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Legendary folk-rockers SIMON & GARFUNKEL have postponed five Canadian dat es on their tour after ART GARFUNKEL suffered a vocal strain.
The Bridge Over Troubled Water singers kicked off their trek across Nor th America with a headlining spot at New Orleans’ Jazz & Heritage Festiva l in Louisiana at the weekend (24Apr10).
They were due to play in Vancouver on Thursday (29Apr10) and follow up the gig with a string of shows in Canada in the following week.
But they’ve been forced to push back the Vancouver date, as well as con certs in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Winnipeg, on doctor’s orders.
A statement from promoters Live Nation reads, "In an effort to provide the highest quality performance for their audience, Paul and Art decided it would be best to move the scheduled concert dates.
"The dates have been rescheduled to allow for an adequate period of res t and rehabilitation, after which Art is expected to make a complete reco very." The rescheduled dates will take place in July (10).

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ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. arrived at the Los Angeles premiere of IRON MAN 2 in s tyle on Monday (26Apr10) in his character TONY STARK’s flashy new sportsc ar.
The Audi R8 V10 Spyder convertible won’t be available for motor maniacs to buy until later this year (10), but the car firm built one just for I ron Man’s alter-ego to drive in the film.
And Downey, Jr. was so impressed he insisted on arriving at the premier e with his wife Susan Levin in the car.
He says, "This new Spyder is the coolest car I’ve ever driven." (KL/WN/

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HEIDI KLUM is still fuming after a stylist she invited into her home went public about a collection of tasteful nude photographs of the supermodel and husband SEAL, which decorate the couple’s master bedroom.
Klum thought nothing of inviting the unnamed advisor into her bedroom f or a fitting and was appalled when she called the tabloids to report the details of the candid shots Klum had hoped no one but herself and the sin ger would see.
Calling the big reveal "so mean" the model tells U.S. chat show host El len DeGeneres, "This is how this whole thing started about our semi-nude, artsy photos that we have - in our private bedroom.
"No one normally goes in there and I was getting a fitting because I wa s fixing something in the other room, so I was (like), ‘OK, let’s do the fitting in my bedroom…’ and the next day it (story) was out." Klum admits she doesn’t really know what all the fuss is about: "We’re not doing some naked voodoo dancing crazy business. It’s just photos.
"They were not for anyone to see. It’s not like we’re showing them to e verybody. They’re in our bedroom."

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IAN DURY biopic SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL has helped the late rocker’s fa mily come to terms with his death.
The movie stars Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis as Dury and its rel ease coincides with the tenth anniversary of Dury’s death from cancer.
Serkis was granted access to Dury’s widow Sophie and his four children as he prepared to take on the role, and he has stayed close to them since ..
And the star insists the filmmaking process and the end product have he lped the family grieve.
The actor tells WENN, "I think it has been cathartic for them.
"Every year, on the anniversary of his death, the family go to a memori al bench in Richmond Park in London. The bench has a solar panel that you can plug headphones into and listen to Ian’s music. Every year on the an niversary, they go there and have a picnic and celebrate him.
"But when the anniversary came around this year, they didn’t feel the n eed to go." Serkis adds the family were so thrilled with the end product, they hand ed Serkis and the filmmakers gifts from his estate.
He reveals, "We all went for a meal with his family last week, and we w ere all given individual Ian’s handwritten lyrics."

