Dennis Hopper gets Holywood star

Bedridden Dennis Hopper, 73, who suffers prostate cancer (is said to be in the last phase of terminal cancer) was given his own star on the Hollywood Boulevard Friday.

Hopper said "Everyone here today that I've invited and obviously some that I haven't invited have enriched my life tremendously." "They have shown me a world that I would never have seen being a farm boy from Dodge City, Kansas, and learning things I would never have learned."

The ceremony was taken outside the Egyptian Theatre for his 50-year career stretching back to "Rebel Without a Cause" in which he starred with James Dean in 1995.

"Easy Rider" with Peter Fonda in 1969.

"Apocalypse Now" - the Vietnam war movie in 1979.

"Blue Velvet' in 1986.

Hopper said "Everything I've learned in my life I learned from you and the wonderful world that I traveled and saw....well, I got it all from you. This has been my home and my school." "And I love all of you. I just want to thank you. This means so much to me, and thank you very much, everyone."

After 14 years of marriage with wife Victoria, Hopper is divorcing against his wife, but he is too weak to be questioned by his wife's attorney in the divorce settlement.

Caused by his illness, hopper is said to weighs only 45kg, he was wearing a bandage around his head and right hand as he was injured in a run-in paparazzi, while taking part in the ceremony.

Dennis Lee Hopper

Born: May 17, 1936 (age 73)

Dodge City Kansas, US.

Occupation: Actor, director, artist

From 1955 - present

Spouse(s):

Brooke Hayward (1961-1969; divorced)

Michelle Phillips (1970; divorced)

Daria Halprin (1972-1976; divorced)

Katherine LaNasa (1989-1992; divorced)

Victoria Duffy (1996-present; divorcing)

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Hamilton is Caught for Driving Imprudent in Melbourne

The former world champion Lewis Hamilton the British F1 driver apologised on Saturday for driving recklessly after practicing for Australian Grand Pix.

Hamilton was in his McLaren Mercedes ace was pulled over by a police patrol outside the busy street of Melbourne track.

Police said Hamilton's car had "accelerated heavily and lost traction to the rear wheels" in making a turn and had been impounded until Monday.

The 25 years Hamilton admitted the incident and apologised in a statement released through his McLaren team.

In his statement, Hamilton said: "This evening I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police,"

"What I did was silly, and I want to apologised for it."

Throughout the whole incident, police said Hamilton was very cooperative, and is expected to be charged for improper use of motor vehicle.

It was another embarrassing incident for Hamilton for Sunday's Australian Grand Pix, after being suspended his regular driving licence for a month in 2007 for speeding on motorway in France.

Hamilton will be bidding for pole on the Australian race grid in qualifying later Saturday.

Top 9 - Bjork in/as/with a swan

It was the gasp heard around the world.

Bjork showed up for the 73rd annual Academy Awards (2001), where she was meant to perform, wearing a swan.

We could write a diatribe on a shallow world that would bother itself with something as small as an ugly dress...but this was some serious ugly. The depth of which validates any criticism it incites.

Designed by Marjan Pejoski, the ensemble was made to look like an entire swan hung on its wearer, chicken-rice-shop-window style.

It was memorable though, and prevented the Icelandic singer from going the way of Enya and Yanni, to the back of our minds.

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