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A dedicated fan of MR. HUDSON went to great lengths to show her appreciat ion for the British singer - she baked him a bouquet of flowers made from pastry.
The bizarre tribute was a reference to Hudson’s song Bread and Roses, a nd Kanye West’s protege admits he was pleasantly surprised.
The star reveals, "There=E2=80=99s a song on my first album called Brea d and Roses. We were on tour in Oxford (England) and a girl approached me with these beautifully baked flowers that she=E2=80=99d made out of puff pastry and stuck on a rose stem.
"It was kind of weird and wonderful at the same time. I=E2=80=99ve stil l got them, too."

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GRACE JONES turned down an offer to collaborate with LADY GAGA - because she refuses to team up with a star who has been "copying" her style.
The Poker Face hitmaker has long cited Jones as an inspiration, and her eccentric fashion sense has often drawn comparisons between the pair.
The A View to a Kill star reveals she was approached by Gaga to record a duet - but Jones snubbed the request, accusing the singer of stealing h er style.
She says, "Yes, she did (ask about a duet), but I said no. I’d just pre fer to work with someone who is more original and someone who is not copy ing me, actually. Well, you know, I’ve seen some things she’s worn that I ‘ve worn, and that does kind of p**s me off. I wouldn’t go to see her." (

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Singer OKSANA GRIGORIEVA has kept her promise to perform at a charity con cert in her native Russia later this month (ends25Apr10), weeks after her highly-publicised split from actor MEL GIBSON.
Gibson stirred controversy when he unveiled Grigorieva as his girlfrien d shortly after his wife of 30 years filed for divorce last April (09) - but the new union was not meant to last.
The actor/director and Grigorieva reportedly ended their romance earlie r this month (Apr10) - less than six months after Grigorieva gave birth t o their first daughter, Lucia.
News of the split sparked reports Grigorieva’s performance at a charity concert in Moscow would be cancelled, but Grigorieva has assured fans th e show - to aid child victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster - wi ll go on.
She says, "Children’s pain hurts me too. I always wanted to help childr en through music."

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Rapper NAS has had to scrap his upcoming London concert with DAMIAN MARLE Y as a result of the flight chaos caused by the volcanic eruption in Icel and.
Air travel across the whole of Europe has been disrupted for days due t o the heavy cloud of volcanic ash floating above the continent, which can cause jet engines to fail.
Over 63,000 flights have been cancelled, costing airlines $200 million (=C2=A3125 million) a day and affecting six million passengers worldwide - and Nas and Marley are among those who have been forced to alter their travel plans, according to AllHipHop.com.
The pair was due to perform at London’s Electric Ballroom on Wednesday (21Apr10) in support of their new collaborative album, Distant Relatives - but that show has now been shelved because they are unable to fly over from the U.S.
The hip-hop stars aren’t the only artists whose international tours hav e been affected by the eruption - R&B superstar Usher has also had to put plans to tour the U.K. on hold until the European air space opens up.
The Yeah! hitmaker was expected to fly to Europe to promote his new son g OMG, which hit the top of the U.K. singles chart on Sunday (18Apr10). (

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RUN-DMC star DARRYL MCDANIELS has shot down rumours the hip-hop icons wil l reunite at THE ROOTS’ annual festival this summer (10), insisting it wo uld be "disrespectful" to their late DJ, JAM MASTER JAY.
Rappers Reverend Run and McDaniels, also known as DMC, vowed never to p erform together again following the tragic murder of Jason ‘Jam Master Ja y’ Mizell in 2002, but rumours have continued to swirl for months.
The Roots drummer ?uestlove fuelled the speculation in March (10) when he announced plans for the band’s third annual ‘picnic’ event in June (10 ), hinting on Twitter.com that the concert would feature "a reunion we th ought we would never get".
In another telling ‘tweet’, ?uestlove posted a video of himself wearing the group’s iconic thick gold chain and a black fedora, adding, "This sh ould say it all." McDaniels insists the highly-anticipated reunion won’t be happening any time soon.
He tells The BoomBox, "That’s not gonna happen. For me, personally, I’l l put it like this… As of now, a reunion is possible, but it’s really g ot to make bigger sense, because a lot of people say Run-DMC was much mor e than just a rap group to them.
"People hit me with all the groups that did get back together after dea th, but I just feel I can’t replace my drummer. Do you really want to see me and Run running around without Jay back there? With some other DJ? It ‘ll be disrespectful." But McDaniels is not ruling out a possible collaboration in the future: "We can probably get back together, but it’s got to be in a different fo rm. So it’s not going to happen yet." The Third Annual Roots Picnic will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylv ania on 5 June (10) and will feature headline performances from rap duo C lips, Vampire Weekend and Mayor Hawthorne.

