Fake casting call for ‘Top Model’

Do you want to be on the popular UPN show “America’s Next Top Model?” If you were expecting to attend an advertised casting call this weekend in Overland Park, don’t bother because it’s a fake, KMBC’s Kris Ketz reported Tuesday. The Health and Fitness Expo is being held at the Overland Park International Trade Center this weekend. A commercial for the expo mentions a casting call for “Top Model.” The reality show, one of the most popular on the UPN network, has a group of young women fighting their way to become a top model. The problem is that KCWE, UPN’s affiliate in Kansas City, knows nothing about the casting call, and neither does UPN.
The network and KCWE have sponsored open casting calls for “Top Model” before — one was held in February in Kansas City, Kan. Ketz reported that a San Francisco talent agent is apparently behind the fake casting call, and the agent asked Overland Park Talent Agent Mark Anthony Jones to help set the event up. Jones said he was planning to send clients to this weekend’s event, until the trade center received a call from UPN’s attorneys Tuesday. “Very disappointing, because we assumed it was legitimate and apparently it’s not,” Jones said. “Feel duped?” Ketz asked. “Absolutely, just like everybody,” Jones said. The commercial also mentions a casting call for the MTV show “Next,” but Ketz reported that there is no mention of the event on MTV’s Web site. KMBC’s calls to the event’s Ohio promoter and to the San Francisco talent agent have not been returned. KCWE is a sister station of KMBC.

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Kate’s ?60,000 kiss

She left fans reeling with her drug shame and once again, Kate Moss proved she has not lost her ability to shock - by kissing another woman.
Retail tycoon Philip Green paid ?60,000 for a kiss from Kate at a charity auction - but the supermodel embraced Hugh Grant’s girlfriend Jemima Khan instead. Stunned guests at the fashionable club Annabel’s in Mayfair watched the supermodel sweep Miss Khan’s hair away from her face as she leaned in to kiss her on the lips. It is unknown why Mr Green, who made the winning bid at the charity auction, declined the kiss at the last minute. It is believed he offered the kiss to the person he outbid, Hugh Grant’s girlfriend Jemima Khan, because he was there with his wife, Tina. However, rather than a quick peck on the lips, the two women enjoyed a passionate embrace, to the surprise of fellow guests.
One told London’s Evening Standard: “We thought it was going to be a kiss on the cheek. It lasted just over 60 seconds. A few people were shocked but everyone was laughing after.”
The auction and dinner was in aid of the Hoping Foundation for Palestinian refugee children. A game of golf with Hugh Grant, with Khan as caddy, went for ?12,000. Other lots included a cricket lesson from Imran Khan, tea with the Archbishop of Canterbury and a children’s bedtime story read by Narnia actress Tilda Swinton.
In all, the auction raised more than ?200,000. Guests at the event, hosted by fashion designer Bella Freud, included Jade Jagger, Sadie Frost and Jerry Hall.

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