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I take her seriously, don’t you? And she has a sweet ass!

Tennis Anyone?
Anna Kournikova seems to spend her life launching impassioned defenses of her sporting credibility.

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Cocaine Cited in Entwistle’s Death
John Entwistle, the 57-year-old bass player for the rock band The Who, died from a heart attack caused by cocaine use, the Clark County coroner said Thursday.
Coroner Ron Flud ruled the death accidental and said it was not an overdose.
“The heart attack we believe was brought on by the significant amount of cocaine” that was in Entwistle’s system at the time of death, he said.
The exact amount of the drug remains unknown.
“Cocaine is a different animal,” Flud said. “It’s not like alcohol. There’s no way we can put a number on it. You’ve got a lethal drug on board at the time you have a bad heart. That’s a bad combination.”
Entwistle’s body was found in his bed at the Hard Rock Hotel on June 27, one day before the band was scheduled to kick off a three-month nationwide tour at the hotel’s concert hall.
Hotel officials declined comment Thursday, as did a spokeswoman with the band’s record label, MCA/Universal Music Enterprises. District Attorney Stewart Bell said no criminal charges were anticipated.
“From a legal point of view, there isn’t anything to be done because we don’t have anybody else who might be responsible,” he said.
Entwistle was one of the band’s founders. Another original member, drummer Keith Moon, died in 1978 of a drug overdose at the age of 32. Authorities said he took too many pills prescribed to control his alcoholism.
Entwistle’s death was caused when cocaine caused the contraction of coronary arteries that were already damaged by heart disease, Flud said.
After the death, a musician in Entwistle’s own band said he had been on medication for a heart condition.
The Who, founded in London in the early 1960s, was part of the British rock invasion along with the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. Their parade of hits included “I Can See For Miles,” “I Can’t Explain,” “Substitute,” “Pinball Wizard,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Who Are You.”
The group, which includes original members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, is scheduled to play a show Friday in Mansfield, Mass.

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Good for him! A Toronto boy does good for himself.

Mike Myers Gets Star in Hollywood
Comedian Mike Myers of the “Austin Powers” films now has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Wearing a black suit and shirt, the Canadian-born actor displayed his trademark self-deprecating humor Wednesday as he accepted the award in front of an adult gift shop.
“It’s a long way from playing street hockey in Toronto to having a star in front of the International Love Boutique,” he quipped.
Myers, 39, was accompanied by his wife, Robin Ruzan, his mother and two brothers. Celebrity guests included “Austin Powers” cast members Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling and Seth Green.
The ceremony took place two days before the nationwide release of “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” the third installment of the spy spoof.
A crowd of 350 screaming fans interrupted Myers’ speech several times by yelling “Yeah, baby!” The line is often used by his Austin Powers character.

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English Producer Gus Dudgeon Killed
Veteran English record producer Gus Dudgeon was killed when his Jaguar veered off a motorway and down an embankment in Berkshire, England, last night (July 22). A female passenger in the car, believed to be his wife, was also killed.
Dudgeon, 59, was best known for his productions during the 1970s with Elton John, which yielded such hits as “Your Song,” “Rocket Man,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me.” In a statement, John said he was “devastated” by the news, describing Dudgeon as “an incredibly talented producer and a very dear friend. I will miss him terribly.”
Born in Surrey on September 30, 1942, Dudgeon began his career as a tea boy at Olympic Studios, and by his early 20s was an in-house engineer at Decca Records’ studios in West Hampstead. Early sessions there included recordings for Marianne Faithfull with producer Andrew Loog Oldham and session guitarists Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, later of Led Zeppelin.
The first album on which Dudgeon was listed as producer was rock act Ten Years After’s self-titled set on Deram. In 1969, he produced David Bowie’s first hit, “Space Oddity,” and, later, albums by such artists as Chris Rea, Lindisfarne, and XTC, for whom he oversaw 1992’s “Nonsuch.” He also served as producer for such one-off projects as the tribute set to John and Bernie Taupin, “Two Rooms.”
Billboard contributor David Stark says Dudgeon was enthusing in conversation only last week about a new British band he had been working with called Slinky, and that he’d also done some work on a tribute album to erstwhile musical comedy act the Bonzo Dog Band. Contributions had been recorded for that set some time ago by both Ringo Starr and the late George Harrison.

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For the record, I wasn’t the Danny She married

Blushing Bride Julia Says ‘Born to Love’ Moder
From “Runaway Bride” to blushing bride, Julia Roberts said on Monday that she was “born to love” her new cameraman husband Danny Moder, calling him “a man among men, unselfish and all-encompassing.”
Roberts, speaking for the first time about her secret midnight wedding on July 4, told ABC television’s Diane Sawyer that she and Moder planned to have children “in due course.”
Roberts has broken off three engagements in the past and her first marriage, to country singer Lyle Lovett, lasted less than two years.
Her love life was so chaotic that she was dubbed the “Runaway Bride” even before making the 1999 movie of the same name.
She married Moder at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico just a year after he divorced his wife, in a ceremony held at midnight to avoid the media. The pair met on the set of “The Mexican.”
“He is formidable. He is a man among men, unselfish and all-encompassing,” Roberts said, blushing with pride. “He stands by the choices he made. He will never blame it on somebody else, and I have never seen anybody else do that.”
Hollywood’s highest paid female star said she and Moder were meant to be together.
“I hope there are some people who agree that I have done some good, some kind things in my life, but to really ultimately stand fully in a moment of realizing that I was born to love and to be the wife of this man,” she said.
Roberts’ romance with Moder began in spring last year, shortly after the end of her four year relationship with actor Benjamin Bratt. Bratt married actress Talisa Soto earlier this year and is expecting a child with her.
Roberts and Bratt have never spoken publicly about the reasons for their split, but Roberts said on Monday that Bratt had made his own choices. “All the better because he was unhappy and he left and moved along and found happiness,” she said.

