Don't believe everything you hear on the Tom Sizemore Sex Scandal DVD – at least not according to Paris Hilton.

The racy disc, which goes on sale Wednesday and reportedly contains footage of the Black Hawk Down star having sex, also includes an interview in which the troubled actor details an overnight encounter with the Simple Life actress, MSNBC.com reports.

Sizemore says that following a party at his house, he discovered that Hilton had remained behind, which led to a rather intimate evening between the two, Sizemore says in the interview. "She knew what she could do to people," he says. Sizemore claims that Hilton left the next morning, and says nothing about whether they ever got together again.

But according to Hilton, that encounter never happened. "It's disappointing that Mr. Sizemore has to use my name to sell his DVDs," she said in a statement. "He is not an acquaintance of mine nor have I ever had intimate relations with him."

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Hip-hop stars 50 Cent and Young Buck have announced plans to distribute two new education grants.

The first, going to the Nashville Alliance for Public Education, will help fund Advance Via Individual Determination, a programe designed to increase students' academic performance. Houston's Teach for America will receive the second grant and be presented of $100,000, which will be used to assist in the organization's Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, reports MTV News.

The grants will be distributed through 50 Cent's G-Unity Foundation.

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Actor Michael J. Fox, who gave up the TV sitcom "Spin City" five years ago to focus his battle on Parkinson's disease, will return to ABC later this season as a guest star on the courtroom drama "Boston Legal."

Fox will play a corporate executive who suffers from lung cancer and is represented by the show's fictional law firm of Crane, Poole and Schmidt in a court case involving a promising cancer-fighting drug, ABC said. During the course of Fox's three-episode stint on the show, his character will become involved with attorney Denise Bauer, played by series regular Julie Bowen.

--It will be good to see MJF again. Um, did anyone see the show last night? Hysterical. Denny Crane should always do the closing arguments.

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Angelina Jolie could be in the running for a movie role as a Bond girl.

He's worked his way through Solitaire, Mary Goodnight, Honey Ryder and, indeed, Pussy Galore but James Bond's latest conquest will be Russian double agent Vesper Lynd. Angelina is a frontrunner to player her

A source told The Sun: "Angelina is simply perfect for the part of the ultimate Bond girl." Other actresses who are said to be in the running to play opposite new 007 Daniel Craig, include Kelly Brook and Jessica Alba. There have also been hints that Sienna Miller might join the Bond cast, which would provide some interesting chemistry if those rumors of a fling between her and Daniel Craig are true.

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright temporarily traded in her diplomatic duties for a guest appearance on the WB series "Gilmore Girls."

Albright, secretary of state under President Clinton, filmed her scene Sept. 30 with actress Alexis Bledel, who plays Rory Gilmore. The episode revolves around the ongoing estrangement between Rory and her mother, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham).

"I am a big fan of 'Gilmore Girls' and I had a great time," Albright said in a statement Tuesday. "It was an opportunity to do something different for a quick minute, and I learned how hard it is to memorize those lines."

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Former ER star Noah Wyle and his wife, Tracy, welcomed their second child, daughter Auden, in Los Angeles on Saturday.

"Mom and baby are doing great," Eddie Michaels, a rep for the actor said. "Everyone is thrilled." The little girl, whose name is inspired by the poet W. H. Auden, weighed in at 7 lbs. 7 oz. She joins brother Owen Strausser Wyle, who turns 3 on Nov. 9.

Wyle, 34, who played Dr. John Carter on ER for 11 years, and his wife, 37, a former makeup artist, met in 1996 on the Bethel, Maine, set of his movie The Myth of Fingerprints. They wed in California's Santa Ynez Valley in May 2000.

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Madonna has revealed she had to write a letter to Abba songwriters begging if she could use their music on her new single. The music to Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie features on her new single Hung Up.

According to The Sun online Madonna told Attitude magazine: "I had to send my emissary to Stockholm with a letter and the record begging them and imploring them and telling them how much I worship their music, telling them it was an homage to them, which is all true.

"And they had to think about it, Benny and Bjorn. They didn't say yes straight away. They never let anyone sample their music. They could have said no. Thank God they didn't." Benny said: "We get so many requests from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say no. This is only the second time we have given permission. "We said yes this time because we admire Madonna so much and always have done. She has got guts and has been around for 21 years. That is not bad going. If it wasn't any good we wouldn't have said yes. It is a wonderful track, 100% solid pop music."

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Ashanti got a lot of gifts at her 25th-birthday party at Glo the other night — but the best came from a jeweler.

The singer was decked out in 15 carats of borrowed diamonds from PeachTree Jewelers on Fifth Avenue for the party. At the end of the night, she tried to return the baubles, but PeachTree owner Jack Picciotto handed Ashanti back the necklace with drop pearls and almost 4 carats in diamonds, saying: "This is yours to keep. You have been wearing our jewelry all year and have become like family."

