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British rocker LUKE HAINES has vowed never to reform his 1990s band THE A UTEURS, insisting rock reunions ruin a group’s legacy.
The Britpop star has pursued various projects including a solo career s ince The Auteurs’ final studio album, How I Learned to Love the Bootboys, in 1999.
Following the release of his 2009 autobiography, Bad Vibes: Britpop And My Part In Its Downfall - in which he documented the bitter breakdown of the band - Haines received several big-money offers to reform.
But he is adamant The Auteurs will never return - citing Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and New York Dolls star David Johansen as examples of rockers who p ut him off organising a band reunion.
He tells CultureDeluxe.com, "After Bad Vibes came out I actually got of fered a lot of money to put the Auteurs back together for a few shows. Ca n you imagine? Did they read the book? The Auteurs - and I’m sure any ex- members who chance upon this will be relieved to hear - will never reform .. Iggy, Lou, Johansen, et al, you have all p**sed upon your considerable legacies. Shame."

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Rockers AVENGED SEVENFOLD have vowed to make their first gig since the de ath of JIMMY SULLIVAN an emotional tribute to their tragic drummer.
Sullivan died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in Dece mber (09), and the band considered quitting altogether in the wake of his passing.
But they decided to continue in honour of their dead pal, and will step onstage at the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Canada on Sunday (25Jul10 ) - a concert that guitarist Zacky Vengeance insists will cause fans to " cry and laugh".
He tells British rock magazine Kerrang!, "Getting up there to play our first show will feel like a victory after all we’ve gone through. We’re g oing to go up there and honour our friend and we’re going to make our fan s cry and laugh and leave every city with a feeling they’ve never felt be fore.
"That connection will mean more than just entertainment. The five of us created something more important than our physical existence and Jimmy i s a part of that forever."

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BRET MICHAELS is convinced his freak accident at the 2009 Tony Awards "pr obably" contributed to his recent brain haemorrhage.
The Poison star was left with a fractured nose and a split lip after sc enery fell on him as he left the stage at the New York ceremony in June 2 009.
Ten months later, Michaels was admitted to hospital with bleeding on th e brain and although there is no conclusive proof the accident caused the health scare, the star is adamant the two events must be connected.
He tells CNN.com, "Two different doctors at Vanderbilt (hospital in Ten nessee) looked at it, and they said, ‘Well, without a doubt, you broke yo ur nose.’ There were a couple things that happened that were superficial, and who cares, you know what I’m saying? But the other side of it is - l et’s tell the truth. Insurance companies immediately want to clear it und er the table because most head injuries don’t really present themselves o r show for what could be two years, a year - you don’t really know.
"But can I say specifically that I know that that’s what caused it? No.
I could never say that’s what did it. But did it contribute to it? Proba bly."

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ROBERT PATTINSON has all his meals delivered to him by a special catering company because he is "incapable" of cooking for himself.
The Twilight star admits he is hopeless in the kitchen and his culinary skills don’t extend beyond putting bread in a toaster.
So Pattinson has all of his meals pre-prepared and sent to his home to ensure sure he doesn’t starve.
He tells Germany’s Sachsische Zeitung newspaper, "In Los Angeles I star ted using a delivery service which only delivers fresh and healthy food. Even in the morning I have a bag with healthy food delivered to me. I’ve never in my life lived as healthy as I do now.
"Of course I miss homemade food, but I’m on my own or on the go most of the time. And I can’t cook myself. I only just manage to make some toast .. I don’t seem to have the genetic endowments for it. I’m incapable (of t elling) what tastes good and what doesn’t."

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MICHAEL BAY is swapping fast-paced blockbusters for fairytales - his prod uction company is taking on a 3D version of classic children’s tale HANSE L & GRETEL.
The Transformers moviemaker, famed for his action epics, will produce t he big screen adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story through his The Inst itute production company.
The computer-generated characters in the 3D adventure will be designed by Joseph C. Pepe - the man behind the aliens in Avatar, according to mov ie website ComingSoon.net.
The movie is scheduled to begin production in Germany next year (11). (

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ZAC EFRON risked the wrath of movie bosses when he bungee jumped off a br idge in Vancouver, Canada last year (09) - he breached his acting contrac t by performing the dangerous stunt.
The former High School Musical star turned daredevil for the day during a break from filming new movie Charlie St. Cloud.
Efron admits he signed up for the activity on a whim, but later found h imself in trouble with his superiors.
He explains, "You’re actually not allowed to do it. I got in really big trouble. In your contract you’re not supposed to do it. It was a lapse o f judgement. Believe me, I could have been reamed. I probably shouldn’t h ave gone. We decided at two in the morning the night before." (JMA/WNVLEN

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CAMERON DIAZ is investing her bumper movie pay cheques in property - the actress has spent $10 million (=C2=A36.7 million) on a new home in Los An geles.
Diaz, who currently owns a $1.35 million ($1 million) house in the city , has upgraded after closing a deal on a sprawling estate in Beverly Hill s, which was formerly owned by actress Candice Bergen.
The expansive property includes a swimming pool with a hot tub, a massi ve garden and a tennis court, as well a detached three-bedroom guesthouse ..
Diaz’s new neighbours include Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Jessica Si mpson, and newlyweds Penelope Cruz and Javier Barden, who also own a home in the community.

