Superiorpics.com: Entertainment News Sunday, September 3, 2006

MCCARTNEY IN PEACE TALKS WITH MILLS

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY and his estranged wife HEATHER MILLS have spent 40 minutes alone together in a desperate attempt to end their bitter divorce battle amicably.

PAUL McCARTNEY and HEATHER MILLS

The former BEATLE reportedly invited Mills into his US holiday home in East Hampton on Wednesday (30AUG06) after she picked up their three-year-old daughter BEATRICE.

Shocked security guards were asked to leave the scene while the pair tried to resolve their differences.

A source tells British newspaper the Sunday Mirror, "Paul and Heather have been doing their best to avoid each other for months. But they have decided to put their differences aside for the sake of their daughter."

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

ICE-T: 'I COULD KICK NELLY'S A**'

ICE-T has laughed off rap rival NELLY's claims he would win a hip-hop stand-off - insisting he'd ''kick his a**''.

NELLY and ICE-T

The COP KILLER star - real name TRACY MARROW - confesses he's not the toughest rapper himself, but is confident he could handle the HOT IN HERRE hitmaker.

Ice-T says, "I'd kick Nelly's a**! He ain't nowhere near the top of the food chain. There's some bad cats out there like Freddie Foxxx and King Sun.

"Nelly's a little guy and he'd get stomped. But he'd have to say that - that's the right answer for any rapper."

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

MCFADDEN SLAMS CHEATING WIFE

Former WESTLIFE star BRIAN McFADDEN has branded his failed marriage to pop singer KERRY KATONA a ''sham'' after learning she was cheating on him.

BRIAN MCFADDEN

The Irish crooner feared rumours his ex-ATOMIC KITTEN wife was seeing her old flame, male model DAN CORSI, were true, but believed her early denials of infidelity.

He recalls, "I found out six months before Kerry and I split. She always told me that nothing was going on. But yes, it was true. I'm still devastated.

"I can't believe what she did. It makes our whole marriage a sham."

The couple split in 2004.

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

DEGENERES IN CAR SMASH

US chat show host ELLEN DeGENERES narrowly escaped serious injury in a three-car pile-up in Los Angeles yesterday (02SEP06).

ELLEN DeGENERES

The Emmy-winning star escaped with just aches and pains when a female driver crashed into the back of a car which then collided with DeGeneres' Porsche while she was waiting at traffic lights on Sunset Boulevard.

SERGEANT KEN BUSCARINO of the LA police says, "Ms DeGeneres had a little neck and back pain, but it doesn't look like anything serious."

A 52-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

DIANA 'NOT ENGAGED'

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES was not engaged to boyfriend DODI AL FAYED when the pair were tragically killed in a Paris car crash in 1997, her former butler insists in a new book.

PAUL BURRELL

PAUL BURRELL has passed excerpts of his candid memoir over to British police in an attempt to stop speculation Diana was murdered because she was set to marry a Muslim.

The princess' former confidant claims the ring found on her hand was a present from Al Fayed but there was never any talk of marriage.

Burrell writes, "She made it clear this was not an engagement ring and that she agreed to wear it on her right hand as a friendship ring."

The revelations are made in Burrell's new book, DIANA: THE WAY WE WERE.

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

GIBSON APOLOGISES TO ARRESTING OFFICERS

Disgraced Hollywood star MEL GIBSON has finally said sorry to the three police officers he insulted when arrested for drink-driving two months ago (JUL06).

MEL GIBSON

The PASSION OF THE CHRIST actor sent a female officer a $500 (GBP277) bouquet with a note expressing "sincere apologies" and has invited her and her male colleague, JAMES MEE, to the premiere of his new movie APOCALYPTO.

Gibson launched a blistering volley of abuse against the woman when escorted to his cell, calling her "sugartits", and subjected Mee, who is Jewish, to an anti-Semitic tirade when pulled over in his vehicle.

A colleague of the unnamed female officer says, "Mel has sent her the biggest bunch of flowers she's ever seen with a note. She was quite touched and I'm sure that the two arresting officers will take him up on his invitation."

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

GERVAIS DEFENDS DISABLED GAGS

British funnyman RICKY GERVAIS has hit back at complaints his sketches poking fun at disabled people are in poor taste.

Ricky Gervais at The HBO Post-Emmy Awards Party, held at the Pacific Design Center. West Hollywood, California - 27.08.06

THE OFFICE star concedes his writing is sometimes "uncomfortable" but insists a scene in the new series of EXTRAS - depicting someone mistaking a girl with cerebral palsy for a drunk - is challenging humour.

He says, "That wasn't an easy laugh at all. That was a very uncomfortable laugh. I mean, that could've been taken wrongly.

