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Ian Curtis wasn't around long but he left quite an impression.

Someone has stolen the memorial gravestone that marks the late Joy Division singer's final resting place in a West England cemetery, British authorities said Thursday.

Curtis, who was recently played by Sam Riley in the well-received biopic Control, hanged himself May, 18, 1980, at the age of 23, right before his band was about to embark on its first U.S. tour. The post-punk visionary's body was cremated in Macclesfield, where he grew up.

The more than 20-year-old stone marking the spot where his ashes are buried is inscribed with "Ian Curtis, 18-5-80" and bears the signaturely gloomy sentiment, "Love Will Tear Us Apart, " the title of Joy Division's biggest song.

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The he said, she said continues. And how.

Jessica Gibson, the one-time nanny who is suing—and is being sued by—Rob Lowe and his wife has denied every allegation of questionable behavior leveled at her in a sheaf of declarations the actor's camp filed last week.

First off, Gibson denies the statement made by her "estranged half-sister," who used to be the Lowes' estate manager, that Gibson was required to sign a confidentiality agreement when she came to work for the family.

"I do not think that I ever signed a confidentiality agreement…I do not remember being asked to sign one," Gibson stated in her own declaration, which was filed Wednesday and obtained by TMZ.com.

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Yes, the U.S. government really did want to hurt him. And yes, the plan apparently worked.

Boy George announced today he has been forced to called off his planned U.S. summer tour, which was to include a song-filled pit stop for his former colleagues at the New York Department of Sanitation, after his appeal for a visa was denied.

"I was really hoping that the issue would be resolved and that some kind soul at the U.S. Visa Office would realize that if the police in the U.K. placed no restrictions on my movements, that should have been good enough for them," George says in a statement.

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Maybe Speed Racer star Emile Hirsch misunderstood the memo about how everybody who was anybody on the C-list was tying the knot this weekend (see Chris Kattan and Ruben Studdard items below).

Or maybe he had some crazy idea that his clothing should match the period of the architecture, which, since he was sightseeing in Paris' Place Vendôme with a couple of gal-pals, is decidedly old school. How else to explain the oversize silk bow tie and shiny silver suit?

Très lawn jockey, non?

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Apparently not all of Rob and Sheryl Lowe's employees have soured on the couple.

One of the former nannies who they sued for breach of contract and is now suing them for sexual harassment wasn't exactly a model of innocence herself, according to several declarations filed Thursday in Santa Barbara Superior Court, including one provided by the plaintiff's sister.

James Maclear, a chef who worked for the family in 2005 while they were living in London (and is not to be confused with the chef whom the Lowes previously sued), stated in court documents obtained by TMZ.com that the babysitter in question, Jessica Gibson, "had an overly flirtatious manner and appeared to be somewhat of a sexual predator."

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There's one less unnecessary thing on the Internet these days.

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing distributors from haggling over the new Verne Troyer sex tape and TMZ.com—or any other site—from posting anymore clips of the 50-minute video.

Troyer sued TMZ, celeb-porn broker Kevin Blatt and online adult-film rental service SugarDVD for $20 million, claiming violation of privacy and right to publicity, copyright and trademark infringement and misappropriation of name and likeness.

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One flight attendant isn't after the hair of the dog that bit her—she's after its owner.

Lisa Wilson has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Jennifer Lopez, alleging that the entertainer's German shepherd guard dog made the skies particularly unfriendly during a 2006 private flight by "attacking [Wilson] and biting her pant leg."

The suit, filed Thursday in Brooklyn Federal Court and obtained by E! News, alleges the attack caused her to fall and suffer back injuries that have prevented her from obtaining further work. (View the allegations and full complaint.)

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Or at least for the over-the-shoulder boulder holder that carries 'em.

Chris Martin, who burst on the scene with his band Coldplay a few years ago with the song "Yellow," found himself seeing pink during the group's performance on the Today show Friday, when an overzealous fan decided to toss the troubadour a token of appreciation.

No word on who threw it, but personally, we're hoping it wasn't one of Willard Scott's centenarians.

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As Amy Winehouse has shown before, sometimes the easiest way to gain access to the troubled singer is simply a matter of walking right up to her door.

In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, journalist Claire Hoffman recounts how she essentially did just that and was subsequently invited in for a beer and, um, banana sandwiches sprinkled with potato chips.

But of course, the hospitality didn't end there.

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Creepy sequel The X-Files: I Want to Believe comes out next month, but the thing is still under info lockdown. Even two clips revealed last week at the L.A. Film Festival shed little light on Mulder and Scully's latest mystery. And it sounds like David Duchovny might not even have read the script yet.

"I actually had to convince [director Chris Carter] to give me a script," Duchovny told an audience at the fest this week. He and Carter then dished on the way extreme on-set secrecy:

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Drew Carey's favorite pizza joint is not only coming on down, it's also flying on over.

The Price Is Right host is celebrating his first full year as emcee of the daytime staple by ordering a very special—not to mention costly—delivery of pizza straight from Cleveland.

Carey, an Ohio native who is so fond of Antonio's Pizza that he has even made mention of the parlor on his former sitcom, has ordered 45 cheese and pepperoni pizzas to be delivered to Los Angeles for Saturday's wrap party marking the end of the show's 36th season.

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