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Real-estate tycoon-turned-TV personality DONALD TRUMP has filed a lawsuit in a bid to stop a planned expansion at an airport near his Florida home ..
The Celebrity Apprentice boss filed papers in Palm Beach County Circuit Court on Monday (19Jul10), accusing county officials of failing to asses s noise and associated pollution from jet engines at Palm Beach Internati onal Airport, near his Mar-a-Lago estate and members-only beach club.
The complaint, which also targets the airport’s director, Bruce Pelly, aims to block construction of a second runway and prevent planes flying o ver his properties.
Plans for the expansion are currently on hold.
It is the latest legal action Trump has taken in a decades-old disagree ment over noise control at Palm Beach International Airport.
A suit Trump filed in 1995 stemming from the same issues was settled ou t of court.

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LINDSAY LOHAN was cheered by inmates at a jail in California as she began her prison sentence on Tuesday (20Jul10).
The troubled actress was sentenced to 90 days behind bars for breaching her parole in relation to a 2007 DUI arrest and she reported to court on Tuesday to surrender to authorities.
The Mean Girls star was led away in handcuffs and transported to the Ce ntury Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, which was locke d down for an hour for her arrival.
Lohan is said to have been in tears as she entered the facility, where she was given a full body search and handed an orange jumpsuit which she will wear to serve out her sentence.
But the star received a warm welcome from her fellow prisoners, who che ered as she entered the jail.
Prisoner Tiffany Hawes, who was being released from the centre at the t ime of the actress’ arrival, tells Britain’s Daily Mail, "Lindsay was cry ing when she came in. She was handcuffed but seemed calm. We all started saying ‘God bless you Lindsay’ and saying ‘Hi’ to her and then she smiled at us." While Brenda Armstrong, 50, who was also released from the centre, adds , "We all cheered when we saw her and said we loved her." Lohan is expected to serve just two weeks of her 90-day sentence due to prison overcrowding.

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A piano used on a string of BEATLES hits and on PINK FLOYD’s classic albu m THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON is set to sell for more than $225,000 (=C2=A3 150,000) at auction.
The instrument, played on Fab Four tracks including Paperback Writer, O b-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Tomorrow Never Knows, was a fixture at London’s Abb ey Road studios during the 1960s.
It was also utilised by Pink Floyd during recording sessions for their multi-platinum 1973 concept album.
The Challen upright piano was retired in 1980 and is being put up for s ale by its current owner at auctioneers Bonhams in West Sussex, England n ext month (Aug10).

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TAYLOR SWIFT has a "pattern of running away" from romance - because all h er relationships have ended in heartache.
The 20 year old has previously been linked to singer Joe Jonas and acto r Taylor Lautner, but admits she now struggles with commitment because sh e’s scared of enduring another painful break-up.
In a web chat with fans, she explains, "It’s been sort of a recent tend ency, and I think it’s because, for me, every really direct example of lo ve that I’ve had in front of me has ended in goodbye and ended in break-u ps and things like that.
"So I think I’ve developed this pattern of running away when it comes t ime to fall in love and stay in a relationship."

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PAUL WELLER is keen to put awards rivalry to one side and collaborate wit h his fellow Mercury Prize nominee CORINNE BAILEY RAE.
The Jam rocker’s new record Wake Up the Nation will go head-to-head wit h Bailey Rae’s The Sea at the prestigious ceremony in September (10).
And Weller is thrilled to be pitted against the singer/songwriter at th e prize-giving - because they’ve been trying to record together for so lo ng.
He tells Britain’s Daily Star, "We’ve been trying to get together for a while, maybe something live, but we’ve both been on the road for so long ..
"At some point we’ll do it. I’d like to feature on a record with her be cause I love her voice. I’ve started writing new material, so who knows?" And the Put Your Records On hitmaker is just as eager to team up with W eller. She adds, "He’s the kind of artist I looked up to. He can straddle soul, rock, pop, jazz and nobody questions what he does."

