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**** BOOKS TO KISS ****   Paul Stanley Kiss Legend Paul Stanley had a book signing for his 'Face The Music: A life Exposed' at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada the other day. Photo By: Erik Kabik Photography/ Retna Ltd. 

Gene Simmons KISS rock legends Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are planning a new television reality show to hire their own replacements when they quit the band. During an interview with a reporter in Norway, Simmons revealed a deal has been signed and that the show would begin shooting later this year. He says, "We have already signed the contract, and it is going to go through in a couple of months."Paul Stanley has poured scorn on Simmons claims, but confirms they are discussing the idea. He is quoted on Blabbermouth.net saying, "These things are typical. Gene says something as if it was a fact, but there is no signed deal.The future has many possibilities. Will it happen next week? No! Am I opposed to the idea? Of course not."Neither of the pair has revealed when they plan to leave the band, but earlier this year, Stanley admitted he was coming close to retiring: He said, "I really, firmly believe there will come a time when the band will continue without me...

Paul Stanley, a singer and guitarist with rock band Kiss, was forced to pull out of a show in California on Friday after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level, he said on his Web site.The apparent tachycardia happened while the band was rehearsing for a performance at a casino in San Jacinto, California, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. "My heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus beats per minute, where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get it into a normal pattern," Stanley, 55, wrote on his site http://www.paulstanley.com . A normal heart rate at rest is about 60 to 80 beats a minute, according to the American Heart Association.Tachycardia, or rapid heart rate, can cause palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, hotheadedness's, fainting or near fainting, the group said on its Web site http://www.americanheart.org . Stanley said he was advis...