Memory – ‘Pirates,’ Sophia Bush top Teen Awards

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ENTERTAINMENT / Television

‘Pirates,’ Sophia Bush top Teen Awards

(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-27 15:15

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Sophia Bush accepts the choice movie actress in a comedy award for her
work in ‘John Tucker Must Die’ at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal
City, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007.[AP]?

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“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” dominated the seventh-annual
Teen Choice Awards Sunday, taking honors for Choice Movie: Action
Adventure.

The movie’s stars Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Bill Nighy also took
home awards.

“High School Musical 2″ also scored with Choice TV: Movie, as did two of
its stars. Zac Efron was dubbed “Choice Male Hottie” and Vanessa Hudgens
“Choice Music Breakout Artist: Female.”

The Disney Channel movie’s presence was felt early in the show, which
opened with a 50th-reunion spoof, replacing the youthful cast members
with senior citizens.

Even “Choice Comedian” Dane Cook thanked the “HSM2″ team, joking, “I
couldn’t have done this without you.”

Sophia Bush was the night’s biggest competitive individual-category
winner, scoring three awards: Choice Movie Breakout: Female, Choice Movie
Actress: Horror/Thriller for “The Hitcher” and Choice Movie Actress:
Comedy for “John Tucker Must Die.”

Justin Timberlake also scored multiple honors. He won for Choice Music:
Male Artist, Choice Music: Payback Track for “What Goes Around . . ..,”
and was honored with a special, Teen Choice answer to a
lifetime-achievement award, “Ultimate Choice.”

For all of the show’s celebration of youth, it was 53-year-old John
Travolta who seemed to cause the biggest stir with the 6,000-plus member
audience, generating screams and a standing ovation as he walked to the
stage to accept the Choice Summer Movie: Comedy/Musical for “Hairspray.”

Hosted by one-time kid stars Hilary Duff and Nick Cannon, the show was
telecast by Fox Sunday night from the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal
Studios Hollywood, with awards doled out at lightning speed.

Presenters blasted through more than 30 categories in less than two
hours. Musical performers included Shop Boyz, Kelly Clarkson, as well as
winners Avril Lavigne, and Fergie, the latter giving the night’s most
emotional acceptance speech.

“This award isn’t paid for. This award isn’t traded for favors,” she
said, while tearing up. “This is picked by you.”

The awards are selected by the teen-voting public, who had been
submitting picks online since July 2. Instead of statuettes, winners
received life-size surfboards.

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1 – Paris Hilton defamation lawsuit settled

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ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip

Paris Hilton defamation lawsuit settled

(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-23 08:55

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Paris Hilton arrives at a party celebrating the new mobile service Helio
and
benefiting Heal the Bay in West Hollywood, Calif. in this, Aug. 8, 2007,
file photo.[AP]

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Paris Hilton can scratch her next court date from her calendar.

A settlement in a $10 million defamation lawsuit was reached Wednesday
between the hotel heiress-reality TV star and diamond heiress-actress
Zeta Graff.

The trial was set to start Monday.

In the suit, Graff claimed that Hilton spread “vicious lies” about her to
the media in 2005.

Both sides reached an “amicable resolution,” but the details were kept
confidential, according to a statement released by Graff’s attorney,
Bruce Broillet.

“Both parties are glad that the matter could be resolved without the time
and expense of a trial,” the statement read.

Attorneys for both Graff and Hilton declined further comment. Hilton
spokesman Elliot Mintz did not return telephone calls Wednesday.

In the suit, Graff claimed that Hilton spread the lies about her to the
New York Post.

The paper reported that Graff — who once dated Hilton’s then-fiance,
Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis — went “berserk” at a nightclub, tried
to strangle Hilton and attempted to steal her diamond necklace.

Graff denied the report and claimed that Hilton said, “I’m going to
destroy you” after trying to oust her from the club, according to the
suit.

Hilton denied that she was behind the report.

But former Hilton publicist Rob Shuter said in a deposition that Hilton
asked him to help plant the story and that he gave the paper comments,
dictated by Hilton, that he attributed to himself, Hilton and anonymous
sources.

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9 – Hollywood celebs not interested in easy cash

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ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip

Hollywood celebs not interested in easy cash

(ANI)
Updated: 2007-08-18 10:42

It seems that Hollywood celebrities are too busy to pick up the petty
cash they’re owed.

According to a reporting the Palm Beach Post, the state of Florida has
lots of unclaimed cash, stock refunds and security deposits waiting to be
claimed by the likes of Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Burt Reynolds
and Joe Namath.

The report says that Spears has still not collected an 828.29 dollar
cheque for a video she made before she got famous, while Timberlake has
2,600 dollars waiting to be picked, including a paycheck from Disney.

Reynolds hasn’t claimed 2,000, dollars including 1,300 dollars from
Universal Pictures, and Namath has 83.52 dollars in Disney shares that
are still to be seized.

Other celebs who are owed include Celine Dion, late Bee Gees star Maurice
Gibb and Donald Trump’s daughter with Marla Maples, Tiffany Trump.

