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Victoria Beckham's modelling venture
17 hours ago
Victoria Beckham is set to start her own modelling agency. The singer-turned-designer - who already has her own successful fashion label - is reportedly in talks with her manager Simon Fuller to set up a new business venture in New York. A source said: "Simon knows that Victoria is very savvy when it comes to fashion. His first foray into fashion was to team up designer Roland Mouret and Victoria, which was a huge success. "Victoria is a key asset to Simon and he wants her to take on a major role." Simon - who was the manger of Victoria's former group the Spice Girls - already has a 51 per cent controlling stake in London agency Storm Models »
Steven Tyler quits Aerosmith
17 hours ago
Steven Tyler has reportedly quit Aerosmith. The 61-year-old frontman is said to have walked out on the 'Crazy' rockers after a performance in Abu Dhabi last month and his bandmates have not heard from him since. Guitarist Joe Perry told the Las Vegas Sun newspaper: "Steven quit as far as I can tell. I don't know anymore than you do about it. I got off the plane two nights ago. I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band." Perry claims Tyler - father of Hollywood actress Liv Tyler - has refused to take his phone calls to let the rest of the band know what's going on. He said: "He has had »
Kate Hudson eats again after quitting smoking
20 hours ago
Kate Hudson has started eating now she's given up smoking. The stunning actress recently quit her potentially-fatal habit as it was starting to take over her life and says she's now appreciating things such as fine foods. She said: "It was starting to drive me crazy! I didn't like the way the car smelt, or my hair and clothes. It takes you away from the family and the things you're doing. You don't realise it at the time. Then when you're done, you go, 'Wow, I do so much more in a day - including eat.' Quitting meant eating more. Then there were rumours in the press saying that I was pregnant. Later somebody said, 'When did you quit »
Dizzee Rascal's princely pal
20 hours ago
Dizzee Rascal identified with Prince Harry. The 'Dance Wiv Me' rapper - who met the British royal backstage at this years O2 Wireless festival in London - said that out of all of the celebrities he'd met, Harry, 25, was the friendliest. When asked who his favourite famous person is, Dizzy replied: "It has to be Prince Harry. Tom Hanks is a real down-to-earth guy and we chatted about Snoop Dogg, because his son is a fan. But Prince Harry - that is proper royalty, man! "We just had a bit of banter and that. It was mad. He was... a bit like me, really." He also admitted the prince had a clumsy "street handshake." »
Happy quitter Kate Hudson
20 hours ago
Kate Hudson has started eating now she's given up smoking. The stunning actress recently quit her potentially-fatal habit as it was starting to take over her life and says she's now appreciating things such as fine foods. She said: "It was starting to drive me crazy! I didn't like the way the car smelt, or my hair and clothes. It takes you away from the family and the things you're doing. You don't realise it at the time. Then when you're done, you go, 'Wow, I do so much more in a day - including eat.' Quitting meant eating more. Then there were rumours in the press saying that I was pregnant. Later somebody said, 'When did you quit smoking?' »
Robert De Niro's indifferent kids
20 hours ago
Robert De Niro's children don't care that their dad is famous. The 66-year-old actor said his children "aren't too impressed" with their Oscar-winning father and don't talk about his work. He said: "My kids aren't too impressed with me. They don't say very much about my career. Sometimes they Google me, though. And who knows what their friends say?" De Niro has four children and one adopted daughter from three relationships, and said part of the reason could be that they weren't brought up in the Hollywood bubble. He said: "We had a house there, my first wife and our oldest kids. But I never really lived in it much. I like to visit Los Angeles., but I wouldn't »
Megan Fox doesn't play well with others
7 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST
Megan Fox says she is an "a*shole". The 'Jennifer's Body' actress can relate to the character she plays in the movie, an undead cheerleader who kills and eats her classmates, because she has a lot of pent-up rage which she could bring to the role. She said: "It wasn't hard to get into character - I'm an a*shole. I think everybody is angry about something in their life and I just happen to be really angry and go for it." The brunette beauty also claims that she doesn't believe it is possible for women to be friends because they are always competing with one another. She added: "I think girls are awful. But in their defence, I think girls »
Jls party for free
