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N-DUBZ star TULA ‘TULISA’ CONTOSTAVLOS was part of a tough girl gang in h er youth and mixed with youngsters who carried "weapons" and were involve d in beatings.
The frontwoman of the British hip-hop act fell in with a bad crowd when she was a teenager, and admits they often started fights for "no reason" , causing "mayhem".
She says, "I went down a bad path. There were about 20 of us and we had a reputation people were afraid of. We would go around starting on peopl e for no reason, having big fights with groups of girls from other areas.
We were this aggressive gang of chicks out to cause mayhem." Contostavlos reveals she joined the gang to receive protection from bul lies - but soon found herself becoming the aggressor.
She adds, "In the years before that I’d been getting beaten up and woul d just cower and take the beatings. But now I was bully. I was hitting pe ople and for me that was better than getting my head kicked in. I remembe r there being a lot of weapons about, too."

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MILEY CYRUS reportedly kept the crew on her private jet waiting for four hours earlier this week (begs22Mar10) after deciding to stop by a hair sa lon in New York before flying to Los Angeles.
The Hannah Montana star, 17, was in the Big Apple to promote her new mo vie The Last Song and was due in L.A. on Tuesday (23Mar10) to film an app earance on TV talent show American Idol.
But Cyrus felt the need for a last minute touch up before boarding the plane and dropped into Manhattan’s Gemini 14 Salon to get some highlights and hair extensions with her stylist Kristina Vidov, according to People ..com.
The singer/actress helped mentor the final 11 contestants on American I dol before taking to the stage on Wednesday’s (24Mar10) show to perform h er new song When I Look At You.

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GERI HALLIWELL is convinced her father’s death spurred her on to become a pop star - because she channelled all her grief into carving out a caree r in the spotlight.
The former Spice Girls star was distraught when her dad, Laurence, pass ed away in 1993, and admits she failed to properly deal with her pain.
And Halliwell is adamant the loss of her father became the driving forc e behind her desire to become a successful singer.
In an interview on British TV show Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, she say s, "Sometimes I don’t think I would have been famous if it wasn’t for my father’s death because (of) the pain of it. It was so painful and in the western world, when somebody dies, we don’t have that, we’re so formal no body knew how to comfort me and I didn’t know how to express it either.
"So I just turned all that pain into, ‘Right, I’m going to make it’ - a nd it wasn’t until I left the band, I think that’s when I started to real ly feel how much I missed him."

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Rock band METRO STATION are splitting up after four years together.
The group, fronted by Miley Cyrus’ brother Trace, formed in 2006 and sc ored a worldwide hit in 2008 with Shake It. Their song, Where’s My Angel, is featured on the soundtrack to Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland movie.
Cyrus’ fellow founding member Mason Musso announced earlier this year ( 10) that they were working on plans to launch a reality TV show featuring the band.
But in a brief statement issued this week (begs22Mar10), Cyrus and Muss o confirmed Metro Station have now split.
The statement reads, "Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso have announced that t hey are placing the band on indefinite hiatus."

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Cult British rock band THE LIBERTINES are set to stun fans by reforming f or a special guest slot at the U.K.’s Reading and Leeds festivals this ye ar (10).
The group - fronted by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat - were hailed as the saviours of British rock music when they shot to fame in 2002, but split up just two years later when Doherty’s drug addiction led to huge bust-u ps with Barat.
Doherty went on to form Babyshambles while his pal launched Dirty Prett y Things - but rumours of a Libertines reunion have swirled around the pa ir ever since Barat’s band split in 2008.
Now they have finally inked a deal to play a set at the twin festivals in Reading and Leeds in August (10) - as a final farewell to their fans.
The band’s inclusion on the bill will be confirmed when the festival li ne-up is officially announced on Monday (29Mar10).

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DONNY OSMOND has slammed LADY GAGA and BEYONCE for including "profanity, sexual exploitation, nudity, and graphic violence" in their TELEPHONE vid eo - insisting he’s "upset as a parent".
The singer admits he was shocked to see the saucy scenes in the new pro mo, in which Gaga is stripped naked by prison guards and groped by a woma n, before dancing while wearing a thong.
The video also shows Beyonce act out a poisoning scene - killing a man by lacing his food with a toxic substance.
And Osmond is worried young fans will be subjected to the explicit imag es.
He says, "I’m all for freedom of speech and against any form of censors hip, but all I know is that I’m a parent and I’m upset about this. Unlike 20 years ago, in today’s modern, viral world in which content becomes in stantaneously available irrespective of age, I wonder whether the music i ndustry might need to rethink its marketing policies with regard to makin g an explicit music video containing profanity, sexual exploitation, nudi ty, and graphic violence available to anyone with internet access.
"I wouldn’t want my child to watch this video. Would you? What do you t hink? Should these two extremely gifted female role models for millions o f young girls, maybe, have given a little more thought to the effect it m ight have on their core audience?"

