Simon Cowell has urged Britney Spears to "go home to her mother".
The music mogul predicted the troubled singer's fall from grace months ago - after she shaved her head, checked in and out of rehab and became embroiled in a bitter custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline - and would have advised her to stay away from her "stupid friends" if he was her manager.
He said: "From where I sit, you could see it coming a long time ago. I said six months ago that she should go home.
"I'd have said, 'Stay with your mother, don't go out with your stupid friends, just live normally.' You'd be amazed - you live normally and suddenly everything becomes normal."
Simon, 48, also would have whisked Britney - who was hospitalised last week after refusing to hand back her children to Kevin - away from the public glare to help get her life back together.
Speaking on holiday in Barbados, he added to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "I would have taken her away somewhere quiet for six months. The problem with Britney is that I don't think there's anyone in her life that she listens to."
The 'X Factor' judge believes the pop star's problems need to be put into perspective when you consider the plight of others in the world.
He said: "I feel bad for Britney. But then I see the real world where people are struggling and you have to temper that with, 'Stop being stupid, go home. Life isn't that bad.' "
The Die Hard actor says he gives a rough ride to any potential suitors - and gives them "the look" to warn them not to misbehave.
Bruce said: "I'm not hard at all. I just tell the boys I want to meet them - that's the only thing I ask for. I just give them that look, that little look.
"I always put one of them in charge. If they bring a little group of guys over to the house to have a pool party or whatever, I just say 'dude, what's your name?' and he says 'uh, Cinjun.'
"I say: 'Cinjun, you're in charge. If anything happens to one of my daughters, I'm coming to you first, and then I'm going to kill all your friends right in front of you, and you'll be last.'"
Bruce has three daughters with ex-wife DEMI MOORE - RUMER, SCOUT and TALLULAH.
And if you find any of them attractive, guys, you have been warned.
Carrey, best known for comedies including The Mask and Dumb & Dumber, will star as real-life police officer-turned-crook Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris.
The film is based on a book by Steve McVicker and is written and directed by the Bad Santa team of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.
Meanwhile in other news actor Kevin Bacon has joined Frank Langella in the upcoming film version of stage play Frost/Nixon.
Frost/Nixon is a dramatic reenactment of U.S. President Richard Nixon's famed 1977 TV interview with David Frost, and has wowed audiences in both London's West End and on Broadway.
Langella and Michael Sheen are reprising their stage roles as Nixon and Frost respectively in the film adaptation, to be directed by Ron Howard.
Bacon will play Nixon's chief of staff Jack Brennan.
Alba tells Parade magazine that though men’s mag FHM named her the Sexiest Woman in the World this year, she doesn’t really see herself as a sex symbol.
In fact, Alba feels that on most days, she looks less than ordinary.
“I don’t really pay attention to all that. It’s only when people start to treat me like one that it really freaks me out. Most days I wake up and look in the mirror and go, ‘ugh.’ I don’t really think I look all that great,” Us Weekly quoted her, as telling the mag.
Another thing that the star wishes she could be is anonymous. Alba confessed that she only time she willingly appears in the papers, is when she’s promoting a new film.
And this is why she feels that tabloids often make up stories about her.
“I never want to be in the papers except when I’m promoting a movie, but if they have to, they’ll make up lies about me just to have something newsworthy to say. The more controversial the story is, the more buzz it can get, and the more it’ll sell,” she says.
“I prefer to be a little more anonymous, under the radar. I like to be able to slide in and out of situations unnoticed,” she added.
Alba, who reprised her role as the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four series, will now be seen on the big screen when the new movie ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’ hits theatres.
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The hotel heiress has to report to Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Center by 5 June (07) to start serving her sentence for violating her probation following her 2006 drink-driving arrest.
And the reality TV star has been offered advice from her aunt - her mother's half sister Elizabeth Avanzino - who recently completed her fifth stint in prison.
Avanzino says she wants to "lend a supportive role to Paris and let her realise everyone is capable of making mistakes".
She tells the New York Post, "I used to own an art gallery. Then I relapsed on alcohol, and I started to do other things.
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"I don't want anything from (the Hiltons). Paris does have a lot of issues, and I just want them to come up just to talk.
"She's a person, she makes mistakes, but I think this goes deeper. People need to know their roots.
"I have always admired her but never pursued her or my other half-niece (Nicky Hilton). I would love to get to know them."
The actress can't understand why anyone would want to go under the knife and destroy their own characteristics.
She is quoted by Britain's Daily Express newspaper as saying: "Have you seen those shows where ordinary people want to look like Britney Spears or Brad Pitt? What on earth possesses them to want to destroy their own character? To go under the knife to do that, well, it's sick."
The 34-year-old star had an operation on her nose last year to correct a deviated septum, but claims she would never have surgery for purely cosmetic reasons.
She added: "I would never have anything done. I think beauty comes from the inside. When I see women who have had plastic surgery I find it unnerving. All I can see is the surgery. The person who has had it has vanished. I don't want to look like that."
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Diaz, who turns 35 in August, is currently dating magician Criss Angel, 39, after splitting from singer Justin Timberlake in January.
