Sammy Hagar - Hagar Rules Out Van Halen Reunion Until Eddie Is Sober

SAMMY HAGAR has refused to return to VAN HALEN until band leader EDDIE VAN HALEN proves he's clean and sober.

The reunited original line-up of the rock group was forced to delay comeback dates last year (07) when Van Halen checked himself into rehab for an ongoing alcohol problem.

And then dates on the tour were scrapped earlier this year (08) when the singer was forced to seek further treatment for an undisclosed medical condition.

Now back on the road with his bandmates and his son Wolfgang on bass, Van Halen appears to be in recovery - but former bandmate Hagar is less than convinced.

Hagar was rumoured to be considering rejoining the band to perform hits he sang after original frontman David Lee Roth left the group.

But he has now ruled out a reunion on account of Van Halen's health: "That's just not something I'm really interested in doing again right now.

"Eddie would have to be able to bring himself back to ground zero; by that, I mean he'd have to be completely clean."

And Hagar admits he can't even bring himself to check out the reunited line-up onstage right now: "After the last Van Hagar (sic) tour, Eddie became my enemy; he wasn't the same guy he was when we started the Van Hagar era of the band; he made what should have been a great experience just down right miserable."

"When I say that, I'm talking about the Eddie Van Halen that is struggling with his personal demons... Last time I saw Eddie, he was in really bad shape.

"I did see a recent photo and he looks healthier than he has in a long time. That, to me, is a great thing, Eddie has all the support on the planet from me if he is finally getting his s**t together."

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Minogue denies Martinez romance

Pop singer Kylie Minogue has denied rumours that she has rekindled her romance with actor Olivier Martinez.
Speaking at the launch of her new bed linen range, the 39-year-old singer dismissed media speculation that she was planning to start a family with Martinez.
Minogue said: "I had dinner with my ex-boyfriend and next thing I know there's a debate about whether we're having a family."
"We didn't even talk about that. As I've maintained, we're friends," she said.
The rumours began after the singer was pictured at Martinez's apartment last Sunday.
The pair were later spotted walking back to Minogue's hotel.

Corrie star named Celeb Mum of the Year

'Coronation Street' star Kym Ryder has been named Celebrity Mum of the Year by Tesco Magazine.
The 31-year-old actress, who plays barmaid Michelle Connor in the soap, has two children, 12-year-old David and 10-year-old Emily.
The actress was reportedly chosen as Celebrity Mum of the Year because of her ability to balance her acting and charity work with her family life.
Ryder said: "I'm shocked and thrilled to have won this award from Tesco Magazine. And I feel humbled to have won alongside such amazing mums, whose stories are truly incredible."
"I'll be bringing lots of tissues to the awards ceremony as I know it will be a really emotional and inspiring day."

'Indiana Jones' Sequels Starring Shia LaBeouf? George Lucas 'Can See It Working Out'

He's a professor of archeology, an expert on the occult and a whip-wielding, gun-toting, fist-pounding hero who's never far from the next adventure. Indiana Jones has been called a lot of names since he first exploded onto the big screen in 1981. Now he's about to be called the strangest one of all, hints a Fox News report: sidekick.

While at the Cannes Film Festival, where "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is one of many movies premiering out of competition, George Lucas hinted that he's left the door open for more "Indy" stories, but with Shia LaBeouf, not Harrison Ford, at the center of the action.

"I haven't even told Steven [Spielberg] or Harrison this," he was quoted as saying. "But I have an idea to make Shia the lead character next time and have Harrison come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out."

Connery played Dr. Henry Jones, Indiana's obsessive and somewhat comical father, in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

Although it has been talked about for months, Lucas' statement is another hint that LaBeouf's character, Mutt, might be Indiana's son — that is, if I remember my SAT analogies correctly (Sean Connery : Indiana :: Indiana : Mutt).

LaBeouf himself seemed keen on sequels when MTV News recently spoke with him about all manner of things "Crystal Skull"-related.

"It all comes down to Harrison. He is Indiana Jones, and there'll never be another Indiana Jones," he said. "[But] I'm so geeked-out by this whole situation. I'd be an extra in any Steven Spielberg movie. So, yeah, of course. I mean, who wouldn't [do another 'Indy']?"

Last year, the Net was flooded with stories claiming that Lucasfilm had signed contracts with both Ford and LaBeouf for additional movies. At the time, a spokesman for the company explicitly denied to MTV News the veracity of these rumors, stating they were just "idle chatter among Internet fans."

Stay tuned to MTV News for more about the possibility of "Indy 5," with breaking news direct from Cannes.

Check out everything we've got on "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

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Annie Lennox axed by record label

Annie Lennox was reportedly left devastated after she was dropped from her record label and has branded the move a "kick in the teeth".
The former Eurythmics star was reportedly stunned when Sony BMG stopped answering her phone calls just weeks before her contract was due to expire.
Lennox, 53, said she was shocked at the way she was treated by the company which once hailed her as "one of the finest musical voices of the age".
Soundgenerator.com quotes her as saying: "They totally ignored me. It was bizarre. It was a kick in the teeth. They didn't return my phone calls or emails for three weeks. I'm trying to find out what's behind it.
"Probably a good thing I'm no longer with them - mild understatement. Unless it's them trying to tell me something... Hello!"
The singer admitted she has been left contemplating her future in the music industry.
She added: "It feels like I'm spent, as if I've completely run out of energy.
"I'm going to take my time over the coming months to figure out what to do with this freedom."

Daniel Day-Lewis to present DGA award

Wicklow resident Daniel Day-Lewis has been confirmed by the President of the Directors Guild of America, Michael Apted, as one of the presenters at the upcoming DGA awards.
Day-Lewis has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his Golden Globe winning role in 'There Will Be Blood'.
This is his fourth nomination for the accolade, which he previously won in 1990 for his performance as Christy Brown in 'My Left Foot'.
Other Oscar nominees who will join Day-Lewis in presenting the DGA awards include: Marion Cotillard, Amy Ryan, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Hal Holbrook and Ellen Page.
'Ocean's Eleven' star Carl Reiner will return as host for the 60th annual DGA awards. This year will mark the 21st time Reiner has hosted the ceremony, which will take place on Saturday 26 January in Los Angeles. 

Mute Cyrus sings again

Miley Cyrus returned to the stage for a concert in Florida, but did not say anything about the recent controversy over her Vanity Fair photo portrait. The 15-year-old star of Hannah Montana performed several songs at the Sunday concert.

Nielsen Writes Season Finale

Nielsen closed the books on the 2007-08 broadcast season Wednesday by releasing a list showing how each of the major networks' regular programs fared. Not surprisingly, the top of the list was dominated by the two weekly American Idol telecasts on Fox and the weekly Dancing With the Stars telecasts on ABC that aired on four different nights during the season. Four scripted shows also made it into the top ten: ABC's Desperate Housewives at No. 6; Fox's House at No. 8; CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation at No. 9; and Grey's Anatomy at Number 10. Overall, Fox wound up as the top-rated network for the season, thanks mostly to its American Idol numbers, which averaged 28.75 million on Tuesday nights (No. 1) and 27.78 million on Wednesdays (No. 2). CBS slipped to second place after holding the top spot for the previous five years. Fox was also the only network to improve its ratings this year compared with last year. "What catapulted them is probably that they were the least harmed from the writers strike, '' Brad Adgate, research director at Horizon Media told Bloomberg News. "They had a lot of unscripted shows that were not as impacted, like American Idol.


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