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ALICIA KEYS’ fiance SWIZZ BEATZ has laughed off reports the couple is pla nning to wed on a yacht in the Caribbean this weekend (26-27Jul10), but c oncedes the nuptials will happen "soon".
The singer, who is five months pregnant with their first child, is expe cted to marry her partner over the summer (10) and was rumoured to have p lanned a secret ceremony at sea for the pair to exchange vows away from t he glare of the spotlight.
Online gossips were sent into a spin with reports the wedding was due t o be held this weekend, but Beatz reveals no one has correctly guessed th e date yet.
He tells America’s OK! magazine, "Well it’s not this weekend… It’s so on! (But) not this weekend." The producer also reveals he has been heavily involved in planning the ceremony, but he’s adamant it will not be a "gimmicky" showbiz wedding.
He adds, "Yeah, you know, I’m a planner! I like getting into the detail of things… (I like) being involved with the wedding. I’m not the perso n who sits back and goes, ‘Okay, well I’ll just show up’. I’m actually sp earheading certain plans but it’s a nice blend, a nice partnership.
"(It will be) an amazing day. Very intimate. It’s not a superstar weddi ng. It’s not a gimmicky wedding. It’s a true bond of love, you know, that ’s not based on having the most famous person sitting there while you’re doing it. It’s about having the closest people who really understand you as a person and that really have love for you. So it’s a small situation.
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JENNIFER ANISTON has explained why she changed the name of her new perfum e just days before its launch - she discovered a fragrance with a similar title was already on sale.
The former Friends actress spent months deliberating over the name of h er debut scent and finally settled on calling it Lolavie, which means ‘la ughing at life’.
But as the launch date approached, marketing bosses realised the name w as too similar to a fragrance by fashion designer Marc Jacobs, called Lol a.
Speaking at the launch of the scent in London on Wednesday (21Jul10), A niston admits it was too late to rebrand the perfume with a different nam e, so she decided to call it simply ‘Jennifer Aniston’.
She tells Reuters, "It turned out as we were getting close to the launc h, there was something out there that was very similar and it was just go ing to get very confusing in the marketplace. And at such a late hour, I didn’t want to postpone the launch so the only thing we could really clea r was my name." Aniston recently told Women’s Wear Daily magazine why she picked Lolavi e: "It’s a long story and honestly it’s too personal to tell, but it has a special significance."

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British actress BILLIE PIPER has sparked outrage amongst anti-smoking cam paigners after she was pictured lighting up while holding her young son.
The Secret Diary of a Call Girl star was photographed puffing on a ciga rette as she sat with her 21-month old son Winston in a pub garden in Lon don this week (beg19Jul10).
The images, which showed the tot apparently close to a cloud of smoke, have infuriated health advocates, who are adamant that exposure to tobacc o fumes puts children’s health at risk.
Amanda Sandford, of campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), tells WENN, "There is no doubt that second hand smoke harms children and it is inappropriate to be smoking while holding a child… Second hand sm oke seriously damages a child’s health, raising the risk of asthma, bronc hitis and chronic ear infections. The second reason is that the more a ch ild sees adults around them, the more likely they are to try smoking them selves as they get older. Parents who quit smoking are therefore not only doing themselves a favour but their children will benefit too." (LR/WN/Z

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A representative for MEL GIBSON’s ex-girlfriend OKSANA GRIGORIEVA has fur iously denied allegations the singer attempted to extort $10 million (=C2 =A36.6 million) from her famous lover to keep recordings of his telephone rants private.
The former couple, who split earlier this year (10), has become embroil ed in a bitter battle over recent weeks as they attempt to thrash out cus tody arrangements for their young daughter, Lucia.
The public falling out has seen Grigorieva accuse the Braveheart star o f hitting her during heated arguments, and she released audio footage of telephone calls in which the actor can allegedly be heard hurling abuse a nd vile threats at his partner.
Gibson’s lawyers have denied the attack allegations and lodged an offic ial complaint with police, accusing Grigorieva of trying to bribe the sta r for a big cash payout in exchange for the audio footage.
But Grigorieva’s rep, Stephen Jaffe, is adamant his client is innocent of the claims.
He tells TMZ.com, "To specifically address the allegations, my client, Ms. Grigorieva, has repeatedly stated that there is no credible evidence whatsoever of extortion by her, and she stands steadfastly by that statem ent."

