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Cutting tobacco, selling insurance and helping old ladies try on shoes are just some of the jobs George Clooney did before he was a movie star, the Ocean’s Eleven actor has revealed. The Oscar-winner comes clean about his past in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. He tells the entertainment bible why he will never complain about being in showbiz. “I cut tobacco for a living in Kentucky – that was hard work,” the 50-year-old says when asked if acting was fun or not. “I sold insurance door to door – that’s hard work. “Acting is not hard work. If you’re lucky enough to be sitting at a table like this, you’ve been very lucky in your life. “Is it hard work? It’s long hours, but nobody wants to hear you complain. “I remember I was selling women’s shoes at a department store, which is a lousy job. It sounds like it’d be great, but it wasn’t elegant shoes. “It was 80-year-old women [saying]: ‘That’s a hammertoe!’ “You’re like: ‘I don’t want to see that!’ “I remember I would hear of famous stars complaining in Hollywood about how hard their life was – I didn’t want to hear that. “So I don’t find it difficult. I find it challenging and sometimes I’m very bad at it, but I don’t find it hard.”

Actor Tony Danza has sold his longtime Malibu beach house for $8 million - more than $1 million less than it came on the market at in July. Back in the summer the house was listed at $9.1 million - however Danza still made a whopping $7 million profit on the home after purchasing it back in 1987 for just $1.15 million. The 1949 traditional main house, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, sits on 50 feet of beachfront. The entire second level of the home is a master suite including a sitting area, fireplace and deck. The property also has two detached guest suites for a total of about 3,000 square feet of living space. Danza, 60, won TV fans with his roles in the sitcoms Taxi and Who's the Boss? The former professional boxer has since turned to Broadway, playing Max Bialystock in The Producers.

Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger suffered minor injuries after being involved in an accident on the set of his latest movie. The 64-year-old had to receive medical attention for a nasty cut on his head and filming was halted on his Western 'The Last Stand' while he was treated. The former Governor of California wrote on his Twitter page yesterday: "Got a little banged up on set today. Thanks to the medical staff who got me back in action an hour later!" The Last Stand is due to be released in 2013.

In light of the news that Amy Winehouse lost her life due to alcohol poisoning and build-up after a drinking binge, the late singer’s family released the following statement: “It is some relief to finally find out what happened to Amy. We understand there was alcohol in her system when she passed away, it is likely a buildup of alcohol in her system over a number of days. The court heard that Amy was battling hard to conquer her problems with alcohol and it is a source of great pain to us that she could not win in time. She had started drinking again that week after a period of abstinence. It underlines how important our work with the Amy Winehouse Foundation is to us, to help as many young people and children as we can in her name. It means a lot to us and from the overwhelming messages of support we have had since Amy died, we know she meant a great deal to people all over the world. We want to thank everyone for that and for their continuing enthusiasm for the Foundation.”

Leighton Meester is apparently a Cheryl Cole fan. The 25-year old actress and sometimes singer recently shared that she’s now a big fan of the British pop star thanks to her “Monte Carlo” co-star Selena Gomez. Leighton said “I love ‘Fight for this Love.’ It’s great, although [Selena and I] would change the words to make us laugh. Over lunch or breakfast, you’d hear us singing things like, ‘You gotta jump, jump, jump, jump, jump for this bread.” Maybe she and Selena could do a parody cover of that song. Maybe they can even have Cheryl do something with them.

For years, Playboy has been gunning for Lindsay Lohan to do a nude spread for the magazine. They’ve offered her everything from money to creative rights to everything in between but she’s always shot them down. But if you want something badly enough, all it really takes is money and patience and they’ll come to you. The often troubled singer/actress’ team has reportedly approached Playboy asking that she be paid no less than $1 million to go nude. The offered $750,000 but she didn’t want it so they gave a new offer closer to what she wanted so she’s on to do her first spread. She has to pay her legal fees somehow.

The lineup for Z100’s 2011 Jingle Ball has recently been revealed. Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, LMFAO, Pitbull, Foster the People, Gym Class Heroes, David Guetta and Hot Chelle Rae will all be hitting the stage at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Friday, December 9th. Talk about an awesome concert lineup. That will be one show that you wouldn’t want to miss. Tickets for ZVIPs will go on sale on Tuesday, November 1, at 4PM, before they’re available to the public on November 2 at 4PM. You can also get a chance to win tickets just by listening to Z100.

Katy Perry looked like a 70 years old granny at the shooting of her new video for the song 'The One That Got Away'. To get in the character’s skin, Katy Perry had to go through a pretty big transformation: grizzled hair and a face full of wrinkles. Katy Perry says he deserved to go through this change, because the end results will be just amazing. The concept video was not revealed yet, but witnesses say the shooting would be about a woman who remembers a love story. The single “The One That Got Away” is included on the latest album by Katy Perry, 'Teenage Dream'. The disc came in the summer of 2010 and was number one on the Billboard 200 for several weeks. `I am happy to choose ”The One That Got Away “ as the sixth single, because this song shows a different side of me that I didn’t show in other songs, 'says Katy Perry.

American singer Christina Aguilera said she was impressed by the song "Moves Like Jagger," she sang along with Maroon 5, from the first time she heard it. Christina Aguilera is invited on the latest single of the band Maroon 5 and claims to have known that it will become a hit, since it combines different elements from several decades, informs contactmusic.com. "I liked the song from the start. The song has elements of the '60s and '70s and, however, is unique and present," said Christina Aguilera on MTV. Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, said earlier that although the song is a tribute to Mick Jagger, his dance moves are not as good as those of the Rolling Stones singer. "It was a bold statement and I was worried about it’s daring. It (the song) is not about me, dancing like Jagger, to be honest. It's about everyone who moves like Mick Jagger," said Adam Levine.

Lady Gaga’s former DJ, Brendan Sullivan, has sold his memoir “Texts, Drugs & Rock n Roll” to HarperCollins imprint It Books. Sullivan was an up and coming New York City DJ when he met the princess of pop, then a struggling performer, in 2006. The book, which is due out next spring, is described as “a literary memoir about love and heartbreak in the downtown New York music scene during the rise of Lady Gaga.” Sullivan said “My book will include six or seven people who either want to be Gaga or want what Gaga did. Fashion designers, young chefs, kids who are bartending on the weekends to make their dreams come true. The book is about what it's like when you are in that position.”