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NEW YORK – If the members of Led Zeppelin plan on reuniting, they have a funny way of saying it.

During a news conference Tuesday promoting their 2007 reunion concert film “Celebration Day,” the band became uncomfortable with a question about “anticipating something bigger for the band.”

“We’ve been thinking about all sorts of things, and then we can’t remember what we were thinking about,” singer Robert Plant said testily. He then referred to the reporter by the pejorative term “schmuck.”

Throughout the news conference, the band fielded questions about a possible reunion, often responding with stoic silence.

At one point, guitarist Jimmy Page mentioned that the reunion concert was five years ago and that if there was a chance they were reuniting, you would have heard.

“Seems pretty unlikely, doesn’t it?” Page said.

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The film covers their 2007 concert at London’s 02 Arena. Original members Plant, Page and John Paul Jones, plus the son of the late John Bonham, played a one-time tribute concert to honor Atlantic records founder Ahmet Ertegun.

Assange has star visitor at embassy: Lady Gaga

LONDON – Ecuador’s Embassy in London says WikiLeaks boss and would-be refugee Julian Assange has had a celebrity visitor: Lady Gaga.

On Monday, the 26-year-old American superstar singer posted a photograph of herself standing next to the 41-year-old Australian to her littlemonsters.com website.

The embassy confirmed Lady Gaga’s visit but gave few other details Tuesday. An embassy visit would’ve been convenient: The singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, was just down the street at Harrods department store to promote her new perfume, “Lady Gaga Fame.”

On Tuesday, Germanotta was in Iceland, where she received a LennonOno Grant for Peace in Reykjavik.

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The big screen beckons Lucy, Charlie et al

LOS ANGELES – Charlie Brown and his “Peanuts” pals are coming to the big screen.

The beloved characters of Charles Schulz are starring in their own animated film scheduled to hit theaters Nov. 25, 2015. That year marks the 65th anniversary of the “Peanuts” comic strip and the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first of the gang’s many TV specials.

The as-yet-untitled film will be produced by 20th Century Fox and its Blue Sky Studios animation unit, the outfit behind the “Ice Age” flicks and such cartoon hits as “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!”

Schulz’ son Craig and grandson Bryan co-wrote the screenplay with Cornelius Uliano, and the three also are producing the film.

Steve Martino, co-director of “Horton Hears a Who” and “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” will direct the “Peanuts” film.

 

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