letter to Illinois Repu= blican Joe Walsh after learning the congressional candidate is using the = more famous Walsh’s song Walk Away at campaign rallies and public appeara= nces without permission.
And, to make matters worse, the namesake has changed the lyrics to suit= his political message.
In the letter, obtained by Billboard.com, Walsh’s lawyer Peter Paterno = suggests the other Joe should read up on his copyright law.
He writes, "(The United States Copyright Act) says a lot of things, but= one of the things it says is that you can’t use someone else’s song for = your political campaign promotion unless you get permission from the owne= r of the copyright in the song. As far as we can tell, you didn’t do that= .. Maybe you got so busy with the campaign that you just forgot. But that’= s not OK.
"Under that same United States Copyright Act, you’re not allowed to tak= e someone’s song and change the lyrics." The lawyer adds, "Given that your name is Joe Walsh, I’d think you’d wa= nt to be extra careful about using Joe’s music in case the public might t= hink that Joe is endorsing your campaign, or, God forbid, is you." (KL/WN=

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Rocker PETE TOWNSHEND’s 2003 child pornography scandal has come back to h= aunt him as he prepares to perform during the Super Bowl in Miami, Florid= a - flyers warning parents about him have been sent to homes near the sta= dium.
The guitarist’s band The Who will perform at half-time when the New Orl= eans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts clash at Sun Life Stadium on 7 Feb= ruary (10) and child abuse organisations have sent reminders to homes and= schools in the area, so parents and teachers are aware the rock star wil= l be in town.
Townshend was placed on a British sex offenders list following his arre= st. He was not convicted.
Townsend admitted using his credit card to view images on a child porn = website, but insisted he was researching a book.
A previous effort to ban the rocker from attending the Super Bowl faile= d when U.S. immigration officials rejected child welfare group Protect Ou= r Children’s bid to block Townshend’s work visa.
Protect Our Children officials are now leading the campaign to remind M= iami residents of Townshend’s arrest.
Their leaflets feature a photograph of Townshend and warns: "Townshend = is a British citizen who was registered as a sex offender in his home cou= ntry in 2003, for an offence related to child pornography. He will be at = large in Miami on February when he arrives to perform at the Super Bowl w= ith his musical group known as The Who. This is a community notification = distributed in the interest of public safety."

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Supermodel GISELE BUNDCHEN had an unconventional delivery when her first = child was born - she gave birth in a bathtub.
The Brazilian beauty gave birth to little Benjamin last month (Dec09) a= nd has dismissed reports it was a standard hospital delivery.
She tells Brazil’s Fantastico, "I gave birth in the bathtub." Benjamin is Bundchen’s first child, but the second for her husband, Ame= rican footballer Tom Brady. He has a two-year-old son Jack with former gi= rlfriend, actress Bridget Moynahan.

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NANCY KERRIGAN’s father was laid to rest on Thursday (28Jan10) at a funer= al service attended by the beloved former Olympic figure skater-turned-re= ality TV star and her family.
The grieving athlete and her widowed mother consoled one another as Dan= iel Kerrigan’s casket was carried into St. Patrick’s Church in New York.
In a statement, Kerrigan, 40, revealed her father was "my support… be= hind me always". She has publicly praised her dedicated father for doing = whatever he could to help his daughter follow her skating dreams as a chi= ld.
Her older brother Mark was noticeably absent from the ceremony - police= prohibited the 45 year old from attending amid accusations he assaulted = his father moments before he died.
Police found Daniel Kerrigan unconscious in the kitchen of the family’s= Stoneham, Massachusetts home on Sunday (24Jan10) after receiving an emer= gency call reporting a "sudden death".
Mark Kerrigan appeared in court on Monday (25Jan10) and pleaded not gui= lty to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on an elder= ly person and causing serious bodily injury. The case continues. (/WNWC/K=

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CSI: MIAMI star EVA LA RUE is in the middle of a Los Angeles planning bat= tle over a wooden gate.
The actress put the fence up on her Glendale property without a proper = permit and too close to a public right of way, and her neighbours complai= ned.
But, after learning the star had acted to block her home from the eyes = of an alleged stalker, local officials dismissed a citation by code enfor= cement officers and granted La Rue a pass.
That upset her neighbours, who accused the officials of affording the a= ctress special treatment.
The decision has now been overturned by the Los Angeles Planning Commis= sion, and La Rue has appealed, according to the Glendale News Press. (KL/=

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The baseball-loving stars of TWILIGHT have challenged members of the 2010= Super Bowl-bound New Orleans Saints to a sporting showdown to raise cash= for the Haiti earthquake relief efforts.
Actor Peter Facinelli, who plays vampire patriarch Carlisle Cullen in t= he film franchise, will lead a team of co-stars and crew against American= footballers on the Saints roster in the 20 March (10) baseball battle.
Twilight stars Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz and Tyson Houseman will also = take part in the challenge, which will take place in New Orleans, Louisia= na.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the American Red Cross and Hope= for Haiti Now. The Blood Center will host a blood drive during the event= ..
Facinelli admits he has become a big baseball fan after learning how to= play the game for the first Twilight film.

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HARVEY and BOB WEINSTEIN’s movie company, Miramax Studios, has closed its= doors for good after 31 years in the movie industry.
The producer brothers founded the company in 1979. It became a leading = distributor of independent films and was snapped up by The Walt Disney Co= mpany in 1993.
On Thursday (28Jan10), the firm’s New York and Los Angeles offices clos= ed for business after months of speculation surrounding the financial sta= tus Miramax.
Eighty employees have been made redundant and the future of six films h= ave been left hanging in the Miramax vault, awaiting distribution.
Under the direction of the Weinsteins, the studio pumped out hit films = such as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and The English Patient.
The brothers stepped down from the firm in late 2005 and went on to lau= nch another studio venture, The Weinstein Company.
But the demise of Miramax has still had a big emotional impact on the W= einstein brothers.
Harvey Weinstein says, "I’m feeling very nostalgic right now. I know th= e movies made on my and my brother Bob’s watch will live on.
"Miramax has some brilliant people working within the organisation and = I know they will go on to do great things in the industry."

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