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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has invited fans to record their own versions of his track MAYBE I’M AMAZED as part of a competition.
The Beatles legend is releasing newly re-mastered versions of his McCartney and McCartney II albums later this year (11), and he has offered devotees the chance to get their hands on copies before anyone else if they impress with their own renditions of his 1970 classic.
Fans have to upload their videos on to YouTube.com by 16 June (11) and the version which proves the biggest hit with online viewers will win the contest.

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British singer NICOLA ROBERTS wants officials in her hometown to pay tribute to her with a bizarre honour - a statue of a banana-shaped lamb.
The Girls Aloud star hails from Liverpool, England, which has a tradition of erecting eye-catching statues called Superlambananas - animal-shaped effigies curved like the popular yellow fruit - in public places.
And Roberts admits she dreams of having one of the statues installed in her honour, complete with a mane of her famous red locks.
Roberts tells LoveMachineMusic.co.uk, "In Liverpool we have these little cute statues placed all over the city that are called Lambananas (sic)… They are half lamb and half banana… I’d like a ginger one of those."

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British rockers KAISER CHIEFS are letting fans design their own unique version of the band’s new album by picking the songs and creating the cover art.
The I Predict A Riot hitmakers launched their latest record The Future is Medieval online on Friday (03Jun11) and the group is pioneering an innovative new technique to entice their followers to download from the band’s official website.
Fans can choose 10 songs from 20 available to compile their own tracklist and then make their own customised album cover. Once they buy the record, they can then earn money for themselves by recommending it to friends who download it.
A statement from the band’s promotion team reads, "The band’s intention is to create a music experience that can be shared and enjoyed by all and at the same time revitalise and subvert the industry standard.
"It can re-engage the excitement and spontaneity of offering new music immediately to fans, allowing them to hear the record at the same time as media and critics alike and hopefully giving people a fun experience at being the Kaiser Chiefs A&R department."

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SIMON COWELL’s public relations manager has waded into the controversy over hit TV show BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT as debate continues to rage over sensational claims made in an anonymous online letter.
The show hit headlines in Britain this week (beg30May11) following the publication of an unsubstantiated internet blog - claimed to have been written by an unnamed employee of Sony Music - which took aim at Cowell’s show and suggested one of the finalists, 12-year-old Ronan Parke, was known to TV bosses before the series kicked off.
A representative for Cowell’s Syco firm - a subsidiary of Sony - branded the allegations "unfounded" and lodged an official complaint with police.
The story is still riding high in the headlines as the series finale looms on Saturday (04Jun11) and Cowell’s spokesman Max Clifford has now spoken out to defend the show’s judging panel, which includes David Hasselhoff and comedian Michael McIntyre.
Clifford says, "I spoke to Simon last night and he had called the judges who laughed off these claims. It is ridiculous to suggest a respected comedian like Michael McIntyre would conspire to do something like this. And do you think Simon could tell David Hasselhoff who to vote for? It’s absurd…" Britain’s The X Factor judge Louis Walsh has also waded into the debate as he was on the Britain’s Got Talent panel filling in for Cowell back in February (11) when Parke auditioned, and the music manager is adamant the slurs are not true.
He says, "The allegations are totally untrue… I never saw the kid before, I just picked the kid because he was the best on the day… I’ve worked with Simon for eight years and he is totally by the book. He would never even try anything like this." Parke himself has also spoken out about the drama ahead of Saturday’s final, insisting he has never even met Cowell before: "I have not been coached by anyone to do with Simon. I have never met Simon in my life. I’d love to, but I never have. I have been coached by a singing teacher in (English hometown) Norwich that we pay for. No one’s paid for our clothes or anything. It’s really silly."

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THE SOCIAL NETWORK star JESSE EISENBERG is set to take to the stage in New York later this year (11) to star in a play he wrote himself.
The Oscar-nominated actor’s play Asuncion will open Off-Broadway in October (11) and he will tackle one of the lead roles in the tale of two liberal students whose ideals are challenged when a young Filipina girl becomes their new roommate.
The production, to be held at Manhattan’s Cherry Lane Theatre, will be Eisenberg’s debut as a playwright, while he last appeared on the New York stage in an Off-Broadway production of Lucy Thurber’s Scarcity in 2007.
He has also written another play called The Revisionist, as well as putting together the score and lyrics to a musical, titled Me Time! Asuncion will open on 27 October (11).

