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Names in the news
Nov 27, 2008 (The Philadelphia Inquirer - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) --
Rachael Ray is heroically upbeat about going under the knife.
"I'm having voice surgery on Dec. 16, so we're going to celebrate very quietly," Ray quips. Ray's representative says it's "very minor surgery to remove a benign cyst on her vocal cord."
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FROM DANCING STARDOM TO SITCOM?
Brooke Burke says she wants to follow up her "Dancing With the Stars'' triumph with a sitcom.
Burke, who served as a host on ``Wild On,'' E!'s look at the global party scene, also has had bit parts on "Monk,'' "Less Than Perfect,'' "The Bernie Mac Show'' and "Las Vegas.''
She tells E!Online, "I'd love to do a sitcom! I just want to make sure that I'm really passionate about the next thing I do, because I poured my heart and soul into'' ``Dancing.''
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CELEBRITY RELATIVES ON 'IDOL'?
The next installment of "American Idol'' might feature a few quasi-celebs. So says the New York Post, which reports that the 200 wannabes at a recent "Idol Boot Camp" included one of Donny and Marie Osmond's nephews; the 2008 Miss New York USA winner, Danielle Roundtree; Anna Kaelin, daughter of Dean Kaelin, who is David Archuleta's vocal coach; and one of "Idol'' finalist Jason Castro's younger brothers. No comment from the Fox network.
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AUSSIE ACTORS HEAT UP THE SET
Nicole Kidman tells "Entertainment Tonight'' that Hugh Jackman really heated up the set of the Aussies' new flick, "Australia.'' "When (Hugh) comes on screen no one's looking at me!" says Kidman.
For his part, Jackman tells "ET'' that his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, was ambivalent about the love scenes. Jackman said she was impressed by his first on-screen kiss with Kidman: "She leaned over to me and said, 'Hugh, that was great!'''
But Furness wasn't so keen on a montage of smooching that followed. "'All right, enough already!''' Jackman said his wife told him.
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BONO'S MUSIC SERVICE
U2 singer and activist Bono says the new MSN.com music subscription service (Red) Wire, to be launched Monday, World AIDS Day, will raise funds for the fight against the deadly disease. The service will premiere with songs and videos from Coldplay, Dixie Chicks and Jay-Z.
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RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
The New York Post reports that NBC's "Law & Order'' is adapting the death of actor Heath Ledger for an episode. It will star Ryan Locke as a model who "has a great career and gets all the ladies."
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(This column contains information from wire services.)
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