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MARIAH CAREY is turning her mum into a TV star after inviting her to be part of a festive special.
Patricia Carey, who performs a medley of Christmas tunes with her pregnant daughter on new album Merry Christmas II You, will join Mariah for her upcoming ABC special, Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You.
The show, which was taped at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theater, will air in the U.S. on 13 December (10).

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DAVE STEWART and GLEN BALLARD’s GHOST musical will open in London in June (11).
The songwriters have teamed up with Oscar winner Bruce Joel Rubin, who has adapted his original screenplay for the stageshow, and now the spectacle is ready for its first act.
Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy will lead the cast, playing the characters Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore portrayed in the beloved 1990 film.
Ghost: The Musical begins its West End run at the Piccadilly Theatre on 22 June.

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British pop star KIMBERLEY WALSH is following in her GIRLS ALOUD bandmate SARAH HARDING’s footsteps - she’s landed a supporting role in an upcoming movie.
The members of the girl group made brief appearances in 2007’s St. Trinian’s playing school band members, with Harding going on to land a bigger part in the sequel.
Walsh has now also bagged herself another film project - she’s been cast in Horrid Henry: The Movie, alongside Anjelica Huston and Richard E Grant. She’ll play the lead character’s cousin, Polly.
She says, "I am so excited to have been asked! The Horrid Henry books are wonderful and to be playing the role of Prissy Polly in 3D is incredible!"

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Soul icon GLADYS KNIGHT has launched an environmentally-friendly jewellery line.
The singer has teamed up with the elders of an African tribe who craft trash into rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
She says, "I wanted to do something to be green and I met this company… and they were doing some wonderful things with an African tribe in Ghana and they were recycling all these wonderful materials and I wanted a line like that, so we came together with this tribe and they get part of this money."

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CHER’s son ELIJAH BLUE ALLMAN once tried to recruit actor ERIC DANE to his band DEADSY.
Dane reveals he was pinned down by the rocker at a party and asked to be the Sid Vicious in his group.
The Grey’s Anatomy star recalls, "I was at their house in Malibu and Elijah was like, ‘I need you to be my bass player. You fit the aesthetic of what I’m trying to do with this group.’ I was like, ‘Elijah, I can’t play the bass. I can’t play a f**kin’ kazoo.’ "He was like, ‘I’ll teach you how to play this bass. You play these three notes over and over again for the whole set and we’re good.’ I said, ‘I can’t do it. I’m not a musician man, but good luck with that!’"

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U2 are giving U.S. independent record stores a big boost this holiday season by releasing a new three-track vinyl EP on Friday (26Nov10).
Wide Awake In Europe will be released exclusively to select record stores on America’s busiest shopping day of the year, traditionally called Black Friday.
Bass player Adam Clayton tells WENN, "My local record shop introduced me to music I didn’t know and I might never have discovered." Only 5,000 copies of Wide Awake In Europe have been pressed. The EP features renditions of fan favourites Mercy, Moment of Surrender and I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight.

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New couple TAYLOR SWIFT and JAKE GYLLENHAAL are set to celebrate Thanksgiving apart - with their families.
The couple has yet to confirm the romance reports, but it’s becoming clear they won’t be starting the holidays in America together this Thursday (25Nov10).
Gyllenhaal recently revealed he would be celebrating with his family and now Swift tells WENN she’ll be heading to St. Louis, Missouri to spend the big day with her extended family.
She explains, "I have a big family there and most of them are women so we’ll all crowd in the kitchen and make things and tell stories and laugh. It’s a good time." But Gyllenhaal will still be able to see his girlfriend on Thanksgiving Day - she has taped a TV special which will air that night.

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BATMAN CHRISTIAN BALE feared he was heading for a real-life beating on the set of new boxing movie THE FIGHTER - because the brawler he was portraying in the film didn’t like certain scenes.
Tough Boston, Massachusetts boxing legends Mickey Ward and Dickie Eklund lived with the film’s star Mark Wahlberg while he and Bale were making the gritty movie with director David O’Russell - and the American Psycho star admits there were times the five of them almost came to blows.
He tells WENN, "There were a couple of times where the real Dickie had to be physically restrained from landing one (punch) right on David. We had some initial interesting times when we were rehearsing in Mark’s house, where Mark very nicely put up Mickey and Dickie and they actually lived at his house for some time.
"There were some script changes going on and Dickie wasn’t initially understanding that sometimes when you put your whole life into two hours a little bit of license has to be taken. He wanted everything to be exactly how it was portrayed and, if it wasn’t, a couple of times he was threatening to have a go. That’s a serious thing coming from a pro boxer.
"Then we’d talk and David would talk with him. I’m not sure if David ever had to stop him from coming and laying one on me. That could well have happened.
"He actually came around and seemed to really understand the process. After we showed him the movie he didn’t punch any of us and I talked to him almost daily, so I think that’s a great achievement."

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Singer/actress JULIANNE HOUGH fears her new film BURLESQUE will wreck her strict Mormon family’s Thanksgiving Day feast - because she’s wearing nothing but skimpy clothes throughout the film.
The star will be hosting a family screening of the new film on Thursday (25Nov10) and she only hopes her family can stomach it.
She tells WENN, "I’m literally wearing a bra and underwear in some scenes and I’m worried my dad might freak out. He is very Mormon.
"He’s got four girls, so, if he’s not aware of a bra, I think something is wrong. But every Thanksgiving our tradition is to see movies so they’ll be seeing Burlesque then! I’ll be like, ‘Make sure you digest that food before you go!’"

