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Hip-hop superstar JAY-Z has offered up his support to boost U.S. President BARACK OBAMA’s re-election campaign, insisting his politician friend is still "the best man for the job".
The Empire State of Mind hitmaker was one of the big stars who backed Obama when he first joined the presidential race in 2008, and he celebrated with the Democrat at his inauguration ceremony in January, 2009.
Jay-Z admits the election of America’s first black president was "very inspirational" and he hopes Obama’s success at the polls will encourage aspiring politicians of all backgrounds to aim for the top.
He tells WENN, "It was very inspirational. And it made everyone feel like that whole American Dream, like, we were all a part of the American Dream finally. Like it was accessible to everyone… Now we have to get a female president and a Latino president and then we are on our way." Obama has launched his bid for a second term in the White House, and, despite the fact he has come under fire from critics for failing to do more to turn the lacklustre U.S. economy around during his time in office, Jay-Z is confident the leader will deliver if he’s given more time to sort out the country’s most pressing problems.
The rapper says, "I still think he is the best man for the job, so yes (I will campaign for him). I think he got a raw deal and he got a really tough economy. It’s going to test his mettle, which is great. You don’t get anything that you can’t handle. So he must be really special because he got (sic) a lot of work to do."

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ASHTON KUTCHER is letting his jewellery speak for him amid reports he and his wife DEMI MOORE are facing marriage woes - he stepped out on Thursday (29Sep11) wearing his wedding ring.
The couple has been dogged by infidelity rumours and stories suggesting its union is under threat ever since Kutcher and Moore spent their sixth wedding anniversary apart last weekend (24Sep11).
A series of cryptic tweets sent by Moore, who refused to talk about her husband on the red carpet at a premiere in New York earlier this week (26Sep11), only served the fuel the speculation. She was also a no-show at a film premiere in Hollywood on Tuesday (27Sep11).
But Kutcher fired back with tweets of his own on Thursday (29Sep11), directing fans to Public Enemy’s Don’t Believe The Hype on his Spotify.com playlist and then writing, "When you ASSUME to know that which you know nothing of you make an ASS out of U and ME." And he also gave fans a visual sign his marriage is still intact during a visit to a Los Angeles motorbike shop - he was photographed leaving the store with two new bike helmets and he was wearing his wedding ring.

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Actress GOLDIE HAWN refuses to marry her longtime boyfriend KURT RUSSELL, because she still prefers to be referred to as his girlfriend after 28 years.
The Private Benjamin star began dating actor Russell in 1983 after they co-starred in Swing Shift, and they have become one of few Hollywood couples whose romance has stood the test of time - without the need for marriage rings.
Hawn is adamant she has no plans to take the relationship to the next level - because they are "happy" with their lifestyle.
Speaking on U.S. talk show The View on Friday (30Sep11), she said, "We’re not gonna get married. I mean, we’re happy. I still like the idea that I’m his girlfriend. And, in a way, the kids like it. We asked the kids about marriage early on and we said, ‘Shall we get married?’… and they said, ‘No, no!’" But Hawn insists she would never force her own views on to her daughter Kate Hudson, who is preparing to wed for the second time after becoming a new mum.
Hawn explains, "I was married twice. I think that there’s a sense of idealism really about wanting to be married and have a family… My feeling is our journey is our journey, and there isn’t any way we’re gonna put a stop or should (put a stop to it) because it’s all a learning process. How are we gonna learn? How are we gonna know? "We follow our instincts and impulses. If they’re for the good, which is to create a family, to do something good, more power to you. If it works out, that’s awesome. If it doesn’t, well, you know you’re part of a very large statistic. So I think the whole way of looking at it is with an optimistic view." Hudson and British rock star Matt Bellamy announced their engagement in April (11) and welcomed their first child together, baby boy Bingham, in July (11). The Almost Famous actress was previously wed to The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson.

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TONY BENNETT has revealed his latest duet partner AMY WINEHOUSE knew she was near death when they recorded the classic standard BODY & SOUL in London earlier this year (11).
The legendary crooner was thrilled to get the chance to perform with the tragic Brit at London’s Abbey Road studios for his hit new album Duets II, but he admits the collaboration had ominous undertones.
Bennett reveals he didn’t know it at the time, but recalling conversations he had with Winehouse and reviewing film footage of their time together, he realises his young friend was in trouble.
Appearing on Thursday’s (29Sep11) The Daily Show in America, he explained, "She knew that she was in a lot of trouble, that she wasn’t gonna live. It wasn’t drugs, it was alcohol ’til the end." And Bennett is disappointed he’ll never get the chance to perform with her again: "She was the only singer that really sang what I call the right way." Winehouse died in July (11). Her duet with Bennett was released on what would have been her 28th birthday (14Sep11).

