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CARLY SIMON has ended nearly 40 years of speculation by finally naming th= e man who inspired her hit YOU’RE SO VAIN - her target was gay record lab= el boss DAVID GEFFEN.
The song, which catapulted the singer to fame in 1972, was rumoured to = be about one of her ex-boyfriends, which include Hollywood legend Warren = Beatty and rocker Sir Mick Jagger, but she has persistently refused to na= me the man behind the track.
But Simon has now revealed who was so vain by giving fans a cryptic clu= e in an acoustic version of the song, which features on her upcoming alb= um Never Been Gone.
She tells Uncut magazine, "You know what, I’m just going to tell you th= is. The answer is on the new version of You’re So Vain, on my new record = Never Been Gone. There’s a little whisper and it’s the answer to the puzz= le." The singer whispers Geffen’s name backwards in the track, according to = Britain’s The Sun newspaper.
Geffen ran Simon’s Elektra record label at the time of the song’s relea= se and instead of being about a failed relationship, the lyrics are now t= hought to hint at the singer’s lingering resentment after Geffen allegedl= y put more effort into promoting rival star Joni Mitchell.

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Rapper JUVENILE was arrested on marijuana possession charges after a poli= ce raid on Thursday (25Feb10).
The hip-hop star, real name Terius Gray, was at a friend’s home in Arab= i, Louisiana when cops arrived to investigate a call from a neighbour who= smelled smoke.
Gray’s producer Leroy Edwards answered the door and was handcuffed afte= r authorities allegedly found marijuana on him, Steve Cannizzaro of the S= t. Bernard Sheriff’s Office tells WDSU.com.
A search of the house later uncovered more marijuana in the kitchen, wh= ich the Slow Motion hitmaker allegedly admitted was his.
He and Edwards were then arrested and taken into custody, before postin= g a bail bond.
The 34 year old, who was charged with misdemeanour possession of mariju= ana, is believed to have been recording a new album at the property, whic= h belongs to an unidentified pal.

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The father of British supermodel JOURDAN DUNN’s new baby has been jailed = on drugs charges.
The catwalk beauty gave birth to a son with boyfriend Jordan Cummings l= ast month (08Dec09), but she now faces the task of raising the child alon= e after her 20-year-old partner was convicted of possessing cocaine with = intent to supply.
In a hearing at London’s Blackfriars Crown Court on Monday (22Feb10), C= ummings was sentenced to three and a half years behind bars, which will b= e served at a young offenders institution, according to Britain’s The Sun= newspaper.

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Hollywood film-makers have reportedly been left reeling after Academy Awa= rd bosses refused to punish THE HURT LOCKER producer NICOLAS CHARTIER ove= r his voting campaign until after next month’s (Mar10) ceremony.
Chartier emailed colleagues on Friday (19Feb10) in a bid to rally suppo= rt for the war movie, urging them to cast their votes in favour of the fi= lm in the Best Picture category before ballots close on 2 March (10).
He seemingly took aim at rival Best Picture nominee Avatar by writing, = "Please tell your friends who vote for the Oscars, if everyone tells one = or two of their friends, we will win and not a $500 million film, we need= independent movies to win." Officials at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - who choo= se the Oscar winners - ban campaigns to boost votes, and Chartier immedia= tely apologised once his email went public.
Academy bosses organised an emergency meeting, in which they discussed = how to deal with Chartier’s rule-breaking - but their decision not to dis= h out a punishment until after the 7 March (10) event has infuriated fell= ow moviemakers, according to New York Post gossip column PageSix.
An unnamed director tells the publication, "What bumbling bulls**t and = ineptitude. They’re p**sys and they’re playing favorites."

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The mourning parents of ANDREW KOENIG, who was found dead on Thursday (25= Feb10), have thanked the public for supporting them during the tragic sea= rch for the actor.
Koenig went missing earlier this month (Feb10), prompting his parents -= former Star Trek actor Walter Koenig and his wife Judy - to launch a hun= t for the ex-Growing Pains star.
They also issued an emotional plea to the 41 year old, begging him to g= et in touch amid mounting worries he had taken his own life.
Their worst fears were confirmed on Thursday when a group of Koenig’s f= riends found his body in a park in Vancouver, Canada.
But the grieving couple has been overwhelmed by the touching notes they= ‘ve received from members of the public, and plan to make a scrapbook wit= h all the mementos.
A rep for the Koenigs says in an email to E! Online, "The Koenig family= thanks you for your kind thoughts at this difficult time. It means a lot= to them and they are very appreciative of the support they are receiving= .. Each of these emails will be printed and bound in a remembrance book." Meanwhile stars have taken to Twitter.com pages to pay their respects t= o Koenig, with Star Trek’s William Shatner leading the tributes by writin= g, "My deepest sympathies to Andrew Koenig’s family. I will grieve with t= hem." Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Levar Burton adds: "Offering praye= rs for Walter & Judy Koenig as well as their beloved son, Andrew…" (PAW=

