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Gun-toting Guns N' Roses stuck at border, knock-knock-knocking on customs' door

Also in Tattle: Disabled face discrimination, Roger Ailes, Diane Kruger, ‘Star Trek,’ Michael J. Fox and Zenescope

Without Guns, they'd just be Roses.

But GNR had a gun . . . and it almost forced them to cancel a gig.

Rolling Stone reported that Guns N' Roses was detained on its trip from Philadelphia to Toronto when a gun belonging to a member of the band's touring company was found on board one of the vehicles in the tour convoy.

Billboard said Axl Rose shared the detention story toward the end of Saturday night's gig at Toronto's Rogers Centre.

"So, we weren't exactly arrested. We were detained," Rose told the crowd. "They were very nice, they were very understanding. You know, it happens: You can forget you have a f------ gun."

Rose then added, "Wasn't my gun."

Study shows disabled under-represented

Every study done in Hollywood shows that actors of a minority group are not getting their fair share of work.

Be they African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, Indian-American or Arab-American, they're not getting their piece of the pie. And not just because all those ethnic roles are going to Johnny Depp.

The latest group to find itself dissed?

The disabled.

According to the Los Angeles Times, a recent study by the Ruderman Family Foundation revealed that, despite those with disabilities representing nearly 20 percent of the country's population, about 95 percent of TV characters with disabilities are played by able-bodied actors.

The report was written by Danny Woodburn (Jingle All the Way, Seinfeld and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), who as a little person counts himself as a person with a disability, and Kristina Kopic, an advocacy specialist with the Ruderman Foundation, an advocacy organization for people with disabilities.

"Because of the widespread stigma in Hollywood against hiring actors with disabilities, we very rarely see people with real disabilities on screen," said Jay Ruderman, the foundation's president. "This blatant discrimination against people with disabilities not only is fundamentally unfair . . . it also reinforces stigmas against people with disabilities. By systematically casting able-bodied actors portraying characters with disabilities, Hollywood is hurting the inclusion of people with disabilities in our country."

TATTBITS

* New York magazine is reporting that

Roger Ailes

is out at Fox News. The question is whether he'll go during the Republican Nation Convention or after.

* E! News reports that Diane Kruger, The Infiltrator, has split with Joshua Jackson after 10 years together.

* Deadline.com reports that the new USA Network series Shooter, starring Delaware's Ryan Phillippe, has been postponed again following the recent sniper police shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

"After further consideration, USA Network, Paramount TV and Universal Cable Productions have decided to move the premiere of Shooter to the fall," said the Comcast/NBCUniversal-owned cabler of the decision.

It's "just not the right time."

Here's hoping for a right time.

* As the third film in the Star Trek reboot is about to open, Paramount Pictures has announced a fourth Star Trek film.

The studio said Monday that the next chapter in the sci-fi saga will focus on Chris Pine's Captain Kirk crossing paths with the father he never met. Chris Hemsworth, who appeared in the 2009 Star Trek, will reprise his role as Kirk's father, George Kirk.

No title or release date was announced.

Michael J. Fox joined Coldplay on stage at a New Jersey concert where they paid tribute to Back to the Future by playing two songs the actor performed in the iconic 1985 movie.

Fox walked on stage at MetLife Stadium Sunday night just moments after the band showed a video of a fan asking them to play a tune from the "greatest movie of all time." He then played guitar on the early rock 'n' roll classics "Earth Angel" and "Johnny B. Goode."

Band leader Chris Martin called the moment a "dream come true."

Fox and Coldplay previously performed together in 2013 at a New York City benefit show for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

* The Hollywood Reporter says that Horsham-based Zenescope Entertainment, known for its Grimm Fairy Tales comic books and graphic novels and for its upcoming Syfy series Van Helsing, has signed with The Cartel for management.

Other projects in development include The Library with Mythology Entertainment and Fly with Universal TV, with Zenescope founders Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco attached to executive produce.

- Daily News wire services

contributed to this report.

gensleh@phillynews.com

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