Matt LeBlanc spills his guts to this week's National Enquirer about how he almost cheated on his wife with a naked stripper at an all-nude club in Victoria, British Columbia.

LeBlanc's strangely fascinating confession — headlined "My Wild Night With a Stripper" — features photos of the unshaven actor holding his head in apparent shame and somberly sitting at a table with Enquirer reporter Steve Dennis.

LeBlanc tells the improbable tale of how he was mauled by the "sexually aggressive" stripper while partying at the nudie joint during a motorcycle trip with five buddies. "The stripper was all over me," LeBlanc claims. "I was drinking, and she was crossing the line . . . She was in my face, pushing her breasts into me and grabbing my hands to go all over her body. She was telling me to caress her and in my head I'm thinking, 'What's going on?' If I had been sober, perhaps I would have acted quicker, but I was pretty drunk . . . When I realized the situation that was unfolding I felt I was being careless and irresponsible, and I had to get the hell out of there . . . I could not wait to get home. The guys said a trap had been set for me and I fell right in it, and that's why I feel stupid and careless now."

--"If I had been sober..." Give me a break.

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Johnny Depp says his next movie might be a porn film because he doesn't want to be typecast.

He told German magazine Gala: "These kind of characters are not so far from my own personality, but I don't want to become typecast as an eccentric.

"Maybe next time I should do something totally different and film a cracking porn with Tim [Burton]. That would really send my popularity down to the depths!"

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Jessica Simpson has revealed: "I want to save the world". The actress said she wants to do missionary work, visit Third World countries and adopt children.

In an interview with OK! magazine, Jessica also told how meeting Hollywood vixen Angelina Jolie left her with "an incredible peace." Asked about whether she has plans to have babies with hubbie Nick Lachey, she told the magazine: "If I got pregnant, I'd be ecstatic, but we're not trying. We're definitely practicing though! "There's still so much stuff that we want to do together. "We'd still like to do some mission work, visit Third World countries - I have this whole plan to save the world.

"I've been visiting orphanages with my parents since I was a little girl. That has taught me so much about friendship and family. "I definitely want to adopt. I don't know if we'll do it first or after, but we will."

Speaking about her meeting with Angelina Jolie, Jessica said: "Angelina is one of my biggest role models. "I got to interview her recently. I didn't know her at all, but just sitting in front of her, I felt this incredible peace. "She was breathtaking. I couldn't help but stare, but it's her inner beauty that you really feel. "She's had her struggles and she's been open and honest and I love that about her."

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Reese Witherspoon surfs the internet to see what people think of her.

The 'Legally Blonde' star confessed she spends hours cruising online chat rooms late at night. She is quoted in Britain's Daily Express newspaper as saying: "I'll go on the internet late at night and find out what people really think about me."

She admits she is sometimes hurt by the comments she reads. She revealed: "It hurts my feelings sometimes though, because I get comments like, 'She looks weird', 'I hate her movies' and 'She stinks'". "Oh God, it feels terrible. Everyone is entitled to their opinion though I think I should just move on".

She claimed she can't understand the media attention she gets because she is as normal as everyone else She said: "I can't believe that someone is so interested in all the pictures of me at the grocery store. "It's like everyday I'm wearing the same sweat suit It's like: 'Is this really interesting? And to whom?' But if that makes people feel: 'Hey, she's a slob like me,' then I am all for it I am a slob like everybody else!"

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Troubled rocker Courtney Love's life has hit more turbulence, with Los Angeles authorities declaring she has failed a drug test and violated her probation.

Los Angeles Superior Court judge Rand Rubin issued a bench warrant for the former Hole frontwoman yesterday, ordering her to return to court on August 19 for a review of her rehab reports. The judge then told her attorney, "(Do) something to solve Love's problem, or we're going to give her a year (in prison)." Love - who recently announced that she's "clean and sober" - could also potentially lose custody of Frances Bean Cobain, her 12-year-old daughter with late husband Kurt Cobain.

