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Cult rockers REMY ZERO are to reunite to pay tribute to their late drumme r GREG SLAY.
The Save Me hitmakers split in 2002 but Cinjun and Shelby Tate, bassist Cedric LeMoyne and guitarist Jeffrey Cain will regroup for a four-date t our next month (Oct10).
The shows will be dedicated to Slay, who died of complications from cys tic fibrosis at the beginning on 2009.
Proceeds from the concerts will benefit the Honeymoon Trust, which was established for Slay’s wife and daughter.

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have scrapped a trio of Texas shows, sparking rumours of trouble on tour.
A show in El Paso on Tuesday night (21Sep10), as well as Lubbock and Co rpus Christi gigs, have been postponed without reason.
The news, announced by the El Paso Times newspaper on Tuesday, comes le ss than two days after the rockers hit the stage in Houston, Texas an hou r late and frontman Scott Weiland rambled on about his drug addiction and marriage breakdown.
The singer, who has struggled with substance abuse over the last few ye ars and battled heroin addiction before finally getting sober, told fans at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion how he had been affected by his pa st problems.
He told the crowd, "I believe in music, I believe in rock ‘n’ roll, I b elieve in friendship and family. But you know what, on the 8th December w ill be time (sic) when I stopped doing dope… I started drinking again. I got divorced, my wife… And my whole world basically spun around and s o you know what, I’m gonna take care of myself (now) because that’s what I need to take care of… Instead of just having a few shows, I wanna hav e a whole hell of a lot of shows." A reviewer for HoustonPress.com wrote, "He seemed off mentally, a littl e too meandering and talkative, bringing up his own past drug and alcohol abuse… Weiland’s banter in between songs was odd and confusing. He tou ched on using inner-ear monitors, the band’s first gigs… what grunge me ans to him and why bands don’t destroy gear anymore."

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Veteran actress CLORIS LEACHMAN has struggled with her diet for 50 years after becoming a vegetarian at the age of 35.
The Young Frankenstein star gave up meat in an effort to get healthy af ter she was struck down with hayfever, arthritis and asthma over the cour se of a summer.
But the diet change forced Leachman to drastically rethink her eating h abits.
She explains, "I had to relearn how to cook about three different times - you’re from Iowa, there’s all sorts of good stuff and I used to marina te the meat with red wine… then I became vegetarian." Leachman claims the diet helped give her her trademark long legs: "If y ou’re a vegetarian, you get very long legs for some reason or other." And there’s another benefit: "If you don’t eat meat, you don’t smell…
I don’t ever wear a deodorant."

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DAVID BECKHAM and best pal GORDON RAMSAY fled a camp site in California d uring a recent wilderness trip after hearing gunfire ring out in the midd le of the night.
The celebrities took time out to treat their kids to an outdoor adventu re, but their excitement turned to horror when they realised they weren’t alone in the woods - they had gun-toting neighbours.
Ramsay tells BBC Radio One, "We were camping next to this lake, turned up and there was no one on the campsite.
"We woke up about 4.30 in the morning to gunfire and there was this ten t about half a mile away… with these Mexicans shooting." The TV chef reveals the party checked into a nearby hotel for the remai nder of their trip and told their scared kids the gunfire was really a st orm approaching.

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE convinced producers behind his forthcoming movie FRIEND S WITH BENEFITS to lower the height of the basketball ring for one sporty scene so he could pull off a slam dunk convincingly.
The singer/actor stars alongside Woody Harrelson, Mila Kunis and Emma S tone in the new romantic comedy and the two male stars had to shoot part of their storyline on a basketball court in New York.
Paparazzi snapped Timberlake in action and one shot shows him dunking t he ball through the net.
But the SexyBack hitmaker, who stands at six feet, one inch (1.85 metre s) tall, confesses he isn’t as good as the image suggests.
He says, "I think they lowered it (the ring) to about eight or nine (fe et). I can jump, but I can’t jump that high."

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VINCENT D’ONOFRIO is returning to the U.S. TV cop show he quit in 2009 fo r a planned final season.
The Full Metal Jacket star will return as Detective Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent’s 10th season.
D’Onofrio played Goren in 130 episodes between 2001 and 2009, and was r eplaced on the show by Jeff Goldblum.
In parting, the actor assured fans his character would not be killed of f, stating, "I wouldn’t be surprised if Goren pops up from time to time." The new series of eight episodes will begin next year (11), according t o USA Network bosses, and the show is expected to wrap after they air. (K

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Nude scenes in the new series of medical drama HOUSE brought HUGH LAURIE back to his most embarrassing movie moment - he was caught naked near an all-girls school.
The new season of the British star’s hit show opens with lovemaking sce nes between himself and castmate Lisa Edelstein - and the media has gone berserk with one compromising press shot, in which a naked Laurie’s genit als are covered by a laptop.
But the actor insists baring all on the House set was a much more pleas ant experience than the last time he took his clothes off for a role - 20 00 movie Maybe Baby.
He explains, "I had to be outside in a London street and we cleverly sc heduled the scene at six o’clock in the morning (when there was) nobody a bout. Filming is filming and of course it was 8.45 when we finally came t o shoot it.
"The local paparazzi had had a nice leisurely breakfast… and also the re was a nearby girls school.
"I was wearing my cupped hands and I had a towel but in the scene a dog is supposed to snatch the towel in a comical fashion."

