Celebs Planet

RSS Feed Homepage

Articles: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

World Exclusive: Wills and Kate are dating again
2007-06-25 00:29:00
Prince William and Kate Middleton have been seeing each other again ? and shared a passionate kiss at a decadent Army party before disappearing to the Prince's private quarters.The party and other secret dates are tentative steps towards a reconciliation, with sources close to both William and Kate saying he wants to give their relationship a second chance.However, while Kate is enjoying his company, she has made it clear she will not become involved with William again unless he makes a firm commitment to a future together ? and even then she is unsure whether it is what she wants.Enjoying the limelight: Kate has found a new confidence since the break-upThe pair have not been seen publicly together since their split in April. But The Mail on Sunday can disclose that Kate visited William at his Army barracks in Bovington, Dorset, on June 9.She joined him at a troop leaders' party to celebrate the end of one of his Army courses. Eyewitnesses have told me the pair, who were happy and...
More About: Exclusive , World , Dating , Prince William

Songbird Kate joins Pete to serenade the Glastonbury thousands
2007-06-25 00:14:00
Supermodel Kate Moss added some glamour to Glastonbury when she joined her on-off boyfriend Peter Doherty on the other stage during Babyshambles' evening set.A huge roar of approval went up as she gave Doherty a kiss on the lips during La Belle De La Bete, before singing a few lines from the song.Singing in the rain: Kate at GlastonburyBorn performer: Kate shows Pete she can rock tooBefore joining Pete in front of the adoring masses Kate had been filming her beau perform from the side of the stage with a cine camera.Directing matters: Kate films Pete and his band BabyshamblesThe couple also took in some of the sights of Europe's biggest festival. The ever-stylish Kate made no concession to the muddy conditions as she stuck to her knee-length leather boots.Kate and Pete take a walk around Glastonbury
More About: Pete Doherty , Songbird

Big Brother Day 22: Bookies cough up £50k as Chanelle and Ziggy get jiggy
2007-06-21 22:42:00
Bookies have paid out £50,000 after Ziggy Lichman and Chanelle Hayes became the first Big Brother housemates to have sex in the present series.Ladbrokes had quoted 8/1 prior to the show's launch but were forced to revise their price - to 6/1, 5/1, 4/1 and 2/1 - after the male model joined the show and started a relationship with the Posh Spice fan.Chanelle, 19, promised she would not have sex in the house - but by the time she lifted her ban last night, the odds were even money.Ziggy and Chanelle are the first couple to have sex in the house this seriesLadbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: "The BB bonk is always a popular bet but housemates' inhibitions usually mean we avoid a hefty pay out. We knew we were in trouble when the casanova entered the house. The only surprise is that it's taken so long for Ziggy to get jiggy."A show spokeswoman denies the encounter: "It hasn't happened. We have looked at the footage in question and it certainly does not look like they were havin...
More About: Big B , Roth

Lily Allen says 'I don't want to be a celebrity,'
2007-06-15 19:52:00
She's posed for magazine photoshoots and regularly makes promotional television appearances, but now outspoken pop singer Lily Allen says she is sick of the media glare.In a MySpace post she wrote: "I don't want to be a celebrity, I am a singer, I write songs, that's it."Allen says she's is sick of media attention, saying: 'In fact I hate it'The rant was a clear change of mood for Allen, who had earlier turned on the charm during an angelic appearance at MTV's TRL programme in New York.In the message, titled "F*** Off, F*** Off", the star complained about gossip reports that claimed she arrived late for her performance at New York City's Roseland Ballroom earlier this week.She said: "I would never turn up two hours late for a gig... EVER. I'd been in my dressing room since four o'clock that afternoon anyway it's not as if I'd leave 3000 people out there for no reason."The singer, appearing on MTV's TRL show this week, now says she longer wants to be a celebrityAllen ins...
More About: Celebrity