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Former DIFF’RENT STROKES star TODD BRIDGES hired an army of prostitutes t o deal drugs for him during his 1980s heyday as a dealer - so he could ge t paid twice, for cocaine and sex..
The ex-child star became a drug user towards the end of the hit show’s run in the mid-1980s and a gun-wielding narcotics boss on the mean street s of Los Angeles, dealing speed, crack, cocaine and marijuana when the si tcom wrapped in 1986.
Both respected and feared, the actor surrounded himself with women, so he could get the most out of clients.
He explains, "They would sell drugs to johns (clients) and also have se x with johns, so I got paid in a double way… I was a pimp in a lot of w ays." He hit a new low when he became hooked on methamphetamine after having an orgasm the first time he tried the hard drug.
Bridges, who was still trying to escape memories of being molested at 1 1, says, "I thought that that was the drug that would take me through eve rything else because it really covered up everything that I was feeling..
.. I was numb to society, I was numb to life… I felt that’s what I deser ve… that’s who I am." In a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on her U.S. talk show show on Wednesday (28Apr10), the actor revealed he once stayed awake for 14 days straight when he was high on methamphetamine. He eventually suffered psychosis and seizures.
He recalls, "I started seeing these little green men that came up and I thought that my grandmother had put these inside my house… and they we re running around and I was chasing at them and I was shooting at them…
I was crazy at that point." Bridges broke down in tears as his mother, who was in the studio audien ce, sobbed as she recalled how she prayed to God and said, "If you wanna take him, take him; I don’t wanna see him like that… I said, ‘I’m givin g him back to you.’"

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TITANIC and SEABISCUIT actor SHAY DUFFIN has died in Los Angeles, aged 79 ..
The revered thespian died last week (22Apr10) at UCLA Medical Center af ter suffering complications from recent heart surgery.
Born in Ireland, Duffin was a regular on stages across America, starrin g in productions of works by countrymen Brendan Behan and James Joyce.
He also wrote and starred in the show The Importance of Being Irish.
As well as Titanic and Seabiscuit, the actor also appeared in Raging Bu ll and The Departed.

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Movie mogul QUINCY JONES has emerged as the fan favourite to replace SIMO N COWELL when the Brit departs talent show AMERICAN IDOL this summer (10) ..
America’s TV Guide magazine put forward 10 potential candidates for the soon-to-be vacant chair Cowell fills as a judge on the hit show, asked r eaders to vote for their favourite.
Forty per cent of voters chose producer Jones ahead of former Idol star Adam Lambert, Jamie Foxx and Mariah Carey’s ex-husband, former music bos s Tommy Mottola.
The other six potential candidates were fellow music moguls Jimmy Iovin e and Steve Lillywhite, who has launched an online campaign to land the t op job, DJ Howard Stern, Madonna’s partner and record boss Guy Oseary, Id ol host Ryan Seacrest and the show’s former judge Paula Abdul.
Cowell will depart the show when his contract expires next month (May10 ).

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Fans of JUSTIN BIEBER were rewarded for staying calm and quiet as he appe ared on a TV show in New Zealand on Wednesday (28Apr10) - the BABY hitmak er agreed to a meet and greet just two days after mob scenes caused the c ancellation of a gig in Australia.
The teen sensation has caused chaos during his trip Down Under - thousa nds of fans who turned out to catch a glimpse of the singer caused a crow d surge, prompting police to scrap a Sydney show on Monday.
An army of security had to be brought in for Bieber’s visit to New Zeal and amid fears his free concert at the Strathallan School in Papakura on Wednesday could end in a riot.
But the show went without a hitch after Bieber asked his fans to calm d own in an online message.
More than 800 screaming teen fans turned out to see their idol, but the y were on their best behaviour as Bieber performed a six-song set.
The star also made a surprise appearance on the Select Live TV show - a nd, as he left the studio, he decided to surprise a few lucky fans who we re waiting outside to see him.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "Just did Select Live on C4 in New Zealand… tasted some candy I’ve never had before. Not bad. Gl ad I could go to the door and say hi to the fans that have been waiting o utside.
"You are all so supportive around the world. Thank you. New Zealand =3D great success."

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Imprisoned rapper GUCCI MANE has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly fa iling to perform two concerts in Pennsylvania last year (09).
Bosses at Marshall Productions and Rockstar Entertainment have filed pa pers against the hip-hop star, real name Radric Davis, and two business p artners, claiming the trio booked two shows in Pittsburgh - and took cash deposits for both - even though they knew that legal restrictions on Man e’s travel would prevent the gigs from taking place.
The concert promoters claim the rapper’s reps took two deposits of $13, 750 (=C2=A39,167) to secure his appearance at shows last August (09).
Parole restrictions stemming from a 2005 felony assault prevented the r ap star from leaving his home in Georgia at the time.
Violations of his parole agreement eventually resulted in Gucci Mane’s arrest and incarceration in November (09).
In the legal papers, filed in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Marshall Productions’ William Marshall and and Derrick Brown of Rockstar Entertain ment state, "the defendants engaged in a widespread scheme scheduling con certs they knew would not take place." The two concert bosses are seeking more than $25,000 (=C2=A316,666) in damages.