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Controversial assisted suicide advocate JACK ‘DR. DEATH’ KEVORKIAN has died at the age of 83.
Kevorkian, who was known for his work helping terminally ill patients, passed away at a hospital in Michigan on Friday (03Jun11) after suffering heart and kidney problems.
The doctor is believed to have been involved in more than 100 deaths in the 1990s, and in 1999 he was convicted of second-degree murder after he sent a videotape of himself performing an assisted suicide to producers of a U.S. TV show.
Kevorkian’s sensational story was turned into an HBO film called You Don’t Know Jack, starring Al Pacino as the medic in a role which won the actor an Emmy award and a Golden Globe.

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Actress KIRSTIE ALLEY has laughed off a report she has traded her 21-year-old boyfriend for another toyboy lover.
The Cheers star, 60, dumped her young beau after discovering he still lives with his mother, according to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.
The publication reports she has now taken up with another young man, and the feature is accompanied by photographs of the actress out on a lunch date with her unnamed admirer.
But Alley took to her Twitter.com blog on Friday (03Jun11) to laugh off the claims, sarcastically suggesting she has a string of toyboy lovers.
She writes, "Every single thing u (sic) read about me is true… why it seems I’ve sh**ged 200 men under 23 just this month alone!!… Lol (laugh out loud)… great pics though."

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British actress MIRIAM KARLIN has died at the age of 85 following a battle with cancer.
The A Clockwork Orange star passed away at a London hospital on Friday (03Jun11) and the news was confirmed by Equity actors’ union spokesman Martin Brown, who called Karlin a "wonderful actress" and a "marvellous friend".
Karlin began her career on the stage but made a transfer to onscreen roles in films such as The Entertainer, The Millionairess and a part in British TV show The Rag Trade. She also appeared in Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 classic A Clockwork Orange as a woman murdered by Malcolm McDowell’s onscreen character.
She was bestowed with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1975 and made her last film appearance in 2008 opposite Daniel Craig in Flashbacks of a Fool.

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Police in the Czech Republic city of Prague have launched an investigation after JOHN MALKOVICH’s hotel room was burgled.
The Hollywood actor was in town to perform his play Infernal Comedy at the Prague Spring music festival on Thursday (02Jun11) and called in cops when he discovered a break-in at his room at the city’s Mandarin Oriental hotel.
The hotel’s public relations manager Katarina Pavlitova says, "I can confirm that a police investigation is under way with regard to a loss of personal items of one of our guests, who I can now name as John Malkovich. The hotel is fully cooperating with police." Malkovich had to fly to Poland on Friday (03Jun11) and reportedly arrived several hours late for a meeting with Polish film students in the city of Lodz because of the problems in Prague, according to Ceskapozice.cz.

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MADONNA has silenced rumours of a split from her toyboy lover BRAHIM ZAIBAT after she was reportedly spotted enjoying a romantic date with the hunky dancer in New York this week (beg30May11).
The pop superstar is said to have started dating the 24-year-old Frenchman after he was hired to dance at the launch of her Material Girl fashion line in September (10), but last month (May11) they were rumoured to have parted ways.
However, the pair put the gossip behind them with a night out at a restaurant in New York on Monday (30May11).
They reportedly enjoyed a meal at Manhattan eaterie Miss Lily’s, with a source telling New York Post gossip column Page Six, "They came together and drank champagne. They stayed for a long time and left together pretty late."

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DAVID HASSELHOFF has showed off his generous side by making a massive donation to a children’s hospice service.
The former Baywatch star, who is now a judge on Britain’s Got Talent, was prompted to help the cause by the TV show’s warm-up comedian, who is planning a charity bike ride.
Hasselhoff was so impressed by funnyman Ian Royce’s dedication to raising cash for Shooting Star Chase - which supports the families of seriously ill children - that he made a donation.
He also agreed to sponsor Royce’s 55-mile (88.5-kilometre) fundraising race from London to Brighton, on the U.K.’s south coast, later this month (Jun11).
Royce took to his blog on Twitter.com to tell fans, "David Hasselhoff has made a huge donation to my kids hospice and my bike ride for it! Go have a look and make a donation why your (sic) at it!!!… thank you David Hasselhoff for your amazing donation."

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British actor BILL NIGHY has joined the cast of the TOTAL RECALL revamp, opposite COLIN FARRELL and KATE BECKINSALE.
The Pirate Radio star will reteam with Underworld and Underworld: Evolution director Len Wiseman on the project, in which he’ll play resistance leader Kuato.
Marshall Bell played the role in the 1990 film, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Rapper T-PAIN is launching a new vocal effect system to rival Auto-Tune.
The hip-hop star is a longtime fan of the electronically-enhanced voice program, which has been used by stars including Cher and Kanye West, and even partnered with the company behind the technology to launch the system as an iPhone application.
He is now teaming up with an audio technology firm called Izotope to produce his own vocal processor, called the T-Pain effect.
In a statement released to Allhiphop.com, he says "I vow right here, right now, to never use Auto-Tune again. I’m onto something that I think is bigger and better called The T-Pain Effect." T-Pain will unveil the new technology at the upcoming E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on 7 June (11).

