Posts Tagged ‘Celebrity news’

Famous Sporting Hook-Ups

Monday, July 30th, 2012

As the world’s top athletes descend on London for the Olympics, we wonder what the next generation will bring. Sporting star plus sporting star must surely equal super star babies for London 2064? We took at look at a few sporting relationships in the last decade.

Victoria Pendleton and Dr Scott Gardner. The pair, who have since become engaged, kept their relationship secret following advice from senior management to “keep quiet” until after the 2008 Games when Gardner, an Australian sport scientist, left the team.

Rory Mcllroy and Caroline Wozniacki. Rory famously broke from his childhood sweetheart and started dating the no.1 tennis superstar Caroline Wozniacki.

Heather Mitts and A.J. Feeley. Heather Blaine Mitts, is an American professional soccer player who plays in defence who married A.J. Feeley an American football quarterback for the St. Louis Rams in Cabo San Lucas on February 13, 2010.

Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. Game, set and match. This famous couple are still happily married nearly ten years after tying the knot.

Maria Sharapova and Sasha Vujacic. The two sporting stars have been dating since autumn 2009.

Maybe the athletes after-parties at London 2012 will result in few more sporting hook-ups… watch this space..

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We Love Reverse Endorsement

Friday, August 19th, 2011

One of the most amusing news stories to come out this week amidst the riots havoc and the world economy going to hell, has been Abercrombie & Fitch offering Jersey Shore’s Michael“The Situation” Sorrentino cash in exchange to NOT wear their brand. Amazing.

Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino

Not your trad Abercrombie boy...

Apparently the ab-obsessed neanderthal from MTV’s reality show was seen to be “cheapening” the clean-cut preppy image of Abercrombie & Fitch. I wonder if luxury fashion brands Marni and Louboutin would feel the same about their fame hungry WAG patrons?? Anyway, the idea that The Situation has been approached to not wear certain clothes is brilliant. Imagine if this could be applied to all crap celebrities. Big Brother rejects, X Factor fall-outs and scripted reality show losers would be banished from looking good and banned from dressing too well for their own good.

Imagine if the people you date were also not permitted to look good whilst committing foul play. You could even write to the brands and explain why a particular person is damaging their image in the marketplace.

Dear Mr. Dolce & Mr. Gabbana,

I went on a date with a boy who looked amazing in your classic blazer but turned out to be an absolute ratbag with poor etiquette. I don’t think he epitomises the D&G customer and is doing significant damage to your brand in his representation of it.

Thank you.

I mean, it’s false advertising surely? To look amazing and behave so badly… We should all band together and wholeheartedly support “reverse endorsement”. The old saying “never judge a book by its cover” has never rung so true. It’s always a plus when someone looks great in what they wear but if they prove truly awful to date, you would have rather they has shown up [insert ridiculous outfit here] and you could have cut your losses there and then. Poor Sitch shall have to find another label to embarrass and ruin!

The weekend is here and the sun is shining. No excuses for staying in, make some plans for tonight now!

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Snog, Marry, Avoid?

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

There is a lot of reality TV at the moment, well at least a sort of “curated” reality in that not much is really “real” but we are still loving it. Jersey Shore, The Hills and their UK derivatives, The Only Way is Essex, Geordie Shore , Made in Chelsea et al have seemingly filled that hole which Big Brother left. Only these shows are better. The people are trashier/ better looking and the careful editing means they can churn episode after episode of these “docu-soaps” with built in climaxes, love dramas and sympathetic background music. The result culminates in the ultimate guilty pleasure.

We all have our favourites, whether it’s Mark from TOWIE, Caggie from Made in Chelsea or even Snookie. The real question is, who would you snog, marry or avoid?

Girls

Agne Made in Chelsea
Agne,
Kiss! She might not be totally “switched on” but she is easily the fittest girl on Made in Chelsea.

Caggie Dunlop Made in Chelsea
Caggie
Marry! After a Ross/Rachel style romance with co-star Spencer, it’s hard not to adore her.

Amy Childs TOWIE
Amy
Once might do it, but Amy is one to avoid.

