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LINDSAY LOHAN’s troubled father MICHAEL has been accused of trying to gro pe a reality TV star shortly after he was cleared of attacking his ex-fia ncee last month (Jul10).
Michael Lohan’s former partner Kate Major claimed a heated argument bet ween the couple turned violent and he was left facing a charge of harassm ent in the second degree.
Authorities dropped the case against Lohan on Wednesday (18Aug10) after Major insisted she no longer wanted to press charges, but the famous fam ily’s patriarch has been smeared with another accusation from former Rock of Love star Cindy ‘Rodeo’ Steedle.
Steedle has filed a police report alleging Lohan "became violent and ra ised his hand" after she rounded on him for slyly stroking her backside, according to TMZ.com.
The TV star claims Michael "brushed his hand on my lower bottom" while they were working together on a reality show in New York, and then grew " angry" when she warned him off. She also claims he has contacted her via phone and email since the incident, and she now lives "in fear" of him.
No official charges have been filed.

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ERIC CLAPTON is set to release his first solo album in five years - with a little help from ex-girlfriend SHERYL CROW.
The guitarist hasn’t worked on an individual project since 2005’s Back Home, and will release his 19th disc, Clapton, in September (10).
The album features guest appearances from his ex-lover Crow - who he da ted in 1996 - among others.
In a statement, Clapton says, "It’s an eclectic collection of songs tha t weren’t really on the map - and I like it so much because if it’s a sur prise to the fans, that’s only because it’s a surprise to me, as well." The Brit’s last project, 2006’s The Road to Escondido, was a collaborat ion with singer/songwriter JJ Cale.

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WILL SMITH has hammered the competition in a poll to find the best rapper -turned-actor.
The I Am Legend star, who enjoyed rap success with hits like Summertime and movie themes Wild Wild West and Men in Black, landed 58 per cent of the vote in the MovieTickets.com survey.
Mark Wahlberg came in second with 23 per cent and T.I. edged out Ludacr is and Mos Def to land in third spot with seven per cent.
Crash star Ludacris and The Italian Job’s Mos Def both garnered six per cent.

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Generous rapper FLO RIDA has offered to collaborate with British girl gro up THE SATURDAYS, after stealing the U.K. chart number one from them for a second time at the weekend (14-15Aug10).
The hip-hop star shot to the top of the British countdown with his trac k Club Can’t Handle Me, narrowly edging out The Saturdays’ Missing You an d denying the group their first number one single.
Flo Rida also took the U.K. number one position from the band last year (09) when his hit Right Round jumped ahead of their charity single Just Can’t Get Enough to steal the top spot.
But Flo Rida wants to put any chart rivalry between the two acts aside by recording a track with the five-piece.
He tells Britain’s Daily Star, =E2=80=9CIf we could make a collaboratio n happen I would be up for that. I don=E2=80=99t know much about The Satu rdays but we put smiles on people=E2=80=99s faces when we make music, whi ch counts more than getting number ones.=E2=80=9D

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Rock offspring PEACHES GELDOF found herself in a surreal situation moment s before boarding a flight on Wednesday (18Aug10), when a security guard assigned to her and boyfriend ELI ROTH put her in a headlock and began sh outing at airline staff.
The daughter of Bob Geldof and her actor/director partner were provided with a bodyguard to ensure they made it through to the airport lounge sa fely.
But Geldof got a shock when photographers started taking snaps of the p air, and the allegedly drunk guard grabbed her around the neck and pushed her through the departure lounge.
In a post on her Twitter.com page, she writes, "Me and Eli just got to the airport, someone had assigned Eli a guy to walk us thru (sic) to the lounge, cos (sic) there were paps (paparazzi) he put me in a crazy headlo ck, he was totally wasted (drunk) and breathing his wino breath all over me & wouldn’t let me go! So weird! I’m not Mariah Carey dude wtf (what th e f**k)!? "Eli keeps saying ‘What just happened!?’ It was like a David Lynch-esqu e nightmare! Why was he wasted & shouting at airport security!? I wonder who that guy was cos (sic) there are about a million photos of me in a he adlock!? Weirdest moment ever. I’m p**sing myself laughing." (MJ/WNTWT/LR

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ROBBIE WILLIAMS’ father has laughed off reports his teetotal son banned b ooze at his wedding earlier this month (Aug10) - insisting all the guests enjoyed "alcohol and lots of it".
The British pop star wed Ayda Field at their Beverly Hills home with a small number of close friends and family in attendance.
It was rumoured the special day was alcohol-free because of the Angels hitmaker’s past struggles with drink and drugs, but the singer’s dad Pete Conway insists the speculation is nonsense.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "There was alcohol and lots of it. I did ha ve a drink. We certainly toasted the bride and groom. You can’t make ever yone give up. We drank and had a party. It’s great and it was a wonderful day." And Conway reveals the ceremony was enjoyed by all - even though the nu ptials came as a "surprise".
He adds, "It was lovely, she was lovely and he was in good shape and ev erything was perfect. She’s very pretty and she looked a dream.
"It wasn’t fraught. It was very relaxed and lovely. Robbie was emotiona l. It was a big day. I didn’t make a speech… it wasn’t very conventiona l. We just had a lovely time.
"It was organised quite quickly. It was a total surprise to everyone - even me - but it was a nice surprise."

