Lindsay Lohan, 23, declined the role of stripper Jade in The Hangover after declaring the screenplay “had no potential,” Us Weekly reports in its its latest issue (on newsstands now).

Todd Phillips approached Lohan to star in the hit flick — which has raked in $205 million so far — after their mutual agent campaigned on the actress’ behalf.

The role went to actress Heather Graham.

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A teenage member of the Harry Potter film cast was charged on Tuesday with illegally growing 10 cannabis plants, Scotland Yard said.

Jamie Waylett, 19, who plays school bully Vincent Crabbe, will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London on July 16.

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Britney Spears unwrapped a new song to her set list at the Paris stop of her Circus tour on Sunday.

Watch her performance of Mannequin , off her latest album.

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The agent for “Harry Potter” star Rupert Grint says the actor is recovering from a mild case of swine flu.

Grint plays the boy wizard’s best friend Ron Weasley in the hit film franchise.

Christian Hodell of Hamilton Hodell management said Saturday that Grint took a few days away from the set of the latest film, but has now been able to return to work.

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Congressman Pete King (R-NY) feels we should be honoring the men and women of the Armed Forces — and not a “pedophile” and “child molester” like Michael Jackson.

Standing in front of the American Legion in Wantagh, King ripped into America’s celebration of the life of Michael Jackson — instead of the people who serve in the military.

What do you all think?

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Kevin Jonas spared no expense buying his wife to be’s engagement ring. He bought her a cushion-cut diamond ring that he helped design with Jacob & Co.

Check this baby out!:

The ring is crafted in platinum and features a solitaire cushion-cut diamond, with a total weight of 3 carats. Surrounding the center stone are 210 round brilliant-cut pave diamonds totaling .72 carats.

Stars across Hollywood have taken to the Internet in an outpouring of grief after hearing the news of Michael Jackson’s tragic death.

Fans and friends were left shaken on Thursday (25Jun09) as the news of the music icon’s fatal heart attack reverberated around the globe.

Jackson was rushed to Ucla Medical Center after falling into a deep coma following a cardiac arrest at his Holmby Hills mansion in Los Angeles. He was pronounced dead at 2.26 local time.

And as the news broke, celebrities from music, film and TV took to their Twitter.com blogs to explain how the Thriller legend had affected their lives and describe their devastation at his untimely demise.

Big screen veteran Jane Fonda was one of the first to express her upset, remembering the time Jackson came to live with her after he completed filming on his iconic Thriller video.

She writes, “I am stunned. My friend, Michael Jackson is dead. He lived with me for a week on the Golden Pond set after Thriller.”

Actress Demi Moore joined in with her husband Ashton Kutcher’s plea for the media to respect the privacy of Jackson’s three children, tweeting, “I plea to the public to refuse to consume media that does not respect the anonymity of Michael’s children.”

And young music stars, who had been inspired by the pop singer’s four-decade spanning career, joined in the tributes.

Miley Cyrus wrote, “Michael Jackson was my inspiration. Love and blessings,” while rocker John Mayer added, “I truly hope he is memorialised as the ‘83 moonwalking, Mtv owning, mesmerising, unstoppable, invincible Michael Jackson.”

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs explained how much he would miss the superstar: “Michael Jackson showed me that you can actually see the beat. He made the music come to life!! He made me believe in magic. I will miss him!” And even the world of politics failed to escape feeling the overwhelming loss of pop’s greatest performer – former action star-turned-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sent out his thoughts to those closest to Jackson.

He adds, “We lost a great entertainer and a pop icon. My thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Jackson’s family, friends and fans.”

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They are rarely seen in public, and when they are, it is usually with their faces are usually obscured. It is doubt over who is their biological father is, these are just some of the obstructions facing Michael Jackson’s children.

Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince Michael, 12; Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11; and Prince Michael II (more commonly known as Blanket), 7, Who will bring them to adulthood?

Michael Jackson has been the only parent these children have known, and now he’s gone, so despite rumours the King of Pop’s mother, Katherine Jackson, will care for the three children, and Jacksons Manager Frank DiLeo’s comments “The kids are very upset, but they are fine,” Michael Jackson’s kids face a very uncertain future.

One likely claimant will be Debbie Rowe, Jackson’s second wife and the biological mother of Prince Michael and Paris but what about Blanket he was born of an unidentified surrogate mother in Europe.

