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George Clooney hires Lana Del Rey for wedding


George Clooney wants to hire Lana Del Rey to sing at his wedding.
The 53-year-old actor has approached the 'Born to Die' hitmaker's representatives about the possibility of her performing when he marries Amal Alamuddin in Italy in September because his fiancee is such a big fan.
A source revealed: "Amal is a massive fan of Lana's, which has made George determined to make this happen.
"He contacted Lana's people to see if she'll perform at their wedding in Italy."
The 28-year-old singer recently performed at the extravagant nuptials of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and George is now said to be willing to splash out on her services to please his future wife.
The source added: "Of course, unlike Kimye, George doesn't know her personally so he can expect to pay a hefty fee.
"But money is no object. He'll pay Lana whatever she wants to make his wife-to-be-happy."
However, 'The Monuments Men' star may need to consider another wedding singer, as Lana hasn't yet confirmed whether she's willing to take the job as she is worried about her reputation.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "Lana hasn't told the couple yet whether or not she'll be able to perform. But she's wondering whether it might look tacky to sing at two of the most high-profile celebrity weddings of the year."

Ozzy Osbourne: Sharon was a ‘praying mantis’


Ozzy Osbourne claims Sharon Osbourne was like a "praying mantis" when she suspected he was taking drugs again.
The Black Sabbath rocker - who is proudly 480 days sober - lived in fear of his wife of 32 years catching him out when he fell off the wagon two years ago because she would become violent with him and even threw a scalding cup of coffee in his face.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Sharon was pretty p****d off with me. She'd wait like a praying mantis to catch me out drunk or stoned. And when she did she would throw books at me, all sorts. She once broke all my platinum discs, smashing them over my head.
"Last year when I was in a hotel, and she found out, she gets a pot of coffee and throws it in my face. It f***ing hurt and I had a red face for days. But she's been great, and we have seen it through."
Ozzy, 65, and Sharon, have since patched things up and now make an effort to prove their love to each other every day, even though the former 'X Factor' judge's home menagerie sometimes gets in the way.
He explained: "I try to be a good husband, I try to be romantic. We get our vows renewed all the time - when I was 50, and then when I turned 65, that was the last time. I buy Sharon flowers, we tell each other we love each other every single day, no matter where in the world I am, and we don't go to bed on an argument.
"We share a bed still, except the dogs get more bloody space in the bed than I do. Bella sleeps with us every night and Sharon gets cross if I disturb her. The key to a happy marriage is give and take - I give and she takes!"

Disney plan Enchanted sequel

Disney are planning an 'Enchanted' sequel. According to Deadline, the company have called in 'Shrek 2' screenwriters J. David Stern and David N. Weiss to pen the script for the follow-up to the 2007 live-action fairytale. The pair - who also wrote ...

Roxanne Pallett doesn’t miss Emmerdale


Roxanne Pallett doesn't miss 'Emmerdale'.
The 31-year-old actress played Jo Sugden in the Yorkshire soap from 2005 to 2008 but she admits she hasn't "had a chance" to miss the role because she's been keeping so busy with various acting roles in the six years since she left.
Speaking at a special screening of Noel Clarke's new film 'The Anomaly' in London, she told BANG Showbiz: "I don't miss it, but I'm really appreciative of it and I love 'Emmerdale' - I still watch it. I've not had a chance to miss it because I've been working on so many projects since. I try not to miss anything I've done. I try to just put it in a little box and love it tenderly, but I don't look back."
Since quitting 'Emmerdale', Roxanne has starred in Hollywood sequels 'Lake Placid 3' and 'Wrong Turn 6' and has found the world of film to be a vast difference from soap.
She explained: "Soap's very quick and you've got to be really at the top of your game and really disciplined because you shoot every day, then and there - you don't get a rehearsal.
"With films, the parameters are changed because there's no watershed, so they really push you beyond a limit you would expect. But it's nice and it's given me a more rounded view on my acting. It's been good for me."

Matt Smith is Noel Clarke’s favourite Doctor


'Doctor Who' star Noel Clarke says Matt Smith is his favourite Doctor.
The 38-year-old actor - who played Mickey Smith in the BBC sci-fi drama - has appeared to snub his former co-stars Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant by selecting the Eleventh Doctor, who he didn't work, as his favourite incarnation of the Time Lord.
Asked who his favourite Doctor is, Noel told BANG Showbiz: "Matt Smith. He had a different energy. He was just very different. Nobody thought he could match DT [David Tennant], but he did."
Mickey also reveals that he hasn't ruled out a return to the hit show, which now stars Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor.
Speaking at the premiere of his new film 'The Anomaly', he said: "If I was asked to go back then it would definitely be a consideration, yes."
Noel was one of the original stars of the 2005 'Doctor Who' revival, playing the boyfriend of the Doctor's then-companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper).
He appeared alongside Christopher Eccleston for one series, followed by numerous adventures with David Tennant.

