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BRITNEY SPEARS is courting controversy again - the naughtiest track from her new album CIRCUS is to be her next single.
In a post on her website, Spears has announced that If U Seek Amy will be the third single off the comeback album.
Broken down, the tune’s lyrics are shocking - and have already upset parents groups around the world.
In the chorus, Spears chants, "All of the boys and all of the girls are beggin’ to/If You Seek Amy." It sounds puzzling, until you realise the title breaks down as ‘F.*.*.K ME’.
One mothers group in Australia has publicly attacked Spears after hearing their kids chanting the chorus line. They claim Spears is deliberately trying to be controversial.
Last month (Dec08), concerned mum Leonie Barsenbach told Aussie news website Undercover.com.au, "I was astonished and totally taken aback when I heard my five and seven year old kids walking around the house singing, ‘F-*-*-K. When I asked them what it was, they told me it was Britney Spears. I was horrified.
"I got them the Circus album because little kids are Britney fans, but there was no warning on the album and none of the songs listed had F-*-*-K in the title.
"Listening to it, it is extremely blatant and offensive. I feel I have been deceived into believing that this was acceptable content for children but instead it is objectionable."

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JOSH BROLIN has publicly apologised for comments he made about RUSSELL CROWE at the New York Film Critics Awards on Monday night (05Jan09).
The Milk star has blamed his alcohol intake and the "ambiance" of the prizegiving for what he said to the Big Apple’s film experts.
Brolin took the stage at the glitzy dinner after award winner and Milk co-star Sean Penn poked fun at him, and decided to lash out at Crowe - his American Gangster co-star, stating, "Quite the actor, that Sean Penn. He’s not an a**hole like Russell Crowe." And Brolin now admits he’s ashamed of his behaviour at the awards dinner.
He tells HollyScoop.com, "It was the ambiance of the room. I love him (Crowe). I think he’s amazing. He’s a friend. I was bummed out when I saw that."

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON "squealed with delight" when husband RYAN REYNOLDS proposed.
The couple married in secret in Reynolds’ native Canada in September (08), a year after they began dating, and four months after he popped the question.
Johansson insists the proposal was expected and not a surprise - but she was still overwhelmed with emotion.
She tells the February (09) issue of Harper’s Bazaar, "I wasn’t surprised that it was happening, but anyone being presented with a beautiful diamond ring, as a girl, you just squeal with delight. You say you can’t believe it, but of course you really can." In the interview Johansson laughs off rumours she is already pregnant with the couple’s first child - insisting babies are a long way off.
She jokes, "I’ve been pregnant several times. With, like, sextuplets. That must mean I’ve been eating way too many bagels or something. I’m not pregnant and I’m not going to be anytime soon."

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Movie hunks TOM CRUISE, MARK WAHLBERG and KEANU REEVES have been named and shamed on the ballot of this year’s (09) initial Golden Raspberry Award nominees.
The trio is among those up for the Worst Actor dishonour at the Razzies ceremony on the eve of the Oscars (21Feb09).
The ballot nominations, which were announced on Wednesday (07Jan09), also feature Meet The Spartans, Speed Racer, High School Musical 3, The Happening, Meet Dave and Paris Hilton’s The Hottie & The Nottie as the Worst Film nods.
Meanwhile, Cruise is nominated for his role in Valkyrie, Wahlberg for The Happening and Reeves for The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Hilton is the red-hot favourite to land the Worst Actress gong, but Jessica Alba, Reese Witherspoon and Diane Keaton have also been nominated.
The final nominations for the awards will be released on 21 January (09).

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FANTASTIC FOUR star CHRIS EVANS has come out in support of gay marriage insisting it is "appalling" for homosexuals in America to be denied the right to wed.
Evans, whose younger brother, Scott, is openly gay, is convinced that U.S.
politicians will eventually step in and change the country’s laws regarding same-sex unions.
Homosexual couples in California were last year (08) granted the right to wed, but had their rights revoked just months later after the passing of the Proposition 8 bill, which reversed the previous ruling permitting the unions.
And Evans is disgusted that modern society can still be so prejudiced against gay relationships.
He says, "It’s mindboggling and appalling that human beings are being denied civil rights in this country. But time will heal all. I have to believe that in 10 years we won’t be having this conversation. We’ll be having another one, because we’ll always find someone to persecute."

