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HUGH JACKMAN has a new Broadway date - the movie star’s one-man stage show will hit New York for eight weeks next month (Oct11).
The Aussie actor debuted his song-and-dance show in San Francisco, California earlier this year (11) and received rave reviews when he took it to Toronto, Canada in July (11) - and now Hugh Jackman in Concert is set for a run in the Big Apple.
The show features Jackman performing showstoppers and sharing anecdotes with the crowd about his life and career.
He’ll be accompanied by an 18-piece orchestra.

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Rockers ARCADE FIRE are to host a celebrity basketball match to raise money for charity.
The band’s frontman Win Butler has organised the sporting event in his hometown of Montreal, Canada, for later this month (Sep11) to tie in with the POP Montreal International Music Festival.
Butler and his bandmate brother Will are to take part in the POP vs JOCK match alongside Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson and NBA star Matt Bonner.
Taking place in the McGill University Sports Centre, Butler has also organised half-time entertainment from Arcade Fire’s Regine Chassagne, who will play organ, while fellow bandmember Richard Reed Parry will premiere a bicycle symphony named Drones.
Money raised will go towards the DJ Sports Club - a non-profit charity organisation in Montreal which offers programmes in sports and education to youths.

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PINK fans with cash can now rent out the pop star’s Sherman Oaks, California home.
The new mum has put her estate on the market for $4 million (GBP2.5 million), but while she awaits a buyer it’s up for rent at $8,500 (GBP5,310)-a-month.
The gated Spanish-style house features four bedrooms and five bathrooms and comes with an infinity pool, a grotto-style spa and a barbecue pavilion.
Pink bought the property in 2002, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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GEORGE HARRISON’s widow has exploded the myth the late star was the "quiet" Beatle, insisting he could be a wildman when he wasn’t meditating.
In a new Rolling Stone expose, Olivia Harrison reveals the guitarist lived by extremes and he wasn’t just the peaceful, gardening fan he has often been depicted as.
She says, "He had a crazy side, too. He liked to have fun… He could be very, very quiet or he could be very, very loud. I mean once he got going, that was it.
"He wasn’t, you know, a wimp, I’ll tell you that. He could outlast anyone."

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Classic rockers BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD have postponed their reunion tour again and now have no fixed date for a get together.
Neil Young and bandmates Richie Furay and Stephen Stills played their first concert together in 42 years when they reformed for the Bridge School Benefit last year (10). They subsequently played a string of California shows and the Bonnaroo festival earlier this year (11).
The band had originally planned on launching a 30-date American tour this autumn (11), but the trio rescheduled the get together to January and February next year (12).
Now Furay’s manager tells RollingStone.com, "This delay happened for a multitude of reasons. The plan is still to tour next year. There’s not a timeline at this point. Buffalo Springfield is at the top of Neil’s list of priorities. It’s just a matter of finding a time that works for everybody."

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Rapper THE GAME is calling on his gay peers to come out of the closet.
The Dreams hitmaker insists hip-hop is rife with gay stars who refuse to be honest about their sexuality, and he feels it’s time for the individuals to take a stand.
He tells VLADTV.com, "They are the only type of gay people that I have a problem with. Game don’t have a problem with gay people. Game has a problem with people who are pretending not to be gay.
"The number one issue with that is that you can be fooling somebody and you could give them AIDS and they can die. So that in the closet s**t is real scary." And he has hinted that he has worked with a big name gay rapper, adding, "(He was) not being just full-out gay, just pretending he loves girls and lives the rap lifestyle, but really he’s a man fan… There’s a lot of man fans out there in hip-hop. I see how you n**gas be looking at n**gas you’re around too."

