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پاملا اندرسون، بازيگر کانادايی بر روی يک قايق تفريحی در منطقه توريستی سن تروپه در جنوب فرانسه، دومين ازدواج خود را جشن گرفت.
اين بازيگر 39 ساله با کيد راک، خواننده 35 ساله موسيقی رپ، پس از سالها رابطه عاشقانه نه چندان مداوم، ازدواج کرد.

اندرسون و همسرش پس از پايان دادن به نامزدی شان در سال 2003؛ اخيرا بار ديگر رابطه عاشقانه ديگری برقرار کردند.

او درباره ازدواجش در وب سايتش نوشته "من عاشقم، من خوشبختم و روشنايی را می بينم. (اين سخنان) به نظر دراماتيک می آيد، اما حقيقت دارد. "

اندرسون و کيد راک که نام اصلی اش رابرت ريچی است سالهای زيادی با هم دوست بوده اند. اين دو پس از جدايی در سال 2003، چند ماه ها گذشته را در جنوب فرانسه با هم گذرانده اند و هفته گذشته برای دومين بار نامزدی خود را اعلام کردند.

اندرسون شهرت جهانی اش را مديون بازی در مجموعه تلويزيونی Baywatch است که در سالهای 1990 پخش می شد و ماجرای آن در يک ساحل تفریحی و درباره گروهی از ناجيان غريق بود.

نخستين ازدواج اندرسون با تامی لی، ستاره موسيقی راک بود که در سال 1998 به طلاق انجاميد. اين دو در سال 1995 با يکديگر ازدواج کرده بودند و حاصل اين ازدواج دو پسر - براندون 10 ساله و ديلان 8 ساله - است.

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Actor Jean Reno Weds

French actor Jean Reno, star of such films as The Big Blue, Leon and The Da Vinci Code, married model and actress Zofia Borucka, 35, on Saturday in a hilltop village in the south of France.

The wedding, witnessed by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and singer Johnny Hallyday, took place in the town hall of Les Baux de Provence, near Avignon, a day before the star's 58th birthday.

The ceremony was conducted by the mayor of Les Baux, Gerard Jouve, a friend of the actor's.

Born Don Juan Moreno y Jederique Jimenez in Morocco to Spanish parents, Reno came to France as a teenager. After drama studies in Paris, he worked in French theater and television before landing his first film role in 1979.

Some of his most successful and critically acclaimed roles have been in films directed by Luc Besson.

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Lindsay Back to Work as Mom Shields Her

Lindsay Lohan's mother, Dina Lohan, says "there is only so much a child can take" in response to a studio executive's charge that the 19-year-old star was "irresponsible and unprofessional" when she didn't show up for work on her movie Georgia Rule.

In a letter delivered to Lindsay on Thursday, James G. Robinson, CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, scolded her for calling in sick on Wednesday to the set. "We are well aware that your ongoing all-night heavy partying is the real reason for your so-called 'exhaustion,' " he wrote.

"My daughter is a wonderful child," Dina Lohan tells PEOPLE, saying of the attention paid to what has transpired between Lindsay and Robinson: "This is too much."

As it is, Lindsay – who was briefly hospitalized early Wednesday morning for being "overheated and dehydrated," according to her rep – has returned to work and made Robinson happy, he tells trade publication the Hollywood Reporter.

Yet as the dust was still settling, Dina Lohan fumed about Robinson in an interview set to air Monday on TV's Access Hollywood: "Maybe he has personal issues with whomever, and it came out with my child. I don't know him. I can't judge him. I don't think it was a smart thing to do to a young girl," Dina tells the show.

Speaking to PEOPLE about her remarks to Access, Dina Lohan says, "It's so ridiculous, that I'm over it. … Basically, I have no comment about the letter."

Describing the circumstances that she said led up to the incident, "On the set it was 105 degrees," she tells PEOPLE. "And she has bronchial asthma – so any extreme heat or cold, she can't breathe."

On top of which, says her mom, Lindsay "was wearing winter clothes and she was telling people, 'I need water, I need water.' And they just want to get the shot, want to get the shot."

The elder Lohan said Lindsay was physically affected "after she had left (the set) and went home."

Speaking to Access, Dina said, "I'm a mother and will do what I need to do to protect my child. … She's a human being. There was one day when she was late, and they (director Garry Marshall and costar Jane Fonda) worked the schedule around her. Garry, Jane, everybody loves her."

And now, apparently, so does Robinson. "I've never had a minute's trouble with her. She's every inch a lady," the film executive told the Hollywood Reporter on Friday. "I felt I needed to remind her of her obligations to show up."