The bawdy Brit hasn't been shy when it comes to talking about her troublesome schooldays, but in a new Rolling Stone interview she has revealed just how far she went.
She tells the magazine, "I was doing things with boys that I shouldn't have been doing at such a young age... I was doing blow-jobs... I don't want to go into it. It was not good."
But she insists that although the sexual servicing upset teachers at her school, her parents weren't bothered when the authorities alerted them to Allen's scandalous behaviour.
She adds, "They didn't care... They're products of the 60s, they're bang up for a bit of that."
Speaking at a press conference at Cannes, she said: 'I wasn't comfortable at all. They were very sweet and they poured me a vodka and orange juice and then I was fine.
'I'm very professional and I don't usually drink on the job but that morning I had a little vodka and OJ.'
She also said that it was her first sex scene, reports people.com
'Thank god it was with director James Gray. Not that it was actually with James,' she said. 'He did it at the end of the shoot, so it was the last day and I was really, really comfortable ....'
She said: "I think I have a long way to go before I'd be able to handle looking after a child. I probably will have a baby one day, but not for a while."
Beyoncé, 25, recently admitted she was put off having children after watching her sister give birth.
The singer's sister Solange has a three-year-old son Daniel, and Beyoncé admits she found it quite harrowing watching him come into the world.
She said: "I was there when Solange gave birth and I swear it was enough to put anyone off for life!
"The doctors had to give me drinks because I was turning purple.
"It was crazy but, at the same time, quite beautiful.
"When I was watching I thought, 'I'm never going to have a baby'. But now, when I see my nephew, I think he's the best thing in the world. He's so cute and clever - I love him so much."
Umberto Brindani, editor of Italian magazine Chi, says, "I published it for a very simple reason - it's never been seen before."
Spanish magazine Interviu was the other publication that ran the photograph which shows an attending paramedic placing an oxygen mask over Diana's face.
The picture was taken from an upcoming book on Diana's death by French author Michel Caradech who says the pictures are "shocking and should not have ended up in magazines".
The former Baywatch babe is famous for the ever changing size of her twin assets, but Pammie herself feels that it is the lighting that makes her breasts 'expand'.
"I swear, I don't feel that big and when I look at them on TV I think 'who is that?'hey just go, wooo.... They expand. It's lighting. It's all lighting!" The Sun quoted her, as saying.
Apart from her bust, and the way she filled out the red swimsuit when she played lifeguard CJ Parker on 'Baywatch', Pammie is perhaps most famous for the sex tape she made with then hubby Tommy Lee.
When asked whether she has told her kids about the tape, the actress revealed that she had managed not to shock her sons by telling them that she and Lee used to "video tape everything" that they had done when they were together.
"I said: 'You know, when your dad and I were first together we used to video tape everything. Everybody's naked, hugging, kissing, all that good stuff and someone stole the tape,'" she revealed.
The buxom blonde will now be seen on the big screen in the comedy 'Blonde and Blonder', in which she co-stars with Denise Richards.
· Employees at ABC are taking sides in the matter of Rosie O’Donnell vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck. O’Donnell’s chief writer, Janette Barber, was allegedly escorted from The View offices after she was caught drawing moustaches on photographs of Hasselbeck that hang in the studios.
· A source for Page Six alleges that Paula Abdul did not actually break her nose trying to avoid her Chihuahua as she claims. “She had pitched a fit, threw something into a mirror or glass object, and a shard of glass struck her in the face, which explains why Paula's nose didn't seem swollen.”
· When Sarah Silverman fans call the number listed on the 2007 MTV Movie Awards promotional poster (which reads: For a good time, call 1-877-SARAH07), they get a recorded message from Silverman and her dog telling callers they’re going to die.
· Despite the fact that Dita Von Teese and Marilyn Manson are in the process of ending their marriage, Rose McGowan may still have hard feelings toward Von Teese, who the rocker began dating the same month he and McGowan broke up. The Grindhouse actress stepped outside when the burlesque star performed her act at the AmFAR benefit in Cannes.
· You only have three years left to find out whether American Idol judge Simon Cowell actually has a heart in there somewhere. He has told friends he won't renew his contract past 2010.
She has recently whipped up an internet storm after being photographed climbing in and out of cars without any underwear.
The 25-year-old's new best friend, hotel heiress Paris Hilton, only managed fifth place in Yahoo's Buzz Index list of the most searched-for terms in 2006.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger came second in the list and former US President Bill Clinton was third, followed by his wife Hillary.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's tot Shiloh had to settle for second place.
David Banda, the Malawian toddler Madonna wants to adopt, came sixth.
The most searched-for World Cup player was Ronaldinho, who beat David Beckham into second place. Wayne Rooney was at number 10.
The top news story was the death of crocodile hunter Steve Irwin at the hands of a stingray.
The most searched-for film was Spider-Man 3 - which doesn't come out until next year.
Christina Aguilera is Ellen DeGeneres' only guest Wednesday as the talk show host celebrates her 600th episode.
And what do the two talk about?
Getting naked.
