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Rocker PHIL COLLINS has to evacuate the room whenever he has to use a kni fe because the nerve damage he’s suffered to his hands makes him a danger in the kitchen.
The Genesis star, 59, was forced to stop drumming altogether last year (09) because of pain to his spinal cord, which has wreaked havoc on the n erves to his arms and hands.
He can now only play the drums if he tapes them to him - but Collins ad mits banging away on the instrument is the least of his worries.
He tells the New York Times Magazine, "I can’t play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer.
"It doesn’t bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can’t hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese. When I do those things, I have to issue a warning - stand back! E verybody leaves the room. I don’t care about music as much."

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LIL WAYNE surprised his pal and protege DRAKE on live TV in America on Mo nday (27Sep10) when he phoned into a news show from prison.
The incarcerated rapper used up his phone allocation on his 31st birthd ay by chatting to MTV presenter Kevin Manno on the first episode of news show The Seven, and the two hatched a plan to thrill Drake, who was a gue st on the show.
The hip-hop sensation was stunned to hear his record label boss’ voice and wished him a happy birthday.
He added, "We miss you, man… It’s great to hear your voice. It always makes it a great day when you get to hear your big brother’s voice." And Wayne showed he’s kept his sense of humour behind bars, joking, "Wh at’s this about you marrying (Jersey Shore reality TV star) Snooki or som ething like that?" And he also poked fun at Drake for landing his face on a new Virgin Can ada airplane, quipping, "I’m not getting on that plane!" Lil Wayne also used his phone time to explain the title of his upcoming album I Am Not A Human explaining it was inspired by the time he has spe nt trying to figure out his life from behind bars.
He explained, "I just looked in the mirror, plain and simple… I’m sti ll looking in the mirror trying to figure that out for myself." He revealed the bulk of the album was recorded before he began his eigh t month sentence on illegal weapons possession charges.
Wayne added, "This is what I love to do, next to breathing so I made su re I had some material before I came in here to release while I was in he re." And he admitted that fanmail is keeping his spirits up as he serves the last weeks of his sentence: "When I read those letters… and I see what they say, what my music do for them and how it helped them through situa tions… To read that, that helps me take my words (and) my whole outlook on what I’m doing a lot more seriously… I await the mail every day." He told Manno he receives on average 150 pieces of mail a day and he ge ts through 30, but during the course of his stay he estimated he has been sent over a million letters and cards from fans.

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MOTLEY CRUE star VINCE NEIL will have to wait another two weeks to find o ut whether he’ll be punished for an alleged drink driving arrest in June (10) - a new court date has been set.
Lawyers for the 49 year old appeared on his behalf in a Las Vegas court room on Monday (27Sep10) and pushed for a new date.
Judge Joe Bonaventure set a status check for 11 October (10), when Neil ’s misdemeanour drunk driving and speeding charges will be reviewed.
The rocker has yet to enter a plea.
Court documents suggest Neil was over the alcohol limit when cops pulle d his Lamborghini sports car over after he was allegedly caught speeding near the Las Vegas Strip.

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Reggae star BUJU BANTON’s drug case has been declared a mistrial, after a jury failed to reach a unanimous decision.
Banton, real name Mark Myrie, was jailed in December 2009 after he was caught allegedly attempting to buy more than five kilograms of cocaine fr om an undercover law enforcement officer in Sarasota, Florida.
The case was postponed twice earlier this year (10) but the troubled Ja maican took the stand last week (end26Sep10) to face charges including co nspiracy to possess, intent to distribute and possession of a firearm.
Banton denied the charges and claimed he had lied about his ambitions t o deal illegal substances to "impress" his new pal - the officer.
On Monday (27Sep10) the star’s case was declared a mistrial after juror s were unable to reach a verdict after three days of deliberations, repor ts Reuters.
District Judge James Moody has stated a retrial won’t start until at le ast December (10).
Banton faces life imprisonment if convicted.

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Actor SCOTT PATTERSON has a secret obsession for petrified frogs.
The Saw IV, V and VI star has a collection of fossilised baby frogs.
He says, "It’s not something I ever really discuss in detail. They are prehistoric. There’s a group of underground collectors around the world o f which I am one.
"We’re a fairly eclectic group and we get our hands on some pretty rare stuff. I’m now in the process of acquiring something of which there is o nly one in the world, so I’m pretty excited about that." And Patterson’s odd collection isn’t something that never leaves his ho me.
He tells WENN, "It was on display at The Louvre in Paris."

