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British actor IDRIS ELBA has signed up to replace MORGAN FREEMAN as famed sleuth DR. ALEX CROSS in a new movie.
Freeman has played the detective in two films - 1997’s Kiss The Girls a nd Along Came a Spider in 2001 - based on the best-selling books by thril ler writer James Patterson.
Movie bosses are preparing to bring Patterson’s latest Alex Cross novel , simply titled Cross, to the big screen and The Wire star Elba has been hired to take over from Freeman.
Production on the new film is slated to begin in early 2011, according to Deadline.com.

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HUGH JACKMAN has walked away from the production company he co-founded so he can concentrate on his acting career.
The X-Men star set up Seed Productions in 2006 with his former assistan t John Palermo, and the firm backed films including Jackman’s superhero m ovies X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Jackman will continue working with the company on ongoing projects incl uding the upcoming Wolverine sequel, which is set to begin filming in Jap an early next year (11), and a remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.
But Palermo will form a new company without Jackman for future projects , according to Deadline.com.

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The birth of JULIA ROBERTS’ twins in 2004 helped heal a long running fami ly feud with her actor brother ERIC.
The Pretty Woman star fell out with her sibling in the 1990s and they " stopped talking" for several years.
But Eric admits the rift disappeared after Julia welcomed her first chi ldren, twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, with husband Danny Moder.
He tells Access Hollywood, "We’re brother and sister and we both have r eally strong opinions about things, so it’s a lot of ‘f**k you,’ ‘no, f** k you’ and hanging up the phone. But it got so blown out of proportion. W e stopped talking and then with the birth of the twins we started talking again. Now we talk almost every day. I like her."

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Movie bosses behind the upcoming WALL STREET sequel have confirmed MICHAE L DOUGLAS’ cancer scare won’t delay the opening of the movie - and the ac tor is adamant he will be well enough to carry out his promotional duties as planned.
The 65 year old is preparing to undergo eight weeks of radiation and ch emotherapy treatment after doctors discovered a tumour in his throat.
The news sparked fears the veteran star’s illness would affect the upco ming release of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which is due to hit cine mas on 24 September (10).
But a representative for Twentieth Century Fox, the movie studio behind Oliver Stone’s follow-up, has confirmed the release date will stay the s ame and Douglas is expected to walk the red carpet when the movie premier es, according to People.com.
After announcing news of his cancer earlier this week (beg16Aug10), Dou glas said in a statement he is "very optimistic" of making a full recover y.

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MEL GIBSON’s ex-girlfriend OKSANA GRIGORIEVA spent a full day in court on Wednesday (18Aug10) in a bid to have the actor’s child support payments increased, according to reports.
The former couple split earlier this year (10) and they have endured a messy public war of words in recent weeks as they attempt to thrash out c ustody arrangements for their nine-month-old daughter Lucia.
The feud has seen Grigorieva accuse the shamed star of assault, while a udio footage of telephone calls in which the actor can allegedly be heard hurling abuse and vile threats at his partner have leaked online.
Grigorieva appeared at a closed court hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesd ay and her lawyers spent hours arguing why Gibson should increase his mon thly payments for Lucia from the reported $5,000 (=C2=A33,333) he is alre ady paying, according to TMZ.com.
The website reports the judge overseeing the case decided to postpone r uling on the subject. The Braveheart star was not present at the hearing.

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The charity worker caught up in NAOMI CAMPBELL’s blood diamond scandal ha s quit his position at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.
The British supermodel testified at the war crimes trial of former Libe rian president Charles Taylor earlier this month (Aug10), admitting she r eceived a pouch of uncut gems after a dinner party hosted by Mandela in S outh Africa in 1997.
Campbell claimed she didn’t know what the "dirty stones" were or who ha d given them to her, while prosecutors claim the rocks were in fact blood diamonds, used to finance the 1991-2002 Sierra Leone civil war.
The catwalk beauty handed the gems to her friend Jeremy Ratcliffe, the former chief executive of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, to "do some thing good with".
Ratcliffe held on to the stones for 13 years before handing them over t o police in South Africa following Campbell’s testimony. He has now resig ned from his position on the charity’s board.
A statement from the organisation reads, "Mr. Ratcliffe regrets his omi ssion to inform the chairperson, CEO and the rest of the board of trustee s of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund of his receipt of the uncut diamo nds until now. Mr. Ratcliffe has stated that he acted in what he sincerel y believed to be in (sic) the best interest of the charity." Ratcliffe previously insisted he kept the diamonds as he didn’t want to involve his charity in any possible illegal activities.

