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JAMES CAMERON has won more trophies for his mantelpiece after his sci-fi = epic AVATAR triumphed at the inaugural Lumiere Awards on Tuesday (23Feb10= ).
The world’s highest grossing film of all time was the toast of the 3D S= ociety’s first annual ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood,= winning statues for best Live-Action 3D Feature, best 3D character (Neyt= iri, played by Zoe Saldana) and achievement for marketing 3D content, amo= ng others.
Avatar star Giovanni Ribisi stepped onstage to accept the prizes on beh= alf of the filmmakers.
Pixar’s family favourite Up was named the Best 3D Feature, while Imax’s= Under the Sea 3D was selected as the best documentary.
Brendan Fraser was also honoured with the 3D Talent award for performin= g in and producing Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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JANE CAMPION has filed a formal complaint against film festival organiser= s in India, alleging she was sexually harassed at the event.
The Piano director has accused Bhaskar Deb, husband of festival directo= r Shyamali Banerjee, of making "rude and even lewd advances" towards her = at the India International Women Film Festival in Delhi in December (09).
The celebration was organised to honour the work of female directors fr= om around the world.
Filmmaker Ayesha Arif Khan, from Pakistan, has joined Campion in lodgin= g a complaint with India’s Ministry of Urban Development, insisting she w= as "repeatedly mauled by a drunken Bhaskar and constantly offered alcohol= ".
Campion claims she was "shocked and angry" that Deb was not reprimanded= for his behaviour, branding the entire festival a "scandalous fraud".
But Banerjee has slammed the allegations against her husband, insisting= , "It’s completely fabricated. The claims are completely baseless." Deb reportedly told the Times of India he didn’t even meet Campion at t= he event.

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MATTHEW GOODE has slammed his new movie LEAP YEAR as "turgid" - insisting= the AMY ADAMS movie will be labelled "the worst film of 2010." The Brit plays the Enchanted star’s love interest in the new romantic c= omedy, which tells the story of an American woman travelling to Dublin, I= reland to propose to her boyfriend on 29 February during a leap year.
But Goode insists he only took the role because the shoot was filming o= n location close to his home in Britain.
He says, "It’s turgid. I just know that there are a lot of people who w= ill say it is the worst film of 2010.
"(The location) was the main reason I took it - so that I could come ho= me at the weekends. It wasn’t because of the script, trust me. I was told= it was going to be like The Quiet Man with a Vaughan Williams soundtrack= , but in the end it turned out to have pop music all over it. Do I feel I= let myself down? No. Was it a bad job? Yes, it was. But, you know, I had= a nice time and I got paid." And Goode doesn’t regret speaking out against the film - he is adamant = actors should be free to tell the truth about their work.
He adds, "Because of the way my repartee comes out, people tend to thin= k that I don’t care. Actually, it’s often just a result of my being in a = situation where I’m embarrassed about having to talk about a film which I= don’t think is that brilliant - but obviously I can’t say that. I do thi= nk that it’s important that one should be able to speak out without worry= ing about causing offence, or whatever. And it saddens me that the romant= icism has been ripped out of being an actor. It wasn’t like that in Peter= O’Toole’s time, was it?"

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COURTNEY LOVE has launched a vicious verbal attack on JOHN MAYER for open= ing up about his sex life with his former celebrity girlfriends, insistin= g she would never deign to date the singer.
In a recent interview with Playboy magazine, Mayer spoke candidly about= a string of ex-lovers, including Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson.
Mayer most notably revealed Simpson, who he dated for nine months in 20= 06, was "crazy" in bed.
But Hole frontwoman Love was unimpressed by Mayer’s remarks - and has t= aken to her Twitter.com page to blast the rocker, who she would love to "= punch in the face".
She writes, "Do you ever feel like spite hate f**king John Mayer. Just = to put him in his place, he’s a better guitarist than me but not better i= n bed! Say your (sic) f**king John Mayer totally throwing him around the = room in bits and then you just BAM punch him in the face? good times…
"Mayer’s a little bland for me and youngish. I’ll do young, but he’s ne= ither Yale Harvard Oxford and he’s not really rock, so not for me." (KD/W=

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NICOLE RICHIE has become the latest celebrity to take to the skies - she = co-piloted a jet to Montreal, Canada last Thursday (18Feb10).
The Simple Life star was travelling to the city to promote her fashion = designs for her Winter Kate and House of Harlow 1960 labels.
And she was delighted when her business partners Rick and Brian Cytrynb= aum allowed her to enter the cockpit of their jet and take over the contr= ols.
Richie, who recently announced her engagement to rocker Joel Madden, la= ter took to her online blog to show off photos of herself in action, tell= ing fans, "This past Thursday, I flew to Montreal… and by flew, I mean = I actually flew. My partners, Rick and Brian, let me be the co-pilot once= again on their jet! It was so much fun! Now if only everyone else on the= flight felt the same way.=E2=80=9D Richie’s not the only celebrity to fly the friendly skies - supermodel = Gisele Bundchen is working towards her pilot’s license, while Hilary Swan= k and Angelina Jolie have also been taking flying lessons. (KD/WNWCHP/PAW=

