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Victoria Beckham wants baby girl
The singer-turned-fashion designer - who has three sons with her soccer star husband David Beckham - hopes to fall pregnant with her first daughter later this year after the soccer World Cup in South Africa.
The 35-year-old star is thought to have become increasingly broody since her younger sister Louise has announced she is expecting her fourth child.
A source close to the family told The Sun newspaper: ’Louise has just told everyone she is expecting and Vic has immediately become broody. She and David have always wanted a girl. He'd love more kids so it's great news.’
Victoria's boys - Brooklyn, ten, Romeo, seven, and four-year-old Cruz - are already close in age to Louise's own children and Victoria is believed to be keen to keep this pattern up.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed the couple have donated almost Ł1 million over the past five years to help disadvantaged children.
Since 2005, the Victoria and David Beckham Children's Charity - which is run by Victoria's mother Jackie - has handed over Ł913,269 to disabled youngsters.
However, donations to the cause fell dramatically from Ł102,209 in 2008 to Ł11,917 last year.
Because of the cash shortage, the charity had to cut back spending from Ł335,502 to Ł32,474.
In the 12 months before April 2009, the couple still donated to 12 charities through their fund.
These included the Aids Mobility Centre - who received a Ł2,487 donation to help with their work providing specialist wheelchairs.
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Jamie Lynn Spears splits from Casey
The Nickelodeon star - who gave birth to her daughter Maddie in 2007 when she was just 16 - has been in an on/off relationship with the father Casey Aldridge ever since, but moved back in with her mother Lynne Spears six weeks ago.
A source told People magazine: ’She did a lot of growing up but he didn't. I think she put up with more than she cared to put up with. She just had enough of it and was tired of the situation.’
The 18-year-old star - the younger sister of Britney Spears - has reportedly already moved on, and is dating James Watson, 28, who owns a multimedia company in Los Angeles.
A Spears family friend said her new love interest ’seems to be a nice guy’.
Jamie Lynn and Casey had originally planned to marry, but in March 2009 it was reported the engagement was off.
Jamie Lynn's representatives would not comment on her split from Casey.
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Cameron Diaz parties with A-Rod
The 'My Sister's Keeper' actress and the baseball player were at the CAA Party in Miami and began flirting with each other.
The New York Yankees player was sitting on a couch beside Cameron as she ’was dancing by herself’ before moving her gyrating body towards him.
At one point the blonde beauty - who was ’tipsy’ and being very ’fun and flirty’ - began ’grinding on 'A-Rod'’.
The 37-year-old actress also partied with friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at the bash, and was seen in between the two chatting when she wasn't hanging out with the hunky sportsman.
A fellow reveler told OK! magazine: ’Katie and Cameron were getting along great. They were having a great time.’
Other stars at the party included Jessica Alba, Adrian Grenier and Kevin Connolly.
Alex, 34, has been single since splitting from actress Kate Hudson in December.
Cameron has previously dated a host of famous men including Maroon 5 star Adam Levine, musician John Mayer and British model Paul Sculfor.
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Brad and Angelina step out at SuperBowl
The couple - who raise six children together - fought back against rumours they are on the verge of splitting and couldn't keep their hands off each other at the annual American football championship game at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. A source told X17 Online: ’Brad and Angelina looked perfectly happy together - so much so that it seems impossible that there were all of those recent reports suggesting they were separating.’
The pair and their eight-year-old son Maddox watched the game in their VIP skybox as they saw the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts.
The couple have been plagued by rumors of a split over the past few weeks, and last month it was claimed they had visited lawyers to finalise custody arrangements and split their finances in the event of a separation.
Brad and Angelina weren't the only famous faces at the game.
Tom Cruise also attended with his three-year-old daughter Suri - his child with wife Katie Holmes - and son Connor, who he adopted with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman.
Demi Moore and her husband Ashton Kutcher were also watching from the crowd, as well as John Travolta, Gloria Estefan, and LL Cool J.