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Now this I'd like to see:

David Copperfield says he plans to impregnate a girl on stage - without even touching her. Speaking to German magazine Galore, the illusionist rejected the theory that there were only seven different kinds of magic tricks.

He said: "Bull s**t! There is a great deal of new territory to conquer. In my next show I'm going to make a girl pregnant on stage." He added: "Naturally it will be without sex. Everyone will be happy about it, but I'm not telling you any more."

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A couple wants signs promoting Fantasia Barrino removed because they think her new autobiography portrays the city negatively.

In her book, "Life is Not a Fairy Tale," Fantasia said she couldn't read after attending local schools. She also described how her friends used to call High Point the "Land of the Dead." The 21-year-old R&B singer won season three of the Fox television show "American Idol."

Kyle Sandler, 29, and Jennifer English, 26, have created a Web site to counter the book's descriptions. "I can see people driving in to (the furniture) market saying, 'Ha ha ha. Fantasia hates them but look at the signs saying 'Welcome to High Point, home of Fantasia Barrino,'" Sandler said.

--Don't these people have other things to do?

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Ok, we all know that I love to slam on Brit Brit. But, I must give credit where credit is due. She looks fabulous after having a baby only a month ago. (Ok, maybe not fabulous because her outfit is wretch, but that's typical, so I'm trying to look past that). She has really gotten herself back in shape, and has what every woman wants after giving birth--she has a bigger chest, and she has lost her stomach weight.

And, doesn't KFed look like a dream?

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Just when you thought it was over:

Paris Hilton says she isn't giving up "The Simple Life" just yet. "We're shooting Nov. 1," said the 24-year-old hotel heiress, who had a front-row seat at the Louis Verdad fashion show Sunday. "All the networks are fighting over it."

Fox said last week it had canceled the reality show starring Hilton and Nicole Richie. The network said its midseason schedule didn't have a time slot for a fourth season of the show, prompting speculation the feuding ex-friends no longer proved compatible.

Hilton said she and Richie will continue working on "The Simple Life" because other networks want it. Last week, 20th Century Fox Television, the studio that produces the show, said it hopes "The Simple Life" will move to another network — with Hilton and Richie. "We believe this series ... is still a dynamic and valuable franchise," the studio said. "We hope to be able to announce a new network partner in the coming days."

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Sylvester Stallone is sparring with boxing champ Roy Jones Jr. because he wants the fighter to sign up for his Rocky VI movie.

The movie star wants the heavyweight champ to play fictional champion Mason 'The Line' Dixon in the film, which Stallone will write, direct and star in. Meanwhile, Stallone has an initial title for his sixth Rocky film - Rocky Balboa.

Shooting is scheduled to begin in December in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the film is slated to be released next November. The movie star insists Rocky fans will see a few familiar faces in the movie: "People that were in the first movie, that you didn't think much about, are back - really minor characters are now major characters."

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This cracked me up when I saw an ad for it:

Urban Aid has created the Shame on You Kit. Specially made for the aftermath of crazy nights, the pack includes a mini toothbrush and toothpaste, a one-size-fits-all thong, three condoms, one “emergency” phone card (dude, where’s my car?), pain reliever (hangover relief), and one “leave behind” note.

--They should provide these to all entering college freshman. You know, "Here's a map of campus, here's your ID card, and here's your Walk of Shame (or, Stride of Pride as many at my alma mater called it) kit.

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Nick Lachey is fighting off yet another report that he cheated on his wife Jessica Simpson - and this time the accusations come from one of his childhood pals. Just last week, Lachey dismissed claims that he recently spent time in an Columbus, Ohio, hotel room passionately kissing a 19-year-old college student.

And now bartender Chad Leslie, one of Lachey's oldest friends, has stepped forward to allege that the pop hunk got a little too cozy with his then-girlfriend Angela Bartlett, 25, when he was in Cincinnati, Ohio, last month backing his former 98 Degrees bandmate Justin Jeffre's unsuccessful mayoral campaign.

Leslie tells In Touch Weekly, "Nick and Angela came into the bar where I worked at about 3:30 in the morning. Angela asked for my house keys and said she was going to drop Nick off at the Cincinnatian Hotel, and go back to my place." But Leslie claims that when he arrived home at 4:30am, Bartlett was nowhere to be seen, so he passed by Lachey's hotel and saw her car parked outside.

Once getting through to her on her mobile phone after several attempts, Leslie says, "I asked her where she was, and she wouldn't tell me. I told her, 'I know you're upstairs, please come down, I just want my keys so I can go home.' "(Later) I told her, 'I need to know what happened in the room.' She said they opened a bottle of wine and Nick tried to kiss her, but she pushed him away. Obviously, she was trying to hide something. She was in that room for an hour and a half, not answering my calls."

