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The rapper-and-presenter claims his spouse is the funniest person he knows and he would love for them to show off her comedic talents in a joint venture.   He said: “I’d love to do a film with Mariah. But it would have to be a comedy. She’s the funniest woman in the world, she just cracks me up all the time.”

Mariah’s most recent big screen outing was as a dowdy social worker in ‘Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire’ and she admits she felt “tortured” by the role, although she believes it has made her a better person.   She said: “It was definitely a commitment to be seen looking that bad. I love Lee Daniels, the director, but he’s a sick man. He wanted to torture me.  “But you know, it freed me in a lot of ways. I don’t worry about certain things in the same way any more.”

Love this cover!  The beautiful Gwen Stefani wearing a Lavin dress graces the April 2010 cover of InStyle.   The cover was shot by Photographed by Michaelangelo di Battista and styled by Andrea Leiberman.  Below is a glimpse of the interview, pick up the magazine to read the rest of the interview.

On fame & fortune: “I don’t know how I got so lucky – how this all happened to me. If you were in my shoes you’d be blown away too.”

Her onstage outfits: “I archive and store my onstage costumes. It’s so cute when you pull out an outfit and it’s all complete with shoes and socks and everything.”

Her LAMB Spring 2010 collection: “I just wanted to make a wearable collection, it’s kind of 80’s-inspired so it reminds me of high school.” 

The actor has donated outfits from his latest movie ‘Remember Me’ including a blue Prada suit, slip-on Birkenstocks, and an off-white LNA T-shirt for an online sale, which will raise money for the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).

Fans can start bidding for the 23-year-old ‘Twilight’ star’s costumes on the website icollector.com at 11am on Saturday (13.03.10).

His ‘Remember Me’ co-stars have also donated outfits for the charitable cause.   Actress Emilie de Ravin - who plays his love interest in the movie – has a pair of her denim shorts up for offer and Pierce Brosnan has donated an expensive grey suit.

Costumes from other hit movies such as ‘The Blind Side’ and ‘Leap Year’ are also up for grabs.   The actor – who shot to fame following the success of the ‘Twilight’ vampire franchise – was recently immortalized in wax at the famous museum Madame Tussauds.

Madame Tussauds said: "They have been studying hundreds of photos and pouring through hours of video to ensure that they capture R-Pattz’s trademark sultry expression and inimitable style."   Robert follows in the footsteps of a host of stars to have been immortalized in wax including Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Marilyn Monroe and David and Victoria Beckham.   It was hoped the waxworks would give fans on both sides of the Atlantic a rare chance to get close to the heartthrob.

The 19-year-old actress, who plays rock star Joan Jett in the 1970s biopic, claims she had to be careful of her actions with her younger co-star, who she kisses in the movie.

She said: "She was 15, and I wasn’t allowed to grope her.   "I’m actually not kidding, there are major restrictions that I don’t remember from when I was younger."   However, she admits the kiss is not a big deal in the movie and says it’s just something that happened to Joan and her bandmate Cherie Currie, who Dakota portrays.

She said: "I don’t want to give anything way. It’s a really passionate, hardcore scene. No, it’s just a kiss. It’s not really a big deal."   Kristen also admitted it was difficult having to portray a living person because there were so many habits to get right.
She explained: "You always feel the pressure. It’s, like, if I don’t get every little thing right I’m going to kill myself.   "And we have very different tics. We’re both, like, ridden with tics, but they’re a completely different set of them."

The ‘Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire’ star, who lost out in the Best Actress category at this year’s Oscars to Sandra Bullock, doesn’t want to be known for serious movies alone - and will even stop acting until she lands the part she wants.

She is quoted by gossip website Absolute Now as saying: "I’ve done a serious role and now I want to be funny.   "So I’m still holding on to my job just in case it doesn’t work out. I work for the Fresh Air Fund and we send kids to camp. I love it but we’ll have to see what happens."

The 26-year-old star also claims she wants to date Gerard Butler, saying the Scottish actor is "sexy".   She said: "I bumped into him yesterday. I feel like I stepped on his foot. He’s kinda sexy. I’d hit that."   Overhearing her on the red carpet at the awards, 40-year-old Gerard confirmed his single status and joked: "I’m here, I’m available," to which she responded. "Let’s grab a bottle of champagne and see where the night goes!"

