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FOO FIGHTERS frontman DAVE GROHL has confirmed a spoof video poking fun a t his coffee "addiction" was based on a real medical emergency - he was a dmitted to hospital suffering chest pains after his gruelling work schedu le took its toll on his health.
A video of the rocker in the studio with his Them Crooked Vultures band mates surfaced last week (beg15Mar10) and ridiculed Grohl’s love of hot b everages. The clip ended with screen text which jokingly stated the rocke r was "rushed to (a) doctor due to the onset of unwanted physical effects caused by too much caffeine. For reals (sic). He was kind of a mess." And Grohl has now confirmed the video was sparked by a real-life health scare which doctors blamed on his excessive coffee drinking.
He tells Britain’s Absolute Radio, "That was a year ago, the Fresh Pots video. We were in the studio making a record and I was drinking a lot of coffee. At one point I was doing Vultures stuff at night, Foo Fighters s tuff during the day and I had a newborn at home and I was sleeping maybe two or three hours a night on an air mattress in a guest bedroom. And yea h, I had too much coffee and I started having chest pains, so I went to t he hospital and they told me to stop drinking so much coffee." (LR/WNVR/Z

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BOY GEORGE reportedly halted his DJ set in London at the weekend (20Mar10 ) and stormed out of a nightclub when his friend was refused access to th e venue.
The singer was spinning tunes at the U.K. capital’s Merah hotspot when his pal was allegedly denied entry because his outfit didn’t comply with the club’s dress code.
The former Culture Club star was fuming when he discovered his friend h ad been told to leave - and promptly ended his turn on the decks, accordi ng to Britain’s Daily Mirror.
A source tells the publication, "Word got back to Boy George that his p al wasn’t allowed in and he went mad. He had only been on the decks 20 mi nutes and he stormed off."

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COURTNEY LOVE has given away her private cell phone number after reported ly posting her digits online.
The Hole rocker is said to have accidentally made her personal phone nu mber public by including it in a Facebook.com message to Jason Weinberg, founder of talent agency Untitled Entertainment, according to the New Yor k Post.
Love, who has been attending the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festiv al in Austin, Texas, is said to have written, "I’m in Austin and I’m the queen of it (Google me). Call me. I hope to God you’re in NYC tomorrow (p osts her number). Love you and see you on set."

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THE GAME has been targeted by hackers who allegedly broke into his email account and leaked the rapper’s financial records online.
The hip-hop star’s personal accounts have been published on the interne t after his Gmail account was accessed by web fraudsters.
The list, which details his monthly expenses, reveals he pays out $52,0 00 (=C2=A334,667) every four weeks to cover everything from taxes, rent a nd security, to child support payments for two kids and mortgages for thr ee houses - including his mother’s home, according to TheBoomBox.com. (LR

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Anti-smoking campaigners in the U.K. are calling for DAMON ALBARN to be f ined after he flouted British law by lighting a cigarette onstage on Sund ay (21Mar10).
The Blur star was performing with his band Gorillaz in Portsmouth, sout h England when he sparked up midway through the set.
Strict regulations in Britain ban smoke from all public places, includi ng concert venues, and offenders can face penalties of up to $4,000 (=C2=A3 2,500).
And bosses at Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) are convinced Albarn a nd guest star Paul Simonon, who also smoked during the gig, deserve a pun ishment.
Spokeswoman Amanda Sandford tells Britain’s Daily Mirror, "There can be no excuse for that as it is an indoor place and the law is very clear - we are not allowed to smoke on stage unless it’s relevant to the act.
"They should be fined. It’s not just the artist, it’s the premises wher e the act is held. I would expect the local authority to take the appropr iate action.
"It’s not just illegal but more importantly it’s about the message it s ends out to fans. People in the public eye have a duty not to promote smo king. It’s very irresponsible - I suppose they think it’s rebellious and they may get some extra kudos from it and maybe some extra publicity." A member of staff at the show’s venue, the Wedgewood Rooms, said they h ad not been made aware of the smoking during the concert or received any complaints.