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BRITTANY MURPHY’s widower SIMON MONJACK has denied reports he prevented t= he tragic actress’ father from visiting her grave.
Angelo Bertolotti was denied access to Murphy’s gravesite last week (15= Feb10) after arriving at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills= to pay his respects.
Staff reportedly told the actress’ estranged father that only family me= mbers could visit Murphy’s grave - and because his name wasn’t on her dea= th certificate, they couldn’t allow him in.
Murphy’s half-brother Jeff, has since spoken out about the snub, callin= g it "a travesty".
A cemetery spokesperson addressed the incident by telling reporters if = "particular families leave special instructions," they abide by them, pro= mpting speculation it was Monjack and the Clueless star’s mother, Sharon,= who asked for Bertolotti to be kept out.
But Monjack is adamant he and his mother-in-law did not arrange to alie= nate Bertolotti.
He tells EOnline.com, "Neither Sharon nor I have heard from Mr. Bertolo= tti in any capacity for many, many years."

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ORLANDO BLOOM’s girlfriend MIRANDA KERR has slammed reports the pair is t= o marry, insisting she wears a special ring on her wedding finger because= it doesn’t fit elsewhere.
The Australian beauty, who has been dating Bloom since 2007, sparked ru= mours the actor had proposed after she began showing off a band on her le= ft hand during the Cannes Film Festival in France last year (09).
The rumours then picked up pace after the Pirates of the Caribbean star= whisked the Victoria’s Secret beauty on a romantic holiday to Morocco in= November (09), sparking further speculation they were planning to make t= heir union official.
A rep for the Pirates of the Caribbean star released a statement in Dec= ember (09) declaring there was "no truth" to reports of an engagement.
Now Kerr has spoken out about the commotion for the first time, insisti= ng her decision to wear the ring was an "innocent" move.
She says, "I think Orlando is an incredible man and he’s a very genuine= and authentic individual. I’m grateful that he’s in my life. No, we’re n= ot engaged. You can’t always believe everything you read! "We were in Cannes at the film festival and it was so hot that my finge= rs were swelling. I was wearing it on that finger because that’s the only= one it would fit on. It was totally an innocent thing."

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SNOOP DOGG will find out within weeks whether he can re-enter Britain - t= he U.K. Asylum and Immigration Tribunal is to make a ruling on whether th= e rapper will be allowed back in the country.
The hip-hop star, real name Cordozar Calvin Broadus, is barred from tra= velling to the U.K. after he was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport in= 2006 following a fracas, and he’s previously urged stars including David= Beckham and Sir Paul McCartney to help get the ban overturned.
The Drop It Like It’s Hot hitmaker appealed the ruling and in January 2= 008 Judge Nehar Bird overturned the ban, saying there was no evidence Bro= adus had been responsible for the fracas.
But government officials took the case to the Court of Appeal, where it= was decided that the judge may have "misinterpreted the test of exclusio= n".
Broadus is now fighting for the ban to be lifted once again, reports th= e Wall Street Journal.
The star’s agent, Brent Smith at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment,= says, "Snoop has missed out on several arena tour opportunities, many TV= and festival opportunities, as well as a few proposed charity events… = And now the U.K. taxpayer is financing the court appeals." The battle to overturn the ban has now picked up pace - last month (Jan= 10) a court hearing was held in London, where two senior immigration judg= es watched a video of the airport incident.
In the hearing, the lawyer representing the government, Jeremy Johnson,= claimed the incident shows what happens in the rapper’s world "when some= thing does go wrong. Mr. Broadus may react badly and may threaten violenc= e." But Broadus’ lawyer, Amanda Weston, argued: "This has become a minister= defending a decision rather than a careful review" of the facts. (KD/WSJ=

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JOHNNY DEPP credits his children and partner VANESSA PARADIS with transfo= rming him into a family man and putting an end to his wild ways.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star struggled with drug and alcohol demon= s after becoming famous - but he settled down after meeting Paradis in 19= 98 and welcoming two children with the singer.
And the actor is pleased he got his bad behaviour out of his system in = his youth because his children - 10-year-old daughter Lily-Rose and son J= ack, seven - are now his main priority.
He says, "Luckily I went down the (destructive) rabbit hole early on an= d now the rabbit hole is a different animal altogether, because my main f= ocus is my kids and my family. I’m much calmer than I was years ago and t= hat has a lot to do with raising a family, so my kids have calmed me 100 = per cent." And Depp also credits his peaceful homelife in the South of France with= allowing him to escape from Hollywood: "There’s no talk of movies or wor= k and, infinitely more importantly, the phone never rings. We take the ki= ddies on walks and picnics and it’s the perfect existence. It really is a= beautiful, simple life. And it’s been a calming influence just to be abl= e to have that special time with my kids."

