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Reunited rockers LIMP BIZKIT have scrapped a Monday night (27Sep10) show in Oslo, Norway to allow drummer JOHN OTTO time to recover from a stomach illness.
The group was scheduled to take the stage at the city’s Sentrum Scene b ut the concert has been cancelled.
Details of Otto’s sickness were not available when WENN to press, but r eports suggest he was too ill to perform.

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Hip-hop legend DR. DRE has scrapped plans to include a collaboration with JAY-Z on his highly-anticipated DETOX album after the track leaked onlin e over the summer (10).
Fans have been eager to hear the finished version of Under Pressure aft er part of the unmastered duet hit the internet in June (10).
The track takes aim at Tiger Woods’ cheating scandal and features Dre r apping about his bid to give up smoking and alcohol.
Dre says, "There’s no leaks that came out that’s gonna be on the record .. I got hard new s**t. Had a little bit of leak in my security and what h ave you (sic), but I got new s**t coming and trust me, it will not be ant icippointment (sic), you know what I mean? Y’all n**gers gonna love this s**t." In a recent interview with Vibe magazine, Dre admitted he was angry the songs had leaked online half-finished: "I wouldn’t be as mad at a leak i f the song was done.
"I’m not mad at the fans. I’m mad at the person that leaked the s**t. I have no idea how it got out… The most painful part about it is that I’ m passionate about what I do, so people should hear it in the right form.
" Dre is preparing to release his long-awaited third album later this yea r (10).

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Rockers MGMT have become the latest act to end a gig early because of a m issile attack - drummer WILL BERMAN stormed offstage at the band’s Manche ster, England show on Sunday night (26Sep10) after he was hit in the tors o by a glass of urine.
The group was midway through hit song The Handshake towards the end of its set at the Manchester Apollo when the incident happened, prompting an gry Berman to stop drumming and walk off.
Even his bandmates were unaware of what had happened. They had to ask f ans, "Where’s Will gone?" The group was forced to end their show without a drummer. They did not return for an encore.
Guns N’ Roses and Kings of Leon both halted shows this summer (10) afte r being hit by missiles - Guns N’ Roses were bottled offstage during a sh ow in Dublin, Ireland and Kings of Leon had to end a show in St. Louis, M issouri in July after they became targets for pooping pigeons. (KL/WNWC/M

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British actress GEMMA ARTERTON has laughed off "ridiculous" reports sugge sting she underwent corrective surgery on her crumpled ear when she was a baby.
The former Bond girl and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time star can’t believe how rumours get picked up and become fact - and she’d like to pu t one the rest in an effort to stop journalists asking her stupid questio ns.
She tells WENN, "Apparently I was born with imperfections and had surge ry on my ear. I have never had surgery on my ear. That’s all not true but people like to make stuff up." And the pretty Brit, who plays a character with a new nose in Tamara Dr ew, insists she’d never go under the knife to fix an imperfection.
She adds, "I’ve always been an advocate for imperfection. I think imper fection is beautiful; it’s something that’s not been as celebrated as yea rs ago when people used to have things that weren’t perfect and that was beautiful."

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90210 star ANNALYNNE MCCORD hopes her new rape storyline on the hit show helps teen victims fully understand what they need to do if they’re sexua lly assaulted.
The actress insists the show’s writers don’t sugar-coat the harsh reali ties of what a rape victim has to go through - and there’s no simple happ y ending to the story.
At the end of the last season on the show, her character, Naomi, is mol ested by a teacher, and the new episodes currently airing in America pick up as she begins her fight for justice.
McCord tells news show Access Hollywood Live, "This is an issue that ki ds deal with… They need to speak out.
"What you see is Naomi doesn’t wanna speak out for herself, but sees th at it might happen to a friend and violators tend to be repeat offenders.
"I really like the fact that the writers have really depicted it in a v ery real way and it wasn’t just like, ‘She goes and she tells and everyth ing works out perfectly…’ She goes in the first episode and reports it (sic) and then the police officer is like, ‘Look, I think you should come forward but I’m gonna tell you, this is not gonna be fun. They’re gonna drag you through the mud, they’re gonna try and slander you.’ "It’s a very honest depiction, in my opinion, of situations that can ta ke place."

