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Why Kevin wanted Lady Di

Last updated on: August 09, 2003 00:03 IST

Did you know Oscar-winner Kevin Costner had approached the late Princess Diana for a sequel to the 1992 blockbuster, The Bodyguard (Whitney Houston)? 

Kevin Costner in Thirteen Days'She was very quiet. She was really sweet. And I said, Yeah, there's going to be a kissing scene. And she laughed,' Costner says. 'And we began to talk. And we had a couple of talks. And it was all really going that direction.'

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Ben and J are hot together!

Ben Affleck & Jennifer LopezA series of rumours suggested a possible break up between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck because the latter reportedly spent time with a couple of strippers.

But all's well at the J Lo-Affleck front, insists their publicist.

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Mel's new passion

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Madonna turns book writer

MadonnaSinging sensation, Madonna and the mother-of-two will be in Paris to unveil English Roses, the first of five volumes.

Her fame is sure to help sell the book, the first published novel she has written, though catching up with the runaway global success of Potter might need a touch of magic.

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Baby boy for Jen Connelly

Jennifer Connelly in The HulkJennifer Connelly has given birth to a baby boy.

It is her first child with actor-husband Paul Bettany but she has a five-year-old son, Kai, from a previous relationship.

Connelly won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2002 for her role as the wife of mathematics genius John Forbes Nash, played by Russell Crowe, in A Beautiful Mind.

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