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LISA MARIE PRESLEY has bought a $12 million (=C2=A38 million) estate in E ngland close to the former world headquarters of the Church of Scientolog y, according to a U.K. report.
The singer has lived in California since her father Elvis passed away i n 1977, but she recently revealed plans to set up home in England - putti ng her five-bedroom ranch up for sale at just under $9 million (=C2=A36 m illion).
The King’s daughter has now found her perfect British home in the town of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, which lies close to the town of East Grinstead, Sussex - where Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard settled in 1959 after moving from the U.S., reports Britain’s The Sun.
The 11-bedroom pad has an indoor pool, cinema, sauna - as well as a lak e in its huge grounds.
Presley is a devout follower of the controversial religion, insisting i t stopped her "going mad or killing herself" and helped her quit drugs as a teen.

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Actress-turned-rocker JULIETTE LEWIS was caught out by a fan’s strange bu llet gift as she passed through customs in Finland on a recent tour of Eu rope.
The Natural Born Killers star was confronted by a devotee backstage at a gig in Scotland and handed the large metal object.
Thinking nothing of the unusual gift, Lewis placed it in a box with all the other presents she gets from fans - and promptly forgot all about it ..
Picking up the story, she recalls, "I go through customs in Finland… and in the X-ray machine there’s a big old bullet. They (customs officers ) want to know where the gun is and they quarantine me.
"We didn’t speak the same language and I was like, ‘No, you don’t under stand.’" Lewis tried to explain it was just a gift from a fan, but the officials had no idea what she was talking about.
She adds, "They took it (bullet) from me."

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Comedian FRED ARMISEN is dating again just three months after splitting f rom wife ELISABETH MOSS - he’s reportedly moved on with his SATURDAY NIGH T LIVE co-star ABBY ELLIOTT.
The Mad Men actress wed the TV funnyman last October (09) after a whirl wind romance, but they ended their relationship in May (10).
And Armisen has wasted no time in returning to the dating scene, embark ing on a romance with his fellow SNL star Elliott, according to E! Online ..
A source tells the publication, "They are together. It is very new." (M

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SYLVESTER STALLONE didn’t always have such a catchy moniker - his mother named him after a hairbrush brand when he was first born.
The Rocky hardman’s eccentric mum Jackie wasn’t sure what to call her f irst-born son, and initially named him ‘Binky’ after a U.S. hairbrush com pany.
Stallone tells Britain’s Daily Express, =E2=80=9CThere was this thing c alled a Binky brush which was a hairbrush and I guess my parents ran out of names at the time.
=E2=80=9CI was called Binky until they could come up with a cool one li ke Sylvester.=E2=80=9D

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PAMELA ANDERSON is glad her racy PETA promo was banned in her native Cana da because the furore over the picture boosted awareness of the animal-ri ghts campaign.
The latest advert for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ) shows the former Baywatch babe wearing a bikini and sporting the words of butchers’ cuts of meat printed all over her flesh.
Anderson jetted to Montreal, Canada last month (Jul10) to unveil the po ster in the famous Place Jacques-Cartier square, but city officials refus ed to allow the event to go ahead - insisting the image was "sexist".
But the blonde bombshell is convinced the fuss didn’t hinder the campai gn - because it actually helped PETA’s message make headlines around the globe.
She tells Britain’s The One Show, "It was good for us actually. It was banned from the square, the Montreal downtown because it actually made wo rldwide news that way, so thanks Montreal. It was good because we just wa nted to get the message out, that we all have the same parts and that the re are all different reasons to go vegetarian. Spread the word." (MJ/WNV/

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ANGELINA JOLIE is leading donations for the flood relief effort in Pakist an - the superstar has handed over $100,000 (=C2=A366,666) of her own mon ey to help those worst affected.
The actress, who is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations (U.N.) , called for her fans to help raise funds for the Pakistani people whose lives have been devastated by the floods which hit the country last month (Jul10).
And as the death toll reaches more than 2,000 and fears increase about the spread of water-borne diseases, Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt have donated part of their fortune to help boost aid for the country, accordin g to news agency AFP.
The Tomb Raider star frequently gives away money to help others - she d onated $1 million (=C2=A3666,666) to Doctors Without Borders to help eart hquake survivors in Haiti earlier this year (10), as well as handing over $75,000 (=C2=A350,000) to build a girls school in Afghanistan. (MJ/WNWCA

