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WILL SMITH’s business partner is offering a reward for information leadin g to the capture of a thug who drew a gun on him in an attempted robbery on Friday (18Jun10).
Movie producer Charles ‘Charlie Mack’ Alston, Smith’s longtime friend a nd associate, had stopped at a gas station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to refuel his BMW when he was held up by an armed man demanding money.
Alston tells Philly.com, "I guess he felt like he had the upper hand be cause he had a gun. He was wrong… This dude runs up and puts a gun in m y stomach. I’m looking at him, and he’s feeling in my pocket, going, ‘Whe re’s the money at? Where’s the money at?’" Alston pulled $3,000 (=C2=A32,000) in cash from his pocket, before swif tly manoeuvring to pin his attacker to the ground.
The man bit and scratched Alston to free himself, and made off with $2, 700 (=C2=A31,800) of the money.
Alston has now offered a $5,000 (=C2=A33,300) reward for any informatio n that could lead to the robber’s arrest.
He adds, "We never know what the circumstance is. He could be a bad see d, or trying to feed his seed. To me, it’s sad."

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VAL KILMER’s neighbours in New Mexico have moved to block plans to turn h is home into a bed and breakfast resort - insisting the actor must apolog ise for a series of negative comments he allegedly made about his adopted state.
The star has applied for planning permission to transform his expansive Pecos River Ranch near Santa Fe into a guesthouse, but local residents h ave lodged an official complaint with authorities. The group of unhappy r esidents claim they won’t withdraw their objections until the Top Gun sta r says sorry for a series of remarks he is said to have made in a 2003 in terview with Rolling Stone magazine.
Kilmer, who claims to have been misquoted, is alleged to have called Ne w Mexico "the homicide capital of the Southwest" and claimed that "80 per cent of the people in my county are drunk".
He is also accused of berating war veterans in an 2005 interview with E squire, although the actor has furiously denied he made the statement and has "nothing but praise and respect for veterans".
At a meeting of local authorities last month (May10) to decide on Kilme r’s permit application, the group demanded an apology from the star in re turn for the withdrawal of the complaint. San Miguel County Commission po stponed a hearing on Kilmer’s application until 23 June (10) and official s have written to Kilmer, urging him to attend the meeting in order to an swer questions.
Commission chairperson, David Salazar, tells the Wall Street Journal, " It’s a situation that’s pretty volatile. The opportunity is there for him to come and set the record straight." And Jose Garcia, who runs a ranch next to Kilmer’s property, adds, "Tha t’s all he has to do, come and apologise. We’re not intimidated by him."

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ANGELINA JOLIE has extended her summer goodwill mission by flying to Hait i to visit children who were left homeless by the devastating January (10 ) earthquake.
The Tomb Raider star travelled to the SOS Children’s Village in Santo, Haiti, where nearly 500 youngsters have been housed following the tremor, which left thousands of Haitians without anywhere to live.
Jolie, who has been a United Nations (U.N.) Goodwill Ambassador since 2 001, brought toys to the kids and even spent the night in a SOS house.
She says, "That is why I like to visit and support the SOS Children’s V illages in the world - because I have seen that the children are growing up in a safe and loving environment." Jolie’s trip to Haiti came just hours after she wrapped up a humanitari an stop on the Ecuadorian boarder with Colombia, where she met with villa gers who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflicts in the Sou th American region.

