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Scarlett Johansson has reportedly postponed her wedding - because it clashes with the US presidential elections.

The actress - who has publicly backed Barack Obama - is due to marry Ryan Reynolds this year.

But Johansson has put the nuptials on hold - because her twin brother, Hunter, is busy working on Obama’s campaign.

A source told the Daily Express: “He is working all the time so Scarlett wants to hold off until the election is over.”

David BlaineDaredevil David Blaine is preparing for a dizzying new stunt - he will hang upside down above New York’s Central Park for three days and two nights.

The illusionist will be deprived of food as he is suspended six storeys up on a highwire for his Dive of Death, which will be filmed to air on US TV on 24 September.

He will even be forced to sleep upside down.

Heeb cover featuring Bar Refaeli Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend Bar Refaeli has been chosen as the cover model for Jewish magazine Heeb’s first swimsuit issue.

The pretty Israeli model joins countrywomen Neta Bell-Silber, Adi Neumann and Esti Ginzburg in the pages of the new issue.

The quirky Gilles Bensimon calendar shots features the lovely ladies posing in bikinis by the likes of Shoshanna and Agent Provocateur in a series of beach shots.

Rocker Neil Diamond was so desperate to ditch his squeaky-clean image, he once auditioned to play troubled comedian Lenny Bruce.

Diamond was desperate to land the lead role in the 1974 drama Lenny and reportedly performed a successful screen test in which he “transformed” into the controversial funnyman.

David Wild, author of Diamond’s biography He Is… I Say, told gossip column Page Six: “In just a few seconds, he somehow transformed himself into a believable dirty-mouthed, Constitution-defending comedian.”

Gwyneth Paltrow has angered animal rights campaigners by endorsing a new collection of luxury goods using fur.

The actress appears in Italian designer Tod’s advertising campaign draped in fox fur and wearing fur-lined boots.

The 35-year-old and husband Coldplay singer Chris Martin have previously won praise for their green credentials.

But Paltrow has angered animal rights campaigners with her latest project.

Amy WinehouseTroubled singer Amy Winehouse is reportedly using the 1939 movie The Wizard Of Oz as her inspiration for her upcoming album.

The star hitmaker is currently recording a follow-up to her 2006 smash hit Back to Black LP - and has turned to the Judy Garland classic for help.

A source told The Sun: “She loves the surreal look, sound and score. And the soundtrack and score will be a theme running throughout the record.”

Woody AllenVeteran film maker Woody Allen has never seen any of his own movies at the cinema or read a single review of his efforts.

The prolific director refuses to dwell on projects once they have been completed, and prefers to move on to the next movie, insisting he has no time for either positive or negative press surrounding a film he has made.

Amy WinehouseTroubled star Amy Winehouse was booed by fans after arriving late onstage at the UK’s V Festival.

The Rehab hitmaker - who missed last year’s event following a suspected drug overdose - riled fans after turning up late for her scheduled performance at the event in Staffordshire, England on Saturday night.

The star was delayed en-route to the festival, leaving her bandmembers to fill a lengthy twenty minute pause, reports Gigwise.com.

Lindsay Lohan embarked on a secret lesbian affair with aspiring actress Courtenay Semel before meeting Samantha Ronson, it has been claimed.

Semel - the daughter of former Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel - insists she was the Mean Girls star’s first gay love.

But she claims they kept their affair secret because of the actress’ fear of coming out to the world.

Ronson Hits Back

Mark RonsonSuperproducer Mark Ronson has responded to Oasis star Noel Gallagher’s attack on his talent by joking he has taken lessons from his rival Jay-Z.

Gallagher slammed Ronson for covering other artists’ songs - insisting he should write his own tracks.

But Ronson reignited Gallagher’s highly publicised row with Jay-Z by joking that he was taking guitar lessons from the rapper.

Rocker Billy Joel has donated memorabilia to a new rock and roll museum in New York.

The Big Apple native joined record mogul Clive Davis and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg at a press conference to announce the new extension to Cleveland, Ohio’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Joel said: “New York gave me my words and my music, and rock and roll gave me a place for that music to live.”

Music mogul Jerry Wexler has died at the age of 91.

The former journalist became a partner at Atlantic Records and helped steer the likes of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles to success.

After serving in the Army, Wexler was hired as a writer for music industry trade paper Billboard in 1947. While there, he coined the term ‘rhythm and blues’ and discovered a passion for the music business.

Amy WinehouseTroubled singer Amy Winehouse was embroiled in a fracas outside a London pub on Thursday when she allegedly assaulted a photographer and a member of the public.

The Rehab hitmaker made her first public appearance in almost a fortnight when she ventured outside her home to attend a fundraiser at the Dingwalls pub in Camden, north London, to raise cash for her old haunt, The Hawley Arms, which was burnt to the ground back in February.

Counting Crows star Adam Duritz has fallen for a puppeteer, according to new US reports

The Mr. Jones singer, who has romanced Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston in the past, is dating Avenue Q star Mary Faber.

A source told In Touch magazine: “They’ve been dating a couple of months.”

And Duritz is so smitten with his new love, he even changed the lyrics of Counting Crows’ All I Need is You during a recent Wantagh, New York concert to pay tribute to Faber.

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