On The Download: Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi
Music Video: Gabriella Cilmi ‘Sweet About Me’
Gabriella Cilmi speaks during the official launch of the Myer Boxing Day Clearance in Melbourne
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On The Download: Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi
Music Video: Gabriella Cilmi ‘Sweet About Me’
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Gabriella Cilmi speaks during the official launch of the Myer Boxing Day Clearance in Melbourne
December 27, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --
Duffy? Amy Winehouse?
Very 2008 and 2007… respectively.
How about Gabriella Cilmi for Commonwealth indie queen in 2009?!
Watch out America — this retro-sounding 17-year-old Australian singer and songwriter is about to invade the U.S! This new year, look and listen for her everywhere.
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December 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
It’s another boy for Naomi Watts.
The star and partner Liev Schreiber welcomed their second child, a son, on Saturday.
“They had a baby boy yesterday,” a rep for the 40-year-old actress confirmed to Access Hollywood on Sunday.
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December 12, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Hugh Jackman will host the 2009 Oscars, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
The “Australia” star, who was recently selected as “Sexiest Man Alive,” by People magazine will emcee the event on February 22, 2009.
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November 25, 2008
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. --
George Clooney has been crowned People’s “Sexiest Man Alive” two times, first in 1997 and then in 2006. But his words of wisdom for the current “Sexiest” guy came in a late night phone call, saying, “Shut up, Jackman!’’
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November 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Joining the ranks of Matt Damon, George Clooney and Matthew McConaughey, Australian actor Hugh Jackman has been named “The Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine.
Hugh said his wife of 12 years, Deborra-Lee Furness, was amused by the news that he had made the list.
“God bless her, she said, ‘I could’ve told them that years ago!” Hugh told the mag. “And then she said, ‘Obviously Brad [Pitt] wasn’t available this year.’ And I said, ‘That was a joke right?’”
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November 18, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia --
It was hot and dusty during filming in one of the world’s most remote locations. But Nicole Kidman says the prospect of a smooch with Hugh Jackman eased the troubles of working on the Outback romance, “Australia.”
“Obviously we’re in character when we kiss, but it was good to go to work,” a laughing Kidman told a news conference Tuesday ahead of the worldwide premiere of the film, in which Kidman’s prim British aristocrat character falls in love with Jackman’s rugged cattleman in World War II-era Australia.
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November 11, 2008
NEW YORK CITY, New York --
Nicole Kidman has been interviewed thousands of times throughout her career, but the “Australia” star is still blown away when it comes time to sitting down with one interviewer – Oprah Winfrey.
“I’m a big fan, so it’s a huge thing for me to be able to go on ‘Oprah,’” Nicole told Access Hollywood Monday night at the 2008 Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall in New York City. “I’ve been on her show many times now, but she’s still such a force of nature.”
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September 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Oscar winner Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio have teamed up for the spy thriller, “Body of Lies,” a film which saw the Australian actor bulk up to play a CIA veteran.
Find out what Russell ate and did to get to 257 pounds and how long it will take him to get back to his pre-film physique!
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September 26, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Australian actors hoping to follow in the career footsteps of Heath Ledger could benefit from a scholarship set up in the name of the late actor — and Heath’s ex, Michelle Williams, is its first donor, People reports.
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September 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman said swimming in Australian Outback waterfalls may promote fertility and might have contributed to her unexpected pregnancy over the past year.
The 41-year-old Aussie, who gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose in July, said she and six other women who swam in the waters of a small Outback town during production of the epic romance “Australia” became pregnant.
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July 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Aussie singer Olivia Newton-John has wed Amazon Herb Company founder John Easterling, Access Hollywood has learned.
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July 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are basking in newborn baby joy after the birth of their daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, just four days ago.
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May 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A 2002 interview has surfaced of Mel Gibson, where the Australian star admits to being “manic depressive.”
“I had really good highs but some very low lows,” Gibson said in the documentary, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. “I found out recently I’m manic depressive.”
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May 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
From Jennifer Lopez to Halle Berry, this year’s Mother’s Day has special significance to several stars who will be celebrating the maternal holiday for the first time as a mom.
May 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The season finale of MTV’s “Rock the Cradle” — brought out one of music’s biggest stars — Britney Spears.
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May 8, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia --
A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award.
The painting features a bare-chested Ledger staring from the canvas as two images of the actor whisper into his ears.
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April 25, 2008
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A new poster for the highly anticipated film ‘The Dark Knight’ has been released, and Access has it for you!
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April 23, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Nicole Kidman has urged world leaders and ordinary people to join the global fight to end violence against women.
The actress, seven months pregnant and passionately committed to her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Development Fund for Women, said Tuesday the violence was probably the “most widespread human rights violation of our time.”
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April 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
When you have superstar parents like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, the acting bug is bound to bite you — and that’s just what happened to Connor Cruise.