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I Give Them 8 Months
How long will Julia Roberts’ marriage last? Is the Sarah Michelle Gellar-Freddie Prinze Jr. union doomed to fail? Cast your vote at StarsInLove.com, a site dedicated to the odds of celebrity relationships.

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And thats how it ends…

Angelina Jolie Files for Divorce
Angelina Jolie, who recently admitted that she has not spoken to husband Billy Bob Thornton in at least a month, has filed for divorce, citing irreconciable differences.
The divorce papers were filed by Jolie on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The Oscar-winning couple, who have been married for two years, recently adopted an 11-month-old boy, Maddox, from Cambodia.
The papers were filed the same day Us Weekly’s upcoming interview with Jolie was made public. In it, Jolie confirmed the couple was separated and was quoted as saying: “I’m angry. I’m sad. It’s a very difficult and sad time.”
Regarding the split, Thornton, 46, issued a statement Thursday that said only: “It’s a sad thing.” Representatives of Jolie, 27, refused to comment further.
The pair’s wild love life has been media fodder since they married in May 2000. They bragged about their sex lives in interviews, and at one time, they wore vials of each other’s blood around their necks.
Both are Oscar winners; she won a best supporting actress award in 2000 for “Girl, Interrupted,” and Thornton won best screenplay honors in 1997 for “Sling Blade.”
Jolie wed Thornton in Las Vegas after a whirlwind courtship. Thornton was dating actress Laura Dern when he became involved with Jolie. It was Thornton’s fifth marriage and her second.
Jolie and Thornton have been separated since June 3, according to the court papers. The actress requested the right to keep miscellaneous jewelry and all of her earnings since they married.
Jolie told Us Weekly magazine in its July 29-Aug. 5 double issue, on newsstands Friday: “Sometimes, you don’t see things coming, even though they are happening. It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it’s not that simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems.”
Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, has remained at home with 11-month-old Maddox after adopting him this spring. Jolie said her husband was more focused on his budding singing career; he recently went on tour to support his album, released last September.

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George Costanza and Ed Grimley do Broadway

Alexander, Short Hit Broadway
Jason Alexander (SEINFELD) and Martin Short, both Tony winners, have committed to Mel Brooks hit Broadway musical THE PRODUCERS. The first performance by the pair will be on May 2, 2003 and they star for eight months at the Pantages Theatre. Alexander will play producer Max Bialystock, and Short will play accountant Leo Bloom. Tickets go on sale August 5 for those shows.

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Please leave him there!

BYE, BYE, BYE
After months of talks, the Russian Aviation and Space Agency naming ‘N Sync popster Lance Bass as the prospective third member of a crew scheduled to take a Soyuz flight to the international space station in October, according to published reports. However, contracts have not yet been signed, and Bass still has a number of steps to complete before being eligible for the flight.

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It’s time to make your move!

Jolie Says She Split With Thornton
Angelina Jolie confirms that she has split with her actor-husband Billy Bob Thornton in an interview with Us Weekly, saying that she hasn’t spoken to the Oscar winner in at least a month.
“I’m angry. I’m sad. It’s a very difficult and sad time,” Jolie told the magazine in its July 29-Aug. 5 double issue, on newsstands Friday.
“Sometimes, you don’t see things coming, even though they are happening. It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it’s not that simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems.”
Us Weekly said Thornton, whose recent movies include “The Man Who Wasn’t There” and “Monster’s Ball,” declined to comment for the article. His publicist would only say, “They remain very married.”
Jolie, 27, wed Thornton, 46, after a whirlwind courtship in Las Vegas in 2000, the same year she won a best-supporting actress Oscar for “Girl, Interrupted.” Thornton was dating actress Laura Dern when he became involved with Jolie. It was Thornton’s fifth marriage and her second.
Thornton won an Oscar in 1997 for best screenplay for “Sling Blade,” for which he was also nominated for best actor.
The couple’s wild love life has been media fodder; at one time, they wore vials of each other’s blood around their necks. The couple recently adopted a son, Maddox, from Cambodia.
But while the article said Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations ( news – web sites), has been spending time with Maddox, Thornton, who also has released an album of his singing, went on tour.
“He’s focused on his music career,” says Jolie. “I’m focused on my baby.”
Jolie and her 11-month-old are living in a hotel away from the couple’s Beverly Hills, Calif., home; Jolie says she is unsure of where Thornton has been staying.
Yet Jolie, who has a Billy Bob tattoo on her left arm, says it’s possible they could reconcile.
“We’re not divorced yet,” she says. “We’re going through a difficult time. I’m not sure what will happen.”