Simon Cowell topped Piers Morgan’s list of UK “celebrities that really matter”, beating out what he called shoals of Z-listers.
Morgan put together his top 100 roster of British celebrities that really matter for the Daily Mail newspaper. He is a journalist and former editor of News Of The World and The Daily Mirror whose ITV-1 tell-all interview with Cowell aired on the weekend.
Morgan writes: “There are thousands of ‘celebrities’ in Britain. By which I mean there are a lot of famous people. Many of whom have absolutely no right to be. Whole shoals of Z-list wannabes, scrabbling for their 15 minutes of recognition on increasingly degrading reality-TV shows, desperate for fame of any kind. So it’s time to sort the chaff from the wheat, and resolve once and for all who really counts in the world of celebrity in this country.”
He put David Beckham at No. 2, Cheryl Cole at No. 3 and Prince William at No. 4, UPI reports.
Cougar Town star Courteney Cox has opened up about marrying a younger man and said she ‘can’t imagine’ dating someone her own age.
Cox, 46, is married to husband David Arquette, 39, with whom she has a six-year-old daughter, Coco.
In reference to her new TV show, she spoke about her real-life experiences of marrying a man younger than herself.
She said: “My husband is seven years younger than me. I can’t imagine dating anyone my own age.”
Cox added: “At my age, it’s still young enough. The experience and knowledge and the overall confidence that an older woman has is attractive to younger men.”
At least this is the case as far as his bride to be is concerned. It looks like there might be a bit of a difference of opinion with regards to the wedding between Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. This is what the Good Charlotte musician said on the matter: “It’s the same thing as our engagement, we’re kind of doing it at our own pace. We have no idea right now. According to her we’ll have a really big wedding. According to me, it will be really small.” The obvious solution here would be a medium-sized wedding, but why go with the middle-ground when Joel Madden and Nicole Richie can just squabble away about the details. Let the conflict commence!
The suit OJ Simpson wore when he was found not guilty in the murder trial of Nicole
Brown has been donated to the Smithsonian museum, RadarOnline reports in an exclusive.
The light-brown suit, patterned tie and white shirt will be donated to the prestigious museum, Judge Joseph Biderman ruled.
Simpson was also found not guilty of the murder of Brown’s friend Ronald Goldman in the longest jury trial in the history of California. The trial in the 1994 murder charge ran for nine months. A later civil trial, in 1997, found Simpson liable for damages in the wrongful deaths of Brown and Goldman.celebr
A lawyer for Goldman’s father agreed with Simpson’s team that the items would be donated as a gift in “memory of Ronald Lyle Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson”.
Simpson, who is in prison in Nevada for a separate crime, agreed to the donation.
How ungrateful is that? The poor woman helps her stay in shape and Rihanna doesn’t even pay her… and apparently the bill is pretty large: 26 000 dollars plus another three in travel expenses. Well, Rihanna’s personal trainer isn’t going to take it anymore so she’s suing her for the money… and maybe a little extra on the side for all of the trouble. And to think Rihanna took her personal trainer’s help so seriously: “I work out every day but I need a trainer to motivate me – I don’t find it much fun working out on my own.” For shame! That’s just really bad publicity right there.
An American soldier has sued Oscar-nominated The Hurt Locker, claiming the movie’s hero, played by Jeremy Renner, is him.
Master Sergeant Jeffrey S. Sarver alleges the film has based virtually all of its “situations” on events that involved him. Sarver, to boot, claims he coined the phrase “hurt locker”.
The movie’s distributor, Summit Entertainment, vigorously denies the claim, which comes just before the 82nd Academy Awards.
Summit underlined the flick is fictional, an action-drama-thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow and penned by Mark Boal. ABC Australia reports Summit said: “We have no doubt that Master Sergeant Sarver served his country with honour and commitment, risking his life for a greater good. But we distributed the film based on a fictional screenplay written by Mark Boal.”
Boal was a journalist in Iraq who was embedded with a squad that dismantled bombs. He reported on the story for Playboy magazine before working it into a screenplay.
The film and its rival Avatar have garnered an astonishing nine nominations each.
Khloe Kardashian says she’s ‘head over heels’ with hubby Lamar Odom despite the fact he’s a slob.
The 25-year-old reality star married the LA Lakers player in September last year after meeting just a month before.
She recently wrote on her blog: “When Lamar and I first met he was sooooo clean! I was honestly so impressed – he even had people come over to clean up after him the first two weeks.
“Then we moved to a hotel so I didn’t really notice as his inner slob slowly began to emerge. Once we bought a house though, his sloppiness came out full force!”
She added: “In a way though, I love cleaning up after him. I guess I’m just so happy to have found someone whose flaws I love just as much as his strengths.
“This is one of the many ways I know I’m head over heels – if this was anyone else I would die!”
Cheryl Cole has given estranged husband Ashley rights to the couple’s two chihuahuas, Coco and Buster.
The tiny pop singer, reeling from the implosion of her marriage, has given Ashley temporary custody of Coco. The dog is a paranoid schizophrenic, according to the UK Mirror.
The paper reports Buster will accompany Coco until the Coles, who have separated, work out the dogs’ future arrangements.
A source said: “They want to sort this out as amicably as possible so, to keep the peace, Cheryl is allowing Ashley to spend a few days with them when he gets back to the UK. But she’s not willing to drop them off in person – it’s simply too soon. Instead, Ashley has arranged for a car to pick them up from their home and take them to his makeshift apartment in London. He will have them for a few days and then the dogs will go back to Cheryl. In effect, they have negotiated an ad hoc custody agreement. Cheryl won’t stop Ashley from seeing the chihuahuas but, long-term, she does want them with her.”
Photographs and video of Oscar nominees, including George Clooney, Helen Mirren, Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock, before they became stars were dug out of the archives on a US TV special.
The 20/20 Before They Were Famous show had Best Actor nominee George Clooney’s dad Nick opening the family album to reveal childhood pictures of the star with a crooked smile from Bell’s palsy – which partially paralyses the face – and wearing glasses.
Best Actress nominee Helen Mirren was pictured as a young girl, while never-before-seen video of Matt Damon was unearthed from a student production at Harvard.
A youthful Damon was also seen in a TJ Maxx commercial.
Sexy Penelope Cruz, nominated for Best Supporting Actress, featured in clips as a teenager in a screen test, a synth-pop music video and on a Sunday morning TV show.
Meryl Streep’s high school yearbooks were opened up to show photos of the Best Actress candidate as a cheerleader and budding performer.
Her rival for the award Sandra Bullock was seen getting the giggles in a school play and as the Bionic Girl in a 1989 show that failed to be picked up as a series.
Emily Blunt’s trust in a costume designer enabled her to wear corsets that sucked the life out of her in The Young Victoria.
Blunt, the 27-year-old British star of The Devil Wears Prada, said she put her faith in Sandy Powell, her costumier, saying: “When you’re playing a character like Queen Victoria it helps to have a visionary like Sandy Powell.”
Digital Spy reports the young actress said: “She corseted me within an inch of my life.”
Blunt, who described getting into the corsets as “hell”, said: “[Powell] said, ‘The shape needs to be right’. I said, ‘Well I can’t breathe, Sandy’. And she said, ‘I don’t care’. But it worked. It transported me to a whole other place so I have to be grateful, I think.”
The Young Victoria chronicles the dramatic early years of Queen Victoria’s rule.
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