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Hollywood star Tom Cruise has sent his two adopted teenage children to Scientology summer camp while he films a World War II movie in Berlin.
Isabella, 14, and 12-year-old son Connor - his adopted children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman - have spent their summer at a camp near Portland, Oregon, run by the Church of Scientology.
A source told America's Star magazine: "The summer camp is part of the Scientology's 'get them while they're young' campaign.
"While they will be enjoying horseback riding, swimming and all kinds of fun activities, some of their day is devoted to Scientology course work."
Tom is a devout follower of the bizarre sci-fi cult and has been hailed by leaders of the faith as the "chosen one" who will spread the word of the religion.
The religion's founder, American science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard, claimed extra-terrestrial beings were sent to Earth by intergalactic ruler Xenu, who then destroyed the aliens with hydrogen bombs in a volcano.
The aliens' souls attached themselves to chosen humans, known as thetans, who will be one day be saved.
Isabella and Connor have been sent to the summer camp while Tom is in Berlin filming new World War II drama, Valkyrie. He has been joined by wife Katie Holmes and 16-month-old daughter Suri.
Nicole is currently in Australia filming new Baz Luhrmann epic Australia with Hugh Jackman.
Rihanna is dating Shia LaBeouf, it has been reported.
The 'Umbrella' singer is said to be smitten with Shia - who is currently filming the fourth 'Indiana Jones' movie with Harrison Ford - and the couple are believed to have been an item for a couple of months.
A source is quoted by online gossip columnist Peris Hilton as saying: "Shia and Rihanna are officially a couple. It's the talk of the 'Indiana Jones' set."
The couple, who are said to be taking things slowly, were seen having a romantic meal in Beverly Hills restaurant Kate Mantilini on Tuesday (28.08.07).
Rihanna is reportedly planning to make her first public appearance with the 'Transformers' actor at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas later this month.
The 19-year-old singer recently revealed Jay-Z screens all her dates, and her protective mentor must give his approval before they are allowed to date her.
She said: "I just found out from a mutual friend that guys will talk to Jay first before they try to approach me.
"He's very protective. Jay has my best interests in mind. If it's a good guy I know Jay won't shut him down. But if he's not, Jay will be like, 'No, no, no.' "
Rihanna - who Jay-Z discovered and signed to his Def Jam record label - also revealed the rapper never tells her who failed to make the cut.
She added: "He actually never tells me. I have no clue who they are and I guess I'll never know."
Troubled Bollywood star Salman Khan was arrested in Jodhpur airport, India on Saturday (25Aug07) after his appeal against his five-year jail sentence for killing an endangered species was rejected by a court.
On Friday (24Aug07), a Jodhpur court denied the actor's appeal against a 2006 court ruling that sentenced him to jail for five years for poaching a chinkara - an endangered species of gazelle protected under wildlife laws - while shooting a film in India's Rajasthan state in September 1998.
On Saturday, Khan flew from Mumbai to Jodhpur to surrender himself to local authorities, but was arrested in the airport lounge as soon as he landed.
After appearing before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravi Sharma, Khan was sent to the city's Central Jail.
Khan is hoping to appeal the ruling and is expected to seek bail next week (29Aug07).
The Straight From The Heart actor, 41, was visited in prison on Sunday (26Aug07) by his girlfriend Katrina Kaif, his brother Arbaaz and sisters Alvira and Arpita.
The star is also facing trial in Mumbai for his alleged role in a 2002 hit-and-run case. Khan faces 10 charges, including causing death by negligent driving which carries two years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts.
DAVID BECKHAM and wife VICTORIA BECKHAM have announced they will be trying for a fourth baby now they have moved to the US.
The Beckhams, who already have three young sons, moved to LA this summer following a protracted goodbye from Europe.
And now they have settled in their new home in California, Victoria has claimed the celebrity couple are looking to have a fourth baby.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, she said: "We'd like to have another - maybe next year. He or she might be lucky enough to have dual nationality."
She added that, despite a bumpy start, the family have now settled into their new life.