Harry Potter's Hermione turns to modelling
2007-06-10 10:15:00
As Harry Potter's sidekick Herm ione Granger, she plays the perfect pupil with a butter-wouldn?t-melt smile.But as these pictures of Emma Watson prove, the 17-year-old is growing up fast.In a photoshoot for Tatler, the young actress swapped her neatly pressed Hogwarts school uniform for Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel dresses, cutting an assured figure.All grown up: 17-year-old Emma shows how mch she's changed in her new Tatler fashion shootBut despite stepping out on the celebrity social circuit recently, Emma, from Oxford, said she remains reassuringly "normal"."People who try to hide from fame can make it go completely the wrong way," she tells the magazine. "All those huge designer shades make them look like bugs!"And walking around with bodyguards draws more attention to you. I think the best way to cope is to try and live as normal a life as possible."Despite her new modelling career, Emma insists she is going to go to university to study philosophyPart of that plan is to conti...
More About: Modelling , Otter

Lindsay Lohan poles dances - and this time it's for a film
2007-05-25 23:11:00
Lindsay Lohan as a pole-dancing stripper? No, it's not a night out with the wild child but scenes from her latest movie, 'I Know Who Killed Me'.In a departure from the light-hearted fare the 20-year-old actress is usually associated with, Lohan plays pole-dancing stripper Audrey Fleming - a young woman who is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer.Lindsay Lohan plays a pole-dancing stripper in 'I Know Who Killed Me'Lindsay's character is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killerWatch Lindsay in her latest movieWhen Fleming returns home, she claims to be someone else, raising questions as to whether she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or if something more sinister is going on.The actress was recently voted the hottest woman in the world by Maxim magazineLohan is currently one of Hollywood's most bankable female stars.In a conscious effort to leave behind the 'teen' movies which made her famous, she has chosen more adult dramas, such as 200...
More About: Lindsay Lohan , Film , Time , Lindsay

Kylie's dirty dance with Sharon Stone
2007-05-25 00:37:00
They were a sight for sore eyes - a pop-princess and a Hollywood sex symbol, dirty-dancing in the name of charity in front of a star-studded audience in Cannes.Sexy hostess Sharon Stone joined singer Kylie Minogue onstage for a sizzling duet coupled which brought the house down after cajoling the singer into an impromptu performance.Dream team: Pop princess Kylie Minogue teams up with screen siren Sharon Stone to duet and dirty dance at an Aids benefit in Cannes. Stone cajoled the star-studded audience into pledging £200,000 to hear Kylie sing two of her greatest hitsThe pair sang a duet that may well go down as the most expensive in history.Kylie agreed to sing two songs - with Stone providing the backing - after an audience in Cannes agreed to donate £200,000 a tune to an Aids charity.The annual American Foundation for Aids Research party has established itself as one of the social highlights of the Cannes film festival and this year's event, held at Le Moulin de Mougins, did not...
More About: Dance , Dirty

The secrets behind Angelina's tattoos
2007-05-22 23:32:00
She is one of the most photographed women in the world - and now one of the most tattooed.After attending the world premiere of her latest movie, Angelina Jolie revealed her latest set of body art - geographical map coordinates accurately detailing the countries of birth of each member of her "rainbow family".Walking down the red carpet in Cannes to promote her movie, A Mighty Heart, the 31-year-old actress kept the new tattoos hidden, using her boyfriend, Brad Pitt , as a human shield.The tattoo on Angelina Jolie's left arm show's the map coordinates for the birthplaces of her children. The actress also appeared to be bruised - a common side effect of tattooing.But as the couple made their way down the festival's famous Croisette in a chauffeur-driven car afterwards, the four-part scribing on her left shoulder was plainly visible.Each line, it has emerged, represents the very international map coordinates detailing where their four children, three of which were adopted, were born...
More About: Secrets , Behind

Bra-less Victoria Beckham shows off her little 'flowers'
2007-05-18 22:20:00
Criticism of Victoria Beckham 's nipple-flashing displays must have finally got to her - as she tries and miserably fails to make the offending items look somewhat less obtrusive.Dressed head to toe in skintight black lycra, Victoria's sheer top reveals she opted for a little help from a couple of little flowers.A little help from her flowers: A bra-less Victoria Beckham tries to solve her nipple-flashing problem and fails miserably as the breast covers are clearly visible through her sheer skimpy topExhibit number 1: Victoria has been seen out numerous times suffering from a severe case of the protruding nipples. However her efforts to solve them, has not been successfulNo doubt pre-empting the inevitable criticism which usually follows a Posh public appearance, forward thinking Victoria has opted to cover up with what lingerie website Figleaves.com describes as 'breast covers'.Petal Tops, available at the non-designer price of £5.99, claim to be 'natural-looking and discreet u...
More About: Flowers , Little

