Van Tango

Are there any complications between Keira Knightley and boyfriend Rupert? They are reportedly on the verge of ending the relationship due to Keira's tireless work ethic and Rupert's jealous streak. An insider said, "Keira's a really loving girlfriend but she's so insanely busy with work it's untrue. He complains that he doesn't get enough attention, and it's causing real friction." Rupert once got into an argument with Orlando Bloom, which really bothered her while Keira rebuffed his proposition that they move in together. Said the source, "She loves him but they've had some intense talks about where it's going. She's too young to settle down. Their days as a couple look numbered." This will test his resolve if he could compromise and most likely there will be more 'wonder twin powers' couple sightings in the near future.


Owen Wilson has rubbished speculation he is to propose to Kate after being spotted with his mother looking at rings in a jewellery shop in Texas. An onlooker says, "They were looking at a huge, pear-shaped, flawless diamond engagement ring." However, his representative said, "Owen's mother was looking for jewellery for herself." Yeah. His mum either wants to get engaged again or probably helping him choose a nice one for soon-to-be daughter-in-law..


A famous superspy wife has a diva husband. Ben Affleck has warned movie bosses he'll star in the Baywatch movie if they don't give him another directing job. He is desperate to quit acting so he can concentrate on working behind the camera instead. And so a bourne ultimatum was given to the producers - either employ him again or the world will see him as David Hasselhoff's yucky role in Baywatch. He told Hotdog mag: "I hope they would hire me to direct another movie. If not, it's strapping on those Speedos, getting on a surfboard and doing the film adaptation of Baywatch." That would be quite disturbing, more so than Irreversible and all of Hannibal combined. So please give him that directing role.


Christina Aguilera's Wax Statue revealed at Madame Tussauds (30/11/2006)


Paris Hilton successfully operated a printing machine at Kinkos (27/11/2006)


Lily Allen has confirmed the B-sides for her new single 'Littlest Things'. She will do a rendition of 'Everybody's Changing' alongside brand new track 'U Killed It' on the single release that is out on Dec 11th.

Editors have spoken out about their second album. Tom Smith said: "This week we head off to Ireland with around 12 new songs and a host of other ideas floating around. It's so important we move forward and don't just make The Back Room part 2. To get your imagination flowing here are some of the titles being thrown around at this point in time:

Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
The Racing Rats
An End Has A Start
When Anger Shows
Push Your Head Towards The Air
A Thousand Pieces
An Eye For An Eye

First it was Interpol news and then Editors for 2007. Maybe She Wants Revenge also has plans?
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Liam gave an interview on 'Now' Magazine:



Three's a charm? Get ready for a third Bridget Jones film! Renee has already expressed an interest in this project and is prepared to once again pile on the pounds. Working Title have already bought the rights to author Helen Fielding's third novel. A source told Daily Express: "The next film will leap forward 10 years. Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver are still on the scene and Bridget is about to give birth to Daniel's baby." The pressure is now on Fielding to complete the book as soon as possible. So it will be another 25 pounds weight gain regime to play Bridget just like in the first two movies.

Has Jessica Simpson been sleeping well lately? Probably the whole planet is aware of rumors regarding a sex tape starring herself about to be leaked onto the internet. The alleged X-rated home movie is said to show some shenanigans between Jessy and ex-husband. A source told Daily Sport: "Jessica is horrified her name and sex tape are being mentioned in the same sentence. She's always been a girl of high morals and principles." According to reports the tape does exist and those individuals are threatening to leak the tape if Jessica does not pay an undisclosed sum of money to keep it out of the public domain. High morals, eh? Nothing to worry about if it doesn't exist. But then, a little bit goes a long way..

