Archive for June, 2009
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is currently dating Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin. PynkCelebrity reports: Her boyfriend just purchased Shaquille Oneal’s mansion for a whopping 16 million dollars! But that price is a steal… the home cost 2 million dollars less than what Shaquille paid for it five years ago. The Star Island spread was listed at 29 million dollars just last summer.
This palatial Mediterranean-style home has eight bedrooms, an indoor basketball court, six car garage, two-bedroom guest house and Shaq’s pool complete with Superman logo!
source: examiner.com
June 30th, 2009
Sophie Anderton has proudly donned a bikini to reveal her new-found curves.
The model, 32, has put on a stone after a 15-year career spent obsessing over her figure.
Wearing a lime green two-piece, she shows off her healthy-looking body in a photo shoot for Closer magazine.
Sophie has piled on the pounds in the past three months and says she is keen to accept her body for what it is.
She said: ‘I’ve finally realised you don’t need to be super-skinny to be a successful model. Look at Cindy Crawford – she’s got a gorgeous, healthy figure. Even Kate Moss has put on weight.’
Sophie, who had a highly publicised battle with drug addiction, added: ‘I survived for days on coffee and Red Bull. No wonder I got skinny!
‘My addiction and constant partying had a terrible effect on my body – I was just so unhealthy. But now I’m feeling good.’
Recent pictures showed Sophie with a slightly protruding tummy, but the model blamed the look on bloating.
She says: ‘My period was due and I always blow up like that – it’s just water retention. Before, I would have been devastated by a photo like that, but now I think it’s funny. I’m happy with my body, that’s the main thing.’
Sophie put weight on by eating larger portions. She also included foods such as white rice, oil, butter and cream.
Eventually she added a stone in weight, going up from 9st 7lbs, and a size 6 to an 8.
She said: ‘Now some people think I look “big’” when actually I’m normal. I like to look slim, but not skinny or gaunt – that’s never attractive.”
The full feature appear in this week’s issue of Closer magazine, out today.
source: dailymail.co.uk
June 30th, 2009
FRENCH police have detained Dutch supermodel Karen Mulder as they investigated a complaint she had harassed a cosmetic surgeon friend, police said.
The model was being held in a police station in the chic 8th arrondissement, or district, of Paris, the source said, adding she was suspected of harassing the doctor by telephone after the surgeon refused to carry out an operation.
The blonde has modelled clothes for Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel, Valentino, and Versace.
source: news.com.au
June 30th, 2009
These sexy new pictures show French First Lady Carla Bruni modelling lacy lingerie in the days before she became a top 90s model.
The grainy snaps were taken in 1989 for Next’s mail order catologue and have been unearthed to mark the High Street chain’s 21st anniversary.
They also feature other models for whom appearing in Next Directory in the 80s proved a launchpad to supermodel stardom – including Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer.
After these shoots, Carla – now the 41-year-old wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy – went on to hit the big time, reportedly earning ?7.5million a year at the height of her fame.
The archive photos have been released as part of a Next campaign to find two hot new stars.
Next month the clothing giant is giving others the chance to follow in the footsteps of Italian Carla with the online Make Me The Next Model contest
It is being run in association with Select Model Management and launched by singer Alesha Dixon and model Paul Sculfor.
source: mirror.co.uk
June 30th, 2009
Leonardo DiCaprio has been spotted flirting with two women.
The ‘Revolutionary Road’ actor – who is believed to have split from his long-term girlfriend supermodel Bar Refaeli – spent Wednesday evening (24.06.09) with friends at Hollywood nightspot MyHouse, and seemed keen to spark up a conversation with two mystery beauties.
Gossip blogger Perez Hilton reports: “He had his security guard be his wingman and usher over some ladies that he handpicked himself.”
The 34-year-old actor proceeded to order vodka for his table, and then spoke intimately with the women.
Earlier this month, it was claimed Leonardo and Bar had split due to the actor’s reluctance to settle down.
A source said at the time: “They’re taking time off for the time being, they’ve split. It could just end up as a break, but for now they’re doing their own thing.
“She wanted to move faster than he did, she wanted to move in together, so he broke it off.”
Leonardo and Bar briefly split late last year, before rekindling their romance in December.
source: postchronicle.com
June 29th, 2009
Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima is pregnant with her own little angel. The supermodel is thrilled to be pregnant with her first child, but she’s had to modify her fitness routine because of her growing belly. Adriana was a boxing enthusiast before she had a bun in the oven, and the fatigue and sickness she’s endured have pushed her toward a form of fitness she used to shun — yoga. She admitted to People magazine,
I’m doing yoga now. I didn’t used to take it seriously, but now I realize it’s really good way to get some exercise – and it’s fun.