Boys

Joey Essex, TOWIE
Joey
His Ferris Bueller-style boyish looks mean that he would should be kissed and more. Lovely!

Francis-Boulle Made in Chelsea
Francis
Worried you’ve missed out on Prince William? Francis talks the talk and can ride a polo pony. An heir to a diamond mine, you would have a ring to rival Kate’s. Marry!

Mark Wright TOWIE
Mark
Love rat Mark just can’t seem to behave himself. Lauren lets him out of her sight for 5 minutes and he’s misbehaving. What happens in Marbella, stays in Marbella.

It’s Saturday night as Whigfield once said, need plans? Get some with our gorgeous click members tonight.

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The New Ambassadors Of “Sexting”

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Reese Witherspoon MTV Movie Awards

Reese is prepared to school us all on the dangers of sexting

The importance of safe sexting, don’t underestimate it. These days you can’t be too careful. To be clear, sexting involves sending either a) a filthily worded message or b) a provocative photo. Both of these things might seem like a good idea at the time but like the proverbial diary you shouldn’t have written in your adolescence. Fear not, the ambassadors of safe sexting are here to guide us along. Cue Reese Witherspoon.

The Hollywood starlet spoke out against famous offenders at the MTV Movie awards (probably referring to infamous faux pas of Blake Lively and Kim Kadashian) and offered them sage advice:

I get it, girls, that it’s cool to be a bad girl. But it is possible to make it in Hollywood without doing a reality show. When I came up in the business, if you made a sex tape, you were embarrassed and you hid it under your bed. And if you took naked pictures of yourself on your cellphone, you hide your face, people! Hide your face!

Wow. We’ve certainly been told. But fair enough – keep the antics discreet! In NYC they would fully endorse Ms. Witherspoon’s wise words as the lawmakers have recently put forward “”Cyber Crime Youth Rescue Act”. If actioned, this will teach the younger generation all about “safe text” – the dangers of sending out naked pictures and the long lasting effects of Google image search (vitally important, obviously). More specifically, “the nearly unlimited ability of an infinite audience to utilize the Internet search for and replicate materials.”

Teaching the young about how to sustain a long term relationship without appropriating lewd images. Well, how helpful. Who needs sex ed when there is the “Cyber Crime Youth Rescue Act” to protect them. If only this had been around in Paris Hilton’s time. That said, would Paris be the same without “A Night in Paris”?

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Celebrity Dating: New Sparks, Shortlived Flames?

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

The dating world has seen a very recent surge in new celebrity relationships. If you’re sick to death of “Brangelina”, “Bennifer”, “TomKat” and Katie Price/Peter Andre love fiascos, be prepared for some fresh love in the lives of our favourite celebrities. Finally! Though showbiz relationships are as shortlived psychic octopuses, we still can’t help but revel in the guilty pleasure of catching up with who’s doing who.

Tiger Woods & Alyse Johnston

It didn’t take Tiger Woods long to find romance after his affair disgrace and costly divorce from ex wife Elin Nordegren (who has already splashed out her pay out on a £7.5m home in Florida). He is reported to be dating 22 year old Alyse Lahti Johnston, the step daughter of Rangers chairman Allan Johnston. A student at Northwood university, Ohio, Ms Johnston was spotted on Tiger’s yacht and has been spending a lot of time in the couple of weeks with the golf star.

Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez

Meanwhile, the hearts of millions of twelve year girls (and other general saddos) were broken at the news that Justin Bieber has sparked up a romance with Disney actress, Selena Gomez. After denying the rumour on the Ellen de Generes show in September, the two came out in the open at the Vanity Fair post Oscar’s Party.

Dan Foden on Take Me Out

Further afield from Hollywood glamour, more specifically Surrey (not that Surrey isn’t glamourous??), Kerry Katona has robbed some poor woman of her date on Take Me Out. Appearing only hours before on the popular dating show, it emerged that contestant Dan Foden was dating the fame loving reality celeb.  For those who thought there might have been something between Liverpudlian Nicola and Dan will be very disappointed indeed.

