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NAOMI CAMPBELL will be honoured for her charity work at a gala in New York later this month (Oct11).
The British supermodel has organised a number of Fashion For Relief fundraisers over the years to raise money for victims of disasters such as the Haiti earthquake and the tsunami in Japan.
Campbell’s efforts will now be rewarded at the upcoming Angel Ball in Manhattan on 17 October (11).
The evening will honour the catwalk beauty and her boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, and will feature a performance by Patti LaBelle, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.

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MORGAN FREEMAN was given a sightseeing tour of Istanbul by one of Turkey’s top ministers on Thursday (06Oct11).
The veteran actor is on vacation in Europe following a whirlwind promotional tour for his new movie Dolphin Tale, and Freeman made the most of his free time.
He was spotted visiting several landmarks in the city with friends, and the group was shown around by Mustafa Demir, the Minister of Public Works and Settlement.

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A series of photographs showing MADONNA topless and wearing see-through underwear has leaked online.
The images, taken during a shoot for W magazine three years ago (08), show the then-50-year-old Material Girl with no make-up, in a blonde wig, black knickers and a transparent, skin-coloured bra as she sits on a couch.
Another shot shows her topless reflection in a mirror as she changes into a strappy black dress.
The pictures, which hit the web on Thursday (06Oct11), were snapped as Madonna prepared for a photoshoot with her then-lover, model Jesus Luz, in a hotel room in Brazil.

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GREEN DAY frontman BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG is taking his first steps into acting by accepting a role on hit TV show NURSE JACKIE.
The singer has spent time on the Broadway stage starring in his band’s musical American Idiot and now he is moving to the small screen by joining the fourth series of Edie Falco’s show.
Nurse Jackie’s executive producer Richie Jackson revealed the news by posting a picture of Armstrong and Falco on Twitter.com, writing, "Edie and our new cast member (Billie Joe Armstrong)! Wait til you see the season premiere!"

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Veteran crooner WAYNE NEWTON was honoured in Las Vegas on Thursday (06Oct11) to mark his 30 years of support for a local charity.
The singer is a longtime ambassador for Opportunity Village, an organisation which provides training and services for people with intellectual disabilities.
Newton was the star guest as he visited the charity’s Sin City campus on Thursday and he happily chatted with guests and posed for photographs before accepting his honour.

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WYCLEF JEAN’s lunch in New York on Thursday (06Oct11) nearly ended in disaster when he left an iPad full of his new music in a Manhattan restaurant.
The former Fugees star dined at Brother Jimmy’s and left the venue without his Apple gadget, but a member of staff chased after him and handed the device back.
Jean was extremely grateful to the staff member, as the iPad contained a number of his new songs, according to the New York Post’s Page Six column.
He reportedly said, "You saved my day! All my new music was on here!"

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Australia’s High Court has ruled MEN AT WORK will not be able to make a final appeal against a ruling which found them guilty of copying part of their hit track DOWN UNDER.
Last year (10), a judge in Australia agreed the flute solo in the song samples parts of Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree, a tune written by a music teacher for the Girl Guides in 1934.
The song’s composers, bandmembers Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, were ordered to pay royalties to Larrikin Music Publishing, the company which owns the rights to Kookaburra, and their EMI record label had an appeal against the ruling turned down in March (11).
The case went to the country’s High Court this week (beg03Oct11) and a three-judge panel has now decided another appeal will not be allowed.

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THE CRANBERRIES are set to return to the charts with their first new album in 10 years.
The Irish rockers, who shot to fame in the 1990s, have not released a record since 2001’s Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, but frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan has confirmed they have been back in the studio working on new songs.
She tells Billboard, "It’s kind of picking up where we left off… The whole thing was very lovely. It really came together really nicely. A lot of the tracks were written without really thinking about it. They just came.
"I suppose we had more respect for each other and what we were doing. In the latter days, towards 2003, we were just kind of going through the motions a bit. Now we’re really happy and really appreciate what we have together." The new album, titled Roses, will be released on Valentine’s Day (14Feb11), 2012.