Robinson informed the Reporter that Lohan returned to work on Thursday without incident. As for why he took the step of writing the letter – which then became public after its posting on the Smoking Gun Web site – Robinson said: "I'm just trying to get the movie made. I did what I felt I needed to do on behalf of the movie and on behalf of her, too. I wanted to set some limits."

Besides, according to Robinson, "It was not a nasty letter. It was, 'Come on be a professional.' We're halfway through with six weeks to go. There's no turning back. I wrote the letter; it was from me, not some damn attorney. She showed up. That's all I cared about."

Going Robinson one better, Dina Lohan told Access of her daughter's work in Georgia Rule: "She will win an Academy Award for this picture. ... Justice!"

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Shak i r a Tops MTV Award Nominations

MTV announced its nominees for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards on Monday, with Sha***a and the Red Hot Chili Peppers leading the list with seven nominations each.

Both will compete for video of the year – the Peppers' "Dani California" and Sha***a's "Hips Don't Lie" will go up against Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man," Madonna's "Hung Up" and Panic! At The Disco's "I Write Sins Not Tragedies."

Sha***a and Aguilera are also in the running for best female video, along with Kelly Clarkson ("Because of You"), Nelly Furtado ("Promiscuous") and Madonna – whose "Hung Up" is also in the running for best dance video, best pop video and best choreography.

In third place with four nominations, Aguilera earned nods for best pop video and best choreography in addition to video of the year and best female video.

Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me" is up for best male video against James Blunt's "You're Beautiful," Kanye West's "Gold Digger," T.I.'s "What You Know" and Busta Rhymes's "Touch It Remix."

Best group video contenders are the Chili Peppers, Panic! At the Disco, the All-American Rejects ("Move Along"), Fall Out Boy ("Dance, Dance") and Gnarls Barkley ("Crazy").

Scheduled to air live at 8 p.m. ET on Aug. 31, the 2006 MTV VMAs will take place at New York City's Radio City Music Hall and include performances by Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Panic! At The Disco, the Killers and rappers T.I. and Ludacris.

The Raconteurs, fronted by the White Stripes' Jack White, will provide the show's "soundtrack," according to MTV.

For the first time, viewers may vote for their favorite videos in each category through Aug. 20 by visiting MTV's Web site. Voting for the viewer's choice award is open from Aug. 7-31.

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Mel Gibson In Rehab for Alcoholism

Mel Gibson has sought treatment for alcoholism, his rep, Alan Nierob, tells PEOPLE.

"He definitely entered a program," said Nierob, who wouldn't identify or describe the program or say how long Gibson planned to be there.

Gibson was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Malibu early Friday morning.

On Saturday, he issued a statement apologizing for his behavior after the arrest.

The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department turned its case over to the district attorney Monday. The DA's office is now reviewing the information to determine whether to press charges.

Controversy erupted this weekend over allegations that the Sheriff's Department sanitized an arrest report containing anti-Semitic and sexist remarks that Gibson allegedly made while in custody.

DA spokesperson Jane Robison tells PEOPLE, "We believe we received a complete report, but can't comment on the details of it." An arraignment is set for Sept. 28.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Disney said Monday that the studio plans to release Gibson's latest film, Apocalypto, as scheduled on Dec. 8.

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Paris Says She's Back with Stavros – For Now

Paris Hilton is back together with her ex-boyfriend, Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos – at least for now.

"We're together now here. We love each other," Hilton, who, like Niarchos, is in Saint-Tropez, told PEOPLE on Monday at Diddy's Unforgettable 50 party aboard a rented yacht.

While talking to PEOPLE, Hilton paused for a moment to call Niarchos on her PDA. "Stav, where are you, baby?" she said. "Come on over. I love you."

Seconded Hilton's friend, Carolina D'Amore, "They love each other very much."

On Saturday night, Hilton was seen partying with Niarchos at the VIP Room nightclub, where she treated him to a pole dance. The following night they kissed at the nearby club Les Caves du Roy.

Hilton, 25, and Stavros, 21, split in May after seven months of dating.
Niarchos was previously involved with Mary-Kate Olsen. After his split from Hilton, he was spotted partying with Lindsay Lohan.

Hilton was previously engaged to Paris Latsis, also a Greek shipping heir.

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Elizabeth Hurley to Get Married 'Very Soon'

Elizabeth Hurley says she plans to marry her boyfriend of three years, Indian businessman Arun Nayar, in the near future.