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The jury in the ANNA NICOLE SMITH drug conspiracy trial has begun its del iberation after the final witnesses in the months-long case were quizzed by prosecutor RENEE ROSE on Monday morning (27Sep10).
The actress/model’s companion and lawyer Howard K. Stern and doctors Sa ndeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich stand accused of providing excessiv e medication to Smith.
All three have pleaded not guilty.
Smith died from a drug overdose in a Florida hotel room in 2007. (KL/WN

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Funnyman-turned-U.S. TV host GEORGE LOPEZ and his wife ANN are to divorce ..
The couple has been married for 17 years and has a 15-year-old daughter , called Mayan.
Sources tell TMZ.com the Lopezes split earlier this year (10).
The pair hit the headlines in 2005 when Ann Lopez saved her husband’s l ife by giving him one of her kidneys.
She told reporters, "George, he comes from a very dysfunctional family, a horrific childhood. It was hard for him to accept that someone would g ive him the gift of life." The Lopez Tonight host added, "I was crying. I thanked her and I told h er I loved her. I was more concerned about her than I was about myself."

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Beloved Hollywood actress GLORIA STUART, who played the older version of KATE WINSLET’s character in TITANIC, has died at the age of 100.
Stuart passed away on Sunday (26Sep10) at her Los Angeles home, reports The Washington Post.
Her daughter, writer Sylvia Thompson, tells the newspaper Stuart was di agnosed with lung cancer several years ago and had also previously battle d breast cancer.
The actress began working in Hollywood in the 1930s and starred in over 40 films during her career, including The Invisible Man, Here Comes the Navy and Poor Little Rich Girl.
After a nearly a decade away from the spotlight, she returned to the bi g screen in 1997, as the 101-year-old version of Kate Winslet’s character Rose in James Cameron’s Titanic.
She became the the oldest actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in the film.
Stuart published her autobiography, I Just Kept Hoping, in 1999, and re ceived a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000.
She last appeared on the big screen in Wim Wenders’ Land of Plenty in 2 004.
The star was honoured by the Screen Actors Guild for her years of servi ce in June (10), weeks before celebrating her centenary on 4 July (10).
In addition to her daughter, Stuart is survived by four grandchildren a nd 12 great-grandchildren.

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TOM CRUISE has landed a new rival for the latest installment of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Swedish actor MICHAEL NYQVIST has signed on as a villain.
Nyqvist, who won acclaim for his role as journalist Mikael Blomkvist in Swedish thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, will battle Cruise in director Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible 4, according to The Hollywood Re porter.
Cruise last faced-off against Philip Seymour Hoffman in the franchise, for 2006 blockbuster Mission: Impossible III.
Nyqvist joins an all-star cast for the follow-up, including returning s tars Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg, and new faces Jeremy Renner, Paula Patto n and Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov.
M:I 4 is scheduled to start shooting in Canada, Dubai and the Czech Rep ublic later this year (10).

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Opera star ANDREA GRUBER is facing a court battle with bosses at a top ta lent agency amid allegations she owes them $40,000 (=C2=A326,700) in unpa id fees.
Executives at IMG Artists claim they helped to secure the soprano a num ber of jobs worth $350,000 (=C2=A3233,330) between 2007 and 2009, but hav e yet to receive their cut of profits.
They filed papers for breach of contract in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York last week (ends24Sep10) and are asking for damages, reports the New York Post.

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Pop star-turned-actor JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has sided with fallen Napster co- founder SEAN PARKER in the music downloading debate, admitting he would h ave used the file-sharing website had he not shot to fame.
Parker’s music-sharing site was shut down in 2001 following a string of lawsuits from artists like Metallica and Dr. Dre, and several major reco rd labels.
He relaunched his career in 2004 when he was hired as an adviser for Fa cebook.com and he is portrayed by Timberlake in new film The Social Netwo rk, which chronicles the early days of the website.
Timberlake found himself researching Napster’s business model and its s ubsequent legal troubles for the movie role and he admits he would have u sed the service to avoid soaring music prices, just like any other youth.
He explains, "At the time that Napster came out… I was probably 19 or 20 - the age when I would have been going to college, had I not avoided that to try not to have a real job." Referring to legal action taken against Napster, he adds, "I found myse lf emotionally… identifying more with the defendants than the plaintiff s, being the record labels who were screwing these college kids for downl oading music. I probably would have done it (illegally downloaded music) myself."

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KATY PERRY and RUSSELL BRAND are preparing to start married life with hom es on either side of the U.S. after adding a New York residence to their growing property portfolio.
The I Kissed A Girl hitmaker and British funnyman Brand reportedly hand ed over $3.5 million (=C2=A32.2 million) for a mansion in Los Angeles ear lier this year (10) and now they are setting up home in New York too.
According to the New York Post, Brand and Perry are calling their new $ 2.7 million (=C2=A31.8 million) condominium in Manhattan’s Tribeca distri ct a "crash pad" to minimise Big Apple income taxes.
The couple is due to exchange vows later this year (10), although detai ls about the stars’ wedding plans have yet to emerge.

