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Internet reports suggesting DAVID BOWIE’s longtime collaborator MICK RONS ON was celebrity DJs MARK and SAMANTHA RONSON’s dad got so out of hand ev en the late guitarist’s wife believed they were true.
The siblings’ stepfather is Foreigner star Mick Jones, but many music w riters incorrectly linked them to Ronson - and the ‘fact’ stuck in many e arly reviews and articles.
Mark Ronson tells Spin magazine, "It was, like, the first Internet rumo ur that went wrong. It got picked up by everyone and just got written as if it were a fact.
"It got to the point where Mick Ronson’s widow called my mum and was li ke, ‘Did you have illegitimate children by my deceased husband?’" And the DJ admits there are still mix-ups over his parentage: "People a re always like, ‘So your dad’s Mick Ronson…?’ And I’m like, ‘No, he’s M ick Jones.’ And they’re like, ‘… from The Clash?’ "I should just wear a Foreigner T-shirt all the time."

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has signed a deal with computer giant Hewlett-Packard to preserve BEATLES music and memorabilia in digital form.
The singer’s library of tracks, as well as artwork, films and videos, w ill by digitised on HP servers - and parts of the collection will be open to fans.
McCartney explains, "I’ve always been interested in creative ideas and new ways of reaching people, so this is a really exciting initiative for me.
"I hope it will allow people who might be interested to access parts of our archives they might otherwise not be able to." HP’s vice president of sales, Tom Hogan, adds, "Paul McCartney has alwa ys been a trendsetter in the music industry and HP has been at the forefr ont of technology innovation. We are proud that he turned to HP as a trus ted partner to help him preserve his legacy and set a new vision for the industry."

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The music world’s new odd couple, BEN FOLDS and NICK HORNBY, are to perfo rm their first show together to raise funds for low-income AIDS victims.
Singer/songwriter Folds and the British author recently teamed up to re cord a new album, Lonely Avenue, together.
And now the pair is taking the collaboration to the stage for the first time - they’ll perform at New York’s Housing Works Bookstore Cafe next m onth (Oct10) for the fourth installment of SPIN magazine’s Liner Notes se ries, which unites authors and musicians.
All proceeds from the show will benefit Housing Works, a charity organi sation that offers help to homeless and low-income victims of HIV/AIDS an d their families.
The duo’s album will be released on 28 September (10).

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KELLY OSBOURNE has revealed she’s still struggling with the pain of her s plit from fiance LUKE WORRALL - and she confesses she almost stayed with the rocker.
The pop singer-turned-reality TV star dumped Worrall in July (10) amid allegations of his infidelity, and she admits she’s still not over the he artbreak.
In a taped interview with Ellen DeGeneres, which will be broadcast on t he comedienne’s TV show on Thursday (23Sep10), Osbourne says, "It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with in a long time and I’m not o ver it. And for a while I thought… a small part of me wanted to still b e with him - but it’s not right. We weren’t happy anymore. I had to go to the next step in my life and so did he." Osbourne admits it was her second heartbreak, adding, "This one sucked way more… because I was going to marry him.
"I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him and a part of me still really does, but there is a huge part of me that doesn’t. Because I need a man that’s going to stand next to me and say, ‘I don’t care what anyone else says, that’s my girlfriend. Shut up.’ And not many people will do t hat." And the Brit used the show to dismiss reports she’s dating actor Chace Crawford: "I do not want to date anyone. I have been rumoured to be datin g Chace Crawford and I don’t believe I’ve ever met him."

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Overweight singer BETH DITTO struggles to accept criticism she is "unheal thy" due to her size - because she knows thin women who turn to cocaine t o maintain their weight.
The Gossip star admits she finds it "tiring" defending her shapely figu re, which has often been a target for critics, who have branded her a bad role model.
Ditto insists she eats a balanced diet and hates the notion that skinny women are healthier than her - as she’s certain many use drugs and cigar ettes to suppress their appetite.
She tells TV presenter Fearne Cotton, "I’m not an unhealthy person and I feel like one of the most tiring parts of being fat and being proud of it is… you do a lot of proving yourself all the time.
"It’s really interesting to me that people will look at a thin person a nd go, ‘That’s a healthy person’. I want to go, ‘Come open my refrigerato r and look and then let’s talk about what you think is so bad’.
"To be thin and to stay really thin, sometimes… some people literally do coke all the time. Some people smoke cigarettes instead of eating. Th at’s crazy. But that’s ‘okay’ because you look healthier."

