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British actor COLIN FIRTH felt a huge "responsibility" playing British monarch GEORGE VI in new movie THE KING’S SPEECH - because he was "constantly" worried about the reaction of the late King’s daughter, current ruler QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
The film tells the story of King George’s efforts to conquer his stammer after learning he was to take the thrown in the wake of his brother Edward VIII’s abdication in 1936.
And Firth admits he was nervous about what the current monarch would think of the project.
He tells Britain’s Daily Express, "Am I worried about what the Queen will think? I thought about it constantly. It is a huge responsibility to get it right. I listened to every speech the King made and watched all the old newsreels. I look nothing like him and it was the toughest role I’ve ever faced."

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Music mogul SIMON COWELL has hit back at SIR ELTON JOHN after the rocker branded his TV talent shows "boring" and "brain crippling", insisting he is wrong.
The Rocket Man revealed earlier this month (Oct10) he had turned down the chance to join the American Idol judging panel, making way for Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, who have now signed up for the show.
And John blasted Cowell’s shows for catapulting wannabes into the spotlight, saying, "I’m not a fan of talent shows. I probably wouldn’t have lasted if I’d gone on one. I was asked to judge American Idol. I couldn’t do it because I won’t slag (criticise) anyone off. Also I don’t want to be on television. It’s become boring, a**e-paralysingly brain crippling." But now Cowell has furiously responded to the comments and challenged the singer to try and nurture new stars for himself.
Cowell tells Britain’s Sunday Mirror, "Elton John said in the papers… he said that these shows don’t produce stars. Well Elton if you’re not watching, I’m going to send you this tape and you can take back what you said.
"The truth is Elton’s watching the show every week. What he’s slightly missing the point on, and you always hear this resentment from bigger artists nowadays… they don’t like the fact a show can make an artist. I always say to these people who criticise - why don’t you spend some time with new artists. If Elton feels that strongly about it then my message to him is: ‘You show me how to do it.’"

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HELEN MIRREN is still shocked she was made a Dame - because the actress thought she was too "raunchy" to be honoured by the Queen.
The Oscar-winning star was included in British monarch Queen Elizabeth II’s honours list in 2003.
And Mirren was astounded by the high profile accolade because she was convinced her saucy roles in movies including Hussy and The Cook and His Wife & Her Lover had ruined her reputation.
She tells Britain’s Sunday Mirror, "I was very surprised because I thought I was not that sort. I was always a bit raunchy, so I thought, ‘I’ll never be a Dame, I’m not the right sort of person.’ So I was really honoured. It’s always great to be recognised by your country."

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MATT DAMON’s wife LUCIANA BARROSO has given birth to the couple’s fourth daughter.
The Bourne Identity actor, who married Barroso in 2005, is celebrating after baby Stella Zavala Damon was born on Wednesday (20Oct10).
Damon’s representative tells People.com, "Mom and baby are both healthy. The whole family is thrilled." The 40-year-old star is already a dad to Isabella, four, Gia, two, and Barroso’s 11-year-old daughter Alexis, from a previous relationship.

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GWYNETH PALTROW has explained her overly emotional Oscars speech when she picked up a Best Actress trophy in 1999 - her beloved grandfather was seriously ill.
The actress was handed the coveted prize for her role in Shakespeare In Love and she stunned the audience by bursting into tears and sobbing on stage.
Paltrow’s sick grandfather was sitting in the audience to watch her pick up the trophy and he passed away not long after the ceremony - and the actress admits his illness tinged her big night with sadness.
She tells CNN, "It was his last night out before he died. I just thought it was like an out-of-body experience… I was so emotional and proud because I knew it was his last night out."

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British singer PIXIE LOTT is planning a feline theme for her upcoming tour - she will perform every show in a cat costume.
The Cry Me Out hitmaker is preparing to hit the road next month (Nov10) for the Crazy Cats tour and she has decided to take the title literally.
Lott admits she will be dressing up for every show and she’s encouraging fans to do the same.
She tells Britain’s Daily Star, "My outfits are all going to be leopard print and I’ll be wearing ears and a tail. I want to fully embrace the cat thing and I want all my fans to come dressed as cats if they can."

