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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.
Strictly Come Dancing’s Ali Bastian And Brian Fortuna’s Boast Card From Paris
WHILE you weren’t watching Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC’ pro-am dance bore-fest, Ali Bastian (celeb/dancer) and Brian Fortuna (dancer/celeb) fell head over heels in love. Says Hello!:
“Are they aren’t they was the question on everyone’s lips?”
It wasn’t. The question at Anorak was how long before the BBC repackages its moribund, flabby show into a sport and puts Bastian up for sports personality of the year. Personality is BBC English for celebrity. And if a decent highlights package can be put together to the tune of something from M People then Bastian has a chance.
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At Home With Blur’s Alex James, Geronimo, Galileo, Sable And Artemas
IT is a celebrity truism that the celerity chooses the baby name that best reflects not their child but themselves. So here in Hello! we get to pat the tum-tum of former Blur band member ALEX James’s wife CLAIRE and meet their children Geronimo, Galileo, Sable and Artemas.
Clair says she feels like she’s “living in a circus”. It’s more of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. It is also true that the unusual names make the children stand out, to become minor celebs in their own pod.
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Posted: 22nd, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Christmas With Paris Hilton And A Chance To Sit On Her Face
PARIS Hilton is showing Hello! readers around her Beverly Hills mansion. Paris is dressed as a chandelier. Behind her are throne-like, gilded chairs covered in a leopard-print and scatter cushions in the same material. If anyone sits in this room, they’ll be facing inwards but in different directions. Paris stands in the centre. She may have designed the room herself.
On another sofa there is a scatter cushion with Paris Hilton’s face on it. Paris can sit on it and imagine what it is to be with Paris.
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Celebrity Big Brother: Katie Price’s Men – Bowers, Peter Andre and Reid – In TV ‘Fight’
PETER Andre and Katie Price: The lightweight fight between Alex Reid and Peter Andre is on! It’s Fanny v Tranny. The Star has news on Celebrity Big Brother:
GOBBY Jordan is in for treble trouble when Celebrity Big Brother kicks off. Because THREE of the model’s exes are set to square up on TV.
The 10 Men Most Likely To Marry Katie Price
Can three people square? That question to geometrists. More on the “PUNCH-UP”.
In the red corner is punchy Alex Reid, the cross-dressing cage-fighter. In the blue corner is Dane Bowers, who knows all her sex secrets. And in the, er, orange corner is her popular ex-husband Peter Andre.
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Posted: 22nd, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
The Brittany Murphy Murder: In Pictures
BRITTANY Murphy: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at the death of Brittany Murphy in the news, featuring cocaine, anorexia, Simon Monjack and pharma parties.
The cause of Brittany Murphy’s death was a heart attack. There has been an autopsy
To discover what caused the heart attack. Mr Brittany Murphy, ask Simon Monjack, has reportedly said that no autopsy should be carried out.
In pictures: Brittany Murphy (1977-2009)
The media gets to work making sideways looks and nudging you in the ribs:
The Sun says British-born Monjack was once arrested by immigration officials in April 2007 for overstaying his visa.
“A month alter he married Brittany and was forced to deny hurtful rumours [now published in the Sun] that the wedding was arranged to avoid deportation.”
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Posted: 22nd, December 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (3)
With Brittany Murphy Dead, Foster Kamer And TMZ Feast On Simon Monjack
BRITTANY Murphy is dead and the media has set out to destroy her. But now with nudge and a big sideways glance, it’s staring to eye her husband, Simon Monjack.
Enjoy this bit of poisonous tittle-tattle from AOL’s corporate gossip site TMZ:
Brittany Murphy’s husband, Simon Monjack, told hospital staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center he did not want an autopsy performed on his deceased wife, multiple sources tell TMZ.
In pictures: Brittany Murphy (1977-2009)
The grieving husband does not want his wife’s remains to be cut open? What can it mean for the young woman who died of natural causes? Well, we learn that the L.A. County Coroner’s office will perform an autopsy on Murphy. Maybe it’s standard stuff, for insurance purposes?
TMZ has also learned Brittany Murphy’s mother, who found Murphy unconscious in the shower and called 911, told paramedics her daughter had a history of diabetes. We have not been able to confirm if Murphy did indeed have diabetes, and if so, whether it contributed to her death.
