Britney Spears is going on holiday with Mel Gibson. The ‘Toxic’ singer and her father Jamie are heading to Costa Rica with Mel and his wife Robyn.
The quartet will stay at the ‘Braveheart’ actor’s holiday home in the South American country and plan to return next week.
Britney and Jamie were seen boarding a private plane around 9am yesterday. A source said: They’re just going away for a few days to relax.’
Troubled Britney and Mel became friends after the singer was hospitalized in February. They met up several times but their friendship was only made public in mid-March when they were seen dining together in California.
A source at the time revealed: “Mel and his wife Robin clearly saw a woman in crisis and wanted to extend themselves in any way possible. There are no expectations, there is no agenda. It’s simply an act of human kindness – one neighbor reaching out to the other.”
Mel and Britney used to have homes in the same Malibu neighborhood.
I wish this was a joke but there’s actually proof that it’s not. Brooke Hogan’s music career, or lack thereof, didn’t even make a ripple in the US music scene but the blonde is still giving it a go by taking her stuff to the UK. Brooke is scheduled to open for UK super girl group Girls Aloud on Friday at London’s O2 Arena. I don’t get it. Girls Aloud is a huge band in the UK and in other places. They can pick almost anyone they want to open for them. Why the heck would they choose Brooke Hogan?! Whoever booked that gig for her better get shot.
As they say, all good things come to an end. A new report is saying that last Tuesday night’s American Idol only reeled in 21.25 million viewers. It may not sound bad but it’s not Idol best. Apparently, the show has not been that low since its second season in 2003. If you see the number of viewers for Tuesday night performance shows from January 15 up to last week, the numbers go up and down from 33.24 million to the disappointing 21.25 million. It has just not been their season. What is the deal? They need to shake things up for next season.
Amy Winehouse is facing further problems after her father-in-law was involved in a racing cycle crash.
Lance Fielder, 67 – father of Amy’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil – is feared to be paralysed after suffering head and spinal injuries after going over the handlebars of his bike.
He was airlifted to Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre after being discovered in a ditch hours after the crash, which happened during circuit training in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
Lance’s wife Jane said: ‘It is very traumatic. ‘At the moment he’s paralysed but it is too early to say if he will be permanently paralysed.’
Amy and Blake – who is currently on remand in London’s Pentonville Prison – are said to be ‘deeply shocked and upset’ by the news.
The couple, who will have been married a year on May 18, are currently the subject of divorce rumours amid allegations that they have both been having affairs.
Amy has reportedly been seeing her manager’s assistant, Alex Haines, while Blake is said to be receiving prison visits from a mystery woman.
Reports are surfacing that Madonna is finally going to get full adoption rights to David Banda. The Queen of Pop has been caring for an 18-month interim custody order which was granted back in 2006. A leaked official document referring to Madonna and hubby Guy Ritchie says “Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have shown a strong commitment in providing the infant with all essential needs like love, safe home environment, care, protection, material as well as emotional support.” The court will hear a full review of the case on May 15th but Madonna will not be required during the hearing. However, if the adoption is granted, she will have to come to court to sign the documents.
Geri Halliwell doesn’t care if her daughter becomes a “goth lesbian”.
How random! Personally I don’t think about my infant daughter becoming a lesbian; something to worry about in about 14 years time I would have thought? Anyway, I digress…
The single parent insists she will stand by her daughter - Bluebell Madonna, who turns two on May 14 - no matter what choices she makes in life.
She told a British radio station: “If she turns out to be a goth lesbian who works in dental surgery then that’s OK.”
Geri also says when Bluebell grows up she will pass on everything she has learned throughout her eventful life. The Spice Girls star added: “I’ll be absolutely honest with her and not judge her. But equally I’ll empower her with education and that’s all we can do. The more we censure somebody, the more they’re likely to act out. It’s about giving boundaries and we all need boundaries. After that I think she’ll be a smart enough girl to make her own choices.”
The supermodel - who is rumoured to be tying the knot with her rocker lover Jamie Hince in September - is keen for her nuptials to have a rocky edge and wants a dark-coloured wedding gown.
A source said: “Kate has asked a designer friend to come up with ideas for her dress. The full-skirted gown would be either in purple or black and have vintage rock ‘n’ roll charms as the trimming.”
It has previously been claimed Kate and Jamie have booked a former power station for their wedding reception. The couple have hired Wapping Food, also known as the Wapping Project, in East London, for the star-studded bash.
A source said: “They have booked the entire venue. It will be quite a party. The wedding will be quite intimate. This will be the big event for all their friends.”
