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London, Nov 3 – Actor Johnny Depp, who recently starred in ‘Public Enemies’, says he was born just 90 km from where the gangster he portrayed was born.

Depp claims he wore the same size trousers as gangster John Dillinger. He also visited the Indiana museum and his home, thesun.co.uk reports.

He said: ‘They have the suit pants he was wearing when he was taken outside the biograph. I put them on. We were pretty much the same size.’

The movie also stars Christian Bale as detective Melvin Purvis.

‘Public Enemies’ is a 2009 American crime film co-written and directed by Michael Mann. Set during the Great Depression, it focuses on the true story of FBI agent Melvin Purvis’s attempt to stop criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd.

London, Nov 3 – A song sung by the late George Harrison of the Beatles was completed 40 years later.

Harrison — who died in 2001 — wrote down the first ten lines of a song called ‘Silence (Is Its Own Reply)’ on a piece of paper in the 1960s. It was thrown on the floor of Abbey Road studios before it got into the hands of author Hunter Davies who wrote a biography of the band in 1968, reports thesun.co.uk.

The lyrics were ignored till BBC Radio Merseyside host Spencer Leigh asked the songwriter Dean Johnson to finish them. Originally, it was thought that the lyrics were about love but it is now understood to be about Harrison’s uneasy relationship with band mate John Lennon.

‘I’m happy to say it’s only a dream, when I come across people like you, it’s only a dream and you make it obscene,’ the lyrics said.

Songwriter Johnson added: ‘The words were brutally honest and George was obviously writing from the heart. I tried my best to get into the mind of someone in his position.’

London, Nov 3 – Gwen, mother-in-law of Robbie Williams, has been getting financial help from the singer to get out of debt.

Gwen is in danger of losing her house in Los Angeles. This is the main reason why Williams had to sell his house just months after he moved back to Britain, reports thesun.co.uk.

‘Debtors are literally on Gwen’s doorstep. Her house has been threatened with foreclosure. She doesn’t work and has relied on money from her divorce and from family to fund her lifestyle. But things have been getting tricky recently and she’s worried about the future.

‘As a result, Ayda is concerned about her mum and is feeling stressed. It’s a big part of why they have moved back to LA. Ayda feels she needs to be there to help her mum and she’s hoping Robbie will just pay off all her debts. Robbie has already been extremely generous. He and Ayda have offered for her to move in but that is not going to work as a permanent solution,’ a friend of Gwen’s daughter Ayda said.

London, Nov 3 – Bee Gee singers have revealed that infighting between the Gibb brothers caused the group to split.

At times the fighting got so bad that their parents had to intervene. But now they want to get back after their band mate Maurice died. The brothers also compared their infighting to the Gallagher brothers of Oasis who also recently spilt, mirror.co.uk reports.

‘They’re just copying us. Oh, we’ve been through all that. To be honest, I’m surprised they stayed together for as long as they did and I think they’ve gone as far as they can be together,’ 59-year-old Robin said.

‘They remind us of ourselves, but on a more physically violent level. We’ve been there and we came full circle,’ 63-year old Barry added.

The Gibb brothers claim their friction is more from creative differences rather than conflict. Barry said: ‘Robin and I are both individuals but together we fire each other up. And if we can ignore the differences we have apart from music, we get the job done. Apart, I don’t know who I am.’

Robin added: ‘I don’t know who I am either. But I know who I am when we’re together performing. It’s just there. Whatever happens, how Barry thinks and feels will always be important to me because he’s part of my life. We created all of this.’

London, Nov 2- Pop singer Christina Aguilera plans to show all her music videos to her 21-month-old son Max Liron with her husband Jordan Bratman, including raunchy pop video of ‘Dirrty’ song which features her in leather hotpants.

‘He will see all of my work, I’m sure. But I think that is also a part of what I want him to appreciate in women – the fact that sexuality is not something you should be ashamed of,’ femalefirst.co.uk quoted Aguilera as saying.

‘The more you try to forbid something and keep it secret, the more it becomes this thing you should be fearful of,’ she added.

Aguilera, 28, also said that she is shaping Max up to be a rocker when he grows up by playing him classic bands such as the Rolling Stones.

‘I play him Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. And if Max wants to have a music career, then I would say ‘Go for it’. I am really into encouraging him as an individual – whether he wants to be a vet, a scientist or a garbage man. As long as he has a passion for it,’ she explained.

London, Nov 2 – American actress-singer Lindsay Lohan has lashed out at her father Michael Lohan, branding him as a ‘lunatic’.

‘My father is a lunatic and doesn’t even deserve such a title since he has never been around in my life other than when he had threatened me and my family. He should be where he has always put himself after verbally abusing and physically abusing people all my life,’ Lindsay wrote on her twitter page.

Lindsay also said she wants to change her surname because she doesn’t want to be associated with Michael.

‘The next shopping spree I am going on is for a new last name,’ she tweeted.