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LOS ANGELES - Oscar winning-director Oliver Stone has pleaded no contest to a charge of marijuana possession and was fined $100, officials said on Thursday.

Stone's lawyers entered the plea on his behalf at a Beverly Hills court hearing on July 29 -- two weeks ahead of the scheduled hearing date, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office said.

Stone, 58, who won best director Oscars for the Vietnam War-themed movies "Platoon" and "Born of the Fourth of July," was charged after being stopped at a routine traffic checkpoint in May.

Stone also pleaded no contest to driving under the influence and guilty to cannabis possession in 1999 in Beverly Hills. He was given three years probation in that case.

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NEW YORK (Billboard) - You could practically hear the collective gasp at the August 4 launch of the RuPaul Doll at the Arcadia Gallery in New York when singer/actor RuPaul arrived -- out of drag.

There he was, further branding his RuPaul personality with a celebrity doll line, and he showed up not as the flamboyant RuPaul but as RuPaul Andre Charles, the man under the makeup and hair.

While many were saddened that RuPaul left the heels at home that night, one could not help but smile (and giggle) at the larger-than-life photographs (taken by Mike Ruiz) on the gallery walls. They depicted the RuPaul dolls in various acts of devilish fun.

For those desiring the real thing, the three dolls in the RuPaul collection (each one represents a different stage in the artist's colorful career) also were on display.

Billed as the first transvestite fashion doll and produced by Integrity Toys, the RuPaul Doll collection will be in stores later this month. Each doll has a suggested retail price of

$59.99.

The RuPaul Doll collection was the brainchild of RuPaul and nontraditional marketing/consulting company Two Sheps That Pass. TSTP president Vera Sheps says initial inspiration came from the Cher celebrity doll. "We thought that a doll along (those lines) would be fun."

Talks with Integrity creative director/partner Jason Wu followed. The RuPaul Doll is the first venture under Integrity's new Produced by Jason Wu division.

For the first project under the new umbrella, Wu wanted a celebrity who was instantly recognizable yet not overexposed. He also did not want to follow the current teen pop star or reality show personality trend.

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Singer Madonna injured in fall from horse

LONDON - Singer Madonna suffered several broken bones on Tuesday when she fell off a horse while riding at her country estate on her 47th birthday, her spokeswoman said.

"She sustained three cracked ribs, a broken collar bone and a broken hand," spokeswoman Barbara Charone said of the accident at Madonna's Ashcombe House estate.

"The star was celebrating her 47th birthday with her husband, film director Guy Ritchie and her two children, Lourdes and Rocco," Charone said in a statement released in London.

The American singer was riding with her assistant when she had the accident. Her husband rushed her to hospital.

"She was riding a new horse, not her regular horse," her New York publicist Liz Rosenberg said.

Madonna was later discharged from a hospital in Salisbury, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Madonna, whose latest album "Confessions on a Dancefloor" is due for release in November, has been an avid fan of English country life since marrying Ritchie, director of the hit London gangster movie "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."

Among the country pursuits the Material Girl superstar enjoys is clay pigeon shooting.

Bought by the celebrity couple three years ago, Ashcombe House is a six-bedroom, 18th century mansion near the picturesque village of Tollard Royal.

Tucked away in a deep chalk valley on the borders of rural Wiltshire and Dorset, it is the former home of society photographer Cecil Beaton and its pheasant and partridge shoot is considered one of the best in England.

Last year, Madonna won the right to exclude hikers from much of the nine-million-pound estate.

The singer and her husband argued that unrestricted public access would destroy their right to a private family life.

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Love Admits Using Drugs; Sent to Rehab

LOS ANGELES - Courtney Love tearfully admitted using drugs in violation of her probation terms Friday. The rocker-actress was ordered into a 28-day drug treatment program by a judge who said he had wanted to put her in jail.

"I think that you need to hit rock bottom before you make a decision about what you're going to do in the future," Superior Court Judge Rand Rubin told the sobbing Love.

She was in court for allegedly being under the influence of a controlled substance, which wasn't identified.

Love's voice cracked as she said, "Yes, your honor," when asked by Rubin if she understood she was admitting to three probation violations. She is on probation in three separate cases.

