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Actress CATHERINE BACH’s husband has been found dead in Los Angeles, acco rding to TMZ.com.
Peter Lopez, who was one of Michael Jackson’s music attorneys, was foun d after paramedics responded to a report of a shooting at his Encino home at approximately 11:30 a.m. local time on Friday (30Apr10).
Police sources report Lopez’s death is being investigated as an apparen t suicide.
Bach, who is best-known for her role as Daisy Duke on U.S. TV series Th e Dukes of Hazzard, married Lopez in 1990.
The couple shares two children.

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R&B star USHER has accused TV talent shows of killing the music industry.
Just weeks after the singer appeared as a mentor on the current season of American Idol, Usher has blasted the show and its rivals for making ta lented singers celebrities and then casting them aside.
He says, "The true art form of music is being lost, because it seems so easy that everyone can do it, and that it can happen overnight. Televisi on is a lie. It can’t happen overnight. The artist who thinks that it can just comes and goes. The reason why great singers cannot exist in this t ime is maybe because they’re not properly managed, and maybe they don’t u nderstand the full gamut of what being an entertainer is.
"We’re dealing with an industry that is slowly but surely dying, every day. There’s the record companies that are mass-producing these versions of these people; versions of this broken art. While it works, because it sells records, it damages the business.=E2=80=9D

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GWYNETH PALTROW is set to turn her London home into a zoo for her daughte r APPLE’s upcoming sixth birthday party.
The little girl asked for a pettting zoo and so mum called in the exper ts, not realising their menagerie isn’t just bunnies and guinea-pigs.
The actress says, "I got the email from the place and it’s crazy. It’s literally, like, one pony to ride… a pony to pet, some goats, a bearded dragon, a tarantula, two meat rats and a descented skunk. So that’s what ’s coming." But at least Apple’s party won’t be as dull as the usual kids birthday bashes the American has experienced in her adopted Britain.
She explains, "It’s a little bit more restrained there; kids birthday p arties in London are usually, like, some sort of grimy church hall kind o f thing with, like, a clown of questionable nature.
"My fear is always, like, we’re gonna come in there like the Hollywood nightmare and overdo it, which I’m gonna do."

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Animal-loving QUEEN star BRIAN MAY has teamed up with rockers TAYLOR HAWK INS, TONY IOMMI and FRANCIS ROSSI to beg Brits not to vote for the pro-hu nting Conservative party in next week’s (6May10) general election.
May is concerned the party will reverse a law banning the hunting of fo xes if they get into power.
So he has recorded a video urging voters to opt for another party, and enlisted some famous friends to help him.
Foo Fighter Hawkins, Black Sabbath star Iommi and Status Quo rocker Ros si have all shot skits for the video and can be seen saying campaign slog an "b**locks" in the clip, which appears on YouTube and the website Save- Me.org.uk.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ’s ex-husband OJANI NOA is in talks to star in his own real ity TV show in a final bid to avoid bankruptcy, according to U.S. reports ..
Noa was court-ordered to pay Lopez $545,000 (GBP340,625) after he tried to publish a tell-all book about their relationship in 2007, and he clai ms recent legal battles with his former wife have drained his finances According to the New York Post, Noa is now in talks with network execut ives for a reality show titled I Owe J.Lo, to avoid going broke.
The series will reportedly follow Noa as he tries to "land menial jobs to pay off a half-million dollar court judgment that he owes to his ex-wi fe".
Noa recently lost out on a role in hit U.S. reality show Jersey Shore a mid reports potential employers fear the wrath of Lopez’s lawyers, who ar e fighting to keep him from releasing information and candid home video f ootage of the singer/actress.

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British singer PIXIE LOTT will make her acting debut in upcoming TV film FRED: THE MOVIE.
The 19-year-old Mama Do hitmaker stars alongside Lucas Cruikshank in th e independent comedy picture, which will debut on the U.K.’s Nickelodeon channel in August (10).
Lott admits she’s delighted to have landed the part as she spent years studying drama - but she’s surprised an acting role was handed to her so early in her career.
She tells the BBC’s Newsbeat, "I didn’t think I’d be doing acting so ea rly. I thought it’d be further on. I went to a stage school so I studied in drama, dance, singing and musical theatre so I had that background. I love entertaining.
"It’s about an internet phenomenon. Obviously Fred is the main characte r and I play the part of Judy which is the girl that Fred loves. The whol e film is about his journey to find Judy."

