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Police union bosses have slammed rapper/actor ICE-T after he accused New York City cops of "lying" over claims he was caught driving on a suspende d licence.
On Tuesday (20Jul10), police officers stopped a car driven by the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star and his wife Coco when the couple was s potted not wearing seatbelts.
A subsequent search of police records suggested Ice-T had been temporar ily banned from driving and he was booked and released for the charge.
The hip-hop star, real name Tracy Marrow, later logged on to the intern et to blast the allegations and the arresting officer.
In a post on Twitter.com, he wrote, "Some punk b**ch rookie cop named F isher #10026 made the arrest of his bulls**t career today. Arresting the notorious Ice T for no seatbelt." He insisted authorities had made a mistake, because his licence from hi s native New Jersey is clean, adding: "That (suspended licence) is some b ulls**t they made up… Lie. For the record… My license is not suspende d. I don’t and never had a NYC licence. I have a valid NJ licence. It was all bulls**t." But bosses of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), which repre sents police officers in New York City, have now hit back, branding the r apper "disrespectful".
PBA President Patrick Lynch tells the New York Post, "(Ice-T) may play a police officer on TV, but his disdain for law enforcement is well-docum ented. Real police officers enforce real laws that exist to keep everyone safe, even a disrespectful, former rap performer-turned-actor, whether h e likes it or not."

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A PRINCE concert in Switzerland has been axed following unresolved "diffi culties" between the venue and the show’s promoter.
The Purple Rain hitmaker was due to perform for fans at the Stade de Ge neve in Geneva on Friday (23Jul10) but his spokesman confirmed on Thursda y (22Jul10) that the gig has been cancelled.
Fans with tickets for the aborted show will be informed later this mont h (Jul10) how they can claim a refund.
A representative for the star says, "Due to apparent difficulties betwe en the promoter and the venue, Prince has been informed he is now not abl e to perform.
"Prince is disappointed for all his fans in Switzerland who were due to travel to Geneva. Having played to a phenomenal audience at the Montreux Jazz Festival last year, he was very much looking forward to performing in Geneva.
"Those due to attend the concert should hold on to their tickets for no w and will be informed in a few days how to apply for reimbursement. Prin ce’s tour continues at the Espace Nikaia in Nice on Sunday night." (ZN/WN

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SYLVESTER STALLONE is set to be replaced by New Zealander KARL URBAN in t he upcoming JUDGE DREDD reboot.
The comic book anti-hero is to return for a sequel 13 years after Stall one’s original 1995 movie, with a script by novelist/screenwriter Alex Ga rland.
Stallone won’t feature in the new 3D film and the role of the Judge wil l be offered to Star Trek actor Urban instead, according to Bleedingcool.
com.
The film is due for release in late 2011, or early 2012.

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Clean-cut Disney star SELENA GOMEZ has surprised fans by professing her l ove for raunchy American restaurant chain Hooters.
The singer/actress, who turns 18 on Thursday (22Jul10), enjoyed a meal at one of the venues in New York on Wednesday (21Jul10) and snapped a pic ture with the all-female waiting staff, famed for their saucy wet t-shirt competitions.
Gomez revealed her secret passion for the chain during a TV appearance with talk show host David Letterman later that day.
She told the host, "I like Hooters. I went in for fried pickles and cur ly fries. I’m from Texas. We fry everything. Fried butter, fried Oreos, f ried Twix, fried Twinkies…"

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Comedian STEVE CARELL is urging Broadway bosses to consider producing ANC HORMAN the musical, as a way to get movie executives back on board for a big screen sequel.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell in the tit le role, was a box office hit when it was released in 2004.
But plans for a sequel were shelved by Paramount executives after they rejected director Adam McKay’s $60 million (=C2=A340 million) request for funds.
Carell, who co-starred in the comedy with Ferrell and Paul Rudd, recent ly admitted he hasn’t given up on Anchorman 2 - and he’s hoping McKay and Ferrell’s idea for a Broadway run will prompt Paramount bosses to rethin k their decision.
He says, "Adam McKay and Will - they had an idea… that we’d do it as a Broadway musical with the original cast and… we would develop bits an d things within the show. And then at the end of the Broadway run we woul d go shoot a movie. That was the idea.
"I would love to do it… maybe one day."