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Funnyman-turned-U.S. TV host GEORGE LOPEZ’s wife ANN is moving forward with plans to make their split official - she filed divorce papers on Tuesday (23Nov10).
The couple, which has been married for 17 years and has a 15-year-old daughter, Mayan, announced it had parted ways earlier this year (10).
And now Ann lopez has lodged legal documents in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences".
She is requesting spousal support, as well as primary custody of Mayan, reports TMZ.com.
The pair is not thought to have a pre-nuptial agreement in place.

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CHRISTIAN BALE is planning to hang up BATMAN’s cape after playing the vigilante in a third and final movie.
The actor insists The Dark Knight Rises will be his final outing as the comic book superhero - unless director Christopher Nolan has other plans.
Bale says, "This will be, I believe, until Chris says different, the last time I’ll be playing Batman."

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JENNIFER JASON LEIGH is bidding to become a SINGLE WHITE FEMALE again after filing for divorce.
The actress filed in Los Angeles last week (15Nov10), according to People.com.
She wed moviemaker Noah Baumbach in 2005 and gave birth to the couple’s first child Rohmer earlier this year (10).
Citing irreconcilable differences, the star is seeking spousal support and primary custody of her baby son.

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A celebrity jeweller, whose clients included NICOLE KIDMAN, SARAH JESSICA PARKER and CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, has been charged with bankruptcy fraud stemming from loans amounting to over $210 million (£140 million).
Ralph Esmerian was taken into custody by U.S. Postal Inspectors in New York City on Monday morning (22Nov10) for bankruptcy and wire fraud.
The former owner of vintage jewellery retailer Fred Leighton is accused of double-pledging pieces from his gem collection to secure the huge loans to finance his business, reports the New York Post.
He is then said to have sold the items and kept the proceeds for himself when the Fred Leighton firm went bankrupt in 2008, allegedly lying to the Bankruptcy Court during that time. He lost control of Fred Leighton last year (09).
Esmerian has been released from jail on a $3.5 million (£2.3 million) bond.

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BRITNEY SPEARS’ mother has lost her bid to have a defamation lawsuit filed against her by the pop star’s former manager SAM LUTFI thrown out of court.
Lutfi filed suit against the Toxic hitmaker and her parents Jamie and Lynne Spears in February 2009, objecting to controversial comments made in Lynn’s 2009 memoir Through The Storm.
He alleged claims Lynne made in her book, in which she branded him a "fake" and a "predator", subjected him to public ridicule and he sued for defamation, libel, battery, breach of contract, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Lynne fought to have the case dismissed citing the U.S. Constitution’s freedom of speech, arguing that Lutfi’s reputation could not be tarnished any further after he was accused of aiding the singer’s downfall, which led to her public breakdown in 2008.
Her argument was rejected by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge in August 2009, and her lawyers appealed the decision in May (10).
But Lynne has lost her appeal - on Tuesday (23Nov10), officials at the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles ruled Lutfi can proceed with his litigation.

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LEONARDO DiCAPRIO has been hailed a "real man" by Russian Prime Minister VLADIMIR PUTIN for flying out to Europe for a tiger conservation event hours after getting caught in a mid-air plane scare on Sunday (21Nov10).
The Titanic star was en route to Moscow when an engine on the Delta aircraft shut down, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing at New York’s JFK International Airport.
The actor refused to let the scary incident derail his plans to attend the summit and promptly chartered a private jet, which got him to St. Petersburg, via a refuelling stopover in Finland, on Tuesday (23Nov10).
And his bravery and dedication to the cause has earned him high praise from Putin.
Speaking at a charity concert at the summit, the politician said, "Not everyone would be willing to take a plane again after what Mr. DiCaprio experienced, but he did. Here, in Russia, we call such a person a ‘real man’.
"If wildlife and tiger conservation is in the hands of people with such character, we are destined to succeed." The meeting of the world’s high powers is being held to discuss what can be done to save tigers from extinction in the 13 countries where the big cats currently live and breed in the wild.
On Tuesday (23Nov10), DiCaprio pledged to donate $1 million (£667,000) to the World Wildlife Fund on behalf of his environmental organisation, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
He said, "Illegal poaching of tigers for their parts and massive habitat loss due to palm oil, timber and paper production are driving this species to extinction. If we don’t take action now, one of the most iconic animals on our planet could be gone in just a few decades. By saving tigers, we can also protect some of our last remaining ancient forests and improve the lives of indigenous communities."

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TAYLOR SWIFT won’t be home much in 2011 - the country star has announced an 87-concert tour, which will take her around the globe between February and October.
The Love Story singer will visit 19 countries on the Speak Now World Tour 2011, which begins in Singapore on 9 February (11).
The tour includes six stadium shows in Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Kansas City and Dallas.

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Soul legend GLADYS KNIGHT has been chosen to perform on the fabled Apollo Theatre’s first float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The Midnight Train to Georgia singer, 75, who was inducted into the Apollo’s Hall of Fame in 2006, will sing festive tunes during the three-mile, three-hour New York parade on Thursday (25Nov10).
Knight says, "I was so excited when I got that call… The Apollo was more more than just a theatre; they were mentors for us. They taught us things. I love the Apollo."

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LIAM GALLAGHER’s new band will debut as a live act with six British shows in March (11).
Beady Eye, which also features the singer’s Oasis bandmates Gem Archer and Andy Bell, have just released their first track, Bring the Light, and now the quintet are readying a European tour in 2011.
Concerts will begin with double shows at Scotland’s Glasgow Barrowlands and the Manchester Apollo and London Troxy, before Beady Eye jet off to Europe for shows in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Gallagher has expressed interest in performing at London’s struggling 100 Club, but that date has not been included in the tour.

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