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MEAT LOAF has revealed the animated woman on the cover of his new album HANG COOL TEDDY BEAR was inspired by former Paramount Studio boss SHERRY LANSING.
The rocker commissioned artist Julie Bell to create the artwork and gave her one simple idea - Lansing as a god.
Meat Loaf, who has turned his attention to movie and TV roles in recent years, tells Hustler magazine, "I saw this painting she (Bell) did called The Rose, which is an impressionist setting with a photorealistic woman sitting on some fantasy-looking thing. I told her I wanted the same thing with old school Hollywood as the backdrop… with this woman, based on Sherry Lansing, as the symbol of woman as God." Bell is the artist who was commissioned to create the album artwork for Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell 3.

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TAYLOR SWIFT made one fan’s trip to Nashville, Tennessee extra special - when she followed her through a shopping mall and confronted her in a video game store.
The Love Story singer was out shopping when she spotted the fan wearing a Taylor Swift T-shirt and decided to make her day.
But she had no idea how big a deal her impromptu meeting would be.
She tells Parade magazine, "I was driving near the mall and I saw this girl with my tour T-shirt on. She was probably 11. I made a U-turn and tried to follow her.
"I found her in a video game store and just kind of walked up to her and said, ‘Oh, hi. I wanted to meet you.’ She had no idea what to say for about three minutes.
"Then her mum walked over, burst into tears, and proceeded to tell me that they’d driven all the way from Austin, Texas, just to see where I was discovered."

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HILARY DUFF tested her husband-to-be’s true feelings on their wedding day when she took a photo of her new look and texted it to him hours before the couple exchanged vows.
The singer/actress was missing a tooth after it fell out over breakfast and she faced a last-minute dash to the dentist.
And amid all the tears and the stress, Duff decided it would be fun to text her ice hockey beau Mike Comrie a far-from-flattering shot of his bride.
She recalls, "I took a picture of my mouth with my missing tooth and sent it to Mike… He was like, ‘You’re joking, right?’ I was like, ‘Get ready to marry me!’" Apart from the tooth trouble, the wedding day was perfect - Duff and Comrie became husband and wife in Montecito, California on 14 August (10).

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JAY-Z has blasted modern hip-hop, accusing his rap contemporaries of lacking emotion in their music.
The music icon claims the genre is suffering because artists are more concerned about commercial success than expressing a voice in their lyrics.
The 99 problems hitmaker says, "We have to find our way back to true emotion. This is going to sound so sappy, but love is the only thing that stands the test of time. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was all about love. Andre 3000, The Love Below. Even NWA, at its core, that was about love for a neighbourhood.
"We’re chasing a lot of sounds now, but I’m not hearing anyone’s real voice. The emotion of where you are in your life. The mortgage scandal. People losing their jobs. I want to hear about that."

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Country sweetheart TAYLOR SWIFT is the latest star to be immortalised in wax.
The singer worked with studio artists at Madame Tussauds last year (09) for the creation of her double, which is posed holding a Taylor Guitar, decorated with more than 2,000 Swarovski Crystals.
Swift will be at Madame Tussauds in New York’s Times Square to unveil her likeness on Wednesday (27Oct10).
She follows Rihanna, actress Eva Longoria Parker and British funnyman Russell Brand as the museum chain’s most recent waxwork honouree.

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THANDIE NEWTON was impressed with all the small things on the set of TYLER PERRY’s new movie FOR COLORED GIRLS - like the way the director delivered fresh flowers to her trailer every morning.
The British actress admits it was a pleasure working with Perry and she hopes she gets the chance to collaborate with the moviemaker again - because he really looks after his cast.
She tells WENN, "We had fresh cut flowers in our trailer every day that we worked. I used to take them home and then new ones would automatically arrive! It was amazing.
"It’s a dainty, small-in-the-scheme-of-things touch but, my goodness, you felt special and loved, appreciated and honoured. When you got on the set you just gave it your all because you felt appreciated.
"I sensed in his behaviour that he was saying to each of us, ‘Teach me about you,’ and that is sophisticated and very courageous to allow us to show him."

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THE HILLS spin-off THE CITY has been cancelled, according to its star WHITNEY PORT.
Rumours of the cancellation started circulating earlier this year (10), and Port hit Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest’s radio show on Monday morning (25Oct10) to confirm the bad news.
She explained, "As of right now it doesn’t really look like we’re doing it anymore."

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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY star MICAH SLOAT initially turned down the chance to return for the film’s sequel because he felt sure it would be an awful idea.
The actor became an overnight sensation when he starred in the low-budget 2007 horror film but he had serious reservations about agreeing to be part of the follow-up, which stormed to the top of the U.S. box office at the weekend (24Oct10).
He tells WENN, "When I was initially approached to be part of the sequel I thought, ‘There’s no way that I wanna be part of that trainwreck’.
"Along with most of the fans, I just thought it was going to be a money-grabbing, slapdash effort but when (screenwriters/producers) Oren (Peli) and Jason (Blum) signed on and Steven (Schneider) and (director) Tod Williams - and then I read the screenplay - I thought, ‘All the pieces are in place’.
"I got really excited at that point, and it’s a great film." And now Sloat is keeping an open mind about a third film - because he’s desperate to know what happens next.
He adds, "If the script is good and they ask me, I’m onboard, especially if the same team comes back to produce. There’s so many loose ends and threads hanging off the first two movies.
"We all wanna know what happens to the baby from the sequel… At the end of the sequel, that’s what you’re asking yourself and I wanna know myself. I’m kinda worried for the baby."

