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Animal-loving SIR PAUL McCARTNEY is the latest star to back an anti-whali ng campaign urging the Norwegian government not to lift a ban on commerci al hunting.
Leona Lewis has already teamed up with the World Society for the Protec tion of Animals (WSPA) to plead with officials in the Scandinavian countr y not to back a proposal which would effectively allow the slaughter of u p to 1,400 whales next year (11).
And now McCartney has backed the drive - calling on the Norweigan gover nment to "protect" the sea-faring mammals.
He says, "It=E2=80=99s time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and le ave these magnificent creatures alone. In the 21st century how can we eve n contemplate killing whales - or any animal - in such barbaric ways? Gov ernments should act on their responsibilities and protect these beautiful creatures.
=E2=80=9CThe best future for our relationship with whales is watching, not hunting.=E2=80=9D

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A permanent memorial to MICHAEL JACKSON is set to be unveiled in London t o mark the first anniversary of the superstar’s death.
The King of Pop passed away on 25 June 2009 after suffering a cardiac a rrest at his Los Angeles home - just weeks before he was due to head to t he British capital to kick off his ill-fated This Is It residency at the O2 Arena.
And now a plaque commemorating the singer’s legacy is to be laid at the Lyric Theatre in London’s West End, the venue which houses Jackson tribu te show Thriller.
The memorial will be unveiled at a ceremony on Thursday (24Jun10), whic h will see performances from the cast of the hit musical, as well as Brit ish dance troupe Diversity.

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Rapper JAY-Z has reportedly agreed to settle a trademark infringement law suit with DAVID ORTIZ after suing the baseball player over the name of hi s nightclub in the Dominican Republic.
The Big Pimpin’ star and his business partner Juan Perez filed a lawsui t in New York in April (10), accusing the Boston Red Sox star of infringi ng upon the name of their 40/40 sports bars by naming his hotspot the For ty/Forty Club.
They claimed Ortiz had been a patron at their Manhattan club on "severa l occasions" before opening his own bar in his native country, according to the New York Post.
But the two parties have now reportedly ended the legal dispute, with O rtiz agreeing to rename his venue and pull down its promotional website F ortyForty.net.

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Incarcerated rapper LIL WAYNE will escape further jail time after reporte dly striking a deal with U.S. prosecutors and pleading guilty to a 2008 d rugs charge, according to a new report.
The Lollipop hitmaker is currently serving 12 months behind bars at New York’s Rikers Island prison, after he was convicted of illegal weapons p ossession in an earlier case.
The rapper - real name Dwayne Carter - has also been embroiled in anot her legal case, stemming from a 2008 incident when authorities allegedly found cocaine, ecstasy and a handgun on his tour bus at a border checkpoi nt in Dateland, Arizona.
He was arrested and pleaded not guilty to a string of weapons and drugs charges, but is now said to have agreed a deal with Arizona officials in Yuma County Superior Court after appearing via a live video feed on Frid ay (18Jun10).
Lil Wayne reportedly entered a guilty plea to one count of possession o f a dangerous drug, and now faces 36 months probation, which is slated to begin once his current sentence in New York ends.
Remaining charges, including misconduct involving weapons, possession o f drug paraphernalia and of a narcotic drug for sale, will be dismissed, reports YumaSun.com.

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THE DUKES OF HAZZARD star JOHN SCHNEIDER has agreed to pay off a tax debt in its entirety after falling behind on payments.
The actor, who played Bo Duke in the 1980s TV series, and his wife were recently hit with a demand from California officials for more than $28,0 00 (=C2=A318,700) in delinquent taxes. The lien was filed against the cou ple in Los Angeles in May (10).
Schneider has blamed the tax troubles on a former accountant and promis ed to settle the debt.
He tells the Detroit News, "This is actually something that fell throug h the cracks when our old bookkeeper left us high and dry. I spoke to our tax guy this morning and plan to write a check to pay the tax debt in it s entirety this week."

