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Outspoken Irish star SINEAD O’CONNOR has taken aim at the POPE again over his recent apology to the people of Ireland for the child abuse they hav e been subjected to at the hands of Catholic priests.
The Nothing Compares 2 U singer, who famously ripped up a photo of the last Pope, John Paul II, during an appearance on U.S. TV show Saturday Ni ght Live in 1992, is on the attack again, insisting Pope Benedict XVI’s ‘ pastoral apology’ on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church is too little, t oo late.
In an exclusive interview with the Los Angeles Times newspaper, the ang ry mother-of-four, who was among the first celebrities to tackle the issu e of abuse within the church, rages, "He (Pope) starts by saying that he=E2 =80=99s writing with great concern for the people of Ireland. If he was t hat concerned, why has it taken him 23 years to write a letter, and why d id he or the last pope never get on an airplane and come to meet the vict ims… and apologise? "The letter sells the Irish (church) hierarchy downriver by stating aga in and again that the Irish hierarchy has somehow acted independently of the Vatican… The documents are there to prove that that=E2=80=99s a lie ..
"If you were the boss of a company and some of the employees of your co mpany were known to sexually abuse children, you would fire them instantl y. You would also go instantly to meet the people who had been abused and profusely apologise and offer your help in any way whatsoever to deal wi th this… That has never happened." O’Connor also accuses the highest church officials of refusing to publi cly deal with the growing reports of sexual abuse until 2001, stating, "T hey knew back in 1987 at least that this was an issue… They knew so muc h that they took out an insurance policy.
"There should be a full criminal investigation of the Catholic hierarch y of any country in which this (abuse) has been an issue. There should be a full criminal investigation of the Vatican. There should be a full cri minal investigation of the pope." And she’s calling for the Pope’s resignation: "The pope should stand do wn for the fact that he did not act in a Christian fashion to protect chi ldren, and for the fact that his organisation acted to preserve their bus iness interests decade after decade rather than be concerned about the in terests of children. "

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The photo fuss over DEMI MOORE’s recent W magazine cover almost drove the actress out of Hollywood.
The Indecent Proposal star admits she found the controversy over the se xy shot "tedious and silly", and now regrets responding to catty remarks suggesting magazine bosses had photoshopped the actress’ legs or replaced them completely with a model’s.
She tells C magazine, "It was all just silliness for me, blown out of c ontext and tedious… At the end of the day, I love that picture and I ha te that it was diminished.
"It wears on you. To be constantly criticised is exhausting. You’re sti ll a human being." She adds, "Sometimes there’s a little irritation and I wonder if I woul dn’t rather be living in Idaho." The actress owns property in the state.

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Scottish movie star GERARD BUTLER literally starved himself for a month i n a bid to get back into shape after a series of movies left him battered and bruised.
The 300 hunk went on "a cleanse" for 16 days and then signed up for a s trict 500-calories-a-day diet.
The Bounty Hunter star explains, "It was so depressing… In the mornin g I think I had half a grapefruit and that was pretty much about it until two (in the afternoon) - and I was training as well.
"I had a lot of injuries from all these movies… so I wanted to slim r ight down and kinda start building from there."

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KATE HUDSON has become an aunt again - her actor brother is a proud new d ad.
Oliver Hudson and his actress wife Erinn Bartlett welcomed their second child, Bodhi Hawn Hudson, last Friday (19Mar10), reports People.com.
The new addition to the family is a little brother for two-and-a-half-y ear-old Wilder Brooks.
The couple wed in June 2006.

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SANDRA BULLOCK’s husband JESSE JAMES has carried out a citizen’s arrest o n a photographer he alleges has been stalking him near his Long Beach, Ca lifornia home.
Police were called to James’ West Coast Choppers business on Thursday ( 25Mar10), and found the reality TV star locked in a dispute with an unnam ed paparazzo.
The TV mechanic claimed he had been stalked, while the snapper accused James of damaging his vehicle.
Police were still investigating the incident as WENN went to press.
All the media attention on James stems from allegations he has been unf aithful to Bullock. In the past week, three women have gone public with c laims they romanced the star while he was married to the Oscar winner. (I

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The real Schindler’s List is to go under the hammer in New York.
The list of Jewish workers German industrialist Oskar Schindler kept to protect his workforce and their families during the Holocaust inspired S teven Spielberg’s moving 1993 film.
A New York memorabilia dealer claims he has the last privately-owned co py of the manuscript Schindler’s deception and heroism helped save more than 1,000 Jews duri ng World War Two.
The dealer, Gary Zimet, claims the family of Schindler’s accountant, pl ayed by Sir Ben Kingsley in the film, owned the list for close to six dec ades before selling it privately to its current owner, who is seeking $2.
2 million (GBP1.4 million) for the item.
Auction details are yet to be announced.

