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BRAD PITT fought to keep his favourite scene from LEGENDS OF THE FALL in the film after test audiences told researchers they hated it.
The movie star was stunned when he learned director Ed Zwick had been told to cut the scene and demanded to see the marketing reports from the screening.
He tells Entertainment Weekly, "They said it was the most hated scene. I said, ‘That can’t be. I understand that it’s uncomfortable, but it’s a monumental scene. Can I see these reports?’ "They showed them to me. It was also the second-most-liked scene, and I go, ‘Guys, this is exactly why we’re here. We want to evoke emotion, not favourable opinion, not agreement.’" But Pitt’s comments fell on deaf ears - the mystery scene was cut.

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TONY BENNETT’s granddaughter has created a special photo exhibit in New York City as a tribute to the legendary singer.
Kelsey Bennett captured intimate shots of her grandad as he recorded his latest album Duets II with stars like Lady Gaga, Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse, and now fans can now see the fruits of her labour at the Morrison Hotel Gallery as part of the Tony Bennett: Portrait Of An Artist collection .
Gallery co-owner Peter Blachley says, "I was born in San Francisco and my earliest childhood musical memories are of Tony Bennett’s classic song about my hometown. Tony Bennett exemplifies what the true art of music represents for all of us and we are very proud that we were chosen to represent this show." The show will run from 21 September to 9 October (11).

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Rockers PHISH played their native Vermont on Wednesday (14Sep11) for the first time in seven years to raise money for flooding victims.
The band played a low-key three-hour show in Essex Junction for those affected by the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, which killed four people and damaged roads, bridges and homes across the state.
More than 11,000 fans showed up for the gig at the Champlain Valley Exposition, where Governor Peter Shumlin introduced the band to the stage.
The show marked Phish’s first Vermont concert since their farewell gig in 2004. The band has since reformed.

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Celebrity designer MARC JACOBS is currently paying tribute to all things BLONDIE at his store in New York, which is full of books and clothing inspired by DEBORAH HARRY.
The Marc by Marc Jacobs women’s boutique on Bleecker Street has been transformed into a pop-up Blondie shop to mark the release of the band’s new album, Panic of Girls.
Harry was so impressed by the Jacobs shrine she dropped by earlier this week (beg12Sep11) to check it out.
She tells Billboard.com, "I’ve had a longtime association with Marc Jacobs since the early days at CBGB, and he’s always been so supportive of the downtown scene. I love and admire the fact that, while he’s so successful in the world of high fashion, he’s never forgotten his roots."

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A BEATLES rider request document is expected to fetch up to $5,000 (£3,120) when it goes under the hammer at auction in Los Angeles next week (20Sep11).
The contract, signed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein, pertains to a 1965 concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California in 1965.
In the paperwork, Epstein requests "no less than 150 uniformed police officers for protection" and a "special drumming platform for Ringo (Starr)".
The Fab Four’s backstage rider includes: "four cots, mirrors, an ice cooler, portable TV set and clean towels".

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Troubled rapper T.I. has been transferred to a halfway house in Georgia, two weeks after his prison term initially came to an end.
The hip-hop star, real name Clifford Harris, Jr., was given an early release from an Arkansas incarceration facility on 31 August (11) after serving 10 months of an 11-month sentence for a probation violation, but he was placed back behind bars after lawmakers discovered he had illegally conducted business onboard a luxury bus on his way to the halfway house in his home state, where he was due to spend the final days of his punishment.
The officials accused T.I. of discussing business matters with his manager and two producers from TV network VH1 - allegations he has denied.
His lawyer Steve Sadow attempted to have the decision to re-incarcerate his client overturned, but he was refused the opportunity to appeal the ruling.
The Live Your Life hitmaker was released from custody on Thursday (15Sep11) and his attorney is taking credit for the result.
He tells TMZ.com, "We have good reason to believe that this favourable result was reached because of the proactive and assertive approach taken to protect T.I.’s rights by providing B.O.P. (Bureau of Prisons) officials and the media with reliable and accurate information and that T.I. did not intend to violate his transfer furlough or any other B.O.P. rules en route from the prison facility in Arkansas to the halfway house in Atlanta." T.I. will be placed on probation for one year after his release from the halfway house on 29 September (11).

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TRUE BLOOD star JOE MANGANIELLO has split from his fiancee AUDRA MARIE, according to a U.S. report.
TV hunk Manganiello and the model/actress have been dating for 18 months, according to UsMagazine.com.
A source tells the publication, "It was a long time coming." The couple announced its engagement last year (10) after Manganiello proposed during an Italian vacation.

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Actor ETHAN HAWKE has revealed he once turned down the chance to play BATMAN.
The Before Sunrise star, who was married to one-time Batman villain Uma Thurman, was offered the role of the Caped Crusader after Michael Keaton stepped away from the role, but he opted out.
He tells Details magazine, "This was after Tim Burton’s (Batman films), before the bad period. I just didn’t want to go to the (New York) Knicks (basketball) game and have everybody go, ‘Wow, you were a great Batman!’ That wasn’t my f**king goal in life. Now I wish I’d done it, because I could have used it to do other things."