Deputy district attorney Gina Satriano says 41-year-old Love failed a drug test when she was hospitalized in July after fainting during a party at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel. At the time, Love's attorney, Michael Rosenstein, announced that Love was "living a drug-free life". In February, Love was sentenced to three years' probation and anger management counseling after pleading no contest to misdemeanor assault on a woman at the home of her former boyfriend.

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Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has snubbed British Prime Minister Tony Blair's invitation to meet him at his London residence - because the Yellow star feared it would damage his image.

A galaxy of stars, including rockers Oasis and Sir Elton John, have accepted invitations to Blair's Downing Street home. And Martin respects the British premier, but does not want to be seen publicly socializing with the leader of the Labor party, for fear of offending his fans who may disagree with Blair's political goals and stance over the war in Iraq.

He says, "I'm not going to go. I really like Tony Blair. He's interested in the same things as I am - he plays the guitar and he always gives the impression of doing what he can to help. "But I don't particularly want to be photographed with him at the moment."

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Jessica Simpson, who wears only the skimpiest of denim garments in The Dukes of Hazzard, has rolled out a retail line of jeans for plus-size women.

The $59 slacks, available at Avenue stores, fit sizes 12-24, reports USA Today.

"We have people 300 lbs. or 90 lbs. come up to Jessica and say, 'I'm just like you,'" Jessica's father and manager, Joe Simpson, tells the paper, adding: "It's not about the outside. It's what's inside."

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Barbara Bel Geddes, the winsome actress who rose to stage and movie stardom but reached her greatest fame as Miss Ellie Ewing in the long-running TV series "Dallas," has died. She was 82.

The San Francisco Chronicle said Bel Geddes, a longtime smoker, died Monday of lung cancer at her home in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Jordan-Fernald Funeral Home in Mount Desert, Maine, confirmed the death Wednesday, but owner Bil time for Barbara."

In March 1984, Bel Geddes was stricken with a major heart attack. Miss Ellie was played by Donna Reed for six months, then Bel Geddes returned to "Dallas," remaining until 1990, a year before CBS canceled the show.

Hagman said he had encouraged Bel Geddes to give up the smoking habit, but it was doctors who got her to quit after the heart attack, he said. He recalled the makeup room on the "Dallas" set as being so filled with her cigarette smoke that he would ask to be made up in his dressing room. Of the lung cancer deaths of Peter Jennings and Bel Geddes, Hagman said: "I hope it's a wake-up call to a lot of people."

"Dallas" came late in her career. She had retired to take care of her husband, Windsor Lewis, after he fell ill with cancer in 1966. He died in 1972. Her earnings depleted by his long illness, she found work scarce for a middle-aged actress and said she was "flat broke" in 1978 when she accepted the role as Miss Ellie.

In 1945, Bel Geddes made a splash on Broadway at 23 with her first important role in "Deep Are the Roots," winning the New York Drama Critics Award as best actress. Yet her biggest Broadway success was "Mary, Mary," a frothy marital comedy by Jean Kerr, which opened in 1961 and ran for more than 1,500 performances.

--Before I ever had heard of or seen "Dallas," I knew Bel Geddes from her dark role in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo." She was not a typical "Hitchcock blonde," but she nailed the part of Jimmy Stewart's manic friend, Midge. Check it out, if you haven't seen it.

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Jose Canseco said a lot about his steroid abuse in his best-selling autobiography, "Juiced." But he left out the part about his shrunken, um, well...

His ex-wife Jessica, who met the slugger on her third day waiting tables at Hooters in Cleveland, now reveals in Playboy: "Jose's were non-existent. They're not there . . . It wasn't until we separated and I dated that I realized it . . . With other guys I was like, 'Wow, those are some very large . . .' "

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A Brooklyn-based indie rock band, Kids Against Combs, just finished an album that used the private phone number of Fox News' Sean Hannity as its title.