It’s not the first time I’ve heard someone say they don’t consider yoga a serious workout. What’s your take?
June 29th, 2009
Supermodel Kate Moss kicked off Virgin Atlantic’s 25th birthday celebrations by dressing as one of the airline’s flying pin-up girls.
Flashing her long legs in a red, strapless playsuit and Yves Saint Laurent Tribute platform heels, Kate jumped into the arms of a willing Sir Richard Branson as they posed on the wing of a Virgin jumbo.
The 35-year-old was aping the dress sense of the Virgin ‘Flying Girls’, who are painted on the side of the fleet in the style of Alberto Vargas’s pin-ups in the 1940s.
Kate followed in the unlikely footsteps of Pamela Anderson, who also dressed in a similar red playsuit for Virgin’s 21st birthday.
After their photoshoot this morning, Branson and Moss boarded the plane, entitled Birthday Girl, to recreate the airline’s inaugural flight from Heathrow to New York City.
On board today’s special VIP ‘birthday flight’ were international cricketer Kevin Pietersen, Sir Ian Botham and entertainer Christopher Biggins, who was a passenger on the very first Virgin Atlantic flight 25 years ago on June 22nd 1984.
Speaking before take-off, Sir Richard predicted that the recession would kill off first-class travel.
About an hour before departure, he posed in a captain’s uniform with Kate before being joined for the wing walk by his daughter Holly and his son Sam.
Sir Richard said the last 12 months in aviation had been ‘the most volatile in our 25-year history’.
He believed Virgin Atlantic would survive the downturn but suspected that first-class travel across all airlines would ‘disappear for good’.
Recent official figures have shown a massive slump in first and business class travel. As a result there is a vicious price war for business class customers. A return ticket to New York with Virgin Atlantic today costs ?1,098, compared with ?1,049 with American Airline United, and ?1,099 with Virgin’s arch-rivals British Airways.
Sir Richard, whose airline offers an ‘Upper Class’ premium service, said to sit between business and first, commented: ‘We have heard that our principal rivals are looking to get rid of first-class all together. And it’s high time. Who wants to spend ?8,000-9,000 on a first-class ticket when they can fly with us for less than half that.
‘I suspect first-class travel will disappear during this recession.’
Sir Richard, who has urged the government not to bail out ailing British Airways said his own airline was ‘doing better than most’ during the downturn.
‘This year is going to be tough for everybody. But it’s a fantastic time for passengers. I suspect they are getting the same sort of prices they were getting 25 years ago.’
When Virgin launched in 1984, a flight to New York cost ?119, compared with ?103 today. A Ford Fiesta was ?4,704 compared with ?9,995 today but a Motorola mobile phone, then a novelty cost a whopping ?1,750 compared to just ?9.50 today. The average house price in 1984 was ?32,751 compared with ?172,622 today.
Sir Richard said: ‘After looking in to price comparisons on typical goods we all buy, we realised that the fares we charged on flights to New York are nearly the same as 1984 when we started the airline.
‘I am so proud of what we have achieved in the last 25 years. It is a tribute to our staff.’
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgway said: ‘Today’s milestone is a huge accomplishment for Virgin Atlantic.’
Prime Minister Gordon Brown also sent a special birthday message praising the competition Virgin Atlantic had injected in to the market: ‘People can now afford to fly to places they previously only dreams of.
‘Aviation underpins our economic well-being. Virgin Atlantic is now also at the forefront of developing new technologies to meet the challenge of climate change. May this pioneering spirit continue throughout your second quarter century.’
Today’s special flight is under the command of Captain Geoff Andreason, Virgin Atlantic’s chief Boeing pilot.
source: dailymail.co.uk
June 22nd, 2009
Matthew McConaughey has announced that he is expecting his second child with girlfriend Camila Alves.
The 39-year-old Fools Gold star, who is already father to 11-month-old son Levi, proudly declared the family’s good news on his website on Father’s Day.
‘Happy Father’s Day – it’s my first, and the last 11 months with Levi and Camila have been the most rewarding adventure to date – we have more blessed news to celebrate this Father’s Day that make this time next year double the fun,’ he wrote.
