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Veteran actor BURT REYNOLDS has slashed the price of his Florida mansion by $7 million (=C2=A34.7 million) in a desperate bid to offload the prope rty.
The ailing Hollywood icon, who is recovering from heart surgery, origin ally put the estate, which overlooks Jupiter Island, up for sale for just under $16 million (=C2=A310.7 million) in 2005.
But this week (beg19Apr10), Reynolds, 74, dropped the price to just bel ow $9 million (=C2=A36 million).
The Smokey and the Bandit star’s house comes complete with its own dock , hair salon and private cinema complex and is set on three acres of land ..

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DAME HELEN MIRREN is tired of movie bosses casting so many British actors as villains in films - insisting it panders to a stereotype.
The veteran actress has slammed film chiefs for frequently portraying b addies on the big screen with a U.K. accent, insisting not all Brits are "stuck-up, malevolent" characters.
And Mirren - who has played a British monarch in three films, including Oscar-winning movie The Queen - also wants Americans to realise that Bri tish people aren’t "just the Royal Family".
She says, "It’s unfortunate that the villain in every movie is always B ritish. It’s just nice to say we’re not snooty, stuck-up, malevolent, mal ignant creatures as we’re so often portrayed. We’re actually kind of cool and hip.
"It’s very important to let Americans know that we’re not just the Roya l Family. I love the idiosyncrasy of the British, their eccentric nature and their boldness in fashion. They have a very good eye for what’s cool and hip and nuts."

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LINDSAY LOHAN is facing a court showdown - three men who are suing the ac tress are planning to ask a judge to order her to appear for a deposition after she twice failed to attend a legal hearing.
The Mean Girls star was called upon to give evidence relating to a laws uit filed by the three men, who have accused the actress of holding them hostage during a drunken drive through Malibu, California in 2007.
She was due to attend a deposition meeting in Venice on 14 April (10) b ut turned up 90 minutes late, before she was driven off without even step ping out of the vehicle.
The deposition was rescheduled for Wednesday morning (21Apr10) - but Lo han failed to show again because she reportedly couldn’t get to court on time.
And now Lohan’s accusers - Ronnie Blake, Jakon Sutter and Dante Nigro - who took legal action in 2008, are set to attend a court meeting on Thur sday (22Apr10) requesting that the judge put in place a binding time fram e so the case can be resolved, reports TMZ.com.
They also want Lohan to be handed a default judgement for her two no-sh ows - meaning the case could be finalised without her attendance. (KD/WNW

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Movie icon DEBBIE REYNOLDS has urged PATRICK SWAYZE’s widow to wait a yea r before getting serious about adoption - because she needs to let the gr ief of her late husband’s 2009 death wash over her first.
The Singin’ in the Rain star has taken to her advice column in America’ s Globe magazine to speak out about Lisa Niemi’s family plans, after the dancer recently revealed she was looking to adopt the child she and the t ragic Ghost star never had.
Niemi told the publication that her biggest regret in life was not inve stigating fertility treatment while Swayze was healthy - after she suffer ed a miscarriage.
She said, "Other single people do (adopt)… I’ve always wanted a child .." But Reynolds, who suffered two miscarriages, urges Niemi to spend more time coming to terms with her husband’s September (09) death.
The actress writes, "Sadly, Lisa’s dream may shatter in the face of rea lity. Filling the void that Patrick left will take quite a while, and it’ s dangerous to make an important change to one’s life so soon after such a devastating loss.
"Lisa should take at least another year before considering such a big l ife change - especially when her grief over losing her beautiful husband is still so overwhelming.
"In time, I think she could certainly make a wonderful home for a child who needs her."

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GLEE creator RYAN MURPHY is already in talks with MADONNA to stage a sequ el to his episode tribute to the Material Girl, which aired in America on Tuesday night (20Apr10).
The Madonna special, which featured the Glee cast performing the pop su perstar’s songs, was a big hit among TV viewers - 13.5 million people tun ed in to see the episode.
And Murphy wants a second shot at Madonna’s hits.
He tells EW.com, "Madonna and her people are into it and want it to hap pen."

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R&B hitmaker TEDDY RILEY has recruited hip-hop superstar SNOOP DOGG and s inger/rapper T-PAIN to help former Korean boyband member JAY PARK break i nto the U.S. music charts.
Park rose to fame in Asia as part of 2PM, but he quit the group in 2009 and now the American-born singer and breakdancer is looking to make a na me for himself Stateside.
He’s won the backing of former Blackstreet star Riley and the producer has brought a couple of his famous pals onboard to boost Park’s solo care er.
And Riley’s support has already helped Park to land a small film role i n a movie about breakdancing.
Jason Lee, producer of Hype Nation, tells AllHipHop.com, "I scooped thi s guy up right away because he is an incredible talent and everybody want s to work with him in the U.S."

