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MICHAEL JACKSON’s iconic red and black THRILLER jacket is set to go on tour - to raise money for charity.
The item, which Jackson autographed for his longtime costume designers Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush, was snapped up by American commodities broker Milton Verret for $1.8 million (£1.13 million) at a California auction last month (Jun11).
Verret is now hoping to put the jacket to good use by placing it on display in a sponsored trek around the world.
Money raised from the global tour will be donated to organisations benefiting sick children - a cause that was always close to Jackson’s heart.

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Rocker LENNY KRAVITZ has been hired to work his interior design magic on a top new hotel in Miami, Florida.
The American Woman hitmaker founded Kravitz Design Inc. in 2003 and visionaries at his firm have now been recruited to create the look of luxury in the bungalow and penthouse suites of the SLS Hotel, which will open next year (12) in South Beach.
Kravitz is no stranger to designing hotels - his company revamped The Florida Room bar and lounge at the nearby Delano Hotel.

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MERYL STREEP’s actress daughter MAMIE GUMMER wed her fiance BEN WALKER on Saturday (16Jul11).
Gummer married the Flags of Our Fathers actor in Connecticut, according to The Washington Post.
Among the 150 guests in attendance were The Big C star Laura Linney, blonde beauty Claire Danes, and British actress Tracey Ullman.
The happy couple announced its engagement in 2009.

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SLIPKNOT rocker COREY TAYLOR has spoken out about heavy rock fans’ silent tribute to his late pal and bandmate PAUL GRAY at Britain’s recent Sonisphere festival, revealing he was overcome with emotion.
Gray, who died from an accidental drug overdose in an Iowa motel room last year (May10), was remembered by music fans during a two-minute silence at the 10 June (11) event - before Slipknot’s headlining performance.
And Taylor admits he was blown away by the tribute.
He tells Britain’s Kerrang! magazine, "The two minutes of silence we had for Paul was deafening. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the band or from anyone onstage. It was momentous.
"Sonisphere was amazing. The show was everything I wanted it to be and more. Even with the rain, the audience was ready for us to hit it." Fans are still waiting to hear if Taylor will continue with the band following last year’s (10) tragedy. Prior to the run of Sonisphere gigs - the first shows the band played since Gray’s passing - the frontman admitted the concerts would be difficult for him.

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Rockers DISTURBED have fans worried after announcing there are no new plans for the band to regroup after a hiatus.
Frontman David Draiman has stunned fans by revealing he and his bandmates are taking a break from performing live to deal with "personal" issues.
There are no touring plans set for 2012, and the singer suggests the group will be on hiatus "indefinitely".
Speaking on Idaho’s KQXR radio station, Draiman says, "We don’t know what we’re doing… We’re not gonna do our own thing either.
"This is gonna be the last tour that the American people get to see us in for a while, if not indefinitely. We have some things going on internally, we have some personal things going on. So I don’t know. It’s hard to tell." The Disturbed remain one of America’s most beloved heavy rock acts - formed in 1996, they have sold over 13 million albums worldwide. Four of their five albums have debuted at the top of the U.S. charts.

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Soul star R. KELLY is recovering in a Chicago, Illinois hospital after undergoing emergency throat surgery.
The I Believe I Can Fly singer had an abscess in a tonsil drained on Tuesday (19Jul11), according to the Associated Press.
His publicist Allan Mayer reveals Kelly will be "laid up indefinitely" at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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Actress DENISE RICHARDS will officially introduce her newly-adopted daughter to friends and family members at a baby shower this weekend (23-24Jul11).
The former Bond girl became mum to little Eloise last month (Jun11), two years after beginning the complicated adoption process - and Richards can’t wait to show the tot off when she hosts a party in the baby’s honour in Los Angeles.
She tells Us Weekly magazine, "I’m having a shower and everyone will get a chance to meet her there, which is very sweet." And Richards isn’t the only one looking forward to the baby shower - her two daughters with ex-husband Charlie Sheen, seven-year-old Sam and Lola, six, are bursting with excitement too.
In a post on her Twitter.com page, she writes, "the girls and I are so excited for Eloise’s shower this weekend…."

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Actress SHANNEN DOHERTY is set to marry for the third time, and this time the big event will be televised.
The former Beverly Hills, 90210 star recently became engaged to celebrity photographer Kurt Iswarienko and the pair has signed off on a deal to chronicle the weeks leading up to the big day and the ceremony itself as part of a reality TV show on U.S. network WEtv.
Studio executive John Miller tells Entertainment Weekly, "She’s insanely compelling. People will see a side of Shannen they never expected to see… unfiltered, honest and vulnerable." The as-yet-untitled reality series will premiere in January (12).
Doherty previously exchanged vows with Ashley Hamilton and Rick Salomon. Both unions lasted less than a year. The actress’ marriage to Salomon was annulled in May, 2003.

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Actor/director ZACH BRAFF’s representative has dismissed reports the actor is gay, insisting a statement recently posted on his former website was the work of a hacker.
The note, posted on the Scrubs star’s old website on Wednesday (20Jul11), reads, "I have been hiding a secret inside me for too long. The human mind can only bare so much before it explodes in emotions, and well… it is time to let the world know. I am excited and proud to announce that I am an open member of the homosexual community." However, Braff’s spokesperson tells TMZ.com the actor is not gay and was simply the victim of an Internet prankster.
The rep says, "He was hacked… that site has been down since 2006."

