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JUDE LAW is preparing to meet with his neighbours in London when he returns from the Cannes Film Festival in France to alleviate their fears about his home renovation plans.
The Sherlock Holmes star has submitted a planning application to Camden Council in a bid to gain permission for a basement extension and gym at his home in the city’s upmarket Highgate area.
However, his plans have been met with outrage from locals, while heads of the Highgate Society want to stop the building work as they are convinced it could affect water flow in the area, which is near to Hampstead Heath park.
Michael Hammerson, secretary of the group, tells Britain’s Telegraph newspaper, "We have the same reservations about this development as we do about all the other basement excavations around Hampstead and Highgate, the accumulation of which is going to be very damaging. There’s a complex network of underground water systems in this area and these sort of basements could divert them. It’s going to have a major cumulative effect on the way water drains to the Heath.
"The area Mr Law will be digging will have fairly significant archaeological implications for the local area, some of those houses date from the early 18th century and there may well be valuable archaeological information from that period or even earlier dates. It is important that we preserve that history. There is, of course, an open invitation to Mr Law to come and talk to the society about our concerns." Law has accepted the invite to discuss his plans with locals, according to his spokesman, who tells the publication, "Jude and his architect will be having a meeting with the Highgate Society to discuss the plans with them on his return from Cannes Film Festival to show them they have no need to have concerns.
"They (the Highgate Society) just want to be in consultation with the process."

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UMA THURMAN and ROSARIO DAWSON were among the stars honoured at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Thursday (12May11) for their contributions to independent moviemaking.
Director Jane Campion was also recognised for her new film Sleeping Beauty, as was the picture’s producer, Jessica Brentnall, according to the Associated Press.
Dawson, who has also starred in a number of mainstream films, including Men in Black II and Sin City, insists she will never forget her acting roots.
She says, "I’ve been acting since (I was) 15, doing independent films and now we have all of these women directors who are being nominated and their films are being shown and put across this audience. I think it’s fair and that’s exciting to see that over all these years." Guests at the ceremony included Vanessa Hudgens, who paid tribute to the stars who were honoured: "I think it’s really great when somebody gives women an opportunity to come out and stand up for what they are doing, and I’m so excited to be here."

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JOHNNY DEPP shared the spotlight with a young schoolgirl at the London premiere of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES on Thursday (12May11) after inviting her to attend as his guest.
The actor met nine-year-old Beatrice Delap for the first time last year (10) after she wrote to him asking for help staging a "mutiny" against the teachers at Meridian Primary School in Greenwich.
Depp happily agreed to the request, taking time out from filming the movie to make an unannounced visit, dressed as his character Captain Jack Sparrow.
The star clearly remembered the fun trip as he returned to the U.K. for the premiere, personally inviting Delap to join him on the red carpet.
The pair posed for photographs together, and Delap told Sky News, "He is really kind… and I got another hug. That’s two under my belt."

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LED ZEPPELIN’s STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN has been named the greatest rock ballad of all time in a new RollingStone.com online poll.
The 1971 classic beat out songs by the Beatles and Rolling Stones to land atop the new list.
In naming the track their number one, publication editors write, "If the entire genre of Classic Rock had to be reduced to one song it would probably be Stairway To Heaven
. It’s been played a squajillion times on the radio since it came out in 1971, and it doesn’t show any signs of going away." The top five is:

1. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
2. Something by the Beatles
3. Wild Horses by Rolling Stones
4. November Rain by Guns N’ Roses
5. Let it Be by the Beatles
.

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GILBERT O’SULLIVAN’s children only ever heard his songs while visiting friends because the veteran singer/songwriter banned his music from his own home.
The Get Down hitmaker admits he has never been able to enjoy his own work as he is such a perfectionist.
He tells Britain’s The One Show, "I can’t look at myself or listen… In the studio, I’ll spend 100 hours trying to get the vocal right and making sure the sound is right but once (my) records are made, I tend to not want to hear it.
"The children, when they were growing up, used to only hear my records in other people’s houses and (they would) say, ‘We heard you on the radio!’ They’d never hear me in their own house. If I came on the radio I would turn it off."

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Reunited British rockers THE DARKNESS are planning to treat fans to a trio of intimate shows ahead of their big comeback at the U.K.’s Download Festival next month (Jun11).
The Brit Award-winning rockers, led by Justin Hawkins, are currently working on a third album after reforming earlier this year (11) - and they will perform at the rock event on 10 June (11).
But there will be a few special warm-up shows for fans before the Download gig.
The I Believe in a Thing Called Love hitmakers will take to the stage for low-key concerts in Norwich on 5 June (11), in Leamington Spa the following night (06Jun11) and in London on 8 June (10).

