Sting’s Spooky Encounter

November 16th, 2009 STING's daughter COCO changed her wild ways after she nearly lost her life in Los Angeles this year (09) - she has given up alcohol and quit the showbiz party scene. The 19 year old suffered a fractured skull following a fall at a restaurant in April (09) and spent several days in an intensive care unit.

October 28th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Milla Jovovich is starring in a new movie based on actual facts about alien abductions. Jovovich, 33, stars in the fact-based thriller, which explores several unexplained disappearances in Alaska, reports the Sun.

October 27th, 2009 Movie star JERRY O'CONNELL is putting his marriage to REBECCA ROMIJN to the test by kissing one of her co-stars. The actor has signed on to guest star in his wife's spooky new Witches of Eastwick TV spin-off, Eastwick - but he won't be romancing her on the show.

October 27th, 2009 OREN PELI's new horror movie PARANORMAL ACTIVITY was inspired by spooky goings-on in the director's own home. Peli shot the film in his bedroom and created all the special effects using his home computer, but it has quickly become a box office sensation, returning a staggering $40 million (GBP27 million) on his budget of just $15,000 (GBP10,000).

October 23rd, 2009 Actress CAREY MULLIGAN was convinced she'd land a role in the new WALL STREET sequel, after a series of spooky signs. The Brit was thrilled when she was asked to audition for the Oliver Stone movie, in which she plays the daughter of Michael Douglas' infamous Gordon Gekko character.

October 19th, 2009 American songwriter VIC MIZZY has died, aged 93. The musician, who worked with Sam Raimi on the outtake music for Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday (17Oct09), according to his manager Jonathan Wolfson.

October 11th, 2009 EWAN MCGREGOR has never recovered from a spooky experience on his 20th birthday - insisting a ghostly encounter left him scared of the supernatural. The Trainspotting star suffered a traumatic haunting at a house he had rented in his native Britain, and admits the event convinced him ghosts are real.

September 21st, 2009 An extra on NICK LOVE's soccer movie THE FIRM was rushed to hospital during filming when his finger was bitten off by a vicious dog. The film depicts gritty soccer violence in the 1980s and several scenes show mob fights with cops on the streets of southern England.

September 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor David Hasselhoff has revealed that she was left terrified after an encounter with a tiger shark on a recent shark-spotting trip to South Africa. Hasselhoff, 57, got up close and personal with the animals as he made a series of films, entitled 'David Hasselhoff's Sharkwatch', for The Underwater Channel.

August 26th, 2009 The places where ELVIS PRESLEY and his band once stood while recording hits at fabled Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee have been marked with crosses on the studio floor - because those were the spots perfectionist producer SAM PHILLIPS considered the best for sound. Now, anyone recording at the music mecca is advised to use the crosses to get the optimum quality when recording tracks.

August 11th, 2009 Rapper DIZZEE RASCAL threatened to punch British heir PRINCE HARRY during a feisty encounter at a London music festival last month (Jul09). The star was astonished when Harry visited him backstage at the Wireless Festival in July (09) and gave him a rap demonstration.

August 5th, 2009 Actor/producer LEONARDO DiCAPRIO is revamping classic fairytale LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD for the big screen. The actor's production company Appian Way is developing a Gothic version of the centuries-old story - about a young girl who has an encounter with a wolf on the way to her grandmother's house.

August 4th, 2009 Actress PATRICIA ARQUETTE is to be inserted into her favourite horror movie as part of a special Halloween episode of her spooky TV drama MEDIUM. The show's executive producer, Glenn Gordon Caron, has bought the rights to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and plans to use the film as a backdrop for the upcoming special.

June 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - As anticipation grows among Limp Bizkit fans for their new album, the band have revealed that their comeback LP will be "like stepping into a haunted house". The album is going to be a comeback for the rockers after their last release 'The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)' in 2005.

June 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Newly married star Bebe Neuwirth is working on a play based on 'The Addams Family'. According to reports, her new play will be a spooky project.