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R&B singer NE-YO struggled to sing during a Valentine’s Day (14Feb10) con= cert in London - he was silenced by a bout of hiccups.
The Miss Independent hitmaker was performing at the British capital’s W= embley Arena on Sunday when his suffering became too much to handle.
He was forced to apologise to fans, before holding out his microphone f= or the audience to continue the song while he recovered.
Eighties pop star Sinitta, who was watching the show, took to her Twitt= er.com blog, writing, "Ne-Yo has had the hiccups for the whole show so fa= r!!"

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DIZZEE RASCAL and FLORENCE WELCH are rewarding fans for their devotion at= Tuesday night’s (16Feb10) BRIT Awards - they plan to shower the audience= with money.
The rapper and the Florence and the Machine frontwoman are teaming up f= or a collaboration of their best known hits at the London ceremony, and a= re planning an extravagant performance to accompany it.
The Bonkers hitmaker says, "I’ve no plan for one of those Shakespearean= massive performances. It won’t be one of those Robin Hood things with lo= ts of twirling - unless I’m drunk! "But we do have a few tricks. One involves money, which we will shower = over the audience."

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British rocker MORRISSEY has joined a campaign to encourage Latin America= ns to participate in the country’s 2010 census.
The former The Smiths frontman follows in the footsteps of rappers Mos = Def and Pitbull, as well as Mexican musical duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, who h= ave all contributed songs to the Be Counted: Represent! drive.
The campaign aims to encourage more Latinos to fill out the 2010 U.S. C= ensus form, and will give away a free download of the album to anyone who= pledges to take part in the poll.

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JOEL MADDEN has dismissed rumours he proposed to his longtime girlfriend = NICOLE RICHIE on Valentine’s Day (14Feb10), insisting they have "been eng= aged for a while".
The happy news broke this week (beg15Feb10) after the socialite was spo= tted showing off her new ring while dining out with the rocker in New Yor= k on Monday night (15Feb10).
Online gossips suggested the Good Charlotte star popped the question on= the romantic holiday, but Madden is adamant the wedding plans were put i= nto action much earlier.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, Madden writes, "Yep. I’m engaged. Ve= ry happy. Yeah we’ve been engaged for a while so you’re all kind of late = on that. But, thanks for the hoopla all the same." The post was subsequently removed from Madden’s page, according to ETOn= line.com.
The couple has two children together, Harlow, two, and Sparrow, five mo= nths.

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Former SKID ROW rocker SEBASTIAN BACH was hailed a hero at a GUNS N’ ROSE= S gig on Sunday (14Feb10) - after he stopped a knife-wielding man from ap= proaching his close friend AXL ROSE.
Bach, along with a host of stars including Mickey Rourke and Ryan Phill= ippe, was at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York for an exclusive show by= the band.
But the rocker was stunned to see a man enter the bar carrying a blade = and immediately confronted him, fearing he would try to attack one of the= band or guests.
Security then evicted the troublemaker, according to New York Post’s go= ssip column PageSix.
A source tells the publication, "The man walked in while Guns N’ Roses = was onstage and pulled out a knife and flicked the blade out.
"Sebastian, who was standing on a banquette said: ‘Nobody is getting an= ywhere near my man Axl Rose with a knife,’ and went after him. Security t= hen immediately threw him out.
"The man appeared to be drunk. It was dealt with so quickly that none o= f the other guests or the band were aware of it."

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SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER considered swapping his hectic work schedule in B= ritain for an easy life in the sun after beating cancer.
The Cats creator was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year (09), und= ergoing an operation and treatment before doctors confirmed that he had b= eat the disease in early 2010.
And Webber admits the experience left him toying with the idea of movin= g to Spain - before he realised he needed to keep working to remain fulfi= lled.
He tells Britain’s Daily Mail, "I’ve never been a sort of person who ca= n sit in a deckchair, but the events of the last few months have made me = wonder. Sometimes I think, ‘Gosh, maybe now, with everything that has hap= pened, maybe it is time to go and live in Majorca or whatever’, because I= do have a lovely house there. Then there is the realisation that there a= re all these things I haven’t done, and I would like to do before I die.
"Yet part of me doesn’t want all that. The only place I truly want to b= e is in the rehearsal room. When I am there, with all my kids - because I= think of the young performers as my kids - and friends and everything, f= or me it is my life."

