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.
Dogging Brad Pitt’s Face As Jolie Shags Dad
BRAD Pitt is getting older. And fan notices. As This Is London reports:
“Brad was enjoying a cocktail and chatting with friends at party when this woman, who was clearly drunk, approached him. She went on and on about how the aging make-up in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button made him look ugly as a dog’.”
The source went on, “Brad listened politely and explained that the make-up was essential to telling the story properly. The woman finally piped down for a moment, then looked closely at Brad’s face. She then said, And you should definitely shave that goatee because it looks just horrible’, before marching off. Brad’s buddies cracked up laughing.”
Now, who does Brad look like… Find out here.
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Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Mickey Rourke Shuts Himself Up
“Actors should shut up about politics, because they tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cozy up to some flavor-of-the-month liberal, you know?” – GQ.
Says Mickey Rourke:
“George is doing a hell of a job during very difficult times, more power to him. Screw all them people who don’t like him.”
Hey ill-infomed finger pointers don’t have to be liberals, you know.
Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Live Blogging The Jett Travolta Death Scene
BIG news in the Enquirer on the John Travolta Jett Travolta Travolta death story:
“HIS SON DIDN’T HAVE TO DIE!”
The Enquire has “minute by minute details”, standing over the body and making notes as the youth dies.
The Enquirer is a venerable magazine but why can it not embrace web 2.0 and live blog the death scene:
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Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Blaine Mayer Is 24’s Jane Meyer
HOW many hours in Jack bauer’s day? 24 x7 equals… Says Paul Berger in NY:
DID anyone notice the name of the senator grilling Jack Bauer in tonight’s season seven premier of “24?” Surely it is no coincidence that the senator’s name, Blaine Mayer, bore more than a passing resemblance to that of Jane Meyer, who wrote an unsympathetic article about “24″ co-creator Joel Surnow for The New Yorker in February, 2007.
In that article, Meyer calls out the program and Surnow for blind patriotism and for legitimizing torture as a means to an end. In tonight’s show, Senator Mayer judges Jack Bauer similarly harshly. Though not before Jack has time to call the senator “smug” and leave the Capitol to save America from the terrorists once again–using any means necessary, we suspect.
A hunch can be right…
Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
The Ten Best Acting Awards Speeches Of All Time
KATE Winslet accepts her Golden Globe and re-enact Meg Ryan’s famous scene from when Harry Met Sally.
After Winslet’s gush and Gwyneth Paltow’s Oscar spew, the stage is cleared for the Anorak Awards Show.
Here are the 10 Best Awards Acceptance Speeches Ever.
Before we go on, I’d just like to thank everybody I’ve ever met: Dr Patel, Midwife Jane, Elizabeth Rex, Bob, Tim, Lucy, Petra the tortoise, Danny, Bill the cabbie, Patricia, Judy, Fran, mum…
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Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)
The ultimate 80s female pop icon turns 50
A lot of fuss was made recently about a certain 80s popstress reaching her fiftieth year. Well, I have to say other than the odd tune Madonna’s whole career has pretty much passed me by. During the 80s no self-respecting Wedding Present fan like myself would touch her stuff, and when it became a bit more acceptable to us anaemic indie types to champion dance music in the 90s, the Detroit girl was doing schlock like Justify My Love.
No, if there is one 80s female legend whose 50th birthday (and I can’t believe this as I type it as she is 50 this week) that is so worth celebrating it is Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles fame.
These days The Bangles get a fairly knowing press that usually mentions their Prince associations, big hair and a novelty tune that for some bizarre reasons never gets played on the radio during times of Middle East conflict. Odd. But this does Susanna and the band a massive disservice.
I first heard her voice on album called Rainy Day back in 1982. This collection featured various members of what has become known as The Paisley Underground doing barbecue sinaglong versions of their favourite 60s tunes. There are several killer tracks on the album but not more so that Hoffs’ cover of the Dylan,via Nico track I’ll Keep It With Mine. (homemade vid here) It is hard to do the song justice but think a gorgeous vocal decorated a plaintive acoustic strum and a soaring violin that towards the end gets almost feverish. I’d have it in my top ten tracks ever.