Evangeline Lilly - Christmas shopping (22/11/06)



This should be fun! CBS confirmed the next "Amazing Race" will be an All-Star edition. Production on "The Amazing Race: All-Stars" began last week in Miami and will premiere in first-quarter 2007. Confirmed participating contestants include infamous couple Rob & Amber together with funny pair David & Mary Conley:





Two groups from Season 5 strongly rumoured to appear are runners-up Colin & Christie, and Mirna & Charla:





Three pairs unlikely (unconfirmed reports) to join the All-Star crew are hyper Jonathan & Victoria, Hippies BJ & Tyler, and Chip & Kim:









New songs:
1) Emma Bunton - Perfect Strangers [mp3]
2) Eminem & 50 Cent - Jimmy Crack Corn [mp3]
3) Prototypes - Un Brin De Fierte [mp3]
4) Tilly And The Wall - Sing Songs Along [mp3]

Emma is back with 'Life In Mono' album [amazon] and she kept the 60s revival going. Ya gotta love the 'ba da da dah' portion. In the rap world, Em brings his crew together along with two new homies with 'The Re-Up' [amazon]. Fans of Cansei de Ser Sexy should pay attention to French group Prototypes which is a refreshing indie/electro outfit. Tilly And The Wall attempted to mould the best of 90s pulp/supergrass/blur tunes into a brilliant indie-pop product.

Brittany Murphy has a fear of flying but she overcame it through praying and sleeping. Putting her faith in God, Brittany sees plane journeys as a chance to escape from everyday distractions. She says, "I've got over it. Now when I get on the plane I say a prayer until I know we are up safely. I have a lot of faith and pray a lot. It helped when I realised that a plane was somewhere I could relax and sleep because no one could get in touch with me. So now I look at it like a great big bed in the sky." There are no snappers to contend with as well.


The hair colour stays for the new Bond because he said so.. Daniel Craig refused to dye his blond locks dark brown for his role in Casino Royale. While agreeing to undertake a punishing gym regime to build up a 007 body, he drew the line when directors asked him to change his hair colour for the movie. He admits: "I was asked to dye my hair brown to play this role but it was out of the question. I suggested instead that I could cut my hair really short to create a more brutal appearance." Target has been achieved but next big step is to play the cool card for the second one.

Jennifer Garner out and about without makeup:



The Fratellis - Demos and Live audios [Frat1 / Frat2]

The Fratellis met at the shows in Glasgow and have since been on the ride of their life as the hottest new band in Britain, writes Alastair McKay. Read more.. [Frat_TimesOnline]

Time Off magazine caught up with Noel G to talk about Stop The Clocks. "We've been getting wind that this was going to happen for about a year," Noel explained of the Oasis collection, "and we said to Sony - because our contract was up on the day we delivered 'Don't Believe The Truth' - that we weren't going to re-sign, for whatever reason. We were left with the dilemma of 'Do we not get involved and advise fans not to buy it, let somebody else pick the artwork, let somebody else pick the songs, or do we get involved?'" Read more.. [Noel_TimeOff]

Charlotte Church was photographed taking one of her dogs to the vets on Tuesday (Nov 21) in Cardiff, Wales. [Wenn]

Sing me something new.. 50 Cent is going Motown on his new album! Noted for his violent and sexual imagery, Fiddy now wants to move on to more soulful climes. He says, "I want the music to sound like something I haven't done before so I needed to change the guys I worked with on the last project. I've been listening to a lot of Motown stuff - Smokey Robinson - a lot of older music, so I got a lot of soulful loops. I took material from some old, old records and recreated them." How about an Afro to go with it?



Wonderful evil tunes coming up. Interpol have entered the studio to begin recording their third album. They have been writing new material for most of 2006 and plan to release the record in 2007. On their official website the band wrote: "We are now recording album 3. The studio is in NYC, and we're enjoying being local. The atmosphere and the environs of a recording facility affect the sound and feel of an album in the subtlest ways. And we are affected. And it is subtle. We'll be here for a while yet." Three years is just too long but at least there is progress. Obstacle 3 bring it on!!


Lindsay Lohan - L'officiel Magazine




Lindsay Lohan - Paris hit me!


