White Receives Invite To Marine Corps Ball

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Actress Betty White is the latest celebrity to receive an invitation to a Marine Corps Ball.

Hollywood stars Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake were asked to attend two separate military galas via videos posted by personnel on YouTube.com earlier this month, and now the Hot in Cleveland actress has won the affections of her very own U.S. soldier - Sgt. Ray Lewis.

Lewis, a veteran and aspiring hip-hop artist, recently filmed his own web message for White, asking the 89 year old star to be his date.

Dressed in his uniform, holding a red rose, he says, "I'd like to take Betty White (to the Marine Corps Ball). She's funny, she's sweet, she's mature. She's the all-around perfect woman. I really think that we'd have a good time. I'm fun. I think I can make her laugh. I think she can make me laugh. I think we can laugh together."

It is not yet known whether White will accept the invitation but Timberlake and Kunis are so far scheduled to attend their respective parties.

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Rathbone To Hit The Road With His Band

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Twilight actor Jackson Rathbone is set to embark on a world-wide tour with his independent funk band 100 Monkeys.

The star shot to fame as vampire Jasper in the hit movie franchise, but Rathbone is turning his attention towards his passion for music as he prepares to head off with the Los Angeles-based group for its very first international tour later this year.

He tells MTV News, "The thing we do with 100 Monkeys is we play with our audience. It's just a fun time. They came out to see us and we came there to see them. That's what makes us a great live band. We love playing."

And although Rathbone admits touring with his four best friends makes for a fun time, it's not the most glamorous: "We are on a red, smelly bus. It wasn't as smelly before we got on, but it definitely had some residue. It's actually from the 1992 Metallica tour; it's got a little Metallica vibe to it."

Rathbone and his bandmates will perform a number of shows throughout the U.S. this summer before heading overseas to kickstart their European leg on 28 November in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Jolie's Kids Love Eating Bugs

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Actress Angelina Jolie was forced to ban bugs from her kitchen after her young kids fell in love with the delicacy during a trip to Cambodia.

The Changeling actress and her longtime boyfriend Brad Pitt often take their brood of six with them on their global travels and Jolie admits her sons have gotten so hooked on eating cooked crickets, which are commonly served in the Asian country, they crave them as if they were potato chips.

While shooting a video for Louis Vuitton's Core Values campaign, she says, "My boys love to eat crickets. It's their favourite thing... When I first gave it to them... I wanted them to not be turned-off by something that wasn't (part of) their culture. So I bought them... and they ate them like Doritos (chips).

"And they wouldn't stop and they brought to-go boxes home. And then I had to actually ban the cricket-eating at a certain point because I was afraid they were going to get sick from eating too many... But they're good!"

Jolie's eldest son, Maddox, was born in Cambodia.

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Chilean Star Prieto Dies

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Chilean actor/singer Antonio Prieto has died at the age of 85.

The performer passed away after suffering heart failure on Thursday at a clinic in Santiago, Chile.

Prieto recorded over 1,000 songs during his 50-year career and was nicknamed the Romantic of the Romantics because his voice was said to make people fall in love.

He also starred in more than 33 films, including A Fistful of Dollars with Clint Eastwood and the 1963 release of The Sword of Zorro.

Prieto is survived by four children and 13 grandchildren.

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Patrick Kennedy Weds Fiancee

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Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy wed his fiancee at the family compound in Massachusetts on Friday.

Patrick, the son of late U.S. senator Ted Kennedy, married schoolteacher Amy Petitgout in Hyannis Port.

He tells People.com, "This is a day that's a beautiful day, not only in weather but just for my family. And I'm the luckiest guy. She's the best I could have ever imagined, and I'm lucky to be able to share this day with her."

The couple announced its engagement in March.

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Fonda Blames TV Bosses For Axing Slot Over Politics

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Jane Fonda has accused bosses at TV network QVC of cancelling her appearance after viewers threatened to boycott the show.

The Oscar winner was due to promote her upcoming book Prime Time on the home shopping channel on Saturday but the segment was called off at the last minute.

In a post on her website, Fonda claims QVC executives were inundated with calls about her anti-war activism in the 1960s and 1970s, prompting them to axe her programme.

She writes, "The network said they got a lot of calls yesterday criticizing (sic) me for my opposition to the Vietnam War and threatening to boycott the show if I was allowed to appear.

"I am, to say the least, deeply disappointed that QVC caved to this kind of insane pressure by some well funded and organized political extremist groups. And that they did it without talking to me first."

The Barbarella star goes on to defend her Vietnam War stance and declare her love for the U.S.

She adds, "I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us. I do not understand what the far right stands to gain by continuing with these myths."

A spokesperson for QVC insists Fonda was cancelled due to a "programming change", adding: "It's not unusual to have a schedule change with our shows and guests with little or no notice."

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Hudgens Gets Dirty For Pregnant Tomboy Role

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High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens has ditched her glamorous look for her new movie Gimme Shelter to play a dishevelled, pregnant tomboy with piercings.

Zac Efron's ex-girlfriend, 22, shocked onlookers in Newark, New Jersey on Thursday when she showed up onset dressed in baggy clothes with short, greasy hair - worlds apart from her usual red carpet look.

Hudgens portrays a pregnant teen whose rich father disowns her, forcing her to live on the streets, when she decides to keep her baby.

Brendan Frasier will play the actress' dad. Rosario Dawson also stars.

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