"What it was saying was, 'Wouldn't it be awful if you mistook someone who had a terminal illness for someone who was drunk.' Everything we've ever done is 'right on'. We expose pretension and ignorance."

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

GALLAGHER DRENCHES GASCOIGNE IN FIGHT

OASIS frontman LIAM GALLAGHER sprayed English soccer star PAUL GASCOIGNE with a fire extinguisher after a fight between the pair spiralled out of control on Friday(01SEP06).

PAUL GASCOIGNE and LIAM GALLAGHER

Former England international player Gascoigne was in London's fashionable Groucho club when an initially friendly chat with the WONDERWALL star turned sour.

A source says, "Liam bowled over to Gazza and said hello and was chatting with him. Tempers flared and there was a couple of punches thrown. Liam then decided to cool Gazza off with the extinguisher.

"Doormen intervened and pulled them apart. Gazza didn't look very happy."

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

TIMBERLAKE TOPS UK SINGLES CHARTS

Pop hunk JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has topped the UK singles charts for the first time ever with his new track SEXYBACK

Justin Timberlake at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) held at Radio City Music Hall. New York City, USA - 31.08.06

The ex 'N SYNC star successfully toppled BEYONCE and JAY-Z's DEJA VU from the top spot after just a week, pushing the pair back to number three. SHAKIRA and WYCLEF JEAN's collaboration HIPS DON'T LIE holds fast in second place.

The SCISSOR SISTERS are the highest new entry at number four from digital sales alone with I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCIN', and newcomers the FRATELLIS take fifth place with CHELSEA DAGGER.

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

PARFITT WEDS AGAIN

STATUS QUO guitarist RICK PARFITT has married for the third time at a secret ceremony in Gibraltar on Friday (01SEP06).

The rocker, 57, tied the knot with LYNDSAY WHITBURN, 46, at a registry office.

The pair met just months ago at an exclusive fitness club and Parfitt quickly dumped longterm love and former wife PATTY BEEDON for her.

Parfitt, who has paid out more than $5.4 million (GBP3 million) in divorce settlements, recently vowed he'd never marry again.

However, a friend tells British newspaper the Sunday Mirror, "This woman just came into Rick's life and he fell for her very, very hard. It's been a whirlwind."

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

LES INCOMPETENTS ANNOUNCE SPLIT

London indie band LES INCOMPETENTS have split, complaining the band is too big to manage.

The six-piece confirmed rumours they were to disband on an internet blog, despite the fact lead singer BILLY LEESON is nearly recovered following a violent street attack in London earlier this year (JUN06).

Writing on their Myspace.com page, the band says: "The rumours are true... the six of us are no longer going to be playing together. Les Incompetents as Les Incompetents will cease to exist.

"By the end of the tour we just realised that there were too many ideas between the six of us to try and hone in to one thing. Meaning that whatever we ended up producing, certain people would be unhappy."

The band adds several members are already preparing to form new groups.

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

GRAFFITI ARTIST SABOTAGES PARIS CDS

PARIS HILTON's debut pop effort has been sabotaged in the UK by a guerrilla graffiti artist.

BANKSY, who has become notorious for his painted pranks, smuggled 500 doctored copies of the hotel heiress' first album into music stores around Britain.

The CDs see Hilton's sugary pop overwritten by Banksy's own beats, while the album artwork has been altered so that Hilton's face is replaced by her dog and the track listing reads as a series of inane questions, including, "Why am I famous?"

On the album cover Banksy's digital wizardry has repositioned Hilton's dress to expose her breasts.

The street artist's musical composition features THE SIMPLE LIFE star's catchphrase "That's hot!" dubbed over 40 minutes of a basic rhythm track.

Banksy's bogus CD marks the latest in a long line of high-profile stunts including illegally exhibiting his own work at the prestigious Tate Britain gallery in 2003 and painting part of Israel's security wall around the West Bank last year (05).

| Sunday, September 3, 2006

CHINA CONFIRMS BRUCE LEE THEME PARK

Chinese officials have confirmed plans to create a theme park inspired by martial arts legend BRUCE LEE which will feature a rollercoaster emitting the star's famous screeches.

Lee shot to fame as a Kung Fu hero in a string of hit action movies including ENTER THE DRAGON, but died tragically in 1973, aged just 32. His howls and screams as he fought waves of on-screen enemies became a trademark.

However, the actor's only surviving child, SHANNON LEE, who controls her father's legacy, is threatening to halt the plans. She vows to visit the proposed site "to find out what else they are dreaming up over there".

The $18 million (GBP10 million) park will also feature gardens and remote-controlled mannequin robots operated from within a giant statue of the actor.

| Sunday, September 3, 2006