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Rising rapper WAKA FLOCKA FLAME has no desire to learn who shot him in th= e arm last month (Jan10) - because he’s already put the ordeal behind him= ..
The hip-hop newcomer was admitted to hospital on 19 January (10) after = he was gunned down at a carwash in Atlanta, Georgia in what was later rep= orted as an apparent robbery.
Flame, real name Juaquin Malphurs, subsequently claimed he had been tar= geted by a hitman hired by an enemy who wanted him dead.
A photo of an unknown man posing with a diamond Brick Squad chain alleg= edly stolen from the star was posted on KarenCivil.com last week (16Feb10= ), prompting speculation linking him to the incident.
But Malphurs claims he is no longer interested in finding out who is re= sponsible for threatening his life.
He tells MTV.com, "I don’t know (if the man in the photo is the gunman)= ’cause I didn’t even see who shot me. I thought a dog shot me. I thought= a bird shot me. It’s stupid. I ain’t worried about you. I appreciate you= , too." Malphurs insists he’s leaving the matter for authorities to solve, addi= ng, "That’s on them folks (cops). Let them folks do they job. It is what = it is. I did enough. What, I’m (going to) keep flippin’ the story? Let th= em live their life, I’m (going to) live my life. That’s right there (behi= nd me)… I ain’t even worried about them. That’s so behind me right now.= "

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KATT WILLIAMS is facing further legal woes - bosses at a construction com= pany are suing the comedian over allegations he owes them money.
The funnyman/rapper is said to have hired the Extreme Fence Co. to inst= all an electric motorised gate and 106 feet (32.3 metres) of iron fencing= at his home in Calabasas, California in October (09).
But Williams allegedly never paid the $8,900 (=C2=A35,563) bill, and no= w bosses at the firm have filed a lien against the comic, according to TM= Z.com.
The news will come as a further blow to the troubled star - two warrant= s were issued for Williams’ arrest in December (10) after he allegedly pu= nched a man in the face in November (09).
The comic was also arrested just days before the alleged bust-up after = he was accused of breaking into a friend’s Georgia home.
He was released from the Coweta County jail after posting $40,000 (=C2=A3= 25,000) bail.

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Rapper T.I. has made his first public appearance since he was jailed on w= eapons possession charges - he supported his fiancee at a charity fundrai= ser on Monday (22Feb10).
The Live Your Life hitmaker, real name Clifford Harris, Jr., was transf= erred from a prison in Arkansas to a halfway house near his home in Atlan= ta, Georgia in December (09), after serving seven months behind bars.
He is living out the remainder of his 366-day sentence in more comforta= ble surroundings at the Dismas Charities Atlanta West facility, where he = is allowed out to work during the day.
T.I. has now shown his face in public for the first time since he was s= ent to jail, stepping out with partner Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle on Monday (22= Feb10) and joining her onstage at Alzheimer’s event For The Love of Our F= athers at Atlanta’s Opera venue.
And the star was glad to be out in public again, saying, "I am very wel= l, very happy to be seen."

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The woman accused of murdering THE RAMONES manager LINDA STEIN has been c= onvicted of second-degree murder.
Stein was found bludgeoned to death in her New York apartment in Octobe= r, 2007.
Her personal assistant, Natavia Lowery, was charged with the 62 year ol= d’s murder and on Tuesday (23Feb10) she was found guilty at New York’s St= ate Supreme Court.
The jurors took five hours to deliver their verdict, and also convicted= Lowery on 20 charges of stealing thousands of dollars from Stein.
Speaking outside the court room, Stein’s daughter Mandy fought back tea= rs as she said, "I=E2=80=99m just really grateful that my mom=E2=80=99s g= etting justice. Grateful for the A.D.A.=E2=80=99s (assistant district att= orney’s) hard work, grateful for the jury=E2=80=99s attention. I=E2=80=99= m just very relieved.=E2=80=9D But Lowery’s mother Lottie and her stepfather Daniel Walsh alleged the = 28 year old received an unfair trial and they intend to appeal the decisi= on.
Walsh told reporters, "We didn=E2=80=99t get a fair trial. Natavia Lowe= ry is innocent of these charges. We will be back.=E2=80=9D Lowery, who pleaded not guilty, faces 25 years in prison.
She is due to be sentenced on 22 March (10).

