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MOLLY MELDRUM’s family members are determined to celebrate the Australian music mogul’s upcoming 66th birthday as he recovers from a serious accident.
The veteran record executive is currently undergoing treatment in a rehabilitation centre as he battles to recover from a fall at his home before Christmas (11).
He was placed in an induced coma and underwent several operations to treat a fractured skull, a broken collar bone, a punctured lung and extensive breaks and fractures to his ribcage.
Meldrum received a boost earlier this week (begs23Jan12) when he was honoured with a Rolling Stone Award for his contribution to music, and his relatives want to raise his spirits further by throwing him a birthday bash on Sunday (29Jan12).
His brother Brian tells the Sydney Herald Sun, "We will be celebrating that he is here to have a birthday because that fall was very close to being fatal."

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Sexy French actress MYLENE JAMPANOI has signed on as the new face - and body - of lingerie firm Agent Provocateur.
The 31-year-old star will pick up where beauties like Dita Von Teese, Kate Moss and Transformers: Dark of the Moon star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley left off as ambassadors for the racy firm.
The Martyrs star will model lacy bras, panties and garter belts from the company’s 2012 spring/summer line in upcoming ads.

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Actress MARGO MARTINDALE is set to embark on a career as a screenwriter with a new script about her former job at a mental institution in Texas.
The Million Dollar Baby star is calling on her personal expediences working with the criminally insane to pen her first screenplay.
The 2011 Emmy Award winner tells New York Magazine, "I’m going to Jacksonville, Texas, for a family reunion, and while I’m there, I want to go take pictures of the place where I had my first job, as a teenager, because I’m writing a script about it. When I was 16, I worked at a mental institution for the criminally insane, teaching drama.
"It was the only job I could get at the time! I liked theatre, so I volunteered to work with the men there, and I thought I could make a movie about it. It’s an interesting story.
"I don’t think I’ll be in it, but maybe I’ll make a cameo. But I want to take pictures to help me remember everything, because I’m in the really early stages of writing. Then I’ll give it to someone else to shape up."

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Actress LINDSAY SLOANE is a new mother to a baby girl.
The Horrible Bosses star and her husband, talent agent Dar Rollins, welcomed Maxwell Lue on 19 January (11), and the proud parents are overawed by the love they feel for their first child.
They tell People.com, "We thought we knew what love was until we met her." Sloane, who married Rollins in 2004, has appeared in TV hits Weeds and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

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GOSSIP GIRL star KAYLEE DEFER has called off her engagement to jewellery designer MIKE PEREIRA.
The 25-year-old actress, who plays sneaky Ivy Dickens on the hit U.S. TV show, and her former beau decided to end their longtime relationship earlier this year (12).
She tells Us Weekly, "We just separated. It’s OK. It really is. I was engaged for a long time and this is me being single. I’m totally OK with it, so I’m spreading my love now.
"I think sometimes you just realise it’s time to move on. So now I’m spreading my love and being single, and it’s fine. Really."

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Bisexual actress EVAN RACHEL WOOD has blasted editors at a U.S. tabloid for printing "lies" about her relationship with boyfriend JAMIE BELL.
A gossip item in the new National Enquirer suggests The Wrestler star, who went public with her sexual orientation in a magazine interview last year (11), had agreed to wed Billy Elliot actor Bell on the condition their marriage would be an open one.
A source told the publication, "Evan says Jamie’s as open-minded as she is, so if she wants to pursue a girl she fancies, he’ll have no problem." But the false report has infuriated Wood and she addressed the tabloid rumour in a Twitter.com post on Wednesday (25Jan12).
She tweets, "FYI (for your information) the national enquirer makes me sick. I do not have an open marriage. They can take their lies and shove it. Sorry ladies." Marilyn Manson’s ex-girlfriend Wood and Bell dated for a year before their split in 2006, but they rekindled their romance last summer (11).