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JULIANNE MOORE insists she is not an exhibitionist - she blames her numer= ous flesh-flashing scenes on the number of romantic movies she’s starred = in.
Moore has bared her body in several films, including The End of the Aff= air, The Big Lebowski, Boogie Nights, Body of Evidence and Short Cuts.
She can also be seen in a lesbian tryst with Amanda Seyfried in upcomin= g film Chloe.
But Moore is adamant she doesn’t purposely play revealing roles - and w= ill refuse to shed her clothes if the story doesn’t call for it.
She says, "It’s not like I ever intend to! I never do. I think it’s hap= pened a lot of times because I’m involved in things that are love stories= .. There are times when I feel it’s absolutely not necessary at all. (In S= avage Grace) my character had some nudity and I said, ‘I’m not doing it. = It’s really not right for this."

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RIHANNA was stunned when porn star BRIDGET THE MIDGET performed a special= lapdance for her at the R&B singer’s birthday on Saturday (20Feb10) - bu= t she loved every second of it.
The Umbrella hitmaker celebrated her 22nd birthday in Phoenix, Arizona = with a party, which was thrown for her by rumoured new boyfriend Matt Kem= p.
Rihanna and her friends later moved on to a local bar in Scottsdale, an= d the star was left stunned by the small surprise her pals had organised = for her bash.
She tells British TV host Alan Carr, "It was so much fun. I had a littl= e party with all my friends and I had a midget stripper. She came out to = my song Hard and she had on a little military camel outfit. She had a lit= tle whip… I didn’t know that any of it was going to happen but it was f= un."

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British singer LILY ALLEN is quitting music to concentrate on starting a = family - insisting children don’t fit into a pop star’s lifestyle.
Last September (09) the Smile hitmaker announced she will be taking a b= reak from music for the forseeable future so she can work on other ventur= es, including launching her own fashion store and record label.
Allen fuelled speculation she was quitting to have a child when she tol= d the audience, "I want to have a baby," during a performance in Sydney, = Australia in January (10).
Now the singer has confirmed the catalyst for her decision to leave the= music industry is to settle down with her boyfriend.
Speaking on British TV show Live From Studio Five, she says, "I’m just = not making another album because it’s a really big commitment to do an al= bum these days, because people don’t buy music anymore… they download t= hem and want the content for free. The thing that makes you your money is= touring and I don’t really want to tie myself down to being on the road = for three years.
"I’ve got a boyfriend and I’ve got a house and I’d quite like to have c= hildren soon, so it doesn’t really work into those plans. It’s not retiri= ng, I’m just doing a different job for a bit, you know, I’m having a care= er change for a while. I’m concentrating on something else, I’m setting u= p a business with my sister and you know, I’m also running a record label= , I just want to stay in London for a while. It’s not a particularly heal= thy lifestyle being on the road." When the singer was asked if she is planning to have babies she replied= : "I mean not right now, but soon I hope."

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DREW BARRYMORE has blamed her rocky love life on her unconventional child= hood - insisting she never learned about real relationships as she was gr= owing up.
Barrymore famously got hooked on drugs at an early age, smoking pot at = 10, before entering rehab at 13.
She later married and divorced twice before dating a string of famous l= overs, and the actress insists she struggled to settle down because of le= ssons learnt from her famous parents, John and Jaid Barrymore - who split= when she was born.
She says, "I have never really understood how I should feel or behave i= n a relationship. I didn’t have the kind of childhood that would have giv= en me any sort of perspective on what a happy home or relationship would = feel like.
"You can’t live your life blaming your failures on your parents. You’re= dealt the cards you’re dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be an= gry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.
"I used to pull a lot of emotion from all the stuff with my family, but= I have been much more objective about my childhood and my relationship w= ith my mother in these last few years. But I won’t deny that the baggage = was there at some point."

