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ANDREW GARFIELD nearly turned down the chance to star in THE SOCIAL NETWORK because he thought making a movie about Facebook was a "crazy" idea.
The British actor has received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Eduardo Saverin in the critically-acclaimed picture, which is tipped for success at the upcoming 2011 Oscars.
But Garfield admits he was reluctant to sign up at first because he couldn’t understand why anyone would want to make a film about a website.
He says, "I said, ‘A film about Facebook, really?’ I thought that makes absolutely no sense… My first reaction was the same as everyone else. I didn’t understand what that film could be. I had images of people typing for the most part!…
"But as soon as I knew David Fincher (director) and Aaron Sorkin (screenwriter) were involved I thought, ‘They’re pretty smart so maybe it’s not that crazy an idea’. I read the script and I was blown away." And Garfield admits he is pleased the film is being recognised during awards season, adding, "It’s very special that people have responded to it with positivity and passion. The response is icing on top of icing that tastes very sweet and very nice."

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Actress KATEE SACKHOFF’s new movie, SEXY EVIL GENIUS, has been written by a quadriplegic Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer who can’t speak.
Scott Lew used an infrared laser strapped to his forehead that pointed to the letters on a specially-made computer keyboard to pen the script for the film.
In an email to The Hollywood Reporter, Lew writes, "Writing is the only way I get to express myself with complexity."

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Troubled teen star DEMI LOVATO was given a short break from rehab over the holiday weekend (25-26Dec10) to spend Christmas Day with her family.
The 18-year-old actress/singer pulled out of the Jonas Brothers’ South American tour in October (10) and checked into a treatment centre to address emotional and physical issues.
After nearly two months of treatment, Lovato was allowed to leave the centre for the first time on Christmas Day for an outing with her family. Her relatives picked her up from the rehab centre and she was photographed out and about, before enjoying a meal at the Hollywood Blvd Cinema Bar & Eatery in Woodridge, Illinois.
She returned to rehab later that evening.
The outing came just days after her legal team settled a dispute with dancer Alex Welch, who threatened to sue over allegations Lovato lashed out at her during an incident on a plane in October (10).

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PENELOPE CRUZ had a lucky escape during a Christmas Day (25Dec10) trip to a basketball match when a towering player fell into the crowd and almost poleaxed the pregnant actress.
The Vicky Cristina Barcelona star attended the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Miami Dolphins in California on Saturday night with husband Javier Bardem.
She narrowly avoided an injury when a Lakers player launched himself into the air reaching for the ball and smashed into a row of fans just inches from where Cruz and Bardem were sitting.

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HUGH JACKMAN was left nursing a painful groin injury after a TV cricket stunt with Australian bowler SHANE WARNE on Sunday (26Dec10) went wrong.
The Aussie actor turned out to watch his native country’s team’s battle with England in the latest test of The Ashes series in Melbourne and he went in to bat during a time-out TV segment with Warne.
But Jackman’s pride at playing with his cricket hero soon turned to pain when one of Warne’s bowls hit him in the groin. The X-Men star was seen doubled over, but was able to laugh off the incident in friendly banter with the sportsman.
Jackman said, "I didn’t pick it,’ while Warne cheekily replied, "Don’t rub ‘em, count ‘em." The actor is already nursing a bruised ego after crashing into a lighting rig when a zip-wire stunt for Oprah Winfrey’s TV show went wrong earlier this month (Dec10).

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MADONNA made sure orphaned children in Malawi had a merry Christmas - she sent boxes of toys, clothes and other gifts to her charity in the African country.
The Holiday hitmaker brought some festive cheer to parentless children by shipping the aid packages - which also contained chocolate and sweets - to staff at the Raising Malawi foundation to hand out to local kids.
She included a handwritten note reading: "To my Malawi children on Christmas and Boxing Day. I wish I was with you. See you soon, M." Madonna founded the charity to bring an end to the poverty and hardship suffered by orphans in the landlocked region. She has also adopted two children from the country.

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NICOLE KIDMAN has become a "totally different" mum to her daughter SUNDAY ROSE after first experiencing motherhood with her adopted kids with ex-husband TOM CRUISE - she has moments of "deep fear and emotion" as an older parent.
The Moulin Rouge! star welcomed Bella and Connor in to her family with Cruise in the 1990s, when she was in her 20s.
The couple subsequently split and Kidman has since wed singer Keith Urban. She gave birth to their daughter in 2008.
Kidman, now 43, admits motherhood later on in life is very different compared to how she raised Bella and Connor, who are now teenagers - but she’s convinced becoming a mum to little Sunday Rose has changed her for the better.
She tells Reuters, "I raised two kids when I was in my 20s, but that was a different thing. I was a kid and still so young mentally and emotionally - a totally different mom.
"There is something about mothering late in life. A lot of it is I want to stay alive for Sunday. There is plenty of deep fear and emotion. Sunday has healed an enormous amount in me. It’s a very private thing, but she just has."