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MARIAH CAREY’s husband NICK CANNON returned to hospital on Wednesday (25Jan12) to undergo further treatment for acute kidney failure.
The America’s Got Talent host was taken ill during a family vacation in Aspen, Colorado in December (11) and he underwent surgery in early January (12).
He bounced back with an appearance at the recent BET Honours in Washington, D.C. but visited doctors again this week for a routine procedure.
In a series of Twitter.com posts on Wednesday, he writes, "Back at the hospital, but no worries its (sic) only for the day. I will be back at work tomorrow! "Not an emergency. This was a scheduled procedure. I just dislike hospitals."

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Punk icon IGGY POP is giving a boost to struggling music stores as the newly-appointed ambassador of Record Store Day 2012.
The Stooges star is championing small shops ahead of the celebration on 21 April (12), which is held annually to help independent retail outlets.
Pop, real name James Newell Osterberg, Jr., insists he owes his rock star persona to the time he spent working in a record store as a youngster - and he hopes the shops will one day experience a revival in popularity.
In a statement, he says, "I got my name, my musical education and my personality all from working at a record store during my tender years. In the 50s and 60s the teen kids used to gather after school at these places to listen free to the latest singles and see if they liked the beat. You could buy the disc you liked for 79 cents and if you were lucky meet a chick. Clerks in these places became managers, (like Brian Epstein), label heads, (Jack Holzman) and Faces on album covers (like me).
"Personally I feel best in a store that, while staying small and socially relaxed, still keeps a complete variety of music types and non musical recordings on offer… All of this is cool and has a much bigger future than most people realize today.
"As Record Store Day Ambassador for 2012 I feel like a representative from some exotic jungle full of life and death and sex and anger, called upon to wear a leopard skin and translate joy to the world of the dead."

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JULIA ROBERTS’ actress niece Emma has signed up for a risque role playing a sex shop employee.
The 20-year-old star will portray a college graduate who ends up working in an adult shop in forthcoming black comedy Adult World.
And Roberts, who recently deferred her studies at Sarah Lawrence College in New York to make more movies, admits she relates to her character’s struggle.
She tells USA Today, "It’s a quirky coming-of-age story. My character is very smart, but the economy is very bad. So she works at a porn store.
"It’s an interesting backdrop because when you’re a young person you’re always looking for inspiration. But then you find yourself asking, ‘How did I end up here?’ It’s very relevant for young people who are asking themselves, ‘What do we do?’" Adult World will be filmed in New York and is scheduled for release later this year (12).

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DREW BARRYMORE felt like she had been stabbed with a knife while scuba diving in the frigid Alaskan waters for her new movie BIG MIRACLE.
In the film, the Charlie’s Angels star plays Rachel Kramer, an environmental activist who launches a worldwide campaign to free a family of whales trapped in the Arctic Circle - and for one scene she had to plunge into the ocean.
Barrymore admits her attempts at authenticity underwater were instantly met with excruciating pain.
During an appearance on U.S. breakfast show Good Morning America on Wednesday (25Jan12), she explained, "The director of this film, Ken Kwapis, he had us in Alaska on this ice flow, we felt like we were working in a snow globe theatre… I got to swim in freezing cold Alaskan waters with harbor seals…
"It felt like knives going into my body. It was insane. They told me the temperature was 34 degrees (Fahrenheit) and I was like, ‘That doesn’t sound so bad.’ Then you get in and you’re like, ‘Ouch.’ I’m very bad at pretending or faking things, I really do want to transport myself and sort of believe in whatever scenario I’m in." But Barrymore insists the experience wasn’t all bad - she was fortunate enough to meet the heroes behind the real-life 1988 rescue operation: "We worked with people and families who have been in Alaska for generations, whose parents were involved in the rescuing of the whales… It was great."

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PAUL MCCARTNEY’s new bride NANCY SHEVELL has officially resigned from her post at New York City’s public transportation board.
Shevell, who wed the Beatles singer in London last October (11), stepped down from her job at the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday (25Jan12) after 11 years of service.
The Big Apple native announced her resignation at the organisation’s monthly meeting, telling her fellow colleagues, "(Good luck on the) massive challenges ahead of you… I am so very emotional and sad right now." Shevell was appointed to the position by then-Governor George Pataki in 2001. Her term officially expired last year (11).