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Rockers KINGS OF LEON were so high on drugs at the start of their career, the bandmembers often struggled to perform in the bedroom.
The Sex On Fire hitmakers, comprising brothers Nathan, Caleb and Jared and cousin Matthew Followill, have admitted they would often enjoy drug and booze binges at the start of their success.
They have since cleaned up their wild-living ways, but the rockers admit they used to take so many narcotics their love lives flopped.
Frontman Caleb tells Britain’s News of the World, "We would wake up at 3pm, sound check, have dinner and drink two bottles of wine. We would drink another before we went on stage, take a bunch of pills, drink another bottle on stage followed by a bowl of cocaine. And we didn’t understand why we couldn’t perform in bed!"

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British singer CHERYL COLE has decided not to change her name following her painful divorce - because she is "not ashamed" of her marriage.
The Girls Aloud star split from her soccer player husband Ashley Cole in February (10) following allegations he had affairs with five different women. Their divorce was finalised earlier this month (Oct10), prompting speculation she will return to her original last name of Tweedy.
But Cole insists she is not making any changes following her divorce, and she is also keeping a tattoo on the back of her neck which reads, ‘Mrs C’.
She tells Britain’s Guardian newspaper, "No, I’m not ashamed of anything. I’ve got nothing to rub away… I don’t feel sentimental about the name.
"If I went back to being Cheryl Tweedy I’d be… I’m not ashamed of my marriage, it’s a period in my life. And I am Cheryl Cole. That’s how I feel."

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New York rockers the WHITE HILLS have scrapped their entire European tour due to family illness.
The band was due to kick off the trek in Berlin, Germany next month (06Nov10) before planned concerts in Italy, Spain and the U.K.
But the 17 gigs have now been cancelled so singer Dave W. can be close to his relatives.
In a message on the White Hills’ MySpace.com page Dave writes, "Much to our disappointment, we regretfully have to cancel our upcoming Euro Tour due to an unexpected illness in my family.
"News on when we will be back touring Europe will come soon."

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British singer CHERYL COLE has branded 2010 the "worst year" of her life - insisting she can’t wait for the countdown on New Year’s Eve (31Dec10) when she will finally be able to put the last 12 months behind her.
The Girls Aloud star has endured a turbulent year which saw her split from her soccer player husband Ashley Cole in February (10) following allegations he had affairs with five different women.
She filed for divorce in May (10) and just two months later (Jul10) she was struck down with a near-fatal bout of Malaria.
Cole has since made a full recovery, while her divorce was finalised this month (Oct10), and she admits she’s counting down the days until she can make a fresh start in 2011.
She tells Britain’s The Sun, "You know what I want more than anything? Those last 10 seconds on New Year’s Eve. ‘10, 9, 8… 2011!’ I’m going to scream them. I’m going to shout them out. I’m going to call everybody I love and just welcome the New Year and the new start. It has been the worst year, the worst in my life ever."

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Singer BERNIE NOLAN has beaten cancer - she has been given the all-clear after completing months of chemotherapy treatment.
The Nolans star was diagnosed with breast cancer in April (10) and began gruelling sessions of debilitating therapy to treat it.
Now the 50 year old has spoken of her joy after doctors successfully gave her a mastectomy and reconstructed her breast.
She tells Britain’s News of the World, "It feels like cancer has been an interruption in my life. Now it’s gone, I’m back. And I’m just so happy I’ve beaten it. Beforehand I was very apprehensive. I had a meeting with the surgeons and they went into so much detail to prepare me that I thought, ‘Argh, too much information… just wake me up when it’s over.’ "Knowing exactly what was going to happen upset me a little. It was a scary thing… The next thing I knew I was getting ready for the operation then I woke up five hours later and it was all done. I thought, ‘They’ve cut the b**tard out. It’s gone.’"

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COLIN FIRTH nearly missed a performance in a West End play once after a crippling panic attack ended with him locked outside the venue as the curtain was about to go up.
The British actor has long suffered from stage fright and his nerves nearly led to disaster during a stint on the London stage 10 years ago, when he went outside to calm down and found himself stuck in the street.
He explains, �I locked myself in the toilet. I could not even remember my first line. I felt like I needed some air so went out of a fire door which then closed behind me, locking me out. I had to go around the front, through the audience, the very people I was terrified of. I could not even remember the pass code to get backstage. I had to beg to be let back in.
�I then had to go immediately on stage and perform. It was like a car crash but I managed to get to the end of the play and did not forget a line.�

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Teen singer/actress VICTORIA JUSTICE is quickly adding to her resume after signing a deal to launch a line of kids apparel and stuffed animal merchandise.
The 17-year-old Zoey 101 star will design a bear-sized T-shirt with the Build-A-Bear Workshop, which is set to hit shelves in December (10).
A dress will then be made available early next year (11); and she will eventually design a stuffed animal, reports Variety.
Build-A-Bear bosses have previously teamed up with heads behind Hannah Montana, Toy Story and Jonas Brothers franchises on similar deals.
A spokesperson for the company tells Variety, "Because she’s relevant to tweens, she quickly became relevant to us."

