Celebrities Category
Celebrity news & gossip from the world’s showbiz and glamour magazines (OK!, Hello, National Enquirer and more). We read them so you don’t have to, picking the best bits from the showbiz world’s maw and spitting it back at them. Expect lots of sarcasm.
Frankie Cocozza represents Team GB at Athletics match – photo
HOW talented is Frankie Cocozza, the Big Brother runner up and rusticated X Factor contestant? Well, he’s been running in the 800 metres for Team GB at the International Match. To avoid undue pressure, Frankie Cocozza is running under the name Joe Thomas…
Spotter: Lauren Holbrook
Posted: 28th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Rare celebrity photos
WHO doesn’t like seeing photos of famous faces of yesteryear? Before the paparazzi and the internet, photos of stars were more controlled, staged and shaped by the art director. Occasionally, a candid shot would emerge:
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Posted: 28th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Susanna Barrett sues Daily Mail and TMZ for sexualising her five-year-old daughter
MEET Susanna Barrett. You might already know her from the TV show Toddlers & Tiaras, which stars her five-year-old daughter Isabella and other decorated children in what seems to be an interactive audition for the role of Violet Elizabeth Bott in the musical I’ll Scream And Scream (Until I’m Sick).
That’s Isabella Barrett eyeing her arch rival Paisley Dick (nominative determinism?) and telling TMZ:
“Last time I was here, Paisley was trying to copy me … but MY mom doesn’t dress me up as a hooker.”
That’s Isabella Barrett singing LMFAO’s I’m Sexy And I Know It at a venus in New York City.
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Posted: 27th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)
Authorities to release jolly 911 recording of Demi Moore
DESPITE the fact it goes without saying, that Demi Moore was in a state of high distress when she called for the emergency services to come take her to hospital, that simply isn’t enough.
We want to know exactly how distressed she was. We need to hear a famous woman worried that she’s going to die, right?
And so, thankfully, the authorities are set to release a 911 call made from Demi Moore’s home earlier this week. We get to hear the panic brought on by seizures, alleged drug abuse and potential anorexia. It’s just the kind of thing we all need to pull us out of this post-Christmas slump.
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Posted: 27th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comments (13)
The sequel to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is here – video shivers
THE sequel to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is looming. On YouTube, ChuckaChucka2012 has uploaded this video.
You’ll like it. You may not like the sequel – how can it live up any billing? But the taste beings back warm memories and a small shiver of life past. Here’s Matthew Broderick in a new white bathrobe.
Anorak will spend the rest of the day is a nostalgic fugue.
Amy Winehouse’s celebrity dad Mitch bares his pain to the Sun – Gaultier laughs
IN “INSULT TO MY AMY”, the Sun says Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch Winehouse is in a state of “fury”. Why? And why not “Our Amy” – is Winehouse not what the tabloids call a “national treasure”?
Well, at Paris fashion week, Jean-Paul Gaultier adopted Wino’s trademark beehive and kohl look, cleaned it up and stuck it on beautiful, lithesome models.
Gordon Smart reports:
The ex-cabbie accused Gaultier of cashing in on Amy’s death with a “bad taste” fashion show. Mitch said the singer’s family was devastated by pictures of catwalk models smoking and wearing the singer’s trademark beehive hairdos and heavy eyeliner.
Devastated?
Wednesday’s show at Paris Fashion Week came just two days after the half-year anniversary of the Back To Black star’s death — and Mitch said it portrayed Amy at her worst.
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Posted: 27th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
What is Oscars movie posters told the truth?
WHAT if posters advertising films up for an Oscar told the truth? Let’s see:
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Posted: 27th, January 2012 | In: Film | Comment (1)
Caroline Flack takes her pillow and leaves Harry Styles
CAROLINE Flack, 32, and Harry Styles, 17, the One Direction singer, are the subjects of the Sun’s front-page news:
“Harrys sends Flack packing”
Followed by such revelations as: “Harrys sends Flack to the green grocers”; “Harry sends Flack to the dry cleaners”; “Harry sends Flack to John Lewis for some new towels and a mat that goes around the base of the toilet”.
Harry Styles, meanwhile, has sent himself to GAME and the sweetshop.
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Posted: 27th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale – Next stop, Splitsville!
EVERYONE kinda fancies Gwen Stefani don’t they? Even though she’s got a weird nose and makes pretty awful music. She’s definitely gone from annoying alt.rock gal to bona fide pin-up. Well, the sad thing for all onanists is that she’s been married with children and generally dropped off the radar, leaving us with people like Ke$ha instead, who is like a million nails on a blackboard, while chewing wool.
However, we might be seeing more of Gwen as, reportedly, she’s about to split up with derivative grunge bozo Gavin Rossdale!
