1. Hollywood couple Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo share the same birthday, Nov. 9.
2. Designer Cole Haan agreed to outfit basketball superstar Tony Parker and his groomsmen during his wedding to actress Eva Longoria in his native France on Saturday, July 7.
3. J.K. Rowling was so concerned her final boy-wizard book would be leaked ahead of publication that she made her lawyer sit on the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows manuscript throughout a six-hour flight from London to New York publishers. The book goes on sale later this month.
4. The brother of Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen has signed up Paul McCartney‘s drummer, Preston Heyman, to join him and his band Zohar for an upcoming U.S. tour.
5. The recent publication of Woody Allen‘s Mere Anarchy marks the moviemaker/writer’s first fictional offering in 27 years.
6. More than 3,000 young female hopefuls began lining up in London on midday Saturday, June 30, for open auditions the following day to play Lavender Brown in the next Harry Potter epic, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
7. U.S. troops stationed in Iraq were treated to a special screening of Christian Bale‘s new war movie Rescue Dawn as part of their Independence Day celebrations on Wednesday, the same day the film hit theaters in America.
8. Sunday’s Concert for Diana was broadcast in 140 countries worldwide to a TV audience of over 500 million people. The star-studded concert at London’s Wembley Stadium was to celebrate what would have been Diana, Princess of Wales’ 46th birthday.
9. Drew Barrymore is making fashion history–she’ll become the first celebrity to front Gucci’s fine jewelry line this fall.
10. The World Is Not Enough filmmaker Michael Apted has been reelected as president of the Director’s Guild of America for a third consecutive two-year term.
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