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Singer LILY ALLEN has slammed Twitter.com for a second time - branding th= e social networking site "dangerous", even though she’s started using it = again.
The Smile hitmaker stopped blogging in September (09) and gave away her= BlackBerry cell phone over fears she had developed an unhealthy obsessio= n with "destructive" social networking websites.
Allen started posting new messages on her Twitter page earlier this mon= th (Feb10) after returning home to London following a trip to Australia.
But the singer is still wary of becoming too attached to the micro-blog= ging website, because she doesn’t want to become self obsessed.
In an interview with Britain’s Live From Studio Five show, she says, "I= sort of ‘tweet’ here and there, I don’t do it as obsessively as I used t= o. It is very addictive and quite dangerous. I just think there comes a t= ime when… I’m sort of reading people’s ‘tweets’ when they’re watching t= heir sons playing football on a Saturday afternoon, I’m like, ‘Why don’t = you just watch your son playing football? Instead of telling the world ab= out it?’ I think it can turn you into a sort of self obsessive (person). = Why did you think that people would want to know everything that you’re d= oing? "It’s quite… it’s got negative connotations, I think. But saying that= , it can be quite fun. It’s a way of communicating with other people - bu= t it’s also not, because you’re not really communicating with them, you’r= e just typing some words and you feel like language is getting lost." (KD=

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Pop newcomer KE$HA is the queen of the European singles chart - her hit s= ong TIK TOK is number one for a fourth week.
The catchy tune remains unmoved at the top of the new countdown, as Lad= y GaGa’s Bad Romance and Owl City’s Fireflies hold steady for another wee= k at two and three, respectively.
Simon Cowell’s all-star Helping Haiti track Everybody Hurts climbs one = place to number four, while the Black Eyed Peas are riding high at five w= ith Meet Me Halfway.
Meanwhile, British soul icon Sade enjoys a second week atop the Europea= n albums chart with her first release in a decade.
Soldier of Love prevents rocker Peter Gabriel debuting at number one wi= th his covers album Scratch My Back; that disc is a new entry at two, whi= le Lady GaGa sits in third place with The Fame.

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BROOKS & DUNN will return to the home of country music for their last eve= r concert - they will bid farewell to fans in Nashville, Tennessee this A= ugust (10).
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn unveiled the dates for their upcoming Last R= odeo tour in December (09), with plans to play their final show in Chicag= o, Illinois on 8 August (10).
But they have now added one more date to the U.S. trek, leading them to= wrap up their career in Nashville on 10 August (10).
The concert will raise money for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Mus= eum’s All for the Hall initiative.
The goodbye gig will take place a year after Brooks & Dunn announced th= ey were dissolving their musical partnership.
In a joint statement released last summer (Aug09), they said, "After 20= years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as = a duo that it’s time to call it a day."

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Rock veteran OZZY OSBOURNE will be honoured in Florida’s West Palm Beach = on Friday (26Feb10) when he is handed the key to the city.
The former hellraiser will be recognised for his longrunning career and= praised for continuing to boost tourism in the state with his annual Ozz= fest.
Mayor Lois Frankel will present Osbourne with the key during a ceremony= in Centennial Square on Friday evening, reports the Palm Beach Post. (MT=

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Rocker COURTNEY LOVE used to be so desperate to get high, she would pay p= rostitutes to help her find drugs when she was staying in unfamiliar plac= es.
The Hole frontwoman has a history of drug abuse and was sentenced to si= x months in rehab in 2005 after breaking the terms of her probation and t= hen leaving a 28-day treatment programme without permission.
Love insists she’s now clean and sober, but she used to be so dependent= on drugs she would call on sex workers to pay her a visit to help her fi= nd a dealer.
Speaking to British TV host Alan Carr, she says, "I had this rock and r= oll trick that I would do. I’d be in the worst (place)… like Cleveland = (Ohio) or Cologne, Germany… Munich… I wanted drugs because I used to = do drugs and I don’t do them any more. I would call up a hooker agency an= d I would ask for the ugliest hooker, because the ugliest hooker would kn= ow (where to get drugs). They would think I was a lesbian and come with a= ll sorts of things (sex toys) and I’d be like, ‘No, no put it down, I jus= t want to know where the drugs are.’ So that was my trick."

