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LINDSAY LOHAN has blasted reports alleging her wild lifestyle has left he r facing an early grave, insisting she’s "fine" and "healthy".
The Mean Girls star has earned herself a reputation as a Hollywood wild child in recent years thanks to a string of boozy nights out, arrests for drug possession and driving violations and stints in rehab.
Lohan hit the headlines again this week (begs22Mar10) when she was snap ped falling into a cactus bed in Los Angeles after a night out.
She blamed her high heels and the overzealous paparazzi for "pushing" h er into the prickly patch of plants, but a source close to the star told TMZ.com her reportedly erratic behaviour has friends and family worried s he’s back on drugs.
The insider said: "If she doesn’t get help soon, she’s going to die." However, Lohan is furious about the reports and has reached out to Goss ipCop.com to dismiss the claims about her deteriorating health.
She says, "I’m fine… I’m working and healthy."

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Hollywood couple DEMI MOORE and ASHTON KUTCHER have launched a new campai gn against child slavery in earthquake-ravaged Haiti to put a stop to the unethical practice.
The pair has teamed up to voice their concerns over the country’s ‘rest avec’ system, in which a child is sent to work as a domestic servant for another family as a means of supporting themselves.
Moore and Kutcher claim the slavery prevents youngsters from gaining an education and experiencing their childhood, and have used their Demi & A shton foundation to sponsor a pledge to encourage members at a United Nat ions meeting on Wednesday (31Mar10) to donate to Haiti and call for the r estavec system to be banned altogether.
Speaking to website Mashable.com, Kutcher says, "Let’s support the Hait ian people, but let’s support them the right way, and let’s support all o f them; don’t forget about the 300,000 children that are enslaved. It’s g oing to take a lot of loud voices." Moore adds, "It’s about creating the awareness that draws the line of w hat’s acceptable and unacceptable. Any human being enslaved is unacceptab le. As long as one is enslaved, then we are all enslaved. It’s an atrocit y to stand by and let this happen."

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EDDIE CIBRIAN’s ex-wife has accused the actor’s new girlfriend LEANN RIME S of ruining plans for their son’s upcoming birthday by refusing to let t he boy spend it with his mother and father.
Brandi Glanville was dumped by Cibrian last year (09) after he embarked on an affair with his Northern Lights co-star Rimes.
The singer/actress subsequently split from her husband Dean Sheremet an d the stars have since set up home together in Los Angeles.
Glanville and Cibrian, who are in the process of divorcing, have been s haring the care of their two children, sons Mason, six, and Jake, two, an d had planned to spend 15 April (10) together to celebrate their youngest ’s third birthday, even though the date falls on the actor’s custody day.
But Glanville claims Rimes has put a stop to the idea and has banned he r from spending the special day with her kid.
She tells E! News, "Eddie and I had planned to do something together an d small for Jake’s upcoming birthday on April 15th. (But) he has changed his mind. He is now saying I can’t see Jake on his birthday because it fa lls on his custodial day and it would make LeAnn uncomfortable." And Glanville insists it’s not the only big celebration she’s been forc ed to miss out on: "I have already spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morn ing alone, missing my children, and crying because I have no family near by. Jake is my son, not Leann’s. He should be with both his parents on hi s birthday."

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Pop star FERGIE was left red-faced at a BLACK EYED PEAS concert on Wednes day (24Mar10) when she slipped and fell to the floor.
The band was performing their track Let’s Get It Started in Kansas City , Missouri when Fergie, dressed in a futuristic robot costume, lost her f ooting and landed faced down on her hands and knees.
But the star refused to let the mishap throw her off key - she jumped s traight back to her feet and continued singing the song with her bandmate s.

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Rap superstar JAY-Z made one female fan’s dreams come true on Friday nigh t (26Mar10) when he sang happy birthday to her in front of a star-studded crowd at his concert in Los Angeles.
The Empire State of Mind hitmaker was playing at the Staples Center whe n he spotted the devotee holding up a ‘Birthday Girl’ sign and treated he r to a special performance.
The show, which was attended by celebrities including Tobey Maguire, Ry an Phillippe, Chris Rock, Christina Aguilera, Pete Wentz and wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, also saw a guest appearance from rap legend Ice Cube, who took to the stage with Jay-Z’s tour mate Young Jeezy to perform his track Check Yo’ Self.

