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DAVID ARQUETTE feared his wife COURTENEY COX was cheating on him as their 11-year marriage began to fall apart last summer (Jun10).
The estranged couple were separated for months before news leaked about the break-up, but actor Arquette can still clearly remember how his wife fell into a deep depression after hinting the marriage was over.
In a candid TV interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in America on Thursday (24Feb11), Arquette revealed he felt sure Cox had found another man.
He explained, "She said, ‘I don’t want to be your mother anymore’… (and then) she came down (stairs) really depressed one day, and was like, ‘I’m really just not happy’.
"I felt really sort of abandoned at that point. A deal is a deal… I was angry with… the dynamic of our relationship. I was angry with my wife.
"And there were tabloid stories coming out about her and someone on her (TV) show (Cougar Town) having, you know, an affair… I thought she was having an affair with someone." The couple is still working on their relationship in an effort to save the marriage and Arquette recently completed a 28-day rehab stint to help him battle alcohol and marijuana issues.
He admits counselling has helped him come to terms with the bad person he had become, spending his married life in the shadow of a much richer, much more famous partner: "I was sort of always in her shadow. And I’d held all this bitterness." But he’s not sure the marriage can be saved: "I love Courteney… I want us to be the best people we can be, and then, if it’s together, I want her to be happy, and if me even being the best person I can be doesn’t make her happy in a partner… that’s still to be answered.
"I know that I’ll be with her for my whole life. And we have an amazing family together and we’re really great parents together."

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Actress NAOMI WATTS had a run in with police on Thursday (24Feb11) after an incident with a videographer at a Los Angeles playground.
The King Kong star was out with her two young sons, Sasha and Samuel, in Santa Monica when she reportedly took issue with a paparazzo who got too close for comfort.
Eyewitnesses tell WENN Watts confronted the female videographer and had words with her, but it was the actress who found herself having to explain her actions to cops after the camerawoman called the police.
The 42 year old was snapped talking to officers about the heated exchange.
As WENN went to press, it was not known whether Watts or the videographer would face any further questioning.

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British rocker STING’s son JOE SUMNER is hoping to represent Austria at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
The 34 year old Brit is taking time out from his rock band Fiction Plane to join Austrian act Klimmstein as they compete in the final stages of the nation’s selection process, to find the singer or group that will represent the country in the annual music competition.
And he hopes to change the image of Eurovision, stating, "In England we know the contest as a supplier of the worst music ever and a big joke, but with Klimmstein we can change that." Sumner is Sting’s first son with his ex-wife, actress Frances Tomelty.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 takes place in Dusseldorf, Germany, in May (11).

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY was approached to score a new dance extravaganza for the New York City Ballet after a chance meeting with company boss PETER MARTINS last year (10).
The Beatles legend has been commissioned to create a major orchestral piece for the City Ballet, and the result is a love story entitled Ocean’s Kingdom.
Martins, the organisation’s ballet master-in-chief, admits he only came up with the idea after running into McCartney at a fundraiser for the School of American Ballet.
He tells the New York Times, "I knew of course about (McCartney’s) foray into classical music and his interest in it. I said to him, ‘Maybe we could do something together.’" The Fab Four star jumped at the opportunity and couldn’t wait to get started on the challenge: "I can’t refuse an offer. I’ve come to love working with orchestras.
"For me the sheer athleticism is the most astounding thing about what I’m seeing. It’s like a meeting of the Olympic Games and art, and I find that fascinating and challenging for me, to see what can be done." The piece will premiere in the Big Apple on 22 September (11).

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A YouTube.com rendition of LADY GAGA’s BORN THIS WAY has earned a talented 10 year old the chance to perform onstage with the pop superstar.
Maria Aragon, 10, has become an internet sensation since uploading a video of herself performing Gaga’s new single last week (ends18Feb11). The clip has garnered more than 13 million views.
The footage moved the Paparazzi hitmaker to tears and she was so impressed with Aragon’s talents, she sent out the link to all her followers on Twitter.com.
In a post on her Twitter blog, Gaga wrote, "Can’t stop crying watching this. This is why I make music. She is the future." And Gaga has now reached out to little Aragon to perform a special duet at her forthcoming gig in Toronto, Canada next week (begs28Feb11).
The child showed off her musical skills on U.S. TV’s Good Morning America on Thursday (24Feb11), before revealing: "(Gaga) invited me to her concert in Toronto to sing with her. Of course I’m gonna be nervous because she’s so big and I’m only beginning…" Aragon, who learned how to play the keyboard by ear, was also treated to six months of piano lessons courtesy of GMA bosses.

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FLEETWOOD MAC star LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM has been named the recipient of the 2011 ASCAP Golden Note Award.
The honour will be presented to the singer/songwriter at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ sixth annual ‘I Create Music’ EXPO in Los Angeles at the end of March (11).
The Golden Note Award is presented to songwriters, composers and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones.
Previous honorees include Tom Petty, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Garth Brooks.
ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams says, "From the classic California cool of Buckingham, (Stevie) Nicks and Fleetwood Mac to his ambitious solo work, Lindsey’s distinguished career has earned him a permanent place in the history of American music and we’re delighted to welcome him as a special guest at this year’s EXPO and honour him with ASCAP’s Golden Note Award."