7 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST
Jls were given nearly £7,000 of free drinks. The 'Beat Again' singers - who rose to fame after coming second on UK TV talent show 'X Factor' last year - dismissed their hard partying reputation, insisting their recent £6612.50 bill at London nightspot Maya was not them being extravagant. Singer Marvin Humes said: "What people have to understand is that we go to these clubs and they look after us and we don't spend a penny. They give us free drink. "At the end of the day, we're all young guys, we're all single... We've been in between promoting singles, we've been catching up with friends and we don't always get the chance, so we make up for »
Daring Nicole Kidman
7 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST
Nicole Kidman doesn't ever want a "safe" love life. The actress - who was wed to actor Tom Cruise for 10 years and is now married to country singer Keith Urban - always opts for "extreme" romances and movies because she would hate to have a boring life. She said: "In the end I hope my life will be a mix of extreme love and bold artistic choices. I've never wanted to be safe. I've never chosen safe relationships. And I've never chosen safe films." The 42-year-old actress is so keen to make a point, she actively "seeks out" film roles she will be criticised for. She explained: "If you're taking risks it isn't always going to work, »
Lonely star Michael Caine
7 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST
Sir Michael Caine's friends abandoned him when he became an actor. The 'Harry Brown' actor - now a multimillionaire - admitted his childhood pals were upset that his new career left him unable to buy any drinks at their local pub in London. When asked how his friends behaved towards him when he first started acting, he said: "It's the opposite of what you imagine: they blew me out at first. "I was a broke, out-of-work actor, and I didn't have enough money to buy a round in the pub. So they stopped seeing me. Broke, out-of-work actors are very lonely people." Michael, 76 - who grew up in south London's Elephant and Castle district - said he felt »
Goldie Hawn's director grandson
7 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST
Goldie Hawn is convinced her grandson is going to become a director. The 'Private Benjamin' actress thinks daughter Kate Hudson's five-year-old son, Ryder, has what it takes to get behind the camera because he knows exactly what he wants. Kate said: "My mother has said, 'He'll be a director of something because everything is specific.' You know, we went to this birthday party where everybody was getting their faces painted and the kids were going, 'I want to be Spider-Man or Batman.' But Ryder was like, 'I want a red face and I want white around the eyes, I want a white mouth, I want spikes and yellow dots on each one.' "But the face painter didn't do »
Angry Megan Fox
7 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST
Megan Fox says she is an "a*shole". The 'Jennifer's Body' actress can relate to the character she plays in the movie, an undead cheerleader who kills and eats her classmates, because she has a lot of pent-up rage which she could bring to the role. She said: "It wasn't hard to get into character - I'm an a*shole. I think everybody is angry about something in their life and I just happen to be really angry and go for it." The brunette beauty also claims that she doesn't believe it is possible for women to be friends because they are always competing with one another. She added: "I think girls are awful. But in their defence, I think girls are »
'CSI: Miami' star Eddie Cibrian goes after tabloid
7 November 2009 3:15 PM, PST
A rep for "CSI: Miami" star Eddie Cibrian has released a statement which reveals the stars legal action against Life & Style Magazine, which he contends has crossed the line by claiming Cibrian cheated on LeAnn Rimes. Both actors appeared together in a 2009 Lifetime film, "Northern Lights," married to other people at the time of production and allegedly struck up a relationship together that saw both marriages end this year. Cibrian's rep tells "Extra" in a statement: "Unfortunately Life & Style Magazine has chosen to go out with a story filled with inaccuracies and deceitful lies, presumably to titillate sales but clearly resulting in harm to Eddie Cibrian and others. This is irresponsible and wreckless journalism. Eddie has »
- April MacIntyre
John Cusack reflects on his career
7 November 2009 2:58 PM, PST
The star of so many great films, from "Grosse Pointe Blank" to "War, Inc.", actor John Cusack spoke to "Extra" and revealed a reflective mood as he shared he felt "old" on the 20th anniversary of his bittersweet classic coming of age film, "Say Anything." Cusack was happy the film had legs and still resonated with a wide audience, and was grateful so many people still loved the movie, which hit theaters in April 1989. A special 20th anniversary DVD was released on Nov. 3. "It's nice to be talking about something that you did 20 years ago," he told "Extra" at the junket for his new action flick, '2012,' out Nov. 13. "I just remember it being »
