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Monroe's role in US nuke policies?

      New York: Biographer Anthony Summers, who has examined hundreds of pages of unreleased federal documents, insisted that Marilyn Monroe might have played a significant role in America's nuclear policies, and further stated that the true cause of her death had been covered up. According to New York Post, Summers further insisted that Monroe met with her occasional bed mate President John F. Kennedy less than a month before her death, and one subject discussed over lunch was nuclear testing. The lunch was three months before the Cuban Missile Crisis where the star was discussing the burning topic of the nuclear issue. And since the blonde bombshell was known to have acquaintances in the Communist Party; the meeting was therefore reported to high officials. Summers doesn't support the conspiracy theory that Monroe was murdered and reinforces the evidence that the true circumstances of her mysterious death were covered up. Indications are that Robert Kennedy was in L.A. on Monroe's last day alive and that he ordered up a helicopter to fly out of town shortly before the star's death was reported to the police. Summers also discovered an admission by a federal agent that he was ordered to remove the record of Monroe's last phone calls before it could become part of the police file.

Bridget Jones may soon be history (Go To Top)

      New York: Rumors are swirling that author Helen Fielding is taking the character Bridget Jones, the British girl who can't find love, off her books for good. According to Daily Mail columnist Alison Boshoff, Fielding, who has earned 32 million dollars from her book and is about to give birth to her second child at 48, is dismissive of her character, which she insists she merely created to fetch her some money and make people laugh. Fielding "has found it exasperating to be held up as the spokeswoman for a generation of feckless, hopeless women in search of love, slender thighs and inner poise," the New York Post quoted the columnist , as saying. Alison further mentioned Helen as saying: "The truth is that the intention behind Bridget Jones was nothing more than to earn me some cash and make people laugh."

Break-Up tops the US box office (Go To Top)

       Washington: Actress Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn's real life chemistry has sizzled on onscreen too, as the couple's first film together 'The Break-Up' has topped the weekend box-office, exceeding estimates by earning a whopping 38.1 million dollars in its debut week. Last week's top film 'X-Men: The Last Stand,' starring Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry fell down to the second place with 34.3 million dollars. "Just as audiences wanted to see that pair (Brangelina) so they want to see this pair (Jen and Vince)," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. DreamWorks Animation's cartoon comedy "Over the Hedge" came in third with 20.6 million dollars, followed by Sony's "The Da Vinci Code" which took the fourth slot with 19.3 million dollars lifting its three-week domestic gross to 172.7 million dollars. Tom Cruise's starrer Mission: Impossible III rounded off the top five list with 4.6 million dollars, reports E!Online.

     Top ten estimates follow, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. : 1. The Break-Up, $38.1 million 2. X-Men: The Last Stand, $34.3million 3. Over The Hedge, $20.6 million 4. The Da Vinci Code, $19.3 million 5. Mission: Impossible III, $4.6 million 6. Poseidon, $3.4 million 7. RV, $3.3 million 8. See No Evil, $2 million 9. An Inconvenient Truth, $1.3 million 10. Just My Luck, $825,000.

Foxx to star in Bob Marley biopic (Go To Top)

       Washington: Actor and singer Jamie Foxx will be donning the role of legendary singer Bob Marley in a biopic, focusing on his life before music catapulted him onto the world stage. The film-maker Rachid Bouchareb will be directing the project, which is the brainchild of the 'One Love' star's widow Rita. "I've always liked the story of what made Marley the man. I want to look at him as a child through to a young man, and how he became interested in Africa," Contactmusic quoted Bouchareb as saying. Bouchareb expects to finish the script by the end of the year and begin shooting in 2007.

Piper scene with Kutcher unnerves Demi (Go To Top)

      Washington: Getting intimate with a man in front of his wife certainly calls for courage, not only in real life but also in reel-life, as actress Piper Perabo found out at the sets of 'Cheaper By The Dozen'. Piper admits she felt intimidated filming her love scene with Ashton Kutcher because Demi Moore kept staring at her while she acted out sexual intimacy with the Indecent Proposal star's actor husband. Moore refused to take her eyes off the Coyote Ugly star during the sizzling scene, and Perabo hopes she never has to repeat the experience. "She would come on set. It was fairly intimidating," Contactmusic quoted Piper, as saying.

Britney Spears signs divorce papers (Go To Top)

      London: Britney Spears has reportedly taken the first step towards a new life without hubby Kevin Federline by signing preliminary divorce papers. A source close to the Toxic singer said that the princess of pop had already started meeting her lawyers to work out the terms of the divorce. "Britney has already started seeing lawyers about splitting with Kevin. She is serious about it and even though she's pregnant she knows that she has to get things moving," the Newsoftheworld quoted the source, as saying. However, knowing that it's time to move on is not making it any easier for the singer, who is five-months pregnant with her second child. "It's a very stressful time for her at the moment what with expecting her second baby," the source added.

Kidman, Urban to marry in the dark? (Go To Top)

     Washington: Nicole Kidman is apparently so determined to avoid being snapped by the paparazzi when she ties to knot with fiance Keith Urban that she is reportedly planning to wed the singer in the dark. Peter Gibson, of Australia's civil aviation safety authority, said that the idea was a very smart move on Kidman's part for it would ensure that taking photographs from the air would be next to impossible for the paparazzi. "Certainly, the cover of darkness would make it difficult if not impossible for the paparazzi to do anything from an airborne position. Miss Kidman is making a very smart move in the circumstances," Contactmusic quoted him, as saying. The couple are said to be planning to wed later this month.

Pitt's folks welcome, but not Jolie's dad! (Go To Top)

      Washington: She may love to have partner Brad Pitt's parents as active participants in her new baby daughter Shiloh's life, but it seems that Angelina Jolie is not so eager when it comes to her own father, actor Jon Voight. While Pitt's parents arrived in the African country of Namibia to welcome their newest grand-daughter into the family fold, Jolie's estranged dad, who has not spoken to the actress in four years, and has not met her other kids Maddox and Zahara, had to send a congratulations message by appearing on US network MSNBC. Voight congratulated the couple on their new daughter by appearing on the network, and said that he hoped the day would come when he would be able to meet his granddaughter. "I'm almost unable to describe how deeply happy I am for her (Shiloh's) parents and so happy to have this new little one in the world. I can just think that one day, I'll just say 'Hey Shi, come over here.' You know?" Contactmusic quoted him, as saying. As for presents, well the veteran actor is looking forward to giving the little girl all she asks for. "This little one can have anything she wants of me, of course. As she grows older, hopefully I'll be able to give her everything that I've got," he added.

Kelly's slimming secret (Go To Top)

      Washington: Rocker Ozzy Osbourne's daughter, Kelly Osbourne revealed that her drastic weight loss, which was around 13 kilograms was due to her thyroid problem and not because of any diet control and exercise routine. The pop star, however, is refusing treatment, for she fears that she might regain all the weight that she has shed in the recent past. "Forget all that healthy-eating bulls**t. I have a thyroid problem which means I s*** all the time. My doctors want me to start taking steroids for it but f**k that. I don't want to put all the weight back on again," Contactmusic quoted her, as telling the British newspaper The Daily Mirror.