Matthew McConaughey is looking forward to his forties – insisting life gets better the older he gets.

The Sahara star turned the big 4-0 on Wednesday and spent the day reminiscing with friends and family at a wild house party.

But the actor isn’t concerned about approaching middle-age – branding himself a “late bloomer” who’s got so much to look forward to.

On his MySpace blog, he writes, “The 30’s were good to me and I’m really looking forward to my 40’s, ’cause I’m a late bloomer. Got everything I need for a perfect 40th…a happy and healthy lady, son, and another baby on the way.”

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Johnny Depp is eyeing the chance to go traveling with Angelina Jolie – he is in talks to step into Tom Cruise’s shoes in The Tourist.

Jolie stepped up to replace Charlize Theron in the remake of 2005 French thriller Anthony Zimmer after the South African beauty was forced to drop out.

Cruise was also slated to star, but pulled out of his part to team up with Vanilla Sky co-star Cameron Diaz in a new movie.

Aussie actor Sam Worthington was reported to have accepted the role, but has since dropped out – and Depp has now been lined up for the lead part, according to Variety.

The film tells the tale of a female agent on the hunt for an elusive ex-boyfriend, who becomes a wanted man.

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Kristen Stewart has claimed she is a lesbian.

The 19-year-old actress refused to be drawn on rumors that have repeatedly said she is dating her ‘Twilight’ co-star Robert Pattinson, 23, and says she is going to come up with different ways of avoiding the question.

When quizzed on the rumours, she told Entertainment Weekly: “I’ve thought about this a lot. There’s no answer that’s not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation: OK, we are. We aren’t. I’m a lesbian. I’m just trying to keep something. If people started asking me if I was dating my other co-star Taylor Lautner, I’d be like, ‘f**k off!’ I would answer the exact same way.”

The actress also insisted she would have answered the question honestly if it hadn’t been turned into such a “big deal”.

She added: “I probably would’ve answered it if people hadn’t made such a big deal about it. But I’m not going to give them finding an answer. I know that people are really funny about ‘Well, you chose to be an actor, why don’t you just give your whole life away?!”

Kristen admitted she and the British actor are “close” but just friends.

She said: “I understand why you would assume that, when we lean on each other for support, there must be something more.”

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Chris Brown is still scared of the public reaction to his assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna – he’s convinced most people want to see him in jail.

Brown pleaded guilty to beating the Bajan beauty after a party in Los Angeles in February and was sentenced to five years probation, community service and ordered to stay away from the singer for the entire probation period.

He admits that although most of his fans have stood by him, he fears the general public would prefer to see him sent to prison for the attack.

He tells MTV, “(My fans) love me and support me. (But the public) don’t want to see me do anything… they wanna see me kind of, basically in jail.”

Chris Brown: The Interview will air on Friday – the same day as Rihanna’s TV tell-all on talk show 20/20.

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Freddie Prinze Jr. is relishing his new role as a parent – because he spent years longing for a child after losing his own dad at a young age.

The actor was just 12 months old when comedian Freddie Prinze took his own life – and he admits the tragedy left him dreaming about the day he would have a baby of his own.

And now he’s hoping he can build a happy family with his wife Sarah Michelle and their little girl, Charlotte Grace, who they welcomed in September.

He tells People magazine, “I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I’ve had this idea of what a father should be, it’s exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it.”

And he is delighted his firstborn is a girl – because he would have struggled to teach a son how to “fight” and be “macho”.

He adds, “A lot of guys want sons, but that would have been a lot of pressure. I know throughout my childhood, there were many times I couldn’t stand being a ‘Jr.’ I wouldn’t want anybody else to go through that. If we’d had a boy, he wouldn’t have been another Freddie Prinze. To have a girl, I almost felt like, ‘Whew!’ I know how to protect her and keep her away from the kind of kid I was. I know I can shower a little girl with love. A little boy comes home one day, and he needs to learn how to fight. That’s all macho stuff, dealing with ego and pride, and I don’t want to have to deal with that. I’d rather deal with a broken heart than a broken nose.”

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Robin Wright Penn moved her family out of Hollywood after witnessing Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daily struggle with photographers.

The Forrest Gump star, who filed for divorce from Sean Penn in August, packed up their home because she didn’t want her two children growing up in a “weird” community obsessed with celebrity.

She says, “I didn’t want to raise my kids in this weird, sycophantic society. If you have celebrity parents, it’s not a good recipe for the kids, or anyone at any age. Look at what Brad and Angelina go through.”

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Miley Cyrus doesn’t want to be “an idol” for her young fans.

The “Hannah Montana” star insists she would rather be a role model who people look up to than an idealistic figure that teenagers want to be like.

She said: “If you look at me as a role model I agree with it. If you look at me as an idol, I don’t agree. An idol for me is someone that you want to replicate. You want to be them. I don’t wish that on anyone, to lose what they have personally, because that’s when your spark goes.”

Miley, 16 – whose controversial behavior has included appearing in racy photos published in Vanity Fair magazine, dancing with a stripper pole during this year’s Teen Choice Awards, and seemingly grabbing her crotch during a concert – also revealed she is planning to undertake charity work in Indonesia next year.

She told Britain’s Daily Record newspaper: “I’ve been planning going to Indonesia since I was eight. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and I was never old enough to go with my church when they all headed out there.”

Miley was recently voted Worst Celebrity Influence by a teen website.

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