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON reunited with her ex-husband RYAN REYNOLDS on Thursday (29Sep11) at RADIOHEAD’s intimate club show in New York.
The Hollywood couple parted ways in December (10) after two years of marriage, but the stars have remained friends and have met up for dinner on more than one occasion in the months since their split.
And the former spouses were back in each other’s company on Thursday as they watched the Creep hitmakers perform at Manhattan’s Roseland Ballroom.
A source tells UsMagazine.com, "Ryan and Scarlett came in together right before show started and just watched, rocked out and left together. They just seemed like good friends." Johansson and Reynolds weren’t the only celebrities who turned out to see the British band live - Gossip Girl beauty Blake Lively, comedian Jack Black and newlywed couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz were also in attendance.

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British rockers THIS MANY BOYFRIENDS have placed all tour plans on hold following guitarist PETER SYKES’s death.
The musician, from Leeds, England, died suddenly on Tuesday (27Sep11) after suffering a brain haemorrhage just weeks before the band was due to go on tour.
A statement issued by the rockers reads: "Our best friend and guitarist Peter Sykes sadly passed away on Tuesday morning. We are all extremely shocked and saddened at the loss of a truly wonderful human being.
"We really can’t process everything right now as it has been a tremendous shock. We were so very lucky to have even met such a great man and to have shared a stage with him has been a huge pleasure. He was our dear friend and we will miss him. All our thoughts are with his family at this sad time."

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Singer/actress DEMI LOVATO has publicly thanked her good friends SELENA GOMEZ and KIM KARDASHIAN for their unwavering support during her stint in rehab.
The Skyscraper star enrolled in a treatment programme last year (Oct10) to battle a number of personal problems, including an eating disorder, depression and self-harming, but she has since bounced back and recently declared she is happier and healthier than ever.
But Lovato insists she wouldn’t have made such a quick recovery if it hadn’t been for her two closest pals.
She tells Billboard.com, "I feel like there are some people that you’re friends with that talk to you on Twitter or you text, but the people that are really there for me are the people that were there for me when I went into treatment.
"The people that were calling me while I was in there were Kim Kardashian and Selena Gomez. Those two girls, they meant the world to me. They still do." Lovato, who attended Kardashian’s August (11) wedding to Kris Humphries, adds that the reality TV star has been "like a big sister" to her.

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Legendary songwriters BURT BACHARACH and HAL DAVID are to be honoured with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an all-star tribute concert in Washington, D.C. next spring (12).
The award is the fourth Library of Congress officials have handed out and composer Bacharach and lyricist David are the first songwriting team to be honoured.
Bacharach says, "It’s a great honour to receive this award… It doesn’t get any better than this." Past recipients of the Gershwin Prize are Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney.
The announcement comes a day after David received word he would be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next month (Oct11).

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Rockers RADIOHEAD have sent fans into a frenzy amid rumours they will perform a surprise show on Friday afternoon (30Sep11) during an economic rally in New York.
Protesters have set up camp in lower Manhattan as part of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street campaign, rallying against social inequality.
A host of celebrities and social activists including Susan Sarandon, rap mogul Russell Simmons and documentary maker Michael Moore have shown their support for the cause by making appearances, and now Radiohead look set to add their voices to the campaign by allegedly planning a special show in the heart of the Financial District.
In a post on Twitter.com, Simmons writes, "rumor is that Radiohead will be playing at #OccupyWallStreet rally at Liberty Sq., NYC at 4PM TODAY!" The Creep hitmakers have played a handful of recent low-key live shows to promote their latest album The King of Limbs, and they shunned arena gigs this week (begs26Sep11) to perform two last-minute concerts at the intimate Roseland Ballroom in New York.

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MEL GIBSON has been handed a Rosh Hashanah blow as he moves forward with plans to turn historical Jewish hero JUDAH MACCABEE’s life story into a new movie - producer BRUCE NASH is planning a rival production.
Gibson, who has been developing his project for the past decade, came under attack from Jewish officials earlier this year (11) - they felt he was the wrong person to make a movie about the man who inspired Hanukkah following the anti-Semitic comments he made to a traffic cop during a driving under the influence (DUI) arrest in 2006.
And it appears Nash agrees - and he has a completed script for a planned mini-series.

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KELSEY GRAMMER’s new wife has been banned from sitting in on the TV star’s custody hearing with his former spouse Camille.
Grammer divorced his wife Camille in February (11) and married Kayte Walsh just days later. He came face to face with his ex for the first time since they split last year (10) in court on Friday (30Sep11), as the former couple thrashed out custody arrangements for their kids, Jude, six, and daughter Mason, nine.
The custody fight turned nasty earlier this year (11) when Camille demanded sole custody of both children, while Grammer allegedly asked to keep Jude in his care and leave Mason with her mother - although an agreement was reportedly reached in July (11).
Grammer was accompanied to Friday’s hearing by Walsh, but she was forced to leave the courtroom after the judge decided to close the case to the public.
A teary Walsh had to wait for her new husband outside the court, according to TMZ.com.

