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Actress ANGELINA JOLIE paid a surprise visit to injured U.S. soldiers in Germany last week (ends13May11) during a break from her promotional duties at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Hollywood star teamed up with officials at the United Service Organization, the non-profit group which provides support to American troops and their families, and stopped by the Ramstein Air Base on Friday (13May11).
During her trip, Jolie met with wounded soldiers awaiting flights back to the U.S. and delighted her military fans by posing for photos and signing autographs.
Patient Thomas Kunan says, "I got to talk to her for a couple of minutes. It put a smile on people’s faces; it’s really cool." Jolie returned to France after the brief air base visit to continue publicity for her new animated film Kung Fu Panda 2 and her directorial debut, In The Land of Blood and Honey.
She also supported partner Brad Pitt on the red carpet on Monday (16May11) when he promoted new film Tree of Life at Cannes.

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A representative for SHAKIRA has clarified reports the pop star gifted Venezuelan President HUGO CHAVEZ with an autographed guitar, admitting the singer had nothing to do with the present.
The controversial leader, who is recovering from a knee injury, publicly thanked the Colombian superstar at the weekend (14May11) after he was presented with the red electric guitar, which he believed was sent by the Hips Don’t Lie hitmaker.
But Shakira’s publicist admits the special item was not from the star - the instrument was simply one of six gig organisers had asked her to sign during her concert in Caracas in March (11). The promoters had one guitar delivered to Chavez, and it was only on Monday (16May11) that Shakira learned she had inadvertently given the president a get well soon gift.
However, the singer’s rep hopes "acts like this contribute to continue uniting the citizens" of Colombia and Venezuela.
Shakira was due to meet Chavez during her tour stop in Venezuela in March (11), but their meeting was cancelled when the star’s flight was delayed.

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BRITNEY SPEARS has turned to former SPICE GIRLS star MEL B’s trainer to help her get in tip-top shape for her upcoming tour.
Derek DeGrazio will put the Toxic singer through her paces to get her superfit for the taxing tour schedule.
A source tells Life & Style magazine, "Derek is working out with her every day and helping her with nutrition. She’s rehearsing five hours a day, six days a week." DeGrazio has also worked with Kim Kardashian, Christina Applegate and Sex & The City star Chris Noth.

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Newlywed singer MIRANDA LAMBERT will continue recording music under her maiden name after marrying fellow country star BLAKE SHELTON at the weekend (14May11).
The happy couple became man and wife on Saturday (14May11) and Lambert subsequently took to her Twitter.com blog to test out her new name.
She wrote, "Mrs Shelton here! Winning!!!!!" But she will only be known as Miranda Shelton in her personal life - onstage, the Grammy winner will still be known as Miranda Lambert, her representative confirms to UsMagazine.com.

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Rockers PEARL JAM will celebrate their 20th anniversary by staging their own Labor Day weekend (03-05Sep11) festival in Wisconsin.
The Alive hitmakers with hit the stage at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy with special guests the Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, Mudhoney and Glen Hansard, among other acts, before embarking on a 20th anniversary Canadian tour throughout September (11).
The anniversary will also be marked by Cameron Crowe’s new documentary, Pearl Jam Twenty.

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Dance music superstar MOBY has opened up about his years of alcohol and drug abuse after revealing details about his addictions in a new song.
The We Are Made of Stars hitmaker has admitted new track The Day is all about his own "battles with drugs and liquor", and he has come clean about his past problems.
He tells Spinner.com, "I’m clean and sober now, but I’ve spent most of my adult life not being that. What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behaviour is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that’s toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel OK.
"It’s a response to the human condition that, when it works, is incredibly effective. I think it’s really odd when people ostracise addicts, and someone says, ‘That dirty alcoholic,’ or ‘That dirty drug addict,’ when all they’re trying to do is get through the next 48 hours and not feel terrible." Moby tells the website he stopped drinking and taking drugs because his lifestyle was "inhibiting my ability to have a decent life".
He adds, "It’s why crack addicts eventually stop smoking crack - because it makes them sick and prevents them from having a good life. It hurts them and it hurts the people around them."