"I love it here and I'm so glad that David's now fit and playing full games - it was so frustrating for him being stuck on the bench.
"It's so great for us all here."
Victoria added that, while Madrid was "lovely", the couple didn't know too many people
"Here I have people I can pop round to see. Katie's a really good friend, as is Eva Longoria - it makes settling in a whole lot easier," she said.
The troubled 'Toxic' singer mysteriously pulled out of recording the track, which was due to be produced by Timbaland, with her former boyfriend last month.
A source told the New York Post newspaper: "Timbaland set aside a week out of his crazy schedule to do this - and then, just before she was supposed to fly out, Britney abruptly cancelled the session and refused to do the song.
"It's crazy. She's looking for a comeback, and this would have not only been a huge hit, but something she could have opened the MTV Video Awards with it and really blown everyone away."
The duet was set to be recorded at Timbaland's Virginia Beach studio and Justin reportedly wrote the track especially for Britney.
Britney's record label Jive is said to be worried about the star's erratic behaviour and had hoped the duet would resurrect her faltering pop career.
Another sourced added: "Everyone is worried. In her mind, her album is done and she's done enough work. She's an easy target right now, because she's sick. She needs help. It's sad because what she's got - and we've heard it's like bipolar disorder - can easily be treated with medication, but she won't do it.
"People at Jive have been with Britney since album one, and have an investment in her. They have faith that once the material is there, she will become focused and step it up. But at the end of the day no-one can do it for her."
Representatives for Jive and Justin declined to comment.
Earlier this year, Timbaland approached Justin to help propel Britney back to the top of the charts.
He said: "I feel her pain, it really bothers me. I asked Justin, 'How would you feel about me working with Britney? Would you do it with me?' He said he would."
Britney and Justin dated for four years until 2002.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson wishes she was invisible - so she could sneakily have sex with someone "fabulous".
The British socialite insists she would use the special power for her own selfish satisfaction and romp with an unwitting partner.
The unlucky-in-love star told Heat magazine: "If I was invisible for a day I'd go and roger someone fabulous!
"Listen, if I want it I can get it. People say, 'Tara, you can get any man you want.' And it's true, I just can't keep them."
Tara has also revealed she constantly walks around naked, even in front of her assistants, because she is so comfortable being nude.
She added: "I'm naked all the time! In front of assistants and make-up artists, anyone. I don't have any problem being naked. God, I'm really boring, aren't I?"
Amy Winehouse is a sex addict with a fetish for spanking, an ex-lover has claimed.
Johnny Headlock, who is the minder of rocker Pete Doherty, claims he enjoyed a "wild" romp with the troubled singer - who was recently hospitalised after overdosing on a cocktail of drugs - last year while she was dating ex-lover Alex Claire.
The 27-year-old tough guy, real name Jonathan Jeannevol, met Amy, 23, through their mutual music contacts, and claims he bedded her after she returned to London following a promotional trip to New York.
He told Britain's News of the World newspaper: "She was wild. She went for hours and couldn't get enough. We must have gone through about five or six positions, but she liked being on top the best.
"She made a lot of noise and loved being spanked on the a**e. It was really rock 'n' roll."
Johnny claims he offered Amy - now married to 25-year-old Blake Fielder-Civil - cocaine before they had sex, but she didn't take the drug.
The minder continued to see the 'Rehab' singer for a short while after their night of passion, but it fizzled out after he discovered Amy was in a relationship with Alex.
The sexy star bust her conk while filming new movie 'Major Movie Star', which is about an American Hollywood actress who joins the army.
Jessica suffered the break after accidentally hitting herself in the face with a gun.
Jessica Simpson said: "I was running with a gun over my head and fell over and broke my nose, it really hurt!"
It wasn't just the break that left the 27-year-old star in pain. She has previously admitted her favourite body part is her slender nose.
Jessica, who is famed for her curvaceous body, said: "There are a lot of girls with a similar body to mine, but my nose is special and unique to me."
Meanwhile, the 'Dukes of Hazzard' star has confessed she dresses sexily to impress men.