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Worried fans of ailing rocker BRET MICHAELS have been given a big boost - his aides are hopeful he’ll be back onstage late next month (May10).
The Poison singer is recovering in an Arizona hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage last week (22Apr10) and initial reports suggested he w as facing months of rehabilitation.
But there’s new hope for concerned fans - shows postponed due to the st ar’s ill health are already being tentatively rescheduled.
In a post on his MySpace.com website, a publicist writes, "While Bret i s recovering, we obviously have some shows that are being rescheduled. We are working to reschedule dates from now until May 21st.
"At this time we are planning to resume the tour (on) May 26th in Ft. S mith, Arkansas provided there are no further complications or setbacks. W e will then continue with all scheduled dates throughout the summer and f all, including the June and July tour with LYNYRD SKYNYRD. Look for addit ional information in the days and weeks to come."

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THE FLAMING LIPS have been forced to scrap a pair of shows in Florida and Tennessee following the hospitalisation of guitarist STEVEN DROZD.
The group was scheduled to perform at SunFest in Florida on Thursday (2 9Apr10) and at the Memphis in May festival on Saturday (01May10), but bot h appearances have been cancelled.
Details of Drozd’s illness and his current condition have not been rele ased, but the band’s representatives fear the group will have to postpone a handful of upcoming concerts.

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Actor DOMINIC MONAGHAN took aim at U.S. chat show host JIMMY KIMMEL on TV last night (27Apr10) after the comedian reneged on a deal to buy one of his spider photos.
The Lord of the Rings star was thrilled when Kimmel showed up at the la unch of a recent exhibition of his pictures, and then offered to buy the show’s most expensive snap - a shot of one of the actor’s pet spiders.
But the TV personality and host of nightly U.S. show Jimmy Kimmel Live! left the exhibition without paying and then had second thoughts about ta king the large creepy shot home.
Appearing on Kimmel’s show on Tuesday night (27Apr10), Monaghan reminde d the host, "Jimmy, you walked in… all full of vim and vigour… You ki nd of arrived late… and he was like, ‘I’m Jimmy Kimmel, I’m here to buy the most expensive photo in your exhibition, Send me to it.’" Monaghan saw dollar signs when he showed his pal the $1,200 (GBP750) ph oto, but Kimmel never paid up.
The comedian said, "I was told that some people might not be excited ab out a big picture of a bug in the house." The actor quipped, "I was annoyed that you turned up and you were like, ‘I’m gonna buy that…’ and then you walked out. I felt like I’d been ab used in some way."

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RAY star REGINA KING has launched her own social networking organisation aimed at motivating and empowering women.
The actress was an avid user of popular celebrity networking website Tw itter.com, where she offered supportive words to thousands of female foll owers.
And now the star has expanded her empowering ‘tweets’ to begin her own organisation and spread the positive messages.
She tells Hip-Hop Weekly, "I have a social networking organisation I ha ve started called B2B and it means Back to Business.
"It actually started on Twitter and I ended up with so many followers t hat I decided to spread the message to help empower and bridge that gap b etween women. We have all gone through something and we have all failed b efore. There needs to be motivation in the community." Busy King has also just made her directorial debut, taking charge of ra pper Jaheim’s new video, in which she also stars.

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KATIE HOLMES is set to play America’s most beloved First Lady after signi ng on to portray JACKIE KENNEDY in a new TV mini-series.
The actress will play the wife of assassinated U.S. President John F. K ennedy in an upcoming eight-hour drama chronicling one of America’s most famous families.
The Kennedys will debut in 2011 on America’s History Channel, and will also feature Greg Kinnear and Tom Wilkinson.
Kinnear will play JFK in the project.

