Cher blasts cancer rumours, Michael shuns Jackson 5 reunion

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31 Oct, 2008 01:01 AM5 mins to read

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Pop veteran

Cher

has blasted internet reports that she's

suffering from cancer

Rumours began swirling that the star had been diagnosed with cancer after she was forced to pull out of her Las Vegas show earlier this month.

The singer, 62, cancelled two performances at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace at the beginning of October. Her publicist, Liz Rosenberg, was quick to dispel rumours of an illness at that point, saying the star was merely suffering from "Vegas throat" - the nickname for a throat condition caused by the dry desert air.

But that didn't stop tongues wagging and speculation mounting that she had cancer.

Cher has now laughed off the inaccurate reports of a cancer scare conjured up by gossip-mongers.

She says, "My health is great but there's a

wind thing

that blows there (in Las Vegas) at different months and I have an allergy to it.

"If I had cancer everyone would know it. I wouldn't tell them, but somebody would. When you have those kind of things happen if you're famous you can't keep them a secret.

"(The reports) don't make me angry. People have been saying the weirdest things since I was a teenager."

Got that? Cher is

not

ill.

She's a pro

Julia Roberts

has dismissed rumours that she's set to reprise her role as 'loose lady'

Vivian Ward

in a sequel to 90s hit flick

Pretty Woman

- because she's too old to play a prostitute.

She told celebrity news TV show

Extra!

this week: "No one wants to see an old hooker! Do they?"

Do they?

She had what she had

Black armbands at the ready.

Does the name

Estelle Reiner

ring any bells?

She wanted what

Meg Ryan

had in

When Harry Met Sally

A moment of silence, please…Estelle Reiner died on Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills, aged 94. Legend.

Blind bits

You guess the celebutards...

Which

British female singer

has such a

bad BO problem

, her poor entourage are forced to restrict their breathing to avoid inhaling her sweaty fumes?

Mirror

This

female tweener

star may want to head on over to her doctor. Why do you ask? Well her tweener boyfriend picked up the gift that

Paris

made popular. And here we thought they were monogamous.

CDaN

Which

couple

are hiding a rather

unorthodox sex secret

? Both prefer the same sex and use their 'showmance' purely to rake in lucrative advertising deals.

Mirorr

Bad boy Beckham

David Beckham

has been ogling the ladies again.

The football star has been

snapped eyeing up

another bunch of semi-clad cheerleaders at an NBA game in Los Angeles this week.

We’ve been here before. Becks was caught leering at a cheerleader at the same venue back in April. Lady Becks was not amused:

Michael says ‘No’

Contrary to earlier reports that

Michael Jackson

is to take part in a

Jackson 5 reunion tour

(as declared by his brother

Jermaine

), the gloved one says he is NOT joining his siblings on the road next year, and there will be NO reunion.

Jackson’s spokesperson tells gossip website

Perezhilton.com

"My brothers and sisters have my full love and support, and we’ve certainly shared many great experiences, but at this time I have

no plans to record or tour with them

. I am now in the studio developing new and exciting projects that I look forward to sharing with my fans in concert soon."

Someone's been telling big, fat porkies...

What a surprise. Disappointed?

The fallout continues...

The war of words between

Joe Francis

and

Lindsay Lohan

's lady

Samantha Ronson

is still on.

Former jailbird and video mogul Francis appeared on the

Tyra Banks show

this week, and he let off a rant about Ronson, describing her as "wretched".

"Samantha tried to start a fight with me. I care about Lindsay - she's not gay. She's being controlled by this...wretched woman, this Samantha," he added.

When Ronson was told about the

Girls Gone Wild

helmer's dig, she swiftly replied with: "I think he's one of the more disgusting human beings in the world because of what he does. He's a [bleep]bag."

DJ Ronson says Francis approached her at a party recently. "He said hello to Lindsay and looked over at me as if I wasn't a human being. He's got no manners," adds Ronson.

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bikini party

BBB

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