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Rapper KID CUDI has been sentenced to two days’ community service after p leading guilty to drug possession.
The Day ‘N Nite hitmaker, real name Scott Mescudi, was arrested in New York in June (10) after allegedly smashing an ex-girlfriend’s cell phone and breaking the door of her apartment off its hinges.
He was charged with criminal mischief and possession of a controlled su bstance after cops found a drug believed to be liquid cocaine on his pers on.
Cudi entered his plea during a court hearing on Friday (24Sep10) and wa s ordered to undertake the brief community service.
He has also been told to stay out of trouble for the next six months, r eports TMZ.com.
The hip-hop star recently came clean about his drug troubles, admitting he became a cocaine addict to help him deal with the pressures of fame.
He has since kicked his hard drug habit and now only smokes marijuana, but he admitted to Complex magazine, "I never thought it was a problem, b ut I was definitely high-fiving death a couple of times."

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Rocker OZZY OSBOURNE has denied speculation political tensions in the Mid dle East have prevented him from performing in Israel until this month (S ep10), blaming his years of heavy drinking for keeping him away from the country.
The Black Sabbath frontman will play his first ever show there when he headlines the Tel Aviv leg of his Ozzfest tour on Tuesday (28Sep10).
Artists such as Elvis Costello, Carlos Santana and the Pixies have vowe d to boycott concerts in Israel to in protest of its government’s policy towards Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but Osbourne insists the long-run ning political feud has never been of concern to him.
When asked why he has never played a gig in Israel before, the former h ellraiser says, "I guess I was drunk for so many years…
"I try to stay away from politics. They don’t understand me and I don’t understand them."

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WYCLEF JEAN has been hospitalised after suffering from "stress and fatigu e", according to his representative.
The 40-year-old hip-hop star was admitted to an undisclosed hospital at the weekend (begs25Sep10), just days after officially withdrawing his bi d to become president of his native Haiti.
Jean was ruled out of the race in August (10) after lawmakers stated he was not eligible for the November (10) election because he did not meet residency requirements.
The Gone Till November hitmaker had initially vowed to appeal the decis ion through Haiti’s courts, but his spokeswoman Marian Salzman admits the failed campaign has taken a physical toll on the star and he is now seek ing medical treatment.
Salzman revealed on Monday (27Sep10) Jean is "suffering from stress and fatigue based on the gruelling eight weeks he’s had".
She tells the Associated Press he "plans to take it easy" and will be r eleased from hospital later this week (ends03Oct10).

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Actress ANNALYNNE MCCORD puzzled U.S. TV viewers on Monday (27Sep10) when she appeared on air in a cropped red wig to give an interview as her alt er-ego, "Pixie".
The 90210 star fooled fans into thinking she had chopped off her long b londe locks when she appeared on Wendy Williams’ daytime chat show.
She explained: "This is one of my alter-egos, her name is Pixie. She’s cute and sweet, unlike me." But McCord was quick to assure fans her new hairstyle was just a joke - and she pulled off the wig in the middle of the chat to prove she was ki dding.
Uncovering her long hair, she laughed: "It’s a wig! …I’m actually a b londe."

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ANDY GARCIA’s movie career is a family affair - his actress daughter DOMI NIK vets potential scripts before he accepts a role.
The Ocean’s Eleven actor starred alongside Dominik in 2009 film City Is land, in which she played his pole-dancing daughter.
And now she’s revealed her famous dad involves her even more closely in his career - she attends his business meetings and pores over scripts be fore he agrees to a new role.
Dominik tells Britain’s Sunday Times Magazine, "Dad’s never let himself get an ego. He always has his priorities straight. He loves making movie s and producing, and I have that calling too. I sit in on all his meeting s now. I read his scripts and tell him if he should do them or not." (ZN/

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Jordan’s QUEEN RANIA is recovering after successfully undergoing surgery in New York to correct an irregular heart beat.
The 40-year-old royal joined her husband, King Abdullah II, in the Big Apple last week (begs20Sep10) to attend a three-day United Nations summit and she used the last few days of her trip to seek treatment for her hea lth problem.
The operation involved shooting an electric current through her heart t o restore a normal rhythm and the Queen is now resting in hospital.
A spokesman for the monarch’s palace in Amman says, "The procedure went very smoothly and her majesty is well and in good spirits. She will rema in in hospital for two nights while she recuperates." Queen Rania is expected to return to Jordan later this week (begs27Sep1 0).

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