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A feud has erupted between TONY CURTIS’ widow and his daughter Allegra over an upcoming auction of his estate.
Allegra, the late star’s daughter from his second marriage to Christine Kaufmann, is upset that the actor’s sixth wife Jill failed to inform his kin about her plans to sell off paintings, memorabilia and keepsakes - and then reportedly refused to let his children grab sentimental items.
Allegra tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Jill Curtis is the only beneficiary of this auction. She did not consult us. This is not what my dad would have wanted.
"Jill’s even selling off credit cards and driver licenses. She’s also selling my dad’s letters to Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis, Picasso - these belong in a museum.
"It’s the dissemination of the estate of Tony Curtis. He deserves better." But Julien’s Auctions boss Darren Julien, who will oversee the Curtis estate sale, begs to differ.
He says, "Tony came to many of our auctions with Jill and said he wanted Julien’s to handle his auction after he died. I know this is exactly what he wanted." Curtis died last September (10).

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MAD MEN star JANUARY JONES has given birth to a baby boy.
The actress announced she was to become a first-time mum in April (11) and she welcomed son Xander Dane Jones on Tuesday (13Sep11).
The 33 year old’s representative tells People.com mother and baby are "doing great".
Jones has so far refused to reveal the identity of the tot’s father.

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CHARLIE SHEEN insists he’s sober and calmer after his very public spring (11) meltdown, which prompted many fans and friends to question his mental state.
Sheen’s sitcom Two and a Half Men was stalled in February (11) following a series of bizarre antics, which began with the star trashing a hotel room in New York over a missing watch and ended with the actor’s hospitalisation following an all-night party.
He was then fired from the show in March (11) after publicly feuding with producers and series creator Chuck Lorre.
That led to several weeks of headline-grabbing, wild behaviour as Sheen took to the Internet to blast TV executives and co-stars, lost custody of his twin sons and staged a bizarre touring one-man show.
Now reflecting on his year in the headlines, Sheen insists he’s in a better place.
Sitting down for a new interview on U.S. breakfast show Today, he says, "I don’t really know what happened. It was one of those things where the planets were aligned, perfectly or imperfectly. I said some stuff and then it caught such traction globally and instantly that I couldn’t really put out the fire… From one moment to the next, I didn’t know what was going to happen. It was pretty exciting.
"Looking back on it, I don’t think I would trade it, but there are portions of it I would have amended a little bit." Sheen reveals he learned a valuable lesson amid the media firestorm - to appreciate his family, including ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller, who he recently holidayed with in Mexico.
He continues, "I’m seeing my kids a lot more, mending fences with Denise and Brooke, just trying to move forward and prioritise what matters. I think that’s where the life is, you know, it’s in those quiet moments. It’s not the giant TV deal or the big party or the award or whatever, it’s the memory of your child’s smile at the end of the day that sort of brings that one lonesome tear." And the actor assures fans not to worry about his mental state after the months of craziness - he insists he’s "absolutely" sober and feels "a lot calmer" and "a lot mellower".
The full interview is set to air in the U.S. on Friday (16Sep11) as Sheen prepares for a TV comeback in a new sitcom inspired by Adam Sandler’s Anger Management movie.

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RYAN O’NEAL has blasted TV titan OPRAH WINFREY for not getting more involved in the reality show aimed at bringing himself and estranged daughter Tatum closer together.
The actor has revealed Ryan & Tatum: The O’Neals, which aired on Oprah’s OWN network, didn’t end well for father and daughter and they haven’t spoken for two months - since filming wrapped - but he insists it could have been a lot different if Winfrey had been a part of the series.
He tells Access Hollywood Live, "We never saw her, never spoke to her, not a note, not a line, not a word… I don’t think she was even in Los Angeles (where the show was filmed). I guess she thought we’d take care of it ourselves.
"One of the reasons we did it (the show) is that Oprah has a kind of a magical touch and that, with the combination of Oprah and hope, she (Tatum) and I could manage to get past what was bothering us. But we needed her and she didn’t show." And now the actor fears there won’t be a season two for the show: "I don’t think there is a season two. Did I open up? I tried. Does Tatum like me any better? No. So what’s the point? "Perhaps, if we did a second season, we could close some of those doors, but no one ever seemed to watch it (the show) anyway. The Oprah channel could use some publicity. They should spend a little money on it by the way, Oprah. That’s between you and me." But the series wasn’t a complete disaster - O’Neal now has a new lodger: "Her (Tatum’s) son lives with me now in Malibu. I lost one, I got someone else. It’s a tricky family. There’s so much pride and there is so much injury, it’s very difficult." Ryan and Tatum fell out when she was a teenager and he fell in love with Farrah Fawcett. Father and daughter have waged a bitter public feud ever since over allegations he abandoned his kids. Earlier this year (11), Ryan told newsman Piers Morgan he feared his dramas with Tatum had hastened Fawcett’s death. She lost her battle with cancer in 2009.