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CHAZ BONO’s girlfriend battled sobriety issues as she came to terms with his sex change procedure.
The singer and reality TV star, who was born Chastity Bono - the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono - has undergone extensive surgery to become a man, including testosterone injections and breast removal.
Bono legally became a guy last year (10), but his longterm girlfriend Jenny Elia admits she briefly slipped up in her ongoing battle with booze during his gender transformation.
She tells Piers Morgan Tonight, "I can’t blame it solely on Chaz’s transition. My sobriety has been a struggle for years, it’s been an off-and-on thing for me. I’ve had periods of sobriety, but when he did tell me he was going to do this I used it (as a) a pass for myself, which only an alcoholic would." Chaz admits Elia’s battle with alcohol hit him hard, revealing, "I was angry. She had in the past fallen off the wagon. I was really scared and worried, but the difference this time was that I really have had to learn to deal with anger. I got really angry and I got really shut down and I put her through a lot and it was hard. We had to work it out in therapy to get back on track." Elia has now been sober for 14 months and insists she would "like to" marry her boyfriend to put their past problems behind them.
Bono adds, "We’ve been engaged for two years and we’ve had to put things on hold."

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British rapper DAPPY was hospitalised ahead of N-DUBZ’s recent U.K. tour after experiencing strange pains in his arm.
The hip-hop trio hit the road in April (11), but just hours before the opening night on the Isle of Wight, Dappy - real name Costadinos Contostavlos - sought medical attention.
He was forced to miss the band’s vital soundcheck prior to the concert, and he opened up about his health scare on British documentary series Being N-Dubz in America and Beyond.
He says, "I’m alright, I just had to go and have a little check-up because I felt a bit run-down, I got some pains in my left arm. Better to be safe than sorry."

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British singer MELANIE CHISHOLM has credited the birth of her daughter with saving her life, following a string of personal issues.
The former Spice Girls star has suffered well-publicised battles with eating disorders and sought treatment for depression back in 2002.
She learned she was expecting her first baby with partner Thomas Starr in 2008, and gave birth to Scarlet the following year (09) - and Chisholm admits being pregnant helped her face up to her problems.
Chisholm tells She magazine, "Scarlet hasn’t just changed my life, she’s saved it. As my bump grew the more proud I became of my body and suddenly I felt more comfortable eating healthily.
"I put on almost 50 pounds and I certainly wasn’t in any rush to shed my baby weight. There’s too much pressure on mums to ping back into shape."

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Actress TILDA SWINTON drew on her own experiences of parenthood to play a troubled mother in upcoming movie WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.
Swinton stars in the film, based on Lionel Shriver’s 2003 novel of the same name, as a woman named Eva who is coming to terms with her son, Kevin, committing mass murder at his high school.
Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Swinton, who is mother to twins Xavier and Honor, admits she loosely connected with her character - as family life is "a b**ody business".
She told reporters, "That feeling of being left at the end of the day with yourselfâ�¦ Of course, in Eva’s case it’s extreme, a nightmare scenario, but it’s not that far from the everyday experience of being a parent, being up against your own monologue whomever you are talking to.
"It is a bl**dy business being in a family; a bl**dy business having a child and a really bl**dy business, as we know, being a child. It is a truly murderous business giving birth: it is a violent place to go."

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British model-turned-film star ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY was convinced Maxim magazine bosses had got the wrong girl when she first learned she had topped their 2011 Hot 100 list.
The stunner, who stars in the upcoming Transformers sequel, admits she had to check to make sure she really was the number one hottie.
She tells news show Access Hollywood, "When I was first told, I had to ask whether they had called the right person. And then when I was assured that I was the right person, I had a good long look in the mirror and I went, ‘How the hell did you get it, girl?’ "I can live with that for a year… Itâ��s a great title. Iâ��m really honoured." And just as delighted is the 24 year old’s boyfriend Jason Statham.
She adds, "Heâ��s very happy… Weâ��re very proud and excited. Itâ��s really a fun time for us right now."

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British actor STEPHEN GRAHAM turned to drugs and suffered a nervous breakdown at university after his grandmother died.
The Boardwalk Empire star, 37, studied drama in London, but shortly before his move to the U.K. capital from his native Merseyside, north-west England, he was plunged into mourning.
His grandmother died and his parents lost a baby - and Graham admits the grief affected him greatly.
He tells Britain’s The Times, "When I first went to university, I smoked a lot of weed and all that, and I had a little bit of drug psychosis. I lost the plot. Basically I had a nervous breakdown.
"Suddenly I’m studying drama and having to dive in and use all these emotions and do exercises about death. I think that was the catalyst."

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Actor DOMINIC WEST is nursing a lung complaint after using fake cigarettes for new British drama THE HOUR.
The Wire star plays TV journalist Hector in the series, and his character is a heavy smoker and drinker.
West was required to puff on fake cigarettes while filming the scenes, but they left him feeling ill.
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "The cigarettes we used were absolutely horrible. I’d much rather die of cancer than smoke them.
"We were constantly puffing and I got this lung complaint, which in 20 or so years will make an interesting court case!"