Jessica admits she chooses outfits she knows will send men's pulses racing, and is happy to make the most of her desirable body.
She said: "I dress for men, and also for myself. But if I am dressing for men, then I know it's good for myself.
"Curves are better. Honestly, movie stars should be voluptuous and beautiful, and models should be voluptuous and beautiful."
50 Cent has vowed to quit music if Kanye West outsells him.
The two hip-hop stars new albums - 50's 'Curtis' and West's 'Graduation - are both released on September 11 and 50 is so confident he will win the sales war he is willing to gamble his future.
50 Cent said: "Let's raise the stakes.
"If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer perform music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out any more solo albums.
"They would like to see Kanye West give me a problem because I've worked myself into a space where I've become the favourite. Everybody roots for the underdog when he goes against the favourite."
West's last album 'Late Registration' has so far sold 2.8 million - far less than 50 Cent's 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'?' which has sold almost 8 million.
50 went on to claim West's record label will even buy his album to bolster sales.
He told SOHH.com: "And I bet this: When Kanye West's sales come in, he's gonna have a 70 per cent decrease cause Def Jam is gonna buy records to keep him closer to 50 Cent.
"So watch the first week and then watch the second week. Watch his a** drop off the planet."
The Queens-born rapper - real name Curtis Jackson III - has also challenged West to a live TV debate, but his rival snubbed the showdown.
50 Cent said: "I accept the challenge. Kanye, he's not going to want to show up."
When asked about the challenge at the MTV Video Music Award nominations, West said: "What am I going to debate about? I thought it was the stupidest thing. When my album drops and 50's album drops, you're going to get a lot of good music at the same time."
Action star Jackie Chan was devastated to miss a telephone call from pop superstar Michael Jackson- because his assistant decided not to wake him up.
Chan has never spoken to Jackson, who is a friend of his Rush Hour co-star Chris Tucker.
And the Asian action star was upset to find out he'd missed Jackson's call.
Chan says, "He called me one time, but I was sleeping. My assistant answered the phone.
"In the afternoon, I woke up and my assistant said, "Michael Jackson, he phoned." I said, 'Why didn't you call me?!'"
The actor has found success in Hollywood and is currently starring in the third installment of the Rush Hour franchise with Chris Tucker.
But the movie has been banned in China despite Chan being a big star in the country resluting in the first two movies doing well at the box office.
The actor is due to stat work on The Forbidden Kingdom with fellow chinese actor Jet Li he also has Shinjuku Incidentin the pipeline.
Chris Noth will reprise his role as Mr. Big in the 'Sex and the City' movie.
After weeks of speculation, Noth has delighted fans of the hit US TV show by signing a deal which will see his character reunited with his on-screen love Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker.
The film's writer-and-director Michael King said: "I am happy to report that Mr. Big is alive and well and living in New York City!"
It was previously reported the big screen adaptation of the TV show would focus on Mr. Big's death, rather than his marriage to the newspaper columnist.
The final series of 'Sex and the City' ended with Mr. Big flying to Paris to declare his love for Carrie and taking her back home to New York
Last month, it was confirmed the show's main stars - Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Cattrall - had all agreed to reunite for a film.
The movie is scheduled to begin shooting in September in New York.
Parker recently revealed she can't wait to start filming the movie "very soon".
She said: "I really wanted it to happen a few years ago and it was a bitter pill to swallow that it didn't.
"But now it's happening, it's fantastic."
A two-hour video of buxom stripper-turned-heiress Anna Nicole Smith undergoing breast augmentation surgery has been blocked from distribution by a California judge.
The estate of the late tabloid celebrity, who died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in February aged 39, won a court order barring a plastic surgeon in Texas from selling or circulating videos of procedures he performed on Smith in 1994.
Court documents from the case, including the judge's ruling made on Friday, were posted by the website CelebTV.com. Smith's death, and the legal haggling over custody of her baby daughter, sparked a media frenzy in the United States.