Amy's not-so-glamorous poolside display of tattoos and scars
2007-05-18 21:24:00
Engaged singer Amy Winehouse puts on a show poolside - but she ditches the designer bikini for an old pair of cut-off denim shorts, lacy black bra-top - and a display of wild sailor-style tattoos and old scars.Amy showed off her unusual 'body art' at an exclusive resort in Miami Beach, where she is enjoying a sun-drenched break with fiance Blake Fielder-Civil.Rough guide to glamour: The singer, left, when she launched her career in 2003 and right, now she has covered her rail-thin body in 13 sailor-style tattoosAmy admitted to a period of self-harm which started when she was nineThe rail-thin singer, looked somewhat out of place in the gorgeous surroundings in her tatty shorts, layer of black-inked tattoos, and heavily scarred arms which betray a legacy of self-harm.Amy admitted to self-harming in an interview with a music magazine. She told Q magazine: "It's a funny thing, a morbid curiosity. What does that feel like? 'Ow, that f*****g hurts.' It's probably the worst thing I...
More About: Scars , Display , Pool , Side

Keira and Sienna frolic on the sand in preparation for steamy session
2007-05-08 21:53:00
Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley are preparing to shoot an onscreen lesbian scene, but off screen, the pair are more interested in tomfoolery.Taking time out between takes of romantic drama The Best Time of Our Lives, the Hollywood stars frolicked along the Wales beachside and giggled like schoolgirls.Keira and Sienna on the Wales shoreThe stars are teaming up with actor Matthew Rhys for a steamy threesome scene - Rhys plays Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, who has two women competing for his love.Miller, who plays Thomas' wife, stepped into the role after troubled actress Lindsay Lohan pulled out over monetary negotiations.Sienna was cast after Lindsay Lohan pulled out of the movieSienna demure look is quickly undone when she pulls up her skirt to cool downKnightley has spoken of her real life affection and admiration for her co-star.She recently told Elle magazine: "I wish I was Sienna Miller.""At the parties, I stand on my own, grinning aimlessly. I can never think of a thing to say. I...
More About: Sienna Miller , Sand , Para , Sion

Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail
2007-05-05 21:19:00
A California judge has sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail for violating her probation, putting the brakes on the hotel heiress' famous high life.Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, must go to jail on June 5 and she will not be allowed any work release, no furloughs, no use of an alternative jail and no electronic monitoring in lieu of jail, Superior Court Judge Michael T Sauer ruled after a hearing.Paris Hilton at court yesterdayThe judge ruled that she was in violation of the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case."I'm very sorry and from now on I'm going to pay complete attention to everything. I'm sorry and I did not do it on purpose all," she told the judge before announced the sentence.She was then ordered to report to women's jail in suburban Lynwood.Feeling the strain: Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jailHilton, 26, was already on probation after admitting alcohol-related reckless dri...
More About: Days , Jail

David hits the peroxide bottle for a copycat Posh look
2007-04-27 18:02:00
He's been accused by tough guy ex-footballer Vinnie Jones of moving to the US to hold his wife Posh 's handbags - and now David Beckham has decided to copy his wife's blonde crop for a startling blonde look of his own.The couple, who once famously wore matching Gucci leather suits on a night out, seem to have a habit of copying each other's looks.Blonde it like Beckham: David Beckham's new peroxide look is very similar to wife Victoria's hairstyle.Victoria went for a blonder look in anticipation of the Beckham's impending move to California, and now husband David has followed suitBeckham, who is 32 next week, and wife Victoria have returned to their popular blonde look of 2000.According to The Mirror, his new look has not gone down too well with his teammates at the world famous Spanish club, who teased him throughout training and tried to rip the woolly hat he was wearing from his head.Brazilian Robinho almost got a hold of the hat, but Beckham managed to get away. A source s...
More About: Victoria Beckham , Brad Pitt

