Entourage bosses have brushed off reports Hollywood heart-throb Robert Pattinson is set to make a cameo in the upcoming series finale of the hit TV show.

The Twilight star was reported to be following in the footsteps of Jessica Alba and Matt Damon, who have previously shot scenes for the drama, by appearing in the last episode of the seventh season, which airs in the U.S. on Sunday.

Pattinson was slated to play Jeremy Piven's character, talent agent Ari Gold's most difficult client, but heads at TV network HBO have slammed the reports, saying: "Sorry, not true."

Rapper Eminem and singer Christina Aguilera are confirmed to appear in this week's star-studded episode.

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Dennis Rodman made some sweet music for shocked revellers at a New York hotel after he accidentally broadcast his racy bedroom endeavours over the microphone system.

The legendary Lothario was partying at the Hotel Indigo in New York's posh Hampton Bays area on Sunday when he disappeared into his suite accompanied by six girls.

But the former basketball champ made a private clinch into a public spectacle when he started talking dirty to his haremwithout realising he had a cordless mic in his pocket.

Rodman's raunchy words were heard by partygoers who were still enjoying the bash around the hotel's poolbefore red-faced bosses swiftly moved to unplug the speaker system.

A source tells New York Post gossip column PageSix, "Rodman had quite a lot to drink and had been making shout-outs on the mike. He headed up to his room with six girls. Then, the next thing you could hear through the speakers downstairs was Rodman describing in full sexual detail what he wanted to do to them. Organisers pulled the plug before it got any dirtier."

A rep for Rodman explains, "He was unaware of the microphone being turned on… I do know he had a few drinks in him."

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The millionairess, who starred in U.K. TV soap opera Hollyoaks and is one of supermodel Kate Moss' closest friends, formally ended her marriage to Gardner earlier this year.

Their divorce sparked a bitter battle over their three-year-old sonand in a rare ruling, a judge this week (beg06Sep10) awarded custody of the boy to Gardner, who is a close pal of soccer superstar David Beckham.

According to Britain's Daily Mail, Taylor will only be allowed access to her child every other weekend.

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The Queen star Dame Helen Mirren was not amused by the original Arthur movieinsisting she didn't find Dudley Moore's legendary role "remotely funny".

The Oscar-winner was the surprise choice to play loyal valet Hobson in the remake of the 1981 comedy classic alongside British funnyman Russell Brandwho will provide his own portrayal of Moore's beloved boozy socialite.

And the actress is adamant the new adaptation will not tarnish the original's popularitybecause she found the story of a diminutive alcoholic a bore.

She tells Britain's Daily Express, "I just didn't think a film about a drunken small guy was remotely funny. The reality about alcoholics is that they're boring and tedious."

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The Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery star was being driven in her Lexus Slx through Los Angeles when her chauffeur had to stop at a police checkpoint.

Cops issued the man with a citation and seized the car after discovering his licence was invalid.

Glamour model Margolis then had to pick her vehicle up from the car pound and pay a $246 (£164) fee, reports TMZ.com.

She tells the website, "(The cops) probably could have stopped my car from being towed from the location, but everyone was busy taking photos with me and asking for autographs. They lost track of what was happening with the car."

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ISLAMABAD – Angelina Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church’s threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The 35-year-old actress spoke out against the proposed burning during a trip to Pakistan to raise awareness about the floods that have devastated the largely Muslim country over the last six weeks. She visited in her capacity as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.’s refugee agency.

Jolie’s criticism echoed that of top U.S. officials, who have described the church’s plan as a disgraceful act and have even warned that it could endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Americans worldwide.

“I have hardly the words that somebody would do that to somebody’s religious book,” Jolie told reporters in Islamabad after visiting refugees camps in northwestern Pakistan — one of the areas of the country hit hardest by the floods.

The Christian minister organizing the Quran burning, Pastor Terry Jones, has said he plans to go ahead in spite of concerns. He is part of the Dove World Outreach Center, a tiny, evangelical Christian church in Gainesville, Florida, with an anti-Islam philosophy.

The issue has not gotten much attention in Pakistan, where officials and residents have been trying to cope with the devastation caused by floods that first hit the country at the end of July following extremely heavy monsoon rains. The floodwaters have killed more than 1,700 people and have affected over 18 million others.

“I was shocked especially by how high the floodwaters went,” said Jolie, who wore a long dress and covered her hair with a black scarf in keeping with local Muslim custom. “In some of the people’s houses, it was nine feet (three meters) high.”

U.N. officials have expressed hope that Jolie’s visit would help spark the fundraising campaign to help Pakistan, which has stalled in recent days. The U.N. issued an appeal for $460 million in emergency funds on Aug. 11, but only $294 million, or 64 percent, has been received so far even though it is one of the worst natural disasters in recent years.

“There’s lots of speculation about why this one has not gotten the attention it deserves,” Jolie said. “Even all of the wonderful coverage … is not getting the response that usually it’s able to get.”

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VENICE – A film based on the true story of Saartjie Baartman, a woman brought from what is now South Africa to Europe in the early 1800s and paraded as a freak of nature thanks to her appearance, has impressed audiences in Venice.

