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KATHERINE HEIGL has laughed off rumors she adopted her baby daughter to be "trendy" - calling accusations she wants to be a fashionable celebrity mother "funny". The Knocked Up star became a first-time mom last September (09), when she and her husband Josh Kelley adopted daughter Naleigh from South Korea, and she recently fuelled speculation of a possible second adoption by revealing she is desperate to help orphans in Haiti. Heigl has since faced accusations she's joined the growing celebrity trend of taking in children from abroad, following in the footsteps of stars including Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and Madonna. But Heigl, whose own sister, Meg, was adopted from Korea in the 1970s, isn't worried about the gossip. She tells Britain's Metro newspaper, "It's so funny. My mom and I joke about it when people say 'You're just doing it because it's trendy'. My mom says 'Well, I'm trendier than everybody because I was doing it in the 1970s when I adopted your sister.' "I'm very grateful for this little being in my life. I'm very grateful she's my daughter. I'm so grateful we found each other. It's not so much about her being adopted. I just wanted to be a mom and she needed one so here we are." (LR/WNTET/ZN)
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British actors STEPHEN MOYER and JAMES FRAIN have brought World Cup fever to the set of hit U.S. TV show TRUE BLOOD - they've persuaded producers to let them watch the soccer games while they work. Soccer-mad Moyer joined forces with the True Blood newcomer, and fellow Brit, to request TV bosses let them follow the English team in the tournament once it kicks off on Friday (11Jun10). And the pair is delighted producers agreed to have a live feed streamed on to the set while they film series three of the vampire show in California. Moyer tells Access Hollywood, "I will be watching every game. We have a live stream next to the camera." Frain jokes, "I've actually got written permission from (director) Alan Ball to see the World Cup games. It was a deal in the contract going in." (LR/WNVACC/ZN)
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HARRY POTTER star EMMA WATSON has been linked to another new suitor after she was photographed enjoying a theater date in London with a male model. The British actress, 20, split from long term partner Jay Barrymore in March (10) and recently dismissed rumors of a new romance with Spanish rocker Rafael Cebrian, calling him just "a friend". But now rumors about Watson's love life have gone into overdrive again, after she was seen out in London with George Craig - one of the models who appeared alongside the actress in her latest ad campaign for British fashion house Burberry. Watson was spotted heading to a performance of West End play War Horse on Wednesday evening (09Jun10) with Craig, who also fronts rock band One Night Only. (LR/WNWCDAM/ZN)
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Hippie musical HAIR has been brushed off Broadway - the production will close at the end of the month (Jun10). The recent revival of the 1960s-set show hit the New York stage in March 2009, but producers have now decided to end its run on 27 June (10). The move comes just three months after the original cast of the Broadway show transferred to London in April (10) to join the West End production. Hair will begin a tour of the U.S. once the Broadway curtain falls, with shows kicking off in Connecticut in October (10), according to Variety.com. (LR/WNWCRV/ZN)
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ASHTON KUTCHER has reportedly splashed out $1 million (GBP666,600) on his stepdaughter RUMER WILLIS' first home. Demi Moore's actress daughter, 21, reportedly had her eye on the two-bedroom, three-bathroom starter home in Los Angeles but couldn't afford to buy the property on her own. So Kutcher, who wed Moore in 2005, came to the rescue and wrote her a big cheque, reports the National Enquirer. According to documents, obtained by the tabloid, the house deed lists Kutcher and Willis each owning 50 per cent of the property, with the actor listed under his birth name, Christopher. The Los Angeles home is in the same neighborhood as the home Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen shares with his partner Isla Fisher. (JMA/NE/KL)