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Cult punk pop act THE PRIMITIVES plotted a low-key comeback in 2009 after guitarist PAUL COURT and singer TRACY CATTELL met at bassist STEVE DULLA GHAN’s funeral.
The Crash hitmakers launched a 12-date British tour last week (ends16Ap r10) and Court admits it all started with a chance meeting at the funeral ..
The songwriter admits he and Cattell, aka Tracy Tracy, agreed it was ti me to regroup after splitting in 1992.
He tells Spinner.com, "It’s sounding really good… A lot of people see m to be quite excited about seeing us again, which is nice." Dullaghan, 45, who co-write the band’s Crash hit died in February, 2009 ..

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Rockers the BLACK CROWES are taking a year off in 2011 to spend more time with their families.
The group will part ways in December (10) after completing dates on the Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys tour and there are no plans to reteam.
Guitarist Rich Robinson says, "We should walk away from this while ever yone’s in a good mood.
"We all have babies. I’m expecting one any day now. Chris Robinson and Luther Dickinson just had kids. It seemed like a good time (to take a bre ak)." But Robinson insists the band isn’t splitting up again, like it did in 2002: "To me, hiatus means there is no plan. We haven’t said, ‘Let’s get back together in 2012.’ And we haven’t said, ‘Let’s not.’"

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BEASTIE BOYS star ADAM YAUCH is calling on twice-daily meditation session s to help him kick cancer.
The Sabotage hitmaker has been battling the disease for the past year a nd now he hopes a daily double dose of deep thought will help him beat ca ncer once and for all.
In an email sent to fans on Tuesday (20Apr10), Yauch called on others t o join him.
He wrote, "We are picturing smashing apart all of the cancer cells in t he world… We are visualising taking the energy away from the cancer, an d then sending it back at the cancer as lightning bolts that will break a part the DNA and RNA of the cells.
"If you have the time, please join us in whipping up this lightening st orm. Mind over matter…" The rapper, aka MCA, also urged fans to pray for the survivors of the w orld’s recent earthquakes.
Yauch revealed his 90-minute anti-cancer meditation sessions begin at 9 ..30am and 6.30pm daily.

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COURTNEY LOVE has stunned fans with suicide talk 16 years after her husba nd, KURT COBAIN, took his life.
The Hole singer has revealed she spiralled into a deep depression just weeks ago and wanted to jump out of a window and end her life.
The revelation comes just two months after Love told the media she’s "n ot suicidal" and that she’s keeping herself clean from drugs to avoid fee ling like she wants to die.
But now the star, who recently lost custody of her 17-year-old daughter Frances Bean, admits she is full of self-loathing and has become a dange r to herself.
Speaking in this week’s issue (21Apr10) of Britain’s NME magazine, she says, "I think a lot of people idealise suicide. I understand it. I had a n episode two weeks ago when I was tempted to jump out of a window. I=E2=80 =99m not saying why but the reason behind it is self-loathing. You know, wouldn=E2=80=99t it be better if I wasn=E2=80=99t there? "I=E2=80=99ve always been pretty self-destructive. I need protection fr om myself."

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The death of MARIE OSMOND’s teenage son has been ruled a suicide.
Leaked autopsy results have ruled out drug use, suggesting Michael Brya n was not under the influence of any substance when he jumped to his deat h from the balcony of his Los Angeles apartment on 26 February (10).
Instead, nothing but multiple blunt trauma caused the troubled 18 year old’s death.
According to reports, drugs were not found in Bryan’s system.
TMZ.com reports bad school grades and a visit from an ex-girlfriend led to the depressed teen’s decision to take his own life.
A close friend told authorities that Bryan had attempted suicide three times before leaping to his death.

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MILLA JOVOVICH’s two-year-old daughter is already aware of the paparazzi - she wants to "break" the cameras that constantly follow her family arou nd.
The Resident Evil star is mum to little Ever Gabo, her child with filmm aker Paul W.S. Anderson.
But the family struggles with the attention of photographers during day s out - and Jovovich resorts to drastic measures to avoid them interferin g with her child’s playtime.
She tells People, "She’s like, ‘Momma come to the park with me,’ and I say, ‘When Momma goes to the park, all the photographers come, so you go and play with your friends.’ It gets really tense at the park.
"She’s getting used to photographers but she says, ‘I want to break the m. Oh camera. I want to break them.’ Sometimes I don’t even see them and she spots them, like, from a mile away."

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DEMI MOORE will be forever thankful for the delayed flight that sealed he r relationship with ASHTON KUTCHER - because the pair first spent the nig ht together during a disaster layover.
Moore and Kutcher were on the same delayed flight out of New York long before they wed in 2005.
She recalls, "That was kind of life-changing. I was here (in New York) the night I met Ashton and was on the tarmac and the pilot got on (the in tercom) and said, ‘We have a level five storm, you have to go back (and w ait for a flight)…’" But the actress insists the frustrating trip was a happy accident - bec ause it turned into her first intimate night with the Hollywood star.
She adds, "I got out (of the plane) and there was not a cloud in the sk y. And sometimes layovers turn into sleepovers."