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JASON ISAACS embarrassed himself on the set of the hit HARRY POTTER movie s when he attempted to swipe a prop for a friend - only to be caught red- handed by producers.
The British actor, who plays villainous Lucius Malfoy in the wizarding series, reveals he once picked up a pile of prop newspapers and took them back to his trailer in a bid to impress a friend who was visiting the se t.
But Isaacs was shamed when movie bosses quickly tracked down the missin g items and forced him to give them back.
Speaking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, ahead of the scr eening of Skeletons, he tells WENN, "Once I was walking around with a fri end and I was trying to impress him with how these rules apply to other p eople and not me and there was a huge pile of newspapers that Miranda Ric hardson’s (character) writes for and I took it to my trailer.
"I was probably thinking of giving it back; I was just showing off for my friend and within about three seconds there was a (worker) banging at my door of my trailer, ‘Can we have those newspapers back!’ and appropria tely humiliated me in front of my friend! They’re absolutely right to do it."

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A BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT contestant who went missing has been found after S IMON COWELL issued a public appeal for her return.
The music mogul last week (17Jun10) spoke out to Thelma Townsend, who c ompeted on the TV show with her husband Don in 2007, urging her to contac t her concerned family members after she disappeared earlier this month ( Jun10).
He said, "Thelma, there are a lot of people very worried about you. So please make contact." Townsend’s husband and son Danny scoured her hometown of Bristol, Engla nd to locate her and police have now confirmed the 62 year old has been f ound "safe and well".

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A representative for J.D. SALINGER’s publishing company has dismissed rum ours Hollywood bosses are in talks to turn his classic novel THE CATCHER IN THE RYE into a movie.
The legendary writer, who passed away in January (10), had long refused to sell the film rights to his iconic book, calling the story "unfilmabl e".
Rumours in recent weeks have suggested that Salinger’s heirs had entere d negotiations with film bosses to finally bring the book to the big scre en, but the late novelist’s publishers are adamant the speculation is not true and the rights are still not for sale.
A spokesman for Salinger’s publishers tells Britain’s Daily Telegraph n ewspaper, "There are no plans to sell the film rights."

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JASON ISAACS has thrown himself into training ahead of a fight scene with TAYLOR LAUTNER in upcoming movie ABDUCTION - because he doesn’t want the young actor to make him "look like an idiot".
The Harry Potter star begins filming the new thriller with the Twilight hunk later this month (Jun10) and he’s worried because one scene will se e him tackle the 18 year old in a boxing sequence.
And 47-year-old Isaacs admits he is working hard to get fit before he t akes on the youngster onscreen.
Speaking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, ahead of the scr eening of Skeletons, he tells WENN, "Next week I’m doing Abduction with T aylor Lautner… and I’ve been kickboxing every day… from seven o’clock in the morning… because I have to have a long boxing sequence and I do n’t want to look like an idiot.
"He (Lautner) has the most famous abs in the world and he’s a fabulous actor but he’s also got the body of almost every woman between 14 and 100 ’s dreams. He’s turned overnight as the object of lust for over half the planet. I’m very conscious of the fact because we have this extended figh t sequence and it is one of the main things I do in the film and he will probably be really good at it.
"He’s young and supple and electric in his body and I will be strugglin g."

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LINDSAY LOHAN has defended her decision to tackle the controversial role of porn star LINDA LOVELACE in new movie INFERNO - insisting the film wil l not be "vulgar" or overly sexual.
The former child star is due to begin filming the biopic, which tells t he story of the infamous Deep Throat star’s rise to fame, later this year (10) with director Matthew Wilder.
The part has already outraged her father Michael, who has claimed the r aunchy role will end his daughter’s acting career for good - but Lohan is adamant the movie is not what most people are expecting.
She tells Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald, "The way that Matthew (Wil der) wants to shoot it is not vulgar. It’s not about the raw sex and the shots of her fully nude. It’s more about getting into her psyche and seei ng how scared she was. That’s what I want to show most in the film.
"People are going to say: ‘Oh, Lindsay Lohan is doing a porno.’ But it’ s not like that. I’ve never played someone’s true-life story before. A lo t of the other movies I did were just brainless for me. So it’s nice to p lay something where I’m able to experience all these different emotions."