"I can't reveal the date, but it's very close," Hurley, 41, tells the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. "And we are also thinking of having a child."

Last May, Hurley told PEOPLE that she and Nayar "absolutely" would like to have a child together.

Hurley, who models for Jordache and starred in such movies as 1999's Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and 2000's Bedazzled, previously dated Hugh Grant from 1987 to 2000.

In 2002 she had a son, Damian Charles, now 4, with film producer Steve Bing.

"I can't boast about being a single mother because it is a choice I would never have made spontaneously: I'm not that type of woman," Hurley tells Italian Vanity Fair.

"I found myself in this situation, to my surprise and despite myself, and I tried to face the situation," she continues. "But it was hard. ... In any case, I wouldn't change a single thing of what happened. My life with Damian has been splendid. He is the perfect child."

Asked by the magazine how it will feel to be married for the first time at 41, Hurley says, "I'll tell you once I'm married. But I lived with Hugh Grant for 13 years; we were like husband and wife. I don't think there is a big difference."

Hurley met Nayar shortly after her son was born. The couple made one of their first public outings in April 2003 at a charity ball at New York City, where an observer told PEOPLE, "(Arun) was happy and smiling. It was obvious that they were very much together."

The couple, along with Damian, often spend time at the actress's English countryside farm, which they share with 120 pedigreed cows and a flock of sheep.

"I'll take Damian out on the tractor while Elizabeth cooks," Nayar told PEOPLE last May of their life out of the spotlight. "It's a bit like the Waltons."

Hurley added at the time, "I love my life. I couldn't be happier."

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Tommy: I'm Stricter Than Pam with Kids

While his ex-wife Pamela Anderson honeymoons with Kid Rock – the pair tied the knot in Saint-Tropez last weekend – rocker Tommy Lee is dishing on parenting to TV's Extra.

Saying that he and Anderson, who were married from 1995 to 1998, share the responsibilities of raising of their sons Brandon, 10, and Dylan, 8, Lee tells Extra, "I think I am (the stricter parent)."

Anderson "kind of lets them get away with murder," Lee says, adding, "I think it's a combined effort, (but) they are very spoiled.”

As for his hard-partying reputation, he says, "You have kids and you realize you can't be that guy 24/7. You can be that guy when it's time and you have to be a dad when it's time."

Anderson now has another youngster in her life: Rock's 16-year-old son, Robert James Ritchie Jr., whose mother is Kelly South Russell, a Detroit auto worker.

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Idol's Elliott Yamin Meets Fan with Leukemia

Former American Idol contestant Elliott Yamin helped one special fan's dream come true over the weekend.

The singer, who was the third runner-up in the most recent season, spent time backstage in Richmond, Va. during the "American Idols Live" tour with Amanda Jones, a die-hard fan who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Jones, 19, from Jonesboro, Ark., tells PEOPLE that when she received her diagnosis just two weeks ago, she had two questions for her doctors: 1. Is the disease curable? 2. Could she go to Richmond, Va., to see the "American Idols Live" tour?

"I had to see my Idol in his hometown," says Jones, referring to Yamin, a Richmond native.

Not only did she make it to Richmond on Saturday night, but thanks to a connection through a Yamin fan forum, she snagged a backstage pass from a friend of Yamin's who'd heard about Jones's leukemia diagnosis.

"He is, by far, one of the sweetest people I ever met," says Jones. "He was rubbing my back and told me not to worry and that everything would be okay."

Jones is such a big fan of Yamin's that, in May, she camped out at Graceland in Memphis to catch a glimpse of him when the top Idol contenders visited Elvis's former home.

Now, she says, "He's my hero. He went through so much in his childhood, struggled through so much, and in the end, he came out on top. That's what I pray and hope I can do."

Yamin, 28, suffers from Type 1 diabetes and is 90 percent deaf in his right ear. After a series of childhood ear infections and ear-drum replacement surgery at 13, "it just hasn't worked right," he told PEOPLE in March. As for being able to sing in spite of that, "I don't know how to explain it, because I'm not a religious person. It's a gift."

Backstage, Yamin signed Jones's program, writing: "Amanda, thank you for all your support. I thank you for driving a long way to see us. God bless you, sweetheart." In return, Jones gave him a card and a LiveStrong bracelet.

As she turned to leave, Yamin hugged her one more time. "That just boosted me up," Jones tells PEOPLE. "I forgot I was the kid with leukemia."

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Film-maker Mel Gibson has admitted making anti-Semitic remarks during his drink-driving arrest - but has said they do not reflect his true feelings.
"There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark," he said in a statement.

