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Kate Winslet donates her pantiesBy Angela BaldassarreBritish actress Kate Winslet has decided to help a friend win a competition by offering to give away her underwear.Winslet, 29, was persuaded by the friend to call Xfm radio station in London as part of their competition where listeners track down celebrities and get them to call the show.The person with the best celebrity accomplice wins 10,000 pounds, reports British newspaper the Mirror.The actress, who's married to director Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”), stunned presenter Christian O'Connell when she phoned the station and asked: "Is there anything else I can do to win this 10 grand for my friend? I could send you my pants.. do you want them clean or dirty?"Other show callers included Billy Nighy and Judi Dench.Winslet, who’ll be starring next in Marc Foster’s “Finding Neverland” opposite Johnny Depp, recently finished shooting John Turturro’s “Romance & Cigarettes” with James Gandolfini.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to the endBy Angela BaldassarreActor Matt Damon has admitted that he'll probably grow old with best pal Ben Affleck rather than the woman of his dreams.In a recent interview, Damon said he believed in his long-term friendship with Affleck and added: "I can well imagine growing old with him."He also said that it was unlikely a woman would come between them. "My longest relationship with a woman [actress Winona Ryder] lasted two and a half years. That's very short when I consider how long I've been friends with Ben," he said.Damon at one time was also romantically linked to actress Minnie Driver.The actor, who wrote and starred in “Good Will Hunting” together with Affleck, also stood by his best mate during his engagement and subsequent break-up to Jennifer Lopez."Despite all the rumours, I liked and still do like Jennifer Lopez. I would never judge the woman at Ben's side and expect the same from him," said Damon.Damon will be starring next in Terry Gilliam’s “The Brothers Grimm” opposite Heath Ledger.

Colin Farrell invites Rebecca Loos to his casting couchBy Angela BaldassarreIrish actor Colin Farrell has launched a bid to bed Rebecca Loos by inviting her to a "screen test" on his casting couch.The actor, 28, is offering her the chance of a big part as his love interest in a movie, reports British tabloid The Sun.Loos, 27 — who claims she had an affair with soccer star David Beckham — agreed to meet Farrell once she finishes British reality show “The Farm.”"Colin fell for Rebecca after seeing her on TV and got his agent to call hers,” a friend told the paper. “Rather than asking her out, he proposed a screen test. They'll read lines on camera to see if they gel and Colin hopes the chemistry spills into real life."Rebecca has been getting close on TV with fellow farmhand, soccer star Stan Collymore, 33. She kissed the ex-Liverpool ace on the lips, touched his thigh and said she was "thinking about a situation".Beckham has always denied having an affair with Loos, dismissing her claims as "ludicrous".Last week, Colin was branded a "tramp" by British R'n'B star Jamelia he was desperate to date.According to reports, Farrell, who has been linked with a string of women including Britney Spears and his “Alexander” co-star, Angelina Jolie, was blasted by the stunning singer after she heard he'd expressed an interest in her.She told Britain's Sunday People newspaper at the time: "I heard Colin Farrell wants to help me when I go to LA. I don't really go for people just because they're good looking. I mean, yes, he is gorgeous. But we all know he's a tramp and I'm not gonna go there."

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Catherine Zeta Jones hires tutor for sonBy Angela BaldassarreWelsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones has hired a tutor to teach son Dylan the Welsh language.Swansea-born Catherine is paying for the teacher to fly out to her home in Bermuda to coach the four-year-old.Lynn Watkins, 26, from Neath, South Wales, is to teach modern languages at the island's private Warwick School.But from next year Lynn will give Dylan one-to-one Welsh lessons. Zeta's daughter Carys, one, will also learn the language."Catherine is very aware of her roots and wants both kids to know they're Welsh," a source is quoted as saying.Jones, 34, and husband Michael Douglas, 59, have made their main home on Bermuda, where Jones's mother Pat also has a luxury home.Pat also resides in her daughter's Swansea home where, a few days ago, she shocked three nosey pensioners by inviting them.She spotted the trio close to the $4 million house and invited them in for a cup of tea and a guided tour, says British tabloid The Sun.

News Bytes: May 25By Angela BaldassarreColin Farrell's bathroom danceFestival goers at the Cannes Film Festival last week were surprised by Colin Farrell's toilet habits.The Irish actor shocked patrons in the men's room at the posh Chateau Marmont hotel."He came in, took his pants all the way off, hung them over the side of the stall and went to the bathroom, when he was done, he started to jump up and down before putting his pants back on," reports the New York Post.However, Farrell's PR agent Sue Patricola denies such rumours."God knows I have traveled the world with Colin, but have never experienced that," she was quoted as saying by the paper.The actor, who has become a heartthrob in the U.S. following his role in Joel Schumacher’s Tigerland, has a lot in store for his female fans in his upcoming movie, Alexander, where he plays one of the greatest military leaders in warfare history, Alexander the Great.Farrell is said to have an "impressive" full-frontal display in the film which is directed by Oliver Stone and co-stars Angelina Jolie.