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April 15, 2008
NASHVILLE, TN --
She may have looked stunning in a fitted red dress on the CMT Awards red carpet last night, but Nicole Kidman had one awful morning.
The actress told Access Hollywood’s CMT special correspondent Maureen McCormick, she, like many moms-to-be has had some stomach troubles during her pregnancy.
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April 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
A woman’s lawsuit against two paparazzi and the photo agency allegedly responsible for the video of Heath Ledger at a West Hollywood hotel room says the late actor was using cocaine that night.
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April 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Keith Urban is months away from becoming a first time dad, but he is already buzzing about fatherhood.
At the Baltimore stop on his “Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride” tour, Urban raved about his impending arrival with wife Nicole Kidman.
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April 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“Dancing With the Stars” professional dancer Tony Dovolani was taken to a hospital Tuesday night, Access Hollywood has learned.
Dovolani, who is partnered with Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur this season, hurt himself following Tuesday night’s professional dance to the music of Sheryl Crow.
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April 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Kate Moss is back at the top of Glamour magazine’s annual best-dressed women list.
“Kate’s back with a vengeance,” Jo Elvin, editor of Glamour, told Reuters. “Her maverick approach to fashion is an inspiration and shows us all how to be a little more daring and experimental.”
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April 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Kylie Minogue has revealed that doctors initially misdiagnosed her breast cancer, the singer told Ellen DeGeneres.
In an interview on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which aired on Monday, the Australian beauty shared her harrowing secret for the first time.
What inspired Kylie to share her story?
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April 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Contrary to reports, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are not picking up and relocating to the posh Los Angeles suburb of Brentwood, Access Hollywood has learned.
The rumors of the couple’s new real estate purchase are “completely false,” a rep for Kidman told Access Hollywood.
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March 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Did Heath Ledger father a love child as a teen? That’s the question fans are asking after the late actor’s uncle spoke to the Australian press.
Heath Ledger’s uncle, Haydn Ledger told Australia’s News Ltd newspapers there was a "real possibility" that late actor fathered a child at 17, with an older woman.
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March 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Heath Ledger's frenzied reinvention of the Joker had fans and colleagues buzzing.
Now the Batman archfiend stands as Ledger's next-to-last performance. And while it's not the first, "The Dark Knight" has already emerged as arguably the biggest movie featuring a posthumous role in Hollywood history.
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March 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Mel Gibson’s property was the scene of a suicide on Wednesday, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
When contacted by Access Hollywood, a rep for Gibson said the property was one of many owned by the Gibson Family Trust .
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March 20, 2008
PERTH, Australia --
Heath Ledger's family is embroiled in the midst of a battle for control of the late actor's estate.
The actor's uncles are speaking out against Heath's father, Kim Ledger's, management of Heath's assets.
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March 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Spring's album charts could be a battle of the blondes with news that poptastic pint-sized Aussie chanteuse Kylie Minogue has her own new album due just weeks before Madonna’s "Hard Candy" hits store shelves.
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March 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
She was raised Southern Baptist, at one time was spotted wearing Kabbalah bracelets, and earlier this year visited a non-denominational church in Los Angeles, but despite reports, Britney Spears is not heading toward another religious affiliation by singing in Mel Gibson’s church.
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March 16, 2008
STUDIO CITY, Calif. --
A new player entered the Britney Spears saga on Saturday night – Mel Gibson.
Britney and Mel dined together at Romanov, a Russian restaurant in Studio City, according to People.
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March 14, 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada --
This time out, there's no vat of chemicals to explain how Batman's greatest enemy came to be the twisted sociopath known as the Joker.
Heath Ledger's Joker springs full-blown in this summer's "The Dark Knight," the sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins" that was previewed for theater owners Thursday with a clip showing the newmovie's opening sequence.
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March 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The late Heath Ledger is garnering early buzz for his role as the Joker in the upcoming Christopher Nolan-directed "The Dark Knight,” but could his performance be Oscar-worthy?
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March 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
After documents filed in Manhattan Surrogate's Court revealed that Heath Ledger's will left all his assets to his parents and siblings, the Ledger family is speaking out.
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March 7, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
In an interview conducted just days before Heath Ledger’s death in January 2008, Academy Award-nominee Michelle Williams opened up about the pain of their break up.
The actress moved to Portland, Oregon, for a film role following her split with Ledger in 2007. Throwing herself into the role of a woman on the precipice of homeless in "Train Choir" was "a very healing process," Williams told Elle magazine’s April issue
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March 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Lindsay Lohan is back in the recording studio.
The “Mean Girls” star says she is attempting to get back on track with her music career by recording a third album.
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February 29, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
The two doctors that were being investigated in connection with Heath Ledger’s death have been cleared of any wrongdoing by federal investigators, Access Hollywood has learned.
