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British pop star CHERYL COLE is clearing out her closet for a charity auction.
The singer, who recently hit headlines when she was dropped from upcoming U.S. TV talent show The X Factor, has donated 20 of her favourite gowns to raise money for the Cheryl Cole Foundation.
Cole’s offerings include three bandage-style Herve Leger dresses, a lace garment from Sienna Miller’s Twenty8Twelve line and a plunging white Roberto Cavalli frock.
She says, "I knew auctioning clothes would make some money for the charity but also I’m lucky enough to own some amazing clothes which I know would be very beneficial to someone else." The auction begins on Monday (13Jun11) at Asos.com.

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The boss of Britain’s iconic Glastonbury Festival has told of his anger after staff booked novelty children’s band THE WOMBLES for this year’s (11) event.
The 1970s group, based on the animated BBC kids’ TV show of the same name, reunited last year (10) and it was subsequently announced they will perform on the Avalon Stage at Glastonbury later this month (Jun11).
But festival boss Michael Eavis was unaware of the booking - and he was furious with staff when he found out.
He says, "I’ve got about 25 stages and managers and bookers for each of the stages. I can’t control every single one of them but I do get cross about that kind of thing."

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Rocker ROB ZOMBIE has apologised to fans after calling off a pair of summer shows in Europe.
The heavy metal star was due to perform at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland on June 28 (11) and at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 29 (11) but he has now cancelled both gigs.
Organisers are offering ticketholders full refunds and Zombie himself has promised his loyal devotees he will return.
In posts on Twitter.com, he writes, "Sorry to all that we had to cancel the shows in Ireland. We will come back and make it up to everyone. Sometimes s**t happens. Again sorry. Yes, I know it sucks. I hate cancelling shows. It is never something we take lightly."

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JOSH GROBAN bounced back from a bout of food poisoning to resume his tour in Georgia on Wednesday night (08Jun11).
The singer fell sick and scrapped a show in Greenville, South Carolina on Tuesday (07Jun11), but Groban proved his ill health was only temporary by getting back on stage to perform in Duluth, Georgia a day later.
Groban reveals he had a surprise waiting for him at The Arena At Gwinnett Center venue as Katy Perry played there the night before and left him a nice note. The singer took a picture of Perry’s handwritten message, which appeared to be scrawled on a bathroom tile, and posted it on his Twitter.com page. It reads, "Hi JG! Have a great show! K.P."

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STEVE POPOVICH, the music mogul who played a key role in the careers of the JACKSON 5, MEAT LOAF and TED NUGENT, has died at the age of 68.
The music industry veteran passed away on Wednesday (08Jun11) at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. A cause of death has yet to be confirmed, according to his son, Steve Popovich, Jr.
He started his career in the warehouse at Columbia Records in Cleveland, Ohio but worked his way up to management level under the guidance of industry giant Clive Davis. Popovich went on to help launch Meat Loaf as a rock star by agreeing to release his album Bat Out of Hell, which became a major hit.
He also worked with the Jackson 5 after they left Motown Records, and with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson during his time at Polygram Records. During his career he also helped Boston, Cheap Trick and Ted Nugent.
He is survived by his daughter Pamela Popovich and sister Barb Lemmo, as well as his son.

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HARRY POTTER author J.K. ROWLING has won permission to make massive changes to her Scottish home by buying up a nearby property and demolishing it to increase the size of her garden.
The multi-millionaire novelist owns a lavish mansion in Barnton, Edinburgh and she recently purchased a neighbouring property for a massive $1.6 million (£1 million).
She has now been granted permission from local authorities to flatten the house to make the garden at her original home bigger.
John Bury, head of Edinburgh council’s planning department, says, "The principle of demolition is, in this instance, acceptable. The land will accommodate a designed formal garden ground."

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Actress ANGIE HARMON is refusing to move her family to California while she films hit TV show RIZZOLI & ISLES, even though she is plagued with guilt for living thousands of miles away from her daughters.
The mother-of-three shoots the cop drama in Los Angeles, while her husband Jason Sehorn and their little girls are on the other side of the country in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Harmon admits she is struggling to cope with being apart from her kids, Finley, seven, Avery, six, and two-year-old Emery.
In an emotional interview with Good Housekeeping magazine, she explains, "I’m a mess. I’ve lost 10 pounds since I got here. This is the hardest time in my life, for sure.
"When I feel like I’m not doing what I am supposed to as a mother, I will torture myself. I don’t know how to deal with it. I find some consolation in the fact that all mommies feel it. If there was a way to cure mommy guilt, I would bottle it and be a bazillionaire.
"It breaks my heart that I don’t see my daughters every day, don’t get to hug them and brush their hair." But Harmon won’t consider relocating her family to California, insisting, "There’s a church on every corner (in North Carolina) as opposed to just a Starbucks. The people are just a little nicer… more real."

