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GLEE star DARREN CRISS has been tipped to take over from DANIEL RADCLIFFE in the Broadway production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.
Radcliffe has been showing off his singing and dancing skills in the musical on the New York stage this year (11), but he is due to step down in January (12) to resume his movie career.
It has now emerged that Glee star Criss is in talks to take over, and if a deal is struck, he will join the show for a three-week run from 3 January (12) until 22 January (12), according to Deadline.com.

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British pop star JESSIE J will make her return to the stage at the upcoming MOBO awards, three months after breaking her foot and scrapping her entire summer (11) tour schedule.
The Price Tag hitmaker fell over during a rehearsal for a gig in London and was forced to perform her set at Britain’s legendary Glastonbury festival in June (11) sitting down. She subsequently discovered she has broken her foot in two places and axed the rest of her upcoming shows to recover.
She has now announced she will make her live return with a performance at the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards in Scotland in October (11).
Jessie J says in a statement, "I cannot wait to rock the stage - I have always wanted to perform at the MOBO Awards and it’s an honour to be asked. Good times." The show takes place in Glasgow, Scotland on 5 October (11).

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LEANN RIMES plans to split her time between two cities on opposite sides of America once her husband EDDIE CIBRIAN starts a new job.
The actor is preparing to start work on new TV show The Playboy Club, which will be filmed in Chicago, Illinois, and Rimes is planning to commute back and forth from the couple’s home in Los Angeles so they can spend time together.
In a series of posts on her Twitter.com page, the singer writes, "3 sets of toiletries, 3 sets of clothes. Starting Thursday our time is split between L.A., Chicago & the world! I’m ready!… Boxes are a go for Chicago! Very excited for our new adventure! Lots of flying back & forth, but well worth it! Beyond proud of my husband… We’ll be in Cali (California) often! Our roots and family are here!"

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POISON will take a year off in 2012 so BRET MICHAELS can resume work on his solo career.
The rock group is currently touring with Motley Crue, but the singer reveals the band will go on hiatus at the end of the year (11).
Michaels is adamant Poison fans won’t have to wait long for their return - the band will be back in 2013 to work right up until its 30th anniversary in 2016.
He tells Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Next year, I’ll be out solo again and we’ll come back in ‘13 and go all the way to our 30th anniversary." However, the star insists Poison is still his number one priority: "I’ve never looked at Poison as a sideline, it’s just that as we got to a certain point in our career, I needed to fulfil much more of what I got into it for. I’m very passionate about creating and touring and doing stuff."

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A Broadway musical dedicated to THE BEATLES is set to close early.
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles was due to run until September (11), but will now shut on 31 July (11).
The news comes amid reports ticket sales for the stage show have slowed down in recent weeks, while producers insist the musical’s stars are needed to take over in other productions of Rain across the globe, according to Variety.

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SLIPKNOT are eyeing a U.S. tour next year (12) after a series of comeback shows in Europe left them feeling more "positive" about the future of the band following the death of bassist PAUL GRAY.
The rockers recently played dates in the U.K. and across mainland Europe as part of the Sonisphere travelling festival, marking their return to the stage following the tragedy last year (10).
They had previously thrown the group’s future into doubt by warning fans they might never record a new album - but frontman Corey Taylor has now confirmed they have held talks about a U.S. tour next year following their Sonisphere success.
He tells HardDrive Radio, "Definitely after this tour, I’m definitely much more positive than I was. Am I ready to run into a studio? No. Everybody just slow down, because it’s still very fresh to me. It still doesn’t make sense yet, you know, there’s still a lot of healing that we’ve got to do before we can get there.
"Am I open to more tours? Absolutely. I mean, we’ve talked about doing something next year in the States and, you know, letting the fans kind of celebrate as well. So time will tell." Taylor also thanked fans who attended their set at Sonisphere shows and observed the two-minute silence in honour of their late bandmate, adding: "The whole tour has been great. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who participated in the two minutes of silence for Paulie - he would have been so proud." Gray died from an accidental drug overdose in a motel room in Iowa in May last year.

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THE HURT LOCKER star ANTHONY MACKIE built his Brooklyn bar using wood from discarded Broadway theatre sets.
The actor, who is also a trained carpenter, launched his own drinking establishment, called NoBar, in Brooklyn, New York earlier this month (Jul11) and he built much of the venue himself.
Mackie has now revealed a lot of the wood used in the project came from dumpsters outside Broadway theatres.
He tells the New York Post, "A lot of times when Broadway shows close, they just rip stuff up. If you can find out when shows are closing, you can get good wood out of the dumpsters. It’s funny what you can find."