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Former U.S. sitcom star WILLIE AAMES is battling back after surviving a suicide attempt on Thanksgiving Day (27Nov08).
The 46-year-old Charles in Charge actor took a cocktail of alcohol and pills and slashed his throat after suffering a breakdown in Los Angeles.
In an interview with Star magazine, Aames reveals he hit rock bottom after he was declared bankrupt; had his car repossessed, and his wife of 22 years, Maylo, asked for a divorce - all within the space of a month.
He fled their Kansas home, rented a room in Los Angeles, and made an attempt on his life.
Aames reveals, "I stole a bottle of Jack Daniel’s from the guy I was renting the room from. I’d been sober for 20 years when I took that first drink. I was also taking anti-depressants and anti-anxiety pills. It got so bad, I put a knife to my throat and cut myself in six places.
"The police came, put me in handcuffs and whisked me away. I was completely devastated. I kept asking, ‘What did I do wrong?’" Aames spent time in a California psychiatric ward, but is now out and attempting to start a new life as a furniture builder.
He tells Star, "I hope I can inspire other people with my experiences."

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BAYWATCH star JEREMY JACKSON has vowed never to use methamphetamines again after he was arrested for setting up a home laboratory to ‘cook’ his drugs in 2005.
The former child star admits he was hooked on the drug the first time he tried it because "it was like I had found the key to life that I had been looking for".
He recalls, "Everything was perfect. I felt in tune, like all my senses had been heightened by one thousand. I was on a high." But the effects of the drug took their toll on him. He tells In Touch magazine, "I would have uncontrollable nosebleeds. I wasn’t even snorting stuff and blood was just gushing from my head.
"I would wake up in the morning with horrible pain in my lower back from all the toxins I was putting in me, but I didn’t give a crap as long as I could get more." But even drastic weight loss didn’t make Jackson give up his nasty habit; it took a police raid to do that.
He tells the publication, "My world completely collapsed in one instant and I had this moment of clarity where I realised, ‘Wow, I have done this all to myself’." Now, sober for over three years, Jackson admits he’s a lucky man: "I have a great relationship with my family, a girlfriend who loves me and a new happiness, which I didn’t think was possible. I wouldn’t give it up for the world."

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British actor PAUL BETTANY has gone public with a family tragedy in an effort to stop the media commenting on his wife JENNIFER CONNELLY’s weightloss.
Tabloids have started speculating about the Oscar-winning actress’ skinny frame, but her husband insists it’s all down to grief.
He tells OK! magazine, "I will tell you… My wife just lost her father."

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Singer NE-YO’s has become a voyeur since moving into an exclusive Atlanta, Georgia neighbourhood, and discovering he lives next door to rapper YOUNG JEEZY.
The So Sick hitmaker can see right into Jeezy’s Buckhead pad, and even claims to have caught the hip hop star naked.
He tells America’s People magazine, "Just chillin’ one day, I was like, ‘Is that… Jeezy? "I hit him up: ‘Yo, you probably shouldn’t walk around naked - I can see you."

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PATRICK SWAYZE has credited the pain he feels as he battles pancreatic cancer for giving his acting an edge.
The movie star confounded experts when he signed up for a new TV series after discovering he had inoperable pancreatic cancer early last year (08), but he insists the illness gave him an inner rage he needed for the tense cop drama.
Swayze admits he refused all painkillers while he was working - because he didn’t want to dull his senses. And so he acted through the pain.
He explains, "When you’re shooting you can’t do drugs. I can’t do Hydrocodone or Vicodin or these kinds of things that take the edge off of it, ’cause it takes the edge off of your brain."

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LED ZEPPELIN’s Stairway To Heaven rollercoaster has slipped off the rails after just nine months - the bosses of the ambitious park where the ride is housed have filed for bankruptcy.
The money men behind the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina have officially closed their gates nine months after they launched the tourist trap.
Unable to find new owners, a bankruptcy judge has given the bosses permission to begin liquidating "the world’s first rock ‘n’ roll theme park."