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Funnyman JOHN CLEESE has been charged with speeding in his native Britain.
The Monty Python star’s car was photographed allegedly breaking the 30 mile-per-hour (48 kilometres-per-hour) speed limit in Saltford, south-west England on 6 November (10).
Cleese, who lives in nearby Bath, has also been charged with failing to provide the identity of the driver of the car, according to BBC News, but a spokeswoman for the actor is adamant he was not behind the wheel, saying, "John Cleese was not driving at the time.â�� The case is due to be heard at Bath Magistrates’ Court later this month (May11). Cleese does not have to attend the hearing.
If convicted of the offences, Cleese faces a possible fine and penalty points added to his licence.

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Axed U.S. soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE are set to go out with a bang after scoring a combined total of 25 nominations for the 2011 Daytime Emmy Awards.
Earlier this year (11), ABC network bosses announced All My Children will come to an end in September (11) after 41 years on air, while One Life To Live will also be scrapped following a 43-year run.
But the shows look set to dominate the 38th annual Daytime Emmys - All My Children, which has 13 nominations, is up for Outstanding Drama Series, competing against The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, while its stars Alicia Minshew, Debbi Morgan and Ricky Paull Goldin will all do battle in the Leading Drama Actor categories.
All My Children’s Melissa Claire Egan will go up against One Life To Live actress Bree Williamson for Best Supporting Drama Actress title, alongside the likes of Julie Pinson (As The World Turns), Heather Tom (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Tricia Cast (The Young and the Restless), while Williamson’s co-star Brian Kerwin will fight for Best Supporting Drama Actor, a category which includes Jonathan Jackson and Jason Thompson from General Hospital.
Medical drama series General Hospital leads the nominations with 21, while The Young and The Restless garnered 20 and children’s show Sesame Street earned 16.
Comedienne-turned-talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is also set for a big night after taking 12 nods, including Outstanding Talk Show - pitting The Ellen DeGeneres Show against The View, Regis & Kelly and Rachael Ray.
DeGeneres’ hit programme also gained recognition for direction, set design and make-up, although the star herself failed to land a nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host - a title she has won four times before. Instead, The View’s star-studded line-up - consisting of Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Barbara Walters - will battle against the presenters of Regis & Kelly, Rachael Ray, The Doctors and Dr. Oz for the top TV category.
The winners will be unveiled at a ceremony in Las Vegas on 19 June (11). Actor/comedian Wayne Brady will host.

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Pop superstar BRITNEY SPEARS has become the latest celebrity to be immortalised in a comic book.
The Toxic hitmaker’s rise to stardom and highly publicised private life has been turned into a series of illustrations by heads at Bluewater Productions Inc., who recently turned Lindsay Lohan’s woes into a story.
Other stars who have been given the comic book treatment by the firm include Twilight’s Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, as well as Lady Gaga.
Writer Patrick McCray says, "She is far more complicated than most people realise. No matter what preconceptions you have about her, there will always be more layers and surprises. Beyond the performer, there is a real human being there, struggling for a real life, struggling to connect with her art, and struggling to be understood." The 32-page comic is due for release on Wednesday (11May11).

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MERYL STREEP is tackling science in her latest role - she is set to play physicist/chemist MARIE CURIE in a star-studded new play.
The Hollywood actress will take on the title role for a special reading of Alan Alda’s Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, which will also boast Amy Adams, Allison Janney, and Liev Schreiber in the cast.
The drama explores Curie’s career studying radioactivity as well as her tumultuous private life.
The performance will be held to mark the opening of the World Science Festival in New York City on 1 June (11).

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The giant trailer which WILL SMITH is using while filming MEN IN BLACK III has sparked complaints from New York residents who have branded the massive structure a nuisance.
The Hollywood actor is currently filming the sci-fi sequel in Manhattan along with co-stars Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin.
Smith spends his free time on set in a huge double-decker mobile home, which has been parked in the city’s SoHo district as he shoots scenes for the upcoming blockbuster. The trailer is set over two floors and features a cinema, a lounge bar, offices, a meeting room, a full-sized kitchen, as well as a large bedroom and bathroom, and measures a massive 53 feet (16 metres) in length.
Smith also has another trailer on site which houses his full-sized gym.
The sizable structure has infuriated residents in the neighbourhood, who claim the trailer is causing disruption.
Myrna Reisman, 62, who lives close to where the trailer has been parked, tells the New York Post, "It’s ridiculous! I’ve lived here 26 years, and I’ve never seen anything this size. This thing is like a duplex. How would Will Smith feel if I parked that thing out in front of his house? People forget this is a residential neighborhood, not a film lot." Another neighbour, Brigette Moreno, 22, adds, "It looks bigger than my apartment! The smell that comes along with it is disgusting. It’s like living in a gas station. I really like Will Smith, but I would be embarrassed if that was my trailer. A little modesty goes a long way." City officials have confirmed cops are working with the production team to ensure parking restrictions are not violated by the crew’s vehicles, with Julianne Cho, an associate commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, insisting no rules have been broken. She says, "NYPD supervisors and officers assigned to the set from the Movie/TV Unit are on hand to ensure a production’s parking is in compliance with its permit." While a representative for Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio behind the movie, adds, "We know we are guests in the neighbourhoods where we film, and are always respectful of the area residents and businesses."

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