Jessica Simpson was so nervous at a listening party for her new country music album, she warned guests she might vomit.

The singer performed all the tracks from new LP Do You Know for 200 record industry figures at Nashville, Tennessee’s Shermerhorn Symphony Center on Thursday.

After stepping onstage with a backing band comprising of three acoustic guitars, a bongo player and a fiddler, Simpson said, “Thank you so much for coming and for giving me a chance. I hope you get to experience what my heart’s been going through the last few years. I’m a little nervous. If I throw up, I’m sorry.”

When she made it through the gig, a relieved Simpson exclaimed, “I didn’t throw up!”

Simpson’s country debut Do You Know will hit stores in the U.S. next week.

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Madonna has vetoed her 11-year-old daughter Lourdes’ plans to star in a new movie and banned her from any showbiz work until she has finished school.

Lourdes - whose dad is fitness trainer Carlos Leon - has been approached to appear alongside Paul Bettany and Dakota Fanning in forthcoming comedy drama The Secret Life of Bees, reports Star magazine.

But a source tells the publication, “Madonna didn’t work ’til after school and she wants it to be the same for Lourdes. She doesn’t want her to enter that harsh world.”

However, the insider hints the pop superstar may have trouble keeping her daughter away from the bright lights of fame: “Lourdes is pretty determined, so I predict a battle in the future.”

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Javier Bardem faced a severe backlash in his native Spain after winning an Oscar last year - his countrymen accused him of “selling out”.

Bardem won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a sociopath killer in No Country For Old Men, becoming the first Spanish actor to win the coveted prize.

But he insists he had to work hard to convince Spaniards the recognition he found in the U.S. hadn’t inflated his ego.

He says, “The Spanish are tough. They criticize my work and say I sold out. You want to say, ‘Stop it - you’re a bunch of stupid people.’ But you are never going to be liked by everybody. After the Oscars, I came back to Madrid, where I live. I wanted to get back to the real world. After something like the awards, you’ve changed a little bit, but everyone around you has changed tremendously. You have to bring them back - you have to show that you are the same stupid, limited guy and not this kind of golden boy.”

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Pete Doherty is adamant reports he recently suffered an overdose in Austria are untrue - because he struggled to find any drugs while in the country.

The troubled Babyshambles frontman was said to have been revived by medics after collapsing from a drug overdose shortly before a gig in Graz, Austria last week.

But the rocker insists the media stories are completely fabricated - because he couldn’t locate any illegal substances.

He tells MTV News, “I know that was absolute rubbish. I was in Austria (but), I mean, between me and you… it would’ve been lovely to have enough stuff but there was nothing about. To be honest it was a really clean week - and it was complete rubbish.”

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Ben Stiller is determined to spend more time with his family - he has reportedly bought an apartment in the same building as his parents.

The Tropic Thunder actor is said to have splashed out $8.8 million on a three-bedroom New York home so he can be close to his mom and dad.

A source tells Scottish newspaper the Daily Record, “He starred in Meet The Parents and now he is doing it in real life.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow can add fitness guru to her resume - she has reportedly been asked to release a fitness DVD.

The svelte star, once famed for following a strict macrobiotic diet, will share her tips for staying trim without using gym equipment.

A source tells British newspaper The Sun, “She will show what she does each day to stay slim - mostly pilates, yoga and resistance training.”

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Brad Pitt has one dream he will never achieve - he wants to be a rock star.

Pitt admits he would love to be a music icon and play gigs to thousands of adoring fans - but he has accepted it will never happen as he lacks musical talent.

He says, “Every guy has fantasized about playing to an audience. I still play the guitar but at my age I know I suck. I love music but that dream has gone.”

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