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Actors BILL NIGHY and NICK FROST are supporting a British charity’s $12 m illion (=C2=A38 million) fundraising bid after a "humbling" trip to meet disadvantaged children in Africa.
The pair spent time in Kenya to see the work of U.K. organisation Comic Relief - and they have pledged their support to the charity’s new projec t with British Airways, Flying Start, which aims to raise cash for vulner able youngsters around the world.
Nighy says, "Meeting some of the most impoverished and vulnerable child ren in the world has been a humbling experience. Yet, despite the adversi ty these children face, optimism and hope is strong.
"Just seeing how Comic Relief has already made a difference has been in credibly inspiring and with the support from Flying Start, we can enrich the lives of even more children."

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A representative for CHARLIE SHEEN’s estranged wife BROOKE MUELLER has co nfirmed she is "doing great" as she tackles a stress-management course.
The couple’s marriage has fallen apart in recent months following a Chr istmas Day (25Dec09) bust-up, which left the actor facing criminal charge s.
Mueller recently sparked rumours she had checked into rehab for a secon d time this year (10) after she was admitted to a professional clinic to deal with her stress-related issues.
Her rep clarified the reports, insisting the star is receiving life coa ching - not rehab treatment - and has now revealed Mueller is enjoying he r time at the clinic and expects to go home within the next few weeks.
Mueller’s spokesman Elliot Mintz tells E! News, "We spoke yesterday. Sh e’s doing great. Just this week she went sailing and had dinner with her kids. We expect her to be back within the next couple weeks. No rehab, no falling off the wagon."

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ROBIN WILLIAMS is urging movie bosses to cast him in the next BATMAN movi e - because he has twice been turned down for parts in the superhero fran chise.
Rumours over casting for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming third superhero f ilm have been rife ever since The Dark Knight, starring Heath Ledger as T he Joker, hit cinemas in 2008 - with fans speculating over which characte rs will be re-introduced.
Nolan is said to be considering bringing feline femme fatale Catwoman b ack for the new movie, along with The Riddler.
Williams is adamant he would make a good replacement for Jim Carrey, wh o played the fiendish puzzler in 1995’s Batman Forever, because the part was originally offered to him. The funnyman also reveals he was lined up to play The Joker in the original 1989 Batman movie before the role was l ater handed to Jack Nicholson - and the snubs have made him determined to secure a part in the next installment of the hit franchise.
He tells Empire magazine, "I would do Batman in a second. I’d play The Riddler in the next one, although it would be hard to top Heath Ledger as the villain and I’m a little hairy for tights.
"The Batman films have screwed me twice before: years ago they offered me The Joker and then gave it to Jack Nicholson, then they offered me The Riddler and gave it to Jim Carrey. I’d be like, ‘OK, is this a real offe r? If it is, then the answer’s yes. Don’t pump me again motherf**kers’."

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South Korean actor/singer PARK YONG-HA has been found dead at his home i n the country’s capital, Seoul.
The star’s body was discovered by his mother on Wednesday (29Jun10). Lo cal reports claim Yong-Ha hanged himself with an electrical cord.
The 32 year old shot to fame in hit 2002 TV series Winter Sonata and we nt on to release several albums as a solo singer.
He was due to begin work on a remake of 1996 movie Comrades, Almost a L ove Story in July (10).

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MARTIN SCORSESE wants HARRY POTTER star RUPERT GRINT to play a gangster i n one of his movies, insisting he has the potential to be as successful a s LEONARDO DiCAPRIO.
The 21-year-old actor, who has played Ron Weasley in all of the wizard films, recently wrapped up shooting the last installment of the franchise ..
He has already started to shake off the longrunning character by appear ing in small independent films including Driving Lessons and Cherrybomb.
Scorsese has advised Grint to take on a variety of villainous character s to show fans he won’t be typecast, in the same way that DiCaprio - who has starred in several of the director’s movies - managed to turn his bac k on playing romantic roles at the start of his career.
The legendary movie-maker says, "I thought he (Grint) was a great actor in the Harry Potter movies. In a lot of scenes, the boy stole the show. He will always have respect for the movies that gave him such a huge brea k, but at his age it’s important he doesn’t become typecast. He has to do something really out of his comfort zone in the next few years - play a gangster, play a dirty cop, play a kid with learning difficulties. I woul d be interested in working with him. I would have no issues in casting hi m as a gangster, he is a very talented young man.
"When Leo was in Titanic and Romeo And Juliet, nobody saw him becoming a bad a** in movies like The Departed. But he has become one of the great est actors of all time. The very same could be true of Rupert." (KD/WNTSU

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British girlgroup THE SATURDAYS have fired their manager - because they w ant "a new perspective" on their future records, according to reports.
The five-piece, comprising of Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Rochelle Wiseman and Vanessa White, rose to fame in 2007 and have had tw o top 10 albums in the U.K. chart.
But the group, which has previously supported The Jonas Brothers and Gi rls Aloud on tour, has now parted ways with Jayne Collins, who has worked with them since they formed.
A source tells Britain’s The Sun, "They bear no ill will but thought a new perspective might help them this time round."