The 41-year-old Love was told to enter a drug treatment facility by the end of the day. Her attorney, Howard Weitzman, wouldn't disclose the name of the facility or whether it was a lock-down program.

The judge ordered her back to court Sept. 16 for sentencing on the probation violations.

"There will be sentencing and some further consequences at that time," Rubin said. "I think you either need a long-term drug program or a long term in County Jail."

Outside court, Weitzman said Love had had a relapse but will "deal with it."

"She's serious. She's sincere. And she's pretty tenacious about getting her life in order." Weitzman said. The lawyer explained Love had violated terms of probation in one case but that "if you violate in one you violate in all."

Love, the former lead singer for the band Hole and the widow of Kurt Cobain, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge on Feb. 10. She was already on probation in two unrelated drug cases.

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Mom of Michael Jackson's accuser charged with fraud

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of the teenage boy who accused Michael Jackson of sex abuse was charged with welfare fraud on Tuesday by prosecutors who say she lied about her finances when she applied for public assistance.

The woman, who was called a con artist and a welfare cheat by Jackson's attorneys as they successfully defended the pop star at his child molestation trial this summer, faces arrest if she fails to surrender by September 7, prosecutors said.

"These charges are the result of a very careful investigation of allegations that she basically lied to receive aid," Los Angeles District Attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said. "We felt the evidence was sufficient to file these counts.

The charges stem from information the mother provided to welfare officials and not her testimony at the Jackson trial, which ended when the 46-year-old entertainer was cleared by a jury in June.

Prosecutors say the mother, whose name has been withheld by most U.S. news organizations to protect her son's identity, defrauded the welfare system out some $18,000.

She could face more than five years in prison if she is convicted. Her civil attorney, William Dickerman, said he could not comment on the criminal charges and did not know if she had retained another lawyer.

She was called to the witness stand in the Jackson case by Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon but refused to testify about her finances or welfare applications on the grounds that doing so could incriminate her.

Jackson's lead defense attorney, Tom Mesereau said Jackson had been informed of the charges.

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Actor Russell Crowe settles NY hotel assault case .

NEW YORK - Actor Russell Crowe on Thursday settled a civil lawsuit filed by the New York hotel clerk he assaulted in June with a telephone.

A statement released by both parties said the Oscar-winning actor and the Mercer Hotel employee, Nestor Estrada, had settled the case but offered few details.

"Both sides expressed satisfaction at the resolution," the joint statement said.

Local tabloids said Crowe paid about $100,000 to settle the civil lawsuit. Crowe still faces criminal charges of assault and faces up to 7 years in jail if convicted.

The incident took place shortly after 4 a.m. on June 6 when Crowe returned to the trendy SoHo hotel and became irritated when Estrada was unable to put through a call to Crowe's wife in Australia. Upset, Crowe pulled the telephone out of the wall, went to the lobby where he argued with Estrada and threw the phone at him.

The New Yorker magazine reported that Crowe was enraged because the hotel clerk dismissed his frustration by saying "whatever" -- a dismissive put-down.

Crowe, 41, is due back in court on September 14 to face criminal charges.

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Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz "bag ladies" -Valentino

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hollywood actresses Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz look like bag ladies compared with the glamorous stars of the past, fashion designer Valentino said in an interview with a German newspaper published on Wednesday.

"Today you see Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz running around looking unkempt in jogging trousers, they look like bag ladies, like homeless people. In the past you never saw that," Valentino was quoted as saying by weekly paper Die Zeit.

"In the past, actresses had to commit in their contracts to appear in public like stars when they left their homes," added the Italian, who dresses actress Gwyneth Paltrow and is often seen with her at red-carpet events like the Venice film festival.

Valentino made his name in the 1960s and designed the wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy for her marriage to Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

He still designs for the Valentino fashion group which was split from the textile holdings of its former parent company Marzotto earlier this year.

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Charlize Theron rules out wedding bells

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner Charlize Theron has played an astronaut's wife, a safecracker, serial killer and mine worker, but there is one off-camera role she never wants to give up -- that of a single woman.

In an interview airing on Tuesday for the syndicated TV show "Access Hollywood," the 30-year-old actress said matrimony is not for her.

"I'm happy for people who want to get married," the South African-born Theron said, but added, "It's not my thing."