A lawsuit filed by her estate's executor, Howard K Stern, accused the Houston physician, Dr Gerald Wayne Johnson, of taping the surgery without Smith's consent and sending copies to a Los Angeles-based memorabilia dealer, Thomas Riccio.
The suit says Johnson's wife and Riccio agreed to share in proceeds generated from a planned release of the footage to various media outlets.
The exact nature of the surgery was not specified in the lawsuit. But a June 2007 letter signed by Johnson and attached as an exhibit said he performed "breast augmentation reconstructive surgery" on Smith in October 1994, the year she married billionaire oil tycoon J Howard Marshall.
The letter also says his office "routinely records all such procedures with the knowledge of the patient" and that he retains "all rights to this video which is our policy to keep confidential during the patient's lifetime".
If the patient dies, Johnson wrote, "it is then up to my sole discretion as to how and when I will disseminate or make public any or all of the images within the video we have produced."
Johnson's lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.
Last month, Stern won a separate court order barring Riccio from distributing the surgery video, and Riccio has complied, Stern's lawyer, Vivian Thoreen, told Reuters.
She said the Johnsons were believed to have retained copies of all the footage and Friday's court order requires them to turn over all the material to Stern.
"We believe it's an estate asset," Thoreen said.
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have inspired a jail-based porn film.
X-rated movie 'Paris and Nicole Go to Jail' will feature characters based on the law-breaking 'The Simple Life' stars who serve time in jail together.
Paris and Nicole will be played by porn stars Sindee Jennings and Aubrey Addams in the film which is out in September.
The pair learn "that life is different on the inside, and at first have trouble adapting, but soon learn how to get things in prison by becoming friendly with the warden, the guards, the inmates."
Paris, 26, recently served 23 days at Lynwood's Century Regional Detention Facility for driving with a suspended licence.
Nicole, 25, has been sentenced to four days behind bars after pleading guilty to DUI (driving under the influence).
Nicole, the adopted daughter of Lionel Richie, is four months pregnant with Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden's baby and has chosen to serve her time at the same jail which housed Paris.
She must complete her sentence before September 28.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin want to adopt a child.
The couple - who have a three-year-old daughter, Apple, and a 16-month-old son, Moses - would like a bigger family, but Gwyneth is not sure she can cope with having another baby naturally.
The Oscar-winning actress told W magazine: "I have a dream version where I think, maybe in four years I'll have two in a row really quickly again - how fabulous to have a whole bunch of them!
"But then at that point, when everyone's potty-trained and sleeping through the night, are you really going to go back?
"My husband really wants to adopt. So I don't know - I'm sort of open for anything."
Gwyneth, 34, is currently filming action movie 'Iron Man' with Robert Downey Jr.
Her comeback movie - the first since she took a break to become a mother - is due for release in October.
Romantic comedy 'The Good Night' - in which Gwyneth plays the girlfriend of a washed-up pop star - is written and directed by her brother Jake.
Britney Spears allegedly snubbed Victoria Beckham after being offered a table next to the Spice Girls singer in a Hollywood restaurant.
But other sources claim it was Beckham doing the snubbing.
The Toxic singer is said to have stormed out of the restaurant at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont hotel when she was offered a table next to the Spice Girl and her husband David Beckham last Tuesday.
A witness told the New York Daily News newspaper: "Britney Spears turned up at the Chateau and the only table available was the one next to Posh.
"But Britney didn't want to sit next to her, so she and her friend stormed off to Il Sole instead."
But another diner told Closer magazine: "Britney walked in and sat next to Victoria and David. Victoria was fuming and got up, practically dragging David with her.
"She told staff it was ridiculous to think she'd want to be near 'that mess' Britney.
"It's not a good move for anyone."
Victoria is said to have angered staff at the hip Los Angeles hangout - who do their utmost to keep the star-filled venue private and paparazzi free.
A source said: "She always lets the paparazzi know when she'll be arriving.
"The Chateau Marmont tries to give celebrities their privacy, and they hate her there. They like David though."
Musician Bobby Brown believes exiled al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden wants to kill him.