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THE WHITE STRIPES are on the verge of reuniting after bandmember MEG WHIT E recovered from the anxiety problem that caused the group to split.
The band was forced to cancel a string of gigs in 2007 because of Meg’s condition, forcing them into hiatus.
Her bandmate Jack White has since occupied his time recording and perfo rming with his other band The Raconteurs.
But he reveals he has been spending more and more time with Meg, and hi nts he’s open to a reunion.
White says, =E2=80=9CI don=E2=80=99t think her anxiety exists anymore.
=E2=80=9CShe is still involved and everything." But White admits the reunion could take a while - because they’ve never planned ahead. He adds, "We=E2=80=99ve never sat down and gone, =E2=80=98 Okay, so don=E2=80=99t forget to block out three months.’ We never did th at, even in the thick of craziness of The White Stripes, I have nothing p lanned after this month coming up, but I know that it all will be filled up really fast.=E2=80=9D

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Vegan WOODY HARRELSON is urging U.S. government officials to support a bi ll enforcing healthy eating in schools across America.
The Cheers star swears by his hardcore vegetarian diet and is known for providing his movie co-stars with alternatives to meat on set.
Now Harrelson and his wife Laura are appealing to Congress to bring sim ilar practices into the lunchroom by backing the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010, which seeks to add vegetarian food and non-dairy beverages to c afeterias.
A letter from the couple to Congress reads, "As parents, we ask you to support HR 4870, the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010. We know from watch ing our own children grow up that eating habits children develop early on stick with them for life. All too often, young people are offered proces sed meats and cheese and other greasy, high-fat, high-cholesterol foods.
"The Healthy School Meals Act will help children develop better eating habits, provide healthful plant-based options that naturally contain no c holesterol, are low in saturated fat and high in fibre, enabling schools to reach high nutrition standards easily. The legislation gives schools t he incentive and ability to address the health problems that are harming our children and overburdening our health systems." Scarlett Johansson also pledged her support for the bill in a letter to a California congressman in March (10).

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Actress NAOMI WATTS has heaped praise on her MOTHER & CHILD co-star SAMUE L L. JACKSON for making nude sex scenes just eight weeks after she gave b irth as pleasant as possible.
The couple literally shook hands on their first day on the set and then got down to business, and The Ring star Watts insists her movie lover wa s the perfect gentleman.
She tells WENN, "He is extraordinary. He’s this sophisticated man, a to tal gentleman and just careful and mindful and intelligent.
"I shook his hand and took him to bed, basically, and just dominated hi m! It couldn’t have been more awkward but, with him, he made me feel so c omfortable. I shot this role in eight days and there wasn’t much time for , ‘Let’s bond,’ or, ‘Let’s hang out,’ or chitchat.
"I had my baby eight weeks before and it wasn’t the most prime timing f or me to strip down naked, so I just had to escape into the scenes and Sa muel was the best person to do that with."

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OPRAH WINFREY is expanding her TV empire by launching a new rehab TV seri es, about people who suffer from compulsive eating disorders.
Inside Rehab will air on the TV queen’s new U.S. cable network, OWN: Th e Oprah Winfrey Network.
The one-hour documentary series will follow one group of patients as th ey undergo an intensive 42-day recovery program.
Network executives say the programme "gives viewers a rare look inside an eating disorder treatment facility where patients face their demons an d struggle to come to terms with what=E2=80=99s behind the food. This is what happens after the intervention" The OWN network is projected to launch in 2011.

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KERRY WASHINGTON and JAMES SPADER are celebrating the success of their co ntroversial Broadway play RACE - after producers extended its limited eng agement.
The David Mamet play, about a pair of lawyers asked to defend a white m an accused of raping a black woman, opened in New York last December (09) .. The production also stars David Alan Grier and Richard Thomas.
The play has already grossed an estimated $10 million (GBP4 million), f ar surpassing its $2.5 million (GBP1.6 million) production costs.
And the show has been such a big hit with New York theatre fans, it’s c losure has been pushed back from 13 June (10) to 23 August (10).
It is not yet certain whether the current cast will remain with the sho w for the additional 10 weeks, reports Variety.

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A felony drug charge against MACKENZIE PHILLIPS has been dropped after th e embattled actress successfully completed a drug rehabilitation program.
Phillips was arrested for cocaine and marijuana possession on 27 August 2008, after Los Angeles police caught the former One Day At a Time star with the drugs.
Before that, the actress had been clean for 10 years after turning her back on drugs when she was 32.
Phillips pleaded guilty to one felony count of cocaine possession, and was sentenced to a drug rehabilitation program.
She appeared in court on Friday (30Apr10), demonstrating her commitment to remain sober, and the charge was dismissed.
Phillips called her recovery "the most rewarding time in my life," and she thanked the police for putting her behind bars in the first place, ad ding, "It really just changed my life."