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Former child star TODD BRIDGES resisted a romance with his DIFF’RENT STRO KES co-star JANET JACKSON - because he refused to treat her like the othe r girls he used and abused.
The actor was sexually molested by a family friend when he was 11 and t hen embarked on several years of sexual promiscuity as a result.
He bedded girls like co-star Dana Plato and fans - but there was someth ing about Jackson, who played his girlfriend on the beloved sitcom, that made him turn down her bids for a real-life romance.
In a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on her U.S. TV sh ow on Wednesday (28Apr10), Bridges said, "I backed away from her because she was such a nice person and so good to me that I just couldn’t see mys elf hurting her like that… (but) we went out for a little while." (KL/W

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Actor ANDY SERKIS altered his body so severely to play polio-stricken roc ker IAN DURY in a new biopic, he’s still feeling the effects a year after the movie wrapped.
The Lord of the Rings star lost nearly 30 pounds (13 kilograms) in weig ht, and then bulked up the right side of his body so he resembled Dury, w ho was stricken with polio at the age of seven.
After the five week shoot, Serkis "went to Italy and ate a lot of pasta and got my body back to normal very quickly".
But he insists he’s never felt the same since.
Serkis tells WENN, "I find myself walking differently, and weirdly I st ill use my right side more than my left."

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Former child star TODD BRIDGES broke down as he read an extract from his memoirs on U.S. TV show OPRAH on Wednesday (28Apr10) - because his own wo rds brought back terrible memories of a childhood molestation.
Host Oprah Winfrey asked the ex-Diff’rent Strokes star to read from his book, Killing Willis, after he revealed how the sex acts had begun when he was just 11.
The actor explained that a trusted male mentor and publicist had treate d him to gifts and urged him to ignore the adulation of screaming girl fa ns before sexually abusing him.
Bridges started reading and lost his composure as he fought back tears.
He continued, "He pulled my pants down. He put his mouth on me and I got hard. I didn’t know where to look or how to feel. I squirmed against the back of the seat… I hoped it would be over fast. That’s what happened; I came." He added, "As I confessed and I was upset about it, I liked the way tha t it felt. I didn’t think about whether or not it was wrong." The actor held his head in his hand and started crying as he put the bo ok down and told Winfrey, "I’m past it but it still hurts because it ruin ed my life. I spent the rest of my time trying to cover up how I felt abo ut it, that pain." Bridges composed himself after a commercial break and revealed his mole ster, a man named Ronald, tried to take the place of his father - and he had confusing moments where he just attacked the man who stole his innoce nce.
The actor’s mother, who was in the studio audience, revealed her son’s strange behaviour struck a chord with her - because she had been molested as a child, also.
Bridges explained, "My mother took me off of him. I think she knew righ t away what had happened." His mum then chased Ronald out of the house with a knife and called her son’s father, who refused to believe Bridges had been molested.
The actor recalled, "That really destroyed me because my father was sup posed to be my protector. He didn’t protect me." At that point, Bridges broke down again and sobbed, "He allowed this ma n to do this to me and didn’t help me.
"I have kids today (and) if my kids told me that, I’m going to jail; th at guy’s dead. There’s no way he’s gonna live."

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Rocker IAN DURY’s widow was so keen to make her late husband’s new biopic an honest and realistic portrayal of his life, she agreed to give filmma kers a saucy account of how the late star performed in the bedroom.
Andy Serkis, who plays the polio-stricken Blockheads singer in new movi e Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, transformed his body so he could capture Dur y’s trademark limp, and spent time with his widow, Sophie, and eldest son , Baxter, in an attempt to understand the pink icon’s complex persona.
Serkis tells WENN, "I was very lucky to have that access… They wanted an honest film about Ian.
"They explained to me how he operated and coped with his calipers, and how he got in and out of the car and the bath." And Sophie Dury wasn’t shy about divulging deeply personal information about her late husband.
The Lord of the Rings star, who also produced the film, adds, "Sophie e xplained in great detail what he was like in bed… He was very physical! "

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