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GIRLS ALOUD star SARAH HARDING has swapped the London party scene for her garden - she’s started growing her own vegetables at her country home.
The British singer is renowned for her wild social life and was once a regular on the British capital’s club scene, even investing in her very o wn London nightspot with her DJ boyfriend Tom Crane last year (09).
But the pop star has decided to turn her back on boozing in search of t he simple life at her retreat in Buckinghamshire, England - transforming herself into a keen gardener.
She says, "I’ve really got into gardening and I’ve been growing my own veggies (vegetables). I’ve bought these barrels and I grow organic fruit and veg in them. Garlic, onions, lettuce, carrots, strawberries, raspberr ies, the lot.
"I still come to London quit a bit for work, but I like the space and s erenity I get in my garden."

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OASIS is back at the top of the U.K. album charts once again - the rocker s’ greatest hits collection is at number one almost a year after they dis banded.
The musicians - who split for good last August (09) - have wrapped up t heir career together with Time Flies… 1994-2009, which shot straight to the top of the British charts.
The album marks Oasis’ eighth number one record in the U.K.
Hit TV musical Glee’s latest chart offering, Glee: The Music, Journey t o the Regionals, rocketed to number two, while Michael Buble’s Crazy Love came in at number three.
Rounding out the top five albums is Glenn Miller’s The Very Best Of and In The Mood by RAF Squadronaires.
In the U.K. singles countdown, Dizzee Rascal’s World Cup anthem Shout r emained at number one, while another soccer chant Wavin’ Flag by K’naan c ame second.
In third place was Kickstarts’ Example while Kylie Minogue’s comeback s ingle, All The Lovers, entered at number four. Tinie Tempah and Labyrinth ’s duet Frisky rounded out the top five.

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MILEY CYRUS avoids all negative articles published about her by limiting the amount of TV channels she watches and ensuring her entourage filters media reports before she reads them.
The 17-year-old Hannah Montana star has been forced to defend her behav iour recently after a series of raunchy performances - including simulati ng a same-sex smooch on U.K. TV show Britain’s Got Talent earlier this mo nth (Jun10).
Critics have accused the young singer/actress of growing up too fast an d being a bad role model for her teenage fans, but Cyrus admits her aides never let her read the upsetting stories.
She tells MTV.com, "I try to think of really just the positive things. My family, we’re only allowed to have 10 channels basically at our house, because we don’t want to see any of that (negative) stuff.
"So the people that are around me, they bring me the good things, and I never see anything or read anything that’s bad because it’s never e-mail ed to me by my manager or publicist or whoever.
"That’s the job of the team that I have around me: to make sure that th ose things aren’t talked about." And the star insists she has nothing to be ashamed of, branding herself an "inspirational person" who makes her mum and dad proud.
She adds, "I’m a very inspirational person. At the end of the day my pa rents are proud of me, and I have a feeling if your job is to bring other people down, you may not have the same response."

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Singer VANESSA CARLTON has ‘outed’ herself as bisexual - in front of an 1 8,000-strong crowd at a gay and lesbian festival in Nashville, Tennessee.
The A Thousand Miles star was headlining the Nashville Pride Festival a t the city’s Riverfront Park on Sunday (20Jun10) when she told the huge c rowd of revellers, "I’ve never said this before, but I am a proud bisexua l woman." Carlton has previously been linked to rockers John Mayer and Stephen Je nkins.
The 29 year old’s announcement comes just weeks after True Blood actres s Anna Paquin revealed she was attracted to both sexes in a public servic e announcement for the True Colors Fund.

