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Airline tycoon RICHARD BRANSON lost his autobiography and 15 years worth of handwritten notes when a blaze ripped through his Necker Island retreat earlier this month (Aug11).
Actress Kate Winslet and 20 other guests were holidaying at the billionaire businessman’s Caribbean home in the British Virgin Islands when lightening hit the wooden property and set it ablaze.
Winslet helped escort Branson’s 90-year-old mother Eve to safety as the building burned around them - and now the Virgin Atlantic boss has opened up about the extent of his losses in the blaze.
He tells Britain’s The Sunday Times, "My office was in the house and I lost everything in it. I’d got a long way into writing my autobiography (which included losing my virginity) and it’s lost. Fifteen years of handwritten notebooks went and photographs and so on.
"Running a business, we have a meticulous computer backup system so I’d assumed all that was completely safe. But it turns out the backup was also in the house.
"Everything filed on the computers there in the past few years is lost, both business-related and personal… But these are things. And as long as you have your family and friends around you they’re not that important." A representative for Branson adds, "The biggest disappointment is that Richard was well through his new book. It was sitting on top of about 10 years of notebooks, about 40 of them in total. He’s now just hoping his memory is still intact as he’s going to need it - and he plans to buy a fire-proof vault."

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Actor RYAN ROTTMAN has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol after a night out last month (Jul11).
The Nickelodeon star had been enjoying an evening with his pals Zac Efron and Rumer Willis at Dillon’s Irish Pub in Hollywood.
Rottman left the bar and was driving along a road when he was stopped and arrested by officers who allegedly witnessed his car jump a kerb.
The Gigantic star’s blood alcohol level was reportedly more than twice the legal limit, according to TMZ.com, but on Thursday (25Aug11) the actor denied the charge.
He is due back in court next month (Sept11).

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Hollywood film producer JON PETERS has been ordered to pay his former assistant more than $3 million (£1.9 million) for sexual harassment.
Shelly Morita filed a lawsuit against Peters in 2006, claiming she quit her job after he fondled her at his Malibu home and climbed into bed with her in an Australian hotel room while they were working on Superman Returns in 2005.
Morita claimed she was unable to find work in Hollywood after leaving Peters’ employment because of his power in the industry.
On Friday (26Aug11), Morita was awarded $822,000 (£513,750) in compensatory damages and $2.5 million (£1.6 million) in punitive damages after a jury ruled she was subjected to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.
Peters’ attorneys are planning to appeal the verdict, reports City News Service.

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Filmmaker SOFIA COPPOLA and her longterm partner, musician THOMAS MARS, have married in Italy.
The Lost in Translation director exchanged vows with the Phoenix frontman on Saturday (27Aug11) on her dad Francis Ford Coppola’s lavish estate in Bernalda - the small village where her grandparents were born.
Coppola’s director father walked her down the aisle as she wore a custom-made lavender bridal gown in front of around 80 guests, including Johnny Depp and George Lucas.
The village’s mayor Leonardo Chiruzzi, who performed the civil ceremony, tells the Associated Press,"Everything went well. It was simple, calm, in the garden. If they wanted to do a Hollywood wedding, they wouldn’t have done it here. They chose to do it here because it’s here - it’s here that is beautiful." The pair has two children, four-year-old Roma and Cosima, 15 months.
Coppola was previously married to director Spike Jonze, who she divorced in 2003 after four years.

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KELLY CLARKSON has retired the song she sang after winning the first season of AMERICAN IDOL because it wasn’t written specifically for her.
A Moment Like This was the star’s first single and she felt compelled to sing it for fans who had voted her to victory on the U.S. TV talent show - but she’s sick of the tune and insists she won’t be performing it live anytime soon.
She tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "It was a moment for whoever won (American Idol), but that song wasn’t written for me. I loved singing it for the finale. That’s what it was for. But you’re not going to catch me singing that song anytime soon.
"Someone would have to be dying in front of me, saying, ‘My last wish is for you to sing that song,’ for me to sing it."

