The ‘Terminator’ star ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER , whose term as the governor of California ends in January 2011, has already asked a number of script writers to come up with ideas to help reignite his film career.

A source said: “Quite a few of the writers who are on strike in Hollywood at the moment are claiming that Arnold’s people have been sounding them out about ideas.

“He wants to be prepared for the time when his political career comes to an end and he’s already started thinking about it seriously. He believes there will be room for him in the movie business and still sees himself as a big star.”

Schwarzenegger’s spokesman would only comment: “He may go back to the movies”.

The 60-year-old star’s last high-profile role came with ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ in 2003.

In October 2003 he was elected as governor of California for the Republican party, before winning re-election in November last year.

Britney Spears is desperate for California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s help in her ongoing custody battle, according to reports.

The singer - whose lawyers from legal firm Trope & Trope last month filed a motion requesting permission to withdraw as her counsel - allegedly believes her inability to keep an attorney in her custody case with ex-husband Kevin Federline violates her “civil rights”.

Spears’ estranged manager Sam Lutfi reportedly contacted Schwarzenegger’s former publicist to help put the 26-year-old in touch with the state commander.

A source tells the New York Daily News: “Britney says her civil rights have been violated and she wants to talk to Arnold about it.

“She wants the governor to look into why she can’t get an attorney. Sam was chewing on his dinner while he was saying all this into the phone.

“He wanted Schwarzenegger to call him, and he said he’d hand Britney the phone.”

Spears lost the right to visit her sons Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, last month after a breakdown at her Beverly Hills home at the end of a scheduled visit, which resulted in a three-hour police stand-off.
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Mario Lopez and Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Karina Smirnoff have recently split, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

The couple, who met during Dancing’s third season, never publicly acknowledged their relationship despite the fact that the pair were living together in Lopez’s Los Angeles home. A source tells PEOPLE Smirnoff is moving out of Lopez’s digs.

Lopez’s personal rep, Lisa Perkins, says, “It’s my policy to not comment on my client’s personal life.”

Smirnoff, who is now competing on Dancing’s sixth season with R&B star Mario, has been spotted recently with E! Entertainment personality Michael Yo. The two were seen dancing and canoodling at a recent event at Hollywood eatery Beso.

Lopez, meanwhile, is starring in A Chorus Line on Broadway, and recently returned to the ballroom with 18 Chorus Line dancers to tape a synchronized number to air on Dancing’s 100th episode on May 6. He’s also about to embark on a national tour to promote his upcoming book, Mario Lopez’s Knockout Fitness.

Hip-hop star 50 Cent has vowed to silence his ongoing feud with Cam’Ron by selling more records than his rap rival could ever dream of.

50 and Cam’ron have been embroiled in a feud since their on-air clash on New York radio station Hot 97 in February (07).

A week later, 50 Cent released Funeral Music - a track aimed at Cam’ron - online, who responded with Cuurtis - named in reference to 50’s real name, Curtis Jackson.

50 believes Cam’ron’s group The Diplomats (Dipset) would be more successful if they dropped Cam’ron from the line-up and promoted bandmember Jim Jones to frontman.

He says, “After an altercation is caused, I have no intentions of resolving it. I don’t believe you can resolve a situation with someone you didn’t initiate. If they caused it, there’s nothing you can do on your end. You didn’t actually ask for it so it’s there. And you make it - you pound away at him with the consistency of releasing quality material ’til his ass is dust. He’s gone and everybody that surrounds him gets it in the end, too.

I would not mess with Mr 50 Cent, this is one guy you don’t want to get into a feud with.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop near the Vanderbilt University campus.

Vanderbilt spokesman Jim Patterson said Kearse was stopped early Sunday morning after campus police reported seeing the SUV that Kearse was driving weaving across the road.

Patterson says Kearse took a field sobriety test, but refused a breathalyzer. He was arrested and charged with DUI and violation of Tennessee’s implied consent law for failing to take the breathalyzer test. Officials said Kearse was released later in the morning.

A call to the Titans was not immediately returned. A spokesman for Kearse’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said Kearse had no comment.

Kearse, the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1999 with the Titans, re-signed with the club in the offseason after spending the last four years with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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I don’t understand with all that money and everything at risk, the guy can’t ride in a damn limo!

Because if you heard me and you aren’t jumping up and down like an untrained dog begging for a treat, then you my friend, are on the wrong side of town. The good news is she looks sloshy. The bad news is, Kristen Bell is a faker! She is “acting” for her latest movie, When In Rome. Hey, look at is like a role playing session. It’s still fun.

Mark Gold, president of Heal the Bay, has been with the nonprofit environmental group in Southern California for almost 20 years. He has seen many celebrities come and go, and then come back again to stay. He has seen some show up once and disappear.

Over the years, he has changed his opinion of that last group.