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A star-studded TV telethon featuring CAMERON DIAZ, ROBERT REDFORD, JUSTIN BIEBER and STING has raised more than $1.3 million (=C2=A3866, 667) to b oost clean-up efforts along America’s Gulf Coast in the wake of the oil d isaster.
A huge host of celebrities turned out to appear with veteran newsman La rry King for a special two-hour live broadcast on Monday night (21Jun10).
The show saw stars including Jenny McCarthy and Ted Danson manning the phones to take donations in a bid to boost funds for those affected by th e massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, which has been drifting ashore since a BP rig ruptured in April (10).
Country singer Tim McGraw was among the first to plead with the public to pledge cash to the cause, insisting the people of his native Louisiana need help: "It’s devastating. Anybody that’s ever been down there will t ell you that it’s some of the finest people you will ever meet down in So uth Louisiana. And they will give you their shirt off their back… And t hey’re in trouble… It’s just heartbreaking." Actors Cameron Diaz and Robert Redford also called on the public to han d over their hard-earned cash, with the Charlie’s Angels star insisting t he situation on the Gulf Coast makes her "sad and mad and sick at heart" and Redford adding, "(I’m feeling) heartbreak. Frustration, because I thi nk it was avoidable." Teenage singer Justin Bieber also joined the show in a bid to encourage younger viewers to get involved, and he addressed his message to his fan s, saying, "The oil disaster in the Gulf has been a big problem. But ever y little bit can help. There’s no such thing as being too young to pitch in. And this is urgent. What we do now can affect our future. You can don ate money or time or anything to the groups that you’ve heard about on th is show." The show also saw a performance from British rocker Sting, who dedicate d his track Fragile to all those affected by the disaster: "I want to ded icate this next song to all the people in the gulf who have lost their li velihoods because of this terrible oil spill. All the animals, all the bi rds we’re losing, and to remember that our ecology is very fragile." Other stars to have made an appearance on the show include Lenny Kravit z, Harry Connick, Jr., Gavin Rossdale and The Vampire Diaries star Ian So merhalder, who initially called for a celebrity telethon to raise money f or the cause.
Former Fall Out Boy rocker Pete Wentz also appeared on the broadcast, a nd admitted his wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz was planning to make a large do nation, as long as she could get her picture taken with True Blood star S am Trammell, who was also taking part in the show. He told King, "She was going to make a generous donation if she could get a picture with Sam ov er there." The Disaster in the Gulf: How You Can Help special had raised $1.3 mill ion (=C2=A3866, 667) by the time it went off air, and donations to charit ies including the United Way, National Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conse rvancy are expected to rise.

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Pregnant pop star DANNII MINOGUE has dismissed reports she is preparing t o re-launch her music career with a new dance album after she gives birth later this year (10).
The Australian singer-turned-TV talent show judge, who has not released any new music since 2007, was rumoured to have signed a new $1.5 million (=C2=A31 million) deal with executives at dance label Ministry of Sound.
Britain’s Sunday Mirror reported Minogue was planning to return to the recording studio and launch a new single by the end of the year (10) - ju st months after she becomes a first-time mum.
The report also suggested Minogue’s chart comeback would be documented in her new reality TV show on U.K. network ITV2.
But the singer has refuted the rumour, insisting the documentary will f ocus on the launch of her new fashion line.
In a post on her Twitter.com page, she writes, "Sunday Mirror not quite right. Haven’t signed with record label. ITV2 doco (sic) about launching ProjectD fashion range."

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s sister LA TOYA has come face to face with the late King of Pop’s pet chimpanzee BUBBLES for a new documentary.
The TV special, Michael Jackson and Bubbles: The Untold Story, which wi ll air on the Animal Planet network in the U.S. on Tuesday (22Jun10), chr onicles what has become of the chimp in the past 20 years since Jackson h ad to give up his ape pal.
The pop superstar had to part with the primate when Bubbles reached ado lescence.
In one film segment, La Toya visits Bubbles at his current home, and ho lds back tears as she says, "I think you remember me, don’t you." (KL/WNV

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Pregnant singer ALICIA KEYS’ unborn baby has been blessed in a traditiona l Zulu ceremony during the star’s recent trip to South Africa with fiance SWIZZ BEATZ.
The 29 year old is expecting her first child with the producer later th is year (10), and now she has Zulu good fortune on her side.
Tribesmen gave the mum-to-be and her baby traditional African names as she joined hands with her future husband underneath a fig tree, dubbed th e ‘healing tree’ by locals.
The tribal leaders agreed to bless mother and child as a thank you for the charity work Keys has done in the area - her Keep A Child Alive chari ty helps fund local organisation Bobbi Bear, which aims to save youngster s whose parents have died of AIDS.
The charity’s director Jackie Bradfield tells Britain’s Daily Mail, "Al icia has been made part of the tribal family because she really reached o ut to the people here.
"Two female priests who practise a mix of Christianity and tribal custo m chose new names for her and the unborn child as a mark of respect. The names were kept between them, but were chosen to reflect Alicia’s charact er.
"Alicia had to do a special dance with drums banging in the background, and was embraced by abused children who she has helped. She was chosen f or the ceremony as a thank you, because she has done a lot to keep childr en’s lives afloat and for us to afford our support staff. Her partner cam e too - he held her hand and helped her sit down when she needed rest." Keys made the blessing a family affair - her mother and brother were pa rt of the 50-strong crowd who watched the moving ceremony.
The Fallin’ hitmaker was in South Africa on holiday after performing as part of the World Cup kick off celebrations earlier this month (Jun10).

