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Cancer-fighting MICHAEL DOUGLAS is working on his relationship with his jailed son CAMERON by making three-hour trips to visit him behind bars.
The Wall Street actor was diagnosed with throat cancer in August (10), just months after 31-year-old Cameron was handed a five-year prison term on drug charges.
But Douglas is determined to support his son despite his own struggle with gruelling radiation and chemotherapy treatment - and regularly makes trips from his home in New York to Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp in Pennsylvania.
The father and son meet in the prison visitors’ room in the grounds, according to official documents obtained by Britain’s People newspaper.
Douglas’ publicist Allen Burry says, "Michael is still visiting with Cameron. He is not going every day and not as often as he would like but he is still visiting with him."

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RIHANNA is scouring London for the perfect bachelorette pad - she wants to be a U.K. resident.
The Barbados-born Umbrella singer plans to set up home in the British capital and has recruited her assistants to help her find the perfect apartment.
She tells Britain’s News of the World, "I spend more time over there (in London) than I spend in L.A., and that’s where I live. London is more like my home."

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ROD STEWART was terrified of speaking to his former girlfriend, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS star JOANNA LUMLEY, because he feared she’d mock his accent.
The Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? rocker dated the actress in the early 1970s and admits he was intimidated by her upper-class upbringing and tried to conceal his own roots by keeping quiet.
He tells British broadcaster Piers Morgan, "She was a wonderful woman. She was so upper-crust and I was actually scared to talk because Joanna talked awfully wonderfully. And I was actually scared to speak to Joanna because I was a North Londoner. But she was wonderful, bless her." And Stewart admits he regrets breaking up with Lumley so he could chase other girls, adding: "It’s horrible. The only way I can defend myself is I was going through the cards. You know, just trying to find the right woman."

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DAME VERA LYNN braved biting winds to help launch a campaign on Saturday (30Oct10) to save Britain’s port of Dover from purchase by foreign investors.
The veteran British singer turned up to the port in south-east England to show her support for locals, who fear the U.K. government will sell it to the highest bidder.
Referring to her hit the White Cliffs of Dover, she told the crowd, "At least we have blue skies, but I’m desperately looking for a blue bird. It is a symbol of happiness and you should continue to call this beautiful place your own. It should continue to be your own.
"Good luck to you all in ensuring it stays that way."

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ANNIE LENNOX insists she was always destined to record a festive album because she was born on Christmas Day.
The former Eurythmics star will celebrate her 56th birthday on 25 December (10) - and this year she’ll be able to celebrate the season with her own collection of hymns and carols.
She says, "I remember hearing all these beautiful Christmas carols in choir when I was six." The singer has now called on her childhood musical memories to pick the best festive tunes for new album A Christmas Cornucopia, which will be released next month (Nov10).
The album features a 30-piece orchestra and the African Children’s Choir.
Lennox admits she’s very proud with the finished product: "I loved doing this. My heart and soul are in the instrumentation, the interpretations and the arrangements." The singer is one of many big names releasing holiday albums this year (10) - Jessica Simpson, the Indigo Girls, Scott Weiland, Mariah Carey and the cast of Glee all have Christmas crackers planned for the festive charts.

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ALICE COOPER has heaped praise on LADY GAGA, insisting the POKER FACE hitmaker has already made rock ‘n’ roll history.
The shock rocker is a massive fan of the eccentric singer, who has become famed for her outlandish outfits and huge stage shows, and Cooper is adamant Gaga has cemented herself in the music industry for all time.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "She’s great because she gets it, but she can back it up. She can sing, she can write, she can play piano, she’s not just a costume queen.
"You can be as outrageous as you wanna be, as long as you can back it up with the music. She said if you’re gonna do it, go as far out on a limb as you can, like Alice Cooper did.
"She’s totally outrageous. Lady Gaga’s already in the history of rock ‘n’ roll."

