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Leona Lewis vows to ‘work hard’ at acting


Leona Lewis has vowed to "work really hard" at acting.
The 'Bleeding Love' singer - who stars in the new musical movie 'Walking On Sunshine' - has promised to devote herself to her new craft and wants to work as hard as her actor pals to get parts.
She told The Sunday Express' S magazine: "I don't want it to be like, 'Oh, she's a musician and she's a bit famous so that's why she got the part.
"I have friends who are actors. They go for millions of auditions and they're having classes all the time, and in no way would I want to take that away from them.
"I want to do the exact same thing and work really hard at it."
Leona, 29 - who shot to fame after winning the 'The X Factor' in 2006 - has defended her decision to try her hand in the film industry.
She told Digital Spy: "People always want to get the claws out straight away, but I feel like this film... was so natural for me.
"It's a musical - they want someone who can sing to be in it."
Meanwhile, the pretty brunette recently left Simon Cowell's SyCo/Sony label - to which she had been signed since the music mogul discovered her on the singing competition - after brokering a new multi-year record deal with Island Records.
Leona has insisted there are no hard feelings between the pair over her move.
She said: "I was offered another deal with Syco but I thought it was time to have a new team with fresh ideas.
"I have spoken to Simon. He is sad I didn't stay with Sony but he is happy for me and proud.
"He has been so supportive and he will continue to be supportive and I can always call him up for advice."

Chelsea Handlers loves making men cry


Chelsea Handler likes to make one grow man cry every week.
The talk show host described herself as a "big insulter" and insisted she finds it "funny" to "abuse men" only to watch them come back anyway.
She told the Sunday Times newspaper's Culture magazine: "OK, yeah, I'm a big insulter. The more you abuse men, the more they come back. It's funny to watch.
"Then I realise I've taken it too far, because the person I'm insulting is about to cry. It's quite easy to make a grown man cry twice in one day, so I like to stick to once a week."
While some might consider it a cruel tactic in the name of comedy, the 'Chelsea Lately' presenter explained she quickly learnt that "everything is material" after telling other drink-driving offenders about her own arrest.
She added: "I started in stand-up when I told my drunk-driving arrest story to a class of other offenders, and they suggested I do comedy. After that I realised, everything is material."
Even friends and their personal stories - without changing their identities - made it into her book 'Chelsea Handler: Uganda Be Kidding Me'.
She revealed: "My girlfriend Hannah didn't speak to me for the first two months after the book was out because I told the truth of what happened in Africa. She was taking doxycycline, hallucinating and thinking the safari guides were going to rape us.
"First of all, I told her, if they're going to rape us, they're not going to do it the day we arrive. She asked me to change her name and I forgot. When she rang, I said, 'No one will connect the dots that you're the Hannah I'm friends with. No one knows who you are, don't worry about it.'
"She said, 'There are photos of me in the book that say 'Hannah' underneath them. I said, 'You know what? This is a bad connection. We'll talk gain in about two months' time.' "

Iggy Azalea has the support of fellow rappers


Iggy Azalea says fellow rappers like Kanye West have no problem with her style
The Australian star has been criticised by some fans of the genre for not being authentic - her rhyming voice is different to her speaking one - but she insisted none of her contemporaries could have foreseen the abuse she has received.
She said: "It would have been hard for [Kanye West] to fathom that anyone would want to have such a conversation with me.
"He is embedded in this world, he is not looking in on it from the outside.
"You know, I just read the Keith Richards autobiography and I thought it was so interesting when he pointed out that no American blues musicians ever accused the Rolling Stones of "imitating" their sound - but people were writing that stuff about them back in England."
Iggy has come under similar criticism, and she has pointed out that - in the exact same way - it hasn't been her fellow musicians who have been the ones attacking her.
She told The Observer newspaper's New Review: "You know the funny thing, I have never had any musician tell me that I wasn't authentic for being white and Australian. Not one.
"Even I had a warped perception of how I would be received in this business.
"What I've come to realise is that it's the people who write about the music - or who are outside it in some way - who have a problem with what I am doing. The only true insiders are the musicians themselves."

Jennifer Garner ‘never understood’ Ben Affleck’s gambling obsession


Jennifer Garner has reportedly "never understood" Ben Affleck's obsession with gambling.
The 41-year-old actor was reportedly banned from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in April after he was caught counting cards and, although his spouse hates seeing negative things about him in the press, Jennifer is determined to support him the whole way.
A source told PEOPLE.com: "She never understood his gambling obsession and she doesn't want him to be in the news [for it], [but] she's the most patient wife ever and is still very much in love with Ben."
Meanwhile, the 42-year-old actress flew to Detroit in Michigan, where the Hollywood hunk is filming his new movie 'Batman vs. Superman', this weekend to celebrate nine years of marriage together.
Ben reportedly bought his gorgeous wife some expensive jewellery from Barneys in Beverly Hills last week to mark their wedding anniversary.
Meanwhile, prior to jetting to Detroit, Jennifer and her three children Violet, eight, Seraphina, five, and Samuel, two - who she has with Ben - paid a visit to Charleston in West Virginia to see her family.
The brunette beauty was spotted watching a minor league baseball game with her parents, sister, and three children, on Friday (27.06.14), before sending her kids back to Los Angeles with their nannies.