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Grammy-nominated rockers MGMT have scrapped plans to give away their albu m for free after the record was leaked online.
The Kids hitmakers initially wanted to make Congratulations available t o fans as a free download, but the band has now decided just to stream th e album on its official website.
The news comes after a string of tracks from the upcoming record, which is due for release on 12 April (10), surfaced on the internet.
A post on the band’s website reads, "Hey everybody, the album leaked, a nd we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn’t make sense to anyone but us."

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MARY J. BLIGE infuriated organisers of a Florida jazz festival on Saturda y (20Mar10) by making bizarre demands and taking to the stage 90 minutes late, according to a U.S. report.
The No More Drama hitmaker performed at the Jazz in the Gardens event a t Miami’s Sun Life Stadium, along with soul star Robin Thicke.
But Blige was more than an hour late for her headlining slot, meaning t he show overran its allotted timings.
A source tells the New York Daily News, "Her handlers kept saying that she would ‘go onstage when she was ready’. But it was almost midnight whe n she got on, which took the entire festival into overtime." And the singer had earlier angered bosses of the event by demanding the backstage area be cleared before she entered.
The insider adds, "While she sat in her limousine, her personal guards came into the press tent to clear out the area like they were the Secret Service. They first demanded that all print and online journalists be kic ked out because Mary didn’t want to take questions. They were acting like she was Michelle Obama or Queen Elizabeth.
"When Mary finally emerged from her car, she walked into the tent for l iterally two minutes wearing dark shades - even though it was night time.
She struck one pose and then walked off without bothering to say a singl e word. Her antics were extreme and unwarranted."

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A lawyer for DR. CONRAD MURRAY has blasted a leaked witness statement fro m one of MICHAEL JACKSON’s employees which alleges the medic stopped effo rts to revive the star and hid drug vials at the scene - calling the clai ms "inconsistent".
The King of Pop suffered a fatal cardiac arrest last June (09) and his personal physician is accused of administering the powerful anaesthetic P ropofol, which led to the singer’s death. Murray has pleaded not guilty t o one count of involuntary manslaughter.
A leaked statement from security guard Alberto Alvarez, which is said t o have been taken two months after Jackson’s demise, alleges Murray stopp ed administering CPR on the star and told the bodyguard to hide various d rug vials before calling paramedics.
But a statement from Murray’s lawyer, Ed Chernoff, has dismissed the al legations and urged the public to "reserve judgement" until the physician is put on trial.
It reads, "This statement was given more than two months after Michael Jackson’s death and is inconsistent with a statement he (Alvarez) gave th e police the day after Mr. Jackson was taken to the hospital.
"Further, his statement does not match up with much of the physical evi dence found at the scene. We will not be trying this case in the press. W e would ask the public to reserve judgment until after the people’s witne sses are placed under oath and subjected to the rigours of cross-examinat ion. We are confident that a fair trial will ferret out the truth." (LR/W

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Comic book classic POPEYE is heading back to cinemas for the first time i n 30 years.
The character graduated from comic strips to an animated theatrical ser ies in the 1930s, and became a TV staple in the 1960s.
The TV incarnation, which ran in a variety of forms up until 2004, beca me a live action picture in 1980 with Robin Williams making his movie deb ut in the title role.
Now bosses at Sony Pictures are planning to bring an animated Popeye ba ck to movie theatres with the help of the latest computer generated effec ts.
Screenwriter Mike Jones, who is in negotiations to adapt the script and direct the movie, tells Variety, "I’m an unabashed, lifelong Popeye fan.
Introducing this squinty-eyed sailor to a new generation also means rein troducing him to those who, like me, grew up with him."

