Black Eyed Peas star Fergie credits former lover Justin Timberlake with triggering her international success - and insists they remain the very best of friends.

The singer, who briefly dated the pop hunk, believes Timberlake's vocals on breakthrough single Where Is The Love? gave the band a new commercial edge and helped them realize their true potential.

She says, "I don't take credit for that, Where Is The Love hit a button with people and it had Justin Timberlake on it who was just getting really huge. I was more the icing on the cake. "It is a bit weird but he's a doll, a real doll. A really good guy. I had a lot of fun with him. Actually, working with him is great. It wasn't a long term serious relationship, so there's no bad history. He's part of the family."

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Pamela Anderson is helping former Hole singer Courtney Love lose weight.

Courtney told the New York Daily News: "I'm working out. "Pamela Anderson runs with me up the steps of Pepperdine University. She's like my personal trainer. I'm a size-30 jeans now."

Love, 31, has been drug and alcohol-free for almost a year since she was ordered by a Los Angeles court to enter a rehabiliation center after a drug-possession case last July. Authorities who had taken Love's daughter Frances Bean, 12, into care have recently allowed the girl to live with her mother.

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Hilary Swank and Kevin Costner will narrate the upcoming film "On Native Soil: The Documentary of the 9/11 Commission Report."

The actors will share voice-over duties for the feature-length film on the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, directed by former NBC News producer Linda Ellman.

"I was in lower Manhattan that horrible day" when the World Trade Center collapsed, Swank said in a statement Friday. "I was drawn to the project by the amazing stories of the 9/11 families and survivors featured in the film, and I am proud that by contributing my voice to the project, I can help their voices to be heard."

"On Native Soil" will tell five stories of survival and examine the 9/11 Commission's final recommendations. The film features interviews with people such as the victims' families, Sen. John McCain, a former FBI counterterrorism official and the former head of the CIA's Osama bin-Laden desk.

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Yo Brit--the deal is, when you have short, layered locks, you actually have to spend time DOING your hair. Otherwise, it looks like, like, that:

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The British nanny who claims she enjoyed an affair with heart-throb actor Jude Law insists the Alfie star phoned her last week in a bid to rekindle their romance.

Law, who is engaged to screen beauty Sienna Miller, allegedly seduced 26-year-old Daisy Wright while he was filming movie All The King's Men in America earlier this year. Wright insists she enjoyed a month-long fling with the 32-year-old until she was sacked by Law's ex-wife Sadie Frost, after one of their children spoke out about catching the lovers in bed.

She alleges Law called her last week in a bid to rekindle their steamy relationship - but Wright still felt hurt by her dismissal from the job she loved and turned down his advances. Wright tells British newspaper The Sun, "Jude really swept me off my feet. I fell for him. Now I realize he was just using me for sex. I was really shocked when he phoned me last Thursday and said he wanted to see me again. I told him I thought it was unfair that I had ended up losing my job over it. He said Sadie was in charge of childcare arrangements... He was begging to see me again. He said he desperately needed to show me that our relationship wasn't just about sex. But how could I trust him again after he cast me aside so easily before."

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Jessica Simpson and husband Nick Lachey are planning to adopt.

The singer turned actress has revealed that she tried to adopt a child from a Mexican orphanage when she was 16. According to IOL.com she said: "That's what I wanted for my birthday but I couldn't legally get a baby across the Mexican border."

The 25-year-old says her and husband Nick plan to adopt within the next 12 months. She added: "I'll end up doing something which will touch somebody in some way that's good...through orphanages."

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Film bosses are planning another sequel to Meet The Parents.

Bosses at Universal Studios are reportedly keen to cash in on the success of the first two movies - Meet the Parents and Meet The Fockers.

At the end of Meet The Fockers Ben Stiller's and Teri Polo's characters got married and were expecting a child. The new film, Meet the Little Focker, will introduce the newest addition to the family reports The Sun. Bosses want director Jay Roach to return for the third instalment.

--Enough already!

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Wedding Bells:

--Sandra Bullock wed her tattooed beau Jesse James, the star of the Discovery Channel series Monster Garage, on Saturday at a ranch north of Santa Barbara.

Guests at the wedding confirm the pair were married at the 300-acre Folded Hills Ranch in Solvang, Calif. Bullock wore a white lace dress. "She looked beautiful," one guest said. "She was incredibly happy."

The pair arrived in a giant red monster truck, with James driving. Guests, meanwhile, were shuttled to the ceremony from hotels in Santa Barbara 45 minutes away. Invitations to the nuptials suggested a "hoedown" theme, and a country-western band played for those in attendance.

