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SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS is fighting a massive $996,000 (=C2=A3664,000) bill fr om New York City officials who have accused the rapper’s Bad Boy Entertai nment company of plastering the Big Apple with posters.
New York Finance Commissioner David Frankel, who is attempting to colle ct more than $1.9 billion in debts owed to the city, has accused the firm of failing to pay a fly-papering fine.
A spokesman for Combs’ company has dismissed the bill as a "bureaucrati c error," insisting the fine was paid by a partner firm three years ago a nd claiming city officials must have failed to update their records.
A city spokesman has told the New York Daily News the issue is now unde r review.

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A rep for JON BON JOVI has slammed the singer’s former tour manager for r eleasing a set of raunchy photos of the rocker in bed with topless women - insisting he’s attempting to "cash in" on his former boss’ fame.
Rich Bozzett has published a series of racy shots featuring the Bon Jov i frontman in a newly released memoir, Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi.
Bozzett says the pictures, taken by famed rock photographer Ross Marino during Bon Jovi’s 7800 degree Fahrenheit tour in 1985, were meant to be publicity shots.
He pocketed the negatives, which were then kept in a safety-deposit box until last year (09), when he decided to write the book.
But he claims Bon Jovi asked him to destroy the images shortly after th e shoot, for fear they would destroy his all-American image.
Bozzett writes, "A panic-stricken Jon Bon Jovi immediately called up Do c (his manager McGhee) to tell him that we needed to track down the pictu res as soon as possible." Bon Jovi’s spokesperson has shrugged off the release of the raunchy, de cades-old shoot, and slammed Bozzett’s alleged money motives.
The rep tells the New York Post, "This is an outtake of a photo shoot. Everyone should be so lucky at 22 years old… Rich is remembered as a ni ce-enough guy who was eventually in over his head as the band’s success g rew. As far as his attempt to cash in on alleged experiences he had 21 ye ars ago? No comment."

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British actress NAOMIE HARRIS was diagnosed with anaemia after she embark ed on an extreme raw food diet and tried to survive on uncooked carrots.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star admits she is "obsessed" with maintai ning a healthy lifestyle but pushed her body to the limit with a super-st rict eating regime.
But after suffering a health scare as result of the diet, Harris vowed to eat sensibly and munch vitamin pills to boost her immune system.
She tells Britain’s Live magazine, "I’m obsessed with health, which has been an interesting journey for me. I went down the raw-food-diet route, became a raw foodist and got really ill. It was really hard, especially in England in winter, trying to survive on raw carrots.
"I became so ill I was anaemic, so I just stopped that and became a tot al vitamin junkie. Just eat lots of vegetables, exercise and breathe." (Z

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MICHAEL DOUGLAS and CATHERINE ZETA-JONES reserve two weeks a year for an annual trip to Wales to keep their kids in touch with their Celtic herita ge.
The Hollywood couple, which lives in America, is currently enjoying a t rip to the actress’ home country with their two young children, Dylan and Carys.
Douglas reveals they always make time for a vacation in Wales to ensure the youngsters can see their grandparents and spend time in their mother ’s native land.
He tells Britain’s Daily Express, "We get back to Wales as often as we can. A minimum of two weeks in the summer and a combination of a family h oliday and Catherine’s mum and dad taking the kids on their own for a cou ple of weeks - keeping them aware of their Welsh roots and spoiling them rotten while they’re about it."

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Actress PENELOPE CRUZ wants to "close down" trashy teen magazines, insist ing editors force unhealthy body images on young and impressionable reade rs.
The Vicky Cristina Barcelona star is known for her slender frame and go od looks but believes beauty comes in all shapes and sizes - and she’s ur ging teenage girls to toss out any publication which claims otherwise.
She tells Britain’s You magazine, "I would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin? "Some people look better thin and some don’t. There is almost a standar d being created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those mag azines on girls as young as 13 is horrific."

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American actor CARL GORDON has lost his battle with blood cancer. He was 78.
He passed away on 20 July (10) at his home in Jetersville, Virginia. Th e cause of death was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Gordon didn’t start acting until he reached his late thirties, and foun d success on Broadway in plays including the 1971 production of Ain’t Sup posed to Die a Natural Death.
He was perhaps best-known for his role as uncle Doaker in the 1990 Broa dway production of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Piano Lesson, and as patriarch Andrew Emerson on U.S. TV sitcom Roc from 1991 to 1994 - a show which also featured a young Jamie Foxx.
Gordon continued his TV career after Roc, making guest appearances on h it U.S. TV dramas ER, The Practice and Law and Order.
He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Alston-Gordon, five daughters an d a son.

