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Avril Lavigne on Canceled Shows: 'My Voice Is Shot' | Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne on Canceled Shows: 'My Voice Is Shot'

Originally posted 05/02/2008 02:30PM

Avril Lavigne has cancelled two concerts on doctor's orders. And now the singer is taking to her blog to explain and apologize to her fans.

"I have been sick this whole tour, and now I have lost my voice," she writes in a blog entry posted Thursday. "I have never canceled a show in my whole career and just had to for the first time ever. This sux!"

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Hilary Duff Dishes on Avril, Lindsay and Miley

Hilary Duff Dishes on Avril, Lindsay and Miley

Originally posted 04/16/2008 06:45PM

Hilary Duff may have been in show business for a decade, but she's never gotten used to tangling with her fellow celebutantes.

"It's hard to find people who don't feel like they're in competition with you," she tells Allure in its May issue.

But while Duff, 20, may try to stay out of the fray, she can't help but chat – a little, anyway – about some of her peers.

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Avril Lavigne Cuts Price of House | Avril Lavigne

Celeb Real Estate

Avril Lavigne Cuts Price of House

Originally posted 02/07/2008 09:45AM

Avril Lavigne apparently is as affected as much as anybody by the downturn in the housing market.

After two deals fell through, reports Forbes.com, the rocker, 23, has marked down the price for her Beverly Hills mansion, to $5.8 million.

The original price tag a year ago was $6.9 million.

The home is inside a gated community at the top of Mulholland in the Hollywood Hills, with a pool and tennis court on the grounds.
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Songwriters 'Completely Exonerate' Avril Lavigne | Avril Lavigne

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Songwriters 'Completely Exonerate' Avril Lavigne

Originally posted 01/15/2008 06:05PM

Two songwriters who had accused Avril Lavigne of plagiarizing their song now say she did nothing wrong.

Tony Dunbar and James Gangwer had filed a lawsuit claiming the hit "Girlfriend," by Lavigne and writing partner Luke Gottwald on her album The Best Damn Thing, was ripped off from the 1979 song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" by Dunbar and Gangwer's new wave group the Rubinoos.

But in a statement Tuesday, Dunbar and Gangwer said: "We are satisfied that any similarities between the two songs resulted from Avril and Luke's use of certain common and widely used lyrics. We therefore completely exonerate Avril and Luke from any wrongdoing of any kind in connection with the claims made by us in our lawsuit."

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Amy Winehouse Surfaces at MTV Europe Awards

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Amy Winehouse Surfaces, Avril Lavigne Wins at MTV Europe Awards

Originally posted 11/02/2007 09:40AM

Avril Lavigne rocked the MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich Thursday night, winning two of the show's top prizes – while troubled singer Amy Winehouse surfaced for the event and offered a quiet "thanks."

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Avril Lavigne: I Didn't Steal Music | Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne: I Didn't Steal Music

Originally posted 07/08/2007 01:00PM

Despite her punk rock posturing and her occasionally brash public behavior, singer Avril Lavigne is sure sensitive about one thing – her reputation.

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At 12, she learned to use a Weedwacker and earned $15 a yard doing lawn work

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Avril Lavigne Buys 10-Bathroom Mansion | Avril Lavigne

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UpdatePosted 04/09/2007 05:20PM

Avril Lavigne Buys 10-Bathroom Mansion

Originally posted 04/09/2007 10:10AM

Rocker Avril Lavigne is the new owner of a Los Angeles mansion that comes with more than 10 bathrooms.

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The Week's Best Celeb Quotes | Avril Lavigne

The Week's Best Celeb Quotes

Originally posted 04/03/2007 06:00AM

• "My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people.' "– Avril Lavigne, on her early music role models, to Jane

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Avril Lavigne: I Won't Be Like Britney | Avril Lavigne

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Avril Lavigne: I Won't Be Like Britney

Originally posted 04/02/2007 11:00AM

Avril Lavigne says she loves to hit the town, but that "none of what's happened to Britney will ever happen to me."

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