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Brad & Angelina Visit Pakistan

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt spent their Thanksgiving in Pakistan, where they met survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit the country in October.

Pitt and Jolie, a United Nations goodwill ambassador since in August 2001, traveled to the devastated town of Balakot, in North West Frontier Province, and a tent camp for quake survivors who lost their homes in the disaster, Reuters reports. The couple also "participated in an airlift of food, blankets and tarpaulins to a remote village," according to a statement released by the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.

"It's a huge situation ... nobody sitting at home has any idea what this really looks like. It's unbelievable," Jolie said Friday

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Elton John, Partner Set Date for Civil Union

Elton John and his longtime partner, David Furnish, are planning a small civil ceremony to seal their union next month.

The couple said earlier this summer that they would marry after laws recognizing gay partnerships go into effect in Britain. The ceremony will be held Dec. 21, the date the legislation goes into effect.

"It'll be a very small family affair and then in the evening there'll be a soiree somewhere, which we have yet to work out," John, 58, tells Attitude magazine, according to the Associated Press. "But the ceremony itself will be David's parents and my parents and the two of us. They'll be our witnesses. That's the way we want to do it. They've been so fantastic to us and so supportive. Out of respect for their support, we want to just keep it small. Not to make a ballyhoo of the ceremony."

Furnish, 43, a Canadian-born filmmaker, who made a documentary about John titled Tantrums & Tiaras in 1997, has been with the singer for 12 years.

"As far as I'm concerned, I've always considered myself committed to Elton and he's the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with," Furnish was quoted as saying.

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MOSTAR, Bosnia - Bosnia's southern town of Mostar unveiled the world's first statue of kung fu legend Bruce Lee on Saturday, paying homage to a childhood hero of all its divided ethnic groups.

The life-size 1.68 meter (5ft 7in) bronze statue is situated in Mostar's central park, close to the former front line of Bosnia's 1992-95 civil war. A decade after the conflict, Mostar's Muslim and Croat inhabitants remain deeply split.

Unveiled by its initiators, Veselin Gatalo and Nino Raspudic of Mostar's Urban Movement, the statue portrays the Chinese-American actor, who died 32 years ago, in a typical defensive fighting position.

"This does not mean that Bruce Lee will unite us, because people are different and cannot be united and we will always be Muslims, Serbs or Croats," Gatalo said. "But one thing we all have in common is Bruce Lee."

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Ellen: At Home, At Ease

Enjoying a career rebirth and the romance of her life, daytime TV’s new queen has never been happier

There are times when Ellen DeGeneres just has to dance. And then there are times when she actually, y’know, just wants to buy some bread. “I’m at the grocery store and people will go, ‘You’re not dancing!’ I’m like, ‘That’s because I’m shopping for groceries!’” says the comedian, who has made her feel-good footwork the hallmark of her daytime talk show.



I’ve learned from all the horrible things that happened to me that it only makes the good things better,” says DeGeneres (at home).

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Tom Cruise on Call in China

Tom Cruise on Call in China

Tom Cruise got grabby while in Shanghai on Wednesday.

When a reporter in the middle of a press conference took a phone call, the star reached over and removed the cell phone from the journalist's hand – and started speaking to the surprised woman on the other line.

"Hello. Xie xie. Ni hao. How are you?" said an amused Cruise, dressed in black, exhausting his limited Chinese vocabulary before going on to ask if the woman – the reporter's wife – was at work and about her marital status, the Associated Press reports.

Cruise and his crew were meeting the media after wrapping up two weeks of shooting for Mission: Impossible III. In China, where Cruise is accompanied by pregnant fiancee Katie Holmes, he is known affectionately as "Tang Ge," or "Big Brother Tom," and big brother told the press there that he and Holmes have yet to set a wedding date but reiterated that it will happen next year.