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Former DESTINY’S CHILD star MICHELLE WILLIAMS proved she’s a survivor on Saturday (30Oct10) after participating in U.K. TV show STRICTLY COME DANCING - despite spraining her ankle earlier this week (begs25Oct10).
The singer feared she would have to sit out of the talent competition after taking a tumble while in training on Tuesday (26Oct10).
Williams was ordered to rest but she refused to let the injury stop her from showing off her fancy footwork, performing a jive to The Time Warp with her professional ballroom partner Brendan Cole.
And Williams’ determination paid off - after just two days of training, she and Cole earned 29 out of 40 points - their best score in the series to date.
She says, "Brendan and I took a fall… (but) I want to jive, man! Despite the setbacks, I’m not going to let this hold me back… I had an amazing time. I am a survivor; I made sure I was gonna come out here however!"

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Rapper KID CUDI is launching a rock career - because he no longer feels "passionate" about writing hip-hop songs.
The Day ‘N Nite hitmaker is turning his attention to rock because he doesn’t feel fulfilled writing rap verses.
He tells MTV.com, "I’m just over rapping, I don’t get any fulfilment out of it anymore… that’s why you never really hear me on Kanye (West) joints like that…
"I’m just not passionate about it. I’m more passionate when he be like ‘Yo Cudi, come up with a hook or something.’ He asks me to put verses down and s**t but I try to procrastinate or disappear or something." And Kid Cudi, real name Scott Mescudi, admits he’s even started a rock band, called Wizard.
He adds: "I’m teaching myself the guitar, that’s my new found love. I never thought that I could play an instrument. Picked it up, surprised myself. It’s been two and a half months (and) I’m already starting my next project. It’s a rock album. I’m doing a band with (producer) Dot (da Genius) called Wizard."

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NICOLE SCHERZINGER is set to unleash her dark side on the big screen - she’s signed up to play a villainess in the new MEN IN BLACK movie.
Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin are all preparing to shoot the upcoming sequel and they’ll be joined by Pussycat Dolls star Scherzinger.
She’ll play a fiendish character called Lilly - but her role in the movie is brief.
The singer tells E! Online, "She’s like a small villain role. I’m so excited because I get to die. I make an appearance. I say a couple of lines and then I die." The 3D movie is expected to hit cinemas in 2012.

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Singing sensation SUSAN BOYLE was so "damaged" by vicious childhood bullies, she desperately wanted to take her life.
Boyle, who shot to international fame on Britain’s Got Talent last year (09), was teased and tormented by classmates while growing up in her native Scotland.
And she admits the repeated verbal abuse made her suicidal.
She tells Britain’s News of the World, "When I was 17 I did think about doing something nasty. It was all psychological. I was damaged. I had to get help from a professional. I also had to see a doctor who gave me treatment…
"In my case it was a small group of teenage girls that put me to that place. They’re the worst kind. It can really hold you back and damage you. Mental bullying is the worst kind of bullying." Now the singer is urging anyone victimised by bullies to reach out for professional help.
She adds, "You mustn’t be afraid to do that. It’s not a sign of weakness. It gave me the confidence to fight back, knock on people’s doors, audition and finally get what I wanted."

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PULP rocker STEVE MACKEY has reportedly split from his journalist wife KATIE GRAND - just 15 months after they wed.
Bassist Mackey and Grand, editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Love, ended their relationship on Monday (25Oct10) and she has since moved out of their shared home in North London.
A source tells Britain’s Mail on Sunday, "She is staying in a hotel because she can’t face the idea of going home.
"They live an insane life and he had just basically had enough of it. Katie isn’t someone who raises her voice so there were no temper tantrums - but like so many power couples, one is driven and the other more grounded.
"Katie is in pieces about it. Her work schedule is packed all the way up to December but she has ­cancelled everything." The couple ­married in an intimate church ceremony in New York in July 2009 with just 35 friends and family members in attendance.

