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STEVIE NICKS is determined to land a collaboration with KATY PERRY because she is a big fan of the pop star.
The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman has long admired the I Kissed A Girl hitmaker, and she is convinced they will end up in the studio together.
She tells Entertainment Tonight, "I’m going to do a song with her someday. She doesn’t know it, but I’m going to, because I really do like her. I love the song E.T.’ I feel that sadness of almost like the E.T. movie and I love it. So I think she’s really good."

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GLEE creator RYAN MURPHY is making plans to work with GWYNETH PALTROW again by writing a movie-musical especially for the actress.
Murphy previously directed the Oscar-winning beauty in 2006 movie Running With Scissors before giving her a recurring role as singing teacher Holly Holiday in his hit TV show, while Paltrow also showed off her vocal skills by starring as a washed up country musician in last year’s (10) Country Strong.
The writer/director has now revealed he hopes to team up with Paltrow again on the big screen in a special project and he also hopes to include a part for another of his friends, Maya Rudolph.
He tells E! Online, "We want to do a musical together. An original - I want to write an original movie for Gwyneth and Maya Rudolph, both of whom I’m great friends with. That’s all I will say." He adds, "I loved Country Strong."

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EVAN RACHEL WOOD fell victim to notorious prankster GEORGE CLOONEY on the set of their new movie when the actor secretly taped her dancing to a JUSTIN BIEBER track.
The actress stars with Clooney in upcoming drama The Ides of March and while they were on set, the Oscar-winner played one of his famous practical jokes on Wood - exploiting her love for teen pop star Bieber.
Wood explains, "He did film me when I didn’t think anybody was watching me dancing to Justin Bieber. And he said he was going to put it on the DVD, so I’m waiting to see." But the actress isn’t angry about Clooney’s joke, adding, "You know, you can’t take yourself seriously all the time. You have to have fun, man."

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Singer/actress MANDY MOORE showed off her charitable side on Monday (19Sep11) by hosting an event for an anti-malaria organisation in New York.
The pop star stepped on stage to oversee the United Nations’ Roll Back Malaria reception, which attracted more than 400 guests including heads of state, royalty and singers Youssou N’Dour and Yvonne Chaka Chaka.
Officials at the event, which marked 10 years in the fight against malaria, announced there has been a 40 per cent fall in cases of the disease, but Moore insists it is important to keep up fundraising efforts.
She says, "I think now is a really critical time to continue the momentum that this movement has garnered in the last 10 years in order to meet that millennium development goal by 2015. It’s important to continue to raise awareness and to continue to raise funds and to not stop now because so much headway has been made."

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CHERYL COLE’s short-lived role as a judge on the American version of THE X FACTOR has been hailed a success by U.S. TV reviewers, with critics insisting the British singer is more "interesting" than her replacement NICOLE SCHERZINGER.
Simon Cowell fought for the Girls Aloud star to be placed on the panel of the Stateside adaptation of his hit talent show after three hugely successful years as a judge on the British programme.
However, he was forced to remove Cole and replace her with the former Pussycat Dolls beauty - who had been hired as the show’s co-host - after she failed to impress Fox network bosses.
But in an ironic twist, the British beauty has won over American critics who previewed the first episode ahead of its U.S. premiere on Wednesday night (21Sep11).
Referring to Cole’s short appearance for half of the hour-long show, The New York Times’ reviewer writes, "The opening episode gives a surprising amount of screen time to Cheryl Cole… In the premiere she just kind of disappears midshow, without much explanation, and suddenly Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls is in her chair. It’s a downgrade. Ms. Cole showed glimmers of being interesting; in two seasons as a judge on The Sing-Off on NBC, Ms. Scherzinger was a pretty face but, judicially speaking, not much more than a seat warmer." A critic for the Los Angeles Times adds, "Cowell has said he replaced Cole because she seemed ‘bewildered’, but on a first impression, she is much more interesting than Scherzinger, if only for her fabulous Geordie (northern English) accent." Meanwhile, a reporter for The Chicago Tribune writes, "Scherzinger doesn’t come off as an obvious improvement (to Cole)."

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Guitar legend CARLOS SANTANA has been given a permanent tribute by officials in California who have named a school in his honour.
Executives of the Los Angeles Unified school board have approved plans to rename Valley Region Elementary School No. 12 in the San Fernando Valley after the veteran musician to recognise his career achievements and charity work with children.
The facility will be renamed the Carlos Santana Arts Academy.
The guitarist, who was born in Mexico, but spent much of his childhood in San Francisco, California, wrote a letter of thanks to officials in accepting the honour and reiterated his commitment to helping educational causes.
He writes, "Each child’s soul is the seed that contains light and love. By investing in patience compassion, kindness, and gentle wisdom, each child will bear fruit of divinity."