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A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has dismissed reports LINDSAY LOHAN is receiving special privileges in prison, insisti ng guards are treating her "like any other inmate".
The Mean Girls actress was sentenced to 90 days behind bars for breachi ng her parole in relation to a 2007 DUI arrest and she was admitted to th e Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, on Tuesday (20Jul10).
Subsequent reports have suggested Lohan is being kept away from the gen eral population of the prison for her own safety, staying in a single cel l with her own shower.
Former inmate Debra Sickels, who was released not long after the star’s incarceration, told the New York Daily News that Lohan’s extra perks, in cluding access to a private phone and a private guard at her disposal, ha d riled the other prisoners.
Sickels said, "She’s getting special treatment. Some inmates were getti ng p**sy over it… The girls said they cleaned a special room for Lindsa y. It had a regular hospital bed, a TV and a dresser for her new clothes and socks." But Los Angeles sheriff’s department spokesman Steve Whitmore is adaman t Lohan is not being treated any differently.
He says, "She’s being treated like any other inmate in her classificati on. There’s no special treatment at all." Lohan is expected to serve just a fraction of her 90-day sentence and c ould be released as early as 1 August (10).

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Rapper T.I. is hosting a two-day party in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this weekend (24/25Jul10) to promote peace in the city.
The hip-hop star is co-hosting the Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace Celebrity Weekend, along with Will Smith’s business associate Charlie Mack, to ral ly against the violence and serious crime plaguing Philadelphia.
Other celebrities, including actors Terry Crews and Kevin Hart, will al so lead a line of stars who will travel around the city this weekend to r aise funds for anti-violence campaigners Mothers in Charge.
Mack tells AllHipHop.com, "As a native Philadelphian, I wanted to provi de young people with a vehicle to interact with today’s entertainment ind ustry actors/actresses and professional sports players, however, it was a fter the loss of my two brothers that I saw an even greater need to creat e a fundraising benefit to assist anti-violence organisations." (KD/WNWCA

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FOXY BROWN’s lawyer has hit out at allegations the rapper broke a protect ive order banning her from approaching a neighbour.
The hip-hop star was arrested in New York on Wednesday (21Jul10) after she allegedly ignored an official order to keep her distance from a local resident.
But Brown’s attorney, Bernadette Brennan, claims it was the neighbour w ho in fact approached the star after she began rehearsing for a show outs ide their properties.
Brennan reportedly tells TMZ.com that Brown, real name Inga Marchand, i gnored the screaming neighbour and then went inside her building to avoid any further confrontation.
The lawyer tells the website that cops turned up and took Brown into cu stody after it was alleged she had verbally engaged with the neighbour, w hich would violate the terms of the protective order.

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SIR ELTON JOHN has postponed a concert in Arizona after falling sick with a bout of food poisoning.
The Rocket Man was due to perform at the Tucson Arena on Wednesday nigh t (21Jul10) to an 8,800-strong crowd.
But he was forced to cancel because he was too ill to take the stage.
The rocker has moved the show to Thursday (22Jul10), according to his s pokeswoman.

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AEROSMITH guitarist JOE PERRY is in shock following his motorcycle crash, because he can’t believe how "lucky" he was to escape the smash without injury.
The rocker was taken to hospital last week (15Jul10) after his bike was struck by a car at traffic lights in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Bandmate Tom Hamilton spoke out to reassure fans the star was fine, con firming that Perry was "sore" but "doing good".
And Perry is thankful he was left unhurt - unlike his "smashed up" bike ..
Perry tells RollingStone.com, "Next thing I know, I’m on Tarmac looking up at the sky. This woman behind me just didn’t slow down at the light. She was going 25-30 miles per hour and just rear-ended me. Everything on the bike from the engine back is smashed up, but I don’t even have a blac k and blue mark. I can’t believe it. I’m just really lucky." The driver who allegedly struck Perry, 62-year-old Linda O’Brien, has b een cited for following a vehicle too closely.

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BIG BOI’s rap affiliate KHUJO GOODIE’s lawyer has spoken out to clear up confusion over the star’s sentencing and subsequent speedy release from j ail earlier this month (Jul10).
Details of The Goodie Mob star’s legal troubles have been scarce, and i t was unclear what offence the rapper had been sentenced for when he walk ed free from prison just days after he was handed a two-year stint in Jun e (10).
OutKast star Big Boi added to the confusion by suggesting his pal’s law yers appealed the jail term and won, leading to his release.
Now Goodie’s lawyer, Daniel Kane, has explained that the hip-hop star h ad been convicted on three felony charges from two separate incidents - o ne for possession of a firearm and another for marijuana possession, repo rts AllHipHop.com.
According to Kane, the judge presumed Goodie was a convicted felon due to a 1990 gun charge, which was legally void and should have been removed from the star’s record, therefore making him a first-time offender.
Kane explains, "The mistake was that they thought he was a convicted fe lon because they thought he was convicted in 1990. So I went back into th e archives and got the 1990 case, researched it, pulled the records and p resented them to the district attorney and the judge in Henry County and said he could never be a felon in possession of a firearm - there were th ree counts - because he was never a convicted felon. It was a first offen der case, and the court agreed." The oversight meant the rapper could walk free from prison. A new sente ncing hearing is due to take place next month (Aug10).