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British singer MELANIE CHISHOLM has congratulated new mum PINK after the pop star gave birth to her first child.
The So What hitmaker announced on Thursday (02Jun11) via Twitter.com that she had delivered a daughter, Willow Sage, by husband Carey Hart.
Former Spice Girls star Chisholm - who gave birth to daughter Scarlet in 2009 - was the first celebrity to reach out and congratulate Pink on the microblogging website.
She writes, "Pink welcome to the Mummy club. It’s the best x x."

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DEMI LOVATO has likened the recording of her new album to therapy as she is using her music to express the suffering she endured at the height of her personal problems.
The 18-year-old singer/actress quit her tour with the Jonas Brothers last year (10) and checked into rehab to address a number of issues, including an eating disorder, self-harming and bipolar disorder.
She is now back at work recording new songs, and Lovato admits this album will be deeply personal.
In her column for Seventeen Magazine, she writes, "I love being back in the studio! It’s been very therapeutic to be able to express my feelings and talk about who I really am, through my music… My first single is really special to me - to me it symbolises my journey from the person I was to the happy healthy person I am today, and the fact that people are able to rise above anything, despite the odds." Lovato also hopes her new songs will help other young girls who are suffering similar problems: "With my new album, I’m hoping to provide inspiration for girls everywhere who are going through the same issues I’ve faced. I think this will come through in a lot of the material… There are definitely a lot of emotions that go into making an album. I feel blessed, inspired, and nervous with anticipation, but mostly, I feel excited about the future…"

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Country music star SHANIA TWAIN spoke of her joy as she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (02Jun11), calling the honour a "miracle".
The You’re Still the One hitmaker received the 2,442nd plaque on the famous Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk in Los Angeles, and she was joined by actress Bo Derek, who served as the event’s guest speaker.
Twain also spoke at the ceremony and revealed she was surprised by her Walk of Fame induction, telling the crowd, "I mean why is a girl from Timmons, Ontario standing here, getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? I really don’t know. Where I come from and where I am today… it’s a small miracle, to be honest, that I am here today…
"That is the truth of being a star. Our job is to make you happy and entertain you, come thick or thin - and I can tell you that I do that with the greatest of pleasure. Thank you all so much!"

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DALLAS legend LARRY HAGMAN and his co-star LINDA GRAY arrived in style at the opening of the actor’s upcoming memorabilia sale on Thursday (02Jun11) by riding through Beverly Hills on horseback.
The TV villain, famed for his portrayal of sleazy oil tycoon J.R. Ewing, is auctioning off mementos he has collected over the years following the sale of his ranch in Ojai, California.
The items up for grabs include antiques, art and furniture, as well as costumes and props from his TV shows, which are all set to go under the hammer on Saturday (04Jun11), and Hagman ensured the auction hit the headlines by riding a horse through the streets of Los Angeles.
He was joined by Gray, who played his wife Sue-Ellen on the hit TV show, who also rode a horse to the sale’s opening party at Julien’s Auction House.
Hagman even wore his trademark Stetson hat, several of which are up for sale, and told reporters, "When people know that you collect hats, they send you hats from all over the world.
"I’ve collected a lot of things in my life - about 60 years of collection - and I don’t have any place to store it anymore. And why store something like that? Share it with other people. That’s the fun thing." Gray was equally enthusiastic about the sale, insisting it brought back happy memories from their time on the show: "There were many items that I saw and it brought back these great times together. I’ve known Larry 33 years."

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Model JESSICA WHITE is glad she told the world about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child because the admission made her feel "healed".
The catwalk beauty stunned the audience at a gala for her Angel Wings Foundation in New York on Sunday (29May11) by revealing she had suffered abuse when she was a youngster.
White reveals she didn’t plan to make the public announcement at the charity dinner, but is glad her secret is now out.
She tells New York Post gossip colum Page Six, "I wanted the world to know. It just came out, and I realised, standing there, that I was healed." White has vowed to make it her "mission in life" to help other victims of sexual abuse and is teaming up with actress Gabrielle Union, who was raped as a teenager, to launch an online campaign to help other women who have endured similar experiences.
She tells E! Online, "This is my mission in life, I’ve actually lived it… I’m teaming up with other women and teenagers and we’re gonna do a YouTube campaign, along with Gabrielle (Union) who also was sexually abused. We’re all partnering together, and we’re fighting to stop this altogether."

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