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ADELE has been forced to give up her dream of only ever performing in small venues due to an overwhelming demand for tour tickets.
The Rolling In The Deep star suffers severe stage fright, and earlier this year (11), she insisted she will never play an arena tour due to her fear of huge crowds.
But during a performance at London’s small Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday (20Sep11), Adele revealed the stellar success of her second album 21 means she has to move to arenas to meet ticket demands from her fans.
She told revellers, "Do you like seeing me in small venues like this one? This is the last time you’ll catch me at a venue like this. These will be my last theatre dates as I’m moving on to arenas. I’ll be at the (London) O2 (Arena) in February.
"Too many people want to see my shows, I have to. Don’t worry, I’ll still get into the crowd and everything. You know I don’t like all that arena s**t!"

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British pop stars SUGABABES have spoken out to dismiss rumours of a split.
Speculation about the girl group’s future emerged this week (beg19Sep11) when rumours swirled suggesting singer Jade Ewen had quit the band.
The gossip went into overdrive when another British singer, Little Boots, wrote in a post on Twitter.com, "Yes guys it’s true, I’m replacing Jade in the Sugababes." Ewen has now come forward to silence talk of a split, insisting the story isn’t true and the group is actually preparing to start work on a new album.
In a post on her own Twitter page, she writes, "Wow! So who started this rumour guys?? The only place this Sugababe is going is to the studio with the girls to work on our new album!"

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B.O.B.’s manager has stepped in to settle a bar bill after a venue owner in upstate New York accused the rapper of allegedly walking out without paying.
The Airplanes hitmaker, real name Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr., and his entourage reportedly visited Level B in Ithaca on Saturday night (17Sep11) following a gig at Cornell University.
However, bar boss Brad Weiss claimed the group left without settling the tab, which included three bottles of $300 (£200) Grey Goose Vodka.
He decided not to take the matter to the authorities, but subsequently expressed his disappointment in the star, telling local newspaper the Cornell Daily Sun, "We decided letting it go was more prudent than calling the authorities or pursuing a possibly costly legal battle." Now B.O.B’s manager, Brian Richardson, has taken care of the costs in a bid to clear the rapper’s name.
He says, "I just want to make it right by Level B, and I want the people of Cornell to know that we’re a class act." Weiss adds, "They were really apologetic. High marks to these guys… (They) seemed very concerned about all the bad publicity…"

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TOBY KEITH has been crowned country music’s highest earning star by America’s Forbes magazine.
The musician took the top spot in the publication’s list of the highest-earning stars in country music by earning an estimated $50 million (£33.3 million) between May 2010 and May 2011.
Keith’s massive earnings are said to have come from his lucrative tour, sponsorship deals and his popular restaurant chain, putting him ahead of singer/songwriter Taylor Swift who came in at number two with estimated earnings of $45 million (£30 million) and Brad Paisley at three ($40 million/£26.7 million). The other artists in the top five are Tim McGraw ($35 million/£23.3 million) and Rascal Flatts ($34 million/£22.7 million).
Kenny Chesney, George Strait and Carrie Underwood all made it into the top 10.

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MARIA BELLO has joined an advisory panel for Haiti alongside politicians, business leaders and charity workers.
The actress is a longtime supporter of aid efforts in the poverty-stricken nation and has helped raise thousands of dollars for the cause with her We Advance organisation, which helps Haiti’s earthquake survivors.
She has now been given a chance to contribute to a Haiti advisory panel, which also includes former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus and adviser to Haitian President Michel Martelly, according to the Associated Press.

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DOMINIC WEST has won rave reviews for his role in SHAKESPEARE’s OTHELLO after opening the show at his hometown theatre.
The actor plays villainous Iago in the production opposite his The Wire co-star Clarke Peters as Othello and they started the stage run in West’s native Sheffield, England at The Crucible theatre, which his grandfather helped build.
The pair, who played fellow detectives in the hit TV show, both won praise from critics, with reviewers lauding West for stealing the show as the evil Iago.
In Britain’s Daily Telegraph, critic Dominic Cavendish, writes, "The night belongs to Iago," commending West’s "knack for evil" and adding, "He grins, he glints, he lets shades of the northern jester creep in - and you can see why everyone’s his fool." Michael Billington of The Guardian adds, "What is excellent about West is that he has a surface honesty that makes him grammatically plausible and that yields a lot of laughs," while The Independent’s Paul Taylor writes, "With his forthright approach and strong Sheffield tones, he’s like a deadpan whirlwind parody of the plain-speaking Yorkshireman… The actor’s achievement is to marry this manner to the chillingly hypnotic, manipulative power and psychopathic emotional dissociation… There are moments here that freeze the soul."

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STEVEN SPIELBERG has decided to halt the release of his upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic until after America’s 2012 election, because he doesn’t want the movie to be used as "political fodder".
The legendary director has hired Daniel Day-Lewis to play the 16th U.S. president, who was assassinated in 1865, in Lincoln, alongside Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Filming is due to kick off in Virginia this autumn (11), but Spielberg has now revealed fans won’t be able to see the movie until after America goes to the polls for the 2012 presidential election next November (12).
He tells the Orlando Sentinel, "The movie will be purposely coming out after next year’s election. I didn’t want it to become political fodder."