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FERGIE’s husband JOSH DUHAMEL has big plans for the BLACK EYED PEA - he w ants to have seven children with her.
The Transformers star recently admitted the pair was planning to start a family - and he doesn’t want to stop with one kid.
Duhamel says, "I have always loved kids, I am happy with one, but I wil l take seven." In an interview with OK! magazine, the star also reveals the couple hav e contemplated adoption.
He adds, "I would love to adopt, especially the more you learn about th e kids that are out there that need parents. I am a supporter of adoption .."

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British actor DOUGLAS HODGE has won over critics with his Broadway debut opposite KELSEY GRAMMER in a revival of musical comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES ..
The Harvey Fierstein song and dance show about a camp gay couple first appeared on Broadway in 1983, and was revived in 2004, opening to rave re views.
Hodge originally played the role of drag queen Albin on the London stag e in 2008, winning a Laurence Olivier award for his performance - and he impressed theatre critics once again when the show opened in New York on Sunday (18Apr10).
A critic from the New York Times called Hodge’s performance "a bravura Broadway debut", adding that he and Grammer were "equally disarming" on s tage.
However, Grammer’s performance as nightclub owner Georges, Albin’s part ner of 20 years, was met with mixed reactions.
A reviewer from the New York Post writes, "Olivier-winning star Douglas Hodge in action, we’ll take it. Kelsey Grammer may be the draw for local audiences, but the show is Hodge’s alone… (Grammer) looks more stiff t han necessary." Overall, the actors and their "uniformly excellent" supporting cast - i ncluding Fred Applegate, Veanne Cox, Chris Hoch, Elena Shaddow, A. J. Shi vely, Christine Andreas and Robin de Jesus - proved to be a hit with revi ewers.
A critic from industry trade publication Daily Variety praised the cast and crew, calling director Terry Johnson’s production "tenderly affectin g".

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BRUCE LEE’s martial arts screenplay THE SILENT FLUTE is returning to the big screen for a second posthumous release, in a new film based on the la te icon’s original story.
Lee wrote the script about a martial artist rebel prior to his death in 1973.
The movie was released in 1978 as Circle of Iron, starring David Carrad ine.
Now Circle of Iron producer Paul Maslansky has secured rights and finan cing for a new feature length film, which will be written by his son, Sas ha Maslansky, and based on Lee’s original work.
Paul Maslansky tells trade paper Daily Variety, "The Silent Flute will be an epic martial arts adventure film that promises to honour Bruce Lee’ s original artistic and philosophical conception. It also promises to rea ch new levels of action and adventure never before seen in martial arts f ilmmaking."

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The president of LINDSAY LOHAN’s 6126 fashion brand has come to the actre ss-turned-socialite’s defence following her split from style company Eman uel Ungaro, insisting the MEAN GIRLS star wasn’t allowed to get involved in the firm’s decisions.
Lohan was reportedly dropped from her role as artistic adviser for Unga ro earlier this year (10) after her debut runway show for the company in 2009 was a critical flop.
But her 6126 president Kristi Kaylor insists her boss was unfairly crit icised by the fashion police - and never had a chance to succeed at Ungar o.
Speaking out in the Los Angeles Times newspaper, Kaylor says, "Lindsay was frustrated she didn’t get to be as involved as she wanted to be." And Kaylor insists the Lohan portrayed in the media as a party-loving p roblem is nothing like her press suggests.
She adds, "They (media) are so hard on her. There’s such another story.
I work with her, and she comes to every meeting on time. She’s very enga ged.
"In two years, she’s never let me down. She’s never not returned an ema il or phone call… She has a heart of gold. She just needs people to bel ieve in her."