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The upcoming MICHAEL JACKSON tribute concert is to be broadcast live in 3D in cinemas across the U.K.
The spectacular Michael Forever show, featuring performances from stars including Cee Lo Green, Smokey Robinson, Black Eyed Peas, Christina Aguilera, and the Thriller hitmaker’s sister La Toya, will take place in Cardiff, Wales on 8 October (11).
But fans unable to make it to the venue have been offered an alternative to catch all the action - organisers of the concert have announced the star-studded show will be beamed into 40 cinemas across Great Britain and Northern Ireland in eye-catching 3D.
It will also be broadcast at three picture houses in Spain.

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British actor ROWAN ATKINSON is refusing to let his terrifying road crash in August (11) put him off driving - he can’t wait for his sports car to be mended so he can get back behind the wheel.
The Johnny English star was left in agony when he fractured his shoulder after his McLaren F1 vehicle careered out of control and smashed into a tree as he drove through Cambridgeshire, England.
But the ordeal hasn’t killed Atkinson’s love of fast cars, and he can’t wait to drive the vehicle again.
He tells BBC Newsbeat, "It was a misjudgement and it was not a situation that one would wish to recreate in the future, but I’m fine… I think the car’s going to take a bit longer to mend than me but it will be mended, it will be back on the road again at some point.
"I’ll certainly be driving the car again, it hasn’t put me off the car but you’ve got to learn your and your vehicle’s limitations, so I think it’s definitely a lesson learnt and I would hope to not be in the same situation (again)."

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BRAD PITT has developed a "radar" to help spot obsessed fans after two scary encounters left him wary of meeting the public.
The Hollywood icon insists he rarely feels threatened when he’s approached by devotees, but a few experiences have taught him some easy ways of slipping out of an awkward situation.
The Seven actor tells Total Film magazine, "I’ve had break-ins in the house before. A few years ago, a girl broke in the house (sic). Hatred doesn’t happen very often, but I have run into it.
"You feel it, at times… You develop a radar over the years. It’s very rare, but I’ve run into a couple of unbalanced people and you feel it when you’re approached by them and you know how to get out."

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POISON are showing off their generous side by performing a one-off gig to support an American Down Syndrome charity.
The band is set to play at Hard Rock Live Orlando in Florida later this year (11), while they’re also offering 153 revellers the chance to attend a VIP barbecue following the gig.
All proceeds from the event will go towards The Down Syndrome Foundation of Florida, which raises understanding of those affected by the condition.
The gig will take place on 5 November (11).

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SINEAD O’CONNOR is to add teacher to her resume - she’s planning to give singing lessons to students at her daughter’s school.
The Nothing Compares 2 U hitmaker, who has four children, is feeling nervous ahead of her first tutoring session at the facility in her native Ireland.
In a blog post on her website, O’Connor writes, "Am going to give my first ever singing lesson. At my daughter’s school. Always wanted to teach singing… Not sure how… But I’ll start with the distraction techniques. Biggest obstacle for singers is our mind. It gets in the way. Telling us ‘you can’t get that note’ etc. The next obstacle is, we listen to ourselves (judging). Next is we don’t sing in our own accents (well… I do… Because I am wonderful, as we already know)." But the singer will draw from the lessons she received as an aspiring star to aid her in her new job, adding: "I think singing for some people is a spiritual journey and or almost a marriage u make with ur self. A commitment to truly being u… ‘Bel Canto’. Beautiful singing. That is the method I learned from my teacher Frank Merriman at The Bel Canto School of Singing when I went to him for lessons around 94/95.
"He said ‘I’m not a singing teacher, I’m a free-er of voices’. He was gifted as a teacher. I’m not at all. But he gave me distraction techniques with which to free the voice."

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British rocker NOEL GALLAGHER is now overly cautious when he speaks publicly about his estranged brother Liam, because he fears he will be sued again.
The former Oasis siblings have been feuding with each other since the band split in 2009, which culminated in Liam issuing a high court writ against Noel earlier this year (11) over comments he made at a press conference.
Noel alleged the Wonderwall hitmakers were forced to pull out of Britain’s V Festival two years ago (09) because singer Liam had a hangover, but his brother was infuriated by the remarks and insisted he had a doctor’s note confirming he was suffering from laryngitis.
Now Noel fears more repercussions if he continues to make remarks about his sibling.
Asked about the legal battle, he tells NME.com, "Well I can’t even mention Liam’s name because I’ll get sued. If he hears your voice mentioning his name he’ll sue you. He’ll sue you behind this camera, he’ll sue the viewers of NME.COM for even thinking, even thinking about him. So bearing that in mind I’d like to say ‘no comment’."

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Pop superstar JUSTIN BIEBER is desperately pleading with his online followers to help him locate a young fan who missed out on tickets to his sold-out concert in Mexico.
The Baby hitmaker is due to play at Foro Sol in Mexico City on Saturday night (01Oct11), but dozens of devotees were left devastated when they lined up for tickets only to be told there were no more available.
After watching footage of one girl dropping to the floor and crying hysterically on hearing the news, Bieber took to his Twitter.com page to reach out to the youngster ahead of the show.
He posted a clip of news footage featuring the fan, alongside the words, "Need everyone’s help. we have LESS than 24 hours. we need to find this girl… she is at the 30 sec (second) mark (in the clip). HELP! thanks."

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