The Bangles first album All Over The Place was also a milestone for me. Long before they discovered serious hair gel the girls were dressing in fabulous LA style 60s clobber, playing Beatley tunes and perfecting their amazing three, or it might even be four part harmonies. They were unstoppable.
Of course by the time Prince got involved I’d moved on and although there are some goodies on their second album Different Light, notably the Big Star cover September Gurls, it was too saccharine for ears that had been diverted by the feedback drenched Jesus and Mary Chain.
Which made it even more surprising that album three Everything – was such a corker. A return to their 60s roots and all the better for it. Even the huge Mills and Boon inspired single Eternal Flame sounds great 20 years on.
On the subject of Guilty Pleasures, those who stuck with Susanna probably have a sneaky regard for her early 90s solo album When You Are A Boy which also has some top tunes in a better than Belinda Carlisle type way.
Since then Hoffs has dropped in and out of music. Taking time to have kids etc. The Bangles reunited for a quality album Dolls House, a few years back and still sounded great live. More recently the fabulous Hoffs vocals have been put to great use on the Sid n Susie album with legendary power popster Matthew Sweet. Kind of Rainy Day part two Hoffs shines on covers such as The Stone Poneys Different Drum and the Velvets; I’ll be your Mirror.
So happy birthday Susanna Hoffs. You look and sound as great as ever
More of this stuff from popjunkietv.com
Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Emma Thompson Cancels Your Holiday
EMMA Thompson has hired Madonna’s fitness expert Tracy Anderson for a little extra help.
Anderson is based in Los Angeles, but has a studio in New York, and plans to build an international Anderson brand.
Thompson has joined impressionist Alistair McGowan, Conservative Party green adviser Zac Goldsmith, a Dr Simon Lewis, Greenpeace director John Sauven. Liberal Democrat frontbencher Susan Kramer and Left-wing Labour MP John McDonnell in the purchase of land earmarked for a third runway at Heathrow airport.
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Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Recipease For Jamie Oliver
JAMIE Oliver is to launch a range of shops that will tech customers how to cook ingredients they have bought.
The shops will be called…Recipease and the first will open in Clapham, that area of South London populated by white people not raised in south London.
Says Jamie:
“By having trained chefs helping the customers, I think we can get people excited about food.”
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Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (13)
Sharon Osbourne Is F*cking With Danni Minogue
PIXIE-voiced dog poo enthusiast Sharon Osbourne tells Sun readers that Dannii Minogue wanted to “f***” Simon Cowell.
Sharon goes on to say that Danniiiiiiii’s plastic surgery is “appalling”, and not in a good way.
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Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (2)
Lily Allen Watch: Sex, Tongues And Sacks
Lily Allen Watch: Lily Allen Doesn’t Fancy Bad Sex
“If they are no good at having sex then it really upsets me. I think, ”God, this is someone I”d like to spend the rest of my life with. But I cannot face having bad sex.”
Bad Sex
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Posted: 13th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
The Prince And The Paki: A Love Story
HARRY Windor has a Paki friend. It’s a break with tradition. But can their friendship last amid so much hostility?
The BBC has yet to solicit views on the inter-racial affair from the BNP, but it does quote Mohammed Shafiq of the Ramadhan Foundation. He says Harry Baseball Cap is a “thug”.
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Posted: 12th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (2)
Charlotte Church’s Killer Name
CHARLOTTE Church called her child Dexter. You know, after the serial killer on the telly –
Posted: 12th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Jade Goody’s Cancer Countdown
JADE Goody has a “40% CHANCE OF SURVIVING.” So says Jade Goody, who has been given the freedom of the Mirror’s front page to declare:
“Read the shocking story of my cancer battle.”
Jade is thereon pictured pulling the kind of face many readers save for the footage of grandma dancing on You’ve Been Framed – a mix of revulsion, horror and pity.
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Posted: 12th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
How To Win An Oscar: A Guide
ALL actors dream of winning an Oscar. But the odds on doing so are tougher than Laura Bush’s Nicotine path.
But Anorak is here to help. We have examined past winners and can now bring thesps our print-out-and-keep guide to winning an Oscar love toy.