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KIM KARDASHIAN’s sisters are using hit comedy movie THE HANGOVER as inspiration for the socialite’s upcoming bachelorette party in Las Vegas this weekend (23-24Jul11).
The socialite is engaged to marry her basketball player boyfriend Kris Humphries later this summer (11) and her sisters and close friends are planning to celebrate the impending nuptials with a bridal shower in Los Angeles on Friday (22Jul11).
They will then fly to Las Vegas for a wild night out on Saturday (23Jul11).
Kim’s sister Kourtney opened up about their plans during an appearance on Lopez Tonight, telling the host, ‘We are going to do whatever we can to embarrass Kim, just to bring her such embarrassment. That’s our job… We’re going to do it all. We have so many tricks up our sleeves that she won’t even know what is happening." Family friend, socialite Brittny Gastineau, even compares the upcoming party to Vegas-based movie The Hangover. She says, "Like The Hangover. All you need is that one night. Can you imagine if it were like The Hangover? If we all woke up and we were like, ‘Where are we?’"

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Funnyman RICKY GERVAIS has defended his upcoming TV show AFTERLIFE, insisting he is not attempting to "undermine the moral fabric of America".
The Office creator revealed earlier this week (beg18Jul11) he is working on a new comedy with writer Clyde Phillips, about an atheist who dies and goes to heaven.
But he is furious it has already been labelled an "atheist comedy" and is urging fans not to judge the show until they’ve seen it.
In a post on his official blog, Gervais writes, "How is a show called Afterlife, about an atheist who dies and goes to heaven, an ‘Atheist Comedy’? He goes to heaven. Therefore in this work of fiction heaven must exist. So does God by the way. Turns out the atheist was wrong. How is that an atheist comedy?… I can’t win.
"The Invention of Lying proposed an alternative world where there was no God. That was an atheist comedy too. Seems the existence or non-existence of God in my work has no bearing on whether it’s an atheist comedy or not. It just is. Because I wrote it right? That’s so weird… We’ve come up with this show because we think it will be fun, different and entertaining. Not to undermine the moral fabric of America.
"Here’s what I suggest you do; wait till Afterlife is finished then watch it. Or not. But if you watch it then you’re allowed to have an opinion… You can start a campaign to get it banned. You can hate it. And trust me, it’s so much more fun saying you hate something once you’ve actually seen it. So, please wait, watch and find out if it’s controversial or inflammatory first, yeh?"

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MEL GIBSON has held a meeting with the president of Panama as he continues his campaign to improve medical treatment for sick children around the world.
The Lethal Weapon star is a patron of Mending Kids International, a foundation aimed at providing healthcare for ill youngsters in developing nations.
He travelled to Panama earlier this week (beg18Jul11) and met with President Ricardo Martinelli, First Lady Marta Martinelli, and health officials on Thursday (21Jul11) to discuss support mechanisms for sick children in the Central American republic, according to local reports.
Mending Kids International has a bureau in 32 countries.

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ROBERT PATTINSON was plagued by insecurities during the filming of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN because he had to take his top off.
The British hunk was promoting the upcoming two-part vampire movie at the Comic-Con event in California on Thursday (21Jul11), and when a fan asked him about his most anxious moment on-set, the star admitted it was baring his torso.
He says, "The thing I was most nervous about was taking my shirt off. I’ve managed to have my shirt on the whole series. In the book, (my character Edward is shirtless) almost every three pages. (I thought) ‘How can I wear a T-shirt in the sea? Or a onesie?’" He also warned fans not to expect too much from the shirtless scenes, adding, "I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up. I look like an inflatable frankfurter in some of those (scenes)."

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RIHANNA thrilled gig-goers at her show in New Jersey on Thursday night (21Jul11) by performing with her mentor JAY-Z.
The Bajan beauty put on a concert at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey and she opened her encore with an appearance from the hip-hop giant, who emerged from beneath the stage on a circular platform.
Jay-Z then launched into collaborative track Run This Town, before joining Rihanna on her chart-topping Umbrella, according to The Star-Ledger.

