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A former aide to ERIN O’CONNOR has appeared in court over allegations she stole more than $67,500 (£45,000) from the supermodel.
The British beauty, who has a reported $18 million (£12 million) fortune, became suspicious of Michelle Knox-Brown after she allegedly racked up nearly $12,000 (£8,000) in taxi bills.
Knox-Brown appeared at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court in England on Friday (19Nov10) to face accusations of two counts of theft and two counts of fraud between 1 January, 2007 and 1 March, 2010.
The 45 year old "dishonestly abused her position" as an assistant after obtaining $45,300 (£30,200) by "stealing cash and making unauthorised purchases on a credit card belonging to Miss E. O’Connor", the court heard.
She was also accused of taking $10,650 (£7,100) in petty cash.
Knox-Brown was granted bail and is expected to stand trial in March (11), reports Britain’s Daily Mail.

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A Hollywood studio where hit show DANCING WITH THE STARS is filmed was evacuated on Friday night (19Nov10) when staff found a strange white powder in fanmail.
Reports suggest the substance turned out to be nothing but talcum powder, but it was enough to send producers and studio executives into a panic.
A source tells TMZ.com fire crews and FBI Hazardous Materials officials were called to CBS Television City in the heart of West Hollywood after the mysterious package was found and "measures were taken to secure the area and ensure the safety of personnel".
Officials have launched an investigation into the incident.
It is believed the mysterious mail was intended for contestant Bristol Palin, the daughter of former vice president candidate Sarah Palin - but this had yet to be confirmed as WENN went to press.

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A Hollywood studio where hit show DANCING WITH THE STARS is filmed was evacuated on Friday night (19Nov10) when staff found a strange white powder in fanmail.
Reports suggest the substance turned out to be nothing but talcum powder, but it was enough to send producers and studio executives into a panic.
A source tells TMZ.com fire crews and FBI Hazardous Materials officials were called to CBS Television City in the heart of West Hollywood after the mysterious package was found and "measures were taken to secure the area and ensure the safety of personnel".
Officials have launched an investigation into the incident.
It is believed the mysterious mail was intended for contestant Bristol Palin, the daughter of former vice president candidate Sarah Palin - but this had yet to be confirmed as WENN went to press.

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TWILIGHT star BRONSON PELLETIER is recovering after he was attacked by a group of drunken men at a fan convention in Birmingham, England.
The actor, who plays werewolf Jared in the franchise, was left with a broken nose after he was confronted in the restroom of the Hilton Metropole Hotel while attending the Eternal Twilight 4 event.
Chaos broke out as the 24 year old was hit over the skull, headbutted and held in a headlock before he managed to free himself.
Four alleged attackers, who were guests at a wedding reception in the hotel, were then chased by police officers and one was restrained after cops used a Taser gun.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police confirms four men were arrested on suspicion of assault. Two were released and two were granted bail pending further questioning, according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph.
A source tells the publication, "Bronson was really angry and upset… These guys were very nasty. They were so drunk they probably didn’t even realise they were picking on a Hollywood actor.
"The convention was full of teenage girls and geeks desperate to see their Twilight heroes so no one expected this sort of trouble."

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A Los Angeles judge has refused THE FLY star JEFF GOLDBLUM a restraining order against a woman who is about to be released from a mental institution.
The actor’s lawyer went to court on Friday (19Nov10) and asked for a restraining order against Linda Ransom, claiming she had been stalking the star since 2001 - but the judge refused.
He insisted Goldblum would have to wait for Ransom to create a fresh threat, according to TMZ.com.
Ransom was locked up last year (09) after she was declared incompetent.
Goldblum’s previous restraining order against Ransom expired while she was being treated.

