DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of theft and identity theft.

The troubled star has been accused of using a false identity to avoid paying hospital medical expenses and was charged in Arizona on Tuesday.

Authorities claim the rapper gave medical officials the fake name of Troy Jones and the incorrect social security details while receiving treatment for pneumonia at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, in April.

Appearing in court on Thursday, DMX, real name Earl Simmons, refuted the charges. It has been a year of legal woes for the rap star – in January, he was arrested for allegedly speeding down a Phoenix, Arizona freeway. In May, he was charged with suspected drug possession and animal cruelty following raids on his Arizona home.

A month later in June the star was arrested for allegedly attempting to buy drugs from an undercover officer, and earlier this month he was taken into police custody for violating his bail terms relating to a previous driving incident in June.

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New Kids On The Block star Donnie Wahlberg has laughed off claims the reunited boy band are teaming up with Michael Jackson and Madonna.

Recent reports suggested the group had held secret talks with the pop legends about a collaboration on their comeback album.

Wahlberg was quoted as saying, “It’s very exciting. It’s one big party and everyone wants to join us.”

But the singer insists the quote was made up, posting the following comment on the band’s blog: “We are not recording with Michael Jackson and/or Madonna. We never claimed to be, either. Good fun reading about it though!”

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Sean Combs is planning to wed a woman 18 years his junior after reportedly proposing to sexy singer Cassie.

Star magazine is reporting that Diddy, 39, has asked the 21-year-old R&B star, real name Cassandra Ventura, to be his wife.

A source tells the publication that Diddy let slip his big news to friends at his son Justin’s recent eighth grade graduation party.

One insider says, “He told everyone to keep it extremely quiet because he didn’t want it to get out.”

Diddy first met Cassie after signing her to his Bad Boy Records label two years ago.

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If Heather Mills is looking for some positive PR, she’s going about it all wrong.

On Thursday, Mills’ publicist quit after four years, calling the former Mrs. Paul McCartney “an impossible person.”

In a statement to Extra, Michele Elyzabeth says,

“After working for Heather Mills for four years, I have decided to cease representing her. Since her divorce has become final, in my opinion, Heather has become an impossible person.

“Yesterday, we engaged in a heated argument during which she called me “stupid.” I reminded her that she was not “God” and she answered, ‘I will never ever talk to you again.’ I have been very patient in my dealings with Heather, however, I cannot take any more. I have given her substantial unpaid time and attention. I am owed money. I refuse to be subjected to her outbursts.

“On reflection and given the way I have been treated, I now have sympathy with much of what the British press have reported about her.”

Ouch!

Heather,40, has one daughter, Beatrice, from her 4-year marriage to McCartney. Besides her involvement in campaigns such as animal rights and the banning of landmines, she appeared in 2007 on season four of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

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Marissa Jaret Winokur and her husband, King of the Hill writer Judah Miller, have welcomed their first child, Entertainment Tonight confirms.

Zev Isaac Miller, born via surrogate, weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces.

The baby was born Tuesday.

Winokur, who survived cervical cancer seven years ago, competed on the past season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars but was eliminated during week 10. She tracked her progress with a diary on Usmagazine.com.

“Since I have a baby on the way this summer, I won’t be able to join the tour – you can’t be on tour with a baby!” Winokur, 35, wrote in her final entry.

“So my poor son will just have to watch all those videos and I can say ‘This is what I was doing while you were cooking!’”

Of motherhood, Winokur, who won a Tony award for her role in Broadway’s Hairspray, blogged: “The baby is going to change my life, and I will be a bit more ready because I can’t really control everything that is what I have learned here. So I am looking forward to learning more.”

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Matt and Shayne have called it quits!  I remember thinking they seemed SO FAKE on the “After the Rose Ceremony” episode recently.  You could tell by looking at them that they were miserable.  I’m so DONE with all this crap!

The Bachelor: London Calling’s Matt Grant has split from fiancée Shayne Dahl Lamas.

“We tried hard to make it work but we realized that we were both heading in different directions,” they said in a statement Thursday. “We truly care about each other and will remain close friends.”

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Engaged since the May 12 finale of the reality show, the pair have fought off breakup rumors since June when Grant, a global financier, moved out of the actress’ L.A. pad.

“I never really moved in there,” he tells Us Weekly.

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Just shoot me, are those back in style?

Katie Price signs copies of her latest book ‘Angel Uncovered’ at WH Smith in London.