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CHARLIE SHEEN’s ex-wife DENISE RICHARDS has taken to the internet to dispel rumours her former partner was killed in a snowboarding accident on Sunday (26Dec10) - insisting the actor is very much "alive".
A fake report, which surfaced online on Sunday, suggested Sheen had died in Switzerland after crashing into a tree at the Zermatt ski resort.
Richards has now taken time out from the family festivities to clear up the death hoax, insisting Sheen did not spend Christmas in Europe and was on his way to see their two daughters when the story broke.
In a post on her Twitter.com page, she writes, "The rumour about Charlie Sheen is not true. He is alive and on his way over to see his daughters. Thank u for all your concern…"

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Scottish funnyman FRANKIE BOYLE’s woes are worsening - he is facing a possible probe by a human rights watchdog over his jibes about model-turned-reality TV star KATIE PRICE’s disabled son.
The comedian made several gags about eight-year-old Harvey - who is blind and autistic - during his Tramadol Nights show on U.K. network Channel 4 earlier this month (Dec10).
Furious Price called in her lawyers and lodged a complaint with British broadcasting watchdog Ofcom - and now Boyle is facing claims his comments breached the Disability Discrimination Act.
Dr. Tom Pey, chief executive of the Royal London Society for Blind People, has written to officials at the Equality and Human Rights Commission demanding an investigation into Boyle’s comments.
He wrote, "It is of course legitimate to parody someone in the public eye… but it is quite another thing to mock a blind, autistic child, who is not in a position to fight back."

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BOND actor DANIEL CRAIG has sparked more rumours about his love life after he was pictured strolling hand-in-hand with fellow Hollywood star RACHEL WEISZ.
The pair, who recently wrapped filming together on upcoming horror movie Dream House, was seen over the festive period staying at a cottage in Dorset, south England, according to the News of the World newspaper.
They spent Christmas Eve (24Dec10) together laughing and drinking in a nearby pub, and were also photographed holding hands as they walked along a street in the town.
The Mummy star Weisz split from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, the father of her four-year-old son Henry, earlier this year (10).
Last month (Nov10), Craig was reported to have split from his fiancee Satsuki Mitchell, but he declined to comment on the claims.

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A former rehab worker who accused LINDSAY LOHAN of lashing out at her has dropped a criminal complaint against the troubled actress.
Dawn Holland filed a report with cops earlier this month (Dec10) just hours after she claimed the Mean Girls star had shoved her in an altercation at California’s Betty Ford clinic.
Holland was subsequently fired from her job at the centre for talking to the press, and Lohan was moved to another facility to continue her three-month court-ordered treatment.
But the former rehab worker has now decided to drop her criminal complaint against the star, with her lawyer, Keith Davidson, telling TMZ.com his client does not want to see Lohan prosecuted.
He says, "A crime has quite simply not been committed by Ms Lohan… Dawn will not continue to press charges against Lindsay, nor will she be assisting any further in the investigation or prosecution. (She won’t) in any way shape or form to do anything that would violate Lindsay’s probation or cause an arrest." A police investigation was launched after the alleged incident.

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Rocker MATT SORUM had a scare when he first tested his producer skills at Hollywood’s haunted Studio 56 - the ghost of a decapitated man who had been killed outside let the VELVET REVOLVER star know his music wasn’t appreciated.
Sorum and engineer pal Jim Mitchell hired out the studio for a recording session with a band the drummer liked and they were spooked by a spectre who prompted them to flee.
Appearing on U.S. show Celebrity Ghost Stories, the former Guns N’ Roses star admits the encounter with the angry spirit is one that has made him a believer.
He recalls, "We recorded all the instruments and the vocals and guitars and what not, and at this point of the evening it was pretty late - about two o’clock in the morning. We started recording more lead vocals and as we were recording everything sounded fine… and then every time we played back the tape there was there was this low kind of a voice-rumbling sound.
"It was almost like a Gregorian kinda chant sound. We were like, ‘What is that?’ We eventually gave up and the band took off." Sorum and Mitchell were left alone in the control room listening back to what had been recorded when the engineer was pushed out of his chair by a mysterious force, which followed him to the restroom.
Sorum adds, "He (Mitchell) had this white, state-of-shock look on his face and he said, ‘I just saw a ghost… This guy walked behind me in the bathroom and then he disappeared. There was nobody there…’ He was starting to get pretty freaked out.
"We walked down the hallway to the lounge and we got right to the door… and a voice said, ‘Don’t come in here, you’re not invited…’ There was a presence there.
"Out of the left corner of my eye I saw this mast of air that looked like a small cloud floating across the room… I put my hand out and when I touched it, I backed off… It ran up my arm and down my body until the feeling came to me like ice.
"We were pretty freaked out so we made a quick descent… to the control room. We packed up and I thought, ‘I don’t think we’ll be coming back here because the studio is definitely haunted.’" Sorum later discovered he wasn’t the first star to encounter the studio ghost of the headless dead man who was found in a garbage bag behind the building in 1991.
He says, "They had had clients leave the premises because of strange events and all the employees quit… Studio 56 finally went out of business."

