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Rapper JIM JONES has been involved in a serious car crash in Atlanta, Georgia, but reportedly walked away from the accident unscathed.
The hip-hop star’s vehicle was involved in a collision early on Monday morning (17Jan11), and he alerted fans to the drama with a post on his Twitter.com page.
He wrote, "Just had a very bad accident pray for us." Jones also reportedly sent a picture of his wrecked car to the Missinfo.tv website, along with the message “Just walked away from this (crash). God bless us." It is not known if there were any injuries, but Jones’ message suggests he escaped serious harm.

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THE GOOD WIFE actress ARCHIE PANJABI has credited British soap opera actor NICK BERRY with kickstarting her career by responding to her fan mail and offering tips on how to start out in the industry.
The Emmy Award-winning Brit, who emigrated to the U.S. for her role in the hit drama, fell in love with acting after being drawn to longrunning U.K. soap EastEnders because it was the only primetime British TV series to feature an Indian family.
Panjabi wrote to the show’s star Berry asking for acting advice and he told her to find herself an agent, and she admits she’d love to meet the actor and thank him in person.
She tells Britain’s S magazine, "I was drawn to EastEnders because they had the first Indian family, so I thought, ‘OK, I can make it in TV.’ Then Nick Berry turned up and I went through a phase of writing to him. I said that I really wanted to make it as an actor and asked how to do it. He said to buy (industry magazine) The Stage and get an agent from that, so that’s exactly what I did. He was a huge influence on me - I’d love to meet him one day."

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PRETTY WILD star TESS TAYLOR has checked into a rehab clinic in California to kick an addiction to opiates.
The aspiring model is receiving treatment at the SOBA Malibu Recovery Center after becoming "extremely weak and exhausted from trying to detox and recover from opiate addiction," according to her mother Andrea Arlington.
Taylor’s admission comes just weeks after her sister and TV co-star Alexis Neiers was ordered into a year-long rehabilitation program for breaching her probation following her conviction on a burglary charge as part of Hollywood’s infamous ‘Bling Ring’ gang, which targeted celebrity homes.
Arlington tells TMZ.com, "Approximately two weeks ago after a lot of coaxing from (Taylor’s) sister Alexis Neiers and myself, and after almost losing her life, Tess Taylor contacted Greg Hannley, owner of the SOBA Recovery center in Malibu and asked for help." She plans to complete a 12-month program at the centre.

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Veteran actor JAMES EARL JONES celebrated his 80th birthday in style on Monday (17Jan11) - his DRIVING MISS DAISY co-stars threw a party to mark the milestone.
The Star Wars legend is currently starring in the Broadway production alongside Vanessa Redgrave, but he refused to take a night off from the play for his big day.
However, the cast and crew didn’t let the occasion pass without recognition - they surprised him with a bash and presented the star with two huge cakes covered in candles.

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CHRISTINA HENDRICKS flew into a panic at the Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday (16Jan11) after losing an $850,000 (£566,667) diamond bracelet on the red carpet.
The Mad Men star borrowed gems from legendary jewellery company Chopard to wear to the star-studded event in Los Angeles.
But one of the matching diamond bangles slipped off Hendricks’ wrist as she made her way into the venue, and the actress turned to reporters for help locating the pricey piece, asking, "Have you seen a diamond bracelet? I’ve lost one that looks like this." Hendricks reportedly left the auditorium as the other guests were taking their seats to continue her search for the bracelet, which was eventually handed back to her by an event worker who found the item.
A representative for Chopard confirms a relieved Hendricks was able to return all of the pieces she borrowed, telling the New York Post’s gossip column Page Six, "Whoever put it on her wrist may have not closed the safety clasp correctly. But both bracelets and her earrings were returned in perfect condition today."