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An advert featuring PARIS HILTON has sparked controversy in Brazil - a go= vernment official for women’s affairs is calling for the commercial to be= removed due to its sexist undertones.
In the advert, the socialite can be seen sexually rubbing a can of Deva= ssa beer on herself in an office building as passers-by stare at her anti= cs.
But despite being fully clothed throughout the ad, officials at Brazil’= s Women’s Secretariat reveal authorities have received several complaints= about the "sensual nature" of the campaign.
A representative tells the Associated Press, "It’s an ad that devalues = women - in particular, blonde women.
"The problem with the ad isn’t a lack of clothing, but its sensual natu= re. A woman in a bikini on a beach isn’t necessarily sensual; it depends = on the context." Three separate investigations have been launched by Brazil’s advertisin= g watchdog to decide whether the commercial should be banned. (KD/WNWE/MJ=

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Country star DARIUS RUCKER showed his charitable side on Wednesday (24Feb= 10) when he treated hospitalised war veterans in Tennessee to a free show= ..
The singer teamed up with non-profit organisation Musicians on Call to = entertain patients at the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System’s Veterans A= ffairs Medical Center in Murfreesboro.
He’s set to perform another charity show at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashv= ille next week (03Mar10) and Rucker is proud to be associated with such a= significant cause.
He tells CMT.com, "I think the Musicians on Call initiative is importan= t because it’s one-on-one contact with patients whose health and recovery= can directly be affected by one person’s time and attention.
"Hospitals like the VA (Veteran’s Affairs) are so incredible for recogn= ising this benefit and incorporating it into their treatment to break up = the monotony and improve each patient’s quality of life."

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Rocker COURTNEY LOVE was convinced she had ruined STEVE COOGAN’s career a= fter news of their short-lived romance hit the headlines.
Love dated the funnyman for several weeks in 2005 while they were resid= ing at the same Los Angeles hotel.
The Hole singer entered rehab shortly after the relationship ended, and= when she realised their partnership had made global news, Love was devas= tated she had jeopardised the funnyman’s career.
But she is adamant the romance came at a bad point in her life - and sh= e removed herself from the situation following advice from actor Billy Bo= b Thornton.
Speaking to British TV host Alan Carr, she says, "(Coogan) was very, ve= ry nice - nicely spoken, didn’t know he was a super freak! Didn’t know th= at. He’s a super freak as it turns out, but you know, it was the last sta= nd of me doing drugs. It was like two, three weeks… at one point Billy = Bob Thornton comes to the pool when I’m in the middle of like this crazy = weird three weeks with him (Coogan)… he (Thornton) talked in my ear and= he said, ‘Get out of whatever you’re in’…
"I’ve been embarrassed before, but that was like a ten. So then I had t= o go to rehab and I thought I’d ruined his career. I didn’t know he’d had= this whole history, I hadn’t read anything. So I was walking around reha= b going, ‘God, I’ve ruined a man’s career, I’ve ruined it, I’ve ruined it= ..’ Without knowing I’d actually made him really cool."

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LADY GAGA’s topless photo on the cover of Q magazine has been banned by s= everal leading stores in the U.S.
The Poker Face hitmaker walked out on the recent magazine photoshoot af= ter bosses at the publication refused to let her strike a controversial p= ose - in a desperate bid to address rumours she is a hermaphrodite.
Editors weren’t impressed with her demands, and following a series of t= ense negotiations, the star reportedly burst into tears and walked out.
Bosses at Q eventually rearranged the shoot and the final pictures show= Gaga posing topless in just a pair of leather trousers.
But despite efforts to tone the images down, some stores across the U.S= .., including bookstore Borders, have refused to stock the publication unl= ess it is placed in a sealed cover, according to QTheMusic.com. (KD/WNWCD=

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Producers behind hit independent British movie EAST IS EAST are preparing= to release a sequel, more than 10 years after the Asian culture comedy h= it cinemas.
The low-budget film, starring Bollywood actor Om Puri as the head of a = Pakistani family living in Manchester, north-east England, became a cult = hit back in 1999, grossing over $15 million (=C2=A39.38 million).
Eleven years on, producer Leslee Udwin has revealed a follow-up, titled= West is West, is already complete - and another installment could be in = the works.
But Udwin insists filmmakers are not doing it for the cash.
Udwin tells Reuters, "I always felt there was a trilogy to be made base= d on what I had come to learn of the writer’s own story when he and I wor= ked together on developing East is East.
"This is not a cynically made sequel - in other words it has not been m= ade in the spirit of a hoped for repeat of East is East, or else we would= have jumped on that bandwagon some years earlier."