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GIRLS ALOUD star SARAH HARDING has laughed off rumours she’s undergone br east enhancement surgery - but admits she would consider an operation to inflate her chest.
The blonde beauty was recently rumoured to have undergone a bust-boosti ng procedure after stepping out looking more full-figured than usual.
Harding insists she hasn’t had implants - but may one day go under the surgeon’s knife.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "My boobs aren’t too bad but they flu ctuate. And it’s not like they just suddenly shrink and stay really pert either - sometimes you need something to refill them a bit. So yes, I’d d efinitely consider it."

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Singer SANJAYA MALAKAR has been fined for speeding after he was pulled ov er in his car near Seattle, Washington.
The former American Idol contestant, who appeared on the show in 2006, was stopped by Washington State Patrol officers at around 2.30am on Tuesd ay (23Mar10) after he was clocked racing down the highway at 110 miles-an -hour (177 kilometres-an-hour).
The 20 year old was cited and fined $411 (GBP257).

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Former MADNESS and THE SMITHS manager MATTHEW SZTUMPF has died suddenly f rom a brain aneurysm.
Sztumpf also managed 1980s group Swing Out Sister during a long and suc cessful career, and he most recently served as tour manager for British b and Scouting for Girls.
Following his death at the weekend (20-21Mar10), Swing Out Sister singe r Corinne Drewery paid tribute to Sztumpf in a post on the band’s Faceboo k.com page.
The message reads, "We are so sorry to hear the news of the passing of Matthew Sztumpf, Swing Out Sister’s first manager. Matthew guided us thro ugh most of the important decisions made at the start of our career.
"Such a great chap and a gentleman gone, he will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with his family." Sztumpf is survived by his wife Jan and daughters Hannah and Chloe. (IG

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Fashion-forward pop star LADY GAGA is following in the trendsetting foots teps of superstar MADONNA - she’s reportedly in talks to design her own r ange of sunglasses.
The Material Girl announced plans to team up with Dolce & Gabbana for a specially-branded MDG collection of shades last week (15Mar10) - and now GaGa is rumoured to be doing the same with designer Linda Farrow, report s WWD.com.
The London-based label recently launched sunglasses created by singer R oisin Murphy.

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Rockers FALL OUT BOY felt compelled to part ways before their professiona l relationships destroyed their friendship, according to bassist PETE WEN TZ.
The future of the group was thrown into doubt in early February (10) wh en Wentz confirmed the Dance, Dance hitmakers were taking a break - altho ugh the hiatus could become permanent.
In a post on Twitter.com, he wrote, "I don’t know the future of Fall Ou t Boy… A hiatus is forever until you get lonely or old. I don’t plan on either." Frontman Patrick Stump, who is working on a solo album, fuelled rumours the band was no more when he declared he was no longer in the group.
He told Spin.com, "I’m not in Fall Out Boy right now… Whether we pla y again or not, I don’t know. If we do it, it will be for the right reaso ns. If we don’t, it will also be for the right reasons." Wentz refuses to rule out the band’s return in the future, but insists the quartet needed to take a break from one another - otherwise they woul d no longer be friends.
He tells Reuters, "Rather than get to the stage where we would break up or not be friends with each other, we chose to just take a break. If and when we come back it will be for the right reasons, because it’s fun aga in, (because) we want to be on tour."

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The GORILLAZ are refusing to address allegations the band’s new track cop ied parts of a 1977 EDDY GRANT song until the reggae star makes an offici al complaint.
Grant was furious when he heard the cartoon rockers’ new single Stylo, insisting they stole the basis from his track Time Warp.
He complained, "I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copy right of my song. My song sits almost note to note with their release (wh ich) is a blatant rip off." But the band’s manager Chris Morrison is bemused by the claim, insistin g he has heard nothing from Grant’s lawyers.
Morrison says, "Nobody has officially approached me about any contraven tion of any copyright. When I’m approached, I’ll deal with it." (IG/WNWCC

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EVA LONGORIA PARKER has opened up about her A-List friendships - she ofte n invites VICTORIA BECKHAM and KATE BECKINSALE to her Los Angeles home fo r "games nights".
The stars became firm friends when the former Spice Girl moved to Calif ornia with her soccer ace husband David in 2007.
But Longoria Parker confesses the trio would rather shun the L.A. night life to stay in and play games - because they are actually "very boring p eople".
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "We all three are not big drinkers. K ate, Vicky and I are very, very boring people. We love to stay in each ot her’s homes.
"We either go to Victoria’s house or my house and we kind of just stay in. We have dinner, we chat, we talk. Kate comes to our games nights, we play different games and it’s a lot of fun."

