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Emma’s up for challenge
Bieber releases second book
New bub for the Packers
EMMA Watson shot to fame playing
Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter
movie series but admits it has been a
‘‘challenge’’ learning how to function
away from the ‘‘bubble’’ of the
franchise. ‘‘It’s worth it for me not to
feel disconnected from everything,
feeling like I’m in touch with people
who do other things,’’ she said.
HE’S only 17, but pop sensation Justin
Bieber is back with his second book.
HarperCollins announced yesterday that
it would publish Justin Bieber: Just
Getting Started. The book is described
as the second official photographic
book from the multiplatinum-selling
star. It will be released worldwide in
September.
JAMES and Erica Packer reportedly are
expecting their third child. Friends have
confirmed the news to the Daily
Telegraph. ‘‘They are building a huge
house at Vaucluse and they’ll need
some kids to fill it,’’ one friend says.
James and Erica are parents to Indigo,
3, and Jackson, 2. Mr Packer is
reportedly ecstatic.
Adele does double take
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be’’. The 23-year-old lost out
on the British single prize to
boy band One Direction’s
What Makes You Beautiful,
but took the coveted album of
the year award for 21.
The statue was presented
by singer George Michael,
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returning to the stage after
suffering life-threatening
pneumonia in December.
The ceremony also included tributes to two
departed divas, Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston
Tousle-haired
singer-
CHARLIE Sheen has written an
open letter to Ashton Kutcher
apologising for his recent criticism of the actor.
Sheen hit headlines last week
when he called in to internet
news show TMZ Live to talk
about his Two and a Half Men
replacement, saying: ‘‘I’m tired
of pretending the show doesn’t
suck . . . I’m tired of pretending
a relentless calendar of
shows. Sheeran thanked his
manager for transforming a
‘‘spotty, chubby, ginger teenager’’ into a Brit winner.
Long derided as dull, the
Brits have become a lively
celebration of UK music.
Ashton
doesn’t
suck. It’s nothing
personal . . . I just
feel bad for him . . .
He’s saddled with
such bad writing.’’
Charlie Sheen
Sheen has now
issued an apology to Kutcher,
but he stands by his criticism of
the show. In an open letter, obtained by TMZ.com, Sheen
writes: ‘‘Dear Ashton, My bad. I
was disrespectful to a man
doing his best.
‘‘I got excited and I threw you
into the crossfire, but the rest of
my statement I stand behind.
You, however, deserve better.
Safety in your travels good sir.’’
Sheen was fired from the
show last March and Kutcher
was hired to take over.
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songwriter Sheeran won
prizes for solo artist and
British breakthrough act.
The redheaded 21-year-old
has been panned as bland by
some critics, but has amassed legions of young fans
through online releases and
I was mean, says Sheen
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SOULFUL songstress Adele
capped a momentous year of
Grammy Awards triumph
and medical woes with a
double win at the Brit music
awards, taking prizes for
album of the year and best
British female solo artist.
Teen-friendly
English
troubadour Ed Sheeran won
two trophies, including British male solo artist, at an energetic ceremony in London.
It has been a dramatic year
for down-to-earth north
London diva Adele, who
based her chart-topping
songs of heartbreak on a
rocky relationship.
Her sophomore album 21
won six Grammys last
week and has sold more than
six million copies in the United States alone. But Adele
also had to undergo vocal
cord surgery in November to
fix a potentially careerthreatening throat condition.
She delivered a powerhouse performance of her
single Rolling in the Deep to
thousands of fans and industry insiders at London’s O2
arena. ‘‘It’s been an amazing
year,’’ Adele said as she
received the female artist
statuette from petite pop star
Kylie Minogue.
‘‘I feel like a drag queen
next to you,’’ joked the winner, who wore a sleek black
Burberry gown but towered
over Minogue.
She thanked her record
company ‘‘for letting me be
the kind of artist I want to
NT NEWS. Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Amazing Race producer
poisoned, says family
TRAGEDY has hit a team in charge
of facilitating challenges for The
Amazing Race and other US reality
shows in Africa, a source close to
the show has told FOXNews.com.
At least two freelance facilitating
producers were poisoned — one
fatally — after a failed shakedown
attempt, the source told FOX.
A person who identified herself
as a family member said the
facilitator who died was Jeff Rice.
The family member said Rice’s
body was found in Uganda.
Details are sketchy, but the
source said that after refusing to
give in to the demands of local
thugs, Rice and another facilitator
ended up very sick.
Rice had worked on season 20 of
The Amazing Race, which premiered on CBS on Sunday.
A representative for Jerry
Bruckheimer Films, the production company behind The Amazing
Race, said he had ‘‘no knowledge’’
of the incident. New York-based
CBS had no comment.
I feel like a drag
queen next to you
Brown
fears for
daughter
BOBBY Brown is so worried about the health of his
daughter, Bobbi Kristina
Houston, he wants her to
get professional help.
Bobbi — the only child of
Bobby and ex-wife Whitney
Houston — has taken the
news of her mother’s death
extremely hard, and her
father is reportedly urging
her to seek help.
A source told RadarOnline.com: ‘‘He wants her in
a treatment facility, getting professional help to
get her through the grieving process.’’
Bobbi, 18, had to be taken
to hospital for treatment
shortly after her mother’s
death on February 11.
The source said Bobby is
worried how she will cope
without her mother, and
doesn’t want her to turn to
drugs, like he and Whitney
did, which led to the end of
their marriage in 2007.
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