Los Angeles, CA -- If you've got the money, Sharon Osbourne will make you famous. On Tuesday's episode of "The Sharon Osbourne Show," she will pledge $10,000 to the charity Global Vision for Peace and challenges anyone else to pledge another ten grand at her website sharonosbourne.com and she'll put them on an episode of "The Osbournes." She says, "You can be famous overnight."

WINDHOEK, Namibia -- Michael Jackson stood up the president of Namibia on Friday (Apr. 16), but he didn't mean to. President Sam Nujoma had cleared time to meet with Jackson after receiving a letter from a St. Louis-based travel company which claimed Jackson would be visiting Namibia as part of an African vacation. Jackson couldn't have taken the trip because he's restricted from traveling overseas during his current court case, and his spokeswoman says Adventure in Africa tours acted without the King of Pop's permission.

LOS ANGELES -- You'd expect MTV to film the first TV movie about Kurt Cobain's life, but it turns out the teen-friendly WB is the network tackling the grunge god's story. The WB is planning a biopic based on the 2001 book, "Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain," and the story will cover his rise to fame, drug abuse and marriage to Courtney Love, according to "The Hollywood Reporter."

LOS ANGELES -- There will be no porn in the Valley now that news of an adult actor's recent HIV diagnosis has virtually shut down production in the industry's studio base in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. Forty-nine actors are currently under quarantine following exposure to the HIV positive actor, and industry advocates are calling for a 60-day ban on shooting until the scope of the virus' spread has been determined.

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