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KEVIN KLINE and DIANE KEATON are to play husband and wife in a new movie written and directed by LAWRENCE KASDAN.
The two stars will join Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss in Darling Compa nion - a film about a struggling married couple on the hunt for a missing dog.
Kline is a favourite of the moviemaker, having appeared in a handful of Kasdan movies such as Silverado, French Kiss and The Big Chill.
The director penned the screenplay with his daughter Meg Kasdan. (KL/DV

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DEXTER star MICHAEL C. HALL has handed over a special keepsake to the doc tor who helped save his life earlier this year (10) - his serial killer c haracter’s blood box.
The actor’s oncologist helped Hall with his battle against Hodgkin’s ly mphoma and he was rewarded with a vital prop from the hit show.
Hall tells TV Guide magazine, "I noticed he had his own collection of b one marrow blood slides (and) he was fascinated with the blood slides Dex ter has (featuring samples from the character’s victims).
"I called our prop guy, who found a box I could give him. The first thi ng he (doctor) did was put a blood slide of mine in the box."

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MICHAEL CERA’s representative has shot down reports the actor is dating h is SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD co-star ANNA KENDRICK.
America’s Star magazine claimed the two stars became close while shooti ng the fantasy film earlier this year (10), alleging, "Michael’s been cru shing on Anna for a while… one thing led to another." But Cera’s rep has moved swiftly to deny the report, telling GossipCop.
com he is "absolutely not" dating the Twilight actress.

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British film and television composer GEOFFREY BURGON has died. He was 69.
The music writer passed away at his home on Tuesday (21Sep10). His caus e of death was not known as WENN went to press.
Burgon’s most well-known pieces formed the soundtrack for the 1981 adap tation of Brideshead Revisited, starring Jeremy Irons - and earned him a prestigious Ivor Novello award.
He also penned music for films including Monty Python’s Life Of Brian a nd The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as for cult sci-fi show Doctor Who.
James Rushton, of his publishers Chester Music, says, "Geoffrey Burgon was one of very few composers in recent times whose music has truly touch ed the hearts of the international public." He is survived by his wife Jacqueline Krofchak and their son Daniel, as well as two children from a previous marriage.

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DEMI MOORE’s LOL co-star MARLO THOMAS has urged the actress to stand stro ng amid reports her marriage to ASHTON KUTCHER is in trouble - because sh e would cry herself to sleep over the tabloid reports about her own union to TV king PHIL DONAHUE.
Thomas and Donahue have been married for 30 years - but few fans though t the romance would last that long when the U.S. weeklies started running stories about the couple, just a year after the wedding.
And the actress insists Moore and Kutcher can learn a lot from her expe riences.
She tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "I don’t ever believe anything. I can’t te ll you how many divorce rumours there have been about my marriage. When I was married a year all these stories were in the tabloids about how Phil and I were getting a divorce and how we’d seen lawyers.
"I had a quote from my father that said, ‘It wouldn’t last a year.’ I w as heartbroken and I cried and I carried on. My father (Danny Thomas) sai d to me, ‘On the page across from your divorce story is a woman who gave birth to a whale. Now, do you believe the whale story?’ I said no and he said, ‘Well, neither does anybody else and nobody is gonna believe this e ither.’ "He said, ‘Your marriage will outlive them. Somebody else will get marr ied who’s famous and they’ll move off of you,’ and they did.
"So they’ll (Moore and Kutcher) have to have this garbage about them an d it’ll pass. Nobody believes that anybody is happy. I don’t know why but there’s some kind of delight in thinking that nobody’s happy." Kutcher and Moore are currently fighting tabloid allegations he cheated on his wife while she was on location filming. The actor has fiercely de nied the reports.

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Actor and activist SEAN PENN has been honoured for his charity work in Ha iti with this year’s (10) Hollywood Humanitarian Award.
The Oscar winner co-founded the J/P HRO Haitian Relief Organization in the wake of the January (10) earthquake and has spent months in the Carib bean nation helping to distribute food and medical supplies, as well as b uild schools and hospitals.
He has also set up a campsite in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, to help provide temporary housing for an estimated 50,000 survivors left homeless by the tremors.
Penn was made a knight in Haiti in July (10) - and now his tireless cha rity work has landed him another accolade.
He’ll be the star guest at next month’s (25Oct10) Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony to pick up the humanitarian prize.
Hollywood Film Festival Founder and Executive Director Carlos de Abreu says, "It is an honour to recognise the inspiring humanitarian efforts th at Sean Penn and his J/P Haitian Relief Organization have been providing to the great people of Haiti."

