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Troubled singer FANTASIA BARRINO has stunned fans by confessing she aborted her married lover’s baby before attempting suicide in August (10).
The former American Idol winner survived a drug overdose and shocked fans by revealing the scare wasn’t an accident - she meant to take her own life.
And now, the R&B star has revealed she aborted boyfriend Antwaun Cook’s baby in the weeks leading up to her suicide.
Barrino was in court in North Carolina on Monday (22Nov10) facing charges from Cook’s wife Paula that she was responsible for the breakdown of her marriage.
The singer testified that not only did she know Cook was married when she started dating him, but that she aborted their child.
Barrino had previously denied knowledge of Cook’s marital status.
Paula Cook is suing both her estranged husband and his lover, alleging the pair engaged in a year-long affair, which ended her marriage. Cook is reportedly considering suing Barrino by the Alienation of Affection law, which is only recognised in North Carolina and six other states. The law allows for an abandoned spouse to sue the party responsible for the failed marriage.

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DANE COOK suffered a roadside scare on his recent comedy tour when a blown tyre sent his tourbus swerving across a busy U.S. highway.
The funnyman woke up in a panic when he heard an explosion from underneath his bus during a trek across North Dakota.
The driver and passengers escaped unscathed, but Cook admits he was so shaken when the vehicle stopped he evacuated wearing only a sock and his underwear.
Appearing on U.S. programme The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, he explained, "(It was) 3:30 in the morning, we’re all asleep - tyre explodes.
"When a tyre explodes you don’t wake up and go, ‘A tyre just exploded!’ You think a bomb has gone off… so a couple of things happen. First thing, you sit up and the driver’s trying to compensate and he’s swerving on the highway and you’re flying back and forth on the bed… The bus then fills with smoke." Showing a picture of himself posing shirtless with three pals outside the bus, he laughed, "We were freaking out."

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HARRY POTTER villain TOM FELTON couldn’t believe his luck when he visited a racetrack after the Mexico City premiere of THE DEATHLY HALLOWS last week (ends19Nov10) - because there was a horse running with the name of his character’s chief foe.
Felton admits he handed over all the cash he had on him to back Harry Potter - but the horse was far from magic.
He explains, "I backed it big time… 1,000 pesos. It felt like a lot of money at the time.
"Needless to say Harry Potter the horse sucked, man. He came in last place."

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The recession hit BILLY BOB THORNTON harder than most Hollywood stars - because he was unaware the global financial crisis had hit the studios so badly.
The Slingblade star had been on the road with his band The Boxmasters for two years and hadn’t paid much attention to Tinseltown, and when he finally checked in with his agent he was stunned to discover that quality movies were no longer being offered to him.
He explains, "I get back… and I find out there aren’t that many movies being made because there’s a recession… I really didn’t know that it was that serious… My kids are, like, chewing on tuna can lids. I’m like, ‘Whoa, I’ve gotta do something!’ "They sent me over the scripts that are available and they’re just horrible… I realise that in two short years movies have gone from movies about people and real situations to nothing but fantasy movies and teenage vampires and 3D… like the lead character is an eagle! "Two years ago I was, like, this movie star guy… but now the offer I get is the sixth lead who is the janitor at some place who works for the eagle."

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Police have confirmed actor MICHAEL L. BREA is a person of interest in the murder of his mother, who was stabbed to death on Tuesday (23Nov10) with a Samurai sword.
Brea’s New York City neighbours called police to the star’s Brooklyn apartment after hearing screams in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Police spokesperson Detective Martin Speechley tells TVGuide.com 55 year old Yannick Brea was found with multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at 2:20am. Reports suggest she was decapitated.
Brea was reportedly found clutching a Bible and had to be subdued with a taser. He was taken to a nearby hospital for a psychiatric evaluation with a police escort.
A neighbour tells local TV station WPIX 11 News, "I hear the brother chasing her (his mother) through the house and he’s just saying a bunch of (Bible) passages like, ‘Repent, Repent, Repent.’" "I heard him chasing her through the house and I hear a loud scream and so I have my father call the cops, call 911." Brea, who has appeared on an episode of U.S. TV series Ugly Betty and in dance film Step-Up 3D, had not been formally arrested or charged as WENN went to press.

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Actress EMMY ROSSUM and her rocker boyfriend ADAM DURITZ have split.
The Phantom of the Opera star started dating the Counting Crows frontman last year (09) following her separation from husband Jason Siegel.
But the pair parted ways two months ago, according to USA Today.
Rossum tells the publication, "We’re still very close friends."

