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MARTIN SCORSESE and LEONARDO DiCAPRIO’s SHUTTER ISLAND is thrilling cinem= agoers - the movie has topped the U.S. box office chart, taking $40.2 mil= lion (GBP25.1 million) during its debut weekend (19-21Feb10).
The director and star’s fourth collaboration, which stars DiCaprio as a= U.S. marshal investigating the disappearance of a patient at an insane a= sylum, is the best opening for the pair yet.
Their last Oscar-winning film, The Departed, debuted at $26.9 million (= GBP16.8 million) in 2006. They previously worked together on Gangs of New= York and The Aviator.
Meanwhile, star-studded romantic comedy Valentine’s Day slipped to numb= er two, with takings of $17.2 million (GBP10.8 million). The Garry Marsha= ll film, which stars Julia Roberts, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Anne H= athaway, Ashton Kutcher and Bradley Cooper, now boasts a 10-day total of = $87.4 million (GBP54.6 million).
James Cameron’s Avatar remains strong at three with $16.1 million (GBP1= 0.1 million) - two months after its debut. The The sci-fi sensation’s record-breaking U.S. total tallies in at $687.8 = million (GBP429.9 million). Worldwide, the film has taken in $2.47 billio= n.
Rounding out the top five are Pierce Brosnan’s Percy Jackson & the Olym= pians: The Lightning Thief and Benicio Del Toro’s The Wolfman, with total= earnings of $15.3 million (GBP9.6 million) and $9.8 million (GBP6.1 mill= ion) respectively.

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Former GUNS N’ ROSES bassist DUFF MCKAGAN is expanding his writing portfo= lio - he’s in talks to document his rock ‘n’ roll career in a forthcoming= memoir.
The rocker-turned-journalist currently writes a regular music column on= SeattleWeekly.com and a financial section for Playboy.com called Duffono= mics.
And now he will put pen to paper to expose the adventures of his life o= n the road - according to his wife, model and swimwear designer, Susan Ho= lmes.
Holmes logged on to Twitter.com on Friday (19Feb10), revealing McKagan = had travelled to New York regarding the U.S. release of his book. She wro= te: "Duff’s back from NYC - he met and was wooed (by) 13 of the best book= publishers - this is 4 (for) the release of his book in the US markets o= nly - UK next." The bassist formed Duff McKagan’s Loaded in 2000 after parting ways wit= h Axl Rose’s band. In 2002, he re-teamed with his former Guns N’ Roses ba= ndmate Slash to create Velvet Revolver.

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Record label giant EMI has abandoned plans to sell THE BEATLES’ favourite= recording studio ABBEY ROAD, following mass outcry from music fans acros= s the globe.
The Abbey Road recording facilities in North West London became synonym= ous with the Fab Four, with the band even naming their 1969 album after t= he building. The record’s album cover shot shows the the Beatles crossing= the road outside.
Reports last week that revealed EMI bosses were selling the studios - a= lso used by music greats including Michael Jackson, U2, Green Day and Pin= k Floyd - prompted outrage from music fans and artists who had used Abbey= Road.
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney called for the studios to be saved, while = musical theatre maestro Andrew Lloyd Webber showed interest in buying the= building.
However, bosses at EMI, which is owned by private equity group Terra Fi= rma, insist ownership will remain with the firm.
A company spokesperson says, "EMI confirms that it is holding prelimina= ry discussions for the revitalisation of Abbey Road with interested and a= ppropriate third parties. We believe that Abbey Road should remain in EMI= ’s ownership. When Terra Firma acquired EMI in 2007, it made the preserva= tion of Abbey Road a priority." EMI bosses have welcomed reports architectural preservation body Englis= h Heritage plan to list Abbey Road, which would put a halt on any radical= development plans to the site.

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Valuables which once belonged to fallen rap mogul MARION ‘SUGE’ KNIGHT ha= ve been sold at auction, to pay for his outstanding storage bill.
The former Death Row Records’ CEO stored items from his Malibu mansion = at Conejo Valley Moving & Storage in Simi, California but had fallen seve= n months behind on his payments, reports Allhiphop.com.
On Saturday (20Feb10), storage owner Joe Furmidge held the auction in a= n effort to recoup the missing money - and gathered an estimated $4,500 (= GBP2,810) during the 30 minute sale, which he says still leaves a balance= open on the account.
The auction included furniture, clothing, appliances, gym equipment and= other valuables, including a large photo of Knight and late rapper Tupac= Shakur, which sold for a mere $100 (GBP63).
This isn’t the first of Knight’s money troubles. Last August (09), he p= ut his Las Vegas mansion up for sale after filing for bankruptcy the year= before (08).

