1. James Blunt has never seen hit TV show The O.C., which stars Mischa Barton, the star of his video “Goodbye My Lover.”
2. The Hollywood Film Festival has selected Ben Affleck to receive its Supporting Actor of the Year award. Affleck will receive the honor at the festival’s award ceremony on Oct. 23 in Beverly Hills.
3. One of the original stars of the British stage version of Billy Elliot has left the production–after hitting puberty. Fourteen-year-old Liam Mower’s voice has broken and he can no longer play the 12-year-old ballet-dancing Billy.
4. Oscar-winner Meryl Streep will guest edit the November/December issue of The Green Guide, an environmental magazine that “provides practical eco-choices for daily life.”
5. Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is opening a Tex-Mex restaurant in Los Angeles to highlight the cuisine of her native Texas.
6. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have reportedly ordered a coconut lemon cake from top Los Angeles cake shop Sweet Lady Jane for their upcoming wedding.
7. The Devil Wears Prada director David Frankel and writer Lauren Weisberger will be presented with the first Blockbuster Book to Film prize at the 2006 Variety Quill Awards. The award honors the best translation of book content to film.
8. Actress/singer Hilary Duff tried 115 different variations of her fragrance, With Love…Hilary Duff, before settling on a blend of mangosteen fruit, amber and cocobolo woods.
9. The comic book that Rosario Dawson co-wrote and created, OCT: Occult Crimes Taskforce, is being made into a feature film. Dawson will star as a New York City police detective who, after stumbling upon a gruesome and bizarre crime scene, goes undercover and uses black magic to hunt down the killer.
10. A stage adaptation of hit Patrick Swayze movie musical Dirty Dancing has become the fastest-selling show in London’s West End history. The production has already made $20 million in advance sales before it opens next month.
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