Goldfingers?


Has she stopped playing with fire? Hilary Duff and that Good Charlotte punk have ended their relationship according to recent reports. That boy made a guest DJ appearance at Illinois club Enclave and openly talked about his newly-single status. He told fellow clubbers Duff broke up with him about ten days ago, citing their eight-year age difference as the source of the problems . Duff is 19, while Punkkid is 27. Celebrating the occasion, he mingled and took pictures with ladies until the early hours of the morning. Thus the lifestyle of the idle rich kids nowadays.

Ashton & Demi got punked! Wahahaha...





Is new technology really helpful? Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes? [Crack-It]

Reese Witherspoon has been feeling down lately since her divorce. So she turned to some big Hollywood shoulders, Renee Zellweger and Bruce Willis for some solace at Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills restaurant last Friday. She looked groggy and sad, and so Renee patted her on the shoulders and consoled her, keeping things uplifting. Then, Bruce ditched his dinner companions to come over and talk to the two belles for about 45 minutes. Curiously, after the meal, Renee took the chance to catwalk her way through the middle of the restaurant and left with Brucey. They must have given up spoon-feeding their concerns towards Renee and thought of a better way to spend the evening.

Lily Allen and other big names artistes have agreed to auction off shoes for charity. The others include Coldplay, Bowie, Johhny Marr, Nina Persson, Tim Rice-Oxley and Ringo Starr who have contributed trainers, high heels and boots to the online sale [http:/www.magclearmines.org]. All proceeds will go to charity MAG (Mines Advisory Group), which takes a stand against the spread of small arms and light weapons in Africa. Director Lou McGrath said: "The support from celebrities for the shoe auction has been fantastic. The money raised will play a vital role in clearing the remnants of conflict, preventing injuries and deaths and regenerating communities." Bids close on December 8. Man, this looks good so do your part.

Jaime Pressly looking great carrying a little one:


Disco of old and disco of new. Noel Gallagher is not down with Scissor Sisters but gave props to legendary Bee Gees. Speaking to Spin magazine, the masterplan guy admitted: "I particularly loathe Scissor Sisters. I like 'Laura' from the first record, but it's music for squares, man. They're huge in England, but there's no accounting for bad taste as far as the English are concerned." He also revealed a surprise influence on his career - The Bee Gees. "They're right up there with The Beatles in terms of how I learned to like music and how I was influenced as a songwriter." Word.

Oasis Presents 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' Documentary [Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6]

Cool moment - Liam during a photoshoot session (Part 1).. "Is that fookin' Girls Aloud?" (rushes to meet the girl group and had delightful small talk)

Jet performed during a secret homecoming concert on the Yarra River on Sunday (Nov 19) in Melbourne, Australia. [GettyImages / WireImage]

Rose McGowan out and about with her boyfriend :