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BROOKE SHIELDS is eager to expand her family with husband CHRIS HENCHY - = before she’s too old to have a biological child.
The couple share daughters Rowan, six, and Grier, three.
But Shields admits she is concerned about her reproductive health as sh= e approaches her 45th birthday this May (10).
She tells U.S. magazine Life & Style, "I’d love more kids. I don’t know= how much longer my (biological) clock is going to tick, so it’s going to= depend on my egg age."

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U.S. showbiz veteran BOB BARKER is calling on SeaWorld bosses to close do= wn its aquariums after the tragic death of a killer whale trainer in Orla= ndo, Florida on Wednesday (24Feb10).
Dawn Brancheau, 40, was killed by orca Tilikum during a show with him a= t the city’s SeaWorld complex.
The incident has prompted retired game show host Barker to write to Sea= World owners The Blackstone Group, on behalf of animal rights campaigners= People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Barker and PETA want the executives to close its marine-mammal exhibits= and stop the breeding of dolphins, whales and seals for entertainment pu= rposes.
In his letter to Blackstone boss Hamilton James, Barker writes, "The de= ath of (the) trainer at SeaWorld did not have to happen, and I must appea= l to you to take strong action now so that it never happens again. I urge= you to make (a) humane move now and to start moving the captive orcas an= d other marine mammals to transitional coastal and wildlife sanctuaries.
"This is not the first time that a trainer has been seized, thrown agai= nst the walls of the tank, and held down to drown. I cannot imagine what = the sight of such a hideous event would do to a child in the audience.
"The intelligent, social, ocean animals kept in the most pitifully smal= l tanks at SeaWorld are denied everything that is natural and important t= o them. In the wild, they swim up to 100 miles a day in the open ocean, b= ut captured dolphins are confined to small tanks where the reverberations= from their own sonar bounce off the walls, driving some of them insane. = Some of these animals were violently captured from their homes, many are = forced to learn circus-style tricks, and according to whistleblower tips = from trainers, withholding food and isolating animals who refuse to perfo= rm are common training methods. The only thing that people learn from vis= iting a SeaWorld theme park is how miserable life is for animals held the= re."

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CASEY JOHNSON’s toxicology results have come back clean, confirming the d= iabetic socialite died from natural causes.
The heir to the Johnson & Johnson cosmetics company was found dead at h= er Los Angeles home on 4 January (10) at the age of 30.
An initial autopsy report stated there were no signs of trauma and the = Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office determined "diabetic ketoacidosis", c= aused by a lack of insulin which can lead to a diabetic coma, was the cau= se of her demise.
No illegal drugs were found in Johnson’s system, although the autopsy r= eport states she has a history of "possible excess use of (drowsy cold me= dication) NyQuil", reports TMZ.com.

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The body of missing actor ANDREW KOENIG has been found in Vancouver, Cana= da.
The former Growing Pains star was last seen on 14 February (10). He dis= appeared during a trip to Vancouver and was reported missing by a friend = after failing to show up for his flight home to Los Angeles on 16 Februar= y (10).
His parents, former Star Trek actor Walter Koenig and his wife Judy, is= sued an emotional plea to the 41 year old during a police press conferenc= e on Wednesday (24Feb10), when they begged Andrew to get in touch just to= assure them he is "OK".
The same day, his friend Jenny Magenta confessed her fears that the sta= r may have "taken his own life" - and now his family and friends have had= their worst fears confirmed.
The tragic actor’s body was found in Vancouver’s Stanley Park around 12= pm local time on Thursday afternoon (25Feb10).
Vancouver authorities held a press conference at 5pm (PST), just hours = after the discovery, during which a police spokesperson revealed they had= no reason to believe foul play was involved in Koenig’s death. However, = their investigations are continuing.
The representative told the news conference, "Andrew’s body was found i= n the park by friends who had initiated their own search. Our investigati= ons are continuing… We will not release any further details about cause= of death. We have no reason to believe foul play was involved." Koenig’s dad Walter fought back tears as he told reporters, "We’ve alre= ady said what a great guy he was and a good human being… He was obvious= ly in a lot of pain… What you can learn from this is that there are peo= ple out there who really, really care." Judy Koenig added, "He was much loved and he had much to contribute in = this world. This is the only statement that we are making. Please respect= our privacy."

