Oscar winner KATE WINSLET has narrowly escaped a fire that broke out at the Caribbean retreat of her pal Virgin Records CEO Richard Branson, star news has just learned. The blaze broke out during a tropical storm at around 4 am today, with lightning and strong winds fanning the flames that ultimately destroyed the eight-bedroom house on Branson’s private isle in the British Virgin Islands.

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KANYE WEST does make astoundingly remarkable music, but let’s face it, it’s not just a lot of air up there, it’s a raging tornado. Here are some of the most bizarrely ridiculous (and most times, rude) quotes KANYE WEST, who hasn’t been on speaking terms with modesty since Hector was a pup, has spouted in the recent years that’ve amazed us and Hollywood news no end:

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CHARLIE SHEEN shoots down reconciliation rumors by telling celebrity news that he and his ex-wife BROOKE MUELLER are just friends.

Friends who go on a romantic vacation in Mexico together? Uh-huh. Sure.

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Lately, Charlie and Brooke have been acting like they’re back together—or at least trying to get there—but the Sheen insists that there will be no “love is sweeter the second time around” for them. He tells TMZ:

“[We’re] good friends trying to be great parents.”

According to celebrity news, the cops were called to KIM KARDASHIAN and KRIS HUMPHRIES’ wedding celebration due to a noise complaint from the party poopers neighbors.

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Kim and Kris’ wedding—the second(?) most talked about wedding of the year—was cut short at midnight after the neighbors complained about the noise to the police, who promptly made an appearance at the celebration. A source revealed:

“Around midnight, DJ Cassidy, who had been spinning for an hour, was ordered to shut down because the neighbors were complaining about the volume of the music.”

JESSIE J has joined the growing pool of pop stars who love to wear crazy concert outfits, and her most recent one is a nude body suit. Is it a hit or a miss?

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For her performance at the 2011 V Festival in Staffordshire, England, Jessie J donned a nude body suit with strategically placed pleather cutouts that covered her chest and crotch area.