The Baywatch babe is back, a little washed up
2007-04-26 22:22:00
She was the lifeguard who had men queuing to be rescued.But more than a decade on from her reign as the over-endowed queen of surf in Baywatch , Pamela Anderson is struggling to hold back the tide of time.Recreating her most famous role for a television commercial in Malibu, she is not the girl she was.Age has taken its toll on Anderson, back on beach at almost 40, and right, at her Baywatch bestA close up shows cellulite on Anderson's legAnderson's body show signs of ageingHer platinum-blonde mane, golden tan and trademark red swimsuit are still in place. But her once babysmooth legs betray signs of cellulite and her most famous assets appear to have lowered by an inch or two.Two unsightly tattoos, including a heavy-set Celtic band across her left bicep, do little to restore the image."From a distance Pammy looked really striking and just as good as ever," said an onlooker."But on closer inspection there were a few obvious differences.Anderson is no longer quite so perky"Pammy was...
More About: Back , Little , Wash

Akon Pisses off that 14 Year Old?s Father
2007-04-24 21:06:00
Akon, after dry-humping a 14 year-old in front of thousands Trinidadians, has been branded by the ?Chaguanas ministry? as ?atrocious.? Pastor Dave Alleyne, the 14-year old?s father, and the rest of the Chaguanas ministry are attempting to place a ban on public performance for Akon in the local area.For all I know the Chaguanas ministry could be a breed of people who worship Chihuahua?s and Iguanas, but I do know one thing for sure, dry-humping little girls is against their religion. How ridiculous! What?s next? Banning under-age prostitution?P.S. The original video was removed from You Tube because of ?copy-right infringement.? However, I?m sure it was because having sex with little girls is illegal.The Original Was Posted Here (Original)
More About: Akon , Father , That , Year , Piss

Bluebell's big day gets a sprinkle of Spice
2007-04-23 15:22:00
The Spic e Girls have reunited for a one-off event - the christening of Geri Halliwell 's daughter Bluebell.Four of the band's former line-up made it including the former Posh Spice Victoria Beckham who is thought to have been made a godmother for helping Miss Halliwell, 34, through her pregnancy.Together again: Four-out-of-five of the Spice Girls (Emma, Mel C, Geri and Victoria) attended Bluebell Madonna 's Christening. The only member not there was Mel BProud mum Geri with BluebellBluebell with her Posh fairy GodmotherBaby Spice Emma Bunton , who is expecting her first child, and Melanie Chisholm - the former Sporty Spice - were also among the 100 guests.The group's fifth member, Scary Spice Melanie Brown, who lives with her family in the U.S., was the sole absentee.The Godmother gives a waveMiss Halliwell - Ginger Spice - showed off Bluebell to wellwishers, posing with the flowers her 11-monthold daughter is named after.Black limousines ferried VIP guests from St Michael's churc...

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Read highlights of the most controversial book on Princess
2007-04-22 15:20:00
When Tina Brown wrote her devastating critique of the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the American society magazine Vanity Fair in October 1985, it caused a furore on both sides of the Atlantic.The cover story - with the eye-catching headline "The mouse that roared" - painted an unflattering portrait of an estranged couple just four years into what had, until then, always been cringeingly referred to as a "fairytale marriage".Tina Brown: Ex-Vanity Fair editor's scorching book depicts her 'friend' Diana as a spiteful and manipulative neuroticBrown, at the time an ambitious young British editor charged with turning around the fortunes of an ailing title, did not mince her words. She described Charles as cranky, self-obsessed and, at 36, prematurely old.She said he surrounded himself with an assortment of gurus, tried to contact his dead uncle Earl Mountbatten though a ouija board and was dismissed by his father as a "wimp".Diana, meanwhile, was portrayed as a restl...
More About: Exclusive , World

