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Angelina Jolie: Shiloh would never play a princess


Angelina Jolie "knew" her daughter Shiloh would turn down a role in 'Maleficent'.
The actress initially offered the part of young Aurora to the seven-year-old tomboy, but the youngster thought the idea of playing a princess was "very funny", so it went to her five-year-old sister Vivienne instead.
Angelina said: "We knew she would [say no]. We mentioned the idea of playing a princess and she obviously thought it was very funny. She's not that kind of girl."
Angelina - who also raises sons Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, and Vivienne's twin Knox, as well as daughter Zahara, nine, with fiance Brad Pitt - was delighted at how easily her youngest girl adjusted to being on camera.
She told 'Access Hollywood': "That's just Vivienne. We call her my shadow. She's a very... she's wonderfully affectionate, very much a mommy's girl and so it was a natural fit. It was very easy and very fun to do."
Meanwhile, Angelina's co-star Sam Riley has revealed his 90-year-old grandfather is one of the actress' biggest fans.
He told E! News: "It was my grandfather's 90th birthday while we were shooting and they changed the schedule so I could go home.
"She signed him a birthday card, which is pride of place in the kitchen. He shows it to everybody who comes around."
And the brunette beauty also impressed the actor's parents.
He added: "When my mom and dad came to visit she was so lovely with them that they floated back home. They're still telling everyone."

Kanye West’s lengthy wedding speech


Kanye West's wedding speech lasted 45 minutes.
The 'Bound 2' rapper reportedly stunned guests at his wedding to Kim Kardashian in Florence, Italy, with his lengthy monologue, in which he reportedly mainly spoke about himself, while he and his new bride were also said to have left their loved ones bored with a lengthy first dance.
Their friend John Legend played a custom-built marble piano and the couple insisting on dancing alone to five of his songs, with a light only on them.
A source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "It felt like it went on forever."
While Kanye's best friend Jay Z failed to attend the wedding at Forti di Belvedere with his wife Beyonce, the couple's gift to the newlyweds was given pride of place among the presents.
The megastars has sent a gold-dipped bottle of Chianti to wish the pair well, and instead of a cork, the drink had a diamond filling the neck of the bottle.
In order to keep the nuptials private, Kim and Kanye - who have 11-month-old daughter North together - held their wedding on a grassy ridge at the top of the fort, so had to hire a crane to lift every item used for the celebrations up a staggering 70 metres to the summit.
Among the items which needed lifting was a 15 metre-high gold box, which contained the bathrooms.
One source said: "Their toilet was the star of the show."

Kiefer Sutherland wants London pub


Kiefer Sutherland wants to buy a London pub.
The 47-year-old actor has been shooting '24: Live Another Day' in the city and would love to set up a business in the UK because he thinks the bars are the "best in the world".
He said: "British pubs are the best in the world. They are pretty much the only ones that have any authenticity about them.
"Every country in the world tries to recreate or replicate a British or Irish pub but they never get it quite right.
"I would love to buy a pub in London, that would be so cool."
And despite his own fame, Kiefer insists he doesn't want to open a celebrity hangout, just an ordinary pub.
He added to The Sun newspaper: "I wouldn't be looking for it to be a super-trendy place, just a real British pub where real locals come for a drink."
The multi-millionaire actor was recently spotted dining at a Toby Carvery, where meals cost just £6.50, in Aldenham, Hertfordshire, East England.
Waitress Laura Knight said: "He was friendly and enjoyed his meal. He had a carvery and a drink and left very happy."

Kelly Brook weds?


Kelly Brook has hinted she's got married.
The brunette model posted a picture on her Instagram account of herself and David McIntosh on the Eurostar to France, and referred to him as her "husband" and also alluded to "wedding celebrations".
Alongside the photograph, she wrote: "Look how happy my husband looks 🙂 #Eurostar#France #WeddingCelebrations @grifco @laurentoub (sic)"
Although the news hasn't been confirmed, Kelly announced her engagement to David last month via her Instagram page, posting a picture of them with a balloon bearing the word 'Engaged'.
Kelly and David - a former royal marine - have had an on/off relationship since they met on New Year's Eve (31.01.14) and it was previously claimed they "rushed into the engagement".
Although David spent a large amount of time at Kelly's north London home in the early stages of their romance, the pair reportedly split up shortly after Valentine's Day (14.02.14) but soon got back together.
And it was also claimed the 34-year-old beauty had to buy her own engagement ring.
A source said: "David proposed without a ring and friends think Kelly probably shelled out for her own.
"He's hardly the most romantic man in the world and she's got far more cash than him."
"They rushed into the engagement and then realised they needed a ring to prove it's for real when they got photographed together. Her friends are privately saying they don't think the romance will last."

