"Hilary Swank's musical dream."

The 35-year-old star - who won an Oscar for her role as a true-life transgender teen in 'Boys Don't Cry' and another in Clint Eastwood's 'Million Dollar Baby'  - would "never say never" to a new challenge. She told Britain's Independent newspaper: "I think I've done every genre now! I'd like to continue to try them all. I don't know if a musical would be up my alley, but you never know. Never say never. "A lot of people say, 'You haven't really done a superhero type movie... why don't you do that kind of movie? It's not that I don't want to, I just haven't had that opportunity." Hilary stars in upcoming film 'Amelia' - which is about Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across...

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Michelle Obama's Gripe:

Love-love lost: Hubby's tennis game annoys her, Michelle Obama tells Leno Practicing his speeches for hours in front of the bathroom mirror? Talking too much foreign policy at the dinner table? No — first lady Michelle Obama said Friday it's his tennis game. When they play, the president usually wins. "He beats me quite often," she said on NBC-TV's "The Jay Leno Show," appearing via satellite hookup from the White House. "That gets to be pretty annoying." The show was taped for airing later Friday evening. In a brief skit, Leno pushed her to talk about her husband's flaws. At first, she sarcastically said he has none. "He's perfect," she quipped. Then she let it out: It's their battles...

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Lil Wayne pleads to attempted gun possession

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — In the midst of a career surge that has made him one of rap's biggest stars, Lil Wayne is bracing for a year behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday in a two-year-old gun case. A glum Lil Wayne said little as he admitted illegally having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, moving to end a case that had churned along as he collected Grammys and gold records. He's expected to get a year in jail at his sentencing, set for February. The plea, which came as he boasted the country's No. 1 pop song, makes Lil Wayne the latest in a long line of rappers to face incarceration after topping the charts. Arguably rap's most popular artist,...

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Miles Brown Channels Michael Jackson, Is Just Not That Into 'Ellen'

Four-year-old Miles Brown appeared on 'Ellen' to show off his hip-hop dancing skills. Clad in two white gloves and a black hat, the young boy talked to host Ellen DeGeneres before he danced for the audience. The boy was unresponsive when Ellen told him "it's nice to meet you," but went on to explain the kind of dancing he does. Wa...

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Balloon Boy: Hoax Americana?

We should have known something was up yesterday as we watched that helium-filled balloon float high above Colorado with the ease of that plastic bag in the movie "American Beauty." The nation was transfixed for hours as it feared for the safety of 6-year-old Falcon Heene. When the story broke, it was believed that the Jiffy Pop contraption became untethered from the Heenes' Colorado home and that Falcon was inside. Word came that the family ransacked the house looking for him. Then the thing landed in a field. No Falcon. Folks freaked out that he might have fallen out. Um, no. Turns out Falcon was the one who freaked out and hid in a box in the attic. And then came trouble. There was the...

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Letting Balloon Boy Falcon Heene Talk Brings Quick Celebrity Status to Halt

Richard Heene and the Heene Family have become celebrities overnight with the whole Balloon Boy incident yesterday. Now the Heene family is taking the heat from the general public after the remarks from their son Falcon Heene. As you might remember there was the huge scare that the child, Falcon, was stuck in the weather balloon that was floating across the plains of Colorado. Once it landed the rescue workers rushed to the contraption to find it was empty and the child was later found in the garage. Sounds like a really silly kid who got into a situation, Right? Well it has turned this entire story with some celebrity power when Falcon said on CNN: "you said we did this for a show." Now...

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The Hollywood Gossip Week in Review:

What a week it's been. The craziest we can remember since... well, last week. Below, we take a look back at the defining moments of the past seven days in celeb gossip. Welcome to THG's Week in Review! Some of the highlights (and lowlights):     * Worst boss ever: Ralph Lauren fired Filippa Hamilton for being fat.     * Worst faked sex tape ever: The Shauna Sand sex tape. It's gross.     * Worst Twitter use ever: Soulja Boy just had to prove he's that rich.     * Worst National Anthem ever: Jesse McCartney forgets the lyrics.     * Worst excuse ever: Jon Gosselin claims he withdrew $180,000 from his account with Kate...

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India celebrates Diwali; cracker fire kills 32 in Tamil Nadu

Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated across India on Saturday with prayers, fireworks and frenzied shopping but it was marred by tragedy in Tamil Nadu. With the economy slowly recovering from the recession that badly hit Diwali last year, people celebrated the festival with fervour and with greater enthusiasm. Many thronged temples, distributed sweets and wished friends and relatives, with SMS messages - which seem to have replaced the traditional greeting cards - going to and fro throughout the day. Innumerable homes across the country witnessed colourful rangolis and flowers on doorsteps. There were prayers to Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity. In the evening, millions...

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Singer Mya Is No Miley Cyrus: "I'm Staying on Twitter!"

Mya has no plans to pull a Miley Cyrus and ditch Twitter. Even if it means getting tweets from men who are in...prison?! "After our lambada last night, it was like, um, 'Oh jeez,' " Mya laughed earlier this morning during our exclusive weekly chat. "I didn't know they have Twitter in jail. The messages were off the train!" Even so, she says, "I'm staying on Twitter." I've got more Mya for ya. Read on to find out why she's kinda starting to ignore judge Len Goodman, what she wanted to do to Derek Hough's nipples last night and her thoughts about that rumored on-set showmance between Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff... Congratulations on being on top again. Did you think Melissa Joan Hart...

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