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Well, that was fast! The usually silent Kanye West had his rep shoot down, with lightning speed, a short-lived rumor claiming that the rapper’s been cheating on girlfriend Kim Kardashian. In an interview with Star magazine, French-Canadian model Leyla Ghobadi claims that she’s carried on a nearly one-year affair with West.

Ghobadi alleges that she met West after a July 2012 concert and that he admitted to her that his relationship with Kardashian was “just for publicity” in an attempt to “increase his fan base.” She adds that she and West had several sexual encounters before and after Kardashian’s pregnancy and that West even contacted her last week for a hook-up.

West responded to the claims this afternoon with a big, fat not-so-fast.

“This most recent attack on Kanye West and his family is totally without merit,” his rep said in a statement Wednesday. “It’s a blatant attempt by a misguided individual who is clearly seeking publicity, and another in a series of malicious stories drummed up by non-credible ‘news’ sources.”

There have been weekly rumors in the tabloids about the state of West’s relationship with Kardashian, but interestingly, this is the first time he’s publicly spoken out about one of the salacious stories.

In a rare interview he gave to The New York Times, West said he’s intent on keeping his life private. He admits that he’s no longer interested in appearing on E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians and that the child he and Kardashian are expecting next month is theirs and not “America’s baby.”

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We’ve seen plenty of celebs transform themselves in all sorts of amazing ways for biopics. Jamie Foxx became Ray Charles. Forest Whitaker morphed into Idi Amin. Helen Mirren was Queen Elizabeth. And, most recently, Michael Douglas embodied Liberace.

Naomi Watts is about to give them all a run for their money though as she turns herself into the late Princess Diana for the upcoming eponymous flick. In this wordless teaser trailer for Diana, we see Watts nail the royal’s look from the hair to the clothes. Check it out.

Diana is due to hit theaters in the U.K. on Sept. 20. A date for release in the USA has yet to be determined.

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The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most glamorous times of the year for the Hollywood set. Who wouldn’t want to hang out in France in spring for a week and a half and watch movies?

Well, this year Cannes got off to a bit of a rocky start. And to be honest, the middle and approaching end haven’t been so hot either. The festivities wrap up on Sunday, and it seems clear that this year’s go-round may be one organizers will not look back on fondly.

USA TODAY lays out the biggest mishaps of Cannes 2013 that threatened to make things messy for the iconic film fest.

Bye-bye, baubles: Just one day after the opening ceremony on May 15, thieves made off with approximately $1 million in Chopard jewels, allegedly stolen from an employee’s hotel room while the fine jewelry company hosted a party across town. Chopard is one of the sponsors of the film fest and loans out millions of dollars worth of jewels for actresses to wear on the red carpet throughout Cannes. (A Chopard spokesperson noted that none of the baubles set aside for A-listers went missing.)

Interestingly, the alleged heist took place on the same night as the premiere of The Bling Ring, director Sofia Coppola’s based-on-a-true-story film about a gang of teenage thieves who break into celebrities’ homes. “The fact that it happened on the night of our premiere is kind of amazing. I guess there are a lot of Bling Rings out there,” one of the film’s producers, Youree Henley, told USA TODAY.

Less than a week later, thieves struck again, making off with a $2.6 million necklace on Tuesday.

Following a party thrown at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, organizers noticed that the necklace was missing. “These incidents are rare; it is actually the first time it happened in our 20-year history. However, when they occur one must be proactive,” jeweler Fawaz Gruosi told The Hollywood Reporter.

Criminals in Cannes: Jewels weren’t the only things on thieves’ minds in Cannes. According to The Hollywood Reporter, burglars broke into a Chinese film executive’s rented apartment, making off with all of his luggage on May 16. “Security in France is so bad, and the [people] are so arrogant,” China Film Group vice president Zhang Qiang tweeted following the incident. “This film festival is not worth mentioning!”

Several other Hollywood execs told THR Monday that they returned to their hotel rooms to find their cash, laptops, iPads and jewelry gone, with the thieves accessing the hotel through the roof. Further, even more execs say they were victims of an attempted mugging after leaving a casino on May 19.

Party crashers and fakers: It has to be impossible to sneak into a party with Gwyneth Paltrow, right? Not so much. A French hanger-on, who appeared to be part of a sneaky paparazzi crew, managed to worm his way into a celeb bash on May 17 by pretending to be part of her security team. The man communicated with a videographer via a microphone, documenting his progress as he was swept into the fete just behind the A-list actress. “I just got in with Gwyneth Paltrow!” he cheers in the clip. “I’m Gwyneth’s new bodyguard! Challenge succeeded!”

Meanwhile, a man impersonating Korean rapper Psy spent Cannes week in the lap of luxury. He went to parties, hung out with celebs and even gave an interview to a French TV crew. The real Psy seemed more amused than enraged by the unidentified man’s antics. “Seems like there’s another ME at Cannes … say HI to him … lol #PsyinSingapore,” he tweeted on Wednesday.

Crotch shots and tricky heels: Wardrobe malfunctions are now as common as crazy celeb baby names, so it was no surprise when Eva Longoria flashed a wall of photogs as she hit the Cannes carpet on May 18. When the petite actress lifted the hem of her mint green Versace gown to keep it out of the rain, she revealed a little more than she meant to. A lot more, actually. She flashed her bare crotch, and later acknowledged the mishap on Twitter with a joke.