According to Rowe’s former attorney, Iris Finsilver, Rowe is never gave up parental writes so is still the legal parent of Prince Michael and Paris and can gain custody of them if she chooses, says People.
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During a 2005 custody fight with Jackson, Rowe sought to give up her parental rights, and praised Jackson as a good father. Judge Stephen Lachs, who presided over the hearing, at first agreed to terminate Rowe’s rights, but then changed his mind and returned them to her.

Meanwhile the Jackson family attorney Brian Oxman described Rowe as “inconsolable.” telling People that Katherine Jackson “is the logical choice” to be guardian of the children. “She has all the grandkids and nieces around her,” he said. “But it will be up to the courts. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more proceedings regarding the children.”

Rowe could indeed claim custody in court, though it known if Jackson’s will addresses the custody question, but his wishes would not necessarily prevail in court, say legal analysts.

When dealing with children, the first concern of the court i wWhat’s in the best interest of those children.

Rowe’s contact with the children has been very limited with children looked after by their father, who educated them at home. Jackson took them to museums usually after hours exposed them to books, and limited their exposure to television. But the children did not have contact with other children.

There is no doubt Jackson was a devoted dad even though there wasn’t a regular home as the children travelled the world from the U.S. to India, to Dubai, the one constant in their lives was their father.

Those who have met the children describe them as intelligent and well-behaved who had a strong the bond between father and kids.

Godfather Mark Lester is the children’s religious mentor. Lester told TODAY that he had not yet contacted Jackson’s extended family. He said he was ready to do whatever he is called on to do, but said that he expected that the family will embrace the children.

“I would imagine his mother, sisters, brothers would rally around and care for the children,” Lester said. “The Jackson family is a very large family, and in times of need, families get together and put aside differences.”

The children, Lester added, “are the sweetest, happiest kids that you can imagine. They are not as you would perceive children of a superstar. They’re very bright and very dedicated children. They are three of the most adorable, nice children.”

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ven as the world is struggling to come to terms with the reality that uncrowned King of Pop Michael Jackson is no more, his family and friends, suspecting foul play, have demanded an investigation into his death.

While US celebrity magazine Life & Style said a source told them that the eccentric artist had been popping pills, including anti-anxiety or sedative drugs Xanax and Zoloft and painkiller Demerol, for weeks before his death and that an overdose of the deadly cocktail could have caused respiratory and cardiac arrest, TMZ, the US celebrity website that has developed a reputation for showbusiness scoops, said a family source told them that Jackson receives a daily injection of Demerol and on Thursday he received a shot at 11:30 AM, shortly before he complained of breathlessness and collapsed into a coma, probably a result of massive cardiac arrest.

“Family members were concerned that Jackson was taking too much morphine and are saying that’s what caused his death,” TMZ reported.

The London Sun also said that Jackson, who had influenced a generation of singers and songwriters, had died of an overdose of Demerol. “Shortly after taking…Demerol, he started to experience slow, shallow breathing. His breathing gradually got slower and slower until it stopped…His staff started mouth-to-mouth, and an ambulance was called, which got there in eight minutes,” the London Sun quoted an unnamed source as saying.

Brian Oxman, a family attorney, also said Jackson was dependent on prescription drugs and he was almost certain that a strong overdose of painkiller had taken his life.

On Thursday noon, Jackson collapsed and entered into deep coma and when his personal physician failed to revive him, paramedics were called to his Bel-Air mansion in the posh Holmby Hill to resuscitate him.

But when they failed in their effort, Jackson was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where the doctors struggled for over an hour to revive him but they too failed to revive him and he was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm.

Jackson, Oxman said, was addicted to painkillers from the pain he developed after he accidentally burned his face during a Pepsi commercial shoot in 1984.

“This (death) is not something that has been unexpected… because of the medications which Michael was under,” Oxman said, adding that the singer was especially addicted to Demerol, a powerful morphine-based painkiller, whose injection is known to have dangerous side effects including cardiac arrest if used wrongly.

Miley Cyrus, 16, is at the center of another controversy because of photos posted on director Adam Shankman’s yFrog page. In one pic, Miley is seen pressed up against Shankman in an inappropriate way.

Shankman has responded to the pictures, saying: “Miley is a sweet angel who works tirelessly and endlessly, and is allowed to have fun in the make up room! Seriously! Lighten up or no more behind the scenes pics! She’s like my angel little sister.”

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