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Simon Cowell made up with new girl
The 50-year-old music mogul was spotted on a date at exclusive London restaurant Mr Chow with the 36-year-old beauty, and the pair are believed to be ready to go public with the romance.
A source said: ’Simon is ready to let everyone know. Things between them are moving along very nicely indeed.
’Their relationship has been conducted under a cloak of secrecy but the situation has now changed.’
A diner at the eatery added: ’It was clear there was real chemistry between them. He seemed smitten and she likewise.’
Mezhgan, who was born in Afghanistan before moving to the US in the early 80s, joins a long list of beauties who have dated Simon, including model Terri Seymour and 'So Macho' singer Sinitta.
The source added: ’Simon is clearly very enamored with Mezhgan - and it's little wonder why. She is absolutely stunning, not to mention incredibly intelligent and cultured.’
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Leona Lewis' fur fury
The vegetarian singer - who is a public supporter of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) - thinks it is disgusting the way the fashion and music worlds still embrace clothing made from animal pelts and the apparent resurgence in the popularity of fur.
Leona - who doesn't wear suede, leather or other animal products - said: ’I think animals are treated very poorly. When I see people wearing fur it makes me so sick. Especially when I see young singers doing it - that sickens me. When I rocked up to my first photo shoot they had feathers and fur there and everything In despise. I had to make it so clear that I just do not go there.’
Leona, 24, is also angry at the way young women are made to feel as though they should constantly be dieting and should look a certain way.
The pop beauty - who shot to fame after winning Simon Cowell's UK TV talent show 'The X Factor' in 2006 - added to Live magazine: ’There is definitely pressure to be a stick insect. Generally, in life, there is. All the magazines have tiny stick insects on their covers. But no one has ever said that to me. Everyone says I've lost weight but I don't see it. It's just eating healthily.’
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Weedy hero James McAvoy
The 'Last Station' star - whose wife Anne-Marie Duff is currently pregnant with their first child - is aware he doesn't look like a typical action hero but hopes his talents can help him win bigger Hollywood roles.
He said: ’The image I see in the bathroom mirror is not that of a leading man. It's a pale Scottish guy who needs to go to the gym.
’But hopefully there is a bit more to it than that. I hope that I bring a little bit of the internal life of the hero alive, which makes up for the fact he's a pale weedy little git.’
While he expects to be mocked for his looks, 30-year-old James - who first rose to fame in British TV show 'Shameless' - believes he has it easy as casting directors are much tougher with their scrutiny of actresses.
He told Britain's Elle magazine: ’I'd hate to be a woman in this business. They're not allowed to be imperfect. If you see an actress weighing over 90lbs being cast for anything, it's considered totally edgy and 'out there' experimental cinema, which is ridiculous.’
Despite enjoying success in movies such as 'Atonement' and 'Wanted', the actor insists he isn't as rich as people may think.
He said: ’I don't earn millions and millions of dollars. I'm self employed and I might stop working tomorrow for all I know. I've got to be frugal and be a tight Scotsman.’
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Matthew Fox likes being Lost
The hunky actor - who plays Dr. Jack Shephard in the US drama series - grew up on a small farm in Wyoming around 60 miles away from the nearest town, but rather than feel as though he was cut off from the world he enjoyed the lifestyle.
Fox - who lived on the farm with his parents and two brothers - said: ’We didn't have neighbours or anything like that. I think I did feel isolated, but in a good way. That's remained very important to me. I really need those wide open spaces and feelings of loneliness, I can hear myself better there.’
The 43-year-old star - who has two children with his wife Margherita Ronchi - finds it difficult to be in Los Angeles for long periods of time for his acting career, because it is so different from his background and the lifestyle he enjoys.
Fox - who spent months at a time living on the Hawaiian island of Oahu shooting 'Lost' and has recently bought a house in the remote wilds of Oregon - explained to Seven magazine: ’When I'm in Los Angeles I just can't f***ing wait to get out of it. The traffic and everything just drives me nuts.’