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Teen sensation JUSTIN BIEBER was the pride of his native Canada on Sunday (20Jun10) after scooping three trophies at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto.
The 16-year-old singer was named UR Fave New Artist by fans, he also re ceived the UR Fave Video trophy for his hit Baby and the International Vi deo Of The Year By A Canadian award for his song One Time.
Fans queued for hours to get into the event, and Bieber made sure to th ank them for their support as he accepted his honours at Canadian music c hannel MuchMusic’s annual prizegiving.
He told the crowd, "Coming from a small town in Canada - repping (repre senting) Stratford, Ontario - I just wanna say, this means the world to m e. It’s my first award, and to have it in Canada is just amazing. I want to say thank you to all my fans who got me in this position." Pop-rock band Hedley tied Bieber’s haul with their own trio of trophies , winning Video Of The Year and Post Production Of The Year prizes for th eir single Perfect, as well as Pop Video Of The Year for Cha-ching.
Rapper Drake won gold in two of the seven categories he was nominated i n, taking home the Cinematography Of The Year and Hip-Hop Video Of The Ye ar honours for his song Successful with Trey Songz.
American pop act The Jonas Brothers, who hosted the ceremony last year (09), received International Video Of The Year By A Group for Paranoid, w hile their fellow Disney star Miley Cyrus won International Video Of The Year By An Artist for Party in the U.S.A.
The Hannah Montana star dedicated her win to her dad, country singer Bi lly Ray Cyrus, by wishing him a happy Father’s Day.
She said, "I want to tell my dad that I love him, since I forgot to cal l him till really late." Cyrus ended the night by singing her track Can’t Be Tamed, capping an e vening of performances by Drake, Adam Lambert and Katy Perry, who sang on top of a pink cake in bejewelled hot pants.

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Teetotal RUSSELL BRAND is considering an alcoholic relapse on TV - he wan ts his cartoon cameo on longrunning animated hit THE SIMPSONS to be a dru nken affair.
The British funnyman is open about his past battles with booze and drug s, which spiralled into heroin addiction before sobered up in 2002.
But the star insists he’d love to have a "relapse" with Homer Simpson a nd his hard-drinking pal Barney when his yellow alter-ego appears on the show later this year (10).
He tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper, "It’s true I’m going to be on The Simpsons. I was having an amazing birthday party… and then my agent sa ys, ‘Oh, The Simpsons want you in an episode.’ Once you’ve gone yellow, y ou’ve made it.
"My ideal show would be where I have a cartoon relapse with Barney and Homer and get smashed out of my mind with them." (MJ/WNTSU/PAW) ————————————————————————-

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British actress SAFFRON BURROWS has swapped her British passport for an A merican one after becoming a U.S. citizen last year (09).
The former Boston Legal star, 37, reveals she recently completed the re quired paperwork and passed the test to earn the right to live permanentl y on U.S. soil.
She says, "I became an American last summer. I had the ceremony with 4, 000 people downtown (in Los Angeles).
Burrows isn’t the first Brit to become an American - her ex-boyfriend, Scottish-born actor Alan Cumming, and actress Gabrielle Anwar have also s witched their nationality.

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Lawyers representing actor JEREMY LONDON have served cease and desist let ters to his mother and his twin brother JASON to stop them talking about his alleged kidnapping ordeal.
The former Party of Five star, 37, claims he was taken hostage by a gro up of men in California last week (10Jun10) after they offered to help hi m change a tyre on his car.
He insists he was held at gunpoint and forced to drive the men around P alm Springs. London also alleges he was forced to "purchase alcohol and u se illicit drugs".
Brandon Adams, 26, has since been charged with kidnapping, robbery, pos session of stolen property, vehicle theft and carjacking.
The actor’s attorneys have now filed notices against his mother, Debbie Nielsen, and his brother Jason - as well as his brother’s girlfriend - a fter they talked to the press about the star’s alleged drug problems.
According to TMZ.com, London’s wife Melissa claims the actor is worried his family will ruin a potential court case by talking to the press.
The website reports that London’s brother Jason accepted the cease and desist letters on Saturday (19Jun10) on behalf of his mother and girlfrie nd.

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