AMY WINEHOUSE's incarcerated husband has been reportedly begging her to secretly fund his drug habit.
Amy Winehouse leaving home to visit her husband Blake in prison. London, England - 20.03.08
Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, is currently behind bars in London's Pentonville Prison but is still tying to smuggle heroin into the establishment, reports British newspaper The Sun.
According to the publication, Fielder-Civil has asked the singer to make payments to another prisoner in a bid to fund his habit.
And Pentonville's head of security Andy Watts is already suspicious of the plot.
He has written to Fielder-Civil's solicitors, warning, "There is a strong and supported intelligence he is involved in attempting to smuggle drugs into the prison."
Fielder-Civil has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice and will stand trial in June (08).
The 25-year-old is accused of attempting to fix the outcome of a previous trial for grievous bodily harm.
MADONNA and GUY RITCHIE's marriage is far from in trouble, according to the couple's friend THANDIE NEWTON who insists they're 'having a good time'.
Madonna and Guy Ritchie leaving Harry's Bar. London, England - 18.03.08
The Crash star has defended the pop superstar and her moviemaker husband, describing the couple's relationship as "all good".
The marriage came under intense scrutiny earlier this month (10Mar08) when Ritchie failed to show up at New York's Rock + Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, where his wife was honoured.
But Newton - who recently worked with Ritchie on new movie RocknRolla - says, "They're having a good time, as far as I know! I went to their house in the country - it's lovely. It's all good! I just saw them the other day - they're having a great time.
"Oh, he's (Ritchie's) lovely! He's a lovely, lovely, lovely man! Awesome - he's just like - sort of perfect!"
LATEST: RIHANNA and CHRIS BROWN have further fuelled rumours they are dating - after they were photographed leaving a London hotel.
Chris Brown and Rihanna leaving Maya nightclub at 3.00am. London, England - 21.03.08
Earlier this week (begs17Mar08), Brown dismissed reports he is dating the Umbrella hitmaker, insisting he is "definitely single".
However, Brown, 18, and the 20-year-old Bajan beauty were spotted leaving a London hotel on Saturday (22Mar08) morning, before making their way to nightspot Maya.
Onlookers say they left the club together at 3am (GMT).
Last month (Feb08), the couple were snapped frolicking in a swimming pool while on vacation in Jamaica.
U.S. rockers the DEAD KENNEDYS are searching for a new frontman - after their new lead singer quit.
THE DEAD KENNEDYS
Original frontman Jello Biafra failed to rejoin the group when they reformed in 2001, with the band recruiting Dr Know's Brandon Cruz, with Cruz replaced by Jeff Penalty two years later in 2003.
But Penalty has now left the band, citing "a tediously long story involving... money and creative differences" for the split - and slammed his Dead Kennedys bandmates for allegedly recruiting a new singer behind his back.
He says, "It's likely that, if asked, the band will attribute my departure to scheduling conflicts brought about by my documentary work, but in reality it's a tediously long story involving personality conflicts, creative differences, arguments about splitting money equally, arguments about how the band should be run, arguments about the wisdom of hiring a band manager whose other star client was a Christian folk artist, arguments about whether we should or shouldn't go on MTV, and arguments about many other wretched things.
"I thought about quitting numerous times over the past year, but I officially did so on Thanksgiving when I found out that the band had been recruiting a new singer behind my back and had even played a secret show with one at a bar in my neighbourhood."
Hollywood hardman-turned-politician ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER has fired fellow actor CLINT EASTWOOD from the California's parks commission - after he tried to block the construction of a controversial toll road.
CLINT EASTWOOD and ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
The Terminator star also sacked his brother-in-law Bobby Shriver after they publicly disagreed with Schwarzenegger over plans for a toll road through a park in southern California.
Shriver says he and Eastwood are shocked by the decision.
He says, "I had hoped to continue to do this work and to protect the park system from developers. It shows you how strong these developers were that were able to arm-wrestle the governor into firing us."
A spokesman for the California governor says the pair's terms had expired.
The widow of JOHN RITTER has spoken for the first time since two doctors were cleared of misdiagnosing the tragic actor's fatal heart condition.
AMY YASBECK
Amy Yasbeck and the couple's eldest children had launched a $67 million (GBP33.5 million) wrongful death case against cardiologist Joseph Lee and radiologist Matthew Lotysch at Glendale's Superior Court, following the actor's sudden demise in September 2003.
But the case found neither professional was guilty of misconduct.
However, Yasbeck admits she was disappointed by the decision.
She tells talk show host Larry King, "I was shocked because I know - I know the truth of what happened and I know because I was there.