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GLEE star JANE LYNCH is set to make a mockery of the ANTHONY WEINER scandal by giving a "dramatic" reading of the U.S. politician’s saucy internet messages on TV.
The actress is scheduled to appear on U.S. TV show Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday (10Jun11) and the pair will team up to make fun of married New York congressman Weiner, who recently admitted taking part in intimate internet and phone chats with at least six women.
Lynch and Maher will read out some of the Facebook.com messages which were allegedly sent by the politician.
Maher writes in a post on Twitter.com, "Jane Lynch and I are going to read the Weiner FB (Facebook) exchanges verbatim - and, you know, dramatically - on Friday’s Real Time!"

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Actress EMILY BLUNT has been sharing her experiences of conquering a speech impediment as a boardmember for the American Institute for Stuttering.
The Devil Wears Prada star suffered with a bad stammer as a schoolgirl but she managed to overcome the condition by taking up performing.
She is now joining up with U.S. stuttering experts to help determine causes and cures.
Blunt tells NYMag.com, "I’m actually on the board for the American Institute for Stuttering. They honoured me about two years ago, and since then I’ve really been a very active member for it, because I think they’re using revolutionary techniques to help people get through this really anguished struggle of having a stutter." The Brit wishes she had known about the organisation long ago because it could have eased her suffering, adding, "They’ve had huge success with the methods that they’ve used. I wish to God I’d known about them as a kid, because I maybe would have avoided eight to nine years of it not being an easy time… (But) it started to eke itself out; between the age of seven and 14 was when it was really bad. And around 12 it was at its worst. Not an awkward age at all to be unable to speak!"

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The producers of the beleaguered SPIDER-MAN musical have become embroiled in a dispute with the bosses of New York’s Empire State Building after omitting the famous landmark from the show’s Big Apple-themed set.
The production is finally set to officially open next week (14Jun11) after months of delays, on-set accidents and cast changes, and organisers have asked for the Empire State to be lit up in the superhero’s signature colours - blue and red - to celebrate the show’s big day.
Building bosses have refused and they have cited the production design - which features a pivotal fight scene on Manhattan’s Chrysler Building instead of the Empire State - as their reasoning.
A spokesman for the Empire State Building tells the New York Post, "We love Spider-Man, but the Empire State Building is the world’s most famous office building and the icon of the New York City skyline, and omitting it from the set isn’t the first misstep the Spider-Man musical has made." Show spokesman Rick Miramontez says, "Spider-Man is an equal opportunity webslinger, and there’s room in his heart for all of New York’s great skyscrapers."

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Bollywood is in mourning following the death of celebrated Indian artist/filmmaker M.F. HUSAIN on Thursday (09Jun11).
Husain - full name Maqbool Fida Husain - passed away in a London hospital following a battle with ill health.
Nicknamed the Picasso of India, Husain was the country’s highest paid painter but his portraits of naked Hindu goddesses sparked controversy amid accusations of obscenity. He eventually left India in 2006 to take citizenship in Qatar.
Husain also dabbled in filmmaking and his 1967 debut, Through the Eyes of a Painter, was awarded the Golden Bear prize at Germany’s Berlin Film Festival.
A number of Bollywood’s leading figures have paid tribute to Husain, with director Anurag Kashyap branding him a "great filmmaker, a special person and a genuine artist".
Actor Raghuvir Yadav, who starred in Husain’s Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, says, "It is sad that an artist of such a stature is no longer among us. Working with him was a learning experience. He was peaceful by nature and a open-minded (sic) person." Yadav’s Meenaxi co-star Kunal Kapoor writes in a post on Twitter, "Deeply saddened by the news about Hussain (sic). He was not only a great artist but an incredible human being. His passion and love for life was contagious and unparallelled. May his soul rest in peace."