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Iconic horror movie star INGRID PITT has died, aged 73.
The actress, dubbed the Queen of Horror for her roles in classic Hammer films throughout the 1970s, collapsed in London last week (end21Nov10) on her way to a fan event. She passed away on Tuesday morning (23Nov10).
A statement from her daughter Steffanie Pitt reads, "It was heart trouble. She had a couple of bad years, health-wise, but she had fought through. Anyone who knew my mother would say she was incredibly feisty and determined to make a good fist of everything she wanted to do." Throughout her career Pitt played numerous onscreen seductresses in films including The Vampire Lovers, Countess Dracula, and she also appeared in 1973 classic The Wicker Man alongside Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee.
The Wicker Man director, Robin Hardy, has been among the first to pay tribute to the actress, stating, "She was a very attractive person in every sense. She was a perfectly good actress but a very decent person as well." Born Ingoushka Petrov in Poland, Pitt spent three years of her childhood in a Nazi concentration camp before making her name on the East Berlin stage in Germany before becoming a film star in Spain in the mid-1960s.
Her big screen break came in 1968 when she was cast as an undercover agent opposite Clint Eastwood in war movie Where Eagles Dare.
Two years later, she made her first Hammer Horror as vampire Mircalla in The Vampire Lovers (1970). She played a bloodsucker again a year later (71) in horror classics The House That Dripped Blood and Countess Dracula.
The roles helped to turn Pitt into a horror icon and she went on to become a regular at conventions, where her devoted fan club, The Pitt of Horror, would always make sure she was a fixture.
Aside from acting, Pitt has written several horror books and released her autobiography, Life’s A Scream, in 1999.

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JESSICA SIMPSON has assured fans she’s back in good health after a 24-hour mystery illness forced her to cancel a string of promotional appearances in America.
The singer began feeling unwell on Monday (22Nov10) and struggled through a morning appearance on TV programme The Early Show.
Simpson was unable to perform on the chat show as planned and had to scrap her bookings for the rest of the day, including an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, after her health worsened.
But Simpson honoured her commitment to appear on America’s Live with Regis and Kelly! on Tuesday (23Nov10), insisting she was back on top form after kicking the bug.
She said, "I was puking my guts up yesterday. I got really sick. I don’t know if it was food poisoning. One of my other friends who’s out here with me, she was puking too. I think we had rotten milk so every time I think of milk now I’m queasy." The star is expected to take part, as planned, in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday (25Nov10).

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SHERYL CROW has put her Tennessee estate up for auction after failing to sell the property for her asking price of $7.5 million (£5 million).
The All I Wanna Do hitmaker has lived in the sprawling 150-acre farm for more than six years but placed her home on the market in May (10).
The mansion struggled to attract a buyer and now the star has resorted to listing her mansion, which boasts five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, and the surrounding land on property website Comas Montgomery.
The auction is due to end on Tuesday evening (23Nov10) and the singer looks set to make a big loss - it currently holds a top bid of $1.1 million (£730,000).

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MARK WAHLBERG’s wife RHEA DURHAM has given the action man a holiday ultimatum - get back in shape or else! The movie star has spent four years getting in tip-top shape for his new boxing movie The Fighter, but as soon as filming ended, Wahlberg stopped going to the gym - and started to get a little fat.
The actor tells WENN, "My new regimen consists of a bottle of red wine and a lot of food and I’m enjoying myself.
"My wife is like, ‘You’re starting to look really bad! I’m like a former Victoria’s Secret model. If you want to hold onto me, you gotta do something!’ So I’m back in the gym."

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Hollywood star BRUCE WILLIS has become the unlikely face of a top Russian bank.
The Die Hard tough guy will represent Trust Bank in Moscow for at least a year, replacing late Russian weightlifter and actor Vladimir Turchinsky, who died last year (09) at the age of 46.
In a statement, Trust Bank bosses claimed Willis was chosen to front their latest campaign because he reflected the company’s values of "trust and dignity".
He features in the posters with the slogan, "Trust is just like me, but a bank." Willis, 55, also recently became the spokesman for Polish vodka brand Sobieski.

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CHRISTINA AGUILERA had to be coerced into watching her big screen debut in BURLESQUE - because she’s so "critical" of her own performances.
The Genie In A Bottle hitmaker plays a smalltown girl struggling to make it as a dancer in the new movie, also starring Cher and Kristen Bell.
Aguilera admits she was wracked with nerves about appearing alongside such established names - and she was worried about seeing her turn in the film for the first time.
She explains, "I’m very critical of myself. I had to drag my feet to even see the screening to Burlesque. First of all, it’s my first big movie. I’m starring in it opposite Cher, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, you’ve got all these amazing players in the movie and then there’s me - a first timer.
"I opened up and gave my all to it but it’s so hard - I don’t even watch my own performances back when I am in my comfort zone on stage and on tour - once it’s out of me and done I have to let it live in the universe cos if I watch it back I will critique myself to death."