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Funnyman JERRY LEWIS was a no-show at the 46th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon on Sunday (04Sep11), despite reports suggesting he had been reinstated as host following a dispute with organisers.
British TV mogul Nigel Lythgoe fronted the televised six-hour charity drive with co-hosts Nancy O’Dell, Jann Carl and Alison Sweeney - and the quartet came out on top, raising over $61 million (GBP38.1 million). Last year’s 20-hour MDA telethon, which Lewis hosted, raised $58.9 (GBP36.8 million).
The show began with a tribute to Lewis and during the telethon Lythgoe referred to longtime host Lewis as "retired". Lewis has not publicly discussed his split from the MDA.,

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Actress TIPPI HEDREN is mourning the loss of three big cats at her Shambala Preserve in California.
Liger Patrick, tigress Tamara and a serval called Sawyer all passed away this summer (11).
The Birds star has paid an emotional tribute to 21-year-old Patrick, who died in May (11).
The striped lion "arrived" at Shambala in May, 1998, from the Deer Park roadside zoo in Illinois.
In a post on the preserve’s website, she writes, "He became a bit of a therapist to me. I believe he enjoyed our sessions, be they quiet, just enjoying the time of day, staring at the moon in the middle of the night, or watching his playful running, which he did so often. We’d watch the trains go by, as well as aircraft…
"Patrick would get along with everyone…he even liked the ravens and they liked him. He would sometimes chuff to a few of them sitting on a log. He never minded them stealing his meat!!! Talking about meat… he would eat 20 to 25, sometimes 30 lbs of meat a day!!! That would be to keep his weight of somewhere over 600 lbs up to par.
"As our friendship grew, he would see me thru (sic) the windows of my house, he’d call to me in that unique voice. I would go out to visit with him, sit in the wicker fan chair, loving the moonlight evenings, talk to him, he’d bring his face to the fence, I’d bring my forehead to his and tell him how much I would like to fluff his mane, and give him a great big hug, (which is absolutely against our policy.) He new the sound of my car, too, and would greet me at the corner of his habitat… Memories that will live in my mind forever." The actress signs off, "My highly emotional time of mourning has turned into a time of really appreciating the beautiful life Patrick was given after he came to live at Shambala. These fourteen years have been a gift to this magnificent, enchanting being, as well as to us, because of the very real love and care from everyone at Shambala. Especially me, I just plain love you, Patrick." Meanwhile, Tamara passed away on 20 June (11), aged 19, and Sawyer died eight days later.

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Moviemaker BRETT RATNER has apologised for including a joke about epilepsy in the TV trailer for his upcoming film TOWER HEIST.
Lost actor Greg Grunberg, who has an epileptic 15-year-old son, took offence to the Tower Heist movie preview and called on his Twitter.com followers to boycott the comedy upon its U.S. release in November (11).
In the clip, Eddie Murphy’s character pokes fun at Ben Stiller’s, calling him "little seizure boy" twice.
And, although Ratner claims the exchange was not meant to be hurtful, many viewers were angered by the insensitive reference.
Responding to the criticism, Ratner has written an open letter to epileptic community website TalkAboutIt.org, which was founded by Grunberg, stating, "I am so sorry you are offended… I sincerely feel bad." Rush Hour director Ratner also took action to rectify the problem by asking movie bosses at Universal Studios to alter its marketing campaign and remove the remarks from trailers set to run in future television slots.
Grunberg later thanked Ratner for reaching out and expressing his apologies. In a post, he wrote, "THANKS @BrettRatner for ur (sic) SINCERE APOLOGY to the Epilepsy Community! I’m lifting my personal boycott of ur (sic) hilarious."

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Hollywood actor COLIN FARRELL wrote a "break-up" letter to tobacco when he gave up smoking.
The Phone Booth star decided to quit his habit on his 34th birthday last year (10), but before he puffed on his last cigarette, Farrell spent an entire day consuming as many smokes as possible.
And as soon as he finished his last one, the star wrote a special letter to mark the occasion.
He tells Britain’s Shortlist magazine, "I gave up the Sunday before I turned 34. I spent the whole day with a packet of cigarettes. I didn’t really see anyone and with every cigarette I smoked, I smoked with as much awareness as I could. And then I wrote a little letter to tobacco.
"It said the usual, ‘I remember the first time we met and all that we’ve been through together. That time you helped me through such-and-such a situation…’ and yadda-yadda. It was very much the kind of letter you’d write to a person you were breaking up with. Because that’s what it was - a break-up. It was the first time I’d ever broken up via letter, so it was strange."