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Actress LISA KUDROW was forced to come to terms with her family’s harrowi= ng past as part of a new U.S. TV show.
The former Friends star has launched an American version of U.K. show = Who Do You Think You Are?, which follows celebrities as they research the= ir ancestry.
Kudrow allowed cameras to film as she traced her own family tree - onl= y to find that her Jewish great-grandmother, Mera Mordejovich, had been k= illed in Nazi Germany during World War II.
The actress admits she had heard the story when she was growing up, but= the programme forced her to accept the truth.
She says, "My father told me that after the war his cousin Boleslaw had= visited his parents’ house and told them their village in Belarus had be= en razed to the ground. When I was young, my grandma said Hitler killed h= er mother, but I didn’t want to know the story. I told myself that my gra= ndmother wasn’t a reliable source and that everyone got out of Europe in = time.
"The show made me face up to it. The people were stripped, shot and bur= ned. Hearing the details made it worse because you conjure up an image of= what it must have been like for them." But the show did bring one piece of happy news - she was reunited with = her dad’s cousin: "I expected he had died. It had been one sad story afte= r another… Then we discovered Boleslaw was alive. It was an amazing end= to a difficult journey."

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Troubled ANDREW KOENIG committed suicide, according to his STAR TREK acto= r dad WALTER KOENIG.
The body of the former Growing Pains star was found in Vancouver, Canad= a on Thursday afternoon (25Feb10).
He was last seen during a trip to the city on 14 February (10), and was= reported missing by a friend after failing to show up for his flight hom= e to Los Angeles two days later (16Feb10).
His parents issued an emotional plea to the 41 year old during a police= press conference on Wednesday (24Feb10), when they begged Andrew to get = in touch.
But their worst fears were confirmed when friends of the actor discover= ed his body in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.
Vancouver authorities held a press conference on Thursday just hours af= ter the discovery, during which a police spokesperson revealed they had n= o reason to believe foul play was involved in Koenig’s death.
And Andrew’s father Walter fears his son’s battle with depression led h= im to take his own life.
Speaking to reporters, he said, "I went to the site. My son took his ow= n life." Walter and his wife Judy want to use the tragic news to warn other pare= nts to seek help if they believe their child is struggling with their per= sonal demons.
He adds, "The only thing I want to say is… for those families who hav= e members they fear are susceptible to this kind of behaviour, don’t igno= re it, don’t rationalise it."

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COLIN FARRELL has slammed his 2006 movie MIAMI VICE, insisting the plotli= ne was "style over substance".
The Irish actor was cast as Detective James Crockett in the crime drama= , opposite Jamie Foxx, who played his colleague, Detective Ricardo Tubbs.
But Farrell is convinced the relationship between the pair was too inte= nse for the movie - and admits he may have been at fault over his portray= al of the cop.
He tells Total Film magazine, "Miami Vice? I didn’t like it so much. I = thought it was style over substance and I accept a good bit of the respon= sibility.
"I understood that we were trying to paint a relationship with Tubbs an= d Crockett that was so grounded and familiar that there was no need for t= hem to incessantly talk to each other - or look at each other - over two = and a half hours.
"I did think we missed an opportunity. It was never going to be Lethal = Weapon, but I think we missed an opportunity to have a friendship that al= so had some elements of fun."

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BRITTANY MURPHY died with "multiple medications" for the treatment of a "= cold or other respiratory infection" in her blood system, the Los Angeles= County Coroner has revealed.
The 32-year-old Clueless star passed away on 20 December (09) after suf= fering a cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home.
Earlier this month (Feb10), the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office dec= lared the actress’ death accidental, listing community acquired pneumonia= as the primary cause of death.
Anaemia and "multiple drug intoxication" were stated on the autopsy as = contributing factors, and now officials have released the toxicology repo= rt, identifying all the drugs in her system.
The documents, released on Thursday (25Feb10), read: "Multiple medicati= ons were present in the blood, with elevated levels of hydrocodone, aceta= minophen, and chlorpheniramine. L-methamphetamine was also present." Murphy had been taking a number of prescription and over-the-counter me= dications in the weeks leading up to her death to treat what she believed= was a bout of influenza.
The report continues, "It should be noted that the pattern of use of th= ese medications suggest treatment of symptoms of a cold or other respirat= ory infection. Acetaminophen and hydrocodone are components of Vicodin. C= hlorpheniramine is the active ingredient in some over-the-counter medicat= ions. L-methamphetamine is a component of some inhalers.
"The possible adverse physiological effects of elevated levels of these= medications cannot be discounted, especially in her weakened state. Ther= efore the manner of death is accident." Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter previously revealed Murphy could stil= l be alive today if she had sought the advice and treatment of a doctor a= s soon as she fell ill last year (09).
He said, "This death could’ve been preventable. Murphy was planning on = seeing a doctor, but she unfortunately passed away before she did. This w= as a case of a person with pneumonia who was anaemic, who was taking medi= cation when she should’ve been getting medical treatment." However, the report also stated that Murphy had "no history of alcohol = or drug abuse" and was "slim but not excessively thin", despite weighing = just 115 pounds (52 kilograms) and standing at five foot, three inches ta= ll.

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