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CHRISTINA AGUILERA talked babies with LADY MARMALADE collaborator and mum-to-be PINK live on air in Los Angeles on Friday morning (19Nov10) when both stars phoned in to AMERICAN IDOL host RYAN SEACREST’s radio show at the same time.
Aguilera congratulated Pink, who confirmed the news she is pregnant earlier this week (beg15Nov10) and then started quizzing her about her health.
The Beautiful singer asked, "How are you feeling? Do you have morning sickness yet?" Pink replied, "I feel like if I had morning sickness, I would have lost some weight. I’ve kept everything down." Upon hearing the news the baby is going to be a girl, Aguilera quipped, "She’s gonna kick your a**," and then added, "We should have playdates." Aguilera’s son Max is two.

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A leading member of Hollywood’s notorious ‘bling ring’ has been cleared of breaking into LINDSAY LOHAN’s home.
A felony burglary charge against Rachel Lee was dismissed on Friday (19Nov10) due to insufficient evidence.
Lee has been accused by authorities of being the ringleader of a series of break-ins at stars’ Hollywood homes that netted millions in luxury clothes, accessories and jewels.
Lee still faces a charge she broke into the home of TV star Audrina Patridge, and that she received a fur coat stolen from Lohan’s home. She also faces a conspiracy charge.

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Pop superstar CHER regrets trying to juggle motherhood with her chart-topping career in the 1970s and believes she would have been a better parent if she’d waited several years to start a family.
The Believe hitmaker and her first husband Sonny Bono welcomed daughter Chastity in 1969, when the singer was just 23 and their double act Sonny & Cher was at the height of its success.
She later married rocker Gregg Allman and had a second child, son Elijah, in 1976.
But Cher was often so busy balancing her job as an entertainer and a mother, she fears she failed to lavish her kids with the attention they needed.
In an interview with U.S. news show 20/20, the 64-year-old says, "I have been a good mother in fits and starts, but when you do work like mine, and I’m like most working mothers - they never feel like they’re doing a good job because they’re never able to devote enough time.
"I have a lot of regrets about my parenting… Maybe I should have had children when I was older." The 20/20 chat airs on Friday night (19Nov10).

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PERRY FARRELL’s Lollapalooza festival is heading south of the border in 2011 - the event will be staged in Santiago, Chile in April.
The rocker has teamed up with Chile’s Lotus Producciones and C3 Presents to stage the two-day event at O’Higgins Park.
Line-up details have yet to be announced but Farrell is convinced the event will be a big hit after visiting the site.
He tells WENN, "O’ Higgins Park has a gentle sloping grass viewing area with the Andes Mountains in the distance. There are many trees for shade. One of my favorite aspects to the park is a large round discotheque that houses up to 10,000 people. It is attached to an amusement park with a roller coaster and people scream on it all day. Right now you’ll see families spending time in the park. Little kids roaming all over." Farrell launched Lollapalooza as a touring festival in 1991. In 2005, the event was reborn as a destination festival at Chicago’s historic Grant Park.

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LADY GAGA has expanding her business portfolio - she’s become an investor in a New York City restaurant.
The Poker Face hitmaker recently became a part-owner of Vince & Eddie’s in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, pouring her hard-earned cash into the longstanding venue.
Her parents Joe and Cynthia Germanotta have also become shareholders in the establishment, which opened in 1989.
But Gaga has decided to keep her involvement in the Italian-American eatery low-key - she’s the only silent partner.
Her mum tells W magazine, "When she’s in town she likes to come here with her friends because it’s very homey and private. She’ll come here on her time off."

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Hip-hop star M.I.A. has scrapped her Friday night (19Nov10) concert in Liverpool, England to care for her sick son.
The Paper Planes hitmaker was scheduled to take the stage at Liverpool Academy, but her management axed the show at short notice due to "unforeseen circumstances".
M.I.A. has since taken to her Twitter.com to fully explain the cancellation.
She writes, "my baby is sick @ home in london i m sorry to my liverpool fans, but ill b in leeds 2maro (sic) c u there (sic)."