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منابع بيمارستانی در بمبئی، هند، گفته اند که وضعيت آميتا باچان، ستاره مشهور سينمايی هند (بالی وود) که يک عمل جراحی را پشت سر گذاشته است، خوب است.
آقای باچان چهارشنبه (30 نوامبر) شب بخاطر ابتلا به التهاب روده در بيمارستان بستری شد. آقای باچان که 63 سال دارد، از روز يکشنبه گذشته (27 نوامبر) بيمار بود و در دهلی تحت مراقبتهای پزشکی قرار داشت.

بر اساس گزارشها علاقه مندان به آقای باچان در اطراف بيمارستانی که او در آن بستری است جمع شده اند. همين گزارشها می گويند که در ديگر نقاط هند هواداران آقای باچان برای سلامتی وی دعا کرده اند.

در همين حال همين گزارشها حاکيست که تعدادی از هنرپيشگان هندی از آقای پاچان عيادت کرده اند.

آقای باچان در سه روز آينده در بخش مراقبتهای ويژه بيمارستان "ليلاويتی" بسر خواهد برد.

آقای باچان در بيش از 100 فيلم بازی کرده است.

وی هنوز هم فعال است و در سال 2005 دست کم در 11 فيلم نقش آفرينی کرده است.

بسياری از ايرانيان آقای باچان را در فيلم معروف "شعله" که يکی از معروفترين فيلمهای او و يکی از بهترين فيلمهای هندی در دهه 70 ميلادی است، می شناسند

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Brad Pitt to Adopt Angelina Jolie's Kids

Brad Pitt has started the process to adopt Angelina Jolie's two kids, the actor's publicist informed the Associated Press on Friday.

A legal petition seeking to change the names of the children to Zahara Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt was filed in Los Angeles, publicist Cindy Guagenti said in a written statement.

"We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children," the statement said. "No further comment is being made."

Jolie, who is a single mom to Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 11 months, told PEOPLE at the first annual Worldwide Orphans Foundation benefit on Oct. 24 that she wants to adopt again.

"I'm planning on it," Jolie said. "Most of the night I just thought about how quickly I want to adopt again. It's a very special thing. There's something about making a choice, waking up and traveling somewhere and finding your family."

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'Alias' star Jennifer Garner gives birth

LOS ANGELES - "Alias" star Jennifer Garner has given birth to her first child, a daughter, with actor-husband Ben Affleck, US Weekly magazine reported on Thursday.

A publicist for Garner, 33, could not immediately be reached for comment. Affleck's representative declined comment on the report.

Us Weekly reported on its Web site that the birth came after doctors induced labor at a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday night, a week before Garner's expected due date. The magazine quoted an unidentified friend of the couple as saying Affleck, 33, was with his spouse "the entire time."

The couple simultaneously announced their marriage, and Garner's pregnancy, in June. The pair were widely reported to have begun dating last year, months after Affleck and former girlfriend Jennifer Lopez called off their highly publicized engagement.

Affleck and Garner first worked together on the 2001 film "Pearl Harbor" and co-starred in the 2003 superhero action film "Daredevil," leading to Garner's big-screen spin-off role in this year's "Elektra."

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Athina Onassis to Wed Brazilian Horseman

Set to wed in Brazil Saturday: Greek billionaire Athina Roussel Onassis, 20, granddaughter and sole heiress of the late shipping magnate (and onetime husband of Jacqueline Kennedy) Aristotle Onassis, and Brazilian equestrian star Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda, the 32-year-old son of an insurance company owner.

Clearly, this will be no ordinary ceremony. The wedding will be held at the Maria Luiza and Oscar Americano Foundation, an 18.5-acre spread that includes a museum, a tea house and a cultural center.

The wedding will be a "family affair" attended by some 750 guests, according to the groom's father, Ricardo Miranda. At least 400 private security guards will be deployed to protect the guests – who must first pass through two metal detectors – and keep out paparazzi.

The bride, who was raised in Switzerland by her French-born father, Thierry Roussel, and inherited an estimated $2.7 billion from her grandfather on her 18th birthday, will wear a dress by Valentino, the elder Miranda said. It remains to be seen whether Roussel, who engaged in a bitter legal battle against the estate to stake a claim in the Onassis fortune, will attend his daughter's wedding.

