29 September 2005
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Baby Girl for Affleck and Garner?
Ben Affleck's new wife Jennifer Garner has accidentally announced they are expecting a baby girl on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno. The Daredevil actress was discussing her pregnancy experiences when she accidentally referred to her baby bump as "she". Upon realizing her gaff, the star gasped and covered her mouth in horror. She said, "I have never felt so pregnant in my life. You just start to feel like you're the hugest person on the face of the planet. And I sat there and at first I felt bad because I wasn't helping and then I just felt bigger and bigger like she..." Garner avoided further questioning by revealing her how much she is enjoying her marriage to Affleck: "It's been obviously exciting and fun, a lot going on."
Cruise Infuriated by Fake Lecture Posting
Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise is furious, after learning of a fake press release heralding his plans to lecture on the evils of psychiatry. Among the reputed topics that the star was falsely said to be touching upon at his religion's Scientology Celebrity Center headquarters in Los Angeles next month, were, "How Psychiatry Invented Schizophrenia" and "Handling Sexual DisOrientation". But Cruise's attorney Bert Fields, says he plans to track down whoever is behind the fake release, telling Radar Online, "It's totally phony. Tom is not giving any lectures... In my view, it's forgery, wire fraud and, apparently, committed on an interstate basis. You could tell from looking at the names of the supposed lectures that it's nothing that comes from Tom. You know, 'Out of the Closet and into the Auditing Room' is not something Tom is going to put as the name of a lecture. He's not, in fact, giving any lectures. If he did I would sell tickets." Cruise sparked controversy earlier this year, when he attacked Brooke Shields for taking medicated drugs to help her through her postpartum depression.
Lohan Bares All for Vanity Fair
Lindsay Lohan is set to bare all for an upcoming Vanity Fair cover. The 19-year-old Mean Girls star, who has been the subject of weight loss shock stories in the US media for the past year, is keen to show off her healthy figure - and she has chosen to get naked for the style magazine. According to America's In Touch magazine, Lohan shot the top secret cover photo on a beach in Malibu, California last week - and it was actually her idea to pose naked. A source says, "It was Paris Hilton's recent Vanity Fair cover, where she's topless and covering her breasts with her arms, that inspired Lindsay to push the envelope even further." In some of the Vanity Fair photos, Lindsay mimics her idol, Marilyn Monroe.
Eight Charged Over 'Star Wars' Leak

Eight people who allegedly leaked Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith online before it was released in cinemas in May have been hit with various charges relating to illegal movie distribution. Documents filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney allege a copy of George Lucas' film was taken from an unnamed Californian post-production office, where one of the accused was employed. Albert Valente, 28, has pleaded guilty to stealing the movie from his workplace, and six other people have been charged with copyright infringement and distributing material illegally. The final defendant, Marc Hoaglin, 36, has been charged with putting the film on the internet and could be sentenced to three years in jail if found guilty. All eight defendants are due to appear in court next month.
Moss Cocaine Footage To Be Shown on TV

A controversial documentary featuring footage of shamed supermodel Kate Moss allegedly snorting cocaine will be broadcast on British TV next month. UK satellite channel Sky One say the show - called Kate Moss: Fashion Victim? - will capitalize on intense public interest in the beauty after a British newspaper published photographs of the 31-year-old apparently taking drugs. A spokesman for Sky says, "The documentary aims to paint an honest picture of the landscape that formed the backdrop to the saga and, in a worldwide exclusive, features video footage of the widely-reported incident involving Moss and her self-confessed heroin addict boyfriend Pete Doherty. It will provide a balanced debate over the role of the media and the fashion industry and ask whether Moss could continue her career." (The video was also show on Italian television.) The model's lucrative contracts with Burberry, H&M, Chanel and H Stern have already been terminated following the controversy caused by the Daily Mirror expose.
Flight Unions Blast Foster's 'Flightplan'