Megan Levant & Charlie Sheen

Bi winning Lothario, Charlie Sheen has recruited a new goddess for his Silver Valley Lodge harem of porn stars. Step to the plate Megan Levant, 26. She will be joining Sheen’s ever growing “family” which already includes Natalie Kenly, 24, and Rachel Oberlin, also 24. An apparent lover of porn and frequenter of the Playboy Mansion, I’m sure she will feel right at home.

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#Winning The #Tigerbloodinternship

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Remember when we posted about Charlie Sheen’s drug-fuelled antics with a porn star? Well although it was such a short time ago, the Sheen saga has progressed into more levels of outrageous antics and the plain bizarre. From #winning cooking videos streaming on YouTube to hilarious rants on Twitter, we’ve seen it all.

Charlie Sheen drinks tiger blood

Tiger Blood is what keeps him alive?

Some of the his most notable quotes include “Wow what does that mean? Wow and then what? What’s the cure? Medicine? make me like them? Not gonna happen. I’m bi-winning. I win here and I win there. Now what?” and not forgetting, “I got tiger blood man. Dying is for fools”. He’s feeling pretty invincible right now with all his tiger blood and everything and he believed he won’t go mental because previously…  “I blinked and I cured my brain. That’s how. Everyone has the power”. Love it.

Through his eccentric behaviour Charlie Sheen has turned himself into a small business (we are going to call it “Charlie Sheen Winning”) and was able to send out his first paid tweet advertising for an internship. Because of high unemployment across the board, young graduates have been labelled as “generation internship” – offering their services for free in turn for an opportunity to gain experience in the workplace. What do the usual internship duties include? Well, everything from making tea, picking up lunch/ dry cleaning to calendar organisation and generally the tasks no one else wants to do. It has to be said that being Charlie Sheen’s intern will be slightly different…

If you have a taste for the high life, a penchant for debauchery and hedonistic desires, these will be your most valuable skills when applying for this job. Think it sounds brilliant? Apparently so do the 76,000 + applications he has already received. Your only real responsibility would involve boosting Charlie Sheen’s Twitter followers and online presence – yes, now that he’s suing Two and A Half Men’s Chuck Lorre for $100 million dollars, he’s going to need the cash to go to battle. The deadline is today so hurry up and get writing that CV! The LA Times has published the top 10 requirements for Charlie Sheen’s intern if you think you’re up for the job. Otherwise, it’s back to the desk on Monday morning.

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Our Favourite Weddings Of 2011

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

I feel like I’ve just stepped into the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. Minus the morbid fancy of a funeral, it does seem like everyone around me is getting married. Two of my colleagues are tying the knot in the next two months and they discuss everything at length from dresses, reception venues to honeymoon destinations. It’s inevitable really considering we are entering wedding season…

I don’t know if I’m suddenly more aware of it as I approach the second half of my twenties or if nuptial celebrations are somehow permeating their way into my daily culture in a much more obvious way. I would like to think it’s the latter of the two as I’m blaming the massive hype around this year’s upcoming celebrity weddings.

At no.1

The Royal Wedding

The most anticipated wedding of the year…it’s Kate & Wills. Set to send the streets of London into one massive weekend party. Start organising that BBQ!

No. 2

Kate Moss & Jamie Hince

Rock & Roll royalty Kate Moss and Jamie Hince are set to get hitched in July. A very cool antidote to the conservative preppy royal weddings.

No. 3

Zara Phillips & Mike Tindall

Not another royal wedding…yes, the Queen’s grand-daughter will marry England rugby captain, Mike Tindall on the 30th July. Whilst Will and Kate will be cutting red ribbon tape and attending charity functions, this active pair of sports nuts will be hitting the slopes instead.

And my personal favourite…

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

It was everyone’s Channel 4 obsession. We just couldn’t take our eyes of My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. From the ridiculous dresses to the bizarre customs of the travelling community, there was not a boring moment in the series. The celebrity weddings both rock and royal will be sure to celebrate in true star style, but will they be as entertaining as this lot were?