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Newlyweds BLAKE SHELTON and MIRANDA LAMBERT had an amazing night at the CMT Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday (08Jun11), picking up three of the nine top honours between them.
Shelton won Male Video and Web Video of the Year prizes for his hits Who Are You When I’m Not Looking and Kiss My Country A**, while his new bride landed the Female Video of the Year award for ballad The House That Built Me.
The night’s biggest winner was Taylor Swift, who walked away with Video of The Year honours for her promo Mine.
Justin Bieber also picked up his first ever CMT award for his That Should Be Me collaboration with country trio Rascal Flatts.
The two-and-a-half hour show at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville was hosted by Kid Rock, who kicked off proceedings by performing a duet with Wynonna Judd.
The top winners are:
Video of the Year - Mine by Taylor Swift Female Video of the Year - The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert Male Video of the Year - Who Are You When I’m Not Looking by Blake Shelton Group Video of the Year - Hello World by Lady Antebellum Duo Video of the Year - Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland Breakthrough Video of the Year - If I Die Young by The Band Perry Collaborative Video of the Year - That Should Be Me by Justin Bieber featuring Rascal Flatts CMT Performance of the Year - Zac Brown Band and Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville from CMT Crossroads Web Video of the Year - Kiss My Country A** by Blake Shelton

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R&B star ALICIA KEYS called on her fans to show their support for the fight against AIDS by joining a protest in New York on Wednesday (08Jun11).
The No One hitmaker has long championed the cause and spoke at a United Nations event on Tuesday (07Jun11), ahead of a crucial discussion between world leaders to outline their plans for battling the global pandemic over the next decade.
And Keys rounded up her Twitter.com followers to take part in the March to End AIDS on Wednesday morning. The peaceful protest started at Manhattan’s Bryant Park and ended outside the U.N. headquarters, where the General Assembly meeting was due to take place.
Urging followers to join the street march, she posted a note on her social networking blog, which read, "World leaders r (sic) meeting in NYC 2day (sic) to adopt a new declaration to reaffirm commitments to fight global AIDS. Join the march in Bryant Park!"

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LINDSAY LOHAN has obtained a two-year restraining order against the man she exposed as a "stalker" online.
In May (11), the actress posted a surveillance video grab of the male she claimed had been threatening to kill her on her website.
A temporary restraining order was then issued against David Cocordan on 19 May (11) and, on Wednesday (08Jun11), a Los Angeles judge ordered Cocordan to stay away from the Mean Girls star and stop trying to contact her until 2013.
Lohan did not appear in court for the hearing; she is currently serving a 120-day jail sentence under house arrest after breaking the terms of her 2007 probation on a DUI charge.

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British rockers ARCTIC MONKEYS purposely released their new album with a blank cover in a bid to force fans not to download it for free - because the record will look "c**p" on an iPod.
The Fluorescent Adolescent hitmakers are among several bands who are pioneering different methods of releasing new material to encourage fans to buy hard copies, rather than obtain it online.
They caused a stir with the cover for their new record Suck It and See, which features an off-white sleeve containing just the band’s name and the album title - with many fans accusing the rockers of laziness.
But now they’ve revealed the inner sleeve does have artwork - and the bland cover is a deliberate attempt to discourage downloading.
Drummer Matt Helders tells NME magazine, "It’ll make sense if you buy the actual album, because there is summat (something) to look at inside it. That’s why we did it, really. It’ll look c**p on an iPod screen. We want people to buy the physical product. And we thought it looked good. It looks nice."

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British singer and TV host MYLEENE KLASS has called on fans to back a campaign aimed at inoculating children in the poorest parts of the world.
The former Hear’Say star has loaned her support to Save the Children’s drive to provide vaccinations for four million kids to immunise them against potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia and measles.
She took to Twitter.com to praise a fellow blogger who is promoting the campaign, and posted a link to an online petition calling for world leaders to take action at an upcoming global vaccines conference later this month (Jun11).
Klass, a mother of two, writes, "Introducing MrVaccine, he’s a total lifesaver, follow him, sign the petition & Pass It On."

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New mum PINK took her baby girl to the beach for her first family outing on Tuesday (07Jun11), just five days after giving birth.
The So What hitmaker and husband Carey Hart welcomed baby girl Willow Sage Hart into the world last week (02Jun11) and the tot is already out and about.
X17online.com snapped the new parents taking the baby to a beach in Malibu, California for a day of hiking.
Willow was strapped to her dad’s chest during the trip, hiding her face from the waiting paparazzi.

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Rock icon PAUL WELLER is set to release a clothing range for pal LIAM GALLAGHER’s fashion line.
Weller has designed six items, ranging from scarves and leather jackets, to be included in the Beady Eye frontman’s Pretty Green collection.
Weller tells NME.com, "I’ve wanted to design my own range for some time and Pretty Green felt like a good home for my clothes. My main design reference is somewhere between 1968 and 1970. The clothes themselves sit between being smart and casual with quality materials and tailoring." The rocker’s items can be purchased online from 23 June (11).

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