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Actor EDDIE CIBRIAN’s ex-wife BRANDI GLANVILLE has apologised after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) in California.
Glanville, who divorced the actor last month (Sep10), was pulled over by cops on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills on Thursday night (28Oct10) and put behind bars after failing a field sobriety test.
She was released the following morning (29Oct10) and took to her Twitter.com page to tell followers she regrets her mistake.
She writes, "I messed up. I take full responsibility for my actions. I regret my bad choice, and am thankful to God that no one got hurt. I’m sorry." The former CSI: Miami star left Glanville last year (09) after coming clean about his affair with singer/actress LeAnn Rimes.

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Newly-married RUSSELL BRAND has received an unusual wedding gift from officials at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in India - a bullock named after him.
The long-time animal rights defender, who was named PETA’s sexiest vegetarian in 2007, exchanged vows with singer Katy Perry in the country last weekend (23Oct10), and the organisation has given the comic a belated present.
Poorva Joshipura from PETA India says, "Russell the celebrity and Russell the bullock have something in common: they are both very handsome fellows.
"The gift of a namesake is also fitting because just as Russell Brand embarks on his new life as a married man, Russell the bullock has also been given a new lease on life - the heavy loads he once pulled have been lifted from his shoulders for good."

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JAMES FRANCO has applauded the delicate way his 127 HOURS director dealt with his character’s arm amputation scene in the film after learning people at screenings have been passing out.
The Spider-Man star plays real-life adventurer Aron Ralston, who had to cut off his arm with a penknife to free himself from a boulder after falling down a crevice on a hiking trip in Utah.
And he admits the pivotal scene in the new film could have been a bloodbath that led to theatres full of fainting fans had director Danny Boyle not been careful about what he shot and how much gore he showed.
Franco says, "Danny really had to balance that scene. You can go too far and just have it be gratuitous gore, and it’s almost like a horror movie.
"Or you can cut away and make it maybe a little more watchable, but then that takes away from what Aron went through." Ralston himself is thrilled with the scene and the film on the whole, revealing, "Out of the six screenings I’ve personally been at, I think there’s been a total of, like, seven faintings."

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POKEMON writer TAKESHI SHUDO has died. He was 61.
The Japanese artist and scriptwriter suffered a brain haemorrhage on Thursday (28Oct10) and was taken to a hospital in Nara, Japan, where he underwent emergency surgery. He passed away the following morning (29Oct10).
Shudo is best known as the chief writer of the famed ‘pocket monster’ anime cartoon series and also penned scripts for the first three films in the Pokemon franchise.

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Veteran British actor STEPHEN FRY has been reprimanded after he posted photos of the HARRY POTTER set on his Twitter.com page on Thursday (28Oct10).
Fry was filming the Sherlock Holmes sequel in England’s Leavesden studios next to the set of the upcoming Harry Potter movie and couldn’t resist taking behind-the-scenes pictures, which he promptly uploaded online.
One image showed Potter’s school Hogwarts in tatters after being destroyed in a key battle between the boy wizard and his enemy, Lord Voldemort. Another showed Potter’s home on Privet Drive looking "a little overgrown".
But Fry was forced to delete the images after they began circulating around the internet.
In a post on his page, he writes: "Ooops. I’ve been sent to the naughty step…" but did not elaborate his reason for removing the shots.
When one follower asked if Warner Bros. movie bosses were being overly cautious, Fry replied: "Your words, not mine…"

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THE SOPRANOS star DENISE BORINO-QUINN has died. She was 46.
The law firm employee-turned-actress passed away on Wednesday (27Oct10) after a long battle with liver cancer, reports the Associated Press.
Borino-Quinn had no acting experience when she attended an open casting call for The Sopranos and landed the role of mafia wife Ginny Sacrimoni in 2000.
Her husband, Luke Quinn Jr., died in March (10).

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Movie mogul STEVEN SPIELBERG is a grandfather again - his stepdaughter, actress JESSICA CAPSHAW, has welcomed her second child.
The Grey’s Anatomy star and her husband Christopher Gavigan are proud parents to baby daughter Eve Augusta, who was born on 20 October (10).
A representative for Capshaw tells People.com, "The family is thrilled to welcome their newest addition." Capshaw, 33, also has a three-year-old son named Luke.

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