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Latin jazz star EDDIE PALMIERI scrapped a planned concert in New York on Friday night (26Mar10) after his wife was shot by a jealous neighbour.
The Grammy winner’s wife Iraida was targeted by 81-year-old Maria Carta gena in their apartment building in Queens on Tuesday (23Mar10) after the angry neighbour became annoyed by the constant noise coming from the Pal mieri home on the floor above.
Cartegena, who also believed Iraida had been attempting to woo her husb and Rafael, was arrested by police and charged with attempted murder and assault. Her bail was set at $25,000 (=C2=A316,670).
Iraida Palmieri only suffered a minor head injury after being grazed by the bullet and is resting at her daughter Gabriella’s home in Manhattan.
The pianist, 73, was due to play at Tarrytown Music Hall in Westchester in upstate New York, but pulled the gig because he was "traumatised by t he experience".

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Rap star YUKMOUTH has slammed reports MARION ‘SUGE’ KNIGHT was involved i n his assault and robbery on Monday (22Mar10), insisting police are tryin g to catch the hip-hop mogul out.
Reports suggested the former Death Row Records’ CEO beat up the rapper before stealing jewellery from him at a supermarket in California’s San F ernando Valley area.
But now Yukmouth has spoken out about Knight’s connection to the incide nt, alleging police are using him to try to get to the businessman.
He tells VladTV.com, "L.A. police have been after Suge Knight for years and are lying about me to try to get him…" Yukmouth claims he never reported the incident to police and blames oth ers for prompting cops to look into the case - but he has no intention of helping with their investigation.
He says, "I never filed a police report and I never pressed any charges .. Me and Suge have always been cool.
"When the incident happened in the grocery store parking lot, other peo ple called the police and filed reports. The L.A. police have been callin g me trying to have me come in and cooperate, but it’s not happening." (K

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Fans of country legend WILLIE NELSON have been forced to wait another sev en months to see their idol live after he postponed a series of concerts on his U.S. tour this week (begs22Mar10) due to a "scheduling conflict".
The singer announced the six shows in early March (10) and was schedule d to perform for fans in Wisconsin on Tuesday (23Mar10) and concluding in Iowa on Sunday (28Mar10).
But Nelson cancelled the dates at the last minute, citing "an unanticip ated scheduling conflict".
The shows have now been rescheduled for October (10).

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MICHAEL JACKSON was resuscitated by doctors an hour after he suffered the cardiac arrest which led to his death, according to the King of Pop’s fa ther JOE JACKSON.
The Thriller superstar’s heart stopped after he was allegedly given a d ose of powerful anaesthetic Propofol by his personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray last June (09).
The medic has pleaded not guilty to one count of involuntary manslaught er after Los Angeles prosecutors charged him with administering the drug to the singer.
Joe Jackson wants Murray held to account for medical malpractice and hi s lawyer Brian Oxman revealed last week (begs22Mar10) that he was prepari ng to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor on behalf of the f amily patriarch.
In the legal documents, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by Britain’s News of the World tabloid, it is alleged that Jacks on was revived for 10 minutes after being admitted to the UCLA hospital o n 25 June (09).
The papers state, "At 13:21 hours or 1:21pm, the nurses and physicians at UCLA detected a weak femoral pulse and cardiac activity for Michael Ja ckson. At 13:22 hours he showed cardiac activity. At 13.33 he showed a we ak ventricular rhythm (contracting of the lower heart chambers).
"Dr. Richelle Cooper (head of the UCLA Medical Center Emergency Departm ent) reported that when Michael Jackson was intubated with an endotrachia l tube he had good breath sounds and, ‘The initial cardiac rhythm appeare d to be wide and slow in the 40s.’ At 13.52 or 1.52pm he had a pulse of 5 3 beats per minute…
"Despite these efforts, Michael Jackson did not regain a spontaneous pu lse or heartbeat. Michael was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm." In the suit, Oxman alleges Murray lied to the doctors treating Jackson about the drugs the singer had been taking, and failed to mention the use of Propofol, a claim backed up by Cooper’s report of the hospitalisation ..
Her account states: "By report of Dr. Murray the patient had been worki ng long hours but had not been ill. The only medications reported were Va lium and Flomax. There is no history of drug use by the patient as report ed by Dr. Murray." Joe Jackson is convinced the medical timeline leading up to his son’s d eath is enough to prove Murray was responsible for the superstar’s passin g.
He says, "This evidence is damning. They should lock him up and throw a way the key. It’s disgusting what happened here." Jackson Sr. is seeking an unspecified amount of punitive damages, econo mic support, loss of companionship and loss of consortium.
Murray has 90 days to respond to the lawsuit.