When DeGeneres asks the pop singer to describe what a typical weekend day is like with husband Jordan Bratman, Aguilera says, "We claim ourselves to be coziest couple ever. We have something called naked Sundays."
Ellen: "Excuse me? Naked Sundays."
Christina: "You have to keep marriage alive, spice it up."
Ellen: "Because it's been how many years?"
Christina: "A big whole year. We just celebrated our first anniversary, and on Sundays we just do everything in the house, and we're just cozy and laid back, we don't need to go anywhere we're just with each other and have naked Sundays. We do everything naked. We cook naked."
Ellen: "You cook naked?"
Christina: "Yeah, we cook naked."
Ellen: "Nothing with grease... that could splatter."
Christina: "Well, unless you want the grease."
Victoria Beckham has been offered a playboy photo shoot by Hugh Hefner.
The 80 year old sent the singer turned fashion designer the offer when he learned she is moving to LA with her husband.
David Beckham is moving to the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer club when his contract with Real Madrid ends.
Two of Hefner’s playmates Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison said that the magazine has ‘big plans’ for the ex- Spice girl.
Marquardt told The Sun:" "She should do a pictorial with us. We've got big plans for her. I think she's going to fit in fine - they're both gorgeous."
Hefner also revealed that he has plans to invite David Beckham to one of his infamous parties.
Mumbai, Bollywood's hottest and most talked about pair Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan were engaged Sunday.
Confirmation of this came from none other than Abhishek's father, film icon Amitabh Bachchan, at whose residence here the engagement took place.
There was no immediate word on the wedding date, industry sources said, adding Abhishek popped the question after the international premiere in Toronto Friday of Bollywood film "Guru" featuring the duo in the lead roles.
Speaking to reporters at Toronto, Aishwarya, a former Miss World, had pleaded with them not to jump to conclusions about her relationship with Abhishek, saying an announcement would be made at the appropriate time.
Aishwarya had in the past been romantically linked to actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. However, reports had been flying thick and fast for the past few months that she and Abhishek were about to tie the knot.
These reports gained added currency after Aishwarya accompanied Abhishek and his parents to perform rituals at a Varanasi temple in November 2006.
Prince Harry has vowed to quit smoking in the New Year ahead of a sweeping army ban.
The 22-year-old prince first took up cigarettes at the age of 14 while he was still a pupil at Eton, often cadging them from older boys at the exclusive public school.
He has carried on smoking up to twenty Marlboro Lights a day ever since, even through his gruelling year-long army training course at Sandhurst.
Sources at the college said Harry could often be seen hanging around the back of his barracks lighting up and was even known to start puffing immediately after an exercise.
Cadets at the Royal Military Academy are not allowed to smoke inside the college but are permitted to do so in their free time.
Although it seems at odds with the demanding physical nature of his job, officer Harry has always insisted that his habit doesn't interfere with his health or fitness.
But according to reports, the third-in-line-to-the-throne has finally made a New Year's resolution to give up for good.
His decision comes as the Ministry of Defence prepares to ban smoking at all army barracks from March this year and army sources have suggested that Harry wants to cut down gradually before the new regulations come in.
His decision is likely to delight his father, Prince Charles, who loathes his son's nicotine habit. His wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, was herself a heavy smoker but is also believed to given up in recent years.
Unfortunately for Harry, however, his girlfriend Chelsy Davy is a social smoker, which is unlikely to make kicking the habit any easier for him.
"Harry tries not to be seen smoking in public but behind closed door and at parties he's always lighting up," said a royal source.
"His father nags him constantly about it but Harry has never shown an inclination to listen to him until now."
Harry is currently enjoying a nine-day holiday in Mozambique with girlfriend Chelsy and her family courtesy of her controversial multi-millionaire father, Charles.
The couple heralded in the New Year by partying until dawn on the beach at Bazaruto island after enjoying a lavish seafood banquet and watching a spectacular fireworks display.
Harry returns to England on Friday to re-join his Blues and Royal regiment when he will be formally told whether he will be sent to Iraq in the spring.
Britney Spears: Pop singer has been all over the headlines for her divorce from hubby K-Federline, hard partying with best buddy Paris Hilton and for her pantyless appearance.
Michael Richards: He was in controversy for the use of n-word explosion on a comedy stage which ignited great debate about the proper and improper use of the n-word.
Mel Gibson: he was arrested for the use of Anti-Semitic remarks and was arrested for drunken driving.
Nicole Richie: Was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Madonna: Pop queen was in limelight for the adoption of a Malwian child David Banda.
Naomi Campbell: Was accused for throwing a cell phone at her maid over a pair of missing jeans.
Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney: In court credentials filed by Heather Mills, she claims that estranged husband Paul McCartney was physically violent towards her.
Lindsay Lohan: Teen queen hits the headlines on the issue of Vanity Fair. The magazine reported that Lohan admitted being bulimic back in January 2006but Lohan expressed that she was misquoted.
Jessica Simpson: She drew unwanted attention earlier this month when she flubbed the words to Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ during a taping of the annual show, felt disturbed and fled the stage. Producers gave her a second chance at the song.