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Rockers MAROON 5 have abandoned their post-Grammy Awards ritual of celebrating at a favourite Mexican hotspot after learning the owners were among those championing the bill that made gay marriage in California illegal.
The Moves Like Jagger hitmakers, who are nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at next month’s (Feb12) prizegiving, have "bailed" on their traditional post-Grammys hang-out.
Frontman Adam Levine explains the band is now looking for a new party place.
He tells People magazine, "We used to go to this Mexican restaurant to celebrate after the Grammys but the place supported the movement to make gay marriage illegal (in California) so we bailed on that."

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MARY MARY star ERICA ATKINS-CAMPBELL has given birth to a baby daughter.
The gospel singer checked into a hospital on Sunday (22Jan12) after going into labour and she and her husband, record producer Warryn Campbell, welcomed little Zaya Monique on Tuesday (24Jan12).
A statement issued by the couple reads: "Feeling so thankful and so blessed to have our sweet Zaya finally make her grand entrance into the world! God is awesome, our family couldn’t be more happy than we are today!" The stars, who wed in 2001, are also parents to seven-year-old daughter Krista and 21-month-old son Warryn, Jr.

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RASCAL FLATTS star JAY DEMARCUS is set to become a father for the second time.
The star’s TV presenter wife Allison is due to give birth this summer (12).
The bassist announced the news with a post on his Twitter.com account on Wednesday (25Jan12), writing, "Alright y’all, Ali and I have baby number two on the way!! Huge surprise but we’re very excited!!" The pair wed in 2004 and former beauty queen Allison gave birth to their first daughter, Madeline Leigh, in December, 2010.

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BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT judge AMANDA HOLDEN has given birth to a baby girl, it was confirmed on Wednesday (25Jan12).
The TV actress delivered Hollie Rose on Monday (23Jan12), but a complication left the new mum in a critical condition for three days.
When doctors finally pronounced Holden out of danger on Wednesday, her representative confirmed the birth of healthy Hollie Rose to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.
The girl is the second daughter for Holden, 40, and her husband Chris Hughes - she gave birth to Alexa Louise six years ago.
The star’s rep says, "Hollie Rose Hughes was born on 23 January 2012. She is healthy… but Amanda has been in a critical condition for the past three days. She is now stable and we expect her to make a full recovery very soon." Holden suffered a miscarriage in 2010 and a stillbirth last year (11).

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JADA PINKETT-SMITH is launching a new TV talent show with AMERICAN IDOL star SIMON COWELL.
The pair will set out on a hunt for the world’s best DJs.
Speaking about the new venture, Matrix Reloaded star Pinkett-Smith says, "This show will comb the world to find a new breed of talent." And reality show veteran Cowell, who has been developing the series for over a year with his production team at SYCO Entertainment, admits he’s thrilled to work with the multi-talented beauty: "As soon as I met Jada and Miguel (her associate)… I knew they would be our ideal partners… DJs are the new rock stars. It feels like the right time to make this show." The programme has yet to be given a name or premiere date, but will air in both the U.S. and the U.K.

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Veteran British director BRYAN FORBES has been honoured with a prestigious Fellowship Award by officials at the British Film Institute.
The Whistle Down the Wind filmmaker was presented with the accolade in recognition of his career achievements as an actor, director, producer and screenwriter by BFI Chairman Greg Dyke during a special ceremony in London on Tuesday (24Jan12).
Accepting the prize, Forbes said, "I would like to say to Greg Dyke and colleagues what a great honour the BFI does to me, which I appreciate more than I can say. When you’re 85, as I am, it’s like as Bette Davis once said to me, ‘Old age ain’t for sissies!’"

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DEMI MOORE has entered a treatment facility for exhaustion and health issues.
The actress was reportedly hospitalised on Monday night (23Jan12) after paramedics were called to her Los Angeles home, and now she is seeking "further professional assistance," according to TMZ.com.
It is not clear why the star, who recently split from husband Ashton Kutcher, was taken to hospital, but her representative states, "Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health. She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends."

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