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Cult movie director David Lynch has received a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival. Lynch, 60, has gained a reputation for complex films, including Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart and cult TV series Twin Peaks. He was also at the festival to premiere his latest film, Inland Empire, which includes hallucinatory scenes and a talking rabbit voiced by Naomi Watts. Lynch assured baffled critics "it's supposed to make perfect sense". "Every film is like going into a new world, going into the unknown. But you should be not afraid of using your intuition, and...

The drug trial victim whose head ballooned in size so much that his sobbing girlfriend said he resembled the Elephant Man said he couldn't resist the £2,000 fee for the tests. Mohammed Abdalla, 28, had planned to use his £2,000 fee for being a guinea pig to make his family in Egypt financially secure. He wanted to set up his brother Mahmood in business and look after his father, an imam, and desperately ill mother. Yesterday, as the London bar manager's dreams were disclosed, it emerged that scientists had warned about the damage the drug could do to human tissue...

Balding star's wiggo Jacko Don't crop till you get enough ... Jacko in what experts claim is wig       By THOMAS WHITAKER Showbiz Reporter EXPERTS yesterday claimed to have spotted the bald truth about Michael Jackson — he wears a WIG.Wacko Jacko’s mad dash to court in his pyjamas is said to have let the cat out of the bag on his syrup.Photos of the star’s bonce appeared to show a mesh cap with false hair sewn in.Top British hairdresser Feleny Georghiou — whose clients include Victoria Beckham and the Duchess of York — declared: “It is definitely...

A search warrant has been executed at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. It is being reported that this warrant has something to do with Jackson's relationships with children. Details to follow.