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MEL GIBSON’s spokesman has laughed off ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER’s wisecracks about the star’s troubled personal life after THE TERMINATOR legend comp ared the embattled actor to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The California Governor made a series of jokes at Gibson’s expense whil e speaking to a group of utility commissioners in Sacramento, California on Wednesday (21Jul10) about the BP oil leak which has wreaked havoc alon g America’s south-east coastline.
The actor-turned-politician told the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, "The good news is that BP has contained the oil l eak. That is good news… The bad news is that no one has figured out how to contain Mel Gibson." He went on to reference Gibson’s personal problems, including a series of tape recordings which purportedly feature the actor hurling abuse at h is ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
Schwarzenegger added, "This is why I want to ask all of you to just ple ase turn off your cell phones because we are expecting a call from him." But Gibson’s rep, Alan Nierob, insists his client has taken the jokes i n good humour: "He’s (Schwarzenegger is) obviously paving the way for a r eturn to showbiz."

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Movie veteran JON VOIGHT is relying on technology to stay in contact with his globe-trotting grandkids while shooting his new TV show in Texas.
The Deliverance star recently reconciled with his daughter Angelina Jol ie following an eight-year estrangement, and he is just getting to know t he actress’ six-strong brood of adopted and biological children.
And Voight, who will soon relocate from Los Angeles to Texas to film ne w series Lonestar, is determined not to miss another moment of his family growing up - he is having internet phone system Skype installed to stay in contact with Jolie and her family.
He tells People.com, "It’s hard for me to be away from my grandkids, ye s, but I’ll stay in touch with them. Thank God we have this technology, a nd you know, we use all of it.
"We’re just setting it (Skype) up now. Anyway, I love being in touch wi th the family." Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt own homes all over the world and recent ly spent several months living in Venice, Italy while the actress filmed scenes for her new movie The Tourist.

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British Olympian-turned-TV adventurer JAMES CRACKNELL is in a "stable con dition" in hospital after suffering a fractured skull in a horrific traff ic accident in the U.S.
The double gold medal-winning rower was cycling through Arizona filming a new show for the Discovery Channel when he was in collision with a tru ck early on Tuesday morning (20Jul10).
The sportsman suffered a fractured skull, bruising to the brain and a n asty gash to his head in the collision, but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
He was transported to hospital where he remains in a stable condition, according to a spokesperson for the Discovery Channel.
A statement from the TV channel reads, "James was taken to hospital whe re is being treated for a head injury. He is conscious and his condition is stable; doctors have said he is making good progress. His wife and fam ily are at his side as he continues to recover."

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s father has been slapped with a restraining order after hi s fiancee accused him of kicking her in the face during a heated argument on Monday (19Jul10).
Kate Major has filed a police complaint accusing Lohan of attacking her - she alleges he pushed off a chair, kicked her in the face and threaten ed her during the incident.
Lohan has admitted the pair became embroiled in an argument, but denies the dispute turned violent.
A judge at a court in New York has now issued a temporary order of prot ection against Lohan, which prohibits him from communicating with Major i n any way.
The order, signed off at Southampton Justice Court, bans Lohan from eng aging in "any acts or threats of physical violence" and demands he "immed iately surrender all handguns, pistols, rifles, shotguns and other firear ms owned or possessed" by him, according to TMZ.com.
Further details of the police report, obtained by the website, reveal c ops observed "minor swelling… on (her) lip" following the alleged incid ent.

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ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT have won a legal battle with the editors of a British newspaper over a story which falsely claimed the couple was pla nning to split.
The Hollywood actors launched a breach of privacy case against News Gro up Newspapers, which owns U.K. tabloid the News of the World, earlier thi s year (10) following the publication of an article on 24 January (10) wh ich alleged the unmarried couple had met with a divorce lawyer to divide their assets and arrange custody of their six children.
The case went to London’s High Court on Thursday (22Jul10), and the cou ple’s lawyer told the hearing that the newspaper now accepts the allegati ons were "false and intrusive".
Jolie and Pitt have agreed undisclosed damages with the News of the Wor ld, while the newspaper will also publish an apology for the report and p ay the couple’s legal fees.
The settlement will be donated to the stars’ Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Jolie and Pitt’s attorney, Keith Schilling, says, "When the News of the World failed to publicly retract the allegations and apologise for them - thereby leaving their readers in the dark as to the true position - the couple felt they had no alternative than to sue. Today’s victory marks t he end of the litigation brought by Brad and Angelina."

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British rapper TINCHY STRYDER is organising a special show in London to r aise funds for ALICIA KEYS’ children’s charity.
Keys is a prominent campaigner against the spread of AIDS in Africa and heads her own charitable organisation, Keep a Child Alive, to help young sufferers of the deadly disease.
She has already signed Jay-Z and Sade to perform at her Black Ball in N ew York in September (10) to boost donations, and Stryder is organising h is own gig which will raise funds through ticket sales.
He says, "The work that Alicia Keys and Keep A Child Alive do to help t hose suffering with HIV and AIDS in Africa is inspiring.
"I hope that by donating the proceeds from this gig I can help further their work." The show will take place at London’s Shepherd’s Bush O2 Empire in Novem ber (10).