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’s longtime saxophonist CLARENCE CLEMONS has confessed his last tour with the E STREET BAND was "pure hell" - because he was struggling with knee and hip replacements.
Clemons tells RollingStone.com the constant travelling took its toll on him and by the end of the 2009 trek, he was finding it hard to stand onstage, let alone perform.
He says, "The tour was wonderful musically, but I knew when it was done that I had to have more surgery." Clemons has since had both his knees replaced again and he underwent spinal fusion surgery.
He adds, "The timing was perfect because it didn’t interfere with a lot of stuff that was going on in my life. It made me stronger, and for the past year, I’ve been in physical therapy a few days a week working my a** off to get back in shape. I’m walking better now, though I still use a cane and crutches. But now I’m having hip problems again. I don’t know why." But the 69 year old insists it will take more than a bit of pain to stop him touring with Springsteen: "As long as my mouth, hands and brain still work I’ll be out there doing it. I’m going to keep going ’til I’m not there anymore. This is what’s keeping me alive and feeling young and inspired." And he’s also hoping to hit the road with Lady Gaga after collaborating with her on a track for her upcoming album.
Clemons states, "If Bruce and Gaga both needed me around the same time I don’t know if you could hold me down to the ground… The thing I’d really love to do is have the chance to go out with both of them."

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SHARON OSBOURNE once had to fake her mother-in-law’s death to excuse her husband OZZY from a tour of Japan after the rocker became too drunk to board his flight.
The Black Sabbath star spent years battling drug and alcohol addiction and was once so inebriated, his manager wife Sharon had to lie to Japanese concert promoters, so they could axe his shows.
Detailing the incident on her U.S. daytime show The Talk on Thursday (24Feb11), she explained, "My client, my husband, he was misbehaving. He had this huge tour of Japan, all done, tickets were all sold out, everything. The day he was meant to arrive at the airport, I couldn’t get him on the plane because he drank too much.
"So I’m thinking, ‘Japan, they look at it as being really rude if you say you’re gonna do something and you don’t, and especially for a show’. So I called them up and said, ‘I’m sorry, Ozzy won’t be coming to Japan.’ (They asked), ‘Tomorrow?’ ‘No’. ‘In a week?’ ‘No’. ‘Why is he not coming?’ ‘Er, his mother just died.’ So that was fabulous, everybody felt really bad, they excused him." But Sharon’s tall tale almost caught up with the stars on another promotional trip to Japan a few years later, when Ozzy Osbourne’s mum passed away for real.
She says, "He went back again and he was really sad and they said, ‘What’s the matter Ozzy?’ He went, ‘My mother just died’ and they said, ‘Hold on, but your mother died three years ago.’ And he goes, ‘Oh no, that was my stepmother!’"

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Veteran actress BETTY WHITE has landed another honour for her trophy cabinet after winning a Gracie Allen Award for her role in hit comedy HOT IN CLEVELAND.
The former Golden Girls star claimed the Screen Actors Guild accolade for best actress in a comedy series last month (Jan11) and now she’s been celebrated at the Alliance for Women in Media’s prizegiving.
Coyote Ugly actress Piper Perabo’s turn in new TV drama Covert Affairs earned her the actor in a breakthrough role title, while comedienne Chelsea Handler’s late night talk show Chelsea Lately was also praised, reports trade paper Daily Variety.
The Gracies, which recognise programming created by, for and about women, will be presented to the winners at the Gracie Awards Luncheon in Los Angeles on 24 May (11).

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Actor KELSEY GRAMMER is set to lift the curtain on his latest marriage by exchanging vows at the Broadway theatre where he recently wowed critics in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, according to a U.S. report.
The former Frasier star is marrying Brit Kayte Walsh in New York in a lavish ceremony on Friday (25Feb11) - less than a month after divorcing ex-wife Camille.
Reports from earlier this week (beg21Feb11) suggested Grammer would be holding the wedding reception at the Plaza Hotel, but now TMZ.com claims the actor will exchange vows at the Longacre Theater, where he starred in La Cage aux Folles until earlier this month (Feb11).
And security will reportedly be so tight that guests will have to show photo identification to guards, as well as their invite, to get into the venue.