People, Places, Parties – Want to meet quickly?

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The World’s Most Important Cheerleader Parties in London

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Hayden+Panettiere+leaving+Fountain+Studios

Hayden leaves X Factor Studios

When the entire human race is not depending upon her for survival, Hayden Panettiere (the cheerleader from Heroes) has been spotted out and about in our fair capital. Leaving the fate of the world in the hands of others, the young actress flew to London last Friday to spend the weekend doing, well what the rest of us were doing it seems. Partying and watching X Factor.

In London to attend the Alpha and Omega premiere with some wolf cubs, Panettiere spent the weekend on the London scene. She was front row Saturday night at Fountain Studios where she was joined by fellow yank celebs, ex Pussycat Doll Kimberley Wyatt and Usher, who performed a mash-up of hit (and slightly annoying) singles OMG and DJ Got Us Falling In Love.

Hayden+Panettiere

With boxer boyfriend at Boujis

The first of the many live shows to come, I’m hoping Miss Panettiere was not as bored as the rest of us with what was a very lacklustre and ridculously long beginning to Britain’s biggest reality circus.

Photographed leaving the X Factor studios in Wembley, North London, it was time for Hayden to throw on her glad rags for a night in South Kensington hotspot, Boujis.

She partied until the small hours with boyfriend and Ukrainian heavyweight boxer, Wladimir Klitschko before returning to their hotel. Some might say its a bizarre love match for the petite actress (he is 6′6 and 13 years her senior), but then again a boxer and a superhero doesn’t seem all that bizarre. Probably about as strange as a footballer and a lapdancer!

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Let´s Do The Jailhouse Rock With Paris Hilton!

Monday, August 30th, 2010
Paris Hilton´s latest mugshot

Paris Hilton´s latest mugshot

Poor poor Paris…It would seem that the heiress has landed herself in hot water yet again after being pulled over by police on Friday night in Vegas outside the Wynn hotel. According to reports, the car was stopped after police spotted clouds of marijuana smoke pouring out of the windows. Luckily for Paris she wasn´t the driver. Instead it was her boyfriend Cy Waits caught behind the wheel and he was charged with a DUI.

Ms. Hilton was transported to Clark County Jail where she was found to be in posession of cocaine, which she later claimed wasn´t hers. Las Vegas police released her once it was determined she wasn´t a “flight risk” and no bail was posted. Luckily for her, she has hired a prominent Las Vegas lawyer to help her out.

Not the only drugs related incident occurring this Summer, Paris was also arrested in South Africa at the World Cup during the Brazil/ Netherlands Quarter final for posession of Marijuana. She was also questioned at an airport in Corsica just weeks after the WC debaucle on similar grounds.

Remember when Paris was sentenced to 45 days in prison in 2007 (her product endorsement figures went through the roof…)? After serving about 23 days she claimed to have learnt her lesson and was going to devote her time to “”to help raise money for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.” Hmmm…how much of that she´s been doing is debatable, but it certainly seems that she´s been spending plenty of time getting caught smoking weed and holding on to “her friend´s” coke. Paris might be back behind bars faster than a post break-up sex tape release!

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Saturday Was a Nice Day For A White Wedding With Eternal Bachelor Robbie

Monday, August 9th, 2010

At last! Robbie Williams finally decided to take a wife and was married in a low key (by Hollywood standards) ceremony on Saturday afternoon to girlfriend of three years, Ayda Field.

The guestlist was restricted to close friends and family only (oh, and Hello! magazine of course). Hellicopters circled the couples’ home where the wedding took place in attempts to catch a glimpse of Robbie and Ayda tying the knot.

When they called off the wedding that was originally planned for Valentine’s Day, we thought Robbie might have been mourning his bachelor existence of days gone by. Though after “fake proposing” on an Australian chat show and then telling Wossy, “I was introduced to Ayda and things just changed,” it seemed like his wild child days were definitely over.

Perhaps this is one Hollywood marriage that will survive the usual expiry date…official wedding photos out this week.

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