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A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against funnyman SACHA BARON COHEN over an alleged altercation, which occurred on the set of his hit film BRUNO.
In 2009, Richelle Olson launched a legal battle against Cohen, claiming she fell and hit her head while trying to kick the actor and his movie crew out of a charity bingo game in Lancaster, California.
Olson initially allowed the group to roll cameras during the event she organises, but she changed her mind when the actor, who played a gay fashionista in the film, began making cheeky references to his homosexual relationships each time a number was called.
And on Monday (12Sep11) the District Court of Appeals thew out the case because the funnyman was ruled to be exercising his right to free speech when the mishap occurred, according to the Associated Press.
The unscripted scene was not included in the final cut of the film.
Meanwhile, Cohen is currently locked in another ongoing legal battle - Palestinian grocer Ayman Abu Aita filed a $110 million (GBP73 million) defamation lawsuit against the actor after he was described him as a "terrorist group leader" in the film.

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HUGH GRANT and HARRY POTTER creator J.K. ROWLING have been given permission to participate in an investigation into Britain’s recent tabloid newspaper industry phone hacking scandal.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday publication the News of the World was shut down this summer (11) after it was discovered hacks had illegally gleaned information about headline-grabbing stories from private phone conversations and voicemails from celebrities and politicians.
Reporters had also hacked into the voicemail of schoolgirl Milly Dowler after she vanished in 2002. She was later found dead.
Actor Grant spearheaded calls for a high-level investigation into the phone hacking scandal after learning he was among the celebrity victims and now not only has he got his wish, he has been named a "core participant" by Judge Brian Leveson, who is overseeing the inquiry.
Other key members of the investigation include News of the World publisher News International and the paper’s former editor Rebekah Brooks and the Metropolitan Police, which has been accused of bungling the original investigation into phone hacking.
Meanwhile, a parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking will recall News International chief executive James Murdoch. The lawmakers are seeking to determine whether James Murdoch misled them about the scale of the illegal practice at the News of the World in his previous testimony.

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Rapper LIL WAYNE has scored a second week at the top of the U.S. album charts.
The hitmaker’s Tha Carter IV rocketed straight to number one last week (07Sep11) with 964,000 sales and he has added another 219,000 to that this past week to stay on top.
Adele’s 21 - the chart’s 2011 bestseller - moves up a spot to two on the new countdown, while country legend George Strait scores the week’s highest debut at three with Here For a Good Time.
The Beatles’ 1 hits compilation re-enters the top five at four thanks to the album’s release as a digital download and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are at five with I’m With You.
Meanwhile Maroon 5’s collaboration with Christina Aguilera, Moves Like Jagger, reclaims the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 from Adele’s Someone Like You, which slips to two.
Kelly Clarkson scores the pop chart’s highest debut at 18 with Mr. Know It All and actor Hugh Laurie lands his first Hot 100 hit, as Police Dog Blues enters at 58.
His debut album, Let Them Talk, bows on the Billboard 200 album chart at 16 and Laurie lands the number one slot on the Blues Albums countdown with 20,000 copies sold.

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Lost footage of RAY CHARLES performing at the Antibes Jazz Festival in France from 50 years ago has been unearthed for a new concert movie DVD.
Eagle Rock Entertainment and Reelin’ In The Years Productions have teamed up to distribute Ray Charles - Live In France 1961, which features the late R&B icon onstage with the original Raeletts and his band comprising David ‘Fathead’ Newman and Hank Crawford.
The digitally restored and remastered footage features some of Charles’ first-ever performances in Europe, and includes tracks like What’d I Say, Georgia On My Mind and I Believe To My Soul.
Reelin’ In The Years president David Peck, who co-produced the film, tells WENN, "This Ray Charles footage was never intended to be shown as a full-length project, but I saw one of the songs on a programme, then saw another performance. Then we found the radio recordings of the full sets, giving us a way to edit everything together to become this seamless experience and amazing document of Ray Charles." The DVD will be released in October (11).

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KATY PERRY is aiming for more U.S. pop chart history after announcing plans to release a sixth song from her TEENAGE DREAM album.
The singer currently ties Michael Jackson on the mainstream Billboard Hot 100 chart after landing five number one singles from the same album - and now she wants to go one better.
The One That Got Away will be released next month (Oct11) and Perry hopes it will help her become the only artist in history to score a sixth number one.
California Gurls, Teenage Dream, Firework; E.T. and Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) have all reached the top of the U.S. chart, making Perry the first woman to land five number ones from one album. Jackson accomplished the same feat in 1987 and 1988 with hits from his Bad album. His sixth and seventh releases failed to make it to the top five.

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Actress BRENDA SONG’s mother has spoken out to silence reports suggesting her daughter is pregnant with rocker TRACE CYRUS’ baby, insisting the rumours are false and "very upsetting".
Last month (Aug11), online reports surfaced suggesting The Social Network star was expecting a child with Miley Cyrus’ half-brother, sending bloggers and gossips into a flurry.
Song’s publicist insisted she had no information about the baby news and now the actress’ mum Mai has spoken out on behalf of her 23-year-old daughter.
She tells PerezHilton.com, "She’s actually not pregnant… It’s very upsetting to our family because of what I’m going through and it’s not how we raised her."

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