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CYNDI LAUPER has teamed up with colourful thespian HARVEY FIERSTEIN to pe n a new Broadway musical.
Based on cult British film Kinky Boots, the production revolves around two men who make shoes for transvestites.
The 2005 movie featured Joel Edgerton as a struggling shoemaker and Chi wetel Ejiofor as a drag queen, who helps revive the family footwear busin ess.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s mother has posted a video on YouTube.com welcoming the King of Pop’s fans to an upcoming celebration of the star’s life in Bever ly Hills.
Katherine Jackson briefly thanks the singer’s loyal followers for their support and insists her late son would be "very honoured and pleased" hi s devotees are coming together to commemorate the first anniversary of hi s death.
She says, "We all love you." The tribute to the King of Pop will take place at the Beverly Hilton Ho tel on Saturday (26Jun10).

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LADY GAGA is set to shock on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine again - by sporting nothing but skimpy rubber underwear and carrying two big guns ..
The nearly nude Bad Romance singer dons a blonde bob and looks fierce w ith a large rifle under each arm.
Gaga first fronted the music bible last year (Jun09), wearing only a se e-through bubble costume.

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Legendary rockers AC/DC won big at the 2010 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards on Monday (21Jun10) after taking home two of t he night’s top trophies.
The Highway To Hell hitmakers were handed the Songwriter of the Year pr ize, as well as the Most Played Australian Work Overseas honour for their 2008 single Rock ‘N Roll Train.
U.S. rock band The Fray won the award for International Work of the Yea r for their song You Found Me, while Aussie duo Empire Of The Sun accepte d the Dance Work of the Year prize for their hit album Walking on a Dream ..
Melbourne-based four-piece The Temper Trap were also celebrating after winning the night’s most prestigious award - the group’s track Sweet Disp osition was named Song of the Year at the ceremony in Sydney. (MJ/WNWCSY/

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TORI SPELLING fell out with her BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 pals after marrying second husband DEAN MCDERMOTT - insisting her former co-stars now "hate" her.
The actress shot to fame with a role in her dad’s hit high school TV dr ama alongside Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Luke Perry and Tiffani Thiessen.
Spelling remained close to the cast after the series went off the air i n 2000 and even invited them to be guests at her first wedding to Charlie Shanian in 2004.
However, the star lost contact with most of her ex-colleagues after she fell in love with McDermott and subsequently called off her relationship with Shanian.
She tells Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show, "All my 90210 cast member s hate me! Jennie and I are still friends. (Thiessen)… doesn’t talk to me anymore.
"We were all great friends during 90210, we were friends after 90210 an d they all came to my first wedding. All of a sudden I marry Dean and I d on’t know what happened. I lost all my cast members."

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TAYLOR LAUTNER was left in agony after volunteering to carry slim actress KRISTEN STEWART for a TWILIGHT film scene - because the short sequence t ook all day to shoot.
The actor plays teenage werewolf Jacob Black in the upcoming third inst allment of the franchise - the Twilight Saga: Eclipse - and Lautner’s cha racter shows off his superhuman strength by effortlessly picking up Stewa rt’s Bella Swan.
Producers had attached Stewart to a harness so Lautner would look like he was carrying her, but the young hunk decided to flex his muscles and h aul his slim co-star himself to make the scene look convincing.
But Lautner quickly regretted his decision.
He tells MTV.com, "There’s a scene where I’m carrying (Kristen), and it ’s also, like, four pages of dialogue.
"We actually had plans, a rig that was basically going to carry her, an d I was just going to pretend that I was carrying her. We got there on th e day, and the rig didn’t look very natural. They were like, ‘What are we going to do?’ and I’m like, ‘I’ll just carry her. She’s like, what, 110 pounds? It’s no big deal!’ "We filmed that scene all day long. Did the wide shot, did my close-up, did her close-up, the back shot, everything. It was so hard… It was pa inful."