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ANGELINA JOLIE has been beaten to the title of best celebrity mother in a new poll - by America’s First Lady, MICHELLE OBAMA.
The Tomb Raider beauty, who shares six kids with boyfriend Brad Pitt, h as been voted into second place in the survey by Babble.com.
Jolie is praised for her charity work with the United Nations, her $1 m illion (GBP625,000) donation with Pitt to the Haiti earthquake relief fun d, and her support of an orphanage in Amman, Jordan.
The website’s editors note, "(It’s) easy to despise someone like Angeli na Jolie. She may have an eccentric, brother-kissing, blood vial-wearing past, but now she=E2=80=99s a mother who instills empathy, compassion and generosity - and for that, we love her." Comedienne Tina Fey landed third spot in the poll, while Jennifer Garne r and Reese Witherspoon rounded out the top five.

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CATHERINE ZETA-JONES refuses to join her husband MICHAEL DOUGLAS on scuba -diving trips - because she’s terrified of what could be lurking under th e sea.
The Hollywood couple and their two children lived in tropical Bermuda f or many years but recently relocated to New York so the Welsh actress cou ld star in Broadway show A Little Night Music.
Douglas is a certified scuba-diver after spending so much time in the o cean around the paradise island - but his wife has never joined him on a trip.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "Michael just got re-certified as a s cuba diver which is really brave. Not me! He’s been begging me for ages t o try it but I just know if I see anything I don’t like, that mouthpiece is coming out, I’m going up quick. I’m going to get the bends, sick for t he rest of my life."

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Israeli supermodel BAR REFAELI credits her six month split from on/off bo yfriend LEONARDO DiCAPRIO last year (09) with saving their romance - beca use the time apart forced her to "grow up" and learn about herself.
The beauty has been romantically involved with DiCaprio since 2005 but they parted briefly last summer before reuniting again by the end of the year.
Refaeli admits she was devastated by the relationship breakdown and wen t through a "tough time" dealing with her emotions - but the time apart p roved to be key to their chemistry when they eventually got back together ..
The 24 year old tells Israel’s L’Isha magazine, "It was half a year for which I am very grateful. I needed it. I came to understand a lot of thi ngs about myself.
"I worked on myself (and) I grew up. I didn’t know what ‘alone’ was lik e. Today I know that a relationship can work only if you know you can be alone and you are not afraid. Today I’m not afraid of being alone." The couple recently dismissed reports it’s engaged to wed and the model insists she’s too young to settle down.
She adds, "I’m not thinking about getting married. I’m still young, not yet 25." But Refaeli is supportive of everything the Titanic hunk does - even th ough she rarely walks the red carpet at high profile events with him: "I am there for him and I am at all the events. I just don’t walk in hand-in -hand with him. I don’t see any reason. I don’t need to strike poses with him in front of the cameras."

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Hollywood siblings ANJELICA HUSTON and DANNY HUSTON will pay tribute to t heir acting family’s contribution to cinema at an upcoming Los Angeles fi lm festival.
The stars are the children of late director/actor John Huston, known fo r his work on classics like 1952’s Moulin Rouge, The Misfits (1960) and T he Man Who Would Be King (1975), and their grandfather is actor Walter Hu ston.
Their legacy will be celebrated at the TCM Classic Film Festival when A njelica and Danny will present Hollywood Dynasty: The Hustons on 24 April (10).
The event, held by U.S. cable channel Turner Classic Movies, will featu re a screening of John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), which was recently restored.
Anjelica Huston, 58, tells the Associated Press, "So many films get for gotten about and deteriorate, so it makes my family and myself very happy to see the kind of restoration Turner puts into these movies. It’s very exciting, like a renaissance.
"My father’s films are still very much a part of the American conscienc e. It’s so encouraging to see these films reissued." The festival will also show individual films starring Anjelica and Dann y - the first time they’ve had their movies screened at the same event.
And Anjelica is proud to see their work alongside their dad’s: "(It) ma kes us feel sort of dynastically active, so it’s a lovely thing." The TCM Classic Film Festival takes place from 22 to 25 April (10). (MT

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GIRLS ALOUD star NADINE COYLE is adamant rumours of an impending engageme nt aren’t true - because she’s "too young" to marry her footballer boyfri end.
The Irish singer has been dating American sportsman Jason Bell for near ly two years, and was recently reported to be planning a wedding.
But Coyle, 24, is adamant she’s won’t be walking down the aisle any tim e soon.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "I would laugh if I saw myself in a w edding dress. I feel too young, as strange as it sounds. I just don’t thi nk I’m mature enough to do that at the minute. But is Jason the most incr edible man I’ve met? Of course - by a mile.
"I don’t have an idea for the perfect wedding, I’m just sure that when the time comes it’ll be all right. The actual wedding day is not that imp ortant, it’s all about making sure you’re with the right person." Coyle also admits she longs to start a family, but won’t consider havin g children until she can put her career on hold.
She adds, "I want to wait until I’m at a stage when I feel like I can g ive my kids 100 per cent of my attention."

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