- April MacIntyre
'Ghost Lab' uncovers the spectre of John Wilkes Booth, Nov. 10
7 November 2009 2:47 PM, PST
Discovery's "Ghost Lab" features the "John Wilkes Booth" episode, which premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 10Pm Et/Pt. The Ghost Lab team investigates two locations rumored to be haunted by the ghost of John Wilkes Booth: an historic opera house in Texas and a furniture store in Oklahoma. As the Klinges and their team investigate alleged hauntings by Lincoln's assassin, will they uncover paranormal evidence that changes the face of American history? In this episode, the Ghost Lab team investigates two locations rumored to be haunted by the ghost of John Wilkes Booth: a historic opera house in Texas and a furniture store in Oklahoma. In this episode, the Ghost Lab team discovers Abe's Revenge: »
- April MacIntyre
Storm Chasers 'Inside the Tornado' Sunday, Nov. 8
7 November 2009 11:09 AM, PST
Storm Chasers "Inside the Tornado," premieres Sunday, November 8 at 10Pm Et/Pt on Discovery. Reed Timmer aims to step up from aggressive chaser to extreme scientist with his new military-grade radar capable of measuring wind speeds inside a twister. But Reed.s new science goals clash with his long time chasing partner, Joel Taylor. As the perfect storm rages in Missouri, both Reed and Tim Samaras chase a violent rain-wrapped tornado and get a little too close for comfort. As tornado potential skyrockets across the Missouri plains, Sean's prized TIV2 breaks down mid-chase and is left on the sidelines. Meanwhile, Reed's new data-gathering radar allows him to step up from aggressive chaser to extreme scientist, but »
- April MacIntyre
Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe covers glassmaking and Dung beetles this week
7 November 2009 10:51 AM, PST
Discovery's pin-up boy and "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe gets down with glass makers and rolls around in cow manure with dung beetle experts this coming week. Rowe heads Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making glass art. At the Fenton Art Glass Company, Mike Rowe meets Tim - the man with the easiest job ever. In this episode, Mike also goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. He is enlisted in the making of "Poogurt" - fresh pig poo mushed up for Dung beetle culling. Did you know that Dung beetles can dispose of 1 ton of manure/year over 2.5 acres resulting in improved soil fertility, a reduction in pollution and a »
- April MacIntyre
40 years on, Sesame Street still takes the high road
7 November 2009 10:35 AM, PST
Los Angeles - It has won over 100 Emmys, been shown in more than 125 countries and on Tuesday it will celebrate a rare achievement in an age of ever-shifting tastes: Sesame Street will be 40 years old. 'Sesame Street is one of the five most influential television shows of all time,' says popular culture professor Bob Thompson of Syracuse University. 'It had an enormous social influence as well as artistic. In fact there's nothing like it on the air to this day.' The format of the show may have changed somewhat since that first historic broadcast on November 10, 1969, which itself was the result of extensive research that aimed to find the way of blending »
Nicole Kidman's got bills to pay too
7 November 2009 5:01 AM, PST
Nicole Kidman worked on her new film to prove there's more to life than motherhood. The actress - who gave birth to Sunday Rose, her first child with husband Keith Urban in July 2008 -accepted her role in 'Nine' immediately because she couldn't wait to get back to work. She explained: "I'd just given birth, so I was like, 'Ok, I'm still a woman - I want to do this film! And I do have a life other than simply feeding this baby.' I think when you give birth you get itchy to get back to work and you want to feel life still goes on." Despite having only recently given birth when she made the movie, Nicole admitted »
Working mother Nicole Kidman
7 November 2009 5:01 AM, PST
Nicole Kidman worked on her new film to prove there's more to life than motherhood. The actress - who gave birth to Sunday Rose, her first child with husband Keith Urban in July 2008 -accepted her role in 'Nine' immediately because she couldn't wait to get back to work. She explained: "I'd just given birth, so I was like, 'Ok, I'm still a woman - I want to do this film! And I do have a life other than simply feeding this baby.' I think when you give birth you get itchy to get back to work and you want to feel life still goes on." Despite having only recently given birth when she made the movie, Nicole admitted she »
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