Angry Alec Baldwin calls daughter, 11, a 'rude thoughtless pig'
2007-04-21 18:32:00
Alec Baldwin has been banned by a court from seeing his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, after unleashing a string of insults at her on the telephone.The actor was furious when Ireland - who lives with her mother Kim Basinger in Los Angeles - did not answer the phone when she knew he was due to call from New York.Alec Baldwin with daughter Ireland, and ex-wife Kim Basinger:A voicemail left by the Hollywood star for his daughter Ireland calling her 'a rude pig' was made publicDuring the call, recorded on the girl's answering machine, Baldwin, 49, ranted: "You are a rude, thoughtless little pig. You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being. "I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you're a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do as far as I'm concerned."Once again I have made an ass of myself trying to get to a phone. You have humiliated me for the last time with this phone."He th...
More About: Alec Baldwin , Calls , Thought , Angry

Why men and women have nothing in common (except sex)
2007-04-17 17:49:00
Having an afternoon drink with a friend last Sunday, we found ourselves sitting beside a trendy twentysomething couple whose conversation we could overhear all too clearly.Actually, it was just a monologue by the young woman, who spelled out each of the banal uninteresting problems and worries that plagued her life.All of her mind-numbing anxieties - about work, her friends, what to buy someone for their birthday - were articulated in excruciating detail over the next two hours in a grating, whining voice.Men just want to be happy right now while women constantly worry about the futureHer companion gazed empathetically into her face from across the table, listening intently as he stroked her hand to comfort her. He was paying her the sort of devoted, patient attention that only a man in desperate want of sex can manage.Any other guy would surely have found her blathering unbearable. From the tension in his jaw and the way his eyes narrowed as his hand slid ever upwards along her bar...
More About: Women , Common , Nothing , Have , Comm

Lily's the belle of St Trinian's
2007-04-10 19:40:00
Lily Cole has joined the ranks of naughty schoolgirls with a role in the new 'St. Trinian's' film.The 18-year-old model, who's due to take a place at Cambridge University soon, has added acting to her growing list of credentials.Lily Cole takes a break from the catwalk to star as a schoolgirl in the new comedy, 'St. Trinian's'Cole, along with dozens of other girls, were out-and-about in London's West End filming scenes earlier today.The movie is set in a school for 'young ladies' where an anarchic doctrine of free expression runs riot.St Trinian's is a school for 'young ladies' with its anarchic doctrine of free expressionThe girls misbehaving in Trafalgar SquareSchool's outAlso joining the starry cast are Rupert Everett, Emily Watson, Russell Brand, Stephen Fry and Amy Winehouse.The Brit-winning singer has admitted to being a disruptive pupil and was expelled from stage school at the age of 16.Actor Rupert Everett will be putting young school girls in their placeWhile...
More About: Elle , Bell , Lily , Belle

Well Harry, that's certainly not cricket!
2007-04-09 23:30:00
The other men in the crowd had their eyes glued to the cricket. But Chelsy Davy proved enough of a distraction to take Prince Harry 's eye off the ball.The young royal and his girlfriend appeared more interested in each other than in England's crucial World Cup match against Australia in Antigua.While romantic observers mused that their behaviour was an indication of the depth of their love, the more down-to-earth members of Harry's circle favoured the explanation that cricket is not really his game. He always was more of a rugby man.Harry and Chelsy get passionateEither way, it is clear the couple are enjoying their three-week jaunt in the Caribbean in advance of the prince's deployment to Iraq as a troop commander with the Blues and Royals.They spent their first week lazing around in the sun, smoking heavily and drinking Planters Punch in the exclusive Barbados resort of Glitter Bay, where they are sharing a private condominium.Yesterday they roused themselves from their sun lo...
More About: Cricket , Rick , Hat , That