The My Prerogative singer - who has been on tour in Australia - has been living in fear of the terror mastermind after discovering he is a huge fan of his ex-wife Whitney Houston.
Bobby recently increased his personal security to protect him from bin Laden's terrorist organisation al Qaeda.
He is quoted as saying: "I figure if bin Laden wants me, and everybody is looking for him, it probably won't happen. But if he wants to try and find me for something so stupid, he can do what he wants. I have to leave it in the hands of my higher power.
"Come on, if anybody else was threatened by al Qaeda, they'd take it seriously."
Writer Kola Boof and an alleged bin Laden mistress claimed last year the terrorist wanted Bobby killed so he could make Whitney one of his wives.
Bobby and Whitney's divorce was finalised in April, but the singer is still cautious.
His former lover, hip-hop dancer Karrine Steffans, has revealed he also believed US President George W Bush wanted him dead.
Steffans said: "He said, 'We should flee the country.' We were staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey for a couple of weeks.
"He and Whitney had separated. I helped him as much as I could."
Lindsay Lohan's father Michael is too scared to watch his daughter's new movie - after storming out of a screening of her last film Georgia Rule when she appeared in a sex scene.
Estranged dad Michael can't bear to watch the 21-year-old in love scenes and fears I Know Who Killed Me will leave him fleeing the movie theatre in tears.
He tells In Touch magazine, "I go to every one of her movies. I had to leave Georgia Rule - during a couple of scenes I ran out of the theater.
"I don't want to see her in a sexual context; even if she's acting, she's my daughter first. And I Know Who Loved Me (sic) - I don't even know if I'll go to see that. If someone goes, and warns me ahead of time, 'Michael, get out of the theater - something's coming up,' then I will."
Meanwhile Lindsay Lohan is to continue with the "erotic yoga" pole dancing classes she took to prepare for her new film role as a stripper - because the sessions have made her a better dancer.
The troubled actress plays a risque dancer in new movie I Know Who Killed Me and took up stripper classes to get into the part, and she's now hooked.
She tells Movies.com, "I took these classes where you begin with sort of like erotic yoga to warm up. It was really hard on the pole because it takes a lot of upper body strength.
"When I saw the scenes, I was surprised that I was dancing the way I was. I'm actually going to keep taking lessons because it makes me feel good."
Supermodel Helena Christensen has hinted her marriage to actor Norman Reedus wasn't legitimate - after claiming she has never been married.
The Danish catwalk queen was wed to former model Reedus from 1988 to 2002 and the pair had a son together, seven-year-old Mingus.
But during an attack on the press for printing mistruths about her, Christensen claimed she has never been married or divorced.
She said, "A common misperception of me is that I was married and divorced. I never was.
"I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner."
There will be no revealing costumes at U.S. singer Gwen Stefani's concert in Malaysia this month, a newspaper said on Saturday, after a Muslim student group demanded that the event be cancelled as being too obscene.
Although Malaysia is a moderate Muslim country with sizeable non-Muslim minorities, conservative groups often frown upon departures from strict Koranic injunctions.
Malaysian mobile phone firm Maxis Communications, which is promoting the August 21 show as part of Stefani's "Sweet Escape" tour, promised it would feature no revealing costumes, the Star newspaper said.
"She will abide by the Malaysian authorities' guidelines to ensure that her show will not be offensive to local sensibilities," it quoted a Maxis statement as saying.
Malaysia's official guide for performers says women must be covered from the top of the bosom to the knees, the Star said.
Jumping, shouting and the throwing of objects are barred, while performers may not hug, kiss or wear clothes with obscene or drug-related pictures or slogans, it added.
On Tuesday, an official of the 10,000-strong National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students said Stefani's video promotion clips were obscene and the event would clash with local Asian and Islamic values.
"We want the organizers to cancel the concert, failing which we will ask the authorities to intervene," said Mohamad Hilmi Ramli, the group's president.
Ethnic Malays, who are by definition Muslims, make up just over half of Malaysia's 26 million people, while ethnic Chinese and Indians, who are mostly Buddhists, Christians or Hindus, account for most of the rest.