In the final episode, Jade said she would be happy if any of the other two won. Joenie wants Jade to go home next because her personality did not impress. Next challenge is Cover Girl commercial and photoshoot. Three different scripts were given. Jade repeated the same phrase about winning this whole thing over and over again on the toilet cam. Danielle doesn't wanna go home because of her accent so something needed to be done. Photographer Jim De Yonker was in charge for this session. Joenie did very well after a minor flaw. Jade added more words to her lines that didn't impress Jay M so the cue cards came out. Even with them, she still fluffed but after some takes Jade finally performed brilliantly. Next up was Danielle who tried hard to change her Southern accent and still had trouble with it. Incredibly, she was able to speak in a proper manner in the end. Next day was judging time to determine who will be the final two. They liked Jade's photoshoot and commercial, Joenie's smile looked stiff in the ad but overall did well, Danielle's commercial didn't really impress them. First name called out.. Joenie! So we are left with Jade & Danielle. Since vocal coaching can be done, they felt Jade is the weaker competitor so Danielle got her 50% chance of winning. After reading T.Mail, both finalists did some horrible happy dance. Next day, a first time runway above water will be performed in a hot Thai weather. After some deep thoughts by both, backroom preparation was on the way. In front of the audience, Joenie and Danielle did their stuff to the delight of the judges. Both felt like it was their shinning moment soon when they win it. Joenie felt really good about the runway and was in tears. Nothing more they can do until judging time. They wanted a lil more alertness in Danielle but overall she rocked the show. Joenie's walk with the feather outfit was splendid but with another particular outfit it was like walking at a mall, looking down too much which is not so good for photographers. Next evaluation were on their previous photoshoots. Nigel Barker said Danielle had only one particular look. Crying photoshoot looks better on Joenie. Falling down shoot sees Danielle as more superior. Elephant photoshoot seemed like they did the same fantastic pose in a mirror image. Cover Girl photos were on par. After saying their final words to the judges, it is now time to choose the winner. Joenie is more commercial whereas Danielle had a stronger presence. This is toughest decision the judges had to make for a season finale. And finally they made their minds up to crown the winner who is.. Danielle Evans!! Tough luck for Joenie who was okay for being runner-up. Congrats to Southern Gal!

All Saints - The Observer article


Paris Hilton commercial for Hutchison Whampoa's 3G mobile phone company where she speaks Italian. [PH-Hutchison]

Vid Sightings:
1) Paris Hilton arrives at Los Angeles International Airport [PH-LA]

2) Nicole Richie at Ivy Restaurant/Mr Chow [NR-Ivy / NR-Chow]

3)Rebecca Romijn takes pictures with fans and signs autographs outside Mr Chow. [Romijn-Chow]

4) Brooke Shields and her husband out shopping in Rome. [Brooke-Rome]

Ashlee Simpson, now linked with Pete Wentz since splitting with Braxton Olita has claimed she's happily unattached. "I am single and loving it and enjoying every moment to myself," Ashlee said. Back from her London 'Chicago' stint, she is now living with big sis. Both Pete and Ashlee attended the Nov. 16 Nintendo Wii launch party at Boulevard club, where she settled into the lap of Charmed actor Drew Fuller for a major makeout session - and made fall out boy Pete feel glum causing him to disappear from the scene. Guess she had made a far better choice.

Prince Harry and girlfriend Chelsy Davy @ River Holiday in Namibia (22/11/2006)


Pete Doherty new 'Bumfest Demos' acoustic session [Pete-Bumfest]

Kasabian Bootleg (Jools /NME Gig / Jon Ross) 2006 audios [Kasab-Boot]

Ian Brown Personal Fest Argentina (18/11/2006) audios [IanBrown-Argie]

Looks like Brandon Flowers has company in the quitting business. Ewan McGregor recently revealed that he has begun seeing a hypnotist to help him quit smoking and get to the root of the problem. He is desperate to ditch his health damaging habit and has turned to a specialist for help. Ewan also promised wife Eve he would give up cigarettes to make up for canceling their family summer vacation to star in a new Woody Allen film. He said, "I'm determined this time, really. It has to work." They were set to fly to California when the actor got a last minute call from Woody asking him if he wanted a part in the as-yet untitled movie. He has already quit smoking once in the past back in 2004. However, he started smoking again during his round-the-world motorcycle trip, which started in April that same year. Good for him in getting professional help. Don't think Colin Farrell might do the same though.

Katharine Mcphee @ the American Music Awards (21/11/2006)


There's a new robot in town.. Designed as a host or guide, "Ubiko", a special robot in blue and white with three legs, can respond to easy questions and provide information on several issues. The rental rate for the robot is at a cost of JPY 105,000 (approximately $900) for two hours. This multi-functional robot is set to be on constant alert, with a capacity to carry anything. Spokesman Akiko Sakurai said that Ubiko could be used as supervisors at schools to prevent students from fighting. Secom and Alsok, security companies, are looking into the use of robots as security guards. [Ubiko-bot]