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HALLE BERRY has won the latest round in her custody battle with ex-boyfriend GABRIEL AUBRY.
The Monster’s Ball star returned to court on Friday (26Aug11) for a hearing tabled after her lawyer, Neal Hersh, filed legal papers asking a judge to hold Aubry in contempt for allegedly violating their custody deal.
TMZ.com reports the latest spat came about during a dispute over how much time Berry and Aubry each get to spend with their daughter Nahla when the actress is shooting a movie abroad.
Berry is reportedly heading to Europe to shoot a new film and she wants to spend more time with Nahla.
A judge ruled in her favour and now Gabriel won’t get as much time with his daughter Nahla as he wanted.
The former couple’s custody battle began in December (10) when the model filed a paternity petition asking to be officially recognised as the father of three-year-old Nahla following his split from the actress. At the time, Berry and Aubry had not filed for child custody, visitation or support.
She later challenged his efforts to spend more time with Nahla.

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Hollywood film composer JOHN O’BRIEN was found dead in his Chicago, Illinois hotel room on Saturday (20Aug11).
O’Brien’s body was discovered by longtime collaborator and former child actor Peter Billingsley. He was 45.
An autopsy into the cause of O’Brien’s death proved inconclusive, but narcotics and sleeping pills were found in the composer’s room, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The music supervisor was best known for providing material for a number of Hollywood blockbuster hits, among them The Break-Up, Four Christmases, Couples Retreat, Pineapple Express, and Iron Man.
O’Brien most recently worked on Christina Applegate’s new TV sitcom Up All Night, which is set to premiere next month (Sep11).

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TIESTO will make U.S. concert history in October (11) when he plays the largest single-headliner DJ show ever.
The Dutchman will close his upcoming Club Life College Invasion Tour with a date at the 26,000-capacity Home Depot Stadium in Los Angeles.
The 8 October (11) concert is expected to be a sell out and Tiesto can’t wait.
He tells Billboard.com, "L.A. has always been such a welcoming city to me and it’s been a while since I’ve played there, so to be able to finish off the college tour with such a great show is really special."

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DEF LEPPARD frontman JOE ELLIOTT has blasted a fan who complained about the lack of fireworks in the group’s first four shows following the death of the singer’s father.
The Pour Some Sugar On Me hitmakers were forced to scrap a handful of concerts in America last month (Jul11) after Elliott’s father died in England.
The band returned to the road shortly after the funeral so as not to let fans down, but singer Elliott was hurt and angered by one so-called devotee’s emailed criticism.
He tells Spinner.com, "The guy accused me of being a fraud because on the first four gigs we did after the break we did exactly the same set. I wasn’t going to say to the guy, ‘Well, you know, my father just passed away…’ "He’s writing this as if every single person comes to every gig. But the only people who know what we did are the ones who go online and look at the setlist. So he’s a f**king idiot. I don’t mind saying that and please print it.
"When someone like him says our song Love Bites is just a ‘beer break,’ I’m like, ‘Wow, you’re a moron. Don’t bother coming to any of our shows. We don’t want people like you.’ "We have to play for the majority. If we don’t play Photograph and Pour Some Sugar On Me, we won’t get out of the building alive. That pays our wages - not these idiots who sit in their mother’s basement eating Doritos and playing Dungeons And Dragons all day. I’m not interested in those kinds of people."

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Singer SINEAD O’CONNOR has penned a desperate column for the Irish Independent newspaper in the hope it will snag her a lover.
The lonely Nothing Compares 2 U hitmaker has gone public with her desire to find a new man and has listed her requirements for a boyfriend.
In the column she writes, "My situation, sexually/affectionately speaking, is so dire that inanimate objects are starting to look good. I tell you, yams are looking like the winners." And she adds, "I am in desperate need of a very sweet sex-starved man." Listing her requirements, O’Connor writes: "He must be no younger than 44… Must not be named Brian or Nigel… Must be very snuggly (and) has to like his mother." The singer is also keen to find a hirsute lover, adding, "I like me a hairy man, so buffed and/or waxed (men) need not apply."

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An autopsy on actor MICHAEL SHOWERS has determined the TREME star drowned.
Showers’ body was found in the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana on Wednesday morning (24Aug11), a day after his girlfriend reported the 45 year old missing.
Results from toxicology tests for drugs and alcohol are expected to take three weeks to conclude.
Showers has a small role in Zoe Saldana’s new movie Colombiana, which opened in U.S. cinemas on Friday (26Aug11).

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Actress JULIE BOWEN went into labour with her first child while she was playing an expectant mum on a TV show set.
The Modern Family star reveals she was pretending to be in labour on the set of Boston Legal when her waters broke.
She tells More magazine, "I was grunting and groaning. They’re like, ‘Cut!’ and my water breaks, and I’m standing in a puddle." A crew member was assigned to take her to hospital - but Bowen insisted on going home first, so she could wash off her make-up and change because she was afraid the admitting staff "would think I was Froot Loops (crazy), showing up in my own hospital gown with full hair and make-up."