Rihanna is featured on the June 2008 issue of Elle magazine where, in the accompanying interview, the singer opens up about her hair, her father’s alcoholism and rumored boyfriend Chris Brown. On her father, she said “That was way, way, way back. We’re friends now. Now my dad is like the coolest person on the planet. He doesn’t smother me. He lets me live my life…” She also may have dropped a hint about the nature of her relationship with Chris Brown saying “We’ve always been friends, but we’re very close now.” And just how close is that? I wish she would just come out and say it.
Can men and women be just friends? That’s hardly ever the case so when Ne-Yo and lead Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger are seen together, people can get to talking. The singers had a very high profile lunch together at The Ivy in Los Angeles on Tuesday. It may be a business date. Though I doubt it considering that Nicole’s solo album has been shelved and the Pussycat Dolls disc is coming out first now. They probably just wanted to pay big bucks for a meal together at one of the hottest spots in Hollywood. It’s the guaranteed way to get talked about.
It’s ironic that this is the first picture we get to see of Britney Spears reprising her role as Abby, a receptionist at a dermatologist’s office, on the hit CBS comedy ‘How I Met Your Mother’. Wasn’t Neil Patrick Harris the one who said that he’d rather not have her back? In a statement made on Monday Brit said “I had such a great experience the last time I was on the show that I couldn’t wait to come back. I was really looking forward to working with this cast and crew again. Everyone was so nice. Abby is going to have a lot of fun!” The episode featuring the recovering starlet entitled ‘Everything Must Go’ airs on Monday, May 12th.
As R Kelly’s child molestation trial continues, bad news becomes rampant. A new witness is set to come forward and provide some damning testimony against the singer as she claims to have had a threesome with the R&B star and the young teenager who was believed to be 13 or 14 when she was videotaped having sex with Kelly. Prosecutors claim that they have identified the girl in the tape who is now in her 20s. Kelly’s lawyers plan to argue but the new witness could undermine that since she is also set to identify the girl. In addition, the witness is also expected to say that the girl was underage at the time of their encounter.
I’m almost getting sick of writing about Miley Cyrus’s Vanity Fair scandal but what can I do? It just won’t die. The 15-year old is now being criticized for watching ‘Sex and the City’ as she proclaimed her love for it and even compared it to her own Disney show ‘Hannah Montana’ in the accompanying interview. She said “I love it! If you watch Sex and the City, like the way the friends are, the way that it’s dry and they all have distinct characters – that’s a thing we try to do on our show.” In order to salvage her clean image, a source most likely from Disney said “The show she watches is completely sanitized. She watches it on TBS. Miley’s mom doesn’t allow HBO in the house. They only have basic cable.”
Access Hollywood is reporting that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are in fact engaged. Speculation first came about when the diva was spotted sporting a huge rock on the red carpet premiere of her movie at the Tribeca Film Festival. The 38-year old singer and the 27-year old actor were then spotted in each other’s arms at the after-party. When Nick was asked at the party about what he loved about the curvaceous diva, his response was “Everything.” If this is really true, I say congratulations to the couple. This would be Mariah’s second marriage and Nick’s first but he was previously engaged to Victoria’s Secret Angel Selita Ebanks.
Amy Winehouse’s parents sure love to talk about their daughter’s love life. Wino’s dad Mitch commented on how he disapproved of his daughter’s cheating ways. Apparently, Wino is having an affair with her manager’s assistant Alex. Not to be outdone, Wino’s mom Janis has also shared her thoughts of Amy’s new love to the UK press. She says “He’s a lovely boy - gentle and sweet. He really looked after Amy popping out to buy cigarettes, papers, anything she wanted… He works for her manager so their relationship was professional to begin with but if they’ve made something of it, I’m thrilled.” Obviously, she wants Blake out of the picture.
American Idol has the extreme power of ruining the hopes and dreams of thousands of wannabe singers. But the show has also ruined something besides that – a fan’s dress. A 17-year old fan of the show got ticked off when a sticker they made her wear at an April 22 taping ruined her sequined dress. Said fan tried to take off the sticker to have Andrew Lloyd Webber sign it but the glue from the sticker wouldn’t come off the dress. She’s not planning to sue (she wouldn’t have a case either way) she just wants her dress fixed. She actually emailed the show but only got an automated response.
Cher has revealed she once enjoyed a passionate affair with Tom Cruise which lasted several months.
Speaking on Oprah, the veteran star confessed, “I was crazy about him.” And she said that Tom was a shy lad of just 23 and she was 39 when the fling began.