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LEONARDO DiCAPRIO was more successful with the ladies before he shot to i nternational fame as a heart-throb in TITANIC.
The actor, who has romanced supermodel Gisele Bundchen, admits dating w as easier pre-superstardom - because he didn’t have to worry about women who wanted him purely for his fame and fortune.
He tells Rolling Stone, "I had better success meeting girls before Tita nic. My interactions with them didn’t have all the stigma behind it, not to mention there wasn’t a perception of her talking to me for only one re ason." The star is currently dating Israeli beauty Bar Refaeli.

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JUDE LAW’s ex-wife SADIE FROST has been in therapy since she was a teenag er to help her overcome her fear of abandonment.
The actress-turned-fashion designer’s father was an alcoholic and separ ated from her mum when she was just three years old.
Frost has previously described her younger years as "chaotic but sexy", but has now revealed she had to seek professional help at 16 to help her come to terms with her past.
And the 45-year-old star, who had a series of different step-parents gr owing up, admits she still sees a shrink now.
She tells Britain’s Stylist magazine, "Becoming a mum has made me feel more complete but I’ve also needed therapy to get there. I’ve been seeing a therapist since I was 16. Therapy isn’t something you can do overnight .. I have wanted to push boundaries and overcome insecurities.
"I was incredibly strong-willed and quite defensive when I was 16 or 17 .. I was incredibly needy and dependent on people because my father had le ft and I was fearful of relationships and being abandoned."

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BEN AFFLECK is so paranoid about intruders he built a panic room in his f ormer house, according to the property’s new owner, director KEVIN SMITH.
The filmmaker bought the Good Will Hunting actor’s Hollywood home in 20 03 and was surprised when he first discovered the secret chamber.
Affleck installed a panic room in the house hidden behind a bookcase - featuring a video monitor, phone and a safe.
But Smith was less than impressed with the feature’s dimensions.
He reveals, "He’s showing us around and says, ‘I can’t wait to show you this, when I was building this, I knew you’d love it… He brings me int o this office off the master bedroom, which is now my master bedroom. And in this office is a beautiful bookcase and he says, ‘Watch this.’ "He reaches over and under the bookshelf there is a hidden button ‘clic k’ and the bookshelf pushes back, Batman style. At that point I fully exp ected Ben to say, ‘Let’s go fight crime in Los Angeles!’ But it wasn’t - he says, ‘Dude I built a panic room!’ I couldn’t wait to go into it, I wa s expecting The Bat Cave… It was tiny. It might have been a small bathr oom back in the day.
"The panic room had a safe in it, a video monitor and a phone… in cas e someone came you could hide in there. From the outside, it was very Hol lywood. It was astounding. The moment you got inside…it’s not what you’ re hoping for from Ben Affleck’s secret room. There is not a staircase th at leads you down to a ski boat that takes you onto the bay.
"We don’t even use it any more - it’s filled with our kids’ old Christm as gifts. Plus, no one’s panicked in this house. No one’s trying to come in here and steal me. I’m not Ben Affleck."

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Former LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT star VINCENT D’ONOFRIO has signed up to go through the detox program firefighters and police officers who expe rienced the horrors of 9/11 undertake - so he can show his solidarity.
The actor, whose stepfather was a fireman, was among the first wave of celebrities asked to help raise morale at Ground Zero after the 2001 terr orist attacks on New York and he has always felt close to the men and wom en who showed so much courage in the wake of the disaster.
And, now he’s in between movies, D’Onofrio plans to spend much of Augus t (10) detoxing with one of the charity causes he regularly helps to rais e funds for - The Heroes Health Project.
He tells WENN, "One of the things that I always knew about my stepdad w as he was so different than I was. I’m not that kind of a man. I don’t go running into burning buildings when everybody else is running out. I run out too.
"These guys are exactly like him. They don’t whine, they don’t ask for help and they need it, so I try to ask for help for them.
"When 9/11 happened, the U.S. Marshalls put together a list of people t o come down to Ground Zero to help raise morale when they weren’t finding anybody alive. I was on that list and all I did for 20-something hours w as talk to them. I’m gonna go through the detox program with a bunch of f irefighters and cops in New York just so I know what it’s like.
"It’s a long, expensive thing that takes up to six or seven weeks to ge t through and I’m gonna do it. I heard it’s pretty painful at times becau se releasing these toxins through their bodies puts them through a lot of pain to get it all out and it’s a horror but I have some time now, so I think I’m gonna start the first week of next month." The actor insists he’s so proud of the efforts of the cops and firefigh ters, there’s very little he won’t do for the heroes he met after 9/11, w ho are struggling with the memory of the nightmare.
He adds, "I know some of the guys who went through it… who I talk to on the phone all the time and, to hear the journey that they’ve been on - falling ill and then recovering is amazing… I’m working very hard to t ry and do the right thing for these guys."