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Siblings ROSANNA and PATRICIA ARQUETTE have opened up about their violent upbringing during a hard-hitting TV special about the family.
The two actresses agreed to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show as part of brother David’s first indepth TV chat since completing a 28-day rehab stint in January (11).
The taped special aired in America on Thursday (24Feb11) and shattered myths the five Arquette kids grew up on an idyllic commune their actor father, Louis, and poet mother helped found in Virginia.
The sisters revealed there was a dark side to their creative parents - their mother was violent and dad had addiction problems.
Rosanna said, "There was a lot of drama in the house… there was a lot of hole punching in the walls.
"She (mother) stabbed me in the arm with a knife, concussions. Terrible physical abuse." Sister Patricia recalled, "She choked me to the point once where I started blacking out." And dad also had his issues. Patricia adds, "When he was using substance, which was usually marijuana, he would also drink whiskey…" Rosanna added, "… So, when you grow up in that kind of family, it is a family disease and it effects everybody." Patricia stated, "It’s like a minefield and you never knew which one you were gonna get… which dad, which part of your mom." Both mum and dad finally beat their demons and became loving parents, but the sisters fear brother David was left deeply scarred by their actions when he was a kid - but you’d never know at the time.
Patricia explained, "He never got in trouble. He was on every baseball team, every basketball team. (He was an) all-American, good boy, great son… (He was) the best kid in the whole world." Speaking to Oprah, David Arquette insisted he had nothing but admiration for his parents because they "healed themselves throughout their lives," adding, "My father got sober and my mother became a marriage (and) family counsellor."

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MARILYN MANSON’s drummer GINGER FISH has quit the shock rocker’s band after 16 years.
The musician, real name Robert Wilson, has featured on all of the star’s studio albums since 1996’s Antichrist Superstar, but announced on Thursday (24Feb11) he had parted ways with the band.
A statement from him reads, "I have decided to step down as a member of Marilyn Manson and see where my life, and the knowledge of my availability cares to take me.
"I can’t stand by to watch opportunities pass me by simply because the knowledge of my availability wasn’t clearly expressed by me. I wish my brothers well, and I expect nothing but great things from them." Wilson recently joined Rob Zombie’s touring band to replace sick Joey Jordison. It is not known if he’ll continue with Zombie.

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RIHANNA is having to relive the trauma of her 2009 assault by ex-boyfriend CHRIS BROWN after previously unreleased photos showing her badly bruised and battered face emerged online this week (begs21Feb11).
Brown was convicted of attacking the Umbrella hitmaker after a pre-Grammy Awards party in 2009 and, as part of his punishment, he was ordered to stay away from her at all times.
The Kiss Kiss singer had the restraining order officially lifted on Tuesday (22Feb11) after Rihanna agreed to a request to reduce the ban, allowing Brown to be in the same room as the Bajan beauty.
But the former couple will struggle to fully move on from the emotional incident after fresh snaps of Rihanna’s beaten face, taken shortly after the bust-up, were posted on MediaTakeOut.com.
One image features a close up of Rihanna’s lips, which were left bloodied and deeply cut after the fight.

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EVA LONGORIA has put her marriage split woes behind her to spearhead a second TwitChange charity drive.
The actress raised over $500,000 (£333,300) for Haiti relief organisations last year (10) by persuading famous friends to follow fans on Twitter.com in return for donations - and now she’s campaigning for more cash.
In a video message posted online, the Desperate Housewives star urges fans to "make the world a better place".
This year (11), the actress is raising money for CARE, an organisation that helps young women globally.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ is giving fans the chance to pick the ending of her new video.
The singer has filmed two separate endings to the promo for her new song On The Floor - and fans can vote online for the one they like the best.
Devotees can pick at KissFM.com and the complete video will premiere during Lopez’s American Idol show on 3 March (11).

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A rare guitar signed by former THE WHITE STRIPES star JACK WHITE has been stolen from a set designer’s studio in London.
The black Fender, worth $22,500 (£15,000), was swiped along with a TV and a computer from Paul Biver’s property on 23 January (11).
Biver, 37, had been given the guitar by a close pal - a rock memorabilia collector - three years ago as a gift in exchange for helping to redecorate his boat.
The designer claims he had only taken the musical instrument into the studio because he was in the process of building a display case for it.
Police believe more than one person was involved in the burglary and have appealed for information regarding the whereabouts of the guitar.

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LADY GAGA has scored a second week at the top of the U.S. pop charts seven days after she became the countdown’s 1,000th number one act.
More than 500,000 downloads of Born This Way have kept Gaga at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
That’s the fourth highest sales week for a digital release ever.
Cee Lo’s F**k You benefits from a colourful Grammy Awards performance with Gwyneth Paltrow and leaps up the new chart to two, while Bruno Mars’ Grenade stays put at three.
New Boyz score the chart’s highest debut with Backseat at 37.

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Bids for a single lock of JUSTIN BIEBER’s hair have reached $6,700 (£4,460) in an online auction.
The pop superstar cut his famous hair at the weekend and he is offering his locks to various charities in an effort to help them raise money.
And one lot has already proven to be a big success on eBay.com.
The hair up for grabs on the auction site was given to chat show host Ellen DeGeneres during a taping of her U.S. show on Tuesday (22Feb11).
Bieber told DeGeneres, "I’m giving pieces of it (hair) to different people. We’re doing something special. We want you to donate it to whatever charity you want." DeGeneres plans to hand over the proceeds from the hair auction to California animal rescue centre The Gentle Barn.
The auction ends next week (02Mar11).

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