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Reality TV star WHITNEY PORT is set to become the latest THE HILLS cast m ember to write a book - after signing on to pen a self-help guide for you ng women.
The show’s former star Lauren Conrad has been on the fast track to lite rary success since the release of her bestselling fiction novels, L.A. Ca ndy, and Sweet Little Lies, and now Port is adding author to her resume.
She’ll offer personal stories and advice in True Whit, which is set for release in 2011.
She says, "Being a twenty-something can be a difficult phase. There are so many questions, and I wanted to write about my experiences for anyone who needs help navigating through life.
"It’s a really fun and fresh how-to guide, where I can share anecdotes that I’ve learned from both work and my personal life."

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Late movie icon JANET LEIGH filmed one of her most famous scenes minutes after receiving divorce papers from TONY CURTIS.
In a More magazine tribute to her mother, actress Jamie Lee Curtis open s up about her parents’ split, and reveals she was the baby the couple co nceived in a bid to save their marriage.
In an essay about her mum, Curtis reveals, "By the time I came along…
my parents’ bond had deteriorated precipitously as their stardom grew. A nd, like any other save-the-marriage baby, I failed." The actress was four when the couple divorced and was later told her mo ther learned about her husband’s plans to end the marriage on the set of The Manchurian Candidate.
She explains, "She told me that she did the memorable scene on the trai n in The Manchurian Candidate the day she found out that Tony had filed f or divorce." And Curtis reveals there was no love lost between her parents after her father left home to romance a 17-year-old actress.
The True Lies star adds, "My mother persevered through it all and survi ved; I=E2=80=99m not sure if my sister and I did. There was no Demi- and- Bruce (Willis) amicable divorce or joint family vacations for us." (KL/MR

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Actress YVETTE NICOLE BROWN risked having a warrant out for her arrest af ter skipping jury duty to fulfil an appearance on U.S. TV’s THE BONNIE HU NT SHOW.
Brown, who stars in America’s new sitcom Community, joined the Jerry Ma guire star on her daily programme on Wednesday (21Apr10) but admitted she was supposed to be in court instead of in the TV studio.
She said, "I was supposed to be on jury duty, don’t tell anybody. There might be a warrant for my arrest now, they might be looking for me now.
"I called in (to check if she was required to attend) and they said, ‘Y eah’ and I said, ‘No, I’m doing Bonnie.’ I think they are looking for me, I really do. They’re probably looking for juror 909217." Brown insisted she had no problem giving up her time to serve on a jury - and she planned to make amends for her missed court date.
She added, "I have to call every night so I’m gonna call tonight and fi rst apologise, then see if I’m needed. I’m excited, I think it’s good to do your civic duty. But not if you’re on the Bonnie Hunt Show!" (MT/WNV/K

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Former E.R. star MAURA TIERNEY has revealed she pulled out of TV drama PA RENTHOOD because she didn’t want her cancer battle to be documented on te levision.
The actress dropped out of the new show after she was diagnosed with br east cancer last year (09) - but she insists it wasn’t because she was to o ill to act.
In her first interview since undergoing treatment for cancer, Tierney t ells the New York Times, "I felt terrible leaving the Parenthood team in the lurch, but doing the show would have been very stressful because I di dn=E2=80=99t want that phase of my life documented on film." Tierney is slowly returning to TV - she’ll revive her character in fire fighting drama Rescue Me in 2011. She has also signed on to join Frances McDormand onstage in Los Angeles and New York in the play North Atlantic.

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MILEY CYRUS’ family were quietly pleased when an ash storm from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano kept the actress/singer from the U.K. premiere of her new film THE LAST SONG - because it meant they had more time to sp end with her and new boyfriend LIAM HEMSWORTH.
The lovebirds and co-stars were supposed to be in London for the screen ing on Tuesday (20Apr10), but when all planes to and from Europe were gro unded last week (15Apr10) following the volcano eruption, their plans wer e scrapped.
Cyrus was upset when she learned she would be unable to fly to the U.K.
, but her family made her realise it was a good thing.
Speaking via satellite on Britain’s Live From Studio Five TV show, she says, "I was kind of freaking out about how I was going to make up all of the things that I was supposed to do. I was especially bummed just about the premiere that I couldn’t go to; that was the thing that made me the most sad.
"Me and my family were joking around; they were like, ‘Miley you’re suc h a freak about working and working all the time that the only thing that can stop you from going to do more work is a volcano’. They were like, ‘That’s really sad… that’s the only way we can get you to spend any tim e with us is a volcano?’ "It was pretty crazy when I heard that the trip was getting cancelled, because of course I was stressing out about packing… As soon as I finis hed packing all of my stuff, which is very hard when you’re going away fo r a while to a completely different country… I got the text, ‘You’re no t going any more’. I was like ‘Oh, great’."

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