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Movie executives at Warner Bros. Pictures have paid tribute to murdered Hollywood publicist RONNI CHASEN by taking out a full page spread in industry publication Variety.
The public relations mogul was mysteriously shot dead while driving through Los Angeles in the early hours of Tuesday (16Nov10) after attending the premiere of Cher and Christina Aguilera’s new film Burlesque.
Chasen’s brother, director Larry Cohen, and top client composer Hans Zimmer were among the first celebrities to publicly mourn the publicist’s death and now Warner Bros. bosses have done the same in the pages of Friday’s (19Nov10) Variety.
The dedication mourns the loss of "an extraordinary woman, whose kind spirit, energy and passion for life has been an inspiration to all".
It continues, "You were truly one of a kind. We feel proud and privileged to have known you." Police have launched an investigation into the shocking crime, but have yet to name a suspect or motive.
Rewards totalling $125,000 (£83,300) have been offered for information leading to the killer’s conviction.

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A U.S. Army bomb disposal expert has won his day in court with the producers of Oscar-winning movie THE HURT LOCKER after making allegations the film is based on his experiences.
Master Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver claims the movie’s lead character, played by Jeremy Renner, is based on him but he was given no credit or compensation from the filmmakers.
Screenwriter Mark Boal wrote about Sarver in an article published in Playboy magazine in 2005, but he has maintained the film was a work of fiction.
But now the case is set to go to trial in California after a New Jersey judge ruled the Iraq war veteran can sue Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow.
U.S. District Judge Dennis Cavanaugh has also denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

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DANIEL DAY-LEWIS is to play PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN in STEVEN SPIELBERG’s new historical biopic.
Friday’s (19Nov10) casting announcement comes nine years after Spielberg first revealed he was making a film about the assassinated former U.S. leader.
The movie mogul originally tapped Liam Neeson for the role.
In a statement confirming the casting, Spielberg revealed he has never worked with Oscar winner Day-Lewis.
He says, "Daniel Day-Lewis would have always been counted as one of the greatest of actors, were he from the silent era, the golden age of film or even some time in cinema’s distant future. I am grateful and inspired that our paths will finally cross with Lincoln." The film will be based on revered historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 2005 book Team of Rivals.
The project will reteam Spielberg with his Munich screenwriter Tony Kushner.

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Actor WESLEY SNIPES has been ordered to surrender to federal authorities immediately and begin serving his three-year sentence for tax evasion.
The Blade star was found guilty of failing to file returns when he stood trial in 2008, but his lawyers appealed the verdict and he was freed on bail to challenge the ruling.
He lost the appeal in July (10) and was due to surrender to police on 2 September (10) - but a U.S. District Court judge granted him a postponement pending a retrial hearing this month (Nov10).
But in court on Friday (19Nov10), Snipes was told he must turn himself in.
The actor was not present for the hearing.

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Oscar winner ELLEN BURSTYN will make her debut in London’s West End next year (11) when she joins KEIRA KNIGHTLEY in THE CHILDREN’S HOUR.
The Moliere classic, about a runaway student at an all-girls boarding school, is heading to the stage at The Comedy Theatre in January (11) and the 77 year old has signed on to portray the grandmother of one of the girls.
Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss and actress Carole Kane have also been added to the cast in the Lillian Hellman production.
The Children’s Hour was previously turned into a 1961 movie of the same name starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine.

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The death of rapper MICHAEL ‘EYEDEA’ LARSEN has been ruled an accidental drug overdose.
The hip-hop star’s mother, Kathy Averill, discovered his body at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota on 16 October (10), a month before his 29th birthday.
Autopsy results from the Ramsey County medical examiners’ office show he died from opiate toxicity, reports AllHipHop.com.

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Singer/actress MANDY MOORE is still waiting to be whisked away on honeymoon by her rocker beau RYAN ADAMS, 20 months after becoming his wife.
The couple eloped in March 2009 after a whirlwind romance, but the 26 year old admits they never took the time to fly off for a romantic vacation to celebrate their nuptials.
But Moore hasn’t given up hope.
The Saved star says, "We still haven’t gone on a honeymoon yet… Honeymoon has been like nesting at home! Except now I’m like, ‘Ryan, you have to take me on honeymoon!’ I think we’re gonna get around to it."

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