Gossip

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BRIT�S KILLER COSTUME

Newlywed pop princess Britney Spears has found a new way of avoiding the prying eyes of the paparazzi on her honeymoon � she dresses up as the masked killer from the horror film Scream, according to the World Entertainment News Network. Unfortunately it seems the disguise doesn�t work very well. Britney and her husband Kevin Federline recently returned to Brit�s home in Louisiana for what they hoped would be a quiet start to wedded bliss, but when photographers recognised her in her killer mask, Brit attacked the shutterbugs with a milkshake. �Britney shouted �Trick or treat?� and then sprinted straight at us with her drink,� one journalist reported. �We all got totally drenched.� If dressing as a knife-wilding murderer didn�t work, maybe Brit should go back to her trashy, drunken pop star costume.

REALITY BITES

Speaking of married, blonde pop tarts, MTV reality star and alleged singer Jessica Simpson is reportedly having marital problems with husband and co-star Nick Lachey. Britain�s Daily Sport newspaper reports that the 98 Degrees alumnus is sick of Jessica�s �dumb blonde� behaviour. The couple�s show, Nick And Jessica: Newlyweds, has seen the two exchanging verbal blows, with Nick calling his wife a �pampered bimbo.� A nosy person who likes to spread rumours told the newspaper, �They are pretty much living separate lives these days. I wouldn�t be surprised if both of them are back on the market in a few months.� Nick reportedly whined, �If I�d wanted a bimbo, I would have married Paris Hilton.� Ouch!

TERMINATOR TERMINATED

Busy with life as a politician and political lapdog, Arnold Schwarzenegger looks set to miss out on the next installment of the rapidly declining Terminator series, the World Entertainment News Network reports. The recently elected Governor of California sprung to fame with his tough-guy roles in action films like Terminator. But now that he is in politics, his role in Terminator 4, tentatively scheduled for a 2005 release, will be reduced to a cameo role, and a new robot will have to take over the spotlight. What spotlight? T4 without Arnie is like Star Wars without Darth Vader.

STAR WARS

Looking to join the ranks of Britney and J.Lo, Kirsten Dunst and her rapidly expanding ego continue to make gossip headlines. According to the World Entertainment News Network, Kirsten �flew into a rage� when she found out that Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes would be attending the London premiere of  Kirsten�s new movie Wimbledon. Dunst, who recently made headlines for her tattered love life, was still miffed that tennis sensation Maria Sharapova got all the media attention at the movie�s Los Angeles premiere. �When Kirsten realised what a huge star Kelly is, she wasn�t happy at all,� a source said. �She thought the cameras would prioritise with Kelly over her.� But proving she has a heart to match the size of her head, Kirsten finally agreed to allow Holmes to attend � but only if she slipped in at the last minute. What a gal!

MAN�S BEST FRIEND

In the process of sniffing out the hottest gossip around, Student Weekly comes across plenty of wild stories. We also come across some pretty silly writing. Take the recent World Entertainment News Network piece about former child actor Macaulay Culkin�s drug arrest as one example. Culkin was recently caught in Oklahoma with marijuana and prescription drugs while on a cross-country road trip with his pet dog, who is scared to fly. The WENN report explained the situation by saying, �Macaulay Culkin wouldn�t have been arrested in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on drugs charges if he hadn�t been crossing America with his pet bulldog.� Hmmm, maybe it�s just us, but we don�t think the Home Alone kid was arrested because of his dog � unless, of course, it was his dog smoking the grass.

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Vocabulary

paparazzi (n): a professional photographer whose job is to take pictures of celebrities
disguise (n): a thing that you wear or use to change your appearance so that people do not recognise you
drench (v): to make somebody/something completely wet
alumnus (n): a former member of a group
pampered (adj): if somebody is pampered, they are given everything they ask for
nosy (adj): too interested in things that do not concern you, especially other people�s affairs
lapdog (n): a person who is under the control of another person or group
cameo (n): a small part in a movie or play for a famous actor
ego (n): your sense of your own value and importance
tattered (adj): in bad condition
prioritise (v): to treat something as being more important than other things