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Critically-acclaimed THE KING’S SPEECH is set to dominate the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards next month (Feb11), after scoring a massive 14 nominations.
The Tom Hooper movie, about stammering British monarch King George VI, has picked up nods in the Best Film and Best Director categories, while Colin Firth is tipped for Best Actor and his co-star Helena Bonham Carter will compete for the Best Supporting Actress prize.
The picture is facing a challenge from Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, which has picked up 12 nominations, including nods for its star Natalie Portman, as Best Actress, and it will face The King’s Speech in the Best Film and Best Director categories.
The other movies competing for Best Film are Inception, The Social Network and True Grit, while Hooper and Aronofsky will fight it out for Best Director with Danny Boyle (127 Hours), Christopher Nolan (Inception) and David Fincher (The Social Network).
Firth, who scooped the Golden Globe for Best Actor on Sunday (16Jan11), is facing competition for the top acting prize from Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and James Franco (127 Hours).
Portman will compete against The Kids Are All Right co-stars Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) for Best Actress, the award she won at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
Late British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who passed away earlier this month (Jan11), is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Town; going up against Christian Bale (The Fighter), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network), Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right) and Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech) at the BAFTAs ceremony in London on 13 February (11).
The main BAFTA 2011 nominees are:
Best Film: Black Swan Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network True Grit Leading Actor: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) Javier Bardem (Biutiful) Jeff Bridges (True Grit) Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) James Franco (127 Hours) Leading Actress: Natalie Portman (Black Swan) Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (The Fighter) Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) Pete Postlethwaite (The Town) Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right) Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech) Supporting Actress: Amy Adams (The Fighter) Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech) Barbara Hershey (Black Swan) Lesley Manville (Another Year) Miranda Richardson (Made In Dagenham) Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award: Gemma Arterton Andrew Garfield Tom Hardy Aaron Johnson Emma Stone Outstanding British Film: 127 Hours Another Year Four Lions The King’s Speech Made In Dagenham Director: Danny Boyle (127 Hours) Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) Christopher Nolan (Inception) Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) David Fincher (The Social Network) Original Screenplay: Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech Adapted Screenplay: 127 Hours The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Special Visual Effects: Alice In Wonderland Black Swan Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Inception Toy Story 3 Animated Film: Despicable Me How To Train Your Dragon Toy Story
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OPRAH WINFREY set out to become a fourth grade teacher - and insists she would have been very happy if her career had taken her into education.
During newsman Piers Morgan’s first CNN chat show, the multi-media queen revealed she never set out to become a superstar - she just wanted to teach. And then powerful forces took over.
Winfrey told the Brit, "If I had been what I thought I was gonna be and that is a great fourth grade teacher, I would have also liked that.
"At the core of me I am a teacher and I am happiest when I feel that people are getting something, learning something, enhancing themselves in a way that they never thought of before."

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OPRAH WINFREY has spoken candidly about her teenage miscarriage, revealing she had no connection to her baby.
The talk show queen was on the other end of searching questions when she agreed to be the first guest on British newsman Piers Morgan’s new CNN show, which aired on Monday (17Jan11) - and she agreed to talk openly about falling pregnant at 14 and then losing her child.
After confessing she has never regretted not having children, Winfrey told the host she knew that she only became pregnant because of "bad choices and not having boundaries and the abuse, sexual abuse, from the time I was nine", and she was relieved when she lost the child.
Oprah explained, "I knew then that when I lost that baby, for whom I had no connection to whatsoever… I was 14 years old and felt nothing but just, OK, relieved, because I thought before the baby was born, I’m gonna have to kill myself.
"My mother said you can’t stay here, so I had to move to live with my father in Nashville." But she told Morgan she kept her pregnancy from her traditionalist father, who never knew she was with child.
Winfrey recalled, "My father, as a part of his decree about what’s gonna go on in this house… said to me… ‘These are the rules of the house, you are gonna obey the rules; you have a 10 o’clock curfew and I would rather see a daughter of mine floating down the Cumberland River than to bring shame on this family and the indecency of an illegitimate child.
"He’s saying that to me and I know that I am pregnant." Oprah insisted she never really came close to taking her own life but revealed she once drank detergent "to try and get attention", but the whole experience has helped her relate to "young girls who are in that situation".
The talk show host never got to take her dead baby home from the hospital and she saw the miscarriage as her second chance to make something of her life.
She added, "I went back to school and nobody knew, because had anybody have known at that time I wouldn’t have been able to be head of the student council… I wouldn’t have been able to be Miss Fire Prevention, I wouldn’t have been chosen as one of the two teenagers from the state of Tennessee to go to the White House conference on youth.
"None of those things would have happened and the whole trajectory of my life would have been different."