Bullock, who turns 41 on July 26, and James, 36, have been dating for more than a year, after meeting when she took her young godson on a tour of the Monster Garage set in Long Beach, Calif.

--Malcolm in the Middle's Frankie Muniz has gotten engaged to his girlfriend, Jamie, whom he met in New Orleans this spring while shooting a movie.

The 19-year-old actor's publicist, Cara Tripicchio, confirmed the news, adding that no wedding date has been set. The rep declined to give out the last name of Muniz's fiancée but said she's not an actress, she's from New Orleans, and the pair met in her hometown this spring while Muniz was filming the horror movie Stay Alive, costarring The O.C. and Entourage's Samaire Armstrong.

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Eminem is considering putting an end to his public career in September, the Daily Star claims. The rap star apparently wants to retire after his world tour ends in Dublin in the autumn.

"Em has definitely gotten to the level where he feels like he's accomplished everything he can accomplish in rap," his D-12 bandmate Proof told the newspaper. "He wants to kick back and get into the producing thing. Why not bow out when you're on top?"

Jeff Bass, co-writer of "Lose Yourself," explained, "The Eminem part of his career isn't going to be at the forefront any more. As much as he caters to his fans, this has always been about putting food on the table. And he knows the right thing to do to make sure that happens. "If thatÂ’s moving into producing 50 Cent and the other artists he's handling, then that's what it is. He's a smart guy. He knows what he's doing."

A friend added, "He feels like he's said everything he can say as Eminem. The idea that he intended this to be his last record is something that everyone on the inside circle has known for a while."

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Britney Spears is convinced that being pregnant has done wonders for her voice.

The singer has apparently returned to the studio to record new songs, feeling impressed by what she describes as her “pregnant voice”.

Spears believes that her vocals have become deeper and more mature during her pregnancy. “She’s a changed woman,” a source told the Daily Star.

--Well, her non-pregnant voice sucked, so I guess it could only get better.

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"Wedding Crashers" star Owen Wilson was always a troublemaker. He was tossed out of the Dallas high school that graduated Tommy Lee Jones and rockers Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs.

"I got kicked out of St. Mark's High School for a bunch of Tom Sawyer pranks," he told Webster Hall curator Baird Jones. "I was caught wearing white socks, which was against the uniform rules," Wilson says. "I claimed I had athlete's foot. I also stole the geometry teacher's book, which had all the correct answers [to a test] in it. And I gave it out to all my classmates so everyone got A's." Wilson says his antics got him "sent off to a strict military school in New Mexico — which was a nightmare."

He says of St. Mark's, "I'd love to go back just to give a speech and show off," but doubts he'll get the invitation "because there's been so many other famous alumni there."

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Rod Stewart's wife, model Penny Lancaster - who is four months pregnant - claims the Rod's life has changed since finding God.

She told Hello! magazine that a turning point came when he agonized over whether to propose to her and whether they should have a child. And she said that the September 11 attacks in New York had a profound effect on Stewart's religious attitudes.

"After the tragedy we began going to church a lot," Penny told the magazine. "Wherever we were on tour, if there was a church and the door was open, we'd go in and have a prayer. "One thing I would pray about was to ask that Rod would see the light and realize that I was true and real. "What I didn't realize was that Rod was praying for just the same things. "It has drawn a strong, spiritual bond between us."

She added that the 60-year-old rocker had received a sign that she was the person he should marry. The couple are due to wed next summer, possibly in the South of France, where they are buying a house. Rod, who reportedly wants a girl, will take a year off to spend time with his fiancee and new child. He made the vow after his son Sean 24, blamed his former drug addiction on "the curse" of being Rod's son.

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Usher, who began singing at age 6, has opened a summer camp to help some other prodigies-in-training.

Usher Raymond, the 26-year-old R&B star, dropped by for the first day of Camp New Look, an Atlanta program he recently started for minority youth in his home city. 150 campers aged 8 to 18 hole up at Clark Atlanta University for two weeks, honoring their specialties - either singing, dancing, or basketball - and learning about the respective industries.

"This is truly about learning the business side," Usher said Monday. "You're not going to learn it all overnight, but maybe, just maybe, you'll learn enough to change your life."

The children also sit in on panels and discussion sessions with agents, managers and sports executives to learn the financial side of entertainment and sports. Guest teachers will include Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony and Atlanta Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall. Their lessons will be put to the test July 23, when they are expected to coordinate a charity celebrity basketball game and headline the halftime show.