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Outspoken actress OLIVIA MUNN has stripped for animal rights group PETA - in a bid to prompt circus fans to boycott family chain Ringling Brothers over its treatment of elephants.
The animal lover was brought to tears when she watched a video shot by undercover PETA staff at Ringling’s training facility and felt compelled to help the activists spread their message against the touring circus.
She says, "When you look at something like the circus and everyone’s laughing and there’s colour and there’s music and everything seems so great, but when you go right behind that door and elephants are in these crates all day long and then they’re getting shocked and beat just so they can get up and dance around on a ball… it was just so sickening." Munn has shot a ‘Boycott The Circus’ billboard for PETA, in which the actress sits naked in front of a shot of elephants in the wild, with the tagline, ‘As nature intended, let elephants be free’.

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Actress TONI COLLETTE is set to become a mum again in the New Year (11) - she’s pregnant with her second child.
The Sixth Sense star and her husband, musician Dave Galafassi, have confirmed they will become parents next spring (11).
They tell People.com, "(We) are very happy to be expecting our second child together." The new arrival will join the couple’s two-year-old daughter Sage Florence.

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SIMON COWELL has tapped MARIAH CAREY to join him as a judge in the U.S. version of popular British talent show THE X FACTOR.
The former American Idol judge left the hit series earlier this year (10) to focus on developing The X Factor brand for the U.S.
Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger and British singer Cheryl Cole have been named among the early favourites for the revamped show’s judging panel, although Cowell’s spokesperson told the New York Post last month (Sep10) it was "too early" to confirm their involvement.
But the TV mogul has made it clear he wants Carey on board.
Cowell tells Britain’s News of the World, "Mariah Carey would be an amazing addition to the U.S. show. And she’s exactly the right caliber of star that we want for the show."

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ZAC EFRON, DANNY DEVITO and THE HANGOVER star ED HELMS are teaming up to bring another DR. SEUSS character to life on the big screen.
The trio will join Betty White and comedian Rob Riggle in Illumination Entertainment’s untitled, environmental-themed new project.
DeVito will play Seuss creation The Lorax, who fights to halt the destruction of the world’s forests, while Efron will portray Ted, a young boy who sets out to find out why the world has become so ugly.
White will play Efron’s grandmother and Helms will voice the tree-chopping Onceler.

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Animal lover PAMELA ANDERSON has adopted two new dogs from a shelter in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The actress/model didn’t hesitate when animal rights group PETA asked her to help them fund a relocation programme for cats and dogs abandoned by desperate owners who had lost their livelihoods following the Gulf Coast oil spill earlier this year (10).
As well as covering the transportation fees and adoption costs for 42 strays, Anderson flew to the region and visited shelters.
She left with two dogs, Gina Lollobrigida and Bardot - named after animal rights legend Brigitte Bardot.
Inspired by Anderson’s example, PETA staff in Virginia agreed to take in the remaining 40 pets.

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NEIL YOUNG’s rock supergroup BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD reunited for the first time in over 40 years at the weekend (23Oct10) when they headlined the Bridge School Benefit concert in northern California.
Young, a slimmed-down Stephen Stills and Richie Furay joined Crosby, Stills & Nash drummer Joe Vitale and Rick Rosas, who replaced late bandmates Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer, at the show, running through 1960s classics like On the Way Home, For What It’s Worth and Rock and Roll Woman.
Also performing at the seven-hour charity gig were Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello and Billy Idol, who performed several tracks from his punk days with Generation X.

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Jailed rapper T.I. will face no further charges following his arrest for drugs possession in Los Angeles last month (Sep10) - the case has been dropped.
The star, real name Clifford Harris Jr., was taken into custody with his wife Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle after a traffic stop and they were booked for felony possession of a controlled substance.
The arrest came just nine months after T.I. completed a jail sentence on weapons possession charges, and, in a court hearing in his native Atlanta, Georgia on Friday (15Oct10), T.I.’s probation was revoked and he was locked up for a further 11 months.
The rapper faced further punishment as a result of the drug arrest but authorities have decided not to pursue charges. On paperwork obtained by TMZ.com the District Attorney reveals the charges were dropped in the "interests of justice".

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Jailed rapper T.I. will face no further charges following his arrest for drugs possession in Los Angeles last month (Sep10) - the case has been dropped.
The star, real name Clifford Harris Jr., was taken into custody with his wife Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle after a traffic stop and they were booked for felony possession of a controlled substance.
The arrest came just nine months after T.I. completed a jail sentence on weapons possession charges, and, in a court hearing in his native Atlanta, Georgia on Friday (15Oct10), T.I.’s probation was revoked and he was locked up for a further 11 months.
The rapper faced further punishment as a result of the drug arrest but authorities have decided not to pursue charges. On paperwork obtained by TMZ.com the District Attorney reveals the charges were dropped in the "interests of justice".

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KISS star GENE SIMMONS has been admitted to hospital after collapsing at an airport.
The rocker is believed to have hit his head after fainting at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday (24Oct10). He suffered a cut to his forehead in the fall, reports TMZ.com.
Simmons was then taken to Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, California, where tests revealed he was dehydrated.
The 61 year old appears to be on the mend - he was released from hospital on Monday (25Oct10).

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KISS star GENE SIMMONS has been admitted to hospital after collapsing at an airport.
The rocker is believed to have hit his head after fainting at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday (24Oct10). He suffered a cut to his forehead in the fall, reports TMZ.com.
Simmons was then taken to Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, California, where tests revealed he was dehydrated.
The 61 year old appears to be on the mend - he was released from hospital on Monday (25Oct10).

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