"I was there for a good long time with John. He was sitting up and joking and laughing - and flirting. Without getting too specific, there was time and I think that what everybody learned from this trial is you don't have to play the odds just because a heart attack is way more prevalent than an aortic dissection would be."
She adds, "He was a brilliant husband. Absolutely brilliant. The most supportive person in everything I did. He was a wonderful partner.
"He was so funny. And you know, it's like, you say, well, this, you always use humour to do - but when John Ritter decided to use humour on your, you couldn't be sad, you couldn't be anything but deeply in love."
Work by late director ANTHONY MINGHELLA will be screened at the Shanghai Film Festival this summer (08).
ANTHONY MINGHELLA
The British filmmaker, who the won Best Director Oscar for his 1996 movie The English Patient, died from complications following surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck at London's Charing Cross Hospital on Tuesday (18Mar08). He was 54 years old.
Minghella was due to chair the festival's jury at the nine-day event in June, but organisers will instead pay tribute to the filmmaker.
Festival spokeswoman Crystal Yu says, "This happened so suddenly. We're in the process of looking for a replacement."
THE HILLS star LAUREN CONRAD has slammed an American magazine for using a fake interview and embarrassing her on the front cover.
Lauren Conrad outside Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman'. New York City, USA - 18.03.08
The reality TV star has accused Us Weekly of pulling together a number of interviews and placing her picture on the front cover with the headline, 'Stabbed in the Back' - referring to her friend and co-star Audrina Patridge.
But Conrad is adamant she has not spoken to anyone at the publication.
She writes on her blog, "The article itself is a nice one but it follows headlines that, in no way, represent my words or feelings. I do not feel betrayed by Audrina or (Conrad's ex) Brody (Jenner). I love them both and said nothing to contradict this."
And a friends tells New York gossip column Page Six Conrad was not happy with the article because she is friends with people at the magazine: "She's very good friends with these people. She goes out to dinner with them, and so does Audrina. So Lauren definitely wasn't happy when she saw this cover."
RAMBO is heading to Bulgaria for a fifth film, according to internet reports.
Sylvester Stallone on the set of 'RAMBO'
Sylvester Stallone's action man will return for one more adventure following the success of the actor/director's recent Rambo.
And Moviehole.net reports the streets of Bulgaria will double for Rambo's native Arizona in what is likely to be the final installment of the franchise.
Bulgaria has reportedly been chosen because it's much cheaper to film in Eastern Europe than it is in Arizona itself.
Stallone's iconic soldier was seen returning home to visit his father in Arizona at the climax of the most recent Rambo movie.
British actress EMMA WATSON has left her HARRY POTTER co-stars red-faced - after beating them at ping pong (table tennis).
Emma Watson at the Empire Film Awards held at Grosvenor House Hotel. London, England - 09.03.08
The 17-year-old - who plays Hermione Granger in the boy wizard franchise - has left stars on the set of Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince too terrified to challenge her to a game.
Rupert Grint - who plays Ron Weasley - says, "I've got a table tennis on set and we're always playing between scenes.
"Dan (Radcliffe) has been have a few lucky months and we've both been getting really good but Emma is brilliant.
"We rarely play her now because it gets quite embarrassing."
Actor STEVE CARELL's wife was furious after he waxed his chest for hit comedy THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN - because the treatment was carried out my a non-professional.
Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen and Steve Carell in 'The 40 Year Old Virgin'
The 45-year-old agreed to have his chest hair removed for unscripted scenes in the 2005 movie, but the end result did not impress his wife Nancy Mills.
He says, "The blood was real. They hired an actress who said she had waxing experience.
"My wife freaked out when I got home. She made me wear a T-shirt around the house for months. Tweezing, coiffing and waxing every errant hair seems weird to me. I have better ways of spending my time."
Actress TERI HATCHER has been baking tasty treats for her pal FELICITY HUFFMAN on the set of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
FELICITY HUFFMAN and TERI HATCHER
The 43-year-old star recalls how Huffman persuaded her to bake a cake - but cheekily took the credit it for it after presenting it to her husband, actor William H. Macy.
She says, "I made Felicity a pie. For some reason, she had to have a pie. And I was like, 'I'll make it'.
"She e-mailed me afterwards and said, 'Bill loved it. I didn't' tell him who made it - I took credit, and the brownie points are going to last me a year. Thank you very much.'
THE TUBES frontman FEE WAYBILL brought a colourful gig in Agoura Hills, California to a standstill on Friday night (21Mar08) by paying a twisted tribute to late bandmate VINCE WELNICK. The veteran rocker told fans at the Canyon Club he was still coming to terms with the keyboard player's 2006 suicide, and felt angry his old pal took his life before approaching his pals with his troubles.