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SUSAN BOYLE is barely sleeping and lives in constant fear of an attack in= her home after an intruder broke into her property last month (Jan10), a= ccording to her brother.
The singer discovered a man in her house in West Lothian, Scotland when= she returned from a trip to London on 26 January (10) and immediately ca= lled police.
It came just weeks after she spotted two strangers creeping around her = garden over Christmas (09), despite her mentor Simon Cowell increasing pr= otection for her.
And the two security scares have had a profound effect on Boyle.
Her brother Gerry tells Britain’s The People newspaper, "She’s absolute= ly exhausted after non-stop travelling promoting her album around the wor= ld. Getting back to her little council home used to be her release but no= w its more like a prison cell.
"After she was confronted by an intruder last month she can’t sleep eve= n though she has security posted outside her home 24/7. Susan’s become a = curtain twitcher - she spends hours in the night staring out from behind = her curtains.
"When she can’t sleep she rings me or plays things over and over in her= head until they almost crush her. I try and lift her out of this negativ= e mind-set but it is so hard."

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DUNCAN JONES has credited his rocker dad DAVID BOWIE after scooping a top= honour at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards= ..
Filmmaker Jones took the prize for Outstanding Debut by a British Write= r, Director or Producer for his hit sci-fi movie Moon at the ceremony on = Sunday night (21Feb10).
He has thanked his father Bowie for inspiring his love of sci-fi - by f= illing his childhood with space-age movies.
Jones says, "As far as sci-fi goes, one of the things my dad did an awf= ul lot of was show me quite a few films when I was growing up, just getti= ng me interested in the literature and in the sort of canon of sci-fi.
"It’s an area I have always loved, so I probably saw most of Stanley Ku= brick’s films when I was eight or nine years old, with my dad sitting the= re next to me, making sure that I didn’t get terrified. I think my intere= st in sci-fi really comes from my dad being a dad, as opposed to the work= that he did."

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The novelist whose story inspired JASON REITMAN’s Oscar-nominated movie U= P IN THE AIR has been offered a seat at the ceremony next to GEORGE CLOON= EY, after launching a bitter tirade at Academy Award bosses for failing t= o invite him.
Walter Kirn logged on to Twitter.com last week, slamming Paramount boss= es for snubbing him ahead of the 7 March (10) event. The film is nominate= d for six awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
In a message Kirn posted on Wednesday (17Feb10), Kirn wrote, "Caution t= o writers: Don’t expect that because you write a novel that becomes an Os= car-nominated film that you’ll be invited to the Oscars. Novelists are li= ke oil in H’wood (Hollywood): they drill us, pipeline us, pump us and the= n burn us." But movie bosses have moved quickly to settle the issue, giving Kirn a = prime seat next to the film’s star, Clooney.
Kirn confirmed his invitation via Twitter.com on Friday (19Feb10), writ= ing: "Thanks to Paramount Pictures for coming through with Oscar tickets = and proving true to its word, which I shouldn’t have doubted." (JMA/PYN/I=

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SHIA LABEOUF’s role in OLIVER STONE’S WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS is = proving financially lucrative for the star months ahead of the film’s deb= ut (Apr10) - the actor has made almost $500,000 (GBP312,500) after learni= ng how to invest his money.
LaBeouf stars as a young Wall Street whizzkid opposite Michael Douglas’= ruthless Gordon Gekko in the forthcoming sequel.
He prepared for his part by training at one of the world’s largest disc= ount brokers, Charles Schwab. And the 23 year old’s extra study sessions = have proven a good investment - he’s almost half a million dollars richer= than when he landed the role.
He explains, "Before I did anything, before I even met Oliver Stone, I = went into the Schwab office… I get out to New York, I meet all these am= azing people, and I said, alright, I’m gonna put some money into it. If (= I’m) ever going to invest, and I’ve always wanted to, this was the time t= o do it. So I put $20,000 (GBP12,500) in. And that $20,000 turned into $4= 89,000 (GBP305,625). I looked at it yesterday (18Feb10)… I’m pretty goo= d at it." But LaBeouf admits the big payoff also came with big risks.
He adds, "Really, it’s who gets the information first… four of the ni= ne guys I was training with got arrested and are in jail now for insider = trading."

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COLIN FIRTH was wary of kissing NICHOLAS HOULT in A SINGLE MAN - because = the actor is the same age as his son.
The 49 year old plays a college professor in Tom Ford’s directional deb= ut, and Hoult’s character, a teenage student, develops an infatuation wit= h his teacher.
But Firth worried about one scene where the pair had to kiss - because = his son Will, 20, was born just months after Hoult.
He says, "I did have conversations with Tom about the nature of the rel= ationship. I have a son the same age as Nick so I was very concerned.
"I would have been uneasy had he (Hoult) been uneasy but he seemed so c= alm about everything and displayed no self-consciousness whatsoever.
"But the nature of the scene wasn’t predatory on my part. If anything t= he young man is the stalker."