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New parents NICOLE KIDMAN and KEITH URBAN have paid tribute to the "spirit" of their fellow Australians following the devastating floods in Queensland earlier this month (Jan11).
The state was plunged into a state of emergency as heavy rain caused massive flooding throughout the region - at least 25 people have died and thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes.
Kidman and Urban, who welcomed new daughter Faith Margaret via surrogate last month (Dec10), have family ties in the area and they have now spoken of their pride in their country’s reaction in the wake of the disaster.
The actress tells Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, "It’s the amazing spirit of people when something like this hits. Every day we followed it and we were seeking it out." While Urban adds, "I had people texting me from all over the States saying, ‘Is your family okay?’ They’re all alright, thank goodness. I was there for the 1974 floods and I remember it so vividly. It was surreal to see the same images again."

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SIR ELTON JOHN has posed for his first public photograph with his newborn son for a U.K. magazine, and revealed he was present throughout the birth.
The Rocket Man and his partner David Furnish welcomed a son called Zachary on Christmas Day (25Dec10) via a surrogate mother, a year after they were denied the chance to adopt a tot from the Ukraine.
After a month of being new dads, the couple has now posed for a family portrait for Britain’s OK! magazine, showing off their tiny tot, who is seen wearing a miniature pair of dungarees.
The superstar also confirmed he was present at the birth, and couldn’t believe how fast his child arrived into the world.
He tells the magazine, "He shot out like a rocket. There just aren’t proper words to describe that feeling. It’s indescribable. It was just, ‘We have a son!’" And the singer admits he broke down in tears when they brought their baby home for the first time, he adds, "People ask, ‘Did you cry (during the birth)? You must have been so emotional?’ And I say no, because it was all so quick. When I cried was when we brought him home Monday morning at 8.30am. We hadn’t had time to celebrate Christmas yet. We had a big tree, all the presents, and I said to David, put on some carols… As soon as it started, and I was holding Zachary in my arms, I cried."

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DAME HELEN MIRREN’s portrayal of THE QUEEN is movie fans’ favourite royal role, according to a new online poll.
In anticipation of Colin Firth’s Best Actor win at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday (16Jan11) for The King’s Speech, and his assured Oscar nomination, websites WENN and Fandango.com staged a weekend vote to find the best movie monarch.
Mirren topped the poll with 47 per cent, while Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth I came in second with 31 per cent of the vote.
Dame Judi Dench came in third and fourth with her portrayals of Elizabeth I (Shakespeare in Love) and Queen Victoria (Mrs. Brown), and Nigel Hawthorne rounded out the top five with his role as King George III in The Madness of King George.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ quietly dreams of having more kids, revealing she’d be thrilled if she discovered she was pregnant tomorrow.
The superstar has two-year-old twins with husband Marc Anthony and she hints more could be on the way.
Appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday (18Jan11), Lopez says, "As soon as I had the babies, I thought to myself, ‘I want to do this a thousand more times.’ I love this. This is life.
"I just thought it felt so great. This is what life is all about. And now that it’s like three years in, I’m like, ‘Can I do that again?’ It’s funny. But yes, if I got pregnant, I would be extremely happy."

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RICK ASTLEY, the HUMAN LEAGUE and SPANDAU BALLET frontman TONY HADLEY are to co-headline this summer’s (11) Rewind Festival in Scone Palace, Scotland.
Heaven 17, Bananarama, Hue & Cry, The Beat, ABC, The Bluebells and Fiction Factory, who have reformed specially for the occasion, will also perform for an expected 20,000 fans of 1980s music, who will attend the festival.
Billy Ocean, Kim Wilde, Howard Jones, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Imagination, T’Pau, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, The Real Thing, Toyah, Hazel O’Connor, China Crisis, Doctor & the Medics, Modern Romance and Cutting Crew complete the line-up.
The festival will take place from 29 to 31 July (11).