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JESSIE J entertained her fellow passengers when she was stranded at an airport on Friday (07Oct11) by performing an impromptu gig in the departure lounge.
The Price Tag hitmaker was en route to Germany with her band when they missed their connecting flight and were left hanging around a terminal waiting for another plane.
And she became so frustrated at the three-hour delay, she began singing renditions of her hit tracks to amuse her fellow travellers.
In a series of posts on her Twitter.com blog, the British star writes, "So we have missed our connecting flight… I left my house 9 hours ago. And I’m not there yet. Long.com. I just sang to everyone in the gate at the airport. Made people (smile)."

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SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman BILLY CORGAN has assured fans the band is not on the verge of a split, amid reports they plan to quit if their next album flops.
The rockers are set to release their ninth album Oceania in November (11), and Corgan appeared to cast doubt on the future of the group in a recent interview with Billboard.
He said, "I think if (Oceania) basically hits the same wall a lot of the other stuff has hit, we’re going to have to step back and really evaluate where we’re going, because it’s a tremendous amount of energy to put out to just feel like you’re throwing a pebble in the ocean." Corgan is adamant his comments have been blown out of proportion, and insists the band has no intention of splitting up.
He tells Crestfallen.com, "I would say those reports are irresponsible. We are very happy together as a band and as friends, and there are no plans to disband, nor any discussions about disbanding.
"My point was if Oceania is not well received, it would be time to change our focus as a band. I have plenty of projects that have been sitting on the shelf for a while that I’d be more than happy for us to get into. That said, Oceania is a record we are very proud of and we hope people feel about it as strongly as we do."

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EWAN MCGREGOR always felt confident of success - he was "really cocky" about landing roles while still at drama school.
The Trainspotting star, who has appeared in more than 45 movies, studied acting at London’s prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama in his youth, and the Scot never doubted he would make it big in Hollywood.
He tells Britain’s Esquire magazine, "I was really cocky about it. I never considered it not happening. Even when I was at drama school and people didn’t know that I was any good.
"Some of those films were incredible experiences and others were incredible films. They’re not necessarily the same ones."

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Filming on FANTASIA BARRINO’s upcoming biopic of gospel great MAHALIA JACKSON has been delayed following the singer’s pregnancy announcement.
The former American Idol champion was due to begin shooting the film, titled Mahalia!, this year (11), but producers have now pushed back the start date until after the birth of her baby.
Barrino, who has not named the father of her child, is due to give birth in late December (11) and is expected to start work on the project in January (12), according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.

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The motorcycle ridden by HENRY WINKLER’s character in HAPPY DAYS is set to go under the hammer.
The 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 made a number of appearances with Winkler as The Fonz in the hit TV show, but has not been ridden since the series came to an end in 1984.
It was originally supplied to the show by Hollywood stuntman Bud Ekins, Steve McQueen’s body double who completed the famous motorcycle jump over a barbed wire fence in 1963 movie The Great Escape.
Nick Smith, of auctioneers Bonhams, says, "This is the coolest motorbike ever - you would be hard pushed to find a cooler one. The two things that represent The Fonz are his black leather jacket and his bike… It would be quite something if you could say that you owned Fonzie’s motorbike." The auction will place in Los Angeles on 12 November (11).

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Veteran actress DORIS BELACK has died at the age of 85.
The Tootsie star passed away in New York City on Tuesday (04Oct11), just four months after the death of her theatre producer husband Philip Rose. She is believed to have died of natural causes.
Belack began her career with a number of TV roles in the 1950s, and in 1955 she performed on the Poetry of the Negro with Sidney Poitier - a record produced by her husband, Rose.
She went on to appear in movies such as Tootsie, Fast Forward and Batteries Not Included, before returning to TV with guest roles in Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, Sisters and Ellen.
Belack made regular appearances as Judge Margaret Barry in cop shows Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU and her last TV role came in a 2003 episode of Sex and the City.
A public memorial for Belack and Rose will be held on 17 October (11) at New York’s Ambassador Theater.

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