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Movies

New Moon sets new opening-day record
THE Twilight Saga: New Moon smashed the record for a single-day opening at the North American box office, and was on track to score one of the biggest weekend tallies of all time, according to preliminary data.

Twilight fans pack out first screening
THOUSANDS of excited young women, and a handful of blokes, packed out the midnight premiere of much anticipated Twilight sequel New Moon.

Depp's staggering fee for Pirates 4 film
JOHNNY Depp has raised the bar for Hollywood's leading actors having agreed a basic package of $38 million for his return as Captain Jack Sparrow in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.

Lindsay was dating Heath when he died
LINDSAY Lohan's mother says her daughter was dating Heath when he died, triggering her downward spiral.

Twilight sends Harry Potter to the grave
VAMPIRES have killed off boy wizards in the fascination of Aussie kids, with Twilight more popular than Harry Potter.

Twilight's Kristen Stewart has Aussie roots
KRISTEN Stewart won't be venturing down under for the premiere of Twilight's second installment next week, despite her Australian roots.

Restraining order issued against Mini-Me
FORMER lover claims issues restraining order against Verne Troyer, claiming she is in fear of her life.

Beckinsale 'mortified' by sexiest title
NEWLY-crowned sexiest woman alive Kate Beckinsale has admitted she struggles with the title.

Martin, Baldwin to co-host Oscars
HUGH Jackman won't return as Oscars host with the job being split between two stars.

Cusack steps out of the ordinary
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, John Cusack was a geek. Somewhere along the line, he got cool.

Music

Rolf Harris to release Christmas single
LOVE him or loathe him, wobble-board boy from Bassendean, Rolf Harris is to release a Christmas single about eating turkey.

Visiting Buble pleads 'leave Britney alone'
MICHAEL Buble sticks up for Britney Spears saying "you'd think she killed someone."

Britney Spears sizzles in skimpy bikini
HAVING almost hit the half-way mark on her first Australian tour, pop princess Britney Spears took time out to soak up the sun on Sydney Harbour yesterday.

Ricki-Lee goes Barbie blonde
RICKI-LEE leaves the dark side, debuting a hot new blonder look, for the launch of new accessories range, Barbie Loves Mimco.

Spears shows Melbourne a great mime
BRITNEY'S controversial tour heads south, offering fans a spectacular show - as long they could stand the lip-synching.

'Extremely upset' Britney bites back
SPEARS' publicity machine goes into overdrive after reports she is "extremely upset" at backlash.

Spears in lockdown after concert shame
BRITNEY Spears was holed up in a Perth hotel yesterday as the row over her lip-synching concerts threatened to derail her Australian tour.

Fuming fans ditch their Britney tickets
HUNDREDS of tickets to singer's concerts flood eBay as ticket seller calls Circus tour a "flop".

Stars will have to disclose lip-synching
NEW laws focing promoters to reveal if shows are live designed to stop fans being ripped off.

Chris Brown's bizarre album artwork
IF Rihanna turned heads with her racy cover, her ex Chris Brown will surely boggle minds.

Hot News

One killed in Miley Cyrus tour bus crash
AT least one person was killed when a tour bus supporting teen pop star Miley Cyrus overturned.

Overexcited fan strips for Pattinson
TWILIGHT star Robert Pattinson shows how his superpowers transcend to real life after getting a fan to strip off for him.

Demi mag cover 'worst photoshop ever'
A SUPER-svelte Demi Moore has appeared on the cover of W magazine, but is this the "worst photoshopping disaster ever?"

Curtain to fall on TV's long-running Oprah
AFTER 25 years Oprah Winfrey will end her talk show, but she's not bowing out of TV altogether.

Sam Worthington is Man of the Year
AUSTRALIAN actor Sam Worthington has taken out the 2009 GQ Man of the Year award.

Supermodel 'glamourises' anorexia slogan
KATE Moss believes "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels", and so do pro-anorexia blogs.

McManus goes roving for US TV opportunities
ROVE McManus has to date avoided Australian media and instead will appear on a US cable show, perhaps a nod to his plans to take his career to the US.

Twilight fans pack out first screening
THOUSANDS of excited Aussie women, and a handful of blokes, packed out the midnight premiere of Twilight sequel New Moon.

Cop, truckie in running for Miss Australia
A NSW police officer and a West Australian chippy and truck driver are in the mix for next year's Miss Universe Australia

Top dollar for Jacko 'moonwalk' glove
THE sparkly glove worn by Michael Jackson for his first "moonwalk" in 1983 sold for over $380,000 at a frenzied auction in New York.

Television

Dicko's in the dark at Ten
IAN 'Dicko' Dickson says he has not yet been invited back to judge next year's Australian Idol series.

Rose, Buble to headline Olympics coverage
THEY'RE not names usually associated with sport but MTV host Ruby Rose and Canadian singer Michael Buble are set to headline Foxtel's 2010 Winter Games coverage.

Rove eyes American TV career
ROVE has ruled out replacing Rosso, but kept the door open to renewing his American TV dreams.

Nine bones Hackett from sports job
CHANNEL 9 is set to dump three-time swimming gold medallist Grant Hackett as its weekend sports news presenter.

Defamation costs Nine, Newman $200K
DEFAMATION action against Channel 9 and The Footy Show's Sam Newman has been settled for $220,000.

Rove quits TV show after 10 years
ROVE McManus has dropped the biggest bombshell of his 10-year TV career - he is quitting his Channel 10 variety show.

Benaud decides not to pull up stumps
DON'T hang up the cream, white, off-white, bone, ivory and beige jacket just yet - Richie Benaud is playing on.

Kath and Kim working on new material
KATH and Kim will be back, says Jane Turner, who has started writing material again after a two-year break from the popular series.

Katie Price's down under reality show
HER split from Peter Andre was a soap opera in itself, but now Katie Price is on her way to Australia for a UK reality show.

Fran-tic effort to sell has-been star
FRAN Drescher, American sitcom star from The Nanny, is being hawked to local companies as a star for hire on her forthcoming Australian trip.

Australian Idol winner announced
SPOILER ALERT: The winner of the seventh season of Australian Idol has been announced.