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THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN singer JOHNNY MAESTRO has lost his battle wit h cancer at the age of 70.
The rocker and doo-wop vocalist passed away in Florida late on Wednesda y (24Mar10).
Maestro, real name John Mastrangelo, enjoyed a lengthy career that bega n as a singer with The Crests, one of the music industry’s first interrac ial bands, in the 1950s. They enjoyed a big hit in 1958 with 16 Candles a nd he went on to form Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge after joinin g forces with local New York band The Del-Satins and another group, The R hythm Method.
Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge tasted big success with their si ngle The Worst That Could Happen, as well as other songs Blessed is the R ain, You’ll Never Walk Alone and Welcome Me Love.
Paying tribute to the late star, Maestro’s former Brooklyn Bridge bandm ate Les Cauchi says, "He’s considered one of the premier vocalists in roc k ‘n’ roll - and one of the nicest, most sincere perfectionists in music.
" The singer last performed in January (10) when he took to the stage wit h The Brooklyn Bridge members in Connecticut as part of The Ultimate Doo- Wop Party event.

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A representative for KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND co-founder RICHARD R. FINCH is adamant the star will be "vindicated" after he was arrested and charg ed over allegations he had sexual relations with a teenage boy.
The Grammy-winning producer/musician, who played bass with the famous f unk band, was detained by police in Ohio on Tuesday (23Mar10) after a 17 year old youth told police he allegedly had sexual contact with the star at his home in Newark.
The boy is said to have made the allegation last week (18Mar10) and cop s brought the 56 year old in for questioning on Tuesday.
He has been charged with a fourth-degree felony of gross sexual imposit ion and is being held on a $250,000 (=C2=A3166,667) bond, according to lo cal newspaper the Newark Advocate.
Licking County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Chris Slayman, says, "(The all eged victim) had heard of his successful career and met him through music contacts." Finch has reportedly been living in Newark, Ohio for four years, mentor ing young music students.
A representative for the star is adamant the allegations are "unfounded ".
A statement posted on Finch’s website reads, "We appreciate your contac t, but at this time, we have no comment. We will let due process happen t hrough the legal system and through that, we are sure Mr. Finch will be v indicated from (sic) these unfounded allegations." (LR/WNWA&WNWC&WNWCXF/Z

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DAVID HASSELHOFF’s teenage daughter HAYLEY is following in her famous fat her’s TV footsteps - the 17 year old has landed a role in new show HUGE.
The upcoming programme, starring Hairspray actress Nikki Blonsky, is ba sed on the book of the same name by Sasha Paley, about a group of teens a nd staff at weight-loss camp Wellness Canyon.
Hayley Hasselhoff - who has previously only appeared in 2002 family mov ie More Than Puppy Love - will play Amber, a curvy teen who is the slimme st and hottest girl at the camp but considers herself too big.
James Eckhouse’s son Zander and Andrew Caldwell are also set to star in the series, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Production is due to begin in April (10) and the pilot will air in the U.S. in June (10).
David Hasselhoff made his name on TV shows Knight Rider in the 1980s an d Baywatch in the ’90s. (MT/WNWCHR/ZN) ————————————————————————-

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Stars including LEIGHTON MEESTER, DAVID WALLIAMS and NICKY HILTON have al l donated designer clothes to a cancer charity auction.
Sharon Osbourne, Rupert Grint and Tyra Banks have also raided their clo sets to support the Give Up Clothes for Good campaign, to raise money for Cancer Research U.K.
Banks has offered up a Catherine Malandrino dress and Osbourne has dona ted a Burberry coat, while funnyman Walliams has parted with a Tom Ford s uit.
He says, "While I would have loved to keep it, I know it will be raisin g money for an important cause. Cancer is such a horrible disease at any age, let alone when you=E2=80=99re a child, so we need to do everything w e can to help fund more research. Please take part in this campaign and h elp save more lives.=E2=80=9D The sale starts on website eBay.com on Thursday (25Mar10) and will run for one week.

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CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG suffered for her art while filming horror/drama ANTI CHRIST - the shoot was so "intense" she struggled to adjust to "real life " after the movie wrapped.
The French actress played a woman who mutilates her own genitals while struggling to cope with the loss of her only child in Danish moviemaker L ars von Trier’s violent and graphic 2009 film.
And the experience left Gainsbourg feeling emotionally drained after sh e finished filming Germany.
She tells Britain’s Tatler magazine, "The shoot was very intense and I felt quite empty after it. It took me some time to find myself again. I t hink it was like being in a crisis for two months.
"Being able to be hysterical, to scream and cry - it was so extreme tha t going back to real life was weird. I came back from Germany having been really isolated. I had no idea of what we had done - it had a sort of dr eam aspect."

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The MTV reality show that propelled LAUREN CONRAD, AUDRINA PATRIDGE and H EIDI MONTAG to fame has been scrapped - THE HILLS’ upcoming sixth season will be its last.
The programme, which documented the lives of a group of friends as they tried to find success in Los Angeles, debuted in 2006 and became a hit a round the world.
Conrad and her pals have since launched various side-careers on the bac k of The Hills’ success, including book, fashion and other TV ventures.
But MTV network bosses have now decided to call time on the real-life d rama after the new season airs in April (10).
Creator Adam DiVello tells Entertainment Weekly, "I think we’ve told th e story of struggle and of finding yourself in L.A. A lot of these kids h ave found themselves and have certainly embarked on different careers and different paths." The future of The Hills was thrown into doubt when Conrad, the main foc us of the first five seasons, quit last year (09), followed by Patridge’s announcement in August (09) that she would be leaving after filming on t he sixth season wrapped.

