Jodie Foster, 47, is more straight-laced that one might think.

The actress and former owner of a movie production house likes to stick to linear storytelling, which these days seems “too boring” for independent movies.

She offered this up as an explanation for why she doesn’t act in the kinds of indie films she has produced.

“I don’t think I’m well suited for them. I like doing films that are about solitary characters. I like a singular journey, as an actress – I like a linear portrait, and those things aren’t hugely ‘indie movies’.”

Foster, best known as Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs, founded a production company in 1992, Egg Pictures, that primarily made indie flicks. The company closed, however, in 2001.

Foster next stars opposite Mel Gibson in a black comedy titled The Beaver. Gibson, she told the Los Angeles Times, can do anything. She said: “He is crazy and wild, he has that wildness and the madness, but he is also an incredibly disciplined storyteller.”

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Janice Dickinson has slammed model Katie Price as a “rude b***h” after they appeared on a chat show together.

Dickinson, 55, who is promoting her first single Crazy, appeared on UK chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man when Price, 31, and new hubby Alex Reid, 34, were also guests.

Asked how she got on with Price, she said to UK newspaper Metro: “She’s a rude b***h. I met her at Alan Carr’s chat show. She and her husband talked all the way through my part.

“I didn’t make a peep when her cagefighting husband with his cauliflower ears was on the television. Maybe she’s just jealous because I did Vogue and she only did Page Three.”

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It looks like the American Idol judge didn’t like seeing herself in high-definition on the show because it supposedly brings out those dreaded age lines. Ironically, she probably frowned when discovering this. So Ellen DeGeneres decided to fix the problem immediately. This was her solution, as a source revealed: “So she proceeded to order her own lighting team from her show to come over and make her look better. She had her people add lights and filters to ease her age lines.” Hopefully Ellen DeGeneres won’t feel too distraught because of this and she will still do a good job to foil Simon Cowell’s plans on the show… after all, she is the poor contestant’s only line of defense.

Brooke Burke said she’s ‘thrilled beyond words’ to become the new co-host of Dancing With The Stars.

The 38-year-old won the seventh season of the show and it was recently announced that she is taking over the role of co-host of the US series from Samantha Harris.

She will be appearing on the upcoming 10th season of the show when it kicks off on March 22.

Writing on her blog, Burke said: “Today is one of the most exciting days ever!!! With the exception of my family and children, today tops the list of all my professional endeavors!!!

“I was sworn to secrecy until the GMA announcement and the ABC press release went out. So now that it’s public… I am thrilled beyond words to have landed the Co-Host gig for Dancing With The Stars!”

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Desperate Housewives star Drea de Matteo is being written out of the show.

Access Hollywood reports that Entertainment Weekly first reported the move. The show’s creator, Marc Cherry, said Drea, who plays Angie Bolen, was never meant to be a regular.

He said: “Part of the deal when we hired Drea was she was only interested in doing one season. She has a baby and is eager to get back to her life in New York. As we build toward the end [of the series] and we start undoing the many layers of [Angie], everyone will get how brilliant she is.”

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Well, it looks like one singer has managed to make her charity work be about something more than just publicity… or so the UN seems to think about Shakira’s charity work for children. She was presented with an award for it and this is what she said on the matter: “It’s not too late to keep our promise to our children, but we must act now. Together, we can make education and decent work for all a reality.” Forget the Grammys and other cheesy, celebrity awards… this is real recognition right here! And Shakira didn’t even have to save anybody in Haiti.

Oscar nominee Penelope Cruz’s thick Spanish accent landed her in trouble in a TV chat with fellow actress Halle Berry as she kept referring to Halle’s movie as Monster’s Balls.

The Nine star admitted she struggles to pronounce the name of the film – Monster’s Ball – which won Halle a Best Actress Oscar. And she proved it by balls-ing up again on camera.

The movie beauties ended up in fits of giggles as they interviewed each other on Oprah Winfrey’s Oscars Special.

Penelope confessed: “I have a problem with the title of the movie. A lot of people laugh at me because when I say it, it sounds like the balls of the monster.

“I have tried to correct myself.”

Penelope burst out laughing and failed to finish her question as she started: “But in Monster’s Balls….”

The pair also giggled as Penelope asked Halle about the famous sofa sex scene in the film.

Halle told how she will watch Sunday’s ceremony “in my JJs at home with a glass of wine.”

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Star on the rise Rachel McAdams will join Owen Wilson and Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard for a yet-to-be-titled Woody Allen movie.

The Hollywood Reporter says McAdams’s success follows her role in Sherlock Holmes. The Canadian, who starred with Russell Crowe in State Of Play, is also signed on for a Terrence Malick movie with Christian Bale that is so far untitled.

The 31-year-old actress will appear with veteran actor Harrison Ford in the J.J. Abrams-produced Morning Glory later this year, THR reports.

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Michael’s Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe could not hold back the tears as she yesterday (Weds) visited the late star’s tomb.

The former nurse became emotional as she toured the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California, where Jacko was laid to rest in September.

Rowe, who gave birth to Prince and Paris Jackson, arrived at the cemetery with a male friend and bought a simple bouquet of flowers.

Rowe visited the cemetery and met a group of Jacko fans, who gather there on the third day of every month to remember the King of Pop.

It all became too much for Rowe who broke down crying and had to be consoled by some of the fans.

Rowe also visited the cemetery’s main church building where cards and flowers are left for Jackson.

After an hour at the cemetery Rowe and her friend left in a truck.

Kris Jenner says she’s surprised her daughter Kourtney Kardashian is so “calm and patient” with baby son Mason.

The baby is the first for Kourtney, 30, and her partner Scott Disick, 26, and the reality star’s mum Kris says she’s amazed at the way she has dealt with becoming a mum since Mason was born 11 weeks ago.

She told PEOPLE: “She’s just a great mom. It’s incredible to see how calm and patient she is.”

Jenner added: “I’m not a calm person. It’s like, where did she get that? It’s not from me.”

Jenner admitted that she is loving her new role as grandma and said: “It’s fabulous and I’m just having the best time. [Mason] is the most delicious baby.”