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Norah Jones sixth straight week at No.1

          Washington: Singer Norah Jones continues to rule the roost on the album sales charts. According to a report in Eonline, Norah Jones continued to raze all other contenders as "Feels Like Home" bagged its sixth straight week at number one. Jones finished the week ended Sunday selling another 147,000 copies. Meanwhile, over on the singles chart, American Idol alumnus Clay Aiken set a new 2004 singles sales benchmark as "The Way/Solitaire" sold more than 100,000 copies to debut at number one. As Norah and Clay command their respective charts, the week's highest debut belonged to 18-year-old Philly rapper Cassidy, whose debut, Split Personality, entered at number two. Other top slots included Godsmack's fourth album, "The Other Side", which moved 98,000 copies for a number five finish. The rest of the Top 10 were Evanescence's "Fallen" at three, Jessica Simpson's "In This Skin" at four, Kanye West's The College Dropout at six, Kenny Chesney's "When the Sun Goes Down" at seven.

Britney Spears voted sexiest woman! (Go To Top)

          Washington: Pop diva Britney Spears has been voted the sexiest woman in the world. According to rate the music.com, readers of Britain's FHM magazine have voted the Me Against The Music singer as the sexiest woman, knocking last year's winner, actress Halle Berry, off the top of the list. Meanwhile, the ex-S Club singer, Rachel Stevens, is Britain's sexiest woman, finishing at number two overall. American singer Beyonce Knowles came third in the list and was followed by the Starsky and Hutch actress, Carmen Electra.

Arnie may avoid court for alleged groping! (Go To Top)

          Washington: Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to avoid a court appearance in a legal case brought by a woman who had accused him of sexual harassment. Stunt woman Rhonda Miller is suing the Terminator star for the way his political campaign team launched a smear attack on her after she had claimed that Schwarzenegger had groped her. According to imdb.com, now, the Los Angeles Superior Court judge Robert Hess has announced that instead of appearing under oath in Miller's libel case, Schwarzenegger will have to answer written questions by her lawyers. However, he adds, that the Running Man star may have to go into the witness box at a later date. Miller claims that Schwarzenegger lifted her shirt and groped her breasts when they were on the film sets of Terminator 2: Judgement Day and True Lies.

Madonna invites Deepak Chopra (Go To Top)

          Washington: Catholic-raised pop diva Madonna will reportedly be hosting Passover seders in Los Angeles. According to rate the music.com, the singer, who has lately embraced the Jewish Kaballah faith, will perform the ritual on April 5 and 6. New age spiritual guru Deepak Chopra will be the special guest, the report added.

Sharon Stone seals her divorce (Go To Top)

          Washington: Hollywood beauty Sharon Stone's divorce from newspaper editor Phil Bronstein has been finalised with the couple have agreed mutually not to claim any spousal support. The Basic Instinct actress, 46, and the San Francisco Chronicle editor split in July 2003 after a five-year marriage, with Bronstein citing "irreconcilable differences", reports imdb.com Stone and Bronstein tied the knot on Valentine's Day in 1998 and adopted a baby boy, Roan Joseph two years later.

Brosnan wants Keira, not Britney as Bond girl! (Go To Top)

          Washington: Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan has laughed off reports that Britney Spears will be the next Bond girl and dismissed the suggestions as plain rumour. The 'Oops I Did It again' star, who made her big screen debut in 2002's 'Crossroads' had reportedly lobbied the makers of the spy film series to let her play the female lead in the next 007 movie. However, the dashing Brosnan said that he would prefer British star Keira Knightley to the sexy pop sensation. "It's a rumour! I know nothing of it. I don't involve myself in the rumours of Bond and I try and stay occupied with other films when I'm not doing it, but Britney, no. Bless her cotton socks and good luck to her. Keira Knightley maybe," imdb quoted Brosnan as saying.

Brad Pitt's passion for 'Girls Gone Wild'! (Go To Top)

          New York: Dashing star Brad Pitt has developed a strong passion for the controversial breast-baring video series, "Girls Gone Wild". And, the Hollywood heartthrob even shared his passion with his "Troy" co-stars, including Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana, by gifting them boxes filled with Girls Gone Wild DVDs, T-shirts, tucker hats and beach towels, according Teen Hollywood The "Seven" star once got the same gift from his actress-wife Jennifer Aniston. A proud Girls Gone Wild creator told magazine US Weekly, "I couldn't think of a cooler guy to have as a Girls Gone Wild fan."