Daniel Radcliffe has targeted homophobes across the globe in a new interview with Attitude magazine, labeling them as “disgusting,” stupid animals who are “thick” and “scared.”

“I just loathe homophobia,” he said. “It’s just disgusting and animal and stupid and it’s just thick people who can’t get their heads around it and are just scared.”

The Harry Potter star – who recently celebrated his 20th birthday – told the gay magazine that while he wasn’t gay (he’s happily dating his Equus co-star, Laura O’Toole) he had no problem with homosexuality, and fully supported the lifestyle choice.

“I grew up around gay people entirely,” the young actor said. “I was the only child in my class who had any experience of homosexuality or anything like that.”

Radcliffe recently came under fire about his own sexuality, and was forced to explain at a recent red carpet event for new film Half-Blood Prince that while he was “flattered” by the rumours, he didn’t bat for the other team.

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Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan has just joined the long list of celebrity DUI’s after he was caught under the influence and behind the wheel in Miami Beach last weekend.

The 41-year-old was arrested on suspicion of DUI last Sunday, July 12th, according to TMZ.com, and after snapping a photo or two for the cop shop, was later released.

The arresting officer told the celebrity gossip site that Donovan was cooperative, but didn’t think he should be arrested because he was only “borderline” drunk.

“I really think I’m only borderline and not too drunk,” the actor said, after swerving and screeching his tyres to avoid hitting a stationary police car.

When asked what he’d been doing, Donovan allegedly told the officer: “Sorry, I didn’t see the red light or your stopped car.”

The cop said he was alerted to the actor’s excessive drinking by “a strong odour of alcohol,” and when he asked Donovan if he’d had anything to drink, the star replied: “I had three drinks at the Fontainebleau.”

He was then taken into custody and officially charged with one count of DUI – something that could see the actor serve up to 6 months in prison.

While Donovan’s rep had no comment on the charge, the actor himself said that his only mistake he’d made was that he “[drank] Benadryl with 3 glasses of wine.”

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The former girlfriend of late Australian actor Mark Priestley has come out of seclusion to release a statement, describing the All Saints star as her “soul mate”.

Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany, who had broken up with the 32-year-old a few weeks earlier, has been in seclusion since Priestley’s body was found on a building ledge above Market Street in Sydney’s CBD at lunchtime on Wednesday.

A deeply upset Mulvany said:

“Mark was my partner, my best friend, my soulmate and brought great joy to all who knew him.

“Thank you to everyone for your kind words. I request that you let us grieve for him and please remember him with love.”

Mulvany’s statement comes as filming resumes on All Saints, the show in which Priestley played the much-loved nurse Dan Goldman. His character married on-screen love Erica Templeton (Jolene Anderson) only a day before he jumped to his death from the 23rd floor of the Swissotel hotel.

Priestley’s parents, based in Perth, are still struggling to come to terms with their son’s shock death, but acknowledged the support he was given during his fight with depression.

“We are greatly strengthened and helped in this very difficult time by the expressions of sympathy and the kind comments about Mark’s life and career,” they said in a joint statement.

The funeral will be held in Western Australia next Thursday.

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Mark Priestley, the Australian actor who took his own life on Wednesday, jumped to his death just weeks after splitting with his long-time girlfriend, according to reports.

The 32-year-old star of Aussie medical drama All Saints split with girlfriend, playwright and actress Kate Mulvany, a few weeks before checking himself into a hotel in central Sydney and committing suicide.

Sources claim that the actor had been severely depressed since the split, and wasn’t coping very well.

Police discovered Priestley’s body on a 10th floor ledge of a building next to the Swissotel hotel, where he’d checked himself in under the pseudonym Damian Barker at 11.30 a.m. According to the reports, Priestley had requested a room with a balcony on the 23rd floor.

He plunged to his death 90 minutes after checking in. It took police three hours to recover his body from the opposite building.

His former cast members are said to be in shock, with filming on the Seven Network show shutting down for the day while they come to terms with his unexpected passing.

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Australian actor Mark Priestley has been found dead.

The 32-year-old star of hit Aussie medical drama All Saints is believed to have killed himself after suffering from depression for many years.

His former employer, the Seven Network, released a statement a short time ago, calling Priestley a “tremendous young person” who will be sadly missed by his All Saints co-stars.