Maggie Gyllenhaal wants a role in Downton Abbey


Maggie Gyllenhaal wants a role in 'Downton Abbey'.
The 'Secretary' actress has revealed she would 'love' a part on the ITV period drama - which also stars Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville - but isn't sure how she would fit into the show's plot.
A friend of the Oscar-nominated actress insists she could play one of the upper class Crawley family's promiscuous cousins.
She told The Sun: "I love Downton. I would totally love to be in it. But I don't know how I would fit in.
"There is this parlour game where people say who they would be and a friend said she would of course be Lady Mary. She said I would be the cousin who sleeps with everybody! A rich English playgirl!"
Meanwhile, the 36-year-old actress is set to make her television debut in BBC2's eight-part drama 'The Honourable Woman' which airs tonight.
Maggie took on the role of a British baroness who gets caught up in the Israel-Palestine conflict after being blown away by the show's script.
She said: "I chose this because of the script. I had never read a script with a woman like this.
"I thought I was going to trust it. It is such a scary thing (the Middle East) for most people to talk about that I think people are hungry for ways to sit and think about it.
"I have never been more proud of anything I have ever worked on."
'The Honourable Woman' airs tonight at 9pm on BBC2.

Chris Martin ditches Gwyneth Paltrow’s vegetarian diet


Chris Martin has ditched Gwyneth Paltrow's vegetarian diet.
The Coldplay frontman - who "consciously uncoupled" from the 'Shakespeare in Love' actress in March after 10 years of marriage - has started eating meat again following the split but still encourages their ten-year-old daughter, Apple, to stick to vegetarianism.
He told BBC Radio 2: "I am not really vegetarian. I eat meat.
"I was vegetarian for a long time but, for various reasons, I changed.
"My daughter has been a vegetarian since she was born. I keep getting tempted to go back to vegetarianism but I don't eat too much meat."
However the 37-year-old singer - who also has an eight-year-old son, Moses, with Gwyneth, 41 - insists changing his diet has been a personal choice.
He explained: "The honest answer why I changed is because I thought you can only eat something that you should be able to kill.
"I mean, could you kill a fish? I wouldn't like it but I probably could eat the fish... or a giraffe."
Meanwhile, the former couple have reportedly become a lot closer again following the split after spending lots of time together with family and friends.
A source previously said: "They haven't made any concrete decision to get back together, but it's a possibility. They're discovering a dynamic that works for them all over again, like when they first got together. They're getting along really well.
"They've loving time together with and without the kids. She didn't want to end the marriage. He's been a great father, and that has helped keep the flame alive. They love each other, and if the romance comes back, they'll go with it if it feels right."

Jack White: I miss having a regular job


Jack White misses having a regular 9 to 5 job.
The 'Lazeretto' singer, who worked in an upholstery shop before finding fame with the White Stripes, claims he misses the anticipation of being at work and wanting to rush home to write music now songwriting is his career.
Jack - who was once part of a two-piece band called The Upholsters - explained: "When I worked in an upholstery shop I couldn't wait to get home and record the idea that had been brewing all day. Now I do all these other things and they're all creative, so I've had to learn, over the years, to find new ways of writing songs."
The 38-year-old rock star also revealed he can no longer go to gigs because he gets recognised and approached by fans who all want photographs of him, meaning he can't enjoy the live music.
He told MOJO magazine: "People won't leave me alone. I can't listen to one song without people taking a photo or something, and it's a shame because most of my inspiration came from that."

Noel Clarke: Ian Somerhalder is a ‘pretty boy’


Noel Clarke says Ian Somerhalder defies expectations in 'The Anomaly'.
The 'Doctor Who' actor, who stars in and directs the film, says Somerhalder - who is best known for playing charming vampire Damon Salvatore in 'The Vampire Diaries' - takes on a new kind of villain role and was better at action scenes than he was anticipating.
Speaking at a special screening of the film at London's Ham Yard Hotel last night (01.07.14), Clarke told BANG Showbiz: "People weren't expecting him [Somerhalder] to be physical because he's quite a pretty boy, but he was a dude and got in there and did all the fight scenes. He was great."
The 38-year-old star - whose other directing credits include 2010's '4.3.2.1' and 2008's 'Adulthood' - also admits he was inspired by J.J. Abrams to do more filmmaking after working with him on 'Star Trek Into Darkness.'
He said: "J.J. is a very inspirational guy. He leads from the front and has a positive energy on set. When you have someone like that at the top, it filters on down through the crew."
'The Anomaly' tells the story of a former soldier - played by Clarke - who is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has a few moments to figure out how he got there.
The film is set for UK release on Friday (04.07.14).