World exclusive pictures: 'Liz treated me like a social outcast' - by Arun'
2007-04-08 22:17:00
It was after midnight and the body language was that of a broken man. Vinod Nayar sat dejectedly in his hotel room armchair and stared vacantly at a flickering television screen, his face crumpled with pain. Tears streamed from his red-rimmed eyes.Yet this was supposed to have been one of the happiest nights of his life.Just a few miles away, his son Arun and new daughter-in-law Elizabeth Hurley were enjoying the second leg of their lavish double nuptials.Surrounded by celebrity friends, they had gathered for a spectacular fireworks party in an ancient fort overlooking the desert city of Jodhpur.Vinod, the head of the family, should have been there with the champagne-drinking revellers and the fire-eaters and dancing horses brought in at vast expense to entertain them. But Joanne, his second wife and stepmother to Arun, had retired to bed and he was alone.Before the feud: Liz and Arun at the wedding of his father Vinod (far right) and step-mother Joanna (far left) in 2004. Vinod cla...
More About: Pictures , Social , Exclusive , World , Picture

Ex-EastEnders actress now starring as the new blonde in Tarrant's life
2007-04-02 21:12:00
Miss Arnold: She claims they are just 'really good friends'Chris Tarrant is romancing a blonde actress just months after his wife ended their marriage due to his infidelity.The TV presenter has been dating former East Enders star Debbie Arnold 'for a number of months', according to friends.They claim Miss Arnold, 51, said she and 60-year-old Tarrant 'get on like a house on fire and make each other laugh'."Debbie thinks Chris is a really lovely man who has been treated appallingly since the divorce," said one friend."They have been together since Christmas and Debbie hopes it's got a real future."The friend said that a ring clearly visible on Miss Arnold's engagement finger yesterday was not given to her by Tarrant, adding: "But it's only a matter of time."The look of love? Miss Arnold and Tarrant together last weekThe Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host invited Miss Arnold as his guest to a sports industry awards ceremony in London last week.Despite efforts to ensure they we...
More About: Life , The N , Rant , Tend

Naomi's boots are made for working
2007-03-19 20:49:00
VIDEO: Naomi Campbell refused to compromise on style as she arrived for day one of her community service in New York today.The 36-year-old supermodel, who was advised to wear sensible footwear at the Manhattan garage she will clean for the next five days, kept on her Christian Louboutin stiletto boots with their trademark red soles and slung her hobnail workboots over one shoulder.Video...see Naomi arrive for her community serviceNaomi Campbell: The model is escorted to the location of her five-day community service sentence for for hitting her maid with a mobile phone.She topped off the look with a baker boy hat and dark glasses.Streatham-born Campbell, who has a reputation for tardiness, turned up a few minutes before her scheduled 8am start. The model was given the punishment of community work after admitting hitting her former assistant on the head with her mobile phone.These boots are made for mopping: Sensibly she brings some battered workboots to carry out the cleaning workTh...
More About: Work , Boots , Made , King

Fashion guru Trinny's looking very skinny
2007-03-11 21:31:00
Revealing: Trinny in plunging neckline at airport yesterdayTrinny Woodall prepares to jet home from India -looking a touch on the skinny side. The TV fashion guru's low-cut, flower-patterned dress drew attention to her rather bony chest.But despite Trinny's gaunt look, her spokeswoman quickly dispelled talk of problems. She said:"There's no ongoing issue with thinness. She's very healthy."The presenter of ITV's What Not To Wear and her TV partner Susannah Constantine wrote with amusing honesty about Trinny's figure in an article three years ago.They said: "Trinny is thin with very short legs, no boobs. But because she has learned to disguise these defects, all the onlooker sees are endlessly long limbs."And, because she dresses so well for her shape, you don't notice that she's as flat as a prairie."Trinny, 42, was snapped at Jodhpur airport returning from Liz Hurley's wedding celebrations.
More About: Skin , Fashion , Skinny , King , Look

So Posh...and such a bargain
2007-03-10 00:43:01
If imitation is the best form of flattery, Victoria Beckham should be feeling very flattered indeed. Within weeks of her appearing in a fitted silk bomber jacket, Primark has produced its own leather-look version. And it is flying off the shelves.Primark get Posh : The £12 jacket is a deadringer for one worn by Victoria Beckham - apart from the £3,000 price tagVirtually all 160 stores in the chain have had to reorder and restock the jacket. At a mere £12, it can never compete with the luxury of Mrs Beckham's £3,000 number, thought to be part of Gucci's latest spring/summer collection. But it certainly ticks all the right fashion boxes."There is no way you can tell that this jacket costs £12 or that it's not actually made of leather," said GMTV stylist Mark Heyes."Primark, out of all the budget shops, really has their finger on the pulse. The jacket is simply a massive hit throughout."Last night a spokesman for Primark said the store was delighted at the success of the bomber jacke...
More About: Bargain , Such