Sean Hannity (631) 673-8003 was set to be released on July 21 by 10-34 Records. But, according to a press release sent out last week by the band, Kids Against Combs were issued papers on July 15 from HannityÂ’s attorneys, "threatening to sue both parties if they proceeded with releasing an album named after HannityÂ’s home phone number and containing the political punditÂ’s home address in the CDÂ’s liner notes." (The digits, meanwhile, are now disconnected; "changed to an unlisted number," says the recording.)

The band also alleges that spies from the Hannity camp — or at least some people who "looked extremely conservative Republican" and "not the type of folk that would be at any sort of live performance, except for maybe Paul Anka or Wayne Newton" — arrived to scope out a KAC performance the next day. Luckily, the band had freshly printed copies of the album for sale, sans home address and retitled The Album Formerly Known As Sean Hannity’s Phone Number ... Currently Sean Hannity Is a Democracy Subverting Douche Bag.

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A makeup artist who sued Snoop Dogg and several members of his posse for allegedly drugging and raping her backstage at the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show two years ago has dropped her lawsuit.

The accuser said in a statement that "the matter has been resolved amicably," according to The Associated Press. Snoop's publicist said "absolutely no money" was paid by the rapper (whose real name is Calvin Broadus) in reaching a settlement. The woman's attorneys filed the request August 3 to dismiss the suit with prejudice, which means that it can't be refiled.

The woman, who had done the rapper's makeup before a series of four guest appearances on the late night talk show, claimed she was drugged when someone spiked her champagne before the final appearance. No criminal charges were ever brought against the rapper or his entourage.

Snoop sued the makeup artist in December 2004, one month before she filed her suit against him. The rapper's claim stated that the accuser had been attempting to extort $5 million from him in exchange for her silence. His suit requested punitive damages and an injunction to bar the accuser from threatening him in the future. Snoop Dogg's attorney has requested that this suit be dropped as well.

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Matthew McGrory, the deep-voiced 7-foot-plus actor who moved from appearances on Howard Stern's radio show to a high-profile role as a gentle giant in the movie "Big Fish," has died. He was 32.

McGrory died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, said director Drew Sky, who was working with him on his current movie, a biopic of wrestler-turned-actor Andre the Giant . Paramedics determined he died of apparent natural causes, police said.

McGrory, who had size 29 1/2 shoes, appeared on Stern's show in the 1990s and received other attention from the national media even before he became an actor. He attended law school and showed up in music videos before starting his career in Hollywood B-movies.

--He was great in "Big Fish."

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Hugh Grant's quirky sense of humor helped his mother through pain. The "Love Actually" star is quoted in "What Can I Do to Help? 75 Practical Ideas for Family and Friends from Cancer's Frontline" on how he cheered up his mother by playing tricks on her after she was hit with the disease.

His "favorite" was "secretly activating her hospital bed so that the head and legs both lifted to put her in an amusing jack-knife position," he wrote. "I blow-dried her hair on the day before she died, which was frankly not the success I had hoped for, and which may — I now concede — have finished her off."

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Christina Aguilera has warned pop rival Britney Spears not to expect a comeback after her baby is born - because she's "let herself go" too much to reclaim her sex symbol status.

The singer is horrified by the deterioration in Spears' appearance since she announced she's expecting her husband Kevin Federline's child earlier this year.

And Aguilera hopes Spears will be content with motherhood, because she doubts she'll ever be a pop star again. She says, "She's let herself go. I can't see a comeback on the cards."

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1 I don't think that Briney's appearance is what's going to prevent her comeback. She has a history of working out and using Dr. Plastic. I think it's her reputation as being "white trash" that's going to hinder her career.

Posted by: Nanc' at August 10, 2005 10:56 AM (Ailrt)

2 I wonder when xtina finnaly starts to talk about her instead of being so mean with all her colleagues. The only one had received her approvation was Justin during their tour, but we all know what they did in that tourbus . Anyway regarding to Brit she let's herself go month ago, but now she seems to back to a LITTLE more clean image.