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THE HURT LOCKER stole the show at the British Academy of Film and Televis= ion Arts (BAFTA) Awards on Sunday night (21Feb10) - scooping six trophies= including Best Film and Best Director for KATHRYN BIGELOW.
The war thriller also won prizes for original screenplay, cinematograph= y, editing, and sound during the ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House.
Accepting her award for Best Director, Bigelow said, "What an honour, e= specially to be in this room filled with so many incredibly talented peop= le that I’ve admired and been inspired by for decades." Colin Firth saw off Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), George Clooney (Up In T= he Air), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) and Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & R= ock & Roll) to win the Leading Actor title for his role in Tom Ford’s dir= ectorial debut, A Single Man.
Firth paid tribute to Ford while picking up the trophy, saying, "I thin= k an encounter with Tom Ford is to come away resuscitated, a little more = worldly, better informed, better groomed, more fragrant and more nominate= d than one has ever been before
. I’ve worked with a lot of great director= s and he’s definitely up there with the very best of them." Carey Mulligan scooped Leading Actress for An Education, triumphing ove= r Hollywood veteran Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia), French star Audrey Taut= ou (Coco Before Chanel), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), and Gabourey S= idibe (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire).
Mulligan was shocked at her award, saying, "I didn’t expect this at all= so I didn’t think of anything to say
. Thank you so much
. BAFTA, that’s j= ust..
. I was a here a year ago and I just never imagined in a million yea= rs…" Christoph Waltz was awarded Supporting Actor for his role in Quentin Ta= rantino’s Inglourious Basterds, and Mo’Nique was named Supporting Actress= for her part in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.
Twilight star Kristen Stewart picked up the Orange Rising Star Award - = the only prize to be voted for by the public - and veteran actress Vaness= a Redgrave received the BAFTA Fellowship honour to mark her notable caree= r.
The list of winners is as follows: Best Film - The Hurt Locker Director - Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Leading Actor - Colin Firth, A Single Man Leading Actress - Carey Mulligan, An Education Outstanding debut by a U.K
. filmmaker - Duncan Jones, Moon Outstanding British Film - Fish Tank Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Supporting Actress - Mo’nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sap= phire Animated Film - Up Adapted Screenplay - Up In The Air Orange Rising Star Award - Kristen Stewart Special Visual Effects - Avatar Original Screenplay - The Hurt Locker Production Design - Avatar Film Not In The English Language - A Prophet Sound - The Hurt Locker Editing - The Hurt Locker Cinematography - The Hurt Locker Fellowship - Vanessa Redgrave

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BRITNEY SPEARS’ ex-husband KEVIN FEDERLINE had attack dogs on his heels a= s he tried to lose weight on a U.S. reality TV show.
During one challenge on Celebrity Fit Club, which will air in America o= n Monday (22Feb10), out-of-shape and overweight Federline and three teamm= ates were chained together as they crossed an obstacle course, while sava= ge dogs hunted them down.
The gracious star agreed to help his pals through the course before com= peting it himself - and that meant he had to dash for the safety of a cag= e to avoid what he feared would be a mauling when one teammate struggled = to get over a wall.
He says, "I see the dogs coming over the f**king hill… The dogs are m= aybe 20 yards away." Federline failed to lock the cage on time and one of the dogs charged t= hrough the gate, leaving the dancer/rapper to fend the animal off inside.
But Spears’ ex had nothing to worry about - as the raging beast jumped = up at him, Federline realised the dogs had been muzzled.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s former dermatologist has filed a bizarre claim in a bid= to retrieve a jacket he once loaned to the King of Pop.
Dr. Arnold Klein claims the Thriller hitmaker borrowed a green Gianfran= co Ferre jacket, worth $10,000 (=C2=A36,250), in the months before his de= ath last summer (25Jun09).
Now Klein is appealing to the administrators of Jackson’s estate to get= the item back, reports TMZ.com.
Klein’s claim states, "The jacket has not been returned prior to death = and has not been returned after death (although demand has been made)." The skin doctor filed another claim against the King of Pop’s estate in= October (09), alleging he was owed more than $48,000 (=C2=A330,000) for = the 150 procedures he performed on Jackson in the three months leading up= to his death.
The growing list of creditors seeking cash from the Jackson estate now = exceeds $22 million (=C2=A313.75 million). They include legal challenges = from Jackson’s former accountant Diane Williams, his spiritual adviser Re= verend June Juliet Gatlin and the pop superstar’s one-time manager and ad= viser Dr. Tohme Tohme.