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USHER regrets missing the chance to unite three generations of his family - his dad died without ever meeting the star’s first child.
The singer was estranged from his father, Usher Raymond III, for severa l years but the two eventually reconciled before his dad’s death in Janua ry 2008.
But the Yeah! hitmaker is upset he didn’t introduce his dad to his son Usher Raymond V, who was born just weeks before his tragic passing.
He says, "He wasn’t supposed to die. It wasn’t a life-threatening situa tion: he had liver problems, and was preparing to undergo surgery that wo uld definitely have given him more time. But he didn’t make it.
"There’s not a day that I don’t wish my dad at least got a chance to se e my son, who’s the fifth Usher Raymond. A lot of times, names were appoi nted to workers - or, rather, slaves - based off of things that they do. So the first Usher - my great-grandfather - could potentially have been a n usher. Kinda hard to fathom, that one would be named based off of his d uty, but that is the lineage of this black skin that I wear." (PAW/WNBGU/

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JACK WHITE and his wife KAREN ELSON have refused to hire a nanny - the co uple is determined to raise its two children without any help.
The White Stripes rocker is dad to Scarlett, four, and Henry, two, with his model/singer wife, who he married in 2005.
But the proud parents are adamant the kids won’t ever be cared for by a childminder - and White is convinced that if Sir Paul McCartney can rais e children, he can too.
He says, "Paul McCartney used to take his kids everywhere, never had a nanny I heard. So it can be done, it just becomes part of the scenario. A t first it’s overwhelming, then you look at other people - some mother wi ll tell you she went back to her nine-to-five job two weeks after giving birth. That’s really no different to us. Maybe we’re spoilt - we don’t ha ve to go to the office. You can’t take your family to the office." (LR/WN

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SUSAN BOYLE’s debut album has been named the world’s best-selling record of 2009.
I Dreamed A Dream, which hit stores in November (09), landed the title of Britain’s top-selling release last year (09), while the Scottish singe r came second to Taylor Swift’s Fearless in America’s 2009 run-down.
But new figures released by the International Federation of the Phonogr aphic Industry (IFPI) show Boyle scored the most popular album across the world - selling more copies of her music debut in the last five weeks of 2009 than any other artist managed across the 12 months.
Boyle claimed the title with a massive 8.3 million in sales. (LR/WNWCCB

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Rockers DEFTONES held a meeting with hospitalised bass player CHI CHENG’s mother - to reassure her it is not "disloyal" to record songs without hi m.
Cheng slipped into a coma after a horrific car crash in Santa Clara, Ca lifornia in November 2008, and has yet to regain full consciousness.
After months of uncertainty about their future, the band decided to sta rt work on a new album - even though they were racked with "guilt" for ca rrying on without their pal.
But a conversation with Cheng’s mother eventually gave them the confide nce to return to the studio.
Singer Chino Moreno tells Kerrang! magazine, "I imagine (Cheng’s family ’s) initial feeling was that they probably weren’t too happy with us. I i magine they thought, ‘How could they be doing this?’. I can imagine they felt a little unsure about it.
"(Cheng’s mother) really opened up to us and was really understanding. He’s in our minds constantly. This is something we had no control over." Moreno also reveals Cheng’s condition is improving - but he’s still una ble to communicate with those around him.
The singer adds, "He’s doing better. He looked good. His body is healin g and he looks healthy in that respect. It’s hard to say what kind of dam age he has because he’s not speaking yet. When I was talking to him, he w as staring right at me and you look into his eyes and it seems as though he’s in there. But it’s hard when you don’t get any expression from him..
.. So that’s hard. I miss him a lot. It’s still tough… It’s pretty raw."

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Rockers DEF LEPPARD have laughed off speculation of a split, insisting th ey couldn’t "imagine doing anything else" if they ditched the band.
The Hysteria hitmakers prompted rumours of a break-up in October (09) a fter they cancelled 23 dates on their North American tour, citing "unfore seen personal matters", and failed to reschedule the gigs.
But singer Joe Elliott insists the trek was only cancelled so he could tend to his wife Kristine, who was expecting their first child.
He tells TheStar.co.uk, "There wasn’t any mystery to it really. My wife was pregnant and needed a bit of attention from me, which she wasn’t get ting. There was a lot of things (sic) in our private lives that needed at tending to. We’re not splitting. Not at all. We often joke, what else wou ld we do? You just can’t imagine doing anything else." The 50 year old became a dad earlier this year (10).

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Canadian rockers CRYSTAL CASTLES were threatened with legal action from a man who was left battered and bruised after he tried to grope frontwoman ALICE GLASS.
The duo was playing a show when an unnamed audience member lunged at Gl ass in a desperate bid to "cop a feel", according to keyboard player Etha n Kath.
The man was struck on the head by a microphone during the incident, suf fering cuts to his face, and later threatened to sue the band.
But they were so outraged, Crystal Castles vowed to countersue for inde cent assault - and the man dropped the case.
Kath tells British rock magazine NME, "Unfortunately, there has been vi olence at some of our gigs in the past. We had one guy who tried to cop a feel and got a microphone smashed against his skull so hard that he was bleeding all over the place.
"He wanted to sue us and we had to point out that we would countersue f or indecent assault and he dropped it. He was one 45-year-old guy standin g stock still right down at the front while everyone else was having a re ally good time. And then he just reached out and tried to f**k with her..
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