"Please know from my heart I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith."

The 50-year-old issued an apology to "everyone in the Jewish community".

He also asked to meet Jewish leaders in order to have "a one-on-one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing".

The Oscar-winning director was stopped early on Friday after driving at 87mph in a 45mph zone in Malibu, California.

I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display

Mel Gibson


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During his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, he made what he has described as "vitriolic and harmful" statements to officer James Mee.

"I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display," he said.

He conceded that he had offended the Jewish community and asked them to help him on his "journey through recovery".

"I am a public person, and when I say something... my words carry weight in the public arena," he said.

"I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologise directly to those who have been hurt and offended."

Widespread criticism

Mr Gibson repeated an earlier statement given by his publicist Alan Nierob saying he had begun "an ongoing programme of recovery".

"What I am now realising is that I cannot do it alone."

Reports of his anti-Semitic remarks have provoked widespread criticism and a Holocaust mini-series his production company Icon was developing with the ABC TV network has been cancelled.

But an ABC spokesman declined to discuss whether the decision was related to the film-maker's arrest or comments.

The entertainment industry cannot idly stand by and allow Mel Gibson to get away with such tragically inflammatory statements

Ari Emanuel, talent agent


Hollywood's reaction to Gibson's outburst

In an earlier statement, Mr Gibson put his "belligerent" behaviour down to a "horrific relapse" in his battle with alcoholism.

Influential talent agent Ari Emanuel has called for the movie community to boycott his future projects.

"At a time of escalating tensions in the world, the entertainment industry cannot idly stand by and allow Mel Gibson to get away with such tragically inflammatory statements," he wrote on the Huffington Post weblog.

The star of the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films won a best director Oscar for his 1995 film Braveheart, in which he also starred.

His new film Apocalypto is due to be released in the US on 8 December.

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Searching for signs of life after death

Nearly every Friday night, a team of self-described ghost hunters hits the cemetery and spookiest spots in Tracy to look for signs of life after death. They call themselves Project Mayhem, and so far, they've haven't had a face-to-face meeting with anything that even resembles a quivering, howling ectoplasm or ghost — unless you consider the strange, soft whisperings of unseen people as evidence of contact with another world. The work is called "electronic voice phenomena," or EVP, as portrayed in the 2005 movie "White Noise," and the people involved try to pick up communication by spirits through tape recorders and other electronic devices."We lost; we lost them all," one disembodied voice said recently — recorded on a tiny pocket-sized flash memory device during a foray into Tracy's cemetery."Lost what?" You might ask. "The big game? A series of big games?""We really don't understand what we record," 19-year-old Kevin Grigsby said.He said the team, which includes Brad Corbet, 18; Ricky Hyppa, 18; and Cohen DeYoung, 18; are simply out to collect evidence and bring it back to a skeptical and scared world.

"Most people are too afraid to go out and do it themselves," Corbet admits. So he's got himself a niche market. In a way, the teens are budding entrepreneurs, convinced that people are willing to pay to have "experts" spend a few hours in places where even the brave dare not go.But mostly, it seems like the boys are having harmless fun. The police have warned them to be careful, they said, and they've found themselves explaining why they're hanging around abandoned hotels and cemeteries.

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Secrets of a neolithic time machine

A spectacular discovery of Stone Age menhirs in Brittany could unlock the code to one of the most puzzling chapters of human development, and transform our knowledge of mankind's early history. Some months ago builders were clearing a piece of wasteland in southern Brittany when they struck an enormous hunk of granite. The developer was no historian but he knew instantly what the obstacle must be: the remains of a buried "menhir" or neolithic standing stone. He ordered a bulldozer to shove the stone underground again before any passing busybody spotted it. He did not want the work on his six seaside bungalows to be halted for a prolonged archaeological dig.Brittany, he probably reasoned, is crammed with old stones. At Carnac - the largest neolithic site in the world, just down the road - there is a linear forest of 3,000 menhirs in the space of four kilometres. Was that not enough ancient monuments to satisfy the historians, the tourists and the Ministry of Culture in Paris?

Too late. A passing busy-body had noticed the unearthed menhir. Work on the bungalows was halted. An archaeological dig was ordered.As a result, our knowledge of early human history may be transformed - or at least deeply enriched. Preliminary exploration of the site has just been completed. One of France's foremost experts on neolithic times calls the results a "miracle". Other experts speak of a "time machine".