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Actor GARY OLDMAN was so stunned when he learned of HEATH LEDGER’s death, he thought he’d been shot with a bow and arrow.
Oldman worked with the tragic actor on the set of The Dark Knight, just months before Ledger suffered an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in 2008.
And he admits he was rocked to the core when he heard about the 28 year old’s death.
Oldman tells The Sunday Times Magazine, "(I was) shocked, couldn’t believe it. You know, just, like, an arrow, like I’d been shot. Oh, f**k! F**k! Lovely kid, you know? Only 28."

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DAVID HASSELHOFF gave a lucky wedding party a special surprise over the weekend (03-04Sep11) by turning up unannounced at the nuptials.
The former Baywatch star was in Vienna, Austria on vacation when he stumbled across a wedding in the city.
And Hasselhoff treated the newlywed couple by posing with his arms around them for a snap.
Posting the image on Twitter.com he writes, "Just crashed a wedding in Vienna! Congratulations to the lovely bride and groom."

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Former SPICE GIRLS stars MELANIE CHISHOLM and MELANIE BROWN are to reunite after agreeing to team up onscreen for Australia’s THE X FACTOR.
Brown is enjoying her first stint as a permanent member of the judging panel on the show Down Under, and she’s now recruited former bandmate Chisholm to help her out.
Chisholm will travel to Brown’s home for the Judges’ Houses round of the singing contest and will help her decide on the three acts she will take through to the live finals.
In a post on Twitter.com, Chisholm writes, "Hello all. Thexfactor_au (Australia) is well under way. I’ll be helping out my old band mate OfficialMelB 13-15th Sept."

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Actress HILARY SWANK beamed with joy last week (end04Sep11) when she visited an animal shelter and adopted a new pet pooch.
The Oscar winner took her boyfriend John Campisi’s eight-year-old son Sam to the East Valley Animal Shelter in Los Angeles.
Swank was snapped grinning with delight as she stroked the dog and walked off clutching its leash.

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Actor JIM CARREY has turned his hand to graffiti art - by spraying a design outside his New York home.
The Mask star was photographed using a stencil of a Buddha’s ‘moment of enlightenment’, painting it pink on the grey wooden wall of the property.
Carrey then finished off the design with swirling blue and green patterns and the mysterious letters ‘F.F.C.’ scrawled across the wall.
The actor was then photographed stepping back to admire his handiwork, before returning inside to his home in the East Village.

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British rapper EXAMPLE will turn shopkeeper on Monday (05Sep11) by serving customers at a music store in the U.K.
The Stay Awake hitmaker is working a shift at record chain HMV’s flagship branch in London’s Oxford Street to promote his new album, Playing in the Shadows.
He will sign copies of the disc for fans before stepping behind the counter to serve queuing customers.
An HMV spokesman says, "Customers will be in for an added treat, as Example will sign copies of his new album… and (they will) receive a free poster of the album artwork, subject to availability, when they purchase the album at his till."

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British singer JARVIS COCKER hinted that his reunion with PULP is over during the band’s last gig of its summer tour on Sunday (04Sep11).
The 1990s Britpop icons announced last year (10) they would be reteaming for a string of shows, and began the first of their comeback gigs in May (11).
The band performed successful sets at U.K. music festivals Glastonbury, Leeds and Reading - and on Sunday they wrapped up the trek at Ireland’s Electric Picnic festival.
Frontman Cocker suggested during the set that the group may never perform together again, telling the crowd as he launched into the closing song Common People, "This is the last gig of the tour, so (if) we start crying or get emotional, you’ll understand… This may be the last time we’re ever all on stage together again."

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JESSIE J is taking the first tentative steps on the road to recovery after laying down her crutches and walking unaided for the first time since breaking her foot.
The Price Tag hitmaker has been wearing a surgical boot and walking with the aid of metal sticks since snapping a bone in her left foot during concert rehearsals in June (11).
Her health issues forced her to cancel a number of concerts and she even feared she’d never be able to walk in high heels again, but now the British singer has told fans she’s on the mend.
In a post on Twitter.com, she writes, "I just walked in my boot without my crutches for the first time. Proud of myself. It will be ok in the end if its not ok its not the end. Long way to go yet but its a ’step in the right direction’."

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