The guitarist will write the score to the film adaptation of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s novel ‘Norwegian Wood’ and will base it on a composition he has written for the BBC concert orchestra, called ‘Doghouse’, which was debuted at the BBC’s studios in London last month.

Explaining the composition, Jonny said: “I wrote the piece mostly in hotels and dressing rooms while touring with Radiohead.   “This was more practical than glamorous - lots of time sitting indoors, lots of instruments about - and aside from picking up a few geographical working titles, I can’t think that it had any effect where, on tour, it was written."

The film – in which the narrator looks back at his university days and reminisces on his relationships with two women - is scheduled for release in Japan in December.
Jonny has also previously scored Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘There Will Be Blood’, which was also based around one of his earlier orchestral works, ‘Popcorn Superhet Receiver’.

Meanwhile the guitarist paid tribute to Sparklehorse singer Mark Linkous - who committed suicide at the weekend - today (08.03.10).  He wrote on radiohead.com: “His first two records were very important to me, and I carried his music from the tour into my life, and my friends’ lives too. He was softly spoken, with an old south courtesy I hadn’t heard before. Mark wrote and played some beautiful music, and we’re lucky to have it. Rest in peace.”

The ‘Harry Potter’ star contracted a bug while in the US and was forced to spend two days in a New York medical facility being treated for dehydration.

The 20-year-old star caught a flight home to the UK on Saturday (06.03.10), and reportedly filled in fellow passengers with the details about his embarrassing stomach upset.   A passenger on the same plane told The Sun newspaper: "He looked as white as a sheet. He said he felt like he was going to die and had spent most of his time on the toilet."

The actor had been in the country to support the Trevor Project, a non-profit US suicide prevention charity which works with young gay and transgender people.   Daniel had previously spoken about why he’d lent his face to the project, which runs a 24 hour helpline.   He said: "I grew up knowing a lot of gay men and it was never something that I even thought twice about - that some men were gay and some weren’t. And then I went to school and for the first time and I came across homophobia. I had never encountered it before. It shocked me.   "I think it’s important for somebody from a big, commercial movie series like ‘Harry Potter’ and particularly because I am not gay or bisexual or transgendered. The fact that I am straight makes not a difference, but it shows that straight people are incredibly interested and care a lot about this as well.”

The ‘Green Zone’ actor – who appeared alongside Brad and George Clooney in the ‘Ocean’s’ series of movies – insists his success comes from “piggybacking” his co-stars and doesn’t believe directors ever want to choose him first.

He said: “I think the roles go to Brad first. Which is fine.   “Ask anybody on the street which actors starred in the ‘Ocean’s’ movies, and they’ll tell you it was George and Brad. I’m ‘support’ in  ‘Ocean’s’.   As I was in ‘Saving Private Ryan’ — Tom Hanks carried that movie. You could accuse me of piggybacking on other people’s brilliance more than anything.”

The ‘Bourne Identity’ star also dreams of starring in a comedy, but believes they are the hardest films to pull off successfully.   He explained: “I’d love to end up in a movie like The Hangover, but I think it’s just really hard to make a good comedy. To sustain a whole movie? That’s really, really tough to do, and that’s why there are so few great comedies. I mean, there are good comedies made every year, but they definitely have not come my way”

The 60-year-actress, who has won two Academy Awards and is nominated for another this year, is pleased with the way her career has panned out, even though she isn’t a fan of all her work.

She said: “I feel very privileged, very lucky and very happy, though I don’t think that every film I’ve ever done is brilliant.
“I’m not a producer – I just take interesting things that have come along.”

Meryl also admits she wanted to take a break following her last movie ‘It’s Complicated’ with Alec Baldwin.  She said: “Since finishing my last film I feel the need to stop for a moment and breathe, because I’ve worked so very hard in the last two and a half years."

“I’d usually make one film a year, maybe two, then two years would go by with no films and now I’ve just made seven back to back.   “Sometimes if you give that much you have to settle it down and let the field go fallow for one year, like the farmers do.”

Singer, actress Mariah Carey, best female lead winner Gabourey Sidibe and best director winner Lee Daniels accept the best feature award for "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" at the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles March 5, 2010.