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RICKY MARTIN has gathered celebrity pals ALICIA KEYS, JANET JACKSON and E= VA LONGORIA for a star-studded video, to raise money for the victims of e= arthquake-ravaged Haiti.
The She Bangs hitmaker has formed the Ricky Martin Foundation/Habitat f= or Humanity Haiti Recovery Fund (RMFHaiti) to benefit the poverty-stricke= n country, rocked by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on 12 January= (10).
Martin produced and starred in the RMFHaiti video, urging viewers to se= nd in donations. And he’s heaping praise on the trio and other co-stars E= llen DeGeneres, Carrie Underwood, Sofia Vergara, Chris Pine, Patti LaBell= e, and Dave Matthews, among others, for lending their names to the cause.
In a thank you letter posted on the Habitat.org website, Martin writes,= "Because of each person=E2=80=99s donations of time, production resource= s, good will, positive energy and a lot of love, the Ricky Martin Foundat= ion and Habitat for Humanity were able to create a united call-to-action = to raise awareness and funds with three goals in mind: Rebuild hope. Rebu= ild homes. Rebuild Haiti. Now, we need your help. Visit www.habitat.org/r= mfhaiti to get involved or donate online any amount you can to the RMF/HF= H Haiti Recovery Fund."

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ASHTON KUTCHER has been left stunned by a Siberian man’s tattoo - of his = face.
The actor is in the former Soviet Union as part of an American delegati= on of modern technology experts, who are advising Russian leaders on how = to use blogging and the latest Internet developments to solve crime.
And, while meeting fans in Siberia on Thursday (18Feb10), Kutcher was l= eft speechless when a local showed off the impressive skin art on his for= earm..
In a message posted on his Twitter.com blog, the actor writes, "I just = saw something i could never imagine. a man in Siberia who has me tatooed = on his arm (sic)." Kutcher also posted a picture of the man’s arm to accompany the message= ..

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BEYONCE was a mischievous teen, and once tricked her mum into thinking sh= e had her nose pierced.
Knowles family matriarch Tina Knowles banned her daughter from having h= er ears and nose pierced, but Beyonce was desperate to wear jewellery in = her ears - so she had them pierced and then wore a fake nose-stud, to def= lect attention from her newly-bejewelled lobes.
And the deception worked.
Beyonce tells Angry Ape, "When I was a teenager, I had five piercings i= n each ear. I didn’t ask my mother’s permission and I thought, ‘She’s gon= na kill me’, so I got a magnetic stud and put it in my nose.
"My mum freaked when she saw it. She was so happy when I told her it wa= s just a magnet that she didn’t care about the earrings!" But the singer is convinced she experienced instant karma for tricking = her mum. She adds, "I did pay for it. My ears felt like they were on fire= , so I took them out after two days."

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Music mogul ALAN MCGEE has urged his ageing peers to quit snorting cocain= e - because it’s undignified.
The former boss of Creation Records, who discovered bands like Oasis an= d Primal Scream, has now retired from the music industry - because he kne= w it was time to quit.
And he insists others should quit too - before they make a fool of them= selves trying to live the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.
McGee says, "I can’t stand those guys over 40 who are still doing coke = and all that s**t… It is really unbecoming, really undignified in someo= ne of that age.
"I mean, hey, if you’re 21 and you want to do it, then, rock ‘n’ roll, = get on with it. But, if you are 45, it’s just sad."

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COURTNEY LOVE will perform her first U.S. HOLE show in more than a decade= at the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas next month (Ma= r10).
The rocker and her new-look act earned rave reviews following a first s= how in London earlier last week (beg15Feb10) and now Love has scheduled h= er American comeback.
Hole will perform at Stubb’s BBQ in Austin on 19 March (10), as part of= a show organised by Spin magazine. Love features on the cover of the new= issue, which features a candid interview with the rocker inside.
Hole’s first album since 1998’s Celebrity Skin, Nobody’s Daughter, will= be released in April (10).

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The bosses of saucy women’s magazine Playgirl have come up with a new way= for disgraced sportsman MICHAEL VICK to redeem himself for slaying fight= ing dogs - strip.
The embattled American footballer, who was arrested for animal abuse an= d promoting dogfighting in 2007, has been invited to pose for Playgirl in= return for a $1 million (=C2=A3625,000) donation to animal rights group = People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
A spokesman for Playgirl confirms to Life & Style magazine, "I sent the= request to Michael Vick on Wednesday, but we haven=E2=80=99t heard back = yet.
"I figured he paid back society for dog fighting, but what about the an= imals? This way he could donate a large sum to PETA and all he=E2=80=99d = have to do is pose for the magazine! It’s kind of a win-win situation!" Vick is currently trying to rebuild his shattered image after spending = 19 months in prison for his part in a dog-fighting ring.

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