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Ageing Hollywood icon ANTHONY HOPKINS is boasting a new slimmer figure af ter becoming a "health nut" and dropping a staggering 75 pounds (34 kilog rams).
The Silence of the Lambs star enlisted the help of his third wife, Colo mbian-born Stella Arroyave, in 2008 to help him adopt a healthier lifesty le.
The actor admits he became hooked on fatty foods before embarking on an extreme diet, which is believed to be meat-free.
He says, "I was addicted to bread, cookies, whatnot. I love all the bad stuff." Hopkins now enjoys a simple life revolving around healthy eating and pl enty of exercise - although he admits his initial weightloss was so drast ic, it surprised even himself.
Images of a frail-looking Hopkins in 2008 and 2009 sparked fears for hi s health, but he insists he’s currently in the best shape of his life.
The star, 73, tells New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, "My wife’s no dictator, but she said I must stick to a regimen. So I’m in the gym six d ays a week, I power walk, live on 800 calories a day. No pasta. No second s. A sandwich occasionally. Now I’m a health nut.
"I lost too much, 75 pounds in two years. But I gained a little back in Europe (while shooting Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger earlier this year (10))." His strict new diet means he’s no longer able to fit into most of his c lothes, so he’s donated his larger items to charity.
He says, "I can’t get back into my wardrobe. I gave it all away to some mission. I tried tailoring the pants but they look ridiculous." (MT/PYN/

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Oscar winner ADRIEN BRODY fears he’s overlooked for fun, action roles - b ecause Hollywood executives think he’s too serious.
The Pianist star, who is famous for the extremes he takes in preparing for gritty roles, admits he had to fight for the lead in recent sci-fi bl ockbuster Predators - because movie bosses didn’t think he’d win over aud iences as an action man.
He says, "I think I established myself as someone who is serious about everything. I care about being truthful. That doesn’t mean I’m that serio us about everything.
"Perhaps the studio needed a little bit of persuasion. I guess that’s u nderstandable. I’m not going to be the first person on the list you’d pic k… as someone to fight the Predator.
"(But) I loved the original Predator; I’m protective of the brand. I wo uld never push myself into something for the wrong reasons. I also believ e I can be more true to what soldiers are like… That’s why I put on wei ght and went through a large physical transformation.
"I’ve been looking for many years, trying to find a great, flawed, cont emporary lead - to be a heroic lead in a studio film. I wanted to play a character who was just a man, not a period piece, not from a special plac e."

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Actor CHARLES S. DUTTON is facing a hefty tax bill in the U.S. over alleg ations he owes more than $391,000 (=C2=A3260,600).
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials filed a lien with the Los Ange les County Recorder of Deeds in July (10) for unpaid income taxes totalli ng $354,614 (=C2=A3236,409).
He is also being chased by Maryland and California state officials for tax bills of $12,425 (=C2=A38,283) and $25,500 (=C2=A317,000), respective ly, according to The Detroit News.

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Sexy star SOFIA VERGARA has opened up about her cancer battle, which has left her with a nasty scar.
The Colombian actress battled thyroid cancer in 2003 and admits it was a terrible time in her life - but the scar she was left with is a constan t reminder to live life to the full.
She tells Self magazine, "When they (doctors) tell you that you have ca ncer, you panic. I had my thyroid gland removed, then radiation. It was h ard, but now I’m in remission, and the scar doesn’t bother me.
"After the surgery in 2003, I had my son Photoshop a Frankenstein scar on my neck and sent it to my friends and said, ‘I’m fine, I look perfect! ‘ It was really funny."

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HUGH JACKMAN’s new movie REAL STEEL briefly caused chaos in rural Michiga n on Sunday night (19Sep10) when a camera helicopter hooked a power line.
No one was injured but the incident closed a main road and cut off a po wer supply to Sheridan Township.
Local Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson tells the Huron Daily Tribune the helicop ter, which was equipped with a front-mounted camera, experienced "directi onal control issues" after snagging the power line.