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ANNA NICOLE SMITH’s estate has been hit with another financial setback - U.S. tax officials are chasing a missed payment just days after the tragi c model’s claim against her late husband’s multi-million dollar fortune w as rejected.
Before her death in 2007, the star demanded more than $300 million (=C2 =A3188 million) from the estate of oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall.
Smith alleged her late spouse had promised her the cash during their 14 -month marriage, which ended when he passed away in 1995.
Federal court judges ruled against the late star at a hearing on Friday (19Mar10), meaning her estate will not get a pay out.
And now it’s been revealed that officials representing the State of Cal ifornia have filed a tax lien for $45,308 (=C2=A330,205) against Smith’s estate, relating to an alleged missed payment in 2008 - a year after the star died, according to TMZ.com.

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Moviemaker MATTHEW VAUGHN was terrified of telling his wife CLAUDIA SCHIF FER he had invested his own money in upcoming movie KICK-ASS - because he feared they would lose their house if the film flopped.
The director/producer was so determined to make the superhero drama, st arring Nicolas Cage and Aaron Johnson, he decided to plough his own cash into the venture.
But Vaughn was scared of telling his supermodel wife about the investme nt, as their family home would be at risk if the movie wasn’t successful.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "I did put my own money into the movie, I f elt I needed to look the other investors in the eye and put my money wher e my mouth is.
"Talking to my wife and explaining I might just have lost the house bec ause the film had tanked was a bit of pressure, but I believe this was a film that needed to be made."

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Police in Australia have launched an investigation after a former child s tar alleged she was sexually abused on the set of a 1980s TV show.
Former Hey Dad! star Sarah Monahan, now 32, was nine years old when she joined the cast of the hit sitcom and recently came forward with allegat ions an unnamed man molested her during her time on the show.
Monahan, who played schoolgirl Jenny Kelly between 1987 and 1994, made the revelations in a recent interview with Australia’s Woman’s Day magazi ne and she’s now spoken to the country’s Nine TV network about her shocki ng claims.
Police are investigating the case and Monahan has revealed she intends to co-operate, along with another unnamed woman who has alleged she was a lso abused and was given the courage to come forward after Monahan went p ublic.
Monahan says, "I guess I was the smallest, and I know I wasn’t the only one. The others are just still not going to speak about it. I knew he wa s a dirty old man. I knew it, but I was paying the rent essentially, so t here wasn’t much you could do… and it was always, ‘Keep it hushed, beca use this is the most successful show on television and people don’t want to know that.’ "A lot of people knew, but it was, ‘You can’t talk about it. You can’t go public. You can’t press charges,’ and then he’s a very powerful person , and it becomes ‘he said/she said’. I think that they (her alleged attac ker) should definitely burn in hell. I think they should go to jail." (LR

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON has appealed to a U.S. Congressman to help support a n ew bill to encourage healthy eating in America’s schools.
The Lost In Translation star has penned a letter to California Congress man George Miller, pleading with him to back the Healthy School Meals Act , which was introduced to Congress this month (Mar10).
If passed, the scheme would reward school districts in the U.S. with ad ditional food aid if they offer students more low-fat, vegetable-based op tions - and Johansson is backing the bill wholeheartedly.
She writes, =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m asking you to support the Healthy Scho ol Meals Act of 2010. It is our responsibility, as adults, to give school children the nutrients and vitamins they so vitally need, especially dur ing school hours where their food intake may be monitored.
=E2=80=9CI am so thankful that the National School Lunch Program (a sch eme to give low-cost or free lunches to school children) exists and helps children around the nation get enough to eat. But right now, many of the foods served through this program do not support children=E2=80=99s heal thy development.=E2=80=9D

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Scottish actor EWAN MCGREGOR has landed the lead role in MADONNA’s movie about late British royal KING EDWARD VIII, according to reports.
The Material Girl is stepping behind the camera for a second time to di rect a historical drama based on the former King, who abdicated in 1936 s o he could marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.
And the Trainspotting actor is set to play Edward in the upcoming movie , reports Screen Daily.
McGregor will join Vera Farmiga, who is slated to play Simpson, as well as Abbie Cornish, who has also been linked to the project.
Madonna made her directorial debut in 2008 with Filth and Wisdom, which was panned by critics.