"Venus Noire," directed by Tunisian-born Abdellatif Kechiche, is one of 24 films in competition at the annual festival, and the warm reaction after press screenings suggests it is a favorite for awards at Saturday's closing ceremony.

Yahima Torres plays Baartman, the so-called "Hottentot Venus" who travelled to London in 1810 and Paris several years later in the hope of making a fortune with which to return to her homeland.

The movie, which recalls elements of the 1980 picture "The Elephant Man," opens with Baartman playing the part of a tamed savage before a raucous London crowd which is at turns repulsed and fascinated by her figure and behavior.

Both slave to an avaricious master and willing participant in a lucrative trade, Baartman has some control over her destiny. But after moving to Paris her exposure becomes increasingly cruel and humiliating and she dies as a prostitute.

After her death, French scientists pored over her remains, preserving her brain and genitals for posterity and theorizing that she was closer to apes than European humans and therefore from an inferior race.

ECHOES TODAY

For Kechiche, the story of cruelty and intolerance has repercussions today.

"I don't think it's a coincidence that the theories of the scientists of the past are echoed and have been echoed very recently, at the dawn of Fascism in Europe, for example," Kechiche told reporters in Venice.

"I felt it a sort of moral duty to bear witness to these things that are happening up to today," he added.

"At this particular point in time, I find myself very concerned, indeed anguished by the images that I see of the expulsions," he said, an apparent reference to the recent repatriation of Roma to eastern Europe by France.

"I would like to say, unfortunately, the film is part of contemporary society. It's very relevant to contemporary society."

Kechiche was first drawn to making a movie about Baartman when South Africa asked France to return her remains, which had been on display at the Musee de l'Hommme in Paris until the mid-1970s.

They were returned to South Africa in 2002 and buried in the Cape Province where she was born.

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ISLAMABAD – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie urged people on Wednesday to put aside corruption fears and donate cash to help Pakistan's 21 million flood victims, as she ended a tour of areas devastated by deluges.

Pakistan's government has been heavily criticised at home and abroad over perceived corruption, which many attribute to the slow pace of donations to the UN's flood appeal, which has raised two thirds of its 460 million dollar goal.

"I don't want some people to use it (corruption) as an excuse not to give assistance," Jolie told reporters at the UN refugee agency's Islamabad office.

"I have seen what they have done in the field. I've physically seen people assisted, so if you are nervous about giving money directly in one way there are other ways to do it," she said.

There have been allegations that aid funds have been mishandled since the start of the floods crisis six weeks ago, and despite massive relief efforts by the UN, United States and other donors, the UN has spoken of Pakistan's "image deficit" affecting donations.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said its own appeal is only half-funded, and Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said extra monies were "still stagnating".

Jolie, clad in a grey dress and black head scarf, spoke after visiting the militant-hit northwest of the country, home to 1.7 million long-term Afghan refugees who have fled fighting in their neighbouring country.

"I think the size of this disaster's one that I have never seen the scale of," said Jolie.

The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, visited flood survivors near the town of Kandhkot in the worst-affected Sindh province on Wednesday and said relief efforts needed to be "redoubled".

Addressing corruption allegations, she told AFP: "Our job is to make sure that the support that we give — be it shelter, be it food aid, be it in terms of providing access to water and sanitation — that it is done in an impartial and independent way.

Amos said any suggestion of corruption involving aid provided by UN agencies or outside bodies working with the UN would be investigated.

On Tuesday Jolie, 35, a roving envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, spent time talking to long-term Afghan refugees, Pakistani communities and aid workers in Khyber Pakhtunwa province.

It was Jolie's fourth visit to Pakistan since she became a UNHCR goodwill ambassador in 2001.

Speaking of the flood-hit villagers she had met during her travels to the northwest, she said she was particularly moved by an elderly couple in their 70s who had built their lives from nothing and seen it all washed away.

"If I could put a face on this disaster it would be those wonderful, kind, funny and hard working people who lost everything," said Jolie.

She said she met women who had lost children, and children who asked her only for electricity, water and food, among the many "resilient" survivors.

"They have been hit and lost so much that they kind of feel that they need to go with God and hope that something, anything, is going to make the situation better," she said.

Asked if she would consider adopting a child from Pakistan, Jolie — a mother-of-six including three adopted children from abroad — said she would not consider it because of religious sensitivities.

"There are different feelings about adoption in Muslim countries so I would never consider adjusting those rules," she said, adding that there were other ways to sponsor a child.

The UNHCR is providing relief aid including shelter materials to those displaced by the disaster, which has killed 1,760 people by the official toll.

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LONDON – In an age of austerity, the London Film Festival is hoping that uncertainty will be good for creativity, and that Hollywood glamour and plucky British filmmaking can be a balm for economic woes.

The lineup for the 54th annual festival, announced Wednesday, features fewer world premieres, and perhaps fewer A-list stars, than last year, but has a slate of British and international movies that organizers say is one of the strongest in years.