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ANDY DICK's antics are hitting headlines once again - the funnyman was reportedly ejected from a Los Angeles playhouse after storming into the venue in a drunken stupor earlier this month (Jun10). According to the National Enquirer, the troubled comedian walked into a performance of Yellow at the Coast Playhouse on 2 June (10), insisting he didn't need a ticket as he attempted to find a seat. The former NewsRadio star was reportedly kicked out by the play's director, Del Shores. Shores later posted a rant on social networking website Facebook.com, raging he "kicked (Andy's) drunk a** out". The reported incident is the latest in a string of troubles for Dick - in April (10), he was picked up by cops after allegedly wandering into a house in Los Angeles in the middle of the night, prompting the frightened family to call police. Within days of that incident, he was ejected from a California winery when security staff suspected him of being intoxicated. Dick is also currently facing charges of felony first degree sexual assault for allegedly grabbing a security guard's crotch and kissing a male guest at a bar in Huntington, West Virginia without invitation in January (10). That case will go to court later this month June (10). (JMA/NE/ZN)
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Hollywood studio bosses are so confident RYAN REYNOLDS' upcoming adaptation of THE GREEN LANTERN comic will be a box office hit, they've begun work on a sequel - a year before the superhero's blockbuster debut. The movie, starring Reynolds as DC Comics character HAI Jordan (aka The Green Lantern), is currently shooting in New Orleans, Louisiana for a planned summer 2011 release. But bosses at Warner Bros. are keen to cash in on what they believe will be a soaring success and have already started development on a sequel. According to the Hollywood Reporter, studio executives have hired original Lantern writers Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, to come up with the second installment. The Green Lantern cast also includes Blake Lively, Tim Robbins, Peter Sarsgaard and Brit Mark Strong. (JMA/HR/MT)
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BRADLEY COOPER credits The Elephant Man with inspiring his acting career, insisting he related to the freak show attraction because he felt like an outcast growing up. Joseph Merrick suffered from a disfiguring disease and became famous as a sideshow curiosity in Victorian England, where he was nicknamed The Elephant Man. The Hangover star admits he felt a strange kinship with Merrick, and would often look in the mirror as a kid and imagine his face to be deformed too. Recalling David Lynch's 1980 movie The Elephant Man, Cooper tells Details magazine, "I became obsessed with this motherf**ker. I was crying. I couldn't move. He was a beautiful guy, f**kin' beautiful. He had tremendous hope. He struggled to be a man - because he was a man." Cooper says the connection has continued throughout his career - he played Merrick on stage for his graduate thesis at the Actors' Studio Drama School in New York, and he's gone through great lengths to get closer to the legend. He adds, "I literally went to London and saw the cloak that Merrick wore." Merrick was 27 when he died in 1890, due to accidental asphyxia, caused by the weight of his head as he lay down. (JMA/DE/PAW)
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CHACE CRAWFORD's fate rests in the hands of the District Attorney in Collin County, Texas - the official will decide whether to press charges against the actor following his arrest for drug possession. The Gossip Girl star was booked on a misdemeanour after he was caught with an unlit marijuana joint on his person in a Plano parking lot shortly after midnight last Friday (04Jun10). He was released on bail and cops have now passed the case onto the District Attorney to determine if Crawford should be punished, reports TMZ.com. If charges are filed, the 24 year old will face six months in jail for the count. (MT/WNWCZM/JMA)
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An iconic black dress worn by the late DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES will go on display in a fashion museum in Chile after its owner purchased the gown for $276,000 at an auction in London. The beloved royal wore the strapless gown in 1981 shortly after her engagement to Prince Charles, when she was just 19. The silk taffeta creation, designed by Elizabeth and David Emanuel, caused controversy at the time for its low cut neckline and dark color, but it established Diana as a budding fashion icon. The dress will now be shown off at the Fundacion Museo De La Moda in Chile after museum founder Jorge Yarur snapped up the gown at the sale, held by Kerry Taylor Auctions, on Tuesday (08Jun10). However, Yarur promised to have the dress returned to the Princess' official royal residence of Kensington Palace in London upon his death. (MT/WNWR/JMA)
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