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Cameron Diaz would love to be Jack Black for a day so she could be in his spoof rock band.

The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ actress is currently starring in new film ‘Holiday’ in which her character trades places with somebody because she is fed up of her own life.

When asked who she would like to swap places with, Cameron told MTV: “The image that comes to mind is Jack Black in a blue leotard with a big mustache. I just want to know what it’s like to be Jack Black and be in Tenacious D. That would be really fun.”

Cameron – who is dating pop heartthrob Justin Timberlake – recently revealed she is having a nose job because she cannot breath through her nose.

The Hollywood star has broke her nose several times throughout her life, most recently while surfing, and admits she can’t stand its current state any longer.

She said: “I’m getting it fixed. I can’t take it. I cannot breathe at all. One side of my nose is totally shattered – my septum is basically like a
train derailed.”

Cameron Diaz wants a nose job. Not for cosmetic reasons, she says, but because of her deviated septum.

“I’m getting it fixed. I can’t take it. I cannot breathe at all,” the actress told W Magazine. “One side of my nose is totally shattered — my septum is basically like a train derailed.”

The 34-year-old Diaz has had a history of problems with her nose. She has broken it four times, the last time while surfing in Waikiki on her birthday in 2003.

Diaz also tells W that she’s beginning to have to watch what she eats.

“I used to be able to eat anything I wanted and then go right to bed. Fried chicken, onion rings, half a bottle of wine,” she says. “As you get older, your insides rebel. You’ve asked so much of them for so many years, and then they just go, ‘Uh-uh, bi-atch! Gonna eat cheese fries? See how you sleep!’ And you’re tossing and turning all night.”

Diaz will star in the comedy “The Holiday” with Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black, set to open in theatres Dec. 8.

Cameron Diaz has filed a report against a photographer who allegedly tried to hit her and boyfriend Justin Timberlake with his car.

The actress filed the report with the Los Angeles Police Department. The report says “Diaz and Timberlake were leaving a friend’s home when a photographer hiding in the bushes tried to take a photograph of her. They both then chased the photographer for a short distance. The photographer then got into his car and drove toward both (of) them, causing Diaz to jump out of the car’s way.”

She is accusing the photographer of assault with a deadly weapon.

Cameron Diaz has filed a legal complaint against a photographer, alleging he used his car as a weapon.

The Associated Press reports that Diaz has filed a police report citing assault with a deadline weapon.

The event occurred just after midnight on Wednesday when Diaz and Justin Timberlake were leaving a party. The photographer reportedly jumped out of the bushes and tried to take a picture of the two. The couple chased the photographer until he got into his car and drove toward the pair.

No arrests have been made.

“The investigation is in its initial stages,” said April Harding, a Hollywood police officer.

Cameron Diaz played teacher by surprising a class at Stanford University, helping lead a lecture on environmentally friendly design.

Her appearance on Thursday was part of the taping for an mtvU program called “Stand-In” in which celebrities teach a class.

Diaz was a sidekick for her friend and renowned environmental architect William McDonough, a consulting professor at Stanford, according to the Associated Press.

“He’s very charismatic, captivating,” Diaz said of McDonough, who Time magazine once called “hero for the Planet.”

The “Charlies Angels” star said, “Bill is one of those people who is thinking big, but is also producing.”

Students gasped and giggled when Diaz joined the class, and later lined up to snap pictures on their cell phones with the actress.

Let’s hope the students learned something useful that day.

A photographer who took topless photos of a 19 year-old aspiring model named Cameron Diaz now faces up to six years in prison for trying to sell them back to her.

John Rutter, 42, was convicted Monday of forgery, attempted grand theft and perjury.

He said that he gave Diaz two days to pay him $3.5 million before he looked for other potential buyers to release the photos during the release of her film, ?Charlie?s Angels: Full Throttle? in 2003.

But he said that he gave Diaz the opportunity to stop the release of the photos and was not blackmailing her.

?Although I wish that this unfortunate situation hadn?t occurred in the first place, I am very gratified that justice has been served,? said Diaz, 34, who was not there for Monday?s verdict.

Diaz testified that she wasn?t ashamed of the photos and at one time offered to partner up with Rutter to release some of the photos. She said that he refused.

?I thought my [breasts] looked good,? said Diaz in front of a chuckling courtroom.

Diaz also said that Rutter told her that the buyers of the photos would use them against her. When he wouldn?t tell her who the buyers were, she contacted authorities.

Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor revoked Rutter?s bail and ordered him to prison, saying that he is a flight risk. Sentencing will be Sept. 15.

He also told lawyers to discuss restitution for Diaz.

?This is about the blackest day in John Rutter?s life. This was an epic battle between a rich and famous celebrity and a hardworking photographer,? said Defense attorney Mark Werksman.

Rutter is convicted of attempted theft for the alleged blackmailing, forgery of Diaz?s apparent signature on the release form and perjury for saying that the signature was authentic in a separate civil case that is still pending.

Rutter said that he did not know that the signature was a forgery.

The photos were taken in 1992 where Diaz posed in leather boots and fishnet stockings in a warehouse. At one point she held a chain that was attached to a male model?s neck.

But this is all fans will ever know about the photos. A court order has prohibited the distribution of the photos forever.

She was only 19-years-old when she stripped in a warehouse. An aspiring model when the pictures were taken in 1992, she posed in leather boots and fishnet stockings – no shame in being topless. At one point, she was asked to hold a chain attached to a male model’s neck.

Far from the fabulous life she leads now, Cameron Diaz is closer to putting the past behind her.

Photographer John Rutter, 42, was convicted of forgery, attempted grand theft and perjury on Monday for attempting to sell topless photos of Diaz from this photoshoot back to her – 11 years later.

Rutter was taken directly into custody after the verdict and now faces up to six years in jail. Judge Michael E. Pastor set sentencing for September 15.

During the almost two-week trial, Rutter told jurors he thought Diaz had signed a release form before the shoot giving him ownership of the photos.

He said he didn?t realize the form was forged when he offered “right of first refusal” to Diaz for $3.5 million shortly before the 2003 release of “Charlie?s Angels: Full Throttle.”

Rutter told the jury, made of seven women and five men, he was simply giving the actress first dibs on the photos before offering them to prospective buyers worldwide.

The prosecution argued that Rutter told Diaz the photos would be used against her by portraying her as a “bad angel” in magazines and ads. When he wouldn?t identify the purported buyers, Diaz suspected blackmail and contacted authorities.

Rutter’s lawyer sought to portray the case against his client as an attempt by a “rich and powerful movie star … seeking to crush and destroy John Rutter.”