The performer's comments came days after her mother, Gerda, got married again. Theron was 15 years old when her mother fatally shot her alcoholic father as he threatened the family in a drunken rage.

Although the actress sees no wedding bells in her own future, Theron said she remains committed to her boyfriend of four years, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, star of the new ABC television series "Night Stalker."

"I'm extremely happy in my relationship," she said. "I would love to have kids."

Theron, who won the Academy Award in 2004 as best actress for her role as a serial killer in "Monster," stars this month as a female miner who spearheaded one of the first major sexual harassment cases in the United States in "North Country."

Her films also include "The Astronaut's Wife," "The Cider House Rules" and "The Italian Job."

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Actress Tori Spelling and husband to divorce .

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Tori Spelling and her husband are getting divorced, just 15 months after they were married.

Actor-writer Charlie Shanian filed for divorce on Thursday, according to court papers filed in Los Angeles. Grounds for the split were not immediately known, but the couple have been living apart since August.

Spelling, 32, and Shanian were married in July 2004 at the Beverly Hills home of Spelling's TV producer father, Aaron Spelling. The couple met in 2002 while co-starring in a Los Angeles stage production.

Spelling spent 10 years in the hit series "Beverly Hills, 90210" and has also appeared in the movies "Scary Movie 2" and "Beverly Hills Troop."

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Britney baby photos 'are stolen'

Pictures of Britney Spears' month-old baby, taken during a shoot, have been stolen, her spokespeople have said.


Photos of the singer and her son were posted on the internet but removed after she threatened legal action.

A statement said use of the photos would be an "invasion of privacy".

"Anyone who publishes, sells or otherwise exploits any of these images in any way will be subject to liability and damages for wilful infringement of copyright."

It is not known whether the singer has approached the police to investigate the alleged theft.

Spears has kept her son Preston - her first child - away from the glare of the world's media.

The only images of the baby have been unauthorised grainy, long-distance shots published in celebrity magazines.

The baby's father is dancer Kevin Federline, Spears' husband since September 2004.

She confirmed her pregnancy in April following months of tabloid speculation.

Federline has two children by his ex-girlfriend, actress Shar Jackson, one of which was born after he and Spears started dating.

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Clooney denies London bar scuffle

George Clooney has denied a report that he was involved in a scuffle with a security guard outside a London bar.

The London Evening Standard claimed the actor got into a fight early on Friday morning after using the rear exit of the Meza bar to avoid photographers.

In a statement, 44-year-old Clooney said he "did not get into a fight", but was coming to the aid of a woman he believed was being mistreated.

"I won't stand by while someone is being insulted and maligned," he said.

Gala screening

The Hollywood star was in London's West End on Thursday night for a gala screening of his latest film, Good Night, And Good Luck, at the 49th London Film Festival.

The movie - Clooney's second as a director - is set during the early years of broadcast journalism in 1950s America.

A statement from his Los Angeles-based publicist, Stan Rosenfield, said the actor "did not get into a fight with a security guard", but did "get into an argument with someone connected with the movie".

"While it had nothing to do with the paparazzi, it did have everything to do with someone being unkind to a woman.

"While no punches were thrown, George told the person to knock it off," the statement added.

A spokeswoman for Meza said none of its staff were involved in an incident with Clooney, but the actor's British management had hired security guards for the reception.

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Christina Aguilera Marries

Christina Aguilera married her boyfriend, music executive Jordan Bratman, in northern California's Napa Valley on Saturday.

The nuptials took place at sunset under a mountainside tent at the Staglin Family Vineyards in Rutherford, Calif. The singer walked down the aisle in a Christian Lacroix gown; her bridesmaids wore dresses by Stevie Wonder's wife, designer Kai Milla.

Bride and groom exchanged wedding bands by London-based jeweler Stephen Webster, who also created Aguilera's five-carat, diamond-and-platinum engagement ring.

The wedding festivities began Thursday and included a lavish Friday-night rehearsal dinner at the Auberge du Soleil resort. Aguilera and Bratman had asked guests to make donations to Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief efforts.

Bratman, 28, and Aguilera, 24, became engaged on Feb. 11, while on vacation in Carmel, Calif. As PEOPLE reported, Bratman proposed in a hotel room filled with rose petals, red and pink balloons and gift boxes, each containing a present and a self-penned poem.

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