Voted the sexiest man alive in People magazine in 2005, McConaughey has starred in films such as The Wedding Planner, Sahara and A Time To Kill.
He previously dated a string of Hollywood beauties – including Sandra Bullock and Penelope Cruz – before settling down with long-term girlfriend Camila.
The actor recently admitted that becoming a father had forced him to grow up.
‘I’ve got a family now, a tribe. I’ve got a child that I’m a guardian over.
“That gives me more to live for than before,’ he told WENN earlier this year.
“Levi is going to be a big brother… Yeah, we pulled off the greatest miracle in the world one more time, Camila and I are expecting our second child, bringing more life into the world, making more to live for.
‘The future looks bright as the family grows and we thank you for all the well wishes you send our way.’
The Texan star, who loves exercising and surfing, was living in a trailer on a Californian beach when he started dating the Brazilian model, who persuaded him to move into a home and start a family with her.
Meanwhile it seems McConnaughey isn’t the only celebrity preparing to hear the pitter patter of tiny feet.
After months of speculation it has been confirmed that model Gisele Bundchen is expecting a baby with her husband, American football star Tom Brady.
Various sources told People magazine that the couple, who were married in February, are expecting their first child together. The baby is thought to be due early next year.
And finally, Brothers & Sisters actress Rachel Griffiths has given birth to her third child.
The actress and her husband Andrew Taylor already have two children, daughter Adelaide Rose, three, and five-year-old son Banjo Patrick.
source: dailymail.co.uk
June 22nd, 2009
‘I Kissed a Girl’ singer Katy Perry has revealed she ”hits on” women when she goes out, but would never go ”all the way”.
Katy Perry is “turned on” by women.
The ‘I Kissed a Girl’ singer insists she is not a lesbian, but enjoys “chatting up” attractive women, like British supermodel Agyness Deyn.
The 24-year-old star said: “I have talked a lot about wanting to kiss girls, but am I a lesbian? No. It’s just a kiss. I would like to get it on with Agyness Deyn.
“She’s a little punk-rock Lolita. Beautiful face, beautiful shoulders. I look at her and I think, ‘Ooh, I’m so turned on. What’s happening?’ ”
But when Agyness is not around, Katy goes to gay clubs to flirt with lesbians.
She explained: “I get hit on when I go to gay clubs, but I hit on women too. Beautiful ones. I’m attracted to cool, alternative women. But I’d only ever have a drink with them. I’m such a tease!”
Katy insists it’s normal for teenage girls to indulge in homosexual trysts.
She told Britain’s The Sunday Times newspaper: “It’s a girl thing. If you sat a group of teenage girls down and asked them, they would be like, ‘Yeah, duh, I’ve kissed my best friend before. What’s the big deal?’ ”
source: contactmusic.com
June 21st, 2009
JUST weeks after model Miranda Kerr stripped bare to ameliorate the plight of koalas, she has again appeared nude. And this time there’s no native fauna nearby.
The 26-year-old proved she can definitely leave her hat on, with a series of photographs from next year’s Pirelli Calendar becoming an instant Internet sensation.
The photographs were lifted from the latest edition of Italian Vanity Fair magazine, the Sunday Telegraph reports.
They document the making of the provocative 2010 calendar. There is also an accompanying video.
Kerr stars alongside fellow Australian models Abbey Lee Kershaw and Catherine McNeil in the shoot.
While much was made of Kerr’s nude Rolling Stone cover a fortnight ago, most of her modesty was strategically covered.
But not here.
While bare breasts are a staple of the sought-after calendar, the picture of McNeil is highly suggestive. The 20-year-old is photographed pouring milk over her breasts and body.
The 2010 calendar’s photographer, American Terry Richardson, has a dubious reputation for his overtly sexual work, often with teenagers.
Kathy Ward, of Chic Management – the trio’s Australian agency – said the shoot took place in Brazil two months ago. Ward said she was surprised the behind-the-scenes photographs had become such a sensation.
She said she had not spoken to the girls since they did the shoot.
“They’ve all been so busy overseas we haven’t really chatted but, from what I’ve heard, I believe the shoot went well,” she said.
“It’s interesting that the photos have come out.
“Usually there’s such tight security surrounding Pirelli that no images are revealed before the launch of the calendar.”
More photos from the shoot are expected to be released in November, prior to the calendar’s release.
The Pirelli Calendar is not for sale but is given as a corporate gift to a limited number of customers, clients and celebrities.
source: news.com.au
June 21st, 2009
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