The camp, Usher said, will be the first of many summers where kids are pushed to aim higher than just playing for a basketball team, but owning one. The singer is co-owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.

--I think this sounds very cool.

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Rachael Leigh Cook will have a recurring role on the new season of NBC's "Las Vegas."

Cook, who co-starred with Freddie Prinze Jr. in the 1999 film "She's All That," will play a real-estate agent who becomes a potential love interest for casino surveillance expert Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel).

"Rachael's screen presence and natural appeal makes for an exciting match with Josh's character of Danny," Gary Scott Thompson, the drama's creator and executive producer, said in a recent statement.

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Former Village People star Victor Edward Willis has been arrested, after police allegedly found drugs and a gun in the his car.

Willis, who co-wrote such disco hits as "Macho Man" and "In the Navy" before leaving the Village People in the late 1970s, was taken into custody late Monday after an officer stopped the musician in his vehicle in Daly City, just south of San Francisco, California.

Willis, who dressed as a policeman during his time with the Village People, also had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics, according to police. Authorities say Willis didn't have a valid licence or identification and at first lied about his name and residence. Inside the car, the officer found a .45-calibre handgun as well as rock cocaine and drug paraphernalia, according to a report. Police arrested Willis on suspicion of six felony counts, including possession of a firearm, driving on a suspended licence and transportation of cocaine.

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Your Career Type: Artistic

You are expressive, original, and independent. Your talents lie in your artistic abilities: creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art. You would make an excellent: Actor - Art Teacher - Book Editor Clothes Designer - Comedian - Composer Dancer - DJ - Graphic Designer Illustrator - Musician - Sculptor The worst career options for your are conventional careers, like bank teller or secretary.

--Hmmm...

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1 Mine is artistic too, but I knew I was in the wrong field long before I took this quiz

Posted by: EJ at July 18, 2005 10:10 AM (qgson)

2 Mine is artistic too. I can see that in both of us, but should we be disturbed that it doesn't list our actual careers?

Posted by: Brian D. at July 18, 2005 01:12 PM (9VEFA)

3 Your Career Type: Enterprising You are engertic, ambitious, and sociable. Your talents lie in politics, leading people, and selling things or ideas. You would make an excellent: Auctioneer - Bank President - Camp Director City Manager - Judge - Lawyer Recreation Leader - Real Estate Agent - Sales Person School Principal - Travel Agent - TV Newscaster The worst career options for your are investigative careers, like mathematician or architect. ---Yep, pretty much me

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4 I'm guessing you're not getting to put your artistic side to use much, Lawren

Posted by: Kelly at July 18, 2005 03:50 PM (InSFA)

5 Um, in a word..."NO."

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Colin Farrell Sex Tape Scandal?

A man who identified himself only as J.J. called Page Six a few days ago for advice on selling what he says is an authentic, 14-minute sex tape, but admitted he didn't have model releases from either "Alexander" star Colin Farrell or the Playboy Playmate who briefly dated him two years ago.

J.J. described the steamy tape in graphic detail, starting with a naked Nicole Narain in her living room turning on some music, and ending with Farrell pointing the camera at her white cat in the corner of the room and saying, "Baby, you have the most beautiful [kitty]."

In between, Narain, who was Miss January in 2002, displays her pierced tongue as she looks up at the camera and winks. And Farrell, who had a shaved head for his role in "Daredevil," reciprocates, saying, "I could do this breakfast, lunch and dinner." Narain, who has a tattoo on her backside, also goes through a couple of sexual positions described in the Kama Sutra, starting with "the missionary."

"The sellers are supposedly looking for a seven-figure upfront fee to hand over the tape for release by a distributor," Defamer.com reported Wednesday. "Even if someone was willing to pony up the money . . . they couldn't release it without Farrell's permission."

--I know Swankygirl has her fingers crossed.

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Jack Osbourne is a kid that has it all. The son of Ozzy and Sharon even has a pair of breasts framed on his bedroom wall. The London Mirror reports that Kimberly Stewart, daughter of rocker Rod, gave her friend and fellow rock progeny, Osbourne, a pair of silicone breast implants that she recently had removed.

Kimberly, a model, had the implants taken our because of health fears. "I gave Jack my implants and signed them," said Stewart. "He framed them and put them on his wall which is where they are today."

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Halle Looks Stunning: A Matthew Williamson-clad Halle Berry turns heads at New York City's Times Square Studios on Wednesday, where she presented a $150,000 donation to the American Heart Association from Oral-B. Next up for the Oscar winner: She'll star in the thriller Perfect Stranger.

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