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LINDSAY LOHAN has one less legal problem to worry about - the troubled st ar has been cleared over allegations she stole a luxury watch.
The Mean Girls actress - who is currently enrolled in a court-ordered r ehab program in Los Angeles - was questioned by police in April (10) in c onnection with the alleged theft of a $35,000 (=C2=A323,000) Rolex, which reportedly belonged to one of her acquaintances.
The alleged victim is said to have left the timepiece at Lohan’s Los An geles home, but never got it back.
Lohan denied the allegations at the time and the case has now been drop ped after her unnamed accuser decided not to pursue the claims, law enfor cement sources tell TMZ.com.
And the actress could be set for more good news by next week (25Aug10) - when a judge is set to consider releasing her from rehab early.
Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in prison and a mandatory 90 days in reh ab for violating the terms of her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI arre st. She only served 13 days of her prison term and was transferred straig ht to a recovery clinic on her release on 2 August (10).

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JUSTIN BIEBER has offered to perform a free concert for DAVID BECKHAM’s f amily in return for a soccer lesson from the sports star.
The teenage singer is desperate to learn a few tricks from the Los Ange les Galaxy player, and he’s hoping the offer of a private show will tempt the England ace to give him an hour of tuition.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "I am sure he would do anything to make his three boys happy and if I am their favourite artist I would happily come and put on a private show at the Beckham household. All I would ask for in return is that we go into his yard for an hour afterwards and he teach es me all those crazy things he can do with a soccer ball."

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EMINEM is set to return to his hometown of Detroit, Michigan to host a ra p contest in the style of the famous hip-hop battle in his semi-autobiogr aphical movie 8 MILE.
The Stan hitmaker has signed up to host a freestyle rap contest called the Red Bull EmSee: The Road to 8 Mile National Finals, which will see ei ght aspiring stars compete against each other in scenes similar to the hi t 2002 film.
The finalists, who have been picked from regional heats across the U.S.
, will perform in front of the superstar, who will then decide on the win ner.
The event wil be held at Detroit’s St. Andrews Hall on 26 August (10), according to Allhiphop.com.

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The charity set up to honour late ADAM ‘DJ AM’ GOLDSTEIN is helping troub led teens turn their lives around by steering them towards a career in DJ ing.
The star passed away last year (09) after suffering an accidental drug overdose after battling addiction for years.
Now executives at the DJ AM Memorial Fund, the foundation set up in Gol dstein’s name after his tragic death, are helping youngsters suffering fr om drug addiction by donating DJ equipment to a rehab centre.
The drive aims to inspire kids at the Phoenix House Academy in Los Ange les to kick their deadly habit and find a new passion in music.
A representative for the charity tells TMZ.com, "We wanted to find a wa y to continue Adam’s legacy of giving back that would include music as a key component. Making a donation that includes a DJ station helps Adam’s legacy live on."

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RUSSELL SIMMONS is backing plans to open a mosque close to the site of th e 9/11 terrorist atrocities in New York - insisting the building will hel p bond religious communities in the Big Apple.
Many residents in the city have been outraged by plans to erect a Musli m centre and mosque in Manhattan close to Ground Zero, the site of the Wo rld Trade Center where thousands of civilians perished in 2001.
Furious citizens are urging city officials to move the mosque to anothe r area, away from the site of the tragedy.
But hip-hop mogul Simmons, who is the chairman of the Foundation for Et hnic Understanding, is adamant officials should be allowed to go ahead wi th the project, because it will help promote religious tolerance.
He tells U.S. newsman Larry King, "This mosque is a replacement for one that’s been there since before there was a World Trade Center… They’ve been working on this project for four years. And recently, it’s been pol iticised…
"I think it’s critical that we recognise that we built this country on religious tolerance and on religious freedom. And so if we want to penali se the two billion Muslims because of the actions of a few, then we have to examine the way we look at each other and all religions. So I think it would be a terrible idea to move the mosque…
"After 9/11, with all the compassion that was given to us, we (American s) threw a lot of it away and I think now is an opportunity for us to tur n it around and promote a relationship with the Islamic world that makes good sense, not one that’s based in (sic) fear and ignorance." (LR/WNVKIN

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BRET MICHAELS is taking legal action against a gig promoter over allegati ons the rocker turned up to perform in New York only to be told the conce rt had been cancelled without his knowledge.
The Poison star claims he arrived at the CNY Regional Market venue in S yracuse, New York on 5 August (10) with his crew but was left fuming when he found out the gig had been postponed.
The concert promoter, Mike Banks, allegedly claimed he axed the show be cause he found out Michaels was due to appear on American Idol that night , but the rocker’s TV appearance was in fact pre-recorded.
Michaels has now filed a lawsuit against Banks and Aloha Events, accusi ng the promoter of "breaching his contract and exposing him to public con tempt and ridicule with allegedly defamatory statements about his schedul e".
The lawsuit is seeking more than $5 million (=C2=A33.3 million) in dama ges, according to Syracuse.com.