“Mark was such a brilliant artist… his work on stage and screen was admired by everybody who knew him,” Tim Worner, the Director of Programming and Production at Seven said.

“His death is such a sad loss. We at Channel Seven will miss his energy and smile.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Mark’s family and friends.”

The late actor played male nurse Dan Goldman in the popular Seven Network show. His character recently married fellow nurse Erica Templeton, portrayed by actress Jolene Anderson.

Below is a YouTube video of some of Mark’s most recent work on the Australian medical drama.

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The three actors who took over the duties on Heath Ledger’s final film role have given their pay to the Australian’s two-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose.

Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law was so concerned for the young child’s welfare after the loss of her famous father, who didn’t update his will in time to include his daughter, and so donated their last payment to give her something for the future.

“They didn’t take money – it goes to Heath’s daughter,” director Terry Gilliam explained.

“That’s extraordinary! And wonderful… and when you’re part of that, you think, ‘Ah, this is maybe why I went into the movies in the beginning. I thought it would be full of wonderful people.’

“And we’ve got a movie full of wonderful people who did extraordinary things to help.”

All three stars took over where Heath left off in the fantasy epic The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, playing versions of Ledger’s character, Tim.

Ledger passed away before he could complete the film, making the latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight, his last completed movie, and possibly his greatest ever achievement.

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Desperate to keep his dirty little secret, the actor paid his former beau $500,000 to keep his mouth shut…

One of the world’s most-photographed socialite’s is allegedly so broke that she’s being forced to get a job by her famous, rich parents. Word on the street is that the former wealth-kitten is on the look-out for modeling gigs…

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Shelley Malil, an Indian-born actor most famous for his role in The 40 Year Old Virgin, has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing his former girlfriend more than 20 times.

The 43-year-old, who had a small part in the 2005 comedy hit, also starring Steve Carell, was detained on Monday outside San Diego after stepping off a train at Oceanside.

Officer Phil Brust of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said that Malil was now behind bars in a California prison, after his estranged girlfriend was found in her San Marcos home on Sunday, stabbed more than 20 times.

Brust said that police discovered the victim after hearing screams and the sound of breaking glass. They found the woman, as yet unnamed, with “multiple stab wounds and severe cuts on her face.”

When he was detained, Malil had been “en route” to meet with his attorney, Brust added.

The actor now faces charges of attempted murder, residential burglary and mayhem.

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Legendary film director and producer Sydney Pollack has died of cancer, aged 73.

Diagnosed with cancer 10 months ago, Sydney passed away on Monday, at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, with family members by his side.

As well as being a renowned director and produced, Sydney also was an actor who appeared in movies up until 2007.

He won producing and directing Oscars for the epic romance Out of Africa, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, in 1985 and directed Tootsie, where he played Dustin Hoffman’s agent.

A very sad and real loss; our thoughts go out to his family.

An 18-year-old British actor with a role in the upcoming Harry Potter film has died after being stabbed during a fight outside a London bar.

Rob Knox was killed on Saturday during a fight with a number of youths in the south-eastern suburb of Sidcup, police have revealed. A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Knox’s parents, Colin and Sally, have since released a statement, labeling the young actor as “kind and respectful.”

“Rob was kind and thoughtful and would always help out others,” the statement said. “The life and soul of the party, he was very outgoing, loved sports, and would always strike up a conversation with people.

“He was respectful to others and adored by all his family and friends.”

Friends involved in the fight have come forward with eyewitness reports, claiming that they believe the knife fight which took Knox’s life was a “revenge attack” over a “row over the phone” from the previous week.

“Rob was just trying to help out,” 18-year-old Tom Hopkins said. “He was like that. I grabbed the knife, I didn’t know at the time that [the attacker] had another knife. It was just chaos.”

Hopkins was stabbed in the head in the scuffle, which began outside a bar in Sidcup when the youths saw a man waving two knives around through the window. Knox allegedly lost his life trying to protect his brother, Jamie, who was also involved in the fight.

Warner Bros, the film studio behind the Harry Potter movies, has also released a statement on the young actor’s tragic death. “We are all shocked and saddened by this news and at this time our sympathies are with his family,” a rep for the studio said.

Knox had only recently finished filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with high-profile co-stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. In the film, the 18-year-old plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby.

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