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Jack Nicholson plans sky burial
The 72-year-old actor has become fascinated with the traditional sky burials carried out by some Native Americans which involve the deceased's body being hung from a tree or wooden scaffold and being left for scavengers.
He told German TV channel Tele 5: ’I've had several ideas. Once I thought it would be nice to be buried under a large statue that is at least ten metres high. Then I liked the nature of the Indians who haul their bodies up into the trees so that they are eaten by the birds.’
Although Nicholson is undecided about the fate of his remains, one thing he is certain about is he does not want to be laid to rest in a coffin.
He said: ’I will probably end up in a crematorium as I'm too claustrophobic for a coffin.’
Even though he's been thinking about his funeral, Nicholson insists he isn't scared of death and feels as though he has achieved everything he wanted to in his life.
The Oscar winner - who starred in 'The Bucket List' with Morgan Freeman, about two terminally ill patients who escape from a cancer ward to fulfill their remaining life ambitions - said: ’I remember a wonderful conversation I once had with my fellow actor John Gielgud. He said he had made a schedule with things he would like to do before he dies... travel the entire world, learn how to cook, but he found that nothing was as appealing as acting. I agreed with him.’
Native Americans would have sky burials because they believe after death the souls of the dead lingered in the air and watched over the tribe until it was time for their soul to move on to the afterlife.
By raising the bodies up high the belief was the soul could exit its' mortal constraints faster.
© BANG Media International Showbiz 2010-02-07 16:00:00 |
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Aunt saved Lady Gaga from drugs
The eccentric star has revealed her life spiralled into a world of heavy drug use in a bid to replicate the lifestyles of her musical idols.
The 'Paparazzi' singer would lock herself in her bedroom and snort ’bags and bags’ of cocaine for songwriting inspiration when she was starting out, but realised she was jeopardising her life when she recalled her aunt Joanne who died at 19.
Gaga - real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta - said: ’I thought I was going to die. I wanted to be the artists I loved, like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol, and I thought the only way to do it was to live the lifestyle. My cocaine soundtrack was always The Cure. I would lock myself in my room and listen to 'Never Enough' on repeat while I did bags and bags of cocaine.
’But then I realised my father's sister Joanne, who died at 19, had instilled her spirit in me. She was a painter and a poet - and I had a spiritual vision I had to finish her business.’
The 23-year-old pop beauty - who began experimenting with cocaine and the hallucinogenic drug LSD after she dropped out of her course at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts when she was 20 - insists her late auntie is still a huge influence on her career.
Gaga - who won two Grammys last weekend - added in new biography 'Lady Gaga: Just Dance: The Biography' by Helia Phoenix: ’I never met her, but she's been one of the most important figures in my life.’
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Isla Fisher set to marry?
The couple have reportedly sent out party invites asking guests to keep February 26 free, however, the notices do not contain any further information.
It is believed Sacha, 38, and 34-year-old Isla - who have been together for eight years and have a two-year-old daughter, Olive, together - have booked several possible venues in the UK in a bid to keep the actual location of the ceremony secret.
A source told The Mail on Sunday newspaper: ’Sacha and Isla are throwing a party. They have asked everyone to come in fancy dress. They haven't told anyone it's a wedding but that's what we all suspect.’
However, a spokesperson for the 'Bruno' actor claims the pair have no plans to marry anytime in the near future.
The possible wedding date coincides with the Jewish festival of Purim an important annual religious festival for followers of Judaism like Sacha.
Purim commemorates the deliverance of Jewish people living in Babylonia in 6th century BCE from a Persian Empire plot to murder them.
It is celebrated according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, which this year falls on February 28, although the festival begins at sunset on February 27.
Australian actress Isla has converted to Judaism in order to marry Sacha and admitted last year she was happy with her decision.
The 'Wedding Crashers' star - who has been given the Hebrew name Ayala or 'Doe' - said: ’I love religions and find them fascinating and I find Judaism very beautiful. It has enriched my life enormously.’
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