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Posted: 21st, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Pete Doherty Escapes Jail And Immediately Arrested By Celebrity Police Force: Photos
PETER Doherty is at Gloucester Crown court posting for photos with the Celebrity Police Force. The CPF always get their photo. The canteen walls at the cop shop recall meetings with the some of the brightest and biggest stars of their age. Right now the star division are drawing lots to see which of them get to park outside Amy Winehouse’s place and attend the Spurs Christmas party.
As for Doherty, well, he was set free after admitting careless and drink driving after a gig in the city. Having been fined £2,050 and banned from driving for 18 months, the CPS got to arrest him again, this time on suspicion of possessing a controlled drug. Is this why they let him go, to give the copper in the picture a chance to see his face in the papers and on the canteen walls?
Pete Doherty and the CPF – working in tandem for each other’s fame. Says one copper: “The sooner Pete gets back behind the wheel and off his face the better for all of us. My kids keep having a go about never seeing me in the papers.”
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Posted: 21st, December 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
Pete Doherty Tours Gloucester Crown Court: In Pictures
WE saw Pete Doherty arrive at Gloucester Crown Court. He appears for one day only, accused of dangerous driving after a gig. Doherty tour of courtrooms continues after the Christmas break, when one of British pop’s leading drugs will accept his award for being the most famous tabloid pop star whose music is never mentioned in a story
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Posted: 21st, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Christmas Nostalgia Wins As Rage Against The Machine’s Old Song Beats Joe McElderry X Factor Dirge
RAGE Against The Machine (their career in pictures) follows Mr Blobby, Bob the Builder, Cliff Richard (3) and X Factor winners (4) into the pop annals as the Christmas No.1.
The cover of the Sun predicts RATM front man Zack de La Rocha with devil horns. To his side is Joe McElderry wearing a Joe-nas Brother ™ purity ring halo.
Well done, Sony, which has both acts on the books. Well done to Simon Cowell, whose latest product sold 450,000 records. This is the Simon Cowell who told us that if Jedward won the X Factor he’d leave the country. They lost and he left anyhow. He’s in Barbados.
RATM’s Tom Morello says:
“Killing In The name is an anthem of rebellion and of liberation… It was about breaking the stranglehold these insipid X Factor ballads have had on the UK and this idea of a guaranteed No.1 single a prize on a TV show.”
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Posted: 21st, December 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (7)
Brittany Murphy RIP: In Pictures
BRITTANY Murphy is reported to have died. The talented actress was 32. Her, perhaps, biggest role was as Luanne Platter on Fox’s animated “King of the Hill. Gawker speculates:
To die at such a young age of cardiac arrest could be a sign of either an underlying condition—or like many of the young actors we’ve seen pass away over the last few years—drug use.
The celebrity is not even conformed dead by their family but already the media speculation begins. Sad:
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Posted: 20th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)
Beaten By Rage Against The Machine, Joe McElderry Can Be A Jonas Brother Yet
KEVIN Jonas is now married to Danielle Deleasa. And this means that Simon Cowell’s plan moves into stage B: Get X winner Joe McElderry, aka Joe-nas McEver-ready, aka Plaque Efron, Kevin’s purity ring. Make Joe McElderry a Jonas Brother
Meanwhile, Plaque Efron has been pipped to the Christmas No.1 sport by Rage Against the Machine’s Killing In The Name Of. It sold about 50,000 more than The Climb, McElderry’s sentimental croon.
Now that’s over, will normal service in the charts now be resumed?
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Posted: 20th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
In Pictures: X Factor’s Stacey Solomon Duets With Joe McElderry At GAY
X FACTOR bronze medallion winner Stacey Solomon has accepted her entitlement and performed at GAY Heaven, London.She follows in the footsteps of Lucie Jones, Rachel Adedeji, Kandy Rain, Jedward and JLS. Look out for Stacey’s duet with Joe McElderry, the Disney Joe-nas brother:
Posted: 20th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (4)
Joe McElderry ‘Cracks’ Under Strain From ‘Cruel’ Rage Againt The Machine
THE marketing war between X Factor’s adequate Joe McElderry (“it’s me dream”) and angry Rage Against The Machine (join the debate) is resulting in a price war. You can download McElderry’s average version of Miley Cyrus’s The Climb for just 29 pence. That down from its original price of 79p. Hey, there’s a war on – buy two or three copies.
