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Last Update on July 03, 2009 03:33 EDT

"ICE AGE 3: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS" - QUEEN LATIFAH

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Queen Latifah says when she's pregnant she hopes she's able to be "as calm and cool and collected" as her preggers character in "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" is. That character is a woolly mammoth, of course. But, just the same, Queen Latifah looks at her as a role model who manages to "keep it together."

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"I HATE VALENTINE'S DAY" - NIA VARDALOS

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "I Hate Valentine's Day" isn't just the title of her latest movie, it's how Nia Vardalos really feels. Vardalos says "if you're single it's horrible, if you're married it's a horrible pressure." She says she loves romance, but hates Valentine's Day. Her movie opens in limited release today.

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"WHATEVER WORKS" - WOODY ALLEN

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Whatever Works" was never going to star Woody Allen, even if he was the right age. Allen says that's because he could never be "sardonic," "sarcastic" and "vitriolic" like Larry David. He says David can get away with that, he can't. Allen says if he ever acted that way, people would think he was "nasty" and wouldn't like him. Whatever Works opens in more theaters today.

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"AMERICAN IDOL" TOUR STARTS SUNDAY

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- When your hotel is the bus that takes you from city to city for a concert tour, you know that touring probably is easier if you're single. But, Kris Allen is married. The 50-city "American Idol" concert tour starts Sunday. And, he says other married people in the music business have told him to make sure he keeps the bond with his wife if she stays home. Allen says his wife will come to some shows. But, she's not going to be following him around. The first stop in the American Idol concert tour is Sunday in Portland, Oregon. The tour runs through the summer, ending September 15 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

GERARD BUTLER - COURT DATE IN PAPARAZZI CASE DELAYED

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Arraignment has been postponed until August 18 for Gerard Butler. He's been charged in Los Angeles with misdemeanor battery for a scuffle with a celebrity photographer. Butler's lawyer requested the delay. City prosecutors say Butler had a run-in with a photographer last October after leaving a premiere party for the film "RocknRolla." If Butler is convicted, he could face up to six months in jail.

GARY COLEMAN'S WIFE

SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) -- She's out now. But, police in Utah say Gary Coleman's wife was booked into jail after an argument at their home. Shannon Price was arrested Wednesday and held for about two hours before posting $1,205 bail. Jail records show Price was booked for investigation of domestic violence, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. An arrest affidavit says police were called to the home after Price allegedly locked Coleman out during an argument. The report says she was yelling obscenities out the window, had thrown items around the home and turned over furniture. There's nothing showing that Coleman may have been injured from any of this.

DAVID CARRADINE

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The private pathologist who examined David Carradine's body agrees with Thai authorities that Carradine died of asphyxia. Dr. Michael Baden of New York says his examination Carradine's body, and the details he's receive from Bangkok authorities, are consistent with an asphyxiation death. He did a second autopsy on Carradine's body at the family's request. Carradine was found dead in a hotel in Bangkok on June 4. Baden says he can't say if Carradine died accidentally or was killed. He says he's waiting for some key details from Thai authorities, including toxicology reports and analysis of items found in Carradine's hotel room.