“When I was younger in my career, it did bug me a lot,” he admitted. “I said, ‘Why can’t they be there for us all the time?’ Over the years, I’ve changed that opinion completely. Now I’m very grateful for any help we can get in that arena.”

There is really no other term for the Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt phenomenon except “zombie fame cult.” And like all zombie fame cults, it’s important to steer clear if you value your brain.

They can get inside your head and do awful things, such as make you listen while they explain their career goals or talk about a fun nightclub. Their smiles make it seem like everything is fine, as if you swallowed a dozen Xanax and washed them down with a bottle of absinthe.

But everything is not fine.

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Edging out the expected Meg Ryan entry for the troutiest pout spot (and that’s no small feat), is Lara Flynn Boyle. Lara’s just a newbie in the world of alleged celebrity overhauls, but she’s already making up for lost time. As recently as last year, the actress could be seen looking pretty much like her usual self, but in March of this year she debuted a whole new look featuring a frozen face and a balloonish mouth. The change was so sudden and drastic that many viewers had a hard time even recognizing Lara when she appeared on “Law & Order” this season.

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She was the oldest contestant to ever move across the dance floor on “Dancing With the Stars,” but Priscilla Presley’s face remained completely still the whole time. The limited motion and lineless look the 63-year-old wears is a result of botched silicone injections. Rather than pretend nothing happened, as is the typical Hollywood habit, Priscilla admits that Dr. Daniel Serrano “worked on” her. The (not-so) good “doctor” supposedly erased the telltale signs of aging by injecting his victims, er, patients with industrial grade silicone. Serrano served some prison time for malpractice, but Priscilla’s the one left with the life sentence.

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It just wouldn’t be a Tinseltown plastic surgery roundup without Michael Jackson topping the list of the alleged. Appearances aside, the only procedures Michael himself owns up to are a couple of nose jobs and the creation of a cleft chin, which he wrote about in his 1988 memoir, “Moon Walk.” Photos tell a very different story. From the looks of things (like his eyes, lips, cheekbones and jaw, for instance), the King of Pop hardly has any untouched facial real estate left.

LOS ANGELES - Ed McMahon blames the possible foreclosure of his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills house on a set of problems all too familiar to many Americans: a foundering economy, health problems and poor planning.

“If you spend more money than you make, you know what happens,” McMahon said Thursday night on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” “You know, a couple of divorces thrown in, a few things like that. And, you know, things happen.”

McMahon, 85, appeared with his wife, Pamela. The couple said they are $644,000 behind on their mortgage payments and are in negotiations with lender Countrywide Home Loans Inc. to set a foreclosure date.

LOS ANGELES - The SUV pulls to an abrupt stop on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. In the middle of the westbound lane is a man in a loud shirt, his body coiled with energy, darting across traffic toward a strip mall.

The driver jumps visibly, and not merely at the presence of a human being on the pavement. It’s who that human is: Without the hasty application of power brakes, one of the most recognizable faces in the history of American television would have become one with the road.

But it’s lunchtime, after all. Good sushi is across the street. And a guy like William Shatner is not about to be stopped by something as mundane as traffic.

I’m sure we’ve all had experience with baby pictures. I get them occasionally, and my reaction is almost always the same: “Cute baby.” Once in a huge while, I’ll have a Kramer moment — “She looks like Lyndon Johnson” — but most of the time babies are babies, little bundles of joy wrapped in blankets, with confused looks on their faces and maybe some dribble on their chins.

Then, unless the baby in question is a blood relative, I wait a respectful few days and then flip it into the trash. (The picture, not the baby.) What am I going to do with baby pictures?

But if I happen to get one sent to me from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, I think I’ll save it. Maybe I can trade it for a yacht, or sell it and take one of those space flights that only a Google executive can afford. I could even donate the proceeds to a charity and cure a disease.

In a climate where everything from box office hits to traffic stops makes headlines in blogs, newspapers and celebrity weeklies, it comes as no surprise that the more substantial life events of an A-lister — say, the birth of a baby — constitutes news.

Time and again, the if-you-build-it-they-will-come approach to covering the birth of celebrities’ babies has worked, but why? While there are some fans who might rush to an online baby registry and buy a token of congratulations, history proves that far more people will rush to a newsstand and part with a few hard-earned dollars so they may catch a glimpse of Celebrity X’s little miracle.

Lucille Ball didn’t have much choice
The precedent for covering the birth of a celebrity baby and the public’s appetite for the related details likely stems from the public’s love of Lucy.

LONDON - Kevin Spacey already has two Academy Awards and heads London’s Old Vic theater. Now he can add a new title — Oxford University professor.

The Hollywood star has been named Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater at Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College, officials there announced Friday.

Spacey will succeed Shakespearean actor and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star Patrick Stewart when the new academic year starts in October. Previous holders of the post, endowed by theater impresario Mackintosh, include composer Stephen Sondheim, playwright Alan Ayckbourn and actress Diana Rigg.