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SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS has agreed to cover the costs for a model’s hair repair after she came too close to a candle at a pre-Christmas party he threw.
Miyoki Jones’s went up in flames at a Diddy album release party earlier this month (Dec10).
The concerned rap boss has since checked in with Miyoki to make sure she’s OK, and now he has offered to pay her repair bill, according to TMZ.com.

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DJ-turned-actor GOLDIE has sent a heartfelt Christmas message to "absent" relatives during the festive season - three months after his son was jailed for murder.
The British star spoke of his devastation when Jamie Price was handed a life sentence by a judge in England in September (10) for the brutal slaying of a rival gang member.
The Snatch actor, real name Clifford Price, was clearly thinking of his son over Christmas as he paid tribute to families who are unable to spend the holidays together.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "We’re all thinking of any others not so fortunate, and absent from their families in the festive period."

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DIZZEE RASCAL’s attempts to forge a TV career have flopped - the British rapper’s talent-spotting show MUST BE THE MUSIC has been axed.
The Bonkers hitmaker launched the American Idol-style programme in the summer (10), touring his native Britain to seek out stars of the future.
But bosses at Sky One were unimpressed with the show’s viewing figures and will not be commissioning a second series.
The rapper was a judge on Must Be The Music, alongside Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri and jazz star Jamie Cullum.

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Scottish singing sensation SUSAN BOYLE has forgiven the teenage burglar who stole cash from her home.
The star returned to her house in West Lothian, Scotland in January (10) to find an intruder in the hallway. A 16-year-old youth later admitted a charge of theft for stealing $13.50 (£9) from the house, and was ordered to hand over $150 (£100) to Boyle’s chosen charity.
But the singer admits she pities the teenage thief - because he must have been "desperate" to turn to crime.
Boyle tells Britain’s Daily Record, "It was such a shame to find I’d been burgled but, apart from shaking me up a bit, nothing personal had been taken. It’s a shame that people get that desperate in life. It makes you realise how fortunate you are."

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A Christmas Eve (24Dec10) shopping trip ended in disaster for THE GAME - the rapper’s car was broken into while he was out collecting last-minute presents.
The hip-hop star - real name Jayceon Taylor - and a pal hit stores at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park, California on the day before Christmas. But when he returned to his friend’s vehicle, he discovered thieves had broken in and stolen a bag containing $75,000 (£50,000) worth of jewellery and other pricey items. The pair had used a valet parking service at the mall, and the rapper is convinced a staff member stole his belongings.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "Tried 2 do last minute shoppin 4 da kids (sic) & valet stole a Louis (Vuitton) duffle (bag) out (of the) car & we (are) 2 chains & $75,000 short." Police were called, but The Game insists he left without finding out what happened, adding, "After 4 hrs of no answers we drivin off &… all da cops gone say (sic): ‘That’s a sweet ride man’. What?!? B**ch, investigate." He later added, "I hope everyone ate good, received the things they wanted, spent time with loved ones & had a miracle of a Christmas."

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CHRONICLES OF NARNIA star BEN BARNES is well prepared for intruders at his London home - he keeps a replica of his sword from the film franchise under his bed.
The actor, who plays Prince Caspian in the two Chronicles sequels, reveals he befriended weapons experts on the set and asked them to make him personal keepsakes as mementos from the movies.
He tells WENN, "I did actually call up Weta (prop company) who make all the weapons and do a lot of the make-up for Lord of the Rings and Narnia. I got them to make me a copy of the ring and sword that I have in this film with the lion’s head.
"I have that in my bedroom, so any intruders in the middle of the night are gonna get a scare!"

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