Well so reports the Mail, whish says the slashed price is a sign that the “pressure” is getting to Joe. Trouble with this exclusive is that the song costs 29p in Asda, as it always has.
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Posted: 20th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (9)
Celebrity Big Brother: Peter Andre Stars
NEWS is that Peter Andre will “star” in Celebrity Big Brother. It will take £500,000 to have Peter Andre locked in a sealed unit in Elstree for a couple of months. He will be filmed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Plus ca chance, for Peter. It’s value for money.
Problem is that the Star’s front page is based on an idea rather than a fact:
CELEBRITY Big Brother bosses are so desperate to get Peter Andre on the final series they have told him to “name his price”.
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Posted: 20th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Revealed: Ingredients Of Sarah Jessica Parker’s New Perfume
SARAH Jessica Parker’s new perfume smells of…BO.
“It has taken me three years to decide on the scent because I really like BO and I think it’s sexy. I wanted to figure out a way to make it palatable to everybody. I was like, ‘How do you get BO in a bottle and make an atomiser of it?’”
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Posted: 20th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
When Katie Price Met Amanda Holden, Eyebrows Were Raised And Stayed Raised: In Pictures
KATIE Price has been promoting her range of riding clothing at the London International Horse Show, at Olympia, London. No arseless chap, metallic cowboy hats and whips. Katie wore jumper and trousers. In other Katie Price news, Amanda Holden tells News of The World readers how she met Katie Price. No, it isn’t Halloween. It was Piers Morgan’s party.
“…Katie grabs my hands and suddenly starts belting out Bryan Adams’ Heaven… A few drinks later, we’re having photos taken and Katie begins posing provocatively on the floor as if she’s on a calendar shoot. Lily Allen looks on horrified and bursts into tears. “Somebody needs to help her, this is awful to watch,” she sobs, so I put my arm around her and try to calm her down. I share Lily’s concerns, though. Before I leave, I see Katie singing to the entire room. She seems so vulnerable. I feel sad, but it’s not my place to rescue her.”
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Posted: 19th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
UK Adopts Rage Against The Machine And Britain Exports Joe McElderry To Disney
X FACTOR winner Joe McElderry and Rage Against The Machine are helping anyone looking for a cheap Christmas present. RATM want you to be rebel and buy their song and kill Joe’s dream.
Joe was meant to be the answer to the pub question: Who was the toothy singer who won the X Factor because no-one minded him too much?
Now, he’s going to be the answer the question: Who was the x Factor winner who never claimed his Cowell-entitled Christmas No.1 because more people hated Simon Cowell than liked him?
Poor, sweet Joe. But before he bulks up for Dancing On Ice, Joe might yet be a Joe-nas Brother:
“I couldn’t believe it and thought it was a wind-up. But they genuinely want to meet me. Someone from Disney is setting up a casting audition.”
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Posted: 19th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (5)
Murs Downloads Rage Against The Machine To Stop Joe McElderry
WHAT news of X Factor runner-up Olly Murs? Last seen being deported to a silo in Belgium – the EU Celebrity mountain – in vacuum packed snow globe? Olly is spotted with his “new girlfriend” Laura Henderson.
Everyone Who Supports Rage Against The Machine Is Wrong
Is this the same Laura Henderson Olly was dating in October?
The same Laura Henderson who split from Olly in November as he approached the final stages of the X Factor?
A friend of Olly’s told the News of the World: “Olly sees Laura as just one of the many women who have fallen into his lap since his face turned up on telly. For him, it was never a serious thing. He slept with another woman at the same Boot Camp where he met Laura – that should tell you all you need to know.”
The same Laura who told The People:
“Stacey’s welcome to him.”
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Posted: 19th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (7)
Joe McElderry Attacks Rage Against The Machine, Literally
JOE McElderry of Simon Cowell’s X Factory Pop Machine takes on Rage Against The Machine for the fight to be this year’s novelty Christmas No.1. And the Sun leads with:
“JOE RAGE”
It’s always the Rage. Cheryl has had the RAGE. Simon Cowell has had the RAGE. And now Little Joe Joenas gets the RAGE.