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BOY GEORGE has surprised a fan by sending him a signed album cover - over a decade after the devotee originally asked for his autograph.
The former Culture Club star has been clearing out his London home and he’s kept followers on Twitter.com up to date with his discoveries, revealing he recently stumbled across a request for a signed cover of his band’s 1983 album Colour By Numbers.
He wrote on his page, "I found an old CC album someone sent to get signed. Gonna send it. Maybe they moved? It belongs to Peter J Anderson in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear NE31? Where’s that?" And the singer kept his promise - Anderson received the signed copy shortly after.
He tells a local newspaper, "This has taken me on such a nostalgia trip. I’d forgotten all about it… it must have been 10 or even 12 years ago that I sent it to him." And the star was happy to finally return the album cover to its sender, adding, "It’s brilliant that it got to him after all these years. Better late than never!"

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A California judge has granted ETTA JAMES’ husband access to $60,000 (£40,000) of the ailing star’s money to cover medical costs until next month (Feb11).
Last week (ends16Jan11), fans of the music legend were stunned to discover she is battling leukaemia as well as Alzheimer’s disease, which she was diagnosed with in 2009.
The cancer revelation came to light in legal documents filed by her husband of 41 years, Artis Mills, who asked a judge to grant him control of $1 million (£666,666) of the star’s finances, claiming the 72 year old had become too ill to oversee her own affairs.
The request was challenged by James’ son, Donto, who claims his mother handed him power of attorney, along with his wife Christy and brother Sametto, back in 2008 to be used if she becomes incapacitated.
Although Donto won’t contest the use of the star’s cash to cover medical expenses, he insisted a third party should be put in charge "to avoid present and future family conflict and discrepancies".
The matter went before a judge at a Riverside County court on Friday (14Jan11) and Mills won his case - although he was only granted access to $60,000 (£40,000) of his wife’s money to cover her medical care up until 24 February (11).

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THE WIRE actor DOMINIC WEST is set to undergo a sinister transformation to portray one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers on the small screen.
The Brit has signed up to star as Fred West, who was charged with murdering at least 11 girls, and burying many of their remains at his home in Gloucester, England in the 1970s. West committed suicide while awaiting trial in 1995, his accomplice wife Rosemary is currently serving a life sentence for her part in the gruesome crimes.
The Hollywood actor will take on the macabre role for a new programme, Appropriate Adult, on Britain’s ITV channel, which will tell the story of West’s life from his arrest up to his death.
Oscar-nominee Emily Watson will play voluntary worker Janet Leach, who sat in on police interviews, while stage actress Monica Dolan will portray Rose West.
The show will air in the U.K. later this year (11).

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ALEC BALDWIN appears to have cleared a path to his heart for DENISE RICHARDS after the two stars were linked by a top celebrity matchmaker.
Hollywood romance fixer and Millionaire Matchmaker show host Patti Stanger suggested Baldwin and Richards would be perfect for each other during a recent TV interview on Access Hollywood and when the news show tracked the actor down at the Golden Globes on Sunday (16Jan11), the star was asked what he thought of the hook-up with Charlie Sheen’s ex.
Baldwin said, "I think Denise Richards is absolutely adorable and she’s certainly a gorgeous woman, and I had a psychic once tell me I was going to marry a woman whose name started with the letter ‘R’."

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BRITNEY SPEARS is set to reclaim her crown as the princess of pop in the U.S. this week (beg17Jan11) - her new single is on course to debut at number one.
Hold It Against Me is expected to topple Bruno Mars’ Grenade at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on Thursday (20Jan11), becoming only the 18th song to debut at number one since the chart began in 1958.
If Spears does make it to number one this week, it’ll complete a triple for the singer - the lead singles from her last two releases, 3 and Womanizer, also hit the top of the Hot 100.

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