Lamar Odom ‘jealous’ of Khloé Kardashian’s romance


Lamar Odom is reportedly "jealous" of Khloé Kardashian's new relationship with French Montana.
The reality TV star, who filed for divorce from Lamar in December after four years of marriage, spent her 30th birthday on Friday (27.06.14) in the company of her beau, but her ex-husband isn't happy about her new romance.
A source told the HollywoodLife.com: "While he wants nothing but for Khloé to be happy, he's jealous he wasn't there with her. He hates the fact she's with another man.
"He hasn't really come to grips that she's in what seems to be a real and committed relationship. It would be one thing if she and Montana were casually dating but this sh*t is for real and he's kinda p***ed."
The 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star was smitten with the 29-year-old rapper as they celebrated her milestone on a luxury yacht in New York with her family.
French - whose real name is Karim Kharbouch - saw it as an opportunity to spoil Khloé with over a $100,000 worth of gifts, including a $10,000 diamond gold grill, a $49,000 white Jeep and a $25,000 diamond ring.
Meanwhile, Khloé was left devastated last year when rumours emerged the sportsman was addicted cocaine and had allegedly cheated on her multiple times.
The former couple's divorce is yet to be finalised.

Sir Elton John: Jesus would’ve supported gay marriage


Sir Elton John believes Jesus would have been a supporter of same-sex marriage.
The 67-year-old singer, who is planning to marry his civil partner David Furnish next year, claims the Christian figure would have approved of gay members of the clergy if he was alive today because he was "all about love."
Speaking in an interview with Sky News, he said: "If Jesus Christ was alive today, I cannot see him, as the Christian person that he was and the great person that he was, saying this could not happen.
"He was all about love and compassion and forgiveness and trying to bring people together and that's what the church should be about."
The 'Your Song' hitmaker - who raises children Zachary, three, and Elijah, 20 months, with David - believes the church deserves praise for making progress over the last few years, but thinks there's still a way to go until the religious beliefs are more accepting of gay rights.
He said: "As long as I'm alive I will fight for people's rights."
Sir Elton is also planning to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin during his next visit to the country, where he previously said "vicious homophobia has been legitimised", later this year.
He said: "I'm going to Russia in November, and I will try and meet Putin and I will try to talk to him. I don't know what good it will do. But unless you build a bridge - it's no good putting up a wall and saying I'm not talking to these people. The only thing that gets solved is by talking to people."

Shia LaBeouf’s actions down to fame pressure


Shia LaBeouf's recent erratic behaviour is reportedly down to a build-up of pressure from being a child star.
The actor's 2008 'Holes' co-star Siobhan Fallen Hogan believes his reckless actions have been spurred on his inability to deal with fame from such a young age.
Siobhan, who played Tiffany Yelnats in the Disney movie, told the New York Post newspaper: "I think there's a ton of pressure when you're in the acting business. It's hard growing up acting -- being a child actor. There's pressure to act the right way.
"And there's so much attention from the press that, if you make one wrong move, it's under a microscope. I can see that being hard for him."
The 'Transformers' star - who shot into the limelight at the age of 14 when he was cast in TV series 'Even Stevens' - was arrested at a Broadway theatre earlier this week for yelling offensive language and slapping people's bottoms during a performance of 'Cabaret' at Studio 54 in New York City.
Shia was charged with harassment, disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, and is set to appear in court on July 24.
Earlier this month, the hunk was also reportedly banned from The Local Peasant in Sherman Oaks, California, after he was allegedly caught peeing up against a wall.
Meanwhile, earlier this year, Shia stormed out of a 'Nymphomaniac' press conference in Berlin, before arriving on the red carpet for the film's German premiere wearing a paper bag on his head that read, "I am not famous any more."

Kelly Osbourne gets head tattoo


Kelly Osbourne has got a tattoo on the side of her head.
The 'Fashion Police' co-host, 29, who shaved off part of her luscious locks last month, shocked fans yesterday (28.06.14) after she revealed her new bizarre inking - which reads "stories..." in purple writing - on Instagram.
The beauty - who is the daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne - posted a picture of artist Dr Woo, from popular parlour Shamrock in Hollywood, completing the body art as she placed her hands on her stomach and carefully breathed through the excruciating pain.
However, Kelly was obviously pleased with her new look as she accompanied the snap with the cheeky caption: "Sorry mum and dad but I love it!"
Earlier on in the night, the bubbly star hinted that she was about to get a new tattoo after she posted a photograph of her holding a bottle of purple ink.
She wrote: "#oops what did I do tonight? (sic)."
Meanwhile, Kelly, who split from fiancé Matthew Mosshart in January, has reportedly grown close to Puff Daddy's stepson Quincy Combs, 23, recently.
A source said previously: "Kelly is single, but she's having a lot of fun. She's been hooking up with Quincy, her really good friend lately...
"It's not serious but he's really hot and he's very into her!"

Jessica Alba: Date nights are ‘essential’


Jessica Alba thinks it's "essential" to have date nights with her husband.
The 33-year-old actress has been married to her beau Cash Warren for six years, but she admits the pair regularly set time aside to enjoy each other's company.
When asked if she and Cash still go on dates, Jessica replied: "Yes! Absolutely. I think you have to. I think that's essential. [We do] anything. I mean, even watching TV and making popcorn. Other times having a 'staycation' and staying at a hotel down the street."
The 'Sin City' star - who has daughters Honor, six, and Haven, three, with Cash - insist they have a strong relationship because they respect each other.
She told Parade magazine: "You know, I think we have an incredible amount of respect for each other and we value each other's opinion and time, and I feel like we're in it together, we're not petty with each other, and we communicate a lot."
Meanwhile, the brunette beauty is busy juggling her acting career, motherhood and her eco-friendly business, The Honest Company, but she admits she has a fabulous team behind her to help her work everything out.
She explained: "It's hard [juggling my career]. I feel like I'm always compromising one thing over another. I have a really strong team at The Honest Company and my partners are incredible, so if I didn't have them to run the business when I'm not there, I'd be in trouble."

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