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LEANN RIMES’ actor boyfriend EDDIE CIBRIAN received a rude reception from the press at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday (18Apr10) whe n he was heckled as a "cheater" after leaving his wife to be with the sin ger.
The Northern Lights TV stars were at the centre of controversy last yea r (09) when they were caught kissing on camera - while they were still ma rried to their respective partners.
Rimes subsequently split from her husband Dean Sheremet and Cibrian is currently locked in a bitter divorce battle with his ex, Brandi Glanville ..
The stars have since gone public with their love for one another and hi t the red carpet together at the country music awards in Las Vegas.
But Cibrian felt the wrath of critics when he stepped on stage to prese nt an award to Lady Antelbellum, with reporters in the press room calling him out as a "cheater".

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French pop star BENJAMIN BIOLAY has been awarded damages from a TV networ k after broadcasting bosses falsely linked him to an affair scandal invol ving France’s First Lady CARLA BRUNI.
The model/singer’s relationship with her husband, French president Nico las Sarkozy, was thrust into the limelight last month (Mar10) amid allega tions they were both enjoying extra-marital affairs.
Bruni blasted the rumours as "insignificant" and "unpleasant" and Biola y took legal action against bosses at the publicly-funded France 24 chann el for bringing his name into the controversy.
A judge in Paris, France ruled in Biolay’s favour during a hearing on F riday (16Apr10), agreeing that the reporting was a violation of his right to privacy, despite TV chiefs arguing they were simply discussing a topi c that had already been widely written about in the foreign press.
However, Biolay’s victory was a small one - he won $4,000 (=C2=A32,500) in damages, just a fraction of the $26,843 (=C2=A317,493) he had demande d in his suit.
It’s not the only legal issue on Biolay’s mind - the singer is also pre paring to sue French celebrity magazine Voici for publishing snaps of him hugging actress Laura Smet, the daughter of French rocker Johnny Hallyda y.

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British singer PIXIE LOTT pretends she’s a student like her friends - so she can obtain discounted movie tickets.
The Mama Do hitmaker, 19, shunned university to concentrate on her musi c career, but sometimes finds herself wishing she was still in education to take advantage of the perks.
She says, "When I went to see The Twilight Saga: New Moon I wanted to g et in half-price like my friends, so I pretended to be a student, but the y knew who I was.
"I keep getting recognised now, even when I went out for dinner with my parents a few nights ago, I was sat there in my comfy clothes and boots and everybody kept coming up to me all the time! I don’t mind it though."

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British DJ FATBOY SLIM celebrated his sobriety on Sunday (18Apr10) by run ning a marathon in his hometown of Brighton, England.
The star, real name Norman Cook, swore off booze for good after checkin g into the Providence Project clinic in the U.K. last year (09).
And to mark more than 12 months without a drink, the musician hit the s treets of Brighton for the 26.2 mile (42.2 kilometre) race while his fami ly joined a crowd of onlookers to cheer him on.
His wife, British TV and radio personality Zoe Ball, wore a t-shirt wit h the slogan ‘Run Fat Boy Run’, while his nine-year-old son Woody made a banner saying ‘Go Daddy’.