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RADIOHEAD are on course to win America’s most prestigious horse race, the Kentucky Derby.
An English-bred three year old has been named after the High & Dry hitm akers - and it has good odds to compete for this year’s (10) Triple Crown , according to RollingStone.com.
Leading bookmakers are giving Radiohead 20-1 odds to win the Derby on 1 May (10).
Trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. tells the publication, "He=E2=80=99s a cool, h appy, curious horse. He=E2=80=99s very proud of himself."

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GIRLS ALOUD star NADINE COYLE has blasted critics for constantly "bullyin g" her about her weight - insisting they’re never happy with the way she looks.
The singer, who is based in Los Angeles, sparked fears for her health w hen she flew into the U.K. earlier this month (Mar10) and was photographe d looking worryingly thin.
Coyle has since admitted she recently lost 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms), b ut attributes the weight loss to the amount of running she’s been doing i n L.A.
And the Irish star admits she feels bullied by the constant criticism o ver her weight.
She tells Britain’s Closer magazine, "People should stop bullying me ab out my weight. One minute they say I=E2=80=99m too plump, the next they s ay I=E2=80=99m too thin. I can never win. Everyone is always speculating about my weight, saying I don=E2=80=99t eat. Why don=E2=80=99t they just leave me alone? "I am totally happy with my weight. I=E2=80=99m not unhealthy at all! I =E2=80=99m just doing a lot of running with my trainer back home in L.A."

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British singer FLORENCE WELCH almost refused to release her debut album L UNGS - because she was so heartbroken after splitting from her longterm b oyfriend.
The Florence And The Machine frontwoman was distraught when she broke u p with her partner, identified only as Stuart, in 2008, and considered gi ving up on her promising music career.
But Welch channelled her grief into her new music after weeks of hearta che.
She says, "About 18 months ago I was in a seriously bad way. I’d broken up with Stuart, I felt out of control and I was very raw and not in a go od frame of mind. I’d gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all thi s hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happen ed all I felt was total, paralysing fear. I couldn’t cope with the idea o f making the album. I just wanted to sabotage the whole thing, not do it and just disappear.
"It seemed so wrong that when I was so unhappy in my personal life, my career was suddenly taking off. Something inside me wanted to ruin everyt hing. I spent a lot of time just crying. I felt quite reckless with grief .. I didn’t care about anything. Then I went on a family holiday and spent two weeks just not being able to get out of bed. I came back to London f or an appointment in the studio. When I started singing, all the bad feel ings started to fall away and I realised this was what I needed.
"I got through that depression, that heartbreak and so many other thing s with the album, which is why it’s so emotional. It’s possibly why so ma ny people connect with it."

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Police are investigating claims singer CHERYL COLE was the target of a ra pe threat, according to a U.K. report.
British TV presenter Dermot O’Leary, who stars alongside the Girls Alou d beauty on Simon Cowell’s talent show The X Factor, alerted cops to a vo ice message on his phone aimed at Cole.
In the message the caller allegedly made vile threats about the 26 year old, reports Britain’s The Sun.
A source tells the publication, "The message was of a sexual, threateni ng and sickening nature. Dermot was horrified when he heard it. He though t at first it was a sick wind-up (practical joke), but soon realised ther e was something sinister going on.
"Somehow this caller has tried to get hold of her number and somehow ac cidentally got Dermot’s. If they were prepared to go to that effort, who knows what they would be prepared to do?" Cole is reportedly aware of the message, but the singer’s spokesperson reveals she has not listened to it.
A police representative said, "We are investigating claims of an offens ive message being left on a mobile telephone. It follows a complaint from a member of the public."

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