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Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is going back to school. The nerd-rock icon — who enrolled at Harvard years ago after the band's second album, "Pinkerton," flopped — says he'll return in February to complete his degree in English literature.

The singer-guitarist-songwriter for the multi-platinum rockers, who are now touring with the Foo Fighters, said yesterday on Howard Stern's show he plans to live in the dorms. It's unlikely Cuomo's school days will lead to any serious rock 'n' roll debauchery — he's been celibate for 21/2 years.

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I caught some flack from Miss PJDJD for not keeping her informed that Indianapolis now has its very own Sephora Store. So, I thought I'd make a few local store announcements to keep my Indy-area readers informed:

--We now have an H&M at Circle Center. It's fantastic for reasonably-priced, semi-trendy clothing. Great for "going out tops," accessories, and cute jackets. Their men's department leaves something to be desired compared to their Chicago and NYC stores, but it does have some men's clothing.

--March over to Sephora at Keystone at the Crossing as soon as you can. The store is on the Saks side. I love that I don't have to spend $ on shipping from online buying anymore.

--And run, don't walk, to the new Williams Sonoma Home store at Keystone at the Crossing. I went there last night and fell in LOVE! I could have easily dropped $5K there.

Happy shopping, Hoosiers!

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1 Please don't forget that a Tiffany's store will be opening next year....

Posted by: G at October 18, 2005 09:11 AM (VvRnE)

2 EXCELLENT point. How could I forget?

Posted by: Lawren at October 18, 2005 09:13 AM (bJB+W)

3 Would you be shocked to learn I've never once paid for shipping from Sephora? Hello, free shipping with "minimum" purchase!

Posted by: pjdjd at October 18, 2005 10:06 AM (e3ftc)

4 Me shocked? No, I know you. I don't usually pay for shipping either, but I occasionally do. Plus, you can test and play around w/ colors, scents, etc. in the real store.

Posted by: Lawren at October 18, 2005 10:09 AM (bJB+W)

5 Crate and Barrel is opening in November at Keystone at the Crossing. You can usually find fun house stuff there! Pretty soon, there will be no need to go to Chi-town or NYC to shop. Everything will be here in Indy.

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On what would be the last day of his life, John Lennon posed for photographs with Yoko Ono in a session with photographer Annie Liebovitz. One of the pictures, a naked Lennon curled around and kissing a clothed Ono, became the cover for Rolling Stone magazine's tribute to him.

That iconic image published a month after his December 1980 death has been ranked the top magazine cover of the last 40 years by a panel of magazine editors, artists and designers. Others on the list include images from the Sept. 11 attacks, the Vietnam War and of Katiti Kironde II, the first black woman on the cover of a national women's magazine, in the August 1968 Glamour.

The American Society of Magazine Editors announced the winners of the competition on Monday during the American Magazine Conference in Puerto Rico. The competition was held as a way to mark the 40th anniversary of the group's awards. "Both the choice of a cover and the execution of a cover are crucial for any magazine," said Mark Whitaker, editor of Newsweek and ASME president. "Every editor wants their cover to stand out."

Coming in second was the shot of a very pregnant Demi Moore on the August 1991 cover of Vanity Fair, followed by an April 1968 image from Esquire of boxer Muhammad Ali with arrows in his body. The Saul Steinberg drawing of New York's West Side dwarfing the rest of the country, published in The New Yorker on March 29, 1976, came in fourth. Esquire's May 1969 image of Pop Art maven Andy Warhol drowning in a can of tomato soup took the fifth spot.

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Screen siren Jessica Alba wants to be a role model for curvy women, because she's proof you don't have to be skinny to be sexy.

The 24-year-old actress is proud of her voluptuous figure and hopes she can encourage younger girls not to diet. She says, "At the end of the day I just had to think that girls who have curves and aren't the skinniest things in the world are going to feel more comfortable seeing me as the main character than someone else."

"So I had to just think that maybe I would help young girls with their body image."

--Word, Miss Alba.

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Former Saturday Night Live player Charles Rocket, who gained notoriety for once letting an F-bomb slip on live TV, committed suicide earlier this month, officials said Monday.

The actor and comedian, 56, was discovered Oct. 7 in a field near his home in Canterbury, Connecticut, with his throat slashed. On Monday, the Connecticut medical examiner's office announced its finding that the injury was self-inflicted.

"An investigation determined there was no criminal aspect to this case," State Police Sergeant J. Paul Vance said. Rocket, whose real name was Charles Claverie, was a cast member on SNL during the low-rated 1980-81 season, following the departures of the show's remaining original players: John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris and Bill Murray.

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