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ASHTON KUTCHER and DEMI MOORE put reports about a marriage break up behind them at the weekend (08-09Oct11) and went camping.
The couple were spotted hiking at Cachuma Lake in Santa Barbara, California.
The outdoors trek came two weeks after infidelity reports started circulating surrounding the pair.
Kutcher and Moore have yet to directly comment on the story, but both have posted cryptic tweets online in recent weeks.

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BRAD PITT’s WORLD WAR Z film set was raided by Hungarian anti-terrorism authorities at the weekend (08Oct11) after a cache of illegal guns were found in among the movie’s props.
Almost 100 unauthorised weapons were seized by police in Budapest, where the film is currently shooting.
The haul included a collection of automatic assault rifles.
Hajdu Janos, the director of Hungary’s Anti-Terrorism Unit, tells UsMagazine.com, "Guns like these are highly illegal to transport even if they were to used as stage guns, which hopefully they weren’t." It is not known how the weapons ended up on the set of the film.

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PETER GABRIEL is re-imagining his I’LL SCRATCH YOURS covers album project - because so many artists whose hits he covered on his SCRATCH MY BACK release aren’t interested in reworking his songs.
Gabriel recorded orchestral renditions of songs by David Bowie, Arcade Fire, Neil Young and Radiohead among others for the 2010 album and he had hoped the artists would return the favour for a covers album of his own work.
But too many of the acts he honoured with orchestral makeovers aren’t interested in being part of the project.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I’ve sort of given up waiting… We have six excellent tracks with Bon Iver, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, David Byrne, Steven Merritt and Elbow. So now I think that I might try to find three or four other people to cover my stuff, so that I can make an album out of that, and then get that out next year in some form."

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Embattled country singer HANK WILLIAMS, JR. has recorded a new song to address the controversy surrounding his recent clash with U.S. TV bosses.
The fervent Republican’s sports anthem Are You Ready For Some Football? was pulled from its weekly slot at the beginning of ESPN sports show Monday Night Football last week (03Oct11), hours after he slammed U.S. President Barack Obama and compared the leader to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during a breakfast TV interview with Fox & Friends.
He later apologised for his comments but ESPN bosses have opted to end their run with the grizzled country star and his anthem and instead look for another lead-in tune.
In protest, Williams, Jr. has entered a Tennessee studio to lay down a new track, in which he’ll musically share his side of the story.
According to the Associated Press, the third verse of a new song contains the line "So Fox ‘n Friends wanna put me down/Ask for my opinion/Twist it all around… Well two can play that gotcha game you’ll see." And Williams, Jr. also urges listeners to keep Fox & Friends and ESPN out of their home toward the end of the song.
The new song is set to be released on iTunes this week (begs10Oct11).

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Heavy rockers REV THEORY have scrapped an upcoming tour after guitarist JULIEN JORGENSEN slashed a tendon in his left hand at a Las Vegas wedding.
Jorgensen has undergone an operation on his hand, which was sliced by shards of glass from a broken bottle, and he is expected to make a full recovery - but not in time for the tour, which was scheduled to start in San Francisco, California on Sunday (16Oct11).
Jorgensen says, "I am super bummed that happened, and it is a freak accident. It is a helpless feeling. I feel bad about dropping off the tour and disappointing the fans. As soon as I am able, we will be back on the road."

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CHIC star NILE ROGERS knew it was time to kick his cocaine habit after he convinced himself the Mafia were after him and he started living in a closet at his home.
The gifted disco star and producer, who scored massive hits with Le Freak and Good Times, admits his drug-related rock bottom came when paranoia took over his life.
He says, "I had gotten so afraid that I had a .45 pistol and a samurai sword.
"I was hiding in the closet waiting for these guys to come and get me. (After that) I never took another snort of coke."

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Singer JAGJIT SINGH has died three weeks after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was 70.
The beloved ghazal singer, composer, music director and activist, dubbed The Ghazal King, was one half of India’s first successful duo, with his wife Chitra.
Singh is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form.
Also a film composer, his music was used in movies like Prem Geet, Arth and Saath Saath.
He is regarded as one of India’s most influential artists.
Singh was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital on 23 September (11) after he suffered a brain haemorrhage.

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MICHAEL C. HALL joined fellow cancer survivors at a charity walk in Los Angeles on Sunday (09Oct11).
The Dexter star was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2009 and a year later (10) went into remission and completed his final chemotherapy session to make a full recovery.
And now Hall has shown his support for the cancer community by showing up at UCLA’s Drake Stadium to participate in the On Track for a Cure walk-a-thon to raise money in a bid to help researchers find a cure.
The actor later addressed the crowd and looked on as patients, family members and care givers gathered to hear speeches from prominent researchers in the field.

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Actress ZOOEY DESCHANEL’s dreams of playing rock legend JANIS JOPLIN on the big screen have been dashed - the project has been shelved.
The Yes Man star, who is tasting U.S. TV success as the leading lady in hit new comedy New Girl, has revealed The Gospel According to Janis is no longer in development - and she’s upset because she has spent years preparing for the Penelope Spheeris film.
Deschanel tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I’ve been working on her scratchy voice with a vocal coach for three years and now we’ve found out it just isn’t going to happen. That’s a lot of time to spend prepping for a movie." Pink and Amy Adams are also attached to Joplin biopics, but neither of those films are currently in development.