Over the past year, Nicole Richie has gone from "bad decision to bad decision" to blessed event.
After days of hype, the starlet's sit-down with Diane Sawyer finally aired Thursday morning, with the expectant Richie not only apologetic over her ill-fated driving-under-the-influence excursion last December but crediting it for turning her life around.
"I literally thought I was okay to drive, and clearly wasn't," the 25-year-old said on Good Morning America. "It was bad decision after bad decision after bad decision. It's been a pattern in my life. When I get into trouble, I try to get out of it...ever since I was little."
Hence her original not-guilty plea to the DUI charge, something she ultimately changed to guilty after reassessing her responsibilities and watching a particularly disturbing report on the news about children who had been killed by drunk drivers.
"At that moment, I literally felt like the worst person in the world for even trying to get out of the situation.
"I really wasn't learning anything from that," she said of her penchant for getting out of trouble first, learning lessons later. She added that her behavior pattern had simply led to her to make "mistake after mistake after mistake."
Of her exploits over the last year, Richie, who was accompanied during the interview by rocker beau Joel Madden, said she simply "wasn't growing, I wasn't going anywhere, and I saw myself going down that road again with this particular situation."
While in the past, Richie has openly admitted to taking drugs and, in 2003, attended court-ordered rehab after cops found her with a balloon of heroin, she told Sawyer that on Dec. 11, she had smoked marijuana and taken a Vicodin, for which she didn't have a prescription, to treat menstrual cramps—though had done nothing else.
"Just marijuana," she said. "I had Vicodin in my system from that day. I never in my head thought that could play a part in your driving. Like, never did I think that."
Richie also explained how exactly she found herself heading the wrong way down a Los Angeles freeway, before simply parking in the HOV lane.
"I got confused," she said of her orientation. "It was a new neighborhood for me...I just stopped."
Of how she felt when the police arrived, Richie said, "Scared would be the core word."
For his part, Madden, who lives the sort of rock lifestyle that involves studying the Bible, he said Richie's bust was a make-or-break situation for the couple.
"This is a great time to walk away," he says he remembered thinking at the time, adding that he had already come up with an exit strategy. "Nicole, it's been great, but you just freaked me out."
Madden, however, opted to "go my gut, and you know, my gut with Nicole has always been she's a great woman."
As for whether a repeat of the situation may occur down the line, both responded in the negative.
"There would no question, 'cause I don't have time for that," Madden said. "I bet on her. And I won."
As for Richie, four months along in her pregnancy, she said there is "absolutely no way" she would fall. When pressed by Sawyer as to how she could be so sure she'd stick to the straight and narrow, she admitted it was "because I never took it seriously before."
"I owe this baby my life. I owe this baby everything, and I have a responsibility now for someone else. I have to set the right examples. I want to be the best parent I can be. I would really want to be someone my child would look up to."
As for the child, the couple does not yet know whether they're expecting a boy or a girl, and Richie said they're "going to try and hold out" on finding out for as long as possible.
She said she discovered she was pregnant after taking five home-pregnancy tests.
"I didn't believe it," she said. "It was my best friend and I, and we were at her house. And she was like, 'You're definitely pregnant.' I actually didn't even really believe it until I heard the heartbeat."
Madden recalled breaking the news to Lionel Richie, the baby's soon-to-be grandfather.
"He was really quiet," he said, adding that the Grammy winner at first thought the call was to inform him Richie had gotten into trouble. Finally, the elder Richie composed himself and told the couple, "Now you're going to get to experience everything I have!"
Madden and Richie have begun keeping a video diary of the pregnancy, which they hope to one day share with their offspring. However, the twosome is more than aware that there will be a four-day gap in the recording.
Richie has been ordered to spend four days in jail before Sept. 28.
"She's doing what she has to do. She's paying her debt," Madden said.
Richie said she's "afraid of the unknown" but "not really afraid of jail."
As for criticism that's cropped up about the sentence possibly not being harsh enough punishment for the severity of her crime, Richie simply said, "That's not really up to me."