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USAF 'secrets' revealed

Don't dismiss all those flying saucer stories you've read in the tabloids until you hear what military aerospace historian Michael Schratt has to say. He addressed a small audience Sunday at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture museum to discuss the United States' long-running classified military aircraft programs. Schratt of Illinois passed out a postcard depicting a curious-looking U.S. Air Force circular-wing jet aircraft that had supposedly been spotted by a jet pilot and later photographed outside the MacDill AFB salvage yard in 1967. They measured 20, 40, 70 and 116 feet in diameter and all had tricycle landing gear with control surfaces running along the circumference of the disc. Schratt said some aircraft projects are so top secret that not event the President knows about them. He suggested the Air Force was able to finance these programs by siphoning money from other documented programs throughout the years. It's high time for the Air Force to declassify information on this aircraft and others, he said.

It would not be a threat to public safety to do so, and could improve life on this planet by furthering a better understanding of space flight, he said. Jim Upton of California had seen Schratt's website, www.usafflyingsaucers.com and wanted to hear him speak. When he finished listening to Schratt's hour-long talk Upton wasn't so sure he bought it all. "He gave a good survey of various (Air Force) programs over time, but some of that stuff is just way out there," Upton said. Upton questioned the authenticity of the photo of the circular aircraft on the postcard Schratt handed out. Schratt spoke about various secret aircraft programs and the costs for some of them. He said each B-2 stealth bomber costs $2.3 billion or "more than its own weight in gold." Upton had no quibble with some of Schratt's observations. "The second half of his talk was just a whole lot of speculation," Upton said.

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Lost Star's Mystery Date

What was Lost's Naveen Andrews – who's dated Barbara Hershey since 1998 – doing on Manhattan Beach on Saturday with a mystery blonde?

"I have no comment," his rep tells PEOPLE in its new issue. "Naveen and Barbara are still together."

In fact, during a PEOPLE interview just hours before the beach romp, Andrews, 37 – who plays former Iraqi soldier Sayid on the hit ABC drama – insisted all was well. "(My private life) seems to be dysfunctional," he said, "(but) what's actually going on. … is good and pure."

In January, Andrews admitted he'd fathered a baby boy with another woman during a brief 2005 split from Hershey, 58. "I have every intention of assuming appropriate responsibility for the child," he said in a statement at the time.

The British-born actor also said that he and Hershey had worked things out and remained committed to their relationship.

Over the years, Andrews's love life has taken some movie-worthy twists, including a romance with a math teacher at his London high school that began in his late teens.

Though Geraldine Feakins was 15 years older, "I must stress that we didn't begin living together until I was over 18," Andrews told PEOPLE last year, refuting tabloid reports that had them moving in together when he was 16.

That six-year union produced a son, Jaisal, now 13 and living with his mother. "We see each other every school holiday," Andrews said.

At age 29, Andrews met Hershey, who was 50 at the time (and the mother of a son, Tom, now 32, from her relationship with Kung Fu star David Carradine in the '70s) on the set of the obscure 1999 indie film Drowning on Dry Land.

Hershey and Andrews in 2005

Photo by: AXELLE / BAUER-GRIFFIN
"I've always liked women who are older," Andrews told PEOPLE. "They seem to know who they are, and they've lived. They've got soul, and that's very attractive."

However, he admitted to some strains in his relationship with Hershey, especially with him spending much of his time in Oahu, where Lost is filmed. "It requires a constant effort to make sure you see each other," he said. "Our limit is usually three weeks apart."

When the couple get together in Hawaii or L.A., their permanent home, "we basically shut down, and it's just us," Andrews said. "We don't really go out on the (party) scene at all. We go to bookshops."

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Mel Gibson Charged with Drunken Driving

Mel Gibson has been charged with misdemeanor drunken driving, having an elevated blood-alcohol level and having an open container of liquor in his car.

Gibson "was charged with one misdemeanor count each of driving under the influence and driving while having a .08 percent or higher blood alcohol content," said Deputy District Attorney Ralph Shapiro, the deputy in charge of the Malibu office, in a statement issued Wednesday.

"In addition, Gibson was charged with driving with an open container, an infraction of the vehicle code."

The statement continues, "Gibson was stopped about 2:09 a.m. Friday on Pacific Coast Highway after a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy allegedly observed him driving his 2006 Lexus LS at more than 85 mph. An open bottle of tequila allegedly was found in his car.

"He was released on Friday on his own recognizance. His arraignment is set for Sept. 28 in Malibu Superior Court, Division 3. If convicted, he's facing up to six months in county jail."