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GERARD BUTLER’s animated adventure HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON has fought it s way to the top of the U.S. box office chart with opening weekend taking s of $43.3 million (=C2=A328.87 million).
The DreamWorks movie, which also features the voices of Jay Baruchel an d America Ferrera, tells the tale of a Viking boy who tames a fire-breath ing dragon.
The 3-D film ended Alice in Wonderland’s three-week run at number one; Tim Burton’s Disney fantasy slips to second place with $17.3 million (=C2 =A311.53 million), taking its total gross in the U.S. to $293.1 million ( =C2=A3195.4 million).
John Cusack’s 1980s comedy Hot Tub Time Machine enters the chart at thr ee after taking $13.7 million (=C2=A39.13 million), while The Bounty Hunt er, Butler’s romantic comedy with Jennifer Aniston, falls from two to fou r with $12.4 million (=C2=A38.27 million).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid rounds out the new top five.

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Hollywood star JOHN CUSACK suffers from a regular case of mistaken identi ty - movie fans frequently get him mixed up with KEVIN SPACEY and MATTHEW BRODERICK.
The Being John Malkovich star admits he is always recognised in the str eet, but people can’t seem to pinpoint which movie they saw him in.
He tells Us Weekly magazine, "Sometimes people say, ‘I loved you in Ame rican Beauty’, or ‘I loved you in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’. I go, ‘No, n o, no!’"

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Actress COURTENEY COX struggled when she had her first baby, Coco, aged 4 0 - because the late birth had such an impact on her body.
The former Friends star, now 45, welcomed her daughter with husband Dav id Arquette in 2004, and admits the birth took its toll on her figure.
She says, "I had a baby at 40, and my body will never be the same again .. I gave birth to Coco two days before my birthday. I just couldn’t belie ve I had a kid and I didn’t know what to do with her. Things get harder t he older you get. Forty-five is hard and it struck a nerve with me." (KD/

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LETHAL WEAPON star DANNY GLOVER is shocked by the extent of the devastati on caused by the Haiti earthquake, comparing the destruction to the after math of World War Two.
Haiti was rocked by a massive earthquake in January (10), leaving hundr eds of thousands dead and an estimated one million people homeless.
Glover travelled to the Caribbean country last week (begs22Mar10) to wi tness the disaster zone for himself, and he was stunned by what he saw, l ikening it to the devastation caused by the bombings of the Second World War.
He tells Reuters, "We have to understand the magnitude of this, really the magnitude of this. This is… the pictures I remember watching, of lo oking at the remnants, the aftermath of World War Two." But the 63 year old is hopeful people and governments around the world will continue to send funds and other aid to Haiti to help rebuild the co untry.
He says, "I think the world is still paying attention." During his trip, Glover also met with fellow actor Sean Penn, who has b een making mercy missions to Haiti to take part in relief efforts. (MT/WN

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The father of MICHELLE MCGEE, the woman at the centre of SANDRA BULLOCK a nd JESSE JAMES’ marriage breakdown, has defended the tattoo model for spe aking out about her alleged affair with the TV mechanic, insisting she is no homewrecker.
Bullock’s world came crashing down just days after she won Oscar gold o n 7 March (10), when McGee went public with claims of an 11-month affair with James while the Hollywood star was on location shooting her award-wi nning movie The Blind Side.
James has not fully admitted to cheating on his wife, but broke his sil ence on 18 March (10) to apologise to Bullock for the "pain and embarrass ment" caused by the affair allegations.
Two other women have since come forward with similar tales of infidelit y, but McGee has become the main tabloid target after her expose in In To uch magazine.
But her dad Denny McGee claims she genuinely believed James had split f rom Bullock before she embarked on the alleged romance - and it was only when the model saw photos of the pair together at the Academy Awards that she realised she’d been duped.
He tells Fox8.com, "She was under the impression they weren’t seeing ea ch other. She felt (betrayed)… She felt like she was going to have a re lationship and this happened and she was mad." And McGee Sr. blames James for bringing the trouble upon himself: "I do n’t have anything against Jesse personally… I just wish he’d been hones t with my daughter from the beginning so this never would have happened."