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The most famous line-up of cult indie rockers GUIDED BY VOICES is to reun ite to celebrate Matador Records’ 21st anniversary.
The Ohio group, fronted by Robert Pollard, will perform at the label’s Las Vegas bash in October (10), before embarking on a U.S. tour.
Pollard, who formed the group in 1983, will reteam with Tobin Sprout, M itch Mitchell, Greg Demos and Kevin Fennell for the shows.
Matador artists Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Cat Po wer and the New Pornographers, among others, will join the weekend-long p arty (01-03Oct10), which will take place at the Palms Casino & Resort, ac cording to Billboard.com.

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KYLIE MINOGUE has confirmed reports she’s working on a new MAMMA MIA!-sty le musical featuring her hits.
The Aussie pop icon and her longtime creative partner William Baker are working together on a story which will weave songs like Spinning Around and I Should Be So Lucky together.
She tells Black Book magazine, "I would like to get a couple of writers involved. I think we’ll probably co-direct it."

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Teenage pop idol JUSTIN BIEBER has addressed rumours his mum was offered $50,000 (=C2=A333,300) to bare all for Playboy magazine, insisting the st ory made him feel ill.
Online reports suggested the Baby singer’s mother, Pattie, was consider ing the offer - a rumour that was quickly shot down by the young star’s r epresentatives.
And now Bieber himself has taken to Twitter.com to tell fans he was dis turbed by the Playboy fuss.
He writes, "That rumor just grossed and wrded me out (sic)… My mom is a moral woman. Let=E2=80=99s just leave that one for what it is." And it isn’t the only wild rumour Bieber is happy to correct - he hasn’ t been killed, despite reports to the contrary: "Turns out I’m alive." (K

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British singer-turned-reality-TV-star KERRY KATONA has apologised to her fans for taking drugs and letting her life spiral out of control - insist ing she’s "never looking back".
The former Atomic Kitten star was at the centre of a media storm last y ear (09) when a U.K. tabloid printed pictures of her snorting cocaine.
Katona lost several lucrative work contracts after the scandal, and she accepted an official caution from police for possessing a controlled sub stance.
She has since worked hard to rebuild her public image by losing weight and ditching her husband Mark Croft earlier this year (10).
But she feared her new persona would be wrecked again after a televisio n documentary aired in Britain last week (end27Jun10) showed footage from several months ago of her yelling at her four children.
Now Katona has made an apology in her column in Britain’s OK! magazine, writing an article titled "An Open Letter From a Remorseful Mum".
In the piece she writes, "Thanks for giving me a second chance - I won’ t let you down again. Some of you may have seen the show Kerry And Me whi ch aired last week. It was filmed five months ago and I was so unwell at the time and in such a bad place in my life. I don’t even know who that w oman was, it’s so far away from the person I am now. Even so, I know that it was still me and that I have to take responsibility for that. I have got my second chance, I’m not going to let anything happen ever again and I’m never looking back." And Katona hopes others will be able to learn from her mistakes: "I onl y hope that some good came out of that show for other people, and that wa tching it will help anyone going through depression, addiction, a break-u p (or anything else I went through), so that they can turn their life aro und in the same way that I have."

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KASABIAN rocker SERGE PIZZORNO is to become a father - the guitarist’s lo ngterm girlfriend is expecting a baby later this year (10).
The musician’s childhood sweetheart is due to give birth by September ( 10) - and Pizzorno is ecstatic to be starting a family.
He says, "I’m going to be 30 in December. I’m ready to not be the numbe r one person any more. It’s healthy not to make your life all about you. I’ll always want to make music. But I want kids to focus on too." And the hitmaker is thankful he’s managed to settle down with his partn er, who he briefly split from in 2004 when the band rose to fame with the ir debut album.
He says, "I was drinking a lot and doing proper rock star bulls**t. Who knows where it would have ended? Not to sound too hard about it but I’ve got it in me to do stupid things, excessive things.
"I need her. She’s fantastic for me. I live in a fantasy world half the time and so do most people who do this job. She keeps me grounded." (KD/

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BRITNEY SPEARS is reportedly facing a probe after her former bodyguard al leged the singer is too unstable to care for her two young sons.
Former police officer Fernando Flores reportedly quit working for the T oxic hitmaker after she repeatedly called him into her bedroom and strutt ed naked in front of him.
Flores is said to be considering a sexual harassment lawsuit against Sp ears, according to a report by Britain’s The Sun earlier this month (Jun1 0).
Now the publication reports Flores claims Spears is an unfit mother and that he once reported her to Los Angeles Department of Children and Fami ly Services over her parenting of the boys - Sean Preston, four, and Jayd en James, three.
A source tells the publication, "Britney doesn’t mean to be a bad mum. But Flores feels she has so many issues she can’t be trusted around her b oys." Child protection officials are allegedly planning to question Spears, w ho strongly denies any wrongdoing, according to the newspaper. (KD/WNTSU/