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Reality TV star-turned-fashion icon KRISTIN CAVALLARI has become the latest celebrity to accept an invitation to attend a Marine Corps Ball in November (11).
Following in the footsteps of Black Swan star Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake, Cavallari will now attend a forces get together after jumping at the chance to join military man Jonathan Burkett at the ball.
Burkett put out the invite via Twitter.com on Thursday (25Aug11), asking, "Wanted to know if you want to go the the Marine Corps Ball with me in San Diego?" And thrilled Cavallari didn’t waste any time, responding, "Would love to! When is it?" hours later.
TMZ.com reports Cavallari is now working out the details to make the date happen.
Meanwhile, Kunis will attend one of the Marine Corps balls as Sergeant Scott Moore’s date after he posted a video message invite online from his military base in Afghanistan, and her Friends With Benefits co-star Timberlake will take Corporal Kelsey De Santis to the party.

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Broadway will shut down this weekend (27-28Aug11) as Hurricane Irene lashes New York.
Disney Theatrical Productions bosses scrapped weekend performances of musicals The Lion King and Mary Poppins early on Friday (26Aug11) after city Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of several hospital and nursing home facilities - amounting to 270,000 people, and now concerned officials at the Nederlander Organization have followed suit.
They announced the cancellation of all their Broadway shows via Twitter.com.
That means performances of The Addams Family, Wicked, Follies, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and Catch Me if You Can will not be staged.
Hurricane conditions are expected to hit the city late on Saturday (27Aug11) and continue through Sunday (28Aug11) and all public transportation will be shut down in and out of the Big Apple from midday on Saturday.
The Dave Matthews Band have postponed their Caravan Music Festival in New York and the Actors Fund’s special benefit performance of The Book of Mormon is to be rescheduled.
The Big Apple Performing Arts Street Festival has also been postponed and The Metropolitan Opera’s outdoor opera film festival at Lincoln Center Plaza will now take place on Monday (29Aug11) - after the storm has passed.

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Rapper Q-TIP is set to pay tribute to MICHAEL JACKSON at his New York show on Saturday (27Aug11) to mark the late King of Pop’s upcoming birthday.
The former A Tribe Called Quest star is playing the Irving Plaza with DJ Spinna, and the duo will use the gig to remember Jackson, who would have turned 53 on Monday (29Aug11).
Q-Tip says, "Michael Jackson was a huge influence on my music and was an inspiration to me and so many others. I want to bring people together to celebrate the man, his music and his legacy that will undoubtedly live on forever!"

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CHARLIZE THERON is so desperate to become a mother she’s considering adoption.
The Monster star, who split from longtime boyfriend Stuart Townsend last year (10), reportedly broke up with Ryan Reynolds earlier this month (Aug11).
But despite her single status, Theron is keen to start a family.
She tells Germany’s In Touch magazine, "I want a baby. If it would happen tomorrow I would be very happy." And the actress admits she may even go down the adoption route to fulfil her desire, adding: "Why not? I’m open to everything in life."

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RIHANNA has given her fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her recent tour in her new music video.
The Umbrella hitmaker wrapped her North American Loud trek last month (Jul11), ahead of taking the shows to Europe.
Rihanna amassed hours of footage on the road, and she’s compiled the best bits to form the promo for her new song Cheers (Drink to That).
In the video, the star can be seen performing for fans and hugging pals backstage, as well as unwinding during the trek by swimming in a pool.

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Supermodel HEIDI KLUM is preparing to spook kids this Halloween after signing up as the UNICEF Trick or Treat Ambassador.
The blonde beauty and mum-of-four is fronting the United Nations Children’s Fund’s annual campaign, which encourages American kids to make a difference to the lives of youngsters in poorer countries.
Klum is urging her fans to log on to trickortreatforunicef.org to plan their Halloween parties, share Trick or Treat for UNICEF stories, and create virtual costumes.
She says, "I am excited to become part of a campaign that has such a special place in so many people’s hearts.
"As a mom, I want my children to have everything they need to be safe, healthy and happy. I’m amazed at the work UNICEF does to provide vital support for children around the world - from education to nutrition, health care to clean water - in dire emergencies and all year round."

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