After a decade-long marriage a source told Star magazine: “They have a roller coaster relationship, and right now it has flown off the tracks,” adding, “They’re fighting nonstop.”
So, what’s the cause of this scrapping? Is it something to do with Rossdale contributing nothing to the family coffers since the late ’90s? Apparently not. It’s his past AND Gwen’s success.
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Posted: 26th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Kerry Katona and Brian McFadden are getting married
KERRY Katona and Brian McFadden (aka former Westlife crooner Brian McPadding) are the subject of OK!’s front-page news headline: “We’re getting married.”
Not married to each other. Kerry is with Steve Alce. Her ex-husband, McFadden, is with his “fiancee“, a woman called Vogue Williams (sister to Exchange & Mart Williams, Beano Williams and Readers’ Wives Williams . The front-page quote has him saying:
“I haven’t told my daughters I’m getting married.”
Thankfully, the girls can’t yet read and OK! is sold under the counter at their local sweetshop. The secret remains safe.
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Posted: 26th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
Lindsay Lohan: Sued Again By Woman With Fantastic Name – Nubia Del Carmen Preza
YESSIR! Lindsay Lohan is definitely back on form! After being in trouble with the law more times than every criminal in the history of our awful species put together, it seemed for a while like she was going to disappoint us all by straightening herself out.
However, trouble is never far away with our favourite car-wreck! And it’s cars that are the crux of her current problems.
Apparently, LiLo is getting sued by a woman who claims she was struck by the actress’ sports car, and she wants justice for her injuries! The fabulously monickered Nubia Del Carmen Preza claims she was hit by Lohan’s Maserati while walking through a West Hollywood intersection in September 2010.
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Posted: 26th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Highland boatmen take James Bond’s Skyfall on a coarse boating trip
IN the run up to Christmas, the tiny West Scotland village of Crinan was swamped by film crews capturing the blistering finale for Skyfall the new Bond Film.
Duntrune Castle (the oldest intact and inhabited castle in Scotland) on the north side of Loch Crinan was to be a central point and there were to be boat chases, explosions and the usual over-the-top Bond ructions galore.
The Loch has little in the way of soft sandy beaches and rocks are everywhere.
Regrettably, there were no Italian Cruise Liner Captains around so the film crews hired local boatmen to steer the craft being being filmed in chase sequences. Unlike the Costa Concordia crew, the sturdy Highlanders were instructed to go like hell and stay hidden from the cameras but, for ‘God’s sake’ above all else, keep the highly paid, allegedly macho and/or beautiful, people starring in the film alive and well.
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Amanda Holden: Hollie Rose Hughes in bloody miracle
AMANDA Holden, reality TV show judge and former Mrs Les Dennis, is all over the front pages. She has given birth to Hollie Rose Hughes at a private hospital. Holden was 40 and eight months pregnant. There is is talk of blood transfusions and intensive care. How do we know this. Well, “sources” say. Let’s take a look at those font-page stories:
“Amanda’s fight for life after giving birth to a girl” – Daily Mail
Amanda Jolden is dying?
“Amanda – Miracle baby battle” – Daily Star
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Posted: 26th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Demi Moore goes to hospital to find cure for ‘exhaustion’ (or, if you prefer, ‘substance abuse’)
SINCE Demi Moore got with Ashton Kutcher, her life has been pretty rubbish. She’s leaked her boobs on Twitter and become increasingly thin while Kutch gallivanted around inside young women while Moore wasn’t looking. And so, she got herself a divorce and went to hospital.
That’s right! Reports are saying that Demi checked herself into hospital suffering from ‘exhaustion’ to “seek further professional assistance“.
However, some reports are skipping straight past ‘exhaustion’ and saying that she’s actually looking for help with her substance abuse. TMZ who are the loudest shouters about all this, are saying that it’s unclear what substance(s) are allegedly being abused.
Here’s hoping it is something really out-of-fashion like aerosols or super glue!
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Posted: 25th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Whitney Houston: Broke thanks to crack investment
IMAGINE how much money Whitney Houston has made in her lifetime. She’s been around since time began and had a string of gigantic hits as well as starring in some very successful films. You’d think that she has so much money, she’d never find the time to spend it all.
However, our Whitney decided to get addicted to crack cocaine and, astonishingly and impressively, she’s broke. All that money. Gone.
According to a number of reports the singer has spent all of her fortune, including a reported $100million record deal. How is that even possible?
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Posted: 25th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Snickers tweets that Katie Price and Cher Lloyd are stupid
THE Snickers Twitter campaign is an unedifying assault on the internet. The idea is that celebrities eat a Snickers and then do something out of character. The stars then each tweet a photo of themselves holding a Snickers by way of apology / explanation. It’s as if Snickers is a drug that drives you nuts. It wasn’t me, officer, it as the Snickers. So far, we’ve seen Katie Price, aka Jordan, pretending that eating a Snickers made her clever. Now, Cher Lloyd, the X Factor creation, says eating a Snickers made her read some books.