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MICHAEL DOUGLAS’ actor son CAMERON will remain in jail until he is senten= ced for drug charges in April (10) after a New York judge denied him bail= ..
Cameron Douglas was arrested last August (09) following a drugs raid on= his room at Manhattan’s Hotel Gansevoort.
He pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute = a controlled substance and one count of possession of heroin in January (= 10).
The It Runs in the Family star was originally put under house arrest at= his mother’s Manhattan address.
However, the 31 year old was thrown back behind bars after he allegedly= asked his girlfriend to smuggle heroin to him in an electric toothbrush.
Cameron returned to New York’s Federal Court on Thursday (25Feb10), whe= n his lawyer entered a request for bail so his client could be transferre= d to a rehabilitation centre to treat his drug addiction.
But the judge denied Cameron’s appeal, ruling he was more likely to rel= apse if he was let out, reports TMZ.com.
Douglas’ son is due back in court in April (10). If convicted, he faces= a minimum 10-year prison sentence.
On Monday (22Feb10), his girlfriend Kelly Sott pleaded guilty to a misd= emeanour charge of possessing methamphetamine, which carries a maximum on= e-year prison sentence.

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CHARLIE SHEEN’s wife BROOKE MUELLER will continue her recovery treatment = at her Los Angeles home so she can care for her twin babies after the act= or checked into rehab on Tuesday (23Feb10).
Mueller has spent the last few days at an unidentified recuperation cen= tre after a security breach at The Canyon, where she had previously been = staying, prompted her to leave the Malibu, California building on Sunday = (21Feb10).
She has now left her latest rehab getaway to look after her 11-month-ol= d kids Bob and Max at home, where she will complete her treatment program= me with the help of medical professionals, reports TMZ.com.
Sheen’s representative announced on Tuesday (23Feb10) that the troubled= star was taking time off his hit show Two and a Half Men to check into a= California facility as a "preventative measure". Further details about S= heen’s treatment have not been released, although the actor has a history= of drug abuse.
The couple has been working on rebuilding its marriage following a Chri= stmas Day (25Dec09) bust-up in Aspen, Colorado, resulting in Sheen’s arre= st.
He is now facing charges of felony menacing, third degree assault and m= isdemeanour criminal mischief after allegedly threatening Mueller with a = knife during the fight.
He is due back in court on 15 March (10).

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Pop star LADY GAGA and supermodels KATE MOSS and NAOMI CAMPBELL joined fr= iends and family of ALEXANDER MCQUEEN on Thursday (25Feb10) to pay their = final respects to the late style icon.
The celebrities, including fashion designer Stella McCartney, were amon= g the mourners who gathered at London’s St. Paul’s Church for the hour-lo= ng funeral service to commemorate the life of the tragic star.
The designer, born Lee McQueen, was found hanged at his apartment in Lo= ndon on 11 February (10) and a post-mortem examination confirmed the 40 y= ear old died from asphyxiation.
He was laid to rest in a private ceremony on Thursday morning, when his= coffin was covered in red, white and pink roses.
A representative for McQueen’s label reveals a public memorial will be = held later this year (10) but company executives will not finalise detail= s for the event until after Paris Fashion Week next month (Mar10), when t= he couturier’s latest collection will go on display.
The spokeswoman tells Women’s Wear Daily, "We are focusing right now on= the Paris show, which takes place on March 9." GaGa paid tribute to her close friend McQueen at the recent BRIT Awards= in London, where she put on a sombre performance in front of a huge stat= ue of her wearing the late designers’ bizarre Armadillo shoes. (MT/WNWE&W=

