Met Chief Says Charge Celebs Pictured Snorting Drugs 2008-06-06 07:30:43 METROPOLITIAN Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair called today for celebrities caught snorting drugs on camera to be put on trial. He said jurors should be given the chance to decide if suspects are taking illegal substances or not. Prosecutors often... Read more:Celebs
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Place Your Bets For Big Brother 2008-06-06 07:22:41 NEW Brother
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housemate Michael is storming ahead in the popularity stakes, while Alexandra attracted only one £1 wager in early betting, a bookmaker said. More than 80 per cent of "first morning" Big Brother 9 bets were on... Read more:Place
Millionaire Hires Star For Girlfriend's Birthday 2008-06-06 06:58:05 FINDING a special present for his girlfriend's birthday was no problem for one multi-millionaire internet whizzkid - he paid R&B star Usher £50,000 to sing his hits and cut the cake. Andrew Michael, aged 27, who has a £46... Read more:Birthday
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Millions Watch Big Brother Launch 2008-06-06 06:34:42 >BIG Brother
launched last night with 5.4 million viewers - a smaller audience than last year - watching Coventry girl Rebecca Shiner and the other housemates make their entrance on the Channel 4 reality show. Around 6.1 million tuned... Read more:Big Brother
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Alan Carr Shot By Justin Lee Collins 2008-06-06 05:52:16 COMEDIAN Alan Carr reveals all on The Paul O'Grady Show tonight about the making of a recent trail for Sunday Night Project. He was dressed as a cheerleader, hanging from the ceiling, being lowered down, while his co-host Justin
Lee... Read more:Collins
Audience Boost For BBC News 2008-06-06 03:54:42 BBC World News has announced its global weekly television audience is up two million on the previous year. The television channel has overtaken BBC1 to become the BBC's biggest in terms of audience reach, Anne Barnard, managing director of BBC... Read more:Audience
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The Weakest Link Apprentice Special 2008-06-06 03:33:42 COVENTRY'S Jo Cameron is back on the telly tonight in The Weakest Link ApprenticeSpecial
Jo will be going head to head with other memorable Apprentices in a special edition of the BBC quiz show tonight at 8:30pm....
Ramsay Heads For Hollywood 2008-06-06 02:04:28 CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay
has opened a new restaurant in West Hollywood
. The fiery Scot, who went to school in Stratford, was all smiles at the opening of his latest restaurant, Gordon Ramsay At The London West Hollywood. Explaining... Read more:Heads
Coventry's Bex Prepares For First Full Day in BB House 2008-06-06 01:33:50 COVENTRY'S first Big Brother contestant Rebecca Shiner will be waking up today to her first full day in the BB House
. Last night's live launch show saw the 16 new housemates enter in the ninth series of the reality... Read more:First
Coventry's Bex Storms Big Brother 2008-06-05 16:36:09 THE powers-that-be at Channel 4 have finally realised that Coventry has star talent. It's taken nine years, but the new BB9 housemates include 21-year-old city extrovert Rebecca "Bex" Shiner. She was the 13th housemate to enter the Brother
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Hammond Shifts A Gear To Children's TV 2008-06-05 08:43:18 RICHARD Hammond
has signed up to present a children's TV series. The Top Gear host will front Richard Hammond's Lab Rats, set in the world of a secret underground laboratory. Hammond, aged 38, who is nicknamed the Hamster, is... Read more:Children
Forget Big Brother - play Fantasy TV 2008-06-05 04:20:02 Summer's here and that means three things are certain - dodgy weather, burned burgers and worst of all - Big Brother
. The worst programme ever is back again and the TV will be filled with hours of people sleeping, eating,...