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MATT DAMON was the butt of his pals’ jokes on Saturday (27Mar10) as BEN A FFLECK and JENNIFER GARNER came out to honour the BOURNE IDENTITY star fo r his career achievements.
The actor was named the 2010 recipient of the American Cinematheque Awa rd and he was teased by the Hollywood couple as they took to the stage at the Beverly Hills, California event to pay tribute to him.
Garner, who is married to Damon’s best friend Affleck, joked about the pair’s close bond, saying, "Ben is half of one of the greatest love stori es ever told - not with me.
"The actual prototype for the great Hollywood Bromance… Here’s proof that love is alive and well in Hollywood. At least for my darling husband and my darling husband’s darling husband." Affleck, who grew up with Damon in Massachusetts, added, "Matt always s aid to me, ‘Ben, there are two things that are more important to me than anything else in this world… fame, money.’ You did it Matty! You got th ere!" The audience, including former U.S. president Bill Clinton, Damon’s Oce an’s Eleven co-star Don Cheadle and his Invictus director Clint Eastwood, were in for more laughs as comedienne Sarah Silverman also poked fun at the night’s honouree.
Silverman, who recruited Damon to film the spoof video I’m F**king Matt Damon, joked about giving the star "his first really big break" when the ir clip became an online hit in 2008, but admitted there was little she c ould really criticise him for.
She said, "The worst thing I could say is, you know, Matt Damon is like , maybe he’s a perfectionist. And his breath is like, Jesus! And his hair plugs are really obvious. Besides that, there’s like nothing." Damon even managed to raise a few chuckles of his own with his acceptan ce speech, telling the crowd, "I can honestly say that there’s a good cha nce that next year Ben will be here, presenting this award to someone els e. There’s a lot of buzz about Vanessa Hudgens."

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JAMES CAMERON’s AVATAR ruled Britain’s Empire Film Awards on Sunday night (28Mar10), taking home three of the top trophies.
The sci-fi epic won the coveted Best Film honour and Cameron landed the Best Director award, while Zoe Saldana was named the Best Actress at the ceremony in London.
Inglourious Basterds star Christoph Waltz won the Best Actor award for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s movie, while Aaron Johnson won the Best N ewcomer honour for his portrayal of a young John Lennon in Nowhere Boy.
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes landed the Best Thriller film award and S tar Trek won Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy film.
British actor Ray Winstone, Jude Law, Andy Serkis and Sir Ian McKellen all won special awards for their contribution to film, with the X-Men sta r being named Empire Icon, the evening’s top honour.
He says, "I’ve played iconic parts - I think that’s the point
. I played Gandalf the Grey and the White and Magneto
. So their lustre rubs off on me rather than the other way round." The list of winners is as follows: Best Film: Avatar Best Director: James Cameron (Avatar) Best Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Best Actress: Zoe Saldana (Avatar) Best Newcomer: Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) Best Thriller: Sherlock Holmes Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film: Star Trek Best Horror: Let The Right One In Best Comedy: In The Loop Best British Film: Harry Brown Outstanding Contribution To British Film: Ray Winstone Empire Hero: Jude Law Inspiration award: Andy Serkis Empire Icon: Sir Ian McKellen
.

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British singer MICA PARIS and celebrity chef JAMIE OLIVER are teaming up for a new campaign to rescue the family dinner.
The star pair was shocked by a recent poll that revealed less than 50 p er cent of British families eat together once a week.
So they’ve thrown their weight behind Sainsbury’s Magazine’s Sit Down S unday campaign, which is encouraging families to get together for a regul ar weekly meal.
The May (10) edition of the supermarket magazine features a heart-felt plea from Oliver - stressing the importance of using a weekly dinner as " catch-up time" for families.

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KATY PERRY had an extra large surprise for celebrity blogger PEREZ HILTON at his Hollywood birthday party on Saturday night (27Mar10) - she showed up on an elephant.
The pop star joined Melanie Brown, Lindsay Lohan, Paula Abdul, Liza Min nelli, Justin Bieber and Leona Lewis among the celebrities at the party, held to mark Hilton’s 32nd birthday.
Lewis kicked off the fun at Paramount Studios by singing Bleeding Love and Outta My Head, thanking the blogger for his support, while rapper Eve and Minnelli also performed.
The veteran belted out a medley of hits, including Cabaret, but the hig hlight of the circus-themed event came after a montage of video tributes from the likes of Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga - when a scantily-clad Perr y arrived, singing Happy Birthday, on the back of an elephant.
Just hours before her big entrance, the I Kissed a Girl hitmaker was ’s limed’ at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. The pop star seemed genuine ly surprised as she took to the stage at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles a nd was covered in green goo during a live skit.

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