We see Joe ‘Joenas’ McElderry firing darts into a picture of Rage Against the Machine’s front man Zack de la Rocha. Says the Sun:
X Factor star blasts rival Rage’s riffage
Joe heard RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE track Killing In The Name – currently beating his song The Climb in the race for Christmas No1 – …Geordie lad Joe was sickened by the heavy rock tune which is littered with f-words.
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Posted: 19th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (10)
Lily Allen In Brixton Proves The RATM V Joe McElderry Fight Is Worthless
LILY Allen performs at Brixton Academy, London. For all the pressure to buy Joe McElderry or Rage Against The Machine and give one of them a novelty Christmas No.1. Whatever you buy, music carries on. Lily Allen is a genuine popstar who does her thing and gets way with it. On one hand, the music business is in such a desperate state that Paul McCartney sings on the X Factor final. On the other hand, Lily Allen shows that if you play the game, you can achieve success by enjoying yourself and being yourself …
Posted: 18th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (5)
Terry Wogan Leaves BBC Radio 2: Pictures
FAREWELL, Sir Terry Wogan. You leave BBC Radio 2 after your final breakfast show. Wogan’s career in pictures can be viewed here. His final day in pictures are hereunder. Chris Evans is poised…
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Sir Terry Wogan leaves BBC Radio 2 in central London after his final breakfast show. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday December 18, 2009. The star, who has bowed out after a total of 27 years, has already admitted that leaving the show is a huge wrench and preparing to say goodbye had been "a hell of strain emotionally and mentally". See PA story SHOWBIZ Wogan. Photo credit should read: Zak Hussein/PA
Posted: 18th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
X Factor Final: Joe McElderry Would Have Lost To Rage Against The Machine’s Zack
JOE McElderry – Simon Cowell’s pet Joe-nas Brother – takes on Rage Against The Machine and Paul McCartney comes out on the side of rebellion. Says Sky News:
Macca Backs Rage Against X Factor No 1
Paul McCartney, singer of The Frog Chorus, who performed on the X Factor final (Ringo Starr was unavailable – even the music greats must bow before Cowell) wants Joe McElederry to lose his right to be Christmas Number 1?
Steve Hargrave, showbiz correspondent, tells readers:
Sir Paul McCartney has thrown his weight behind the campaign to land Rage Against The Machine the Christmas number one.
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Posted: 18th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Bullied Joe McElderry And Biblical Rage Against The Machine Are Both Second Rate Christmas Hits
JOE McElderry v Rage Against The Machine is the big Christmas fight. Can Simon Cowell’s sense of entitlement to the Christmas No.1 be undone by an internet campaign to get Rage Against The Machine’s In The Name Of to the top spot? (Join the debate.) Will a big hit encourage RATM to reform?
But on the Mirror’s front page news that Cowell is upset:
“MY RAGE AGAINST THE BEEB MACHINE – Cowell accuses Beeb of bias in Xmas fight for No.1”
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Posted: 18th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (16)
Katie Price And Peter Andre In Secret Christmas Meeting
WHILE waiting for Celebrity Big Brother to begin, the Daily Star fills space by leading with Kate Price and Peter Andre. As the front-page news:
“JORDAN & PETER’S SECRET XMAS MEETING”
It’s not yet Christmas but there is news of Katie and Peter’s secret Christmas meeting? Life moves pretty fast for Katie and Peter. So what about this secret meeting that will occur secretly in a week’s time?
LEGAL eagles acting for warring Kate Price and Peter Andre will hold secret crisis talks today to decide Christmas holiday plans for their two children. Lawyers have been called in after a furious bust-up over the arrangements.
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Posted: 18th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
In Pictures: X Factor’s Robbie Williams Busks For Apple And Tours WIth Olly Murs
ONWARDS and upwards for Robbie Williams after his X Factor duet with contagious Olly Murs. Says Olly: “I’d love to work with Robbie more – maybe a Christmas duet next year!” Generous stuff from the X Factor runner up who danced like a man skidding on a wet dog poo. Says Olly Murs: “He wants me to go to his house in LA after the X Factor tour. He’s got a football pitch in his garden and wants me to come over and play football with him.” Last night Robbie Williams went to find another 21 faces, a ref and two linesmen as he busked at the Apple shop in Regent’s Street. It’s a start but with Olly’s help Robbie can recover from the X Factor:
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Posted: 18th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