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Legendary director FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA will be celebrated for his career achievements at the upcoming Deauville American Film Festival in France.
The Godfather filmmaker will be honoured alongside fellow director Todd Solondz and actors Danny Glover, Naomi Watts and Shirley MacLaine.
Coppola will also take part in a special question and answer session at the annual French event, which is devoted to American cinema, reports trade paper Variety.
The festival kicks off in the seaside resort of Deauville on 2 September (11).

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GREY’S ANATOMY star ERIC DANE has checked into a rehabilitation centre in a bid to kick a dependence on prescription painkillers.
The actor, whose wife Rebecca Gayheart is reportedly pregnant with the couple’s second child, enrolled himself in a 30-day programme at The Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles last month (Jun11), his representative has revealed.
Dane’s spokesperson tells GossipCop.com, "Eric Dane voluntarily checked himself into a treatment facility to help him get off of pain medication that he was prescribed for a sports injury that he suffered over the recent hiatus (of Grey’s Anatomy)." Dane is expected to return to work on the hit medical drama later this week (begs18Jul11) after completing his rehab stint.

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British singer KIMBERLEY WALSH is convinced VICTORIA BECKHAM’s new daughter HARPER SEVEN will have a hard time at school, because kids will mock her wacky name.
The former Spice Girls star and her soccer ace husband David were thrilled when she gave birth to their first baby girl earlier this month (Jul11).
They unveiled the tot in a series of photographs posted online and revealed the newborn was named after To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee.
But Girls Aloud singer Walsh is adamant the unusual name will attract unwanted attention when Harper reaches school age.
In her column for Britain’s OK! magazine, she writes, "The name Harper Seven is controversial but we knew they’d choose something unusual. Harper is good, but the Seven part? Kids at school might nickname her ‘Half past seven’."

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DENISE RICHARDS has praised her ex-husband CHARLIE SHEEN for supporting her through the adoption process as she fought to expand her family.
The actress has two daughters with Sheen, who she divorced in 2006, and she recently became a mother again by adopting a baby girl called Eloise.
Richards reveals she shared her adoption secret with her former husband and he fully backed her decision.
She tells Us Weekly magazine, "We talk every day. He’s met her. He knows how much I love, love kids, so he was very supportive."

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Veteran British actor SIR MICHAEL CAINE gave up driving when he reached the age of 70.
The Italian Job star, 78, left it late to get behind the wheel, passing his test at the age of 50, and he gave it up at the earliest opportunity because he was a bad driver.
He tells Britain’s Daily Record, "I wasn’t a very good driver because my mind is always somewhere else. I drove for 20 years until I was 70 then I gave it up - so fortunately for all of you, I no longer drive."

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Newly reformed SUEDE will only release a new album if there is "magic" in the recording studio, according to frontman BRETT ANDERSON.
The Animal Nitrate hitmakers reunited last year (10) after disbanding in 2003 following the release of their flop record A New Morning.
They have played a series of comeback shows without original guitarist Bernard Butler, and are heading back in to the studio - but Anderson is adamant fans won’t hear their new material if it isn’t up to scratch.
He tells BBC 6 Music, "We’re going to try to make a new Suede album but if the magic is not there then no one will hear it, that’s the truth."

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QUEEN rocker ROGER TAYLOR is to re-release a 1994 protest song he wrote about media tycoon RUPERT MURDOCH as the mogul fights to save his embattled empire’s reputation amid the ongoing phone-hacking scandal.
Murdoch’s News Corporation has been rocked by the News of the World phone-hacking crisis, leading him to close down the 168-year-old U.K. tabloid earlier this month (Jul11).
He was grilled by a British Parliament committee on Tuesday (19Jul11) over what he knew about the scandal, and was left shaken after a protester attacked him with a cream pie during the hearing.
Now the beleaguered 80 year old is under fire from drummer Taylor, who is re-releasing his anti-Murdoch anthem Dear Mr. Murdoch, which he penned in 1994 for his Happiness? album around the time the mogul was trying to buy U.K. soccer club Manchester United.
The song contains the lyrics, "We’re drowning in nipples and bingo and sex crimes… Dear Mr Murdoch, you’re really the pits, bad news is good business, you’re the king of the t**s." The song will be available to download via iTunes later this week (begs18Jul11).

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Rocker NOEL GALLAGHER is adamant he won’t be giving fans a taster of his new solo album by offering up free downloads, because his music is too valuable to give away.
A number of artists have attempted to overcome the issue of plummeting sales - caused by online file sharing - by offering free or discounted songs via their own official website.
But the former Oasis guitarist will not be taking a similar path with his upcoming album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, because he works too hard to hand out his recordings for free.
Gallagher tells NME magazine, "No, no. No free downloads. I value my music. I don’t sit in a studio, and f**king make it up as I go along, and go, ‘This one’s free, then.’ I think if you buy it, you as a listener value it more. I’m just not into free downloads, and that’s an end of it.
"I know a lot of bands do it. Some of my favourite bands do it, like Kasabian for example, but it’s not something I would even consider. I never considered it in Oasis, and I’d never consider it now."

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British pop star JESSIE J has been left fuming after several of her unreleased songs leaked online.
The Price Tag hitmaker was furious when she discovered a number of tracks from her upcoming new album were available on the internet before their official release, and she’s blamed computer hackers for the leak.
In a post on Twitter.com, she writes, "It’s a real shame when people feel they have the right to leak an artist (sic) songs. It’s art and personal… I will never know (who did it). Could be anyone from a hacker to someone who has been sent the song once upon a time… Fluff it!! Imma (sic) just keep writing!! Keep believing and keep working my a** off!!"

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