Ireland’s top model Katy French dies

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The model Katy French has died 5 days after collapsing at a friend’s house in County Meath. Katy, who celebrated her 24th birthday only a week ago at hot Dublin nightspot Krystles with her fellow Assets models, collapsed in the early hours of Sunday morning and was driven by her friends to hospital. She died with her sister and parents by her bedside.

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Katy French, Rest In Peace

Shock and horror as celebs denied free tickets to Spice gigs

spice.jpgThe Spice Girls tour has kicked off. Woohoo!!! Although I don’t know why I’m excited, I can’t get a ticket anywhere darling. Still, it’s nice to see the Fab Five back in action, even if Headlines was rather Spice-less.

So it’s emerged that the girls have been banned from giving free tickets to their showbizzy pals.

The Sun reports that manager Simon Fuller enforced the ban as he wanted to make as much cash as possible from the tour.

So if TomKat want to bop to Wannabe they’ll actually have to pay. You’re heart bleeds for them doesn’t it sweetie?

The tour kicks off in Vancouver, Canada tonight.

Finally! Hope booted off the X Factor

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 Stroppy poppy songstresses Hope were the latest act to be eliminated on the X Factor - in the show’s first public vote decider.

After singing the Spice Girls’ 2 Become 1, the girls were panned by the judges - even by their own Simon Cowell! Maybe now that he’s become so enamoured with Danni he can see that Hope aren’t in the same league as the other contestants (eg Rhyd!)

The girl’s leave the show after numerous reports emerged that there was  cat fights and bitchy strops aplenty among the group. Boyband Futureproof lashed out at the girls when they were eliminated, saying only Pheobe could sing and claimed the girls would probably break up when they left the show.

So, the semi-finalists: Leon (bless), Same Difference, Nikki and Rhydian. Next week will be interestesting because I see Same Difference in the bottom two, but who will join them there? Leon gets all the girly girl’s votes, Nikki has a great voice but will a young audience vote for her remains the question, and even though I’m biased I can’t see Rhyd in the bottom two. Only another 6 days to go!

Happy Birthday Brit! And have you something else to tell us….?

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She’s mad, she’s bad, she’s Britney bitch. And she turns 26 today! Brit’s had a tough year what with the divorce, the rehab, the shaved head, the constant need to drive over peoples feet. So maybe on her birthday we can give her a break right? Screw that sweetie darling…

According to a US tabloid, Britney’s allegedly pregnant by her former producer JS Rotem. Text messages which carried messages of Britney’s pregnancy were released to a US tabloid In Touch Weekly. However Rotem claims the messages were “faked” and Brit’s saying the whole thing is “bulls**t”.

In News of the World Rav is saying she’s pregnant with Chuck, one of her dancers. He also has a source who says “She’s very angry that it has come out like this. She’s shocked because the pregnancy is the last thing she needs right now.

Is she? Isn’t she? Make your mind up if Britters has a bun in the oven and read News of the World and this US Magazine story.

J.Lo confirms pregnancy

After months of rumours Jennifer Lopez has finally confirmed that she is expecting. The star told a US magazine that she was to enter “mommyhood” sometime next year. More on this story later today.

Watch: Heather Mills’ shocking interview on GMTV

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 Everybody has been talking about Heather Mills’ appearance on ITV’s GMTV this week, where she attacked the media and compared herself to Kate McCann and Princess Di. Heather, who now faces a custody battle with ex husband Paul McCartney who has filed for full custody of their daughter Beatrice, was deeply upset as she showed interviewer Fiona Phillips her scrapbook of negative articles about her. The interview provoked even more bad press for Heather and sparked thousands of scathing comments from viewers.

Watch it Here- then tell us what you think.

Shock Horror - a celeb confirms she’s pregnant!

Not something that happens too often these days - look at J.Lo and Christina Aguilera - but at least one preggo rumour has been put to bed. Actress Cate Blanchett confirmed to the Sydney Morning Herald this week that she is in the family way.

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Questioned by a journo at the premiere of her new movie Elizabeth: The Golden Age about the pregnancy rumours, the Oscar winner surprised them all by saying “Yes it’s true. It’s early days yet. It’s due in April.”

Congratulations sweetie!

Future looks dim for X Factor boyband as they get the boot

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Futureproof are the latest act to get the chop on ITV’s X-Factor - and it was mentor Simon Cowell who swung the final blow.

The boyband, who formed at the boot camp stage of the competition, were devastated when their name was announced by Cowell. Judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh had also picked them to go home over girl band Hope.

The boy’s sang a cover of Andy Williams’ Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, and were criticised by the panel by their lack of movement and vocal performance.

In other X Factor news, 15 year old Emily was booted off the show after The Sun revealed videos of her in a “Happy Slap” attack and threatening to cut a boy’s eyes out.

Dermot O’Leary announced at the beginning of Saturday night’s show that the youngest contestant on the show had decided to withdraw after the allegations.

Meanwhile, this week saw the contestants singing with a big band. Most of the acts received positive comments after last week, although there was still room for a little bitching between Simon and Louis - which is par for the coarse, especially after a Same Difference performance. Scene stealer of the night was the Rhydster, who strutted down the stairs in the audience wearing a white fur coat and glittery suit,  belting out Pink’s Get This Party Started in operatic style. Fabulous - and I say Rhydian to win! But one question Dannii - Rhyds singing Pink with a big band - how the hell did you dream up that one sweetie?!

Schwarzenegger: I was only joking. Honest Guvnor.

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Governor Schwarzenegger has sparked outrage in the States after saying that cannabis is not a drug.

In an interview with GQ magazine, the former actor told interviewer Piers Morgan: “That (cannabis) is not a drug. It’s a leaf.” He later insisted the comment was meant as a joke.

Sweetie, don’t ever joke around Piers Morgan. The man is a python.

Although Ahnuld has admitted to smoking the leaf drug in the Seventies, he told GQ that he has never touched drugs.

I’m confused. So you said cannabis was not a drug as a JOKE, indicating you really do believe it is; have previously admitted to smoking it and now say you’ve never taken DRUGS?

All that leaf smoking has really bollixed your brain hasn’t it Guv?

X-Factor’s Rhydian slags off the judges

Rhydian  I think Rhydian is absolutely fabulous, I really do. First of all, the boy has an ego the size of the Empire State Building, and rightly so because he’s got an amazing voice. Secondly, he’s one of the only contestants that has a bit of a personality. He’s as mad as a box of frogs. And of course, that fantastic hair…

But he may have landed himself in hot water after he blasted the judges, saying that they don’t care about their contestants.

Speaking to Wales on Sunday, Rhydian said: “Let’s be honest, you have to question how much do these judges give a s**t?

“I think Dannii (Minogue) does because it’s a big gig for her, and she wants it next year. But the others have got money pouring out of their sweat.”

(Notice how he doesn’t slag off his mentor? Hands up who thinks the two of them will get together?)

The classically trained opera singer also revealed that the bands Hope and Futureproof, mentored by Simon Cowell, are at each others throats and other contestants are relying on their sob stories to get them through the competition.

Wow. And it’s only the second week of the finals! You know Ma Osbourne is going to retaliate for sure!