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SIMON COWELL is planning to marry fiancee MEZHGAN HUSSAINY four times - h e will have several wedding ceremonies across the globe, according to the music mogul’s brother.
The American Idol judge confirmed last month (Mar10) he will exchange v ows with make-up artist Hussainy after their whirlwind romance.
A date for the nuptials has not been set - but Cowell’s brother Tony re vealed on Monday (19Apr10) the couple is planning extravagant weddings in Britain, the U.S., and the Caribbean.
He tells the U.K.’s Real Radio, "My mum is over in L.A. sorting out the lovebirds and coming back hopefully with a wedding date so we can releas e it live here on Real Radio.
"Mum’s final words to me before she flew off to L.A. were ‘Last year he said he was never, never, never going to get married - this year he’s ge tting married four times, once in Brighton (U.K.), once in L.A., once in Barbados on a yacht, and once in Hollywood’."

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MICHAEL BUBLE was forced to make an early exit from the Juno Awards in Ca nada to ensure his fiancee wasn’t left stranded by the travel chaos cause d by Iceland’s volcanic eruption.
The star scooped four trophies at the annual music ceremony on Sunday ( 18Apr10), including the top single and album honours and the Juno Fan Cho ice Award.
But he wasn’t able to stay at the Mile One Centre in St. John’s to cele brate his wins.
Buble and his partner Luisana Lopilato were whisked away from the venue to the local airport so the actress/singer could catch a plane to fulfil her presenting commitments for an Argentinian TV show - amid fears she w ould be stranded in Canada due to the cloud of ash drifting across the At lantic from Iceland.
Buble explains, =E2=80=9CI spoke to a pilot just now who told me that t he ash cloud would be coming here by 3 a.m. and it could be another three days before anyone can get out of here.
=E2=80=9CI don=E2=80=99t want to be the guy who brings everyone down. I t wouldn=E2=80=99t be that bad to have to stay here for another three day s but for her it would.=E2=80=9D

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A representative for DAISY LOWE has confirmed the British model is "havin g fun" with DOCTOR WHO star MATT SMITH - after they were photographed hol ding hands at the Coachella music festival.
Gavin Rossdale’s 21-year-old daughter, who has previously romanced supe rproducer Mark Ronson, was snapped partying with the British actor at the event this weekend (17-18Apr10).
Pictures of the pair holding hands sparked reports of a new romance - b ut a spokeswoman for Lowe is adamant they aren’t in a serious relationshi p.
The rep tells Britain’s Metro, "They’re not dating, they’re just having fun. (Lowe is) young, free and single."

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UGLY BETTY actress VANESSA WILLIAMS has joined her former co-stars AMERIC A FERRERA and ANA ORTIZ on a crusade to bring the cancelled U.S. TV serie s to the big screen.
Williams gave her final performance as fashion boss Wilhelmina Slater i n the 14 April (10) series finale, and bid farewell to her castmates of f our years.
She says, "We did not want to leave. Our last week, none of us wanted t o leave the table. None of us wanted to finish the words we were saying." Ortiz recently admitted she and America Ferrera are "open" to the idea of making an Ugly Betty film, and Williams is keen to join the pair’s cam paign.
She adds, "It was an extraordinary group of people, the ensemble was gr eat, the directors were great - the writers - the whole team. It was uniq ue. Yes, an Ugly Betty movie, absolutely."

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TINA FEY is already making contingency plans for life after her fame has faded, because she’s convinced her time in the spotlight will be "brief".
The funnywoman, who began her career as a sketch writer on hit comedy s eries Saturday Night Live, didn’t find fame until she was in her thirties , and she’s grateful she had time to make a life for herself outside of H ollywood.
She says, "Not having this level of attention at 20 or 25, I’ve been ab le to build a real life for myself, one that will endure after this fame thing crashes and burns. Maybe because it came to me later in life, I don ‘t take my success for granted." Fey made her movie debut in 2004, writing and co-starring in Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan, and launched her own TV show 30 Rock in 2006. She ha s graduated to lead roles on the big screen, recently starring with Steve Carell in Date Night, but the comic fears her fame will be fleeting.
She adds, "I realise I’m in a lucky place in my career and in my life r ight now, but it is not at all to be considered a permanent state. I have to think about how I can continue to work once this is over. I look on t his as a very brief moment."

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