Robert Pattinson’s audition nerves


Robert Pattinson gets "cripplingly nervous" at auditions.
The 28-year-old actor insists he is "bad" at showing his talents when trying to land a role and the whole experience makes him very unhappy.
He said: "I hate auditioning. I just can't do it. I get so nervous, like cripplingly nervous. I'm bad at them, and I feel awful afterward."
Robert can next be seen starring as a gang member on a road trip in 'The Rover' and was particularly nervous before auditioning for the movie as he wanted the role so badly.
He told The Hollywood Reporter: "It was terrifying. It's kind of rare that I really, really want stuff."
The 'Twilight Saga' star almost gave up acting when he was 21 because his first Hollywood audition, for romantic comedy 'Post Grad', went so badly.
He said: "I was so into the script of it and thought I knew exactly what I was doing. And then I went in and just completely blew it. And honestly, I remember talking to my family afterward and going, 'I'm done. I can't handle how gut-wrenching it is.' And I kind of knew that I was messing it up. It was my own fault."
The British star can no longer remember what life was like before he found global fame, and is even used to being followed around by photographers.
He said: "You figure out ways to deal with it. It's been such a long time now, it just becomes what your life is. I can't even really remember what my life was like before."

Kanye West made venue changes


Kanye West spent the hour before he got married turning the bar at their reception venue into "art".
The 'Bound 2' hitmaker made a number of last-minute changes at Florence's Forti di Belvedere last weekend and was particularly hands-on when it came to changing the all-white drinks area, taking a saw and cutting it in half.
According to the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column, Kanye - whose wedding celebrations to Kim Kardashian had begun in Paris, France on Friday (23.05.14) before they flew their guests to Italy for the ceremony - "screamed" at those around them as he "defaced" the bar with the saw, before insisting on having two pieces of raw wood nailed to the front.
He then proclaimed: "Now, it's art."
Earlier in the day, Kanye had also requested 80 moving lights which had taken four days to install and were designed to light the dance floor and party be removed
He is said to have declared: "I'm in the centre of this party, and I'm the only one people need to see. The rest of these people don't need lights on them."
Just four days before the wedding, Kim and Kanye had ordered 30 life-size nudes be made from black marble, and though they were worked on around the clock, 10 fell apart, 10 were too damaged in transit to put out and four were missing their heads.
They were put out around the dinner tables, but two hours before the ceremony, the rapper requested they be moved further away.
The half-ton statues were still being moved as guests arrived.
According to the report, seating at the venue was chaotic because so many people arrived with entourages, only the newlyweds were able to sit in their designated places - which had been allocated by engravings made into the marble tables.

Katy Perry takes beta blockers before concerts


Katy Perry takes pills to calm her nerves before her concerts.
The 29-year-old star - who is currently travelling the world on her 'Prismatic' tour - has admitted she has to self-medicate before going on stage because she doesn't want to let her fans down and give other singers the chance to take her place.
She said: "I have to take beta blockers, I get so nervous.
"I think I have to get through this; I can't let these people down, but mostly I can't let myself down. I've been given a great opportunity and there are 500 bitches behind me who will snatch my weave off my head if I don't kick-ball-change through this two-hour show.
"There is a lot of choice out there. All I'm trying to do is make great music."
Despite admitting to taking beta blockers, which can be used to treat anxiety, the 'Dark Horse' hitmaker claims she never mixes them with alcohol, and instead waits until a show is over before she indulges in a drink.
She told Cosmopolitan magazine: "I always have one [a drink] waiting for me when I get off stage - a glass of champagne."
Katy also confessed that champagne is now her alcoholic beverage of choice, as she can't handle spirits as well as she could when she was younger.
She added: "I definitely black out on whiskey so I don't drink it anymore.
"Champagne usually gives everybody a headache, but I can have, like, five glasses and be completely fine."

Maddox Jolie-Pitt has got a girlfriend


Maddox Jolie-Pitt has got his first girlfriend.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's 12-year-old son has found love with a British teen and his famous mother is delighted he has met such a "lovely" girl.
Angelina confessed during an interview with Entertainment Tonight at the 'Maleficent' premiere in Los Angeles: "He's dating, he's got a girlfriend. She's great. I won't embarrass him. She's lovely. She lives in England. She's very cool."
The Jolie-Pitt clan split their time between their residences in south of France, New Orleans and Los Angeles, and Angelina revealed they make sure to stop off in England as often as possible so Maddox can visit his crush.
She enthused: "We go there as often as possible. It's really, really sweet. She's a great lady, so I'm lucky. So far, we're doing good."
It was recently claimed that Maddox had a crush on Angelina's 'Maleficent' co-star Elle Fanning.
A source told National Enquirer magazine: "Angie and Elle got close during filming and Angie invited Elle to hang out with the family at their rental home in the English countryside. Maddox and Elle bonded over their shared love of sci-fi movies. Besides that, Maddox wants to launch a acting career and he enjoyed talking to Elle about her experiences as a child actor."

George Michael’s secret collapse


George Michael was reportedly found unconscious at home a few months ago.
The 'Faith' hitmaker has left friends worried after he collapsed at his north London mansion last Thursday (22.05.14), as it has now emerged it was the second time recently that emergency services have had to attend to him.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "George's latest collapse is the second time this year that emergency services have attended his home.
George - who announced earlier this year he had quit smoking cannabis - is said to have become increasingly reclusive in recent weeks and has been spending most of his time at home.
One worried friend said: "There is a real concern that George does not drift down a dark path again."
A spokesperson for the 50-year-old star said he is now "well and resting" following his mystery illness last week.
George almost died of pneumonia in 2011 and has had to deal with a number of health problems over the years, including depression and drug addiction, which has seen him arrested multiple times and he served an eight week prison term in 2010.
Last year, he was also airlifted to hospital after he fell out of a car on the M1 and was treated for "superficial cuts and bruises".

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