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British actress CAREY MULLIGAN is living in a downmarket budget hotel in Hollywood following her alleged split from actor SHIA LABEOUF.
The An Education star recently admitted she has cooled her relationship with her Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps co-star.
And now Mulligan has moved into a $102 (£69)-a-night Best Western motel in west Hollywood, just blocks away from the city’s red light district.
The actress, who is in Los Angeles filming movie Drive, is renting a standard room in the property, which is covered in scaffolding, reports Britain’s The Mail On Sunday.
A staff member from the hotel tells the publication, "This is more a place for backpackers, students and those on a budget. We pride ourselves on being clean and tidy but this is a long way from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. I was stunned when I saw Carey walking across the lobby. You would expect her to stay at the Four Seasons, not here." The news comes as LaBeouf is rumoured to be getting close to his Transformers 3 co-star Rosie Huntington-Whitely.
Another source adds, "She (Mulligan) doesn’t have a lot of things and lives out of a suitcase. She doesn’t have too many friends in L.A. - her closest friends are her publicists. Things with Shia started to go wrong when he went off to film Transformers in July. Carey wanted things to get more serious, but he didn’t want to settle down." Following filming Mulligan plans to move back to her native England.

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Newly-married funnyman RUSSELL BRAND won’t have to be questioned by cops afterall - assault charges stemming from an alleged altercation between his security guards and photographers have been dropped.
Just days before the British comic married singer Katy Perry in an Indian ceremony on Saturday (23Oct10) paparazzi photographers clashed with minders during a safari trip.
Snappers claimed a member of the actor’s entourage approached their vehicle, punched the driver in the face and stole his car keys.
A statement from Ranthambhore police read, "The photographers have filed an official complaint of assault and all witnesses, including Mr. Brand, will be questioned about this." But the security staff involved have reportedly attended a local police station, apologised to the photographers and all charges have been dropped.

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CELINE DION is a mum again - the singer gave birth to twins in Florida on Saturday morning (23Oct10), according to reports.
The two boys were born a minute apart at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach.
Dion and the babies are said to be doing well, even though the tots were born prematurely.
The singer and her husband Rene Angelil also have a nine-year-old son, named Rene-Charles.
A representative for the couple says, "Celine is resting now and they plan to discuss what to name the boys when she wakes up. Rene-Charles has been to the hospital to visit his brothers and is just so excited they are here." Dion suffered a miscarriage after falling pregnant via in vitro fertilisation in 2009.

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Pop star KATY PERRY wed funnyman RUSSELL BRAND in an hour-long Hindu ceremony in India on Saturday (23Oct10).
Amid tight security to keep photographers at bay, the I Kissed a Girl hitmaker tied the knot with her British fiance in front of close family and friends at the exotic resort of Aman-I-Khas in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
The couple began the traditional service by worshipping a statue of Lord Ganesh before walking to a specially-designed gazebo where they sat on ornate thrones as a Hindu priest performed the ceremony, according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph.
Other rituals observed by Perry and Brand as part of the wedding reportedly included walking around a sacred fire seven times while reciting Sanskrit mantras.
They are believed to have sealed their partnership by tying a special wedding scarf together.
Perry was rumoured to have worn a sari and a white western gown for the wedding, while Brand sported a traditional henna tattoo on his hand.
It is unclear whether celebrity guests including Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Rihanna attended.
A team of private security guards patrolled the perimeter of the venue during the service to ward off photographers, and parts of the resort were shielded from view by black sheets.

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Bosses at U.S. superstore chain Wal-Mart have dismissed KANYE WEST’s accusation that they have banned his new album from their shelves.
West took to his Twitter.com page this week (beg18Oct10) to rant about the negative reaction to the cover of his latest record, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The rapper alleged executives at Wal-Mart had "banned" the CD, because they deemed the artwork too racy.
Wal-Mart chiefs have now hit back, insisting they never refused to stock the album and claiming West didn’t even offer the cover for their approval.
A statement from the company reads, "We’re excited about Kanye West’s new album and we look forward to carrying it in our stores on November 22nd. As always, it’s our standard practice to carry the edited parental advisory version. We did not reject the cover artwork and it was never presented to us to view."

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