The lineup of more than 300 features and shorts includes films starring George Clooney, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth and Natalie Portman, while Naomie Harris, Helena Bonham Carter and Julianne Moore are also expected to grace the red carpet.

“It’s hard to recollect a year when the program has been so varied,” artistic director Sandra Hebron said. “And there’s the strongest British selection we’ve had for a long time.”

The Oct. 13 opener is Mark Romanek’s “Never Let Me Go,” an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting novel starring Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield as friends at an unusual boarding school negotiating a rocky path to adulthood.

Clooney plays a world-weary assassin in “The American,” from Dutch director Anton Corbijn (“Control”), while Portman is a dancer in Darren Aronofsky’s ballet thriller “Black Swan,” which generated a buzz at this month’s Venice Film Festival.

Other galas include “Conviction,” starring Hilary Swank as a woman on a quest to clear her brother of murder; Julian Schnabel’s Palestinian drama “Miral”; and inspiring African tales “The First Grader” — about an 84-year-old Kenyan starting primary school — and “Africa United,” the story of a group of youngsters determined to reach the World Cup in South Africa.

British films carrying big expectations include “The King’s Speech,” starring Firth as King George VI, the British monarch during World War II who struggled to overcome a severe stutter.

There are films from British veterans Mike Leigh (“Another Year”) and Peter Mullan (“Neds”), and newcomers including artist Gillian Wearing (“Self Made) and actor Richard Ayoade (“Submarine”).

The slate of films from 67 countries should include something for everyone, from fans of French New Wave iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard (“Film Socialisme”) to lovers of Motorhead singer Lemmy, star of an eponymous documentary.

Several films look at the difficult legacies of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ken Loach’s “Route Irish” follows a pair of military contractors, while Brian Welsh’s “In Our Name” depicts an Iraq veteran struggling to come to terms with her experiences. Documentary “The Tillman Story” looks at the controversial death of Pat Tillman, the NFL player turned U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan.

The festival closes Oct. 28 with Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours,” based on the true story of climber Aron Ralston, who amputated his own arm after it was trapped by a boulder in a Utah canyon.

London is one of the world’s oldest film festivals. This year’s austerity-tinged edition features 11 world premieres, down from 15 in 2009, alongside the pick of British and world cinema from the past year.

Amanda Nevill, director of festival organizer the British Film Institute, acknowledged that “the entire film firmament is being changed as we speak” amid British government spending cuts and the abolition of a major funding body, the U.K. Film Council.

“There isn’t time to mourn the old order,” she said. “We have to get on and shape our destiny and look to the future.”

Hebron said the turbulence could have a positive side.

“It does seem that times of change produce interesting culture,” she said.

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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in “Eclipse”Photo: Summit

Didn’t get a chance to see “Eclipse” in theaters the first time around? No problem! Summit Entertainment is re-releasing the movie on Friday (September 10) in honor of Bella’s birthday, which is on September 13.

“Bella Swan’s birthday is on September 13! What are you doing to celebrate?” a message on “The Twilight Saga” official Facebook page reads. “In celebration of Bella’s birthday, ECLIPSE will be re-released in theatres nationwide this Friday! It’s your last chance to see it on the big screen with your friends.”

The film, the third installment in “The Twilight Saga,” was originally released last June. It follows the love triangle between Bella, Edward and Jacob as they fend off a group of vampires, led by Victoria, who would like to see Bella out of the picture. In addition to fending off evil vamps, Bella must decide if she wants to stay human and possibly be in a relationship with werewolf Jacob or turn vampire in order to be with her true love, Edward, a choice that Jacob hopes she doesn’t make.

“The love triangle is real,” Stewart said of the power struggle back in June, just as the film was hitting theaters. “In ['Eclipse'], she is just older and a little bit more [wise]. Now you really believe her. It took a while for her to know herself well enough to make a decision.”

After the “Twilight” actors wrap up other projects they are working on, they will head back to the set to film the last two movies in the series, “Breaking Dawn” parts one and two, expected for release in 2011 and 2012 respectively. “Dreamgirls” director Bill Condon will helm the final film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling books.

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A judge has granted Nicollette Sheridan permission to proceed with a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry.

The actress, who played Edie Britt on the hit show, filed suit against Cherry in April, claiming he slapped her in the face after she expressed an opinion about a script he had written, and then fired her when she complained to producers.

Cherry's lawyers attempted to block the case from going forward but Judge Elizabeth Allen White has decided to allow Sheridan to sue, according to gossip blogger Perez Hilton.

The star is demanding more than $20 million (£13.3 million) for assault and battery, gender violence and wrongful termination.

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An attorney for Minka Kelly has dismissed reports the actress had a meltdown on a recent flight after attendants banned her from cuddling her dog during take-off.

The (500) Days of Summer star was said to have freaked out after she was told her pooch couldn't sit on her seat while flying from New York to Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Reports suggested that seven stewards were needed to calm Kelly down after the incident.

But Minka's lawyer Marty Singer tells TMZ.com the story is "ridiculous", insisting Kelly was asked to leave her dog in the coach cabin during take-off and landing while she was sitting in first classand that the star was fine with the request.

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