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MARK WAHLBERG is revisiting his BOOGIE NIGHTS years - he is planning to s hoot another movie about the porn industry.
The actor played a male prostitute in the 1997 film about the "golden e ra" of adult movies in the 1970s and 1980s.
Now he wants to bring the story up to date by shooting a TV drama about a porn company struggling to compete with adult websites, and a girl who travels to Los Angeles hoping to make it in the sex industry.
New York Post gossip column Page Six reports Wahlberg has teamed up wit h his fellow Entourage executive producer Steve Levinson and writer James Frey to work on a script for U.S. network HBO.
Frey tells the publication, "We’re going to make a sprawling epic about the porn business in L.A. We’re going to tell the type of stories no one else has told before, and go places no one has gone before." (ZN/WNWCPS/

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PIRANHA 3D stars KELLY BROOK and JESSICA SZOHR were given a shock during a road trip to Las Vegas when they were accosted by three police cars ful l of armed officers.
The pair took a break from filming the fishy new horror movie to drive to Sin City for a fun-filled getaway, but British model/actress Brook got lost near the Hoover Dam in Ohio.
She realised there were three police cars following behind their vehicl e, so she pulled over and asked the cops for directions - but she soon re alised she had made a mistake when the officers jumped out of their cars and surrounded the pair with their guns drawn.
Brook tells the New York Daily News, "There (were) three police cars fo llowing us… In England, the natural reaction is to get out of the car a nd ask for directions, which is what I did… Next thing you know, we hav e got our hands on the bonnet (hood) of the car and we’re trying to assur e (the police) we’re just actresses on our way to Vegas." But the drama was soon over when the cops realised their mistake and th e officers left with autographs from the pretty stars.
Brook adds, "To have a gun pulled on you and then be asked for your aut ograph in the space of a minute is just a bizarre turn of events." (LR/NY

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British actor MARTIN SHAW shocked theatre-goers this week (beg16Aug10) wh en he collapsed on stage during the latest performance of his play.
The 65 year old is currently starring in a production of The Country Gi rl at the Severn Theatre in Shrewsbury, England, but Wednesday’s (18Aug10 ) show was halted after the TV actor fell ill and fainted.
The curtain was brought down as medics rushed to attend to Shaw, and af ter 20 minutes the play resumed with an understudy taking the star’s plac e.
A representative for the Judge John Deed actor has blamed the collapse on Shaw’s ongoing medical problems, telling Britain’s The Sun, "He passed out because he has a cracked rib, a chest infection and is on antibiotic s. He probably shouldn’t have been on stage but didn’t want to disappoint his fans."

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U.S. reality TV star NICOLE ‘SNOOKI’ POLIZZI has pleaded not guilty to ch arges of disorderly conduct and creating a nuisance following her arrest last month (Jul10).
The Jersey Shore star was held by cops in New Jersey on 30 July (10) af ter allegedly drinking alcohol in public while filming the series’ third season.
She was hit with misdemeanour charges of creating a nuisance, disorderl y conduct, and annoying people at the beach, and the case came before off icials at Seaside Heights Municipal Court, New Jersey on Wednesday (18Aug 10).
Polizzi was not required to appear at the hearing, but she issued a not guilty plea to all three charges through her lawyer. The case is due bac k in court next month (Sep10).

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JACKIE KENNEDY-ONASSIS’ half-brother has been jailed after pleading guilt y to possessing child pornography.
James Auchincloss, who carried his sister’s wedding dress train on the day she married assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy in 1953, was brought before Jackson County Circuit Court, Oregon on Wednesday (18Aug10 ).
He admitted two felony counts of encouraging child sex abuse by storing computer images of naked boys and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and t hree years probation.
Auchincloss, 63, will also have to register as a sex offender upon his release.

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WAYNE’S WORLD star TIA CARRERE is single again after finalising her divor ce from her husband of eight years.
The actress filed papers in April (10), citing irreconcilable differenc es for the breakdown of her marriage to her second husband, photographer Simon Wakelin.
A judge at Los Angeles County Superior Court finalised their divorce th is week (beg16Aug10), and the former couple will reportedly share custody of their four-year-old daughter, Bianca.
Carrere and Wakelin divided up their assets according to their pre-nupt ial agreement and the actress also agreed to split the rights to a movie script she is working on, which is due to go into production later this y ear (10), reports TMZ.com.

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