Actress Jodie Foster is facing a backlash from flight attendants after appearing in a film depicting them as unhelpful and uncaring. The double Oscar-winner stars in new thriller Flightplan as a mother whose efforts to locate her lost child on a plane are hindered by air stewards. But the movie has sparked concerns the role of airplane staff may be undermined, and union officials are calling for its members to boycott it. Patricia Friend, international president of the Association Of Flight Attendants (AFA), says, "This disrespect to our profession is not going to fly. Flight attendants continue to be the first line of defense on an aircraft and put their lives on the line day after day for the safety of passengers." In the film, Foster's character only receives help from the captain played by Sean Bean and a US federal air marshal, played by Peter Sarsgaard.
Bakley "Lived in Fear" of Blake, Daughter Claims
Robert Blake's allegedly told his late wife Bonny Lee Bakley "he had a bullet with her name on it", the actress' daughter told jurors in a civil trial on Monday. Blake is currently facing a civil lawsuit from the children of Bakley, who was found murdered in his car in Studio City, California in May 2001. The Baretta star was acquitted of fatally shooting Bakley in March, but her grown-up kids claim he was responsible for her death. Holly Gawron, 25, told the Burbank, California court, "We discussed what it would be like to get shot in the head. He told her he had a bullet with her name on it and she asked me if I thought it would hurt. What it would feel like." Gawron and Bakley had the alleged conversation after the aspiring actress admitted he had tricked the veteran actor into getting her pregnant. The couple's first child together, Rosie was born in June 2000 and is currently being raised by Blake's adult daughter Delinah. Speaking in court again on Tuesday, Gawron testified her mother told her, "I told him I was on the pill. I just didn't say what pill." before admitting she had been taking fertility pills instead of contraceptives. Gawron admitted she helped Bakley to use a fertility device so she could calculate the best time to conceive. The trial continues.
Kidman Supports Psychiatry

Hollywood star Nicole Kidman has spoken out in defense of psychiatry, months after her ex-husband Tom Cruise publicly denounced the medical practice. During an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today show in June, Cruise blasted both psychology and psychiatry and slammed actress Brooke Shields' use of therapy and anti-depressant drugs to fight post-partum depression following the birth of her first child. Cruise said, "I've never agreed with psychiatry, ever. Before I was a Scientologist I never agreed with psychiatry. And when I started studying the history of psychiatry, I understood more and more why I didn't believe in psychology." After researching her role as psychiatrist for her next movie The Visiting, Kidman is a full supporter of the benefits of psychiatry. She says, "I have a father who is a psychologist, so my life has been research. Yeah, of course (psychiatry is worthwhile). I think all sorts of things do, in terms of Buddhism, in terms of therapy. I think people choose things that they need that are going to help them. And obviously, I've seen my father do some magnificent work."
Sizemore: "I Considered Suicide When I Forgot Where I Lived"

Troubled movie star Tom Sizemore was such a broken man at the height of his drug addiction, he contemplated suicide one night when he couldn't remember where he lived. The Black Hawk Down star, who is currently appealing a 17-month prison sentence for substance abuse, insists he's clean now after repeated stints in rehab and he never wants to return to the depths of despair, where he found himself earlier this year. He tells news show Extra, "I couldn't remember where I lived. I was going to kill myself... I had plans to do it." Sizemore insists the love and support of his girlfriend Janelle, who gave birth to the couple's twin boys last month, has helped him turn his life around. He explains, "All I want to do (now) is maintain my sobriety and my health, so I can take care of these children and give them every opportunity in life... so that they can have a wonderful life."
Broadway Star Loses Husband in Chopper Crash

Tony-winning Broadway actress Bernadette Peters is mourning the death of her husband Michael Wittenberg, who was killed in a helicopter crash in the former Yugoslavia. The 43-year-old investment adviser died while on a business trip in Montenegro. Three others were killed in the crash. The couple married in July 1996 at the home of Mary Tyler Moore. Peters, 57, won Tonys for her roles in Song & Dance and Annie Get Your Gun and also appeared in the movie Pennies From Heaven.
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