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JOAQUIN PHOENIX publicly apologised to U.S. talkshow host DAVID LETTERMAN on Wednesday (22Sep10) when he returned to America’s LATE SHOW and revea led all about his odd antics on the programme last year (09).
The Walk The Line star appeared dishevelled and uncomfortable as he att empted to promote what he claimed would be his final film, Two Lovers, on the show in 2009.
He evoked the presenter’s wrath by refusing to remove his sunglasses fo r the studio interview and chewing gum as he spoke.
Phoenix’s brother-in-law, director Casey Affleck, has since admitted th e appearance was part of an elaborate "social experiment" stunt he had be en filming for his new documentary I’m Still Here, about the actor’s spoo f efforts to become a rapper.
The Oscar winner returned to Letterman’s sofa on Wednesday, suited up a nd clean-shaven, and offered his sincere apologies for making a mockery o f the host during his worrying 2009 interview.
He told Letterman, "Thank you for having me on the show last time.
"We wanted to make this film. It was both our ideas. We wanted to do a film that explored celebrity between the media and the consumers and the celebrities themselves, and we wanted something that would feel really au thentic." Phoenix confessed he’d come up with the idea for the documentary after watching a slew of reality shows - because he was baffled as to how viewe rs could be so easily manipulated into thinking the TV stars were not jus t acting.
He confirmed Letterman had no idea the previous interview had been a ho ax and insisted there had been no script, following allegations the prese nter had been in on the joke the whole time.
Phoenix said, "You’ve interviewed many, many people and I assumed you’d know the difference between a character and a real person but I apologis e, I hope I didn’t offend you in any way.
"We’d hoped to come on a talkshow and I was looking for a beatdown, and I got one. Thank you for that." The Hollywood star admitted he was stunned by how easily everyone was f ooled - because some of his actions were so outrageous, Phoenix and Affle ck were convinced people would see through the whole "experiment".
He continued, "To be frank, we didn’t really know how the media or the public was going to respond. I mean, when I first announced that I was re tiring - which in itself, I thought was a joke, you know a 35 year old wh o says he’s retiring from acting - but I didn’t know that anyone would ca re and frankly I assumed they wouldn’t, but it kind of snowballed and bec ame this big thing and then I came on the show here and that got a lot of attention." At the end of his bizarre 2009 interview, Phoenix was filmed taking off his sunglasses and shaking Letterman’s hand - and the actor reveals remo ving his disguise for the brief encounter landed him in trouble with Affl eck: "I got in a lot of trouble for that with Casey. But I was eager to t hank you for the opportunity." But Phoenix insists he would do it all again - because the experience r esulted in a very unique film.
He added, "Yeah, 100 per cent. I don’t regret it at all. The experience was incredible. I wanted to make a film in a different way and… the ex perience was very gratifying."

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MADONNA and her rocker-chic daughter LOURDES CICCONE hit the Macy’s pink carpet in New York on Wednesday evening (22Sep10) to promote their clothi ng line.
The pair has collaborated on the new Material Girl collection, which wi ll be available in the store this autumn (10), and Madonna told reporters she’s very proud of what her teenage daughter has helped her create.
She says, "She has a good sense of style and I think we complement each other… I’m very proud." Lourdes adds, "There’s definitely clashes but it all works out because she has great style." The teen, dressed in a Joan Jett-like leather jacket, admits that like most young girls, she worships her mum’s style, but she can no longer wal k in her shoes - literally.
Lourdes explains, "It’s so annoying because my feet skipped her shoe si ze."

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Gay GOSSIP star BETH DITTO "prayed to God" she would fall pregnant as a t eenager - so she could hide her sexuality.
The Standing in the Way of Control singer realised she was a homosexual at the age of 15, but dated a male pal to avoid attracting the attention of teenage boys in her native Searcy, Arkansas.
The couple’s relationship lasted for three years - and Ditto, real name Mary Beth Patterson, admits she hoped to become a mum so she wouldn’t ha ve to reveal she was a lesbian.
She says, "I used to, like, pray to get pregnant when I was 18. I did n ot want to be gay. I did not want to face that truth and I used to pray t o God that I would just get pregnant." And now it looks like she’s about to get her prayers answered - she rec ently told Marie Claire magazine she is planning to start a family with h er girlfriend within the next year.
The lesbian icon, 29, insists motherhood is the next thing on her prior ity list after she launches her new plus-size clothing line, revealing, " I do want to go to the doctor in the next year and start taking it (pregn ancy) really seriously."