The couple are thought to have met at a White House fund-raising event, just after his film Risky Business proved a hit. “It could have been a great big romance because I was crazy for him,” the 61-year-old told hostess Oprah Winfrey.
And the audience whooped and cheered as she told of one “long night” they spent together.
“He was shy,” she said. “He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him. We went on a date once for dinner in a New York restaurant and the waitress was from his old school. He told me she never talked to him back in school, but now he was recognised he got all her attention.”
It is thought that the affair ended when the Top Gun star met Mimi Rogers, who became his first wife in 1987.
Brooke Hogan and her 9-member TV show entourage had a hell of a time finding a place to film her so-called reality. The failed pop star was given her own reality show where Brooke takes America on her collegiate journey. Unfortunately for her, Florida universities just weren’t into having Brooke around. The University of South Florida, Florida State University and the University of Central Florida said no to her request to have a camera crew follow her around their campuses as the schools thought that her presence would disrupt normal activity. And of course, Brooke wanted to film during exam weeks. No one wants a stupid reality crew disrupt a big exam now, do they?
The Madonna and Mariah Carey battle has been going on for a while. Who will sell more albums? Who will break more records? Now, the question is whose film will be better? Both the divas have films screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Madonna’s ‘I Am Because We Are’ premiered on Thursday. Her film is a documentary focusing on the severe issues in Malawi in which Madonna was a writer, producer and narrator for. Mariah’s film ‘Tennessee’ will premiere on Saturday. Mariah acts in the film as a waitress with singing dreams to pursue in Tennessee. Considering that she’s acting in this one, I’ll give Madonna the award right now.
Producers and stars on the show ‘How I Met Your Mother’ may be keen on Britney Spears’ return to the show but the recovering starlet is turning all Marlon Brando on them. It’s being said that she’s not doing another episode until she approves of the script. Us is reporting that, according to a source, “Nothing is signed yet” and that Brit is still waiting for the right material. “No script has been written and until that is done, Britney will not be making a commitment. The offer is there but no decisions have been made at the moment.” Neil Patrick Harris can rest easy for now.
Inga Marchand, more commonly known as Foxy Brown, is finally a free woman! The rapper who gave judges a headache with her creative yet stupid excuses to get out of jail walked out of Rikers Island on Friday after serving 8 out of the 12 months she was sentenced to serve. She appealed to a judge in a handwritten letter for an early release saying “Yes, I’ve made some bad choices and stupid mistakes. But please understand that sitting in a prison with murderers and criminals is not rehabilitating or what I need to deal with my inner issues.” Luckily for her, the appeal worked this time around.
Britney Spears is really serious about getting back her best physical shape ever as she is reportedly in negotiations with Bally Total Fitness to be a front woman for the company. Additionally, she might be the back woman too! Apparently, Brit’s parents have been talking to Bally about a deal. It all happened because Larry Rudolph, Britney’s once and now returning manager, has a close friendship with John Wildman, the Chief Marketing Officer of Bally. As of now, there’s no deal yet, just negotiations. During which, she has been going to the club at least once a day and up to 3 times a day. It’s said that she’s not getting any money yet but that she’s working out for free.
She’S made millions of pounds from her two breast friends - but Jordan a.k.a Katie Price reckons big boobs are now “out of fashion”.
The glamour girl recently went under the knife to reduce her 32G bust to a 32D cup - and reckons hubby Peter Andre is delighted with her smaller bosom.
The former I’m A Celeb star - who also had her nose straightened and teeth whitened - said: “My boobs were nine-years-old. My implants had dropped and I wanted to go smaller. I’ve been there with big boobs. They are out of fashion. Pete loves my nose, because he had his done years ago.”
But the plastic fantastic mum-of-three denied she is addicted to surgery.
She added: “Some people take it to extremes. Mine are subtle changes. There will always be people out there who say I have got a problem. But I would rather have a designer body than a designer outfit. Luckily, I can afford both. But I don’t believe in having surgery to look like anybody else.”
Paris Hilton has declared that small boobs are best.
The heiress has had a pop at busty rival Jessica Simpson, claiming the Dukes Of Hazzard star’s assets are “too big”. She said: “I like how mine are, I don’t like big boobs. I think they’re too … big.”
And as if to prove a point, Paris arrived at The Sanderson Hotel in London yesterday in a see-through top that made a point or two.
Paris was also clearly in the mood for more bitching – Kim Kardashian, and her “gross” bum, being the next target.
She added: “It’s disgusting. It reminds me of cottage cheese inside a big trash bag.”