Waybill explained, "He didn't come to us for help. I don't know whether to be p**sed off or sad."
He then dedicated I Don't Wanna Wait Anymore - a song Welnick wrote for The Tubes - as a tribute to the keyboard player.
Welnick, who also performed with Todd Rundgren and the Grateful Dead, died in Sonoma County, California at the age of 55.
Silent Monk (Jet Li, left), Lu Yan (Jackie Chan), Jason Tripitikas (Michael A. Angarano) and Golden Sparrow (Crystal Liu)
Director: Rob Minkoff Cast:Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Collin Chou, Liu Yifei, Crystal Liu, Michael Angarano Synopsis: A 21st Century American teenager takes a spellbinding, dangerous journey into martial arts legend in the new action/adventure epic FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. Shot on location in China, THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM marks the historic first-ever onscreen pairing of martial arts superstars Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR, DRUNKEN MASTER) and Jet Li (FEARLESS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA), and features the awe-inspiring action choreography of Wo Ping (THE MATRIX, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON). While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason (played by Michael Angarano - '24', 'Will and Grace,' LORDS OF DOGTOWN, SEABISCUIT) makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by wise kung fu master Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk (Jet Li). But only by learning the true precepts of kung fu can Jason hope to succeed - and find a way to get back home.
Director: Peter Segal Cast:Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Steve Carell, The Rock, Terence Stamp Synopsis: In the all-new action comedy 'Get Smart,' Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS.
When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). As Smart and 99 get closer to unraveling KAOS' master plan—and each other—they discover that key KAOS operative Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his sidekick Shtarker (Kenneth Davitian) are scheming to cash in with their network of terror. Given little field experience and even less time, Smart—armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm—must defeat KAOS if he is to save the day.
In Theaters: Drillbit Taylor (NOW), Stop Loss (March 28, 2008), The Ruins (April 4, 2008) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (May 22, 2008).
DRILLBIT TAYLOR
Check out what happens when Tony Hawk teaches the kids from Drillbit Taylor how to skate!
(Left to right) Ryan (Troy Gentile), Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), Wade (Nate Hartley) and Emmit (David Dorfman)
Director: Steven Brill Cast:Adam Baldwin, Leslie Mann, Owen Wilson, Alex Frost, Josh Peck Synopsis: Ryan (Troy Gentile), Wade (Nate Hartley) and Emmit (David Dorfman) attend their first day at high school and they’re pumped until they meet up with Filkins (Alex Frost), a school bully who comes off like a little Hannibal Lecter. Before they become completely engulfed in Filkins’ reign of terror, they seek out some protection by placing an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine. Their best response and the cheapest comes from Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), a down-on-his-luck solder of fortune who lives a homeless – he likes to say “home-free” – existence on the beach. He enrolls them in physical and mental training, steeling them - and possibly himself - for the ultimate clash against the forces keeping them down.
Check out some new production stills and See What Rolling Stone has to say about Stop Loss!
Director: Kimberly Peirce Cast: Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Phillippe, Timothy Olyphant, Rob Brown Synopsis: Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. Brandon tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver, who served with him in Iraq. Alongside their war-time buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon's will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq. This upends Brandon's entire world. The conflict into which he is thrown tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love, and the value of honor.
-Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE- "Stop-Loss is the first major movie of the year that touches greatness. Directed with ferocity and feeling by Kimberly Pierce,
the emotional battlefield strikes a universal chord that transcends politics and preaching; it's raw and riveting. The film takes
us inside the minds and hearts of soldiers and is a powder keg with no agenda except the human one. It's the real deal."
Director: Carter Smith Cast:Jena Malone, Dimitri Baveas, Joe Anderson, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Shawn Ashmore Synopsis: Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith, 'The Ruins' follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle where they discover something deadly living among the ruins. 'The Ruins' stars Jonathan Tucker ('Texas Chainsaw Massacre', 'The Black Donnellys'), Jena Malone ('Pride and Prejudice', 'Donnie Darko'), Shawn Ashmore ('X-Men: The Last Stand'), Laura Ramsey ('She's the Man') and Joe Anderson ('Across the Universe').
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Check out new Shia LaBeouf Featurette!
Shia LaBeouf, Harrison Ford and Karen Allen
Director: Steven Spielberg Cast:Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford, Natalie Portman, Sean Connery, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen Synopsis: Our favorite globe-trotting archeologist returns for another adventure as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg team with screenwriter David Koepp to bring Indiana Jones back (Harrison Ford) to the big screen nearly 20 years after 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.' Shia LaBeouf is rumored to be the son of Jones and Marion from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark.''
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