The message is clear: famous and successful women are thicker than a pair of Snicker-fed thighs.
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Posted: 25th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp split: Irritatingly cryptic
THE split between Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis has been something of a shock. No-one saw it coming. Most had forgotten they were married in the first place, thanks largely to the pair not being massive fame-slags like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and their three-thousand imported children.
Alas, the rumour-mill is certain they have gone their separate ways, presumably so Depp can go full-time and appear in every single Tim Burton film with Helena Bonham Carter until the end of time.
Until then, we’ve got some cryptic horsefeed to deal with. And Vanessa Paradis has stopped humming Joe Le Taxi long enough to say something so jarringly cod-clever that you might puke into your hand.
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Posted: 24th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comments (3)
Oscars 2012: Full lit of nominees
THE 84th Academy Awards will feature the following films running for the gongs. The two big stars are Hugo, with 11 nominations, and The Artist, with ten.
TTHE NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in A Better Life
George Clooney in The Descendants
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Nick Nolte in Warrior
Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis in The Help
Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in The Artist
Jessica Chastain in The Help
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer in The Help
Animated Feature Film
A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita- Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots Chris Miller
Rango – Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
The Artist Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration:
Robert Gould
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Production Design:
Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Hugo Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca
Lo Schiavo
Midnight in Paris Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration:
Hélène Dubreuil
War Horse Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Cinematography
The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo – Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
Anonymous – Lisy Christl
The Artist – Mark Bridges
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
W.E. Arianne Phillips
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Posted: 24th, January 2012 | In: Film | Comments (3)
Banksy’s Coming For Dinner has to be a spoof?
BANKSY’S Coming for Dinner is a film starring Joan Collins, Stephen K Amos and Tamara Beckwith. The idea is that Bansky, the artist, is coming for dinner at Joan’s country estate. The film purports to be the work of an Ivan Massow. If it is, he is sitting on a work of parody that might be a hit. Unless, it’s not. In which case, grab the rotten tomatoes and pray that the man coming to dinner is not the real Banksy but an armed criminal on the run from Broadmoor…
Snickers hires Katie Price on twitter to say ‘eating Snickers makes you stupid’
KATIE Price has been talking about the state of the UK economy on twitter. Well, so says the Daily Mail’s duped Alanah Eriksen in an article called:
Katie Pice the economist? Model stuns fans with tweets about ‘Eurozone debt problems and Chinese monetary policy’
Only Eriksen forgets to note that Katie Price has been hired to promote Snickers on her twitter account. It’s not been hacked, as Eriksen wondered – it’s been rented out.
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Posted: 22nd, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Heidi Klum and Seal split over the vol-au-vents (photos)
SUBSCRIBERS of E-Divorce Vulture will know that Heidi Klum and Seal Samuel are all set to divorce. TMZ.com says that “sources with direct knowledge” know that Klum would file divorce papers at Los Angeles County Superior Court next week. The site says:
“We’re told Heidi will cite ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the cause for the divorce.”
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Posted: 21st, January 2012 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
Paul Daniels mystery finger – much confusion over which finger magician lost in accident
PAUL Daniels has made the top of his finger disappear. While making a safety device (a sled) for his circular saw he lost the top of his third finger, the ring finger, and his index finger. The ring finger is lost. Vanished. Anorak suggests looking for it behind an ear or in an audience member’s purse.
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Posted: 21st, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comments (2)
Daily Mail mocks Etta James in death
ETTA James has died. The Daily Mail signals this passing by announcing: “At Last singer Etta James dies after battle with leukaemia”.
Etta James sang the song At Last. She sang lots of other songs.
At Last was a song written in 1941 song by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren. James recorded her version in 1960. To our mind James is most famous for The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry) and her wonderful rendition of I’d Rather Go Blind.
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Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, no more?
REJOICE! Well, rejoice through crocodile tears because, you people who have a fantasy about somehow getting Johnny Depp or Vanessa Paradis to fall in love with you, will have to pretend that the news of their potential split is really sad. You’ll have to say you really care about it all.
Meanwhile, you’re mentally punching the air and feeling ten shades of thrilled! Maybe this is your chance to allow your fantasy to become real.
Naturally, a pig like you could never land a superstar like that. They wouldn’t even let your face in the inner-sanctum of celebsville. Not that Depp and Paradis are fond of life behind the velvet rope.
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Posted: 20th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Rosie Nixon explains how OK! and Hello! work
AT the Leveson Inquiry, Hello! editor Rosie Nixon explains just how the glossy magazines industry works:
“If somebody doesn’t want us to run something, we don’t run it.”
Ends.
Posted: 20th, January 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