How To Win An Oscar
Module 1: The Script
* Does it contain a good Nazi?
* Does it contain a bad Nazi?
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Posted: 12th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)
Kate Winslet Rejoices As Nazis Win Golden Globe Again
ARMBANDS off to Kate Winslet who has won the Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her role in The Reader.
Having missed out on a gong for her portrayal of Leonardo DiCaprio’s mum in Titanic, Our Kate has finally brought home some much need precious metal.
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Posted: 12th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)
Jennifer Aniston Lives In The Mad Men Past
JENNIFER Aniston would love to be in Mad Men, the TV show set in the 1060s. she is big fan . Waaaaay big. Says Jennifer Aniston:
“I like Mad Men. I would love to be in that. It is such a good show, it’s great. I love the 50’s era. I would love it if they offered me a role.”
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Posted: 11th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Prince Harry “Paki” Video
PRICNE Harry is heard calling Ahmed a “Paki”, and the Taliban “ragheads”.
The contest is now to see who is the most offended.
And who long before “Paki” is written as “P***” in newspapers, just as “nigger” is now “ni**er” and so on?
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Posted: 11th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (2)
Prince Harry, The Paki And The Raghead
THE News of The World says Prince Harry three years ago did call a person a “paki” and referred to others as “ragheads.”
St. James’s Palace says Prince Harry did not intend much by it – it being him joshing about.
Here’s the round-up. And – get his – Harry is now Jade Goody…
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Posted: 10th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (30)
Celebrity Spotter
Kanye West puts a Button hole in it – Dlisted
Lisa Bonet calls her child a celebrity name – WWTDD
More Verne Troyer – Allieiswired
Britney and Max Wall – Amygrindhouse
Roseanne Barr-Kennedy Contactmusic
Fergie clucks Laineygossip
Lindsay Lohan in a shop – Celebritysmackblog
Posted: 9th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Smoke Au Paul Revoir On Baggy Jonathan Ross And Tom Cruise
BY now you and Tom Cruise will be wondering what Jonathan Ross has been up to.
The Star says Ross has been writing comic books, adding, “It’s a lot harder than I thought.”
At which point a man standing to Ross’s side wet himself – literally – as he laughed hard and when Ross looked over, harder still.
In the Mail, Ross has been wearing a tracksuit. Paul Revoir asks:
Where’s your pwide gone Wossy…? Chat show host goes out and about in a drab tracksuit… Puffy-eyed, and a touch wan, it was only the cigar clenched between his teeth that gave a clue to his celebrity status.
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Posted: 9th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
The Beckhams Roll Back The Clock
DAY-VID and Vicky Beckham roll back the clock and remember how it was before depilation, baseball caps and airbrushing…
Posted: 9th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities, Photojournalism | Comment
Lily Allen Knows: Lily’s Tall Shoes And D’Ancona Tescos Knows
LILY Allen Watch: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at the UK leading jobbing celebrity, with AMtthew D’Ancona and heel:
IT is not often that LILY ALLEN makes it on to our best dressed list. But she totally outshone the competition in this cute outfit. The secret to the success of her look lies in those heels. Her Louis Vuitton 7in stilettos would make even the most balanced of us topple over. But Lil took it all in her stride.
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Posted: 9th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Irony Defined: Jordan Uncut
KATIE Price, now rid of her gargantuan go-it-alone Jordans, is in conversatriosn with the Daily Mirror.
It’s front-page news.
And what is the headline for the woman so plastic she is sponsored by Lego?
“JORDAN UNCUT”
She’s more moulded than carved these days…
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Posted: 8th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities, Photojournalism | Comment
Celebrity Big Brother: The Mini Verne Troyer (Picture)
VERNE Troyer, star of Celebity Big Brother, is hereby pictured as a high school schoolboy.
He has those big American teeth.
Posted: 8th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Little Girls And Boys Want To F*** Britney Spears
BRITNEY SPEARS, that Max Wall impersonator extraodianaire, is miming to her new tune If You Seek Amy.
Some do. But not everyone likes what they hear. An Australian mothers’ group laments:
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Posted: 8th, January 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (4)