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LOVE ACTUALLY star JOANNA PAGE is caring for her actor husband after he w= as hit by a car in London.
James Thornton, who appears in longrunning British soap opera Emmerdale= , and his wife were shopping in the U.K. capital last week (ends14Feb10) = when he was struck by a car.
The 34 year old fractured his knee and suffered further injuries to his= legs in the accident - and has scrapped all his immediate working commit= ments on the show.
An Emmerdale spokeswoman says "We can confirm that James was hit by a c= ar last week, he has a fractured knee and is recovering at home." A source tells Britain’s Daily Star, "He was having a few days off in L= ondon with Jo and they’d been out for dinner when he was hit by the car. = Joanna was in a right state and James was in absolute agony. He knows he = was lucky."

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Veteran actress LILY TOMLIN is following in the footsteps of SIR ELTON JO= HN and JAY-Z by producing a New York stage show.
The Desperate Housewives star is teaming up with her longterm partner J= ane Wagner to bring one-man production My Trip Down The Pink Carpet to th= e off-Broadway stage. The show was written by Will & Grace’s Leslie Jorda= n.
Tomlin joins a host of stars lending their names to productions - Sir E= lton John and his partner David Furnish are currently involved in Broadwa= y’s Next Fall, while Jay-Z has collaborated with Will Smith and Jada Pink= ett Smith to co-produce musical show Fela! My Trip Down The Pink Carpet is due to open at the Midtown Theater on 1= 9 April (10) for a 12-week stint.

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Teenage actor LOGAN LERMAN was left bruised and battered during filming o= f the big screen adaptation of the PERCY JACKSON children’s books - becau= se his fight scenes were too realistic.
Lerman plays the lead in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning T= hief, about a teenage boy who discovers he’s descended from a Greek sea g= od.
And the 18 year old was so determined to make his role as realistic as = possible, he performed his own fight scenes and even shot dangerous under= water segments.
He says, "We were constantly learning a different fight scene or skill = for the next action sequence. I was constantly bruised and beaten. You ki= nd of just flow with it. It was something I wanted to do. It always looks= better on camera when you are actually beating yourself up.
"I’d be spending all day underwater doing the scene, for a couple of mi= nutes at a time. We’d go up, get some air, go back down and be holding yo= urself at the bottom while guys with scuba tanks would be feeding you air= .. We did a lot of dangerous stuff but that was probably the most nerve wr= acking."

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Movie star EDWARD NORTON is cooing about girlfriend SHAUNA ROBERTSON in t= he new issue of porn magazine Hustler, revealing he’s impressed by her ba= ck story.
The actor, who previously dated Salma Hayek, tells Hustler boss Larry F= lynt that his current girlfriend reminds him a lot of his ex.
He explains, "She came here from Canada with nothing when she was 17 an= d lied about her age to get a job at Disney.
"By the time she was 33, she had produced $1 billion worth of comedies.
"She and Judd Apatow started Apatow films. She produced Elf, Anchorman,= The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up."

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SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS’ father once threatened to punch the principal of his= son’s school - after the teacher "broke" the star’s ear.
The Oscar-winning actor admits he wasn’t a model student growing up, pr= eferring to immerse himself in the arts.
He became a target for tutors who often punished him for his lacklustre= approach to education, and Hopkins’ father stepped in to sort the situat= ion after the school’s headteacher allegedly attacked him.
The star says, "I was called Dumbo, like the elephant, as a child becau= se I couldn’t understand things at school. The teachers would slap me abo= ut the head. But that was all part and parcel of school at the time. I wa= s hauled before the headmaster (principal), who said there was something = wrong with me. My teacher twisted my ear until it broke… because I didn= ‘t understand arithmetic.
"I told my father and he took me to see this teacher and said, ‘If you = bl**dy hit my son again, if you lay a finger on my boy, I’ll pulverise yo= u. I’ll swing for you.’ My father was a pretty hot-tempered guy, but I’d = never heard him swear before."

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SANDRA BULLOCK’s Academy Award nomination has left her feeling "scared" -= because she doesn’t know where her career will take her next.
Bullock picked up her first Oscar nod earlier this month (Feb10) for he= r role in The Blind Side, and is facing stiff competition from previous w= inners Meryl Streep and Dame Helen Mirren, as well as hot newcomers Carey= Mulligan and Gabourey Sidibe.
But although she is honoured to be selected as a potential winner of Ho= llywood’s leading accolade, Bullock admits the nomination is daunting - a= nd she has turned down any future projects until the Oscar buzz calms dow= n.
She says, "I think it scares me more than anything because you think, ‘= What do I do now?’ "I don’t know what could possibly compare to this moment or this energy= so I’ve decided not to look at work until this is all over so I can make= a real judgment. I’d like to work hard for another 10-15 years, so if th= is is what that means, bring it."