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RIHANNA’s legal battle with DAVID LACHAPELLE over her S&M music video is heading to trial after a judge in New York granted the famed photographer permission to continue his case against the singer.
The celebrity snapper sued the star earlier this year (11) over allegations her controversial promo, which was banned in 11 countries across the world, was "directly derived" from some of his images.
The case went to court in New York and in a ruling released on Thursday (21Jul11), U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin noted alleged similarities between the music video and LaChapelle’s work and paved the way for the lawsuit to go to trial.
Judge Scheindlin dismissed LaChapelle’s claims of trade-dress infringement, unfair competition and unjust enrichment, but allowed him to proceed with his allegation of copyright violation.
A conference between the parties is scheduled for 10 August (11).

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BEYONCE’s upcoming role in CLINT EASTWOOD’s A STAR IS BORN remake is a childhood dream come true as she became a BARBRA STREISAND fan while watching the 1970s version as a kid.
The Irreplaceable hitmaker will play rising singer Esther in the fourth re-imagining of the classic, following in the footsteps of Streisand, Judy Garland, and Janet Gaynor.
Beyonce admits the role will be especially poignant as she fell in love with Streisand’s voice during screenings of the movie with her mother when she was a young girl.
She tells Reuters, "It’s when I became a fan of Barbra Streisand’s. And I then saw Judy Garland’s version of A Star Is Born and I realised every 20 to 30 years a new star is born and a new talent represents that generation and era - so I didn’t think that I would ever get the opportunity to be the star." Despite her stellar previous success, Beyonce has hailed this movie role as "the biggest opportunity" of her life, and can’t believe Eastwood chose her to front the film.
She adds, "I met with Clint and I was so nervous and I know that it is the biggest opportunity of my life. I will work as hard as I can. Because I can’t wait. And I am so happy that he trusts me and I am in good hands and I am so fortunate."

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s family members are organising another tribute show in memory of the late superstar following a number of failed attempts to bring a commemorative concert to the stage.
The Thriller hitmaker’s mother Katherine is working on plans to stage a gig along with the singer’s siblings Marlon, Tito, Jackie and La Toya.
The concert, which has been called a "thriller of a show" in a press release from the Jackson family, will benefit charities in both the U.S. and U.K. and more details will be revealed in a press conference in Los Angeles in Monday (25Jul11).
Jermaine Jackson previously planned to honour his brother at a show in Vienna, Austria just months after the superstar passed away in 2009, but the plans were shelved along with another idea to host a concert in London on the 2010 anniversary of the star’s death.
The new concert is being coordinated by Jackson’s family and bosses at promotion company Global Live Events, but does not involve Jackson’s estate, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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SIMON COWELL was stunned when JENNIFER LOPEZ’s marriage to MARC ANTHONY collapsed, as he never thought their "bickering" was a sign of more serious problems.
The Hollywood stars announced the end of their seven-year union last week (15Jul11), revealing the decision to part ways was "painful" but "amicable".
Cowell, who was Lopez’s predecessor as a judge on American Idol, has now spoken out about the shock split, revealing he knew the couple argued but never thought the rows were serious.
He tells Extra, "I didn’t see it coming. They always seemed to get on. They would bicker, but everyone bickers."

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TOM CRUISE channelled his inner rock star on Monday (18Jul11) by performing for more than 1,000 fans at a free concert in Florida.
The Hollywood actor plays a singer in the upcoming movie adaptation of Broadway musical Rock of Ages and he joined the other cast members to film a gig scene at the Florida Sun Life Stadium on Monday (18Jul11).
The movie’s director Adam Shankman invited fans to watch the show for free and they were able to see Cruise perform as lead character Stacee Jaxx. The setlist included Bon Jovi’s Dead or Alive and Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’.
The audience was told to dress up in 1980s clothes to fit the setting of the movie, and Cruise asked them to send in their own pictures and videos, which he then published on his official website.

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RONNIE WOOD’s ex-wife Jo relishes the quiet life now she is no longer married to the rocker, because she can throw dinner parties without worrying they will turn wild.
The pair split in 2008 following Wood’s affair with young Russian waitress Ekaterina Ivanova. Their divorce was finalised in January (11), and Jo Wood admits she doesn’t miss the heavy partying that came with being married to a Rolling Stone.
She tells Britain’s Daily Express, "Life is much quieter without Ronnie. I love throwing posh dinner parties without them descending into all-night parties." The former model remembers one bash that got so out of hand she had to remove late hellraising snooker player Alex Higgins from her home.
She adds, "We would throw some wild parties. I even had to throw snooker player Alex Higgins out once for really bad behaviour."

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