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CATHERINE ZETA JONES has vowed never to embark on a radical diet to shed weight - because she finds the current crop of "super-skinny" stars "scar y".
The Mask of Zorro actress has always showed off a curvy figure, but she has worked hard in the gym to maintain her shape rather that cut out her favourite foods.
She tells Britain’s OK! magazine, "I find this wave of super-skinny wom en scary. I’m not going to lie to you. I’ve got to drag myself down to th e gym like everybody else. But I look at the red carpet sometimes and it’ s like a pageant. I’m quite a broad girl, not at all delicate.
"I watch what I eat to stay in shape, but I’m against diets. I eat when I’m hungry, three meal a day. I love chocolate, ice cream and cakes." (C

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AMANDA SEYFRIED has named ANGELINA JOLIE as her career role model - but s he’s determined to stop herself becoming a tabloid persona like her idol.
The 24 year old aspires to land the kind of roles that made Jolie a hou sehold name, but would hate the media attention that Jolie attracts.
And Seyfriend hopes she can enjoy a high-profile career while keeping h er private life out of the gossip columns.
She tells Vanity Fair, "I don’t want to become a brand and I certainly don’t want to have a persona. I don’t want to be in magazines everyday, b ecause I don’t want people to get to know one thing. I feel like Angelina Jolie can still play a character and you can still get lost in it. Even though she’s all over the place, and that’s unfortunate for her. But luck ily she still maintains enough anonymity for us to believe her." (LR/VF/Z

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NAOMI CAMPBELL’s billionaire boyfriend VLADIMIR DORONIN is ensuring the s upermodel celebrates her upcoming 40th birthday in style - he’s throwing a lavish party on the French Riviera, according to reports.
The British beauty will reach the milestone on 22 May (10) - towards th e end of the Cannes Film Festival - and her Russian lover plans to treat her like a queen with a star-studded bash on a private yacht.
A source tells the New York Post’s gossip column Page Six, "Naomi’s bir thday is going to be as lavish as other recent big celebrity 40th birthda ys, such as Sean Combs, Jay-Z… Invites are already being sent out and p eople are expected to jet in from New York, London and Moscow.
"Vladimir is planning and paying for the whole event, which is slated f or May 22 in or near Cannes. There will be a series of events for Naomi l eading up to the big party at a secret location, which is believed to be on a super-yacht."

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Actor-turned-rapper JOAQUIN PHOENIX has stepped in front of the camera on e more time in the name of animal rights - he’s recorded a PETA campaign clip to urge stars against wearing exotic animal skins.
The Walk The Line star has recorded a short film for People for the Eth ical Treatment of Animals (PETA) calling on celebrities to stop wearing c lothes and accessories made from creatures such as alligators, lizards an d snakes.
He says, "Exotic animals are mostly unknown to us, and so is what they suffer before being turned into belts and bags. Every year millions of re ptiles are slaughtered so handbags, belts and shoes can be made from thei r skin. The animals’ welfare is not a consideration to those who hunt, sk in and farm them." PETA reps claim the video will be sent to stars including Jessica Simps on, Victoria Beckham and Sarah Jessica Parker in a bid to change their fa shion habits, according to Us Weekly.

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LINDSAY LOHAN has blamed her high heels and a group of overzealous snappe rs for her embarrassing fall into a cactus bed on Tuesday night (23Mar10) ..
The Mean Girls star was arriving at a friend’s home in Los Angeles afte r a night out when she tripped and stumbled into a prickly patch of plant s.
Pictures of the incident hit the internet, and Lohan has now taken to h er Twitter.com page to explain how she took a tumble.
Lohan admits she tripped on her perilously high heels as she attempted to duck out of the way of the waiting photographers, and the move ended i n disaster.
She writes, "Only I would get pushed into a large, sharp plant by crazy paparazzi!!! I need to start wearing more flats."

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A U.S. journalist has refused to apologise to JAMES CAMERON for calling h im the "anti-Christ" - just days after the moviemaker labelled the report er "dangerous" and "poisonous".
The Oscar-winning filmmaker was left fuming when Fox News correspondent Glenn Beck insulted him on American TV, and told viewers "only pure evil could have directed the movie Titanic." Cameron fired back at Glenn, saying, "Glenn Beck is a f**king a**hole. I’ve met him. He called me the anti-Christ and not about Avatar. You know what, he may or may not be an a**hole, but he certainly is dangerous, an d I’d love to have a dialogue with him. He’s dangerous because his ideas are poisonous." But Glenn is adamant the director is taking his comments too seriously as they were made in jest , insisting Cameron is making a fuss over nothi ng.
He says, "This guy is making a billion dollars on a Smurf-murdering mov ie and he’s stewing about a joke that nobody heard on a network nobody wa tched! It’s time to walk away from the CGI, Jim." (LR/WSJ&WNWCHP&WNWCGG/Z

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