“Some [celebs] are moving around a lot, and the money may not be
substantial enough to file a claim,” the New York Post quoted Rick Sweet
of Florida’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property, as saying.

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Today – Cast members at “High School Musical 2″ premiere

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ENTERTAINMENT / Movies/TV

Cast members at “High School Musical 2″ premiere

Updated: 2007-08-15 14:56

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Actress Ashley Tisdale, star of the Disney Channel movie “High School
Musical 2,” poses at the film’s premiere at Downtown Disney in Anaheim,
California, August 14, 2007.[Reuters]

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Russia – Love is in the air for Salma Hayek, Disney

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ENTERTAINMENT / Movies

Love is in the air for Salma Hayek, Disney

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-08-11 18:19

LOS ANGELES – Salma Hayek will star in and produce an untitled romantic
comedy for Walt Disney Pictures.

The story follows a conservative doctor who gets the surprise of his life
when he learns that the ex-boyfriend of his fiancee (Hayek) is an
international Latin superstar who has come to Los Angeles to win her back.

The script was written by Ed Decter and John Strauss, whose credits
include Disney’s last two “Santa Clause” movies.

Hayek is doing voice work on Disney’s “South of the Border.” She also is
an executive producer of Disney-owned ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” which is up for
11 Emmys, including one for Hayek for guest actress in a comedy series.

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Today – Gwyneth Paltrow uses snake venom to look young

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ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip

Gwyneth Paltrow uses snake venom to look young

(ANI)
Updated: 2007-08-08 17:03

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Gwyneth Paltrow

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It looks like celebrities will do whatever it takes to look young, and
actress Gwyneth Paltrow is no exception.

The Oscar winner was spotted buying a cream that has snake venom to
de-wrinkle.

Recently, the ‘Shakespeare in Love’ actress turned up at Sonya Dakkar spa
in Beverly Hills.

A witness said that Paltrow bought 9 Ultra Lux products that also
included a cream with the venom in it

“It’s not Botox. Just a cream that has the venom in it . . . [the cream]
is part of the facials,” the New York Post quoted the source, as saying.

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5 – Desperate Housewives star fears pregnancy scenes

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ENTERTAINMENT / Television

Desperate Housewives star fears pregnancy scenes

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Updated: 2007-08-06 10:51

Teenage Desperate Housewives star Joy Lauren is dreading the filming of
upcoming scenes in which she has to give birth – because she has no idea
what a mum in labour acts like.

The young actress, who plays Danielle Van De Kamp on the hit show, admits
she doesn’t know where to turn to get the information she needs.

Lauren tells internet gossip columnist Marc Malkin, “I was thinking of
going on YouTube or something, but I’m afraid of what I’ll find.

“I’ve never been to a birth or seen one, so all I have to go on is movies
and stuff like that. A friend of mine offered to take me to Lamaze class,
and I was like, ‘No!’”

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6 – Lindsay Lohan in bikini

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Lindsay Lohan in bikini

Updated: 2007-08-02 14:14

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6 – Jessica Alba at Farm studios

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Jessica Alba at Farm studios

Updated: 2007-07-30 10:09

Jessica Alba at Farm studios

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Travel – Shop selling planes opens in Hangzhou

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CITYLIFE / Hip & New

Shop selling planes opens in Hangzhou

(chinanews)
Updated: 2007-07-26 09:16

China’s first general aircraft selling shop opened in Hangzhou last
Sunday.

General aircraft refers to aircraft such as helicopters, police planes,
agricultural aircraft, and private planes. The shop in Hangzhou mainly
sells helicopters and private planes.

The shop was jointly opened by Xi’an Yanliang National Aircraft Hi-tech
Industrial Base (CAIB) and Zhejiang Tiandu Industrial Co., Ltd. The shop
aims at selling aircraft to people in the Yangtze River Delta region.
CAIB decided to open an aircraft 4S shop in Hangzhou because of the
vigorous economy in the Yangtze River Delta region and the prosperous
private economy and capital in Zhejiang.

Three exhibition rooms in the shop are now open to the public, covering a
total area of 800 square meters. Three airplanes, all patrol plane
series, are displayed in these exhibition rooms. The spare parts of these
planes were made in France and the Xi’an Xijie Aircraft Maker assembled
the spare parts after they were imported to China. The three planes can
seat two people and are ideal for short-distance flights. One of them is
a helicopter, one a fixed-wing patrol plane and one a delta-wing airplane.

In Zhejiang, the first businessman that owned a private airplane was Qiu
Dedao, president of the Hangzhou Daoyuan Group, who bought a plane at 65
million yuan and later named it “Shouxiang No.1″ . The plane can hold two
pilots and six passengers. After taking off, the operational cost of the
plane is 4,000 yuan an hour.

At present, most people that buy private planes are those who have a
company of their own. In Zhejiang, there are more than ten private
planes, while in China, less than 100 hundred people have their own
private planes. In light of this, many people think that there is a
promising future for China’s private plane market, a market that is
described as “an upcoming era of the general aircraft” by He Yong,
president of the Zhejiang Tiandu Industrial Co., Ltd.

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