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WOODY ALLEN is set to make his return as an actor in his next film, which will be shot in Rome, Italy.
The moviemaking legend will begin production on his untitled new movie in Italy this summer (11) with Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg and Penelope Cruz.
And he tells WENN he’ll be starring in the project too after stepping out of the spotlight to concentrate on directing his most recent films, which were all shot on location in Europe.
He explains, "I’m one of the tales in the film. All the parts are quite significant and there just happened to be a part that I could play. You know I can’t play the love interest anymore and of course this is tremendously frustrating because that’s really what I want to play.
"I wanted to play all the parts that I’ve always played but they’re not as believable anymore, so I have to play Pops, the backstage doorman at the theatre! There is a part for me in this where my wife and myself (in the film) go to Rome because our daughter is going to marry an Italian boy that she met there, and we’re going over to meet him and his family." But Allen admits he’s beginning to tire of filming abroad - because he can’t find a decent shower in a European hotel.
The auteur, who is famous for making films based in and about his beloved New York, has made a string of films in European capitals - but now he’s ready to head home.
He tells WENN, "I’m not going to be able to see any baseball in Rome and that’s a big loss for me. I will have three months of a hotel shower. I’ve got a great shower at home; it comes down hard and you get into a hotel, especially in a foreign country… It’s nice to work at home. I like that, my own bed and my own house. I love my surrounding pharmaceuticals! "There are a lot of advantages of working abroad as well but New York is a fabulous place to work in because there’s a million stories to tell and great locations. I’ve made many movies in New York and I don’t even think I’ve scratched the surface of New York City."

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Actor KELSEY GRAMMER has reignited his feud with ex-wife CAMILLE after filing papers seeking sole physical custody of their two children.
Grammer ended his 13-year marriage to the reality TV star last summer (10) and their divorce was finalised in February (11), days before he wed Brit Kayte Walsh in New York.
Camille, who had previously attacked the Frasier star for rushing into his new relationship, appeared to make peace with the break-up earlier this year (11) by wishing the newlyweds "love and happiness" for the future.
But the former couple is preparing for a new court showdown as they battle over their six-year-old son Jude and nine-year-old daughter Mason.
Grammer filed legal documents in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday (17May11) asking for sole physical custody of the kids. He is proposing the exes share legal custody, reports TMZ.com.
Camille was thought to be preparing to file for joint physical and legal custody, although she is now expected to challenge Grammer over his request.

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HUGH LAURIE will be returning to HOUSE without his girlfriend for the medical drama’s eighth season.
Actress Lisa Edelstein has opted not to re-sign her contract and return for another season of the show, reports EW.com.
Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps will be back with Laurie, who has hinted the next series of the hit show will be his last.
He recently told Britain’s Radio Times magazine, "The end of the (eighth) season, right now, looks like the end of the show. That is as far as they have got me for."

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French acting icon JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO was the toast of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday (17May11) when he was honoured for his longrunning career.
The veteran star, who landed his big break in Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in 1960, was presented with a prestigious Palme d’Or prize in recognition of his five decades in the spotlight, starring in classics of the New Wave era such as Leon Morin, Priest, The Fingerman and Pierrot le fou.
The 78 year old, who suffered a stroke in 2001, walked with a cane as he stepped up to accept the award from festival president Gilles Jacob, telling the audience, "I am very moved by this honour, which I’ve no right to." The presentation was followed by the premiere of his documentary, Belmondo, The Career.

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CHRISTINA AGUILERA has tightened her circle of friends after realising some pals had a secret agenda.
The pop star struggled through a variety of public woes earlier this year (11), including divorcing her husband Jordan Bratman, fumbling the National Anthem during a live Super Bowl performance and getting arrested for public intoxication.
The string of incidents caused some of her pals to reach out, wanting to help the singer get back on track, but the Beautiful hitmaker admits some of her so-called friends didn’t have the most authentic intentions.
During an appearance on U.S. morning show Today on Tuesday (17May11), she said, "I think there were some definite ex-(dis)gruntled employees along the way. Whenever things like this happen to you, some people just want to kick you when you’re down… Right now I feel that I’ve found my true friends and the people who are really there for me and have stuck by me and just supported me…
"After you’ve been in this business for quite some time you’re able to weed out, ‘OK is this person just on a power-trip feeding-frenzy of… this is what’s great for you’. Some people like the drama of creating it around you (just) to make themselves look better like, ‘Oh I saved her.’"

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Actress EVA LONGORIA has spoken out about comments made at her wedding to basketball player TONY PARKER, suggesting the groom was "gay" for marrying her.
Remarks, allegedly made by Longoria’s Desperate Housewives boss Marc Cherry, have been made public as part of former co-star Nicollette Sheridan’s ongoing legal spat with the writer and his fellow producers.
TMZ.com obtained documents in Sheridan’s wrongful termination suit against Cherry, in which she declared, "I was present at Eva Longoria’s wedding to Tony Parker, when Mr. Cherry commented that, ‘Tony must like boys, because he is marrying this… little, small girl with no t**s - that looks like a boy." Appearing on pal George Lopez’s late night U.S. chat show on Monday (16May11), Longoria addressed both the alleged remarks and Sheridan’s declaration, insisting she wants no part of her former co-star’s dispute with Cherry.
She said, "How did I get dragged into this…? We all have to give a deposition because of what they’re fighting about." And the actress revealed the whole thing has been blown out of proportion by Sheridan.
She added, "Marc Cherry did a toast (at my wedding) and to toast was like a roast, so he makes fun of you. I don’t know what she had said but it was not anything close to what he had said. Everyone laughed."