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BILL MURRAY is so out of touch with today’s young stars and reality TV ce lebrities he doesn’t know who they are when they say hello.
The actor tells Black Book magazine he was recently caught out when Jos h Hartnett chatted to him about working with his ex-girlfriend Scarlett J ohansson on Lost in Translation - because he had no idea who the Black Ha wk Down hunk was.
Murray says, "This guy shakes my hand and says, ‘You worked on Lost in Translation with my girlfriend. Was she as much trouble for you as she wa s for me?’ But Scarlett was 17 when I worked with her, so no, she wasn’t.
" The movie veteran insists he’s not trying to be rude but he just doesn’ t know anyone these days.
He adds, "I go through (magazine) Us Weekly, and it’s filled with reali ty TV stars I’ve never heard of. I don’t recognise anyone."

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KING KONG star ANDY SERKIS will don a monkey suit again to play a primate in PLANET OF THE APES prequel RISE OF THE APES.
The Lord of the Rings star, who inspired the big ape in Peter Jackson’s King Kong, will play Caesar, the chimp who leads the uprising at the cen tre of the new film.
Serkis will join Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, James Franco an d John Lithgow in the movie, which is set in present day San Francisco, C alifornia.
Rupert Wyatt will direct.

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Actor JASON BATEMAN has apologised to hundreds of Apple fans who were lef t fuming when he cut to the front of a long queue to pick up the new iPho ne 4.
The Up In The Air star was among an estimated 2,000 people who had line d up outside the Apple store at The Grove shopping mall in Hollywood last Thursday (24Jun10), eager to get their hands on the new phone, which wen t on sale that morning.
Bateman’s celebrity status won him special treatment when an Apple empl oyee noticed him in the queue and allowed him to walk straight into the s hop to make his purchase - but his actions were met with angry boos and j eers from waiting customers.
The actor originally blamed the paparazzi for his queue-jump, but now h e has publicly apologised for causing any offence.
In a post on his Twitter.com page he writes, "Correction - If there wer e boos, I didn’t hear them. If some were mad, I didn’t see them. I wish I had. If you’re out there, I’m sorry."

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BLADE RUNNER star DARYL HANNAH insists incorrect media speculation about her alleged cosmetic surgery procedures has cost her big movie roles.
The Splash star was angry when she discovered snaps of her at a beach h ad prompted gossip she had gone under the surgeon’s knife - and she found offers from Hollywood drying up as a result.
She tells Britain’s You magazine, "There are so many people in L.A. who have had cosmetic surgery and they all look like Muppets.
"There was a picture taken a while ago of me emerging from the ocean, w ith my hair slicked back and no make-up on. I looked as though I had puff y, squinty eyes and the rumour went round I’d had work done; I lost jobs because of it and I thought about suing, but in the States you have to pr ove malicious intent." Hannah refuses to succumb to surgery as she ages, insisting the only op erations she will undergo are doctor-recommended procedures.
She adds, "I’ve got a little jowly, and sometimes I look in the mirror and think, ‘Oh my God’, but I am too much of a coward to go under a surge on’s knife for something that wasn’t life-saving.
"I’ve had knee and elbow operations, and I’ve broken my back three time s, riding and performing movie stunts, and that gives you an appreciation of your body."

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ROBERT PATTINSON and KRISTEN STEWART are officially dating, according to THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE producer WYCK GODFREY.
The stars have been romantically linked ever since they appeared in the first Twilight movie in 2008, but both Pattinson and Stewart have consta ntly dodged questions about a rumoured romance.
Now Godfrey has confirmed, "They are together".
And he hopes they manage to carry on their relationship, because they h ave two more movies in the franchise to film and he doesn’t want them to fall out.
The producer says, "The thing I do think about is, ‘Oh my God, I hope t hey stay together.’ Because it could be awkward on set in the next movie if they have a huge falling out. It’s like, ‘Wow, they have to portray th is love story through two more movies. God, I hope they stay together; pl ease stay together.’ That’s what affects my day-to-day.
"If you look at people who have a stable personal life, the rags (tablo ids) get tired of them. I think we’re heading to that place, where they a re together and that’s their life and we better find someone new to creat e drama out of."

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The cream of Britain’s actors have teamed up for a new MARTIN SCORSESE fi lm JOHNNY DEPP is producing.
Jude Law, Christopher Lee, Sir Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone, and beloved thespians Frances de la Tour and Richard Griffiths have started work on t he great director’s live-action adventure Hugo Cabret in London.
Funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen, who worked with Depp in Sweeney Todd, and t eenage Kick-Ass star Chloe Moretz are also part of the cast for the movie adaptation of Brian Selznick’s acclaimed 2007 bestseller The Invention o f Hugo Cabret, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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