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Crooner BING CROSBY is set to rule the Christmas charts again in 2010 - 3 3 years after his death.
The keepers of the White Christmas singer’s estate have unearthed a tre asure trove of rare and unreleased festive recordings, which they plan to put out this holiday season on a new album.
The Crosby Christmas Sessions will feature 10 previously unreleased Yul etide recordings, including rare versions of White Christmas; It=E2=80=99 s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas; Jingle Bells, Here Comes Santa Claus with Peggy Lee and duets with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
The album will also feature Crosby’s legendary 1977 duet with David Bow ie on The Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth.

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Pop superstar CHER will bring the curtain down on her Las Vegas residency for the final time on 5 February (11).
The Believe singer has been a regular fixture at the Caesars Palace hot el and casino’s Colosseum theatre since signing a three-year deal with ve nue bosses in 2008.
But, after performing around 200 shows at the arena, she will wrap her Cher at the Colosseum show for good next year (11), with the last leg of concerts kicking off in January (11).
The singer’s final performance will take place weeks before Celine Dion is due to return to begin her second residency in Sin City on 15 March ( 11).

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Police officials in Detroit, Michigan have appealed to ARETHA FRANKLIN’s son to get in touch with them and report his gas station assault followin g the brutal beating on Monday night (20Sep10).
The Queen of Soul’s 52-year-old son, Eddie Franklin, was attacked on th e forecourt of a garage while a female companion was inside the store. He was admitted to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery, but he ha d left the building by the time cops stopped by to investigate the incide nt.
Police spokeswoman Eren Stephens confirmed officers were interested in talking to Franklin after being told he "walked out (of hospital) on his own".
And authorities are eager for Franklin, also a singer, to report the cr ime so the suspects can be caught.
Stephens says, "We really need to talk to him, because he’s the one who was assaulted." Two men and one woman are believed to have been involved in the savage attack.

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LADY GAGA’s bid to force U.S. politicians to repeal the military’s ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy with regard to gay servicemen and women has fail ed - the Senate has voted against starting a debate on a new bill.
The pop superstar has been very outspoken against the policy in recent weeks and appeared at a rally in Maine on Monday (20Sep10) to further cam paign against the ongoing military cover-up.
But, despite gaining a lot of publicity and turning heads in Washington , D.C., Gaga’s efforts have been thwarted.
A Republican-led filibuster blocked efforts to repeal the ‘Don’t ask, d on’t tell’ policy on gays serving openly in the military on Tuesday (21Se p10).

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JENNIFER LOPEZ’s ex-husband has been told not to audition for a spot on t he new season of AMERICAN IDOL - because he won’t be welcomed.
Ojani Noa was hoping to embarrass his ex in Los Angeles on Wednesday (2 2Sep10), as she makes her debut as a judge on the show, by showing up for try-outs at the Forum.
A spokesman for Noa told WENN he was even planning to perform one of Lo pez’s songs.
But Idol bosses are keen to keep the Cuban-American away from auditions , according to reports.
A source tells the Chicago Sun Times newspaper that producers are deter mined not to embarrass Lopez and they’ve reportedly hired ’screeners’ to make sure Noa doesn’t slip past security - even if he’s in disguise.
They insist they’re justified in barring him from the competition becau se, at 36, he’s well past the Idol cut-off age of 28.
A source close to Noa tells WENN, "Fox and Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe have made their intentions clear to the media that Fox intends to block O jani Noa’s audition for American Idol, and to sue if Ojani Noa does show up to audition for American Idol.
"Our response is that the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) & Con gress should investigate whether American Idol is truly a real game show, or just another phony game show." Noa’s business partner Ed Meyer insists Fox bosses and Idol producers c an’t ban the former waiter from the show, simply because he’s too old.
He explains, "In the past, the first two episodes of each season of Ame rican Idol are always phony, as they let anyone of any age audition to ge t viewership numbers - for example the 62-year-old Pants on the Ground gu y (Larry Platt)." Lopez and Noa are currently embroiled in a bitter court battle after th e singer/actress won a bid to block Noa from releasing a film about his l ife because it reportedly contained raunchy footage of her.

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DAVID ARQUETTE’s wacky new Hollywood theatre venture will include a bar w here all the waiters are little people.
The Scream star has teamed up with Las Vegas showman Jeff Beacher to cr eate a new Madhouse venture at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, which will open for business in October (10) - and his wife Courteney Cox insis ts it will be an amazing place.
She explains, "It’s gonna be this crazy theatre, where there’s gonna be contortionists and burlesque dancers and puppeteers. There’s gonna be a little person bar, where when you order a drink a little person will be l ifted up and will fly to your table to deliver the drink.
"I have met some of these little people… and they can drink big." Cox is sure the oddball new venture will be a huge hit in Hollywood: "I t’s never been done… It’s right up David’s alley."

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