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JODIE FOSTER has revealed the secret to MEL GIBSON’s pitch perfect accent in THE BEAVER - the actor called up RAY WINSTONE to master his Cockney voice.
Early audiences were so impressed by Gibson’s working class London accent as a puppeteer in the movie, they assumed Sir Michael Caine had been hired to dub his lines.
But director Foster admits Gibson nailed his performance with the help of an English expert - his Edge Of Darkness co-star Winstone.
Foster recalls, "Mel did a movie with Ray (in 2010) and he kept calling him during filming (The Beaver) and saying, ‘How would I say this?’ It was very specifically Ray Winstone and sort of Michael Caine on speed."

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’s spokesperson has shot down fresh rumours he’s dating actress OLIVIA WILDE after they were spotted celebrating a mutual friend’s birthday together in New York.
The SexyBack hitmaker recently co-hosted a dinner party for his pal at his barbecue restaurant Southern Hospitality and Wilde was among those in attendance, mingling with the singer/actor and other guests.
It is the second time in as many months the newly-single stars have been spotted out together, but Timberlake’s representative insists there is nothing romantic between the two.
His rep tells People.com, "They are friends and are not romantically involved, nor is Mr. Timberlake romantically involved with anyone." The pair was first linked in April (11), just weeks after the singer/actor split from Jessica Biel, and Wilde filed for divorce from Italian prince Tao Ruspoli.
At the time, the Tron: Legacy beauty dismissed reports of a budding romance with Timberlake, tweeting, "Cool it honeybadgers. We are just friends and have been for years."

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Teenage actress HAILEE STEINFELD is following in the footsteps of KATIE HOLMES, KIRSTEN DUNST and VANESSA PARADIS as the new face of high-end fashion house Miu Miu.
The 14-year-old True Grit star has signed up to front the Italian label’s 2011 fall/winter advertising campaign.
Other stars who have appeared in Miu Miu spreads include Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lindsay Lohan, Evan Rachel Wood and Selma Blair.

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Heartbroken MARIA SHRIVER is pleading with the media for privacy as she tries to come to terms with estranged husband ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER’s infidelity.
The actor-turned-politician announced last week (beg09May11) he had split from his wife of 25 years, revealing the former TV news anchor moved out of their home in Brentwood, California earlier this year (11).
Now it has emerged their break-up came after Schwarzenegger confessed to Shriver that he had fathered a child with a member of their household staff more than 10 years ago.
And Shriver, devastated by the betrayal, hopes the public - and the tabloids - will leave her alone, out of respect for the couple’s four children.
A statement from California’s former First Lady reads, "This is a painful and heartbreaking time. As a mother, my concern is for the children. I ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and I try to rebuild our lives and heal. I will have no further comment."

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The actor son of slain rap icon NOTORIOUS B.I.G. receives a weekly allowance of just $20 (£12.50), despite earning his own pay cheques from movie roles in NOTORIOUS and new dark comedy EVERYTHING MUST GO.
Teenager C.J. Wallace, Biggie’s son with R&B singer Faith Evans, made his acting debut in 2009 when he played a younger version of his dad in big screen biopic Notorious.
He has since expanded his film credits with a more mainstream part in Will Ferrell’s latest project, but the 14 year old reveals he doesn’t take advantage of his good fortune - Evans keeps his finances under tight control.
He tells the New York Post, "I get $20 a week in allowance. I never really asked if I can take money out and just spend it. (But) there’s nothing I really want to buy at this moment." Wallace admits he never considered acting as a career until Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace, urged him to try out for the Notorious part - a role which proved to be a learning experience in more ways than one.
He says, "I didn’t really want to do it, but I did it anyway. After I got it, I found out stuff that I didn’t even know about my dad." The youngster is now planning to study film at college and will enrol in his first acting course later this year (11).

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GLEE star MATTHEW MORRISON is set to join the BACKSTREET BOYS on their upcoming tour with NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.
The singer, who recently released his first solo, self-titled album, has altered his U.S. summer concert plans so he can team up with the boy bands.
During an appearance on U.S. breakfast show Good Morning America on Tuesday (17May11), he says, "This is the first time I’m going to announce this, it happened this past weekend (14-15May11). Things kind of changed in my tour that was scheduled.
"There are going to be some cities that are going to stay (the same) but I’m going to be joining the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block and play in some arenas." The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block tour is set to kick off on 2 June (11) in Connecticut before wrapping 30 July in Pennsylvania.
There is no word yet on which American tour dates will feature Morrison, who is scheduled to embark on his solo tour in Minnesota on 18 June.

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