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The family of late British designer ALEXANDER MCQUEEN has scattered his a shes on the remote Isle of Skye in Scotland.
The London-born couturier - real name Lee McQueen - was found dead at h is apartment after committing suicide the day before his mother’s funeral in February (10).
The world of fashion mourned the icon in the following months, with tri butes paid to the star during New York and London Fashion Weeks.
McQueen chose the remote island off the coast of Scotland for his final resting place, requesting in his will for his family to spread his crema ted remains on the Isle of Skye.
A statement from the McQueen family says, "On May 29, 2010, Lee Alexand er McQueen was laid to rest on the Isle of Skye.
"Lee cherished the times that he was able to spend on the Isle of Skye.
He enjoyed the beauty, peace and tranquillity. It was Lee’s final reques t that his ashes should be buried at Kilmuir."

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Veteran British actress JOANNA LUMLEY is joining efforts to remedy the oi l spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico by providing officials with a spec ial oil-attracting ‘mattress’ to mop up the mess.
The eco-activist began investing in the Frogmat, an invention by Britis h creator Ken Frogbrook, 20 years ago after realising its potential to cl ean up oil.
The straw mattressing is rolled out around the polluted coastline to ab sorb oil, soaking up the slick and helping clean the water.
The Frogmat also helps slippery oil-covered wildlife pull themselves ou t of the water.
The Absolutely Fabulous star is proud the product she has backed for so many years is now being used by British Petroleum bosses to help clean-u p the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which has been ruled one of the worst environmental disasters in American history.
She tells U.K. TV host Graham Norton, "This is brilliant, we’re talking about oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, in Louisiana and Florida where t hey are just waiting for that oil to come through.
"This was invented by a man called Ken Frogbrook, I joined him maybe 15 -20 years ago to support him. It’s straw mattressing which rolls out and out like a magic carpet and drags oil towards it and then you roll it and it’s like oil-soaked mattressing which can then be used for fuel.
"Now we are sending two machines out at the request of BP to spread thi s mattressing along the (coast) and not only does it help clean the water , it gives the wildlife something to step onto. You’ve probably seen the plastic ones, and the poor little things can’t get on with their oily fee t, but because this is made of straw, it means they can get out of the oi l and the stuff biodegrades at the end of it if you don’t pick it up." (M

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The plot of the fourth installment of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franch ise nearly became public knowledge this week (beg21Jun10) after a copy of the film’s script was found in a London cafe.
Johnny Depp began shooting Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, his latest big-screen outing as Captain Jack Sparrow, in Hawaii earlier this month (Jun10).
But the secrecy surrounding the film’s storyline was nearly blown when movie workers accidentally left a copy of the screenplay behind after a b reakfast meeting in the British capital - sending Disney studio executive s into a panic.
However, an embarrassing leak was prevented after a film fan found the 194-page document and handed it in to editors at Britain’s The Sun newspa per.
And the unnamed good Samaritan refused to take a sneak peak at the scri pt, telling the publication, "I’m a big fan of the films, but I managed t o resist the urge to have a read. I want to enjoy the movie when it comes out." A Disney spokesperson says, "It’s good to see Sun readers are honourabl e citizens."

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ORLANDO BLOOM can expect a warm welcome into his fiancee MIRANDA KERR’s f amily - her parents are "thrilled" about the pair’s engagement.
The British actor announced on Monday (21Jun10) he plans to walk down t he aisle with the Australian catwalk queen, ending months of media specul ation over the pair’s marriage plans.
The couple has been dating since 2007, and after Bloom made it known he had proposed, Kerr’s family was ecstatic.
A representative for Kerr tells People.com, "The entire Kerr family is thrilled with the news. It is a very exciting time for both of them." (MJ

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LADY GAGA stunned revellers in New York on Friday (18Jun10) when she jump ed on-stage during her pal BRIAN NEWMAN’s weekly jazz show and treated th em to a special performance.
The Poker Face hitmaker brought a touch of glamour to Brian Newman’s Af ter Dark gig at the trendy TriBeCa hotspot Duane Park when she wowed the audience with a rendition of Someone to Watch Over Me.
And the singer continued to live up to her reputation as a fashionista - she donned an all-black Alexander McQueen ensemble complete with John L ennon-style sunglasses.

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