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Pregnant actress EMILIA FOX has no plans to marry her boyfriend just yet - because the expectant parents are still living apart.
The Pianist star is five months pregnant with her partner Jeremy Gilley ’s baby, but admits she has yet to move in with the charity campaigner, a lthough the couple plans to eventually share a home after the birth.
She tells Britain’s Fabulous magazine, "We don’t even live together. I think our first step (before marriage) has to be that. I think because we started out as friends and it was quite some time before anything happen ed that we just didn’t do the moving in together thing.
"I’m slightly worried how he’s going to find living with me. I’m messy and he’s neat. But he knows me inside out. We had a gentle, long period o f getting to know each other and then a very quick pregnancy. He’s been t hrough all the emotions of this pregnancy so he’s seen all sides of me. W e’ve cried, laughed and just been with each other." But Fox, who was previously married to Mad Men actor Jared Harris, hope s to wed Gilley soon.
She adds, "I would like to get married again because I do really believ e in marriage. It’s something I really value. I want this baby, I want mo re babies. Of all the things I’ve had in life, what I want most is my own happy little family."

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GUILLERMO DEL TORO is convinced his new movie DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK will terrify cinema-goers because the scary picture has been given a res trictive adults-only rating even though it doesn’t contain any "sex, gore or profanity".
The new film, a remake of a 1973 television feature, stars Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce and tells the story of a young woman who is stalked by mo nsters in the night.
Director Del Toro reveals he deliberately left out scenes of sex or vio lence in a bid to secure a wide-ranging age-rating, but officials at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have still classified the pi cture R.
And the moviemaker admits the decision has validated his plan to make t he film as frightening as possible.
He tells Deadline.com, "By agreement, we shot a movie with no sex, no g ore or profanity, because we thought it was the way to avoid R. The MPAA came back and said, it didn’t matter, that it would be rated R anyway, fo r ‘pervasive scariness’, which in a way is fantastic to hear."

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PENELOPE CRUZ has vowed never to lie about her age - because she isn’t as hamed of growing older.
The 36-year-old actress is determined to grow old "gracefully" like mov ie icons Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn, and she’s determined not to pla y the Hollywood game of knocking a few years off her birth date.
She tells Britain’s You magazine, "I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it - women like Sophia Loren or Audre y Hepburn…
"Of course my face will change as I get older, but that’s OK. It’s a go od thing to be old, because that means you haven’t died yet right? And wh en I do get older, I want to have the grace to be proud of it, not to lie about it or try to fight it.
"The people who love me, love me for who I am. They love me for a mixtu re of things that makes anyone love another person, and those things will still be there when I am 40, 60 or 80."

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The gory SAW movies have been named the most successful horror films of a ll time in a presentation at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, Calif ornia.
The gruesome franchise, which stars Tobin Bell as a trap-setting serial killer, has been running since 2004 and has seen one film released every Halloween (31Oct) for the last six years.
The series has now been named the most popular in horror movie history after taking more than $730 million (=C2=A3487 million) at the worldwide box office and selling more than 30 million DVDs.
Saw has earned a place in the Guinness World Records ahead of other pop ular scary movie series including Halloween, Friday the 13th and A Nightm are on Elm Street.
Producer Mark Burg admits he’s stunned by the honour: "I’m still in sho ck. The fact that we beat out Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, H alloween and Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a testament to our cast, crew an d our partners at Lionsgate (film studio)." Movie bosses behind the Saw franchise were honoured with a presentation at Comic-Con on Friday (23Jul10) in which Guinness editor-in-chief Craig Glenday handed the award to producers.
The series will conclude this year (10) with the release of the seventh and final film, Saw 3D, in October (10).

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MARC JACOBS’ partner LORENZO MARTONE has confirmed the couple’s relations hip is over - insisting they "haven’t been together in two months".
The couple staged an unofficial wedding ceremony in the Caribbean in Ja nuary (10), and revealed they would make their union legal later this yea r (10).
The fashion designer was hit by rumours of a break-up in April (10), am id claims Martone had moved out of the couple’s New York home.
The split was denied, but just three months later Martone has confirmed they have parted ways.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, the advertising executive writes, "T hanks for (the) notes. Yes, I saw (the) press today. We are not together, haven’t been in two months. And we will not comment on it. Sorry. We (ar e) fine."

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DARREN ARONOFSKY’s troubled ROBOCOP reboot will never make it to the big screen - the project has been cancelled.
The Wrestler director had planned to remake the 1987 sci-fi film, which starred Peter Weller, but the project was put on hold earlier this year (Jan10) amid ongoing financial troubles at the MGM film studio.
The company was put up for sale in 2009 after falling heavily into debt and failure to secure the firm’s future has disrupted production on a n umber of movie projects including the next Bond film and Lord Of The Ring s prequel The Hobbit.
Now RoboCop has become the latest victim of the turmoil at MGM.
An industry source tells Moviehole.net, "(RoboCop is) gone. Kaput. Canc elled. It was one of the first casualties. (Aronofsky) has lost interest anyway, I believe. (I) think we’re all just going to have to be happy wit h the three RoboCop movies that are out there".

