The whole world has already been made very aware of Kanye West’s talent when it comes to writing hit songs, and now the music impresario, who is a “proud non-reader,” has his eye on a different type of writing – a book.

The Grammy Award winner, known for his No. 1 albums and outspoken statements, is the co-author of Thank You And You’re Welcome. The book features a collection of Kanye’s personal philosophies. One two-page section reads, “Life is 5% what happens and 95% how you react!” Another page reads “I hate the word hate!”

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Actor Mel Gibson, and his girlfriend, Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva, are expecting a baby. This comes only six weeks after his wife of 28 years filed for divorce. Gibson confirmed that 39-year-old Grigorieva is pregnant on Monday night’s airing of NBC’s Tonight show with Jay Leno.

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Labeling her as “overrated,” singer Lily Allen has been attacking Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle after a victorious performance on last weekend’s show. The 48-year-old Scottish singer landed in the final round of the show after beating out seven other performers by singing Memory from the musical Cats. But The Fear singer was not very impressed with Susan’s performance.

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Socialite Paris Hilton has slammed reports claiming that she got kicked out from David Furnish’s yacht at Cannes for getting too intimate with boyfriend Doug Reinhardt. She took to her MySpace blog, saying that those who spread the news “have no credibility”.

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Country star Taylor Swift, who is busy touring the country on her Fearless Tour, had a little surprise for the audience at the Staples Center in LA this past Friday. She brought a very special guest – Grammy award winning singer/songwriter John Mayer onto the stage to sing a couple of songs.

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Former The Mummy beauty Rachel Weisz has been tapped to star in an ancient Egyptian epic entitled Agora. According to Variety, the 37-year-old actress is set to play Hypatia, the fourth century AD philosopher and teacher who lived in Alexandria during the Roman Empire, struggling to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world.

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Heath Ledger’s final performance before his 2008 death, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Friday, with a special dedication: “A film from Heath Ledger and friends”

According to the Associated Press, in his final big screen role Ledger plays Tony, a man who finds a mysterious theater group that has the ability to travel to fantasy worlds.

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French police have opened an investigation into the apparent suicide of Spider-Man 3 actress Lucy Gordon, who was found dead inside her Paris apartment Wednesday (20May09). Times of London reported that Gordon hanged herself. This happened just two days before her 29th birthday.

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Millions of “Twilight” fans would die for a chance to kiss one of the Hollywood’s hottest male stars, but would they pay $55,000 for the opportunity to smooch Robert Pattinson?

According to E! Online, Robert’s lips were auctioned off Thursday for $27,600 at a charity event. The “Twilight” star offered up his lips at a gala for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, a fundraiser held at the Cannes Film Festival every year.

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Less than a month after Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn filed for legal separation from his wife of 13 years, Robin Wright Penn, he called off the divorce for a second time. A rep for the Milk actor said the papers, which Penn filed on Friday, April 24 in Marin County, California, citing “irreconcilable differences,” have been “dismissed and taken out of the system.”

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