Sideshow: The Vatican bans 'Angels'

It seems the Vatican still doesn't like

Dan Brown

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Following its condemnation of Brown's mega-seller and its 2006 film adaptation,

The Da Vinci Code

, which claimed that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, the Vatican has forbidden filmmakers from shooting the

Code

prequel

in the Vatican

or in any church in Rome, reports London's The Times. Vatican officials say the prequel,

Angels & Demons

, which is about a plot by a sinister cabal to seize control of the papacy, is "an offence against God" and "wounds common religious feelings." Father

Marco Fibbi

, a rep for the diocese of Rome, didn't mince words: "Normally we read the script, but this time it was not necessary. The name Dan Brown was enough."

Both films are directed by

Ron Howard

, and star

Tom Hanks

as the code-breaking, nefarious-plot-uncovering all-around nice guy, Harvard prof Robert Langdon. Filmmakers have yet to comment.

The bizarre, never-ending freak show that is

Amy Winehouse

's life took a potentially scary turn yesterday when the 24-year-old R&B singer collapsed and lost consciousness at her London home, said her rep,

Chris Goodman

. Luckily, Amy's assistant was nearby and caught the troubled troubadour before she struck the floor.

"She quickly recovered and her father,

Mitch

, took her to hospital as a precaution," Goodman said. He said doctors don't know what caused the collapse, and that Winehouse was undergoing tests.

Despite her various run-ins with the law, with rehabs, and with ongoing struggles with addiction, Amy this year made the Sunday Times newspaper's annual Rich List, which says she's worth $20 mil.

London's Daily Telegraph reports that Amy's jailed husband,

Blake Fielder-Civil

, 26, allegedly offered to pay a fellow inmate $40,000 to beat up rocker

Pete Doherty

. Seems that Blake heard rumors that Pete visited Amy in the wee hours of the morning and concluded - quite logically - that they must be having an affair.

The claims against Blake came up during the London trial of two men accused of taking part in a contract killing. A prosecution witness who claims one of the killers made a jailhouse confession to him, also testified that Blake offered him the money to hit Doherty.

Oprah Winfrey

shared the secret of her success as America's foremost spiritual diagnostician with more than 20,000, including nearly 4,700 Stanford University grads, at the California university's 117th annual commencement ceremony on Sunday, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

"The secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons," said Oprah. "It's being able to walk through life eager and open to self-improvement and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here - to evolve as human beings," said "the nonpareil media mogul, billionaire philanthropist," to use the Chronicle's words.

She added that "having a lot of money does not automatically make one a successful person. What you want is money and meaning . . . because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life." To recap: Be open, take lessons, improve yourself, evolve. Sounds like going to college all over again.

Keira Knightley

's mum is outraged by reports that her girl is anorexic, says the Daily Mail.

Sharman Macdonald

, 57, says Keira "eats like a horse" but is naturally thin. "She's her daddy's daughter, with his long body," she said. Sharman feels that these reports are a form of press intimidation: "It's a playground situation that we're looking at with the press - it's a form of bullying."

Project Runway

host

Heidi Klum

tells Redbook that she and hubby

Seal

, who have made two ridiculously beautiful baby boys together -

Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel

, 2, and 19-month-old

Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel

- aren't done yet.

"I feel like we still have one coming," said Heidi, who has a girl,

Helene "Leni" Klum

, from a prior relationship. And when does the supermodel feel most beautiful? "Seal says it's when I'm pregnant," she said. "I always did feel beautiful when I was pregnant, but I do feel more me when I'm my normal size."

Missed NBC's Sunday tribute to

Meet the Press

host

Tim Russert

, who died Friday of a heart attack at the age of 58? The segment will be available through Comcast Cable's On Demand service through Saturday.

Bravo's popular cooking competition show

Top Chef

will go on a 20-city publicity tour this summer starting Saturday in Long Island. The tour, which features a kitchen on wheels, will hit Philly on July 4. Info:

» READ MORE: www.bravotv.com

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Corey Haim

, 36, tells London's Mail On Sunday that

Victoria Beckham

, who dated the

Lost Boys

star in 1995, at the onset of her

Spice Girl

fame, is a horrible - indeed, an awful - kisser. Haim claims the couple were "soulmates" and that Posh Spice was, like, so into him, she took him home to meet her parents.

So what's the problem with her kissing skills?

"When she kisses she does this little grrhh thing," Haim said. "What did it feel like? Like a girl gnawing on your lip!"

No comment from the alleged lip-gnawer.

Bad Lieutenant

, the violent, surreal, sexually explicit corrupt-cop-as-religious-

prophet parable starring

Harvey Keitel

and directed by indie auteur

Abel Ferrara

, is about to get a big dose of extra weirdness. Variety says

Werner Herzog

of

Grizzly Man

and

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

fame is directing a "reimagination" of the '92 flick. Herzog's version will star

Nicolas Cage

and

Eva Mendes

.

John Mayer

will hold his second annual fan cruise, which gives folks who can afford to drop a few thousand dollars the opportunity to get seasick with the singer, aboard the Carnival Splendor for a sea voyage from Lalaland to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, from March 27 to 31, 2009. Info and tix: 1-877-749-8462 or

» READ MORE: www.mayercraftcarrier.com

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