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Singer CHYNNA PHILLIPS has "limited" contact with her half-sister MACKENZIE because she’s still struggling to accept the fact the actress’ incestuous relationship with their father has become public knowledge.
Mackenzie Phillips shocked fans when she released her book High on Arrival last year (09), revealing she had shared a decade-long sexual relationship with dad John Phillips, the founder of The Mamas & the Papas.
Chynna spoke out in support of Mackenzie when the news hit headlines, insisting she was "proud" of her sister, but the stress of dealing with the ensuing media furore was partly to blame for sending her to rehab for anxiety treatment.
She spent two weeks under doctors’ care at an undisclosed rehab centre in February (10) and admits she is still finding if hard to deal with the consequences of Mackenzie’s revelations.
So Chynna has distanced herself from her sibling until she’s fully recovered.
She tells People magazine, "We’re speaking in very limited ways at the moment. Not because I don’t love her - I love her very much. It’s just that when you are in the process of healing, sometimes he healthiest thing you can do is have space. She understands that 100 per cent and I appreciate her support."

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JOHN LENNON’s handwritten lyrics for the BEATLES song I’M ONLY SLEEPING are expected to fetch up to $525,000 (£350,000) when they go up for auction in London next month (Dec10).
The late rocker scribbled down the words on the back of a phone bill demanding payment for an outstanding bill.
The note’s value is estimated at between $375,000 and $525,000 (£250,000 and £350,000).
The Fab Four’s 1964 Ivor Novello Award for songwriting for their hit single She Loves You is also among the memorabilia going under the hammer in the Bonhams auction, and is thought to be worth up to $75,000 (£50,000), while a second trophy, their 1968 win for She’s Leaving Home, carries an estimated price tag of $30,000 (£20,000).
Other items in the 15 December (10) sale include a list of Lennon’s personal expenses for doctor’s fees for his son Julian, and a note of payments to his first wife Cynthia.
That is expected to sell for a maximum of $22,500 (£15,000).

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Singer/songwriter CHYNNA PHILLIPS and her actor husband BILLY BALDWIN have put the nightmare of their divorce proceedings behind them for good - they’ve renewed their wedding vows.
The Wilson Phillips star filed legal papers against Baldwin in February (10) after undergoing treatment in rehab for anxiety.
She called off the divorce days later after realising she wanted to fight for her family and the couple patched up its differences earlier this year (10).
She says, "(The divorce was) an impulsive decision I regret." Phillips and Baldwin sealed their reunion on 12 September (10) by renewing their vows in front of friends and family just three days after celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary.
The singer tells People magazine, "It was the most romantic, rewarding anniversary we’ve ever had." Baldwin says, "Grown men had tears coming down their cheeks!" And Phillips insists she’s managed to control her anxiety issues to enjoy her second chance at love.
She adds, "All we’ve gone through this year was worth it. Billy loves me no matter how angry, impatient or frustrated I get. You can’t put a price tag on that." The couple has three children together.

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GAEL GARCIA BERNAL is stepping into the boxing ring to bring the life story of five-time world champion ROBERTO DURAN to the big screen.
The Motorcycle Diaries star will portray the celebrated boxer, while Al Pacino is slated to play the role of his trainer Ray Arcel in Hands of Stone.
The movie will focus on solving the mystery behind Duran’s 1980 rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard, when he famously uttered the words, "no mas", meaning "no more", despite having beaten his rival to capture the World Boxing Championship welterweight title months earlier.
Hands of Stone will be directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz and Duran’s son, Robin Duran Iglesias, has signed on as associate producer to oversee the project.
Jakubowicz tells Daily Variety, "The infamous ‘no mas’ fight is the biggest enigma in the history of boxing. This movie will answer that enigma." Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada has also been linked to the picture.
Production on the sporting biopic will begin in the spring (11), with filming taking place in Panama and New York.

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A U.S. judge has banned the makers of Italian thriller GIALLO from using ADRIEN BRODY’s image - until the actor is paid for his role.
The Oscar winner was promised a ‘play-or-pay’ deal to star in director Dario Argento’s movie, meaning he would receive his $640,000 (£426,700) fee whether the film was made or not.
Once production started on the film, Brody claims he found out the movie was not properly funded and his fee had not been paid into a third-party holding account. He alleges that he signed a new contract and agreed to defer payment, but only if he was allowed to have "absolute right to withhold consent" of his image in the movie until he was paid.
In a lawsuit filed at a California federal court last month (Oct10), Brody claimed he never received his fee and was misled about a $2 million (£1.3 million) distribution deal, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Pianist star insists he asked producers to withhold the movie, as agreed, but to no avail.
U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer ruled in Brody’s favour on Monday (22Nov10) ordering filmmakers to halt distributing, marketing or selling the thriller in America until the fee was settled.

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Actor MARK RUFFALO has been placed on a terror advisory list by U.S. officials after organising screenings for a new documentary about natural gas drilling.
The Zodiac actor arranged showings for GasLand earlier this year (10) and voiced his concerns about the affects the practice is having on America’s water supplies.
But his efforts to raise awareness and demand a stop to natural gas drilling reportedly attracted the attention of officials from Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security - and he recently discovered it had landed him on a terror alert watchlist.
But Ruffalo is taking it all in his stride and has laughed off the idea he could be a threat to security in his native U.S.
He tells America’s GQ magazine, "(It’s) pretty f**kin’ funny."

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