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SUPERBAD star JONAH HILL has split from his long-term girlfriend, according to U.S. reports.
Life & Style magazine reports Hill, 27, and Jordan Klein have separated.
The couple has dated since 2008.

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AMY WINEHOUSE’s father has signed a new deal with publishers Harper Collins to pen a memoir about his late daughter.
Mitch Winehouse’s tome will be titled Amy, My Daughter.
All proceeds from the book will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, according to NME.com.
The book is set for a 2012 release.

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YOKO ONO is launching a new charity to combat global hunger.
John Lennon’s widow has teamed up with Hard Rock International and officials at the WhyHunger campaign to create Imagine There’s No Hunger - a reference to her late husband’s peace anthem, Imagine.
The organisation will raise awareness and funds in an effort to stamp out childhood hunger and poverty, and Ono is asking fans to get involved in the project by taking a moment on 1 November (11) to "imagine a nourished and abundant world, where the world will live as one".
Limited-edition bracelets will also be sold to support the charity’s fundraising efforts.

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British rocker NOEL GALLAGHER is convinced the music industry has become more complicated in recent years as he now struggles to understand the modern chart system.
The former Oasis star can’t work out why digital singles have a different release date to physical copies, and insists the new way of logging sales is overly confusing.
He tells Britain’s NME, "It’s f**ked now. Some of us are old enough to remember (British chart TV shows) Top Of The Pops and The Chart Show. If you headlined Top Of The Pops you were f**king number one and the world was alright and everyone knew their place.
"The charts are insane at the moment, the way people sell music is insane. (My new single) is out, but it’s not actually out. You can buy it but you can’t buy it. It’s at Number 20 in the charts but it’s not actually been released. I don’t understand why. (Someone told me) ‘We release it two weeks after its been released now’. Well, who is ‘we’? And why do ‘we’ do that? It doesn’t make any sense to me."

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Pop star-turned-TV personality NICK LACHEY has mixed emotions about his honeymoon, because the Necker Island retreat he jetted his bride VANESSA MINNILLO off to after their July (11) wedding was burned down three weeks later.
The former 98 Degrees star had the perfect post-wedding getaway on Richard Branson’s holiday isle and was left speechless when he read about the fire that destroyed the main house less than a month later.
He says, "About three weeks after it was struck by lightning and the main house burned down.
"It’s kinda sad to look back and see these pictures but at least we have the memories we had… and I’m sure he’ll (Branson) rebuild it and it will be bigger and better than ever. That’s just his mindset."

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Rock band THE ACADEMY IS have split after eight years together.
The punk group, which was once signed to Fall Out Boy rocker Pete Wentz’s record label Decaydance, released three albums, beginning in 2005 with Almost Here.
Releasing a statement to announce the news via NME.com, frontman William Beckett writes, "I’m having a hard time starting this. I could say something like ‘pride comes before the fall’, or ‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when to leave’. Rather, I’m going to just come right out and be honest. The September (11) show in New York was the last show for The Academy Is. While this is a very difficult decision to make, I believe in my heart that it is the right decision to make.
"For years there has a been a growing distance felt within the band as we’ve progressed, both geographically and artistically and instead of trying to patch the holes that we’re left with, my heart tells me its time to move on with the next chapter of our lives. I want to thank the fans, the world’s greatest, for all of your love and support." Beckett intends on staying in the music business, adding, "While this is the end of 8 unforgettable years of The Academy Is… this is not the end of my story. Not by a long shot. I will be working on a new record in the coming months and have never felt more freedom and inspiration to create my best and most honest work yet."

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ROSIE O’DONNELL demanded RUSSELL BRAND be her first guest on her new TV talk show after falling in love with the Brit during an airport meeting.
The actress admits she first met funnyman Brand at LAX airport in Los Angeles and she immediately became a fan.
She tells news show Nightline, "I think he is epically, epically genius, and his life story is fascinating… He’s my new sort of boy crush." And O’Donnell, whose new show debuts on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network on Monday evening (10Oct11), is encouraging her new favourite to hit the road with comedian Robin Williams.
She adds, "I think like he and Robin Williams together, I think that the universe would explode. I mean Robin Williams, by American comic standards, no one is as fast as him. It’s like he has a computer that works 10 times faster than the normal person. And that’s Russell as well."

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Actress ROSEANNE BARR has been given a big boost in her bid to make a TV sitcom comeback - network executives at NBC have picked her new show up for broadcast.
The star’s reality show Roseanne’s Nuts was axed last month (Sep11) due to low ratings but she now has a reason to celebrate after her latest project, Downwardly Mobile, has found a home on air, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The multi-camera sitcom, which is set in a mobile home community, will be written by Barr’s longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent and former Roseanne executive producer Eric Gilliland.
Comedienne Barr won numerous awards for her role on the long-running show Roseanne, which was recently declared one of the 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time by TV Guide.

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MELANIE GRIFFITH is hoping for an acting comeback on the small screen after wowing TV bosses with her portrayal of the matriarch of a dysfunctional family.
The Working Girl star has had a patchy last decade with few film hits and a painkiller addiction to battle, but her husband Antonio Banderas is convinced a new role will bring her back into the spotlight.
He tells WENN, "It’s a comedy about a dysfunctional family and a woman of her age with grown kids and her husband wants to be a politician. The studio loves it so we hope we are going to make the pilot the end of November (11)."

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