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TOM CRUISE’s confusing movie VANILLA SKY has been branded the most baffli ng film in a new poll.
The 2001 movie, which stars Cruise as a playboy left horrifically disfi gured after a crash, was the film which left audiences most perplexed by its plot.
According to the survey by LoveFilm.com, David Lynch’s surreal thriller Mulholland Drive was voted into second place, while the sinister rabbit in Donnie Darko prompted cinema-goers to put it at number three.
The top five brow-furrowing films were rounded out by The Matrix Revolu tions and Christopher Nolan’s Memento.
Other movies to make the list include 12 Monkeys, Eternal Sunshine of t he Spotless Mind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Revolver and cult classic A Cloc kwork Orange.

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TAKE THAT star GARY BARLOW is planning a hike to the North Pole to raise money for charity.
The singer helped raise more than $1.96 million (=C2=A31.3 million) for U.K. organisation Comic Relief last year (09) when he scaled Mount Kilim anjaro in Africa with a gang of celebrity pals, including British singers Cheryl Cole and Ronan Keating.
He’s now gearing up for an expedition to the North Pole in the spring ( 11) and is looking to recruit more stars for the challenge.
Barlow is expected to spend a week hiking to the polar landmark with th e help of Arctic experts.
A source tells The Sun, "Gary loves a challenge, so as soon as he finis hed the Kilimanjaro trip he was working out what to do next. There was ta lk of climbing Everest but that’s a seriously tough exercise.
"Getting to the North Pole is not exactly easier but it is more do-able .."

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Former jailbird T.I. has revealed the prison where he served out his sent ence was in the grip of vampire fever - all his fellow inmates "went craz y" for TRUE BLOOD while he was behind bars.
The hip-hop star was jailed last year (09) on weapons possession charge s and served nearly 10 months of a year-long sentence at a correctional f acility in Forrest City, Arkansas.
T.I. admits he isn’t a fan of the raunchy bloodsucking show, which star s Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, but the series gained a loyal following amongst his fellow prisoners.
He tells MTV.com, "I couldn’t really (watch it). They got into that s** t heavy. The whole prison damn near shut down. Everybody left off the yar d, like, ‘True Blood coming on!’ They went crazy for it - there’s a bunch of sex in it, so they were tuning in for that."

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Grammy Award-winning producers THE TRAK STARZ have pleaded guilty to a se ries of charges after failing to file income tax returns.
Shamar Daugherty and Alonzo Lee, who have worked with artists including Britney Spears, Usher and the Pussycat Dolls, were accused of failing to pay tax on earnings of more than $4.8 million (=C2=A33.2 million) betwee n 2003 and 2005.
The Missouri-based stars both pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fai ling to file income tax returns. Each count carries a possible jail term of up to a year in prison and $25,000 (=C2=A316,700) in fines.
They will both have to file delinquent tax returns through until 2009 a nd Lee will have to pay back $144,000 (=C2=A396,000), while Daugherty owe s more than $256,000 (=C2=A3170,667).
Lee will be back in court for sentencing on 30 September (10) and Daugh erty will be handed his punishment on 5 November (10).

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Rap mogul RUSSELL SIMMONS and his model ex-wife KIMORA LEE can now put th eir marriage fully behind them after finally finding a buyer for their ma rital home.
The pair split in 2006 and their divorce was finalised last year (09), with Lee gaining sole custody of their two daughters.
They put their huge estate on the market in 2007 for a whopping $23 mil lion (=C2=A315.3 million) - $10 million (=C2=A36 million) more than they paid for the property in 2001.
However, the mansion - which features 10 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and tw o pools - failed to entice buyers hit hard by the economic downturn and s pent three years on the market.
The pair has now agreed a contract with a buyer after slashing the aski ng price to around $13.9 million (=C2=A39.3 million), according New York Post gossip column PageSix.

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Prog rock legends EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER are to celebrate their 40th anni versary by playing their first show in more than 10 years.
The trio, who sold more than 40 million albums, split in 1979 but conti nued to perform sporadically, closing their last tour as a three-piece in 1998.
Now they are to reunite for a special gig headlining London’s High Volt age festival on Sunday (25Jul10) to mark 40 years since the band’s format ion.

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COLOR ME BADD star BRYAN ABRAMS was arrested in Hawaii on Tuesday (20Jul1 0) after an argument with his wife allegedly turned violent.
Abrams, a founding member of the R&B four-piece, was taken into custody on suspicion of harassment amid claims he threw his partner across a roo m during a heated bust-up.
He appeared in court in Honolulu on Wednesday (21Jul10) and was release d on his own recognisance.
Abrams was jailed in 2008 after being charged with domestic abuse and a ssault and battery after allegedly threatening to kill a girlfriend. (MJ/

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