Posted by: Ale at August 10, 2005 11:26 AM (MC2Jv)

3 Ita with Nanc, and I think that is probably what Xtina meant, because I LOVE Xtina. and Britney is somewhat icky

Posted by: Rori at August 10, 2005 07:44 PM (22hX5)

4 OK, I have to agree somewhat with Christina. I don't think Britney is one of those Hollywood types who just snaps right back to their pre-pregnancy shape. I mean she loves the Cheetos too much, y'all. But meow... I hear the claws coming out from here.

Posted by: alexis at August 11, 2005 08:35 AM (X1wY2)

5 Let herself go? If she is talking about the weight then someone needs to explain to her the whole "baby in the belly" thing. If she is talking about the white trashedness, then yeah I agree!

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Tara Reid can't wait until her new travel TV show hits the small screen in the US, because it will destroy the bad reputation she believes the press has unfairly handed her.

The actress-turned-presenter is thrilled she has been finally given the chance to take on the tabloid press and prove they judged her unfairly - when Wild On Tara airs on E!.

She says, "When people see this show, they'll say, 'We've been picking on this girl for ten years for no reason. She makes everyone around her have a good time.' And viewers will have a good time too."

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When Tiger Woods arrived early Monday morning at the Baltusrol Golf Club on the first practice day of PGA Championiship week, he found a rusty silver Honda with Pennsylvania plates in his reserved space, the Star-Ledger reports.

So while officials called to have the interloper towed, Woods found another spot — the one reserved for Jack Nicklaus, whose place in history he might one day share as well.

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Women want Jessica Alba's hairstyle more than any other celebrity's, according to July user statistics from BeautyRiot.com. Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson drew the most interest from women seeking hairstyles and makeup inspiration and ideas, measured by user stats from the celebrity beauty and hairstyles Web site in May 2005.

Out of more than 300 different celebrity hairstyles available to view and print, Jessica Alba's long, brown, honey-highlighted 'do was the most popular among BeautyRiot's over 500,000 July visitors. The "Fantastic Four" star's hairstyle pictures made up over 10% of the site's total page views. Jessica Simpson came in at second place, and her sister Ashlee Simpson was number three. Ashlee Simpson's famous black shag hairstyle, notably, was the third most visited page on the Web site in July.

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Eminem dropped his trousers and farted into a microphone during a performance.

The 32-year-old rapper's concert at Madison Square Gardens was the latest stop on his Anger Management Tour which also features 50 Cent, reports the New York Post.

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Keira Knightley and her longtime boyfriend, Irish model Jamie Dornan, have split up.

"Keira and Jamie have decided to call a halt to their relationship in its current phase but they remain completely committed to each other as friends and will continue to see each other in this capacity," Dornan's rep says.

Knightley, 20, and Dornan, 22, met at Manhattan photo shoot in August 2003. They kept their romance quiet for nearly a year before making their first public appearance together in May 2004. Recently, the couple attended the opening night of As You Like It starring Sienna Miller in London.

"I think it's important to make time for the people in your life who you love and who love you back," Knightley said last July of her romance with Dornan.

Dornan will appear in Sofia Coppola's upcoming film Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst.

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Target had a “vertical catwalk,” and now Marshall Field’s has a fashion show to rival the VMAs. On August 12th, the midwestern department store hosts its Glamorama party, complete with a special video by Sean Combs and a fashion show called “Glam Rocks,” with live music and designer labels.

The Chicago party lists Mr. Combs as its Honorary Chairperson. Since heÂ’s unable to attend the event in person, he made an exclusive video for Marshall FieldÂ’s to kick off the festivities.

After he gets beamed to Marshall FieldÂ’s fans on the big screen, clothes by Blumarine, Etro, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Varvatos, Just Cavalli, Matthew Williamson, Paul Smith, D&G, Dolce and Gabbana, and Tuleh will hit the catwalk, followed by the debut of Sean by Sean Combs, a womenÂ’s collection by the hip-hop mogul.

During the fashion show, the B-52s will perform alongside the East Village Opera Company, and American Idol host Ryan Seacrest will make a special appearance to promote his new label, R Line.

Besides being a concert, Glamorama is also a charity event. Proceeds from the Marshall FieldÂ’s production go to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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