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Marilyn Manson Marries Girlfriend in Ireland

Rocker Marilyn Manson married his longtime girlfriend, burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, on Saturday in front of some 60 guests as fans and well wishers gathered outside, PEOPLE has learned.

The ceremony took place in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Ireland, at Castle Gurteen, the home of the couple's friend, artist Gottfried Helnwein. Contrary to rumors that the pair would exchange their blood during the ceremony, they actually traded vows they wrote for each other.

Manson (real name Brian Warner), 36, gave Von Teese (real name: Heather Sweet), 33, a wedding band from William Harold Jewelers in Newport Beach, Calif., where he also got her 7-carat, antique, European round-cut diamond engagement ring. The groom's wedding band is a custom-made platinum ring with onyx inlay from Dana Schneider.

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Adam Sandler to Be Big Daddy

Adam Sandler is going to be a real-life Big Daddy. The comedian's wife Jackie is expecting the couple's first child, due next spring, a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE.

On Friday night, Sandler had his annual holiday party at a rec center in Burbank with food, bowling and ice skating. His wife was there, and "she looked radiant," the source says.

Sandler, 39, and Jackie, 31, wed on June 22, 2003 at Dick Clark's oceanfront Malibu estate before 400 guests – among them Jennifer Aniston, Brendan Fraser, Dustin Hoffman, Rodney Dangerfield, Sharon Osbourne and Rob Schneider.

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Aniston Lawyer Warns of Topless Photos

Jennifer Aniston's lawyers are sending out a warning to the media not to buy photos from a paparazzo who allegedly took telephoto pictures of Jennifer Aniston sunbathing topless at her Southern California home.

Aniston's legal team says publications on both sides of the Atlantic could face invasion-of-privacy lawsuits if they use the shots, according to a letter obtained by the Smoking Gun Web site.

"If you are approached and offered the right to acquire and publish (any) of the photographs," reads the letter from Aniston attorney John Lavely, "please inform the undersigned of the name and contact information of any person or persons who are offering to sell or license any of the photographs."

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Christina Applegate's Hubby Seeks Divorce

Christina Applegate's husband of four years, actor Johnathon Schaech, filed for divorce Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

According to a statement released by their publicist: "After four years of marriage, actors Johnathon Schaech and Christina Applegate have filed for divorce. The decision is mutual. We have no further comment at this time."

Schaech, 36, who appeared in the movie That Thing You Do! and is in pre-production with Road House 2: Last Call, cited irreconcilable differences, say the court papers.

Applegate, 34, whose credits include Married ... With Children and last year's Anchorman, is currently on Broadway in a revival of Sweet Charity, which will run until the end of this month. Her debut in the show last spring was delayed when she sprained her ankle during out-of-town tryouts. She earned a Tony nomination for the role.

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Inside Britney & Kevin's Blowup

With the sleepless nights, dirty diapers and high emotions that accompany young parenthood, perhaps the big blowup was inevitable.

On Nov. 30 Britney Spears and her husband, Kevin Federline, had such a heated argument that, a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE in its latest issue, Spears dropped the D-word, and Federline bolted from their Malibu home.

"She wanted a divorce," says a friend of Spears's. And, says a source close to Federline, "when she's upset with him, he likes to give her some space. I don't think she's upset with him because of something specific he's done. I think she's overwhelmed with her new lifestyle – being a wife and mother – and sometimes takes it out on the people who she's closest to and who she knows will stick around."

Spears's way of taking it out on her husband? By showing up that night at the L.A. club LAX and dancing into the wee hours with friends. "It was definitely a girls' night out," says an LAX partner. "Kevin was being punished."

Of course, Federline, 27, didn't seem too tortured during his own marathon of clubbing in Vegas a few days later: First he and his all-male entourage hit Pure Nightclub, where he caught up with Nicole Richie's fiancé, DJ AM, then partied at the club Tao Las Vegas until 4 a.m.