Melissa McCarthy: Sarandon’s casting was ‘crazy’


Melissa McCarthy finds it "crazy" Susan Sarandon agreed to star in 'Tammy'.
The 43-year-old actress - who co-wrote the movie with her husband, director Ben Falcone - was unsure whether to approach her "absolute dream wish" to play her on-screen grandmother and was delighted with the 'Lovely Bones' star's portrayal.
She said: "Oh, my God! How crazy is that?
"I couldn't believe it when we... She was our dream person to go out to. And we hemmed and hawed. Like, 'Do we even have a chance of it? Will she ever read it?'
" And then we thought, 'We have to start with our absolute dream wish. We have to. And then if we get rejected, we continue on.' And next thing you knew, we were going to have a phone call with her, and Ben and I couldn't believe that.
"And the next thing, we're talking to her, then we're out to dinner with her.
"And I just thought, 'My God, is this thing happening?' And she took a character that we already loved, we really loved Pearl, and she made it so much better."
Melissa was overjoyed with the "smart" way in which Susan transformed the hard-drinking pensioner from "horrible" to "exciting".
She added: "She is such a smart actress. She's such a smart woman. But she's really so incredibly skilled at what she did, that she just played it with no judgment.
"She didn't see Pearl as this horrible woman that made all of these mistakes. She just thought, 'Well, everybody's got a past'. And she had a pretty exciting past. She kind of saw her as exciting, and it just felt right.
"The first day of shooting, I think it was at the screen test, when we finally had all of our wardrobe and hair and makeup on. We just looked at each other, and for whatever weird reason, everybody went, 'It just makes sense'."
'Tammy' is in cinemas now.

Demi Lovato is ‘vulgar’


Demi Lovato has a constant "sausage-fest" going on in her mind.
The 'Neon Lights' singer's sense of humour is so dirty and her language so filthy that she claims she's far more obscene than any guy she knows.
She giggled: "I have a really foul mouth. I say anything and everything that's on my mind. I can be really vulgar. My sense of humour is really, really vulgar. It's worse than 10 guys put together in a room. There's a sausage-fest going on in my brain of inappropriate humour!"
Demi also opened up about another of her weirdest habits, constantly snacking on gherkins.
Asked her favourite food, she told We Love Pop magazine: "Gherkins. I love them. I could just drink gherkin juice."
The 21-year-old star feels akin to country queen Taylor Swift because they share the same hatred of nightclubs and preference for avoiding writing about partying.
Demi explained: "I don't really care because those things don't apply to my life. A good example of that is Taylor Swift. We've had conversations about this where I'm like, 'I have so much respect for you as an artist because you don't have to write about that stuff.' She's like, Well, I don't go out'.
"I don't go out to clubs and I don't party. I want to be a respected artist and not a tabloid headline."

Iggy Azalea is ‘worn out’ by fued


Iggy Azalea is "worn out" by her alleged feud with Nicki Minaj.
The 'Fancy' hitmaker insists she wasn't upset when the 'Pills n Potions' rapper stressed she writes all of her own material while accepting the Best Female Hip Hip Artist award at the BET Awards on Sunday (29.06.14), and only wants to surround herself with positive people.
Addressing the incident on Twitter on Wednesday (02.07.14), the 23-year-old rapper said: "If I had won the BET award that would have been great but it wasn't my year & I don't mind - so you shouldn't either.
"Generally speaking I'm unbothered by anything that 'happened' at the BET awards and just feel worn out by everyone trying to make me have wars with people all the time.
"Anyone who wishes me well is welcome in my life & those who don't can't get anymore of my time. I hate to see everyone exhausting themselves on my behalf over things that I'm still not 100 percent sure even exist & don't matter. Just let it go."
The Australian star's comments came just hours after Nicki insisted she didn't mean to offend her and claimed she was merely trying to encourage more female artists to put pen to paper.
The 31-year-old 'Starships' hitmaker tweeted: "I will always take a stance on women writing b/c I believe in us! I believe we're smart enough to write down our own thoughts and perspective, just like the men do. I've been saying this for 5 YEARS (sic)."
She added: "I've congratulated Iggy on the success of Fancy, publicly. She should be very proud of that. All the women nominated should b proud. That will never change my desire to motivate women to write. Our voices have to be heard. I hope I inspire up & coming females to do that (sic)."