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After generated strong buzz for his performances in the Oscar-winning "Crash" and "Hustle & Flow", rapper-actor Ludacris is now turning to TV. He, reportedly, is about to guest star on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," episode "Venom" (Tuesday, March 28th at 10 PM ET/PT).

There in the series he is set to play rapper-actor Ice T's nephew. "When I was approached to work on SVU and read the script, there was no way that I could turn down this amazing opportunity," Ludacris said. "The character was so rich and the storyline so complex, that I knew it was something I had to do."

Britney Spears proves wrong all the reports saying her marriage to husband Kevin Federline is on rock. At least that was what the couple showed Tuesday March 21st, 2006 when they were spotted together at the restaurant Tao Las Vegas at the Venetian. That day was Federline's 28th birthday and the husband-and-wife seemed to have enjoyed the private party they held there.

Arrived just after 8:30 p.m., Spears and Federline slipped in through the back door and joined their 10 guests in a private dining room. Enjoyed the menu, the companion then headed to Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace soon after Federline finished opening his presents. "They didn't leave each other's side all night," so said an onlooker in the club.

British rock singer Pete Doherty has on Thursday March 23rd, 2006 created sensation after another. Was more than an hour late for his appearance at Thames Magistrates' Court in central London, the troubled rocker lashed out at reporters covering his court appearance and kicked one in the arm moments after pleaded guilty to seven drug charges.

Trudi Barber, a reporter for the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Radio One station, was kicked amid scenes of what she described as "total chaos." The incident occurred when Doherty left the court that he allegedly kicked Barber in the elbow and knocked her microphone on the ground. "It was total chaos here outside the court both when he arrived and when he left," Barber said on Radio One.

Taking into account her becoming one of the world's best-known actresses, Oscar-nominated actress Ava Gardner has the Smithfield Post Office renamed after her.

Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., sponsored a bill to rename the post office and it was signed Monday by President Bush.

Teen singer Aaron Carter is sued by a Florida record company over a recording contract he tried to break on the grounds of his age.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleged that Carter signed a contract with Trans Continental Records on Dec. 7, 2004, the singer's 17th birthday. However, a year later when the star turned 18 Carter's attorney sent a letter to the company stating that his client had every right to "cancel or void various agreements" that were signed when he was a minor.

Julianne Moore is about to make a return to the New York stage. The actress is set to get involved in the world premiere of "The Vertical Hour" by British playwright David Hare.

There in the Sam Mendes' direction, Moore will portray a former American war correspondent turned college professor who meets an older man while on vacation in Wales. The play will open Nov. 30 at a Broadway theater to be announced.

Purple speaks trouble for Prince. The Grammy winning singer has been sued by his landlord, none other than Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer, for purple changing Boozer's West Hollywood home, which he is renting for $70,000 a month.

Boozer originally filed a complaint against the singer in January, claiming he did an unauthorized extreme makeover to the 10-bedroom, 11-bath property, including "painting the exterior of the [house] with purple striping, 'Prince symbol,' and numbers 3121."

Music artist Hank Williams Jr. is facing a legal battle after a 19-year-old waitress has accused him of harassing her in a Memphis hotel bar. The prosecutor named Holly Hornbeak, according to a police report, alleged that around midnight Saturday the country superstar swore at her, tried to kiss her and lifted her in a chokehold.

The incident reportedly occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday at the Peabody Hotel, where Williams had been staying while his daughters are being treated in a Memphis hospital for injuries they suffered in a car crash. While authorities are investigating the incident, Williams himself had no comment.

Talk is heating up about Matthew Perry dating actress Piper Perabo. "They just clicked. They're both very low key and seem to enjoy the same things." A source quoted as saying.

This is the first time that Perry starts dating again after he broke up from previous girlfriend Rachel Dunn last year.

They are doing fine. Yes Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro are not split. The couple, according to AccessHollywood, has rubbished rumors that they are to split.

"Everything is fine. Look, I'm wearing my ring. I promise you if there is something going on that I won't wear this and that's a promise because I can't, there is no way I could run around town and be fake. I'm a real person and we are doing fine." Electra insisted in an interview for the show.

16 years ago in 1990 she experienced a tour-bus accident in Pennsylvania which broke her back and later on caused a temporary paralysis. Fortunately, she recovered.

After such bad incident, Gloria Estefan learns something though. And this is proven when the great singer makes a $1M donation to the creation of a human clinical trials program at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

C-Murder was freed from jail Monday night March 20th, 2006 after posting $500,000 bond set by a judge in Baton Rouge on second degree murder charge. From that point on the Louisiana rapper will remain under house arrest, during which he will wear a monitor so that authorities can track his whereabouts.

Thus, concerning the house arrest, Miller is restricted to his home and can only leave for court-approved appointments with his attorneys. The 35-year-old hip-hopster, whose real name is Corey Miller, is charged with the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Steve Thomas during a fight at a now-closed nightclub in Harvey on Jan. 12, 2002. Initially given a life sentence, he was released over the objections of prosecutors, who called him a "danger to the community."

While public worldwide are busy questioning on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's marriage, Jennifer Aniston has something else to do. The Hollywood beauty prefers to empty the wardrobe, gathering Pitt's old clothes to be dumped at a second-hand store in Burbank, California.

A source said: "When a woman in the shop realized that it was Jennifer Aniston, she went over to see what she'd left. But it was too late because a worker who didn't recognize Jen had already dumped the clothes in a bin mixed with lots of others."

The ceramic bowl painted by actor-comedian Richard Pryor, which was put in an online auction, has raised $7,099.

The precious stuff was sold to GoldenPalace.com, an Internet-based casino company known for buying items online for charity and publicity, including a grilled cheese sandwich displaying a purported image of the Virgin Mary and Pope Benedict XVI's old Volkswagen.

Numbers of anti-war artists, including Michael Stipe, Susan Sarandon, and Cindy Sheehan, have all embarked on a concert as a way to mark the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Held Monday night March 20th, 2006, the so-called "Bring 'Em Home Now!" concert, according to organizers, has successfully sold 3,000 tickets with benefits given to groups campaigning against the war.

"I was raised by peace activists," Moby who was one of the performers said to the crowd at Hammerstein Ballroom. The star, during the bash, accompanied Laura Dawn in a rendition of Buffalo Springfield's Vietnam-era song, "For What It's Worth."