Actor John Inman dies aged 71
2007-03-09 06:41:05
Video: John Inman , who died yesterday in a London hospital at the age of 71 after a long battle against liver disease, was probably responsible for raising the profile of the homosexual male to its highest level since the heyday of Oscar Wilde.Yet, ironically, theTV role for which he will always be remembered infuriated the activists of Gay Liberation.John Inman, who died after a long illness, was described as 'one of the best and finest pantomime dames working to capacity audiences throughout Britain'They regarded his character, Mr Humphries - the outrageously camp floorwalker who minced through the menswear department of Grace Brothers, shrieking: 'I?m free!' - as the sort of demeaning sexual stereotype they were fighting to erase.For years after the series ended , members of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality demonstrated outside theatres where Inman happened to be appearing.But the star of Are You Being Served? took their taunts with Lancastrian sang-froid - and stoked the...
More About: Actor , Dies

Heather demands £10,000 a day from Sir Paul 'to get by'
2007-03-09 06:41:05
Heather Mills is demanding £10,000 a day as part of her bitter divorce pay-off from Sir Paul McCartney.The former model is considering a "high-speed" settlement with her estranged husband with a minimum cash payout of £3.5 million a year - for a total of at least £40 million.Heather Mills is considering a quickie divorce with a minimum cash payout of £3.5 million a yearMills, 39, has calculated the amount after drawing up a list of her annual cash commitments and says she needs the money to "get by".But Sir Paul looks set to reject the offer, claiming he is not worth as much as everyone thinks he is.One of the singer's friends said: "It's amazing. When you consider her humble beginnings, £10,000 a day is a phenomenal sum to cover her needs. It's as much as some Premiership footballers earn. Many people have to work a year for what she wants to bank in a day."Heather is making extremely large demands considering the brevity of the marriage."Paul wants to be as generous as possible...
More About: Demands , Heat , Heath , Demand

Dross Stone - singer keeps fans waiting for two hours without apology
2007-03-08 18:41:06
At 19, soul star Joss Stone seems to be going through something of a mid-life crisis.She has discredited her old albums, ditched her hippy look for tight dresses and hair like a burning bush, freely admitted to smoking cannabis and, worst of all, allowed Vinnie Jones to guest on her latest record.Never mind the Devon girl?s strange mid-Atlantic accent, much ridiculed after a bizarre cameo at the Brit awards. I met her three years ago and she talked that way then.The real worry is that Stone could be turning into one of the other guests on next week?s new album - Lauryn Hill, high priestess of flakiness.The doors at last night?s show opened at 7pm and Stone finally appeared two and a half hours later, with no support acts in between.You have to be truly fabulous to win back a crowd that is booing before your arrival, and she wasn?t fabulous enough. Playing a theatre show at club volume was her second mistake. Audience chatter almost drowned out much of the music.She also began the se...
More About: Fans , With , Singer , Keep

Charlotte gets a fly-half's grip on Gavin
2007-03-07 00:38:01
An unusually reticent Char lotte Church appears to be rugby-tackling hunky boyrfriend Gavin Henson from behind.It's probably a bit easier to handle than the tackles he usually receives, as Charlotte grips the Welsh international to shield herself from the waiting photographers.We're having a baby: Charlotte Church has a firm grip on partner Gavin Henson as she uses her rugby player boyfriend to shields herself from photographersThe couple arrived in London via a chauffeur driven car to dine at trendy eaterie Julie's in Notting Hill, days after announcing they were having a baby.Safe from harm: The chat show star chats on her mobile in the safety of her chauffeur driven carCharlotte's reluctance to face the cameras could be down to a growing maternal urge to protect her unborn child from the media glare - or to head off the inevitable disparaging remarks on the size of her bump!
More About: Gets , Grip