Britney Spears was the driving force in a minor 3-car accident on Saturday night. But don’t fret that she’s back to her old ways as cops say that she was dead sober when it happened. Officers perform one field sobriety test on the recovering starlet which turned out negative. According to the collision report, Brit drove her 2008 Mercedes into the back of a 2006 Nissan as she drove on the 101 freeway in LA around 8PM PT. The report claims that Britney was caught in stop and go traffic when she “attempted to brake but failed to stop her vehicle.” The Nissan was then “pushed forward into another older model vehicle.”
Kate Moss’ fiance had a furious row with police after his band held a raucous party in their hotel room.
The Kills guitarist Jamie Hince and his group infuriated staff at a Barcelona hotel with their loud antics as they filmed a video in one of the suites. After ignoring all pleas to keep quiet, staff phoned the police.
Jamie’s bandmate Alison Mosshart said: “They demanded the tapes. They were called because we woke up some silly b*****d who couldn’t take her hands off the phone to the front desk.”
A source added: “It sounded like they were having a riotous party, with shrieking and laughing. It was the early hours and people weren’t impressed. The police thing was a massive over-reaction but no one was arrested.”
Wasted Amy Winehouse snorted cocaine at a party last week with Sir Bob Geldof´s teen daughter Pixie just a few feet away.
I can reveal that the troubled singer sneaked off to the toilet to snort line after line—leaving guests in no doubt that she’s still hooked on drugs. The news that Pixie, 17, was in the next room to crack addict Amy is bound to make dad Bob hit the roof.
The Rehab star was also moaning to revellers at her Camden home in London, that if she doesn’t kick drugs, she could lose her looks AND her husband. After shovelling cocaine up her nose, Amy, 24, wailed at guests: “I’ve been told I’ll lose my looks over this—but I can’t give it up!”
Amy, recently snapped with her face covered in scabs, has seen skin experts who have told her she faces permanent scarring if she doesn’t get clean of drugs. She’s also worried that Blake Fielder-Civil, her man behind bars at Pentonville, will dump her once he sees her pock-marked complexion.
Back at the party, Amy moaned: “I’m told my scars might never heal. My dermatologist says it’s a result of the drugs and it could spread to other parts of my body if I don’t quit. What will I do if I lose my looks? Blake will never love me like that.”
As pals lounged on beanbags, Amy got up and slipped off to the bathroom.
My source said: “Not only was it obvious what she was doing but I could see her. I was waiting to use the toilet and could see Amy through the door. It’s sad to see one of Britain’s hottest talents kneeling on the floor of a bog and snorting drugs. She dabbed up the last few bits of powder, making sure she got every last bit, from the lid. On top of the drugs she was drinking heavily. Bottles of rum and coke were lying around—she was clearly worse for wear.”
Madonna will massively extend her home in New York – sparking more rumours that she plans to split from British hubby Guy Ritchie.
The superstar singer, 49, has won a legal fight to buy a third $7million apartment in the Manhattan block where she already has a huge two-storey pad.
It will do nothing to quash reports the mum of three’s seven-year marriage to British film director Guy, 39, is in trouble.
A source close to her staff said: “Madonna has made it clear for a while she wants to extend her place in New York. She loves the city and wants to spend more time there.”
Madge, who also has homes in London and Wiltshire, sued the board of the block on Central Park West after it tried to stop her from buying another apartment there. She has had a apartment for 20 years in the building, which includes its own gym.
The singer has denied any marriage rift.
And Guy’s dad John has insisted the pair have been kept apart lately only by work. She is promoting new album Hard Candy while Guy works on a film. John said recently: “They’re happy. I was shocked when I read they were supposed to be having problems. They’ve been running around different places. That’s why they haven’t been seen together. She won’t be going out to America to live for good. They’ve got lovely places here in Britain.”
Kate Moss is planning a traditional white wedding.
The supermodel - who got engaged to rocker lover Jamie Hince last month - is finalising details for the summer nuptials and wants them to be completely different from the commitment ceremony she had with ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty last year.
A source said, “Kate and Pete’s blessing in Thailand was only attended by a few people as no one really approved of them getting married. But all her friends love Jamie, as does her mother Linda. At the moment, she says she wants a white wedding at the little church in her village in the Cotswolds. She wants something typically English, with lots of flowers and her daughter, Lila, as bridesmaid.”
Kate - who began dating The Kills guitarist last August - is also deciding which lucky designer gets to create her bridal dress.
The source added: “Kate is very close to a number of British designers, including John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, but she wants to take her time deciding. However, she has said she wants something simple that reflects the English countryside theme. She might even go for something vintage.”
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