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JANE’S ADDICTION guitarist DAVE NAVARRO has hinted one-time bandmate DUFF MCKAGAN’s departure is linked to a VELVET REVOLVER rebirth.
The bassist quit the band at the beginning of September (10) after just five months and three shows, and Navarro insists his band’s loss is the gain of Slash’s supergroup, which has been on hiatus since Scott Weiland was sacked as frontman in 2008.
The group, also featuring McKagan’s Guns N’ Roses bandmate Matt Sorum, spent the summer of 2008 auditioning new singers but failed to find Weila nd’s replacement, prompting the bass player and Slash to seek out other p rojects - McKagan formed Loaded before signing on to replace Eric Avery i n the reunited Jane’s Addiction and Slash recorded a solo album.
But Navarro insists Velvet Revolver could be about to make a comeback.
He tells Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM, "Duff was with us for a lit tle while. We wrote some songs with him, did a handful of shows… It was great; he’s an amazing writer and an amazing player.
"At the end of the day, I think his band, Velvet Revolver, is trying to get their thing back together and they’re auditioning singers (again)." And the guitarist assures fans the departure of two bass players in six months won’t mean the end of Jane’s Addiction: "As far as a bass player, we don’t really have anybody right now in mind. The three of us - Perry (Farrell), Stephen (Perkins) and myself - are writing and hashing out the songs."

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Alternative rock supergroups WEEZER and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE teamed up ons tage for a one-off fan-only show in Los Angeles on Tuesday (21Sep10).
The two bands performed My Name is Jonas at the AXE Music One Night eve nt in Hollywood.
The audience was made up of contest winners and celebrity Weezer fans V anessa Hudgens, Glee star Mark Salling and actor Jorge Garcia - the man w ho appears on the cover of the band’s new album Hurley, which was partly inspired by his character on TV drama Lost.
Garcia also took to the stage with the band to duet with Rivers Cuomo o n Keep Fishin’.

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A representative for rocker JOHN MAYER has brushed off new reports of a r econciliation with actress JENNIFER ANISTON, insisting the U.S. tabloid r umours are all false.
The rocker embarked on a romance with Aniston in 2008 and the couple br iefly split before reuniting later that year (08). They went their separa te ways in March 2009.
Both stars have been largely single since the break-up and a new articl e in OK! magazine claimed they had decided to give their love another cha nce.
But Mayer’s spokesperson has dismissed the rumours, telling UsMagazine.
com, "John is single. These reunion rumours are 100 per cent fabricated." A source close to the singer adds, "John is still friends with Jen, but they are not dating again… They remain friends but are definitely not back together."

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R.E.M., JACKSON BROWNE and MOBY have joined forces in an effort to halt a corporate takeover of the Internet by big telecommunications firms like Verizon and Google.
The three acts, the Roots, Bonnie Raitt and Rosanne Cash are among the musicians and writers urging America’s Federal Communications Commission officials to "act immediately to secure Net neutrality and a free and ope n Internet and protect the future of music." In a letter to the FCC boss Julius Genachowski, the starry group conten ds that a potential takeover could have severe adverse ramifications for the artistic and creative atmosphere that the Internet has always provide d.
The letter reads, "That’s why we support efforts to preserve Net Neutra lity for the benefit of innovation and free expression - and urge the FCC to act immediately to ensure that the Internet is kept free and open." The artistic campaign is part of the MoveOn.org Political Action and Fu ture of Music Coalition (FMC).
The FCC chiefs will meet this week (ends26Sep10) to discuss the future of the web, with the musicians contending, "The future of the Internet de pends on decisions made today, as does the future of music." The letter reads, "The Internet has facilitated an explosion of creativ ity and commerce, offering unprecedented opportunities to musicians and m usic entrepreneurs.
"Due to the open structures of the Internet, musicians and other creato rs and innovators can compete on an equal technological playing field wit h the biggest companies. The result is a blossoming and legitimate market place that compensates creators while rewarding fans with access to an in credible array of music. None of this could have happened without Net Neu trality.
"As artists, we are encouraged that the Commission recognises the impor tance of net neutrality. We encourage you to apply its core principles to any and all broadband points of access, including the wireless space. We also encourage you to consider the perspectives of musicians, who depend on an open Internet to compete in a crucial marketplace and express ours elves creatively."

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