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is set to join soul queen ARETHA FRANKLIN in welcoming President-elect BARACK OBAMA to the White House in Washington, D.C. later this month (Jan09).
Franklin is hotly tipped to be among the stars performing at Obama’s inauguration on 20 January, but Springsteen is being billed to perform at the National Mall on 18 January.
The rocker, one of Obama’s biggest celebrity supporters, will perform a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, according to the Washington Post newspaper.
Springsteen performed a handful of Obama benefits during the Democrat’s election campaign last year (08) and joined the President-to-be at a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Rap legend NOTORIOUS B.I.G.’s mother wants to meet with the late star’s mistress LIL’ KIM after realising the pint-sized hitmaker could answer questions she has about her son.
Voletta Wallace admits reliving her son’s life through new movie Notorious has given her the chance to see a side of her son, real name Christopher Wallace, she never saw while he was alive.
And the biopic made her realise she should embrace those who were close to the rap great.
She tells Essence magazine, "There were things about him that I never knew that I wanted to see for myself on film. I saw a side of my son that I heard of but I haven’t accepted.
"I’m angered by certain things, disappointed and shocked. So this film taught me tolerance and to be less critical.
"I would love to speak to Lil’ Kim, because I need to ask more about this love relationship because I really didn’t like the way he treated her and I’m praying that that’s not it. Only she can answer those questions.
"She’s a sweet girl and I didn’t think she deserved to be treated the way he treated her, if that’s the case."

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The plastic surgeon who operated on KANYE WEST’s mother DONDA the day before she died has been convicted of drink driving.
Dr Jan Adams was stopped by police in the San Francisco, California area last June (08) after he was caught driving in the wrong direction on a freeway. A breath test revealed he had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood.
The 54 year old was handed a year-long sentence on Monday (05Jan08). Adams has already served eight days in jail.
Donda West died in November 2007 from heart disease and complications from a breast reduction, tummy tuck and liposuction procedure Adams performed.

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MICHAEL JACKSON has leased a new Bel-Air mansion for $100,000 (GBP71,400)-a-month after deciding to return to California life for the first time since his child molestation trial in 2005.
The pop superstar set up homes in Las Vegas and the Middle East following the lengthy court case and vowed never to return to his Neverland Ranch estate in Santa Barbara, California after it was raided by police, looking for clues to incriminate the singer.
He was acquitted of all charges against him in June, 2005 - and fled the state.
But now he’s moving back because he wants to be closer to "where all the action is", according to his manager Tohme.
The Los Angeles Times newspaper reports the gated estate was one of the most expensive houses listed for sale in the county in 2008. It was withdrawn from the market after Jackson signed a year’s lease.
Jackson reportedly surrendered the title of his sprawling 120-acre Neverland estate to the Sycamore Valley Ranch Co., a joint venture between Jackson and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC, last year.

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Rap mogul 50 CENT has been hit with yet another setback - the sports truck he launched at the New York International Auto Show last year (08) has been taken off the production line.
The In Da Club hitmaker had teamed up with vehicle manufacturers at troubled American car giants General Motors to put his own Pontiac G8 on the market but his road dreams have been dashed.
The vehicle was scheduled to hit stores in North America in 2010, but GM bosses have announced they’ll no longer be producing the truck due to the downturn in the global economy.
Pontiac representative Jim Hopson claimed the cancellation was part of the firm’s restructuring plan and long-term "vision for Pontiac".
The news comes just days after 50 Cent’s reality show, 50 Cent: The Money and the Power, was dropped by MTV.

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SANDRA BULLOCK is playing full-time mother to her five-year-old stepdaughter SUNNY, because her husband JESSE JAMES’ ex-wife is behind bars.
Porn star Janine Lindemulder, Sunny’s birth mother, has been sentenced to serve six months in federal prison after she was found guilty of failing to pay more than $200,000 (GBP133,333) in income tax.
And, when she is released, she must spend a further spell living in a residential community corrections centre.
Celebrity mechanic James has been handed full custody of Sunny while Lindemulder is in prison, and could appeal to become her permanent full-time carer.
Sources tell the National Enquirer Bullock is desperate to be a mum, and she’s thrilled to get the chance to try motherhood with Sunny, who was born after James and Lindemulder split, and he began dating the actress.
The insider says, "This is a dream come true for Sandra, but it’s Janine’s worst nightmare.
"Janine is worried that, while she’s in prison, Jesse will file another motion with the court to gain permanent full custody.
"Sandra loves Sunny like her own flesh and blood, and will completely support Jesse if he chooses to fight for full custody."

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BRAD PITT has thanked his kids for helping him achieve a long overdue New Year’s resolution to stop smoking.
The movie hunk has been nicotine free for months and he credits his growing family for helping him ditch his bad habit.
He tells W magazine, "I quit smoking. That (kids) was the only thing that got me to quit. That was it. Done."

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