The Drug Enforcement Administration confirms to Access the doctors (one located in Los Angeles and one in Houston, Texas) have been ruled out as the sources of the Oxycontin and Vicodin found in the actor’s apartment, following his death on Jan. 22.
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February 28, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Two doctors are under investigation in connection with prescriptions disbursed to actor Heath Ledger before he died, Access Hollywood has learned.
"The investigation is proceeding aggressively and can conclude from as soon as one day or several weeks," a DEA source told Access.
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February 28, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Nicole Kidman’s rep has denied a report that the pregnant star drank wine at last week’s Oscars.
Find out what Nicole was actually drinking and what she did backstage at the ceremony.
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February 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
While ex-wife Nicole Kidman and ex-girlfriend Penelope Cruz both dazzled at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes were nowhere to be seen.
So where was one of Hollywood's most notorious leading men this weekend?
The answer (and more pictures), inside!
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February 25, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --
Red & black gowns were the theme for the night.
But who was Best Dressed and who committed a fashion faux pas?!
Access Hollywood's Style Team breaks it down for you!
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February 25, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --
Late for the first part of the ceremony?! The Access Hollywood news desk has what you might have missed!
Click inside for an account of tonight's ceremony!
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February 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
"Juno," "The Savages," and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" shared top category honors at the 2008 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, making the highly anticipated annual event into a celebration of the diverse films that captured the public’s attention this year.
"Once," "Crazy Love," "Talk to Me," "The Lookout," "August Evening," and "I’m Not There" also received awards at the event.
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February 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Colin Farrell says it’s an honor to help replace Heath Ledger in the actor’s final film, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.”
After Ledger died tragically before shooting on the film was complete, it was announced Farrell, Johnny Depp and Jude Law would all step in to the role to help finish the project.
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February 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has locked horns with a new celebrity fur-wearer, the Queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, who they have named the Biggest Loser in an online poll of 2008’s Worst-Dressed Celebrities.
Find out who else made the list!
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February 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Ryan Reynolds ready to showcase his super powers. Orlando Bloom enlists for an “Education.” Plus, Beyonce hops into the driver’s seat in a new “Cadillac.”
It’s all in the latest edition of the Access Hollywood Casting Call!
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February 20, 2008
LONDON, England --
Mika, Leona Lewis and Take That were the front-runners for Wednesday's Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes.
But after her stellar Grammy performance, all eyes are on Amy Winehouse, who is scheduled to perform.
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February 18, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Lindsay Lohan is following in the footsteps of the most famous blond bombshell of them all — Marilyn Monroe.
In the issue of New York magazine on sale Monday, the 21-year-old star of "Mean Girls" and "Freaky Friday" poses nude for photographer Bert Stern in a recreation of one of Monroe's most famous photo shoots, done shortly before she died.
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February 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
They're on display constantly — on the streets of Hollywood, in the pages of tabloid magazines, and on reality TV Shows.
From Paris & Nicole, to Fabian & Stavros, we've put together a list of our Top Ten heirs and heiresses in Hollywood.
Check out to see if your favorite celebuspawn made our list!
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law will step in to replace Heath Ledger in “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” Access Hollywood has learned.
Following Ledger’s tragic death, the three Hollywood heavyweights have all agreed to play Ledger’s character, “Tony,” at various stages in the film, directed by Terry Gilliam.
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February 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
On this Presidential holiday, it's only fitting that Hollywood's Heads Of State are up to their usual highjinks, Brit dined out with dad. Paris danced in a giant champagne glass. Klum offers Brit a new house to live in. Alicia nabs Jordin for her tour. And Spencer says Montag's album will be better than Madonna's.
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February 13, 2008
MALIBU, Calif. --
Mel Gibson arrived to a Malibu courthouse on Wednesday for his final progress hearing related to his misdemeanor DUI case.
Accompanied by his attorney, Blair Berk, Gibson went before the judge, who was pleased with the actor’s behavior in the wake of his notorious anti-Semitic tirade during his arrest in Malibu for DUI in July 2006.
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February 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Mel Gibson has been slapped with a major fraud & breach of contract lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court by a screenwriter for "The Passion."
In the lawsuit, the screenwriter — Benedict Fitzgerald, claims that in their original negotiations, Gibson said he was going to pay for the film himself, and "because he was so rich," he wouldn't take a cut of any profits, but that they would be divided among the other people who worked on the movie. Also, he claims, because Gibson "considered [the movie] a personal gift to his faith."
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February 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The writers strike may be over by the time the Oscars roll around, but at least one organization has decided that a celebration isn’t in order – Vanity Fair.
The magazine announced today that they are canceling their annual Oscar party, according to columnist Nikki Finke.
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February 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Actor Heath Ledger was remembered by his family and friends in a moving private ceremony in Hollywood on Saturday.
Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sienna Miller, James Van Der Beek and more joined Ledger’s f
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