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KATHERINE HEIGL experienced the pitfalls of motherhood on a recent plane flight when her adopted daughter decided to remind mum why she needs to b e potty trained - fast.
The Knocked Up star had to change little Naleigh in the plane’s cramped toilet - and the smell from her nappy had all the passengers feeling nau seous.
Heigl tells WENN, "This is grown-up kind of poo. I’m in this airplane a nd they didn’t have these fold down tables to change her on; it’s just a tiny little bathroom. I couldn’t put her on the floor. I had to jam her h ead in the corner and lay her across the toilet and kneel below her and i t was brutal. I was like, ‘What did you eat?’ "I had to walk back to get her because she was sitting with the nanny a nd trying to sleep and that whole plane smelled really bad. I had to wake her up because it was just really mean to all the people around her. Now I’m so committed to potty training." And the actress insists she has the perfect system to make sure her bab y learns to go poop properly: "I’m a pro now because I can get it done re ally quick. I’m very particular about these things.
"I want my husband and the nanny to do it the way I do it and use the s ame diaper cream because I swear that’s what helps her; just the right ki nd of wipes and diapers. It’s very apparent that I’m a control freak, so it’s better if I do it myself."

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Actress ANNALYNNE MCCORD desperately tried to keep her revealing role in plastic surgery drama NIP/TUCK from her conservative father - but the tru th came out over a pizza.
The 90210 star played provocative young seductress Eden Lord on the ris que series between 2007 and 2009 - and didn’t wear very much in her sexy scenes.
Although it was her first big break, McCord refused to tell her dad abo ut her success.
She says, "I didn’t tell my dad… and he actually finds out. My sister was managing a pizzeria in Atlanta and one of her regulars was in and he ’s talking about the photo (of me) on the counter to my sister and finall y my dad’s sitting next to him and he’s like, ‘No, that’s my daughter’.
"He says, ‘You must be so proud of her, she’s so young… out in L.A. o n Nip/Tuck… My little sister’s like, over the counter, going, ‘No, no, no, stop talking.’ "I get this phone call that I don’t return for a week, like, ‘Hello Ann alynne, it’s your daddy…’ and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God…’ I’m s orry daddy."

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JOSH BROLIN has learned to stop joking about a sequel to THE GOONIES beca use fans are so obsessed by the 1985 movie, they’ll believe anything he s ays.
And journalists are happy to lead features and articles about him with quips he makes about returning as Brandon Walsh.
He says, "People refuse to let go of this film… It’s gotten so I’ve t old interviewers, ‘We’re all planning the sequel and I’m meeting with Mer yl Streep about it,’ and the next day, I’ve actually seen it reported as exclusive news." Brolin has previously stated he fears the sequel will never happen, eve n though there’s a script doing the rounds in Hollywood.
He recently said, "I saw (Goonies co-writer) Steven Spielberg on the st reet and I asked for the reality (of a sequel). I hear there is a script, yes, but there’s no talk about doing a Goonies sequel at this very momen t."

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Actor HECTOR ELIZONDO and filmmaker JONATHAN LYNN will be the honorees at the inaugural Anaheim Film Festival in California next month (Oct10).
The event will feature special screenings of Lynn’s new movie Wild Targ et, which features Emily Blunt and Ruperts Everett and Grint, and a tribu te to late director John Hughes.
The closing night gala will revolve around Baltasar Kormakur’s new movi e Inhale, which stars Dermot Mulroney and Diane Kruger.

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Diamonds will be teenage KICK-ASS star CHLOE MORETZ’s best friend at the LET ME IN premiere in Hollywood on Monday night (27Sep10) - she’ll be wea ring $71,000 (=C2=A347,300)-worth of gems.
The 13-year-old actress will be dripping in Avakian jewels.
The bling will include an 18-karat diamond ring and an 18-karat bracele t featuring 62 diamonds.
She’ll also hit the red carpet with a diamond heart pendant, worth a st aggering $40,000 (=C2=A326,600).
Picking up the gems in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, the young star told WENN, "I love this jewellery. I could stay in it forever. I love the way it sparkles." In the film Let Me In, Moretz plays a young vampire.

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Opera superstar PLACIDO DOMINGO is to part ways with the Washington Natio nal Opera in 2011.
The celebrated tenor, 69, has been the company’s artistic director for four years.
In a letter to the opera’s board, obtained by The Washington Post, Domi ngo suggests the company should consider a merger with the nearby Kennedy Center in an effort to stay financially viable.
He writes, "You can rest assured that I will do everything I can to hel p during this, my last year as general director." WNO President Kenneth Feinberg says, "He will be missed, but all good t hings must come to an end." Under his current contract, the Spaniard will conduct performances of M adame Butterfly and Don Pasquale in 2011.
Domingo’s role as the artistic director of the Los Angeles Opera will n ot be effected; he recently signed a new contract to remain there until a t least 2013.