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Actress and human rights activist MIA FARROW has issued a desperate plea to authorities in Georgia to halt the controversial execution of Death Row prisoner TROY DAVIS on Wednesday night (21Sep11).
Davis was convicted in 1991 of fatally shooting off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989, despite prosecutors failing to find a murder weapon or any physical evidence linking him to the crime.
His lawyers, who have maintained their client is a victim of mistaken identity, had a plea for clemency rejected on Tuesday (20Sep11) and one final appeal, filed on Wednesday morning in a bid to prevent Davis being killed by lethal injection, was also denied.
A host of celebrities, including hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, country singer Chely Wright and author Salman Rushdie, voiced their disbelief at the clemency denial and now Farrow has called on government officials in Georgia to step in and intervene.
In a series of posts on Twitter.com, she writes, "GA (Georgia) prison medical staff shd (should) stay home (on Wednesday). Grievous errors in case against Troy Davis. Too much doubt for execution to be carried out.
"Georgia gov please don’t execute Troy Davis… Surely we, as a nation - are better than this." Meanwhile, rapper Big Boi has taken it upon himself to organise a march outside government offices in Jackson, Georgia to protest the execution.
Calling on fans to join him, he ‘Tweets’, "We don’t need a trending topic (on Twitter), we need boots on the ground, meet me in Jackson Georgia 40 miles outside Atlanta!!!" Socialite Kim Kardashian has also used her Twitter blog to express her disgust at the judicial system, writing, "I want to vent about the execution of Troy Davis! He is getting the death penalty tonight but I believe he is innocent!!! Too much doubt.
"All he wants is a polygraph test 2 (sic) prove he’s innocent & the judicial system can’t give that to him?… Everyone ‘Google’ Troy Davis & read his story! No one should die by lethal injection when there is this much doubt! Help save Troy Davis"

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A representative for ROBERT PATTINSON has disappointed fans by insisting the actor has no plans to launch a solo music career.
The actor is a keen musician and even recorded songs for the soundtrack of the first Twilight film, while he has long spoken of his desire to pursue a career in music.
Reports began circulating this week (beg19Sep11) suggesting Pattinson has begun work on his debut solo album, but the star’s spokesperson is adamant the story is not true.
The rep tells MTV News, "The report is untrue. He is not working on an album right now."

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ASHTON KUTCHER’s debut in TWO AND A HALF MEN has broken all previous ratings records set by the show while CHARLIE SHEEN was the star.
Sheen was fired from the sitcom earlier this year (11) after falling out with show creator Chuck Lorre and Kutcher was hired to take his place.
Kutcher made his debut in the show on Monday (19Sep11) in an episode which included a funeral for Sheen’s character, and it has now been revealed the U.S. broadcast drew in a massive 28.7 million viewers - a higher rating than any of the previous eight series’ episodes which starred Sheen, according to The Nielsen Co.
Sheen also made an impact in the TV ratings on Monday (19Sep11) - his Comedy Central roast garnered an audience of 6.4 million people, making the show the second most-watched telecast in the cable network’s history. Jeff Dunham’s 2008 holiday special holds the channel’s most-watched record, according to the Associated Press.

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OPRAH WINFREY’s best friend GAYLE KING is facing legal action over her alleged failure to land a matchmaker a slot on the TV titan’s talk show.
Orly Hadida claims she offered King - a broadcaster and editor-at-large of Winfrey’s O Magazine - her matchmaking services for free if she persuaded the media mogul to promote her on her now defunct show.
According to the lawsuit, King was introduced to five men, and Hadida waived her usual $500,000 (£312,000) fee - only for King to reportedly renege on the deal.
TMZ.com reports Hadida tried to contact King when Winfrey’s show was coming to an end earlier this year (11) and insisted she wanted to get paid.
Hadida is now seeking compensation.

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Rocker STEVEN VAN ZANDT surprised a group of school children in New York on Tuesday (20Sep11) by showing up for an impromptu music lesson.
The E Street Band member and his wife, Maureen, visited the Intermediate School 162 Lola Rodriguez De Tio in the Bronx to gift students with new guitars and amplifiers as part of the Little Kids Rock charity program and Van Zandt’s own Rock and Roll Forever Foundation.
The youngsters played a number of songs and Van Zandt joined in with a rendition of The Rolling Stones’ Satisfaction, before hosting a question and answer session for the curious kids.
He tells the New York Daily News, "Putting instruments in their hands is empowering. (Music in schools) is absolutely vital. We’re the only country that thinks art is a luxury - it’s not. Kids who take arts classes do better in school. Instead of saying, ‘Take that iPod out of your ear,’it should be, ‘What are you listening to?’"

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