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LINDSAY LOHAN will have to wait another week to hear if she will be allow ed to leave rehab early - a judge will review her situation on 25 August (10).
The Mean Girls star was sentenced to 90 days in prison and a mandatory 90 days in rehab for violating the terms of her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI arrest. She only served 13 days of her prison term and was tran sferred straight to a recovery clinic on her release on 2 August (10).
Prosecutor Danette Meyers recently revealed the professionals in charge of the actress’ treatment are pushing for an early release.
But following a meeting between Meyers, Lohan’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman H olley, and the case’s new judge, Elden Fox, on Wednesday (18Aug10), no re lease date had been decided.
A status update on Lohan’s condition has been scheduled for next Wednes day (25Aug10), meaning the actress will be staying at the Los Angeles reh abilitation centre for at least another week.

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Soul veterans THE OHIO PLAYERS are hoping to assemble superfans like STEV IE WONDER, PRINCE and SNOOP DOGG for a new album of revamped hits.
The heavily-sampled Love Rollercoaster hitmakers have just released the ir first single in 13 years via iTunes and now they’re planning a major c areer compilation featuring their most famous followers.
Drummer James ‘Diamond’ Williams, who has been a Player since 1972, tel ls WENN, "There’s plans and we will be working on assembling that. It’s a bubbling situation that just might come about.
"Snoop sampled Little Lady Maria and did a wonderful song and the Red H ot Chili Peppers did a great job of covering Love Rollercoaster, so they would have to be there, and Prince has been playing Rollercoaster on tour .. And we’d love for Stevie Wonder to do something - he gave us the title for our hit Fire.
"We were working on it in the studio next to Stevie and when he first h eard the instrumental version with the rhythm, he said, ‘That track’s on fire!’" Currently touring as a 10-piece band, The Ohio Players will debut their new track, This is Your Night, onstage at the Sunset Junction festival i n Los Angeles on Saturday night (21Aug10).

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Stylish HARRY POTTER star EMMA WATSON’s latest designs are to be given th e royal seal of approval when the actress launches her new line in PRINCE CHARLES’ private gardens.
The Brit has teamed up with eco-friendly fashion label People Tree to c reate a new clothing range and the collection will be previewed in London on 11 September (10) at a royal garden party.
The fashion showcase at Clarence House will be part of the A Garden Par ty to Make a Difference festival, which runs for 12 days and features fas hion shows, cultural performances and cookery displays all centred around the latest environmental breakthroughs.
Thrilled Watson says, "I think The Prince of Wales=E2=80=99 initiative is such a brilliant idea."

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GWYNETH PALTROW studied hours of concert footage of stars like LORETTA LY NN and DOLLY PARTON to perfect her country music character KELLY CANTER i n new film COUNTRY STRONG.
The Shakespeare in Love star admits she stole little things from a host of stars to create her singing role in the new film - and even added in a little Courtney Love to give her Canter a little edge.
Paltrow reveals, "I watched every DVD of every country woman ever. It w as like school. Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton - she plays all bar chords (on guitar) because she has such long nails." But the actress reveals Faith Hill was her leading inspiration.
She tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "Physically, we’re very simila r. Obviously she’s much prettier than I am, but we’re the same type. I la tched on to Faith in terms of physicality.
"I also wanted to bring an edgier, Courtney Love-ish, Shelby Lynne thin g to it, because I felt like my character wishes she were Faith Hill, but she is a little bit too punk rock." And Paltrow reveals her husband, Coldplay star Chris Martin, was a big help as she prepared for the movie: "He grew up with a lot of Hank Willia ms and Johnny Cash."

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Tattooist to the stars KAT VON D is launching a career as a rocker.
The heavily-tattooed artist, who until recently was dating Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx, admits she has been taking voice lessons for the past ye ar in a bid to hit the charts.
Von D, who once tattooed a rose on Lady Gaga’s hip, says, "I’ve been wr iting my own music… and I’m putting together a band."

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British synth-pop duo ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK are to release th eir first album of new material in almost 15 years.
History of Modern features the band’s new single, Save Me, which featur es soul queen Aretha Franklin.
The album is Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys’ 11th and is their first release of the new century.
The duo were part of the British new wave invasion in the early 1980s a nd scored hits with songs like Enola Gay and Souvenir.

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