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The outfit JACK NICHOLSON wore to play the villainous JOKER in BATMAN is to go under the hammer in a film memorabilia auction.
The three-piece suit, created by Saville Row tailor Tommy Nutter for th e 1989 comic book movie, is expected to fetch as much as $15,000 (=C2=A31 0,000) when it is sold next month (Aug10).
A spokesperson for auction house Bonhams says, "It might be Batman enth usiasts who want the suit, or collectors of Tommy Nutter. There is a cros sover of interest." Nutter became famous for his classic suits, which were also worn by The Beatles on the cover of their Abbey Road album.

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NATALIE PORTMAN has dismissed rumours she’s been approached to play the l ead role in a highly-anticipated Hollywood remake of THE GIRL WITH THE DR AGON TATTOO.
The first book in Stieg Larsson’s popular Millennium Trilogy was brough t to the big screen this year (10) in the late writer’s native Sweden, bu t movie moguls in America are planning their own big budget version of th e story.
Many high profile names have been linked to the project, which will be directed by David Fincher, and actresses including Portman, Kristen Stewa rt and Carey Mulligan have all been rumoured to be in the running to tack le the female lead, Lisbeth.
Portman admits she is a big fan of the book series, but is adamant she hasn’t been approached about the part.
She tells Moviehole.net, "I really like the books but I have not been a pproached at all so any of that is pure rumour."

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RYAN REYNOLDS has shrugged off a shoulder injury he picked up while filmi ng the Green Lantern earlier this month (Jul10), insisting "getting a lit tle bumped up" is all part of his job.
The Hollywood actor reportedly separated his shoulder while filming sce nes for the new superhero movie in Louisiana.
But the injury hasn’t delayed filming and Reynolds is adamant he won’t let bumps and bruises slow him down.
Speaking at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, California, he tells ETOnline, "I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t get a little bumped up , so it’s okay, nothing too serious." The film is scheduled to open in June 2011.

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50 CENT has vowed to stop trading insults with his fellow rappers - becau se the highly-publicised battles have earned him a "bad guy" reputation.
The In Da Club star has hit headlines in the past for his war of words with rivals including hip-hop heavyweight Rick Ross and music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, but he insists he no longer wants to be known for his bad- mouthing.
He says, "I don’t have issues with people until they say things that ma ke me feel like they want a problem. Point to one situation that I’ve bee n in, one altercation where I was competing with another artist that I’ve started… Ain’t that hip-hop? There’s always been battling. It’s always been a part of the culture.
"In the future, because I’ve been kind of captured as the bad guy on so me level because they watch me compete and win and it feels like it was e ffortless, I will (make) a point to not even respond. I’ll just look and watch people when they say things."

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A representative for JON BON JOVI has dismissed reports the singer was un happy with the band’s omission from Forbes’ recent music rich list - insi sting the rockers never "expected" to be included.
The band failed to make it onto the 2010 Musicians’ Rich List earlier t his month (Jul10), when the poll was topped by Irish rockers U2 and also included AC/DC, Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen.
The list, which was compiled based on musicians’ earnings, is said to h ave been disputed by reps for Bon Jovi following the band’s omission.
A rep for Forbes is said to have confirmed the complaint to New York Po st gossip column Page Six, telling the publication, "Forbes estimated eac h act’s earnings between June 2009 and June 2010 and included revenue str eams such as concert dates, merchandise sales, licensing fees, music sale s, and publishing royalties. Bon Jovi didn’t tour for eight of those mont hs." But a spokesperson for Bon Jovi is adamant no one in their camp complai ned to Forbes, adding, "That’s ridiculous. Last year, the band took an ei ght-month break from touring, so there was no expectation that they would rank on this year’s list.
"Next year, different story - their current tour is No. 1 in North Amer ica right now and No. 2 worldwide."

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TOM CRUISE has defended his daughter SURI’s right to wear grown-up outfit s, insisting he wants to encourage the four-year-old’s "self-expression" through fashion.
The Mission: Impossible star and his wife Katie Holmes have come under fire for allowing their little girl to wear expensive designer clothing a nd high-heeled sandals.
But Cruise believes Suri should be allowed to wear what she likes - so she can develop her "creativity".
He tells Britain’s GMTV, "In Spain, they wear the (high-heeled) flamenc o dance shoes form birth. Listen, I believe that she (should wear) whatev er she wants to wear. She dresses herself. I want to encourage her creati vity and her own self-expression. I think that’s important for the child’ s own identity.
"It’s something that I have had to do with (my adopted children) Bella and Connor and now Suri. It is what it is and they’re just going to creat e what they’re going to create. I just try to give them as much safety an d as much room to find their dreams and to express themselves. I’m like, if they wanna wear it, they’re gonna wear what they wanna wear." (PAW/WNV

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