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LEONARDO DiCAPRIO insists on taking his mother on promotional trips aroun= d the globe, because he’s a "mummy’s boy" at heart.
The actor is currently at Germany’s Berlin International Film Festival,= where he’s showcasing his latest movie Shutter Island, accompanied by fa= mily matriarch Irmelin Indenbirken and his on-off girlfriend Bar Refaeli.
And DiCaprio, 35, insists he’s proud of his close relationship with his= mother.
He says, "She just likes to come with me on occasions like this. And wh= en I have the opportunity to take someone with me, I’ll do her the favour= .. Especially Berlin - she’s got relatives here and loves travelling throu= gh Europe. She loves taking part in my life.
"You can call me a mummy’s boy, but I think it’s cool to have her with = me."

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MADONNA embraced the traditions of her toyboy’s homeland by showing off h= er samba moves during Brazil’s Carnival in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (14Fe= b10).
The Material Girl has been spending time with her model lover Jesus Luz= in his native Brazil since last week (begs08Feb10), brushing off reports= of a split.
And on Valentine’s Day the couple, as well as Madonna’s children and he= r close friend and manager Guy Oseary, took in the spectacular street par= ades of the Carnival from the VIP box as guests of Rio governor Sergio Ca= bral.
The singer was seen wearing a feathered mask and striking Latin-inspire= d poses as she watched dancers on the street below.
Later the same day, she teamed up with Scottish actor Gerard Butler as = the celebrity guests of a Brazilian beer manufacturer. Paris Hilton and N= icole Scherzinger were also in town to catch the festivities. (MJ/WNTMA/C=

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SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER is convinced his ex-wife SARAH BRIGHTMAN should n= ever walk down the aisle again - because she isn’t the "marrying sort".
The theatre impresario wed the famed soprano in 1984 after they met whe= n Brightman auditioned for a role in his hit musical Cats.
They split after six years, and Webber, who is still on friendly terms = with his former partner, is adamant the break-up was for the best - becau= se twice-wed Brightman can’t settle down.
He tells Britain’s Daily Mail, "It was clear pretty quickly that she wa= s not someone who was going to make a huge home.
"Sarah is a gypsy. She shouldn’t marry anyone because she’s not the mar= rying sort. Her world is performing, travelling. She wants to get around,= always did, and I have to say she’s achieved in spades everything she wa= nted to and more."

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Music mogul SIMON COWELL has sparked rumours he’s engaged to his latest l= over - after make-up artist MEZHGAN HUSSAINY was spotted sporting a huge = diamond ring.
The American Idol judge has kept his most recent relationship out of th= e public eye, refusing to confirm he is dating Hussainy, who works behind= the scenes on the hit U.S. talent show.
However, Cowell’s ex-girlfriend and best pal Sinitta revealed earlier t= his week (15Feb10) she thinks Hussainy is "lovely", and Cowell seems very= "happy".
The record label boss enjoyed an intimate date with his new love in Lon= don on Valentine’s Day (14Feb10), and reportedly handed Hussainy a diamon= d band during the meal, which she placed on her ring finger.
Snaps of the pair leaving the restaurant show them holding hands, with = Hussainy showing off her new jewellery.

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LADY GAGA has left BRIT Award bosses reeling after changing her performan= ce just a day before the event on Tuesday (16Feb10) - because she reporte= dly wanted to tone down her energetic routine following the death of fash= ion designer ALEXANDER MCQUEEN.
The Poker Face singer had choreographed and practised her number for th= e show in London before Brit fashion guru McQueen was found dead on Thurs= day (11Feb10).
But she’s scrapped her original performance in favour of a sombre acous= tic set in tribute to the late designer, according to Britain’s The Sun.
A source tells the newspaper, "Gaga’s final choreography was finished a= ges ago. The whole performance had been rehearsed and was ready to go.
"But when she turned up on Monday, she announced she is too upset about= Alexander McQueen to do that performance. She says she’s changing everyt= hing. She wants to wear an-all black outfit and do sombre versions of her= music as a tribute to him."

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GOLDEN GIRLS legend BETTY WHITE is surprised fans have launched an online= campaign to land her a job on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - because she thought = the public would be sick of seeing her on TV.
Over 330,000 members of social networking website Facebook.com have sig= ned a petition to urge Saturday Night Live bosses to let White act as a c= elebrity host on the longrunning sketch show.
The campaign follows the 88 year old’s hit Super Bowl ad for Snickers, = which showed her being tackled to the ground during a game of American Fo= otball.
And the actress is overwhelmed so many people are backing her for a rol= e on the show, as she thought people would "be throwing rocks instead".
She tells E! Online, "I’m just amazed. I would think by now that they’v= e had such an overdose of Betty White that they’d be throwing rocks inste= ad. (It) would depend on scheduling and all that. But who knows? You can’= t ever say yes or no or never - you just wait to see what happens." (MJ/W=

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