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A macabre sale of surgical instruments used to embalm ELVIS PRESLEY’s cor pse will be held in the U.S. next month (Aug10).
The controversial auction will feature forceps, needle injectors, aneur ysm hooks, an arterial tube, and lip brushes used to prepare The King’s b ody for burial following his death in 1977.
It also includes rubber gloves, a comb, eye liner, and even a toe tag f or identifying Presley’s corpse in the morgue.
The memorabilia was kept by an unnamed senior embalmer at the Memphis F uneral Home where the rock and roll legend’s body was stored prior to his funeral.
The sale is due to take place at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, Illinois on 12 August (10) and the items are expected to fetch a total o f up to $14,000 (=C2=A39,300).
Mary Williams, a spokeswoman for the auction house, tells Reuters, "The mortician who prepared the body, retained this (toe) tag and the instrum ents, along with the preparation room case report, the case sheet, dry cl eaning tags, the hanger to the singer’s suit and tie, and the coffin ship ping invoice, which are marked ‘Elvis Presley’… (The sale is) really ab out owning a piece of the celebrity themselves - and how much closer can you get than the actual embalming instruments?"

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Rockers DEF LEPPARD have confirmed they are taking a one-year hiatus beca use life in the band has become so "stressful".
The Hysteria hitmakers prompted rumours of a split late last year (09) when they cancelled 23 dates on their North American tour, citing "unfore seen personal matters".
Frontman Joe Elliott later revealed they axed the tour so he could fly home to be with his pregnant wife ahead of the birth of their first child .. And now the singer has confirmed the band is not planning to work toget her for at least another year because they all need some time to recupera te and focus on other projects.
He tells Britain’s Metro, "We’re taking a year off. I’m doing this (new band Down ‘N Outz) because I have the time. After you have a hit like Hy steria and you’re signed to the corporate machine it becomes an albatross around your neck. As much as our music is anthemic rock ‘n’ roll it’s a business at the end of the day. It’s stressful and gets harder each time you make a record. No one’s comparing this to Hysteria, it’s got nothing to do with it. It’s a refreshing change. It’s like being a teenager in a 50-year-old body."

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Bosses at kids’ toy giant Lego have offered DAVID BECKHAM the chance to d ream up ideas for new products after his unofficial endorsement of the co lourful blocks led to a massive sales boost.
In an international web-chat with fans earlier this month (Jul10), the sportsman revealed he built a Lego model of the Taj Majal in his spare ti me while playing soccer in Italy last year (09).
Lego sales soared by a staggering 663 per cent following Beckham’s admi ssion and bosses at the brand are eager for the star and his three sons t o help them come up with some new creative ideas.
The family has been invited to Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark fo r a tour and a consultation with the toy-makers.
A spokesperson for the company says, "David and the boys are big fans a nd we are always open to new ideas from people passionate about Lego. We hope they take us up on our invitation."

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GEORGE CLOONEY will be presented with a special Emmy Award at the upcomin g ceremony to acknowledge his charity work.
The Hollywood actor has long been involved with humanitarian causes and has been a major figure in raising awareness of the genocide in the Suda nese region of Darfur, as well as helping the victims of Hurricane Katrin a and hosting the Hope for Haiti TV special.
The telethon, which raised millions of dollars for those affected by th e Haiti earthquake, is also nominated for an Emmy award.
Clooney will be handed the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2010 Prim etime Emmy Awards show on 29 August (10) to honour his use of television to help good causes.
John Shaffner, chairman and chief executive of the TV academy, called C looney "an obvious choice" for the honour, according to the Associated Pr ess.
Clooney follows in the footsteps of Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby and Danny Thomas who have all been awarded the prize in previous years. (LR/WNWA/Z

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French actress CECILE AUBRY has died. She was 81.
The film star passed away at her home near Paris, France on Monday (19J ul10) following a battle with lung cancer.
After signing to the 20th Century Fox film studio at the age of 20, Aub ry appeared in several pictures including Manon and The Black Rose opposi te Orson Welles.
She retired from the movie industry after marrying a Moroccan politicia n, and went on to write hit children’s novel Belle et Sebastien.
The book was adapted for TV in her native France and the show starred h er son Mehdi El Glaoui in the lead role.
The series was picked up by networks in the U.S., U.K. and Japan. (MJ/W

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s father is baffled by his daughter’s decision not to appea l against her jail sentence, because he even offered to pay for her to ch allenge the ruling.
The Mean Girls actress was sentenced to 90 days in prison for breaching her parole relating to a 2007 DUI arrest and she began her time behind b ars in California on Tuesday (20Jul10).
Lohan’s legal team did not challenge the judge’s decision to send her t o jail, and the star’s father Michael is adamant her lawyers should have attempted to have the ruling overturned.
Michael’s attorney, Lisa Bloom, also reveals her client offered to pay for the actress’ appeal.
She tells talk show host Larry King, "She could have won an appeal perh aps, I saw some grounds for an appeal, but attorneys could differ on that …. No one has done it (lodged an appeal). And Michael offered to pay for the appeal through me. He’s offered to pay for it. He’s offered to do an ything possible to help his daughter." Lohan is expected to serve just a fraction of her 90-day sentence and c ould be free as early as 1 August (10). She will then spend time in court -ordered rehab.

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