Bex Makes A Splash 2008-06-09 06:40:32 A GAME of truth or dare ended with Coventry housemate Bex Shiner heading for a topless dip in the Big Brother pool. Fellow housemate Dale challenged her to take a naked plunge last night, but she wisely decided to... Read more:Splash
Fern Factor Boosts Gastric Band Interest 2008-06-09 06:23:52 A LEADING stomach surgeon has experienced a "400 per cent" increase in inquiries about gastric bands since TV's Fern Britton revealed she lost five stone after the procedure, it was revealed today. David Hewin, consultant surgeon at Gloucestershire Royal... Read more:Gastric
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Hugh Jackman's Kiss And Tell 2008-06-09 04:35:46 HUGH JACKMAN has confessed he found it hard to kiss Nicole Kidman during filming of their new epic movie Australia. "This is a romantic adventure so matters of the heart are definitely at the forefront," the X Men star... Read more:Hugh Jackman
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Snoop Dogg's Advice To Newly-Weds Jay-Z and Beyonce 2008-06-09 04:32:31 SNOOP Dogg has dished out some relationship advice to Jay-Z and Beyonce
Knowles. "I told them to go home and make babies," he told reporters from People.com. "They should, that's the next step as far as marriage, having kids... Read more:Snoop
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The best TV advert ever? 2008-06-09 04:25:47 THE pub test is the ultimate television rating. If people are talking about a television programme over the odd pint or two down your local boozer, then it's either decent or, more likely, truly ghastly. In the current wasteland of...
Sir Jonathan Miller Slams West End Celebrity Obsession 2008-06-09 04:20:52 DIRECTOR Sir JonathanMiller
has accused West End theatre producers of an obsession with celebrity. Sir Jonathan's recent productions of Hamlet in Bristol and The Cherry Orchard in Sheffield were praised - but he had difficulty getting London producers... Read more:Celebrity
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Depp Is Britain's Favourite Actor 2008-06-09 02:32:19 JOHNNY Depp is Britain
's favourite actor, according to research by the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA). The Pirates of the Caribbean star took the largest number of votes across all ages and genders. He beat home-grown stars like Daniel Craig,... Read more:Actor
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Paxman One Of 2008's Most Stylish Men 2008-06-09 02:24:20 JEREMY Paxman, Fabio Capello and Barack Obama have been named three of the most stylish men of 2008. The Newsnight presenter, England manager and presidential hopeful are three of 10 names cited by lifestyle magazine Esquire. Marks and Spencer... Read more:Stylish
Bogus Big Brother Couple "Tie The Knot." 2008-06-09 02:10:39 THE first eviction vote in the new series of Big Brother
opens today with four housemates facing the boot for failing a secret task. Mario Marconi and Stephanie McMichael were told to pretend to be a couple to hide... Read more:Bogus
Carry On Stamps 2008-06-09 01:50:01 CARRY On star Barbara Windsor joined soldiers from the Household Cavalry to launch Royal Mail stamps marking 50 years of the saucy comedies. The stamps look forward to the half century birthday of the Carry
On series and also... Read more:Stamps
CBeebies Goes Green With Ecobabies 2008-06-09 01:38:04 A YEAR-LONG green initiative called EcoBeebies will launch on the CBeebies channel on Friday. EcoBeebies will introduce three to six-year-olds and their families to a range of environmental, conservation and wildlife related issues, with contributions from familiar faces including... Read more:Green
Rupert Everett Sorry For Branding Soldiers "Wimps." 2008-06-10 03:37:39 RUPERT Everett has apologised for calling soldiers "wimps" and suggesting they went into the Army to torture prisoners. The actor was quoted in a Sunday newspaper criticising soldiers for "whining." In an interview to publicise documentary The Victorian Sex... Read more:Branding
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Son For Ulrika 2008-06-10 03:28:20 ULRIKA Jonsson has given birth to her fourth child. Malcolm Monet, brother to Cameron, aged 13, Bo, seven, and Martha, four, was born weighing 10lb. The former weathergirl said: "I'm delighted and hope my family is now complete." Brian...
Kathreya Becomes Mum To Lovelorn Guys 2008-06-10 03:21:28 BIG Brother favourite Kathreya is becoming big mother of the reality show, offering a shoulder to cry on to two lovelorn housemates. The 30-year-old, who is engaged, had heart-to-hearts with Dennis and Darnell about romance, with the men lamenting...
Jerry Hall's Wedding Dress Goes Under Hammer 2008-06-10 02:54:53 JERRY Hall is putting the wedding dress in which she married Mick Jagger 18 years ago under the hammer today. The model is selling 71 items from her vast wardrobe to raise money for a homeless charity and has... Read more:Hammer
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