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Oscar-winner WILLIAM HURT spent a night in a cell with a real-life convic= t at a maximum security prison to prepare him for his role opposite KRIST= EN STEWART in THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF.
The actor plays an ex-convict who revisits his past troubles as he emba= rks on a road trip with two strangers.
Hurt wanted to ensure he played the character convincingly - by experie= ncing what it’s like to spend time in jail.
He tells Parade magazine, "I did spend a night in a maximum security pr= ison in Angola, Louisiana, with a convict who was serving a life sentence= .. I also went back for ten days to talk to inmates. And I wanted to get r= id of my New York actor body, so I went to a trainer who helped me beef u= p.
"There’s a difference between telling a story and living a story. I wan= t you to feel that my character’s living through a situation that you wou= ld believe. But you have to be careful. You can’t really capture life wit= hout killing it. You can’t open up a frog and see how his heart pumps wit= hout killing the frog. I don’t want to kill the frog.
"I want to be part of expressing how wonderful and vital that privilege= of life is. I ask myself on every page of a script and every word I say = in a scene, ‘Is this true or is this just a made up character?’" (KD/STR/=

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CHARLIE SHEEN has received the support of TV bosses behind his hit show T= WO AND A HALF MEN after he checked himself into rehab on Tuesday (23Feb10= ).
A representative for the troubled star, who has a history of drug abuse= , revealed he turned to medical professionals voluntarily as a "preventat= ive measure", although no further details of his treatment programme have= been released to the press.
His spokesperson said, "As a preventative measure, Charlie Sheen has en= tered a rehabilitation facility. He will take some time off his series Tw= o and a Half Men. He has asked that his privacy be honoured. No further s= tatements are planned." Sheen is rumoured to be spending the next two weeks at the centre, the = location of which has not been revealed.
His admission has halted filming on his comedy series but the actor has= been given the full backing of executives from CBS and Warner Bros. as h= e sorts out his personal issues, reports TMZ.com.
A joint statement released by TV bosses on Tuesday reads: "CBS, Warner = Bros. Television and (show creator) Chuck Lorre support Charlie Sheen in = his decision today to begin voluntary in-patient care at a treatment cent= re." Sheen’s rehab news came just two days after his wife Brooke Mueller che= cked into a Los Angeles recuperation centre after a weekend (21Feb10) sec= urity breach prompted her to leave the Malibu, California facility she ch= ecked into earlier this month (Feb10).
The couple, which shares 11-month-old twin sons Bob and Max, has been w= orking on rebuilding its marriage following a Christmas Day (25Dec09) bus= t-up in Aspen, Colorado which led to Sheen’s arrest.
He was subsequently charged with felony menacing, third degree assault = and misdemeanour criminal mischief after allegedly threatening Mueller wi= th a knife during the fight.

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PIERCE BROSNAN is planning to reprise his role as a high class art thief = in a sequel to 1999 thriller THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR.
Brosnan played a cat and mouse game with an investigator played by Rene= Russo in the movie, a remake of a 1968 film starring Steve McQueen.
More than a decade on, Brosnan reveals a screenplay has been written fo= r a follow-up, and he’s weighing up a deal with studio bosses.
The former 007 star tells Moviefone.com, =E2=80=9CWe have a script and = a structure that is good and I I hope we can do it, but it’s not a defini= te."

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KIEFER SUTHERLAND will resume filming on hit TV show 24 on Monday (01Mar1= 0) after undergoing minor surgery.
Shooting on the ninth series of the action drama ground to a halt earli= er this month (Feb10) to allow the actor time out to treat a ruptured cys= t near his kidney.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Sutherland went under the knife las= t Tuesday (16Feb10) but he has been cleared by doctors to return to work = next week.

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SIGUR ROS singer JONSI BIRGISSON has accused U.K. TV bosses of "raping" h= is hit song HOPPIPOLLA by using it repeatedly as background music on thei= r shows.
The haunting track first appeared on the Icelandic band’s 2005 album Ta= kk… and has since been used countless times on TV soundtracks and trail= ers - including Sir David Attenborough’s Planet Earth documentary.
And Birgisson is angry TV producers are allowed to use the song without= his permission.
He tells Gigwise.com, "Hopp=C3=ADpolla has been raped on British TV. In= some weird way, the national TV here in Britain doesn’t have to ask perm= ission to use songs if it’s in the background of TV shows or whatever. So= they can just take it and use it and that happened a lot with Hoppipolla= .."

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