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A failed talent show contestant who filed an official complaint with U.K.
employment officials against SIMON COWELL is now suing the music mogul f or $3.8 million (=C2=A32.5 million).
Emma Czikai, who suffers cervical spine neuritis, auditioned for Cowell ’s Britain’s Got Talent last year (09) but failed to make it through to t he first round with her rendition of You Raise Me Up.
Czikai claims producers persuaded her to appear on spin-off show Britai n’s Got More Talent, but they didn’t tell viewers she suffers from a spin al condition, making her look like a "fool" and prompting her to make a c omplaint with employment tribunal authorities.
On Wednesday (21Jul10) the 53 year old attended a pre-trial review in L ondon to decide whether the tribunal should move forward - and it was rev ealed she has launched a lawsuit against Cowell and the show’s production company Freemantle Media.
Czikai is seeking damages of $2 million (=C2=A31.3 million) in lost ear nings, $1.5 million (=C2=A31 million) compensation and $450,000 (=C2=A330 0,000) for injuries.
She told the hearing, "The show makes a select number of people very ri ch on the backs of the ordinary man and woman… through backdoor modern slavery, =C2=ADexploitation, =C2=ADhumiliation, =C2=ADdegradation and mod ern-day barbarism with all its inherent cruelty.
"On the day of my audition I saw people leave the stage distressed and upset, feeling humiliated and degraded. Britain’s Got Talent staff goaded people into states of anger, then captured their volatile responses on f ilm." Thomas Linden, a lawyer representing Cowell’s Syco company, insisted th ere is no reason for the tribunal to go ahead - as Czikai was not employe d by the show or the music mogul and that he was unaware of any disabilit y.
The pre-trial review continues.

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LADY GAGA could become a top tea taster if bosses at Twinings get their w ay.
British tabloid reports suggest executives at the posh beverage company are brewing up a deal with the Poker Face singer over a new line of Gaga teas.
Gaga, who is a very vocal tea drinker, has been targetted as a Twinings brand ambassador, according to The Sun newspaper, which reports her mana gement has received offers from all the major tea brands in recent weeks in a bid to sign her.
A source tells the publication, "They want to launch a new tea with her face on it and discussions are taking place at the top level." (KL/WNWC/

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KATY PERRY has given fans a taste of what only fiance RUSSELL BRAND sees in the bedroom on the cover of her new album, baring all for a dreamy por trait.
The I Kissed A Girl star unveiled the risque album cover for Teenage Dr eam online on Wednesday (21Jul10) - and admits she wanted to titillate.
Los Angeles-based artist Will Cotton captured Perry lying nude in strat egically placed clouds of cotton candy.
Cotton was also the creative director for Perry’s California Gurls vide o.
Perry says, "I wanted to do something really off-the-cuff and not prope r.
"It’s (painting) so gorgeous… This is my first piece of real art, exc ept my posters on the wall of Gwen Stefani when I was growing up." (KL/WN

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Rockers BUSH are extending their reunion - the band has confirmed they wi ll be releasing a new album later this year (10) and will tour in 2011.
The group, fronted by Gavin Rossdale, announced plans to reform for a f estival gig at the Epicenter Twenty Ten event in Fontana, California in S eptember (10).
And now the bandmates will extend the reunion - Rossdale and drummer Ro bin Goodridge are working alongside new members Chris Traynor and Corey B ritz on new material for the first time in nine years.
Rossdale says, "I’m so pleased because I’ve got my voice back. To be in Bush, the band you’re basically born to be in, it’s like a suit of armor .. It’s very exciting.
"It’s tricky, because you want the band to evolve and you want to make songs that people really care about, but you also don’t want to repeat yo urself. I was mindful of that. My musical vocabulary is better all the ti me - I get better at playing guitar, I think this is the best I’ve ever s ung, so I want the record to reflect that.
"The idea is to do stuff in a way you’re not super-exposed. The idea is to let the album come out, let people reconnect, let’s appear at big fes tivals, let’s do some good press, let’s get the word out there and let th e momentum take it a little bit. And then I think a proper, substantial t our starts next year." The new Bush album, Everything Always Now, is due for release in Octobe r (10).

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