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DAME HELEN MIRREN felt compromised on the set of new action movie RED - b ecause she had to learn how to fire a gun.
The Oscar winner is fiercely opposed to the use of pistols and rifles o utside of the military but had to look good as a retired Black-Ops agent in the film.
So she reluctantly agreed to hit the shooting range and fire off bullet s as gun experts showed her how to hold a weapon.
She tells Bust magazine, "The only place a gun has any business is on t he battleground and in a soldier’s hands. They’re such cowardly things. I t is so serious to cause serious damage without thought or consideration.
" But, after working with them, Mirren admits she can understand the appe al of guns.
She adds, "They’re very visceral, and not just for men. With them, it’s obvious - the penis, ejaculation! Obviously there’s a connection there t o men. But (it happens) when girls have guns too. You just feel fantastic holding it.
"But they’re horribly dangerous, especially the small repeat-firing gun s, the mini-machine guns. Terrible."

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Movie star JOSH BROLIN feels blessed to be friends with JOHNNY DEPP - bec ause the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN star is the best actor alive.
The W star and Depp almost fell out when both were up for a lead role o n TV show 21 Jump Street in the mid 1980s - a part Depp eventually landed ..
But the two actors have remained friends and Brolin could not be happie r for his pal’s success.
He tells Playboy magazine, "I have more respect for that guy than for m ost people out there because he… has done it his own way.
"He’s found whatever his niche is, and it’s a big one. What a f**king t alent, man. Every movie I watch him in, I just thank God he exists." And Brolin still recalls the classy way Depp dealt with the news he’d w on the 21 Jump Street role over his pal.
He recalls, "It came down to Johnny and me… He and I were at his apar tment hanging out; our girlfriends were best friends at the time. Johnny had just finished a small part in Platoon and was talking about what it m eant for him to work for this great director Oliver Stone.
"The phone rings, it’s Johnny’s agent. He listens, hangs up, stuffs his clothes into his Platoon duffel and just walks out.
"The next time I saw him I was doing a guest role on the fourth episode of 21 Jump Street."

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The TERMINATOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER has stalled California’s first execu tion in five years.
The former action man-turned-Governor issued an order on Monday (27Sep1 0) delaying the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown, Jr., a convicted rap ist and murderer, by one day.
Schwarzenegger cited procedural reasons for the temporary reprieve, sta ting that an appeals court decision allowing the execution to be carried out would not take effect until Thursday (30Sep10).
The reprieve ends at 11:59pm on Wednesday (29Sep10).
Brown was convicted in 1982 of raping and strangling a missing teenager ..

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KATE WINSLET has been quick to respond to the sad news that the woman who shared the role of TITANIC survivor ROSE in the hit 1997 movie has died, calling 100-year-old actress GLORIA STUART "a remarkable woman".
Stuart passed away on Sunday (26Sep10) at her Los Angeles home after ye ars of ill health and Winslet admits she’s "saddened" by the news.
A statement from the British star reads, "I am so saddened to hear of t he loss of this remarkable woman. I feel blessed to have met her, known h er, and to have acted alongside her.
"Anyone who spent time in her presence will know what an extraordinary shining light she truly was. She will be deeply missed."

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Veteran rocker PHIL COLLINS is taking his love of Texas history to the ne xt level - he’s writing a book about the Battle of the Alamo.
The In The Air Tonight singer became obsessed with the famous battlegro und when he was a child and has devoted his life to building up a collect ion of wartime artefacts relating to the pivotal 1836 event during the Te xas Revolution.
And now he’s using the knowledge he’s acquired to release his own book - his first as an amateur historian.
He tells the New York Times Magazine, "I saw Walt Disney’s Davy Crocket t with Fess Parker. That was it for me. I never stopped thinking about th e Alamo from that day to this.
"I’m a huge collector of memorabilia. I’ve got Davy Crockett’s bullet p ouch. I’ve got Colonel Travis’ belt."

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The cast of magical movie musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC is to reunite on THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW.
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer will join the film’s grown-up Von Trapp children for a 45th anniversary special.
The TV special, which will air on 29 October (10), will include a perfo rmance from The von Trapp Children, which features members of the real vo n Trapp family.

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GIRLS ALOUD star NADINE COYLE is fuming after falling victim to computer hackers again - hoaxers have targeted her Twitter.com page for the second time this year (10).
The Irish singer’s blog on the social networking site was hacked in Apr il (10) and links were added redirecting fans to miracle diets which had allegedly helped her lose weight.
And now Coyle’s page has been invaded again by a hoaxer promoting extre me dieting.
A message on the star’s site reads, "Remember that diet i said i was go ing to try last week? well one week down and i loss 11lbs! try it here. ( sic)" Coyle has taken to her official website to warn her fans to ignore any messages until the problem is fixed.
She writes, "Sorry guys but my Twitter has been hacked again!! We are t rying to fix it. Don’t listen to anything on there until I have it back. Thank you!"

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