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50 Cent to team up with Robbie Williams on new record

Robbie WilliamsWashington, Jan 20 : Rapper 50 Cent is apparently planning to team up with British singer Robbie Williams on a new record.

The 33-year-old singer was hoping to collaborate with Williams to record a track for his 2007 album Curtis, but the Angels hitmaker rehab stint forced him to scrap his plans.

But 50 Cent hopes they will be able to sort out some recording time together in the near future, reports Contactmusic.

Meanwhile the American rapper a. k. a Curtis James Jackson III slammed his singing rival Kanye West in a new song by poking fun at him.

Courtney Love once modelled in negligee to help pal start bakery

Courtney LoveWashington, Jan 20 : Singer Courtney Love once agreed to walk on the ramp in a sheer negligee only to help her friend start a bakery.

The 44-year-old star agreed to catwalk for Versace so that she could use the appearance fee to help a pal start her own bakery business.

The rocker revealed that the fashion house offered her 180,000 dollars to make a brief runway appearance in Rome, Italy - and though she was astonished by the offer, she couldn''t say no.

Obama’s autographed pictures with former US presidents may go for 6000 dollars

Obama’s challenge is to develop an effective US-Pak partnershipWashington, Jan 20 : Barack Obama’s autographed pictures with former US Presidents, which will be an collector’s item, may go for 6000 dollars.

Obama, along with presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, agreed to sign 250 prints of a staff photograph.

Each president will eventually receive 50 copies that have been signed by all five of them, according to a White House official and an Obama transition aide, Politico. com reported.

Cruise considering turning ‘Hudson River plane rescue’ into movie

Tom CruiseWashington, Jan 20 : Tom Cruise has admitted that he is interested in turning last week''s Hudson River plane rescue into a blockbuster movie.

The actor has revealed that he was left stunned by US Airways'' Captain Chesley B. ''Sully'' Sullenberger''s heroics as he landed his plane on the river after the craft collided with a flock of geese upon departure from New York''s LaGuardia airport.

All 155 passengers and crew were safely escorted from the sinking plane, and Cruise finds it unbelievable that the plane landing didn''t become a huge tragedy.

Kate Beckinsale says her hubby and ex flame ‘are shaving buddies’!

Washington, Jan 20 : Kate Beckinsale has revealed that her ex boyfriend Michael Sheen and her husband Len Wiseman get along extremely well.

The British actress, who lives in Hollywood with husband Wiseman, has daughter Lily with Sheen.

Beckinsale said that she enjoys staying friendly with `Frost/Nixon' star Sheen, with whom she split in 2003, for the sake of their daughter.

And the actress'' 10-year-old, Lily, gets to call both ''dad'' and the extended family does everything together - even shaving.

"Michael had a huge beard recently and I decided if would be fun if Lily got to shave it off. So we got Len''s clippers and shaved Michael," Contactmusic quoted Beckinsale, as saying.

The Obamas to pick their White House furniture from presidential treasure trove

Barack ObamaWashington, January 20 : The Obama family will be allowed to select from among thousands of pieces of furniture located in a secret, 40,000-square-foot warehouse in Maryland, for use in the White House.

According to reports, the First Family will have their choice of any presidential sofa, table or chair that is still in working order.

The exact location of the warehouse has not been revealed.

Presidents and their families have dipped into the treasure trove for years.

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