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Prison-bound rapper LIL WAYNE is leaving social networking site Twitter.c= om - just four days after launching his blog.
The Lollipop hitmaker, real name Dwayne Carter, Jr., signed up to the m= icro-blogging website on Monday (22Feb10) under the username ‘liltunechi’= ..
In his first ‘tweet’, Wayne, who will be sentenced for weapons charges = next week (02Mar10), wrote, "im super new to this twitter s**t but wudup = tho (sic)!……….follow me………. 8 days of freedom." Within 15 hours of his post, he had racked up more than 75,000 follower= s - but it appears he’s turning his back on the Twitter craze after recei= ving some negative feedback.
On Thursday morning (24Feb10), the hip-hop star wrote, "gunna stop with= the tweets now that i see they’re so unliked…..its a mirror of my thou= ghts, and obviously my thoughts arent welkome (sic). sorry." (MT/WNTWT/IG=

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The BLACK EYED PEAS’ new single IMMA BE has become America’s favourite po= p song - making them the first duo or group in 19 years to land three U.S= .. charttoppers from one album.
The band ended last year (09) on a high after spending 26 successive we= eks atop the Billboard Hot 100 when Boom Boom Pow racked up 12 weeks at n= umber one, followed by I Gotta Feeling, which scored 14 weeks in the cove= ted spot.
Now Imma Be has climbed up two places to take this week’s (begs22Feb10)= Hot 100 title, setting another chart record for the will.i.am-fronted qu= artet and their latest album The E.N.D.
Wilson Phillips was the last act to score three number ones from a sing= le album in 1991.
The Black Eyed Peas end Ke$ha’s reign over the pop chart; TiK ToK slips= to two, while Young Money’s BedRock is at three.
Lady GaGa and Lady Antebellum round out the new top five with Bad Roman= ce in fourth place and Need You Now in fifth position.

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LADY GAGA was determined to succeed as a pop star after an ex-boyfriend d= ismissed her as a complete failure.
The Poker Face hitmaker has dominated music charts across the world sin= ce the release of her debut single Just Dance in 2008.
She has landed a total of six Grammy Award nominations to date, claimin= g two of the prestigious honours at last month’s (Jan10) ceremony - and i= t’s all thanks, in part, to a bitter former lover.
She tells Cosmopolitan magazine, "I had a boyfriend who told me I’d nev= er succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and t= hat he hoped I’d fail.
"I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to= order a cup of coffee at the f**king deli without hearing or seeing me.’= "

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BLACK EYED PEAS frontman WILL.I.AM is ensuring their current U.S. tour is= as green as possible by urging concertgoers to donate their plastic drin= ks bottles so they can be recycled into clothing fabric.
The innovative idea is part of the rapper’s new initiative with environ= mental groups Rethink, Green For All and the League of Conservation Voter= s to reduce the amount of waste during the band’s shows.
The plastic will then be treated and converted into usable fabric for f= ashion.
will.i.am says, "By not leaving junk you are contributing style, fashio= n, enabling new fashion designers utilising this fabric. You see water bo= ttles not as containers that house water, but eventually clothe your body= .."

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Model-turned-actress BROOKE SHIELDS is determined to convince her daughte= rs not to follow in her footsteps, because she fears the pressure Hollywo= od puts on young stars.
The Lipstick Jungle star shares daughters Rowan, six, and Grier, three,= with husband Chris Henchy.
But the former child star knows first hand finding fame in front of the= camera comes with high risks.
She tells U.S. magazine Life & Style, "For their sake, I hope they don’= t. There’s a lot of pressure. As long as they get an education, they can = do whatever they want. If they need my help, I’ll try, but I hope they fi= nd other interests."

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RACHEL WEISZ is calling on movie bosses to ban Botox for actors, comparin= g the popular age-defying injections to illegal "steroids for sportsmen".
The Mummy star will turn 40 on Oscar night (07Mar10) but she still refu= ses to follow the Hollywood trend.
And Weisz is appealing for her fellow stars to stop the cosmetic proced= ure and start accepting their real age and wrinkles if they want to give = award-winning performances.
She tells U.S. magazine Life & Style, "It should be banned for actors a= s steroids are for sportsmen… Acting is all about expression." (JMA/LS/=

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